Recaps

Nie Li studied Yu Yan’s Divine Core and discovered that he could sense and cultivate law power far faster than she expected. After grasping light law power, he realized the world’s laws came from mysterious inscriptions and believed he could deconstruct them.

• Nie Li sensed Yu Yan’s Divine Core and converted his soul force into law power, leaving Yu Yan shaken by his strength.
• Beneath the Sky Screen, Nie Li explained heavenly dao power and promised to take his companions to the Black Spring to comprehend law power.
• Yu Yan advised Nie Li to sense light power, but he immediately experienced its warmth as an overwhelming sun and startled her with his speed.
• Nie Li meditated again, produced a beam of light in his palm, and concluded that mysterious inscriptions established the world’s laws.

Nie Li rebuilt Yu Yan’s divine body by inscribing it with the law of fire, then prepared to help her leave the Black Spring without alerting its guardians. As Yu Yan hid in his sleeve, the Sky Screen viewers reacted to her closeness to Nie Li.

• Nie Li mastered the Law Powers of Light and Darkness, tested them with his Demon Spirits, and explained how inscriptions could rebuild Yu Yan’s divine body.
• Xiao Kuang and Xiao Wu learned that Nie Li had entered the Black Spring deliberately and worried that Glory City might trace his actions to the Heavenly Fortune Tribe.
• Nie Li imprinted fire inscriptions into Yu Yan’s Divine Core and glimpsed memories revealing that a couple had found her as a child in a meteor’s crater and named her Yu Yan.
• Nie Li used the remaining law of fire to rebuild Yu Yan’s divine body, and Yu Yan merged with it.
• Nie Li concealed Yu Yan’s aura with a darkness Magic Array and arranged for her to hide in his sleeve as they prepared to leave.
• Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er saw Yu Yan lying against Nie Li’s arm and exchanged a glance.

Nie Li escaped the Black Spring Abyss with Yu Yan, learned about the human-controlled Cloud Dream World, and helped prepare the Heavenly Fortune Tribe’s migration to Glory City. He then returned to the Black Spring alone, where Yu Yan warned him not to die before she found her little brother.

• Nie Li and Yu Yan left the Abyss, and Yu Yan explained that humans still lived in protected Dimension Worlds, including the Cloud Dream World, which could be reached with a Cloud Dream Stone.
• Yu Yan revealed that her hidden Space Ring might contain Cloud Dream Stones, and Nie Li decided to seek it out when he had the chance.
• Nie Li investigated the Dark Guild’s location, followed Ancestor Ye Yan’s map to a hidden cave, and realized it led to the Nether Realm.
• Xiao Wu told Nie Li that the Heavenly Fortune Tribe was ready to migrate to Glory City, with Ye Ming escorting its several thousand people.
• Nie Li went to the Black Spring Abyss alone and cursed at the Legendary Peak Demon Beasts until they attacked him.
• After the Demon Beasts were reduced to puddles of sludge and blood, Yu Yan warned Nie Li not to die before she found her little brother.

Nie Li brought his companions to meet Goddess Yu Yan, who offered them four laws to comprehend and the Black Spring to temper their bodies. Ten days later, Xiao Xue emerged from the spring in pain while Xiao Ning'er and Ye Ziyun continued enduring it.

• Nie Li and his companions entered the cave, where Goddess Yu Yan was surprised by their strength and their knowledge of her past.
• Yu Yan offered the laws of thunder, earth, metal, and chaos, and Nie Li assigned the Law of Thunder to Xiao Ning'er and the Law of Chaos to Lu Piao.
• Xiao Ning'er, Xiao Xue, and Ye Ziyun entered the Black Spring to temper their bodies while Nie Li explained the Law of Chaos to Lu Piao outside.
• Ye Ming escorted the Heavenly Fortune Tribe toward Glory City, and Ye Zong sent a large force to meet its several thousand members.
• After ten days in the Black Spring, Xiao Xue crawled out in agony while Xiao Ning'er and Ye Ziyun continued to endure the spring's power.

Xiao Ning'er, Ye Ziyun, Xiao Xue, Lu Piao, and Chen Linjian cultivated in the Black Spring and comprehended different laws, while Nie Li helped Goddess Yu Yan restore her Divine Body. After the group returned to the abandoned Heavenly Fortune Tribe, they prepared to head home, and Nie Li considered his next steps.

