Chapter Summaries

After Qin Tian and Lan repelled the Luo Hou Family’s assault on Ice Extreme Pass, Qin Tian reported the attack and the discovery of a Cold Tree to the Military Department. He assigned his core subordinates duties to strengthen the base and prepare for the arrival of thousands of Barbarian fighters, leaving the Military Department’s response pending.

• Qin Tian returned to Ice Extreme Pass, announced the scale of the Luo Hou Family’s attack, and ordered Zhang Hao to report it to the Military Department along with the discovery of a Cold Tree.
• Qin Tian thanked Lan for freezing the Snow Beasts and ordered Ma Jun to clear the battlefield and refine their psionic crystals.
• Qin Tian assigned Li Qi to arrange identity permits for the incoming Barbarian fighters and expand the Shadow Division to more than a thousand members within six months.
• Qin Tian appointed Poison Widow Logistics Chief and manager of a planned Lingfeng Commerce branch on Pluto, then tasked Old Ghost with recruiting skilled workers.
• Qin Tian ordered Tireda to prepare for and command the incoming Barbarian fighters, while Bear remained at his side.
• Qin Tian awaited the Military Department’s response, expecting the report about the Cold Tree to attract his superiors’ attention.

Marshal Lin planned to use the Cold Trees and Pluto’s development to strengthen Ice Extreme Pass and position Qin Tian as Planet Governor. After Inzagi punished Alaya and vowed to kill Qin Tian, Qin Tian broke through to Sixth Order, five stars, and chose a new martial art.

• Yang Zheng learned that Marshal Lin planned to send a corps to Ice Extreme Pass and use the Cold Trees’ cultivation potential to support Pluto’s development and Qin Tian’s appointment as Planet Governor.
• Inzagi slapped and berated Alaya for her defeat, then dismissed her and vowed to deal with Qin Tian after completing another matter.
• Qin Tian absorbed Ice Marrow Paste and broke through to Sixth Order, five stars.
• Qin Tian reviewed the Military Department’s treasury for stronger martial arts and chose Lightning Tribulation Samsara Blade.

Qin Tian exchanged for the gold-tier Lightning Tribulation Samsara Blade and used his Martial Arts Hall to master its five forms. He then tracked Rakshasa Woman to an underground cavern, where he discovered a massive Ice Seal Gate and learned that the Luo Hou Family was trying to break its ancient seal.

• Qin Tian spent 420,000 Military Merit Points to exchange for Lightning Tribulation Samsara Blade and studied its techniques with his two saber talents.
• Qin Tian practiced all five forms in his Martial Arts Hall and grasped the saber art, including how its lightning marks linked the attacks together.
• After twelve hours of training, Qin Tian tracked Rakshasa Woman using the marks he had placed on her and secretly entered an underground ice passage.
• Qin Tian overheard Rakshasa Woman give Gao Shinian three months to break the ancient Sealing Array, despite his warning that forcing it could release a dangerous creature.
• Qin Tian reached a cavern containing the Ice Seal Gate and saw Rakshasa Woman, the Sealing Team, and several powerful Sixth- and Seventh-Order Psionic Users.

Qin Tian discovered that the Ice Seal Gate might be connected to Lan and began preparing to manage Ice Extreme Pass's defenses and forces. A Military Investigation Team and a land-resources inspection team arrived, and Qin Tian was surprised to learn that the latter was led by Zhuge Xin of the Zhuge Family.

• Qin Tian overheard Alaya give Gao Shinian three months to break the Ice Seal Gate's seal and recognized its inscriptions as similar to those in Lan's ice palace.
• Qin Tian returned to Ice Extreme Pass, assessed its people and defenses, and drafted plans to integrate the Barbarian Warriors and strengthen the garrison.
• Qin Tian spent two days learning the pass's operations and assigning responsibilities to Tireda, Bear, Li Qi, Old Ghost, and Poison Widow.
• Li Qi reported that he and Old Ghost would leave to recruit for the Shadow Division, and Qin Tian instructed them to prioritize capable, loyal recruits.
• Zhang Hao alerted Qin Tian that the Military Investigation Team had arrived, along with a separate team sent to inspect the Cold Trees.
• Qin Tian welcomed investigation leader Zhan Jifeng and directed him to the attackers' bodies, then met Zhuge Xin and learned he was from the Zhuge Family.

