Chapter Summaries

The Starlight Auction House prepared to auction the Snow Empress Embryo as the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy and Shrek Academy weighed their chances of acquiring it. Meanwhile, Huo Xingling’s spiritual sea strained to contain a gathering of powerful Far North soul beasts, leaving her in danger as the auction began.

• Xiao Hongchen eagerly expected the Hongchen Family to secure the Snow Empress Embryo, hoping to claim it after his grandfather finished researching it.
• Wang Yan brought Shrek Academy’s main and reserve teams to Room Seven and worried about competing against the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy and wealthy imperial families.
• Shrek Academy’s students gathered in groups while Huo Xingling concealed her anxiety as her spiritual sea neared its limit.
• The Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm struggled to maintain the sealing magic circle around Huo Xingling’s spiritual sea.
• More than thirty hundred-thousand-year soul beasts and numerous other soul beasts gathered inside Huo Xingling, led by the Titan Snow Demon King and an Icefield Great White Bear.

Huo Xingling pretended to be ill so she could leave Shrek Academy’s room and secretly enter the Starlight Auction House’s top auction as Guest Forty-Nine. She planned to use the proceeds from selling ten hundred-thousand-year Ice-Type Soul Bones to bid for the Snow Empress Embryo, then release the Far North Soul Beasts and escape amid the chaos.

• Huo Xingling told Wang Yan that her injuries had flared up and received permission to return to the hotel instead of attending the auction.
• Huo Xingling blocked the Spiritual Detection watching her and left the Starlight Auction House, while Wang Dong stayed behind after Ma Xiaotao teased her.
• Huo Xingling returned in disguise as a girl and entered Room Forty-Nine, where two maids welcomed the auction’s distinguished guest.
• Huo Xingling recalled that she had qualified for the top auction by consigning ten exceptional Ice-Type Soul Bones, which she expected to sell for enough to buy the Snow Empress Embryo.
• Huo Xingling resolved to release the Far North Soul Beasts regardless of the bidding’s outcome and use the resulting chaos to escape the Star Luo Empire.

Princess Xu Jiujiu opened the premier auction, where a Level 8 Heaven-Opening Cannon sold for ten million Gold Soul Coins as the lots grew increasingly expensive. By the halfway point, Xu Jiujiu’s change into golden court attire signaled that every remaining lot would sell for at least one hundred million, with the Snow Empress Embryo still to come.

• Xu Jiujiu left the hidden chamber and welcomed the bidders to the premier auction.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced the Heaven-Opening Cannon, a Level 8 soul tool whose blast could match a rank-95 Super Douluo’s full-power strike.
• Bidders drove the Heaven-Opening Cannon’s price to ten million Gold Soul Coins, and a VIP room won the lot.
• The auction continued through its first half, with sale prices approaching one hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Jiujiu changed into a golden court ensemble, signaling that each of the remaining lots would sell for at least one hundred million Gold Soul Coins.

At the Starlight Auction, Xu Jiujiu offered eight hundred-thousand-year soul bones, but the factions refused to bid so they could save their money for the Snow Empress Embryo. The chapter ended as the 690,000-year Snow Empress Embryo was unveiled, drawing the entire venue’s attention.

• Xu Jiujiu opened bidding on the Hundred Thousand Year Extreme Cold Left Arm, but the factions held back to preserve their funds for the Snow Empress Embryo.
• After ten minutes without a bid, Xu Jiujiu declared the left arm soul bone unsold.
• Xu Jiujiu presented the Ice and Snow Wisdom Skull and explained its rarity, but it too went unsold.
• The next six hundred-thousand-year soul bones also received no bids, leaving Xu Jiujiu distressed.
• The factions suspected the Star Luo Marshal was behind the Star Luo Empire’s supply of soul bones.
• Xu Jiujiu unveiled the 690,000-year Snow Empress Embryo, and the entire venue focused on it.

