Chapter Summaries

Du Gu Fu hunted an Ice Jade Scorpion in Icebound Forest and gained a powerful fourth soul skill based on cold poison. His growing collection of poisons strengthened his abilities but made his dangerous Five Elements Intergeneration path even more perilous.

• Chen Menglin, Dugu Lin, Du Gu Fu, and Xiao Yi arrived in the territory under Ice Sealed City's jurisdiction and found the Ice Jade Scorpions' habitat.
• The Du Gu Family used poisons and medicines to lure out and trap a nest, and Du Gu Fu chose an Ice Jade Scorpion with about 6,300 years of cultivation.
• Du Gu Fu killed the Ice Jade Scorpion and absorbed its soul ring, gaining the Fourth Soul Skill Ice Jade Cold Poison Array.
• Du Gu Fu's four poisons combined into formidable attacks, and his soul bones and Starry Sky Formless Scripture helped him regulate and store them.
• Dugu Lin remained worried that each new poison made Du Gu Fu's Five Elements Intergeneration path more dangerous.

Mei Changge, Chen Menglin, Dugu Lin, and the others found the hidden Ice Soul Dream Illusion Vine, but its mental attack led them to an Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion. Their attacks failed to harm the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, leaving them facing a powerful threat.

• Mei Changge and the others searched Shiyuan Ice Valley Area for the Ice Soul Dream Illusion Vine until Chen Menglin sensed it behind an ice wall and broke through.
• The Ice Soul Dream Illusion Vine attacked all five with a powerful mental illusion, but Chen Menglin used Starry Sword Eyes to free them.
• An Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion appeared, revealing itself as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast resembling the Ice Jade Scorpion Du Gu Fu had killed.
• Chen Menglin attacked with the Azure Sea Sky Sword while Dugu Lin struck and tried to escape with Du Gu Fu, and Mei Changge attempted to pull Xiao Yi away.
• Xiao Yi summoned Ageless Evergreen Ivy vines, but their attacks and the others' strikes left the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion completely unharmed.

Xiao Yi exposed the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion as an illusion created by a nearly hundred-thousand-year-old Ice Silkworm, which fled after unleashing a wave of power. The group then found and defeated a fifty-five-thousand-year-old Ice Soul Dream Illusion Vine, leaving its Black Soul Ring behind.

• Xiao Yi used her Eye of Space-Time to reveal that the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion was a Mental Power illusion, and the illusion vanished.
• A streak of white light fled as the group defended against the Ice Silkworm’s surge of Soul Power and Mental Power.
• Chen Menglin identified the attacker as a Saint King Level Ice Silkworm nearly a hundred thousand years old and inferred that an Ice Soul Dream Illusion Vine was nearby.
• The five found a roughly fifty-five-thousand-year-old Ice Soul Dream Illusion Vine in the cave, and it attacked them with Mental Power.
• Xiao Yi, Dugu Lin, and Mei Changge fought the vine until their combined attack killed it and a Black Soul Ring rose from its remains.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Yi begins absorbing the soul ring of the Ice Soul Dream Illusion Vine.
• Dugu Lin and Du Gu Fu leave to collect poisonous objects in the valley.
• Mei Changge and Chen Menglin discuss Xiao Yi's abilities and the current situation with the Crimson Church.

Character Developments

• Xiao Yi demonstrates her skill in absorbing a soul ring, revealing her high-level Soul King status and the haziness of her Soul Power.
• Dugu Lin shows his eagerness to collect more poisonous objects, hinting at his ulterior motives.
• Mei Changge and Chen Menglin express their admiration for Xiao Yi's talents and discuss the Chen Clan's future prospects and the current threats.

