Chapter Summaries

Yan Hongchen absorbed the snow lotus, awakening his heart martial soul to Silver rank and gaining the Snow Lotus Heart as an External Soul Bone. Su Tong felt a powerful connection to him and approached with Su Jin to wait for him to awaken.

• Snow Empress told Yan Hongchen that the snow lotus resonated with his heart and advised him to absorb it, while explaining that he still needed to learn how to turn ice into water for the golden Snow Lotus Seed.
• Yan Hongchen handed Snow Empress his eight snow lotuses to keep and began absorbing the snow lotus, using his heart martial soul.
• The snow lotus's energy awakened the Primordial Seed and strengthened Yan Hongchen's heart and meridians as his heart martial soul advanced from Black Iron through Bronze to Silver rank.
• The snow lotus formed the Snow Lotus Heart, an External Soul Bone that merged seamlessly with Yan Hongchen's heart.
• Su Tong felt her heart respond to Yan Hongchen's awakening, and she and Su Jin went to Snow Empress to watch over him.

Yan Hongchen gained a silver-grade awakening of his Heart martial soul and reached Rank 58 before discovering that he and Su Tong could fuse their martial souls into Ice God Descends. The fusion revealed the Ice God’s message to seek the Ice God Pearl, and the Snow Empress left to search for it.

• Yan Hongchen absorbed the snow lotus, gained a two-hundred-thousand-year soul ring and Snow Lotus Heart soul bone, awakened his Heart martial soul, and reached the Spirit Abyss Realm and Rank 58.
• The Snow Empress told Yan Hongchen that Su Tong wanted to test a connection between their martial souls, and their embrace triggered a powerful fusion.
• Yan Hongchen and Su Tong summoned Ice God Descends, whose goddess phantom told them to seek the Ice God Pearl in the Extreme North.
• Su Jin caught the exhausted Yan Hongchen and Su Tong on ice lotuses, and Yan Hongchen gave the Snow Empress a map marking the pearl’s location.
• The Snow Empress passed Yan Hongchen the technique for turning ice into water and left to search for the Ice God Pearl.

Yan Hongchen and Su Tong recovered after their first martial soul fusion and agreed to test their connection again, while Su Jin learned that Yan came from the Sun Moon Empire and recognized his mother. Their second attempt produced a defensive Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving Su Jin watching the frost-patterned barrier take shape.

• Su Jin used Pure Lotus Rejuvenation to help Yan Hongchen and Su Tong recover their Soul Power, and she privately asked Su Tong whether she had feelings for Yan.
• Su Tong told Su Jin that she and Yan still had a connection and agreed to spend time with him to see whether they suited each other.
• Yan Hongchen considered the Ice God Phantom, the Ice God Pearl, and the possibility of recreating divine manifestations through martial soul fusion.
• Yan told Su Jin he came from the Sun Moon Empire, and she said she held no prejudice against people from other countries or interest in imperial conflicts.
• Yan and Su Tong agreed to try merging their Soul Power again, and he honestly told her that another girl with a Holy Angel Martial Soul had also reacted to his heart martial soul.
• Yan and Su Tong joined their martial soul origins, forming a frost-patterned defensive barrier as Su Jin watched their Martial Soul Fusion Skill emerge.

Yan Hongchen and Su Tong formed the Rin-River Barrier, then left the Extreme North after the Snow Empress found the Ice God Pearl and gave Yan Hongchen Snow Lotuses and Ice Marrow. Traveling together, they encountered a girl fighting an ice rabbit, and Yan Hongchen recognized her as Xiao Xiao before attacking the rabbit with Spiritual Shock.

• Yan Hongchen and Su Tong created the Rin-River Barrier through Martial Soul Fusion and entered a state of enlightenment while Su Jin protected them.
• The Snow Empress returned with the Ice God Pearl, explained its connection to the Snow Lotus, and gave Yan Hongchen eight Snow Lotuses and a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow.
• Su Jin revealed that she had known Yan Hongchen's mother, Liu Yueming, and asked him to look after Su Tong; Su Tong agreed to travel with him.
• The Snow Empress sent Ice Bear King Xiaobai to carry Yan Hongchen and Su Tong out of the Extreme North.
• On the way to Frost Forest, Yan Hongchen and Su Tong found a green-haired girl fighting an ice rabbit, and Yan Hongchen identified her as Xiao Xiao.
• Yan Hongchen suspected Xiao Xiao had Twin Martial Souls and used Spiritual Shock on the ice rabbit as it was about to be defeated.

