Chapter Summaries

Dugu Bo brought Bibi Xu and the others through his deadly poison curtain to the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well, where Bibi Xu recognized the Immortal Herbs and their value. Yue Guan discovered a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum perfectly suited to his Martial Soul, and Bibi Xu offered it to him.

• Dugu Bo opened a passage through the poison curtain and led the group into the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Bibi Xu recognized the valley as a treasure trove of Immortal Herbs and considered how its treasures could strengthen his plans.
• Yue Guan identified several rare Immortal Herbs and described their effects as he examined them.
• Yue Guan found a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum that matched his Martial Soul and could help him break through his cultivation limits.
• Bibi Xu told Yue Guan to take the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, leaving Yue Guan stunned.

Bibi Xu rewarded Yue Guan with the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and asked him to choose an Immortal Herb for Gui Mei, winning Yue Guan’s wholehearted loyalty. After Yue Guan explained the herbs’ properties, Bibi Xu began assigning them to Spirit Hall allies and gave Ling Yuan an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid.

• Bibi Xu gave Yue Guan the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and offered Gui Mei an Immortal Herb in recognition of their service.
• Yue Guan accepted the gift, pledged his life to Bibi Xu, and described the Immortal Herbs and their effects.
• Bibi Xu chose the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and Netherworld Lotus for Bibi Dong, and the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and Holy Radiance Grass for Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Xu gave Ling Yuan the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid despite her hesitation.

Bibi Xu rewarded Dugu Bo with the Azure Spirit Seven-Extremes Flower and appointed him a Spirit Hall Elder, securing his loyalty. As the group prepared to transport and protect the remaining immortal herbs, Bibi Xu resolved to use the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well to build a powerful force of his own.

• Bibi Xu gave Dugu Bo the Azure Spirit Seven-Extremes Flower and explained how it could help cure the poison afflicting him and Yan'er.
• Dugu Bo accepted the herb, pledged his life to Bibi Xu, and received a Spirit Hall Elder Token appointing him an Elder.
• Bibi Xu promised that Dugu Yan would receive Spirit Hall's finest training, and Dugu Bo vowed not to betray his trust.
• Bibi Xu ordered Yue Guan to catalog the remaining herbs and deliver the herbs meant for Gui Mei, the Pope, and Miss Xue to his mother.
• Yue Guan and Ling Yuan harvested and sorted the herbs while Dugu Bo reinforced the poison defenses around the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Bibi Xu planned to use the garden's resources to cultivate loyal allies and build a force capable of changing the continent's balance.

Bibi Xu consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then endured the Ice-Fire Spring’s extreme tempering. Protected by the Life Azure Lotus, he grew stronger and approached level forty, while his martial soul absorbed ice and fire power.

• Dugu Bo warned Bibi Xu that consuming the two Immortal Herbs and entering the spring could kill him, but Bibi Xu insisted on proceeding.
• Bibi Xu plucked the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot and swallowed them together.
• As the herbs’ opposing powers tore through his body, Bibi Xu plunged into the place where the ice and fire springs met.
• The Life Azure Lotus repeatedly healed Bibi Xu as the spring intensified the herbs’ effects, strengthening his body and meridians.
• Bibi Xu’s Purple Radiant Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon absorbed ice and fire power, and his Soul Power rose toward level forty.

Bibi Xu found the remains of the Ice-Fire Dragon Kings at the bottom of the springs and met their lingering spirits in his Sea of Spirit. They offered him their remaining Origin Dragon Power on the condition that he protect the surviving Dragon Clan if he reached the Divine Realm.

• Bibi Xu dived through the immense pressure to the deepest part of the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Bibi Xu discovered the enormous skeletons of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, whose remaining spirits sensed his Purple Radiant Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon martial soul.
• The two dragon spirits entered Bibi Xu's Sea of Spirit and introduced themselves as the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King.
• The Dragon Kings offered Bibi Xu their remaining Origin Dragon Power to strengthen his martial soul and physique.
• The Dragon Kings asked Bibi Xu to protect the Dragon Clan in the Divine Realm and preserve its bloodline if he became a god.

Bibi Xu accepted the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ charge to protect the surviving Dragon Clan and received their origin power and soul bones, greatly strengthening his Martial Soul and body. After three days beneath the spring, he emerged at level forty-five, while Dugu Bo waited anxiously on the shore.

