Chapter Summaries

Ye Xi discovered that her Spiritual Sea had expanded and her Spiritual Power had nearly doubled overnight, while Tian Yao recounted receiving instruction from the Sea God’s phantom. Ye Qingxue then brought Ye Xi information about rumors in Heaven Dou City concerning her, leaving Ye Xi to read what they said.

• Ye Xi woke refreshed and found her Spiritual Power had nearly doubled, her Spiritual Sea had grown, and a green seed floated above it.
• Zhong Meng accidentally snapped several strands of Ye Xi’s hair while Tian Yao hurried into the room.
• Tian Yao told Ye Xi that the Sea God’s phantom had taught her the Sea God’s First Three Forms in an Endless Sea, which she had learned overnight.
• Ye Xi suspected that a god had caused the changes in her Spiritual Sea, likely the Shura God.
• Ye Qingxue told Ye Xi that rumors concerning her had appeared in Heaven Dou City and handed her the information.

Ye Xi and Xue Qinghe discovered that neither of them had started the rumor claiming Ye Xi defeated Chen Xin, and suspected Ning Fengzhi had spread it for an unknown purpose. They decided to watch the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and were summoned by Xue Ye, leaving them on their way to meet him.

• Ye Qingxue told Ye Xi that rumors praising her had spread through Heaven Dou City, including an exaggerated claim that she had defeated Chen Xin.
• Ye Xi let the rumors continue and went with Ling Yuan to the Tiandou Imperial Palace to meet Xue Qinghe.
• Ye Xi and Xue Qinghe realized that neither had started the rumor, though Xue Qinghe had secretly encouraged it after hearing about it.
• Ye Xi and Xue Qinghe suspected Ning Fengzhi had spread the news, decided to monitor the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and went to observe Xue Ye's reaction.
• A guard summoned Xue Qinghe and Ye Xi to see Xue Ye, and they followed him through the palace.

Xue Ye questioned Ye Xi about the rumor that Sword Douluo Chen Xin had praised her as supreme among the younger generation, then considered how she and Frost Snow Pavilion could strengthen the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. Prince Xue Xing and Princess Xue Ke arrived at the family banquet, where the gathering continued.

• Xue Ye welcomed Xue Qinghe and Ye Xi to the family banquet and invited them to sit.
• Xue Ye asked Ye Xi about the rumor, and she explained that she had visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for swordsmanship guidance and that Chen Xin's praise had been exaggerated.
• Ye Xi confirmed Chen Xin had made the remark, while modestly dismissing it as excessive praise.
• Xue Ye considered how Ye Xi's connection to the imperial family could bring the Heaven Dou Imperial Family greater strength, and Xue Qinghe silently welcomed his interest.
• Prince Xue Xing and Princess Xue Ke entered, greeted Xue Ye, Xue Qinghe, and Ye Xi, and took their seats.

At a family banquet, Xue Ye and Prince Xue Xing tested Xue Qinghe and Ye Xi’s reactions by suggesting Ye Xi become the Crown Princess. Xue Qinghe and Ye Xi concealed their true position with flawless acting, leaving the banquet’s political exchanges unresolved.

• Xue Ye introduced Xue Ke to Ye Xi, and Xue Ke greeted Ye Xi with clear admiration.
• Xue Ye began the family feast, and Xue Ke asked Ye Xi questions as the banquet grew lively.
• Prince Xue Xing asked whether Xue Qinghe had considered a Crown Princess and suggested Ye Xi as a match.
• Xue Qinghe declined to consider marriage for now, while Ye Xi blushed and lowered her head at the suggestion.
• Xue Ye rebuked Prince Xue Xing for teasing their guest, and Prince Xue Xing apologized to Ye Xi.
• Xue Qinghe gave Ye Xi fruit juice and stroked her hair, while the banquet continued with subtle exchanges between the others.

After the banquet, Princess Xue Ke invited Ye Xi to tour the palace and expressed her admiration for Ye Xi’s achievements. They grew closer as they explored the gardens, and Xue Qinghe joined them as they rested, finding them getting along well.

• Xue Ke invited Ye Xi to walk around the palace, and Xue Ye gave them permission to leave the banquet hall.
• Xue Ye urged Xue Qinghe to visit Frost Snow Pavilion more often and grow closer to Ye Xi, and Xue Qinghe agreed.
• Xue Ke praised Ye Xi’s accomplishments and asked to visit Frost Snow Pavilion; Ye Xi welcomed her and invited her to use their given names.
• Ye Xi and Xue Ke toured the palace gardens together for two hours and shared drinks while resting.
• Xue Qinghe arrived and observed that Ye Xi and Xue Ke seemed to be getting along, while Xue Ke held Ye Xi’s arm.

