Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yue and Ice Empress agreed to wait for an opportunity in four years to rescue the Snow Empress, while Di Qiu'er absorbed two Immortal Herbs and became a Soul King. After Ice Empress carried Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er to the Star Dou Forest, a dragon claw pulled them through a spatial rift and left Ice Empress behind.

• Jiang Yue warned Ice Empress that rushing to Mingdu to rescue the Snow Empress would be too dangerous, and proposed waiting for a raid on Mingde Hall in about four years.
• Ice Empress agreed to wait and promised to guard Jiang Yue until they could attempt the rescue; Jiang Yue resolved to let her see the Snow Empress's condition for herself.
• Di Qiu'er finished absorbing the Immortal Herbs, reached the Soul King realm, and mistook Jiang Yue's four black soul rings for an illusion.
• Ice Empress took the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, then flew Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er to the Star Dou Forest; Di Qiu'er used her aura to summon someone to meet them.
• A spatial rift opened and a dragon claw seized Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er, leaving Ice Empress behind.

Di Tian stopped Jiang Yue from losing himself while staring into a spatial rift, then agreed to search for a Time-Attribute Soul Beast after Di Qiu'er demanded one. Jiang Yue meditated at the Lake of Life while Di Tian let the Ice Empress enter the Core Area to undergo her tribulation, warning her to stay away from the lake.

• Di Tian struck Jiang Yue awake when the rift's Spatial Power captivated him, and Living Gold eased his pain.
• Di Qiu'er scolded Di Tian for hurting Jiang Yue and asked him to find a Time-Attribute Soul Beast; Di Tian agreed and left to consult the Ten Thousand Demon King.
• Jiang Yue asked Di Qiu'er about the Demon Spirit, then discussed his plans and asked her to protect her Eye of Destiny from anyone seeking to exchange memories.
• Jiang Yue meditated beside the Lake of Life while Di Qiu'er stayed with him.
• The Ten Thousand Demon King stopped the Ice Empress from approaching the Lake of Life until Di Tian ordered him to let her pass and permitted her to undergo her tribulation in the Core Area.

The Ice Empress consumed the octagonal mysterious ice grass and began her four-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation, while Bi Ji went to watch over her. Di Tian offered Jiang Yue swordsmanship guidance, and Jiang Yue surprised him by cutting off a lock of his hair.

• The Ice Empress ate the octagonal mysterious ice grass and advanced toward a four-hundred-thousand-year cultivation, triggering a powerful heavenly tribulation.
• Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er watched the tribulation until Bi Ji arrived and left to check on the Ice Empress.
• Di Tian offered to guide Jiang Yue, then challenged him to attack with everything he had.
• Jiang Yue used the Passionate Sword, his Qing Swords, and a Blood Bat Wing clone to pressure Di Tian, briefly distracting him with memories of the Dragon Clan.
• Jiang Yue linked the Passionate Sword and Unfeeling Sword, dodged Di Tian's Black Dragon Sword, and cut off a lock of Di Tian's hair.

Jiang Yue impressed Di Tian by cutting off a lock of his hair, then entered deep meditation after witnessing Di Tian split the sky with a sword strike that also destroyed the Ice Empress’s final tribulation lightning. While Jiang Yue remained absorbed in the strike’s sword intent, Di Tian learned that Di Qiu’er had become a Soul King and decided the Scarlet King would accompany her when she left again.

• Jiang Yue cut off a lock of Di Tian’s hair, and Di Tian recognized that Jiang Yue’s Martial Soul had an unusual ability.
• Di Tian praised Jiang Yue’s talent, discussed his Twin Martial Souls’ fusion skill, and demonstrated a sword strike that split the sky and cleaved apart the Ice Empress’s tribulation clouds.
• Jiang Yue entered deep meditation as the Passionate Sword and Unfeeling Sword appeared beside him, while Di Tian told Di Qiu’er to describe her time in the human world.
• Di Qiu’er revealed that she had advanced from Soul Ancestor to Soul King in two months and refused to disclose the secret place she had found with Jiang Yue.
• Di Tian ordered Di Qiu’er to take the Scarlet King with her for protection, then asked why she had trusted Jiang Yue with the truth about her identity.
• Di Qiu’er insisted she had never told Jiang Yue she was a Soul Beast, but said he seemed to know from the start.

