Chapter Summaries

Xue Qinghe intervened when Ye Lingling decided to leave the Imperial Dou Team, then approached Yu Mingfei to make his acquaintance. When Xue Qinghe patted Yu Mingfei’s shoulder, he suddenly saw that the Angel’s First Trial, Search for Traces of the Ice Fire Dragon King, had been completed.

• Yu Mingfei supported Dugu Yan’s decision to leave the Imperial Dou Team and asked Ye Lingling what she wanted to do.
• Ye Lingling told Yu Tianheng she wanted to leave the team and offered to return the academy’s resources.
• Xue Qinghe assured Ye Lingling that Heaven Dou Royal Academy would not demand compensation, and Yu Tianheng accepted her departure.
• Xue Qinghe introduced himself to Yu Mingfei, who teased him about being busy; Xue Qinghe then patted Yu Mingfei’s shoulder.
• Xue Qinghe stiffened and saw that his Angel’s First Trial, Search for Traces of the Ice Fire Dragon King, was completed.

Xue Qinghe learned that Yu Mingfei was the Ice Fire Dragon King and resolved to approach him after the Angel God's trial evolved his Disguise Soul Bone. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Yu Mingfei accidentally invented a drug that left Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling weak and crying, naming it Sad Crisp Clear Wind.

• Xue Qinghe was shocked when the Angel God's trial identified Yu Mingfei as the Ice Fire Dragon King, then asked Ning Fengzhi about the mutations in Yu Mingfei's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Yu Mingfei carried the Yu Family's earth, water, fire, and wind mutated bloodlines, and Xue Qinghe concealed his amusement while deciding Yu Mingfei was worth approaching.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Yu Mingfei prepared herbs while telling Dugu Yan she could begin restoring her Poison Arts cultivation.
• Dugu Yan inhaled the drug Yu Mingfei had concocted, lost her strength, and began crying uncontrollably; Ye Lingling was affected when she rushed to help.
• Yu Mingfei sealed the jar and suggested Dugu Yan use the drug in a new direction for her martial soul, calling it Sad Crisp Clear Wind and joking that Pear Blossom With Rain suited her tears.

Yu Mingfei explained how Dugu Yan’s poison immunity could be disrupted before advising her to use medicine in other ways. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi questioned Ning Rongrong about her wish to return to Shrek Academy when a burst of sword qi erupted from the rear mountain.

• Yu Mingfei explained that Dugu Yan’s immunity relied on a fragile balance from his Dragon Blood and the two Immortal Herbs, which he had disrupted with Pear Blossom With Rain.
• Yu Mingfei told Dugu Yan that other medicines could affect the body even when poison could not, then wondered whether medicine could induce emotions.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Ning Rongrong what she thought of meeting members of noble families, and she admitted she found the conversations exhausting.
• Ning Rongrong asked to gain experience away from home and hoped to return to Shrek Academy, prompting Ning Fengzhi to question her attachment to it.
• Sword qi shot into the heavens from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Rear Mountain.

Chen Xin emerged from seclusion with his Soul Power at the threshold of level 97, crediting Yu Mingfei’s words about the Soul Core for awakening his insight. After learning from Ning Fengzhi’s expression that something might have happened to Yu Mingfei, Chen Xin prepared to confront Dugu Bo.

• Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong went to Chen Xin’s residence after sensing his emergence from seclusion.
• Gu Rong arrived, and Chen Xin revealed that although he remained at level 96, he was close to breaking through to level 97.
• Chen Xin credited Yu Mingfei’s words about the Soul Core with helping him see through his bottleneck.
• Chen Xin noticed Ning Fengzhi’s embarrassment and feared something had happened to Yu Mingfei, possibly involving Dugu Bo.
• Chen Xin gathered his Sword Qi and set out to confront Dugu Bo, but Ning Fengzhi stopped him.

