Chapter Summaries

During Huo Yuqing’s painful fusion with the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, she encountered a broken reflection of herself who showed her fragments of a disastrous future and left her a gift of ice-element insight. The chapter ended with fate branching into a new path and a golden cat in another universe waking from a dream of Huo Yuqing.

• Huo Yuqing struggled through a snowstorm in her consciousness and met a tall reflection who shared her third eye and energy.
• The reflection revealed fragments of visions involving Huo Yuqing, Shrek, and a frozen Star Dou Forest, then warned her to stay away from someone tied to a plan.
• The reflection gave Huo Yuqing jade-green light containing his understanding of ice before vanishing, and Huo Yuqing gained a profound realization during her fusion with the Ice Empress.
• The Ice Empress watched Huo Yuqing with renewed resolve as a jade-green pillar of light rose, while the Snow Empress, Golden Dragon King, and Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King changed course amid shifting fate.
• In another universe, a golden cat woke from a dream, transformed into a girl in lion pajamas, and took cola from the refrigerator.

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen visited the Moon Shadow Merchant Guild in Dragon City to select cultivation supplies and inspect its goods. Meng Hongchen bought novelty Soul Tools and received a bone-flute necklace from a flustered white-haired clerk, leaving her unsure what had happened.

• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen started a snowball fight outside the merchant guild until a giant white wolf warned them to stop fighting.
• The guild employee let the Hongchen Twins choose from newly arrived goods, and they bought cultivation pills and treasures before passing over expensive soul bones.
• Meng Hongchen bought music boxes in several designs while Xiao Hongchen criticized New City's focus on civilian Soul Tools.
• Meng Hongchen browsed novelty Soul Tools and bought jellyfish lamps, a juice extractor, and a swan-shaped toilet brush.
• Meng Hongchen examined a crystal sphere at a quiet counter, and a white-haired clerk woke up, called her his Yue Shen, gave her a bone-flute necklace, and hurried away.

The Ice Bear King killed Kong You and Xi Hongchen, but Kong You’s sun-and-moon martial souls reversed their deaths and gave them a brief return to life. As Kong You explained the Sun Moon Empire’s corruption and urged Xi to survive, he died again, leaving her to face a hungry Ice Jade Scorpion.

• The Ice Bear King left Kong You and Xi Hongchen’s corpses nailed to the ice wall, sparing them from being eaten.
• Kong You’s sun-and-moon powers combined into a mirror that reversed life and death, briefly reviving him and Xi Hongchen.
• Xi remembered pursuing Kong You into the Extreme North after hearing he had been branded a traitor and discovering him after the Ice Bear King attacked.
• Kong You told Xi that powerful people profited from the ongoing war and that the royal family wanted him dead because he possessed both sun and moon martial souls.
• Kong You urged Xi to take his soul bones, return his remains to the emperor, and escape; he then sank back into death as a hungry Ice Jade Scorpion approached.

Tang Ya left Shrek Academy for Heaven Dou City, but her corrupted Blue Silver Grass and growing hunger drove her to hunt in Sunset Forest. After absorbing a ten-thousand-year insect Soul Ring, she attacked Iron Blood Sect disciples and was stopped by a mysterious figure.

• Tang Ya left Beibei a tear-stained letter and departed for Heaven Dou City, concealing that her Soul Power had reached Rank 40 and that her Blue Silver Grass was turning sinister.
• At Heaven Dou City, Tang Ya resisted the monster urging her to attack the Iron Blood Sect and went to Sunset Forest to grow stronger.
• Tang Ya’s Dark Blue Silver Grass devoured Soul Beasts and plants until poisonous insect Soul Beasts overwhelmed her and the monster took control.
• Tang Ya killed the giant insect, absorbed its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, and rose to Rank 43.
• Tang Ya attacked a group of Iron Blood Sect disciples, but a mysterious figure restrained her and let them escape.

A mysterious cloaked man subdued Tang Ya, who was consumed by hatred, and brought her to the Holy Spirit Cult’s gathering in Sunset Forest. The cult’s Holy Son, Lan Lingtong, learned that Tang Ya possessed the Dark Blue Silver Grass martial soul.

• A black-cloaked man knocked Tang Ya unconscious and carried her away after warning that hatred had clouded her judgment.
• Holy Spirit Cult members gathered in Sunset Forest to cultivate its vast evil energy and resentment.
• Lan Lingtong warned Lan Fuzi not to approach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well because their enemies had made the area dangerous.
• Elder Mo returned with Tang Ya and announced that she possessed the Dark Blue Silver Grass martial soul.
• Lan Lingtong showed surprise at Tang Ya’s martial soul.

