Chapter Summaries

Xu Qing used the Life Carving Knife and his Undying trait to endure the violent life force, then killed the newly ascended Titan Snow Demon and absorbed its hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring. He gained a fifth ring and reached Soul Power Level fifty-four, but discovered that its Soul Skill had changed.

• Du Busi faced the Titan Snow Demon's Heavenly Tribulation while Xu Qing tried to control the beast with Mystic Ice Marrow.
• Elder Yi warned Xu Qing that the Titan Snow Demon's Willpower made it unlikely to offer itself in sacrifice, so Xu Qing turned to his backup plan.
• Xu Qing plunged the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife into his heart and absorbed its life force, triggering his Undying trait as Elder Yi guided him.
• The Titan Snow Demon crossed the hundred-thousand-year threshold, and Xu Qing shattered its head and began absorbing its crimson Soul Ring.
• Electrolux destroyed the Titan Snow Demon's remnant soul in Xu Qing's Sea of Consciousness, allowing Xu Qing to finish absorbing the ring and reach Soul Power Level fifty-four.
• Xu Qing noticed that his new Soul Skill had changed.

Xu Qing returned to Ice Empress's home after absorbing the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and explained that he planned to give the Titan Snow Demon's Soul Bone to Xiao Meng. While he tested his new Soul Skills by making Mystic Ice Marrow, Ice Empress became flustered by her reaction to it and attacked him, leaving Xu Qing sprawled on the floor afterward.

• Ice Empress waited at home for Xu Qing and considered making a fruit slushie while searching for a card he had given her.
• Xu Qing arrived and tossed Ice Empress the Titan Snow Demon's Soul Bone, saying he would give it to Xiao Meng because it was only about eighty thousand years old in essence.
• Xu Qing tested his fifth Soul Ring's two Soul Skills, which boosted Soul Power and improved concentration and refinement when consumed with Mystic Ice Marrow.
• Ice Empress leaned close to Xu Qing as he made the marrow, then became embarrassed and furious when he crushed part of the mark controlling her power.
• Ice Empress attacked Xu Qing and accused him of putting something in the Mystic Ice Marrow, eventually leaving him sprawled on the floor while she held the marrow between her teeth.

Xu Qing teased Ice Empress by withholding the powerful Mystic Ice Marrow until she apologized, then refused to share it even after she complied. In the Undead Demi-plane, he explained the five-ring Mystic Ice Marrow’s extreme purity and the rule-type effect of its second Soul Skill, then created samples containing each Soul Skill’s effect.

• Ice Empress woke with physical amnesia, remembered Xu Qing’s role in her injuries, and refused to apologize while craving the Mystic Ice Marrow he made.
• Xu Qing paused the five-ring fusion to taunt Ice Empress, then promised to withhold Mystic Ice Marrow for another month unless she apologized.
• Ice Empress apologized and asked for the finished piece, but Xu Qing refused to give it to her and returned to his room.
• In the Undead Demi-plane, Xu Qing told Elder Yi the five-ring Mystic Ice Marrow had nearly ten times the energy density and 99.999% purity.
• Xu Qing reported that Ice Empress had eaten a piece carrying the second Soul Skill, which appeared to be a rule-type ability usable regardless of level, constitution, or form of existence.
• Xu Qing created two more pieces, each containing the effect of one of the fifth ring’s Soul Skills.

Xu Qing used Mystic Ice Marrow to double his Soul Power and discovered that consuming it sharpened his senses and accelerated his thoughts and movements. After reaching Soul Power Level fifty-five, he tried to use the immense energy from another piece of ice marrow to condense a Soul Core.

• Xu Qing created hundreds of pieces of Mystic Ice Marrow and stored them in his Sea of Consciousness.
• After eating another piece, Xu Qing entered a state in which the world seemed to slow down and he could move beyond the limits of the human eye.
• Xu Qing realized he could use his Second Martial Soul, Self, while freely calling on the first Soul Ring of the Mystic Ice Marrow.
• With Elder Yi watching over him, Xu Qing crushed a powerful piece of Mystic Ice Marrow and refined it instantly in his Sea of Consciousness.
• The ice marrow's energy left a solid blue speck in Xu Qing's Lower Dantian, and the impact raised his Soul Power Level to fifty-five.
• Xu Qing guided the remaining elemental energy and began attempting to condense a Soul Core.

Xu Qing recovered from condensing a Soul Core Prototype and fell asleep, while Ice Empress secretly regained her Ultimate Ice Soul Power. Ice Empress tried to sneak into Xu Qing's room for Mystic Ice Marrow, but he woke and caught her in the act.

