Recaps

Xu Qing was matched against Juzi, who had hoped to avoid fighting but entered the arena after learning he was also a food-type soul master. Juzi's barrage of explosive oranges failed to harm Xu Qing, and he reached her carrying two cups of iced orange juice.

• Xu Qing warned Ye Guyi that she could not casually leave the Ordinary Alliance, but the match announcement interrupted their conversation.
• Keke woke Juzi and persuaded her to fight by telling her that Xu Qing was a food-type soul master too.
• Juzi recognized Xu Qing as the student who had defeated Ghost Nana and regretted being matched against him.
• Juzi attacked Xu Qing with orange-shaped Class 4 Soul Tool bombs, but he dodged them and froze their circuits with Ultimate Ice Soul Power.
• Juzi gave up resisting and angrily bit an orange as Xu Qing walked up to her unharmed with two cups of iced orange juice.

Xu Qing received a bye in the afternoon selection match while Xiao Hongchen prepared to face him by revealing his Ring Fusion and absorbing a powerful head soul bone. The chapter ended with Xu Qing asking the Ice Empress about the essence energy she had accumulated.

• Juzi took Xu Qing's iced orange juice and stormed off to settle things with Keke.
• Xu Qing learned he had drawn a bye, then spent time with Angel after lunch.
• Xiao Hongchen replayed Xu Qing's matches, revealed his rank-fifty-six strength and Ring Fusion, and showed the Crimson Gold Crown formed from his newly absorbed head soul bone.
• Meng Hongchen studied the head soul bones prepared for her and her brother alongside the box Xu Qing had given her.
• The Ice Empress teased Xu Qing after seeing him return with the girl next door, then landed beside him when he asked about her accumulated essence energy.

Xu Qing revealed that he was a Rank 55 assault-type Battle Soul King, shocking Xiao Hongchen and the crowd before their match began. Xiao summoned his Three-Legged Golden Toad and assembled 361 Class 6 Soul Tools, then injected himself with Nine Dragon Power and activated his Crimson Gold Crown, gaining unlimited Soul Power for four minutes and eleven seconds.

• Xu Qing announced his Rank 55 assault-type Battle Soul King status, stunning Xiao Hongchen and the spectators.
• Xiao revealed that he was a Rank 56 Battle Soul King and Class 6 Soul Engineer, then summoned his Three-Legged Golden Toad to resist Xu Qing's extreme cold.
• Xiao used his first and third soul skills to create a floating array of 361 cannon barrels for overwhelming suppressive fire.
• Xiao drained his Soul Power and injected himself with more than ten Nine Dragon Power injectors, ignoring every safety protocol.
• Xiao activated his Crimson Gold Crown, which granted him unlimited Soul Power for four minutes and eleven seconds at the cost of his next twelve months of cultivation.

Xiao Hongchen unleashed his remaining strength in a desperate barrage against Xu Qing, who countered with extreme cold and an ice halberd. As Xiao gathered his surviving Soul Tools into a massive sphere of energy, Xu Qing summoned a blizzard, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Xiao Hongchen merged with his Three-Legged Golden Toad and fired all 361 Soul Tools at Xu Qing.
• Xu Qing used Frost to freeze most of the Soul Tools, but one modified beam grazed him before his healing took effect.
• Xiao Hongchen used Gold Boiling and Gold Sacrifice to strengthen his weapons and intensified his assault, while Xu Qing forged an ice halberd and destroyed Gatlings as he advanced.
• Xiao Hongchen endured his failing body, then fused his remaining Gatlings into a huge golden sphere of energy.
• Xu Qing praised Xiao Hongchen's Soul Engineer skill, and Xiao launched the sphere at him.
• Xu Qing answered by summoning a devastating blizzard.

Xu Qing overcame Xiao Hongchen’s amplified Blizzard attack, but let Xiao finish his final move before catching him as he collapsed. Xiao’s East Wind shell detonated behind Xu Qing, and the crowd declared Xu Qing the champion.

• Xu Qing unleashed his Blizzard against Xiao Hongchen’s golden pillar, destroying it and striking the protective barrier.
• Xiao Hongchen remained standing and asked Xu Qing for a minute to prepare one last attack; Xu Qing agreed.
• Xiao Hongchen forged and launched a Level 6 Ultimate Series Soul Guidance Shell called East Wind.
• Xiao Hongchen’s body gave out as the Crimson Gold Crown faded, and Xu Qing caught him.
• A blinding explosion flared behind Xu Qing as the crowd shouted that Brother Xu was the champion.

