Recaps

After returning to Blazing Fire Academy, Huo Lei arranged a visit to Skywater Academy and learned about Spirit Hall’s pressure on the elemental academies and his family’s growing alliance with Canghui Academy. He and his companions sold their surplus soul beast carcasses in Red Rock City, keeping water-attribute carcasses as a gift for Skywater Academy.

• Huo Lei asked Huo Feng for permission to visit Skywater Academy and the Far North with his teacher and An Jun, and Huo Feng agreed.
• Huo Feng told Huo Lei that Spirit Hall had been asking about him, was suppressing academies that refused to submit, and that Blazing Fire Academy had become close to the other elemental academies and partnered with Canghui Academy.
• Huo Feng revealed that he had reached level eighty-eight and Xie Chong level seventy-seven, while Huo Lei congratulated his father.
• Huo Lei and his companions donated their fire-attribute soul beast carcasses to the academy dining hall and sold the carcasses they did not need in Red Rock City.
• Huo Lei kept the water-attribute carcasses for Skywater Academy, while Shui Yue'er complained that her noble rank was only baron.

Huo Lei traveled with Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, and Jin Shan to Skywater Academy, where his arrival drew a crowd of admiring students. The group reunited with Auntie Wang at the gate and headed to meet the dean.

• Huo Lei introduced An Jun to his companions at Blazing Fire Academy before the Skywater Academy women departed three days later.
• Huo Lei, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu traveled with Jin Shan to Skywater City, while An Jun followed behind at a distance.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er described Skywater Academy as the carriage approached the academy outside the city.
• Students crowded around Huo Lei at the entrance, and Shui Yue'er scolded them until they dispersed.
• Auntie Wang welcomed Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu back, then invited Huo Lei and Jin Shan inside to visit the dean.

Huo Lei and Jin Shan visited Skywater Academy with Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu, where they met Dean Shui Wanrou and learned about her strength and background. After touring the academy and presenting gifts, Huo Lei and Jin Shan arranged to leave for the Frozen Forest with Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu in three days.

• Huo Lei and Jin Shan entered Skywater Academy with Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu while An Jun stayed at a hotel in Skywater City.
• Shui Bing'er explained the academy's rules and showed Huo Lei and Jin Shan its grounds before they reached the administration building.
• Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu met privately with Dean Shui Wanrou, then Shui Wanrou invited Jin Shan and Huo Lei into her office.
• Huo Lei learned that Shui Wanrou had a Frostwater Crocodile Martial Soul, was an eighty-three-level Soul Douluo, and was seventy-four years old.
• Shui Wanrou toured the academy grounds with the group, and Huo Lei presented her with a large pile of water-attribute Soul Beast carcasses.
• Huo Lei and Jin Shan arranged to leave Skywater City for the Frozen Forest with Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu in three days, then declined Shui Wanrou's invitation to stay.

Huo Lei diverted his journey to Heaven Dou City to seek Xue Ye’s permission to recruit a Soul Master from Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After reaching the academy, he and An Jun confronted an arrogant student at the gate and demanded that the Education Committee’s chiefs come out to welcome them.

• Huo Lei decided to detour to Heaven Dou City in search of a suitable food system Soul Master and asked Jin Shan to change their route.
• After arriving in Heaven Dou City, Huo Lei sent An Jun to meet Xue Ye and obtain an order allowing him to select a willing Soul Master from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• An Jun returned with Xue Ye’s news and the requested order, and Huo Lei set off for Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu.
• A student ordered An Jun and Huo Lei to move their carriage away from the academy gate, then threatened them when they stepped down.
• An Jun released his aura and ordered the student to summon the Education Committee’s chiefs, causing the student to flee into the academy.

Huo Lei and An Jun arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Education Committee chief Meng Shenji and the other two committee members welcomed them. As they toured the academy, Meng Shenji described its facilities and introduced its student tiers, leaving the academy’s classification system still underway.

