Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background / History
- 4Appearance
- 5Personality
- 6Abilities & Skills
- 6.1Ultimate Ice and Elemental Control
- 6.2Snow Empress Three Absolutes
- 6.3Fusion Skills with Ice Emperor
- 6.4Spiritual Consciousness
- 6.5Head Soul Bone
- 6.6Spiritual-Origin Extraction
- 6.7Human Cultivation and Residual Vitality
- 6.8Contract with Xu Lanqing
- 6.9Limited Divine Power
- 7Equipment / Items
- 8Relationships
- 9Story Role / Major Arcs
- 9.1Rebirth and Protection of Xu Lanqing
- 9.2Waiting at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well
- 9.3Campaigns in the Sun Moon Empire
- 9.4Succession and the Ice God Palace
- 10Notable Quotes
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Snow Empress (雪帝) |
| Alias(es) | Snow Maiden; Xue’er, used by Xu Lanqing 87 90 |
| Species/Race | Originally a Snow Maiden soul beast; became fully human through Nirvana 118 225 |
| Gender | Female 19 76 |
| Age | States that she has lived for 700,000 years 225 |
| Affiliation | Far North; Xu Lanqing’s group 202 217 |
| Occupation/Role | Former ruler of the Far North; leader of its Three Great Heavenly Kings 138 218 |
| Former Ranking | Third among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts 118 |
| Partner | Xu Lanqing, who publicly identifies her as his wife; their wedding is discussed separately 138 154 |
| Status | Alive, but imprisoned within the Ice and Snow Goddess’s dream technique while the goddess prepares to overwrite her consciousness 229 |
| First Appearance | Appears as a reincarnating embryo 19 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Human Nirvana and contractual rebirth | 23 87 118 | Xu Lanqing’s involvement enables her Ice Phoenix Nirvana. Her rebirth establishes a contract linking her to his transformed martial soul; she later confirms that she is completely human. |
| Awakening with nine blood-red Soul Rings | 43 | Emerges from an ice-blue crystal with greatly increased power. The first ring bears seven golden patterns, and her soul-power pressure repeatedly opens spatial rifts. Xu Lanqing suspects that Gu Yuena supplied additional energy. |
| Recovery of her original appearance | 76 | Fully restores her original appearance after seven years of recuperation, aided by the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. |
| Spiritual consciousness at the peak of human limits | 88 | Her spiritual consciousness improves significantly after spending the night with Xu Lanqing. |
| Limited Divine Power revealed | 229 | Residue from the Ice Spring essence gifted by Xu Lanqing has accidentally condensed into Divine Power through her nourishment. The acquisition date is unspecified; she reveals and exhausts the reserve against the goddess. This does not establish that she has attained godhood. |
Background / History
Snow Empress was born without parents in the frozen wastes. She describes the Snow Maiden as a unique existence, with only one appearing in each generation across the Far North and Douluo Continent. Her inherited power and natural affinity with ice and snow gave her no ordinary cultivation bottlenecks 225.
During her long life, she studied humanity and adopted the human method of Soul Core cultivation. Although she admired humans’ ability to produce innovations within short lifespans, she resented the expansion of their civilization and the resulting contraction of the Far North 225.
After failing her seventh heavenly tribulation, she sought a way to survive through reincarnation. While she was in an embryo state, an old man attempted to capture her with the Class 9 God-Sealing Platform. Xu Lanqing, aided by Electrolux, disrupted the sealing attempt; her released freezing mist struck both the captor and Xu Lanqing 19 225.
Initially hostile toward her rescuer, she learned that the interruption of her reincarnation threatened her life. Xu Lanqing offered his teacher’s help and described a Soul Spirit Method intended to obtain Soul Rings without hunting soul beasts. Her eventual Nirvana transformed her into a human and bound her to him through a contract 20 21 23 87 118.
Appearance
- Hair and eyes: Long, snow-white hair and sky-blue eyes 43 61 210.
- Complexion: Fair, jade-like skin and finely sculpted features 90 216.
- Usual clothing: A simple white dress, which she can reshape with snow into an elaborate dance costume 87.
- Bearing: Naturally noble and elegant; in battle, her cold, commanding presence reflects her former sovereignty over the Far North 61 76.
- Expression: Her warm smile reveals two dimples, contrasting with her usual aloof demeanor 87.
Personality
Snow Empress is proud, self-possessed, and initially deeply distrustful of humans. She refuses to justify her identity merely because another soul beast demands proof. Her arrogance is accompanied by responsibility: protecting the Far North’s soul beasts remains a central concern even after she becomes human 21 118 120.
Her relationship with Xu Lanqing brings out tenderness, playfulness, and vulnerability. Separation from him makes years feel painfully slow, and she gradually becomes less imperious toward his companions. Nevertheless, affection does not erase her boundaries; she rejects unwanted advances and insists that he wash away the smell of blood before approaching her 75 76 96 210.
