Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Jiang Lan returns to the courtyard with Doro and learns from Guga One that Xiao Wu left two days earlier through a secret passage, heading back to the Star Dou Great Forest. She left a letter asking him not to follow.
• In the letter, Xiao Wu says she needs time alone and doesn’t know how to face Tang San. She asks Jiang Lan not to seek revenge, praises his strength, and asks him to look after Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing. She also teases him about Doro’s tangerine habit and admits she took two pieces of his candy.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing arrive. They read the letter and comfort Jiang Lan. Zhu Zhuqing explains that Xiao Wu’s history with Tang San makes the situation emotionally complicated, even if Xiao Wu wasn’t at fault.
• Jiang Lan insists he isn’t worried, but carefully puts the letter away and admits he is upset that Xiao Wu left without telling him. He lightens up when Rongrong offers him a whole grilled fish, though he vows Xiao Wu must repay him with candy.
• That night, Jiang Lan tells Doro they should leave Heaven Dou City, travel across the continent, and eventually return to Sea God Island to visit Bo Saixi. He feels there is little left for them to do in the city.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Lan shows how attached he is to Xiao Wu: his insistence that he is not worried contrasts with his tense expression and careful handling of her letter. He accepts that she needs space but remains hurt she did not tell him.
• Xiao Wu reveals her distress over Tang San and her need for solitude, while still showing affection for Jiang Lan through her praise, practical concern, playful teasing, and personal farewell.
• Ning Rongrong responds warmly, comforting Jiang Lan and cheering him with food.
• Zhu Zhuqing offers a thoughtful explanation of Xiao Wu’s feelings and history with Tang San, showing her empathy despite her reserved manner.
• Doro provides comic relief by denying she stole the candy, while her concern for Jiang Lan and Xiao Wu comes through in her reactions.

Significant themes

• Separation and care: Xiao Wu leaves to cope alone, but her letter shows she remains deeply connected to her friends.
• Emotional complexity: The bond between Xiao Wu and Tang San cannot be reduced to blame or fairness; shared history makes the conflict difficult.
• Affection expressed indirectly: Jiang Lan hides his worry behind complaints and jokes, while Xiao Wu’s teasing carries warmth.
• Change and moving on: Xiao Wu’s departure and Jiang Lan’s plans to travel mark transitions for both her and the group.

Plot points and events

• Jiang Lan decides to leave Heaven Dou City to travel across the Douluo Continent and visit Sea God Island, where he hopes to see Bo Saixi. He plans to return afterward.
• He has prepared a handwritten operations manual so Honey Snow Ice City can be managed remotely, with monthly account checks. Guga One sends robots to summon his friends before dawn.
• At a small gathering in the courtyard, Jiang Lan announces his departure. He admits he kept the decision to himself because he feared his friends would try to stop him.
• After reassuring them that he will be careful and come back, he begins handing out labeled bottles as gifts. Their contents are not revealed in this excerpt.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Lan shows both independence and consideration: he is determined to travel, but makes arrangements for his shop and gathers his friends to say goodbye. He also clearly longs to see Bo Saixi.
• Ning Rongrong is hurt that he did not tell her sooner, but recognizes that she cannot keep him from following his own path.
• Shui Yue’er teases Jiang Lan, then becomes protective, urging him not to take unnecessary risks.
• Dugu Yan initially reacts with mock menace and scolds him about his affection for other women, but ultimately embraces him and quietly asks him to return soon. He promises he will.
• Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and the Skywater Academy women listen as part of the group, sharing in the subdued farewell.

Significant themes

• Independence and self-determination: Jiang Lan chooses to travel despite knowing his friends may oppose it.
• Friendship and affection: The group’s teasing, concern, and reluctance to see him leave reveal their close bonds.
• Parting and reassurance: The farewell is emotional, but Jiang Lan promises to return, making the departure feel temporary rather than final.

