Chapter Summaries

Snow Empress confronted Gu Linyuan in the Extreme North and deduced that he had come from the God Realm based on his life and Destruction domains. Gu Linyuan returned to human form and asked how she had learned his secret, while Ice Empress reacted in shock.

• Gu Linyuan reflected on whether his mixed heritage made him human, a Soul Beast, or a member of the Dragon Clan.
• Snow Empress arrived, and Ice Empress transformed into human form and stood close beside her.
• Snow Empress asked Gu Linyuan if he had come from the God Realm, startling Ice Empress and revealing that she had seen through his identity.
• Gu Linyuan returned to human form and asked Snow Empress how she knew.
• Snow Empress explained that his life and Destruction domains were exceptionally powerful attributes that beings of the lower realm should not possess.

Gu Linyuan revealed that he was the son of the Goddess of Life and the God King of Destruction, shocking the Snow Empress and Ice Empress. He reassured them that he held no hostility toward Soul Beasts, leaving both women more at ease and the Ice Empress openly affectionate toward him.

• Gu Linyuan told the Snow Empress and Ice Empress that his mother was the Goddess of Life, and they reacted with shock and reverence.
• The Snow Empress deduced that Gu Linyuan's father was the God King of Destruction, and the two Empresses realized he carried the bloodlines of two Supreme Gods.
• The Ice Empress nervously apologized for nearly attacking Gu Linyuan, and he let her off without reproach.
• Gu Linyuan said he bore no ill will toward Soul Beasts and considered himself half of their kind.
• The Ice Empress warmed to Gu Linyuan and praised him, while the Snow Empress watched her unusual display of affection with surprise.

Gu Linyuan explained that he gained his dragon form after absorbing a Mountain Dragon King Torso Bone bestowed by the Silver Dragon King. Snow Empress and Ice Empress accepted him as an ally of the Soul Beasts, while Ice Empress eagerly peppered him with questions about his meeting with the Silver Dragon King.

• Ice Empress questioned Gu Linyuan about how he had gained the ability to transform into a dragon.
• Gu Linyuan said he had visited Dragon Valley, where the Silver Dragon King gave him a Mountain Dragon King Torso Bone that gradually changed his body.
• Ice Empress reacted with shock when she learned the Silver Dragon King had bestowed the soul bone on Gu Linyuan.
• Snow Empress concluded that the Silver Dragon King’s gift showed she acknowledged Gu Linyuan, and said the Soul Beasts could regard him as one of their own.
• Ice Empress excitedly questioned Gu Linyuan about the Silver Dragon King until Snow Empress told her to restrain herself.

Gu Linyuan told the Ice Empress and Snow Empress about a million-year Ice Silkworm that had grown by consuming Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow. The two Empresses offered to help him search the Extreme North in exchange for the Ice Marrow, hoping it would help them survive their future tribulations.

• Gu Linyuan enjoyed Ice-Scaled Silverfish sashimi while the Ice Empress and Snow Empress watched him.
• The Snow Empress asked why Gu Linyuan had come to the Extreme North, and he said he was searching for an Ice Silkworm.
• Gu Linyuan explained that the Ice Silkworm had reached a million years by sleeping and feeding on Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow in an ice crevice.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress realized the Ice Silkworm's resting place might still contain a great quantity of Ice Marrow.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress offered to help Gu Linyuan search for the Ice Silkworm and asked him to give them its Ice Marrow if they found it.

Titan Snow Demon King arrived at the ice palace to court Snow Empress, but Ice Empress told him that Snow Empress already liked someone. Snow Empress did not deny it, and the enraged Titan Snow Demon King began approaching the palace as its walls cracked.

• Titan Snow Demon King arrived at the ice palace with a ten-thousand-year ice flower for Snow Empress.
• Snow Empress politely refused the gift, while Ice Empress told Titan Snow Demon King that Snow Empress did not want to see him.
• Ice Empress announced that Snow Empress already had someone she liked, leaving Snow Empress blushing and Gu Linyuan stunned.
• Titan Snow Demon King erupted in fury and demanded to know who Snow Empress liked.
• Titan Snow Demon King advanced toward the palace, cracking its ice walls as Gu Linyuan sighed.

