Chapter Summaries

Xiao Heng fought the Ice Empress after the Snow Emperor took the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm from him, revealing enough power to force the Snow Emperor to intervene. The Snow Emperor offered to let him leave if he stopped, but Xiao Heng insisted that the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm belonged to him.

• The Ice Empress and Snow Emperor confronted Xiao Heng and demanded the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, which crawled to the Snow Emperor before she restrained it.
• Xiao Heng set the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm alight, then challenged the departing Ice Empress and Snow Emperor to stop them from leaving with it.
• The Ice Empress attacked Xiao Heng, who used his Exotic Fire Martial Soul and Little Grass's power to fight back and batter the Ice Empress.
• The Snow Emperor blocked Xiao Heng's finishing strike against the Ice Empress and warned him to stop fighting.
• Xiao Heng recognized the Snow Emperor's Absolute Zero domain and refused to leave without the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.

Xiao Heng fought Snow Empress and Ice Empress after refusing to hand over Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, and Little Grass helped him withstand their attacks. As Snow Empress and Ice Empress regrouped, Xiao Heng prepared to draw on Little Grass’s power for thirty seconds and planned to target Snow Empress first.

• Ice Empress attacked Xiao Heng, but Snow Empress struck him into the ground with a powerful palm.
• Xiao Heng emerged from the snow and exchanged swords with Snow Empress across a vast battlefield.
• Ice Empress joined the fight and struck at Xiao Heng, but his vines blocked her tail and knocked her down.
• Snow Empress wounded Xiao Heng and sent him crashing into a snowy mountain, while Xiao Heng also injured her shoulder and cracked Ice Empress’s shell.
• Xiao Heng used Little Grass’s restorative power to form vine armor and asked it to raise his strength for thirty seconds.
• Snow Empress sensed Xiao Heng’s increased power, and he resolved to deal with her before facing Ice Empress.

Xiao Heng defeated Snow Empress and Ice Empress with a fire lotus and a devastating sword strike, but collapsed before he could kill them. Snow Empress spared him, and after recovering together, Xiao Heng examined the strange Ice Snow Great Tree where she had been born.

• Little Grass restored Xiao Heng's energy, and he attacked Snow Empress and Ice Empress with a fire lotus followed by a powerful sword strike that left them badly wounded.
• Big White blocked Xiao Heng from killing Snow Empress, and Xiao Heng collapsed before striking her; Snow Empress then had Big White carry Xiao Heng, Ice Empress, and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm away.
• Xiao Heng woke on an ice bed and agreed to help Ice Empress, withdrawing his sword energy from her wound and Snow Empress's body.
• Snow Empress told Xiao Heng that she had been born beside the Ice Snow Great Tree, and he began examining it with his soul power.

Xiao Heng recovered from his injuries and began absorbing the Ice Tree’s power to form a Spirit Ring for his third martial soul. As the Ice Tree’s life force increased, Little Grass urged him to keep absorbing in hopes of condensing a Million Year Spirit Ring, but the ring remained red.

• Ice Empress woke and retreated from Xiao Heng until Snow Empress pulled her away and gave her frozen Tianmeng Ice Silkworm to help her recover.
• Xiao Heng prepared roasted Spirit Beast meat, sharing it with Snow Empress and, after Ice Empress demanded some, with her as well.
• After two or three days of healing, Xiao Heng began absorbing the Ice Tree’s power through his little tree martial soul.
• A white Spirit Ring darkened through yellow, purple, and black before turning blood-red, while green vitality flowed back into the Ice Tree and one of its branches trembled.
• Snow Empress sensed the Ice Tree’s life force rapidly increasing, and Little Grass told Xiao Heng to continue absorbing because the tree might provide a Million Year Spirit Ring.

Xiao Heng received the Million Year Spirit Ring after the Snow Empress helped him complete its formation, gaining control over ice and snow and a pure Absolute Zero domain. He found Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotuses and used them with an ice snake’s essence to prepare Big White for a breakthrough to a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast.

