Chapter Summaries

Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue joined forces against Ling Tianjue, combining their holy and fallen angel powers in a fierce battle. After their combined sword strike only drove him back, they unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Judgment Divine Light, which engulfed him.

• Jia Youcai shielded himself and Guang Lianxi with an Atomic Crystal Wall as Ling Tianjue’s attack battered it.
• Qian Renxue arrived and struck Ling Tianjue with a Divine Attack, giving Jia Youcai time to recover.
• Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue transformed into their respective Angel True Bodies and launched a combined sword strike at Ling Tianjue.
• Ling Tianjue held his ground through their minute-long clash, though the attack forced him backward.
• Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Judgment Divine Light, and engulfed Ling Tianjue in its beam.

Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue defeated Ling Tianjue with the Judgment Divine Light, but he survived and escaped. As the battered survivors recovered, Jia Youcai asked Yue Gang to help Ze Lan City, and Yue Gang agreed to try to send a medical team.

• Ling Tianjue’s Soul Power barrier shattered under the Judgment Divine Light, and the blast broke his arms and buried him beneath collapsing ruins.
• Jia Youcai collapsed from exhaustion, while Qian Renxue caught him and watched the rubble for signs of Ling Tianjue.
• Ling Tianjue staggered out of the ruins, threatened to repay his attackers, and fled with his remaining Soul Power.
• Chen Shixuan used golden light to help the injured group recover, and Jia Youcai asked Yue Gang whether Artifact Spirit Hall could aid Ze Lan City.
• Yue Gang explained that broad relief efforts would be difficult to justify, but agreed to try to authorize a medical team with healing-type Soul Masters.

After a bloody sacrifice left a city of nearly seven hundred thousand people dead or critically weakened, Jia Youcai, Qian Renxue, and their companions organized survivors to rescue those still alive. Two weeks later, fewer than twenty thousand people had been confirmed alive, while countless others had died in the cold.

• Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue gathered survivors who could still walk and led them in carrying people indoors and lighting fires.
• Jia Youcai estimated that at least two hundred thousand people had died during the sacrifice, while hundreds of thousands more were left gravely weakened.
• As rescue efforts expanded over the next few days, Chen Shixuan called for medicine, food, water, warm clothing, and fuel, and Yue Gang reported that Artifact Spirit Hall's medical team was on its way.
• Jia Youcai, Qian Renxue, Yan Lingzhuo, and the growing self-rescue team established shelters and treatment stations over two weeks.
• The rescue team confirmed that fewer than twenty thousand people had survived and escaped immediate danger, while countless others died in the winter.

Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue struggled to keep Ze Lan City’s survivors alive after the catastrophe, securing supplies from nearby communities and distant kingdoms. A month later, nearly one hundred and fifty thousand people had stabilized, and Jia Youcai envisioned Snow Country as the kingdom Xiao Xue could build upon.

• Jia Youcai and Qian Renxue faced the deaths of survivors caused by cold, injuries, hunger, and despair.
• Jia Youcai and the survivor teams searched Ze Lan City for the living and brought back those they could save.
• Jia Youcai persuaded nearby counties and towns to send supplies, then secured further aid from kingdoms and duchies through negotiation, valuables, and force.
• Jia Youcai and the others stabilized nearly one hundred and fifty thousand survivors as food and medicine supplies improved.
• Jia Youcai watched survivors rebuild and planned for Xiao Xue to use their efforts as the foundation of Snow Country.

Over six months, Qian Renxue established stable leadership in Ze Lan City with help from Jia Youcai and arriving angel believers. After receiving a mission to go to Luolin Town, Jia Youcai left the city in Qian Renxue’s care.

• Qian Renxue became Chairman of the Provisional Management Committee as Jia Youcai suppressed those who challenged her authority.
• Nearly a thousand angel believers arrived in Ze Lan City and brought skilled professionals who strengthened the reconstruction and secured Qian Renxue’s position.
• The Artifact Spirit Hall medical team and several familiar companions departed, while Qian Renxue’s administration continued to run smoothly.
• Jia Youcai received a mission directing him to Luolin Town in the southern Heaven Dou Empire and decided to leave Ze Lan City.
• Jia Youcai told Qian Renxue he had to go, shared a brief embrace with her, and entrusted the city to her before departing.

Jia Youcai left his residence and arrived in Luolin Town, where he unexpectedly reunited with his former Blazing Academy classmate Feng Wei. The two went to a noodle shop to eat and catch up.

