Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan entered the Far North with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to capture the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and make her his Soul Spirit. Tian Meng trapped the Ice Empress in his million-year shed skin and teleported her away, leaving her fate in Xiao Yan’s hands.

• Xiao Yan traveled into the Far North and prepared to lure the Ice Empress with Tian Meng’s Spiritual Origin.
• Tian Meng warned that the Ice Empress was nearing her four-hundred-thousand-year limit and might agree to become Xiao Yan’s Soul Spirit.
• The Ice Empress arrived and attacked Tian Meng, intending to absorb his energy and survive her coming tribulation.
• Tian Meng used his Spiritual Origin to restrain the Ice Empress, then bound her with his million-year-old shed skin.
• Tian Meng teleported the trapped Ice Empress away.

Xiao Yan escaped the Far North with Tian Meng and heard Tian Meng’s proposal to recruit the Ice Empress as a partner in creating a god. He gave the Ice Empress three minutes to decide whether to become his third Martial Soul, leaving her weighing survival against her distrust of his arrogance.

• Xiao Yan fled to the outskirts of the Far North after Tian Meng trapped the Ice Empress in his shed skin.
• Tian Meng released the Ice Empress while keeping her bound, then explained how he had escaped the Star Dou Great Forest and become Xiao Yan’s Wisdom Soul Ring.
• Tian Meng urged the Ice Empress to join him and Xiao Yan, offering her Ultimate Ice as Xiao Yan’s third Martial Soul so they could pursue godhood and escape death.
• Xiao Yan declared that he was destined to become a god and gave the Ice Empress three minutes to consider joining him.
• The Ice Empress weighed her coming heavenly tribulation against the chance to extend her life by following Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan accepted the Ice Empress’s Spiritual Origin and fused with her Soul Bone before absorbing her Soul Ring. The process gave him a stronger body and a Third Martial Soul, leaving him with a four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.

• The Ice Empress agreed to give Xiao Yan a Third Martial Soul, Soul Bone, and Soul Ring, then handed over her Spiritual Origin alongside Tian Meng.
• The Ice Empress explained that Xiao Yan had to absorb her Torso Bone before her Soul Ring and warned that losing consciousness could kill them all.
• Xiao Yan endured the Soul Bone fusion as the Ice Empress’s shell melted and her Ultimate Ice power entered his body.
• Xiao Yan emerged with greater physical strength and denser Soul Power, which raised his cultivation to level thirty-nine.
• The Ice Empress helped Xiao Yan convert his Second Martial Soul, and the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion became his Third Martial Soul with a four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.

After merging with the Ice Empress, Xiao Yan gained new powers, reached level forty, and set out with Xiao Zhong to find a Soul Ring. He killed a thirteen-thousand-year Ice Silkworm and drew out its black Soul Ring.

• Xiao Yan examined the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion tattoo and crystal-like grains on his arms, while Tian Meng concealed his four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring as a thousand-year purple one.
• Xiao Yan learned that he had reached level forty and asked Tian Meng to conceal his Soul Ring before Tian Meng fell silent to rest.
• Xiao Yan called for Xiao Zhong and insisted on absorbing a Soul Ring before returning to the clan; Xiao Zhong agreed after learning of Xiao Yan's breakthrough.
• Xiao Zhong carried Xiao Yan south to a snowy valley where Xiao Yan identified a thirteen-thousand-year Ice Silkworm beneath the ice.
• Xiao Yan defeated the Ice Silkworm with Bone Spirit Cold Flame and the Heavy Xuan Ruler, then drew a black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring from its corpse.

Xiao Yan absorbed a nearly twenty-thousand-year Ice Silkworm Soul Ring, became a twelve-year-old Soul Ancestor, and returned to the Xiao Clan in Xiaoshan City. There, Xiao Zhan proposed that Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao study at Shrek Academy, but Xiao Yan said he did not want to go.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Ice Silkworm Soul Ring, and Tian Meng lent it a trace of his origin to raise it to twenty thousand years.
• Xiao Yan gained the fourth Soul Skill, Mimicry, which combined powerful impact, Ultimate Ice, and a mental attack.
• Three days later, Xiao Yan arrived at the Xiao Clan's new home in Xiaoshan City and reunited with Xiao Zhan and Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan about his Far North journey and his breakthrough to level forty, while concealing that he had subdued the Ice Empress.
• Xiao Zhan proposed that Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao attend Shrek Academy, but Xiao Yan said he did not want to go, and Xiao Xiao said she would follow him.

Xiao Yan refused Xiao Zhan’s plan to send him and Xiao Xiao to Shrek Academy, then cultivated the Flame Mantra and successfully fused with Bone Spirit Cold Flame. He discovered a Soul Power-burning combat boost and left the chamber determined to pursue further opportunities, including the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife.

