Chapter Summaries

After a fragment fused with her body, Ju Zi dreamed of Ye Cheng’s life and awoke with two new martial souls, cultivation insights, and the ability to sense other fragments. She decided to hide her identity, grow stronger, and pursue the God Ring Master path by forming her own Soul Rings.

• Ju Zi noticed that the fragment in her arm had improved her body and caused her to dream of Ye Cheng’s life as a powerful soul master.
• Ju Zi awoke with the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and Flying Rainbow Sword martial souls alongside her Orange martial soul.
• Ju Zi realized the fragment had let her absorb Ye Cheng’s cultivation experience and sense the locations of other Flying Rainbow Sword fragments.
• Ju Zi resolved to conceal her identity, collect fragments, and increase her strength before challenging those who possessed them.
• Ju Zi settled somewhere in the Sun Moon Empire and began cultivating by destroying her old Soul Rings and condensing new ones herself.

Ju Zi used the Flying Rainbow Sword fragment and Ye Cheng’s inheritance to begin Shattered Ring Reconstruction, while Ye Cheng watched to see how her new strength would change her fate. As the continent searched for divine artifact fragments, Ning Tian discovered a pagoda-roof fragment that resonated with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul.

• Ju Zi began shattering her soul rings and condensing new ones, unaware that Ye Cheng had chosen to help her rise.
• Ye Cheng explained that he had used the fragment to improve Ju Zi’s body and bloodline, grant her two martial souls, and give her an inheritance through a fabricated dream.
• People across the continent searched for divine artifact fragments, but none publicly reported finding one.
• Ning Tian secretly returned to her room with a fragment shaped like a pagoda roof that she had found in the grass.
• Ning Tian sensed the fragment’s extraordinary power and its compatibility with her martial soul, and wondered whether it was part of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Ning Tian sensed a Divine Artifact fragment in the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s garden and dug it up, only to discover it belonged to the Flying Rainbow Sword. When she brought it together with the pagoda canopy, a phantom appeared and identified both pieces as fragments of the Ten Directions Sky-Reaching Pagoda.

• Ning Tian used Soul Power with the pagoda canopy and sensed a nearby point of light that might mark another fragment.
• Ning Tian searched the sect’s garden, found a tiny hole, and dug up a mud-covered fragment.
• Ning Tian hid the fragment and returned to her room, where she recognized it as a piece of the Flying Rainbow Sword.
• Ning Tian brought the shard together with the pagoda canopy, awakening a phantom that identified them as pieces of the Ten Directions Sky-Reaching Pagoda.
• The phantom wondered whether a calamity had still befallen those who came after him, while Ning Tian stared in confusion.

Ning Tian discovered that Ye Cheng's pagoda fragment came from his transformed Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, explaining why it resonated with her. She learned that Ye Cheng was Ning Rongrong's half-brother and had complementary Twin Martial Souls, while he kept his distance from the sect.

• Ye Cheng asked Ning Tian about the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect after sensing her Martial Soul resonate with the pagoda fragment.
• Ning Tian explained that her sect had been the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect before Ning Rongrong evolved her Martial Soul and ascended, but no one since had inherited the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ye Cheng revealed that Ning Rongrong was his younger half-sister, then rejected Ning Tian's attempt to call him an ancestor and said he had little connection to the sect.
• Ye Cheng explained that the pagoda fragment was a Divine Artifact formed from his Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, one of his Twin Martial Souls.
• Ning Tian realized Ye Cheng's other Martial Soul was the Flying Rainbow Sword and envied his combination of combat and support abilities.

Huo Yuhao escaped the people watching him by combining Old Ye’s Aura Concealment and Invisibility techniques, then traveled north in search of fragments of the residual soul. He reached the border of the Heaven Dou Empire and prepared to enter the dangerous Extreme North Land, where Old Ye sensed the nearest fragment.

• Ning Tian learned that wearing the pagoda fragment would eventually remedy her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s flaw and let it evolve into a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Huo Yuhao left Shrek Academy but found himself under constant surveillance, so Old Ye taught him Aura Concealment and Invisibility techniques.
• After learning the basics of both techniques, Huo Yuhao used Old Ye’s help to escape the watchers and later changed his face and aura.
• Huo Yuhao traveled toward the northern border of the Heaven Dou Empire in search of a fragment of the residual soul.
• At the edge of the Extreme North Land, Huo Yuhao confirmed with Old Ye that the nearest fragment lay farther north, in a human-forbidden region inhabited by soul beasts.

