Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue explained that the Ice Snow Palace’s faith had strengthened her and admitted she had intercepted its Power of Faith, but she offered to help Xue Nianbing form a godhood by placing her own faith in him. After he accepted, he asked what had made her call him back, leaving her about to explain.

• Qian Renxue told Xue Nianbing that the Ice Snow Palace’s unification let her draw on the Douluo Plane’s Power of Faith and recover strength toward becoming a God King.
• Qian Renxue confessed that she had intercepted the Ice Snow Palace’s faith, and Xue Nianbing said he could instead use the soul beasts’ faith to create his godhood.
• Qian Renxue offered to place her faith in Xue Nianbing, potentially giving him stronger faith and helping him create a more powerful godhood.
• Xue Nianbing explained that self-created godhood was not necessary for him to reclaim Bing Yi’s power, but accepted Qian Renxue’s offer because she wished to do it.
• Xue Nianbing asked Qian Renxue what had prompted her to call him back, and she had not yet answered.

Xue Nianbing and Qian Renxue watched five Deities descend toward the Douluo Plane, then spent time cultivating together as the God Realm’s arrival remained months away. After the Rakshasa God submitted to Xue Nianbing and advanced in strength, he sensed two powerful Dragon Race auras emerging from pillars of light.

• Qian Renxue showed Xue Nianbing five Deities traveling toward the Douluo Plane and warned him to be cautious, though they were not God Kings.
• Xue Nianbing and Qian Renxue kissed and cultivated together in the Golden Ancient Tree’s inner world.
• During the following month, Xue Nianbing handled affairs by day and cultivated with the women at night, helping their cultivation rise by a major tier.
• The Rakshasa God gave in to Xue Nianbing and reached the Main God Realm, with signs of approaching the Half-Step God King level.
• Xue Nianbing noticed silver-white and Ice Blue pillars containing powerful Dragon Race auras, one rich in multiple elements and the other in ice.

Gu Yuena and Long Shuang awoke from seclusion and sparred before reuniting with Xue Nianbing. After Long Shuang gave the couple space, Xue Nianbing and Gu Yuena spent several days together, and Gu Yuena learned about his other relationships.

• Xue Nianbing watched as Long Shuang regained her God King Realm strength and Gu Yuena healed and showed signs of further advancement.
• Gu Yuena and Long Shuang sparred in the sky, trading taunts until Xue Nianbing interrupted them.
• Xue Nianbing embraced both women and urged them to treat each other as family, and Long Shuang left him and Gu Yuena alone.
• Xue Nianbing and Gu Yuena kissed and spent the following days together after years apart.
• Gu Yuena asked Xue Nianbing about the Goddess of Life, the God of Goodness, and the fallen God of Love, and he claimed he had pursued another path to stabilize the situation.

Xue Nianbing told Gu Yuena that five Deities were coming to the Douluo Plane and discussed their plans against the God Realm. Long Shuang reported that the Ice Empress had subdued the ocean Soul Beasts, and Xue Nianbing prepared to conquer the Sun Moon Empire before pulling both women into his embrace.

• Xue Nianbing told Gu Yuena that he was close to becoming a god, that five Deities would soon arrive, and that the Rakshasa God would fight alongside them.
• Gu Yuena warned Xue Nianbing that the Goddess of Life and the God of Goodness might already suspect his lie.
• Long Shuang reported that the Ice Empress and Lan Fozi had subdued the ocean Soul Beasts, freezing the Demon Soul Great White Shark race after its defenses resisted their attacks.
• Xue Nianbing said they would wait for the Ice Empress and the others to return before brutally conquering the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xue Nianbing pulled Long Shuang close and insisted that she and Gu Yuena share his attention.

Xue Nianbing reunited with Lan Fozi, the Ice Empress, and Lan Fozi’s mother, the Demon Empress, at the Ice Snow Palace. He freed the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan from its block of ice and barrier, leaving its leader helpless before him.

• The Ice Empress and Lan Fozi returned to the Ice Snow Palace with the Demon Empress and the frozen Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan.
• Xue Nianbing welcomed Lan Fozi and met the Demon Empress, who thanked him for saving her daughter and learned that he was stronger than she was.
• The Demon Empress asked about Xue Nianbing’s enmity with a man from ten thousand years ago, and Xue Nianbing said his conflict with him had also become personal because of Lan Fozi.
• Xue Nianbing broke open the block of ice and shattered the barrier protecting the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan.
• The clan’s hundred-thousand-year leader called on Xue Nianbing to stop, frightened by his power and unable to move.

Xue Nianbing forced Xiaobai to submit and assigned the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan to help the Deep Sea Demon Whale Emperor manage the seas, keeping Xiaobai’s daughter Xiuxiu and several other sharks at Ice Snow Lake. As the Demon Empress considered Xue Nianbing’s relationship with Lan Fozi, she urged her daughter to have many children, and Lan Fozi’s suggestion that her mother find someone else left the conversation awkwardly unfinished.

