Chapter Summaries

Zhou Sichen and Tian Meng traveled to the Far North to capture Ice Empress, whose Soul Ring and Soul Bone could strengthen Zhou Sichen enough to withstand Elder Yi's Third Martial Soul. Tian Meng lured Ice Empress into an encounter and trapped her, leaving her fate in his hands.

• Zhou Sichen let Tian Meng take control and use his Spiritual Power to summon Ice Empress across the Far North.
• Tian Meng used Zhou Sichen's appearance to confess his feelings and warn Ice Empress that she was nearing her cultivation limit.
• Ice Empress arrived and recognized Tian Meng's spiritual form, while Zhou Sichen observed her and reassured the frightened Ah Da.
• Ice Empress attacked Tian Meng, hoping to devour his energy and break through her next great limit.
• Tian Meng used the remaining two-thirds of his Exuviae to trap Ice Empress, then hoped she would not disappoint him.

Zhou Sichen and Tian Meng brought the Ice Empress to safety and tried to persuade her to join their plan to create a god. After seeing Zhou Sichen’s extraordinary abilities and realizing refusal could mean death, the Ice Empress reluctantly accepted that she had no real choice.

• Zhou Sichen escaped the Far North’s core region with Tian Meng and imprisoned the Ice Empress inside a golden sphere.
• Tian Meng explained how he had become Zhou Sichen’s Wisdom Soul Ring and described their plan to help Zhou Sichen ascend to godhood.
• Tian Meng told the Ice Empress that Zhou Sichen was a thirteen-year-old Four-Ring Soul Ancestor with Twin Martial Souls and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Zhou Sichen revealed his Book of Contracts and four Soul Rings, convincing the Ice Empress that his talent could make their plan succeed.
• Zhou Sichen warned that he could take the Ice Empress as a Soul Ring and Soul Bone if she refused to join them.
• The Ice Empress asked whether she had any other choice and reluctantly accepted that she had been forced to compromise.

Zhou Sichen persuaded Ice Empress to release her Spiritual Origin and join him, with Elder Yi’s presence reassuring her. He proposed turning Ice Empress’s nearly four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone into an External Soul Bone, leaving everyone concerned about the immense pain and risk.

• Ice Empress agreed to become Zhou Sichen’s companion after he and Tian Meng swore binding oaths, and she released her Spiritual Origin.
• Tian Meng absorbed Ice Empress’s Spiritual Origin alongside his own and returned both to Zhou Sichen’s Spiritual Sea.
• Ice Empress met Elder Yi and recognized his overwhelming power, then agreed with Zhou Sichen’s plan to absorb her Soul Bone before her soul ring.
• Ice Empress recommended making her nearly four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone a Torso Soul Bone, but Zhou Sichen proposed an External Soul Bone instead.
• Tian Meng and Ice Empress warned Zhou Sichen that the External Soul Bone could cause unbearable pain and put all their lives at risk.

Zhou Sichen chose to fuse the Ice Empress’s nearly four-hundred-thousand-year Emperor Scorpion Tail despite the extreme pain and danger. The fusion began with Tian Meng protecting his Spiritual Sea, while Zhou Sichen’s body adapted to the Ice Empress’s power.

• Elder Yi urged Tian Meng and the Ice Empress to trust Zhou Sichen’s decision, and they agreed to support his fusion.
• The Ice Empress offered Zhou Sichen either the Ice Jade Pincer or the more powerful Emperor Scorpion Tail, and he chose the tail.
• The Ice Empress promised to leave insights for Ah Da during the fusion, then began transferring her power to Zhou Sichen.
• The Ice Empress’s tail hook pierced Zhou Sichen’s tailbone, and Tian Meng used golden light to protect his Spiritual Sea from the pain.
• The Ice Empress’s power fused with Zhou Sichen’s spine as his refined body enhanced the process, and the transformation began spreading through his entire body.

Zhou Sichen completely fused Ice Empress’s Emperor Scorpion Tail, gaining major physical improvements and reaching Soul Power Level 50. He then began absorbing Ice Empress’s Soul Ring with Tian Meng protecting both their Spiritual Origins, as Ice Empress reached four hundred thousand years of cultivation.

