Chapter Summaries

At the Heaven Dou Auction House, the Mystic Water Pill sparked a bidding war among powerful factions, and Ning Fengzhi won it for seven million Gold Soul Coins. Huo Yuhao learned of the sale and was asked whether he would meet Ning Fengzhi, leaving his answer to be decided.

• The Heaven Dou Auction House opened its auction with major factions, including Ning Fengzhi, Salas, Prince Xue Xing, and Dugu Bo, in attendance.
• The host revealed the Mystic Water Pill and promised compensation if it failed to work or caused harm.
• Bidders drove the price upward until Ning Fengzhi and Salas competed, and Ning Fengzhi secured the pill for seven million Gold Soul Coins.
• Huo Yuhao checked the final price and realized the proceeds would cover his future living expenses.
• The auction house president told Huo Yuhao that Ning Fengzhi wished to meet him, and Huo Yuhao asked whether Ning Fengzhi would come to him or he should go there.

Huo Yuhao met Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Xue Qinghe to discuss the Mystic Water Pill and request help locating the Clear Sky Sect’s Four Affiliated Clans. Ning Fengzhi agreed to look for information but withheld what he knew, leaving Huo Yuhao planning to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect himself.

• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Xue Qinghe visited Huo Yuhao after he asked them to meet him.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to buy more Mystic Water Pills at the auction price, but Huo Yuhao claimed the rare ingredient made additional pills difficult to produce.
• Ning Fengzhi asked whether the pill had side effects, and Huo Yuhao assured him that it did not.
• Huo Yuhao asked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to help locate the Clear Sky Sect’s Four Affiliated Clans, making Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong suspicious of his identity.
• Ning Fengzhi politely promised to gather information while hiding that he already knew the clans’ locations, and Huo Yuhao decided to visit the sect in person.

Huo Yuhao used the Heaven Dou Auction House to offer a bounty for the Four Affiliated Clans, prompting Qian Renxue to investigate through both the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall. After learning that the Strength Clan was hiding in Heaven Dou City, he set out to meet Titan and seek the Speed Clan’s location.

• After Ning Fengzhi left, Huo Yuhao used part of his Mystic Water Pill proceeds to issue a bounty for the locations of the Four Affiliated Clans.
• Huo Yuhao told Electrolux that he intended the bounty to draw help from both the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and Spirit Hall, whose young master was disguised as Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue suppressed news of the bounty, then ordered the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall’s Shadow Guards to investigate the clans.
• Spirit Hall found the Strength Clan in Heaven Dou City’s southern district, and Xue Qinghe sent the information to the auction house.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the information as bait but decided to visit the Strength Clan and question Titan about the Speed Clan.

Huo Yuhao barged into the Strength Clan estate and fought his way through its defenders, drawing Titan and his reunited guests outside. Yang Wudi attacked him with his Soul Breaking Spear, and the chapter ended as Yang unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar in a powerful strike.

• Huo Yuhao arrived at the Strength Clan estate, forced open its gates, and defeated the clan members who tried to stop him.
• Titan sensed the commotion, and Yang Wudi, Bai He, and Niu Gao joined him in the front yard to confront the intruder.
• Huo Yuhao identified Bai He among the elders, while Titan demanded to know why he had attacked the clan.
• Yang Wudi summoned his Soul Breaking Spear and attacked Huo Yuhao, who met his opening strikes with a claw and then evaded the stronger thrusts.
• Yang Wudi activated his Martial Soul Avatar and brought the Soul Breaking Spear down in a powerful blow.

Huo Yuhao defeated Yang Wudi and demanded a Mystic Water Pill in exchange for his life, but Bai He offered Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng instead. After Huo Yuhao accepted it and released Yang Wudi, Titan attacked him and unleashed his Martial Soul True Body, leaving Huo Yuhao facing a powerful blast of light.

• Huo Yuhao swiftly defeated Yang Wudi and held him hostage while questioning Titan, Niu Gao, and Bai He.
• Huo Yuhao demanded a Mystic Water Pill, and Titan explained that the rare pill cost seven million Gold Soul Coins.
• Bai He offered Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng, which Huo Yuhao inspected and accepted before releasing Yang Wudi.
• Titan used Martial Soul Possession and repeatedly attacked Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao evaded every strike.
• Titan activated his Martial Soul True Body and fired a dazzling beam of light at Huo Yuhao in the air.

Huo Yuhao defeated Titan and Yang Wudi, traded a Mystic Water Pill for the Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng, and reconciled with Electrolux over his ruthless methods. After setting out for the Far North Land to find Brother Sky Dream, he left a mystery behind for Xue Qinghe and the Strength Clan.