Jiang Yue woke from Deep Meditation having comprehended the Passionate and Unfeeling Sword Intents, then absorbed a rare two-hundred-year Time-Attribute Soul Beast as his Fifth Soul Ring. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm raised the ring’s age to a hundred thousand years, leaving Di Qiu'er astonished by the transformation.

• Di Qiu'er told Di Tian that Jiang Yue had identified her as a Soul Beast after seeing the Golden Dragon Spear, and Di Tian warned her not to question him or tell anyone.
• Di Tian returned with a badly injured, two-hundred-year Time-Attribute bird whose bloodline carried a trace of Phoenix blood, while Di Qiu'er and Bi Ji discussed keeping the Ice Empress with the Auspicious Beast.
• Jiang Yue woke from Deep Meditation, his Passionate and Unfeeling Swords returning to his body, and told Di Tian that he believed he could control both opposing Sword Intents.
• Jiang Yue chose the bird despite its low age, killed it, and absorbed its Hundred-Year Soul Ring, breaking through to Level 51.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm poured its Spiritual Origin into Jiang Yue’s new ring, turning it from yellow to purple and then deep black as Di Qiu'er realized he had concealed the possibility from her.

After Jiang Yue absorbed his fifth Soul Ring, he explained its apparent color change to Di Qiu'er and shared a meal with her and the soul beasts. Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er then tested their new Soul King abilities in a sparring match, which ended with Di Qiu'er pinning him down and claiming victory.

• Tian Meng estimated that Jiang Yue's body could withstand a Soul Ring of about fifty thousand years, and Jiang Yue confirmed his fifth ring had formed safely.
• Di Qiu'er confronted Jiang Yue about his Soul Ring changing color, and he demonstrated Mental Simulation to explain the illusion.
• Jiang Yue cooked a meal with Di Qiu'er, while Di Tian and Bi Ji discussed the risks of her time in the human world.
• Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er agreed to fight and clashed with their martial souls and Soul Skills.
• Jiang Yue slowed Di Qiu'er's golden dragon attacks and harried her with Flying Swords, but she grabbed his sword and charged him after his new Soul Skill left him disoriented.
• Di Qiu'er struck Jiang Yue and pinned him down, then declared that she had won the round.

Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er left the Star Dou Forest with the Ice Empress and Scarlet King to travel toward the Sun Moon Empire, while Shrek Academy dealt with its tournament loss and internal changes. The group reached Maple Leaf City, where Di Qiu'er eagerly anticipated seeing more human technology.

• Jiang Yue explained that his fifth Soul Skill, Withering and Flourishing of Time, let him manipulate time at the cost of Soul Power and mental energy, and Di Qiu'er offered to spar with him for practice.
• The Ice Empress gave Jiang Yue a leg Soul Bone from the dead Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and Di Tian assigned the Scarlet King to accompany the group alongside the Ice Empress.
• Mu En dismissed the elders' anger over Jing Hongchen's rejection of Shrek Academy's exchange proposal, blamed the tournament loss on carelessness, and ordered changes to the Reserve Team.
• Zhang Lexuan reported that Zhu Lu would leave with Dai Yaoheng, Dai Huabin's injuries had harmed his prospects, and Jiang Nannan and He Caitou would join the Reserve Team; Mu En also approved Tang Ya's withdrawal request and said Bei Bei should be told.
• Jiang Yue, Di Qiu'er, the Ice Empress, and the Scarlet King reached Maple Leaf City, where Di Qiu'er questioned humans' use of Soul Tools before eagerly setting off toward the Sun Moon Empire.

Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er reached Mingdu to learn about soul tools and plan how to rescue the Snow Empress from Mingde Hall, while the Ice Empress sensed a threat inside the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. At Shrek Academy, Wang Dong struggled with an unexplained urge to approach Huo Yuhao and worried that an Evil Soul Master had targeted her.

