Chapter Summaries

Xu Lanqing watched Box Three buy a ninety-thousand-year Soul Bone, then waited near the Iron Blood Sect while the Snow Empress kept watch. He caught a girl who had broken into the sect and sealed her inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Bead; on his way back, he encountered a mysterious golden-haired woman.

• Jiang Zhu presented a ninety-thousand-year Spirit Condensing Wisdom Skull, which Box Three bought for fifty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Lanqing rented a courtyard near the Iron Blood Sect, and the Snow Empress offered to watch the sect.
• A girl with blue vines climbed into the Iron Blood Sect and fled after taking something she claimed belonged to her family.
• Xu Lanqing intercepted the girl, overpowered her, and sealed her inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Bead.
• Zheng Zhan followed Xu Lanqing back toward the courtyard, where Xu Lanqing saw a golden-haired woman standing beside a dilapidated door.

Xu Lanqing encountered Jiang Nannan outside her home and realized that a powerful family had come to claim her after she agreed to sacrifice herself to obtain medicine for her ill mother. As Jiang Nannan tried to go with them, Xu Lanqing stopped her and decided to intervene.

• Xu Lanqing met Jiang Nannan in an alley and asked why she had been stopped outside the Heaven Dou Auction House earlier that day.
• A young master and his attendant arrived, intending to take Jiang Nannan away for a ceremony after her family found her as a suitable candidate.
• Xu Lanqing recognized Jiang Nannan and inferred that she had agreed to a demand in exchange for a Mystic Water Pill to help her sick mother.
• Jiang Nannan explained that she had accepted the demand to save her mother, then urged Xu Lanqing to leave so he would not be drawn into trouble.
• Xu Lanqing stopped Jiang Nannan from approaching the attendant and said he would regret it if he did nothing.

Xu Lanqing intervened when Jiang Nannan was being pressured to fulfill an agreement, and offered to pay for her mother's medicine in exchange for her becoming his maid. After Jiang Nannan accepted, A-Fu attacked Xu Lanqing, who prepared to test his strength.

• Xu Lanqing shielded Jiang Nannan from A-Fu and Xu Sanshi, then asked whether she truly wanted to honor the agreement.
• Jiang Nannan explained that she needed money for a Mystic Water Pill to save her mother and broke down under the strain.
• Xu Lanqing offered to pay Jiang Nannan a hundred Gold Soul Coins a month to be his maid, and she agreed.
• A-Fu attacked Xu Lanqing with a lethal strike, while Zheng Zhan offered to intervene and Xu Lanqing refused.

Xu Lanqing defeated A-Fu and Xu Sanshi in the alley, killing both men after they tried to fight and flee. He left Xu Sanshi dead in his grasp as Jiang Nannan watched.

• Xu Lanqing overpowered A-Fu with his Dragon Claw and pinned him beneath his foot despite A-Fu's defensive Soul Skills.
• Xu Sanshi told A-Fu to run and fled, while A-Fu broke his shield apart to escape Xu Lanqing's crushing attack.
• Xu Lanqing used Golden Dragon Roar to stun A-Fu and Xu Sanshi, then killed A-Fu with Golden Dragon Destruction Kill.
• Xu Sanshi found the alley sealed by a white barrier and tried to bargain with Xu Lanqing before charging him with his Tortoise Shell Shield.
• Xu Lanqing broke through Xu Sanshi's shield, strangled him, and snapped his neck.

After killing A-Fu, Xu Lanqing offered Jiang Nannan a place in the Sun Moon Empire and promised to help her ailing mother, persuading her to accept his offer. As Jiang Nannan returned home, a familiar woman confronted Xu Lanqing about his interest in her.

• Xu Lanqing killed A-Fu, and Jiang Nannan reacted with shock before helping wipe a wound on his cheek.
• Xu Lanqing revealed he was the Fourth Prince of the Sun Moon Empire and asked whether Jiang Nannan still stood by their agreement.
• Xu Lanqing invited Jiang Nannan to attend the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy and bring her mother to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Lanqing gave Jiang Nannan a Snow Silkworm and explained how it could support her mother's recovery; Jiang Nannan accepted it.
• Xu Lanqing sent Jiang Nannan back to her mother and asked Zheng Zhan to clean up A-Fu's body and arrange a proper burial.
• A familiar woman asked Xu Lanqing whether he liked Jiang Nannan, leaving him shaken.

