Chapter Summaries

Xu Jiujiu returned to court after spending the morning with Dai Youheng, while he secretly planned to fake his death and use the Star Crown Pact to manipulate the Xu Family and other factions. Her meeting with Xu Jiawei was interrupted by an urgent visit from Ice Sky Douluo Ling Ya.

• Dai Youheng reminded Xu Jiujiu that it was nearly noon, and she hurried to dress and return to the palace to handle state affairs.
• After Xu Jiujiu left, Dai Youheng told the Snow Empress he planned to exploit the Star Crown Pact, fake his death, and make Dai Luoli inherit the Dai Family’s remaining responsibilities.
• Dai Youheng proposed creating a misunderstanding that would make Xu Jiujiu kill him, then using her guilt to keep manipulating her and potentially damage another faction.
• Xu Jiujiu met Xu Jiawei, who praised her and promised Dai Youheng high status and a future title if he remained loyal and helped unify the continent.
• An attendant announced that Ice Sky Douluo Ling Ya had arrived at the imperial study with an urgent matter.

Ling Ya reported to Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu how he had obtained a storage ring containing Sun Moon Empire soul tool materials and research by bargaining with Huo Yuhao during a battle involving Shrek, the Body Sect, and evil soul masters. He offered the ring’s contents to the Star Luo Empire in exchange for protection, while Xu Jiawei worried that Shrek would retaliate.

• Ling Ya told Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu that he had joined forces with the Body Sect to seize Huo Yuhao, but a clash involving Du Busi, Zhang Peng, Long Xiaoyao, and Xuan Zi had disrupted the plan.
• Ling Ya explained that he had helped Huo Yuhao and Shrek’s teachers escape in exchange for the starlight sapphire and Jing Hongchen’s storage ring, and that he had worked with Xian Lin'er to drive Zhang Peng back.
• Ling Ya presented the ring to Xu Jiawei and revealed that it held rare materials and Sun Moon Empire soul tool research, while the most valuable contents had already been moved to Dai Youheng’s storage soul tool.
• Ling Ya offered to let the Star Luo Empire study the ring’s contents if it protected him and kept the treasure from Shrek.
• Xu Jiujiu urged Xu Jiawei to accept the deal, but Xu Jiawei questioned whether the empire could withstand Shrek’s response.

Ling Ya persuaded Xu Jiawei to make Dai Youheng take the blame for seizing the Ring in exchange for its treasures and Ling Ya's service to the Star Luo Empire. Xu Jiujiu told Dai Youheng, who comforted her and agreed, though he was actually the scheme's mastermind.

• Ling Ya proposed naming Dai Youheng as the mastermind and invoking Shrek's promise not to punish him, then offered the Ring's contents and his allegiance to Xu Jiawei in return for approval.
• Xu Jiawei accepted Ling Ya's terms and ordered Xu Jiujiu to persuade Dai Youheng to put the Empire first.
• Xu Jiujiu returned to the Princess's Mansion, where Dai Youheng had prepared a meal for her.
• Xu Jiujiu confessed the plan and her guilt to Dai Youheng, and he comforted her and agreed to take the blame.
• Xu Jiujiu promised Dai Youheng a princely title or a life together away from court, while Dai Youheng concealed his mockery and the fact that he really was the mastermind.

Dai Youheng let the Star Luo Empire portray him as the fall guy for the theft of Huo Yuhao’s treasures, winning sympathy and Xu Jiujiu’s affection while concealing that he had masterminded the affair himself. He sent Nana to watch Shrek City’s upcoming Sea God’s Fate gathering and report what happened after Huo Yuhao left and returned.

• The Star Luo Empire blamed Dai Youheng for taking Huo Yuhao’s ring, and Dai Youheng invoked Yan Shaozhe’s old promise to block Shrek’s demands.
• Cai Mei'er explained to Huo Yuhao that Dai Youheng was likely serving as the imperial family’s scapegoat, easing Huo Yuhao’s resentment toward his brother.
• Leaders of other powers and the Star Luo public formed opposing impressions of Dai Youheng, while the empire secured Soul Tool research and Ling Ya’s allegiance.
• Dai Youheng privately revealed through his actions that he had planned the affair himself, and Nana recognized that he had turned himself into the apparent victim.
• After spending several days with Xu Jiujiu, Dai Youheng sent Nana to watch the Sea God’s Fate gathering and report on Huo Yuhao’s movements.

Nana observed Sea God's Fate at Shrek Academy and reported Huo Yuhao’s urgent departure to Dai Youheng. Dai Youheng used the opportunity to leave Star Luo City under the pretense of needing a break, while Xu Jiujiu believed his explanation and let him go.

