Recaps

Tuoba Xi formed a Soul Core, strengthening the Holy Dragon Sect as Dugu Bo investigated the Sect and confronted the truth about his granddaughter’s poison. The chapter left Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan weighing whether they could trust the Holy Dragon Sect to help her.

• Tuoba Xi formed a Soul Core, and Yin Changqing congratulated him as he and Yin Yu discussed the Sect’s growing strength.
• Dugu Bo reviewed intelligence about the Holy Dragon Sect and grew wary of Yin Changqing and Yin Yu.
• Dugu Yan brought Dugu Bo tea and asked why he had been worried for days.
• Dugu Bo sensed Jade Phosphorous Serpent venom in Dugu Yan and told her that she, her father, and he had all suffered from its poison.
• Dugu Bo resolved to protect Dugu Yan and considered Yin Changqing’s claim that the Holy Dragon Sect could find a cure.
• Dugu Yan worried that the Holy Dragon Sect might be bluffing or trying to use her illness to control them.

Dugu Bo visited the Holy Dragon Sect to confront Yin Changqing and find out whether they could cure the Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison backlash. After discovering the Sect’s formidable strength, he heard Yin Changqing offer a cure and a Martial Soul breakthrough in exchange for something, and the chapter left Dugu Bo facing the question of what he would give.

• Dugu Bo decided to visit the Holy Dragon Sect after weighing Yin Changqing’s proposed equal exchange, and Dugu Yan learned of his plan.
• Yin Changqing sensed Dugu Bo’s arrival while training, and Yin Yu and Tuoba Xi drove away Dugu Bo’s poisonous aura with their Soul Power.
• Dugu Bo was shocked to discover that Yin Yu had reached level 95 and that Tuoba Xi’s level 91 power rivaled a stronger Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Bo met Yin Changqing, Yin Yu, and Tuoba Xi at the training ground and asked about Yin Changqing’s earlier offer and a cure for the poison backlash.
• Yin Changqing claimed the Holy Dragon Sect could cure Dugu Yan, advance Dugu Bo’s Martial Soul, and end his backlash, then asked what Dugu Bo would offer in exchange.

Yin Changqing offered to treat Dugu Bo’s Snake Poison Backlash by transferring the poison into a Spirit Bone and promised to cure Dugu Yan with herbs. Dugu Bo agreed to give the Holy Dragon Sect access to his garden and serve as a guest elder, then led Yin Changqing and Yin Yu to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Yin Changqing began harvesting Immortal Herbs.

• Yin Changqing described Dugu Bo’s hidden poisoning symptoms and proposed refining the poison inside a Spirit Bone into a Poison Core.
• Yin Changqing explained that Dugu Yan could be cured with specific herbs and a Spirit Bone to draw out her poison.
• Dugu Bo agreed to give the Holy Dragon Sect use of his herb garden and serve as a guest elder if Yin Changqing cured him and Dugu Yan, while warning that he would retaliate if Yan Yan were harmed.
• Dugu Bo led Yin Changqing and Yin Yu to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest.
• Yin Changqing began gathering Immortal Herbs, prompting Dugu Bo to protest that he had taken more than half the garden.

Yin Changqing collected the Earth Dragon Golden Melon for his mother and chose rewards that let him give Dugu Bo a Jade Dragon Fruit and promise to cure him and Dugu Yan. Dugu Bo accepted Yin Changqing’s offer and joined the Holy Dragon Sect as its guest grand elder.

• Yin Changqing identified the Earth Dragon Golden Melon as a perfect match for Tuoba Tingxue and safely stored it.
• Yin Changqing chose the Jade Dragon Fruit and Dragon Core Condensation Method rewards, gaining two fruits and the secret technique.
• Yin Changqing gave Dugu Bo one Jade Dragon Fruit and explained that it could help his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul evolve.
• Yin Changqing promised to cure Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan’s poison with the Inner Core Poison-Gathering Method.
• Dugu Bo pledged his life to the Holy Dragon Sect, and Yin Yu offered him the position of Sect Guest Grand Elder.

