Recaps

After returning from the Shrouding the Heavens World, Zhu Zhuqing reunited with her friends and described its cultivation resources and demands. The group learned that entering its cultivation system would require abandoning their Soul Power, leaving them to weigh the unknown future against everything they had built.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Oscar that travel between the worlds was controlled by Heavenly Screen and depended on random selection, while Ma Hongjun and the others hoped they might be chosen someday.
• Ning Rongrong invited Zhu Zhuqing to celebrate her safe return, and the group left Dai Weisi behind as they departed the square.
• At Fragrance Gathering Restaurant, Zhu Zhuqing described the Shrouding the Heavens World's exotic beasts, spirit medicines, and the importance of resources alongside talent.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that Douluo Continent Soul Masters would have to cripple their Soul Power cultivation to start the other world's system from scratch.
• The group fell silent as they considered the steep price and brutal competition, and Zhu Zhuqing's friends remained torn between their current power and the possibility of greater heights.

Zhu Zhuqing reunited with her friends after returning from the Shrouding the Heavens World, then spent the night with Ning Rongrong, who teased her about the Heavenly Emperor. Zhu Zhuqing denied anything had happened but wondered if she had fallen for him.

• Ning Rongrong welcomed Zhu Zhuqing back and pressed her for details about serving the Heavenly Emperor, embarrassing her.
• During the meal, Zhu Zhuqing told everyone what she could about the Shrouding the Heavens World and its powerful cultivators and strange races.
• Ning Rongrong invited Zhu Zhuqing to stay at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's residence, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing relaxed together in a rose-petal bath, where Ning Rongrong teased her about whether the Heavenly Emperor had touched or romanced her.
• Zhu Zhuqing insisted the Heavenly Emperor would not think of her that way, but privately recalled how her heart raced around him and wondered whether she had fallen for him.

Zhu Zhuqing reflected on her feelings for the Heavenly Emperor and spoke with Ning Rongrong about how the Shrouding the Heavens World had changed her. The next morning, Tang San challenged Zhu Zhuqing so he could experience the Great Void Technique, and they arrived at Shrek’s training ground before a crowd of onlookers.

• Ning Rongrong teased Zhu Zhuqing about liking the Heavenly Emperor, then encouraged her to pursue her feelings or keep cultivating until she could stand beside him.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong discussed how the Shrouding the Heavens World had changed Zhu Zhuqing and how Tang San had been studying its cultivation system.
• Zhu Zhuqing lay awake remembering the Heavenly Emperor and wondering why he had allowed her and her older sister to stay by his side.
• Tang San waited at Shrek Academy and asked Zhu Zhuqing to challenge him so he could experience the Great Void Technique and the difference between their worlds.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Tang San’s challenge, and they went to the back-mountain training ground, where Flender, Zhao Wuji, Yu Xiaogang, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar had gathered.

Tang San challenged Zhu Zhuqing, using his Soul Skills, close-combat techniques, and hidden weapons, but she evaded every attack with extraordinary speed and the Great Void Technique. Zhu Zhuqing acknowledged his skill and urged him to end the match, but Tang San refused to give up and gathered his Soul Power again.

• Flender let Tang San challenge Zhu Zhuqing and signaled Zhao Wuji to intervene if necessary.
• Tang San opened with Blue Silver Entanglement and close-combat attacks, but Zhu Zhuqing dodged them without using Soul Skills.
• Tang San used Spider Web Restraint, then unleashed his hidden weapons when Zhu Zhuqing appeared beside him, but she avoided everything with the Great Void Technique.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Tang San that his combat skills were impressive but that he could not hurt or defeat her, and suggested they end the match.
• Tang San clenched his fists and began gathering Soul Power again, refusing to give up.

Tang San tried to wear Zhu Zhuqing down with relentless attacks, but she remained composed and revealed that his strength gap with her was too great for his strategy to work. When he realized his spiritual power was being outmatched, Tang San unleashed his external soul bone, the Eight Spider Lances.

