Chapter Summaries

Leng Yulai woke from her near-fatal injuries and realized the Ultimate Ice power protecting her might belong to Lu Jun, who she suspected had saved her. She set out to report the ambush to Spirit Pagoda and preserve the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass for Lu Jun, leaving into an unexpected snowstorm.

• Leng Yulai awoke injured and wondered who had rescued her, recalling an illusory image of Lu Jun and a strange warmth on her lips.
• Leng Yulai examined her wounds and recognized the lingering Ultimate Ice Soul Power as having the same Core Imprint as Lu Jun’s.
• Leng Yulai resolved to report the Tang Sect, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, Clear Sky Sect, and Shrek Academy for ambushing her.
• Leng Yulai checked that the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass was safe and looked forward to its effect on Lu Jun.
• Leng Yulai left to return to Mingdu as snow fell despite winter not having arrived.

Lu Jun returned to Mingdu after causing the frozen catastrophe in Maple Leaf City and concealed his involvement from Yue Zhengyu. Meanwhile, Leng Yaozhu learned that Leng Yulai had survived an ambush and was returning to Mingdu, but Yulai suspected Lu Jun had saved her, leaving their reunion—and a confrontation with him—ahead.

• Lu Jun landed in Mingdu, thanked Yue Zhengyu for arranging his trip, and falsely described the blizzard in Maple Leaf City as something he had escaped by chance.
• Lu Jun realized he was late for Wu Zhangkong’s practical combat class and hurried back to Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy despite his injuries and exhaustion.
• Leng Yaozhu anxiously awaited news from Leng Yulai, then answered her sister’s call and learned that Yulai was alive but seriously injured.
• Leng Yulai said the Tang Sect, Yu Luohui, the Clear Sky Sect’s Seventh Elder, and Cai Yue'er had ambushed her, and that someone resembling Lu Jun had saved her with powerful Ultimate Ice.
• Leng Yaozhu told Leng Yulai to send her coordinates and conceal her aura, then flew toward her to bring her back and planned to question Lu Jun later.

Lu Jun concealed the true reason he was late by claiming he had entered Deep Meditation, then examined the treasures he had stolen from four Super Douluos. During combat training, his Ice Abyss Sword revealed an overwhelming suppression over Wu Zhangkong’s Heavenly Frost Sword, leaving Wu Zhangkong shocked by the disparity in their swords’ origins.

• Lu Jun arrived late to combat training and told Wu Zhangkong that Deep Meditation had kept him from waking in time.
• Wu Zhangkong noticed signs that contradicted Lu Jun’s story but accepted it and sent him back to prepare for combat.
• Lu Jun inspected the Storage Soul Tools he had stolen from four Super Douluos and found valuable supplies, rare Ice Attribute metals, and a light-element immortal herb.
• Lu Jun worried that Leng Yulai might question him about what had happened and resolved to deny everything.
• Wu Zhangkong summoned the Heavenly Frost Sword, and Lu Jun produced the Ice Abyss Sword for their training match.
• The Ice Abyss Sword made the Heavenly Frost Sword tremble and disrupted Wu Zhangkong’s Ice Attribute Soul Power, revealing a profound suppression between the two swords.

Lu Jun and Wu Zhangkong fought a sword-only duel on the Training Ground, where the Ice Abyss Sword’s suppression helped Lu Jun force Wu Zhangkong back despite their vast difference in cultivation. Wu Zhangkong refused to yield, and their clash continued as the watching students learned that her martial soul and Soul Power were being weakened.

• Wu Zhangkong sensed the Ice Abyss Sword’s immense power and began the duel by rushing Lu Jun with the Heavenly Frost Sword.
• Lu Jun met Wu Zhangkong’s first strike with an Ice Wall, and their collision sent both of them staggering back, astonishing the watching students.
• Lu Jun and Wu Zhangkong continued fighting without using Soul Skills, trading rapid sword strikes across the frozen Training Ground.
• Wu Zhangkong changed to a precise sword style and pressed Lu Jun’s flaws, while her defiance drove the Heavenly Frost Sword to resist its fear.
• Gu Yue Na explained that the Ice Abyss Sword suppressed Wu Zhangkong’s martial soul and weakened her strength, while the students watched the duel continue.

