Recaps

Yu Tianshuang and Yu Yuanzhen battled while Qian Renxue’s group tried to retreat, but Yu Yuanzhen revealed the True Dragon Nine Crowns and overwhelmed Yu Tianshuang. As Qian Renxue and the others fled, Yu Yuanzhen caught up to Yu Tianshuang just as he unleashed another sword skill.

• Yu Yuanzhen used his Martial Soul Avatar to withstand Yu Tianshuang’s ice dragon, then destroyed it with Heaven-Breaking Dragon Roar.
• Yu Tianshuang attacked Yu Yuanzhen while Tang San blocked his sword Qi, and Yu Yuanzhen countered with lightning dragons that Yu Tianshuang erased using Snow Silence Without Dust.
• Yu Tianshuang warned Qian Renxue to retreat after admitting he was too exhausted to keep fighting, but Yu Yuanzhen revealed the True Dragon Nine Crowns and challenged him to return to the clan.
• Yu Yuanzhen’s lightning dragon shattered Yu Tianshuang’s Snow Silence Without Dust and injured him, so Yu Tianshuang ordered Qian Renxue and the others to flee.
• Yu Yuanzhen transformed into lightning and caught up to Yu Tianshuang, who began using Spirit Sword Guardian and Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin.

Sword Chen Xin rescued Yu Tianshuang by defeating Yu Yuanzhen, then explained why he had spared him and why the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not yet relocate. Yu Tianshuang reunited with Qian Renxue, who became upset as they argued over the failed mission.

• Sword Chen Xin intervened when Yu Yuanzhen attacked Yu Tianshuang and challenged Yu Yuanzhen to a fight.
• Sword Chen Xin opened his Seven Kill Sword Domain and wounded Yu Yuanzhen with his Eighth Soul Skill, then left with Yu Tianshuang instead of killing him.
• Sword Chen Xin told Yu Tianshuang that killing Yu Yuanzhen could expose the tacit understanding between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and that the sect needed a safe chance to relocate.
• Sword Chen Xin urged Yu Tianshuang to focus on growing stronger and sent him to rejoin Qian Renxue, who had been following them.
• Qian Renxue complained that Yu Tianshuang had not let Sword Chen Xin kill Yu Yuanzhen, and Yu Tianshuang blamed her for the mission's failure.
• Qian Renxue tearfully defended herself, and Yu Tianshuang apologized before warning her that Xue Beng was not as useless as he seemed.

Ning Fengzhi and the allied clans helped end the palace conflict, and Xue Beng took temporary charge of the Heaven Dou Empire. Yu Tianshuang brought Qian Renxue to the Pope’s Palace, where her strained confrontation with Bibi Dong ended with Yu Tianshuang trying to reconcile them before Bibi Dong privately urged him to treat the women around him well.

• Ning Fengzhi’s support strengthened Tang San’s group, while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and allied forces joined the fight and helped secure Xue Ye’s order stripping Xue Qinghe of the crown prince position and appointing Xue Beng to oversee the empire.
• That evening, Tang San told Ning Fengzhi that Xue Qinghe was an impostor, while the gathered leaders avoided discussing Sword Chen Xin’s actions during the battle.
• Yu Tianshuang and Qian Renxue arrived at the Pope’s Palace, where Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong over the failed plan and called her “sister” before angrily rejecting her as family.
• Bibi Dong released her rank 99 Soul Power pressure, but Yu Tianshuang shielded Qian Renxue and sent her to visit Qian Daoliu.
• Bibi Dong later told Yu Tianshuang to stop letting his heart wander and to treat Nana, Huo Wu, and Lingling well, leaving him bemused.

Yu Tianshuang learned from Qian Renxue why Qian Xunji had hunted the Nine Heavens Rainbow Phoenix Clan: he hoped to change his talent and earn the Angel Nine Trials. Their conversation left them suspecting that Yu Yuanzhen had offered a way to replace or remove Qian Xunji’s Soul Rings and Soul Bones.

