Chapter Summaries

After Yan Shaozhe and three others were killed by the Rank 99 Ultimate Douluo Ling Xiao in the Extreme North, Mu En convened a Sea God's Pavilion meeting to report the disaster. Xuan Zi offered to resign as Vice Pavilion Master, but Mu En urged him to stay as Shrek faced further problems.

• Mu En convened a Sea God's Pavilion meeting after Xuan Zi returned from the Extreme North.
• Xuan Zi told the elders that Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo, and two others had perished after encountering Ling Xiao.
• Xuan Zi revealed the severed foot Qian Duoduo had entrusted to him and confirmed that the four bodies had turned to ash.
• Xuan Zi recounted how he arrived too late because his martial soul defect acted up, and how he and Mu En barely escaped Ling Xiao.
• Xuan Zi blamed himself and offered to resign as Vice Pavilion Master, but Mu En and the other elders persuaded him to remain.
• Mu En said Shrek could not withstand more turmoil and called for discussion of the problems ahead.

Mu En concealed the deaths of Shrek’s four Elders while Huo Yuhao awakened a second martial soul and Shrek prepared for the Spirit Fighting Tournament. As news of the Immortal Herbs spread across the continent, Shrek’s leaders met to decide how to respond to the Extreme North and chose to wait.

• Mu En warned that Shrek could not reveal the four Elders’ deaths or Yan Shaozhe’s fate, and Xuan Zi and the other three agreed to conceal the news.
• Huo Yuhao traveled to the Great Star Dou Forest, gained a Titan Giant Ape, and awakened his second martial soul before returning to Shrek.
• Huo Yuhao explained his second martial soul to Bei Bei, Wang Dong, Tang Ya, and the others, while Tang Ya hoped his increased talent could help revive the Tang Sect.
• Da Ming and Er Ming arranged for Clear Sky Sect disciples to spread news of the Immortal Herbs through the empires and the Holy Spirit Cult, stirring interest across the continent.
• Xuan Zi cursed the Extreme North during a Sea God’s Pavilion meeting, and Mu En proposed that Shrek remain still and wait for more information.

The major factions debated whether to pursue rumors of Immortal Herbs in the Far North, while Shrek Academy stayed silent and the Holy Spirit Cult sent Evil Soul Masters to investigate. After learning that Immortal Herbs explained the Far North’s rapid growth, Di Tian decided to send Bi Ji there to warn them.

• Shrek Academy chose to conceal what it knew and let other factions investigate the Far North.
• The Heaven Dou Empire, Body Sect, Dou Ling Empire, Star Luo Empire, and Sun-Moon Empire debated the rumors and mostly chose to investigate or wait rather than act openly.
• The Holy Spirit Cult sent Evil Soul Masters to the Far North to seek the Immortal Herbs and hunt soul masters from other factions.
• At the Great Star Dou Forest, Myriad Demon King's report revealed that Immortal Herbs had fueled the Far North’s sudden growth and contributed to Star Dou’s defeat.
• After Bi Ji asked whether they should warn the Far North and Xiong Jun objected, Di Tian decided to send Bi Ji there alone.

Bi Ji traveled to the Far North to seek Ling Xiao’s help with her Heavenly Tribulation, while the Auspicious Beast secretly followed her. Ling Xiao met them on the ice plains and confirmed that the Far North possessed Immortal Herbs, drawing many Soul Masters to the region.

• Di Tian chose Bi Ji to visit the Far North, and she set out after refusing his offer to send her there through space.
• The Auspicious Beast secretly followed Bi Ji, while Scarlet King searched the Great Star Dou Forest for her.
• Bi Ji encountered many Soul Masters on the road and sensed signs of a battle when she reached the Far North.
• Ling Xiao emerged from a spatial rift, spotted the Auspicious Beast hiding behind a snowdrift, and asked Bi Ji why she had come.
• Bi Ji explained that news of the Far North’s Immortal Herbs had spread across the continent, and Ling Xiao confirmed that the herbs were real.

