Chapter Summaries

After reaching Soul Power level sixty, Ye Xi slept for seventeen days as the Evil God Orb transformed her martial soul into a Ten-Winged Slaughtering Angel and greatly strengthened her. She then entered the Far North with Ling Yuan to seek a soul beast for her next soul ring.

• Ye Xi appointed Shui Bing'er City Lord of Snow Territory City, assigned Yue'er, Xue Wu, Feng Xiao, Black Feather, and Shi Nian to help govern and defend it, and gave the three ice-attributed soul masters Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.
• Ye Xi sent letters to Frost Snow Pavilion and home, then cultivated until her Soul Power broke through level fifty-nine and reached level sixty, triggering another slumber.
• Xue Qinghe sensed Ye Xi's breakthrough, while the Shura God and Ice God discussed her fortune and the possibility of a fierce beast soul ring.
• During Ye Xi's seventeen-day sleep, the Evil God Orb fused into her body and martial soul, completing its evolution into a Ten-Winged Slaughtering Angel with space, evil, lightning, and wind attributes.
• Ye Xi woke with greatly improved physique and Spiritual Power, estimated her strength could contend with a Soul Douluo, and set out with Ling Yuan to find a soul beast near one hundred thousand years old.

The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion sought out Ye Xi after the Ice God told it she had arrived, hoping to judge whether Ye Xi could survive its sacrifice. After testing Ye Xi in battle, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion found her strength promising, and their fight continued.

• The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion left the Snow Empress and followed the Ice God's guidance to find Ye Xi.
• Ling Yuan sensed a powerful soul beast approaching and stood protectively in front of Ye Xi.
• The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion explained that it was considering sacrificing itself for Ye Xi, but wanted to assess her strength and potential first.
• Ye Xi agreed to fight and unleashed her Ten Wings Slaughtering Angel martial soul and several soul skills.
• Ye Xi's attacks impressed the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, which judged that her talent made the sacrifice likely to succeed.
• Ye Xi drew a second sword and continued attacking as the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion evaded and counterattacked.

Ye Xi impressed Ice Empress with her strength, and Ice Empress chose to sacrifice herself to her in hopes of surviving her next Heavenly Tribulation and eventually becoming a god. After saying goodbye to Snow Empress, Ice Empress began the sacrifice, flooding Ye Xi with her immense power.

• Ye Xi fought the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, using her Slaughtering Sword and Angel's Roar before ending the sparring match.
• Ice Empress judged Ye Xi's strength comparable to a human with eight soul rings and asked whether Ye Xi would revive her; Ye Xi promised she would.
• Ice Empress returned to the Core Region and said goodbye to Snow Empress, who promised to wait for her and offered to help if anything happened.
• Ice Empress returned to Ye Xi and warned her that energy would overflow during the sacrifice; Ye Xi said not to fuse Ice Empress's soul bone into her body.
• Ice Empress began the sacrifice, surrounding them with a special domain as her power and icy aura surged into Ye Xi.

Ye Xi completed her absorption of the Ice Empress’s soul ring, reached level sixty-five, and gained two powerful sixth soul skills. After the Snow Empress accepted her Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, Ye Xi reassured the Ice Empress that she would save most of the remaining supply for her before setting off with Ling Yuan for Snow Territory City.

• Ye Xi emerged from the snow as a Soul Emperor and learned her sixth soul skill, Breath of Ice and Snow, and Ice Sword Judgment.
• The Snow Empress asked whether the Ice Empress’s soul had been preserved, then warned Ye Xi not to put herself in danger.
• Ye Xi gave the Snow Empress two stalks of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, and the Snow Empress accepted them before returning to the Core Region.
• The Ice Empress was shocked to learn Ye Xi had forty more stalks and asked her to reserve more of them for her.
• Ye Xi promised to save most of the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow for the Ice Empress, who settled down in Ye Xi’s Spiritual Sea.
• Ye Xi and Ling Yuan walked through the snow toward Snow Territory City, pleased with their gains from the Far North.

Ye Xi left Snow Territory City in Shui Bing'er’s care and traveled toward Vast Sea City, where Qian Renxue waited with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to sail to Sea God Island. When Ye Xi and Ling Yuan reached a damaged village outside Vast Sea City, they found signs of a recent attack.

• Ye Xi learned that Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu had improved after absorbing the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, then entrusted Snow Territory City to Shui Bing'er and departed with Ling Yuan.
• Qian Renxue arrived in Vast Sea City with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, explained that they would go to Sea God Island for trials, and rented the ship Sea Demon while waiting for Ye Xi.
• About two months later, Ling Yuan noticed that a village near Vast Sea City was unnaturally quiet and stopped the carriage nearby.
• Ye Xi and Ling Yuan approached the village and saw damaged houses and fresh bloodstains.

