Chapter Summaries

Lu Jing explained to Qian Renxue that he and Wang Dong'er might return to the world ten thousand years in the future after completing their divine inheritances. He revealed that he wanted to bring advanced Soul Tool technology back to the present, leaving Qian Renxue confronted with the possibility of warfare transformed by weapons that could threaten even the strongest Soul Masters.

• Qian Renxue asked Lu Jing whether he and Wang Dong'er planned to return to their original era, and Lu Jing said Wang Dong'er wanted to see her old home again.
• Lu Jing and Qian Renxue agreed that they would need to complete their divine inheritances before traveling safely through time and space.
• Qian Renxue realized Lu Jing's plan was connected to the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall's current efforts.
• Lu Jing described how Soul Tools combined soul power with machinery and could threaten Titled Douluo and even Limit Douluo.
• Lu Jing explained that the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Tool army had nearly conquered the three great empires and revealed that he wanted to bring future war Soul Tool designs and manufacturing methods back to the present.

Lu Jing and Qian Renxue agreed to use the end of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament as the point to begin their return and extraction plan, after securing control of the Heaven Dou Empire. Qian Renxue asked what the world would be like ten thousand years later and whether Spirit Hall could rise again, and Lu Jing began to answer.

• Qian Renxue said Lu Jing's plan to bring future Soul Tool technology into their era required her grandfather's approval.
• Lu Jing said they would continue and accelerate their arrangements in the Heaven Dou Empire to establish a stable base for developing Soul Tools.
• Qian Renxue estimated that they could control the Heaven Dou Empire, or prevent it from interfering, by the end of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament.
• Lu Jing proposed that after the tournament they begin preliminary work on the return and extraction plan and go back together to explain everything.
• Qian Renxue asked Lu Jing about the future continent, Soul Tool technology, and Spirit Hall's prospects; he described a technologically advanced age before beginning to address Spirit Hall.

Lu Jing’s World-Annihilating Black Lotus awakened the power of spacetime, prompting Tian Meng to ask whether it could take them back to their original era. Lu Jing said they would return once the time was right, then left the Sea of Consciousness and held Wang Dong'er close.

• Tian Meng sensed the World-Annihilating Black Lotus resonating with the power of spacetime, and Lu Jing confirmed he had already noticed the change.
• Tian Meng asked Lu Jing whether they could use the power to return to their original era, while the Ice Empress silently considered the possibility.
• Lu Jing asked Tian Meng whether he truly wanted to return to an era where the people and things he remembered might no longer exist, and Tian Meng fell silent.
• Lu Jing explained that a return passage required enormous energy, precise coordinates, and a stable anchor, and said it could mark another beginning.
• Lu Jing declared that they would return when the time was right and their goals and obligations were settled, then returned to his body and held Wang Dong'er close.

Lu Jing told Wang Dong'er that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could help revive Ah Yin, then revealed he also wanted to use its cold spring. Wang Dong'er questioned why he needed it, since he was not an ice-attribute Soul Master and the spring’s power was dangerously overwhelming.

• Lu Jing woke Wang Dong'er and reminded her of her wish to revive Ah Yin.
• Lu Jing proposed using the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well together with Wang Dong'er's Sea God's Light to improve the chance of success.
• Wang Dong'er suspected Lu Jing had another reason for bringing up the journey.
• Lu Jing admitted he wanted the cold spring within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Wang Dong'er asked why Lu Jing needed the cold spring and warned that its ultimate ice and fire power was too tyrannical for ordinary people.

Lu Jing asked Snow Empress to join him and Wang Dong'er on a trip to a place rich in pure ice energy that might help her reach seven hundred thousand years of cultivation. Snow Empress heard his proposal and was left to decide whether to go.

• Wang Dong'er agreed to travel with Lu Jing to help Snow Empress break through, saying Snow Empress had protected them and deserved their gratitude.
• Lu Jing teased Wang Dong'er about repaying kindness, then told her to get dressed while he went to speak with Snow Empress.
• Lu Jing visited Snow Empress, exchanged playful remarks with her, and asked whether she wanted to reach seven hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Lu Jing explained that a place with pure ice energy might help Snow Empress overcome her bottleneck and invited her to go there with him and Wang Dong'er.

