Recaps

The Snow Empress defeated Long Xiaoyao in a brief clash after he attacked Xu Lanqing, and Xu Lanqing confronted Xu Tianran over the assassination attempt. Xu Tianran left after offering two appointments and a vast quantity of common rare metals, while the Snow Empress remained at Xu Lanqing’s side.

• Ice Empress asked Xu Lanqing whether she should kill Xu Tianran, but he refused, suspecting Xu Tianran had many ways to protect himself.
• The Snow Empress struck Long Xiaoyao with her ice sword, wounded his Dragon Claw, and forced him back against a wall before ending the fight.
• Xu Lanqing identified Long Xiaoyao, and Xu Tianran tried to sow distrust between Xu Lanqing and the Snow Empress.
• Xu Lanqing confronted Xu Tianran about the assassin who had worked for him and asked about the vacant command of the Dreadclaw Soul Engineer Legion.
• Xu Tianran refused to offer that command but gave Xu Lanqing appointment letters for the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legion and an underground storage depot, along with a Storage Ring full of rare metals, then left.

Xu Lanqing prepared to leave the palace for the Sunset Forest, where he hoped to find a treasure to help his ailing father and resolve the Ice Empress’s tribulation. The Emperor assigned Zheng Zhan to protect him, then secretly withdrew the guards watching Xu Lanqing after learning that people in contact with the Third Prince were probably Evil Soul Masters.

• Xu Lanqing meditated overnight, reached Soul Power level sixteen, and shared meat congee with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress.
• Xu Lanqing told the Ice Empress they would search the Sunset Forest for the place he had mentioned, though he did not know its exact location.
• Xu Lanqing asked the Emperor for permission to seek a rare treasure that might help his illness, and the Emperor assigned Zheng Zhan to accompany him.
• After Xu Lanqing left, the Emperor learned that people associated with the Third Prince were probably Evil Soul Masters and ordered the guards secretly protecting Xu Lanqing to withdraw.
• Xu Lanqing returned from the Imperial Research Institute, told the Snow Empress the guards' departure was nothing to worry about, and said they were leaving the palace.

Xu Lanqing recruited Xu Guozhong to manage Mingdu’s underground Soul Tool warehouse, then visited Ju Zi at the academy because he missed her. The chapter ended with him sitting across from Ju Zi in the library.

• Xu Lanqing and his companions entered the Imperial City and went to Xu Guozhong’s estate.
• Xu Lanqing offered Xu Guozhong the warehouse chief administrator position, and Snow Empress’s display of power persuaded him to accept.
• Xu Lanqing visited Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy and found Ju Zi reading in the library.
• Xu Lanqing told Ju Zi he had come because he missed her and wanted to see her and hear her voice.

Xu Lanqing said goodbye to Ju Zi and gave her the Starry Night Guardian before traveling with Snow Empress and Ice Empress toward the Heaven Dou Empire. As he teased Snow Empress about his dream of giving girls a warm home, she showed concern for him despite trying to resist his charms.

• Xu Lanqing told Ju Zi that her life could be about more than revenge and gave her the Starry Night Guardian for protection.
• Ju Zi accepted the Soul Tool, thanked Xu Lanqing for saving her and her mother, and resolved to become someone worth waiting for.
• Xu Lanqing left the academy, and Ju Zi followed him, recognizing that she had fallen for him.
• Snow Empress carried Xu Lanqing toward the Heaven Dou Empire, and he asked to stop in a nearby city once they reached the border.
• Snow Empress asked Xu Lanqing about his feelings for Ju Zi, and he described his dream of giving every girl a warm home while assuring Snow Empress she was special.
• Xu Lanqing joked about having many concubines, clung to Snow Empress after she pinched his waist, and coaxed her into asking whether he was still in pain.

Xu Lanqing and his companions searched the desolate Sunset Forest while Ice Empress questioned whether the Soul Spirit Method could end the conflict between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts. Xu Lanqing promised to perfect it, and the group continued onward with Ice Empress cautiously encouraged.

• Xu Lanqing, Ice Empress, Snow Empress, Zheng Zhan, and Xiao Bai flew openly over the Sunset Forest, where Ice Empress recalled how many Soul Beasts had once lived there.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress searched the barren forest, finding almost no Soul Beasts as Ice Empress feared the Far North might eventually suffer the same fate.
• Ice Empress asked Xu Lanqing whether the Soul Spirit Method could truly resolve the conflict between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts, and he admitted it remained incomplete and dependent on Soul Beasts.
• Snow Empress said the method at least gave Soul Beasts time to adapt, while Xu Lanqing vowed to perfect it and end the conflict before he died.
• Snow Empress expressed her belief in Xu Lanqing, and Ice Empress flew ahead while doubting his promise; Xu Lanqing then pondered how to improve the method.

