Chapter Summaries

Li Chang'an agreed to let the Snow Empress’s poisoned friend become his Wisdom Soul Ring if she was female, and the Snow Empress led him to the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan’s lair. The Ice Empress reunited with the Snow Empress, while Li Chang'an watched their affectionate embrace.

• The Snow Empress decided to persuade her poisoned friend to Sacrifice herself to Li Chang'an in exchange for becoming a Wisdom Soul Ring.
• Li Chang'an learned that the friend was the female, three-hundred-thousand-year-old Ice Empress and agreed to accept her for the Snow Empress’s sake.
• The Snow Empress led Li Chang'an to the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan’s lair and summoned the Ice Empress from underground.
• The Ice Empress rushed into the Snow Empress’s arms, relieved that she was alive, and the Snow Empress comforted her.
• Li Chang'an watched them embrace and thought they seemed more like mother and daughter than sisters.

Li Chang'an revealed his Ice God power to subdue Ice Emperor, who agreed to Sacrifice herself and become his soul ring. Before the Sacrifice, he asked her to create a customized external soul bone, but she warned that its soul skill would be unpredictable.

• Ice Emperor met Li Chang'an and asked who he was, while Snow Empress hesitated to explain their relationship.
• Li Chang'an awakened the Ice God's Heart and made Ice Emperor's bloodline instincts force her to prostrate herself before him.
• After Li Chang'an dismissed his pressure, Snow Empress spoke privately with Ice Emperor, who agreed to Sacrifice herself as his soul ring.
• Ice Emperor led Li Chang'an and Snow Empress to a hidden cave, where Li Chang'an asked her to make an external soul bone in a customized form.
• Ice Emperor said she could produce an external soul bone, but she could not control the soul skill it would grant if its form departed from her species' traits.

Li Chang'an accepted the Ice Empress's Sacrifice and gained her Soul Ring and a three-hundred-thousand-year External Soul Bone shaped as a vertical third eye. He left the ice cave to test the eye's abilities.

• Li Chang'an reviewed the Snow Empress's two head Soul Bone skills, Heart Like Ice, Clear as Crystal and Ice God's Protection.
• Li Chang'an told the Ice Empress what form and functions he wanted for the External Soul Bone, then prepared to accept her Sacrifice.
• During the Sacrifice, Li Chang'an returned the Ice Empress's stolen cultivation by removing the Fire Poison from her body.
• The Ice Empress used her remaining power to shape Li Chang'an's External Soul Bone before her body vanished, and Li Chang'an absorbed her Soul Ring with the Snow Empress's help.
• A vertical eye with an emerald pupil and snowflake pattern opened at Li Chang'an's brow; he used it to look around and walked out of the ice cave to test it.

Li Chang'an tested the Ice God's Eye, an External Soul Bone that could freeze space, and examined the abilities gained from absorbing the Ice Emperor Soul Ring. His Soul Power Level remained stuck at level 80 until he gained another Soul Ring, while the Ice Emperor could appear through a summoned energy body or briefly possess the Snow Woman Soul.

• Li Chang'an used Freezing Divine Light to freeze snow and space across a thousand-meter area, then named his third eye the Ice God's Eye.
• The frozen space thawed after more than ten minutes, and the snow trapped above crashed down as Li Chang'an returned to the cave.
• Li Chang'an checked his gains and found his Soul Power Level still at level 80 because his Second Soul had only two Soul Rings.
• He named the Ice Emperor's Soul Ring skill Ice Emperor's Spirit, which summoned an energy body with the Ice Emperor's power at her peak.
• Li Chang'an determined that the Ice Emperor could observe the outside world through the Snow Empress or briefly possess the Snow Woman Soul.

Li Chang'an decided to return to Heaven Dou before pursuing the Ice God inheritance, hoping to preserve the possibility of gaining the Sea God’s approval. Before leaving the Far North, Ice Empress passed the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan’s authority to other powerful members.

• Li Chang'an postponed adding more Soul Rings to his Second Soul so he would not become the Ice God too early and lose the chance to inherit the Sea God Position.
• Li Chang'an decided to return to Heaven Dou and later test whether the Sea God Divine Sense within the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud would approve of him.
• Li Chang'an released the Snow Woman Soul and told Ice Empress to explain anything necessary to her clan before they left the Far North.
• Ice Empress took control of the Snow Woman Soul and went to the Ice Jade Scorpion Nest to communicate with several hundred-thousand-year-old Ice Jade Scorpions.
• Ice Empress distributed her clan’s authority among the gathered Ice Jade Scorpions, then felt relieved as they dispersed.

