Chapter Summaries

Yin Chen treated Zhang Lexuan’s life-threatening chest wound while the Ice Empress watched. Zhang Lexuan survived the immediate danger, but she remained conscious and helpless through the painful, humiliating treatment.

• The Ice Empress reminded Yin Chen that Zhang Lexuan was also close to death, and he found her collapsed in the bloodied snow.
• Yin Chen removed Zhang Lexuan’s blood-soaked upper clothing so he could reach her chest wound, while she remained conscious but unable to move.
• Yin Chen cleaned the wound with alcohol, applied medicine, and bandaged it despite his inexperience and Zhang Lexuan’s pain.
• The Ice Empress watched Yin Chen treat Zhang Lexuan and reconsidered her view of him.

Yin Chen treated Zhang Lexuan’s wounds and then negotiated with the dying Ice Empress, who offered a Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus and herself as the means to give him a second martial soul. Zhang Lexuan woke and recognized the Ice Empress, but the Ice Empress refused to discuss how she had been injured.

• Yin Chen bandaged Zhang Lexuan, gave her a healing pill, and helped her dress as her condition improved.
• Yin Chen asked the Ice Empress what she wanted to trade, and she offered the possibility of a second martial soul.
• The Ice Empress explained that the Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus could create a blank ice-attribute martial soul foundation for a human.
• The Ice Empress offered herself as Yin Chen’s second martial soul, revealing that she was the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion and a three-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year super Soul Beast.
• Zhang Lexuan woke, recognized the Ice Empress, and asked about her injuries and the affairs of the Extreme North.
• The Ice Empress confirmed her identity but said her injuries and the Extreme North had nothing to do with the deal.

Yin Chen accepted the Ice Empress's offer to become his second martial soul in exchange for helping her save someone and take revenge. The Ice Empress handed him the Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus, and they prepared to begin a dangerous fusion.

• Zhang Lexuan realized how powerful Yin Chen could become with the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion as a second martial soul, then focused on healing her injuries.
• Yin Chen asked what price the Ice Empress expected in return for her origin and the Snow Lotus's power.
• The Ice Empress asked Yin Chen to help save someone and avenge her, and he agreed without asking for details.
• Yin Chen told the Ice Empress that he would naturally take on her troubles once they became partners, earning her trust.
• The Ice Empress warned Yin Chen that their fusion could destroy both their souls and handed him the Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus.
• The Ice Empress asked Yin Chen to keep the Snow Empress safe and promised to explain everything after the fusion.

Yin Chen carried the weakened Ice Empress and Zhang Lexuan to a hidden underground ice cave where they could safely begin their fusion. After eating the Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus, Yin Chen was struck by its immense energy, and the trial began.

• Yin Chen stored the Snow Empress Origin in a Warm Jade Box and agreed with the Ice Empress that they needed a safe place for the fusion.
• The Ice Empress tried to stand but collapsed, so Yin Chen carried her in his arms while carrying Zhang Lexuan on his back.
• Guided by the Ice Empress, Yin Chen brought them through a hidden fissure into an underground ice cave sheltered from outside auras.
• Yin Chen checked the cave for danger, and the Ice Empress confirmed they could begin the fusion.
• Following the Ice Empress's instructions, Yin Chen ate the Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus, whose immense energy surged through his body.

Yin Chen swallowed the Snow Lotus as the Ice Empress began fusing her spiritual origin with him. In Yin Chen’s spiritual space, the Ice Empress encountered Istaroth, whom Yin Chen identified as the God of Moments, and learned that a god resided within him.

• Yin Chen endured the Snow Lotus’s painful effects as it widened and repaired his body.
• After checking that Zhang Lexuan could not interfere, the Ice Empress revealed her Ice Jade Empress Scorpion form.
• The Ice Empress separated her spiritual origin from her weakening body and sent it into Yin Chen’s brow.
• The Ice Empress arrived in Yin Chen’s vast starry spiritual space and saw the Temple of Time.
• Istaroth greeted the Ice Empress, and Yin Chen explained that she was the God of Moments and his companion.
• The Ice Empress expressed shock that Yin Chen had a god in his spiritual space, while Yin Chen said her understanding of his situation was not quite right.

