Chapter Summaries

Tang Xiao and Tang Hao discovered they could not see through Bibi Dong's cultivation, while Zhao Wuji challenged her and tried to seize Ling Jing as a hostage. Bibi Dong struck at Zhao Wuji after he made his move against Little Jing.

• Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, and Tang Yuehua discussed Bibi Dong's powerful hidden cultivation and watched Zhao Wuji confront her.
• Bibi Dong pressured Zhao Wuji to answer for slandering her, and Zhao Wuji froze in fear before deciding to fight back.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Vigorous Vajra Bear Martial Soul and used Gravity Enhancement and Gravity Squeeze against Bibi Dong.
• Zhao Wuji lunged at Ling Jing to take him hostage, and Bibi Dong struck at him without releasing her Martial Soul.

Bibi Dong effortlessly defeated Zhao Wuji with a single palm, shocking Tang Xiao and Tang Hao with the possibility that she had reached Titled Douluo strength. Tang Xiao and Tang Hao then persuaded Tang Yuehua to establish Moonlight Pavilion in Spirit City instead of Heaven Dou City, and she agreed.

• Bibi Dong's palm strike sent Zhao Wuji flying and severely injured him without her releasing her Soul Rings.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao discussed Bibi Dong's apparent strength and decided they should report it to the Clear Sky Sect after Tang Xiao broke through to Titled Douluo.
• Tang Yuehua refused to return to the Clear Sky Sect because she wanted to build Moonlight Pavilion in Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Xiao proposed moving Moonlight Pavilion to Spirit City so it could gather intelligence for the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao offered the sect's support and funding, and Tang Yuehua agreed to establish Moonlight Pavilion in Spirit City.

Bibi Dong spared Zhao Wuji in public after he attacked Ling Jing, then secretly arranged for Qian Jun and Jiang Mo to kill him. As Bibi Dong and Ling Jing returned to the Spirit Holy Hall, Ling Jing sensed a familiar aura and saw a green-haired girl who looked like the Ice Empress smiling at him.

• Bibi Dong warned Zhao Wuji that she would kill him if he challenged Spirit Hall again, then left the tavern with Ling Jing.
• Ling Jing signaled that Zhao Wuji should be killed, and Qian Jun and Jiang Mo followed the wounded man out of the tavern.
• Bibi Dong sensed the two worshippers had returned and concluded that Zhao Wuji was dead.
• Bibi Dong and Ling Jing headed back to the Spirit Holy Hall after Ling Jing said he had seen enough.
• Ling Jing sensed a familiar aura and noticed a green-haired girl at a roadside stall, who looked at him and smiled.

The Ice Empress secretly left the Far North and traveled to Heaven Dou City to find Ling Jing, whose image had stayed in her heart since their Soul Contract. After asking him to summon his Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Martial Soul, she admired it and called it beautiful, leaving Bibi Dong unsettled.

• Bibi Dong and Ling Jing were startled when the Ice Empress appeared, while Qian Jun and Jiang Mo emerged to guard them.
• The Ice Empress recalled leaving the Far North without the Snow Empress because she missed Ling Jing, though she was unsure whether to take him back.
• Bibi Dong recognized the Ice Empress and asked why she had come to human society, but the Ice Empress ignored the question and asked Ling Jing to summon his Martial Soul.
• Ling Jing summoned the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Martial Soul, and the Ice Empress stared at it before declaring it beautiful.

Ice Empress asked to stay with Ling Jing and guide him in using the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Martial Soul, claiming she wanted to protect its reputation. Bibi Dong allowed her to stay under strict conditions, but suspected Ice Empress had another reason for wanting to remain beside Ling Jing.

• Ice Empress said she should logically kill Ling Jing but would spare him out of respect for the human powerhouse who had let her and Xue'er leave the Far North.
• Ice Empress offered to stay with Ling Jing and teach him how to bring out the full power of his Martial Soul.
• Bibi Dong agreed to let Ice Empress stay after requiring her not to harm Ling Jing, to leave once he had mastered the Martial Soul, and to keep her human form and follow Ling Jing and human rules.
• Ice Empress reluctantly accepted Bibi Dong's conditions, while Bibi Dong suspected that her stated reason for staying was only an excuse.

Ice Empress stayed close to Ling Jing after arriving at Spirit Hall, prompting Bibi Dong to arrange a room for her while deciding to report the powerful newcomer to her superiors. The next morning, Ice Empress accompanied Ling Jing and Bibi Dong to the competition, where her deliberately revealed aura alarmed the Heaven Dou Empire’s leaders and Sword Douluo Chen Xin.

