Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiao absorbed the 200,000-year Iris Cold Sparrow soul ring, created Pale Flame, and broke through to Soul Douluo before rejecting the next Asura God trial’s demand to go to Slaughter City. Meanwhile, Tang San’s group endured Dai Weisi’s oppression in the Star Luo Empire, where Tang San finished a hidden poison needle intended to kill him.

• Lin Xiao used Zi Ji’s Yin Water and Black Sun Purifying Fire to absorb the Iris Cold Sparrow soul ring and awaken Pale Flame and his Eighth Soul Skill, Pale Hell.
• Lin Xiao broke through to Soul Douluo, completed the fifth Asura God trial, and received increased Asura God Affinity and soul ring and Spirit Bone ages.
• Lin Xiao rejected the sixth trial’s task of undergoing Killing Intent Infusion in Slaughter City and planned to improve the Soul Spirit System.
• Dai Mubai, Tang San, Oscar, Yu Tianheng, and Yu Xiaogang returned to the Star Luo Empire, where Dai Weisi defeated and humiliated them.
• Yu Xiaogang helped Tang San contact Tang Xiao, and Tang Xiao joined their group with the remaining Clear Sky Sect disciples.
• Tang San completed a hair-thin poison needle designed to kill Dai Weisi so Dai Mubai could take power.

Dai Mubai and the Shrek group plotted to assassinate Dai Weisi and make the death look like an attack by a rival power, while Dai Mubai hoped to win over Zhu Zhuyun afterward. Dai Weisi went to confront Dai Mubai at a banquet, unaware that Tang San was waiting to strike.

• Tang San revealed a fatal poison and a plan to kill Dai Weisi, while Dai Mubai arranged an alibi with Tang Xiao's help.
• Dai Mubai refused to kill Zhu Zhuyun, believing she would choose him if Dai Weisi became a cripple, and Yu Xiaogang encouraged him to seek her support.
• Three days later, Dai Weisi heard that Dai Mubai was hosting court officials and went to the restaurant to disrupt the banquet.
• Zhu Zhuyun learned Dai Weisi had gone to confront Dai Mubai and sent someone to follow him.
• Dai Weisi drove away the court officials, mocked and slapped Dai Mubai, then spat wine over his face.

Tang San poisoned Dai Weisi while Dai Mubai staged a simultaneous assassination attempt, leaving the First Prince gravely ill but alive. As Zhu Zhuyun sought help from Lin Xiao, he remained unreachable in the Extreme North, developing a new idea for his soul contract system.

• Dai Weisi humiliated Dai Mubai, who hinted that Dai Weisi should take care of his health and silently hoped Tang San would succeed.
• Tang San followed Dai Weisi into an empty alley and poisoned him with a hidden needle, while Dai Mubai was attacked separately in the street.
• Tang San returned to the Shrek group and confirmed the plan was done, and Yu Xiaogang told Dai Mubai to stay home and keep up the act.
• Zhu Zhuyun found Dai Weisi unconscious and near death despite the healers' efforts, gave him Lin Xiao's pills, and sent Lin Xiao a message.
• In the Extreme North, Lin Xiao considered using Black Sun Purifying Fire and Soul Spirit Cold Fire to enforce soul contracts and began forming a new idea.

Lin Xiao began researching a contract that could link his power with the Ice Empress’s while preserving her body, and the Ice Empress explained that the Ice God’s influence had vanished without certainty that he had fallen. In Star Luo, Dai Mubai’s attempt to proposition Zhu Zhuyun ended with her summoning Death Warriors to deal with him.

• The Ice Empress told Feng Yu that the Ice God’s influence had suddenly vanished, though his fall remained uncertain.
• Lin Xiao planned a soul-core resonance experiment to connect his power with the Ice Empress’s and set aside the unsolved problem of protecting contracted Spirit Beasts from death.
• Lin Xiao tested his contract ideas on hundred-year Spirit Beasts, but they lacked soul cores for resonance experiments.
• After the First Prince and Third Prince were assassinated, Zhu Zhuyun worked to keep Dai Weisi alive while Dai Mubai was confined as a suspect.
• Dai Mubai secretly visited Zhu Zhuyun and propositioned her, then threatened her when she rejected him.
• Zhu Zhuyun summoned several Death Warriors, and Dai Mubai trembled as she left him to their hands.