Significant Themes

• The power dynamics between different families and sects, with the Chen Clan and Mei Family's alliance being a significant factor.
• The importance of talent and potential in the Soul World, as seen through Xiao Yi's abilities and her position on the Genius List.
• The theme of hidden strengths and secrets, as Xiao Yi conceals her true Soul Power Level and the true nature of her Martial Souls.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Yi and Chen Menglin: Xiao Yi's absorption of the soul ring is supervised by Chen Menglin, who shows pride in her abilities.
• Dugu Lin and Du Gu Fu: Dugu Lin takes Du Gu Fu to collect poisonous objects, hinting at their growing bond and Dugu Lin's hidden intentions.
• Mei Changge and Chen Menglin: The two discuss Xiao Yi's talents, the Chen Clan's future, and the threat posed by the Crimson Church, revealing their alliance and shared concerns.

Mei Changge and Chen Menglin discussed the Yuwen Family’s return and the approaching catastrophe, deciding that Mei Zhiyu should come to the village and seek a breakthrough. Meanwhile, Xiao Yi absorbed the Ice Soul Dream Illusion Vine’s soul ring and gained a rare skull soul bone, leaving her with an unexpected treasure.

• Mei Changge and Chen Menglin discussed how the Yuwen Family’s conflict with the Northern Ling Family had destabilized Tianshui Province.
• Chen Menglin explained that the approaching catastrophe had disrupted their plans and urged Mei Changge to bring Mei Zhiyu to the village to pursue a breakthrough to Titled Douluo.
• Chen Menglin suggested using a possible treasured medicine as a private pretext to persuade Mei Zhiyu to leave his post at the Ice Palace.
• Xiao Yi absorbed the Ice Soul Dream Illusion Vine’s soul ring, transforming her aura and awakening its icy, dreamlike power within her.
• A crystalline skull soul bone emerged from the vine’s remains, and Chen Menglin and Mei Changge recognized Xiao Yi’s extraordinary luck.

After Xiao Yi absorbed the Ice Soul Dream Illusion Vine’s soul ring and rose to level 59, Mei Changge and Chen Menglin found no other secrets in the cave. Xiao Yi discovered the vine’s fifty-five-thousand-year Head Soul Bone but could not absorb it because she already had a stronger one, and she felt a strange resonance between her brows.

• Mei Changge and Chen Menglin discussed the escaped Ice Silkworm’s strength, then searched the cave but found nothing unusual.
• Xiao Yi completed her soul-ring absorption and rose two levels to level 59.
• Chen Menglin explained that Xiao Yi’s large Soul Power reserves made each level harder to gain but gave her greater combat strength.
• Xiao Yi noticed the Ice Soul Dream Illusion Vine Skull, and Chen Menglin offered it to her for absorption.
• Xiao Yi said she already had a seventy-thousand-year Howling Moon Silver Wolf skull from Grandpa Yu, then felt a slight throb between her brows.

Xiao Yi used her Five Elements Dharma Robe to absorb the Ice Soul Dream Illusion Vine Skull into her Howling Moon Silver Wolf Skull. The fusion transformed the original skull and greatly strengthened Xiao Yi’s Mental Power, leaving her calm after completing the process.

• Xiao Yi manifested her Five Elements Dharma Robe and sensed a resonance with the Howling Moon Silver Wolf skull.
• Light from Xiao Yi’s eyes drew the Ice Soul Dream Illusion Vine Skull to her, and she sat down to absorb it.
• Chen Menglin and Mei Changge watched as the original soul bone began absorbing the new soul bone’s essence.
• Xiao Yi’s Mental Power grew stronger, letting her sense everything within a hundred meters without using her eyes.
• The Howling Moon Silver Wolf skull transformed, enveloped Xiao Yi’s head, and merged into her as she completed the fusion.

After Xiao Yi’s eyes and skull soul bone transformed, she explained that Chen Xiaojun’s ritual robe could help evolve soul bones and connect them into sets. Chen Menglin realized the Chen Clan might eventually gain two sets of Hundred Thousand Year Red Bones, but worried about the immense cost of advancing them.