Ning Fengzhi learned that Yu Mingfei had gone to Dugu Bo and discovered his Martial Soul had become extraordinarily powerful, so the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect planned to approach him. At Heaven Dou Palace, Golden Crocodile Douluo confronted Xue Qinghe over the Divine Trial and demanded that he either abandon it or join Spirit Hall.

• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin that Yu Mingfei was with Dugu Bo, after resolving Dugu Yan’s poison problem, and Chen Xin urged him to maintain ties with Dugu Bo.
• Ning Fengzhi described Yu Mingfei’s changed Martial Soul and powerful Soul Fighting performance, prompting Chen Xin to agree to take Ning Rongrong to visit him.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that a Spirit Hall elder had arrived with ill intent and that Chen Xin and Gu Rong were needed to support the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo confronted Xue Qinghe at court and offered him two choices: abandon the Divine Trial or give up the Crown Prince position and join Spirit Hall.

Golden Crocodile Douluo pressured the Heaven Dou court to make Xue Qinghe surrender his Divine Trial, but Xue Qinghe stood against him and offered to give it up if Spirit Hall restored Xue Ye’s health. His sacrifice shocked the court and left Xue Ye deeply moved, while Golden Crocodile Douluo privately recognized Xue Qinghe’s extraordinary acting.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo released his level 98 pressure in the court, forcing Chen Xin and Gu Rong to struggle to protect Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe stepped forward to shield Xue Ye and endured Golden Crocodile Douluo’s pressure until a Swan Phantom appeared behind him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo withdrew his pressure and praised the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s Swan Martial Soul.
• Xue Qinghe said he was willing to surrender the Divine Trial if Spirit Hall restored Xue Ye’s health.
• Xue Ye was shaken by Xue Qinghe’s offer, while Golden Crocodile Douluo privately marveled at his acting.

Xue Qinghe secured Spirit Hall’s recognition of his Angel’s Divine Trial by agreeing to visit Spirit City, while privately planning to involve himself with Yu Mingfei. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Bo recommended the Extreme North Region or the sea as places to find the ice- and water-attribute Soul Beasts Yu Mingfei needed.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo offered to recognize Xue Qinghe’s Divine Trial if he passed down the throne at sixty and later joined Spirit Hall.
• Xue Qinghe agreed to travel to Spirit City to seek medicine for Xue Ye, and Golden Crocodile Douluo departed.
• Xue Qinghe thanked Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong, then learned they planned to visit Yu Mingfei.
• Xue Qinghe decided to follow them, hoping to see Yu Mingfei and fulfill his Angel’s Second Trial.
• Dugu Bo told Yu Mingfei that the Extreme North Region or the sea offered the best choices of powerful ice- and water-attribute Soul Beasts.

Yu Mingfei planned to seek an ice- or water-attributed Soul Beast for his third Soul Skill, while Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong came to visit him and clear up the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s misunderstanding. Dugu Bo ambushed them with a strange poison that made them cry, leaving Chen Xin furious and humiliated.

• Yu Mingfei agreed to travel for an ice- or water-attributed Soul Beast after Dugu Bo and Ye Lingling were settled.
• Chen Xin brought Ning Rongrong to Dugu Bo’s valley to visit Yu Mingfei and explain the sect’s misunderstanding.
• Dugu Bo and Chen Xin realized that each had broken through and Dugu Bo challenged Chen Xin to take one move from him.
• Dugu Bo transformed into his Emerald Great Snake Avatar and secretly used a poison that made Ning Rongrong and Chen Xin cry.
• Chen Xin demanded that Dugu Bo remove the poison, but his tears kept flowing as Dugu Bo laughed at him.

Dugu Bo brought Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong to the valley and gave them the antidote, ending the poison’s effects. Chen Xin then took Ning Rongrong to meet Yu Mingfei at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where she was astonished by his transformed appearance.

