Chapter Summaries

Snow Empress attacked Shrek Academy to take Huo Yuhao, forcing Mu En and the academy’s powerhouses to fight back. As Snow Empress struck with an immense icy sword, Mu En drew on the Golden Tree’s Life Energy to regain his prime, accepting that the effort would cost him his life.

• Snow Empress unleashed her icy domain after Mu En refused to hand Huo Yuhao over, and Shrek Academy’s powerhouses prepared to fight her.
• Yan Shaozhe rallied the academy’s Titled Douluo to defend Shrek City, while Du Busi watched from afar and Lu Jingming and The Great Black Tower observed the battle by projection.
• Lu Jingming revealed that he had helped Snow Empress partly to probe Shrek Academy’s hidden defenses and see whether Tang San had left a contingency in the Golden Tree.
• Snow Empress formed an enormous icy sword and swung it at Mu En and the others.
• Mu En drew the Golden Tree’s Life Energy into himself to return to his prime, revealing his connection to Beibei and accepting his impending death.
• Mu En conjured a gigantic golden dragon claw and attacked Snow Empress’s icy sword with Bright Dragon Claw.

Snow Empress fought Mu En after effortlessly freezing and hurling away Xuan Zi. She transformed into her Herrscher form, revealing demigod-level power as Mu En prepared to face her without retreating.

• Xuan Zi transformed into a Godly Taotie Bull and charged Snow Empress, who froze him with one palm and sent him crashing into a mountain.
• Mu En revealed that Snow Empress had entered a realm close to godhood, then transformed into a golden dragon and attacked her.
• Mu En and Snow Empress traded powerful attacks that devastated the land beyond Shrek City's protective barrier.
• Snow Empress acknowledged Mu En's strength and began transforming while he refused to surrender or retreat.
• Snow Empress completed her Herrscher Transformation, appearing in the Ice Snow Divine Armor with demigod-level power.

Snow Empress defeated and killed Mu En after overpowering Sea God's Light and freezing the battlefield. As the Body Sect fled, Lu Jingming concluded that Sea God Tang San's contingency had not activated because the Golden Tree, rather than Shrek Academy, was what mattered to him.

• Mu En used Sea God's Light to block Snow Empress's sword strike, but she froze the battlefield and immobilized him and the defenders.
• Snow Empress shot Mu En through the heart with an ice arrow, and his body froze and shattered over Shrek Academy as he died.
• Du Busi watched Mu En fall and ordered the Body Sect to flee from Snow Empress.
• Lu Jingming questioned why Sea God Tang San's contingency had not activated, and The Great Black Tower mocked his failed expectation.
• Lu Jingming reasoned that Tang San would act only if the Golden Tree were threatened, since Shrek Academy was mainly there to guard it.

After Mu En died fighting the Snow Empress, Shrek Academy faced her demand to surrender Huo Yuhao or see Shrek City destroyed. Xuan Zi chose to sacrifice Huo Yuhao to save the academy, and Yan Shaozhe brought him out before the Snow Empress's deadline.

• The Snow Empress tested her new Herrscher ability, then threatened Yan Shaozhe and Shrek Academy's elders with death unless they handed over Huo Yuhao.
• Xian Lin'er and Gong Changlong urged the others to fight, but Xuan Zi argued that they could not sacrifice all of Shrek City for one disciple.
• Yan Shaozhe supported Xuan Zi's decision, and Xuan Zi ordered him to bring Huo Yuhao to the Snow Empress.
• Yan Shaozhe brought Huo Yuhao out, while the others regarded him with guilt and suspicion.
• Huo Yuhao calmly accepted the decision, grieving Mu En's death and believing the Snow Empress had come for the Ice Empress within him.

Snow Empress took Huo Yuhao away from Shrek Academy to reclaim Ice Empress, then learned Ice Empress was bound to him as his second martial soul. Snow Empress sought Möbius's help to extract Ice Empress's origin and reshape her body, while Ice Empress asked that Huo Yuhao not be harmed.

