Chapter Summaries

Qin Mo fought Ice Empress at the Ice Jade Pool, using his control skills and Ice God Power to injure and restrain her. Ice Empress questioned the source of his power, leaving their negotiation poised on whether she would accept him as a candidate for her Soul Ring.

• Ice Empress attacked Qin Mo with her foreclaws and Scorpion Tail, but Qin Mo evaded her strikes with his phantoms and movement technique.
• Qin Mo poisoned the pool to disrupt Ice Empress’s energy, then bound her with vines and spider silk.
• Qin Mo struck Ice Empress’s exposed abdomen with an Ice God Power spear, breaking through her defense and freezing her movements.
• Qin Mo retreated and asked Ice Empress whether his strength proved him qualified to negotiate.
• Ice Empress questioned what power Qin Mo possessed and sensed a possible hope for transcendence in his Martial Souls.

The Ice Empress challenged Qin Mo to withstand three attacks without using his Nine-Story Demon Pagoda, promising to become his Intelligent Spirit Ring under an Equal Contract if he survived. Qin Mo endured her first move, but the Ice Empress gathered power for a stronger second attack.

• The Ice Empress acknowledged Qin Mo's unusual Ice Snow Goddess Martial Soul but refused to submit without testing his strength.
• The Ice Empress offered an Equal Contract if Qin Mo survived three moves without using his Nine-Story Demon Pagoda, and Qin Mo accepted.
• Qin Mo dismissed the Nine-Story Demon Pagoda and relied on his Ice Snow Goddess Martial Soul and Ice God Power.
• The Ice Empress struck with Absolute Zero Wave, and Qin Mo resisted it at the cost of cracks in his ice crystal armor.
• The Ice Empress began gathering jade-green cold into a destructive sphere for her second move as Qin Mo braced for the attack.

Qin Mo unveiled his Ice Annihilation Divine Finger and defeated Ice Empress, earning her acknowledgment and submission. After Bing'er caught the exhausted Qin Mo, Ice Empress agreed to form a contract once he recovered.

• As Ice Empress's destructive attack threatened him, Qin Mo gathered his understanding of ice and created the prototype Divine Skill, Ice Annihilation Divine Finger.
• Qin Mo's finger strike destroyed Ice Empress's attack and struck her forehead, leaving icy cracks in her armor and revealing the power of an emerging law.
• Ice Empress recognized Qin Mo's strength, lowered her head, and admitted that he had won.
• Bing'er caught Qin Mo as he nearly collapsed, and Ice Empress promised to form a contract with him after he recovered.

Qin Mo completed an equal symbiotic contract with the Ice Empress, gaining a powerful Soul Ring and new abilities for his Ice Snow Goddess Martial Soul. He left the Extreme North with Bing'er, planning to return to the sect and seek his Martial Soul’s next Soul Ring.

• After meditating for a day and night, Qin Mo recovered enough to begin the contract with the Ice Empress.
• The Ice Empress merged her soul origin into Qin Mo’s Ice Snow Goddess Martial Soul and became his First Soul Ring, raising his Soul Power to level fifty-nine.
• Qin Mo gained the Ice Empress’s Claw Soul Skill and the attached Eternal Frost Domain, while his body and ice affinity grew stronger.
• The Ice Empress affirmed their partnership, and Qin Mo promised to honor her trust.
• Qin Mo took Bing'er and the sleeping Ice Empress with him as he left the Ice Jade Pool for the sect.

Qin Mo returned to Myriad Manifestations Academy after reaching Soul Power Level 60 and gaining a four-hundred-thousand-year Intelligent Spirit Ring for his second spirit. He revealed his Ultimate Ice martial spirit and planned to help three students obtain their fourth rings, while warning Ning Fengzhi and the elders to prepare for Spirit Hall’s ambitions.

