Chapter Summaries

During the blizzard, Darya discovered that Anastasia and Yekaterina had stayed warm by seeking Li Chen’s heat, then found them sneaking into his tent after leaving her behind. Embarrassed and hurt, Darya stood outside the tent longing for warmth as reckless courage stirred in her.

• Darya saw that Anastasia and Yekaterina looked warm beside Master Urge, while she and the other women suffered in the cold.
• After Li Chen returned to his tent, Yekaterina used a Warm Jade Pearl to persuade Anastasia and Darya to huddle together in Darya’s tent.
• Katrian declined their invitation and went back to her own tent.
• Darya woke alone and found both Yekaterina and Anastasia missing from their tents.
• Darya heard the two women’s intimate sounds inside Li Chen’s tent and realized they had left her behind.
• Darya grew angry and hurt, then looked at her own figure as a reckless desire for warmth rose within her.

While the blizzard trapped everyone in the ice cave, Darya and then Katrian joined Li Chen, Yekaterina, and Anastasia in their increasingly open efforts to keep warm. By the twelfth day, the storm finally began to subside.

• Darya entered Li Chen's tent to keep warm and joined Yekaterina and Anastasia.
• The three women openly tended to Li Chen and spent their time together in his tent, leaving Katrian alone and embarrassed.
• For five days, Katrian struggled with the cold, sleeplessness, and her curiosity about the warmth in Li Chen's tent.
• Yekaterina persuaded Katrian to join them, and Katrian entered the tent and embraced the experience.
• Over the next few days, Katrian joined the others in keeping warm and won more of Li Chen's affection.
• On the twelfth day, the blizzard finally began to subside.

Li Chen arrived at the Frostwolf Tribe, where High Priest Canggu used a Bloodline Tracing Stone to examine his ancestry. The stone revealed that Li Chen carried an exceptionally pure elven imperial bloodline, and Canggu asked whether his ancestors were connected to the tribe’s lost imperial clan.

• Katrian led Li Chen, Yekaterina, Anastasia, and Darya through the snowy mountains to the Frostwolf Tribe.
• High Priest Canggu welcomed Li Chen and his companions with a ceremony in the tribe’s central longhouse.
• Li Chen asked Canggu to investigate Katrian’s claim that he carried Northern Elf bloodline.
• Canggu examined Li Chen with the Bloodline Tracing Stone, which erupted in silver light.
• Canggu identified Li Chen’s bloodline as the ancient elven imperial bloodline and asked about his ancestors.

Li Chen discovered that his bloodline made him the prophesied heir to the Witch Ancestor, but he showed little interest in accepting the position. After he declined for now, Canggu and Katrian planned to entice him to stay with the tribe.

• Li Chen claimed he was self-taught, convincing Canggu that he possessed the prophesied Elven Imperial Bloodline.
• Canggu asked Li Chen to inherit the Witch Ancestor's position and explained the prophecy and the lost secret realm, but Li Chen put off the decision.
• Canggu arranged for Li Chen to rest in the tribe's finest longhouse.
• Canggu told Katrian about Li Chen's bloodline and his refusal, and Katrian proposed using the tribe's women to persuade him to stay.
• Canggu assigned Katrian to choose women who could make Li Chen feel welcome and forget about leaving.

The Frostwolf Tribe welcomed Li Chen as a powerful guest and hoped he would become its guardian. Katrian showed him around and brought him to meet Oksana, whose account of the tribe’s resource problems left him considering its needs; Katrian then asked whether Oksana had a quiet guest room for his afternoon nap.

• Canggu urged Katrian to devote herself to securing Li Chen’s help for the tribe, and she agreed.
• The Frostwolf Tribe learned that Li Chen possessed the legendary Elven Imperial Bloodline and was a powerful grand shaman.
• Li Chen agreed to let Katrian show him around while the blizzard kept him from traveling.
• Katrian took Li Chen to the Clan Head’s home, where they met Oksana, who was managing tribal affairs in her husband’s absence.
• Oksana explained that families were disputing the allocation of limited resources because the tribe’s legacy supplies remained sealed in the Witch Ancestor’s Secret Realm.
• Katrian asked Oksana whether she had a quiet guest room for Li Chen’s afternoon nap.

Li Chen stayed with Oksana while considering whether to remain with the tribe, and their growing intimacy continued through dinner and into the night. The next morning, he and Oksana prepared to judge the resource needs of two talented children as their mothers appealed to him.

