Recaps

Xiao Yao drove off Xue Beng’s lackeys with his flame-control technique, then secretly left Heaven Dou Royal Academy to raise his intimacy with Shui Bing’er. He disguised himself as Yan Lingji and arrived at Skywater Academy’s admissions, where the crowd stared at his striking appearance.

• Xue Beng tried to expel Xiao Yao and Xiao Wu from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Xiao Yao challenged him.
• Xiao Yao shaped the fallen heart flame into a flaming Wolf Spirit, scattered Xue Beng’s lackeys, and frightened Xue Beng without injuring him.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Wu settled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Xiao Wu earned fame as the “Heaven Dou goddess.”
• Xiao Yao secretly left the academy and decided to enroll at Skywater Academy to increase Shui Bing’er’s intimacy.
• Xiao Yao transformed into Yan Lingji and joined the admissions queue, attracting attention from the crowd and Skywater Academy students.

Xiao Yao, transformed into Shui Lingji, sought admission to Skywater Academy and was brought before its dean for a private assessment. He revealed two thousand-year Soul Rings, leaving the academy’s teachers stunned.

• A self-proclaimed beauty tried to prove herself by asking a boy to dinner, and he vomited in her face.
• Xiao Yao reached the admissions desk, where Shui Bing'er took over after learning he was only eight years old.
• Shui Bing'er brought Xiao Yao into the academy and asked the dean to assess him privately.
• The dean confirmed Xiao Yao's age and asked him to show his Martial Soul and Soul Rings.
• Xiao Yao displayed his flame-like Martial Soul and two purple thousand-year Soul Rings, astonishing the gathered teachers.

The teachers at Skywater Academy hesitated to admit Xiao Yao because his Martial Soul was a flame, but he demonstrated that his Sea Heart Flame could command water and impressed them. Qiu Wanxi took him to meet the dean, where he saw through an illusion concealing the lake and found the dean waiting underwater.

• The teachers were astonished by Xiao Yao’s age, cultivation, and Thousand-Year Soul Rings, but Li Qiuyun objected to enrolling him because he had a fire-attribute Martial Soul.
• Shui Bing’er urged Li Qiuyun to give Shui Lingji a chance, and Qiu Wanxi invited her to explain her confidence in choosing Skywater Academy.
• Xiao Yao drew water from around the office to surround his Sea Heart Flame and explained that it could command all water.
• Qiu Wanxi decided to take Xiao Yao to the dean, and Shui Bing’er followed them while Li Qiuyun left in embarrassment.
• At the lake, Xiao Yao recognized and dispelled an illusion, discovering that he was underwater with the dean, who praised his perception.

Xiao Yao, disguised as Shui Lingji, revealed her extraordinary Martial Soul, Soul Rings, and skill with illusions to Skywater Academy’s dean, Shui Wuyang. After explaining the Crystal Palace’s dangerous influence and the academy’s history, Shui Wuyang accepted Shui Lingji as her personal disciple and arranged for her to study with Shui Bing’er.

• Xiao Yao showed Shui Wuyang Sea Heart Flame and two purple Soul Rings, then said illusions were her greatest strength.
• Shui Wuyang recalled how the Crystal Palace’s water-source secret realm empowered and transformed successive deans, while its spreading charm threatened the academy.
• Shui Wuyang decided Shui Lingji was the best candidate to inherit the deanship because of her talent and abilities.
• Shui Wuyang accepted Shui Lingji as her personal disciple and ordered her to train with Shui Bing’er under private instruction.

Shui Wuyang took Shui Lingji as her disciple and began teaching her the Mirror Flower Water Moon Meditation Method, but the practice exposed Xiao Yao’s hidden identity to Shui Bing’er. The chapter ended with Shui Wuyang criticizing Shui Bing’er for making no progress in the method after three years.

