Chapter Summaries

Jin’s inheritance progress stalled at Eight Bars when the Water of Origin flowed to Jiang Qiu, who reached Nine Bars and topped the rankings. Enraged, Jin attacked the gathered geniuses in North Sea Palace, while Jiang Qiu stood unmoving amid the ice spikes as Fan shouted a warning.

• Jin watched the Water of Origin drain away and saw that his inheritance progress had stopped at Eight Bars.
• Jin confronted Jiang Qiu about his Ancestral Inheritance, then sealed the hall in ice and killed five people.
• Jiang Qiu challenged Jin to take the inheritance from him, and Jin unleashed a second wave of ice spikes.
• Cheng smashed an ice spike while Fan dodged through the attack, but small-tribe geniuses were killed or badly wounded.
• Jiang Qiu remained still as ice spikes surrounded him, and Fan shouted his name in alarm.

Jiang Qiu's Ice Armor let him break Jin's ice attacks and kill him with one punch. He spared Qiang, asked him to settle the South Mountain Tribe's affairs, and turned to break through the Ice-Sealed Gate.

• Jiang Qiu's Ice Armor shattered Jin's ice spikes, and he charged through the formation toward Jin.
• Jin summoned an ice shield, but Jiang Qiu broke it and struck him into the hall wall, killing him.
• Jin's name faded from the stone monument, and the other tribal geniuses recoiled from Jiang Qiu.
• Jiang Qiu asked Qiang to settle the South Mountain Tribe's affairs after leaving the palace so the North Realm tribes could remain at peace.
• Jiang Qiu turned to the Ice-Sealed Gate and struck it as daylight poured into the hall.

Jiang Qiu emerged from North Sea Palace with the complete Ancestral Inheritance, and the tribes joined him in destroying the West Ice Tribe. The surviving warriors rallied behind Northern Snow and Qiu.

• The warriors gathered outside North Sea Palace as the Ancestral Remains trial ended and the palace doors shattered.
• Jiang Qiu emerged in blue ice armor with nineteen tribal geniuses, while Zhan demanded to know where Jin was.
• Qiang and Fan led the attack on Zhan and the West Ice Tribe, and warriors from the small tribes switched sides to join them.
• Qiang killed Zhan, and every West Ice Tribe warrior who had come to North Sea was killed.
• Qiang called for the tribes to follow Northern Snow and honor Qiu, and the surviving warriors raised their voices in support.

Jiang Qiu learned that the Cold Sky Cliff demons had nearly brought the Northern Snow Tribe to ruin while the West Ice Tribe stood aside. He rallied the North Sea tribes to help Northern Snow, setting out with more than three hundred warriors to slay demons.

• Lie told Jiang Qiu that the Cold Sky Cliff demons had destroyed Northern Snow homes, trapped tribesmen near North Snow Tower, and occupied hunting grounds on Ice and Snow Ridge.
• Jiang Qiu condemned the West Ice Tribe for allowing the demons to establish a base and threaten Northern Snow.
• Jiang Qiu vowed to win the Heaven's Chosen Competition, restore peace to the North Realm, and lead those willing to help Northern Snow slay demons.
• The South Mountain Tribe chief pledged his warriors to Jiang Qiu, and other tribes followed, while Jiang Qiu allowed those unable to help to leave.
• Jiang Qiu set out with more than three hundred warriors, including over forty Steel Bones Realm fighters and two Heaven's Chosen Ones.

After Yuri died, his soul became a strange sphere that let him observe events across the North Realm, where he discovered a surprising Heaven's Chosen One among Jiang Qiu's allies. Meanwhile, the North Snow Tribe suffered another devastating demon attack and waited for Jiang Qiu to return as Hua struggled to keep her family’s shelter standing.

• Yuri found himself trapped in the void after Jiang Qiu killed him, then watched his soul disperse into a sphere that revealed the North Realm.
• Yuri saw Feng Li gathering warriors at Ice and Snow Ridge and the North Snow Tribe reduced to a small refuge around North Snow Tower.
• Jiang Qiu and his companions emerged from the North Sea ruins and rode south, facing more than a week of travel before reaching Northern Snow.
• Feng led another Cold Sky Cliff attack on the North Snow Tribe, destroying more of its already battered outskirts.
• Hua repaired her family’s shack while grieving her dead parents and fearing she would not survive the next demon attack.

The Great Shaman Priest summoned the North Snow Tribe to the altar as their people faced an imminent invasion, then named Hua as his successor. He drew buried Spiritual Essence into himself and emerged rejuvenated, vowing to protect Northern Snow until Heaven's Chosen One returned.