• Yu Tianshuang told Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong’s feelings for her might be different from what she believed, then revealed Qian Daoliu’s explanation for Qian Xunji’s hunt.
• Qian Renxue explained that Qian Xunji had received only seven Angel God trials and had sought a way to change his talent and become the Angel God’s heir.
• Yu Tianshuang connected Qian Xunji’s plan to the Nine Heavens Rainbow Phoenix Clan’s secret technique for refining living Soul Beasts.
• Yu Tianshuang questioned why Qian Xunji needed the technique when he was already a Titled Douluo with no room for more Soul Rings.
• Qian Renxue theorized that Yu Yuanzhen had made a deal with Qian Xunji and could replace or remove Soul Rings and Soul Bones without harming him, perhaps through the True Dragon Nine Crowns.

At the former site of the Nine Heavens Rainbow Phoenix Clan, Ma Hongjun awakened its inheritance while Yu Tianshuang investigated his parents’ deaths and returned to the Heaven Dou Empire. He was reunited with a girl from his past, who had hidden him from the bounty hunters seeking his three Soul Bones.

• Ma Hongjun learned from Flender that his clan’s ancestor gained the Phoenix’s power and that the Lower Three Sects’ heirs had become enemies.
• Ma Hongjun’s flames activated the altar mural, and Flender urged him to enter the inheritance.
• Yu Tianshuang concluded that Qian Xunji and Yu Yuanzhen were involved in his family’s deaths, though he was not yet strong enough to confront Yu Yuanzhen.
• Yu Tianshuang reached the Heaven Dou Empire and noticed damage from the recent battle in its capital.
• A girl pulled Yu Tianshuang into the shadow of the teachers’ dormitory and warned him that Yu Yuanzhen had offered three Soul Bones for his capture.
• Yu Tianshuang asked the girl whether she intended to capture him for the reward.

Yu Tianshuang reunited with Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er at Skywater Academy, where teasing and affection revealed how their feelings had endured five years apart. As he left with the group, Shui Bing'er explained the Ice God Trials and Yu Tianshuang admitted he could not promise that his Purple Seal could transform the Snow Empress.

• Shui Yue'er told Yu Tianshuang she still liked him, and she kissed his cheek before Xue Wu and the others arrived.
• Shui Bing'er scolded Shui Yue'er and Yu Tianshuang, then surprised everyone by kissing Yu Tianshuang herself.
• Shui Bing'er formed an enormous Ice Phoenix, and Shui Yue'er rode on it with the others as they traveled.
• Yu Tianshuang asked whether the Ice God Trials could be changed, and Shui Bing'er said each trial was fixed by a god's will.
• The Ice Empress asked whether Yu Tianshuang's Purple Seal could transform the Snow Empress, and he admitted he did not know but would try to help.

Yu Tianshuang and Shui Bing'er reached the Far North and reunited with the Snow Empress, while Tang Xiao advised Tang San to seek strength on Sea God Island. The chapter left Tang San preparing to pursue a god’s inheritance and Yu Tianshuang captivated by the Snow Empress.

• Shui Bing'er’s cold gaze enthralled Yu Tianshuang, and Shui Yue'er struck him for enjoying it.
• Tang Xiao told Tang San that staying in the Clear Sky Sect would not help him grow much stronger.
• Tang Xiao explained that Bo Saixi had defeated Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu on Sea God Island by wielding the sea’s power.
• Tang San recalled sensing a familiar presence in Slaughter City and wondered if the King of Slaughter was connected to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Xiao recommended Sea God Island as a place for Tang San to improve his strength and pursue a god’s trials.
• Yu Tianshuang, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er arrived in the Far North, where Yu Tianshuang stared in awe at the Snow Empress.

Yu Tianshuang failed to activate the Purple Seal and transform the Snow Empress, despite enduring her attack, then entered the Ice and Snow Divine Hall to take its entry test. Ma Hongjun emerged from the altar after a month, having grown stronger and slimmer.

• Yu Tianshuang tried to transform the Snow Empress, but the Purple Seal did not respond to his Soul Power or True Essence Power.
• At Yu Tianshuang's request, the Snow Empress attacked him with Emperor Palm: Great Cold Without Snow, and the Ice Empress caught him after the strike froze and sent him flying.
• Flender waited outside the altar until Ma Hongjun emerged, then was surprised by Ma Hongjun's strength and slimmer appearance.
• Yu Tianshuang arrived at the Ice and Snow Divine Hall and touched the Key of Ice and Snow to begin its entry test.
• The Ice God's consciousness assigned Yu Tianshuang a level-seventy test against an illusory Titan Snow Demon Ape, which he defeated with Ice Heaven Frost Sword: Ice Chill Storm Slash.

