Chapter Summaries

On Martial Soul Awakening Day, Jiang Liang awakened Sword Mother and the Cold Moon Sword as Twin Martial Souls, along with Innate Full Soul Power. As the ceremony continued, Sword Mother spoke to him directly, leaving him startled and eager to learn more about her.

• Jiang Liang entered the Awakening Array as Ma Xiunuo began awakening his Martial Soul.
• A vast Sword Qi and killing intent erupted as Jiang Liang's Martial Soul manifested as the silver-haired Sword Mother.
• Jiang Liang learned that he also possessed the Cold Moon Sword, with Ultimate Ice and Dark attributes, and had Twin Martial Souls.
• Jiang Liang tested at Innate Full Soul Power, astonishing Ma Xiunuo and the other children.
• Sword Mother spoke to Jiang Liang, who reassured her that she was beautiful, making her laugh.

After awakening his second Martial Soul, Jiang Liang learned that Sword Mother had upgraded his Cold Moon Sword and decided he would need an unusually powerful first Soul Ring. Sword Mother trained him and gave him Sword Qi, while Ma Xiunuo prepared to report Jiang Liang’s talent to Spirit City.

• Sword Mother told Jiang Liang she had tempered his Cold Moon Sword into a quasi-artifact, and he summoned the sword to reveal its Ultimate Ice and Dark attributes.
• Ma Xiunuo discovered Jiang Liang had Twin Martial Souls in addition to Innate Full Soul Power and excitedly planned to report the news to Spirit City.
• Jiang Liang explained Martial Souls and Soul Rings to Sword Mother, who initially insisted he obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring before settling on a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Sword Mother promised to temper Jiang Liang’s body, gave him three strands of Sword Qi to kill Soul Beasts, and offered to teach him her sword techniques.
• Sword Mother taught Jiang Liang a grand sword declaration, and Ma Xiunuo interrupted them while bringing lunch and asking what Jiang Liang meant by splitting the heavens.

Sword Mother rejected Jiang Liang’s basic Soul Power Meditation Method and taught him the fundamentals of Sword Cultivation. After successfully refining Sword Qi and releasing a basic External Sword Qi, Jiang Liang vowed to become a Land Sword Immortal.

• After Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo left, Sword Mother dismissed the Soul Power Meditation Method as flawed and explained that Sword Cultivators cultivated qi, the sword, and the heart.
• Sword Mother taught Jiang Liang about Qi Refinement, Sword Nourishment, and Heart Tempering, then began training him with basic sword movements.
• Following Sword Mother’s guidance, Jiang Liang drew spiritual energy into his body and purified his Soul Power into Sword Qi.
• Sword Mother asked Jiang Liang to channel his Sword Qi through the Cold Moon Sword, and his swing released a faint icy strike that left a frozen mark on the ground.
• Sword Mother praised Jiang Liang’s first External Sword Qi, and Jiang Liang declared that he would become a Land Sword Immortal.

After three days of training with Sword Mother, Jiang Liang prepared to leave Nuoding City to seek Dugu Bo and hunt Soul Rings. News of his Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power reached Xue Qinghe, who decided to meet him and conceal the report from Bibi Dong.

• Jiang Liang practiced swordsmanship with Sword Mother, who praised his progress and planned to take him into real combat to develop his killing intent.
• Jiang Liang told Ma Xiunuo he would travel with his powerful master, then packed for a trip to Heaven Dou City to find Dugu Bo and obtain Immortal Herbs.
• Salas investigated Ma Xiunuo's report and confirmed that Jiang Liang had Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power.
• Xue Qinghe read Jiang Liang's file and ordered Uncle She to prepare a trip to Nuoding City and have Salas keep the information from Bibi Dong.
• Jiang Liang traveled by carriage toward Heaven Dou City.

Jiang Liang reached Heaven Dou City and sought out Dugu Bo, claiming he could cure the Poison Douluo’s poison. After Jiang Liang accurately described the symptoms affecting Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, the chapter left Dugu Bo demanding an explanation.

• Jiang Liang arrived in Heaven Dou City and found Dugu Bo’s residence after asking passersby for directions.
• Dugu Yan let Jiang Liang into the residence after he claimed his master had sent him to visit Dugu Bo and help him.
• Dugu Bo confronted Jiang Liang and released pressure, but Sword Mother’s Sword Qi shielded Jiang Liang from it.
• Jiang Liang described Dugu Bo’s rain-related numbness and midnight stabbing pains, startling Dugu Bo with his accuracy.
• Jiang Liang said the symptoms came from the Dugu Family’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul and revealed that Dugu Yan was also poisoned.
• Dugu Bo grew cold and warned Jiang Liang not to leave unless he explained himself properly.