• Tang San concluded that Zhu Zhuqing’s intangibility consumed spiritual power and switched to a battle of attrition.
• Tang San bombarded Zhu Zhuqing with Blue Silver Grass spikes and hidden weapons, while she calmly avoided or passed through the attacks.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized that Tang San had identified a real weakness but kept concealing how much spiritual power she had left.
• Tang San grew exhausted as Zhu Zhuqing remained untroubled, and he realized her total spiritual power far exceeded his own.
• Tang San activated the special bone in his back, and eight purplish-black Eight Spider Lances burst through his clothing.

Tang San unleashed his Eight Spider Lances against Zhu Zhuqing, but she continued to evade his escalating attacks. With a mysterious Titled Douluo concealing the arena, Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer as his final trump card, and Yu Xiaogang recognized it.

• Tang San unfurled his Eight Spider Lances and used them with his other techniques to pressure Zhu Zhuqing, who narrowly avoided each attack.
• Tang San considered using his hidden Second Martial Soul as Zhu Zhuqing continued to evade him.
• A familiar voice told Tang San to use the Clear Sky Hammer, while a strange wind and sand obscured the training ground.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Yu Xiaogang sensed a Titled Douluo's presence as Tang San declared his next strike would be his final trump card.
• Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer, whose presence created a powerful gravity field, and Yu Xiaogang identified it.

Zhu Zhuqing used the Great Void Technique to defeat Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer strike, proving the superiority of her spatial power. Tang San accepted the loss but was left yearning to visit the Shrouding the Heavens World himself.

• Zhu Zhuqing recognized Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and resolved to test her three months of cultivation against its power.
• Zhu Zhuqing formed a Void Barrier that stopped Tang San’s full-force hammer strike.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Space Collapse to trap Tang San, then halted the attack before it could seriously harm him.
• Tang San admitted defeat as the onlookers saw him kneeling and Zhu Zhuqing still standing.
• Tang San reflected on how Zhu Zhuqing’s journey to the Shrouding the Heavens World had changed her strength and wondered what he might have become if he had gone there.

After Zhu Zhuqing defeated Tang San with the Great Void Technique, Shrek Academy's students and teachers marveled at the power of the Shrouding the Heavens World. Tang Hao secretly witnessed the technique and wondered whether that world could bring Ah Yin back; days later, Zhu Zhuqing left to address matters in the Star Luo Empire.

• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Yu Xiaogang reacted with shock and curiosity to Zhu Zhuqing's spatial power and its implications.
• Tang Hao watched from the shadows, recognized that Zhu Zhuqing's technique manipulated space, and wondered whether the Shrouding the Heavens World could restore Ah Yin.
• Zhu Zhuqing offered Tang San Hundred Herb Liquid, then explained to Xiao Wu that the technique came from a cultivation system focused on mastering the laws of heaven and earth.
• Zhu Zhuqing stayed at Shrek Academy for several days as her companions and teachers questioned her about the other world, while Tang San silently recovered and trained.
• Zhu Zhuqing said farewell to Shrek Academy and returned to the Star Luo Empire to deal with her family's pressure and her marriage contract with Dai Mubai.

After returning to the Star Luo Empire, Zhu Zhuqing found that her status in the Zhu Family had changed completely because of her connection to Lin Hao and the Shrouding the Heavens World. Meanwhile, Ye Fan and his companions watched major powers gather near the Qing Emperor's Tomb and considered the dangers and rewards of approaching it.

• Zhu Zhuqing returned to the Zhu Family, where the elders gave her access to the family's resources and questioned her about the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized that the family's new respect for her came from her opportunities and her identity as Lin Hao's maidservant, then noticed a heavenly screen light up.
• Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Qiu'er, and Xiao Nannan discussed the dangers of the Qing Emperor's Tomb and Qiu'er explained what she knew about the Azure Emperor.
• Ye Fan and his companions watched the Yaoguang Holy Land, the Ji Family, the Jiang Family, and other powers arrive near the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.
• Qiu'er said that the Qing Emperor's Tomb might offer an opportunity to become an emperor, stirring Ye Fan's interest.

