Ice Empress

Biodata

Power Progression

Appearance

Soul Beast Form

• Body: A scorpion approximately 1.5 meters long, colored ice-white and jade green 90.
• Claws: Two meter-long front claws covered in hexagonal, diamond-like protrusions 90.
• Pincers and mouthparts: Silvery white with a mirrorlike sheen 90.
• Eyes: Yellow and hexagonal 90.
• Tail: Five jade-green segments, unlike the many-jointed tails of ordinary scorpions 90.
• Aura: Her released cold is powerful enough to tint the sky jade green 90.

Human Form

• Build: A petite, young-looking girl 91 92.
• Hair: Long jade-green twin ponytails decorated with scorpion-pincer-shaped ornaments 91.
• Clothing: A predominantly white-and-green dress and a crown 91.
• Skin: Snow-white and translucent, with faint jade-green light beneath it 91.
• Expression: Usually icy and fierce; she resents being treated as merely cute 92.

Personality

Ice Empress is proud, suspicious of humans, and quick to anger. She initially considers her scorpion body her most beautiful form and regards being asked to transform as an insult. Even when offered valuable cultivation resources, she questions the price and insists that cooperation must not make her anyone's servant 90 91 92.

Her loyalty to Snow Empress outweighs her concern for her own safety. She repeatedly threatens self-destruction to protect her, considers surrendering her own share of scarce cultivation resources, and hopes that attaining immortality will allow them to remain together forever. That devotion also makes her jealous of Xiao Yexuan's growing closeness to Snow Empress 91 92 103 104.

She is competitive and stubborn enough to risk worsening existing injuries rather than concede a wager. Her enthusiasm for cultivation treasures is equally pronounced: after discovering Maple Forest Evening's prize draws, she immediately seeks ways to obtain more chances 95 116.

Abilities & Skills

Ice Manipulation

• Releases intense cold, creates icicles, and freezes large expanses of water 103 105 107.
• Freezes a thousand miles during her confrontation with Xiao Yexuan; a later outburst is described as freezing the ocean for ten thousand miles 105 110.
• Forms protective ice around her body and creates a green ice dress 104 107.
• Her ice defenses are penetrated by Xiao Yexuan's lightning whip, while Qian Renxue's light and fire interfere with her ice 105 107.

Eternal Frozen Domain

• Deploys a domain in an attempt to control the battlefield and counter Xiao Yexuan's teleportation 107.
• Fails to prevent him from escaping with Fixed Immortal Travel 107.

Immortal Cultivation

• Absorbs Spiritual Qi from Spirit Stones, viewing the new cultivation path as a possible escape from the restriction preventing Soul Beasts from becoming gods 91.
• Forces Spiritual Power into snowflake projectiles that cut through space 107.
• Combines snowflakes into a woman-shaped construct capable of reaching toward airborne opponents 107.
• Direct absorption exceeds her body's tolerance, leaving her exhausted and in pain. Reusing Spiritual Power before recovering causes another debilitating backlash 108 116.

Transformation and Physical Strength

• Changes between her Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion body and human form 91 104.
• Retains a powerful Soul Beast physique in human form; once recovered, she notes a considerable improvement in her endurance 128.
• Her depleted condition sharply limits that strength, leaving her unable to meaningfully injure Xiao Yexuan 109.

Self-Destruction

• Repeatedly threatens to self-destruct rather than be captured or allow Snow Empress to be harmed 90 91 93.
• Initially intends the resulting disturbance to warn Snow Empress of the approaching humans 90.
• Castorice warns that she can prevent the plan from succeeding; Ice Empress never carries it out 91.

Equipment / Items

• Spirit Stones — Cultivation resources that she also consumes directly to force out attacks, at substantial physical cost 107 108 116.
• Two Ice God Boots — Prizes obtained after spending two thousand draw points; she complains about shoes being distributed separately 95.
• Collected Soul Bones and ice-and-snow treasures — Offered to Xiao Yexuan as compensation after losing their confrontation 110.
• Laoda-brand helicopter — Promised by Xiao Yexuan during the expedition to find Snow Empress; she accepts the offer and warns him against reneging 92.