Jiang Liang used Sword Mother’s Sword Qi to make Dugu Bo accept a bargain: Jiang Liang would help treat the backlash from Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan’s Martial Souls in exchange for access to the poisonous herbs at his Sunset Forest estate. The next day, they set out for the estate, with Dugu Yan curious about Jiang Liang and Dugu Bo growing angry at his teasing.

• Dugu Bo raised his nine Soul Rings and considered silencing Jiang Liang, but Jiang Liang displayed Sword Mother’s Sword Qi and warned him against attacking.
• Jiang Liang offered to help resolve Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul backlash in exchange for the poisonous herbs at Dugu Bo’s Sunset Forest estate, and Dugu Bo agreed to meet him the next day.
• Jiang Liang left Dugu Bo’s residence, and Sword Mother praised him and promised she would protect him if Dugu Bo attacked.
• The next day, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan waited at the western city gate, and Jiang Liang arrived late before setting off with them for Sunset Forest.
• During the carriage ride, Jiang Liang told Dugu Yan he had awakened his Martial Soul only half a month earlier and teased her by asking for a kiss in exchange for his master’s identity.
• Dugu Bo overheard Jiang Liang flirting with Dugu Yan and angrily drove the carriage faster.

Jiang Liang brought Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where Sword Mother recognized its dense spiritual energy and dragon aura. Jiang Liang described three ways to deal with Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison, ending with a dangerous Soul Core method that Sword Mother identified as the Golden Core.

• Dugu Bo led Jiang Liang and Dugu Yan through Sunset Forest to the cliff above the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo carried Jiang Liang and Dugu Yan down into the valley, where Jiang Liang recognized the spring and promised to take herbs after helping Dugu Bo.
• Jiang Liang explained that the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass could remove Dugu Bo’s poison but would cost him its use.
• Jiang Liang proposed storing the poison in Spirit Bones, but warned that their capacity was limited and an External Soul Bone would be difficult to obtain.
• Jiang Liang revealed that completing Dugu Bo’s Pill Bead into a Soul Core might control the poison and boost his cultivation, though failure could kill him.
• Sword Mother told Jiang Liang that the Soul Core method he described was the Golden Core.

Sword Mother taught Dugu Bo a Golden Core cultivation method in exchange for his promise to protect Jiang Liang, then helped Jiang Liang choose herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. The group identified possible Immortal Herbs for Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan before Jiang Liang prepared to hunt his Soul Ring.

• Sword Mother offered to teach Dugu Bo how to condense a Golden Core if he agreed to protect Jiang Liang for life, and Dugu Bo accepted.
• Sword Mother placed the cultivation method in Dugu Bo's mind, and he was astonished by its intricacy.
• Dugu Bo allowed Jiang Liang to take the herbs he needed, and Jiang Liang explained the uses of several plants to Dugu Yan.
• Sword Mother warned Jiang Liang that too many herbs that increased Soul Power could unbalance his Sword Cultivation, so he chose herbs for his physique and spiritual power instead.
• Jiang Liang selected Primordial Immortal Grass as a possible aid for Dugu Bo and Sword Mother found a purple-petaled herb that seemed suited to Dugu Yan.

Jiang Liang consumed several Immortal Herbs to strengthen his body and prepare for the Ice and Fire Golden Body Refining. He plunged into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to absorb the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, while Sword Mother kept Dugu Bo from intervening.

• Jiang Liang absorbed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, raising his physique to the level of a high-level Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster.
• Jiang Liang consumed the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo and Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, strengthening his body to the level of a Three-Ring Soul Elder and enhancing his spiritual power.
• Jiang Liang prepared to absorb the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and Sword Mother reassured Dugu Bo as he worried about the risks.
• Jiang Liang harvested and swallowed both Immortal Herbs, then jumped into the meeting point of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well’s waters.
• Jiang Liang endured the clashing ice and fire energies beneath the water and struggled to absorb them, while Sword Mother stopped Dugu Bo from going after him.

Jiang Liang emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well with his body greatly strengthened and prepared to hunt his first Soul Ring with Sword Mother. After returning to Heaven Dou City, he kissed Dugu Yan on the cheek and fled, leaving Dugu Bo furious.

