Chapter Summaries

Ye Qingcang told the Evil God King that he would hold powerful figures accountable for the harm they caused rather than indiscriminately punish all Deities. The Evil God King then explained how the Original Five Great God Kings differed from later Deities and why Asura’s role in law and judgment had left him conflicted.

• The Evil God King asked whether Ye Qingcang would kill the surviving Deities once he gained overwhelming power, and Ye Qingcang answered that he would repay each life and debt according to a new rule.
• Ye Qingcang said the Rakshasa God should answer for her role in Qian Xunji’s fall and for Bibidong’s suffering, while he held complicated feelings toward the Asura God for both causing his troubles and providing ways to resolve them.
• Ye Qingcang clarified that he resented powerful figures who treated the weak as chess pieces, not Deities as a whole, and the Evil God King praised his outlook.
• The Evil God King explained that the Original Five Great God Kings were primordial beings created by heaven and earth, unlike the later generations of Deities.
• The Evil God King described the Five Gods’ complementary authorities and said Asura’s impartial law and judgment became twisted when it collided with human emotion.

Evil God King explained to Ye Qingcang the conflict between impartial law and human sentiment, and why Asura God's judgment could be flawed. He gave Ye Qingcang divine power and removed the Blood-Red Vertical Sword Mark, leaving him confident that Ye Qingcang could bear two god positions.

• Evil God King asked Ye Qingcang how he would judge Asura God and whether he could persuade him to accept the judgment.
• Evil God King argued that law needed to account for human sentiment, while Ye Qingcang concluded that laws were a shield shaped by the strong and that the weak relied on public morality to restrain them.
• Ye Qingcang reflected that he would act impartially unless a matter involved himself or those he wanted to protect, and recognized this as the misunderstanding behind Asura God's approach.
• Evil God King urged Ye Qingcang not to dislike all deities just because he disliked some of them.
• Evil God King bestowed divine power on Ye Qingcang, transformed and removed the Blood-Red Vertical Sword Mark, and said Ye Qingcang could bear two god positions like Poseidon Tang San.

The Asura God and Evil God King discussed Ye Qingcang’s sincerity and the Asura God’s questionable choices, including making Ye his heir. The Asura God left to speak with the Angel God and Rakshasa God, while Ye Qingcang completed his Fifth Sublimation and considered candidates for his sixth soul ring.

• The Evil God King told the Asura God that he trusted Ye Qingcang because he believed in his sincerity, even without knowing whether Ye’s words were genuine.
• The Evil God King criticized the Asura God for binding souls from other worlds to Douluo Continent and choosing Ye as his heir while allowing Tang San to upset him.
• The Asura God explained that he had treated people’s fates like a contest, admitted his choice had been wrong, and said he would accept death if Ye Qingcang chose to kill him.
• The Evil God King urged the Asura God to coordinate with the Angel God and Rakshasa God so their God Trial Takers would advance their plans with Ye Qingcang, and the Asura God agreed to speak with them.
• Ye Qingcang completed his Fifth Sublimation and weighed the Evil Emperor, Snow Empress, Di Tian, and the Whale Demon King as candidates for his sixth soul ring.

Ye Qingcang explained how Soul Power could rise without Soul Rings, then assessed his strength and decided the Snow Empress was the best candidate for his Sixth Soul Ring. He reached an ice cave in the Far North with the Ice Empress and prepared to approach the Snow Empress peacefully, hoping she would willingly sacrifice herself to him.

• Ye Qingcang described how Soul Masters could cultivate Soul Power without rings, though the process was slow and offered none of a Soul Ring’s benefits.
• Ye Qingcang judged that he could not safely defeat the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and would waste much of its power as his Sixth Soul Ring.
• Ye Qingcang chose the Snow Empress as a more suitable candidate, since he needed a Soul Beast of around six hundred thousand years and she specialized in ice.
• The Ice Empress teased Ye Qingcang for pursuing the Snow Empress, then admitted that joining him might let her step into immortality.
• Ye Qingcang took out the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena’s scale and prepared to speak sincerely with the Snow Empress, hoping she would willingly become his Sixth Soul Ring.

Ye Qingcang discussed whether to spare Snow Empress, assuring Ice Empress that he would seek another way to obtain his Sixth Soul Ring if she objected. Ice Empress reflected on the unfair trials facing soul beasts, then took comfort in Ye Qingcang’s confidence that he could eventually surpass the gods.