• Bibi Dong asked Ice Empress whether she intended to follow Ling Jing constantly, and Ice Empress said she had nowhere else to stay and was following their advice to learn human society.
• Bibi Dong offered Ice Empress a room and resolved to inform her teacher and the Grand Priest about her presence near Ling Jing.
• The next morning, Bibi Dong took Ling Jing by the hand as Ice Empress emerged from another room and joined them.
• Xue Ye, Yu Yuanzhen, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin noticed Ice Empress at the VIP entrance and sensed her formidable, unfamiliar strength.
• Ice Empress allowed her aura to show at Ling Jing’s request, unsettling the Heaven Dou leaders and helping Spirit Hall appear more threatening.

At the Heaven Dou tournament, Ice Empress joined Ling Jing and Bibi Dong in the VIP seats, where Xue Ye's attempt to question her was ignored. Yu Xiaogang tried to approach Ice Empress, but she rebuffed him and Ling Jing publicly insulted him.

• Ling Jing led Ice Empress to the VIP seats, where she sat beside him and restrained her chilling aura.
• Xue Ye asked which Spirit Hall elder Ice Empress was, but she, Ling Jing, and Bibi Dong ignored him, leaving him furious beneath his composed exterior.
• Yu Xiaogang noticed Ice Empress beside Ling Jing and, believing they were not close, introduced himself and offered to discuss his research.
• Ice Empress told Yu Xiaogang to get lost, and her faint aura made him fear that speaking again would get him killed.
• Ling Jing told Yu Xiaogang to watch the match quietly and called him trash for failing to reach level thirty.

Ling Jing humiliated Yu Xiaogang and provoked Yu Yuanzhen, prompting the Ice Empress to intervene when Yu Yuanzhen attacked. She struck Yu Yuanzhen down before the assembled VIPs, leaving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan leader bloodied and disgraced.

• Ling Jing mocked Yu Xiaogang and taunted Yu Yuanzhen about his son and his own ability to father another child.
• Yu Yuanzhen unleashed his Titled Douluo aura against Ling Jing while Xue Ye watched and Yu Xiaogang hoped his father would punish Ling Jing.
• The Ice Empress rose to protect Ling Jing and released her Ferocious Beast aura, prompting Sword Douluo Chen Xin to summon his Seven Killing Sword and shield Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye.
• Yu Yuanzhen summoned his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, but the Ice Empress overwhelmed his defenses with a single palm strike and sent him flying.
• The Ice Empress held back from killing Yu Yuanzhen because she feared that provoking Qian Daoliu could cost her the chance to stay by Ling Jing's side.

Ice Empress defeated Yu Yuanzhen after he attacked Ling Jing, and Yu Yuanzhen left the arena blaming Yu Xiaogang for the humiliation. At Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji learned from Bibi Dong’s urgent letter that Ice Empress had joined Ling Jing and hurried to consult the Grand Worshipper about the danger.

• Ice Empress easily defeated Yu Yuanzhen after he attacked Ling Jing, then returned to sit beside Ling Jing.
• Ling Jing mocked Yu Yuanzhen, who left the VIP section with Yu Xiaogang and blamed him for disgracing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Qian Xunji read Bibi Dong’s letter and learned that Ice Empress had taken human form and demanded to remain by Ling Jing’s side.
• Qian Xunji realized Ice Empress might endanger Ling Jing and Bibi Dong, then hurried to Worship Hall to consult the Grand Worshipper.

Qian Xunji told Qian Daoliu that the Ice Empress had followed Little Jing to the human world and wanted to stay by his side. Qian Daoliu chose to study the opportunity rather than capture her, and planned to send Golden Crocodile to protect Little Jing and Dong'er.

• Qian Xunji brought Dong'er's letter to Qian Daoliu, reporting that the Ice Empress had appeared beside Little Jing without attacking him.
• Qian Xunji suggested that Little Jing's copied Martial Souls made their original owners feel instinctively close to him, which might explain the Ice Empress's behavior.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that he had noticed the same pattern with Xiao Xue and Little Jing, but not with Xiao Hui, whose Martial Soul Little Jing had not copied.
• Qian Daoliu said Little Jing could help them learn about soul Ferocious Beasts and explore cooperation with them, and planned to send Golden Crocodile to protect Little Jing and Dong'er.
• Qian Xunji worried that Dong'er and Qian Renxue might both be drawn to Little Jing because of his Martial Soul's influence.

Ling Jing, Bibi Dong, and the Ice Empress returned to watch the final day of the imperial ranking tournament, where the remaining qualifying spots would be decided. The Ice Empress began questioning her growing closeness to Ling Jing and realized she had rarely thought of Xue'er since leaving the Far North.

