Chapter Summaries

Li Zhixian revealed his fourth Spirit Ring and continued protecting his allies as the battlefield grew more desperate. After taking a blow to save Zhu Zhuqing, he unveiled his long-hidden second Martial Soul, the Wine Spirit.

• Li Zhixian's fourth Spirit Ring shocked the battlefield, while Bibi Dong ordered the Titled Douluo to kill him.
• Feng Bailong struck Chrysanthemum Douluo during the Titled Douluo battle, and the academy teams pushed toward the mountain pass with support from Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong.
• Li Zhixian used his Azure Lotus Swords to shield his allies as the support Soul Masters neared exhaustion and the defensive line faltered.
• A Soul Douluo attacked Zhu Zhuqing from behind, and Li Zhixian pulled her close and took the blow himself.
• Blood spread across Li Zhixian's Spirit Ring and Azure Lotus Sword as he summoned a jade-like wine gourd and revealed his Wine Spirit Martial Soul.

Li Zhixian revealed that his sword and wine flask were Twin Martial Souls, shocking the battlefield and prompting Bibi Dong to order Spirit Hall to kill him at any cost. As the Titled Douluo resumed their battle, Qian Jun and Jiang Mo restrained Guang Ling Douluo from intervening, while Haotian remained hidden nearby.

• Li Zhixian revealed his Twin Martial Souls of sword and wine, stunning Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and the other onlookers.
• The seven Titled Douluo broke apart from their clash and reacted with shock to Li Zhixian's revealed talent.
• Bibi Dong recognized Li Zhixian as a threat to Spirit Hall and ordered its members to kill him regardless of the cost.
• The seven Titled Douluo released their Soul Rings and began fighting with full force at the Mid-mountain of Sacred Mountain.
• Guang Ling Douluo aimed an Ice Crystal Great Crossbow at Chrysanthemum Douluo, but Qian Jun and Jiang Mo stopped him from intervening.
• Qian Jun noted that Haotian was staying silent, and Jiang Mo said they would join Guang Ling to capture him if he appeared.

Li Zhixian shared his miraculous wine to restore his allies and led them toward the mountain pass, despite the strain it put on his Soul Power. After Bai Baoshan and Skywater Academy’s accompanying teacher sacrificed themselves to protect the teams, Li Zhixian killed Yan and recorded the fallen in blood.

• Li Zhixian distributed divine wine to his allies, restoring their strength and helping them push toward the mountain pass while his own Soul Power dwindled.
• Bai Baoshan used his Eighth Spirit Skill to redirect attacks onto himself, then destroyed the five Soul Douluos with him as he died.
• Skywater Academy’s accompanying teacher fell while holding off two Soul Douluos, and Dugu Yan and Shui Bing’er led their teams forward in grief.
• Yan taunted Li Zhixian over the deaths, but Li Zhixian broke through the blockade and killed him with the Azure Lotus Sword.
• Li Zhixian picked up the remains of Bai Baoshan’s furnace and the ice crystal spear as a Heaven Dou City Soul Master wrote down the fallen in blood.

Feng Bailong drew his sword and wounded Bibi Dong, who revealed her Twin Martial Souls and trapped four Titled Douluo. Using the Two Extremes Stillness Domain, Bibi Dong reached Li Zhixian and struck him with a devastating palm, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Dugu Bo, Yu Yuanzhen, and Chen Xin attacked Bibi Dong and her allies, but Bibi Dong countered their poison, lightning, and sword strikes.
• Feng Bailong drew his sword and unleashed a tornado of Wind Sword Intent that cut through Bibi Dong’s defenses and severely wounded her.
• Bibi Dong revealed her Soul Devouring Spider Emperor as her second Martial Soul and imprisoned Dugu Bo, Yu Yuanzhen, Chen Xin, and Feng Bailong in soul-devouring spider silk.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo joined their ninth soul abilities to unleash the Two Extremes Stillness Domain, freezing the battlefield.
• Despite backlash from her Rakshasa God Trial, Bibi Dong crossed the battlefield and struck Li Zhixian in the chest, shattering his bones and tearing through his body with destructive Soul Power.

Bibi Dong struck Li Zhixian down, leaving him apparently dead on the battlefield as his friends and allies rushed to him in grief. His fourth Soul Ring transformed and dissolved into his body, activating the forbidden skill Fate Tribulation Rebirth and raising him inside a pillar of blood-red light.

