Chapter Summaries

Xu Tianran begged 'Ye Xishui' to free him from Xue Nianbing's control, and she falsely promised to remove it while planning to let Xue Nianbing strip away his Martial Soul. After Xu Tianran left, 'Ye Xishui' rejected Long Xiaoyao, then claimed she still loved Xue Nianbing, provoking his anger.

• Xu Tianran asked 'Ye Xishui' to remove the Ice Blue energy Xue Nianbing had placed inside him, explaining that disobedience could get him killed.
• 'Ye Xishui' examined the energy and pretended she could remove it in at least half a year, though she intended for Xue Nianbing to deprive Xu Tianran of his Martial Soul.
• Xu Tianran agreed to make arrangements after the tournament and left with his servant.
• Long Xiaoyao told 'Ye Xishui' his cultivation was progressing smoothly, but she dismissed him and said they could never be together.
• Long Xiaoyao asked whether she still had feelings for Xue Nianbing, and 'Ye Xishui' said she could not forget him, making Long Xiaoyao angry.

The Rakshasa God provoked Long Xiaoyao into briefly surpassing his limits, then sent him to capture Xue Nianbing alive by promising to consider him. After Long Xiaoyao left, she warned Feng Ling that Xue Nianbing might destroy the Holy Spirit Cult after the Soul Fighting Competition.

• The Rakshasa God taunted Long Xiaoyao with comparisons to Xue Nianbing, driving him into a rage that briefly raised his strength to the level of a God Official while rapidly draining his life.
• The Rakshasa God offered to consider Long Xiaoyao if he defeated Xue Nianbing and brought him back alive, and Long Xiaoyao agreed to go capture him.
• After Long Xiaoyao left, the Rakshasa God privately mocked him and summoned Feng Ling, asking whether she knew where the item she had given her came from.
• The Rakshasa God told Feng Ling that the Holy Spirit Cult might fall after the Soul Fighting Competition because Xue Nianbing could take the opportunity to eliminate his enemies.
• The Rakshasa God reasoned that Xue Nianbing had not acted because he feared harming civilians, and Feng Ling panicked at the prospect of the Holy Spirit Cult being wiped out.

The Rakshasa God ordered Feng Ling to move captured sect disciples so she could use them as informants and spies against Xue Nianbing. After the quarterfinals, Zhongli Wu pressured Jing Hongchen to withdraw the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team from the semifinals, warning him that a loss to the Ice Snow Palace would invite public suspicion.

• The Rakshasa God told Feng Ling to secretly bring the captured sect disciples to her so she could control them and gather intelligence on Xue Nianbing and the Ice Snow Palace.
• Feng Ling left, and the Rakshasa God stayed hidden while struggling with complicated feelings toward Xue Nianbing.
• The quarterfinals ended with the Ice Snow Palace Team, the Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy Team, the Holy Spirit Sect Team, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team advancing.
• Zhongli Wu asked Jing Hongchen to withdraw the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team, arguing that the public would suspect the Hongchen Family if the team lost to the Ice Snow Palace.
• Jing Hongchen rejected Zhongli Wu's pressure, and Zhongli Wu asked whether the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team truly planned to face the Holy Spirit Sect Team.

Jing Hongchen agreed to let the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team hold back against the Holy Spirit Sect, while Xue Nianbing planned to use his surveillance of Xu Tianran to target the cult in Mingdu. The chapter ended with Ice Empress reporting that the Holy Spirit Cult’s guards had begun moving around the imprisoned sect disciples.

• Zhongli Wu threatened that the Holy Spirit Sect would disregard personal ties, and Xu Tianran urged Jing Hongchen to leave the semifinals to them.
• Jing Hongchen agreed that his team would hold back, warning Zhongli Wu not to harm Xiao Hongchen or Meng Hongchen because Xue Nianbing would intervene.
• Xue Nianbing used his surveillance of Xu Tianran to locate the Holy Spirit Cult and planned to kill some members publicly while secretly capturing others.
• Snow Empress warned that the Ice Snow Palace lacked a complete list of cult members, prompting Xue Nianbing to consider contacting another person within the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Ice Empress told Xue Nianbing that the imprisoned sect disciples remained alive but that their guards had begun to make moves.

