Recaps

Jiang Yantian and Leng Ning dismissed Helian Yuan’s group after their confrontation, and Helian Yuan admitted to his companions that he had withdrawn because Jiang Yantian frightened him. At the Northern Barbarians Clan’s banquet, the Holy Shaman summoned Jiang Yantian to a rune-covered grotto.

• Leng Ning defended Jiang Yantian, but Jiang Yantian chose to let Helian Yuan go, and Helian Yuan and his disciples teleported away.
• Helian Yuan told his junior brother that he had avoided a fight because Jiang Yantian seemed terrifyingly powerful, then concealed a flash of resentment from the others.
• The Northern Barbarians Clan held a bonfire banquet for Jiang Yantian, while Hanji Nayi was absent.
• An elderly barbarian told Jiang Yantian that the Holy Shaman wanted to see him and led him to a glacier grotto covered in glowing shamanic curse runes.

Jiang Yantian entered Hanji Nayi’s grotto, where she bathed and seduced him in a warm pool beneath the icefield. They shared an intimate night, fulfilling Hanji Nayi’s long-awaited dream of being with him.

• Jiang Yantian entered Hanji Nayi’s grotto after she apologized for not greeting him outside.
• Hanji Nayi led Jiang Yantian to the hot spring pool and washed him as they bathed together.
• Hanji Nayi told Jiang Yantian she had learned about Confucian literature and asked him to teach her.
• Hanji Nayi asked Jiang Yantian to kiss and bully her, and he kissed her passionately.
• Hanji Nayi said her endless wait was over, and Jiang Yantian held her tenderly as they continued their intimacy.

Jiang Yantian delayed his departure from the Northern Barbarians Clan for several days, spending time with Hanji Nayi and Luo Biling. He finally set off for Extreme Cold Island after promising Hanji Nayi he would return in less than a month.

• Jiang Yantian emerged from Hanji Nayi's grotto and joked with Luo Biling before playing with her snow wolves.
• Jiang Yantian told Hanji Nayi to remain with the unsettled Northern Barbarians Clan, then postponed his departure when Luo Biling said she wanted to stay and play.
• Jiang Yantian delayed leaving for another day after seeing Hanji Nayi in her northern outfit, while Luo Biling and the others agreed to wait aboard the flying boat.
• Jiang Yantian finally prepared to leave for Extreme Cold Island and told Hanji Nayi to wait for him; she agreed.

Jiang Yantian and his companions traveled by flying boat toward Extreme Cold Island, while Hanji Nayi returned to the Northern Barbarian Sacred Mountain to prepare for the coming war. The boat reached the island’s storm barrier and passed through toward its snow-covered buildings.

• Jiang Yantian left Hanji Nayi behind, and she resolved to prepare for a possible war before returning to the Northern Barbarian Sacred Mountain.
• Aboard the flying boat, Jiang Yantian teased Luo Biling and embraced Leng Ning, who reflected on their bond and felt nervous about reaching the island with him.
• Jiang Yantian asked whether Helian Yuan would visit Extreme Cold Island and whether he might resent Jiang Yantian for marrying Leng Ning; Leng Ning explained that Helian Yuan and the island were closely connected to Zhang Xuefeng.
• Jiang Yantian surveyed the ice fields from the flying boat before the island appeared ahead, surrounded by a natural storm barrier.
• The storm opened as Jiang Yantian’s flying boat approached, and it headed toward the island’s snow-covered buildings.

Leng Ning returned to Extreme Cold Island with Jiang Yantian, Luo Biling, Liu Ye, and Shi Jin'er, drawing the attention of the island's disciples. After Leng Ning declared Jiang Yantian was her husband, Mei Ling heard the news and reacted with shock and jealousy.

