Chapter Summaries

Yan Jingzhe and Snow Empress entered Earth Dragon Gate’s cold spring cave and collected its Ice Extreme Divine Crystals and Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow. After Yan Jingzhe gave Nan Shuishui the promised Soul Bone, he and Snow Empress flew back toward Shrek.

• Nan Shuishui led Yan Jingzhe and Snow Empress to the cold spring and explained that the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal lay in a cave beneath it.
• Yan Jingzhe and Snow Empress descended through the well and found a cavern filled with Ice Extreme Divine Crystals.
• Yan Jingzhe used his Ultimate Ice soul power to remove and gather the crystals while Snow Empress collected forty-five portions of Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow.
• Yan Jingzhe gave Nan Shuishui the Ten-Thousand-Year Sub-Dragon Soul Bone as promised, and she accepted it.
• Yan Jingzhe and Snow Empress left Earth Dragon Gate and headed for Shrek, agreeing that they had both profited from the exchange.

Yan Jingzhe returned from the Far North and revealed his three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings to Mu En. After consulting the Sea God Pavilion’s secret archives, he planned to target the Sea God’s loyal followers in the Endless Sea as part of his rebellion against Tang San.

• Yan Jingzhe showed Mu En his Ice Sky Snow Maiden Martial Soul and explained that the Star Anise Mysterious Ice Grass and the Ice Bear King had become his Soul Spirits.
• Yan Jingzhe told Mu En that he needed sea maps to complete his Soul Rings and prepare his plans against powerful Soul Beasts.
• Mu En led Yan Jingzhe into the Sea God Pavilion’s secret chamber and showed him a map marking the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan and Sea God Island.
• Mu En warned Yan Jingzhe about the hostile Soul Beasts of the Endless Sea, and Yan Jingzhe promised to prepare carefully.
• Yan Jingzhe resolved to kill the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan and Mermaid Sea Princess Clan, then planned to strengthen the Spirit Pagoda and seek a Hundred-Thousand-Year Golden Tortoiseshell before sailing for the Endless Sea.

Yan Jingzhe visited the Spirit Pagoda construction site, then searched the Great Star Dou Forest for the Golden Tortoiseshell, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast compatible with the Ice Sky Snow Maiden Martial Soul. He found it in a shallow pool and began speaking with it.

• Yan Jingzhe inspected the Spirit Pagoda and saw Xian Lin'er directing the construction work.
• Yan Jingzhe flew into the Great Star Dou Forest to search for the Golden Tortoiseshell.
• Yan Jingzhe scanned shallow streams and sandbanks throughout the border region between the Core Area and the Mixed Zone.
• Yan Jingzhe found a disguised tortoiseshell turtle whose shell carried a faint trace of Life Gold aura.
• The Golden Tortoiseshell asked Yan Jingzhe what he wanted.

Yan Jingzhe explained Soul Spirits to the Golden Tortoiseshell and offered it a way to escape Life Gold's backlash. The tortoise agreed to become a Soul Spirit, and Yan Jingzhe set off with Snow Empress for the Sun Moon Empire's Dongyang City Ice Sea to check on Yuhao.

• Yan Jingzhe summoned Snow Empress, Little White, and Star Anise to show the Golden Tortoiseshell what Soul Spirits were.
• Snow Empress vouched for Soul Spirits, and the Golden Tortoiseshell agreed to the contract and asked for its Soul Bone to become an External Soul Bone for Yan Jingzhe's left palm.
• As the Golden Tortoiseshell fused with Yan Jingzhe, its Life Gold released a surge of life energy that the Life Watcher's Blade absorbed.
• Yan Jingzhe gained a fourth Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and a Hundred-Thousand-Year External Soul Bone in his left palm, while the Golden Tortoiseshell's consciousness settled in his Sea of Spirit.
• Yan Jingzhe stored the transformed Life Blade and flew with Snow Empress toward the Dongyang City Ice Sea to check on Yuhao.

