Chapter Summaries

As the Douluo Continent speculated about what it meant for the Snow Empress to be a saint spirit, Lin Hao took her and Ji Ziyue to the White Jade Capital. Witnesses across the continent were shaken by his effortless spatial translocation and questioned whether his power surpassed the gods.

• Tang San and other soul masters wondered whether the Snow Empress being a saint spirit would bring good or bad fortune to the Douluo Continent.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong speculated that Lin Hao might study the Snow Empress, while Ning Fengzhi stressed that they needed to understand saint spirits and Lin Hao's intentions.
• Lin Hao decided to leave the crowded area and brought Ji Ziyue and the Snow Empress to the White Jade Capital with a casual wave of his hand.
• The Snow Empress was astonished by the White Jade Capital and realized how effortlessly Lin Hao had transported them across vast distances.
• Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei watched Lin Hao's feat and feared that even gods might not match his power.
• Bo Saixi said Lin Hao seemed to have transcended the laws known to the Divine Realm and warned that the Snow Empress's fate might be only the beginning.

Lin Hao took the Snow Empress toward the Star-Picking Tower after asking how she knew White Jade Capital, but she hid the Heavenly Screen from him. Across the Douluo Continent, Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to watch the Far North while the Shrek group and Ice Empress worried over his intentions.

• Lin Hao sent Ji Ziyue to find Ziyi, then led the Snow Empress toward the Star-Picking Tower and asked about her familiarity with White Jade Capital; she refused to explain.
• Bibi Dong discussed Lin Hao's invitation with Yue Guan and Gui Mei, then ordered Spirit Hall to monitor the Far North and delay the Soul Hunting Operation's targets.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang San warned that Lin Hao might be seeking information about the Douluo Continent, and Yu Xiaogang urged Flender to prepare for the worst.
• The Ice Empress feared Lin Hao would harm the Snow Empress and pleaded with the Heavenly Screen to send her to White Jade Capital, but it did not respond.

Lin Hao revealed that Snow Empress was a seven-hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beast from the Douluo Continent, leaving her overwhelmed with shock. Across the continent, Spirit Hall mobilized for combat while Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong feared what the Heavenly Emperor would do next.

• Lin Hao questioned Snow Empress in the Star-Picking Tower and revealed her age and origin.
• Snow Empress lost her composure when Lin Hao said she came from the Douluo Continent.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to enter its highest state of combat readiness and summoned its Titled Douluo and worshippers.
• Bibi Dong sent an elite squad to seek Ice Empress and learn more about Snow Empress.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong reacted with alarm as Ning Fengzhi wondered whether the Heavenly Emperor would investigate or invade.

Ning Fengzhi and the Ice Empress reacted to the threat posed by Lin Hao and moved to prepare their sides for possible conflict. In the Star-Picking Tower, Lin Hao questioned the Snow Empress about how she arrived, then let her leave, asking whether her opposition could make any difference.

• Ning Fengzhi ordered secret letters sent to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and the Star Luo Empire and told Gu Rong to strengthen the sect’s defenses.
• The Ice Empress panicked after learning Lin Hao knew about Douluo Continent, while A-Tai offered to prepare for war.
• Lin Hao guessed that the Snow Empress did not know how she had arrived or how to return, and she refused to reveal anything to protect Douluo Continent.
• The Snow Empress accused Lin Hao of killing seven out of every ten people in the Primordial Ancient Mine, and Lin Hao realized she knew about others who had come to his world.
• Lin Hao stopped questioning the Snow Empress and allowed her to leave, then asked whether it would make any difference if he invaded Douluo Continent.

Lin Hao questioned the Snow Empress, deduced that she could not return anyone to the Douluo Continent, and gave her a jade slip before letting her leave. His actions left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Far North uncertain whether he intended to invade or had other plans.

• Lin Hao tested the Snow Empress and confirmed she had no way to take anyone back to the Douluo Continent.
• Lin Hao gave the Snow Empress a jade slip and sent her to rest, then inferred that people from the Douluo Continent had joined the Heavenly Court.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong watched the Snow Empress leave and debated what Lin Hao's actions and intentions meant.
• The Ice Empress saw that her sister had survived, but she and A-Tai remained unsure whether war was coming.

The Snow Empress was led to a luxurious side hall tailored to her Ultimate Ice attribute, where she examined the jade slip Lin Hao had given her. It revealed a supreme cultivation method for ice-attribute Saint Spirits, leaving her astonished by its promise of a new path to cultivation and surviving heavenly tribulations.

