Chapter Summaries

Ye Lingyun was pulled into the Star Great Plane while attempting to cultivate his martial souls. After fighting off a meteor and strange creatures, he headed toward a distant star with gentle white light, hoping it would lead him out.

• Ye Lingyun entered a secluded retreat to cultivate, but a vortex pulled him into the Star Great Plane.
• He discovered that spiritual power followed unfamiliar laws there, then used his starlight dragon martial soul to destroy an incoming meteor.
• Ye Lingyun awakened his chaos spirit phoenix and sensed danger as a school of sharklike creatures approached.
• He combined the powers of the starlight dragon and chaos spirit phoenix to battle the creatures while searching for a way out.
• Ye Lingyun spotted a distant star glowing white, drove the creatures back, and rushed toward it.

Ye Lingyun approached the strange white star, but a spacetime storm overwhelmed his defenses and knocked him unconscious. The storm swept him into a mysterious spacetime vortex, leaving his destination unknown.

• Ye Lingyun flew toward the white star, drawn by its gentle glow.
• A spacetime storm erupted nearby, and Ye Lingyun used the power of his martial souls to shield himself.
• Ye Lingyun awakened all nine divine-level martial souls to strengthen his barrier, but the storm continued draining his spiritual power.
• Ye Lingyun's barrier shattered, and he lost consciousness as he fell through the starry sky.
• The spacetime storm carried Ye Lingyun into a mysterious vortex connecting different times and spaces.

After a space-time storm left him stranded in the Northern Domain of the Star Great Plane, Ye Lingyun learned that the Star Tower might hold the power he needed to return to the Lingxi Continent. He settled in Xing Yin Village to recover and train under Xing Yin, determined to seek the tower once he was ready.

• Ye Lingyun awoke in an unfamiliar land with depleted spiritual power and struggled to adapt to the Star Great Plane’s chaotic energy.
• Ye Lingyun met Xing Yin by a stream, learned he was in the Northern Domain, and asked how he could return to the Lingxi Continent.
• Xing Yin told Ye Lingyun that the Star Tower might contain power capable of breaking through the planar barriers, but warned that its guardians and restrictions made it deadly.
• Xing Yin took Ye Lingyun to Xing Yin Village, where the villagers welcomed him and he began recovering under Xing Yin’s guidance.
• Ye Lingyun trained in a cultivation method suited to the local energy and resolved to seek the Star Tower when his strength returned.

Ye Lingyun arrived in the Star Great Plane and was teleported to the Polaris Ice Sheet, where he rescued the Ice Merchant Guild’s caravan from a Snow Monster. Elder Li brought him to Ice Seal City and encouraged him to enter Icewave Academy’s selection trials; after meeting Ahan, Ye Lingyun registered as a candidate.

• The Star Guide described the regions of the Star Great Plane and teleported Ye Lingyun to a random location.
• Ye Lingyun found the Ice Merchant Guild’s caravan under attack by a Snow Monster and froze the monster with his Heart of Ice Seal.
• The caravan’s elder thanked Ye Lingyun, invited him to travel with the guild, and Elder Li later suggested he try for Icewave Academy.
• The caravan reached Ice Seal City, where Elder Li took Ye Lingyun to meet Ahan at the Ice Merchant Guild headquarters.
• Ahan explained the selection trials, and Ye Lingyun registered as a candidate for Icewave Academy.

Ye Lingyun stayed at the Ice Crystal Palace and explored Ice Seal City before taking the Icewave Academy selection test. His perfect ice element affinity earned him the title Child of Ice and drew the crowd’s attention.

• Elder Li welcomed Ye Lingyun to the Ice Crystal Palace and prepared a VIP room for him ahead of the academy selection.
• Ye Lingyun absorbed ice attribute energy in his room, strengthening his star power.
• Ye Lingyun toured Ice Seal City’s market, library, and cultivation grounds before the selection.
• Venerable Han Xing began the Icewave Academy selection with an ice element affinity test.
• Ye Lingyun achieved one hundred percent affinity, and Venerable Han Xing declared him a Child of Ice.

Ye Lingyun excelled in Icewave Academy’s comprehension test by mastering and improving the Icewave Secret Sword, then broke through the snow and ice illusion in the willpower test. He was accepted among the 179 successful candidates and left resolved to pursue greater strength.

