Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

• Snow Empress agreed to believe Jiang Li'er’s explanation for now, and the group settled around a campfire for the night.
• Bi Ji and Jiang Li'er washed at a nearby stream, then returned to find Jiang Bai meditating while Snow Empress and Ice Empress rested in their tents.
• The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well began boiling inside the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda, and its pressure forced the four dragons to bow before two rising dragon soul phantoms.
• The Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King rebuked the four dragons for their weak, impure bloodlines and questioned how they had reached the hidden world.
• The four dragons explained that Jiang Bai had brought them into his martial soul space, prompting the Dragon Kings to investigate the pagoda and sense Jiang Bai outside it.

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.

• The Ice Dragon King praised Jiang Bai’s potential and said the Dragon Kings would personally teach the Four Dragon Beasts.
• The Ice Dragon King gave the Ice Dragon her Dragon Core, and the Ice Dragon encased herself in an ice crystal egg as her body transformed.
• The Fire Dragon King gave the Fire Dragon his Dragon Core, and the Fire Dragon transformed inside a crimson egg.
• The Dragon Kings began teaching the Earth Dragon and Wind Dragon combat techniques and methods for awakening their bloodlines.
• Jiang Bai absorbed a surge of energy, advanced from level 48 to level 49, and wondered whether the tower’s space had aided him.
• Jiang Bai caught and grilled fish by the campfire, then 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.

• Bi Ji found Jiang Bai meditating by a campfire, joined him, and accepted his grilled fish.
• Jiang Bai told Bi Ji he wanted to become powerful, take revenge, and reach godhood, and he defended his relentless cultivation.
• Bi Ji urged Jiang Bai to balance cultivation with rest, and Jiang Bai teased her by calling her Big Sister Bi Ji and saying her beauty refreshed him.
• Jiang Bai and Bi Ji talked together until the moon tilted westward, then Bi Ji returned to her tent after reminding him to rest.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress woke in their tent and privately reflected on Jiang Bai and Bi Ji's conversation.

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.

• Tian Yue kept watch beside the campfire while Qian Renxue appeared to meditate.
• Qian Renxue examined a purple-black sphere in her Spiritual Sea, and touching it brought her a vision of Jiang Bai and renewed heartache.
• Qian Renxue told Tian Yue to rest, but Tian Yue urged her to smile and accidentally reminded her of Jiang Bai’s absence.
• Tian Yue tried to change the subject by pointing out the bright moon, but Qian Renxue remembered their time together at the Yelin City lantern festival.
• Qian Renxue recited a mournful verse about the moon, leaving Tian Yue watching her lonely figure and wishing she could take back her words.

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.

• At dawn, Jiang Bai packed the tents and started walking with Snow Empress and Ice Empress, while Jiang Li'er and Bi Ji followed.
• Jiang Li'er asked where Jiang Bai was going, then pitched the idea that they become the Twin Stars and traveled together.
• Jiang Bai refused to reveal their destination and said Snow Empress and Ice Empress would protect him if he met a powerful enemy.
• Jiang Bai considered seeking a Silver Dragon or Golden Dragon to obtain his fifth Spirit Ring.
• Jiang Bai chose Star Dou Forest as his likely destination but kept the plan from Jiang Li'er, partly to avoid frightening her and partly to tease her.