• Xiao Zhan explained that the Xiao Clan faced friction with other forces and planned to send Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao to Shrek Academy until the clan settled down.
• Xiao Yan rejected the academy, and Xiao Zhan agreed to let his children stay away from it.
• Xiao Yan found that Xiao Xiao had reached Soul Power Level twenty-six and promised to take her Soul Beast hunting when she reached level thirty.
• Xiao Yan entered the secret cultivation chamber, learned the Flame Mantra, and began fusing with Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Xiao Yan completed the fusion, discovered he could burn Soul Power for a burst in strength, and found that his Soul Power had fallen to level forty-one while the Flame Mantra advanced to High Yellow Tier.
• Xiao Yan considered seeking the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and decided to delay fusing with more Heavenly Flames until he became a Soul Emperor.

Xiao Yan learned that the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife would be auctioned in Star Luo City and planned to buy it, while the Ice Empress awakened and examined his progress. Meanwhile, the Xiao Clan faced pressure from the Ling Clan, and Xiao Zhan agreed to give Xiao Yan the funds and transport he needed to attend the auction.

• Xiao Yan confirmed that the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife would be auctioned at the Star Luo Auction House in a month and decided he would need a million Gold Soul Coins.
• The Ice Empress awakened in Xiao Yan's Sea of Consciousness, learned of his rank forty-two Soul Power and fourth Soul Ring, and asked about his Third Martial Soul.
• Xiao Yan showed the Ice Empress the Nine Fire Heavenly Plate and told her it was what he relied on to become a god.
• Xiao Zhan and Xiao Zhong discussed the Ling Clan's demand for sixty percent of the Xiao Clan's medicinal herb transport profits and rejected the idea of sending Xiao Xiao to Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Zhan for a million Gold Soul Coins and a trip to Star Luo City for an auction, and Xiao Zhan agreed to arrange both.

Xiao Yan arrived in Star Luo City, searched for cultivation resources, and prepared to attend the Star Luo Auction House with Xiao Xiao and Xiao Zhong. He hoped the auction would offer pills and other resources at prices he could afford.

• Xiao Zhong led the medicinal herb caravan through Star Luo City's express entrance, and Xiao Yan was impressed by the capital's prosperity and Soul Guidance Technology.
• Xiao Yan made Xiao Xiao cultivate by refining his Bone Spirit Cold Flame, which had helped her reach level twenty-nine, while his own Soul Power rose to level forty-three on the journey.
• Xiao Yan searched the Hundred Treasures Pavilion for cultivation pills but learned that such pills were tightly controlled and would be offered at the auction.
• Xiao Yan took Xiao Xiao to an expensive feast after her cultivation, and half a month later the siblings and Xiao Zhong arrived at the Star Luo Auction House in masks and black robes.

Xiao Yan attended the Star Luo Empire Small Auction with Xiao Xiao and bought a Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, two Mystic Water Pills, and a defensive Soul Tool for Xiao Xiao. The auction continued after Xiao Yan spent part of his million Gold Soul Coins.

• Xiao Yan, Xiao Zhong, and Xiao Xiao entered the Star Luo Auction House and received a private room and an auction booklet.
• Xiao Yan offered to pay for anything Xiao Xiao wanted as the monthly auction began.
• Xiao Yan bid 103,000 Gold Soul Coins for the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, and no one else challenged his bid.
• Xiao Yan missed out on the first Mystic Water Pill but won the second and third for 28,000 Gold Soul Coins each.
• Xiao Yan bought Xiao Xiao a level-four defensive Soul Tool, the Mystic Crystal Heart-Protecting Mirror, for 36,000 Gold Soul Coins.

Xiao Yan accepted the auction house’s compensation and bought the cursed Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, hoping to use the gold of life within it. After his attempt to burn away its curse made little progress, he restored his Soul Power and began cultivating with a Mystic Water Pill.

• The middle-aged auction house representative disclosed that the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife devoured its owners’ life force and offered to cancel the sale or provide thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins in compensation.
• Despite Xiao Xiao’s warning, Xiao Yan completed the purchase for one hundred and three thousand Gold Soul Coins and accepted the compensation.
• Back at the Star Luo Grand Hotel, Xiao Yan gave Xiao Xiao a Mystic Water Pill and advised her to reach Soul Power level thirty before going Soul Hunting in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Yan tried using the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to remove the knife’s curse, but after half an hour he had cleared less than one percent of it.
• Tian Meng and the Ice Empress examined the knife but could not help, so Xiao Yan decided he needed a purification specialist or Electrolux.
• Xiao Yan restored his Soul Power, swallowed a Mystic Water Pill, and cultivated as his Soul Power steadily grew.