• Jia Youcai slept at his empty residence, then set out again at dawn.
• Jia Youcai explored Luolin Town and spotted Feng Wei using his Thousand Mile Eye martial soul.
• Jia Youcai startled Feng Wei, and the two exchanged news about Feng Wei's life after leaving Blazing Academy.
• Feng Wei invited Jia Youcai to a noodle shop and ordered them seafood noodles.

Jia Youcai reunited with Feng Wei in Luolin Town and learned about the upcoming Sea Festival and the Shui Family’s recent tragedy. Suspecting Shui Bing’er’s mother’s death was connected to an immortal herb he had given away, he asked Feng Wei to take him past the Shui Family residence.

• Feng Wei told Jia Youcai about the three-day Sea Festival and invited him to attend Carnival Day.
• Jia Youcai accepted Feng Wei’s offer to stay at his home while visiting Luolin Town on business.
• Feng Wei said Shui Bing’er’s mother had died after her long illness returned, despite having been saved earlier by a rare immortal herb.
• Jia Youcai suspected the herb might be one he had given away and asked Feng Wei about the Shui Family residence.
• Jia Youcai and Feng Wei left the noodle shop, with Feng Wei agreeing to take him past the Shui Family residence.

Jia Youcai questioned Feng Wei about Madam Shui’s death and the strange incidents near the coast, then investigated the outskirts of the Shui Family estate. He sensed an intermittent, chaotic Soul Power fluctuation inside but could not identify its source.

• Feng Wei told Jia Youcai that Madam Shui had died about three months earlier and shared local rumors about Sea Grudge, the immortal herb, and possible enemies of the Shui Family.
• Feng Wei explained that dead fish had appeared near the eastern shore and strange noises had come from a rocky beach to the west, while Jia Youcai noted that the incidents were scattered but all connected to the sea.
• Jia Youcai and Feng Wei walked toward the Shui Family estate, and Jia Youcai sensed an unusual feeling growing stronger as they neared the southeastern coast.
• Jia Youcai examined the estate from a seafood stall, detecting faint resistance and chill at the outer wall and an intermittent, unfamiliar Soul Power fluctuation inside.
• Feng Wei said Shui Bing’er’s father, Shui Chengzhe, had once been a Soul Emperor but had neglected cultivation, leaving Jia Youcai uncertain about the weaker, chaotic fluctuation he had sensed.

Jia Youcai and Feng Wei followed Steward Fu to the Shui Family cemetery, where Jia Youcai discovered strange, resentful energy in the soil around newer graves. He learned that Shui Bing'er’s mother had been the powerful Ice Phoenix Douluo, and the chapter left him suspecting that her death and the corrupted earth were connected.

• Jia Youcai persuaded Feng Wei to follow Steward Fu as he went to pay respects at the shore-side cemetery.
• Jia Youcai sensed cold, resentful energy coming from gray-black soil near several newer gravestones.
• Feng Wei revealed that Shui Bing'er's mother had been the Titled Douluo known as Ice Phoenix Douluo.
• Jia Youcai considered whether the energy in the soil came from Ice Phoenix Douluo's remains and whatever had caused her strange death.
• After completing his offering, Steward Fu stood facing the sea as the gloomy aura around him grew denser, then left the cemetery.

Jia Youcai investigated the strange gray-black soil around Madam Shui’s grave, but Shui Bing’er appeared, confronted him, and vanished without Feng Wei seeing her. As they returned to town, Jia Youcai asked Feng Wei about Ice Phoenix Douluo’s life and the illness she suffered near its end.

• Jia Youcai examined the dark traces around Madam Shui’s gravestone and felt a powerful, icy backlash when he probed beneath the soil with Soul Power.
• Shui Bing’er appeared behind Jia Youcai, told him to leave her mother’s grave, and he apologized and withdrew with Feng Wei.
• Feng Wei said he had not seen Shui Bing’er approach, and the two found the graveyard empty when they looked back.
• Jia Youcai questioned whether he had hallucinated and asked Feng Wei about strange legends surrounding Madam Shui.
• Near the town entrance, Jia Youcai asked Feng Wei to tell him everything he knew about Ice Phoenix Douluo.

Jia Youcai sent a Netherworld Shadow Clone to investigate the Shui Family estate, where it found Shui Bing'er moving like a lifeless doll and discovered Liu Ningshuang's body in an Ice Coffin. The coffin unleashed a deadly mental attack that destroyed the clone and injured Jia Youcai, leaving the secrets of Shui Bing'er and her mother unresolved.