Xu Jiujiu revealed that the auction’s final item was the Snow Empress Embryo, a unique treasure containing the power of the six-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year ferocious beast. As bidding was about to begin, Du Busi and Jing Hongchen each considered how they could exploit the embryo’s soul bone or power.

• Xu Jiujiu presented a mass of white air held on a jeweled stand and explained that it was the unfinished embryo of the Snow Empress, captured during her attempt to cultivate anew as a human.
• Xu Jiujiu claimed the embryo could provide a six-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone, or potentially grant an absorber the Snow Empress’s power as a second martial soul.
• Jing Hongchen angrily wondered which Level 9 Soul Engineer had sold the treasure to the Star Luo Empire.
• Du Busi and Jing Hongchen dismissed the claim that a human could safely absorb the Snow Empress’s power, believing the attempt would kill the absorber.
• Du Busi planned to seize the Snow Empress’s soul bone to replace one of his own and pursue a breakthrough to Level 99.
• Jing Hongchen wanted the embryo for its soul ring and enormous energy, which could advance the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy’s secret project.

Jing Hongchen saved his funds for the Snow Empress Embryo while Huo Xingling and the Ice Empress reacted to the Snow Empress being auctioned. Bidding surged past one billion Gold Soul Coins, leaving four factions in contention as Xu Jiawei and Xu Changsheng tried to assess their rivals.

• Jing Hongchen decided to pass on the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones so he could bid for the Snow Empress Embryo, intending to leave her Soul Bone to Xiao Hongchen or Meng Hongchen.
• The Ice Empress recognized the Snow Empress inside the God-Sealing Platform, while Da Bai restrained his urge to attack the humans auctioning her.
• Xu Jiujiu announced a starting bid of one hundred million Gold Soul Coins, and the bids quickly soared to one billion.
• Xu Jiawei lamented that even the Star Luo Empire's treasury could not provide that much money, and Xu Changsheng told him to watch the remaining bidders.
• Xu Jiawei and Xu Changsheng identified Jing Hongchen, Huo Xingling, the Dou Ling Empire's imperial family, and Du Busi as the four factions still bidding.

Jing Hongchen won the Snow Empress Embryo for 1.6 billion Gold Soul Coins after Huo Xingling’s last bid reached its limit. He secured the treasure, but his solemn reaction showed that he believed the real struggle was only beginning.

• Jing Hongchen bid 1.3 billion Gold Soul Coins, prompting Du Busi and the Dou Ling Empire to withdraw.
• Huo Xingling raised the price to 1.5 billion at the last moment, exhausting the value of the soul bones she had deposited.
• Jing Hongchen sent Zhao Shijing to have his Level 9 Soul Tools and Fixed-Mounted Soul Cannons appraised so he could bid higher.
• Jing Hongchen raised the bid to 1.6 billion Gold Soul Coins, surpassing Huo Xingling’s limit and winning the Snow Empress Embryo.
• Xu Jiujiu announced the auction’s end and a future premier auction, while Jing Hongchen stored the delivered treasure in a protective device and thought everything had only just begun.

Jing Hongchen left the Starlight Auction House with the Snow Empress Embryo as rival factions pursued him, while Huo Xingling was stopped by three Titled Douluos. Huo Yuhao intervened to free her, then realized her true identity and discovered that Huo Tian’s contract had bound their destinies.

• Jing Hongchen departed with the academy’s Level 9 Soul Engineers after winning the Snow Empress Embryo, and Du Busi and other factions followed him.
• Three Titled Douluos tried to detain Huo Xingling, prompting her to prepare to summon the Ferocious Beasts in her Spiritual Sea of Consciousness.
• Huo Yuhao ordered the Titled Douluos to let Huo Xingling leave, and they obeyed after recognizing him as the Marshal.
• Huo Xingling departed without revealing that she recognized Huo Yuhao, while he identified her as the Child of Destiny through Qi Observation.
• Huo Yuhao examined Huo Tian’s contract and realized that it had taken effect, linking his destiny with Huo Xingling’s.