Xu Lanqing returned to Snow Empress and soothed her anger after she asked about the girl he had helped. Snow Empress confessed that she had fallen in love with him when he was six, and snow began to fall over Heaven Dou City.

• Xu Lanqing asked Electrolux to watch over the girl outside and make sure she stayed alive.
• Xu Lanqing went to Snow Empress in the courtyard and eased her resentment with affectionate words.
• Snow Empress asked Xu Lanqing what had happened with the girl, and he explained his actions and admitted he had been wrong.
• Snow Empress told Xu Lanqing she had felt lonely since birth and had fallen in love with him when he was six.
• Snow began falling over Heaven Dou City as Xu Lanqing listened to Snow Empress's confession.

Snow Empress confessed her love to Xu Lanqing, and he promised to marry her in a formal wedding. Ice Empress watched them from inside, let go of her long-held heartache, and the chapter ended with Xu Lanqing carrying Snow Empress to his bedroom.

• Snow Empress danced in the snow as memories of her time with Xu Lanqing brought her feelings for him into focus.
• Snow Empress confessed that she had fallen for Xu Lanqing, and he told her he liked her too.
• Snow Empress admitted she would feel jealous of his other relationships but would accept them if he kept loving her; Xu Lanqing promised to make her his bride in a formal wedding.
• Ice Empress watched Snow Empress and Xu Lanqing together, accepted that their closeness was best for Snow Empress, and felt her long-held heartache fade.
• Xu Lanqing carried Snow Empress to his bedroom and prepared for them to spend the night together.

Snow Empress and Xu Lanqing spent the night together, and her spiritual sense advanced to the threshold of divine sense. After learning that two opponents planned to leave the city that morning, Xu Lanqing discovered that a level-ninety-seven expert outside the city wielded the Seven Kill Sword.

• A powerful elder in the Imperial City felt the snowfall fill people with intense emotions but could not locate its source.
• The Ice Empress spent the night unable to sleep, distressed by what she imagined Snow Empress and Xu Lanqing were doing.
• Snow Empress woke beside Xu Lanqing and realized her spiritual sense had grown strong enough to manifest spiritual power.
• Snow Empress told Xu Lanqing that two people planned to leave the city that morning and that someone would meet them outside.
• Snow Empress identified the level-ninety-seven expert’s Martial Soul as the Seven Kill Sword.

Xu Lanqing learned that the group who bought the Immortal Herb and Soul Bone would soon leave the city, and he decided to approach them with a plan to recruit them. He set out with Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Xiao Bai, and Zheng Zhan, intending to persuade the group to surrender or kill them if they refused.

• Xu Lanqing connected the name Seven Kill Sword to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and formed an idea about the group that bought the Seven-Colored Exquisite Stamen.
• Snow Empress told Xu Lanqing that the group would leave the city in about half an hour and that Ice Empress had already gathered Xiao Bai and Zheng Zhan.
• Xu Lanqing told the others that they would try to persuade the buyers of the Immortal Herb and Soul Bone to surrender.
• Ice Empress suggested killing anyone who refused, while Xu Lanqing said they should first try offering benefits, appealing to feelings, reasoning, and threats.
• Xu Lanqing led Snow Empress and the others out of the lobby to meet the group.

Ning Chengye’s group recovered an Immortal Herb that could evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and he planned to give it to Ning Tian. Xu Lanqing and his powerful companions confronted them in the forest, leaving Ning Chengye’s offer to talk accepted but their purpose unresolved.

• Ning Chengye explained why he and his companions were waiting outside Heaven Dou City instead of entering while the Body Sect might be present.
• Gu Hua returned with the Storage Ring containing the Immortal Herb, and Ning Chengye decided Ning Tian should use it.
• Chen Yue sensed danger, and Xu Lanqing arrived with four companions, including Snow Empress.
• Snow Empress overwhelmed Chen Yue with her aura, while Ning Chengye offered to help the newcomers and make a friend.
• Xu Lanqing stopped Snow Empress from escalating the confrontation, and she withdrew her pressure.

Xu Lanqing revealed that he was the Sun Moon Empire’s Fourth Prince and demanded that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect submit to him. Ning Chengye had offered the Soul Bone to avoid a fight, but the chapter ended with him silently weighing Xu Lanqing’s demand.