Relationships

• Snow Empress — Her closest companion, whom she calls “Xue'er” and credits with saving her life. They later share a room and a single bed at Maple Forest Evening. Ice Empress trusts her unconditionally and repeatedly risks herself for her safety 91 104 117.
• Xiao Yexuan — Initially a distrusted negotiator, then her landlord and cultivation benefactor. Their cooperation becomes entangled with conflict, coercion, and abuse; he repeatedly exploits her concern for Snow Empress to secure her compliance 92 95 110 111 120.
• Castorice — The member of Xiao Yexuan's expedition whom she fears most. Castorice's overwhelming presence and warning undermine her reliance on self-destruction as leverage 90 91.
• Qian Renxue — A combat opponent and staunch defender of Xiao Yexuan. She blocks Ice Empress's Spiritual Power attacks and later restrains her during their disputes 108 109 110.
• Bai Xiuxiu — Someone Ice Empress unsuccessfully tries to recruit against Xiao Yexuan. Bai Xiuxiu instead interprets the situation as a romance and spreads a romanticized account of their relationship 119 129.

History

Recruitment in the Far North

Xiao Yexuan's expedition locates Ice Empress among an Ice Jade Scorpion colony using a drone. Surrounded by powerful humans and confronted by Castorice's dragon, she prepares to self-destruct rather than be taken for a Soul Ring. Her resistance also serves to protect Snow Empress from being caught unaware 90.

A Spirit Stone changes the negotiations by presenting a possible route beyond the limits of Soul Beast cultivation. Ice Empress nevertheless demands sincerity, approaches Xiao Yexuan closely enough to threaten him, and reluctantly takes human form. She agrees to help him when needed but explicitly rejects becoming his servant 91 92.

During the subsequent encounter with Snow Empress, Ice Empress remains beside Xiao Yexuan as a deterrent against coercion. She confirms that the otherworldly cultivation power works while insisting that Snow Empress must be free to refuse. Snow Empress chooses cooperation 93 94.

Tenancy at Maple Forest Evening

After leaving the Far North, Ice Empress pays for a thousand-year room and signs a rental contract. The residence immediately makes her feel comfortable, and its drawing room introduces her to treasures such as million-year ice crystal marrow and Gold of Life 95.

She spends two thousand draw points but receives two Ice God Boots rather than the marrow she wants. Unable to extend her already maximum-length lease for further draws, she asks about alternatives. Xiao Yexuan explains that paid work and hunting powerful Soul Beasts can provide more opportunities 95.

Conflict and Cultivation Backlash

An embarrassing swimming-pool incident sparks a prolonged confrontation with Xiao Yexuan. Their dispute moves to the sea, where her ice attacks and domain fail to overcome his teleportation and lightning techniques. She escalates by drawing Spiritual Power directly from Spirit Stones, only for Qian Renxue to counter her attacks and leave her exhausted 103 104 105 107 108.

Following her defeat, Xiao Yexuan subjects her to coercive demands, using her fear of Snow Empress learning about her humiliation as leverage. A later wager involving unfamiliar stockings prompts Ice Empress to use Spiritual Power before she has healed, causing another collapse 110 111 114 116.

Xiao Yexuan returns her to the room she shares with Snow Empress and treats her with massages that demonstrably improve her condition. To protect Snow Empress, Ice Empress swears in the Ice God's name never to harm him. She later attempts to turn Bai Xiuxiu against him, but Bai Xiuxiu repeatedly misreads her complaints as evidence of affection 117 118 119.

Later Appearances

After recovering her strength, Ice Empress resumes taunting Xiao Yexuan, provoking another retaliatory encounter. Meanwhile, Bai Xiuxiu's romanticized account of their relationship circulates on Sea God Island under their real names 128 129.

In the finale, Ice Empress and Snow Empress walk hand in hand through Carnival Island, sharing street food. Ice Empress particularly appreciates the island because Xiao Yexuan rarely visits it 157.

Notable Quotes

“Human, don't even think about it! As long as this empress is here, none of you will harm Xue'er!” 91

“Human, you must understand that Xue'er and this empress are not your servants! We're under no obligation to throw our lives away for you!” 92