Xu Qing treated Xiao Hongchen after the tournament, then received Jing Hongchen’s Class 9 Soul Tool, Red Dust Protection, as a reward. He set out by carriage with the Ice Empress and Ye Guyi, whose shaky driving left the Ice Empress carsick.

• Xu Qing stabilized Xiao Hongchen with surgery and medicine, and Jing Hongchen thanked him for being there.
• Xu Qing told Jing Hongchen he would return to his sect for seclusion and received the defensive Class 9 Soul Tool Red Dust Protection.
• Xu Qing explained that the Snow Empress had been sealed by a Class 9 Soul Tool, and the Ice Empress calmly accepted the news.
• Xu Qing carried the Ice Empress back to pack for their trip, then they departed by carriage with Ye Guyi as the coachman.
• Ye Guyi drove erratically, leaving the Ice Empress carsick until the carriage reached the end of Ye Guyi’s route.

Xu Qing and the Ice Empress traveled to the Earth Dragon Sect to find the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Cave, sneaking beneath its cold spring to reach the hidden cavern. They began harvesting Ice Extreme Divine Crystals, with the Ice Empress eager to get to the Mystic Ice Marrow next.

• Meng Hongchen returned to the empty villa and felt lonely, then remembered Xu Qing's words and felt happy.
• Xu Qing fed the carriage-sick Ice Empress Mystic Ice Marrow and told her the cave was beneath a cold spring at the Earth Dragon Sect in Dragon City.
• Xu Qing and the Ice Empress flew across the Jingyang Mountain Range and used Elder Yi's help to conceal their auras while sneaking into the sect.
• The Ice Empress bumped her head beneath the cold spring, where Nan Qiuqiu had been dropping watermelons in to chill them.
• Xu Qing entered the underground cavern and found the Ice Empress easily removing Ice Extreme Divine Crystals from the walls.
• The Ice Empress told Xu Qing to help gather the crystals and said she would give some to Meng Hongchen before collecting the Mystic Ice Marrow.

Xu Qing entered the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Cave with the Ice Empress and began using its marrow to evolve his Mystic Ice Marrow martial soul. As the first five stalks ran out, ten more appeared, and the transformation continued.

• The Ice Empress led Xu Qing into the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Cave and revealed its pure Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Marrow.
• The Ice Empress urged Xu Qing to consume all the marrow in hopes that his martial soul would evolve beyond the Ten-Thousand-Year level.
• Xu Qing began evolving his Mystic Ice Marrow martial soul while the Ice Empress kept watch.
• Xu Qing drew energy from five stalks of Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Marrow, and his martial soul began to transform.
• When the first five stalks were exhausted, ten more stalks appeared before Xu Qing.

Xu Qing completed his Mystic Ice Marrow martial soul evolution and spent twenty days using the marrow to nurture his Ultimate Ice Soul Core Prototype. He awoke with extraordinary control over ice energy and demonstrated a new ability to the Ice Empress.

• Xu Qing absorbed the energy of ten stalks of Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Marrow, completing his martial soul evolution and raising his Soul Power to level sixty.
• Xu Qing began using six more stalks of Mystic Ice Marrow to nurture his Ultimate Ice Soul Core Prototype, leaving the Ice Empress to watch over him.
• Over the next twenty days, Xu Qing absorbed all six stalks while the bored Ice Empress waited beside him.
• The Ice Empress approached Xu Qing to check on his Lower Dantian, but he woke and caught her touching him.
• Xu Qing showed the Ice Empress that he could gather the cave's ice energy into a silver-blue vortex and fuse his five Soul Rings into a flowing halo in his palm.

Xu Qing created Mystic Ice Marrow rivaling the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Marrow and fed some to the Ice Empress, whose sealed power began reacting violently. After collecting the remaining marrow, Xu Qing carried her away while undoing the seal on her cultivation.

• Xu Qing condensed his ultimate Soul Power into Mystic Ice Marrow and shaped it into a popsicle for the Ice Empress.
• The Ice Empress bit into the Mystic Ice Marrow, became overwhelmed by its energy, and clung to Xu Qing before he helped her down.
• Elder Yi told Xu Qing he had perfected a method to undo the seal restricting the Ice Empress's cultivation and sent him the procedure.
• Xu Qing gathered the remaining twenty-four pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Marrow and prepared to leave the cave with the Ice Empress.
• The Mystic Ice Marrow's energy surged toward the Ice Empress's sealed Soul Core, so Xu Qing picked her up, began undoing the seal, and vanished with her.

Xu Qing broke the seal binding the Ice Empress, restoring her to her peak just as a heavenly tribulation began. He was forced out of the danger zone, while the Ice Empress fought the lightning and Xiao Bai resolved to confront Xu Qing.

