Chapter Summaries

While sharing grilled meat with Wang Qiu'er in a cave, Lin Xuan recalled how his system choices had brought him to her and changed her fate. The chapter ended with Wang Qiu'er feeling strangely hot after eating the meat.

• Wang Qiu'er picked a green jade bottle for Lin Xuan, who sprinkled its powder over their grilled meat without checking it.
• Lin Xuan and Wang Qiu'er ate together, and she quietly tolerated him sitting close beside her.
• Lin Xuan recalled choosing the Soul Martial Soul, Nihility Devouring Flame, God King Godhood Prototype, Xiao Yan's alchemy arts, Soul Hall combat techniques, and Wang Qiu'er as the person whose fate he would rewrite.
• Lin Xuan remembered helping Wang Qiu'er take human form and purifying her Golden Dragon Bloodline, while Huo Yuhao gained an ordinary Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion King instead of the Ice Empress.
• Wang Qiu'er panted and told Lin Xuan that she felt unusually hot.

Lin Xuan and Wang Qiu'er accidentally consumed an aphrodisiac and spent the night together in a cave. The next day, Wang Qiu'er chased Lin Xuan through the Star Dou Great Forest, furious and determined to punish him.

• Lin Xuan realized the roasted meat contained an aphrodisiac after Wang Qiu'er gave him the wrong jade bottle.
• The aphrodisiac affected both of them, and Lin Xuan kissed Wang Qiu'er as she struggled to resist.
• The next morning, Wang Qiu'er pursued Lin Xuan through the forest and hurled her Golden Dragon Spear at him.
• Lin Xuan blocked the spear with Nine Nether Soul Hand and claimed Wang Qiu'er had enjoyed the night.
• Wang Qiu'er blushed with anger, recalled how exhausted and sore she was, and cursed Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan effortlessly evaded Wang Qiu'er's attacks with his techniques and repeatedly slapped her backside, driving her to tears. Wang Qiu'er accused him of only knowing how to bully her.

• Wang Qiu'er activated her Golden Dragon Martial Soul and attacked Lin Xuan with her first three Soul Skills.
• Lin Xuan used Star-Seizing Hand to halt Wang Qiu'er, then evaded her next punch with the Illusory Soul Movement Technique.
• Lin Xuan appeared behind Wang Qiu'er and slapped her backside, enraging her.
• Wang Qiu'er used Golden Dragon Explosion and thrust her spear at Lin Xuan, but he evaded each attack and slapped her again.
• Wang Qiu'er dropped her spear, broke down in tears, and told Lin Xuan that he only knew how to bully her.

Wang Qiu'er confronted Lin Xuan over how he had treated her, and he tried to calm her by apologizing and promising compensation. After she recalled a string of suspicious coincidences, she began to suspect he had planned everything, while Lin Xuan insisted it was luck.

• Wang Qiu'er shouted that she hated Lin Xuan and fled toward the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Xuan caught up, pulled Wang Qiu'er into his arms, and kissed her before she could finish speaking.
• Lin Xuan offered to take responsibility and compensate Wang Qiu'er, but she accused him of humiliating her and bit his neck.
• Lin Xuan told Wang Qiu'er he liked her and said the previous night's events had been an accident.
• Wang Qiu'er recalled how Lin Xuan had appeared prepared when she took human form and how the seasoning in the cave had led to another incident.
• Wang Qiu'er demanded to know whether Lin Xuan had plotted to pursue her, and he awkwardly denied it, blaming coincidences and luck.

Lin Xuan revealed that he knew Wang Qiu'er was the Emperor Auspicious Beast and promised he could help soul beasts escape the Heavenly Tribulation. After swearing upon his martial soul and confessing his feelings, he asked Wang Qiu'er to give him a chance, but she remained upset that he had taken advantage of her.

• Lin Xuan admitted that he had long known Wang Qiu'er was the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion in human form.
• Wang Qiu'er punched at Lin Xuan, but stopped when he said he could help soul beasts escape the Heavenly Tribulation.
• Lin Xuan swore upon his martial soul that his promise was true, alarming Wang Qiu'er, who feared the consequences if he broke the oath.
• Lin Xuan privately relied on his knowledge of the Transformation Pill, though he could not yet refine it, and told Wang Qiu'er he cared about her more than his martial soul.
• Lin Xuan asked Wang Qiu'er to give him a chance to be with her, while she accused him of taking advantage of her and acting innocent.
• Lin Xuan told Wang Qiu'er the cave incident had not been intentional and promised he would take responsibility.

After Wang Qiu'er fell asleep in Lin Xuan’s arms, the two decided to seek their sixth Soul Rings in the Evil Demon Forest. They entered the forest hand in hand, with Lin Xuan using his powerful spiritual perception to scout for danger.

