Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuena fought the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon’s Remnant Soul inside Xu Lanqing and destroyed it by linking their souls. She sealed the Dragon Pearl’s power into the dragon’s Left Arm Soul Bone, giving Xu Lanqing a purple-gold Soul Ring, then rested while watching over him.

• Gu Yuena suppressed the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon’s power in Xu Lanqing and entered his Sea of Consciousness to confront its Remnant Soul.
• Gu Yuena battled the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon as it attacked her and prepared to unleash a suicidal explosion.
• Gu Yuena embraced the unconscious Xu Lanqing and linked their souls, summoning a nine-colored light that assimilated and destroyed the dragon’s mental form.
• Gu Yuena sealed the Dragon Pearl’s power into Xu Lanqing’s fused Left Arm Soul Bone, turning his left arm deep purple.
• A purple-gold Soul Ring emerged from Xu Lanqing, and Gu Yuena meditated to recover before complaining about him and watching him sleep.

Gu Yuena reflected on her past and her uncertain feelings about Xu Lanqing before leaving him gifts. Xu Lanqing woke in the Ancestral Land with a million-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, a divine blade bonded to him, and a crack sounding from Snow Empress’s crystal.

• Gu Yuena remembered the Dragon God's fall, her long recovery, and her plan to revive him using the Golden Dragon King's power, while questioning why he had chosen Xu Lanqing.
• Gu Yuena decided to return to the Star Dou Forest to heal, but first placed a silver-white dragon scale on Xu Lanqing and left the Dragon Slaying Blade beside him.
• Xu Lanqing woke in the Ancestral Land, found a million-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone within himself, and guessed Gu Yuena had given them to him.
• Xu Lanqing recognized the Dragon Slaying Blade as a divine weapon, cut his palm on it, and found that it seemed to accept him as its master.
• Xu Lanqing examined the ice-blue crystal containing Snow Empress, then heard it crack and froze.

Xu Lanqing watched Snow Empress emerge from the icy-blue crystal, fully restored and wielding nine blood-red Soul Rings, before explaining where they were and what had happened while she slept. The chapter ended with him asking how strong she was now.

• Xu Lanqing touched the cracked crystal, which shattered and released Snow Empress into the frozen space.
• Snow Empress awoke naked, and Xu Lanqing looked at her before she noticed and conjured a white dress.
• Snow Empress questioned Xu Lanqing about their location and her absence, and he explained that they were in the Sun Moon Empire's Ancestral Land and that she had slept for a few days.
• Xu Lanqing told Snow Empress that Ice Empress and the others knew what had happened, and he said he had passed out when a mysterious energy poured into her.
• Xu Lanqing asked Snow Empress how strong she was after she wondered what the energy had done.

Snow Empress revealed that she had advanced to Limit Douluo by condensing Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores, and she and Xu Lanqing explored a space containing a powerful dragon skeleton. As the space began rejecting them, Xu Lanqing invited Snow Empress to experience the human world with him instead of returning to the Undead Plane.

• Snow Empress told Xu Lanqing that she had condensed Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores and advanced to Limit Douluo.
• Xu Lanqing asked whether Snow Empress could defeat Di Tian, and she said she would not lose to him.
• Snow Empress sensed a powerful dragon skeleton in the space and took Xu Lanqing to it.
• Xu Lanqing recognized the skeleton as likely connected to his Soul Bone and Soul Ring, but chose to leave it untouched.
• Snow Empress asked whether she should return to the Undead Plane, and Xu Lanqing invited her to stay in the imperial palace and explore Mingdu with him.

Xu Lanqing emerged from the Ancestral Land with his Martial Soul problem solved and a million-year Soul Ring, then chose to tell Kong Deming the truth about what he had hidden. Kong Deming accepted his explanation and promised to protect him and his companions from open attacks within the empire.

• Xu Lanqing and Snow Empress found the underground base empty, and Xu Lanqing examined notes about a High-Energy Compression Array Soul Guidance Device.
• Snow Empress sensed someone approaching, and Kong Deming entered the base after detecting his Soul Tool reacting.
• Xu Lanqing told Kong Deming that his Martial Soul problem had been solved and that he had gained a Soul Ring and Soul Bone, then revealed his Golden Dragon King Martial Soul and million-year Soul Ring.
• Kong Deming warned Xu Lanqing to keep the million-year Soul Ring secret to avoid attracting danger.
• Snow Empress introduced herself as Xu Xue, and Xu Lanqing confessed to Kong Deming that he had hidden things from him.
• Kong Deming forgave Xu Lanqing and promised that no one in the empire would dare attack his companions openly while he remained there.