Xu Lanqing and his group reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where deadly miasma concealed the valley. Ice Empress froze the poisonous plants blocking their way, and the group prepared to enter.

• Xu Lanqing explained the miasma and the Jade Phosphorus Seven Absolute Flowers to Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Zheng Zhan.
• Snow Empress warned that an unknown energy at the center blocked her spiritual sense, but Xu Lanqing and the others continued toward it.
• Ice Empress froze the multicolored miasma, revealing the remains of Soul Beasts and clearing a path through the forest.
• Snow Empress identified a belt of Jade Phosphorus Seven Absolute Flowers surrounding the valley.
• Ice Empress unleashed her Domain of Eternal Freeze, encasing the forest and poisonous flowers in ice, then led the group toward the valley.

Xu Lanqing and the others reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Ice Empress demanded a book from the Aromatic Silk Beauty. The valley’s Immortal Herbs gathered their power to resist, and Ice Empress prepared to face them alone.

• Ice Empress, Snow Empress, Xu Lanqing, Zheng Zhan, and Xiao Bai entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and marveled at its plants and divided red-and-white lake.
• Xu Lanqing suggested that he and Snow Empress could build a peaceful home in the valley, but Ice Empress interrupted him and threatened him with her stinger after he teased her about joining his harem.
• Ice Empress approached the Aromatic Silk Beauty and demanded the book it guarded, refusing its warning that only Tang Sect members or allies could read it.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty rallied the valley’s Immortal Herbs, which combined the well’s energies and threatened to fight back.
• Ice Empress dismissed the gathered plants as ignorant clowns and raised her hand to confront them.

The Ice Empress faced the Plant-type Soul Beasts at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and overwhelmed them by cutting off their energy source and turning their own attack against them. The Snow Empress protected the valley’s herbs from the resulting explosion.

• Xu Lanqing worried about the Ice Empress, but the Snow Empress assured him she could handle the Plant-type Soul Beasts.
• The Plant-type Soul Beasts gathered energy from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to form the Ice Fire Poison Dragon Drill.
• The Ice Empress drew water from the Ice Spring and spread it over the Fire Spring, cutting off the beasts’ energy and weakening their drill.
• The Ice Empress froze the drill and blocked the beasts’ attacks with Ice Emperor’s Wrath.
• The Ice Empress swung the drill at the Plant-type Soul Beasts and detonated it, while the Snow Empress shielded the herbs from the blast.

Xu Lanqing obtained Tang San’s Poison Chapter and Medicine Chapter from the Aromatic Silk Beauty, while the Snow Empress collected treasures from the weakened plants. At Clear Sky Castle, two men decided to investigate the theft, and Wutong persuaded them to let her come along.

• The Ice Empress forced the Aromatic Silk Beauty to surrender the book, and the Snow Empress persuaded her to spare the plants.
• Xu Lanqing questioned the plants, learned that their last visitor had come about eight hundred years earlier, and recognized the book as Tang San’s Treasure Record.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty asked Xu Lanqing to join the Tang Sect before reading further, but backed down when the Ice Empress threatened it.
• The Snow Empress took the Heart of Aromatic Silk, Fiery Glue, and Cold Ice Rain Dew from the three plants and stored them in Xu Lanqing’s Storage Ring.
• At Clear Sky Castle, a man in white and a man in black sensed that someone had taken the book and decided to leave to repay a debt, bringing the sect’s elders as a precaution.
• Wutong asked to accompany the men, and the man in white agreed to take her.

Xu Lanqing consumed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, greatly expanded his spiritual power, and gained golden eyes, but Electrolux remained dormant. As he recovered at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the Snow Empress sensed someone hiding beyond the Seven-Colored Poisonous Miasma and challenged them to appear.

• Xu Lanqing asked the Aromatic Silk Beauty to gather Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and other spiritual-power-enhancing herbs, then consumed the Immortal Herb while the Snow Empress watched over him.
• Xu Lanqing directed most of the herb's power into Electrolux, strengthening the gray bead without awakening it, while the Ice Empress and Xiao Bai absorbed energy from the Ice Spring.
• Zheng Zhan explored the valley but avoided touching its herbs without Xu Lanqing's permission.
• After about half a day, Xu Lanqing opened his golden eyes and found his spiritual power had reached the level of a Soul King, while his Sea of Consciousness had expanded several times.
• The Snow Empress reassured Xu Lanqing that they still had time to awaken Electrolux, then detected a hidden visitor beyond the miasma and demanded they show themselves.