• Lin Xuan reassured Wang Qiu'er, who relaxed in his embrace and fell asleep from exhaustion.
• A few days later, Lin Xuan and Wang Qiu'er decided to hunt for sixth Soul Rings in the Evil Demon Forest rather than in her territory, the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Xuan and Wang Qiu'er traveled to the Evil Demon Forest, while Wang Qiu'er remained wary of him and tested his food for poison.
• At the forest’s edge, Lin Xuan held Wang Qiu'er's hand despite her protests, and she eventually stopped struggling.
• Lin Xuan entered the Evil Demon Forest with Wang Qiu'er and spread his spiritual power through the surroundings to detect hidden dangers.

Lin Xuan and Wang Qiu'er ventured deeper into the Evil Demon Forest to find a suitable Soul Beast, killing a mutated Dark Shadow Demon Claw Bear along the way. The system then directed them toward a weakened hundred-thousand-year dragon-type Soul Beast under attack.

• Lin Xuan pulled Wang Qiu'er clear of a sudden attack by a two-headed bear in the forest.
• Wang Qiu'er identified the beast as a rare mutated Dark Shadow Demon Claw Bear with around thirty thousand years of cultivation.
• Lin Xuan bound the bear with Myriad Souls Heavenly Lock, and Wang Qiu'er killed it by hurling her Golden Dragon Spear through its heart.
• Lin Xuan and Wang Qiu'er continued deeper into the forest, and Wang Qiu'er quietly allowed him to hold her hand.
• Lin Xuan asked the system to locate the nearest hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, and it reported a weakened dragon-type Soul Beast four kilometers ahead to their left, under attack.

Lin Xuan and Wang Qiu'er found the Holy Spirit Cult besieging a hundred-thousand-year Crimson Gold Mountain-Shaking Dragon, and Lin Xuan planned to take its Soul Ring for Wang Qiu'er. When the dragon began to self-destruct, Lin Xuan gave Wang Qiu'er one of the ice swords from his sister and ordered her to throw it at the attackers.

• Lin Xuan used the system to identify the Holy Spirit Cult members surrounding the dragon, including Titled Douluo Nangong Wan and Faceless Douluo.
• Lin Xuan recognized the Crimson Gold Mountain-Shaking Dragon as a suitable Soul Ring for Wang Qiu'er and revealed three miniature ice swords made by the Snow Empress and Ice Empress.
• Nangong Wan, Faceless Douluo, and the Holy Spirit Cult forces battered the dragon until she collapsed with fatal injuries.
• The Crimson Gold Mountain-Shaking Dragon began to self-destruct, threatening Lin Xuan's plan to claim her Soul Ring for Wang Qiu'er.
• Lin Xuan handed Wang Qiu'er an ice sword and told her to throw it at the attackers.

Lin Xuan stopped Wang Qiu'er from attacking when the Holy Spirit Cult formed a sealing array to capture the Crimson Gold Mountain-Shaking Dragon alive. Lin Xuan and Wang Qiu'er struck from hiding, and the Ice Empress and Snow Empress sensed that Lin Xuan’s protective ice sword had been triggered.

• Lin Xuan pointed out that Nangong Wan and the Masked Douluo were forming a hexagonal array around the Crimson Gold Mountain-Shaking Dragon instead of fleeing.
• Nangong Wan and the Holy Spirit Cult members used the Profound Prison Heaven-Sealing Formation to suppress the dragon’s power and prevent it from self-destructing.
• Nangong Wan revealed that the cult planned to refine high-level soul beasts into wraiths for the Supreme Cult Leader’s Death God Tower.
• An unseen attacker used Myriad Star Hand against the Holy Spirit Cult, while an icy-blue sword strike exploded and froze the forest, killing Nangong Wan, the cult members, and the dragon.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress sensed that one of the miniature ice swords they had left Lin Xuan had been triggered, and the Ice Empress urged the Snow Empress to go find him.

After Lin Xuan triggered one of the ice swords, Ice Empress and Snow Empress rushed to find him, while the frost from their strike alarmed powerful figures across the Evil Demon Forest. Lin Xuan found only a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring at the blast site and left it behind to avoid attracting more enemies.

• Snow Empress decided to use the remaining ice swords to locate Lin Xuan, and she and Ice Empress hurried toward him.
• Evil Emperor sensed the frost and mistakenly attributed it to Ice Empress and Snow Empress, then chose not to interfere.
• The Holy Spirit Cult elders activated their Defensive Soul Tools when the frost reached their headquarters, and Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and Zhongli Wu appeared above them.
• Ye Xishui sent Zhongli Wu back to calm the Holy Spirit Cult while she and Long Xiaoyao went to investigate.
• Lin Xuan and Wang Qiu'er descended to the blast site and found only a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, with no Soul Bone nearby.
• Lin Xuan decided to leave the Soul Ring behind and take Wang Qiu'er away before the commotion attracted stronger enemies.