Ling Xiao helped Bi Ji undergo her six-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation, taking control of the lightning and using it to temper her body. After Bi Ji reached the new cultivation level, Ling Xiao caught her as she fell, while the Ice and Snow Emperors watched with mixed reactions.

• Bi Ji asked Ling Xiao to help her survive her six-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation, and Ling Xiao arranged patrols among the Soul Beast clans before taking her and the Auspicious Beast to the ice plains.
• Bi Ji triggered her Heavenly Tribulation, but the thunder overwhelmed her and she collapsed, prompting Ling Xiao to enter the Thunder Domain.
• Ling Xiao controlled the Heavenly Thunder, redirected its bolts toward himself, and then used gentler lightning to temper Bi Ji's body.
• Bi Ji survived the tribulation and reached six hundred thousand years of cultivation, but fell from the sky weak and Ling Xiao caught her.
• The Ice and Snow Emperors arrived and watched Ling Xiao catch Bi Ji, while the Snow Empress frowned and the Ice Empress reacted with surprise.

Ling Xiao reunited with the Ice and Snow Empresses after Bi Ji survived her heavenly tribulation, but both women ignored him and reacted strangely to his familiar names. After Bi Ji and the Auspicious Beast departed, Snow Empress and Ice Empress hurried back to the Ice Crystal Palace, leaving Ling Xiao confused.

• Ling Xiao caught Bi Ji as she fell, and the Auspicious Beast checked that her injuries were not serious.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress arrived, ignored Ling Xiao, and spoke with Bi Ji about the Far North and the Auspicious Beast's unexplained excursions.
• Ling Xiao suspected Tang San was secretly arranging for the Auspicious Beast to meet Huo Yuhao and wondered whether Tang San was also plotting to use the Golden Dragon King's power.
• Bi Ji took the Auspicious Beast back to the Great Star Dou Forest, and Ice Empress questioned Ling Xiao for not escorting them.
• Snow Empress told Ling Xiao not to call her Xue'er, then fled when he called her Mother; Ice Empress rejected Auntie and blushed before flying away when he called her Ice'er.

Ling Xiao returned to the Ice Crystal Palace using his newly mastered spatial power, and the Ice and Snow Emperors learned that his cultivation had reached seven hundred and thirty thousand years. He recounted his clash with Tang San and promised not to interfere until after Di Tian's Heavenly Tribulation, leaving the Snow Empress nervous about the explanation she had promised him.

• Ling Xiao reached the Ice Crystal Palace ahead of the Ice and Snow Emperors by tearing open a Spatial Rift, then explained that his cultivation had reached seven hundred and thirty thousand years and that he had mastered the power of space.
• Ling Xiao asked why the Ice and Snow Emperors had been avoiding him, then feigned having faced danger so they would show their concern.
• The Ice and Snow Emperors searched Ling Xiao for injuries after he mentioned Tang San, and the Snow Empress realized he had hoped to use their alarm to ask about their behavior.
• The Snow Empress agreed to explain herself after Ling Xiao finished his story, so he described Xiao Lu, Yan Shaozhe and the others, Xuan Zi and Mu En, and Tang San's intervention.
• Ling Xiao told the Ice and Snow Emperors that Tang San was plundering Soul Beasts' fortune, controlling the Child of Fortune, and stealing the Douluo Plane's fortune; he promised not to act until he had devoured Di Tian's Heavenly Tribulation.
• After Ling Xiao finished telling them everything, the Snow Empress grew nervous about keeping her promise to explain why she had acted that way.

Snow Empress told Ling Xiao that seeing him hold Bi Ji had made her feel jealous, and Ling Xiao explained that jealousy came from fearing the loss of someone she cared about. Snow Empress realized she had fallen for him and asked him to help her experience more emotions, while Ice Empress fled after Ling Xiao teased her about being jealous too.