Yin Changqing planned to use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and its Immortal Herbs to cure Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo while strengthening the Holy Dragon Sect. After explaining his own risky body-tempering plan, he and Yin Yu prepared the herbs as Dugu Bo returned with Dugu Yan, who demanded to know who they were.

• Yin Changqing told Dugu Bo to bring Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before taking the Jade Dragon Fruit, and outlined how he would treat them both.
• Yin Changqing explained to Yin Yu that he planned to take the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot together to temper his body in the spring.
• Yin Changqing identified and harvested several Immortal Herbs, including the Aromatic Silk Beauty for treating Dugu Yan's poison and herbs for the Holy Dragon Sect's members.
• Yin Changqing said the Holy Dragon Sect needed Dugu Bo on its side to deter armies.
• Dugu Bo returned with Dugu Yan, who questioned why he had brought her from class and demanded to know who Yin Changqing and Yin Yu were.

Yin Changqing revealed that Dugu Yan was being poisoned by her Jade Phosphorous Serpent bloodline and offered a way to save her by transferring the venom into a Spirit Bone. With Dugu Bo’s help, Dugu Yan absorbed a Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Phosphorous Serpent Right Arm Bone, and her poisoned appearance began to clear.

• Dugu Yan doubted Yin Changqing’s authority until he described her secret symptoms and the danger posed by the venom in her body.
• Dugu Bo confirmed that Yin Changqing was right and revealed that the same poison had killed Dugu Yan’s father.
• Yin Changqing explained that a Spirit Bone could contain Dugu Yan’s venom and turn it into a poisonous ability.
• Dugu Bo gave Dugu Yan a Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Phosphorous Serpent Right Arm Bone, and Yin Changqing instructed her to absorb it beside the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Dugu Yan fused with the Spirit Bone as the flower suppressed her poison, and her hair, eyes, fingertips, and complexion returned to normal.

Yin Changqing cured Dugu Yan’s poison and taught Dugu Bo the Dragon Core Condensation Method, which evolved his Martial Soul and raised him to level 93. Dugu Bo pledged the Dugu Clan’s loyalty to the Holy Dragon Sect, and Yin Changqing then turned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Dugu Yan woke free of poison, thanked Yin Changqing, and promised to obey his requests.
• Yin Changqing gave Dugu Bo the Dragon Core Condensation Method and instructed him to use the Jade Dragon Fruit at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo refined his poison into a Dragon Core, evolved his Martial Soul into the Jade Phosphorous Flood Dragon Emperor, and broke through to level 93.
• Dugu Bo pledged the Dugu Clan to the Holy Dragon Sect, and Yin Changqing appointed him Guest Grand Elder.
• Yin Changqing turned toward the springs, and Yin Yu asked whether he planned to take the medicine and temper his body.

Yin Changqing received a system prompt offering four Immortal Herb fusion plans while at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He chose the Ultimate Ice and Fire Golden Body and Heaven-Connecting Vajra Dao Bones, and the system began their protected fusion.

• A system prompt appeared in Yin Changqing's mind and presented four Immortal Herb body-refinement combinations.
• Yin Changqing considered the physiques and skills each combination would grant him.
• Yin Changqing decided the Ultimate Ice and Fire Golden Body was essential and selected it as his first combination.
• Yin Changqing chose the Heaven-Connecting Vajra Dao Bones as his second combination.
• The system confirmed both choices and promised protection from backlash during fusion.

Yin Changqing swallowed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, gaining an Ultimate Ice and Fire Golden Body and rising to Soul Power level 47. Despite warnings from Yin Yu, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan, he prepared to continue tempering his body with more Immortal Herbs.

• Yin Changqing reassured Yin Yu and Dugu Bo that the two opposing Immortal Herbs would balance each other, then uprooted and swallowed both before leaping into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The herbs’ forces harmonized inside Yin Changqing, transforming his body and raising his Soul Power from level 43 to level 47.
• Yin Changqing gained complete immunity to ice, fire, and poison, increased vitality and meridian resilience, and the skills Ice Dragon Soul Fiend and Heaven-Burning Dragon Flame Explosion.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan marveled at Yin Changqing’s transformation, while Yin Yu praised his strengthened body and defenses.
• Yin Changqing announced that he would continue forging his body and brought out the Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Aromatic Silk Beauty despite their warnings.