Huo Xingling followed the strongest soul-power fluctuations to a battle on the outskirts of Star Luo City, where Jing Hongchen and the Body Sect fought over the Snow Empress Embryo. Jing Hongchen's cannon blasts drove away some hidden factions, but more masked enemies emerged and closed in on him.

• Huo Xingling concealed herself with a million-year spiritual skill and watched the battle from the shadows.
• Jing Hongchen confronted the black-robed Du Busi while his subordinates were suppressed by the Body Sect.
• Jing Hongchen tried to aid his men, but Du Busi struck him away and denied his identity.
• Jing Hongchen fired two Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannons into the melee, disrupting the battle and frightening away some lurking factions.
• More masked factions revealed themselves, and Jing Hongchen threatened them before they called for a joint attack.

Jing Hongchen fought Du Busi and several Super Douluos while trying to flee to the Sun Moon Empire with the Snow Empress Embryo. As Du Busi struck through Jing Hongchen’s armor, the Terror Claw Soul Tool Legion arrived and blocked his finishing blow.

• Jing Hongchen used his Level 9 Flying Soul Tool to flee while Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy members held back the pursuers.
• Du Busi caught Jing Hongchen and fought his Golden Toad Avatar, but Jing Hongchen’s Level 8 Soul Tool Armor let him escape and counterattack.
• Du Busi called the hidden Super Douluos into the fight, and they surrounded Jing Hongchen as he fought toward the Mingdou Mountains.
• Du Busi drew the Reverse Scale Sword and shattered Jing Hongchen’s damaged armor, severely injuring him.
• Several hundred armored soldiers formed a defensive Soul Tool battle formation around Jing Hongchen, and a Dou Ling Empire Titled Douluo identified them as the Sun Moon Empire’s Terror Claw Soul Tool Legion.

Jing Hongchen took command of the Terror Claw Soul Engineer Legion after it rescued him, then prepared a counterattack against Du Busi and the other forces surrounding the barrier. He left the soul engineers ready to fire the Linked Soul Tool Matrix Cannon and promised that the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy would pay for the ammunition.

• The Terror Claw Soul Engineer Legion arrived, and Liao Mengkai told Jing Hongchen that Xu Tianran had sent the reinforcements without seeking anything in return.
• Jing Hongchen took command of the legion and learned that its Linked Soul Tool Defensive Array could hold Du Busi and the others for three more minutes.
• After the barrier faded, Du Busi and a Heaven Dou Empire Titled Douluo accused the Sun Moon Empire of secretly deploying a soul engineer corps.
• Liao Mengkai dismissed the threat of war, and a squad of Terror Claw soldiers went to retrieve the researchers from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy.
• Jing Hongchen ordered the soul engineers to activate their backup power supplies and spend their ammunition freely, saying the academy would cover the losses.

Jing Hongchen ordered the Terror Claw Soul Engineer Legion to unleash its reserve shells against Du Busi, then gathered the legion and the academy’s researchers to form a Linked Soul Tool Matrix Cannon. The cannon fired a devastating attack at Du Busi and the other Douluo Continent experts, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Jing Hongchen authorized the Terror Claw Soul Engineer Legion to fire its high-level Fixed Soul Cannon Shells at Du Busi and the other Titled Douluos.
• Du Busi used his Martial Soul Avatar and soul core to counterattack, but the mobile soul engineers evaded him in linked defensive formations and continued firing.
• Liao Mengkai arrived with the academy’s researchers, and Jing Hongchen ordered everyone to form the Soul Guidance Linked Matrix Cannon.
• Du Busi dismissed his Martial Soul Avatar, reprimanded the Body Sect experts, and prepared to withdraw as he sensed the Star Luo Empire’s forces approaching.
• Jing Hongchen led the Level 9 Soul Engineers and the Terror Claw Soul Engineer Legion in forming the Linked Soul Tool Matrix Cannon.
• Jing Hongchen’s cannon unleashed a sphere of energy toward Du Busi and the others, distorting space and scorching the sky.

