Chapter Summaries

Ye Xi defeated the notorious Lion King with two punches at the Great Spirit Arena. Afterward, Dugu Yan’s companion offered to defeat Ye Xi in hopes of persuading Dugu Yan to remain at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Dugu Yan gave no answer.

• A staff member warned Ye Xi that Lion King had won twenty-three of his thirty matches and often left opponents gravely injured, but Ye Xi went to the stage anyway.
• Lion King mocked Ye Xi for being a child, and both contestants released their Martial Souls and revealed their soul rings.
• Ye Xi struck Lion King in the chest, then hit him again in the head after he fell, knocking him unconscious and winning the match.
• A young man in another VIP room watched Ye Xi leave, and Dugu Yan recognized her.
• The young man asked whether defeating Ye Xi would make Dugu Yan stay at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Dugu Yan remained silent and he left the room.

Ye Xi accepted Yu Tianheng’s challenge on the condition that he fight Tian Yao first, warning her to be cautious of his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Tian Yao and Yu Tianheng began their match, and their opening exchanges ended evenly.

• Tian Yao praised Ye Xi for swiftly defeating her previous opponent, and a staff member delivered Yu Tianheng’s challenge letter to Ye Xi.
• Ye Xi declined to fight Yu Tianheng herself and arranged for Tian Yao to face him, promising to accept his challenge if Tian Yao won.
• Ye Xi warned Tian Yao about Yu Tianheng’s Dragon Transformation, and Tian Yao went to the Soul Battle Stage to meet him.
• Yu Tianheng underestimated Tian Yao, but their opening punch left him taking one more step backward than she did.
• Yu Tianheng used Thunder Dragon Claw, and Tian Yao countered with Golden Scale Sky-Splitting Slash; the Soul Skills clashed without either fighter gaining an advantage.

Tian Yao defeated Yu Tianheng in the Soul Battle Stage and told him that Ye Xi far surpassed her. Yu Tianheng remained determined to win next time, while Dugu Yan confirmed she would leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy but stay in Heaven Dou City.

• Tian Yao used her Alligator Armor Sky Dome Shield to reflect part of Yu Tianheng's Dragon Transformation attack, then overwhelmed him and won the match as Golden Scale.
• Yu Tianheng asked Tian Yao how she compared with Ye Xi, and Tian Yao said their difference was like a firefly compared to the Bright Moon.
• Dugu Yan checked on Yu Tianheng and confirmed she had decided to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy, though she would remain in Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Tianheng watched Ye Xi's room and vowed to win next time, while Tian Yao told Ye Xi that Yu Tianheng was strong but still slightly weaker than her.

Ye Qingxue, head of the Nine Heart Begonia Family, healed Tian Yao and proposed a partnership with Ye Xi, offering her daughter Ye Lingling’s future allegiance and the family’s support. Ye Xi suggested the family join the faction she planned to establish as an equal partner, and Ye Qingxue asked what treatment the family would receive.

• Ye Xi urged Tian Yao to return to the mansion for treatment, but Tian Yao said her wounds were minor.
• Ye Qingxue and an Elder entered the room, and Ye Qingxue healed Tian Yao with her Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul.
• Ye Qingxue proposed that Ye Lingling follow Ye Xi and that the Nine Heart Begonia Family cooperate with her, explaining why she preferred Ye Xi to Yu Tianheng.
• Ye Xi questioned Ye Qingxue’s reasons for choosing her over the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Ye Qingxue cited Ye Xi’s potential, Ling Yuan Mianxia’s protection, and the clan’s decline.
• Ye Xi proposed that the Nine Heart Begonia Family join her future faction as an equal partner, and Ye Qingxue asked what standing and treatment the family would receive.

Ye Xi secured the Nine Heart Begonia Family’s support for the faction she planned to establish, revealing that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family backed her. After returning to her mansion, she praised Zhong Meng’s cleaning and cooking and invited her to eat with them.

• Ye Xi told Ye Qingxue that the Nine Heart Begonia Family would hold the second-highest status in her faction and receive her best treatment.
• Ye Xi revealed that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family supported her, and Ye Qingxue agreed that the Nine Heart Begonia Family would join and cooperate with her faction.
• Ye Qingxue left, saying she would bring her daughter to visit Ye Xi the next day.
• Ye Xi, Tian Yao, and Ling Yuan returned to the mansion, where Zhong Meng had cleaned the courtyard and prepared a meal.
• Ye Xi praised Zhong Meng’s work and invited her to eat, but Zhong Meng declined because she was a maid.
• Tian Yao praised Zhong Meng’s cooking, then Ye Xi and her companions returned to their rooms while Zhong Meng cleaned up.

