Chapter Summaries

The Ice Empress pressed Chen Xing about his Second Martial Soul, but the Snow Empress defended his right to keep it secret and asked about his confidence in finding another divine inheritance. The Ice Empress challenged him to prove his strength, and Chen Xing began fighting back.

• The Ice Empress questioned Chen Xing about the medicinal herb that had awakened his Second Martial Soul, but the Snow Empress interrupted and defended his secret.
• The Snow Empress asked whether Chen Xing believed he could find a second God Position, and he said he had a seventy percent chance of inheriting another god's legacy.
• The Ice Empress challenged Chen Xing to a sparring match, while the Snow Empress agreed to watch and promised to restrain him if his emotions spiraled out of control.
• The Ice Empress attacked with her Ice Empress Pincer, and Chen Xing used his clone and combat skills before unleashing his Purple Imperial Sword Qi, Purple Imperial Sword Domain, and Purple Imperial Bamboo Forest.

Chen Xing fought the Ice Empress and revealed that his enhanced attacks could pierce her defenses, but she turned his ice-element skill against him and blasted him with Ice Explosion. Believing the battle was over, the Ice Empress lowered her guard, and Chen Xing launched a potentially fatal surprise strike before someone intervened.

• Chen Xing struck the Ice Empress with Purple Imperial Sword Slash, leaving a mark on her ice-crystal pincers.
• Chen Xing used his Clones and Snow Dance Shining Sun to attack, but the Ice Empress countered with Ice Explosion and engulfed him.
• The Ice Empress dismissed Chen Xing and told the Snow Empress he was merely boastful, believing the explosion had defeated him.
• Chen Xing emerged and combined Martial Soul Avatar with Ice Extreme Peerless to unleash a surprise sword strike at the unguarded Ice Empress.
• As the sword light was about to hit the Ice Empress, someone shouted, “Enough!”

The Snow Empress stopped Chen Xing from killing the Ice Empress and brought him to her cave after he lost control under the influence of Rakshasa Divine Power. Once he woke and explained how the power could fade, she let him stay at one of her residences.

• The Snow Empress froze the battlefield, rescued the Ice Empress, and carried the unconscious Chen Xing away with her.
• Chen Xing woke in the Snow Empress's cave with a splitting headache and admitted he could not remember the end of the battle.
• Chen Xing explained that Rakshasa Divine Power eroded his mind and that he refused to inherit the God Trial because he feared endangering those close to him.
• Chen Xing told the Snow Empress that avoiding Soul Power and negative emotions would let the power dissipate, easing her concern.
• Chen Xing asked where the Ice Empress was, and the Snow Empress said she had her own matters to attend to.
• The Snow Empress offered Chen Xing a place to live at one of her residences while he recovered.

Chen Xing offered Snow Empress an Immortal Herb, and she chose the Ten Thousand Year Ginseng King to help her undergo Shape Transformation. She revealed that she was preparing to escape her coming seven-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation, but her chances stood at only fifty percent, leaving Chen Xing to search for a way to improve them.

• Chen Xing displayed his Immortal Herbs and offered Snow Empress one as a gift; she chose the Ten Thousand Year Ginseng King.
• Snow Empress admitted that she wanted to undergo Shape Transformation and showed Chen Xing the Hundred Thousand Year Snow Lotus she had prepared.
• Snow Empress said she feared her next Heavenly Tribulation and wanted to see the human world, while Chen Xing asked what would happen to Ice Empress.
• Snow Empress apologized for Ice Empress's earlier behavior and revealed that the Immortal Herb raised her chance of successfully transforming to fifty percent.
• Chen Xing rejected the risky plan, but Snow Empress insisted that she could not simply wait to die and said Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow might further improve her chances.

Chen Xing recognized that Snow Empress’s Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow might lead them to the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and he urged her to search the Far North. Snow Empress then asked him to help Ice Empress survive her coming Heavenly Tribulation, leaving Chen Xing uncertain about what he could do.

• Snow Empress showed Chen Xing a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow, and he remembered the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Chen Xing told Snow Empress that a large Cold Ice Marrow deposit might lie near where she found the pieces, and she agreed to search the area with trusted Soul Beasts.
• Chen Xing clarified that he wanted something else from the site, while Snow Empress celebrated the resources that could help her undergo Shape Transformation.
• Snow Empress asked Chen Xing to help Ice Empress undergo Shape Transformation before her four-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation.
• Chen Xing offered to share useful immortal herbs and Cold Ice Marrow but admitted he knew little about Heavenly Tribulations and could not promise more.

Snow Empress reconsidered asking Ice Empress to sacrifice herself and discussed Chen Xing’s Soul Rings and methods for raising their age limits. She then led Chen Xing to an ice-sealed area to give him several gifts.