• Ice Empress told Ling Xiao that she and Snow Empress had seen him holding Bi Ji, then revealed Snow Empress had been unhappy about it.
• Snow Empress explained that she had felt uncomfortable and warned Bi Ji because Ling Xiao had held her.
• Ling Xiao explained jealousy to Snow Empress and Ice Empress, and Snow Empress admitted she was afraid of losing him.
• Ling Xiao teased Ice Empress about being jealous, and she denied it before flying away.
• Snow Empress asked Ling Xiao to help her experience more emotions.

Ling Xiao and the Snow Empress confessed their willingness to explore love, then slept together while he rested from his duties in the Far North. As humans continued probing the region, Tang San decided to spread more explosive news from the Clear Sky Sect to disrupt it.

• Ling Xiao embraced the Snow Empress and asked to experience love with her, and she agreed.
• The Snow Empress pulled Ling Xiao back into her arms, and they went to sleep together on the ice bed.
• The Ice Empress returned to her territory and arranged matters for her clansmen before visiting the Ice Crystal Palace.
• Ling Xiao handed the Far North's affairs back to the Ice and Snow Emperors as human Soul Masters continued entering the region to gather information.
• Tang San observed that the Extreme North remained untouched and, seeing factions distracted by the Spirit Fighting Tournament, decided to release more explosive news.
• Tang San returned to the Clear Sky Sect, where disciples who had just completed spreading news of the Immortal Herbs had to prepare to leave again.

Tang San had Da Ming and Er Ming prepare to spread information about the Extreme North's strength and the effects of immortal herbs, while Shrek's tournament team suffered devastating casualties in a trap. Xuan Zi rescued Huo Yuhao but, fearing the disaster would ruin Shrek's standing, decided to return to the academy and distance himself from responsibility.

• Tang San scolded Da Ming and Er Ming over Xiao Wu and Xiao Qi, then explained his plan to publicize the Extreme North's forces and the general effects of immortal herbs.
• Da Ming and Er Ming memorized Tang San's information and prepared to spread it, while the Clear Sky Sect began distributing details across the continent.
• Xuan Zi led Shrek's tournament teams to the Ming Dou Mountains, where a corpse-explosion trap killed Yao Haoxuan and gravely injured several official team members.
• Huo Yuhao warned the reserve team with Spiritual Detection Sharing, and Xu Sanshi's defensive soul skill helped protect them from the explosions.
• The Evil Soul Master seized Huo Yuhao, but Electrolux awakened and disrupted the captor, allowing Xuan Zi to kill him and rescue Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Yan reported the casualties to Xuan Zi, who realized Shrek might lose its standing and decided to hurry back and shed his role as supervising teacher.

After Xuan Zi failed to protect Shrek’s tournament team from an Evil Soul Master, the Sea God's Pavilion held an emergency meeting and decided to use reserve members to fill the vacant spots. Later that same day, Song Yunzhi convened a second meeting after receiving information about the soul beasts who killed Xian Lin'er and the others, leaving the elders waiting to hear the details.

• Xuan Zi returned to Shrek with the injured Chen Zifeng and another person, and Elder Zhuang treated them before learning that an Evil Soul Master had attacked the team.
• Elder Zhuang called a Sea God's Pavilion meeting, where Xuan Zi tried twice to resign from his positions but Mu En and the elders persuaded him to stay.
• The elders decided that reserve team members would fill the tournament vacancies, while Mu En insisted their safety mattered more than winning first place.
• Song Yunzhi received a report detailing the strength of five forces in the Extreme North and decided the information warranted another meeting.
• Xuan Zi returned from buying wine for the second meeting, where Song Yunzhi announced that she had information identifying the soul beasts who killed Xian Lin'er and the others.

Elder Song revealed the Far North’s five powerful Soul Beasts, prompting Shrek to avoid provoking them while the Spirit Fighting Tournament approached. At the Great Star Dou Forest, Myriad Demon King caught a Clear Sky Sect agent spreading information about the Far North, and Di Tian decided to warn Ling Xiao in person.

