Chapter Summaries

Light Feather Douluo brought Jiang Liang to the Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu challenged him to a sword spar to refine his swordsmanship. Jiang Liang’s precise, dangerous attacks surprised Qian Daoliu, but the Grand Elder refused to admit defeat and demanded they continue.

• Light Feather Douluo recognized Jiang Liang’s Imperial Sword Technique and took him to the Worship Hall to meet Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu brought Jiang Liang to a training ground and challenged him to a sword spar.
• Jiang Liang launched a fast opening attack, knocked Qian Daoliu’s sword aside, and pressed his advantage with strikes aimed at vital points.
• Jiang Liang evaded Qian Daoliu’s counterattack and cut the Grand Elder’s sleeve with a sweep of Sword Qi.
• Qian Daoliu praised Jiang Liang’s swordsmanship, then insisted they continue sparring because he refused to lose.

Jiang Liang fought Qian Daoliu with swordsmanship alone, then revealed two Self-Created Soul Skills that forced Qian Daoliu to summon his Seraphim Martial Soul and defend against a giant sword formed from Sword Intent. The chapter ended as the phantom sword struck Qian Daoliu’s Angel’s Protection amid a massive explosion.

• Jiang Liang and Qian Daoliu battled with ordinary longswords, and the Worship Hall’s warriors recognized that Jiang Liang was pressing Qian Daoliu with precise, lethal attacks.
• Qian Daoliu caught Jiang Liang during a brief pause and sent him flying, but Jiang Liang steadied himself, countered, and hurled his sword at Qian Daoliu.
• Jiang Liang formed a sword seal and unleashed countless crystalline Qi Swords, which the Worship Hall’s warriors identified as a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Jiang Liang gathered Sword Qi into a massive phantom sword, and Qian Jun Douluo recognized that Jiang Liang’s Sword Intent had become tangible.
• Qian Daoliu summoned his Seraphim Martial Soul, activated Angel’s Protection, and blocked the descending phantom sword as the ground erupted in a huge explosion.

Jiang Liang defeated Qian Daoliu in a swordsmanship contest, kept Qian Daoliu’s broken sword as a trophy, and received a finely crafted new sword from Bibi Dong. He returned to cultivating and considered Sword Mother’s suggestion to nourish the new blade with Sword Qi.

• Jiang Liang used his strongest sword strike to narrowly defeat Qian Daoliu, who acknowledged its power and gave him a recovery potion.
• Jiang Liang took Qian Daoliu’s broken standard longsword as proof of his victory, and Qian Daoliu let him keep it.
• Bibi Dong learned that Jiang Liang had defeated Qian Daoliu and told him to avoid getting too close to the people from the Worship Hall.
• Jiang Liang spent the next several days cultivating, hung the broken sword in his bedroom, and received a new longsword from Bibi Dong.
• Sword Mother offered to teach Jiang Liang sword-forging and suggested he nourish the new sword with Sword Qi to possibly create another Flying Sword.

After spending three months nurturing his new sword, Zhan Tian, Jiang Liang left Spirit City to help Ah Yin restore her cultivation at the Blue Silver Grass Clan Land. He found the clan’s valley, where the Blue Silver Grass recognized Ah Yin as their returning sovereign.

• Jiang Liang reached Rank Seventy, named his newly spiritual sword Zhan Tian, and told the three Maids he would return to the courtyard.
• Jiang Liang promised Ah Yin he would take her to the Blue Silver Grass Clan Land and help her restore her cultivation.
• Jiang Liang left Spirit City with Sword Mother after Yue Guan gave him wine and reminded him to register at Spirit Hall Academy for the Spirit Master Tournament.
• Bibi Dong watched Jiang Liang fly away and returned to the Pope Palace after he vanished toward Star Dou Forest.
• Ah Yin guided Jiang Liang to a valley in Star Dou Forest, where he saw a vast field of Blue Silver Grass welcoming her back.

Jiang Liang brought Ah Yin to the Blue Silver King, where she revealed how Tang Hao had imprisoned her after her sacrifice. The Blue Silver Grass clan lent Ah Yin their life essence to restore her cultivation, while Tang San sensed his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul weakening at Shrek Academy.

• Jiang Liang carried Ah Yin through the Blue Silver Grass territory to meet the Blue Silver King.
• Ah Yin told the Blue Silver King how Spirit Hall had forced her to sacrifice herself and how Tang Hao had later imprisoned her.
• The Blue Silver King thanked Jiang Liang for saving Ah Yin and asked him to place her on the ground to begin restoring her cultivation.
• The Blue Silver King summoned the Blue Silver Grass clan to give Ah Yin their life essence, and her size and cultivation rapidly increased.
• Tang San felt his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul shrink and its golden patterns dim during combat training at Shrek Academy.