• Oksana led Li Chen to a guest room, where she attended him through the afternoon and evening.
• Li Chen and Oksana returned upstairs together after dinner, leaving Katrian behind, and Li Chen did not return to the longhouse where Yekaterina, Anastasia, and Darya were staying.
• Katrian told Yekaterina that Oksana was accompanying Li Chen as he investigated the tribe and considered inheriting the Witch Ancestor position.
• On the third morning, Katrian found Li Chen and Oksana discussing resource allocation, and Oksana arranged for two families to bring their gifted children before him.
• Svetlana and Lyubov presented their children to Li Chen and knelt, asking him to assess their talents.

Li Chen examined the Frostwolf Tribe’s gifted children through their mothers, then spent several days mediating disputes among the tribe’s beautiful women. When Alina, Mila, and Nasia asked him to settle their dispute over a Mystic Grade sword, he forged three Heaven Grade swords and offered to test their aptitude before handing them over.

• Li Chen told Svetlana and Lyubov that their children had promising potential, then brought the mothers upstairs for a more thorough examination.
• Svetlana and Lyubov each left Li Chen’s room satisfied and told their children that he thought highly of their talents.
• Oksana brought Li Chen to meet the tribe’s attractive women, and he became its chief mediator, resolving disputes and gaining their gratitude.
• Alina, Mila, and Nasia asked Li Chen to decide who should own the sword they had found in a Secret Realm.
• Li Chen dismissed their Mystic Grade sword as scrap iron and forged three Heaven Grade swords from ordinary longswords.
• When the girls eagerly accepted the swords, Li Chen said he would personally test their aptitude before giving them the weapons.

Li Chen accepted the Frostwolf Tribe’s title of Witch Ancestor and received its ancient scepter, the Words of the Stars. When it recognized him and awakened his elven imperial bloodline, a vast disturbance shook the Northern Lands and alarmed Emperor Ivan in the Holy Capital.

• Li Chen gave Alina, Mila, and Sophia Heaven Grade swords, then forged Oksana an even more powerful ice sword after three days in the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Cave.
• After hearing of other elven-blooded tribes across the Northern Lands, Li Chen agreed to inherit the title of Witch Ancestor for its political value and the chance to explore those tribes.
• Canggu led a ceremony in which he presented Li Chen with the Words of the Stars, a scepter that had remained dormant for millennia.
• When Li Chen touched the scepter, it recognized him, merged with his starry sky elven imperial bloodline, and unleashed a vast spiritual-energy vortex over the Northern Lands.
• Emperor Ivan sensed the disturbance and a terrifying bloodline suppression from the north, and feared that an ancient existence had awakened.

Li Chen used the Words of the Stars scepter to claim authority as Witch Ancestor and opened the secret realm sealed for more than ten thousand years. The gate admitted only him, and he entered to discover a vast miniature world.

• Li Chen celebrated becoming Witch Ancestor with Oksana and the women of the Frostwolf Tribe.
• Delegations from neighboring tribes arrived to pay respects to Li Chen.
• Li Chen led Canggu, Oksana, Katrian, and thousands of others to the sealed Grotto-Heaven Paradise in the seven Great Snow Mountains.
• Li Chen used the Words of the Stars scepter and his elven bloodline to open the ancient gate.
• The restrictions repelled everyone but Li Chen, who stepped through and found a complete miniature world.

Li Chen explored the Witch Ancestors’ grotto-heaven, then let tribal leaders enter and discussed selecting youths to cultivate there. He planned to inspect the nearby tribes and accepted Yelena’s invitation to visit Moonlight Lake, while an expert from the Sacred Palace approached on Ivan’s orders.

• Li Chen discovered that the grotto-heaven held abundant spiritual energy, treasures, and the Witch Ancestors’ abandoned palace.
• Li Chen granted Canggu and the tribal representatives temporary entry, and they swore their loyalty after seeing the grotto-heaven.
• At a council, Canggu proposed bringing talented youths into the grotto-heaven, and Li Chen said he would personally approve the candidates.
• Li Chen decided to inspect nearby tribes before starting the selection.
• Yelena invited Li Chen to visit the Moonlight Lake Tribe, and he marked it as worth inspecting.
• An expert from the Sacred Palace headed toward the tribes after Ivan dispatched him.

Li Chen arrived at the Moonlight Lake Tribe and offered to assess Yelena and her four sisters’ cultivation aptitude. After identifying Angelina’s old injury, he sent the others away and persuaded her that overcoming it would require a steep price, leaving her eager to become stronger.