• Xue Nianbing restrained Xiaobai and Xiuxiu, then forced Xiaobai to agree that her clan would help the Deep Sea Demon Whale Emperor manage the seas.
• Xue Nianbing kept Xiuxiu and more than ten female Demon Soul Great White Sharks at Ice Snow Lake, promising to consider their freedom if the clan satisfied him.
• Xue Nianbing strengthened Xiaobai with several drops of his blood and arranged for Titled Douluo to escort the rest of the clan back to the sea.
• The Demon Empress entered Ice Snow Palace with Lan Fozi while reflecting that Xue Nianbing seemed to treat her daughter well.
• The Demon Empress urged Lan Fozi to have several children to preserve the Deep Sea Demon Whale bloodline, and Lan Fozi suggested that her mother find someone else.

Lan Fozi and the Demon Empress recovered from an embarrassing misunderstanding, while Xiaobai encouraged Xiuxiu to befriend Xue Nianbing so she might regain her freedom. Xue Nianbing brought them food and healed Xiuxiu’s forehead, though she still considered him a bad guy.

• The Demon Empress told Lan Fozi to get closer to Xue Nianbing, and Lan Fozi shyly agreed.
• Xiaobai comforted Xiuxiu about being kept at Ice Snow Lake and urged her to build a good relationship with Xue Nianbing and his companions.
• Xiaobai suggested Xiuxiu make friends with the humans and explained that doing so might help her return to the sea and reunite with her clan.
• Xue Nianbing arrived with food, frightening Xiuxiu, then used his power to heal the bump on her forehead.
• Xiuxiu called Xue Nianbing a bad guy in her thoughts as Xiaobai invited the other Demon Soul Great White Sharks to eat.

Xiaobai explained the history between her clan and Lan Fozi’s family to Xiuxiu, and the two decided to live for themselves as members of the Soul Beast Clan. Meanwhile, Xue Nianbing began fusing a God-Bestowed Soul Ring to become a Titled Douluo, while Snow Empress privately wondered whether he would be happy about her pregnancy.

• Lan Fozi brought more food to Xiaobai, Xiuxiu, and the other Soul Beasts, and offered to help them as long as their requests were reasonable.
• Xiaobai told Xiuxiu how their clan had once been close to the Sea God and how Tang San had killed their enemy, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Xiaobai and Xiuxiu agreed that the Soul Beast Clan would live for itself from then on.
• Xue Nianbing told Snow Empress he had reached level ninety and planned to use a God-Bestowed Soul Ring to become a Titled Douluo.
• Xue Nianbing began fusing the ring as Snow Empress watched, touched her abdomen, and wondered whether he would be happy to learn she was pregnant.

Xue Nianbing completed his breakthrough to Titled Douluo and revealed his powerful ninth Soul Skill. Snow Empress then told him she was pregnant, and the two welcomed the news with joy as he discovered they were expecting a daughter.

• Xue Nianbing absorbed the nine-hundred-thousand-year God-Bestowed Soul Ring and reached level ninety-one, becoming a Titled Douluo.
• Xue Nianbing revealed that his ninth Soul Skill, Profound Ice Dragon Soaring, could summon up to six Ice Yi Divine Dragons, then chose Ice and Snow as his title.
• Snow Empress admitted to Xue Nianbing and the others that she thought she was pregnant.
• Xue Nianbing embraced and reassured Snow Empress, then examined the child with his spiritual power and learned they were expecting a daughter.
• Xue Nianbing said their daughter had inherited both their bloodlines, with Snow Empress's bloodline dominant, and might possess the Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul with an Ice Yi Dragon Soul as her guardian.

Xue Nianbing doted on pregnant Snow Empress, nourishing her and equipping her with Soul Tools, which spurred Ice Empress and the other women to pursue him for several days. Later, while strolling by Ice Snow Lake with Snow Empress, he realized he had forgotten to feed Xiuxiu.

• Xue Nianbing used Immortal Herbs to nourish Snow Empress and their unborn child, then gave Snow Empress defensive and guardian Soul Tools.
• Snow Empress encouraged Xue Nianbing to join Ice Empress and the other women, who pounced on him and spent the following days clinging to him.
• Xue Nianbing explained that Snow Empress's pregnancy had been extraordinarily unlikely and that his children's starting level would be Deity.
• Xue Nianbing strolled by Ice Snow Lake with Snow Empress while Xiuxiu followed them.
• Xiuxiu admitted she was hungry, and Xue Nianbing realized he had forgotten to feed her while attending to Ice Empress and the others.

Xue Nianbing and the Snow Empress fed Xiuxiu and discussed caring for their unborn child, while Xu Tianran brooded over his powerlessness against Xue Nianbing. The chapter ended as a powerful old man entered Xu Tianran’s hall.

