Chapter Summaries

Xue Nianbing returned to the Far North after leaving Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Nannan with Mother Jiang in Heaven Dou Empire. The Ice Empress hurried to meet him, while the Snow Empress sensed his arrival and planned to scold and punish him.

• Beibei watched Tang Ya leave after she confessed that she would pursue Xue Nianbing, then wandered into a bar to drink.
• Xue Nianbing accompanied Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Nannan to their northern homes, gave Jiang Nannan a coat that could protect her from the cold, and promised to return for them.
• Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Nannan reunited with Mother Jiang while Xue Nianbing headed for the Far North.
• Xue Nianbing entered the Far North, and the Ice Snow Crown spread the Snow Empress's aura through the region.
• The Snow Empress sensed Xue Nianbing's return, learned that the Ice Empress had already gone to him, and prepared to punish him for indulging himself.

Xue Nianbing returned to the Far North and reunited with Ice Empress, who had deeply missed him. He told her he planned to leave again but would take her and Xue'er with him, and the chapter ended with Ice Empress kissing him.

• Xue Nianbing encountered Ice Empress in the Far North, and she pounced on him, scolding him for coming back late.
• Xue Nianbing apologized for making Ice Empress and Xue'er worry and said he would take them with him when he left again.
• Ice Empress climbed onto Xue Nianbing and asked him to carry her toward the Core Area.
• Xue Nianbing asked why Ice Empress remained in her scorpion form, and she transformed into her human form in his arms.
• Ice Empress asked Xue Nianbing if she was pretty, then kissed him.

Xue Nianbing returned to the Far North, reunited with Snow Empress, and kissed her while Ice Empress watched and eagerly hoped to join them. The chapter ended with Xue Nianbing pulling Ice Empress close and kissing Snow Empress again as he proposed they all be together.

• Xue Nianbing kissed Ice Empress while they flew toward the Core Area.
• Snow Empress met them and teased Ice Empress about kissing Xue Nianbing.
• Xue Nianbing embraced Snow Empress, reassured her that he had returned, and kissed her until her resentment faded.
• Ice Empress watched the pair closely, treating their kiss as the guidance Snow Empress had offered.
• Xue Nianbing carried Snow Empress toward the cave dwelling, pulled Ice Empress to him with Control Ice Capture Snow, and kissed Snow Empress again.

Xue Nianbing brought Snow Empress and Ice Empress to a snow-covered region of the Blue Silver Plane and learned they were both willing to leave the Far North for the Human World. He proposed visiting the Earth Dragon Gate to obtain its Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow for them, leaving the pair eager to learn more about the sect.

• Xue Nianbing, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress explored a snowy area of the Blue Silver Plane that resembled the Far North.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress agreed to accompany Xue Nianbing to the Human World after arranging for others to manage their territories.
• Xue Nianbing said he would first take them to a treasure land containing Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress reacted with excitement when Xue Nianbing explained the treasure could help them survive their next Heavenly Tribulations and grow stronger.
• Xue Nianbing named the Earth Dragon Gate as the sect holding the treasure and said its sect master was a Soul Saint nearing Soul Douluo level.

Xue Nianbing planned to trade with Earth Dragon Gate for Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and discussed his next Soul Rings with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress. They agreed to visit the Snow Shadow Lynx clan for his Fourth Soul Ring, then bring a Nine-tailed Moon Fox to the Ice and Snow Plane for Zhang Lexuan.

• Xue Nianbing proposed trading Nan Shui Shui Soul Bones and help advancing to Soul Douluo in exchange for the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress agreed.
• Xue Nianbing said he would seek a 100,000 Year Soul Ring for his Fifth Soul Ring but would focus on building a solid foundation before advancing further.
• Xue Nianbing explained that his Sea of Consciousness could preserve a Soul Beast's consciousness after it became his Soul Ring, and rejected the Ice Empress's offer to sacrifice herself.
• Xue Nianbing asked about a moon-attribute Soul Beast for Zhang Lexuan's Eighth Soul Ring, and the Snow Empress named the Nine-tailed Moon Fox as a suitable choice.
• The three left the Ice and Snow Space and headed for the Snow Shadow Lynx clan to obtain Xue Nianbing's Fourth Soul Ring.

