Chapter Summaries

Jiang Liang told Snow Empress and Sword Mother that the God of Destruction had chosen him for a second divine inheritance, then discussed the Ice God's seventh trial and Snow Empress's plan to face her million-year tribulation. He returned to the palace and learned that fifteen days had passed in reality during his nine years in the trial illusion.

• Jiang Liang told Snow Empress and Sword Mother that he had received the God of Destruction's trial and could inherit both the Ice God and God of Destruction positions.
• Sword Mother revealed that the God of Destruction had left her divine power, and she agreed to accompany Jiang Liang as he pursued the inheritance.
• Jiang Liang discussed the Ice God's seventh trial with Sword Mother, who said she wanted ultimate-attack Soul Rings, and he prepared to use his God-Bestowed Spirit Ring to reach Titled Douluo level.
• Snow Empress asked to attempt her million-year tribulation before Jiang Liang used his God-Bestowed Spirit Ring, and he agreed to watch over her and have her sacrifice herself if she could not survive.
• Jiang Liang returned to the palace with Snow Empress and Sword Mother, where Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er welcomed him and Snow Empress told him that fifteen days had passed during his trial.

Jiang Liang discussed divine inheritances with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er while the Snow Empress prepared for her tribulation. In Heaven Dou City, Prince Xue Xing attempted a coup against Xue Qinghe, but was caught in an ambush inside the imperial city.

• Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er asked Jiang Liang for divine positions, and he told them to grow stronger before he sought possible successors among the Deities.
• The Snow Empress told Jiang Liang she needed time to prepare for her tribulation.
• Prince Xue Xing gathered his loyal guards and prepared to attack the imperial city with help arranged by Tang Yuehua.
• Prince Xue Xing and his guards entered the imperial city after its gates opened, but found the city deserted.
• The gates slammed shut, torches revealed the ambush, and Xue Qinghe confronted Prince Xue Xing from atop the wall.

Xue Qinghe exposed Prince Xue Xing’s failed coup and defeated his Soul Emperor and Soul Saint guards with help from She Long and Pufferfish. After Prince Xue Xing accused her of not being the real Xue Qinghe, Qian Renxue denied it and ordered him taken into custody.

• Prince Xue Xing realized Xue Qinghe had planted people in Moonlight Pavilion and accused her of plotting the princes’ deaths and driving him into rebellion.
• Xue Qinghe denied the accusations and told Prince Xue Xing to surrender, but he ordered his Soul Emperor and Soul Saint guards to attack her.
• She Long and Pufferfish struck down Prince Xue Xing and his guards without releasing their Martial Souls or Soul Rings.
• Prince Xue Xing declared that Xue Qinghe was not the real Xue Qinghe, and Qian Renxue denied the claim.
• Qian Renxue ordered She Long and Pufferfish to escort Prince Xue Xing away and keep him alive.

Qian Renxue secured Xue Ye’s death and used a prepared succession edict to take control of the Heaven Dou Empire. After issuing orders against Xue Xing and Tang Yuehua, she retrieved the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud for Jiang Liang.

• Qian Renxue told Xue Ye that Xue Xing’s coup had been stopped, and Xue Ye died without being able to confront her.
• Qian Renxue declared Xue Ye had died of grave illness, ordered his death kept secret, and took the succession edict.
• At the next morning court, She Long read the edict and announced Xue Ye’s death and Xue Xing’s coup, and the officials knelt to acknowledge Qian Renxue as emperor.
• Qian Renxue ordered Xue Ye’s funeral, confined Xue Xing, guarded the palace, and ordered Tang Yuehua’s arrest and Clear Sky Sect disciples barred from Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue went to the imperial treasury and retrieved the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud that Jiang Liang had requested.

After Qian Renxue learned that Tang Yuehua had vanished, news of her accession spread across the continent, prompting the Star Luo Empire and Spirit Hall to respond. Bibi Dong sent Spirit Hall’s forces to Heaven Dou City to support Qian Renxue and prepare to attack the Clear Sky Sect.

• Qian Renxue learned from She Long that Tang Yuehua had disappeared from Moonlight Pavilion and that the Clear Sky Hammer appeared to have killed the guards.
• Qian Renxue decided against confronting the Clear Sky Sect directly and sent word to Spirit City that the sect had moved and that the plan should proceed.
• Nobles reacted to Qian Renxue’s succession, while the Star Luo Empire began preparing to invade during Heaven Dou’s transition.
• Bibi Dong celebrated the success of the Nation-Stealing Plan and ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to go to Heaven Dou City and follow Qian Renxue’s arrangements.
• Bibi Dong informed Qian Daoliu and the Worship Hall about the plan, and the worshipers agreed to support Qian Renxue and attack the Clear Sky Sect.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu approved the deployment of Spirit Hall’s top forces to Heaven Dou City.

