Chapter Summaries

After Ice Snow Palace won the tournament, Xue Nianbing planned to eliminate Long Xiaoyao and Zhongli Wu. The two Holy Spirit Cult leaders searched for missing strongholds and prisoners, then found an empty site with no trace of what had happened.

• Xue Nianbing noticed Zhongli Wu and Long Xiaoyao's reactions and resolved to eliminate them after the award ceremony.
• Jing Hongchen announced Ice Snow Palace as champion, with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy taking second place and Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy third.
• Long Xiaoyao and Zhongli Wu left Mingdu after Ye Xishui ordered them to deliver captured sect disciples, but they could not contact the nearby Holy Spirit Cult strongholds.
• Long Xiaoyao suspected Ice Snow Palace had destroyed the strongholds and connected Feng Ling's disappearance to the leaks.
• Long Xiaoyao and Zhongli Wu reached an abandoned Holy Spirit Cult stronghold and found it empty, clean, and without any sign of battle or imprisoned disciples.

Long Xiaoyao and Zhongli Wu found a Holy Spirit Cult stronghold wiped clean, then encountered Xue Nianbing and his allies. Xue Nianbing defeated Long Xiaoyao’s first attack and offered him a one-on-one chance to live, but Long Xiaoyao’s next assault failed against Xue Nianbing’s shield.

• Long Xiaoyao and Zhongli Wu found the stronghold empty and decided to inspect another before reporting to Xishui.
• Xue Nianbing appeared and blocked their departure, with Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Long Shuang surrounding them.
• Long Xiaoyao attacked after Xue Nianbing taunted him about Ye Xishui, but Xue Nianbing’s Bing Yi Dragon Soul crushed his dragon claw and wounded him.
• Xue Nianbing offered Long Xiaoyao a one-on-one fight for his life, and Long Xiaoyao attacked with his 100,000 Year Soul Ring.
• Xue Nianbing used his Fourth Soul Skill, Mystic Ice Dragon Shield, to block Long Xiaoyao’s claw strikes.

Xue Nianbing and the Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Long Shuang killed Zhongli Wu, then Xue Nianbing defeated Long Xiaoyao with the Bing Yi Dragon Soul and the Proud Snow Cold Bow. The resulting explosion shook the Sun Moon Continent, drawing the attention of Xu Tianran and a group traveling toward the former Douluo Continent.

• Xue Nianbing ordered Xue'er to kill Zhongli Wu while he continued fighting Long Xiaoyao.
• The Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Long Shuang struck Zhongli Wu with Extreme Ice attacks and destroyed him.
• Long Xiaoyao used his Black Dragon Avatar, but Xue Nianbing answered with Bing Yi True Body and the Snowfall Arrowstorm.
• Xue Nianbing's Ice Blast Technique shattered Long Xiaoyao's Dark Sacred Dragon and caused a massive explosion across the continent.
• Xu Tianran recognized the blast as likely connected to Xue Nianbing, while travelers heading toward the former Douluo Continent looked toward the sky.

Xue Nianbing prepared to confront the Rakshasa God with Long Shuang, while Snow Empress and Ice Empress planned to return to Ice Snow Palace with the others. He then confronted the sect disciples Ice Snow Palace had rescued but kept imprisoned, declaring that their capture was their own responsibility.

• Jing Hongchen suspected Ice Snow Palace was behind the icy destruction and hurried the Hongchen Family toward Ice Snow City, reassuring Xiao Hongchen that Little Dream was safe with Xue Nianbing.
• Xue Nianbing confirmed that Long Xiaoyao and Zhongli Wu had been eliminated and discussed the danger of capturing the Rakshasa God with Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Long Shuang.
• Xue Nianbing and Long Shuang set out to face the Rakshasa God, while Snow Empress and Ice Empress agreed to take Nannan and the others back to Ice Snow Palace.
• Xue Nianbing arrived at the holding site where Ice Snow Palace kept the rescued sect disciples in cages that prevented them from using Soul Power.
• The sect disciples recognized Xue Nianbing, Xuan Zi, and Yan Shaozhe and accused Ice Snow Palace of imprisoning them.
• Xue Nianbing silenced the prisoners with his aura and told them that being captured by Evil Soul Masters proved their skills were inferior.

Xue Nianbing forced the imprisoned sect disciples to accept Ice Snow Palace’s plan to control their sects, threatening them with death before releasing them. After they left, the disciple he had seemingly killed reassembled from ice and revealed himself as an Ice Snow Palace member who had staged his death.

