Chapter Summaries

Ye Qingcang explained how the Fourth Sublimation formed his Qi and Blood Furnace, then refined a pill from the Silver Dragon King's soul bones and began his breakthrough. Meanwhile, Asura Sword Sheath Xiao Wu reached the Clear Sky Sect, learned Da Ming and Er Ming had not known Tang San split Xiao Qi's soul, and set out with them to rescue the Xiao Qi in their care.

• Ye Qingcang taught Cai'er about Stellar Martial Arts and the Fourth Sublimation, describing the Qi and Blood Furnace as a cauldron that united many methods and could draw on the fate of those who contributed to it.
• Ye Qingcang melted more than a hundred soul bones into a pill, swallowed it, and entered the Qi and Blood Furnace as his organs began glowing with descending qi from heaven and earth.
• Asura Sword Sheath Xiao Wu arrived at the Clear Sky Sect, where Da Ming and Er Ming questioned why she had descended from the Divine Realm.
• Xiao Wu accused Da Ming and Er Ming of helping Tang San split Xiao Qi's soul, but they swore they had known nothing about it and offered their soul origins to prove their loyalty.
• Xiao Wu ordered Da Ming and Er Ming to bring her the Xiao Qi they had sheltered, keep her location secret, and secretly resist Tang San's orders; they agreed to leave with her at once.

Ye Qingcang learned that Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin had been captured after Bai Chenxiang and Ye Lingling concealed what happened in Dragon City. After reprimanding them, he set out with Sheng Cai'er to demand Yu Tianxin’s release from Earth Dragon Gate before confronting Sky Dragon Gate.

• Ye Qingcang questioned Bai Chenxiang and Ye Lingling after Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin had been out of contact for two days, then traveled to Dragon City with Sheng Cai'er.
• Bai Chenxiang explained that a Sky Dragon Gate disciple had provoked a street fight, after which Sky Dragon Gate seized Yu Tianheng and Earth Dragon Gate took Yu Tianxin; she and Ye Lingling had escaped and hidden the incident.
• Ye Lingling admitted that she had lied, and Ye Qingcang ordered both women to report future problems promptly and make amends for their mistakes.
• Ye Qingcang blamed the Sky Dragon Gate disciple for starting the trouble and declared that he would first seek Yu Tianxin’s release from Earth Dragon Gate, then punish Sky Dragon Gate.
• Ye Qingcang introduced Sheng Cai'er to Bai Chenxiang and Ye Lingling, then opened a spatial rift and brought them to Earth Dragon Gate.

Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu questioned the truth behind Yu Tianxin’s claims and the danger his arrival posed to their ancestors. Ye Qingcang came to Earth Dragon Gate demanding Yu Tianxin’s safe release and the sect’s return to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family, then defeated Nan Shuishui with overwhelming lightning.

• Nan Shuishui considered whether Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng’s arrival from ten thousand years earlier threatened the histories and lineages of both dragon gates, while Nan Qiuqiu urged her to hand Yu Tianxin over.
• A messenger reported that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family’s clan leader had arrived, and Yu Tianxin woke and threatened Earth Dragon Gate with his clan’s power.
• Nan Shuishui led Nan Qiuqiu and others to meet Ye Qingcang, who demanded Yu Tianxin’s unharmed return and Earth Dragon Gate’s reunion with the family or renunciation of its ancestry.
• When Nan Shuishui challenged Ye Qingcang’s demands, he fully dragonified and offered to settle Earth Dragon Gate’s allegiance through a duel.
• Ye Qingcang struck Nan Shuishui with a pillar of lightning, defeating her before the assembled Earth Dragon Gate members, and asked who else would challenge him.

Ye Qingcang defeated Nan Shuishui and forced the Earth Dragon Gate to return to the ancestral clan. After freeing Yu Tianxin, he led the group through a spatial rift to the Sky Dragon Gate to rescue Tian Heng.

