Chapter Summaries

Niu Tian and Titan learned that Xue Nianbing commanded Di Tian and the other fierce beasts, leaving them wary of returning to the Star Dou Great Forest. Xue Nianbing then asked the two Clear Sky Sect masters for help, and Niu Tian volunteered Titan to handle it.

• Niu Tian and Titan rejoiced when Xiao Dong said they mattered more to her than Tang San, and they promised to protect her.
• Xue Nianbing apologized for his earlier rudeness, but did not accept Titan's suggestion to call them uncles.
• Niu Tian explained that he and Titan had once served under Di Tian, and Titan recalled his rivalry with Xiong Jun.
• Xue Nianbing revealed that Di Tian, Xiong Jun, and the other fierce beasts now had to obey some of his orders, shocking Niu Tian and Titan.
• Xue Nianbing suggested that Niu Tian and Titan visit the Star Dou Great Forest, but they awkwardly said they might go someday.
• Xue Nianbing asked the two for a favor, and Niu Tian immediately promised that Titan would take care of it.

Xue Nianbing asked Titan to spar so he could test his strength, first defeating him with a single punch using only physical power. Titan then unleashed his Martial Soul and Soul Rings, and Xue Nianbing responded by revealing his own overwhelming Martial Soul power, bringing the spar to a higher level.

• Xue Nianbing asked Niu Tian and Titan to let him spar with one of them, and Niu Tian sent Titan forward.
• Xue Nianbing and Titan began sparring in the sky, with both initially holding back their Martial Souls.
• Xue Nianbing punched Titan away with his bare physical strength, shocking both Titan and Niu Tian.
• Titan summoned the Titan Giant Ape and revealed seven black and two red Soul Rings before urging Xue Nianbing to fight seriously.
• Xue Nianbing summoned the Ice Yi Dragon Pearl and revealed six orange-gold Soul Rings and one platinum Soul Ring, overwhelming Titan with his aura.

Xue Nianbing tested his strength against Titan, overpowering him in a series of clashes and defeating him with Sky Frost Fist. After Titan began recovering, Niu Tian asked Xue Nianbing how much of his strength he had used.

• Titan used his first Soul Skill and punched Xue Nianbing, but Xue Nianbing sent him flying into a mountain.
• Titan transformed with his Seventh Soul Skill and attacked with Titan Sky Breaker, while Xue Nianbing blocked it using Mystic Ice Dragon Shield.
• Xue Nianbing dropped his shield and met Titan’s strongest move with a punch, gaining the upper hand through his transformed Martial Soul and Extreme Ice.
• Xue Nianbing broke Titan Sky Breaker and sent Titan crashing through several mountains, then withdrew his strength before the blow could cause worse injuries.
• Niu Tian helped Titan sit down to recover, then asked Xue Nianbing how much of his strength he had used.

Xue Nianbing finished sparring with Titan and then faced Niu Tian in a second match. The battle began with Xue Nianbing unleashing his dragon-based soul skills, and it was still underway as he attacked Niu Tian from every direction.

• Xue Nianbing admitted he had used only about half his strength against Titan, who recovered and said he had been carried away during their fight.
• Titan urged Niu Tian to spar with Xue Nianbing, and Niu Tian accepted after challenging him to fight seriously.
• Niu Tian summoned his Sky Azure Bull Python Martial Soul, while Xue Nianbing called forth the Ice Yi Dragon Pearl and its dragon soul.
• Xue Nianbing attacked with Mystic Ice Dragon Breath, and Niu Tian protected himself with Azure Light Body Protection before countering with Wind Thunder Lightning Rain.
• Xue Nianbing blocked Niu Tian's assault with Mystic Ice Dragon Shields, then empowered the Bing Yi Dragon Soul and sent twenty claw strikes toward Niu Tian.

Xue Nianbing fought Niu Tian, who drew on divine power to withstand his relentless attacks. The battle reached its climax as Xue Nianbing began his strongest technique, Ice Yi—Proud Snow Lingering Frost.

• Niu Tian used Azure Sky Scale Armor, Azure Sky Blade, and Azure Sky Annihilation Divine Lightning to counter Xue Nianbing's attacks, but the Mystic Ice Dragon Domain forced him to use his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Xue Nianbing revealed Bing Yi True Body, freezing the mountain range and intimidating the Clear Sky Sect with the divine dragon's presence.
• Xue Nianbing launched a continuous Spear Rain with the Proud Snow Cold Bow, while Niu Tian tapped into divine power and transformed into a true Deity.
• Xue Nianbing and Niu Tian clashed amid the Spear Rain, with Xue Nianbing using his various techniques as the battle's shockwaves reached Tiantou City.
• Xue Nianbing prepared Ice Yi—Proud Snow Lingering Frost, and Bing Yi transformed into a beam of light that enveloped the technique.

