Chapter Summaries

Qin Yue left Shrek Academy for urgent personal business, declining Ning Tian and Wu Feng’s invitation to visit the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. He parted from them at the school gates after promising to visit during the next academy break.

• Qin Yue reassured Mu Jin that he was healthy and teased her before leaving the classroom.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng walked with Qin Yue toward the school gates in a subdued mood.
• Ning Tian invited Qin Yue to visit the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and Wu Feng added that her grandfather wanted to thank him for the Dragon Extreme Pill.
• Qin Yue explained that urgent personal business prevented him from going with them and promised to visit the sect during the next academy break.
• Qin Yue said farewell to Ning Tian and Wu Feng and disappeared into the crowd beyond Shrek’s gates.

Qin Yue traveled north toward the Far North with Scarlet King as his escort, while Huo Yuhao also set out for the region with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. Sky Dream revealed that the journey was meant to awaken Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice Martial Soul.

• Qin Yue met Scarlet King in a mountain forest and persuaded the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff to carry him north.
• Electrolux recognized that Scarlet King’s apparent anger was only a protest, and Scarlet King let Qin Yue climb onto his back.
• Scarlet King raced north with Qin Yue toward the Far North.
• Huo Yuhao saw off Wang Dong and began traveling alone toward the Far North with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Sky Dream told Huo Yuhao that the journey would awaken an Ultimate Ice Martial Soul to strengthen his offensive ability.

Huo Yuhao traveled north toward the Far North to seek an Ice Jade Scorpion for his second Martial Soul, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm worried that the Ice Empress had grown too powerful to persuade. Qin Yue reached Dragon City and entered the Earth Dragon Sect to arrange a deal that could help convince the Ice Empress.

• Huo Yuhao recalled Qin Yue’s strength and continued north, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm fretted that the Ice Empress might have crossed her Four Hundred Thousand Year Tribulation.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm considered capturing another Ice Jade Scorpion if it could not persuade the Ice Empress to become Huo Yuhao’s second Martial Soul.
• Qin Yue traveled swiftly with Scarlet King and arrived near Dragon City ahead of schedule.
• Qin Yue entered Dragon City and made his way to the Earth Dragon Sect, avoiding unnecessary attention from the city’s defenses.
• Qin Yue introduced himself to the Earth Dragon Sect guards and requested a meeting with Sect Master Nan to discuss a business deal.

Qin Yue visited the Earth Dragon Sect to trade for its ice-elemental ore, invoking the name of the Prison Sea Douluo to establish his standing. When he revealed that his grandfather was Qin Haichuan, Nan Shuishui recognized the Qin Clan and began recounting an old grievance, leaving Qin Yue to learn how the Ascending Dragon Pill had ruined her ambitions.

• Qin Yue entered the Earth Dragon Sect and caught the attention of its female disciples before meeting Nan Shuishui and her daughter, Nan Qiuqiu.
• Qin Yue said he had learned about the sect’s rare ice-elemental ore from the Prison Sea Douluo, making Nan Shuishui wary of his background.
• Nan Shuishui indicated she would sell the ore for the right price, and Qin Yue offered an Ascending Dragon Pill as a bargaining chip.
• Nan Shuishui realized Qin Yue belonged to the Qin Clan and asked whether Qin Haichuan had become a Title Douluo; Qin Yue confirmed it.
• Nan Shuishui recalled her ambition to surpass the Heavenly Dragon Sect and blamed Qin Haichuan and the Ascending Dragon Pill for destroying it.

Nan Shuishui recalled how Qin Haichuan traded Ascending Dragon Pills with the Heavenly Dragon Sect, leading Qin Yue to negotiate for the Earth Dragon Sect’s ice-attribute mineral vein. The two reached a deal for two pills in exchange for the sect relocating, and Qin Yue left confident the bargain would cost his clan little.

• Nan Shuishui recounted secretly witnessing Qin Haichuan meet Old Heavenly Dragon and discuss a deal involving Ascending Dragon Pills.
• Nan Shuishui discovered that Yu Longyuan’s sudden rise in cultivation followed Qin Haichuan’s meeting and learned that Ascending Dragon Pills had formed the core of the payment.
• Qin Yue asked for the entire mineral vein beneath the Earth Dragon Sect, and Nan Shuishui considered the value of surrendering the sect’s ancestral treasure.
• Qin Yue offered two Ascending Dragon Pills as his final price, warning that the Qin Clan could instead cooperate with the Heavenly Dragon Sect.
• Nan Shuishui agreed to relocate the Earth Dragon Sect once she received the two pills, and Qin Yue promised to bring them on his next visit.