• The Snow Empress followed a maid through the Star-Picking Tower and wondered what Lin Hao intended for her and the Douluo Continent.
• The maid brought the Snow Empress to a side hall whose furnishings and concentrated ice energy appeared suited to her.
• The Snow Empress pressed the jade slip to her forehead, and a torrent of information entered her consciousness.
• The Snow Empress learned that the Heavenly Emperor's True Explanation: Saint Spirit Chapter taught her to cultivate through Dao Patterns and the laws of ice.
• The Snow Empress discovered that the method could turn heavenly tribulations from near-fatal ordeals into opportunities to temper and complete her laws.

The Snow Empress read the Heavenly Emperor's True Explanation and realized how far Lin Hao's cultivation knowledge surpassed the Douluo Continent's. Her reaction bewildered the continent's factions, while Lin Hao reflected on the worlds' different paths to longevity.

• The Snow Empress understood that Lin Hao's cultivation method could transform the Douluo Continent's order and decided to tell him the truth when they next met.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong speculated that the jade slip contained a god-level cultivation method rather than a spell that controlled minds.
• Bibi Dong wondered whether Lin Hao's cultivation civilization surpassed the Douluo God Realm, while Dai Tianfeng questioned what Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun had gained from the Heavenly Court.
• The Ice Empress and A-Tai watched the Snow Empress's reaction and wondered whether Lin Hao had given her something greater than the Far North's inheritance.
• Lin Hao compared the Douluo Continent's long-lived gods with cultivators in the Shrouding the Heavens World and considered the harshly different rules governing longevity.

Lin Hao considered the Douluo Continent a potential source of longevity resources but could not yet reach it, then ordered a bath and had Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun attend him. Their summons provoked outrage in the Star Luo Empire and ridicule from Spirit Hall as the Heavenly Screen broadcast the order.

• Lin Hao set aside his thoughts about reaching the Douluo Continent and ordered Jiang Wanwan to prepare a bath.
• Jiang Wanwan told Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun to attend Lin Hao, warned them against flattery or seduction, and sent them to the Star-Picking Tower.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang San and the others reacted with shock as they considered the humiliation Dai Mubai would face.
• Dai Tianfeng condemned the order as an insult to the Star Luo Empire, while Dai Weisi silently shared the humiliation over Zhu Zhuyun.
• At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong remained outwardly composed as Gui Mei and Yue Guan mocked the Star Luo Imperial Family.

Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing began serving Lin Hao as maidservants at the Heavenly Pool, where he recognized their names and realized they came from the Douluo Continent. The chapter ended with Lin Hao regarding the sisters with newfound interest.

• Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing nervously followed Jiang Wanwan's instructions as they approached Lin Hao at the Heavenly Pool.
• Lin Hao asked whether Jiang Wanwan had taught them the rules and ordered them to wash his back.
• The sisters carefully washed Lin Hao's back, and he praised them for following their instructions well.
• After turning around, Lin Hao studied their faces and asked them to repeat their names.
• Lin Hao recognized Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun as people from the Douluo Continent and looked at them with renewed interest.

While Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun bathed Lin Hao, he asked about their fiancés, Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi, and revealed that he knew more about their past than they expected. After the sisters left, Lin Hao told them to summon Wanwan and Xiaoxiao.

• Lin Hao asked Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun whether Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi were doing well and whether they had married.
• Zhu Zhuyun said she was not yet old enough to marry, while Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai as a fiancé because he had become depraved and unambitious.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked how Lin Hao knew about the princes and the Douluo Continent, and Lin Hao said he knew far more than they did.
• After about an hour in the spring, Lin Hao rose, dismissed the sisters, and told them to bring Wanwan and Xiaoxiao.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun left the pool grounds and breathed a sigh of relief once Lin Hao was out of sight.

Lin Hao reflected on the arrival of people from the Douluo Continent and summoned Jiang Xiaoxiao and Jiang Wanwan to the Heavenly Pool. He promoted the sisters to side consorts and began assigning them an important task.

• Lin Hao suspected that Snow Empress had learned about the Heavenly Court through Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun, and wondered how many others from the Douluo Continent had arrived.
• Jiang Xiaoxiao and Jiang Wanwan told Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun to rest, then went to meet Lin Hao at the Heavenly Pool.
• Lin Hao praised Jiang Xiaoxiao and Jiang Wanwan for their service and for bringing Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun to the Heavenly Court.
• Lin Hao granted Jiang Xiaoxiao and Jiang Wanwan the rank of side consorts, and the sisters thanked him joyfully.
• Lin Hao told the sisters that he had another important task for them.

