Chapter Summaries

Shen Hanyu negotiated with the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena, for the Fire Dragon King's remains in exchange for Life Gold, Soul Bones, and her essence blood. After Di Tian left to retrieve the remains, Shen Hanyu returned to Snow Empress and shared the Life Gold with her.

• Shen Hanyu confirmed that he possessed the remnant souls and Soul Bones of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, and learned that Gu Yuena's wounds from the Asura Demon Sword were preventing her recovery.
• Gu Yuena asked Shen Hanyu for the Dragon Kings' remains, and Shen Hanyu offered the Fire Dragon King's remains in exchange for Life Gold, three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, and a drop of essence blood.
• Gu Yuena accepted the terms, gave Shen Hanyu a piece of Life Gold, and ordered Di Tian to retrieve the Fire Dragon King's remains from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Shen Hanyu returned to Snow Empress and explained that Gu Yuena was not currently an enemy; he gave a small piece of Life Gold to Shen Liuyu's cocoon and showed Snow Empress the rest.

After Shen Liuyu completed her Martial Soul evolution, she emerged with a transformed appearance and confirmed that her Dark Demon Evil God Tiger abilities and bloodline remained intact. At the Land of Great Peril, Shen Hanyu confronted Di Tian over the Silver Dragon King’s promised essence blood and demanded either immediate payment or proof of her sincerity.

• Shen Liuyu emerged from her cocoon and discovered that her appearance had changed dramatically after her Martial Soul evolution.
• Shen Hanyu examined Shen Liuyu and confirmed that her bloodline had been remade while her Martial Soul attributes, soul skills, and Evil God Bloodline were preserved.
• Shen Liuyu asked about the green metal Shen Hanyu had added during her transformation, but he told her to keep it in her Sea of Consciousness.
• Shen Hanyu and the girls reached the Land of Great Peril, where Di Tian was waiting and acknowledged that the Silver Dragon King’s injuries made extracting essence blood dangerous.
• Shen Hanyu stored the girls in the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch and told Di Tian to arrange an immediate exchange for the essence blood or provide proof of the Silver Dragon King’s sincerity.

Shen Hanyu negotiated with Di Tian for rare Soul Bones and received them from the Star Dou Great Forest. He and Snow Empress departed after proposing future cooperation, while Di Tian explained that the Fire Dragon King's remains could speed the Silver Dragon King's recovery.

• Shen Hanyu demanded a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Palm Bone, Jade Swan Soul Bones, and several other rare Soul Bones, and Di Tian agreed while warning him about the risks of absorption.
• Di Tian returned with Bi Ji and gave Shen Hanyu the requested Soul Bones, including bones from a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Jade Swan.
• Bi Ji explained that one Jade Swan Soul Bone was a Hundred Thousand Year Right Arm Bone and the other was an eighty-thousand-year Trunk Bone.
• Di Tian asked Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress to leave the Core Circle, and Shen Hanyu proposed that humans and Soul Beasts cooperate when their interests aligned.
• After Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress left, Di Tian told Bi Ji that the Fire Dragon King's remains could help the Silver Dragon King recover and said the Auspicious Beast was under Scarlet King's protection.

Shen Hanyu and his companions found a Royal Family-bloodline Ice Spirit Butterfly for Shui Bing'er, who successfully absorbed its Soul Ring and gained a powerful group-attack skill. After returning to Suotuo City and reuniting with You Mengchu, Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress headed south to hunt a Fire Kirin.

• Shen Hanyu knocked down a roughly thirty-five-thousand-year-old Royal Family-bloodline Ice Spirit Butterfly and identified it as a suitable Soul Ring for Shui Bing'er.
• Shui Bing'er absorbed the Ice Spirit Butterfly's Soul Ring with Snow Empress's help and gained a large-scale targeted group-attack Soul Skill.
• Shen Hanyu told Snow Empress that he had plans for his ninth Soul Ring and felt capable of challenging Di Tian with his current strength and trump cards.
• Shen Hanyu and the girls returned to Suotuo City, where they met You Mengchu, who had reached Rank 96 after entering seclusion.
• You Mengchu gave Shen Hanyu two letters for her family, and Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress set out for the Island Domain to search for the Fire Kirin.

Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress reached the Island Domain and learned from a village elder that the main island lay about half an hour away. After discovering that the village’s children had gone unawakened for years, Shen Hanyu agreed to awaken their Martial Souls.

• Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress crossed the sea and reached a small island in the Island Domain.
• Shen Hanyu asked an elderly villager how far Chenyuan Island was, and the elder explained that they needed to cross the Island Domain and take a ship from the other side.
• The elder asked Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress to awaken the village children’s Martial Souls because no Soul Master had visited in over ten years.
• Shen Hanyu agreed, and villagers gathered the eligible young people into a line for the awakenings.

Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress awakened the Martial Souls of the island’s young residents, then discovered a frail girl named Xiao Nian whose body was saturated with Death Aura. They suspected that her Martial Soul might be death itself.

• Shen Hanyu used awakening stones to awaken the Martial Souls of more than a dozen young residents and tested their Soul Power, with the first girl reaching Level seven.
• Shen Hanyu declined payment from the elderly man and prepared to leave with Snow Empress after completing the ceremonies.
• Xiao Nian ran from the forest to stop Shen Hanyu, then collapsed in the elderly man’s arms while coughing violently.
• Snow Empress and Shen Hanyu examined Xiao Nian and sensed dense Death Aura, almost no life energy, and no detectable Martial Soul.
• Shen Hanyu wondered whether Xiao Nian’s Martial Soul might be death itself.

Shen Hanyu discovered that Bai Nian’s death-qi Martial Soul was devouring her vitality and that she had only three months to live. He offered to take her in and help her survive, then left with Snow Empress to handle other matters, promising to return within half a month.

• Snow Empress and Shen Hanyu determined that Bai Nian’s death qi was consuming her life energy and that she had at most three months to live.
• Bai Nian told Shen Hanyu she wanted her Martial Soul awakened so she could avenge her parents and the others who had been killed.
• Shen Hanyu explained Bai Nian’s condition to the old man and offered to take her with him, giving her a chance to survive and become a Soul Master.
• Bai Nian agreed to go with Shen Hanyu, who gave her medicine and Soul Power before she fell asleep.
• Shen Hanyu asked the old man to care for Bai Nian until he returned within half a month, then departed with Snow Empress.
• Snow Empress questioned Shen Hanyu’s investment in Bai Nian, and he said her rare, powerful death qi made the risk worthwhile.

Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress arrived on Chenyuan Island and traveled to the You Clan’s ancestral village to deliver You Mengchu’s letters. The clan’s elderly leader welcomed them warmly and immediately asked whether his granddaughter had returned.

• Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress surveyed Yuehai City and found its Soul Masters weak and its people selling rare sea products as ordinary goods.
• Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress flew from Yuehai City into the mountains and found the You Clan village, where Soul Masters cultivated herbs and lived among the fields.
• Shen Hanyu handed You Mengchu’s two letters to a young patrolman, who recognized the golden pattern on the envelopes and hurried to alert the clan.
• The You Clan’s white-haired elder flew out, asked whether You Mengchu had returned, then welcomed Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress into the village and ordered a meal and medicinal wine.

Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress learned from You Yanshan about the Fire Kirin’s strength, then traveled with him to Blazing Flame Island. The Snow Empress froze the lava to draw the beast out, and the Fire Kirin emerged from the volcano.

• You Yanshan told Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress that the Fire Kirin could rival a rank ninety-seven Super Douluo when fighting at full strength.
• You Yanshan hosted Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress in his village, where they shared medicinal wine and a meal.
• The next morning, You Yanshan led Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress to Blazing Flame Island.
• The Snow Empress froze the lava channel leading toward Blazing Flame Volcano, stirring the creature inside.
• The Fire Kirin rose from the volcano as the Snow Empress judged that its 160,000-year cultivation let it rival an ordinary rank ninety-seven Super Douluo.

Shen Hanyu obtained an eighth Soul Ring from the Fire Kirin, then learned that You Yanshan was considering moving his clan to the continent. You Yanshan accepted Shen Hanyu’s help and planned to return to the village while Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress prepared to leave the next day.

• After Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress defeated the Fire Kirin, it sacrificed itself to become Shen Hanyu’s eighth Soul Ring.
• Shen Hanyu stored the Fire Kirin’s head Soul Bone and told the Snow Empress that he felt well, though the beast had not helped him break through to Rank 98.
• You Yanshan invited Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress to stay, but Shen Hanyu said they would rest for the night and leave the next day.
• You Yanshan explained that he wanted to relocate his roughly four hundred clanspeople to the continent so the younger generation could benefit from its greater resources and territory.
• Shen Hanyu offered You Yanshan a gold card worth one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and said the clan could settle near Element City or live in seclusion.
• You Yanshan joked that he might bring his clanspeople to Shen Hanyu’s doorstep, then flew back toward the village with Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress following.

Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress left the Island Domain with Bai Nian after she said goodbye to the old man and took revenge on the Sea Iguanas who had killed her parents. They returned to Element City, where Shen Liuyu was surprised to see Bai Nian and wondered who the little girl was.

• Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress said goodbye to You Yanshan and the villagers before leaving the Island Domain with Bai Nian.
• Bai Nian bid farewell to the old man and the others, then agreed that she wanted revenge for her parents.
• Shen Hanyu killed the Sea Iguanas on a lonely island and used his Right Leg Bone's devouring soul skill to give their life force and Soul Power to Bai Nian.
• While traveling to the continent, Shen Hanyu killed Blue Demon Octopuses and gave Bai Nian food and water after she woke.
• Shen Liuyu joked with Shui Yue'er while waiting for Shen Hanyu, then greeted him and the Snow Empress when they returned to Element City with Bai Nian.
• The Snow Empress introduced Bai Nian as a girl they had brought back from the Island Domain, and Shen Liuyu froze as she looked at her.

Shen Hanyu introduced Bai Nian to the others and asked Shen Liuyu to help her adjust to life on the mainland. He then discussed taking Bai Nian and Snow Empress to Slaughter City to seek the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, but admitted he did not know where the city was.

• Shen Hanyu told the girls about Bai Nian's past and shared specialties from the Island Domain, while Snow Empress helped Bai Nian relax with a pastry.
• Shen Hanyu reassured Shen Liuyu that she would always have a special place in his heart and asked her to help Bai Nian learn about the mainland.
• After lunch, Shen Liuyu took Bai Nian around with the other girls to help her adapt to her new surroundings.
• Shen Hanyu told Snow Empress he wanted to go to Slaughter City to find the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, and said he planned to bring Bai Nian.
• Shen Hanyu admitted that he had neither a map to Slaughter City nor any idea where it was.

You Mengchu learned that her grandfather, You Yanshan, was considering moving his family from Island Domain to the continent, but his gift to her was a box of salted fish. Meanwhile, Element City’s leaders planned to expand the city and Skywater Academy, and Shui Ningbing enlisted Shen Hanyu’s help to cover renovation costs; the chapter ended with the girls returning with Bai Nian.

• You Mengchu asked Shen Hanyu about You Yanshan’s health, and Shen Hanyu told her that her grandfather was considering moving the family to the continent, though the journey and preparations would take years.
• You Mengchu eagerly opened the gift You Yanshan had sent, only to find a box of salted fish, and left Shen Hanyu’s courtyard carrying it in dismay.
• Shui Ningbing told Shen Hanyu that Element City’s four academy headmasters had agreed to expand the city as its growing population caused land shortages.
• Shui Ningbing explained that Skywater Academy’s renovation was funded by a loan from Sister Qin and donations, then took three Thousand-Year Soul Bones from Shen Hanyu to auction.
• The girls returned from Element City with Bai Nian, who had gradually accepted being carried and fussed over by Shui Bing'er and Shen Liuyu.

Shen Hanyu gave Bai Nian an eighty-thousand-year Jade Swan Trunk Bone to balance the life energy and death aura in her body and help prepare her to absorb a Soul Ring. The next day, he took her into a dark forest, where she killed a seven-hundred-year Death Demon Scorpion and began absorbing its Soul Ring.

• After lunch, Shen Hanyu sent the other girls back to Skywater Academy and helped Bai Nian absorb the Jade Swan Trunk Bone.
• Shen Hanyu told Snow Empress that he planned to take Bai Nian to Slaughter City to gather life energy and later give her Life Gold once she reached the Soul Sage level.
• The next day, Shen Hanyu took Bai Nian into a gloomy forest and encouraged her to face her fear.
• A Death Demon Scorpion attacked Bai Nian, and Shen Hanyu crushed it before handing her a short blade.
• Bai Nian stabbed the Death Demon Scorpion and began absorbing its yellow Soul Ring while digesting the remaining energy from Whale Rubber.

Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress took Bai Nian to Slaughter City after finding its location, while Element City’s expansion continued. The trio entered the city, where a Terrifying Knight rode out to confront them.

• Bai Nian absorbed a Soul Ring and reached Soul Power level twenty-four, while Shen Hanyu questioned why the accumulated life energy had only brought her to a normal state.
• Element City began tearing down its walls and old buildings for expansion, as Huyan Zhen was advised not to interfere with the academy factions.
• Shen Hanyu, Snow Empress, and Bai Nian traveled southeast and identified Slaughter City by its powerful bloody aura.
• Snow Empress destroyed the tavern’s occupants and building, and Shen Hanyu opened a hidden entrance beneath the bar before the trio descended into Slaughter City.
• Asura God sensed Shen Hanyu’s arrival and reflected on Tang Chen and the danger posed by an exceptional genius.
• Shen Hanyu confirmed that Soul Skills could not be used in Slaughter City, then a Terrifying Knight rode out through the city gates to meet the trio.

