Chapter Summaries

Princess Jiujiu told Shu Yan that the Star Luo Emperor had approved their marriage and arranged for him to travel to the Extreme North Land for his fourth soul ring. Shu Yan recalled how he had transmigrated to the Douluo Continent and been taken into the imperial palace after his martial soul awakening revealed his extraordinary ice powers.

• Xu Jiujiu told Shu Yan that Xu Jiawei had agreed to their marriage and that they could wed in a few years.
• Xu Jiujiu said Shattered Star Douluo would take Shu Yan to the Extreme North Land within three days, and she planned to send Grandmother Manyi along for his protection.
• Shu Yan reassured Xu Jiujiu that the palace was safe and that Shattered Star Douluo could handle most dangers.
• Shu Yan remembered dying on his former world after eating fermented herring and waking in the Douluo Continent thirteen years earlier.
• Shu Yan recalled how his martial soul awakening unleashed freezing power and snowfall, prompting Nebula Douluo Manyi and the imperial guards to take him into the palace.

Shu Yan traveled toward the Extreme North Land with Xu Jiujiu, Shattered Star Douluo, and Nebula Douluo to hunt Soul Beasts for his next Soul Ring. The group reached the region’s outskirts, where Shu Yan gave Xu Jiujiu an Ice Crystal to protect her from a rare blizzard.

• Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu arranged for Shu Yan to study under her, keeping his rare Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul hidden while their childhood friendship grew into romance.
• Shattered Star Douluo joined Shu Yan, Xu Jiujiu, and Nebula Douluo on the journey to the Extreme North Land, despite Xu Jiawei’s concerns about Shu Yan’s origins.
• The four traveled day and night for three days, avoiding large cities as they crossed Heaven Dou Empire territory.
• The group reached the outskirts of the Extreme North Land and entered a severe blizzard that left Xu Jiujiu struggling against the cold.
• Shu Yan gave Xu Jiujiu a pale blue Ice Crystal made from his Martial Soul’s origin Soul Power, easing her discomfort as they continued onward.

Shattered Star Douluo found a Ten-Thousand-Year Titan Snow Demon suitable for Shu Yan, but warned that its powerful kin and the Titan Snow Demon King made hunting it in the Mixed Circle too dangerous. Shu Yan used Soul Beast Frenzy Powder to enrage three Titan Snow Demons and lure them toward the outer region, where the group planned to kill them.

• Shattered Star Douluo found a Ten-Thousand-Year Titan Snow Demon and explained the danger of provoking its race and the Titan Snow Demon King.
• Two more Titan Snow Demons arrived, and the three detected Shu Yan, Xu Jiujiu, Shattered Star Douluo, and Nebula Douluo Manyi.
• Shu Yan scattered Soul Beast Frenzy Powder and proposed luring the beasts out of the Mixed Circle before attacking.
• Nebula Douluo Manyi drew the enraged Titan Snow Demons after her with tracking Soul Power attacks while Shattered Star Douluo followed with Shu Yan and Xu Jiujiu.

Shu Yan killed a newly ten-thousand-year Titan Snow Demon and began absorbing its soul ring while Nebula Douluo found a rare Head Soul Bone among the other beasts’ remains. Xu Jiujiu secured the soul bone for Shu Yan with the approval of Nebula Douluo and Shattered Star Douluo as he continued absorbing the ring.

• Nebula Douluo lured three Titan Snow Demons beyond the Mixed Circle while Shattered Star Douluo brought Xu Jiujiu and Shu Yan to the battlefield.
• Shattered Star Douluo subdued the newly ten-thousand-year Titan Snow Demon, and Shu Yan killed it to obtain its soul ring.
• Nebula Douluo discovered a silver-white Head Soul Bone in one of the two slain Titan Snow Demons.
• Xu Jiujiu proposed giving the soul bone to Shu Yan, and Nebula Douluo and Shattered Star Douluo agreed.
• Xu Jiujiu apologized to Shattered Star Douluo for worrying that he might resent her decision, and he reassured her while Shu Yan absorbed the soul ring.

Shu Yan fully awakened his Talent Domain and briefly stirred the Heavenly Snow Woman Bloodline within him. Realizing that a powerful presence in the Extreme North Land had sensed the bloodline, he and his companions fled through Shattered Star Douluo’s portal.