Yin Changqing absorbed the Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Aromatic Silk Beauty, forming Heaven-Connecting Vajra Dao Bones and reaching the level 50 bottleneck. He left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with his new abilities revealed, while Yin Yu and the Dugu family agreed to keep his breakthrough secret.

• Yin Changqing consumed both Immortal Herbs as Yin Yu, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan guarded him.
• Yin Changqing's bones and Meridians transformed, and his Soul Power rose from level 47 to level 50.
• The system granted Yin Changqing the Heaven-Connecting Vajra Seal and Myriad Treasures Spirit-Gathering Art, along with increased defense, recovery, and Soul Power capacity.
• Yin Changqing demonstrated that Dugu Bo's strike could not harm him, and Yin Yu noted his greatly increased Soul Power recovery.
• Dugu Bo warned Dugu Yan to keep Yin Changqing's breakthrough secret, and Yin Changqing reassured her that he trusted her as family.
• Dugu Bo asked Yin Changqing what he planned to do next now that he had reached the level 50 bottleneck.

Yin Yu, Yin Changqing, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan returned to the Holy Dragon Sect after agreeing to hunt a high-ranked sub-dragon soul beast for Yin Changqing. Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan worried about her ties to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Yin Yu proposed transferring her to the Sect’s Holy Dragon Advanced Soul Master Academy.

• Yin Yu invited Dugu Bo to join him in the Star Dou Great Forest in three days to help Yin Changqing hunt a soul beast for his fifth ring, and Dugu Bo agreed.
• Yin Changqing set the departure for three days later, and the group flew back to the Holy Dragon Sect.
• Yin Yu showed Dugu Yan the Sect’s vast territory and Heavenly Dragon Hall as they arrived at the Holy Dragon Mountain Range.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan explained that her position in Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Imperial Fighting Team could become dangerous because of her connections to the imperial family and other factions.
• Yin Yu agreed that Dugu Yan should leave the Imperial Fighting Team and offered her a place at the Holy Dragon Sect’s Holy Dragon Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Dugu Bo questioned whether the Sect’s academy could match the resources and training of an empire-wide advanced academy.

Yin Yu explained Holy Dragon Academy’s resources and persuaded Dugu Bo that it could give Dugu Yan better training than Heaven Dou Royal Academy. The group arrived at the Holy Dragon Sect, where Tuoba Xi was stunned to find Dugu Bo had returned with them and called Yin Changqing their Young Master.

• Yin Changqing and Yin Yu explained that the Holy Dragon Sect had expanded Beast Academy into Holy Dragon Academy with extensive facilities, specialized instructors, and dragon-focused training.
• Yin Changqing told Dugu Yan that Holy Dragon Academy could help her develop her flood-dragon Martial Soul, and Dugu Bo agreed she should leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy and train there.
• Dugu Yan agreed to focus on cultivation at Holy Dragon Academy and train alongside the Sect’s geniuses.
• Yin Yu led Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan through the Sect’s defenses to the Heavenly Dragon Hall, where the guards welcomed Yin Yu and Yin Changqing back.
• Tuoba Xi mistook Dugu Bo’s arrival for a forced entry and grew wary, but Dugu Bo clarified that he had returned with Yin Yu and the Young Master.
• Tuoba Xi was shocked when he realized Dugu Bo was calling Yin Changqing the Young Master.

Yin Changqing told Tuoba Xi about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s Immortal Herbs and the benefits he and Dugu Bo gained from them. The chapter ended with Tuoba Xi stunned to learn that Changqing was twelve years old and had reached the level 50 bottleneck.

• Yin Changqing explained that Dugu Bo investigated the Holy Dragon Sect and visited after Changqing proposed they work together over Dugu Yan’s Snake Poison Backlash.
• Dugu Bo described the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Yin Changqing listed more than a dozen Immortal Herbs he had found there.
• Yin Yu confirmed that he had witnessed the medicine garden and its treasures.
• Dugu Bo credited Yin Changqing with recognizing the herbs, giving him a Jade Dragon Fruit and a Dragon Core method, and helping him evolve his Martial Soul and rise from level 91 to level 93.
• Yin Changqing told Tuoba Xi that four Immortal Herbs had strengthened his body and defenses, and that his Soul Power had reached the level 50 bottleneck.
• Tuoba Xi dropped his pen and reacted in shock when Yin Changqing revealed he was twelve years old and level 50.