Key plot points and events

• As Jiang Lan prepares to leave, he gives Shui Bing’er a supply of something he made and thanks the women who cared for him.
• The courtyard’s farewell quickly turns affectionate: Ning Rongrong and Shui Yue’er kiss him, the others ruffle his hair, and even Dugu Yan smiles despite staying aloof.
• Jiang Lan promises to bring back wild fruit from the Star Dou Great Forest, then leaves with Doro. They agree they’ll bring back plenty of oranges, and Jiang Lan chooses Slaughter City as their next destination.
• Outside the city, Tang Hao confronts Jiang Lan, identifies him as an eight-and-a-half-year-old at rank fifty-one, and demands the source of his power.
• Jiang Lan refuses to be intimidated. When Tang Hao attacks, Jiang Lan’s single punch shatters his guard and sends him flying, knocking him unconscious.
• Jiang Lan then gently pats Tang Hao’s cheek and tells him he shouldn’t sleep by the roadside. Doro watches, wondering what they should do with him.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Lan shows gratitude and affection toward his companions, but remains confident and irreverent when challenged. His immense strength contrasts comically with his childlike appearance and gentle manner.
• Doro shares Jiang Lan’s fondness for oranges and looks forward to returning, while acting as an amused spectator during the fight.
• The women in the courtyard express their attachment through teasing, kisses, and affectionate fussing. Dugu Yan’s restrained smile reveals warmth beneath her aloofness; Ye Lingling notices her tsundere behavior.
• Tang Hao approaches Jiang Lan as a vulnerable child he can coerce, but badly underestimates him and is defeated almost instantly.

Significant themes

• Found family and farewell: The group’s affectionate send-off shows how deeply Jiang Lan has become part of their lives.
• Appearance versus reality: Jiang Lan looks small and harmless, yet possesses overwhelming power.
• Arrogance and underestimation: Tang Hao’s confidence in his superiority leads directly to his defeat.
• Humor through contrast: Jiang Lan treats a violent confrontation—and its unconscious victim—with the same gentle, casual concern he shows elsewhere.

Plot points and events

• Jiang Lan leaves the unconscious Tang Hao behind, insisting he only used a small fraction of his strength and that the drunken Titled Douluo deserved a lesson for trying to rob them.
• He and Doro travel northwest through the Star Luo Empire, avoiding main roads. Their journey is lighthearted, with Jiang Lan singing silly songs about himself and Doro while she happily joins in.
• After two months, Jiang Lan realizes he has no idea where Slaughter City is. Doro points out that his supposed sense of direction failed him before, too.
• Jiang Lan asks the Sea God for guidance. A blue arrow appears in the sky with the instruction “Below,” so he takes it literally and begins digging into the ground with Doro.
• After several hours, they uncover a dark stone slab. Jiang Lan smashes it open, releasing a powerful, sinister aura from beneath.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Lan remains confident, impulsive, and comically literal. He brushes off his defeat of Tang Hao, misjudges his navigation skills, and treats the Sea God’s cryptic direction as a command to dig.
• Doro is trusting and practical, often questioning Jiang Lan’s reasoning but ultimately accepting it. She supports him throughout the journey and works alongside him, despite the oversized shovel.
• Their companionable bond is shown through their shared songs, teasing exchanges, and cooperation during the excavation.
• The exchange about Tang Hao establishes Jiang Lan’s casual, self-assured attitude toward his strength and Doro’s willingness to challenge his claims.

Significant themes

• Humor through literal interpretation: The divine instruction “Below” leads Jiang Lan to dig underground rather than seek a more ordinary route.
• Trust and companionship: Doro follows Jiang Lan’s lead even when his plans seem absurd.
• Contrast in tone: The playful journey and singing give way to ominous imagery as the slab breaks and the chapter ends on a threatening note.