After Xiao Xiao reached level thirty, Xiao Yan chose the Rock-Armored Stone Turtle as a candidate for her third Soul Ring and prepared to take her to the Star Dou Great Forest. The group set out from Star Luo City with Xiao Zhong, while Xiao Xiao eagerly watched the city disappear behind them.

• Xiao Xiao absorbed the Mystic Water Pill's remaining power and broke through to level thirty.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xiao they would leave for the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning and gave her information on suitable Soul Beasts.
• Xiao Yan recommended the Rock-Armored Stone Turtle and gave Xiao Xiao an encyclopedia to study, while warning her to follow instructions and prepare her defensive Soul Tools.
• Xiao Xiao reminded Xiao Yan to prepare the reward he had promised for her breakthrough, and he agreed.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Xiao, and Xiao Zhong boarded a carriage at the Star Luo Grand Hotel and departed for the Star Dou Great Forest.

Xiao Xiao obtained her third Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest and rescued Huo Yuhao, who was searching alone for his first Soul Ring. Xiao Yan refused to help him at first but secretly sent Xiao Zhong to watch over him, while Electrolux awakened in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.

• Xiao Xiao killed an eighteen-hundred-year-old Rock-Armored Stone Turtle and absorbed her third Soul Ring, gaining the Giant Spirit skill.
• On the way back, Xiao Xiao saved Huo Yuhao from a Wind Baboon and offered to help him find a Soul Beast for his first Soul Ring.
• Xiao Yan refused to take responsibility for Huo Yuhao's search, and Huo Yuhao thanked Xiao Xiao before resolving to become strong enough to avenge his mother.
• Electrolux awakened inside Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness and asked where he was.
• Xiao Xiao argued with Xiao Yan over leaving Huo Yuhao, but Xiao Yan revealed he had sent Xiao Zhong to keep watch until Huo Yuhao obtained his Soul Ring.

Xiao Yan learned that Ling Luochеn had come to Xiaoshan City after the Ling Clan branch asked for help, and he prepared to meet the challenge. After hearing the branch patriarch’s account, Ling Luochеn agreed to visit the Xiao Clan but suspected he was lying.

• Xiao Yan trained with the Heavy Xuan Ruler and Bone Spirit Cold Flame, then learned that Ling Luochеn had arrived to handle the Ling Clan branch’s troubles.
• Ling Luochеn read the branch’s request for help and decided to investigate the dispute while keeping her distance from Ma Xiaotao.
• The Ling Clan patriarch claimed that the Xiao Clan had bullied the branch and asked Ling Luochеn to seek justice.
• Ling Luochеn agreed to visit the Xiao Clan, but left the hall convinced that the patriarch had not told her the truth.

Xiao Yan confronted Ling Luochеn of the Ling Clan after she arrived demanding an accounting, and their dispute turned into a fight to the death. The battle began with Ling Luochеn's ice mist, but Xiao Yan countered it with Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

• A Xiao Clan guard told Xiao Yan that Ling Luochеn and the Ling Clan head had arrived, and Xiao Yan went to meet them in the reception hall.
• The Ling Clan head insulted Xiao Yan, and Ling Luochеn challenged him, offering to stop interfering in the feud if he defeated her.
• Xiao Yan declared that their fight would decide who lived and who died, then went with Ling Luochеn to the training ground despite Xiao Zhan's warning.
• Xiao Yan and Ling Luochеn revealed their Soul Master levels and Soul Rings before Xiao Yan smashed her ice pillar with his Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• Ling Luochеn used Ice Mist Nether Cold to cover the training ground, but Xiao Yan sensed her through the mist and summoned Bone Spirit Cold Flame, neutralizing her attack.

Xiao Yan defeated Ling Luochеn after she unleashed her Ice Radiance Ring and fused it with her armor, then outmaneuvered her final ice trap. He left the training ground victorious, while the Ling Clan fell silent and Xiao Zhan marveled at his son's combat skill.

• Ling Luochеn used her fifth Soul Skill, Ice Radiance Ring, to surround Xiao Yan with freezing currents, but his Bone Spirit Cold Flame broke through them.
• Xiao Yan charged into close range as Ling Luochеn fused her second and fifth Soul Skills into the Ice Radiance Battle Armor.
• Xiao Yan shattered Ling Luochеn's staff and armor with a ruler strike, sending her flying through her ice walls.
• Ling Luochеn's shattered armor sealed Xiao Yan inside a block of ice, but he escaped and held his ruler over her, demanding that she admit defeat.
• Ling Luochеn conceded, and Xiao Yan declared that her life belonged to him before leaving the training ground.
• The Ling Clan members lowered their heads, while Xiao Zhan realized Xiao Yan had used a substitute and a second charge to secure victory.