Shen Hanyu, Snow Empress, and Bai Nian entered Slaughter City, where Bai Nian killed a group of attackers as she struggled to control her Martial Soul. In the Slaughter King’s hall, the ruler revealed that Tang Chen’s feelings for a human woman had disrupted his plans to take over Tang Chen’s body.

• Terror Knight Scott tried to stop Shen Hanyu from entering Slaughter City, but Shen Hanyu killed him and his warhorse instantly.
• A guide explained that the Slaughter King had granted Shen Hanyu and his companions privileges second only to his own, but Shen Hanyu dismissed her.
• Snow Empress ordered Bai Nian to kill the Soul Masters closing in around them, and Bai Nian’s gray currents drained their life energy.
• Shen Hanyu praised Bai Nian and told her to control her Martial Soul, then led the group toward the Inner City.
• The Slaughter King lamented that Tang Chen’s meeting with a human woman had nearly ruined his preparations and vowed to take control of Tang Chen’s body.

Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress brought Bai Nian through Slaughter City’s brutal Inner City before Shen Hanyu went to meet the Slaughter King. He asked to enter Hell Road and hunt the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, then stopped the Slaughter King from accepting before he had finished explaining.

• Shen Hanyu killed several Fallen Ones who attacked or approached the group, while he and Snow Empress discussed how Slaughter City’s promised freedom trapped its inhabitants.
• Snow Empress stayed behind with Bai Nian as Shen Hanyu continued alone toward the palace.
• The palace’s knights and maids treated Shen Hanyu with deference, and he was led to the Slaughter King.
• Shen Hanyu recognized that the Slaughter King was the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King controlling Tang Chen’s body and understood why it was cautious.
• Shen Hanyu asked to enter Hell Road to hunt the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, and the Slaughter King offered to open the passage the next day.
• Shen Hanyu interrupted the Slaughter King’s agreement, saying he had not finished speaking.

Shen Hanyu confronted the Slaughter King, exposing him as the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King inhabiting Tang Chen's Demigod Body, and fought him across Slaughter City. By the end, Shen Hanyu had forced the Slaughter King onto the defensive and switched Martial Souls as the battle continued.

• Shen Hanyu revealed the Slaughter King's identity and his connection to Tang Chen, triggering the Slaughter King's transformation and a surge of power across Slaughter City.
• Snow Empress killed the three Fallen Ones attacking Bai Nian, then carried him to a safe vantage point to watch the battle.
• Shen Hanyu and the Slaughter King clashed, their attacks devastating the buildings around the palace as Snow Empress and Bai Nian watched.
• The Slaughter King summoned the Clear Sky Hammer, but Shen Hanyu struck it away and wounded him.
• Shen Hanyu warned Snow Empress through the Sea of Consciousness that the Slaughter King might use the Asura Demon Sword, then switched Martial Souls and summoned eight Soul Rings.

Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress fought the Slaughter King, using the Snow Empress’s domain and Shen Hanyu’s divine flames to destroy the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King possessing Tang Chen. After Tang Chen fell and the Slaughter King was slain, Shen Hanyu eyed the blood-red Soul Ring while the Snow Empress noticed the Asura Demon Sword.

• The Snow Empress charged the Slaughter King and trapped him within her Emperor's Cold Heaven · Snow Dance Shining Sun domain.
• Shen Hanyu summoned his sixth Soul Skill, Sacred Fire Incineration, and filled the sky with divine flames and Phoenix phantoms.
• The Slaughter King summoned the Asura Demon Sword, but Shen Hanyu froze him briefly and struck him into the fiery formation.
• The flames purified the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King, which separated from Tang Chen as its blood-red Soul Ring rose and Tang Chen fell against a stone wall.
• Shen Hanyu regretted the loss of the Soul Ring while the Snow Empress turned toward the Asura Demon Sword embedded in a distant wall.

Shen Hanyu absorbed the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King's Soul Ring and discovered that Tang Chen had survived through the Asura Demon Sword. Tang Chen, near death, asked about Bo Saixi and revealed that he had sensed her in Slaughter City about a year earlier.

• Shen Hanyu drew the energy from the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, strengthening his first five Cold Sky Spear Soul Rings, then took the bat king's skull.
• Shen Hanyu touched the Asura Demon Sword, awakening it and causing it to disappear from where it had been lying.
• Tang Chen rose behind Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress with the Asura Demon Sword, freed from the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King's control but still dying.
• Tang Chen asked Shen Hanyu whether Bo Saixi was well, and Shen Hanyu told him she remained the High Priestess of Sea God Island and that the Sea God's Inheritor had not appeared.
• Tang Chen said he had sensed Bo Saixi in Slaughter City about a year earlier, leaving Shen Hanyu astonished.