Qin Tian hosted Zhuge Xin’s Inspection Team as they examined the Cold Trees and promised to report their value to the Senate, then saw both inspection teams depart. Zhuge Yu and Dongfang Haoyue arrived soon afterward, intending to see the Cold Trees and recognizing Ice Extreme Pass’s economic potential.

• Qin Tian guided Zhuge Xin’s Inspection Team through the Cold Tree grove, where they tested the crystals and confirmed their energy value.
• Zhuge Xin told Qin Tian that the team would report its findings to the Senate, which might invest heavily in Pluto and develop Ice Extreme Pass.
• After the inspection teams departed, Zhuge Yu called Qin Tian and announced that she and Dongfang Haoyue were coming to visit.
• Qin Tian welcomed Zhuge Yu and Dongfang Haoyue when their aircraft landed at Ice Extreme Pass.
• Zhuge Yu and Dongfang Haoyue surveyed Ice Extreme Pass and recognized its potential as a valuable settlement and economic center.

Qin Tian negotiated a partnership with Zhuge Yu and Dongfang Haoyue to develop Ice Extreme Pass and Pluto. The meeting took an ominous turn when Dongfang Haoyue said he had brought thirteen people, but Qin Tian sensed fourteen.

• Poison Widow served tea, and Dongfang Haoyue questioned Qin Tian about her before accepting his explanation that she was a former Star Pirate and his subordinate.
• Zhuge Yu and Dongfang Haoyue proposed sharing in Pluto's development, offering the Dongfang Family's Cold Tree expertise and both families' funding, connections, and policy support.
• Qin Tian challenged Dongfang Haoyue's authority to represent the Dongfang Family, then agreed in principle to cooperate with the Zhuge and Dongfang Families, leaving the terms for later negotiation.
• Zhuge Yu asked how Qin Tian had reached the Sixth Order so quickly, and Qin Tian gave a vague answer before inviting the group to lunch.
• Dongfang Haoyue said he had brought thirteen people, but Qin Tian sensed fourteen, and Zhuge Yu and Dongfang Haoyue realized something was wrong.

Qin Tian, Dongfang Haoyue, and Zhuge Yu lured a hidden assassin away from Ice Extreme Pass while choosing a site for Qin Tian’s second base. After the assassin ambushed them on the Pala Icefield and wounded Dongfang Haoyue and Zhuge Yu, Qin Tian escaped with them through a Space Gate, leaving the group poised to see the outcome of his plan.

• Qin Tian sensed fourteen intruders aboard the aircraft, and Dongfang Haoyue and Zhuge Yu agreed to draw them away from Ice Extreme Pass.
• Qin Tian proposed a plan involving the Luo Hou Family, then took Dongfang Haoyue and Zhuge Yu to the Pala Icefield to select a site for a second base.
• Zhuge Yu used the Golden Compass and Dragon-Seeking Vein-Fixing Art to locate a promising place for the city's core, while Lan joined the group.
• A cloaked Seventh-Order Nine-Star assassin emerged and attacked Dongfang Haoyue, then wounded him, Qin Tian, and Zhuge Yu as Lan defended them.
• Qin Tian opened a Space Gate and led Dongfang Haoyue and Zhuge Yu through it; Lan followed, but the assassin slipped through just before the gate closed.
• Qin Tian returned with the others and assured Dongfang Haoyue that the assassin had been sent where he intended, promising them a great show.

Kane was lured into a trap at the Luo Hou Family’s Underground Ice Cave and fought Alaya, Kraun, and Cheng Zhou. While Qin Tian and his allies watched from hiding, they abducted the Sealing Team, leaving the Luo Hou fighters furious and Kane caught in an even fiercer battle.

