Chapter Summaries

Elder Bai summoned the remaining newcomers from the Northern Cang Realm to Northern Cang Spirit Academy, where Bing Tianxiao noticed fellow Ice Spirit Clan member Bing Qing and met the other realms’ top students. Elder Bai welcomed the gathered students and began addressing them.

• Elder Bai summoned three more groups of newcomers onto the Reception Platform, filling it with students who had passed the Northern Cang Realm trials.
• Bing Tianxiao recognized Bing Qing’s Ice Spirit Clan bloodline, and An Ran identified her as a powerful newcomer from the clan.
• Bing Tianxiao told Luo Li he came from an obscure Ice Spirit Clan branch, and Bing Qing noticed him across the crowd.
• Mu Ya emerged as one realm’s top student, while Hao Renjia led another group; Bing Tianxiao laughed at Hao Renjia’s name, but Hao Ren held back his displeasure after sensing Bing Tianxiao’s aura.
• Elder Bai welcomed the newcomers to Northern Cang Spirit Academy and said their success in the trials had earned them the qualifications to become students.

Elder Bai announced that the new students would compete for the title of Number One New Student at the annual assembly in one month. At the residential area, Bing Tianxiao rented a Class A Courtyard for himself and Luo Li, and they headed there together.

• Elder Bai announced the New Student Assembly and its rewards, including preferential resources for the Number One New Student.
• Mu Ling led Bing Tianxiao, Luo Li, and the other new students to the New Student Residential Area and explained its Level Four Spirit Gathering Array and room prices.
• Bing Tianxiao rented a Class A Courtyard for two people and paid the first month's rent of two thousand Spirit Value.
• Bing Tianxiao teased Luo Li about their life together, and she blushed faintly before walking toward the First-Class Residential Area.

Bing Tianxiao and Luo Li settled into the same pavilion, with Luo Li taking the second floor while Bing Tianxiao cultivated below. After two weeks of progress, Luo Li joined him in the courtyard for a spirited sword-and-halberd spar that ended with both fighters retreating unharmed.

• Luo Li set the rule that she would stay upstairs and Bing Tianxiao would stay downstairs, and he agreed.
• Bing Tianxiao swallowed the Profound Ice Spirit Tempering Pill and cultivated while Luo Li sensed his icy energy and resumed her own cultivation.
• Over two weeks, Bing Tianxiao advanced from the middle to the late stage of the Heaven Integration Realm and practiced the Annihilation Halberd Technique.
• Luo Li came to the courtyard and offered to spar with Bing Tianxiao, wielding the Luoshen Sword.
• Bing Tianxiao and Luo Li exchanged dozens of attacks with halberd and sword before separating and ending the spar.

Bing Tianxiao found that he lacked the ice-attributed treasures needed to cultivate Profound Ice Dragon Soar, so he challenged a Heaven Ranking student to earn Spirit Value. He took Zhao Wuji’s 888th place as the academy erupted, then headed with Luo Li to the Spirit Value Hall to spend his new reward.

• Bing Tianxiao read the requirements for Profound Ice Dragon Soar and realized he had no suitable ice-attributed treasures.
• Bing Tianxiao and Luo Li found that the needed materials cost at least fifty-three thousand Spirit Value points, far more than they had.
• Bing Tianxiao challenged Zhao Wuji for 888th place on Northern Cang Spirit Academy’s Heaven Ranking.
• Bing Tianxiao’s frigid spiritual energy shattered Zhao Wuji’s ranking entry, and his name replaced it across the academy’s light screens.
• Bing Tianxiao saw his Spirit Value increase and went with Luo Li to the Spirit Value Hall.

Bing Tianxiao challenged Zhao Wuji, Heaven Ranking number 888, and faced him on Northern Cang Spirit Academy’s challenge platform. The two exchanged their first blows, but the chapter ended before the result was revealed.