Lin Hao forged the Realm-Examining Plaque with his Double Pupils and ordered Jiang Xiaoxiao and Jiang Wanwan to secretly screen all new Heavenly Court entrants for otherworldly visitors. After the sisters left the Heavenly Pool, they returned to Lin Hao’s embrace, while Zhu Zhuqing wondered why they had not come back.

• Lin Hao used his Double Pupils and the heart-examining jade to forge the Realm-Examining Plaque.
• Lin Hao ordered Jiang Xiaoxiao and Jiang Wanwan to test all new Heavenly Court entrants, secretly record anyone who triggered the plaque, and tell no other higher-ups.
• Lin Hao told the sisters not to test Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun and to treat them like ordinary maids.
• Jiang Xiaoxiao and Jiang Wanwan turned back to Lin Hao, and he drew them into his embrace at the Heavenly Pool.
• In the maids’ quarters, Zhu Zhuqing asked Zhu Zhuyun why Jiang Xiaoxiao and Jiang Wanwan had not returned and speculated about what Lin Hao had told them.

Zhu Zhuyun explained to Zhu Zhuqing that Xiaoxiao and Wanwan were the Heavenly Emperor's women, then the sisters ate an abundant spirit meal that pushed their cultivation toward breakthroughs. Viewers on the Douluo Continent reacted to the Heavenly Court's wealth and the Star Luo royal family's helplessness, while the chapter ended as attention shifted to the heavenly prison.

• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhu Zhuqing that Xiaoxiao and Wanwan were more than maids and were the Heavenly Emperor's women.
• Two maids delivered an extravagant dinner of spirit dishes and spirit rice, which Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun ate.
• Zhu Zhuqing neared a breakthrough into the Dao Palace Secret Realm, while Zhu Zhuyun also felt her cultivation advancing.
• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elders watched the meal and marveled at the Heavenly Court's resources.
• Dai Tianfeng and Dai Weisi watched the sisters, and Dai Tianfeng admitted that opposing Lin Hao seemed hopeless.
• The scene shifted to the Heavenly Court's heavenly prison.

Dai Mubai refused his prison meal and consoled himself by imagining that Zhu Zhuqing, now a maid, was suffering just as much as he was. Across the Douluo Continent, viewers laughed at his mistaken assumptions, while Dai Mubai remained unaware of how well Zhu Zhuqing was actually living.

• Dai Mubai rejected the prison food as beneath him, while Wang Ergou ate his own portion and warned that missed meals would not be replaced.
• Dai Mubai remembered his former life and imagined Zhu Zhuqing was poorly fed and housed as a maid, deciding they were fellow sufferers.
• Bone Douluo Gu Rong, Ning Fengzhi, and other Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect members mocked Dai Mubai's assumptions about Zhu Zhuqing's food and status.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Tang San reacted to Dai Mubai's delusion at Shrek Academy.
• Dai Tianfeng and Dai Weisi felt humiliated by Dai Mubai's mistaken consolation, while people across the continent laughed.

Dai Mubai reluctantly ate his prison meal and discovered that its spiritual energy helped him break through a cultivation bottleneck. As he began to see the celestial prison as a possible opportunity, viewers on the Douluo Continent reacted to the scene before the screen shifted to the Great Xia Dynasty’s Sword Pavilion.

• Dai Mubai ate the cold bun and vegetables after hunger overcame his pride, then felt their energy circulate through his body.
• Dai Mubai broke through his bottleneck, and Wang Ergou explained that even celestial-prison food was a treasure to cultivators in the lower realm.
• Dai Mubai finished his meal and wondered whether imprisonment might be a fortuitous opportunity.
• Gu Rong, Ning Fengzhi, and others at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect laughed at Dai Mubai’s change of attitude, while Shrek Academy’s members discussed his breakthrough.
• Dai Tianfeng denounced Dai Mubai at the Star Luo Imperial Palace, and Dai Weisi worried about the Heavenly Court’s resources.
• The screen shifted from Dai Mubai to the Great Xia Dynasty’s Sword Pavilion, where the words “The Primordial Ancient Mine... war?” appeared.

The Sword Pavilion received Heavenly Court’s war proclamation against the Primordial Ancient Mine, a Life Forbidden Zone, and Ling Jue ordered the sect to prepare while he went to observe. Chen Xin and viewers across the Douluo Continent wondered what Life Forbidden Zones were and how they related to other deadly places they had seen.