• Xu Qing destroyed the golden seal inside the Ice Empress, releasing her full power and triggering her heavenly tribulation.
• Xu Qing used Red Dust Protection to shield them from the first lightning strike, but the barrier cracked and drained much of his Soul Power.
• The Ice Empress pushed Xu Qing beyond the tribulation's range and faced the remaining lightning with her Ice Emperor Bodyguard.
• Xiao Bai watched from a distance, recalled that A-Tai had taken the Titan Snow Demon elites away, and decided to clear Xu Qing from the Ice Empress's path.

Xu Qing fed Xiao Bai Mystic Ice Marrow while the Ice Empress completed her tribulation, then Xiao Bai mistook Xu Qing for a threat and charged him. The Ice Empress protected Xu Qing and asked after A-Tai, whose whereabouts remained unknown.

• Xu Qing condensed Mystic Ice Marrow and fed it to the wary Xiao Bai while the Ice Empress endured her lightning tribulation.
• Xiao Bai grew curious about Xu Qing, then charged him to capture him and obtain more of the delicious treat.
• The Ice Empress struck Xiao Bai away and stood in front of Xu Qing, having successfully passed her tribulation.
• Xiao Bai shrank to a smaller form, congratulated the Ice Empress, and asked where his mother, Xue'er, was.
• The Ice Empress told Xiao Bai that Xue'er was in seclusion, then searched for A-Tai and found no trace of him nearby.

Xu Qing and the Ice Empress traveled with Xiao Bai to her home in the Far North while planning to make more Mystic Ice Marrow and recover after their breakthroughs. They reached her ice cave, where the Ice Empress claimed authority over their shared living space and Xu Qing set up a tent to stabilize his cultivation.

• Xiao Bai told Xu Qing and the Ice Empress that A-Tai and the Titan Snow Demons’ awakened members had left, and Xu Qing proposed making Mystic Ice Marrow in the Far North.
• Xu Qing and the Ice Empress held hands while their Soul Cores reacted strangely, and Xiao Bai mistook them for a couple before the Ice Empress hit him with an ice ball.
• Xiao Bai carried Xu Qing and the Ice Empress across the snowy plain to the Ice Empress’s cave.
• The Ice Empress divided the cave with an ice wall and demanded Mystic Ice Marrow as rent, but Xu Qing broke the wall apart and began setting up a tent.
• Xu Qing pushed the Ice Empress’s face aside and asked her to give him room to stabilize his cultivation.

Xu Qing and the Ice Empress accidentally fused their Soul Power, wrecking her home and transferring a large portion of her strength into him. Xu Qing channeled the power through his Self Martial Soul and unleashed a devastating Ice Jade Empress Scorpion attack before nearly collapsing.

• When Xu Qing and the Ice Empress touched, their Soul Power fused and surged into Xu Qing, destroying the Ice Empress’s home.
• Xu Qing and the Ice Empress flew high into the sky, where the fused Soul Power continued pouring into Xu Qing.
• Xu Qing separated from the Ice Empress and released his Self Martial Soul to absorb and control the rampaging power.
• Xu Qing gained an Ice Jade Empress Scorpion pattern on his right arm and reached a state of oneness with heaven and man.
• Xu Qing activated his first Soul Skill, Go All Out, and punched out a massive Ice Jade Empress Scorpion phantom that split the clouds.
• After the attack scattered the clouds and sunlight reached the Far North, Xu Qing’s consciousness blurred and he nearly collapsed.

Xu Qing woke after three days unconscious and found that his Soul Core had changed after his Soul Power intertwined with the Ice Empress's. They discussed the mysterious ability that had formed between them, but the Ice Empress could not explain it and suggested such fusion usually required deep soul compatibility.

• Xu Qing woke after three days and sensed bright green veins mixed into his ice-blue Soul Core, though he found no other problem.
• The Ice Empress complained that Xu Qing had ignored her, then accepted Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Marrow and popsicles he produced.
• Xu Qing asked why a fusion skill had formed between them, and an awkward moment left both of them embarrassed.
• The Ice Empress said her Soul Core had not changed and explained that fusion skills normally required mutual understanding and soul resonance.
• The Ice Empress said she had never heard of a fusion skill between a human and a soul beast, and suggested that such a bond usually involved feelings.

Xu Qing discussed his Soul Power fusion with the Ice Empress, but she misread his words and struck him unconscious before realizing she had regained her full-strength state. In Xu Qing’s Sea of Consciousness, Elder Yi explained that their fusion was a natural result of their shared Ultimate Ice energy.

