Snow Empress

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Snow Empress (雪帝)
Alias(es)	Ice and Snow Maiden; Xue'er
Species/Race	Ice-Snow Maiden; a one-of-a-kind humanoid soul beast naturally born from the Far North's ice essence 36 40 43
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Foremost of the Far North's Three Heavenly Kings; later travels with Yao Shi and Ice Empress 35 43
Occupation/Role	Ruler of the Far North ice plains; ranked third among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts 36 43
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 35

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Nearly 700,000-year cultivation	36	Failed to endure her first attempt at the seven-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation after the sixth lightning strike severely injured her.
700,000-year cultivation	42	Successfully crossed the seven-hundred-thousand-year bottleneck after Yao Shi's Pure Land, healing, and Thunder Spirit neutralized the tribulation's final threat.

Background / History

Snow Empress is the Ice-Snow Maiden, a unique humanoid soul beast born from the Far North's ice essence. As its ruler and the foremost of its Three Heavenly Kings, she reached nearly seven hundred thousand years of cultivation. She had known Ice Empress for tens of thousands of years and raised Little White, the Ice Bear King, from shortly after she became an emperor. 35 42 43

During her seventh great tribulation, Snow Empress endured six heavenly lightning strikes but was left near death. Unable to withstand the final bolt, she attempted to rebuild herself as a human using a hundred-thousand-year snow lotus. A human soul engineer squad ambushed her during the transformation, intending to seal her in a Sealing God Platform; rather than be captured for her soul ring and soul bone, she prepared to self-destruct. 36

Ice Empress distracted the attackers while Yao Shi reached Snow Empress, healed her damaged body and soul, and brought her into the Glazed Abundance Pure Land. After recovering, Snow Empress thanked Yao Shi and reconsidered her belief that all humans were cruel. 37 40

Snow Empress chose to challenge the tribulation again under the Pure Land's protection. Yao Shi evaded the first four strikes, while Snow Empress shielded him from the fifth. Yao Shi later created the Thunder Spirit from tribulation lightning; the spirit absorbed the remaining lightning and enabled Snow Empress to reach the seven-hundred-thousand-year level. 41 42

Following her breakthrough, Snow Empress arranged the Far North before choosing to accompany Yao Shi and Ice Empress into the human world. She brought Little White with her, believing he would struggle to pass his own bottleneck without her protection. 43

Personality

Snow Empress is proud, resolute, and fiercely unwilling to submit. Even while her body was collapsing and a superior human force surrounded her, she chose self-destruction over allowing herself to be captured and exploited. 36

Her distrust of humans is rooted in prejudice and experience, but Yao Shi's willingness to risk his life for her causes her to reassess that view. She is sincere in gratitude, affectionate toward Ice Empress, and protective of Little White, whom she treats as a son. 40 43

Despite her aloof bearing, she can be playful. After Yao Shi's breakthrough left his clothes destroyed, she teased him for being so beautiful that she had mistaken him for a girl. 41

Abilities & Skills

Ice-Snow Maiden Physiology

Snow Empress possesses immense ice-and-snow power as a near-seven-hundred-thousand-year ferocious beast.

• Her aura after the successful breakthrough radiates cold intense enough to seem capable of freezing time. 42
• Her body can endure multiple heavenly tribulation strikes, though the sixth strike of her first attempt left her critically wounded. 36
• She can form layered soul-power shields to reduce incoming damage, as when she protected Yao Shi from the fifth tribulation strike. 41

Snow Empress's Three Absolutes

Snow Empress possesses exclusive ice techniques which Yao Shi can temporarily borrow while she is inside the Glazed Abundance Pure Land.

• Emperor Sword: Peerless Ice Edge — A devastating ice attack capable of cutting through a high-level energy barrier and leaving behind a spatial rift. 37 38 39
• Yao Shi's use of her powers briefly gave him combat strength above that of an ordinary Titled Douluo, though the sudden power surge nearly caused his body to burst apart. 38 39

Tribulation Reformation

When she could no longer withstand her seventh tribulation, Snow Empress attempted to abandon her soul beast body and rebuild herself as a human.

• She used a hundred-thousand-year snow lotus to draw upon heaven-and-earth power. 36
• The process sealed her origin power and left her unable to resist the human ambush. 36
• She halted the transformation and ignited her origin of ultimate snow when she decided to self-destruct instead. 36

Equipment / Items

• Hundred-thousand-year snow lotus — Used during her attempted human reformation amid the first tribulation. 36

Relationships

• Ice Empress — Longtime friend and fellow Far North Heavenly King. Ice Empress risks her life to defend Snow Empress during the ambush, and Snow Empress later joins her journey with Yao Shi. 37 40 42 43
• Yao Shi — Rescuer and traveling companion. He healed her, sheltered her in the Glazed Abundance Pure Land, and enabled her to pass the seven-hundred-thousand-year tribulation; Snow Empress becomes deeply grateful and more open-minded toward humans because of him. 37 40 42 43
• Little White — The Ice Bear King whom Snow Empress raised from childhood; he has been by her side for over two hundred thousand years and regards her as his mother. 43
• Thunder Spirit — A living spirit created by Yao Shi from tribulation lightning. It resembles Snow Empress by roughly eighty percent and absorbed the lightning that allowed her breakthrough. 42

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Seventh Great Tribulation — Endures six lightning strikes, fails her initial attempt, and is targeted by a human soul engineer squad seeking to capture her. 35 36
• Rescue from the Soul Engineer Squad — Is healed and transported into Yao Shi's Pure Land while Ice Empress holds off the ambushers. 37
• Second Tribulation Attempt — Cooperates with Yao Shi to evade and endure the renewed heavenly tribulation. 40 41
• Seven-Hundred-Thousand-Year Breakthrough — Survives the final tribulation through the Thunder Spirit's intervention and reaches a new cultivation level. 42
• Departure from the Far North — Leaves for the human world with Yao Shi, Ice Empress, and Little White. 43

Notable Quotes

“Even if I die, I'll take you down with me. Don't even think of obtaining my soul ring or soul bone!” 36

“I used to think humans were all terrible, but I never expected you to risk your life just to help soul beasts.” 40