Chapter Summaries

Ice Empress faced a powerful double Heavenly Tribulation, believing she would die and asking Ye Qing to care for Snow Empress. She survived the first wave but was badly wounded, and Ye Qing remained beside her as the second wave of scarlet lightning descended.

• Ice Empress told Ye Qing she had no hope of surviving the double Heavenly Tribulation and spoke as if saying farewell.
• Ice Empress asked Ye Qing to treat Snow Empress well and faced the first wave of lightning alone.
• Ice Empress survived the first layer of the Heavenly Tribulation but was left badly wounded and unable to stand.
• Ye Qing returned to Ice Empress despite her protests, and she tried to push him away as the second layer gathered.
• Scarlet lightning descended toward Ye Qing and Ice Empress.

Ye Qing absorbed the Heavenly Tribulation meant for the Ice Empress, then carried her toward treatment despite her protests and his teasing. The Ice Empress survived, though she remained exhausted and embarrassed in Ye Qing's arms.

• The Ice Empress raised an ice barrier and moved away from Ye Qing as the Heavenly Tribulation descended on her.
• Ye Qing stepped through the barrier and absorbed the lightning, revealing that he had planned to take the tribulation for her.
• Ye Qing teased the Ice Empress and gave her a Sound Shell recording, which she crushed before he could explain it.
• Ye Qing picked up the injured Ice Empress in a princess carry and started taking her to Bi Ji for treatment.
• The Ice Empress bit Ye Qing's ear, then fell quiet as he carried her onward.

Ye Qing brought the injured Ice Empress to Emerald Lake, where Bi Ji healed her and teased her about her feelings for him. While washing in the lake, Ice Empress sensed energy like Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow coming from a fissure beneath the water.

• Ice Empress reflected on Ye Qing protecting her during the Heavenly Tribulation and wondered about her growing feelings for him.
• Ye Qing carried Ice Empress to Emerald Lake, where Bi Ji soon returned and guessed that Ice Empress had crossed the tribulation.
• Bi Ji teased Ye Qing about Ice Empress, who denied having a relationship with him while struggling to escape his arms.
• Bi Ji healed Ice Empress's injuries, and Ice Empress went into Emerald Lake to wash.
• Ice Empress sensed energy resembling Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow flowing from a fissure at the bottom of the lake.

Ice Empress found Tian Meng imprisoned beneath the lake and confronted him over their past. Ye Qing opened Di Tian’s barrier, and Ice Empress beat Tian Meng while the others made sure he survived.

• Ice Empress learned that Tian Meng was trapped in an underground cavern and went to find him.
• Tian Meng mistook Ice Empress’s arrival for a hallucination before recognizing her and provoking her.
• Ice Empress asked Ye Qing to open Di Tian’s Soul Power barrier, and Ye Qing tore it apart despite Bi Ji offering to help.
• Ice Empress beat Tian Meng, while Ye Qing and Bi Ji told her not to kill him.
• Di Tian arrived and found Tian Meng still gleefully asking Ice Empress to hit him again.

Ice Empress tried to make Tian Meng give up on her by kissing Ye Qing, then struggled to understand her own feelings for him. After Snow Empress urged her to listen to her heart, Ye Qing returned to the Castle and reassured Xiao Qing that she would always have a place in his heart.

• Ice Empress brought Ye Qing to Tian Meng and kissed him to prove he had no chance with her, leaving him stunned.
• Di Tian and Bi Ji found Tian Meng standing motionless, and Di Tian teased Ye Qing about his relationships before leaving.
• Ice Empress revisited the site of the Heavenly Tribulation, reflected on her feelings for Ye Qing, and chased him back toward the Castle after he teased her.
• Snow Empress told Ice Empress to listen to her heart and decide what she truly wanted.
• Ye Qing arranged rooms at the Castle while Gang Zong chose to guard the gates; later, Xiao Qing sensed Ice Empress's scent on Ye Qing, and he reassured her that she would always have a place in his heart.

Ye Qing took Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming to a human city, where they discovered a market selling Spirit Beasts. He explained why humans hunted them and led the three toward a closer look at the cruelty of the world, then spotted a wanted notice bearing his portrait beside a caged Wolf Bandit.

• Xiao Wu asked Ye Qing to take her, Da Ming, and Er Ming to a human city, and he agreed after teasing her about her indirect request.
• Ye Qing brought the three to the city, where Xiao Wu remarked that its walls were unimpressive compared with his castle.
• The group found a market selling Spirit Beast products and live Spirit Beasts, prompting Xiao Wu to ask why humans hunted them.
• Ye Qing told Xiao Wu that Spirit Beasts were treated as tools and wealth, and said coexistence would remain difficult without changes to human cultivation.
• Ye Qing led the three to examine the market's cruelty and noticed a caged Wolf Bandit beside a notice showing his portrait.