Ye Xi and Ling Yuan slaughtered a band of wolf thieves who had massacred a village, rescued the surviving villagers, and continued to Vast Sea City. There, Ye Xi reunited with Qian Renxue and revealed that her harvest in the Far North included a vicious beast soul ring over three hundred thousand years old.

• Ye Xi and Ling Yuan found wolf thieves dragging villagers’ corpses through a blood-soaked village and attacked them.
• Ye Xi and Ling Yuan killed all the wolf thieves, freed the surviving villagers, and left them food and Gold Soul Coins.
• Ye Xi told Ling Yuan to report the massacre to Vast Sea City's Martial Soul Main Hall and City Lord as they traveled onward.
• At a hotel in Vast Sea City, Ye Xi reunited with Qian Renxue, bathed, and told her about the wolf thieves.
• Ye Xi revealed that she had obtained a vicious beast soul ring over three hundred thousand years old, leaving Qian Renxue stunned.

Ye Xi told Qian Renxue how she had obtained Ice Empress’s soul ring, then spent the night with her while Ice Empress’s perception was blocked. After waking near dusk, Ye Xi teased Ice Empress about its feelings for Snow Empress and joined Qian Renxue and the others, who were waiting to leave for the harbor.

• Ye Xi confirmed that she had absorbed Ice Empress’s soul ring, leaving Qian Renxue baffled that a Six Ring Soul Emperor could absorb one from a beast over three hundred thousand years old.
• Ye Xi explained how she had obtained the soul ring, and Qian Renxue said she would seek a soul ring over one hundred thousand years old when she reached level eighty.
• Qian Renxue stayed with Ye Xi through the night, while Ye Xi cut off Ice Empress’s perception of the outside world.
• The next morning, Elder Ling Yuan told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that Ye Xi was still resting, and Qian Renxue later instructed them to pack for their trip to the harbor.
• Ye Xi woke near dusk, restored Ice Empress’s perception, and confirmed that her relationship with Qian Renxue was what Ice Empress suspected.
• Ye Xi revealed that Ice Empress liked Snow Empress, then stepped outside and found Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Elder Ling Yuan waiting for her.

Ye Xi and Qian Renxue boarded the Sea Demon with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ling Yuan to sail from Vast Sea City to Sea God Island. As the ship headed out to sea, they watched its crew cautiously and wondered how Tian Yao was faring on the island.

• Qian Renxue led Ye Xi and the others to the port, where Captain Heidel welcomed them aboard the Sea Demon.
• Ye Xi, Qian Renxue, and Ling Yuan noticed a crewman watching them with ill intent, and Ye Xi told Ling Yuan to monitor the crew.
• Heidel brought the group dinner, and Ye Xi ate while Qian Renxue pointed out that she had slept through the evening meal.
• Ye Xi and Qian Renxue shared a room and discussed their long voyage and Tian Yao, who had been on Sea God Island for nearly six months.

Ye Xi and Qian Renxue discussed the Sea God's trial while Shura God and Sea God spoke about helping their inheritors within the rules, and the God of Evil sought an inheritor. Aboard the Sea Demon, Heidel considered his first mate’s plan to rob and harm the guests, then told Qian Renxue about a light-attributed sea beast called the Radiant Dragon Carp.

• Ye Xi wondered whether the Sea God's trial rewards would be generous, and Qian Renxue suggested they would find out when they took the trial.
• Shura God and Sea God hinted at arranging advantages for their inheritors while claiming they would stay within the rules.
• God of Evil asked Shura God to help him find an inheritor before his reincarnation, but Shura God refused.
• Heidel dismissed his first mate after the first mate proposed robbing and attacking Qian Renxue and Ye Xi.
• Qian Renxue asked Heidel about a hundred-thousand-year light-attributed sea beast, and he told her about the Radiant Dragon Carp.

Ye Xi discovered that Heidel and the ship’s crew had tried to poison them and steal from their Soul Tools, so she and her companions abandoned the ship and flew toward Sea God Island. There, Tian Yao continued her first trial while waiting for Ye Xi and Qian Renxue to arrive.

• Ye Xi suspected Heidel’s unusually lavish breakfast was poisoned, and Ling Yuan threw the first mate and several sailors onto the deck.
• Ye Xi challenged Heidel to eat the food, but he refused and tried to resist, so Ling Yuan killed him and threw him into the sea.
• The first mate and sailors claimed they had known nothing about Heidel’s scheme, but Ye Xi ordered Ling Yuan to throw them overboard too.
• Ye Xi and Qian Renxue flew toward Sea God Island with Ling Yuan, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling instead of continuing by ship.
• Tian Yao told Bo Saixi she had reached step eight hundred and twelve and expected to complete her first trial within a month, while Bo Saixi promised to notify her when Ye Xi and the others arrived.