• Jiang Liang finished absorbing the well’s ice and fire energies, then surfaced after Sword Mother called him back.
• Dugu Bo pulled Jiang Liang ashore, and Jiang Liang teased the embarrassed Dugu Yan before Sword Mother explained he still had not reached Qi-Blood Unity.
• Jiang Liang summoned the Cold Moon Sword and declined Dugu Bo’s offer to help hunt a Soul Ring, saying he would train his swordsmanship with Sword Mother.
• Jiang Liang, Sword Mother, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan returned to Heaven Dou City by carriage.
• Jiang Liang tricked Dugu Yan into leaning closer, kissed her cheek, and fled into the city as Dugu Bo shouted after him.

Jiang Liang traveled from Heaven Dou City toward the Extreme North to seek an ice-attribute Soul Ring, while Xue Qinghe and Bibi Dong separately tried to secure his future. The chapter left Yue Guan on his way to Nuoding City to bring Jiang Liang to Spirit City, unaware that Jiang Liang was already far away.

• Jiang Liang reassured Sword Mother that Dugu Yan could not compare to her, then rented a carriage and headed north to find an ice-attribute Soul Beast for his first Soul Ring.
• Xue Qinghe arrived in Nuoding City and learned from Ma Xiunuo that Jiang Liang had left with a Title Douluo to hunt for a Soul Ring.
• Ma Xiunuo told Xue Qinghe that Jiang Liang intended to return, so she decided to wait in Fasinuo Province for one or two months.
• Bibi Dong read Salas's report, discovered Jiang Liang had Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, and ordered Yue Guan to bring him to Spirit City.
• Yue Guan accepted Bibi Dong's order and departed for Nuoding City.

Jiang Liang traveled into the Extreme North to find an Ice Blade Mantis for a Soul Ring, surviving several Soul Beast encounters as he approached the Ice God Mountain Range. He finally found signs of a larger mantis and discovered it fighting a Titan Snow Demon.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo arrived in Nuoding City, learned Jiang Liang had already left, and feared Bibi Dong would be furious.
• Jiang Liang chose the Ice Blade Mantis as his target and reached the outskirts of the Extreme North after four days of travel.
• Jiang Liang killed an Ice Flower Snake, then pressed on toward the Ice God Mountain Range while Sword Mother advised him to fight more carefully.
• Jiang Liang survived several Soul Beast attacks, including a dangerous encounter with a four-hundred-year Ice Fist Iron Bear, and continued traveling with Sword Mother's protection.
• Jiang Liang refused to take the Soul Ring of a thousand-year Ice Blade Mantis because Sword Mother rejected it, then followed tracks to a larger one.
• Jiang Liang found the larger Ice Blade Mantis fighting a Titan Snow Demon more than thirty meters tall.

Jiang Liang defeated the wounded Ice Blade Mantis with Sword Mother's Sword Qi and began absorbing its Soul Ring. When the beast’s remnant soul attacked him, Sword Mother destroyed it in his Sea of Consciousness, leaving him to control the Soul Power.

• Jiang Liang ambushed the injured Ice Blade Mantis as the Titan Snow Demon fled, then killed it with Sword Qi and obtained its Soul Ring.
• Sword Mother praised Jiang Liang but refused to replenish the Sword Qi, warning him not to depend on outside power.
• Jiang Liang began absorbing the Soul Ring while Sword Mother stood guard, and its violent ice energy and remnant soul attacked his body and mind.
• Sword Mother’s Sword Qi destroyed the Ice Blade Mantis’s remnant soul in Jiang Liang’s Sea of Consciousness, allowing him to focus on taming the Soul Power.

Jiang Liang absorbed the Ice Blade Mantis's ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, reached level twenty, and demonstrated his new Soul Skill. He and Sword Mother set out to hunt his second Soul Ring, then heard a wolf howl nearby.

• Jiang Liang refined the Ice Blade Mantis's Soul Ring energy for six days and broke through to level twenty.
• Jiang Liang showed Sword Mother his first Soul Skill, Blade of Ice, which enhanced his sword's sharpness, movement speed, and attack speed.
• Sword Mother explained that Sword Nourishment would let Jiang Liang connect his sword body with his Divine Soul, but told him to hunt his second Soul Ring first.
• Jiang Liang and Sword Mother left the Ice God Mountain Range, where they heard a wolf howl and Jiang Liang eagerly suggested eating wolf meat.

Jiang Liang rescued Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er from a pack of Ice Wolves in the Extreme North, impressing the sisters with his strength. After learning they had been separated from their aunt by tremors in the Ice God Mountain Range, he realized his Sword Qi might have caused the disaster, then offered them food.

