Chapter Summaries

Bai Wanwan sent the Evil Emperor to deal with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and execute the prisoners involved in the palace raid, then used the Star Luo prince’s body to test the Star Luo Imperial Family. After Yu Luomian took over the clan, Bai Wanwan, Qian Renxue, and Zhu Zhuqing set out for the Star Luo Empire to resolve Zhu Zhuqing’s engagement.

• Bai Wanwan and Qian Renxue discussed their planned journey to the Star Luo Empire and Zhu Zhuqing’s situation.
• After receiving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s reply, Bai Wanwan ordered the Evil Emperor to handle the clan, execute the palace-raid prisoners, and return the Star Luo prince’s body to his family.
• News spread that Yu Yuanzhen had died and Yu Luomian had become clan chief; Yu Luomian reflected on his brother’s stubbornness at his grave.
• Yu Tianxin warned Yu Luomian that Liu Erlong planned to attack the palace and King Canglan’s Mansion, but Yu Luomian said he had prepared for her and returned to the clan.
• Bai Wanwan, Qian Renxue, Zhu Zhuqing, and their powerful escort departed King Canglan’s Mansion by carriage for the Star Luo Empire.

Bibi Dong dismissed Salas’s report of Yu Xiaogang’s death, while Dai Tian received Dai Mubai’s body and resented the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s insult. Three months later, Zhu Zhuqing returned to Nether City with Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan, and the Nether Duke welcomed them to his mansion.

• Bibi Dong read Salas’s message about Yu Xiaogang’s death, dismissed it as unimportant, and returned to her paperwork.
• Dai Tian ordered Dai Mubai’s coffin taken away for a prince’s burial, then looked toward the Heaven Dou Empire with anger.
• Three months later, Zhu Zhuqing traveled through Nether City with Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan and explained that the city was under the Nether Duke’s authority.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked a servant to tell her father that Their Highnesses Cang Lan and Chi Yang wanted to stay at the Nether Duke Mansion.
• The Nether Duke ordered a banquet prepared and came to the entrance to welcome Qian Renxue, Bai Wanwan, and their companions.

Bai Wanwan asked the Nether Duke to help annul the marriage agreement between the Nether Duke Mansion and the Star Luo Imperial Family after the Third Prince’s death. When the Nether Duke hesitated, the Evil Emperor overwhelmed him with pressure.

• The Nether Duke welcomed Bai Wanwan, Qian Renxue, Zhu Zhuqing, and their companions into his mansion, recognizing that most of them were stronger than he was.
• The Nether Duke spoke of Zhu Zhuqing’s mother and sister missing her, but Zhu Zhuqing remained distant and doubted her sister’s concern.
• At the Nether Duke’s request, Zhu Zhuqing went to the rear courtyard to arrange rooms and speak with her mother.
• The Nether Duke asked whether Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan had come to Nether City on business, and Bai Wanwan said she needed his help writing to the Star Luo Emperor.
• Bai Wanwan explained that the Third Prince’s death meant the marriage agreement should be annulled, and the Evil Emperor released an overwhelming pressure when the Nether Duke hesitated.

Bai Wanwan pressured the Nether Duke into sending the Star Luo Emperor a letter dissolving Zhu Zhuqing’s imperial marriage agreement, and the Emperor reacted with anger. Dai Tian ordered the Grand General to accompany him to Nether City in three days.

• The Nether Duke hesitated to write the letter, fearing the Star Luo Emperor, but chose to comply under pressure from Bai Wanwan and the Evil Emperor.
• The Nether Duke sent the letter to the Star Luo Imperial Palace and added that Cang Lan and Chi Yang were guests at his residence.
• Bai Wanwan and Qian Renxue saw the added sentence but let it stand, and their party later attended a banquet and settled into the Duke’s Mansion.
• Dai Tian read the letter, angrily rejected the Heaven Dou princes’ interference, and shattered the table beneath it.
• Dai Tian ordered a guard to tell the Grand General to prepare to accompany him to Nether City in three days.

Bai Wanwan and Qian Renxue faced a hundred thousand Star Luo cavalry led by Emperor Dai Tian, who demanded they come to the Imperial Palace and then ordered an attack on Nether City. As the troops advanced, Bai Wanwan sent the Evil Emperor to capture Dai Tian alive.

• Yang Wushuang reported that a hundred thousand soldiers bearing the Star Luo Imperial Family's banners were approaching Nether City.
• Bai Wanwan told the Evil Emperor to capture the army's leader alive rather than kill the soldiers.
• The Star Luo army arrived at Nether City, and Dai Tian invited Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan to the Imperial Palace.
• Bai Wanwan refused Dai Tian's invitation and asked him to enter Nether City instead.
• Dai Tian ordered the Grand General to attack the city while sparing Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan.
• Bai Wanwan sent the Evil Emperor to seize Dai Tian, and he vanished from the city wall.