• Ning Chengye asked Xu Lanqing why he had come, and Xu Lanqing confirmed he was the Fourth Prince of the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Lanqing introduced the Snow Empress as his fiancée and named the Ice Empress, Ice Bear King, and royal retainer Zheng Zhan among his companions.
• Ning Chengye congratulated the couple and offered Xu Lanqing the Soul Bone in exchange for leaving the Immortal Herb to the sect.
• Xu Lanqing said he had come for more than the treasures and demanded that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect submit to him and acknowledge him as their master.
• Ning Chengye remained silent as the sect’s Titled Douluos glared at Xu Lanqing and the tense gathering awaited his answer.

Ning Chengye surrendered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to Xu Lanqing, who secured the sect’s loyalty with contracts and helped Ning Chengye and Ning Tian evolve their Martial Souls into Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagodas. Afterward, Ning Chengye proposed that Ning Tian become Xu Lanqing’s concubine, leaving Xu Lanqing under the Snow Empress’s and Ice Empress’s icy stares.

• Ning Chengye accepted Xu Lanqing’s demand for the Seven-Colored Exquisite Stamen rather than risk the sect’s destruction.
• Xu Lanqing required Ning Chengye, Chen Yue, Gu Hua, the White-Robed Elder, and Ning Tian to sign contracts pledging obedience to him.
• Xu Lanqing gave Ning Chengye and Ning Tian Immortal Herbs secretly infused with his blood essence, and both evolved their Martial Souls into Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagodas.
• Ning Chengye asked whether he served Xu Lanqing or the Sun Moon Empire, and Xu Lanqing said loyalty to him meant loyalty to the empire.
• Ning Chengye offered Ning Tian as Xu Lanqing’s concubine to strengthen their alliance, while the Snow Empress and Ice Empress glared at Xu Lanqing.

Xu Lanqing attended the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s banquet celebrating Ning Tian’s martial soul evolution, then left with Snow Empress and the Ice Empress to avoid the crowd. As Ning Chengye guided them through the sect, Xu Lanqing checked on preparations and watched an approaching storm.

• Xu Lanqing ate with Xiao Bai, Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress while discussing the sect members’ resentment toward him.
• Xu Lanqing left the banquet with Snow Empress and the Ice Empress after noticing their discomfort, while Ning Tian watched him go and recalled his rejection of the marriage alliance.
• Ning Chengye apologized to Xu Lanqing for the sect’s earlier conduct and invited him to tour the grounds.
• Xu Lanqing and Ning Chengye walked along the illuminated pavilion path as Ning Chengye wondered why Xu Lanqing had refused Ning Tian’s marriage proposal.
• Xu Lanqing asked whether the preparations were ready, and Ning Chengye confirmed they were as storm clouds gathered overhead.

Xu Lanqing led the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in a surprise attack to destroy the Mystic Underworld Sect, while Zheng Zhan guarded a separate meeting in the city. After Chen Yue killed the sect’s two Titled Douluo, Xu Lanqing ordered every survivor executed and took the sect’s valuables.

• Zheng Zhan killed two Mystic Underworld Sect searchers outside the house and stood guard while a woman and girl argued inside.
• Xu Lanqing ordered Ning Chengye and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to attack the Mystic Underworld Sect and leave no one alive.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect fought through the storm as the Mystic Underworld Sect’s two Titled Douluo resisted and inflicted casualties.
• Ning Chengye boosted Chen Yue, who used the Seven Kill Sword to kill both enemy Titled Douluo and many other powerful fighters in one strike.
• The surviving Mystic Underworld Sect members surrendered, but Xu Lanqing ordered their execution despite Ning Chengye’s objections.
• Ning Chengye relayed the order to kill the remaining survivors and gave Xu Lanqing the Mystic Underworld Sect’s valuables.

After defeating the Mystic Underworld Sect, Xu Lanqing kept its treasures and prepared to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Snow Empress. Snow Empress cleared the storm with a single finger, and the chapter ended with Xu Lanqing and Snow Empress sharing a room while Ice Empress left them alone.

• Xu Lanqing examined three Soul Bones taken from the Mystic Underworld Sect and decided to keep them for rewarding his subordinates.
• Snow Empress explained that she had found hope through her time with Xu Lanqing, and he kissed her cheek before promising to perfect the Soul Spirit Method.
• Xu Lanqing told Ning Chengye to handle the battlefield cleanup and hunt down the Mystic Underworld Sect's remaining members.
• Snow Empress pointed one finger at the sky, clearing the rain and clouds and revealing the moon, which stunned Ning Chengye, Chen Yue, and the others.
• Xu Lanqing returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Snow Empress and chose to share a room with her, while Ice Empress left and Xiao Bai stayed behind in confusion.