• Xiao Ning'er, Ye Ziyun, and Xiao Xue emerged from the Black Spring after fifteen days and learned to use the Laws of Thunder, Wind Snow, and Fire.
• Nie Li sent Lu Piao and Chen Linjian into the Black Spring to temper their bodies and comprehend the Laws of Chaos and Darkness.
• Nie Li injected fire inscriptions into Goddess Yu Yan's Divine Body, accelerating her recovery until she regained legendary peak strength.
• Nie Li and his companions returned to the deserted Heavenly Fortune Tribe after Ye Zong's teams had escorted its people toward Glory City.
• The group settled in the empty tribe for the night, and Nie Li thought about the Book of Time and Space Spirit and traveling to the Draconic Ruins Realm.

Nie Li and Goddess Yu Yan explored the Nether Realm, where Nie Li fought Dark Elves and learned about Blackstone City and the powerful Nether Realm Controller. The Sky Screen then showed Ye Han drowning his sorrows in a tavern after losing his place in Glory City and the Dark Guild.

• Nie Li suggested saving the remaining Metal and earth Law Powers for future geniuses, and the Sky Screen opened, filling Goddess Yu Yan's mind with memories.
• Nie Li entered the Nether Realm, where Goddess Yu Yan explained its forbidden status and warned him about the Nether Realm Controller.
• Nie Li defeated three Dark Elves by combining the Fangtooth Panda's attack with Law Power.
• Nie Li and Goddess Yu Yan reached Blackstone City, a diverse city protected by the Nether Realm Controller and home to the Dark Guild's headquarters.
• Ye Han sat drinking in a Blackstone City tavern, grieving that Ye Zong had survived and the Sacred Family had been wiped out.

Ye Han sold information about Glory City to the Witch Ghost Family, while Nie Li traveled through the Nether Realm and learned about a conflict between the Blood Demon Race and the Jade Seal Family. After meeting Luo Jian, Nie Li agreed to support the Jade Seal Family without restrictions and impressed him with fine wine.

• At the Dark Guild headquarters, Ghost Fiend and Dragon Fiend discussed whether Ye Han had betrayed them and concluded that the Witch Ghost Family would find Glory City difficult to conquer.
• People in Glory City learned from the Sky Screen that Ye Han had sold information to the Witch Ghost Family, and Ye Zong felt deeply disappointed in him.
• As Nie Li walked through the Nether Realm, Yu Yan explained the limits of Demigod Rank experts, and Nie Li sensed the Nether Realm master's powerful aura.
• At a tavern, Nie Li overheard that the Blood Demon Race and the Jade Seal Family had fought over a treasure map found in the Nine-Layered Deathlands.
• Luo Jian introduced himself as a Jade Seal Family member and invited Nie Li to join their effort to unite human experts; Nie Li agreed to support them without restrictions.
• Nie Li offered Luo Jian wine from his White Porcelain Wine Bottle, and Luo Jian was impressed by its quality.

Nie Li learned that the Jade Seal Family was threatened by the Blood Demon Race over a treasure map and agreed to visit the family to discuss cooperation. He demonstrated his inscription skill to Luo Xiao and Luo Jian, whose reaction to the sword’s power revealed that Nie Li’s inscriptions were far stronger than expected.

• Luo Jian told Nie Li that the Jade Seal Family had two Demigod Rank experts, was threatened by the Blood Demon Race, and held one fragment of a treasure map from the Nine-Layered Deathlands.
• Nie Li agreed to visit the Jade Seal Family and revealed that he could engrave inscriptions, prompting Luo Jian to invite him.
• Luo Jian brought Nie Li to meet his father, Luo Xiao, the head of the Jade Seal Family.
• Nie Li engraved inscriptions on a longsword in less than half an hour, impressing Luo Xiao with his skill.
• Luo Jian tested the sword and blasted a huge fissure into the ground, leading Luo Xiao to realize that Nie Li’s inscriptions were advanced.

Nie Li established a profitable partnership with the Jade Seal Family and learned to control the conflicting law powers inside him. After Luo Xiao reported that Ye Han had joined the mobilizing Witch Ghost Family, Nie Li prepared to return to Glory City, escorted by guards.