Xue Nianbing obtained his fourth Soul Ring from a Snow Shadow Lynx, gained a skill that created two powerful shadows, and convinced the clan that his rebirth method worked. He returned to Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Nannan, where they discussed marriage and children, and began telling them about his latest travels.

• Xue Nianbing fused with a sixty-thousand-year Snow Shadow Lynx, reached Soul Power Level fifty, and gained Shadow of Frost · Ice's Shadow.
• Xue Nianbing restored the Snow Shadow Lynx after preserving a wisp of its soul, convincing the clan of his rebirth method; the Lynx chose to follow him.
• Xue Nianbing found a dying hundred-thousand-year Nine-tailed Moon Fox, placed it and the Ice and Snow Emperors in the Ice and Snow Plane, and flew to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Jiang Yue urged Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Nannan to marry Xue Nianbing and then suggested they have a child first.
• Xue Nianbing returned home and reunited with Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Nannan, then recounted his fourth-ring hunt and recent dealings.
• Jiang Nannan wondered whether the Ice and Snow Emperors would be strict, and Zhang Lexuan teased her about being afraid.

Xue Nianbing introduced Jiang Nannan and Zhang Lexuan to the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, who welcomed them as family and gave Jiang Nannan an Ice Ring. After arranging for Jiang Yue to move to Shrek Academy, Xue Nianbing set out for Earth Dragon Gate while Zhang Lexuan began fusing with her Eighth Soul Ring in the Ice and Snow Plane.

• Xue Nianbing opened a passage to the Ice and Snow Plane, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress met Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Nannan.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress invited the women to call them sisters, and Ice Empress gave Jiang Nannan an Ice Ring containing their meeting gifts.
• Jiang Nannan said she would keep the gifts secret from Xue Nianbing, and the group later joined Jiang Yue for a meal.
• Xue Nianbing decided to take Jiang Yue to Shrek Academy after his business with Earth Dragon Gate, and Jiang Nannan stayed behind to accompany her mother.
• Zhang Lexuan entered the Ice and Snow Plane to fuse with her Eighth Soul Ring, while Xue Nianbing headed toward Earth Dragon Gate.

Xue Nianbing encountered Nan Qiūqiū and Ye Guyi in Dragon City, and Electrolux recognized the sacred light in Ye Guyi’s Martial Soul. Electrolux agreed to pass Necromancy on to Xue Nianbing, while Xue Nianbing considered whether Ye Guyi might inherit Electrolux’s Light Magic.

• Xue Nianbing headed toward the Earth Dragon Gate and spotted Nan Qiūqiū and Ye Guyi at a snack stall.
• Electrolux identified Ye Guyi’s Sacred Angel as a Martial Soul that had evolved from Light Shadow through an acquired opportunity.
• Xue Nianbing suggested that Ye Guyi could inherit Electrolux’s Light Magic while he learned Necromancy.
• Electrolux agreed to pass Necromancy to Xue Nianbing after he finished his next task.
• After Xue Nianbing left, Nan Qiūqiū and Ye Guyi teased each other about which of them he had been looking at.

Xue Nianbing visited Earth Dragon Gate to negotiate for its secret Ice Attribute gold ore, but Nan Shui Shui reacted defensively when he revealed he knew about it. The chapter left them on the verge of a hostile confrontation as Xue Nianbing insisted he was prepared to stay and talk.

