Chapter Summaries

Gu Xi told Xue Nianbing about her supposed ties to Xu Tianran and shared what she knew about the Holy Spirit Cult. She then began recounting conflicting stories about Ye Xishui, Mu En, and Long Xiaoyao, leaving their complicated past unresolved.

• Gu Xi claimed Xu Tianran had secretly trained her as a countermeasure against the Holy Spirit Cult and said she wanted the Ice Snow Palace's help to take revenge on the cult.
• Gu Xi outlined the Holy Spirit Cult's hierarchy and said its ranks included two Limit Douluos, Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao and Death Douluo.
• Xue Nianbing recalled Long Xiaoyao's connection to Mu En and Ye Xishui, then coaxed Gu Xi into sharing what she had learned about their past.
• Gu Xi identified Ye Xishui as the Holy Spirit Cult's Supreme Sect Leader and described how Mu En and Long Xiaoyao became rivals after meeting her.
• Gu Xi recounted one version in which Ye Xishui asked both men to duel for the right to court her, but neither appeared, leading her to become an Evil Soul Master.

Xue Nianbing and Gu Xi discussed Ye Xishui’s past and the Holy Spirit Cult, while Gu Xi concealed some of what she knew. Xue Nianbing left uncertain about Gu Xi’s secrets and resolved to keep probing her as they went out together.

• Gu Xi argued that Ye Xishui had been sent by the previous Holy Spirit Cult master to manipulate Mu En and Long Xiaoyao, and Xue Nianbing called her both vicious and pitiful.
• Xue Nianbing said he could not judge Ye Xishui’s nature without knowing her circumstances, though he preferred her looks to those of the previous cult master.
• Gu Xi revealed that Old Ghost Zhongli had tried to force himself on Ye Xishui and that Ye Xishui killed him, taking control of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Xue Nianbing suspected Ye Xishui had possessed a means to resist an Evil Soul Master of Limit Douluo strength and decided he needed to investigate Gu Xi further.
• Gu Xi shared some information about the Evil Soul Masters while withholding other details, and Xue Nianbing told her to continue investigating from Xu Tianran’s side.
• After praising Gu Xi’s smile, Xue Nianbing suggested they eat and take a walk, and they shifted to casual conversation.

Xue Nianbing spent the evening with Gu Xi, who was secretly Ye Xishui, while both tried to manipulate the other for their own purposes. The Rakshasa God's Divine Sense believed Ye Xishui had already lost their wager, and the next morning Xue Nianbing headed to the crowded Soul Tool Trial Arena.

• Xue Nianbing and Gu Xi toured Mingdu and an entertainment venue, then returned to the academy after sharing a flirtatious evening.
• Gu Xi questioned the Rakshasa God's Divine Sense, which said Xue Nianbing carried no divine aura and likely held a God King inheritance.
• Gu Xi learned that losing his inheritance would not kill Xue Nianbing, and the Rakshasa God's Divine Sense privately decided Ye Xishui had lost their wager and planned to seize the opportunity.
• Gu Xi returned to her dormitory and told her roommate Nana that she had seen Xue Nianbing, prompting Nana to wonder if he could restore her soul.
• The next morning, Xue Nianbing sent Meng Hongchen and the other two women to rest in the Ice and Snow Plane, then went to the crowded Soul Tool Trial Arena.

Xue Nianbing defeated several challengers at the sparring match, drawing the interest of Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen. Gu Xi agreed to bring Nana along when she visited Xue Nianbing, while Nana concealed her real reason for seeking him out.

• Xue Nianbing easily defeated a team of three Sixth Tier Soul Engineers and then beat Jing Ziyan, who vowed to challenge him again.
• Jing Ziyan watched Xue Nianbing fight and reunited with Ji Juechen, who recognized spear intent in Xue Nianbing's weapon and became interested in challenging him.
• Gu Xi told Nana she had enjoyed spending time with Xue Nianbing the previous night, and Nana blushed when Gu Xi teased her about falling for him.
• Nana asked Gu Xi about her relationship with Xue Nianbing, and Gu Xi agreed to bring Nana along when she went to find him.