• Xue Nianbing and the Snow Empress brought food to Xiuxiu and the other Demon Soul Great White Sharks, then fed Xiuxiu and gave her several drops of blood.
• Xiuxiu followed Xue Nianbing and the Snow Empress, grew curious about their affection, and swam away in anger after Xue Nianbing told her children should not ask so many questions.
• Xue Nianbing urged the Snow Empress to rest in the Ice and Snow Plane while he handled the attack on the Sun Moon Empire, and she agreed despite insisting she was not fragile.
• Xue Nianbing held the Snow Empress as she fell asleep on a swing beneath the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Xu Tianran brooded in the Imperial Palace over Xue Nianbing’s control over his life and the obstacle Ice Snow Palace posed to unifying the continent.
• A powerful white-haired old man entered Xu Tianran’s hall and addressed him as Your Majesty.

Kong Deming urged Xu Tianran to act against the advancing Ice Snow Palace, but Xu Tianran hesitated because Xue Nianbing controlled his life. He finally revealed the secret to Kong Deming and named Xue Nianbing as the one holding his life in his hands.

• Kong Deming warned Xu Tianran that the Ice Snow Palace was advancing on the Sun Moon Empire and urged him to launch a counterattack.
• Kong Deming declared that his Level Ten Soul Tool and the Sun Moon Empire's forces could withstand the Ice Snow Palace.
• Xu Tianran hesitated because he feared Xue Nianbing would use his life to take control of the Sun Moon Empire.
• Kong Deming sealed the area, and Xu Tianran revealed that someone else held his life in their hands.
• Xu Tianran named Xue Nianbing, and Kong Deming recognized him as the Ice Snow Palace Master's famed disciple.

Xu Tianran told Kong Deming how Xue Nianbing had betrayed him and left a dangerous power inside his body. Kong Deming discovered Xu Tianran was a eunuch and found an icy dragon power bound to his martial soul, then proposed sealing it while the Sun Moon Empire prepared to face the Ice Snow Palace.

• Xu Tianran explained that Ju Zi had eloped with Xue Nianbing, who had also left a power inside him and placed his life in danger.
• Kong Deming examined Xu Tianran and discovered that he was secretly a rank ninety-two Titled Douluo and a eunuch.
• Kong Deming found an icy dragon power clinging to Xu Tianran's martial soul and concluded that removing it could kill him or destroy his cultivation.
• Kong Deming proposed using a Level 9 Soul Tool to seal the power and claimed it might dissipate once Xue Nianbing was captured or killed.
• Kong Deming privately planned to mobilize the Sun Moon Empire against the Ice Snow Palace and replace Xu Tianran if necessary.

Xu Tianran accepted Kong Deming’s protection and put him in supreme command of the war against the Ice Snow Palace. As the Sun Moon Empire and Ice Snow Palace armies converged near Tianming City, Kong Deming sensed the Ice Snow Palace’s experts arriving.

• Kong Deming gave Xu Tianran a Level 9 Southern Tortoise Hat to protect his soul, and Xu Tianran put it on despite his humiliation.
• Xu Tianran ordered his commanders and ministers to prepare to resist the Ice Snow Palace, appointed Kong Deming supreme commander, and sent the royal soul engineer corps and two-thirds of the empire’s troops toward the border.
• People gathered in hiding near Tianming City, speculating about the coming war and the identity of the Ice Snow Palace’s mysterious master.
• The Sun Moon Empire army arrived at Tianming City with Kong Deming, the royal Consecration Hall, and the Five Royal Soul Engineer Corps.
• Kong Deming sensed the Ice Snow Palace’s experts approaching as icy blue light spread across the sky and the temperature plunged.

The Ice Snow Palace army confronted the Sun Moon army as Qian Renxue and the other goddesses watched, convinced the Sun Moon Empire would lose. When Kong Deming asked for the Ice Snow Palace Master, Xue Nianbing arrived atop a divine ice-blue dragon, drawing every eye.

• The Ice Snow Palace army appeared before the Sun Moon army, with Electrolux, Xuan Zi, and Tang Ya among its renowned members.
• The Goddess of Life, the God of Goodness, Qian Renxue, Long Shuang, the God of Love, and the Rakshasa God discussed why the Sun Moon Empire's leaders wanted war and watched over the Ice Snow Palace.
• The six women sensed Xue Nianbing had returned and guessed he had captured the opposing leader and had plans for the Hongchen Family and the little princess.
• Kong Deming approached Electrolux and asked where the Ice Snow Palace Master was, and Electrolux told him to wait.
• Xue Nianbing arrived standing atop a majestic divine ice-blue dragon, and the assembled armies recognized him.