Yu Tianshuang received the Ice God Nine Trials, but the Big Dipper Seven Origins Purple Seal blocked the Ice God's power and prevented him from taking the trials. He discovered he could enter the Ice and Snow Secret Realm and went in to seek rewards that could help him break through to Soul Saint.

• Yu Tianshuang emerged from his trial and learned that Shui Bing'er and the others had faced a group challenge, while he had completed a different trial quickly.
• Yu Tianshuang touched the Ice and Snow Divine Stele and was granted the Ice God Nine Trials, but the Purple Seal inside him enveloped him and stopped the Ice God's light.
• The Ice God's descended will questioned Yu Tianshuang about the Purple Seal, then accepted that he could not explain it and withdrew without pursuing the matter.
• Shui Bing'er and the others explained the Ice and Snow Secret Realm, and Yu Tianshuang learned that its fourth-floor reward was a God-Given Soul Ring.
• Yu Tianshuang connected to the Key of Ice and Snow, confirmed he could enter the secret realm, and went inside to pursue the rewards he needed for his breakthrough.

Yu Tianshuang entered the Ice and Snow Secret Realm, chose its hardest first-floor trial, and earned an S-rank reward before moving on to the second floor. Meanwhile, Shui Bing'er cleared a later floor with an S-rank and realized she might have forgotten to tell Yu Tianshuang to always choose the hardest challenge.

• Yu Tianshuang chose to fight a top-tier Soul Beast of the same level and attribute, then defeated the Titan Snow Ape in thirty-one seconds without using Soul Skills.
• The Ice God's consciousness awarded Yu Tianshuang one Soul Power level and added one hundred years to the age of all his Soul Rings; he channeled the Soul Power into the Purple Seal.
• Yu Tianshuang selected the option to proceed to the second floor and chose its hardest trial, which required him to defeat two top-tier Soul Beasts simultaneously.
• Shui Bing'er used Phoenix True Body, Ice Phoenix Domain, and Ice Luan Totem to freeze and shatter two Titan Snow Apes and a Polar Ice Bear.
• Shui Bing'er earned an S-rank reward of two Soul Power levels and 1,600 years added to the age of all her Soul Rings, then worried that she had forgotten to warn Yu Tianshuang to choose the hardest trials.

Yu Hairou continued struggling through the Ice and Snow Secret Realm while Yu Tianshuang earned its highest-tier reward and absorbed a 590,000-year God-Given Soul Ring. The Big Dipper Seven Origins Purple Seal then revealed its abilities, and Yu Tianshuang learned he could accumulate enough Seven Origins Power to fulfill his promise to the Snow Empress.

• Yu Hairou used her Coral Fish Reef and weak energy attacks against two Titan Snow Apes, continuing the challenge she had repeated for years.
• Yu Tianshuang cleared the secret realm in 31 seconds with an S-rank rating and received a God-Given Soul Ring opportunity and other rewards.
• Yu Tianshuang absorbed a 590,000-year God-Given Soul Ring, gaining the Frost Dragon Domain and a named Martial Soul Avatar.
• The Big Dipper Seven Origins Purple Seal absorbed the Soul Power that had raised Yu Tianshuang to level 76, then responded to him and revealed its functions.
• Yu Tianshuang learned that steady cultivation to Soul Douluo would give him enough Seven Origins Power to transform the Snow Empress.

Shui Bing'er and the others struggled through the Ice God's secret realm while Xue Wu advanced to the fourth floor. Meanwhile, Huo Wu, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing tracked down Ma Hongjun near the Balak Kingdom's border, where Huo Wu attacked him after he leered at Zhu Zhuqing.

• Shui Bing'er withdrew after failing to defeat the three Ice Jade Scorpions, then found Yu Hairou recovering in the Ice and Snow Divine Hall.
• Xue Wu returned badly wounded and revealed that she had cleared the third floor by fighting the Titan Snow Ape head-on, reaching the fourth floor.
• Shui Bing'er wondered where Senior Ice Empress and Yu Tianshuang were and reflected on the strength he might bring to the later floors.
• Huo Wu, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing searched near the Balak Kingdom for the ruins of the Nine Heavens Rainbow Phoenix Clan.
• The women spotted Ma Hongjun and Flender, and Zhu Zhuqing recognized Ma Hongjun despite his changed appearance.
• Ma Hongjun leered at Zhu Zhuqing, so Huo Wu threw a fireball at him and Flender blocked it.

