Chapter Summaries

Xuan Zi offered Li Changqing the future Master of the Sea God Pavilion position if he became Dao companions with Ma Xiaotao and cut ties with Ye Guyi and Jiang Nannan. Li Changqing refused, explaining that Ma Xiaotao would thrive without him, while Ye Guyi and Jiang Nannan might struggle without his support.

• Xuan Zi praised Ma Xiaotao’s feelings for Li Changqing and promised him the future leadership of Shrek Academy if he accepted her as his Dao companion.
• Xuan Zi demanded that Li Changqing sever all ties with Ye Guyi and Jiang Nannan, leaving the two women hidden nearby terrified of his answer.
• Li Changqing refused Xuan Zi’s offer and said he could not abandon Ye Guyi and Jiang Nannan.
• Li Changqing explained that Ma Xiaotao would remain outstanding without him, but Ye Guyi and Jiang Nannan faced difficult paths and needed his protection.
• Li Changqing described Ye Guyi as stubborn and straightforward, warning that without his guidance she might get into serious trouble.

Li Changqing rejected the Sea God Pavilion Master's position and Ma Xiaotao's proposal rather than abandon Jiang Nannan and Ye Guyi, then prepared to travel to the Far North to protect the Snow Empress. Before leaving, he warned the women about danger in the upcoming tournament, and Jiang Nannan admitted to Ye Guyi that she had fallen for him.

• Li Changqing left the training ground after refusing Xuan Zi's offer and Ma Xiaotao's proposal, while Jiang Nannan and Ye Guyi wept at his decision to protect them.
• Li Changqing set out to intervene in the Snow Empress's coming Heavenly Tribulation and protect her from the Soul Engineer Corps if she failed.
• Jiang Nannan and Ye Guyi caught up with Li Changqing, and he told them he would spend about a month training in the Far North.
• Li Changqing warned the women that the tournament might bring deadly dangers, especially in enclosed spaces, and urged them to prioritize their lives.
• After Li Changqing departed, Ye Guyi asked Jiang Nannan whether she had fallen for him, and Jiang Nannan shyly admitted it.

Jiang Nannan and Ye Guyi admitted their love for Li Changqing and resolved to wait safely for his return. Meanwhile, Li Changqing crossed the Far North in search of Snow Empress, whose approaching tribulation left him little time.

• Jiang Nannan told Ye Guyi why she had fallen in love with Li Changqing, and Ye Guyi admitted she felt the same.
• Ye Guyi reassured Jiang Nannan that Li Changqing’s choice to protect them mattered more than status or talent.
• Jiang Nannan and Ye Guyi agreed to cultivate, protect themselves, finish the tournament, and wait for Li Changqing to return to Star Luo City.
• Li Changqing traveled for seven days through the northern wilderness and reached the depths of the Far North.
• Li Changqing headed toward the heart of the icefield, expecting to find Snow Empress before her heavenly tribulation.

Li Changqing traveled into the Far North to reach Snow Empress before her transformation tribulation and the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineers could threaten her. He found her palace before the tribulation began, but Snow Empress appeared behind him and demanded to know why he had come.

• Li Changqing considered the dangers surrounding Snow Empress’s coming tribulation and resolved to protect her and recruit her as an ally.
• He crossed the Far North’s core hazards using the Heavenly Profound and Earthly Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and the Taiji Diagram.
• Li Changqing reached Snow Empress’s palace and found that the tribulation had not begun and the Soul Engineers had not arrived.
• As Li Changqing considered how to approach the palace, Snow Empress appeared silently behind him and asked why he had come.

Li Changqing confronted Snow Empress in the Far North and offered her the location of the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow to improve her chances of surviving her seven-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation. He presented two possible bargains, and Snow Empress agreed to the first; the second would require her to sacrifice her soul ring and soul bones if she failed the tribulation.

• Snow Empress discovered Li Changqing calmly standing in her forbidden domain and questioned his presence.
• Li Changqing revealed that he knew Snow Empress was approaching her seven-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation and might fail it.
• Li Changqing offered the location of the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow, which could strengthen Snow Empress and improve her chance of success.
• Li Changqing offered to help Snow Empress attain godhood in exchange for her leaving the Far North and protecting him until he reached the pinnacle, and Snow Empress accepted the condition.
• Li Changqing proposed that if Snow Empress still failed her tribulation, she should willingly sacrifice her seven-hundred-thousand-year soul ring and top-tier ice-path soul bones to him.