• Zhou Sichen endured the fusion of the nearly four-hundred-thousand-year-old External Soul Bone while Ice Empress’s Origin Power and his residual medicinal energies strengthened his body.
• Zhou Sichen completed the fusion of Ice Empress’s Emperor Scorpion Tail, and Ah Da’s age increased from twenty-five thousand to forty thousand years.
• Zhou Sichen awoke with his Soul Power at Level 50 and a strengthened body, then checked that the weakened Ice Empress was all right.
• Zhou Sichen released his Body Martial Soul and began absorbing Ice Empress’s Soul Ring while Tian Meng protected Zhou Sichen’s Spiritual Sea and Ice Empress’s Spiritual Origin.
• Tian Meng helped Ice Empress break through to four hundred thousand years of cultivation, raising the level of Zhou Sichen’s incoming Soul Ring.

Zhou Sichen completed his fusion with the Ice Empress, gaining her four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and External Soul Bone, which Elder Yi refined into the Ice Emperor Armor. After Elder Yi went to sleep and the Ice Empress began recovering, Zhou Sichen raised the year limits of Hellfire and Big Bear before preparing to continue strengthening his Soul Rings.

• Zhou Sichen absorbed the Ice Empress's four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and External Soul Bone, while Elder Yi used her shell to forge the Ice Emperor Armor.
• Elder Yi said the armor could let the Ice Empress return to the continent briefly, then fell asleep after his work; the Ice Empress also went into slumber to recover.
• Zhou Sichen tested his enhanced ice powers, summoned Ah Da, and asked him to guard him while he raised his Soul Beasts' Soul Ring years.
• Zhou Sichen used the Book of Contracts to raise Hellfire and Big Bear from twenty-five thousand to fifty-five thousand years, bringing his first three black Soul Rings to that limit.

Zhou Sichen searched the Far North for a Mirror Image Beast to become his Fifth Soul Ring, then found and contracted one with little resistance. The Mirror Image Beast joined the Book of Contracts, giving Zhou Sichen a new Soul Ring as he and Hong Hong continued their journey.

• Zhou Sichen summoned Hong Hong and explored the Far North with her while searching for a Mirror Image Beast.
• Tian Meng joined the search, and Zhou Sichen used his Spiritual Detection to sweep the outer regions.
• Zhou Sichen and Hong Hong located a Forty Thousand Year Mirror Image Beast hiding in an Ice Gorge beneath a Frost Dragon’s remains.
• Zhou Sichen broke into the hidden chamber and subdued the Mirror Image Beast with his Everfrost Domain.
• Zhou Sichen used the Book of Contracts to absorb the Mirror Image Beast, which did not resist, and gained his Fifth Soul Ring.

Zhou Sichen contracted the Mirror Image Beast, discovered its powerful ability to copy other beings’ skills from their blood, and found the Frost Dragon’s nearly hundred-thousand-year-old Torso Soul Bone. He left the chamber with plans to exploit the beast’s potential, including using its abilities at the upcoming tournament.

• The Mirror Image Beast woke with its cultivation raised to fifty-five thousand years, and Zhou Sichen discovered its delusions about him and Hong Hong through their mental link.
• Zhou Sichen sent the Mirror Image Beast into the Book of Contracts, where Big Bear, the Ice Jade Scorpion, the Hellfire Phoenix, and Hong Hong beat it as a lesson.
• Using the Mirror Image Beast’s memories, Zhou Sichen found and collected the Frost Dragon’s ninety-nine-thousand-nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine-year-old Torso Soul Bone and remaining blood.
• Zhou Sichen learned that the Mirror Image Beast could copy abilities from Soul Beast blood and, after reaching a hundred thousand years, preserve and switch among as many as ten copied abilities.
• Zhou Sichen considered testing whether the Mirror Image Beast could copy divine blood and planned to use its powers to impersonate Mu En at the upcoming tournament.

Zhou Sichen found no further treasures in the ice layer and asked Ice Empress whether she could help his friend obtain an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Ring. Ice Empress used the Ice Emperor Armor to leave Zhou Sichen’s Spiritual Sea temporarily, giving them a powerful ally and a chance to explore the Far North before he returned to the academy.