• Qin Mo and Bing'er arrived at Myriad Manifestations Academy, where his uncontrolled aura startled Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, Yan'er, and the academy's elders.
• Qin Mo told Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo that he had reached Level 60 and added his first Soul Ring to his second spirit.
• Qin Mo revealed his Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul, which possessed the Ultimate Ice attribute.
• Qin Mo displayed his emerald-green four-hundred-thousand-year Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Intelligent Spirit Ring and explained that he had formed an Equal Contract with her.
• Qin Mo told Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing he would take them to the Soul Beast Forest in three days to obtain their fourth Soul Rings.
• Qin Mo warned Ning Fengzhi and the elders about Spirit Hall's ambitions and said they would discuss preparations in three days.

Qin Mo tested his newly strengthened Twin Martial Souls by effortlessly killing a powerful Vajra Giant Ape, then used its Soul Ring to help Ning Rongrong while his disciples advanced. He reflected on his strength and planned to seek his next Soul Ring in the sea, where greater challenges awaited.

• Qin Mo defeated the Vajra Giant Ape with the Heavenly Snow Woman's Ultimate Ice and the Nine-Story Demon Pagoda's support, without taking a step.
• Qin Mo gave Ning Rongrong the Vajra Giant Ape's Soul Ring, and Ye Lingling and Zhu Zhuqing also absorbed suitable Soul Rings under Sword Douluo's protection.
• Qin Mo concluded that his new powers made him invincible below Titled Douluo and capable of challenging ordinary Titled Douluo.
• Qin Mo decided to seek the Nine-Story Demon Pagoda's sixth Soul Ring in the deep sea, possibly targeting a Demon Soul Great White Shark.
• Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing completed their absorption and advanced to Soul Ancestors while Qin Mo continued cultivating.

Qin Mo returned to Myriad Manifestations Academy after reaching Soul Emperor and revealed his twin Martial Souls and extraordinary Soul Rings, establishing that his strength could rival powerful Titled Douluo. He assigned his companions new training and security duties as the academy prepared for greater ambitions.

• Qin Mo returned to Myriad Manifestations Academy with Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin, where Bing'er and Yan'er welcomed them.
• Qin Mo revealed his Chaos Glazed Color Nine-Story Demon Pagoda and Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Souls, along with their red and orange-gold Soul Rings.
• Qin Mo announced that he had reached level sixty-two and become a Twin Martial Souls Battle Soul Emperor after obtaining his Heavenly Snow Woman's first Soul Ring.
• Qin Mo explained that he could contend with level ninety-three Titled Douluo and defeat any Titled Douluo below level ninety-five if he used all his trump cards.
• Qin Mo ordered Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing to cultivate on the Demon Pagoda's second floor, sent Bing'er and Yan'er to the third floor for instruction, and assigned Chen Xin to oversee academy defenses and negotiations.

After witnesses reported Qin Mo’s suspected Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and Ultimate Ice, the continent’s major powers reconsidered Myriad Manifestations Academy as a dangerous force. Qin Mo accepted the shift from scrutiny to awe and prepared to strengthen his alliances.

• A Spirit Sage-led team discovered the frozen remains of the Vajra Giant Ape and spread news of an unknown expert with a suspected Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and Ultimate Ice.
• Major powers identified the expert as Qin Mo after learning Sword Douluo Chen Xin and others had been present in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo to keep monitoring Qin Mo without provoking him and to accelerate Spirit Hall’s infiltration of the empires and Upper Three Sects.
• Dai Tianfeng ordered the Star Luo Empire not to provoke Myriad Manifestations Academy and to invest more resources in Mu Bai and Zhu Yun.
• Other factions withdrew from probing the academy, forbade their disciples from provoking it, and began preparing gifts to establish ties.
• Qin Mo watched the changed attention from his office and said it was time to consolidate his allies.

After learning that Qin Mo possessed overwhelming strength and a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, Ning Fengzhi chose to deepen the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s alliance with Myriad Manifestations Academy. Qin Mo accepted the sect’s support and offered help with the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda’s evolution, leaving the two sides bound more closely than before.

