Chapter Summaries

Shui Qinghan took Jiang Lan to the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow Cave to collect a piece of ice marrow before attempting to condense a Soul Core. In seclusion, she successfully formed an Ice Luan Soul Core and reached level ninety, leaving her poised to grow stronger after refining the marrow and absorbing her ninth Soul Ring.

• Shui Qinghan told Jiang Lan she planned to condense a Soul Core and break through to the Title Rank, then took him to the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow Cave.
• Shui Qinghan collected a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, and Jiang Lan explained that the distant cave would eventually disappear if its marrow was taken.
• Back at the inn, Shui Qinghan instructed Shui Bing'er and the others not to disturb her while she entered seclusion.
• Shui Qinghan compressed her Soul Power into a vortex, absorbed the ice marrow's essence, and formed a black-hole Soul Core surrounded by the pattern of an Ice Luan.
• The Soul Core raised Shui Qinghan from the peak of level eighty-nine to level ninety, and she sensed that refining the marrow and absorbing her ninth Soul Ring could bring her to at least level ninety-three.

Shui Qinghan broke through to the Title Rank and entered the Ultimate Domain while Jiang Lan kept the gathered Soul Masters from disturbing her. After choosing the title Ice Luan, she agreed to meet the Spirit Hall cardinal waiting downstairs.

• Jiang Lan told the Soul Masters crowding the inn that his teacher was breaking through to the Title Rank, scaring away those who had threatened to search the building.
• Scarmo, the Spirit Hall cardinal, offered to disperse the crowd, and Jiang Lan asked him to guard the inn against anyone who might interrupt Shui Qinghan.
• The energy phenomenon faded, and Jiang Lan announced that Shui Qinghan had succeeded in her breakthrough.
• Shui Qinghan told Xue Wu that she would teach her the secret method for breaking through, then chose Ice Luan as her title and confirmed she had entered the Ultimate Domain.
• After Jiang Lan explained what had happened downstairs, Shui Qinghan agreed to meet Scarmo.

After Shui Qinghan’s breakthrough to Title Rank drew attention, she decided to leave Dragon City with her disciples and collect the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow and Ice-Extreme Divine Crystal. She mined the cavern and descended to the Cold Spring’s source, where her Soul Core began absorbing its cold currents.

• Scarmo asked Shui Qinghan to join Spirit Hall, but she declined and promised to recommend him to the Pope.
• Shui Qinghan decided to leave Dragon City that night with Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, Jiang Lan, and the others to avoid exposing the Cold Spring’s secret.
• Shui Qinghan told Jiang Lan that she would seek help from old friends to hunt for a Soul Ring after they returned.
• Shui Qinghan went alone to the Far North Mountains, entered the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal Mine, and mined all the crystals, separating those containing Ice Spirits.
• After water rushed into the emptied cavern, Shui Qinghan held it back with a Soul Power barrier and descended to the Cold Spring’s source, where her Soul Core absorbed the cold currents.

Shui Qinghan returned from the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow Cave with a deeper understanding of Ultimate Ice and collected its Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow. After reuniting with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, she gave Jiang Lan a strand to aid his cultivation, and the group left Dragon City to return home.

• Shui Qinghan endured the cave’s extreme cold, deepened her understanding of Ultimate Ice, and realized she could reach Rank 97 without a bottleneck.
• Shui Qinghan collected the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow and left the cave after spending the night inside.
• Shui Qinghan returned to the inn and apologized to Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er for making them worry.
• Jiang Lan advised Shui Qinghan to forge spiritually infused Ice-Extreme Divine Crystals into close-fitting soft armor and other crystals into weapons or defensive equipment.
• Shui Qinghan gave Jiang Lan a strand of Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow and told him to absorb its essence gradually.
• Shui Qinghan and the others settled their bill, rented a carriage from the Seven Treasure Pavilion, and left Dragon City for home.

