Chapter Summaries

The Skywater Academy students’ fragile unity collapsed after Xiao Yun returned with news that Lin Qinglan and two classmates had been captured by Evil Soul Masters. Blaming Yu Xiaoheng for drawing the enemy to them, the students demanded his death, while Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi refused to abandon him.

• Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi continued tending to the unconscious Yu Xiaoheng despite the heat, their burns, and the other students’ anger over their use of water and Soul Power.
• Chen Wan stopped Zhou Xiaoxiao from confronting the sisters, warning that a fight would endanger everyone.
• The ice blocking the cave entrance was smashed, and the injured Xiao Yun stumbled inside alone.
• Xiao Yun reported that Lin Qinglan had covered her retreat before an Evil Soul Master defeated her and captured her, Xiao Ya, and Zhang Min.
• Zhou Xiaoxiao and the other students blamed Yu Xiaoheng for the ambush and demanded that he be handed over or killed.
• Shui Yun'er shielded Yu Xiaoheng and declared that anyone who wanted to touch him would have to kill her and Shui Lingxi first.

Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi faced their classmates’ desperate demand that they abandon the unconscious Yu Xiaoheng. Refusing to sacrifice him, the sisters decided to leave the ice cave with him despite the blizzard and Evil Soul Masters outside.

• Zhou Xiaoxiao raised an ice spike against Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi, but Chen Wan stepped forward and knelt to beg them to send Yu Xiaoheng away.
• Xiao Yun and the other Skywater Academy students knelt and pleaded for their lives, and Zhou Xiaoxiao dropped her weapon and joined them.
• Chen Wan offered to take Yu Xiaoheng outside and leave him food, but Shui Yun'er refused to hand him over.
• Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi lifted Yu Xiaoheng and announced that they would leave rather than drag their classmates down with them.
• The Shui sisters carried Yu Xiaoheng toward the ice-blocked cave entrance despite Chen Wan warning that the storm and Evil Soul Masters awaited outside.

Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi carried the feverish Yu Xiaoheng into a blizzard, while Clear Sky and Seven Treasure scouts and the Blue Lightning Sect struggled to learn his whereabouts. At the Blue Lightning Sect, a spy revealed that Yu Xiaoheng was secretly cultivating in his courtyard.

• Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi left the cave carrying Yu Xiaoheng through the blizzard as Chen Wan watched them disappear.
• Tang Kai and a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect spy waited near the Star Dou Great Forest, but they had not found Yu Xiaoheng and had clashed with Evil Soul Masters.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered the Blue Lightning Sect to search for Yu Xiaoheng and avoid starting a war with the other sects.
• Tang Wei and Ning Zhenyuan visited the Blue Lightning Sect and questioned Yu Yuanzhen about rumors that Yu Xiaoheng had died.
• Ning Zhenyuan's confidant reported that he had seen Yu Xiaoheng cultivating in his courtyard, displaying the golden light of his Dragon God Incarnation Spirit Skill.

Yu Xiaogang impersonated Yu Xiaoheng to convince Ning Zhenyuan and Tang Wei that Yu Xiaoheng was still at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, driving them away. Afterward, he explained his limited Fake Ring ability to Yu Yuanzhen and reaffirmed his resolve to protect the clan.

• Yu Yuanzhen taunted Ning Zhenyuan and Tang Wei after they learned Yu Xiaoheng had supposedly remained at the clan, and they left believing they had been fooled.
• Yu Xiaogang collapsed after ending his imitation of Yu Xiaoheng, and Yu Yuanzhen helped him recover.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Luo Buhui could store energy from a Spirit Beast corpse and Soul Ring, letting him create a temporary Fake Ring that granted Dragon God Incarnation.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that Fake Ring could be used only nine times in his lifetime and that he had spent one use to protect Yu Xiaoheng's disappearance.
• Yu Yuanzhen lamented that Yu Xiaogang's sacrifice was unfair to him, but Yu Xiaogang sat down to cultivate and called to Buhui.

Yu Xiaogang continued cultivating with Luo Buhui’s help while struggling with his role in the body-double plan. In the Far North, Shui Yun’er and Shui Lingxi sheltered with the unconscious Yu Xiaoheng, but their hiding place was discovered by pursuers.

• Yu Xiaogang recalled stealing sect resources and helping his father perfect the plan to impersonate Yu Xiaoheng, then focused on growing stronger.
• Luo Buhui’s devouring ability helped Yu Xiaogang reach Soul Power level fourteen despite his low innate talent.
• Shui Yun’er carried her injured sister and unconscious Yu Xiaoheng through the Far North after they had fled the main group for three days.
• Shui Yun’er dug a snow shelter and used Yu Xiaoheng’s intense body heat to keep herself and Shui Lingxi alive.
• Shui Lingxi feared they would die, and Shui Yun’er insisted they owed their lives to Yu Xiaoheng and would keep going.
• Pursuers found the rock above their shelter and shouted that they had spotted Shui Yun’er, Shui Lingxi, and possibly Yu Xiaoheng.

