Chapter Summaries

The Snow Empress worried that she could not survive her seven-hundred-thousand-year tribulation and discussed reincarnation with the Ice Empress. She asked Xue Chen to visit the human world, and after he refused to leave the Far North without his family, she promised to go with him.

• The Snow Empress told the Ice Empress that her failed attempt to condense a Yin-Yang Complementary Soul Core had damaged her origin, leaving her unable to survive the coming tribulation.
• The Ice Empress suggested the Snow Empress reincarnate as a human using a hundred-thousand-year-old snow lotus, but the Snow Empress warned that powerful Super Douluo could see through her disguise.
• Xue Chen arrived, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress teased and roughhoused with him before the Snow Empress asked whether he wanted to see the human world.
• Xue Chen said the Far North was his home and that he did not want to leave the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, and Xiao Bai.
• The Snow Empress told Xue Chen that he appeared human and should venture into the human world, then promised to accompany him.

The Snow Empress revealed that her coming seven-hundred-thousand-year tribulation and damaged origin left her with little hope of survival, so she proposed sacrificing herself to Xue Chen to break the seal within him. Xue Chen accepted after she promised to retain her consciousness in his Sea of Consciousness, and the Ice Empress agreed to guard them as they prepared.

• The Snow Empress explained that her injured origin and imminent tribulation made surviving unlikely, while taking human form would leave her vulnerable to human Super Douluos.
• The Snow Empress proposed sacrificing herself to become Xue Chen's Second Martial Soul and Soul Ring, using the sacrifice to break the seal within him and help him pursue godhood.
• Xue Chen objected to the sacrifice, but the Snow Empress promised to preserve her consciousness in his Sea of Consciousness and warned that her immense power could endanger him.
• Xue Chen agreed to share life and death with the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress accepted her decision and promised to keep all living beings away.
• The Ice Empress warned Xue Chen to withstand the sacrifice, then embraced him and urged him to survive as well.

The Snow Empress began sacrificing herself to Xue Chen, warning him that the process could kill them both. As she entered his Sea of Consciousness to preserve her spirit, Xue Chen awakened a powerful saber Martial Soul and heard that the Goddess Illustrated Guide had activated.

• The Snow Empress explained that her sacrifice would form a right arm bone and seal most of her origin power inside it, while Xue Chen had to endure the pain and remain conscious.
• Xue Chen agreed to share life and death with the Snow Empress, and she began the sacrifice inside a sphere of ice.
• The Snow Empress's origin power shattered Xue Chen's right arm and caused him unbearable pain as she condensed a new right arm bone and fused it with him.
• The Snow Empress entered the space between Xue Chen's brows to open his Sea of Consciousness and preserve her spirit form.
• Xue Chen awakened a seven-foot pale-gold saber Martial Soul, and a voice announced that the Goddess Illustrated Guide had awakened.

During the Snow Empress's sacrifice, Xue Chen awakened the God-Level Five Elements Qilin Martial Soul, which prevented her from becoming his second Martial Soul. Her origin power eventually began merging with his Martial Soul, and the six-colored cocoon cracked open.

• Xue Chen claimed his reward and drew the God-Level Five Elements Qilin Martial Soul, which fused with him.
• The Snow Empress realized the Five Elements Qilin had displaced her as Xue Chen's second Martial Soul and decided to become his Wisdom Soul Ring instead.
• The Snow Empress's origin power failed to fuse with Xue Chen's five-element Martial Soul, while the Ice Empress watched anxiously from below the snowy peak.
• The Ice Empress sensed the conflicting origins above the peak but chose not to interfere with the irreversible sacrifice.
• Over time, the Snow Empress's origin power and Xue Chen's Martial Soul began to mingle in a six-colored cocoon, which finally cracked.

Xue Chen emerged from his cocoon with a seven-hundred-thousand-year Snow Empress Soul Ring, while the Snow Empress retained her intelligence and spiritual form after sacrificing herself. Xue Chen revealed his twin Martial Souls and identified one as the Dragon Slaying Saber, leaving the Ice Empress wondering whether it could be his true form.

• Xue Chen emerged from the shattered cocoon, and his seven-hundred-thousand-year Snow Empress Soul Ring appeared.
• The Snow Empress reunited with Xue Chen and told him that she could recover by sleeping in his Sea of Consciousness.
• The Ice Empress told the naked Xue Chen to put on clothes, and he dressed using a garment from a Storage Soul Tool.
• The Snow Empress explained that Xue Chen had twin Martial Souls, and he summoned a fearsome golden saber before identifying it as the Dragon Slaying Saber.
• Xue Chen explained that the Dragon Slaying Saber was a divine artifact forged by the Dragon God, and the Ice Empress began to suspect his true form might be the saber.

