Recaps

Jiang Bai brought Snow Empress and Ice Empress to Dragon City to find a hidden Myriad-Year Profound Ice Cave. They discovered the cave and its Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow, leaving the promised treasure within reach.

• Jiang Bai explained that the ice cave lay beneath Dragon City and asked Snow Empress to search for an unusually cold spring.
• Snow Empress found the spring in a remote corner of the city and led Jiang Bai and Ice Empress down to its bottom.
• Snow Empress broke through the rock wall and brought them through a pale-blue barrier into a cave filled with Ice Extreme Divine Crystal.
• Snow Empress sensed a deeper chamber and led the others to several dozen ice pillars filled with Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

Jiang Bai, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress divided the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrows, and Jiang Bai showed them that his Ice Dragon companion needed the treasure to cultivate inside his Martial Soul. Before leaving the destabilizing cave, Snow Empress collected its Ice Extreme Divine Crystals and gave them to Jiang Bai.

• Ice Empress celebrated the forty-five Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrows, and Snow Empress took thirty while giving Jiang Bai the remaining fifteen.
• Ice Empress offered Jiang Bai protection and treasures in exchange for his share, but he refused and fed one marrow to the Ice Dragon in his fourth Spirit Ring.
• Jiang Bai explained that his companions could continue cultivating inside his Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda and needed heavenly treasures matching their attributes.
• Snow Empress warned that the cave would soon collapse, then gathered its Ice Extreme Divine Crystals and gave them to Jiang Bai.
• Snow Empress led Jiang Bai and Ice Empress out through the pale-blue membrane and back into the freezing spring water.

Jiang Bai chose to travel with Snow Empress and Ice Empress to Sunset Forest, where he sought a special location. They found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, leaving Jiang Bai poised to explore one of the continent’s great treasure basins.

• Jiang Bai persuaded Snow Empress and Ice Empress to journey across the continent with him instead of returning to the Far North for ten years.
• Snow Empress flew Jiang Bai and Ice Empress to Sunset Forest after Jiang Bai chose it as their next destination.
• Jiang Bai asked Snow Empress to search for a mountainous area covered in poisonous gas, and she located a valley about eighty li away.
• Snow Empress brought Jiang Bai and Ice Empress to a peak overlooking the valley, where they saw a pool divided between milky-white and vermilion waters.
• Jiang Bai identified the pool as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, a great treasure basin where the powers of ice and fire gathered.

Jiang Bai, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Ice Empress knocked Poison Douluo Dugu Bo unconscious. Jiang Bai began identifying the immortal herbs and planning their distribution, then summoned the Four Dragon Beasts to choose herbs for them.

• Snow Empress brought Jiang Bai and Ice Empress down to the shore of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Jiang Bai found a valley full of immortal herbs.
• Dugu Bo confronted the intruders and unleashed poisonous mist, threatening to turn them into fertilizer.
• Ice Empress struck Dugu Bo with Ice Empress's Pincer, shattered his Martial Soul Avatar, and knocked him unconscious.
• Jiang Bai surveyed the herbs, selected candidates for himself and the Four Dragon Beasts, and considered keeping the rest as reserves or trade goods.
• Jiang Bai summoned the Four Dragon Beasts, whose Fire Dragon and Ice Dragon grew excited at the sight of the herbs.

Jiang Bai and his four Dragon Beasts consumed suitable immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Jiang Bai’s Aromatic Silk Beauty triggered a Martial Soul Heavenly Tribulation. His Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda absorbed the first lightning strike and began evolving into the Eight Treasures Glazed Pagoda.

• Jiang Bai gave the Fire Dragon the Infernal Delicate Apricot, the Ice Dragon the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, the Earth Dragon three Earth Dragon Golden Melons, and the Wind Dragon the Narcissus Jade Bone.
• Jiang Bai inhaled the essence of the Aromatic Silk Beauty and circulated his Soul Power to cleanse his body as Snow Empress and Ice Empress soaked in the ice spring.
• After two and a half hours, a golden tulip-petal halo appeared beneath Jiang Bai’s Seven-Story Glazed Pagoda, and powerful energy erupted from it.
• Black clouds gathered above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Snow Empress and Ice Empress realized that Jiang Bai’s Martial Soul Evolution had summoned a Heavenly Tribulation.
• Snow Empress shielded Jiang Bai as a lightning bolt struck the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda, which absorbed the lightning and began forming a new tier, evolving into the Eight Treasures Glazed Pagoda.

