Chapter Summaries

Jiang Zhen reunited with Ice Empress and Snow Empress at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye, where they explained their recent breakthroughs and agreed to visit Heaven Dou City with him. As Jiang Zhen departed with four girls, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and Demon Empress wondered about his relationships with Lan Xi and Ice Empress.

• Jiang Zhen introduced the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, Demon Empress, and Lan Fozi to Ice Empress and Snow Empress, easing the wary atmosphere among them.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress explained that they had broken through their cultivation bottlenecks and come to use the ice spring at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Lan Xi emerged from the wooden house, joyfully clung to Jiang Zhen, and told him about her cultivation and time with the Empresses.
• Jiang Zhen invited Ice Empress and Snow Empress to Heaven Dou City, and both agreed to go with him.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and Demon Empress chose to stay and cultivate while Jiang Zhen flew toward Heaven Dou City with Lan Xi, Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Lan Fozi.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and Demon Empress speculated that Lan Xi and Ice Empress had feelings for Jiang Zhen.

Jiang Zhen took Lan Xi, the Ice Empress, the Snow Empress, and Lan Fozi to Heaven Dou City, where they explored its busy streets and sampled local treats. The Ice Empress began to feel unexpectedly reassured by Jiang Zhen, and the group ended up at the Heaven Dou Auction House to attend an upcoming auction.

• Jiang Zhen and the others entered Heaven Dou City and explored its crowded streets, where he bought tanghulu for the girls.
• The group visited a tea house to rest, and the Ice Empress found herself comforted by Jiang Zhen's presence before the Snow Empress interrupted her thoughts.
• Jiang Zhen invited the group to keep sightseeing, and they agreed to visit more places in the city.
• Jiang Zhen brought the group to the Heaven Dou Auction House and asked whether seats were available for an upcoming auction.
• A hostess confirmed that seats were available and led Jiang Zhen and the others inside.

Jiang Zhen took Lan Xi and the three Soul Beasts to an auction in Heaven Dou City, then shared dinner and found them rooms at an inn. As Ice Empress went to sleep with Snow Empress, Snow Empress began to notice something unusual in Ice Empress’s behavior.

• Lan Fozi admired the auction house, and the group watched the bidding without purchasing anything.
• Jiang Zhen recognized Ning Fengzhi, Xue Qinghe, and Sword Douluo after they left the auction, while Xue Qinghe noticed him.
• Lan Fozi admitted she was hungry, so Jiang Zhen led the group to a restaurant for dinner.
• Jiang Zhen booked three rooms at an inn, and Ice Empress felt troubled watching him and Lan Xi enter the same room.
• Ice Empress hugged Snow Empress and suggested they sleep together, and Snow Empress silently noted Ice Empress’s unusual behavior.

Jiang Zhen asked the Demon Whale King how to condense a Soul Power core and learned the dangerous method behind the Twin Whale Pearls. He began compressing his liquid Soul Power, and the chapter ended as his vortex suddenly froze after his final strike.

• Jiang Zhen returned to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye with his companions, and Lan Fozi excitedly told her parents about Heaven Dou City.
• Jiang Zhen asked the Demon Whale King about condensing a core and revealed that he had sensed the Yin-Yang Twin Whale Pearls.
• The Demon Whale King confirmed his Twin Whale Pearls and explained the requirements, risks, and method for forming a Soul Power core.
• Jiang Zhen began compressing his liquid Soul Power with his Spiritual Power and understanding of the Water Law as the others watched anxiously.
• Jiang Zhen struck the vortex's center with his Spiritual Power, and the rapidly rotating vortex suddenly froze.

Jiang Zhen completed his first Soul Core and spent half a month cultivating until he reached Rank 60. He then told the Demon Whale King and Demon Empress, leaving the Demon Empress's impending sacrifice unresolved.

• Jiang Zhen condensed a powerful Water Attribute Soul Core, and the Demon Whale King congratulated him despite his anguish over the coming sacrifices.
• Jiang Zhen promised the Demon Whale King and Demon Empress he would honor their agreement and reverse the rules after ascending to the divine throne.
• Jiang Zhen cultivated at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye for half a month and broke through to Rank 60.
• Jiang Zhen approached the Demon Whale King and Demon Empress, told them he had reached Rank 60, and asked the Demon Empress if she was ready.