Yan Hongchen and Su Tong met Xiao Xiao after Yan secretly killed the Ice Rabbit she had hunted, then offered her a Mystic Water Pill in exchange for the rabbit. After Xiao Xiao took the pill and shared the cooked meat with them, she learned Su Tong had never attended an academy.

• Yan Hongchen secretly killed Xiao Xiao's Ice Rabbit with a spiritual attack, leaving its soul ring impossible for Xiao Xiao to absorb.
• Yan Hongchen and Su Tong appeared and explained that Yan had taken the rabbit; Su Tong questioned why Xiao Xiao was hunting such a young soul beast despite having Twin Martial Souls.
• Yan Hongchen offered Xiao Xiao a Mystic Water Pill for the rabbit, and Su Tong helped her absorb its medicinal power, raising her soul power by one level.
• Yan Hongchen cooked the Ice Rabbit, and he, Su Tong, and Xiao Xiao shared the meal.
• Xiao Xiao introduced herself and asked about Su Tong's cultivation; Su Tong said she had never enrolled in an academy and was already too old to enter Shrek Academy.

Yan Hongchen warned Xiao Xiao against wasting her Twin Martial Souls’ potential by rushing to attach a soul ring, and she decided to wait until she reached Shrek Academy before choosing. Su Tong set out with Xiao Xiao for Shrek City, while Yan Hongchen departed to pursue his own plans.

• Xiao Xiao told Su Tong she feared Shrek Academy might not accept her, and Yan Hongchen learned she had only a few months before enrollment.
• Yan Hongchen questioned Xiao Xiao’s plan to strengthen her Nine-Phoenix Flute for the freshmen tournament and advised her to clarify her role and consult the academy before choosing a martial soul to cultivate.
• Xiao Xiao accepted Yan Hongchen’s advice and decided to wait until she entered Shrek Academy before making a decision about her soul rings.
• Su Tong asked Xiao Xiao to guide her to Shrek City, and Yan Hongchen gave Su Tong a storage Soul Tool and cautioned her to avoid Xiaotao.
• Yan Hongchen gave Xiao Xiao a musical score and left, while Su Tong and Xiao Xiao set off together for Shrek City.

Yan Hongchen followed Huo Yuhao into the Star Dou Great Forest and used the Sealing God Altar to seize four clusters of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual origin. Huo Yuhao joined the Tang Sect and was headed for Shrek Academy, while Yan Hongchen escaped with his prize and the story's course began to change.

• Yan Hongchen prepared the Sealing God Altar, watched Huo Yuhao near the White Tiger Duke's Estate, and told Electrolux that he intended to suppress him.
• Yan Hongchen followed Huo Yuhao to the Star Dou Great Forest, where he also saw Bei Bei and Tang Ya traveling together.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm appeared beside Huo Yuhao and began merging his power into him, but Yan Hongchen used the Sealing God Altar to capture five spiritual origins, keeping four.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm escaped with Huo Yuhao wrapped in his molt and discovered that his spiritual origin had fallen from a million years to six hundred thousand years.
• Yan Hongchen fled with the four sealed spiritual origins, while Bei Bei and Tang Ya brought Huo Yuhao into the Tang Sect and arranged for him to enter Shrek Academy.

Yan Hongchen returned to Hongchen Duke's Estate with Su Tong and Nana, reunited with his family, and planned to use his new power to address Liu Yueming's condition. The family welcomed the newcomers, Nana joined Ye Guyi's work against evil soul masters, and Su Tong received her Emperor Sword Soul Tool as Yan Hongchen prepared to rest.

• Yan Hongchen traveled back to Mingdu with Su Tong and Nana, discussing Whale Rubber and Xiao Xiao along the way.
• Liu Yueming welcomed Yan Hongchen home, and Su Tong and Nana introduced themselves to her and the family.
• Yan Hongchen revealed his recent growth and told his family he planned to use Mirror Wall Reflection in Yi Hongchen's Sea of Spirit to help solve Liu Yueming's problem.
• Nana asked to join the effort against evil soul masters, and Ye Guyi welcomed her after examining Na Ning's notes.
• Yi Hongchen gave Su Tong the completed Emperor Sword Soul Tool, while Xiao Hongchen showed Yan Hongchen his thousand-forged metal.
• Yan Hongchen asked everyone to rest before he explained what had happened and handled the family's concerns.

