Chapter Summaries

Zhao Ming displayed an overwhelming Million-Year Soul Beast aura to force Yuan Zhan and the other Extreme North Soul Beasts to submit. He spared Yuan Zhan at the Snow Empress’s request, ordered him to kneel in his clan territory for a month, and commanded everyone to keep Zhao Ming’s strength secret.

• Yuan Zhan challenged Zhao Ming’s authority and claimed the Titan Snow Ape Clan deserved to rank above the Ice Bear Clan.
• Zhao Ming revealed his Soul Beast form and used his aura to make the gathered Soul Beasts kneel.
• Zhao Ming’s simulated Million-Year Soul Beast aura terrified Yuan Zhan, who prostrated himself and begged forgiveness.
• The Snow Empress asked Zhao Ming to spare Yuan Zhan, and Zhao Ming sentenced him to kneel in his clan territory for one month instead of killing him.
• Zhao Ming ordered the Soul Beasts to keep his strength secret, then returned to the Palace.

Snow Empress discussed her impending Seven-Hundred-Thousand-Year Heavenly Tribulation with Zhao Ming, insisting that she wanted to face it herself. Zhao Ming promised to prepare a way to purify her Ultimate Ice and improve her chances, leaving her forbidden from attempting the tribulation until he was ready.

• Snow Empress reflected on the dangers of her Heavenly Tribulation and how Zhao Ming’s protection had eased her worries about the Extreme North.
• Zhao Ming took Snow Empress’s hand and encouraged her to leave the Extreme North someday and experience the outside world.
• Zhao Ming transformed Black Flame into burning Ultimate Ice, shocking Snow Empress and demonstrating that her ice could be purified further.
• Snow Empress said she wanted to face the Heavenly Tribulation herself and refused Zhao Ming’s offer to protect her or provide a divine position.
• Zhao Ming agreed not to interfere with the tribulation but said he would help purify Snow Empress’s Ultimate Ice, forbidding her from attempting it before he finished preparing.

Zhao Ming agreed to purify Ice Empress's ice attribute and bet that he could raise it to Snow Empress's level. He left to help Snow Empress first, while Ice Empress hoped he would keep his promise if he lost.

• After cultivating with Bi Ji for three days, Zhao Ming reassured Ice Empress that he had gathered treasures for her and considered her family.
• Zhao Ming said he could raise Ice Empress's ice attribute to Snow Empress's level, and Ice Empress challenged him to stay by her side for a year if he failed.
• Zhao Ming proposed that Ice Empress let him kiss her if she lost the bet, and she agreed.
• Zhao Ming said he would help Snow Empress first, explaining that strengthening Snow Empress could also help Ice Empress improve.

Zhao Ming helped Snow Empress purify her ice Soul Power in the Ice Palace’s Cold Pool, strengthening her into true Ultimate Ice. After three days, she reached the threshold of a seven-hundred-thousand-year tribulation and left to attempt it, unsure what had happened while she was unconscious.

• Snow Empress welcomed Zhao Ming into the secret chamber and agreed to undergo his cultivation method in the Cold Pool.
• Zhao Ming sealed the pool and circulated Snow Empress’s ice Soul Power through his body, refining it before returning it to her.
• Snow Empress’s Soul Power grew denser and stronger as the cultivation continued for three days, while the pool’s treasures were absorbed into her power.
• Zhao Ming told Snow Empress her Soul Power had become true Ultimate Ice and gave her the gauzy dress.
• Snow Empress said she was ready to face her seven-hundred-thousand-year tribulation and rushed out, wondering whether Zhao Ming had bullied her while she was unaware.

After Zhao Ming helped Snow Empress refine her power, she faced and passed her seven-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation in the Extreme North. She emerged stronger, while the watching Soul Beasts grew more reverent toward Zhao Ming.

• Snow Empress told Ice Empress and Bi Ji that her cultivation with Zhao Ming had given her true Ultimate Ice and enough power to face her Heavenly Tribulation.
• Zhao Ming reassured Snow Empress and promised Ice Empress and Bi Ji that he would help them with their future tribulations.
• Soul Beasts across the Extreme North sensed Snow Empress's tribulation and hurried toward the core region to watch.
• Snow Empress shattered the descending lightning with a single palm strike, absorbed its energy, and overcame the tribulation as Zhao Ming and the gathered Soul Beasts watched.
• Snow Empress became a seven-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, thanked Zhao Ming, and recognized him as a new presence in her world.