The Demon Empress sacrificed her six-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and both arm bones to Jiang Zhen, while he used a Pure Water Phantom Spirit to preserve her soul. The sacrifice succeeded, leaving Jiang Zhen greatly empowered and the Demon Empress's soul safely housed beside him.

• The Demon Empress sent Jiang Zhen to prepare, then privately said farewell to the Demon Whale King and Lan Fozi.
• The Demon Empress began her sacrifice, manifesting a six-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and two arm bones as her body transformed into energy.
• At the moment her soul was about to leave her body, Jiang Zhen created a Pure Water Demon Whale Phantom Spirit as a vessel.
• The Demon Empress guided her soul into the Phantom Spirit, where it awakened with wisdom and Life Aura.
• The Soul Ring and both arm bones fused with Jiang Zhen, pushing his Soul Power past Rank Sixty-One and revealing the Demon Empress Soul Bone skills.

Jiang Zhen gained powerful new Demon Empress spirit skills and reached Soul Power level 69, while the Demon Empress's soul survived in a Pure Water Phantom Spirit. After reuniting with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and Lan Fozi, Jiang Zhen returned to cultivation to prepare for Rank 70.

• Jiang Zhen examined his new spirit skills, sensed that he had reached level 69, and resolved to cultivate toward level 70.
• The Demon Empress told Jiang Zhen that her soul was intact in the Pure Water Phantom Spirit, though her new body felt weaker and unfamiliar.
• Lan Fozi recognized her mother's aura and embraced the phantom spirit, while the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King confirmed that his wife's soul had survived.
• Jiang Zhen promised to restore the Demon Empress's body, then left the family to stabilize his new power and cultivate at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Ice Empress invited Snow Empress to return to the ice spring, and the valley settled into quiet.

After reaching level 70, Jiang Zhen set out with the Ice Empress for the Extreme North Land to find the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and obtain his seventh Spirit Ring. They searched the deep ice crevices, but had not yet located it.

• Jiang Zhen absorbed the last of his accumulated Soul Power and broke through to level 70, becoming a Quasi-Spirit Saint.
• Jiang Zhen told the Demon Whale King and the others that he planned to seek the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for his seventh Spirit Ring.
• Jiang Zhen explained that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's million-year power could greatly amplify his Martial Soul Avatar, and the Ice Empress agreed to guide him.
• Jiang Zhen said farewell to Lan Xi, the Snow Empress, and the others, then flew north with the Ice Empress.
• Jiang Zhen and the Ice Empress reached the deep Extreme North and began searching the ice crevices for the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's aura.

Jiang Zhen and the Ice Empress found the sleeping Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in an underground ice cave, where Jiang Zhen killed it instantly with Primordial Heavy Water. A million-year Golden Soul Ring appeared, and the Ice Empress was left impressed by Jiang Zhen’s increasingly terrifying methods.

• Jiang Zhen used his control over water and ice to locate the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm hidden deep beneath the ice plain.
• Jiang Zhen and the Ice Empress entered an underground cave and found the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sleeping atop Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow.
• The Ice Empress urged Jiang Zhen to kill the silkworm so she could eat its body, while Jiang Zhen prepared a Spirit Skill.
• Jiang Zhen fired Primordial Heavy Water through the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s head, killing it before it could react.
• A million-year Golden Soul Ring rose from the dead Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and the Ice Empress silently marveled at Jiang Zhen’s power.

Jiang Zhen absorbed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s million-year Soul Ring, gaining a powerful new Soul Bone and a major increase in strength. The Ice Empress feasted on the silkworm’s body and awkwardly offered Jiang Zhen a bite.

• Jiang Zhen withstood and absorbed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s chaotic Mental Torrent, refining it into nourishment for his own Mental Origin.
• The Ice Empress transformed into her true form and tore into the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, devouring its energy-rich flesh.
• After two and a half hours, Jiang Zhen fully fused the million-year Golden Soul Ring, and the silkworm’s remaining Origin Energy became an External Soul Bone in his left eye.
• Jiang Zhen discovered that his Soul Power had risen to level seventy-eight and that his Seventh Spirit Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, now amplified his strength by eight hundred percent.
• The Ice Empress offered Jiang Zhen some silkworm meat, and he declined so she could enjoy the feast.