Ye Qingxian sent Zhu Zhuyun pills that revived Dai Weisi enough to expose his suspicions about Dai Mubai and demand an investigation. Meanwhile, Lin Xiao prepared to refine the Ice Empress’s Soul Core using Twin Soul Core Resonance, beginning a new method for sharing power with Spirit Beasts.

• Ye Qingxian decided to send Zhu Zhuyun a Detoxification Pill and a Dragon Spirit Tiger Fierce Pill to keep Dai Weisi alive without using a precious Immortal Herb Pill.
• Dai Mubai returned to his estate injured and vowed revenge on Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing if he became Emperor.
• Zhu Zhuyun gave Dai Weisi the pills, and he regained enough strength to speak and learn what had happened.
• Dai Weisi suspected Dai Mubai had poisoned him, learned that Dai Mubai had harassed Zhu Zhuyun, and ordered an investigation while swearing to kill him.
• Lin Xiao developed his Soul Contract Method and prepared to refine the Ice Empress’s Soul Core through Twin Soul Core Resonance.

Lin Xiao and Ice Empress completed a Twin Soul Core Resonance that let them share strength, but the fusion pushed Ice Empress to 400,000 years of cultivation and triggered her Heavenly Tribulation. Ice Empress flew off to face it alone as Lin Xiao and Feng Yu followed, while Snow Empress rushed toward the storm in alarm.

• Lin Xiao taught Ice Empress the Ice Heart Incantation and entered her Sea of Consciousness to fuse their Soul Power and mental power.
• Lin Xiao imprinted his soul mark on Ice Empress's Soul Core, completing their Twin Soul Core Resonance and giving them a way to share strength.
• Ice Empress's Soul Power erupted before the blizzard faded, and she asked Lin Xiao what she should call him.
• Ice Empress realized the 400,000-Year Heavenly Tribulation had arrived and transformed into her true form to flee, urging Lin Xiao to leave and asking whether her Soul Core's destruction would harm him.
• Lin Xiao and Feng Yu followed Ice Empress as the Tribulation Cloud darkened the sky.
• Snow Empress sensed the unexpected tribulation, wondered why Bing'er faced it 10,000 years early, and hurried toward the storm.

Ice Empress faced her four-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation while Lin Xiao struggled with guilt over having triggered it. As Ice Empress neared death, Lin Xiao entered the lightning to help her survive, leaving Snow Empress still racing toward them.

• Ice Empress charged into the Heavenly Tribulation as Lin Xiao and Feng Yu watched from afar, unable to see or reach her through the violent energy.
• Lin Xiao told Feng Yu that fusing with Ice Empress's Soul Core had cost him two levels, but he regretted that his efforts had led to her peril.
• Snow Empress raced across the Extreme North, hoping to reach Ice Empress before the tribulation ended and use her Origin to save her.
• The lightning exhausted Ice Empress's Soul Power and badly burned her body, and she closed her eyes believing she was about to die.
• Lin Xiao flew into the Sea of Lightning, gave Ice Empress an Immortal Herb Pill, and began helping her withstand the tribulation.

Lin Xiao endured Ice Empress’s early 400,000-year Thunder Tribulation and absorbed its Destruction energy, while Ice Empress took over when he could no longer withstand it. After the storm, Lin Xiao searched the snow for Ice Empress and was confronted by Snow Empress, who blamed him for harming Bing’er.

• Lin Xiao discovered that his Ink Jade Phoenix Form reduced the lightning’s damage and that he could absorb the Thunder Tribulation’s Destruction energy to cultivate.
• After Ice Empress recovered with the Immortal Herb Pill, Lin Xiao asked her to take his place under the lightning, then rested and refined the remaining Destruction energy.
• Snow Empress sensed that Bing’er’s Thunder Tribulation had arrived 10,000 years early and ended too quickly, so she rushed toward the storm’s last location.
• After the storm buried the scorched land in snow, Lin Xiao searched for the missing Ice Empress while he and Feng Yu recovered from their injuries.
• Snow Empress seized Lin Xiao by the collar and accused him of harming Bing’er, but Ice Empress pleaded with her not to hurt him.

