Chapter Summaries

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.