• Sword Douluo reported to Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo that Qin Mo’s twin martial souls and four-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring gave him the power to defeat some Titled Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to share resources, intelligence, and commercial support with Myriad Manifestations Academy, and sent Sword Douluo to serve as its liaison.
• Sword Douluo returned to the academy with Ning Fengzhi’s letter and gifts, which Qin Mo accepted.
• Qin Mo offered to help explore an evolution path for the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and granted three permanent Cultivation Tower places to the sect’s core disciples.
• Sword Douluo welcomed Qin Mo’s offer, and the alliance between the sect and the academy entered a stage of deep cooperation.

Xue Ye rewarded Qin Mo and Myriad Manifestations Academy with royal favor to secure their loyalty and strengthen the empire. Qian Renxue saw the academy’s growing influence as a threat to her plan to infiltrate Heaven Dou, and left determined to reassess Qin Mo.

• Xue Qinghe warned Xue Ye that Qin Mo and Myriad Manifestations Academy might become too powerful to control, but Xue Ye chose to win them over rather than risk alienating the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xue Ye granted Qin Mo the title of Guardian Douluo, princely privileges, royal hunting grounds for a branch campus, imperial funding, and preferential appointments for academy graduates.
• Qian Renxue hid her frustration as Xue Ye ordered Xue Qinghe to personally deliver the decree to Myriad Manifestations Academy.
• Qin Mo accepted the decree without kneeling and told Xue Qinghe that the academy would contribute to the empire, then allowed him to tour areas that were open to outsiders.
• Qin Mo refused Xue Qinghe access to the Cultivation Tower, and Qian Renxue returned to the palace resolved to reconsider her plans around him.

Qian Renxue weighed Qin Mo as a rival and planned to approach him through rare treasures and scholarly exchanges. Meanwhile, Qin Mo decided to seek soul rings in the Star Dou Great Forest and left the academy alone to pursue his Seventh Soul Ring.

• Qian Renxue considered Qin Mo’s motives and concluded that he might be pursuing godhood, making her both wary of him and strangely sympathetic to his ambitions.
• Qian Renxue decided to use Spirit Hall’s rare treasures and ancient secrets to arrange closer contact with Qin Mo, then sent a request for a catalogue through secret channels.
• Qin Mo told Sword Douluo that he had no interest in the empire’s political schemes and planned to seek soul rings in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qin Mo revealed that he intended to pursue his Seventh Soul Ring and meet the forest’s powerful soul-beast rulers, including Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King.
• Sword Douluo gave Qin Mo a Jade Talisman and agreed to protect the academy while Qin Mo was away.
• At dawn, Qin Mo left Myriad Manifestations Academy unnoticed and headed toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Qin Mo entered the Star Dou Great Forest seeking soul rings, combat trials, and a chance to contact Gu Yuena. He reached the core region and waited as the forest’s spirit beast overlords took notice of him.

• Qin Mo traveled at full speed toward the Star Dou Great Forest while reflecting on his reasons for going there.
• He planned to seek a second soul ring for the Ice Snow Goddess and a seventh soul ring for the Nine-Story Demon Pagoda, with Xiong Jun as a possible target.
• Qin Mo also intended to approach the Lake of Life and attempt contact with Di Tian or Gu Yuena.
• After several days, Qin Mo entered the forest’s core region, and nearby spirit beasts retreated from his imposing aura.
• Qin Mo sensed the overlords’ probing spiritual forces, stopped, and waited for their trial or confrontation.

Qin Mo entered the Star Dou Great Forest’s core region, prompting Di Tian and the other rulers to assess the powerful human and his intentions. Di Tian met Qin Mo with Bi Ji and Myriad Demon King, and Qin Mo resisted Di Tian’s pressure as their first encounter began.

