Chapter Summaries

Ling Xiao returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and suggested the Lovesick Heartbreak Red for the Snow Empress after she gave the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass to the Ice Empress. His explanation of the flower’s demanding recognition ritual left the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, and the sentient Immortal Herbs blushing and stunned.

• The Ice Empress struggled to identify and distribute the Immortal Herbs until the Snow Empress returned and offered to help.
• The Snow Empress gave the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass to the Ice Empress and took the Ten-Thousand-Year Frost Spirit Lotus for herself.
• Ling Xiao suggested that the Snow Empress consider the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and explained its powers and conditions for plucking it.
• The sentient Immortal Herbs realized the ritual required a person’s blood and deepest love, then silently hoped to witness it.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress blushed at Ling Xiao’s explanation, while the Ice Empress asked what he meant.

Ice Empress failed to make the Lovesick Heartbreak Red acknowledge her, while Snow Empress succeeded after thinking of Ling Xiao. The Immortal Herbs inferred that Snow Empress’s devotion centered on Ling Xiao, though Snow Empress knew he was a child she had picked up.

• Ice Empress poured her heart’s blood onto the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, but it did not acknowledge her, and she accepted that her feelings for Snow Empress were sisterly.
• Snow Empress recalled raising Ling Xiao and how he had protected her, then offered her heart’s blood to the flower.
• The Lovesick Heartbreak Red detached from the soil and settled into Snow Empress’s hand, acknowledging her as its master.
• The Immortal Herbs realized Snow Empress had thought of Ling Xiao and began speculating about their relationship.

Ling Xiao, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress spent months cultivating with Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. They emerged much stronger and left with the valuable herbs, stripping away resources Tang San had meant to use for his plans.

• Ling Xiao clarified that the Snow Empress was his adoptive mother, disappointing the gossiping Immortal Herbs and the Ice Empress.
• The Snow Empress kept Lovesick Heartbreak Red with her and cultivated beside the Ice Spring, eventually forming a Yin-Yang Complementary Soul Core and reaching seven hundred and seventy thousand years of cultivation.
• The Ice Empress absorbed three Immortal Herbs, raising her cultivation to four hundred and ninety thousand years before she chose to prepare further for her five-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation.
• Ling Xiao absorbed Thunderclap Hell Vine, Thunder-marked Dragon Saliva Grass, and Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, reaching five hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Ling Xiao and the two Empresses took the valuable Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, leaving the place barren of herbs over one hundred thousand years old, then departed.

Tang San failed to reconnect with his divine sense in the God-Sealing Platform and abandoned his plan to steer Huo Yuhao away from the Far North. Huo Yuhao set out for the Far North during his vacation, unaware that his attempt to obtain the Ice Empress as a second martial soul could be fatal.

• Tang San briefly connected to the God-Sealing Platform, recoiled from the sewage inside, and retched until he realized his divine sense was trapped there.
• Tang San considered guiding Huo Yuhao away from the Far North but stopped when Destruction God King's surveillance drew his attention.
• Divine Sense Tang San fell back into the sewage and wondered whether he would have to control it himself.
• Huo Yuhao began his one-month vacation and set out for the Far North after Sky Dream Iceworm promised him a second martial soul.
• Huo Yuhao believed he could gain the Ice Empress's power, unaware that she had grown far stronger and was now with Snow Emperor and Ling Xiao.

Myriad Demon King returned toward the Great Star Dou Forest with news of the Innate Thunder Spirit, while Huo Yuhao reached the Far North and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm released its aura to lure the Ice Empress. The aura risked drawing more than the Ice Empress, just as Ling Xiao approached the Snow Empress and Ice Empress's bed.

• Myriad Demon King hurried back toward the Great Star Dou Forest, hoping Di Tian would find a way to claim the Innate Thunder Spirit.
• The Snow Empress gave Immortal Herbs to A-Tai and Xiao Bai and ordered them to cultivate in preparation for possible visitors.
• Huo Yuhao endured the cold as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm guided him into the Far North's depths.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm released its Million-Year Soul Beast aura to attract the Ice Empress, but the signal could draw others too.
• The Ice Empress invited the Snow Empress to rest with her, and the Snow Empress stopped Ling Xiao as he approached the bed.

Ling Xiao, Snow Emperor, and Ice Empress sensed Sky Dream Iceworm’s return to the Far North, and Ice Empress confronted it while Ling Xiao and Snow Emperor watched from hiding. After repeatedly slapping Sky Dream, Ice Empress heard its plan to make Huo Yuhao a god and recruit her as his second martial soul.