Tang San discovered that his Blue Silver Grass had become weak, and Yu Xiaogang falsely blamed excessive training. Jiang Liang left Ah Yin to restore her cultivation and reached Heaven Dou City, where he found Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing still practicing his boxing technique.

• Tang San found that Ma Hongjun could easily break his Blue Silver Grass, and Yu Xiaogang claimed it had temporarily entered dormancy from overtraining.
• Ah Yin told Jiang Liang that her cultivation had recovered to over fifty thousand years and that she needed to remain with her clan to reach one hundred thousand years.
• Jiang Liang agreed to visit Ah Yin later, then flew toward Heaven Dou City to see Dugu Yan and the others.
• Jiang Liang arrived at Dugu Manor and heard Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others discussing their boxing practice and upcoming trip to the Great Soul Arena.

Jiang Liang returned to the Dugu Family residence after half a year in Spirit City and reunited with Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Bo. He recounted his dangerous tournament and breakthrough, leaving everyone relieved that he had returned unharmed and secured the team slots.

• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing sparred at the Dugu Family residence, showing how much their cultivation and fighting skills had improved.
• Jiang Liang arrived and surprised Dugu Yan, who welcomed him inside and told him how worried everyone had been during his six-month absence.
• Ning Rongrong embraced Jiang Liang, while Zhu Zhuqing welcomed him and Ye Lingling showed her relief at his return.
• Dugu Bo scolded Jiang Liang for disappearing, then led him and the girls to the main hall to hear what he had done in Spirit City and whether he had secured the team slots.
• Jiang Liang described dominating the Elite Training Tournament and testing swords with Qian Daoliu, leaving Dugu Yan and the others stunned.
• Ye Lingling asked whether Jiang Liang had been injured, and he reassured everyone that he was fine.

Jiang Liang reunited with Dugu Yan and the others, confirmed their plans to compete in the Spirit Master Tournament, and learned that the Ice God wanted him to travel to the Extreme North for a trial. He left the next morning with the Ice Empress to obtain his Seventh Soul Ring, while Dugu Yan assigned Ning Rongrong extra training.

• Jiang Liang confirmed that Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling would join his team, and promised to explain their plans to Sect Master Ning in person.
• The Ice Empress returned and told Jiang Liang that Xue'er had relayed the Ice God's summons for him to hurry to the Extreme North for his trial.
• Jiang Liang revealed that his trial was connected to the legends of deities, then spent the day with the others and bought the Ice Empress ten charcoal-grilled ice silkworms.
• Jiang Liang said goodbye the next morning and flew toward the Extreme North with the Ice Empress on his shoulder.
• Dugu Yan ordered Ning Rongrong to train two extra hours every day, leaving Ning Rongrong wailing in protest.

Jiang Liang and the Ice Empress reached the Extreme North and reunited with the Snow Empress at her ice palace. The Snow Empress led Jiang Liang to the Ice God Temple, where Lord Ice God had been waiting.

• Jiang Liang asked the Ice Empress where to find Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow, but she admitted she did not know.
• Jiang Liang flew with the Ice Empress into the Core Circle and arrived at the Snow Empress's ice palace.
• The Snow Empress thanked Jiang Liang for taking care of Bing'er, then questioned the Ice Empress about letting a Title Douluo nearly kill him.
• Jiang Liang explained that he had told the Ice Empress not to intervene and that she had exaggerated her role, so the Snow Empress forgave her.
• The Snow Empress told the Ice Empress to wait and led Jiang Liang toward the Ice God Temple to meet Lord Ice God.

Jiang Liang received the Ice God’s inheritance in the Ice God Temple and became the young master of the Extreme North. He entered his Sea of Consciousness to inspect the nine God Trial screens, but Sword Mother could not see what they contained.

• Jiang Liang followed the Snow Empress into the Ice God Temple, where his aura caused the goddess statue to resonate.
• The Ice God’s power summoned a blizzard across the Extreme North, and the Soul Beasts and Ice Empress were forced to kneel.
• The Ice God told Jiang Liang that she had died and entrusted the Extreme North to him as her final divine consciousness faded.
• Nine trial screens entered Jiang Liang’s forehead, and an icy-blue sword mark appeared there as he accepted the inheritance.
• The Snow Empress recognized Jiang Liang as the young master of the Extreme North, and he entered his Sea of Consciousness to examine the screens with Sword Mother.

