Chapter Summaries

Yang Xing offered the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi the choice to become Qian Renxue’s Soul Spirit, explaining that the pact would preserve its mind and let it grow alongside her. Just as the Chi began to consider its options, the Snow Empress and Ice Empress arrived at the icy lake.

• Qian Renxue revealed what she had learned about the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, and Yang Xing slapped the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi when it threatened them.
• Yang Xing offered the Chi a choice between becoming Qian Renxue’s Soul Spirit and being killed for its Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• The Chi refused, believing Yang Xing intended to force it to sacrifice itself, so Yang Xing sent knowledge of Soul Spirits into its mind and explained the pact.
• Yang Xing also taught Qian Renxue about Soul Spirits, and the Chi fell silent as it weighed the offer.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress descended upon the icy lake, and the Chi called out their names.

Yang Xing faced the Snow Empress and Ice Empress after they arrived to confront him over hunting the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi. He released the spatial rifts restraining the beast, leaving the two empresses to respond.

• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress assessed Yang Xing and Qian Renxue, then the Ice Empress tested them with her overwhelming pressure and demanded to know why they had entered the Far North.
• Yang Xing ignored the Ice Empress’s questions and addressed the Snow Empress, who urged him to release the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi and warned that his hunt threatened the peace between humans and the Far North.
• Yang Xing said he was discussing matters with the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi and wanted her soul ring for Qian Renxue, not himself.
• After the Ice Empress demanded that he withdraw his soul skill, Yang Xing snapped his fingers and removed the spatial rifts restraining the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi.

Yang Xing released the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi and explained that he wanted her to become Qian Renxue’s soul spirit, but the Snow Empress and Ice Empress dismissed the idea as a lie. He showed them memories proving that soul spirits were real, leaving them with a complete explanation of the method.

• Yang Xing released the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi and told the Snow Empress and Ice Empress that he intended the soul spirit for Qian Renxue.
• The Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi recounted her encounter with Yang Xing and explained his proposal to become Qian Renxue’s soul spirit.
• The Ice Empress accused Yang Xing of deceiving the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi, while the Snow Empress questioned why he wanted to kill her.
• Yang Xing appeared before the Snow Empress and Ice Empress and touched each of their foreheads, sending memories into their minds.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress saw examples of soul spirits preserving their intelligence and learned how soul spirits formed and grew alongside soul masters.

Yang Xing explained that he had created soul spirits from an earlier idea and confirmed that any soul beast could become one. When the Snow Empress and Ice Empress opposed his refusal to give up on the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi, Yang Xing confronted them and began releasing Red-Gold Soul Rings.

• Yang Xing explained how he developed soul spirits, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress recognized their potential for humans and dying soul beasts.
• The Ice Empress asked whether every soul beast could become a soul spirit, and Yang Xing confirmed that even she and the Snow Empress could.
• The Ice Empress attacked Yang Xing after he teased her, but he deflected the icicles and answered her question seriously.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress urged the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi to choose freely, while Yang Xing declared he would not give up if she refused.
• The two sovereigns unleashed their oppressive auras against Yang Xing, and he began summoning a series of Red-Gold Soul Rings that pushed their pressure back.

Yang Xing revealed nine red-gold soul rings, startling the Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Qian Renxue. After the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi chose to become a soul spirit, the Ice Empress demanded a duel, and Yang Xing rose to meet her attack.

• Yang Xing summoned nine red-gold soul rings, overwhelming the Ice Empress and Snow Empress with their power.
• The Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi explained why she chose to become a soul spirit, and the Snow Empress silently accepted her decision.
• The Ice Empress agreed not to obstruct the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi but challenged Yang Xing to prove himself in battle.
• Yang Xing reassured Qian Renxue and flew into the sky, followed by the Snow Empress, Qian Renxue, and the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi.
• The Ice Empress attacked Yang Xing with a blizzard tornado and charged him in her true form, trapping him in her pincers before striking his back with her stinger.

Yang Xing shattered the Ice Empress’s ultimate ice attack and retaliated with a devastating barrage of elemental powers. The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion was left under relentless bombardment as Qian Renxue and the Snow Empress watched.

• The Ice Empress’s attack rebounded against Yang Xing, and his kick sent her flying, shattering much of her ice armor.
• Qian Renxue crossed the blizzard unharmed and reached the battlefield, where she saw the Ice Empress’s injuries.
• The Ice Empress trapped Yang Xing in a frozen tornado and unleashed her ultimate attack, Ice Emperor’s Wrath.
• Yang Xing said “Shatter,” destroying the ice spikes and frozen pillar, then began a fiery assault against the Ice Empress.
• Yang Xing followed with successive attacks using wind, lightning, water, earth, and other elements, while Qian Renxue watched in amazement.