Li Chang'an left the Far North with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, who were curious to explore the human world. After reaching a human city, he took the Snow Empress to a high-end tailor shop to order clothes and shoes for her, and the shop soon reported that they were ready.

• Li Chang'an used Ground Shrinking to an Inch to lead the Snow Empress out of the Far North, where its blessing and blizzard ceased.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress observed the outside world and grew curious about human life, so Li Chang'an decided to show them some cities.
• Li Chang'an brought the barefoot Snow Empress to Thousand Weaves Workshop and ordered custom dresses, shoes, and underwear for her.
• The Snow Empress followed the designer into the inner room while Li Chang'an rested in a private room and received the shop's hospitality.
• A female attendant informed Li Chang'an that the custom-made clothes were ready.

Li Chang'an bought the Snow Empress several new outfits and learned that the Ice and Snow Scepter could store objects. After returning to Heaven Dou City, he encountered Qian Renxue and decided to keep her identity secret while remaining wary of Xue Beng.

• Li Chang'an admired the Snow Empress in several outfits at Thousand Weaves Workshop and bought them all.
• The Snow Empress stored the boxes of clothes inside the Ice and Snow Scepter, revealing its storage function.
• Li Chang'an returned to Heaven Dou City after more than half a year, feeling far more powerful than before.
• Qian Renxue recognized Li Chang'an, who greeted her coolly and chose not to expose her identity.
• Li Chang'an recalled Xue Beng's past behavior and resolved that he would never inherit the throne.

Li Chang'an decided to prevent Xue Beng from inheriting the Imperial Throne and chose to help the Heaven Dou Royal Family instead. After meeting Qian Renxue and the Snow Empress, he left her puzzled about his changed demeanor, while she ordered an investigation into him and his companion.

• Li Chang'an resolved never to let Xue Beng ascend the Imperial Throne, though he had no desire to claim it himself.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, met Li Chang'an and the Snow Empress, and noticed that Li Chang'an had become unusually distant and unrestrained.
• Li Chang'an decided to help the Heaven Dou Royal Family out of gratitude to Xue Ye and considered ways to secure another successor besides Xue Beng.
• After returning to the Crown Prince Residence, Qian Renxue ordered her trusted subordinate to investigate Li Chang'an and the Snow Empress.
• Li Chang'an brought the Snow Empress back to his Marquis residence in Heaven Dou City.

Li Chang'an returned to Marquis Li Manor with the Snow Empress and arranged for her to live there as the eldest young lady. Dugu Yan and Xue Ke rushed to see him after hearing he was back, but learned he had brought another woman home.

• Li Chang'an returned to Marquis Li Manor and asked Steward Cai whether anything had happened while he was away.
• Li Chang'an told Steward Cai to give the Snow Empress a room and status equal to his own, and she accepted the arrangements.
• Steward Cai brought the Snow Empress to an elegant room near Li Chang'an's and arranged for maids to attend to her.
• Dugu Yan and Xue Ke heard that Li Chang'an had returned and went home to dress up before visiting him.
• Dugu Yan and Xue Ke arrived at the manor and learned Li Chang'an had brought a woman back, causing their expressions to turn cold.

Li Chang'an activated the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which recognized the Ice God's chosen inheritor and alerted Sea God Poseidon. Poseidon decided to claim Li Chang'an as his own successor, and Li Chang'an received a route to Sea God Island.

• Li Chang'an cut his hand with the Azure Phosphorus Sword and let the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud absorb his blood while suppressing the Ice God's Heart's resistance.
• The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud summoned a phantom that began recognizing Li Chang'an as someone capable of withstanding Vast Sea Power, then reacted with surprise to his Ice God inheritance.
• Sea God Poseidon sensed that Li Chang'an had been chosen by the Ice God and hesitated before deciding to make him the Sea God's successor.
• Li Chang'an felt his perception sharpen after the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud's power entered his body, then received a route map to Sea God Island.