• Zhou Sichen found only Frost Dragon blood and a Soul Bone in the ice layer, then checked on the Mirror Image Beast in his Book of Contracts space.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm woke Ice Empress, and Zhou Sichen asked her about Far North treasures and whether she would support his friend seeking an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Ring.
• Ice Empress agreed not to oppose Zhou Sichen’s plan and learned that the Ice Emperor Armor could let her leave his Spiritual Sea while protecting her Spiritual Origin.
• Zhou Sichen helped Ice Empress enter the armor, where she discovered she could remain outside his body for about a month while doing simple tasks or up to seven days in battle.
• Ice Empress declined to return to her clan, saying she had already given them instructions and would return only if she succeeded in facing the tribulation.

Zhou Sichen and Ice Empress raided the Titan Snow Demon King's treasury while Ice Empress tested her armor against the king. After escaping with the stolen treasures, Zhou Sichen reached Level 54 and planned to return to Shrek Academy before seeking Snow Empress and visiting the Body Sect.

• Zhou Sichen and Ice Empress agreed that she would distract the Titan Snow Demon King while he infiltrated its palace using the Ever-Changing Core.
• Ice Empress fought the Titan Snow Demon King in her armor, drawing it away from its territory as Zhou Sichen entered the palace unseen.
• With Tian Meng's Spiritual Detection, Zhou Sichen found the treasure vault, stole all the Extreme Cold Ice Marrow, and cut off part of a Profound Ice Cold Jade Bed.
• Zhou Sichen escaped as the Titan Snow Demon King returned, and he met Ice Empress, who recovered her Spiritual Origin after reporting that the armor had withstood the battle.
• Zhou Sichen learned that he had reached Level 54 and set out for Shrek Academy, planning to pursue Snow Empress at the auction and visit the Body Sect after the competition.

Zhou Sichen returned to Shrek after gaining a powerful Fifth Soul Ring and discussed its blood-based ability with Mu En, who planned to use Mu En’s blood to conceal Zhou Sichen’s Book of Contracts during the tournament. Zhou Sichen also proposed using a Lovesick Heartbreak Red Sub-Body to help Mu En and gave him a Profound Ice Cold Jade Bed, leaving Mu En hopeful about his health and enjoying Zhou Sichen’s care.

• Zhou Sichen returned to Sea God Pavilion, where Mu En sensed his breakthrough to Soul King and learned that he had obtained a Mirror Image Beast as his Fifth Soul Ring.
• Zhou Sichen explained that his contracted Mirror Image Beast could absorb blood to grant him another person’s martial soul and soul skills, and Mu En suggested he use Mu En’s blood to compete as a Sacred Light Dragon.
• Zhou Sichen proposed trying a Lovesick Heartbreak Red Sub-Body next year to improve Mu En’s condition, though Mu En doubted it would work.
• Zhou Sichen presented Mu En with a Profound Ice Cold Jade Bed and advised him to cultivate on it for no more than an hour each day.
• Zhou Sichen helped Mu En onto the bed and cleared his meridians, while Mu En thought about how Yan Shaozhe had never been so considerate.

After returning to Shrek, Zhou Sichen distributed Extreme Cold Ice Marrow, consolidated his cultivation beneath the Golden Tree, and discussed Elder Yi becoming his Third Martial Soul. Elder Yi explained the costs and began researching how to combine Necromancy with the cultivation system, while Tian Meng ended the chapter battered by the Ice Empress.

• Zhou Sichen visited Shrek's elders and seniors, distributed Extreme Cold Ice Marrow, and went beneath the Golden Tree to cultivate.
• Tian Meng proposed forming a contract with the Golden Ancient Tree, but Zhou Sichen warned him that its power made the idea dangerous.
• The Ice Empress caught Tian Meng, chased him through Zhou Sichen's Spiritual Sea, and beat him while Zhou Sichen refused to intervene.
• Elder Yi told Zhou Sichen that his physical condition could support Elder Yi becoming his Third Martial Soul, then explained the limits and costs of Necromancy.
• Zhou Sichen agreed to Elder Yi's proposal, and Elder Yi said they needed to restore his Divine Sense before proceeding.
• Elder Yi returned to recovering and researching Necromancy, while the Ice Empress recovered after beating Tian Meng and Zhou Sichen left the Spiritual Sea.

Zhou Sichen visited Dugu Xianmeng and Ling Luochen, giving each a cultivation treasure and helping Xianmeng begin refining the Blood Swan Kiss. He left Ling Luochen holding three bottles of Extreme Cold Ice Marrow as she realized he had been teasing her with a meaningful gift.