• Bibi Dong released the Two Extremes Stillness Domain, and Li Zhixian's bloodied body lay motionless as Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, Yu Tianheng, Ye Lingling, and the others rushed toward him.
• Dai Mubai rejoiced at Li Zhixian's apparent death, while Tang San felt conflicted and Dugu Bo, Yu Yuanzhen, Chen Xin, and Feng Bailong reacted with shock and anger.
• Li Zhixian's fourth Soul Ring turned blood-red and began melting onto his shattered body, and Qian Renxue recognized it as the forbidden skill Fate Tribulation Rebirth.
• Qian Renxue tried to stop Li Zhixian, but the Soul Ring dissolved completely and a pillar of blood-red light lifted him into the air.
• Li Zhixian rose wrapped in crimson mist as his friends watched in alarm, while Bibi Dong faced him with a cold smile.

Li Zhixian activated Fate Tribulation Rebirth and combined it with Three Sword Splendor and Wine Boils, Sword Sings to unleash a devastating attack on Bibi Dong. The sword pierced her heart and pinned her to the sacred mountain, while Li Zhixian’s fate remained uncertain.

• Li Zhixian activated Fate Tribulation Rebirth despite knowing it would worsen his mortal injuries.
• Li Zhixian poured wine over the Azure Lotus Sword and stacked its enhancements as he advanced toward Bibi Dong.
• Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo tried to block Li Zhixian’s attack, but two strikes from the Worship Hall sent them crashing away.
• Bibi Dong summoned the Death Spider Emperor and met Li Zhixian’s crimson sword with a Rakshasa scythe, but the sword shattered her blade.
• Li Zhixian’s sword pierced Bibi Dong’s heart and pinned her to the mountainside, and the Spirit Calendar recorded her defeat.

Li Zhixian collapsed after the battle with Bibi Dong, and his companions fled as Bibi Dong emerged from her ruined body and ordered Spirit Hall to find him. In a valley, the Angel Auspicious Feather kept Li Zhixian barely alive until Zhu Zhuqing offered a bloodstained Lovesick Heartbreak Red, leaving his companions with a possible way to save him.

• Li Zhixian's body cracked and collapsed, while Bibi Dong's ninth Spirit Ring erupted and Dugu Bo and the others evacuated the plaza.
• Bibi Dong crawled out of her shattered body, recognized Tang San, and pursued him until a black-robed man appeared and took him away.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to search for Li Zhixian, alive or dead.
• In a valley, Ye Lingling and Dugu Bo failed to heal Li Zhixian, but Chen Xin found an Angel Auspicious Feather preserving his last breath.
• Dugu Bo searched Li Zhixian's Treasure Pouch for a life-saving herb, and Zhu Zhuqing presented a bloodstained Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

Zhu Zhuqing used the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and her heartblood to revive Li Zhixian, collapsing as her life faded. Li Zhixian awoke, saw her dying, and searched his Brewing Record for a way to save her.

• Dugu Bo explained that the Lovesick Heartbreak Red could revive the dead but would recognize only one master and could not help anyone else once removed from that person.
• Zhu Zhuqing fed Li Zhixian the blossom's petals with her heartblood, recalling their time together as her strength and vitality dwindled.
• Zhu Zhuqing used the final petal on Li Zhixian, then collapsed; Dugu Bo gave her a pill and Ye Lingling tried to heal her with the Nine Heart Begonia.
• The Lovesick Heartbreak Red restored Li Zhixian's body, and he awoke to find Zhu Zhuqing near death.
• Li Zhixian realized the Brewing Record might contain a wine capable of replenishing heartblood and prolonging life, then searched his consciousness for it.

Li Zhixian discovered a recipe that could save Zhu Zhuqing and vowed to find its three rare ingredients. After the others made plans to protect Zhuqing and promised to reunite in five years, Li Zhixian was left alone with Qian Renxue, who asked him to cure Zhu Zhuqing.

• Li Zhixian found the recipe for Heart Blood Tear · Life Replenishing Elixir, which required Deity's Heart Blood, Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow, and Yellow Springs Dew.
• Dugu Bo identified the Far North as a possible source of Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow, while Chen Xin said Yellow Springs Dew came from the City of Slaughter.
• Li Zhixian vowed to find the ingredients, and Xiao Wu offered to keep Zhu Zhuqing at the Lake of Life until he returned.
• Li Zhixian and the gathered academy teams made a five-year agreement to reunite at Shanxiang Restaurant before they parted ways.
• Li Zhixian handed Zhu Zhuqing to Xiao Wu and approached Qian Renxue, who asked him to cure Zhu Zhuqing.

Qian Renxue left Li Zhixian determined to become a god, while he reached Star Dou Forest seeking help for Zhu Zhuqing and continued onward alone. In Heaven Dou City, a battle report about Lord Sword Wine left the storyteller wearing his faded blue robe instead of red.