• A young Soul Master returned with Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin, then apologized after learning Huo Lei and An Jun’s identities.
• An Jun introduced Huo Lei as the Twin Martial Marquis and reminded Meng Shenji of Huo Lei’s twin Martial Souls at the tournament four years earlier.
• Meng Shenji introduced Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin as the other two seats on the Education Committee.
• Meng Shenji led Huo Lei and An Jun through the academy and described its campus, students, and teaching staff.
• An Jun asked about the academy’s rankings, and Meng Shenji explained the three student tiers, beginning with the Heavenly Subtle Level and ending with the Heaven Dou Grade.

Huo Lei visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy with An Jun and presented a letter from Xue Ye requesting the academy fulfill his needs. He asked for a level-fifty-nine food system Soul Master, and the committee sent for Teacher Yunxiang.

• Meng Shenji explained Heaven Dou Royal Academy's teacher ranks and introduced the Education Committee to Huo Lei and An Jun.
• An Jun revealed he had reached level ninety, and Huo Lei said he had reached level seventy-eight at age twenty-one after training in Death Grand Canyon.
• Huo Lei asked whether the academy had food system Soul Masters and presented Meng Shenji with Xue Ye's letter authorizing the committee to assist him.
• Huo Lei requested the academy's level-fifty-nine food system Soul Master, and Meng Shenji sent Zhi Lin to fetch Teacher Yunxiang.
• Huo Lei hoped Teacher Yunxiang would soon reach level sixty and be ready to gain a soul ring in the Frozen Forest.

Huo Lei and An Jun met Yunxiang, a food-type Soul King whose strawberries provided useful enhancements and lasted several days. With Meng Shenji’s blessing, Yunxiang agreed to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy and travel with Huo Lei and An Jun.

• Meng Shenji vouched for Yunxiang’s character and loyalty, then introduced her to Huo Lei and An Jun.
• Yunxiang explained that her strawberry martial soul produced five enhancement types, including a soul-power boost, and described their effects and storage times.
• Huo Lei invited Yunxiang to cooperate with him and An Jun by traveling together to gain experience and strength.
• Meng Shenji assured Yunxiang she owed him nothing and supported her decision to leave the academy.
• Yunxiang embraced Meng Shenji, accepted the journey with Huo Lei and An Jun, and Zhi Lin went to arrange a celebratory lunch.

Huo Lei's party traveled north to Iceforest City, where An Jun reunited with his son, the city's commanding general, An Beichen. The group settled into An Jun's home, and An Jun began introducing his friends to his son.

• After leaving the Spirit Hall's monitored territory, Huo Lei's party continued north through the freezing wilderness toward Iceforest City.
• Yunxiang shared her childhood dream of visiting the Frozen Forest and reached Soul Power Level sixty during the journey.
• An Jun rode ahead to prepare for the group's arrival, then welcomed them at Iceforest City's south gate alongside his son, An Beichen.
• An Beichen greeted Huo Lei's party at An Jun's home, where An Jun introduced him as Iceforest City's commanding general and a Soul Saint.
• An Jun began introducing his friends to An Beichen, starting with Jin Shan, whom he described as his sworn elder brother and a Super Douluo.

Huo Lei and his companions entered the Frozen Forest to find soul rings for Shui Bing'er and Yunxiang. An Jun led them to a Frost Demon Frog suited to Shui Bing'er and began demonstrating his soul skills as he approached it.

• An Beichen greeted Jin Shan and Huo Lei, then met Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and Yunxiang.
• An Beichen hosted Huo Lei and the others overnight before they set out for the Frozen Forest the next morning.
• An Jun led the group through the forest while explaining its dangers, and Huo Lei discussed possible soul rings with Shui Bing'er and Yunxiang.
• An Jun spotted a roughly twenty-thousand-year Frost Demon Frog that he said suited Shui Bing'er.
• At Huo Lei's request, An Jun activated his Snow-Treading Without a Trace skill and rushed toward the Frost Demon Frog.