Yan Hongchen told Jing Hongchen about his heart martial soul, its powerful soul ring, and the threat posed by the Holy Spirit Cult, then helped his grandfather break through to Rank 94. They discussed recruiting Su Tong and Tang Ya, concealing Su Tong’s Ultimate Ice, and negotiating with Shrek over Ma Xiaotao; Jing Hongchen agreed to handle the plans while Yan Hongchen considered whether to pursue the exchange program.

• Yan Hongchen visited Jing Hongchen, revealed his heart martial soul’s mind-reading ability and its over-two-hundred-thousand-year soul ring, and warned that the royal family was cooperating with the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Yan Hongchen asked Jing Hongchen to recruit Su Tong for the competition team and work with Grandpa Kong to design a Soul Tool that concealed her Ultimate Ice.
• Yan Hongchen used a ten-thousand-year snow lotus and his Lotus Flower Purifying Seat to nourish Jing Hongchen, helping him break through to Rank 94 and extending his life.
• Yan Hongchen proposed having Tang Ya join the Holy Spirit Cult and negotiating with Shrek to reveal Ma Xiaotao’s condition in exchange for her safety.
• Jing Hongchen agreed to discuss the plans with Elder Kong and others, while Yan Hongchen considered the proposed Shrek exchange program and possible recruitment of Xiao Xiao.

Yan Hongchen helped Xiao Hongchen, Su Tong, Meng Hongchen, and Ye Guyi absorb valuable materials and improve their strength. His martial soul fusion with Ye Guyi triggered an Angel God Divine Descent, leaving her with a changed fourth soul skill before Yan Hongchen sent his siblings back to the academy and prepared to handle his mother's affairs.

• Yan Hongchen healed Xiao Hongchen and Su Tong after their fierce spar, and learned that Ye Guyi had arranged a Demonic Spirit skull bone and ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber for Nana.
• Yan Hongchen gave four ten-thousand-year snow lotuses to Xiao Hongchen, Su Tong, Ye Guyi, and Meng Hongchen; Xiao Hongchen and Su Tong each advanced a level after absorbing their shares.
• Ye Guyi and Meng Hongchen sparred, then Yan Hongchen used the Lotus Flower Purifying Seat to remove Meng Hongchen's toxins while improving her strength.
• Ye Guyi asked Yan Hongchen to try their martial soul fusion again, and he explained his plan to Su Tong, who agreed to watch.
• Yan Hongchen and Ye Guyi performed Angel Divine Descent, and Electrolux intervened, restoring some of his spiritual power and giving Ye Guyi a gift that changed her fourth soul skill.
• Yan Hongchen told Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen about the Divine Descents and asked them to return to the academy while he prepared to handle their mother's affairs.

Yan Hongchen recovered while his family discussed his new bonds and Xiao Hongchen’s place on the reserve team. He and Electrolux then chose a soul beast soul and began preparing to create the first soul spirit.

• Xiao Hongchen carried the sleeping Yan Hongchen home, changed him into fresh clothes, and told Yi Hongchen and Liu Yueming about the two martial soul fusions with Su Tong.
• Liu Yueming and Yi Hongchen discussed Yan Hongchen’s compatibility with Su Tong, while Yi Hongchen urged Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to return to the academy and take the Level 4 Soul Engineer examination.
• Yi Hongchen explained the political dangers around Xu Tianran and the reserve team, and Xiao Hongchen declared that he would claim the captain position through strength.
• Liu Yueming warned Xiao Hongchen to prioritize the safety of himself and his siblings, and Xiao Hongchen said Yan Hongchen would soon meet with their parents.
• Yan Hongchen resumed his preparations with Electrolux, selected a suitable soul beast soul, and urged Electrolux to protect his spiritual consciousness.
• Electrolux agreed to proceed, and the birth of soul spirits began.

Yan Hongchen and Electrolux transformed the Emeraldsong Rain Crane into a Soul Spirit and began a second experiment using the Mirror Shadow Beast, the Gathering Source Crystal Crab, and a hundred-thousand-year spiritual origin. The new Soul Spirit hatched as a miniature Yan Hongchen, carrying the power of three soul rings, though its cultivation years remained unknown.

