Far North

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Far North
Original Name	极北之地
Type	Extreme-cold soul-beast territory
Location	Beyond the northern border fortress of the Heaven Dou Empire 8
Ruler	Snow Emperor, the Lord of the Far North 1 2
Status	Active; undergoing organized development under Snow Emperor, Ice Emperor, and Beiming Lieyang 57 59
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Geography and Climate

The Far North is a vast, snowbound wilderness of perpetual blizzards, frozen permafrost, ice fields, and scarce vegetation. Its cold is severe enough that ordinary spirit masters cannot safely enter even its outer regions; only high-level ice-attribute practitioners are generally capable of traveling deeply within it. 1 8 53

• Ice Crystal Palace — Snow Emperor’s residence and the region’s central seat of authority. 2 4
• Outer perimeter — The border zone facing human territory; later designated for garrisoning soul beasts that survive heavenly tribulations. 47
• Northern border cold spring — A natural spring near the Heaven Dou border that concealed a Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Cave. 8 9
• Core ice fields — Areas where powerful soul beasts undergo heavenly tribulations under the protection of the Far North’s rulers. 11 12

Governance and Inhabitants

The Far North traditionally operates through a strength-based territorial order: powerful clans control their own domains, weaker soul beasts attach themselves to stronger protectors, and Snow Emperor governs the central region and handles external threats. 57

• Snow Emperor — Supreme ruler of the Far North and Beiming Lieyang’s adoptive mother. 1 12
• Ice Emperor — One of the Far North’s strongest figures; leads the Ice Jade Scorpion clan and promotes the “God-Creation Project” centered on Lieyang. 6 47
• Beiming Lieyang — Formally named the Far North’s Young Master, with Atai and Xiaobai assigned as his future assistants. 6 12
• Atai — Titan Snow Demon King; assists in distributing cultivation resources and strengthening the outer defenses. 12 47
• Xiaobai — Ice Bear King; pledged himself as Lieyang’s protector after receiving Mysterious Ice Marrow and Void Mysterious Ice. 11 12
• Major clans — The Ice Jade Scorpions, Titan Snow Demons, and Ice Bears form the region’s principal organized tribes. 47

Resources and Strategic Assets

Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow

Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow is among the Far North’s rarest ice-attribute treasures. Long-term mining and competition had nearly exhausted its known reserves before Snow Emperor discovered a new source after finding Beiming Lieyang. 2 3

A hidden Mysterious Ice Cave beneath a cold spring yielded fifty-seven roots of marrow, along with Extreme Ice Divine Crystals growing in its walls. The group extracted the cave’s entire supply, causing the surrounding spring to warm afterward. 10 11

Recipient	Allocation	Purpose
Snow Emperor	18 pieces	Strengthening her origin and preparing for future tribulations 11
Ice Emperor	15 pieces	Strengthening her origin and preparing for future tribulations 11
Beiming Lieyang	24 pieces	Supporting his continued cultivation 11
Xiaobai	5 pieces from Lieyang’s share	Reward for his support and loyalty 11

Void Mysterious Ice

Beiming Lieyang’s Void Mysterious Ice became a renewable strategic resource for the Far North.

• Provides a threefold all-attribute enhancement to users. 8 43
• Restores soul power, heals injuries, and can marginally increase cultivation when consumed. 8 11
• Allows high-level soul beasts near a cultivation bottleneck to strengthen their foundations and survive heavenly tribulations more safely. 43 47
• Can be condensed by Lieyang and his Apollo Puppets into large reserves for clan distribution. 43 47
• Its excessive output causes physical and mental exhaustion, requiring Snow Emperor and the others to restrain Lieyang from overproducing it. 47

Mysterious Ice Network

Void Mysterious Ice deposits bearing the Mysterious Ice Mark form a continent-spanning transport and teleportation network.

