Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao left the Star Dou Great Forest after giving Qiu'er a pendant that would let him sense her prayers and return to her. He reunited with Zi Ling at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and invited her to travel with him to the Far North Land after a stop in Spirit City.

• Huo Yuhao told Qiu'er not to leave the Star Dou Great Forest alone or stray beyond Di Tian's rescue range, and he gave her a pendant that would summon him when she used Spiritual Power.
• Huo Yuhao departed on Evil Emperor, leaving Qiu'er despondent as Scarlet King and Ten Thousand Demons King watched them go.
• Huo Yuhao told Evil Emperor to take them to Sunset Forest to visit Zi Ling, then shared a map through Mental Sharing so Evil Emperor could find the way.
• Zi Ling hid underground when Evil Emperor's cloudlike true form descended over the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then emerged after Huo Yuhao called to her.
• Huo Yuhao praised Zi Ling for tending the spirit herbs and gave her Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow for her cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao invited Zi Ling to join him on a trip to the Far North Land after they first visited Spirit City, and she eagerly agreed.

After Spirit Hall’s failed hunt, Yue Guan and Gui Mei revealed that Huo Yuhao had saved the expedition from terrifying Soul Beasts. Huo Yuhao returned to Spirit City, where Qian Renxue left her trial to reunite with him and welcomed him back.

• Bibi Dong returned to Spirit Hall after losing the Soul Sage Corps, ignored the elders’ criticism, and entered seclusion with instructions to notify her if Huo Yuhao returned.
• At Ci Tun Douluo’s drinking banquet, Yue Guan and Gui Mei described the powerful Soul Beasts in Star Dou Great Forest and explained that Huo Yuhao had rescued Bibi Dong and the survivors.
• Yue Guan told Ci Tun Douluo that Huo Yuhao had confronted the black dragon alongside his enormous tentacled mount, leaving the elders convinced of his extraordinary power.
• Huo Yuhao arrived in Spirit City with Zi Ling and Evil Emperor as Qian Daoliu sensed his return and allowed Qian Renxue to leave her Angel trial for two hours.
• Qian Renxue flew down from the mountain and embraced Huo Yuhao, then walked with him toward Spirit Hall while Zi Ling wondered how their reunion changed her expectations of his romantic pairing.

Bibi Dong rejected the Rakshasa God's attempt to turn her against Huo Yuhao and learned he had returned to Spirit Hall. After catching up with Qian Renxue, Huo Yuhao promised they would stay together if they both became Gods, while both acknowledged that their God Trials would soon take them away again.

• Bibi Dong threatened the Rakshasa God's Thought not to harm Huo Yuhao and left her chamber to find him.
• Huo Yuhao returned to Flowing Cloud Courtyard with Qian Renxue, heard about Dugu Bo and the surviving remnants of the Upper Three Sects, and watched the Hall of Elders visitors leave.
• Qian Renxue told Huo Yuhao that her fourth God Trial was still about half a year away, while he said he had reached his third Asura trial and still needed to go to the Far North Land.
• Qian Renxue flew with Huo Yuhao over Spirit City, and they landed on a cliff to enjoy the night view.
• Qian Renxue asked whether they could share a future as Gods, and Huo Yuhao promised they would support each other and never leave one another; they sealed the promise with a pinky swear.

Huo Yuhao said goodbye to Qian Renxue, then met with Bibi Dong the next morning to discuss his overseas journey, his cultivation, and Spirit Hall’s Soul Tool and Spiritual Cultivation Room projects. Bibi Dong learned of the Sun Moon Continent and its Soul Tool research, while Huo Yuhao warned her against venturing deep into the Star Dou Great Forest before leaving Pope Hall.

• Qian Renxue thanked Huo Yuhao for their enjoyable day, then returned to Douluo Hall, where Qian Daoliu was waiting for her.
• Zi Ling told Huo Yuhao that Bibi Dong had visited Flowing Cloud Courtyard and asked him to meet her when he had time.
• Huo Yuhao visited Bibi Dong at Pope Hall, confirmed that he had reached Rank 75, and described the Sun Moon Continent while omitting several of his projects and experiences.
• Bibi Dong told Huo Yuhao that Soul Tool development at Flame Hall was underway and that the Spiritual Cultivation Room had collected 334 Fear Demon Dragon skulls.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Bibi Dong for her concern about the Star Dou Great Forest, warned her not to go too deep into it, and then took his leave.

Huo Yuhao taught Flame Hall soul masters Fourth Level soul tool technology, then prepared to leave Spirit Hall for the Far North Land after visiting Slaughter City. Before departing, he entered Douluo Hall with Qian Daoliu.