• Xiao Yi discovered that her fused eye abilities and powerful Mental Power let her perceive energy particles and use her spiritual skills with ease.
• Xiao Yi revealed that her skull soul bone had evolved from 71,000 to 84,000 years old, surprising Chen Menglin and Mei Changge.
• Xiao Yi explained that Chen Xiaojun believed her ritual robe could evolve and connect soul bones into a set.
• Chen Menglin imagined the Chen Clan obtaining two sets of Hundred Thousand Year Red Bones, then realized evolution would consume many high-year soul bones.
• Chen Menglin resolved to search for hundred-thousand-year beast emperors for Chen Xiaojun to hunt as the clan prepared to fund both geniuses.

Xiao Yi demonstrated how her pure Mental Power skull bone and new Simulation skill could disguise her level and recreate familiar people and things. She ended by discovering that her simulated figures could serve as punching bags, leaving her eager to make one for Cuilan.

• Chen Menglin noticed Xiao Yi was still level 59, and she explained that her skull bone was a pure Mental Power type.
• Xiao Yi revealed that she had obtained the Ice Soul Dream Illusion Vine's Simulation skill and used Mental Seal to disguise herself as a level 51 Soul King.
• She simulated numerous objects and people, including Old Green, impressing Chen Menglin with how realistic the figures looked.
• Xiao Yi simulated Chen Xiaojun and punched the copy into a wall, then decided she could make a simulated Zhu Wuneng for Cuilan.

Xiao Yi, Chen Menglin, and their companion emerged from a cave after sensing a battle and found Du Gu Fu fighting a young woman with a Frost Snow Dance Butterfly spirit. The two traded poison and ice attacks in a tense stalemate.

• Chen Menglin realized Red Bone could carry two independent Soul Skills and wondered whether it could retain more after absorbing another skull.
• Xiao Yi, Chen Menglin, and their companion sensed clashing Soul Power outside the cave and rushed out.
• They saw Dugu Lin and four others watching Du Gu Fu fight a young woman several hundred meters away.
• Du Gu Fu attacked with Poison Cloud Palm's Venomous Snake Pierces the Heart, but the young woman froze the Soul Power serpent with Frost Blade Butterfly Dance.
• Du Gu Fu spread a toxic cloud with his fourth palm form, and the young woman countered with Wind and Snow Intertwined, leaving the attacks locked in a stalemate.

Mei Changge intervened in a dispute between Du Gu Fu and Ji Bingyan after their spirit beasts poisoned each other, then tried to settle the quarrel over a piece of Thousand Year Mystic Ice Marrow. Dugu Lin claimed the treasure belonged to his side, but an unseen woman rejected his claim.

• Mei Changge used Sword Plum branches to separate Du Gu Fu and Ji Bingyan and purify the poison mist and wind and snow.
• Dugu Lin and Bai Jun confronted each other over the fight and the Thousand Year Mystic Ice Marrow, while Du Gu Fu and Ji Bingyan explained that the Nine Section Jadeite and Lightning Sable had bitten each other.
• Mei Changge urged both sides to let the injured spirit beasts recover and end the dispute, and Ji Bingyan asked for an antidote for Ling'er.
• Dugu Lin agreed to Mei Changge's request but claimed the Thousand Year Mystic Ice Marrow belonged to his side because they had found it first.
• An icy female voice declared that Dugu Lin's claim was impossible.

Han Yiyu, the level 95 Snow Douluo and vice palace master of the Ancient Ice Palace, arrived to settle the dispute over the Mystic Ice Marrow. She proposed that one junior from each side fight for the Ten Thousand Year Mystic Ice Marrow, and Chen Menglin agreed.

• Han Yiyu descended into the valley, where the Ice Sealed Academy members greeted her as their dean.
• Han Yiyu revealed that the millstone-sized Thousand Year Mystic Ice Marrow concealed a rare Ten Thousand Year Mystic Ice Marrow inside.
• Han Yiyu proposed that each side choose one junior to fight for the treasure, seeking to resolve the dispute without harming relations between their families.
• Chen Menglin accepted Han Yiyu's proposal, confident that Xiao Yi gave his side an advantage.

