Chapter Summaries

Li Qingshan faced the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Titan Snow Demon King without using his Martial Soul after they wagered they would submit if he defeated them. As their combined attacks overwhelmed him, he summoned the Dragon God Claw and stopped their powerful joint strike.

• The Ice Empress and Titan Snow Demon King agreed to serve Li Qingshan as their master if he defeated all three Heavenly Kings without his Martial Soul, and the Snow Empress accepted the challenge.
• Li Qingshan dismissed his Soul Rings, Passionate Sword, and Bone Armor true form, then told Xiong Jun to move back.
• The three Heavenly Kings attacked together, combining their domains and coordinated strikes to drive Li Qingshan backward.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress combined their powers into the Pride of the Ice and Snow Emperors while the Titan Snow Demon King blocked Li Qingshan's escape.
• Li Qingshan drew on the Golden Dragon King Bloodline and unleashed the Dragon God Claw, collapsing the Titan Snow Demon King's fists and halting the combined pillar of ice and snow.

Li Qingshan defeated the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Titan Snow Demon King, convincing them that he was the reincarnated Golden Dragon King. Meanwhile, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao entered Slaughter City to search for news of their grandfather.

• The three Heavenly Kings recognized the Dragon God Claw, and their belief in Li Qingshan’s Golden Dragon King identity triggered the awakening of his Golden Dragon King right arm.
• Li Qingshan used the transformed arm to crush the Heavenly Kings’ attacks and send all three flying.
• The Snow Empress admitted defeat, and the Ice Empress and Titan Snow Demon King agreed to honor their word as Li Qingshan gained Ice Bear King Xiaobai as a believer.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao reached Slaughter City, discovered that they could not use their Soul Skills, and entered after passing the admission test.

In Slaughter City, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao discovered that Tang Chen had once been there and was taken into the inner city by black-armored men. On the original Douluo Continent, Tang Hao recognized that his own past suspicions about Tang Chen might have been true, but his injuries and responsibility for Tang San and Xiao Wu kept him from acting immediately.

• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao questioned residents about Tang Chen while avoiding fights in the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• After the brothers defeated two attackers, an old man recognized Tang Xiao's Clear Sky Hammer and invited them inside for food.
• The old man confirmed Tang Chen's identity and recalled that black-armored men had taken him deeper into the inner city.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao decided to question more old-timers before investigating the black-armored men.
• Watching the Sky Screen, the injured Tang Hao recalled sensing Tang Chen in Slaughter City during his own visit and wondered if his grandfather had been there all along.
• Tang Hao considered seeking Tang Chen's help but hesitated because he was injured and could not leave Tang San and Xiao Wu unprotected.

Tang Hao told Xiao Wu how Ah Yin sacrificed herself to save him and Tang San, then asked whether Xiao Wu would do the same for Tang San; she said she would. In the Far North, the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Titan Snow Demon King became Li Qingshan’s disciples, and he vowed to help Soul Beasts open a path to godhood.

• Tang Hao told Xiao Wu that Ah Yin was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor who sacrificed herself after Tang San was born to keep Spirit Hall from taking her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Tang Hao asked whether Xiao Wu would risk herself to save Tang San, and Xiao Wu said she would if it meant he could live.
• The Snow Empress apologized to Li Qingshan and knelt to become his disciple, followed by the Ice Empress and Titan Snow Demon King.
• Li Qingshan told his disciples that his true body was sealed in the Divine Realm and that the body before them held only part of the Golden Dragon King’s power.
• Li Qingshan explained that Soul Beasts faced Divine Realm restrictions and promised to help his disciples survive their Heavenly Tribulations and open a new path to godhood.
• The Snow Empress bowed and asked Li Qingshan to teach them.

Li Qingshan received rewards after taking the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Titan Snow Demon King as disciples, then brought them to meet his other disciples at the Far North camp. He revealed Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, drawing the Ice Empress’s attention.

• Li Qingshan received a Soul Core Nurturing Chapter, two stalks of Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Spirit Ganoderma, and Spirit-Congealing Jade Marrow as rewards for taking three disciples.
• Li Qingshan led the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Titan Snow Demon King to the camp, where his disciples had survived the avalanche with Chen Jianjun and Dugu Bo’s help.
• Li Qingshan introduced the three Far North Soul Beasts as his new disciples, and the Snow Empress addressed Yu Xiaogang as her eldest senior brother.
• The Snow Empress cleared the snow around the camp and noticed Ah Yin, recognizing her as a transformed Soul Beast.
• Li Qingshan opened a jade box containing Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, which surprised the Snow Empress and caught the Ice Empress’s attention.

Li Qingshan gave the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Titan Snow Demon King ice marrow, then prepared to take them to Dragon City to investigate another possible source. As the group left the Far North, Bi Ji and Zi JI followed a powerful presence and a glowing silver scale toward the same region.

• Li Qingshan divided the ice marrow among the three sovereigns, who refined it for three days and emerged with greatly improved strength.
• Li Qingshan decided to investigate a possible ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow deposit beneath Dragon City and arranged for the Ice Empress and Titan Snow Demon King to take human forms.
• The Snow Empress left Xiao Bai behind to guard the Far North while she, Li Qingshan, and the others set out for Dragon City.
• Bi Ji and Zi JI sensed the Snow Empress and another powerful presence, then noticed Bi Ji's silver scale glowing and headed toward the ice fields.