Key plot points and events

• After speaking with the soul Doro, Jiang Lan and the girl fall through the ground into Slaughter City.
• Elsewhere in the city, Tang San kills two opponents in an alley. He reflects that repeated killing has made him numb, though survival requires it.
• Tang Hao appears to check on his son and criticizes his fighting technique. He tells Tang San that Jiang Lan—now eight and a half and at level fifty-one—is in the area, and admits Jiang Lan is “pretty strong.” Tang San notices Tang Hao’s arms appear recently injured.
• Tang Hao promises Tang San a major opportunity once he leaves Slaughter City, then departs.
• Three attackers ambush Tang San. He evades them with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and injures one with hidden needles.
• Jiang Lan and Doro suddenly crash down onto Tang San, knocking him unconscious and worsening his chest injury. The attackers flee.
• Jiang Lan recognizes Tang San, checks that he is alive, and gives him a healing pill. Tang San remains unconscious, though his color begins to return.

Character developments

• Tang San has adapted to Slaughter City’s brutal rules: killing, once deeply disturbing, has become routine. He is also reminded of the gap between his abilities and Jiang Lan’s.
• Tang Hao remains stern and guarded, but his stiff reaction to Jiang Lan’s name and his injured arms suggest their encounter was difficult.
• Jiang Lan is powerful enough to have challenged Tang Hao, but his accidental impact on Tang San reveals a more comic, careless side. He still acts compassionately by treating Tang San.
• Doro accompanies Jiang Lan through the fall and playfully points out that he caused Tang San’s injury.

Significant themes

• Survival and moral desensitization: Slaughter City forces its inhabitants to kill or die, gradually dulling Tang San’s horror.
• Power and rivalry: Jiang Lan’s extraordinary age and level unsettle Tang San and even command Tang Hao’s respect.
• Fate and absurdity: A dangerous fight is abruptly interrupted by Jiang Lan and Doro falling from above, turning a deadly situation into slapstick misfortune.

Character interactions

• Tang Hao coaches Tang San while withholding details about Jiang Lan and his own encounter with him.
• Tang San’s response to Jiang Lan’s strength is a mix of surprise and wounded pride.
• Jiang Lan and Doro react to Tang San’s condition with concern and teasing, then Jiang Lan attempts to save him with medicine.

Key plot points

• Jiang Lan leaves the injured Tang San in the alley, confident he will survive, and escapes with Doro. A scar-faced bald man later finds Tang San, carries him away, and follows the direction Jiang Lan and Doro took.
• In a deserted corner, Doro begins trembling. Her fur flickers between red heat and silvery cold, and she tells Jiang Lan that she is in pain.
• Dark-red mist erupts from Doro and forms a cocoon around her. Silvery-white light then cuts through it, while blood mist throughout Slaughter City streams toward the alley. The city’s residents notice the disturbance, and a mysterious figure on a White Bone Throne senses the flowing energy.
• Jiang Lan rushes into the dispersing mist and pulls Doro out. She is exhausted but conscious, and two unusual Soul Rings have appeared beneath her feet.
• Doro explains that the fourth ring represents the Rakshasa God and the fifth the Asura God. She had been absorbing energy since arriving in Slaughter City; taking in too much triggered the rings to form from the Asura God’s lingering aura.

Character developments

• Doro undergoes a sudden, painful transformation and gains two powerful, opposing divine forms: the dark-red Rakshasa and the silvery-white Asura.
• Jiang Lan’s concern for Doro is clear: he stays focused on rescuing her despite the city-wide upheaval.
• Tang San’s fate remains uncertain after the scar-faced man removes him from the alley.

Character interactions

• Jiang Lan and Doro share a brief, affectionate pause over orange candy before Doro’s transformation begins.
• Jiang Lan comforts and protects Doro, while she communicates her pain and later explains what happened.
• The chapter ends with Jiang Lan asking whether Doro can fight, suggesting they may soon need to test her new abilities.

