Arc 12Chapters 276–300
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Lin Mo traveled in a snow demon body to infiltrate the Ice Palace, where the former palace master sensed his approach and guessed that someone was impersonating the supposedly slain commander Xue Zong. The Ice Palace remained surrounded by the snow demon army as Lin Mo neared it.
Lin Mo reached the Snow Demon Tribe’s formation and was mistaken for a descendant of Xue Zong, so he pretended to have lost his memories and pledged loyalty to the Snow Demon Queen. When the tribe’s leaders discovered his aura resembled the Queen’s yin-yang spirit body, Xue Xiu took him to report to Her Majesty while the Snow Demons continued besieging the Ice Palace without attacking.
Lin Mo entered the Snow Demon Tribe’s palace disguised as a descendant of Xue Zong and passed the Snow Demon Queen’s test. The Queen declared that he was eligible to become her husband and ranked him first among the candidates, leaving Lin Mo stunned.
Lin Mo learned that he had to win the Snow Demon Tribe’s origin core tournament to become one of the Snow Demon Queen’s three consort candidates, and accepted his return to the Xue Zong Lineage. His newly discovered half-brothers planned to kill him in the arena with deadly Ice Scar Awls as Xue Mu brought him to meet their family.
Lin Mo returned to the Snow Demon clan and faced the hostility of Xue Ke and her sons while pretending to be Xue Zong’s son. At the tournament, the Snow Demon Queen watched as Lin Mo began his first Origin Core match against Xue Ying.
Lin Mo defeated Xue Ying and studied the other Core Formation Snow Demons’ fighting methods before facing the famed Xue Wuhen in the second round. Xue Wuhen struck him with Silent Dark, Absolute Light, leaving Lin Mo rigid as the fight began.
Lin Mo defeated Xue Wuhen in the origin core arena by withstanding his Silent Dark, Absolute Light, while the Jianmu sapling phantom absorbed or fused with the attack. As the other contestants turned their attention toward him, Lin Mo realized he might be able to cultivate spells and divine abilities of every attribute without barriers.
As the final sixteen Origin Core Snow Demons assembled, Xue Kuotai secretly gave Xue Man Ice Scar Awls and persuaded him to kill Lin Mo during their match. The Snow Demon Queen arranged for Lin Mo to face Xue Man, leaving Lin Mo worried that damage to his borrowed Snow Demon body could expose him as a human cultivator.
Lin Mo faced Xue Man in the arena and used his extraordinary speed to evade the body-refinement expert until the Snow Demon Queen forced him into a direct fight. Lin Mo unleashed Silent Dark, Absolute Light, but the queen intervened to save Xue Man, leaving Lin Mo standing alone as he challenged her decision.
Lin Mo challenged the Snow Demon Queen's decision, but she announced that he would become her husband and punished Xue Kuotai, Xue Kuoluo, and Xue Man for conspiring against him. When Snow Demons questioned Lin Mo's qualifications, the queen appointed him a general and ordered him to lead a million troops against the Ice Palace, leaving Lin Mo troubled by the prospect of fighting fellow humans.
Lin Mo tried to persuade the Ice Palace to withdraw from the Northern Plains without bloodshed, but Bing Suihan captured him and took him to the palace. There, Lin Mo revealed that he was Chief Elder of the Azure Cloud Sect, not the Snow Demon Queen’s future husband.
Lin Mo revealed his human identity and convinced Bing Suihan that he was working to obtain the Mystic Ice Soul and end the Northern Plains Eternal Night. Bing Suihan evacuated the Ice Palace to the Eastern Isles, leaving Lin Mo with Xue Xiu and the Snow Demon commanders to claim a bloodless victory.
After the Ice Palace withdrew from the Northern Frontier, Lin Mo discovered that the Snow Demon Queen’s Mystic Ice Soul could rapidly strengthen him and was entrusted with it while preparations began for their wedding. He left determined to find a chance to seal the Primordial Cold Abyss and end Eternal Night.
Lin Mo used Xue Ke’s visit to distract Xue Xiu, then escaped into the Gourd Space with the Mystic Ice Soul. Believing Bing Suihan had abducted Xue Mo, the Snow Demon Queen led her army to the Primordial Cold Abyss to intercept him.
Lin Mo escaped the Snow Demon Tribe with the Mystic Ice Soul and advanced to the fourth layer of the Golden Core realm. With the Snow Demon army guarding the Primordial Cold Abyss and the Southern Frontier crisis keeping Gu Youfang’s allies occupied, he arranged to meet Bing Suihan and another cultivator in Lingbei City before attempting to seal the rift.
Lin Mo met Bing Suihan in Lingbei City and showed him the Mystic Ice Soul before they welcomed the dying Zen master Puyuan. Lin Mo offered Puyuan Special Spirit Liquid to restore his vitality, leaving the monk to decide whether to break his vow and drink it.
Puyuan drank Lin Mo’s Diluted Spirit Spring Water and recovered his vitality, then rewarded Lin Mo with the Seven-Treasure Prayer Beads and taught him the Heart Sutra. With Puyuan and Bing Suihan joining forces, they set off with Lin Mo to confront the Snow Demon Tribe and seal the Primordial Cold Abyss.
The Snow Demon Queen learned that the apparent Xue Mo had been a human in disguise who spared the Snow Demons in Snow Burial Valley and stole the Mystic Ice Soul. As Bing Suihan and Puyuan approached the Cold Abyss Rift, she confronted Lin Mo and demanded that he seal the rift, even if it meant sealing her away too.
Lin Mo used the Mystic Ice Soul to reseal the Primordial Cold Abyss, ending the Northern Plains’ endless night without fighting the Snow Demon Clan. The Snow Demon Queen, Xue Qingcheng, then announced she would accompany him to human territory and threatened to reopen the abyss if he refused.
Lin Mo and Xue Qingcheng agreed to conditions that let her travel through human territory, then he proposed that they join Bing Suihan and Puyuan to deal with the Drought Demon in the Southern Frontier. After Xue Qingcheng persuaded Lin Mo to accept a secret arrangement, the group set off for the nearest Teleportation Array.
Gu Youfang and four other Spirit Transformation cultivators failed to break the White Bone Altar protecting the Drought Demon, which continued draining the Southern Frontier’s spiritual energy. Bing Suihan, Puyuan, and Xue Qingcheng arrived, but their attacks also left the altar intact.
Xue Qingcheng and four Spirit Transformation masters attacked the Tai Sui Gate High Priest and cracked the White Bone Altar, leaving the High Priest pierced by ancient swords. The High Priest recovered from Xue Qingcheng’s soul attack and warned that the Holy Church would reveal its true power.
The Spirit Transformation cultivators drove off the High Priest and suppressed the Drought Demon by repeatedly destroying her bones until the Southern Frontier's earth veins stabilized. Lin Mo was revealed beneath the Horned Antelope disguise, then fled with Xue Qingcheng and Hai Beier pursuing him, while the High Priest secretly began rebuilding her body.
Nearly half a year after Lin Mo left the mountain, he returned to the Azure Cloud Sect with Xue Qingcheng and Hai Beier. Their visit to Spirit Plant Peak brought Lin Mo together with Guo Xiaodong, a boy from his home village, and Guo’s innocent question gave Lin Mo an idea for the third rule he had yet to discuss with Xue Qingcheng.
Lin Mo secured Xue Qingcheng’s promise to respect him publicly, then visited Spirit Plant Peak and gave spirit stones to Wang Qiuru, Shen Chengqi, and Shen Chunfa. As he reached Azure Cloud Sect’s main peak with Xue Qingcheng and Hai Beier, the entire sect gathered to welcome them.