• Huo Yuhao defeated Titan with an Azure Firmament Great Hand, gave Bai He a Mystic Water Pill in exchange for the Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng, and departed.
• Huo Yuhao gave the ginseng to Electrolux and admitted that he had used force to secure it; Electrolux reassured him that power depended on how it was used.
• After Electrolux's Divine Soul stabilized, Huo Yuhao left Heaven Dou City by carriage for the Far North Land to find Brother Sky Dream.
• Xue Qinghe received a secret report about the black-robed man's defeat of two Eight Ring Soul Douluo and ordered an investigation into his identity.
• At the Strength Clan residence, Titan confirmed that the pill Huo Yuhao had given Bai He was a Mystic Water Pill, leaving the four clan leaders puzzled.

Huo Yuhao arrived in Skywater City and met Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu while buying winter clothes. With their help, he obtained detailed maps of the Northern Border and left the two girls behind.

• Huo Yuhao bought warm clothes in Skywater City and encountered Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu at the clothing store.
• Huo Yuhao asked the two girls where he could buy a detailed map, and they learned he was looking for relatives.
• Xue Wu told Huo Yuhao that she and Shui Bing'er attended Skywater Academy, a female-only academy among the Five Element Academies.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu guided Huo Yuhao to buy maps covering the Icebound Forest and the edges of the Far North Land.
• Huo Yuhao thanked the girls and disappeared into the crowd, while Shui Bing'er warned Xue Wu not to reveal too much about herself to strangers.

Huo Yuhao traveled north from Skywater City in a sled carriage to search for Brother Sky Dream, entering the Icebound Forest. When a pack of snow wolves led by a Thousand-Year Snow Wolf King surrounded him, he freed his Wolf Dogs and flew toward the king to confront it.

• Huo Yuhao bought maps, provisions, and a high-end sled carriage pulled by two hundred-year Wolf Dogs in Skywater City.
• Huo Yuhao drove the carriage along icy mountain roads and crossed a ravine before reaching the Icebound Forest.
• Huo Yuhao urged the frightened Wolf Dogs deeper into the forest as they reacted to a howl from within.
• Huo Yuhao spotted a snow wolf pack closing in and a Thousand-Year Snow Wolf King on a nearby hillside.
• Huo Yuhao cut the Wolf Dogs free, drove them to flee, and used his Golden Ghost Butterfly Wings to attack the approaching wolves.
• Huo Yuhao flew toward the Snow Wolf King to confront it.

Huo Yuhao subdued a Snowfield Wolf King and learned from its memories that a ten-thousand-year Ninth Grade Ginseng King might be hidden in the Icebound Forest. After searching Snow Dragon Spine Mountain Range without success, he left the forest and continued toward the Far North Land, intent on finding Brother Sky Dream.

• Huo Yuhao flew past the wolf pack, incapacitated the Snowfield Wolf King with his spirit skills, and used Undead Magic to control it.
• Huo Yuhao searched the Snowfield Wolf King's Sea of Consciousness and discovered that it had once encountered a ten-thousand-year Ninth Grade Ginseng King.
• Huo Yuhao and Electrolux went to the region where the Ginseng King had appeared, but Huo Yuhao found no trace of it after waiting more than half a month.
• Huo Yuhao ventured into Snow Dragon Spine Mountain Range and searched its dangerous depths for more than half a month, but he still did not find the Ginseng King.
• Huo Yuhao gave up the search, left the Icebound Forest, and continued north toward the Far North Land to find Brother Sky Dream.

Huo Yuhao found Tian Meng sleeping in the Glacier Canyon cave and woke him, hoping to repeat the sacrifice that had once given him a second Martial Soul. Tian Meng denied remembering the events and resisted, while Electrolux watched as the question of Huo Yuhao’s new Martial Soul remained unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao traveled through the Far North Land, avoided dangerous soul beasts, and used Ice Jade Scorpion territory to locate the Glacier Canyon.
• Huo Yuhao broke through frozen rock, entered the cave, collected its Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, and sent the Profound Ice Jade Marrow Bed to the Undead Plane.
• Huo Yuhao shook Tian Meng awake and asked him to help awaken his Second Martial Soul in exchange for making him a god.
• Tian Meng doubted Huo Yuhao’s claims, but became cautious when he noticed Electrolux’s power.
• Huo Yuhao suggested Tian Meng still cared for the Ice Empress, and Tian Meng reacted in surprise that Huo Yuhao knew about her.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Tian Meng to lead him to the Ice Empress by offering to help her become his Second Martial Soul, though Tian Meng agreed only as a test. They reached the Ice Jade Scorpions' territory, where Tian Meng offered to disguise their auras and forms so they could enter.