Tuoba Xi welcomed Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan into the Holy Dragon Sect, while Yin Changqing prepared to seek his fifth Soul Ring. The chapter ended with Tuoba Xi asking how Changqing planned to distribute the remaining Immortal Herbs.

• Tuoba Xi named Dugu Bo a grand elder and opened the Sect’s resources and cultivation methods to him.
• Dugu Yan explained that Yin Changqing had sealed her Jade Phosphorous Serpent venom in her right-arm Spirit Bone, and Dugu Bo arranged for her to leave the Imperial Fighting Team and join Holy Dragon Academy.
• Tuoba Xi welcomed Dugu Yan to the academy, and Yin Changqing promised to arrange training for her.
• Dugu Bo and Yin Yu planned to escort Yin Changqing to the Star Dou Great Forest in three days to seek a Soul Ring for his fifth slot.
• Tuoba Xi agreed to the plan after Yin Changqing explained his strength, then asked how they should divide the remaining Immortal Herbs.

Yin Changqing allocated the Immortal Herbs and helped Dugu Bo join the Holy Dragon Sect, then revealed two herbs chosen to help Yin Yu and Tuoba Xi overcome their Soul Power bottlenecks. He explained how each herb suited its recipient, but their absorption had not yet begun.

• Yin Changqing assigned the Earth Dragon Golden Melon to his mother, the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone to Yin Yu, and the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid to Tuoba Xi, while reserving other herbs for later.
• Tuoba Xi welcomed Dugu Yan into the Holy Dragon Sect and offered to handle her withdrawal from Holy Dragon Academy.
• Dugu Bo offered his Heaven Dou City properties, shops, and three intelligence channels to the Sect, and Yin Changqing suggested connecting them to the network shared with Qian Renxue.
• Three days later, Yin Changqing brought out the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid in a Secret Chamber.
• Yin Changqing explained that the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone could strengthen Yin Yu's body and Meridians, while the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid could renew Tuoba Xi's potential.

Yin Yu and Tuoba Xi refined the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid in the Secret Chamber, gaining major improvements in strength and potential. Their breakthroughs left the Holy Dragon Sect better positioned to stand tall, with Tuoba Xi aiming for level 93 and Yin Yu just one step from level 96.

• Yin Changqing instructed Yin Yu and Tuoba Xi on how to refine their respective immortal herbs, and they entered seclusion in the Secret Chamber.
• Yin Yu refined the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, which strengthened his body and raised his soul power from the early stage of level 95 to the peak of level 95.
• Tuoba Xi refined the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, broke through from level 91 to the peak of level 92, and formed a soul core.
• Tuoba Xi said the herb's lingering power could help him reach level 93 before the year ended and declared that he could finally hold his head high as a member of the Holy Dragon Sect.

Yin Changqing told his family that the Holy Dragon Sect now rivaled the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and could crush the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while his parents and grandfather celebrated their recent breakthroughs. After Tuoba Tingxue returned and reached Level 87, Yin Changqing revealed that he had brought an Immortal Herb chosen especially for her.

• Yin Yu said that his, Tuoba Xi's, and Dugu Bo's strength had made the Holy Dragon Sect stronger than the other Lower Four Sects and a rival to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tuoba Xi and Yin Changqing discussed how the Earth Dragon Golden Melon could help Tuoba Tingxue's White-Armored Earth Dragon Martial Soul evolve.
• Tuoba Tingxue returned to the Holy Dragon Sect and told Yin Changqing she had broken through to Level 87 on her journey home.
• Yin Yu and Tuoba Xi revealed that Immortal Herbs had raised them to the peaks of Levels 95 and 92, and Yin Yu explained that Dugu Bo had joined the Sect.
• Yin Changqing told Tuoba Tingxue that he had chosen an Immortal Herb especially for her.

Yin Changqing gave Tuoba Tingxue an Earth Dragon Golden Melon, which transformed her White-Armored Earth Dragon Martial Soul into a Taotie Saint Dragon. The treasure also raised her Soul Power from Level 87 to Level 90, leaving her a Quasi-Titled Douluo.