• Jiang Yue, Di Qiu'er, the Ice Empress, and the Scarlet King crossed into the Sun Moon Empire and traveled to Mingdu.
• Jiang Yue explained the Sun Moon Empire’s widespread soul tool use and its policy of awakening martial souls and supplying cultivation medicine to low-ranked soul masters.
• Di Qiu'er and Jiang Yue checked into a hotel near the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where the Ice Empress sensed something that could threaten her life.
• Jiang Yue revealed that the Snow Empress was sealed inside Mingde Hall and said he and Di Qiu'er might enter the Academy to investigate and prepare a rescue.
• Wang Dong avoided Huo Yuhao because she felt an inexplicable urge to draw near him, then resolved to ask Big Daddy and Second Daddy to examine her during the holiday.

Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er enrolled at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and impressed its staff with their exceptional physical abilities. After defeating ten senior students together in an upgrade assessment, they became fifth-year students, and Lin Jiayi offered to introduce them to other academy geniuses.

• Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er passed the academy's entrance screening and recorded extraordinary results in the physical tests.
• Lin Jiayi recognized their abilities and recommended they take the Practical Soul Guidance Department's upgrade assessment to enter a higher year.
• Di Qiu'er challenged ten senior students at once, and Jiang Yue agreed to fight beside her.
• Jiang Yue used Mental Detection and the Anger Sword to support Di Qiu'er, who overwhelmed the students with her Golden Dragon abilities.
• Lin Jiayi learned Jiang Yue was a Mental Attribute Soul Master and considered his potential relevance to Project One.
• Lin Jiayi declared Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er fifth-year students and offered to show them around the academy.

Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er enrolled at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, settled into their dormitories, and prepared to wait for the Body Sect to target the Snow Empress Embryo. That evening, Jiang Yue spotted a disheveled young Level 5 Soul Engineer in the cafeteria.

• Lin Jiayi welcomed Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er to the Practical Soul Guidance Department and explained the academy's Soul Tools, tournament prospects, and Mingde Hall.
• Lin Jiayi showed the pair the teaching buildings and Soul Tool Testing Area, then gave them their uniforms, student IDs, and dormitory keys.
• Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er inspected their dormitory arrangements, and Jiang Yue told the Ice Empress and Scarlet King to stay hidden while he waited for the Body Sect's theft attempt.
• Jiang Yue settled into his room, studied the academy map, and rested before heading to the cafeteria that evening.
• Jiang Yue sensed a tangle of emotions and noticed a disheveled white-haired boy wearing a Level 5 Soul Engineer badge.

Jiang Yue discovered that Meng Hongchen had been crippled after absorbing an Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone, while Jing Hongchen desperately searched for a way to save her. The chapter ended with Jiang Yue trying to confirm the soul bone’s identity through the Ice Empress, who did not respond.

• Di Qiu'er joined Jiang Yue as he watched the disheveled Xiao Hongchen, whom Jiang Yue recognized as the Hongchen Family heir.
• Lin Jiayi reported to Jing Hongchen, who blamed himself for Meng Hongchen’s injury and continued designing a way to save her arm.
• Jiang Yue met Meng Hongchen, encouraged her, and noticed that she had no soul power fluctuations and that her injured arm radiated ultimate ice.
• Jiang Yue concluded that Meng Hongchen had absorbed the seventy-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone and asked the Ice Empress to confirm it.
• The Ice Empress failed to answer, leaving Jiang Yue with an ominous premonition.

Jiang Yue stopped the Ice Empress from killing Meng Hongchen after she discovered Meng carried an Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone, and the Ice Empress agreed to investigate its source instead. Jiang Yue brought the hypothermic Meng to the Infirmary, where Jing Hongchen arrived and questioned him.

• The Ice Empress restrained Meng Hongchen and demanded to know where she had obtained the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone.
• Meng told the Ice Empress that the soul bone came from the Starlight Auction House, then lost consciousness as Jiang Yue arrived.
• Jiang Yue confronted the Ice Empress, warned that harming Meng could endanger the Snow Empress and provoke the Hongchen family, and secured the Ice Empress's promise to follow his lead.
• Jiang Yue caught Meng as the Ice Empress vanished and carried her to the academy Infirmary.
• Jing Hongchen arrived, confirmed that Meng's hypothermia was treatable, and asked Jiang Yue what had happened; Jiang Yue gave him a deliberately vague account.