Tang Ya confronted Lan Lingtong, who warned her that Dark Blue Silver Grass would drive her to kill and urged her to abandon its power. She chose power to avenge her family and restore her sect, and Lan Lingtong said the Holy Cult would not interfere with her will but that she still had to go with them.

• Tang Ya awoke in a clearing in Sunset Forest, surrounded by black-cloaked members of the Holy Spirit Cult and Lan Lingtong.
• Lan Lingtong identified Tang Ya's Dark Blue Silver Grass as a dangerous power that would keep urging her to kill.
• Tang Ya raged that she needed the power to avenge her parents, reclaim her home, and restore her sect.
• Lan Lingtong revealed that his own martial soul had made him a monster from birth and that his teacher had taught him to restrain its darkness.
• Three golden scales appeared on Lan Lingtong's brow and helped him regain control as he warned Tang Ya about the cost of her choice.
• Tang Ya chose power, and Lan Lingtong said the Holy Cult would respect her will but still take her with them.

Wang Dong struggled with recurring headaches and failed to understand Jiang Lan’s cultivation advice while staying at the Clear Sky Sect. Meanwhile, Ma Xiaotao, Jiang Lan, and Xu Sanshi investigated Ma Xiaotao’s past until a local Soul Master approached them.

• A young monster stirred beneath the bones in the Grave of Ten Thousand Skeletons.
• Wang Dong tried to cultivate by finding the rhythm of heaven and earth, but gave up and lamented that her headaches had returned at the Clear Sky Sect.
• Wang Dong recalled that her friends and family had offered explanations, medicine, research, and advice, but no clear answer about her headaches.
• Ma Xiaotao led Jiang Lan and Xu Sanshi to investigate the road where Yan Shaozhe had found her as a child.
• Jiang Lan sensed someone approaching, and Chen Xiang introduced herself as a Swift-tailed Swallow Soul Master and asked whether they needed help.

Wang Rui returned to managing Star Dou Great Forest’s affairs while Huo Yuqing slept after fusing with Ice Empress’s soul ring. Ice Empress then asked him why Di Tian had appeared above the Far North, leaving her worried about Snow Empress’s approaching Great Tribulation.

• Wang Rui approved a plan to expand the Northern District Herb Garden while Huo Yuqing slept and clutched his tail.
• Ice Empress praised Huo Yuqing for completing the soul-ring fusion while conscious and enduring its power.
• Wang Rui reviewed a muddled report from the Azure Catfish King about Star Dou’s waterways and aquatic Soul Beasts.
• Ice Empress told Wang Rui she had seen a black dragon shadow above the Far North after he and Di Tian left, and asked why Di Tian had gone there.

Wang Rui manipulated Ice Empress’s doubts about Snow Empress while handling reports and preparing to protect Snow Empress during her reincarnation. He then offered Bai Chenxiang a way to reach Ma Hongjun through Ma Xiaotao and a carefully staged sacrifice.

• Wang Rui told Ice Empress that Snow Empress had found a dangerous reincarnation method using a hundred-thousand-year Glacial Snow Lotus, and revealed that the Ice Bear King would guard her.
• Wang Rui promised to bring Snow Empress to Star Dou after the Fierce Beast meeting, leaving Ice Empress troubled by how much Snow Empress had kept from her.
• Wang Rui gave Bai Chenxiang a Lovesick Heartbreak Red and urged her to regain her former appearance so she could pursue a plan involving Ma Hongjun.
• Wang Rui told Bai Chenxiang to befriend and guide Ma Xiaotao, then sacrifice herself when Ma Xiaotao neared death, hoping Ma Hongjun would sense the danger through their karmic connection.

The God of Destruction considered using the Phoenix God’s devotion to his mortal lover to draw him into a conflict with Tang San, while investigating the missing Golden Dragon Spear and the Asura God’s compromised seal. Huo Yuqing entered her transformed spiritual space, where a sapphire-blue vertical eye began pouring mysterious insight into her as the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm tried to wake her.

• The God of Destruction learned that the Swift-tailed Swallow serving the dragon-lion was the Phoenix God’s long-lost lover and considered using that connection to win the Phoenix God’s support.
• The God of Destruction reasoned that Tang San had taken the Golden Dragon Spear using Asura divine power and concluded that Tang San’s Sea God position obstructed his mastery of the Asura God’s strength.
• The God of Destruction wondered whether the dragon-lion had put the Swift-tailed Swallow at risk because reaching godhood might allow her resurrection, or because he expected the God of Destruction to contact the Phoenix God.
• Huo Yuqing found that her spiritual space had changed, with a towering sapphire-blue vertical eye replacing the liquid mass formed from the Gold of Life.
• Huo Yuqing gazed into the eye as profound insight entered her soul, while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urgently called for her to wake up.