The Evil Emperor broke through the Star Luo Empire's army and captured Dai Tian, bringing him to Nether City's walls. There, Bai Wanwan and Qian Renxue introduced themselves and said they wanted to discuss something with him.

• The Evil Emperor's Spirit Impact killed nearly ten thousand soldiers, but the Grand General ordered the remaining forces to attack.
• Dai Tian sent four Soul Douluo Guest Elders to help the army surround and kill the Evil Emperor.
• The Evil Emperor killed the four Guest Elders, broke through the army's blockade, and seized Dai Tian after knocking aside the Grand General.
• The Evil Emperor brought Dai Tian to Nether City's walls, where Bai Wanwan and Qian Renxue welcomed him and explained their identities.
• Dai Tian asked for a chair, but the Nether Duke ignored his signal because he had brought only two chairs for Bai Wanwan and Qian Renxue.

Bai Wanwan demanded that Dai Tian dissolve Zhu Zhuqing’s betrothal and cede Kangxin City, using the threat of capturing him and invading the Star Luo Empire to force his agreement. Dai Tian agreed to both demands and granted Kangxin City as a fief, though he silently vowed revenge.

• Bai Wanwan demanded protection for Zhu Zhuqing, dissolution of her betrothal, and control of Kangxin City.
• Dai Tian refused to surrender Kangxin City, and Bai Wanwan threatened to use him as a prisoner and lead an invasion of the Star Luo Empire.
• Bai Wanwan ordered Little Xie to prepare to hide in Star Luo City and Ling Yuan to take Dai Tian to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Dai Tian yielded, agreeing to dissolve Zhu Zhuqing’s betrothal and grant Kangxin City to Bai Wanwan and her companions as a fief.
• Bai Wanwan told Dai Tian to issue the decree immediately and promised not to reveal what had happened.

Dai Tian dissolved the engagement between the Nether Duke's Second Miss and the Third Prince, then granted Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan a dukedom over Kangxin City. He remained in Nether City under their watch, where Zhu Zhuqing learned the matter was settled and thanked Bai Wanwan.

• Dai Tian ordered the army outside Nether City to withdraw and decreed the dissolution of the Third Prince's engagement to the Nether Duke's Second Miss.
• Dai Tian granted Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan the rank of duke, with Kangxin City as their fief and the imperial family barred from interfering.
• Bai Wanwan invited Dai Tian to remain in Nether City, and he agreed while ordering the Nether Duke to arrange army supplies and bring the Grand General inside.
• The Nether Duke rose after Dai Tian left and considered mending his relationship with Zhuqing so he could use her to contact Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan.
• Dai Tian bought the items Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan admired on the way to the Duke's Mansion, charging everything to the Nether Duke's tab.
• Zhu Zhuqing learned Dai Tian had agreed to settle her situation, hugged Bai Wanwan in thanks, and was gently separated from her by Qian Renxue.

Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun arrived in Nether City to visit the Nether Duke's Mansion, where Dai Weisi met Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan and silently admired their beauty. His lingering stare displeased both women, while Zhu Zhuqing reacted tensely to seeing her sister.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked when the group would leave Nether City, and Qian Renxue said they would depart for Kangxin City after resting two more days.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun arrived outside Nether City and discussed Dai Tian's army and their interest in the rumored strength and beauty of Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan.
• A servant told Zhu Zhuyun that Zhu Zhuqing, Qian Renxue, Bai Wanwan, Dai Tian, and the Nether Duke were gathered in the hall.
• Dai Weisi entered the hall and recognized Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan as the famed Cang Lan and Blazing Sun King, then stared at them admiringly.
• Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan showed displeasure at Dai Weisi's rude stare, while Zhu Zhuqing frowned at Zhu Zhuyun's arrival.

Dai Weisi arrived in Nether City with Zhu Zhuyun and misread Dai Tian’s warning as encouragement to approach Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan. As Zhu Zhuyun began to suspect that the conflict with Zhu Zhuqing had changed, Qian Renxue silenced Dai Weisi with her pressure.

• Dai Tian tried to signal Dai Weisi to leave Nether City, but Dai Weisi mistook the warning and introduced himself to Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan.
• Bai Wanwan considered taking advantage of Dai Weisi’s arrival to fleece the Star Luo Imperial Family again.
• Zhu Zhuyun asked Zhu Zhuqing how she was, and Zhu Zhuqing calmly told her to ask the Nether Duke about recent events.
• Zhu Zhuyun noticed the Nether Duke’s unusual warning not to ask questions and grew more convinced that the situation between the sisters had changed.
• Dai Weisi tried to reassure Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan, then questioned Bai Wanwan about having a partner.
• Qian Renxue released her Eight-Ring Soul Douluo pressure at Dai Weisi, leaving him unable to move or speak.