• Ice Empress questioned how Ye Qingcang would persuade Snow Empress and whether his means would work beyond the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ye Qingcang offered to abandon negotiations and instead hunt soul beasts to refine a pill for his eight-hundred-thousand-year Sixth Soul Ring.
• Ice Empress said she could not choose between Snow Empress and the many soul beasts who might otherwise be killed, while privately lamenting the hardships soul beasts faced in becoming gods.
• Ye Qingcang explained that the Dragon God had imposed the restriction on soul beasts becoming gods to protect the Divine Realm and the worlds beneath it.
• Ye Qingcang described a vast cosmic scale beyond the gods, and Ice Empress agreed that he might eventually surpass them.

Ye Qingcang confronted Snow Empress and tried to persuade her to become his Sixth Soul Ring, offering to preserve her soul and revive her when he became a god. Snow Empress refused, and Ye Qingcang left her with a choice between cooperating and fighting.

• Ye Qingcang revealed that he had found Snow Empress, who appeared and told him she intended to take human form rather than become his soul ring.
• Snow Empress recognized Ice Empress as a friend and asked her and Ye Qingcang to leave, offering information about other powerful soul beasts instead.
• Ye Qingcang showed Snow Empress the Silver Dragon King’s scale, but she still said she could not become his soul ring.
• Ice Empress told Ye Qingcang about Snow Empress’s past fight with Evil Emperor and how the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts’ rankings had been established.
• Ye Qingcang declared that he would make Snow Empress his Sixth Soul Ring, promising to preserve her soul if she cooperated and warning that they would fight if she refused.

Ye Qingcang explained why he sought Snow Empress and assured her that he did not need to kill her, while offering her a chance to join his pursuit of power and immortality. Snow Empress was left to choose whether to trust him and accept his invitation.

• Snow Empress refused to let Ice Empress plead for her, fearing that doing so would burden Ice Empress with an obligation and cost her freedom.
• Snow Empress admitted that she wanted to live but would not place her destiny in someone else's hands without a reason to trust him.
• Ice Empress remarked that trust was difficult to create, prompting Ye Qingcang to explain his motives and plans to both women.
• Ye Qingcang said he needed an 800,000-year Spirit Ring to strengthen his body, but could seek other sources of energy if Snow Empress refused.
• Ye Qingcang promised Snow Empress a possible godhood and invited her to join him on a journey beyond their world, then left her free to choose.

The Snow Empress agreed to become Ye Qingcang’s Sixth Soul Ring after he persuaded her that he would honor his promises. She and the Ice Empress chose to enter his Sea of Consciousness despite the risks, and Ye Qingcang began refining the Snow Empress’s embryo together with two God-Given Soul Rings.

• The Snow Empress accepted Ye Qingcang’s proposal and discussed how to combine her sacrifice with the God-Given Soul Rings.
• Ye Qingcang explained that he would refine the Snow Empress’s embryo in his Qi and Blood Furnace, and she agreed to let him use it rather than preserve it as a memento.
• The Snow Empress asked to enter Ye Qingcang’s Sea of Consciousness, and the Ice Empress insisted on joining her despite Ye Qingcang’s warning about the danger.
• Ye Qingcang formed his Qi and Blood Furnace and engulfed the Snow Empress’s embryo with his aura.
• Ye Qingcang began compressing and refining the Snow Empress’s embryo along with the two God-Given Soul Rings, forming his Sixth Soul Ring.

Ye Qingcang completed his ritual and displayed six 100,000-Year Spirit Rings before inviting the Snow Empress into his Sea of Consciousness. After reading his memories, the Snow Empress emerged convinced that she and the Ice Empress had an opportunity to surpass the gods.

• The Snow Empress asked whether the Ice Empress had truly decided to bind herself to Ye Qingcang, and the Ice Empress asked her to assess the risks before deciding to enter his Sea of Consciousness.
• Ye Qingcang completed the ritual, revealed six 100,000-Year Spirit Rings, and explained that he would let the Snow Empress read his memories in exchange for her freedom.
• The Snow Empress entered Ye Qingcang's Sea of Consciousness and became absorbed in a novel while browsing his memories.
• When the Ice Empress worried about the Snow Empress, Ye Qingcang assured her that the Snow Empress was safe and comforted her about the choice ahead.
• The Snow Empress emerged and urged the Ice Empress to enter, saying she believed they had an opportunity to surpass the gods.

After revealing that the world resembled a novel and that Ice Empress and Snow Empress were characters in it, Ye Qingcang explained his motives and his theories about how their world connected to his former one. Snow Empress and Ice Empress remained unsettled, while Ye Qingcang reaffirmed that he would defy anyone who tried to control him.