• Shu Yan finished absorbing his fourth Soul Ring, then unleashed a surge of ice that prompted Nebula Douluo to recognize his Talent Domain awakening.
• Shattered Star Douluo warned Xu Jiujiu and Nebula Douluo not to interfere as Shu Yan’s power continued to erupt.
• Shu Yan’s Talent Domain spread across the area, freezing the surroundings and causing Xu Jiujiu to collapse from the cold.
• Shu Yan caught Xu Jiujiu and explained that his awakened Heavenly Snow Woman Bloodline had likely alerted a powerful being in the Extreme North Land.
• Shattered Star Douluo opened a Purple Vortex, and the four of them escaped the area before the presence could reach them.

Shu Yan and his companions left the Extreme North Land, but the Snow Empress intercepted them after sensing his Heavenly Snow Woman bloodline. She questioned Shu Yan about its origins, leaving the group at her mercy.

• Shu Yan told Shattered Star Douluo that his awakened bloodline had resonated with the Snow Empress, and Xu Jiujiu urged the group to return to Star Luo City quickly.
• The four left the Extreme North Land and traveled toward Tianhun territory, unaware that the Snow Empress was watching them.
• The Snow Empress unleashed her power, freezing the surroundings and forcing Shattered Star Douluo and Nebula Douluo to fall from the sky.
• Shu Yan caught Xu Jiujiu and slowed their fall before the Snow Empress appeared and released her confinement over the area.
• Shattered Star Douluo offered compensation for the three hunted soul beasts, but the Snow Empress ignored him and demanded that Shu Yan explain the origin of his shared bloodline.

Snow Empress forced Shu Yan to leave with her for the Extreme North Land after discovering that he possessed a Heavenly Snow Woman bloodline. At the Core Circle palace, she insisted he belonged there and offered him resources, while Shu Yan tried to persuade her to talk.

• Snow Empress identified Shu Yan's Heavenly Snow Woman bloodline and demanded he return with her to the Extreme North Land, threatening the lives of Xu Jiujiu and the others.
• Shu Yan silently told Xu Jiujiu and the two Titled Douluo to flee; after Snow Empress incapacitated them, Nebula Douluo and Shattered Star Douluo escaped with Xu Jiujiu.
• Snow Empress carried Shu Yan to the Core Circle and warned him to stay close because its soul beasts hated the scent of humans.
• At her ice palace, Snow Empress punished Shu Yan for looking at her and declared that he should remain in the Extreme North Land by her side.
• Snow Empress offered Shu Yan cultivation resources and Soul Bones, while Shu Yan again asked to discuss his situation.

Shu Yan confronted Snow Empress about her damaged origin and failing strength, then proposed that they join forces to pursue godhood. Snow Empress listened, shaken by his suggestion to create a god, but had not yet agreed.

• Shu Yan challenged Snow Empress’s claim that he was special to her, and she said she would not let him leave unless he defeated her.
• Shu Yan revealed that Snow Empress’s origin was damaged and that she could not survive her upcoming seven-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation.
• Snow Empress threatened Shu Yan, but his oath by the Sea God eased her suspicion that he was lying.
• Shu Yan argued that humans and soul beasts were limited by their lifespans and bloodlines, and that only godhood could break those limits.
• Shu Yan invited Snow Empress to join him on the Path to Godhood, and the words “creating a god” made her mind clear and her heart tremble.

Shu Yan cultivated in the Extreme North Land while gradually growing closer to Snow Empress and persuading her that creating gods offered a better chance at immortality. After months of deliberation, Snow Empress allied with him and swore the Ice and Snow Great Oath, binding their fates together.

• Snow Empress supplied Shu Yan with cultivation resources, and he reached rank forty-three before stabilizing his cultivation.
• Shu Yan and Snow Empress gradually became more familiar as she brought him food and listened to his stories about the outside world.
• After three months in the Core Circle, Shu Yan broke through to rank forty-four and reflected on the slow cultivation of Extreme Attribute soul masters before rank seventy.
• Snow Empress told Shu Yan she feared she would not survive the Seven Hundred Thousand Year Heavenly Tribulation and had considered taking human form to pursue immortality.
• Snow Empress chose to ally with Shu Yan, and they swore the Ice and Snow Great Oath, binding themselves to share both loss and glory.

Snow Empress guided Shu Yan’s cultivation in the Extreme North Land and gave him a Hundred Thousand Year Snow Lotus to absorb. After seven days, he reached the threshold of Soul King, strengthened his body and soul, and evolved his first four soul rings into Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.