• Ye Lingyun used the system to comprehend the Icewave Secret Sword and innovate several of its forms.
• Vice Dean Venerable Han Xing praised Ye Lingyun’s annotations and recognized his rare accomplishments.
• Ye Lingyun used his Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox martial soul to shatter the illusion’s tempting song.
• Vice Dean Venerable Han Xing announced that 179 contestants had passed and joined Icewave Academy, including Ye Lingyun.
• Ye Lingyun left the cheering crowd determined to face future challenges and forge his own glory.

Ye Lingyun arrived at Icewave Academy and was awed by its abundant star power and sacred guardian, the ice phoenix. At the master selection ceremony, Dean Bing Xin chose him as her disciple and brought him to her ice-crystal palace to cultivate.

• Ye Lingyun traveled with Vice Dean Venerable Han Xing to Icewave Academy and explored its grounds, including the Library Pavilion, training grounds, and Star Power Spring.
• Ye Lingyun saw the academy's ice phoenix and sensed its formidable power.
• At the master selection ceremony, several mentors approached Ye Lingyun, but he waited for another offer.
• Dean Bing Xin appeared and asked Ye Lingyun to become her disciple, and he accepted.
• Bing Xin brought Ye Lingyun to her ice-crystal palace, where he would cultivate from then on.

Ye Lingyun learned the Ice and Snow Profound Heart Art from Dean Bing Xin, and a system mission helped him evolve it and accelerate his cultivation. He then visited the Combat Skills Pavilion, where system assistance guided him to choose Ice Seal for Ten Thousand Miles.

• Dean Bing Xin gave Ye Lingyun the Ice and Snow Profound Heart Art and instructed him to cultivate its first level.
• Ye Lingyun completed the system's blink mission, evolving the art and speeding up his cultivation.
• Bing Xin gave Ye Lingyun ice-aspected star marrow and urged him to cultivate diligently.
• Ye Lingyun went with Bing Xin to the Combat Skills Pavilion to choose a combat skill.
• Ye Lingyun used the system's selection assistance and chose Ice Seal for Ten Thousand Miles.

Ye Lingyun condensed an ice-attribute star core, reached the Star Spirit Stage, and comprehended the heavenly phenomenon Iron Horses and Ice River Enter My Dream. He then sparred with Icewave Academy’s young ice phoenix, defeated it, and watched it disappear into the snow.

• Ye Lingyun cultivated with the Ice Attribute Star Marrow and condensed an ice-attribute star core, reaching the Star Spirit Stage.
• Ye Lingyun comprehended the heavenly phenomenon Iron Horses and Ice River Enter My Dream, strengthening his star core.
• The young ice phoenix, Icewave Academy’s guardian sacred beast, arrived and challenged Ye Lingyun to spar.
• Ye Lingyun used Ice Seal for Ten Thousand Miles against the young ice phoenix and honed the technique during their fight.
• Ye Lingyun tapped the young ice phoenix’s forehead and won the spar, and the phoenix admitted defeat before vanishing into the snow.

Icewave Academy held its New Student Tournament, where Ye Lingyun defeated the four standout students with Ice Seal for Ten Thousand Miles. He was crowned champion and praised as a rising star in ice cultivation.

• Han Ling and Xue Wu fought with their ice sword and ice butterfly origin spirits, and Xue Wu blocked Han Ling's Ice Sword Storm.
• Bing Xin trapped Frost Blade in an illusory world, but Frost Blade broke free and narrowly won their duel.
• Ye Lingyun faced Han Ling, Xue Wu, Bing Xin, and Frost Blade together after Vice Principal Venerable Han Xing invited him onto the platform.
• Ye Lingyun used Ice Seal for Ten Thousand Miles to pierce the four students' defenses and encase them in ice, forcing them to concede.
• The audience celebrated Ye Lingyun as the tournament champion, and Vice Principal Venerable Han Xing praised his strength.

After winning the new students' tournament, Ye Lingyun received an Ice Merchant Guild token and academy points, then used the points to acquire the Ice Seal Secret Manual. With the system's help, he learned the manual's mysteries and mastered its Phoenix Takes Flight technique, while Dean Bing Xin encouraged him to keep developing it.