After helping Snow Empress survive her Heavenly Tribulation, Zhao Ming won the Fierce Beasts of the Extreme North’s wholehearted loyalty by promising to help them with their tribulations. He left with Bi Ji and the others to rest, postponing Ice Empress’s strength improvement until the next day as his departure drew closer.

• Snow Empress thanked Zhao Ming for helping her survive her tribulation, and he told her he would not force her to be with him.
• Zhao Ming addressed the gathered Fierce Beasts and promised to reward their loyalty, including helping them survive their tribulations.
• The Fierce Beasts swore to serve Zhao Ming, whom they regarded as their god, and then left the hall.
• Bi Ji embraced Zhao Ming, while Ice Empress agreed to let him rest and wait until the next day for his help.

Zhao Ming cultivated with Ice Empress, greatly increasing her strength and helping her prepare to overcome her tribulation. After Ice Empress passed her tribulation, Zhao Ming left the Extreme North, promising to return and seek her help with the Ocean Soul Beasts.

• Zhao Ming told Ice Empress he would leave after she overcame her tribulation and might later ask her to help him deal with the Ocean Soul Beasts.
• Zhao Ming cultivated with Ice Empress for two days, raising her cultivation to nearly four hundred thousand years and purifying her icy aura.
• Ice Empress fulfilled her wager by letting Zhao Ming kiss her cheek, and she asked him to delay her tribulation because she did not want him to leave yet.
• Zhao Ming agreed to wait, and Ice Empress underwent her tribulation three days later as Snow Empress and Ice Empress's successes raised Zhao Ming's prestige among the soul beasts.
• Zhao Ming left the Extreme North after Ice Empress overcame her tribulation.

Zhao Ming headed to Skywater Academy to see Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu, while the two disciples met in a competition. Shui Bing'er defeated Huo Wu and was named Skywater Academy's Saintess, as Feng Xiaotian prepared to pursue them.

• Zhao Ming learned that Huo Wu was at Skywater Academy with Blazing Academy and hurried there to see her and Shui Bing'er.
• Shui Bing'er revealed to Huo Wu that Zhao Ming had accepted her as a disciple and raised her strength to level 42, making Huo Wu jealous.
• Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu fought before the gathered academies, and Shui Bing'er beat Huo Wu with a single palm strike.
• Shui Miao named Shui Bing'er Skywater Academy's Saintess, and Huo Shang named Huo Wu Blazing Academy's Saintess.
• Feng Xiaotian watched Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu and declared that he intended to make them his women.

Feng Xiaotian tried to recruit Xue Wu to help him pursue Huo Wu, but Xue Wu rebuffed him and praised Zhao Ming instead. When Zhao Ming arrived at Skywater Academy, Xue Wu greeted him warmly and gave him a handmade sachet, shocking the crowd.

• Feng Xiaotian asked Xue Wu to help him win Huo Wu over, but she rejected him and warned him that Huo Wu already had a powerful boyfriend.
• Xue Wu recognized Zhao Ming as he arrived at Skywater Academy and greeted him, while Feng Xiaotian dismissed him as an ordinary Soul Elder.
• Feng Xiaotian insulted Xue Wu and roughly grabbed Feng Yue after Xue Wu refused to help him.
• Zhao Ming introduced himself to Xue Wu and said Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er had praised her.
• Xue Wu shyly offered Zhao Ming a sachet she had sewn herself, setting off gasps and breaking the hearts of admirers in the crowd.

Zhao Ming accepted Xue Wu’s sachet and openly challenged Feng Xiaotian, who mistook Huo Wu and Shui Bing’er’s arrival for a sign they admired him. They walked past Feng Xiaotian to reunite with Zhao Ming, leaving him dumbfounded as Huo Wu complained that he had neglected her.

• Xue Wu gave Zhao Ming a sachet, and he accepted it while Feng Xiaotian watched jealously.
• Feng Xiaotian warned Zhao Ming to stay away from Xue Wu, so Zhao Ming pulled her into his arms in defiance.
• Huo Wu and Shui Bing’er arrived, and Feng Xiaotian spread his arms to embrace them, believing they were coming to him.
• Huo Wu and Shui Bing’er walked past Feng Xiaotian and embraced Zhao Ming, leaving Feng Xiaotian holding empty air.
• Huo Wu told Zhao Ming she had missed him and complained that his help had made Shui Bing’er stronger than her.

Feng Xiaotian challenged Zhao Ming after learning Huo Wu was his fiancée and seeing the other women close to him. Feng Xiaotian attacked with his fourth soul skill, while Zhao Ming calmly raised one finger to meet him.