While bathing, Xu Lanqing learned from Electrolux about a forbidden technique that turned a helpless Soul Master into a Soul Spirit, and he began considering a possible use for it. Electrolux then urged him to check on the girl waiting outside the valley, who was nearing her breaking point.

• Snow Empress refused Xu Lanqing’s invitation to bathe together, and he went to wash alone.
• Electrolux told Xu Lanqing he had discovered a secret technique that extracted a Soul Master’s Martial Soul, Soul Rings, Soul Power, soul, and fortune to create a Soul Spirit.
• Xu Lanqing promised to keep the technique secret and pondered its dangers and a half-formed idea for using it.
• Electrolux warned Xu Lanqing that the girl outside the valley was close to her breaking point, so Xu Lanqing decided to go check on her.

Xu Lanqing explained to Snow Empress that a distressed girl was trapped inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Bead and asked her to guard it while he checked on her. He found the girl in the bead, and she grabbed his collar, called him a bastard, and broke down crying.

• Snow Empress teased Xu Lanqing about his guilty expression, then listened as he explained that a girl inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Bead was in a bad mental state.
• Xu Lanqing gave Snow Empress the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Bead and entered it, leaving her to guard the artifact.
• Xu Lanqing crossed the poisonous flower formation and approached the girl sitting between the barrier and the miasma.
• The girl recognized Xu Lanqing, grabbed his collar, called him a bastard, and leaned against him as her strength failed.
• The girl burst into tears before Xu Lanqing could finish speaking.

Tang Ya recalled the loss of her parents and the Tang Sect, Shrek Academy’s refusal to help, and her failed efforts to grow stronger before returning to Heaven Dou City for the sect’s Hidden Weapon manuals. Now trapped in a sealed space, she feared she had been abandoned and wondered whether anyone would remember her.

• Tang Ya’s parents were killed when she was ten, leaving her alone and unable to avenge them or save the Tang Sect.
• Tang Ya sought help from Shrek Academy, but its elders refused to intervene and told her to stay and study there.
• Tang Ya spent two years at Shrek Outer Court training with little progress while Beibei stayed beside her.
• Tang Ya sneaked back to Heaven Dou City and retrieved the Tang Sect’s Hidden Weapon manuals from its former home.
• A boy trapped Tang Ya in a circular space bounded by poisonous miasma and an impassable barrier, and she became frightened and hopeless as she failed to escape.

Xu Lanqing fed Tang Ya and revealed that he already possessed the Tang Sect’s lost Poison Classic and Medicine Classic. Tang Ya realized that the Tang Sect’s Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record was finally complete, though she remained Xu Lanqing’s captive.

• Tang Ya stopped crying and demanded to know why Xu Lanqing had brought her there.
• Xu Lanqing produced a meal, and Tang Ya ate hungrily after going two days without food.
• Tang Ya questioned Xu Lanqing about her name and his reason for kidnapping her, then refused to hand over the Tang Sect Secret Manual.
• Xu Lanqing claimed the manual had already been passed on and gave Tang Ya a mysterious white book.
• Tang Ya recognized the book as the Tang Sect’s lost Poison Classic and Medicine Classic and realized the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record was complete.

Xu Lanqing offered to help Tang Ya rebuild the Tang Sect in exchange for its secret manuals, but she refused after learning he was from the Sun Moon Empire. He showed her a recording of Tang San declining to intervene in the sect's decline, and when Tang Ya broke down and attacked, Xu Lanqing stopped her and began spanking her.

• Xu Lanqing asked Tang Ya to share the Tang Sect manuals and offered to help rebuild the sect, but she refused to share them with an outsider.
• Xu Lanqing revealed that he was the Fourth Prince of the Sun Moon Empire, and Tang Ya rejected his offer because she saw his empire as the Tang Sect's enemy.
• Xu Lanqing argued that Soul Tools had replaced Hidden Weapons and showed Tang Ya a recording of Tang San saying he would not interfere in the mortal world or the Tang Sect's decline.
• Tang Ya accused Xu Lanqing of faking the recording, then lost control and attacked him with Blue Silver Grass.
• Xu Lanqing froze Tang Ya with his dragon's roar, laid her across his thighs, and spanked her.