Significant themes

• Transformation through danger: Doro’s painful absorption of Slaughter City’s energy produces a major change.
• Duality and balance: Her new Soul Rings combine opposing red and silver forces, neither fully overwhelming the other.
• Uncertainty and hidden power: The blood-mist event attracts attention across the city, hinting that Doro’s transformation may have wider consequences.

Key plot points

• Jiang Lan and Doro head for the Slaughter City’s palace, where they suspect the lingering aura of the Asura God may be found.
• The King of Slaughter confronts them and boasts of his absolute control over the city. Jiang Lan asks whether defeating him would make him the ruler—and whether he could open a branch there.
• The King orders four armored guards to attack. Jiang Lan dons the Sea God Armor and uses his Trident to defeat them.
• The King charges to seize the Trident, but Jiang Lan lands three punches. The first two knock him through a pillar and the palace doors; the third clears his mind.
• The King’s memories return: he is Tang Chen, once a celebrated Clear Sky Sect genius and a potential candidate to become a god.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Lan remains cheerful and blunt, but proves formidable in battle. He treats the King’s threats casually and repeatedly presses his practical, unexpected question about taking over the city.
• Doro accompanies Jiang Lan and studies the King, though her reaction suggests she thinks the idea of opening a shop in Slaughter City is absurd.
• The King of Slaughter / Tang Chen shifts from arrogant ruler to furious opponent, then regains his identity and memories after Jiang Lan’s third punch.
• The guards obey the King’s command but are swiftly overwhelmed. The King also reacts uneasily to the Trident and asks about Jiang Lan’s connection to the Sea God; Jiang Lan calls the Sea God his “big brother.”

Significant themes

• Identity and memory: Tang Chen’s former self lies beneath the King of Slaughter persona, and the final punch restores his past.
• Power and authority: The King claims ownership of the city, while Jiang Lan challenges that authority directly and physically.
• Disarming humor amid danger: Jiang Lan’s childlike manner and talk of opening a shop contrast with the palace’s menace and the violence of the fight.

Plot points

• Tang Chen awakens after Jiang Lan’s blows and reflects on his past: his love for Bo Saixi, his rivalry with Qian Daoliu, and the decades he lost to the Asura trial and madness in Slaughter City.
• Jiang Lan mentions that he calls Bo Saixi “Mom,” prompting Tang Chen to assume Qian Daoliu married her. He becomes furious—then relieved when Jiang Lan clarifies that Bo Saixi is single.
• Tang Chen tries to win Jiang Lan over by asking whether he would accept another father. He boasts of his former strength and offers to teach him the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Jiang Lan reveals Qian Daoliu has already asked to be his father, and he has not yet decided. Tang Chen accuses Qian of scheming, but Jiang Lan points out that Tang’s own reasoning applies to him too.
• Jiang Lan sees no need to learn Tang’s weapon when he already has the Sea God’s Trident. Tang is left with no persuasive answer.

Character developments

• Tang Chen is newly restored to awareness but remains emotionally volatile. His old rivalry and feelings for Bo Saixi quickly resurface, alongside a clumsy, almost desperate desire to become Jiang Lan’s father.
• Jiang Lan stays calm, blunt, and self-assured, handling Tang’s grand claims with childlike but incisive logic.
• Doro quietly judges Tang’s behavior, hiding against Jiang Lan.

Themes

• The lingering cost of ambition and lost time, shown through Tang Chen’s memories of madness and violence.
• Comedy from the contrast between Tang’s legendary reputation and his awkward attempt to bargain with a child.
• Family and belonging: both Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu seek a paternal place in Jiang Lan’s life, while Jiang Lan reserves the right to decide.
• Pride and rivalry endure: Tang’s feelings about Qian Daoliu remain tangled with his past competition over Bo Saixi.

Character interactions

• Tang Chen and Jiang Lan shift from a wary first exchange to an absurd negotiation over fatherhood and martial instruction.
• Tang’s jealousy toward Qian Daoliu fuels his warnings, but Jiang Lan counters him directly and refuses to be impressed by reputation alone.
• Doro’s silent reaction reinforces the scene’s humorous view of Tang’s proposal.

