Chapter Summaries

Bing Yekong brought Yang Wudi to Dugu Bo’s medicinal garden, where Yang agreed to help refine its herbs. After Bing Yekong strengthened his spiritual power with the Autumn Dew of Clear Sight, he and Yang devised a treatment for Dugu Bo and Yanyan, leaving Dugu Bo hopeful that they could be cured.

• Bing Yekong and Yang Wudi followed Dugu Bo through the poisonous miasma to the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, where Dugu Bo allowed them to take herbs.
• Yang Wudi declined to take any herbs for himself and asked to help refine them in the future, which Bing Yekong agreed to.
• Bing Yekong collected the Eight-Horned Mysterious Ice Grass and Fiery Apricot Delicate Herb for his companions, then drank the Autumn Dew of Clear Sight to improve his spiritual power.
• Bing Yekong shared his treatment ideas with Yang Wudi, and they agreed to combine medicine with an improved method of using poison to enhance a Soul Bone.
• Dugu Bo accepted their plan and promised to do anything if they cured him and Yanyan.

Yang Wudi and Bing Yekong prepared pills that began curing Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo broke through to rank ninety-two after taking one. Bing Yekong then selected two immortal herbs to have Yang Wudi refine into pills for him.

• Bing Yekong explained how Dugu Bo could temper a Soul Bone with toxins while Yang Wudi gathered herbs and prepared to refine medicine.
• Yang Wudi refined twenty pills, assigning fifteen to Dugu Bo and five to Dugu Yan, and explained how they should take them.
• Dugu Bo swallowed a pill, felt the accumulated toxins dissolve, and broke through from rank ninety-one to rank ninety-two.
• Dugu Bo thanked Bing Yekong and Yang Wudi, then declined Yang Wudi's offer to spar.
• Bing Yekong asked Yang Wudi to refine pills for him and picked the Black Jade Divine Bamboo and Primordial Unity Immortal Herb.

Yang Wudi refined the Primordial Unity Divine Jade Pill from two immortal herbs, and Bing Yekong consumed it to strengthen his body, soul power, and Heavenly Frost Sword. Yang Wudi then used the remaining Black Jade Divine Bamboo to make a pill for himself, gaining a major increase in power.

• Bing Yekong asked Yang Wudi to refine the Black Jade Divine Bamboo and Primordial Unity Immortal Herb into a pill, and Yang Wudi began a lengthy refinement.
• Yang Wudi successfully refined the Primordial Unity Divine Jade Pill and gave it to Bing Yekong, who gifted him the remaining Black Jade Divine Bamboo.
• Bing Yekong swallowed the pill and rose from rank thirty-eight to rank forty, while the pill strengthened his soul power, physique, and Heavenly Frost Sword.
• Yang Wudi refined and swallowed a pill from the remaining Black Jade Divine Bamboo, raising his soul power from rank eighty-one to the peak of rank eighty-three.

After their breakthroughs, Bing Yekong, Dugu Bo, and Yang Wudi traveled to the Far North in search of a suitable ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring. They found a lone Ice Jade Scorpion of roughly twenty thousand years, and Bing Yekong chose it as his target.

• Bing Yekong invited Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi to the Far North, and both agreed to accompany him.
• The three entered the Far North and set their sights on an ice-attribute Soul Beast around twenty thousand years old.
• Bing Yekong stopped the group from venturing deeper into the mixed region, and they searched there for a suitable Soul Beast.
• After several days of searching, the three discovered a lone Ice Jade Scorpion in an ice cavern.
• Bing Yekong selected the Ice Jade Scorpion for his fourth Soul Ring, and Yang Wudi charged at it.

Bing Yekong killed a twenty-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion and absorbed its Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, overcoming its spiritual remnant with the Ice Dragon King's suppression. His Soul Power surged to level forty-seven, and he prepared to demonstrate his new fourth Soul Skill.

• Yang Wudi fought the Ice Jade Scorpion while Dugu Bo supported him with poison, weakening the beast.
• Bing Yekong used Tianshuang Slash to kill the Ice Jade Scorpion and began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• The Ice Jade Scorpion's remnant soul attacked Bing Yekong in his Sea of Spirit, but the Ice Dragon King's phantom suppressed it and Bing Yekong erased it with his sword.
• Bing Yekong completed the absorption and rose from level forty to level forty-seven, gaining his fourth Soul Ring.
• Bing Yekong revealed his four Soul Rings and announced that he would demonstrate his fourth Soul Skill to Dugu Bo.

