Chapter Summaries

He Qing used the God-Sealing Platform to capture Snow Empress while she was transforming in the Far North. Kong Deming confronted him over the Level 9 Soul Tool, leaving Xu Tinglan to suspect the capture was tied to a larger scheme.

• He Qing recalled discovering the Heavenly Spirit Snow Lotus and decided to seek a Ferocious Beast transforming into human form with his custom God-Sealing Platform.
• Kong Deming and Xu Tinglan followed He Qing into the Far North after suspecting his intentions.
• He Qing found Snow Empress in her transformation state and sealed her inside the God-Sealing Platform despite her warning and resistance.
• Xu Tinglan recognized the captured Ferocious Beast as Snow Empress and wondered why the incident differed from what he remembered about the Sun Moon Empire and the Star Luo Auction House.
• Kong Deming used spatial power to appear before He Qing, took the God-Sealing Platform, and demanded to know how he had obtained it.

Xu Tinglan and Kong Deming uncovered the Star Luo Royal Family’s role in the God-Sealing Platform plot, then traveled to the Unfrozen Sea to find a suitable soul beast. After Xu Tinglan killed a Cangbei Sea Spirit Turtle, he began absorbing its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring and faced its mental backlash.

• Kong Deming used the Bright Moon Upright Heart Soul Tool to expose He Qing’s lies about his origin and the God-Sealing Platform’s source, then killed him and took his Left Leg Bone.
• Kong Deming told Xu Tinglan that soul masters were never innocent, and the two crossed the Far North to the Unfrozen Sea.
• After ten days of searching, Kong Deming found a suitable Cangbei Sea Spirit Turtle and confirmed that Xu Tinglan’s blood could absorb its blood.
• Xu Tinglan killed the wounded turtle and began absorbing its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring as its phantom attacked his will in his Sea of Consciousness.

Xu Tinglan endured the Sea Spirit Turtle’s spiritual backlash and absorbed its Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, gaining the fourth Soul Skill, Sea-Summoning Mountain-Fixing. After discussing the Snow Empress Embryo’s dangers with Kong Deming, they flew back.

• Xu Tinglan’s Mysterious Underworld Tide Technique broke through to its third level, strengthening his spiritual power and helping him wear down the Sea Spirit Turtle’s backlash.
• After six hours, Xu Tinglan absorbed the Sea Spirit Turtle’s Soul Ring and activated his fourth Soul Skill, Sea-Summoning Mountain-Fixing, which enhanced his body, negated negative conditions, and disrupted opponents’ Ten-Thousand-Year enhancement skills within its rain curtain.
• Xu Tinglan stored the Sea Spirit Turtle’s body in his storage Soul Tool and asked Kong Deming how he would handle the Soul Beast Embryo.
• Kong Deming explained that the Snow Empress Embryo’s nearly seven-hundred-thousand-year spiritual backlash would likely overwhelm anyone, then carried Xu Tinglan back using Silver Moon Sky.

After returning to Sun Moon Academy from a two-month trip, Xu Tinglan revealed that his Soul Power had reached level forty-five, stunning Xiao Hongchen. At Shrek Academy, Xu Sanshi continued enduring Ma Xiaotao’s painful forced cultivation and regretted not following his cousin’s path.

• Xu Tinglan returned to Sun Moon Academy, contacted his friends, and slept after completing the exhausting two-month journey.
• Xiao Hongchen discovered that Xu Tinglan had reached level forty-five, four levels above his own, and was shocked by the gap between them.
• Xu Tinglan explained that he had encountered a special opportunity, while Xiao Hongchen sank into disappointment over being surpassed.
• At Shrek Academy, Xu Sanshi begged Ma Xiaotao to let him rest, but she refused and continued using her flames to force him to cultivate.
• Xu Sanshi recalled how his father had sided with Ma Xiaotao and resolved to impress his cousin the next time they met.