Yang Xing defeated the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, then used a healing Soul Skill to restore her injuries. The Ice Empress awoke beside the Snow Empress, while Qian Renxue and the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi watched in astonishment.

• Yang Xing's bombardment left the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion gravely injured, and she collapsed after making one last charge at him.
• The Snow Empress caught the falling Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and tried to stabilize her with Soul Power.
• Yang Xing transported Qian Renxue and the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi to the frozen lake, where the Snow Empress said she would take Bing'er away.
• Yang Xing offered to heal the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and used a Soul Skill that rapidly repaired her shattered armor and broken limbs.
• The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion awoke, saw the Snow Empress, and unconsciously transformed into human form without creating clothing.

Yang Xing began converting the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi into a soul spirit for Qian Renxue, with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress observing. The Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi’s soul entered Qian Renxue, but its forming sixth soul ring appeared white, leaving the result uncertain.

• The Ice Empress recovered after Yang Xing healed her and reluctantly offered to help him once in the Far North.
• Yang Xing proposed beginning the soul spirit fusion for Qian Renxue and the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress agreed to watch.
• Yang Xing placed his hands on Qian Renxue and the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi and began the conversion within a sphere of red and blue light.
• Yang Xing drew a miniature soul phantom from the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi and guided it into Qian Renxue.
• A sixth soul ring began forming above Qian Renxue’s five rings, but it appeared white, making the Snow Empress and Ice Empress doubt whether the fusion had succeeded.

Qian Renxue completed the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi's soul spirit transformation and gained a Ninety Thousand Year Soul Ring, raising her soul power to level sixty-seven. Yang Xing gave the Ice Empress and Snow Empress enchanted talismans for contacting the Chi, then left with Qian Renxue, leaving the Snow Empress with an unexpected message.

• Qian Renxue absorbed the Ninety Thousand Year soul ring, and her soul power rose to level sixty-seven.
• The Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi emerged from Qian Renxue's sixth soul ring and asked the Ice Empress and Snow Empress to forgive its departure to the human world.
• Yang Xing introduced himself as the Evolution God and linked a communication talisman to the Ice Empress's necklace pendant.
• The Snow Empress asked Yang Xing to put a communication talisman on her earring, and he granted her request.
• Yang Xing left with Qian Renxue after suggesting the Empresses could contact him if they wanted to become his soul spirits.
• The Snow Empress activated her earring and received Yang Xing's message: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Snow Empress!"

Yang Xing questioned Qian Renxue about her eight-winged Martial Soul Evolution and suspected the Angel God had acknowledged her as a successor, but kept his suspicion to himself. He visited Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Ning Rongrong pressed him to explain his recent absence and connection to the Supreme Pontiff.

• Qian Renxue told Yang Xing that her Martial Soul Evolution had given her eight wings and that she had suddenly felt certain the Angel God would recognize her.
• Yang Xing suspected the Angel God had noticed Qian Renxue but chose not to tell her, then shared a meal with her before leaving the East Palace.
• Yang Xing visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu left class to meet him while Zhu Zhuqing watched enviously.
• Yang Xing gave Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu a soul power channel for communicating with his new disciple and sent them back to class.
• Yang Xing slept in the girls' dormitory courtyard until Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing returned, then Ning Rongrong demanded to know whether the Supreme Pontiff had drawn him away.

Yang Xing answered Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu’s questions about his absence, his new disciple Qianxue, and his meeting with Bibi Dong, then spent a relaxed afternoon with his disciples. As Yang Xing and Ning Rongrong headed to the cafeteria, a noble student who admired her confronted him.

• Yang Xing explained that he had returned to take a disciple connected to Bibi Dong, and directed Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu to contact that person through the Master Talisman's communication network.
• Yang Xing revealed that he had given Qianxue two immortal herbs and a ninety-thousand-year-old soul spirit, and promised Ning Rongrong a soul spirit of her own when she became a Soul King.
• Yang Xing told Xiao Wu he had met Bibi Dong in Spirit City and reassured her that he was the strongest.
• Yang Xing played Fight the Landlord with Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing until evening, when Ning Rongrong gave up and pulled him toward the cafeteria.
• A young noble wastrel blocked Yang Xing and asked who he was, introducing himself as the son of Marquis Nide and an admirer of Ning Rongrong.