Bai Wanwan secured Yadan City from Dai Tian, seeing it as a base for a future attack on the Star Luo Empire. After leaving Nether City, she appointed Zhu Zhuqing to oversee Kangxin City and test her leadership abilities.

• Bai Wanwan asked Dai Tian for Yadan City, and he granted it under pressure from Qian Renxue and the Evil Emperor.
• Qian Renxue withdrew her aura from Dai Weisi, then left Nether City with Bai Wanwan and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Tian slapped Dai Weisi for approaching Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan, while the Nether Duke warned Zhu Zhuyun to stop scheming against Zhu Zhuqing.
• Bai Wanwan told Zhu Zhuqing she would oversee Kangxin City and said she would send people to assist her.

Zhu Zhuqing pledged to protect Kangxin City as Bai Wanwan and Qian Renxue departed, while Dai Tian and the sect leaders prepared for the city’s new arrangements. A masked Holy Spirit Deputy Pope considered seeking an ally, and the Wind Sword Sect and Black Tiger Sect planned their journey to Kangxin City.

• Zhu Zhuqing promised Bai Wanwan she would defend Kangxin City, and Bai Wanwan reassured her that the imperial family was unlikely to pose a deadly threat.
• Two days later, Dai Tian, Dai Weisi, and the Nether Duke watched Bai Wanwan and Qian Renxue leave Nether City, and Dai Tian warned Dai Weisi not to provoke them.
• A masked Black-robed Figure watched Dai Weisi and considered finding an ally while holding a Holy Spirit Deputy Pope token.
• Feng Bailong read a Papal Hall letter directing him to follow Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan’s arrangements for Kangxin City.
• Black Tiger confirmed that the Wind Sword Sect and Black Tiger Sect had received orders, and Feng Bailong said they would leave for Kangxin City that afternoon; the Que Feng Sect had already gone, while the Fire Leopard Sect would follow later.

Que Feng welcomed Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan in Kangxin City and used intelligence and promises of support to pursue their goals. After Que Feng set out to recruit the Blacksmith Association, Bai Wanwan admitted she had no deep sea silver mother yet but knew where they could find it.

• Feng Bailong said Que Feng had rushed to Kangxin City, while Black Tiger criticized her opportunistic behavior.
• Que Feng arranged lodging and other necessities for Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan, then presented intelligence showing she had drawn nearly forty percent of Kangxin City's factions to their side.
• Que Feng assured them that she would prevent news from Nether City from leaking.
• Bai Wanwan asked Que Feng to bring the Blacksmith Association into their faction and offered Lou Gao deep sea silver mother, recognition, and triple pay for the craftsmen.
• Bai Wanwan promised to support Que Feng's bid for a sect leadership position if she succeeded, and Que Feng left to approach the association.
• Qian Renxue questioned Bai Wanwan about the promised deep sea silver mother, and Bai Wanwan said she knew where to find it.

Que Feng tried to recruit Lou Gao and the Blacksmith Association on behalf of Cang Lan and Chi Yang, but Lou Gao refused to negotiate with her. Irritated, she returned to the hotel where Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan were staying and confronted a woman in the corridor.

• Que Feng offered Lou Gao higher status for artisans, access to deep sea silver mother, and triple payment if the Blacksmith Association joined Cang Lan and Chi Yang.
• Lou Gao refused to speak for the association and said he would negotiate only with Cang Lan, Chi Yang, or both of them, preferably without their attendants.
• Que Feng left the Blacksmith Association and knocked down a tree in anger, then composed herself and went to the hotel where Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan were staying.
• Que Feng saw a tall woman in a brownish-yellow outfit in the corridor and asked what the Jungle Hillbilly was doing there.

Bai Wanwan heard about Lou Gao’s request to meet in person and decided to visit the Blacksmith Association herself, bringing the Evil Emperor along. She arrived at the Divine Craftsman’s forging area and waited quietly while Lou Gao continued working.

• Que Feng reported to Bai Wanwan that Lou Gao wanted to speak with her in person, while Kamis offered to handle the matter instead.
• Bai Wanwan told Que Feng and Kamis to show Zhu Zhuqing around Kangxin City and said she would visit the Blacksmith Association the next day.
• Bai Wanwan told Qian Renxue about the visit and said she would take Little Xie with her.
• The next morning, Bai Wanwan went to the Blacksmith Association, where a guide escorted her to the fifth floor.
• Bai Wanwan entered the Divine Craftsman’s forging area and waited as Lou Gao continued forging.