Qin Yue went to inspect the Earth Dragon Sect’s ice-attributed mineral vein beneath a dangerous Cold Spring, using a fragment infused with the Scarlet King’s Soul Power to protect himself. As Qin Yue descended, Nan Shuishui turned her attention to disciplining Nan Qiuqiu.

• Nan Shuishui led Qin Yue and Nan Qiuqiu through her flower garden to the well containing the Cold Spring and explained that the mineral vein lay beneath it.
• Qin Yue reassured Nan Shuishui that he would inspect only the upper depths, then opened a small black box and revealed a Broken Tooth Fragment radiating heat.
• Nan Shuishui sensed the fragment’s immense Soul Power and stopped worrying about Qin Yue’s safety, while Nan Qiuqiu excitedly circled him.
• Qin Yue plunged into the Cold Spring, and the fragment warmed the water, sending white vapor billowing above the well.
• Nan Shuishui grabbed Nan Qiuqiu’s cheek and asked her to recall how her mother usually taught her.

Qin Yue entered the Earth Dragon Sect’s hidden cave beneath the cold spring and collected seven Ice Extreme Divine Crystals with Electrolux’s help. He left without searching for the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow, deciding to wait until he had made an agreement with the Ice Empress.

• Qin Yue used Scarlet King Broken Tooth to pull the hidden mechanism and opened the cave entrance beneath the spring.
• Qin Yue entered the cave and prepared to cut Ice Extreme Divine Crystals from the ice wall with Life Gold.
• Electrolux stopped Qin Yue and used the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife to separate seven Ice Extreme Divine Crystals from the wall.
• Qin Yue admired Electrolux’s technique, collected all seven crystals, and left the cave.
• Qin Yue decided to wait for an agreement with the Ice Empress before looking for the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

Nan Shuishui teased Nan Qiuqiu about her interest in Qin Yue and warned her about competing for his attention. Qin Yue returned safely from the well, shared an Ice Extreme Divine Crystal with Nan Qiuqiu, and promised to bring the Ascending Dragon Pill later to complete their trade.

• Nan Qiuqiu worried about Qin Yue in the well, and Nan Shuishui confronted her about her feelings for him.
• Nan Shuishui told Nan Qiuqiu she could pursue Qin Yue if she accepted the consequences, then warned that many women would rival her.
• Qin Yue emerged safely from the well and said the Ice Cave beneath the spring had yielded a satisfying harvest.
• Qin Yue promised Nan Shuishui an Ascending Dragon Pill later and gave her a small Ice Extreme Divine Crystal.
• Nan Qiuqiu accepted the crystal as a memento and promised to keep it safe.

Qin Yue and the Scarlet King reached the Far North, where the Titan Snow Demon King ambushed them and fought the Scarlet King. The Scarlet King’s blazing attack temporarily overwhelmed the Titan Snow Demon King, but after the Scarlet King fell back, A-Tai charged in again as Qin Yue rushed up from underground.

• Qin Yue explained why he had taken three hours before climbing onto the Scarlet King's back and heading for the Far North.
• The Scarlet King attacked an iceberg near the Core Zone, revealing the Titan Snow Demon King lying in ambush.
• Qin Yue warned the Scarlet King not to make enemies before retreating underground to watch their battle.
• The Titan Snow Demon King struck at the Scarlet King with an enormous icicle, but the Scarlet King dodged and set him ablaze with a fireball.
• The Scarlet King transformed into a blazing sun that scorched the surrounding ice, then dispersed it and landed in a bedraggled state.
• A-Tai turned back and charged at the Scarlet King, while Qin Yue smashed through the ice above him and rushed to the surface.

Qin Yue met Ice Empress in the Far North and offered her a chance to survive her four-hundred-thousand-year Heaven Tribulation in exchange for ten years of protection. Ice Empress suspected he possessed Ten Thousand Year Cold Ice Marrow and eagerly pressed toward him, leaving the deal poised for negotiation.

• The blizzard intensified as Scarlet King stared into the storm, and jade-green radiance spread across the Far North.
• Ice Empress asked why Scarlet King had come, and Qin Yue explained that he had invited him to negotiate a deal.
• Ice Empress appeared before Qin Yue and connected with him through spiritual power to discuss his offer.
• Qin Yue offered Ice Empress an opportunity to survive her next Heaven Tribulation in exchange for ten years of wholehearted protection.
• Ice Empress recognized the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal but said it would not help her survive the tribulation.
• Qin Yue implied he had Ten Thousand Year Cold Ice Marrow, and Ice Empress surged toward him before Scarlet King stopped her.