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Lan diagnoses Tang Chen’s body as severely depleted and damaged by decades in the Slaughter City. He warns that he cannot help Tang Chen pass the Ninth Trial, but can restore his health enough for him to attempt it.
• Using silver needles and several pills, Jiang Lan clears the impurities from Tang Chen’s meridians. The treatment is painful, but Tang Chen endures it quietly.
• Tang Chen’s strength, breathing, and clarity of mind improve. Jiang Lan estimates his body can now last for several hundred years. Grateful, Tang Chen promises to repay him if needed.
• Jiang Lan then reveals that Tang San twice sneaked into his room to steal from him, and that Tang Hao tried to rob him of his cultivation technique. He presents the story as the reason he had been reluctant to trust Tang Chen.
• Tang Chen is outraged to learn that Tang Hao is his grandson and has disgraced the Clear Sky Sect. When Jiang Lan says Tang Hao was sent flying with one punch, Tang Chen falls silent.

Character developments

• Jiang Lan proves both medically skilled and socially astute: after helping Tang Chen, he uses an injured, childlike persona to disclose his grievances and gauge Tang Chen’s response.
• Tang Chen regains physical and mental steadiness, then shifts from gratitude to fury as he hears about Tang Hao and Tang San. His family pride and sense of justice are stirred.

Significant themes

• Healing and renewal: Jiang Lan cannot solve Tang Chen’s spiritual trial, but gives him a renewed chance to face it.
• Trust, loyalty, and accountability: Tang Chen’s kindness is set against the misconduct Jiang Lan attributes to other members of the Tang family.
• Power and reversal: The revelation that Jiang Lan defeated Tang Hao in one blow unsettles the powerful Tang Chen and hints at Jiang Lan’s exceptional strength.

Character interactions

• Jiang Lan treats Tang Chen with calm expertise, while Tang Chen accepts the painful treatment without complaint and expresses sincere gratitude.
• Jiang Lan recounts Tang San’s and Tang Hao’s actions in a vulnerable, plaintive manner; Tang Chen responds with escalating anger and asks for details.
• The chapter ends with Tang Chen reacting to Jiang Lan’s claim that he defeated Tang Hao with a single punch.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Chen learns that Tang San punched Jiang Lan, twice stole manuals from him—including the dangerous Sunflower Manual—and that Yu Xiaogang studied the latter. Jiang Lan also reports that Tang Hao tried to force him to surrender a cultivation opportunity.
• Enraged, Tang Chen vows to settle the debt Tang Hao and Tang San owe Jiang Lan. Jiang Lan says Tang San is currently in Slaughter City and draws a rough picture of him, warning that he carries hidden weapons. Tang Chen accepts the drawing despite its resemblance to a hedgehog.
• Tang Chen insists on repaying Jiang Lan for healing and restoring him. He gives his remaining Asura Divine Power to Doro, sensing that she already has an Asura foundation. The power causes her visible pain, but she endures the transfer and gains the energy needed to manifest a complete Asura God form.
• In the Divine Realm, the Asura God is dismayed that Tang Chen has given up, especially since he believes the Rakshasa God—not he—was responsible for what happened to Tang Chen.

