Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lexuan approached Lin Yaoyang on Elder Mu’s behalf to ask about his needs, and he requested a better dormitory and access to the Golden Tree. He challenged Shrek’s promises and handling of Zhou Yi, leaving Zhang Lexuan unable to answer his criticism.

• Wang Dong, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao left Lin Yaoyang alone with Zhang Lexuan.
• Zhang Lexuan introduced herself as an Inner Court disciple and said Elder Mu had asked her to discuss Lin Yaoyang’s cultivation and views of Shrek.
• Lin Yaoyang requested a change of dormitory and permission to cultivate inside the Golden Tree.
• Zhang Lexuan explained the Golden Tree’s restrictions and suggested Elder Mu might make an exception, but Lin Yaoyang questioned Elder Mu’s motives.
• Lin Yaoyang challenged Shrek’s handling of Zhou Yi and asked whether she would continue her teaching methods in the Soul Tool Department.
• Lin Yaoyang accused Shrek of treating him like an idiot by using a possible future opportunity as a bargaining chip, and Zhang Lexuan had no reply.

Lin Yaoyang questioned Zhang Lexuan about why she had come to see him and discussed his Apollo Martial Soul and her long-standing weariness. After returning to the dorm, he reassured Wang Dong that he would not leave Shrek for now.

• Lin Yaoyang asked whether Zhang Lexuan had come because Mu En sent her or because she wanted to, and she admitted Mu En had sent her.
• Zhang Lexuan said she had wanted to see the person Mu En regarded highly, then asked Lin Yaoyang about his Apollo Martial Soul and its fire and light attributes.
• Lin Yaoyang observed that Zhang Lexuan carried the weariness of someone burdened for a long time, and she fell silent before walking him back to his dorm.
• Wang Dong pretended to be asleep when Lin Yaoyang returned, then asked what Zhang Lexuan had said and whether he planned to leave Shrek.
• Lin Yaoyang told Wang Dong he was not leaving Shrek for now.

After a semester of growing closer to Zhang Lexuan, Lin Yaoyang left Shrek with Wang Dong and Jiang Nannan. On the road home, he revealed that Wang Dong was a girl, and Jiang Nannan realized Wang Dong had feelings for him without knowing he knew her secret.

• Lin Yaoyang packed his belongings and left the dormitory with Wang Dong after his Soul Power rose from Rank 43 to Rank 45 over the semester.
• Zhang Lexuan escorted Lin Yaoyang, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan to Shrek's gates, where they said goodbye.
• Xiao Xiao departed, and Jiang Nannan took Lin Yaoyang's hand as they prepared to leave together.
• Wang Dong told Lin Yaoyang she would introduce him to her older sister next semester, then ran off in embarrassment.
• Lin Yaoyang explained to Jiang Nannan that the Light Goddess Butterfly appeared only in women, revealing that Wang Dong was a girl.
• Jiang Nannan realized Wang Dong had a crush on Lin Yaoyang and learned that Wang Dong did not know he had discovered her secret.

Lin Yaoyang returned to the Far North after the semester ended, while Huo Yuhao left Shrek Academy to journey north in search of his second Martial Soul. Lin Yaoyang reunited with Ice Empress, who brought him toward Snow Palace, where Snow Empress was waiting.

• Lin Yaoyang flew with Jiang Nannan to Lingdou City, spent the day with her and Mother Jiang, and bought pastries for Ice Empress and Snow Empress.
• Huo Yuhao left Shrek Academy after reaching Rank 20 and set off for the Far North, encouraged by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's promise of a second Martial Soul.
• On the sixth day of his journey, Lin Yaoyang reached the Far North and reunited with Ice Empress, who embraced him and accepted his gift of snacks.
• Ice Empress took Lin Yaoyang toward the Core Zone, while Snow Empress watched their approach from Snow Palace.

Lin Yaoyang reunited with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, then told them about treasures that might help them overcome their cultivation bottlenecks. The three set out to search for them after Lin Yaoyang warned A-Tai and Xiao Bai to keep outsiders away from the Extreme North Core Area.

• Lin Yaoyang returned to Snow Palace, where the Snow Empress welcomed him and he recounted parts of his semester at Shrek.
• Lin Yaoyang told the Snow Empress and Ice Empress that an Ice Extreme Divine Crystal near the Earth Dragon Sect might lead them to Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow.
• Lin Yaoyang also described the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest, and the Snow Empress promised him a request if they found treasure.
• The Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Lin Yaoyang left the Extreme North to pursue the treasures.
• Lin Yaoyang instructed A-Tai and Xiao Bai to ignore anyone entering the Extreme North Core Area until the trio returned together.

