Chapter Summaries

Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi recounted how Yu Xiaoheng saved them, and the girls teased the sisters until they admitted they liked him. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaoheng secretly watched an Evil Soul Master stronghold, searching for a way through its Purple Flame Barrier.

• Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi described Yu Xiaoheng rescuing them from Evil Soul Masters and Purple Flame.
• The girls in the cave teased the Shui sisters about Yu Xiaoheng, and both sisters blushingly admitted they liked him.
• The group eventually went to sleep as Yu Xiaoheng watched a vast army of Evil Soul Masters from an iceberg far away.
• Yu Xiaoheng considered his limited chances of escaping if discovered and decided to stay hidden.
• Yu Xiaoheng used the medicinal power of Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to see streams of energy flowing toward a gigantic ice cave from the Purple Flame Barrier.

Yu Xiaoheng intervened when Evil Soul Masters threatened Ah Yin and Yu Changkong, secretly killing them after leading the group to a secluded corner. Ah Yin believed Yu Xiaoheng had saved her only to claim her himself and confronted him in despair.

• A gaunt Evil Soul Master beat Yu Changkong and moved to assault the chained Ah Yin.
• Yu Xiaoheng arrived disguised in a purple robe and ordered the Evil Soul Masters to take Ah Yin and Yu Changkong somewhere secluded.
• Yu Xiaoheng secretly used his power to prevent Yu Changkong from resisting and numbed Ah Yin when she tried to bite off her tongue.
• The Evil Soul Masters joked about abusing Ah Yin, and Yu Xiaoheng killed them all with Golden-Blue Lightning.
• Yu Xiaoheng burned away the marks on Yu Changkong and Sea Blue, then reached toward Ah Yin, who accused him of being a beast and dared him to kill her.

Yu Xiaoheng rescued Yu Changkong and learned how the Evil Soul Masters used special metal fragments to withstand the purple fire. The group remained trapped in the ice cave, but Yu Changkong’s knowledge gave Yu Xiaoheng a lead toward the purple fire’s source.

• Yu Xiaoheng ignored Ah Yin’s embarrassment and healed the wounded Yu Changkong with his life force.
• Yu Xiaoheng led Yu Changkong and Ah Yin to a secluded corner of the ice chamber where captured Spirit Masters were held.
• Yu Xiaoheng asked Yu Changkong for a route to the dense source of purple fire beneath the ice cave.
• Yu Changkong described his infiltration of the Evil Soul Masters and revealed that special metal fragments neutralized the purple fire’s corrosion.
• Yu Changkong explained that Spirit Masters who tried to expel purple fire from their spirit rings had failed, lost their minds, and become puppets.

Yu Xiaoheng realized the Evil Soul Masters had only weakened Yu Changkong under the guise of sacrificing him, but lacked enough information to discover their purpose. He chose to destroy the Purple Flame Core with a Titled Douluo’s attack and prepared to move.

• Yu Xiaoheng questioned why the Evil Soul Masters had let captives learn the location of the barrier’s core.
• Yu Changkong recalled that Spirit Emperor Lain had spared him and other powerful Soul Masters during their supposed sacrifices.
• Yu Xiaoheng discovered the Purple Flame had only burned away the outer layer of Yu Changkong’s life force, apparently weakening him rather than consuming him.
• Unable to determine Lain’s purpose, Yu Xiaoheng decided to destroy the Purple Flame Core and break the barrier.
• Yu Xiaoheng produced a jade plaque containing Yu Yuanzhen’s attack, stunning Ah Yin and inspiring Yu Changkong.

Yu Xiaoheng planned to use special metal powder to safely absorb a Purplefire Spirit Ring and devised a risky operation to reach the ice cavern's core. Yu Changkong volunteered to draw away the Evil Soul Masters, and Ah Yin was stunned that Yu Xiaoheng did not refuse him.

• Yu Xiaoheng learned that the Purplefire Spirit Ring was between twenty thousand and thirty thousand years old, but decided not to absorb it without proper preparation.
• Yu Xiaoheng reconsidered his three stored Purplefire Spirit Rings and concluded that acquiring special metal powder could let him absorb one safely, though he disliked sacrificing his future potential.
• Yu Xiaoheng explained his operation to Yu Changkong, intending to use the elder's strength to draw away the Evil Soul Masters while he infiltrated the core.
• Yu Changkong understood the danger and volunteered to risk his life as bait for the sect's future and Yu Xiaoheng's plan.
• Ah Yin expected Yu Xiaoheng to refuse Yu Changkong's offer, but was shocked when he did not.