Huo Yuhao entered the Extremely North Land to search for a fragment, relying on Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to guide him and protect him from the cold. Sky Dream also proposed carrying out their plan to obtain Ice Empress's Sacrifice, and Huo Yuhao agreed to take the risk.

• Huo Yuhao guessed the fragment lay in the Core Area of the Extremely North Land and asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to guide him.
• Sky Dream admitted he did not know the region but offered to use his spiritual power to sense and avoid soul beast gathering grounds.
• Sky Dream told Huo Yuhao to remove his clothes, then wrapped him in his shed shell to protect him from the extreme cold and conceal his aura.
• Sky Dream said he had planned to bring Huo Yuhao north to seek Ice Empress's Sacrifice and believed the Ice Empress could still be caught off guard despite the video revealing their future.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to risk his life to follow Sky Dream's plan.

Huo Yuhao traveled deeper into the Extremely North Land while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm guided him toward the Core Area and the fragment. After narrowly surviving a Titan Snow Demon King’s stomp, he learned it was one of the land’s three powerful rulers and continued onward, eager to find the fragment and escape.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao to follow his commands when they met the Ice Empress, and Huo Yuhao agreed to trust his guidance.
• Huo Yuhao stocked up on food and headed toward the Core Area of the Extremely North Land, where Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said the fragment was located.
• Over two days, Huo Yuhao traveled more than four hundred li into the uninhabited depths, using wooden boards to cross the deep snow while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm repeatedly changed their route.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm ordered Huo Yuhao to bury himself in the snow and remain still as a gigantic creature approached and stomped him into the ground.
• After the creature passed, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm identified it as the Titan Snow Demon King, one of the Extremely North Three Great Heavenly Kings, and said his discarded shell had protected Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao saw the creature’s enormous footprints and continued toward the fragment, shaken by how close he had come to dying.

Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reached the Core Area of the Extremely North Land and prepared to lure the Ice Empress. As Sky Dream released his immense aura, Huo Yuhao’s body turned bright gold and a vast spiritual power spread across the region.

• Huo Yuhao cautiously crossed the blizzard for two days, struggling with frozen food and water.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm chose to lure the Ice Empress and warned Huo Yuhao to endure the cold while he negotiated with her.
• Huo Yuhao carved a small shelter beneath the snow and prepared to wait inside while Sky Dream began the plan.
• Sky Dream’s spiritual power surged through Huo Yuhao, spreading across the Core Area and darkening the sky.
• Huo Yuhao felt as though he ruled the world as his body turned bright gold and thunder rumbled overhead.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm drew Ice Empress out to persuade her to become Huo Yuhao’s Soul Ring, but Ice Empress knew their plans and showed no fear. Old Ye detected the fragment they had come to find on Ice Empress, leaving Huo Yuhao hopeful as Tian Meng realized the encounter was slipping out of his control.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm released nine clusters of spiritual essence, formed a golden spiritual body, and challenged Ice Empress to meet him.
• Ice Empress appeared beneath an emerald-green sky after Tian Meng promised that becoming Huo Yuhao’s Soul Ring could save her from death.
• Old Ye told Huo Yuhao that Ice Empress carried the fragment they had come to find.
• Ice Empress revealed that the video had exposed Tian Meng’s plans and said she had no intention of offering herself as a sacrifice.
• Tian Meng panicked when Ice Empress remained fearless despite knowing about Huo Yuhao, Old Ye, and their supposed trump cards.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm used his spiritual power and shed skin to capture the Ice Empress, then helped Huo Yuhao escape the extreme cold zone. Once they reached a safer area, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm prepared to persuade the Ice Empress to fuse with Huo Yuhao, but she recognized how he had trapped her.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm attacked the Ice Empress and used a hidden layer of light to bind her while Huo Yuhao struggled against the extreme cold inside the Ice House.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sealed the Ice Empress away, and the white film returned to Huo Yuhao and shielded him from the cold.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Huo Yuhao that the Ice Empress's clansmen were coming, so Huo Yuhao ran from the core region while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm concealed his presence.
• At the outer edge of the extreme cold zone, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao that the Ice Empress had to agree willingly to the fusion and brought her out from the shed skin.
• The Ice Empress calmly realized that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had caught her off guard because she had been close to him.