• Jiang Liang rushed to help Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er when Ice Wolves attacked them, killing several with his Cold Moon Sword Martial Soul.
• Jiang Liang drove off the surviving wolf king after Sword Mother warned him not to chase a desperate enemy.
• Shui Yue'er introduced herself and Shui Bing'er, and Shui Bing'er explained that tremors had separated them from their aunt six days earlier.
• Jiang Liang realized his Sword Qi might have caused the tremors in the Ice God Mountain Range while he hunted the Ice Blade Mantis.
• When Shui Yue'er said they were hungry, Jiang Liang gave the sisters provisions from his storage Soul Tool.

Jiang Liang helped Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er search the Extreme North for their missing aunt, earning the sisters' trust with his kindness and remarkable first Soul Ring. They reunited with their aunt, who fainted from exhaustion, and Jiang Liang carried her to their tent to rest.

• Jiang Liang gave the hungry Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er food, then learned that Bing'er sought her second Soul Ring and Yue'er her first.
• The sisters discovered Jiang Liang was younger than Yue'er and had a Ten-Thousand-Year first Soul Ring, while Jiang Liang explained that his sister had helped him absorb it.
• Shui Yue'er broke down while they searched for their aunt, and Jiang Liang comforted her and promised to find her family.
• Jiang Liang and the sisters heard their aunt calling for them and reunited with her in the Extreme North.
• Their aunt fainted from exhaustion after embracing them, so Jiang Liang carried her to the tent while the sisters prepared for her to rest.

Jiang Liang spent the night learning to nourish his Cold Moon Sword and learned that he was making quick progress toward Sword Flight. After the unconscious woman woke and reunited with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, she invited Jiang Liang to hunt Soul Rings with them, and he reconsidered leaving alone.

• Jiang Liang followed Sword Mother's guidance to nourish his Cold Moon Sword through the night and formed a clearer connection with it.
• Sword Mother told Jiang Liang that he might briefly wield Sword Flight within a few months and cautioned him against impatience.
• The unconscious woman mistook Jiang Liang for Shui Yue'er when she woke, then embraced Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er after recognizing them.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er told the woman how Jiang Liang had rescued them, and the woman solemnly thanked him.
• Jiang Liang prepared to leave and hunt for a Soul Ring, but the woman offered to travel with him and the sisters, prompting him to stop and consider the invitation.

Jiang Liang joined Shui Lingyun, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er in searching for his second Soul Ring. After learning about his ten-thousand-year first Soul Ring and his plan to follow the agility-attack route, Shui Lingyun proposed finding a Shadow Ice Leopard.

• Jiang Liang agreed to travel with Shui Lingyun and the sisters, and they packed up before setting out to find Soul Beasts.
• Shui Lingyun told Jiang Liang that she was Skywater Academy's Vice Dean and explained her family ties to Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.
• Jiang Liang revealed his Cold Moon Sword and ten-thousand-year first Soul Ring, astonishing Shui Lingyun and the sisters.
• Jiang Liang said he wanted an agility-attack path and a speed-boosting Soul Skill, so Shui Lingyun suggested a Shadow Ice Leopard.
• Shui Lingyun led the group onward to search for a Shadow Ice Leopard and suitable Soul Beasts for Shui Bing'er.

Jiang Liang and Shui Lingyun brought Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er into the Extreme North's Core Circle to search for a Shadow Ice Leopard, facing dangerous Soul Beasts along the way. After a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast approached their camp, Shui Lingyun went out to confront it and discovered it was the Shadow Ice Leopard they had been seeking.

• Shui Lingyun warned Jiang Liang, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er about the dangers of the Core Circle and led them deeper into the Extreme North.
• Shui Yue'er struggled with the cold, while Shui Lingyun abandoned the search for a suitable second Soul Ring for Shui Bing'er as the Soul Beasts grew too old.
• The group entered the Core Circle, survived attacks by powerful Soul Beasts, and set up camp after a tiring day of searching.
• Sword Mother warned Jiang Liang that a Soul Beast was approaching, and Shui Lingyun sensed that it was over ten thousand years old.
• Shui Lingyun left the tent to investigate and recognized the approaching Soul Beast as a Shadow Ice Leopard.

Shui Lingyun caught a Shadow Ice Leopard for Jiang Liang, who killed it and absorbed its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring. After two days, he completed the absorption, reached level twenty-five and a half, and woke to his companions’ relief.

• Shui Lingyun trapped the Shadow Ice Leopard and brought Jiang Liang out to claim it.
• Jiang Liang killed the restrained leopard, and Sword Mother erased its remnant soul as he began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Jiang Liang endured the Soul Ring’s impact while Shui Lingyun, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er watched anxiously.
• Jiang Liang absorbed the Soul Ring’s energy into Sword Qi over two days and broke through to level twenty-five and a half.
• Jiang Liang opened his eyes, and Shui Yue'er excitedly announced that he had woken up.