• Bibi Xu swore to protect the Divine Realm’s surviving Dragon Clan if he became a god, and the Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King entrusted their legacy to him.
• The Dragon Kings gave Bibi Xu their Origin Dragon Power, two leg bones, and four spirit rings for his Purple Radiant Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon Martial Soul.
• Bibi Xu’s Soul Power rose to level forty-five, his physical strength and spiritual power reached Soul Saint levels, and he gained resistance to extreme ice, fire, and poison.
• As Bibi Xu remained beneath the spring for three days, Dugu Bo formed a Poison Core, reduced his toxin backlash, and broke through from level ninety-two to level ninety-four.
• Dugu Bo prepared to dive into the spring, but Bibi Xu surfaced surrounded by icy blue and crimson light with a greatly changed aura.

Bibi Xu emerged from the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well as a level forty-five Soul Ancestor, while Dugu Bo had formed a Poison Core and reached level ninety-four. Yue Guan reported Bibi Xu’s success and delivered Immortal Herbs to Bibi Dong, who learned that her son was safe and thought of her.

• Bibi Xu emerged from the spring after three days, having advanced to level forty-five and gained two Dragon King Soul Bones and other enhancements.
• Dugu Bo reported that he had formed a Poison Core and reached level ninety-four, and Bibi Xu prepared to return with him to Heaven Dou City.
• Bibi Dong received Yue Guan at Spirit Hall and first asked whether Bibi Xu was safe; Yue Guan assured her that he was unharmed.
• Yue Guan told Bibi Dong that Bibi Xu had secured his Crown Prince identity, subdued Dugu Bo, and gained control of the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Yue Guan presented Bibi Dong with two Immortal Herbs selected by Bibi Xu, and she was touched that he had thought of her.

Yue Guan delivered Ah Xu’s letters and Immortal Herbs to Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei. Bibi Dong overcame her reluctance to visit Qian Renxue and went to the Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu received her.

• Yue Guan gave Bibi Dong two letters from Ah Xu and told her one was for Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong read Ah Xu’s letter, accepted his request to deliver Qian Renxue’s letter and Immortal Herbs, and kept both letters.
• Yue Guan gave Gui Mei a Nine Netherworld Ganoderma, and the two prepared to enter seclusion with their Immortal Herbs.
• Bibi Dong took Qian Renxue’s jade box and letter and went to the Worship Hall.
• Qian Daoliu greeted Bibi Dong and asked why she had come.

Bibi Dong delivered two Immortal Herbs and a letter from Bibi Xu for Qian Renxue, then coldly ignored her daughter when they met in the hall. Qian Renxue read Bibi Xu’s caring letter in her courtyard, left blushing and touched by how closely he knew her habits.

• Bibi Dong left the jade box and letter from Bibi Xu with Qian Daoliu before departing the great hall.
• Qian Renxue greeted Bibi Dong, but Bibi Dong passed her without a word or glance.
• Qian Daoliu gave Qian Renxue the two Immortal Herbs and explained how they could benefit her cultivation.
• Qian Renxue hurried to her courtyard and read Bibi Xu’s letter, which urged her to rest and revealed he knew her private habits.

Qian Renxue mistook Bibi Xu’s thoughtful letter and gifts for a confession of love, while he considered her a childhood friend and focused on politics. At court, Bibi Xu exposed corruption in the Ministry of Revenue and secured disaster relief and a tax exemption for the Northern Frontier.

• Qian Renxue treasured Bibi Xu’s letter and Immortal Herbs, convinced he shared her feelings, and resolved to grow strong enough to stand beside him.
• Bibi Xu dismissed his sudden sneeze and continued focusing on his plans to weaken Prince Xue Xing and strengthen his position in Heaven Dou.
• Minister Zhao Song opposed disaster relief and tax exemptions for the Northern Frontier, arguing that the treasury could not afford them.
• Bibi Xu defended Evernight City’s strategic importance and accused Zhao Song of missing three hundred thousand dan of grain from the Ministry of Revenue’s depots.
• Xue Ye approved Bibi Xu’s plan to send grain north, exempt the region from taxes for three years, and investigate the missing supplies.

Bibi Xu accepted Xue Ye’s order to lead disaster relief in Evernight City, seeing the mission as a chance to secure his position as crown prince and reach the Extreme North Icefield. He revealed to Ling Yuan that he intended to bargain with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress using Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow and help with their Heavenly Tribulations.

• Xue Ye summoned Bibi Xu and ordered him to oversee relief in Evernight City, giving him three thousand Imperial Guards, three million Gold Soul Coins, and one hundred thousand dan of grain.
• Bibi Xu accepted the mission and prepared to depart for Evernight City in three days.
• Ling Yuan warned Bibi Xu that the Northern Frontier was dangerous, but he said success would secure his position as heir apparent.
• Bibi Xu told Ling Yuan that he planned to subdue the Snow Empress and Ice Empress rather than hunt them.
• Bibi Xu showed Ling Yuan the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow and explained that he would offer it, along with help surviving their Heavenly Tribulations, to win the Ice-Snow Emperors’ allegiance.