Xue Nianbing discussed the Ice Snow Palace’s plans for the sects imprisoned by the Holy Spirit Cult, then sought out Dark Phoenix, Feng Ling, to propose a deal. The chapter ended with Feng Ling asking what problem he expected her to solve.

• Xue Nianbing said the Ice Snow Palace would deal with the imprisoned sects after confronting the Holy Spirit Cult, and explained that unifying the continent would eventually require resolving those sects as well.
• Xue Nianbing joked with Ice Empress and Snow Empress, who teased him for being bad, while Long Shuang laughed at their exchange.
• Xue Nianbing left the palace and went to a crowded hall, where he asked a woman to tell Dark Phoenix he wanted to discuss a deal.
• The woman directed Xue Nianbing upstairs, and he entered a quiet room where Feng Ling was bathing.
• Xue Nianbing identified Feng Ling as a Rank 98 Super Douluo and said he had come to see her about something; Feng Ling asked what he needed.

Xue Nianbing pressured Feng Ling to betray the Holy Spirit Cult by giving him the locations of its members and helping lure out the Rakshasa God. Feng Ling agreed in exchange for her life, Xue Nianbing’s attention, and, finally, his Essence Blood.

• Xue Nianbing offered to spare Feng Ling if she revealed the locations of every Holy Spirit Cult member, and she initially refused for fear of the Supreme Sect Leader.
• Xue Nianbing told Feng Ling that the Supreme Sect Leader was a decoy and questioned whether the Rakshasa God truly trusted her.
• Xue Nianbing offered Feng Ling additional benefits, and she agreed to cooperate with him and asked for him as her reward.
• Xue Nianbing accepted Feng Ling’s condition and said he would also need her to lure out the Rakshasa God.
• Feng Ling pressed herself against Xue Nianbing and revealed that she wanted his Essence Blood.

Feng Ling gave Xue Nianbing information on every member of the Holy Spirit Cult and received his blood, becoming increasingly attached to him. After he left her a drop of Essence Blood, she refined it and neared a breakthrough to Level 99 Limit Douluo, but wondered why it seemed weaker than the blood the Rakshasa God had given her.

• Xue Nianbing refused to give Feng Ling Essence Blood at first, but cut his finger and let her drink ordinary blood while she refined it.
• Xue Nianbing stopped Feng Ling, warned her to obey, and promised blood and Essence Blood if she performed well.
• Feng Ling handed Xue Nianbing information and locations for every member of the Holy Spirit Cult, and he told her to dress and await future tasks.
• Feng Ling called Xue Nianbing her Owner and begged him to stay, but he refused and left.
• Xue Nianbing left Feng Ling a drop of Essence Blood and told her she had earned it by being obedient.
• Feng Ling refined the blood and reached the threshold of Level 99 Limit Douluo, then wondered why it seemed less potent than the Rakshasa God's blood.

Ice Snow Palace faced Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy in the semifinals, with Xue Nianbing effortlessly defeating the academy’s first three contestants. As he faced Xu Tianzhen, she revealed that her father had agreed to her offer of marrying Xue Nianbing with the empire as her dowry, and she pressed him to answer.

• The semifinals began, and Xu Tianran considered using Xu Tianzhen to win Xue Nianbing over if his plan involving Ye Xishui failed.
• Xue Nianbing defeated Lu Jun almost instantly in the first elimination match.
• Xue Nianbing swiftly defeated two more Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy contestants, leaving Xu Tianzhen to take the stage herself.
• Xue Nianbing taunted Xu Tianzhen, then heard her say that her father had agreed to let her marry him with the empire as her dowry.
• Xu Tianzhen asked Xue Nianbing when he would marry her and accused him of going back on his word when he stayed silent.