• Xu Qing cooled off after leaving the Undead Demi-plane, told Elder Yi he had condensed a Soul Core Prototype, and fell asleep.
• Ice Empress recovered enough Ultimate Ice Soul Power to move freely and secretly ate a Mystic Ice Marrow Popsicle.
• Ice Empress suppressed her Soul Power and crept down the corridor toward Xu Qing's room.
• Ice Empress entered Xu Qing's room and reached for his blanket, hoping to find Mystic Ice Marrow.
• Xu Qing woke at Ice Empress's scent, slapped her hand away, and confronted her as she tried to pretend she was sleepwalking.

Meng Hongchen visited Xu Qing and mistook the Ice Empress’s guilty behavior and scent for evidence that something intimate had happened between them. After the Ice Empress fled, Meng Hongchen clung to Xu Qing, but her bold advances left her flustered and she finally sat back down; Xu Qing asked what good news she had brought.

• Meng Hongchen entered Xu Qing’s villa and found him facing a nervous Ice Empress in the living room.
• Meng Hongchen sensed the Ice Empress’s scent on Xu Qing and believed he was no longer pure, then tearfully clung to him.
• Xu Qing asked Meng Hongchen to find Xiao Bing an etiquette tutor, and the Ice Empress pretended not to understand before escaping to her room.
• Xu Qing asked Meng Hongchen what good news she had brought, but she silently pressed close and held his hand.
• Meng Hongchen realized she was afraid to take things further because Xu Qing was far stronger than her, so she reluctantly sat upright apart from him.

Meng Hongchen asked Xu Qing to help her find a fire-attribute Soul Beast for her fifth Soul Ring, since Mystic Ice Marrow had unbalanced her Martial Soul’s ice and fire attributes. In the Far North, they found an intelligent outcast Ice Clear Red Toad whose abilities matched her needs, and Xu Qing’s pressure pinned it in place.

• Meng Hongchen explained that her Vermilion Clear Ice Toad’s poison depended on balancing its ice and fire attributes, and that Mystic Ice Marrow had suppressed her fire attribute.
• Xu Qing agreed to help Meng Hongchen find a suitable Soul Beast and called Du Busi to take them to the Far North.
• Du Busi said they should seek a Vermilion Clear Ice Toad with a stronger fire attribute.
• An outcast Ice Clear Red Toad hunted and ate an Ice Silkworm in the Far North’s outer region.
• Xu Qing and Meng Hongchen found the Ice Clear Red Toad, and Xu Qing’s Soul King pressure stopped it from moving.

Xu Qing helped Meng Hongchen obtain a ten-thousand-year Ice Clear Red Toad Soul Ring and Soul Bone, then gave her a powerful Titan Snow Demon Soul Bone as a parting gift. Overwhelmed by the gift, Meng Hongchen kissed Xu Qing.

• Xu Qing restrained the Ice Clear Red Toad and told Meng Hongchen to kill it for its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Meng Hongchen killed the toad, which left behind a left-hand Soul Bone, and absorbed both it and the Soul Ring, reaching level fifty-three.
• Meng Hongchen teased Xu Qing about thanking him and waited outside his villa for the parting gift he had promised.
• Xu Qing gave Meng Hongchen a box containing a Titan Snow Demon Soul Bone, whose power seemed greater than that of seventy- or eighty-thousand-year Soul Bones.
• Meng Hongchen put the box away, grabbed Xu Qing by the collar, and kissed him.

At the Royal Soul Master Academy’s tournament trials, Ye Guyi explained to Xu Qing that she had infiltrated the school to investigate Nana, whom she suspected of being an Evil Soul Master. Xu Qing faced Nana in the first round and left her crushed against the arena barrier with a single punch.

• More than ten days after Meng Hongchen’s encounter with Xu Qing, the Royal Soul Master Academy held trials to select its Continental Soul Master Tournament participants.
• Ye Guyi told Xu Qing she had enrolled under a false identity to investigate Nana, but Xu Qing insisted Nana was not an Evil Soul Master.
• The draw matched Xu Qing against Nana, while Meng Hongchen cheered for Xu Qing and Xiao Hongchen complained that she had not cheered for him.
• Nana entered the arena expecting an easy victory, believing Xu Qing was an unskilled transfer student who had benefited from his connections.
• As the match began, Xu Qing struck Nana with a powerful fist wind that slammed her into the arena’s protective barrier.

Xu Qing easily defeated Nana in the arena while Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming discussed his strength and place on the selection team. After the matches, Ye Guyi asked Xu Qing to help her hunt down Holy Spirit Cult branches, but he refused.

