Chapter Summaries

Ju Zi led the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps to secure a vast rare-metal deposit in the Heaven Dou Empire while contending with attacks from hidden sects. Meanwhile, Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu visited Xuan Ziwen to ask how research in Freedom Gate’s underground laboratory was progressing.

• Ju Zi’s growing authority and record of success led Xu Tianran to entrust her with an army of twenty thousand and the mission of securing a rich rare-metal vein near the Northern Extreme Ice Plains.
• Ju Zi read a report about losses from a hidden sect’s attack and ordered her forces to remain vigilant, postponing a broader campaign against the sects.
• Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu entered a guarded courtyard and went to the laboratory to check on the research.
• Xuan Ziwen finished engraving a metal block and greeted Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu, who asked about the underground laboratory’s progress.

Xuan Ziwen reported that his research was nearly complete, but he needed more rare metals to produce the results. Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu found a way to obtain them from a mine guarded by the Sun Moon Empire, leaving Ji Lin to travel to the Far North and seek the Snow Empress's help.

• Xuan Ziwen told Xu Jiujiu and Ji Lin that the research was close to completion but required a large supply of rare metals.
• Xu Jiujiu explained that wartime shortages and the need to keep the research secret prevented them from using the Star Luo Empire's reserves or buying metals from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ji Lin recalled Meng Hongchen's letter about an enormous rare-metal mine near Dragon City and connected it to the Sun Moon Empire troops guarding the region.
• Ji Lin reminded Xu Jiujiu that the mine was near the Northern Extreme Ice Plains, where the Snow Empress could command Soul Beasts to seize and mine it.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Ji Lin to travel to the Far North to enlist the Snow Empress's help.

Ji Lin accepted Xu Jiujiu’s request to travel to the Far North after she promised him a reward, then went to Dragon City to locate the Sun Moon Empire army guarding a rare-metal mine. After waiting three days for the army to move, he began tracking it from a distance.

• Ji Lin asked Xu Jiujiu for a reward, and she promised to join a threesome with another person he chose if he persuaded them.
• Ji Lin left for the Far North alone and went to Dragon City to find the army he believed was guarding the mineral vein.
• Ji Lin entered Dragon City, rested at an inn, and hid in a forest outside the city to observe the Sun Moon Empire army.
• After three days, the army marched north with the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps, and Ji Lin followed them from a safe distance.

Ji Lin tracked the Sun Moon Empire army into the freezing northeastern reaches of the Heaven Dou Empire, observing how its spirit tools and preparations helped its soldiers endure the cold. Near the edge of the Far North, he watched the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps install enormous metal pillars around the camp, leaving their purpose unclear.

• Ji Lin followed the Sun Moon Empire army north and studied its route and supplies while enduring the cold alone.
• He discovered that the soldiers received heated spirit tools powered by Sealed Milk Bottles, which helped them withstand the frigid march.
• Ji Lin continued tracking the army as it reached the snowbound edge of the Far North, where he judged ordinary soldiers and weaker soul masters could not survive for long.
• The army arranged its camp to shield its tents from the wind, while Ji Lin warmed his frozen rations with a flame.
• After dinner, Ji Lin watched Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps members fly around the camp and install massive metal pillars, wondering whether they were preparing to mine an ore deposit.

Ji Lin confirmed that the Sun Moon Empire and Dou Ling Empire were mining the same vast rare-metal vein in the Far North, and decided to wait until the Sun Moon Empire had extracted ore before taking it. He brought Snow Empress and Ice Empress home and prepared to seek A Tai’s help in rallying the Far North’s soul beasts.

• Ji Lin watched the Sun Moon Empire build a huge drilling Soul Tool and flew out to search for the Dou Ling Empire’s mining site.
• Ji Lin found Dou Ling Empire troops and workers mining rare metals more than fifty kilometers from the Sun Moon Empire camp.
• Ji Lin decided to let the Sun Moon Empire mine some ore before stealing it, since its equipment and workers could extract it faster.
• Ji Lin summoned Snow Empress and Ice Empress and explained that he intended to take the rare metals from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress recognized the Far North and urged Ji Lin to visit A Tai in the Core Circle for permission to command its soul beasts.

Ji Lin entered the Far North Core Circle and met the Titan Snow Demon King with Snow Empress and Ice Empress. After Snow Empress asked A Tai to gather the Titan Snow Demon Clan, Ji Lin began meditating while the two Empresses guarded him.