Xue Nianbing faced the returning Ji Juechen in a weapon-only spar, and the two began exploring each other’s martial intent. Their clash left them in a remarkable state of comprehension, with Jing Hongchen recognizing their potential.

• Nana thanked Gu Xi, who teased her about being a love rival.
• Xue Nianbing defeated more than a hundred students, including Mika and other familiar opponents from Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Ji Juechen entered the arena with Jing Hongchen’s approval, and the audience anticipated a clash between his sword and Xue Nianbing’s spear.
• Ji Juechen asked Xue Nianbing to let him feel the spear intent he had long pursued, and Xue Nianbing accepted the challenge.
• The two fought without Soul Skills, then shifted from testing strength to contesting intent as their weapons and movements seemed to merge into momentum.
• Jing Hongchen watched the pair enter a powerful state of comprehension and told Lin Jiayi to keep nurturing Ji Juechen.

Xue Nianbing and Ji Juechen exchanged Spear Momentum and Sword Momentum in a decisive duel, which Xue Nianbing won. Ji Juechen accepted the loss and asked for another spar, but Xue Nianbing refused so he could spend time with his girlfriend.

• Ji Juechen comprehended his own path as his Sword Momentum grew, while Xue Nianbing gained insight into a new martial soul and broke through to rank sixty-nine.
• Ji Juechen challenged Xue Nianbing to decide the match with one move and unleashed a powerful sword strike.
• Xue Nianbing answered with Spear Momentum, and his Frosty Ice Spear shattered Ji Juechen's sword radiance before sending him flying.
• Ji Juechen admitted defeat, and Xue Nianbing helped him up as the spectators applauded their duel.
• Ji Juechen looked forward to sparring again, but Xue Nianbing refused because he wanted to spend time with his girlfriend.

Xue Nianbing ended his sparring session to spend time with his girlfriends, then went with Gu Xi and Nana to their dormitory. There, Gu Xi demanded that he return Nana’s soul, leaving Nana stunned that Gu Xi knew about it.

• Ji Juechen asked to spar with Xue Nianbing again, but Xue Nianbing said he had more than one girlfriend and ended the session.
• Xue Nianbing told Lin Jiayi and the spectators he was leaving to keep his girlfriends company, and Jing Hongchen supported his decision.
• Gu Xi and Nana intercepted Xue Nianbing, and Gu Xi tried to persuade him to cut ties with his other women, but he refused.
• Xue Nianbing accompanied Gu Xi and Nana to their dormitory after declining to let them into his Small Villa.
• Gu Xi demanded that Xue Nianbing return Nana’s soul, and Nana asked how Gu Xi had discovered its special nature.

Xue Nianbing returned Nana’s soul, which had grown stronger while in his care, and Gu Xi teased Nana about her feelings for him. Gu Xi then revealed that she knew Nana had been forced to join the Holy Spirit Cult and began explaining her own plans concerning the cult, before proposing an idea to Xue Nianbing.

• Gu Xi told Xue Nianbing that Nana had wanted her to ask him for her soul back, while Nana blushed and denied having feelings for him.
• Xue Nianbing returned Nana’s soul, and Nana thanked him as she noticed that her soul and martial soul had become stronger.
• Xue Nianbing warned Nana not to let her soul merge completely with her martial soul again, while Nana wondered whether more time with him could improve her further.
• Gu Xi revealed that she knew Nana was a Saint forced to join the Holy Spirit Cult, and Nana panicked when she realized that Xue Nianbing knew too.
• Gu Xi explained that she had come to the academy to recruit Xue Nianbing against the Holy Spirit Cult and had chosen to help Nana along the way.
• Gu Xi told Xue Nianbing that she had an idea, and he invited her to explain it.