• Nan Qiuqiu challenged Ye Qingcang, believing he had killed Nan Shuishui, but the elders explained that Nan Shuishui was only unconscious.
• Nan Qiuqiu was electrocuted when she touched her mother, and Ye Qingcang drew the lightning from them both.
• Ye Qingcang demanded Nan Shuishui choose between returning to the ancestral clan and having the Earth Dragon Gate exterminated, and she chose to submit.
• Ye Qingcang freed Yu Tianxin from the dungeon, recorded a merit for him and a demerit for the Earth Dragon Gate, and promised the gate a chance to redeem itself.
• Ye Qingcang, his companions, Nan Shuishui, Nan Qiuqiu, and several elders entered a spatial rift to go to the Sky Dragon Gate and find Tian Heng.

Yu Tianheng endured torture in the Sky Dragon Gate’s dungeon until Ye Qingcang and the others rescued him. After Yu Tianxin killed Yu Lufeng, Ye Qingcang ordered the group to exterminate the Sky Dragon Gate and called its master out to die.

• Yu Lufeng beat the imprisoned Yu Tianheng and threatened to harm the two girls traveling with him.
• Yu Tianheng shattered the Soul Tools suppressing his Soul Power, headbutted Yu Lufeng, and was healed by Bai Chenxiang.
• Ye Qingcang’s group entered the dungeon, and Yu Tianxin killed Yu Lufeng after he insulted the Earth Dragon Gate.
• Ye Qingcang ordered Nan Shuishui and the others to wipe out the Sky Dragon Gate, warning that refusal would make them traitors to the clan.
• Ye Qingcang shattered the dungeon and demanded that the Sky Dragon Gate’s master come out to face death.

Ye Qingcang killed the Sky Dragon Gate’s master and judged the clan by its cowardly response to his attack. He wiped out the fleeing members, leaving Yu Tianxin and the others to reflect on the contrast between the Sky and Earth Dragon Gates.

• The Sky Dragon Gate’s master descended to challenge Ye Qingcang, who killed him before he could even give his name.
• Ye Qingcang questioned Yu Tianxin and the others about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family’s conduct, while they stayed silent and recognized that their earlier choices had spared them.
• The Sky Dragon Gate’s members panicked and attacked one another as they fled, and Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng concluded that the clan was finished.
• Ye Qingcang sealed the area and explained that he would have spared brave, wise, or organized people, but the Sky Dragon Gate had shown none of those qualities.
• Ye Qingcang reversed the blood flow of everyone in the Sky Dragon Gate, killing them, and Sheng Cai'er compared the clan’s collapse with the Earth Dragon Gate’s preservation of its rules and spirit.

Xiao Wu brought Wang Dong'er to Ye Qingcang and asked him to take care of her, while Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao arrived with them. Xiao Wu chose for Wang Dong'er to work at Ye Qingcang's side, leaving her future tied to his household.

• Ye Qingcang restored Sky Dragon Gate and told the gathered group that true strength depended on keeping one's heart.
• Xiao Wu and the Silver Dragon King brought Wang Dong'er to Ye Qingcang, and Xiao Wu asked him to care for her.
• Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao arrived with Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao revealed that Wang Dong was a girl.
• Ye Qingcang advised Huo Yuhao that no one else could decide his fate, and Huo Yuhao thanked him.
• Ye Qingcang offered Xiao Wu three care arrangements for Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Wu chose to have her work at his side.

Ye Qingcang settled the arrangements for Wang Dong'er and Nan Shuishui before asking Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao whether they would help with clan affairs or travel to the Far North. He left with Xiao Xiao and his companions to hunt his Fifth Soul Ring, arriving at a 400,000 Year Soul Beast's nest.

• Wang Dong'er chose to trust Xiao Wu, and Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao refused Ye Qingcang's offer to leave.
• The Silver Dragon King departed, and Xiao Wu said goodbye to Wang Dong'er, asking her to listen to Ye Qingcang.
• Ye Qingcang introduced Sheng Cai'er, Ye Lingling, and Bai Chenxiang to Wang Dong'er, then ordered Nan Shuishui to prepare for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family's reunion and take over Sky Dragon Gate's assets.
• Huo Yuhao chose to stay with Nan Shuishui after Sky Dream Ice Worm admitted his feelings for the Ice Empress were hopeless, while Xiao Xiao chose to go to the Far North.
• Ye Qingcang gave Xiao Xiao and his companions down jackets and teleported with Sheng Cai'er, Bai Chenxiang, Ye Lingling, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao to a 400,000 Year Soul Beast's nest.

