Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, negotiated with the Water Dragon King's remnant soul, and arranged for it to condense Shu Yan's seventh soul ring. After weighing the risks of staying, Shu Yan decided to leave for Heaven Dou City once Jiujiu finished absorbing her soul ring and Soul Bone.

• Bibi Dong recognized the Water and Fire Dragon Kings' burial grounds and told Shu Yan and Snow Empress that they could use the treasures there.
• Bibi Dong entered the barrier around the Water Dragon King's remains while Shu Yan absorbed Ice Attribute energy and Snow Empress studied the energy around them.
• Bibi Dong returned and said the Water Dragon's remnant soul would condense Shu Yan's seventh soul ring, advising him to stay nearby until he broke through to Soul Sage.
• Bibi Dong warned Shu Yan that his cultivation had advanced too quickly and left through a spatial gate to return to the Rakshasa Divine Seat.
• Shu Yan considered the dangers of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and resolved to leave for Heaven Dou City after Jiujiu absorbed her soul ring and Soul Bone.

Xu Jiujiu completed her transformation through the Heart of Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Shu Yan’s group encountered Evil Soul Masters in Sunset Forest. They found the cult surrounding a dark green-haired girl called the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Woman and trying to recruit her.

• Xu Jiujiu awoke with five soul rings speckled with golden light, and Shu Yan explained how Aromatic Silk Beauty had enhanced her abilities.
• Shu Yan, Xu Jiujiu, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress left the poisonous valley and flew toward Heaven Dou City.
• The group smelled blood and recognized the presence of Evil Soul Masters, so Snow Empress redirected them to investigate and let Shu Yan and Xu Jiujiu practice fighting.
• They found a cabin in Sunset Forest surrounded by middle-aged men with bloody auras and a dark green-haired girl.
• An aged Soul Douluo urged the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Woman to join the Holy Spirit Cult, promising power and revenge for her past humiliation.

Dugu Yan considered accepting the Evil Soul Masters’ offer before Shu Yan intervened and fought their leader. After Shu Yan killed the old man, Xu Jiujiu and Shu Yan attacked the remaining Evil Soul Masters.

• Dugu Yan wavered over joining the Evil Soul Masters, thinking of her parents’ suffering and her family’s fate.
• Shu Yan launched a surprise attack and suppressed the Rank 83 old man with his Extreme Ice power.
• The old man activated his Martial Soul Avatar and unleashed a stream of exploding, soul-filled heads.
• Shu Yan used Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Unrivaled to destroy the old man.
• Xu Jiujiu summoned falling star-like attacks while Shu Yan’s allies eliminated the remaining Evil Soul Masters.

After defeating the Evil Soul Masters, Shu Yan recruited Dugu Yan, whose Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison was slowly killing her, and arranged for her to serve Xu Jiujiu. At the stream, Shu Yan reflected on the Dugu Clan’s history and warned that Dugu Yan could become a dangerous double-edged sword.

• Ice Empress and Snow Empress praised Shu Yan after he seriously wounded a Soul Douluo, while Xu Jiujiu said the Aromatic Silk Beauty had greatly strengthened her soul skills.
• Shu Yan recognized Dugu Yan as Dugu Bo’s descendant and offered to help control the poison seeping into her marrow; Dugu Yan agreed to go with them.
• In the cabin, Shu Yan required Dugu Yan to swear loyalty through her martial soul and soul in exchange for help, and assigned her to work at Xu Jiujiu’s side.
• Xu Jiujiu told Dugu Yan she could call her Princess rather than Master, and Dugu Yan accepted the new form of address.
• At the stream, Xu Jiujiu and Shu Yan discussed how the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison and the loss of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye had harmed the Dugu Clan, while Shu Yan considered Dugu Yan’s motives and the risks of controlling her.

Shu Yan learned that Dugu Yan wanted to slaughter the Tang Sect and everyone in Shrek City, then helped Ice Empress begin forming a Poison Core to control Dugu Yan’s poison. As Ice Empress took Dugu Yan into Sunset Forest, Shu Yan reassured Xu Jiujiu that Dugu Yan could be kept under control.

• Dugu Yan told Shu Yan that she had lived alone since age eight and explained how the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison threatened her life.
• Dugu Yan declared that she wanted to slaughter every descendant of the Tang Sect and everyone in Shrek City, and Shu Yan realized her murderous desire was genuine.
• Shu Yan used the Snow Swan Kiss to trigger Dugu Yan’s poison, then had Ice Empress help condense it into a Poison Core.
• Ice Empress took Dugu Yan deeper into Sunset Forest to continue forming the Poison Core while Snow Empress absorbed energy from the Water Dragon King’s corpse.
• Shu Yan reassured an uneasy Xu Jiujiu that Dugu Yan’s poison posed no threat to her master.

