Chapter Summaries

Lu Jing recounted how Gu Yuena had taken him to the Life Space and questioned him, then discussed whether their group should help the Soul Beast Clan challenge the God Realm’s ban on soul beasts becoming gods. The others warned that the risks were high and the ban’s removal would do little for most soul beasts, and Lu Jing began to explain why he had not refused Gu Yuena outright.

• Lu Jing told Wang Dong'er, Snow Empress, Qian Renxue, and Xiao Wu how Gu Yuena had taken him to the Life Space and eventually let him go after Snow Empress invoked the God Realm’s power.
• Wang Dong'er asked whether helping Gu Yuena might benefit Lu Jing and their group in the future.
• Qian Renxue argued that challenging the ancient ban could provoke powerful gods and leave their group vulnerable when they entered the God Realm.
• Snow Empress said abolishing the ban would offer hope to only a few powerful soul beasts and would not change the hardships facing most of them.
• Xiao Wu urged Lu Jing to avoid risking himself for a problem their group had not caused.
• Lu Jing agreed that the risks were substantial and said he had two reasons for leaving Gu Yuena some room, but had not yet revealed them.

Lu Jing explained that he might interfere with the Soul Beast and Soul Master system only if doing so offered a worthwhile bargain and did not endanger his foundations. That night, he and Wang Dong'er shared an intimate reunion, which ended with her firmly rejecting his teasing suggestion.

• Lu Jing said he would consider helping the Silver Dragon King only in exchange for something tangible and valuable.
• Lu Jing criticized the brutal Soul Beast and Soul Master system and said he might disrupt it if the price was right.
• That night, Wang Dong'er rested beside Lu Jing as they enjoyed a quiet moment together.
• Lu Jing teased Wang Dong'er with suggestive questions, and she blushed before refusing him.
• Wang Dong'er accused Lu Jing of corrupting her, while he teased her about being quick to understand his innuendos.

Snow Empress wrestled with uncertainty about her future after surviving the Seven Hundred Thousand Year Heavenly Tribulation. Qian Renxue asked whether she would join them in ascending to the God Realm or return to the Far North, leaving Snow Empress to consider where she belonged.

• Snow Empress stood awake at her window, wondering whether her encounter with Lu Jing had changed her fate and where her future would lead.
• Qian Renxue arrived at Snow Empress's room late at night and said she wanted to discuss Snow Empress's plans for the future.
• Qian Renxue explained that Lu Jing and Dong'er would eventually inherit their Deity Inheritances and leave Douluo Continent for the God Realm.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Snow Empress would ascend with them or return to the Ice Plain in the Far North.
• Snow Empress fell silent as she weighed the loneliness of returning home against the uncertainty of entering the God Realm as an outsider.

Qian Renxue urged Snow Empress to recognize her feelings for Lu Jing and consider marrying him before ascending to the God Realm. Snow Empress remained alone, uncertain how Lu Jing and Wang Dong'er would respond, while Qian Renxue quietly left with complicated feelings of her own.

• Snow Empress admitted she did not know whether she wanted to return to the Far North or remain with Lu Jing and his companions.
• Qian Renxue proposed that Snow Empress ascend to the God Realm as Lu Jing's wife, and Snow Empress blushed at the suggestion.
• Snow Empress described her concern for Lu Jing and the peace she felt beside him, and Qian Renxue told her those feelings were parts of love.
• Qian Renxue explained that being Lu Jing's wife would protect Snow Empress from suspicion and hostility in the God Realm, then encouraged her to speak with Lu Jing and Wang Dong'er.
• After Qian Renxue left, Snow Empress wondered whether she could become Lu Jing's wife and whether he and Wang Dong'er would accept her.
• Qian Renxue lingered outside Snow Empress's room with conflicted feelings before returning to her own room.

Lu Jing noticed Snow Empress and Qian Renxue acting strangely at breakfast, but neither explained what was wrong. After Snow Empress hurried back to her room, Lu Jing went to question her and knocked on her door.

