Arc 4Chapters 76–98
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While Jiang Bai guarded the camp, the dormant souls of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings awakened inside his Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda and confronted the four dragons living there. They learned that Jiang Bai’s martial soul had brought the descendants into a hidden world, and the Dragon Kings began examining him and the pagoda.
The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King began training the Four Dragon Beasts, giving the Ice Dragon and Fire Dragon their Dragon Cores to transform their bloodlines. Outside, Jiang Bai unexpectedly advanced to level 49 while meditating, then cooked fish at the campfire and sensed someone approaching.
Jiang Bai shared grilled fish with Bi Ji and explained his determination to grow stronger, take revenge, and become a god. Their conversation grew warm and teasing before Bi Ji returned to her tent, while Snow Empress and Ice Empress quietly reacted to their late-night talk.
During a night watch in the Balak Kingdom wilderness, Qian Renxue investigated a mysterious presence in her Spiritual Sea that brought back painful memories of Jiang Bai. She shared her grief with Tian Yue, who was left regretting her attempt to cheer her up.
Jiang Bai set out with Jiang Li'er, Bi Ji, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress, keeping their destination secret while Jiang Li'er tried to convince him to let her join his travels. He planned to head to Star Dou Forest to seek a powerful dragon-type spirit beast for his fifth Spirit Ring.
Jiang Bai unexpectedly broke through to Rank 50 while walking through Häagen-Dazs City, then investigated the pure energy that had aided him and discovered two dragon eggs and the remnant souls of the Icefire Dragon Kings in his Inner Tower World. The Ice Dragon King recognized him as the master of the space.
Jiang Bai used the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and saw his dragons complete their transformations after receiving the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' Dragon Cores. The Fire Dragon and Ice Dragon took human forms and offered Jiang Bai their Soul Bones.
Jiang Bai absorbed the Fire Dragon and Ice Dragon’s external palm soul bones, gaining fiery and icy blades, then sent the Snow Empress and Ice Empress into the pagoda to cultivate. He joined Bi Ji and Jiang Li'er for breakfast, where Jiang Li'er complained that he had not greeted her.
Jiang Bai persuaded Jiang Li'er to lead him into Star Dou Forest to find Soul Beasts, claiming he could help them grow stronger through his Martial Soul. Bi Ji considered the possibility that his method could benefit Soul Beasts, but remained uncertain about his motives and how he could protect them from tribulation.
Jiang Bai, Bi Ji, and Jiang Li'er entered the Star Dou Forest to find a powerful light-attribute dragon soul beast for Jiang Bai. They discovered a Radiant Saint Dragon fighting a Mysterious Shadow Dark Dragon, and Jiang Bai decided he wanted both for his fifth and sixth Spirit Rings.
Jiang Bai subdued the Radiant Saint Dragon and Mysterious Shadow Dark Dragon with the Ice Dragon and let them inspect the space inside his Nine-Story Glazed Pagoda. After the dragons agreed to submit, the Mysterious Shadow Dark Dragon volunteered to become Jiang Bai's fifth Spirit Ring.
Jiang Bai absorbed the Mysterious Shadow Dark Dragon's Spirit Ring, gained power, and brought the Radiant Saint Dragon into his tower to await his next breakthrough. Before the group could leave, Di Tian arrived and demanded an explanation from Jiang Li'er, whose choice to explore the outside world he met with unexpected gentleness.
Di Tian confronted Jiang Li'er about leaving the Star Dou Forest and questioned Jiang Bai’s intentions after learning they had undergone Destiny Guidance together. He brought them to the Lake of Life to stay under his watch, where Jiang Bai began cultivating that night.
Jiang Bai practiced his ice swordsmanship before Di Tian challenged him to a spar and tested his techniques. Their battle nearly turned the area around the tree hollow into a glacier, until Jiang Li'er woke and scolded them for disturbing her.
Jiang Bai argued that human civilization and knowledge gave humanity an advantage over Soul Beasts, and condemned the cycle forcing Soul Masters to kill them. He brought Di Tian into an independent world, where Di Tian recognized the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King.
The Ice Dragon King told Di Tian that the Dragon God's failed ritual to evolve the Divine Dragon Realm drove him mad and led to the Dragon Kings' deaths. She explained how she and the Fire Dragon King's remnants survived in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, leaving Di Tian with the truth about the Dragon God's division and the Asura God's role in guarding him.
Di Tian learned that the Dragon God caused the Dragon Clan’s downfall and struggled to find purpose after his old beliefs collapsed. The Ice Dragon King helped him commit to avenging the surviving dragon bloodlines, but his account of the beasts’ Heavenly Tribulation led both Dragon Kings to suspect the Dragon God had imposed the restrictions too.
The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King urged Di Tian to support Jiang Bai as a possible future advocate for the soul beast clan, while asking him to keep the Silver Dragon King unaware of their existence. Di Tian returned to Jiang Bai with a softened attitude, and Jiang Bai later rested and cultivated by the Lake of Life before sharing rare Gold-Jade Fruits with Jiang Li'er.
Jiang Bai told Jiang Li'er he planned to cultivate at the Lake of Life until reaching level 60 before traveling for treasures and settling old scores. In Nuoding City, Qian Renxue suspected Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and ordered a regional search for Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
After leaving Star Dou Forest, Jiang Bai and Jiang Li'er traveled southwest in search of a mysterious opportunity, eventually camping in the Yun Luo Principality. Nearby, Qian Renxue's depleted squad was ambushed by Fallen Ones, but the first sounds from the bushes suggested their attacker was berating a careless companion.
Qian Renxue and the Holy Knights were trapped by a powerful Fallen Ones group whose leader unleashed a domain-type evil art. As the spell overwhelmed Qian Renxue, a dark version of herself appeared in her Spiritual Sea and urged her to surrender control.
Dark Qian Renxue overwhelmed the Fallen Ones in the valley, but the withered old man was interrupted by Jiang Bai and Jiang Li'er. The old man lost his Sacred Spirit Scripture as Jiang Bai stepped into the fight.
Jiang Bai and Dark Qian Renxue defeated the Eight-Ring Soul Douluo and ended the fight against the Fallen Ones. After Dark Qian Renxue changed back into Qian Renxue, she recognized Jiang Bai and touched his cheek in disbelief.