Lu Jun lost his duel with Wu Zhangkong after a fierce sword exchange, then entered Deep Meditation as his Sword Intent continued to grow. Wu Zhangkong guarded him while the other students left the Training Ground.

• Lu Jun broke through Wu Zhangkong's sword net with a decisive thrust, but Wu Zhangkong dodged with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and disarmed him with a counterstrike.
• Lu Jun admitted defeat, and Wu Zhangkong praised his resolve while crediting the Ice Abyss Sword with tempering his Sword Dao and loosening his cultivation bottleneck.
• Lu Jun remained bowed and entered Deep Meditation, his Sword Intent gathering around him in a sharp, rising current.
• Wu Zhangkong formed a Soul Power barrier around Lu Jun, dismissed the class, and stayed behind to guard him.
• Tang Wulin, Long Chen, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue Na left the Training Ground while reacting to Lu Jun's growing strength.

Lu Jun entered deep meditation after his duel with Wu Zhangkong, analyzing the fight and seeking to develop a battle technique of his own. In Maple Leaf City, Leng Yaozhu reunited with Leng Yulai, who then gave the Holy Spirit Cult leaders a report that concealed Lu Jun’s involvement.

• Lu Jun relived Wu Zhangkong’s techniques and the battle’s decisive moments, then began simulating sword moves in hopes of creating a technique of his own.
• Leng Yaozhu found Leng Yulai in Maple Leaf City and embraced her, easing the sisters’ tension after their separation.
• Ha Luosa and Gui Yan appeared and asked Leng Yulai to recount what had happened in Maple Leaf City.
• Leng Yulai claimed that Po Yue, Yu Luohui, the Clear Sky Sect Seventh Elder, and Cai Yue'er had ambushed her, and said she had heavily injured Cai Yue'er before losing consciousness.
• Leng Yaozhu noticed that Leng Yulai’s report differed from what she had said earlier, but stayed silent to keep Lu Jun’s involvement hidden.

Leng Yaozhu took the badly injured Leng Yulai back to Mingdu after Nether King Douluo and Ghost Emperor left Maple Leaf City. While Leng Yulai recovered at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, she told her sister that someone resembling Lu Jun had saved her, leaving Leng Yaozhu determined to investigate.

• Ha Luosa claimed the remaining matters in Maple Leaf City and departed, while Gui Yan also took his leave.
• Leng Yaozhu flew with Leng Yulai toward Mingdu and asked what she had seen before losing consciousness.
• Leng Yulai said someone who looked very much like Lu Jun had saved her, though she could not explain how he had reached Maple Leaf City.
• Leng Yaozhu said she would investigate Lu Jun with Leng Yulai after her sister recovered, noting his survival in the Extreme North before his martial soul awakened.
• Leng Yaozhu prioritized Leng Yulai's treatment at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, and Leng Yulai sat up after several hours in the restoration pod.

Leng Yulai recovered from her injuries and suspected that the mysterious person who saved her was connected to Lu Jun, but his sudden Deep Meditation made the truth harder to determine. She also discovered that the Ultimate Ice power had purified her Dark Phoenix Martial Soul and might be pushing it toward an unprecedented Ultimate Fire.

• A physician told Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai that top-grade Spirit Pagoda healing pills had stabilized Leng Yulai's injuries before treatment.
• Leng Yulai and Leng Yaozhu connected the Ultimate Ice and rare healing pills to the mysterious person who saved her, but agreed to wait before drawing conclusions.
• Leng Yaozhu received word that Lu Jun had entered Deep Meditation after combat training with Wu Zhangkong, and the academy asked the Spirit Pagoda to guard him.
• Leng Yulai wondered how Lu Jun could have saved her in Maple Leaf City and then returned to the academy, while she and Leng Yaozhu questioned whether he was truly the person they had seen.
• Leng Yulai sensed that Ultimate Ice had purified the negative qualities in her Dark Phoenix flame and brought it closer to Ultimate Fire.
• Leng Yaozhu compared Leng Yulai's Martial Soul change to Ma Hongjun's evolution and suggested her darkness and flame might eventually become an unprecedented Ultimate Fire.