• Jia Youcai used his Fourth Spirit Ring to create a Netherworld Shadow Clone and sent it to scout the Shui Family estate.
• The clone found no sign of Shui Bing'er in the main residence or her father Shui Chengzhe's courtyard, then sensed a powerful cold and resentful aura in the garden.
• The clone watched Shui Bing'er emerge from an isolated building and drift toward the shore without any signs of life or Soul Power.
• The clone entered the building and found an Ice Coffin containing a woman it suspected was Liu Ningshuang, despite her supposed grave elsewhere.
• Liu Ningshuang's Ice Coffin unleashed a mental assault that dispersed the clone and caused Jia Youcai to suffer a backlash injury.

Jia Youcai fled Feng Wei’s home to keep their connection out of danger, but Shui Bing’er tracked him to the beach and attacked with her ice powers. He escaped her traps and evaded her aimed attacks, but she unleashed a wide-area cold storm that threatened to weaken his Nether Possession.

• Jia Youcai sensed an icy presence approaching Feng Wei’s courtyard, ordered Feng Wei to stay inside, and fled toward open land.
• Shui Bing’er confronted Jia Youcai from the sky and blocked his route to the beach with an ice wall.
• Jia Youcai broke through the wall and shattered the ice that froze him below the waist.
• Jia Youcai activated Nether Possession and evaded Shui Bing’er’s ice attacks, which failed to hit his shifting shadow body.
• Shui Bing’er unleashed her Extreme Cold Ice Storm Technique, freezing the beach and nearby seawater as Jia Youcai prepared to escape her attack range.

Jia Youcai faced Shui Bing'er, whose overwhelming Extreme Cold Domain made him suspect that a powerful Ice Phoenix Douluo was controlling her. He switched to his Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul and clashed head-on with Shui Bing'er's massive ice construct.

• Shui Bing'er condensed her cold wave into an Extreme Cold Domain that slowed Jia Youcai and disrupted his Nether Possession.
• Jia Youcai suspected that an Ice Phoenix Douluo was controlling Shui Bing'er and decided to fight back with another Martial Soul.
• Jia Youcai summoned his Evil Fire Phoenix and activated his Seventh Spirit Ability, Martial Soul Avatar, melting the ice around him.
• Shui Bing'er formed a giant ice crystal phoenix from her ice-element Soul Power and sent it diving toward Jia Youcai.
• Jia Youcai charged his Evil Fire Phoenix Avatar straight at the incoming Ice Phoenix.

Jia Youcai destroyed Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix with his Phoenix Cloud Piercer and a full-force charge, then seized her while she was momentarily stunned. He flew toward the ocean with her, warning that he would take her for a swim if she kept struggling.

• Jia Youcai realized that trading energy with the Ice Phoenix was disadvantageous and targeted its core and controller, Shui Bing'er.
• Jia Youcai used his Sixth Soul Skill, Phoenix Cloud Piercer, to pierce the Ice Phoenix's defenses and crack its core.
• Jia Youcai rammed the damaged Ice Phoenix and shattered it in an explosion of ice and energy.
• Jia Youcai dispersed his Evil Fire Phoenix avatar and rushed through the fading fragments to seize the stunned Shui Bing'er.
• Jia Youcai held Shui Bing'er and flew toward the ocean, warning her not to struggle.

Jia Youcai negotiated a temporary truce with Liu Ningshuang while she possessed Shui Bing'er, then caught Shui Bing'er when the possession ended and she fell into the sea. Liu Ningshuang ordered him to take her back, and his suggestive remark drew a pointed reply about what he had already done twice.

• Jia Youcai threatened to plunge into the sea with Shui Bing'er until she stopped struggling.
• Jia Youcai identified Liu Ningshuang as the consciousness controlling Shui Bing'er and negotiated a temporary truce.
• Liu Ningshuang told Jia Youcai to release Shui Bing'er, and he let her go above the waves.
• Shui Bing'er lost consciousness and fell toward the sea, so Jia Youcai caught her before she hit the water.
• Liu Ningshuang ordered Jia Youcai to take Shui Bing'er back and reminded him that he had already done something to her twice.

Jia Youcai brought the unconscious Shui Bing'er to a reef island to rest, where she woke and asked him to help her stand. She then knelt before him and refused to get up until he agreed to her plea, leaving him unsure what he had accepted.