• Yan Hongchen and Electrolux transformed the Emeraldsong Rain Crane and Phantom Water Spirit Toad, and the Emeraldsong Rain Crane emerged as a summonable Soul Spirit.
• Yan Hongchen agreed to let the Emeraldsong Rain Crane return to the Extreme North when Meng Hongchen sought her fifth soul ring.
• Electrolux sealed four clusters of spiritual origin, and Yan Hongchen used one to create an embryo from the Mirror Shadow Beast and Gathering Source Crystal Crab, adding the Phantom Water Spirit Toad's Mental Force Field.
• Yan Hongchen fed the embryo his blood and soul fire, while his spiritual power and Thousand Illusions Realm power nurtured it.
• The embryo hatched into a miniature Yan Hongchen, and he and the Phantom Water Spirit Toad sensed that it possessed the power of three soul rings, but no information about their cultivation years.

Yan Hongchen introduced his Mirror Shadow Beast avatar to his parents and planned to have it help treat them. He then took Su Tong to Shrek Academy to see whether she could join, leaving the decision to Dean Lin Jiayi.

• Yan Hongchen confirmed that the Mirror Shadow Beast had become an avatar capable of copying most of his strength, then asked Electrolux to rest.
• Yan Hongchen introduced the Mirror Shadow Beast to Yi Hongchen and Liu Yueming and explained that it would enter their Seas of Spirit to help with their treatment.
• Yi Hongchen and Liu Yueming agreed to cooperate with Yan Hongchen's plan and encouraged him to visit Su Tong and the academy.
• Yan Hongchen apologized to Su Tong for neglecting her and offered to take her to Shrek Academy to meet his tournament teammates.
• Yan Hongchen and Su Tong traveled to the academy, where he went to see Dean Lin Jiayi about arranging a chance for Su Tong to join.

Yan Hongchen brought Su Tong to meet the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy tournament teams and demonstrated his support abilities. The chapter left him preparing to fight Ma Rulong alongside Xiao Hongchen, while the team watched to see what the hidden reserve member could do.

• Yan Hongchen took Su Tong to the experimental zone, and Jing Hongchen overruled Elder Ma to let her enter.
• Yan Hongchen and Jing Hongchen watched Xiao Hongchen battle Xiao Xiafeng, whose cannon formation impressed Ma Rulong.
• Yan Hongchen introduced himself to Ma Rulong and used his soul skills to heal and restore Xiao Hongchen and Xiao Xiafeng.
• Meng Hongchen told the gathered team members that Ma Rulong would lose against the two brothers, drawing their attention to Yan Hongchen.
• Elder Ma announced that Ma Rulong would fight the Hongchen brothers, and Yan Hongchen prepared to demonstrate his abilities.

Yan Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen demonstrated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill in a duel against Ma Rulong, revealing how Yan’s support and battlefield vision transformed Xiao’s Soul Tool combat. Jing Hongchen agreed to accompany the team to the tournament and approved limited coordination training while warning them not to depend too heavily on Yan.

• Yan Hongchen restored Xiao Hongchen’s Soul Power, and Xiao equipped Red Dust Blessing before he and Yan introduced themselves to Ma Rulong.
• Yan Hongchen used Mental Force Field and fused with Xiao Hongchen, giving him the Phantom Water Golden Body and greatly expanding his combat abilities.
• Xiao Hongchen used precise cannon fire to pin down Ma Rulong and his summoned giant ape, forcing Ma Rulong to defend with Lightning Prison.
• Jing Hongchen stopped the duel and declared Xiao Hongchen the winner; Yan Hongchen then showed the team the three-dimensional battlefield vision behind Xiao’s improved accuracy.
• Old Ma praised Yan Hongchen and asked about the tournament, and Jing Hongchen agreed to accompany the team to the Star Luo Empire.
• Jing Hongchen and Old Ma agreed that the main team would continue fighting independently, with only a few days of coordination training before Yan Hongchen returned home.

Yan Hongchen used the Mirror Shadow Beast to extract and replicate Yi Hongchen’s memories, creating a Pseudo Mirror Lake despite the strain on both of them. He infused the resulting Mental Memory Water into a Snow Lotus Seed, leaving its transformation partly complete and the rest to Liu Yueming.

• Yan Hongchen trained with the tournament teams, helped ease their stress, and showed Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen his Mirror Shadow Beast soul spirit and new technique.
• Yan Hongchen left Su Tong at the academy and returned to the Duke's residence, where Yi Hongchen and Liu Yueming were waiting for him.
• Yi Hongchen agreed to endure memory extraction, and Yan Hongchen sent the Mirror Shadow Beast into his sea of spirit to form a Pseudo Mirror Lake and replicate his memories.
• Yan Hongchen extracted the replicated memories as Mental Memory Water while Yi Hongchen collapsed from exhaustion, and the Emeraldsong Rain Crane began healing him.
• Yan Hongchen infused the Mental Memory Water into a Snow Lotus Seed, saw it begin to glow, and went to bring Liu Yueming to complete the remaining process.