• Leng Ning and Jiang Yantian arrived at Extreme Cold Island, where the disciples were captivated by Jiang Yantian and Luo Biling.
• Female disciples mistook Jiang Yantian for Mei Ling's Dao companion until Leng Ning clarified that he was her husband.
• Leng Ning linked arms with Jiang Yantian and led their group toward the ice palace as the disciples watched and whispered.
• Mei Ling arrived to investigate the commotion, and disciples told her that Leng Ning had brought back a Dao companion.
• Mei Ling seized a disciple's arm in shock, then reacted with jealous anger when she heard that Leng Ning and Jiang Yantian seemed a perfect match.

Mei Ling went to Leng Ning’s residence, jealous that her rival had found a Dao companion, and tried to undermine their relationship after spotting Jiang Yantian. The chapter ended with Leng Ning recognizing that Mei Ling had come to provoke her, while Luo Biling’s gaze turned cold.

• Mei Ling flew to Leng Ning’s residence, determined to compare Leng Ning’s Dao companion with her own fiancé, the fifth prince of the Black Sea Dragon Palace.
• Jiang Yantian, Luo Biling, Shi Jin'er, and Liu Ye admired Leng Ning’s secluded ice pavilion and its view of the mountains and ocean.
• Leng Ning left to report to her master as Mei Ling arrived and sarcastically accused her of disregarding her senior sister.
• Mei Ling spotted Jiang Yantian through the ice window, was struck by his appearance, and questioned his identity while pretending not to know he was Leng Ning’s Dao companion.
• Leng Ning realized Mei Ling had come to pick a fight, and Luo Biling’s gaze turned icy.

Mei Ling tried to drive a wedge between Leng Ning and Jiang Yantian by bringing up Leng Ning’s past with Wang Cheng, but Jiang Yantian believed her and punished her. The chapter ended with Mei Ling’s teeth shattered as Jiang Yantian warned that he would continue harming her before killing her.

• Leng Ning confronted Mei Ling, who claimed she had come to meet Leng Ning’s Dao companion and privately hoped to lure Jiang Yantian away.
• Jiang Yantian sat with Leng Ning and mocked Mei Ling, while Leng Ning joined in and told her to leave.
• Mei Ling accused Leng Ning of deceiving Jiang Yantian and hinted that Leng Ning had been intimate with Wang Cheng.
• Jiang Yantian threatened to kill Mei Ling, then used an invisible force to immobilize her and crush every tooth in her mouth.

After Jiang Yantian and Leng Ning humiliated Mei Ling, she called on her Dao companion, Xuanqing, the fifth prince of the Black Sea Dragon Palace, to take revenge. Xuanqing promised to come, but he stayed with another woman, revealing that he did not consider Mei Ling his true Dao companion.

• Mei Ling fled the ice palace after Jiang Yantian and Leng Ning shattered her teeth, then decided to seek help from Xuanqing rather than complain to her master.
• Jiang Yantian learned that Xuanqing was the son of his subordinate, the Black Scale Nether Lord, and joked with Leng Ning about killing her master if he took Mei Ling's side.
• Mei Ling used a Divine Image-Transmission Pearl to show Xuanqing her injuries and beg him to kill Jiang Yantian and Leng Ning.
• Xuanqing told Mei Ling he would come at once, then continued entertaining another woman and dismissed Mei Ling as a political arrangement rather than his Dao companion.

Leng Ning brought Jiang Yantian to meet her master, the Ice Soul Emperor, who learned Jiang Yantian had killed his disciple Wang Cheng. The Ice Soul Emperor recognized Jiang Yantian as the Imperishable Devil Emperor and was overcome with terror.

• Mei Ling laughed and cursed Leng Ning, confident that Prince Xuanqing would avenge her.
• Leng Ning brought Jiang Yantian to the ice palace's main hall to see the Ice Soul Emperor.
• The Ice Soul Emperor assumed Wang Cheng had died in a fight and asked who killed him.
• Leng Ning revealed that Jiang Yantian was her husband, and Jiang Yantian confirmed he had killed Wang Cheng.
• The Ice Soul Emperor recognized Jiang Yantian as the Imperishable Devil Emperor and trembled in fear.