• Shui Wuyang made an exception to Skywater Academy’s rules by taking Shui Lingji and Shui Bing’er as her personal disciples, then gave Shui Lingji a storage earring.
• Shui Wuyang began teaching Shui Lingji the Mirror Flower Water Moon Meditation Method, and Xiao Yao imagined Xiao Wu in the mirror.
• Xiao Yao’s illusion power leaked during meditation, making her shift between Shui Lingji and Xiao Yao; Shui Wuyang praised her talent while Shui Bing’er recognized Xiao Yao.
• Shui Wuyang assumed the person Xiao Yao saw in the mirror was her sweetheart, and Xiao Yao realized he had likely reverted to his original appearance in front of Shui Bing’er.
• Shui Bing’er practiced the meditation method, but Shui Wuyang said she had made no progress beyond its first stage in three years.

Xiao Yao concealed his identity by telling Shui Bing'er he had a secret crush on Xiao Yao, earning her trust and a little Intimacy. Shui Bing'er took him to her room for the night, where he was caught off guard by Skywater Academy's unusual sleeping customs and dreamed of the women around him.

• Shui Bing'er asked Xiao Yao who the man in her illusion was, and Xiao Yao claimed he secretly liked Xiao Yao.
• Shui Binger's impression of Xiao Yao improved, raising their Intimacy by five.
• Shui Bing'er invited Xiao Yao to eat and stay in her single room, and Shui Yue'er reluctantly gave up her usual place there.
• Shui Bing'er and Xiao Yao undressed to follow the academy's sleeping customs, bathed in the public bathhouse, and shared her bed.
• Xiao Yao dreamed of his original appearance and a gathering of women from Skywater Academy, along with Xiao Wu and Qian Renxue.

Xiao Yao helped persuade Shui Wuyang to let Shui Bing'er search the sea for her third Soul Ring, then returned to find Xiao Wu upset that he had neglected her. He apologized, but Xiao Wu learned he would be away for two months and complained that he was leaving her alone again.

• Xiao Yao’s closeness with Shui Bing'er grew, while his cultivation rose to rank twenty-five and Shui Bing'er broke through to rank thirty.
• Shui Wuyang chose a Condensed Water Flying Kite for Shui Bing'er's third Soul Ring and planned a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Yao suggested searching the sea for a suitable seabird Soul Beast, and Qiu Wanxi supported the plan.
• Shui Wuyang agreed to the sea journey and gave Qiu Wanxi a jade pendant to summon her if danger arose.
• Xiao Yao returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and found Xiao Wu training and cursing him for staying away.
• Xiao Yao apologized to Xiao Wu but told her he would leave for about two months, and she protested that he was neglecting the rabbit at home.

Xiao Yao traveled west with Qiu Wanxi and Shui Bing'er, learning that Shui Bing'er wanted powerful offensive Soul Skills. When they found a village ravaged by Wolf Bandits, Qiu Wanxi explained their brutality, and Xiao Yao’s anger erupted.

• Xiao Wu agreed to Xiao Yao’s departure after spending two days with him, and he left for Skywater Academy with Qiu Wanxi and Shui Bing'er.
• Shui Bing'er thanked Xiao Yao for letting her choose her own Soul Rings and said she wanted an attack that could blast enemies to death.
• After five days of travel, Qiu Wanxi stopped outside a village to buy dry rations and returned after finding its people dead and its buildings damaged.
• About fifty Wolf Bandits charged from the village, carrying severed limbs and chewing on human flesh.
• Qiu Wanxi explained that the Wolf Bandits preyed on the villagers and abused the women, and Xiao Yao’s fury erupted.

Xiao Yao urged Qiu Wanxi to kill the Wolf Bandits, then helped spur her into destroying them with her Martial Soul Avatar. Afterward, Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er bathed in a nearby lake, where Shui Bing'er praised Xiao Yao's courage and Xiao Yao asked to kiss her.