Xu Lanqing helped Kong Deming develop a new approach to a portable Humanoid Soul Guidance Device and obtained nine Soul Tools for Snow Empress and the others. Kong Deming also revealed that his unfinished High-Energy Compression Array Soul Guidance Device could theoretically store unlimited Soul Power and slay a god.

• Kong Deming warned Xu Lanqing to be careful around the Third Prince and agreed not to interfere with his Soul Spirit Method or teacher.
• Xu Lanqing suggested shrinking the Humanoid Soul Guidance Device into armor for a single user, and Kong Deming seized on the idea of imbuing the metal with a spirit.
• Xu Lanqing and Snow Empress settled on calling her Snow Maiden, while Kong Deming excitedly sketched out his new ideas.
• Kong Deming gave Xu Lanqing nine Soul Tools after Xu Lanqing asked for them on Snow Maiden's behalf.
• Xu Lanqing asked about the High-Energy Compression Array Soul Guidance Device, and Kong Deming said it could theoretically store unlimited Soul Power and become powerful enough to slay a god.

Xu Lanqing learned that the Sun Moon Empire had suffered a devastating defeat and suspected Shrek’s people were behind the mysterious Soul Masters who turned the battle. After hearing that the emperor was gravely ill, Xu Lanqing resolved to protect the people he cared about, his father, and the empire’s people.

• Snow Empress doubted Kong Deming’s claims about the High-Energy Compression Array Soul Guidance Device, and Xu Lanqing took a Starlight Sapphire from the laboratory.
• Kong Deming told Xu Lanqing that the empire had lost after powerful Soul Masters assassinated its officers, and the Second Soul Engineer Legion sacrificed itself to cover the retreat.
• Xu Lanqing asked whether anything unusual had happened at Shrek, and Kong Deming described the Evil Soul Masters’ attack and the Golden Giant Dragon phenomenon.
• Kong Deming said the empire would have to negotiate peace and warned Xu Lanqing that the emperor’s old injuries had worsened after the defeat.
• Xu Lanqing told Snow Empress that he wanted to keep his loved ones, his father, and the empire’s people alive.

Xu Lanqing learned that his father's illness could only be managed unless rare treasures were found, then returned home with Snow Empress and reunited her with Ice Empress and Xiao Bai. Their meal was interrupted by a poisoned soup and an attempted bombing, but Snow Empress froze the weapon and the chef died from the poison; Xu Lanqing ordered a guard to inform his Third Brother.

• Sun Yuhuan told Xu Lanqing that the emperor could recover for another decade with care, but curing him would require rare treasures that the palace no longer had.
• Xu Lanqing brought Snow Empress back to his palace and used his ability to release Ice Empress and Xiao Bai, who reunited with Snow Empress.
• Ice Empress detected poison in the chicken soup, and Xu Lanqing stopped the chef from leaving and made him drink a bowl.
• The chef revealed himself as Pangolin, a double agent for the Great Star Luo Empire, and threatened everyone with a Level 8 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell.
• Snow Empress froze the shell before it could fire, and Pangolin collapsed and died from the poison.
• Xu Lanqing told a guard to inform his Third Brother about Pangolin.

Xu Lanqing recovered a Level 8 Explosive Shell and gave Snow Empress and Ice Empress nine Soul Tools from Kong Deming. After testing one shield, the group was interrupted by a guard returning with what Xu Lanqing had requested.

• Xu Lanqing had Snow Empress remove the ice from the Level 8 Explosive Shell and stored it in his Storage Ring.
• Ice Empress urged Xu Lanqing to kill his Third Brother, but he said he would deal with him when the time came.
• Xu Lanqing gave Snow Empress six Soul Guidance Shields and three offensive Soul Tools, teasing her as she accepted them.
• Ice Empress tested a shield by having Xiao Bai activate it, then broke it with a blow using sixty percent of her strength.
• Xu Lanqing said they would test the offensive Soul Tools another time, and a guard returned to report that he had prepared what Xu Lanqing asked for.

Xu Lanqing gave Snow Empress a beautiful Storage Ring, provoking Ice Empress into beating him while Snow Empress watched. Xu Tianran arrived to discuss the attack, but his elder’s pressure triggered Snow Empress to intervene.

• Xu Lanqing presented Snow Empress with a Starlight Sapphire Storage Ring and slipped it onto her finger.
• Ice Empress demanded her own ring, grew furious at the shabby black one Xu Lanqing offered, and beat him while he begged Snow Empress to save him.
• A guard announced that Xu Tianran had arrived, and Xu Lanqing composed himself before receiving him.
• Xu Tianran expressed concern about Xu Lanqing’s injuries, and Xu Lanqing mocked him for being unable to stand or be a man.
• Xu Tianran’s black-robed elder released his pressure at Xu Lanqing, and Snow Empress blocked it with her own power.

