Recaps

Shen Hanyu visited Shen Liuyu at Skywater Academy, reunited with her, and brought her back to a hotel to give her several gifts. He explained the first gift, a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and began introducing the next one.

• Shen Hanyu arrived at Skywater Academy, where the gate guard welcomed him and sent a student to fetch Shen Liuyu.
• Nine-year-old Shen Liuyu ran to Shen Hanyu, told him she had reached level nineteen, and described her gifted classmate Bing'er.
• Shen Hanyu and Shen Liuyu spent two hours strolling and buying snacks before returning to the hotel.
• Shen Hanyu massaged Shen Liuyu's sore feet as they teased each other about romance and a future sister-in-law.
• Shen Hanyu presented Shen Liuyu with four wooden boxes and explained that the first held a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum that could strengthen her body and raise her Soul Power.

Shen Hanyu gave Shen Liuyu rare treasures and took her into a forest to find her second Soul Ring. After she absorbed a powerful Three-Winged Blood-Pattern Ant, she reached level twenty-five and gained a potent combat-enhancement skill.

• Shen Hanyu gave Shen Liuyu an Earth Dragon Golden Melon and advised her to wait until level thirty-five before consuming it.
• Shen Hanyu gave Shen Liuyu two high-age Right Leg Bones, and she stored both in her Soul Tool.
• Shen Liuyu consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and broke through to level twenty before she and Shen Hanyu entered the forest.
• Shen Hanyu defeated a twelve-hundred-year Three-Winged Blood-Pattern Ant, and Shen Liuyu chose its Soul Ring.
• Shen Liuyu absorbed the Soul Ring in about three hours, reached level twenty-five, and gained a skill that increased her strength and attack by one hundred and fifty percent.

After arranging Shen Liuyu’s protection, Shen Hanyu secluded himself in a forest cave to cultivate and grow stronger. Months later, he reached Level 58 and began sharpening his abilities by fighting three Earth Explosive Bears.

• Shen Liuyu returned to Skywater Academy, and Shen Hanyu had Tian Meng conceal her Soul Rings with a Mental Power imprint.
• Shen Hanyu checked on Little Phoenix, then settled into a cave outside Element City with Tian Meng guarding him.
• Shen Hanyu’s Cold Sky Spear retained its peak Ice Attribute and developed a red line of scorching energy after his ice-and-fire body tempering.
• After a month of secluded cultivation, Shen Hanyu reached Level 57 and healed his meridians; three months later, he reached Level 58.
• When his cultivation slowed, Shen Hanyu began sparring with three twenty-thousand-year Earth Explosive Bears, which repeatedly sought him out for fights.

After more than a month of cultivation, Shen Hanyu awoke from a strange state in which his Martial Soul repeatedly shattered and reformed, revealing a second awakening driven by conflicting Ice and divine Fire energies. He planned to strengthen his Ice Attribute and seek a powerful sixth Soul Ring from a Fallen Sea Demon in the Far North.

• Shen Hanyu absorbed vast energy while his Soul Power and Mental Power grew, and the Cold Sky Spear repeatedly broke apart and reformed.
• Tian Meng concealed the area and realized Shen Hanyu and his Cold Sky Spear were undergoing a second Martial Soul awakening.
• Shen Hanyu awoke after more than a month with Soul Power at the peak of level fifty-nine and told Tian Meng the Fire Attribute energy came from the Deity of Soul Beasts.
• Shen Hanyu said he would raise his Ice Attribute toward Extreme Ice and prepare for a sixth Soul Ring, while Tian Meng proposed hunting a Fallen Sea Demon beneath the sea near the Far North.
• Shen Hanyu thanked Tian Meng and promised to pursue eternal life and godhood with him.

Several months after returning to the Far North, Shen Hanyu traveled toward the sea with Tian Meng and encountered a powerful, injured Frost Snake Demon. After hiding from her patrol, Shen Hanyu left by another route, troubled by the sorrow he sensed from her.