• Xiao Yao challenged Qiu Wanxi for sparing the Wolf Bandits and insisted she finish them off while he and Shui Bing'er stayed nearby.
• Xiao Yao used his heavenly flames to kill a Wolf Bandit, convincing Qiu Wanxi that he could protect himself.
• Qiu Wanxi transformed with her Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, and defeated the remaining Wolf Bandits.
• Qiu Wanxi went to report the slaughter to the imperial army while Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er stayed behind and found a lake.
• Shui Bing'er praised Xiao Yao's courage, and Xiao Yao asked whether she would like him if he were a man before asking her to kiss him.

Xiao Yao revealed that he and Qiu Wanxi had used Shui Bing'er as bait to lure the Wolf Bandits into an ambush, then fought off their vanguard with her help. The remaining Wolf Bandits circled the lake, waiting for the pair to weaken.

• Shui Bing'er imagined Xiao Yao as a boy she might like, but wolf howls interrupted her thoughts as Wolf Bandits approached the lake.
• Xiao Yao gave Shui Bing'er robes and explained that he and Qiu Wanxi had planned to lure the Wolf Bandits out using a secret medicine.
• Xiao Yao used the sea heart flame to command lake water and seize the charging Wolf Bandits.
• Shui Bing'er used her Ice Seal Soul Skill to immobilize the captured Wolf Bandits so they sank beneath the water.
• The Wolf Bandits on shore hesitated, then circled the lake and waited for Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er to exhaust their Soul Power.

Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er fought off waves of Wolf Bandits at a lake, but a mutated two-headed leader pushed them toward defeat. As the pair faced their first life-and-death crisis, Qiu Wanxi arrived and unleashed her Sixth Soul Skill.

• Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er used a fireball-driven water spear barrage and Frost Impact to defeat the first group of Wolf Bandits.
• A Gale Twin-Headed Wolf arrived with reinforcements, and Xiao Yao revealed that he had faked his exhaustion to lure the bandits into the lake.
• Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er worked together, freezing the Wolf Bandits and using water pressure to drown them.
• The Wolf Bandits used frozen comrades as footholds to advance, leaving Xiao Yao ready to flee with Shui Bing'er using his transformation technique.
• Qiu Wanxi appeared and launched her Sixth Soul Skill, Lingering Ice Curse Seal: Kill.

Qiu Wanxi killed the Wolf Bandits with her ice skills, and Xiao Yao, Shui Bing'er, and Qiu Wanxi continued their journey by ship. As they entered the open sea, Qiu Wanxi warned Xiao Yao that real danger lay ahead.

• Qiu Wanxi used her soul skills to kill the two-headed Wolf Bandit and wipe out the other Wolf Bandits.
• Shui Bing'er told Xiao Yao that Qiu Wanxi and her daughter, Qiu Ruoshui, had a family Martial Soul called the Lord of Water.
• The Heaven Dou Empire's general took over the village and lake, celebrated the victory, and privately vowed revenge against the three women.
• Qiu Wanxi bought a ship in Vast Sea City, and Xiao Yao gave Shui Bing'er a powerful outfit and prepared matching sailor uniforms for the women.
• Shui Bing'er asked why they had not found a suitable Soul Beast, and Qiu Wanxi explained they were still in coastal waters.
• Qiu Wanxi learned from the sailors that the ship was about to enter the open sea, then warned Xiao Yao to stop fooling around because danger lay ahead.

Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er entered the middle waters, where Qiu Wanxi taught them to stay wary and conserve their strength. After watching a Monstrous Tuna hunt, they prepared to test their skills against it.

• A storm struck soon after the ship entered the middle waters, and Xiao Yao calmed the sea with the Sea Heart Flame before Qiu Wanxi scolded him for wasting Soul Power.
• Qiu Wanxi ordered the crew to activate the ship’s Soul Power barrier and warned Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er that people at sea might abandon human order and turn pirate.
• Qiu Wanxi pointed out a Monstrous Tuna and told Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er to gain experience fighting Sea Soul Beasts.
• Xiao Yao stopped Shui Bing'er from ambushing the Monstrous Tuna so they could observe its hunting technique and its prey’s unusual defenses.
• After the Monstrous Tuna finished its hunt, Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er launched an attack as it approached its spoils.

Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er hunted Sea Soul Beasts, then discovered a Disc Water Spirit Jellyfish whose Mystic Water Drops might evolve Shui Bing'er's Martial Soul into Ultimate Ice. After Ice Seal failed to affect the jellyfish, Xiao Yao used Sea Heart Flame to obscure Qiu Wanxi's view while Shui Bing'er began transforming.

• Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er froze and roasted a Monstrous Tuna, then ate it aboard the boat as Qiu Wanxi scolded them for relying on an unfair tactic.
• Qiu Wanxi spotted a Disc Water Spirit Jellyfish and explained that its Mystic Water Drops might evolve Shui Bing'er's Martial Soul into Ultimate Ice.
• Xiao Yao froze the jellyfish with Ice Seal, but it swam out of the ice unharmed; Qiu Wanxi told them to target the organ where it stored spiritual power.
• Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er pursued the fleeing jellyfish while Qiu Wanxi stayed behind them to let them train.
• Xiao Yao raised Sea Heart Flame to block Qiu Wanxi's view and told Shui Bing'er to transform.

Shui Bing'er transformed into a mermaid and helped Xiao Yao trap the Disc Water Spirit Jellyfish in a Heavy Water Cage. Xiao Yao struck it with a fused-flame attack, but the explosion and rushing seawater swept him and Shui Bing'er toward the blast's center.

• Shui Bing'er used the Fish and Bird Bound by Love set to evolve her Martial Soul and transform into a mermaid.
• Shui Bing'er carried Xiao Yao after the fleeing Disc Water Spirit Jellyfish, then trapped it in a Heavy Water Cage underwater.
• Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er realized the jellyfish's speed slowed when it had to adjust its mass to escape the cage.
• Shui Bing'er used the Breath of Ice to enlarge the Heavy Water Cage, and Xiao Yao fused two heavenly flames into a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yao hurled the fire lotus and warned Shui Bing'er to run, but the explosion and returning seawater swept them toward its center.

Xiao Yao transformed into a whale to protect Shui Bing'er from a deadly ocean whirlpool, revealing his true identity to her. After Shui Bing'er's affection reached a new threshold, they gained a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and escaped the whirlpool together.

• Qiu Wanxi watched a whirlpool form and feared for Shui Bing'er and Shui Lingji, but Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er emerged safely through a frozen funnel of water.
• As the currents dragged them toward the whirlpool's center, Xiao Yao revealed his true form to Shui Bing'er and transformed into a giant whale to shield her.
• Shui Bing'er realized that Xiao Yao had disguised himself as Shui Lingji to enter Skywater Academy because he loved her.
• The Heavenly Book raised Shui Bing'er's intimacy to 80 and granted Xiao Yao the Ice and Fire Love Song Martial Soul Fusion Skill and three Great Rejuvenation Pills.
• Xiao Yao healed himself with a pill and fused his Martial Soul with Shui Bing'er, freezing the whirlpool and carrying them skyward on wings of ice and fire.

Xiao Yao saved the Disc Water Spirit Jellyfish, and Shui Bing'er swallowed it to obtain its Soul Ring. With their ship lost at sea and supplies exhausted, the group faced a severe storm and took shelter below deck.

• Shui Bing'er told Qiu Wanxi that she and Xiao Yao had awakened a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Xiao Yao revealed he had sealed the Disc Water Spirit Jellyfish inside the Heavenly Book.
• Shui Bing'er swallowed the Disc Water Spirit Jellyfish and successfully obtained its Soul Ring.
• The ship remained lost at sea for half a month, forcing Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er to produce fresh water with their Soul Skills and catch fish for food.
• The sailors warned Qiu Wanxi that a severe storm was approaching, the ship's anchor was broken, and the barrier would not hold against the weather.
• Qiu Wanxi agreed to take shelter in the cabins with Shui Bing'er and Xiao Yao, leaving the night's watch to the sailors.