Jing Hongchen investigated Jiang Yue after he brought Meng Hongchen to the Infirmary, while Meng recovered and learned more about her arm’s condition. At the Academy, Jiang Yue met Meng again and accepted an invitation to meet her grandfather, while Di Qiu’er noticed them together.

• Jing Hongchen ordered an investigation into Jiang Yue because the circumstances of Meng Hongchen’s attack seemed suspicious.
• Meng Hongchen woke up, told Jing Hongchen about the attacker who sought her Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, and learned that Jiang Yue had brought her to the Infirmary.
• Jing Hongchen told Meng that Xiao Hongchen was training obsessively to grow stronger and help her, while noticing a slight change in her damaged arm.
• In practical class, Jiang Yue chose a defensive soul tool, while Di Qiu’er used a propulsion soul tool to overpower her opponents.
• Meng Hongchen asked Jiang Yue about the previous night and invited him to meet Jing Hongchen, and Jiang Yue agreed.
• Di Qiu’er spotted Jiang Yue sitting with Meng Hongchen, and her smile froze.

Jiang Yue met Meng Hongchen and arranged to challenge Ji Juechen, then questioned Tian Meng about whether his bond with Jiang Yue or his love for the Ice Empress mattered more. Tian Meng vowed to protect their god-making plan even if that meant killing the Ice Empress.

• Di Qiu'er mistook Meng Hongchen for the person Jiang Yue had come to find, but Jiang Yue explained that he wanted to meet Ji Juechen and spar with him.
• Meng Hongchen offered to arrange a fight with Ji Juechen, and Di Qiu'er agreed to challenge him as well.
• Di Qiu'er and Jiang Yue discussed Meng Hongchen's loss of soul power after a soul bone absorption went wrong.
• Jiang Yue entered his Sea of Spirit and woke the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm with an illusion, then asked Tian Meng to explain his priorities.
• Tian Meng said his fate was bound to Jiang Yue's and promised to kill the Ice Empress if she threatened Jiang Yue or their god-making plan.

Jiang Yue decided he could not trust the Ice Empress and began planning to kill her if necessary, while using her to hunt Evil Eyes. Later, he fought Ji Juechen at the Soul Tool Testing Ground, where his sword intent affected Meng Hongchen and left her flustered.

• Jiang Yue told Tian Meng that the Snow Empress could not survive and asked whether he could kill the Ice Empress secretly; Tian Meng said he could kill her but not safely in Mingdu.
• Jiang Yue resolved to prepare for conflict with the Ice Empress and considered making her take the blame for hunting Evil Eyes.
• Meng Hongchen brought Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er to meet Ji Juechen, who eagerly accepted Jiang Yue's challenge.
• Ji Juechen and Jiang Yue fought with their swords, but Jiang Yue's passionate sword intent overwhelmed Ji Juechen's sharp aura.
• Jiang Yue's sword intent affected Meng Hongchen, and Di Qiu'er helped her resist it; Meng Hongchen blushed and asked what the strange power was.

Jiang Yue defeated Ji Juechen with his sword intent and twin swords, helping Ji Juechen approach the point of forming his own intent. As Ji Juechen prepared to challenge Di Qiu'er, Jiang Yue thanked Meng Hongchen for arranging the duel, and her spirits lifted as she watched him.

• Jiang Yue used his sword intent to disrupt Ji Juechen’s attacks, but Ji Juechen adapted his swordplay and found an opening.
• Jiang Yue revealed the Thought Sword and used Seven Emotions of Thought to overwhelm Ji Juechen with twin-sword techniques and memories from his past.
• Jiang Yue trapped Ji Juechen in his sword intent, and Ji Juechen conceded while recognizing that the duel had brought him closer to forming his own intent.
• Ji Juechen said he expected to condense sword intent within half a year and asked to challenge Di Qiu'er after regulating his breathing.
• Meng Hongchen sank into despair over her inability to use soul power, then drew comfort from thoughts of her family and Jiang Yue’s sincere thanks.