• Huo Yuhao revealed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and argued that the Ice Empress could avoid her coming tribulations by becoming his Second Martial Soul.
• Tian Meng doubted Huo Yuhao could persuade the Ice Empress and proposed leading him to her, promising to Sacrifice himself if Huo Yuhao succeeded.
• Huo Yuhao accepted Tian Meng's test, and the two set out for the Ice Jade Scorpions' territory.
• Along the way, Tian Meng questioned Huo Yuhao about his knowledge and Soul Ring, and Huo Yuhao said his teacher had killed a powerful enemy.
• At the Ice Jade Scorpions' territory, Tian Meng offered to mimic their aura and form so they could get inside.

Huo Yuhao and Brother Sky Dream confronted the Ice Empress at Jade Ice Lake, where Huo Yuhao used spiritual illusions and attacks to test her. The Ice Empress questioned who Huo Yuhao really was after he revealed knowledge of her and other Far North Land beasts that Brother Sky Dream could not have told him.

• Brother Sky Dream led Huo Yuhao to Jade Ice Lake and called the Ice Empress out of her cultivation.
• The Ice Empress struck Brother Sky Dream, then challenged Huo Yuhao, who defended himself with spiritual powers and the White Emperor Sword.
• Brother Sky Dream weakened Huo Yuhao's spiritual attack, allowing the Ice Empress to stab Huo Yuhao through the chest.
• Huo Yuhao reappeared unharmed, revealing that the fight had taken place in a spiritual loop.
• Huo Yuhao told the Ice Empress that he knew about her, the Snow Empress, the Titan Snow Demon King, and Xiao Bai, prompting her to demand his true identity.

Huo Yuhao told Ice Empress a fabricated account of the future to persuade her that she and Snow Empress could be saved. Snow Empress arrived and demanded to know how he planned to change events, and Huo Yuhao revealed that he had an Immortal Herb to help Ice Empress survive her next Heavenly Tribulation.

• Huo Yuhao claimed he came from ten thousand years in the future and described Ice Empress's coming Heavenly Tribulation and Snow Empress's fate.
• Ice Empress questioned Huo Yuhao's account, then began believing him as he explained how he, Ice Empress, and Brother Sky Dream had become connected to Snow Empress.
• Ice Empress told Huo Yuhao that Di Tian had once come to the Far North Land seeking to conquer its Soul Beasts and gather their faith.
• Huo Yuhao said he could change the future, but Snow Empress arrived and questioned what he meant.
• Huo Yuhao told Snow Empress that he had an Immortal Herb that could help Ice Empress survive her four-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation.

Huo Yuhao offered the Ice Empress a Snow-Colored Swan Kiss to help her survive her four-hundred-thousand-year great tribulation, asking Snow Empress to capture a Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King in return. After the Ice Empress swallowed the herb and refined it, the resulting increase in her cultivation brought the Heavenly Tribulation down, and she faced the lightning as Snow Empress watched.

• Huo Yuhao explained that the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss could restore the Ice Empress's poison arts and strengthen her enough to face the tribulation.
• Snow Empress agreed to help Huo Yuhao capture the Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King in exchange for the herb.
• The Ice Empress swallowed the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss and refined it while Snow Empress protected her and Huo Yuhao recovered nearby.
• The herb raised the Ice Empress's cultivation by ten thousand years, triggering her four-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation.
• Azure lightning struck and wounded the Ice Empress, but she stared up at the sky and refused to yield.

Ice Empress endured her Heavenly Tribulation, but Snow Empress took a lightning bolt meant for Huo Yuhao and suffered a severe wound. Huo Yuhao saved Snow Empress from immediate death, then offered two possible treatments for the lingering damage as the group faced a choice about what to do next.

• Ice Empress transformed into her true form and faced the successive bolts of her Heavenly Tribulation.
• Huo Yuhao rushed to protect Ice Empress, but Snow Empress stepped in front of him and was pierced by purple lightning.
• Huo Yuhao awakened his remaining divine power, caught Snow Empress, and fed her Eight Petal Immortal Orchid petals to restore her life force.
• Ice Empress cried in Snow Empress's arms, while Huo Yuhao warned that the lingering tribulation power could threaten Snow Empress during her 700,000 Year Calamity.
• Huo Yuhao proposed seeking Emerald Swan Bi Ji in the Star Dou Great Forest or finding the Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King to treat Snow Empress's injuries.

After the Ice Empress survived her tribulation, Huo Yuhao collapsed from exhaustion, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress learned about his claims of coming from ten thousand years in the future. When he woke at Jade Ice Lake, he spoke with the Snow Empress and saw the Ice Empress return with a mammoth.