Xiao Yao, Shui Bing'er, and Qiu Wanxi survived a violent storm at sea, then reached an uninhabited island where the sailors planned to repair the ship. Qiu Wanxi and Xiao Yao remained wary that the crew might leave them stranded.

• Qiu Wanxi secured Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er in their cabin, then went to help the sailors power a damaged backup Soul Tool.
• As the storm battered the ship, Xiao Yao turned into slime to keep Shui Bing'er braced against the planks while they waited anxiously for Qiu Wanxi.
• Qiu Wanxi returned after the storm with exhausted Soul Power and internal injuries, and Shui Bing'er used Healing of Water to treat her.
• The ship drifted to an uninhabited island, where the head sailor told Xiao Yao, Shui Bing'er, and Qiu Wanxi to spend seven days while the crew repaired the ship.
• Qiu Wanxi warned them not to go far in case the sailors sailed away, and Xiao Yao agreed that they should stay wary because the ship controlled their fate.

Xiao Yao and Qiu Wanxi reviewed Shui Bing'er and Lingji's cultivation progress, and Shui Bing'er demonstrated the power of her near-Ultimate Ice. After Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er shared a quiet moment, a volcanic eruption shook the island and startled Qiu Wanxi.

• Qiu Wanxi asked Shui Bing'er and Lingji to report their cultivation progress, and Shui Bing'er demonstrated her Mysterious Ice Phoenix and used Ice Seal to trap Xiao Yao in dense bedrock ice.
• Lingji described his Heavenly Fire God-Forging Technique, and Qiu Wanxi said she would arrange for him and Shui Bing'er to join Skywater Academy's reserve team once they became Soul Elders.
• Xiao Yao considered entering the Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament the following year while he kept watch as Qiu Wanxi and Shui Bing'er rested.
• Shui Bing'er joined Xiao Yao outside the tent, and they watched the moon together while exchanging sweet nothings.
• The island shook as fissures opened and lava erupted, waking Qiu Wanxi, who realized a dormant volcano lay beneath the island.

Xiao Yao, Shui Bing'er, and the sailors were trapped by a volcanic eruption until Qiu Wanxi used her Martial Soul Avatar and External Soul Bone to shield them from the lava. After Qiu Wanxi collapsed from exhaustion, the sailors offered a pill to treat her, but Xiao Yao realized their gratitude hid predatory intentions.

• Xiao Yao prepared to reveal his identity and carry Shui Bing'er and Qiu Wanxi away, but Qiu Wanxi ordered everyone behind her.
• Qiu Wanxi summoned her Martial Soul Avatar, the Ice-Overriding Curse-Mark Demon Fox, and used runes from her External Soul Bone to hold back the lava.
• The lava battered the rune wall for half an hour, forcing Qiu Wanxi to reinforce it repeatedly until the eruption subsided and she collapsed.
• Shui Bing'er caught Qiu Wanxi and began healing her, while the sailors' leader offered a Breath Restoration Pill and urged Xiao Yao to give it to her.
• Xiao Yao tried to take Qiu Wanxi away with Shui Bing'er, but the sailors objected and revealed lustful intentions, prompting Xiao Yao to confront them.

Xiao Yao revealed that he had replaced the Lustful Snake Pill with a healing pill, but Qiu Wanxi remained unconscious while her External Soul Bone began fusing with her. When the sailors renewed their attack, Xiao Yao asked Shui Bing'er to trust him and take full control of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• The sailor leader and several sailors moved to assault the unconscious Qiu Wanxi, while Xiao Yao challenged the rest for their betrayal.
• Xiao Yao revealed he had kept the Lustful Snake Pill and given Qiu Wanxi a Lesser Recovery Pill instead, then called for her to punish the sailors.
• Shui Bing'er warned Xiao Yao that Qiu Wanxi had not awakened, and they saw her recovering as her fox tail began fusing with her.
• The sailors rejected Xiao Yao's bluff, released their Martial Souls, and prepared to attack the three women.
• Xiao Yao asked Shui Bing'er to give him full control of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, as the sailor leader launched his fifth Soul Skill, Anchor from Beyond the Heavens.

Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er fought off the fleet, while Qiu Wanxi's Ice-Overriding Curse-Mark Demon Fox appeared as a Soul Spirit and killed the sailors. Afterward, Xiao Yao spared a surviving navigator in exchange for his help returning to the continent and information about the fleet's greatest treasure.

• Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er used Ice and Fire Love Song to escape the Anchor Meteor Shower and easily countered the sailors' ranged attacks.
• The sailor leader spotted Qiu Wanxi in the flames and tried to seize her, but her Ice-Overriding Curse-Mark Demon Fox emerged from her seventh Soul Ring and froze him.
• The Demon Fox's snow froze the remaining sailors, leaving the beach covered in ice sculptures.
• Xiao Yao discovered a short young navigator hiding by a rock, and the navigator offered to repair the ship, guide them back to the continent, and reveal the fleet's greatest treasure.
• Xiao Yao gave the navigator a pill made from fallen heart flame and sea heart flame, promising his freedom after they returned to the continent.

After returning from sea, Xiao Yao learned that Qiu Wanxi’s demon fox Soul Spirit had once possessed over thirty thousand years of cultivation and gave her an External Soul Bone. He then returned late to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Xiao Wu confronted and punished him for being away for three and a half months.

• Bai Dachun revealed that the sailors’ chief had a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone in his right leg, and Xiao Yao gave the water-attribute bone to Shui Bing’er.
• Qiu Wanxi explained that her Martial Soul had once been the Lord of Water and that a demon fox with over thirty thousand years of cultivation sacrificed itself to become her Soul Spirit and gave her an External Soul Bone.
• Xiao Yao, Shui Bing’er, and Qiu Wanxi returned to the mainland and reached Heaven Dou City without further trouble.
• Xiao Yao returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after three and a half months away, and Xiao Wu confronted him for breaking his promise to return in two.
• Xiao Wu attacked Xiao Yao with her Soul Skills, but he fought back using the Heavenly Fire God-Forging Technique and an illusion realm created by resonating the Divine Soul Chapter with Mirror Flower Water Moon.

After reaching rank thirty with help from Shui Bing’er, Xiao Yao sought a candidate for his third Soul Ring and finally went to meet Qian Renxue at the crown prince’s residence. There, he found Qian Renxue with a man whom the servants addressed as the crown prince, leaving him shocked.

• Xiao Yao teased Xiao Wu, then learned that Qian Renxue had summoned him while he was away.
• Xiao Yao delayed visiting Qian Renxue and cultivated with Xiao Wu, whose help pushed his cultivation higher.
• Xiao Yao took Shui Bing’er outside the city, and their relationship became intimate as he broke through to rank thirty.
• Xiao Yao considered potential partners for his third Soul Ring but found no suitable candidates in Heaven Dou City.
• Xiao Yao disguised himself as having three Soul Rings and went to the crown prince’s residence, where he saw Qian Renxue with a man addressed as the crown prince.

Xiao Yao agreed to join the reserves for Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team after Qian Renxue promised him a Soul Ring, and he planned to use their growing intimacy to test his contract rewards. Back at the academy, he fought a group of students and discovered their leader was Yu Tianheng of the Heaven Dou Royal Team.

• Xiao Yao told Qian Renxue and "Xue Qinghe" that his cultivation had reached rank thirty-three.
• Qian Renxue invited Xiao Yao to join the second team's reserves and promised him a Soul Ring if he claimed the captain's position.
• Xiao Yao accepted the offer to test what would happen if he raised Qian Renxue's intimacy to one hundred before forming their contract.
• Qian Renxue took Xiao Yao to admire the back-garden flowers, where they practiced yoga and he released some fallen heart flame.
• Five students confronted Xiao Yao at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and he knocked four down during a Soul Power contest with their blue-clad leader.
• The blue-clad student released the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, and Xiao Yao recognized him as Yu Tianheng.