Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• The Snow Empress asks Qin Qi whether he would stay with her even if they separated and could no longer combine their powers. Qin Qi promises he will, and she agrees to become independent of him.
• Qin Qi uses the blood vitality he gathered in Slaughter City to reconstruct the Snow Empress’s body. He carefully transfers her immense ice-and-snow power into it.
• Bo Saixi and Zi Zhenzhu watch over the process. Bo Saixi deduces that the Snow Empress was once a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast who became Qin Qi’s Martial Soul; Zi Zhenzhu anxiously wonders whether she will be killed for learning the secret.
• After seven days, the Snow Empress’s body is restored. She awakens with eight orange-gold Soul Rings, but her new human body is more fragile than her former Soul Beast body. Her first breath freezes the surrounding area, including the Lake of Life.
• Qin Qi says he will teach her the Strength Path so she can build a divine body. Strength-Eating Immortal Gu demonstrates its own growth-oriented powers by devouring a Soul Beast.
• Qin Qi then prepares to open the Great Dao of Power, the next step in his cultivation.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Qi and the Snow Empress: Their bond is reaffirmed before the separation. Qin Qi prioritizes staying together over the advantage of combining their powers, while the Snow Empress trusts his promise. During the reconstruction, he checks on her carefully; she insists she will speak up if she feels discomfort.
• The Snow Empress: She becomes a human with Soul Beast power rather than a Soul Beast in human form. Though physically weakened, she is alive, independent, and poised to grow stronger.
• Bo Saixi and Zi Zhenzhu: Bo Saixi calmly interprets what she has witnessed and reassures Zi Zhenzhu that Qin Qi has no reason to silence them. Zi Zhenzhu remains playful, clingy, and curious.
• Strength-Eating Immortal Gu: No longer a Martial Soul, it retains its Soul Skills as personal abilities and can grow stronger by eating. It proudly displays its strength to Qin Qi.

Significant themes

• Love and loyalty: Qin Qi’s promise to remain with the Snow Empress matters more to her than preserving their shared power.
• Transformation and identity: The Snow Empress’s return to a flesh-and-blood body changes what she is without erasing her strength or their relationship.
• Growth through discipline and power: The Snow Empress’s weakness is framed as temporary, while the Strength Path and Qin Qi’s pursuit of the Great Dao of Power offer routes to greater strength.
• Trust and vulnerability: The reconstruction requires care, honesty, and confidence between Qin Qi and the Snow Empress.

Qin Qi completed his transformation into a perfected divine body and went with the Snow Empress, Zi Zhenzhu, and Bo Saixi to confront Di Tian. He nearly killed Di Tian with a casual Space Slash, leaving the beasts terrified of his new power.

• Qin Qi absorbed the Great Dao of Power until his divine body reached one hundred percent and was assimilated by that power.
• Qin Qi reassured Bo Saixi and Zi Zhenzhu that he was well, then asked the Snow Empress to open the ice over the Lake of Life.
• The Snow Empress struck the lake with Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Peerless, drawing Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts out of the water.
• Di Tian challenged the Snow Empress, and Bo Saixi revealed her Ninety-Ninth-Rank Titled Douluo power.
• Qin Qi cut through space with a hand blade, forcing Di Tian to use Dragon God Claw to stop the attack while the Emerald Swan healed his wounds.

Qin Qi overwhelmed the Ferocious Beasts at the Lake of Life, killing the Silver Dragon King and Di Tian with his strength and a heaven-splitting axe. He stood amid the falling blood, ready to consume his defeated foes.

• Xiong Jun attacked Qin Qi, but Qin Qi broke down and swallowed his claw energy before freezing the Ferocious Beasts with the Snow Empress’s help.
• Qin Qi stripped Di Tian of his Dragon God Claw, then killed Xiong Jun, the Scarlet King, the Hell Demon Dragon, and the Emerald Swan with an invisible slash.
• As Qin Qi’s attacks threatened Di Tian, the Silver Dragon King emerged from the Lake of Life and unleashed her Elemental Tide.
• Qin Qi split the Elemental Tide and beheaded the Silver Dragon King with his heaven-splitting axe.
• Di Tian mourned the Silver Dragon King, but Qin Qi’s slash killed him as well, and Qin Qi prepared to eat the defeated Soul Beasts.

Qin Qi absorbed the power of the defeated ferocious beasts, raised the Snow Empress to her limit below godhood, and killed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to strengthen his spiritual power. He and the others stayed in the Star Dou Great Forest to roast bear paws.