Ye Lingling left Heaven Dou Royal Academy because of Ye Xi and joined Ye Xi’s household under an arrangement with her mother, Ye Qingxue. Yu Tianheng planned to find replacements for the two missing members of the Heaven Dou Royal Battle Team, while Ye Lingling settled into her new role beside Ye Xi.

• Ye Lingling told Yu Tianheng she was leaving Heaven Dou Royal Academy because of her family’s arrangement and her own decision, which was also tied to Ye Xi.
• Yu Tianheng accepted Ye Lingling’s decision and realized he needed replacements for the team’s missing control-type and Support-type Soul Masters.
• Ye Qingxue introduced Ye Lingling to Ye Xi and told her that she would stay by Ye Xi’s side.
• Ye Lingling agreed to live in Ye Xi’s mansion and followed Tian Yao to choose a room.
• Ye Qingxue invited Ye Xi to call her Aunt Ye and offered the Nine Heart Begonia Family’s help.

Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to Ye Xi’s mansion so she could cultivate with Ye Xi, and Ye Xi performed Dugu Bo’s second detoxification. Meanwhile, Yang Wushuang returned to the Breaking Clan and told Yang Wudi that Ye Xi wanted the clan to join her new faction.

• Ye Qingxue left Ye Xi’s hall to visit Ye Lingling after Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan arrived.
• Dugu Bo asked Ye Xi to let Dugu Yan cultivate with her, and Ye Xi agreed.
• Ye Xi gave Dugu Bo his second detoxification treatment, and Dugu Yan went to see Ye Lingling.
• Yang Wushuang arrived at the Breaking Clan, where Yang Wudi welcomed him and asked how he had escaped Spirit Hall.
• Yang Wushuang told Yang Wudi that Ye Xi had saved him and wanted the Breaking Clan to join her faction on generous terms.

Yang Wushuang told Yang Wudi about Ye Xi’s terms, and Yang Wudi decided that the Breaking Clan would join her faction. Yang Wudi also secured Niu Gao’s agreement to bring the Defense Clan, while the effort to obtain the Speed Clan’s Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng remained uncertain.

• Yang Wushuang listed Ye Xi’s offer of generous treatment, an Aromatic Silk Beauty, a Medicine Garden, and the chance to kill Tang Hao, prompting Yang Wudi to pledge the Breaking Clan’s support.
• Yang Wushuang explained that Ye Xi had also invited the Defense Clan and wanted the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng from the Speed Clan, so Yang Wudi left to speak with Niu Gao and Old White Bird.
• Yang Wudi returned with Niu Gao, who agreed to join after Yang Wushuang confirmed that they could kill Tang Hao.
• Yang Wudi said Old White Bird was unlikely to sell the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and he and Yang Wushuang agreed to wait for a reply and share a drink.

After the Speed Clan refused to sell the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang traveled with Niu Gao to Heaven Dou City to meet Ye Xi. Ye Xi welcomed the clan chiefs and prepared to discuss working together.

• Yang Wudi learned that the Speed Clan had refused to sell the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, so he and Yang Wushuang prepared to leave for Heaven Dou City.
• Yang Wudi, Yang Wushuang, and Niu Gao traveled for two months before arriving in Heaven Dou City.
• Ye Xi declined to join Dugu Yan, Tian Yao, and Ye Lingling at the Great Soul Arena, having already won 172 consecutive Soul Battles.
• Zhong Meng told Ye Xi that Yang Wudi, Yang Wushuang, and Niu Gao had arrived to see her.
• Ye Xi welcomed the three clan chiefs, and Yang Wudi said he and Niu Gao were ready to work with her if she fulfilled her offered conditions.

Ye Xi secured the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan’s allegiance by giving Yang Wudi the Aromatic Silk Beauty and promising support against Tang Hao. After Niu Gao approved her construction blueprint and surveyed the site, Ye Xi said the materials were ready with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.

• Ye Xi showed Yang Wudi the Aromatic Silk Beauty and handed it to him after he agreed to follow her.
• Niu Gao asked how Ye Xi could kill Tang Hao, and she cited her Titled Douluo allies and support from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and Nine Heart Begonia Family.
• Ye Xi promised the clans her best treatment and pledged she would not abandon them like the Clear Sky Sect; Yang Wudi and Niu Gao affirmed their allegiance.
• Ye Xi gave Niu Gao a blueprint, and he approved it and agreed the Defense Clan could build the project in about half a year.
• Ye Xi led Niu Gao, Yang Wudi, and Yang Wushuang to the site, where Niu Gao confirmed it was suitable.
• Ye Xi told Niu Gao that construction materials were already stored with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and could be transported to the site.

Ye Xi named her new faction Frost Snow Pavilion and arranged for the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan to join, with Niu Gao tasked with building its headquarters. After securing Qian Renxue’s support and a banquet for the clan members, Ye Xi left to prepare for the evening while Qian Renxue arranged palace affairs.