Zhan Ruoxi of the Ice Palace faced Xiao Yi in the path-protecting match, but Xiao Yi’s unusual Meteor Vine Martial Soul surprised Han Yiyu and the others. The battle was about to begin, with Han Yiyu newly curious about Xiao Yi’s background and power.

• Han Yiyu sent Zhan Ruoxi, the Genius List’s eighteenth-ranked Heavenly Snow Woman, to fight for the Ice Palace.
• Chen Menglin signaled Dugu Fu to let Xiao Yi step forward, and Zhan Ruoxi and Xiao Yi greeted each other before the match.
• Zhan Ruoxi summoned her Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul, an immense illusory figure with powerful Ice Attribute energy.
• Xiao Yi revealed a purple-black Meteor Vine Martial Soul with five tendrils and several powerful attributes, shocking the onlookers.
• Han Yiyu questioned Mei Changge about Xiao Yi and wondered why the Chen Clan had paired her Meteor Vine with the Ice Soul Dream Illusion Vine.

Xiao Yi revealed a Meteor Vine Branch Vine disguised by her Simulation ability, surprising the Ice Sealed Academy and prompting Han Yiyu to recognize its King Martial Soul-like strength. Zhan Ruoxi escalated the duel with Snow Dance Ice Prisms, sending a tornado of ice spikes toward Xiao Yi.

• Zhan Ruoxi attacked Xiao Yi with Frost Chains, which Xiao Yi’s five purplish-black vines shattered after briefly becoming coated in ice.
• Xiao Yi released the Meteor Vine’s spiritual pressure, leading Han Yiyu to judge it comparable to Zhan Ruoxi’s Heavenly Snow Woman and potentially a King Martial Soul.
• Chen Menglin privately wondered how Xiao Yi could possess a real Meteor Vine, while the narration explained that Ageless Evergreen Ivy could create Branch Vines and Simulation concealed its true identity.
• Zhan Ruoxi used Snow Dance Ice Prisms to summon a freezing tornado and launch a storm of ice spikes at Xiao Yi.

The chapter explains the risks and power of Ice Palace’s Extinguish Sea Calm Wave No Hua Skill, then follows Xiao Yi as she uses her agility and vines to withstand Zhan Ruoxi’s ice storm. Xiao Yi’s vines begin to weaken the storm and push toward its center.

• The chapter describes how Extinguish Sea Calm Wave No Hua Skill strengthens its cultivator’s ice attribute while eroding their emotions, and notes that its side effects can ease after reaching the Soul Saint Stage.
• Xiao Yi used her First Soul Skill, Drifting Willow Catkin, to weave gracefully through Zhan Ruoxi’s ice shards.
• Xiao Yi activated her Second Soul Skill, Endless Growth, and sent a tide of vines to knock away the ice prisms and attack the storm.
• Zhan Ruoxi and Xiao Yi increased their Soul Power as their ice and vine techniques clashed across the battlefield.
• Xiao Yi’s vines grew thicker and stronger, gradually weakening Zhan Ruoxi’s Frost tornado and advancing toward its center.

Xiao Yi pressed her advantage over Zhan Ruoxi with a series of Destruction Tides, forcing Zhan Ruoxi to unleash her Fifth Soul Skill to destroy the final waves. The battlefield fell silent under the spreading frost, with the duel’s outcome left unresolved.

• Xiao Yi launched her Fourth Soul Skill, Silent Extinction Vine Language, sending a massive Destruction Tide toward Zhan Ruoxi.
• Zhan Ruoxi used her Fourth Soul Skill, Icebound Law Domain, to raise a forest of ice pillars as a defense.
• Xiao Yi’s Destruction Tide overwhelmed much of Zhan Ruoxi’s domain, and Xiao Yi sent two more waves toward her.
• Zhan Ruoxi unleashed her Fifth Soul Skill, Extreme Frost Explosion, blasting apart the second and third tides.
• The battlefield froze into stillness as Zhan Ruoxi stood amid the pervasive frost.

Xiao Yi held back against Zhan Ruoxi’s powerful ice sword technique, then revealed her ability to command the spirit body of the Howling Moon Silver Wolf True King. The battle remained unresolved as the spectators tried to understand her rare summoning skill.