Leng Yulai went to Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy to guard Lu Jun while he remained in Deep Meditation, hoping to learn whether he had saved her and discover the source of his power. After half a year, Lu Jun began to stir as his accumulated power erupted, and Leng Yulai prepared for the awakening.

• Leng Yulai recovered from her injuries and asked Leng Yaozhu to let her guard Lu Jun at the academy.
• Leng Yaozhu agreed, and Leng Yulai entered the academy’s restricted Training Ground to watch over Lu Jun.
• Leng Yulai recognized that Lu Jun’s features resembled the mysterious person she had glimpsed before losing consciousness in Maple Leaf City.
• For half a year, Leng Yulai guarded Lu Jun as he remained in Deep Meditation and his icy-blue Sword Intent grew stronger.
• Lu Jun’s body began to tremble, his Ultimate Ice barrier cracked, and a powerful eruption stirred within him.
• Leng Yulai rose and released her darkness Soul Power as Lu Jun’s accumulated power began transforming.

Lu Jun broke free from his half-year Deep Meditation with overwhelming Ice Abyss Sword Intent, but his depleted body immediately gave out. Leng Yulai brought him to the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, where a doctor confirmed that he had suffered no organic damage and was in a shock-induced coma from extreme exhaustion.

• Lu Jun's ice crystal restraint shattered, and his unleashed power filled the Training Ground with Ultimate Profound Ice.
• Lu Jun summoned the Ice Abyss Sword and formed a massive sword phantom, but his Soul Power and physical reserves were exhausted.
• Leng Yulai caught Lu Jun as he collapsed and carried him to the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.
• A doctor told Leng Yulai that Lu Jun had no organic damage and had fallen into a coma after his depleted body triggered its self-protection mechanism.

After half a year of Deep Meditation, Lu Jun awoke in a Sanatorium Ward under the care of Leng Yulai and Gu Yue Na. His Soul Power had barely changed, but his combat ability and Spiritual Power had grown immensely, reaching the Spirit Abyss Realm.

• The doctor explained that Lu Jun needed three days of intravenous nutrition before gradually returning to liquid food, and Leng Yulai arranged for his transfer to a private Sanatorium Ward.
• Leng Yulai stayed by Lu Jun's bedside, trimmed his overgrown hair, and monitored his condition through the night.
• Gu Yue Na came to visit Lu Jun, and she and Leng Yulai quietly discussed how each of them had been watching over him.
• Lu Jun woke, drank water with Gu Yue Na's help, and learned that he had spent half a year in Deep Meditation.
• Lu Jun found that his Soul Power had barely increased, but his Sword Intent and Spiritual Power had advanced dramatically, with his Spiritual Power reaching the Spirit Abyss Realm.

After six months of Deep Meditation, Lu Jun discovered that his Sword Intent, Spiritual Power, and control of Ultimate Ice had transformed, though his body remained dangerously weak. As he recovered in the hospital, he saw a report offering a vague explanation for the Maple Leaf City Incident and mocked its claim of an energy overflow.

• Lu Jun realized his Spiritual Power had reached the Spirit Abyss Realm and that he could control Ultimate Ice with far greater precision.
• Gu Yue Na and Leng Yulai stopped Lu Jun from sitting up, warning that his weakened body could be seriously harmed.
• Gu Yue Na and Leng Yulai took turns caring for Lu Jun as he gradually regained some mobility, while Leng Yulai unsuccessfully tried to question him about his Deep Meditation.
• Leng Yulai persuaded Gu Yue Na to leave the hospital room, saying she would watch over Lu Jun.
• Lu Jun read a report claiming that uncontrolled Ice Elemental Energy had caused the Maple Leaf City crisis and mocked its explanation.
• Leng Yulai sat beside Lu Jun and asked what he was reading.