Lu Jing led Wang Dong'er and Snow Empress into Sunset Forest to show Snow Empress a legendary treasure basin where extreme cold and blazing heat coexisted. They reached the valley and saw a spring divided into two halves, with the first radiating a soul-freezing chill.

• Lu Jing explained that the treasure land lay in the core region of Sunset Forest, and Wang Dong'er described its balanced forces of extreme cold and blazing heat.
• Snow Empress became curious about the treasure basin and followed Lu Jing into the forest with Wang Dong'er.
• The three crossed Sunset Forest quickly, while nearby soul beasts fled or collapsed under Snow Empress's pressure.
• After roughly half an hour, Lu Jing led them into a valley filled with unusual plants and a circular spring about a hundred meters across.
• They saw that the spring was divided into two halves, one of which held milky-white water that radiated extreme cold.

Snow Empress tested the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found that its cold spring could strengthen her cultivation and improve her odds of surviving the seven-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation. Though the spring raised her chances to sixty or seventy percent, Lu Jing and Wang Dong'er urged her not to risk death and promised to take her to the Divine Realm if they became gods.

• Snow Empress questioned how the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had formed, and Lu Jing said its origins did not matter as much as whether it could help her face the Heavenly Tribulation.
• Snow Empress immersed her hand in the cold spring and felt its primal icy power loosen the barrier at her cultivation bottleneck.
• Snow Empress said cultivating in the spring could improve her cultivation and raise her chances of surviving the tribulation by at least thirty percent.
• Wang Dong'er urged Snow Empress to cultivate in the spring while she and Lu Jing kept watch, but Snow Empress hesitated.
• Lu Jing asked whether Snow Empress still lacked confidence, and she admitted that the tribulation could destroy her body and soul despite her improved odds.
• Wang Dong'er and Lu Jing urged Snow Empress not to take the risk and promised they would bring her to the Divine Realm if they became gods.

The Snow Empress offered to sacrifice herself to Lu Jing if she failed to survive her Heavenly Tribulation, trusting him to carry her cultivation onward. As she entered the cold spring to prepare, Dugu Bo appeared at the valley entrance and disrupted the preparations.

• The Snow Empress explained that if she could not overcome her Heavenly Tribulation, she would rather entrust her seven-hundred-thousand-year cultivation to Lu Jing than perish without purpose.
• Lu Jing promised not to betray the Snow Empress's trust, and Wang Dong'er vowed to do everything she could to help her survive the tribulation.
• The Snow Empress smiled faintly and walked toward the milky-white cold spring.
• A Titled Douluo-level aura spread through the valley, and Lu Jing and Wang Dong'er turned toward its source.
• Dugu Bo appeared at the valley entrance, surrounded by poisonous green mist that withered the plants it touched.

Wang Dong'er prepared to fight Dugu Bo while protecting Snow Empress's cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. She effortlessly blocked and purified Dugu Bo's poison attack, leaving him shocked.

• Wang Dong'er checked that Snow Empress remained undisturbed in her cultivation beneath the cold spring.
• Lu Jing told Wang Dong'er to use Dugu Bo as practice, but warned her not to kill him or disturb Snow Empress.
• Wang Dong'er stepped forward to face Dugu Bo, who grew furious at their dismissive remarks.
• Dugu Bo attacked Wang Dong'er and Lu Jing with his First Soul Skill, Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison.
• Wang Dong'er formed a pale golden Soul Power barrier that purified the poison, stunning Dugu Bo.

Wang Dong'er revealed her overwhelming soul-ring configuration, frightening Dugu Bo into abandoning his threats and begging to leave. Lu Jing then proposed cooperation, leaving Dugu Bo to hear what the two youths wanted from him.