Lin Hao and the Snow Empress traveled from Heavenly Court to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land as cultivators gathered to open Qing Emperor’s Tomb. Lin Hao identified a hidden gate in the tomb’s outer formation and led the Snow Empress toward it.

• Cultivators in a teahouse watched the Great Xia Dynasty’s Sword Sect and the Solar Divine Dynasty arrive at Qing Emperor’s Tomb.
• Lin Hao told the Snow Empress that the Azure Emperor’s understanding of life and death might help her cultivate her Ultimate Ice.
• Lin Hao and the Snow Empress used a void portal to reach a hillside overlooking the crowds outside the forbidden land.
• Lin Hao studied the loosening outer formation and explained that the major forces were attacking its outer nodes.
• Lin Hao pointed out a hidden gate of life in a remote valley and set off toward it with the Snow Empress.

Lin Hao and the Snow Empress entered the Azure Emperor’s tomb through its hidden gate of life and reached the Azure Emperor Palace. While Lin Hao waited, the Snow Empress began climbing the Heaven-Ascending Steps, the first trial.

• Lin Hao recognized the secluded valley as the gate of life and led the Snow Empress through its mist, where they found rare plants and a Chaos Green Lotus.
• Lin Hao discovered an entrance beneath the pool and jumped in, followed by the Snow Empress.
• Lin Hao and the Snow Empress passed through a green-stone passage depicting the Azure Emperor’s life and emerged before the Azure Emperor Palace beneath an illusory starry sky.
• Lin Hao explained that the Heaven-Ascending Steps tested foundation and potential, then invited the Snow Empress to try them while he waited.
• The Snow Empress started climbing and quickly passed the hundredth step as the other cultivators watched.

The Snow Empress climbed the Azure Emperor Palace’s jade steps, overcoming mounting pressure and trials of her Dao heart with her Ultimate Ice origin. She became the first to reach the summit, where the plaza’s vital essence restored her, while the other climbers hurried after her.

• The Snow Empress resisted the steps’ pressure and shattered illusions, declaring that her Dao was to seek eternal transcendence rather than compare herself with others.
• The Yaochi Holy Maiden, Ji Family Divine Body, Jiang Family Fire Spirit Body, Yaoguang Holy Son, Great Xia Prince, and other prodigies noticed the Snow Empress as she climbed past eight hundred steps.
• The Snow Empress formed an ice sword to destroy the manifested plant weapons and joined the leading group, telling the Yaochi Holy Maiden that she was called Snow and came from the north.
• The Snow Empress manifested her Divine Kingdom of Ice and Snow, overcame the vegetation assaults, and advanced to the nine hundred and ninety-third step.
• The Snow Empress countered the Azure Emperor’s green lotus imprint and stepped onto the nine hundred and ninety-ninth step, becoming the first to reach the summit.
• The summit’s vital essence restored the Snow Empress as she sat down to regulate her breathing, while the climbers below urged one another to catch up.

Lin Hao entered the Azure Emperor Palace by bypassing its stairs, then comprehended the Azure Emperor’s inheritance and learned of his failed attempt to attain immortality. He copied the Azure Emperor Scripture and extracted part of the Chaos Green Lotus’s essence before leaving the inheritance behind.

• Lin Hao bypassed the stairs, opened the palace doors, and entered the small world inside the Azure Emperor Palace.
• Lin Hao ignored the eight side halls and approached the nine-tiered platform, where the Azure Emperor’s phantom appeared and offered his inheritance to anyone who could ascend it.
• Lin Hao comprehended the Dao patterns on each tier, reaching the ninth tier and receiving the Azure Emperor Scripture, secret arts, longevity-path deductions, and regrets.
• Lin Hao learned that the Azure Emperor had sought to create a universe within himself to escape the limits of the world, but judged the method too difficult and misguided.
• Lin Hao copied the Azure Emperor Scripture and secret arts into a jade slip, then extracted thirty percent of the Chaos Green Lotus’s life essence into a green bead.