• Ling Xiao recognized Sky Dream Iceworm’s presence and went with Snow Emperor and Ice Empress to observe its encounter with Huo Yuhao.
• Sky Dream Iceworm emerged from Huo Yuhao’s sea of consciousness and greeted Ice Empress affectionately, but she angrily slapped it away again and again.
• Sky Dream Iceworm explained that it wanted to nurture Huo Yuhao into a god through its God-Making Project.
• Sky Dream Iceworm urged Ice Empress to become Huo Yuhao’s second martial soul, claiming that doing so would protect her from her heavenly tribulation.

The Ice Empress revealed that her cultivation had reached 490,000 years and declared that she could become a god without relying on anyone, ruining Sky Dream Iceworm’s plan. After Huo Yuhao learned Sky Dream had meant to use him as a vessel, the Snow Emperor and Ling Xiao emerged from hiding, and Ling Xiao confronted Sky Dream.

• The Ice Empress revealed her 490,000 years of cultivation and repeated Ling Xiao’s declaration that she could become a god on her own.
• Huo Yuhao learned Sky Dream Iceworm had planned to make him a container for the Ice Empress and broke down in shock and betrayal.
• Electrolux sensed two concealed auras and warned that Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream were in danger.
• The Snow Emperor and Ling Xiao emerged from behind an ice boulder, revealing their immense cultivation to Sky Dream.
• Ling Xiao confronted Sky Dream, whom he believed had pursued the God-Making Project to save himself by using Huo Yuhao.

Ling Xiao judged Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Iceworm as selfish and dangerous, then decided to eliminate them and take the Iceworm’s origin essence for himself and his companions. He ended the chapter by threatening both of them on the ice field.

• The Ice Empress confronted Sky Dream Iceworm for risking Huo Yuhao’s life to pursue its own ambitions, and Sky Dream trembled without denying the accusation.
• Ling Xiao recalled Huo Yuhao’s past behavior and concluded that his pitiful upbringing did not excuse his actions.
• Ling Xiao decided that killing Sky Dream Iceworm would weaken Huo Yuhao and disrupt Tang San’s plan while allowing his group to claim the Iceworm’s origin essence.
• Ling Xiao told Sky Dream Iceworm and Huo Yuhao that they would die there that day.

Ling Xiao attacked Sky Dream Iceworm and Huo Yuhao with his Ultimate Annihilation Law, seemingly killing Sky Dream before turning his Thunder Domain on Huo Yuhao. Sky Dream’s apparent death was a deception, and Electrolux awakened to save Huo Yuhao.

• Ling Xiao unleashed his killing intent and Annihilation Thunder Spear against Sky Dream Iceworm and Huo Yuhao.
• Sky Dream begged for mercy, but Ling Xiao struck him with lightning, making him appear to collapse and die.
• Huo Yuhao mourned Sky Dream, and Ling Xiao announced that Huo Yuhao was next and covered the ice plain in his Thunder Domain.
• Sky Dream revealed in Huo Yuhao’s sea of consciousness that he had faked his death to escape, planning to abandon Huo Yuhao.
• Electrolux recognized that Huo Yuhao would die if he remained asleep and prepared to reveal himself.

Ling Xiao exposed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's staged death and invaded Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness to plunder Tian Meng's Million-Year essence. Electrolux took control of Huo Yuhao's body and confronted Ling Xiao, while Huo Yuhao discovered Tian Meng was still alive and remained unwilling to hear his explanation.

• Ling Xiao used his Thunder Domain to trap the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and revealed to Huo Yuhao that Tian Meng had faked his death.
• Ling Xiao entered Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness and began plundering Tian Meng's Million-Year essence.
• Electrolux seized control of Huo Yuhao's body and attacked Ling Xiao with Soul Piercing, but Ling Xiao withdrew and dodged the strike.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress brought their Ultimate Ice domains to bear on Electrolux-controlled Huo Yuhao, who stood firm and warned them.
• Huo Yuhao returned to his Sea of Consciousness, saw the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm alive, and refused to hear Tian Meng's explanation.

Ling Xiao rejected Electrolux’s offer and attacked him and Huo Yuhao, prompting Electrolux to summon an undead army across the Far North. Ling Xiao and the Ice and Snow Emperors destroyed the undead in waves while Electrolux secretly prepared spatial magic to escape, and Ling Xiao formed a Thunder Spear infused with the Four-Element Law.