• Nan Qiūqiū teased Ye Guyi about liking Xue Nianbing and dragged her after him so they could get acquainted and determine whether he was an Evil Soul Master.
• Xue Nianbing reached Earth Dragon Gate and learned from Electrolux that Nan Shui Shui was a Level 78 Soul Saint and Nan Qiūqiū’s blood relative.
• Xue Nianbing entered Earth Dragon Gate after identifying himself as a Shrek Academy student and introduced himself to Nan Shui Shui.
• Xue Nianbing said he represented himself, not Shrek Academy, and wanted to trade for Earth Dragon Gate’s secret Ice Attribute gold ore.
• Nan Shui Shui denied that the secret land existed and threatened to keep Xue Nianbing there, but he said he was prepared for hostility and demanded a calm discussion.

Xue Nianbing negotiated with Nan Shuishui to trade the Earth Dragon Gate Secret Land for two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones and an opportunity to obtain a suitable Eighth Soul Ring. After Nan Shuishui accepted and reserved the soul-ring opportunity for her daughter, Xue Nianbing encountered Nan Qiūqiū and Ye Guyi again.

• Nan Shuishui refused to trade the Secret Land until Xue Nianbing revealed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Xue Nianbing offered two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones and help hunting a suitable Eighth Soul Ring, and Nan Shuishui agreed to the deal.
• Nan Shuishui asked to reserve the soul-ring opportunity for Nan Qiūqiū, and Xue Nianbing accepted.
• Nan Qiūqiū and Ye Guyi arrived, and Nan Qiūqiū recognized Xue Nianbing as the boy she had followed.
• Xue Nianbing teased Nan Qiūqiū about following him, and Nan Shuishui introduced him as an honored guest of the Earth Dragon Gate.

Xue Nianbing joked with Nan Shuishui, Nan Qiūqiū, and Ye Guyi before Nan Shuishui led him to the Earth Dragon Gate’s hidden cave beneath the Cold Spring. He prepared to enter in search of valuable Ice Attribute metals, warning that the rear courtyard might be damaged.

• Xue Nianbing teased Ye Guyi and Nan Qiūqiū, then apologized for staring at them earlier.
• Nan Shuishui led Xue Nianbing to the secluded Cold Spring while Nan Qiūqiū and Ye Guyi followed to watch and investigate him.
• Nan Shuishui explained that a sealed cave lay beneath the spring, containing Ice Attribute metals and temperatures too extreme for even Titled Douluo-level powerhouses to endure for long.
• Xue Nianbing handed Nan Shuishui two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones and asked her to keep Earth Dragon Gate members away from the area.
• Xue Nianbing warned that entering the cave might destroy the rear courtyard, and Nan Shuishui urged him not to overreach himself.

Xue Nianbing, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress entered the hidden depths beneath the Cold Spring to search for the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow. They found a chamber filled with Ice Extreme Divine Crystals and reached a small cave containing dozens of pillars of the marrow.

• After Nan Shui Shui left, Xue Nianbing brought Snow Empress and Ice Empress out of the Ice and Snow Plane, and they confronted him about flirting with Nan Qiūqiū and Ye Guyi.
• Xue Nianbing persuaded Snow Empress and Ice Empress to postpone their argument, and the three descended into the Cold Spring.
• Xue Nianbing found and opened the concealed entrance, revealing a cave filled with Ice Extreme Divine Crystals.
• The three followed the cold current deeper into the spring and reached a small cave where Ice Empress needed Xue Nianbing's Extreme Ice to endure the chill.
• Xue Nianbing illuminated the cave, and Snow Empress and Ice Empress recognized dozens of pillars as Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.

Xue Nianbing gathered the treasures from the cold spring and discovered that the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow could regenerate inside his Ice and Snow Plane. After he returned, he thanked Nan Shui Shui for their deal and prepared to leave, while Nan Qiūqiū revealed her reluctance to see him go.