Tang Yuehua returned to the Clear Sky Sect and warned Tang Xiao and Tang San that Xue Qinghe had uncovered her schemes, prompting the sect to seek allies against possible retaliation. In the Extreme North, Snow Empress absorbed the last of the Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow and unleashed a surge of power as she prepared for her million-year tribulation.

• Tang Yuehua reunited with Tang Xiao and learned that Tang San was Tang Hao's son, then apologized for failing to protect Tang Hao and Tang San.
• Tang Yuehua told Tang Xiao and Tang San about the events in Heaven Dou City and Xue Qinghe's ties to Jiang Liang.
• Tang Xiao promised to protect Tang Yuehua and planned to contact Dai Mubai and the Star Luo Imperial Family while summoning the Four Great Single-Attribute Clans.
• Snow Empress reached nine hundred and ninety thousand years of cultivation, chose the Extreme North's Core Circle for her tribulation, and meditated to stabilize her power.
• Snow Empress absorbed the final energy of the Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow, unleashing a storm that made the Extreme North tremble and its Soul Beasts prostrate themselves.

Snow Empress faced the million-year Heavenly Tribulation but sacrificed herself before its next strike could kill her, transferring her power to Jiang Liang. Her energy raised him to level ninety-six, making him a Super Douluo.

• A violet thunder dragon struck Snow Empress, leaving her severely wounded as Jiang Liang and the others watched.
• Snow Empress endured three more lightning bolts, and her defenses shattered while she neared collapse.
• Snow Empress asked Jiang Liang to care for the Soul Beasts of the Extreme North, then sacrificed herself and turned into a river of ice-blue energy.
• The Heavenly Tribulation dispersed after Snow Empress vanished, and her energy flowed into Jiang Liang.
• Jiang Liang's Cold Moon Sword and Soul Rings transformed as he advanced beyond level ninety-five and reached level ninety-six, becoming a Super Douluo.

After absorbing Snow Empress’s cultivation, Spirit Bone, and Nine-Hundred-Ninety-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, Jiang Liang reached rank ninety-seven and gained powerful new abilities. He arranged for the Titan Snow Demon King to sacrifice himself to Shui Bing'er and for Xiao Bai to eventually sacrifice herself to Shui Yue'er, then set out with them for Snow Empress’s palace.

• Jiang Liang stabilized at rank ninety-seven after absorbing Snow Empress’s power and comforted Xiao Bai by promising he could revive Snow Empress and Ice Empress after becoming a god.
• The Titan Snow Demon King asked to sacrifice himself, and Jiang Liang arranged for him to become Shui Bing'er’s Soul Ring while promising to protect the Extreme North as the Ice God’s inheritor.
• Xiao Bai wanted to join Jiang Liang’s group, and Jiang Liang agreed she could eventually sacrifice herself to Shui Yue'er after Shui Yue'er raised her cultivation.
• Jiang Liang sensed that Snow Empress’s Soul Ring gave him Emperor Sword, Ice Extreme Peerless and Emperor's Cold Heaven, Snow Dance Radiant Sun, and demonstrated the first skill’s icy Sword Qi.
• Jiang Liang revealed that Snow Empress’s Head Soul Bone gave him two additional Soul Skills, then led Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xiao Bai toward Snow Empress’s palace.

After refining the Snow Empress’s remaining energy, Jiang Liang traveled to Sunset Forest to find a Soul Ring for Sword Mother, but the ring shattered as soon as it touched her. He headed for Star Dou Forest to try again, while Ah Yin sensed his growing strength at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

• Jiang Liang checked on the sleeping Snow Empress and learned from Sword Mother that she needed a few years to recover from her injuries.
• Jiang Liang refined the energy in the Snow Empress’s Soul Ring for six days, then set out to find a Soul Ring for his second Martial Soul.
• In Sunset Forest, Jiang Liang killed a forty-thousand-year-old Rift Mantis and drew its Soul Ring toward Sword Mother.
• The Rift Mantis’s Soul Ring shattered and dissipated when it touched Sword Mother, leaving them unable to determine why it had failed.
• Jiang Liang and Sword Mother decided to seek a stronger Soul Beast in Star Dou Forest.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Ah Yin sensed Jiang Liang’s strengthened aura and continued cultivating toward the hundred-thousand-year rank.

Jiang Liang searched Star Dou Forest for Soul Rings for Sword Mother, but every Soul Ring shattered when it touched her. He suspected her true form was too powerful to accept Soul Beast rings and decided they should try condensing Soul Rings themselves.