• Lu Jing noticed Snow Empress's distracted behavior and Qian Renxue's unusually polished smile during breakfast.
• Snow Empress dropped a chopstick, blushed, and claimed she had not rested well, while Qian Renxue deflected Lu Jing's questions.
• Lu Jing decided to speak with Snow Empress after breakfast, and the others went their separate ways.
• Snow Empress hurried into her room and shut the door, and Lu Jing later knocked on it.

The Snow Empress struggled with the feelings stirred by Qian Renxue’s words about love, marriage, and following Lu Jing to the God Realm. Lu Jing noticed her unease and offered to help, but she refused to explain, leaving him puzzled and her alone with her conflicted emotions.

• The Snow Empress sat by the window, unsettled by Lu Jing’s attention and Qian Renxue’s words about love, marriage, and the God Realm.
• Lu Jing knocked on the Snow Empress’s door, and she tidied herself before letting him into her room.
• Lu Jing took the Snow Empress’s hand and asked whether something was troubling her.
• The Snow Empress denied having worries she could share and repeatedly asked Lu Jing to stop questioning her.
• Lu Jing respected her refusal, reminded her she could turn to him for help, and left the room.
• After Lu Jing had gone, the Snow Empress slumped against the sofa, confused and feeling a trace of loss.

Lu Jing went to Qian Renxue to learn why Snow Empress was troubled, and Qian Renxue explained that Snow Empress had likely developed romantic feelings for him. Lu Jing realized what her behavior meant but was left wondering how to respond and face her.

• Snow Empress privately struggled with feelings she did not know how to express or how to face Dong'er.
• Lu Jing left Snow Empress's room still puzzled by her shyness and refusal to explain herself.
• Lu Jing visited Qian Renxue and asked whether she knew what was troubling Snow Empress.
• Qian Renxue pointed to Snow Empress's trust, concern, and devotion to Lu Jing as signs of feelings beyond friendship.
• Lu Jing realized Snow Empress might be in love with him and became uncertain about what to do next.

Lu Jing told Wang Dong'er that the Snow Empress had been acting strangely, leading Wang Dong'er to suspect that Sister Xue had feelings for him. Wang Dong'er asked whether Lu Jing liked her too, and he asked if she wanted the truth or a lie.

• Wang Dong'er noticed Lu Jing was troubled and asked what was wrong.
• Lu Jing brought up the Snow Empress's unusual behavior that day.
• Wang Dong'er recalled Sister Xue's embarrassment and realized she might have feelings for Lu Jing.
• Wang Dong'er asked Lu Jing whether he had feelings for Sister Xue or liked her.
• Lu Jing asked Wang Dong'er whether she wanted the truth or a lie.

Lu Jing told Wang Dong'er that he had developed genuine feelings for the Snow Empress, leaving Wang Dong'er torn between jealousy and understanding. Unable to sleep, Wang Dong'er went to the Snow Empress's room, where she hesitated outside the closed door.

• Lu Jing admitted that the Snow Empress was more than an ordinary friend to him and that he truly had feelings for her.
• Wang Dong'er struggled to accept the possibility of sharing Lu Jing, though she understood why he had fallen for the Snow Empress.
• Wang Dong'er tried to sleep but remained troubled by Lu Jing's confession and the Snow Empress's place in his life.
• Wang Dong'er quietly left Lu Jing's room and walked down the corridor toward the Snow Empress's room.
• Wang Dong'er stopped outside the Snow Empress's closed door and hesitated before knocking.

Wang Dong'er confronted the Snow Empress after realizing that the Snow Empress had feelings for Lu Jing. She asked whether the Snow Empress liked him, leaving the Snow Empress stunned and exposed.

• Wang Dong'er struggled with her jealousy and uncertainty before deciding she needed an answer from the Snow Empress.
• Wang Dong'er knocked on the Snow Empress's door and entered after being told it was unlocked.
• The Snow Empress became flustered when she saw Wang Dong'er and worried that she had learned about her feelings for Lu Jing.
• Wang Dong'er sat beside the Snow Empress and asked whether she liked Lu Jing.
• The Snow Empress went rigid, her composure collapsing as she faced Wang Dong'er's question.