• Yan Shaozhe accepted Shrek Academy's decision to surrender Huo Yuhao to Snow Empress, leaving Wang Dong, Xiaoxiao, Beibei, and other students distressed or disappointed.
• Snow Empress carried Huo Yuhao hundreds of kilometers from Shrek Academy and confronted him about Ice Empress.
• Huo Yuhao summoned Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Ice Empress explained that she had willingly become Huo Yuhao's second martial soul.
• Snow Empress told Ice Empress about the path to godhood she had found through World Serpent and the Stigmata, but Ice Empress explained that leaving Huo Yuhao would destroy her spiritual origin.
• Snow Empress called on Möbius, who said Ice Empress's origin could be extracted and her body reshaped, though the process might damage Huo Yuhao's spirit.
• Ice Empress asked Snow Empress to protect Huo Yuhao, and Möbius assured her he would recover while hinting at her own hidden intentions.

The Ice Empress left Huo Yuhao after Möbius extracted her Soul Origin, while the Crimson Gem fused with him and awakened a blood-eyed second personality born from his negative emotions. As the new personality took control of Huo Yuhao’s spiritual space, Electrolux tried to intervene but was affected by its power.

• The Ice Empress chose to leave Huo Yuhao, and Möbius separated her Soul Origin while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm stabilized Huo Yuhao’s damaged spiritual space.
• The Snow Empress took the Ice Empress’s Soul Origin and rushed toward Haiyuan City to find the boy who could restore it within three days.
• A Crimson Gem emerged from Huo Yuhao’s shattered storage Soul Tool, fused into his brow, and began awakening a blood-eyed version of him.
• The blood-eyed Huo Yuhao seized control of the spiritual space, suppressed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and vowed revenge on those who had hurt or betrayed him.
• Electrolux confronted the second personality, but its blood-red spiritual ripple spread strange patterns across his body.

Huo Yuhao seized control of his body but was captured by Fei Yan, a powerful member of the Holy Spirit Cult, and agreed to join her sect to survive and gain power. As Fei Yan took him away, Tang San discovered that Huo Yuhao had left Shrek Academy and lost track of him.

• Huo Yuhao suppressed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and put Electrolux to sleep, then collapsed as dark crimson spiritual fluctuations spread around him.
• Fei Yan arrived on a Jade Bird and tried to take Huo Yuhao, but Electrolux’s undead emerged from a Plane Gate and froze the bird.
• Huo Yuhao woke and summoned more undead, but Fei Yan used her soul power and blood-red threads to take control of them and bind him.
• Fei Yan identified herself as the Scarlet, the Holy Spirit Cult’s Third Enshrined, and offered Huo Yuhao the position of Holy Son.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to join the Holy Spirit Cult, and Fei Yan carried him away as he recalled the undead into the Undead Demi-plane.
• Tang San discovered that Huo Yuhao had left Shrek Academy and realized he could no longer track him through Wang Dong.

Tang San discovered that events in the lower realm had disrupted his plans while Lu Jingming and The Great Black Tower discussed their interference. The Snow Empress sought Lu Jingming’s help for the Ice Empress, and he agreed to restore her body while proposing they obtain Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow carefully.

• Tang San learned through the Golden Tree and Wang Dong that Huo Yuhao had entered the Holy Spirit Cult and that his plans had gone badly off course.
• The Great Black Tower revealed that she had used Honkai Energy to provoke the sealed Golden Dragon King, drawing Tang San to the Forbidden Land of Gods.
• The Great Black Tower sent Lu Jingming outside, where the Snow Empress found him and asked him to reconstruct the Ice Empress’s body.
• Lu Jingming explained that Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow could restore the Ice Empress more effectively and revealed that he knew where a large supply was hidden beneath Dragon City.
• The Snow Empress offered to seize the treasure by force, but Lu Jingming told her to listen to him and promised they would obtain it without rushing.
• The Snow Empress handed the Ice Empress’s spiritual origin to Lu Jingming so he could make her a temporary body.