• Huo Yuhao spent five days in Flame Hall teaching selected Third Level Soul Tool Masters Intermediate Soul Tool techniques and answering their questions.
• Huo Yuhao encountered Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan, who saluted him as Holy Son Your Highness; Yan remembered once dismissing him as a beggar boy.
• Huo Yuhao told Bibi Dong he was leaving for the Northern Border and expected to be away for at least half a year.
• Huo Yuhao climbed the White Jade Steps to Douluo Hall, where Qian Daoliu greeted him and led him inside.

Qian Daoliu questioned Huo Yuhao about his powerful soul beast, his plans for godhood, and his relationship with Qian Renxue before asking him to preserve Spirit Hall’s legacy. As Huo Yuhao prepared to leave for the Northern Border, he reunited with Qian Renxue and teased her about her grandfather’s condition.

• Qian Daoliu asked Huo Yuhao how he had subdued the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord, and Huo Yuhao said he hoped to create his own god position rather than rely on divine inheritance.
• Huo Yuhao promised not to hurt Qian Renxue and said he would not marry into her family; Qian Daoliu warned him to protect her and raised the need for Spirit Hall to have a successor.
• Huo Yuhao told Qian Daoliu he planned to go to the Northern Border for his divine trials, then noticed two elders of the Thousand Ancient Family as he left with him.
• Qian Renxue finished enduring the Angel God’s divine pressure and was delighted when Huo Yuhao arrived to see her before departing.
• Huo Yuhao told Qian Renxue about Qian Daoliu’s condition, joked about what would happen if he had Twin Martial Souls, and Qian Renxue pinched him while demanding the exact conversation.

Huo Yuhao left Qian Renxue and traveled with Zi Ling toward Slaughter City, while Tang San sensed his arrival and made a desperate attempt to escape through Hell Road. Tang San reached the end of the road, hoping to claim Divine Slaughter's Domain.

• Huo Yuhao bid farewell to Qian Renxue and departed with Zi Ling for Slaughter City aboard the Evil Emperor.
• Tang San sensed Huo Yuhao approaching and fled toward the Slaughter Arena to force his way onto Hell Road.
• Asura's Eye activated the Blood-Colored Sealed Domain, and the Seven Enforcers pursued Tang San as he broke through the arena wall and began a blood sacrifice.
• Tang San entered Hell Road, fought through the blood-winged bats, and killed the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San reached the broken path at the end of Hell Road and saw the opening that could grant him Divine Slaughter's Domain.

Huo Yuhao intercepted Tang San at the exit of Hell Road, overpowered him, and had the Seven Enforcers and himself subject him to a brutal beating. Huo Yuhao returned with Tang San to the Slaughter Arena, where he pinned him down as Black Lotus greeted him.

• Tang San reached Hell Road's exit, but Huo Yuhao appeared and blocked his way.
• Tang San attacked with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Huo Yuhao overwhelmed him and repeatedly knocked him down.
• Huo Yuhao restrained Tang San and told him he would repay him for how Tang San had treated him in the past.
• The Seven Enforcers stabbed Tang San and nailed him to Hell Road before Huo Yuhao tore him free and carried him away from the exit.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Slaughter Arena, threw Tang San down, and pinned him to the ground with a Soul Tool spear.
• Black Lotus bowed and greeted Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao sealed Hell Road and Slaughter City after searching the altar where the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King had been imprisoned, then left for the Far North Land. Tang San remained trapped and weakened beneath the Slaughter Arena.

• Huo Yuhao returned to Slaughter City and shattered the Divine Soul power Tang San had gathered, leaving him pinned and bleeding in the arena.
• Huo Yuhao took Zi Ling and the Evil Emperor into Hell Road and searched the submerged altar where a Nine-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had once been imprisoned.
• Huo Yuhao and the Evil Emperor found no clues at the altar, so Huo Yuhao led the group back out of Hell Road.
• Huo Yuhao transformed the purple moon into the Asura's Eye, sealed Hell Road and the Divine Slaughter's passage, and established a Level 9 Solid Ground Soul Guidance Sealing Array to stabilize Slaughter City.
• Huo Yuhao left Tang San imprisoned beneath the Slaughter Arena and departed north with the Evil Emperor and Zi Ling for the Far North Land.

Huo Yuhao returned to the Far North Land with the Evil Emperor and reunited with the Ice Empress and Snow Empress. As they shared a meal, the Evil Emperor described powerful soul beasts in the Sun Moon Continent’s ocean forbidden zones, leaving Huo Yuhao curious about the other sea overlords.

• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress sensed Huo Yuhao approaching the Windless Zone aboard the enormous Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord, and the Ice Empress prepared to defend them.
• Huo Yuhao revealed himself and reunited with the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, while Zi Ling greeted them and the Evil Emperor followed in human form.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he had met the Evil Emperor overseas and brought him along after promising to help him become a god.
• Huo Yuhao learned that human soul masters had been venturing deeper into the Far North Land, though the Snow Empress said nothing unusual had happened.
• Huo Yuhao prepared a feast and recounted his travels, while the Evil Emperor described the Sun Moon Continent’s soul beasts and three ocean forbidden zones.
• The Evil Emperor told Huo Yuhao that an octopus with roughly eight hundred thousand years of cultivation ruled one forbidden zone, and Huo Yuhao asked about the other two.

Huo Yuhao learned about the East and West Sea Forbidden Zones and their powerful rulers, then told Snow Empress that he would remain in the Far North Land to continue the Frost God Trial. He planned to strengthen his cultivation and improve his Spiritual Eye Martial Soul, while Evil Emperor anxiously feared becoming Huo Yuhao’s next soul ring.

• Huo Yuhao asked Evil Emperor about the other ocean forbidden zones and learned that a demonic whale ruled the East Sea while the Merfolk Queen ruled the West Sea.
• Evil Emperor said the Merfolk Clan possessed powerful spiritual abilities and was rumored to have an inherited divine artifact.
• Huo Yuhao considered how the Sea God’s authority might have left some oceanic territories independent and reflected on why soul beasts could not become gods.
• At dinner, Snow Empress asked whether Huo Yuhao would continue the Frost God Trial, and he said he would stay in the Far North Land to advance it and improve his cultivation.
• Evil Emperor panicked at the thought that Huo Yuhao’s progress might soon make him need an eighth soul ring, but Huo Yuhao focused on consolidating his Rank Seventy-Five cultivation and enhancing his Spiritual Eye’s Second Soul Ring.

Huo Yuhao completed the Second God Trial by collecting faith in the Far North Land with Snow Empress and the others, accepting a reduced reward that raised his Soul Power by one level. The Frost Goddess revealed the Third God Trial, which required him to defeat a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast within one month.

• Huo Yuhao persuaded Snow Empress to accompany him on the trial, and Ice Empress, Zi Ling, and Evil Emperor joined the group.
• Far North Soul Beasts worshiped Snow Empress, allowing Huo Yuhao to reach the required 20% faith in seven days.
• The Frost Goddess changed the trial reward from a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone to a one-level Soul Power increase, raising Huo Yuhao from Level 75 to Level 76.
• Huo Yuhao received the Third God Trial: defeat a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast within one month for a 10% increase in Martial Soul cultivation speed.

Huo Yuhao faced the Ice Bear King Xiao Bai for his Third God Trial and defeated it without killing it. The trial was completed with additional rewards, including a 12% martial soul cultivation speed bonus and increased Frost Goddess affinity.

• Huo Yuhao learned that his Third God Trial required him to defeat a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast within one month, and Snow Empress identified Xiao Bai as the opponent.
• Snow Empress asked Xiao Bai to spar with Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Bai agreed before learning the details.
• Huo Yuhao summoned a Three-Headed Fire Dragon to battle Xiao Bai, then used his Asura's Eye and jade-green carving knife to defeat Xiao Bai's Ice Bear Blizzard.
• Xiao Bai surrendered after Huo Yuhao trapped it in a blood-colored purgatory and pointed a demonic sword at its throat.
• Huo Yuhao completed the trial and received increased martial soul cultivation speed and Frost Goddess affinity.

After completing his third divine examination, Huo Yuhao received a trial requiring him to cultivate for a year in the dangerous Icefield Gap. He reached the canyon with his companions and entered it, beginning the journey through its freezing winds.

• Huo Yuhao received the fourth divine examination, which required him to cross the Northern Limit Land and cultivate in the Icefield Gap for one year without damaging it.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress warned Huo Yuhao that the Icefield Gap's cold could severely harm even beings with Ultimate Ice.
• Huo Yuhao traveled with Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Ice Bear King Little White, Zi Ling, and Evil Emperor to the vast Glacier Canyon.
• Huo Yuhao noticed a salty scent and learned from Snow Empress that an ice sea lay about eight hundred li away.
• Little White transformed into its true form and led the group into the canyon, shielding them from the cutting cold while Huo Yuhao endured it with the help of his soul bones and willpower.

Huo Yuhao continued his divine trial in Icefield Gap after sending the others away, then entered deep cultivation beneath a decaying tree. When his Heart Flame began to fade and he murmured Dong'er’s name, the Snow Empress sheltered him and held him as he rested on her lap.

• Huo Yuhao parted ways with the Ice Empress, Zi Ling, and Xiao Bai, while the Snow Empress stayed to protect him.
• Huo Yuhao and the Snow Empress traveled more than a hundred kilometers into Icefield Gap and found a decaying tree growing from the snow.
• Huo Yuhao sat beneath the tree and released his soul-bone protection to test his body's limits in the cold.
• Huo Yuhao's body froze and his vitality weakened as he entered suspended death, so the Snow Empress watched over his Heart Flame.
• The Snow Empress realized Huo Yuhao's Heart Flame was fading as he repeatedly murmured Dong'er's name, then sheltered him from the storm and held him while he rested on her lap.