Bing Yekong tested his fourth soul skill, Ice Seal Thousand-Blade Break, and revealed that it could control multiple targets as well as attack and defend. After Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi praised his ability, Bing Yekong invited them to return with him to Element City.

• Bing Yekong used Ice Seal Thousand-Blade Break on Dugu Bo, freezing him before striking with sword energy, but Dugu Bo emerged unharmed.
• Dugu Bo judged the skill powerful enough to trouble a Soul Saint without a Martial Soul Avatar and noted its control, defense, and attack capabilities.
• Bing Yekong demonstrated that his fourth soul skill could freeze Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, and himself at once, revealing its group-control effect.
• Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo marveled at Bing Yekong's soul skill, and Dugu Bo attributed its strength to Bing Yekong's ice attribute drawing out the soul ring's full potential.
• Bing Yekong invited Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo to return with him to Element City.

Bing Yekong returned to the Shui Family with Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi, who had both agreed to become honored elders. The chapter ended with Yang Wudi inspecting the well-equipped alchemy room Shui Qingrou had prepared for him.

• Bing Yekong, Dugu Bo, and Yang Wudi traveled from the Extreme North to Element City in five days, sparring and cultivating along the way.
• Bing Yekong brought the two elders to the Shui Family, where Shui Qingrou welcomed them and arranged their rooms and a banquet.
• Shui Qingrou told Bing Yekong to rest while she handled the preparations, but he took Yang Wudi to the alchemy room.
• Yang Wudi praised the new furnace and learned Shui Qingrou had prepared the room after Bing Yekong mentioned inviting an alchemy master.

Bing Yekong returned with immortal herbs for Yang Wudi to refine into pills and reunited with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, who had worried about his long absence. The chapter ended with the family hosting Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo for dinner, where Shui Qingrou welcomed the Po Clan to stay with the Shui Family.

• Bing Yekong gave Yang Wudi immortal herbs from the Icefire Yin-Yang Well and a list of pills to refine, and Yang Wudi eagerly accepted the task.
• Shui Yue'er rushed to embrace Bing Yekong and told him she and Shui Bing'er had feared something had happened to him.
• Shui Bing'er hugged Bing Yekong in tears, and he apologized and promised that his delay would not happen again.
• Bing Yekong told Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er about his experiences in the Far North, including the Soul Ring of the Ice Jade Scorpion.
• Shui Qingrou invited Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo to dinner and told Yang Wudi that the Shui Family would welcome members of the Po Clan.

After Dugu Bo pledged himself to Bing Yekong, Bing Yekong reflected on his growing bonds and comforted Shui Bing'er, who feared he would leave without warning. Yang Wudi completed his alchemy, producing Ice Spirit Pills and Fire Spirit Pills before revealing a dozen mysterious golden-patterned pills.

• Dugu Bo told Bing Yekong that his medicine had eased his poison and pledged to help him, even against Spirit Hall.
• Bing Yekong thought about his plans and promised Shui Bing'er that he would not leave without telling her.
• Yang Wudi spent five days refining pills while Bing Yekong brought him food.
• Yang Wudi showed Bing Yekong the Ice Spirit Pill, made with Shui Bing'er in mind, and a Fire Spirit Pill made with Fiery Apricot Delicate Herb.
• Yang Wudi revealed roughly twelve milky-white pills marked with dense golden patterns.

Yang Wudi successfully refined twelve Creation Mystic Soul Pills, and Bing Yekong gave Shui Bing'er an Ice Spirit Pill to cure her unstable martial soul. Shui Bing'er began absorbing it with Bing Yekong guiding its power, and he continued supporting her as the afternoon passed.

• Yang Wudi presented Bing Yekong with twelve high-quality Creation Mystic Soul Pills after successfully refining them.
• Bing Yekong thanked Yang Wudi and left the alchemy room with the pills, deciding to give Shui Bing'er her cure.
• Bing Yekong visited Shui Bing'er and placed an Ice Spirit Pill made with Eight-Horned Mysterious Ice Grass before her.
• Shui Bing'er accepted Bing Yekong's explanation and swallowed the pill, beginning to absorb its medicinal power.
• Bing Yekong guided the pill's power through Shui Bing'er's body with his Ultimate Ice soul power, sustaining the effort for hours.

Shui Bing'er evolved her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul into Ultimate Ice, and her Soul Power resonated and fused naturally with Bing Yekong's. After agreeing to travel with him to the Far North to find her fourth Soul Ring, Bing Yekong headed to Shui Yue'er’s room with the remaining Creation Mystic Soul Pills.