• Nana used Ghost Possession, blades, and a Flying Soul Tool to defend herself, but Xu Qing knocked her unconscious with a swift attack.
• Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming praised Xu Qing's talent, noted that his Soul Power had reached level forty-eight, and discussed his possible place on the selection team.
• Xu Qing explained to Ye Guyi that Nana's ghost Martial Soul likely had once been influenced by the Holy Spirit Cult, but that its evil aura had faded.
• Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen each overwhelmed their opponents in their arena matches.
• Ye Guyi asked Xu Qing to travel with her and exterminate Holy Spirit Cult branches, and Xu Qing refused.

Xu Qing was matched against Juzi, who had hoped to avoid fighting but entered the arena after learning he was also a food-type soul master. Juzi's barrage of explosive oranges failed to harm Xu Qing, and he reached her carrying two cups of iced orange juice.

• Xu Qing warned Ye Guyi that she could not casually leave the Ordinary Alliance, but the match announcement interrupted their conversation.
• Keke woke Juzi and persuaded her to fight by telling her that Xu Qing was a food-type soul master too.
• Juzi recognized Xu Qing as the student who had defeated Ghost Nana and regretted being matched against him.
• Juzi attacked Xu Qing with orange-shaped Class 4 Soul Tool bombs, but he dodged them and froze their circuits with Ultimate Ice Soul Power.
• Juzi gave up resisting and angrily bit an orange as Xu Qing walked up to her unharmed with two cups of iced orange juice.

Xu Qing received a bye in the afternoon selection match while Xiao Hongchen prepared to face him by revealing his Ring Fusion and absorbing a powerful head soul bone. The chapter ended with Xu Qing asking the Ice Empress about the essence energy she had accumulated.

• Juzi took Xu Qing's iced orange juice and stormed off to settle things with Keke.
• Xu Qing learned he had drawn a bye, then spent time with Angel after lunch.
• Xiao Hongchen replayed Xu Qing's matches, revealed his rank-fifty-six strength and Ring Fusion, and showed the Crimson Gold Crown formed from his newly absorbed head soul bone.
• Meng Hongchen studied the head soul bones prepared for her and her brother alongside the box Xu Qing had given her.
• The Ice Empress teased Xu Qing after seeing him return with the girl next door, then landed beside him when he asked about her accumulated essence energy.

Xu Qing received a bye in the tournament while Xiao Hongchen prepared to face him by revealing his hidden strength and a precious head soul bone. The chapter ended with Xu Qing asking the Ice Empress how much ice-attribute origin power she had accumulated.

• Xu Qing learned he had received a bye and spent the day with Meng Hongchen.
• Xiao Hongchen watched Xu Qing's matches, revealed his rank-fifty-six strength and Ring Fusion, and showed off the Crimson Gold Crown formed from his twenty-three-thousand-two-hundred-year Metal Attribute Head Bone.
• Meng Hongchen examined a twenty-thousand-year Red and Blue Interwoven Head Bone alongside the box Xu Qing had given her.
• The Ice Empress teased Xu Qing about returning with a girl, then jumped down beside him when he asked about her accumulated origin power.

Xu Qing revealed that he was a Rank 55 assault-type Battle Soul King, shocking Xiao Hongchen and the crowd before their match began. Xiao summoned his Three-Legged Golden Toad and assembled 361 Class 6 Soul Tools, then injected himself with Nine Dragon Power and activated his Crimson Gold Crown, gaining unlimited Soul Power for four minutes and eleven seconds.

• Xu Qing announced his Rank 55 assault-type Battle Soul King status, stunning Xiao Hongchen and the spectators.
• Xiao revealed that he was a Rank 56 Battle Soul King and Class 6 Soul Engineer, then summoned his Three-Legged Golden Toad to resist Xu Qing's extreme cold.
• Xiao used his first and third soul skills to create a floating array of 361 cannon barrels for overwhelming suppressive fire.
• Xiao drained his Soul Power and injected himself with more than ten Nine Dragon Power injectors, ignoring every safety protocol.
• Xiao activated his Crimson Gold Crown, which granted him unlimited Soul Power for four minutes and eleven seconds at the cost of his next twelve months of cultivation.

Xiao Hongchen unleashed his remaining strength in a desperate barrage against Xu Qing, who countered with extreme cold and an ice halberd. As Xiao gathered his surviving Soul Tools into a massive sphere of energy, Xu Qing summoned a blizzard, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Xiao Hongchen merged with his Three-Legged Golden Toad and fired all 361 Soul Tools at Xu Qing.
• Xu Qing used Frost to freeze most of the Soul Tools, but one modified beam grazed him before his healing took effect.
• Xiao Hongchen used Gold Boiling and Gold Sacrifice to strengthen his weapons and intensified his assault, while Xu Qing forged an ice halberd and destroyed Gatlings as he advanced.
• Xiao Hongchen endured his failing body, then fused his remaining Gatlings into a huge golden sphere of energy.
• Xu Qing praised Xiao Hongchen's Soul Engineer skill, and Xiao launched the sphere at him.
• Xu Qing answered by summoning a devastating blizzard.