Ye Qing was confronted by a Spirit Hall Branch Hall Master who died in a staged attack, then fought guards who turned out to be dead. He freed an unusually intelligent Wolf Bandit to investigate the lingering souls and uncover the scheme.

• Ye Qing noticed a Wolf Bandit in a cage and learned it was intelligent, but hesitated to take it because of its race’s cruelty.
• A Spirit Hall Branch Hall Master invited Ye Qing to speak, then spat poisoned blood at him and died, apparently framing him.
• The Branch Hall Master’s attendants attacked Ye Qing and Xiao Wu, but Ye Qing discovered they were dead and tore them apart.
• Ye Qing decided to leave the city, but the Wolf Bandit offered to investigate the dead guards using its Ghost Spirit Wolf ability.
• Ye Qing crushed the cage bars and released the Wolf Bandit, which began absorbing the corpses’ soul remnants.

Ye Qing learned that the Hall Master had planned to frame him so Spirit Hall would send its strongest forces after him, then left the city with the three youngsters. He accepted the Wolf Bandit as a potential subordinate after learning about his knack for grafting and brewing alcohol.

• The Wolf Bandit reported that the Hall Master had used the guards’ corpses to provoke Ye Qing and planned to make Spirit Hall blame him for their deaths.
• Ye Qing learned that the Hall Master’s parasitic-insect Martial Soul had let him control the corpses after his own death, then sent the Wolf Bandit away and left the city.
• Da Ming and Er Ming remained unfazed by the bloody scene, while Xiao Wu vomited and Ye Qing decided she needed gradual exposure to real combat.
• The Wolf Bandit explained that he had been cast out of his pack and pleaded to follow Ye Qing, who initially refused him.
• The Wolf Bandit described how he had discovered grafting and learned to brew alcohol, persuading Ye Qing to give him a chance.
• The Healing System Soul Saint reported the incident to his superiors and said the debt had finally been repaid.

Qian Zhenggan investigated the deaths of Spirit Hall’s Hall Master and his companions, then used a Spirit Bone skill to track the trail into the Star Dou Great Forest. He arrived at Ye Qing’s castle and found himself surrounded by Ye Qing, Di Tian, Snow Empress, and other powerful Spirit Beasts.

• Qian Zhenggan examined the corpses and pressured a Healing System Soul Saint into revealing the Hall Master’s plan to force Spirit Hall to retaliate.
• Qian Zhenggan ordered Soul-Tracking Bees to follow the scent left by the Hall Master’s Spirit Skill, but they failed because Ye Qing had removed it.
• Qian Zhenggan used Retrospective Reflection to recreate the trail and followed the golden figure into the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Zhenggan wondered whether Spirit Beasts could transform into humans as the trail led toward the forest’s Core Area.
• Qian Zhenggan reached Ye Qing’s castle, where Snow Empress attacked him with ice spears and Ye Qing, Di Tian, and Snow Empress surrounded him.

Qian Zhenggan discovered that Ye Qing and the others were powerful spirit beasts and fought Snow Empress in an attempt to escape. Snow Empress countered his sun-enhanced attacks by turning the battlefield into a snowbound domain.

• Qian Zhenggan recognized Di Tian, Snow Empress, and the others as spirit beasts, mistook their gathering for a trap, and unleashed his Angel Avatar.
• Qian Zhenggan opened with his Ninth Spirit Skill, Sword of Judgment, targeting Snow Empress as the weakest opponent.
• Snow Empress shattered the angel's lightsaber with Emperor Sword and forced Qian Zhenggan to use Shield of Justice, though his sun affinity soon dispelled the cold that penetrated it.
• Di Tian and Ye Qing held back while Snow Empress fought Qian Zhenggan, and she realized that the sun replenished his energy.
• Snow Empress used Snow Dance Shining Sun to engulf the battlefield in snow and deny Qian Zhenggan the advantage of the sky and sunlight.

Qian Zhenggan fought the Snow Empress but was overwhelmed by her domains and supreme arts, losing his left arm to Emperor Palm: Great Cold Without Snow. Facing three enemies and unable to flee, he withdrew his Martial Soul Avatar and raced toward Ye Qing's Castle.

• Qian Zhenggan unleashed Angel Domain, but the Snow Empress's Snow Dance Shining Sun domain trapped him and blocked his perception.
• The Snow Empress's Emperor Sword strike barely affected Qian Zhenggan because Shield of Justice protected his domain, and he began chanting Angel Requiem Song.
• Qian Zhenggan's Angel Requiem Song shattered both domains, letting him summon Heavenly Sun Fire Feather and wound the Snow Empress in the resulting clash.
• The Snow Empress closed in and struck Qian Zhenggan's fist with Emperor Palm: Great Cold Without Snow, freezing and destroying his left arm and its spirit bone.
• Qian Zhenggan realized he could not escape the three enemies in his condition, withdrew his Martial Soul Avatar, and flew toward Ye Qing's Castle using Angel Wings.

