Chapter Summaries

Gu Wuchen awakened the Dustless Sword, a Martial Soul with ultimate cold and purification abilities, and revealed that he had Innate Full Soul Power. As his parents celebrated his promising future, he explained why he had requested ten-thousand-year whale rubber to prepare for absorbing a powerful Soul Ring.

• Gu Wuchen teased Gu Linchuan about calling him Father, and Shen Suwei scolded Gu Linchuan for threatening their son.
• Gu Linchuan began Gu Wuchen’s Martial Soul awakening, and Gu Wuchen manifested a sword that unleashed ultimate cold across the Far North.
• Gu Linchuan and Shen Suwei recognized that the sword combined traits of their Martial Souls, and Gu Wuchen named it the Dustless Sword.
• Gu Wuchen tested his Soul Power and filled the crystal ball instantly, revealing Innate Full Soul Power.
• Gu Wuchen asked about the ten-thousand-year whale rubber, then explained its ability to strengthen the body and increase the age of a Soul Ring he could absorb.

Gu Wuchen purified Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue, agreed to study at Spirit Hall Academy under Qian Daoliu, and absorbed the glue to strengthen his body. He and Gu Linchuan then entered the Far North to find a Soul Beast for his first Soul Ring.

• Gu Wuchen explained how Gu Linchuan could use Ultimate Ice Soul Power to freeze and remove the impurities from the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue.
• Shen Suwei offered to send Gu Wuchen to Spirit Hall Elementary Academy, and he agreed after learning Qian Daoliu had promised to teach him personally.
• Gu Linchuan purified the Whale Rubber, and Gu Wuchen swallowed and instantly refined it while Shen Suwei protected him with a barrier.
• Gu Linchuan activated Qian Daoliu's token, prompting Qian Daoliu to set off for the Far North after realizing Gu Wuchen had awakened his Martial Soul.
• Gu Wuchen and Gu Linchuan left Ice Arrival City to seek a Soul Ring, and Gu Wuchen chose a fifteen-hundred-year Soul Beast.
• Gu Linchuan spotted a Northern Ice Spirit Fox at the edge of the Far North's outer region, and Gu Wuchen warned him not to kill it by accident.

After Gu Wuchen absorbed his first Soul Ring, the Snow Empress appeared and offered him the Far North Origin Ice Marrow. She said he could refine it and asked him to seek her out once he was stronger, leaving Gu Wuchen poised to accept the gift.

• Gu Wuchen absorbed the Northern Ice Spirit Fox’s Thousand-Year Soul Ring and gained the First Soul Skill, Dustless Blade.
• The Snow Empress froze the surrounding snow and stopped Gu Linchuan and Gu Wuchen from leaving, then recognized the affinity between Gu Wuchen’s sword and the Far North.
• Gu Wuchen stepped out from behind Gu Linchuan and asked why the Snow Empress had stopped them.
• The Snow Empress offered Gu Wuchen the Far North Origin Ice Marrow, explaining that it could strengthen his ultimate ice foundation and body.
• Gu Wuchen questioned the Snow Empress about her conditions, and she said she wanted his help with something once he grew stronger.

Gu Wuchen absorbed the Far North Origin Ice Marrow, and the Snow Empress revealed his rare Extreme Cold Physique before secretly establishing a connection with him. After Gu Linchuan returned with his son to Ice Arrival City, they met Qian Daoliu at the city gates.

• The Snow Empress told Gu Wuchen to swallow the Far North Origin Ice Marrow, which tempered his body and raised his strength.
• The Snow Empress told Gu Linchuan that Gu Wuchen possessed an Extreme Cold Physique that might one day make him stronger than her, and said she hoped he would protect the child.
• Gu Wuchen finished absorbing the marrow, and the Snow Empress established a secret connection with him before sending him away with Gu Linchuan.
• Gu Linchuan told Gu Wuchen about his Extreme Cold Physique and said the Snow Empress had become another powerful backer for him.
• Gu Linchuan and Gu Wuchen returned to Ice Arrival City and met Qian Daoliu at the gates, where Qian Daoliu praised the city's growth and Gu Linchuan credited some of it to Wuchen's ideas.

Qian Daoliu discovered Gu Wuchen’s extraordinary talent and invited him to train at Spirit Hall, and Gu Wuchen agreed. As he prepared to leave the next day, the Snow Empress suddenly appeared in his room.

• Gu Linchuan told Qian Daoliu about his and Shen Suwei’s past work with Spirit Hall.
• Gu Wuchen summoned his Dustless Sword and revealed a 1,500-year-old Thousand-Year Soul Ring, astonishing Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu invited Gu Wuchen to become his disciple and go to Spirit Hall, and Gu Wuchen accepted.
• Shen Suwei worried about her son leaving, fed him dinner, and promised to pack his luggage for the next day.
• The Snow Empress appeared in Gu Wuchen’s room, leaving him bewildered.

