Chapter Summaries

Ye Qing absorbed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Iceberg Snow Lotus as a Spirit Ring, and the Snow Empress halted her attack after sensing his extraordinary Chaos Green Lotus. She trapped him in a Wind-Snow Prison, and Ye Qing realized she was the ruler of the Far North.

• The Snow Empress found Ye Qing where her Hundred-Thousand-Year Iceberg Snow Lotus had grown and prepared to kill him.
• The Chaos Green Lotus stopped the Snow Empress, whose bloodline trembled before its power, and she chose to question Ye Qing instead.
• Ye Qing completed his absorption of the lotus as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, awakened a ninety-petaled green lotus, and reached Soul Power Level sixty.
• The Snow Empress trapped Ye Qing in a Wind-Snow Prison, and he searched for the missing Dugu Bo.
• Ye Qing recognized the white-haired woman as the Snow Empress and asked if she was the ruler of the Far North.

Ye Qing faced Snow Empress after refining the Hundred-Thousand-Year Iceberg Snow Lotus into a Soul Ring, and his candid surrender defused her killing intent. Snow Empress offered him a chance to live if he released his Martial Soul for her to examine.

• Snow Empress questioned Ye Qing about how he had turned the Hundred-Thousand-Year Iceberg Snow Lotus into a Soul Ring, and he blamed his special Martial Soul.
• Snow Empress asked why Ye Qing was not afraid, then unleashed killing intent after he admitted he feared her.
• Ye Qing raised his hands and surrendered, explaining that resistance would only make his death more painful and begging would be pointless.
• Snow Empress found Ye Qing's response interesting and withdrew her killing intent.
• Snow Empress offered Ye Qing a chance to live if he released his Martial Soul so she could inspect the power that made her bloodline tremble.

Ye Qing revealed his nine-ring Chaos Green Lotus and its mysterious pearls to Snow Empress, who became determined to inspect the Chaos Space. After she suppressed her defenses, Ye Qing successfully pulled her inside, leaving the Wind-Snow Prison empty.

• Ye Qing showed Snow Empress his Chaos Green Lotus and its nine Soul Rings, astonishing her with his low Soul Power and two Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.
• Snow Empress probed the lotus and discovered two pearls she could not sense through, so Ye Qing identified them as the Chaos Pearl and Heavenly God Pearl.
• Ye Qing explained that the Chaos Pearl contained an independent space capable of holding living creatures, and Snow Empress volunteered to test it.
• Snow Empress first resisted the Chaos Pearl’s pull, then suppressed her Soul Power and defenses so Ye Qing could draw her into the Chaos Space.
• Snow Empress vanished, and the Wind-Snow Prison broke apart into shards of ice.

Inside the Chaos Pearl, the Snow Empress discovered that its growing chaotic world weakened her connection to the outside world and might offer a way to evade heavenly tribulations. She abandoned thoughts of capturing Ye Qing and invited him to the Far North Core Area to make a deal, leaving him baffled by the reversed turn of events.

• The Snow Empress tested the Chaos Pearl's fragile space with her power, and Ye Qing begged her to stop before it shattered.
• The Snow Empress sensed that the chaotic world weakened the heavenly tribulation pressure on her and learned from Ye Qing that the Chaos Pearl could grow with his cultivation.
• The Snow Empress realized the space might eventually shield ferocious beasts from heavenly tribulations and briefly considered imprisoning Ye Qing to make it grow.
• The Snow Empress chose to preserve Ye Qing's talent and proposed binding their interests through a deal instead.
• The Snow Empress invited Ye Qing to the Far North Core Area and promised a price he could not refuse, while Ye Qing wondered why events had gone off script.

Ye Qing agreed to Snow Empress’s proposed deal and asked her to release Dugu Bo, whom she had sealed in an iceberg. After Dugu Bo mistook Snow Empress for an enemy and attacked, Ye Qing revealed her identity and immense cultivation, leaving Dugu Bo terrified.

• Ye Qing accepted Snow Empress’s offer and asked whether Dugu Bo had survived their encounter.
• Snow Empress said she had sealed Dugu Bo in an iceberg because his poison mist polluted the Far North, then returned with Ye Qing to release him.
• Snow Empress shattered the iceberg, and Dugu Bo burst free and attacked her with his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Avatar while urging Ye Qing to flee.
• Ye Qing stopped Dugu Bo and explained that he and Snow Empress were on the same side.
• Ye Qing told Dugu Bo that Snow Empress was the ruler of the Far North and a Ferocious Beast with more than six hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Dugu Bo realized how close he had come to provoking a being who could easily kill him and trembled in fear.