• Zhou Sichen reunited with Dugu Xianmeng, gave her the Blood Swan Kiss, and discussed how it could strengthen her poison and potentially help it reach Extreme Poison.
• Dugu Xianmeng accepted Zhou Sichen's request that she listen to him, then used the Profound Ice Cold Jade Bed to refine one leaf of the Blood Swan Kiss into her Poison Pill.
• Dugu Xianmeng successfully doubled the power of her poison with the first leaf, and Zhou Sichen gave her Hundred Treasures Detoxification Pills before they parted.
• Zhou Sichen visited Ling Luochen at night and gave her Extreme Cold Ice Marrow, explaining that it could help her approach Rank 55.
• Ling Luochen asked what Zhou Sichen would use for himself, and he handed her two more bottles, leaving her to realize he was teasing her with a pointedly generous gift.

Zhou Sichen gave Ling Luochen Extreme Cold Ice Marrow, and she accepted his advances on the condition that he resolve the issue of his female confidantes. At Sea God Pavilion, he copied Mu En’s Sacred Light Dragon Martial Soul and prepared to spar with Xuan Zi, who had agreed to fight at Five Rings strength.

• Zhou Sichen gave Ling Luochen three bottles of Extreme Cold Ice Marrow and said he wanted her in return; she told him she would accept if he could handle his female confidantes.
• Ling Luochen returned to the living room and debated whether accepting Zhou Sichen’s large jade box of Extreme Cold Ice Marrow would mean accepting his feelings.
• Mu En gave Zhou Sichen his blood, allowing Zhou Sichen to copy the Sacred Light Dragon Martial Soul and demonstrate its power before the elders.
• Xuan Zi volunteered to spar with Zhou Sichen, and Mu En set the penalty that the loser would serve as a training partner for the Inner Court students for a week.
• Zhou Sichen warned Xuan Zi that he had practiced Mu En’s Dragon Emperor’s Evil-Breaking Split as Ling Luochen’s sparring partner, then unleashed his Reigning Over the World domain.
• Xuan Zi transformed into the Godly Taotie Bull with his strength suppressed to Five Rings, and Mu En began the match.

Zhou Sichen copied Mu En’s Sacred Light Dragon Martial Soul and fought Xuan Zi, revealing that the Mirror Image Beast could steal Soul Bone skills as well as copy abilities. After the elders agreed to teach him their Martial Soul insights, Zhou Sichen studied with Mu En while Xuan Zi used Dai Yueheng for daily extra training.

• Zhou Sichen fought Xuan Zi while using Mu En’s copied Martial Soul, matching him in close combat and unleashing Dragon Emperor’s Evil-Breaking Split and Sacred Dragon Heavenly Image.
• Zhou Sichen copied and used Xuan Zi’s Soul Bone skill, then replenished his depleted Soul Power through the Book of Contracts.
• Xuan Zi ended the sparring match and complained that Zhou Sichen’s many Contracted Soul Beasts made him too difficult to fight.
• Zhou Sichen asked Mu En to keep teaching him, and Mu En welcomed him to study at the Sea God Pavilion every day.
• The elders offered to pass their Martial Soul insights to Zhou Sichen, while the Ice Empress recognized how strongly Shrek’s elders supported him.
• Over the following week, Mu En taught Zhou Sichen, Xuan Zi served as his sparring partner, and Dai Yueheng endured Xuan Zi’s punishing daily extra lessons.

Zhou Sichen trained the Shrek Team to use Soul Tools as the tournament approached, while Cao Jinxuan and Long Xiangyue returned as Four-Ring Soul Ancestors and stunned the Outer Court. Huo Yuhao received a valuable Whale Rubber gift from Wang Dong, and Zhou Sichen pushed his exhausted team through intensive preparation.

• Zhou Sichen gathered the Shrek Team, explained that Ling Luochen had received the Far North treasure because it suited her, and told everyone to practice coordination and Soul Tool use for the coming tournament.
• Cai Meier and the Outer Court were shocked when Cao Jinxuan and Long Xiangyue returned as thirteen-year-old Four-Ring Soul Ancestors, earning the pair the name Outer Court Twin Rising Stars.
• Huo Yuhao envied Cao Jinxuan and Long Xiangyue’s rapid progress, while Wang Dong grew more competitive and urged them to work toward entering the Inner Court.
• Wang Dong gave Huo Yuhao a five-thousand-year Whale Rubber to strengthen his body and possibly help him reach Level 20, then offered to help him consume it.
• After training, Dai Yueheng and Gongyang Mo complained that Zhou Sichen’s workload was exhausting, but Zhou Sichen insisted the team needed to prepare thoroughly and stay capable of protecting themselves.