Lin Hao emerged from the Azure Emperor Palace and revealed that its inheritance remained available, while the Snow Empress subdued the Solar Divine Son and his servant after they challenged him. Lin Hao declined to return to the palace, but began to suggest that the Snow Empress might benefit from going inside.

• Lin Hao emerged from the palace, and the Snow Empress addressed him as "Your Majesty," astonishing the cultivators gathered in the plaza.
• Lin Hao said he had entered while the others climbed the steps and admitted he had taken something, refusing to show it to the Solar Divine Son.
• The Snow Empress froze the Solar Divine Son and his Dragon Transformation Secret Realm servant, then released them after Lin Hao ordered her to show mercy.
• Lin Hao told the gathered cultivators that the Azure Emperor's inheritance was on the central platform and that they could seek resources in the side halls.
• The Yaochi Holy Maiden and the other cultivators rushed into the palace, while Lin Hao told the Snow Empress that the inheritance and resources were of no use to him and began to say she might benefit.

The Snow Empress refined the Chaos Green Lotus origin essence and broke through into the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm. When the Azure Emperor Scripture chose her, Lin Hao drove back the cultivators who tried to seize it, leaving everyone terrified of him.

• The Snow Empress refined the Green Lotus origin essence while Lin Hao stood guard, then broke through from the peak of the Four Extremes Secret Realm into the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm.
• As Lin Hao and the Snow Empress prepared to leave, the Azure Emperor's inheritance appeared, and a jade scroll revealed itself as the complete Azure Emperor Scripture.
• The Azure Emperor Scripture evaded the cultivators fighting over it, then flew to the Snow Empress and entered her sea of consciousness after Lin Hao explained why it had chosen her.
• Dozens of cultivators attacked the Snow Empress to take the scripture, but Lin Hao swept his sleeve and sent them crashing to the ground, leaving the crowd in terrified silence.

Lin Hao effortlessly drove off the gathered factions and warned them away from the imperial scripture, but seven powerful Dragon Transformation elders joined forces to attack him and the Snow Empress. The chapter ended as their assault began.

• Lin Hao swept dozens of young prodigies aside with a wave of his sleeve, killing some and leaving the rest badly injured.
• Lin Hao wounded a Solar Divine Dynasty elder with a flick of his finger and warned him not to speak again.
• The Yaoguang Holy Son, Ji Haoyue, Xia Yiming, and Queen Mother of the West withdrew with their followers rather than challenge Lin Hao.
• A black-robed elder from the Golden Family persuaded six other experts to surround Lin Hao and the Snow Empress and demand the imperial scripture.
• The seven elders attacked together, beginning with the Golden Family elder’s Golden Divine Treasury.

Lin Hao defeated the Dragon Transformation experts who attacked him over the Emperor Scripture, then left the Azure Emperor Palace with the Snow Empress. At the small world's exit, an illusory old man in azure robes called for Lin Hao to wait.

• Lin Hao stopped the seven experts’ attacks, wounded the black-robed elder, suppressed the Southern Ridge great demon, and killed the Western Desert old monk.
• Lin Hao ordered the four surviving experts to sever an arm and leave, then crippled the great demon’s cultivation.
• Lin Hao sent the watching prodigies fleeing and explained to the Snow Empress that he had spared the survivors so they could draw out those pursuing the Emperor Scripture and help her train.
• Lin Hao told the Snow Empress he would take her to a secret realm to stabilize her cultivation before she ventured out again.
• As Lin Hao and the Snow Empress reached the gate of light, an illusory old man in azure robes appeared in the Azure Emperor Palace and asked Lin Hao to wait.

The Azure Emperor’s remnant thought gave the Snow Empress the Green Lotus Sword, then vanished. Lin Hao led her into the Emperor Burial Abyss in search of an emperor’s corpse, and they descended into its depths.