Lu Jun reviewed the failed investigation into the Maple Leaf City Incident while Leng Yulai delivered the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and warned him not to absorb it until he recovered. After she left, he read how Ha Luosa had subdued the factions’ conflict and searched for the Continent Ranking List.

• Lu Jun read reports that the major factions had investigated Maple Leaf City for months but failed to uncover the source of the energy eruption.
• Leng Yulai probed Lu Jun about whether he knew anything about the incident, then gave him the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass after confirming it was safe.
• Leng Yulai warned Lu Jun that absorbing the herb while his body was weak could kill him and told him to rest for at least another week.
• Lu Jun concluded that Leng Yulai had kept his role in the incident from the Spirit Pagoda’s higher-ups.
• Lu Jun learned that Ha Luosa had quelled the factions’ conflict in Maple Leaf City, then searched for the Continent Ranking List.

Lu Jun read the Continent Ranking List and concluded that Tang San’s influence and the Spirit Pagoda’s hidden strength made the era’s balance of power far more dangerous than he had thought. After choosing to stay low-profile and focus on recovery, he absorbed an Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and reached Soul Ancestor Level 41.

• Lu Jun noticed that Niu Tian, Titan, and Yu Yuanzu ranked among the continent’s strongest, and suspected Tang San’s influence had strengthened their forces.
• Lu Jun learned of Ha Luosa’s conflict with Yun Ming’s teacher and laughed at the Spirit Pagoda’s ranking of Ha Luosa just ahead of Qiangu Dongfeng.
• Lu Jun decided to conceal his identity, recover, and build his strength before taking further risks.
• Seven days later, Leng Yulai guarded Lu Jun as he absorbed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.
• Lu Jun’s Soul Power surged to Level 41, making him a four-ring Soul Ancestor, and he thanked Leng Yulai for protecting him.

After Leng Yulai failed to uncover Lu Jun’s connection to the events in Maple Leaf City, he returned to Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. His classmates welcomed him, but three Soul Ancestors ambushed him in the corridor, and Lu Jun evaded their coordinated attack without using his martial soul or Soul Power.

• Lu Jun left the hospital after Leng Yulai told him to put his studies first, and she called Leng Yaozhu to report that her probing had revealed nothing.
• Leng Yaozhu told Leng Yulai to stop pressing Lu Jun and asked her to return to the Spirit Pagoda to help with its piled-up work.
• Lu Jun returned to the academy, where Long Chen, Xu Xiaoyan, and their classmates greeted him and explained they had been barred from visiting him in the hospital.
• Three upperclassmen who were Soul Ancestors charged at Lu Jun, calling him an evil demon and attacking while his classmates tried to intervene.
• Lu Jun dodged the Fire Tiger Soul Master’s claws, kicked the Gale Demon Wolf Soul Master, and sidestepped so the Rock Lizard Soul Master’s charge obstructed the attacker behind him.

Lu Jun subdued three Tang Sect attackers without using a Soul Skill, revealing four ten-thousand-year Soul Rings. The attackers claimed a Tang Sect prophecy labeled him a demon destined to bring catastrophe, but the students mocked them and Lu Jun dismissed the accusation as slander.

• Lu Jun stopped Long Chen from charging and revealed four ten-thousand-year Soul Rings, stunning the onlookers and attackers.
• Lu Jun defeated the Rock Lizard, Fire Tiger, and Gale Demon Wolf Soul Ancestors with three Ice Abyss Sword strikes.
• The fallen Gale Demon Wolf Soul Master claimed the Tang Sect had identified Lu Jun as a demon who would bring catastrophe and ordered his elimination.
• Long Chen, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and the other students laughed at the attackers' prophecy and mocked the Tang Sect.
• Lu Jun scoffed at the accusation and concluded that the Tang Sect had resorted to brainwashing children after its plan in Maple Leaf City failed.

