Chapter Summaries

Li Changqing reassured Ye Guyi and Jiang Nannan about their guilt over the tragedy in the Ming Dou Mountains, then visited Huo Yuhao. He revealed that he had come not to see Huo Yuhao, but to find the Ice Empress.

• Li Changqing comforted Ye Guyi and Jiang Nannan and told them not to blame themselves for what happened in the Ming Dou Mountains.
• After Li Changqing left, Jiang Nannan teased Ye Guyi, and the two chased and playfully smacked each other around their room.
• Li Changqing went to Huo Yuhao's room and declined to explain where he had been before.
• When Huo Yuhao asked why he had come, Li Changqing said he was looking for the Ice Empress, not Huo Yuhao.

Li Changqing revealed that he knew the Ice Empress resided within Huo Yuhao and said he would take her to meet the Snow Empress, who was in Star Luo City. After the Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Huo Yuhao to go, he followed Li Changqing toward the Snow Empress’s hotel suite.

• Huo Yuhao tried to deny that the Ice Empress's remnant soul lived in his Spiritual Sea, but Li Changqing exposed his secret.
• Li Changqing told Huo Yuhao that the Snow Empress was in Star Luo City.
• The Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm were shocked by the news and agreed that she should go see the Snow Empress.
• Huo Yuhao accepted Li Changqing's offer and followed him toward the Snow Empress's hotel suite.

Huo Yuhao met the Snow Empress, who criticized the Ice Empress for sacrificing herself to him, then asked to enter his Spiritual Sea to speak with her. As Huo Yuhao hesitated, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned him against letting the powerful sovereign in, leaving him caught between the two Soul Spirits' opposing demands.

• Li Changqing led Huo Yuhao into the Snow Empress's suite, where her human appearance and sovereign pressure shocked him.
• The Snow Empress learned that the Ice Empress had sacrificed herself to Huo Yuhao and called her muddle-headed for choosing him.
• Li Changqing asked whether the Snow Empress wanted to speak with the Ice Empress, whose soul stirred excitedly inside Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea.
• The Snow Empress asked to enter Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea, and Li Changqing asked Huo Yuhao whether he agreed.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Huo Yuhao to refuse, while the Ice Empress insisted that the Snow Empress was trustworthy.
• Huo Yuhao remained torn as the two Soul Spirits argued over whether to let the Snow Empress into his Spiritual Sea.

Huo Yuhao feared Snow Empress would harm him if she entered his Spiritual Sea, but Li Changqing used a Taiji Diagram to draw Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress out of him. Snow Empress uncovered Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's role in arranging Ice Empress's sacrifice, leaving him terrified and hiding behind Huo Yuhao.

• Snow Empress dismissed Huo Yuhao's fear, saying she could kill him without entering his Spiritual Sea, and her words stirred memories of his humiliation in the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
• Li Changqing summoned a Taiji Diagram and used its Great Dao power to forcibly draw Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress out of Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea.
• Snow Empress recognized that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had plotted and arranged for Ice Empress to sacrifice herself to Huo Yuhao.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm panicked before Snow Empress and hid behind Huo Yuhao.

Snow Empress reunited with Ice Empress and revealed that Li Changqing had helped her survive her Heavenly Tribulation, allowing her to reach seven hundred thousand years of cultivation. Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm learned that Li Changqing had made a deal for Snow Empress to become his protector, but they could not understand why he chose that over claiming her soul ring and soul bone.

• Snow Empress and Ice Empress reunited, and Ice Empress asked when Snow Empress's Heavenly Tribulation would descend.
• Snow Empress revealed that she had already survived the tribulation and reached seven hundred thousand years of cultivation, shocking Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Ice Empress realized Li Changqing had helped Snow Empress, then questioned how a human youth could overcome the tribulation and why he would do so.
• Snow Empress explained that Li Changqing had made a life-and-death deal with her in the Ten-Thousand-Year Black Ice Cave: he would help her survive, and she would become his protector.
• Ice Empress wondered why Li Changqing had chosen Snow Empress's promise of protection instead of waiting to claim her soul ring and soul bone if she died.

