Chapter Summaries

On the day of his Martial Soul Awakening, Xue Chen manifested a powerful blue dragon Martial Soul whose bloodline suppressed the Far North’s kings. Snow Empress ruled out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, leaving the Martial Soul’s identity unknown.

• Snow Empress began Xue Chen’s Martial Soul Awakening while Ice Empress and Xiao Bai encouraged him.
• A dragon-shaped pattern and blue lightning appeared on Xue Chen, and his roar made Ice Empress and Xiao Bai feel their bloodlines being suppressed.
• Blue thunder gathered behind Xue Chen and formed a colossal dragon shadow infused with both lightning and extreme cold.
• Ice Empress wondered whether the Martial Soul was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, but Snow Empress said its bloodline and power surpassed that Martial Soul and left its identity unexplained.

During his Martial Soul awakening, Xue Chen discovered that he possessed a second Martial Soul: a lightning-forged spear. After summoning the spear in physical form, he left the ceremony with the Snow Empress quietly wondering about his complicated identity and extraordinary future.

• Xue Chen sensed something awakening in his left hand after the Thunder Dragon Emperor appeared in his right.
• Xue Chen told the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Xiao Bai that he felt another Martial Soul stirring.
• The Snow Empress guided Soul Power into Xue Chen's left hand, and a lightning spear began to form as a fierce storm gathered outside.
• Xue Chen and the others confirmed that he had Twin Martial Souls, and the Snow Empress noted that both held powerful lightning attributes.
• Xue Chen summoned the spear in physical form and swung it with ease, prompting the Ice Empress to predict he would shake the continent.
• The Snow Empress watched Xue Chen with relief and considered that his identity might be more complicated than he knew.

Xue Chen named his twin Martial Souls Thunder Dragon Emperor and Radiant Thunder Dragon Spear, then discovered he had Innate Level 20 Soul Power. Ice Empress returned from investigating the strange lightning and urgently warned Snow Empress that something was wrong with the Far North.

• Xue Chen named his twin Martial Souls Thunder Dragon Emperor and Radiant Thunder Dragon Spear as lightning struck Ice Crystal Palace.
• Ice Empress left the palace to investigate the unnatural storm while Snow Empress tested Xue Chen's Soul Power.
• Xue Chen's test produced brilliant golden light, and Snow Empress identified his Soul Power as Innate Level 20.
• Xue Chen wondered about his origins and divine-level potential, then celebrated his powerful Martial Souls and Soul Power.
• Ice Empress returned in a rush and told Snow Empress that something was wrong with the Far North.

A vast heavenly tribulation covered the Far North, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress traced its gathering clouds to the sky above the Ice Crystal Palace. They could not identify its target before a thunder dragon plunged toward the palace.

• The Snow Empress ordered Xue Chen to remain inside the palace with Xiao Bai while she and the Ice Empress went to investigate.
• The Ice Empress reported that the storm stretched across the Far North, and the Snow Empress recognized that it was no ordinary weather phenomenon.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress searched the surrounding ice fields but found no enemy or apparent source for the upheaval.
• The clouds gathered into a huge black vortex above the Ice Crystal Palace, and the two Empresses identified it as a heavenly tribulation.
• The Ice Empress asked whether the tribulation belonged to the Snow Empress or another Soul Beast, but neither could find its target.
• A blue thunder dragon formed from the vortex and crashed toward the roof of the Ice Crystal Palace.

A thunder dragon struck the Ice Crystal Palace, but Xiao Bai shielded Xue Chen as he sensed an uncanny affinity with the lightning. The thunder then flowed into Xue Chen and was absorbed by his two Thunder Martial Souls, leaving Snow Empress and Ice Empress alarmed as even the scattered lightning rushed into him.

• Snow Empress and Ice Empress tried to intercept the thunder dragon, but it smashed through the Ice Crystal Palace’s dome.
• Xiao Bai reverted to its Titan Snow Demon Bear form, blocked the thunder dragon with its paw, and shielded Xue Chen.
• Xue Chen felt that the thunder was familiar and connected to his newly awakened Thunder Dragon Emperor Martial Soul and Radiant Thunder Dragon Spear.
• The thunder dragon lost its hostility and streamed into Xue Chen, whose two Thunder Martial Souls began absorbing its energy.
• Xiao Bai failed to drive the lightning away, and Snow Empress and Ice Empress rushed into the palace.
• Snow Empress struck the thunder dragon’s remains, but the scattered lightning turned toward Xue Chen and poured into the cocoon around him.

