Chapter Summaries

The Snow Empress gathered the righteous sects and led them into an underwater cave in the East Sea to destroy the Demon Venerable's consciousness. After defeating him, she vowed to help seal the gate to the Demon Realm.

• The Snow Empress agreed to gather righteous experts while the Shaolin Abbot went ahead to investigate the East Sea.
• Half a month later, the Snow Empress led Daoist Kunlun, the sect leaders, and other experts into the underwater cave where the Demon Venerable's consciousness hid.
• The Demon Venerable's consciousness attacked with black tentacles, and the Snow Empress charged into the black mist while the Shaolin Abbot held the tentacles back.
• The Snow Empress wounded the Demon Venerable and then pierced his chest with the Sword of the Heavenly Dao, destroying his consciousness and causing the demonic cultivators and beasts to vanish.
• The Shaolin Abbot told the exhausted Snow Empress that the Demon Venerable's true body would need several thousand years to infiltrate the human world again, and she promised to help seal the gate to the Demon Realm.

Snow Empress discovered that the Demon Venerable’s spiritual Qi extraction formations were stockpiling power for his true body and rallied the sects to counter them. She left the story with cultivation teachings opened to the public and joint teams preparing to hunt the hidden formation nodes.

• Snow Empress learned that more sect spirit fields had withered and concluded the Demon Venerable was gathering extracted spiritual Qi to force open a passage for his true body.
• Snow Empress summoned the sect leaders and the Shaolin abbot’s Buddha-heart incarnation to the Ziwei Sect to discuss the crisis.
• Snow Empress proposed opening the sects’ cultivation methods to everyone and recruiting cultivators regardless of their origins, and every sect leader agreed.
• Snow Empress ordered the Ziwei Sect to begin daily scripture lectures and the sects to form joint teams to search for the remaining formation nodes.
• Tens of thousands gathered outside the Ziwei Sect, where Snow Empress taught the Foundation Establishment Chapter of the Ziwei Heavenly Scripture.

After learning that the Demon Venerable’s formation cores might be hidden beneath the East Sea, the Snow Empress went there alone and destroyed one. The resulting suction pulled her into an unfamiliar place with unusually dense spiritual Qi, where she woke on a secluded beach.

• The Snow Empress and the Shaolin abbot discussed the slow search for formation cores, and he suggested one might be on the East Sea seabed.
• The Snow Empress left the Ziwei Sect alone and sensed chaotic spiritual Qi gathering beneath the East Sea.
• She found a fissure releasing demonic Qi and fought off its black tentacles with the golden token.
• The Snow Empress used the Sword of the Heavenly Dao-Splitting Heaven and Earth to destroy the formation core, but an immense suction dragged her into the fissure.
• She awoke on a secluded beach surrounded by cliffs and found that the local spiritual Qi was several times denser than at the Ziwei Sect.

The Snow Empress met a mysterious old man in the Spirit Source Secret Realm, who revealed that the Demon Venerable’s formation was draining the Spring of the Spirit Source. She reached the spring and began refining a bead containing the Human Emperor’s power so she could destroy the formation cores.

• The Snow Empress found a thatched hut beside a stream and met a white-haired old man whose presence surpassed even Great Emperor Fengdu’s.
• The old man explained that the Spirit Source Secret Realm housed the Spring of the Spirit Source and that the Demon Venerable’s formation would drain it dry within three years.
• The old man gave the Snow Empress a golden bead containing the Human Emperor’s source power so she could break through the Heavenly Dao Realm and destroy the five remaining formation cores.
• The Snow Empress followed the stream to the Spring of the Spirit Source and began refining the bead beside its pool.

After absorbing the Human Emperor’s legacy, the Snow Empress broke through to the realm of Unity of Heaven and Man and learned that destroying the Demon Venerable’s remaining formation cores would reveal the Spirit Source Secret Realm. She rallied the cultivation world to defend the Spring of the Spirit Source and began hunting the five remaining cores.

• The Snow Empress spent forty-nine days absorbing the Human Emperor’s power and insights, then broke through to the realm of Unity of Heaven and Man.
• The old man warned the Snow Empress that destroying all the formation cores would reveal the Spirit Source Secret Realm to the Demon Venerable and trigger an assault on the Spring of the Spirit Source.
• The Snow Empress returned to the Ziwei Sect and told the gathered sect leaders about the secret realm, the Demon Venerable’s goal, and the coming battle.
• The sect leaders agreed to prepare defenses around the secret realm while the Snow Empress destroyed the formation cores; the Shaolin abbot took charge of the defensive formations.
• More than a hundred thousand cultivators gathered at the East Sea and established overlapping formations around the Spirit Source Secret Realm.
• The Snow Empress began seeking the five remaining formation cores, hidden across the four seas and beneath a deep abyss in the Divine Land.

