Chapter Summaries

Xue Xing told Xue Ye that Emperor Xue Yu had only days to live and that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect supported Xue Ye’s succession, prompting the brothers to celebrate their coming rise to power. Zhao Linchuan then secretly gave Xue Yu powdered Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng and stimulated his life origin, leaving the dying emperor showing signs of recovery.

• Xue Xing told Xue Ye that Xue Yu was beyond saving and that Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would support Xue Ye’s succession.
• Xue Xing hailed Xue Ye as the future emperor, and Xue Ye promised him the empire’s richest fiefdom after taking the throne.
• Zhao Linchuan overheard the brothers and decided to interfere in the transfer of power while pursuing his own gain.
• Zhao Linchuan secretly sent ginseng powder into Xue Yu’s mouth and nose and used an Azure Arc to stimulate his depleted life origin.
• Xue Yu began coughing forcefully, and his face flushed as his breathing grew stronger.

Zhao Linchuan manipulated the Heaven Dou Palace crisis, then traveled toward the Extreme North after learning Qian Xunji had acknowledged him as Spirit Hall’s Saint Child. He was confronted by Tang Yue, Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao, who demanded that he hand over the Shapeshifting Soul Beast.

• Xue Xing announced that Xue Yu had awakened, and Xue Ye ordered him to tell Ge Wuxiang that the emperor had died and to surround the palace.
• Zhao Linchuan revealed that he had prolonged Xue Yu’s life to intensify Xue Ye’s ambition and set the palace into chaos, then flew north toward the Extreme North.
• Zhao Linchuan learned that Qian Xunji had acknowledged him as Spirit Hall’s Saint Child, but decided not to return to Spirit Hall.
• Tang Yue, Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao found Zhao Linchuan by a forest stream, where Tang Hao demanded that he hand over the Shapeshifting Soul Beast.
• Tang Yue restrained Tang Hao and introduced himself to Zhao Linchuan, declaring that a Shapeshifting Soul Beast living among humans was a grave taboo.

Zhao Linchuan rejected Tang Yue’s appeal to the greater good and accused the Clear Sky Sect of using concern for humanity to disguise its greed for a Shapeshifting Soul Beast’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone. Tang Yue lost his composure and summoned his Clear Sky Hammer to attack Zhao Linchuan.

• Tang Yue urged Zhao Linchuan to reveal the Shapeshifting Soul Beast’s whereabouts and secrets, promising to reward him and forgive him for sheltering it.
• Zhao Linchuan mocked Tang Yue’s righteous claims and argued that Soul Masters had created Spirit Beasts’ resentment by hunting them for Soul Rings and Soul Bones.
• Tang Xiao accused Zhao Linchuan of hypocrisy, but Zhao Linchuan admitted that he hunted Spirit Beasts for cultivation and distinguished that from hiding greed behind claims of the greater good.
• Zhao Linchuan accused the Clear Sky Sect of coveting the Shapeshifting Soul Beast’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and Tang Yue’s fury exposed his concealed desire.
• Tang Yue unleashed his Titled Douluo pressure, then summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and used the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes—Shock Character Art against Zhao Linchuan.

Zhao Linchuan met Tang Yue’s full-force Clear Sky Hammer strike with his Crimson Firmament Judgment Sword and stood unharmed amid the devastation. Tang Yue then unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, and Zhao Linchuan answered with Nine Transformations of the Divine Dragon as their attacks collided.

• Tang Yue struck at Zhao Linchuan with his Clear Sky Hammer, and Zhao Linchuan countered with Flying Dragon in the Sky.
• Their attacks caused a massive explosion that devastated the valley and injured Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, while Zhao Linchuan remained unharmed.
• Tang Yue realized Zhao Linchuan had used a Self-Created Soul Skill, and Zhao Linchuan mocked the Clear Sky Sect’s conduct and reputation.
• Tang Yue resolved to kill Zhao Linchuan and launched his Ninth Soul Skill, Heaven-Shattering Nine Layered Waves.
• Zhao Linchuan used Nine Transformations of the Divine Dragon, sending nine flame dragons to meet Tang Yue’s nine hammer strikes.