The Snow Empress revealed that she had imprinted her soul inside Gu Wuchen to protect him, then teased him and claimed his room and belongings as hers. After Shen Suwei brought Gu Wuchen steamed buns, the Snow Empress stole the first one, while an anguished cry of “My Ji'er!” sounded downstairs.

• The Snow Empress explained that she had hidden a strand of power inside Gu Wuchen and could use it to protect him.
• The Snow Empress refused to leave Gu Wuchen’s body and insisted that he and his belongings belonged to her.
• The Snow Empress slipped back into the spot between Gu Wuchen’s brows when someone knocked at the door.
• Shen Suwei brought Gu Wuchen steamed buns before he left the next day, then returned to packing.
• The Snow Empress stole the first bun from Gu Wuchen, and someone downstairs cried, “My Ji'er!”

Qian Daoliu visited the Gu family and, after sharing his grief over losing his son, took Gu Wuchen to Spirit Hall. Gu Wuchen said farewell to his parents and left with Qian Daoliu, while his parents stayed behind to manage the family business and factory.

• Qian Daoliu confided in Gu Linchuan about his grief over losing his son and his loneliness, and Gu Linchuan helped him to a guest room.
• The Snow Empress fought Gu Wuchen over the last bun, then insisted on sleeping beside him and teased him the next morning before returning to the space between his brows.
• Qian Daoliu told Gu Wuchen to prepare to leave for Spirit Hall, and Shen Suwei gave him a Storage Soul Tool stocked with buns and clothes.
• Gu Linchuan assigned Gu Wuchen responsibility for the Gu Clan's shops in Spirit City and Heaven Dou City, and Gu Wuchen agreed to inspect them.
• Gu Wuchen said farewell to his parents, then Qian Daoliu used his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul to carry him toward Spirit Hall.
• Shen Suwei promised to oversee the factory, and Gu Linchuan hurried there to check on the products nearing release.

Qian Daoliu brought Gu Wuchen to Spirit Hall, where Golden Crocodile Douluo saw his thousand-year First Soul Ring and welcomed him. Gu Wuchen settled into a palace beside Qian Renxue’s former room, then Snow Empress appeared to keep him company and promised to hide from Spirit Hall’s powerful residents.

• Qian Daoliu took Gu Wuchen to Elder Hall and introduced him to Golden Crocodile Douluo as Ice Mystic Douluo’s son.
• Gu Wuchen summoned his Dustless Sword and revealed a Thousand-Year First Soul Ring, astonishing Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Qian Daoliu said Gu Wuchen’s talent surpassed Qian Renxue’s, and Golden Crocodile Douluo welcomed him as his grandson.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo settled Gu Wuchen in the palace beside Qian Renxue’s former room and said he would take him to Spirit Hall Academy the next day.
• Snow Empress appeared beside Gu Wuchen’s bed, claimed she was there to protect him, and said she could hide from the Titled Douluo in Spirit Hall.

Gu Wuchen spent the night meditating on his sword art after a teasing encounter with the Snow Empress, then enrolled in Spirit Hall Academy’s junior genius class. His first spar began against Chu Feng, whose attack Gu Wuchen met by summoning his Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Dustless Blade.

• The Snow Empress pinned Gu Wuchen down to tease him, and their struggle ended with him accidentally kissing her before a maid’s knock interrupted them.
• After eating dinner, Gu Wuchen meditated through the night with his Dustless Sword and worked on creating his own sword song.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo took Gu Wuchen to Spirit Hall Academy, where Jiang Wuji enrolled him in the junior academy’s genius class after seeing his Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• During the class’s sparring session, Chu Feng challenged Gu Wuchen and attacked with his Gale Wolf Martial Soul and First Soul Skill, Gale Thrust.
• Gu Wuchen summoned the Dustless Sword and used his First Soul Skill, Dustless Blade, against Chu Feng.

Gu Wuchen defeated every challenger at the academy, drawing Hu Liena’s curiosity. After he revealed himself as the Gu Clan’s young master, he brushed off her questions and dismissed the Pope’s importance, leaving Hu Liena stunned.

• Gu Wuchen used his Thousand-Year Soul Ring and one sword strike to defeat Chu Feng, then went on to beat every student who challenged him.
• Hu Liena asked Jiang Wuji about Gu Wuchen and learned that the Great Enshrined had brought him to the academy.
• Hu Liena followed Gu Wuchen after classes and discovered that the Gu Clan’s Spirit City store belonged to his family.
• Gu Wuchen reviewed the store’s accounts and asked its manager, Wu Tian, how far he was from becoming a Titled Douluo.
• Hu Liena introduced herself as the Pope’s disciple, but Gu Wuchen said his parents were Titled Douluo and that the Pope meant nothing to him.

Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Gu Wuchen had a thousand-year First Soul Ring, prompting Bibi Dong to summon him to the Pope's Hall. Back at the Elder Hall, Gu Wuchen received advice from Qian Daoliu and began training, but the Snow Empress interrupted to correct his sword practice and demand a conversation.

• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong about Gu Wuchen's thousand-year First Soul Ring and revealed that Qian Daoliu had brought him back from the Gu Clan.
• Bibi Dong ordered Hu Liena to bring Gu Wuchen to the Pope's Hall, telling her to say that she had held him when he was a baby.
• Gu Wuchen reported his sparring match to Qian Daoliu, who praised his confidence and advised him to develop the Dustless Sword's purification attribute.
• Gu Wuchen returned to his palace and practiced with the Dustless Sword, but the Snow Empress appeared and criticized how he used his ice power.
• The Snow Empress urged Gu Wuchen to stop meditating and talk with her, but he refused and told her to return to the Far North.

Gu Wuchen refined his Sword Intent, rejected Bibi Dong’s offer to become her disciple, and completed the first form of his sword song. His new Sword Intent surged into the sky and drew Qian Daoliu’s attention.

• The Snow Empress stayed in Gu Wuchen’s room, offered him pointers on his Sword Intent, and left before he awoke.
• Gu Wuchen earned renown at the elementary academy, then went with Hu Liena to meet Bibi Dong at the Pope’s Palace.
• Bibi Dong offered to take Gu Wuchen as her disciple, but he refused, and Hu Liena failed to persuade him to reconsider.
• Gu Wuchen told Qian Daoliu about the meeting, and Qian Daoliu let him return to his chambers.
• Gu Wuchen completed Dustless Sword Song, First Form, Dustless in One Thought, unleashing a towering Sword Intent that made Qian Daoliu open his eyes.

Gu Wuchen created the first form of his self-made Dustless Sword Song, and Qian Daoliu arranged for Ye Yuan'er to assist him with his affairs. Gu Wuchen headed to the elementary academy with Ye Yuan'er, preparing to test his new move against Hu Liena the next morning.

• Gu Wuchen mastered the first form of Dustless Sword Song, One Sword, No Dust, which strengthened his sword moves and cleared away interference.
• Qian Daoliu suggested testing the move against Hu Liena and arranged for Ye Yuan'er, an eighty-ninth-rank Soul Douluo, to help Gu Wuchen with his affairs.
• The Snow Empress visited Gu Wuchen during the night and teased him, leaving him tired the next morning.
• Qian Daoliu introduced Ye Yuan'er to Gu Wuchen and confirmed that his spar with Hu Liena would take place the following morning.
• Gu Wuchen asked Ye Yuan'er to accompany him to the elementary academy and then to the Gu family's main shop, while the Snow Empress warned him not to let Ye Yuan'er get too close.

Gu Wuchen received Ye Yuan'er at the Gu Clan's shop and gave her a black leather garment before returning to the Elder Hall. The next morning, he sparred with Hu Liena and broke her Fox Charm almost instantly, leaving her stunned.

• Gu Wuchen told Ye Yuan'er to handle her own affairs and return that evening, then went into the junior academy alone.
• Gu Wuchen gifted Ye Yuan'er a black leather garment at the Gu Clan's shop, and she thanked him before returning with him to the Elder Hall.
• Gu Wuchen practiced the Dustless Sword Song the next morning and agreed to spar with Hu Liena when she arrived.
• Qian Daoliu joined them as a witness and warned them not to use lethal blows before the spar began.
• Hu Liena used her Second Soul Skill, Fox Charm, but Gu Wuchen entered the Dustless Ice Heart state and shattered the illusion in less than a breath.
• Hu Liena stared in disbelief and demanded to know how Gu Wuchen had resisted her Soul Skill.

Gu Wuchen broke Hu Liena’s Charm during their spar, drawing Bibi Dong’s interest and prompting Qian Daoliu to question him about his resistance. Back at his residence, the Snow Empress teased Gu Wuchen, revealed she could observe his experiences from his Sea of Consciousness, and began teaching him how to use her power.

• Gu Wuchen broke Hu Liena’s Charm with a stroke of his sword, leaving her convinced her cultivation had been for nothing.
• Bibi Dong arrived, reprimanded Hu Liena, and questioned Gu Wuchen about his resistance to Charm before leaving with her.
• Qian Daoliu asked Gu Wuchen what Hu Liena’s Charm had felt like, and Gu Wuchen explained that he had shattered the resulting illusion.
• The Snow Empress embraced Gu Wuchen at his residence and teased him about resisting Hu Liena because he thought she was less beautiful than Sister Xue.
• The Snow Empress told Gu Wuchen she could see his experiences from his Sea of Consciousness and began teaching him to use her abilities to fight across cultivation realms.