After returning to Skywater Academy, Shui Qinghan planned to use Jiang Lan’s Lord of Tides Martial Soul to strengthen a select group of students. She chose four promising Water Attribute students and considered requiring them to become Jiang Lan’s concubines in exchange for the chance to evolve their Martial Souls.

• Jiang Lan, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu returned to Skywater Academy after gaining several Soul Power levels on their trip.
• Shui Qinghan told Shui Qingrou she had reached level ninety and planned to hunt a ninety-thousand-year soul beast for her ninth soul ring.
• Shui Qinghan asked Shui Qingrou to arrange exchange visits with Blazing Fire Academy, Godwind Academy, and Plant Academy, then explained Jiang Lan’s Martial Soul could boost cultivation and cause Martial Soul evolution.
• Shui Qingrou accepted Shui Qinghan’s warning to keep Jiang Lan’s abilities secret and handed over the advanced class files.
• Shui Qinghan selected Yu Hairou, Shen Liuyu, Gu Qingbo, and Qiu Ruoshui as promising Water Attribute students whose Martial Souls might evolve beside Jiang Lan.
• Shui Qinghan decided the four students would have to accept conditions, including becoming Jiang Lan’s concubines, to receive the chance to evolve their Martial Souls.

Shui Qinghan arranged an academy exchange with Blazing Fire, Godwind, and Plant Academies, hoping to recruit four talented students and negotiate for help hunting a Ninety-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. She assigned Jiang Lan, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er to prove themselves against their new teammates, with team-building matches scheduled for the next morning.

• Shui Qinghan reviewed the files of four gifted students and planned to recruit them by giving them a chance to evolve their Martial Souls.
• Shui Qingrou reported that Blazing Fire, Godwind, and Plant Academies had accepted an exchange, and Shui Qinghan set it to begin in three days.
• At dinner, Shui Qinghan told Jiang Lan, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er to defeat the visiting academies' students without revealing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill or Soul Skill details.
• Shui Qinghan explained that she hoped to trade the secret of Whale Rubber for the three deans' help hunting a Ninety-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Shui Qinghan gave the three students the new teammates' files and scheduled two-against-four and one-against-four Soul Fighting matches for the next morning.

Jiang Lan absorbed and refined some of the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, strengthening his Soul Power and body, though fully refining its essence would take a month. Meanwhile, Shui Qinghan selected four advanced-class students for the academy exchange team, and Yu Hairou realized the arrangements were likely connected to the dean’s disciple’s rapid cultivation.

• Jiang Lan absorbed a small amount of Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow and spent the night refining its essence, increasing and purifying his Soul Power while strengthening his body.
• Jiang Lan realized that the essence in his body would take at least a month to refine, but the treasure could help him gain a Soul Power level in that time.
• Shui Qinghan asked Jiang Lan to wake Bing'er and the others, then went to the advanced class and named Yu Hairou, Shen Liuyu, Gu Qingbo, and Qiu Ruoshui as academy exchange participants.
• The advanced-class students questioned why only four students had been selected, and Yu Hairou told them not to speculate.
• Yu Hairou and the other three headed to the training ground, where Shen Liuyu recalled the dean’s disciple cultivating about one Soul Power level every two months.
• Yu Hairou realized the academy exchange arrangements might be tied to the dean’s disciple’s rapid progress.

Shui Qinghan appointed Shui Bing'er captain and Jiang Lan vice-captain of the Skywater Team, prompting Yu Hairou and her companions to challenge the arrangement. The four older students began a battle against Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, and the chapter left the fight underway as they launched their opening attacks.

• Shui Qinghan named Shui Bing'er captain and Jiang Lan vice-captain, but Yu Hairou, Shen Liuyu, Gu Qingbo, and Qiu Ruoshui objected.
• Shui Qinghan offered the four students a chance to overturn her decision by defeating Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, and Yu Hairou accepted.
• The four challengers and the two sisters released their Martial Souls, and the challengers reacted with shock at the sisters' Millennium Soul Rings.
• Shui Qinghan started the spirit battle, and Qiu Ruoshui, Shen Liuyu, Gu Qingbo, and Yu Hairou activated their Soul Skills and attacked Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.

Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er easily defeated Yu Hairou, Shen Liuyu, Gu Qingbo, and Qiu Ruoshui in a spirit battle. After Jiang Lan healed the four senior sisters, Shui Qinghan set him to fight them next, and they accepted his challenge together.

• Shui Bing'er froze Qiu Ruoshui and Gu Qingbo while Shui Yue'er used her clones to battle Yu Hairou and Shen Liuyu.
• Shui Yue'er trapped Shen Liuyu in a Water Prison and restrained Yu Hairou, forcing the four girls to surrender.
• Jiang Lan used his Innate Domain to heal the girls and restore their Soul Power.
• Shui Qinghan announced that Jiang Lan would be their next opponent, and the four senior sisters agreed to fight him together.

Jiang Lan used his Dragon Transformation to overwhelm Yu Hairou, Shen Liuyu, Gu Qingbo, and Qiu Ruoshui, forcing them to concede their challenge. Shui Qinghan confirmed Shui Bing'er as captain and Jiang Lan as vice-captain of the Skywater Team, and the four senior sisters accepted the decision.

• Shui Qinghan started the match between Jiang Lan and the four senior sisters, and both sides activated their Martial Souls.
• Jiang Lan's Martial Soul Possession gave him Dragon Scales, wings, a horn crown, and three Soul Rings, including a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Jiang Lan's dragon might suppressed the four women and disrupted their Martial Soul Possession, while Shui Yue'er and the others watched in amazement.
• Shui Qinghan explained that the four women were suppressed because they harbored hostility toward Jiang Lan, and they let go of their resentment.
• Yu Hairou conceded for the group, and the four women accepted Shui Bing'er as captain and Jiang Lan as vice-captain of the Skywater Team.

Shui Qinghan explained that Jiang Lan’s True Dragon Martial Soul suppressed the four girls when they felt hostility toward him, but could enhance their power and potentially evolve their Martial Souls when they were on good terms. Yu Hairou tested the effect by joining Soul Power with Jiang Lan’s, and the chapter ended with Dragon-like scales appearing on her body before her Soul Power ran out.

• Yu Hairou, Qiu Ruoshui, Shen Liuyu, and Gu Qingbo discovered they all felt stronger and drawn to Jiang Lan when they bore him goodwill.
• Shui Qinghan explained that Jiang Lan’s high-level water-attribute True Dragon Martial Soul caused the effect and might help their ordinary fish Martial Souls evolve into Advanced Sub-Dragon Martial Souls.
• Shui Qinghan asked Jiang Lan and Yu Hairou to hold hands and circulate their Soul Power.
• As their Soul Power intertwined, blue Dragon Scales spread across Yu Hairou’s right arm, neck, and chest while her strength increased.
• Yu Hairou’s Soul Power could not sustain the effect, and she released Jiang Lan’s hand after describing the experience as intoxicating.

Jiang Lan temporarily transformed Yu Hairou, Shen Liuyu, Gu Qingbo, and Qiu Ruoshui’s Martial Souls by channeling his Soul Power into them, and Shui Qinghan explained that repeated use might evolve or mutate their abilities. After the group trained together, Shui Qinghan kept the four seniors behind to discuss the academy’s offer, beginning with the difficulty of passing down powerful Martial Souls.

• Shui Qinghan asked Jiang Lan to test his power on Shen Liuyu, whose arm gained colorful, strengthened Dragon Scales before her Soul Power ran out.
• Jiang Lan channeled his Soul Power into Gu Qingbo, giving her sleek dark-blue scales that improved her speed and defense until the transformation faded.
• Qiu Ruoshui gained blue-black scales and a dragon claw on her right arm before Shui Qinghan told Jiang Lan to stop.
• Shui Qinghan said Jiang Lan’s power resembled Martial Soul Fusion and might gradually evolve or mutate the women’s Martial Souls, then had him restore their Soul Power.
• Shui Qinghan trained the group through the afternoon, helping Jiang Lan, Shui Bing’er, and the four seniors learn to cooperate.
• Shui Qinghan sent Jiang Lan and the others away, kept Yu Hairou, Shen Liuyu, Gu Qingbo, and Qiu Ruoshui behind, and began discussing the difficulty of passing down powerful Martial Souls.