Jiang Bai's Martial Soul evolved into the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda and swallowed the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well into its transformed inner world. He awakened at level 48 and discovered that the valley and its spring had vanished.

• Jiang Bai's Eight Treasures Glazed Pagoda endured two lightning bolts and evolved into the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda.
• The Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda's golden vortex pulled Ice Empress, Snow Empress, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and the surrounding valley into its inner world.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and the Four Dragon Beasts inside Jiang Bai's vast inner world, where the energies had become balanced.
• Jiang Bai awakened at level 48 after absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty and saw that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had disappeared from the valley.

After the Aromatic Silk Beauty evolved Jiang Bai’s Martial Soul into the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda, it absorbed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and most of its herbs into its own space. Jiang Bai left for Silvers City with Snow Empress and Ice Empress, while Dugu Bo woke to find his valley gone and read Jiang Bai’s note.

• Jiang Bai discovered that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had been replaced by a massive pit and learned from Snow Empress and Ice Empress that the well and most of its herbs were inside his Martial Soul.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress emerged from the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda, and Snow Empress said they would live in its cultivation space and communicate with Jiang Bai when needed.
• Jiang Bai left Dugu Bo a note, then departed Sunset Forest for Silvers City with Snow Empress; Ice Empress chased after them when Snow Empress forgot to take her along.
• Dugu Bo woke, saw that the valley’s spring and herbs were gone, read Jiang Bai’s note, and flew back to Heaven Dou City.
• A withered old man arrived at the valley, examined the enormous pit, and flew away.

Qian Renxue trained fiercely with Golden Crocodile and asked him about Bibi Dong’s past. He began recounting Bibi Dong’s upbringing and her relationship with Yu Xiaogang, then started to reveal what Qian Xunji did to her.

• Qian Renxue fought Golden Crocodile for an hour, pressing him with Soul Skills and sword attacks while he blocked, dodged, and offered guidance.
• Golden Crocodile worried that Qian Renxue’s grief over Jiang Bai’s death and her obsession with revenge were driving her toward a dangerous path.
• Qian Renxue asked Golden Crocodile to tell her about Bibi Dong’s past, and he agreed because he believed she would investigate if he refused.
• Golden Crocodile explained that Qian Daoliu had brought the orphan Bibi Dong to Spirit City, where Qian Xunji made her his disciple and Spirit Hall’s Saintess.
• Golden Crocodile said Bibi Dong fell in love with Yu Xiaogang, whom Qian Xunji forcibly separated from her, then began to explain what Qian Xunji did next.

After learning how Qian Renxue was conceived and how Bibi Dong treated her, Qian Renxue decided to take revenge while investigating Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong’s actions. She ordered Yu Xiaogang’s Spirit Hall subsidies stopped and began writing an article refuting his theories, leaving her determined to challenge both his influence and the continent’s worsening problems.

• Golden Crocodile told Qian Renxue that her father had forced himself on Bibi Dong, but Qian Renxue rejected sympathy for Bibi Dong and vowed to kill her for Jiang Bai’s sake.
• Qian Renxue ordered a maid to investigate Yu Xiaogang and reviewed a dossier detailing his background and connection to Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue ordered the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch to stop Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Master subsidies and confiscate his Elder Token if he used it to pressure them.
• After reading reports of rising Fallen Soul Master crimes, Qian Renxue suspected Bibi Dong might be tolerating or using the criminals.
• Qian Renxue read the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, judged its theories flawed, and began writing an article to refute them.

Qian Renxue arranged for Jiang Xue’er’s critique of Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies to be published across the continent. Yu Xiaogang read the booklet, became enraged by its arguments and accusations of plagiarism, and tore it apart.

• Qian Renxue presented her manuscript and Pontiff Token to the bookstore owner, who agreed to publish it within five days.
• Yu Xiaogang read Jiang Xue’er’s article, which challenged his theories with detailed arguments and accused him of plagiarizing Spirit Hall materials.
• Yu Xiaogang discovered the author’s name and angrily rejected her criticism, insisting that his use of the materials was not theft.
• Yu Xiaogang tore the booklet to pieces and, after calming down, glared at the pages with venomous intent.

Yu Xiaogang went to the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch to claim his monthly subsidy, but Ma Xiunuo arrested him for stealing an Elder Token. Qian Renxue read the report and declared that this was only the beginning.