Yang Xing began cultivating the Nine Tribulations Secret Tome, using his talismans and Eight Extraordinary Skills to make its deadly genetic evolution process effectively safe. More than a month passed as he cultivated, while Qian Renxue stabilized her Soul Power and received a message from her grandfather.

• Yang Xing revealed nine Soul Rings to frighten a young wastrel, then left Ning Rongrong and returned to Suotuo City.
• Yang Xing examined the Nine Tribulations Secret Tome and devised a cultivation approach using the Dog Talisman, Horse Talisman, Wind Empress Qimen, and Twin Complete Hands.
• Yang Xing formed the Soul Power Crystal Ball and Soul Crystal Ball, then began extrapolating the second tribulation as his body repeatedly collapsed and recovered.
• Yang Xing used Chaotic Golden Shackle to slow time and continued cultivating for more than a month.
• Qian Renxue stabilized her Soul Power at level sixty-seven and practiced fighting alongside her Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi Soul Spirit.
• Qian Renxue received a message from her grandfather through the Master Talisman.

Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul had evolved into an Eight-Winged Angel, though she withheld the details of Yang Xing’s method. Qian Daoliu brought her to Spirit Hall to seek the Angel God’s confirmation, and the Angel God Statue lit up when she summoned her Martial Soul.

• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that her Martial Soul had evolved into an Eight-Winged Angel and reached rank sixty-seven, but she kept Yang Xing’s method private.
• Qian Daoliu flew from Spirit City to bring Qian Renxue to the Worship Hall and explain that he feared her evolved Martial Soul might not be recognized by the Angel God.
• Qian Renxue summoned her Martial Soul, revealing eight wings and an aura of pure Angel God holy light.
• The Angel God Statue suddenly lit up behind Qian Daoliu.

The Angel God appeared before Qian Renxue and granted her a nine-stage Divine Trial, appointing Qian Daoliu as her Dao Protector. Qian Renxue persuaded her grandfather to let her remain in the Heaven Dou Empire near Yang Xing, while Qian Daoliu asked her to arrange a meeting with her master.

• The Angel God appeared in the Worship Hall, stopped Qian Renxue from kneeling, and named her the successor to her divine position through a nine-stage Divine Trial.
• The Angel God appointed Qian Daoliu as Qian Renxue's Dao Protector and privately warned him not to disappoint her.
• Qian Daoliu realized that Qian Renxue's evolved Eight-Winged Angel had prompted the Angel God's descent and credited Yang Xing with helping her Martial Soul evolve.
• Qian Daoliu urged Qian Renxue to stay in Spirit Hall, but she argued that remaining near Yang Xing in Heaven Dou City could help her secure his aid and the Six Treasury Immortal Thief.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to let Qian Renxue stay at Heaven Dou Royal Academy under his protection and asked her to arrange a meeting with Yang Xing about the coronation ceremony and the Six Treasury Immortal Thief.
• Yang Xing continued cultivating in seclusion in Suotuo City while remaining aware of the outside world.

After completing the second tribulation of the Nine Tribulations Secret Tome, Yang Xing met Qian Renxue to test her improved abilities. She revealed that the Angel God had given her a nine-stage Divine Trial, and Yang Xing calmly urged her to train diligently.

• Yang Xing agreed to meet Qian Renxue after his seclusion and completed the second tribulation of the Nine Tribulations Secret Tome.
• Yang Xing answered messages from Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress before traveling to the Heaven Dou Empire's East Palace.
• Yang Xing tested Qian Renxue's speed, reactions, holy-light attacks, and coordination with the Jade-Eyed Frostwing Chi using Wind Empress Qimen.
• Qian Renxue knelt and told Yang Xing that the Angel God had granted her a nine-stage Divine Trial after her Martial Soul evolved.
• Yang Xing recognized the divine power and increased importance surrounding Qian Renxue, then told her to take the trial seriously and not disgrace her master.

Yang Xing met with Qian Daoliu to discuss his investiture ceremony and the Qian Clan’s gratitude for helping Qian Renxue receive the Angel God’s Divine Trial. The chapter ended with Yang Xing agreeing that Six Treasury Immortal Thief could be passed on to Qian Daoliu.