An Jun demonstrated his Soul Skills by overpowering a Frost Demon Frog, then Shui Bing'er absorbed its Soul Ring and reached Soul Emperor level. Huo Lei began checking the defeated beast for a Soul Bone.

• An Jun demonstrated his first, fourth, and fifth Soul Skills while fighting the Frost Demon Frog, then left it alive for Shui Bing'er to absorb its Soul Ring.
• Yunxiang gave An Jun a Soul Power-Boosting Pink Strawberry, and he estimated that six could restore his Soul Power from empty.
• While Shui Bing'er absorbed her Soul Ring, Xue Wu meditated; Shui Bing'er later reached level sixty-one and gained the area attack skill Ice Cone Rain.
• Huo Lei went to search the Frost Demon Frog for a Soul Bone.

Shui Bing'er absorbed the Frost Demon Frog's Left Leg Bone, while Huo Lei promised Yunxiang he would obtain another Soul Bone within seven days and one for Xue Wu after she reached level 60. The group then found a rare Mirror Shadow Beast suited to Yunxiang's Sixth Soul Ring, leaving Huo Lei hoping it was the beast that would yield him a Head Soul Bone.

• Huo Lei gave Shui Bing'er the Frost Demon Frog's Left Leg Bone, and she absorbed it, raising her Soul Power to level 62.
• Huo Lei promised Yunxiang he would obtain a Soul Bone within seven days, and Yunxiang challenged him to do so without killing more than ten Soul Beasts.
• Huo Lei suggested searching for a twenty-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast for Yunxiang's Sixth Soul Ring, and An Jun agreed to look for one.
• After searching for over two hours, the group found a Mirror Shadow Beast, and An Jun beat it until it was barely alive.
• Yunxiang examined the Mirror Shadow Beast as Huo Lei hoped it was the one that would give him a Head Soul Bone.

Yunxiang absorbed the Mirror Shadow Beast’s Soul Ring and gained a Soul Skill that let her copy other people’s Soul Skills by using their blood. After showing off its abilities and learning its limits, she asked Huo Lei to inspect the beast because she had little Soul Power left.

• Yunxiang absorbed the Mirror Shadow Beast’s ink-black Soul Ring and discovered that her sixth Soul Skill could copy another person’s Soul Skills after she obtained a drop of their blood.
• Yunxiang used An Jun’s blood to copy several of his Soul Skills, demonstrating them to the group and explaining that they lasted three minutes at reduced strength while her strawberry creations remained effective for a year.
• Yunxiang accidentally exposed herself while using An Jun’s fourth Soul Skill, so Shui Bing’er produced a tent for her to change in.
• Huo Lei explained that Mirror Shadow Beast Soul Rings were especially suited to Food System Soul Masters, with Mental System and Defense System Soul Masters also potentially benefiting.
• With little Soul Power remaining, Yunxiang asked Huo Lei to inspect the Mirror Shadow Beast, and he began checking its limbs rather than its head.

Huo Lei gave Yunxiang the Mirror Shadow Beast Head Soul Bone, which granted her a powerful doppelganger skill, and the group planned to wait for Xue Wu to reach rank sixty before entering the Far North. Huo Lei then secretly entered the Frozen Forest, intending to eliminate the Hao Te Mercenary Team and find Soul Bones for Xue Wu.

• Huo Lei found a Mirror Shadow Beast Head Soul Bone and gave it to Yunxiang, who absorbed it that night while the others kept watch.
• The next morning, Yunxiang explained that her Soul Bone enhanced her spiritual power and let her create an eighty-percent-strength doppelganger for one minute.
• Xue Wu revealed that her Soul Power was near rank sixty, so the group decided to wait for her Sixth Soul Ring before searching for An Jun's ninth Soul Ring.
• Huo Lei declined to go shopping with Shui Bing'er and Yunxiang, then left Iceforest City for the Frozen Forest while Jin Shan promised to protect him from the shadows.
• Huo Lei flew into the forest with Thunder Wings and planned to kill the Hao Te Mercenary Team without witnesses while searching for Soul Bones suited to Xue Wu.