Xu Lanqing and his companions faced thirteen powerful visitors led by Niu Tian and Tai Tan, prompting the Snow Empress to attack before learning that the pair were Limit Douluo. Niu Tian proposed negotiations, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress let their hostility ease as the visitors offered to talk.

• Xu Lanqing, the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, Xiao Bai, and Zheng Zhan noticed thirteen people breach the Seven-Colored Poisonous Miasma.
• The Snow Empress attacked the white-robed man with her Emperor Sword, but he and the black-robed man blocked her strike together.
• The white-robed man identified the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, while Xiao Bai revealed that he was the Ice Bear King.
• The Snow Empress judged that she could not defeat the two leading men and their ten Titled Douluo, and the Ice Empress moved beside her.
• Niu Tian introduced himself and Tai Tan, suggested that they discuss the misunderstanding, and the Ice Empress asked how they would negotiate.

Niu Tian tried to negotiate with Snow Empress and Ice Empress, offering them unrestricted access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well if they handed over Xu Lanqing. Snow Empress refused and joined Ice Empress to unleash their fusion domain, leaving Niu Tian eager to fight.

• Niu Tian offered Snow Empress and Ice Empress unrestricted use of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in exchange for Xu Lanqing.
• Ice Empress grew furious at Niu Tian's demand, while Zheng Zhan worried about how to protect Xu Lanqing.
• Snow Empress refused to hand Xu Lanqing over and used Flowers in a Mirror, Moon on the Water to catch Niu Tian and his companions off guard.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress joined hands and formed the Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain, freezing the poison miasma and surrounding the group with ice and snow.
• Niu Tian shook off Snow Empress's spiritual attack, recognized that a fight was unavoidable, and prepared to battle alongside Tai Tan.

Niu Tian and Tai Tan endured the Ice and Snow Empresses’ blizzard as they waited for their enemies to attack. After their barrier broke and they summoned their Martial Soul Avatars, the Snow Empress and Ice Empress prepared a colossal ice storm against them.

• Niu Tian and Tai Tan stayed within their blue-and-yellow barrier while the blizzard wore down their Soul Power and senses.
• Tai Tan tried to probe through the snow, and the blizzard intensified into a Blade Storm that shattered their barrier.
• Niu Tian and Tai Tan revealed their Soul Rings and summoned their Martial Soul Avatars to withstand the growing pressure.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress appeared as the wind and snow stopped, then gathered the ice dust into a colossal ice storm.

The Heavenly Soul Emperor sent Du Busi to investigate the strange battle raging in Sunset Forest, while Xu Lanqing and Zheng Zhan struggled to survive as Xiao Bai blocked the Clear Sky Castle elders. The First Elder stopped Xiao Bai’s attack with his Clear Sky Hammer, and their clash shattered the valley walls.

• The Heavenly Soul Emperor asked Du Busi to investigate the unfamiliar auras near Sunset Forest without provoking their owners.
• Xu Lanqing and Zheng Zhan remained trapped in the valley as the distant battle between Snow Empress and Ice Empress shook the surrounding land.
• Xiao Bai guarded the valley entrance while Zheng Zhan protected Xu Lanqing from the Clear Sky Castle elders.
• The First Elder ordered the Second Elder and Fourth Elder to capture Xu Lanqing, and they rushed toward him.
• Xiao Bai stunned the Second Elder and Fourth Elder with her roar and swung her paw at them.
• The First Elder summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and struck Xiao Bai’s paw, sending a shock wave through the valley that collapsed its walls.

Xu Lanqing and Zheng Zhan assessed Xiao Bai’s desperate battle against Clear Sky Castle and planned a diversion to escape the valley. The chapter ended as they prepared to fire Level 8 shells at the girl the enemy was protecting, with Xu Lanqing uneasy about her identity.

• Xu Lanqing saw Xiao Bai fighting the First Elder and Second Elder while seven Titled Douluo attacked from the edges, and Xiao Bai struggled to hold them off.
• Zheng Zhan urged Xu Lanqing to flee, but Xu Lanqing decided they should escape with Xiao Bai rather than abandon him.
• Xu Lanqing asked how quickly a Level 8 shell could reach the protected girl and how long Wrath of the Thunder God could restrain the enemy.
• Xu Lanqing proposed attacking the girl to force the enemy to defend her, giving Xiao Bai time to hold them back while they escaped.
• Zheng Zhan produced two Level 8 shells and three Fixed Soul Guidance Launchers as Xu Lanqing wondered whether the girl was Wang Dong'er or Tang Wutong.