Lin Yaoyang, Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress visited the Earth Dragon Sect to investigate its Cold Spring and discovered a hidden ice cave containing forty-five pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and Ice Extreme Divine Crystals. They collected the treasures and left Dragon City, while Nan Shui-Shui was left wondering what they had found.

• Lin Yaoyang led Snow Empress and the Ice Empress to the Earth Dragon Sect, where Nan Shui-Shui agreed to take them to its Cold Spring.
• Snow Empress sensed something unusual beneath the spring and led Lin Yaoyang and the Ice Empress down to its depths.
• Snow Empress broke through a stone wall and found a hidden ice cave filled with Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow.
• The Ice Empress counted forty-five pieces, and Snow Empress stored them away before collecting the Ice Extreme Divine Crystals for Lin Yaoyang.
• Lin Yaoyang, Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress thanked Nan Shui-Shui and flew away, leaving her to wonder what the spring concealed.

Lin Yaoyang, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest and discovered that poisonous plants had isolated it. When two plant Soul Beasts tried to drive them away, Snow Empress subdued them with a single sword strike.

• Lin Yaoyang persuaded Snow Empress and Ice Empress to visit Sunset Forest to search for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Huo Yuhao struggled through the snow in the Far North as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told him to put on its shed skin.
• Snow Empress traced the poisonous mist to a valley and led the others through the Jade Phosphorus Nine Absolute Flowers surrounding it.
• The three found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and discussed its remarkable cultivation benefits and the Immortal Herbs growing nearby.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty and Infernal Delicate Apricot tried to drive the visitors away, but Snow Empress struck them with an Ice Sword and forced Aromatic Silk Beauty to beg for mercy.

Lin Yaoyang forced the Immortal Herbs in Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to provide what he wanted, persuading Infernal Delicate Apricot to sacrifice to him and taking Aromatic Silk Beauty’s pill. He left the herbs facing the threat of further demands, while Ice Empress considered which one they should eat first.

• Lin Yaoyang demanded Immortal Herbs with ice, fire, and light attributes, and Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass realized Aromatic Silk Beauty had exposed them.
• Lin Yaoyang threatened to have Snow Empress kill the Immortal Herbs unless Infernal Delicate Apricot sacrificed to him, then promised her that his Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Light could lead him to godhood.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot agreed to sacrifice, believing Lin Yaoyang and his companions might have been sent by that lord.
• Ice Empress asked how Lin Yaoyang could accept a sacrifice at rank forty-five, and he said Immortal Herbs and the sacrifice’s energy could raise his soul power.
• Lin Yaoyang demanded the Aromatic Silk Beauty Pill, and Aromatic Silk Beauty handed it over after Snow Empress silently threatened her with her ice sword.

Lin Yaoyang used the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s book to identify the valley’s Immortal Herbs, and the Snow Empress consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass to strengthen herself. After reaching level forty-nine by absorbing the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Lin Yaoyang turned to the Infernal Delicate Apricot for the final push toward level fifty.

• Lin Yaoyang made the Aromatic Silk Beauty produce a book of medicinal knowledge and learned that the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass suited the Snow Empress and Ice Empress.
• The Ice Empress yielded the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass to the Snow Empress, who absorbed its essence, collected its Soul Bone and body, and left to refine its energy and attempt a breakthrough.
• Lin Yaoyang consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum while the Ice Empress guarded him, raising his Soul Power from level forty-five to level forty-nine.
• Lin Yaoyang approached the Infernal Delicate Apricot and asked whether it was ready; when it asked if it could refuse, he said no.

Lin Yaoyang absorbed Infernal Delicate Apricot’s Blazing Glue and hundred-thousand-year sacrifice as he advanced, while Tang San was summoned to a God Realm meeting that interrupted his plans for Douluo Continent. The chapter left Lin Yaoyang absorbing the Spirit Ring and Tang San impatiently attending the dispute over expanding the God Realm.

• Infernal Delicate Apricot condensed its Blazing Glue, which Lin Yaoyang swallowed and absorbed to break through his bottleneck.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot sacrificed its body and hundred thousand years of cultivation to Lin Yaoyang, and its blood-red Spirit Ring descended around him.
• Tang San watched Douluo Continent and considered his plans for Xiao Qi before Destruction summoned him to a meeting.
• At the God Realm Committee, Destruction argued that the God Realm needed to expand because its divine positions were full.
• Tang San opposed expansion as too dangerous, and he and Destruction exchanged angry accusations until Goddess of Life intervened.
• Tang San sat through the meeting while thinking about Douluo Continent and waiting for it to end.