• The Azure Emperor’s remnant thought offered the Snow Empress his final inheritance, the Green Lotus Sword, and Lin Hao agreed that she could accept it.
• The Snow Empress took the sword, which resonated with her Green Lotus origin essence and acknowledged her as its new master.
• The Azure Emperor’s remnant thought warned Lin Hao of a coming great age and darkness before fading away.
• Lin Hao and the Snow Empress left the Azure Emperor Palace, and Lin Hao said they would travel to the deepest part of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land to find an emperor’s corpse.
• Lin Hao shielded the Snow Empress from the forbidden land’s pressure as they reached the Emperor Burial Abyss and began descending into it.

Lin Hao brought the Snow Empress to an abyss and revealed the coffin of a Sacred Body who had died near the peak of the Quasi-Emperor realm, then had her begin refining its origin to strengthen her path to becoming an emperor. As she underwent the transformation under his protection, news of the Azure Emperor Scripture’s emergence spurred major factions across Big Dipper to search for the pair.

• Lin Hao and the Snow Empress reached the bottom of the abyss, where they found a stone coffin on an altar and learned that it held a Desolate Ancient Sacred Body who had died trying to become an emperor.
• Lin Hao explained that the Snow Empress could combine the Sacred Body’s origin with the Green Lotus’s vitality and ultimate ice to forge a supreme Dao foundation.
• Lin Hao opened the coffin, and the Snow Empress entered it to refine the Sacred Body’s origin while he stood guard.
• At Yaoguang Holy Land, its leaders ordered an investigation into the Snow Empress and Lin Hao and demanded that the Yaoguang Holy Son come to them.
• Ji Hong ordered the Ji Family to search for the pair, bring out the Void Mirror, and divine heaven’s secrets; the Solar Divine Emperor ordered his experts to seize the scripture and capture Lin Hao.
• The Queen Mother of the West sent the Yaochi Holy Maiden with the Western Emperor Pagoda to seek a friendly connection, while the Great Xia Emperor sent shadow guards to find the pair and prioritize winning them over.

While the Snow Empress endured a dangerous transformation in the Emperor Burial Abyss, several Eastern Wasteland powers began pursuing her and Lin Hao over the Azure Emperor Scripture. The chapter ended with Yaochi Holy Maiden Luo Li preparing to depart on the Holy Mother's orders.

• The Snow Empress fused the Sacred Body origin essence with her Green Lotus and ultimate ice essences as Lin Hao guided and watched over her.
• Yaoguang Holy Son Ye Chen declined to pursue the Azure Emperor Scripture for himself but agreed to seek out Lin Hao, carrying the Holy Light Mirror.
• Ji Hong ordered the Ji Family to investigate the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land cautiously and avoid making enemies lightly.
• The Solar Divine Lord ordered the Golden Crow Guard to seal off the area near the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land and summoned Jin Wuyan from seclusion.
• A Yaochi disciple told Luo Li that the Holy Mother had ordered her to depart immediately.

As the great powers converged on the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, Lin Hao completed the Snow Empress’s transformation into a Three-Origin Dao Foundation and prepared her to face the gathering forces. At the abandoned ancient city, major factions assembled while the Snow Empress and Lin Hao headed out from beneath the abyss.

• Luo Li received orders to lead ten Jade Lake disciples to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land and avoid conflict unless necessary.
• Xia Wuyou learned that Lin Hao and the Snow Empress were last seen near the forbidden land, ordered further investigation, and decided to travel to the Eastern Wasteland himself.
• Lin Hao merged the Snow Empress’s three powers, awakening her with a new Three-Origin Dao Foundation more than ten times stronger than before.
• Lin Hao told the Snow Empress to test her strength against the enemies gathering outside, and they flew up from the Emperor Burial Abyss.
• Ye Chen and the Yaoguang Holy Land, Ji Haoyue and the Ji Family, Jin Wuyan and the Solar Divine Dynasty, and Luo Li and the Jade Lake Holy Land occupied positions in the abandoned ancient city.