• The Snow Empress infused Xiao Heng with frost, turning his red Spirit Ring into a silver Million Year Spirit Ring and granting him Absolute Zero.
• Xiao Heng tested his new power over ice and snow, sensed a call from the land, and found three Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotuses on a distant peak.
• Xiao Heng returned to the ice tree and decided to use the snow lotuses to help Big White break through to a hundred thousand years.
• Xiao Heng refined the ice snake’s corpse and three snow lotus petals into a concentrated white tonic for Big White.
• The Ice Empress asked whether Xiao Heng could refine the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, but Xiao Heng told it to absorb the silkworm’s power first.
• Xiao Heng gave Big White the tonic and warned him not to transform into a human.

Big White broke through to become a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast, and Xiao Heng learned from the Snow Empress’s ice sword to form swords from different elements. The chapter ended as his four swords appeared and the heavens and earth changed color.

• Big White swallowed Xiao Heng’s pill, endured a lightning tribulation, and became a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast.
• Big White celebrated its breakthrough with Xiao Heng, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress, who warned it that its next tribulation would be more dangerous.
• Xiao Heng asked the Snow Empress about her sword, and she showed him memories of how her Ice Spike had naturally become a sword.
• Inspired by the Snow Empress’s sword, Xiao Heng formed an ice sword and realized he could shape his sword intent through different elements.
• Xiao Heng created a Flame Sword and a Wood Sword, joining them with his Xiao Yao Sword and Extreme Cold Sword as the heavens and earth changed color.

Xiao Heng honed his sword skills and strengthened his spirit rings in the Extreme North before deciding to return to the human world. Snow Empress and Ice Empress gave him Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, and he promised to visit them again.

• Xiao Heng controlled four swords after gaining new insights, and Snow Empress studied his sword in return.
• Xiao Heng spent seven more days in the Extreme North, strengthening his spirit rings before deciding to leave.
• Xiao Heng told Big White, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress that he was returning to the human world, and he gave them a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect token and Storage Rings.
• Snow Empress urged Ice Empress to give Tianmeng Ice Silkworm to Xiao Heng, and Ice Empress reluctantly handed it over.
• Xiao Heng promised to return and flew away with Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.

After leaving the Extreme North with Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Xiao Heng chose to return to Heaven Dou City and reunite with Ling'er. The chapter ended with Xiao Heng and Ling'er alone in his hotel room while an attendant waited outside with their food.

• Xiao Heng stored Tianmeng Ice Silkworm in his Soul Tool and left the Extreme North, reflecting on his time with Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Big White.
• Xiao Heng dismissed the idea of visiting Slaughter City and decided to travel to Heaven Dou City before visiting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Three days later, Xiao Heng arrived at the hotel and reunited with Ling'er, who tearfully told him she had feared he would abandon her.
• Xiao Heng embraced Ling'er, encouraged her to focus on cultivation, and began spending private time with her as an attendant waited outside with their meal.

Xiao Heng gave Ling'er cultivation supplies and guided her in consuming a Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus to improve her talent and Soul Power. Ling'er finished her transformation and emerged with pure white ears and tail, while Xiao Heng stayed by her side.

• After eating with Ling'er, Xiao Heng promised to stay for about a week and gave her cultivation supplies, money, and a Storage Ring.
• Xiao Heng taught Ling'er a cultivation technique and gave her a Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus, insisting that she accept it.
• Xiao Heng guided Ling'er as she consumed the snow lotus and helped its medicinal power circulate through her body, improving her aptitude and raising her Soul Power.
• Ling'er completed her two-hour transformation, then bathed after the expelled impurities left her smelling unpleasant.
• After Ling'er finished bathing, Xiao Heng changed rooms with her, and her ears and tail had turned completely white.

Xiao Heng saw Ling'er’s new Blazing Spirit Cat martial soul and took her to obtain her first soul ring before encountering Qian Renxue in Heaven Dou City. Qian Renxue concealed her jealousy and agreed to join them for dinner.

• Xiao Heng examined Ling'er’s changes after she consumed the immortal herb, and she revealed her Blazing Spirit Cat martial soul.
• Xiao Heng promised to take Ling'er for a soul ring the next day, then spent the night with her.
• Xiao Heng took Ling'er to a nearby Soul Beast Forest, where she obtained a hundred-year soul ring, and then went shopping with her.
• Qian Renxue watched Xiao Heng and Ling'er from nearby, feeling jealous, before Xiao Heng noticed her and introduced Ling'er as his woman.
• Qian Renxue reproached Xiao Heng for not visiting her after returning, and Xiao Heng invited her to dinner with them.