Yan Jingzhe infiltrated the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, secretly visited Huo Yuhao, and then broke into Illustrious Virtue Hall to study its Soul Guidance Device research. As he prepared to leave the Core Area, someone discovered him.

• Yan Jingzhe admired Bright City’s advanced architecture and decided that he would unify the Douluo Continent if the Sun Moon Empire started a war.
• Yan Jingzhe evaded the academy’s detection systems and visited Huo Yuhao, who reported reaching the peak of Rank 33 after nearly three months in Bright City.
• Yan Jingzhe gave Huo Yuhao five pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow and advised him to use them carefully while cultivating.
• Yan Jingzhe infiltrated Illustrious Virtue Hall and found unusual Soul Guidance Device designs and a powerful unfinished cannon turret in a Core Area.
• Yan Jingzhe memorized the research without taking anything, but a voice called out to him as he was about to leave.

Yan Jingzhe was discovered infiltrating Illustrious Virtue Hall and fought his way out as Kong Deming raised the alarm. Surrounded in the night sky by Jing Hongchen and the empire’s Soul Engineers, Yan Jingzhe began unveiling his full-strength self-created skill, Dawn of Light.

• Kong Deming identified Yan Jingzhe inside the laboratory and activated its defensive formations against him.
• Yan Jingzhe blocked Kong Deming’s attacks and escaped through the laboratory ceiling after Kong Deming sounded the alarm.
• Jing Hongchen, Kong Deming, and numerous Soul Engineers surrounded Yan Jingzhe above Illustrious Virtue Hall as its barrier rose.
• Yan Jingzhe declared that he would test his full-strength self-created soul skill, then gathered his powers and manifested the Radiant Phoenix.
• Yan Jingzhe named the blazing technique Dawn of Light.

Yan Jingzhe struck Illustrious Virtue Hall with a powerful golden attack, but Kong Deming’s Rank-10 Silver Moon Divine Light Barrier endured it. After escaping, Yan Jingzhe recovered at the Sun Moon Grand Hotel and discussed the device with Snow Empress.

• Yan Jingzhe’s golden pillar shattered six defensive barriers, while Kong Deming’s Silver Moon Divine Light Barrier survived with a crack.
• Yan Jingzhe praised Kong Deming and flew away; Kong Deming warned Jing Hongchen and the other Soul Engineers that pursuing Yan Jingzhe would get them killed.
• Kong Deming ended the confrontation and said he would explain what happened to His Majesty.
• Yan Jingzhe returned to the Sun Moon Grand Hotel and recovered while Snow Empress stood guard.
• Yan Jingzhe told Snow Empress that seeing the quasi-divine Silver Moon Divine Light Barrier was his greatest gain, then embarrassed her by touching her leg.
• Snow Empress returned to Yan Jingzhe’s Sea of Spirit, leaving him to lament that he would sleep alone.

Kong Deming reported Yan Jingzhe’s Demi-God Rank strength to the Sun Moon emperor, prompting the empire and the Holy Spirit Cult to avoid provoking him. Yan Jingzhe and Snow Empress arrived in East Sun City, where they planned to eat before visiting the City Lord’s Manor to kill an Evil Soul Master.

• Kong Deming told the old emperor that Yan Jingzhe’s Dawn of Light had reached the Demi-God Rank and that he had taken no physical objects from Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• Xu Tianran learned Yan Jingzhe could have memorized the blueprints, and the old emperor ordered the palace defenses strengthened while forbidding anyone to provoke him.
• Zhongli Wu received confirmation of Yan Jingzhe’s strength and ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to keep a low profile and avoid him and his allies.
• Yan Jingzhe and Snow Empress arrived in East Sun City and entered a barbecue restaurant after Snow Empress showed interest in its Snow Pig meat.
• Yan Jingzhe ordered food and wheat ale, then told Snow Empress they would visit the City Lord’s Manor to kill an Evil Soul Master before heading out to sea.

