Chapter Summaries

Ling Xiao became trapped in primordial chaos after losing consciousness, where his desperate cries awakened a giant who split the chaos and created heaven and earth. The resulting light brought Ling Xiao back to consciousness in Ice Crystal Palace, where he reunited with Snow Emperor and Ice Empress.

• Ling Xiao realized he was drifting alone in chaos after the soul tool's explosion and worried that Snow Emperor and Ice Empress were waiting for him.
• Ling Xiao's cries awakened a giant at the center of the chaos.
• The giant split the chaos with an axe, separating heaven and earth and dividing yin and yang.
• A ray of light pulled Ling Xiao out of the chaos, and he woke on an ice bed in Ice Crystal Palace.
• Snow Emperor embraced Ling Xiao, and Ice Empress joined them as the three reunited.
• After they had calmed down, Ice Empress asked Ling Xiao how long he had been unconscious, and he said he did not know.

Ling Xiao recovered in Ice Crystal Palace and learned that Snow Emperor had used the Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus to save him. While examining a strange metal object found near where he collapsed, he identified it as the God-Sealing Platform and discovered that he could sense its sealing rule power.

• Ice Empress checked on Ling Xiao after he woke, and he told her that he was recovering.
• Snow Emperor revealed that she had used the Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus to help Ling Xiao heal, and he thanked her.
• Ling Xiao considered his dream of primordial chaos and realized that his origins as the Innate Chaos Thunder Spirit might be more complicated than he had believed.
• Ice Empress showed Ling Xiao a dark silver object found near the place where he collapsed, and he recognized it as the God-Sealing Platform.
• Ling Xiao sensed the God-Sealing Platform's sealing rule power and concluded that his dream had awakened his ability to perceive rules.

Ling Xiao discovered that he could sense the sealing power in the God-Sealing Platform, astonishing the Ice and Snow Emperors despite his young age. After learning he had been unconscious for three months and the novel’s plot had begun, he urged them to leave the Extreme North and search for the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

• Ling Xiao tried to comprehend the Law of Lightning but found that the lightning in his palm carried no laws.
• Ling Xiao told the Ice Empress that he could sense sealing power in the God-Sealing Platform, shocking her and the Snow Emperor.
• The Snow Emperor asked why Ling Xiao had sensed sealing power instead of the Law of Lightning, and Ling Xiao admitted he had never thought about comprehending laws.
• Ling Xiao learned that he had been unconscious for three months and realized Huo Yuhao’s story had begun while he remained in the Extreme North.
• Ling Xiao proposed that they leave the Extreme North to search for the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow, and the Ice Empress eagerly agreed.

Ling Xiao led Snow Emperor and Ice Empress to Dragon City to retrieve the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow hidden beneath the Earth Dragon Sect. They opened a submerged passage into a secret realm, where they found an abundance of pure ice-attribute energy.

• Snow Emperor agreed to leave after Ling Xiao said his injuries had mostly healed.
• Ling Xiao and the Ice and Snow Emperors traveled to Dragon City and avoided the city gates to reach the Earth Dragon Sect unnoticed.
• After nightfall, Ice Empress, Ling Xiao, and Snow Emperor entered an ancient well behind the Earth Dragon Sect.
• Snow Emperor shielded Ling Xiao from the cold as the three swam deeper into the spring and sensed increasingly pure ice-attribute energy.
• Ling Xiao guided them to a submerged mechanism, opened the stone door, and followed Ice Empress into the secret realm.

Ling Xiao, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress discovered and collected forty-five pieces of Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow and the cavern’s Ice Extreme Divine Crystals. On their journey back to the Extreme North, Snow Empress warned that Ling Xiao’s power to help Soul Beasts survive heavenly tribulations could attract other Soul Beast forces, so they needed to prepare to defend themselves.

• Ice Empress and Snow Empress found the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow in a secret cavern beneath the Earth Dragon Sect and rejoiced at their discovery.
• Ling Xiao, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress collected all forty-five pieces of Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow and took the Ice Extreme Divine Crystals.
• The three emerged from the cold spring, dried themselves, and left the Earth Dragon Sect unnoticed for the Extreme North.
• Ice Empress asked how they should divide the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow, but Ling Xiao told Snow Empress to decide because he had little use for it.
• Snow Empress raised the danger of Ling Xiao’s tribulation-surviving ability becoming known and warned that the Great Star Dou Forest and Evil Demon Forest could threaten them.