Dugu Yan condensed a poison core, advanced to Soul Power level fifty-two, and gained a fitting fifth soul ring before returning to Heaven Dou City with Shu Yan and Xu Jiujiu. There, the Snow Empress and Ice Empress recognized A'luan's lingering aura on two visiting Titled Douluo and reacted with fury, while Xu Jiujiu warned Dugu Yan to keep what she had inferred secret.

• The Ice Empress helped Dugu Yan condense a poison core, and Dugu Yan broke through to level fifty before absorbing a ten-thousand-year Jade Phosphorous Nine Absolute Flower as her fifth soul ring, reaching level fifty-two.
• Shu Yan's group returned to Heaven Dou City and learned that Duke Frost Star and a Sun Moon Empire-style Soul Engineer had arrived there.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress sensed A'luan's aura on the two Titled Douluo and nearly lost control.
• The Snow Empress explained that A'luan was the Ice Jade Luan Bird clan's hundred-thousand-year ruler and a chosen future guardian of the Extreme North Land.
• Xu Jiujiu warned Dugu Yan to keep quiet about the truth she had inferred and threatened that no one could protect her if she betrayed them.

Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Shu Yan tracked A'luan's aura to Duke Frost Star's estate in Heaven Dou City and prepared to confront those responsible. Inside, Duke Frost Star met with Body Sect powerhouses, including Spirit Mind Douluo, Sky Pillar Douluo, Princess Vina, and the sect's heir, Long Aotian.

• Snow Empress and Ice Empress agreed with Shu Yan to investigate A'luan's disappearance and strike Duke Frost Star that night.
• Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Shu Yan flew over Heaven Dou City, while Xu Jiujiu and Dugu Yan remained in the Undead Demiplane.
• The three followed A'luan's aura to Duke Frost Star's estate and discovered a Super Douluo, a Titled Douluo, and other guards inside.
• Snow Empress planned to seal off the estate and target the two men without harming others who did not resist.
• Duke Frost Star met with Spirit Mind Douluo, Sky Pillar Douluo, and Princess Vina inside the estate, while Long Aotian watched from a corridor.

Ice Empress and Snow Empress abducted Duke Frost Star and a Rank Nine Soul Master from Heaven Dou City, while Spirit Mind Douluo’s group survived and concealed the incident. Back at the cabin, Shu Yan explained why he planned to preserve the Body Sect and the empires as useful forces, and Xu Jiujiu asked him to spare Vina if possible.

• Spirit Mind Douluo used Fate's Protection to evacuate Long Aotian and Vina before Ice Empress destroyed the residence and knocked Sky Pillar Douluo unconscious.
• Snow Empress carried off Duke Frost Star and the middle-aged Soul Master, while Ice Empress and Shu Yan left the survivors unharmed.
• Spirit Mind Douluo told the arriving Body Sect elders that a Limit Douluo and a Level 98 powerhouse had taken Frost Star, then ordered them to keep the matter secret and report a fabricated death from cold toxin.
• At the cabin, Shu Yan woke the captives, and Ice Empress knocked them unconscious again; Shu Yan said he needed the Rank Nine Soul Master alive so he could use a Soul Slave Seal.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Shu Yan to spare Vina if she survived, and Shu Yan explained that keeping the Body Sect and the empires alive would serve his plans for the coming war.

Shu Yan returned to the cottage with Xu Jiujiu and learned that the Snow Empress had killed Duke Frost Star and rescued A'luan, who remained near death. After Shu Yan offered Dragon Root to treat A'luan, he searched the two enemies’ Storage Soul Tools and found several items that caught his attention.

• Shu Yan and Xu Jiujiu returned to the cottage, where the Ice Empress teased them before the Snow Empress called everyone inside.
• The Snow Empress told Shu Yan that A'luan had survived but was gravely weakened, and that she had killed Duke Frost Star and identified his accomplice.
• The Snow Empress gave Shu Yan the two enemies’ Storage Soul Tools and explained their origins and contents.
• Shu Yan gave the Snow Empress Dragon Root to help A'luan recover, and suggested that she later bathe in the Yin Extreme Cold Spring.
• Dugu Yan went to cultivate beneath a nearby tree while Shu Yan searched the Storage Soul Tools and found several noteworthy items.

Shu Yan discovered a strange moon-marked Soul Bone and jade that he suspected were connected to Zhang Lexuan's family. Xu Jiujiu declined the Soul Bone, while Ice Empress remained confused about her feelings for Shu Yan and Snow Empress.