• Elder Song described the Far North’s five powerhouses, including three Rank 99 Limit Douluo, and Xuan Zi confirmed that Thunder Spirit had killed Yan Shaozhe and hunted Shrek’s survivors.
• Shrek’s elders decided not to provoke the Far North, and Xuan Zi left for Star Luo City with Lin Huiqun to prepare for the Spirit Fighting Tournament.
• News about the Far North spread across the continent, and Huo Yuhao and Electrolux learned that its three Limit Douluo had grown stronger.
• Myriad Demon King brought a captured Clear Sky Sect agent to Di Tian and revealed that the sect was spreading information about the Far North’s five powerhouses.
• Di Tian decided to travel to the Far North to warn Ling Xiao, and he agreed to take the Auspicious Beast with him.

Di Tian brought the Auspicious Beast and a captured Clear Sky Sect disciple to the Extreme North to warn Ling Xiao and the others about human factions. Ling Xiao shared his plan to expose the factions’ strength and began detailing their forces, leaving the gathering wary of the threats ahead.

• Di Tian arrived in the Extreme North with the Auspicious Beast and a captured Clear Sky Sect disciple, then summoned Ling Xiao and the two empresses.
• Ling Xiao questioned the disciple, Tang Shan, about the Clear Sky Sect’s campaign of slander; Tang Shan fainted in fright, and Ling Xiao reduced him to ash with Four-Colored Heavenly Thunder.
• Ling Xiao reasoned that the approaching Spirit Fighting Tournament had delayed human attacks on the Extreme North and proposed revealing the strength of other factions as well.
• Ling Xiao described Shrek Academy’s elders and the Tree of Life’s support, then outlined the Holy Spirit Cult’s powerful members and forces.
• Ling Xiao detailed the Sun-Moon Empire’s leaders, Soul Tool Legions, and advanced Soul Tools, making the others apprehensive.

Ling Xiao explained his plan to expose the factions’ strengths and sought Di Tian’s help in spreading the information. After Di Tian left for Star Dou, Snow Empress confronted Ling Xiao about possibly seeing Bi Ji there, admitting she felt jealous.

• Ling Xiao revealed that he wanted to expose every faction’s details so they would hesitate to ambush one another, and suggested borrowing Myriad Demon King to spread the information.
• Di Tian privately asked Ling Xiao about destiny, and Ling Xiao said the Auspicious Beast was fated to take human form but gave no further explanation.
• Di Tian took the Auspicious Beast back to Star Dou and said he would share selected information with the other ferocious beasts.
• Ling Xiao returned with Snow Empress and Ice Empress to the Ice Crystal Palace, where Snow Empress accused him of smiling because he might see Bi Ji in the Great Star Dou Forest.
• Snow Empress told Ling Xiao she felt jealous, and Ice Empress realized that was why Snow Empress had been upset.

Ling Xiao invited Snow Empress and Ice Empress to accompany him, saying A-Tai and Xiaobai could guard the Extreme North while Myriad Demon King handled their plans. He teased Ice Empress by claiming she was not included, then comforted her after she angrily struck him; Snow Empress was left wondering why Ling Xiao holding Bi Ji had bothered her.

• Ling Xiao offered to take Snow Empress with him, and she worried about who would protect the Extreme North while they were away.
• Ling Xiao suggested A-Tai and Xiaobai guard the region, and Ice Empress became excited when he said the three of them would go out for fun.
• Ling Xiao tricked Ice Empress by saying he had meant only himself and Snow Empress, making her panic before Snow Empress revealed the joke.
• Ice Empress hit Ling Xiao and scolded him for upsetting her, then softened as he hugged her and apologized.
• Snow Empress watched Ling Xiao and Ice Empress together and wondered why she had reacted differently to Ling Xiao holding Bi Ji.

Ling Xiao left the Extreme North with Snow Empress and Ice Empress, recruited Myriad Demon King in the Great Star Dou Forest, and took them to Star Luo City. After learning the Clear Sky Sect had spread information about Immortal Herbs, Ling Xiao set Myriad Demon King to circulate a counter-message as the tournament approached.