Huo Lei fought and killed two ten-thousand-year Ice-Horn Mad Rhinos, but neither yielded a Soul Bone. As he harvested their horns, he sensed fifteen approaching people and left the carcasses in place, apparently hoping they were the targets he had been waiting for.

• Huo Lei found two Ice-Horn Mad Rhinos fighting and charged them to draw attention while testing his abilities.
• Huo Lei used his Soul Skills to knock down and kill both Ice-Horn Mad Rhinos.
• Huo Lei searched the carcasses for Soul Bones, found none, and began harvesting their horns.
• Huo Lei detected fifteen people approaching and left the carcasses where they lay.
• The approaching group spotted Huo Lei and the dead Soul Beasts, and one man told their burly captain that they had struck it rich.

Huo Lei killed Hao Te’s mercenary squad when they tried to rob him, then inspected their Storage Rings and discovered valuable supplies. After finding a right leg bone in the Azure Shadow Mouse King’s body, he joined the others in planning a trip to obtain Soul Rings for Xue Wu and An Jun.

• Huo Lei used Thunder Domain to kill all fifteen members of Hao Te’s squad, then took their Storage Rings and the Ice-Horn Mad Rhino bodies.
• Huo Lei returned to the Northern Conquest Marquis Estate, gave Xue Wu an Ice-Horn Mad Rhino horn, and let Yunxiang collect blood from the group for her white strawberries.
• Huo Lei inspected the fifteen Storage Rings and found that Hao Te’s held five Gold Soul Cards worth a total of a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, while Oscar’s held two Godly Zhuge Crossbows.
• Huo Lei chose Hao Te’s ten-cubic-meter gold Storage Ring for himself and stored the others away.
• Huo Lei gave An Beichen the ice- and snow-attribute Soul Beast bodies, then inspected the Azure Shadow Mouse King and found a right leg bone, burying the body afterward.
• Xue Wu announced that she had reached level sixty, and the group agreed to leave the next day for the Frozen Forest and the Far North to obtain Soul Rings for her and An Jun.

Xue Wu acquired her sixth Soul Ring, a defensive skill called Ice Armor Shield, and Huo Lei's party traveled to the Far North. When they encountered a forty-thousand-year Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad, Huo Lei volunteered to fight it so An Jun would not risk being poisoned.

• Xue Wu chose a defensive Soul Skill for her sixth ring, and Huo Lei's party hunted down a twenty-thousand-year Ice Armor Turtle for her.
• Xue Wu absorbed the Ice Armor Turtle's Soul Ring and gained the skill Ice Armor Shield; Jin Shan later found a left leg bone from a Snow Spirit Monkey King, which Xue Wu absorbed to reach level sixty-two.
• Huo Lei's party traveled north for three days, reaching the snowy edge of the Far North as the Soul Beasts grew more numerous and powerful.
• An Jun warned the group about the poisonous Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toads that inhabited the Far North's outer reaches.
• A forty-thousand-year Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad blocked the party's path, and Huo Lei stepped forward to fight it so An Jun would not risk its cold poison.

Huo Lei instantly killed a forty-thousand-year Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad, and his group continued through the forest. When a Frost Wolf Pack pursued a herd of Ice-Horned Snow Oxen past them, Jin Shan killed the pack’s fifty-thousand-year leader and defeated the remaining wolves.