Snow Empress discovered that Xue Chen was absorbing the first tribulation lightning, which was strengthening his body and stirring something sealed within him. When a more powerful second thunderbolt began to form, she went out to confront it while Ice Empress and Xiao Bai guarded Xue Chen.

• Snow Empress found that her Soul Power could not interfere with the lightning around Xue Chen and sensed that his vitality and Bloodline Power were growing.
• Snow Empress told Ice Empress and Xiao Bai that Xue Chen was absorbing the tribulation lightning and becoming stronger.
• Xue Chen felt the lightning surging through his body and battering an invisible barrier around something sealed within him.
• Snow Empress sensed a more powerful second thunderbolt forming and ordered Ice Empress to watch over Xue Chen.
• Snow Empress burst through the damaged roof and faced the purple-gold lightning vortex as Ice Empress and Xiao Bai guarded Xue Chen.

Snow Empress shattered the second thunder dragon with her Emperor Palm, but its lightning flowed into Xue Chen and confirmed the tribulation was meant to empower him. As he absorbed it, Xue Chen discovered eighteen ancient seals buried deep within him and began to suspect they were tied to his unknown origins.

• Snow Empress used Emperor Palm: Great Cold Without Snow to destroy the second thunder dragon.
• The shattered lightning streamed into the Ice Crystal Palace and joined the energy Xue Chen was absorbing.
• Snow Empress realized the heavenly tribulation was a baptism and gift intended for Xue Chen.
• Xue Chen probed the source of a strange sensation and discovered eighteen interlocking seals deep within his body.
• Xue Chen dismissed the idea that Snow Empress had sealed him and wondered whether his biological parents or another being had done it before abandoning him.

Xue Chen discovered that the lightning tribulation’s power could help him break the first seal inside his body, though the first two strikes did not break it. With Snow Empress’s help, he rose to face the third strike and was engulfed by its lightning, which transformed into gentle thunderous power that resonated with his Martial Souls.

• Snow Empress sensed an unfamiliar fluctuation tied to Xue Chen’s Life Core but could not identify its source.
• Xue Chen set aside his questions about the seal and absorbed the power of the first two lightning strikes, weakening the seal without breaking it.
• Xue Chen told Ice Empress he could absorb the tribulation’s power and asked Snow Empress to help him face the next strike.
• Snow Empress lifted Xue Chen into the air beneath the lightning tribulation and prepared to intervene if he was in danger.
• Xue Chen charged at the third lightning strike with his Thunder Dragon Emperor Martial Soul and Radiant Thunder Dragon Spear, and the lightning engulfed him.
• The third strike became gentle, primordial thunderous power that surged through Xue Chen and resonated with his Martial Souls.

Xue Chen endured the nine Thunder Punishments until the first seal in his dantian shattered, releasing immense source power and forming a strange Soul Ring that circled his body independently of his Martial Souls. The tribulation ended with the ring complete, while Snow Empress wondered whether Xue Chen came from beyond Douluo Continent.

• Xue Chen absorbed the successive Thunder Punishments while Snow Empress monitored his life force and reassured Ice Empress that he was growing stronger.
• The eighth Thunder Punishment shattered the first seal in Xue Chen's dantian, releasing vast power that strengthened his Bloodline Power and Thunder Dragon Emperor Martial Soul.
• Energy from the broken seal gathered into a deep-blue ring around Xue Chen, stunning Ice Empress and Snow Empress because it resembled a Soul Ring but was attached to no Martial Soul.
• Snow Empress wondered whether Xue Chen came from outside Douluo Continent as the ninth Thunder Punishment struck.
• Xue Chen merged the final thunder with his source power, completing a blue Soul Ring edged with blue-gold lightning before the Thunder Tribulation dissipated.

After surviving the lightning tribulation, Xue Chen gained an unprecedented blue Soul Ring tied to his Bloodline Power and tested its ability. Snow Empress and Ice Empress could not explain the ring, leaving Snow Empress more troubled by questions about Xue Chen’s origins.

• Xue Chen landed, dismissed the Thunder Dragon Emperor’s phantom and Radiant Thunder Dragon Spear, and kept the blue Soul Ring circling him.
• Ice Empress questioned what kind of Soul Ring Xue Chen had, while Snow Empress examined him and found his Bloodline Power greatly strengthened.
• Xue Chen said he felt fine but did not know what ability the ring had granted him, and Snow Empress and Ice Empress agreed they had never seen such a Soul Ring.
• At Xiao Bai’s urging, Xue Chen activated the ring, transformed his left arm into a Dragon Claw, and shattered a slab of black ice with a streak of lightning.
• Xue Chen wondered why his powerful birth parents had abandoned him in the Far North.