• Shu Yan examined a silver-white crown-shaped Soul Bone that brightened beneath the moonlight, and Ice Empress inspected it in puzzlement.
• Shu Yan found a moon character on a piece of jade and connected it to Zhang Lexuan and the destruction of her family.
• Shu Yan found a nearly invisible moon character on the Soul Bone and asked Xu Jiujiu if she wanted it.
• Xu Jiujiu refused the Soul Bone because her hundred-thousand-year Head Soul Bone suited her Martial Soul and attributes better.
• Ice Empress wrestled with her feelings for Shu Yan and Snow Empress, unsure how to distinguish affection from friendship.

Shu Yan learned that the Ice Jade Luan Bird had recovered enough to take human form and met her as A'luan. She took him to a pool where Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Xu Jiujiu, and Dugu Yan were bathing, and he ended up in the water with them.

• After three days of cultivation, Shu Yan met the newly transformed Ice Jade Luan Bird, who thanked him for helping her recover with Sister Xue's aid.
• A'luan told Shu Yan about a human she had once found in the Ice Sea and how she returned him to the Sea Demon Queen after he rejected her goodwill.
• A'luan took Shu Yan upstream to find Snow Empress and the others at a pool beneath a waterfall.
• Shu Yan avoided falling into the water by teleporting to the grass, while A'luan joined the bathing girls.
• Ice Empress pulled Shu Yan into the pool, and Xu Jiujiu teased him while the other girls watched him closely.

Du Busi investigated the death of Duke Frost Star and concluded that a Limit Douluo and a Level 98 Super Douluo had settled a grudge, warning the Body Sect not to provoke them. Meanwhile, Shu Yan’s group strolled through Heaven Dou City, where A'luan went to bring in the black-haired girl secretly following them.

• Du Busi sensed traces of powerful Soul Power at the residence and confirmed Spirit Mind Douluo’s report of a Limit Douluo and a Level 98 Super Douluo.
• Du Busi ordered the Body Sect to let the matter rest after learning that the two powerhouses had brought a young man with them.
• Dugu Yan gathered information while serving as Xu Jiujiu’s maid and learned that the Snow Princess had returned to Heaven Dou City.
• Shu Yan, Ice Empress, Snow Empress, Xu Jiujiu, Dugu Yan, and A'luan enjoyed an evening walk through the city.
• A'luan spotted a black-haired girl following the group, and Shu Yan told her to bring the girl back as a guest.

A'luan captured Ling Luochen after she followed Shu Yan's group, and Shu Yan confronted her about the reason for her pursuit. He revealed the Extreme Ice aura she had sensed, which overwhelmed Ling Luochen with a pleasurable response and left her dazed.

• A'luan reappeared outside Sunset Forest with the captured Ling Luochen, whom the group recognized as an Ice Attribute Soul Master.
• Shu Yan asked whether Ling Luochen was the Shrek Academy student known as the Snow Princess, and she confirmed her identity.
• Ling Luochen explained that an aura among the group had drawn her to them, and she asked them to release her.
• Shu Yan said that neither the Ling Family nor Shrek Academy could offer an explanation that would satisfy the group.
• Shu Yan lifted Ling Luochen's chin and let her sense his Extreme Ice aura, leaving her blushing, trembling, and overwhelmed by pleasure.

Shu Yan’s Extreme Ice aura overwhelmed Ling Luochen’s pure Ice Element martial soul with pleasure, and she fainted. After waking the next morning, Ling Luochen remembered the experience and was told that Shu Yan and the others wanted to speak with her.

• Shu Yan withdrew his Extreme Ice aura, leaving Ling Luochen overwhelmed and unconscious.
• Snow Empress explained that Ling Luochen’s pure Ice Element martial soul had responded intensely to the Extreme Ice aura.
• Xu Jiujiu and Dugu Yan carried Ling Luochen to the cabin, while Snow Empress urged Shu Yan to recruit her.
• Ling Luochen woke the next morning in the cabin and discovered she was wearing golden silk pajamas.
• Dugu Yan told Ling Luochen to get dressed and join the others for a discussion.

Shu Yan urged Ling Luochen to leave Shrek Academy and join his group, arguing that its powerful Extreme Attribute soul masters could help her realize her potential. After seeing their overwhelming ice auras and learning Dugu Yan was nearly an Extreme Poison soul master, Ling Luochen gave in to Shu Yan’s pressure and accepted his invitation.

• Ling Luochen emerged from her room still affected by her feelings for Shu Yan and asked what he wanted to discuss.
• Shu Yan invited Ling Luochen to join his group, claiming Shrek Academy could not help her reach the level of Extreme Ice.
• Ling Luochen defended Shrek Academy and questioned whether Shu Yan understood what she wanted.
• Shu Yan, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress displayed their powerful ice auras, convincing Ling Luochen that their attributes surpassed her own.
• Shu Yan revealed that Dugu Yan’s enhanced Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor made her nearly an Extreme Poison soul master.
• Shu Yan pressed Ling Luochen for an immediate answer, and she accepted his invitation despite calling him overbearing.