The Ice Soul Emperor recognized Jiang Yantian and fawned over him while Jiang Yantian and Leng Ning settled in to talk. Meanwhile, Prince Xuanqing mobilized the Black Sea Dragon Palace’s elite forces and set out for Extreme Cold Island to capture the people who had hurt Mei Ling.

• The Ice Soul Emperor greeted Jiang Yantian with exaggerated deference and offered him the seat of honor and treasured tea.
• Jiang Yantian explained that Leng Ning was his wife, and the Ice Soul Emperor bowed to her before agreeing to let her serve the tea.
• The Ice Soul Emperor told Jiang Yantian that he had seen him during the World-Destruction War and had scavenged treasures from its battlefield.
• After receiving Mei Ling’s urgent message, Prince Xuanqing ordered three hundred Dragon Guards, two dragon generals, and five hundred sea-patrolling Yakshas to assemble.
• Prince Xuanqing led the force toward Extreme Cold Island, ordering them to capture the people who had injured Mei Ling without taking anything else.

Xuanqing led the Black Sea Dragon Palace’s forces toward Extreme Cold Island while Jiang Yantian explained the path to becoming a Dao Ancestor to the Ice Soul Emperor. The Ice Soul Emperor learned that the Heavenly Dao enforced the limit on Dao Ancestors to protect its own power.

• Xuanqing transformed into a purple-gold dragon and led two dragon generals, three hundred flood dragons, and the yakshas toward Extreme Cold Island.
• Jiang Yantian grew impatient with the Ice Soul Emperor’s conversation and invited him to state what he wanted.
• The Ice Soul Emperor asked Jiang Yantian to guide him past Peak Daluo and offered Extreme Cold Island’s resources in return.
• Jiang Yantian said that cultivators could become Dao Ancestors by breaking through, replacing one, or annihilating the Heavenly Dao.
• Jiang Yantian explained that the Heavenly Dao restricted Dao Ancestor seats to control powerful beings and protect its own authority.

Jiang Yantian explained the paths to becoming a Dao Ancestor to the Ice Soul Emperor before Xuanqing led the Black Sea Dragon Palace in an assault on Extreme Cold Island. Mei Ling reunited with Xuanqing, accused Leng Ning and her companion of beating her, and urged him to make them come out.

• Jiang Yantian told the Ice Soul Emperor that he could force a breakthrough, replace an imprisoned Dao Ancestor, or seize the opportunity when the Heavenly Dao collapsed.
• Xuanqing and hundreds of dragons attacked Extreme Cold Island, shattering its ice and sending towering waves against its shores.
• Xuanqing said he had come to settle a personal grudge and wanted only two people.
• Mei Ling flew to Xuanqing, described her injuries, and accused Leng Ning and her companion of beating and disfiguring her.
• Mei Ling called on Leng Ning to come out, while Xuanqing ordered the pair to appear as the dragons renewed their assault.

The Ice Soul Emperor confronted Xuanqing and his dragon forces after they arrived at Extreme Cold Island seeking justice for Mei Ling. When Jiang Yantian and Leng Ning appeared, Xuanqing recognized Jiang Yantian as the Imperishable Devil Emperor and realized he had challenged his own father's supreme master.

• The Ice Soul Emperor left his audience with Jiang Yantian to confront Xuanqing and his armed dragon procession.
• Xuanqing bowed and said he had come to seek justice for his fiancée, Mei Ling, who accused Leng Ning and Jiang Yantian of beating her.
• The Ice Soul Emperor slapped Mei Ling and rebuked her, while Xuanqing demanded an explanation for her injuries.
• Jiang Yantian and Leng Ning emerged from the palace, and Mei Ling pointed them out as her attackers.
• Xuanqing recognized Jiang Yantian as the Imperishable Devil Emperor and trembled in terror at the danger he had brought upon himself.

Mei Ling’s demand for revenge collapsed when Xuanqing recognized Jiang Yantian as the Imperishable Devil Emperor and begged for mercy. Mei Ling pleaded with Leng Ning and then Jiang Yantian, while Jiang Yantian remained unmoved and Xuanqing’s hatred of her grew.