• Shen Hanyu and Tian Meng crossed the Frost Snake territory, where Tian Meng described the local Ice Silkworms and they spotted powerful Soul Beasts in the sea.
• Tian Meng sensed the Two Hundred Thousand Year Frost Snake Demon approaching and warned Shen Hanyu to hide beneath the snow.
• The Frost Snake Demon searched the area but failed to find Shen Hanyu and Tian Meng before moving on.
• Tian Meng explained that the Frost Snake Demon had detected his Mental Power and was injured and slowly decaying.
• Shen Hanyu warned Tian Meng to use his Mental Power more carefully, then detoured away while sensing the Frost Snake Demon's despair and pain.

Shen Hanyu detoured inland to avoid the Frost Snake Demon and prepared to hunt a Fallen Sea Demon for his sixth Soul Ring. After Tian Meng warned him about the danger of absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, Shen Hanyu reaffirmed that nothing would stop him from claiming the power he wanted.

• Shen Hanyu traveled inland with Tian Meng’s guidance and found shelter in a cave that carried the scent of an Ice Silkworm with at least thirty thousand years of cultivation.
• Tian Meng explained that they were nearing the Fallen Sea Demons’ territory and warned Shen Hanyu about their strength, sharp senses, Extreme Ice attribute, and the risk of the hunt.
• Tian Meng revealed that he could restrain a Fallen Sea Demon for about five seconds, giving Shen Hanyu time to strike its brain and enter its nest to absorb its Soul Ring.
• Tian Meng worried that no human Soul Master had absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as a sixth Soul Ring and urged Shen Hanyu to reconsider.
• Shen Hanyu declared that he would seize the power he wanted and follow his path, leaving Tian Meng relieved as he returned to Shen Hanyu’s Sea of Consciousness.

Shen Hanyu hunted a Hundred-Thousand-Year Fallen Sea Demon beneath the ice with Tian Meng's help. After killing it, he dragged its corpse into its underwater nest before its Soul Ring could form.

• Shen Hanyu crossed the frozen sea, avoiding hunting Soul Beasts as Tian Meng guided him toward the Fallen Sea Demon beneath an iceberg.
• Tian Meng used Spirit Sharing to conceal Shen Hanyu and located a recently ascended Hundred-Thousand-Year Fallen Sea Demon weakened by its heavenly tribulation.
• Shen Hanyu dived into the sea, attracted predators with the blood of several slain Soul Beasts, and struck the largest fissure to draw the Fallen Sea Demon out.
• The Fallen Sea Demon knocked Shen Hanyu away and charged him with a harpoon, but Tian Meng's Mental Power stunned it.
• Shen Hanyu used his first, third, and fifth Soul Rings to kill the Fallen Sea Demon, then dragged its corpse into its water-free nest before its Soul Ring formed.

Shen Hanyu recovered from the Fallen Sea Demon's attack and began absorbing its Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring with Tian Meng's help. Tian Meng suppressed the demon's resentment, while Shen Hanyu remained in a stable state and still needed about a week to finish absorbing the ring.

• Tian Meng used its shed silkworm skin and energy to help Shen Hanyu recover from his internal injuries.
• Shen Hanyu agreed to absorb the Fallen Sea Demon's blood-red Soul Ring, and Tian Meng sealed away part of its energy.
• Shen Hanyu drew the Extreme Ice Soul Ring's energy into his body while Tian Meng guided it through his meridians.
• Tian Meng suppressed the Fallen Sea Demon's resentment in Shen Hanyu's Sea of Consciousness and crushed it into spiritual power.
• Tian Meng concluded that Shen Hanyu needed about a week to complete the absorption and went to sleep.

Shen Hanyu completed his absorption of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, gained the Extreme Ice attribute, and escaped the Far North with a Hundred Thousand Year Right Leg Bone. He reached the Frozen Forest at level sixty-three, while Tian Meng recalled a powerful human who had once been driven away by the Titan Snow Demon King.