• Ling Jing's Soul Power reached level forty-three while he cultivated in the Spirit Holy Hall, and Bibi Dong stayed with him instead of attending the earlier matches.
• Yu Yuanzhen saw the Ice Empress in the VIP seats and reluctantly stayed, while Yu Xiaogang quietly took a seat in the front row.
• Xue Ye asked Bibi Dong about possible changes in the tournament, and Ning Fengzhi asked about the championship reward; Bibi Dong said Qian Xunji had prepared it but did not reveal its details.
• Bibi Dong privately told Ling Jing that the championship prize was three Soul Bones aged between thirty thousand and fifty thousand years, but Ling Jing dismissed them as unimpressive.
• The Ice Empress felt displeased when Bibi Dong leaned close to Ling Jing, wondered whether she saw him as a potential partner, then remembered Xue'er and noticed she had hardly thought of her lately.

Thunderclap Academy defeated Skywater Academy in the ranking tournament’s final match, securing first place and setting up a championship clash with Spirit Hall Academy. Ice Empress silenced Yu Yuanzhen with a glance, and Ling Jing praised her in front of the VIP seats, leaving Yu Yuanzhen furious.

• Xue Ye and Ling Jing watched the final ranking match between Thunderclap Academy and Skywater Academy, while Ice Empress and Bibi Dong noticed Ling Jing looking at Skywater Academy’s female students.
• Skywater Academy’s students wore down Thunderclap Academy’s fighters, but their final competitor conceded and Thunderclap Academy won the match and first place.
• Yu Yuanzhen prepared to boast about his academy facing Spirit Hall Academy in the finals, but Ice Empress’s glance frightened him into silence.
• Ling Jing smiled at Ice Empress and praised her for intimidating a Titled Douluo, and Yu Yuanzhen’s expression turned livid.

The Heaven Dou Empire division’s ranking matches ended, with Thunderclap Academy taking first place, while Ling Jing, Bibi Dong, and Ice Empress departed. Yu Xiaogang brooded over his revenge plan to expose the Soul Core Method and disgrace Ling Jing.

• Ice Empress considered bringing Snow Empress out of the Far North to keep Ling Jing from looking at other women, then realized her thoughts had wandered.
• The referee announced Thunderclap Academy, Godwind Academy, Elephant Armor Academy, and Skywater Academy as the top four teams, in that order.
• Xue Ye lamented that he could not attend the finals in Spirit City, and Ning Fengzhi offered to report the matches to him afterward.
• Yu Yuanzhen promised Xue Ye that Thunderclap Academy would achieve perfect results, and Ling Jing left with Bibi Dong and Ice Empress by the hand.
• Yu Xiaogang watched them leave and vowed to disgrace Ling Jing by publicly revealing the Soul Core Method; Prince Xue Xing doubted Yu Xiaogang’s ability to decipher it.

Yu Xiaogang and Yu Yuanzhen were barred from entering Spirit City because Yu Xiaogang had been blacklisted for slandering Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden. Ling Yuan arrived to enforce the decision, leaving Yu Yuanzhen facing a confrontation with a Spirit Hall Red-robed Bishop.

• Yu Xiaogang approached Spirit City, hoping to ruin Ling Jing’s reputation and restore his own standing.
• Spirit Hall guards let Yu Yuanzhen and the competing teams enter but refused Yu Xiaogang entry because he had spread rumors about the Holy Maiden.
• Onlookers recognized Yu Xiaogang and mocked him over his past disgrace and castration, while Yu Xiaogang restrained himself because he lacked the strength to fight them.
• Yu Yuanzhen challenged the guards and prepared to act when they warned that an attack would be treated as declaring war on Spirit Hall.
• Ling Yuan arrived at the gate, ordered the crowd to stop blocking entry, and threatened to gouge out Yu Xiaogang’s eyes for staring at her.

Ling Yuan barred Yu Xiaogang from entering Spirit City, while Qian Xunji offered Ice Empress an official Spirit Hall identity so she could stay beside Ling Jing. Qian Renxue quickly befriended Ice Empress, leaving Ling Jing surprised by their unexpected closeness.

• Ling Yuan rebuked Yu Yuanzhen and declared that Yu Xiaogang could enter Spirit City only with permission from the Holy Son, the Holy Maiden, or the Pope.
• Ice Empress assured Qian Xunji that she would not harm Ling Jing and had come only to teach him to use his Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Martial Soul.
• Qian Xunji offered Ice Empress the public identity of a Spirit Hall Elder, and she accepted after Ling Jing signaled her to agree.
• Qian Renxue ran to Ling Jing, then praised Ice Empress's appearance and let her gently pinch her cheek.
• Qian Renxue took Ice Empress's hand and praised its coolness, surprising both Qian Xunji and Ling Jing.

Ling Jing allowed Yu Xiaogang and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to enter Spirit City, intending to humiliate them during the tournament. Yu Xiaogang wet himself after the Ice Empress frightened him, and Ling Jing ordered Ling Yuan to keep watch on him.