Snow Empress and Ice Empress assessed Xue Chen’s lightning ability and urged him to grow stronger before seeking the truth about his origins. Snow Empress offered to teach him her ultimate techniques once his foundation improved, but Xue Chen’s new power left him exhausted, with the Ice Crystal Palace in ruins.

• Snow Empress explained how Xue Chen’s Bloodline Power let him form claws and control lightning, and said the ability would grow with him.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress cautioned Xue Chen that his parents may have hidden him because they faced a terrifying danger, while Xue Chen privately focused on the power sealed beneath his remaining seventeen seals.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress promised to train and protect Xue Chen, and Snow Empress offered to teach him her innate abilities when he was ready.
• Xue Chen asked whether he could learn Snow Empress’s techniques despite having a lightning attribute, and Snow Empress told him he would understand in time.
• Xue Chen’s strength gave out because maintaining his Dragon Claw form consumed Bloodline Power, so he dispelled it and collapsed into exhaustion.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress surveyed the ruined Ice Crystal Palace, and Snow Empress calmly acknowledged its destruction.

Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena awoke Di Tian and told him that an elusive aura tied to their bloodline had appeared in the Far North. Unable to leave Star Dou Forest because he had to protect Gu Yuena, Di Tian summoned the Ferocious Beasts and prepared to send them after the unknown target.

• Gu Yuena woke Di Tian and ordered him to find the being whose aura she had sensed in the Far North, protect him, and keep him hidden from the Divine Realm.
• Gu Yuena gave Di Tian a silver scale that would detect the target and help conceal his aura, then fell back into slumber.
• Di Tian decided to remain at Lake of Life to guard Gu Yuena and summoned Scarlet King, Xiong Jun, Bi Ji, Zi JI, and Ten Thousand Demon King.
• Di Tian showed the Ferocious Beasts the silver scale and explained that an aura tied to the Soul Beast Clan's future had appeared in the Far North.

Xue Chen and Xiao Bai searched Ice Rift Valley for a Thunder Wing Dragon Lizard so he could obtain his first Soul Ring. Xiao Bai knocked the beast unconscious, but worried that its three-thousand-year age made it too dangerous for Xue Chen to absorb.

• Di Tian ordered the Scarlet King to travel to the Far North and safely bring back the target identified by a silver scale.
• Xue Chen chose the Thunder Wing Dragon Lizard as his first Soul Ring target because it preyed on young Soul Beasts and carried thunder energy.
• Xiao Bai carried Xue Chen to Ice Rift Valley, where his sensitivity to lightning helped them locate a sleeping Thunder Wing Dragon Lizard.
• Xiao Bai knocked the lizard unconscious with a roar, and Xue Chen praised her.
• Xiao Bai estimated that the lizard was around three thousand years old and warned Xue Chen that absorbing its Soul Ring could be dangerous.

Xue Chen killed the Thunder Wing Dragon Lizard and absorbed its three-thousand-year Soul Ring into his Thunder Dragon Emperor, reaching level twenty-two. As he and Xiao Bai investigated a tremendous rumble, they found a gigantic avalanche racing toward them, and Xiao Bai transformed to meet it.

• Xue Chen killed the Thunder Wing Dragon Lizard and formed its three-thousand-year purple Soul Ring.
• Xue Chen chose to give the Soul Ring to his Thunder Dragon Emperor Martial Soul and began absorbing it while Xiao Bai stood guard.
• After hours of enduring the strain, Xue Chen absorbed the Soul Ring and advanced to level twenty-two.
• A huge rumble shook Ice Rift Valley, so Xue Chen climbed toward the valley's edge on Xiao Bai's back to investigate.
• Xue Chen and Xiao Bai saw an enormous avalanche bearing down on them, and Xiao Bai transformed into her Titan Snow Demon Bear form and raised a barrier.

An avalanche swept Xue Chen into a hidden ice crevasse, leaving Xiao Bai searching the ice plains above. Xue Chen survived the fall but was stranded at the bottom, unable to reach Xiao Bai or climb out.