Xue Nianbing demonstrated that his killing move, Ice Yi Proud Snow Lingering Frost, could injure Niu Tian, though it required a long charge and left him exhausted. Back at Clear Sky Fortress, he drank with Niu Tian and Titan, who gave him a God-Bestowed Soul Ring as a welcome gift.

• Xue Nianbing fired Ice Yi Proud Snow Lingering Frost at the Sky Azure Bull Python and injured Niu Tian, who praised the move’s power and noted its flaws.
• Xue Nianbing discussed his strength and training with Niu Tian and Titan before returning with them to Clear Sky Fortress.
• Xue Nianbing learned that Niu Tian and Titan felt compelled to serve God King Tang rather than deeply respect him.
• Niu Tian gave Xue Nianbing a God-Bestowed Soul Ring as a gift from Clear Sky Sect, and Xue Nianbing accepted it.
• Xue Nianbing, Niu Tian, and Titan continued drinking while Wang Dong'er cultivated to reach Level 60.

Xue Nianbing witnessed the Hundred-Thousand-Year sea Soul Beast Embryo hatch into a young woman with unexpected strength. After she tried to escape, he captured her and began questioning her, offering to consider sparing her.

• Youyou alerted Xue Nianbing that the Hundred-Thousand-Year sea Soul Beast Embryo was stirring, and he entered the Ice and Snow Plane to watch it.
• Xue Nianbing helped the trapped woman break out of the embryo by sending in ice-blue energy.
• The woman emerged in adult human form at Soul Emperor level sixty-two, and Xue Nianbing gave her his robe.
• When the woman asked to leave, Xue Nianbing mentioned her potential Soul Ring and Soul Bone, so she used waves to cover her escape.
• Xue Nianbing dispelled the waves, pulled the woman back, and demanded her name, promising to consider sparing her if she answered.

Xue Nianbing learned that Lan Fozi was a newly human-shaped Deep Sea Demon Whale whose bloodline had evolved after gaining his Bing Yi power, then tricked her into believing she was free while keeping her in his own world. After revealing his name and refusing to let her leave for the Human World, he said he expected a benefit for helping her.

• Lan Fozi introduced herself, and Xue Nianbing recognized her name but released her after questioning her.
• Long Shuang told Xue Nianbing that Lan Fozi was a Deep Sea Demon Whale whose bloodline had gained an Ice Attribute alongside Water.
• After wandering the cold, desolate Ice and Snow Plane, Lan Fozi turned back to seek Xue Nianbing and ask about the Human World.
• Xue Nianbing gave Lan Fozi his name and revealed that she was in his world, not the Human World, and that he had never promised to let her leave it.
• Lan Fozi demanded to know what would make him release her, and Xue Nianbing said he expected some benefit for his investment in her.

Xue Nianbing restrained Lan Fozi after she attacked him, then offered her a choice: answer his questions truthfully or face his unwanted advances. Lan Fozi revealed that she had come to the Human World to gather intelligence and avenge her father, while her answer about her mother suggested she was concealing something.

• Xue Nianbing told Lan Fozi that he had helped evolve her bloodline, and she revealed that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King killed by Tang San had been her clan leader.
• Lan Fozi used Deep Sea Demonic Sound against Xue Nianbing, but he nullified the attack and immobilized her before she could self-destruct.
• Xue Nianbing soothed Lan Fozi's chaotic energy and demanded that she answer his questions honestly; she reluctantly praised his looks.
• Lan Fozi admitted that she had entered the Human World to gather information and avenge her father, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Xue Nianbing questioned Lan Fozi about her mother, and she said her mother was still in the sea while appearing to hide something.

Xue Nianbing kept Lan Fozi in the Ice and Snow Plane and offered her a chance to earn her freedom by reaching level seventy or telling him why she was in the Great Sea. After Jiaojiao revealed that Xue Nianbing and Tang San were mortal enemies, Lan Fozi began to feel closer to Xue Nianbing, while he continued his plan to improve her opinion of him.

• Xue Nianbing frightened Lan Fozi by pretending to remove her robe, then gave her women's clothes and asked her to return his robe.
• Xue Nianbing introduced Lan Fozi to Youyou and Jiaojiao, two hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts who had undergone Soul Beast Shaping.
• When Lan Fozi asked to leave, Xue Nianbing told her to reveal the truth or cultivate to level seventy before he would let her go.
• Youyou showed Lan Fozi around the Ice and Snow Plane, and Jiaojiao explained that reaching level seventy would help conceal her identity as a Soul Beast.
• Jiaojiao told Lan Fozi that Xue Nianbing and Tang San were destined to fight until one of them died, prompting Lan Fozi to feel guilty about doubting Xue Nianbing.
• Jiaojiao reported to Xue Nianbing that she had told Lan Fozi, and Xue Nianbing continued his plan to change Lan Fozi's attitude toward him.

