Chapter Summaries

Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang revealed themselves as Heavenly Sovereigns before Shen Yimo challenged Shi Xuan to a sword duel. Their first clash ended in a draw, and Shen Yimo’s stronger follow-up forced Shi Xuan to merge with Qing Suo and meet her attack with layered sword formations.

• Shi Xuan emerged from the carriage and his Great Dao pressure subdued the beasts, dispelled the Ice-Snow Net, and left the hidden Immortal Master trapped and suffocated in snow.
• Su Yingzi, Granny Yan, Ying Tao, Shi Liu, the guards, and Ji Kang realized Shi Xuan was a Heavenly Sovereign, then saw Meng Nishang reveal her own Heavenly Sovereign aura.
• Shen Yimo and Shi Xuan exchanged challenges, and Shi Xuan asked Meng Nishang to stand watch as he prepared to fight.
• Shi Xuan’s azure sword light clashed with Shen Yimo’s white sword light; after deploying stellar formations and the Power of the Destruction Great Dao, Shi Xuan brought their first exchange to a draw.
• Shen Yimo merged with the Wan Mie Absolute Heaven Sword and launched a far stronger strike; Shi Xuan briefly checked it with the Other Shore Golden Bridge, then merged with Qing Suo amid layered star formations.

Shi Xuan battled Shen Yimo, whose sword formation nearly became a world of light and dark, and broke through during the fight by fully integrating the Moonlight Jade Rabbit into his star formation. Shen Yimo escaped after their formations destroyed each other, while Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang returned to the others; Su Yingzi struggled over an item hidden in her bosom.

• Shen Yimo’s sword light broke through Shi Xuan’s eight Minor Heavenly Star Dou Great Formations and overcame his Calamity Fate Great Dao attack.
• Shi Xuan raised a Bright Moon and stabilized his starry sword formation, then completely merged the Moonlight Jade Rabbit into it under Shen Yimo’s pressure.
• Shi Xuan and Shen Yimo’s sword worlds clashed until Shen Yimo caused them to perish together and fled, remarking on Shi Xuan’s sword formation.
• Meng Nishang protected Shi Xuan and praised his breakthrough to the second level of the Circumstellar Star Dou Sword Formation.
• Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang returned to Su Yingzi, Granny Yan, Shi Liu, and the others, and Su Yingzi struggled over the item in her bosom.

Su Yingzi offered Meng Nishang a mysterious ice crystal whose patterns revealed a connection to the Myriad Worlds Frozen Dao, then became her registered disciple. Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang learned that similar objects had been collected elsewhere and decided to investigate Tianli City, while a strange eye searched the abandoned Red Snow Valley for a missing Immortal Seed.

• Su Yingzi presented Meng Nishang with a damaged ice crystal, whose patterns awakened before it shattered in Meng Nishang's hand.
• Meng Nishang accepted Su Yingzi as a registered disciple after Su Yingzi chose apprenticeship over receiving an Immortal Seed.
• Meng Nishang told Shi Xuan that Immortal Seeds had been transformed from an incomplete, illusory Spirit Restriction.
• Su Yingzi explained that her father had told her to bring the crystal and that similar objects had been found singly in other places, prompting Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang to plan a trip to Tianli City.
• A strange eye appeared over Red Snow Valley, found a corpse, and wondered why no Immortal Seed had returned after death.

Shen Yimo killed the Crown Prince of Cold Water Country after he berated her, while Yi Tuan revived Ren Tai and learned what had happened. Near Tianli City, Grand Steward Lu tried to seize Su Yingzi’s convoy, but Heavenly Sovereigns Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang revealed themselves, and Su Yingzi killed Lu Xiangrong.

• Shen Yimo killed the Crown Prince of Cold Water Country with her sword intent after he demanded the Ancient Ice Crystal Fragment and threatened her.
• Yi Tuan revived Ren Tai and questioned him about the failed attempt to seize the fragment and kill Immortal Master Wei.
• Grand Steward Lu and Fan Zheng prepared to intercept Su Yingzi’s convoy outside Tianli City, believing Wei’s Immortal Seed was gone and the convoy had no Immortal Master to protect it.
• Lu Xiangrong accused Su Yingzi’s group of stealing the fragment and ordered his cultivators to arrest them, using Fan Zheng as a witness.
• Su Yingzi froze the attackers with an Immortal Seed, and Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang stepped out of the carriage as Heavenly Sovereigns.
• After Lu Xiangrong threatened them with the Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign’s power, Su Yingzi cut off his head with an ice crystal sword.