Ice Empress broke free from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s restraints and revealed that she controlled the Flying Rainbow Sword Fragment. Old Ye then drew out the fragment’s other consciousness, a younger version of himself who greeted him as his other self.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm tried to persuade Ice Empress to sacrifice herself so he could help create a god, but she said she had found another path.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm weighed whether to release Ice Empress or kill her, but she pierced his million-year shed shell and escaped.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm retreated into Huo Yuhao and threatened Ice Empress with Old Ye’s presence, but she remained protected by the glowing fragment.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized the fragment as a Flying Rainbow Sword Fragment, and Huo Yuhao asked Old Ye how Ice Empress could control it.
• Old Ye called out to the fragment’s other consciousness, which appeared as a younger, white-robed version of himself and greeted him.

Huo Yuhao learned that Old Ye and the figure inside Ice Empress were separate fragments of Ye Cheng’s soul, and that the other fragment had let them go in exchange for Old Ye’s distinct memories. The encounter ended with Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm safe, while Old Ye explained why Ye Cheng had allied with soul beasts.

• Old Ye explained that Ye Cheng had died and his scattered soul fragments had formed distinct personalities from incomplete memories.
• Old Ye told Huo Yuhao that the fragment within Ice Empress wanted to devour him, but the two fragments agreed to avoid a costly fight.
• Old Ye traded his distinct memories to the other fragment, who returned to Ice Empress and let Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm leave.
• Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm collapsed in relief after Ice Empress departed.
• Old Ye explained that he could interfere with the Flying Rainbow Sword fragment and threaten mutual destruction, making the trade safer than fighting.
• Old Ye told Huo Yuhao that Ye Cheng treated humans and soul beasts equally and helped Ice Empress because they had formed a bond.

Old Ye explained that Soul Beasts had two known paths to godhood and revealed that the Ice Empress and another fragment were pursuing a third: the unfinished Demon Cultivation Method. Huo Yuhao learned that it aimed to awaken humanlike wisdom in Soul Beasts, but Old Ye said its scattered framework would be difficult to complete.

• Old Ye explained that the God Realm had forbidden Soul Beasts from receiving divine positions after the Dragon God's rebellion, while Soul Pact Masters offered another route to godhood.
• Old Ye ruled out the Soul Pact method for the proud Ice Empress and revealed that she was pursuing the Demon Cultivation Method with another fragment.
• Old Ye explained that Demon Cultivation aimed to free Soul Beasts from instinct and awaken wisdom comparable to humanity's, making them demons.
• Huo Yuhao realized the other fragment had wanted his memories to help complete the method, while the Ice Empress sought those memories for her own path.
• Old Ye said the Demon Cultivation Method remained an incomplete, scattered framework and would be difficult to perfect.

The Ice Empress returned to the Snow Empress’s ice kingdom with Ye Cheng, who said a memory fragment had helped him make progress on the Demon Cultivation Method. The Ice Empress and Snow Empress hoped his method would free them from Heavenly Tribulations and trusted him completely.

• The Ice Empress flew back to the Core Area and entered the Snow Empress’s vast ice cavern.
• The Snow Empress greeted the Ice Empress and learned that Ye Cheng had returned with her.
• Ye Cheng said the memory fragment complemented his own memories and had advanced his work on the Demon Cultivation Method.
• The Ice Empress asked whether the method would soon free them from Heavenly Tribulations.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress showed their deep trust in Ye Cheng, believing he could secure a future for soul beasts.

Ye Cheng completed the Demon Cultivation Method and explained his plan to transform Soul Beasts into intelligent demons who could pursue the righteous path of Demon Immortals. He left Snow Empress and Ice Empress with the method and revealed that his Enlightenment Technique could help spread demon cultivation among weaker Soul Beasts.

• Ye Cheng reasoned that Soul Beasts had limited potential because they gained intelligence slowly and had to sacrifice their longevity to take human form.
• Ye Cheng distinguished righteous Demon Immortals from evil Demon Devils and chose the Extremely North Land as the place to develop demons.
• Ye Cheng told Snow Empress and Ice Empress that he had completed the Demon Cultivation Method and sent its information into their minds.
• Snow Empress worried that most Soul Beasts could not understand the profound method and that too few hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts could begin the transformation.
• Ye Cheng explained that transformed demons would pass their bloodline and cultivation memories to their descendants, and revealed the Enlightenment Technique could awaken the intelligence of weak Soul Beasts.