• Chen Xing suggested that Ice Empress sacrifice herself to Snow Empress after her Shape Transformation, but Snow Empress rejected the idea as too risky and cruel.
• Snow Empress briefly considered asking Ice Empress to sacrifice herself to Chen Xing, then agreed to focus on finding the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow and take things one step at a time.
• Snow Empress asked Chen Xing about his Soul Rings, and he explained how Whale Rubber, Soul Bones, and his two Martial Souls affected their age limits and number.
• Snow Empress offered Chen Xing several gifts and led him to an ice-sealed branch of the cave.
• Snow Empress dispersed the ice sealing the entrance, and Chen Xing reacted with surprise at what he saw inside.

Snow Empress showed Chen Xing a hidden cave containing hundreds of powerful Soul Bones gathered from Soul Beasts that died in the Far North. She let him choose several, including one of two exceptional Soul Bones, and he was left weighing greater combat strength against a likely boost to spiritual power.

• Snow Empress explained that she had collected the Soul Bones of Far North Soul Beasts to keep them from falling into human hands, then allowed Chen Xing to choose some.
• Snow Empress showed Chen Xing a two-hundred-thousand-year Emerald Divine Deer head Soul Bone that could grant a mental barrier-like ability.
• Snow Empress described a three-hundred-and-forty-thousand-year Ice Crystal Demon Wolf Torso Bone, which Ice Empress had killed and which could grant an all-around enhancement.
• Snow Empress said she would also need Soul Bones after her Shape Transformation, explaining why Chen Xing could choose only one of the two exceptional bones.
• Chen Xing weighed the Torso Bone's dependable combat enhancement against the head Soul Bone's uncertain but potentially great spiritual-power increase.

Chen Xing chose a 200,000-year Emerald Divine Deer Skull, hoping it would strengthen his spiritual power and help resolve the Black Aura. After collecting three more Soul Bones for A-Zi, he parted ways with Snow Empress and prepared to study his new Skull Bone.

• Chen Xing chose the Emerald Divine Deer Skull over the Ice Crystal Demon Wolf Torso Bone, explaining that he hoped a Skull Bone would help with his spiritual power and Black Aura.
• Chen Xing discussed Soul Ring limits and Soul Bone choices with Snow Empress, suggesting she could condense a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring after her Shape Transformation.
• Snow Empress gave Chen Xing the Emerald Divine Deer Skull and let him choose three more Soul Bones: a Gale Wolf Right Leg Bone, an Ice Silkworm Skull, and a Lightning Cat Right Arm Bone.
• Chen Xing said the three additional Soul Bones were for A-Zi, and Snow Empress invited him to bring her for a visit.
• Snow Empress left to search for Cold Ice Marrow while Chen Xing returned to the ice bed and took out the Emerald Divine Deer Skull.

Chen Xing fused the Emerald Divine Deer’s two-hundred-thousand-year head Soul Bone despite resistance from the Rakshasa Divine Power, gaining two Soul Bone skills and reaching level seventy-eight. He estimated that the Soul Bone would eradicate the remaining Rakshasa Divine Power within half a year and hoped Snow Empress would find Tian Meng before then.

• Chen Xing pressed the Emerald Divine Deer’s head Soul Bone against his head, and the Rakshasa Divine Power erupted to resist the fusion.
• Chen Xing called on the golden light in his body to suppress the Rakshasa Divine Power and refused the Rakshasa God’s inheritance because its trial required him to Devour an Angel Martial Soul Master.
• After twenty days, Chen Xing completed the fusion, raised his Soul Power from level seventy-six to level seventy-eight, and gained the passive skill Clear Heart.
• Chen Xing discovered that the Soul Bone’s active skill, Mind Reading, let him read a target’s mental activity for the next ten seconds.
• Chen Xing sensed that the Black Aura was receding faster and estimated the Rakshasa Divine Power would be eradicated within half a year, while he awaited Snow Empress’s search for Tian Meng.

Qian Renxue faced Qian Daoliu and the other pontiffs in Worship Hall after they learned she had sheltered Chen Xing, the fugitive Spirit Hall had hunted for six years. She challenged their demands by asking who cared about her feelings, then declared there was no chance anymore.

• Qian Renxue arrived at Spirit Hall carrying an ice crystal fragment and went to meet Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Qian Renxue to kneel and demanded to know where she had hidden Chen Xing.
• Qian Renxue said she did not know, and Qian Daoliu seized her by the collar before throwing her to the floor.
• Mighty Lion Douluo supported Qian Renxue and urged her to hand Chen Xing over so Worship Hall could investigate him.
• Qian Renxue asked what would happen to her feelings, and Qian Daoliu offered to arrange a grand wedding if Chen Xing had done nothing wrong.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu there was no chance anymore.