Ye Qingcang confronted the Ice Empress in the Ice Cave and offered to preserve her soul if she became his soul ring. When she doubted his promises and challenged him to approach, he proposed they settle the matter with a fight, leaving the Ice Empress to decide whether to accept.

• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao struggled against the Ice Cave’s extreme cold while Ye Qingcang and Sheng Cai'er remained unaffected.
• The Ice Empress unleashed a wave of Ultimate Ice, but Ye Qingcang drove it back with his Ultimate Fire.
• Ye Qingcang revealed his Asura God Test Taker identity and offered to preserve the Ice Empress’s soul and take her to the Divine Realm.
• The Ice Empress accused Ye Qingcang of coveting her soul ring and using Sky Dream Ice Worm’s knowledge to pressure her.
• Ye Qingcang said he could forcibly take her soul ring but preferred a peaceful agreement, then proposed a fight to settle their dispute.
• Ye Qingcang walked toward the Ice Empress unarmed as she watched him approach.

Ye Qingcang and the Ice Empress agreed to settle their contest in a direct battle without divine possession or underhanded tactics. Their first exchange devastated the arena and left the Ice Empress's pincer badly damaged, while Ye Qingcang stood ready to continue.

• Ye Qingcang dismissed the relevance of his age and assured the Ice Empress he would defeat her using his own strength.
• The Ice Empress accepted the challenge, and Ye Qingcang raised a vast golden barrier to contain the battle and protect the spectators.
• The Ice Empress formed her Eternal Frozen Domain and charged Ye Qingcang with her fortified pincers at tremendous speed.
• Ye Qingcang met her attack with Shaking Mountain Sea, sending a massive shockwave through the arena and shattering half of her pincer.
• Ye Qingcang reconnected the bones in his severed hand and wrist, then invited the Ice Empress to judge his strike.

Ye Qingcang and the Ice Empress wagered everything on a clash between her Ice Emperor’s Wrath and his yin-yang technique. He absorbed and returned her attack, survived the devastation, and left the Ice Empress defeated but alive.

• The Ice Empress asked Ye Qingcang his name and decided to stake everything on one final strike.
• Ye Qingcang promised to defeat her openly and fairly, and the Ice Empress gathered the cold of the Extremely Cold Land for Ice Emperor’s Wrath.
• Ye Qingcang formed a yin-yang sphere and sent it against the Ice Empress’s freezing breath.
• Ye Qingcang’s sphere absorbed Ice Emperor’s Wrath and released a blast that shattered the barrier and froze soul beasts across the surrounding region.
• Ye Qingcang protected Wang Dong’er and the others behind golden stone-pillar barriers and healed his frostbitten hand.
• Ye Qingcang approached the Ice Empress, pressed a hand to her forehead, and asked whether she still wanted to fight or had another trick.

After defeating Ice Empress, Ye Qingcang restored her severed pincer and offered a way for her to honor their agreement without abandoning her clan. Ice Empress summoned the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan and prepared to leave it in another’s care, but Ye Qingcang proposed that she remain its leader while serving him.

• Ice Empress accepted defeat and asked to arrange her final affairs, and Ye Qingcang reattached her severed pincer.
• Ice Empress insisted she would sacrifice herself only to keep her promise, while Ye Qingcang told her he was acting sincerely.
• Ice Empress summoned the surviving Ice Jade Scorpions and named a 130,000-year-old elder the clan’s new leader after she left.
• The Ice Jade Scorpions knelt to beg Ice Empress to stay, and she angrily demanded that they stop trying to make her break her promise.
• Ye Qingcang proposed that Ice Empress remain in command of her clan while serving him, with the sacrifice still going ahead and her soul preserved.

Ye Qingcang convinced Ice Empress to sacrifice herself by transforming into an Ice Jade Scorpion and proving he could meet her clan’s standards. Her sacrifice raised her spirit ring to 400,000 years and left Ye Qingcang with four red spirit rings, as the others wondered how powerful he would become.