Lu Jingming created a temporary body for the Ice Empress, who agreed to join World Serpent after the Snow Empress explained its promise of godhood. After deciding to seize the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and Ice Extreme Divine Crystal Ore from Earth Dragon Gate openly, Lu Jingming received Ji Yingying’s report of a Wuchang Division assault on a Holy Spirit Cult branch in Mingdu.

• Lu Jingming used White Flower and the Pure White Domain to create a body for the Ice Empress, who discovered she had been left without clothes until the Snow Empress covered her.
• The Snow Empress explained her history with Lu Jingming and World Serpent, and the Ice Empress agreed to join the organization for a chance at godhood.
• After reading Ji Yingying’s message, Lu Jingming changed his plan and decided to enter Earth Dragon Gate openly to take the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and Ice Extreme Divine Crystal Ore.
• In Mingdu, Ji Yingying and the Wuchang Division attacked a Holy Spirit Cult branch, killing its members and destroying the vengeful spirits they unleashed.
• An Evil Soul Master used the Holy Spirit Banner’s Myriad Ghosts Devouring Souls, but recognized Ji Yingying as Wuchang Douluo when she revealed her nine soul rings.
• Ji Yingying transformed into Netherworld Fire and swept through the underground cavern.

Ji Yingying rescued Nana’s parents’ souls and welcomed Nana into the Wuchang Division, while Lu Jingming learned that two Holy Spirit Cult elders were targeting Nan Shuishui near Dragon City. He planned to intervene and earn the Earth Dragon Gate’s gratitude, then considered visiting the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Buer to strengthen her World Tree Sacred Mark.

• Ji Yingying’s Netherworld Fire destroyed the Holy Spirit Cult stronghold, and Nana freed her parents’ souls from captivity.
• Nana thanked Ji Yingying and joined the Wuchang Division as a White Impermanence.
• Nana revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult’s Third Elder, Nether Thunder, had gone to Dragon City with the Fourth Elder to target Nan Shuishui.
• Lu Jingming planned to help the Earth Dragon Gate against the two elders so he could earn its goodwill and later seek its treasures and possible alliance.
• Lu Jingming discussed visiting the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Buer so she could absorb the immortal herbs and strengthen her World Tree Sacred Mark.

Lu Jingming reunited Great Ci Tree King and Raiden Makoto, then took Gu Yue, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress to Sunset Forest. There, they encountered Nan Shuishui’s Earth Dragon Gate group as its members discussed whether to use Stigmata for their Soul Rings.

• Great Ci Tree King reluctantly accepted Lu Jingming’s plan to preserve the seeds and memories of intelligent plants before using them to strengthen his Stigmata.
• Raiden Makoto appeared from Lu Jingming’s Sacred Mark of Thunder and reunited with Great Ci Tree King, while Lu Jingming discussed his plans to help them regain power and pursue their wishes.
• Two days later, Lu Jingming invited Gu Yue to travel with him, then departed with her, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Lu Jingming and his companions arrived at Sunset Forest, whose diminished Soul Beast population and poisonous miasma made it suitable for the Earth Dragon Gate group to seek fourth Soul Rings.
• Nan Qiuqiu and Tian Tian urged Nan Shuishui to buy Stigmata, while Xu Shenshu pointed out that Heaven Dragon Gate had given its century-level Stigmata only to ordinary disciples.

Nan Shuishui led Earth Dragon Gate disciples into Sunset Forest to hunt a Soul Beast, but Third Elder ambushed them and revealed himself as a Titled Douluo and an Evil Soul Master determined to abduct her. The chapter left Nan Shuishui fighting Third Elder’s forces while Fourth Elder worried that their unauthorized attack could expose Holy Spirit Cult.