Qian Renxue told the worshippers that she and Chen Xing had broken up and that she could no longer find him, but they suspected she was protecting him. When she revealed the immortal herb he had left her, they realized it could help her Angel Martial Soul reach its peak, while Qian Daoliu remained hostile toward Chen Xing.

• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu and the worshippers that she and Chen Xing had broken up and that she did not know where he was.
• Qian Daoliu accused Qian Renxue of lying to protect Chen Xing and demanded that she hand over his corpse if they found him.
• Azure Luan asked whether Chen Xing had left Qian Renxue anything, and she showed them the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone immortal herb.
• The worshippers recognized the herb as one capable of evolving an Angel Martial Soul and saw it as a path to godhood for Qian Renxue.
• Mighty Lion Douluo urged Qian Daoliu to stop pursuing Chen Xing, but Qian Daoliu rebuked him.

Qian Daoliu confronted Qian Renxue over her attachment to Chen Xing and his suspected Rakshasa Divine Power, then ordered Spirit Hall to find him. The chapter ended with a healing Soul Master arriving to examine Qian Renxue.

• Azure Luan pulled Mighty Lion Douluo back as Qian Daoliu demanded that Qian Renxue recount her last encounter with Chen Xing.
• Qian Daoliu berated Qian Renxue, warning that Chen Xing’s Rakshasa Divine Power could put her and the Angel Clan in danger.
• Qian Renxue left the hall after Qian Daoliu told her to remain in Spirit Hall, and she said She Long was safe with Chi Xue.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo urged Qian Daoliu to calm down and suggested that Chen Xing and Bibi Dong might be allied against the Angel Clan.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo to arrange a healer to examine Qian Renxue, then stayed behind alone with the Immortal Herb.
• Late at night, a pink-haired girl wearing begonia embroidery arrived at Qian Renxue’s bedchamber to examine her on Second Worship’s orders.

Ye Lingling examined Qian Renxue and treated her, while concealing her plan to use a bloodline-extraction technique. After Qian Renxue promised to investigate Ye Lanyi’s murder, Ye Lingling revealed to herself that she blamed Chen Xing and Spirit Hall and vowed revenge.

• Ye Lingling visited Qian Renxue during the academy’s winter break and found her weak from emotional strain.
• As she examined Qian Renxue, Ye Lingling considered using her mother’s secret technique to steal Qian Renxue’s superior bloodline.
• Ye Lingling treated Qian Renxue with her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul and advised her to rest and regulate her emotions.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Ye Lingling had found her mother’s killer and promised to investigate and deliver justice.
• After leaving Qian Renxue, Ye Lingling blamed Chen Xing and Spirit Hall for Ye Lanyi’s death and vowed to repay the blood debt.

Chen Xing learned that Snow Empress and Ice Empress had found the Cold Ice Marrow Vein and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, but the silkworm escaped while Ice Bear King guarded it. The group was left facing the loss, and Chen Xing reassured the two women that it was fine.

• After purging the Rakshasa Divine Power, Chen Xing reached Soul Power Level 79 and prepared to leave the Far North.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress arrived and told Chen Xing they had found the Cold Ice Marrow Vein and another Soul Beast.
• When Chen Xing realized the Soul Beast was the cunning Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, he hurried with the two women to where Ice Bear King was guarding it.
• Snow Empress found the Ice Silkworm gone and learned from Xiao Bai that it had vanished from its sealed ice crystal.
• Ice Empress questioned Xiao Bai, and Chen Xing reassured Snow Empress despite the Ice Silkworm's escape.

Chen Xing discovered that the Ice Bear King had secretly hidden Tian Meng and exposed the plot when he searched the snowfield. Snow Empress offered Chen Xing the entire Cold Ice Marrow Vein as compensation, but the Ice Bear King rejected her decision and declared he would keep Tian Meng.

• Chen Xing used Mind Reading to learn that the Ice Bear King had hidden Tian Meng and meant to mislead him about where the Ice Silkworm had gone.
• Ice Empress rushed off to chase the false lead, while Chen Xing read Snow Empress's thoughts and grew suspicious of the Ice Bear King.
• Snow Empress confronted the Ice Bear King, and Chen Xing searched the area with his spiritual power.
• Chen Xing used Ice Explosion to uncover Tian Meng unconscious in a crater, sealed by the Ice Bear King's aura.
• Snow Empress apologized to Chen Xing and offered him the entire Cold Ice Marrow Vein, but the Ice Bear King admitted he had hidden Tian Meng and vowed to take him anyway.