• Shen Hanyu awakened after absorbing the Soul Ring, and Tian Meng celebrated his success before Shen Hanyu thanked him for his help.
• Shen Hanyu took the Fallen Sea Demon's blood-red Right Leg Bone and swam back to land with Tian Meng's remains.
• Shen Hanyu changed into dry robes and hurried away after Tian Meng warned him that powerful Soul Beasts were nearby.
• Shen Hanyu told Tian Meng that his Soul Power had reached level sixty-three and learned that a powerful human with an ice-attributed halberd had visited the Far North about thirty thousand years earlier.
• Tian Meng explained that the Titan Snow Demon King had severely injured the human, and that the human's arrival had led to Tian Meng nearly being killed by other Soul Beasts.
• Shen Hanyu crossed more than two hundred kilometers of snowy terrain and reached the Frozen Forest.

After returning to Element City, Shen Hanyu absorbed the Fallen Sea Demon's Extreme Ice Right Leg Bone while Tian Meng subdued the beast's hidden remnant in his Sea of Consciousness. Shen Hanyu reached level sixty-five but collapsed from exhaustion, and Tian Meng covered him with a blanket before going to sleep himself.

• Shen Hanyu left the Far North with Tian Meng and agreed that he needed to adjust his mindset and spend more time around other people.
• Shen Hanyu returned to Element City, bathed at an inn, and briefly visited his younger sister at Skywater Academy before going back to absorb the Soul Bone.
• Shen Hanyu pressed the Fallen Sea Demon's Extreme Ice Right Leg Bone against his leg and began absorbing it.
• Tian Meng detected the Fallen Sea Demon's malicious remnant inside Shen Hanyu's Sea of Consciousness and restrained it with his Mental Power.
• Tian Meng drew on sealed energy and turned the Fallen Sea Demon's remnant into nourishment for Shen Hanyu, startling Shen Hanyu during the absorption.
• Shen Hanyu reached level sixty-five, then fell asleep from exhaustion, and Tian Meng covered him with a blanket before returning to his Sea of Consciousness to sleep.

Shen Hanyu walked with his younger sister Shen Liuyu toward Element City and questioned her about life at the academy. Shen Liuyu revealed that Shui Bing'er had once met a man who looked exactly like Shen Hanyu and had given her half a comb, leaving Shen Liuyu suspicious of her brother.

• Shen Liuyu teased Shen Hanyu about walking slowly and urged him toward Element City while they shared candied hawthorn.
• Shen Liuyu asked when Shen Hanyu would find her a sister-in-law, prompting him to recall his encounter with Ye Lingling.
• Shen Hanyu asked about Shen Liuyu's academy life, and she described her friends, including Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.
• Shen Liuyu said Shui Bing'er remembered a strange man who had asked her to become his child bride and left her half a comb.
• Shen Liuyu pointed out that the man's appearance, especially his blue-purple hair, matched Shen Hanyu, who dismissed her suspicion as she secretly relished the discovery.

Shen Liuyu told Shui Bing'er that she had seen the handsome man Shui Bing'er had been searching for and promised to take her to him after class the next day. Meanwhile, Shen Hanyu felt an unexplained sense of unease at his residence and went inside to cultivate.

• Shen Liuyu burst into Shui Bing'er's dormitory and said she had seen the man Shui Bing'er had called a pervert.
• Shui Bing'er recognized Shen Liuyu's description of the man as the person who had once hugged her and demanded to know where he was.
• Shen Liuyu made Shui Bing'er call her “Good Sister” and massage her foot, then promised to take her to find the man after class the next day.
• Shen Hanyu meditated in his courtyard while Tian Meng basked nearby, but his twitching eyelid left him feeling that something was about to happen.
• Shen Hanyu returned to his room to cultivate, while Tian Meng continued lounging in the sun.

Shen Liuyu led Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to meet Shen Hanyu, while Shui Bing'er grew increasingly nervous about seeing him again. At the courtyard, Shen Hanyu admitted to Tian Meng that he felt uneasy and recalled how he had sweet-talked Shui Bing'er when she was five.