Huo Yuqing explored the changes in her Sea of Consciousness after fusing with Ice Empress and receiving power from the Auspicious Beast. She drew the Horse-Severing Blade from a sphere of anger and heard an unfamiliar voice praise her.

• Huo Yuqing awoke from her trance and learned that the fusion with Ice Empress had succeeded, though Ice Empress was angry with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and went to sleep.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained that the Auspicious Beast's destiny power had changed Huo Yuqing's Spiritual World, where a terrifying sapphire-blue eye had appeared.
• Huo Yuqing used the eye to see the Star Dou Forest and wondered whether Wang Rui was connected to the Imperial Auspicious Beast, but Sky Dream Ice Silkworm answered evasively.
• Huo Yuqing noticed seven colored spheres inside the eye and reached into the blood-red sphere, sensing intense fury and finding a blade.
• Huo Yuqing pulled out the Horse-Severing Blade as her anger and Spiritual Power merged, and an unfamiliar voice called her a genius.

Rong Nianbing appeared in Huo Yuqing’s Sea of Consciousness and offered to teach her how to master the Seven Emotions. He left Huo Yuqing with a lesson—and a shocking claim that becoming his disciple would mean taking his place in the Divine Realm’s prison.

• Tian Meng demanded to know who had entered Huo Yuqing’s Sea of Consciousness, and Rong Nianbing appeared as a tiny chef.
• Rong Nianbing invited Huo Yuqing to study cooking, but she explained that she could not devote herself to it.
• Rong Nianbing explained that Huo Yuqing needed stronger Spiritual Power, a deeper understanding of anger, and mastery of all seven emotions to perfect her emotional blade.
• Rong Nianbing claimed that his disciple would have to replace him in the Divine Realm’s prison, alarming Huo Yuqing and Tian Meng.
• Rong Nianbing revealed that he served as the God of Emotion, and Huo Yuqing admitted she had suspected he was more than an ordinary visitor.

Rong Nianbing offered Huo Yuqing the chance to inherit the God of Emotion and explained the trials she would need to complete. After he left a divine seed in her Sea of Consciousness, Huo Yuqing touched the sorrow within her and broke into tears.

• Huo Yuqing asked Rong Nianbing whether the Divine Realm was truly so bad, and he explained that its unchanging life had become unbearable to him.
• Rong Nianbing asked Huo Yuqing to inherit the God of Emotion, and she accepted because she was determined to keep her promise.
• Rong Nianbing outlined trials based on seven emotions and discovered that someone had already left a powerful sorrow in Huo Yuqing's Sea of Consciousness.
• Rong Nianbing explained that his Divine Sense would record her progress, mark her as his successor, and eventually help her comprehend emotional power.
• Rong Nianbing left behind a cookbook and vanished, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm commented on the sudden clue to godhood.
• Huo Yuqing touched the blue sphere of sorrow and remembered her mother's death and her own helplessness, bringing tears to her eyes.

Huo Yuqing woke in the Golden Ancient Tree’s crown, where Wen Qiang introduced her to his wife, Xu Jing, and then led her through Jade City. He explained that Wang Rui was at a meeting and brought Huo Yuqing to a dim room containing a giant ant so she could help him and absorb her second soul ring.

• Huo Yuqing spoke with Xu Jing through a communication Soul Tool and learned that she was Wen Qiang’s wife.
• Wen Qiang told Huo Yuqing to help him and absorb her second soul ring, and explained that the Ice Marrow she absorbed had broken her stone bed.
• Huo Yuqing climbed down from the Golden Ancient Tree’s crown and learned that the tree’s life force nourished Jade City and its inhabitants.
• Wen Qiang teased Huo Yuqing about asking where Wang Rui was, then told her that Wang Rui had gone to a meeting and would return afterward.
• Wen Qiang led Huo Yuqing to a dim house at Jade City’s edge, where a person-sized ant lay in the center of the room.

Wen Qiang brought Huo Yuqing into the Ant Nest and explained its underground defenses and vast network. He took her by mine cart to Cultivation Chamber 360, leaving them speeding through the labyrinthine tracks.

• Wen Qiang opened the hidden entrance to the Ant Nest and led Huo Yuqing underground.
• Huo Yuqing discovered that the passage walls blocked Spiritual Detection, and Wen Qiang explained the insect-based coating and the Ant Nest’s importance.
• Wen Qiang described the Ant Nest’s farms, storage rooms, and routes connecting distant human nations and forests.
• Wen Qiang and Huo Yuqing boarded a mine cart, and he directed an ant to take them to Cultivation Chamber 360.
• The cart raced through the branching underground tracks as Huo Yuqing complained about its lack of a roof.