• Ye Xi named the faction Frost Snow Pavilion, and Niu Gao agreed that the Defense Clan would build it once materials arrived.
• Yang Wudi told Ye Xi that the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan disciples had already been settled, and Ye Xi invited the clans’ members to a welcoming banquet.
• Ye Xi instructed Ling Yuan to reserve Heaven Dou City’s most luxurious restaurant and invite Dugu Bo and the Ye Family Head of the Nine Heart Begonia Family.
• Ye Xi met Xue Qinghe in the Crown Prince’s palace, where he changed back into Qian Renxue and promised to arrange delivery of building materials the next day.
• Qian Renxue agreed to attend the banquet and suggested Ye Xi wear a silver palace-style dress as Frost Snow Pavilion’s Hall Master.
• Ling Yuan reported that the arrangements were complete, and Ye Xi returned to the residence while Qian Renxue stayed behind to prepare the palace for her departure.

Ye Xi hosted a welcome feast for the Breaking Clan, the Defense Clan, the Nine Heart Begonia Family, and Poison Douluo, introducing Qian Renxue and discussing help with building Frost Snow Pavilion. The gathering ended with everyone sharing the restaurant’s food and drinks.

• Ye Xi told Tian Yao, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling to dress formally for the banquet and waited for Qian Renxue to arrive.
• Qian Renxue and She Long joined Ye Xi and the others, and they went to the restaurant where Dugu Bo, Ye Qingxue, Yang Wudi, Yang Wushuang, and Niu Gao were waiting.
• Ye Xi introduced Qian Renxue and She Long, then led the group to a private room above the restaurant’s clan disciples.
• Ye Qingxue offered craftsmen from the Nine Heart Begonia Family to help build Frost Snow Pavilion, and Niu Gao agreed to direct their work.
• Ye Xi suggested asking Xue Qinghe to send additional craftsmen, and Niu Gao approved the idea.
• Ling Yuan arranged the feast, and the guests began eating while Yang Wudi and Niu Gao drank wine.

Ye Xi celebrated Frost Snow Pavilion’s growing strength while Qian Renxue arranged palace support to build it. Ning Fengzhi learned that Ye Xi led the new force and asked Xue Qinghe to invite her to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving Xue Qinghe wary of his intentions.

• Ye Xi told Qian Renxue she was happy to have established a force that could contend with the Upper Three Sects, and Qian Renxue agreed that its connections still needed to grow.
• Qian Renxue stayed at Ye Xi’s mansion overnight, then returned to the palace as Xue Qinghe and sent construction materials and craftsmen to help build Frost Snow Pavilion.
• Ning Fengzhi visited Xue Qinghe with Gu Rong and asked about the soul masters who had arrived in Heaven Dou City.
• Xue Qinghe told Ning Fengzhi that the former Clear Sky Sect affiliated sects had joined Frost Snow Pavilion, which had two Titled Douluo and was led by Ye Xi.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Xue Qinghe to invite Ye Xi to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the next day, and Xue Qinghe agreed.
• After seeing Ning Fengzhi off, Xue Qinghe suspected he had an ulterior motive and resolved to warn Ye Xi.

Ning Fengzhi forbade Gu Rong from harming Ye Xi and recognized the threat her new Frost Snow Pavilion posed to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After Qian Renxue warned Ye Xi that Ning Fengzhi had invited her to visit, Ye Xi agreed to go with her and Ling Yuan the next day, then went to speak with Ling Yuan.

• Ning Fengzhi told Gu Rong that Ye Xi was likely the famed Death God and refused to let him consider killing her.
• Xue Qinghe visited Ye Xi and, after they were alone, revealed that Ning Fengzhi had invited her to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ye Xi and Qian Renxue decided the visit was likely safe and agreed to go together the next day.
• Ye Xi told Dugu Yan and Tian Yao about the invitation and said she would bring Ling Yuan instead of Tian Yao.
• Ye Xi went to Ling Yuan's room, and Ling Yuan opened the door before she could knock.

Ling Yuan reached level ninety-six and pledged to remain by Ye Xi’s side instead of joining the Worship Hall. Ye Xi visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Xue Qinghe and Ling Yuan, where Ning Fengzhi offered help with Frost Snow Pavilion and questioned Ye Xi’s background.

• Ling Yuan told Ye Xi she had advanced to level ninety-six and refused to become the eighth Offering, choosing instead to protect Ye Xi.
• Ye Xi asked Ling Yuan how she compared with Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo, and Ling Yuan said she could defeat Bone Douluo but was less certain against Sword Douluo.
• Ye Xi and Ling Yuan traveled with Xue Qinghe to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and met Ning Fengzhi outside its hall.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed the visitors, served them Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Tea, and offered to help Frost Snow Pavilion establish itself in Heaven Dou City.
• Ye Xi said her family’s elders had lived in seclusion, and Ning Fengzhi noticed Ling Yuan before choosing not to ask further.