• The Great Shaman Priest warned the North Snow warriors that the Heaven-Chosen Demon would lead tens of thousands of demon warriors against them within seven days.
• The Great Shaman Priest called upon the ancestors to choose Northern Snow's next shaman priest, and their power revealed the image of Hua.
• The Great Shaman Priest named Hua as his successor, who would inherit his duty and await Heaven's Chosen One's return.
• The Great Shaman Priest absorbed Spiritual Essence buried beneath the ground, transforming from an old man into a youthful figure.
• The rejuvenated Great Shaman Priest vowed that Northern Snow would not perish before he fell and that he would endure until Heaven's Chosen One returned.

Feng prepared Cold Sky Cliff for a final assault on North Snow Tribe, convinced that the tribe’s defenses would fail once its old shaman priest died from channeling the ancestors’ spiritual essence. After Black Eagle reported that a young black-robed warrior had destroyed their attacking force, Feng refused to retreat and ordered the Great Shaman Priest summoned.

• Feng surveyed Ice and Snow Ridge and decided that North Snow Tribe was close to defeat after a year of attacks.
• Black Eagle reported that a young black-robed warrior wielding a spear had summoned lightning, flames, gales, and hail, wiping out the force attacking North Snow Tower.
• Black Eagle asked whether Cold Sky Cliff should retreat, but Feng insisted that they were on the verge of destroying a human mainline tribe.
• Feng explained that the old shaman priest was channeling the ancestors’ spiritual essence and would die when his body could no longer withstand its power.
• Feng ordered Black Eagle to summon the Great Shaman Priest so he could dedicate himself to Cold Sky Cliff.

Jiang Qiu learned that the North Snow Tribe’s old shaman priest had surrendered his position and might die within days after using ancestral power to defend the tribe. He rushed back to Northern Snow with Lie and the tribe’s warriors as the other tribes realized Northern Snow faced powerful enemies.

• Jiang Qiu failed to cultivate the Azure Luan Art because he lacked a necessary medium and spirit charm, and he pondered the mysteries of the ancient era.
• Lie told Jiang Qiu that the North Snow Tribe’s shaman priest had been replaced, meaning the former priest had activated ancestral power and might not survive.
• Jiang Qiu mounted his horse and asked how long the old shaman priest could live after giving up his position.
• Lie said the old priest could be drained dry within three days if the Great Shaman Priest of Cold Sky Cliff also acted.
• Jiang Qiu ordered all North Snow Tribe warriors to return to Northern Snow, while warriors from other tribes worried that the tribe was facing its lowest point.

Feng arrived at the battered North Snow Tribe and used the power of Demon Emperor Azure to appoint Black Hawk as his champion after the previous shaman priest died. Black Hawk unleashed a colossal storm against the tribe’s shaman, while Feng’s demons were swept aside by the wind.

• Feng arrived above the North Snow Tribe’s battle lines as its shaman stood amid the ruined gates beside the dead Great Shaman Priest.
• Feng explained that the former shaman priest had been consumed by ancestral power and ordered Black Hawk to take his place in battle.
• Feng granted Black Hawk the power of Ancestor Azure and promised to have his name recorded on the Cold Sky Stele.
• Black Hawk faced the North Snow Tribe’s shaman and declared that he would kill him to earn his place on the stele.
• Black Hawk summoned a vast storm that scattered the demons overhead and tore up the earth before the tribe.

The old shaman of North Snow Tribe destroyed Black Hawk’s attempt to wield ancestral spiritual resonance, but Feng then gave that power to the One-Eyed Snow Owl chief. As a greater storm threatened North Snow, the old shaman began a sacrifice to hold back Cold Sky Cliff’s demons and give his people time to flee south.

• The old shaman stopped Black Hawk’s blizzard and killed him with a ripple of spiritual resonance, though the effort left him weakened and bleeding black blood.
• Feng promised power and a place on the Cold Sky Stele to any demon who killed the old shaman, and the One-Eyed Snow Owl chief volunteered.
• Feng poured spiritual resonance into the chief, whose power surpassed Black Hawk’s and summoned a devastating storm.
• The old shaman decided to sacrifice himself to hold back the demons while North Snow’s people escaped south.
• The old shaman closed his eyes and turned into a blazing white cocoon, making Feng’s expression change.