• Nana reached Shrek City, learned Sea God's Fate would be held that night, and watched the gathering from the lakeshore.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er’s party later left for the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Huo Yuhao’s fifth soul ring, without Wang Qiu'er.
• After returning as a Soul King, Huo Yuhao hurriedly left the academy alone, and Nana raced back to Star Luo City to report it to Dai Youheng.
• Dai Youheng wrote Xu Jiujiu a teasing note claiming he needed a few days away to recover and clear his head.
• Xu Jiujiu felt guilty about Dai Youheng’s situation, then blushed at his suggestive joke and accepted his departure.

Dai Youheng and Nana crossed the Sunset Forest’s poisonous barrier and reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they waited in hiding for Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao arrived alone, and Dai Youheng prepared to confront him.

• Dai Youheng and Nana entered the Sunset Forest and used Snow Soul Condensing Ice Pills and ultimate ice to withstand the poison.
• Dai Youheng and Nana froze their way past a Jade-Scaled Nine-Extinction Flower and reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dai Youheng spotted the Aromatic Silk Beauty and searched the basin for Huo Yuhao, then chose a concealed place to wait.
• After about half a day, Huo Yuhao crossed the poisonous miasma with soul tools and ultimate ice and entered the basin alone.

Huo Yuhao passed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s trials and picked the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to save Wang Dong'er, but the effort left him near death. Nana appeared on Dai Youheng’s orders and offered to restore him in exchange for his right to claim seven immortal herbs.

• Dai Youheng and Nana watched Huo Yuhao enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and planned to wait until he passed the trials before acting.
• Youyou tested Huo Yuhao with the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and the infernal delicate apricot, and he passed with Electrolux’s help.
• Youyou gave Huo Yuhao Tang San’s book and the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, which he picked after using the Scorching Yang Spring to overcome the freezing effect of his blood.
• Huo Yuhao’s organs were ravaged by the clash of heat and cold, and his life began to fade as he struggled to save Wang Dong'er.
• Nana appeared before Huo Yuhao and offered to restore him to peak condition if he gave her the right to all seven immortal herbs he could claim.

Huo Yuhao agreed to give Dai Youheng the right to choose seven immortal herbs in exchange for Nana saving him, so he could hurry to save Wang Dong'er. After Huo Yuhao left, Dai Youheng revealed his divine aura and began selecting the herbs.

• Urged by the soul spirits in his Sea of Consciousness, Huo Yuhao agreed to transfer his entitlement to seven immortal herbs to Dai Youheng in exchange for his life.
• Nana gave Huo Yuhao the Snow Woman Sacred Heart Pill, which healed his injuries, restored his soul power, and purified his body.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Nana, took the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and hurried away to save Wang Dong'er.
• Dai Youheng emerged from hiding, and Nana knelt and acknowledged him as her master.
• Dai Youheng used the Sin God Seal's divine aura to reassure Youyou that the trade followed the rules, then carefully chose seven immortal herbs.

Dai Youheng selected and harvested seven immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, including a Lovesick Heartbreak Red at the Snow Empress's request. Before leaving with Nana, he revealed that the lake concealed the remains and lingering souls of two divine dragons, a secret he planned to investigate once he was strong enough.

• Dai Youheng and Nana entered the central region of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he sensed five intelligent hundred-thousand-year immortal herbs.
• Dai Youheng selected six herbs suited to his cultivation, including the Star Luo Spirit Pearl, primordial immortal herb, and ten-thousand-year nine-grade ginseng king.
• The Snow Empress asked Dai Youheng to take the second Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and he chose it as his seventh herb.
• Dai Youheng carefully harvested the seven immortal herbs and left with Nana after Youyou warned him not to squander their worth.
• At the lake's edge, Dai Youheng told Nana that the remains and lingering souls of the Fire Dragon and Ice Dragon lay beneath the springs, but he would wait until he was powerful enough to investigate.

Dai Youheng gave Nana the Ten-Thousand-Year Nine-Grade Ginseng King, which rebuilt her damaged foundations and let her cultivate again. After choosing the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum for himself, he prepared to begin taking an immortal herb.

• Dai Youheng brought Nana to a secluded valley and explained that the Ten-Thousand-Year Nine-Grade Ginseng King could repair her damaged foundations.
• Dai Youheng told Nana that Ling Ya would receive the Star Luo Spirit Pearl to support his future development of dual soul cores and soul-engineering skills.
• Nana absorbed the Ten-Thousand-Year Nine-Grade Ginseng King while Dai Youheng guarded her and considered which herb to take.
• Dai Youheng chose the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum for its all-round improvement to his physique.
• After more than two hours, Nana regained the ability to cultivate and thanked Dai Youheng, who then prepared to take an immortal herb himself.