Qian Zhenggan tried to escape Snow Empress and the other Spirit Beasts, but they overwhelmed him and killed him before he could self-destruct. As Ye Qing sensed something strange about Qian Zhenggan’s death, Angel God received shocking news from the lower realm and decided the God Kings had to address it.

• Qian Zhenggan flew toward the Castle to use its young Spirit Beasts as hostages, but Snow Empress struck him from behind and left him surrounded by five enemies.
• Xiong Jun used Sky-Rending Claw to tear apart Qian Zhenggan’s Martial Soul Avatar Armor and gravely wound him.
• Qian Zhenggan tried to self-destruct, but Snow Empress severed his head and froze the power gathering in his body.
• Qian Zhenggan’s corpse scattered into specks of light, leaving Spirit Bones behind, and Ye Qing sensed something was wrong.
• Ye Qing warned Gang Zong to keep Hui Tai Lang under control while Xiao Wu and the others discussed the battle.
• Angel God received shocking news from the lower realm and said the God Kings had to deal with it.

Angel discovered Dragon God energy in the memories of her fallen follower, Qian Zhenggan, and warned the Divine Realm’s rulers. The God Kings debated whether to destroy the Douluo Continent, then decided that Asura, Destruction, and Life would investigate it themselves.

• Angel sensed Dragon God energy in Qian Zhenggan’s soul and recognized it as the aura of the being who had nearly destroyed the Divine Realm.
• At the God Realm’s Highest Council, Asura confirmed that Spirit Beasts on the Douluo Continent carried the Dragon God’s aura, along with traces of fallen deities.
• Destruction proposed exterminating all life on the Douluo Continent to prevent the Dragon God’s possible revival, but Life objected because its inhabitants were innocent.
• Asura pointed out that the Golden Dragon King remained sealed and argued that the God Kings should investigate the matter in person.
• Asura, Destruction, and Life agreed to travel to the Douluo Continent, recognizing that failure to handle the threat could bring another catastrophe upon the Divine Realm.

The God Realm’s Destruction, Life, and Asura led God Officials to the Star Dou Great Forest, where they began slaughtering Spirit Beasts to erase the Dragon God’s lingering aura. Ye Qing stayed behind to fight them while the Ice Empress, Snow Empress, Xiao Wu, and the others fled, and the Silver Dragon King prepared to confront the invaders.

• Destruction and Life brought three squads of God Officials to the Star Dou Great Forest and decided its Spirit Beasts had to be destroyed because they carried the Dragon God’s aura.
• The God Officials attacked the forest, killing Spirit Beasts and setting their homes ablaze.
• Ye Qing found a dead God Official among the ruins and realized his premonition had come true; at 890,000 years of cultivation, he faced a limit he could not overcome by absorbing more energy.
• Ye Qing ordered the Ice Empress, Snow Empress, Xiao Wu, and the others to escape, then attacked a God Official trying to intercept them.
• Di Tian reported the invasion to the Silver Dragon King, who refused to flee and stepped out with her silver-white spear, ready to unleash the Dragon God’s Power.

The Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena, ordered Di Tian to retreat with the key to the Dragon Tomb Pocket Dimension while she stayed behind to draw the gods’ attention. Ye Qing fought off the God Officials, then gave Gu Yuena his remaining Dragon God energy; as she absorbed it, Destruction and the others arrived.

• Gu Yuena refused to let Di Tian join the battle and gave him the key to the Dragon Tomb Pocket Dimension, ordering him to hide and succeed her if she did not return.
• Ye Qing continued fighting the God Officials, killing several with his claws, a Cero, and his Soul-Shocking Roar despite growing exhausted.
• Gu Yuena’s Silver Dragon Spear killed a God Official beside Ye Qing, and she questioned him about his Dragon God energy.
• Ye Qing handed Gu Yuena the Dragon God energy he had left and urged her to absorb it before the God Kings arrived.
• Gu Yuena rapidly absorbed the energy as Destruction and the others appeared.

The Dragon Slaying Blade broke Destruction’s barrier and flew to the Silver Dragon King, while Di Tian led the older Spirit Beasts toward the battlefield. The Silver Dragon King gained a powerful weapon against the three God Kings, and Destruction and Life chose to act against her more decisively.

