Chapter Summaries

Wharton and Little Gold crossed the North Sea into the Arctic Ice Plains and discovered a hidden cave drawing in dense spiritual energy. They descended deep underground toward whatever was causing the energy to gather, with the temperature growing increasingly severe.

• Wharton and Little Gold reached the Arctic Ice Plains and traveled hundreds of li without encountering any creatures.
• Little Gold spoke with the Arctic Ice Bear, which revealed that they were in its clan's remote territory and that no powerful Saint Domain experts lived nearby.
• Wharton left the bear alone, then sensed spiritual energy converging near their meeting place and turned back to investigate.
• Wharton broke through a sealed iceberg wall and found a cave filled with spiritual energy more than ten times denser than the surroundings.
• Wharton and Little Gold followed the cave tunnel nearly five thousand meters underground as the spiritual energy grew denser and the temperature dropped.

Wharton and his companions discovered a mature Nine-Core Snow Lotus in an ice cavern guarded by an Arctic Ice Bear. After Little Gold defeated the bear, Wharton offered it a choice between submitting and dying, and it accepted him as its master.

• Wharton and his companions entered an ice cavern and found a thirty-six-petaled Nine-Core Snow Lotus growing in a pool.
• The Arctic Ice Bear attacked them, and Little Gold fought it, badly injuring the bear while obeying Wharton's order not to kill it.
• Wharton recognized the lotus as a nearly mature, ten-thousand-year-old treasure and told the bear that he would claim it but share some benefits.
• Wharton demanded that the Arctic Ice Bear submit as his magical beast or die, and Little Gold urged it to accept.
• The Arctic Ice Bear lowered its head and submitted to Wharton.

Wharton formed a magical beast contract with Kullen Kates and helped it recover and break through its bloodline limits while cultivating in the ice cavern. A year later, the Nine-Core Ice Lotus neared maturity, and Wharton realized its powerful energy would attract attention from nearby Saint Domain experts.

• Kullen Kates submitted to Wharton after feeling Little Gold's bloodline suppression, and Wharton completed a magical beast contract with it.
• Little Gold welcomed Kullen Kates as its little brother and began boasting to it while the group cultivated near the Nine-Core Ice Lotus.
• Wharton gave Kullen Kates a Foundation-Building Pill, helping it recover and advance to a Saint-Domain Magical Beast bloodline.
• Over the next year, Wharton comprehended Lifting Heavy as Light and became a Level Nine Archmage, while Little Gold and Kullen Kates also grew stronger.
• Wharton saw the Nine-Core Ice Lotus's spiritual energy form a vortex and realized it would mature that day, drawing notice from Saint Domain experts in the Arctic Ice Plains.

Wharton and his companions absorbed the Nine-Core Ice Lotus’s fragrance, then Wharton collected the mature treasure as the cavern began to collapse. Surrounded by gathered experts, Wharton faced an imminent confrontation over the lotus.

• Wharton, Little Gold, and Kullen Kates absorbed the Nine-Core Ice Lotus’s fragrance, and Little Gold and Kullen Kates advanced to the Saint Domain.
• The Nine-Core Ice Lotus matured and revealed its nine valuable lotus seeds and thirty-six treasured petals.
• Wharton placed the Nine-Core Ice Lotus in a jade box and stored it in his Space Ring.
• The ice cavern began collapsing after Wharton collected the lotus, while Saint Domain experts and Level Nine Experts gathered outside to block his escape.
• Trio and Kester exchanged hostile remarks as the experts prepared to contend for the treasure.

Wharton emerged from the ice cave with the Ice Lotus treasure and faced a dozen Saint Domain powerhouses seeking to seize it. After sending Little Gold and Kullen Kates away, he tested his strength against a surprise attacker and badly wounded Wind Spirit.

• The Saint Domain powerhouses waited outside the ice cave, planning to ambush whoever had taken the treasure.
• Wharton and his companions emerged as the tunnel collapsed, and Trio demanded that Wharton hand over the treasure.
• Wharton told Little Gold and Kullen Kates to leave while he prepared to fight Trio and the other Saint Domains.
• Wind Spirit lunged at Wharton to seize his interspatial ring, but Wharton dodged and slashed him across the chest.