Xue Nianbing revealed that he had always been the Ice Snow Palace Master, secretly directing the palace’s rise and the events that reshaped the continent. He rejected Kong Deming’s offer to submit and prepared to face the Sun Moon Empire’s forces.

• Kong Deming asked Xue Nianbing where the Ice Snow Palace Master was, and Xue Nianbing acknowledged Electrolux as his teacher.
• Xue Nianbing announced that he had been the Ice Snow Palace’s first and only Palace Master, secretly controlling its actions since its founding.
• Kong Deming praised Xue Nianbing’s legacy, while Xue Nianbing said he was fortunate and offered the Sun Moon Empire a chance to surrender peacefully.
• Kong Deming offered to make the Ice Snow Palace a State-Protecting Sect and secretly ordered the Five Royal Soul Engineer Corps to prepare for battle.
• Xue Nianbing mocked the Sun Moon Empire and Xu Tianran, declaring that the Ice Snow Palace had achieved what the empire could not.

Xue Nianbing and Kong Deming clashed as the Sun Moon army attacked Ice Snow Palace, but Ice Snow Palace turned the assault back on its attackers and gained the upper hand. Xue Nianbing overwhelmed Kong Deming in the air and remained unharmed by his Silver Moon Divine Light Shield as the battle continued.

• Kong Deming threatened to destroy Ice Snow Palace, and Xue Nianbing answered that he would wipe out Kong Deming's family.
• Kong Deming revealed his breakthrough to Level Ten Soul Engineer and ordered the Sun Moon army to attack.
• Xue Nianbing led Ice Snow Palace's defense, revealing eight orange-gold Soul Rings and one platinum Soul Ring while his soldiers' barrier returned the Sun Moon army's attacks.
• Electrolux led Ice Snow Palace's counterattack, which killed thousands of Sun Moon soldiers and brought down more than a dozen high-level combatants.
• Xue Nianbing blocked Kong Deming from aiding his troops and repeatedly struck him back with the Frosty Ice Spear.
• Kong Deming fired countless silver moon lights at Xue Nianbing, but Xue Nianbing and the Bing Yi Divine Dragon emerged completely unharmed.

Xue Nianbing defeated Kong Deming, destroyed his Soul Tools, and left him maimed after threatening to punish his family. He then flew toward the battlefield, where the Sun Moon Empire army was losing ground to the Ice Snow Palace army.

• Xue Nianbing shattered Kong Deming's Silver Moon Divine Light Shield and destroyed his right arm with a spear thrust.
• Xue Nianbing threatened to cripple Kong Deming and make him watch his family die, then defeated him when he charged again.
• Xue Nianbing tore off Kong Deming's left arm and severed both legs before destroying the Level Ten Silver Moon Divine Light Shield.
• Xue Nianbing left Kong Deming barely alive and flew toward the battle between the Ice Snow Palace army and the Sun Moon Empire army.
• The Sun Moon Empire army was being pushed back by the Ice Snow Palace army despite appearing to surround it.

Xue Nianbing crushed the Sun Moon Empire’s army after defeating Kong Deming, forcing many soldiers to surrender and killing those who hesitated too long. He then revealed that he had visited the Sun Moon Royal Family and brought forward several captured nobles, leaving Kong Deming alarmed.

• Ice Snow Palace’s fighters slaughtered Sun Moon soldiers while protective barriers kept them unharmed, and Xue Nianbing announced that Kong Deming had lost.
• Xue Nianbing displayed the mutilated Kong Deming and gave the Sun Moon soldiers three breaths to submit or die.
• More than half the soldiers surrendered, but Xue Nianbing used Profound Ice Dragon Soaring to kill tens of thousands who had not surrendered in time.
• Kong Deming watched the massacre with hatred, and Xue Nianbing rebuked him by pointing to the empires’ far greater death tolls in past wars.
• Xue Nianbing told Kong Deming he had visited the Sun Moon Royal Family and had Ice Snow Palace members bring several captured nobles forward.

Xue Nianbing displayed the captured Sun Moon Empire ministers and Xu Tianran, then brought Xu Tianzhen before them to expose the truth behind their father’s death. Xu Tianran admitted to killing Xu Guohong and learned that their father had already intended to make him emperor.

• Xue Nianbing questioned Kong Deming about the fate of a defeated royal family and revealed that Xu Tianran had been captured and stripped of his cultivation and Martial Soul.
• Xue Nianbing brought Xu Tianzhen before Xu Tianran and the ministers, prompting her to demand the truth about their father’s death.
• Xu Tianzhen played a Recording Stone showing Xu Tianran stabbing Xu Guohong with a poisoned dagger and declaring that his father had grown old.
• Xu Tianran admitted that he had killed Xu Guohong to seize power, while Xu Tianzhen revealed that their father had already chosen him to succeed to the throne.
• Xu Tianran dismissed the revelation, claiming that the outcome would have been the same whether or not he had killed their father.