Xu Tianzhen told Xue Nianbing that her father had agreed to their marriage, but Xue Nianbing put off discussing it and challenged her to a three-move fight. He effortlessly resisted her Sun Martial Soul and froze it with Extreme Ice, leaving Xu Tianzhen trapped against him as he declared her defeated.

• Xu Tianzhen said her father had agreed to her marriage with Xue Nianbing, though Xue Nianbing questioned what her father had actually meant and postponed discussing the wedding.
• Xu Tianzhen summoned her Sun Martial Soul and used Radiant Light, but Xue Nianbing repelled its heat with Extreme Ice.
• Xu Tianzhen used Sun Gaze to bombard Xue Nianbing with an explosion, but he remained unharmed and told her she had one move left.
• Xu Tianzhen charged Sun Gaze for longer and unleashed a stronger attack, but Xue Nianbing extinguished and froze the flames with Extreme Ice.
• Xu Tianzhen found her Sun Martial Soul frozen and backed into Xue Nianbing, who told her she had lost.

Xue Nianbing defeated Xu Tianzhen in the semifinal, and she surrendered on behalf of the Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy Team, sending Ice Snow Palace into the finals. Back in the resting area, Xue Nianbing explained the misunderstanding about Xu Tianzhen’s supposed dowry before Meng Hongchen approached him.

• Xue Nianbing teased Xu Tianzhen onstage until she agreed to surrender.
• Xu Tianzhen conceded on behalf of the Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy Team, and Zheng Zhan declared Ice Snow Palace the winner and a finalist.
• Xue Nianbing returned to the resting area with the six girls and admitted he had teased Xu Tianzhen.
• Xue Nianbing explained that Xu Tianzhen had misunderstood her father’s response to his joking request for the Sun Moon Empire as her dowry.
• Xue Nianbing and Qian Renxue exchanged suggestive remarks, embarrassing Gu Mingli and the other girls.
• Meng Hongchen approached Xue Nianbing.

Xue Nianbing learned that the Sun Moon Royal Family had ordered the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to lose to the Holy Spirit Sect, and he agreed with Xiao Hongchen to kill the sect’s fighters in revenge. The match began with Shi Xing conceding before Jili could seriously injure him.

• Meng Hongchen told Xue Nianbing that her grandfather had ordered the team to throw the match, likely under pressure from the Sun Moon Royal Family.
• Xue Nianbing explained that the royals preferred the Holy Spirit Sect to lose to Ice Snow Palace rather than risk the Academy being accused of throwing a match.
• Xiao Hongchen asked Xue Nianbing to punish the Holy Spirit Sect, and Xue Nianbing proposed killing its fighters to prevent future threats.
• Xue Nianbing warned Xiao Hongchen and the other Academy teammates to prioritize their safety and concede if necessary.
• Shi Xing and Jili began the elimination match, and Shi Xing conceded before Jili’s tongue attack could hit him.

The Holy Spirit Sect took the first two elimination matches as Jili defeated Shi Xing and Xiao Ping, while Jing Hongchen warned his team to beware of the sect’s brutality. Xiao Hongchen then defeated Jili, and the chapter ended with Zhongli Wu confronting Jing Hongchen about his grandson’s attack.

• Jili defeated Shi Xing after Shi Xing conceded, and the referee declared the Holy Spirit Sect the winner of the first match.
• Jing Hongchen challenged Zhongli Wu over Jili’s attempt to cripple Shi Xing, then warned Xiao Hongchen that the Holy Spirit Sect might keep attacking after a concession.
• Long Xiaoyao glared at Xue Nianbing, who struck back with an invisible force and made him stagger and bleed.
• Jili defeated Xiao Ping, who conceded and escaped with only a minor injury.
• Xiao Hongchen defeated Jili after advancing to Soul Saint, and Zhongli Wu questioned Jing Hongchen about his grandson’s behavior.