Jiang Liang began the Ice God's first trial, enduring the Core Circle's extreme cold without Soul Power while practicing swordsmanship. After three days, a blizzard drove the temperature below Ultimate Ice, and he sat down on the frozen plain to withstand it.

• Jiang Liang learned that he had to stay in the Core Circle for three days and three nights without using Soul Power to resist the cold, then left the Ice God Temple to begin.
• Jiang Liang resisted the urge to protect himself with Sword Qi and practiced with the Heaven-Slaying Sword while Snow Empress returned to her palace.
• Snow Empress told Ice Empress, the Titan Snow Demon King, and the Ice Bear that Jiang Liang was the Ice God's chosen successor and asked them to wait for his trial to end.
• Jiang Liang endured three days of cold and gained insight into his Sword Dao and Sword Intent, but a blizzard plunged the temperature below Ultimate Ice.
• Jiang Liang refused to use Sword Qi or seek shelter, planted the Heaven-Slaying Sword in the ice, and sat down to face the storm.

Jiang Liang completed the Ice God's first trial after enduring a night of extreme blizzard, then absorbed a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring. He emerged as a Soul Saint with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

• Snow Empress entered the blizzard and watched Jiang Liang endure it until dawn, when the trial declared him successful and healed his frozen body.
• Jiang Liang received an icy-blue pearl containing the Ice God's God-Bestowed Spirit Ring and asked Snow Empress to guard him while he absorbed it.
• Jiang Liang crushed the pearl and endured the growing Soul Power as he converted it into Sword Qi.
• The pearl's energy condensed into a red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and the Cold Moon Sword flew out from Jiang Liang's forehead.
• Jiang Liang opened his eyes, confirmed his success to Snow Empress, and announced that he had reached the Soul Saint realm with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

After awakening a powerful Martial Soul Avatar, Jiang Liang returned to Snow Empress’s palace and revealed that his second trial required three pieces of Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow. The Ice Empress reluctantly called him “good big brother” for a share, then woke him the next morning to begin the search.

• Jiang Liang learned his seventh Soul Ring had awakened a Martial Soul Avatar that tripled his attributes, amplified his Soul Skills and ice power fivefold, and granted Absolute Sharpness.
• Jiang Liang told Snow Empress that he knew where to search for Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow, which he needed to find three pieces of for his second trial.
• Jiang Liang returned to Snow Empress’s palace, met Xiao Bai, and teased the Ice Empress into calling him “good big brother” in exchange for a share of the treasure.
• The Ice Empress woke Jiang Liang the next morning to begin the search, while Snow Empress, the Titan Snow Demon King, and Xiao Bai waited outside his tent.

Jiang Liang, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress searched an ice crevice for the Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow that had sustained a powerful Ice Silkworm. They descended into a cavern filled with signs of the rare treasure, where Snow Empress identified fragments of Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow.

• Jiang Liang told Ice Empress that the Ice Silkworm she had chased had fallen into a crevice and increased its cultivation by eating Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress hurried with Jiang Liang to the crevice, hoping some of the marrow remained.
• Jiang Liang and Snow Empress descended into the narrow crevice while Ice Empress rode on Jiang Liang's shoulder.
• The group found Mysterious Ice Marrow crystals scattered along the ice walls and continued deeper into the crevice.
• Jiang Liang and Snow Empress entered a vast cavern littered with ice pillar fragments and shed Soul Beast skins, and Snow Empress recognized fragments of Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow.

Jiang Liang, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress searched deeper into the cave after discovering that an Ice Silkworm had consumed much of the Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow. They found an Ice Extreme Divine Crystal and then uncovered a vast hidden cave filled with enormous deposits of Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow.

• Ice Empress found the Ice Silkworm's shed skin and realized it had eaten the marrow, while Snow Empress said it was likely drifting at sea.
• Jiang Liang followed the shed skins deeper into the cave, where the cold approached absolute zero, and called Snow Empress and Ice Empress to join him.
• Ice Empress recognized an Ice Extreme Divine Crystal in the cave wall, and Snow Empress pulled it free for Jiang Liang to keep for reforging his Heaven-Slaying Sword.
• Jiang Liang led Snow Empress and Ice Empress farther into the cave, where they discovered a huge chamber packed with enormous Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow crystals.
• Ice Empress rushed to inspect the marrow while Snow Empress stood behind her, visibly excited.

Jiang Liang completed the Ice God's second assessment and learned that his next trial would take him through the perilous Extreme Ice Rift. While cultivating in the ice cave, he broke through the barrier in his Qi Sea and began forming a Golden Core, as a woman in a moon-white gown appeared to watch over him.