Snow Emperor laid out a plan to distribute Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow and use three heavenly tribulations to strengthen Ling Xiao and the Extreme North. After weighing the threat from the Great Star Dou Forest and Tang God King's divine sense, Ling Xiao looked ahead to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Snow Emperor began carrying out her plan.

• Snow Emperor proposed giving enough Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow to A-Tai and Xiaobai to help them break through, then arranging tribulations for Xiaobai, Ice Empress, and herself so Ling Xiao could grow step by step.
• Ling Xiao compared the strength of the Great Star Dou Forest with the Extreme North and judged that the northern environment narrowed the gap enough for them to negotiate with confidence.
• Ling Xiao decided that the Extreme North needed strength beyond negotiation and considered obtaining immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but resolved to wait until Snow Emperor and Ice Empress had grown stronger.
• Ling Xiao planned to use the three heavenly tribulations to comprehend the laws within Heavenly Thunder and improve his strength.
• After returning to the Extreme North, Snow Emperor summoned A-Tai and Xiaobai and handed each of them Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

Xiao Bai underwent her two-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation while Ling Xiao studied the laws within its lightning. Ling Xiao intervened to help her, repaired his damaged origin, and reached two hundred and thirty thousand years of cultivation as Xiao Bai successfully passed the tribulation.

• The Snow Empress gave A-Tai and Xiao Bai Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow and warned them that the Far North might soon face a crisis.
• Everyone entered seclusion for three days, and Ling Xiao studied the God-Sealing Platform while the others cultivated.
• Xiao Bai began her two-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation, and Ling Xiao sensed the laws within its lightning.
• As the light and dark lightning hurt Xiao Bai, Ling Xiao entered the tribulation to help her endure it.
• Ling Xiao absorbed the lightning, repaired his damaged origin, and raised his cultivation to two hundred and thirty thousand years.
• Xiao Bai overcame her tribulation, while Ling Xiao gained insight into the laws but did not yet comprehend them.

Ice Empress overcame her four-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation while Ling Xiao absorbed its power and advanced to three hundred and thirty thousand years of cultivation. Snow Empress then began her seven-hundred-thousand-year tribulation with Ling Xiao determined to protect her, and the dark, gold-threaded clouds gathered overhead.

• Ice Empress broke through to four hundred thousand years of cultivation and endured a seven-colored Heavenly Tribulation that attacked her body, soul, and Soul Core.
• Ling Xiao entered Ice Empress's tribulation, absorbed its energy, and increased his cultivation from two hundred and thirty thousand to three hundred and thirty thousand years while gaining insight into the Thunder Law and Soul-Annihilation Law.
• After Ice Empress survived, Snow Empress spoke with the now-grown Ling Xiao and offered to face her tribulation alone, but he insisted on protecting her.
• Snow Empress accepted Ling Xiao's help despite fearing that the seven-hundred-thousand-year tribulation might harm him and deepen their karmic ties.
• Snow Empress's seven-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation began as the sky darkened and black-and-gold clouds gathered overhead.

Snow Empress faced her seven-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation, but causality redirected its deadliest lightning around Ling Xiao and struck her. Ling Xiao shielded her and absorbed the final bolts, then emerged with her alive and comprehended the Ultimate Annihilation Law: kill.

• Snow Empress calmly withstood the early tribulation lightning using her ice shield and Heavenly Snow Woman true form.
• A causal lightning bolt overwhelmed Snow Empress, and the next bolt curved around Ling Xiao to strike her again.
• Ling Xiao caught the falling Snow Empress and used his Thunder Spirit Origin to shield her as he absorbed the causal lightning.
• After the final bolt, Ling Xiao descended from the clouds carrying Snow Empress, who had survived with only a trace of blood at her mouth.
• Reflecting on the three Heavenly Tribulations, Ling Xiao comprehended the Ultimate Annihilation Law and its single word: kill.

After Ling Xiao and Snow Emperor survived the tribulation, Ice Empress and the others reunited with them on the ice field. Meanwhile, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion sensed an auspicious beast in the north, prompting Di Tian to send Myriad Demon King to investigate; Ice Empress bristled when Ling Xiao revealed his cultivation had reached 430,000 years and rubbed her head.

• Snow Emperor secretly admired how Ling Xiao had grown, and Ling Xiao helped her land safely on the ice.
• Ice Empress rushed to embrace Snow Emperor, while A-Tai and Xiaobai rejoiced that she was unharmed.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion sensed an auspicious beast in the north, and Di Tian ordered Myriad Demon King to investigate.
• A-Tai discovered that Xiaobai had taken a female human form, and Xiaobai snapped back at him.
• Ling Xiao told Ice Empress his cultivation had reached 430,000 years and rubbed her head, so Ice Empress pulled away and protested that only Snow Emperor could do that.