Qin Yue negotiated a ten-year protection pact with Ice Empress, promising her Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow in exchange for her help surviving her next Heavenly Tribulation. After both swore binding oaths to the Plane Will, Scarlet King and the Titan Snow Demon King left, while Qin Yue stayed with Ice Empress.

• Ice Empress demanded proof that Qin Yue would provide the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow, and Scarlet King prepared to flee if she attacked.
• Qin Yue proposed using oaths to the Plane Will as a fair guarantee for both sides.
• Ice Empress swore to protect Qin Yue for ten years or cripple her cultivation and face a million-year Heavenly Tribulation.
• Qin Yue swore to provide enough Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow within ten years or suffer the destruction of his Martial Soul and death beneath the Heavenly Tribulation.
• Qin Yue inspected Ice Empress and asked whether other Ice Jade Scorpions were as beautiful as her; Ice Empress said her transformed life form surpassed them.
• Scarlet King returned toward the Star Dou Forest, while the Titan Snow Demon King headed deeper into the Core Zone.

Qin Yue learned that Ice Empress was ready to undergo her Heavenly Tribulation and promised her the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow. She carried him out of the Far North and disguised herself as a human so they could enter Dragon City together.

• Ice Empress said she could summon her Heavenly Tribulation as soon as she received the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow, and Qin Yue urged her to attempt it soon.
• Ice Empress wrapped Qin Yue in her tail, carried him on her back, and flew after Scarlet King's lingering aura to the edge of the Far North.
• Qin Yue told Ice Empress that they needed to enter Dragon City and asked her to conceal her aura from the Title Douluo inside.
• Ice Empress transformed into a little girl, then adjusted her glowing skin at Qin Yue's request and agreed to avoid exposing her true form.
• Qin Yue gave Ice Empress the human identity Qin Yubing and explained the name's reference to the saying about a summer insect and ice.

Qin Yue and Ice Empress found the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow deep inside the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave, but Qin Yue sensed that it concealed a danger. As they prepared to leave, a fading presence within the marrow spoke to them.

• Qin Yue and Ice Empress descended through the Ice Spring and entered a hidden, intensely cold cave.
• Qin Yue used the golden power in his eyes to inspect the cave and identify the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow among its ice pillars.
• Qin Yue sensed the marrow's shifting fortune and asked whether the cave already had an owner.
• Qin Yue and Ice Empress began backing out, but the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife trembled and a voice from the marrow lamented that it could no longer endure.

Qin Yue learned that the Ice-Bound Remnant Soul was the Ancient Ice God, who had fallen in the Dragon God War after siding with the God Realm. After Qin Yue told him that the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings were dead, the Ancient Ice God offered to help the Ice Empress, and she agreed to extend her oath to Qin Yue for the rest of his life.

• Qin Yue asked whether the Ice-Bound Remnant Soul had fallen in the Dragon God War, and the remnant confirmed that it had.
• The Ice-Bound Remnant Soul said the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings had ambushed him after he chose the God Realm's side.
• Qin Yue told the remnant that the Dragon God had lost and the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings had died on Douluo Planet.
• The Ice Empress recognized the remnant as the Ancient Ice God and mourned his fall.
• The Ancient Ice God offered to help the Ice Empress because she carried his bloodline and Qin Yue had eased his lingering resentment.
• Qin Yue asked the Ice Empress to revise their oath to last for the rest of his life, and she agreed.

The Ancient Ice God’s Remnant Soul used its remaining power and the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow to rebuild Ice Empress’s foundation, remove the poison in her bloodline, and elevate her Ultimate Ice. When Ice Empress’s cultivation breakthrough made her Heavenly Tribulation imminent, Qin Yue sent her back to the Far North, while the marrow housing the Remnant Soul began to crack.

• The Ice-Bound Remnant Soul transformed Ice Empress, turning her body crystalline blue and leaving nine golden patterns across her form.
• Qin Yue concluded that the Ancient Ice God had placed its broken Divine Position and Godhead within Ice Empress as an unusual God Trial.
• The Remnant Soul revealed that it had rebuilt Ice Empress’s foundation, removed the poison from her bloodline, and raised her Ultimate Ice to its pinnacle.
• Ice Empress warned Qin Yue that her breakthrough had made her unable to suppress her Heavenly Tribulation much longer.
• Qin Yue told Ice Empress to return to the Far North and undergo the tribulation away from Dragon City, and she agreed.
• After Ice Empress left, Qin Yue found cracks spreading through the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow as murky liquid seeped out.

