Chapter Summaries

Jiang Liang fought and killed a seventy-thousand-year Ghost Ice Spine Beast, then prepared to absorb its Soul Ring. Sword Mother praised his swordsmanship and urged him to return to the girls waiting for him.

• Jiang Liang identified the Ghost Ice Spine Beast as a seventy-thousand-year Soul Beast and attacked it with his sword skills.
• The beast resisted Jiang Liang’s strikes and charged him, but his Shadow Clone and Qi Swords interrupted its attacks and wounded it.
• Jiang Liang used his fifth Soul Skill to outmaneuver the beast and steadily weaken it with repeated sword attacks.
• Jiang Liang gathered his Sword Qi and killed the Ghost Ice Spine Beast by pinning it through the neck with a massive ice sword.
• A black Soul Ring formed above the corpse, and Sword Mother praised Jiang Liang before telling him to absorb it and return.

Jiang Liang absorbed the Soul Ring and broke through his bottleneck, awakening a response from the Ice God statue in the Extreme North. Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and the Titan Snow Demon King found him, but Sword Mother suppressed them with her Qi Swords just as Jiang Liang began to wake.

• Jiang Liang absorbed the Soul Ring’s energy, converted it into Sword Qi, and broke through his bottleneck.
• The Ice God statue resonated with Jiang Liang, and Snow Empress learned that the Ice God’s inheritor had appeared in the Extreme North.
• Snow Empress summoned Ice Empress and the Titan Snow Demon King, then led them to Jiang Liang’s location.
• Ice Empress and the Titan Snow Demon King questioned the Ice God’s choice of Jiang Liang, while Sword Mother warned them not to disturb him.
• Sword Mother summoned countless Qi Swords and pinned the three Heavenly Kings in place, and Jiang Liang’s eyelids twitched as he began to wake.

Jiang Liang learned that the Ice God had chosen him for a possible inheritance and that the Three Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North had come to find him. The inheritance was not ready yet, so Ice Empress agreed to accompany him while Snow Empress and A-Tai stayed behind.

• Jiang Liang awakened to find Sword Mother confronting Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and the Titan Snow Demon King, who had come for him.
• Snow Empress explained that the Ice God's statue had resonated with Jiang Liang's aura and that the Ice God had issued a divine decree to find him.
• Sword Mother ended her confrontation and assured Jiang Liang that she would teach him what she knew without choosing his path for him.
• Snow Empress said Jiang Liang would be protected until the Ice God issued another decree, and that one of the Heavenly Kings would need to stay with him.
• After Jiang Liang worried that Ice Empress's size would attract attention, Snow Empress said she could change her size and assigned her to take him out of the Extreme North.
• Jiang Liang called Ice Empress “Bing'er,” and she bristled and told him not to call her that.

Jiang Liang returned to Heaven Dou City with Ice Empress and reunited with Dugu Bo, who was stunned to learn Jiang Liang had become a rank-sixty-three Soul Emperor. The chapter left Dugu Bo reeling after discovering that Jiang Liang’s “pet” was the three-hundred-thousand-year Ice Jade Empress Scorpion.

• Jiang Liang left the Extreme North with Ice Empress, flew past Skywater City, and learned that Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er were away training.
• Jiang Liang arrived in Heaven Dou City and brought Ice Empress to Dugu Bo’s residence.
• Dugu Bo welcomed Jiang Liang and asked about his plans after graduating from school.
• Jiang Liang revealed six black Soul Rings and told Dugu Bo he was a rank-sixty-three Soul Emperor.
• Ice Empress spoke up, and Jiang Liang introduced her as his pet, leaving Dugu Bo stunned by her identity as a top-tier three-hundred-thousand-year ferocious beast.

Jiang Liang visited Dugu Bo, learned Dugu Yan was at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, and went to find her. There he watched the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team defeat Skywater Academy, then encountered Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er together.

• Jiang Liang startled Dugu Bo by revealing the Ice Empress’s true form, then learned Dugu Yan had gone to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena.
• Dugu Bo told Jiang Liang to treat Dugu Yan well, and Jiang Liang promised before leaving.
• Jiang Liang found Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling competing with Yu Tianheng against Shui Bing’er and Skywater Academy’s team.
• Shui Bing’er’s strong ice attacks pressured Yu Tianheng, but Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling helped the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team win.
• Jiang Liang approached the two teams as they left the arena, and Dugu Yan and Shui Bing’er froze when they saw him.

Jiang Liang reunited with Shui Yue'er, Shui Bing'er, and Ye Lingling at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, while Dugu Yan showed how close she was to him. Yu Tianheng challenged Jiang Liang over Dugu Yan, but Jiang Liang mocked his reasoning and left Yu Tianheng furious and crackling with Soul Power.