Li Changqing explained to Ice Empress why he had chosen Snow Empress herself over her soul ring and soul bone, and Snow Empress declared her trust in him. Ice Empress was left speechless as she recognized that both sisters had become bound to human youths.

• Li Changqing told Ice Empress that he wanted Snow Empress's strength and background, not the treasures she would leave after death.
• Li Changqing claimed soul rings and soul bones would never be scarce for him, leaving Ice Empress bewildered.
• Snow Empress stopped Ice Empress from questioning him and said she believed him.
• Snow Empress explained that Li Changqing had helped her survive her tribulation and find the Ten-Thousand-Year Black Ice Cave, and compared him to Huo Yuhao in Ice Empress's life.
• Ice Empress remained silent, unable to explain how Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had forced her into symbiosis with Huo Yuhao, and lamented that both sisters were bound to humans.

The Snow Empress judged Huo Yuhao’s ordinary talent and foundation made self-created godhood nearly impossible, despite his perseverance. Li Changqing agreed that effort alone was insufficient and argued that Huo Yuhao’s rare fortune and the momentum of his era could give him a chance.

• The Ice Empress asked the Snow Empress whether Huo Yuhao could create his own godhood and ascend.
• The Snow Empress said Huo Yuhao’s weak foundation, ordinary talent, and constitution made success basically impossible, and explained that effort alone could not overcome the Heavenly Dao.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress defended Huo Yuhao’s diligence and resilience but fell silent when the Snow Empress questioned why they had chosen him over more gifted candidates.
• Li Changqing agreed with the Snow Empress that effort and talent alone could not ensure godhood, then identified fate, opportunity, and the momentum of the era as crucial factors.
• Li Changqing pointed to Huo Yuhao’s encounters with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress as rare fortune, and the Snow Empress showed approval of his perspective.

The Ice Empress sent Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm away so she could privately persuade the Snow Empress to join them. But when the Snow Empress asked Li Changqing to leave too, the Ice Empress insisted that her message was inseparably related to him, leaving both the Snow Empress and Li Changqing surprised.

• The Ice Empress asked Tian Meng to take Huo Yuhao outside so she could speak privately with the Snow Empress.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao that the Ice Empress hoped to use her sisterly bond with the Snow Empress to recruit her as an ally.
• Huo Yuhao waited anxiously outside, excited by the prospect of the Snow Empress helping him on his path to godhood.
• The Snow Empress invited the Ice Empress to sit with her and offered to send Li Changqing away if the matter was private.
• The Ice Empress insisted that Li Changqing stay because what she had to say was closely connected to him.

Ice Empress urged Snow Empress to join the God-Making Project and help Huo Yuhao ascend to godhood. Snow Empress had not agreed by the chapter’s end, as Ice Empress argued that her participation could raise their chance of success to at least seventy percent.

• Snow Empress told Ice Empress she would protect Li Changqing for decades or longer and return to the Far North only when he no longer needed her.
• Ice Empress questioned whether Li Changqing could surpass Snow Empress, but Snow Empress said she believed he could.
• Snow Empress recognized that Ice Empress had sent Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng away so she could speak privately with her.
• Ice Empress asked Snow Empress to join the God-Making Project and choose Huo Yuhao, potentially becoming his soul ring or otherwise depending on him.
• Ice Empress explained that Tian Meng and she had given Huo Yuhao twin martial souls and estimated a fifty percent chance of success, which Snow Empress could raise to seventy percent or more.

The Ice Empress tried to persuade the Snow Empress to become Huo Yuhao’s Soul Spirit, but the Snow Empress rejected the rushed gamble and questioned Huo Yuhao’s prospects. She then pointed to Li Changqing as a more promising human to back if she ever pursued godhood.

• The Ice Empress argued that joining Huo Yuhao could let the Snow Empress escape future Heavenly Tribulations and reach immortality.
• The Snow Empress explained that, after surviving her seven-hundred-thousand-year tribulation, she had time to preserve her freedom and wait for a better opportunity.
• The Snow Empress noted that Huo Yuhao’s path to godhood was uncertain and that she was not bound to choose him just because the Ice Empress and Tian Meng had.
• The Snow Empress looked toward Li Changqing and said she would choose him over Huo Yuhao if she decided to invest in a human’s path to godhood.