Zhao Linchuan evaded Tang Yue’s layered hammer attack, humiliated him, and drew him into a chase after Tang Yue used Explode Ring. Tang Yue spent even more power to unleash a colossal Great Sumeru Hammer, but Zhao Linchuan abruptly stopped just before the blow landed.

• Zhao Linchuan escaped Tang Yue’s ninth hammer strike by flying upward on the Crimson Firmament Judgment Sword, and the blow devastated the hillside.
• Zhao Linchuan mocked Tang Yue by tossing him a Copper Soul Coin, driving the Clear Sky Sect Master into a rage.
• Tang Yue exploded his five Soul Rings and swung a Great Sumeru Hammer at Zhao Linchuan, who flew north to kite him while the Tang Hao brothers chased on the ground.
• As Explode Ring’s power faded, Tang Yue exploded his sixth and eighth Soul Rings and activated Clear Sky True Body to pursue Zhao Linchuan with a fifty-meter hammer.
• Tang Yue launched his final Great Sumeru Hammer strike, but Zhao Linchuan suddenly stopped as the blow was about to hit.

Zhao Linchuan defeated Tang Yue with Flame Dance—Whirlwind and forced him to swallow two bottles of beast-use powder. When Tang Hao and Tang Xiao rushed to Tang Yue, Zhao Linchuan struck them from behind and left both incapacitated.

• Zhao Linchuan transformed his Soul Power into a crimson flame sword storm and clashed with Tang Yue’s Great Sumeru Hammer, devastating the surrounding land.
• Tang Yue fell into a crater severely injured, and Zhao Linchuan poured the contents of two jade bottles of beast-use powder down his throat.
• Tang Yue recognized the powder’s label and, overwhelmed by humiliation and fear, began considering surrendering.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao rushed toward Tang Yue, and Zhao Linchuan appeared behind them and struck both with Crimson Firmament—Heart-Piercing Palm.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao collapsed with severe internal injuries and could no longer resist.

Zhao Linchuan drugged Tang Yue, Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao, then recorded their ensuing disgrace to ensure they would never speak of Shapeshifting Soul Beasts again. After he left, Tang Yue blamed and beat his sons, then ordered them to bury the incident and keep silent.

• Zhao Linchuan forced Mother Pig Goes Wild powder on Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, triggering the drug's effects when they used their Soul Power.
• Tang Yue and his sons lost control in the pit while Zhao Linchuan recorded them with thirty Recording Stones.
• Zhao Linchuan took their Storage Soul Tools and threatened to publicize the recordings if they ever mentioned Shapeshifting Soul Beasts again, then flew toward the Extreme North.
• Tang Yue recovered enough to blame Tang Hao for the Clear Sky Sect's disgrace and slapped both sons when Tang Xiao tried to defend him.
• Tang Yue ordered Tang Hao and Tang Xiao to keep the incident secret and never mention the Shapeshifting Soul Beast again, then kicked Tang Hao into the pit wall when he brought up the hundred thousand years.

After enduring further humiliation, Tang Yue and his sons stole coarse clothes and fled toward the Clear Sky Sect. In the Extreme North, a catastrophic avalanche trapped Skywater Academy’s teachers and students until a mysterious black-robed figure appeared and offered to take them away.

• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao stole coarse clothes for themselves and Tang Yue, and the three fled toward the Clear Sky Sect under cover of night.
• Shui Yingyue asked when Skywater Academy’s group would return from the Extreme North, and Shui Qinglan said they would leave once the blizzard eased.
• An enormous avalanche swept down toward the group, and Shui Qinglan ordered the teachers and students to shelter behind a massive boulder.
• Shui Qinglan and the others used their Soul Power to shield the boulder, but the avalanche eroded its sides and threatened to sweep it away.
• A black-robed figure appeared above the boulder and told the trapped group not to resist as he prepared to take them away.