Ye Xi, Qian Renxue, and their companions arrived at Sea God Island, where Bo Saixi arranged their Sea God trials. Tian Yao reunited with them and led them to the Sea God's Light trial site.

• Xiao Bai recognized Ye Xi and Qian Renxue as visitors expected by Bo Saixi and let the group pass.
• Bo Saixi welcomed Ye Xi and Qian Renxue, told them Tian Yao had been thinking of them, and led them to the Saint Pillar Stage.
• The Seahorse Saint Pillar assigned Ye Xi and Qian Renxue accompanying Red Trials, Dugu Yan the Black Level Six Trials, and Ye Lingling the Black Level Five Trials.
• Tian Yao arrived and greeted the group, while Bo Saixi explained that Ye Xi and Qian Renxue's trials involved assisting Tian Yao and that everyone's first trial was Sea God's Light.
• Tian Yao led the group to the trial site, where a long staircase like a jade ribbon stretched before them.

Ye Xi and Qian Renxue climbed the Sea God's Light stairway with ease, reaching the final step and revealing the vast difference between their abilities and Tian Yao's. They decided to help Tian Yao reach the top by tossing her upward, and Ye Xi caught her just before she hit the steps.

• Tian Yao explained that the first trial required climbing 1,001 steps and led Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling onto the stairway.
• Ye Xi and Qian Renxue raced past Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Tian Yao, then climbed all the way to the final step.
• Ye Xi and Qian Renxue realized the trial felt easy because its difficulty was tied to Tian Yao's strength, while Tian Yao concluded they were prodigies.
• Ye Xi went down to Tian Yao and launched her up the stairs before counting to three, and Qian Renxue caught and threw her farther toward the top.
• Ye Xi caught Tian Yao just before she could crash onto the steps.

Tian Yao completed the Sea God First Trial and began the Second Trial, which required crossing the Ring-Shaped Sea without killing any Sea Soul Beasts. Qian Renxue and Ye Xi assessed the challenge while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling continued their attempts to climb the Sea God’s Light.

• Tian Yao completed the first trial, and she, Qian Renxue, and Ye Xi received soul-ring age increases; Tian Yao’s second trial was to cross the Ring-Shaped Sea without killing Sea Soul Beasts.
• Qian Renxue and Ye Xi inspected the shore, saw the Demon Soul Great White Sharks, and identified food and the assistants’ restrictions as challenges.
• Qian Renxue said she had enough food for five people for about ten days, and Ye Xi suggested throwing Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling up the steps if needed.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling reported their progress and returned to climbing the steps, while Tian Yao watched them.
• Ye Xi told Qian Renxue that her first soul ring had reached a thousand years after the trial rewards increased its age.

Ye Qingxue learned that Dragon Duke Meng Shu had joined the Tang Sect, while Tang San worked to expand his sect and received a mysterious offer from an Evil Soul Master. Tang San kept the stranger’s token and book as he continued toward Shrek Academy.

• Ye Qingxue heard that Meng Shu had joined the Tang Sect and that Ning Fengzhi had grown close to it, then sent supplies to Snow Territory City.
• Meng Shu explained why he had chosen the Tang Sect over Frost Snow Pavilion, and Tang San welcomed him.
• Titan advised Tang San to recruit smaller sects and independent Soul Masters, so Tang San told Titan to pass instructions to Bai He and the Speed Clan.
• Tang San left for Shrek Academy but found himself trapped in an illusion, where a Black Robed Figure from the Far North approached him.
• The Black Robed Figure offered Tang San a deal and left him a token and a book before disappearing.
• Tang San stored the items away and continued toward Shrek Academy.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling passed the first trial, and the group attempted the Ring-Shaped Sea, where Xiao Bai threw Tian Yao and the others back. Ye Xi and Qian Renxue crossed safely and went to rest, leaving Tian Yao, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling to figure out how to pass.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling completed the One Thousand and One Layers trial and received a three-hundred-year increase to all their soul rings.
• After resting, Ye Xi, Qian Renxue, Tian Yao, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling entered the Ring-Shaped Sea, where Ye Xi and Qian Renxue found their martial souls, soul skills, and domains sealed.
• Tian Yao led the group through the water while Dugu Yan fought off Sea Soul Beasts and Ye Lingling supported them.
• Xiao Bai appeared at the one-hundred-and-fifty-meter mark and sent Tian Yao, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling flying back to shore.
• Ye Xi and Qian Renxue crossed the sea and went to rooms prepared by Ling Yuan, while Tian Yao wondered how they had made it across.
• Ye Lingling suggested that she and Tian Yao use their wits to pass, and Tian Yao asked how they should do it.