• Bing Yekong helped Shui Bing'er complete her Ice Spirit Pill absorption, and her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul evolved into Ultimate Ice.
• Bing Yekong discovered that Shui Bing'er's Ultimate Ice Soul Power merged naturally with the Soul Power of his Tianshuang Sword, suggesting they might develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Shui Bing'er sensed that her Soul Power had reached level forty and needed a fourth Soul Ring to break through.
• Bing Yekong promised to accompany Shui Bing'er to the Far North to find a suitable fourth Soul Ring, and she agreed to wait for him to arrange the trip.
• After leaving Shui Bing'er's room, Bing Yekong went to Shui Yue'er's room with the twelve remaining Creation Mystic Soul Pills.

Bing Yekong gave Shui Yue'er and Feng Xiaotian Creation Mystic Soul Pills to strengthen their cultivation. Shui Yue'er broke through to level thirty-four, while Feng Xiaotian began absorbing his pill at the Feng Family estate.

• Bing Yekong gave Shui Yue'er a Creation Mystic Soul Pill and stood guard as she absorbed it.
• Shui Yue'er broke through from level thirty-one to level thirty-four and thanked Bing Yekong.
• Bing Yekong went to the Feng Family estate to give Feng Xiaotian a pill.
• Feng Xiaotian revealed that he had reached level forty-three and asked Bing Yekong to spar.
• Bing Yekong gave Feng Xiaotian the pill, and Feng Xiaotian declared that they were brothers for life before swallowing it.

After Feng Xiaotian advanced to level forty-six, he challenged Bing Yekong to a sparring match and unleashed his Gale Demon Wolf's Thirty-Six Slashes. Bing Yekong blocked the full assault with his swordsmanship and Profound Ice Dragon Soar, and Feng Xiaotian conceded.

• Feng Xiaotian absorbed the Creation Mystic Soul Pill and broke through to level forty-six.
• Bing Yekong and Feng Xiaotian moved to the Feng Family's training ground for a sparring match.
• Feng Xiaotian launched his Gale Demon Wolf's Thirty-Six Slashes while Bing Yekong calmly countered with the Tianshuang Sword.
• Feng Xiaotian completed all thirty-six slashes, and Bing Yekong met the final attack with Profound Ice Dragon Soar.
• Feng Xiaotian was thrown back by the collision, landed exhausted, and told Bing Yekong, "I concede."

Bing Yekong helped Feng Xiaotian improve his Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes and returned to the Shui Family, where Yang Wudi advised him on developing a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Shui Bing'er. Shui Bing'er agreed to cultivate with Bing Yekong each night so they could strengthen their Soul Power fusion and seek the tacit understanding needed for the skill.

• Bing Yekong advised Feng Xiaotian to shorten the charging time of his Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes by weaving the early slashes into ordinary attacks, and Feng Xiaotian thanked him for the guidance and pill.
• Bing Yekong returned to the Shui Family and told Yang Wudi that his Soul Power had fused with Shui Bing'er's.
• Yang Wudi explained that Soul Power fusion was only the first step toward a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which also required tacit understanding between the two people.
• Bing Yekong asked Shui Bing'er to cultivate with him each night to strengthen their Soul Power fusion, and she agreed.

Bing Yekong and Shui Bing'er cultivated together through the night, discovering that their fused soul power created a faint mental connection. The next morning, he went to the Huo Family and gave Huo Wu a Fire Spirit Pill and Huo Wushuang a Creation Mystic Soul Pill.

• Shui Bing'er and Bing Yekong joined their soul power through their palms and found that their minds could faintly resonate.
• Shui Bing'er and Bing Yekong cultivated together overnight, stabilizing her Ultimate Ice soul power and strengthening a lingering mental connection between them.
• Bing Yekong told Shui Bing'er he was going to the Huo Family to deliver pills, and she reminded him to be careful.
• The Huo Family's gatekeeping disciples let Bing Yekong in, where he found Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang at home.
• Bing Yekong gave Huo Wu a Fire Spirit Pill that could evolve her martial soul toward Ultimate Fire and gave Huo Wushuang a Creation Mystic Soul Pill.

Bing Yekong gave Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang pills that advanced their cultivation, and both reached level forty. A few days later, Bing Yekong and Shui Bing'er departed with Yang Wudi so she could obtain her fourth Soul Ring.