• Snow Empress and Ice Empress entrusted the Extreme North to A-Tai, Xiaobai, and the three sisters before leaving with Ling Xiao.
• Ling Xiao led Snow Empress and Ice Empress to the Great Star Dou Forest, where Myriad Demon King agreed to follow his arrangements.
• Ling Xiao brought Myriad Demon King and the two Empresses to Star Luo City and warned them to conceal their ferocious-beast auras.
• Ling Xiao learned that the Clear Sky Sect had spread information about Immortal Herbs and told Myriad Demon King what message to circulate.
• Myriad Demon King left to distribute Ling Xiao's message using pieces of bark and the help of his subjects.

Ling Xiao, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress bought clothes and disguises to avoid being recognized while shopping together. As night fell, Ling Xiao suggested they find a hotel, and Ice Empress’s question about what a hotel was drew curious looks from passersby.

• Ling Xiao, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress entered a clothing store, where Ling Xiao told the clerk they would browse on their own.
• Ice Empress picked out a veil for Snow Empress, and Ling Xiao praised how it looked on her.
• Ice Empress tried on a flowered sun hat, and Ling Xiao chose another hat for Snow Empress, insisting that she wear it to conceal her face.
• Ling Xiao paid for the clothes, and the three left the store with their purchases in a Storage Soul Tool.
• As darkness fell, Ling Xiao suggested finding a hotel to sleep, and Ice Empress asked what a hotel was, attracting the attention of passersby.

Ling Xiao took the Ice Empress and Snow Empress to a hotel near the Star Emperor Hotel, where the competing teams were staying, and pointed out familiar members of Shrek Academy and the Sun-Moon Empire. After warning the two Emperors to observe the Sun-Moon Empire’s Soul Tools, he checked in with them and found himself caught in a misunderstanding about sharing a room.

• The Ice Empress teased Ling Xiao in public by pretending he had promised to take her somewhere fun, so he hurried away with both Emperors.
• Ling Xiao led the Ice Empress and Snow Empress to a hotel across from the Star Emperor Hotel and identified members of Shrek Academy and the Sun-Moon Empire.
• Ling Xiao told the Ice and Snow Emperors to watch the Sun-Moon Empire’s Soul Tools so they would understand their power.
• The Ice Empress suggested staying at the Star Emperor Hotel, but Ling Xiao explained that it was reserved for competitors and led them into the nearby hotel instead.
• At the front desk, the Ice and Snow Emperors insisted that all three of them would sleep together, while Ling Xiao tried to explain he had only asked about getting an extra room.
• The receptionist interrupted Ling Xiao’s explanation by offering three-person and four-person beds.

Ling Xiao, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress entered the couple's room the two women had chosen out of curiosity. Snow Empress accidentally turned on the shower and called Ling Xiao for help.

• Ice Empress and Snow Empress chose a room from the brochure while keeping its style secret from Ling Xiao.
• Ling Xiao paid for the room and discovered it was decorated as a couple's room, with a large bed and dim lighting.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress entered the room, explaining that they had chosen it because they had never stayed in one before and it had the biggest bed.
• Ice Empress happily tested the soft mattress while Snow Empress explored the bathroom.
• Snow Empress accidentally turned on the shower, cried out, and told Ling Xiao the device was broken when he rushed to her.

Ling Xiao helped Snow Empress and Ice Empress learn to use the shower, but the room’s intimacy-inducing effects and the Lovesick Heartbreak Red stirred their feelings. The chapter ended with Snow Empress approaching Ice Empress after hearing her sob in the bathroom, while the following ten thousand words were omitted.

• Snow Empress asked Ling Xiao to show her how to use the shower, then invited him to bathe with her.
• Ice Empress took her turn in the bathroom and played with the body-wash bubbles in the bathtub.
• Ling Xiao realized that he and Snow Empress were being affected by the room’s intimacy-inducing scent, and the Lovesick Heartbreak Red appeared.
• Ling Xiao and Snow Empress shared wine and grew intimate, but Snow Empress stopped him after hearing Ice Empress sob in the bathroom.
• Ling Xiao went to the bathroom while Snow Empress poured more wine, then approached Ice Empress on the bed.