• Huo Lei killed the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad with his Soul Bone Skill, and an ink-black Soul Ring appeared.
• Yunxiang gave Huo Lei a pink strawberry to restore his Soul Power, and Huo Lei estimated that four or five would replenish him from exhaustion.
• Huo Lei examined and stored the toad’s body, finding nothing, and the group continued onward.
• An hour later, Jin Shan sensed a Frost Wolf Pack chasing several hundred Ice-Horned Snow Oxen and told An Jun to protect the others.
• Jin Shan shielded the group as the oxen charged past, then killed the Frost Wolf leader with Vajra Dream-Shattering Claw.
• Jin Shan used Hundred-Claw Vajra Blade to cut down the remaining Frost Wolves, ending the battle.

Huo Lei’s group continued north through the Far North, discussing An Jun’s next Soul Ring and encountering the region’s dangers. After seeing the aurora called Lucky Light, Huo Lei revealed to Yunxiang that he had an invisible Soul Tool that could shelter the group, leaving her wondering why he had not used it sooner.

• The group found no Soul Bones among thirty-six Frost Wolves and Ice-Horned Snow Oxen, collected the bodies, and continued north.
• Huo Lei urged Jin Shan to hunt a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and Jin Shan warned that the Far North’s ice-type beasts would make the hunt dangerous for the group.
• Around a campfire, An Jun told the others that his seventieth-thousand-year Frost Giant Ape had given him his Eighth Soul Ring.
• Yunxiang spotted the colorful Lucky Light in the sky, and An Jun explained the local legend that it brought good fortune.
• Huo Lei told Yunxiang he had an invisible Soul Tool that could enclose and protect everyone while they rested, and she asked why he had not used it sooner.

Huo Lei used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to shelter his companions overnight and conceal them as they searched deeper into the Far North. They discovered the Ice Leopard Emperor and the Snow Soul Bear King fighting over a cave, and the group watched from hiding as the battle began.

• Huo Lei enclosed himself and his five companions in the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, giving them a safe night’s rest.
• After breakfast, Huo Lei used the Shroud’s invisibility ability to conceal the group as they continued searching for Soul Beasts.
• An Jun identified two enormous beasts ahead as the Frost Snow Leopard and the Snow Soul Demon Bear, both possibly over a hundred thousand years old.
• The Snow Soul Bear King accused the Ice Leopard Emperor of breaking their agreement to share the cave, and the Ice Leopard Emperor refused to leave.
• The Snow Soul Bear King attacked the Ice Leopard Emperor while Huo Lei and his companions watched from inside the Shroud.

The Ice Leopard Emperor used his speed and concealment to wear down the Snow Soul Bear King, but the Bear King finally caught his tail and prepared a powerful counterattack. Jin Shan’s group waited for the Leopard Emperor to be badly injured so An Jun could claim his Soul Ring.

• The Ice Leopard Emperor taunted the Snow Soul Bear King and vanished with Ice and Snow Concealment, while An Jun explained that spiritual perception could reveal him.
• The Ice Leopard Emperor struck the Bear King’s hind leg, but the Bear King exposed him with Snow Blades in Flight and continued fighting with Frost Armor and Snow Soul Palm.
• The Leopard Emperor repeatedly attacked from concealment until the Bear King was covered in wounds, then battered him with his tail.
• The Bear King seized the Leopard Emperor’s tail and raised his paw for a counterblow, prompting Yunxiang to celebrate and An Jun to ask whether the strike would kill his intended Soul Ring source.
• Jin Shan told An Jun that the Bear King’s strike would likely only severely injure the Leopard Emperor and create an opportunity for them.

Huo Lei and An Jun exploited the Leopard Emperor’s exhausted state to kill it and claim its hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring. Jin Shan faced the Snow Soul Bear King, which asked him not to attack.

• The Leopard Emperor revealed that its blue-light technique reduced damage by seventy percent but could only be used once a day.
• Jin Shan ordered the group to attack, and Huo Lei withdrew the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and used Thunder Domain to restrain the Leopard Emperor.
• An Jun struck the Leopard Emperor with his eighth Soul Skill, Furious Ice-Shattering Fist, killing it and producing a blood-red Soul Ring.
• An Jun stored the Leopard Emperor’s body and began absorbing its Soul Ring while Huo Lei and the others guarded him.
• Jin Shan confronted the Snow Soul Bear King, which asked the human powerhouse not to attack.