• Shui Yue'er ran to Jiang Liang and hugged him, prompting Dugu Yan to pull her away before Jiang Liang invited Shui Bing'er and Ye Lingling to join them.
• Dugu Yan left with Jiang Liang and the girls despite Yu Tianheng reminding her that Instructor Qin Ming was waiting, and she told Yu Tianheng not to call her by a familiar nickname.
• Yu Tianheng blocked Jiang Liang and accused him of disrupting his long-standing pursuit of Dugu Yan, but she said they had only ever been classmates and teammates.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Jiang Liang to a fight, demanding that the loser leave Dugu Yan forever.
• Jiang Liang mocked Yu Tianheng and his uncle Yu Xiaogang, explaining that winning or losing would not change Dugu Yan's feelings, and Yu Tianheng erupted in anger.

Jiang Liang defeated Yu Tianheng after he attacked, then left the Great Soul Arena with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er. Qin Ming set out to bring Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling back to the Imperial Dou Team, while Jiang Liang’s explanation about his past visit to Heaven Dou City surprised Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

• Yu Tianheng attacked Jiang Liang in a jealous rage, but Jiang Liang knocked him down with a single kick and warned him not to provoke him again.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling left with Jiang Liang, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er, while Dugu Yan told the Imperial Dou Team she would return the next day.
• Qin Ming learned that Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling had left, ordered the team to find them, and then decided to go after them himself.
• At a nearby restaurant, Dugu Yan asked Jiang Liang why he had stayed away from her and Ye Lingling in Nuoding City.
• Jiang Liang said he had visited Heaven Dou City once while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were away with the academy, leaving both women stunned.

Jiang Liang’s friends revealed that he had once been the Cold Sword Immortal, and he showed that his strength had grown to match Qin Ming’s. The chapter ended with Jiang Liang confronting Qin Ming after revealing his six Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling realized that Jiang Liang had been the Cold Sword Immortal at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena five years earlier.
• Qin Ming confronted Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Jiang Liang, accusing them of breaking discipline and ordering Jiang Liang to apologize to Yu Tianheng.
• Shui Bing'er, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling defended Jiang Liang, while Dugu Yan challenged Qin Ming to complain to her grandfather, Dugu Bo.
• Qin Ming threatened to use force when Jiang Liang refused to apologize, but Jiang Liang stopped Dugu Yan from intervening and accepted the challenge.
• Jiang Liang revealed his Cold Moon Sword and six black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, identifying himself as a level sixty-three agility-attack battle Soul Emperor.
• Jiang Liang approached Qin Ming and taunted him to see who would bully whom.

Jiang Liang overwhelmed Qin Ming in a fight after Qin Ming demanded an apology for Yu Tianheng, but the City Patrol Army arrived and its commander threatened to treat Jiang Liang as a Star Luo spy. Dugu Yan and Shui Bing'er stepped in front of Jiang Liang to defend him.

• Yu Tianheng watched Jiang Liang reveal his six Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, then left Heaven Dou City in despair.
• Qin Ming activated his Martial Soul and challenged Jiang Liang, while Jiang Liang sent Dugu Yan, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Ye Lingling outside.
• Jiang Liang cut through Qin Ming’s fifth Soul Skill with one sword strike, froze his flames, and hurled him through the restaurant wall.
• Jiang Liang held his sword a hair’s breadth from Qin Ming’s forehead and rebuked him for being too weak to withstand one strike.
• The City Patrol Army surrounded the group, and its commander accused Jiang Liang of possibly being a Star Luo spy.
• Dugu Yan and Shui Bing’er stepped in front of Jiang Liang as the commander demanded his name and origin.

Jiang Liang used a Spirit Hall Elder Token to stop the City Patrol Army from arresting him after Qin Ming accused him of wrongdoing. As Jiang Liang left with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, Yu Tianheng sought help from Liu Erlong, who vowed to confront him the next day.

• Dugu Yan, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er testified that Jiang Liang had acted in self-defense, while Qin Ming insisted he was at fault.
• Jiang Liang showed the patrol commander a Spirit Hall Elder Token, and the commander bowed and abandoned the arrest.
• Jiang Liang left with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, while Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er returned to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena.
• Dugu Yan promised to explain the incident to the Three Education Committees, and the patrol commander arranged for Qin Ming to receive treatment.
• Yu Tianheng told Liu Erlong what had happened, and she vowed to take him to confront Jiang Liang the next day.

Jiang Liang offered Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling places on his future team and promised to help them find rare treasures, including an External Soul Bone for Dugu Yan. The next day, he encountered Liu Erlong dragging Yu Tianheng toward Dugu Bo’s residence.