The Snow Empress defeated Long Xiaoyao in a brief clash after he attacked Xu Lanqing, and Xu Lanqing confronted Xu Tianran over the assassination attempt. Xu Tianran left after offering two appointments and a vast quantity of common rare metals, while the Snow Empress remained at Xu Lanqing’s side.

• Ice Empress asked Xu Lanqing whether she should kill Xu Tianran, but he refused, suspecting Xu Tianran had many ways to protect himself.
• The Snow Empress struck Long Xiaoyao with her ice sword, wounded his Dragon Claw, and forced him back against a wall before ending the fight.
• Xu Lanqing identified Long Xiaoyao, and Xu Tianran tried to sow distrust between Xu Lanqing and the Snow Empress.
• Xu Lanqing confronted Xu Tianran about the assassin who had worked for him and asked about the vacant command of the Dreadclaw Soul Engineer Legion.
• Xu Tianran refused to offer that command but gave Xu Lanqing appointment letters for the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legion and an underground storage depot, along with a Storage Ring full of rare metals, then left.

Xu Lanqing prepared to leave the palace for the Sunset Forest, where he hoped to find a treasure to help his ailing father and resolve the Ice Empress’s tribulation. The Emperor assigned Zheng Zhan to protect him, then secretly withdrew the guards watching Xu Lanqing after learning that people in contact with the Third Prince were probably Evil Soul Masters.

• Xu Lanqing meditated overnight, reached Soul Power level sixteen, and shared meat congee with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress.
• Xu Lanqing told the Ice Empress they would search the Sunset Forest for the place he had mentioned, though he did not know its exact location.
• Xu Lanqing asked the Emperor for permission to seek a rare treasure that might help his illness, and the Emperor assigned Zheng Zhan to accompany him.
• After Xu Lanqing left, the Emperor learned that people associated with the Third Prince were probably Evil Soul Masters and ordered the guards secretly protecting Xu Lanqing to withdraw.
• Xu Lanqing returned from the Imperial Research Institute, told the Snow Empress the guards' departure was nothing to worry about, and said they were leaving the palace.

Xu Lanqing recruited Xu Guozhong to manage Mingdu’s underground Soul Tool warehouse, then visited Ju Zi at the academy because he missed her. The chapter ended with him sitting across from Ju Zi in the library.

• Xu Lanqing and his companions entered the Imperial City and went to Xu Guozhong’s estate.
• Xu Lanqing offered Xu Guozhong the warehouse chief administrator position, and Snow Empress’s display of power persuaded him to accept.
• Xu Lanqing visited Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy and found Ju Zi reading in the library.
• Xu Lanqing told Ju Zi he had come because he missed her and wanted to see her and hear her voice.

Xu Lanqing said goodbye to Ju Zi and gave her the Starry Night Guardian before traveling with Snow Empress and Ice Empress toward the Heaven Dou Empire. As he teased Snow Empress about his dream of giving girls a warm home, she showed concern for him despite trying to resist his charms.

• Xu Lanqing told Ju Zi that her life could be about more than revenge and gave her the Starry Night Guardian for protection.
• Ju Zi accepted the Soul Tool, thanked Xu Lanqing for saving her and her mother, and resolved to become someone worth waiting for.
• Xu Lanqing left the academy, and Ju Zi followed him, recognizing that she had fallen for him.
• Snow Empress carried Xu Lanqing toward the Heaven Dou Empire, and he asked to stop in a nearby city once they reached the border.
• Snow Empress asked Xu Lanqing about his feelings for Ju Zi, and he described his dream of giving every girl a warm home while assuring Snow Empress she was special.
• Xu Lanqing joked about having many concubines, clung to Snow Empress after she pinched his waist, and coaxed her into asking whether he was still in pain.

Xu Lanqing and his companions searched the desolate Sunset Forest while Ice Empress questioned whether the Soul Spirit Method could end the conflict between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts. Xu Lanqing promised to perfect it, and the group continued onward with Ice Empress cautiously encouraged.

• Xu Lanqing, Ice Empress, Snow Empress, Zheng Zhan, and Xiao Bai flew openly over the Sunset Forest, where Ice Empress recalled how many Soul Beasts had once lived there.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress searched the barren forest, finding almost no Soul Beasts as Ice Empress feared the Far North might eventually suffer the same fate.
• Ice Empress asked Xu Lanqing whether the Soul Spirit Method could truly resolve the conflict between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts, and he admitted it remained incomplete and dependent on Soul Beasts.
• Snow Empress said the method at least gave Soul Beasts time to adapt, while Xu Lanqing vowed to perfect it and end the conflict before he died.
• Snow Empress expressed her belief in Xu Lanqing, and Ice Empress flew ahead while doubting his promise; Xu Lanqing then pondered how to improve the method.