• Jia Youcai flew to a nearby reef island with the unconscious Shui Bing'er and found a sheltered place for her to rest.
• Shui Bing'er woke, asked Jia Youcai to help her up, and asked how far they were from shore.
• Shui Bing'er walked to the edge of the island and called Jia Youcai by name.
• Shui Bing'er knelt before Jia Youcai and said she would not get up unless he agreed to her request.
• Jia Youcai agreed, and Shui Bing'er watched him quietly as though checking whether he meant it.

Shui Bing'er asked Jia Youcai to help obtain rare medicines to repair her mother’s body and contain the King of Plague Disaster’s power, which could otherwise unleash a devastating plague. Jia Youcai recognized that the most important ingredients grew at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, now guarded by the powerful Clear Sky Sect and its allies.

• Shui Bing'er gave Jia Youcai a list of medicines and pleaded for his help, but he initially refused.
• When Shui Bing'er lowered her forehead toward the rocks in despair, Jia Youcai caught her and demanded to know why she needed the medicines.
• Shui Bing'er explained that the King of Plague Disaster was consuming her mother’s body and soul and could spread a catastrophic plague if left unchecked.
• Shui Bing'er confirmed that her mother had hidden herself and faked her death to avoid becoming the source of an outbreak.
• Jia Youcai identified the rarest ingredients on the list as plants from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and realized that reaching it meant confronting the Clear Sky Sect’s formidable forces.

Jia Youcai insisted on examining Shui Bing'er's mother himself to understand how far the corruption had progressed and find a way to help. Shui Bing'er revealed that her mother was sealed in an Ice Coffin in the deep-sea abyss and was a Rank 97 Titled Douluo who had failed the Phoenix God Trial.

• Jia Youcai took the list of needed items and told Shui Bing'er he had to see her mother to assess her condition and search for alternatives.
• Jia Youcai recalled seeing an apparent Ice Coffin and Shui Bing'er's mother during an earlier visit through his clone ability.
• Shui Bing'er explained that the figure Jia Youcai had seen was only an illusion and that her mother's true body lay in the deep sea.
• Shui Bing'er said her mother had sealed herself in a Dark Underworld Ice Coffin in the Endless Sea Abyss to suppress the King of Plague Disaster's corruption.
• Shui Bing'er explained that her silver bracelet relayed basic signals from the Ice Coffin and that her mother had left her the list before descending into the deep sea.
• Shui Bing'er revealed that her mother was a Rank 97 Titled Douluo who had failed the Phoenix God Trial.

Jia Youcai learned that Liu Ningshuang wanted him to take Shui Bing'er to find her teacher, Snow Empress, so she could seek help for the curse afflicting her. After questioning Liu Ningshuang’s motives and the route to Snow Empress, Jia Youcai asked what he would gain by helping.

• Shui Bing'er let Liu Ningshuang take control of her body, and Jia Youcai questioned why Liu Ningshuang had chosen him.
• Liu Ningshuang revealed that she wanted Jia Youcai to invite her teacher, Snow Empress, to help her.
• Jia Youcai asked why Liu Ningshuang had not sought help from Ice Empress, and she claimed she had not known Ice Empress was at Skywater Academy.
• Liu Ningshuang explained that Snow Empress dwelled in the shifting heart of the Eternal Frozen Domain and suggested going to Beast Spirit Hall to find her.
• When Jia Youcai asked what would happen if he refused, Liu Ningshuang said she could not force him, while Shui Bing'er showed signs of awakening.
• Jia Youcai turned toward the north and asked Liu Ningshuang what benefit she could offer him.

Jia Youcai asked Liu Ningshuang to support them against the Clear Sky Sect and Tang San if she recovered, and she agreed not to become their enemy. After Liu Ningshuang left Shui Bing'er, Jia Youcai escorted her home and made plans to gather medicinal ingredients before investigating further.

• Jia Youcai asked Liu Ningshuang to support them in destroying the Clear Sky Sect and killing Tang San if she recovered.
• Liu Ningshuang agreed not to become their enemy, then her possession of Shui Bing'er ended.
• Jia Youcai told Shui Bing'er to recover and prepare to gather the more obtainable ingredients from her mother's list in two days.
• Jia Youcai escorted Shui Bing'er home, and she followed him toward shore using her Ice Phoenix Wings.
• Jia Youcai visited the cemetery and considered investigating Liu Ningshuang's grave, but decided to respect her privacy and leave it undisturbed.