• Vice Dean Venerable Han Xing awarded Ye Lingyun the Profound Ice Token and a Points Card containing 100 points for winning the tournament.
• Ye Lingyun examined the Profound Ice Token with the system and learned it could provide powerful ice-aspected energy.
• Ye Lingyun spent 50 points at the Exchange Center to buy the Ice Seal Secret Manual, and Dean Bing Xin approved of his choice.
• Ye Lingyun used the system to deepen his understanding of the manual and developed the Phoenix Takes Flight technique.
• Dean Bing Xin praised Ye Lingyun's progress and urged him to cultivate Phoenix Takes Flight further.

Ye Lingyun rescued Xue Yao from suspicion of theft at the Ice Merchant Guild and discovered that her origin spirit was the legendary Snow Woman. Headmistress Bing Xin accepted Xue Yao as her disciple, and she began learning to cultivate at Icewave Academy.

• Ye Lingyun paid the Ice Merchant Guild a gold coin for Xue Yao and took her with him as his maid.
• Ye Lingyun named the girl Xue Yao and brought her to Headmistress Bing Xin, who confirmed that her origin spirit was the Snow Woman.
• Headmistress Bing Xin accepted Xue Yao as her disciple, making her Ye Lingyun's junior disciple sister.
• Ye Lingyun guided Xue Yao in the training grounds as she connected her Snow Woman origin spirit with her star power.
• Xue Yao felt her power grow during cultivation and continued training under Ye Lingyun's encouragement.

Ye Lingyun conquered the Combat Tower’s Star Spirit Stage floors and accepted Headmistress Bing Xin’s challenge to reach the Star Emperor Stage for the Academy Tournament. After receiving cultivation resources, he spent months strengthening his star core and expanding his star domain, determined to reach his goal.

• Ye Lingyun entered the Combat Tower and defeated its opponents as he advanced through the floors.
• Ye Lingyun overcame the peak Star Spirit Stage cultivator and reached the tower’s highest Star Spirit Stage floor.
• Headmistress Bing Xin told Ye Lingyun about the Academy Tournament in three years and asked him to aim for the Star Emperor Stage; he accepted the challenge.
• Headmistress Bing Xin gave Ye Lingyun an ice-crystal box containing cultivation resources and ancient manuals.
• Ye Lingyun spent the following months cultivating, strengthening his star core and expanding his star domain as he worked toward the Star Emperor Stage.

Ye Lingyun strengthened his star domain at Icewave Academy and accepted a mission to escort the Ice Merchant Guild’s caravan to the Eastern Pole Forest. After three days of travel and cultivation aboard the starship, he led the caravan into the forest, where the mission began.

• Ye Lingyun expanded his star domain, and Dean Bing Xin gave him a Star Domain Pill to help him reach the star emperor stage.
• Ye Lingyun spoke with Xue Yao about her progress controlling her snow maiden origin spirit and their hopes for the Academy Tournament.
• Ye Lingyun accepted a mission to escort the Ice Merchant Guild’s caravan to the Eastern Pole Forest.
• Ye Lingyun boarded the guild’s starship at Ice Seal City and cultivated during the three-day journey through the Star River Passage.
• Ye Lingyun led the caravan off the starship and onto the soil of the Eastern Pole Forest.

Ye Lingyun led the Ice Merchant Guild caravan into the Eastern Pole Forest, defeated the Greenfield Bandits, and guided the group through Starshadow Beast attacks to the Star Marrow Tree. The caravan reached the Star Marrow Fruits, completing its mission and leaving Ye Lingyun looking forward to the opportunities ahead.

• Ye Lingyun froze the Greenfield Bandits with his Ice Seal for Ten Thousand Miles technique after they tried to rob the caravan.
• Ye Lingyun and Han Tiexin led the guild members deeper into the Eastern Pole Forest to search for Star Marrow Fruits.
• Ye Lingyun struck down an ambushing Starshadow Beast, then helped the guards drive off more of the creatures as they advanced.
• Ye Lingyun and the caravan found the Star Marrow Tree and its fruits in a clearing, and Han Tiexin declared their mission complete.