After Ice Empress survived her Thunder Tribulation and contracted with Lin Xiao, Snow Empress teased him and discussed the possibility of forming a contract herself. A week later, Snow Empress took Lin Xiao to the Extreme North’s largest living volcano to help Feng Yu recover.

• Snow Empress restored Ice Empress after the tribulation, and Ice Empress told her she had formed a contract with Lin Xiao.
• Snow Empress felt jealous of Ice Empress’s closeness to Lin Xiao and considered cultivating anew, but Ice Empress urged her to stay with her.
• Lin Xiao explained that Feng Yu had helped bear the tribulation and needed to rebuild her strength, so he wanted to take her to a living volcano.
• Snow Empress agreed to lead Lin Xiao and Ice Empress to the volcano after they recovered, while Lin Xiao said he might help Snow Empress face her future tribulation once he became a Titled Douluo.
• After a week of recovery, Snow Empress brought Lin Xiao to the largest living volcano in the Extreme North, a snow mountain that never melted.

Dai Weisi recovered through Ye Qingxian’s Dragon Spirit Tiger Fierce Pill and secretly prepared to kill Dai Mubai, while Ye Qingxian felt lonely as her friends traveled away. Gu Yuena decided to enter the Human World herself to investigate Lin Xiao, search for the reborn Phoenix God, and assess humanity’s weaknesses, leaving Xiao Wu with an unexpected houseguest.

• Dai Weisi told Zhu Zhuyun he felt stronger than before and planned to conceal his recovery while plotting to kill Dai Mubai and the people around him.
• Ye Qingxian told Zhu Zhuyun that continued use of the Dragon Spirit Tiger Fierce Pill could extend Dai Weisi’s life by three to five years, then lamented being alone while her companions were away.
• Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to avoid conflict with humanity, search for the reborn Phoenix God, and prevent humanity from developing too smoothly.
• Zi Ji and Xiong Jun described the red-haired Lin Xiao, whose Phoenix Martial Soul and Soul Sage rank came with Titled Douluo-level combat strength.
• Gu Yuena decided to live in the Human World, sealed her strength and some memories, and planned to have Xiao Wu teach her how to fit in.
• Xiao Wu received a surprise when Gu Yuena arrived at her home in Heaven Dou City.

Gu Yuena appeared at Xiao Wu’s door and asked her to arrange a student identity at Shrek Academy, while Lin Xiao and the Ice Empress recovered in the Extreme North. On Sea God Island, the six girls continued their demanding trials and joked about Ye Lingling imitating her aunt, leaving them to wonder how Lin Xiao would react.

• Gu Yuena visited Xiao Wu without warning, asked about her search for Lin Xiao, and told Xiao Wu to enroll her as a Shrek Academy student.
• After three days of recovery, Lin Xiao regained much of his strength, while Feng Yu took the Phoenix Bone to begin her Nirvana.
• Bo Saixi reflected on the exceptional Sea God trials assigned to Lin Xiao’s six companions, including Shui Bing’er’s Gold Trial and three girls’ Red Level trials.
• Shui Bing’er, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, Shui Yue’er, and Zhu Zhuqing gathered to talk about their training and how much they had changed.
• Ye Lingling imitated Ye Qingxian’s manner and joked that she would use it to surprise Lin Xiao, and Dugu Yan warned her not to try it at night.

Dai Mubai went to the First Prince's Palace expecting to exploit Zhu Zhuyun, but discovered that Dai Weisi had recovered and was ambushed and beaten. Meanwhile, Dai Weisi's assassins infiltrated Dai Mubai's residence, where Tang Xiao sensed them, and news of Dai Weisi's recovery spread through Star Luo City.