Zhao Linchuan rescued Shui Qinglan, Shui Yingyue, and Skywater Academy’s students from a deadly blizzard, then continued into the Far North. After the sisters vowed to let their children choose whom they loved, Zhao Linchuan reached the Extreme North’s Core Area and searched its empty Ice Plain for something he could not find.

• Shui Qinglan urged the teachers and students to trust Zhao Linchuan, who used his Soul Power rope and Light Wings to lift them out of the avalanche and carry them to a sheltered cave.
• Shui Yingyue asked Zhao Linchuan whether he was cold, and Shui Qinglan introduced herself and her sister while asking their benefactor for his name and contact information.
• Zhao Linchuan gave his name, declined further thanks, and flew back into the snowstorm.
• Shui Yingyue and Shui Qinglan vowed that their children would be free to pursue the people they liked, and Shui Yingyue joked that their children could repay Zhao Linchuan and make her his mother-in-law.
• Three days later, Zhao Linchuan searched the Core Area of the Extreme North with his divine sense but found nothing across the Ice Plain.

Zhao Linchuan searched the ice for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and discovered an ancient Ice Lotus containing the remains of a Demigod-level Spirit Beast. After hearing its plea to question the Dragon King about the curse barring Spirit Beasts from godhood, he took the lotus and prepared to confront Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

• Zhao Linchuan spent nearly a month searching the ice with lightning serpents and found a hidden cavern containing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and abundant Ten Thousand Year Cold Marrow.
• Zhao Linchuan touched the Cold Marrow core around an ice-blue lotus, causing it to crack and release a remnant soul’s plea to question the Dragon King about the curse preventing Spirit Beasts from attaining godhood.
• Zhao Linchuan recognized the lotus as the remains of a Demigod-level Spirit Beast and decided he might try to awaken its lingering soul after ascending to the Divine Realm.
• Zhao Linchuan placed the Ice Lotus in his Ruyi Hundred Treasures Bag and turned toward Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Zhao Linchuan summoned the Azure Light Demon-Slaying Sword and activated his Seventh Soul Ring, revealing an Azure Dragon phantom coiling around the blade.

Zhao Linchuan killed Tian Meng and began absorbing his orange Soul Ring and Wisdom Skull, triggering a devastating Heavenly Tribulation. Snow Empress and Ice Empress arrived to witness his survival, while his crimson greatsword warned them away; Snow Empress watched him with renewed hope.

• Zhao Linchuan stabbed Tian Meng with his Martial Soul Avatar and killed him despite Tian Meng's desperate cry for help.
• Zhao Linchuan collected Tian Meng's orange Soul Ring and blue Wisdom Skull, sealed the ice cavern, and began absorbing them.
• A massive Heavenly Tribulation struck Zhao Linchuan's Soul Ring and Soul Bone, shattering the cavern and flooding him with Extreme Cold Origin Power.
• The Titan Snow Demon King hid from the Heavenly Might as Snow Empress and Ice Empress approached Zhao Linchuan's location.
• A crimson greatsword emerged from Zhao Linchuan and warned the two rulers away, and Snow Empress stopped Ice Empress from attacking it.
• Zhao Linchuan endured another lightning strike with only minor burns, leaving Ice Empress in disbelief and stirring hope in Snow Empress.

After Zhao Linchuan’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone became god-level, the Snow Empress persuaded the Ice Empress to support him in exchange for a promise to take them to the God Realm. Zhao Linchuan completed the fusion, and his spiritual power and Soul Power rose dramatically.

