Chapter Summaries

Ye Han and his companions found the abandoned Ice God palace and discovered that its test pillar reacted only when Esdeath touched it. When Esdeath poured Soul Power into the pillar, it began to awaken and drained power from the entire group.

• Snow Empress led Ye Han and the others beneath the snow to an underground Ice Palace and showed them the transparent pillar used to test candidates for the God of Ice.
• Ye Han explored the empty palace and tried to take the pillar, but it repelled him and Todo while allowing Yoruichi and Esdeath to touch it.
• Ye Han discovered that anyone touching the pillar while Esdeath was also touching it was flung away, and Snow Empress confirmed the same effect when she tested it.
• Esdeath channeled Soul Power into the pillar, filling it with blue energy and triggering a God Test as the pillar rapidly drained her power.
• Ye Han and the others transferred their Soul Power to Esdeath to keep the pillar supplied.

After the Ice Palace’s pillar shattered, Luo Xi appeared and tried to persuade Esdeath to inherit the God of Ice’s Godhood so she could escape her duties in the God Realm. Esdeath refused but accepted an Ice Flower and agreed to help find candidates for the God Test before leaving as the palace collapsed.

• The pillar of light shattered, and Luo Xi appeared before Ye Han and the others, explaining that she had built the temple to find a successor.
• Luo Xi admitted that her temple had been buried in snow and that the only previous candidate had failed the God Test, making Ye Han and the others laugh.
• Luo Xi asked Esdeath to inherit her Godhood, but Esdeath refused and suggested Ice Empress and Snow Empress instead; Luo Xi said Soul Beasts were ineligible.
• Luo Xi explained that Esdeath was highly compatible with the Godhood and confessed she wanted to avoid returning to the God Realm and handling centuries of neglected work.
• Esdeath started to leave, so Luo Xi gave her an Ice Flower and asked her to find suitable candidates with Ice Martial Souls for the God Test; Esdeath agreed.
• Esdeath and the others departed, and the Ice Palace collapsed beneath the snow.

Snow Empress and Ice Empress prepared to leave the North Pole Land, appointing Ice Bear King Xiao Bai to govern it and taking the Titan Snow Demon King with them. After spending several weeks teaching Xiao Bai, the group departed for Anle City, where Snow Empress and Ice Empress would join the humans and Soul Beasts living under Ye Han’s rules.

• Ice Empress complained about Luo Xi, and Ye Han tricked her into thinking Luo Xi had returned before Snow Empress stopped their ensuing fight.
• The Titan Snow Demon King brought Ice Bear King Xiao Bai to Snow Empress and asked Honjou Kaede to take him in as a student.
• Honjou Kaede accepted the Titan Snow Demon King after he shrank to a manageable size, while Snow Empress appointed Xiao Bai the new overlord of the North Pole Land.
• Snow Empress taught Xiao Bai to govern the North Pole Land for two or three weeks and accepted him as her godson.
• Ye Han explained Anle City’s rules against humans and Soul Beasts harming one another, and Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Honjou Kaede, and the Titan Snow Demon King set off for the city.

Ye Han left the North Pole Land with Snow Empress and Ice Empress and reunited with Bing Haoyu, whom he had promised to help remove two seals. The reunion exposed Bing Haoyu’s embarrassing history, and Luo Xi revealed that his arrogance had ruined his chance to inherit the God of Ice’s divine position.

• Ye Han and his group met Oscar on the road, and Ice Empress teased him after hearing that he had a fiancée.
• Ye Han’s group encountered Bing Haoyu outside the city, and he panicked when Ye Han introduced Snow Empress and Ice Empress.
• Ice Empress recognized Bing Haoyu and explained that he had insulted the North Pole Land’s overlords before they sealed him.
• Luo Xi appeared through an Ice Flower and revealed that Bing Haoyu had chosen to challenge the final God Test too soon, ruining her hopes for his inheritance.

Ye Han negotiated for Snow Empress and Ice Empress to remove Bing Haoyu’s seals in exchange for a home and freedom in Anle City, while Zhao Lei warned Bing Haoyu against betraying them. After learning that a royal Soul Master unit had arrived in the North Pole Land and that attackers had targeted Xue Xi and her daughter, Ye Han prepared to face the force in Extreme Ice City.