Character developments

• Jiang Lan shows tactful, pointed honesty, using his account of the Tang family’s actions to prompt Tang Chen’s response. He also treats Doro’s safety and choice as important.
• Tang Chen moves from fury at the humiliation of his family to a firm resolve to protect Jiang Lan and repay him. He also rejects the Divine Examination and chooses to pass his power on.
• Doro proves brave by enduring the painful transfer of divine power, trusting Jiang Lan’s approval before accepting it.
• The Asura God shifts from hope that Tang Chen’s recovery will let him retire to frustrated disbelief at Tang Chen’s decision.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and protection: Tang Chen’s instinct to protect those he considers his own drives his promise to confront Tang Hao and Tang San.
• Debt and gratitude: Tang Chen refuses to let Jiang Lan’s help go unrepaid, while Jiang Lan sees his actions as already settled by Bo Saixi’s instructions.
• Choice and inheritance: Tang Chen rejects the path laid out by the Divine Examination and instead passes his power to Doro.
• Humor amid danger: Jiang Lan’s deadpan reports, crude portrait, and Tang Chen’s earnest “hedgehog” interpretation lighten the chapter’s threats and divine stakes.

Character interactions

• Jiang Lan’s careful accusations provoke Tang Chen’s protective anger and commitment to repay him.
• Tang Chen and Jiang Lan share a humorous exchange over the inaccurate portrait and the hidden weapons it is meant to depict.
• Tang Chen insists on rewarding Jiang Lan, but redirects the gift to Doro after recognizing her Asura potential; Jiang Lan supports her decision to accept it.
• The Asura God’s closing reaction contrasts the gravity of Tang Chen’s choice with exasperated, almost comic disbelief.

Key plot points and events

• The Asura God weighs two possible successors: Jiang Lan or Tang San. He favors Jiang Lan because Tang Chen’s Asura power is already within him and he considers him far more gifted, despite feeling awkward about taking someone from the Sea God. He decides he needs to persuade Jiang Lan to leave.
• Zhu Zhuyun travels alone to become stronger after losing a sparring match to her younger sister, Zhu Zhuqing. She is relieved to hear that Zhuqing’s engagement to Dai Mubai has been dissolved, meaning the sisters no longer need to be enemies.
• Jiang Lan and Doro fall from the sky and crash into Zhu Zhuyun. Expecting her anger over their past encounter, Jiang Lan apologizes profusely and offers medicine; Doro gives her an orange.
• Zhu Zhuyun responds warmly instead of angrily. Remembering that Jiang Lan helped Zhuqing grow stronger, she sees him as a possible ally in changing her own future.
• Zhu Zhuyun explains that she wants to train. Jiang Lan offers to coach her, warning that his routine is strict and requires hardship. She appears confident she can handle it.

Character developments

• Jiang Lan is apologetic and considerate after the accident, though nervous around Zhu Zhuyun because of their earlier conflict. He readily offers to help her improve.
• Zhu Zhuyun has reconciled with Zhuqing and is no longer focused solely on their rivalry. She wants greater strength and a life of her own, and approaches Jiang Lan with unexpected gentleness.
• The Asura God becomes increasingly convinced that Jiang Lan is the better candidate and plans to recruit him.
• Doro shares Jiang Lan’s remorse and tries to make amends with a small gift.

Significant themes

• Rivalry turning into reconciliation: Zhu Zhuyun is pleased by Zhuqing’s progress and relieved their engagement-related conflict is over.
• Strength and agency: Zhu Zhuyun seeks power so she can shape her own future rather than remain caught in political schemes.
• Luck and talent: The Asura God regards luck as part of strength and sees Jiang Lan’s extraordinary growth as evidence of his potential.
• Unexpected kindness: Zhu Zhuyun’s gentle reaction surprises Jiang Lan and opens the way for a new alliance.

Character interactions

• The Asura God compares Jiang Lan unfavorably with Tang San and resolves to recruit Jiang Lan.
• Zhu Zhuyun recalls Dai Weisi’s willingness to target Zhuqing while sparing Dai Mubai, deepening her distrust of his priorities.
• Jiang Lan and Zhu Zhuyun move from an awkward past encounter to a friendly exchange: she forgives his earlier insult, and he offers to train her.
• Zhu Zhuyun accepts Jiang Lan’s offer in spirit, seeing it as the opportunity she had hoped for.

Jiang Lan trained Zhu Zhuyun while riding on her shoulders as they traveled north toward the Far North. After four months, Zhu Zhuyun reached rank forty-nine and felt confident she could soon catch up to her younger sister.