• Gao Shinian explained the Ice Seal Gate’s sealing pattern while Alaya ordered the Sealing Team to rest three hours a day.
• Kane emerged from a Space Gate, realized he had been ambushed, and fought Alaya, Kraun, and Cheng Zhou.
• The battle collapsed the ice cave, and Alaya ordered the Sixth-Order Guards to evacuate Gao Shinian and the Sealing Team.
• Qin Tian, Lan, Zhuge Yu, and Dongfang Haoyue watched under concealment, then arranged to abduct the Sealing Team and frame Kane.
• An unseen attacker froze the guards and pulled Gao Shinian and the Sealing Team through a Space Channel.
• Alaya, Kraun, and Cheng Zhou blamed Kane for the abduction and attacked him with renewed fury.

Alaya, Kraun, and Cheng Zhou fought Kane until Inzagi Luo Hou arrived and pursued him after gravely injuring him. Meanwhile, Qin Tian and his companions uncovered fragments of the Ice Seal Gate’s inscription, freed Gao Shinian, and learned that he had already undone the seal.

• Alaya, Kraun, and Cheng Zhou attacked Kane together, forcing him to fight defensively and search for an escape.
• Inzagi Luo Hou arrived, struck Kane down with his Asura Battle Body, and chased him as he fled.
• Qin Tian, Lan, Zhuge Yu, and Dongfang Haoyue restored the Ice Seal Gate, and Lan deciphered fragments referring to an Ice God, an invasion, a battlefield, a tomb, and disaster.
• Qin Tian brought Gao Shinian out of Yang Space, and Dongfang Haoyue promised to rescue him and his team from the Luo Hou Family.
• Gao Shinian told Qin Tian, Zhuge Yu, and Dongfang Haoyue that he had already undone the seal on the Ice Seal Gate.

Gao Shinian revealed that he had secretly broken the seal but concealed it to avoid being killed by the Luo Hou Family. Qin Tian and his allies rescued Gao Shinian and captured the badly wounded assassin Kane, while Dongfang Haoyue vowed to protect Mingyue.

• Gao Shinian explained that he had cracked the seal long ago but pretended it required several Sealing Teams so the Luo Hou Family would keep him alive.
• Qin Tian placed Gao Shinian in Yang Space, and Dongfang Haoyue asked him to help capture the assassin Kane alive.
• Inzagi overpowered Kane, but a faint spatial fluctuation allowed Kane to vanish from the glacier ruins and reappear before Qin Tian, Dongfang Haoyue, Zhuge Yu, and Lan.
• Zhuge Yu used Binding Zero Lock to seal Kane's Psionic Energy, then froze him inside a block of ice.
• Qin Tian asked Dongfang Haoyue to protect Mingyue, and Dongfang Haoyue promised that he would not let her be harmed.

Dongfang Haoyue, Zhuge Yu, and Qin Tian exposed the Luo Hou Family’s secret research on Pluto and reported the Ice Seal Gate to the Empire. The Senate and Military Department ordered the 29th Army to secure the site, while Inzagi Luo Hou punished his subordinates and vowed to find the person who exposed the secret.

• Dongfang Haoyue and Zhuge Yu returned to the Imperial Star and reported the Ice Seal Gate, the Luo Hou Family’s secret base, and Gao Shinian’s testimony to their families.
• Qin Tian sent Yang Zheng a report with evidence about the Ice Seal Gate, and Marshal Lin ordered the 29th Army to seal off the site.
• Zhuge Jin presented the urgent report to the Senate, which directed the Military Department to secure the Ice Seal Gate and send sealing experts and archaeologists to investigate it.
• The Military Department approved the deployment of the 29th Army, while the Empire’s powerful families began making plans around the newly exposed ancient site.
• Inzagi Luo Hou beat Alaya for failing to protect the secret, spared Kraun and Cheng Zhou, and vowed to make the person responsible for the leak pay.

The 29th Army secured the Ice Seal Gate on Pluto while Imperial Academy experts began investigating it, and Inzagi Luo Hou withdrew under Shen Qingyue’s warning. Qin Tian waited for the Empire’s decision about the Ruins, then gave the frozen guards’ bodies to Ye Wu for the Shadow Division; a month passed without the gate opening, and the Mythical Society’s second meet-up arrived.