• The Moonlight Lake Tribe welcomed Li Chen as its Witch Ancestor, and Yelena explained the tribe’s customs and her family of five sisters.
• Li Chen summoned Yelena and her sisters for an aptitude assessment and examined each woman’s meridians and bloodline.
• Li Chen praised Alisha, Yelena, and Polina’s aptitude, said Anfisa would need diligence, and identified Angelina’s lingering internal injury.
• Li Chen dismissed the others and asked Angelina whether she wanted to become stronger than her older sisters.
• Angelina agreed to pay any price to overcome her injury, while Li Chen decided to let her lower her defenses willingly.

Li Chen brought the five sisters into the Witch Ancestor's Secret Realm and used cultivation lessons and warnings to stoke their desire. After punishing Yelena, he summoned Angelina for the same supposed punishment, leaving Alisha, Polina, and Anfisa conflicted and envious.

• Li Chen brought the five sisters into the Witch Ancestor's Secret Realm and taught them basic cultivation while covertly touching them.
• The women grew increasingly distracted by Li Chen's presence, and he warned them to suppress their impure thoughts.
• Yelena gave in to her desire one night, and Li Chen caught her and sent the other sisters away.
• Li Chen told Yelena she needed punishment, and she remained absent from practice the next day while he said she needed rest.
• Angelina lost focus during training, begged Li Chen to punish her, and followed him to his room.
• Alisha, Polina, and Anfisa understood what the punishment implied and secretly wished they were receiving it.

Li Chen punished Angelina and then her three sisters, Alisha, Polina, and Anfisa, after they deliberately made mistakes to gain his private instruction. As tribes competed for access to the Grotto-Heaven Paradise, Katrian, Yelena, and Oksana gained authority to select ten women a day for training with him.

• Angelina repeatedly made training mistakes and asked Li Chen to punish her, prompting Alisha, Polina, and Anfisa to stage a collision so he would punish them too.
• Li Chen took the three sisters to the Discipline Room and spent two days and nights instructing and punishing them while Angelina waited outside.
• Over the following days, the women devised various excuses to receive private instruction and punishment from Li Chen.
• Other tribes urged Li Chen's companions to secure places for their women to train in the Grotto-Heaven Paradise.
• Li Chen authorized Katrian, Yelena, and Oksana to distribute ten daily places, and the tribal leaders competed to win their favor with treasures and beauty recommendations.

Li Chen spent more than a month enjoying life in the Witch Ancestor's Grotto-Heaven while Vladimir waited in vain to deliver Emperor Ivan's appeal for help. When Li Chen finally received him, he remained silent as Vladimir introduced himself.

• More than four hundred beauties entered the Witch Ancestor's Grotto-Heaven, where Li Chen spent his days enjoying their company.
• Vladimir waited for over ten days at a Frostwolf Tribe guesthouse and repeatedly told Emperor Ivan that the Witch Ancestor had appeared but refused to meet him.
• Ivan, facing Heavenly Strategy's advancing army and Sergei's rebellion, hoped the Witch Ancestor would rally the shamans to save the Great Luo Dynasty.
• Vladimir grew furious at the long delay but restrained himself because Ivan had ordered him to act courteously.
• Li Chen finally received Vladimir in the Frostwolf Tribe's central area, and Vladimir greeted him as Master Urge and delivered Ivan's introduction.
• Li Chen watched Vladimir in silence from his throne, making no reply.

Vladimir visited Li Chen to ask for help with the Great Luo Dynasty’s crises, but Li Chen demanded that Emperor Ivan come beg him in person. Vladimir erupted in anger, only to be overwhelmed by Li Chen’s immense power, and threatened to report his words to the Emperor.

• Vladimir reluctantly knelt before Li Chen and explained that the Great Luo Dynasty faced an advancing army from the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty and a rebellion led by Sergei.
• Li Chen calmly told Vladimir to have Ivan come and beg him himself.
• Vladimir lost his temper and released his saint realm pressure, forcing weaker tribal representatives to the floor.
• Li Chen unleashed a far greater power that overwhelmed Vladimir and astonished the witches and tribal leaders.
• Vladimir warned Li Chen that the Imperial House had a saint realm peak ancestor and threatened to report Li Chen’s insolent words to Ivan.

Li Chen killed Vladimir, a Saint of the Imperial House, and turned the victory into a surge of power and devotion in the Northern Lands. He organized the Witch Ancestor’s growing following, while the chapter ended with a contrasting scene beginning in the Great Luo Dynasty’s Imperial Palace.

