Chapter Summaries

Gu Xiaoran joined Gu Yuena in acknowledging her feelings for Ao Zhan, then thanked him for freeing her from the God Realm. Ao Zhan left Qian Renxue in Spirit City to recover and traveled with Gu Yuena, Gu Xiaoran, and Gu Ningqiu to the Star Dou Forest, where Yuan Lie greeted them at the Lake of Life.

• Gu Xiaoran admitted she liked Ao Zhan and agreed to join Gu Yuena.
• Qian Renxue met Gu Xiaoran, learned Ao Zhan had rescued her from the God Realm, and exchanged friendly words with Gu Yuena.
• Ao Zhan told Qian Renxue to stay in Spirit City and rest while he went to the Star Dou Forest with Gu Yuena, Gu Xiaoran, and Gu Ningqiu.
• Gu Yuena opened a spatial gate to the Lake of Life, where Yuan Lie welcomed the group and pleased Ao Zhan with its tact.

Ao Zhan questioned the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape about Xiao Wu, a supposed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Charm Rabbit, after ordering them brought before him. They insisted Xiao Wu had lived at the Lake of Life in Star Dou Forest, leaving Yuan Lie and the other Mystic Beasts suspicious that the pair had violated Di Tian’s rules.

• Ao Zhan ordered Yuan Lie to gather the remaining Ferocious Beasts and the imprisoned Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, and named Alien Energy–possessing Soul Beasts Mystic Beasts.
• Yuan Lie and Ten Thousand Demon King brought the two weakened Soul Beasts to Ao Zhan, who had Bi Ji treat them enough to speak.
• Ao Zhan asked whether they knew Xiao Wu, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Charm Rabbit, and the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python said they knew her as Big Sister Xiao Wu.
• Ten Thousand Demon King demanded to know where they had encountered Xiao Wu, and the two insisted she had been born and raised in Star Dou Forest.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape said Xiao Wu had once lived at the Lake of Life, prompting Yuan Lie to accuse them of letting an unknown Soul Beast stay there without Di Tian’s permission.

Ao Zhan concluded that Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape’s memories of Xiao Wu had been tampered with, since no one else in the Star Dou Forest knew of her. He left them questioning their memories and asked what they would do if he killed Xiao Wu.

• Ten Thousand Demon King denied that a Ten-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Charm Rabbit had ever lived in the Star Dou Forest, and Yuan Lie remained suspicious.
• Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape insisted that Xiao Wu had lived by the Lake of Life before leaving after a powerful pressure appeared ten years earlier.
• Ao Zhan rejected their explanation and argued that the Star Dou Overlords would have known if Xiao Wu had been a Soul Beast from the forest.
• Ao Zhan said someone had tampered with the two Soul Beasts’ memories and considered whether Asura God or another hidden force was responsible.
• Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape recalled their time with Xiao Wu and struggled to accept that their memories could be false.
• Ao Zhan asked Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape what they would choose if he killed Xiao Wu in the future.

Ao Zhan defeated and killed the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape after they attacked him for defending the supposed Star Dou Princess, and the Star Dou Overlords rejected Xiao Wu’s claim to the title. Away from the corpses, Ao Zhan questioned whether the God Realm had altered the beasts’ memories, leaving Gu Yuena worried that she and Gu Ningqiu might have been affected too.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape attacked Ao Zhan, but he trapped them in a storm and left them near death with Azure Dragon Storm.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python insisted that Xiao Wu existed and accused Ao Zhan of trying to kill the Star Dou Princess, while the Star Dou Overlords declared Gu Ningqiu the forest’s only princess.
• Ao Zhan killed the two beasts with Kamui, took their Spirit Bones, and let the Mystic Beasts devour their corpses.
• Ao Zhan asked Gu Yuena and Gu Xiaoran whether gods could alter memories from the God Realm, and Gu Xiaoran said they would need to send a divine-sense avatar or come in person.
• Gu Yuena feared the God Realm had altered the two beasts’ memories and asked Ao Zhan whether she or Gu Ningqiu had also been affected.