• Dugu Bo teased Chen Xin before handing him a foul-smelling antidote that stopped the poison’s effects on him and Ning Rongrong.
• Dugu Bo warned Chen Xin to keep Ning Rongrong away from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and told them Yu Mingfei was by the spring.
• Chen Xin surveyed the dangerous valley, spotted an unusual Blue Silver Grass, and led Ning Rongrong toward the spring under his protection.
• Yu Mingfei greeted Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong at the shore of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ning Rongrong stared in amazement at Yu Mingfei’s golden eyes, Dragon Horns, and Dragon Tail, and asked whether Martial Soul Mutation could change someone so much.

Chen Xin brought Ning Rongrong to ask Yu Mingfei whether the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda could overcome its rank limit, hoping his Martial Soul mutation might offer a clue. Yu Mingfei considered the connection between Soul Cores and Dugu Bo’s poison pill, then began explaining that mutated and ordinary Martial Souls differed.

• Yu Mingfei greeted Chen Xin politely but made clear he felt no further obligation to him or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Xin explained that the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda could have only seven Soul Rings, leaving its masters unable to advance beyond rank seventy-nine, and asked Yu Mingfei if it could break that limit.
• Chen Xin cited Yu Mingfei’s rise from rank nine to rank thirty and his earlier remarks about Soul Cores, saying they had helped Chen Xin approach rank ninety-seven.
• Chen Xin revealed that the sect had searched the Star Dou Great Forest for rare treasures, using Ye Lingling’s sensing ability, but the Soul Beast Tide and Titan Giant Ape encounter had thwarted the effort.
• Yu Mingfei realized Dugu Bo’s poison pill could function like a Soul Core and considered why Ye Lingling had failed to sense the immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Yu Mingfei told Chen Xin that mutated Martial Souls and ordinary Martial Souls were ultimately different.

Yu Mingfei told Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong that changing an ordinary Martial Soul required painful destruction and rebirth, leaving them without a solution for the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda. After they departed, Xue Qinghe visited Yu Mingfei and asked him to accompany him to Spirit City, ending by asking what Yu Mingfei thought of him.

• Yu Mingfei explained that he had tempered his body in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for three days, repeatedly enduring destruction and healing, and suggested rare treasures might still offer hope for Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul.
• Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong left Dugu Bo’s valley disappointed, while Xue Qinghe arrived and greeted them.
• Xue Qinghe told Yu Mingfei he wanted help finding medicine for the Emperor in Spirit City and asked Yu Mingfei to accompany him.
• Yu Mingfei questioned why Xue Qinghe had chosen him, and Xue Qinghe grabbed his arm and asked what he thought of him.

Yu Mingfei confronted Xue Qinghe about the Angel God’s Divine Trial and realized it was connected to him. After learning how much Yu Mingfei knew about other divine inheritances, Xue Qinghe was left shocked, while Yu Mingfei planned to use his connection to the trial to reach the Sea God’s inheritance.

• Xue Qinghe praised Yu Mingfei and urged him to join the Crown Prince’s cause, but Yu Mingfei suspected he was being recruited for a Divine Trial.
• Yu Mingfei asked whether Xue Qinghe’s Divine Trial was related to him, and Xue Qinghe admitted that the Angel God’s trial required companions to travel to Spirit City.
• Xue Qinghe claimed he had sought suitable candidates throughout Heaven Dou City and said a Divine Assessment could not be circumvented by recruiting powerful experts.
• Yu Mingfei revealed his knowledge of Sea God Island, the City of Slaughter, Spirit Hall, and their divine inheritances, leaving Xue Qinghe visibly shocked.
• Yu Mingfei concluded that other Gods might be watching him and considered using Xue Qinghe’s identity to enter the Sea God Trial and obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

Xue Qinghe negotiated with Yu Mingfei to win his help in bringing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect under his influence, while Yu Mingfei planned to use the bargain to gain benefits. The next day, Xue Qinghe told Ning Fengzhi and the others that Yu Mingfei knew of possible ways to evolve their Martial Souls and would search for them, leaving the sect hopeful and indebted to him.

