Ice Empress

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

The Snow Empress raised the Ice Empress from a little scorpion. The Ice Empress subsequently became one of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North, second only to the Snow Empress in strength within the region 39 41.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm fell in love with her despite her species being his clan’s natural enemy. He repeatedly lingered near the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan’s territory to watch her. When she discovered and pursued him, he fled into a crevice containing Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow—the resource that enabled his later extraordinary cultivation 13.

Before obtaining the Snow Empress as his second Martial Soul, Li Jin considered using the Ice Empress instead. He pressured the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to help secure either her or the Heavenly Snow Woman 15.

Appearance

• Soul Beast form: A one-and-a-half-meter-long Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion covered in diamond-like hexagonal armor, with two large pincers and a raised tail hook 42.
• Human form: A petite girl with twin ponytails and emerald eyes, not much taller than the six-year-old Li Jin 39 41.
• Transformation: Emerald light accompanies her change from scorpion to human form 39.

Personality

The Ice Empress’s devotion to the Snow Empress outweighs her concern for her own advancement. Even when invited to absorb the dying Snow Empress’s escaping cultivation, she refuses and clings to her ice cocoon instead. This loyalty overrides her usual obedience to the Snow Empress’s wishes 39.

Proud and quick-tempered, she initially threatens Li Jin for intruding into the Far North. After he saves the Snow Empress, she openly apologizes and accepts responsibility for having wanted to kill him. Her gratitude does not erase her bluster: she insists that protecting him is solely for the Snow Empress’s sake 39 41.

She frequently disguises cooperation behind haughty remarks. After dismissing Li Jin’s crystal weapons and rejecting his promise to protect her someday, she volunteers to help manufacture them. She also enjoys human food and eagerly accepts the prospect of eating Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow 42 44.

Abilities & Skills

Ultimate Ice

The Ice Empress possesses Ultimate Ice Soul Power cultivated over 390,000 years 39.

• Softens Ice Extreme Divine Crystal so that it can be mined or reshaped into weapons 42 44.
• Withstands underground cold that would rapidly freeze ordinary Soul Masters, including a spring cold enough to freeze a Titled Douluo 42 43.
• Is inferior to the Snow Empress’s Ultimate Ice: she repeatedly fails to melt the ice imprisoning her and requires the Snow Maiden’s help 41.

Physical Strength and Defense

Her combat strength is comparable to that of a rank-97 Peak Douluo 41.

• Defeats the Soul Saint Flender and buries him in the ground when he attacks Li Jin 45.
• States that Li Jin’s newly forged three-edged ice spike cannot penetrate her defenses at his current strength 44.
• Bites through hard Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow crystals as though eating shaved ice 43.

Ice Explosion Technique

Ice Explosion Technique is an innate skill of the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan. The Ice Empress considers it superior to the Ice Silkworm Clan’s Simulation skill, though she acknowledges Simulation’s practical uses 41.

Transformation and Excavation

• Freely changes between her scorpion body and a little-girl human form 39 42 43.
• Uses her pincers to rapidly excavate a person-wide tunnel into the caverns beneath Condensing Frost City 42.
• Her human appearance does not conceal her Ferocious Beast presence. Li Jin supplies that concealment through Simulation, which stops working if she strays too far from him 41.

Story Role / Major Arcs

The Snow Empress’s Crisis

The Ice Empress guards the Snow Empress during her attempt to condense complementary dual soul cores. When the attempt fails, she brings over the hundred-thousand-year snow lotus intended as a safeguard. Its resentment subsequently disrupts the Snow Empress’s attempted human reincarnation, causing her cultivation to leak away 38.

The Snow Empress urges her to absorb the escaping power, warning that her existing foundation will not withstand her fourth heavenly tribulation in ten thousand years. She refuses. When Li Jin arrives and proposes saving the Snow Empress through sacrifice into his second Martial Soul, the Ice Empress’s anger triggers a backlash of uncontrolled cold that freezes her solid 39.

Joining Li Jin

After the fusion succeeds, the Snow Maiden releases the Ice Empress from the ice. She apologizes to Li Jin, then follows him rather than remain separated from the Snow Empress. Because the Snow Empress’s survival now depends on him, she undertakes to protect him in human society 41.

Li Jin conceals her Soul Beast presence with Simulation. He also proposes the name Bingbing, which she initially rejects before yielding to the Snow Maiden’s approval 41.

Condensing Frost City and the Journey South

The Ice Empress excavates a route beneath Condensing Frost City and helps collect Ice Extreme Divine Crystal. In a deeper cavern, she eats three Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow crystals while the Snow Maiden stores forty-two with the Ice God’s Pearl. Although resentful about the unequal haul, she is reassured by Li Jin’s assessment that her share will support her next tribulation 42 43.

During the journey south, she helps soften the collected divine crystal for Li Jin’s weapons. In Suotuo City, she acts as his bodyguard against Flender, overpowering and burying him after he attacks 44 45.

Relationships

• Snow Empress — Raised her and remains the central object of her loyalty. The Snow Empress entrusts her with guarding both her cultivation attempt and, potentially, the Far North after her death 38 39.
• Snow Maiden — The childlike manifestation of Li Jin’s Snow Empress Martial Soul, distinct from the Snow Empress’s sleeping consciousness. The Ice Empress nevertheless treats her as the Snow Empress and readily gives in to her wishes 40 41 43.
• Li Jin — Initially an intruder she wants to kill; later her traveling companion and the person she protects to keep the Snow Empress safe. Their interactions mix gratitude, teasing, complaints, and growing cooperation 39 41 44.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm / Tian Meng — Her unrequited admirer and former prey. She resents that he never returned to let her and the Snow Empress consume his stored energy to survive their tribulations 13 41.
• Flender — An opponent she defeats when he attacks Li Jin over the taking of plate crystal hair gold 45.

Notable Quotes

“Now that the Snow Empress has become your Martial Soul, she'll only be well if you're well. If anything happens to you, it'll happen to her too.” 41

“I'll fight anyone I can beat and run from anyone I can't. Even if something happens to me, I'll never let anything happen to you.” 41