Huo Wu confronted Ma Hongjun and Flender after Ma Hongjun insulted her and leered at Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling. She revealed her evolved Martial Soul and overwhelming strength, then engulfed both men in a vast sea of fire, leaving Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling watching from a safe distance.

• Huo Wu challenged Ma Hongjun and Flender, and Ma Hongjun intercepted her fireball before summoning his Martial Soul.
• Huo Wu summoned her evolved Blazing Sun Scorching Soul Fire Shadow, and Ma Hongjun lost the will to fight when he sensed the gap between their strength.
• Flender and Ma Hongjun moved to attack Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling, but Huo Wu blocked Ma Hongjun with a flame clone and declared she would handle both men herself.
• Huo Wu summoned her Blazing Sun Avatar and taunted Flender and Ma Hongjun as they charged her flame giants.
• Huo Wu unleashed boiling white flames that erupted from the ground, forcing Zhu Zhuqing to carry Ye Lingling away from the blazing battlefield.

Bibi Dong arranged for Huo Wu, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing to investigate the Nine Heavens Rainbow Phoenix Clan ruins, where Huo Wu’s overwhelming flames nearly killed Flender and Ma Hongjun. After Ma Hongjun revealed what he knew and begged for mercy, Zhu Zhuqing killed him, but his heart began beating again as flames enclosed his body.

• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena that Huo Wu and the others had reached the ruins, explaining that Gui Mei was following them and that Huo Wu was exceptionally strong.
• Huo Wu unleashed Great Blaze Heaven Piercer, turning the battlefield into lava and leaving Flender and Ma Hongjun charred; Ye Lingling healed Ma Hongjun enough to question him.
• Ma Hongjun said he had inherited the clan’s secret art but knew nothing about what happened twenty years earlier, and Ye Lingling concluded their investigation had reached its end.
• Ye Lingling ordered Ma Hongjun killed, and Zhu Zhuqing slit his throat after he begged them to spare him; Gui Mei watched before departing.
• On the journey back, Huo Wu admitted that Ye Lingling’s decisiveness frightened her, while Ye Lingling gently asked whether killing someone had upset her.
• Ma Hongjun’s stopped heart began beating again, and flames spread around him, enclosing his body in an egg-shaped cocoon.

Yu Tianshuang cleared the sixth level of the Ice and Snow Secret Realm, earned an S-grade reward, and obtained a powerful God-Given right arm Soul Bone. Meanwhile, Shui Yue'er, Yu Hairou, and Xue Wu entered the realm to continue their trials as Shui Bing'er pondered how to overcome the Ice Jade Scorpions’ resistance to ice attacks; the chapter ended with Yu Tianshuang asking why she was alone.

• At dinner, Bai Chenxiang said she missed her grandfather, and Hu Liena comforted her while Yan’s careless suggestion upset her further.
• Yu Tianshuang defeated three Ice Jade Scorpions on the sixth level and received an S-grade reward that increased his Soul Power and Soul Ring ages and offered a God-Given Soul Bone.
• Yu Tianshuang chose a right arm Soul Bone and absorbed the five-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year Ice God's Gift Right Arm Bone, gaining the Tide of Condensed Snow skill.
• Shui Bing'er urged Shui Yue'er to work harder, while Shui Yue'er admitted she would rather stay home and help raise babies.
• Yu Hairou and Xue Wu entered the Ice and Snow Secret Realm for another attempt, and Shui Bing'er considered how to defeat the Ice Jade Scorpions despite their resistance to ice attacks.
• Yu Tianshuang appeared beside Shui Bing'er and asked why she was alone and whether Yue'er and the others had not come out yet.

On the road back to Spirit City, Ye Lingling reassured Huo Wu and urged her to understand Yu Tianshuang better, while Shui Bing'er and the others discussed the Ice and Snow Secret Realm. Yu Tianshuang prepared to return to Spirit Hall with Shui Bing'er, who planned to take her companions there to join as well.

