Chapter Summaries

Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress completed their God Trial with help from Little Phoenix and the Ice God Sword while staying in the Far North. After more than half a year, Snow Empress prepared to leave for a time, and the chapter ended with an overtime notice about attempting to cure a strange condition.

• Shen Hanyu decided not to rush the Cold Sky Spear's advancement and collected a sample of the strange metal formed around the Ice God Sword.
• Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress returned to the palace and completed their God Trial tasks with Little Phoenix's help, while Xiao Bai reported that the Far North remained mostly stable.
• Little Phoenix wandered around the Far North and nearly got lost before returning to the palace.
• Shen Hanyu defeated Snow Empress in a fierce Core Circle battle despite her using the damaged Ice God Sword.
• Snow Empress announced she might leave the Far North for a while and beat the Titan Snow Demon King after he tried to seize the throne.

After completing the first seven God Trials, Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress learned that the eighth required repairing the Ice God Sword and returned to Element City to seek help and reunite with the girls. They discussed Shen Liuyu’s future Soul Ring and arranged support for You Mengchu’s family, then left the girls stunned by offering them Soul Bones.

• Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress decided to leave the Far North and consider asking the Silver Dragon King to help repair the Ice God Sword for the eighth God Trial.
• Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress returned to Element City and found their courtyard dusty, then went to Skywater Academy and watched Xiao Bai spar with Shen Liuyu and the other girls.
• Shen Hanyu planned for Shen Liuyu to receive a Soul Bone and eventually hunt a Titan Giant Ape for her Seventh Soul Ring.
• You Mengchu told Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress that her grandfather planned to reach the continent the following year, and Shen Hanyu arranged for Soul Masters to monitor the Extreme South and report news.
• Shen Hanyu praised the girls’ cultivation and promised them Soul Bones, then produced a large pile of them from his Soul Tool.

Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress offered their trove of Soul Bones to the women of Skywater Academy, while You Mengchu brought her disciple Xue Ke to claim a share. Xue Ke chose a modest Soul Bone and left with You Mengchu’s reassurance to become less timid.

• Shen Hanyu revealed a mountain of high-quality Soul Bones, and Snow Empress invited everyone to choose one.
• You Mengchu hurriedly brought Xue Ke to the pavilion, where Shen Hanyu gave You Mengchu a sixty-three-thousand-year Wind Mò Xuě Xiāo Right Arm Bone.
• Shen Hanyu used Soul Power to guide the anxious Xue Ke into the group, and Shui Bing'er welcomed her to choose a Soul Bone.
• The girls selected Soul Bones and went to absorb them, while Xue Ke chose a thirteen-thousand-year Ice Snow Swan Right Arm Bone.
• You Mengchu comforted Xue Ke, told her to keep the Soul Bone and stop treating herself like an outsider, then summoned her to her room for training.

Shen Hanyu gave Shen Liuyu and the Shui sisters powerful Soul Bones, prompting affectionate reactions and jealousy from the Snow Empress. The next morning, Shen Liuyu teased Shen Hanyu about Shui Bing'er becoming his second sister-in-law and was frozen by the Snow Empress, left unable to eat breakfast.

• Shen Hanyu gave Shen Liuyu a 230,000-year Dragon Flood Dragon Right Arm Bone to help her break through to Soul Sage.
• Shen Hanyu gave Shui Yue'er a hundred-thousand-year Purple Lightning Magic Mink Left Leg Bone and Shui Bing'er a hundred-thousand-year Ice Dragon Right Leg Bone.
• Shui Bing'er shyly embraced Shen Hanyu, and the Snow Empress grew jealous and pinched his waist.
• Shen Liuyu teased Shen Hanyu about Shui Bing'er becoming his second sister-in-law and suggested she and Shui Yue'er might stay together if she could not find someone better than him.
• The Snow Empress froze Shen Liuyu in a block of ice and carried her to breakfast, leaving her to watch everyone eat.

Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress helped Shen Liuyu hunt the Titan Giant Ape so she could absorb its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. As Shen Liuyu stabilized during absorption, Di Tian, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji appeared before Shen Hanyu, while Xiao Wu collapsed at Shrek Academy after sensing the Titan Giant Ape’s death.

• Shen Hanyu, Snow Empress, and Shen Liuyu entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Soul Beast for Shen Liuyu’s Soul Ring.
• At the Lake of Life, Shen Hanyu killed the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python, then Shen Liuyu formed a blood-red Soul Ring from the Titan Giant Ape.
• Xiao Wu felt intense pain and grief at Shrek Academy, spat blood, and collapsed as Tang San cried out.
• Shen Liuyu began absorbing the Titan Giant Ape’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and gradually stabilized under Snow Empress’s protection.
• Shen Hanyu summoned Di Tian, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji from the forest, then discussed Di Tian’s permission to deal with the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python.

Shen Hanyu’s group stayed in the Star Dou Great Forest as Shen Liuyu absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion took an unusual liking to Shen Hanyu. After Shen Liuyu’s successful breakthrough, Di Tian prepared to lead Shen Hanyu to meet the Silver Dragon King again.

• Scarlet King brought the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to Di Tian, and the Auspicious Beast eagerly tried to approach Shen Hanyu.
• Di Tian explained that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion sensed the scent of its own kind on Shen Hanyu, then told him the Silver Dragon King wished to see him again.
• Shen Hanyu agreed to meet the Silver Dragon King, while Snow Empress continued stabilizing Shen Liuyu’s Soul Power and suppressing the Titan Giant Ape’s remnant soul.
• Scarlet King returned with a Sixty Thousand Year Holy Light Flame Tiger, which the Three-Eyed Golden Lion ate, while Shen Hanyu absorbed the corpse’s energy.
• Shen Liuyu completed her absorption of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, reached Rank Seventy-Three, and received the Titan Giant Ape’s Left Arm Bone from Shen Hanyu.
• Shen Hanyu and Di Tian exchanged nods and prepared to go meet the Silver Dragon King.

Shen Hanyu met Gu Yuena beneath the Lake of Life and asked her to repair the Ice God Sword for his eighth Ice God Trial. After revealing his plan to merge the God Realm into the Douluo Plane and raise its power, he won Gu Yuena’s interest in cooperating, then encountered a group of unfamiliar yet faintly familiar people while leaving the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Shen Hanyu reunited with the Silver Dragon King, who had recovered enough strength to take human form and introduced herself as Gu Yuena.
• Shen Hanyu asked Gu Yuena to repair the Ice God Sword, and she agreed after examining the damaged divine artifact and accepting a reasonable request in return.
• Shen Hanyu told Gu Yuena that he planned to take control of the God Realm, merge its origin and energy into the Douluo Plane, and use the Abyss Plane to help break the limits on Soul Masters and Soul Beasts becoming gods.
• Gu Yuena gave Shen Hanyu a Dragon Scale containing her Mental Power so they could communicate, and Shen Hanyu left with Snow Empress and Shen Liuyu.
• While flying out of the Star Dou Great Forest, Shen Hanyu and the others spotted a group whose auras seemed unfamiliar but faintly familiar.

Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress discovered a strong resonance between Shen Liuyu’s bloodline and Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia. Shen Hanyu stripped a faint gray aura from Ye Lingling’s Martial Soul, leaving her unconscious as Dugu Yan demanded to know what had happened.

• Shen Liuyu recognized Dugu Yan, but she and Ye Lingling both felt an intense resonance that made Ye Lingling tremble and grow pale.
• Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress decided to investigate the connection and landed beside Dugu Yan and the Royal Fight Team.
• Shen Hanyu lifted Ye Lingling with his palm’s suction, and her Nine Heart Begonia bloomed with a powerful Life Aura.
• Shen Hanyu forcibly removed a faint gray aura from the Nine Heart Begonia, causing Ye Lingling to scream, bleed, and lose consciousness.
• The Snow Empress’s pressure kept the Royal Fight Team from intervening until Ye Lingling returned to Dugu Yan’s arms, and Dugu Yan urgently asked Shen Hanyu what had happened.