Yu Xiaoheng agreed to let Ah Yin accompany him into the Evil Soul Masters’ lair after she revealed her ability to sense the area through Blue Silver Grass. He still viewed her as a passing figure, while Yu Changkong regretted the strain between them.

• Ah Yin condemned Yu Xiaoheng for treating Yu Changkong as an expendable pawn and said she despised him.
• Ah Yin offered to join the infiltration and demonstrated how she sensed nearby Blue Silver Grass.
• Ah Yin used the grass to report the locations and strength of guards, prisoners, and Evil Soul Masters deeper in the lair.
• Yu Xiaoheng verified Ah Yin’s information and agreed to take her with him.
• Yu Xiaoheng privately recognized Ah Yin’s kindness but decided she was not a suitable romantic or family match.

Yu Xiaoheng and Ah Yin entered a shifting ice labyrinth and realized the Evil Soul Masters could remake its passages with Purple Flame. Ah Yin used her Blue Silver Grass to guide them onward, and the chapter left them hiding together from a patrol while Ah Yin concealed her identity and distrusted Yu Xiaoheng.

• Yu Xiaoheng recognized that the Evil Soul Masters could melt and refreeze the ten-thousand-year ice to change the labyrinth's routes.
• Ah Yin agreed to guide Yu Xiaoheng by sensing Blue Silver Grass growing through the ice cavern.
• Ah Yin led Yu Xiaoheng through narrow, irregular passages to avoid Evil Soul Master patrols.
• Ah Yin and Yu Xiaoheng squeezed into a cramped hollow as a patrol passed nearby, forcing them into close contact.
• Ah Yin hid her identity as the Blue Silver Emperor and wondered whether Yu Xiaoheng had treated Rou'er well because he knew Rou'er was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Yu Xiaoheng and Ah Yin discovered a dying Rainbow Dragon in an underground ice cavern, where Evil Soul Masters were feeding it and a strange annihilating force burned above its skull. As Ah Yin planned to distract the visible patrol, Yu Xiaoheng spotted a second squad hidden in the shadows.

• Yu Xiaoheng and Ah Yin passed through the icy passage and found a cavern guarded by more than a dozen Evil Soul Masters, including two Spirit Kings.
• Ah Yin restrained Yu Xiaoheng when he prepared to move toward the patrol and warned him not to expose them.
• Yu Xiaoheng and Ah Yin saw the colossal Rainbow Dragon, barely alive as Evil Soul Masters fed it bloody remains.
• Yu Xiaoheng recognized that the purple flame above the dragon's skull was not ordinary fire but a force of annihilation.
• While Ah Yin planned to lure away the visible guards, Yu Xiaoheng spotted another squad hidden beneath the dragon's shadow.

Yu Xiaoheng stopped Ah Yin from sacrificing herself, destroyed the Purple Flame Core on her shoulder, and pulled her close to hide from an approaching Spirit King. He then raced toward the Purple Flame Core with Ah Yin in his arms, leaving her baffled by his dangerous move.

• Ah Yin decided to draw the Evil Soul Masters’ attention so the imprisoned people below could have a chance to survive.
• Yu Xiaoheng seized Ah Yin, engulfed and destroyed the Purple Flame Core on her shoulder, then pulled her into the narrow hiding spot.
• Ah Yin realized Yu Xiaoheng had saved her because he still needed her sensing ability, and she judged his plan to hide them foolish.
• Yu Xiaoheng carried Ah Yin away from the approaching Spirit King and sprinted toward the Purple Flame Core.

Yu Xiaoheng stopped to face the pursuing Evil Soul Masters while leaving Ah Yin hidden behind a bend, and the Spirit Kings attacked him with Purple Flame. The flames engulfed him, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Yu Xiaoheng used Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Grass senses to reach a hiding spot near the Purple Flame Core, then placed her in its shadow.
• Yu Xiaoheng turned to confront the Evil Soul Masters as they surrounded him, while Ah Yin stayed behind the bend and closed her eyes.
• The gaunt Spirit King sent a stream of Purple Flame at Yu Xiaoheng’s limbs, and the burly Spirit King complained that he might burn their captive to death too quickly.
• The Purple Flame struck Yu Xiaoheng and engulfed his entire body.

