Chapter Summaries

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jing Chen and Snow Empress, guided by Snow Empress's knowledge of the Far North, locate a Blizzard Bear suitable for Jing Chen's fourth soul ring.
• They find the Blizzard Bear's snow cave, and the bear attacks them upon waking.
• Yi Yi, Jing Chen's Hundred-Thousand-Year soul beast, easily defeats the Twenty-Thousand-Year Blizzard Bear.
• Jing Chen absorbs the Blizzard Bear's soul ring inside the snow cave.

Character Developments

• Snow Empress shows her deep understanding of the Far North and its soul beasts, demonstrating her experience and knowledge.
• Jing Chen displays his patience and consideration by accommodating Snow Empress's slower pace.
• Yi Yi showcases its immense power and strength, effortlessly defeating the Blizzard Bear.

Significant Themes

• Power Dynamics: The vast difference in power between Yi Yi and the Blizzard Bear highlights the theme of power dynamics and the consequences of imbalances.
• Knowledge and Experience: Snow Empress's familiarity with the Far North underscores the value of knowledge and experience in navigating challenging environments.

Character Interactions

• Jing Chen and Snow Empress work together to locate the Blizzard Bear, showcasing a cooperative dynamic.
• Jing Chen praises Yi Yi after the battle, indicating a bond of trust and respect between them.
• Snow Empress observes Jing Chen absorbing the soul ring, displaying curiosity and interest in his abilities.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jing Chen absorbs a twenty-thousand-year Blizzard Bear Soul Ring, increasing his Soul Power by three and a half levels, reaching level forty-three.
• He and Snow Empress travel to the Ice Bear clan's habitat to find the Ice Bear King.
• They locate the Ice Bear King in a snow cave, and Snow Empress calls out to him.

Character Developments

• Jing Chen demonstrates his powerful body's ability to withstand high-energy Soul Rings, absorbing the Blizzard Bear Soul Ring without serious injury.
• Snow Empress shows her cleverness in understanding the benefits of Jing Chen's powerful body for absorbing Soul Rings.
• The Ice Bear King reveals his protective nature towards his mother, refraining from attacking when he sees humans due to sensing a familiar aura.

Significant Themes

• The strength of Jing Chen's body allows him to absorb higher-level Soul Rings, leading to a positive cycle of increased Soul Power and physical constitution.
• The Ice Bear King's protective nature towards his mother highlights the theme of family bonds.

Character Interactions

• Jing Chen and Snow Empress work together to find the Ice Bear King, with Snow Empress providing directions and Jing Chen using Yi Yi's Space Shuttle skill for transportation.
• The Ice Bear King's interaction with Snow Empress shows his affection and respect for her, while his initial hesitation in attacking humans demonstrates his caution and protectiveness.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Ice Bear King (Little White) recognizes the Snow Empress in her re-cultivated form.
• The Snow Empress explains her re-cultivation process and her plan to Little White.
• Little White agrees to join Jing Chen and the Snow Empress in the human world.
• The Snow Empress and Jing Chen leave to wait for Little White, while he gathers his clan and prepares to depart.

Character Developments

• The Snow Empress: Shows her strategic thinking by planning her re-cultivation and convincing Little White to join them.
• Little White: Proves his loyalty and devotion to the Snow Empress, agreeing to join her without hesitation.
• Jing Chen: Demonstrates his approval and satisfaction with the Snow Empress's plan and her persuasive skills.

Significant Themes

• Loyalty: Little White's unwavering loyalty to the Snow Empress.
• Trust: The Snow Empress's trust in Little White and her ability to convince him to join her plan.
• Power Dynamics: The Snow Empress's strategic planning and her ability to persuade a powerful soul beast like Little White.

Character Interactions

• Snow Empress and Little White: Their interaction showcases their strong bond and Little White's obedience to the Snow Empress.
• Jing Chen and Snow Empress: They work together, with Jing Chen showing approval and support for the Snow Empress's plan.
• Little White and Jing Chen: Though they haven't interacted much, Little White shows deference to Jing Chen, likely due to the Snow Empress's warning.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Snow Empress, Jing Chen, and the others arrive at the Ice Jade Scorpion clan's habitat, searching for Ice Empress.
• They meet Ice King, the second strongest member of the clan, who lives in an underground burrow.
• Snow Empress and Ice King discuss the disappearance of Ice Empress.