She values emotions as a source of strength rather than a weakness to discard. Although she desires greater power, she refuses the Ice and Snow Goddess’s demand that she abandon her feelings. Her resistance continues despite overwhelming divine pressure, severe injuries, and the threat of possession 224 225 226 229.
Abilities & Skills
Ultimate Ice and Elemental Control
Her command of ice and snow can freeze powerful defenses, alter the weather, and precisely direct environmental cold 19 95 218.
- Her embryo’s freezing mist freezes a Class 9 soul-tool shield and affects Xu Lanqing despite his own Ultimate Ice 19.
- She stills airborne water droplets and returns them to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well 76.
- She calms the Titan Snow Demon King’s blizzard without making a visible movement 217.
- Her precise control allows her to intensify the cold around allies without harming them 218.
- The Ice and Snow Goddess can override this affinity, turning surrounding ice elements against her and destabilizing the soul power within her Soul Core 223 226.
Snow Empress Three Absolutes
| Technique | Applications and limits |
|---|---|
| Emperor Sword — Ice Extreme Peerless | A sword technique of her own creation. She injures Long Xiaoyao’s dragon claws and forces him back in a restrained exchange. It cannot scratch the divine altar, but a Divine Power-infused attack later harms the goddess’s remnant 51 94 228 229. |
| Emperor Palm — Great Cold Without Snow | Freezes Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s spiritual body and spiritual power on contact. Against the goddess, it causes a brief disturbance and lingering pain but fails to overcome the power gap 116 228. |
| Emperor Cold Heaven — Snow Dance Shining Sun | A domain that could cover tens of thousands of meters in the Far North. Under the goddess’s suppression, it shrinks to a five-meter soul-power barrier with no normal ice-and-snow atmosphere 228. |
Fusion Skills with Ice Emperor
Their combined techniques merge Snow Empress’s ice-blue power with Ice Emperor’s emerald-green power 62 63.
- Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain: Establishes a vast frozen battlefield. Its snow conceals their movements and forces Niu Tian and Titan to maintain defensive soul-power output 62 63.
- Pride of the Ice and Snow Emperors: Compresses the battlefield’s extreme cold into a destructive ice-storm cyclone 63.
- They later use Pride of the Ice and Snow Emperors as a snow curtain that blocks the blast power of nine fixed soul cannonballs 194.
- Their initial control of the battlefield does not make them stronger than Niu Tian and Titan combined; seizing the initiative allows them to hold the pair back 67.
Spiritual Consciousness
She can materialize spiritual power, identify powerful auras, and support covert reconnaissance 80 118 202.
- Senses and memorizes the auras of auction bidders 80.
- Overwhelms the collective mental hostility of the Blue Silver Grass surrounding the Blue Silver Emperor 118.
- Sees through a hundred-thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrant’s disguise, although her spiritual power remains below that of the Evil Emperor and Di Tian 196.
- Helps her group traverse an enemy camp undetected; dense detection, interference, and shielding soul tools prevent a precise reading of the commander’s tent without alerting its occupants 202.
Head Soul Bone
Her head Soul Bone provides both a mental soul skill and unusually strong danger perception 62 228.
- Kyōka Suigetsu: A mental technique used through eye contact. With her spiritual consciousness, it is difficult to evade except for comparable opponents or mental-attribute Super Douluo 62.
- It works only against targets with weaker or comparable spiritual power. Attempting it against the goddess would produce suicidal backlash 228.
- Danger premonition: Allows her to anticipate an opponent’s action a split second before it occurs. Against the goddess, her mind can detect attacks that her body is too slow to avoid 228 229.
Spiritual-Origin Extraction
After immobilizing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, she draws white-gold spiritual origin from his chest and condenses it in her palm 116.
- The extraction also retrieves a piece of Gold of Life, which Xu Lanqing keeps for Electrolux’s recovery 117.
Human Cultivation and Residual Vitality
Her reincarnated body has human meridians, enabling her to practice human cultivation techniques that Ice Emperor and Xiaobai cannot use 176.
- Successfully practices the Tang Sect techniques attempted by the group 176.
- Retains exceptional vitality associated with her former soul-beast nature; her nearly ruined right hand visibly heals during the battle with the goddess 229.
Contract with Xu Lanqing
Their contract connects her to his Snow Maiden martial soul and allows him to access her techniques 23 78.
- Separating too far would affect both partners and cause their power to spiral out of control 23.
- Their soul connection lets her sense his increasing strength during his underwater cultivation 76.
- The contract enables him to use the Snow Maiden and Golden Dragon King martial souls simultaneously 78.