• Ling Jue read Heavenly Court’s proclamation declaring war on the Primordial Ancient Mine and warning other powers not to support it.
• The elders debated whether Heavenly Court could defeat the forbidden zone, and Ling Jue recalled how the Heavenly Emperor had repelled four forbidden zones during the Dark Turmoil.
• Ling Jue decided to observe the war himself and ordered the Sword Pavilion to activate its mountain-protecting formation and keep disciples close to the sect.
• Chen Xin asked Ling Jue what the Primordial Ancient Mine was, and Ling Jue identified it as a Life Forbidden Zone.
• Viewers across the Douluo Continent discussed whether Life Forbidden Zones were connected to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, Heaven · Burial Heaven Island, and the Undying Mountain.

Ling Jue explained the seven Life Forbidden Zones to Chen Xin, warning that even Saints and Quasi-Emperors could die inside and that only the Heavenly Emperor was recorded to move freely through them. Across the Douluo Continent, people reacted with awe and concern, while Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong worried that Chen Xin might risk entering a forbidden zone for the sword Dao.

• Ling Jue named the seven Life Forbidden Zones and described their deadly, unnatural powers to Chen Xin and the six elders.
• Ling Jue recounted how Saints, Quasi-Emperors, and even a holy land had perished or suffered in forbidden zones, while the Heavenly Emperor had entered several and returned unharmed.
• Ling Jue warned Chen Xin never to approach a forbidden zone unless he became an Emperor, and Chen Xin promised to remember.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, Zhao Wuji, Flender, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu discussed the danger of the forbidden zones and the gulf between their world and the one on the screen.
• On Sea God Island, Bo Saixi told Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Maiden Douluo that learning of a greater world did not diminish their faith in the Sea God.
• At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi worried that Chen Xin might enter a forbidden zone if it held the sword Dao he sought.

Ling Jue praised Chen Xin’s rapid progress in the Taiyi Light-Splitting Sword Art and asked him to demonstrate his swordsmanship. Chen Xin split the hall’s spiritual clouds with a precise Sword Qi strike, impressing the elders, while observers on the Douluo Continent watched.

• Ling Jue praised Chen Xin’s talent and said his sword intent had resonated with the swords in the hall.
• Chi Xiao rejected Chen Xin’s modest explanation and affirmed that his progress could not be dismissed as good fortune.
• Ling Jue asked Chen Xin to demonstrate what he had learned, and Chen Xin focused his sword heart and gathered his transformed power.
• Chen Xin released a pale blue-green Sword Qi strike that split the spiritual clouds and revealed the celestial sword diagram.
• Chi Xiao and the other elders praised Chen Xin’s control and understanding of the sword art, while observers on the Douluo Continent watched.

Bibi Dong, Ning Fengzhi, and Gu Rong recognized that Chen Xin’s sword strike in the Shrouding the Heavens World showed a rapid transformation toward a deeper understanding of the sword. After Ling Jue praised Chen Xin and considered how to further his cultivation, Chen Xin asked about the ceremony at the Primordial Ancient Mine.

• Bibi Dong explained that Chen Xin had adapted quickly to a new power system and that his swordsmanship was moving beyond technique toward the Dao.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong concluded that Chen Xin’s transformation could challenge the foundations of the Soul Master system if he returned to Douluo Continent.
• Top experts across the worlds and their sects marveled at Chen Xin’s changed sword intent.
• Ling Jue praised Chen Xin’s strike and planned to broaden his horizons and advance his cultivation.
• Chen Xin asked Ling Jue whether he would soon attend a ceremony at the Primordial Ancient Mine.

Ling Jue agreed to take Chen Xin to a distant safe area to witness the Heavenly Court’s campaign against the Primordial Ancient Mine, warning him to remain cautious. The news spread across the Douluo Continent, where Bibi Dong, Gu Rong, and Di Tian each prepared to watch the clash.

• Chen Xin asked Ling Jue to let him accompany the campaign as an observer, and Ling Jue agreed on the condition that he obey strict safety rules.
• Ling Jue told Chen Xin to prepare and meet at the sect gates in three months, while Elder Chi Xiao praised the young disciple’s courage.
• Bibi Dong watched the news and decided the campaign would help her measure the power of the Heavenly Court and the danger of the forbidden zone.
• Gu Rong sat at Chen Xin’s usual practice spot and imagined his old friend witnessing the battle between immortals.
• Di Tian ordered Xiong Jun and Myriad Demon King to suspend the Ferocious Beasts’ activities so they could watch the campaign together.