Xu Lanqing and his allies launched a coordinated attack on the Clear Sky Castle elders, but the First Elder broke through their defenses and struck Xu Lanqing with his Ninth Soul Skill. Xu Lanqing was left bloodied and unconscious as the chapter ended.

• Xu Lanqing signaled Xiao Bai, who fired Wrath of the Thunder God at the Clear Sky Castle elders while Zheng Zhan prepared three Explosive Shells.
• The Second Elder tried to smash Xiao Bai’s shot, but it changed direction and spread into a lightning web that trapped the elders.
• Zheng Zhan fired three Explosive Shells toward Tang Wutong, and the First Elder used his Eighth Soul Skill to teleport to her and stop them.
• The First Elder teleported in front of the fleeing Xu Lanqing and struck him with his Ninth Soul Skill, Star Shatterer.
• Xu Lanqing’s body was covered in silver as the Clear Sky Hammer hit him, leaving him bloodied and unconscious.

At the Lake of Life, Gu Yuena left for the human world despite Xi’er’s ominous warning. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Snow Empress prepared to burn her life force and avenge Xu Lanqing, but an unknown voice stopped her as a deep-blue light filled the world.

• Gu Yuena told Xi’er she was leaving to handle matters important to the Soul Beasts and stepped through a spatial passage despite Xi’er’s unease.
• The First Elder doubted that Xu Lanqing had died after falling into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and prepared to check the well and destroy his remains.
• Snow Empress’s soul connection with Xu Lanqing vanished, and she began burning her life force as she vowed to kill everyone from Clear Sky Castle.
• Niu Tian urged the Clear Sky Castle members to flee as Snow Empress unleashed a blazing sword strike at them.
• An ethereal voice asked Snow Empress whether her choice was worth it, froze her in place, and spread deep-blue light across the white world.

Xu Lanqing survived the Clear Sky Hammer strike and entered a hidden space beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the Water and Fire Dragon Kings offered him their remaining power. After seeing Snow Empress face the blue deity, Xu Lanqing accepted the Dragon Kings’ aid and emerged in a nine-colored dragon form, ready to fight.

• Gu Yuena's silver film shielded Xu Lanqing from the Clear Sky Hammer, and he sank injured to the bottom of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• A call healed Xu Lanqing and guided him into an isolated red-and-white space, where the Water and Fire Dragon Kings showed him Snow Empress battling a blue figure.
• Xu Lanqing chose to leave the space and fight, so the Water and Fire Dragon Kings offered their Dragon Pearls, Soul Bones, and Remnant Souls to empower him for fifteen minutes.
• Gu Yuena appeared in the space and helped Xu Lanqing transform as he absorbed the Dragon Kings’ power.
• Snow Empress resisted the blue figure’s crushing power until Xu Lanqing burst from the lake in a nine-colored dragon form and faced the deity.

Xu Lanqing used his borrowed divine power to save Snow Empress from the Pale Fire and faced Tang San across their clashing domains. After restoring Snow Empress with Ice Spring water, he drew the Dragon Slaying Blade and launched a scorching strike at Tang San.

• Xu Lanqing entered a godlike state and split Tang San's Sea God Domain as he rushed to Snow Empress.
• Xu Lanqing poured divine power into Snow Empress to extinguish the Pale Fire, then gave her Ice Spring water to restore her vitality.
• Ice Empress, Xiao Bai, and Zheng Zhan reacted with shock to Xu Lanqing's transformed appearance, while he reassured Snow Empress and prepared to fight.
• Xu Lanqing's Scorching Sun rose, and Du Busi saw its power from afar and turned back rather than risk approaching.
• Tang San raised the Sea God Trident as his divine power clashed with Xu Lanqing's, who swung the Dragon Slaying Blade in a blazing strike aimed at Tang San's head.

Xu Lanqing attacked Tang San with the Dragon Slaying Blade, and the two clashed with their strongest powers. Their collision unleashed a massive shock wave that left the spectators on both sides badly injured, while the outcome of the fight remained unclear.

• Xu Lanqing’s blade split Tang San’s Sea Shield, and Tang San used the Unfixed Storm to try to restrain him.
• Xu Lanqing activated Golden Dragon Bloodlust and cut through Tang San’s twelve golden rings.
• Tang San used the Sun of the Sea as Xu Lanqing infused his blade light with the Golden Dragon Destruction Domain.
• Xu Lanqing’s Dragon Slaying Blade collided with Tang San’s Sea God Trident, creating a vast explosion and shock wave.
• Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Xiao Bai, Zheng Zhan, Niu Tian, and the others were battered by the shock wave from a hundred miles away.