• Dugu Bo learned Jiang Liang had Yue Guan’s Elder Token and heard how Jiang Liang had become friends with Yue Guan.
• Jiang Liang invited Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to join his team at Martial Soul Academy, and he promised to help Dugu Yan obtain an External Soul Bone.
• Jiang Liang asked Dugu Bo to let him return to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well for Immortal Herbs, and Dugu Bo gave him a Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch.
• That night, Jiang Liang let the Ice Empress and Ah Yin out of his clothes to rest, then planned to visit Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er the next day.
• Liu Erlong dragged Yu Tianheng toward Dugu Bo’s residence, where Yu Tianheng recognized Jiang Liang and glared at him resentfully.

Jiang Liang provoked Liu Erlong by insulting Yu Xiaogang and destroying his book, then overwhelmed her in battle despite her being a level seventy-eight Soul Saint. The chapter ended with Liu Erlong rising from the ground and angrily insisting that Xiaogang was not trash.

• Jiang Liang taunted Yu Tianheng and called Liu Erlong an auntie, prompting her to challenge him.
• Liu Erlong ordered Jiang Liang to apologize and run laps while reciting Yu Xiaogang’s book, but he destroyed it and insulted Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Erlong activated her Fire Dragon Martial Soul and attacked Jiang Liang with several Soul Skills.
• Jiang Liang revealed six Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, froze Liu Erlong’s flames, and used his speed and sword skills to knock her to the ground.
• Jiang Liang taunted Liu Erlong about Yu Xiaogang, and she shouted that Xiaogang was not trash.

Jiang Liang pursued Liu Erlong outside Heaven Dou City and overwhelmed her with his speed and sword techniques, leaving her injured and unable to use her Martial Soul Avatar. He stopped just short of killing her and said that death would be too easy.

• Yu Tianheng warned Liu Erlong that the City Patrol Army was approaching, but she chased Jiang Liang out of Heaven Dou City.
• Jiang Liang met Liu Erlong beside the official road and attacked her with Shadow Ice Strike and Cold Edge Sword Qi.
• Liu Erlong tried to activate her Martial Soul Avatar, but Jiang Liang's speed and attacks kept her from using it.
• Jiang Liang battered Liu Erlong with sword strikes until she fell, then held his sword a hair's breadth from her throat.
• Jiang Liang slapped Liu Erlong and used Position Swap with Shadow to appear before her, declaring that killing her would be letting her off too easily.

Jiang Liang shattered Liu Erlong’s faith in Yu Xiaogang by suggesting he had known they were cousins and deliberately manipulated their relationship. Yu Tianheng found Liu Erlong broken and went to Blue Tyrant Academy for help, leaving her alone in despair.

• Jiang Liang provoked Liu Erlong, then pointed out that Yu Xiaogang could have learned her clan identity from her records and Dragon-Shaped Jade Pendant.
• Jiang Liang suggested Yu Xiaogang had hidden his knowledge of their kinship, stolen Spirit Hall’s core records, and met Liu Erlong by design.
• Jiang Liang questioned how Yu Luomian had learned about Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang’s wedding, and Liu Erlong collapsed as she recalled the ceremony and Yu Xiaogang’s disappearance.
• Yu Tianheng arrived, found Liu Erlong muttering that it was impossible, and blamed Jiang Liang for her condition.
• Yu Tianheng ran toward Blue Tyrant Academy to find help, while Liu Erlong lay alone in despair.

Jiang Liang reunited with Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Shui Lingyun, then joined the Skywater Team on their way to a battle at Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena. He revealed that he planned to attend Martial Soul Academy and promised to visit Skywater Academy after taking the sisters somewhere tomorrow.

• Jiang Liang met Shui Lingyun and the Skywater Team at their hotel, where Shui Yue'er greeted him affectionately and Shui Bing'er welcomed him warmly.
• Shui Lingyun invited Jiang Liang to accompany them to Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, and he agreed as the girls crowded around him with questions.
• Xue Wu suggested Jiang Liang transfer to Skywater Academy, but he said he planned to attend Martial Soul Academy because his parents had been Spirit Hall Soul Masters.
• Jiang Liang encouraged the Skywater girls not to give up on the Spirit Master Tournament and said he would visit their academy after finishing his plans, which would take about a year.
• Shui Yue'er asked where Jiang Liang planned to take her and Shui Bing'er, but he said she would find out tomorrow.

Jiang Liang helped the Skywater Team dominate the Great Soul Arena, then returned to Dugu Bo’s residence after Dugu Yan had feared he was in danger. Dugu Yan grew jealous when she learned he had spent the day with Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er, and Jiang Liang left to explain himself to her.