The Snow Empress unlocked several of her origin powers for Gu Wuchen, but he pretended not to be impressed and upset her before admitting he was teasing. After Hu Liena arrived seeking help improving her charm, Gu Wuchen expressed doubt that he could help her.

• The Snow Empress used her soul imprint to unlock Gu Wuchen’s Soul Skills and grant him ice-based abilities, spiritual protection, and authority over Far North Soul Beasts.
• Gu Wuchen acted unimpressed with the gifts, leaving the Snow Empress hurt and sulking.
• Gu Wuchen confessed he was teasing and praised the Snow Empress’s powers, prompting her to pin him down and scold him before forgiving him.
• Hu Liena knocked on Gu Wuchen’s door and asked him to help her improve her charm after her teacher scolded her.
• Gu Wuchen told Hu Liena he was unsure he could help her.

After a year and a half in Spirit Hall, Gu Wuchen reached Soul Grandmaster and prepared to return to the Far North to hunt a Soul Beast. He invited Ye Yuan'er to come with him, then told Qian Daoliu about his breakthrough and plans.

• Hu Liena asked Gu Wuchen how to improve her charm, and he explained that Bibi Dong had used her defeat to encourage her cultivation.
• A year and a half later, Gu Wuchen had reached Soul Grandmaster and become famous at Spirit Hall's junior academy for defeating challengers.
• Ye Yuan'er brought Gu Wuchen black rice porridge, and he showed her his newly developed Wuchen Lotus Soap and let her keep a bar.
• Gu Wuchen invited Ye Yuan'er to travel with him to the Far North and help manage his clan's accounts, and she agreed.
• Gu Wuchen told Qian Daoliu he had reached level twenty and needed to hunt a Soul Beast; Qian Daoliu was astonished at his rapid progress.

Gu Wuchen returned to Ice Arrival City after reaching level twenty and prepared to travel to the Far North for his second soul ring. His parents and Ye Yuan'er joined him, and the Snow Empress appeared as they entered the frozen territory.

• Qian Daoliu gave Gu Wuchen an Angel Token and told him he could call on Salas in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Gu Wuchen left Spirit Hall with Ye Yuan'er, and Hu Liena watched their carriage depart.
• Gu Wuchen reunited with Shen Suwei at the Gu Clan residence and told her he had reached level twenty and planned to hunt for his second soul ring.
• Gu Linchuan returned home, celebrated Gu Wuchen's breakthrough, and told Shen Suwei about the Heavenly Snow Woman.
• Gu Wuchen, Shen Suwei, Gu Linchuan, and Ye Yuan'er entered the Far North, where the Snow Empress appeared and greeted Gu Wuchen.

Gu Wuchen traveled with the Snow Empress into the Far North to obtain his second Soul Ring, while she reassured his parents that she would protect him. After he absorbed a six-thousand-eight-hundred-year-old Ice Shadow Leopard’s Soul Ring, the Ice Empress arrived and discovered his power of extreme cold; the chapter ended as Gu Wuchen prepared to test his Second Soul Skill, Dustless Fleeting Shadow.

• The Snow Empress convinced Shen Suwei and Gu Linchuan that Gu Wuchen was safe under her protection, then took him deeper into the Far North.
• Gu Wuchen asked the Snow Empress to find a Far North Ice Shadow Marten around six thousand years old, and she located one ten li away.
• The Snow Empress wounded the Ice Shadow Leopard, and Gu Wuchen killed it and absorbed its Soul Ring while she stood guard.
• The Ice Empress arrived, questioned the Snow Empress about Gu Wuchen, and sensed the power of extreme cold within him.
• After finishing his absorption, Gu Wuchen recognized the Ice Empress and summoned his Dustless Sword to try Dustless Fleeting Shadow.

Gu Wuchen explained his God-Making Plan to the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, then prepared to leave the Far North after demonstrating his new speed skill. The Ice Empress gave him her origin essence blood to protect him, while the Snow Empress grew jealous of her kiss.

• Gu Wuchen used his second Soul Skill to dodge the Snow Empress's phantom Emperor Sword and explained how it amplified his speed.
• Gu Wuchen told the Snow Empress and Ice Empress that they could become his Soul Spirits and ascend to the Divine Realm instead of facing future heavenly tribulations.
• The Snow Empress accepted Gu Wuchen's explanation but said she could not sacrifice herself to him yet, and Gu Wuchen described his speed skill's effects.
• Gu Wuchen announced that he was leaving, and the Ice Empress gave him a drop of her origin essence blood that could lend him some of her power in danger.
• The Ice Empress kissed Gu Wuchen on the cheek and said she might kiss him on the lips next time, making the Snow Empress jealous.