• Yu Xiaogang set out to collect his subsidy after abandoning plans to write a rebuttal to Jiang Xue'er.
• The receptionist refused Yu Xiaogang's subsidy, and Yu Xiaogang presented an Elder Token and demanded to be obeyed as a Spirit Hall elder.
• Ma Xiunuo accused Yu Xiaogang of stealing the token and ordered the deacons to arrest him.
• The deacons subdued Yu Xiaogang and locked him in the dungeon after he chose not to summon Luo Sanpao.
• Qian Renxue read the report about Yu Xiaogang's arrest, burned it, and ordered someone to notify Tian Yue and the others.

Qian Renxue led twelve Holy Knights out from Spirit City to hunt Fallen Ones, while Guangling Douluo secretly followed to protect them. Five days later, the squad ambushed a group of Fallen Soul Masters in the Balak Kingdom, and Qian Renxue paused her blade before a surrendering enemy’s throat.

• Qian Renxue departed Spirit City with Tian Yue and ten other Holy Knights to investigate the Balak Kingdom and nearby regions.
• Qian Daoliu allowed Guangling Douluo to follow the squad covertly, and Guangling Douluo set off after them.
• Five days later, a masked leader gathered more than twenty Fallen Ones outside a remote Balak Kingdom village and prepared to attack it.
• Qian Renxue and the Holy Knights charged the Fallen Ones, and Qian Renxue killed three with a single golden sword strike.
• The Holy Knights overwhelmed the remaining enemies, and Qian Renxue stopped her sword just short of a Fallen One who begged for mercy.

Qian Renxue defended the Holy Knights’ decision to execute every Fallen One they encountered, then led her riders onward. Later, Tang San searched Yu Xiaogang’s empty room and found Jiang Xue’er’s devastating critique of his teacher’s Martial Soul theories, leaving him shaken and determined to find out where Yu Xiaogang had gone.

• Qian Renxue refused to spare the Fallen Ones, explaining to Tian Yue that they were dangerous and could never be redeemed.
• Tian Yue accepted Qian Renxue’s orders, and the Holy Knights rode toward their next destination.
• Tang San entered Yu Xiaogang’s dark, empty room and found torn pages from Jiang Xue’er’s critique of the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul Theory.
• Tang San read the critique and was shaken by its detailed evidence, but tore up the pages and denounced it as nonsense.
• Tang San tidied Yu Xiaogang’s room, then left intending to ask around about his teacher the next morning.

Yu Xiaogang was transferred to a deeper dungeon cell, where Scar Brother trapped him with a false promise of escape. Yu Xiaogang was left screaming for help as Scar Brother restrained him.

• Yu Xiaogang shouted from his cell, while guards Peter and John decided to move him downstairs to quiet him.
• Peter and John dragged Yu Xiaogang into a deeper cell and locked him inside with Scar Brother.
• Scar Brother introduced himself and mocked Yu Xiaogang after hearing him claim to be a Spirit Hall elder.
• Scar Brother made a key fall to the floor and persuaded Yu Xiaogang to pick it up.
• As Yu Xiaogang reached for the key, Scar Brother grabbed him from behind, and Yu Xiaogang struggled and cried for help.

Tang San learned that Yu Xiaogang had been detained for allegedly stealing a Spirit Hall Elder Token and returned to the academy shaken by the accusation. That night, Tang Hao broke into the dungeon and found Yu Xiaogang, telling him to get dressed and prepare to leave.

• Tang San visited the Nuoding City Spirit Hall branch and asked Su Yuntao about Yu Xiaogang.
• Su Yuntao told Tang San that Yu Xiaogang was suspected of stealing an Elder Token and advised him to sever their teacher-disciple relationship.
• Tang San left the branch in disbelief and returned to Nuoding Academy, troubled by the possibility that his teacher had stolen the token.
• Tang Hao entered the dungeon, killed both guards, and found Yu Xiaogang in a cell with a sleeping prisoner named Scar.
• Tang Hao broke open the cell bars and told Yu Xiaogang to put on his clothes and prepare to leave.

Tang Hao rescued Yu Xiaogang from the Spirit Hall dungeon and sent him with Tang San and Xiao Wu toward Suotuo City and Monster Academy. After the group departed, Ma Xiunuo learned that the guards were dead and ordered a secret search for the escaped prisoner.