• Qin Qi converted the ferocious beasts’ power into Strength Path energy, helping the Snow Empress reach nine-hundred-ninety-thousand years while his own energy rose to the equivalent of level ninety-seven.
• Qin Qi revealed that his strength could tear space and kill a ninety-ninth-level Titled Douluo instantly, then found the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm underground.
• The Snow Empress refused to protect the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Qin Qi crushed him after he claimed to love her and the Ice Empress.
• Qin Qi plundered the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s power, raising his spiritual power to the divine level before converting it into more power.
• The Snow Empress cut the bear paws from Xiong Jun’s corpse, and Qin Qi roasted them over a campfire.

Qin Qi and the Snow Empress shared a honey-roasted feast with their companions and Martial Souls in the Star Dou Great Forest. As they enjoyed their picnic, Qin Qi explained that he planned to use Spirit Hall’s coming attack to unite allies and prepare for the threat of the Divine Realm.

• Qin Qi returned with wild honey, roasted the Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear paws, and shared the meal flirtatiously with the Snow Empress while Bo Saixi and Zi Zhenzhu watched jealously.
• The Strength-Eating Immortal Gu ate the bear’s remaining meat and grew larger, while Little Monkey roasted dragon meat from Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King.
• Little Snow Lotus complained that she had nothing to eat, so Qin Qi put the Emerald Swan in a pot for her and told her to count to thirty thousand; the Strength-Eating Immortal Gu offered to tell her when the food was ready.
• The Snow Empress asked whether they would return to the Heaven Dou Empire, and Qin Qi said he would wait for Spirit Hall’s attack at the end of the year to create a crisis that could unite allies against the Divine Realm.

Qin Qi explained that he planned to establish a Strength Path School to cultivate strength path origin and increase his own power. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall launched its Soul Hunting Operation against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, only to find the clan’s peaks deserted and Yu Yuanzhen waiting with the bound Yu Luomian.

• Qin Qi rejected Bo Saixi’s suggestion to solve political instability by killing his enemies and said he wanted to found a school dedicated to cultivating the body without martial souls or soul rings.
• Qin Qi explained to Bo Saixi and Zi Zhenzhu that his disciples’ cultivation would increase the world’s strength path origin, which he could claim to strengthen himself.
• At year’s end, Snake Lance Douluo led three Titled Douluos and three thousand Spirit Hall soul masters to attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan with help from the traitor Yu Luomian.
• Snake Lance Douluo’s forces searched several empty peaks and assumed the clan had gathered at True Dragon Mountain.
• At the summit of True Dragon Mountain, Snake Lance Douluo’s forces found Yu Yuanzhen waiting in the training ground with the bound Yu Luomian kneeling before him.

Yu Yuanzhen and Dugu Bo defeated Spirit Hall’s assault on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then hurried to help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, which was also under attack. Ning Fengzhi’s allies were prepared to defend the sect, and Sword Douluo charged into battle with support from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and Nine Heart Begonia.

• Yu Yuanzhen killed Yu Luomian for betraying the clan and attacked the Spirit Hall forces.
• Dugu Bo’s poison incapacitated three thousand Spirit Hall Soul Masters and weakened the four Titled Douluo leading them.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Dugu Bo killed all four Titled Douluo and wiped out the Spirit Hall army at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Yuanzhen flew toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi and his allies prepared to face another Spirit Hall attack.
• Sword Douluo charged the attackers under the buffs and healing of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and Nine Heart Begonia, while Bone Douluo provided defensive support.

After Spirit Hall’s attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect failed, Ning Fengzhi planned to unite the threatened factions against Spirit Hall. A month later, Qin Qi’s letter revealed that he had gone to attack Spirit Hall alone, and Yu Yuanzhen set out to join him despite Ning Fengzhi’s protests.

• Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and their allies defeated Spirit Hall’s forces, killing its four Titled Douluos and all two thousand Soul Masters.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed uniting the threatened factions and the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires to oppose Spirit Hall.
• After waiting a month for Qin Qi, the allied leaders received his letter saying he and his companions had gone to Spirit Hall and that the others should take control after he broke through.
• Yu Yuanzhen announced that he was going to Spirit City and entrusted his clan’s disciples to Ning Fengzhi if he failed to return.
• Yu Yuanzhen insisted that he had to stake his life on the final battle, while Ning Fengzhi argued that they should advance carefully instead.

Ning Fengzhi realized Qin Qi had gone alone to Spirit City to confront Spirit Hall’s greatest threat, while the others prepared for a fight or stayed behind to support the wider campaign. Unaware that allies were coming to his aid, Qin Qi arrived at Spirit City’s gates and announced that he planned to attack the Worship Hall.