• Snow Empress guided Shu Yan until his Soul Power reached level forty-five during his sixth month in the Extreme North Land.
• Snow Empress gave Shu Yan a Hundred Thousand Year Snow Lotus and explained that its remaining energy could transform him and raise his Soul Power.
• Shu Yan absorbed the Snow Lotus’s essence for seven days while Snow Empress sealed the excess energy within his origin.
• Shu Yan’s Soul Power rose to just below Soul King, and the Snow Lotus strengthened his body and soul.
• Shu Yan’s first four soul rings evolved into black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, and Snow Empress remarked that he had nearly become a thirteen-year-old Soul King.

Shu Yan remained confined in the Core Circle, longing for Xu Jiujiu, while she struggled to endure his disappearance and focused on becoming stronger. As Shu Yan prepared to speak with Snow Empress, he unexpectedly encountered Ice Empress.

• Shu Yan reflected on the half year he had spent away from Xu Jiujiu and worried about her.
• Xu Jiujiu cultivated on the Star Platform in Star Luo City, driven by her need for strength and her longing for Shu Yan.
• Nebula Douluo Manyi watched over Xu Jiujiu and remembered how deeply Shu Yan's disappearance had affected her.
• After meditating, Shu Yan headed to the main hall to discuss matters with Snow Empress.
• Shu Yan collided with a girl in the palace and recognized her as Ice Empress.

The Ice Empress mistook Shu Yan for an impostor because his Heavenly Snow Woman bloodline made him resemble the Snow Empress, then learned he was a human male with that bloodline. When the Ice Empress tried to kill him, the Snow Empress stopped her and said Shu Yan was her choice for the future.

• The Ice Empress arrived at Snow Empress Palace and mistook Shu Yan for the Snow Empress, threatening him when she detected his unfamiliar aura.
• The Snow Empress appeared and calmed the Ice Empress, explaining that Shu Yan shared her Heavenly Snow Woman bloodline.
• Shu Yan told the Ice Empress he was a man, and the Snow Empress clarified that the bloodline could occur in both humans and Heavenly Snow Women.
• The Ice Empress realized Shu Yan was human and attacked him with the Ice Empress's Pincer.
• The Snow Empress caught the Ice Empress's wrist, forbade her from harming Shu Yan, and said he was her choice for the future.

Ice Empress weighed Snow Empress's proposed path to godhood and agreed to join Shu Yan and Snow Empress. Shu Yan then explained humanity's growing strength and urged the two Empresses to reconsider their prejudice against humans.

• Ice Empress considered her and Snow Empress's approaching deaths and asked Shu Yan about their chances of becoming gods with her help.
• Shu Yan claimed their chance of success had to be at least ninety-eight percent, and Ice Empress challenged his confidence.
• Snow Empress urged Ice Empress to face the danger and take the chosen path, and Ice Empress accepted Shu Yan as her ally while demanding more respect.
• Shu Yan asked Snow Empress and Ice Empress to discuss the conflict between humans and soul beasts.
• Shu Yan described humanity's three Limit Douluo and powerful Soul Tools, urging Snow Empress and Ice Empress to face reality and reconsider humans.

Shu Yan grew closer to the Ice Empress as she taught him to control Extreme Ice and his Heavenly Snow Woman bloodline. During a meal at the Snow Empress Palace, their teasing turned into a scuffle, and the Snow Empress playfully tried to tempt Shu Yan.

• The Ice Empress moved into the Snow Empress Palace and began teaching Shu Yan about Extreme Ice and combat.
• Shu Yan gradually gained better control over the Heavenly Snow Woman bloodline so it would not conceal his human aura.
• While roasting Snow Rabbits, Shu Yan teased the Ice Empress about eating too much, and she attacked him in anger.
• Shu Yan and the Ice Empress ended up with bumps on their heads as the Snow Empress warned them not to cause trouble.
• The Snow Empress teased Shu Yan by inviting him to touch her, briefly catching him off guard with her charm.

Snow Empress and Ice Empress decided to accompany Shu Yan to the human world, but Ice Empress’s return to her clan revealed that human soul masters had secretly infiltrated the Extreme North Land’s Core Circle. After Ice Empress gave Shu Yan their Storage Soul Tools, he found something inside that shocked him.

• Snow Empress and Ice Empress decided to leave the Extreme North Land with Shu Yan so they could explore the human world and protect him there.
• Ice Empress returned to her clan to make arrangements, then came back seven days later and told Snow Empress that humans had infiltrated the Core Circle.
• Ice Empress described how she led her clansmen to attack the intruders, whose powerful weapon killed and grievously wounded several soul beasts before she tortured the survivors to death.
• Snow Empress feared the intruders might have discovered her while she was transforming, and Shu Yan recalled that a human had once sealed her with the God Sealing Platform.
• Ice Empress gave Shu Yan the intruders’ Storage Soul Tools, and his pupils contracted when he examined what was inside.