Character Developments

• Snow Empress shows concern for Ice Empress's well-being and is determined to find her.
• Ice King is surprised to see Snow Empress in human form and without a Soul Beast aura.

Significant Themes

• The importance of bloodlines among Soul Beasts and the suppression of weaker bloodlines by stronger ones.
• The consequences of re-cultivation on Soul Beasts, including the loss of their Soul Beast aura.

Character Interactions

• Little White acts as a mediator between Snow Empress and Ice King, explaining the situation to Ice King.
• Snow Empress and Ice King discuss the whereabouts of Ice Empress, showing a friendly relationship.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Snow Empress reveals her identity to the Ice King.
• The Ice King agrees to join Jing Chen's plan to rule the human world.
• They discuss the disappearance of the Ice Empress, with Jing Chen suggesting she might be cultivating with a heavenly treasure.
• The Ice King returns to her clan to stabilize it with the agreed-upon story.
• They set off to meet the Ice Crystal Turtle King.

Character Developments

• The Snow Empress shows her strategic thinking and determination in her plan.
• The Ice King demonstrates her loyalty and decisiveness in joining Jing Chen's cause.
• Jing Chen exhibits his leadership, wisdom, and ability to reassure and persuade others.

Significant Themes

• Unity and Cooperation: The soul beasts' unity is crucial for their success in the human world.
• Power and Influence: The Snow Empress's status and Jing Chen's persuasiveness allow them to rally powerful allies.
• Uncertainty and Adaptation: The Ice Empress's disappearance highlights the unpredictable nature of their journey and the need to adapt to changing circumstances.

Character Interactions

• The Snow Empress and the Ice King show mutual respect and trust.
• Jing Chen's calm and reassuring demeanor earns him the Ice King's admiration and loyalty.
• Little White's naivety and concern for the Ice Empress contrast with Jing Chen's strategic thinking.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jing Chen and his companions awaken the ancient Ice Crystal Turtle King, over two hundred thousand years old.
• The Snow Empress reveals her plan to the Ice Crystal Turtle King and requests its help.
• The Ice Crystal Turtle King initially declines due to its perceived poor health and short lifespan.

Character Developments

• The Ice Crystal Turtle King is revealed to be stronger than initially thought, with a longer lifespan than previously claimed.
• The Snow Empress demonstrates her authority and knowledge of the Ice Crystal Turtle King's condition.

Significant Themes

• The importance of unity and cooperation among soul beasts.
• The consequences of dishonesty and deceit (Ice Crystal Turtle King's attempted deception).

Character Interactions

• The Snow Empress and the Ice Crystal Turtle King: The Snow Empress exposes the Ice Crystal Turtle King's deception, pressuring it to join their cause.
• Little White and the Ice Crystal Turtle King: Little White shows anger and willingness to confront the Ice Crystal Turtle King for disrespecting the Snow Empress.
• Jing Chen and the Ice Crystal Turtle King: Jing Chen suspects the Ice Crystal Turtle King's true condition and understands its deception.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Ice Crystal Turtle King agrees to go to the human world after the Snow Empress promises to help him survive his third Heavenly Tribulation.
• Jing Chen, Qilin, asks the three ferocious beasts to follow his arrangements in the human world for the plan's success.
• Yi Yi, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, demonstrates its overwhelming strength to intimidate the other beasts into compliance.

Character Developments

• The Ice Crystal Turtle King becomes more straightforward and cooperative after receiving the Snow Empress's assurance of help.
• Jing Chen shows politeness and understanding towards the ferocious beasts' potential dissatisfaction with his leadership.
• Yi Yi displays its immense power and psychological pressure, asserting its dominance.

Significant Themes

• Strength and power dynamics among soul beasts.
• The importance of cooperation and unity for the soul beast race's goals.
• The Snow Empress's influence and leadership over other soul beasts.