The Snow Empress destroyed the five formation cores, but doing so allowed the Demon Venerable to find the Spirit Source Secret Realm and tear open a rift above the East Sea. She returned to battle, wounded the Demon Venerable’s true body, and prepared a powerful strike to drive it back.

• The Snow Empress destroyed the formation cores beneath the South Sea, West Sea, North Sea, and a deep abyss in the Land of Shenzhou.
• After the final core fell, a black pillar of light rose from the East Sea, and the Snow Empress realized the Demon Venerable had found the Spirit Source Secret Realm.
• The Shaolin abbot and the sects led a hundred thousand cultivators in reinforcing a defensive dome against waves of demon soldiers and the Demon Venerable’s attacks.
• The Snow Empress arrived above the East Sea and slashed at the rift, then dodged the Demon Venerable’s claw and severed half of it.
• The Snow Empress gathered her Power of the Heavenly Dao into her sword and prepared to strike the rift again.

The Snow Empress and the cultivators sealed the Demon Venerable’s true body and learned that the Gate of the Demon Realm could be sealed permanently with the Five Ancient Emperors’ relics. She gathered elite disciples from the sects and led them toward Kunlun Mountain to search for the Xuanyuan Sword.

• The Snow Empress used the golden token’s power to help the Human Emperor’s seal close the rift and drive the Demon Venerable’s true body back.
• The abbot told the Snow Empress that the Demon Venerable was sealed for several thousand years, and she insisted they use that time to seal the Gate of the Demon Realm permanently.
• Qingyunzi reported that the abbot had found a way to reinforce the seal with the relics of the Five Ancient Emperors, and the Snow Empress ordered the sects to gather their elite disciples.
• The Shaolin, Wudang, Emei, Qingcheng, Kunlun, and Ziwei Sects assembled fifty-four disciples, and the Snow Empress named Kunlun Mountain as their first destination.
• Yuheng offered to lead the group across Kunlun Mountain, and the fifty-five travelers flew west and arrived there in less than a day.

The Snow Empress entered Kunlun Mountain’s inner layer, claimed the Xuanyuan Sword from the Yellow Emperor’s palace, and used it to destroy the palace’s guardian puppets. She then led everyone to the Southern Frontier, where they found the Flame Emperor Mausoleum.

• Yuheng guided the group through Kunlun Mountain, and the Snow Empress opened the barrier to its inner layer with her Heavenly Dao power.
• The Snow Empress led everyone to Xuanyuan Palace, where guardian puppets of a dragon and phoenix attacked them.
• Huiming and the Eighteen Warrior Monks trapped the dragon while Ling Feng and the Seven Sons of Wudang fought the phoenix, giving the Snow Empress time to enter the palace.
• The Snow Empress found the Xuanyuan Sword in a secret chamber and gained its recognition by combining her Heavenly Dao power with the Human Sovereign’s power of origin.
• The Snow Empress used the Xuanyuan Sword to destroy the dragon and phoenix puppets, then announced that the group would seek the Shennong Cauldron.
• The Snow Empress led everyone to the Southern Frontier and found the Flame Emperor Mausoleum inside a hollowed-out mountain.

The Snow Empress claimed the Shennong Cauldron from the Flame Emperor’s mausoleum and led her companions north to retrieve Chiyou’s Tiger Soul Saber. After defeating an ice dragon and resisting the saber’s baleful force, she secured the weapon and promised Leng Yue he could study it after their mission.

• The Snow Empress entered the Flame Emperor’s mausoleum, where the Flame Emperor’s remnant soul entrusted her with the Shennong Cauldron and warned her to handle its pills carefully.
• The Snow Empress led the group to the Northern Wilderness and entered the Tomb of Chi You, where an ice dragon attacked them.
• Huiming, Ling Feng, and Yun Shang joined their followers to restrain the ice dragon, allowing the Snow Empress to kill it with her golden sword.
• The Snow Empress resisted the Tiger Soul Saber’s attempt to overwhelm her consciousness and pulled the weapon free.
• The Snow Empress put away the Tiger Soul Saber and told Leng Yue she would lend it to him to study after the mission.

The Snow Empress recovered the Fuxi Zither and Nuwa Stone, completing the collection of all five relics. Before she could reinforce the seal, Xue Wuji used the Demon Venerable’s essence to summon an ancient demon god, and her attack failed to break the formation’s barrier.

• The Snow Empress lured the sea beasts away from the Fuxi Mausoleum, allowing Yuheng and the others to enter and find the Fuxi Zither.
• The Snow Empress returned to the palace, earned the Fuxi Zither’s acknowledgment, and took the fourth relic.
• The Snow Empress found the Nuwa Stone in the Southern Wasteland and collected the final relic.
• Yuheng sensed a summoning formation, and the Snow Empress led everyone to a plain where Xue Wuji was preparing to summon an ancient demon god.
• Xue Wuji shattered the Demon Venerable’s essence to activate the formation, and the Snow Empress’s Xuanyuan Sword struck an invisible barrier without breaking it.