Xu Lanqing and his group reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where deadly miasma concealed the valley. Ice Empress froze the poisonous plants blocking their way, and the group prepared to enter.

• Xu Lanqing explained the miasma and the Jade Phosphorus Seven Absolute Flowers to Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Zheng Zhan.
• Snow Empress warned that an unknown energy at the center blocked her spiritual sense, but Xu Lanqing and the others continued toward it.
• Ice Empress froze the multicolored miasma, revealing the remains of Soul Beasts and clearing a path through the forest.
• Snow Empress identified a belt of Jade Phosphorus Seven Absolute Flowers surrounding the valley.
• Ice Empress unleashed her Domain of Eternal Freeze, encasing the forest and poisonous flowers in ice, then led the group toward the valley.

Xu Lanqing and the others reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Ice Empress demanded a book from the Aromatic Silk Beauty. The valley’s Immortal Herbs gathered their power to resist, and Ice Empress prepared to face them alone.

• Ice Empress, Snow Empress, Xu Lanqing, Zheng Zhan, and Xiao Bai entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and marveled at its plants and divided red-and-white lake.
• Xu Lanqing suggested that he and Snow Empress could build a peaceful home in the valley, but Ice Empress interrupted him and threatened him with her stinger after he teased her about joining his harem.
• Ice Empress approached the Aromatic Silk Beauty and demanded the book it guarded, refusing its warning that only Tang Sect members or allies could read it.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty rallied the valley’s Immortal Herbs, which combined the well’s energies and threatened to fight back.
• Ice Empress dismissed the gathered plants as ignorant clowns and raised her hand to confront them.

The Ice Empress faced the Plant-type Soul Beasts at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and overwhelmed them by cutting off their energy source and turning their own attack against them. The Snow Empress protected the valley’s herbs from the resulting explosion.

• Xu Lanqing worried about the Ice Empress, but the Snow Empress assured him she could handle the Plant-type Soul Beasts.
• The Plant-type Soul Beasts gathered energy from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to form the Ice Fire Poison Dragon Drill.
• The Ice Empress drew water from the Ice Spring and spread it over the Fire Spring, cutting off the beasts’ energy and weakening their drill.
• The Ice Empress froze the drill and blocked the beasts’ attacks with Ice Emperor’s Wrath.
• The Ice Empress swung the drill at the Plant-type Soul Beasts and detonated it, while the Snow Empress shielded the herbs from the blast.

Xu Lanqing obtained Tang San’s Poison Chapter and Medicine Chapter from the Aromatic Silk Beauty, while the Snow Empress collected treasures from the weakened plants. At Clear Sky Castle, two men decided to investigate the theft, and Wutong persuaded them to let her come along.

• The Ice Empress forced the Aromatic Silk Beauty to surrender the book, and the Snow Empress persuaded her to spare the plants.
• Xu Lanqing questioned the plants, learned that their last visitor had come about eight hundred years earlier, and recognized the book as Tang San’s Treasure Record.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty asked Xu Lanqing to join the Tang Sect before reading further, but backed down when the Ice Empress threatened it.
• The Snow Empress took the Heart of Aromatic Silk, Fiery Glue, and Cold Ice Rain Dew from the three plants and stored them in Xu Lanqing’s Storage Ring.
• At Clear Sky Castle, a man in white and a man in black sensed that someone had taken the book and decided to leave to repay a debt, bringing the sect’s elders as a precaution.
• Wutong asked to accompany the men, and the man in white agreed to take her.

Xu Lanqing consumed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, greatly expanded his spiritual power, and gained golden eyes, but Electrolux remained dormant. As he recovered at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the Snow Empress sensed someone hiding beyond the Seven-Colored Poisonous Miasma and challenged them to appear.

• Xu Lanqing asked the Aromatic Silk Beauty to gather Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and other spiritual-power-enhancing herbs, then consumed the Immortal Herb while the Snow Empress watched over him.
• Xu Lanqing directed most of the herb's power into Electrolux, strengthening the gray bead without awakening it, while the Ice Empress and Xiao Bai absorbed energy from the Ice Spring.
• Zheng Zhan explored the valley but avoided touching its herbs without Xu Lanqing's permission.
• After about half a day, Xu Lanqing opened his golden eyes and found his spiritual power had reached the level of a Soul King, while his Sea of Consciousness had expanded several times.
• The Snow Empress reassured Xu Lanqing that they still had time to awaken Electrolux, then detected a hidden visitor beyond the miasma and demanded they show themselves.