Character Interactions

• The Snow Empress reassures and convinces the Ice Crystal Turtle King to join the mission.
• Jing Chen politely asks the three ferocious beasts to follow his arrangements, acknowledging their strength and importance.
• Yi Yi intimidates the other beasts into compliance, demonstrating its overwhelming power.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yi Yi demonstrates its strength to intimidate Little White, Ice King, and Ice Crystal Turtle King.
• Yi Yi uses its skill 'Evil God Wind Thunder Wave,' creating a massive Spatial Rift.
• Jing Chen uses Yi Yi's display of power to establish his authority over the ferocious beasts.

Character Developments

• Yi Yi: Proves its formidable strength and intelligence, understanding Jing Chen's intentions and acting accordingly.
• Little White, Ice King, and Ice Crystal Turtle King: Realize Yi Yi's power and begin to respect Jing Chen more.
• Jing Chen: Establishes his authority and demonstrates his understanding of the human world's intricacies.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics and respect: Yi Yi's display of strength earns respect from the other ferocious beasts, and Jing Chen uses this to establish his authority.
• Adaptation and deception: Jing Chen emphasizes the need for the ferocious beasts to adapt and deceive humans to maintain their secrecy.

Character Interactions

• Jing Chen and Yi Yi: Their mental connection allows Jing Chen to understand Yi Yi's intentions and use its strength to his advantage.
• Yi Yi and the other ferocious beasts: Yi Yi's display of power intimidates the other ferocious beasts, making them more willing to listen to Jing Chen.
• Jing Chen and the other ferocious beasts: Jing Chen uses Yi Yi's strength to establish his authority and teaches the other ferocious beasts about the human world's intricacies.

Jing Chen and Yi Yi left the Far North after arranging for Snow Empress, Jing Xiaobai, Wang Bing, and Ao Yue to gather heavenly treasures and reunite in ten days. Jing Chen entered Shrek City openly, where a city guard found his name familiar and a Soul Saint noticed his unusually young cultivation.

• Jing Chen gave Jing Xiaobai, Wang Bing, and Ao Yue human names and titles, then agreed with Snow Empress to meet again in ten days at the Far North’s land-sea border.
• Jing Chen and Yi Yi left the Far North, while Snow Empress assigned Jing Xiaobai, Wang Bing, and Ao Yue to gather heavenly treasures.
• Jing Chen and Yi Yi ate dinner, and Jing Chen told Yi Yi that it would need to switch from soul beast meat to ordinary meat.
• The next day, Yi Yi used Space Shuttle to carry Jing Chen toward Shrek City, and they traveled the final stretch in short jumps to avoid arriving somewhere dangerous.
• Jing Chen showed his identification at Shrek City’s south gate and entered, while a city guard wondered why his name sounded familiar and a Soul Saint recognized him as a very young Soul Ancestor.

Jing Chen returned to Shrek City and found Reincarnation Shop thriving, with its expanded showroom and Soul Tool Automobiles attracting customers. While waiting to meet Ma Ming, he noticed an unfamiliar Soul Emperor working at the cashier’s counter.

• A Soul Saint watched Jing Chen enter Shrek City, unaware that the apparently thirteen- or fourteen-year-old youth was actually eleven.
• Jing Chen saw a customer showing off a Soul Tool Automobile and recalled that Ma Ming’s letters said the cars were in constant short supply.
• Jing Chen arrived at Reincarnation Shop and found that it had more than doubled in size, with thirteen different display automobiles and numerous customers.
• A staff member told Jing Chen that Ma Ming had taken a major client to collect a car and would likely return soon.
• While waiting in the rest area, Jing Chen noticed an unfamiliar elderly cashier whose Soul Power seemed to place him at the Soul Emperor level.

Jing Chen returned to the Reincarnation Shop and heard Ma Ming’s report on its production, revenue, expenses, and hired Soul Masters. Ma Ming warned him that the costly Soul Emperor Wu Qiang was unruly and might rob the shop.