• Deposits can serve as teleportation anchors, allowing Lieyang to travel between Heaven Dou territory and the Far North. 38 59
• The network can transfer objects wrapped in marked ice, as demonstrated when books and maps were sent from the Glazed Tile School to the Ice Crystal Palace. 53 54
• Apollo Puppets were assigned to expand the network, patrol the Far North’s borders, and continue producing Void Mysterious Ice. 47

History

Period	Events
Beiming Lieyang’s arrival	Snow Emperor detected a spatial disturbance and found the infant Lieyang in an ice crater. His golden warmth melted snow and warmed ancient permafrost; she later adopted him. 1
Early resource discoveries	While carrying Lieyang through the Far North, Snow Emperor discovered a Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus and a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow. 2
Young Master designation	Following Lieyang’s growth and unusual potential, Ice Emperor proposed the God-Creation Project. He was subsequently recognized as the Young Master of the Far North. 6 12
Mysterious Ice Cave expedition	Lieyang led Snow Emperor and Ice Emperor to a concealed Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Cave near the Heaven Dou border, securing fifty-seven roots of marrow and numerous Extreme Ice Divine Crystals. 8 10 11
Resource-based expansion	Void Mysterious Ice was distributed among the major clans and qualified isolated soul beasts to support tribulation breakthroughs and reinforce the territory’s borders. 43 47
Civilization reforms	Snow Emperor and Ice Emperor began reorganizing the Far North around Lieyang’s plans for education, resource incentives, food production, and long-term soul-beast development. 57 58 59
Star Dou intrusion	Wanyaowang entered the Far North to investigate its sudden growth. An Apollo Puppet defeated, healed, empowered, and subjected him to Void Mysterious Ice’s mental corrosion. 72 73

Far North Civilization Project

Beiming Lieyang proposes replacing the Far North’s loose survival-of-the-fittest order with a self-sustaining soul-beast civilization. Snow Emperor and Ice Emperor accept that their existing system lacks formal education, preserved knowledge, and organized cultivation guidance. 56 57

Education and Knowledge Preservation

• Hundred-thousand-year soul beasts would first learn human knowledge and cultivation experience, then adapt it into Far North teaching materials. 57
• These initial learners would teach intelligent ten-thousand-year soul beasts, creating a layered education system. 57
• The intended model is called “soul-beast hundred-year compulsory education.” 57
• The reforms respond to the recognized gap between human written knowledge and the slow, species-bound inheritance of soul-beast bloodlines. 56

Resource Rewards

Void Mysterious Ice is intended to become a reward for contribution rather than an unconditional gift.

• Recording cultivation experiences earns cultivation resources. 57
• Teaching students through assessments earns cultivation resources. 57
• Documenting successful heavenly-tribulation experiences earns major rewards. 57
• The system is designed to discourage dependency while motivating soul beasts to learn, teach, and preserve knowledge. 57

Cultivation Paths

Hundred-thousand-year soul beasts would be offered two recognized paths:

Path	Benefits	Costs
Remain a soul beast	Retains a long lifespan and continues cultivating in beast form. 57	Must face increasingly lethal heavenly tribulations every hundred thousand years. 56 57
Reincarnate as a human	Gains human cultivation speed and can reach combat strength comparable to ancient soul beasts within decades. 56 57	Loses the long soul-beast lifespan and must eventually acquire the final three spirit rings through hunting. 57

Lieyang’s long-term goal is for transformed soul beasts to remain protected in the Far North and form a human-like community that remains tied to their original clans. 57

Food Security

Snow Emperor identifies the region’s food chain as the principal limitation on population growth, particularly its dependence on ice silkworms. 57

Lieyang proposes controlled husbandry using Void Mysterious Ice to accelerate growth.

• Ice silkworms — Core prey species for several Far North predators. 57
• Snow deer, snow rabbits, and snow goats — Herbivorous stock that can support a stable food supply. 57
• Human trade — Emergency food purchases from human settlements may supplement shortages during the transition. 57

Relations

• Heaven Dou Empire — The Far North borders the empire’s northern frontier; its nearest fortress served as the entry point for the expedition to the Mysterious Ice Cave. 8
• Human spirit masters — Generally regarded as a major long-term threat due to their pursuit of soul rings and spirit bones; border defenses are being strengthened against intrusion. 8 47 54
• Star Dou Great Forest — Relations deteriorated after Xiong Jun threatened Lieyang and was killed; Di Tian later ordered Wanyaowang to investigate the Far North’s changes. 65 68
• Glazed Tile School — Gu Rong was controlled after pursuing Lieyang into the Far North; he later supplied the region with human maps, geographical records, and spirit-beast references. 49 53 54