Yu Xiaoheng killed a Spirit King with one punch, then faced a combined attack from two groups of Evil Soul Masters. Ah Yin tried to shield him, but Yu Xiaoheng’s Thunderclap shattered her Blue Silver Grass as it formed his Lightning Armor, leaving her hurt and furious.

• Yu Xiaoheng killed the gaunt Spirit King with a single punch, burning and tearing his body apart with lightning and dragon flames.
• Ah Yin realized Yu Changkong had not exaggerated Yu Xiaoheng’s strength and watched him face the remaining Evil Soul Masters.
• The Evil Soul Masters called for a joint attack as more than ten reinforcements, led by another Spirit King, emerged from a passage.
• Ah Yin sent Blue Silver Grass blades forward to protect Yu Xiaoheng, but his black thunder struck them and triggered backlash that injured her.
• Yu Xiaoheng used his Second Spirit Skill, Thunderclap, to summon Lightning Armor, while Ah Yin realized he had struck her by mistake.

Yu Xiaoheng fought through the Evil Soul Masters’ attacks to reach the Sacred Fire Core and crushed a jade tablet to summon Yu Yuanzhen’s power. He was badly wounded but pulled Ah Yin into the tablet’s protective lightning barrier as the attack descended.

• Yu Xiaoheng struck two Spirit Kings aside, then rushed toward the Sacred Fire Core instead of pursuing them.
• The Evil Soul Masters bombarded Yu Xiaoheng as he charged through the purple flames, while Ah Yin ran alongside him and offered to take the jade tablet.
• Yu Xiaoheng was stopped by a barrier of purple flames formed by several Spirit Kings, but he crushed the jade tablet and summoned Yu Yuanzhen’s colossal lightning dragon phantom.
• The Evil Soul Masters unleashed their attacks before Yu Yuanzhen’s strike, shattering Yu Xiaoheng’s Lightning Armor and leaving him severely wounded.
• The jade tablet’s lightning barrier protected Yu Xiaoheng, and he pulled Ah Yin inside by grabbing a Blue Silver Grass vine.

Yu Yuanzhen’s lightning destroyed the Rainbow Dragon corpse, causing its Purple Flame to gather into a skull soul bone. Yu Xiaoheng recognized the flame’s pure destructive will as Heaven’s Wrath Fire.

• Yu Yuanzhen’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon phantom attacked the Rainbow Dragon corpse with a massive lightning bolt.
• The Rainbow Dragon’s Purple Flame resisted briefly, but Yu Yuanzhen’s lightning shattered it and erased the corpse and its sacrifices.
• Yu Xiaoheng saw the scattered Purple Flame converge into a core, then suffered burned eyes when he looked at its radiance.
• Yu Xiaoheng realized the flame had condensed into a skull soul bone formed through sacrifices and recognized its power as Heaven’s Wrath Fire.

Yu Xiaoheng’s attempt to resist the pure Purple Flame soul ring failed, and it burned the flesh from his right arm while binding itself to his bones. As the Evil Soul Masters moved to reclaim the ring, Yu Xiaoheng struck Ah Yin away and realized that absorbing its immense power would likely kill him.

• After the dragon corpse lost its support, a pure Purple Flame soul ring emerged from the purple skull and drifted toward Yu Xiaoheng.
• Yu Xiaoheng discarded his temporary soul rings, but the attraction persisted, and the flame ring burned the flesh from his right arm on contact.
• The surviving Evil Soul Masters panicked, while Spirit Emperor Rhine ordered them to seize the ring for him.
• Ah Yin reached toward Yu Xiaoheng, but he struck her across the face and sent her crashing onto the ice.
• Yu Xiaoheng suppressed his pain and recognized that absorbing the Heaven's Wrath ring would likely kill him.

Yu Xiaoheng was caught in the Heaven's Wrath Fire explosion and fell gravely injured onto the snowfield. As he slowly recovered, a pack of Icefield Wolves approached, drawn by the life force radiating from his body.

• The Heaven's Wrath skull spirit bone exploded, and its Purple Flame consumed the Evil Soul Masters and began burning away Yu Yuanzhen's lightning barrier.
• Yu Xiaoheng sent Ah Yin away from the blast's core, then was hurled through the ice cavern's ceiling and fell unconscious onto the snowfield.
• The life force from the four Immortal Herbs slowly began repairing Yu Xiaoheng's ruined body while he lay helpless in the snow.
• A pack of Icefield Wolves surrounded Yu Xiaoheng, drawn by the medicinal power in his body and eyeing the Purplefire Spirit Ring on his exposed right arm.