Gu Linyuan fought the Titan Snow Demon King with the Death Scepter, using precise strikes to slow the vastly stronger beast. As the Titan Snow Demon King prepared to attack again, Gu Linyuan transformed and revealed a powerful Dragon Clan bloodline.

• The Titan Snow Demon King attacked Gu Linyuan, who dodged its blows and summoned the Death Scepter.
• Gu Linyuan struck the Titan Snow Demon King's left knee and right ankle with dark-gold energy, making the beast's movements increasingly sluggish.
• Snow Empress recognized that Gu Linyuan was far weaker than the Titan Snow Demon King but was holding his own through the scepter and his battle instincts.
• Gu Linyuan transformed, growing golden scales, horns, and a dragon tail as an ancient Dragon Clan aura swept across the ice field.
• The Titan Snow Demon King froze in shock as he realized Gu Linyuan was not merely human.

Gu Linyuan ended his fight with the stronger Titan Snow Demon King when Ah Yin appeared and defeated the beast with a single blow. Ah Yin warned him not to threaten her master, while the Snow Empress and Ice Empress learned how formidable Gu Linyuan’s companion was.

• Gu Linyuan stopped fighting the Titan Snow Demon King after realizing he could not defeat him without absorbing his fifth soul ring.
• Ah Yin appeared beside Gu Linyuan, and the Ice Empress and Snow Empress sensed that her strength rivaled or surpassed theirs.
• Ah Yin struck the Titan Snow Demon King once and sent him crashing through ice pillars.
• Ah Yin warned the Titan Snow Demon King not to provoke Gu Linyuan and called him her master, stunning the Ice Empress and the beast.
• The Snow Empress remarked on Gu Linyuan’s powerful companions, while Ah Yin told the Titan Snow Demon King to leave and said the Snow Empress would be fortunate if Gu Linyuan chose her.

After the Titan Snow Demon King apologized to Snow Empress and withdrew, Ice Empress pressed Gu Linyuan to identify the woman beside him. He introduced her as Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor, who revealed that Gu Linyuan had revived her.

• The Titan Snow Demon King apologized to Snow Empress, promised not to return, and left the ice plains.
• Ice Empress asked Gu Linyuan who the powerful woman beside him was, and he smacked Ice Empress for her earlier meddling.
• Gu Linyuan identified the woman as Lan'er, originally named Ah Yin.
• Ice Empress recognized Ah Yin as the Blue Silver Emperor who had sacrificed herself for a human Soul Master.
• Ah Yin said that her master had revived her, leaving Ice Empress and Snow Empress stunned.

The Ice Empress and Snow Empress learned that Ah Yin had been revived and transformed into a being with a life attribute stronger than theirs. Fearing she would die in a future heavenly tribulation, the Ice Empress coaxed Gu Linyuan into promising to save her, leaving her delighted by his answer.

• The Ice Empress questioned how Ah Yin could have returned after her sacrifice, and Ah Yin explained that her master's mother had revived and transformed her.
• Ah Yin said her life attribute made her stronger than the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, and the Snow Empress realized the power of Gu Linyuan's divine abilities.
• The Ice Empress clung to Gu Linyuan and asked whether he would save her if she could not overcome a future heavenly tribulation.
• Gu Linyuan promised he would not stand by if she faced that danger, and the Ice Empress rejoiced that her act of cuteness had worked.

The Snow Empress felt jealous after seeing the Ice Empress receive Gu Linyuan's promise, while Ah Yin confidently claimed his attention. The Ice Empress was left fuming as Ah Yin led Gu Linyuan toward the Ice Palace.

• The Snow Empress felt jealous of the Ice Empress and imagined no longer facing heavenly tribulations alone with Gu Linyuan's help.
• The Ice Empress moved closer to Gu Linyuan, and Ah Yin linked his other arm and challenged her with a dismissive glance.
• Ah Yin leaned against Gu Linyuan as she led him toward rest, enraging the Ice Empress with her open show of familiarity.
• Gu Linyuan squeezed Ah Yin's butt, and Ah Yin accepted the touch with a deeper smile.
• The Ice Empress watched Ah Yin lead Gu Linyuan toward the Ice Palace and struggled to contain her anger.