Zhou Sichen heard how Ye Guyi unexpectedly gained a Hundred Thousand Year Seventh Soul Ring and suspected that his growing influence had made him the Plane Consciousness’s chosen Son of Fortune. The chapter ended with him wondering whether his Book of Contracts could contract the Plane Consciousness, which seemed to respond to the thought.

• Mu En asked Zhou Sichen to help Beibei with cultivation and support the declining Tang Sect, and Zhou Sichen agreed.
• Beibei said he had reached level 40 and resolved to prioritize cultivation after discussing Tang Ya and the talented younger students.
• Yan Shaozhe returned with Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao, and Ye Guyi revealed that she had gained a Hundred Thousand Year Seventh Soul Ring after the Lovesick Heartbreak Red Sub-Body helped her survive its absorption.
• Ye Guyi explained that the Radiant Dragon Horse swallowed Zhou Sichen’s Holy Light Sword before it died, and the soul ring unexpectedly broke through to the Hundred Thousand Year level.
• Zhou Sichen suspected the Plane Consciousness had favored him and wondered whether his Book of Contracts could contract it, prompting a strange response from the sky.

Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao gained powerful new abilities, and Mu En advised them to compete in the tournament while Zhou Sichen kept his own strength hidden. As the three left Sea God Island, they considered whether Zhou Sichen’s Martial Soul replication could enable Martial Soul fusion and even further evolution.

• Ye Guyi reached Level 75 after gaining a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, a Soul Bone, and a Sacred Domain, while Ma Xiaotao gained a Phoenix Domain and reached Level 72.
• Zhou Sichen asked Mu En whether Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao should avoid the tournament, but Mu En said Shrek could protect them and that competing would give them valuable experience.
• Mu En explained that Zhou Sichen had to conceal his unusual power because people might try to kill him before he could grow, while Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao were less likely to provoke such a response.
• Zhou Sichen agreed that Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao could compete for Shrek, and the three left Sea God Pavilion together.
• Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao proposed that Zhou Sichen copy their Martial Souls to attempt Martial Soul Fusion, and they speculated about creating an Eight-Winged Angel or a Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix.

After Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao returned as powerful Soul Saints, Zhou Sichen welcomed them back and promised to make Soul Tools for them while continuing to strengthen his connections at Shrek. Ye Guyi planned to travel the continent after the tournament, and Zhou Sichen received Elder Lin’s permission to take materials from the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

• Zhou Sichen took Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao to eat, warned them about the dangers their growing fame could bring, and discussed their Soul Tool needs.
• Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao rejoined the Shrek Team, whose members reacted with envy to their strength and Ye Guyi’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Zhou Sichen visited Moxuan, examined his Level 2 Soul Tool, and guided him in Soul Tool crafting while considering his potential value to a future army.
• Ye Guyi told Zhou Sichen she wanted to travel the continent after the tournament, and he supported her plan while stressing that she should prioritize her safety.
• Zhou Sichen sought materials to craft Soul Tools for his teammates, and Elder Lin gave him a token allowing him to draw what he needed from the Treasure Gathering Pavilion at her expense.

After more than a month of training and Soul Tool upgrades, Zhou Sichen’s Shrek Team grew stronger while the academy prepared for the tournament. The chapter leaves the Outer Court students battling in Xuan Zi’s group melee, with a large alliance forming around Huo Yuhao and the contestants beginning to attack one another.

• Zhou Sichen reached Level 55 and customized or upgraded Soul Tools for Ma Xiaotao, Ye Guyi, and Dugu Xianmeng while training the Shrek Team.
• Xuan Zi gathered more than thirty Outer Court students and began a no-rules melee in which only the final seven would pass.
• Wang Dong led Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao to recruit allies, and Beibei, Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, Cao Jinxuan, and Long Xiangyue joined them.
• Jiang Nannan joined the alliance, prompting the remaining students to unite against the group of six Four-Ring Soul Ancestors and their companions.
• Dai Huabin called for the students to attack the Four-Ring seniors as Xuan Zi watched and began eliminating contestants.