• After Dai Mubai received Zhu Zhuyun's letter begging him to spare Dai Weisi, he decided to visit the First Prince's Palace.
• Zhu Zhuyun lured Dai Mubai into Dai Weisi's bedchamber, where Dai Weisi emerged from beneath the covers and beat him.
• Zhu Zhuyun warned Dai Weisi not to kill Dai Mubai inside the First Prince's residence, and Dai Weisi repeatedly dragged him back to continue the beating.
• Dai Weisi's assassins infiltrated Dai Mubai's residence and targeted Yu Xiaogang, while Tang Xiao sensed their presence.
• Dai Weisi's men threw the battered Dai Mubai back into his residence, and news of Dai Weisi's full recovery spread through Star Luo City.

Dai Mubai learned that Dai Weisi had survived the poisoning and feared for his life, while Zhu Zhuyun began plotting to have Lin Xiao father a child who could secure her future. In Heaven Dou City, Gu Yuena continued sealing her power and memories, with Xiao Wu sworn to keep it secret.

• Dai Mubai blamed Tang San after Dai Weisi survived the poison, and Tang Xiao revealed that he had caught an assassin he suspected Dai Weisi had sent.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Dai Mubai not to panic, and Tang Xiao promised to protect him.
• Zhu Zhuyun decided Dai Mubai had to die and considered bearing Lin Xiao's child so she could pursue power without relying on Dai Weisi's failing bloodline.
• Gu Yuena further sealed her strength and memories after warning Xiao Wu to keep the matter secret.

Gu Yuena completed her self-sealing and entered Shrek Academy as a sixteen-year-old Soul King, while Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun plotted against Dai Mubai. The chapter left Dai Mubai frightened by his loss of sexual function and seeking Tang San’s help.

• Gu Yuena gradually sealed away her memories and power, leaving Xiao Wu as a trusted companion and entering Shrek Academy as a Soul King.
• Dai Weisi told Zhu Zhuyun that three waves of assassins sent after Dai Mubai had vanished, and she suspected a powerful protector from Shrek Academy.
• Zhu Zhuyun guessed Tang San might have support from the Clear Sky Sect, then advised Dai Weisi to spread that rumor and distract their enemies.
• Dai Mubai stayed inside his estate and tried to distract himself with women, but found that he could no longer achieve an erection.
• Dai Mubai sought Tang San’s help, but rejected the suggestion to consult a Healing System Soul Master.

Lin Xiao agreed to let the Snow Empress join him and the Ice Empress in the Human World after she accepted three rules for staying safe and avoiding trouble. Feng Yu emerged from Nirvana with a newly recovered fragment of Creation Authority, leaving Lin Xiao to consider how its ability to replicate powers might be useful.

• Lin Xiao played cards with the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, and the Snow Empress hinted that she wanted to leave the Extreme North with him.
• Lin Xiao agreed to take the Snow Empress along if she obeyed his rules against wandering, behaving suspiciously, and killing humans without cause.
• Feng Yu emerged from the volcano after her month of Nirvana and playfully wrapped Lin Xiao in flame.
• Feng Yu revealed that she had recovered part of her Creation Authority, which could replicate abilities but could not yet copy stronger powers or enhance weaker ones.
• Lin Xiao considered whether Feng Yu could copy disguise abilities, Shui Bing'er's power, or even his own.

After Feng Ye completed her Nirvana and took human form, Lin Xiao and his companions prepared to leave the Extreme North. A year and a half later on Sea God Island, Shui Bing'er pushed herself through the Sea God's Light toward the final steps of her trial, inspiring the other girls to attempt greater trials of their own.

• Feng Ye transformed into a beautiful young woman, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress greeted her as the Phoenix God; Feng Ye invited the Ice Empress to call her Sister Feng Ye.
• Lin Xiao said that Feng Ye's Nirvana was complete and their trip to the Extreme North could end; the Snow Empress first planned to say goodbye to Xiao Bai and Little Titan.
• A year and a half later, Shui Bing'er, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Shui Yue'er began crossing the Sea God's Light together, and the five besides Shui Bing'er completed their first trials.
• Shui Bing'er advanced to the 348th step despite severe pain and injuries, refusing Ye Lingling's painkillers because enduring it brought her closer to Lin Xiao.
• Moved by Shui Bing'er's determination, Dugu Yan decided to challenge the Top Eight Trials, while Zhu Zhuqing asked Ning Rongrong to help her later.