Shui Qinghan offered Yu Hairou, Shen Liuyu, Qiu Ruoshui, and Gu Qingbo the chance to evolve their fish-type Martial Souls if they became Jiang Lan’s concubines and bore his children. The four left to consider the proposal, and three immediately said they planned to accept while Yu Hairou agreed the offer was a major opportunity.

• Shui Qinghan explained how a mother's talent and Martial Soul affected a child's inheritance, and the four girls showed their knowledge of the subject.
• Shui Qinghan offered the four girls Martial Soul evolution in exchange for becoming Jiang Lan’s concubines and bearing children, while allowing them to refuse if they kept the matter secret.
• Qiu Ruoshui asked whether Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er would object, and Shui Qinghan said she would persuade Bing'er because the girls' fish-type Martial Souls might better pass down Jiang Lan’s True Dragon Martial Soul.
• Shui Qinghan gave the four girls two days to decide, and they left the training ground together.
• Shen Liuyu, Qiu Ruoshui, and Gu Qingbo said they planned to accept the offer, and Yu Hairou acknowledged that it was a valuable opportunity.

Shui Qinghan encouraged Jiang Lan to pursue Shui Bing'er and arranged for the girls to cultivate together, while Yu Hairou and the other senior students discovered that Jiang Lan's presence greatly increased their cultivation speed. The chapter left the four senior students more determined to accept Shui Qinghan's proposal.

• Shui Qinghan decided to persuade Yu Hairou and the other three senior students to stay at Skywater Academy by letting them experience Jiang Lan's benefits.
• Shui Yue'er and Jiang Lan tried to evolve her Martial Soul, but nothing changed, and Jiang Lan reassured her that it might work when she grew stronger.
• Shui Qinghan ordered the girls to live together to benefit from Jiang Lan's cultivation boost, then advised him to take the initiative and court Shui Bing'er.
• The next morning, Shui Qinghan canceled team training and had Yu Hairou, Shen Liuyu, Gu Qingbo, and Qiu Ruoshui meditate together.
• The four senior students felt their cultivation speed increase by about thirty percent and became more resolved to accept Shui Qinghan's proposal.

Shui Qinghan secured Yu Hairou and the other three women’s agreement to her conditions, promising to nurture them as their Martial Souls evolved. The group then traveled to Blazing Fire City, where Jiang Lan agreed to help the women practice the transformation he named True Dragon Transformation.

• Shui Yue'er invited Jiang Lan, Shui Bing'er, and Xue Wu to a new dessert shop, but Xue Wu declined so she could tell her parents about her marriage decision.
• Yu Hairou, Shen Liuyu, Gu Qingbo, and Qiu Ruoshui agreed to Shui Qinghan’s conditions after learning Jiang Lan’s aura could boost their cultivation speed and evolve their Martial Souls.
• Shui Qinghan promised to provide the four women with body-strengthening heavenly treasures so their third Soul Rings could undergo Limit-Break Absorption.
• The next morning, Jiang Lan and the others set out by carriage for Blazing Fire City, a hub for fire-element Soul Masters and blacksmiths built beside an active volcano.
• Yu Hairou asked Jiang Lan to help the four women practice their powerful Martial Soul transformation, and he named it True Dragon Transformation.

Jiang Lan and the four senior sisters continued cultivating the True Dragon Transformation on their journey to Blazing Fire City, while its embarrassing effects went unnoticed by him. After resting at a hot spring hotel, the group set out for Blazing Fire Academy the next morning for their exchange.