Ye Qing followed Snow Empress into the Far North’s core, where the jealous Ice Empress attacked him before Snow Empress stopped her and defended him. Ice Empress was left furious and heartbroken over Snow Empress’s concern for Ye Qing.

• Dugu Bo worried about Ye Qing entering the Far North with Snow Empress, but Snow Empress refused to let him follow.
• Snow Empress led Ye Qing through the blizzard to a grand ice-crystal palace in the Far North’s core.
• Ice Empress lunged at Ye Qing, accusing him of trespassing, but Snow Empress knocked aside her attack.
• Snow Empress introduced Ye Qing as an honored guest of vital importance and warned Ice Empress not to harm him.
• Ice Empress grew jealous and distressed when Snow Empress reprimanded her for Ye Qing’s sake.

Ye Qing met with Snow Empress and learned that her planned escape from her coming tribulation depended on the hundred-thousand-year Iceberg Snow Lotus he had taken. Snow Empress admitted she had seen a new path in him, leaving their transaction unresolved.

• Snow Empress brought the calmer Ice Empress back to the main hall, where Ye Qing had brewed tea while waiting.
• Ye Qing correctly explained the Fierce Beast Tribulation, surprising both Snow Empress and Ice Empress.
• Snow Empress revealed that her seven-hundred-thousand-year tribulation would arrive in ten thousand years and that she had planned to transform using an Iceberg Snow Lotus.
• Ye Qing realized he had taken Snow Empress's life-saving snow lotus, and Ice Empress accused him of stealing Xue'er's opportunity.
• Snow Empress stopped Ice Empress from attacking Ye Qing and said that, despite his theft, she had seen a new path in him.

Ye Qing learned that his Chaos World might conceal the Snow Empress and Ice Empress from heavenly tribulations, giving them a possible path to survive. He agreed to let them reside inside it and protect him while he grew stronger.

• Ye Qing apologized to the Snow Empress for taking the Iceberg Snow Lotus she had saved for her Transformation and offered to compensate her.
• The Snow Empress explained that the Chaos World weakened the heavenly tribulation’s pressure and might eventually isolate the laws of heaven and earth.
• The Snow Empress said she and the Ice Empress would protect Ye Qing until he grew strong, provided he stayed alive and continued cultivating.
• Ye Qing realized the two Empresses could hide inside his Chaos World and emerge to save him, though he would also be under their watch.
• Ye Qing accepted the deal and promised to make his Chaos World a comfortable home for the Snow Empress and Ice Empress.

Ye Qing showed Ice Empress that his Chaos World could weaken the heavenly tribulation, then moved Snow Empress’s ice palace into it to make the barren realm more welcoming. He tested his ninth soul skill on Ice Empress and left her injured after her own attack was reflected back at her.

• Ye Qing sent Ice Empress into the Chaos World, where she sensed the heavenly tribulation’s pressure weaken and realized it could help them survive the great-limit tribulation.
• Ice Empress complained that the Chaos World was dark and barren, so Ye Qing used the Chaos Pearl to move Snow Empress’s ice palace and the surrounding glacier into it.
• Ye Qing asked Ice Empress to test his ninth soul skill, and Snow Empress told her to hold back thirty percent of her strength.
• Ice Empress struck Ye Qing with Ice Empress’s Pincer, but his Chaos Lotusheart Mirror reflected the attack’s concept and sent the force back into Ice Empress.
• Ice Empress crashed into an iceberg and spat blood, while Snow Empress explained that Ice Empress had effectively hit herself.

Ye Qing healed the Ice Empress after reflecting her attack, then explained his Chaos Physique and its ability to grant him double Soul Rings. He left the Snow Empress and Ice Empress stunned by his plan to obtain high-age Spirit Rings for all eighteen slots.

• Ye Qing activated Snow Lotus World-Purifying Light, healing the Ice Empress and purifying her hidden injuries.
• Ye Qing flattered the proud Ice Empress, while the Snow Empress noticed his nine Soul Rings and asked why he had so many at level sixty.
• Ye Qing told the Snow Empress and Ice Empress that his Chaos Physique let him gain an extra Soul Ring at every ten-level threshold.
• Ye Qing said he intended to fill his remaining Soul Ring slots with Spirit Rings of at least ten thousand years, preferably hundred-thousand-year ones.
• The Ice Empress regarded Ye Qing as an insatiable madman after hearing how many high-age Spirit Rings he wanted.