• Ji Lin entered the Far North Core Circle after giving the Sun Moon Empire time to mine and refine rare metals.
• Four Northern Extreme Ice Bears surrounded Ji Lin, but their leader recognized him from an earlier encounter and submitted.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress joined Ji Lin, and Snow Empress revealed her presence to summon the Titan Snow Demon King.
• A Tai greeted Snow Empress and Ice Empress, then agreed to gather the Titan Snow Demon Clan at Snow Empress's command.
• Ji Lin meditated on the iceberg while Snow Empress and Ice Empress guarded him, and Ice Empress wondered at Snow Empress's changed behavior.

Ji Lin finished meditating in the Northern Extreme Ice Plains and left with Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and the Titan Snow Demon King to confront the Sun Moon Empire army. Snow Empress placed the Titan Snow Demons under Ji Lin’s command, while the empire’s mining operation continued at full speed under Ju Zi’s orders.

• Ji Lin emerged from deep meditation, and Snow Empress praised his progress in comprehending ice and snow.
• Xiaobai returned from visiting its tribe, then withdrew into Ji Lin’s Sacred Mark Space as the group prepared to leave.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress brought Ji Lin back toward the Sun Moon Empire army on the Titan Snow Demon King’s shoulder.
• Snow Empress assigned the Titan Snow Demons to Ji Lin, and she and Ice Empress returned to his body; Ji Lin thanked A Tai and prepared to command the group against the human army.
• The Sun Moon Empire rapidly expanded its mining operation across eleven rare-metal veins, while Ju Zi ordered stronger defenses and more reinforcements.

Ju Zi believed the Sun Moon Empire's mining camp was secure while Ji Lin secretly prepared an attack with A Tai and the Titan Snow Demons. After nightfall, the assault began, and Ji Lin directed A Tai toward a concealed position near the camp.

• Ju Zi reviewed reports and concluded that Shrek Academy and the other empires posed no immediate threat to the mining operation.
• Ji Lin observed the camp's defenses from a cloud and planned to disable its detection systems before the Titan Snow Demons attacked.
• Ji Lin returned to the Titan Snow Demon encampment and waited with A Tai for nightfall.
• A Tai led the Titan Snow Demons toward the camp while Ji Lin flew separately to approach from the less-monitored direction.
• Ji Lin used Mental Detection Sharing to guide A Tai and directed him to hide behind a snow-covered hill.

Ji Lin and Snow Empress unleashed the Ice Snow Great Storm over the Sun Moon Empire camp, where Ju Zi realized the blizzard had become dangerously destructive. The storm left Ju Zi facing a barrage of ice shards inside her tent.

• Ji Lin borrowed Snow Empress's power and formed a massive ice-and-snow vortex high above the Sun Moon Empire camp.
• Snow Empress released the vortex, which expanded into the Ice Snow Great Storm and blanketed the camp and most of its detection soul tools.
• Ju Lin watched the storm and replenished his Soul Power while the blizzard blocked his Spirit Detection.
• Ju Zi ordered the battalions to secure their tents and keep everyone warm as the wind and snow intensified.
• Ju Zi returned to the entrance when she heard strange sounds, then raised a protective layer as sharp ice shards shot into her tent.

Ju Zi struggled to protect the Sun Moon Empire camp from a blizzard created by Ji Lin, while realizing its real target was the High-Altitude Detection Soul Tools. The storm weakened after Ji Lin destroyed them, leaving the camp damaged and its mining plans disrupted.

• Ju Zi raised the alarm and led the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps in forming a barrier against the blade-like snow.
• Ju Zi ordered the soldiers to shelter beneath their beds as the storm destroyed much of the camp and its tents.
• Ju Zi realized the attack was meant to force her to choose between protecting the soldiers and the High-Altitude Detection Soul Tools, and she prioritized the soldiers.
• Ji Lin used the blizzard, with the Snow Empress assisting him, to destroy the High-Altitude Detection Soul Tools while Ju Zi defended the camp.
• The blizzard gradually weakened after Ji Lin completed his objective, leaving the camp riddled with damage.

Ji Lin attacked the Sun Moon Empire camp by demolishing its mining equipment while a huge icy-blue orb descended from the sky. Ju Zi and the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps tried to defend the camp, but their linked attack barely slowed the falling orb.

• Ji Lin charged into the camp’s outskirts and ignored the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps’ attacks as he uprooted a metal pillar.
• Ji Lin used the pillar to smash mining equipment, then spun it into a Metal Storm that demolished the surrounding infrastructure.
• Ju Zi ordered the battalions to prepare heavy cannon fire and maintain the linked defensive shield.
• Ji Lin hurled the metal pillar into the shield, shaking it and injuring several Soul Engineers.
• Ju Zi ordered the Soul Engineers to attack the descending icy-blue orb, while the Fire Phoenix Douluo channeled her power through a phoenix-shaped Soul Tool.
• The Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps combined their attacks, but the orb continued falling with only a slight slowdown.

The Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps tried to stop the icy sphere with Scorching Rays and Phoenix Wing Sky Soar while the Titan Snow Demon King and other soul beasts attacked their defenses. Ji Lin broke into the Soul Tool Position and disabled it with Mu Xue Thousand Mountains, leaving Ju Zi stunned by his appearance.

• Ju Zi realized the icy sphere threatened the Soul Tool Position as snowball-like soul beasts charged the camp and the Titan Snow Demon King revealed its enormous true body.
• The Titan Snow Demon King and the other soul beasts slammed into the coordinated defensive shield, while Ju Zi directed the Fire Phoenix Douluo to target the sphere in the sky.
• The Fire Phoenix Douluo unleashed Phoenix Wing Sky Soar, and the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps entered its Soul Tool Position as ice and fire collided overhead.
• Ji Lin emerged from the icy sphere, tore through the flames, and landed inside the Soul Tool Position.
• Ji Lin used Mu Xue Thousand Mountains to raise icebergs that scattered the soul engineers and silenced the Soul Tool Position.
• Ju Zi recognized Ji Lin and lost her composure as he stood before her.

Ji Lin and the Titan Snow Demons overwhelmed the Sun Moon Empire’s mining camp, destroyed its equipment, and retreated after warning the humans to leave the Far North. Ju Zi recognized Ji Lin but was left with a devastated force and many unanswered questions.

• Ji Lin used ice barriers and attacks to disable the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps while the Titan Snow Demons destroyed the camp’s mining equipment.
• Ju Zi realized she could not reclaim the Soul Tool Position, and Ji Lin led the Titan Snow Demons away toward the Linked Defense Array.
• Ji Lin used Ice Blast Technique to detonate the frozen Soul Tools and cover the retreat with a blizzard.
• A Tai warned the humans to leave the Far North and threatened that the soul beasts would show no mercy next time.
• Ju Zi’s forces surveyed their heavy losses, including the destroyed Soul Tool Position and High-Altitude Detection Soul Tools, while she wondered why Ji Lin had joined the soul beasts.

Ju Zi stabilized the Sun Moon Empire’s camp after Ji Lin and the Titan Snow Demons destroyed its Soul Tool position, then realized Ji Lin had restrained the attackers from killing her soldiers. Ji Lin returned to the Far North with the Titan Snow Demons, recovered from the battle, and discussed the growing threat of human Soul Tool technology.

• Ju Zi ordered the wounded soldiers moved into intact tents and gave up her own tent, restoring the camp’s morale before dawn.
• Ju Zi recognized that Ji Lin had limited the damage and prevented the Titan Snow Demons from slaughtering her troops, though she remained angry about the destroyed Soul Tools.
• Ji Lin returned to the temporary camp with the Titan Snow Demons, nearly collapsing after expending much of his Soul Power against the Fire Phoenix Douluo.
• The Titan Snow Demon King expressed surprise at the strength of human Soul Tools, and Ji Lin warned that the power gap between humans and soul beasts would keep growing.
• The Titan Snow Demon King thanked Ji Lin for his help and promised that the Northern Extreme Ice Plains would remain his friend.

Ji Lin gave the Titan Snow Demon King Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, then left the Far North after the Sun Moon Empire withdrew and the soul beasts began mining. He returned to Freedom Gate, where his companions welcomed him and he resumed teasing them.

• Ji Lin gave the Titan Snow Demon King a piece of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, and Snow Empress thanked Ji Lin before kissing his cheek and hinting that he should seek his reward from her.
• Ji Lin secretly kept the refined rare metals and watched Ju Zi's army dismantle its camp and withdraw toward the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ji Lin waited until the Titan Snow Demon King reached the mine with soul beasts, then traveled to Star Luo City and returned to Freedom Gate.
• Nan Qiu Qiu scolded Ji Lin for being gone so long, while Ye Guyi calmed her and Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao laughed at their banter.
• Wang Qiuer stroked Ji Lin's head, then lowered her hand when she realized he might punish her for provoking him.

Ji Lin returned to Freedom Gate with rare metals and the Snow Empress Token, then joined Xu Jiujiu in the underground base to inspect Xuan Ziwen’s Molten Fire Knight Armor replica. Xu Jiujiu recognized its potential to create powerful knights but realized the shortage of materials would limit their plans to support Ji Lin.

