Recaps

Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress watched Shen Liuyu’s team win easily, then warned the girls about the attention their strength and Soul Ring method would attract. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall’s leaders reacted to Ghost Douluo and Demon Bear Douluo’s report, and Ning Fengzhi sensed that another storm was approaching.

• Shui Bing’er’s Extreme Ice froze several opponents, and Shen Liuyu and her teammates knocked them off the platform to secure victory.
• The Snow Empress praised Shui Bing’er’s control and Shen Liuyu’s performance, while Shen Hanyu predicted that the girls would win the championship but noted their weaknesses.
• Shen Hanyu warned the girls that two veteran Titled Douluo from Spirit Hall had learned about their method of absorbing Soul Rings beyond their level and urged them to stay cautious.
• Shui Ningbing congratulated the girls and announced that Teacher Xu would teach them to dance after the tournament.
• Ghost Douluo and Demon Bear Douluo returned to Spirit City with palm prints on their faces, prompting a powerful man in a hall to shatter the dark clouds with Sacred Soul Power.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo watched the storm clouds over Element City, and Ning Fengzhi said another storm was about to sweep across the continent.

Shen Hanyu learned the tournament results and received a visit from Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo, who proposed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect protect his family in exchange for his promise not to oppose them. He considered the deal workable but asked for guarantees, and Sword Douluo offered an oath upon his Martial Soul.

• Shen Hanyu discussed his divine trials with Snow Empress and said that everyone standing in his way would eventually disappear.
• Godwind Academy defeated Blazing Academy, but Skywater Academy then beat Godwind Academy in the final.
• Shui Ningbing returned the Soul Bone, which was placed back beneath its favorite table leg.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo visited Shen Hanyu and proposed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect protect his family in exchange for his promise not to oppose the sect.
• Shen Hanyu asked for tangible guarantees, and Sword Douluo said he would not betray his heart or sword to deceive him.

After sacrificing the Ice Empress, Shen Hanyu reached level ninety-five and distributed her Soul Bone to Shui Bing'er while giving Shen Liuyu an Ice Dragon Soul Bone. He reassured Shui Yue'er about her potential, leaving the group together as they prepared for what lay ahead.

• Shen Hanyu sacrificed the Ice Empress and gained a nearly four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring as the fourth ring of his Second Martial Soul, along with her Torso Soul Bone.
• Shen Hanyu told Shui Bing'er that the Ice Empress was safe in his Sea of Consciousness and gave her the Ice Empress's Soul Bone and its two powerful Soul Skills.
• Shen Hanyu gave Shen Liuyu a Soul Bone from a six-hundred-thousand-year Ice Dragon and warned her to wait until she reached Soul King before attempting to absorb it.
• Shen Hanyu reassured Shui Yue'er that her dolphin Martial Soul could evolve through merfolk bloodlines and eventually lead her to suitable Soul Bones.
• Shui Yue'er cheered up and joined Shui Bing'er and Shen Liuyu, while Shui Bing'er gave Shen Hanyu a grateful look.

Shen Hanyu sought a safe place for his parents and discussed Spirit Hall’s strength with Ning Fengzhi, but Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo left without forming an alliance. With Snow Empress’s help, Shen Hanyu secured protection for his family and set out with her to find his final Ice Attribute Soul Ring.

• Shen Hanyu told Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo that Spirit Hall’s demigods and vast Soul Master forces made it nearly impossible to resist, and he refused to take a political side.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo departed Element City, ending the possibility of an alliance with Shen Hanyu.
• Snow Empress brought Ice Bear King Xiaobai to Element City, where he agreed to help Shui Ningbing guard Skywater Academy and Shen Hanyu’s parents.
• Shen Hanyu’s parents stayed at Skywater Academy and gave Xiaobai five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for expenses.
• Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress set out to find his final Ice Attribute Soul Ring, and Snow Empress offered him three powerful Soul Beast choices.
• Shen Hanyu asked Snow Empress if he could have all three Soul Beasts, and she threatened to beat him.

Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress traveled to the Far North coast, where they secured Hai Xi as Shen Hanyu’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone. A year and a half later, they arrived near Heaven Dou City, where Shui Ningbing and the others had gone for Xue Ye’s birthday celebration.

• The Snow Empress led Shen Hanyu through the Far North and brought Hai Xi from the coast to meet him.
• Hai Xi agreed to Shen Hanyu’s request after the Snow Empress dragged her underwater to settle their dispute.
• Shen Hanyu absorbed Hai Xi’s Soul Ring and obtained her torso-shaped Soul Bone, while Hai Xi rested in the Sea of Consciousness with Shuang Ying.
• A year and a half later, Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress traveled toward Heaven Dou City after learning that Shui Ningbing had taken several girls there for a friendly tournament.
• Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress reached the city outskirts, where Xue Ye had invited academies and powerful figures to his birthday celebration.

Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress arrived in Heaven Dou City and visited Dugu Bo at his home. The chapter left them reunited with Dugu Bo, who was surprised to see Shen Hanyu.

• Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress entered Heaven Dou City and remarked on its grandeur compared with Element City.
• In Shen Hanyu's Sea of Consciousness, Hai Xi teased Ice Empress until Ice Empress threw Tian Meng across the space.
• Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress went to Dugu Bo's flower-filled residence, where an old servant led them into the courtyard.
• Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress spotted Dugu Bo's rare Rainbow Devourer snake as they walked through his garden.
• Dugu Bo recognized Shen Hanyu and stood up in surprise.

Shen Hanyu warned Dugu Bo about the danger surrounding the Heaven Dou succession and exchanged valuable Soul Bones for Dugu Bo’s Rainbow Devourer, which Snow Empress took as a pet. He then brought Snow Empress to the Imperial Hotel to meet the people from Skywater Academy.

• Shen Hanyu told Dugu Bo that the Crown Prince was a dangerous impostor and explained why Dugu Bo should repay his debt to Xue Xing and stay out of the succession crisis.
• Shen Hanyu let Snow Empress take Dugu Bo’s Rainbow Devourer and left a ring of poison-tainted Soul Bones as payment.
• Dugu Bo discovered the Soul Bones in the ring and celebrated his valuable windfall.
• Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress arrived at the Imperial Hotel, where the attendants escorted them to a distinguished guests’ lounge after hearing they had come to see Skywater Academy.

Shen Hanyu reunited with Shui Ningbing and the girls in Heaven Dou City, then helped them prepare for the trouble surrounding Skywater Academy’s relocation and a friendly match. He and Snow Empress spent the rest of the day together, leaving Shui Ningbing and the girls to eat without them.

• Shen Hanyu welcomed Shen Liuyu, Shui Ningbing, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er into the lounge, where they caught up after his long absence.
• Shui Ningbing asked why Shen Hanyu had come to Heaven Dou City, and he said he planned to visit Star Luo City and Spirit City with Snow Empress.
• Shen Hanyu shared information about plans to relocate and merge Skywater Academy and target Shui Ningbing and the girls, so Shui Ningbing resolved to fight the friendly match and win.
• Shen Hanyu found Snow Empress reading Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, then held her as she fell asleep, and he soon slept beside her.
• Shui Ningbing and the girls ate at a nearby restaurant while Shen Liuyu wondered whether Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress would join them.

Shui Ningbing and the Skywater Academy group attended Xue Ye’s birthday banquet, where Shen Hanyu noticed ancient offensive formation Soul Tools guarding the palace. Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, secretly Qian Renxue, arrived, and Shen Hanyu recognized her divine Six-winged Angel Martial Soul and recent breakthrough to Soul King.

• Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress entered the imperial palace with Shui Ningbing’s group, while he used his pressure to drive away onlookers bothering Snow Empress.
• Shui Ningbing explained the palace’s elite guards and defenses, and Shen Hanyu detected ancient formation Soul Tools capable of attacks rivaling a Titled Douluo’s strike.
• The group reached the banquet hall, where guests greeted Shui Ningbing and Shen Hanyu shared fruit wine with Snow Empress.
• Xue Qinghe arrived and welcomed the guests on behalf of his father, Xue Ye, as Snow Empress sensed the divinity behind his disguise.
• Shen Hanyu identified Xue Qinghe as Qian Renxue and told Snow Empress that she possessed the Six-winged Angel Martial Soul and had likely recently reached Soul King level.

Qian Renxue met Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress at the banquet, then left after an awkward conversation that made the Snow Empress jealous. Xue Ye arrived in frail health and told the academy deans he wanted to talk, hinting they might not meet again.

• Qian Renxue noticed Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress, felt envious of their happiness, and approached them.
• Shen Hanyu introduced himself and the Snow Empress to Qian Renxue, who said she would investigate them and then excused herself.
• The Snow Empress accused Shen Hanyu of enjoying his conversation with Qian Renxue, and he calmed her jealousy.
• Xue Ye arrived at the banquet, delegated the remaining proceedings to Xue Qinghe, and greeted the gathered academies and sects.
• Xue Ye met the four great academy deans and asked them to keep him company, saying they might never meet again after that day.

Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress left the birthday banquet with Shui Bing'er and the other girls after observing the nobles and their schemes. Near the palace gates, a maid delivered Shen Hanyu a golden swan token from her master, and he detected a trace of Golden Soul Power in it.

• Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress decided to leave the banquet and collect the three girls.
• Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing discussed Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress, while Prince Xue Xing warned Xue Beng to keep their plans secret.
• Shen Hanyu found Shui Bing'er and the other girls, ignored the hostile stares from Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng, and led the group toward the palace exit.
• A maid gave Shen Hanyu a golden swan token from her master and said he could use it to seek him out.
• Shen Hanyu used frost to draw out a fine wisp of Golden Soul Power from the token as Shui Bing'er and the others watched.

Shen Hanyu warned the girls about the dangers and surveillance in Heaven Dou City, while Shui Ningbing resolved to sever Skywater Academy’s ties to the empire. After a night with Snow Empress, Shen Hanyu encountered a battered Dugu Bo, who arrived with news of a major event.

• Shen Hanyu explained that the Crown Prince’s token could track their location and warned the girls not to trust the imperial family or sects in Heaven Dou City.
• Shui Ningbing returned exhausted and revealed that Xue Ye had invoked the deaths of Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er's parents to manipulate her.
• Shui Ningbing decided that Skywater Academy would leave its affiliation with the Heaven Dou Empire when the time was right, while Shen Hanyu discarded a letter from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Snow Empress admitted to Shen Hanyu that she felt something was wrong, and the two spent the night together.
• The next day, Dugu Bo stopped Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress in a carriage and told Shen Hanyu to get in because a major event had occurred.

Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress met You Mengchu, a Super Douluo from the Extreme South whose body was being poisoned by an immortal herb. He agreed to help cure her in exchange for part of her family’s treasures, its medicinal canon, and information about a Ten Thousand Years Fire Kirin, leaving You Mengchu with her poison temporarily eased.

• Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress boarded Dugu Bo’s carriage and met You Mengchu, who introduced herself as a visitor seeking help with immortal herbs.
• You Mengchu explained that Dream Flower Star Tear had awakened her Martial Soul, while a second herb, Bamboo Spring Jasmine, had poisoned her and steadily eroded her body.
• You Mengchu offered the location of a Ten Thousand Years Fire Kirin, thirty percent of her family’s inherited treasures, and access to its medicinal canon in exchange for Shen Hanyu’s help.
• Shen Hanyu accepted on the condition that You Mengchu provide thirty percent of the treasures and a complete copy of the medicinal canon, and required her to swear an oath.
• Snow Empress gave You Mengchu an ice crystal to suppress her pain, and You Mengchu offered Snow Empress a Clear Visage Pill.

The author clarified Shen Hanyu’s age, abilities, soul rings, and soul bones, along with the ages and abilities of several supporting characters. The author also outlined the novel’s planned direction, character relationships, and update schedule.

• The author listed Shen Hanyu as an 18-year-old Rank 95 Super Douluo and detailed his two martial souls, their soul rings and skills, and his soul bones.
• The author gave the ages, soul power levels, and martial souls of Shen Liuyu, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, You Mengchu, and Shui Ningbing.
• The author explained that the plot had a basic outline and would soon approach the original work’s timeline, with daily-life and God Trial arcs in different locations.
• The author said Shen Hanyu would remain outside the continent-wide conflicts, and anticipated three or four female leads without making the story a harem.
• The author described the planned update schedule and asked readers to support the novel with monthly tickets and subscriptions.

Shen Hanyu and the others learned about You Mengchu’s home in the Island Domain and discussed the poison caused by Bamboo Spring Jasmine. Shen Hanyu then detected a starlight-attribute treasure on her, and You Mengchu realized his discovery came from a high-quality head Soul Bone.

• Dugu Bo reflected on being beaten by You Mengchu and recognized her skill with poison or medicine.
• You Mengchu described the Island Domain’s sparse population, limited Soul Master cultivation, and sole aging Titled Douluo.
• You Mengchu admitted that she had underestimated the danger of Bamboo Spring Jasmine before its poison erupted two months after she consumed it.
• Shen Hanyu said he could likely find a way to resolve You Mengchu’s poison near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Shen Hanyu gathered Pure Star Spirit Qi into a sphere and concluded that You Mengchu carried a starlight-attribute treasure.
• You Mengchu asked whether Shen Hanyu possessed a high-quality head Soul Bone, and he confirmed it.

Shen Hanyu negotiated nine leaves from You Mengchu’s regenerative Cloud Star Tea Tree, then returned with her and Snow Empress to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. You Mengchu began gathering immortal herbs to suppress her toxins, while Dugu Bo revealed a badly damaged Aromatic Silk Beauty.