• Shen Liuyu left Skywater Academy with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to visit Shen Hanyu's courtyard.
• Shui Yue'er complained about lewd stares from passersby, and Shui Bing'er told her to ignore them.
• Shui Bing'er grew tense as the three approached the courtyard, remembering her childhood encounter with Shen Hanyu.
• Shen Hanyu told Tian Meng that he had felt unsettled for days and feared something bad was coming.
• Shen Hanyu recalled sweet-talking Shui Bing'er when she was five and said he felt awkward about what he had told her.

Shen Hanyu reunited with Shui Bing'er after three years and learned that her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul had drawn her to him. As the two began to address their past, he offered her a Shark Pearl to help her break through to Soul Grandmaster.

• Shen Hanyu spotted Shui Bing'er outside the courtyard fence, and the two exchanged greetings after confirming they were seeing each other again.
• Tian Meng recognized Shui Bing'er's Ice Attribute phoenix Martial Soul and said the Extreme Ice within Shen Hanyu had drawn her to him.
• Shui Bing'er entered the courtyard with Shui Yue'er and Shen Liuyu, and Shui Yue'er discovered that Shen Hanyu was Shen Liuyu's biological Older Brother.
• Shen Liuyu took Shui Yue'er away, leaving Shen Hanyu and Shui Bing'er alone to talk about their three years apart and why he had treated her that way before.
• Shen Hanyu gave Shui Bing'er a Shark Pearl from a thirty-thousand-year Bloodthirsty Fierce Shark, saying it could help her become a Soul Grandmaster.

Shen Hanyu gave Shui Bing'er a Shark Pearl and explained his Martial Soul and family, while the two grew closer through conversation. He also gave Shui Yue'er a Sea Contained Lotus and urged Shen Liuyu to take her cultivation more seriously, leaving the girls together at his home.

• Shen Hanyu explained the Shark Pearl to Shui Bing'er, who accepted it after hesitating over its value.
• Shen Hanyu told Shui Bing'er about his Cold Sky Spear Martial Soul and Shen Liuyu's Enamel Crocodile, and confirmed he had helped raise Shen Liuyu's cultivation.
• Shen Hanyu and Shui Bing'er chatted while Shen Liuyu and Shui Yue'er waited outside until mosquitoes drove them to the courtyard.
• Shen Hanyu teased Shen Liuyu about her slow cultivation, and she admitted she had become lax because she counted on her Older Brother.
• Shui Yue'er asked for a gift, and Shen Hanyu gave her a five-hundred-year-old Sea Contained Lotus.

After reaching Level Sixty-Six, Shen Hanyu planned to obtain a powerful second Martial Soul and eventually claim the God-level Soul Bones beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He spent a peaceful evening with Shen Liuyu and the Shui sisters, ending with Shui Yue'er teasing him about a bug he had served in a dish.

• Shen Hanyu reached Level Sixty-Six after two and a half months of cultivation and considered how to obtain a dual ice-and-fire second Martial Soul.
• Shen Hanyu welcomed Shen Liuyu, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er, while Shui Bing'er shared stories about Shen Liuyu's escapades at the academy.
• Shui Bing'er cooked dinner, and everyone quickly finished the meal.
• Shui Yue'er praised Shui Bing'er's cooking and mentioned a bug in Shen Hanyu's cold Blue Silver Grass, prompting Shen Liuyu to pinch him.

Shui Ningbing visited Shen Hanyu’s home with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er after Shui Bing'er reached Soul Grandmaster and argued with her aunt over whether to pursue the control or assault path. Shen Hanyu supported the assault path but said he would stand by her choice, and the chapter ended with Shui Ningbing asking about his spear Martial Soul.