Ao Zhan reassured Gu Yuena that neither she nor Gu Ningqiu had been harmed by the God Realm and warned that a hidden God King was another enemy. He then revealed that Faith Power was the likely cause of the Dragon God's madness, leaving the dragons stunned.

• Ao Zhan argued that the God Realm was unlikely to have altered Gu Yuena and Gu Ningqiu's memories and suspected Tang San's hidden backer instead.
• Ao Zhan warned Gu Yuena, Gu Xiaoran, and Gu Ningqiu that a powerful enemy beyond the God Realm was still lurking in the shadows.
• Ao Zhan announced that he had discovered a weakness of the gods connected to the Dragon God's madness.
• Gu Yuena brought Di Tian, Gu Yanchen, and Gu Hanche to hear what Ao Zhan had learned about their father.
• Ao Zhan said Faith Power had driven the Dragon God mad and explained how it had empowered both the Dragon God and other gods.

Ao Zhan explained that Faith Power's countless thoughts drove Faith Gods mad and that passing down Divine Positions let gods offload some of that burden onto inheritors. He warned the group to avoid Faith Power, then traveled with Gu Ningqiu and others to the Far North, where Gu Ningqiu shivered in the cold.

• Ao Zhan told Gu Yuena and the others that the Dragon God had gone mad from absorbing immense Faith Power, and Gu Hanche and Gu Yanchen realized this had doomed the Dragon Clan.
• Ao Zhan confirmed that the God Realm's Faith Gods would eventually go mad and explained that passing down Divine Positions delayed their madness by transferring chaotic thoughts to inheritors.
• Ao Zhan questioned why Tang San had kept both the Sea God and Asura God Divine Positions, then suspected Xiao Wu had borne the Asura Divine Position's Faith Power as its scabbard.
• Ao Zhan told the group not to spread the truth widely and instructed them to warn Spirit Hall against using Faith Power.
• Gu Ningqiu asked Ao Zhan if she could take human form, and later accompanied him and a golden-haired woman to the Far North.
• Gu Ningqiu shivered in the Far North's cold as Ao Zhan teased her for believing her powers would protect her from the wind and snow.

Gu Ningqiu took human form without losing her strength, and Ao Zhan brought the group to the Far North to spread Alien Energy and train Long Jian. After Long Jian failed to defeat Ao Zhan’s Ice Dragon, Ao Zhan challenged his understanding of the Cold Shadow Art’s principle.

• Gu Ningqiu took human form, and her Alien Energy quickly recovered instead of leaving her weakened.
• Gu Yuena and Ao Zhan traveled with Gu Ningqiu and Gu Xiaoran to the Far North to spread Alien Energy and search for the Snow Empress and Ice Empress.
• Ao Zhan summoned an Ice Dragon and told Long Jian to destroy it using the Cold Shadow Art.
• Long Jian attacked with all his strength, but the Ice Dragon dodged most of his ice spikes and knocked him away.
• Long Jian blamed his aim for the failure, so Ao Zhan scolded him for ignoring the Cold Shadow Art’s principle of attacking three parts while reserving seven.

Ao Zhan taught Long Jian how the Cold Shadow Art relied on conserving strength, then demonstrated the technique when they encountered bandits threatening Lady Shui and her daughter. His attack scattered and drew the bandits together, leaving Long Jian to see how Ao Zhan would use the retained strength.

• Ao Zhan explained to Long Jian that the Cold Shadow Art required using only part of his strength and keeping the rest for follow-up attacks or defense.
• Ao Zhan and his companions came across bandits surrounding the injured Lady Shui and her young daughter, and Gu Ningqiu urged Gu Xiaoran to help them.
• Ao Zhan told Long Jian to watch and attacked the bandits with the Cold Shadow Art, killing several and disrupting their formation.
• The bandit leader ordered his underlings to gather around him and resist the ice spikes, while Ao Zhan kept the attack within the strength Lady Shui could withstand.
• After the bandits blocked the attack together, the leader's expression changed as Ao Zhan's next move came into play.