• Huo Wu thanked Bing Yekong with an embrace and a quick kiss, while Huo Wushuang thanked him for the pills.
• Huo Wu absorbed the Fire Spirit Pill, evolved her martial soul to Ultimate Fire, and reached level forty.
• Huo Wushuang absorbed the Creation Mystic Soul Pill and also reached level forty.
• Bing Yekong agreed to meet Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang again after they obtained their fourth Soul Rings, then left the Huo Family.
• A few days later, Bing Yekong, Shui Bing'er, and Yang Wudi set out from Element City so Shui Bing'er could obtain her fourth Soul Ring.

Bing Yekong, Shui Bing'er, and Yang Wudi traveled into the Far North to find a suitable ten-thousand-year soul beast for Shui Bing'er's fourth Soul Ring. They found a twelve-thousand-year ice phoenix, and Bing Yekong began fighting it so Shui Bing'er could deliver the final blow.

• Shui Qingrou watched Shui Bing'er and Bing Yekong leave for the Far North and was pleased that Bing Yekong accompanied her.
• Bing Yekong shielded Shui Bing'er from the biting wind as the three traveled north through the frozen wilderness.
• The trio searched the Far North for a Phoenix-blooded soul beast suitable for Shui Bing'er and found a twelve-thousand-year ice phoenix on a frozen lake.
• Bing Yekong attacked the ice phoenix with his Tianshuang Sword and used his fourth Soul Skill, Ice Seal Thousand-Blade Break, to wound and restrain it.
• Bing Yekong summoned an ice dragon with Profound Ice Dragon Soar and pinned the ice phoenix, but it broke free and whipped a tail feather toward his chest.

Bing Yekong helped Shui Bing'er defeat an Ice Phoenix and absorb its Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, raising her to level forty-five. After they returned to their usual routines, an unusual sensation stirred in Bing Yekong's dantian during their cultivation together.

• Bing Yekong and Shui Bing'er coordinated their attacks to kill the Ice Phoenix, and Shui Bing'er began absorbing its Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Bing Yekong guarded Shui Bing'er and helped her withstand the Soul Ring's power, then entered her Sea of Spirit and destroyed the Ice Phoenix's remnant soul.
• Shui Bing'er completed the absorption, reached level forty-five, and revealed that her fourth soul skill was powerful.
• Shui Bing'er, Bing Yekong, and Yang Wudi left the Far North and returned to their usual routines at Skywater Academy and home.
• During cultivation, Bing Yekong felt an unusual ripple rise from his dantian and abruptly opened his eyes.

Bing Yekong and Shui Bing'er awakened a Martial Soul Fusion Skill by combining their Soul Power, creating an icy-blue figure that wielded the Tianshuang Sword and Ice Phoenix. After their strike destroyed the training grounds, they reunited and celebrated their discovery as Shui Qingrou, Yang Wudi, and Dugu Bo arrived to investigate.

• Bing Yekong and Shui Bing'er sensed their Martial Souls calling to each other and ran to the training grounds.
• Bing Yekong guided Shui Bing'er as they poured their Soul Power into the Tianshuang Sword, and their powers merged into an icy-blue figure with an Ice Phoenix.
• The fused figure unleashed Ice Phoenix Strike, shattering the training grounds and carving a deep, ice-coated pit where the training dummy had stood.
• Bing Yekong and Shui Bing'er separated, realized they had created a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and celebrated together.
• Shui Qingrou, Yang Wudi, and Dugu Bo hurried to the training grounds after sensing the commotion and powerful ice fluctuations.

Bing Yekong and Shui Bing'er successfully unleashed a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill with the Tianshuang Sword and Ice Phoenix, then decided to test whether his Ice Dragon King could fuse with her Ice Phoenix. They headed to another Shui Family training ground to try it, though they did not know if it could withstand the result.

• Bing Yekong and Shui Bing'er showed Shui Qingrou, Yang Wudi, and Dugu Bo the destroyed training ground after their Martial Soul Fusion Skill leveled it.
• Dugu Bo warned that the attack could likely defeat even a Soul Saint, while Bing Yekong and Shui Bing'er reflected on the feeling of their souls merging.
• Bing Yekong and Shui Bing'er agreed to attempt another fusion the next day, using his Ice Dragon King Martial Soul instead of the Tianshuang Sword.
• Bing Yekong explained that the Ice Dragon King had no Soul Rings yet, but he believed its compatibility with Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix might be even greater.
• Bing Yekong and Shui Bing'er went to a smaller Shui Family training ground to test the Ice Dragon King and Ice Phoenix fusion.