Shen Hanyu explained that the Nine Heart Begonia bloodline was afflicted by an ancient Evil God’s Curse, which limited the family to two members and had become rooted in their souls and Martial Souls. Ye Lingling woke and asked whether the curse could be removed, but Shen Hanyu warned that fully removing it would cause far worse pain than what she had just endured.

• Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress identified the curse on Ye Lingling as sharing its origin with the Evil God Bloodline and discussed bringing her into the academy.
• Shen Liuyu teased Dugu Yan about Ye Lingling’s condition and tried to coax her into calling her Big Sister.
• Ye Lingling woke, said her head still hurt, and asked to speak with Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress.
• Shen Hanyu explained that an ancient evil deity had cursed the Nine Heart Begonia family, making the curse pass down and restricting the bloodline to two members.
• Ye Lingling asked if the curse could be solved, and Shen Hanyu said it could but warned that removing it all would cause immense pain.

Shen Hanyu explained the risks of removing Ye Lingling’s Evil God curse and urged her to wait until she was stronger before deciding. After parting from the Royal Fight Team, he and his companions headed back to Element City, where he noticed signs that Heaven Dou City’s political turmoil was nearing a turning point.

• Shen Hanyu told Ye Lingling that lifting the curse could carry severe risks and advised her to return to him after reaching Soul Ancestor; Shen Liuyu explained why she had suffered little from the bloodline’s effects.
• Shen Hanyu told Dugu Yan to urge her grandfather to repay Xue Xing and move to Element City, then reassured her that Ye Lingling would recover after resting.
• Shen Hanyu, Shen Liuyu, and the Snow Empress left the Royal Fight Team and began their journey back to Element City.
• Near Heaven Dou City, Shen Hanyu spotted Ge Long leading a heavily armored legion of more than ten thousand soldiers and inferred that Xue Ye’s health was worsening and Qian Renxue’s plan was advancing.
• After leaving Heaven Dou City, Shen Hanyu offered to spar with Shen Liuyu while suppressing his cultivation, but she refused and said she could find someone else to fight.

The Martial Soul Branch Hall and Elephant Armored Sect left Element City, while Shen Hanyu learned from Dugu Bo's letter that Heaven Dou City was also preparing for trouble. Snow Empress urged Shen Hanyu to stop hesitating and act on Shui Bing'er’s feelings.

• The Martial Soul Branch Hall, Elephant Armored Sect, and Elephant Armor Academy all departed Element City, and Shui Ningbing took over their former land.
• Shen Hanyu suspected Spirit Hall had recalled its forces because of an approaching war or major event, while Qian Renxue wondered why Spirit Hall had grown quiet.
• Dugu Bo sent Shen Hanyu a letter and a box of fertility pills, reporting that Xue Ye had recalled Ge Long and most of the heavy armored legions to Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo also reported that at least one Titled Douluo and many Soul Masters had arrived at the Martial Soul Branch Hall in Heaven Dou City.
• Snow Empress told Shen Hanyu that Shui Bing'er had privately come to her in tears and was waiting for him to take the initiative, but Shen Hanyu admitted he had not known.

Shen Hanyu struggled to understand Shui Bing'er’s feelings after Snow Empress confronted him about his poor attention to relationships. He and Shui Bing'er began discussing what a relationship between them would mean, but he warned her that he could not offer a life devoted to only one person.