Lin Xuan and Wang Qiu'er tried to flee the Evil Demon Forest, but an Evil Eye attacked them and Lin Xuan killed it. As they continued toward the outskirts, Lin Xuan was overwhelmed by murderous emotions and discovered that Soul Beast phantoms were assailing them.

• Lin Xuan decided the area was unsafe and pulled Wang Qiu'er toward the outskirts of the Evil Demon Forest.
• An Evil Eye fired a red beam at them, and Lin Xuan summoned the Hundred Souls Sky-Locking Python to strike it.
• Lin Xuan crushed the Evil Eye with his Myriad Star Hand, secretly using Nihility Devouring Flame to destroy it completely.
• Lin Xuan took Wang Qiu'er and continued fleeing, but a surge of killing intent, hatred, and fury nearly overwhelmed him.
• Lin Xuan realized their surroundings had become an illusion filled with attacking Soul Beast phantoms and used his fifth soul skill, Myriad Souls Sorrowful Howl, to shatter them with spiritual power.

Lin Xuan faced a hundred-thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrant in the Evil Demon Forest and planned to subdue it before taking it beyond the Evil Emperor’s reach. As the Tyrant attacked, Lin Xuan summoned his Heavenly Flame, Nihility Devouring Flame, and began the battle alongside Wang Qiu'er.

• Lin Xuan used Myriad Souls Sorrowful Howl to break free of an illusion and discovered the silver-white, hundred-thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrant.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant threatened Lin Xuan, who worried that killing it outright would alert the Evil Emperor.
• Lin Xuan decided to cripple the Tyrant, carry it beyond the Evil Emperor’s range, and kill it there to obtain its soul ring.
• Lin Xuan asked Wang Qiu'er to attack with him, and she summoned the Golden Dragon Spear.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant fired Evil Eye Gaze at Lin Xuan and Wang Qiu'er, and Lin Xuan answered by summoning Nihility Devouring Flame.

Lin Xuan and Wang Qiu'er joined forces to kill the Evil Eye Tyrant. After Lin Xuan devoured its attack and restrained it, Wang Qiu'er's flame-wreathed spear pierced its eye, and Lin Xuan's blade split its body in two.

• Lin Xuan used the Nihility Devouring Flame to swallow the Evil Eye Tyrant's beam and replenish his Soul Power.
• Wang Qiu'er hurled her Golden Dragon Spear at the Evil Eye Tyrant, and Lin Xuan covered it in Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Lin Xuan bound the Evil Eye Tyrant's sixteen tentacles with Ten Thousand Soul Heavenly Lock, preventing it from escaping the spear.
• Wang Qiu'er's spear pierced the Evil Eye Tyrant's eye, drawing a spray of silver blood.
• Lin Xuan struck the wounded Evil Eye Tyrant with Star-Shattering Slash, cleaving its body in two.
• Wang Qiu'er stared in disbelief at the slain Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Lin Xuan subdued the Evil Eye Tyrant’s surviving crystal core and imprisoned it while keeping its aura detectable to the Evil Emperor. As he and Wang Qiu'er prepared to leave the Evil Demon Forest, Lin Xuan pulled her into a kiss that left her stunned and unable to resist.

• Lin Xuan teased Wang Qiu'er after protecting her, but stopped when a silver crystal core rose from the Evil Eye Tyrant’s corpse.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant threatened Lin Xuan from the crystal core and tried to flee toward the core region of the Evil Demon Forest.
• Lin Xuan caught the crystal core and repeatedly swallowed it with the Nihility Devouring Flame until the Evil Eye Tyrant fell silent.
• Lin Xuan placed the crystal core in a jade bottle with a gap to preserve its aura, then hung the bottle from his waist to avoid alerting the Evil Emperor.
• Lin Xuan told Wang Qiu'er they could leave, then pulled her close and kissed her as she struggled and became stunned.

After Lin Xuan and Wang Qiu'er escaped toward the edge of the Evil Demon Forest, he restored her Soul Power by feeding her a pill mouth-to-mouth, provoking her anger. Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao appeared, and Lin Xuan attacked Ye Xishui when she demanded to know which sect they belonged to.