• Xuanqing roared at Mei Ling, accused her of endangering the entire Black Sea Dragon Palace, and revealed that he feared Jiang Yantian, the Imperishable Devil Emperor.
• Xuanqing fell to his knees, kowtowed to Jiang Yantian, and begged forgiveness; the Dragon Palace guards followed his lead.
• Jiang Yantian’s glance made Xuanqing spit blood, and Xuanqing blamed Mei Ling as she begged him to save her.
• Mei Ling crawled toward Leng Ning, struck herself, and begged her junior sister to plead for her, but Leng Ning stepped away with Jiang Yantian.
• Jiang Yantian told Mei Ling to stop crying, and she begged him for mercy while blaming both herself and Xuanqing, deepening Xuanqing’s hatred of her.

Jiang Yantian forced Xuanqing to decide whether to forgive Mei Ling, who begged him to spare her after dragging him into trouble. Xuanqing rejected her and killed her, then knelt before Jiang Yantian and accepted whatever punishment followed.

• Jiang Yantian told Mei Ling to beg Xuanqing for forgiveness, making her survival depend on Xuanqing's choice.
• Mei Ling clung to Xuanqing's legs, begged for her life, and appealed to their past relationship and marriage agreement.
• Xuanqing told Mei Ling to die, kicked her away, and refused to forgive her.
• Jiang Yantian and Leng Ning made mocking remarks about the pair, frightening Xuanqing further.
• Xuanqing unleashed a wave of air that killed Mei Ling, then knelt and confessed to Jiang Yantian, accepting any punishment.

Jiang Yantian summoned Xuanmo after Xuanqing offended him, and Xuanmo arrived ready to kill his son. Jiang Yantian stopped the attack and forgave Xuanqing, leaving Xuanmo to follow him into the ice palace.

• Jiang Yantian told Xuanqing to summon his father, and Xuanqing sent a blood-rune message to Xuanmo.
• Xuanmo arrived at Extreme Cold Island as a giant black dragon, struck Xuanqing, then knelt before Jiang Yantian and greeted him as the Devil Emperor.
• Xuanqing confessed his arrogance, and Xuanmo flew into a rage and launched a deadly attack against him.
• Jiang Yantian devoured Xuanmo's attack and spared Xuanqing, praising his talent and saying he could become a great general of the Demon Domain.
• Xuanmo thanked Jiang Yantian, warned Xuanqing with a glare, and followed Jiang Yantian toward the main hall.

Jiang Yantian ordered Xuanmo to gather the Black Sea Dragon Palace’s experts and recall his former followers, while Ice Soul Emperor pledged Extreme Cold Island to the Demon Domain. After Jiang Yantian accepted, Xuanmo asked about the Cangyuan Black Dragon, and learned that he had revived and remained alive.

• Jiang Yantian sat on Extreme Cold Island’s seat of authority and had Xuanmo report that the Dragon Palace had many powerful experts.
• Jiang Yantian ordered Xuanmo to gather all True Immortals and stronger experts for a formation to increase their strength, and to recall former followers still outside.
• Ice Soul Emperor knelt and swore loyalty, offering to merge Extreme Cold Island into the Demon Domain, and Jiang Yantian accepted.
• Jiang Yantian revealed that the Ancient Holy Emperor had betrayed the Demon Domain and had become a demonic slave.
• Xuanmo asked about the Black Sea Dragon Palace’s ancestor, and Jiang Yantian said the Cangyuan Black Dragon had revived, was wandering outside, and would return when summoned.

After appointing Xuanmo and the Ice Soul Emperor as his subjects, Jiang Yantian sent them out and shared an intimate moment with Leng Ning inside the great hall. Outside, Xuanmo and the Ice Soul Emperor beat Xuanqing for causing trouble, while inside Jiang Yantian prepared a fox-fur cushion at Leng Ning’s request.