At the God Forbidden Land, the Golden Dragon King proposed a way to address the God Realm’s crisis, while Tang San quietly considered using it to descend to Douluo Continent. The gathered gods prepared to confront the outside threat, and Ma Hongjun continued pleading for help reuniting with his beloved as Tang San kept him waiting.

• The Golden Dragon King told the God of Destruction that his method could help the God Realm, and Tang San secretly hoped it would let him descend to the lower realm.
• The God of Evil reported that he was nearing the God Forbidden Land as gods from across the God Realm gathered there.
• Tang San reunited with Xiao Wu and the former Shrek Seven Devils, then told Dai Mubai to command their faction if trouble arose.
• Tang San refused Ma Hongjun’s plea to reunite with his beloved immediately, claiming that the God Realm’s rules prevented him from abusing his authority.
• The God of Destruction ordered the Seven Original Sin Gods to watch Tang San’s allies, then warned the assembled gods that the Ice Dragon Seal had sealed the God Realm against entry, exit, and Divine Sense.

The God of Destruction proposed using the God Realm's remaining divine power to gather the gods' strength and break through the Ice Mist around Ice Dragon. The gods agreed to take the risk but disputed whether the God of Destruction or Tang San should bear the power, so the God of Evil called for a vote while the Golden Dragon King watched and schemed.

• The God of Destruction warned the gathered Deities that the God Realm would soon run out of divine power and proposed combining their strength to tear open the Ice Mist around Ice Dragon.
• The God of Destruction, the God of Evil, and Tang San supported taking the risk, and the other gods agreed as well.
• Tang San volunteered to bear the gods' power, but the God of Destruction argued that he should do it instead because he did not trust Tang San.
• The God of Evil stopped their argument and arranged a concealed vote to choose who would bear the power.
• The Golden Dragon King laughed at the gods' vote and considered whether Tang San could be useful to him.

The Deities chose the God of Destruction to wield their gathered power against the Ice Mist, but Tang San secretly plotted to take that power for himself. As the divine power converged, Tang San attacked the God of Destruction, triggering a divine war while the God of Evil struggled to keep the gathering intact.

• The God of Evil announced that the God of Destruction had won the Deities' vote, and Tang San hid his anger while planning to seize the gods' power.
• Tang San enlisted Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun in his scheme, then secretly sent a message to a Deity in the God of Destruction's camp.
• The God of Destruction vowed to expend the gods' power tearing apart the Ice Mist, and the God of Evil and neutral Deities began channeling their divine power into him.
• Tang San attacked the God of Destruction with the Asura Divine Sword, while the God of War and Tang San's allies clashed with the Seven Original Sin Gods and other Deities.
• The God of Evil urged everyone to stop fighting and told Tang San and the God of Destruction to inherit the gathered power before it was wasted.

Tang San seized the Power of the Gods and was forced by the God of Destruction to attack the Ice Mist threatening the God Realm. His first strike barely disturbed it, but continuous blows began to overwhelm its ability to repair itself.

• Tang San tricked the God of Destruction and entered the Power of the Gods, while the assembled deities poured their divine power into him.
• The God of Destruction struck Dai Mubai, placed a destructive restriction on Sea God Xiao Wu, and threatened the deities who objected.
• After absorbing the Power of the Gods, Tang San declared his intention to take revenge on the God of Destruction and God of Evil.
• The God of Destruction threatened Xiao Wu to force Tang San to tear open the Ice Mist, and Tang San attacked it with Asura Slash.
• Tang San's first strike barely disturbed the Ice Mist, but he began striking continuously after the God of Destruction rebuked him.
• Tang San's repeated attacks disrupted the Ice Mist faster than it could repair itself, though breaking through could still take several days.

Two months after helping secure an alliance between the Ice Snow Palace and Clear Sky Sect, Xue Nianbing returned to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and reunited with Meng Hongchen and the others. He met Gu Xi, agreed to help her obtain her seventh Soul Ring, and joined her for dinner while concealing the truth about his recent changes.