The Ice God's Remnant Soul recounted how he had shaped the Far North and asked Qin Yue to preserve it. Before disappearing, he used the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrows to form a vast array that would sustain the Far North, leaving its future in Qin Yue's hands.

• The Ice God's Remnant Soul told Qin Yue how he had expanded the Far North, become the Ice God, and established its climate.
• The Ice God asked Qin Yue to preserve the Far North, and Qin Yue promised to help protect his companion's homeland.
• The Ice God's Remnant Soul carried Qin Yue above Dragon City to look upon the Far North one last time, unleashing energy that alarmed powerful figures across the continent.
• The Ice God's Remnant Soul used the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrows to connect the Far North's earth veins and create a vast formation for ice-element Soul Beasts and Soul Masters.
• The Ice God's Remnant Soul dissipated after entrusting the Far North's future to Qin Yue.

The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life sent the Thunder God Trial to Douluo Planet after sensing the Ice God's death and a young man's connection to both fallen gods. In the God Realm, Tang San worried about the new trial while Xiao Wu grieved over her daughter’s sealed memories, and the Elemental Deities reflected on the Ice God’s fall and the possibility of a new companion.

• The Goddess of Life urged the God of Destruction to pass the Thunder God Trial to the young man connected to the Ice God and Thunder God, and he agreed to offer him the Destruction God Position as well if a suitable inheritor appeared.
• A meteor carrying the Thunder God Trial fell from the God Realm toward Douluo Planet, and Tang San inspected it before deciding to be more cautious about the planet.
• Xiao Wu visited Tang San to watch Wang Dong, who had returned to the Clear Sky Sect, and asked whether Tang Wutong could regain her memories; Tang San said he would release the seal after she reached Title rank.
• The Fire God and Water God stopped their fight after sensing the Ice God's fall, while the other Elemental Deities discussed the Thunder God Trial and the prospect of a new companion.

Qin Yue honored the Ice God's remnant soul, then was carried by its lingering aurora to witness Ice Empress overcome her Four Hundred Thousand Year Tribulation. Ice Empress swore to follow and protect Qin Yue for life, and emerged stronger than ever.

• Qin Yue realized the Ice God's remnant soul had helped him understand the difference between a divine soul and Spirit Consciousness before it vanished.
• Qin Yue began falling toward Dragon City, but a lingering blue aurora stopped him and carried him toward Ice Empress's tribulation.
• Ice Empress warned Qin Yue to stay away while she endured the invisible, razor-sharp Wind Tribulation.
• Qin Yue watched from a safe distance as the tribulation's violent winds tore through the ice plains for five hours before subsiding.
• Ice Empress swore to follow and protect Qin Yue for life, then showed him the four markings on her tail that represented her new four hundred thousand years of cultivation.

After Ice Empress completed her breakthrough, she showed Qin Yue her new domain and explained its immense power and limits. As they left the Far North, Ice Empress grew unsettled by her growing closeness to Qin Yue, while he explained why he had hoped she would undergo her tribulation near surviving plants.

• Qin Yue saw that the Heavenly Tribulation had carved a deep valley into the Far North and softened the ice beneath him.
• Ice Empress activated her new Winter Desolation domain, which made the area equivalent to the Far North but drained her Soul Power enough to limit its use to fifteen minutes normally or thirty minutes in a desperate fight.
• Qin Yue asked whether Ice Empress could shrink, and she said her current size and human form could not change much without further cultivation.
• As Ice Empress carried Qin Yue away, she wondered whether her growing comfort with him was love, then hid her confusion by saying she felt uneasy about leaving the Far North.
• Ice Empress asked why Qin Yue wanted her to find surviving plants before her tribulation, and he explained that they could help produce a Heavenly Spirit Fruit, though the Wind Tribulation had destroyed all nearby plants.

Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm searched the Far North for the Ice Empress, whom the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm hoped would become Huo Yuhao’s Second Martial Soul. They discovered that she had survived her Heaven Tribulation, but could not locate her or the Snow Empress.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao that the Ice Empress was his intended Second Martial Soul and explained why he had brought him to the Far North.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm revealed that he had sensed divine power and feared the Ice Empress had challenged her Heaven Tribulation and died.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm detected something northwest, and Huo Yuhao hurried to a battered valley.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm discovered that the Ice Empress had survived her tribulation and told Huo Yuhao to hide from her.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm searched for the Ice Empress and the Snow Empress but could find neither.