• You Mengchu explained the Cloud Star Tea Tree’s regenerative properties and refused to give Shen Hanyu the tree itself, but he bargained her into giving him nine leaves.
• Shen Hanyu returned to the declining Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and buried the wilted Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor he had forgotten in his Soul Tool.
• You Mengchu explored the garden and asked for an Immortal Dew Flower, a Star Spirit Grass, and the stamen of an Aromatic Silk Beauty to suppress the toxins in her body.
• Dugu Bo produced a sealed jade box containing a badly damaged Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Shen Hanyu asked whether he had eaten it like a meal.

You Mengchu refined pills, controlled her poison, and shared information about a rare Qilin with Shen Hanyu, while Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress grew closer amid her fears about his feelings. After Skywater Academy’s defeat by the Royal Fight Team, Ye Lingling treated the injured girls and left, drawing Shen Hanyu’s and Snow Empress’s attention.

• You Mengchu took the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s stamen and went to Dugu Bo’s cave to refine pills, asking everyone not to disturb her.
• Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress spent time alone together, and Snow Empress pleaded with him never to leave her.
• Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress learned that Skywater Academy’s girls had lost to the Royal Fight Team, with Dugu Yan’s poison and Yu Tianheng’s attacks injuring several of them.
• Ye Lingling used her healing Martial Soul to treat the injured girls, accepted Shui Bing’er’s thanks, and left after briefly watching Shen Hanyu.
• You Mengchu explained how she had diluted and absorbed the immortal herb’s toxins, then agreed to visit Skywater Academy and gave Shen Hanyu a marked map of Qilin locations.
• Snow Empress confronted Shen Hanyu about his divided affections, and he promised she would remain by his side as they reconciled in private.

After the attack on Skywater Academy’s team, Shen Hanyu and Shui Ningbing suspected Spirit Hall and prepared to leave Heaven Dou City. Shen Hanyu then set his sights on hunting the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King for his Seventh Soul Ring, but he and Snow Empress knew the challenge could draw Sea God Island into the fight.

• Heaven Dou officials launched an investigation into the attack, while Shen Hanyu ordered the attackers’ bodies disposed of and warned Shen Liuyu and the other girls to stay close.
• Shen Hanyu examined You Mengchu’s Sea Abyss Ink equipment, and she gave him a copied medicinal codex before returning to her room.
• Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress considered hunting the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, but recognized that his strength and Sea God Island’s likely intervention made the fight perilous.
• Shui Ningbing led Skywater Academy’s group back to Element City, while Shen Hanyu asked You Mengchu to stay behind and prepared to pursue his own plans.
• Shen Hanyu learned that Dugu Bo was in seclusion absorbing a Soul Bone and attempting to break through to the Super Douluo level.

After helping Dugu Bo reach the Super Douluo realm, Shen Hanyu persuaded him and You Mengchu to travel with him and Snow Empress to Vast Sea City. The group prepared to head to Sea God Island, while Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress spent the evening together before their journey.

• Dugu Bo broke through to the Super Douluo realm and agreed to accompany Shen Hanyu after Shen Hanyu pressed him for help.
• Shen Hanyu learned that You Mengchu's Imperial Feather Falcon Martial Soul gave her exceptional speed and offensive power.
• Shen Hanyu, Dugu Bo, You Mengchu, and Snow Empress flew day and night to reach Vast Sea City.
• At a hotel, Shen Hanyu explained their plan to travel to Sea God Island, and You Mengchu regretted joining the expedition while Dugu Bo prepared to stabilize his cultivation.
• Shen Hanyu took Snow Empress sightseeing and then sat with her on the beach as the sun set.

Shen Hanyu and his companions traveled into the deep ocean to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, learning more about the beast and bargaining over their help. Snow Empress revealed her vast Soul Bone collection, and the group ended the chapter near Sea God Island and the whale’s territory.

• Shen Hanyu’s group flew out to sea, while Hai Xi warned them that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was an ancient, powerful ruler with a wife and daughter.
• You Mengchu and Dugu Bo agreed to help in exchange for Soul Bones, and Shen Hanyu promised to pay them.
• Snow Empress told Shen Hanyu that she had more than twenty Soul Bones stored in her palace in the Far North and offered to support him.
• After three days at sea, the group weathered a storm and drove off an eighty-thousand-year Blue Venom Octopus when Shen Hanyu pierced four of its tentacles.
• The group reached the ocean’s depths, less than three hundred kilometers from Sea God Island and over seven hundred kilometers from the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s territory.