After absorbing the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Dai Youheng completed the God of Sloth’s trial and received an Ice God Fragment from the gods. The God of Envy revealed that the fragment was connected to an ancient Far North deity whom the Seven Deadly Sins Gods had fought and defeated.

• Dai Youheng absorbed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, strengthening his body and raising his soul power to the peak of level seventy-five.
• Dai Youheng entered the Hall of Sin, where the God of Sloth declared that he had passed the trial and gave him a palm-sized ice crystal fragment.
• The God of Envy identified the reward as an Ice God Fragment, and the Snow Empress recognized its connection to the legendary Ice God of the Far North.
• The God of Envy explained that the Ice God had been an innate spirit who cultivated for a million years and rose to become a First-Level Main God.
• The God of Envy and the God of Sloth recalled how the Seven Deadly Sins Gods fought the Ice God for three days using the Sin Descent Divine Punishment Formation before defeating him.

The God of Envy recounted how the Ice God destroyed his Divine Seat and sent a fragment to the Far North, then gave Dai Youheng the trial called “Why Should They?” Dai Youheng accepted the challenge to destroy the advantages of two people who surpassed him.

• The God of Envy explained that the dying Ice God split his Divine Seat Divinity into three fragments, sending the smallest toward the Far North with a prophecy that a destined one would reforge his Divine Seat.
• The God of Sloth gave Dai Youheng his Ice God Fragment, which resonated with the Snow Empress and awakened her desire to restore the Ice God Divine Seat.
• The God of Envy began her trial and urged Dai Youheng to resent people blessed with greater fortune, talent, wealth, beauty, fame, or love.
• The God of Envy required Dai Youheng to choose two areas in which others surpassed him and destroy their advantages, with greater rewards for more outstanding targets.
• Dai Youheng accepted the trial, resolving to write his own answer to “Why Should They?”

Dai Youheng and the Snow Empress assessed possible targets for the God of Envy’s examination and settled on reputation, appearance, and family background as the most promising areas. After spending half a month with Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli, Dai Youheng returned his attention to the approaching Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament and wondered how Xu Jiujiu would involve him.

• The Snow Empress helped Dai Youheng rule out cultivation talent, martial souls, opportunities, and partners as targets for the Divine Examination of Envy.
• Dai Youheng identified Shrek Academy and its dean, Yan Shaozhe, as potential targets for damaging reputation, while considering other candidates for appearance and family background.
• Dai Youheng discovered the Ice God Fragment in his hand and told Nana they would visit Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli before returning to Star Luo City.
• Dai Youheng reunited with Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli, spent half a month with them, and guided his younger brother's cultivation.
• Dai Youheng prepared to return for the approaching tournament and wondered how Xu Jiujiu would arrange his participation despite his graduation from Shrek.

Dai Youheng returned to Star Luo City, gave Nana the Star Luo Spirit Pearl for Ling Ya, and reunited with Xu Jiujiu. They agreed that he would compete in the upcoming tournament as a representative of the Star Crown Sect, and the court summoned the other competitors.

• Dai Youheng gave Nana the Star Luo Spirit Pearl and asked her to deliver it to Ling Ya.
• Dai Youheng returned to the Princess's Mansion, where Xu Jiujiu welcomed him and embraced him.
• Xu Jiujiu explained that Dai Youheng could represent the Star Crown Sect in the tournament, and he approved her plan.
• At morning court, the officials accepted Dai Youheng and Xu Jiujiu as core competitors, and Xu Jiawei chose five additional team members.
• An attendant summoned the Star Crown Sect and Star Luo National Academy competitors, and five young figures entered the hall to greet the emperor and Xu Jiujiu.

Xu Jiawei assembled the Star Crown Sect team around Dai Youheng and Xu Jiujiu, assigning five Titled Douluos to guard them on their journey to Mingdu. As rival factions prepared their teams, the tournament approached amid Xiao Hongchen’s vow of revenge, the Holy Spirit Cult’s ambitions, and Shrek Academy’s weakened prospects.

• Xu Aojun, Mo Yang, Dong Hui, Tang Yuning, and Ying Wei introduced themselves as members of the Star Crown Sect team, and Xu Jiawei appointed Xu Jiujiu captain and Dai Youheng vice-captain.
• Xu Jiawei assigned Sky Kun Douluo, Giant Strength Douluo, and Purple Spirit Douluo to guard the team, then approved Nebula Douluo Manyi and Ice Sky Douluo Ling Ya joining them.
• Xu Jiawei ordered the team to prepare for half a month before departing for Mingdu.
• Xiao Hongchen reached Soul Saint after using forbidden pills and vowed to defeat Huo Yuhao and Dai Youheng in the tournament.
• Zhongli Wu ordered Yan Feng and six other young Evil Soul Masters to display the Holy Spirit Cult’s power at the tournament.
• Vina named Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo to the Body Sect team, while Shrek Academy faced the tournament with a weakened roster led by Ning Tian and Wu Feng.