• Shen Liuyu told Shen Hanyu that Shui Bing'er had broken through to Soul Grandmaster and was disagreeing with Shui Ningbing over her Martial Soul’s development path.
• Shen Hanyu said the Ice Phoenix suited the assault-type path, though he would support whichever path Shui Bing'er chose.
• Shui Ningbing arrived with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, and Shen Hanyu revealed that he had noticed her hiding nearby.
• Shui Ningbing praised Shen Hanyu’s home and asked about his cultivation and name, while Shen Hanyu introduced himself and claimed his strength came from a fortunate opportunity.
• Shui Ningbing asked Shen Hanyu whether his exceptionally high-quality Martial Soul was a spear after learning that it surpassed Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix.

Shen Hanyu revealed that he had recently reached Soul Emperor, shocking Shui Ningbing and the others. He then advised Shui Bing'er that her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul was better suited to the assault type, leaving her to weigh his advice against her own preference for control.

• Shui Ningbing praised Shui Bing'er and invited Shen Hanyu to call her Aunt Shui.
• Shui Ningbing asked Shen Hanyu about his cultivation, and he revealed he was a Level Sixty-Six Soul Emperor with six Soul Rings.
• Shui Ningbing misunderstood Shen Hanyu and Shui Bing'er's friendship, but they both clarified that they were just friends.
• Shui Ningbing asked Shen Hanyu to weigh in on whether Shui Bing'er should develop her Ice Phoenix as an assault-type or control-type Martial Soul.
• Shen Hanyu explained that Phoenix Martial Souls excel at attack and speed, and said the assault type would make better use of the Ice Phoenix's strengths.

Shui Bing'er chose to switch from the control system to the assault system, and Shen Hanyu agreed to take her and Shen Liuyu to hunt Soul Rings. On the journey, he offered Shui Bing'er a way to absorb a Soul Ring beyond the normal age limit, but she asked what he wanted in return.

• Shui Bing'er decided to abandon the control system, and Shui Ningbing happily embraced her.
• Shen Hanyu offered to take Shui Bing'er and Shen Liuyu to hunt for their next Soul Rings, and Shui Ningbing arranged for them to leave the next morning.
• Shui Bing'er told Shen Hanyu that scouts had found traces of a Silver Emperor Sky Falcon estimated to be five hundred to thirteen hundred years old.
• Shen Hanyu asked whether Shui Bing'er wanted to absorb a Soul Ring beyond the normal age limit, and she said she did.
• Shen Hanyu said he knew a way to help but required secrecy, and Shui Bing'er asked what she and Shui Yue'er would have to give in return.

Shen Hanyu revealed that Whale Rubber could strengthen Soul Masters and gave some to Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er after they swore to keep his secret. After refining the Whale Rubber and helping the sisters swallow it, he rested ahead of the upcoming Soul Beast hunt.

• Shen Hanyu told Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er that he only wanted them to keep his secret, and the sisters swore upon their Martial Souls not to reveal it.
• Shen Liuyu explained that Whale Rubber had a beneficial use beyond its commonly known effects, and Shen Hanyu gave each sister a piece of Thousand-Year Whale Rubber.
• Shen Hanyu refined the Whale Rubber with his Fire Attribute energy and warned the sisters about its unpleasant taste.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er swallowed the Whale Rubber, with Shen Liuyu forcing Yue'er to finish hers when she tried to spit it out.
• Shen Hanyu opened the carriage window to clear the smell, then closed his eyes to rest before the Soul Beast hunt.

Shen Hanyu led Shen Liuyu, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er deeper into the Frozen Forest to find the Silver Emperor Sky Falcon and search for Soul Beasts. After locating the falcon’s general area, they camped for the night, leaving the investigation for the next day.

• Shen Hanyu and Shen Liuyu protected Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er as the group pushed through the melting snow, then stopped to rest when Shui Yue'er grew exhausted.
• Shen Hanyu shared dried meat from a Twenty Thousand Years Sword Thorn Cod, and he memorized where he had sensed a thousand-year Snow Void Leopard for Shui Yue'er's future Soul Ring.
• Shen Hanyu used Tian Meng's help to locate the Silver Emperor Sky Falcon about ten kilometers east of the group.
• Shen Hanyu led the group onward before nightfall and arranged for Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Shen Liuyu to share one tent while he took another.
• Shen Hanyu caught two Snow Rabbits and began roasting them over the campfire, seasoning the meat as the others watched hungrily.