• Xiao Yi’s controlled Soul Skill matched Zhan Ruoxi’s Combination Skill, though Xiao Yi had released only a fraction of its full power.
• Zhan Ruoxi chanted and summoned an ice-crystal sword, unleashing the single-target secret technique Ice Snow Frost Sword.
• Xiao Yi’s moon-white light spread across her body, and she summoned the spirit body of the Howling Moon Silver Wolf True King.
• Ji Bingyan accused Xiao Yi of cheating, but Su Jingming explained that the wolf was a spirit body rather than a physical soul beast.
• Han Yiyu recognized the wolf’s appearance as a rare summoning-type Head Bone Skill, while the spectators recalled that Xiao Yi had killed it in the mountains.

Xiao Yi tested the Silver Wolf True King's combat strength against Zhan Ruoxi, then used Nine Yin Soul Shifting to disrupt Zhan Ruoxi's soul and create the opening that decided the duel. Zhan Ruoxi was defeated, and Xiao Yi confirmed the Silver Wolf True King's spiritual body retained True King Level strength.

• Xiao Yi and the Howling Moon Silver Wolf blocked Zhan Ruoxi's Ice Snow Frost Sword with Moonlight Rending Sky, and their attacks canceled each other out.
• Xiao Yi released the Silver Wolf True King, which fought Zhan Ruoxi and showed strong resistance to her ice attacks.
• Xiao Yi struck Zhan Ruoxi's soul with Nine Yin Soul Shifting, leaving her disoriented and unable to defend herself.
• The Silver Wolf True King seized the opening and sent Zhan Ruoxi flying, shattering her Ice Snow Frost Sword and securing Xiao Yi's victory.
• Xiao Yi judged the test successful and confirmed the Silver Wolf True King's spiritual body retained True King Level strength.

Chen Xinyi defeated Zhan Ruoxi with her Mental Power and revealed her name before leaving. Han Yiyu comforted and healed Zhan Ruoxi, whose sharp reply suggested she understood why her Grandmaster had wanted her to lose.

• Chen Xinyi’s Nine Yin Soul Shifting overwhelmed Zhan Ruoxi, and the narration explained how her abilities and physique countered Zhan Ruoxi’s strengths.
• Bai Jun and Su Jingming examined Zhan Ruoxi and found that she had only light injuries.
• Chen Xinyi recalled the Silver Wolf True King and prepared to leave, but Zhan Ruoxi stopped her to ask her name.
• Chen Xinyi identified herself as Chen Clan, Chen Xinyi.
• Han Yiyu stroked Zhan Ruoxi’s hair and asked if she now understood that greater people existed; Zhan Ruoxi suggested this was exactly what Han Yiyu had wanted to see.
• Han Yiyu channeled Soul Power into Zhan Ruoxi, smoothing her meridians and easing her mental pain.

Chen Menglin realized Han Yiyu was willing to accept either outcome of Zhan Ruoxi’s match, since Xiao Yi could become a psychological anchor for her cultivation. After Xiao Yi won the Ten Thousand Year Mystic Ice Marrow, Han Yiyu persuaded Chen Menglin’s group to stay in Ice Sealed City, where her senior brother wanted to discuss important matters with the Chen Clan.

• Chen Menglin deduced that Zhan Ruoxi’s loss could either deepen her cold temperament or help her awaken with Xiao Yi as her psychological anchor.
• Han Yiyu asked Xiao Yi about her age and academy, and Chen Menglin answered that she studied at Chang'an Academy.
• Chen Menglin asked Han Yiyu to hand over the Ten Thousand Year Mystic Ice Marrow, and she agreed; Gu Du Lin collected it.
• Han Yiyu thanked Chen Menglin for the Chen Clan’s support of Ice Sealed City’s Medicinal Materials Market and invited his group to stay.
• Chen Menglin initially declined, but Han Yiyu cited her senior brother’s request and a matter to discuss, so he agreed to remain in the city.