• Snow Empress told Shen Hanyu that he needed to handle the situation with Shui Bing'er himself, leaving him to reflect on their relationship and his own inattention to feelings.
• Shui Yue'er and Shen Liuyu pushed Shui Bing'er toward Shen Hanyu, then went off to join Snow Empress.
• Snow Empress reassured Shui Yue'er and Shen Liuyu that she trusted them and accepted Shui Bing'er as an exception before going out with them.
• Shen Hanyu invited Shui Bing'er to talk, and she admitted that she did not know when her feelings had begun or how to answer his questions.
• Shen Hanyu told Shui Bing'er that he shared a deep bond with Snow Empress and could not promise a relationship devoted to only one person, leaving the decision to her.

Shui Bing'er and Shen Hanyu confessed their feelings and confirmed their relationship, promising to face the future together. Shui Ningbing sensed their bond and happily celebrated Bing'er finding a home of her own.

• Shui Bing'er told Shen Hanyu she had accepted him long ago, and Shen Hanyu embraced her as they cried together.
• Shui Bing'er and Shen Hanyu shared their first handholding and promised not to leave or neglect each other.
• Shen Hanyu carried Shui Bing'er away from the courtyard while Snow Empress watched them leave from the city.
• Shen Liuyu and Shui Yue'er led Snow Empress toward the busiest part of the city.
• Shui Ningbing sensed Shui Bing'er and Shen Hanyu's auras, celebrated their relationship, and joked about receiving gifts from her new nephew.
• You Mengchu and the Demon Queen quietly left Shui Ningbing's doorway after overhearing her.

Shen Hanyu and Shui Bing'er returned to the courtyard, where the Snow Empress welcomed Bing'er and allowed her to move in. After the others left, the Snow Empress had Bing'er share her room while she later joined Shen Hanyu, warning him to give Bing'er time to adjust.

• Shen Hanyu and Shui Bing'er arrived at the courtyard, where the Snow Empress invited Bing'er to sit with her.
• The Snow Empress told Shui Bing'er she could move in and warned Shen Hanyu not to rush her.
• Shui Ningbing teased Shen Hanyu into calling her Auntie, and the gathering eventually ended.
• The Snow Empress decided Shui Bing'er would sleep with her while Shen Hanyu slept downstairs alone.
• The Snow Empress put Shui Bing'er to sleep, then joined Shen Hanyu and told him to be patient and careful with Bing'er.

Shen Hanyu welcomed Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling to Element City, where Dugu Bo planned to settle permanently. After receiving Shen Hanyu’s message, Shui Bing’er and Shen Liuyu left Skywater Academy to meet him, while the other girls teased Shui Bing’er about seeing her boyfriend.

• Shen Hanyu reflected on Shui Bing’er’s approaching Soul Emperor breakthrough and the girls’ progress ahead of the Soul Master Tournament.
• Dugu Bo arrived in Element City with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, and Shen Hanyu offered them a residence and access to the city and Skywater Academy.
• Shen Hanyu and Dugu Bo chatted warmly as they set off to celebrate the old friend’s arrival.
• Shen Hanyu sent Shui Bing’er and Shen Liuyu a Soul Power message, and the two left the training grounds to meet him.
• The other girls teased Shui Bing’er about going to see Shen Hanyu, leaving her embarrassed as she hurried away with Shen Liuyu.

Shen Hanyu confirmed that Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor was on the verge of transforming into a dragon and promised to help protect Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling. Meanwhile, Dugu Yan learned about Shen Hanyu's relationship with Shui Bing'er and the Snow Empress, then saw Skywater Academy's vice principal rush past the group for unknown reasons.

• Dugu Bo told Shen Hanyu he expected to break through to Rank 95 and sensed his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor might evolve toward the Dragon Clan.
• Shen Hanyu examined Dugu Bo, confirmed the impending dragon transformation, and gave him residual blood from his Second Martial Soul to support it.
• Dugu Bo said Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling intended to enter the Soul Master Tournament, and Shen Hanyu offered to watch over them.
• While walking through Element City, Dugu Yan learned that Shui Bing'er and the Snow Empress were both Shen Hanyu's partners, and she criticized him as a scumbag.
• As the group approached Skywater Academy, You Mengchu flew past them without noticing them, leaving Shui Bing'er and the others wondering what had happened.