Ye Xi toured Heaven Dou City with Xue Qinghe, Xue Ke, and Ling Yuan, where she heard increasingly exaggerated rumors about her match with Chen Xin. The group continued shopping as a messenger hawk flew toward Spirit Hall, where Salas received its letter.

• Xue Qinghe invited Ye Xi and Xue Ke to tour Heaven Dou City, and Ye Xi agreed after asking him to notify Ling Yuan.
• Ye Xi heard outrageous rumors about Frost Snow Pavilion, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and her match with Chen Xin, then bought a mask to conceal her face.
• Xue Qinghe offered to suppress the rumors, and Ye Xi accepted his help.
• Xue Ke browsed the busy street with Ye Xi while Xue Qinghe bought items they admired and Ling Yuan followed behind.
• Ling Yuan noticed a messenger hawk flying toward Spirit Hall but ignored it and caught up with the group.
• Salas received the messenger hawk at Spirit Hall and examined the letter it carried.

Salas assigned Yan Xing to secretly watch Ye Xi and report if she left Heaven Dou City, though he feared the order would be discovered. After Ye Xi noticed Yan Xing following her, Ling Yuan confronted him and demanded to know why he was watching her.

• Salas read Bibi Dong's letter ordering him to keep an eye on Ye Xi and report if she left Heaven Dou City.
• Salas ordered Yan Xing, a Soul Emperor, to secretly watch Ye Xi despite knowing Ling Yuan, a Titled Douluo, accompanied her.
• Xue Qinghe and Xue Ke said goodbye to Ye Xi and returned to the palace as Ye Xi and Ling Yuan headed to Frost Snow Pavilion.
• Ling Yuan noticed Yan Xing following them, and Ye Xi told her to handle it cleanly.
• Ling Yuan appeared beside Yan Xing and asked why he was following Ye Xi.

Ye Xi learned that Salas had ordered Yan Xing to follow her on Pope Bibi Dong’s orders, then confronted Salas at Spirit Hall. She arranged for Ling Yuan to beat him lightly so he could report the staged encounter to his superiors.

• Ling Yuan made Yan Xing reveal that he had followed Ye Xi on Platinum Bishop Salas’s orders, then warned him to pretend nothing had happened.
• Ye Xi decided to visit Spirit Hall instead of returning to Frost Snow Pavilion, and Ling Yuan followed her there.
• Yan Xing reported the encounter to Salas, who waited for Ye Xi and Ling Yuan to arrive.
• Ye Xi confronted Salas and guessed that Pope Bibi Dong had ordered him to follow her; Salas stayed silent, confirming her suspicion.
• Ye Xi told Salas she would not make things difficult for him if he put on a show, then ordered Ling Yuan to attack him.
• Ling Yuan struck Salas and wrecked the room, but limited his injuries to a few superficial wounds.

Ye Xi arranged for Salas to stage a public quarrel after Ling Yuan beat him, then returned to Frost Snow Pavilion expecting trouble. The next morning, Ye Qingxue learned that Spirit Hall had burned one of the pavilion’s supply depots and began investigating the retaliation.

• Ye Xi stopped Ling Yuan after fifteen minutes and told Salas the beating would let him explain matters to the Pope and stage a scene with her.
• Ye Xi instructed Salas to make a bigger scene, and Ling Yuan kicked down the door before rushing Ye Xi away from Spirit Hall.
• Salas summoned the bishops, accused Ye Xi of having him beaten during negotiations, and led them out while Yan Xing arranged to clean his room.
• Ye Xi returned to Frost Snow Pavilion, bathed, and told Zhong Meng to wake her if anything happened the next day.
• Ye Qingxue learned that Salas and his men had burned a supply depot, causing an estimated loss of three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and the steward began explaining Spirit Hall’s reason.

Ye Qingxue called a meeting after Spirit Hall’s Salas caused trouble for Frost Snow Pavilion. Ye Xi reassured the pavilion’s leaders that she had a plan to handle the matter herself, leaving them to carry on as usual.

• Ye Qingxue summoned Ye Xi and Frost Snow Pavilion’s other leaders to discuss a serious incident involving Spirit Hall.
• Ye Xi heard Ye Qingxue’s account while Ling Yuan combed her hair in the hall.
• Ye Qingxue, Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Dugu Bo advised Ye Xi not to confront the stronger Spirit Hall for now.
• Ye Xi agreed that a direct clash would be unwise and said she would handle the matter herself.
• Ye Xi dismissed the leaders and told them to notify her if anything else happened.