Jiang Qiu returned to the North Snow Tribe and found it abandoned and devastated, then entered the North Snow Tower and discovered the Soul Ice Dao Lotus left as part of Grandmaster Yuanchu’s legacy. He resolved to refine it and reach the Forging Jade Tendons Realm so he could avenge his tribe.

• Jiang Qiu reached the North Snow Tribe and found its homes ruined, its people gone, and the North Snow Tower empty.
• Jiang Qiu vowed to make Cold Sky Cliff and the West Ice Tribe pay for the tribe’s destruction.
• Jiang Qiu climbed the North Snow Tower and opened the fourth-floor door after the Azure Luan Art in his body responded to it.
• Jiang Qiu found the Soul Ice Dao Lotus, which could help him forge Dao-Forging Jade Tendons and cultivate the Azure Luan Art.
• Jiang Qiu decided to refine the Soul Ice Dao Lotus and reach the Forging Jade Tendons Realm before seeking revenge.

Jiang Qiu refined the Soul Ice Dao Lotus and began forging Dao-Forging Jade Tendons as the battered North Snow Tribe returned to its ruined home. With Cold Sky Cliff's sealed army poised to break free, the South Mountain and East Shore tribes weighed the danger of staying, and a disturbance in the western sky signaled the seal might be failing.

• Jiang Qiu absorbed the Soul Ice Dao Lotus, filled the Steel Bones Realm, and began forging Jade Tendons with the method from the North Sea Palace inheritance.
• Lie and the other North Snow Tribe warriors returned wounded after fighting West Ice Tribe looters, while the fate of the scattered North Snow tribesmen remained unknown.
• Qiang and the South Mountain Tribe's chief saw Northern Snow's devastation, and the chief questioned whether they should remain allied with the North Snow Tribe.
• Qiang argued that the South Mountain Tribe should stay because the East Shore Tribe had also remained, making the West Ice Tribe think twice about attacking them.
• A sound of tearing space came from the west as clouds, lightning, and darkness gathered above the seal holding Cold Sky Cliff's army.

[Wind] escaped the North Snow Tribe shaman's sealing formation and sent his demons to loot the ruined tribe while he searched for its inheritance. He confronted the human defenders at North Snow Tower, and as he attacked [Lie], spear intent surged from the tower.

• [Wind] broke free from the seal by drawing on the spiritual essence released when the trapped demons died, while the North Snow Tribe escaped into the icy mountains.
• [Wind] ordered his demons to plunder the ruined settlement and flew toward North Snow Tower to find the tribe's inheritance ground.
• [Wind] found more than a hundred powerful human defenders around the tower, including [Qiang] and [Fan], and recognized them as Heaven's Chosen Ones.
• [Lie] stepped forward to face [Wind] and urged the others to flee, while hoping [Qiu] would escape from inside the tower.
• [Lie] fired an arrow at [Wind], who stopped it with wind currents and drew his blade to strike; spear intent then surged from North Snow Tower.

Jiang Qiu emerged from North Snow Tower with Grandmaster Yuanchu’s inheritance and faced Feng Li, whose demon army surrounded the tower. Their Blade Intent and spear intent clashed in a devastating battle, leaving the warriors sheltering inside to witness the power of the Intent of Arms.

• Jiang Qiu confronted Feng Li and recalled Feng Li’s role in the attack that killed two instructors and over a hundred students.
• Jiang Qiu revealed the [North Snow Spear]’s remaining spirituality after advancing to the Dao-Forging Jade Tendons Realm.
• Feng Li’s demon warriors from Cold Sky Cliff arrived and encircled North Snow Tower as Feng Li declared he would kill Jiang Qiu.
• Feng Li unleashed a powerful blade strike, and Jiang Qiu met it with a spear technique empowered by Grandmaster Yuanchu’s inheritance.
• Their Blade Intent and spear intent collided, scattering demons and debris as Qiang, Fan, and the others watched from inside North Snow Tower.

Jiang Qiu used Weapon-Body Unification to defeat Feng and wipe out the Cold Sky Cliff demons attacking the North Snow Tribe. The survivors revered him as a Heaven’s Chosen One, while Fan questioned his own talent and sword path.

• Feng’s Blade Intent repeatedly clashed with Jiang Qiu’s spear intent, and Feng realized Jiang Qiu’s inheritances had made him far stronger than expected.
• Jiang Qiu pierced Feng with the North Snow Spear and froze him into an ice sculpture, then killed thousands of Cold Sky Cliff demons.
• The North Snow Tribe warriors and allied tribes watched Jiang Qiu’s victory with awe, and Lie expressed gratitude that he had saved them.
• Fan reflected on Jiang Qiu’s Weapon-Body Unification and Feng’s accomplishments, then doubted whether he was truly a genius.