• Ma Ming recognized Jing Chen and brought him to the manager’s office to discuss the shop.
• Ma Ming reported that the factory had 130 trained workers producing 26 automobiles daily, all of which sold out.
• Ma Ming said the automobiles brought in 2.6 million Gold Soul Coins in daily revenue, while payroll for more than 200 employees was nearly 30,000 monthly.
• Ma Ming revealed that he paid eight hired Soul Masters 530,000 Gold Soul Coins per month, including 300,000 for the Soul Emperor Wu Qiang.
• Ma Ming warned Jing Chen that Wu Qiang ignored orders, collected payments himself, and might rob the Reincarnation Shop.

Jing Chen learned how Reincarnation Shop’s costs and Shrek City’s steep taxes cut into its profits, and decided to move the industry and take charge of the shop’s funds. He rewarded Ma Ming for his work and planned to meet the questionable employees that night.

• Jing Chen told Ma Ming to gather the employees and newly hired workers that night so he could meet them.
• Ma Ming explained that producing a car cost over ten thousand Gold Soul Coins and Shrek City charged a 25 percent tax on luxury goods.
• Jing Chen learned the shop held more than twenty-four million Gold Soul Coins and decided that moving production out of Shrek City was urgent.
• Jing Chen asked Ma Ming to transfer four million Gold Soul Coins to himself and hand over the shop’s bank card.
• Ma Ming feared Jing Chen was dismissing him, but Jing Chen reassured him and said the four million was a reward for his service.

Jing Chen rewarded Ma Ming for managing the Reincarnation Shop and discovered Wu Qiang’s suspicious interest in their conversation. After leaving the shop, Jing Chen settled into a hotel to cultivate while Shrek Academy learned he had returned to the city.

• Jing Chen offered Ma Ming a four-million-Gold-Soul-Coin reward, and Ma Ming accepted, pledging to manage the Reincarnation Shop loyally.
• Jing Chen confronted Wu Qiang outside the office and told him to serve the shop well, while secretly planning to deal with him and the other suspicious employees that night.
• Jing Chen checked into a nearby hotel and cultivated there rather than entering the Time and Space Divine Tower, so he would not risk exposing it if someone came looking for him.
• Shrek Academy learned from the city gate soldiers that Jing Chen had entered Shrek City, and Yan Shaozhe took the news personally because Jing Chen had rejected his earlier invitations.

Yan Shaozhe tracked Jing Chen down and was shocked by his rapid cultivation, white hair, and depleted vitality. Suspecting Jing Chen had used a dangerous secret technique or had ties to Evil Soul Masters, he entered Jing Chen’s room to investigate and began examining him despite Jing Chen’s refusal.

• Yan Shaozhe used Shrek Academy’s intelligence network to find Jing Chen and went to his room.
• Jing Chen recognized Yan Shaozhe, who noticed his changed appearance, rank forty-three Soul Power, and severe loss of vitality.
• Yan Shaozhe suspected Jing Chen had traded his vitality for rapid cultivation and considered whether he was connected to Evil Soul Masters.
• Yan Shaozhe entered Jing Chen’s room, questioned him about a secret technique, and examined Yi Yi while Jing Chen held her.
• Yi Yi woke and nearly attacked Yan Shaozhe, but Jing Chen restrained her and communicated with her mentally.

Yan Shaozhe examined Jing Chen, found no evil energy but sensed that he possessed a high-quality soul bone, and left after Jing Chen rejected his help and advice. Jing Chen decided to keep his distance from Shrek Academy and resumed cultivating, while Du Weilun asked Yan Shaozhe whether Jing Chen would join.

• Yan Shaozhe restrained Jing Chen and inspected his body, finding no evil energy but sensing a soul bone of at least Ten Thousand Year quality.
• Jing Chen coldly asked Yan Shaozhe to leave, and Yan Shaozhe withdrew after offering to have Shrek Academy's healing Soul Masters examine him.
• Yan Shaozhe warned Jing Chen against rushing his cultivation, but Jing Chen dismissed him and told Yi Yi that Yan Shaozhe did not deserve death, though he might lose an arm in the future.
• Jing Chen wondered whether Yan Shaozhe had noticed his Twin Martial Souls or soul bones, then chose to remain in Shrek City and continue cultivating.
• Du Weilun greeted Yan Shaozhe at Shrek Academy and asked whether Jing Chen had agreed to join.