• Nan Shuishui explained that suitable Stigmata mattered more than quantity and promised to arrange Ten-Thousand-Year Stigmata after Nan Qiuqiu and the others reached Soul King rank.
• Nan Shuishui led the disciples to a five-thousand-year Sabertooth Earth Dragon, which Xu Shenshu killed before beginning to absorb its Soul Ring.
• Nan Shuishui sensed approaching auras, and Third Elder emerged with black-robed followers to capture her and the Earth Dragon Gate disciples.
• Third Elder revealed his obsessive feelings for Nan Shuishui and ordered his subordinates to take the group alive.
• Nan Shuishui attacked Third Elder, but he blocked her strike with a Soul Tool Shield and revealed that he had become a Titled Douluo.
• Nan Shuishui unleashed Rouge Annihilation Burst against the attackers, while Fourth Elder questioned the danger of provoking Holy Spirit Cult and Third Elder promised to accept responsibility.

Fourth Elder and the Evil Soul Masters overwhelmed Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu’s group while Xu Shenshu absorbed his soul ring. Lu Jingming and Gu Yue arrived with Snow Empress and Ice Empress, and Lu Jingming began slaughtering the attackers.

• Fourth Elder fought Nan Shuishui while the Evil Soul Masters besieged Nan Qiuqiu, Song Qian, Tian Tian, Xiao Ye, and Feng Jue.
• The exhausted Earth Dragon Gate group faced another attack, but Lu Jingming’s black spear struck down from the sky and killed several Evil Soul Masters with the Lightning of Decomposition.
• Lu Jingming and Gu Yue landed to rescue the group, while Third Elder spotted Snow Empress and Ice Empress hovering overhead.
• Third Elder ordered the Evil Soul Emperors to kill Lu Jingming and Gu Yue, and Lu Jingming killed the scythe-wielding attacker with his spear.
• Lu Jingming unleashed Eternal Corridor, decomposing the Soul King-level Evil Soul Masters and inflicting fatal agony on the Soul Emperor-level attackers.

Lu Jingming fought Third Elder and managed to injure him and break one of his soul skills, but Third Elder’s stronger attack threatened Nan Qiuqiu and the others. Snow Empress intervened, froze the two Evil Soul Masters as they tried to flee, and left Lu Jingming’s group unharmed.

• Third Elder attacked Lu Jingming with Nether Corpse Lightning, but Lu Jingming deflected it and used King's Might to force Third Elder to his knees and injure him.
• Third Elder launched Demonic Skull Seven Stars, but Lu Jingming pierced and dismantled all seven green lightning heads with his spear.
• Third Elder unleashed Fierce Whip Nether Lightning, putting Nan Qiuqiu and the others in danger, so Lu Jingming called for Snow Empress.
• Snow Empress froze Third Elder’s whip attack, and Third Elder and Fourth Elder fled after realizing they could not defeat her.
• Snow Empress spread a frost storm across the area, freezing Third Elder and Fourth Elder while leaving Lu Jingming and the others untouched.

Lu Jingming and his companions rescued the Earth Dragon Gate from Evil Soul Masters, then traveled with Nan Shuishui’s group to Dragon City. Gu Yue showed jealousy when Nan Qiuqiu admired Lu Jingming, while the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well remained among his goals.

• The Snow Empress froze the Evil Soul Masters’ forces, and Lu Jingming kept the Third Elder and Fourth Elder alive for later use.
• Nan Shuishui thanked Lu Jingming and invited him and his companions to the Earth Dragon Gate, where they could discuss their purpose.
• Nan Qiuqiu introduced herself to Lu Jingming and praised him, prompting Gu Yue to make a jealous remark about his heroics.
• Xu Shenshu finished absorbing his fourth soul ring, and the group left Sunset Forest for Dragon City.
• Lu Jingming looked back toward Sunset Forest, intending to return for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while he also planned to seek the Earth Dragon Gate’s Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.

Nan Shuishui brought Lu Jingming and his companions to the Earth Dragon Gate after they saved her group from Evil Soul Masters. Lu Jingming asked to visit the Underground Cold Spring for what lay beneath it, and Nan Shuishui agreed despite knowing little about the secret mineral vein there.