Ice Empress told Snow Empress she wanted to leave the Extreme North and follow Gu Linyuan, believing his strength could protect them from heavenly tribulations. Snow Empress remained hesitant, while Ice Empress teased her about joining Gu Linyuan as a pair of contrasting beauties.

• Ice Empress declared that she wanted to leave the Extreme North and follow Gu Linyuan.
• Ice Empress said she resented Ah Yin's closeness to Gu Linyuan and envied the strength and protection he could offer.
• Ice Empress urged Snow Empress to leave with her, arguing they could support each other and escape heavenly tribulations.
• Snow Empress admitted she did not know what she wanted, but her silence suggested she was considering it.
• Ice Empress teased Snow Empress that human men liked both lolis and mature beauties.

Ice Empress persuaded Snow Empress that forming a bond with Gu Linyuan could help them escape the limits imposed on Soul Beasts and become Divine Beasts. Snow Empress admitted she wanted the same, leaving both women resolved to seek a future beyond the Extreme North.

• Ice Empress teased Snow Empress about blushing and suggested their contrasting appearances would make them an appealing alliance to Gu Linyuan.
• Ice Empress argued that gaining Gu Linyuan's favor could bring them status, intimacy, and perhaps a path to becoming Divine Beasts.
• Snow Empress considered how Gu Linyuan's divine lineage might offer her a chance to escape the fate of a Soul Beast.
• Ice Empress said she wanted to leave the Extreme North and become a Divine Beast, and Snow Empress admitted she wanted that too.

Gu Linyuan, Ah Yin, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress searched the Extreme North for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm by tracing powerful life auras. Ah Yin sensed the strongest concentration northwest, and the group followed her lead across the icy plains.

• Ice Empress wore a short skirt and flirted with Gu Linyuan, who remarked that she looked colder dressed that way.
• Ah Yin joined Gu Linyuan and said she could track Sky Dream Ice Silkworm by sensing life auras, especially with his Life Domain released.
• Ah Yin identified the northwest as the direction with the strongest concentration of life aura, and Snow Empress joined the group as they set out.
• Gu Linyuan spread his Life Domain while Ah Yin extended a trail of golden light and adjusted their course across the plains.
• Ice Empress watched Ah Yin guide the search and grew increasingly displeased, wishing she could earn the Goddess of Life's favor too.

Gu Linyuan found Sky Dream Ice Silkworm beneath the ice in the Extreme North, poised to break through to one million years. He and Ah Yin used their life powers to help awaken it as Ice Empress and Snow Empress guarded the area, and Gu Linyuan finally made contact with the Soul Beast.

• Ah Yin and Ice Empress argued as Snow Empress led the group deeper into the Extreme North.
• Ah Yin located a faint golden trail ending above a pulse hundreds of zhang beneath the ice.
• Gu Linyuan sensed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm nearing its million-year breakthrough and sent life energy down to reach it.
• Gu Linyuan summoned the Ancient Tree of Life and helped awaken Sky Dream Ice Silkworm while Ice Empress and Snow Empress guarded the surroundings.
• Ah Yin joined her power with Gu Linyuan's as the ice cracked and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's aura surged upward.
• Gu Linyuan felt Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's consciousness touch his perception and realized he had finally found it.

Gu Linyuan killed the newly awakened Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and took its golden soul ring. He began absorbing it in the ice cave as Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Ah Yin watched.

• Gu Linyuan and the others descended into an underground ice cave, where Ice Empress recognized the remains of a vast vein of Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm awakened and tried to flee when it sensed Ice Empress and Snow Empress, but they blocked its escape.
• Gu Linyuan told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that he needed its soul ring and killed it with the Death Scepter of Destruction.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's golden soul ring formed, and Gu Linyuan drew it onto the Scepter of Destruction.
• Gu Linyuan sat down to absorb the soul ring while Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Ah Yin watched in silence.

Gu Linyuan absorbed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s million-year soul ring as its energy reshaped his body, while Ah Yin, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress kept watch. His consciousness entered the ring’s vast spiritual realm, where his senses began expanding far beyond anything he had experienced.