Ice Empress realized that becoming Yin Chen’s second martial soul could let her follow him to godhood and gain immortality, so she eagerly began the fusion. As Ice Empress’s power and the Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus transformed Yin Chen’s body, he endured unbearable pain, while Istaroth remained confident he would survive.

• Ice Empress learned that Yin Chen might ascend to godhood and saw her pact with him as a chance for immortality.
• Ice Empress agreed to begin the fusion, and her body broke apart into jade-green energy that flowed into Yin Chen.
• The Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus opened a foundation for Yin Chen’s second martial soul as Ice Empress’s energy began forming a torso bone.
• Yin Chen’s torso bones shattered and began to reform as a powerful jade-green soul bone, subjecting him to extreme pain.
• Ice Empress urged Yin Chen to stay conscious, while Istaroth trusted that his will would withstand the fusion.

Yin Chen endured the Ice Empress’s fusion while Castorice shared the soul-deep pain from afar, helping him stay conscious. He successfully fused the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion martial soul and torso bone, reached Soul Power Level 45, and emerged with a four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.

• Castorice felt Yin Chen’s agony through their shared soul and took on part of his pain, helping him remain conscious.
• Yin Chen endured the fusion inside an emerald-green cocoon as Zhang Lexuan witnessed his power and aura rise.
• The cocoon collapsed, and Yin Chen emerged with the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion martial soul and torso bone fused.
• Yin Chen summoned the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion phantom and revealed a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring marked with four golden patterns.
• Istaroth used time power to help the Ice Empress’s sacrifice break through four hundred thousand years, while Yin Chen’s Soul Power Level rose from 42 to 45.

Yin Chen gained the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion martial soul and Ultimate Ice, dramatically increasing his strength and changing his appearance. As he and Zhang Lexuan traveled out of the Extreme North, their relationship remained awkwardly intimate, while Zhang Lexuan struggled to process the changes in her feelings.

• Yin Chen completed his plans in the Extreme North, gaining a second martial soul and the Ice Empress as a powerful partner.
• Yin Chen examined his changed appearance in an ice mirror and joked about how handsome he was, making Zhang Lexuan laugh.
• Zhang Lexuan teased Yin Chen about being young, then asked him to call her Sister Lexuan; Yin Chen agreed.
• Yin Chen chose not to press Zhang Lexuan about their growing intimacy, believing she needed time and needed to resolve her feelings about Beibei.
• Yin Chen and Zhang Lexuan walked across the snowy wasteland in silence, while Zhang Lexuan reflected on his transformation and her own feelings beyond Shrek Academy.

Zhang Lexuan warned Yin Chen to conceal the truth about gaining a second Martial Soul and the Ice Empress, since his four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone could attract powerful enemies. She offered to report everything to the Sea God Pavilion or keep his secret herself, leaving Yin Chen aware that he had become especially important to her.

• Zhang Lexuan urged Yin Chen to hide the Ice Empress and present his second Martial Soul as an innate ability, while keeping the Soul Ring and Soul Bone's true origins secret.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that powerful Soul Masters might hunt Yin Chen for his four-hundred-thousand-year treasures, and advised him to trust only the Star Luo Imperial Family with the full truth.
• Zhang Lexuan said she was obligated to report the events to the Sea God Pavilion and believed Shrek could protect and nurture Yin Chen.
• Zhang Lexuan offered to conceal Yin Chen's secret from the Sea God Pavilion if he did not want it revealed.
• Yin Chen recognized that Zhang Lexuan's willingness to defy her principles showed how deeply he had come to matter to her.

Yin Chen convinced Zhang Lexuan that Shrek Academy would protect him despite the temptation of his four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone, and they continued south from the Far North. After several days of travel, they reached Dragon City and returned to Dragon Slumber Inn.

• Yin Chen refused to hide his Soul Bone from Sea God Pavilion, explaining that he trusted his own value and Shrek Academy's reputation to protect him.
• Zhang Lexuan agreed that the academy would not risk losing a disciple with Yin Chen's potential for a Soul Bone.
• Yin Chen and Zhang Lexuan traveled south, growing more at ease with each other as they talked about the academy and their lives.
• After several days, Yin Chen and Zhang Lexuan reached Dragon City and returned to Dragon Slumber Inn.

Yin Chen returned to the Dragon Slumber Inn after successfully obtaining a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, but his appearance and bearing had changed dramatically. His companions marveled at his transformation and his rare Soul Ring configuration.