Ye Qing tried to persuade Ice Empress and Snow Empress that he needed powerful Soul Rings to advance the Chaos World, then proposed that voluntary sacrifice could offer a path to immortality. Snow Empress, shaken by his claim that sacrificed soul beasts could be restored by a god, demanded to know what he knew about the gods.

• Ice Empress accused humans of exploiting soul beasts, and Ye Qing explained how he had obtained his two Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.
• Ye Qing argued that his cultivation had to grow for the Chaos World to mature, leaving Ice Empress to realize she and Snow Empress might have to help him find future Soul Rings.
• Ye Qing proposed voluntary sacrifice as a gentler alternative to hunting, and Snow Empress questioned why he believed any Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast would agree.
• Ye Qing claimed that a sacrificed soul beast's core soul remained within its Soul Ring and Soul Bone and that a god could restore it to a body.
• Snow Empress rose and demanded to know what Ye Qing understood about becoming a god, since no gods had appeared on the Douluo Continent for ten thousand years.

Ye Qing explained divine positions and godly inheritances to the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, convincing the Snow Empress that he might one day become a god. The Snow Empress decided to travel with him and promised to help him obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring if he earned her approval.

• Ye Qing told the Snow Empress and Ice Empress that becoming a god required gaining and fusing with a divine position, which could be inherited or created.
• The Snow Empress considered Ye Qing’s unusual talents and decided that he might be able to ascend to godhood and resurrect the dead.
• The Snow Empress announced that she would remain in Ye Qing’s Chaos World and observe him in the human world.
• The Snow Empress promised to help Ye Qing hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast when he needed a Soul Ring, prompting the Ice Empress to protest.
• Ye Qing accepted the Snow Empress’s promise and vowed to grant both emperors eternal life if he became a god.
• The Snow Empress told Ye Qing to open his Chaos World so she and the Ice Empress could join him on his return to the human world.

The Snow Empress persuaded the Ice Empress that helping Ye Qing was a worthwhile investment, and Ye Qing secured their cooperation in exchange for promising future help. Ye Qing left the Far North unharmed with Dugu Bo, who learned that the Snow Empress would help him hunt high-age Soul Beasts.

• The Snow Empress convinced the Ice Empress that Ye Qing's potential made helping him a worthwhile gamble.
• Dugu Bo waited anxiously at the edge of the Far North, fearing Ye Qing had been harmed.
• Ye Qing emerged unharmed and told Dugu Bo he had reached a long-term cooperation agreement with the Snow Empress.
• Ye Qing explained that the Snow Empress would help him hunt high-age Soul Beasts in exchange for his future assistance.
• Dugu Bo accepted Ye Qing's account and left the Far North with him.

After escaping the Far North, Ye Qing and Dugu Bo reached Skywater City, where Snow Empress marveled at human civilization and Ice Empress dismissed it as weak. Ye Qing argued that human ingenuity and technology would eventually surpass Soul Beasts, leaving Snow Empress thoughtful and Ice Empress unconvinced.

• Ye Qing and Dugu Bo crossed out of the Far North, and Dugu Bo vowed never to return.
• Ye Qing and Dugu Bo traveled to Skywater City, where Dugu Bo went to sleep after bathing and recovering.
• Ye Qing explored the city while Snow Empress observed its people and reflected on the order humans had built.
• Ice Empress argued that human civilization was fragile before the strength of Soul Beasts.
• Ye Qing told Ice Empress that human intelligence and technology would ultimately surpass Soul Beasts, prompting Snow Empress to ponder his claim.

Ye Qing visited Skywater City's Great Soul Arena with the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, where they watched Shui Bing'er demonstrate the power of her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul. He recognized that her ice was dangerously violent and could injure her, but she won another match as the crowd celebrated.

• Ye Qing brought the Ice Empress and Snow Empress to Skywater City's Great Soul Arena to observe the local Soul Masters.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress condemned humans for treating fights as entertainment, while Ye Qing argued that martial strength and ambition helped humans survive.
• The arena introduced Shui Bing'er, Skywater Academy's Ice Phoenix genius, whose Martial Soul impressed Ye Qing despite its lack of Ultimate Ice.
• Ye Qing noticed that Shui Bing'er struggled to withstand her Martial Soul's violent ice and warned that it could freeze and injure her meridians.
• Shui Bing'er defeated a Berserk Bear Soul Master by freezing him inside a massive ice crystal coffin, earning the crowd's cheers.