Xue Chen discovered how his Five Elements Qilin Martial Soul worked and learned that Snow Empress had concealed the power of her seven-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring to protect him. He decided to leave the Far North to find suitable Soul Rings, but promised to stay with Ice Empress a little longer.

• Xue Chen possessed his Five Elements Qilin and explained that it commanded the five elements and had gained Ultimate Ice through Snow Empress's sacrifice.
• Snow Empress explained that her sacrifice had granted Xue Chen the Ice Extreme Soul Skill, which let him use all her abilities and command Ultimate Ice.
• Snow Empress changed the visible color of her Soul Ring to yellow, warning Xue Chen to conceal his Dragon Slaying Saber Martial Soul and the ring's true power among humans.
• Snow Empress returned to the space between Xue Chen's brows to rest after asking Ice Empress to use the hundred-thousand-year snow lotus to prepare for her next heavenly tribulation.
• Xue Chen told Ice Empress he planned to enter the human world and seek suitable Soul Rings for his Five Elements Qilin, but said he would stay with her for a while first.

Xue Chen visited the Ice Jade Scorpions’ territory to keep his promise to the Ice Empress, then accepted an External Soul Bone she had gathered for him. He began absorbing it in her dwelling while she stood guard.

• After the Ice Empress left, Xue Chen checked his Goddess Illustrated Guide and decided to visit Shrek Academy after spending time with her.
• Xue Chen traveled north to the Ice Jade Scorpions’ territory, where the Ice Empress had been waiting for him.
• The Ice Empress led Xue Chen to her dwelling and offered him supplies gathered by her clan, including an External Soul Bone.
• Xue Chen thanked the Ice Empress and began absorbing the icy-blue hand bone as she watched over him.

After absorbing the Ice Empress’s External Soul Bone, Xue Chen said goodbye to her at the edge of the Far North. As he headed south, he activated her album entry and received Saint Craftsman-level forging talent, leaving him wondering how it might be useful in his era.

• Xue Chen asked the Ice Empress to stop at the boundary between the depths and outskirts of the Far North, and she reluctantly agreed that he should leave on his own.
• The Ice Empress transformed into her human form, embraced Xue Chen, and told him to visit again when he had time.
• Xue Chen walked south, leaving the Ice Empress alone in the Far North.
• Xue Chen’s album showed the Ice Empress’s activated SS-rank entry with an affection score of 82.
• Xue Chen examined his Saint Craftsman-level forging talent reward and wondered whether it could help him create Soul Tools, Battle Armor, or mechas.

Xue Chen rescued the injured Ling Luochеn from a thirty-thousand-year Icefield Mammoth and activated her in his goddess catalog, receiving Cooking Mastery. Ling Luochеn survived as the mammoth fled from the Snow Empress’s presence sealed in Xue Chen’s arm.

• Ling Luochеn tried to escape the Icefield Mammoth, but her Ice Prison failed and its backlash left her badly injured and out of Soul Power.
• As the mammoth prepared to crush Ling Luochеn, Xue Chen rushed in and caught her.
• Xue Chen’s system announced that he had collected and activated Ling Luochеn, granting him Cooking Mastery.
• Ling Luochеn urged Xue Chen to flee, but he pointed out that the mammoth had become frightened by the Snow Empress’s presence in his right arm.
• Xue Chen gestured toward the Icefield Mammoth, and it turned and ran away while Ling Luochеn stared in surprise.

Xue Chen rescued the badly injured Ling Luochеn from the Far North and carried her to Dragon City, where she woke up and asked how he had brought her there. Ling Luochеn thanked him, though Xue Chen's teasing continued to irritate her.

• Ling Luochеn asked Xue Chen to put her down, then accidentally grabbed his collar when she staggered and became embarrassed by his teasing.
• Xue Chen warned Ling Luochеn that high-ranking Soul Beasts had appeared near the Far North's outskirts, and she tried to leave despite her injuries.
• Ling Luochеn collapsed in the snow, so Xue Chen carried her on his back and used Snow Escape to leave the Far North.
• Ling Luochеn woke in Dragon City in the Heaven Dou Empire and asked Xue Chen whether he had saved her.
• Xue Chen told Ling Luochеn that he had carried her out of the Far North and remarked that she was light.

After Xue Chen revealed his Five Elements Qilin Martial Soul, Ling Luochеn recognized its power and eagerly urged him to join Shrek Academy. Xue Chen agreed, while Ling Luochеn clung to his hands and declared she would take care of him.