• Xue Nianbing, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress packed up all forty-five pieces of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal, and the spring water.
• Xue Nianbing discovered the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow was regenerating in the Ice and Snow Plane, and Snow Empress and Ice Empress went inside to inspect it.
• Nan Shui Shui teased Nan Qiūqiū about her favorable impression of Xue Nianbing and encouraged her to pursue him.
• Xue Nianbing left the cold spring and returned to Nan Shui Shui, Nan Qiūqiū, and Ye Guyi in the back courtyard.
• Xue Nianbing thanked Nan Shui Shui for the transaction and said he would leave, prompting Nan Qiūqiū to ask if he was going so soon.

Xue Nianbing left the Earth Dragon Gate after debating Ye Guyi about what makes someone an Evil Soul Master and admitting he had an Evil Martial Soul. He returned to Jiang Nannan, and Zhang Lexuan completed her eighth Soul Ring absorption as a Soul Douluo.

• Xue Nianbing challenged Ye Guyi's belief that an Evil Martial Soul made someone an Evil Soul Master, then admitted he had one.
• Ye Guyi warned Xue Nianbing she would hunt him down if he committed evil, and he left Dragon City; Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiūqiū suspected he had twin Martial Souls.
• Electrolux judged Ye Guyi unsuitable to succeed him because she still confused power with evil, while Xue Nianbing defended how Shrek Academy's doctrine had shaped her views.
• Xue Nianbing reunited with Jiang Nannan, and they went to see Zhang Lexuan in the Ice and Snow Plane.
• Zhang Lexuan completed her eighth Soul Ring absorption, became a Soul Douluo at level eighty-three with a 100,000 Year Soul Ring, and retained a wisp of the Nine-tailed Moon Fox's soul consciousness in it.

After helping Zhang Lexuan gain a 100,000 Year Soul Ring, Xue Nianbing took the Ice and Snow Emperors to refine ten thousand year profound ice marrow and face their heavenly tribulations. As the Snow Empress and Ice Empress began their trials, the marrow stimulated the Ice Blue Light Cluster in Xue Nianbing’s Sea of Consciousness, strengthening him and prompting Electrolux to investigate it further.

• Zhang Lexuan awoke as a Soul Douluo with a 100,000 Year Soul Ring, thanked Xue Nianbing and the Empresses, and asked about their gains at the Earth Dragon Gate.
• Xue Nianbing brought the Ice and Snow Emperors to the frozen landscape and told them to refine all but one pillar of ten thousand year profound ice marrow.
• Xue Nianbing dispersed the Snow Empress’s gathering 700,000-year tribulation clouds, then allowed the tribulation to return at her request.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress began facing their 700,000-year and 400,000-year heavenly tribulations after refining the marrow.
• Xue Nianbing touched a pillar of ten thousand year profound ice marrow, and its energy stimulated the Ice Blue Light Cluster, strengthening his body, spiritual power, and Sea of Consciousness.
• Electrolux analyzed the effect and urged Xue Nianbing to keep refining the marrow so he could try to glimpse inside the light cluster.

After reaching the hundred-thousand-year level, Xue Nianbing discovered that the Ice Blue Light Cluster contained a sleeping ice dragon that might be his true body. Electrolux warned that Xue Nianbing was both human and dragon and might be unable to fuse with ordinary soul bones, so Xue Nianbing set out to test the theory.

• Xue Nianbing absorbed ten stalks of ten thousand year profound ice marrow and raised his body's strength to the hundred-thousand-year level.
• Electrolux called Xue Nianbing nonhuman and showed him an image of a sleeping ice dragon concealed within the Ice Blue Light Cluster.
• Electrolux suspected the ice dragon was Xue Nianbing's true body and that absorbing the blue mist would gradually awaken his dragon nature.
• Electrolux said Xue Nianbing's true body was at least as powerful as a deity stronger than Electrolux at his prime.
• Electrolux explained that Xue Nianbing likely already had six powerful dragon-bone soul bones and could fuse only with external soul bones.
• Xue Nianbing decided to try fusing with a soul bone.