• Shen Qingyue deployed the 29th Army to surround the Ice Seal Gate and established a guarded passage and command center in the ice cavern.
• Inzagi Luo Hou watched the blockade, felt Shen Qingyue’s warning, and fled into the blizzard.
• Gao Shinian and the Imperial Academy of Sciences team reached the gate, where sealing experts studied it and historians debated the Ice Pillars’ script.
• Qin Tian waited for the Empire to decide how to handle the Ruins and hoped he and Lan would receive places to enter.
• Qin Tian gave Ye Wu the preserved bodies of the Sixth-Order guards to distribute among the Shadow Division.
• A month passed without the Ruins opening, and the Mythical Society’s second meet-up arrived.

At a Mythical Society gathering, Poseidon revealed evidence of a ten-thousand-year historical blank, while Giant Spirit God asked for help with a mysterious sphere that devoured people. Qin Tian traded Dragon Blood supplies and impressed the members by giving them high-capacity Space Accessories, leaving the group eager to place orders and exchange further goods.

• Poseidon showed the group an ancient Metal Plate from Heyuan Star and described the missing records of civilizations from ten thousand years ago, prompting Qin Tian to connect the mystery to the Ice Seal Gate.
• Giant Spirit God showed photographs of a dark red sphere that attracted and consumed creatures, explaining that its mental influence made everyone but him ignore it and that he could not destroy it.
• Ares gave Qin Tian and Athena Dragon Blood and dragon organs, and Qin Tian supplied Ares with a replacement Blood Spirit Pearl and fifteen thousand Explosive Iron Balls.
• Qin Tian gave the members high-capacity Space Accessories, revealing that he made them himself and inviting them to order more.
• Athena ordered a hundred Space Accessories, Poseidon requested one with a capacity matching Ares's belt, Daoist Duobao ordered two hundred, and Great Emperor Zhenwu requested five.

Qin Tian absorbed Seventh-Order Thunder Dragon Blood and broke through to Sixth-Order Six-Star, then rewarded the Shadow Division with Dragon Blood. Li Qi absorbed Sixth-Order Dark Dragon essence blood, reached the Sixth Order, and resolved to become Qin Tian’s foremost subordinate.

• Qin Tian absorbed Seventh-Order Thunder Dragon Blood on a snowy peak and advanced to Sixth-Order Six-Star.
• Qin Tian gathered the Shadow Division in a Cold Cave and let its members absorb Fifth-Order Dragon Blood.
• Qin Tian gave Li Qi Sixth-Order Dark Dragon essence blood suited to his Dark Psionic Energy.
• Li Qi’s Night Demon King Blood refined the Dragon Blood, awakened his wings, and helped him break through to the Sixth Order.
• Li Qi reflected on his determination to surpass Qin Tian’s other subordinates and believed he would soon leave Feng Mochuan behind.

Qin Tian strengthened the Shadow Division with a Dragon Blood reward system and returned to the rapidly growing Ice Extreme Pass. Dongfang Haoyue introduced Taishi Feng and Huo Yuansheng as fellow entrants to the Ice Seal Gate, then announced that the ruins would open in three days.

• Qin Tian established a merit-based system for Shadow Division members to exchange for Dragon Blood and left Li Qi to oversee their breakthroughs.
• Qin Tian returned to Ice Extreme Pass and saw how its expansion had transformed it into a busy hub for merchants, soldiers, and visitors.
• Dongfang Haoyue arrived with Zhuge Yu, Taishi Feng, and Huo Yuansheng, and introduced the two Gold Family heirs to Qin Tian.
• Zhuge Yu explained that Qin Tian could match the Seventh-Order Rakshasa Woman and had Space Teleportation, prompting Taishi Feng and Huo Yuansheng to respect his strength.
• Dongfang Haoyue told Qin Tian that the Ice Seal Gate would officially open in three days.

The Empire opened the Ice Seal Gate after selecting five hundred explorers, including Qin Tian and Lan, to enter the Ancient Ruins. As the expedition filed inside, Asaqi Luo Hou received an order to kill Qin Tian and began planning to make his death look like an accident.