Yan Shaozhe rejected Jing Chen as a Shrek Academy recruit but ordered the intelligence division to investigate and monitor him. Jing Chen detected two agents following him to the Reincarnation Shop, where Ma Ming and the eight Soul Masters were waiting for him.

• Yan Shaozhe told Du Weilun that Jing Chen's rapid cultivation seemed to come from drugs and secret techniques, and that Shrek Academy would not nurture him.
• Yan Shaozhe ordered the intelligence division to investigate Jing Chen's origins and keep watch over him, and Du Weilun passed on the order.
• Two Shrek Academy intelligence agents began monitoring Jing Chen near his hotel.
• Jing Chen noticed suspicious people following him and concluded that two of them were Shrek Academy agents.
• Jing Chen went to the Reincarnation Shop, where Ma Ming and the eight Soul Masters he had hired were waiting.

Jing Chen confronted Wu Qiang and the other soul masters over their suspicious behavior at the Reincarnation Shop, then used Yi Yi's energy to immobilize them when they refused to confess. He tortured one man for information, and Wu Qiang denied planning to seize the shop's assets.

• Jing Chen demanded that Wu Qiang and the others explain their backgrounds and why they had come to the Reincarnation Shop.
• Wu Qiang claimed they were independent soul masters hired by Ma Ming as guards, while Jing Chen accused them of collecting money and eavesdropping on him.
• When Wu Qiang and the others refused to cooperate, Jing Chen used Yi Yi's energy to restrain them.
• Jing Chen questioned the man at the far left about whether Wu Qiang had invited him to seize the shop's assets, then stabbed the man repeatedly when he lied.
• Wu Qiang denied planning to take the shop's assets and accused Jing Chen of trying to force a confession through torture.

Jing Chen interrogated Wu Qiang and the others about their plot against the Reincarnation Shop, using violence to force out their confessions. Wu Qiang revealed that the Yang Family had recruited him to steal the shop’s money and the Soul Power Ejection Device’s manufacturing method.

• Jing Chen stabbed He Fang and Du Yun repeatedly when they denied knowing about Wu Qiang’s plan, then knocked them unconscious.
• Zhang Lei confessed that Wu Qiang had offered him ten percent of the shop’s money to help seize its assets.
• Jing Chen severed Wu Qiang’s arms and threatened to cut off his legs unless he answered truthfully.
• Wu Qiang admitted he had contacted a Douluo Chamber of Commerce manager to help transfer the shop’s assets.
• Wu Qiang confessed that the Yang Family had promised him the shop’s money and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone in exchange for the Soul Power Ejection Device’s manufacturing method.

Jing Chen interrogated Wu Qiang about the Yang Family’s plan to steal the Soul Power Ejection Device’s manufacturing method and learned about the family’s history and influence in Shrek City. He questioned why such a prosperous family would resort to underhanded methods, leaving the reason unresolved.

• Jing Chen learned that Wu Qiang and the Yang Family planned to follow Ma Ming to discover where the Soul Power Ejection Devices were obtained, then steal their manufacturing technology.
• Wu Qiang explained that he contacted Yang Family members in person at Yang’s Business Firm and described the family’s history, industries, and strength in Shrek City.
• Jing Chen recognized the Yang Family as a likely branch of Yang Wudi’s former four great families and considered how it had prospered after leaving the Tang Sect.
• Jing Chen questioned why the successful Yang Family wanted the device’s manufacturing method, but Wu Qiang did not provide an answer.

Jing Chen forced Wu Qiang to send an urgent letter to Yang's Business Firm, then incapacitated and froze the eight men in the Reincarnation Shop before storing them in the Time and Space Divine Tower. He left the shop and headed for the South City Gate, unaware that two men were still tracking him.

• Jing Chen learned that Wu Qiang had contacted Yang Lin, a Yang Family clan elder, and made Wu Qiang dictate an urgent message for a messenger to deliver.
• A shop employee took Jing Chen's letter to Yang's Business Firm while two men watched the Reincarnation Shop from a nearby teahouse.
• Jing Chen stabbed the remaining men, knocked them unconscious, froze all eight, and stored them in the Time and Space Divine Tower.
• Jing Chen locked the Reincarnation Shop and headed toward the South City Gate as the two men continued following him.