• Xu Qing reasoned that his bond with the Ice Empress was not a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while the Ice Empress mistook his words for a proposal and warned him not to turn around.
• Xu Qing began telling the Ice Empress to pay more attention to wearing underwear, and she knocked him unconscious before noticing her restored strength and clothing.
• The Ice Empress vented in the snow, gave Xiao Bai Mystic Ice Marrow, and punched him away when he called Xu Qing her future uncle-in-law.
• Xu Qing played Gomoku with Elder Yi in his Sea of Consciousness and asked why his Soul Power had fused with the Ice Empress’s.
• Elder Yi explained that their shared Ultimate Ice, the Ice Empress’s consumption of Mystic Ice Marrow, and the power behind her breakthrough made their Soul Power fusion natural.

Xu Qing had Elder Yi make three Soul Tools from Ice Extreme Divine Crystal, then spent a month clashing and growing closer with the Ice Empress while nurturing the Titan Snow Demon. The Snow Demon began breaking through to 190,000 years, and the Ice Empress wondered whether Xu Qing was a soul beast transformed from Mystic Ice Marrow.

• Xu Qing asked Elder Yi to make a sword for Ye Guyi and dual swords for Xiao Meng from Ice Extreme Divine Crystal.
• A month passed as Xu Qing and the Ice Empress continued to bicker and adjust to each other.
• The Ice Empress followed Xu Qing to feed the Titan Snow Demon, stole Mystic Ice Marrow, and bit his arm.
• Xu Qing called the Ice Empress adorable, and she thanked him before calling him adorable in return.
• The Titan Snow Demon began a breakthrough after reaching 190,000 years of cultivation.
• The Ice Empress asked whether Xu Qing might be a soul beast transformed from Mystic Ice Marrow who had lost his memories.

Xu Qing obtained a soul ring and soul skills by accepting the Titan Snow Demon's sacrifice, while the Ice Empress became eager to eat after his ice affinity increased. The chapter ended with her pinning him against an ice wall to get closer to his delicious scent.

• The Titan Snow Demon awoke, thanked Xu Qing and the Ice Empress for its sudden growth, and agreed to sacrifice itself after the Ice Empress promised him a future as a god and offered her own sacrifice.
• Xu Qing completed the sacrifice and gained a one-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year right arm bone, which he chose not to absorb.
• Xu Qing's six soul rings appeared as his Soul Power reached level sixty-four, and he learned that his sixth ring tripled his Soul Power and recovery speed while granting extreme ice-attribute affinity.
• The Ice Empress heard about Xu Qing's new soul skill, decided he smelled even more delicious, and flew him away from the cavern to eat.
• The Ice Empress pinned Xu Qing against an ice wall, raised herself on a step of ice, and told him he smelled good.

Xu Qing teased the Ice Empress while making and sharing Mystic Ice Marrow, as the two continued cultivating in the Far North. The chapter also showed Ye Guyi receiving a sword from Xu Qing and Meng Hongchen sparring with Xiao Hongchen, while Xu Qing reflected on the rapid progress of his companions.

• Xu Qing called the Ice Empress an old lady, teased her with a Mystic Ice Marrow popsicle, then fed it to her.
• Ye Guyi received a package from the idle Lord Xu and found a blue-green longsword inside.
• Meng Hongchen used two Class 7 Soul Tools to beat Xiao Hongchen in a sparring match, and he learned Xu Qing had once defeated Ji Juechen as a Soul Ancestor.
• Xu Qing rode on Xiao Bai through the Far North Core Area and gave him a piece of Mystic Ice Marrow.
• Xu Qing noted that Xiao Bai had reached 290,000 years of cultivation and the Ice Empress had reached 500,000 years, while she prepared for her Heavenly Tribulation.

Xu Qing helped Xiao Bai prepare for his heavenly tribulation, and Xiao Bai broke through from two hundred thousand years to three hundred thousand years, earning the title Polar Bear King. The chapter ended with Xiao Bai calling Xu Qing his uncle and the Ice Empress getting embarrassed and angry.

• Xu Qing gave Xiao Bai Mystic Ice Marrow and said the energy should help him break through the final barrier.
• The Ice Empress arrived as Xiao Bai’s heavenly tribulation gathered, but Xiao Bai refused her offer of more Mystic Ice Marrow and faced the tribulation alone.
• Xiao Bai endured the lightning strikes and counterattacked with an ice-blue beam that tore a hole through the tribulation cloud.
• Xiao Bai broke through to three hundred thousand years and became the Polar Bear King.
• Xiao Bai rushed to Xu Qing and the Ice Empress, thanked Xu Qing, and began to offer himself to him before Xu Qing stopped him.
• The Ice Empress scolded Xiao Bai, embarrassed that he listened to Xu Qing but not to her.