Xiao Heng helped Ling'er absorb an immortal herb, strengthening her talent and transforming her martial soul, then accompanied her to obtain a soul ring. While they browsed the city, they encountered Qian Renxue disguised as Xue Qinghe, whose jealousy showed through as Xiao Heng introduced Ling'er as his woman.

• Xiao Heng examined Ling'er's changes and found that her talent now rivaled someone born with full Soul Power, with enough herb power remaining for her to reach level twenty soon.
• The next day, Xiao Heng took Ling'er to a nearby Soul Beast Forest, where she obtained a hundred-year soul ring.
• Xiao Heng and Ling'er browsed street stalls, unaware that Qian Renxue was watching them as Xue Qinghe.
• Xiao Heng introduced Ling'er as his woman and Xue Qinghe as his friend, then asked Xue Qinghe to look after Ling'er when he was away.
• Qian Renxue concealed her jealousy, agreed to care for Ling'er, and accepted Xiao Heng's invitation to dinner.

Xiao Heng reunited with Qian Renxue in Heaven Dou City, then left Ling'er and returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. There, he reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, who competed for his affection, before he went to report his safe return to Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi.

• Xiao Heng met Qian Renxue for a meal and told her he had reached Soul Emperor after visiting the Extreme North.
• Xiao Heng cultivated with energy drawn from the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and spent time with Ling'er before leaving Heaven Dou City.
• Xiao Heng returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, who noticed he smelled like someone else but said she did not mind.
• Ning Rongrong arrived, kissed Xiao Heng after Zhu Zhuqing made room for her, and then joined Zhu Zhuqing in teasing him.
• Ning Rongrong decided to stay with Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Heng later went to report his safe return to Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi.

Xiao Heng sparred with Sword Douluo after reaching Soul Sage and learned about the Seven Kill Sword Intent. He awakened a powerful Slaughter Sword Intent, then practiced controlling it as its master.

• Sword Douluo discovered that Xiao Heng had reached Soul Sage and sparred with him using wooden swords, testing his swordsmanship without Soul Power.
• Sword Douluo demonstrated the Seven Kill Sword Intent and explained how it embodied slaughter, briefly overwhelming Xiao Heng with its killing intent.
• As he reflected on why he had killed, Xiao Heng awakened the Slaughter Sword Intent, which formed a blood-red sword within his soul and challenged the White Sword for dominance.
• Sword Douluo warned Xiao Heng that the Slaughter Sword Intent could make him its slave unless he remembered that he was its master, then departed.
• Alone on the mountaintop, Xiao Heng summoned a blood-colored sword, declared himself its master, and drew its killing aura back under control.

Xiao Heng spent several peaceful days with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing before setting out for the northwestern desert. Spirit Hall’s Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo blocked his route to summon him to Bibi Dong, and Xiao Heng stopped Chrysanthemum Douluo’s attack with the flame mark in his heart.

• Zhu Zhuqing visited Xiao Heng at night, and Ning Rongrong later joined them in bed; both girls stayed with him until morning.
• Xiao Heng continued training and alchemy while his Soul Power rose, then decided to leave for the northwestern desert.
• Xiao Heng crossed into Spirit Hall territory, where Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo stopped him and said Bibi Dong wanted to see him.
• Xiao Heng refused to go with them until he returned, and Chrysanthemum Douluo attacked him in anger.
• Xiao Heng activated the flame mark in Chrysanthemum Douluo’s heart, making flames disrupt his body and Soul Power until he crashed to the ground.

Xiao Heng entered the desert and stopped at a remote outpost, where he killed three men who tried to rob him. That night, he discovered Black-clothed Men slaughtering the settlement and using the killings to grow stronger, so he intervened and faced a red-robed man with a wolf-shaped martial soul.

• Xiao Heng warned Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to tell the Pope he would come later, then flew into the desert.
• Xiao Heng checked into a remote inn and killed three men who demanded his Soul Tool.
• Xiao Heng returned to his room, sealed Tianmeng Ice Silkworm’s mouth with fire, and began cultivating with the Bei Ming Divine Skill.
• Xiao Heng sensed a strong smell of blood and discovered Black-clothed Men massacring the outpost’s inhabitants and growing stronger through slaughter.
• Xiao Heng killed one Black-clothed Man and began rescuing the townspeople as a red-robed man with a wolf-shaped martial soul confronted him.