• Ice Empress and Snow Empress agreed to remove Bing Haoyu’s seals if Ye Han provided them a place to live and allowed them freedom within Anle City, while requiring them to follow his orders outside it.
• Ye Han told Bing Haoyu that removing the two seals would also remove his remaining seals, restoring him to Limit Douluo strength and making him eligible to join Anle City.
• Zhao Lei warned Bing Haoyu not to act recklessly by explaining that Ye Han’s group had killed Qian Daoliu, and Bing Haoyu abandoned any thought of challenging them.
• Yoruichi delivered a report saying attackers targeting Xue Xi and her daughter had been slain, and a special imperial Soul Master unit had entered Mo Han City.
• Esdeath concluded that the enemy planned to capture one of Ye Han’s companions to force an exchange for Xue Xi, so Ye Han decided to await and wipe out the unit in Extreme Ice City.

Ye Han responded to the Heaven Dou Empire’s troop deployment by taking control of Extreme Ice City and preparing a trap, while Xue Qinghe sent him intelligence about the plot. After learning Xue Ye had allowed the attack, Ye Han decided to teach the empire a lesson and considered cultivating Xue Xi as a possible replacement emperor.

• Ye Han declined to mobilize Anle City’s army and ordered the city’s residents driven out while Zhao Lei and Bing Haoyu prepared traps along the route into Extreme Ice City.
• Xue Qinghe learned that Murong Xue had mobilized the Heaven Dou Empire’s Extreme Shadow Guard and ordered Chen Shu to send Ye Han the intelligence.
• Chen Shu delivered Xue Qinghe’s letter to Ye Han, who sent back a reply and an item for her.
• After reading the letter, Ye Han concluded that Xue Ye had approved the plot and decided to make the Heaven Dou Empire pay.
• Ye Han learned that Xue Xi possessed a powerful, unusual Martial Soul and told Yoruichi to ask whether she wanted to become emperor.

Todo, Lia, Honjou Kaede, and A'Tai cleared Extreme Ice City so Ye Han’s group could prepare for the Heaven Dou Empire’s attack. After A'Tai intimidated the gathered soul masters into leaving, Ye Han reassured Oscar and Haote by revealing the powerful Douluos backing him.

• Lia tried to persuade the soul masters in Extreme Ice City to leave, but they mocked and harassed her and Honjou Kaede.
• A'Tai transformed, killed a Soul Saint who had insulted Feng Jie, and ordered the soul masters to evacuate the city.
• Honjou Kaede praised A'Tai, and Ye Han promised him a reward from the Life Tree to help him face his lightning tribulation.
• Ye Han told Oscar to leave Extreme Ice City with Haote and the others while he sealed the entrance to the North Pole Land for a few days.
• Ye Han revealed that Bing Haoyu was a Level 99 Limit Douluo and that his side had five Titled Douluos, easing Oscar’s worries and sending Haote to prepare supplies.

Ye Han prepared to face the Heaven Dou Empire’s army at Extreme Ice City, while Wang Xu tried to avoid a war but was forced to advance by Xue Ye. As the army camped outside the city in a blizzard, Ye Han and his allies resolved to kill anyone who threatened their friends and family.

• Ye Han arranged for a snowstorm to surround Extreme Ice City and left the army a single apparent road toward the city.
• Wang Xu learned that Ye Han had stayed in Extreme Ice City and warned Xue Ye that attacking could lead to a devastating war, but Xue Ye ordered him to capture Ye Han’s companions or face the consequences.
• Wang Xu led the Extreme Shadow Guard and fifty thousand soldiers toward Extreme Ice City, then camped outside when the blizzard made entry too dangerous.
• Ye Han told Bing Haoyu that the North Pole Land would become the army’s burial ground if they threatened his loved ones.
• Esdeath, Lia, Todo, Kurumi, Yoruichi, and Honjou Kaede voiced their support for Ye Han, leaving Bing Haoyu unnerved by their willingness to kill.

Ye Han trapped Wang Xu’s Heaven Dou army into clearing a deadly road to Extreme Ice City, then used a blizzard to cut off their retreat and force them inside. The army entered under pressure, while Ye Han prepared to face them within the city.