Ling Luochen returned to Shu Yan and the others after discovering that her father planned to seize her ailing grandfather’s Soul Bones. The Ice Empress took Ling Luochen to help, while Shu Yan remained in seclusion cultivating.

• Ling Luochen left Sunset Forest and returned to Heaven Dou City, where she revealed her family’s decline and her close bond with her grandfather.
• Shu Yan explained to the Snow Empress that Ling Luochen was unlikely to change her chosen path, then resumed cultivating to reach Soul Sage.
• During Shu Yan’s seclusion, Xu Jiujiu studied poisons with Dugu Yan, and half a month later Ling Luochen returned looking exhausted.
• Ling Luochen told the others that her father intended to harm her grandfather and take his Soul Bones, amid a wider struggle for power within the Ling Family.
• The Ice Empress decided to help Ling Luochen, and the Snow Empress stopped Xu Jiujiu from intervening.

After meditating for three days, Shu Yan learned that Ling Luochen’s family troubles had mostly been resolved and made plans for her future. He revealed his extraordinary age and cultivation, leaving Ling Luochen stunned as she prepared to return to Shrek Academy and deliver a jade token to Zhang Lexuan.

• Ling Luochen told Shu Yan that her grandfather was near death and that she would stay with him before withdrawing from Shrek Academy and joining Shu Yan.
• Ice Empress revealed that she had crippled Ling Luochen’s father and other schemers and killed the woman who had bewitched him.
• Shu Yan asked Ling Luochen to give a jade token to Zhang Lexuan and gave her a crystal that could connect them through Spiritual Power.
• Shu Yan told Ling Luochen to claim her grandfather had directed her to seek an old friend as her master, and said she could contact him if Shrek Academy refused.
• Shu Yan said he was fifteen and nearing Rank Seventy, shocking Ling Luochen with his age, cultivation, and the talent of his companions.

Ling Luochen’s grandfather died after entrusting her with four Soul Bones, and she helped settle the Ling Family’s affairs before leaving Heaven Dou City. The family prepared to relocate to the Star Luo Empire, while Ling Luochen returned to Shrek Academy intending to reunite with Shu Yan and the others afterward.

• Ling Luochen’s grandfather died peacefully, and four Soul Bones separated from his body as he had arranged with a secret technique.
• Ling Luochen received ice-blue motes, collapsed from grief and exhaustion, and was cared for by Xu Jiujiu and Dugu Yan.
• The Ling Family chose to become reclusive and relocate to the Star Luo Empire, while removing members who had harbored improper intentions.
• Ling Luochen gave a thirty-thousand-year Left Arm Bone and a ten-thousand-year Torso Bone to her Level 89 relative, keeping the other two Soul Bones.
• Snow Empress gave Ling Luochen a strand of purified Soul Power for protection before Ling Luochen departed for Shrek Academy.

Ling Luochen returned to Shrek Academy after a two-day journey and went to the Inner Court to speak with Zhang Lexuan. The chapter ended as Zhang Lexuan invited her inside, before Ling Luochen explained what she wanted to discuss.

• Ling Luochen flew southeast from Heaven Dou City and reached Shrek City after repeatedly stopping to replenish her Soul Power.
• Ling Luochen entered Shrek City and froze an Outer Court student who tried to approach her, prompting other students to identify her as Senior Sister Ling and the Snow Princess.
• Ling Luochen crossed Sea God Lake to reach the Inner Court and decided to visit Zhang Lexuan.
• Zhang Lexuan opened her cottage door, welcomed Ling Luochen, and invited her inside to talk.

Ling Luochen showed Zhang Lexuan a piece of jade that Zhang Lexuan recognized as her father’s family heirloom, provoking painful memories and fierce hatred. Zhang Lexuan pleaded to learn who had killed the Tianhun powerhouse connected to the jade, and Ling Luochen promised to ask; their serious conversation ended when Han Ruoruo brought out chicken soup.

• Ling Luochen greeted Han Ruoruo and sat with her and Zhang Lexuan for tea.
• Ling Luochen showed Zhang Lexuan a silver-white jade, and Zhang Lexuan recognized it as her father’s heirloom and the symbol of her family’s patriarchs.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that her family had been destroyed and begged Ling Luochen to find out where the jade came from.
• Ling Luochen said the jade had been obtained after several seniors killed a Tianhun powerhouse and offered to ask them about the person’s identity.
• Zhang Lexuan swore to keep the matter confidential, and Ling Luochen began to ask her for another favor before Han Ruoruo arrived with chicken soup.