• Xue Qinghe offered Yu Mingfei a high position and asked him to make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect serve him, and Yu Mingfei decided to use the negotiation to secure benefits.
• Yu Mingfei agreed to Xue Qinghe's proposal and began stating his demand.
• At Moonlight Pavilion, Xue Qinghe told Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Rongrong that Yu Mingfei had identified Divine Trials and rare Immortal Herbs as possible paths to Martial Soul evolution.
• Xue Qinghe said Yu Mingfei planned to search dangerous regions for those opportunities while hunting his third Soul Ring, accompanied by Poison Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi thanked Xue Qinghe on behalf of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Xue Qinghe privately noted that Yu Mingfei wanted the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from the imperial treasury.

Yu Mingfei left Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and traveled with Chen Xin through Sunset Forest, supposedly to hunt for a Soul Ring. The pair encountered a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger that seemed to have been stalking Yu Mingfei, leaving them facing an unexpected threat.

• Yu Mingfei reassured Dugu Bo that Chen Xin could protect him, then urged Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well; Dugu Yan decided to try the Immortal Herb he had mentioned.
• Yu Mingfei set out with Chen Xin and said he wanted an ice- or water-attributed Soul Ring, while privately treating the trip as an excuse to involve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Xin offered to carry Yu Mingfei north toward the Extreme North, believing the region might hold Immortal Herbs and Divine Trials.
• Chen Xin sensed something approaching, and Yu Mingfei recognized the lurking beast as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Yu Mingfei suspected the tiger had followed him from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well because it sensed the life force and powers he carried.

Yu Mingfei warned Chen Xin about the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s dangerous abilities, and Chen Xin fought the beast while taking precautions. When Chen Xin struck what he thought was its Black Hole technique, the tiger revealed that its real target was Yu Mingfei.

• Yu Mingfei warned Chen Xin that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was cunning and described its Evil God Hook, Black Hole technique, speed, and vulnerabilities.
• Chen Xin halted his advance and listened as Yu Mingfei began explaining how to counter the tiger’s abilities.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger attacked Chen Xin and Yu Mingfei with dark-red blades and a charge, and Chen Xin met it with his Seven Kill Sword.
• Chen Xin wounded the tiger and knocked aside its Dark Demon Evil Thunder, then prepared a Mental Power attack when its Evil God Hook began to rise.
• Chen Xin split the gray-black sphere, realized the tiger had tricked him, and saw the Evil God Hook point toward Yu Mingfei.

Yu Mingfei and Chen Xin killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger after it nearly pulled Yu Mingfei into its Black Hole. The tiger’s remnant soul then forced its Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring onto Yu Mingfei, triggering a clash with the Ice Fire Dragon King’s souls that awakened Word Spirit: Nine Infants as ice and crimson flames erupted.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger created a Black Hole to drag Yu Mingfei into its Duel Space, while Chen Xin realized its attack too late to stop it.
• Yu Mingfei repeatedly used Instant, Flight, and Lord Flame, but the Black Hole’s suction continued pulling him toward the tiger.
• Chen Xin pierced the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with the Seven Kill Sword, destroyed the Black Hole, and killed it with a sword strike to its brow.
• A Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and a black Evil Bead emerged from the tiger’s corpse, and its remnant soul drove them toward Yu Mingfei.
• Yu Mingfei struck the Evil Bead as the Soul Ring attached to him, and the tiger’s Soul Shock collided with the Ice Fire Dragon King’s two dragon souls in his mind.
• Yu Mingfei absorbed the Ice Fire Dragon King’s remaining power, invented Word Spirit: Nine Infants, and unleashed freezing cold followed by crimson flames.