• Dongfang Haoyue explained that the Empire had finalized the five-hundred-person roster, and Qin Tian learned why Ice Extreme Pass had secured two slots.
• During the three-day wait, Qin Tian exchanged military knowledge with Taishi Feng and received business advice and trade contacts from Huo Yuansheng.
• Gao Shinian used a Golden Array Disk to break the Ice Seal Gate, and Shen Qingyue announced rules for the expedition before ordering the teams into the Ruins.
• The Holy Blood Family members entered first, followed by the other factions, while Asaqi Luo Hou heard an order to kill Qin Tian and resolved to arrange an accident.

Qin Tian explored the ruins’ frozen battlefield, fought awakened monsters, and absorbed an Ice Origin that showed him the Ice God Clan’s final battle thousands of years earlier. He learned that Lan descended from the ancient clan and kept more than twenty Ice Origins for later.

• Qin Tian found the remains of Ice God Clan warriors and monsters scattered across the frozen plain.
• Hundreds of monsters awakened and attacked Qin Tian, but he cut them down with Thunderclap Slash after their black energy blocked his Black Flame.
• Qin Tian gathered more than twenty Ice Blue Spheres and absorbed one, receiving a memory from an Ice God Clan warrior’s perspective.
• In the memory, the warrior fought alongside Vilaiya as the clan battled powerful monsters and passed his Ice Origin to Vilaiya before dying.
• Qin Tian returned to the present with increased Psionic Energy, stored the remaining Ice Origins, and realized Lan came from the Ice God Clan.

Blue recovered memories revealing that he was the last survivor of the Ice God Clan and followed a mysterious call across the Snowfield. Qin Tian found an Ice Tablet sealing a powerful monster and faced Calun Vladimir, whose attack failed against Qin Tian’s Night Emperor Blood; the chapter ended as their dark auras clashed before a fight.

• Blue absorbed the Ice Origin, remembered the Ice God Clan’s destruction, and set off toward a familiar spiritual call.
• Qin Tian absorbed more than twenty Ice Origin, gathered the scattered Ice God Clan bones, and traveled to a treasure shown in the Warriors’ memories.
• Qin Tian found an Ice Tablet atop an ice mountain, sealing a huge Black Monster inside.
• Calun Vladimir arrived to claim the Ice Tablet, and Qin Tian refused to trade it away.
• Calun’s Blood Boil Art had no effect on Qin Tian, so Calun drew his staff and prepared to fight.
• Qin Tian released his sovereign Dark Energy and Golden Demon Marks, unsettling Calun as their auras collided.

Qin Tian overwhelmed Calun in their duel, but Calun’s Cain Bloodline let him survive repeated deadly attacks. Their battle shattered the mountain’s seal and released an ancient monster whose aura reached at least the high Seventh Order.

• Qin Tian broke Calun’s blood magic and used his Demon King Wings to gain the advantage in their fight.
• Qin Tian beheaded Calun, but Calun regenerated through his blood-based abilities and continued fighting.
• Qin Tian tracked Calun through his Sea of Blood and repeatedly attacked him, while Calun evaded fatal blows and healed with a blood pearl.
• A dark figure stirred inside the Ice Tablet-sealed mountain as Qin Tian and Calun continued their battle.
• Calun tried to flee, but cracks spread across the mountain and the Ice Tablet shattered.
• A giant monster broke free from the mountain, and Qin Tian sensed that its aura had reached at least the high Seventh Order.

Qin Tian fought and killed the Black Monster with his Thunder Blade, using the Ice Tablet’s sealing power to overcome its healing and strength. After claiming the tablet, he learned information about the Ice God Vault, while Calun withdrew rather than challenge him.

• Calun fled to watch from a distance as Qin Tian faced the Black Monster, which the Ice Tablet had partially sealed.
• Qin Tian dodged the monster’s attacks and repeatedly wounded it with his lightning-wreathed Black Frost Blade, while Calun watched in disbelief.
• Qin Tian detonated the Supreme Mark and Heavenly Punishment Mark, and the Ice Tablet froze the monster’s wounds and slowed its healing.
• Qin Tian pursued the fleeing monster and killed it with the Fourth and Fifth Forms of the Lightning Tribulation Samsara Blade.
• Qin Tian claimed the Ice Tablet and received information about the Ice God Vault, while Calun chose to withdraw.