• Ice Empress cursed and struggled to accept that she was a supporting character in a novel, while Snow Empress and Ye Qingcang restrained her.
• Snow Empress confronted Ye Qingcang about his motives and his affection for versions of her and Ice Empress from comics, and he said he judged himself by his actions and had changed history to help Nan Nan.
• Ye Qingcang told Snow Empress and Ice Empress that even if he was also written by an author, he would never submit, and Snow Empress asked for time to process the revelation.
• Ice Empress asked why Ye Qingcang's memories matched their world, and he offered the nesting-doll theory, the self-proof trap, and Zhuang Zhou dreaming of a butterfly as explanations.
• Snow Empress asked why Ye Qingcang still plotted against the Gods if he could see through these uncertainties, and he answered that his pride would not let him bow to them or step aside.

Ye Qingcang and Snow Empress tested each other’s honesty and resolve as they discussed whether she would stay with him. Snow Empress approved of his answer, while Ice Empress struggled to understand their exchange.

• Snow Empress asked whether Ye Qingcang’s pride would make him continue to act honestly even if it led to failure.
• Ye Qingcang admitted he wanted Snow Empress to stay but would not force her, and said he would kill her if she left and became an enemy.
• Snow Empress asked whether her threat to leave was a test, and Ye Qingcang said he would let her go because he believed she would return.
• Ice Empress scolded Ye Qingcang for risking his life and confusing the bigger picture with his personal feelings.
• Snow Empress explained that Ye Qingcang’s willingness to trust her test satisfied her, leaving Ice Empress bewildered.

Ye Qingcang and Snow Empress tested each other’s trust, with Ice Empress caught between them, before Snow Empress agreed to stay and be guided by him. Ye Qingcang then revealed that his next target for resources was the Qin's Moon Star System.

• Ye Qingcang asked Snow Empress to stop testing him and refused to take a palm strike as proof of trust.
• Snow Empress unleashed Emperor Palm - Great Cold Without Snow, but Ice Empress rushed between them to protect Ye Qingcang.
• Ye Qingcang realized Snow Empress had bluffed and used the confrontation to test Ice Empress’s sincerity too.
• Snow Empress accepted Ye Qingcang’s guidance, asked him to call her Xue'er, and agreed to keep living with them.
• Ye Qingcang explained that he planned to enter the Qin's Moon Star System to plunder resources for his Sixth Sublimation.

Netherworld's Heaven Ranked Assassin Surprise Carp led a group into Wei to assassinate Wei Wuji, but golden lightning struck their path and brought Ye Qingcang, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress into their world. Weakened by the world's crushing pressure, Ye Qingcang faced the assassins after they witnessed their arrival.

• Surprise Carp led dozens of Netherworld assassins through the rain toward Wei to kill Wei Wuji.
• Golden lightning struck near the group, blocking their route and revealing the badly injured Ye Qingcang.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress appeared in tiny soul forms, and Ice Empress realized the world's pressure had suppressed their power enormously.
• Ye Qingcang explained that the world's gravity had reduced his physical speed and that he was waiting for his body and magnetic field to adapt.
• Ye Qingcang spotted Surprise Carp and the assassins, then said he would have to kill them because they had seen a secret they should not have seen.

Ye Qingcang fought Jing Ni and the Netherworld assassins, killing several attackers while explaining the martial realms of the Qin's Moon world. Jing Ni ordered weaker assassins to flee, but Ye Qingcang used his magnetic field to shatter the sound barrier and kill an Earth Grade assassin as the fight continued.

• Jing Ni ordered the Netherworld assassins to attack Ye Qingcang, and two swordsmen and a knife-thrower launched a coordinated assault.
• Ye Qingcang used his sword fingers to kill the two swordsmen and then killed another assassin with a qi sword technique.
• Jing Ni drew the Jing Ni Sword and ordered First-rate assassins and those below to report the incident while the others stayed to fight.
• Ye Qingcang refused to let any assassins leave and activated his magnetic field, explaining that he had grown weaker but they had not grown stronger.
• Ye Qingcang broke the sound barrier with a punch and smashed the head of an Earth Grade Netherworld assassin.

Ye Qingcang hunted down the fleeing Netherworld assassins while Jing Ni and the remaining assassins kept their distance and tested him. After he killed all the weaker assassins, Jing Ni’s team explained that they had used their comrades as bait to assess his strength and had changed their plan after seeing his speed.