Snow Empress judged that Li Changqing had greater potential than Huo Yuhao, while Ice Empress revealed that Huo Yuhao also carried a mysterious force from beyond Douluo Continent. Li Changqing explained what he could discern about it, and Snow Empress ended by asking for his assessment of Huo Yuhao’s future.

• Snow Empress said Li Changqing’s ability to interfere with her tribulation showed greater potential than Huo Yuhao, even with Ice Empress and Tian Meng supporting him.
• Ice Empress revealed that an unknown force with an apparent independent consciousness was hidden in Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Sea.
• Li Changqing said he had sensed the force before arriving in the city but could not identify it, only that it did not originate from Douluo Continent.
• Li Changqing inferred that the force’s owner came from another plane and had likely been extraordinary in its original world.
• Snow Empress asked Li Changqing what he thought of Huo Yuhao’s future.

Li Changqing told the Ice Empress that Huo Yuhao could potentially become a god with the Snow Empress’s help, but warned that he would oppose Huo Yuhao if he accepted her sacrifice. The Snow Empress remained silent as the Ice Empress realized her effort to recruit her could make Huo Yuhao Li Changqing’s enemy.

• Li Changqing acknowledged that Huo Yuhao might surpass humanity’s limits if the Snow Empress joined the Ice Empress and Tian Meng in aiding him.
• The Ice Empress argued that the Snow Empress could freely choose to join their plan, even though Li Changqing had saved her and she had agreed to protect his path.
• Li Changqing agreed that he could not force the Snow Empress to stay, but explained that he would not accept Huo Yuhao benefiting from her sacrifice.
• Li Changqing warned that if Huo Yuhao accepted the Snow Empress’s sacrifice, he would try to kill him, leaving the Ice Empress shaken.

Li Changqing warned Snow Empress that he would kill them all if she secretly broke their agreement, and Snow Empress promised to remain his guardian until their transaction was complete. Ice Empress returned to Huo Yuhao without recruiting Snow Empress and urged him to leave and avoid provoking Li Changqing.

• Snow Empress told Li Changqing that her future was her own choice, and Li Changqing warned her against secretly sacrificing herself for Huo Yuhao before fulfilling their agreement.
• Snow Empress promised to keep her word and remain Li Changqing's guardian until their transaction was complete.
• Ice Empress tried to persuade Snow Empress to join Huo Yuhao's God-Making Project, but Snow Empress refused.
• Li Changqing ended the Taiji Diagram, and Ice Empress returned to Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea.
• Ice Empress told Huo Yuhao that Snow Empress had refused and warned him not to provoke Li Changqing, then Huo Yuhao left the hotel corridor.

Li Changqing reassured Snow Empress that he understood Ice Empress’s attempt to recruit him to Huo Yuhao’s cause, then took Snow Empress shopping for clothes and jewelry. At the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament in Star Luo Imperial City, Snow Empress observed the young competitors and Soul Tools and began to grasp how far human civilization had advanced.

• Snow Empress apologized for Ice Empress’s words, and Li Changqing explained that he understood her actions because her fate was tied to Huo Yuhao’s.
• Li Changqing invited Snow Empress to explore the city and buy clothes and jewelry, and she agreed.
• The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament began in Star Luo Imperial City, where Snow Empress watched from the VIP stands.
• Snow Empress assessed the competitors’ abilities and Soul Tools and recognized that human development had become a serious challenge for soul beasts.

Snow Empress recognized that the soul beast race needed to change to survive as humanity grew stronger and their own numbers declined. At the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, Ye Guyi stood with Shrek Academy and vowed to restore the Sacred Angel Martial Spirit’s glory, while Snow Empress wondered what motivated Li Changqing to guide people like her.

• Snow Empress realized individual strength could not solve the soul beast race’s survival crisis and concluded that change was necessary.
• The Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament began, and Shrek Academy’s team entered to loud cheers.
• Li Changqing asked Ye Guyi how it felt to stand on the tournament stage.
• Ye Guyi recalled losing her clan and fleeing the Holy Spirit Cult, then vowed not to retreat and to let the Sacred Angel Martial Spirit shine across the Douluo Continent.
• Snow Empress sensed Ye Guyi’s pure martial spirit and potential, then wondered what scheme lay behind Li Changqing’s support.