• Jiang Lan made Zhu Zhuyun call him Master and carry him on her shoulders as they headed north with Doro following.
• Jiang Lan put Zhu Zhuyun through daily runs, horse stances, and combat training in the Thousand Illusory Shadow Step and a close-quarters palm technique.
• Zhu Zhuyun mastered the basics of the movement technique and learned to create three distinct afterimages after four months of training.
• Zhu Zhuyun broke through from rank forty-seven to rank forty-nine while meditating beside a hot spring on the Far North's edge.
• Zhu Zhuyun reflected on her family's control and Dai Weisi's schemes, then resolved that she could catch up to Zhu Zhuqing within half a year.

Zhu Zhuyun reached rank forty-nine and promised to follow Jiang Lan, who reminded her to grow stronger for herself. In Slaughter City, Tang Chen whipped Tang San and Tang Hao for trying to rob a child, then revealed himself to Tang Hao as his grandfather.

• Zhu Zhuyun told Jiang Lan she had reached rank forty-nine, and he praised her progress.
• Zhu Zhuyun promised to follow Jiang Lan and help him in exchange for continued training, but Jiang Lan told her to grow stronger for her own sake.
• Jiang Lan asked Zhu Zhuyun to carry him through the snow, and she lifted him onto her shoulders.
• Tang Chen whipped Tang San and Tang Hao for sneaking into a child's room to steal from him.
• Tang Hao recognized Tang Chen as his grandfather, and Tang Chen rebuked him for disgracing the Clear Sky Sect by robbing a child.

Tang Chen confronted Tang Hao and Tang San over their past actions and rejected Tang Hao’s demand to destroy Spirit Hall in revenge for Ah Yin. He left them to kneel in the cell overnight, and Tang Hao admitted that Tang Chen was right.

• Tang Chen questioned Tang San about stealing a child’s books and condemned his conduct.
• Tang Hao told Tang Chen that Ah Yin had sacrificed herself to save him after Spirit Hall attacked them.
• Tang Hao asked Tang Chen to wipe out Spirit Hall, but Tang Chen refused to kill its innocent members.
• Tang Chen told Tang Hao to seek out the people who had attacked him and handle his revenge himself.
• Tang Chen ordered Tang Hao and Tang San to kneel in the cell overnight and left them there.
• Tang Hao agreed with Tang Chen that revenge without identifying one’s enemies amounted to indiscriminate slaughter.

Jiang Lan, Zhu Zhuyun, and Doro explored the Far North and encountered the Ice Empress, ruler of the Ice Jade Scorpions. After Jiang Lan apologized for entering her territory, he offered her food, and she began to refuse.

• Jiang Lan rode Doro across the snowy plains while Zhu Zhuyun followed them.
• The trio reached a frozen lake, where Doro and Zhu Zhuyun sensed something was wrong.
• The Ice Empress appeared and warned the humans that they had crossed into Ice Jade Scorpion territory.
• Zhu Zhuyun identified the Ice Empress as one of the Far North's Three Great Heavenly Kings, with at least two hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Jiang Lan apologized, explained they had come to play, and asked if he could touch the Ice Empress; she refused.
• Jiang Lan offered the Ice Empress something to eat, and she began declaring that she would never eat human food.

Jiang Lan gave the Ice Empress a pill he had refined, and its medicinal power healed injuries and blockages accumulated over ten thousand years. After Jiang Lan and Doro stroked her shell, he persuaded her to carry them around in exchange for more pills, leaving with the Ice Empress having accepted the first payment.

• The Ice Empress agreed to let Jiang Lan touch her back after he called her big sister and offered her a pill.
• The Ice Empress ate Jiang Lan's pill, which strengthened her shell and cleared old injuries and blockages.
• Jiang Lan and Doro stroked the Ice Empress's shell until she grew weak and told them to stop.
• Jiang Lan bargained with the Ice Empress to ride on her in exchange for three pills, and she accepted.
• Jiang Lan gave the Ice Empress one pill up front and kept the other two for when they returned.