• Jiang Liang entered Star Dou Forest's Core Circle and killed a nearly seventy-thousand-year-old Golden Condor after it attacked him.
• Sword Mother approved the Golden Condor as a possible match, but its Soul Ring shattered when Jiang Liang tried to fuse it with her.
• Jiang Liang and Sword Mother killed three more powerful Soul Beasts, but each of their Soul Rings shattered as well.
• Jiang Liang realized Sword Mother's true form might be too powerful for Soul Beast Soul Rings to withstand, and he chose not to risk his God-Bestowed Spirit Ring.
• Jiang Liang planned to return to the Extreme North and ask Ice God about changing the trial requirements, then proposed that Sword Mother condense Soul Rings herself like Xiao Wu.
• Sword Mother agreed to try Jiang Liang's idea.

Jiang Liang asked Ah Yin how transformed hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts condensed Soul Rings and learned that Sword Mother needed his Soul Power to bridge their origins. The chapter ended as Sword Mother took her true sword form and Jiang Liang began the attempt.

• Jiang Liang returned to the estate and learned that Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Liu Erlong were away, then went to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Jiang Liang told Ah Yin that his Second Martial Soul shattered Soul Rings and asked her how to condense one himself.
• Ah Yin explained that condensing a Soul Ring required abundant energy matching one’s attribute, compressed into a ring, and that Jiang Liang had to link his Soul Power with Sword Mother’s origins.
• Sword Mother realized she could try to condense a Soul Ring, but Ah Yin warned that doing so without Jiang Liang’s Soul Power could injure them both.
• Sword Mother returned to her true form as a silver longsword, and Jiang Liang activated the Golden Core in his Qi Sea to begin.

Jiang Liang successfully condensed a Soul Ring from Sword Mother's true body and raised it to one hundred thousand years. The red, silver-rimmed ring restored his depleted Golden Core, leaving him exhausted but delighted.

• Jiang Liang followed Ah Yin's guidance to condense his Sword Qi and Sword Mother's origin into a white Soul Ring.
• Jiang Liang injected more Sword Qi into the ring, raising it from ten years to a hundred years while Ah Yin noticed its silver rim.
• Jiang Liang continued refining the ring for half a month as it passed through thousand-year and ten-thousand-year stages, retaining its silver sword-light edge.
• Jiang Liang forced the Soul Ring through its final transformation into a hundred-thousand-year ring, and Sword Mother's true body released a powerful surge of energy.
• The energy flowed into Jiang Liang and restored his Golden Core, and he celebrated completing the hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Jiang Liang recovered from creating a Soul Ring and learned that Sword Mother's ring had no Soul Skill. After discovering that half a month had passed, he returned to the Extreme North, reunited with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, and explained how he had created the ring himself.

• Jiang Liang asked Sword Mother about her red Soul Ring, and she said it contained his Sword Qi and her Sword Dao Origin but granted no Soul Skill.
• Jiang Liang agreed to continue condensing Soul Rings for his seventh Ice God Trial, then learned from Ah Yin that more than half a month had passed.
• Jiang Liang hurried back to the Extreme North and found Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er battling Xiao Bai at Snow Empress Palace.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er embraced Jiang Liang and told him they had worried while waiting for him.
• Jiang Liang explained that he had created his own Soul Ring and told the sisters they would need Titled Douluo cultivation and precise Soul Power control to do the same.

After two years of war and upheaval, Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong helped devastate the Clear Sky Sect, while Tang Xiao escaped with Tang San and others. In the Extreme North, Jiang Liang completed Sword Mother's ninth Soul Ring and received confirmation that he had passed the Ice God's Seventh Trial.

• Qian Renxue reorganized the Heaven Dou Empire as the Star Luo Empire fought it, and Bibi Dong sent Spirit Hall's Soul Master army into the war before both sides withdrew.
• Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong attacked the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Xiao led seven Titled Douluo in resisting them.
• After nearly seven days of fighting, four Clear Sky Sect Titled Douluo died, and Tang Xiao escaped with Tang San, Tang Yuehua, and several disciples.
• Jiang Liang completed Sword Mother's ninth self-created Soul Ring after two years of work, though his cultivation remained at Level Ninety-Seven.
• The Ice God's voice declared the Seventh Trial complete.

Jiang Liang completed the Ice God's seventh trial but received a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring he did not need, then began the eighth trial to find the Ice God Sword. He discovered the sword in the Ice God Temple did not count, and the chapter ended with Shui Bing'er asking to return to Skywater City with Shui Yue'er.

• Jiang Liang received 20% Ice God Affinity and a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring for completing the seventh trial, bringing his total affinity to 75%.
• Jiang Liang learned that the eighth trial required him to find the Ice God Sword in the Extreme North within one year, and asked the Ice Empress and Sword Mother for help locating it.
• Jiang Liang went to the Ice God Temple and tested the sword held by the Ice God's statue, but it did not trigger trial completion.
• Jiang Liang spent the day pondering where the true Ice God Sword was until Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er found him at the temple.
• Shui Bing'er asked Jiang Liang if she and Shui Yue'er could return to Skywater City for a while.