• Bing Tianxiao accepted the Heaven Ranking challenge and set off with Luo Li for the challenge platform.
• Bing Tianxiao and Luo Li arrived to find Zhao Wuji waiting as a crowd gathered to watch.
• A gray-robed instructor announced the challenge rules and sealed the arena with Defensive Spirit Arrays.
• Zhao Wuji introduced himself and attacked Bing Tianxiao with Great Vajra Palm.
• Bing Tianxiao met Zhao Wuji’s giant palm with a strike of Azure Spiritual Energy, and their attacks collided.

Bing Tianxiao defeated Heaven Ranking senior Zhao Wuji after Zhao Wuji summoned his Great Strength Vajra Bear Essence Soul. His victory stirred the new students and made the senior students wary of the newcomer.

• Bing Tianxiao easily neutralized Zhao Wuji's Great Vajra Palm and forced him back with a domineering chill.
• Zhao Wuji summoned his Great Strength Vajra Bear Essence Soul and attacked Bing Tianxiao with Vajra Roar.
• Bing Tianxiao used Myriad Flower Ice Mirror to absorb and return Zhao Wuji's sound-wave attack, but Zhao Wuji's bear phantom withstood it.
• Bing Tianxiao summoned an Ice Crystal Halberd and shattered the Great Strength Vajra Bear with his Annihilation Halberd Technique's Mountain Splitting Style.
• Bing Tianxiao's halberd light struck Zhao Wuji, who was badly injured and knocked unconscious, and the old man declared Bing Tianxiao the victor.
• The new students celebrated Bing Tianxiao's win, while the senior students became wary of his strength.

After completing Five Spirits Body Tempering, Bing Tianxuan joined Luo Ling to visit Shi Hao’s newly established society. The gathering was interrupted by the arrival of Zhe Li Tong, the second-ranked figure on the Heavenly Ranking, who recognized Luo Ling and left Shi Hao wary of his immense power.

• Bing Tianxuan finished Five Spirits Body Tempering and asked Luo Ling whether anything noteworthy had happened.
• Luo Ling told Bing Tianxuan that Shi Hao had established a society, so they traveled to the freshmen district to see him.
• Shi Hao defeated Zhou Yu, Zhou Xiang, and four other opponents, then invited Bing Tianxuan and Luo Ling to join his society; both declined.
• Bing Tianxuan sensed someone arriving and announced that the second-ranked figure on the Heavenly Ranking had come.
• Zhe Li Tong entered the hall, greeted Luo Ling, and made the freshmen erupt in shock as Shi Hao sensed his formidable spiritual energy.

Bing Tianxuan stood up to Zhe Li Tong, who challenged his right to stand beside Luo Ling and questioned whether he understood her burdens. After matching Zhe Li Tong’s pressure, Bing Tianxuan declared his ambitions and vowed to take first place in the freshman tournament and eventually surpass Zhe Li Tong on the Heavenly Ranking.

• Zhe Li Tong confronted Bing Tianxuan over his closeness to Luo Ling and unleashed his spiritual pressure against him.
• Bing Tianxuan calmly resisted Zhe Li Tong’s pressure with his ice spiritual energy, while Luo Ling prepared to defend him.
• Bing Tianxuan stopped Luo Ling from drawing her Luo God Sword and said he would help her revive the Luo God Clan while pursuing his own ambitions.
• Bing Tianxuan declared that he intended to become a supreme existence like the Flame Emperor and the Martial Ancestor.
• Zhe Li Tong challenged Bing Tianxuan to prove himself in the freshman tournament, and Bing Tianxuan claimed the top spot and vowed to surpass him on the Heavenly Ranking.
• Zhe Li Tong left after telling Bing Tianxuan he would await him on the Heavenly Ranking.

Bing Tianxuan and Luo Ling attended Beiqing Academy’s new student tournament, where Elder Tianyan announced that freshmen would race up Beiqing Mountain to seize its flag. Bing Tianxuan and Luo Ling set their sights on first and second place as the tournament began.