The Holy Spirit Sect defeated the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team to reach the tournament finals against Ice Snow Palace. After Meng Hongchen told Xue Nianbing that her family was ready to relocate, Xian Lin'er and Cai Mei'er continued raiding Holy Spirit Cult bases in Mingdu.

• Xiao Hongchen defeated three Holy Spirit Sect members, then the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team forfeited the remaining individual matches and entered the team battle.
• The Holy Spirit Sect Team defeated the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team, and the finals between the Holy Spirit Sect and Ice Snow Palace were set for two days later.
• Meng Hongchen visited Xue Nianbing, told him the Hongchen Family would secretly move to Ice Snow City after the tournament, and received his promise to arrange a reception.
• Xian Lin'er and Cai Mei'er led seven Titled Douluo-level experts in wiping out a Holy Spirit Cult base, bringing their total to five raided bases.
• Cai Mei'er reminded Xian Lin'er to capture some Holy Spirit Cult members alive, and Xian Lin'er bristled at serving under Cai Mei'er as captain.

Cai Meier and her companions finished clearing the Holy Spirit Cult’s strongholds while Long Shuang, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress followed unseen. Two days later, Xue Nianbing entered the tournament final against Jili and revealed a strange Soul Tool shaped like a giant palm.

• Cai Meier led Xian Lin'er and the others to their next target after Xuan Zi confirmed the stronghold had been cleaned up.
• Long Shuang, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress watched from the shadows to ensure the group remained undiscovered.
• Two days later, the Ice Snow Palace Team and the Holy Spirit Sect Team met in the tournament final after the Holy Spirit Cult’s hidden forces had been dealt with.
• Zheng Zhan announced the individual elimination match, and Jili took the stage for the Holy Spirit Sect Team.
• Xue Nianbing entered as Jili’s opponent, then summoned a dark-red Soul Tool with a giant palm-shaped head.

Xue Nianbing humiliated Jili with repeated slaps from his Soul Tool, forcing the Holy Spirit Sect to concede the first match. He began the second match against Gu Yu, whose Nihility Soul Skill let him avoid Xue Nianbing’s opening attack, but Xue Nianbing’s apparent body also began to fade.

• Xue Nianbing repeatedly slapped Jili with his Soul Tool until Yan Feng conceded the first match for the Holy Spirit Sect.
• Zheng Zhan caught Jili and confirmed that his injuries were superficial before returning him to his team.
• Yan Feng sent Gu Yu to fight Xue Nianbing in the second match.
• Gu Yu used his Nihility Soul Skill to turn intangible and avoid Xue Nianbing’s opening slap.
• Gu Yu’s bone staff also struck only an illusion as the figure of Xue Nianbing began to fade.

Xue Nianbing defeated Gu Yu with a barrage of slaps before Dai Bin, formerly Dai Huabin, entered the match seeking revenge. Dai Bin unleashed his Blood Tiger Martial Soul and attacked Xue Nianbing, who answered with the Sky Frost Fist.

• Gu Yu failed to evade Xue Nianbing's Slap Soul Tool and was slapped until Yan Feng surrendered on his behalf.
• Wang Xiaolei and the others carried Gu Yu away, and Yan Feng's companion Dai Bin volunteered to fight Xue Nianbing.
• Xue Nianbing recognized Dai Bin as Dai Huabin and taunted him about his past and Zhu Lu.
• Dai Bin revealed his Blood Tiger Martial Soul, but the referee stopped him from attacking before the match began.
• After the match started, Dai Bin used his hunting skill and Blood Tiger Annihilation Strike, and Xue Nianbing countered with the Sky Frost Fist.

Xue Nianbing defeated Dai Bin by exploiting his obsession with the White Tiger Duke position, then exposed Dai Bin as a eunuch during his failed poison-needle ambush. Yan Feng moved to avenge Dai Bin, but Zheng Zhan announced that the Ice Snow Palace Team would proceed directly to the team battle.