• Dugu Bo was stunned by Wang Dong'er's four ten-thousand-year and four hundred-thousand-year soul rings.
• Wang Dong'er asked Dugu Bo whether he still wanted to fight, and he nervously claimed the encounter was a misunderstanding.
• Wang Dong'er left the decision about Dugu Bo to Lu Jing.
• Lu Jing asked Wang Dong'er to withdraw her soul rings, easing some of Dugu Bo's fear.
• Lu Jing told Dugu Bo they had met before and proposed discussing cooperation.

Lu Jing revealed that Dugu Bo’s poison was harming both him and his bloodline, including his granddaughter Dugu Yan. Dugu Bo collapsed and begged Lu Jing to save them, leaving their fate in Lu Jing’s hands.

• Wang Dong'er reacted with killing intent when Dugu Bo insulted Lu Jing, but Lu Jing calmed her.
• Lu Jing explained how years of cultivating poison had damaged Dugu Bo’s body and caused him severe pain.
• Lu Jing suggested that Dugu Bo’s poison had caused his son’s death and threatened Dugu Yan as well.
• Dugu Bo shouted for Lu Jing to stop, overwhelmed by the revelation about his family.
• Dugu Bo fell to his knees and begged Lu Jing to save him and Dugu Yan, offering to pay any price.

Lu Jing persuaded Dugu Bo to work for him in exchange for curing the poison afflicting him and his granddaughter. After Dugu Bo left for Heaven Dou City, Lu Jing explained to Wang Dong'er that Dugu Bo’s poison could be a powerful weapon in war.

• Dugu Bo hesitated to become Lu Jing’s subordinate, but Lu Jing offered him freedom except when his skills were needed.
• Dugu Bo agreed to serve Lu Jing if he cured his and his granddaughter’s poison.
• Lu Jing told Dugu Bo to stabilize his granddaughter, keep her from fighting or using her martial soul’s origin, and await his visit to Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo thanked Lu Jing and left for Heaven Dou City.
• Wang Dong'er questioned why Lu Jing wanted Dugu Bo, and Lu Jing explained the battlefield value of his poison.

A powerful Heavenly Tribulation erupted over Sunset Forest, alarming Heaven Dou City's strongest experts. Ning Fengzhi and his guardian Douluo recognized that the force exceeded an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's tribulation, while Stingray Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo arrived at Qian Renxue's residence with grave expressions.

• Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong sensed the tribulation and turned their attention toward Sunset Forest.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Chen Xin and Gu Rong what had happened, and they told him an extraordinarily powerful being was undergoing a Heavenly Tribulation.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong concluded that the tribulation's destructive power surpassed that of an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Ning Fengzhi considered the threat to Heaven Dou City, but Chen Xin advised against approaching until they saw how the tribulation developed.
• While Xiao Wu absorbed Lu Jing's immortal herb at Qian Renxue's secret residence, Stingray Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo appeared at the study door with grave expressions.

As Snow Empress faced a seven-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lu Jing and Wang Dong'er fled the valley to avoid interfering. From a nearby slope, they watched as Lu Jing admitted he could not tell whether Snow Empress would survive.

• A vast, destructive thunderstorm gathered over the Sunset Forest, terrifying soul beasts throughout the region.
• Lu Jing grabbed Wang Dong'er's hand and led her out of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well valley before the tribulation began.
• Lu Jing and Wang Dong'er stopped on a nearby slope and watched Snow Empress contend with the heavenly might.
• Wang Dong'er asked whether Snow Empress would succeed, and Lu Jing said her deep foundation and the cold spring's origin power gave her a chance, but he remained uncertain.

Wang Dong'er worried about the Snow Empress's Heavenly Tribulation, while Lu Jing reassured her that the Snow Empress would have another path if she failed. Powerful figures from across the continent arrived at Sunset Forest to investigate the tribulation, and Ning Fengzhi approached Qian Renxue as the chapter left her response unstated.