• Huo Wu claimed she had the kind of relationship with Zhao Ming that Feng Xiaotian suspected, and Zhao Ming called her his fiancée and kissed her forehead.
• Feng Xiaotian, humiliated and jealous, challenged Zhao Ming and wagered that he would leave Huo Wu and the others if he lost.
• Zhao Ming accepted, promising to leave them forever if Feng Xiaotian defeated him.
• Feng Xiaotian revealed his Swift Wind Double Headed Wolf Martial Soul and four Soul Rings, then attacked with his fourth soul skill, Demonic Wolf Storm.
• Zhao Ming faced Feng Xiaotian's Wolf Claw by slowly extending a single finger.

Zhao Ming defeated Feng Xiaotian with one finger, shattering his Martial Soul and revealing the gulf between their strength. Huo Shang and Shui Miao recognized Zhao Ming as a renowned figure, and the chapter left the plaza crowd in awe as he departed with Huo Wu and the others.

• Feng Xiaotian attacked Zhao Ming with his fourth soul skill, but Zhao Ming blocked his Wolf Claw with one finger.
• Zhao Ming pierced Feng Xiaotian’s Wolf Claw and shattered his Gale Double-Headed Wolf Martial Soul, sending Feng Xiaotian flying.
• Feng Xiaotian spat blood, guessed that Zhao Ming was the legendary figure, and fainted from fear and humiliation.
• Huo Shang and Shui Miao greeted Zhao Ming and thanked him for his past deeds.
• Zhao Ming left with Huo Wu and the others, while the plaza crowd recognized him as Lord Zhao Ming and erupted in awe.

Zhao Ming reunited with Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er at Skywater Academy, agreed to hold a teaching title there, and gave them an Undying Blood drop and Spirit Bones before leaving to pursue his plans against the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall.

• Zhao Ming praised Huo Wu for reaching Soul Ancestor and told her he had come to see her before leaving the next day.
• Huo Wu persuaded Zhao Ming to stay with her by offering to wear a miniskirt, and he agreed to return when his threats were dealt with.
• Shui Bing'er arrived, and Zhao Ming embraced her alongside Huo Wu as they teased him about which of them was prettier.
• Shui Bing'er asked Zhao Ming to teach at Skywater Academy, and he accepted an honorary teaching title without agreeing to teach classes.
• Zhao Ming gave Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er an Undying Blood drop and several Spirit Bones, then left to target the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall.

Zhao Ming learned that Qian Renxue had been exposed and was in mortal danger at the Royal Hunt, so he rushed to rescue her. Surrounded by Heaven Dou soldiers and threatened by Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng, Qian Renxue fought on as her Soul Power dwindled.

• The system told Zhao Ming that Qian Renxue had been exposed and that Xue Ye had surrounded her with troops at the Royal Hunting Ground.
• Zhao Ming learned that Qian Renxue's guardian and the other Titled Douluo could not reach her, and he sped toward Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue fought through the Heaven Dou soldiers while Prince Xue Xing insulted her and threatened to capture and abuse her.
• Prince Xue Xing ordered his soldiers to exhaust Qian Renxue, while Xue Beng demanded his chance to claim her.
• Qian Renxue activated her Angel Domain and continued killing soldiers, even as the power drained from her and Zhao Ming hurried to save her.

With her Soul Power exhausted and facing capture by Prince Xue Xing, Qian Renxue activated her Angel Bloodline to destroy herself rather than be defiled. As she transformed into a Six-Winged Angel and imagined Zhao Ming on the horizon, Bibi Dong rushed toward her, fearing she had arrived too late.

• Qian Renxue fought off the Heaven Dou soldiers until her strength was spent, while Prince Xue Xing ordered his troops back and demanded that she submit to him.
• Qian Renxue refused Xue Xing and resolved to die rather than fall into his hands, then began burning her Angel Bloodline.
• Bibi Dong rushed toward Qian Renxue from Spirit City, regretting how she had treated her daughter and fearing the pain she felt meant Qian Renxue was in danger.
• Xue Xing realized the unstable energy surrounding Qian Renxue could kill him and retreated as she transformed into a Six-Winged Angel.
• Clutching Zhao Ming's hairpin, Qian Renxue imagined seeing him at the horizon as her Angel Power enveloped her.

Zhao Ming arrived just as Qian Renxue was about to sacrifice herself, saved her, and unleashed a devastating attack on the Heaven Dou forces. After killing tens of thousands, he stood with Qian Renxue as Pope Bibi Dong arrived and witnessed the carnage.