Shui Bing'er passed the Sea God’s first trial and explained that she endured the pain because each step brought her closer to Lin Xiao. Meanwhile, Lin Xiao explored the Extreme North with Feng Yu and the Snow Empress, found an Ice God fragment, and returned to Heaven Dou City with the Ice Empress and Snow Empress.

• Shui Bing'er cleared the 360th stair, passed the Sea God’s first trial, and received a five-percent increase in Sea God Affinity.
• Shui Bing'er told Bo Saixi she was happy to endure the trial because she wanted to stand beside Lin Xiao.
• Lin Xiao joined Feng Yu in searching the Extreme North for Ice God remnants, and the Snow Empress found an icy-blue Godhead Fragment containing a remnant soul.
• Lin Xiao retrieved the fragment and considered giving it to Shui Bing'er as a gift.
• Lin Xiao returned to the Ye Residence with the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, revealed their identities to Ye Qingxian, and astonished her.

After learning about events in the Star Luo Empire, Lin Xiao agreed to help Zhu Zhuyun rise to power and deal with Tang Xiao. While touring Heaven Dou City with the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, he encountered Xiao Wu and a silver-haired girl he suspected was Gu Yuena.

• Ye Qingxian told Lin Xiao that Dai Mubai had poisoned Dai Weisi, Tang Xiao had fled to the Star Luo Empire, and Zhu Zhuyun wanted Lin Xiao to father her child as part of her bid for power.
• Lin Xiao wrote Zhu Zhuyun a reply scolding her and giving her instructions, and he agreed to help her deal with Tang Xiao.
• Lin Xiao took the Ice Empress and Snow Empress sightseeing around Heaven Dou City, where they enjoyed crowded roadside stalls and received jade hairpins from him.
• Lin Xiao sensed someone with a Fire Lotus Mark nearby and found Xiao Wu with a silver-haired girl called Sister Na'er.
• Lin Xiao suspected the silver-haired girl was Gu Yuena, but Feng Yu said she seemed human and that neither Feng Yu nor the disguised Ice Empress and Snow Empress would be exposed.

Lin Xiao learned that Gu Yuena had entered the Human World with her strength and memories sealed, while Zhu Zhuyun received his letter supporting her ambition to become Empress. In Star Luo City, Dai Weisi considered how to force Dai Mubai out of hiding, and the missing Tang Yuehua appeared to demand a meeting with Tang Xiao.

• Lin Xiao confirmed with Feng Yu that the silver-haired Na'er was Gu Yuena, then left Xiao Wu with her while he considered how to exploit the situation.
• Zhu Zhuyun read Lin Xiao's letter, which scolded her for her fantasies but acknowledged her idea of becoming Empress and promised he might find her help.
• Tang Xiao refused to assassinate Dai Weisi because the risks could destroy him and Dai Mubai, while Dai Weisi grew impatient with the stalemate.
• Dai Weisi decided that only the Star Luo Emperor could force Dai Mubai out of his residence without Tang Xiao daring to follow.
• Tang Yuehua arrived in Star Luo City, found the Clear Sky Sect disciples, and ordered them to tell Tang Xiao to meet her before he caused the Clear Sky Hammer's last bloodline to die.

Tang Yuehua confronted Tang Xiao in a tavern, urging him to abandon the Star Luo Empire’s struggles and preserve the Clear Sky bloodline. Tang Xiao refused to retreat, instead dividing the survivors between her and his desperate gamble for the sect’s comeback.

• Tang Xiao confronted Tang Yuehua over her role in taking the Phoenix Bone and accused her of betraying the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Yuehua blamed Tang Xiao for the sect’s downfall and urged him to hide with the remaining bloodline until they could recover.
• Tang Xiao dismissed her concerns, but seeing how haggard she had become made him question his choices.
• Tang Xiao apologized for his harsh words but refused to withdraw from the Star Luo Empire’s struggles.
• Tang Xiao assigned Tang He and nine weaker survivors to Tang Yuehua while taking the other ten to gamble on the Clear Sky Sect’s comeback.
• Tang Yuehua mocked Tang Xiao for making her manage the survivors as both a burden-bearer and his final safety net.