Limited Divine Power
She stores accidentally condensed Divine Power inside her Soul Core, initially concealing it even from the goddess 229.
- Originates from Ice Spring essence supplied by Xu Lanqing, rather than a successful conversion of her own soul power 73 229.
- Cannot replenish it through the conversion method she previously attempted; every expenditure reduces the reserve 229.
- Exhausts it in an Emperor Sword attack that damages the goddess’s remnant but does not prevent her capture 229.
Equipment / Items
- Starlight Sapphire storage ring — A gift from Xu Lanqing, featuring a snow-white band, engraved snowflakes, and the character “Snow” inside. She continues wearing it years later 50 73 209.
- Head Soul Bone — Grants Kyōka Suigetsu and enhanced danger premonition 62 228.
- Ice Spring essence / Ice Origin — Given by Xu Lanqing; its residue eventually becomes her limited Divine Power 73 229.
- Specialized soul tool — Used during the attack on the Holy Spirit Cult to determine whether Ye Xishui has died or escaped 194.
Relationships
- Xu Lanqing — Rescuer, contractual partner, and romantic partner. They confess their love and plan to marry; he later publicly calls her his wife 20 23 87 154.
- Ice Emperor — Close companion and fusion-skill partner. Ice Emperor initially resents Xu Lanqing’s place in Snow Empress’s life, but accepts her happiness while remaining protective of her 62 73 87.
- Electrolux — Xu Lanqing’s teacher, whose intervention and proposed solution help make her rebirth possible. She later hopes his hidden presence may help counter the goddess 19 21 228.
- Titan Snow Demon King — Trusted successor. She appoints him ruler of the Far North, and its gathered soul beasts accept the succession without objection 217 218.
- Long Xiaoyao — Opponent in a brief palace confrontation. She injures him and judges him weaker than herself, but considers killing him too difficult to justify continuing the fight 51.
- Niu Tian and Titan — Opponents who attempt to obtain Xu Lanqing during negotiations. She refuses and fights alongside Ice Emperor 62 63 67.
- Ice and Snow Goddess — Prospective divine benefactor turned adversary. After Snow Empress rejects the inheritance’s emotional cost, the goddess attempts to possess her 224 226 229.
Story Role / Major Arcs
Rebirth and Protection of Xu Lanqing
- Awakens from her crystal with nine blood-red Soul Rings and renewed strength 43.
- Protects Xu Lanqing from Long Xiaoyao’s pressure and wounds the elder during their restrained confrontation 50 51.
- Refuses to surrender Xu Lanqing to Niu Tian, leading to a joint battle with Ice Emperor. A later recollection establishes that divine interference nearly kills both Snow Empress and Xu Lanqing in the Sunset Forest 62 63 117.
Waiting at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well
- Initially questions whether taking the Ice Origin might harm the well or deprive Xu Lanqing and his teacher of something useful 73.
- Remains beside the well throughout Xu Lanqing’s six-year cultivation, monitoring his aura through their soul connection 76.
- Reunites with him after his emergence and later dances for him beneath falling snow. Their confession leads to plans for marriage 76 87.
- Witnesses Tang Ya’s successful fusion with the Blue Silver Emperor and celebrates the Soul Spirit Method’s potential to spare her subjects from being hunted 120.
Campaigns in the Sun Moon Empire
- Supports the attack on the Holy Spirit Cult by preparing terrain, monitoring the target, and combining with Ice Emperor to shield the group from the cannonball blasts 192 193 194.
- Participates in covert reconnaissance during the border conflict, then returns to Rixing City with Xiaobai to guard against a sneak attack 202.
- Recognizes that advanced human weapons threaten even top-tier beings. Concern for her subjects and loved ones motivates her renewed search for godhood 209.
Succession and the Ice God Palace
- Returns to the Far North and transfers its throne to the Titan Snow Demon King 217 218.
- Enters the Ice God Palace’s passage with Xu Lanqing, but becomes separated from Ice Emperor and the Titan Snow Demon King 218 219.
- Attempts to escape converging ice walls while carrying Xu Lanqing, reaching nearly ten times the speed of sound at severe physical cost 219.
- Encounters the goddess’s remnant and rejects an inheritance that requires abandoning emotions and desires 223 224 225.
- Resists possession, spends her hidden Divine Power, and wounds the goddess. Nevertheless, Prosperity Like a Dream imprisons her consciousness; an explosive arrival interrupts the goddess before the planned overwrite is completed 226 228 229.
Notable Quotes
“Why would this Seat need to explain or prove my own affairs and identity to others!” 118
“Humans are indeed weak, but they are also powerful. The emotions you discard are often the very things that create miracles. The same goes for Soul Beasts.” 229
“What is the difference between living without emotions and being a walking corpse that has lost its mind?” 229