• Zhang Lexuan and Yin Chen returned to the room where Ma Xiaotao, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Ling Luochen, Gu Yuena, and Ye Guyi had gathered.
• Xu Sanshi and the others were stunned by Yin Chen's new height, mismatched gold and green eyes, and commanding aura.
• Gu Yuena identified Yin Chen's transformed presence as the bearing of a king, which Yin Chen privately attributed to his fusion with the Ice Empress.
• Yin Chen revealed his yellow, purple, purple, and black Soul Rings, confirming that his fourth Soul Ring was ten-thousand-year level.
• Ye Guyi admitted she could not match Yin Chen's achievement.

After the mission in the Extreme North, Ma Xiaotao discovered that Zhang Lexuan had been seriously injured and pressed her to explain what happened. Zhang Lexuan hid the truth to protect Yin Chen and keep his Ultimate Ice a secret, leaving Ma Xiaotao unaware of a possible cure for her evil fire.

• Yin Chen thanked Zhang Lexuan as Sister Lexuan, drawing the girls' attention to a change in their relationship.
• Zhang Lexuan announced that the group would rest for a day before returning to the academy, then left the room.
• Gu Yuena sensed that the Ice Empress's aura had fused with Yin Chen, and Yin Chen realized she had noticed it.
• Ma Xiaotao followed Zhang Lexuan and identified signs that she was seriously injured.
• Zhang Lexuan considered telling Ma Xiaotao about Yin Chen and the Ultimate Ice, but decided to stay silent to protect him.

Zhang Lexuan concealed the full truth about her injury while Yin Chen and the others left Dragon City for Shrek Academy. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao facing Wu Feng in a sparring match as Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao watched anxiously.

• Zhang Lexuan told Ma Xiaotao that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had injured her and asked her not to tell Beibei or the others.
• Yin Chen meditated through the night as the Ice Empress's spiritual origin assimilated with his soul and the four-hundred-thousand-year torso bone transformed his body.
• Zhang Lexuan led the group out of Dragon City, where Nan Qiuqiu and Yu Tianlong came to see them off.
• Yu Tianlong challenged Yin Chen, but Yin Chen declined because the group needed to return to Shrek Academy.
• At Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao stood opposite Wu Feng on a soul-fighting platform as Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao watched with concern.

Huo Yuhao faced Wu Feng in a Soul Fight after her repeated insults over his low cultivation and Tang Sect recommendation. With his place in Freshman Class One and the Martial Soul Department at stake, he resolved to win and defend his dignity.

• Wang Yan recalled how Wu Feng had repeatedly targeted Huo Yuhao since his team defeated hers in the Freshman Assessment, and understood that Huo Yuhao had challenged her over her insults.
• Han Ruoruo began the Soul Fight, and Wu Feng taunted Huo Yuhao and offered to let him withdraw rather than risk being beaten.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu mocked Huo Yuhao from the crowd, while Wang Dong grew angry and Xiao Xiao urged her to trust him.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on the reasons Wu Feng despised him and remembered the support he had received from Teacher Zhou Yi and Teacher Fan Yu.
• Huo Yuhao resolved that he would not abandon the Martial Soul Department and vowed to win the fight for his dignity and the Tang Sect.

Huo Yuhao faced Wu Feng in the arena and used Spirit Detection to evade her attacks despite their vast difference in strength. The chapter ended with Wu Feng still attacking and Huo Yuhao calmly dodging with his eyes closed.

• Huo Yuhao resolved to prove himself, while Wu Feng mistook his silence for cowardice and challenged him.
• Wu Feng revealed her Red Dragon Martial Soul and charged Huo Yuhao, while he summoned his single ten-year Soul Ring and closed his eyes.
• Wu Feng attacked without using Soul Skills, confident her physical strength would overwhelm Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao narrowly dodged Wu Feng's punches, kicks, and other strikes with his eyes closed.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao recognized that Huo Yuhao was using Spirit Detection to read Wu Feng's movements and evade them.

Huo Yuhao used Tang Sect techniques to injure Wu Feng, but she responded by covering herself in Dragon Fire and charging at him. The chapter left them clashing at close range, with Huo Yuhao slipping past her first fiery punch and preparing to counter.