Ice Empress brought Jiang Zhen to the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan’s settlement and distributed the remaining Sky Dream Ice Silkworm meat. After visiting the clan, Jiang Zhen decided to cultivate in the Far North until he reached Level Eighty, then seek the Sea Princess of the Merfolk Tribe for his Eighth Soul Ring.

• Ice Empress invited Jiang Zhen to visit her clan, and he followed her deeper into the Far North.
• Ice Empress arrived at the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan’s settlement and ordered Elder Bi Ling to distribute the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm meat.
• Jiang Zhen entertained the Little Ice Jade Scorpions with a water phantom, winning the clan members’ goodwill.
• After Ice Empress finished handling clan affairs, Jiang Zhen told her he planned to stay and cultivate until he broke through to Level Eighty.
• Jiang Zhen proposed that they then travel to the Ice Sea to find the Sea Princess of the Merfolk Tribe and obtain his Eighth Soul Ring.

Jiang Zhen cultivated with Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and reached the threshold of level eighty before sparring with Ice Empress to master his new power. After their battle, they prepared to set out for the Extreme North Ice Sea.

• Ice Empress left Jiang Zhen to cultivate while she returned to the Ice Palace to digest the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's energy.
• Jiang Zhen absorbed Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow in a quiet spot near the Ice Jade Scorpion tribe and broke through to level eighty over two and a half months.
• Jiang Zhen asked Ice Empress to spar with him, and she attacked with her pincers, tail, and Ice Empress's Breath.
• Jiang Zhen activated his Martial Soul Avatar and Primordial Sea Realm, then tested his Spirit Skills against Ice Empress's attacks in an intense half-hour battle.
• Jiang Zhen stabilized his level eighty Soul Power through the spar, and he and Ice Empress agreed to rest before setting out for the Ice Sea.

Jiang Zhen and the Ice Empress forced their way through the Extreme North Ice Sea, defeating its guards as they approached the Sea Princess's palace. The six-hundred-thousand-year-old Sea Princess confronted them and demanded an explanation, threatening to keep them at the bottom of her sea.

• Jiang Zhen and the Ice Empress arrived at the Extreme North Ice Sea and headed toward the Sea Princess Clan's territory.
• The Ice Empress froze and shattered the tentacles and Ice Blade Fish that attacked them.
• Jiang Zhen and the Ice Empress fought off successive waves of Sea Soul Beasts as they traveled deeper into the sea.
• The Sea Princess emerged from her palace and ordered the intruders to halt.
• The Sea Princess confronted Jiang Zhen and the Ice Empress over entering her territory and killing her subjects, threatening them with her power.

Jiang Zhen tried to negotiate with the Sea Princess, but she attacked him, forcing him to demonstrate his strength. He shattered her defenses and left her badly injured, with his halberd pointed at her.

• Jiang Zhen calmly offered the Sea Princess a deal, but she rejected his explanation and attacked with ice spikes and Soul Sound · Sea's Lament.
• Jiang Zhen used his spirit skills and Tidal Wave Shatter to destroy the ice spikes while resisting her mental attack.
• The Sea Princess activated Ice Sea: Realm of Condensation, but Jiang Zhen’s Eternal Frost Forbidden Domain overpowered it.
• Jiang Zhen charged through the Sea Princess’s ice walls with the Raging Orca Halberd and neutralized her Soul Sound · God-Shattering Chant.
• The Sea Princess blocked Jiang Zhen’s halberd with her Heart of the Sea Shield, but the shield cracked and the impact sent her crashing into an Ice Coral.

After Jiang Zhen defeated the Sea Princess, he demanded that she become his Eighth Soul Ring and promised to restore her body and raise her to Divine Beast status when he became a god. His Spirit Ring configuration convinced her that his promise might be possible, though her response remained uncertain.

• The Ice Empress realized Jiang Zhen had held back during their spar after watching him overwhelm the Sea Princess.
• Jiang Zhen asked the defeated Sea Princess to calmly discuss a trade, and she received him at the Ice Crystal Sea King Palace.
• Jiang Zhen demanded that the Sea Princess become his Eighth Soul Ring, enraging her.
• Jiang Zhen promised to reconstruct her body and help her ascend into a Divine Beast when he became a god, while preserving her soul in a Pure Water Phantom Spirit.
• Jiang Zhen displayed his Spirit Rings, and the Sea Princess reconsidered his promise after seeing his million-year Golden Soul Ring and other extraordinary rings.