After absorbing the Infernal Delicate Apricot, Lin Yaoyang reached level fifty-six and gained a hundred-thousand-year fifth Soul Ring. He and Ice Empress dived beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, found the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King’s remains, and retrieved their Dragon Pearls before beginning to ascend.

• Lin Yaoyang revealed his level fifty-six cultivation and five Soul Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year fifth Soul Ring, and Ice Empress celebrated his success.
• Lin Yaoyang collected the Infernal Delicate Apricot Soul Bone and suggested exploring the depths of the spring for Dragon King relics.
• Lin Yaoyang and Ice Empress dived into the Yang Spring and Ice Spring, following their connected spiritual powers into a vast cavern beneath the water.
• Lin Yaoyang and Ice Empress found the enormous Dragon Bones of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, each with a glowing pearl between its horns.
• Lin Yaoyang took the fiery-red Dragon Pearl and Ice Empress took the icy-blue one; after finding no other relics, they began ascending.

Lin Yaoyang, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress found the Dragon Kings’ cores, gathered treasures from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and flew back toward the Extreme North. There, Huo Yuhao searched in vain for Ice Empress while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm feared she might have died in her tribulation.

• Lin Yaoyang and Ice Empress surfaced with the Dragon Kings’ cores, and Snow Empress returned after breaking through to seven hundred thousand years and restoring her origin.
• Ice Empress told Snow Empress about the Dragon Bone and Dragon Cores, then collected Immortal Herbs and spiritual medicines from the valley.
• Lin Yaoyang decided to keep the Fire Dragon King’s Dragon Core until his Soul Power stabilized, and the three left for the Extreme North.
• Huo Yuhao trudged through the frozen wasteland wearing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s discarded skin and asked how much farther they had to go to find Ice Empress.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm insisted Ice Empress could not have died, though Huo Yuhao heard panic in its voice.

Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm failed to draw out the Ice Empress, and a giant bear named Xiao Bai attacked them with a block of ice. They later found a lone Titan Snow Demon, which Sky Dream began trying to persuade into becoming Huo Yuhao’s second Martial Soul.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm simulated the Snow Empress’s aura to lure out the Ice Empress.
• Xiao Bai sensed the false aura, hurled a massive block of ice toward Huo Yuhao, and accused the intruders of tricking him.
• Huo Yuhao escaped the falling ice, and he and Sky Dream gave up searching for the Ice Empress and left the area.
• Two days later, Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream found a lone Titan Snow Demon with over ten thousand years of cultivation.
• Sky Dream bound the sleeping Titan Snow Demon with its shed skin and spent more than half a day communicating with it.

Huo Yuhao gained a second Martial Soul and a ten-thousand-year first Soul Ring before returning south, while Snow Empress, Lin Yaoyang, and Ice Empress returned to the Snow Palace. There, Snow Empress learned Xiao Bai had encountered a human with an aura like hers, and Lin Yaoyang got Xiao Bai to call him Dad in exchange for Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

• Huo Yuhao absorbed the Titan Snow Demon's sacrifice, awakened his second Martial Soul, and gained a ten-thousand-year first Soul Ring.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm helped Huo Yuhao obtain a second Soul Ring for his Spirit Eye, and Huo Yuhao headed back to Shrek Academy.
• Snow Empress, Lin Yaoyang, and Ice Empress returned to the Snow Palace, where Xiao Bai greeted Snow Empress and reported that a human with an aura like hers had entered the Core Zone.
• Snow Empress told Xiao Bai she had broken through, and Xiao Bai celebrated her achievement.
• Lin Yaoyang offered Xiao Bai Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow in exchange for calling him Dad, and Xiao Bai eagerly agreed.

Lin Yaoyang shared the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow with Xiao Bai, then watched the Snow Empress perform Snow Dance and confessed that he wanted to stay with them forever. As Lin Yaoyang carried the Snow Empress deeper into Snow Palace, the Ice Empress returned to her room and began absorbing the Ice Dragon King's Dragon Core.

• Lin Yaoyang gave Xiao Bai the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, and the Ice Empress led Xiao Bai away from the Snow Empress and Lin Yaoyang.
• The Ice Empress told Xiao Bai that the Snow Empress had found more than forty pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and that she had her own treasure.
• The Snow Empress performed Snow Dance for Lin Yaoyang, then took his hand as he told her he wanted to stay with all of them forever.
• Lin Yaoyang and the Snow Empress kissed, and Lin Yaoyang carried her deeper into Snow Palace.
• The Ice Empress returned to her room and began absorbing the Ice Dragon King's Dragon Core.

The Ice Empress absorbed the Ice Dragon King’s Dragon Core and faced her four-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation above Snow Palace. After surviving it and beginning to grow stronger, she was enveloped in a jade-green cocoon, leaving her transformation unfinished.