• Bai Chenxiang argued that Ice Empress’s subordinates were too weak to bargain for, and Ice Empress angrily challenged her claim.
• Ye Qingcang transformed into an Ice Jade Scorpion, tapped Ice Empress on the forehead, then returned unharmed and urged her to be honest about what she wanted.
• Ice Empress accepted defeat under her clan’s rule that the strong reign supreme and agreed to sacrifice herself immediately.
• Ice Empress sent her Ice Jade Scorpions away, while Ye Qingcang chose to trust Sheng Cai'er and the others to protect him if anything went wrong.
• Ice Empress sacrificed herself, and divine power raised her spirit ring’s age to 400,000 years as it formed around Ye Qingcang.
• Ye Qingcang’s Second Soul Ring turned red, leaving him with one black and four red spirit rings and astonishing Bai Chenxiang, Ye Lingling, and Xiao Xiao.

Ye Qingcang returned with the Ice Empress and introduced her to his companions before bringing everyone back to the Earth Dragon Gate. After the Ice Empress confronted Sky Dream Ice Worm and revealed her identity, Ye Qingcang sent Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao back to Shrek Academy and returned to Blue Tyrant Academy.

• Ye Qingcang explained that Soul Ring Fusion might allow Soul Rings to grow stronger and introduced the Ice Empress to Sheng Cai'er, Bai Chenxiang, Ye Lingling, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao.
• Nan Shuishui, Nan Qiuqiu, and other Earth Dragon Gate members gathered with Huo Yuhao, then Ye Qingcang and his companions arrived through a spatial tunnel.
• The Ice Empress recognized Sky Dream Ice Worm and angrily rebuked him for hiding in Huo Yuhao and associating with Ye Qingcang.
• Nan Shuishui realized that the Ice Empress was one of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, while Sky Dream Ice Worm withdrew into Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Space, heartbroken.
• Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao chose to return to Shrek Academy, and Ye Qingcang teleported them there before returning to Blue Tyrant Academy.

Ye Qingcang returned to Blue Tyrant Academy, reunited Violet with Sheng Cai’er and the others, and caught up on personal and political developments. After learning that Poseidon had apparently helped Tang San obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, Ye Qingcang suspected Poseidon Island would be Tang San’s last gambit.

• Ye Qingcang brought Sheng Cai’er, Wang Dong’er, Nan Shuishui, Nan Qiuqiu, the Ice Empress, Bai Chenxiang, and Ye Lingling to Blue Tyrant Academy and introduced them to Violet.
• Violet told Ye Qingcang that some Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan members wanted the Matriarch to arrange women to preserve his bloodline, but Ye Qingcang said the matter was not Violet’s responsibility.
• Violet reported that Zhu Zhuyun had pledged loyalty to Ye Qingcang and handed him a letter from Hu Liena; Ye Qingcang told her to keep Zhu Zhuyun focused on her work and said he would handle the letter.
• Violet said Spirit Hall wanted to merge its academy with Blue Tyrant Academy and that Four Elements Academy had also requested a merger; Ye Qingcang rejected both proposals and planned to speak with Qian Renxue about Spirit Hall.
• Violet reported that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud had disappeared from the Heaven Dou Treasure Vault and appeared in Tang San’s possession, possibly through Poseidon’s intervention; Ye Qingcang suspected Poseidon Island would be Tang San’s final gambit.

Ye Qingcang explained to Nan Qiuqiu why he would not support Tang San, arguing that Tang San exploited those who helped him and that his inaction let wars and social problems persist. He reassured Nan Qiuqiu after she apologized, leaving her with advice to read, think, and speak less as she learns to judge for herself.

• Nan Qiuqiu argued that Tang San could help defeat Spirit Hall and save the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but Wang Dong'er and Xiao Wu condemned him based on their experiences with him.
• Ye Qingcang stopped the argument and explained that backing Tang San offered no practical return, citing the fates of Dugu Bo, Yu Xiaogang, and others who had helped him.
• Ye Qingcang argued that Tang San's inaction allowed wars between the empires and other injustices to continue, while his own policies gave commoner Soul Masters opportunities and limited Evil Spirit Masters.
• Nan Qiuqiu apologized, and Ye Qingcang reassured her and advised her to read more, think more, and speak less while developing independent judgment.