• The Snow Empress rejected the Ice Empress’s plan to devour Zhao Linchuan and proposed helping him ascend to godhood so he could bring them to the God Realm.
• The Snow Empress demanded that Zhao Linchuan swear a Divine Soul Oath upon his inherited God Position, and the Ice Empress agreed to stand with her.
• Zhao Linchuan’s God-level Soul Bone finished merging, unleashing a Spiritual Power storm that surpassed the Ice Empress’s.
• Two hours later, Zhao Linchuan absorbed the God-level Soul Ring and broke through level 89 into the realm of a level 90 quasi-Titled Douluo.

After absorbing Tian Meng's Soul Ring, Zhao Linchuan gained the Thunder Tyrant Hell-Shattering Sword and sensed the God Realm, then faced a bargain from Snow Empress and Ice Empress. Snow Empress offered to become his wife so she could ascend with him, while Ice Empress reacted angrily to the proposal.

• Zhao Linchuan discovered that absorbing Tian Meng's Soul Ring had created the Thunder Tyrant Hell-Shattering Sword and let him sense the God Realm.
• Zhao Linchuan recalled the Rushing Thunder Sword and Sixth Sister-in-Law, then summoned the Crimson Firmament Judgment Sword back to his hand.
• Snow Empress offered to have the Extreme North's Spirit Beasts search for Deity Inheritances, Soul Rings, and Soul Bones in exchange for being taken to the God Realm.
• Zhao Linchuan refused to take Snow Empress and Ice Empress with him because he planned to bring his two wives instead.
• Snow Empress proposed becoming Zhao Linchuan's wife, and Ice Empress angrily rejected the idea of joining him.

Zhao Linchuan rejected Snow Empress’s plan to make Ice Empress his Ninth Soul Ring and revealed that he opposed the God Realm and intended to create a new world. Snow Empress demanded proof that he was capable of doing so.

• Snow Empress proposed that Ice Empress sacrifice herself to become Zhao Linchuan’s Ninth Soul Ring, then be revived after he became a god.
• Zhao Linchuan said his Ninth Soul Ring target was already chosen, Ice Empress’s attribute conflicted with his Second Martial Soul, and he had no intention of ascending to the God Realm.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress became hostile when Zhao Linchuan said he planned to oppose the God Realm, but he calmed them and declared his ambition to establish a new world.
• Zhao Linchuan showed the Ice Snow Two Emperors twelve Powers of Elemental Origin and offered each of them a God Position in his future world if they cooperated.
• Snow Empress questioned whether Zhao Linchuan could create a world or be trusted to keep his promise, then demanded that he prove his qualifications.

Zhao Linchuan fought Snow Empress in a wager for the resources of the Extreme North and her allegiance, while she hoped to claim his origin essence and elemental powers if she won. After trading powerful attacks, they remained uninjured, and Snow Empress unleashed her Emperor Sword as Zhao Linchuan prepared his strongest sword techniques.

• Snow Empress challenged Zhao Linchuan and wagered the resources and Spirit Beasts of the Extreme North, as well as herself, against his defeat.
• Zhao Linchuan summoned the Azure Light Demon-Slaying Sword and revealed that his seventh Soul Ring had become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Zhao Linchuan deflected Snow Empress's Ice Blades and clashed his Azure Lightning torrent against her Snow Dance Glorious Sun domain.
• Snow Empress struck with Great Cold, No Snow, and Zhao Linchuan countered with Great Light Technique, producing a shockwave that blasted the Ice Plain but left both fighters unharmed.
• Snow Empress summoned an ice-blue sword and attacked with Peerless Ice Extreme, while Zhao Linchuan activated four Soul Rings and his Azure Dragon sword power to meet her strike.

Zhao Linchuan defeated the Snow Empress in their battle and claimed her as his follower under their wager. As he helped her up, she stumbled into his embrace, provoking the furious and jealous Ice Empress.

• Zhao Linchuan unleashed his Azure Dragon attack and clashed with the Snow Empress, creating a massive abyss in the ice plain.
• Zhao Linchuan attacked with seven clones and Lightning Flash and Thunderclap, while the Snow Empress countered with Ice Snow Sigh.
• Zhao Linchuan's attacks pierced the Snow Empress's freezing wave, and he pinned her vital points with eight sword tips.
• The Snow Empress admitted defeat, accepted Zhao Linchuan's hand, and swore to follow him to the death.
• The Snow Empress stumbled into Zhao Linchuan's embrace, and the Ice Empress charged forward in jealous fury.