Yan Jingzhe and Snow Empress entered the City Lord's Manor and found Abomination Douluo, an Evil Soul Master hiding underground. Yan Jingzhe killed him with Holy Light Flame, then left with Snow Empress for their next stop: the sea.

• Yan Jingzhe held Snow Empress's hand as they walked into the City Lord's Manor, and the guards let them pass without question.
• Yan Jingzhe detected an abnormal aura in a hidden underground chamber and identified Abomination Douluo as the likely source.
• Abomination Douluo transformed and attacked Yan Jingzhe and Snow Empress with poisonous clouds and undead, but Yan Jingzhe's flames stopped his attacks.
• Yan Jingzhe pierced Abomination Douluo with a snow-white beam, killing him and erasing his poisonous clouds and undead.
• Yan Jingzhe took Snow Empress's hand again, and they left the manor to head for the sea.

Yan Jingzhe and Snow Empress hired Ye Cheng to take them toward the Ice Seal Sea, but the Black Pearl Pirates attacked their fishing boat. Yan Jingzhe killed the pirates and took command of their faster ship, continuing toward their destination.

• Yan Jingzhe and Snow Empress hired Ye Cheng to sail them toward the Ice Seal Sea, and Ye Cheng brought his granddaughter, Ye Yu, aboard.
• After five hours at sea, Ye Cheng spotted the Black Pearl Pirates approaching and warned his passengers.
• Black Shark ordered his pirates to attack the fishing boat and threatened its passengers.
• Yan Jingzhe revealed his strength as a Titled Douluo and killed Black Shark and the pirates with Holy Light Flame.
• Yan Jingzhe had Ye Cheng take control of the Black Pearl, and the group continued toward the Ice Seal Sea aboard the faster ship.

Yan Jingzhe and Snow Empress encountered the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan while sailing through the Ice Sea, and Yan Jingzhe revealed that he had come to confront them. The clan’s king, Little White, challenged him, but Snow Empress froze the sea and revealed her identity.

• Yan Jingzhe caught Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast fish for Snow Empress and the Ye family, then asked Ye Yu about sea creatures.
• Ye Yu described Demon Soul Great White Sharks, and Yan Jingzhe spotted a school surrounding their ship.
• Ye Cheng and Qin Hai feared the ship could not escape the hundreds of sharks, while Yan Jingzhe welcomed the encounter.
• Little White emerged and ordered the humans to leave, but Yan Jingzhe said he had come to remove the clan that served Tang San.
• Snow Empress spread Ultimate Ice across the sea toward Little White, who recognized her as the ruler of the Far North.

Yan Jingzhe killed Little White and most of the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan, then absorbed Little White’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. He prepared to face the Mermaid Clan’s chief next, while Snow Empress warned him not to underestimate the Sea Princess.

• Snow Empress admitted that she had caused Little White’s anger, and Little White attacked the Black Pearl with her clan.
• Yan Jingzhe used his ninth Soul Skill to slaughter many Demon Soul Great White Sharks, then defeated Little White’s Demon Shark’s Fang with his Light Phoenix skills.
• Yan Jingzhe unleashed Dawn of Light, killed Little White, and destroyed the remaining Demon Soul Great White Sharks.
• Yan Jingzhe collected Little White’s Soul Bone and absorbed her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring while Snow Empress guarded him.
• Snow Empress asked whether Yan Jingzhe was confident about fighting the Sea Princess, and he explained that he knew about her Heart of the Ocean.

Yan Jingzhe and Snow Empress reached the Mermaid Clan’s underwater palace, where Yan Jingzhe defeated the mermaids’ combined spiritual attack and demanded the Sea Princess reveal herself. The Sea Princess appeared and asked why he had come.