• Snow Empress stopped the blizzard, and Wang Xu sent scouts into Extreme Ice City, but they found only one suspicious, passable road.
• After the scouts reported back, Wang Xu ordered suicide squads to clear the trapped road, costing the army many lives.
• Lia explained that Heaven Dou’s army could not wait because of its need for provisions, and Wang Xu sent Xue Ye a letter warning him about Ye Han’s scheme.
• Ye Han taunted Wang Xu at the city gates, then a blizzard buried the army’s camp and cut off its retreat.
• Wang Xu ordered the army to carry its provisions into Extreme Ice City, and Ye Han told Zhao Lei that further traps would have encouraged the commanders to disobey and withdraw.

Ye Han faced Wang Xu and the Heaven Dou Empire’s soldiers, who had come to capture him, while a blizzard closed in behind them. Wang Xu trapped Zhao Lei with a blood formation and countered Ye Han’s Piercing Death Thorn Spear with powerful defenses, leaving the battle unresolved as he pressed his attack.

• Ye Han confronted Wang Xu and accused the Heaven Dou Empire of entering the North Pole Land for reasons beyond hunting Soul Beasts.
• Wang Xu ordered the soldiers to attack, and a pit opened beneath their ranks while Ye Han told San San and Xiao Feng to keep the soldiers trapped there.
• Four Extreme Shadow Guard members used their hearts, Martial Souls, and Soul Power to create a formation that trapped Zhao Lei.
• Wang Xu revealed that the formation came from Evil City, then attacked Ye Han as a Soul Douluo while Zhao Lei was trapped.
• Ye Han used the Piercing Death Thorn Spear, but Wang Xu blocked it with his Martial Soul Avatar and Eighth Soul Skill, Solid as a Rock.
• Ye Han switched to chains and Noble Phantasms and detonated them to create a snowstorm, but Wang Xu emerged with his defenses repairing and continued advancing.

Ye Han tested his strength against Wang Xu, then defeated the Heaven Dou force and offered its soldiers wine for a dignified death. After the survivors were frozen and buried, Ye Han told his companions to rest before leaving.

• Ye Han unleashed King's Order against Wang Xu, but exhausted his Soul Power and lost the fight when Wang Xu launched a surprise attack.
• Bing Haoyu stopped Wang Xu, and A'Tai transformed into the Titan Snow Demon King and struck him down as Wang Xu's forces tried to seize Kurumi and Honjou Kaede.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress helped defeat the attackers, and Ye Han had the captured soldiers brought to the snow pit.
• Ye Han explained the battle's advantages and offered the soldiers wine rather than using them as hostages; Wang Xu drank and gave Ye Han a jade pendant.
• Esdeath froze the people in the pit, Ye Han turned them into ice crystals, and the Snow Empress buried the site beneath fresh snow.
• Ye Han told his companions to rest and prepare to leave.

After the Heaven Dou Empire’s army was defeated, Ye Han’s group discussed the battle and the power of his King’s Order soul skill. They left Zhao Lei trapped overnight and learned that the aura Ye Han took on came from becoming Uruk’s king, Gilgamesh.

• Ye Han and the others failed to free Zhao Lei from the formation, and Ye Han left him to spend the night thinking about his mistakes.
• Ye Han told the group that their victory depended on their intelligence advantage, while Yoruichi resolved to investigate the empires’ hidden resources.
• Ice Empress asked Ye Han why he changed when he used King’s Order, and he explained that the skill required him to become the king of Uruk.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress warned Ye Han not to imitate Gilgamesh’s tyranny, while Lia argued that a king’s duty was to protect his people.
• Ye Han described Gilgamesh as a tyrant who was still worthy of respect because he bore the world’s burdens and resisted the corruption of All the World’s Evil.

Xue Qinghe learned that Ye Han had destroyed the Heaven Dou Empire’s force in the North Pole Land and received Ye Han’s demand for a meeting with Murong Xue. Ye Han also offered to reconcile with Qian Renxue by promising to help restore Qian Daoliu’s soul, while Xue Qinghe prepared to bring Xue Ye into the dispute.