Xu Tinglan and his classmates entered Mingyue Forest for Sun Moon Academy’s year-end wilderness trial, where they subdued an eight-hundred-year-old Unicorn and rode it. The group continued through the safe forest as Meng Hongchen angrily chased Xiao Hongchen after he teased her about riding a frog.

• Xu Tinglan, Jiang Nannan, Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Ju Zi traveled into Mingyue Forest for the academy’s competitive trial.
• Xu Tinglan used his Ink Soul Power and Black Tortoise Bloodline, with Jiang Nannan’s Gravity Control, to subdue an eight-hundred-year-old Unicorn and claim its points.
• Xu Tinglan rode the Unicorn and then brought Jiang Nannan along; he promised Meng Hongchen he would find her a mount too.
• Xiao Hongchen rode a Water Leaping Frog and teased Meng Hongchen by comparing her angry face to a toad.
• Meng Hongchen took to the air with her ice-blue wings and attacked Xiao Hongchen with her Frost Sword while the others watched and laughed.

Xu Tinglan and the others camped in Mingyue Forest, where they argued over eating river shrimp and insects before continuing their assessment. After testing his Soul Tool Armor against a four-thousand-year Jungle Tiger, Xu Tinglan sensed an unhidden burst of killing intent and ordered the group to run.

• Xu Tinglan cooked river shrimp and crabs, and Meng Hongchen tried shrimp after initially mistaking them for bugs.
• Xiao Hongchen brought over skewers of spiders and tree grubs, prompting the girls to flee and Xu Tinglan to tell him to take them away.
• The group set up camp with insect-repelling powder and warning Soul Tools, then continued deeper into Mingyue Forest the next morning.
• Xu Tinglan wore his Mountain and Sea Heaven-Bearing Soul Tool Armor and fought a four-thousand-year Jungle Tiger, gaining four thousand points.
• Xu Tinglan sensed killing intent from the northwest and shouted for the others to run.

A Werewolf Soul Emperor ambushed Xu Tinglan, but Xu and his companions trapped and defeated him with their combined Soul Skills and weapons. After the assassin died by biting his own poison sac, the group was left wondering who had sent him and why he had targeted Xu and Xiao Hongchen.

• A Werewolf Soul Emperor attacked Xu Tinglan with wolf-claw phantoms, but Xu used his Black Tortoise skills to suppress the assassin’s abilities and withstand the assault.
• Xiao Hongchen, Jiang Nannan, Meng Hongchen, and Ju Zi joined Xu, combining their attacks and debuffs to keep the Werewolf from escaping.
• The Werewolf tried to kill Xiao Hongchen, but Xu blocked his path while Xiao pierced the assassin’s abdomen with a Level Five Bombardment Cannon.
• The wounded Werewolf declared that he would not be taken alive, then bit open the poison sac in his mouth and died.
• Jiang Nannan checked Xu for injuries, while Xiao Hongchen questioned why an assassin had attacked them and Meng Hongchen called for their grandfather to investigate.

After Ju Zi revealed that she could make the assassin’s corpse speak, Xu Tinglan and Ju Zi went to the palace and joined Crown Prince Xu Tianran at the Inquisition Court. The summoned soul identified the assassin as a White Tiger Assassin, and Xu Tinglan vowed to destroy the White Tiger Legion.

• Ju Zi deduced that the assassin had targeted Xu Tinglan and Xiao Hongchen and said she knew how to make a corpse speak.
• The assassination canceled the assessment trial and prompted a thorough investigation in Mingyue Forest.
• Xu Tianran argued with the emperor over killing Xu Wei, then returned to Wenwu Palace and welcomed Ju Zi and Xu Tinglan.
• Xu Tianran took them to the Inquisition Court, where Elder Yun used Soul Summoning on the assassin’s corpse.
• The assassin’s soul identified himself as a White Tiger Assassin under the White Tiger Duke, and Xu Tinglan declared that he would destroy the White Tiger Legion.