After overcoming the tribulation, Ling Xiao secluded himself to prepare for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and improve his combat skills. Ice Empress trained him by fighting him, but his rapid progress soon forced her to call a stop.

• Snow Emperor, Ice Empress, A-Tai, and Xiaobai returned to their territories to consolidate their cultivation, while Ling Xiao returned to Ice Crystal Palace to prepare for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ling Xiao reviewed his cultivation and recognized that his lack of combat experience was a serious weakness.
• Ice Empress insisted on fighting Ling Xiao so she could teach him combat skills, and he reluctantly agreed after she accused him of no longer listening to his Little Aunt.
• Ice Empress initially overwhelmed Ling Xiao, but he learned her attack patterns and began counterattacking as they fought over several days.
• As Ling Xiao continued improving, Ice Empress realized she was nearing a disadvantage and ended their training, claiming she would beat him next time.

Ling Xiao comprehended the Ultimate Annihilation Law and strengthened his Thunder Domain and God-Sealing Platform, preparing himself to face powerful enemies. He then told Snow Emperor and Ice Empress that his inherited memories revealed the location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Ling Xiao stayed on the ice plains to study lightning laws while Snow Emperor and Ice Empress watched and teased each other about whether he would someday bully them back.
• Ling Xiao refined his understanding of the Ultimate Annihilation Law, Thunder Domain, and sealing law, improving his ability to restrain enemies and protect himself.
• Ling Xiao judged his preparations sufficient to escape Tang God-King's divine sense and headed to the Ice Crystal Palace.
• Ling Xiao told Snow Emperor and Ice Empress that his memories contained a treasure basin called the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Ling Xiao told the Snow Empress and Ice Empress about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, its Immortal Herbs, and the danger of a god’s divine consciousness. The two women promised to accompany him, and the three prepared to face the journey together.

• Ling Xiao explained that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well formed from the remains of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King and contained many powerful Immortal Herbs.
• The Ice Empress eagerly wanted to set out, but the Snow Empress urged her to hear Ling Xiao’s warning about a wisp of a god’s divine consciousness.
• Ling Xiao worried that the Snow Empress and Ice Empress might refuse to go, but the Ice Empress guessed his concern.
• The Snow Empress asked whether Ling Xiao would go alone and learned that he had kept the danger from them because he feared they would not join him.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress promised to accompany Ling Xiao despite the danger, and Ling Xiao apologized for doubting them.

Ling Xiao, Snow Emperor, and Ice Empress teased one another in the Ice Crystal Palace before agreeing to sleep together ahead of their departure the next morning. As they drifted off, Ling Xiao snuggled into Snow Emperor’s arms, and she embraced him by habit.

• Snow Emperor and Ice Empress reassured Ling Xiao that they would protect him, and he teased Ice Empress about her cultivation and height.
• Snow Emperor stopped Ling Xiao and Ice Empress from chasing and bickering, then announced they would leave the next morning.
• Snow Emperor invited Ice Empress to sleep with them, and Ice Empress teased Ling Xiao for still sleeping in Snow Emperor’s arms.
• Ice Empress wondered aloud whether Ling Xiao kept taking them on quests, mentioning the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ling Xiao fell asleep beside Snow Emperor and unconsciously snuggled into her arms, which she pulled him into out of habit.

Ling Xiao woke beside Snow Empress and discovered Ice Empress had spent the night without a comfortable place to sleep. He carried his embarrassed aunt to the bed, and Snow Empress later woke them both as they prepared to leave together.

• Ice Empress woke during the night and saw Ling Xiao sleeping peacefully in Snow Empress's embrace, then turned away rather than disturb them.
• Ling Xiao woke up struggling to breathe and realized Snow Empress's body had blocked his nose and mouth while she slept.
• Ling Xiao found Ice Empress dozing in a chair and heard that she had been cramped while he and Snow Empress hugged.
• Ling Xiao carried Ice Empress to the bed, and she hid her flushed face beneath the covers when he told her to stay quiet so they would not wake Snow Empress.
• Snow Empress woke and teased Ice Empress that they would leave without her, prompting Ice Empress to spring out of bed.

Ling Xiao, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress broke through Sunset Forest’s poisonous miasma and reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they discovered a basin full of powerful Immortal Herbs. After Jiao Jiao claimed the herbs were reserved for Tang San’s descendants, Ling Xiao revealed the trio’s overwhelming cultivation and demanded that the herbs identify themselves.