After two years in the Extreme North, Jiang Liang, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er returned to Skywater City, where Shui Yue'er received a new Soul Ring. Jiang Liang then flew to Heaven Dou City, found the Villa empty, and decided to ask Qian Renxue the next day where Dugu Yan and the others were training.

• Shui Yue'er reached rank sixty, and Jiang Liang gave her a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring to absorb as her sixth Soul Ring.
• Shui Yue'er gained a sixth Soul Ring with a cultivation age exceeding thirty thousand years, and Jiang Liang, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er bid farewell to Xiao Bai and the Titan Snow Demon King.
• Jiang Liang brought Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er back to Skywater City, where they went to Skywater Academy while he continued to Heaven Dou City.
• Jiang Liang found the Villa empty and wondered whether Qian Renxue's plan to seize the nation had succeeded.
• Jiang Liang decided to rest and ask Qian Renxue the next day where Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the others were training.

Jiang Liang returned to Heaven Dou City, revealed his tremendous cultivation to Dugu Bo, and learned about major political changes during his absence. He then went to the imperial palace, where Qian Renxue was alerted to the arrival of a powerful Super Douluo.

• Jiang Liang visited Dugu Bo and revealed that he had reached Level Ninety-Seven with four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, including a Nine-Hundred-and-Ninety-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo told Jiang Liang that Xue Qinghe had become emperor, the Clear Sky Sect had been destroyed, and the surviving Clear Sky Sect members had allied with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan in the Star Luo Empire.
• Dugu Bo explained that Ning Fengzhi had joined forces with Spirit Hall, which had expelled the Clear Sky Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan from the Seven Great Sects and called for new selections.
• Jiang Liang left Dugu Manor and headed to the imperial palace, where She Long and Pufferfish sensed his powerful aura.
• She Long warned Qian Renxue that a Super Douluo had arrived, and Qian Renxue rose from her desk in alarm.

Jiang Liang returned after two years and visited Qian Renxue, who had become emperor, to claim the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. He revealed that he had inherited trials from two gods and that the shroud was essential to inheriting the Sea God’s godhood.

• Jiang Liang’s immense aura forced the Imperial City Guards and even She Long and Pufferfish to their knees before he restrained it and entered the imperial study with Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue changed back to her original appearance, and Jiang Liang teased her about being his fiancée after returning from a two-year absence.
• Qian Renxue showed Jiang Liang the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and agreed to hear what it was for over breakfast in the side chamber.
• Jiang Liang explained that several gods existed beyond the Angel God, including the Ice God, the God of Destruction, the Rakshasa God, and the Sea God.
• Qian Renxue was shocked to learn that Jiang Liang had inherited trials from both the Ice God and the God of Destruction.
• Jiang Liang told Qian Renxue that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was essential to inheriting the Sea God’s godhood.

Jiang Liang returned and argued with Qian Renxue over the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, then reassured her after she revealed her anger and worry about his two-year absence. He learned that Dugu Yan and the others had grown stronger at a secret Spirit Hall training ground, and planned to take them to Sea God Island to seek the Sea God's recognition.

• Qian Renxue tried to take the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud after learning it was tied to a god's Divine Position, but Jiang Liang said it was meant for Yanzi and the others.
• Jiang Liang told Qian Renxue to ask her grandfather about her Divine Position, and explained that she was unlikely to obtain the Sea God's because of the conflict between the Sea God and the Angel God.
• Qian Renxue struck Jiang Liang for disappearing for two years and giving away the shroud, but he pulled her into an embrace and kissed her before She Long announced lunch.
• Qian Renxue said Dugu Yan and the others had trained at a secret Spirit Hall ground, where four had reached Soul Saint and the rest were High-Rank Soul Emperors.
• Jiang Liang asked for Dugu Yan and the others to return and proposed taking them to Sea God Island to fleece the Sea God.

Jiang Liang welcomed Dugu Yan and the others back to Heaven Dou City after two years apart. The group reunited at his Villa, where he led them inside for a meal.

• Qian Renxue learned about Sea God Island’s assessments and considered beginning the Angel God Trial after Jiang Liang urged her to ask the Grand Elder.
• Jiang Liang told Qian Renxue about his achievements in the Extreme North, including reaching Level Ninety-Seven and obtaining a nine-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Jiang Liang spent five days visiting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, keeping Ah Yin company, and checking on Snow Empress before Qian Renxue told him Dugu Yan and the others were returning.
• Jiang Liang cleaned his Villa and waited outside until Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Liu Erlong, and the others arrived.
• Jiang Liang greeted the returning group, answered their questions about Bing'er and Yue'er, and invited everyone into the Villa for the meal he had prepared.