The Snow Empress defeated Xue Wuji and used the Nuwa Stone to close the rift before the Ancient Demon God could fully descend, then returned safely to the mortal world. She and the sect leaders planned to seal the Gate of the Demon Realm, and three days later they arrived at the Spring of the Spirit Source to begin.

• The Snow Empress shattered Xue Wuji’s defensive barrier with the Five Emperors’ power and killed him with the Xuanyuan Sword, but the Ancient Demon God began emerging through the rift.
• The Snow Empress entered the rift with the Nuwa Stone and mended it, closing the passage and destroying the Ancient Demon God’s half that had reached the mortal world.
• The Nuwa Stone sent the Snow Empress back safely, and she led everyone to the Ziwei Sect with the five divine artifacts.
• The abbot of Shaolin explained that the artifacts could form a Five Elements Sealing Grand Array around the Gate of the Demon Realm in the Spirit Source Secret Realm.
• Three days later, the Snow Empress and the sect leaders reached the Spring of the Spirit Source, where the water had diminished and the golden lotus’s leaves had begun to yellow.

The Snow Empress and her companions used the five divine artifacts to seal the Gate of the Demon Realm permanently, fulfilling the Human Emperor’s mission. After the old man’s remnant soul vanished, they left the restored Spirit Source Secret Realm and returned to a sunlit mortal world.

• The Snow Empress arranged the five divine artifacts around the Gate of the Demon Realm and channeled the Power of the Heavenly Dao to activate the Five Elements Sealing Grand Array.
• The Demon Venerable resisted from beyond the gate, but the Snow Empress strengthened the array until the gate closed and the Demonic Qi stopped flowing.
• The old man praised the Snow Empress, then dissolved into motes of light after completing his long vigil.
• The sealed gate restored the Spirit Source Secret Realm, and the five divine artifacts became permanent parts of the seal.
• The Snow Empress and her companions left the secret realm, and the old man’s thatched cottage collapsed behind them.
• Yun Shang admired the bright, beautiful mortal world as the group returned from the secret realm.

After the Gate of the Demon Realm was sealed, the Snow Empress celebrated with the cultivation world and proposed a united organization to guard against future threats. The chapter ended with her companions supporting the Heavenly Dao Alliance and its plans to unite the sects.

• Leng Yue and Huiming reflected on the beauty of the mortal world now that its immediate danger had passed, and the Snow Empress led everyone back to the Ziwei Sect to celebrate.
• Cultivators and leaders from major sects gathered at the Ziwei Sect, where the Shaolin abbot and the Snow Empress toasted everyone who had fought to protect the mortal world.
• The sect leaders discussed returning to rebuild their sects, while the Snow Empress proposed creating a guardian organization to monitor the Demon Realm.
• The Snow Empress named the organization the Heavenly Dao Alliance, and Huiming, Yun Shang, Leng Yue, and Qingyunzi volunteered to join.
• After the banquet, the Snow Empress showed her companions the Alliance token and explained that the major sects would share its membership, costs, and resources.

The Snow Empress and her companions prepared for and founded the Heavenly Dao Alliance at the Ziwei Sect, bringing cultivators together to protect the mortal world from lingering demonic threats. At the founding banquet, major sects proposed specialized halls to strengthen the alliance’s defenses and support.

• The Snow Empress assigned Qingyunzi, Huiming, Yun Shang, and Leng Yue to draft the alliance’s rules, consult sect leaders, design its emblem and attire, and select its first members.
• After a month of preparations, the Snow Empress invited cultivation-world leaders and prominent figures to the Ziwei Sect for the founding ceremony.
• The Snow Empress declared the Heavenly Dao Alliance officially established and said it would unite cultivators to safeguard the mortal world against the continuing threat of the Demon Realm.
• At the banquet, the Shaolin abbot proposed a Buddhist Dharma Hall to purify lingering Demonic Qi and restore cultivators’ sanity, and the Snow Empress approved.
• The leaders of Wudang and Emei proposed a Swordsmanship Hall and a medical hall, while other sect leaders suggested additional halls; the Snow Empress accepted the proposals and had Qingyunzi record them.

The Heavenly Dao Alliance organized the mortal cultivation world and made major progress purifying Demon Qi, training disciples, and maintaining order. When scouts discovered Far North ruins emitting Demon Qi far stronger than the Demon Venerable’s, the Snow Empress led four elders north and reached the ominous ice mountain where it originated.