After defeating Cold Sky Cliff, Jiang Qiu learned that the surviving North Snow Tribe members had fled into the dangerous South Mountain Range, and he asked others to report any news of them. As the tribespeople departed, Qiang proposed bringing a hundred adult women from the South Mountain Tribe so the North Snow Tribe could continue its bloodline.

• Lie told Jiang Qiu that the North Snow Tribe survivors had likely entered the South Mountain Range, where their tracks and destination could not be determined.
• Jiang Qiu reflected on the destruction of North Snow, thanked the tribespeople who had helped, and promised to fulfill one request for anyone who found the survivors.
• The tribespeople gathered spoils and prepared to leave while Qiang considered the danger facing the North Snow Tribe in the South Mountain Range.
• Qiang offered to bring a hundred adult girls from the South Mountain Tribe to preserve the North Snow Tribe's legacy, startling the South Mountain Tribe's leader.

Jiang Qiu agreed to accept one hundred girls from the South Mountain Tribe to help rebuild the North Snow Tribe. The Stone Forest Tribe’s chief then offered thirty girls of his own, hoping to tie his tribe’s future to Qiu before the Heaven’s Chosen Competition.

• Jiang Qiu asked Lie what he thought of the South Mountain Tribe sending one hundred girls to the North Snow Tribe, and Lie vowed that the North Snow Tribe would follow Qiu.
• Jiang Qiu accepted the offer and thanked Qiang and the South Mountain Tribe for their help.
• The Stone Forest Tribe’s chief offered to send thirty girls, prompting Jiang Qiu to ask whether he was certain.
• The Stone Forest Tribe’s chief explained that his tribe had thirty girls ready and hoped to gain a future by joining its fortunes to Qiu’s.

After securing aid from several tribes, Lie feared Jiang Qiu might leave Northern Snow, but Qiu set out to confront West Ice Tribe. The chapter ended as West Ice Tribe’s Great Shaman sensed Qiu approaching and prepared to face him.

• Jiang Qiu accepted support from South Mountain Tribe and Stone Forest Tribe, while East Shore Tribe offered young women as compensation and the remaining small tribes declined to contribute.
• The other tribes’ leaders departed, leaving Lie and a little over a hundred warriors in Northern Snow Tribe.
• Lie asked Qiu where he was going, fearing Northern Snow would collapse without him, and Qiu said he would clear out West Ice Tribe.
• Qiu raced west toward West Ice Tribe, Northern Snow Tribe’s strongest enemy.
• West Ice Tribe’s Great Shaman sensed Qiu’s approach, rose from his seat, and struck his ice staff forward.

Jiang Qiu invaded the West Ice Tribe and devastated its eastern district with the North Snow Spear. He killed Second Uncle and continued toward the tribe’s interior, leaving the Great Shaman’s response uncertain.

• Second Uncle drank with West Ice Tribe warriors, who cursed the North Snow Tribe and discussed the demons sealed at Cold Sky Cliff.
• A warning spread that the North Snow Tribe’s Heaven’s Chosen One had entered the West Ice Tribe and was killing people.
• Second Uncle went outside and saw Jiang Qiu destroy ice houses and caves with the North Snow Spear, while fleeing residents ran toward West Ice Valley.
• Second Uncle tried to escape and summon the Great Shaman, but Jiang Qiu’s spear killed him and several other warriors.
• Jiang Qiu walked over the corpses and continued deeper into the West Ice Tribe.

Jiang Qiu advanced on the West Ice Tribe, refining his spiritual essence as he killed its fleeing warriors. The Great Shaman raised an ancestral ice barrier to stop him, but Jiang Qiu’s spear broke through, leaving the tribe’s leader facing death.

• Jiang Qiu continued killing West Ice Tribe warriors, conserving spiritual essence while refining his control over it.
• The Great Shaman arrived at the checkpoint and gathered the surviving warriors and tribal elites behind him.
• Jiang Qiu declared himself Northern Snow's Heaven's Chosen One and swept his spear at the checkpoint.
• The Great Shaman summoned an enormous ice wall with the ancestral secret art Ice Realm, but Jiang Qiu’s spear intent overwhelmed it.
• As the barrier shattered, the Great Shaman wondered why Ancestor Kunjiu would not protect the tribe, then lost consciousness.