After surviving an assassination attempt, Xu Tinglan confronted the killer’s soul and accepted Xu Tianran’s offer to become private brothers. He later told Kong Deming about the incident and learned that the crown prince’s approach was partly connected to his godfather, who urged him not to disappoint him.

• Xu Tinglan mocked the assassin’s claims of justice, and Xu Tianran condemned the Star Luo Empire for its history of aggression against Sun Moon.
• Xu Tianran promised to improve security in Ming Capital, invited Xu Tinglan to address him as a brother, and Xu Tinglan accepted.
• After the meal, Xu Tinglan met Kong Deming, who took him to the Zero Experimental Zone.
• Xu Tinglan recounted the assassination and Xu Tianran’s offer, and Kong Deming said the crown prince had approached him partly to befriend Kong Deming.
• Kong Deming placed a Ninth-Grade Soul Tool on the table and told Xu Tinglan not to let him down.

Xu Tinglan completed harsh training under Kong Deming and returned to Sun Moon Academy, where he encountered an icy, silver-haired girl and watched Xiao Hongchen make a humiliating attempt to impress her. The girl left after rejecting Xiao Hongchen, who declared himself heartbroken.

• Kong Deming gave Xu Tinglan the Class 9 Soul Tool Moon God Radiance and asked him to help unite the continent and use Soul Tools to reach beyond Douluo Planet.
• During the holiday, Kong Deming made Xu Tinglan witness hundreds of executions and serve as an executioner, helping him overcome his reaction to death.
• Xu Tinglan returned to Sun Moon Academy and decided not to interfere in Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er's troubles with the Duke's Mansion.
• A silver-haired girl asked Xu Tinglan how to use a Sun Moon card, but he rebuked her for her rude manner and left.
• Xiao Hongchen rushed to defend the girl and introduced himself, but she told him he disgusted her and walked away.
• Xiao Hongchen told Xu Tinglan he was heartbroken, and Xu Tinglan mocked him for acting like a lovesick fool despite never having been in love.

Xu Tinglan advanced his forging to First Grade Thousand Forging and resolved to attempt Spirit Forging before the Continental Youth Tournament. At class, Meng Hongchen told Jiang Nannan about a student whose Light Flash Rabbit soul skill had only made them glow, while Xu Tinglan recalled that Jiang Nannan had gained Teleportation from hers.

• Xiao Hongchen left the cafeteria to ask his grandfather about the beautiful girl, after Xu Tinglan suggested a family-related excuse.
• Xu Tinglan went to the Experimental Zone and achieved First Grade Thousand Forging with Yin Attribute metal.
• Xu Tinglan rested after forging and resolved to attempt Spirit Forging within two years, before the Continental Youth Tournament.
• The next morning, Xu Tinglan met Meng Hongchen in class and learned she had come to share a story with Jiang Nannan.
• Meng Hongchen told Jiang Nannan about a student whose third Soul Ring skill, obtained from a Light Flash Rabbit, only made them glow.

Jiang Nannan’s Teleportation skill sparked a wave of Flash Rabbit hunts at Sun Moon Academy, while Xu Tinglan learned that the new silver-haired student might be Kong Deming’s descendant. The girl ended the chapter looking north and vowing to find the Ice Empress.

• Students hunted Flash Rabbits hoping to gain Teleportation, but received the mostly useless Flash skill, prompting the academy to ban the hunts.
• A student revealed that Flash could accelerate plant growth, then discovered that his own skill made him glow and fled the classroom.
• Xiao Hongchen asked Xu Tinglan to learn the new girl’s name and background, and Xu Tinglan eventually contacted Xuan Ziwen for information.
• Xuan Ziwen said the teacher had asked him to enroll the girl and speculated that she might be the teacher’s descendant, leading Xu Tinglan to connect her silver hair and black card to Kong Deming.
• The silver-haired girl sat beneath the stars and vowed to find the Ice Empress, reflecting on her deal with the Lord of the Northern Territory.