After assigning Ghost Leopard a task, Ye Xi went to sleep while news of Frost Snow Pavilion’s conflict with Spirit Hall spread through Heaven Dou City. Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi both set out for Frost Snow Pavilion to learn what had happened.

• Ye Xi told Ghost Leopard to handle a task, then asked Ling Yuan to wake her if her sister arrived and went to sleep.
• News spread that Ye Xi and her subordinates had beaten Salas at Spirit Hall and that Salas had burned Frost Snow Pavilion’s supplies.
• Xue Qinghe wondered whether events had forced Ye Xi to change their original plan, then headed to Frost Snow Pavilion to ask her about it.
• Ning Fengzhi discussed the conflict with Chen Xin and Gu Rong, who warned that Spirit Hall might retaliate over the public insult to Salas.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for Frost Snow Pavilion to find out what had happened.

Ye Xi explained to Qian Renxue why she had changed her plan after the Pope ordered Salas to monitor her. Qian Renxue approved the adjustments and resolved to confront Salas and speak with the Pope, while Salas sent a message to the Pope and waited for what came next.

• Ling Yuan reassured Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that Ye Xi had a way to resolve the rumors surrounding Frost Snow Pavilion.
• Xue Qinghe entered Ye Xi's room, found her asleep, and revealed herself as Qian Renxue.
• Ye Xi told Qian Renxue that the Pope had ordered Salas to have people monitor her and explained her revised plan.
• Qian Renxue approved Ye Xi's adjustments and said she would visit Salas and speak to the Pope.
• Salas sent a message to the Pope by carrier pigeon and waited for the next move.

Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin visited Frost Snow Pavilion after hearing about its conflict with Spirit Hall. Ye Xi declined their offer of help, and after they left, she, Ling Yuan, and Xue Qinghe headed to Tiandou Imperial Palace.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin arrived at Frost Snow Pavilion, and Ling Yuan escorted them to the great hall while Ye Xi and Qian Renxue delayed their arrival.
• Ling Yuan served Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin tea and pastries but revealed nothing when Ning Fengzhi questioned her about the incident.
• Ye Xi and Xue Qinghe joined Ning Fengzhi, and Ye Xi said she already had a way to resolve the matter with Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi offered further assistance, then left Frost Snow Pavilion with Chen Xin after Ye Xi indicated she had business at Tiandou Imperial Palace.
• Ye Xi, Ling Yuan, and Xue Qinghe departed for Tiandou Imperial Palace after seeing Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin off.

Ning Fengzhi worried that Ye Xi’s growing closeness to Xue Qinghe could undermine the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s plans, while Xue Qinghe proposed that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family mediate the dispute between Frost Snow Pavilion and Spirit Hall. Xue Ye approved the plan and offered to cover Frost Snow Pavilion’s losses, and Xue Qinghe went to invite Ye Xi to meet him.

• Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi that Frost Snow Pavilion nearly matched the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in strength and surpassed it in its younger generation.
• Ning Fengzhi feared that Ye Xi becoming Crown Princess would end the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s cooperation with his sect, but decided to observe before acting.
• Xue Qinghe warned Ye Xi to be cautious, and the two arrived at the imperial palace with Ling Yuan.
• Xue Qinghe told Xue Ye that the Imperial Family could mediate between Frost Snow Pavilion and Spirit Hall by sounding out Salas and helping reconcile the sides.
• Xue Ye approved the plan, asked Xue Qinghe to prevent further attacks, and offered to cover Frost Snow Pavilion’s losses.
• Xue Qinghe decided privately to help Ye Xi double the submitted losses, then left to invite her to Xue Ye’s residence.

After Ye Xi described Spirit Hall’s attack on Frost Snow Pavilion to Xue Ye, he agreed that the Heaven Dou imperial family would compensate its losses and sent Xue Qinghe to settle the matter with Spirit Hall. Ye Xi returned to Frost Snow Pavilion and asked Ye Qingxue to calculate the damages, privately considering whether to inflate the amount.

• Ye Xi told Xue Ye that Spirit Hall agents had followed her and that Salas had provoked her into having Ling Yuan teach him a lesson.
• Xue Ye offered to have the Heaven Dou imperial family compensate Frost Snow Pavilion rather than let it openly clash with Spirit Hall, and Ye Xi accepted.
• Xue Ye ordered Xue Qinghe to visit Spirit Hall the next day and settle the matter.
• After leaving Xue Ye, Ye Xi dropped her angry expression and asked Xue Qinghe to collect a list of Frost Snow Pavilion’s losses.
• Ye Xi returned to Frost Snow Pavilion and directed Ye Qingxue to calculate the losses, while privately wondering if she could report a little extra.