• Sword Douluo, Dugu Bo, Bone Douluo, and Yu Yuanzhen decided to go to Spirit City, prepared to die alongside Qin Qi.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded Qin Qi intended to deal with Qian Daoliu before the main battle and keep an escape route open if he failed.
• Several people offered to join the journey, but Ning Fengzhi ordered them to stay and support the campaign, planning to seize Spirit City if Qin Qi won or lead the survivors overseas if he lost.
• Qin Qi rode a ten-thousand-year Winged White Tiger to Spirit City while humming, unaware that Yu Yuanzhen and the others were heading to support him.
• When a gate guard demanded identification, Qin Qi calmly said he had come to launch a surprise attack on the Worship Hall, and the guard began recognizing him.

Qin Qi and his companions stormed Spirit City and fought the Spirit Hall leaders, with Qin Qi’s Taotie and immense palm overwhelming their opponents. He reached the Pope’s Palace and found Bibi Dong straddling Qian Renxue, then offered to wait outside.

• Qin Qi entered Spirit City with Snow Empress, Bo Saixi, and the others, while a frightened guard stayed kneeling at the gate.
• Qian Daoliu attacked Qin Qi, but Qin Qi summoned Taotie, which devoured Angel’s Sigh and Qian Daoliu’s attacks.
• Snow Empress and Bo Saixi fought Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo worships and elders, while Taotie overwhelmed Qian Daoliu.
• Qin Qi summoned an enormous palm that crushed Golden Crocodile Douluo, the other Spirit Hall fighters, and Qian Daoliu into blood mist.
• Qin Qi entered the Pope’s Palace and found Bibi Dong straddling Qian Renxue, then said he would wait outside.

Qin Qi killed Qian Daoliu, spared Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, and left Spirit Hall under Bibi Dong’s control before heading for the Star Luo Empire. Bo Saixi warned that Qian Renxue might become the Angel God, but Qin Qi dismissed the threat.

• Qian Renxue vowed to avenge Qian Daoliu, but Bibi Dong subdued her and put her into a deep sleep to keep her from attacking Qin Qi.
• Qin Qi took the pope’s throne and told Bibi Dong he wanted control of Spirit Hall but did not currently intend to kill her.
• Bibi Dong offered to help Qin Qi take over Spirit Hall and use Qian Renxue’s name to deal with Qian Clan loyalists, and Qin Qi agreed while warning her not to fail.
• Qin Qi left Spirit City with Snow Empress and Bo Saixi to visit the Star Luo Empire, leaving Bibi Dong to settle Spirit Hall’s affairs.
• Bo Saixi warned Qin Qi that Qian Renxue might be the Angel God’s successor, but Qin Qi claimed he could defeat her even if she became a god.

Yu Yuanzhen and his companions arrived at Spirit City and struggled to believe the gate guard’s conflicting accounts of Qin Qi’s victory. After the guard tricked them into rushing to the Pope’s Palace, they found Bibi Dong speaking with Qian Renxue and demanded to know where Qin Qi was.

• Yu Yuanzhen grabbed a gate guard, who claimed Qin Qi had already defeated Spirit Hall and left the city, but Dugu Bo and the others refused to believe him.
• Bone Douluo stopped Dugu Bo from poisoning the guard, who then invented a story that Qin Qi was fighting alone in the Pope’s Palace and needed help.
• Yu Yuanzhen and his companions believed the guard’s lie and hurried to the Pope’s Palace, while the guard decided to resign and return to his village.
• Bibi Dong urged Qian Renxue to endure her hatred and grow stronger before seeking revenge for Qian Daoliu.
• Yu Yuanzhen and his companions surrounded Bibi Dong and demanded that she reveal where Qin Qi was.

Bibi Dong told Yu Yuanzhen, Dugu Bo, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo that Qin Qi had defeated Spirit Hall and left for the Star Luo Empire, but they disbelieved her and attacked. Qin Qi killed the Star Luo Emperor and empress, then crushed the resistance in the palace and forced the remaining forces to surrender as he began taking control of the empire.

• Bibi Dong said Qin Qi had left for the Star Luo Empire after defeating Spirit Hall, but Dugu Bo and the others accused her of lying and attacked.
• Qin Qi entered the Star Luo imperial palace and killed the Star Luo Emperor and empress after they used Hell White Tiger against him.
• Qin Qi ordered the Snow Empress to summon Heaven Dou's leaders and the First Worship to ask Bibi Dong for troops to help seize the Star Luo Empire.
• Qin Qi slaughtered the first group of Soul Masters who came to kill him, then frightened the leader of a larger force to death with a glance.
• Qin Qi rose from the throne and formed a Ferocious Beast from the hall's bloody aura, breaking the gathered forces' will and making them surrender.