Lin Hao and the Snow Empress appeared in the ancient city, where the factions gathered to seize the Azure Emperor Scripture. After the Snow Empress defeated ten Golden Crow Guards and Jin Wuyan threatened her, Lin Hao stopped his attack and challenged the crowd, while Ye Chen proposed that Yaoguang Holy Land hold the scripture for her.

• Lin Hao and the Snow Empress appeared at the center of the ancient city, drawing the attention of the gathered factions.
• The Snow Empress refused to surrender the Azure Emperor Scripture, then defeated ten Golden Crow Guards with her icy powers and Sacred Body blood Qi.
• Jin Wuyan attacked the Snow Empress with Golden Crow True Fire, breaking through her defenses and wounding her.
• Lin Hao extinguished Jin Wuyan's Golden Crow True Fire and challenged anyone else who wanted to fight.
• Ye Chen asked Lin Hao to let Yaoguang Holy Land keep the Azure Emperor Scripture until the Snow Empress was strong enough to protect it.

Lin Hao crushed the factions that tried to seize the Azure Emperor Scripture and warned Snow Empress that ancient powers would soon awaken. He left with her for the Ice God Palace in the Northern Plains.

• Xia Wuyou arrived with two Immortal Platform Second Heaven experts and offered to shelter Lin Hao and Snow Empress in exchange for studying the Azure Emperor Scripture for a hundred years.
• Lin Hao unleashed his overwhelming presence and summoned a gigantic hand that immobilized the gathered factions and began crushing the ancient city.
• Three Early Saint Stage experts from the Yaoguang Holy Land, the Ji Family, and the Solar Divine Dynasty intervened, but Lin Hao overpowered them and forced them to offer compensation.
• Lin Hao spared the factions and warned them not to covet the Azure Emperor Scripture again, so the Saints and their followers fled.
• Lin Hao told Snow Empress that dormant old monsters would awaken and urged her to grow stronger, then took her to the Ice God Palace in the Northern Plains.

Lin Hao and the Snow Empress reached the Ice God Palace in the Northern Plains and found it sealed beneath the Eternal Frozen Icefield. Inside, they discovered the palace and its people frozen in a forbidden seal, leaving the cause of the sect’s apparent annihilation unresolved.

• Rumors of Lin Hao’s strength spread across Big Dipper, and factions agreed not to provoke him until they learned who he was.
• The Snow Empress told Lin Hao that the Ice God Palace had sealed itself off thirty thousand years earlier after the Ice Emperor was believed to have died.
• Lin Hao brought the Snow Empress across the Eternal Frozen Icefield and shattered the Ice God Palace’s sealed gate.
• Lin Hao and the Snow Empress entered the palace’s underground passage and found the silent, ice-covered palace in a cavern.
• The Snow Empress examined the frozen women outside the palace and recognized the Mystic Ice Soul Seal, concluding that their souls were extinguished.

Lin Hao and the Snow Empress discovered a surviving elder beneath the sealed Ice God Palace and learned that Supreme Xuanming had attacked it thirty thousand years earlier to seize the Ice Emperor’s Heart. They reached the Ice Tomb, where the Snow Empress sensed the heart resonating with her Taiyin Physique.

• Lin Hao found a faint trace of life in the palace and awakened an old woman who had survived frozen for thirty thousand years.
• The Snow Empress used her Taiyin blood to open the hidden stairway beneath the Ice Emperor statue.
• Lin Hao identified the mural’s attacker as an Ancient Supreme, and the old woman named him Supreme Xuanming of Burial Heaven Island.
• The old woman revealed that the Ice Emperor had sealed herself with the Ice Emperor’s Heart to protect it from Xuanming.
• Lin Hao, the Snow Empress, and the old woman reached the Ice Tomb, where they found the dead Ice Emperor pinned to an ice platform by a sword holding the Heart.