After Chen Wan betrayed the Shui sisters and revealed Yu Xiaoheng’s hiding place, an Evil Soul Master Soul King attacked them and approached the snow pit. Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi were left unable to stop him.

• Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi hid the unconscious Yu Xiaoheng beneath snow, then left their shelter to draw the pursuers away.
• Chen Wan confronted the sisters with Evil Soul Masters and revealed that Zhou Xiaoxiao had been killed after refusing to betray them.
• Shui Yun'er agreed to go with the Soul Masters and claimed she had been separated from Yu Xiaoheng, but Chen Wan pointed out the hidden snow pit.
• The Soul King slapped Shui Yun'er and kicked Shui Lingxi’s injured leg before ordering his men to restrain them.
• The Soul King headed toward the snow pit to check whether Yu Xiaoheng was alive, while Shui Yun'er struggled helplessly to stop him.

Yu Xiaoheng woke in the snow pit with a newly awakened Heavenly Punishment power and emerged to protect Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi from an Evil Soul Master Soul King. He transformed and charged at the Soul King, while the wounded sisters tried to support him and Chen Wan hid among the attackers.

• Yu Xiaoheng regained consciousness in the snow pit and discovered an eerie purplish-red pattern forming between his brows as Heavenly Punishment Power stirred within him.
• Yu Xiaoheng saw Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi wounded outside the pit, apparently protecting him from the Evil Soul Masters.
• Yu Xiaoheng burst from the snow in a purplish-red pillar of light and sent the Soul King flying with a blow that shattered his protective Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaoheng activated Dragon God Incarnation, combining golden flames with purple-black patterns, and rushed at the Soul King.
• Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi tried to gather their remaining Soul Power to support Yu Xiaoheng, while Chen Wan retreated and the Evil Soul Masters mocked him.

Yu Xiaoheng woke and slaughtered the Evil Soul Masters who had attacked the Shui Family Sisters and Skywater Academy students. After the sisters embraced him in relief, Chen Wan bitterly realized they had bet on him and won.

• Yu Xiaoheng tore apart the Soul King who had attacked Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi.
• Yu Xiaoheng used a Thunder Fire Network to kill the fleeing Evil Soul Masters.
• Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi ran to Yu Xiaoheng and embraced him as the surviving Skywater Academy students watched.
• Chen Wan, left helpless in the snow, regretted abandoning Yu Xiaoheng and envied the sisters' good fortune.

After waking, Yu Xiaoheng learned that Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi had saved him and let them decide the fate of the classmates who betrayed them. He spared the classmates at Shui Yun'er's request, then discovered new sensing abilities and left to find the distant clan member Yu Changkong, startling the sisters.

• Yu Xiaoheng asked what had happened, and Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi downplayed their efforts to rescue him.
• Yu Xiaoheng thanked the Shui Family Sisters and let them decide what to do with Chen Wan and the other Skywater Academy students.
• Shui Yun'er forgave her classmates, and Yu Xiaoheng agreed to let them go.
• Yu Xiaoheng discovered that his Purple Fire Seed could track targets and that he could sense the thunderclap Auras of Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan members.
• Yu Xiaoheng sensed Yu Changkong nearby and announced that he was leaving, prompting Shui Yun'er to ask whether they would go together.

Yu Xiaoheng marked Shui Yun'er, Shui Lingxi, and the surviving students with his Soul Power and sent them toward a way out before disappearing into the snowstorm. As the group learned that Evil Soul Masters had captured other students to identify Yu Xiaoheng, he secretly hid beneath an ice cliff and spent three days recovering.

• Yu Xiaoheng gave the group directions to a fluctuating barrier and left in the opposite direction, promising the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would remember the Shui Family's favor.
• Shui Yun'er led the survivors toward the exit, holding onto the Purple Fire mark as their remaining connection to Yu Xiaoheng.
• Shui Yun'er asked Chen Wan what had happened to the missing students, and Chen Wan said some had been killed, some had fled, and others had been captured to identify Yu Xiaoheng.
• Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi continued onward without attempting a rescue, while Shui Lingxi felt the cold more sharply after Yu Xiaoheng left.
• Yu Xiaoheng stayed hidden beneath a sheltered ice cliff for three days, healing with Soul Power and restorative herbs while sensing the Purple Fire Seed.