Xue Nianbing agreed to help Nana attack the Holy Spirit Cult branch with Gu Xi, then the three of them stormed its hidden base in Mingdu. Gu Xi began fighting the guards with her Bright Phoenix Martial Soul as the branch’s Evil Soul Masters confronted them.

• Nana explained what she knew about the branch, including its Evil Soul Saint Branch Elder and the imprisoned souls she wanted to rescue.
• Xue Nianbing, Gu Xi, and Nana agreed to meet three days later and attack the branch together.
• Three days later, Nana led Xue Nianbing and Gu Xi to the branch, but Xue Nianbing ignored her plan to approach cautiously and kicked open the entrance.
• Xue Nianbing killed the first guards, drawing more Evil Soul Masters into the courtyard, where one recognized Nana as a traitor.
• Gu Xi summoned her Bright Phoenix Martial Soul and launched her fourth Soul Skill, Bright Star Fire Rain, against the Evil Soul Masters.

Gu Xi and Xue Nianbing infiltrated an Evil Soul Master branch and confronted its two Holy Spirits. Gu Xi annihilated the guards, while Xue Nianbing overwhelmed the Holy Spirits and left Gu Xi to choose one.

• Gu Xi used Bright Star Fire Rain to burn the Evil Soul Masters to ashes, leading Xue Nianbing to suspect her Soul Rings were disguised.
• Nana explained that the Evil Soul Emperor and Evil Soul Saint were unlikely to learn of the attack unless someone reported it, so the three headed underground.
• Nana opened a hidden passage beneath a table and led Gu Xi and Xue Nianbing into a large underground hall.
• The Great Holy Spirit and Second Holy Spirit recognized Nana as Saint No. 6, accused her of betraying the Holy Sect, and attacked the group.
• Xue Nianbing revealed five black Soul Rings and one red Soul Ring, chased down the fleeing Holy Spirits, and shattered their attacks with his Frosty Ice Spear.
• Xue Nianbing knocked both Holy Spirits back with a sweep of his spear and asked Gu Xi to choose one.

Gu Xi and Xue Nianbing defeated the Great Holy Spirit and the Second Holy Spirit in the basement, then discovered that the Evil Soul Saint was already dead. The dead man's soul tried to possess Xue Nianbing, but his defenses stopped it, and Xue Nianbing prepared to deal with the intruder.

• Gu Xi used her Bright Phoenix Martial Soul and Light Power to weaken the Great Holy Spirit while protecting herself and Nana from the vengeful souls.
• Xue Nianbing defeated the Second Holy Spirit and tortured him for the suffering he had inflicted on his victims.
• Gu Xi killed the Great Holy Spirit with her sixth soul skill, Light Prison-Suppressing Kill, destroying the Ten Thousand Soul Banner as well.
• Xue Nianbing sensed a lifeless figure deeper in the basement and suspected the Evil Soul Saint was dead.
• A sinister wind tried to possess Xue Nianbing, but Gu Xi stopped Nana from intervening as his defenses repelled the soul.
• Xue Nianbing recognized the attacker as likely the Branch Elder and gathered gray-gold power to keep him from escaping.

Xue Nianbing purified the Evil Soul Saint and freed the souls trapped within him, allowing Nana to reunite briefly with her parents. Afterward, he spoke with Gu Xi about godhood and staying with the women he loved, leaving her shaken when he promised to bring her along.

• Xue Nianbing used the Purification Mantra to burn away the Evil Soul Saint's evil aura and release the souls imprisoned inside him.
• The Evil Soul Saint called Xue Nianbing the Holy Son and urged him to find the Holy Emperor before his soul exploded.
• Nana recognized her parents among the freed souls and shared a tearful final moment with them as they faded away.
• Xue Nianbing told Gu Xi that the Evil Soul Saint had tried to possess him and explained his purification ability vaguely.
• Xue Nianbing said he wanted to become a god with his family, or grow old with them if he failed, then promised to bring Gu Xi along, prompting her to ask why.