Li Chang'an returned to Li Manor and reunited with Dugu Yan and Xue Ke, who had come to confront him about his absence. After they spotted the Snow Empress and demanded an explanation, he revealed that she was his Martial Soul.

• Dugu Yan and Xue Ke arrived at Li Manor and suspected Li Chang'an was using seclusion to avoid them.
• Li Chang'an appeared, and Xue Ke and Dugu Yan eagerly embraced him.
• Dugu Yan noticed the Snow Empress and demanded to know who she was.
• Li Chang'an told Dugu Yan and Xue Ke that the Snow Empress was his Martial Soul.

Li Chang'an explained to Dugu Yan and Xue Ke that the Snow Empress was his second martial soul, granted by a Million Year Soul Ring. He revealed that he had sacrificed the power for a soul bone to form a Second Soul Core, then recounted how he made a contract with the Snow Woman and turned her into his martial soul.

• Li Chang'an summoned the Snow Empress into his body to prove she was his martial soul, leaving her clothes behind.
• Li Chang'an told Dugu Yan and Xue Ke that a Million Year Soul Beast had sacrificed itself to him and granted him a second martial soul.
• Li Chang'an showed them his golden Seventh Soul Ring, whose ten red markings each represented one hundred thousand years.
• Li Chang'an explained that he gave up the Million Year Soul Bone's power to form a Second Soul Core.
• Li Chang'an recounted that he had planned to hunt an Ice Jade Scorpion but instead contracted with a Snow Woman near the end of her lifespan, who sacrificed herself and became his martial soul.

Li Chang'an explained that the Snow Empress was his independent, physical Second Soul and clarified why she had appeared in the Marquis Estate. He revealed that the Snow Empress and Ice Empress had sacrificed themselves to him, leaving him close to Titled Douluo while Dugu Yan and Xue Ke realized how far behind they had fallen.

• Li Chang'an explained that the Snow Empress was his Martial Soul, and Dugu Yan and Xue Ke stopped being jealous of her.
• Li Chang'an summoned the unclothed Snow Empress, prompting Dugu Yan and Xue Ke to cover his eyes and order her to dress.
• The Snow Empress dressed without understanding the girls' embarrassment, and Li Chang'an turned the conversation to his greatest gain from the trip.
• Li Chang'an revealed that he had reached Soul Power Level 80 after obtaining a Million Year Soul Ring and receiving the sacrifices of the six-hundred-thousand-year Snow Empress and the three-hundred-thousand-year Ice Empress.
• Dugu Yan and Xue Ke realized Li Chang'an was nearing Titled Douluo and felt that they had fallen far behind him.

Li Chang'an reassured Dugu Yan and Xue Ke that he had plans to strengthen them so they could keep pace with him and eventually pursue powerful God Positions. He explained that he would bring them along to take God Exams, leaving them encouraged by his support.

• Dugu Yan and Xue Ke worried that Li Chang'an's strength was leaving them behind, and he held them close while resolving to help them grow.
• Li Chang'an judged that Dugu Yan and Xue Ke needed stronger bloodlines to reach Level One Godhood, and he planned to use the Primordial Variant Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent for Dugu Yan and a dangerous Immortal Herb for Xue Ke.
• Li Chang'an decided to build up enough Blessed Luck before letting Xue Ke attempt the risky transformation, noting that his current Soul Saint realm gave him 2,500 points each day.
• Li Chang'an told Dugu Yan and Xue Ke that he had gained an opportunity to become a god at level one hundred and described gods as Soul Masters in a realm above Titled Douluo.
• Li Chang'an promised to bring Dugu Yan and Xue Ke to God Exams so they could earn rewards such as increased Soul Power and Soul Ring Age, and the two women understood his intentions and felt moved.

After spending a year refining his abilities, Li Chang'an prepared to enter the City of Slaughter to obtain the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s Inner Core for Dugu Yan’s rebirth. He reached the city’s entrance with proper approval and was ready to pass through its gates.

• Li Chang'an stayed in Heaven Dou City to develop his martial soul and elemental skills while Snow Empress adjusted to human society.
• At sixteen, Li Chang'an decided his preparations were complete and set out to challenge the City of Slaughter, keeping his true destination from Dugu Yan and Xue Ke.
• Li Chang'an reached the border town where the City of Slaughter was located and obtained an entry slip from Spirit Hall’s scarred branch hall master.
• A Spirit Hall member escorted Li Chang'an to the City of Slaughter’s massive gate, which the guards opened after checking his approval slip.