• The Dragon Slaying Blade shattered the barrier trapping the Spirit Beasts, allowing Di Tian to lead many of them toward the Dragon Tomb Pocket Dimension.
• The Ice Empress, Snow Empress, Xiong Jun, Bi Ji, and other older Spirit Beasts refused to retreat and chose to stay behind to fight the God Officials.
• Di Tian ordered Zi Ji to take the key and enter the Dragon Tomb Pocket Dimension, leaving the older Spirit Beasts to hold off the enemy.
• The Silver Dragon King fought Destruction, Life, and another God King while Ye Qing battled the God Officials, and the God Kings focused on defeating her first.
• The Dragon Slaying Blade reached the Silver Dragon King, who took it in hand and increased her strength.
• Destruction and Life decided to eliminate the Silver Dragon King as quickly as possible.

The Silver Dragon King and Ye Qing fought the three God Kings and their God Officials as Life and Destruction transformed the battlefield into an environment like the God Realm. Ye Qing exploited the change to break through to Third-Class God, just as the God Kings completed their preparations for the Three Realms Sword of Judgment.

• The Silver Dragon King used the Dragon Slaying Blade and her mastery of the elements to battle Asura, while Life and Destruction's attacks had little effect on her.
• Life and Destruction began assimilating the battlefield into the God Realm so the God Kings could use their full strength and unleash the Three Realms Sword of Judgment.
• Asura adopted a defensive stance against the Silver Dragon King, while more than twenty God Officials used their combined formation to hold Ye Qing back.
• Ye Qing realized the changing environment was loosening the restrictions on his growth and used Boiling Blood to burn, replenish, and Devour his Essence Blood.
• Ye Qing reached Third-Class God, but the system changed its energy-replenishment rules, and the God Kings finished preparing the Three Realms Sword of Judgment.

Ye Qing broke through the God Officials’ formation and rushed to aid the Silver Dragon King as the three God Kings’ combined strike overwhelmed her. He grabbed the Sword of Judgment’s energy-forged blade, leaving the confrontation’s outcome unresolved.

• Ye Qing entered his Boiling Blood state and gathered Soul Power to unleash a roar against the God Officials.
• Ye Qing’s Soul-Suppressing Roar shattered the God Officials’ barriers and weakened their formation, then the Dragon Slaying Blade severed their connection and freed him.
• The Silver Dragon King transformed into her dragon form and prepared an elemental Dragon Breath against the three God Kings’ Sword of Judgment.
• The Sword of Judgment overwhelmed the Silver Dragon King’s Dragon Breath, while Ye Qing’s roar briefly loosened the combined attack.
• The Dragon Slaying Blade carried Ye Qing toward the Silver Dragon King, and he grabbed the energy-forged blade as the Sword of Judgment drew near.

Ye Qing absorbed the Three Realms Sword of Judgment, reached Half-Step God King, and saved the Silver Dragon King before facing Life, Destruction, and Asura. He challenged the gods’ oppression of Spirit Beasts, but the battle continued with the God Kings still standing against him.

• As the Three Realms Sword of Judgment threatened the Silver Dragon King, Ye Qing absorbed its power and rapidly advanced from Third-Class God to Half-Step God King.
• Asura detonated the Three Realms Sword of Judgment, devastating the Small God Realm, but Ye Qing survived and introduced himself to the Silver Dragon King before she collapsed.
• Ye Qing charged at the Goddess of Life, but Destruction, Asura, and Life blocked him and attacked together.
• Ye Qing broke free of Life’s vines and clashed with Asura and Destruction, taking a wound from the Asura Divine Sword.
• Ye Qing condemned the gods for sealing Spirit Beasts’ path to advancement and asked what the Spirit Beasts and newborn lives had done wrong.

Ye Qing fought Destruction, Asura, and Life while spirit beasts returned to battle the God Officials. As casualties mounted, Ye Qing unleashed his Soul-Suppressing Roar, but Asura wounded him as Ye Qing struck back—then Ye Qing cried out, “Xue'er?!”

• Asura baited Ye Qing into taking a sword strike, but Ye Qing tore off Asura’s left arm before Destruction forced him back.
• Asura recovered under Life’s healing as Ye Qing continued fighting the three God Kings, who struggled against his strength and Devour ability.
• The spirit beasts returned to shield Ye Qing from the God Officials, and Di Tian led their assault against them.
• As ordinary spirit beasts began to die, Ye Qing traded wounds with Destruction and charged his Soul-Suppressing Roar.
• Ye Qing unleashed the roar, making several God Officials fall, while Asura stabbed toward the wound on Ye Qing’s chest.
• Ye Qing’s claws shattered Asura’s armor and marked his Divine Core, but Asura’s sword struck off target as Ye Qing shouted, “Xue'er?!”