• Tang Hao freed Yu Xiaogang, gave him a Pope Token, and told him to leave Nuoding City and keep Xiao Wu close to Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang persuaded Tang San and Xiao Wu to travel with him to Monster Academy in Suotuo City, claiming Spirit Hall had imprisoned him and that a Soul Saint taught there.
• Tang San agreed to follow Yu Xiaogang, and Xiao Wu reluctantly joined them after hearing about the academy and feeling an unexplained urge to stay near Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Xiao Wu extinguished their campfire and set out for Suotuo City.
• A deacon reported to Ma Xiunuo that Yu Xiaogang had escaped and the dungeon guards were dead, so Ma Xiunuo ordered a secret search of Nuoding City.

Jiang Bai demonstrated his rapid progress in Snow Empress’s Emperor Sword technique by striking the Ice Empress hard enough to freeze and numb her arm. Snow Empress praised his comprehension, while the Ice Empress concealed how strongly the blow had affected her.

• Jiang Bai condensed an ice sword and performed Emperor Sword: Ice Extremity Unparalleled after two and a half months of training.
• The Ice Empress blocked Jiang Bai’s strike, but dark-blue ice crystals covered her arm and left it briefly stiff and numb.
• The Ice Empress shattered the ice, hid her trembling hand, and told Jiang Bai that he had only begun to approach the technique.
• Snow Empress praised Jiang Bai’s progress and reflected on how his talent, diligence, and Ice Dragon possession had helped him learn so quickly.

Jiang Bai’s Ice Dragon had rapidly reached one hundred thousand years of cultivation inside the tower, prompting Snow Empress and Ice Empress to wonder whether the small world could spare them Heavenly Tribulations. After thanking both women for their guidance, Jiang Bai began learning Snow Empress’s Emperor’s Palm, called Great Cold Without Snow.

• Snow Empress and Ice Empress recalled that the Ice Dragon had risen from eight thousand years to one hundred thousand years in less than three months without a Heavenly Tribulation, and wondered whether the tower’s small world could protect them from one.
• Jiang Bai dismissed the Ice Dragon back into the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda after praising it for its work.
• Jiang Bai thanked Snow Empress for teaching him the Emperor’s Sword and asked her to teach him the Emperor’s Palm.
• Ice Empress complained that Jiang Bai had overlooked her contribution to his progress, and Jiang Bai sincerely praised her sparring and combat instruction.
• Snow Empress began teaching Jiang Bai the Emperor’s Palm, explaining its intent and introducing the technique Great Cold Without Snow.

The Snow Empress demonstrated Emperor's Palm to Jiang Bai, then asked whether she and the Ice Empress could use his pagoda to avoid Heavenly Tribulations when advancing their cultivation. The Ice Empress began her four-hundred-thousand-year breakthrough inside the pagoda without triggering a Heavenly Tribulation.

• The Snow Empress used Emperor's Palm to guide snow and wind against a hill, freezing it into a massive ice sculpture, and explained the technique's essence to Jiang Bai.
• The Snow Empress asked whether Jiang Bai's Ice Dragon had faced a Heavenly Tribulation when it reached one hundred thousand years, and Jiang Bai said it had broken through inside his tower's inner space without one.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress asked to attempt their own breakthroughs inside the pagoda, and Jiang Bai agreed to let them try.
• Jiang Bai summoned the pagoda, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress entered it while he sat outside to recover his Soul Power.
• The Ice Empress absorbed several pieces of Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow, transformed into her Ice Jade Empress Scorpion true form, and reached her four-hundred-thousand-year breakthrough without triggering a Heavenly Tribulation.

Ice Empress and Snow Empress both broke through to new cultivation levels inside Jiang Bai’s Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda without facing tribulations. The Heavenly Dao briefly gathered a tribulation over Jiang Bai before withdrawing it, and the chapter ended with Ice Empress flustered after he petted her head.

• Ice Empress successfully broke through to four hundred thousand years of cultivation and celebrated with Snow Empress.
• Snow Empress absorbed Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow and successfully broke through to seven hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Tribulation clouds gathered over Jiang Bai and the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda, but a mysterious figure erased them.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress emerged from the pagoda and told Jiang Bai that both breakthroughs had succeeded without tribulations.
• Ice Empress complained that Jiang Bai had asked Snow Empress about her breakthrough first, then blushed and scolded him after he petted her head.

Jiang Bai dined in Silvers City with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, then spotted Jiang Li’er and Bi Ji at a nearby table while remembering his girlfriend, Qian Renxue. When the Ice Empress asked him who was prettier, Qian Renxue or the Snow Empress, Jiang Bai began describing both women, leaving his answer unfinished.