Ye Lingyun and the Ice Merchant Guild caravan collected star marrow fruits after he fought off a peak star king beast that tried to self-destruct. When a star emperor Purple Crystal Demon Tiger pursued them, Ye Lingyun lured it away and took refuge in a mysterious cave that the system identified as an ancient ruin.

• Ye Lingyun fought the peak star king beast, defeated it with his Nine-Tailed Heavenly Dance, and was injured by its self-destruction.
• The caravan collected the star marrow fruits, and Ye Lingyun ordered everyone to leave before another danger arrived.
• Han Tiexin identified the approaching beast as a star emperor Purple Crystal Demon Tiger, so Ye Lingyun stayed behind to draw it away while the caravan fled.
• Ye Lingyun escaped into a hidden cave where the Purple Crystal Demon Tiger refused to follow.
• Ye Lingyun asked the system to scan the cave and discovered it was an ancient ruin containing an unknown power.

Ye Lingyun entered an ancient inheritance site hidden in a Cave and faced trials set by an ancient Star Emperor. He passed the first two trials and prepared to face the final test for the inheritance.

• Ye Lingyun touched an enormous purple crystal, activating the inheritance site and transporting himself to the Inheritance Grounds.
• The ancient Star Emperor announced three trials, and Ye Lingyun endured the first trial's star power storm using Ice Seal for Ten Thousand Miles.
• Ye Lingyun faced the Star Emperor's projection in the second trial and used the system's analysis to fuse their techniques into Ice Seal Purple Crystal.
• The projection declared Ye Lingyun had passed the second trial and announced the final trial to determine whether he could obtain the inheritance.

Ye Lingyun passed the Heart Demon trial, received the Combat Scripture, and defeated the Purple Crystal Demon Tiger outside the Cave. He returned to the Ice Merchant Guild’s Starship with the tiger’s Inner Core and set off with the caravan for home.

• Ye Lingyun defeated his Heart Demon with Ice Seal Purple Crystal and passed the final trial.
• The middle-aged man bestowed the Combat Scripture on Ye Lingyun, who completed his cultivation and left the Cave.
• Ye Lingyun froze and defeated the Purple Crystal Demon Tiger, then collected its Star Emperor Stage Inner Core.
• Ye Lingyun returned to the Starship, where Han Tiexin and the Ice Merchant Guild members welcomed him.
• Ye Lingyun ordered the Starship to depart, and it flew away from the Eastern Pole Forest.

Ye Lingyun exchanged the Purple Crystal Demon Tiger's inner core and his mission reward for a Star Marrow Pill, then used it to break through to the Star Emperor Stage. Xue Yao congratulated him and guarded him as he continued consolidating his cultivation over the following days.

• Ye Lingyun handed the Star Marrow Fruit to the Ice Merchant Guild and offered the inner core and his mission reward in exchange for a Star Marrow Pill.
• Han Tianxing agreed to the trade, and Ye Lingyun took the pill back to his cultivation room to absorb its power.
• Ye Lingyun's star core reached its limit, and he broke through to the Star Emperor Stage.
• Xue Yao entered the cultivation room, congratulated Ye Lingyun, and offered to stand guard while he consolidated his cultivation.
• Ye Lingyun spent the next few days cultivating as his strength and star domain continued to grow.

Ye Lingyun hunted a Snow-Sound Flying Squirrel and impressed Dean Bing Xin with his improved strength. Bing Xin gave him an inheritance crystal, through which he comprehended the Ice Seal Throne and greatly strengthened his star core and star domain.

• Ye Lingyun used Ice Seal for Ten Thousand Miles and Ice Seal Purple Crystal to defeat a Snow-Sound Flying Squirrel.
• Dean Bing Xin praised Ye Lingyun’s progress and told him, as a Star Emperor Stage cultivator, it was time to learn a star formula technique.
• Bing Xin gave Ye Lingyun an Inheritance Crystal and explained that it held a star formula technique for him to comprehend.
• Ye Lingyun entered a vision of an ice world, approached the Ice Seal Throne, and awakened its power.
• Ye Lingyun emerged having comprehended the Ice Seal Throne, with a stronger star core, an expanded star domain, and a more solid Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox phantom.