• Qian Renxue kissed Li Zhixian, asked him to remember her, and flew toward Spirit Hall resolved to become a god.
• Li Zhixian and his companions entered Star Dou Forest, where the Titan Giant Ape confronted them and Xiao Wu persuaded it to let her care for Zhu Zhuqing.
• The Titan Giant Ape barred Li Zhixian and the others from Lake of Life, so Li Zhixian left Zhu Zhuqing with Xiao Wu and continued alone after thanking Dugu Bo and Feng Bailong.
• Yu Yuanzhen escorted Imperial Dou Team back to Heaven Dou City as a messenger brought the crowd a sealed report about Lord Sword Wine.
• After reading the report, the storyteller appeared in his old faded blue robe and said his red robe was too bright.

After Lord Sword Wine’s death, an old storyteller vowed to carry the truth about him across Heaven Dou and Star Luo, and a Spirit Master joined him as his protector. One month later, their journey reached a snowbound tavern near the northern frontier of the Heaven Dou Empire, where the tavern owner approached an unfamiliar young traveler.

• The storyteller finished recounting Lord Sword Wine’s final battle, leaving Heaven Dou City’s listeners stunned and grieving.
• He decided to travel across Heaven Dou and Star Luo to preserve the truth about Lord Sword Wine, despite his family’s fears.
• A Spirit Master who had witnessed the events outside the Papal Palace offered to accompany and protect the storyteller.
• The storyteller accepted, and the two began their journey across the continent.
• One month later, at a tavern near Cold Pine Forest, the owner approached a young traveler wearing a bamboo hat and heavy black fur cloak.

Li Zhixian entered a Black Daozi roadside inn in the northern region, where the tavern mistress and four mercenaries tried to rob and kill him. After killing all five with a dark sword light, he sat to cultivate as his Azure Lotus Sword mark appeared and a withered sword intent spread from him.

• Li Zhixian ignored the tavern mistress's wine and overheard four men discussing the bounty on him and rumors of his death.
• The tavern mistress secretly warned Li Zhixian to leave, then he drank the Shao Daozi and collapsed at the table.
• The tavern mistress revealed that she had tried to drug Li Zhixian and that several inns on the road had been wiped out.
• One of the four men swung a chopping blade at Li Zhixian, but the attack shattered the table without harming him.
• Li Zhixian told the five to turn around and killed them with a dark sword light.
• Li Zhixian sat cross-legged, and his Azure Lotus Sword mark appeared as withered sword intent spread from him.

Li Zhixian comprehended Death Sword Intent and completed the Azure Lotus Sword Song’s fifth style before traveling to the northern region in search of Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow. After joining the Snow Bear Mercenary Group under the alias Li Ji, he met a newcomer named Oscar.

• Li Zhixian turned his near-death experience into Death Sword Intent and completed Azure Lotus Sword Song Fifth Style—Netherworld Shore.
• Li Zhixian traveled north and visited Skywater Academy to honor the dead teacher, leaving wine for Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.
• Li Zhixian joined the Snow Bear Mercenary Group and became a captain known as Li Ji in Rin Blade Town.
• Li Zhixian went outside to inspect new recruits and recognized a nervous young man who introduced himself as Oscar.

Li Zhixian recruited Oscar into the Snow Bear Mercenary Group and warned him to prove his worth on missions. At the Summit of the Sacred Mountain, a determined woman continued climbing the Light Stairway toward the Angel God Statue.

• The mercenary captains chose recruits, leaving Oscar unselected until Li Zhixian called him over.
• Oscar joined Li Zhixian's team, and Li Zhixian explained that he valued Oscar's talent as an Innate Full Soul Power Food System Spirit Master.
• At the tavern, Oscar toasted Li Zhixian, struggled to drink the strong liquor, and promised not to hold the team back during missions.
• Oscar wondered how old Li Zhixian was and thought of the white-robed youth regarded as a genius.
• A peerlessly beautiful figure struggled up the Light Stairway toward the Angel God Statue.

Qian Renxue pushed herself through the Angel God’s first trial while the Great Enshriner explained that he had removed Li Zhixian as an obstacle to her future trials. Realizing Li may have known she was Xue Qinghe, she resolved to pass the trial and go to his side; one year and five months passed in the northern border.

• Qian Renxue repeatedly climbed the Divine Steps of Light, collapsing from exhaustion after months of effort.
• The six Enshriners worried that Qian Renxue had abandoned her infiltration plan because of Li Zhixian, and the Great Enshriner said he had ended that attachment to ease her future trials.
• Qian Renxue looked at the Dawn Light Rose and grass-woven cricket and remembered that Li Zhixian had seen them together in the palace.
• Qian Renxue wondered whether Li Zhixian had always known she was Xue Qinghe, then vowed to pass the first Angel trial and help him.
• One year and five months passed amid the bitter cold and snow of the northern border.

After reaching Soul Power rank fifty, Li Zhixian considered entering the Extreme North’s core in search of the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow. As Snow Bear began telling him the legend of the Snow Woman, a violent tremor and avalanche drew their attention to the Extreme North Depths.