The Ice Empress carried Jiang Lan, Doro, and Zhu Zhuyun on a sightseeing trip across the Far North and brought them to the Ice Cliff. On the way back, the Snow Empress confronted her and teased her about willingly acting as a mount for humans.

• The Ice Empress let Jiang Lan, Doro, and Zhu Zhuyun ride on her shell as she raced across the Far North.
• The Ice Empress showed them the Ice Cliff and explained that a Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Lotus would bloom in the Ice River in a few days.
• As the Ice Empress carried them back toward the Ice Cliff, a snowy mist appeared, and she ordered the three riders to get off.
• The Snow Empress emerged from the mist and questioned the Ice Empress about carrying humans around all day.
• The Ice Empress blushed and denied enjoying the ride, while Jiang Lan warned her that her shell was changing color.
• The Snow Empress recalled that the Ice Empress had once chased and beaten a Soul Beast for trying to ride her.

Jiang Lan met the Snow Empress, who became fascinated with him after learning he made good pills. She picked him up and declared she wanted to take him to her Ice Palace, prompting the Ice Empress to accuse her of stealing him.

• The Snow Empress questioned the Ice Empress about carrying Jiang Lan, and the Ice Empress insisted she chose to do it because Jiang Lan's pills were good.
• Jiang Lan introduced himself to the Snow Empress and complimented her, then dodged the Ice Empress's playful swipe.
• The Snow Empress lifted Jiang Lan, fussed over his cheeks and hair, and held him despite the Ice Empress telling her to put him down.
• The Snow Empress said she wanted to take Jiang Lan to her Ice Palace, where he could stay in a milder climate and cultivate.
• The Ice Empress accused the Snow Empress of trying to steal Jiang Lan, while Jiang Lan asked to be put down.

Jiang Lan refused Snow Empress’s invitation to join her at Ice Palace, choosing to stay with Ice Empress, Zhu Zhuyun, and Doro. The group found a Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Lotus, which Doro picked for Jiang Lan to take to an ice-using friend, and Ice Empress turned bright pink after Jiang Lan kissed her in thanks.

• Jiang Lan declined to accompany Snow Empress to Ice Palace because he would not abandon Zhu Zhuyun and Doro, and Snow Empress invited him to seek her out at Ice Cliff if he needed help.
• Jiang Lan told Ice Empress he stayed with her because she had protected him, making her blush.
• The next morning, Ice Empress took Jiang Lan, Doro, and Zhu Zhuyun down Ice Cliff to see a Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Lotus growing in a river.
• Jiang Lan decided to take the lotus for an ice-using friend, and Ice Empress explained that it had to be stored in a jade box after picking.
• When the lotus bloomed, Doro bit through its stem and placed it in Jiang Lan’s jade box.
• Jiang Lan kissed Ice Empress to thank her, and her body turned pink from head to tail.

Jiang Lan went fishing on the Far North coast with Doro and Zhu Zhuyun, and his catch turned out to be Lan Fozi, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's daughter. He apologized, but Lan Fozi accused him of deliberately trying to catch her.

• The Ice Empress agreed to take Jiang Lan, Doro, and Zhu Zhuyun to the coast in exchange for four pills.
• The Ice Empress brought them to the sea, where Jiang Lan glided down to an ice reef to fish while Zhu Zhuyun and the Ice Empress watched from above.
• After waiting, Jiang Lan hooked a powerful creature and enlisted Doro to help pull it from the water.
• Jiang Lan and Doro hauled up Lan Fozi, a giant sapphire-blue whale he recognized as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's daughter.
• Lan Fozi angrily accused Jiang Lan of trying to catch her on purpose, and he protested that he had mistaken her for an ordinary fish.