• Xue Nianbing rejected the disciples’ pleas for help and declared that freedom depended on accepting Ice Snow Palace’s conditions.
• When a sect leader challenged him, Xue Nianbing froze and shattered a defiant disciple, then frightened the leader into choosing negotiation.
• Xue Nianbing told the prisoners that Ice Snow Palace intended to unify the continent and demanded that their sects submit to its branches.
• The prisoners accepted, and Xue Nianbing freed them from their cages and Soul Power restraints.
• As the prisoners left, Xue Nianbing warned them that Ice Snow Palace would enforce their promises with their lives.
• After everyone had gone, the shattered ice reformed into an Ice Snow Palace member with an Ice Man Martial Soul who had faked his death.

Xue Nianbing ordered Ice Snow Palace to deal harshly with anyone who resisted unification, then set out with Long Shuang to capture the Rakshasa God. As they approached their goal, he discussed Gu Yuena’s coming awakening and his plans for ascending to the God Realm.

• Xue Nianbing told Cai Meier and Xian Lin'er to have Ice Snow Palace watch potential dissenters and kill those who resisted, and Xian Lin'er agreed to deal with them personally.
• After Xue Nianbing left, Elder Song and Cai Meier warned Xian Lin'er to be more careful about what she said in front of the Ice Snow Palace members.
• Xue Nianbing sent Jiang Nannan and the others back to Ice Snow Palace with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, then headed with Long Shuang to capture the Rakshasa God.
• Xue Nianbing said Long Shuang’s restored God King strength would let them capture the Rakshasa God, whose Gu Xi origin he intended to reclaim and whom he planned to control.
• Xue Nianbing told Long Shuang that Gu Yuena might awaken within a month or two and promised to help Long Shuang reach God King strength as well.
• Xue Nianbing said he would create a divine position associated with ice and snow, but that his greatest trump card awaited him in the God Realm.

Xue Nianbing and Long Shuang confronted the Rakshasa God at her hideout, where she tried to stall for time and negotiate for her life. With Long Shuang sealing the surrounding space, the Rakshasa God could not escape, and Long Shuang attacked her with the Frosty Ice Spear.

• Xue Nianbing and Long Shuang traveled to a mountain range outside Mingdu to find the Rakshasa God.
• The Rakshasa God grew wary that her hiding place had been exposed and decided to flee the cave.
• The Rakshasa God sensed Xue Nianbing and Long Shuang, and they emerged before her after she called them out.
• The Rakshasa God blamed Xu Tianran for revealing her location, while Xue Nianbing played along and recognized that she was trying to stall.
• The Rakshasa God failed to break through Long Shuang's spatial seal and asked Xue Nianbing to spare her life.
• Xue Nianbing ordered Long Shuang to subdue the Rakshasa God without killing her, and Long Shuang struck with the Frosty Ice Spear.

Long Shuang and Xue Nianbing overwhelmed the Rakshasa God with coordinated attacks, leaving her severely injured and her divine equipment depleted. As Long Shuang continued striking her, the Rakshasa God appealed to the Ice Dragon King, asking why a God King would serve beneath a human.

• Long Shuang drove the Rakshasa God back with Frosty Ice Spear while Xue Nianbing harassed her with arrows and soul skills.
• The Rakshasa God tried to sway Xue Nianbing with their past affection, but he used Cosmic Shift to leave her attack open to Long Shuang.
• Xue Nianbing offered to help the Rakshasa God reach the God King realm if she surrendered, but she refused.
• Xue Nianbing froze and detonated the mountain beneath the Rakshasa God while Long Shuang knocked her back into the blast.
• Long Shuang repeatedly struck the weakened Rakshasa God until her divine equipment dimmed and she could no longer defend herself.
• The Rakshasa God asked the Ice Dragon King why she was willing to remain beneath a human despite her God King-level strength.

Xue Nianbing and Long Shuang defeated the Rakshasa God and sealed her inside the Ice and Snow Plane. They returned to Mingdu and went to meet Dark Phoenix, who was bathing in a tavern room.

• Long Shuang rejected the Rakshasa God's offer to join forces, and she and Xue Nianbing overwhelmed the Rakshasa God.
• Xue Nianbing captured the Rakshasa God inside the Ice and Snow Plane and planned to control her by feeding her his blood.
• Xue Nianbing told Long Shuang they would visit the Sun Moon Mountains to check on Xiaobai, Xiao Lu, the Goddess of Goodness, and the Goddess of Life, and take Emotions Valley into his plane.
• Xue Nianbing and Long Shuang returned to Mingdu and learned that Dark Phoenix had arrived at the tavern and was bathing upstairs.
• Xue Nianbing and Long Shuang entered Dark Phoenix's room and saw her silhouette behind a folding screen.

Xue Nianbing tasked Feng Ling with building a secret organization called the Shadow Guard, then gave her a personal reward while Long Shuang watched. Meanwhile, the Rakshasa God remained trapped in the Ice and Snow Plane, where abundant life force was healing her injuries.