• Nie Li negotiated to engrave the Jade Seal Family's weapons for seventy percent of the proceeds in exchange for the family's protection, and asked them to watch the Dark Guild.
• Nie Li used the vine in his soul sea to absorb the clashing law powers of light and darkness and feed them to his demon spirits.
• Luo Xiao told Nie Li that his engraved equipment had become popular across the Nether Realm and that the Nether Realm Controller was seeking a disciple.
• Luo Xiao reported that Ye Han had joined the Witch Ghost Family, which was gathering troops, and Nie Li suspected the activity might threaten Glory City.
• Nie Li decided to leave for Glory City, gave the Jade Seal Family another batch of equipment, and departed with three legend rank guards led by Luo Ming.

Nie Li learned that the Witch Ghost Family had discovered Glory City and was preparing an expedition, so he hurried back with Luo Ming and the others. Near the Nether Realm’s exit, they encountered Ye Mo, who was returning to Glory City and had nearly reached Demigod Rank.

• At Black Spring, two Legendary Peak Demon Beasts realized Yu Yan’s aura had vanished and rushed out to search for her.
• On the Sky Screen, Ye Xiu told Ye Zong that Glory City was peaceful, Duan Jian was close to Legendary Rank, and the Heavenly Fortune Tribe was being settled.
• Luo Ming discovered that the Witch Ghost Family had found Glory City and gathered experts and supplies to travel there.
• Nie Li learned the Witch Ghost Family had three Demigod Rank experts and twenty-five Legendary Rank experts, and warned Luo Ming that Glory City was vulnerable to the Nether Realm’s forces.
• Ye Mo appeared amid falling snow, recognized Nie Li as someone from Glory City, and learned that Nie Li claimed to be his granddaughter’s husband.
• Nie Li realized Ye Mo was approaching Demigod Rank and suspected that his strength had kept the Dark Guild from attacking Glory City.

Nie Li reunited with Ye Mo, impressed him with his mastery of Law Power, and helped him advance in his cultivation as they returned toward Glory City. Meanwhile, Ye Zong received a threatening letter from Ye Han, who demanded Glory City submit to the Witch Ghost Family or face destruction.

• Ye Mo questioned Nie Li about his identity, learned he belonged to the Heavenly Marks Family, and traveled with him toward Glory City.
• Nie Li revealed that he had comprehended the laws of light and darkness, then explained the Wind Snow Law to Ye Mo, helping Law Power take shape within him.
• Ye Zong read a letter in which Ye Han admitted he had sought to destroy Glory City to obtain Ye Ziyun and threatened an invasion by the Witch Ghost Family unless the city submitted.
• Ye Zong crumpled Ye Han's letter and angrily condemned him as an unfilial wretch.

Ye Mo returned to Glory City and backed Nie Li as Ye Zong confronted the threat revealed by Ye Han’s betrayal. Ye Mo approved Nie Li and Zi Yun’s engagement, leaving Ye Zong to agree to a proposal after the crisis while warning Nie Li to wait until Zi Yun turned sixteen before marrying her.

• Ye Zong was enraged by Ye Han’s letter, but Nie Li and the others persuaded him to leave Ye Han’s grave undisturbed.
• Ye Mo arrived from the Nether Realm with Nie Li, reprimanded Ye Zong, and praised Nie Li for helping Glory City prepare for danger.
• Ye Mo approved Nie Li and Zi Yun’s marriage and said he would discuss a wedding date with the head of the Heavenly Marks Family after the crisis.
• Ye Zong agreed that the Heavenly Marks Family would propose and that Nie Li and Zi Yun would become engaged first and marry after Zi Yun turned sixteen.
• Ye Zong warned Nie Li that he would beat him if he tried anything with Zi Yun before she turned sixteen.

Nie Li prepared Glory City for the Witch Ghost Family’s coming attack and gathered his friends to begin a risky cultivation method that could strengthen them. The chapter ended as everyone trusted Nie Li to endure the Demon Spirit Devouring Art despite its dangers.

• Nie Li and Ye Zong discussed the Witch Ghost Family’s strength and planned to conceal Glory City’s defenses while Ye Zong entered seclusion to cultivate law power.
• Nie Li reunited with Ye Ziyun, then gathered his friends at the Holy Orchid Institute and introduced Goddess Yu Yan.
• Nie Li sent Du Ze and the others to buy every available demon spirit and collect materials for Glory City’s preparations.
• Nie Li forged more than sixty Dragon Blast Bombs by infusing dragon soul stones with two kinds of law power.
• Nie Li assembled ten companions, including Nie Yu, around an inscription magic array and prepared to use the Demon Spirit Devouring Art, while assuring them he could withstand its risks.