• Ling Xiao warned Snow Empress and Ice Empress to move quickly because Tang San might have left surveillance around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ice Empress froze the poisonous miasma as the three crossed Sunset Forest and reached the well.
• Snow Empress saw the balanced yin-and-yang springs and considered whether studying them could help her cultivate a Yin-Yang Complementary Soul Core.
• The trio discovered that many Immortal Herbs had reached one hundred thousand years of cultivation and gained intelligence.
• Jiao Jiao, the Infernal Delicate Apricot, asked whether the visitors were descendants of Tang San and told them to leave when Ling Xiao said they were not.
• Ling Xiao, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress released their savage-beast auras, frightening the Immortal Herbs, and Ling Xiao demanded that they explain their abilities.

Ling Xiao forced the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to reveal their names and uses, but Tang San discovered the intrusion and descended with his divine sense to confront them. Ling Xiao and the Ice and Snow Empresses resisted Tang San’s pressure, and Ling Xiao sealed his divine sense inside the God-Sealing Platform.

• Jiao Jiao and the other Immortal Herbs introduced themselves and explained their effects after Ling Xiao threatened to uproot them.
• Tang San discovered that someone had entered his private garden and sent his divine sense through a planar rift to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang San demanded that Ling Xiao, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress kneel, then released the pressure of his God King divine sense.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress raised overlapping ice defenses while Ling Xiao summoned his Thunder Domain to weaken Tang San’s divine sense.
• Tang San realized his divine sense was being worn down and tried to retreat, but Ling Xiao activated the God-Sealing Platform and sealed him inside it.

Ling Xiao sealed Tang San’s divine consciousness in the God-Sealing Platform and tormented it with Heavenly Thunder, while Tang San severed his connection to avoid suspicion from Destruction God King. Ling Xiao then examined the weakened divine consciousness and discovered that Tang San had shat himself.

• Ling Xiao used the Thunder Origin to reinforce the God-Sealing Platform’s seal and subject Tang San’s divine consciousness to Heavenly Thunder.
• The Immortal Herbs watched Tang San lose, and Ling Xiao asked whether anyone still objected.
• Tang San dismissed his divine consciousness and concealed his lower-realm interference when Destruction God King confronted him in the Sea God Hall.
• After Destruction God King left, Tang San suffered backlash from severing his divine consciousness and resolved to hide his plans until they were complete.
• Ling Xiao examined the weakened divine consciousness in the God-Sealing Platform and discovered that Tang San had shat himself.

Ling Xiao intensified the Heavenly Thunder against Tang San’s divine sense after Tang San threatened the Soul Beasts of the Far North and Ling Xiao’s family. He weakened the thunder to keep the divine sense intact while planning a punishment, then told Snow Empress and Ice Empress to prepare to absorb Immortal Herbs, but they insisted on accompanying him.

• Ling Xiao realized Tang San’s divine sense was leaking because its connection to Tang San’s main body had been severed, leaving it in a humiliating state under the Heavenly Thunder.
• Tang San’s divine sense threatened to destroy the Soul Beasts of the Far North, and Ling Xiao increased the Heavenly Thunder in response.
• Tang San threatened Snow Empress and Ice Empress, so Ling Xiao weakened the Heavenly Thunder to let the divine sense repair itself while he planned a lasting punishment.
• Ling Xiao told Snow Empress and Ice Empress that Tang San was being watched by Destruction God King and that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was safe for them to visit.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress insisted on going with Ling Xiao when they realized he planned to leave alone.

Ling Xiao threw the sealed God-Sealing Platform containing Divine Sense Tang San into a village latrine to humiliate him, while Snow Empress waited nearby. Afterward, she cleaned Ling Xiao with frost, and they returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Ling Xiao admitted to Snow Empress and Ice Empress that he planned to throw the God-Sealing Platform into a latrine, and Snow Empress insisted on accompanying him.
• Ling Xiao found a village latrine, told Snow Empress to wait at a distance, and carried the God-Sealing Platform toward it.
• Ling Xiao taunted Divine Sense Tang San and dropped the God-Sealing Platform into the cesspit despite Tang San's threats and pleas.
• Tang San tried to block his senses, but Ling Xiao's lightning repeatedly broke through and forced him to experience the cesspit's filth and stench.
• Ling Xiao returned to Snow Empress, who washed him with frost and told him to bathe before sleeping with her.
• Ling Xiao and Snow Empress returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.