Bai Wanwan gave Lou Gao three days to bring the Blacksmith Association into her authority, warning that she would act if he refused. Meanwhile, Feng Bailong, Black Tiger, and Fire Leopard arrived in Kangxin City with gifts to meet Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan.

• Bai Wanwan confronted Lou Gao and offered to consider reasonable conditions for the Blacksmith Association to join her, while making clear she could replace it if necessary.
• Lou Gao threatened Bai Wanwan, but she dismissed the danger and gave him three days to decide before leaving the forging room.
• Feng Bailong, Black Tiger, and Fire Leopard entered Kangxin City with gifts to meet the Young Master and Young Madam.
• Bai Wanwan told Qian Renxue that Lou Gao would probably join them and that they would remain in Kangxin City longer if he did not.

Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan secured the Blacksmith Association’s agreement and arranged for their allies to manage Kangxin City and Yadan City. Bai Wanwan planned to travel to the Extreme North to seek a Spirit Ring and pursue the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s god creation plan, while Qian Renxue prepared for her third trial.

• Feng Bailong, Black Tiger, and Fire Leopard reported that their sects had brought ninety-five people to Kangxin City, and Qian Renxue decided they had enough support for now.
• Three days later, Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan learned that the Blacksmith Association had agreed to join them with a few conditions.
• Bai Wanwan assigned the Lower Four Sects to help Zhuqing manage Kangxin City and sent Kamis, Yang Wudi, and Yang Wushuang to oversee Yadan City; she also arranged for the Blacksmith Association to make weapons and armor.
• Bai Wanwan told Qian Renxue she planned to take Little Xie to the Extreme North to seek a Spirit Ring and ask the Ice Empress about the god creation plan, and promised to send updates every few days.
• Bai Wanwan proposed sending Lor Diarra and four Soul Douluos to Yadan City, and Qian Renxue suggested transferring She Long and Ci Xue there as well.

The Sea God visited the Ice God and covertly arranged special help for his chosen successor, while insisting he was following the Divine Realm’s rules. Two months later, Bai Wanwan and the Evil Emperor entered the Northern Ice Fields to find the Ice Empress and Snow Empress.

• The Sea God told the Angel God that his trials would begin soon, then invited her to visit the Ice God Hall with him.
• The Sea God asked the Ice God to help his successor in the Extreme North, naming several kinds of assistance he supposedly did not want, and the Ice God accepted his gifts while agreeing not to give special treatment.
• Five days later, Qian Renxue left for Spirit City with Ling Yuan, while Bai Wanwan set out for the Northern Ice Fields with the Evil Emperor.
• Two months later, Bai Wanwan and the Evil Emperor left Quiet Snow City and entered the Northern Ice Fields.
• As they traveled, Bai Wanwan asked the Evil Emperor where the Ice Empress's territory and the Core Area were, and he said they would reach it when they saw the Ice Empress and Snow Empress.

The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion agreed to sacrifice herself to a human successor after the Ice God promised she would be resurrected stronger. Meanwhile, Bai Wanwan and the Evil Emperor found a trove of profound ice marrow and continued into the Northern Ice Fields to seek the Ice Empress.

• The Snow Empress asked the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion whether she had decided, and the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion confirmed she would sacrifice herself to a human successor on the Ice God's assurance.
• Bai Wanwan and the Evil Emperor fell through a collapsing patch of snow into a hidden cave filled with profound ice marrow.
• Bai Wanwan and the Evil Emperor collected all forty-nine rods of ten thousand year profound ice marrow and a large quantity of ordinary profound ice marrow.
• The Ice God and the Sea God watched Bai Wanwan, and the Ice God decided to prepare the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and visit her descendant Atai.
• Bai Wanwan left the cave with the Evil Emperor and continued deeper into the Northern Ice Fields to find the Ice Empress.

Bai Wanwan and the Evil Emperor were interrupted while camping when the Titan Snow Demon King arrived, saying his ancestor had sent him to look after her. Bai Wanwan asked him to take her to the Ice Empress, and they set off across the Northern Ice Fields with the Evil Emperor accompanying them.

• Bai Wanwan assured the Evil Emperor that her charred roast meat was delicious, but he spat out his first bite and tactfully blamed their different tastes.
• The Evil Emperor sensed the Titan Snow Demon King approaching and stood between him and Bai Wanwan.
• The Titan Snow Demon King told Bai Wanwan that his ancestor had sent him to look after her, but refused to reveal who that ancestor was.
• Bai Wanwan asked the Titan Snow Demon King to take her to the Ice Empress, then climbed onto his hand and shoulder with the Evil Emperor.
• The Titan Snow Demon King ran deeper into the Northern Ice Fields, and Bai Wanwan asked the Evil Emperor to stand in front of her and block the wind.