Shen Hanyu caught an Ice Marrow Worm near the campsite and identified it as a suitable third Soul Ring for Shen Liuyu. While Shen Liuyu began absorbing it, the group waited and realized Shui Yue'er had not woken up.

• Shen Hanyu kept watch through the night while Shui Bing'er and Shen Liuyu eventually joined him at the fire.
• Near dawn, Shen Hanyu noticed a hidden Soul Beast and left the campsite to fight it.
• Shen Hanyu brought back an Ice Marrow Worm and explained that its cultivation was about three thousand two hundred years, making it suitable for Shen Liuyu's third Soul Ring.
• Shen Liuyu thanked Shen Hanyu, killed the Ice Marrow Worm, and began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Shen Hanyu and Shui Bing'er prepared to wait, then noticed Shui Yue'er was still missing from the campsite.

Shen Liuyu completed her third Soul Ring and gained a powerful boosting skill before the group set out through the Frozen Forest. Shen Hanyu discovered that the supposed thousand-year Silver Emperor Sky Falcon was actually at least fifty thousand years old, leaving the group to assess the danger ahead.

• Shen Liuyu absorbed her third Soul Ring, reached level thirty-two, and gained a boosting-type Third Soul Skill.
• Shen Hanyu urged the group to wake Shui Yue'er and continue their journey through the Frozen Forest.
• Shen Hanyu detected a Silver Emperor Sky Falcon with an eighteen-meter wingspan and warned that it was at least fifty thousand years old.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er questioned how such a powerful Soul Beast could have gone unnoticed in the Frozen Forest.
• Shen Hanyu suggested the Silver Emperor Sky Falcon had come to nest where food was plentiful and told the others to observe it while he prepared to get them out if necessary.

A rampaging Silver Emperor Sky Falcon trapped Shen Hanyu and the three girls in the Frozen Forest, but Tian Meng discovered it had come to rescue its kidnapped chick from a Blizzard Spider King. Shen Hanyu’s group had not caused the bird’s fury, though the predator and its nest remained nearby.

• A Silver Emperor Sky Falcon’s furious cries and wingbeats overwhelmed Shui Yue'er, Shui Bing'er, and Shen Liuyu as it circled above them and blocked their way.
• Shen Hanyu asked Tian Meng to investigate the cause of the bird’s rampage, while questioning the girls about anything unusual they had brought.
• Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Shen Liuyu said they had brought nothing that could have attracted the beast.
• Tian Meng searched the area and found a Thirty Thousand Years Blizzard Spider King’s underground nest beneath the forest.
• Tian Meng revealed that the Blizzard Spider King had kidnapped a Silver Emperor Sky Falcon chick, prompting its mother to track it down.

Shen Hanyu entered the Blizzard Spider King's underground nest while the Silver Emperor Sky Falcon fought it above. He found the injured spider and its captive prey, then acted while Tian Meng left the spider unconscious, ending the chapter as Shen Hanyu dragged the Silver Emperor Sky Falcon away.

• Shen Hanyu followed Tian Meng's guidance to a hidden entrance beneath a decayed tree and entered the Blizzard Spider King's maze-like tunnels.
• Shen Hanyu avoided the spider silk alarm strands as the Silver Emperor Sky Falcon attacked the ground overhead.
• Shen Hanyu found the nest and saw the badly wounded Blizzard Spider King feeding on a web-wrapped Silver Emperor Sky Falcon.
• Tian Meng invaded the Blizzard Spider King's Sea of Consciousness and rendered it unconscious.
• Shen Hanyu knocked the captive Silver Emperor Sky Falcon unconscious with his spear and dragged it toward the tunnels where Shui Bing'er and the other two girls were waiting.