• Jiang Bai, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress enjoyed a meal after spending more than two months cultivating in the mountains.
• Jiang Bai saw Jiang Li’er enter with Bi Ji and mistook the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s back for Qian Renxue’s.
• Jiang Bai explained that Qian Renxue was his girlfriend and that he called her Sister Xue’er, which Jiang Li’er overheard.
• Bi Ji noticed Jiang Bai’s companions had unusual auras and asked Jiang Li’er whether she had come to the human world for him.
• The Ice Empress asked Jiang Bai whether Qian Renxue or the Snow Empress was prettier, and Jiang Bai began praising each woman in turn.

Jiang Li'er challenged Jiang Bai to a fight after hearing him praise Qian Renxue, and he agreed to spar with her outside the city. When he summoned his four dragon beasts, Jiang Li'er and Bi Ji were stunned by their immense cultivation, especially the hundred-thousand-year Ice Dragon.

• Jiang Li'er confronted Jiang Bai and challenged him to prove who was stronger after he refused to rank her beauty against Qian Renxue's.
• Jiang Bai agreed to fight Jiang Li'er after their meal, and Snow Empress questioned him about knowing her.
• Jiang Bai, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress left the restaurant for the mountain wilderness, where Bi Ji brought Jiang Li'er to meet them.
• Jiang Li'er activated Golden Dragon Possession and called on Jiang Bai to summon his dragon beasts.
• Jiang Bai summoned four dragons, and Jiang Li'er and Bi Ji were shocked by their powerful auras, including the hundred-thousand-year Ice Dragon.

Jiang Bai used the Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Dragon’s possession to fight Jiang Li'er, then defeated her Golden Dragon Fist with Snow Empress’s Emperor Sword technique. Jiang Li'er broke free from the ice but remained injured and slowed by the cold.

• Jiang Bai dismissed his other three dragons and merged with the Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Dragon, raising his combat strength to near the Soul Saint level.
• Jiang Li'er stacked Dragon's Power and Pride of the Golden, then charged Jiang Bai with her Golden Dragon Fist.
• Jiang Bai formed an ice crystal sword and used Emperor Sword: Ice Extremity Unparalleled, prompting Bi Ji to recognize Snow Empress and Ice Empress nearby.
• Jiang Bai's sword shattered Jiang Li'er's golden shield and froze her inside a massive block of ice.
• Jiang Li'er broke out of the ice, but frost dimmed her Golden Dragon scales and left her arms numb and stiff.

Jiang Bai defeated Jiang Li'er in a close-quarters fight, and Bi Ji healed her injuries. The Snow Empress then invited Bi Ji to bring Jiang Li'er to the Far North, prompting Bi Ji to become wary.

• Jiang Li'er charged Jiang Bai again, but he outmatched her in close combat and repeatedly knocked her down.
• Jiang Li'er surrendered, and Jiang Bai ended his possession state after telling her she had let him win.
• Bi Ji revealed that Jiang Bai had used the Snow Empress's ultimate technique, leaving Jiang Li'er discouraged about her talent.
• Jiang Li'er sought comfort from Bi Ji, who healed her bruises and warned her not to fight recklessly.
• The Snow Empress invited Bi Ji to bring Jiang Li'er to visit the Far North, while the Ice Empress watched with interest.

Snow Empress revealed that she had reached seven hundred thousand years of cultivation and tried to lure Jiang Li'er to the Far North. Jiang Bai, Bi Ji, and Jiang Li'er argued that her transformation had weakened her value as an Auspicious Beast, leaving Snow Empress to judge whether they were telling the truth.

• Bi Ji invoked Di Tian's name to warn Snow Empress against provoking Star Dou Forest, but Snow Empress released her aura and revealed her seven-hundred-thousand-year cultivation.
• Snow Empress offered to explain her breakthrough if Bi Ji brought Jiang Li'er to visit the Far North.
• Bi Ji claimed the Far North's cold climate would be unsuitable, while Ice Empress teased Jiang Li'er and the two traded insults until Snow Empress stopped Ice Empress from attacking.
• Jiang Bai pointed out that Jiang Li'er's transformation had weakened the cultivation benefits she provided to soul beasts, and Jiang Li'er and Bi Ji confirmed it.
• Snow Empress silently scrutinized Bi Ji and Jiang Li'er as she assessed whether their claims were true.