Nie Li used the inscription array to devour demon spirits and reach Black Gold Two-Star, then planned to strengthen the vine in his soul sea to keep his Fangtooth Panda under control. Meanwhile, the Witch Ghost Family attacked Glory City, but Ye Mo and Ye Zong lured their advance force into the Ten Thousand Demons Demon Spirit Array and trapped them.

• Nie Li absorbed the magic array’s immense soul force, advanced to Black Gold Two-Star, and realized he needed to strengthen the vine connecting his Fangtooth Panda and Shadow Demon Spirit.
• The Witch Ghost Family arrived at Glory City, and Wu Man challenged Ye Mo, who defeated him using the Wind Snow Law.
• Ye Mo fled to the Ten Thousand Demons Demon Spirit Array, where Ye Zong activated it and trapped the Witch Ghost Family’s pursuing experts.
• Hundreds upon thousands of Black Gold Rank demon spirits overwhelmed the trapped invaders, while Ye Mo learned that Nie Li had deciphered the diagrams and designed the array.

Glory City repelled the Witch Ghost Family’s first attack, but Wu Yue escaped after using a forbidden art. On the Sky Screen, Nie Li discovered that the Heavenfall Divine Thunder Sword linked the Soul Seas of eleven companions, while the present-day Nie Li considered testing the sword’s other effects.

• Luo Ming watched the battle from a pavilion, deciding that he and his companions should not intervene and risk revealing Glory City’s alliance with the Jade Seal Family.
• Wu Yue used the Crimson Blood Divine Forbidden Art to break through Ye Zong’s attack, and Ye Mo and Ye Zong failed to stop the survivors from escaping the Ten Thousand Demons Demon Spirit Array.
• Wu Yue collapsed after fleeing, while Ye Mo and the others accepted that the array had been exposed and planned to prepare for the Witch Ghost Family’s next attack.
• Nie Li entered the Heavenfall Divine Thunder Sword’s realm, where the vine absorbed the lightning and the Soul Seas of eleven companions connected into one vast Soul Sea.
• Nie Li explained that the linked companions could share Soul Force, sense one another’s presence and danger, and strengthen one another’s cultivation.
• At the City Lord’s Mansion, Nie Li examined the Heavenfall Divine Thunder Sword and considered using the Demon Spirit Devouring Art to test its other effects.

After Glory City repelled the Witch Ghost Family’s attack, Nie Li and Ye Ziyun became engaged, leaving Xiao Ning’er struggling with her feelings for Nie Li. Nie Li then fed Law Power to the mysterious Golden Egg until it began to crack.

• Lu Piao celebrated his cultivation progress as Nie Li warned that Glory City needed to reach the Legendary Realm to protect itself from future attacks.
• Wu Yue blamed Ye Han for the Witch Ghost Family’s defeat, but Wu Man decided to retreat and ask their ancestor for help.
• Ye Zong was astonished that Nie Li had advanced to Black Gold Rank and that the other young people had reached Gold 5-Star.
• Nie Li and Ye Ziyun became engaged, while Xiao Ning’er was tempted by Xiao Xue’s plan to win Nie Li over with medicinal powder.
• Nie Li poured Law Power into the Golden Egg, and cracks appeared in its shell.

Nie Li learned that the Nether Realm Controller was gathering experts in the Nine-Layered Deathlands and decided to go there with his companions. Before setting out, Duan Jian asked to return to the Black Prison World and settle his score with Sikong Yi, whose attempt to secure power for Sikong Red Moon was shown on the Sky Screen.

• The golden egg drained the surrounding Law Power, cracked without hatching, and began targeting the Law Power in Nie Li’s body before he stopped it.
• Ancestor Ye Yan reported that Black Gold Rank experts, including the Demon Lord and Dragon Fiend, were heading to the Nine-Layered Deathlands to seek the Nether Realm Controller, and Goddess Yu Yan agreed to accompany Nie Li.
• Ye Zong said Ye Mo had entered the Nine-Layered Deathlands but had never met the Nether Realm Controller, while Nie Li judged that the disciple-taking would happen months later.
• Nie Li invited Duan Jian to travel with him, and Duan Jian agreed after asking to return to the Black Prison World to deal with Sikong Yi.
• Sikong Yi proposed that the thirteen families elect him alliance leader so he could lead them out through the Myriad Forms Space Array, offered Profound Marrow Pills, and clashed with Li Xiao and Mo Ya when they refused.