• Jiang Lan helped Yu Hairou, Shen Liuyu, Gu Qingbo, and Qiu Ruoshui cultivate the True Dragon Transformation during the carriage ride, and the four women hid its effects from him.
• Jiang Lan used his Innate Domain to shield the group from Blazing Fire City's heat, while the senior sisters teased and fussed over him.
• Shui Qinghan led the group to a hot spring hotel and booked rooms for the night.
• After Jiang Lan left the carriage, the four senior sisters discovered their cushions were soaked and hurried inside to join the others.
• The group ate breakfast the next morning and rode to Blazing Fire Academy for the academy exchange.

Shui Qinghan brought Skywater Academy to Blazing Fire Academy for an exchange and to discuss important matters with Huo Yan. After meeting Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu, the group entered the academy, where Huo Yan explained its fire-resistant facilities and magma-based cultivation rooms.

• Huo Yan welcomed Shui Qinghan and introduced his children, Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu, while the two academies exchanged greetings.
• Huo Yan asked whether Jiang Lan had reached rank twenty, and Shui Qinghan confirmed he had; Huo Wu eagerly focused on the prospect of sparring with him.
• Huo Yan invited Skywater Academy inside and led the group toward the prepared match venue.
• Huo Yan explained that Blazing Fire Academy's stone buildings resisted fire and that its cultivation rooms were built above diverted volcanic magma.

Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy began a friendly exchange with a team battle, while Shui Qinghan revealed her breakthrough to rank ninety and sought Huo Yan’s help hunting a Soul Beast. The chapter left both teams in formation as Huo Wu rallied her side after Shui Yue’er revealed a Millennium Soul Ring.

• Huo Yan explained how Blazing Fire Academy used lava and Earthfire Lizards to cultivate while delaying the active volcano’s eruption.
• Shui Qinghan chose to hold the team battle before the individual matches and told Shui Bing’er to sit out and Jiang Lan to assist without using his Martial Soul or Innate Domain.
• Huo Wu brought five male students to the training grounds, and both teams released their Martial Souls for the match.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang steadied their teammates after Shui Yue’er displayed a purple Millennium Soul Ring, and Blazing Fire Academy rearranged its formation.
• Shui Qinghan told Huo Yan she had reached rank ninety and asked him to help hunt a Soul Beast in exchange for the secret of raising Soul Ring age limits.

Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy began their match, with Jiang Lan using his power to transform Shen Liuyu and Qiu Ruoshui into dragon-scaled fighters. Shen Liuyu overwhelmed Huo Wushuang in a clash of strength, while Qiu Ruoshui attacked Huo Lie.

• Blazing Fire Academy opened with fire-enhancing support skills as Huo Wushuang and Huo Lie charged Skywater Academy, while Huo Yun and Huo Yu tried to circle around toward Xue Wu.
• Shui Yue'er sent Water Clones to intercept the charging attackers, and Xue Wu began forming a weakened Dark Cloud and rainfall over part of the platform.
• Jiang Lan infused Shen Liuyu and Qiu Ruoshui with Soul Power, transforming their Martial Souls, and the two charged at Huo Wushuang and Huo Lie.
• Shen Liuyu struck Huo Wushuang and forced him several steps backward, then met his renewed charge with another attack.
• Qiu Ruoshui transformed both arms into dragon claws and swung at Huo Lie, who hurriedly raised his arms to block.

Qiu Ruoshui and the other Skywater Team members used Jiang Lan’s power to strengthen their dragon-scaled Martial Souls, overwhelming the Blazing Fire Team in several exchanges. Huo Yun and Huo Yu retreated wounded, and Huo Wu decided she had to intervene before her team lost.

• Qiu Ruoshui struck Huo Lie and drove him back, but his Seven-Star Meteor Fire forced her to defend with her dragon scales.
• Jiang Lan infused Yu Hairou and Gu Qingbo with Soul Power, and they charged Huo Yun and Huo Yu.
• Yu Hairou used her sea-dragon attack to absorb the brothers’ flaming feathers, filling the field with mist.
• Gu Qingbo burst through the mist and slashed Huo Yun and Huo Yu, wounding them and forcing them to retreat.
• Huo Wu watched her teammates being suppressed and began directing her Fire Shadow Martial Soul into action.