Wharton fought a group of Saint Domain experts after severely wounding Rites, and his Dragonblood Warrior transformation revealed why his strength far exceeded that of an ordinary Level Nine Warrior. The experts continued their assault, determined to kill him despite recognizing his identity.

• Wharton severely wounded Rites with a single strike, leaving the other Saint Domain experts wary of attacking him.
• A Mid Saint Domain man proposed that they target Wharton and take whatever treasure he possessed, and the others agreed.
• Trio and several Saint Domain Warriors charged Wharton, but Wharton sent Trio and a spear-wielding expert flying with powerful saber strikes.
• Trio and the others resumed their attacks, while four Saint Magi struck Wharton from the air and the group tried to prevent him from escaping.
• Wharton transformed into a Dragonblood Warrior, but Trio declared that even an Ultimate Warrior would die against their numbers, and the attacks grew fiercer.

Wharton fought off a siege of Saint Domain experts while trying to keep the treasure, revealing himself as a Dragonblood Warrior. The battle continued with Wharton badly outnumbered, and he refused to share the item.

• The Saint Domain experts and four Saint Magi attacked Wharton together, forcing him to withstand blows despite his Dragonblood Warrior defenses.
• Wharton transformed, overwhelmed a middle-aged Saint Domain Early Stage expert, and left him gravely wounded and unable to fight.
• Trio seized an opening to slash Wharton's back, shattering several dragon scales, but broke his arms when he blocked Wharton's counterattack with his left hand.
• A silver-haired Saint Domain Peak expert recognized Wharton as a Dragonblood Warrior and warned that the siege would defeat him at his current rank.
• The silver-haired expert offered Wharton a share of the treasure if he handed over the item, but Wharton laughed and refused to share it.

Wharton fought a group of Saint Domain experts who wanted the treasure beneath the ice, using the battle to sharpen his skills before the numbers forced him to fight in earnest. He killed one expert and cleaved Trio in two, leaving the other attackers still closing in.

• Trio urged the Saint Domain experts to attack Wharton together rather than retreat.
• A Water Law Saint Magus cast Ice Annihilation, and Wharton dodged while counterattacking and engaging Trio.
• Wharton used the clash to improve his combat techniques, then unleashed his full strength when the experts joined forces against him.
• Wharton crushed a middle-aged man's head with his dragon claws and took the man's Space Ring.
• Wharton struck Trio with a punch and then cleaved him in two with his silver warblade.

Wharton fought off the besieging Saint Domain experts and mages, using lightning and fire magic to kill several enemies before attempting to escape. After exchanging attacks with three forbidden spells, he and most of the battlefield’s survivors were left severely wounded.

• Wharton endured attacks from the four Saint Magi and the surrounding fighters, then struck them with the Level Nine Lightning Law spell Thunder Descends.
• Wharton killed four Saint Domain experts and tried to leave the battlefield, but an Earth Law mage cast Meteor Descent across the area.
• Wharton dodged the meteors and struck the Earth Law mage Tudam, whose forbidden spell also injured several allied Saint-Domain Warriors.
• Three Saint Magi unleashed forbidden spells at Wharton, who met them with a massive purple blade aura.
• The collision tore through space and wounded fighters across the battlefield, leaving Wharton badly injured and nearly out of strength.

After escaping a battle against more than a dozen Saint Domain experts, Wharton recovered in seclusion and used an Ice Lotus seed to advance his warrior and magic paths. A year later, with hunters searching for him and his magical beasts, he summoned Little Gold and the others but sensed something troubling as they approached.

• Wharton fled the battlefield, hid in an ice cave, and spent three days recovering from his injuries.
• Wharton took weapons and a Space Ring from the defeated Saint Domain experts, then swallowed a lightning-imbued Ice Lotus seed.
• Wharton advanced his lightning magic and warrior path to the Saint Domain, then spent a year comprehending the Lightning Law’s Profound Mysteries.
• Wharton learned that hunters across the Arctic Ice Plains were searching for him and his magical beasts, so he used soul transmission to summon Little Gold and the others.
• As Little Gold and the others drew near, Wharton furrowed his brow.

Wharton reunited with Little Gold and the others, then confronted Audley, the Frostblade Saint, who demanded the Ice Lotus. Wharton killed Audley and took his Divine Artifact saber before leaving with his companions.