• Prince Xue Xing ordered his experts to stop Qian Renxue, but Zhao Ming descended and suppressed her burning Angel Bloodline.
• Zhao Ming killed more than forty Soul Ancestor and Soul King experts, then embraced Qian Renxue and comforted her over her injuries and broken hairpin.
• Prince Xue Xing threatened Zhao Ming by invoking the women in Heaven Dou City, so Zhao Ming killed him and several thousand soldiers with a sword strike.
• Xue Beng fled as tens of thousands of soldiers charged, but Zhao Ming froze them within his Ice and Fire Bipolar Domain and burned them to ashes.
• Pope Bibi Dong arrived and witnessed Zhao Ming’s destruction of the Heaven Dou forces.

Zhao Ming saved Qian Renxue from the battlefield and used his essence blood to heal her while Bibi Dong watched. When Bibi Dong tried to take her daughter away, Zhao Ming refused and let Bibi Dong’s spider lances pierce him rather than fight back.

• Bibi Dong witnessed Zhao Ming’s power after he killed tens of thousands of soldiers, while Zhao Ming went to comfort the wounded Qian Renxue.
• Zhao Ming fed Qian Renxue his essence blood, healing her wounds as she fell asleep in his arms.
• Bibi Dong confronted Zhao Ming over their past conflict and demanded that he hand Qian Renxue over to her.
• Zhao Ming refused, insisting that Qian Renxue would be safer and happier with him, and defended his feelings for her.
• Bibi Dong attacked Zhao Ming with her spider lances, and he let them pierce him without resisting.

Zhao Ming faced Bibi Dong while protecting the unconscious Qian Renxue, then learned that the system had given him a mission to travel back in time and save Bibi Dong. Bibi Dong left after warning him to come to Spirit Hall within a month, while Zhao Ming remained with Qian Renxue and planned to change Bibi Dong’s fate.

• Bibi Dong demanded that Zhao Ming put Qian Renxue down, but he refused and promised to help Qian Renxue obtain the Angel God's inheritance.
• Zhao Ming told Bibi Dong that she might not inherit the Rakshasa God's position because of her inner obsessions, and the system triggered a mission to return to the past and save her.
• Bibi Dong sensed Zhao Ming's Emperor God Domain and its effect on the Rakshasa mark, but chose not to kill him.
• Bibi Dong marked Zhao Ming so she could track him, ordered him to come to Spirit Hall within a month, and warned him not to take Qian Renxue's virginity.
• Bibi Dong left to aid the Spirit Hall Titled Douluo, and Zhao Ming's wounds healed as he stayed with Qian Renxue.

Zhao Ming cared for the powerless Qian Renxue in a cave, then teased her when she awoke and accused him of taking advantage of her. He brought her to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to recover as news of his destruction of a Heaven Dou army spread.

• Zhao Ming treated Qian Renxue's wounds, covered her, and cultivated while she remained unconscious.
• Qian Renxue awoke with a sword at Zhao Ming's throat and demanded to know whether he had taken advantage of her; Zhao Ming denied it and explained that Bibi Dong had warned him not to harm her.
• Zhao Ming held Qian Renxue while she recovered, then decided to take her to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for safety.
• Zhao Ming carried Qian Renxue toward the sect and slaughtered every Heaven Dou army unit they encountered.
• Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples admired Zhao Ming as rumors spread that he had single-handedly destroyed nearly fifty thousand Heaven Dou soldiers.

Zhao Ming returned to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Qian Renxue, whose jealousy flared when Ning Rongrong displayed her closeness to him. As Zhao Ming and Ning Rongrong reunited, he and Ning Fengzhi planned an assault on the Heaven Dou Empire, and the chapter ended with Zhao Ming giving Rongrong ice-marrow earrings and teasing her.

• Zhao Ming introduced Qian Renxue to Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, and Qian Renxue affirmed that she still regarded Ning Fengzhi as her teacher.
• Ning Rongrong sat on Zhao Ming's lap in front of Qian Renxue, prompting Qian Renxue to leave angrily and Rongrong to ask Zhao Ming to hold her.
• Ning Fengzhi told Zhao Ming that Heaven Dou City remained stable and that the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had protected his allies; Zhao Ming proposed attacking the Heaven Dou Empire with Zhu Yun's forces.
• Zhao Ming carried Ning Rongrong to her chamber, where they spent the night together and he promised to stay by her side.
• The next morning, Zhao Ming gave Ning Rongrong ice-marrow earrings from the Extreme North, then teased her about punishing her for provoking him in front of Qian Renxue.