Yu Mingfei was swallowed by a Spatial Rift after the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s lingering soul triggered a devastating awakening of the Ice Fire Dragon King’s power. Dugu Bo blamed Chen Xin for failing to protect him and attacked with his Ninth Soul Skill, while Chen Xin stood by in remorse.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s lingering soul tried to kill Yu Mingfei through its soul ring, but the Ice Fire Dragon King’s remnant souls shattered its Soul Shock and gave rise to the Word Spirit: Nine Infants.
• Yu Mingfei’s power froze and then burned everything around him, while the resulting clash tore open a Spatial Rift that swallowed him.
• Chen Xin broke free of the ice and tried to grab Yu Mingfei, but Yu Mingfei vanished into the rift after telling Dugu Bo to guard the Divine Spring and wait for his return.
• Dugu Bo arrived, saw the ruined battlefield, and accused Chen Xin of failing to guarantee Yu Mingfei’s safety.
• Dugu Bo transformed into his Martial Soul Avatar and unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, Dust of Jade, against Chen Xin.
• Chen Xin let Dugu Bo’s jade light pass through him, closing his eyes in remorse.

Dugu Bo spared Chen Xin after poisoning him, leaving Chen Xin to exile himself and vow to find Yu Mingfei. Yu Mingfei emerged from a Spatial Rift into the Great Sea, discovered he had gained the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and began his third Bloodline Refinement.

• Dugu Bo stopped his Ninth Soul Skill, told Chen Xin that Jade Blood Poison would torment him until Yu Mingfei decided his fate, and returned to guard his granddaughter and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Chen Xin broke through to level ninety-seven, regretted failing to protect Yu Mingfei, and vowed to search the continent for him before exiling himself behind layers of poisonous barriers.
• Yu Mingfei drifted through the Spatial Rift until the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Evil Bead tore open space and dropped him into the Great Sea.
• Yu Mingfei found his Storage Soul Tool and the Evil Bead, then discovered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring had become his third Soul Ring.
• Yu Mingfei realized his Ice Fire Dragon King power had helped him endure the Soul Ring and trigger Bloodline Refinement, which began as his blood heated and his Dragon Horns grew.

Yu Mingfei completed his third Bloodline Refinement, gained a glimpse of the Four Elements, and discovered that his new Soul Skill could devour souls and Soul Power. As he stood on an ice platform in the open sea, a school of Evil Spirit Orcas appeared nearby.

• Yu Mingfei endured the Ice Fire Dragon Kings' power as it transformed his body and strengthened their bloodline within him.
• During the refinement, Yu Mingfei briefly perceived the world as the Four Elements of earth, water, fire, and wind before returning to the sea.
• Yu Mingfei completed the refinement, estimated his Soul Power had risen to level thirty-seven or thirty-eight, and realized he was stranded without knowing his location.
• Yu Mingfei discovered his third Soul Skill, Soul Devour, could consume the souls and Soul Power of dead beings, and considered how to alter it.
• The ice platform shook as hundreds of fins surfaced, and Yu Mingfei recognized the creatures as Evil Spirit Orcas.

Yu Mingfei fled a battle between Evil Spirit Orcas and Demon Soul Great White Sharks, only to discover he had been transported near Sea God Island. He met Xiaobai, the Hundred-Thousand-Year King of Demon Soul Great White Shark, and began trying to win his favor.

• Yu Mingfei recognized the Evil Spirit Orcas and Demon Soul Great White Sharks fighting and decided to fly east toward land.
• More Evil Spirit Orcas surrounded the sharks, revealing their attack was a planned hunt rather than a lone orca being ambushed.
• A gigantic Demon Soul Great White Shark shattered Yu Mingfei's ice platform, and he recognized it as Xiaobai, Sea God Island's guardian beast.
• Yu Mingfei landed on the water and approached Xiaobai, hoping the shark king could help him reach Sea God Island.
• Xiaobai warned Yu Mingfei to leave, but Yu Mingfei praised him and introduced himself through conversation.
• Xiaobai accepted the praise, identified himself, and told Yu Mingfei he could call him Xiaobai.