Bibi Xu decided to travel to the Far North to negotiate with the Ice-Snow Emperors and bring them under his command, despite the danger. He arranged for Yue Guan and Gui Mei to join the expedition and secretly sent Bibi Dong a misleading request for their help; the journey was set to begin in three days.

• Ling Yuan warned Bibi Xu that Snow Empress could overpower their group if negotiations failed, and Bibi Xu said he would summon Yue Guan and Gui Mei for protection.
• Bibi Xu explained that Yue Guan had reached level ninety-seven and Gui Mei had reached peak level ninety-six after taking immortal herbs, strengthening their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Bibi Xu decided to conceal the expedition’s true purpose from Bibi Dong and ask her to send the two elders to Heaven Dou for urgent matters.
• Ling Yuan agreed to arrange the itinerary and supplies, notify Dugu Bo, and keep the elders’ arrival confidential.
• Bibi Xu wrote and sealed a letter asking Bibi Dong for the elders’ assistance, then sent it to the Pope’s Palace by shadow guard.
• Bibi Xu planned to depart in three days with more Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow, hoping to persuade the Ice-Snow Emperors to join him.

Bibi Xu left Heaven Dou City for Evernight City to lead disaster relief, while Xue Ye publicly entrusted him with an Imperial Sword and the authority to act in the emperor’s stead. The convoy survived repeated assassination attempts, and Bibi Xu’s guards eliminated the attackers and suspected traitors as it continued north.

• Xue Ye saw Bibi Xu off at Heaven Dou City’s southern gate and gave him the Imperial Sword and authority to execute orders before reporting when necessary.
• Bibi Xu’s convoy entered the hills beyond the city, where forces tied to the Second Prince, the Third Prince, and old noble houses prepared to assassinate him.
• Ling Yuan reported three groups of attackers, and Bibi Xu ordered Dugu Bo, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei to kill them without delaying the journey.
• Bibi Xu learned that two Imperial Guard commanders had deliberately let the assassins approach and ordered Ling Yuan to kill them while reporting their deaths as heroic sacrifices.
• The convoy continued north as repeated attacks by bandits, killers, and soul beasts failed to get within thirty zhang of Bibi Xu’s carriage.

Bibi Xu traveled north to investigate reports of famine in Evernight City and entered the city disguised as a merchant. A waiter revealed that the city lord and wealthy families were hoarding grain and stealing disaster relief funds.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei rejoined Bibi Xu’s group, and Bibi Xu learned that Gui Mei had advanced to rank ninety-seven.
• As the convoy neared Evernight City, Ling Yuan reported strict gate inspections, and Bibi Xu decided to enter incognito to investigate the famine reports.
• Bibi Xu, Yue Guan, Ling Yuan, Dugu Bo, and Gui Mei disguised themselves as merchants and bribed their way through the city gate.
• Bibi Xu observed that the city was bleak but not suffering the widespread starvation described in official memorials.
• At a noodle shop, a waiter told Bibi Xu that City Lord Zhou and wealthy families had seized relief funds and hoarded grain while selling it at exorbitant prices.

Bibi Xu uncovered a long-running scheme in which Zhou Kun and other officials falsified disaster reports and hoarded relief supplies. He confronted Zhou Kun at the City Lord's Manor, where the kneeling city lord denied the accusations.

• A shop clerk told Bibi Xu that Evernight City had not suffered a citywide famine and accused Zhou Kun of exaggerating the disaster to obtain relief funds.
• Bibi Xu ordered Dugu Bo to seize the manor, Gui Mei to take control of the city defenses and secure the granaries and treasury, and Yue Guan to accompany him to meet Zhou Kun.
• Bibi Xu and Yue Guan entered the City Lord's Manor, where Yue Guan subdued the guards with Soul Power.
• Zhou Kun ordered his guards to attack, but a powerful pressure forced them to their knees.
• Yue Guan presented the Crown Prince's seal, and Zhou Kun recognized Bibi Xu as the Crown Prince and knelt before him.
• Bibi Xu accused Zhou Kun of withholding grain and embezzling relief funds, but Zhou Kun denied wrongdoing and pleaded for an investigation.

