Chapter Summaries

Imprisoned after their defeat and humiliation, Tang San struggled to keep his companions from losing hope. He urged them to endure and survive, though they remained trapped and Dai Mubai still needed treatment.

• Tang San told Oscar that Dai Mubai needed real treatment, but their sealed Soul Power and Spirit Hall's guards left them without help.
• Ma Hongjun asked Tang San whether they still had any hope as the companions relived the humiliations they had suffered.
• Tang San remembered his father, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, Shrek Academy, and Xiao Wu, and found the strength to keep going.
• Tang San urged Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and the others to survive until their circumstances changed, rekindling a faint spark of hope in Oscar and Ma Hongjun.

Tang San and the others continued their forced labor as the Bronze Sparrow Platform neared completion, while Qian Renxue struggled to draw the Angel Sword for her Seventh Trial. Qian Daoliu stopped her and revealed that the continent had changed dramatically during her seclusion.

• Tang San and the others were driven back to work, leaving the unconscious Dai Mubai behind in the cell.
• The Spirit Hall Empire’s proclamation spread across the continent as the Ice Empress’s prestige grew.
• Qian Renxue tried to draw the Angel Sword but could not overcome her troubled state of mind.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue to stop before she harmed herself.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that the continent had been turned upside down during her seclusion.

Qian Renxue learned that Ye Xian had conquered the continent and founded the Spirit Hall Empire, then left her Angel God Trial seclusion to visit him. She reunited with Ye Xian at the Ice Emperor's Palace, where his achievements and calm authority stirred her heart.

• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that Ye Xian had destroyed rival sects, taken control of Heaven Dou, won Star Luo's submission, and founded the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Qian Daoliu suggested that Qian Renxue pause her Angel God Trial and go see the new empire and Ye Xian.
• Qian Renxue left the Angel Sanctuary and went to the Ice Emperor's Palace after completing her Sixth Trial and meeting a bottleneck in the Seventh.
• Ye Xian welcomed Qian Renxue and praised her progress after sensing that her Soul Power had surpassed level eighty.
• Qian Renxue asked about the changes on the continent, and Ye Xian said he had cleared away troublesome obstacles and claimed the territory for the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Qian Renxue told Ye Xian that he had done even better than she had imagined.

Ye Xian asked Qian Renxue to govern Heaven Dou City and oversee the former Heaven Dou Imperial Family's affairs, and she readily accepted. They disguised themselves as ordinary travelers and set out for Heaven Dou City, pausing to enjoy a peaceful meal in a small riverside town.

• Ye Xian asked Qian Renxue to govern Heaven Dou City and pacify the former Heaven Dou Imperial Family's territories, and she agreed.
• Ye Xian suggested that they explore Heaven Dou City in disguise before she began handling government affairs.
• Ye Xian and Qian Renxue changed their clothes and appearances, then quietly left Spirit City.
• Ye Xian and Qian Renxue traveled toward Heaven Dou City by carriage and on foot, listening to rumors about His Majesty the Ice Emperor and observing ordinary life.
• Ye Xian and Qian Renxue stopped in a small riverside town, found a restaurant, and relaxed over local dishes and wine.

Ye Xian and Qian Renxue’s peaceful meal was interrupted when men from the Elephant Armored Sect threatened Shui Qiuhe and Shui Bing'er. As one man tried to seize Shui Bing'er, he was frozen in place and his three companions became ice sculptures.

• Ye Xian and Qian Renxue talked quietly until an argument broke out downstairs.
• Four men from the Elephant Armored Sect confronted Shui Qiuhe and Shui Bing'er, demanding that Shui Bing'er go with them.
• Ye Xian noticed Shui Bing'er's unusually pure ice-attribute talent and grew angry at the men’s conduct.
• The leader reached for Shui Bing'er, but he was suddenly immobilized by ice as his three companions turned into ice sculptures.

Ye Xian killed the Elephant Armored Sect disciples and their leader after they threatened Shui Qiuhe and Shui Bing'er, then revealed himself as the Ice Emperor. He stopped Shui Bing'er from kneeling and asked her to take him as her master.

• Ye Xian's icy pressure made the three Elephant Armored Sect disciples collapse into Ice Crystal dust and killed the burly man by frightening him to death.
• Ye Xian condemned the Elephant Armored Sect and declared that it would lose its place among the Lower Four Sects, starting with the man he had killed.
• The tavern's patrons recognized Ye Xian as the Ice Emperor and knelt to greet him, while Shui Qiuhe and Shui Bing'er stared in shock.
• Ye Xian appeared before Shui Qiuhe and Shui Bing'er and gently stopped them from kneeling.
• Ye Xian praised Shui Bing'er's ice-element talent and asked her to take him as her master.