Wen Qiang brought Huo Yuqing through an ancient, unsettling section of the Ant Nest to meet An Wen, He Caitou, and another young man. The group revealed that their Pest Control Squad was dealing with a writhing mass of black mud filled with eyes.

• Wen Qiang explained the Ant Nest’s history and how ant queens and their offspring functioned.
• Huo Yuqing sensed something ominous in the abandoned tunnels and heard strange squelching sounds that her Spiritual Detection could not locate.
• Wen Qiang led Huo Yuqing through a narrow opening, where she found An Wen, He Caitou, and an unfamiliar boy waiting.
• He Caitou welcomed Huo Yuqing to the Pest Control Squad, and the unfamiliar boy warned that the pests were horrifying to people with trypophobia.
• An Wen struck the shadow-like patch, revealing black mud that writhed as countless eyes opened across it.

Huo Yuqing joined An Wen, He Caitou, and Dugu Shukke in clearing Shadow Hundred-Eyed Monsters from the Ant Nest’s growing chambers, learning that their spiritual attacks made the work exhausting but their soul rings suited her. After Wen Qiang left, the group took a break, and An Wen introduced Huo Yuqing to Dugu Shukke before asking to see her second martial soul.

• Wen Qiang told Huo Yuqing to choose a Shadow Hundred-Eyed Monster for her second soul ring, while An Wen, Dugu Shukke, and He Caitou attacked the multiplying creatures.
• Huo Yuqing learned that the monsters were dark elemental creatures spawned by the Evil Emperor’s lingering Spiritual Power and that they kept returning unless that power was removed.
• Wen Qiang left the group to clear growing chambers three hundred through four hundred, and the exhausted teenagers stopped to rest.
• An Wen introduced Dugu Shukke to Huo Yuqing, and he asked her to call him big brother.
• An Wen asked Huo Yuqing about the Far North and requested to see her second martial soul.

Wang Rui used the Fierce Beast Conference to strengthen his leadership and organize the soul beasts, while announcing major projects and plans for another meeting. He then traveled with Di Tian to the Extreme North Land to retrieve the reincarnated Snow Empress, but a snow-white little girl pounced on him.

• Wang Rui led the Fierce Beast Conference, presenting Star Dou's progress and urging the beasts to put the collective's interests first.
• The Fierce Beasts noticed that Wang Rui had taken the central seat between Di Tian and Bi Ji, signaling his rising authority.
• Wang Rui unveiled the Artificial Martial Soul Project and the New Contract Project, and planned a larger meeting within three years.
• Wang Rui and Di Tian traveled through a spatial gate to the Extreme North Land to retrieve the reincarnated Snow Empress, now a Snow Lotus.
• Wang Rui sneezed in the blizzard, and a short, snow-white little girl pounced onto him.

Snow Empress’s reincarnation left her trapped in the consciousness of a newly born Snow Lotus, who bonded with Wang Rui and called him her daddy. Di Tian took the crying child in hand and named her Lian Xue, while Snow Empress remained unable to control her body.

• The Snow Lotus clung to Wang Rui and called him her daddy, while Snow Empress argued with her from inside their shared body.
• Snow Empress recalled how several powerful Far North soul beasts had gathered to claim her remains after her defeat, and how Ice Bear King Little White had helped her escape.
• Wang Rui panicked at the Snow Lotus’s family claims, and Di Tian examined her, revealing Snow Empress’s blood-red soul ring and the flower’s torso soul bone.
• The Snow Lotus said she felt close to Wang Rui because he had used the Power of Destiny to help her be born, but he refused to be called her father.
• Di Tian tried to comfort the crying Snow Lotus, rejected the name A-Xue, and settled on Lian Xue.

Huo Yuqing returned from the Ant Nest and reunited with Wang Rui, only to discover that the little girl Lian Xue was a reborn Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Their contact revealed that Lian Xue hosted the Snow Empress, who reunited with the Ice Empress and faced questions about her past choices.

• Huo Yuqing emerged from the Ant Nest and greeted Wang Rui, embracing him as their Soul Power fused.
• Lian Xue interrupted them, and Wang Rui explained that she was rebuilding herself as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Huo Yuqing and Lian Xue touched, triggering the Pride of the Ice and Snow Empresses and revealing their icy Soul Power affinity.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress recognized each other, and the Ice Empress explained how Huo Yuqing might help improve the Snow Empress's situation.
• Lian Xue struggled to keep the Snow Empress out of her Sea of Consciousness, while the Ice Empress asked the Snow Empress whether she trusted the Ice Bear King more than her.