• Qian Renxue spoke with Yang Xing about her Divine Trial and invited Qian Daoliu to discuss the ceremony and Six Treasury Immortal Thief with him.
• Qian Daoliu reported that major sects and Titled Douluos, including the Clear Sky Sect and Bibi Dong, would attend Yang Xing’s investiture ceremony in Spirit City after the Continental Elite Tournament.
• Qian Daoliu asked whether Yang Xing knew Bibi Dong, and Yang Xing confirmed that they had met.
• Qian Daoliu pledged lifelong friendship and assistance from Spirit Hall and the Qian Clan to Yang Xing and his family in gratitude for helping Qian Renxue.
• Qian Daoliu asked Yang Xing to pass on Six Treasury Immortal Thief, and Yang Xing agreed.

Yang Xing refused to teach Qian Daoliu Six Treasury Immortal Thief unless Qian Daoliu became his disciple, then left for Heaven Dou Royal Academy to visit Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing. Ning Rongrong told him that someone had asked her father for her hand in marriage.

• Yang Xing said his condition for teaching Qian Daoliu Six Treasury Immortal Thief was for Qian Daoliu to become his disciple, and Qian Daoliu declined because it would disrupt their family seniority.
• Yang Xing left the side hall after Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue had nothing more to ask, leaving them drinking tea in silence.
• Yang Xing arrived at the girls' courtyard at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing returned from class to see him.
• Yang Xing told Ning Rongrong he might stay in Heaven Dou Imperial City for a while, and Xiao Wu went to prepare food and tea while Zhu Zhuqing returned to her room.
• Ning Rongrong told Yang Xing that someone had gone to her father to ask for her hand in marriage.

Ning Rongrong asked Yang Xing to intervene in the Heaven Dou Royal Family’s marriage proposal, and he agreed to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the next morning. After spending the day with Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, Yang Xing left for his residence; the chapter then shifted back more than three months to Bibi Dong beginning her study of the Spirit Binding Method.

• Ning Rongrong told Yang Xing that Xue Beng kept pursuing her and that the Heaven Dou Emperor had asked her father to consider a marriage proposal.
• Yang Xing agreed to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the next morning to discuss the proposal.
• Ning Rongrong told Yang Xing that Grandmaster had been meeting a woman at Blue Tyrant Academy and that Flender had asked students whether they would leave the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ning Rongrong suggested that Yang Xing open an academy, and Yang Xing checked her and Xiao Wu’s cultivation and Soul Skill progress.
• Yang Xing played cards and mahjong with Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, then told them he would stay at the Yang Residence.
• More than three months earlier, Bibi Dong returned to Spirit Hall, announced her indefinite seclusion, and began studying the Spirit Binding Method.

Bibi Dong used the Spirit Binding Method to capture the Rakshasa God's evil thought that had tormented her for over a decade. Though she celebrated her success, a much stronger presence of evil thought appeared above her, leaving her facing an ominous new threat.

• Bibi Dong spent months mastering the Spirit Binding Method and practiced drawing spirits from living soul beasts.
• After the Angel God's aura and Qian Daoliu's presence intensified her desire to advance, Bibi Dong entered seclusion to confront the evil thought.
• Bibi Dong deceived the evil thought into lowering its guard, then used the Spirit Binding Method to bind it into a fist-sized orb.
• Bibi Dong felt the mental pressure vanish and celebrated capturing the Rakshasa God's evil thought.
• A heavier evil aura spread across the chamber's ceiling, where an enormous purple-black eye appeared and gazed down at Bibi Dong.

The author explained why Xiao Wu's mother had not been killed by Bibi Dong, citing Tang San's side story and details about Bibi Dong's soul rings and later battles. The author left Xiao Wu's resentment toward Bibi Dong to a plausible explanation based on the original plot.

• The author said Tang San's side story stated that Xiao Wu's mother had entered the Star Dou Great Forest's core region to search for Xiao Wu's missing father and had been swallowed by an enormous creature.
• The author noted that the original novel hinted at hatred between Xiao Wu and Bibi Dong but did not say it was because Bibi Dong had killed Xiao Wu's mother.
• The author cited Bibi Dong's Undying Body soul skill, explaining that its soul ring came from a hundred-thousand-year Death Spider Emperor rather than Xiao Wu's mother.
• The author argued that Bibi Dong could not plausibly have hunted Xiao Wu's mother when Da Ming, Er Ming, and Xiao Wu were present, and that Bibi Dong had needed a large force to kill Er Ming later.
• The author chose the premise that Bibi Dong had not killed Xiao Wu's mother and offered to explain Xiao Wu's resentment through another interpretation of the original plot.