Li Changqing persuaded the Snow Empress to accept a bargain: she would either protect him if she survived her Heavenly Tribulation or sacrifice her essence if she failed, in exchange for his promise to restore her after he became a god. She agreed and learned that the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow was at the Earth Dragon Gate in Dragon City, then asked why he had chosen her instead of Bing'er.

• Li Changqing told the Snow Empress he possessed a Divine Inheritance and could resurrect her and grant her eternal life if she sacrificed herself to him.
• The Snow Empress weighed the bargain against the risk of certain death in her Heavenly Tribulation and accepted it.
• The Snow Empress set terms to protect Li Changqing if she survived or willingly sacrifice her soul ring, soul bone, and icy-path essence if she failed.
• Li Changqing promised to restore the Snow Empress if he became a god.
• Li Changqing revealed that the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow was at the Earth Dragon Gate in Dragon City.
• The Snow Empress asked Li Changqing why he had chosen her instead of Bing'er.

Li Changqing told Snow Empress that Ice Empress had sacrificed herself to become a human’s soul ring, then traveled with her to seek Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow and prepare for her tribulation. He promised that if he ascended to godhood, he would bring Snow Empress to the Divine Realm, and she accepted his kindness with gratitude.

• Li Changqing revealed that Ice Empress had left the Far North and sacrificed herself to become a human’s second soul ring in pursuit of godhood.
• Snow Empress recognized Ice Empress’s choice as similar to the sacrifices made by the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python for Tang San.
• Li Changqing and Snow Empress set out across the snowfields to find the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow and prepare for her tribulation.
• Snow Empress explained that she had agreed to risk sacrifice because she wanted a final chance to survive rather than fade into silence and decay.
• Li Changqing promised to bring Snow Empress to the Divine Realm and grant her free immortality if he became a god, and she thanked him.

Li Changqing and the Snow Empress infiltrated Earth Dragon Gate to find the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow. Beneath the sect, they discovered a vast Ten-Thousand-Year Black Ice Cave filled with rare ice treasures, leaving the Snow Empress thrilled by its potential for her tribulation.

• Li Changqing and the Snow Empress entered Dragon City and asked locals for directions to Earth Dragon Gate.
• The Snow Empress sensed the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow beneath Earth Dragon Gate and took Li Changqing with her as they slipped into the rear courtyard.
• The Snow Empress descended into the well, and Li Changqing followed, protected by his Heavenly Profound and Earthly Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram.
• The pair descended into a vast cavern formed from ten-thousand-year black ice.
• The Snow Empress found Ice Extreme Divine Crystals and abundant Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow throughout the cavern.

Li Changqing used Heavenly Secrets Deduction to reveal how he had found the Ten-Thousand-Year Black Ice Cave, while Snow Empress absorbed its treasures to prepare for her Heavenly Tribulation. After Li Changqing negotiated with Nan Shuishui over Earth Dragon Gate’s frost vein, he joined Snow Empress in the Far North as her tribulation began.

• Li Changqing revealed his Heavenly Secrets Deduction martial soul talent, and Snow Empress realized it had led him to her palace and foretold her tribulation.
• Snow Empress cultivated in the Black Ice Cave to refine its treasures, while Li Changqing returned to Earth Dragon Gate’s rear courtyard.
• Nan Shuishui ambushed Li Changqing, but he evaded her attack and offered compensation for taking treasures beneath the well.
• Li Changqing persuaded Nan Shuishui to agree to his proposal to help her obtain treasures and aid Earth Dragon Gate in future trouble.
• Li Changqing joined Snow Empress in the Far North and estimated she had about a fifty percent chance of surviving her Heavenly Tribulation.
• Snow Empress placed Li Changqing somewhere safe and faced the first bolt of the Heavenly Tribulation.

The Snow Empress faced her seven-hundred-thousand-year tribulation, and Li Changqing reversed its final strike with divine power, enabling her to transcend mortality. After she collapsed from exhaustion, Li Changqing caught her and carried her away from the Far North.

• The Snow Empress endured the first eight tribulation bolts, suffering grave injuries as the final bolt gathered above her.
• Li Changqing told the Snow Empress to attack the ninth tribulation instead of defending and promised to reverse its power.
• The Snow Empress combined her three innate divine skills into a final attack as the ninth tribulation descended.
• Li Changqing used a Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram and his Life and Destruction divine powers to transform the lightning and empower her attack, destroying the tribulation clouds and completing her ascension.
• The Snow Empress fainted from exhaustion, and Li Changqing caught her, covered her torn clothes, and carried her away from the Far North.
• Several figures arrived at the empty snowfield, searched for the soul beast that had undergone tribulation, and withdrew without finding any trace.