• Jing Ni judged that Ye Qingcang’s speed made a direct attack too risky, so she and the Kill Grade Assassins shadowed him instead of confronting him.
• Ye Qingcang chased down and killed the fleeing Earth Grade Assassins and those below them while Jing Ni’s group tested him with hidden weapons and sword Qi.
• After killing every fleeing assassin, Ye Qingcang stopped and mocked Jing Ni and the others for watching their teammates die.
• A Kill Grade Assassin said the dead had created thirty-five opportunities to probe Ye Qingcang and argued that their sacrifice improved the survivors’ chances.
• Another Kill Grade Assassin explained that Ye Qingcang’s revealed speed had forced Jing Ni to abandon interception and capture plans in favor of probing him.

Ye Qingcang offered the Netherworld assassins a chance to live if they submitted to his restrictions, but they refused to betray their organization. He attacked, and Jing Ni rallied the others before meeting his lotus-forming fist with a sword slash.

• Ye Qingcang offered the Kill Grade Assassins a chance to live under his restrictions, but one assassin refused because Netherworld punished betrayal with death.
• Ye Qingcang formed a fist seal and unleashed his lotus-like qi attack after the assassins rejected his offer.
• Jing Ni shouted to wake the remaining eight Innate Martial Artists and charged Ye Qingcang to keep him occupied while they supported her.
• Ye Qingcang's fist seal collided with Jing Ni's sword slash, and their qi shattered into mist.
• Ye Qingcang praised Jing Ni as the first person to block the first half of his move.

Ye Qingcang overwhelmed Jing Ni and killed another Netherworld assassin, but she survived and recognized that his powerful fighting state could not last. He admitted he could not defeat her before it ended, yet threatened to kill the remaining assassins while she was unable to stop him.

• Jing Ni tried to cut Ye Qingcang with the Jing Ni Sword, but he stopped its spinning blade with his bare hand and tore it from her grasp.
• Ye Qingcang threw the Jing Ni Sword through one of the eight Kill Grade Assassins, killing him and pinning his corpse to a dead tree.
• Ye Qingcang seized Jing Ni's wrists and struck her with an Iron Mountain Lean, sending her crashing into the mud with severe injuries.
• Jing Ni rose with the sword's scabbard and challenged Ye Qingcang to sustain his exhausting offensive for long.
• Ye Qingcang admitted he could not defeat Jing Ni before his burst of strength ended, then declared he could still kill the seven remaining Netherworld assassins.

Ye Qingcang used Burning Star Sea to seize the advantage and kill the seven fleeing Netherworld assassins before the technique’s power ebbed. Weakened but not injured, he faced Jing Ni in a one-on-one fight and considered using more of his hidden trump cards.

• Ye Qingcang activated his strength-boosting secret technique, and the Netherworld assassins scattered while Jing Ni chose not to intervene.
• Ye Qingcang Teleported behind the fleeing assassins and killed them one by one with Planting Green Lotus in Troubled Waters.
• The Ice Empress warned Ye Qingcang to end Burning Star Sea before his body was injured, and he killed the final assassin as the power faded.
• Jing Ni drew her sword from a dead tree and aimed it at Ye Qingcang from a thousand meters away, declaring that their one-on-one fight would begin.
• The Snow Empress asked if Ye Qingcang was confident, and he weighed his remaining trump cards against Jing Ni.

Ye Qingcang defeated Jing Ni with a surprise strike using Flying Thunder God and spared her, intending to recruit her. He left the Sea of Consciousness and walked toward the unconscious Surprise Carp as the rain continued.

• Ye Qingcang and Jing Ni faced off in the rain, then launched into a high-speed battle.
• Ye Qingcang used Flying Thunder God to appear before Jing Ni and strike her with a devastating punch, leaving her unable to fight.
• Ye Qingcang explained to Ice Empress and Snow Empress how his teleportation technique still worked in the Qin's Moon Star System despite its diminished power.
• Ye Qingcang said he spared Jing Ni because she could awaken in the original story and he did not like tragedies.
• Snow Empress warned Ye Qingcang not to lower his guard, and he left the Sea of Consciousness to check on Surprise Carp.

Ye Qingcang traveled through the wilderness with the unconscious Jing Ni on his cart, pulled by an earth-and-stone horse powered by souls. After waking, Jing Ni asked why he had spared her, and Ye Qingcang began explaining that she had lost and he had the right to decide whether she lived.

• Ye Qingcang rode his earth-and-stone horse and told it to absorb souls so it could stabilize its own soul and gain eyes.
• Jing Ni woke on the cart beside her sword and other belongings.
• Jing Ni removed her Bamboo Hat, saw Ye Qingcang, and asked why he had not killed her.
• Ye Qingcang said Jing Ni had lost and that her life or death was his decision.
• Jing Ni asked what Ye Qingcang wanted from her or wanted her to reveal.