Yu Xiaoheng realized the metal fragments and vast life force might let him absorb the Heaven's Wrath Soul Ring, but the approaching wolf pack forced him to focus on survival. Meanwhile, Rhine ordered the captives protected and sent Evil Soul Masters across the ice plains to search for his lost power, while Yu Changkong prepared to help Yu Xiaoheng escape.

• Yu Xiaoheng connected Rhine's reaction, the metal fragments, and the sacrifices to a possible method for absorbing the Heaven's Wrath Soul Ring, then noticed the wolf pack drawing near.
• Rhine celebrated the Heaven's Wrath Soul Ring's creation and ordered the captives guarded without harm.
• Evil Soul Masters brought the badly injured Ah Yin and Yu Changkong back to the captives.
• Rhine struck down an Evil Soul Master who tried to approach a female captive and declared the captives his most precious wealth.
• Yu Changkong realized Yu Xiaoheng had destroyed the Purple Flame Core and resolved to wait for the barrier to break before fighting a path to safety.
• Rhine ordered Evil Soul Masters to search the ice plains for his lost power, and they spread out across the snow.

Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi rescued the badly injured Yu Xiaoheng by annihilating the wolf pack that had cornered him. The sisters reached him and sensed a terrifying aura coming from the purple bracelet on his arm.

• Yu Xiaoheng realized that dozens of approaching sounds belonged to Evil Soul Masters and prepared to use his trump card.
• Ice blades struck the wolf pack, killing the ten-thousand-year wolf king and wiping out the other wolves.
• Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi appeared and called out to Yu Xiaoheng, who was stunned to find them alive.
• Yu Xiaoheng's exhaustion and injuries overwhelmed him as Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi hurried to his side.
• The sisters sensed a destructive aura from Yu Xiaoheng's purple bracelet, and Shui Yun'er made a decision after a brief hesitation.

Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi helped the wounded Yu Xiaoheng across the snowfield, and he eventually passed out in their arms. They brought him to a hidden ice cave, where the Heaven's Wrath aura from his right arm terrified the Skywater Academy students.

• Shui Yun'er leaned against Yu Xiaoheng to keep him warm, and Shui Lingxi supported him from the other side.
• Yu Xiaoheng questioned the sisters' kindness but, weakened by blood loss and pain, relaxed and lost consciousness.
• Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi carried Yu Xiaoheng into a concealed ice cave where Skywater Academy students were gathered.
• The students recoiled from the destructive aura of Yu Xiaoheng's purple bracelet, and some drew their weapons.
• Shui Yun'er told the students that Yu Xiaoheng was not an enemy, but a trembling student warned that her Martial Soul was wailing.

Lin Qinglan revealed that the Evil Soul Masters were searching the snowfield for Yu Xiaoheng and offering safe passage beyond the barrier to anyone who handed him over. She ordered Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi to surrender him, but they protected the unconscious Yu Xiaoheng as Lin Qinglan prepared to force them aside.

• Lin Qinglan told the group that the Evil Soul Masters had spread a search net across the snowfield for Yu Xiaoheng.
• Lin Qinglan explained that the Evil Soul Masters promised safety and passage beyond the barrier to anyone who gave them information about Yu Xiaoheng or handed him over.
• Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi protected the injured, unconscious Yu Xiaoheng when Lin Qinglan ordered them to hand him over.
• Lin Qinglan unleashed her Spirit King pressure and prepared to move the Shui sisters by force.

Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi protected the unconscious Yu Xiaoheng from Lin Qinglan, and their clash ended in a tense truce. As Yu Xiaoheng remained lost in a painful unconsciousness, the barrier formed by the Primordial Purple Fire continued to dissipate slowly.

• Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi merged into the Ice Snow Phoenix and charged Lin Qinglan to protect Yu Xiaoheng.
• Lin Qinglan used her Azure Wave Cage, but the Ice Snow Phoenix froze and shattered the water sphere; both sides suffered from the clash.
• Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi returned to human form and stood guard over Yu Xiaoheng, while Lin Qinglan agreed to stop fighting to avoid attracting the Evil Soul Masters.
• Lin Qinglan reflected on Yu Xiaoheng's past sacrifices and grudgingly accepted that the sisters were protecting him.
• Yu Xiaoheng remained unconscious in a dark, painful sea of consciousness as the Primordial Purple Fire barrier dissipated slowly.