The Sky Screen showed Duan Jian return to avenge his parents and defeat Sikong Yi before it faded. Later, Du Ze broke through in the Nether Realm and struggled with the attention of the Firework Clan’s rescued heiress.

• Duan Jian charged Sikong Yi and fought him while the Black Dragon Family’s leader recognized him as Duan Yun’s son.
• Duan Jian killed Sikong Yi, and the Sky Screen faded before he could watch Sikong Yi die again.
• Nie Li decided to consolidate his gains, keep gathering information about the Nether Realm, and aim for Legendary Rank; Ye Zong had reached Legendary Five-Star and Demigod Rank.
• Du Ze broke through to Legendary Two-Star after fighting and cultivating in the Nether Realm alongside Wei Nan, Zhang Ming, and Zhu Xiangjun.
• Du Ze recounted how he had rescued the gravely injured eldest legitimate daughter of the Firework Clan in the Nine-Layered Deathlands, and she visited him with pastries she had made.

After Duan Jian advanced to legendary rank during his battle with Sikong Yi, he defeated him and prepared to kill him. Sikong Red Moon stepped in to protect her father, and Duan Jian hesitated with his sword at her neck.

• Huahuo recovered, avenged her family, and moved into the Glory Guild to seek out Du Ze.
• Nie Li watched Duan Jian fight Sikong Yi and sensed a powerful, familiar presence nearby.
• Duan Jian endured Sikong Yi’s lightning attack and advanced to legendary rank.
• Duan Jian chased down Sikong Yi and struck him into a crater, leaving him badly wounded.
• Sikong Red Moon took Duan Jian’s blow while shielding Sikong Yi and refused to move aside.
• Duan Jian held his sword to Sikong Red Moon’s neck but could not bring himself to kill her.

Duan Jian let go of his hatred after defeating Sikong Yi, while Nie Li arranged to bring families out of the Black Prison World and prepared for a new journey. Before Nie Li left, Nie Hai gave him a second remnant page of the Book of Time and Space Spirit, which matched the page Nie Li already possessed.

• Duan Jian spared Sikong Yi and Sikong Red Moon, and the Silverwing Family faced ruin after Sikong Yi lost his cultivation.
• Nie Li promised Li Heng and the other families that he could help them leave the Black Prison World, then planned to depart for the Nine-Layered Deathlands with his companions.
• Nie Li returned to Glory City and told his companions they would set out the next day, while Nie Yu asked to join and was refused.
• Nie Hai gave Nie Li a remnant page of the Book of Time and Space Spirit, and Nie Li discovered it was identical to the page he already had.

Nie Li and his companions encountered the brothers Lü Qiansha and Lü Qianmo in the Sacred Ancestor Mountain Range, where they fought to protect Goddess Yu Yan. Nie Li wounded Lü Qiansha with Dragon Blast Bombs, and the battle continued beneath the Sky Screen.

• Nie Li's group left Glory City and traveled through the snowy Sacred Ancestor Mountain Range toward the Nether Realm.
• Duan Jian sensed approaching enemies, and Goddess Yu Yan recognized the brothers Lü Qiansha and Lü Qianmo as the creatures who had once guarded her.
• Nie Li sent Duan Jian and Luo Ming to fight Lü Qianmo while he and Goddess Yu Yan attacked Lü Qiansha.
• Nie Li and Goddess Yu Yan's attacks failed to injure Lü Qiansha, who transformed into a Red Shark and bound Goddess Yu Yan with white threads.
• Nie Li threw two Dragon Blast Bombs at Lü Qiansha, allowing Goddess Yu Yan to escape when the explosion injured him.
• Nie Li threw six more Dragon Blast Bombs, and the blast sent Lü Qiansha's enormous body tumbling through the air as Lü Qianmo watched.