• At the Lake of Life, Di Tian sensed Qin Mo approaching the core region while Xiong Jun demanded permission to kill him.
• Bi Ji and Myriad Demon King detected Qin Mo’s unusual Ultimate Ice, life force, and spiritual power, including an aura resembling Tian Meng’s.
• Di Tian revealed Qin Mo’s past feats, including killing the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and absorbing her four-hundred-thousand-year soul ring, and suspected he had Twin Martial Souls tied to space and sealing.
• Di Tian ordered Xiong Jun and Scarlet King to remain at the lake while he went to meet Qin Mo with Bi Ji and Myriad Demon King.
• Qin Mo waited at the edge of the core region and calmly resisted Di Tian’s pressure before greeting him, Bi Ji, and Myriad Demon King.

Qin Mo challenged Xiong Jun to test his strength, agreeing to survive three moves before stating his second purpose. He revealed the Ice Snow Goddess Martial Soul and Snow Empress’s sacrificed Spirit Ring, then survived Xiong Jun’s first attack; Xiong Jun unsheathed his Dark Gold Dreadclaws as the real fight began.

• Qin Mo asked to train against Xiong Jun, and Di Tian agreed on the condition that he survive three moves.
• Xiong Jun charged Qin Mo with a powerful punch, but Qin Mo used his Nine-Story Demon Pagoda Martial Soul and evaded with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Qin Mo revealed his Ice Snow Goddess Martial Soul and orange-gold sacrificed Spirit Ring, shocking Di Tian, Bi Ji, and Myriad Demon King.
• Qin Mo used Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Unparalleled to split Xiong Jun’s punch and leave frost and a faint mark on his fist.
• Xiong Jun became serious and deployed his Dark Gold Dreadclaws as Qin Mo prepared for the next attack.

Qin Mo faced Xiong Jun’s three increasingly powerful attacks and survived by combining his spatial abilities, Ultimate Ice defenses, and a self-created claw technique. After Di Tian acknowledged Qin Mo’s victory, he invited him to state his second purpose.

• Xiong Jun’s Sky-Tearing Claw forced Qin Mo to use Evil God power and Ultimate Ice to evade the attack and withstand its aftershock.
• Ignoring the three-move agreement, Xiong Jun unleashed Hell-Rending Claw with his full strength, while Di Tian, Bi Ji, and Myriad Demon King recognized the danger.
• Qin Mo fused Ultimate Ice, soul-bone power, dragon pressure, and insight from Xiong Jun’s technique to create Dragon God Claw Prison.
• The two claw techniques collided, severely injuring Qin Mo, but his remaining ice power dispersed Xiong Jun’s weakened strike before it reached him.
• Di Tian recognized a trace of Dragon God Claw’s essence in Qin Mo’s technique and declared that Qin Mo had won the three-move challenge.

After surviving Xiong Jun’s three attacks, Qin Mo proposed cooperation between humans and soul beasts, revealing that his Nine-Story Demon Pagoda could preserve sealed beasts’ consciousness and potential. Di Tian acknowledged the possibility but demanded further proof, and the chapter left Qin Mo preparing for Myriad Demon King’s spiritual test.

• Di Tian ruled that Qin Mo had won the wager, and Xiong Jun accepted the result despite his anger.
• Qin Mo used the Nine-Story Demon Pagoda’s Life Energy to stabilize his injuries and received Di Tian’s praise for surviving Xiong Jun’s three moves.
• Qin Mo proposed cooperation with Star Dou Great Forest, explaining that soul beasts sealed in his pagoda retained their consciousness and could continue to grow.
• Di Tian and the other beasts confirmed the sealed soul beasts were still conscious, and Di Tian took Qin Mo’s proposal seriously while withholding his trust.
• Di Tian ordered Myriad Demon King and Bi Ji to test Qin Mo’s Spiritual Power and affinity for life, and Qin Mo prepared to face Myriad Demon King.