Sea Princess weighed Jiang Zhen’s offer and oath, then agreed to sacrifice herself as his Eighth Soul Ring after consulting her clan. While they waited, Ice Empress asked why Jiang Zhen would not accept her sacrifice, and he promised to bring her to the God Realm instead.

• Jiang Zhen told Sea Princess that the Demon Empress and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King family had made the same agreement with him, then swore upon his Martial Soul to preserve Sea Princess’s soul and restore her as a Divine Beast.
• Sea Princess asked to consult her clan, and Jiang Zhen went to the side hall with Ice Empress while she made arrangements.
• Ice Empress asked Jiang Zhen why he would not let her sacrifice herself, and he said he considered her a friend and would take her to the God Realm if she wished.
• Sea Princess returned after half an hour, accepted Jiang Zhen’s conditions, and said she was ready to begin the sacrifice.

Jiang Zhen received the Sea Princess’s six-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and the Sea Heart Crown External Soul Bone through her sacrifice, then broke through to Rank 87. After preserving her soul in a Pure Water Phantom Spirit, he invited her to travel with him, and she agreed.

• Jiang Zhen asked the Sea Princess to grant him a head-type External Soul Bone, and she agreed.
• The Sea Princess sacrificed her cultivation, forming a six-Golden-Pattern Crimson Soul Ring and the Sea Heart Crown for Jiang Zhen.
• Jiang Zhen transferred the Sea Princess’s soul into a Pure Water Phantom Spirit and fused with her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Jiang Zhen completed the fusion, broke through to Rank 87, and learned the new healing, control, and spiritual-interference abilities.
• Jiang Zhen thanked the Sea Princess and invited her to travel across the continent with him; she accepted.

Jiang Zhen returned to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye with the Sea Princess Illusionary Spirit after gaining a six-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and reaching rank eighty-seven. He reunited with Lan Xi and began preparing to condense a second Soul Core to break through to rank ninety.

• The Sea Princess agreed to follow Jiang Zhen, and the three left the Ice Sea King's Palace for the mainland.
• Half a month later, Jiang Zhen returned to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye with the Sea Princess Illusionary Spirit and introduced her to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, the Demon Empress, and Lan Fozi.
• Jiang Zhen recounted his trip and revealed his new six-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, bringing his Soul Power to rank eighty-seven.
• The Sea Princess explored the valley and marveled at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye's energy, while the Ice Empress went to speak with the Snow Empress.
• Jiang Zhen found Lan Xi meditating at rank thirty-seven, embraced her, and led her out to discuss her cultivation.
• Jiang Zhen looked over his lively home and decided it was time to condense a second Soul Core and pursue rank ninety.

Jiang Zhen trained against the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in the Primordial Sea Realm and tried to turn his defensive water techniques into a focused attack. He launched his strongest strike yet against the Whale King's massive hand, and the two powers collided in a blinding burst of light.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King broke through Jiang Zhen's Water Shields with a casual punch and told him to shape water into a spear or an abyss.
• Jiang Zhen used Eternal Azure Cage to defend himself and Evil Orca Shattering Fang Slash to disrupt the Whale King's surroundings, but the Whale King suppressed the chaotic currents with his Demon Whale Domain.
• The Whale King formed a gigantic palm from Ultimate Water and pressed it toward Jiang Zhen's cage.
• Jiang Zhen summoned his Martial Soul Avatar and Raging Orca Halberd, then combined it with Profound Water Dragon Soar to create a powerful dragon-wrapped strike.
• Jiang Zhen charged the Whale King's gigantic palm, and their attacks collided in a dazzling burst of white-blue light.

Jiang Zhen was defeated by the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in a clash that revealed the power and potential of his fused abilities. Back at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye, Jiang Zhen resolved to form his second Soul Core and reach Rank 90 within half a year before entering seclusion to recover and cultivate.

• Jiang Zhen unleashed his strongest halberd strike against the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Whale Claw, forcing the King to use more power than he had expected.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King defeated Jiang Zhen and sent him crashing into the Primordial Sea Realm's barrier.
• Jiang Zhen thanked the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King for the guidance and realized he had learned how to better integrate his powers.
• Jiang Zhen returned to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye, announced that he would try to form his second Soul Core and break through to Rank 90 within half a year, and went to recover.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King privately wondered whether Jiang Zhen's future need for a Ninth Spirit Ring meant he would eventually come for the King's life.