• Xue Nianbing told Feng Ling that the Holy Spirit Cult members and the Rakshasa God had been dealt with, and left the base's ordinary members under Feng Ling's control.
• Xue Nianbing ordered Feng Ling to establish an independent underground organization in Mingdu that would answer directly to him, and Feng Ling named it the Shadow Guard.
• Feng Ling proposed choosing loyal members and using Xue Nianbing's blood to enhance them; he approved the plan, and she promised to form the Shadow Guard within one year.
• Xue Nianbing gave Feng Ling a different kind of reward while Long Shuang watched.
• The Rakshasa God found herself immobilized in the Ice and Snow Plane, where the abundant life force was healing her injuries.

Xue Nianbing kept the Rakshasa God captive and fed her his blood, planning to break her pride and recruit her to lead the Shadow Guard. After several hours of helping Long Shuang cultivate, he learned she was close to recovering her God King strength.

• Xue Nianbing forced the Rakshasa God to drink his blood and said he would keep feeding her to help her reach God King.
• Xue Nianbing taunted the Rakshasa God by offering more blood, then left her furious and craving it.
• Xue Nianbing told Long Shuang he planned to put the Rakshasa God in charge of the Shadow Guard if Feng Ling could not reach the realm of Deities.
• Xue Nianbing helped Long Shuang cultivate for several hours, and her aura grew stronger than that of a First-Class God.
• Long Shuang told Xue Nianbing that she was close to recovering her God King strength.

Xue Nianbing left Long Shuang to recover in seclusion and traveled to the Sun Moon Mountains to investigate Emotions Valley. He entered the mysterious lake and sensed a remnant soul, while Feng Ling prepared to establish the Shadow Guard.

• Long Shuang told Xue Nianbing she expected to regain her God King strength within a month, then entered seclusion among the Profound Ice Marrow.
• Xue Nianbing checked Feng Ling's progress after her cultivation reached Limit Douluo and ordered her to prepare to establish the Shadow Guard once she recovered.
• Feng Ling told Xiaomian to gather everyone at the tavern so she could announce an opportunity for them.
• Xue Nianbing entered the Sun Moon Mountains and found Emotions Valley, whose mysterious power suppressed Soul Power and spiritual power.
• Xue Nianbing sensed the auras of the God of Goodness, the Goddess of Life, and a deity-level remnant soul as he entered the lake, but Bing Yi's Dragon Roar quickly dispelled his dizziness.

Xue Nianbing reunited with the Goddess of Life and the God of Goodness in Emotions Valley and confronted the God of Love about claiming the valley. The God of Love refused revival and threatened to expose a secret he had hidden from the two women.

• The Goddess of Life and the God of Goodness mistook Xue Nianbing for another impersonation by the God of Love and attacked him.
• Xue Nianbing proved his identity by revealing private memories, then embraced the God of Goodness and the Goddess of Life.
• Xue Nianbing called out the God of Love, who appeared before him and the two Goddesses.
• Xue Nianbing offered to revive the God of Love in exchange for Emotions Valley, but she declined and offered him the valley without a trial.
• The God of Love warned Xue Nianbing that she could reveal the truth he had concealed from the Goddess of Life and the God of Goodness.

Xue Nianbing refused the God of Love’s trial and threatened to take Emotions Valley by force, until she revealed a powerful creation that could help him and the God of Goodness and the Goddess of Life recover. After seeing it, Xue Nianbing became interested, though the two women still did not know what it was.

• Xue Nianbing rejected the God of Love’s pure love trial and threatened to seize Emotions Valley by force.
• The God of Goodness sided with Xue Nianbing, and the Goddess of Life also supported him rather than intervene against him.
• The God of Love offered a reward she said could restore the Goddess of Life and the God of Goodness to God King strength in less than a month.
• Xue Nianbing agreed to hear about the reward and received a vision of the God of Love’s creation.
• Xue Nianbing said the creation was suitable for him and could help the two women recover within half a month, while the God of Goodness asked what it was.

Xue Nianbing persuaded the God of Goodness and the Goddess of Life to try a yin-and-yang cultivation technique, then revealed his Bing Yi Dragon Soul Martial Soul. The two goddesses realized it was the Dragon Soul of the Ice God Dragon that had sealed the Divine Realm, while the God of Love reconsidered her assumptions about what they knew.

• Xue Nianbing explained the cultivation technique, and the God of Goodness and the Goddess of Life agreed to try it with him.
• The God of Love asked Xue Nianbing to show his Martial Soul, and he summoned the Bing Yi Dragon Soul with seven Soul Rings.
• The God of Goodness and the Goddess of Life recognized the Dragon Soul as the Ice God Dragon's missing soul and privately decided to tell Xue Nianbing the secret later.
• The God of Love realized the two goddesses had known about Bing Yi but had never seen his Martial Soul, and wondered whether Xue Nianbing had arranged the coincidence.
• Xue Nianbing asked the three women why they were looking at him strangely and whether something was wrong with his Martial Soul.