• Xue Ye grew anxious when Commander Wang stopped sending reports, and Xue Beng advised him to wait while privately suspecting Xue Qinghe of murdering his brothers.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, received Ye Han’s offer to help revive Qian Daoliu’s soul and considered accepting reconciliation if her grandfather could return.
• Chen Shu reported that no news had come from Extreme Ice City, so Xue Qinghe concluded Ye Han was likely safe and ordered an investigation into Xue Beng.
• Chen Shu brought Ye Han’s letter the next day, and Xue Qinghe recognized Wang Xu’s jade pendant as proof that Wang Xu and the Heaven Dou force had been defeated.
• Ye Han demanded that Xue Ye bring Murong Xue to Extreme Ice City within five days, threatening a fight to the death if he refused.

Xue Qinghe brought Ye Han’s letter to Xue Ye, revealing that Wang Xu, fifty thousand troops, and the Extreme Shadow Guard had been lost in the North Pole Land. After Xue Ye erupted over Ye Han’s demand for the Empress, Xue Qinghe agreed to escort her to meet him, leaving with five thousand Imperial Guards.

• Xue Qinghe went to the imperial palace, where he greeted Xue Ye and Xue Beng before raising the matter of Ye Han.
• Xue Qinghe told Xue Ye that his plan had already failed and gave him Ye Han’s letter.
• Xue Ye read the letter, learned that Wang Xu and his forces had been lost and that Ye Han demanded the Empress, then threatened to send troops into the North Pole Land.
• Xue Qinghe argued that war against Anle City could bring the Star Luo Empire and Spirit Hall into the conflict, and offered to accompany the Empress to meet Ye Han.
• Xue Ye approved the journey and assigned five thousand Imperial Guards to protect Xue Qinghe and the Empress.

Ye Han confronted Murong Xue about her attempts to kill Xue Xi and learned that she saw the girl as a threat to Xue Qinghe’s claim to the throne. He left Xue Qinghe’s secret untouched and resolved that, if Xue Xi agreed, he would help her become Empress of the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Yoruichi told Ye Han that Xue Qinghe, Murong Xue, and five thousand Imperial Guards had entered Mo Han City.
• Ye Han had Zhao Lei knock out an arrogant Imperial Guard commander, then let Xue Qinghe and Murong Xue into the city while ordering the rest of the guards to camp outside.
• Ye Han demanded that Murong Xue explain why she had targeted Xue Xi and Liu Yue, and warned her that Esdeath would interrogate her if she refused.
• Murong Xue confessed that she had tried to suppress Liu Yue’s unborn child’s Martial Soul and later kill her, fearing the child would threaten Xue Qinghe’s position.
• Murong Xue revealed that she renewed her pursuit after a jade pendant identified Xue Xi as the person destined to save the Heaven Dou Empire during a crisis.
• Ye Han kept Xue Qinghe’s secret and decided he would put Xue Xi on the throne if she wanted it.

Ye Han explained that Qian Renxue would need to become a god to revive Qian Daoliu, while Yoruichi would eventually restore his soul. The group began its return journey after Qian Renxue agreed to cooperate with Ye Han in his plan to help her become Spirit Hall's Pope.

• Xue Qinghe asked Ye Han whether he could revive Qian Daoliu, and Ye Han clarified that he could only help restore Qian Daoliu's soul while Xue Qinghe would have to revive him.
• Ye Han introduced Yoruichi as the one who could restore souls once she reached Titled Douluo, and admitted that she had destroyed Qian Daoliu's soul.
• Ye Han summoned Luo Xi through Esdeath's ice flower, and Luo Xi said a god could revive someone if their soul remained intact.
• Luo Xi tried to persuade Xue Qinghe to inherit the God of Ice position, but Xue Qinghe refused and the Angel God apparently found and attacked Luo Xi.
• Ye Han told Xue Qinghe to become a god to revive Qian Daoliu, and Xue Qinghe agreed to cooperate with Ye Han in pursuing the position of Spirit Hall's Pope.
• The group left the inn and began its return journey, while Ye Han planned to use Qian Renxue's information about the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall.