• Xue Nianbing shattered Dai Bin's attack and repeatedly slapped him as Dai Bin charged without defending himself.
• Xue Nianbing provoked Dai Bin by revealing that Dai Yueheng was a eunuch and suggesting Dai Bin could have become the White Tiger Duke.
• Dai Bin attacked Xue Nianbing with hidden Poison Needles, but Xue Nianbing blocked them and sent some back, tearing Dai Bin's trousers and exposing him as a eunuch.
• Dai Bin fainted after the public humiliation, and Yan Feng helped him recover before promising to avenge him.
• Yan Feng headed toward the stage, but Zheng Zhan announced that the Ice Snow Palace Team would proceed directly to the team battle.

Ice Snow Palace skipped the remaining individual matches and entered the team battle against the Holy Spirit Sect, where Xue Nianbing revealed his Martial Soul and peak level-seventy-eight cultivation. The match began with both teams preparing their unusual formations, and the chapter left them poised to fight.

• Xue Nianbing chose to move directly to the team battle, and Jing Hongchen warned him that Zhongli Wu had prepared a trump card.
• The Ice Snow Palace Team and Holy Spirit Sect Team entered the arena and formed unusual line formations, with Xue Nianbing recognizing the Holy Spirit Sect's formation as a seven-person fusion technique.
• Both teams introduced their members and took their positions as spectators wondered about Xue Nianbing's Martial Soul and cultivation.
• Zheng Zhan began the match, and the Holy Spirit Sect Team revealed its Martial Souls and Soul Rings, including Yan Feng's Bone Dragon Martial Soul and level-seventy-six cultivation.
• Ice Snow Palace revealed its members' cultivation and Soul Rings, and Xue Nianbing summoned the Ice Yi Dragon Pearl and showed his peak level-seventy-eight cultivation.

Xue Nianbing revealed six orange-gold Soul Rings and a platinum Million Year Soul Ring, overwhelming the Holy Spirit Sect Team and prompting Zhongli Wu to warn Yan Feng to surrender. Yan Feng unleashed the team’s Bone Dragon True Body, but as Xue Nianbing summoned the Bing Yi Dragon Soul, he began to surrender before Xue Nianbing activated the Nianbingxue Battle Armor.

• Xue Nianbing revealed six orange-gold Soul Rings and a platinum Soul Ring, which Long Xiaoyao identified as potentially a Million Year Soul Ring.
• Zhongli Wu realized Xue Nianbing intended to kill the Holy Spirit Sect Team and sent Yan Feng a warning to surrender.
• Yan Feng and the other six team members combined their Soul Power to unleash the Bone Dragon True Body.
• Xue Nianbing summoned the Bing Yi Dragon Soul, whose presence overwhelmed Yan Feng and made him fear for his life.
• Yan Feng began to surrender, but Xue Nianbing spoke "Nianbingxue" and donned a sleek Ice Blue suit of battle armor.

Xue Nianbing used his Battle Armor to destroy the Holy Spirit Sect team despite its surrender, securing Ice Snow Palace the tournament championship. Huo Yuhao left with the Body Sect, still resolved to avenge his mother against the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.

• Jing Hongchen recognized Xue Nianbing's armor as Battle Armor and marveled at its power as the audience watched in shock.
• Yan Feng and Zhongli Wu called for the match to stop, but Zheng Zhan and Long Xiaoyao hesitated under pressure from a hidden expert.
• Xue Nianbing used Mystic Ice Dragon Dance and the Bing Yi Dragon Soul to annihilate Yan Feng and the other Holy Spirit Sect members.
• Zheng Zhan declared Ice Snow Palace the team-match winner and tournament champion, while the stunned audience began applauding.
• Huo Yuhao watched Dai Huabin die, thanked Xue Nianbing, and reaffirmed his vow to avenge his mother.
• Huo Yuhao left the venue with the Body Sect disciples after they were ordered to return to their sect.