• Ling Luochеn introduced herself as an inner court disciple of Shrek Academy, and Xue Chen said he was an orphan.
• Ling Luochеn asked about Xue Chen’s resistance to the Far North’s cold, and he said his awakened Martial Soul kept him warm.
• Ling Luochеn asked Xue Chen to release his Martial Soul, and the Five Elements Qilin appeared behind him.
• The Snow Empress Soul Ring’s pressure overwhelmed Ling Luochеn, who concluded that Xue Chen possessed Ultimate Ice.
• Ling Luochеn grabbed Xue Chen’s hands and pressed him to enroll at Shrek Academy, and he agreed.

Ling Luochеn and Xue Chen stayed overnight in Shrek City, where she used his Ultimate Ice attribute as an excuse for an increasingly intimate cultivation session. The next morning, Ling Luochеn took him to register at Shrek Academy, while worrying that the academy might send him to help Ma Xiaotao suppress her Evil Fire.

• Ling Luochеn clung to Xue Chen and cultivated with him, then admitted ordinary cultivation did not require such close contact.
• Xue Chen asked why they were not going to Shrek Academy, and Ling Luochеn explained that its gates had already closed for the night.
• Ling Luochеn worried that the academy would discover Xue Chen's talent and have him help Ma Xiaotao with her Evil Fire, but decided to report his abilities truthfully.
• The next morning, Ling Luochеn met Xue Chen in her Inner Court uniform and took him to register at Shrek Academy.
• Xue Chen left the hotel with Ling Luochеn and marveled at Shrek City's lively streets.

Ling Luochеn brought Xue Chen to Shrek Academy during admissions and sought permission to have the academy examine his unusual Martial Soul. When Dean Xian Lin'er arrived, Xue Chen activated her codex and gained Soul Tool Mastery.

• Ling Luochеn explained Shrek Academy's entrance requirements and led Xue Chen past the admissions line toward the academy.
• Shrek students stopped Ling Luochеn and Xue Chen, insisting that Xue Chen register and take a Soul Power test before entering.
• Ling Luochеn chilled the area while arguing that Xue Chen was her younger brother and needed to see the academy's teachers.
• Dean Xian Lin'er arrived, greeted Ling Luochеn, and asked about the child she had brought back from the Far North.
• Xue Chen's system activated Xian Lin'er's codex and rewarded him with Soul Tool Mastery.
• Ling Luochеn told Xian Lin'er that Xue Chen had saved her life and had an unusual Martial Soul, so she wanted the academy to examine him.

Xian Lin'er brought Ling Luochen and Xue Chen into Shrek Academy’s Soul Tool Department, where Ling explained how Xue Chen had saved her from an Icefield Mammoth. The chapter ended with Ling revealing that Xue Chen possessed an exceptionally powerful beast martial soul with the Ultimate Ice attribute.

• Xian Lin'er invited Ling Luochen and Xue Chen into Shrek Academy after hearing that Xue Chen had a special martial soul.
• Outer courtyard students recognized Xian Lin'er as a Titled Douluo and Level 8 Soul Engineer, and discussed Ling Luochen’s talent and tournament prospects.
• Ling Luochen pointed out Sea God Lake and mentioned that she lived in the inner courtyard as Xian Lin'er led them to the Soul Tool Department.
• Xian Lin'er welcomed Ling Luochen and Xue Chen into her office and asked how Xue Chen had rescued Ling from an Icefield Mammoth.
• Ling Luochen explained that Xue Chen had saved her from a thirty-thousand-year-old Icefield Mammoth and revealed that he possessed a high-quality beast martial soul with the Ultimate Ice attribute.

Xian Lin'er discovered that Xue Chen possessed an Ultimate Ice Martial Soul and immediately tried to recruit him as her student, hoping to strengthen the Soul Tool Department. Xue Chen asked for time to consider, but Xian Lin'er insisted he stay in her office for his safety, leaving Ling Luochen uneasy about their cultivation and his future allegiance.

• Xian Lin'er confirmed that Xue Chen's Martial Soul suppressed Ling Luochen's Ice Element Martial Soul and produced a chill even she could feel.
• Xian Lin'er asked Xue Chen to become her student and offered him the full support of Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department.
• Ling Luochen objected, but Xian Lin'er dismissed her concerns and asked whether Xue Chen had family whose permission was needed.
• Xue Chen said he was an orphan, and Xian Lin'er urged him to accept her as his master.
• Xue Chen asked for time to think, so Xian Lin'er told him to stay with her in the Soul Tool Department office for now.

Ling Luochen tried to keep Xue Chen by her side, but Xian Lin'er sent her away and sought to make Xue Chen her disciple. Outside the Soul Tool Department, Ling Luochen met Zhang Lexuan and told her what had happened, leaving her hoping for help with Xue Chen.