Ye Qingxue and Ye Xi inflated Frost Snow Pavilion’s reported losses, while Xue Qinghe revised the claim further before confronting Salas over his surveillance of Ye Xi. Qian Renxue warned Salas that any further interference would cost him his position.

• Ye Qingxue multiplied Frost Snow Pavilion’s estimated losses and rounded the total up to one million Gold Soul Coins.
• Ye Xi told Zhong Meng to have Ling Yuan double the list and deliver it to the Tiandou Imperial Palace.
• Xue Qinghe received Ling Yuan’s list, raised its total from two million to three million seven hundred and twenty thousand, and planned to give it to Xue Ye.
• Xue Qinghe went to Spirit Hall, revealed himself as Qian Renxue, and reprimanded Salas for sending people to follow Ye Xi.
• Qian Renxue warned Salas that another incident would end his tenure as Platinum Bishop, and Salas promised to obey.

Qian Renxue instructed Salas to cooperate with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s mediation between Frost Snow Pavilion and Spirit Hall. Xue Qinghe then showed Xue Ye Frost Snow Pavilion’s claimed losses, and Xue Ye struggled to accept the enormous bill while refusing to break his promise to cover it.

• Qian Renxue told Salas that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family would mediate and instructed him to act according to the situation.
• Qian Renxue disguised herself as Xue Qinghe and returned to the Tiandou Imperial Palace.
• Xue Qinghe told Xue Ye that Salas seemed willing to reconcile and handed him Frost Snow Pavilion’s list of losses.
• Xue Ye saw that Frost Snow Pavilion claimed losses of 3.72 million Gold Soul Coins and asked whether the list was accurate.
• Xue Qinghe suggested finding a reason to refuse the payment, but Xue Ye insisted that the imperial family honor its promise.

Xue Ye ordered Xue Qinghe to compensate Frost Snow Pavilion for its losses, and Xue Qinghe brought the pavilion goods worth four million Gold Soul Coins. Ye Xi was surprised by the amount as Xue Qinghe joined her for a meal.

• Xue Ye told Xue Qinghe that the imperial family would cover Frost Snow Pavilion's losses and ordered him to deliver compensation from the treasury.
• Xue Qinghe gathered forty-seven chests of useful goods worth at least four million Gold Soul Coins from the imperial treasury.
• Xue Qinghe delivered the goods to Frost Snow Pavilion, where Ye Qingxue began moving them into the pavilion's treasury.
• Xue Qinghe went to the Rear Hall and found Ye Xi dining with Tian Yao, Ling Yuan, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the others.
• Xue Qinghe told Ye Xi he had brought four million in compensation, and Ye Xi realized the amount exceeded what she had expected.

After assuring Ye Xi that Xue Ye would direct any anger over the four-million-value compensation at Salas rather than Frost Snow Pavilion, Qian Renxue invited her to inspect valuable items taken from the imperial treasury. They went to the pavilion treasury, where Ye Qingxue was overseeing the inventory.

• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Tian Yao left the dining hall for training, and Dugu Yan wondered whether Ye Xi had quietly approved the Crown Prince’s visit.
• Ye Lingling explained that Xiao Xi had ordered that the Crown Prince no longer needed to announce his visits, and Tian Yao added that Xiao Xi did not need to announce visits to his palace either.
• Ye Xi worried that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s four million in compensation might cause Xue Ye to resent Frost Snow Pavilion, but Xue Qinghe said Xue Ye would blame Salas instead.
• Xue Qinghe changed back into Qian Renxue and told Ye Xi she had taken valuable items from the imperial treasury and had already instructed Salas on what to do next.
• Ye Xi and Qian Renxue went to Frost Snow Pavilion’s treasury, where Ye Qingxue was directing the stewards as they inventoried the items sent by the Crown Prince.

Ye Xi accepted Xue Qinghe’s lavish gifts for Frost Snow Pavilion and later joined him and Salas at Tiandou Imperial Palace for a royal meeting. The chapter ended with Salas asking Xue Ye why he had been invited.

• Ye Qingxue showed Ye Xi the inventory of Xue Qinghe’s gifts, including two 50,000 Year Soul Bones, and Ye Xi accepted them.
• Xue Qinghe hinted that he could send Frost Snow Pavilion even better Soul Bones when the time was right, delighting Ye Xi.
• After Ye Qingxue completed the inventory, Ye Xi reviewed the list, then returned to her room and went to sleep.
• The next morning, Ye Xi and Ling Yuan went to Tiandou Imperial Palace, where Xue Qinghe was waiting for Salas.
• Xue Qinghe escorted Ye Xi and Salas to the Council Hall, where Xue Ye invited Ling Yuan to sit before Salas asked why he had been summoned.