Ch. 161Huo Yuhao Watches the Stock Market on the Big Screen; the Ice and Snow Empresses Want Lin Ye to Break the Ice!
Chapter Summary
- Auction item revealed: The auction’s final item is an emerald-green Soul Bone with strict attribute requirements. Although these requirements appear to be drawbacks, experts recognize that they make the Soul Bone exceptionally powerful for a compatible user.
- Potential recipients: Ling Luochan immediately realizes the Soul Bone is ideal for her. She initially assumes she cannot use it, but Lin Ye reveals that the only requirement is possessing Ultimate Ice—an ability Ling acquired through Martial Soul Evolution with his help.
- Huo Yuhao’s reaction: In another VIP room, Huo Yuhao decides that he must obtain the Soul Bone because it would greatly strengthen his ice abilities. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm confirms that it suits him, though their conversation becomes comedic when the ice baboon attacks Sky Dream for insulting it. Huo Yuhao then theatrically operates the auction screen like a stock-market expert, earning a boost in “Jiahao Value.”
- Snow Empress and Ice Empress: In the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Realm, Snow Empress’s cultivation has nearly reached eight hundred thousand years, while Ice Empress is approaching five hundred thousand. They discuss asking Lin Ye to help them survive their future heavenly tribulations. Their joking reference to “breaking the ice” carries romantic implications, causing both of them to blush.
- Butterfly effect: Lin Ye realizes that the original story’s hundred-thousand-year soul beast embryo is absent because he destroyed the God-Sealing Platform, confirming that his actions have altered the timeline.
Character Developments and Interactions
- Lin Ye remains calm and perceptive, immediately identifying the Soul Bone’s true compatibility requirements. He promises to obtain it for Ling Luochan and hints that they may acquire it without paying.
- Ling Luochan shifts from intense disappointment to excitement after remembering that she possesses Ultimate Ice. Overcome with gratitude, she throws herself onto Lin Ye, showing a more openly affectionate side of her normally reserved personality.
- Ma Xiaotao pretends indifference to Ling Luochan’s affectionate display, but her restless toes suggest jealousy or emotional discomfort.
- Huo Yuhao becomes determined to win the Soul Bone and humorously imitates a professional investor while studying the auction interface.
- Ice Empress and Snow Empress grow stronger through the Mystic Ice Realm and display increasing romantic anticipation regarding Lin Ye’s future assistance.
Key Themes
- Power through compatibility: Restrictions can become advantages when a treasure is perfectly matched to its user.
- Lin Ye’s influence and changing destiny: His intervention has significantly reshaped events from the original timeline.
- Romance and rivalry: Ling Luochan’s open affection, Ma Xiaotao’s concealed jealousy, and the Ice Empresses’ shy feelings toward Lin Ye create emotional tension.
- Comedy amid high stakes: Huo Yuhao’s fake stock-market expertise and the spirits’ playful arguments lighten the atmosphere surrounding the valuable Soul Bone.
- Suspicion of the auction: The chapter ends with Lin Ye abruptly challenging the auctioneer, claiming that the Soul Bone has a problem and demanding that the transaction be stopped.