Jin Shan heard the Snow Soul Bear King's offer to cooperate and learned that the Far North was protected by four powerful kings and dozens of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. The group was left to decide whether to cooperate or risk fighting the Bear King.

• Jin Shan told the Snow Soul Bear King that his group would not attack unless it attacked them first.
• The Snow Soul Bear King offered safe passage and the cave's treasure in exchange for cooperation, and warned that it would self-destruct if they tried to kill it.
• Huo Lei asked about the Four Heavenly Kings of the Far North, and the Snow Soul Bear King described their ranks, powers, and the Far North's dangers.
• The group was stunned by the Snow Soul Bear King's account, while Huo Lei realized that dozens of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts lived in the Far North.

Huo Lei negotiated a truce with the Snow Soul Bear King in exchange for access to the ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow, while Jin Shan stayed to guard the Bear King. An Jun awakened as a Titled Douluo, and Huo Lei warned him that the Far North held powerful Heavenly Kings and many hundred-thousand-year soul beasts.

• Huo Lei agreed to cooperate with the Snow Soul Bear King after deciding not to risk provoking the Far North's powerful soul beasts.
• Huo Lei arranged for the Bear King to remain by the cave entrance with Jin Shan while the group absorbed the treasure, and promised to provide food.
• The Snow Soul Bear King revealed that the cave contained ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow that Shui Bing'er and two others could absorb over time.
• An Jun completed his ninth soul ring, advanced to rank ninety-one Titled Douluo, and chose the title Snow Leopard Douluo.
• Huo Lei told An Jun about the Bear King's account of the Far North's Heavenly Kings and numerous hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, leaving An Jun shocked.

Huo Lei and An Jun entered the cave to investigate the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and discovered that its extreme cold weakened their spiritual power and drained Huo Lei's Soul Power. Huo Lei saw the treasure at the cave's bottom but worried that Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu would be unable to endure the cold.

• Huo Lei and An Jun chose to investigate the cave before Huo Lei fused with the Ice Leopard Emperor's Soul Bone, while Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, Yunxiang, and Jin Shan stayed outside.
• The Snow Soul Bear King warned Huo Lei that he might not withstand the cave's temperature and told him the cave was about three hundred meters deep, with the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow at the end.
• Huo Lei and An Jun found that the powerful ice attribute hindered their spiritual perception, so they advanced through the dark cave using Huo Lei's Flame Martial Soul and Lava Armor for light and protection.
• When Huo Lei could no longer withstand the cold, An Jun transferred Soul Power to him, and Huo Lei used his spiritual power and Fiery Golden Eyes to see the cave's bottom.
• Huo Lei saw thirty-six pure-white ice pillars containing flowing liquid and told An Jun he was concerned that Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu could not approach the treasure safely.

Huo Lei and An Jun failed to break the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, leaving Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unable to absorb it for now. An Jun absorbed the Ice Leopard Emperor's Soul Bone and returned with a surprising Trunk Bone.

• Huo Lei left the cave after reaching only its middle section, then told Shui Bing'er that the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow lay deeper inside and that An Jun was trying to retrieve it.
• Huo Lei asked the Snow Soul Bear King whether a Titled Douluo could break the marrow, and the Bear King said he had failed to break it himself.
• An Jun returned from the cave and reported that he could not break the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow.
• Huo Lei suggested that An Jun absorb the Ice Leopard Emperor's Soul Bone, then gave the Snow Soul Bear King six Frost Wolf bodies and went back into the cave with the three women to devise a way to absorb the marrow.
• An Jun emerged an hour later and revealed that the Ice Leopard Emperor had yielded a Trunk Bone, surprising everyone because it was an agility-type Soul Beast.