• Jiang Liang coached Shui Bing'er and the other Skywater Team members through undefeated matches, earning them Bronze Soul Badges.
• Jiang Liang parted from the Skywater Team and returned to Dugu Bo’s residence, where Dugu Yan had been urging Dugu Bo to rescue him.
• Jiang Liang told Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo that Liu Erlong had confronted him with Yu Tianheng, but he had already driven them away.
• Dugu Yan became furious after Jiang Liang admitted he had spent the day at the Great Soul Arena with the Skywater Team.
• Dugu Bo demanded that Jiang Liang choose between Dugu Yan and the Skywater girls, but Jiang Liang said he wanted them all and dodged Dugu Bo’s kick.
• Jiang Liang leaped across the rooftops to go explain himself to Dugu Yan, while Dugu Bo warned him not to hurt her.

Jiang Liang talked Dugu Yan out of her jealousy by insisting he wanted to give all the women a home, then prepared to take her and the others to Dugu Bo's Herb Garden. The chapter ended with Dugu Yan seeing him bring Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er along and muttering that he was shamelessly scummy.

• Dugu Yan confronted Jiang Liang about his feelings for her, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er, but he persuaded her that he could care for all of them.
• Jiang Liang returned to his room, where Sword Mother called him a scumbag and he teased Ah Yin before cultivating through the night.
• The next morning, Jiang Liang joined Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo, and they picked up Ye Lingling on the way to the Herb Garden.
• At the western city gate, Jiang Liang stopped the carriage to bring Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er along, leaving Dugu Yan angry again.

Jiang Liang brought Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and explained how its Immortal Herbs could strengthen or evolve their Martial Souls. He identified an herb Dugu Yan had already eaten and revealed another possible path to evolving her Martial Soul, leaving Dugu Yan to weigh the cost to her poison arts.

• Jiang Liang led Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo through Sunset Forest's poisonous mist to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Shui Yue'er nearly touched an Immortal Herb, but Jiang Liang pulled her back and Dugu Bo warned the sisters that some herbs were poisonous.
• Jiang Liang used Yue Guan's Encyclopedia of Flora to identify the herbs and confirmed that Dugu Yan had safely eaten the Purple Rhyme Ghost Epiphyllum.
• Jiang Liang said Dugu Yan could consume the Earth Dragon Golden Melon to strengthen her Martial Soul, but it might ruin her poison arts.
• Jiang Liang named the Dragon Molting Immortal Mushroom as another suitable Immortal Herb for Dugu Yan.

Dugu Bo and Jiang Liang found the Dragon Molting Immortal Mushroom, and Dugu Yan began absorbing it in hopes of evolving her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul. Jiang Liang then found suitable Immortal Herbs for Ye Lingling and the Shui sisters, who thanked him before starting to absorb theirs.

• Dugu Bo had Jiang Liang and the others search the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well for the Dragon Molting Immortal Mushroom, and they found it near the Yang Spring.
• Jiang Liang confirmed the herb’s identity, and Dugu Bo plucked it while preserving its roots and stalk before giving it to Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan ate the Dragon Molting Immortal Mushroom and sat down to absorb its medicinal force as Dugu Bo watched over her.
• Jiang Liang found the Sacred Heart Begonia for Ye Lingling, the Cold Phoenix Heart-Condensing Lotus for Shui Bing'er, and the Azure Wave Jade Dew Ganoderma for Shui Yue'er.
• Shui Bing'er kissed Jiang Liang on the cheek and Shui Yue'er kissed his other cheek before both sisters sat down to absorb their Immortal Herbs.

Jiang Liang harvested the Immortal Herbs from Dugu Bo’s garden and brought Ah Yin and the Ice Empress to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. After learning that powerful dragon energy lay beneath the spring, he waited while the others absorbed the herbs, and Shui Yue’er and Shui Bing’er began undergoing dramatic Martial Soul changes.

• Jiang Liang took nearly every Immortal Herb from Dugu Bo’s garden and offered him one that replenished vitality, joking that he should have another child.
• Jiang Liang planted Ah Yin in the treasure land, where she felt its energy could speed her revival, though she still resented him for harming Tang Hao and taking her Spirit Bone.
• The Ice Empress and Sword Mother told Jiang Liang they sensed powerful energy and lingering dragon aura beneath the spring, which Jiang Liang knew concealed the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remains.
• Jiang Liang postponed investigating beneath the spring until everyone finished absorbing the herbs and teased the Ice Empress as she urged him to hurry.
• Shui Yue’er’s Lustrous Jade Dolphin transformed as her Soul Power surged from level twenty-six to level thirty, while an Ice Phoenix appeared behind Shui Bing’er and released a wave of extreme cold.