Wang Dong'er confronted Snow Empress about her feelings for Lu Jing, then responded with understanding rather than anger. She comforted Snow Empress and revealed how deeply she depended on Lu Jing.

• Snow Empress struggled to answer Wang Dong'er, and Wang Dong'er realized that Snow Empress truly loved Lu Jing.
• Wang Dong'er teased Snow Empress for having good taste and explained that Lu Jing's qualities naturally attracted others.
• Snow Empress asked whether Wang Dong'er was angry, and Wang Dong'er questioned whom she could fairly blame for their feelings.
• Wang Dong'er took Snow Empress's trembling hand and told her that she only had Lu Jing in this world.

Wang Dong'er confessed how deeply she depended on Lu Jing and begged Snow Empress not to take him away from her. Snow Empress agreed that they would stay by his side together, leaving the two women reconciled and embracing.

• Wang Dong'er told Snow Empress that she feared losing Lu Jing, her only home in this era, and asked to share his life with her.
• Snow Empress realized how much Wang Dong'er was suffering and tearfully apologized for causing her pain.
• Wang Dong'er reassured Snow Empress that she did not blame her and said she wanted to keep both her and Lu Jing in her life.
• Snow Empress promised Wang Dong'er they would stay by Lu Jing's side together and treat each other well.
• Wang Dong'er and Snow Empress embraced and cried together through the night.

Wang Dong'er returned from spending the night with Snow Empress, and their newly intimate behavior suggested that she had accepted what Qian Renxue had revealed. The chapter ended with Wang Dong'er smiling at Snow Empress instead of answering whether she had agreed.

• Lu Jing told Qian Renxue and Xiao Wu that Wang Dong'er had gone to see Snow Empress the previous night and was still with her.
• Qian Renxue worried that Wang Dong'er might have confronted Snow Empress and that her own involvement could have caused conflict.
• Wang Dong'er and Snow Empress entered the dining hall together, with Wang Dong'er affectionately holding Snow Empress's arm.
• Qian Renxue asked what had happened, and Wang Dong'er replied that it was just what Qian Renxue thought.
• Qian Renxue asked Wang Dong'er if she had agreed, and Wang Dong'er smiled and looked toward Snow Empress without answering.

Wang Dong'er appeared to have accepted Snow Empress's feelings for Lu Jing, leaving Qian Renxue and Lu Jing surprised by how close the two women had become. In Lu Jing's sea of consciousness, the spirit beasts celebrated Snow Empress's apparent place as a future partner, while lamenting that their own sacrifices had earned them only supporting roles.

• Wang Dong'er held Snow Empress affectionately, and Qian Renxue realized that Dong'er had accepted Snow Empress's presence.
• Xiao Wu asked what had happened, while Lu Jing wondered how the women had settled the matter without including him.
• The Old Sky Dream Ice Silkworm excitedly told Ice Empress that Wang Dong'er had yielded the way for Snow Empress and Lu Jing.
• Ice Empress reflected on how unexpectedly Snow Empress had fallen for Lu Jing and accepted the complicated relationship.
• The Little Sky Dream Ice Silkworm complained that the spirit beasts' sacrifices had made them helpers, while Snow Empress seemed poised to become Lu Jing's future mistress.

Ice Empress considered marrying Lu Jing for the benefits, prompting both Sky Dream Ice Silkworms to protest and fight each other in his sea of consciousness. That night, Snow Empress shyly came to Lu Jing’s room, leaving him wondering where Wang Dong'er was and what Snow Empress wanted to say.

• Ice Empress contemplated marrying Lu Jing, and Old Tian Meng and Little Tian Meng each tried to dissuade her while pitching themselves as better choices.
• Old Tian Meng blamed Little Tian Meng for giving Ice Empress the idea and attacked him, starting a chaotic fight between the two Million-Year Level Sky Dream Ice Silkworms.
• Lu Jing sat in his room after washing up and wondered about Wang Dong'er and Snow Empress’s sudden closeness.
• Snow Empress arrived at Lu Jing’s room alone, blushing and hesitating at the doorway when he asked where Wang Dong'er was.