• Huo Yuhao used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to get behind Wu Feng and struck her back with Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, making her cough up blood.
• The audience, Dai Huabin, and Han Ruoruo were shocked by Wu Feng’s injury, while Wang Yan recognized Huo Yuhao’s battlefield control.
• Wu Feng unleashed her first soul skill, Dragon Fire, surrounding herself with a blazing layer of flame and Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao resolved not to retreat and charged at Wu Feng using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Huo Yuhao slipped past Wu Feng’s Dragon Fire-wreathed punch and turned his hands crystalline with Mysterious Jade Hand.

Huo Yuhao fought Wu Feng with Tang Sect techniques but was overwhelmed by her Dragon Fire and strength. As he fell unconscious, he unleashed Spirit Shock, bringing Wu Feng to her knees, though she refused to accept that she had lost.

• Huo Yuhao used his techniques to evade and counter Wu Feng, but the heat and Soul Power cost steadily wore him down.
• Wu Feng exploited Huo Yuhao's fading strength and struck his chest with a Dragon Fire-wreathed shoulder, sending him flying and badly injuring him.
• As Han Ruoruo prepared to end the match, Huo Yuhao focused his remaining spiritual power into Spirit Shock and attacked Wu Feng.
• Spirit Shock overwhelmed Wu Feng, extinguished her Dragon Fire, and forced her to kneel as Huo Yuhao collapsed.
• Wu Feng felt humiliated and insisted to herself that she had not lost, blaming Huo Yuhao's supposed tricks.

After Huo Yuhao was defeated, Wu Feng threatened to drive him from the Martial Soul Department, triggering a surge of hatred that let a mysterious voice take control of his body. As Wu Feng and Huo Yuhao prepared lethal attacks, Yin Chen returned and stepped between them, catching her fireball in his ice-covered hand.

• Wu Feng stood up and vowed to target Huo Yuhao until he left the Martial Soul Department, angering Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.
• Huo Yuhao’s resentment overwhelmed him, but an ancient voice calmed his hatred and took control of his body.
• The mysterious presence refined Huo Yuhao’s remaining spiritual power into a thin gray thread and launched Soul Shock at Wu Feng.
• Wu Feng used her last Soul Power to send a powerful fireball at Huo Yuhao.
• Yin Chen appeared between them and caught Wu Feng’s fireball with his ice-covered hand.

Yin Chen returned to stop Wu Feng and Huo Yuhao’s fight, easily neutralizing both of their attacks. After Han Ruoruo confirmed that Wu Feng had been in danger from Huo Yuhao’s second Spirit Shock, Wu Feng realized Yin Chen had saved her; Huo Yuhao then collapsed.

• Yin Chen caught Wu Feng’s fireball in his hand and froze Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Shock in midair.
• Yin Chen asked why the students were fighting, and Wu Feng insisted that he stay out of her dispute with Huo Yuhao.
• Yin Chen suppressed Wu Feng with an overwhelming cold and told her that she would have lost if he had not intervened.
• Han Ruoruo arrived and confirmed that Wu Feng’s attack could only have injured Huo Yuhao, while his second Spirit Shock could have destroyed her consciousness.
• Yin Chen released the frozen Spirit Shock, Huo Yuhao’s eyes returned to normal, and he collapsed.

Yin Chen stopped Huo Yuhao and Wu Feng's fight, warned Wu Feng and the students against turning conflicts into life-or-death battles, and declared Huo Yuhao the victor. Zhou Sichen was left facing a debt of twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins after Yin Chen enforced the betting pool's payout.

• Wang Dong caught Huo Yuhao as he collapsed, while Yin Chen recognized the presence of Electrolux within him.
• Yin Chen told Wu Feng not to trouble Huo Yuhao again and warned the students that Shrek Academy was not a place to kill people over conflicts.
• Yin Chen demanded to know who had organized the betting pool, and Cao Jinxuan pointed out Zhou Sichen.
• Zhou Sichen apologized to Yin Chen, who learned that Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao had each bet one thousand Gold Soul Coins on Huo Yuhao.
• Han Ruoruo judged Huo Yuhao the victor, and Yin Chen ordered Zhou Sichen to pay Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao ten thousand Gold Soul Coins each.
• Zhou Sichen panicked when he realized he owed twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins despite having less than five hundred in assets and already owing Cao Jinxuan three hundred.