Jing Hongchen’s Soul Guidance Matrix Cannon devastated Du Busi’s group, but Xu Changsheng teleported the survivors to safety and confronted the Sun Moon Empire’s forces. Xu Changsheng identified himself as the Star Luo Empire’s Judgment Hall master and rejected Jing Hongchen’s claim that the Star Luo Empire had attacked him.

• Jing Hongchen fired a second Linked Soul Tool Matrix Cannon shell, wiping out the area where Du Busi and the other experts had stood.
• Xu Changsheng transported Du Busi and the other survivors to safety beside the Star Luo Empire’s army, leaving Jing Hongchen wary of his power.
• Xu Changsheng stepped between the armies, planted his Silver Coffin in the ground, and accused the Sun Moon Empire of sending a soul engineer legion into Star Luo territory.
• Xu Changsheng revealed that he was the Judgment Hall master, surprising Jing Hongchen, who had not known the mysterious leader’s identity.
• Jing Hongchen claimed he had come as a guest to the Starlight Auction House and had been ambushed, but Xu Changsheng denied the accusation and said they both knew who the attackers were.

Xu Changsheng confronted the Terror Claw Soul Engineer Legion and defeated Liao Mengkai’s attacks with ease. As Jing Hongchen recognized Xu Changsheng as an exceptionally powerful Level 98 Soul Master, he called Liao Mengkai to retreat.

• Xu Changsheng guaranteed that the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy could leave safely but declared that the Terror Claw Soul Engineer Legion would have to stay.
• Liao Mengkai charged at Xu Changsheng, whose silver coffin annihilated his attack and smashed open his Level 9 Soul Tool.
• Liao Mengkai unleashed his ninth Soul Skill, Heaven-Rending Earth-Splitting Claw, but Xu Changsheng’s Starlight Armor withstood it without damage.
• Xu Changsheng formed a nebula of starlight and brought it down on Liao Mengkai.
• Jing Hongchen judged that Xu Changsheng was exceptionally strong, probably Level 98, and shouted for Liao Mengkai to retreat.

Xu Changsheng and Jing Hongchen faced off as Du Busi attacked the Terror Claw Soul Tool Legion, disrupting its linked weapons. Xu Changsheng stopped Jing Hongchen’s final cannon shot with his Nebula Form, then ordered his forces to capture or kill everyone except Jing Hongchen.

• Xu Changsheng shaped his soul power into a giant Nebula Form and faced Jing Hongchen’s Soul Guidance Matrix Cannons.
• Jing Hongchen prepared more cannon shots while Xu Changsheng worried that he had little energy left for spatial relocation.
• Wang Xian’er healed Du Busi and the other injured fighters, allowing Du Busi to attack the Terror Claw Soul Tool Legion from the flank.
• Du Busi wounded more than a dozen legion members and destroyed dozens of linked soul tools with the Reverse Scale Sword.
• Xu Changsheng relocated Jing Hongchen’s cannon shot into Alternate Space, then used beams from his Nebula Form to destroy Jing Hongchen’s final shot.
• Xu Changsheng ordered his forces to take everyone except Jing Hongchen dead or alive.

Xu Changsheng led Huo Yuhao’s Marshal Character Battalion into battle as Du Busi fought Jing Hongchen for the Snow Empress Embryo. Jing Hongchen detonated the God-Sealing Platform and then the embryo, leaving Du Busi frozen at the heart of a massive elemental explosion.

• Xu Changsheng took command of Huo Yuhao’s army and sent its soldiers and Devouring Beasts against the Terror Claw Soul Tool Legion.
• Du Busi fought surrounded by Sun Moon Empire forces and fixated on the God-Sealing Platform behind Jing Hongchen.
• Xu Changsheng arrived and blocked a fatal attack, allowing Du Busi to charge at Jing Hongchen for the Snow Empress Embryo.
• Jing Hongchen released the God-Sealing Platform and threw the Snow Empress Embryo to Du Busi, then escaped with his Flying Soul Tool as the platform shattered and froze Du Busi.
• Jing Hongchen detonated the Snow Empress Embryo, unleashing a wild surge of ice and snow elements while Du Busi remained frozen.