• Jiang Yantian dismissed the Ice Soul Emperor and Xuanmo so he could be alone with Leng Ning.
• The Ice Soul Emperor and Xuanmo celebrated their service to Jiang Yantian, then found Xuanqing lurking nearby.
• Xuanmo beat Xuanqing for bringing trouble to the Black Sea Dragon Palace, and the Ice Soul Emperor joined in with a kick.
• Leng Ning apologized for losing her composure, and she and Jiang Yantian kissed in the great hall.
• Jiang Yantian spread a fox-fur cushion over the seat, and Leng Ning asked whether he would help her undress or tear her clothes apart.

Jiang Yantian and Leng Ning became intimate inside the hall while Saint Lord Jilin arrived at Extreme Cold Island and proposed that Helian Yuan marry Leng Ning. When Jilin refused to accept that Leng Ning already had a husband, Xuanmo attacked him, and the clash devastated the square.

• Jiang Yantian pinned Leng Ning onto the cushions, and the two passionately embraced inside the hall.
• Saint Lord Jilin arrived at Extreme Cold Island with Helian Yuan and his disciples, intending to discuss the Dao and arrange a marriage alliance.
• Jilin proposed that Leng Ning marry Helian Yuan, leaving the Ice Soul Emperor and Xuanmo alarmed.
• Helian Yuan declared his feelings for Leng Ning, and the Ice Soul Emperor warned Jilin to leave because Leng Ning already had a husband.
• Jilin dismissed the warning and insisted the proposal was reasonable, so Xuanmo attacked him with a killing blow.
• Saint Lord Jilin blocked Xuanmo's strike with a purple-gold shield, but the impact shattered the square and drove him backward.

Xuanmo attacked Saint Lord Jilin over his proposal to Leng Ning, and the two fought a fierce battle above Extreme Cold Island. The Ice Soul Emperor intervened to bring Jilin down while Xuanqing led the Dragon Guards against his followers, as Jiang Yantian and Leng Ning remained together inside the hall.

• Xuanmo launched a sudden attack on Saint Lord Jilin and battled him in the sky above Extreme Cold Island.
• Xuanmo ordered Xuanqing to lead the Dragon Guards against Zhang Xuefeng's disciples, and Xuanqing charged at Helian Yuan.
• The Ice Soul Emperor ambushed Saint Lord Jilin with an ice-blue beam, sending him crashing into the square.
• Xuanmo returned to human form and landed beside the defeated Saint Lord Jilin while Helian Yuan realized his marriage proposal had caused the conflict.
• Inside the hall, Jiang Yantian held Leng Ning and told her to call him Mr. Jiang.

The Ice Soul Emperor imprisoned Saint Lord Jilin and his followers in Icebound Hell after Jilin pursued a marriage alliance between Helian Yuan and Leng Ning. Jilin realized Leng Ning might be the Imperishable Devil Emperor’s wife, then blamed Helian Yuan for the danger they had brought upon themselves.

• Xuanmo struck Helian Yuan down and helped subdue Saint Lord Jilin and his followers.
• The Ice Soul Emperor opened Icebound Hell and had Saint Lord Jilin and the others thrown into a rune-sealed prison.
• Saint Lord Jilin confronted the Ice Soul Emperor, who explained that Jilin had ignored warnings about Leng Ning’s husband and persisted with the marriage proposal.
• Trapped in the prison, Saint Lord Jilin reasoned that Leng Ning’s husband could be the Imperishable Devil Emperor and realized the Ice Soul Emperor had tried to protect him.
• Saint Lord Jilin turned on Helian Yuan, ordered him to kneel, and kicked him into the ice wall.

Saint Lord Jilin confronted Helian Yuan over concealing Leng Ning’s marriage and trying to claim her, but Helian Yuan failed to understand the true nature of his wrongdoing. After hearing that Leng Ning’s husband was the Imperishable Devil Emperor, Jiang Yantian accepted Zhang Xuefeng’s marriage proposal on outrageous terms.