Xue Qinghe and Murong Xue returned safely to Heaven Dou Imperial City, while Ye Han brought Snow Empress and Ice Empress to Anle City. There, the two met Di Tian and the other Soul Beasts, and Ye Han offered to help them withstand future lightning tribulations.

• Xue Qinghe and Murong Xue gave Xue Ye a coordinated account of their encounter with Ye Han, and Xue Ye accepted it after his investigation mostly confirmed their story.
• Ye Han granted Snow Empress and Ice Empress a territory in Anle City, where Snow Empress covered the area with ice and snow.
• Ye Han showed the two Empresses how Soul Beasts could shop in the city, and Snow Empress approved of Di Tian's restrictions on which Soul Beasts could enter.
• Ye Han brought Snow Empress and Ice Empress to meet Di Tian, Bi Ji, Zi Ji, Xiong Jun, and Ten Thousand Demons King, who gathered at the Life Tree to absorb its energy.
• Snow Empress praised the Life Tree's dense life force, and Di Tian welcomed her and Ice Empress to cultivate there.
• Ye Han promised to help the Soul Beasts and their friends survive lightning tribulations, revealing that lightning tribulations no longer affected him.

Ye Han and his companions prepared to help Ten Thousand Demons King's beloved Ten Thousand Locust Tree survive her lightning tribulation. They gathered at the ruins where Qian Daoliu had been defeated, and Ten Thousand Demons King arrived carrying her.

• Zi Ji, Ten Thousand Demons King, and Xiong Jun doubted Ye Han could withstand Heavenly Lightning, while Di Tian and the others recalled Honjou Kaede surviving tribulation lightning.
• Ten Thousand Demons King revealed that his beloved Ten Thousand Locust Tree needed to undergo a lightning tribulation, and Bi Ji urged him to bring her to Ye Han and Honjou Kaede for help.
• Ye Han showed Ice Empress and Snow Empress around Anle City and agreed to meet Ten Thousand Demons King at the ruins where they had fought Qian Daoliu.
• Honjou Kaede brought A'Tai to the ruins, where he became quiet under the pressure of the powerful Soul Beasts and lingering battle auras.
• Ten Thousand Demons King arrived with the Ten Thousand Locust Tree on his back, and Ye Han praised her appearance while Xiong Jun complained that he wanted to find a mate too.

Ye Han helped Ten Thousand Locust Tree survive her lightning tribulation by absorbing some of its energy, then refined the power and reached level 60. After the Guild Chat offered him only perfunctory praise, he went to find the others in person.

• Ten Thousand Demons King introduced Ten Thousand Locust Tree to Ye Han and the gathered Soul Beasts, and Ye Han explained that he would help her through her tribulation.
• Ten Thousand Locust Tree began her lightning tribulation, and Ye Han let Golden Lightning protect him while he absorbed some of the Heavenly Lightning.
• The tribulation ended safely, and Ye Han left to refine the lightning energy while Ten Thousand Locust Tree thanked him.
• After a day and night of cultivation, Ye Han reached level 60 and learned from Golden Lightning that most of the absorbed energy had come from Di Tian.
• Ye Han explained his breakthrough in Guild Chat and complained that the others had not praised him enough.
• After receiving brief compliments, Ye Han went to find the others in person, determined to get a better reaction.

After reaching level sixty-four, Ye Han learned that a mysterious ruin had appeared in the North Pole Land and might contain a God Test, so he set out with powerful allies to investigate. As the major factions mobilized, a letter revealed that the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall were sending large forces to compete for the possible inheritance.

• Ye Han learned from Yoruichi that a ruin had appeared between Mo Han City and Snow Moon City, and he decided to investigate it with Esdeath and the others.
• Ye Han asked Luo Xi whether a god had bestowed a God Test in the North Pole Land, and Luo Xi left to verify the matter.
• Ye Han departed for the North Pole Land with Bing Haoyu, Zhao Lei, Ice Empress, Snow Empress, Di Tian, and the Titan Snow Demon King.
• The Heaven Dou Empire, Spirit Hall, the Star Luo Empire, and other factions began sending forces toward the ruin.
• Ye Han read Qian Renxue's letter stating that Xue Ye had sent half the Heaven Dou Empire's forces, while Bibi Dong and most of the Worship Hall's Titled Douluo had also joined the expedition.