Wang Dong'er arranged for Lu Jing and Snow Empress to spend the night together, and Snow Empress told Lu Jing about the agreement she and Wang Dong'er had made. Reassured that neither of them blamed her, Snow Empress found the courage to kiss Lu Jing.

• Wang Dong'er pushed Snow Empress into Lu Jing's room, teased them, and locked the door behind her.
• Lu Jing took Snow Empress's hand and asked what she and Wang Dong'er had discussed the previous night.
• Snow Empress recounted Wang Dong'er's vulnerability, plea, and their agreement, then blamed herself for making Wang Dong'er sad.
• Lu Jing embraced Snow Empress and reassured her that loving him was not wrong and that Wang Dong'er accepted her.
• Snow Empress agreed to be with Lu Jing and kissed him.

Lu Jing and the Snow Empress spent the night together, with Lu Jing guiding her through her first intimate experience. The next morning, Wang Dong'er teased the others about their absence while Qian Renxue blushed at the implication.

• Lu Jing and the Snow Empress shared a private night together, growing more comfortable with each other as the night went on.
• Wang Dong'er considered listening in from the next room but covered her head and went to sleep instead.
• Lu Jing and the Snow Empress continued together until dawn, then fell silent, exhausted and content.
• At breakfast, Xiao Wu asked why Lu Jing and the Snow Empress had not arrived.
• Wang Dong'er said they were still sleeping because they were probably exhausted, and Qian Renxue blushed as she understood what she meant.

Lu Jing and Snow Empress woke together after spending the night as husband and wife, then joined Qian Renxue, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Wu in the courtyard. Wang Dong'er teased Snow Empress about the night, leaving her red-faced and unable to answer.

• Lu Jing woke beside Snow Empress and watched her wake, shy and embarrassed.
• Snow Empress and Lu Jing got dressed, held hands, and went to the courtyard together.
• Qian Renxue, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Wu noticed the pair's joined hands and Snow Empress's blush.
• Wang Dong'er asked Snow Empress whether Lu Jing had treated her well and if she felt uncomfortable.
• Snow Empress blushed intensely and struggled to respond to Wang Dong'er's teasing.

Xiao Wu realized Snow Empress and Lu Jing had spent the night together, then asked Qian Renxue when they could become Lu Jing's wives too. Qian Renxue was left flustered and unsettled as everyone reacted to Xiao Wu's question.

• Wang Dong'er teased Snow Empress about her feelings for Lu Jing, and Lu Jing gently pulled her back.
• Wang Dong'er blamed Lu Jing for making her less innocent, drawing an amused reaction from Qian Renxue.
• Xiao Wu connected Snow Empress sleeping late and appearing hand in hand with Lu Jing to what she believed had happened the previous night.
• Xiao Wu asked Qian Renxue when they could also become Lu Jing's wives, shocking Lu Jing, Wang Dong'er, Snow Empress, and Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue told Xiao Wu not to talk nonsense, but Xiao Wu's question stirred feelings she had tried to ignore.

After Xiao Wu declared that she wanted to win a place with Lu Jing, Lu Jing redirected the conversation toward checking on Ah Yin in Sunset Forest. Xiao Wu stayed behind and decided to win Wang Dong'er over so she could pursue Lu Jing.

• Xiao Wu insisted that her proposal was reasonable, while Lu Jing worried about the consequences if Wang Dong'er recovered her memories and learned Xiao Wu was her mother.
• Lu Jing asked Wang Dong'er whether Ah Yin's original body was still in Sunset Forest, and Wang Dong'er remembered they had not checked on it since transplanting it.
• Wang Dong'er hurried to leave for Sunset Forest, and Lu Jing and Snow Empress followed her, leaving Xiao Wu alone.
• Xiao Wu reaffirmed that she would not be left behind and decided to seek Wang Dong'er's agreement as the first step toward winning Lu Jing.