• Saint Lord Jilin demanded that Helian Yuan admit he had known Leng Ning was married and had urged a proposal anyway.
• Helian Yuan confessed that he hoped Saint Lord Jilin’s prestige would help them take Leng Ning from her husband, and Jilin condemned him for caring only that the husband was powerful.
• Saint Lord Jilin challenged Helian Yuan to recognize that stealing another man’s wife and hiding the truth were wrong regardless of the husband’s strength.
• Helian Yuan insisted he had acted out of love for Leng Ning, leaving Saint Lord Jilin despairing over what his disciple had become.
• Saint Lord Jilin told Helian Yuan that Leng Ning’s husband was the Imperishable Devil Emperor, and Helian Yuan showed a concealed flash of apprehension.
• Jiang Yantian accepted Zhang Xuefeng’s marriage proposal, ordering them to choose an extremely ugly man named Ren Ning and threatening to kill everyone there if they refused the union.

Jiang Yantian ordered the Ice Soul Emperor to find an extremely ugly man named Ren Ning to marry Helian Yuan, then sent Xuanmo to gather his former followers. The Ice Soul Emperor selected the wood-chopping servant Shi Chou, who agreed to marry a man, and took him away to prepare for the wedding.

• Jiang Yantian ordered the Ice Soul Emperor to arrange a marriage between Helian Yuan and an extremely ugly man, and gave Xuanmo a token to help him gather former followers.
• The Ice Soul Emperor summoned Extreme Cold Island’s male disciples and announced that he sought the island’s ugliest person.
• Shi Chou stepped forward, and the Ice Soul Emperor explained that he could rise above his station if he agreed to marry a man.
• Shi Chou accepted the arrangement out of gratitude to the Ice Soul Emperor, who swept him up and took him into the ice hall.

Jiang Yantian arranged for Shi Chou to marry Helian Yuan as a marriage alliance, and the Ice Soul Emperor and Saint Lord Jilin prepared the wedding on Extreme Cold Island. As the festivities took shape, Helian Yuan remained imprisoned in Icebound Hell, unaware that he was to be the groom and still plotting an escape.

• The Ice Soul Emperor brought Shi Chou to meet Jiang Yantian, who praised his extreme ugliness and agreed to officiate his wedding to Helian Yuan.
• Jiang Yantian ordered Helian Yuan's childhood name, Ren Ning, to be used and told the Ice Soul Emperor to invite everyone from Zhang Xuefeng to the wedding.
• The Ice Soul Emperor gave Saint Lord Jilin the choice of arranging the marriage alliance or dying, and Saint Lord Jilin agreed to the wedding.
• More than ten thousand people arrived on Extreme Cold Island and decorated the square for the wedding feast.
• Jiang Yantian, Leng Ning, Luo Biling, Liu Ye, and Shi Jin'er viewed the preparations and discussed the bride and groom.
• Helian Yuan remained in Icebound Hell, unaware of the wedding plans and focused on escaping.

Helian Yuan’s marriage proposal succeeded, and he eagerly prepared to wed, believing he would marry Leng Ning. At the wedding on Extreme Cold Island, the guests waited for the auspicious hour while Jiang Yantian, Saint Lord Jilin, the Ice Soul Emperor, and the Black Scale Nether Lord sat together.

• Helian Yuan’s junior brothers blamed him for getting them injured, and he wrestled with whether his pursuit of Leng Ning was shameless or courageous.
• People delivered wedding clothes and told Helian Yuan that Saint Lord Jilin and the Ice Soul Emperor had agreed to a marriage between their sides, with the wedding set for the next day.
• Helian Yuan joyfully put on the red wedding clothes, convinced that he would marry Leng Ning.
• The next day, disciples and guests gathered for a grand wedding on Extreme Cold Island, where rumors about the bride’s identity circulated.
• Jiang Yantian sat with Saint Lord Jilin, the Ice Soul Emperor, and the Black Scale Nether Lord as the assembled guests waited for the auspicious hour.