• Xu Jiujiu learned Ji Lin had returned, and Xu Jiawei told her to leave palace affairs to him and go meet Ji Lin.
• Ji Lin gave Xu Jiujiu refined rare metals and the Snow Empress Token, explaining that soul beasts in the Far North would provide mined ore to its holder.
• Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu went to the underground base, where they found Xuan Ziwen and the Soul Engineers working on the Molten Fire Knight Armor.
• Xuan Ziwen explained that the replica could not match the original technology, but Ice Spirits, soul beast materials, and Sacred Marks gave it life and the potential to grow.
• Xu Jiujiu imagined forming a vast order of Molten Fire Knights, but Ji Lin warned that rare materials would make even a hundred suits difficult to obtain.
• Xu Jiujiu concluded that she needed more soul beast and Sacred Mark resources, and considered Gu Yuena’s unusual interest in Ji Lin.

Ji Lin, Xu Jiujiu, and Xuan Ziwen discovered that the Molten Fire Knight mech lacked a suitable energy source for sustained high-power combat. They considered downgrading the mechs to Soul Saint strength, but Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu remained reluctant to abandon their plan for a Titled Douluo-level knight order.

• Xu Jiujiu asked Xuan Ziwen when he could complete the Molten Fire Knight Armor, and he explained that the research had reached its final obstacle.
• Ji Lin realized the prototype’s problem was its energy supply, and Xuan Ziwen confirmed that it consumed too much life force and Soul Power to fight for long.
• Xu Jiujiu suggested equipping each mech with many Sealed Milk Bottles, but Xuan Ziwen explained that the mechs could not carry enough and the bottles could not deliver energy quickly enough.
• Xuan Ziwen proposed lowering the mechs’ strength to Soul Saint level so they could fight for longer, and Xu Jiujiu reluctantly agreed that they could still be useful in numbers.
• Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu remained disappointed and racked their brains for a way to preserve the plan for a Titled Douluo-level Molten Fire Knight Order.

Ji Lin discovered that Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment could draw on a space of seemingly endless energy, offering a way to solve the Molten Fire Knight Armor’s power problem. He agreed to help Xuan Ziwen study his martial soul, while Xu Jiujiu teased him about asking Hall Master Hongchen to send Miss Meng to assist.

• Ji Lin recalled the energy limits of the Molten Fire Knight Armor and realized that Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment might provide a solution.
• Ji Lin explained that Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment was connected to a space with powerful, nearly endless energy.
• Xuan Ziwen identified the space as likely the Imaginary Space from the blueprints and proposed linking the armor to Ji Lin’s martial soul.
• Ji Lin agreed to cooperate with Xuan Ziwen’s research, and he and Xu Jiujiu left the underground laboratory.
• Ji Lin suggested that Xu Jiujiu ask Hall Master Hongchen for more Soul Engineers, and Xu Jiujiu teased him about requesting Miss Meng as well.

Ji Lin persuaded Xu Jiujiu to share her promised reward with Snow Empress, and the three spent the night together. The next morning, Xu Jiujiu tried to convince herself that Snow Empress had been a dream, but Ji Lin reminded her what had happened.

• Ji Lin suggested that Meng study the Molten Fire Knight Armor and Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment with Hall Master Xuan, and Xu Jiujiu agreed.
• Ji Lin pressed Xu Jiujiu to fulfill her promised reward, then carried her to his room.
• Snow Empress appeared, and Xu Jiujiu was stunned when Ji Lin revealed that she would join them.
• Snow Empress helped remove Xu Jiujiu's clothes before Ji Lin joined them in bed.
• The next morning, Snow Empress returned to Ji Lin's body, while Xu Jiujiu mistook the night for a dream until Ji Lin corrected her.

Ji Lin spent half a month helping Xuan Ziwen research the Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment while the war settled into a stalemate. After learning that Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen had gone to Heaven Dou City with Jing Hongchen, Ji Lin set out to bring them back and support the research.

• Ji Lin left Xu Jiujiu resting and went to assist Xuan Ziwen with research at Freedom Gate, but Xuan Ziwen lacked the collaborators needed for quick progress.
• The war across the continent slowed into a stalemate, giving Ji Lin time to develop Freedom Gate, himself, and the Molten Fire Knight Order.
• Meng Hongchen told Ji Lin that Xu Tianran had appointed Jing Hongchen city lord of Heaven Dou City and that she and Xiao Hongchen had gone with him.
• Xu Jiujiu encouraged Ji Lin to travel to Heaven Dou City, and Ji Lin decided to bring Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen back for the research.
• Ji Lin left Star Luo City for Heaven Dou City, a strategically vital city occupied by the Sun Moon Empire and overseen by Jing Hongchen.