Li Changqing spotted Ju Zi in the crowd during Shrek Academy’s tournament procession, then returned to the dormitory and discussed the injured formal members with Wang Donger. He encouraged her to see the reserve team’s unexpected chance to compete as an opportunity, while reminding her that strength could not prevent every disaster.

• Li Changqing recognized Ju Zi in the stands, and she smiled and waved to him.
• Bei Bei noticed Ju Zi and grew displeased when Li Changqing said she was a friend.
• Li Changqing returned to the dormitory and found Wang Donger waiting by the window.
• Wang Donger worried that the reserve team could not win the tournament because Shrek’s formal members were badly injured.
• Li Changqing told Wang Donger the accident had given the reserve team a chance to compete and said that cultivation could not avert every tribulation.

Li Changqing met Ju Zi in Star Luo City and asked why she had traveled from Mingdu. Ju Zi revealed that her mission was to see him and wait for him in Mingdu a few years later, leaving them exchanging playful remarks.

• Wang Donger asked where Li Changqing was, and Ye Guyi explained that he had stayed behind to handle some matters.
• Li Changqing met Ju Zi at her residence, and they walked together through Star Luo City.
• Li Changqing questioned why Ju Zi had come to Star Luo City when the next tournament would be held in Mingdu.
• Ju Zi told Li Changqing that her mission was to come see him and wait for him in Mingdu a few years later.
• Li Changqing agreed that her journey was important, then teased Ju Zi that she had become bolder.

Ju Zi and Li Changqing shared a warm reunion before heading to watch the tournament matches. That night, Wang Yan proposed combining Soul Master abilities with Soul Tools, and Bei Bei asked Li Changqing whether he supported the idea.

• Ju Zi asked whether Li Changqing was happy to see her, and he admitted that he was a little happy.
• Li Changqing teased Ju Zi about her mission, then invited her to watch the matches with him.
• That night, Xu Sanshi talked about exploring Star Luo City, while Bei Bei urged him to focus on cultivation.
• Wang Yan explained that Soul Masters could use suitable Soul Tools to complement their martial souls and skills without joining the Soul Guidance Department.
• Bei Bei asked Li Changqing whether he supported Wang Yan's suggestion.

Li Changqing, Wang Yan, and the others argued that Soul Masters should use Soul Tools to adapt to their growing power, while Xu Sanshi reluctantly agreed to try them. Listening from a nearby building, the Snow Empress realized that soul beasts risked being left behind if they refused to change.

• Li Changqing argued that Soul Masters could use Soul Tools as combat equipment without becoming Soul Engineers, and Bei Bei agreed that the two paths could learn from each other.
• Wang Yan explained that Soul Tools had become powerful enough to threaten high-level Soul Masters and urged the students to learn tools suited to their fighting styles.
• Ye Guyi supported using Soul Tools as extensions of a Soul Master's power, while Xu Sanshi defended the dignity of Soul Masters and claimed his Xuanming Shield could withstand ordinary Soul Tools.
• Li Changqing warned Xu Sanshi that high-level Soul Tools could still threaten him, prompting Xu Sanshi to consider the risks of rejecting them.
• Wang Yan encouraged the students to gradually familiarize themselves with Soul Tools, and Xu Sanshi agreed to try them but refused to transfer to the Soul Guidance Department.
• The Snow Empress listened from a nearby building and concluded that soul beasts might be eliminated if they clung to the past while humanity continued developing new systems of power.

Wang Donger felt an inexplicable command urging her to avoid Soul Tools and left the auction house before the others entered. She met Li Changqing on the street and questioned his stance, while he explained that supporting Soul Tools’ future development did not mean he needed to buy any.

• Wang Yan led the group to a famous auction house and suggested they look around.
• Wang Donger felt compelled to avoid Soul Tools, left the group, and walked alone through Star Luo City.
• Wang Donger wondered whose commanding voice had ordered her to stay away from Soul Tools.
• Li Changqing found Wang Donger and said he supported integrating Soul Masters with Soul Tools because they would shape the continent’s future, though he was not there to buy any.