• Li Zhixian killed a four-thousand-year Ice Thorn Bear and returned to the Snow Bear Mercenary Group’s camp.
• He reflected on his fruitless search for the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow and decided his rank-fifty cultivation might let him venture into the Extreme North’s core.
• Oscar brought Li Zhixian bear fat and showed his gratitude for being saved and protected during their year and a half together.
• Snow Bear joined Li Zhixian by the campfire and praised his talent before Li Zhixian asked whether he had visited the Extreme North’s core.
• Snow Bear began telling Li Zhixian about the legend of the Snow Woman, but a violent tremor shook Frostbound Forest.
• Li Zhixian, Snow Bear, and other mercenary experts climbed an ice-crystal tree and saw a massive avalanche pouring down an iceberg in the Extreme North Depths.

Li Zhixian and the Snow Bear Mercenary Group escaped a devastating avalanche in the Extreme North Depths, then learned that the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow had been discovered and that rival mercenary groups were preparing to claim it. Snow Bear described witnessing terrifying soul beasts worshipping a mysterious girl, and Li Zhixian believed his account.

• Li Zhixian and Snow Bear led the mercenaries out of the collapsing Frostbound Forest, but the Snow Bear Mercenary Group lost thirteen men.
• Li Zhixian learned that the Ice Blade Mercenary Group had been nearly wiped out in the avalanche and that it had discovered the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow.
• Li Zhixian and Snow Bear saw Rin Blade Town fill with mercenaries preparing to enter the Extreme North Depths for the treasure.
• Li Zhixian asked Snow Bear about the legend of the Snow Woman, and Snow Bear recounted seeing powerful soul beasts worship a hazy young girl.
• Li Zhixian told Snow Bear that he believed him.

Shui Bing'er and six Skywater Academy girls traveled to Rin Blade Town after hearing that Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow had appeared in the Extreme North, where they reunited with Li Zhixian. The next morning, they joined the mercenary teams setting out for the Extreme North Depths.

• Shui Bing'er decided to leave for Rin Blade Town to help Li Zhixian, and Shui Yue'er and the other girls chose to accompany her in secret.
• Li Zhixian entered a crowded tavern with Oscar, where the mercenaries welcomed him as Snow Bear's vice captain.
• Li Zhixian chose to share a table with Shui Bing'er and the six Skywater Academy girls, who had been waiting to meet him.
• Shui Bing'er said the girls intended to seek a share of the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow, and Li Zhixian warned them that the Extreme North Depths were more dangerous than Frostbound Forest.
• At first light, Li Zhixian, the girls, and the mercenary teams set out toward the Extreme North Depths.

Li Zhixian and the mercenaries searched the avalanche site for Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow, despite his suspicion that it was bait. When the Ice Marrow appeared, a colossal Fierce Beast erupted from beneath the snow, and Li Zhixian fled with Shui Bing'er, Oscar, and the others.

• Li Zhixian and Snow Bear questioned how Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow could have appeared at the avalanche site, but Li Zhixian resolved to claim it for himself.
• The mercenary groups reached the mountain and agreed that whoever found the Ice Marrow first could keep it.
• Li Zhixian noticed the strange aurora, worsening cold, and a warning from his Azure Lotus Sword as the mercenaries searched through the day.
• A blue radiance revealed the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow in the Frost Fang Mercenary Group's area, and the mercenaries rushed toward it.
• Li Zhixian ordered Shui Bing'er, Oscar, and the others to retreat, then used ropes and Oscar's flight to escape as a giant paw crushed mercenaries and seized the Ice Marrow.
• Li Zhixian and the others saw that the enormous Fierce Beast had been beneath them while they searched the snow.

Li Zhixian and the others faced the two-hundred-thousand-year-old Titan Snow Demon King, whose blizzard and attacks overwhelmed them. As Shui Bing'er was about to be struck, Li Zhixian summoned the Azure Lotus Sword and rushed to intercept the beast's palm.

• The Titan Snow Demon King rose from the snow, and Li Zhixian identified it as one of the Extreme North's Three Heavenly Kings with two hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• The Snow Demon King froze Captain Frost Fang and dozens of mercenaries, then its pressure forced Li Zhixian and the others to plummet.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu formed an Ice Phoenix with their martial soul fusion, but the Snow Demon King's breath shattered it.
• Li Zhixian shouted for Oscar and Shui Bing'er’s group to jump, and all nine narrowly escaped the Snow Demon King's crushing palm.
• The Snow Demon King swept its palm toward Shui Bing'er, and Li Zhixian's dormant sword intent erupted as he summoned the Azure Lotus Sword.
• Li Zhixian rushed between Shui Bing'er and the descending palm.