• Golden motes from the soul ring entered Gu Linyuan and slowly merged into his body as he meditated.
• Ah Yin, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress confirmed that Gu Linyuan was stable and decided to stay nearby while he absorbed the ring.
• Snow Empress explained that the balanced powers of Destruction and the God of Life filtered incoming energy and eased the absorption.
• Gu Linyuan’s consciousness was drawn into a vast golden void, where he recognized the million-year ring’s spiritual power.
• Gu Linyuan extended his senses and perceived the auras of Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Ah Yin.

Gu Linyuan absorbed the immense Spiritual Power of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s million-year soul ring and learned its four soul skills. With the ring settled into his body, he prepared to test them.

• Gu Linyuan felt Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Spiritual Power merge with his consciousness and expand his perception across the Extreme North.
• Gu Linyuan discovered his first soul skill, Mental Shock, which disrupted enemies’ minds and Soul Power circulation.
• Gu Linyuan learned Dream Cocoon Prison, which trapped targets in a Spiritual Power cocoon that drained them and induced deep sleep.
• Gu Linyuan identified Eye of Annihilation as a devastating single-target attack that could inflict true damage or reflect Spiritual Power counterattacks.
• Gu Linyuan learned Spiritual Oblivion, a domain that slowed enemies’ thoughts, weakened their fighting spirit, drained their Spiritual Power, and blocked outside spiritual probing.
• Gu Linyuan let the golden soul ring merge into his body and decided to test his four new soul skills.

Gu Linyuan awakened after absorbing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s million-year Soul Ring, gaining five cultivation levels and greatly expanding his spiritual sea. He offered the remaining energy in Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s corpse to Ice Empress and Snow Empress, leaving them to divide it.

• Gu Linyuan woke and told Ah Yin that his meridians felt clear and his Soul Power circulated without obstruction.
• Ice Empress discovered that Gu Linyuan had reached level fifty-five, while he explained that the Soul Ring’s energy had expanded his spiritual sea more than tenfold.
• Snow Empress sensed that Gu Linyuan’s aura had grown at least twice as strong, and he estimated he would reach level sixty within half a year.
• Ice Empress clung to Gu Linyuan, while Snow Empress watched him and felt an urge to keep pace with him.
• Gu Linyuan offered Ice Empress and Snow Empress the remaining energy in Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s corpse, saying he only needed its Soul Ring.

Gu Linyuan gave the Ice Empress and Snow Empress Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s corpse, and both women kissed him to express their gratitude and growing feelings. The Ice Empress began dividing the corpse while the Snow Empress stayed beside Gu Linyuan as his golden soul ring continued merging with him.

• Gu Linyuan told the Ice Empress that he had no use for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s corpse and offered it to her.
• The Ice Empress kissed Gu Linyuan and called it a thank-you gift.
• Seeing the Ice Empress act, the Snow Empress kissed Gu Linyuan on the cheek and thanked him.
• The Ice Empress began cutting apart Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s body while the Snow Empress remained at Gu Linyuan’s side.
• Gu Linyuan sensed the golden soul ring continuing to merge with him and the warmth of both kisses lingering on his face.

After absorbing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s million-year soul ring, Gu Linyuan tested his new spiritual abilities against Ice Empress and overwhelmed her with a combination of control and destructive attacks. Ice Empress confessed that she liked him and asked him to take her in, saying she would even accept being a concubine.

• Ice Empress challenged Gu Linyuan to spar so she could gauge how much stronger he had become.
• Gu Linyuan used Mental Shock and Dream Cocoon Prison to disrupt and restrain Ice Empress, then struck her with Eye of Annihilation.
• Ice Empress broke free but was badly shaken by Gu Linyuan’s spiritual attacks and called off the spar before he used another skill.
• Gu Linyuan explained that Eye of Annihilation could have grown even stronger if Ice Empress had remained trapped in Dream Cocoon Prison.
• Ice Empress clung to Gu Linyuan, first demanding that he stay and care for her, then confessed her feelings and asked him to take her in, even as a concubine.