• Lu Jing comforted Wang Dong'er and said the Snow Empress could survive the tribulation's failure through other paths, while respecting her choice to fight for freedom.
• Qian Renxue and Stingray Douluo arrived at the edge of Sunset Forest.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong arrived near the forest, followed by Yu Yuanzhen.
• Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen questioned what being was undergoing the immense Heavenly Tribulation.
• Ning Fengzhi introduced himself to Qian Renxue and asked her name and why she had come, while Qian Renxue regarded him with a distant smile.

Snow Empress faced a devastating Heavenly Tribulation above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, freezing and shattering its first lightning bolt before enduring a relentless barrage. As the storm darkened to a trembling dark gold, her strength and endurance remained uncertain.

• Snow Empress awakened above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and welcomed the approaching tribulation.
• Snow Empress froze the first lightning bolt and shattered it into ice crystals and dissipating lightning.
• Wang Dong'er and Lu Jing watched in amazement as the Heavenly Tribulation erupted into a torrent of lightning.
• Snow Empress fought amid the endless barrage while its shockwaves devastated the surrounding mountains and forced Lu Jing and Wang Dong'er to retreat.
• The lightning storm intensified, and its color began to deepen toward dark gold.

Snow Empress survived the nine tribulation bolts, but the heavens gathered a final, lethal judgment meant to erase her. As she collapsed under its pressure, Lu Jing turned his attention to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and the Ice Fire Dragon Kings whose remains had formed it.

• Snow Empress split the final three tribulation bolts with her supreme techniques, and the distant spectators marveled at her strength.
• The shattered thunderclouds contracted into a black void as a terrifying heavenly punishment gathered to destroy Snow Empress.
• Qian Renxue sensed the heavens’ killing intent, while Snow Empress unleashed her remaining power and was forced to her knees by the punishment’s pressure.
• Wang Dong'er tried to rush to Snow Empress, but Lu Jing held her back and warned that the heavenly punishment would kill her too.
• Lu Jing resolved not to accept Snow Empress’s fate and looked toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, recognizing the Ice Fire Dragon Kings as its true masters.

Lu Jing’s rebuke awakened two ancient dragon remnants beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as the Snow Empress faced the final heavenly punishment. The Ice Dragon and Fire Dragon appeared before the assembled onlookers, and their pressure shook the tribulation clouds.

• Lu Jing’s rebuke caused the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to churn into a vast red-and-blue vortex.
• Two pillars of light erupted from the well, and the Fire Dragon and Ice Dragon roared from within them.
• The dragons’ roars shook the tribulation clouds and the land around Sunset Forest.
• The Fire Dragon and Ice Dragon manifested as enormous phantoms, suppressing even the heavenly punishment’s black hole and orb of light.
• Gu Rong, Chen Xin, and Ning Fengzhi recognized the dragons’ overwhelming power and reacted with shock.

The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remnant souls awakened to protect Snow Empress and destroyed the Heavenly Tribulation. With the threat gone, Lu Jing realized his gamble had succeeded in rousing the Dragon Kings’ pride and sense of responsibility.

• Snow Empress thanked the two Dragon King remnants for helping her.
• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings condemned the Heavenly Dao for targeting Snow Empress and challenged its authority.
• The Dragon Kings unleashed a combined ice-and-fire strike that shattered the Heavenly Dao’s point of light and dispersed the tribulation clouds.
• Snow Empress looked at her protectors with gratitude and reverence, while Lu Jing exhaled in relief at having won his gamble.

The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remnant souls vanished after entrusting the Dragon Clan and soul beast race to Gu Yuena and Snow Empress. Gu Yuena then confronted Lu Jing about awakening them, leaving him to answer her question.

• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings told Gu Yuena and Snow Empress that the Dragon Clan must not perish before their remnant souls disappeared.
• Gu Yuena accepted that the Dragon Kings could not be resurrected and that the soul beast race’s future depended on her.
• Snow Empress bowed to Gu Yuena, while Lu Jing and the human powerhouses watched her cautiously.
• Gu Yuena looked directly at Lu Jing and asked whether he had awakened ice and fire.
• Lu Jing decided to answer Gu Yuena candidly rather than conceal the truth.