• Nan Shuishui led Lu Jingming and his companions into Dragon City and brought them to the Earth Dragon Gate, where Nan Qiuqiu eagerly showed Lu Jingming around.
• The Earth Dragon Gate elders learned of the ambush and the Evil Soul Master accomplices in Dragon City, then took elite disciples out to hunt them down.
• Nan Shuishui welcomed Lu Jingming’s group into her private garden, where Nan Qiuqiu obediently served him tea.
• Lu Jingming told Nan Shuishui that he had come for what lay beneath the Underground Cold Spring, shocking her because the spring was a closely guarded secret.
• Nan Shuishui agreed to let Lu Jingming pursue the matter and explained that the spring led to a cavern and an ice-element mineral vein too cold for her to explore safely.

Lu Jingming brought Snow Empress and Ice Empress to Earth Dragon Gate’s hidden cold spring to retrieve the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, offering Nan Shuishui eight ten-thousand-year Sub-Dragon Stigmata as compensation. As they waited, Nan Qiuqiu impulsively kissed Lu Jingming, provoking Gu Yue’s jealousy.

• Nan Shuishui led Lu Jingming and the others to the ancient well and explained how its cold spring had helped Earth Dragon Gate’s young disciples cultivate.
• Lu Jingming sent Snow Empress and Ice Empress into the well to retrieve the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow while he and Gu Yue waited above.
• Lu Jingming gave Nan Shuishui eight ten-thousand-year Sub-Dragon Stigmata as compensation, and she accepted them.
• Nan Qiuqiu excitedly thanked Lu Jingming for the Rouge Dragon Sacred Mark by kissing his cheek.
• Gu Yue grew furious, wiped Lu Jingming’s cheek with her handkerchief, and left Nan Qiuqiu embarrassed behind her mother.

After securing the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and reaching an agreement with Nan Shuishui over the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal Ore, Lu Jingming left Dragon City with his companions. They traced Sunset Forest’s poisonous miasma to Tang San’s poison formation and reached a vast field of Seven Absolutes of the Jade Phosphorus Flower, the final barrier before the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Lu Jingming and Nan Shuishui reached an agreement over the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal Ore, and he prepared to leave Dragon City with his companions.
• Nan Qiuqiu watched Lu Jingming depart and told Nan Shuishui she would cultivate hard and travel across the continent; Nan Shuishui promised to help her.
• Lu Jingming, Gu Yue, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress flew into Sunset Forest and discovered its poisonous miasma was an artificial formation that had devastated the soul beasts.
• Lu Jingming and his companions followed Great Ci Tree King's guidance through the miasma and found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s final barrier: a vast field of Seven Absolutes of the Jade Phosphorus Flower.

Lu Jingming led Gu Yue, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress through the poisonous formation and into a hidden valley filled with rare plants and an Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He discovered four awakened immortal herbs there, and the Aromatic Silk Beauty challenged the group as they arrived.

• Gu Yue, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress recognized the Seven Absolutes of the Jade Phosphorus Flower, and Lu Jingming used the Great Ci Tree King's aura to make the plants clear a path.
• Snow Empress froze the poisonous mist at the valley entrance, and Ice Empress cut apart the vines attacking the group as they descended.
• Lu Jingming and the others reached a colorful valley with dense Life Aura, abundant immortal herbs, and an Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well that stirred Gu Yue's concern.
• Lu Jingming identified the immortal herbs and sensed four awakened consciousnesses among them.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty asked how the humans had entered, and Lu Jingming explained that the valley's Life Energy accelerated plant growth.

Lu Jingming confronted the immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then revealed that he knew Gu Yue’s true identity and asked her to release her Silver Dragon Martial Soul. Her aura awakened two powerful dragons from the lake, leaving the group facing a new threat.

• Lu Jingming summoned the Snow Empress to intimidate Aromatic Silk Beauty and declared that he would control the valley.
• The Great Ci Tree King appeared, and the immortal herbs throughout the valley bowed to her authority.
• Lu Jingming told Gu Yue to release her Silver Dragon Martial Soul and revealed that the Simulated Universe had analyzed her identity.
• Gu Yue transformed, causing the lake to churn as two powerful auras rose from its depths.
• An icy blue dragon and a fiery red dragon burst from the lake and soared into the sky.