• Bing Tianxuan mocked Zhe Li Tong after he left, then teased Luo Ling and boasted that he would challenge him once he reached Hua Tianjie Realm.
• The next morning, Bing Tianxuan and Luo Ling joined the freshmen gathered for the tournament at Beiqing Mountain.
• Elder Tianyan announced that the first student to take the flag atop the mountain would become the number one freshman, despite the mountain’s treacherous terrain and Heavenly-Rank spirit beasts.
• Elder Tianyan promised spirit-value points to the top five finishers and an exception to enter Spirit Hall, stirring the freshmen’s excitement.
• Bing Tianxuan declared that he would claim first place, and Luo Ling agreed to accompany him in taking the top two spots.

The freshman assembly began, and Bing Tianxuan and Luo Ling led the students into Beiqing Mountain, where they faced a Heavenly Ranking Spirit Beast. Bing Tianxuan froze and overpowered the Black Crow Demon Ape with his Ice Dragon Art, then set off with Luo Ling toward the mountaintop.

• Elder Yan Tianzhong declared the freshman assembly underway, and the freshmen rushed toward Beiqing Mountain to collect Spirit Points.
• Bing Tianxuan and Luo Ling took the lead into the mountain while Shi Hao pursued them, and Zhe Li Tong watched Bing Tianxuan from a distant peak.
• The Black Crow Demon Ape appeared and struck down the freshmen at the front, frightening the students behind them.
• Bing Tianxuan used his ice bow to attack the surrounding Spirit Beasts while Luo Ling cut down those near them with her Spirit Sword.
• Bing Tianxuan summoned a giant ice dragon that froze the Black Crow Demon Ape and dragged it toward a cliff, shocking the freshmen and elders watching.
• Bing Tianxuan invited Luo Ling to head for the mountaintop, and she joined him on the ice dragon.

Bing Tianxuan and Luo Ling reached the mountain hall with the Ice Dragon, only for Duoduo to unleash a terrifying scarlet hand that shattered the dragon and threatened the gathered prodigies. As they raced to seize the banner, Duoduo grabbed it first, provoking the rocky monster's furious roar.

• Bing Tianxuan arrived at the mountain hall riding the Ice Dragon with Luo Ling and taunted Shi Hao, who climbed onto the dragon while Hua Tianjie and the others fled the dragon swarm.
• Duoduo finished collecting the banner, and a scarlet demonic hand burst from the collapsing mountain hall and smashed the Ice Dragon, melting the Black Crow Demon Ape.
• Bing Tianxuan rescued Luo Ling from the shattered Ice Dragon as Shi Hao, Ice Clear, Bu Ren Sheng, and the wooden tiger fought the surrounding dragons.
• The scarlet hand and rocky giant hands attacked the prodigies, forcing Luo Ling and the others to flee and then turn toward the banner.
• Duoduo grabbed the banner first, and the strange rocky monster roared in response.

Bing Tianxuan, Luo Ling, Shi Hao, Ice Clear, Mu Chen, and Bu Ren Sheng forced their way through the fiery barrier and reached the mountain peak. Bing Tianxuan then challenged his opponents, splitting the valley into two battles as he fought Shi Hao and Mu Feng while Luo Ling fought Ice Clear.

• Bing Tianxuan tore open the fiery barrier with his icy spiritual energy, and Luo Ling followed him through.
• Shi Hao, Ice Clear, Mu Chen, and Bu Ren Sheng also broke through the barrier and reached the mountain peak.
• Bing Tianxuan challenged Mu Chen, Mu Feng, and Shi Hao, then rushed at Mu Chen and Mu Feng as Shi Hao intercepted him.
• Luo Ling faced Ice Clear, and the two women began fighting with their swords and icy powers.
• Bing Tianxuan attacked Mu Chen and Mu Feng with the Flower Devouring Flame, while Mu Feng countered with the Mountain-Crushing Axe and Shi Hao summoned the Great Pagoda Art.