• Yin Changqing took the Earth Dragon Golden Melon from the Wishful Hundred Treasures Pouch and explained its power to Tuoba Tingxue.
• Tuoba Tingxue ate the melon and began refining it while Yin Yu sealed the Side Hall with a Demon Dragon Barrier.
• The melon transformed Tuoba Tingxue's White-Armored Earth Dragon into a Taotie Saint Dragon, whose bloodline pressure overwhelmed Tuoba Xi's Martial Soul.
• Yin Changqing identified the transformed Martial Soul as a Taotie Saint Dragon, and Tuoba Xi realized their lineage had gained a third Holy Dragon Martial Soul.
• Tuoba Tingxue broke through Levels 88 and 89 before reaching Level 90 and becoming a Quasi-Titled Douluo.

Tuoba Tingxue's White-Armored Earth Dragon evolved into a Taotie Holy Dragon, bringing her to Level 90 and close to becoming a Titled Douluo. Yin Changqing changed their Soul Ring hunting destination to the Far North, where they hoped to find powerful Soul Beasts, though Spirit Hall was also preparing to hunt there.

• Tuoba Tingxue awakened the Taotie Holy Dragon Martial Soul and reached Level 90, breaking the Holy Dragon Sect's bloodline curse.
• Tuoba Tingxue discovered that her evolved Martial Soul greatly increased her strength and defenses and gave her the ability to devour enemies' attacks, Soul Power, and Blood Qi.
• Tuoba Xi and Yin Yu celebrated the family's supreme dragon Martial Souls and discussed the Soul Rings needed for Tuoba Tingxue and Yin Changqing.
• Yin Changqing rejected the Star Dou Great Forest and proposed hunting in the Far North for Tuoba Tingxue's ninth Soul Ring and his own fifth Soul Ring.
• Yin Yu supported the plan, while the narration revealed that Bibi Dong was also preparing to hunt for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Spirit Bone in the Far North.

Yin Changqing refined Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, raising his mental strength to the Soul Sage level and increasing the age limit for his fifth Soul Ring. The Holy Dragon Sect prepared to travel to the Far North, while his family reacted with shock to his newfound ability to absorb a Soul Ring from a beast as old as seventy thousand years.

• Tuoba Xi decided that he, Yin Yu, and Dugu would escort Tuoba Tingxue and Yin Changqing to the Far North in three days so Tuoba Tingxue could obtain a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Yin Changqing absorbed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew in seclusion, expanding his sea of consciousness and reaching Soul Sage-level mental strength.
• Yin Changqing concluded that his strengthened mind and physique could let him absorb a fifth Soul Ring from a sixty- or seventy-thousand-year-old beast.
• Yin Changqing told Tuoba Xi, Yin Yu, and Tuoba Tingxue about his mental strength, stunning them with the revelation that he could attempt a seventy-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Tuoba Tingxue warned Yin Changqing not to force himself when he absorbed his fifth Soul Ring.

Yin Changqing, his family, and Dugu Bo set out for the Far North to find soul beasts for Yin Changqing’s fifth ring and Tuoba Tingxue’s ninth. After reaching the canyon entrance, they prepared to enter the Far North with Dugu Bo’s help.

• Yin Changqing and his family chose to search the Inner Ring Snowfield and Far North Canyon for suitable soul beasts, avoiding the dangerous core circle.
• Yin Yu announced that the group would leave at dawn after securing the Holy Dragon Sect and entrusting its affairs to trusted elders.
• Yin Changqing flew north with Tuoba Xi, Yin Yu, and Tuoba Tingxue, displaying his Light-Dark Saint Dragon Wings and sustained flight.
• Yin Yu and Yin Changqing said Spirit Hall was unlikely to detect their journey and discussed the Holy Dragon Sect’s growing strength.
• The group met Dugu Bo at a snow-covered canyon, where he reported that the area was clear of scouts and identified the route into the Far North.
• Yin Changqing gave Dugu Bo a Warm Sun Jade pendant to protect him from the Far North’s Yin Fiend Cold Poison.