Xu Qing returned with Xiao Bai and discovered the Ice Empress was embarrassed by their teasing, while Elder Yi came back from delivering gifts and investigating locations Xu Qing had named. Xu Qing forced his way into the Ice Empress’s home after she tried to tell him they could no longer live together, and she accepted a taste of his popsicle.

• Xiao Bai refused to continue home, and the Ice Empress hurried away from Xu Qing with her ears and neck flushed.
• Elder Yi returned after delivering Xu Qing’s gifts and reported that he had investigated the locations Xu Qing requested.
• Elder Yi showed Xu Qing a map marking the locations of several treasured places, and Xu Qing memorized them.
• The Ice Empress told Xu Qing through her closed door that they could no longer live together, but Xu Qing kicked the door open and entered.
• Xu Qing offered the Ice Empress a popsicle, and she finally agreed to have a little.

Xu Qing recognized that excessive Mystic Ice Marrow made the Ice Empress clingy, so he limited her intake and promised to help rescue the Snow Empress once she reached five hundred thousand years of cultivation. A month later, the Ice Empress survived her tribulation with Mystic Ice Marrow’s help, but her dependence still made her seek closeness to Xu Qing.

• Xu Qing concluded that Mystic Ice Marrow caused the Ice Empress’s clinginess and told her he would help rescue the Snow Empress after she broke through five hundred thousand years.
• The Ice Empress trusted Xu Qing’s plan, and he reduced her allowance to one Mystic Ice Marrow popsicle every two days.
• During a month of cultivation, Xu Qing teased the Ice Empress and refused Xiao Bai’s attempts to get unlimited Mystic Ice Marrow by calling him uncle-in-law or dad.
• The Ice Empress swallowed Mystic Ice Marrow candy beans and destroyed the lightning during her tribulation.
• After the tribulation, the Ice Empress again tried to get closer to Xu Qing, while Xiao Bai watched their increasingly intimate behavior.

Xu Qing and the Ice Empress left the Far North and arrived in Star Luo City, where they checked into the last available room at the Yellow Rose Hotel. As Xu Qing bathed, the Ice Empress denied listening to him through the bathroom door.

• The Ice Empress told Xiao Bai that the Mystic Ice Marrow in his cave would sustain his cultivation and instructed him to pass her message to A-Tai if he appeared.
• Several days later, Xu Qing and the Ice Empress reached Star Luo City late at night and found only the Yellow Rose Hotel open.
• The Ice Empress requested one room, leading the front-desk worker to misread the pair's relationship and situation.
• In their top-floor suite, Xu Qing questioned why the Ice Empress had booked one room, and she explained that it was the only room left.
• Xu Qing went to bathe, and the Ice Empress watched the frosted bathroom door before denying that she had been listening.

Xu Qing and the Ice Empress shared a hotel room, where their teasing over bathing and sleeping ended with her kicking him onto the floor. The next morning, the Ice Empress was flustered when she noticed Xu Qing’s ordinary morning physiological reaction.

• The Ice Empress worried that Xu Qing might peek at her while she bathed, while Xu Qing scanned the hotel and found its top floor empty.
• Xu Qing reviewed Elder Yi’s map of the God Sealing Platform and explained why he had not sent Elder Yi to retrieve it.
• Xu Qing ordered the Ice Empress to bathe, then pulled away her blanket when she refused.
• The Ice Empress drew a line down the bed, changed her mind after Xu Qing teased her, and kicked him onto the floor.
• The next morning, the Ice Empress approached Xu Qing as he woke, noticed his morning physiological reaction, and hurried away in embarrassment.

Xu Qing teased the Ice Empress until she admitted she was not ready to take their relationship further, then kissed her and bit her tongue. The Ice Empress unleashed her five hundred thousand years of cultivation against him, while Xu Qing protected the floor and stood his ground.

• Xu Qing teased the embarrassed Ice Empress about their relationship, and she grew flustered as he approached her.
• The Ice Empress began to cry and asked Xu Qing not to force her and to take things slowly.
• Xu Qing realized the Ice Empress had fallen for him, and she slapped him while accusing him of taking advantage of her.
• Xu Qing kissed the Ice Empress and bit her tongue, then joked about her tasting like meat buns.
• The Ice Empress unleashed the pressure of her five hundred thousand years of cultivation on Xu Qing, who spread his spiritual power across the floor to protect it.