• Ye Lingling asked Huo Wu whether she had been awake earlier, then explained why she trusted her and encouraged her to learn more about Yu Tianshuang.
• Huo Wu told Ye Lingling that she loved Yu Tianshuang and was willing to give her life for him, even without thinking through their relationship.
• Shui Yue'er discussed the increasingly difficult trials in the Ice and Snow Secret Realm after Yu Tianshuang and Shui Bing'er emerged together.
• Yu Tianshuang said he had found a way to help Snow Empress transform and planned to return to Spirit Hall.
• Shui Bing'er decided to accompany Yu Tianshuang and bring the others to sign up with Spirit Hall, while Xue Wu teased him to take good care of her.

Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun worried that the Star Luo Emperor was refusing to choose a side against Spirit Hall, while Yu Tianshuang and Shui Bing'er arrived at Spirit City. Shui Bing'er demanded to become a Spirit Hall elder, and Bibi Dong appointed Ling Yuan Douluo to examine her.

• Dai Weisi told Zhu Zhuyun that the Star Luo Emperor had given no clear answer about joining forces with the Heaven Dou Empire, and they feared Yu Tianshuang's power could devastate the empire.
• Dai Weisi resolved to act so the people of the Star Luo Empire would not suffer because of his father's indecision.
• Yu Tianshuang flew with Shui Bing'er toward Spirit City, and Shui Bing'er rebuked him when he tried to get physically close.
• Shui Bing'er told Bibi Dong that she wanted to become a Spirit Hall elder rather than a deacon, and Bibi Dong accepted her request.
• Bibi Dong summoned Ling Yuan Douluo and ordered her to examine Shui Bing'er, telling her to give it her all.

Shui Bing'er challenged Ling Yuan Douluo for a place as a Spirit Hall elder, shocking the spectators by revealing her level 76 strength and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. She opened the battle with her Ice Phoenix Domain and a powerful ice beam, which Ling Yuan countered with a flaming attack as their clash continued.

• Yu Tianshuang worried that Bibi Dong's public arena challenge could damage Shui Bing'er's reputation if she lost, while Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue doubted she could match a Titled Douluo.
• Bai Chenxiang confronted Yu Tianshuang, and Hu Liena urged everyone to watch as Shui Bing'er confidently faced Ling Yuan.
• Ling Yuan introduced herself as a level 92 Power Attack System Titled Douluo and summoned her Fire Ling Yuan Sparrow Martial Soul.
• Shui Bing'er revealed her level 76 Undying Ice Phoenix Martial Soul and a red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, stunning the crowd and prompting Bibi Dong to sense a divine presence.
• Ling Yuan activated her Martial Soul Avatar and Boiling Blood, while Shui Bing'er summoned her Ice Luan Totem, activated her Ice Phoenix Domain, and transformed with her Phoenix True Body.
• Shui Bing'er fired her Extreme Freezing Ray, and Ling Yuan sent her fire sparrow Soul Skill against it, filling the arena with steam.

Shui Bing'er fought Ling Yuan Douluo and revealed that her Ultimate Ice could suppress even a Titled Douluo's flames. She froze Ling Yuan and her final attack with her Sixth Soul Skill, Burial, leaving the duel's outcome unresolved.

• Shui Bing'er overpowered Ling Yuan Douluo's firebird attack, and Ling Yuan teleported away to avoid being frozen.
• Ling Yuan used her Fifth Soul Skill, Vermilion Bird Transformation, and Fourth Soul Skill, Fire Sparrows Fluttering, while Shui Bing'er drew the firebirds into an ice vortex and froze Ling Yuan briefly.
• Ling Yuan broke free and realized Shui Bing'er possessed Ultimate Ice, then launched her Ninth Soul Skill, Southern Brightness Li Fire Break.
• Shui Bing'er used her Sixth Soul Skill, Burial, to freeze Ling Yuan and shatter the incoming flame attack into ice.

Shui Bing'er became a Spirit Hall elder after freezing Ling Yuan Douluo and challenged Bibi Dong to keep her focus on ruling Spirit Hall rather than pursuing Yu Tianshuang. Bibi Dong wrestled with her feelings and painful past, while Shui Bing'er openly claimed her place beside Yu Tianshuang and left him with Hu Liena.