Ao Zhan demonstrated how he used the Cold Shadow Art to defeat the bandits, then met Shui Ningbing and her daughter, Shui Bing'er. He invited them to join his group in the Far North, partly to build ties with the Water Family, as they continued seeking a Spirit Ring for Shui Bing'er.

• Ao Zhan strengthened the Cold Shadow Art and killed the bandits after they gathered to defend themselves.
• Ao Zhan explained his battle strategy to Long Jian and went to check on Shui Ningbing and Shui Bing'er.
• Ao Zhan healed Shui Ningbing and learned that she was the head of the Water Family and the dean of Skywater Academy.
• Shui Bing'er told Ao Zhan that Thunder Academy had spread lies about him, and Ao Zhan considered visiting the academy to teach them a lesson.
• Ao Zhan invited Shui Ningbing and Shui Bing'er to travel with his group while they searched for Shui Bing'er's Spirit Ring, and Shui Ningbing accepted.

Shui Ningbing and Shui Bing'er joined Ao Zhan’s group, where the children quickly befriended each other. When Shui Ningbing asked Ao Zhan to advise her daughter about Spirit Rings, he disparaged Soul Masters and revealed that he did not use Soul Power, leaving her shocked by the secret behind his strength.

• Shui Bing'er praised Gu Xiaoran and Gu Yuena, then befriended Gu Ningqiu.
• Shui Ningbing asked Ao Zhan to advise Shui Bing'er about adding Spirit Rings, but he said he had never added any.
• Ao Zhan declared that Soul Masters were weak because they depended on Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones instead of cultivating power from within.
• Shui Ningbing challenged Ao Zhan for criticizing Soul Masters despite being one herself, and he denied that he was a Soul Master.
• Ao Zhan explained that Soul Masters were defined by their use of Soul Power, which he did not use, shocking Shui Ningbing.

Ao Zhan’s group traveled into the Far North to seek its Three Great Kings, while Shui Ningbing began to suspect Spirit Hall had abandoned Soul Power. They encountered the Ice Empress, who recognized Gu Ningqiu as the Auspicious Beast, and Ao Zhan demanded that she take them to Snow Empress.

• Ao Zhan explained that he and Gu Ningqiu relied on Alien Energy rather than Soul Power, and Shui Bing'er asked whether he could help her become the same.
• Ao Zhan offered to help Shui Bing'er if Shui Ningbing agreed, leaving Shui Ningbing worried that she had learned Spirit Hall’s secret.
• Ao Zhan’s group continued toward the Far North’s central region and encountered the Ice Empress.
• The Ice Empress recognized Gu Ningqiu as the Auspicious Beast and hesitated to attack the group.
• Ao Zhan asked the Ice Empress to take them to Snow Empress and reminded her that her Soul Beast Heavenly Tribulation was approaching.

Ao Zhan and his companions confronted Ice Empress and convinced her they could help the Far North’s soul beasts survive their heavenly tribulations. After Ice Empress agreed to take them to Snow Empress, Ao Zhan revealed that Snow Empress had already arrived, though she appeared to misunderstand them.

• Ao Zhan unleashed his Azure Dragon Martial Soul and forced Ice Empress to her knees with its Dragon Might.
• Gu Yuena and Gu Xiaoran manifested their Golden and Silver Dragon forms, and Gu Yuena identified herself as Di Tian’s master.
• Ice Empress believed Gu Yuena and transformed into a green-haired girl after Ao Zhan asked her to take human form.
• Gu Yuena told Ice Empress that Ao Zhan had helped Star Dou Forest’s beasts escape the Soul Beast Heavenly Tribulation and that they had come to help the Far North.
• Ice Empress apologized and offered to lead the group to Snow Empress, but Ao Zhan said Snow Empress had already arrived as a distant voice shouted, “Emperor Sword Extreme Unrivaled!”