• Lin Xuan pulled Wang Qiu'er toward the outskirts of the Evil Demon Forest, and she realized she might not dislike him as much as before.
• Lin Xuan tried to give Wang Qiu'er a Soul-Returning Pill, but when she refused it, he fed it to her mouth-to-mouth.
• Wang Qiu'er discovered that the pill restored her Soul Power and scolded Lin Xuan for the way he had given it to her.
• Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao appeared, and Ye Xishui questioned Lin Xuan and Wang Qiu'er about their sect after hearing they had killed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant.
• Lin Xuan attacked Ye Xishui with his Nine Nether Soul Hand when she appeared before him and pressed him for an answer.

Ye Xishui discovered the power of Lin Xuan’s Nihility Devouring Flame and tried to take him and Wang Qiu’er away. An unknown emerald-green figure rescued them as Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao combined their attacks against a sudden ice-palmed strike.

• Ye Xishui dispelled Lin Xuan’s ghost claw, revealed her nine Soul Rings, and demanded to see his Martial Soul.
• Lin Xuan released his Body Martial Soul and then showed Ye Xishui the Nihility Devouring Flame, whose devouring power made her covet it.
• Ye Xishui reached for Lin Xuan and Wang Qiu’er, but an ice-blue giant palm struck from the sky and an emerald-green figure carried them clear.
• Long Xiaoyao unleashed Black Dragon Buries the Heavens, and Ye Xishui fired Heaven-Extinguishing Light to meet the descending palm.
• The three attacks collided in a thunderous blast that sent Soul Power shockwaves across the surrounding forest.

Lin Xuan reunited with the Ice Empress, then took Wang Qiu'er away while the Ice Empress and Snow Empress confronted Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui. The Snow Empress opened the battle with a powerful Emperor Sword attack, which Long Xiaoyao struggled to stop as Ye Xishui prepared her counterattack.

• The Ice Empress scolded Lin Xuan for entering the Evil Demon Forest and told him to take Wang Qiu'er away while she and the Snow Empress handled the enemy.
• Lin Xuan told Wang Qiu'er that the Ice Empress and Snow Empress had adopted him, then led her toward a town in the Sun Moon Empire.
• The Snow Empress confronted Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui, declaring that they would not leave and summoning her Emperor Sword.
• The Snow Empress used Emperor Sword: Unparalleled Ice Extremity, but Long Xiaoyao countered with his ninth soul skill, Dragon Roar Suppresses the Nine Heavens.
• The Snow Empress's sword radiance cut through Long Xiaoyao's attack, forcing Ye Xishui to unleash her ninth soul skill, Sorrow of the Demon Kui.

Ice Empress and Snow Empress launched their combined attack against Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui. Elsewhere, Lin Xuan and Wang Qiu'er arrived in Mingdu and agreed to share the guesthouse’s only available room.

• Ice Empress struck Ye Xishui’s blood soul phantom with Ice Emperor Finger while Snow Empress’s sword light closed in.
• Long Xiaoyao used Dragon Scale Armor to shield Ye Xishui from Snow Empress’s attack, and the impact drove them backward.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress joined hands and unleashed Pride of the Ice and Snow Emperors against Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui.
• Lin Xuan took Wang Qiu'er to a guesthouse in Mingdu and asked the attendant for two rooms.
• The attendant claimed only one room was available, and Wang Qiu'er reluctantly agreed to share it with Lin Xuan after he promised not to do anything.

Lin Xuan pressured Wang Qiu'er into spending the night with him at the hotel, and she woke sore and furious at his deception. In the morning, Lin Xuan made her call him “husband” and continued teasing and bullying her.

• Lin Xuan and Wang Qiu'er settled into their hotel room, where Wang Qiu'er tried to keep her distance from him.
• Lin Xuan gradually coaxed Wang Qiu'er into removing her clothes, then kept pestering her until she reluctantly agreed to let him rub against her.
• Lin Xuan continued his advances through the night until Wang Qiu'er finally surrendered and fell asleep near dawn.
• Wang Qiu'er woke in Lin Xuan's arms, sore and angry, and accused him of tricking her.
• Lin Xuan teased Wang Qiu'er into calling him “husband,” then raised his hand again when she pleaded not to repeat it.

Lin Xuan teased Wang Qiu'er about their new relationship, and she shyly accepted that she belonged to him. The chapter ended with Lin Xuan keeping his promise not to touch her and taking a bath with her.

• Lin Xuan teased Wang Qiu'er about calling him her husband, and she admitted she was his.
• Wang Qiu'er tried to go wash up, but Lin Xuan stopped her to ask what she would call him.
• Wang Qiu'er went to the bathroom, and Lin Xuan followed, proposing to help her wash.
• Wang Qiu'er let Lin Xuan help after making him promise not to do anything to her.
• Lin Xuan and Wang Qiu'er took a bath together, and he wrapped them both in a towel afterward.