Xu Qing overcame Xiao Hongchen’s amplified Blizzard attack, but let Xiao finish his final move before catching him as he collapsed. Xiao’s East Wind shell detonated behind Xu Qing, and the crowd declared Xu Qing the champion.

• Xu Qing unleashed his Blizzard against Xiao Hongchen’s golden pillar, destroying it and striking the protective barrier.
• Xiao Hongchen remained standing and asked Xu Qing for a minute to prepare one last attack; Xu Qing agreed.
• Xiao Hongchen forged and launched a Level 6 Ultimate Series Soul Guidance Shell called East Wind.
• Xiao Hongchen’s body gave out as the Crimson Gold Crown faded, and Xu Qing caught him.
• A blinding explosion flared behind Xu Qing as the crowd shouted that Brother Xu was the champion.

Xu Qing treated Xiao Hongchen after the tournament, then received Jing Hongchen’s Class 9 Soul Tool, Red Dust Protection, as a reward. He set out by carriage with the Ice Empress and Ye Guyi, whose shaky driving left the Ice Empress carsick.

• Xu Qing stabilized Xiao Hongchen with surgery and medicine, and Jing Hongchen thanked him for being there.
• Xu Qing told Jing Hongchen he would return to his sect for seclusion and received the defensive Class 9 Soul Tool Red Dust Protection.
• Xu Qing explained that the Snow Empress had been sealed by a Class 9 Soul Tool, and the Ice Empress calmly accepted the news.
• Xu Qing carried the Ice Empress back to pack for their trip, then they departed by carriage with Ye Guyi as the coachman.
• Ye Guyi drove erratically, leaving the Ice Empress carsick until the carriage reached the end of Ye Guyi’s route.

Xu Qing and the Ice Empress traveled to the Earth Dragon Sect to find the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Cave, sneaking beneath its cold spring to reach the hidden cavern. They began harvesting Ice Extreme Divine Crystals, with the Ice Empress eager to get to the Mystic Ice Marrow next.

• Meng Hongchen returned to the empty villa and felt lonely, then remembered Xu Qing's words and felt happy.
• Xu Qing fed the carriage-sick Ice Empress Mystic Ice Marrow and told her the cave was beneath a cold spring at the Earth Dragon Sect in Dragon City.
• Xu Qing and the Ice Empress flew across the Jingyang Mountain Range and used Elder Yi's help to conceal their auras while sneaking into the sect.
• The Ice Empress bumped her head beneath the cold spring, where Nan Qiuqiu had been dropping watermelons in to chill them.
• Xu Qing entered the underground cavern and found the Ice Empress easily removing Ice Extreme Divine Crystals from the walls.
• The Ice Empress told Xu Qing to help gather the crystals and said she would give some to Meng Hongchen before collecting the Mystic Ice Marrow.

Xu Qing entered the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Cave with the Ice Empress and began using its marrow to evolve his Mystic Ice Marrow martial soul. As the first five stalks ran out, ten more appeared, and the transformation continued.

• The Ice Empress led Xu Qing into the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Cave and revealed its pure Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Marrow.
• The Ice Empress urged Xu Qing to consume all the marrow in hopes that his martial soul would evolve beyond the Ten-Thousand-Year level.
• Xu Qing began evolving his Mystic Ice Marrow martial soul while the Ice Empress kept watch.
• Xu Qing drew energy from five stalks of Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Marrow, and his martial soul began to transform.
• When the first five stalks were exhausted, ten more stalks appeared before Xu Qing.

Xu Qing completed his Mystic Ice Marrow martial soul evolution and spent twenty days using the marrow to nurture his Ultimate Ice Soul Core Prototype. He awoke with extraordinary control over ice energy and demonstrated a new ability to the Ice Empress.

• Xu Qing absorbed the energy of ten stalks of Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Marrow, completing his martial soul evolution and raising his Soul Power to level sixty.
• Xu Qing began using six more stalks of Mystic Ice Marrow to nurture his Ultimate Ice Soul Core Prototype, leaving the Ice Empress to watch over him.
• Over the next twenty days, Xu Qing absorbed all six stalks while the bored Ice Empress waited beside him.
• The Ice Empress approached Xu Qing to check on his Lower Dantian, but he woke and caught her touching him.
• Xu Qing showed the Ice Empress that he could gather the cave's ice energy into a silver-blue vortex and fuse his five Soul Rings into a flowing halo in his palm.