Ao Zhan fought the Snow Empress and the Titan Snow Demon King after they mistook his group for enemies. He trapped the Titan Snow Demon King with a Wood Dragon, then clashed with the Snow Empress as the chapter ended.

• The Snow Empress attacked Ao Zhan with Ice Extreme Unrivaled, but he blocked it with Azure Thunder Art.
• The Snow Empress sent the Titan Snow Demon King charging, while the Ice Empress pleaded with Ao Zhan to show mercy.
• The Snow Empress and Titan Snow Demon King weakened Ao Zhan’s azure tornado with their combined attacks.
• Ao Zhan summoned a Wood Dragon that restrained the Titan Snow Demon King and drained its Soul Power.
• The Snow Empress attacked Ao Zhan with Emperor Palm: Great Cold No Snow as he formed a lightning spear, and their collision sent a shock wave across the snow.

Ao Zhan and the Snow Empress battled in the Far North, where her command of its power let her match his strength. As Ao Zhan grew stronger the longer they fought, the Snow Empress unleashed her ultimate attack, and he answered with Wind Xun: Thousand Leaf Soaring Dragon; their attacks collided, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Gu Yuena cleared away the snow to reveal Ao Zhan and the Snow Empress locked in combat.
• The Snow Empress and Ao Zhan traded palm strikes, then contested each other’s strength as the Far North empowered her and Ao Zhan kept growing stronger.
• The Ice Empress, Shui Ningbing, and Shui Bing'er watched in amazement as Ao Zhan continued to challenge the Snow Empress.
• The Snow Empress realized Ao Zhan’s power increased during battle, so she gathered all the Far North’s power and unleashed Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Unrivaled.
• Ao Zhan summoned Wind Xun: Thousand Leaf Soaring Dragon, and his azure leaf-dragon collided with the Snow Empress’s ultimate sword strike.

Ao Zhan defeated the Snow Empress and explained how Alien Energy could free soul beasts from the Soul Beast Heavenly Tribulation. The Snow Empress and Ice Empress accepted his rule over the Far North and were transformed into Mystic Beasts, leaving them ready to spread the change among its soul beasts.

• Ao Zhan's Thousand Leaf Soaring Dragon clashed evenly with the Snow Empress's Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Unrivaled, but his growing power let him pin her down with his Azure Dragon Martial Soul.
• The Ice Empress reunited with the Snow Empress and told her that Ao Zhan had come to resolve the Soul Beast Heavenly Tribulation, prompting the Snow Empress to apologize to him.
• Ao Zhan freed the exhausted Titan Snow Demon King and explained that Alien Energy could transform soul beasts into Mystic Beasts beyond the Heavenly Tribulation's reach.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress agreed that the Far North's Mystic Beasts would obey Ao Zhan's commands, and he replaced their Soul Power with Alien Energy.
• Ao Zhan told the Snow Empress and Ice Empress that Alien Energy's strength depended on the convictions of its wielder, and they said they understood.

Shui Ningbing and Shui Bing'er joined Spirit Hall after Ao Zhan showed them its secrets, granted them Alien Energy, and gave them ice-attributed Immortal Herbs. Ao Zhan then presented the captured Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to Ice Empress, who recognized it as Tian Meng and prepared to claim her long-sought prey.

• Shui Ningbing realized Ao Zhan had deliberately shown her and Shui Bing'er Spirit Hall's secrets to pressure the Water Family into joining Spirit Hall.
• Ao Zhan asked Shui Ningbing to choose, and she agreed to join Spirit Hall rather than risk opposing it.
• Ao Zhan granted Shui Ningbing and Shui Bing'er Alien Energy and gave Shui Ningbing more than a dozen ice-attributed Immortal Herbs for the Water Family.
• Ao Zhan summoned the captured Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and stopped it from escaping with Space Imprisonment.
• Ice Empress recognized the silkworm as Tian Meng, whom she had once hunted, and welcomed the chance to eat it.