• Jiang Liang gave the Snow Empress and Ice Empress the Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow and asked them to decide how to use it.
• Jiang Liang passed the Ice God's second assessment and learned that he had to pass through the Extreme Ice Rift within two years; the Ice Empress warned that even she and the Snow Empress feared approaching it.
• Jiang Liang began cultivating, and Sword Mother urged him to push his condensed Sword Qi against the current to break through the barrier in his body.
• Jiang Liang broke through the barrier, unleashing a storm of Sword Qi and an ice-blue pillar of light that spread across the skies of the Extreme North.
• A woman in a moon-white gown appeared and told the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to protect the treasures while Jiang Liang continued forming his Golden Core.

Jiang Liang formed a Golden Core in the Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Cave, unleashing a blizzard that injured and frightened Soul Beasts across the Core Circle. After confirming his breakthrough, he warned the Ice Empress and Snow Empress that attempting to reach a million years of cultivation would bring a Heavenly Tribulation they could not survive.

• Jiang Liang's Sword Qi transformed into an icy-blue pillar and a deadly blizzard that wounded the Titan Snow Demon King and the Ice Bear and drove Soul Beasts into hiding.
• Jiang Liang compressed his Sword Qi into a golden-blue Golden Core and discovered that its power had grown immensely.
• Sword Mother, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress explained that they had protected the Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow from his energy fluctuation.
• Jiang Liang clarified that his level remained seventy-three, though the Golden Core had made his Sword Qi at least ten times more abundant.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress proposed using the Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow to approach the million-year threshold, and Jiang Liang warned that Soul Beasts could not survive the million-year Heavenly Tribulation.

Jiang Liang explained that Soul Beasts could become gods by reincarnating as humans or sacrificing themselves to a human Soul Master who later revived them. After Ice Empress and Snow Empress agreed to absorb the Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow before considering sacrifice, Jiang Liang left the Extreme North to visit Bing'er and Yue'er at Skywater Academy.

• Jiang Liang told Ice Empress and Snow Empress that Soul Beasts could not cultivate past one million years and described two possible paths to godhood.
• Ice Empress suspected Jiang Liang wanted their Soul Rings and Spirit Bones, and he admitted his selfish interest while swearing that his explanation was true.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress decided to absorb the Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow first and sacrifice themselves later if necessary.
• Jiang Liang selected three pieces of Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow, left the rest to Ice Empress and Snow Empress, and flew out of the ice crevice.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress planned to call A-Tai and Xiao Bai to help absorb the marrow, while Jiang Liang headed toward Skywater Academy to see Bing'er and Yue'er.

Jiang Liang arrived at Skywater Academy while Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er were training with their teammates. Shui Bing'er revealed that she had created a new Soul Skill based on Jiang Liang’s swordsmanship, and the chapter ended with her blushing as her teammates teased her about him.

• Shui Bing'er ended combat training by defeating Shui Yue'er’s group with her newly created Ice Crystal Sword Qi.
• Shui Bing'er told her teammates that Jiang Liang’s swordsmanship had inspired the Self-Created Soul Skill, prompting them to tease her about him.
• A student reported that a man was looking for Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, and Shui Bing'er ordered him thrown out, assuming he was another bothersome noble.
• Jiang Liang suddenly appeared inside the training ground, and Shui Yue'er ran over to hug him.
• Yu Hairou greeted Jiang Liang and Shui Yue'er explained that Shui Bing'er had created her new Soul Skill based on his swordsmanship.
• Shui Yue'er teased Shui Bing'er about her embarrassment, and Shui Bing'er angrily told her sister to shut up.

Jiang Liang visited Skywater Academy and told Shui Lingyun, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er about his tournament qualification and his adventures in the Extreme North. After he revealed his Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow and powerful companions, the academy girls eagerly competed for his affection.

• Shui Yue'er offered to join Jiang Liang's tournament team, but he said the team was already full and joked that Shui Lingyun would scold him for taking her.
• Shui Lingyun welcomed Jiang Liang and led him, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and the other girls on a tour of Skywater Academy.
• Shui Lingyun marveled that Jiang Liang had become a Soul Saint in less than seven years, and Jiang Liang said he had brought Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow for Shui Bing'er.
• Jiang Liang reassured Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er that he had not been hurt in the Extreme North, then told them Ice Empress and Snow Empress had accompanied him.
• Gu Qingbo and the other Skywater Academy girls openly vied to become Jiang Liang's girlfriend, leaving Shui Lingyun, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er stunned.