After killing Grand Steward Lu and his allies, Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang met Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign, who offered to reveal an Ice Path inheritance site if they helped her defeat her enemies. As she led them into Tianli City, Shi Jingren trapped them in an Innate Eight Trigrams Formation, revealing that powerful divination arts had concealed his presence.

• Su Yingzi urged the group to fight, and Granny Yan and the others helped slaughter Grand Steward Lu, Fan Zheng, and the Tianli Palace cultivators.
• Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang noticed the dead cultivators’ Immortal Seeds flying toward Tianli City, then faced Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign as she appeared in a storm of snow.
• Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign recognized Meng Nishang’s Ice Path lineage and offered the hidden inheritance’s location in exchange for help eliminating Yuan Gui and Han Jing.
• Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign swore not to attack Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang or activate Tianli City’s immortal formation, then invited them into the city.
• As the convoy entered Tianli City, a black-and-white formation sprang shut; Shi Xuan protected the group and identified the Innate Eight Trigrams Formation’s Shock Gate.
• Shi Jingren revealed that his Innate arts had concealed his existence to lure Shi Xuan into the formation, while Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign watched from above.

Shi Xuan and Shi Jingren fought within the Innate Eight Trigrams Formation while Meng Nishang faced True Lord Langxia and the Tian Gou Mirror. Shi Xuan revealed that his dim sword light could be wielded by Meng Nishang, turning the battle against Langxia, and then launched a counterattack against Shi Jingren.

• True Lord Langxia used the Open Gate, her Lianshan Guizang Disk, and the Mandarin Duck Divine Shears with Shi Jingren's Tian Gou Mirror to overwhelm Meng Nishang.
• Shi Jingren changed the Shock Gate into the Rest Gate and used his River Chart and Minor Destiny Art to suppress Shi Xuan's formation and assault him with an azure gale.
• Shi Xuan survived the attack with a reserve of sword light and the Other Shore Golden Bridge, then told Shi Jingren that Meng Nishang's danger was his greater concern.
• The water mirror showed Meng Nishang wielding Shi Xuan's dim sword light, which stripped away the powers of Langxia's formation and the two Spirit Treasures and began eroding their cultivation.
• Shi Jingren realized he had mistaken the sword light for an immortal art and changed the formation around Meng Nishang to save Langxia.
• Shi Xuan exploited Shi Jingren's distraction, broke the Rest Gate's suppression, and unleashed his sword light and star formation against him.

Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang coordinated a surprise attack on Shi Jingren inside the Innate Eight Trigrams Formation, using their hidden strength to break the formation and nearly kill him. Shi Jingren countered Shi Xuan’s final sword at the last instant by invoking fate, leaving the strike stopped just short of him.

• Shi Xuan unleashed the Minor Heavenly Star Dou Sword Formation, shattered the Conceal Gate’s repeated illusions, and heavily damaged the formation core.
• Meng Nishang’s sword briefly threatened True Lord Langxia, but Shi Jingren rescued him with a fire technique and pulled him and the two Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasures to safety.
• Meng Nishang revealed that she could draw on the Innate Frozen True Meaning to wield power comparable to a Heavenly Sovereign of the First Tribulation, then froze the Innate Eight Trigrams Formation.
• Shi Jingren used a sixth-tier secret treasure and the Mountain Over Earth Hexagram to withstand Meng Nishang’s Ice Sky Snow Land.
• Shi Xuan struck Shi Jingren with a full-powered sword after the formation broke, but Shi Jingren invoked fate and stopped the blade a finger’s breadth from his body.

Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang nearly killed Shi Jingren in Tianli City, but the Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign’s intervention let him survive as they escaped. Afterward, Shi Jingren admitted that excessive scheming had nearly cost him his life, while True Lord Langxiao revealed she was ready to undergo the Heavenly Human First Decay.

• Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang attacked Shi Jingren in succession, and Shi Xuan’s Three Powers Dharma Destroying Sword nearly killed him while the Minor Destiny Art’s backlash left him unable to defend himself.
• The Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign appeared to protect Shi Jingren, so Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang trapped their opponents in a starry formation and fled Tianli City.
• Shi Jingren recovered and did not pursue Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang, then accepted the Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign’s offer to rest before joining the hunt for Yuan Gui and Han Jing.
• Shi Jingren told True Lord Langxiao that conserving strength and relying too heavily on schemes had caused his near-death, and she warned him not to let calculation replace cultivation and strength.
• True Lord Langxiao revealed that she had delayed her Heavenly Human First Decay despite its arrival earlier than Shi Jingren’s, and asked him to compensate her for the two sixth-tier secret treasures she had used to save him.

Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang escaped Shi Jingren’s Immortal Technique of Fate, then allied with Zhang Ji to seek out Yuan Gui Heavenly Sovereign or Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign before Shi Jingren’s group could reach them. Meng Nishang withheld her conjecture about the Grotto-Heaven, while the people of Ice Rock Kingdom discovered they were inside Shi Xuan’s Heaven and Earth Mountain River Diagram and could no longer use their Immortal Techniques.

• Shi Xuan reflected on his near-fatal misjudgment against Shi Jingren, and Meng Nishang discussed the dangers of the Minor Destiny Art and the limits of their defenses.
• Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang encountered Zhang Ji, who proposed cooperation after witnessing their fight with Shi Jingren.
• Shi Xuan, Meng Nishang, and Zhang Ji formed a Karmic Oath alliance, with Meng Nishang choosing first and the group agreeing to seek Yuan Gui Heavenly Sovereign or Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign.
• Meng Nishang revealed that she had developed a conjecture about the Grotto-Heaven but postponed explaining it until she could confirm it.
• Inside Shi Xuan’s Heaven and Earth Mountain River Diagram, Shi Liu and Su Yingzi realized they had been moved into the painting, while Granny Yan discovered her Immortal Seed could no longer use Immortal Techniques.

Su Yingzi broke through to the Soul Departure Stage inside Shi Xuan’s treasure, while Shi Xuan prepared to seek allies and offered Ice Rock Kingdom protection. At the capital, Su Qingfeng’s besiegers fell to a Heavenly Sovereign’s pressure, and the city recognized the newcomer as its rescuer.

• Su Yingzi’s soul stirred inside the Heaven and Earth Mountain River Diagram, and she used Soul-Calming Incense to attempt a breakthrough.
• Su Yingzi emerged with Third Tier Ice Soul Divine Light after reaching the Soul Departure Stage, and Shi Xuan introduced Zhang Ji as his Dao companion.
• Shi Xuan reassured Su Yingzi that he could shelter Ice Rock Kingdom, asked for directions to Ice Valley City or Bright Lake City, and gave Granny Yan and six cultivators Ice Soul Divine Seals.
• Su Qingfeng defended Ice Rock Kingdom’s capital against the emperor of Cold Water Country and two other Immortal Masters with the grand formation.
• A Heavenly Sovereign’s pressure disrupted the three attackers’ Immortal Techniques, causing them to fall to their deaths, and Su Qingfeng identified the green-robed newcomer as a Heavenly Sovereign.

Shi Xuan, Meng Nishang, and Zhang Ji raced through the northern ice mountains after learning of a strange moonlight and seeking allies, but arrived too late to save Yuan Gui Heavenly Sovereign. As the group turned toward the Far North, Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign joined Shi Jingren and the others, who were also pursuing Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign.

• Su Yingzi reunited with Su Qingfeng, introduced Meng Nishang as her master and Shi Xuan as a Heavenly Sovereign, and Su Qingfeng told them of a faint moonlight in the far north.
• Shi Xuan captured Jiang Mu to guide them through the dangerous ice mountains, and after three days they reached the vicinity of Ice Valley City.
• A cultivator's Immortal Seed flew toward Ice Valley City along with many others, and Shi Xuan realized Yuan Gui Heavenly Sovereign was in danger.
• Shi Xuan, Meng Nishang, and Zhang Ji reached Ice Valley City too late and saw it buried in ice as Yuan Gui Heavenly Sovereign fell to the combined forces of Shi Jingren, Shen Yimo, Yi Tuan, and True Lord Langxia.
• Meng Nishang led Shi Xuan and Zhang Ji toward the Far North, reasoning that Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign would flee there to survive.
• Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign emerged from the ice sealing Ice Valley City and told Shi Jingren and the others that Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign was already heading toward the Far North.

Shi Xuan, Meng Nishang, and Zhang Ji encountered Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign while navigating the Far North and joined forces with her against Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign and Shi Jingren. As they began discussing their plans, Shi Xuan sensed an ambush and counterattacked an emerald light hidden in the blizzard.

• Shi Xuan destroyed two powerful Profound Ice Elites, then concealed the Heaven and Earth Mountain River Diagram in a valley so the group could recover.
• Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign sensed Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign nearby, and Shi Jingren used the River Chart to conceal their position and mislead her.
• Meng Nishang sensed the moonlight aura ahead, but Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign appeared and told the group that she and Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign could sense each other under certain conditions.
• Shi Xuan, Meng Nishang, Zhang Ji, and Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign retreated into a heavier blizzard, exchanged information, and prepared a Karmic Oath.
• Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign said they could not enter the Far North Core while her elder sister lived, but promised that the other Heavenly Sovereigns would be powerless once they entered.
• Shi Xuan sensed danger as an emerald light shot through the snow and sent out the Azure Rope Sword and Taiji Diagram to intercept it.