• Ling Luochen argued that Xue Chen should stay with her, but Xian Lin'er ordered her back to the Inner Court to prepare for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament.
• After Ling Luochen left, Xian Lin'er held Xue Chen's hands, touched his face, and promised that becoming her disciple would protect him from bullying at Shrek Academy.
• Ling Luochen left the Soul Tool Department, worried that Xian Lin'er had taken control of Xue Chen's situation.
• Zhang Lexuan found Ling Luochen outside the Soul Tool Department and explained that she had come to summon Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo to a Sea God Pavilion meeting.
• Ling Luochen told Zhang Lexuan about her recent experiences and what had happened with Xue Chen.

Ling Luochеn told Zhang Lexuan that Xian Lin'er had detained Xue Chen and was pressuring him to become her disciple, prompting Zhang Lexuan to report his Ultimate Ice Martial Soul to the Sea God Pavilion. Meanwhile, Xian Lin'er examined Xue Chen and eagerly urged him to become her disciple, but a knock at the office door interrupted his response.

• Ling Luochеn told Zhang Lexuan that Xian Lin'er had detained Xue Chen and wanted to force him to become her disciple.
• Zhang Lexuan said she would report Xue Chen's Ultimate Ice Martial Soul to the Sea God Pavilion and teased Ling Luochеn about how much she cared for him.
• Zhang Lexuan reflected that Ultimate Ice could help both Ling Luochеn's cultivation and Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire, then went to report to Mu En.
• Xian Lin'er examined Xue Chen, praised his foundation and Soul Power, and urged him to become her disciple.
• Xue Chen began to answer Xian Lin'er, but a rhythmic knock at the office door interrupted him.

Xian Lin'er hid Xue Chen from Cai Mei'er when Cai arrived to summon her to a Sea God Pavilion meeting. After Xian Lin'er and Cai Mei'er clashed over their old rivalry, Qian Duoduo intervened, and the group prepared to leave for the meeting.

• Xian Lin'er silenced Xue Chen and used her ring-shaped Soul Tool to hide him when Cai Mei'er came to the door.
• Cai Mei'er told Xian Lin'er that Mu En had summoned her and Qian Duoduo to a meeting at the Sea God Pavilion.
• Cai Mei'er searched Xian Lin'er's office and teased her about possibly hiding a lover, prompting Xian Lin'er to order her to stop.
• Cai Mei'er provoked Xian Lin'er by bringing up Yan Shaozhe, and the two rank ninety-four Titled Douluo released their presences against each other.
• Qian Duoduo stepped between Xian Lin'er and Cai Mei'er, then urged them to hurry to the Sea God Pavilion meeting.

Xian Lin'er faced pressure from the Sea God Pavilion elders to hand over Xue Chen, a Soul Master with Ultimate Ice, to the Martial Soul Department. She claimed he had already taken her as his master, but Mu En’s request to meet him left her trapped by her own lie.

• Xian Lin'er noticed that nearly all the Sea God Pavilion elders had gathered for the student-allocation meeting.
• Yan Shaozhe revealed that Ling Luochеn had brought back a Soul Master with Ultimate Ice from the Far North, and the elders demanded that Xian Lin'er hand him over.
• Cai Mei'er argued that the Martial Soul Department was better suited to nurture an Ultimate Soul Master, provoking Xian Lin'er into asserting that the boy had chosen her as his master.
• Mu En allowed Xian Lin'er to nurture the boy for now but asked to meet him, leaving her worried that Xue Chen would deny having accepted her as his master.

Xian Lin'er reluctantly revealed Xue Chen to the Sea God Pavilion Elders, who examined his Martial Soul and recognized it as the legendary Five Elements Qilin. Xue Chen’s Ultimate Ice power impressed the elders, while the chapter ended with Xian Lin'er questioning how ice fit among the Qilin’s five elements.

• Cai Mei'er and Qian Duoduo stopped Xian Lin'er from leaving to fetch Xue Chen, and Mu En pressed her to explain what was wrong.
• Xian Lin'er summoned Xue Chen from her Storage Soul Tool and introduced him to the Sea God Pavilion Elders.
• Cai Mei'er encouraged Xue Chen to release his Martial Soul, triggering his system to reward him with ten ten-thousand-year whale glue for cataloging her.
• Xue Chen manifested his Five Elements Qilin and Yellow Soul Ring, whose icy presence weakened Yan Shaozhe’s Bright Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Mu En identified Xue Chen’s Martial Soul as the legendary Five Elements Qilin, and Xian Lin'er asked how it could wield ice when ice was not one of its five elements.