• Ling Xiao refused to spare Electrolux and declared that Electrolux and Huo Yuhao would die, despite already taking thirty percent of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s origin.
• Electrolux chanted Necromancy and summoned a vast undead army from bones buried beneath the ice plains.
• Ling Xiao and the Ice and Snow Emperors attacked the undead, using lightning and ice to destroy them and extinguish their ghostfire.
• Electrolux defended himself, summoned more undead, and secretly prepared powerful spatial magic to escape the Thunder Domain.
• Ling Xiao formed a Thunder Spear infused with the Four-Element Law as the battle shifted in his favor.

Ling Xiao defeated Electrolux’s attempt to escape by striking Huo Yuhao with a four-colored Thunder Spear, forcing Electrolux to spend more of his power protecting Huo Yuhao and the spiritual sea. Ling Xiao returned toward the Ice Crystal Palace with the Ice and Snow Empresses and offered to divide the stolen origin, while Snow Empress hesitated over accepting another gift.

• Electrolux opened a Spatial Rift and fled with Huo Yuhao, but Ling Xiao’s four-colored Thunder Spear followed them into it and struck Huo Yuhao.
• Electrolux spent twenty percent of his origin to counter the spear’s corrosive power and reinforce Huo Yuhao’s spiritual sea, leaving Sky Dream Ice Silkworm with half his original origin.
• Ling Xiao let Electrolux escape, kept thirty percent of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s origin, and returned toward the Ice Crystal Palace with the Ice and Snow Empresses.
• Ling Xiao offered to split the stolen origin equally among the three of them, and Ice Empress eagerly accepted.
• Snow Empress hesitated because Ling Xiao had already given her many treasures and helped her survive her tribulation.

Ling Xiao noticed Snow Empress was troubled and brought her back to the Ice Crystal Palace to ask what was wrong. Snow Empress began recalling how she had raised him, but had not yet explained the conflict in her heart.

• Ling Xiao gave Ice Empress a portion of Tian Meng's origin essence and urged her to absorb it so she could prepare to break through to five hundred thousand years.
• Snow Empress told Ice Empress to accept Ling Xiao's gift, and Ice Empress returned to her territory to absorb it.
• Ling Xiao took Snow Empress to the Ice Crystal Palace and offered her another portion of origin essence, but she handed it back.
• Ling Xiao patiently asked Snow Empress what was bothering her, and she began recalling how he had clung to her and called her Mom as a tiny child.

Snow Empress feared Ling Xiao no longer needed her, but he reassured her that she remained his reason for growing stronger and the meaning of his life. After he asked whether they could change their relationship, Snow Empress agreed and asked him to call her Xue'er instead of Mom.

• Snow Empress recalled Ling Xiao's childhood and lamented that he had grown strong and no longer depended on her as before.
• Ling Xiao rested his head on Snow Empress's lap and told her about his lonely life in darkness before he met her.
• Ling Xiao explained that his feelings for Snow Empress went beyond gratitude and asked whether she would accept his gifts if they changed their relationship.
• Snow Empress thought of the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and nodded in agreement.
• Snow Empress asked Ling Xiao to call her Xue'er instead of Mom.

Ling Xiao and the Snow Empress grew closer as she accepted a portion of origin, while the Ice Empress began absorbing hers in seclusion. Huo Yuhao arrived at Shrek City gravely injured, and Electrolux explained that his physical and spiritual wounds would keep him unconscious for some time.

• Ling Xiao called the Snow Empress Xue'er and asked whether he could still call her Mom, and she warmly told him he could.
• Ling Xiao gave the Snow Empress a portion of origin, which she accepted, while the Ice Empress returned to her territory and began absorbing hers.
• Electrolux teleported Huo Yuhao near Shrek City, where the severely injured youth collapsed at the gates.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya recognized Huo Yuhao in the crowd, and Bei Bei carried him to Shrek Academy for treatment.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao in his shattered sea of consciousness that his bodily and spiritual injuries would prevent him from waking soon.

Electrolux made Huo Yuhao his disciple, then bound Tian Meng’s life to Huo Yuhao’s so it could not abandon him while Electrolux slept. Electrolux fell into slumber, leaving Huo Yuhao recovering in a Shrek Academy hospital bed, where his ordinary perceived talent made the academy reluctant to spend resources on him.

• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that he had awakened early to save him, and Huo Yuhao knelt in gratitude as Electrolux formally took him as his disciple.
• Electrolux explained that maintaining consciousness would hasten his remnant soul’s dissipation, so he needed to sleep and restore his strength.
• Electrolux used soul-binding magic to chain Tian Meng’s life to Huo Yuhao’s, ensuring Tian Meng would die if Huo Yuhao died.
• Electrolux promised to teach Huo Yuhao Necromancy when he awoke, then sank into the Sea of Consciousness and fell asleep.
• Huo Yuhao woke in a hospital bed at Shrek Academy, where his injuries had been treated, but his Sea of Consciousness still needed recovery and the academy considered him too ordinary to merit extra resources.

Huo Yuhao plotted to exploit Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire problem to provoke a conflict between Shrek Academy and the Far North. Meanwhile, Di Tian’s Ferocious Beasts learned about Ling Xiao and debated how to bring the Innate Thunder Spirit under their influence.

• Huo Yuhao blamed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for Electrolux’s coma and decided he would eventually take revenge on him.
• Huo Yuhao learned from Sky Dream that the Ice Empress and Snow Empress both possessed Ultimate Ice, then planned to tell Yan Shaozhe about them so he might lead Shrek into conflict with the Far North.
• Myriad Demon King returned to the Lake of Life and reported Ling Xiao’s existence and the Far North’s strength to Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts.
• Xiong Jun urged the Ferocious Beasts to imprison Ling Xiao, while Bi Ji warned that Snow Empress would not give up her adopted child easily.
• Bi Ji proposed negotiating with the Ice and Snow Emperors for help with their Heavenly Tribulations, and the Ferocious Beasts waited for Di Tian’s decision.

Di Tian decided to seize the Innate Thunder Spirit by force and prepared to lead the Ferocious Beasts to the Far North, eventually allowing the Auspicious Beast to join them. Meanwhile, the Ice Empress emerged from seclusion as a five-hundred-thousand-year powerhouse, and Di Tian's party set out through a spatial rift.

• Di Tian rejected Bi Ji's call for negotiation, declaring that the Ferocious Beasts would control the Innate Thunder Spirit through strength.
• Di Tian ordered the Ferocious Beasts to prepare for an expedition and initially told the Auspicious Beast to stay behind.
• The Auspicious Beast threatened to curse the expedition with bad luck, and Scarlet King argued that its fortune would help the party.
• Di Tian agreed to bring the Auspicious Beast if it withdrew its threat, but it promised only to make him a little unlucky.
• The Ice Empress finished absorbing the origin and flew toward the Ice Crystal Palace to see Xue'er.
• Di Tian opened a spatial rift, and the Ferocious Beasts and Auspicious Beast entered it to travel to the Far North.

Ice Empress returned to the Ice Crystal Palace and found Snow Empress and Ling Xiao asleep in each other’s arms. After squeezing between them and waking them, she demanded to know why Ling Xiao was calling Snow Empress “Xue'er,” while Snow Empress quietly considered inviting Ice Empress into their relationship.

• Ice Empress found Snow Empress and Ling Xiao sleeping together and climbed onto their bed, insisting she wanted to cuddle with them too.
• Ice Empress squeezed between the pair and repeatedly disturbed their sleep until Ling Xiao woke and called Snow Empress “Xue'er.”
• Ice Empress accused Ling Xiao and Snow Empress of changing their relationship while she was away, and Snow Empress refused to reveal their secret.
• Ling Xiao asked whether Ice Empress had finished absorbing her origin, but Ice Empress kept questioning him and playfully pounded his chest.
• Snow Empress watched them bicker and wondered whether Ice Empress could join them so the three of them could stay together.

Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Ling Xiao confronted Di Tian and the ferocious beasts of the Great Star Dou Forest, who had come to claim the Innate Thunder Spirit. Di Tian demanded Ling Xiao for the sake of all soul beasts, while Bi Ji proposed cooperation and Xiong Jun urged force.

• Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Ling Xiao sensed powerful auras in the Extreme North and identified Di Tian among the approaching beasts.
• Di Tian, Bi Ji, Auspicious Beast, and the other ferocious beasts emerged from a spatial rift, and Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Ling Xiao, A-Tai, and Xiao Bai went to meet them.
• Ling Xiao identified Auspicious Beast as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and the Great Star Dou Forest's symbol of fortune.
• Di Tian demanded that Snow Empress hand over Ling Xiao, and Ice Empress traded insults with Xiong Jun.
• Di Tian argued that Ling Xiao should be managed for the benefit of all soul beasts, while Bi Ji proposed cooperation and Xiong Jun urged Di Tian to fight.