Li Changqing left the recovering Snow Empress protected in a hotel room, then returned to Earth Dragon Gate to discuss their bargain with Nan Shuishui. He warned her that extracting the Profound Ice Cave’s treasures could attract powerful humans and soul beasts, while reassuring her that the Snow Empress had not harmed the sect’s spiritual veins.

• Li Changqing laid the unconscious Snow Empress on a bed, concealed her with a quilt, and placed a protective restriction around her before leaving.
• Nan Shuishui recalled the Snow Empress’s Heavenly Tribulation and wondered whether she was a powerful soul beast.
• Li Changqing returned to Nan Shuishui’s private chamber, where she questioned how he had found her and asked whether the Snow Empress was a soul beast.
• Li Changqing described the Snow Empress as an innate lifeform joined with the Great Dao, whose identity as a soul beast depended on how she was viewed.
• Nan Shuishui asked when Li Changqing would retrieve the Profound Ice Cave’s treasures, and he warned that their exposure could bring powerful human experts and Far North soul beasts who might destroy Earth Dragon Gate.
• Nan Shuishui asked whether the Snow Empress’s absorption had damaged the sect’s spiritual veins, and Li Changqing assured her that its foundation remained untouched.

Li Changqing considered the dangers facing the Earth Dragon Gate while Snow Empress recovered from her tribulation in Dragon City. After waking and changing into a dress Li Changqing had prepared, Snow Empress approached the window and looked out at the bustling city.

• Li Changqing considered the threat Ming Lei posed to Nan Shuishui and the danger the Sun Moon Empire presented to the Earth Dragon Gate.
• Snow Empress woke in Li Changqing's suite in Dragon City and learned that he had brought her there after her tribulation.
• Snow Empress discovered her clothes were torn and asked Li Changqing to help her get clothes.
• Li Changqing conjured a plain white dress for Snow Empress and offered to accompany her to the shops later.
• Snow Empress changed, thanked Li Changqing, and walked to the window to watch Dragon City's nighttime bustle.

Li Changqing told the Snow Empress they would travel to Star Luo City to watch the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, since she had never seen the human world’s great gathering of young Soul Masters. She asked whether she would be able to see the Ice Empress again, and Li Changqing explained that she could not unless the Ice Empress appeared through another means; the chapter then shifted to people watching a cave in the Ming Dou Mountains.

• Li Changqing checked that the Snow Empress had recovered from the heavenly tribulation, and she said her foundation had grown stronger and she would soon return to her peak.
• Li Changqing chose Star Luo City as their next destination and explained that it would host the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.
• The Snow Empress wondered why Li Changqing would go if he might not be eligible to compete, and he said they would go simply to see the continent’s young geniuses gather.
• The Snow Empress asked whether she could see the Ice Empress after leaving, and Li Changqing said she could only see her soul ring, soul bone, and soul skills unless the Ice Empress appeared by another means.
• People in the Ming Dou Mountains stared solemnly at a distant cave.

Ma Xiaotao and the Shrek Academy group entered the Death Messenger’s cave despite Ye Guyi’s warnings, believing Xuan Zi was guarding them outside. After they defeated the lesser Evil Soul Masters, the Death Messenger escaped and detonated explosives, leaving the group trapped in the collapsing cave and fleeing with grave injuries.

• Ma Xiaotao led the Shrek Academy group into the Death Messenger’s cave while Ye Guyi recalled Li Changqing’s warnings and discovered Xuan Zi had not entered with them.
• Wang Yan reassured Ye Guyi that Xuan Zi was guarding outside, but the group ignored her warning to stay alert and continued deeper into the cave.
• The Shrek Academy group killed the remaining low-level Evil Soul Masters, but the Death Messenger escaped while they were occupied.
• The Death Messenger detonated explosives hidden throughout the cave, triggering a violent collapse that killed Yao Haoxuan and severely wounded the others.
• Wang Yan ordered a retreat, and the injured group struggled through the collapsing passage to escape.

After a deadly explosion killed Yao Haoxuan and badly injured the Shrek Academy team, Xuan Zi learned that Huo Yuhao had been abducted and rushed after the escaping Death God Envoy. The survivors then questioned Ye Guyi about how she had foreseen the danger.

• The injured Shrek Academy team surveyed the devastation and realized Yao Haoxuan had died, while Jiang Nannan and Ye Guyi regretted ignoring Li Changqing's warnings.
• Xuan Zi arrived, saw the casualties, and was stunned by the disaster.
• Jiang Nannan stopped Ye Guyi from confronting Xuan Zi, who then realized Huo Yuhao was missing.
• Wang Yan concluded that the Death God Envoy had taken Huo Yuhao, and Xuan Zi hurried off in pursuit.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Ye Guyi how she had predicted the ambush, drawing the survivors' attention to her.