In Icefield Gap, Huo Yuhao confronted the feelings between himself and Snow Empress after she teased him and he realized she might have misunderstood their bond. He told her their future relationship was that of lovers, and they kissed and embraced, beginning a new chapter in their relationship.

• Huo Yuhao woke in Snow Empress's lap, and she teased him about holding her and calling out for Dong'er before embracing him.
• Huo Yuhao continued cultivating in Icefield Gap while reflecting on how his feelings for Snow Empress had changed and how his earlier actions had left their relationship unclear.
• Huo Yuhao asked Snow Empress what he meant to her, and she described him as her beginning and asked what their relationship had been in his future.
• Huo Yuhao answered that they had been lovers, and Snow Empress kissed him and asked him not to let her down.
• Huo Yuhao pulled Snow Empress into his arms, and they embraced inside the Windless Domain.

Huo Yuhao and the Snow Empress explored the depths of the Icefield Gap, uncovering ancient remains and an Ancient Soul Tool amid evidence of a vast, prehistoric battlefield. They crossed the Blood-colored Glacier and reached the North Ice Sea, where they watched its waves together.

• After a month in the Icefield Gap, Huo Yuhao could endure its freezing currents without the Ice Fire Dragon King Soul Bone, and he and the Snow Empress set out to explore deeper.
• Huo Yuhao and the Snow Empress found enormous ancient soul beast remains, mutated humanoid corpses, and what appeared to be ancient human remains frozen in the gap.
• Huo Yuhao used Imperial Flame to melt the Mysterious Ice without damaging a rusted weapon, then identified and stored it as an Ancient Soul Tool.
• Beyond the gap, Huo Yuhao discovered a Blood-colored Glacier containing the remains of humans, soul beasts, and alien creatures locked in battle.
• Huo Yuhao and the Snow Empress crossed the glacier and reached the North Ice Sea, where they leaned against each other and watched the waves.

The Ice Empress, Xiao Bai, Zi Ling, and the Evil Emperor traveled to Icefield Gap to check on the Snow Empress and Huo Yuhao after more than three months without news. They found the pair safe and together, and Huo Yuhao greeted them as they arrived.

• The Ice Empress invited Xiao Bai, Zi Ling, and the Evil Emperor to accompany her to Icefield Gap to visit the Snow Empress.
• Zi Ling initially resisted going, but the Evil Emperor persuaded her that they should check on Huo Yuhao and the Snow Empress.
• The group searched deeper into Icefield Gap, finding signs that Huo Yuhao and the Snow Empress had passed through, along with ice-sealed corpses and damaged ice walls.
• Huo Yuhao and the Snow Empress appeared above the group hand in hand, and Huo Yuhao said they had arrived at just the right time.

Huo Yuhao and the Snow Empress made their relationship official, while the Ice Empress struggled to accept it before returning to the Far North Land. As Huo Yuhao resumed refining his techniques in Icefield Gap, he asked the Snow Empress to spar with him.

• Huo Yuhao announced to the reunited group that he and the Snow Empress were in a relationship, and the Ice Empress took comfort in the Snow Empress’s embrace.
• Huo Yuhao told the Ice Empress that his Fifth Trial would likely involve her, and she vowed to train and make him pay.
• The Ice Empress left Icefield Gap with Xiao Bai and the others, then returned to Ice Emerald Lake and secluded herself to cultivate.
• Huo Yuhao began revising the self-created techniques he had avoided using since his betrayal, and he reassured the Snow Empress about the Ice Empress’s feelings.
• Huo Yuhao asked the Snow Empress to spar with him, and she cautiously asked whether she needed to hold back.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated three ultimate techniques to Snow Empress in the Far North Land, limiting his strength to that of a Seven Ring Soul Saint. After the first two attacks shook and damaged Icefield Gap, he used his final technique without harming the glaciers.

• Huo Yuhao unleashed Asura Purgatory against Snow Empress’s Snow Dance Radiant Sun, and the clash shattered much of Icefield Gap while leaving Snow Empress largely unharmed.
• Huo Yuhao formed Emperor Sword: Frostmourne, and Snow Empress answered with Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Peerless; their swords collided and shattered as both withdrew their power.
• Huo Yuhao asked Snow Empress to return to his side before demonstrating his final technique, and Electrolux awakened at the powerful disturbance.
• Huo Yuhao used Emperor Palm: Scourge of Destiny, which swept snow and wind across Icefield Gap without cracking a glacier.