• Li Chen summoned a frost beast with the Words of the Stars scepter, froze Vladimir as he fled, and shattered him, annihilating him in body and soul.
• The witnesses, including Canggu, Oksana, Katrian, and Yelena, revered Li Chen, and news of Vladimir’s death spread across the Northern Lands, drawing dozens of tribes to pledge loyalty.
• Li Chen returned to the Witch Ancestor’s Grotto-Heaven and created a hierarchy of priests, maidens, spirit mediums, and guardians to govern the faithful.
• Li Chen established new rituals and ceremonial clothing, while the number of women entering the grotto-heaven to serve him grew beyond a thousand.
• A new scene began in the Imperial Palace of the Great Luo Dynasty’s Holy Capital.

Emperor Ivan swallowed his anger after Li Chen killed Vladimir, but Li Chen decided to use the turmoil in the Great Luo Dynasty to challenge the throne. After Li Chen sent Ivan an ultimatum demanding his submission, Ivan erupted and ordered a full campaign against the Northern Lands.

• Emperor Ivan rejected calls to retaliate against Li Chen because the Great Luo Dynasty faced threats from the south and from Sergei’s rebellion.
• Li Chen’s followers gathered in the Witch Ancestor’s hall, where High Priest Canggu urged him to overthrow Ivan and establish a new dynasty.
• Li Chen agreed to lead an uprising, declaring that he would restore order to the realm.
• Li Chen sent Ivan a letter demanding that he come to the Northern Lands and submit within three days or face the destruction of his throne and ancestral temples.
• Emperor Ivan spat blood in fury and ordered the Imperial Guard, Blood Annihilation Legion, Imperial House attendants, and ancestral Personal Guards to mobilize for a campaign he would lead himself.

Ivan prepared to commit the Great Luo Dynasty’s forces against the Witch Ancestor, but Romanov emerged from seclusion and persuaded him to seek a truce with Heavenly Strategy first. Meanwhile, Sergei traveled to the Northern Lands to seek the Witch Ancestor’s support, unaware that the Witch Ancestor was Li Chen.

• Ivan rejected his ministers’ pleas and ordered the Great Luo Dynasty’s elite troops assembled to attack the Witch Ancestor.
• The Empress Dowager and the ministers appealed to Romanov, who emerged from the Imperial Mausoleum Secret Realm to intervene.
• Romanov advised Ivan to avoid provoking the Witch Ancestor and offered to seek a temporary truce with Li Chen in Heavenly Strategy.
• Sergei saw the Great Luo Dynasty’s dispute with the Witch Ancestor as an opportunity and decided to seek the Witch Ancestor’s backing in person.
• Sergei arrived at the Witch Ancestor’s central sanctuary, knelt before him, and began offering his respects.

Sergei discovered that the Witch Ancestor was his master, Li Chen, and privately discussed their alliance with him. Li Chen reassured Sergei, gave him vast stores of cultivation materials, and Sergei left with his confidence strengthened; the story then shifted to the Great Luo Dynasty’s Imperial Palace.

• Sergei recognized Li Chen beneath the Witch Ancestor’s markings, concealed his shock, and completed his formal greeting.
• Li Chen welcomed Sergei with a banquet, and Sergei dismissed his deputy general’s warning before privately kneeling to ask how Li Chen became the Witch Ancestor.
• Li Chen explained that the shamans had installed him as their prophesied figure and confirmed that he had killed Vladimir.
• Li Chen praised Sergei’s campaign and gave him a mountain of rare cultivation materials from his grotto-heaven.
• Sergei met Madam Yekaterina, who explained that she was guiding Li Chen, and urged her to remain by his side.

Ivan received the Witch Ancestor's edict demanding that he abdicate within a month and erupted in fury. Li Chen returned from the Northern Lands and received Romanov, whose first sight of the emperor revealed the power behind his confidence.

• Ivan read the Witch Ancestor's Deposition Edict, which condemned his rule and demanded that he abdicate, confess his sins, and await judgment within a month.
• Ivan raged against Urge for deposing him and denounced the edict as an intolerable insult.
• Romanov arrived in Heavenly Strategy's Imperial Capital to seek a de-escalation of the war, while Li Chen left the Northern Lands and returned to court.
• Li Chen ordered Romanov to wait seven days before summoning him to an audience, and Romanov endured the insult because the Great Luo Dynasty needed help.
• Romanov entered the Golden Throne Hall and realized that Li Chen's imperial aura and confidence reflected his strength and Heavenly Strategy's national power.