• Wharton sensed a Saint Domain expert following Little Gold and told the group to come to him without revealing his location.
• Audley confronted Wharton and demanded the Ice Lotus, believing Wharton was still a Level Nine Warrior.
• Audley attacked Wharton with his Divine Artifact saber, Ice Soul, but Wharton used his speed to avoid direct clashes and tested himself against Audley.
• Audley unleashed Ice Origin Break, but Wharton shattered the ice sphere with a fused attack and pierced Audley's heart.
• Little Gold caught Wharton, and Wharton took Audley's saber and Space Ring before burning the corpse and departing with the group.

Wharton and his companions traveled to Profound Ice City, strengthening themselves along the way and settling into the city’s only inn. After learning that meeting Rutherford required defeating one of his ten Sword Saints, they faced a formidable obstacle to reaching him.

• After defeating Audley, Wharton judged that his strength rivaled Saint Domain Limit experts and set out for Profound Ice City with Little Gold and Kullen Kates.
• Wharton gave Kullen Kates a Saint-Domain Magic Crystal Core and Little Gold a Wind-element lotus seed and leaf; both reached the Saint-Domain level within six months.
• Wharton refined the saber Ice Soul and trained as the group traveled deeper into the Arctic Ice Plains, fighting several Saint Domain experts along the way.
• The group arrived in Profound Ice City and checked into its only inn, where Little Gold asked the innkeeper how they could find Rutherford.
• The innkeeper pointed out Rutherford’s palace and explained that Wharton would have to defeat one of Rutherford’s ten Sword Saints for a chance to meet him.

Wharton spent three days learning about Profound Ice City before heading to Rutherford’s palace to demand a challenge. He challenged the strongest Sword Saint guarding the palace, and their fight was about to begin with Wharton unarmed.

• Wharton and his companions settled into a comfortable inn and spent three days exploring Profound Ice City.
• Wharton learned that the city had grown around the gathering of experts seeking to test themselves in the Arctic Ice Plains.
• After relaxing in the city’s hot springs, Wharton’s group went to Rutherford’s palace, drawing a crowd of onlookers.
• Wharton demanded to challenge Rutherford, and the palace’s Sword Saints told him he had to defeat one of them first.
• Wharton chose the strongest Sword Saint among the guards, who drew his sword and took to the air.
• Wharton faced the Light-Shadow Sword Saint bare-handed, shocking the gathered spectators.

Wharton Baruch defeated the Light-Shadow Sword Saint and then fought Sordis, who challenged him to test the strength of a Dragonblood Warrior. The two drew their weapons to continue, and Sordis recognized Wharton's Ice Soul as Audley's war blade.

• Wharton Baruch blocked the Light-Shadow Sword Saint's attacks and struck him with a punch, leaving him badly injured but alive.
• Sordis stepped forward to fight Wharton after the Light-Shadow Sword Saint recovered, and Wharton identified himself as a Dragonblood Warrior.
• Wharton and Sordis exchanged more than thirty punches, with Sordis taking heavier injuries despite his strength and Earth Law.
• Sordis drew a golden greatsword and challenged Wharton to fight with weapons, so Wharton brought out Ice Soul.
• Sordis recognized Ice Soul as the war blade that had belonged to Audley.

Wharton claimed Audley's Divine Artifact and accepted Sordis's challenge. Their battle revealed Sordis's formidable strength and mastery of Gravity Space, but Wharton's superior power left Sordis unable to threaten him.

• Wharton claimed Audley's Divine Artifact, and Sordis praised him for killing Audley.
• Sordis challenged Wharton, and the two began fighting above Profound Ice City to avoid damaging it.
• Wharton and Sordis exchanged powerful attacks that shattered an ice wall and forced watching Saint Domain experts back.
• Sordis used Gravity Space to restrict Wharton's movement, but Wharton canceled its pressure with his battle qi.
• Wharton proved far stronger than Sordis, whose attacks could not harm him.

Wharton sparred with Sordis, helping both men improve while revealing the vast gap between Sordis and an Ultimate Warrior. Half a month later, Wharton defeated Sordis’s strongest sword strike with a newly comprehended attack, leaving Sordis seriously injured.