Xue Nianbing underwent the God of Love’s trial while Ice Snow Palace prepared to unite the continent under his orders. The Snow Empress and Ice Empress also enlisted Lan Fozi to begin unifying the seas with her mother, the Deep Sea Demon Whale Emperor.

• The God of Love created an illusion for Xue Nianbing, the God of Goodness, and the Goddess of Life; the two women quickly passed their trials, while the God of Love explored Xue Nianbing’s memories of the women in his life.
• The Snow Empress ordered Ice Snow Palace’s forces to secure declarations of submission from the Heaven Dou Empire, Clear Sky Sect, Heaven Soul imperial family, Star Luo Empire, and Dou Ling Empire.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress discussed the Hongchen Family’s settlement and planned to march into the Sun Moon Empire after the mainland’s powers submitted.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress discussed the remaining Soul Beast territories and identified sea Soul Beasts as a challenge to unification.
• Lan Fozi revealed that Xue Nianbing had already planned to help her and the Deep Sea Demon Whale Emperor unite the oceans, and the Snow Empress sent Lan Fozi and the Ice Empress to speak with her mother.

As Ice Snow Palace prepared to unify the continent, Star Luo Empire publicly submitted and agreed to help establish its branches. Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu moved to suppress opposition and secure Star Luo’s future under Ice Snow Palace’s rule.

• The Ice Empress left Ice Snow Palace with Lan Fozi and flew toward the sea while the Snow Empress continued handling preparations.
• Star Luo Empire declared that it would obey Ice Snow Palace and help establish its branches, stunning the continent.
• Xu Jiawei learned from Xu Jiujiu that most opposition had been dealt with and ordered remaining neutral nobles to choose a side or be killed.
• Xu Jiawei told Xu Jiujiu to watch Dai Hao and White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, and Xu Jiujiu proposed strengthening Zhu Clan as a counterweight.
• Xu Jiawei approved Xu Jiujiu’s plan and continued transferring power to her, hoping her ties to Xue Nianbing would bind Star Luo securely to Ice Snow Palace.

Vina tried to persuade Du Busi and the Body Sect to submit to the Ice Snow Palace, but Du Busi refused until Niu Tian and Tai Tan arrived to enforce the demand. Niu Tian let Vina continue negotiating, but Du Busi remained defiant.

• Du Busi and the Body Sect elders rejected Vina's demand to submit to the Ice Snow Palace.
• Wang Dong'er warned the Body Sect that force would be used if they refused, prompting Du Busi to threaten her.
• Tai Tan appeared to defend Wang Dong'er and challenged Du Busi to fight.
• Niu Tian arrived, revealed Wang Dong'er was the Clear Sky Sect's next Sect Master, and ordered the Body Sect to submit.
• Vina asked Niu Tian for time to persuade Du Busi, but Du Busi insisted the Body Sect would rather die than yield.

Vina persuaded Du Busi and the Body Sect elders to support Ice Snow Palace, arguing that the arrangement would preserve the sect and help it grow. Du Busi agreed, but ended the chapter with an additional request for Ice Snow Palace.

• Vina reminded Du Busi that the Body Sect preserved knowledge of Body Martial Souls and argued that its disappearance would leave their Soul Masters without a home.
• Vina explained that Ice Snow Palace had helped the Body Sect by directing newly awakened Body Martial Soul Soul Masters to it and would require unified management rather than fixed tribute.
• Niu Tian said the Clear Sky Sect supported Ice Snow Palace, while Du Busi listened to Vina's case for the Body Sect to do the same.
• Lao Jin and the other elders voiced support, giving Du Busi a way to agree without losing face.
• Du Busi agreed that the Body Sect would support Ice Snow Palace, then said he had one further request.

Vina secured the Body Sect’s place as the Heaven Dou Empire’s State-Protecting Sect while warning Du Busi to keep his disciples in line. Tai Tan and Du Busi then began a fierce, evenly matched battle as the others watched.

• Vina refused Du Busi’s demand that Body Martial Soul Soul Masters join the Body Sect and insisted that all Soul Masters be free to choose their sects.
• Du Busi agreed that the Body Sect and Ice Snow Palace would recruit disciples independently, and Vina confirmed the Body Sect would remain the empire’s State-Protecting Sect.
• Vina warned Du Busi and the elders that Ice Snow Palace would not tolerate violations of their agreements.
• Tai Tan taunted Du Busi until Du Busi challenged him to fight outside, and both left the hall.
• Niu Tian reassured Wang Dong’er that Tai Tan would be fine, while the Body Sect disciples and the others gathered to watch the battle.
• Tai Tan and Du Busi used their Martial Soul Avatars and exchanged powerful punches, each praising the other’s fighting ability.