Xu Lanqing and Tang San continued their clash after their domains collided, while Tang San tried to persuade Xu Lanqing to accept a peaceful settlement. Xu Lanqing rejected his offer and attacked, leaving Tang San badly wounded.

• Ice Empress asked Snow Empress who had won, and Snow Empress said Xu Lanqing's aura remained strong.
• Tang San searched the mist for Xu Lanqing and offered him the Sea God position and authority over the Soul Beasts in exchange for peace.
• Xu Lanqing spoke with Gu Yuena, then rejected Tang San's offer and demanded the deaths of everyone present and two divine positions.
• Tang San unleashed Thousand Years of Emptiness across the mist, but Xu Lanqing evaded the attack and cut off one of Tang San's arms.

Xu Lanqing defeated Tang San’s divine sense with the Dragon Slaying Blade, banishing him beyond the world before he could self-destruct. Xu Lanqing then struck the escaping group from afar, killing several elders and leaving Niu Tian weakened by sealed dragon blood.

• Tang San discovered that Xu Lanqing’s slash had severed his left arm and left a destructive force that prevented it from regrowing.
• Xu Lanqing and Tang San clashed again, and Xu Lanqing’s five Moon Blades shattered Tang San’s defense and sent him flying.
• Tang San sent the Sea God Trident to Tang Wutong, carrying the people in Clear Sky Castle away, then charged Xu Lanqing and began to self-destruct.
• Xu Lanqing unleashed his strongest strike, split the sky, and banished Tang San beyond the world, cutting his divine sense in two.
• Xu Lanqing struck the fleeing group from over a thousand li away, killing the First Elder and three other elders and severely injuring the survivors.
• Niu Tian discovered that the blade energy had sealed the part of his body belonging to his dragon bloodline and caused his strength to plummet.

Xu Lanqing survived the battle but exhausted the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ power and severely strained his body, so he entered the space beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to recuperate. Before leaving, he gave Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Xiao Bai Ice Origin to strengthen them, while Snow Empress faced years without seeing him.

• Xu Lanqing surveyed the burned Sunset Forest, reflected on the deaths caused by the battle, and decided to destroy the Holy Spirit Cult and kill Xu Tianran once he became emperor.
• Xu Lanqing told Snow Empress that he needed to enter the space beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and might be unable to see her for at least two or three years.
• Xu Lanqing teased Ice Empress about sharing a grave with him, then gave Ice Origin to her and Xiao Bai to strengthen them for their heavenly tribulations.
• Xu Lanqing explained that Ice Origin would not harm the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and that he had other plans for the place, then entered it to recuperate.
• Snow Empress watched Xu Lanqing disappear and felt the years apart stretching before her, while Ice Empress considered how Ice Origin could let her face her heavenly tribulation early.

Gu Yuena healed Xu Lanqing after his fusion with the Golden Dragon King's Godhead left his Sea of Consciousness damaged by lingering negative effects. She gave him Gold of Life for the teacher in his Sea of Consciousness, then left after he proposed using the remains of the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon.

• Gu Yuena nourished Xu Lanqing with her power of creation and explained that he could suppress the Godhead's remaining negative influence once his strength surpassed the Golden Dragon King's.
• Xu Lanqing thanked Gu Yuena for saving him, proposed that they join forces against the Divine Realm, and learned her name.
• Xu Lanqing asked Gu Yuena for Gold of Life to help his teacher recover, and she gave him a piece.
• Xu Lanqing asked Gu Yuena to let him use the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon's remains, but she left without answering.

Xu Lanqing used the Gold of Life to awaken Electrolux and stabilize his Soul Bone fusion with the Ice and Fire Dragon King’s help. Elsewhere, Snow Empress prepared for the coming tribulation, while Gu Yuena gave Xi'er the Golden Dragon Spear as Xi'er sensed a fate calling her toward the human world.

• Xu Lanqing placed the Gold of Life against his forehead, awakening Electrolux and allowing him to help stabilize the Soul Bone fusion.
• The Ice and Fire Dragon King and Electrolux combined their power with the Gold of Life to bring Xu Lanqing’s condition under control.
• Snow Empress gave Zheng Zhan a Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to cure the Emperor and help Electrolux advance his cultivation.
• As the storm gathered, Snow Empress watched emerald and white columns of light rise beyond the valley, marking the start of the tribulation.
• Gu Yuena returned to the Lake of Life, reassured Xi'er that she was safe, and listened as Xi'er described feeling called toward the human world.
• Gu Yuena gave Xi'er the Golden Dragon Spear for protection and guidance, but Xi'er said she wanted to stay with her for now.