Yin Changqing led his family and Dugu Bo to the Broken Dragon Ice Abyss, where they discovered a 65,000-year-old Blizzard Light Dragon and an 88,000-year-old Abyssal Ice Taotie Python. Tuoba Xi attacked the Blizzard Light Dragon while Yin Yu plunged toward the python, beginning the hunt for Changqing’s fifth soul ring.

• Tuoba Tingxue warned the group about the Far North’s blizzards, and Yin Yu led them into the forbidden region with Dugu Bo supporting from the middle.
• Yin Changqing sensed the surrounding soul beasts and directed the group toward the Broken Dragon Ice Abyss, a place rumored to attract powerful Sub-Dragon beasts.
• The group crossed the snowfields and reached the abyss, where Yin Yu sensed the Blizzard Light Dragon and Abyssal Ice Taotie Python sleeping in its depths.
• Tuoba Xi struck the Blizzard Light Dragon with an Earth Dragon claw, leaving it badly injured, as Yin Yu attacked the Abyssal Ice Taotie Python with his Demon Dragon Spear.

Yin Yu and Tuoba Tingxue killed an eighty-eight-thousand-year Abyssal Ice Taotie Python, and its Right Arm Bone went to Tuoba Tingxue. She prepared to absorb it while Yin Changqing turned to obtaining his fifth Spirit Ring from the Blizzard Light Dragon.

• Yin Yu killed the Abyssal Ice Taotie Python with the Demon Dragon Spear, and Tuoba Xi discussed its Spirit Ring with Tuoba Tingxue.
• Tuoba Tingxue rejected the python as her ninth Spirit Ring, saying she would wait for a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast.
• Dugu Bo spotted an eighty-eight-thousand-year Abyssal Ice Taotie Python Right Arm Bone in the corpse, and Tuoba Xi retrieved it.
• Yin Yu and Dugu Bo declined the Spirit Bone, so Tuoba Xi gave it to Tuoba Tingxue.
• Tuoba Tingxue agreed to refine the Spirit Bone while Yin Changqing prepared to absorb the Blizzard Light Dragon's Spirit Ring as his fifth.

Yin Changqing absorbed the Blizzard Light Dragon's 65,000-year soul ring and gained two powerful passive enhancements, while Tuoba Tingxue fused an 88,000-year spirit bone. Yin Changqing reached Level 53, and Tuoba Tingxue revealed her new Abyssal Ice Taotie Claw skill.

• Tuoba Tingxue began fusing the Taotie Right Arm Bone as Yin Changqing approached the subdued Blizzard Light Dragon.
• Dugu Bo questioned whether Yin Changqing could survive absorbing the dragon's 65,000-year soul ring, and Yin Yu and Tuoba Xi defended their decision.
• Yin Changqing killed the Blizzard Light Dragon and absorbed its soul ring, crushing its lingering soul with his spiritual power and Twin Sacred Dragons.
• Yin Changqing chose Holy Dragon Radiance and Holy Dragon Overlord Body, then rose from Level 50 to the peak of Level 53.
• Tuoba Tingxue completed her spirit bone fusion and revealed Abyssal Ice Taotie Claw, a skill that could pierce defenses, tear through targets, and devour them.

Yin Changqing gained a powerful fifth Spirit Skill, and the group entered the Far North Core Circle to seek a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring for Tuoba Tingxue. At the gateway, the system detected their hunt and offered them a choice of two among four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

• Yin Changqing revealed that his fifth Spirit Skill granted major boosts to light attacks, strength, penetration, and armor breaking.
• Tuoba Xi, Yin Yu, and Dugu Bo prepared to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for Tuoba Tingxue's ninth ring, while Dugu Bo distributed cold-resistant pills and Soul Power-disrupting powder.
• Yin Changqing suggested following the ley line beneath the ice abyss toward regions where powerful Soul Beasts gathered.
• The five traveled north to a frozen lake and snowy plain, where Dugu Bo sensed a sleeping presence beyond a hundred thousand years and several other dangerous presences.
• Yin Changqing's system announced the opportunity to choose two of four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts at the gateway between Heavenly Lake Ice Lake and Permafrost Plain.