Jiang Nannan concealed Li Changqing’s ability to foresee danger by explaining that the group had underestimated the Death Messenger and his traps. After leaving Dragon City with Snow Empress, Li Changqing wondered whether the Shrek Academy party’s coming disaster had been averted.

• Ye Guyi struggled to explain how they had known about the danger without revealing Li Changqing’s secret, so Jiang Nannan stepped in.
• Jiang Nannan said the Death Messenger’s cunning and the cavern’s terrain made an ambush predictable, and blamed the group’s losses on their arrogance and carelessness.
• After resting overnight, Li Changqing and Snow Empress left Dragon City and headed toward Star Luo City.
• Snow Empress told Li Changqing that traveling through the human world as his guardian was a new experience after seven hundred thousand years in the Far North.
• Li Changqing looked toward the Ming Dou Mountains and wondered whether the Shrek Academy party’s deadly misfortune had changed.

As Li Changqing traveled west with Snow Empress, he reflected on the deaths and injuries caused by the Ming Dou Mountains disaster. Back at the military camp, Ye Guyi and Jiang Nannan worried that Li Changqing might endanger himself trying to return before the tournament, and they valued his safety above Shrek Academy’s honors.

• Snow Empress released a chill as she traveled through human towns with Li Changqing, and he urged her to rein in her power.
• Li Changqing reflected on the disaster in the Ming Dou Mountains and accepted that he could not force others to change their fates.
• The Shrek Academy group returned to camp after one death and numerous injuries, grieving and blaming themselves for the disastrous expedition.
• Jiang Nannan asked Ye Guyi whether Li Changqing could return from the Far North before the tournament.
• Ye Guyi feared Li Changqing would risk his safety by rushing back, and Jiang Nannan realized that both women cared more about his safety than the tournament’s glory.

Li Changqing and the Snow Empress arrived at Star Luo City, where she recognized how human civilization threatened the survival of Soul Beasts. He proposed changing the world's cultivation rules to end the need to hunt Soul Beasts, but the Snow Empress dismissed the idea as impossible.

• Li Changqing and the Snow Empress reached Star Luo City, and she was struck by the scale of human civilization.
• The Snow Empress told Li Changqing that human progress threatened the entire Soul Beast clan, even though the city itself posed no danger to her.
• Li Changqing explained that Soul Masters' need to kill Soul Beasts for Soul Rings drove the clan toward extinction.
• The Snow Empress asked whether their fate could be changed, and Li Changqing said the world's rules and cultivation system had to change.
• The Snow Empress scoffed at Li Changqing's proposal, saying neither humans nor powerful Soul Beasts could defy the Heavenly Dao.

Li Changqing settled Snow Empress into a luxurious Star Luo City hotel and planned to find the boy carrying Ice Empress's remnant soul. Meanwhile, Jiang Nannan worried about Li Changqing's absence, and Ye Guyi boasted that she had once been stronger than him before an unseen hand struck her backside.

• Li Changqing took Snow Empress to a top-tier hotel suite and told her to rest while she stabilized her cultivation.
• Li Changqing said he would investigate Star Luo City's tournament and factions, then try to bring the human boy housing Ice Empress to Snow Empress the next day.
• Li Changqing vanished from the room, while Jiang Nannan fretted to Ye Guyi about his absence and the team's lack of confidence.
• Ye Guyi claimed she had once been stronger than Li Changqing and had only let him win to spare his pride.
• A hand struck Ye Guyi's backside, leaving her frozen in place.

Li Changqing returned and learned that Shrek Academy’s training expedition had ended in disaster, with one member dead and six seriously injured. He explained to Jiang Nannan and Ye Guyi why he had warned them not to trust Elder Xuan to protect the team.

• Li Changqing appeared behind Ye Guyi and teased her about claiming she had once made him call her Sister Guyi.
• Jiang Nannan asked Li Changqing if he was all right, and he noticed that she and Ye Guyi had been injured.
• Ye Guyi told Li Changqing that one Shrek Academy team member had died and six were seriously injured, while she and Jiang Nannan survived by following his warnings.
• Ye Guyi and Jiang Nannan questioned why Li Changqing had warned them about Elder Xuan, whom they had expected to keep the team safe.
• Li Changqing explained that Elder Xuan had a history of careless leadership and said his habits made another failure likely.