Ye Qingcang analyzed the competing schemes around Tang San and chose to test whether his new allies would stand with him as danger grew. As Ye Qingcang’s group set out for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family, Tang San prepared to sail for Poseidon Island, convinced that the Gods and his other self would ensure his victory.

• Ye Qingcang explained how Tang San, Original Poseidon, Rakshasa God, Poseidon Tang San, and the Gods were positioned against one another, and said he would stay out of their game while testing his own allies.
• Ye Qingcang told Violet to let their enemies’ divine involvement be known and see whether Zhu Zhuyun, Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and the others would remain with him when the outcome became uncertain.
• Ye Qingcang invited the Earth Dragon Gate group to accompany him to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family and warned them not to discriminate against Yu Luomian, who was a liaison with Spirit Hall in this world.
• Tang San watched the Clear Sky Sect’s ships gather at Vast Sea City and vowed to destroy Blue Tyrant Academy and Ye Qingcang, whom he blamed for his friends’ deaths and defections.
• Tang San declared that the Gods and Poseidon Tang San were fighting for him, while Third Elder dismissed him and Fifth Elder mourned the absent Old Sect Master.

Ye Qingcang reformed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan with competitive benefits, new branch rules, and access to a planned Dragon Blood Pool. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang arriving as a Clear Sky Sect envoy, and Ye Qingcang agreeing to receive him.

• Yu Luomian reported that reconciliation with Spirit Hall had restored the clan's industries, treasury, and connections, and Ye Qingcang ordered reforms to clan benefits and advancement.
• Ye Qingcang announced subsidies for young Soul Masters, promotions based on strength and age, branch-master duels for clan leadership, and new branches for Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin.
• Yu Yuanzhen warned that excessive dragonification could weaken the clan's bloodline, so Ye Qingcang proposed a Dragon Blood Pool that could purify bloodlines or guide mutations into different dragon types.
• Nan Shuishui asked whether mixed-blood clan members could use the pool, and Ye Qingcang explained their options and the additional costs of choosing rare dragon blood essences.
• A clan guard reported that Yu Xiaogang had arrived with a Clear Sky Sect calling card and accompanying disciples, and Ye Qingcang agreed to meet him as the sect's envoy.

Yu Xiaogang accompanied a Clear Sky Sect delegation to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, where Ye Qingcang exposed his arrogance and past failures. Yu Yuanzhen disowned him, and Ye Qingcang's final rebuke drove Yu Xiaogang to spit blood and collapse.

• Yu Yuanzhen ordered Yu Xiaogang and the Clear Sky Sect delegation to be brought before the clan, and A Hao escorted them up the mountain.
• Yu Xiaogang entered the hall, saw Ye Qingcang in the seat of honor, and angrily questioned why he was there.
• The Clear Sky Sect deputy envoy tried to distance the sect from Yu Xiaogang's outburst, while Ye Qingcang demanded to know whether Yu Xiaogang spoke personally or for the sect.
• Yu Xiaogang said he was speaking as Yu Yuanzhen's son, but Yu Yuanzhen declared that he had expelled him and had no relationship with him.
• Ye Qingcang condemned Yu Xiaogang's conduct and past actions, ending by calling him shameless and brazen.
• Yu Xiaogang spat blood, turned pale, and fainted.

Ye Qingcang drove the Clear Sky Sect envoys from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family and revealed that Tang Hao had destroyed the Haotian Token to protect Tang San. After the envoys departed, Ye Qingcang prepared an Alchemy Array and hinted that the ancient Upper Three Sects had a better choice than their planned alliance.

• Ye Qingcang broke Yu Xiaogang's index finger, and the Clear Sky Sect deputy envoy caught him after he fainted.
• The deputy envoy appealed to Ye Qingcang to join the Clear Sky Sect and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect against Spirit Hall, then realized Ye Qingcang was the Asura God Test Taker.
• Ye Qingcang ordered the Clear Sky Sect group to leave with Yu Xiaogang, and they fled the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family's mountain gate.
• Ye Qingcang told the departing envoys that Tang Chen had given him the Haotian Token and Tang Hao had later destroyed it to protect Tang San.
• Tang Heng led the envoys away according to their plan while Ye Qingcang set an Alchemy Array and remarked that the Upper Three Sects had a better choice.