Shen Hanyu’s group confronted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in Demon Whale Waters, where Shen Hanyu wounded him with divine power and offered him a chance to escape the Sea God’s plans. The Whale King questioned whether he could trust Shen Hanyu, who offered to swear before God King Asura and the Silver Dragon King.

• Shen Hanyu’s group entered Demon Whale Waters, where the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King sensed them and emerged to attack.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King refused Shen Hanyu’s offer to negotiate and unleashed his lightning attack on the group.
• Shen Hanyu and his companions fought back, and Shen Hanyu struck the Whale King with an attack strengthened by divine power, badly wounding him.
• Shen Hanyu told the Whale King that the Sea God’s rules barred Soul Beasts from becoming gods and offered him survival if he joined Shen Hanyu with his family.
• The Whale King asked how he could trust Shen Hanyu, who offered to swear that his claims were true before God King Asura and the Silver Dragon King.

Shen Hanyu faced Bo Saixi while trying to take the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King away from the Sea God’s plans. After trading Bo Saixi information about Tang Chen for her cultivation insights, Shen Hanyu left with the injured whale king, who began gathering his family to leave the sea.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King learned that the Sea God’s eighth trial required his death, and Shen Hanyu explained that he was an inheritor of multiple divine legacies.
• Bo Saixi arrived with three Sea Soul Master Titled Douluo and ordered Shen Hanyu to leave the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King alone.
• Shen Hanyu challenged Bo Saixi’s authority and revealed that he knew Tang Chen was in Slaughter City, prompting Bo Saixi to trade her breakthrough insights for the information.
• Bo Saixi let Shen Hanyu, Snow Empress, Dugu Bo, and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King depart, explaining that the young man had attracted the attention of powerful gods.
• Shen Hanyu confirmed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s decision to leave, and the whale king summoned another member of his family and a miniature Deep Sea Demon Whale.

Shen Hanyu gave the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King a Transformation Grass, allowing Lan Fuzi to transform into a human and join the group traveling to the human world with the Demon Queen. In Vast Sea City, Lan Fuzi discovered candied hawthorns, and Shen Hanyu’s group bickered over the treats.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King said he needed to visit the Star Dou Great Forest and consult Di Tian before deciding whether to accept Shen Hanyu’s proposal.
• Shen Hanyu exposed You Mengchu’s hidden Transformation Grass and gave it to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, who fed it to Lan Fuzi.
• Lan Fuzi transformed into a human, and the Demon Queen decided to accompany Shen Hanyu’s group while the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King departed for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Shen Hanyu, the Demon Queen, and Lan Fuzi traveled to Vast Sea City, where Lan Fuzi eagerly asked Snow Empress about candied hawthorns.
• Shen Hanyu bought the stall’s entire rack of candied hawthorns, and You Mengchu, Snow Empress, the Demon Queen, and Dugu Bo each took some while joking with him.

Shen Hanyu’s group enjoyed a day in Vast Sea City, where Dugu Bo reflected on the burden Shen Hanyu carried and the era he was trying to guide. After corrupt Spirit Hall members disturbed the group’s romantic evening, Shen Hanyu and Lan Fuzi attacked the local branch, leaving the city cheering the purge.

• You Mengchu accepted two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins from Shen Hanyu, while Dugu Bo spoke to her about Shen Hanyu’s exhaustion and the weight of his responsibilities.
• Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress shared a romantic moment on the beach as Lan Fuzi played nearby with You Mengchu and the Demon Queen.
• Dugu Bo captured a group of attackers, and Shen Hanyu killed them after learning they had ties to the master of Vast Sea City’s Spirit Hall Branch Hall.
• Lan Fuzi asked to join Shen Hanyu in confronting the branch hall, and he agreed to take her along.
• The next morning, Shen Hanyu and Lan Fuzi had killed thirty-seven members of the Vast Sea City branch, and the city’s people celebrated the purge.

You Mengchu planned to publish a scholarly work on soul beast age limits and other little-known knowledge, with Shen Hanyu lending her his notes. He cautioned her to limit what she revealed, and she began rewriting her draft with the new material.

• Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress returned to the hotel after three days of leisure in Vast Sea City, where You Mengchu was absorbed in writing.
• Shen Hanyu saw You Mengchu's draft about soul beast age limits, and she explained that she wanted to publish what she had learned under her own name.
• Shen Hanyu warned You Mengchu that revealing too much could cause unrest amid the continent's rising tensions, then lent her his notes and advised her to keep the material within limits.
• You Mengchu asked whether publishing the knowledge would amount to stealing Shen Hanyu's credit, and he said he did not care about the fame and trusted her character.
• You Mengchu read Shen Hanyu's notes, discarded her earlier draft, and started writing again more carefully.