• The Ice Empress wanted to hurry to the Icebound Forest for the Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King, but the Snow Empress urged her to recover first.
• Huo Yuhao fainted from overexertion, and Brother Sky Dream explained how he had met Huo Yuhao and brought him to the Ice Empress.
• The Ice Empress told the Snow Empress that Huo Yuhao had described her future, including her failed tribulation and later rescue, and repeated his words about not being able to hurt her.
• Huo Yuhao woke at Jade Ice Lake and learned that the Snow Empress was stable as long as she avoided fighting at full strength.
• The Snow Empress explained that the Ice Empress had gone hunting, then the Ice Empress returned carrying a Snowfield Mammoth.

After recovering at Jade Ice Lake, Huo Yuhao traveled south with Snow Empress and Ice Empress toward the Icebound Forest to search for the Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King. The group reached Snow Dragon Spine Mountain, where a sleeping shadowy creature woke with a sneeze and wondered if another calamity was coming.

• Ice Empress brought back a Snowfield Mammoth for Huo Yuhao, and he cooked a meal that Ice Empress, Tian Meng, and Snow Empress shared.
• After several days, Huo Yuhao had mostly recovered, Ice Empress had healed, and Snow Empress remained in decent condition despite hidden wounds.
• Tian Meng offered to help search for the Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King by using his Mental Detection and concealing their auras.
• Snow Empress carried Huo Yuhao south while Ice Empress tied Tian Meng to a rope and dragged him through the air.
• The group crossed the snowy wilderness and reached the Icebound Forest near Snow Dragon Spine Mountain.
• A shadowy creature sleeping in a cave on Snow Dragon Spine Mountain woke after sneezing and wondered whether it faced another calamity.

Huo Yuhao, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress entered the Icebound Forest under Brother Sky Dream’s concealment to capture the Purple Shadow. The Purple Shadow escaped their first attack by swapping places with her shedding, but Huo Yuhao and the two Empresses cornered her at the mountain’s foot.

• Brother Sky Dream disguised the group’s auras and shared his mental detection with Huo Yuhao, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress.
• Huo Yuhao’s group crossed the Icebound Forest toward Snow Dragon Spine Mountain, increasing their simulated cultivation to deter stronger soul beasts.
• Snow Empress froze the Purple Shadow at her cave, but Ice Empress’s attempt to seize her caught only a layer of Ginseng Shedding.
• The Purple Shadow reappeared at the mountain’s foot after swapping places with her shedding and accepted a handkerchief from Huo Yuhao.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress descended beside Huo Yuhao, and the Purple Shadow tried to flee as Huo Yuhao reached to seize her.

Huo Yuhao and the Ice and Snow Two Emperors captured Zi Ling, the Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King, and questioned her about immortal herbs and a cure for the Snow Empress’s lingering tribulation injuries. Zi Ling revealed that Life Gold in the Star Dou Great Forest could help, but Huo Yuhao rejected her scheme and asked for another remedy.

• The Ice and Snow Two Emperors combined their domains to freeze Zi Ling after Tian Meng’s trap stopped her escape.
• Huo Yuhao questioned Zi Ling, who admitted her name and identified several immortal herbs he showed her.
• Zi Ling sensed lingering Heavenly Tribulation aura around the Snow Empress and warned it could affect her next tribulation.
• Zi Ling proposed using Life Gold beneath a lake in the Star Dou Great Forest to heal the Snow Empress, while hoping to lure Huo Yuhao there.
• Huo Yuhao exposed Zi Ling’s plan to use the Ice and Snow Two Emperors against the forest’s powerful beasts, struck her on the head, and asked for another cure.

Huo Yuhao forced Zi Ling to offer a way to heal Snow Empress’s internal injuries, then bound her with a Mental Contract. Zi Ling handed Snow Empress three drops of Essence Blood, while Huo Yuhao kept the medicinal herb under his control.

• Zi Ling suggested Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng and Lovesick Heartbreak Red, but Huo Yuhao revealed the ginseng had already been used and named Zi Ling as a nearby alternative.
• Zi Ling warned that Snow Empress’s cultivation could trigger another Heavenly Tribulation if she consumed the entire Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King.
• Zi Ling offered to heal Snow Empress with three drops of her Essence Blood in exchange for her life.
• Huo Yuhao drafted a Mental Contract, and Zi Ling signed it before realizing its terms could bind her.
• Huo Yuhao freed Zi Ling, and she placed three drops of Essence Blood in a Jade Bottle for Snow Empress.