Tian Yao, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling struggled to understand Xiao Bai’s blockade of the Ring-Shaped Sea while Ye Xi and Qian Renxue watched and suspected the trial required more than brute force. Tian Yao discovered Xiao Bai sometimes left the sea, but Ye Lingling warned that Xiao Bai might be luring them into a trap.

• Tian Yao admitted she had studied everything Ye Xi studied but remembered none of it, and she, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling watched Xiao Bai before discussing the trial.
• Ling Yuan brought rabbits for Ye Xi and Qian Renxue, cooked them by the shore, and served the pair a meal as they watched the others’ attempts.
• Ye Xi and Qian Renxue reasoned that the trial was not about fighting Xiao Bai head-on after they observed Xiao Bai briefly disappear from the Ring-Shaped Sea.
• Xiao Bai appeared just as Tian Yao neared the opposite shore and blasted her back, prompting Tian Yao to tell Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that Xiao Bai sometimes left the sea.
• Ye Lingling cautioned Tian Yao that Xiao Bai might be deliberately luring them into the Ring-Shaped Sea and observed that Xiao Bai seemed to enjoy the trial.

Tian Yao, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling finally crossed the Ring-Shaped Sea after repeated attempts thwarted by Xiao Bai, completing the Sea God Second Trial. The group received rewards and learned the requirements for the Tidal Tempering trial, while Qian Renxue began absorbing a God-given Soul Ring and Ye Xi called Xiao Bai over to talk.

• Xiao Bai repeatedly drenched Tian Yao, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling as they tried to cross the Ring-Shaped Sea.
• After several days of cultivation, Qian Renxue reached rank seventy-nine.
• Tian Yao, Qian Renxue, Ye Xi, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling received rewards for completing the Sea God Second Trial and were assigned the Tidal Tempering trial.
• Bo Saixi gave Qian Renxue a God-given Soul Ring, which reached 170,000 years as Qian Renxue began absorbing it.
• Ye Xi agreed that she and Qian Renxue would try Tidal Tempering, then called Xiao Bai over for a chat.

Ye Xi persuaded Xiao Bai to leave Sea God Island and protect Tian Yao as the future Sea God, while Qian Renxue absorbed a 170,000-year God-given Soul Ring. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue completing the absorption and checking her new soul skills and Soul Power Level.

• Ye Xi argued that Xiao Bai should leave Sea God Island to protect Tian Yao, the future Sea God, and Xiao Bai agreed after considering her reasoning.
• Xiao Bai dodged Tian Yao's attempt to catch her, splashed her with water, and disappeared beneath the sea.
• Ye Xi began Meditative Cultivation beside Qian Renxue as Qian Renxue continued absorbing the God-given Soul Ring.
• After four days, Qian Renxue completed the absorption, bringing her soul ring configuration to four purple, three black, and one red.
• Qian Renxue checked her Soul Power Level and the two soul skills from the God-given Soul Ring, then smiled.

After Qian Renxue reached Soul Power Level eighty-two, she and Ye Xi joined Tian Yao, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling at the site of their third trial, where Bo Saixi explained Tidal Tempering. The group tested the waves against pillars of Deep Sea Sinking Silver, and Ye Xi began increasing the challenge with her Extreme Cold Domain.

• Qian Renxue finished absorbing her soul ring, reached Soul Power Level eighty-two, and told Ye Xi she had gained two practical soul skills.
• Ye Xi and Qian Renxue discussed using the new skill to help temper Tian Yao, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling before Bo Saixi led everyone to the trial site.
• Bo Saixi revealed seven pillars of Deep Sea Sinking Silver and explained that the group could test Tidal Tempering there before formally starting the trial.
• Ye Xi, Qian Renxue, Tian Yao, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling sat on the pillars and endured the crashing waves, with Ye Lingling swaying slightly.
• Ye Xi activated her Slaughtering Angel martial soul and Sixth Soul Skill, Breath of Ice and Snow, to raise the difficulty.

Ye Xi and Qian Renxue put Tian Yao, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling through Tidal Tempering, then returned to their residence for the night. The next morning, Tian Yao tried to persuade Xiao Bai to take her around the sea, but Xiao Bai kept the pastries and refused.

• Ye Xi and Qian Renxue used their domains to temper Tian Yao, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling on the Deep Sea Silver Pillar, where Ye Lingling lasted half an hour, Dugu Yan fifty minutes, and Tian Yao about four hours.
• Ye Xi encouraged Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Tian Yao to keep training, and Qian Renxue said they would return for Tidal Tempering the next day.
• Ye Xi privately considered fighting back against Qian Renxue, but Qian Renxue carried her from the bathroom to bed after teasing her about rebelling.
• Tian Yao met Xiao Bai by the Ring-Shaped Sea and offered her pastries in exchange for a ride around the sea.
• Xiao Bai accepted the pastries, explained that taking them without doing the favor was not bribery, and returned to the sea.