Ye Qing watched Shui Bing'er win her match, then vanished before she and Shui Yue'er could question him. After exploring Skywater City with Snow Empress and Ice Empress, he headed for the Skywater Auction House in search of a lucky find.

• Shui Bing'er defeated a bear soul master with her Ice Seal and caught Ye Qing watching from beside Shui Yue'er.
• Shui Bing'er asked Shui Yue'er about the mysterious man, but Shui Yue'er joked that her sister had fallen for a handsome stranger.
• Ye Qing disappeared from the stands, leaving Shui Bing'er convinced he was powerful and strangely familiar.
• Ye Qing strolled through Skywater City, sampled grilled meat, and listened as Snow Empress teased Ice Empress about admiring candied hawthorn.
• Ye Qing decided to visit the Skywater Auction House to look for an unexpected bargain.

Ye Qing attended the Skywater Auction House, where Shui Bing'er recognized him as the mysterious man from the Great Soul Arena. At the auction, the Snow Empress and Ice Empress urged him to buy a rough stalactite concealing powerful ice energy, and he prepared to bid.

• Ye Qing entered the auction house in disguise while the Ice Empress and Snow Empress commented on the gathered Soul Masters.
• Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er arrived to bid on the top-grade ice-attribute Soul Bone, and Shui Bing'er recognized Ye Qing from the Great Soul Arena.
• The auction began, and Ye Qing dismissed the early items as worthless.
• The auctioneer presented a stalactite from the Far North Ice Plains that could create an ice-element mimic cultivation environment, but most attendees showed little interest.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress sensed pure extreme-cold energy hidden beneath the stalactite's impurities and told Ye Qing to buy it.

Ye Qing bought an apparently worthless stone at auction and discovered it contained Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow, a treasure that thrilled Snow Empress and Ice Empress. He learned that several similar stones might lie at the bottom of Skywater Academy’s ice lake, leaving him eager to investigate.

• Ye Qing bid three thousand Gold Soul Coins for the stone after the crowd dismissed it as junk.
• Ye Qing secretly sent the stone into Chaos Space, where Snow Empress broke its shell and revealed Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress recognized the treasure and celebrated its potential to help them face heavenly tribulations.
• Shui Yue'er told Shui Bing'er that similar icy stones lay in the academy’s lake and joked about selling them.
• Ye Qing overheard Shui Yue'er and realized the lake might contain several more sticks of Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow.

At the Skywater Auction, Ye Qing discovered that the Ten Thousand Year Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone could give him a chance to save Shui Bing'er and win her favor. The chapter left him ready to let her bid for it, knowing he could suppress its deadly Ultimate Ice during fusion.

• Ye Qing learned from Shui Yue'er that the ice stones beneath the lake behind Skywater Academy were used as ordinary footholds, but decided not to seize them by force.
• The auctioneer unveiled a Ten Thousand Year ice-attribute left arm soul bone at the auction's grand finale.
• The Ice Empress recognized the soul bone as belonging to her Ice Jade Scorpion clan and prepared to attack, but the Snow Empress calmed her.
• Ye Qing confirmed that only someone with Ultimate Ice could safely help a Soul Master fuse with the Ice Jade Scorpion bone.
• Ye Qing realized Shui Bing'er might bid for the bone despite her Ice Phoenix martial soul's insufficient purity, and planned to save her when its energy threatened her.

Shui Bing'er won a ten-thousand-year soul bone at auction, but she and Shui Yue'er were pursued by Soul Masters seeking to steal it. Cornered between the pursuers and Ye Qing, the sisters learned from him that the soul bone could kill Shui Bing'er if she tried to absorb it.

• Shui Bing'er bid one million five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone, and several groups began following her and Shui Yue'er.
• Shui Bing'er hurried Shui Yue'er toward Skywater Academy, explaining that Soul Masters were pursuing them for the soul bone.
• Ye Qing appeared at the bridge ahead, while three scarred Soul Kings cornered the sisters from behind and demanded the treasure.
• Shui Bing'er prepared to fight and asked Ye Qing whether he wanted the soul bone, but he denied it and warned that absorbing it would freeze and rupture her meridians.