Yu Xiaoheng fled the Evil Soul Masters while planning to divert them and rescue Yu Changkong, but he rejected the chance to confront their Spirit Emperor for the metal that might control his Heavenly Punishment Soul Ring. After reaching a snowy clearing and celebrating his escape, he sensed that Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi were at the Evil Soul Master leader’s location.

• Yu Xiaoheng recovered, saw that the Shui Family Sisters were heading southeast, and decided to cause a diversion in the northwest while trying to rescue Yu Changkong and other captives.
• Yu Xiaoheng considered killing the Evil Soul Master Spirit Emperor to seize his special metal, which might let him control the Heavenly Punishment Soul Ring, but decided the risk was too great.
• Yu Xiaoheng traveled through the snowfield and lamented that his gains from the Far North were small compared with his injuries and the danger posed by the Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaoheng reached a sunlit snowy flat, took pride in surviving without his clan’s protection, and swore to avoid future life-or-death struggles by becoming stronger.
• Yu Xiaoheng used his Purple Fire Seed senses to check on the survivors and discovered that Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi were at the same location as the Evil Soul Master leader.

Yu Xiaoheng rescued Yu Changkong, Hai Lan, and the other captives, but refused to risk his life returning to save the Shui Family Sisters. He focused on leading the survivors out of the Far North and shaping his heroic reputation, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Yu Xiaoheng defeated the Evil Soul Master guards and rescued Yu Changkong, Hai Lan, and the other captives.
• Yu Xiaoheng decided that repaying the Shui Family Sisters for saving him did not require risking his life to rescue them.
• Yu Xiaoheng recognized that the Shui Family Sisters sincerely liked him, but chose not to act on those feelings.
• Yu Xiaoheng examined Yu Changkong, learned that his injuries had stabilized, and promised to lead the survivors out of the Far North alive.

Yu Xiaoheng led the survivors away from the Evil Soul Masters’ territory while hiding that Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi had been captured. An Evil Soul Master revealed their captivity and threatened them, leaving Yu Xiaoheng trapped between returning to rescue them and preserving his carefully built reputation.

• Yu Xiaoheng guided the civilians and Soul Masters through the snow, suppressing visions of Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi being tortured.
• Yu Xiaoheng kept the Skywater Academy students unaware that Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi had been captured, while Ah Yin and the others followed him with growing hope.
• Yu Xiaoheng sensed Rhine and the scattered Evil Soul Masters near the Purple Fire Seed and continued leading the group away.
• A black-robed Evil Soul Master appeared ahead and shouted that Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi were being held at the source of My Lord Divine Fire.
• The Evil Soul Master threatened to torture and humiliate the sisters, and the survivors turned to Yu Xiaoheng as he struggled with whether to return.

Yu Xiaoheng refused to rescue Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi, insisting that risking the group’s lives would be irresponsible. When Chen Wan revealed that the sisters had protected and cared for him for over a month, he denied her account until Ah Yin confronted him with his unexplained disappearance, and Yu Changkong confirmed it.

• Yu Xiaoheng killed Rhine instantly, then refused to pursue the Evil Soul Masters and led the group away, saying he could not endanger the civilians to save Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi.
• Hai Lan realized Yu Xiaoheng had hesitated to protect his reputation, and Chen Wan cursed him for abandoning the sisters.
• Chen Wan told the group that Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi had cared for Yu Xiaoheng for more than a month and risked themselves to protect him while he was unconscious.
• Yu Xiaoheng called Chen Wan a liar and claimed the sisters had only found him unconscious, while insisting that he had saved them and everyone else.
• Ah Yin challenged Yu Xiaoheng to explain his month-long disappearance, and Yu Changkong confirmed that he had been missing for more than a month.

Yu Xiaoheng learned that Yu Changkong had once helped the Shui Family Sisters escape with him because he believed they cared for him. Remembering their sacrifice, Yu Xiaoheng gave Ah Yin a Purple Fire Seed and vanished into the blizzard, where a golden streak of Lightning erupted.

• Yu Xiaoheng remembered the Shui Family Sisters carrying him through the snow and struggled with the fact that they had risked their lives to save him.
• Yu Changkong told Yu Xiaoheng that he had encountered the Shui Family Sisters while they carried him and had drawn away patrolling Evil Soul Masters to let them escape.
• Yu Changkong explained that he believed the sisters had fallen for Yu Xiaoheng, and Yu Xiaoheng's memories of their care became clear.
• Yu Xiaoheng gave Ah Yin a Purple Fire Seed and told her to use it to open the weak point in the barrier.
• Ah Yin realized Yu Xiaoheng had disappeared, and a golden streak of Lightning erupted in the distant blizzard, followed by thunder and shockwaves.

Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi waited in captivity, convinced Yu Xiaoheng would not risk his life to save them, and found comfort in the thought that he might survive. When Rhine sensed a subordinate had been killed, he prepared to torture the sisters to lure Yu Xiaoheng out.

• Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi questioned whether Yu Xiaoheng would come, while Rhine waited to use their suffering to provoke him.
• Shui Yun'er decided it was better if Yu Xiaoheng stayed away, and Shui Lingxi agreed that his survival mattered more than their rescue.
• Rhine sensed that a subordinate had died and decided to torment the sisters to draw Yu Xiaoheng out.
• Rhine showed Shui Yun'er a poisoned Soul Searching Claw and threatened to use it on her, making Shui Lingxi tremble with fear.

Yu Xiaoheng stormed into the ice cavern and rescued Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi from Rhine, then survived the Spirit Emperor’s Purple Fire attack without injury. Shui Yun'er began to wake as Rhine recoiled in disbelief.

• Rhine threatened Shui Lingxi with his Soul Searching Claw while the Evil Soul Masters mocked her and Shui Yun'er.
• Yu Xiaoheng blasted through the cavern entrance with golden flames and blue-violet lightning, killing the Evil Soul Masters there.
• Yu Xiaoheng vanished from Rhine’s sight, cut the sisters’ chains, and carried them to safety inside the cavern.
• Rhine attacked Yu Xiaoheng with his sixth soul skill, but Yu Xiaoheng’s dragon scales and golden-red aura swallowed the Purple Fire without harming him.
• Rhine staggered back in shock, and Shui Yun'er slowly opened her eyes.

Shui Yun'er awoke to find Yu Xiaoheng had rescued her and Shui Lingxi alone, without any reinforcements. As Rhine sent the Evil Soul Masters against him, Yu Xiaoheng unleashed his Golden Sacred Dragon powers and began slaughtering them.

• Shui Yun'er regained consciousness beside Shui Lingxi and realized Yu Xiaoheng had carried them into the ice cave and treated her sister.
• Shui Yun'er searched for the reinforcements she expected, then learned Yu Xiaoheng had entered alone and was only a Soul Grandmaster.
• Yu Xiaoheng gave Shui Lingxi a pill and ordered the sisters to stay quiet and conserve their strength.
• Rhine, furious that his Origin Purple Fire had failed to harm Yu Xiaoheng, ordered the Evil Soul Masters to attack him.
• Yu Xiaoheng activated Dragon God Incarnation and charged into the crowd, killing several Evil Soul Masters with lightning and dragon flames.
• Rhine ordered the remaining Evil Soul Masters to retreat as Yu Xiaoheng continued his assault.

Yu Xiaoheng fought Rhine in the ice cavern and used a jade tablet containing Yu Yuanzhen’s Title Douluo strike as his trump card. Just as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon was about to hit Rhine, a purple glow appeared on Rhine’s forehead, revealing an attached Spirit Bone.

• Yu Xiaoheng checked on Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi, then told them not to hold him back as he faced Rhine.
• Rhine used his third and fourth soul skills to attack, and Yu Xiaoheng formed Thunder Armor but was blasted into an ice wall.
• Rhine launched his fifth soul skill at Yu Xiaoheng, who endured the strike and countered with Thunder Kai Shatter.
• Yu Xiaoheng pressed a jade tablet to Rhine’s chest and unleashed the Title Douluo power it contained.
• Rhine revealed that a Spirit Bone attached to his forehead was the counter he had been waiting to use.

Rhine used the Heavenly Punishment Purple Fire to destroy Yu Xiaoheng’s jade-token attack and believed he had trapped the wounded young man. Yu Xiaoheng revealed no fear, having anticipated the token’s failure, while Rhine prepared to use his subordinates and Yu Xiaoheng as nourishment for his lord’s power.

• Rhine guided the Heavenly Punishment Purple Fire through his Head Soul Bone and burned away the Blue Lightning Dragon released by Yu Xiaoheng’s jade token.
• Rhine mocked Yu Xiaoheng and declared that the Forbidden Area of the Far North had weakened the Title Douluo attack sealed in the token.
• Shui Yun'er and the Shui Family Sisters despaired, but Yu Xiaoheng calmly stood despite his bleeding wound and the shattered token.
• Yu Xiaoheng reflected that he had expected Heavenly Punishment Fire to destroy the token and had chosen to rescue the Shui Family Sisters despite the risk.
• Rhine taunted Yu Xiaoheng as his Evil Soul Masters celebrated, then decided to use his subordinates and Yu Xiaoheng as nourishment for his lord’s power.