Jing Hongchen released the Snow Empress and triggered her unstable origin core, intending to make everyone perish with her. The Ice Empress, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Icefield Great White Bear, and other Far North soul beasts arrived and helped contain the explosion, while Xu Changsheng rescued Du Busi and faced the assembled beasts.

• Jing Hongchen released the Snow Empress, whose damaged origin core began to unleash the power of her six hundred and ninety thousand years of cultivation.
• The Snow Empress stopped suppressing her core and prepared to destroy the humans who had captured and exploited her.
• The Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm arrived with the Icefield Great White Bear and other Far North soul beasts, and their voices made the Snow Empress pause.
• The Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm activated a soul power formation and worked to stabilize the Snow Empress despite her damaged origin.
• Xu Changsheng used his spatial soul skill to pull Du Busi out of danger and reacted with shock at the gathered Far North soul beasts.

The Far North’s soul beasts arrived to rescue the Snow Empress, but she refused to retreat and chose revenge despite her failing condition. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm revealed that Xiao Bai had brought the Sigh of the Ice and Snow Goddess, and the Snow Empress was shocked to learn someone could use it.

• Xu Changsheng recognized the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North and realized their forces had surrounded the battlefield to reclaim the Snow Empress Embryo.
• Xu Changsheng tried to blame the auction on the Sun Moon Empire, but the Icefield Great White Bear accused him of knowingly selling her mother.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged the Snow Empress to return to the Far North for treatment, but she refused and insisted on taking revenge on the humans.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told the Snow Empress that Xiao Bai had brought the Sigh of the Ice and Snow Goddess and promised to lead their people home.
• The Snow Empress asked who had earned the Sigh of the Ice and Snow Goddess’s recognition.

The Snow Empress ordered the Far North soul beasts to attack the human forces after learning that Huo Yuhao was their greatest threat. Huo Yuhao subdued the beasts and confronted her, but a golden figure with a godlike aura appeared to block his attack.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told the Snow Empress that a Star Luo Marshal had killed Di Tian and the Evil Emperor, and that Huo Xingling was a four-ring Soul Ancestor recognized by the Sigh of the Ice and Snow Goddess.
• The Snow Empress chose to fight, and the Far North soul beasts charged the Terror Claw Soul Tool Legion and the Star Luo army.
• Xiao Bai attacked Xu Changsheng while the soul beasts overwhelmed the human forces, forcing Jing Hongchen to stay and fight.
• Huo Yuhao appeared on the battlefield and used his spiritual power to pin down the soul beasts, including several hundred-thousand-year beasts.
• Huo Yuhao demanded that the Snow Empress either leave the soul beasts behind or stay while they escaped, then threw a knife at her.
• A golden figure blocked Huo Yuhao's knife, and he sensed a godlike aura.

Huo Xingling confronted Huo Yuhao to protect the sealed Snow Empress, using her divine artifact and teleportation to evade his overwhelming throwing knives. As Huo Yuhao pressed his attack, Huo Xingling charged him, and the Snow Empress emerged with a powerful ice strike.

• Huo Xingling deflected Huo Yuhao's throwing knife and declared she would honor her promise to protect the Snow Empress, even if it cost her life.
• Huo Yuhao's pressure left the soul beast army vulnerable, and the Star Luo Empire's army sounded the counterattack while the Terror Claw Soul Tool Legion and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy watched.
• Huo Xingling used her divine artifact to teleport repeatedly and evade Huo Yuhao's throwing knife.
• Huo Yuhao summoned nine more throwing knives and used all ten to seal off Huo Xingling's escape routes.
• Huo Xingling charged through the knives and slashed toward Huo Yuhao as the Snow Empress attacked him with Emperor Sword, Icebound Peerless.