Shen Liuyu and Dugu Yan began a fight at Skywater Academy, where Shen Liuyu revealed her Soul Sage strength and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. As Shen Liuyu struck Dugu Yan, Dugu Yan entered a strange dazed state and collapsed into her arms.

• Shen Liuyu and Dugu Yan teased each other before agreeing to fight at Skywater Academy's training grounds.
• Dugu Yan summoned her six Soul Rings, and Shen Liuyu revealed seven Soul Rings, suppressing Dugu Yan's Martial Soul.
• Shen Liuyu proposed that the loser serve the winner as an on-call maid for a month, and Dugu Yan chose to fight despite the disadvantage.
• Shui Bing'er led Ye Lingling away while Shen Liuyu continued striking Dugu Yan in the arena.
• Shen Liuyu noticed Dugu Yan acting strangely, and Dugu Yan fell limp into her arms.

Shen Liuyu rescued Dugu Yan after she abruptly fainted, while Shen Hanyu waited for Dugu Bo’s Martial Soul Evolution to begin. Shui Bing’er joined Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress in an intimate embrace, leaving both women stunned and embarrassed.

• Dugu Yan fainted in Shen Liuyu’s arms, so Shen Liuyu threw her into the academy’s icy lake to revive her.
• Dugu Yan recovered in the lake, and Shui Bing’er and Ye Lingling arrived as Shen Liuyu explained what had happened.
• Shui Bing’er told Shen Liuyu to help Dugu Yan out of the lake more gently in the future.
• Three days later, Shen Hanyu sensed that Dugu Bo’s breakthrough and Martial Soul Evolution were imminent and asked the Snow Empress to watch for scattered toxins.
• Shui Bing’er came downstairs and joined Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress, and Shen Hanyu pulled both women into his arms.
• Shen Hanyu kissed Shui Bing’er, leaving her and the Snow Empress flustered and stunned.

Dugu Yan arrived at Shen Liuyu’s dormitory to enforce their wager, leaving Shen Liuyu reluctantly agreeing to serve as her maid. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo broke through to level ninety-five and his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor evolved into a Poison Dragon, after which he thanked Shen Hanyu for standing guard.

• Dugu Yan visited Shen Liuyu in a maid outfit and reminded her that their wager required the loser to serve the winner for a month.
• Dugu Yan threatened to play with Shen Liuyu as her dog if she refused, and Shen Liuyu chose to become her maid instead.
• Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress contained Dugu Bo’s poisonous mist while his breakthrough began.
• Lightning battered the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor before it emerged from the clouds as a high-ranking subdragon called Poison Dragon.
• Dugu Bo reached level ninety-five, celebrated his new Super Douluo power, and thanked Shen Hanyu for his help.

After Shui Bing'er reached Rank 60, Shen Hanyu and his companions sought an Extreme Ice Soul Beast for her next Soul Ring and followed Tian Meng’s lead to a strange canyon in the Far North. They discovered that something beneath the canyon was contaminating its deformed Soul Beasts, and Shen Hanyu sent Shui Bing'er and Shen Liuyu down to fight while he and Snow Empress went deeper to investigate.

• Dugu Bo stabilized his breakthrough to Super Douluo, and Shen Hanyu assessed the strength of his evolved poison.
• Shui Bing'er reached Rank 60, and Tian Meng suggested searching near the southern Far North for a Soul Beast with an aura like Ice Empress’s.
• Snow Empress identified a mysterious canyon near Xiao Bai’s territory, where deformed Soul Beasts had attacked his clan.
• Shen Hanyu, Shui Bing'er, Snow Empress, and Shen Liuyu traveled to the canyon and discovered signs that an unknown source beneath it had contaminated the Soul Beasts.
• Shen Hanyu sent Shui Bing'er and Shen Liuyu down into the canyon to fight its Soul Beasts while he and Snow Empress disappeared deeper into the snow.