Shi Xuan, Meng Nishang, and Zhang Ji fought off Yi Tuan while Shi Jingren and Shen Yimo ambushed Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign. They rescued the gravely wounded Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign and escaped through a hidden cave, using their knowledge of the terrain to delay their pursuers.

• Shi Xuan resisted Yi Tuan’s Joy of Life technique and joined Meng Nishang and Zhang Ji in fighting off his Heavenly Wood Divine Needles.
• Shen Yimo ambushed Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign with a powerful sword strike while Shi Jingren used the Minor Destiny Art, but Shi Xuan intercepted the finishing blow and Cold Mirror survived, gravely wounded.
• Meng Nishang unleashed Wind and Snow Block the Return Path, obscuring the group’s escape into a concealed cave behind the ice boulders.
• Shi Jingren, Shen Yimo, and Yi Tuan were delayed by Profound Ice Elites as they tried to pursue the group through the cave.
• Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign hurried toward the ambush site, having stayed at a distance to avoid alerting Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign.

Shi Xuan and his companions realized Yi Tuan could track their life auras, but his ambush forced them into battle against Shi Jingren’s larger group. As the fight turned against them, Meng Nishang held back Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign, Zhang Ji struggled against Shen Yimo, and Shi Xuan fought Shi Jingren while Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign helped trap Yi Tuan.

• Shi Xuan and Meng Nishang deduced that Yi Tuan was tracking their aura of life, and Yi Tuan attacked them with a bizarre eye that absorbed vitality.
• Shi Xuan, Meng Nishang, and Zhang Ji counterattacked Yi Tuan, but Shi Jingren, Shen Yimo, and Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign arrived and reversed the battle’s balance.
• Meng Nishang fought desperately to hold off Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign, while Shen Yimo drove Zhang Ji onto the defensive.
• Shi Xuan used his two flying swords to delay Yi Tuan and Shi Jingren, focusing most of his attention on Shi Jingren.
• Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign ignored his injuries and unleashed Myriad Worlds Freezing Divine Light, helping Shi Xuan trap Yi Tuan as Shi Jingren resisted the sword attack with green gales.

Shi Xuan, Meng Nishang, and Zhang Ji endured the assault until Yi Tuan’s borrowed power ran out, then drove back the Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign and Shen Yimo. Shi Xuan escaped with the Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign while the others recovered inside the Heaven and Earth Mountain River Diagram, but he discovered that the Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign could not enter it.

• Shi Xuan used the Minor Heavenly Star Dou Great Formation to withstand Shi Jingren’s attacks while keeping Yi Tuan trapped.
• Yi Tuan’s immortal art reached its limit, and he retreated with Shi Jingren rather than risk backlash.
• Shi Xuan, Meng Nishang, and Qing Suo attacked the Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign, who broke away and fled after Guanghan Palace struck her.
• Shen Yimo withdrew when Shi Xuan and the others turned their combined attacks on her.
• Shi Xuan concealed their life auras and took Meng Nishang and Zhang Ji into the Heaven and Earth Mountain River Diagram, but the Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign could not enter.
• Shi Xuan fled with the Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign into the fiercest storm and densest snow, shaking off the Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign and Shen Yimo.

Shi Xuan and his companions devised a plan to fake Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign’s death and provoke conflict among their pursuers. After a perilous pursuit forced them into an iceberg ring near the Far North Core, Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign’s aura suddenly fluctuated, suggesting Cold Mirror might have died.

• Shi Xuan treated Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign and Zhang Ji with Sweet Dew while the group evaded Shi Jingren and the others.
• Meng Nishang and Cold Mirror explained that their pursuers were narrowing the routes available to them using Yi Tuan’s life seeds.
• Shi Xuan proposed that Cold Mirror disperse her cultivation while preserving her True Spirit, then use the sixth-tier Inner Demon Shackles to hide her survival and unsettle Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign.
• Shi Xuan, Meng Nishang, Zhang Ji, and Cold Mirror agreed to carry out the risky plan and head for the Far North Core.
• During more than ten days of pursuit, the group nearly got caught several times and was forced into a ring of icebergs near the Far North Core.
• Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign’s aura fluctuated, and Shi Jingren wondered whether Cold Mirror had perished.

Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign lured Shi Jingren, Shen Yimo, and True Lord Langxia into the Far North Core and attacked them, revealing her Creation realm. Shi Jingren unleashed the Qiankun Yuanlei Thunderbolt to defeat her, but then discovered Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign had not fallen, and the rivals raced toward the core.

• Shi Jingren confirmed that Han Jing had fallen, and Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign led the group toward the Far North Core.
• At the core, Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign trapped Shi Jingren, Shen Yimo, and True Lord Langxia in an ice and snow World while Yi Tuan remained outside under their Karmic Oath.
• Shen Yimo broke through her swordsmanship limits, while Shi Jingren used the Gate of Fate to hold back Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign's attacks.
• Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign merged with her ice and snow World to stabilize it, but Shi Jingren revealed the Qiankun Yuanlei Thunderbolt and unleashed its lightning world.
• The lightning devastated the ice and snow World, leaving Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign defeated while Shen Yimo and Yi Tuan survived with injuries.
• Shi Jingren realized Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign had not fallen, and he, Shen Yimo, Yi Tuan, and True Lord Langxia hurried toward the core.

Shi Xuan and his allies reached the core of the icefield after Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign fell, and Meng Nishang began merging Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign with the Yuan Gui Xuan Bing Mirror’s Artifact Spirit. As Shi Jingren’s group approached, Shi Xuan and Zhang Ji blocked their way, and Shi Xuan trapped Shi Jingren in the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle before facing Shen Yimo.

• Shi Xuan, Meng Nishang, and Zhang Ji watched the Chaotic Blizzard change after Profound Ice Heavenly Sovereign fell, then followed Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign into the ice palace.
• Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign explained how Meng Nishang could help her merge with the mirror’s fundamental Nascent Spirit, and Meng Nishang began the process.
• Shi Xuan sensed Shi Jingren and the others approaching, while Zhang Ji offered to hold off one opponent and Shi Xuan resolved to test them with his sword.
• Shi Xuan and Zhang Ji emerged from the cave to block Shi Jingren, Shen Yimo, Yi Tuan, and True Lord Langxia as Meng Nishang continued the merger.
• Shi Jingren tried to use the Minor Destiny Art against Shi Xuan, but Shi Xuan drew him into the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle.
• Shi Xuan struck at Shen Yimo with the Azure Rope Sword as Shen Yimo’s sword light descended.

Shi Xuan trapped Shi Jingren in the White Jade Vial while fighting desperately to withstand Shen Yimo’s increasingly powerful sword strikes. With Shi Jingren close to breaking free and Shi Xuan near defeat, Shen Yimo’s assault finally began to weaken.

• Shi Xuan trapped Shi Jingren in the White Jade Vial as Shen Yimo and Yi Tuan continued attacking.
• Shi Xuan used the Jade Shattering Art and nine Minor Heavenly Star Dou Great Formations to slow Shen Yimo’s Sword Light, while Qing Suo supported him with the Azure Rope Sword.
• Shen Yimo broke through all nine formations, but Shi Xuan used the Other Shore Golden Bridge and Qing Suo’s strike to stop her sword from reaching him.
• Shi Xuan and Qing Suo barely held off Shen Yimo’s continued attacks as Zhang Ji delayed Yi Tuan and True Lord Langxia waited for a chance to pass through the sword-locked cave entrance.
• The Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle began to crack as Shi Jingren neared escape, while Shen Yimo’s Sword Light pressed close to Shi Xuan and began to weaken.

Shi Xuan seized Shen Yimo’s weakened Sword Light to unleash his all-or-nothing Big Dipper sword strike, triggering a devastating clash that shattered space across the grotto-heaven. Amid the collapse, Yi Tuan attacked Zhang Ji, forcing both Heavenly Sovereigns to stake their lives as they fought over the cave.

• Shi Xuan deduced that Shen Yimo’s injuries and spent burst technique had weakened her, then loosened the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle to release Shi Jingren.
• When Shen Yimo drew in her Sword Light to avoid striking Shi Jingren, Shi Xuan launched his transformation of slaughter, and his sword drew a response from the Big Dipper’s projection.
• Shi Jingren invoked fate to protect himself as Shen Yimo met Shi Xuan’s attack head-on, and their collision tore open vast stretches of space.
• The spatial collapse forced Qing Suo, True Lord Langxia, Yi Tuan, and Zhang Ji to evade the destruction and pause their fights.
• Yi Tuan used Joy of Life to immobilize Zhang Ji and brought down his azure tree, while Zhang Ji gathered himself and merged with his black Ruyi to counterattack.