Nie Li’s group defeated Lü Qianmo with a mix of real and fake Dragon Blast Bombs, then recovered several treasures before continuing their journey. The Sky Screen revealed the powerful mastermind behind the attack, while Goddess Yu Yan recognized him as a Demon Beast clan powerhouse and learned that Nie Li had once been strong enough to kill her with a thought.

• Nie Li, Goddess Yu Yan, Duan Jian, and their companions fought Lü Qianmo, and Nie Li used Dragon Blast Bombs to kill him.
• Nie Li searched the crater and found a Green Poison Pearl, a Black Dragon Scale for Duan Jian, and a Legend Rank Silver Moon Longsword, which Du Ze accepted.
• Nie Li noted that Ye Mo had already been entrusted with delivering the Silver Moon Longsword and Wind Spirit Battle Armor to Du Ze.
• A white-haired man in blue robes awoke inside a block of ice, condemned Lü Qiansha and Lü Qianmo as fools, and vowed that everyone would die once his Seven-Petal Lotus bloomed.
• Goddess Yu Yan identified the white-haired man as a Demon Beast clan powerhouse who had ordered her imprisonment and admitted that even at her peak she had been no match for him.
• Goddess Yu Yan asked how long she could have lasted against Nie Li in his previous life, and Nie Li said that, without her strange golden light, a single thought from him would have killed her.

Nie Li and his companions arrived at the Jade Seal Family camp and learned about the Nether Realm Controller’s upcoming disciple selection. They entered the Nine-Layered Deathlands to search for Soul Essence Fruits, but the Mist of Lost Tracks separated the group, leaving Nie Li with Ye Ziyun.

• Luo Xiao welcomed Nie Li’s group, explained the Nine-Layered Deathlands and the Nether Realm Controller’s disciple selection, and gave Nie Li a VIP token for the Divine Seal Auction House.
• Nie Li took out the Golden Egg in his tent, while Lu Piao brought news that young cultivators were searching the first layer for Soul Essence Fruits.
• Yu Yan said Soul Essence Fruits could greatly improve cultivation, so Nie Li gathered his companions and led them into the Nine-Layered Deathlands.
• The Mist of Lost Tracks made the group disappear from one another, and Nie Li grabbed Ye Ziyun’s hand before Xiao Ning’er and the others vanished.
• Beneath the Sky Screen, Nie Li showed a Soul Essence Fruit and revealed that Du Ze had delivered some to him and had recently reached Legendary Rank.

Nie Li and Ye Ziyun emerged from the Mist of Lost Tracks and found a crowd gathered at a lake where scarlet pillars of light hinted at a treasure. A Corpse Flood Dragon erupted from the water and attacked the treasure hunters, leaving Nie Li and Ye Ziyun thrown across the ground behind the Guardian God Stone’s barrier.

• Nie Li and Ye Ziyun reached the lake and saw people gathering around its scarlet pillars of light.
• Cang Ming threw his guard into the lake to scout for the treasure, and the guard surfaced dead.
• Cang Ming and Muye entered the lake, followed by other treasure hunters, and a Corpse Flood Dragon burst from the water.
• Nie Li explained the Corpse Flood Dragon’s nature as Cang Ming, Muye, and the others attacked it for the red bead on its forehead.
• The Corpse Flood Dragon blasted the attackers with scarlet energy spheres, and Nie Li tackled Ye Ziyun behind the Guardian God Stone’s barrier as a blast flung them away.

Nie Li and Ye Ziyun confronted Ye Han and the Witch Ghost Family, defeating three attackers with their coordinated powers. Wu Yu ordered a full assault, and Ye Ziyun unleashed a massive Blizzard while Nie Li guarded her.

• Ye Han spotted Ye Ziyun and Nie Li, then told Wu Yu they were from Glory City and urged the Witch Ghost Family to attack them.
• Nie Li and Ye Ziyun refused Wu Yu’s offer to join him, and they raised their strength to black gold five-star using the Soul Magic Array.
• Nie Li and Ye Ziyun killed three attackers with gravity, ice, and a Light-Dark Primordial Qi Blast, astonishing Wu Yu with Nie Li’s Law Power.
• Wu Yu ordered everyone to attack together, and Nie Li took up his Knuckle Spikes to protect Ye Ziyun.
• Ye Ziyun unleashed a massive Blizzard, flooding the battlefield with sharp shards of ice.