Yan Hongchen removed the Spiritual Fire that had sealed Liu Yueming’s sea of spirit and used it with his Soul Fire to bloom a Soul Snow Lotus, restoring her. The chapter ended with Liu Yueming awakening and embracing Yi Hongchen, while Yan Hongchen sent word to his family that the crisis was over.

• Ye Guyi came out of seclusion at Rank 50 and agreed to care for Yi Hongchen while Yan Hongchen treated Liu Yueming.
• Yan Hongchen used the Mirror Shadow Beast to dissolve the ice in Liu Yueming’s sea of spirit and extract the Spiritual Fire, leaving her unconscious.
• Yan Hongchen combined the Spiritual Fire and his Soul Fire to make the Snow Lotus Seed bloom into a Soul Snow Lotus, then used its spiritual power to restore Liu Yueming and strengthen Yi Hongchen and Ye Guyi.
• Liu Yueming awakened, confirmed that the ice and flames were gone, and used Snow Blindness before Yi Hongchen embraced her.
• Yan Hongchen left with Ye Guyi and messaged his grandfather, older brother, and older sister to return because the matter had been resolved.

After recovering from his seven-day exhaustion, Yan Hongchen used the Soul Snow Lotus’s remaining mental energy to help Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen open their spiritual seas and gave the lotus and Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow to Liu Yueming. Once his family was recovering and prepared, Yan Hongchen set out with Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Ye Guyi to obtain Soul Rings.

• Yan Hongchen woke after seven days of rest and learned that Xiao Hongchen and his parents had recovered enough to leave their rooms.
• Yan Hongchen explained that he still had one final step to complete for Liu Yueming and brought out the Soul Snow Lotus.
• Yan Hongchen gave Liu Yueming the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow and the Ice-to-Water Art, then used the lotus’s remaining mental energy to help Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen open their spiritual seas.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen successfully opened their spiritual seas, and Yan Hongchen gave Liu Yueming the Soul Snow Lotus to nurture alongside the marrow.
• Yan Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Ye Guyi left the Sun Moon Empire to obtain Soul Rings.

Yan Hongchen brought Meng Hongchen to the Extreme North so Snow Empress could help her obtain a soul ring, while he also sought to test his Soul Spirit method. While his companions guarded him, Electrolux revealed a new soul ring and began teaching him Soul Spirit techniques; Snow Empress returned as the lesson continued.

• Yan Hongchen told Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen that Snow Empress would help Meng Hongchen find a soul ring, and Ye Guyi asked him about the Angel God.
• Snow Empress arrived, traded remarks with Yan Hongchen about the Ice God and A Tai, then heard the Emeraldsong Rain Crane and Mirror Shadow Beast explain their circumstances.
• Yan Hongchen proposed testing his Soul Spirit method, and Snow Empress agreed to find a ten-thousand-year ice-and-fire dual-element soul beast in exchange for the Ice God Pearl.
• Yan Hongchen used his Simulation soul skill to isolate himself while Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Ye Guyi guarded the area.
• Electrolux showed Yan Hongchen a gray soul ring on his heart martial soul, explained its abilities, and began teaching him Soul Spirit techniques.
• Snow Empress's returning aura approached as Yan Hongchen continued committing Electrolux's lesson to memory.

Yan Hongchen helped Meng Hongchen form a Soul Spirit contract with the dying Icefire Mystic Phoenix, and Electrolux used his power to complete the process. Meng Hongchen gained a phoenix soul ring and began awakening red-and-blue wings as the Icefire Mystic Phoenix prepared to experience life as a Soul Spirit.

• Snow Empress brought the wounded Icefire Mystic Phoenix to Yan Hongchen and Meng Hongchen as a candidate for a Soul Spirit contract.
• Yan Hongchen used Spiritual Sharing, then asked the Phantom Water Spirit Toad to explain the contract; the Icefire Mystic Phoenix accepted and approached Meng Hongchen.
• Electrolux took control of Yan Hongchen and formed the contract, prompting Ye Guyi to react to his gray aura before Xiao Hongchen stood between them and defended him.
• The Icefire Mystic Phoenix became Meng Hongchen's fifth soul ring, and Snow Empress confirmed that its soul retained independent consciousness.
• Yan Hongchen regained control as red-and-blue patterns appeared on Meng Hongchen; she awoke and unfolded a pair of mismatched phoenix wings.