Ice Empress devoured the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, then Ao Zhan left the Far North with his companions. Shui Ningbing asked Ao Zhan to teach Shui Bing'er, who became his student and was to attend Spirit Hall Academy.

• Ice Empress tore apart and ate the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, while the Snow Empress declined to join her.
• Ao Zhan asked the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to spread Alien Energy throughout the Far North, and Ice Empress asked to visit him afterward.
• Shui Ningbing asked Ao Zhan to teach Shui Bing'er because she could not instruct her in Alien Energy.
• Ao Zhan agreed to take Shui Bing'er as his student and bring her to Spirit Hall Academy.
• Shui Bing'er greeted Ao Zhan as her teacher, reflecting on the strange events that had led to her gaining Alien Energy and becoming his disciple.

After bringing Shui Bing'er to Spirit City, Ao Zhan trained her in controlling her ice powers. Gu Yuena then invited him to her chambers for a massage, where her sister Gu Xiaoran joined her, leaving Ao Zhan suspicious of their intentions.

• Ao Zhan brought Shui Bing'er back, and the people in Spirit City welcomed her as she began training under his guidance.
• Shui Bing'er practiced Ice Palm in the forest, froze and shattered a tree, and earned Ao Zhan's praise for mastering ice's corrosive nature.
• Ao Zhan sent Shui Bing'er to find Tian Yu after training and reflected on Qian Renxue's role in teaching the girl.
• Gu Yuena invited Ao Zhan to her chambers to try her new massage techniques, and he agreed.
• Ao Zhan found Gu Xiaoran waiting in Gu Yuena's room, and the sisters offered to massage him together.
• Ao Zhan lay facedown as Gu Xiaoran and Gu Yuena began massaging him, while he wondered what they intended.

Gu Yuena and Gu Xiaoran used desire-infused incense to draw Ao Zhan into a three-day battle, while Qian Renxue believed Gu Yuena was the only one with him. Six years later, Spirit Hall had quietly built overwhelming support among commoners, and its annual match began in Spirit City.

• Gu Yuena secretly lit incense refined from the God of Lust's Faith Power, and its effects overwhelmed her, Gu Xiaoran, and Ao Zhan.
• Gu Yuena told Ao Zhan that Qian Renxue had agreed to their relationship because she could not endure his strength alone, and Ao Zhan began a battle with both sisters.
• Qian Renxue watched Tian Yu and Shui Bing'er play outside, unaware that Gu Xiaoran was also with Ao Zhan.
• Ao Zhan's battle with Gu Yuena and Gu Xiaoran lasted three days and nights before he emerged victorious.
• Six years later, Spirit Hall had built a hidden reserve of commoner children with Alien Energy and gained immense support among ordinary people across Douluo Continent.
• The annual match between the Martial Soul Hall Team and the Super Beast Team began at Spirit City’s training grounds.

The Martial Soul Hall Team faced the Super Beast Team in a fierce annual competition, with Huo Linfei, Tian Yu, and Tian Yao holding off their opponents. The battle remained unresolved as Ye Lingyun’s speed and defense made him difficult to stop, though Guang Ling believed Tian Yao could keep him from reaching Su Yurou.

• Yan attacked Huo Linfei with fire, but Huo Linfei caught and crushed the fireballs before defeating Yan in close combat.
• Tian Yu suppressed Liu He in an aerial sword fight, while the other fighters clashed across the battlefield and Su Yurou supported her allies from the rear.
• Ye Lingyun rushed toward Su Yurou, but Tian Yao blocked his attack with her Golden Crocodile Phantom.
• Tian Yao tried to bite Ye Lingyun, but he used energy wings to evade her jaws.
• Ao Zhan explained Ye Lingyun’s exceptional defense and speed, while Guang Ling said Tian Yao could stop him if she fought steadily.