Bibi Xu forced Zhou Kun to confess a vast corruption scheme, then ordered Evernight City's granaries opened and the implicated officials reported to the emperor. He traveled with four Super Douluo into the Extreme North Icefield and prepared to use Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow as bait to find the Ice Empress.

• Dugu Bo poisoned Zhou Kun with Eroding Bone Powder, and Zhou Kun confessed to embezzling relief funds, hoarding grain, and killing auditors with help from court officials.
• Bibi Xu ordered Yue Guan to record the evidence, seize the granaries and treasury, distribute food, and send the list of implicated officials to the capital.
• Bibi Xu left Evernight City planning to consolidate control there before traveling north to meet the Ice-Snow Emperors.
• Bibi Xu entered the Extreme North Icefield with Ling Yuan, Dugu Bo, and two other Super Douluo, while Ling Yuan warned him about the powerful soul beasts ahead.
• Bibi Xu revealed Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow and explained that its scent would lure Ice Jade Scorpions to lead them to the Ice Empress.
• Bibi Xu opened the bottle and placed a small piece of the marrow on a sheltered ice boulder as bait.

Bibi Xu and the four Title Douluo lured a fifty-five-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion into its underground nest by using Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow as bait. Bibi Xu called out the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, and she emerged to confront the intruders.

• Bibi Xu and his companions hid near the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow and waited as ice-element soul beasts gathered around it.
• A fifty-five-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion seized the Mysterious Ice Marrow and fled underground, and Bibi Xu led the others after it using his spiritual imprint.
• Bibi Xu instructed Yue Guan and Gui Mei to restrain the Ice Empress with the Two Extremes Static Domain when she appeared.
• The group reached the Ice Jade Scorpion nest, where the fifty-five-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion placed the Mysterious Ice Marrow on an ice crystal.
• Bibi Xu called out to the Ice Empress, and the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion emerged from beneath the central platform, furious at the humans' intrusion.

Bibi Xu used the Two Extremes Static Domain to stop Ice Empress from attacking, then offered her Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow in exchange for a transaction. He revealed that he knew both Ice Empress and Snow Empress were nearing deadly Heavenly Tribulations, leaving Ice Empress shocked and wary.

• Ice Empress confronted the humans and threatened to kill them for trespassing in her territory.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei immobilized Ice Empress with the Two Extremes Static Domain when she attacked Bibi Xu.
• Bibi Xu returned the captured Ice Jade Scorpion and explained that he had come to invite Ice Empress to negotiate.
• Bibi Xu showed Ice Empress a bottle of Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow and explained how it could improve her odds of surviving her 400,000-year Heavenly Tribulation.
• Bibi Xu revealed that Snow Empress was also nearing a Heavenly Tribulation, startling Ice Empress because the two tribulations were closely guarded secrets.

Bibi Xu persuaded Ice Empress to form an alliance by promising to help her and Snow Empress survive their Heavenly Tribulations. Just as Ice Empress accepted, Snow Empress appeared and seized Bibi Xu by the throat.

• Bibi Xu offered Ice Empress Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow and help overcoming the Heavenly Tribulation in exchange for the Far North's support.
• After weighing his offer and doubting his motives, Ice Empress agreed to represent the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan in an alliance with Bibi Xu.
• Bibi Xu swore he would not deceive Ice Empress and would help both her and Snow Empress survive their tribulations.
• Snow Empress arrived with overwhelming speed and grabbed Bibi Xu by the throat before he or the four Super Douluo could react.
• Ice Empress recognized Snow Empress, who chided her for being too soft-hearted.

Snow Empress accused Bibi Xu of threatening the Far North and seized him, dismissing his offer to help soul beasts escape the Heavenly Tribulation. When she nearly killed him, two Soul Bones unleashed the phantoms of the Ice-Fire Dragon Kings, leaving Snow Empress stunned by their appearance.

• Snow Empress accused Bibi Xu of deceiving Bing'er and threatened to take the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow without negotiating.
• Ling Yuan, Yue Guan, Dugu Bo, and Gui Mei prepared to intervene but held back because Snow Empress was gripping Bibi Xu's throat.
• Bibi Xu warned Snow Empress that he could help the Northern Clan break free from the Heavenly Tribulation, but she tightened her grip, unconvinced.
• Bibi Xu's two dormant Soul Bones erupted with icy-blue and crimson light, summoning the phantoms of two ancient dragons.
• Ice Empress and the Ice Jade Scorpions bowed under the dragons' might, while Snow Empress recognized them as the Ice-Fire Dragon Kings and wondered how their auras had appeared in Bibi Xu.