At Sun Moon Academy’s month-end assessment, Xu Tinglan recognized his opponent Xuedi as the Snow Empress and realized her Ultimate Ice and Snow was far beyond an ordinary martial soul. He left the stage in favor of Zi Mu, who had claimed he was not afraid, and the match continued with him facing the Snow Empress.

• Xu Tinglan heard that his assessment opponent was Xuedi and recognized the girl he had met in the cafeteria.
• Xuedi demonstrated her powerful ice-and-snow ability, forcing Xu Tinglan to retreat and put on his Soul Tool Armor.
• Xu Tinglan realized Xuedi was the Snow Empress, the Lord of the Far North, and chose not to fight her.
• Zi Mu claimed he was not a coward, and the referee agreed to let him take Xu Tinglan’s place.
• Xu Tinglan stepped off the platform and warned Zi Mu with a line about a brave man departing, while Zi Mu prepared to face Xuedi.

Xuedi defeated Zi Mu instantly and then fought Xu Tinglan, whose defenses let him withstand several attacks before she declared his defeat inevitable. Xu Tinglan left the arena impressed by her strength, while Xiao Hongchen revealed that the Southern King's Heir had been killed.

• Xuedi froze Zi Mu with a single snowflake, then melted the ice and left him unconscious.
• Xu Tinglan returned to the arena and exchanged greetings with Xuedi before challenging her.
• Xu Tinglan used his Soul Skills and Black Tortoise Shield to block Xuedi's palm while enduring the extreme cold.
• Xuedi told Xu Tinglan that continuing the fight would inevitably lead to his defeat, and he accepted the gap between them.
• Xiao Hongchen told Xu Tinglan that the Southern King's Heir had been killed and said Xuedi was too terrifying to pursue.

Xu Tinglan and Xiao Hongchen rushed to Sun Moon Square, where Xu Jing attacked a girl and battled Director Lin Jiayi. Xu Tinglan used the crown prince’s Soul Signal Cannon to stop Xu Jing, who then challenged him over his sister’s death.

• Xu Tinglan and Xiao Hongchen heard that Marquis Xu Jing had brought his personal troops to Sun Moon Academy and hurried to Sun Moon Square.
• Xu Jing demanded that Lin Jiayi stand aside, then charged at the girl, who calmly continued eating ice cream.
• Lin Jiayi blocked Xu Jing with his Invincible Barrier while Xu Jing’s nineteen armored soldiers held back the academy’s teachers.
• Xu Tinglan contacted Xu Tianran and received instructions to activate the Soul Signal Cannon.
• As Xu Jing broke through Lin Jiayi’s defenses, Xu Tinglan fired the signal cannon and called for him to spare Lin Jiayi.
• Xu Jing stopped at the crown prince’s signal and asked Xu Tinglan what he would choose if his younger sister had died begging him to act.

Xu Tinglan used the Ninth-Grade Soul Tool Moon God Radiance to withstand Xu Jing’s attack and teleport himself and the Snow Empress to the Sun Mountain Range. There, the Snow Empress explained that she had killed a man who tried to assault her, while Kong Deming revealed that most of the events had unfolded according to his plan.

• Xu Jing charged at Xu Tinglan with the Red Refining Spear, and Xu Tinglan activated Moon God Radiance to dissolve the attack.
• Xu Tinglan grabbed the Snow Empress and teleported them away, while Xu Jing realized Kong Deming had warned others not to harm his disciple.
• Kong Deming watched the escape from above and admitted that most of the events had gone according to his plan.
• In the Sun Mountain Range, Xu Tinglan asked the Snow Empress why Xu Jing had targeted her, and she said she had frozen a man’s tongue after he tried to touch her.
• The Snow Empress complained about her troubles in the human world, then shared ice cream with Xu Tinglan as he decided not to return to Sun Moon Academy yet.

Xu Tinglan persuaded Snow Empress to merge with Ice Empress, believing their union could improve their chances of becoming gods, and agreed to travel with her to the Far North. The next morning, he left camp ready to begin the journey, still unsure whether the danger near Sun Moon Academy had passed.