Ye Cheng helped the Snow Empress begin converting her Soul Power into Demon Power so she could become the world’s first monster, using the Flying Rainbow Sword Fragment to accelerate the process. As the Snow Empress’s transformation began in earnest, the Ice Empress watched and learned, awaiting her own turn.

• Ye Cheng gave the Snow Empress and Ice Empress the Demon Cultivation Method, and they decided to become the first monsters.
• Ye Cheng explained that he could use the Flying Rainbow Sword Fragment to speed up the bloodline conversion, then began assisting the Snow Empress alone in the cave.
• The Snow Empress struggled through dozens of mistakes before forming a fragile thread of Demon Power within her vast Soul Power.
• After half a month, Ye Cheng used the Flying Rainbow Sword Fragment to immobilize the Snow Empress’s Soul Power and let her Demon Power devour it.
• The Snow Empress’s conversion accelerated dramatically, while the Ice Empress watched the changes and deepened her understanding of the method.

With Ye Cheng’s help, the Snow Empress transformed her Soul Power into Demon Power and altered her genes, completing her evolution from a soul beast into a demon. The world’s first demon was born as a Demon Beast—Heavenly Snow Woman.

• The Snow Empress’s Demon Power steadily consumed her Soul Power as her bloodline and genes began to change.
• The Ice Empress watched anxiously while the Flying Rainbow Sword Fragment stabilized the Snow Empress whenever her genes nearly collapsed.
• After two months, the Snow Empress reached ninety-nine point nine percent Demon Power, and Ye Cheng helped her through the dangerous final stage.
• The Snow Empress’s last trace of Soul Power was devoured, completing her transformation into a Demon Beast—Heavenly Snow Woman.
• The Snow Empress felt the world’s hostility vanish, and the world’s first demon was born.

Snow Empress and Ice Empress completed their transformations into Demon Beasts, gaining versatile Demon Power and a gentler disposition. They began planning to expand the Demon Race by teaching their clans the Demon Cultivation Method and using the Enlightenment Technique to awaken other beasts.

• Snow Empress told Ice Empress that she felt better than ever after becoming a Demon Beast.
• Ice Empress transformed from an Ice Jade Scorpion soul beast into the world's second demon with Ye Cheng's help.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress discovered that their Demon Power could shift between attributes, unlike their former ice-bound Soul Power.
• The two Empresses decided to teach the Demon Cultivation Method first to the Snow Woman Clan and Ice Jade Scorpion Clan.
• Ye Cheng taught Snow Empress and Ice Empress the Enlightenment Technique so they could awaken the intelligence of wild beasts and grow the Demon Race.

The Ice Empress summoned the Ice Jade Scorpions and began using the Enlightenment Technique to awaken their intelligence, while the Snow Empress guided her clan in Demon Cultivation. After the Ice Empress successfully enlightened the first scorpion, Ye Cheng demonstrated how a perfected technique could also grant a beast human form.

• The Snow Women eagerly began cultivating the Demon Cultivation Method under the Snow Empress's guidance.
• The Ice Empress summoned the Ice Jade Scorpions throughout the Extremely North Land.
• The first summoned Ice Jade Scorpion submitted to the Ice Empress, who used the Enlightenment Technique to awaken its intelligence.
• Ye Cheng explained that the Ice Empress's technique had limited effects because her cultivation was insufficient.
• Ye Cheng used the perfected Enlightenment Technique to turn the Ice Jade Scorpion into a little girl and explained that it could grant both intelligence and human form.

The Ice Empress awakened the Ice Jade Scorpions and helped build a growing force of Demon Beasts in the Extremely North Land. Meanwhile, Ju Zi rapidly advanced to Soul Emperor through the God Ring Master cultivation method and the power of the Flying Rainbow Sword Fragment.

• The Ice Empress used the Enlightenment Technique to awaken her Ice Jade Scorpion clansmen, while Ye Cheng let her establish their loyalty.
• Ye Cheng helped batches of Ice Jade Scorpions and Snow Women transform into Demon Beasts as the Extremely North Land's forces expanded.
• Ju Zi condensed her first soul ring for the Flying Rainbow Sword and began advancing through the Innate Skill.
• Ju Zi formed a Soul Core, raised her soul rings' ages, and condensed additional rings to break through successive cultivation levels.
• After a few months, Ju Zi reached Soul Emperor with three purple and three black soul rings.