Bing Tianxuan and Shi Hao unleashed increasingly powerful attacks as their battle shook the valley, revealing the Nine Nether Flame and Shi Hao’s massive Floating Slaughter Tower. The chapter ended with Bing Tianxuan’s hundred-zhang ice dragon crashing into the descending tower.

• Bing Tianxuan struck Martial Ancestor with the Ice-Breaking Axe Art, forcing him back and sending Shi Hao tumbling away with the black tower’s counterattack.
• Bing Tianxuan praised Shi Hao’s resilience and announced that he would use his true strength, while Shi Hao prepared to answer with his own trump card.
• A dark flame and dragon roar emerged around Shi Hao, prompting the onlookers to identify it as the Nine Nether Flame and marvel at its power.
• Ice Clear warned Luo Ling that Shi Hao was going to lose, but Luo Ling said she believed in him.
• Bing Tianxuan unleashed a storm of axe lights, and Shi Hao formed the Floating Slaughter Tower, shattering the attack and sending the tower down toward him.
• Bing Tianxuan summoned a massive ice dragon with the Ice Dragon Art, and it surged into the descending Floating Slaughter Tower.

Bing Tianxuan defeated Ice Clear in the freshmen competition and was hailed as the new students’ top fighter. The next day, Zhe Li Tong confronted him over Luo Ling, and Bing Tianxuan broke through the pressure and prepared to fight.

• Bing Tianxuan shattered the platform with his ice dragon and defeated Ice Clear, securing victory in the freshmen competition.
• Ice Clear conceded to Luo Ling, who returned to Bing Tianxuan as he was celebrated as the number-one freshman.
• The day after the competition, Zhe Li Tong approached Bing Tianxuan and warned him to leave Luo Ling alone, claiming she would surpass him.
• Bing Tianxuan rejected Zhe Li Tong’s warning and declared that Luo Ling was his woman and that he would defeat Zhe Li Tong.
• Zhe Li Tong released pressure comparable to a Heavenly Ranking expert, but Bing Tianxuan drew an ice blade, broke the ice seals, and forced the pressure back.

Bing Tianxuan threatened Li Tong with a divine artifact, then agreed to face him at the Tusita Moon Festival after Li Tong promised to settle their conflict over Luo Ling based on the fight's outcome. That night, Bing Tianxuan began using the Ice Meridian Scripture to temper his body, while Luo Ling watched him cultivate seriously.

• Bing Tianxuan aimed a divine-artifact ice arrow at Li Tong, who challenged him to fight at the North Cang Spiritual Academy after the Tusita Moon Festival.
• Bing Tianxuan agreed to meet Li Tong the day after the festival and warned that he would shoot him if Li Tong did not honor their agreement.
• Luo Ling returned and worried that Li Tong had come to harm Bing Tianxuan, but Bing Tianxuan reassured her and embraced her.
• Bing Tianxuan studied the Ice Meridian Scripture and decided that he needed to temper his physique rather than rely on spiritual energy alone.
• Bing Tianxuan drew in a torrent of spiritual energy and began cultivating as ice-blue patterns appeared on his body, while Luo Ling watched from the rooftop.

Bing Tianxuan completed his Ice Spirit Body transformation, reaching great mastery and the late stage of the Fusion Heavenly Realm. He joined Luo Ling and the other top-ranked students at the Spiritual Martial Hall, where they entered a galaxy of spiritual bodies to seek one suited to them.

• After seven days of refining the Ice Spirit Pill, Bing Tianxuan emerged with waist-length white hair, ice-blue eyes, and the great-mastery Ice Muscle and Jade Bones.
• Luo Ling greeted Bing Tianxuan and accompanied him to the northern gate, where the Shepherd Emperor, Ice Clear, and Mu Feng were waiting.
• The five entered the Spiritual Martial Hall, and the Dean explained that acquiring a Spiritual Martial Body required trials and failure could bring backlash.
• The Dean sent the five into the galaxy of spiritual bodies, where Bing Tianxuan felt a powerful pull but did not reach for any light cluster.