• Xue Nianbing finished his preparations with Niu Tian and Titan, dealt with Tang San’s brocade pouch, and helped establish an alliance between the Ice Snow Palace and Clear Sky Sect.
• Xue Nianbing returned to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and spent several days with Meng Hongchen and the other women before promising to bring Meng Hongchen and the Hongchen Family to the Ice Snow Palace after the tournament.
• Xue Nianbing met Gu Xi, who reminded him to help her obtain her seventh Soul Ring, and agreed to have dinner with her that night.
• Xue Nianbing and Gu Xi ate grilled fish, and he claimed that an Ice Snow Palace expert had helped him obtain his seventh Soul Ring.
• Gu Xi asked whether Xue Nianbing’s changed appearance was also caused by his seventh Soul Ring.

Xue Nianbing reassured Gu Xi that he would find her a suitable seventh Soul Ring, then accompanied her to the Jingyang Mountain Range in search of a Holy Light Spirit Phoenix. As they approached, Gu Xi’s conflicting desire for Xue Nianbing and his Deity inheritance grew stronger.

• Gu Xi asked whether Xue Nianbing would grieve and remember her if she disappeared, and he said he would.
• Xue Nianbing left Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy with Gu Xi after informing Meng Hongchen and the other girls.
• Gu Xi said a Holy Light Spirit Phoenix with at least 50,000 years of cultivation lived in the Jingyang Mountain Range and explained that light-attribute Soul Beasts gathered there near the Evil Demon Forest.
• Gu Xi grew increasingly conflicted as they neared the mountains, then complained of hunger and teased Xue Nianbing about letting her touch his heart.
• Xue Nianbing refused to let Gu Xi touch his heart and offered to find her food instead.

Xue Nianbing cooked lunch while Gu Xi teased him, then impulsively jumped onto his back and bit his shoulder. Gu Xi’s feelings for him grew more confused as the Rakshasa Divine Sense secretly celebrated, and Xue Nianbing served her the meal while hiding his cold indifference.

• Gu Xi called Xue Nianbing her personal chef, and their teasing ended with her losing their verbal sparring matches.
• Gu Xi tried to help Xue Nianbing cook, then leapt onto his back and bit his shoulder.
• Xue Nianbing pulled Gu Xi off and teased her about being a pampered young lady, stirring warm, unfamiliar feelings in her.
• The Rakshasa Divine Sense watched Gu Xi’s growing attachment and planned to use her body to inherit Xue Nianbing.
• Xue Nianbing told Long Shuang he valued beauty, assured her she was a good girl, and served lunch to Gu Xi.

Gu Xi tried to cook for Xue Nianbing, but her meal turned out bitter, and he tricked her into a kiss while offering something sweet. Gu Xi grew furious and tearful when he joked about her first kiss, leaving their relationship in an uneasy moment.

• Gu Xi agreed to cook after Xue Nianbing challenged her, but she accidentally set off an explosion while trying to start the fire.
• Gu Xi prepared a disastrous meal, and Xue Nianbing pretended to eat it before revealing he had protected himself with Soul Power.
• Xue Nianbing offered Gu Xi something sweet and kissed her when she leaned closer, taking her first kiss.
• Gu Xi shoved Xue Nianbing away after he touched her weak spot and demanded that he make up for her first kiss.
• Xue Nianbing joked that a new day would refresh her first kiss, and Gu Xi flipped the table before growing tearful and asking why.

Gu Xi and Xue Nianbing grew closer as they kissed and spent several days together searching for Soul Beasts in the Jingyang Mountain Range. Gu Xi still struggled between her feelings for Xue Nianbing and her ambition to become a god, while their relationship edged toward a final step she had not yet accepted.

• Gu Xi asked whether Xue Nianbing liked her, and he promised he would always like her.
• Xue Nianbing kissed Gu Xi again and touched her until she stopped him, saying she was not ready to go further.
• The Rakshasa God's Divine Sense warned Gu Xi that she had developed feelings for Xue Nianbing, but Gu Xi insisted she still intended to pursue becoming a god.
• Xue Nianbing told Gu Xi she would always be a must-pick option, and she was visibly pleased by his words.
• Over the next few days, Gu Xi and Xue Nianbing searched for Soul Beasts and spent their nights embracing, while their relationship grew closer.

After Gu Xi and Xue Nianbing became intimate, Rakshasa urged Gu Xi to use the Rakshasa Demon Scythe to take his Deity inheritance. Gu Xi raised the scythe over him but could not bring herself to strike.

• Xue Nianbing and Gu Xi kissed and crossed the line, while Xue Nianbing shielded the surrounding area from being sensed.
• Several days later, Rakshasa appeared beside Gu Xi and claimed she had possessed Gu Xi during their intimacy, provoking Gu Xi’s anger.
• Rakshasa told Gu Xi to take Xue Nianbing’s Deity inheritance, arguing his strength would fall afterward and he would be easier to defeat.
• Gu Xi summoned the Rakshasa Demon Scythe and swung it toward Xue Nianbing’s brow, but stopped just short of striking him.