Xue Nianbing and Gu Xi discussed his plan to infiltrate the Holy Spirit Cult by pretending to be its Holy Son, while Nana said goodbye to her parents’ fading souls. After Xue Nianbing brought Nana back to the academy, she woke to find herself still holding his arm.

• Xue Nianbing claimed he was the Ice Snow Palace Master, but Gu Xi did not believe him, and they discussed his plan to infiltrate the Holy Spirit Cult as its presumed Holy Son.
• Xue Nianbing teased Gu Xi about Ye Xishui, while Gu Xi grew angry and privately considered how to punish him.
• Nana clung to Xue Nianbing as her parents’ souls vanished, and she cried herself to sleep in his arms.
• Xue Nianbing carried Nana from the branch, froze the basement with Extreme Ice, and the Holy Spirit Cult Branch later exploded into rubble.
• Nana woke in her dormitory and realized she was still holding Xue Nianbing’s arm, but she chose not to let go.

Nana and Gu Xi pretended to sleep while Xue Nianbing rested, but he saw through them and left after gently comforting Nana and waking Gu Xi. The next morning, after spending the night with Meng Hongchen, Juzi, and Keke, he resumed the final day of sparring and continued defeating his opponents, while Jing Hongchen anticipated the Hongchen Family’s bright future.

• Nana kept hugging the sleeping Xue Nianbing while Gu Xi pretended to sleep nearby, and Xue Nianbing later teased them before telling Nana to rest and leaving.
• Xue Nianbing woke Gu Xi before he departed, prompting her to vow to shout him awake after he fell asleep.
• The next morning, Xue Nianbing got up beside Meng Hongchen, Juzi, and Keke, helped them dress, and headed to the Trial Arena for the final day of sparring.
• Xue Nianbing seriously defeated a seven-person team led by three Sixth Tier Soul Engineers and then faced a weaker group of contestants.
• Jing Hongchen concluded that Xue Nianbing was likely to win the bet and imagined the benefits his connection to Xue Nianbing would bring the Hongchen Family.

Xue Nianbing defeated the last group of contestants before facing Gu Xi, the final challenger. After their banter over rare-metal quotas and a wager, Gu Xi attacked to test his strength, leaving their match underway.

• Xue Nianbing used his Shadow of Ice Soul Skill to eliminate the seven Soul Engineers who teamed up against him.
• Lin Jiayi announced Gu Xi as the final contestant, and the audience reacted to her beauty and rumors that she liked Xue Nianbing.
• Xue Nianbing offered to put in a good word for Gu Xi and give her rare metals if she forfeited, and she jokingly demanded that he pay with his body.
• Gu Xi realized Xue Nianbing had baited her into his joke and challenged him to let her beat him first.
• Gu Xi summoned her Golden Flame Soul Guiding Spear and charged at Xue Nianbing.

Xue Nianbing and Gu Xi fought in the Trial Arena, where Gu Xi revealed she was a Seventh Rank Soul Engineer and matched him with her Golden Flame Soul Guiding Spear. Xue Nianbing unleashed a powerful ice ability that engulfed the arena in steam, leaving the fight's outcome unseen.

• Spectators recognized Gu Xi's Golden Flame Soul Guiding Spear as a seventh rank Soul Tool, and Jing Hongchen realized she had been hiding her strength.
• Xue Nianbing and Gu Xi traded blows and flirtatious taunts as their ice and golden flames clashed.
• Gu Xi used her Phoenix Fireline and Light Power Soul Skills, keeping pace with Xue Nianbing's Frosty Slash: Ice Mark and surprising the audience.
• Gu Xi secretly held back so Xue Nianbing would not discover her full strength, but his teasing provoked her into using her Fifth Soul Skill.
• Xue Nianbing used Ice Eye Snow Pupil to unleash a blizzard and ice spikes that covered Gu Xi's Golden Flame Fire Pillars in steam, obscuring the arena.