After reaching Level forty-six, Xiao Yan met with Ling Luochеn to settle the compensation for the Ling Clan branch’s wrongdoing. He asked her to train Xiao Xiao for three years, and Ling Luochеn agreed to supervise her whenever her academy schedule allowed.

• Xiao Yan cultivated the Flame Mantra, reached Level forty-six, and received Xiao Zhan’s message that Ling Luochеn had come to fulfill her promise.
• Xiao Yan met Ling Luochеn at Penghui Residence, where she offered one million Gold Soul Coins as compensation and invited him to set another condition.
• Xiao Yan asked Ling Luochеn to guide Xiao Xiao’s cultivation and combat skills for three years.
• Ling Luochеn agreed to teach Xiao Xiao for about half of each year, and Xiao Yan accepted the arrangement.
• Xiao Yan and Ling Luochеn shook hands and agreed to work together.

Xiao Yan offered to help Ling Luochеn evolve her ice-attribute Martial Soul in return for her teaching Xiao Xiao, then told Xiao Zhan he planned to travel to the Sun Moon Continent to study Soul Guidance Technology. Xiao Zhan supported his plans, and Xiao Yan prepared to leave after the New Year festivities while Ling Luochеn took on Xiao Xiao as her student.

• Xiao Yan offered to use his flame to help Ling Luochеn's Martial Soul reach the level of Ultimate Ice, and Ling Luochеn agreed to try it.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan that he planned to travel to the Sun Moon Continent to study Soul Guidance Technology and explore a possible new home for the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Zhan supported Xiao Yan's plans and agreed that the clan should start preparing for the future.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan that Ling Luochеn would teach Xiao Xiao for three years while he was away.
• Xiao Yan said he planned to leave after the New Year festivities and refused to take Uncle Zhong with him, leaving him to look after Xiao Xiao.

Xiao Yan told Xiao Xiao he was leaving for the Sun Moon Empire and arranged a teacher for her. He continued studying Ring Fusion with Tian Meng and the Ice Empress, and discovered a promising approach before the experiment ended.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xiao that he had found her a teacher because he was going to the Sun Moon Empire, and Xiao Xiao asked to go with him.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Xiao that he was not angry about her earlier actions and told her to focus on cultivating while he was away.
• Xiao Yan consulted Tian Meng and the Ice Empress about the energy conflicts that had prevented him from mastering Ring Fusion.
• Xiao Yan asked the Ice Empress to freeze his Heavy Xuan Ruler so he could stabilize his Martial Soul while fusing his first and second Soul Rings.
• Xiao Yan used the stable Martial Soul to work out a way to adjust Soul Power circulation during a second release of a Soul Skill, then declared that Ring Fusion could work.

Xiao Yan developed Multiple Casting and cultivated while preparing to study at the Sun Moon Empire's Royal Academy. As the new year approached, Xiao Zhan gave him his exchange student ID and a defensive Soul Tool before his departure.

• Xiao Yan and Tian Meng discussed Multiple Casting, a method of combining Soul Skills that could improve Xiao Yan's combat strength and prepare him for Ring Fusion.
• Xiao Yan resumed cultivating with Tian Meng's help and sensed how Bone Spirit Cold Flame had changed his body.
• Two months later, Xiao Zhan found Xiao Yan teaching Xiao Xiao and invited them to the clan's dinner banquet.
• Xiao Zhan gave Xiao Yan an exchange student ID arranged with the Ling Clan's help, allowing him to study at the Sun Moon Empire's Royal Academy.
• Xiao Zhan gave Xiao Yan a Level 6 Blood Crystal Protective Bracelet that could shield him from lethal attacks.

On New Year's Eve, Xiao Yan celebrated with the Xiao Clan before reflecting on his plans to study Soul Guidance Technology and combine his Soul Skills. He tested the resulting technique beneath the fireworks, naming it White Dragon Breaks the Night.

• Xiao Yan teased Xiao Xiao at the clan banquet and promised her she could take the day off from cultivation.
• Xiao Zhan praised the clan's efforts and toasted to its continued growth as the Xiao Clan celebrated the New Year.
• Xiao Yan returned to his courtyard and considered how studying Soul Tools could strengthen his Martial Soul and expand his abilities.
• Xiao Yan combined Mountain Suppression and Qian Jun through Ring Fusion, increasing the Heavy Xuan Ruler's power.
• Xiao Yan swung the ruler and sent white flames soaring into the night, naming the technique White Dragon Breaks the Night.