• Snow Empress agreed to teach Xu Tinglan the Emperor Sword in exchange for his help understanding the human world.
• Snow Empress asked whether Ice Spirit Snow Lotuses still existed, and Xu Tinglan warned her to guard important information and learned she wanted Ice Empress to take human form.
• Snow Empress showed Xu Tinglan the single-use Ninth-Grade Soul Tool that Kong Deming had given her for protection.
• Xu Tinglan proposed that Ice Empress merge with Snow Empress to become Ultimate Ice and Snow, and Snow Empress agreed to seek Ice Empress in the Far North.
• Snow Empress refused to involve Kong Deming and told Xu Tinglan to keep the merger secret, then agreed to set off with him the next morning.
• Xu Tinglan woke at sunrise and prepared to leave, uncertain whether the danger near Sun Moon Academy remained.

Xu Tinglan and Snow Empress traveled to the Far North, where Ice Empress sacrificed herself and fused with Snow Empress. The fusion drew Electrolux’s remnant soul into Xu Tinglan’s Sea of Consciousness, leaving him thrilled by his unexpected new teacher.

• Xu Tinglan and Snow Empress flew northeast for seven days before reaching the Far North.
• Snow Empress reunited with Ice Empress and explained how she had become human and formed a pact with Xu Tinglan.
• Ice Empress agreed to merge with Snow Empress, sacrificing her spiritual origin and soul as Snow Empress’s cultivation rose.
• The sacrificial fusion drew down a strange divine force, and Electrolux’s remnant soul rushed into Xu Tinglan’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Xu Tinglan realized Electrolux had attached himself to him and celebrated his good fortune.

After the Snow Empress completed her fusion with Xu Tinglan, they returned to Sun Moon Academy, where Jiang Nannan welcomed him back. As Xu Tinglan prepared for the Continental Youth Spirit Master Tournament, Xu Nan reflected on Xu Jing’s execution and the danger of challenging the Imperial City’s power.

• The Snow Empress revealed that her four Soul Rings were all hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings after her fusion with Xu Tinglan.
• Xu Tinglan learned from Jiang Nannan that Xu Jing had been executed by flaying after breaking into Sun Moon Academy.
• Xu Tinglan returned to the academy, where Jiang Nannan checked that he was unharmed and leaned against him in relief.
• Xu Tinglan reunited with his adoptive father and planned to prepare for the Continental Youth Spirit Master Tournament and visit Star Luo City.
• At the Southern Marquis Mansion, Xu Nan dismissed Xu Jing as foolish for failing to understand how dangerous the Imperial City was.

Huo Yuhao traveled into the Far North with Tian Meng’s help to seek an Ice Jade Scorpion martial soul, while Tian Meng’s search for Ice Empress ended in a frightening encounter and a much weaker substitute. Meanwhile, Xu Tinglan and the others trained at Sun Moon Academy ahead of the Continental Youth Soul Master Tournament.

• Tian Meng urged Huo Yuhao to seek Ice Empress’s power, and Huo Yuhao reaffirmed his loyalty to the Soul Tool Department and his resolve against the White Tiger Duke and his son.
• Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng reached the Far North’s Core Area, but Ice Empress did not answer Tian Meng’s repeated calls.
• A seventy-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion chased them, and Tian Meng helped Huo Yuhao escape before concluding that Ice Empress had died under a heavenly tribulation.
• Tian Meng said Huo Yuhao would need a hundred-year Ice Jade Scorpion, but after searching for half a month they found an injured seven-hundred-year one.
• Huo Yuhao killed the injured Ice Jade Scorpion and began absorbing its Soul Ring for his second martial soul.
• At Sun Moon Academy, Xu Tinglan, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen reached Soul King rank, while Jiang Nannan advanced to Soul Ancestor and gained Invincible Golden Body.