• After two days at sea, Ye Cheng steered the Black Pearl into the Frozen Deep Sea while Ye Yu recovered and grew curious about Yan Jingzhe.
• Yan Jingzhe sensed the Mermaid Clan’s palace ten thousand meters beneath the ship and descended with Snow Empress.
• Mermaid Guards spotted the intruders and summoned hundreds of mermaids to confront them.
• Yan Jingzhe struck down the mermaids’ combined spiritual power, leaving the crowned mermaid unconscious despite her crown’s protection.
• Yan Jingzhe called for the Sea Princess, who appeared above the palace and asked why he had come.

Yan Jingzhe challenged the Sea Princess to abandon her faith in the Sea God, and the two fought beneath the palace dome. The Sea Princess countered his strongest sword strike with the Heart of the Ocean and turned its power back on him, leaving their battle at a dangerous climax.

• Yan Jingzhe asked the Sea Princess to change her faith, and she attacked him with a spear of condensed seawater.
• The Sea Princess unleashed her Deep Sea Domain and Ice Sea Tsunami, but Yan Jingzhe blocked the attack with the Radiant Tower.
• Yan Jingzhe used his ninth Soul Skill, Blade of Light Judgment, to strike at the Sea Princess.
• The Sea Princess summoned the Heart of the Ocean, absorbed Yan Jingzhe's blade, and gathered its power into her Curse of the Heart of the Ocean.
• The Sea Princess launched the combined attack at Yan Jingzhe, who watched it approach with a smile.

Yan Jingzhe destroyed the Mermaid Clan, killed the Sea Princess, and absorbed her six-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring. After returning to the Black Pearl, he planned to hunt powerful sea clans and seek Demon Empress as a Soul Spirit.

• Yan Jingzhe exploited the Heart of the Ocean's inability to absorb energy during its counterattack and shattered it with Dawn of Light, badly wounding the Sea Princess.
• Yan Jingzhe unleashed Ice Bear Cometfall on the Mermaid Clan; the Sea Princess, Li Jing, and the mermaids were killed, leaving the Sea Princess's Soul Ring and Soul Bone behind.
• Yan Jingzhe absorbed the Sea Princess's six-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring over three hours while Snow Empress and the other Soul Spirits guarded him.
• Yan Jingzhe and Snow Empress returned to the Black Pearl, where he told Ye Cheng to sail south.
• Snow Empress told Yan Jingzhe that Demon Empress hated the Sea God, and Yan Jingzhe decided to visit the major Sea Soul Beast clans and force them to submit.

Over the year, Yan Jingzhe subdued numerous Sea Soul Beast clans and won their faith, causing pale golden Power of Faith to gather around him. Electrolux estimated that Yan Jingzhe could condense an ordinary god position in about twenty years, while Yan Jingzhe planned to seek humanity’s faith next.

• Shrek Academy warned the major powers not to interfere with the Spirit Pagoda, and they learned that Soul Spirits would be revealed at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament.
• Xu Tianran ascended the throne of the Sun Moon Empire, expanded its Soul Engineer Legion, and made the Holy Spirit Cult the state religion.
• Yan Jingzhe and his companions tracked down the Evil Spirit Orca pod, subdued it, and sent the Evil Orca King to face the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan.
• The Blue Silver Eel Clan and Giant-Toothed Ray Clan pledged their faith to Yan Jingzhe in exchange for survival and learned about the Soul Spirit Method.
• Yan Jingzhe defeated or persuaded several West Sea clans and more than twenty other Sea Soul Beast clans to place their faith in him.
• Electrolux sensed pale golden Power of Faith gathering from the seas and continent and estimated that an ordinary god position could condense in about twenty years.

Tang San discovered that half of his Sea Soul Beast faith had vanished and sent a message to investigate. Meanwhile, Yan Jingzhe prepared to enter the North Sea with Snow Empress, intending to recruit the Demon Empress while avoiding Sea God Island.