• The Ice Empress absorbed the Dragon Core’s pure energy until her Soul Power reached saturation and her four-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation began.
• Snow Empress and Lin Yaoyang sensed the gathering tribulation and flew out of Snow Palace to watch.
• The Ice Empress transformed into her Ice Jade Empress Scorpion form and fought off the first eight bolts of Tribulation Lightning as her shell cracked.
• The Ice Empress used the Ice Dragon King and Ice Jade Empress Scorpion bloodlines to destroy the final bolt and disperse the Tribulation Clouds.
• The Ice Empress’s shell healed as her cultivation rose beyond four hundred thousand years, then jade-green radiance enveloped her in a cocoon.

After absorbing the Ice Dragon King's Dragon Core, Ice Empress evolved into an Ice Jade Empress Dragon Scorpion and reached four hundred thousand years of cultivation. Lin Yaoyang then began absorbing the Fire Dragon King's Dragon Core, whose energy yielded to the Sun Star God within him and fused smoothly with his Soul Power.

• Ice Empress emerged from her cocoon in a new form after her bloodline evolved from absorbing the Ice Dragon King's Dragon Core.
• Ice Empress pounced toward Lin Yaoyang, but Snow Empress caught her and teased her before congratulating her on breaking through to four hundred thousand years.
• Snow Empress gave Ice Empress Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and planned a meeting to distribute the rest to Xiao Bai, A-Tai, and the other soul beasts.
• Lin Yaoyang told Ice Empress he would absorb the Fire Dragon King's Dragon Core, and she agreed to guard him.
• Lin Yaoyang began absorbing the Fire Dragon King's Dragon Core, and its energy submitted to the Sun Star God within him and fused easily with his Soul Power.

Lin Yaoyang absorbed the Fire Dragon King's Dragon Core, rose to level sixty-eight, and gained a Hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring. He then pursued his long-promised request from the Ice Empress, claiming revenge for a poke she had given him thirteen years earlier.

• Lin Yaoyang absorbed the Fire Dragon King's Dragon Core, rising from level fifty-six to level sixty and gaining a blank Soul Ring that became a Hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring.
• Lin Yaoyang revealed that his Soul Power had reached level sixty-eight, shocking the Ice Empress.
• Lin Yaoyang reminded the Ice Empress that she had poked him when they first met thirteen years earlier and called it a grievance he intended to avenge.
• Lin Yaoyang kissed the Ice Empress, and they fell onto the bed behind the curtains.

Lin Yaoyang left the Snow Palace and gave Jiang Nannan a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone after learning she had reached level forty. The two headed into the Star Dou Forest to find her fourth Soul Ring, with Lin Yaoyang noting that the Immortal Herb and Whale Rubber had strengthened her constitution.

• The Snow Empress sent Lin Yaoyang away, and the Ice Empress hugged and kissed him before he flew off.
• Lin Yaoyang arrived at Jiang Nannan's home and offered to help her obtain her fourth Soul Ring instead of relying on a Shrek Academy teacher.
• Lin Yaoyang gave Jiang Nannan a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, which she absorbed over several hours while he kept watch.
• Lin Yaoyang and Jiang Nannan left Lingdou City the next day and flew toward the Star Dou Forest.
• Lin Yaoyang and Jiang Nannan entered the forest, where he explained that the Immortal Herb and the Whale Rubber she had eaten had strengthened her body.

Lin Yaoyang helped Jiang Nannan obtain a seven-thousand-year Soul Ring and watched her awaken her fourth soul skill. A hundred-thousand-year Howling Moon Wolf King then pursued Zhang Lexuan and her injured teammates, and Zhang Lexuan stopped to hold it back while the others fled.

• Lin Yaoyang judged that Jiang Nannan could attempt a Soul Ring of around six or seven thousand years, and they found a suitable Shadow Soft Force Rabbit.
• Lin Yaoyang wounded the rabbit with the Corona Sword, and Jiang Nannan killed it and absorbed its Soul Ring.
• Jiang Nannan gained the fourth soul skill Soft Shadow Entangling Kill Style, which could restrain enemies, deflect force, and strike at close range.
• Lin Yaoyang sensed a hundred-thousand-year wolf-type soul beast approaching and told Jiang Nannan to hide before going to investigate.
• Lin Yaoyang found Zhang Lexuan fleeing with Han Ruoruo, Wu Ming, and another injured student from the Howling Moon Wolf King; eight members of their team had already fallen.
• Zhang Lexuan stopped and ordered the others to run toward the outskirts while she held the Howling Moon Wolf King back.