• The Snow Empress established the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s leadership and twelve halls at the Ziwei Sect.
• Over six months, the Alliance purified Demon Qi across more than half the cultivation world, trained disciples, built an intelligence network, and arrested criminals.
• The tower lord of the Shadow Tower reported that scouts had found Far North ruins emitting Demon Qi a hundred times stronger than the Demon Venerable’s.
• The Snow Empress summoned the four great elders and twelve hall heads, then decided to investigate personally with Qingyunzi, Huiming, Yun Shang, and Leng Yue.
• After three days of travel, the Snow Empress and the four elders reached the Far North and saw a black-clouded ice mountain with Demon Qi pouring from a cave at its peak.

The Snow Empress and the four great elders discovered a Primordial Demon God sealed beneath an iceberg, with the weakening seal set to fail within a year. They reinforced it just as the demon began to wake, leaving them exhausted and the threat temporarily contained.

• The Snow Empress and the four great elders found ancient Chaos Era runes and signs that something had burst out of the ice.
• The Snow Empress identified the carving on a stone door as a Primordial Demon God and opened the door to reveal the sleeping demon in a failing seal.
• The Snow Empress determined the demon would break free within a year and decided to reinforce the seal with the Five Emperors' power.
• The Snow Empress and the four great elders channeled their powers into the formation as the Primordial Demon God began to stir.
• The Snow Empress added her blood essence to their power, and the strengthened chains subdued the demon before he fully awakened.
• The seal was reinforced, and the Snow Empress and the four great elders collapsed from exhaustion.

The Snow Empress discovered that her future self had become the primordial demon god and sealed herself in the past, so she returned to the ruins to uncover how it happened. Through the seal, she witnessed her future self destroying the world and killing cultivators, leaving her horrified.

• The Snow Empress told the four great elders that the primordial demon god was her future self, who had returned to the past and sealed herself away to protect the mortal world.
• The Snow Empress decided to investigate the ruins in the Far North alone, despite the four great elders offering to accompany her.
• Five days later, the Snow Empress returned to the ice mountain and used the sealing formation to contact her future self.
• The Snow Empress was pulled into a vision of a barren land, where her enormous demonic future self fought cultivators and killed them with ease.
• The Snow Empress watched her future self destroy everything around her and wept in horror.

The Snow Empress learned that she would become the Primordial Demon God after refining the Chaos Pearl and that the Demon Venerable would break free in three months. Determined to prevent both threats and save her future self, she flew to the Ziwei Sect to meet the Heavenly Dao Alliance leader.

• The Snow Empress escaped a vision in which her future self nearly killed her, and met the seal's guardian in the cave.
• The guardian explained that the Chaos Pearl would appear beneath the Ziwei Sect in three months and that refining it would corrupt the Snow Empress into the Primordial Demon God.
• The guardian warned that the Demon Venerable would also break free in three months, stronger than before, and compete for the Chaos Pearl.
• The Snow Empress vowed to stop the Chaos Pearl, defeat the Demon Venerable, and change her future, then left the cave.
• The Snow Empress flew to the Ziwei Sect and showed its guards her Heavenly Dao Alliance token to request an audience with the alliance leader.

The Snow Empress told Zhang Tianxing that the Chaos Pearl would emerge and the Demon Venerable would escape in three months, so they decided to weaken its seal and destroy it early. When they freed the pearl beneath the Ziwei Sect, the Demon Venerable appeared in the underground palace.

• The Snow Empress met Zhang Tianxing at the Ziwei Sect and asked him about the Chaos Pearl.
• The Snow Empress recounted her visions and what her future self and the elderly guardian had told her about the pearl and the Demon Venerable.
• Zhang Tianxing decided to weaken the seal so they could make the Chaos Pearl emerge in three days and destroy it before the Demon Venerable could claim it.
• Three days later, Zhang Tianxing and the Snow Empress entered the underground palace and used a jade disk to break the golden chains around the Chaos Pearl.
• As the Snow Empress moved to seize the freed pearl, the Demon Venerable burst through the ceiling and landed before it.

The Demon Venerable seized the Chaos Pearl and began transforming into a primordial demon god as its power eroded his mind. The Snow Empress persuaded him to remove it, and Zhang Tianxing sealed the pearl, averting the future in which she became a demon god.

• The Demon Venerable escaped the underground seal with the Chaos Pearl and used its power to grow stronger.
• The Snow Empress pursued the Demon Venerable, but his transformation and rising strength left her unable to defeat him by force.
• The Snow Empress warned the Demon Venerable that the Chaos Pearl was consuming his mind, and he admitted he was losing control.
• The Snow Empress offered to help him preserve his mind if he removed the pearl, and the Demon Venerable tore it from his chest and gave it to her.
• The Snow Empress handed the Chaos Pearl to Zhang Tianxing, who sealed it with runes, while the weakened Demon Venerable flew away.