Ye Xi deflected Ning Fengzhi’s probing about her background during a visit to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After Ning Rongrong slighted her and Ning Fengzhi offered them tea, Ye Xi and her companions departed for Heaven Dou City.

• Ning Fengzhi probed Ye Xi about her elders and Ling Yuan, and Ye Xi gave him a carefully mixed account of her background.
• Ning Rongrong arrived and dismissed Ye Xi as unimpressive, but Ye Xi calmly refused to take offense.
• Chen Xin carried Ning Rongrong out and recognized that Ling Yuan’s Soul Power Level matched his own.
• Ye Xi excused herself from Ning Fengzhi’s invitation to stay, and he arranged for tea to be packed for her, Xue Qinghe, and Ling Yuan.
• Xue Qinghe, Ye Xi, and Ling Yuan left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect by carriage for Heaven Dou City, while Ning Fengzhi watched them go.

After agreeing to wait and see about Ning Fengzhi’s intentions, Xue Qinghe and Ye Xi developed their influence while Frost Snow Pavilion grew into a powerful organization. Three years later, Ye Xi accepted the wanted Soul Saint Shi Nian into the pavilion and assigned him to work in Suotuo City.

• Xue Qinghe and Ye Xi agreed to focus on developing their own power, and Xue Qinghe planned to deal with the Fourth Prince.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed Ling Yuan’s strength and concluded that Ye Xi’s Secluded Sect was more powerful than they had expected.
• Ye Xi established Frost Snow Pavilion with support from the imperial family, appointed its leaders, and oversaw its rapid growth; the Fourth Prince, Xue Beng, died during this period.
• Three years later, Ye Xi learned that Shi Nian sought to join Frost Snow Pavilion after stealing a soul bone from Tiandou Auction House.
• Ye Xi agreed to handle the theft and appointed Shi Nian as a manager, assigning him to Suotuo City.

Ye Xi told Xue Qinghe she would travel to Suotuo City for several months and arranged for Frost Snow Pavilion to be managed in her absence. Before leaving, she gave Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling immortal herbs to strengthen their cultivation.

• Ye Xi visited Xue Qinghe at Tiandou Imperial Palace and asked him to look after Frost Snow Pavilion while she was away in Suotuo City.
• Ye Xi returned to Frost Snow Pavilion and told Dugu Bo to pass responsibility for its affairs to Ye Qingxue when she returned.
• Ye Xi gave Ye Lingling the Aromatic Silk Beauty and Dugu Yan the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, explaining how to absorb them.
• Ye Xi sent Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to absorb their herbs and asked Dugu Bo to take them to obtain Soul Rings afterward.

Ye Xi left Heaven Dou City for Suotuo City, where she encountered Tang San and Xiao Wu in Flender’s shop. Ling Yuan recognized Xiao Wu as a transformed soul beast, while Ye Xi identified the pair as the people she had come to meet.

• Ye Xi told Ling Yuan to arrange a carriage to Suotuo City and prepared Frost Snow Pavilion for her departure.
• Ye Xi asked Zhong Meng whether she wanted to leave, and Zhong Meng said she had never considered it.
• Ye Xi, Ling Yuan, and Shi Nian traveled to Suotuo City, arriving three days later.
• Ye Xi and Ling Yuan entered Flender’s shop, where Ye Xi examined a crystal containing dark yellow impurities.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu entered the shop, and Ling Yuan told Ye Xi that Xiao Wu was a transformed soul beast.
• Tang San asked Flender how much the crystal in Ye Xi’s hand cost.

Ye Xi bought the crystal Flender had been selling, then took Ling Yuan to a secluded forest to test the Hair Crystals inside it. After discovering that poison could be added to the projectiles, she planned to use Snow-Colored Swan Kiss to make them dangerous even to powerful Soul Masters.

• Flender raised the crystal's price to one thousand Gold Soul Coins, but Ling Yuan bought it for six hundred after Tang San admitted he could not pay more.
• Ye Xi and Ling Yuan left the shop, and Ye Xi told Ling Yuan not to pursue Tang San and Xiao Wu because she had her own plans.
• Ye Xi bought every deadly poisonous herb in an herbal shop, along with a pot for brewing medicine, then led Ling Yuan to a secluded forest.
• Ye Xi used her Bloodthirsty Bone Blade to break the Ban Jing Fa Jin, releasing golden Hair Crystals, and asked Ling Yuan to test one with Soul Power.
• Ling Yuan found that a Hair Crystal could pierce a tree and judged it useful against lower-level Soul Masters, though ordinary poison would not threaten a Titled Douluo.
• Ye Xi said Snow-Colored Swan Kiss would make the poisoned Hair Crystals different.