• Ling Yuan barred Yu Xiaogang from entering Spirit City while allowing the rest of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to pass.
• Ling Jing arrived and granted Yu Xiaogang permission to enter, calling him a criminal and warning him not to cause trouble.
• Yu Xiaogang suspected Ling Jing had a scheme but decided to enter the city anyway.
• The Ice Empress released her pressure on Yu Xiaogang, frightening him so badly that he wet himself in front of the crowd.
• Yu Yuanzhen dragged the humiliated Yu Xiaogang into Spirit City, and Ling Jing told Ling Yuan to keep a close watch on the clan, especially Yu Xiaogang.

Ling Jing entered the Spirit Hall Team’s second-round match against Tiankui Academy and revealed his Mirror Beast Emperor Martial Soul and a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring. As the battle began, he used his first and second Soul Rings to create growing numbers of clones with several different Martial Souls, leaving his opponents and the spectators stunned.

• Bibi Dong asked Ling Jing whether he wanted to compete against Tiankui Academy, and he agreed.
• Ling Jing took the Soul Arena with five Spirit Hall Team members to face Tiankui Academy’s seven Soul Masters.
• Yu Xiaogang was shocked to see Ling Jing on the Spirit Hall Team, while Yu Yuanzhen expected Thunderclap Academy to defeat him.
• Ling Jing revealed his Mirror Beast Emperor Martial Soul and four Soul Rings, including a ten-thousand-year fourth ring.
• Ling Jing activated his first and second Soul Rings, producing increasingly numerous clones with Six-Winged Angel, Death Spider Emperor, and Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Martial Souls.

Ling Jing used his copied Martial Souls and countless clones to defeat all seven members of Tiankui Academy by himself, while Bibi Dong grew jealous of Ice Empress and planned to keep him in a secret room several times. The final three championship contenders were set, and Ling Jing laughed at Thunderclap Academy, unaware of the powerful opponent it would face.

• Ling Jing filled the arena with clones wielding copied Martial Souls, and the spectators recognized the Seraphim, Death Spider Emperor, and Ice Jade Empress Scorpion.
• Bibi Dong counted Ling Jing’s clones, took their numbers as proof that she mattered most to him, and planned to keep him in a secret room before leaving for Slaughter City.
• Ling Jing defeated all seven Tiankui Academy contestants alone while the rest of the Spirit Hall Team stood aside.
• Yu Xiaogang expected Thunderclap Academy to beat Ling Jing with his Seven-in-One Fusion Technique, but the teams did not meet before the final.
• The Spirit Hall Team, Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Thunderclap Academy advanced to the championship round, and Ling Jing laughed at Thunderclap Academy’s ignorance of what awaited it.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy forfeited, leaving Spirit Hall and Thunderclap Academy to contest the championship, but the Spirit Hall team stayed seated as Bibi Dong took the arena alone. Yu Xiaogang and Yu Yuanzhen protested her participation, while Ling Jing explained that Spirit Hall had concealed her place on the roster and continued holding Ice Empress’s hand.

• Heaven Dou Royal Academy withdrew from the competition, and Qian Xunji awarded them third place before announcing the championship match between Spirit Hall and Thunderclap Academy.
• Thunderclap Academy took the arena and positioned its six Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Masters around a central teammate, while Ling Jing and the other Spirit Hall members remained seated.
• Yu Xiaogang taunted Ling Jing for avoiding the match, but Bibi Dong walked onto the Soul Arena, startling Yu Xiaogang and the spectators.
• Yu Xiaogang and Yu Yuanzhen protested that Bibi Dong had been added to the roster improperly, while Ling Jing told Ice Empress that Spirit Hall had concealed her registration from the team roster.
• Ling Jing realized he was still holding Ice Empress’s wrist, then took her hand instead.

Qian Xunji ruled that Bibi Dong was eligible to compete for Spirit Hall, and she faced Thunderclap Academy alone in the final. Her terrifying Soul Ring configuration shocked the spectators and left her opponents overwhelmed as the match began.

• Qian Xunji dismissed Yu Yuanzhen's objection, confirming that Bibi Dong had been registered on the Spirit Hall Team from the start.
• Yu Xiaogang reacted with fury when he realized Bibi Dong's eligibility, while she ignored him and stepped toward Thunderclap Academy's seven members.
• Thunderclap Academy's captain urged his teammates to unleash their Martial Souls, and all seven revealed two yellow and two purple Soul Rings each.
• Bibi Dong released her Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul and revealed four purple and four black Soul Rings, astonishing Yu Xiaogang, Yu Yuanzhen, and the crowd.
• Thunderclap Academy's members faltered under Bibi Dong's pressure, while Tang Xiao and Tang Hao wondered how she had obtained such a powerful Soul Ring configuration.