Qin Mo overcame the Myriad Demon King's spiritual domain with his Ultimate Ice defenses and self-created Extreme Ice Demonic Eye, earning the king's admission of defeat. Di Tian then called on Bi Ji to test Qin Mo's affinity with the Power of Life.

• The Myriad Demon King used his Demon Bewilderment Demonic Domain and Hundred-Eyed Demonic Tree to assault Qin Mo's mind, but Qin Mo resisted and countered with Extreme Ice Thought.
• The Myriad Demon King transformed his domain into Myriad Demons Pay Homage, trying to force Qin Mo to submit, but Qin Mo's will and Spiritual Power held firm.
• Qin Mo seized the Myriad Demon King's momentary lapse and struck his demonic eyes with his self-created Extreme Ice Demonic Eye, breaking the domain's control.
• The Myriad Demon King recovered and admitted defeat, while Di Tian and the others reacted with surprise and recognition.
• Di Tian called on Bi Ji, who began a test of Qin Mo's understanding of and affinity with the Power of Life.

Qin Mo passed Myriad Demon King's mental-strength test by using his Extreme Ice Demonic Eye, then passed Bi Ji's life-affinity test as she healed and replenished him. Di Tian recognized his strength and character but made the final test taking one of his moves, and Qin Mo agreed.

• Qin Mo injured Myriad Demon King's mental origin with his Extreme Ice Demonic Eye, breaking through Myriad Demons Pay Homage.
• Myriad Demon King acknowledged Qin Mo's self-created Soul Skill, and Di Tian declared that Qin Mo had passed the mental-strength test.
• Bi Ji used Life Domain: Myriad Things Revive to heal Qin Mo and replenish his Spiritual Power, while noticing his remarkable affinity for Life Energy.
• Di Tian confirmed that Qin Mo had passed Bi Ji's test and earned preliminary recognition from the three kings of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Di Tian set a final test: Qin Mo had to withstand one move from him to prove he had a future worth investing in.
• Qin Mo accepted Di Tian's challenge and prepared to face his move.

Bi Ji healed Qin Mo with her life domain, restoring his body and mind while discovering that his Life Origin resonated with hers at an extraordinary, possibly divine level. Di Tian then began Qin Mo’s final trial by striking him with Annihilation Dragon Breath, an attack that erased existence through laws of destruction.

• Bi Ji’s life energy repaired Qin Mo’s injuries, replenished his strength, and deepened his understanding of life through its resonance with his own Life Origin.
• Bi Ji sensed the exalted nature of Qin Mo’s Life Origin, and Di Tian concluded that Qin Mo was ready for the next test.
• Qin Mo thanked Bi Ji for healing him, and she urged him to use his power wisely.
• Di Tian announced that Qin Mo had to withstand Annihilation Dragon Breath to pass.
• Di Tian pressed a palm toward Qin Mo, unleashing an annihilating stream that erased space and confronted him with an unprecedented aura of death.

Qin Mo survived Di Tian’s final trial by awakening the Nine-Story Demon Pagoda’s power to define reality, earning Di Tian’s approval. After three days of rest, Di Tian would take him to meet Gu Yuena, the Lord of the spirit beasts.

• Di Tian tested Qin Mo by unleashing Annihilation Dragon Breath, a law-based attack that erased space.
• At the brink of death, Qin Mo realized the Nine-Story Demon Pagoda could define the boundary between existence and nonexistence.
• Qin Mo used the pagoda’s power to halt Di Tian’s attack, but suffered severe injuries and exhausted his Soul Power and Spiritual Power.
• Di Tian recognized the Nine-Story Demon Pagoda as a martial soul that could define reality and declared that Qin Mo had passed.
• Bi Ji healed Qin Mo, while the Myriad Demon King and Xiong Jun acknowledged his strength and courage.
• Di Tian told Qin Mo to rest for three days before accompanying him to meet the Lord.