Xue Nianbing failed to fuse with a soul bone, then learned that the Ice and Snow Emperors had survived their heavenly tribulations. After discussing their gains and the remaining profound ice marrow, the group returned to the central region, where Xue Nianbing began a romantic interlude with the women.

• Xue Nianbing tried to fuse with a thirty-thousand-year right leg bone, but his power repelled it and shattered it into dust.
• Xue Nianbing assessed his strengthened soul rings and soul bone, and planned to consolidate his strength before obtaining a fifth soul ring.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress completed their heavenly tribulations, and Xue Nianbing congratulated them and shared his own improvements.
• Xue Nianbing told the Snow Empress and Ice Empress that he had reached his limit for absorbing profound ice marrow, so they could refine the remaining pieces.
• Xue Nianbing, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress returned to the central region, where Zhang Lexuan, Jiang Nannan, and Little Blue had been waiting.
• Xue Nianbing caught Little Blue and kissed her, beginning a romantic encounter with the women during their vacation.

At Clear Sky Fortress, Niu Tian and Tai Tan questioned Wang Dong about her feelings for Xue Nianbing and worried about his reputation and unknown background. Wang Dong defended him and stopped Tai Tan from confronting him, while the two sect masters remained wary of whether Xue Nianbing was the person she had been sent to meet.

• Niu Tian warned Wang Dong that Xue Nianbing was promiscuous and urged her to reconsider her feelings for him.
• Wang Dong insisted Xue Nianbing had done nothing wrong, and Tai Tan threatened to confront him.
• Wang Dong saw through Tai Tan’s intentions and made him promise not to cause Xue Nianbing trouble.
• Niu Tian revealed that the sect had sent Xiao Liu and others to investigate Xue Nianbing, and Wang Dong inferred that Xue Nianbing had guessed who sent them.
• Wang Dong said Xue Nianbing came from the north of the Heaven Dou Empire but did not know his exact origins, leaving Niu Tian and Tai Tan concerned he might be connected to her purpose at Shrek Academy.

Wang Dong gained Niu Tian and Tai Tan’s approval to return to Shrek Academy as Wang Dong'er, while they worried about Xue Nianbing and the future. At the Body Sect, Du Busi learned that Huo Yuhao had joined the sect and was also a Shrek Academy student and Tang Sect disciple.

• Wang Dong asked Niu Tian and Tai Tan to test Xue Nianbing without deliberately making things difficult for him, and they agreed to assess him.
• Wang Dong said she wanted to return to Shrek Academy as a girl, and Niu Tian approved while warning her to be careful.
• After Wang Dong left, Niu Tian and Tai Tan discussed whether Xue Nianbing was the person chosen by the God King and worried about Wang Dong's future.
• At the Body Sect, Du Busi asked the elders about new geniuses, and Lao Jin reported that Huo Yuhao had a Spirit Eyes Body Martial Soul but weak talent.
• Lao Jin told Du Busi that Huo Yuhao had left Shrek Academy but remained a Tang Sect disciple, and Du Busi dismissed the Tang Sect while criticizing Xuan Zi.

Huo Yuhao arrived at the Body Sect and met Sect Master Du Busi, who learned that Huo Yuhao sought strength to avenge his mother’s murder. After Huo Yuhao revealed his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul, Du Busi recognized that it was far rarer than it appeared.

• Du Busi heard Lao Jin describe Huo Yuhao’s rapid, well-grounded cultivation at Shrek Academy and ordered him brought to the Body Sect.
• Huo Yuhao met Du Busi and explained that he had left Shrek Academy to gain strength and take revenge for his mother’s murder.
• Du Busi and the elders offered to help Huo Yuhao confront his enemy, but Huo Yuhao insisted on taking revenge with his own hands.
• Du Busi asked Huo Yuhao to release his Martial Soul and recognized that his Spirit Eyes were an exceedingly rare form of Martial Soul.