Xiao Heng killed the Evil Spirit Masters who had attacked a town, then traveled into the desert to investigate a volcanic mountain where Little Grass sensed a treasure. Deep beneath the lava, he found a hundred-thousand-year Lava Giant Crocodile guarding a nascent Heavenly Flame and launched his strongest sword strike at them.

• Xiao Heng killed the Evil Spirit Masters and took a ring from their leader.
• A little girl thanked Xiao Heng with Red Bean Pastry before he flew away from town.
• Following Little Grass's guidance, Xiao Heng entered a lava-filled mountain in search of a heavenly treasure.
• Xiao Heng found a sleeping Lava Giant Crocodile with a red firebird that Little Grass identified as a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Heng combined Extreme Cold, Slaughter, and Carefree Sword Intents into a powerful strike as the crocodile woke.

Xiao Heng killed a hundred-thousand-year Lava Giant Crocodile, sealed the Flame Spirit, and collected spirit materials before returning to town. There, he met Little Leaf again and followed her home at her invitation.

• Xiao Heng killed the Lava Giant Crocodile and helped Little Grass seal the Flame Spirit inside a wooden sphere.
• Xiao Heng absorbed the crocodile’s spirit ring, took its spirit bone, and collected five red immortal herbs growing near the magma.
• Xiao Heng returned to town, rested, and met Little Leaf again when she came to the inn doorway.
• Xiao Heng shared his meal with Little Leaf, who told him her mother wanted her to bring him home.
• Xiao Heng carried Little Leaf to her house and knocked on its worn wooden door.

Xiao Heng agreed to take Hua Yu and her daughter, Little Leaf, away from their dangerous life. After refusing Hua Yu’s attempt to repay him with her body, he left with the mother and daughter by carriage, ending his journey through the desert.

• Hua Yu welcomed Xiao Heng into her home and offered him food and wine to thank him for saving her and Little Leaf.
• After Little Leaf went outside, Hua Yu asked Xiao Heng to take her daughter away and began offering herself in exchange.
• Xiao Heng stopped Hua Yu and agreed to take Little Leaf, then learned that Hua Yu’s husband had died.
• Xiao Heng told Hua Yu to pack, but ordered her to leave their belongings behind when he returned with a carriage.
• Hua Yu and Little Leaf boarded the carriage with Xiao Heng, bringing his journey through the desert to an end.

Xiao Heng met Bibi Dong in Spirit City, where she offered him enormous rewards to join Spirit Hall and become its future Pope. He refused, and Bibi Dong made clear that his talent could make him a threat if he remained outside her control.

• A Spirit Hall envoy demanded that Xiao Heng meet the Pope immediately, but Xiao Heng intimidated him and continued his meal with Hua Yu and Little Leaf.
• Xiao Heng reached Spirit City and followed Ghost Douluo to a side hall where Bibi Dong was waiting.
• Bibi Dong offered Xiao Heng power, wealth, soul bones, and the position of Holy Son in exchange for joining Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Heng rejected the offer and questioned why Bibi Dong wanted to undermine the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Bibi Dong said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could become as strong as the Clear Sky Sect with Xiao Heng's help.

Xiao Heng visited Xiao Wu in Spirit Hall’s prison after confronting Bibi Dong about her plans to unify the continent. He found Xiao Wu broken by her capture and abandonment, and the chapter left him considering how to answer her request to kill her and absorb her Spirit Ring.

• Xiao Heng refused to help Bibi Dong unify the continent and warned her not to target the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Bibi Dong took Xiao Heng through a concealed passage to Xiao Wu’s cell and told him he could free her if he wished.
• Xiao Heng reunited with a haggard Xiao Wu, who asked whether Tang San and their companions were well.
• Xiao Heng offered to take Xiao Wu away, but she declined because she feared it would cause trouble.
• Xiao Wu asked Xiao Heng to kill her and absorb her Spirit Ring, and he urged her to wait in case things improved.