After defeating the Snow Empress, Zhao Linchuan explained that his elemental resistance had nullified her Extreme Ice and invited her and the Ice Empress to leave the Far North with him. The Ice Empress went to arrange matters with her tribe, while Zhao Linchuan prepared a meal as he waited with the Snow Empress.

• The Snow Empress stopped the Ice Empress from attacking Zhao Linchuan and said she would follow him, promising to take the Ice Empress along when his new world opened.
• Zhao Linchuan explained that the twelve elemental origins in his body gave him extreme resistance to single-attribute attacks, including the Snow Empress's Extreme Ice, and assured her he had not been toying with her.
• The Ice Empress transformed into a human girl so she could travel with them, then asked to return to her tribe to make arrangements.
• The Ice Empress flew to the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan's habitat after the Snow Empress promised to wait for her.
• Zhao Linchuan started a bonfire on the devastated ice plain and prepared roasted Spirit Beast meat, asking the Snow Empress to help.

Zhao Linchuan and Snow Empress prepared food together as he explained that his Ninth Soul Ring target was the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. Snow Empress searched the lightning-scorched ruins for lost Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, then faced her first taste of human food.

• Snow Empress sat with Zhao Linchuan and awkwardly helped prepare skewers, and he asked her to call him Lin Chuan.
• Zhao Linchuan told Snow Empress that he planned to hunt the ninety-nine-hundred-thousand-year Deep Sea Demonic Whale King for his Second Martial Soul.
• Zhao Linchuan explained that Tian Meng had gained immense power by consuming Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, and said the remaining Ice Marrow had been destroyed by divine lightning.
• Snow Empress searched the scorched ruins for Ice Marrow but found nothing.
• Zhao Linchuan offered Snow Empress a grilled skewer, and she admitted she had never eaten human food.

Zhao Linchuan shared food with Ice Empress and Snow Empress, then took them away from the Extreme North on his sword. An unseen presence watched them depart, hoping Zhao Linchuan could free her from her cage, while accusing a hypocritical god of taking half her fortune again.

• Ice Empress arrived, devoured Zhao Linchuan's grilled skewers, and asked for the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's corpse.
• Snow Empress gave Ice Empress the Ice Silkworm meat she had found, and Ice Empress ate it raw before realizing it could have been cooked more deliciously.
• Zhao Linchuan named Ice Empress Bing'er and invited her and Snow Empress onto the Azure Light Demon-Slaying Sword to conserve their Soul Power on the journey.
• Zhao Linchuan flew away with the two Empresses, while an unseen female presence hoped he could grant her freedom and said a god had taken half her fortune.

Zhao Linchuan flew east with Ice Empress and Snow Empress, teaching Ice Empress to control a sword with her Extreme Ice after teasing her with a head rub. As they continued their journey, Zhao Linchuan and the two Empresses shared stories and grew closer.

• A mysterious woman-shaped outline formed from snow and ice, and she whispered that Zhao Linchuan must not betray their causality or expectations before vanishing.
• Ice Empress questioned Zhao Linchuan about using a Martial Soul as a flying mount, and Snow Empress praised the technique.
• Zhao Linchuan suggested Ice Empress make an ice sword, then teased her by asking to rub her hair before teaching her.
• Snow Empress joined Zhao Linchuan in stroking Ice Empress's hair, and Ice Empress reluctantly enjoyed it before they taught her to shape and control a sword with Soul Power.
• Ice Empress became embarrassed and furious when she learned the technique was simple, while Zhao Linchuan and Snow Empress teased her.
• The three flew east as Zhao Linchuan recounted Ah Yin's story and Ice Empress told tales of her rise and victories.