• Wharton and Sordis fought for over an hour, and both gained insight from the battle.
• Sordis asked Wharton to test his strength, and Wharton defeated him using only twenty percent of his strength while sparing his life.
• Wharton warned Sordis about challenging Ultimate Warriors in contests of strength and offered to introduce him to the others; Sordis said his elder brother was in seclusion.
• Half a month later, Sordis challenged Wharton again atop an iceberg and unleashed his strongest sword strike.
• Wharton used Judgment to shatter Sordis’s giant sword and send him crashing into an iceberg, where a light-element Saint Magus began treating him.

Wharton defeated Sordis, and Rutherford acknowledged that Wharton had surpassed him in strength. At Rutherford’s palace, Wharton learned of his old ties to the Baruch clan and received a warning about the Yulan Mainland’s importance, while Rutherford was stunned to hear Wharton was only twenty-two.

• Wharton defeated Sordis again, and Sordis praised the strength of Wharton’s attack.
• Rutherford arrived and said Wharton was stronger than him, so they did not need to fight.
• At Rutherford’s palace, Rutherford recalled his friendship with Ryan Baruch and expressed hope that the Baruch clan would rise again.
• Wharton explained that the Baruch clan had declined after its elders left and asked why the Four Ultimate Warriors had departed.
• Rutherford said figures from Hell had taken the Ultimate Warriors and warned Wharton not to rush to the Supreme Plane because great opportunities awaited on the Yulan Mainland.
• Rutherford learned Wharton was twenty-two and reacted with disbelief at his unprecedentedly young age as a Saint Domain expert.

Wharton revived Profound Ice City by sparring with Saint Domain experts and sharing cultivation insights, helping the Arctic Ice Plains grow stronger. After Sordis neared the Saint Domain Limit, Rutherford finally sought Wharton's guidance, and their private spar gave Wharton insight into water-element Laws before he decided to enter seclusion.

• Wharton settled in Profound Ice City, sparred regularly with Sordis and others, and drew Saint Domain experts from across the Arctic Ice Plains to exchange battles and insights.
• Wharton advised Sordis to study earth-elemental essence to overcome his Gravity Space bottleneck, and Sordis said the guidance had brought him close to the Saint Domain Limit.
• Rutherford secretly watched Wharton's sparring and guidance of Sordis, then approached Wharton after seeing Sordis's rapid improvement.
• Wharton sparred privately with Rutherford and learned that Rutherford had mastered the basic Water Element Profound Mystery to the Saint Domain Limit.
• Wharton gained inspiration from Rutherford's application of water-element Laws but remained disappointed by Rutherford's overall strength, and he prepared to enter seclusion.

Wharton assessed the continent’s strongest Saint Domain experts, helped Sordis and Rutherford improve, and spent three years in seclusion advancing his understanding of several laws. Sordis emerged as the continent’s sixth Saint Domain Limit expert, while Wharton remained on the verge of godhood and continued pursuing the fusion of different laws.

• Wharton judged himself the weakest of the five great Saint Domain Limit experts and gave Sordis and Rutherford law manuals and Foundation-Building Pills before they entered seclusion.
• Wharton continued fighting Saint Domain challengers across the Arctic Ice Plains for nearly a year, then entered seclusion as many of the experts followed his example.
• During three years of seclusion, Wharton greatly advanced his understanding and fusion of Thunder, Water, and Fire law mysteries while suppressing his potential breakthrough to godhood.
• Little Gold studied the Clone Technique and the Wind and Thunder laws, while Kullen Kates made only limited progress in the Water Law.
• Sordis broke through the Saint Domain Limit and became the continent’s sixth such expert, while Rutherford remained in seclusion.

Wharton said goodbye to Sordis and prepared to leave the Arctic Ice Plains with Little Gold and Kullen Kates. Before departing, he offered Kullen Kates time to visit his clan’s territory, leaving their journey paused at the place where Wharton had found the Ice Lotus.

• Wharton told Sordis that he planned to travel before returning to the Yulan Mainland and urged him to keep cultivating and guide Rutherford when he emerged from seclusion.
• Wharton and his companions left Profound Ice City the next day and traveled leisurely toward the outskirts of the Arctic Ice Plains.
• Kullen Kates reflected on his homeland and resolved to keep following Wharton, while Wharton considered the group’s progress and Little Gold’s rapid comprehension of the laws.
• The group arrived at the site where Wharton had obtained the Ice Lotus, and Wharton asked Kullen Kates what he wanted to do before leaving.
• Kullen Kates said he wanted to visit his clan’s territory, and Wharton agreed to let him go there.