• Xiao Bai transformed to shield Xue Chen from the avalanche, but he vanished before she could protect him.
• Xiao Bai unleashed Demon Bear's Fury, stopping the avalanche nearby and collapsing several distant peaks as she searched for Xue Chen.
• The avalanche carried Xue Chen into a hidden fissure, where he tumbled down the jagged ice walls and crashed into the crevasse's bottom.
• Xue Chen recovered from his injuries, found the crevasse walls too smooth and high to climb, and shouted for Xiao Bai without getting an answer.
• Xiao Bai searched the ice plains for Xue Chen while he worried that he would starve before she found him.

After falling into a deep ice crevice, Xue Chen searched for a way out and discovered a cave filled with Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow. He survived its deadly chill but realized its ice energy clashed with his lightning attribute, leaving him unable to absorb the treasure safely.

• Xue Chen chose to explore the dark passage at the bottom of the crevice while Xiao Bai searched for him above.
• As he walked, an unnatural chill intensified, leading him toward a blue glow deeper in the ice.
• Xue Chen squeezed through a narrow gap and found a vast crystal cave filled with Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow.
• The cave's extreme cold triggered Xue Chen's Bloodline Power and Origin Soul Ring to form a warm defensive barrier around him.
• Xue Chen reached toward the Profound Ice Marrow but stopped when its energy clashed with his lightning Soul Power, making absorption too dangerous.

Xue Chen discovered a vast deposit of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and planned to bring the Snow Empress and his other ice-affinity family members to harvest it. While searching the cavern for an exit, he followed a snoring sound to a hidden chamber and found a huge white worm asleep on an ice platform.

• Xue Chen realized the Profound Ice Marrow could strengthen the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, the Lord of the Far North, Heavenly Snow Woman, and Xiao Bai, and he resolved to take them to it.
• Xue Chen failed to harvest the marrow with his Dragon Claw because fragments quickly lost their energy, so he decided to find help from his mother.
• Xue Chen explored the vast cavern, where countless deposits of Profound Ice Marrow filled the darkness, but found no exit.
• Xue Chen heard faint rhythmic snoring and cautiously followed it into a smaller ice cave.
• Xue Chen crept past a pile of Profound Ice Marrow and discovered a huge white worm sleeping on an ice platform.

Xue Chen discovered the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm absorbing the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and decided to win it over rather than fight it. He planned to use his talents and his connection to Ice Empress to persuade the sleeping worm to become his ally.

• Xue Chen recognized the sleeping worm as the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, which was nearing a million years of cultivation by absorbing the marrow.
• Xue Chen resolved to claim the marrow for his mother, Aunt Ice, and Xiao Bai before the worm consumed it all.
• Xue Chen concluded that attacking the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm would be too dangerous, despite its weak physical combat ability.
• Xue Chen recalled that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had willingly sacrificed itself for Huo Yuhao and decided to persuade it to invest in him instead.
• Xue Chen planned to impress the worm with his talents and promise to help it get closer to Ice Empress.

Xue Chen tried to wake the sleeping Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, eventually rousing him by claiming Bingbing was in danger. Sky Dream panicked at Xue Chen’s presence and sensed a frightening bloodline pressure within him, but dismissed it as a hallucination and regarded the child with curiosity.

• Xue Chen tried calling to and poking Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, then shocked him with blue lightning, but Sky Dream kept sleeping.
• Xue Chen shouted that Bingbing was about to be snatched away, and Sky Dream sprang awake and fell off the ice platform.
• Sky Dream saw Xue Chen, shrieked, and hid behind a column of Profound Ice Marrow.
• Sky Dream sensed a terrifying bloodline pressure in Xue Chen, but his spiritual power identified the boy as a human with Soul Power Level in the twenties.
• Sky Dream decided that absorbing too much energy had caused a hallucination and examined Xue Chen with renewed curiosity.

Xue Chen tried to convince Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that he had stumbled into the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cave by accident and was Snow Empress’s adopted son. After Xue Chen claimed that Ice Empress had mentioned Tian Meng, Sky Dream eagerly demanded to hear what she had said.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm questioned Xue Chen about his identity, his arrival in the cave, and his connection to Bingbing and a Xue Chen who wanted to steal her away.
• Xue Chen said he had fallen into the cave by accident, and Sky Dream checked his Soul Power before reluctantly accepting that the story might be true.
• Xue Chen claimed that Snow Empress had adopted him and that Ice Empress was his aunt, prompting Sky Dream to doubt his tale.
• Xue Chen argued that Ice Empress must have mentioned Tian Meng for him to know the silkworm's name and clan, sending Sky Dream into an excited frenzy.
• Xue Chen began inventing a story about Ice Empress telling him of a special Ice Silkworm named Tian Meng, while Sky Dream listened eagerly.