• Tang San saw that faith from Sea Soul Beasts across the ocean was disappearing and sent divine information to Douluo Continent to investigate.
• Yan Jingzhe spent a year subduing Sea Soul Beasts while Snow Empress accompanied him and Ye Cheng steered the Black Pearl.
• Ye Yu awakened a Wish Angel Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power, and Yan Jingzhe accepted her as his disciple.
• At the border of the West Sea and North Sea, Yan Jingzhe said they would leave Sea God Island alone and seek to recruit the Demon Empress of the Deep Sea Demon Abyss.
• Snow Empress and Yan Jingzhe watched the waves as Old Ye guided the Black Pearl toward the North Sea.

Niu Tian and Titan were ordered to find the Demon Empress in the North Sea Region, while Yan Jingzhe and Snow Empress located her lair in the Eternal Silence Deep-Sea Abyss. The Demon Empress recognized Yan Jingzhe and revealed that she had investigated him because of his actions against Tang San’s allies.

• Titan complained that Tang San had ordered them to search for the Demon Empress, but Niu Tian persuaded him to go for Xiao Wu and Dong'er’s sake.
• After several days at sea, Yan Jingzhe and Snow Empress sensed an abyssal rift where the North Sea Region’s baleful energy gathered, and Yan Jingzhe identified it as the Demon Empress’s dwelling.
• Yan Jingzhe and Snow Empress descended into the trench under the Radiant Tower’s protection and found the Demon Empress coiled in a palace at its center.
• The Demon Empress transformed into a woman and told Yan Jingzhe she knew of his pursuit of godhood and had monitored him since he entered the sea and slaughtered the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan.
• Yan Jingzhe was surprised to learn that the Demon Empress’s intelligence network covered the entire Douluo Star and that she had spared him only to investigate his motives.

Yan Jingzhe revealed his plans to unite the faith of Soul Beasts and humanity across Douluo Star and become a god, seeking the Demon Empress’s support. She agreed to help if he swore to kill Tang San, and after he bound himself with an oath upon his Light Phoenix Martial Soul and future godhood, she asked how to become his Soul Spirit.

• The Demon Empress confronted Yan Jingzhe about conquering sea clans and correctly inferred that he planned to become a god through faith.
• Yan Jingzhe explained that his plan covered all of Douluo Star, including Soul Beast allies in the Great Star Dou Forest and Far North, and a future campaign to unite the continent under a Douluo Federation.
• The Demon Empress offered the support of the North Sea Region and Deep Sea Demon Whale Clan, along with her own life, on the condition that Yan Jingzhe kill Tang San after becoming a god.
• Yan Jingzhe swore upon his Light Phoenix Martial Soul and future godhood to fight Tang San until one of them died, accepting divine punishment if he broke the oath.
• The Demon Empress accepted his oath, and Yan Jingzhe explained that she could become his Soul Spirit while retaining her consciousness and continuing to cultivate.

Yan Jingzhe accepted the Demon Empress as his Soul Spirit, completing his nine red Soul Rings and gaining a nine-hundred-thousand-year External Soul Bone. He returned to the Black Pearl with the Snow Empress and set course for Shrek Academy with Ye Yu and Ye Cheng, while Niu Tian and Titan headed toward the Deep Sea Demon Abyss.

• The Demon Empress asked Yan Jingzhe to preserve her consciousness and requested an External Soul Bone on his right hand before beginning her sacrifice.
• Yan Jingzhe used the Equal Contract to absorb the Demon Empress’s power, gaining three red Soul Rings and the External Soul Bone as her consciousness settled in his Sea of Spirit.
• The Demon Empress’s sacrifice drained the palace’s power and cleared the abyssal murk from the deep sea.
• Yan Jingzhe and the Snow Empress surfaced and rejoined Ye Cheng and Ye Yu aboard the Black Pearl.
• Yan Jingzhe invited Ye Cheng to accompany them to Shrek Academy, and Ye Cheng agreed before steering the ship south.
• Niu Tian and Titan entered the sea from Douluo Continent’s northern coastline and headed toward the Deep Sea Demon Abyss.