Xue Nianbing fought Gu Xi inside the vapor created by her Ice Eye Snow Pupil, then accidentally struck her chest while turning his punch into a palm. Gu Xi became furious, and Xue Nianbing offered her a favor before the vapor cleared.

• The spectators and referee worried about what was happening inside the vapor, while Jing Hongchen reassured them that the contestants knew their limits.
• Gu Xi struggled to locate Xue Nianbing through the vapor as he teased her and demanded that she admit defeat.
• Xue Nianbing attacked Gu Xi with his Sky Frost Fist, and she blocked it with her Golden Flame Soul Guiding Spear, which began to crack.
• Xue Nianbing turned his punch into a palm and accidentally struck Gu Xi's chest, then blurted out a comparison when she asked about Meng Hongchen.
• Gu Xi grabbed Xue Nianbing's collar and struck his chest, but he caught her wrist when she tried to slap his face.
• Xue Nianbing promised Gu Xi a favor as the vapor began to disappear.

Xue Nianbing defeated Gu Xi in the final match of the Exchange Sparring Match, then met Jing Hongchen to discuss joining Ice Snow Palace and the fallout over Experimental Subject No. 1. After revealing that he had another reason for coming, Xue Nianbing changed his aura and left Jing Hongchen facing an unexpected display of authority.

• Xue Nianbing treated Gu Xi's injury after their match, and Gu Xi confirmed that he had won.
• Lin Jiayi announced Xue Nianbing as the victor and declared the Exchange Sparring Match over.
• Xue Nianbing met Jing Hongchen, who agreed to move the Hongchen Family's foundation to Ice Snow City and join Ice Snow Palace after the next Soul Fighting Competition.
• Jing Hongchen told Xue Nianbing that the loss of Experimental Subject No. 1 could lead to his removal as Hall Master of Ming Detang, then handed him the rare metals he had won.
• Xue Nianbing isolated Jing Hongchen's office and revealed that he had another reason for coming, then changed his aura into that of a commanding superior.

Xue Nianbing revealed to Jing Hongchen that he was the Ice Snow Palace Master, then returned to the dorm and told Meng Hongchen, Juzi, and Keke. The chapter ended after the four spent an intimate evening together.

• Xue Nianbing told Jing Hongchen that he secretly controlled Ice Snow Palace and was its Palace Master.
• Jing Hongchen was shocked, then accepted the revelation and felt pleased that Xue Nianbing had come to see Meng Hongchen.
• Xue Nianbing returned to the dorm, where Meng Hongchen, Juzi, and Keke were preparing dinner.
• Xue Nianbing teased the three girls and took Keke to the living room, while Meng Hongchen and Juzi continued cooking.
• Xue Nianbing explained to Meng Hongchen, Juzi, and Keke that he was the Ice Snow Palace Master, and they eventually believed him.
• The four finished dinner after an intimate evening together.

Xue Nianbing found a new path for Proud Snow Lingering Frost after Long Shuang suggested he develop it as a divine weapon, with the Ice Dragon Origin as his fundamental power. Later, Nana asked to keep her soul with him, and he agreed on the condition that he wanted her.

• Meng Hongchen and the other two returned to the Ice and Snow Plane to recover after their battle.
• Long Shuang advised Xue Nianbing to make Proud Snow Lingering Frost a divine weapon rather than a Martial Soul, while relying on the Ice Dragon Origin as his fundamental power.
• Xue Nianbing accepted Long Shuang’s suggestion and decided to keep developing Proud Snow Lingering Frost as a weapon he could use for life.
• Nana visited Xue Nianbing and thanked him for his previous help before asking to continue storing her soul with him.
• Xue Nianbing told Nana he would let her store her soul with him on one condition: he wanted her.