Li Chang'an entered the City of Slaughter, where an invisible force suppressed his Soul Skills but left his Soul Power and enhanced attributes intact. A guide welcomed him and explained that the city had no rules, leaving him to learn how its lawless dangers operated.

• Li Chang'an passed through the guarded gate and entered the City of Slaughter, where his Soul Skills became unusable.
• The Sea God sensed Li Chang'an had entered Asura's domain but decided to forgive him rather than lose a potential candidate.
• Li Chang'an met Terror Knight Scott, received entry token 8888, and learned the City of Slaughter occupied a separate dimension beneath a purple moon.
• A veiled woman welcomed Li Chang'an through the city gate and became his guide for the next twelve two-hour periods.
• Li Chang'an asked about the city's rules, and the Black Gauze Girl explained that there were no rules and that danger could strike at any time.

Li Chang'an entered the City of Slaughter and headed for the Hell Slaughter Arena, where he planned to begin competing. He encountered Hu Liena in the inner city, and the chapter ended with him taking a spectator’s Bloody Mary by knocking the man unconscious.

• Li Chang'an insisted that the Black Gauze Girl take him to the Hell Slaughter Arena despite her warning about its death rate.
• The Black Gauze Girl led Li Chang'an through the inner city, where the Snow Empress Skull's Heart Like Ice, Clear as Crystal skill shielded him from its chaotic influences.
• Li Chang'an saw Hu Liena emerge from a crowd after killing someone, and Hu Liena recognized him and considered cooperating with him.
• The Black Gauze Girl explained the arena's rules, including that only one of each group of ten could survive and that one hundred matches made a champion.
• Li Chang'an knocked out a scar-faced bald man and used the man's Bloody Mary to enter and watch the arena.

Li Chang'an entered the Hell Slaughter Arena and overwhelmed its fighters, reaching ninety consecutive victories in four months. As he approached the hundred-win requirement, the arena’s other contestants focused their attention on the man they called the Sword God.

• Li Chang'an signed up for the next match and noticed Hu Liena watching him, though neither approached the other.
• Li Chang'an won eight matches in his first three days, killing nearly a hundred Fallen Soul Masters with his Azure Phosphorus Sword.
• Li Chang'an reached thirty-six consecutive victories after a month, and his reputation frightened many opponents away from competing against him.
• Hu Liena abandoned her plan to seek cooperation with Li Chang'an after seeing how far his record surpassed hers.
• Li Chang'an reached ninety consecutive victories over four months and earned the nickname Sword God for his calm, untainted presence in the arena.

Li Chang'an won his ninetieth match in the City of Slaughter, while the Slaughter King avoided interfering because of the divine aura surrounding him. After reaching ninety-nine consecutive victories, Li Chang'an won his hundredth match and qualified to challenge Hell Road.

• Li Chang'an killed all nine opponents who surrounded him in the arena, securing another victory.
• The Slaughter King refused to contact Li Chang'an and hoped he would fail to pass Hell Road, wary of the divine aura he carried.
• Over the next two months, Li Chang'an reached ninety-nine consecutive victories while remaining unaffected by the City of Slaughter's influence on the mind.
• Li Chang'an won his hundredth match, leaving him as the sole survivor in the arena and qualifying him to challenge Hell Road.

After winning one hundred matches in the City of Slaughter, Li Chang'an rejected the Slaughter King's offer and insisted on entering Hell Road. The Slaughter King sacrificed the arena's spectators to open the path, and Li Chang'an arrived on its first platform with his mind unaffected by the Killing Intent.

• Li Chang'an defeated his final opponent and received the Slaughter King's offer of the Divine Slaughter title and a place as a Guest Elder.
• Li Chang'an refused the offer and told the Slaughter King he would challenge Hell Road.
• The Slaughter King released red light across the arena, causing the spectators to kill themselves as sacrifices.
• Li Chang'an recognized a bat-shaped blood pattern and suspected a connection between the parasitic Bat and the Asura God.
• The red light transported Li Chang'an to a circular platform on Hell Road, where Heart Like Ice, Clear as Crystal protected him from the Killing Intent.