Lu Jun uncovered that three Tang Sect members had attacked him after hearing a prophecy that branded him a demon, and the academy punished them while promising him compensation. After thanking Yue Zhengyu for saving him before, Lu Jun was invited to team up for the upcoming Riot Period at the Spirit Ascension Platform.

• Lu Jun questioned the three attackers about their Tang Sect membership and the prophecy, while Xie Xie recalled seeing them speak with an arrogant stranger near the academy gates.
• A teacher arrived, condemned the upperclassmen for attacking Lu Jun, and threatened them with disciplinary action and lost resources.
• The three attackers apologized to Lu Jun, who remained focused on finding the mastermind and planned to strike back at the Tang Sect over the Purple Pill.
• The teacher promised the academy would handle the incident and compensate Lu Jun, and Lu Jun left the crowd.
• Yue Zhengyu met Lu Jun, who thanked him for helping him before and gave him a Storage Soul Tool as a personal gift.
• Yue Zhengyu invited Lu Jun to team up for the approaching Riot Period at the Spirit Ascension Platform.

Lu Jun gave Yue Zhengyu a rare light-element immortal herb as thanks, then met Zhao Tianyu to ask about three senior students who attacked him. Zhao Tianyu recognized the attackers and laughed when Lu Jun explained that the Tang Sect had supposedly prophesied he would become a catastrophe.

• Lu Jun agreed to help Yue Zhengyu during the Spirit Ascension Platform's Riot Period if the Spirit Pagoda allowed him to enter.
• Yue Zhengyu discovered that Lu Jun's gift was a Ten Thousand Year Level light-element immortal herb and was stunned by its value.
• Lu Jun met Zhao Tianyu and asked him to identify three Soul Ancestors who had attacked him at the academy.
• Zhao Tianyu recognized the attackers as Zhang Qiang and two others and offered to punish them, but Lu Jun clarified that he wanted to discuss their motive.
• Lu Jun said the three students claimed the Tang Sect had prophesied he would bring catastrophe to the Douluo Continent, and Zhao Tianyu laughed at the claim.

Lu Jun calmly met with Zhang Qiang and the other two students, then searched their memories to uncover the Tang Sect’s Mingdu Branch and identify who had manipulated them. He learned that a Tang Sect Dou Soul Hall fighter named Gray Harrier had incited the attack, leaving Lu Jun resolved to retaliate against the Tang Sect.

• Zhao Tianyu brought Zhang Qiang and the other two students to meet Lu Jun and left them alone to talk.
• Lu Jun reassured the frightened students that he would not pursue the earlier attack, then eased them into casual conversation.
• Lu Jun secretly used his Spiritual Power to search the students’ memories for information about the Tang Sect.
• Lu Jun discovered that the Tang Sect’s Mingdu Branch was hidden beneath a West District warehouse complex, with a concealed entrance and extensive security.
• Lu Jun learned that Gray Harrier, a Tang Sect Dou Soul Hall fighter, had persuaded Zhang Qiang and the others to attack him.
• Lu Jun suspected the Tang Sect had sent Gray Harrier after him for a system mission and decided to retaliate.

Lu Jun warned Zhang Qiang and the other two to think for themselves after joining the Tang Sect, then followed a lead to Gray Harrier’s abandoned meeting place. Gray Harrier revealed himself on a rooftop and sprang a confrontation, summoning his crow martial soul and five soul rings.

• Lu Jun used his Spiritual Power to read Zhang Qiang and the other two, then urged them not to blindly follow the Tang Sect.
• Zhang Qiang and the other two thanked Lu Jun and left, while Zhao Tianyu asked how the meeting went.
• Lu Jun left the academy and went to the abandoned newsstand where Gray Harrier had met Zhang Qiang and the others.
• Lu Jun found the newsstand empty but sensed Gray Harrier watching from a nearby rooftop.
• Gray Harrier admitted he had lured Lu Jun into a trap and summoned his crow martial soul with three purple and two black soul rings.