Bing Tianxuan discovered the second volume of the Abyss-Breaking Halberd Art in the spiritual-light trial and was drawn into its test. He fought a Transformation Realm puppet with his Heaven-Devouring Dragon-Soul Halberd and unleashed the first volume’s Open the Mountain strike.

• Bing Tianxuan spotted the second volume of the Abyss-Breaking Halberd Art inside a golden light sphere and claimed it.
• Yan Tian Elder and another elder sensed the powerful divine-pattern spirit art fluctuation and watched Bing Tianxuan’s challenge.
• Bing Tianxuan entered a dark-gold space and faced a puppet at the initial stage of the Transformation Realm.
• Bing Tianxuan clashed with the puppet, gradually slowing it with his icy attacks and coating its body in frost.
• Bing Tianxuan seized an opening and launched the Abyss-Breaking Halberd Art’s Open the Mountain strike.

Bing Tianxuan defeated a Hua Tianjie puppet with his ice power and obtained the second volume of the Shattering Battle Art, while Luo Ling also returned successful from her trial. He then challenged the Heavenly Ranking in hopes of breaking into the Hua Tianjie Realm, but after eight days of victories, his cultivation stalled.

• Bing Tianxuan froze the dark-gold Hua Tianjie puppet and claimed the second volume of the Shattering Battle Art.
• Elder Fentian and the white-haired elder watched Bing Tianxuan's victory and praised the new students' potential.
• Bing Tianxuan reunited with Luo Ling, and Elder Fentian announced that two students had seized divine scrolls from Hua Tianjie puppets.
• Bing Tianxuan decided to challenge the Heavenly Ranking while Luo Ling returned to cultivate her newly obtained divine flame.
• Bing Tianxuan rapidly defeated ranked contenders over eight days, but his cultivation stopped advancing and the academy buzzed about his feats.

Bing Tianxuan challenged Heavenly Ranking tenth-place Zhou Ping to prove he could break into the top ten. After a fierce exchange, Bing Tianxuan froze Zhou Ning in a single decisive strike, leaving the arena stunned.

• Bing Tianxuan challenged the tenth-ranked student on the Heavenly Ranking, drawing a packed crowd of freshmen and old students.
• Bing Tianxuan and Zhou Ping exchanged confident words before Zhou Ping attacked with Lightning Shadow Step.
• Bing Tianxuan blocked Zhou Ping's lightning strike and clashed with him using Profound Ice Whirlwind Slash against Thunder Shakes the Nine Heavens.
• Zhou Ping summoned Thunder God's Hammer, but Bing Tianxuan countered with Mountain-Splitting Form and froze the hammer.
• Bing Tianxuan's icy attack pierced Zhou Ping's defenses and turned him into an ice sculpture.

Bing Tianxuan defeated Zhou Fan and broke through to Hua Tianjie, then learned that Xu Fengqing had confronted Luo Ling at the Gongsun Spirit-Gathering Tower. He rushed to Heavenly Lake, where Luo Ling faced Xu Fengqing and members of the Great Wasteland Sect, just as an attacker’s hand was frozen before it could reach her.

• Bing Tianxuan defeated Zhou Fan, shattered the ice encasing him, and broke through from the Fusion Heaven Realm to Hua Tianjie.
• Zhou Fan congratulated Bing Tianxuan, who credited Elder Sun and prepared to find Luo Ling.
• Bing Tianxuan overheard that Xu Fengqing had attacked a beautiful new student at Heavenly Lake and learned the student was Luo Ling.
• Bing Tianxuan rushed to Heavenly Lake, where Luo Ling stood surrounded by Xu Fengqing and members of the Great Wasteland Sect.
• A young man reached for Luo Ling, but an icy voice rang out and froze his hand before he could touch her.