After leaving court, Dai Youheng returned to his hotel and helped Ling Ya begin condensing a second soul core through Isotopic Resonance. Ling Ya successfully established an initial resonance between the new core in his middle dantian and his ice soul core.

• Dai Youheng left Xu Jiujiu at the Princess's Mansion, saying he needed to focus on cultivation before the tournament.
• Dai Youheng asked Ling Ya whether he had refined the Star Luo Spirit Pearl, and Ling Ya reported that its power had gathered beside his ice soul core without breaking through.
• Dai Youheng taught Ling Ya the Spirit Pivot Qi-Guiding Formula and directed him to move the pearl's core to the Shanzhong acupoint.
• Ling Ya spent about two hours guiding the starlight into his middle dantian while Dai Youheng watched and Nana guarded the room.
• Ling Ya completed the initial condensation of a second soul core and felt it resonate with his ice soul core.

Dai Youheng studied Ling Ya’s account of condensing a soul core, then used that knowledge to form a powerful Abyss Demon Core while still a Soul Saint. With the tournament approaching, he gained a major new source of power and recovery.

• Dai Youheng questioned Ling Ya about the details of condensing his soul core and carefully absorbed his experience.
• Dai Youheng summoned the Abyssal Demon Tiger phantom and began compressing his soul power into a spinning black vortex.
• Dai Youheng formed a nascent soul core and fed it both his abyss soul power and energy drawn from heaven and earth.
• Dai Youheng expanded the core to fist size and completed the dark gold Abyss Demon Core despite the strain of precise control.
• Dai Youheng absorbed the core into his abdomen, while Ling Ya recognized its potential to accelerate cultivation and replenish soul power in battle.

After completing his soul core and reaching rank seventy-six, Dai Youheng revealed his plan to give Dai Luoli the White Tiger Dukedom while pursuing control of the entire continent. Half a month later, the Star Crown Sect team prepared to leave Star Luo City for the Continental Elite Tournament.

• Dai Youheng completed his soul core, reached rank seventy-six, and told Ling Ya and Nana that he intended to make Dai Luoli the future White Tiger Duke.
• Dai Youheng planned to give Dai Luoli the next Yin-Yang Fate-Reversing Lotus Seed Pill and use him to govern the family while Dai Youheng pursued the entire continent.
• Dai Youheng ordered Nana to eliminate the remaining supporters of Dai Yueheng and help Dai Luoli awaken his martial soul’s latent mental attribute through mutation.
• Dai Youheng sent Nana to complete her tasks before joining him and Xu Jiujiu in the Sun Moon Empire, where he expected the tournament’s turmoil to aid his plans and divine examination.
• Half a month later, the Star Crown Sect team gathered at Star Luo City’s soul guidance plaza to depart after completing intensive joint training.

Xu Jiujiu led the Star Crown Sect team to Mingdu for the tournament, where the city’s scale and the promise of powerful soul-tool prizes stirred anticipation. At registration, the team’s decision to compete under the Star Crown Sect name drew attention from rival powers, including Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect.

• Xu Jiujiu presented the team with matching uniforms and led them, guarded by five Titled Douluos, out of the Star Luo Empire.
• During the journey, Xu Jiujiu reviewed travel precautions while Dai Youheng cultivated and the other team members discussed tactics and skills.
• The team arrived in Mingdu and saw the city crowded with tournament teams, including disciples from the Heavenly Armor Sect and the Heavenly Gate.
• Xu Jiujiu led the seven members to register as the Star Crown Sect, surprising the official and drawing the attention of Shrek Academy, the Tang Sect, and others.

Huo Yuhao watched Dai Youheng arrive with the Star Crown Sect and reflected on how much his former senior had changed. At the tournament registration desk, a black-robed Evil Soul Master attacked Bei Bei, and Dai Youheng confidently judged he could defeat her within five moves.

• Huo Yuhao recognized Dai Youheng among the Star Crown Sect's delegation, and Cai Mei'er explained how the empire used the sect's name to avoid criticism over his transfer.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo greeted Dai Youheng, but Xu Jiujiu introduced herself as his fiancée and positioned herself between them.
• A black-robed female Evil Soul Master attacked Bei Bei with sinister Blue Silver Grass, leaving him wounded.
• Xu Jiujiu identified the attacker as an Evil Soul Master and asked Dai Youheng to assess her strength.
• Dai Youheng estimated that the woman was around rank seventy-five and said he could subdue her within five moves, reassuring Xu Jiujiu.