Di Qiu'er defeated Ji Juechen in the Soul Tool Testing Ground, then wrestled with Jiang Yue and bit his neck without understanding the human meaning of the gesture. After Meng Hongchen explained it, Di Qiu'er fled with her, while the hidden Scarlet King decided not to report the incident to Di Tian.

• Di Qiu'er overwhelmed Ji Juechen with her golden dragon strength, damaged his Meteorite Iron Sword, and won their battle.
• Jiang Yue caught Di Qiu'er's punches, but she turned their roughhousing around and bit his neck before he surrendered.
• Meng Hongchen pulled Di Qiu'er away and explained the human meaning of her bite, leaving Di Qiu'er flustered and eager to leave with her.
• Tian Meng teased Jiang Yue about Di Qiu'er and urged him to win over the Star Dou Forest's Auspicious Beast.
• The hidden Scarlet King debated whether to report Di Qiu'er's behavior to Di Tian, then chose to follow her without saying anything.

Jiang Yue visited the Hongchen Family estate with Di Qiu'er and Meng Hongchen to meet Jing Hongchen and seek the Snow Empress Embryo. Meanwhile, Tang Ya avenged her family by killing Tie Li but was abducted by a Holy Spirit Cult elder, prompting Bei Bei to rush to Heaven Dou City.

• Meng Hongchen explained to Di Qiu'er that her intimate behavior with Jiang Yue was only appropriate between very close people, and Di Qiu'er promised not to repeat it.
• Jiang Yue noticed Ghost Nana at the Soul Tool Testing Area and reflected on how the Holy Spirit Cult had gained power in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Tang Ya slaughtered the Iron Blood Sect, killed Tie Li, and rapidly increased her soul power by devouring the victims' blood essence.
• A Holy Spirit Cult elder knocked Tang Ya unconscious and carried her away, while Bei Bei sensed that something had happened to her and decided to go to Heaven Dou City.
• Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er arrived at the Hongchen Family estate, where Meng Hongchen prepared them to meet Jing Hongchen.

Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er visited the Hongchen Residence, where Jing Hongchen assessed their talents and considered Jiang Yue for a secret soul-tool project. After Meng Hongchen revealed that Jiang Yue had defeated Ji Juechen, Xiao Hongchen challenged him to a fight, and Jiang Yue said Xiao would have to beat Di Qiu'er first.

• Meng Hongchen showed Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er around the Hongchen Residence and introduced them to Xiao Hongchen.
• Xiao Hongchen greeted the visitors warily, while Jing Hongchen welcomed them and praised their potential for the next tournament.
• Jing Hongchen offered to teach Jiang Yue about soul tools, then privately checked his detection equipment and concluded the expert who attacked Meng was probably unrelated to Jiang Yue.
• Meng Hongchen teased Xiao Hongchen by revealing that Jiang Yue had defeated Ji Juechen without using a soul skill.
• Xiao Hongchen asked to fight Jiang Yue, and Jiang Yue agreed on the condition that Xiao first defeat Di Qiu'er.

Xiao Hongchen became eager to fight Di Qiu'er and Jiang Yue after hearing they had defeated Ji Juechen, while Jiang Yue demonstrated his powerful Mental Detection. After Meng Hongchen took them around Mingdu, the trio stopped to rest and were caught in a sudden golden light.

• Xiao Hongchen challenged Di Qiu'er to a future fight and asked Jiang Yue to join his group on the Main Team.
• Jiang Yue shared his two-kilometer Mental Detection with Xiao Hongchen, impressing him, but declined to study Soul Tools.
• Meng Hongchen, Jiang Yue, and Di Qiu'er returned to the academy, where they spotted Nana sneaking away in a black robe.
• Meng Hongchen led Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er around Mingdu, and the trio quickly left a district filled with scantily dressed men and women.
• After resting beside a flower bed, Jiang Yue and Di Qiu'er sensed something was wrong, and a dazzling golden light appeared.