Shu Yan examined the Storage Soul Tools taken from the human intruders and discovered the God Sealing Platform, a powerful Level Nine sealing Soul Tool. After learning the intruders may have targeted Snow Empress, the Ice Snow Two Emperors arranged a search for any survivors and said they would accompany Shu Yan to the human world.

• Shu Yan found the God Sealing Platform, Soul Tool blueprints, cultivation resources, Gold Soul Coins, and several thousand-year Soul Bones among the intruders’ possessions.
• Shu Yan told Snow Empress and Ice Empress that the dead intruders were likely defectors from the Sun Moon Empire and explained the God Sealing Platform’s sealing power.
• Snow Empress became enraged, suspecting the humans had planned to capture her while she took human form.
• Ice Empress said she had ordered the powerful races of the Extreme North Land to search for any remaining threats.
• Snow Empress calmed down and told Shu Yan that she and Ice Empress would accompany him to the human world, then asked him to leave so she could rest with Ice Empress.

After the Extreme North Land's search ended, Shu Yan reached Soul Power Level fifty-three and prepared to leave with Snow Empress and Ice Empress. Snow Empress gave him a Titled Douluo's earth attribute Soul Bone, and Ice Empress arranged to take charge of his flight, hinting at a prank.

• The clans of the Extreme North Land finished searching for suspicious humans, while Shu Yan's fifth Soul Ring formed from his bloodline and energy and reached roughly forty-five thousand years.
• Snow Empress found Shu Yan thinking about home and apologized for the delay before giving him an earth attribute Soul Bone collected after Bing'er killed the Soul Masters.
• Snow Empress told Shu Yan that Bing'er would arrive the next day and that they would travel to the human world; before vanishing, she kissed his cheek.
• Ice Empress woke Shu Yan early, teased him, and explained that Little White and the clans would patrol the borders while they were away.
• Ice Empress volunteered to fly with Shu Yan instead of Snow Empress, and Shu Yan sensed that she was planning something mischievous.

After Ice Empress accidentally sent Shu Yan tumbling from a great height, he recovered while Snow Empress carried him into the Heaven Dou Empire. The three explored a small city, where night fell as they prepared to look around.

• Ice Empress accidentally threw Shu Yan too far during a ten-thousand-meter bungee jump, leaving him badly shaken.
• Snow Empress scolded Ice Empress, and Shu Yan rested for about half an hour before continuing with them.
• Shu Yan reflected on the continent's history of rebellion, war, and the formation of its four empires.
• Snow Empress spotted a human city, and Shu Yan suggested they visit so the two Empresses could get used to human society.
• The three entered the city on foot and attracted many onlookers before night fell.

Shu Yan, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress explored Di Shu City, where Snow Empress discovered she liked candied hawthorn. As Shu Yan prepared to return to Star Luo City, his guilt over Xu Jiujiu kept him from settling his thoughts, while she seemed to be thinking of him too.

• Shu Yan and the two Empresses walked through Di Shu City, and Ice Empress drove away the men staring at them with a trace of her aura.
• Ice Empress sampled human street food while Shu Yan and Snow Empress accompanied her through the lively central district.
• Snow Empress paused at an elderly grandmother's candied hawthorn stall, and Shu Yan bought skewers for the three of them.
• Snow Empress enjoyed the candied hawthorn, while Ice Empress eagerly snatched up her share.
• Shu Yan booked the city's best hotel rooms, then lay awake thinking guiltily about Xu Jiujiu before falling asleep.
• That night, Shu Yan's thoughts traveled to Star Luo City, where Xu Jiujiu seemed to share his longing.

Shu Yan, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress traveled south toward Star Luo City, passing near the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s headquarters. After Snow Empress diverted them around a group led by a fire-attribute Titled Douluo, they unknowingly left Ning Tian and her companions shaken by Ice Empress’s aura.

• Shu Yan woke to find Ice Empress beside his bed, and Snow Empress emerged from his balcony as the three prepared to travel.
• The trio ate breakfast, left the city, and flew south throughout the day toward Star Luo City.
• Shu Yan checked their map and realized their route passed close to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s new headquarters.
• Snow Empress sensed a Titled Douluo and two Soul Sages ahead, and Shu Yan asked her to avoid them rather than provoke a fight.
• Snow Empress pulled Ice Empress onto a detour, while the group led by Red Dragon Douluo Wu and Ning Tian recovered from the pressure of Ice Empress’s aura.