Extreme North

Biodata

Geography and Environment

The Extreme North is a vast frozen region of ice plains, glacial terrain, bitter winds, and deep ice layers. Its climate is lethal to ordinary visitors but naturally favors its ice-attribute soul beasts. Heavenly lightning drawn down by Ling Xiao can be felt across the territory, with thunderclouds and strikes scattering soul beasts within dozens of miles. 1 11

• Ice plains — The region’s dominant terrain; Ling Xiao’s lightning cultivation and later the confrontation with the Great Star Dou Forest take place here. 11 61
• Deep ice layers — A heavenly-lightning strike pierced dozens of meters through the ice in the region’s opening incident, leaving behind a deep pit. 1
• Remote glacial areas — Areas far from soul beast nests are used for Ling Xiao’s lightning cultivation to limit collateral disruption. 11 18
• Extreme North environment — Provides a substantial home-field advantage to local ice-and-snow soul beasts while weakening visitors from the Great Star Dou Forest. 27 64

Governance and Inhabitants

Snow Emperor is the absolute ruler of the Extreme North, while Ice Empress is its second ruler. Their authority is recognized by the region’s strongest soul beasts, including the Titan Snow Demon King and Ice Bear King Xiaobai. 14 19

The Ice Crystal Palace serves as Snow Emperor’s territory and the heart of the Extreme North. Located beneath the ice, it is formed entirely from solid ice and was previously visited only by Ice Empress and Xiaobai. 2

Known Locations

• Ice Crystal Palace — Snow Emperor’s ice-built palace beneath the Extreme North; the center of her rule and Ling Xiao’s home after his adoption. 2
• Ice Jade Scorpion Clan territory — Territory of Ice Empress’s clan, whose members become among the first soul beasts to receive Ling Xiao’s help against heavenly tribulations. 12 14
• Remote lightning-cultivation grounds — Open, uninhabited areas where Snow Emperor and Ice Empress take Ling Xiao to draw down heavenly lightning. 11
• Former sealing site — An especially isolated part of the region where Ling Xiao was severely injured during a lightning storm and soul-tool explosion; it was also the location where Snow Emperor was sealed in the original course of events. 18

History

A strange bolt of heavenly lightning descended beneath a clear sky and struck deep into the Extreme North’s ice layer. Snow Emperor investigated the resulting pit as the region’s sovereign, finding a dying infant surrounded by violet lightning at its bottom. She identified him as an innate lightning spirit, took him to the Ice Crystal Palace, and eventually adopted him as Ling Xiao. 1 2

Ling Xiao’s lightning cultivation soon became a recurring disturbance across the territory. His summoned thunderclouds and falling lightning initially caused widespread fear among local soul beasts, but Snow Emperor and Ice Empress protected him and moved his training to isolated areas. The soul beasts gradually learned that Snow Emperor had adopted an unusually dangerous but protected child. 11

Ling Xiao proposed using soul beast heavenly tribulations as both nourishment for himself and a means to save others from fatal breakthroughs. After he helped the Ice Jade Scorpion Xiaoqing survive a one-hundred-thousand-year tribulation, other soul beasts sought his aid. His interventions increased the Extreme North’s overall strength and made him a symbol of hope for soul beasts seeking to escape the normal fate of tribulation. 12 14

Snow Emperor later made strengthening the entire Extreme North a strategic priority. She planned to use treasures, tribulations, and Ling Xiao’s abilities to raise the cultivation of Xiaobai, A-Tai, and other local powerhouses, partly to narrow the gap with the Great Star Dou Forest. 25 27

Role in the Soul Beast World

Ling Xiao’s ability to absorb heavenly lightning and break tribulation shackles transformed the Extreme North from an isolated northern power into a target of continent-wide attention. Myriad Demon King investigated the region and reported that its rulers had survived tribulations that should have been fatal, while Ling Xiao had grown into a major powerhouse. 46 58

Di Tian and the ferocious beasts of the Great Star Dou Forest eventually entered the Extreme North seeking control over Ling Xiao. Di Tian argued that Ling Xiao’s power concerned the entire soul beast race, while Snow Emperor, Ice Empress, Ling Xiao, A-Tai, and Xiaobai refused to surrender him. 61 62

The resulting clash demonstrated the region’s increased strength:

• Snow Emperor revealed 790,000 years of cultivation and used the Extreme North’s icefield environment to contend with Di Tian. 62 64
• Ice Empress revealed 490,000 years of cultivation and defeated Xiong Jun decisively. 62 63
• Ling Xiao revealed 530,000 years of cultivation and overwhelmed Myriad Demon King with lightning. 62 63
• A-Tai and Xiaobai revealed 290,000 and 270,000 years of cultivation respectively, though they struggled against Zi Ji and Yao Ling. 62 63