The Ice Bear King attacked Chen Xing over his resentment, but the Snow Empress stopped him and severed one of his arms. Chen Xing took the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and left, while the Snow Empress prepared to undergo Shape Transformation and entrusted the Far North to the Ice Empress.

• The Ice Bear King unleashed his Ice Snow Storm at Chen Xing, who prepared to kill it and claim its Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• The Snow Empress cut through the storm with Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Peerless and severed the Ice Bear King's arm, then ordered it to stop resisting.
• Chen Xing accepted the Snow Empress's intervention, claimed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and flew away after taunting the Ice Bear King.
• The Snow Empress told the Ice Empress that the Ice Bear King had to bear responsibility for its mistake and warned her not to become Chen Xing's enemy.
• The Snow Empress said the Cold Ice Marrow vein could support her Shape Transformation and entrusted the Far North to the Ice Empress.

Chen Xing discovered that Tian Meng had only reached 990,000 years of cultivation, then killed him rather than risk exposing his system by accepting his sacrifice. Tian Meng’s Soul Ring granted ordinary skills and an External Soul Bone, but his corpse yielded no Soul Bone, leaving Chen Xing to rely on the system’s Pandora Preparation Bench to make the encounter worthwhile.

• Chen Xing examined Tian Meng and realized his cultivation fell short of one million years, ruining Chen Xing’s plan to gain a third Martial Soul.
• Tian Meng awoke, asked Chen Xing where Snow Empress and Ice Empress were, and struggled against his restraints.
• Chen Xing demanded that Tian Meng sacrifice himself or die, then killed him with sword qi before Tian Meng could finish agreeing.
• Chen Xing stored Tian Meng’s Soul Ring in the Pandora Preparation Bench and found it granted Spiritual Perception, Simulation, and the External Soul Bone Ice Silkworm Molt Cloak with its Concealment skill.
• Chen Xing searched Tian Meng’s body but found no Soul Bone, then recalled that the system could randomize the Soul Ring into one from another Soul Beast.

Chen Xing agreed to protect Snow Empress while she underwent Shape Transformation and considered letting Ice Empress take some of the Ice Silkworm’s energy. Snow Empress revealed that she planned to transform that very night.

• Chen Xing judged the skills from his new Soul Ring and External Soul Bone largely useless, then stored the Ice Silkworm’s remains in his Storage Ring.
• Snow Empress visited Chen Xing, apologized for the Ice Bear King’s behavior, and asked him to protect her during her Shape Transformation.
• Chen Xing agreed to help Snow Empress and said he would discuss sharing the Ice Silkworm’s energy with Ice Empress if she came to speak with him herself.
• Snow Empress told Chen Xing that she would undergo Shape Transformation that night.

The Snow Empress completed her Shape Transformation and emerged as a young girl, then began fusing six powerful Soul Bones as Chen Xing and the Ice Empress watched. As the fusion started, the Ice Empress again asked Chen Xing whether he could help her undergo Shape Transformation.

• Chen Xing sensed the Snow Empress's cocoon enter its final stage, and a burst of light revealed that her Shape Transformation had succeeded.
• The Ice Empress lifted the newly transformed Snow Empress and teased her, while Chen Xing congratulated her.
• The Snow Empress said she still needed to fuse Soul Bones, refine Whale Rubber, and condense Soul Rings, and Chen Xing agreed to protect her.
• The Snow Empress produced six prepared Soul Bones, including a Three Hundred and Forty Thousand Year Extreme Ice Demon Wolf Torso Bone.
• The Snow Empress sat down and began fusing all six Soul Bones at once as Chen Xing assured the Ice Empress that she could withstand the energy.
• The Ice Empress again asked Chen Xing if he had a way to help her undergo Shape Transformation.

Chen Xing gave Ice Empress a piece of Tian Meng’s body for her to absorb, but she ate it instead, triggering her four-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation before she was prepared. The first strike critically injured Chen Xing, and he wondered whether killing Ice Empress would make the tribulation disappear.

• Chen Xing gave Ice Empress a large piece of Tian Meng’s body to help her prepare for her Heavenly Tribulation.
• Ice Empress ate the piece of flesh, causing its energy to spread through her body and summon her four-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation.
• Chen Xing flew away from the cave with Ice Empress, but the tribulation clouds followed them and he realized the lightning was about to strike.
• Ice Empress begged Chen Xing to save her, but he said the tribulation had already begun and he could not stop it.
• The first bolt struck both of them, leaving Chen Xing critically injured while Ice Empress survived with injuries.
• Chen Xing asked Ice Empress whether the Heavenly Tribulation would disappear if she died.