• Shui Bing'er froze Ling Yuan Douluo with a powerful frost skill, then released her and accepted an elder token from Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong demanded obedience from Shui Bing'er, but Shui Bing'er reminded her that Yu Tianshuang had helped Spirit Hall and warned her to stop entertaining unnecessary thoughts about him.
• Shui Bing'er kissed Yu Tianshuang in front of Hu Liena, then told Hu Liena to call her elder sister and left Yu Tianshuang in her care.
• Bibi Dong returned to the Pope's Palace and struggled with her feelings for Yu Tianshuang, her past abuse by Qian Xunji, and her resolve to pursue Spirit Hall's rule and the Rakshasa Godhood.
• At dinner, Yan and Xie Yue teased Yu Tianshuang for doting on Shui Bing'er, and Hu Liena angrily complained about his double standards.
• After Shui Bing'er departed, Yu Tianshuang returned to his usual demeanor and asked where Lengleng, Zhu Zhuqing, and Huo Wu were.

Yu Tianshuang read Ning Rongrong’s farewell letter and learned how deeply she wanted to leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with him, while Shui Bing’er reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling in Spirit City. Shui Bing’er took Ye Lingling to treat Ling Yuan Douluo’s frostbite, leaving Huo Wu behind and furious.

• Ma Hongjun mourned Flender and blamed himself for being too weak to protect his teacher, while Tang San and Dai Mubai tried to comfort him.
• Yu Tianshuang read Ning Rongrong’s letter about her feelings, her burdens as the sect’s heir, and her hope that he would take her away.
• Shui Bing’er stopped Huo Wu’s carriage at Spirit City’s gate, reunited with Ye Lingling and Zhu Zhuqing, and teased Huo Wu before flying off with them.
• Shui Bing’er explained that Ling Yuan Douluo had been frostbitten by her Ultimate Ice and brought Ye Lingling to help treat her.
• Ye Lingling praised Shui Bing’er for protecting her relationship with Ling Yuan Douluo and complained that Yu Tianshuang had grown careless about using his head.

Yu Tianshuang discussed Ning Rongrong and the Star Luo Empire with Hu Liena before Shui Bing'er took him to visit the recovering Ling Yuan Douluo. Ling Yuan asked him to father a child to restore her clan, and Shui Bing'er agreed on his behalf before warning Ling Yuan that Bibi Dong might become their enemy.

• Hu Liena told Yu Tianshuang that Dai Weisi had not moved into his Eastern Palace or entered the imperial palace to discuss state affairs, and Yu Tianshuang ordered more surveillance of the Star Luo Empire.
• Shui Bing'er brought Yu Tianshuang to see Ling Yuan Douluo, who was recovering after Ye Lingling treated her frostbite.
• Ling Yuan Douluo told Yu Tianshuang that her clan’s Vermilion Bird bloodline had degenerated and asked him to father a child who might help restore it.
• Shui Bing'er entered and agreed to Ling Yuan Douluo’s request on Yu Tianshuang’s behalf, then sent him outside.
• Shui Bing'er told Ling Yuan Douluo that she sensed an evil power and suspected Bibi Dong could become their enemy, explaining that she was making preparations in advance.
• Yu Tianshuang questioned Shui Bing’er’s decision, and she teased him and scolded him for wanting to develop feelings with Ling Yuan Douluo first.

Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to recall its Soul Masters from the Heaven Dou Empire, remake the Seven Great Sects under its control, and intervene in the Star Luo Empire. Shui Bing'er warned Yu Tianshuang that Bibi Dong’s harsh policies threatened Spirit Hall’s ideals and began investigating what had persuaded the Star Luo emperor to oppose them.

• Bibi Dong sent Yue Guan and Gui Mei to safely bring back Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters from the Heaven Dou Empire and its affiliated territories.
• Bibi Dong tasked Hu Liena with reorganizing the Seven Great Sects to ensure their loyalty to Spirit Hall and ordered Yu Tianshuang to handle the Star Luo Empire’s political situation.
• Shui Bing'er pointed out that Bibi Dong’s threat to kill anyone who disobeyed could lead to the destruction of autonomous sects, and Zhu Zhuqing explained the danger to Yu Tianshuang.
• Shui Bing'er raised the question of formal marriage rites for herself, Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Hu Liena, leaving Yu Tianshuang flustered.
• Shui Bing'er reasoned that someone had offered the Star Luo emperor terms he could hardly refuse, and wondered whether Yu Yuanzhen was behind the offer.

Huo Wu and Ling Yuan discussed Shui Bing’er’s strength and Yu Tianshuang’s relationships, while Yu Tianshuang and his companions traveled to Star Luo City. Dai Weisi revealed that the Star Luo emperor had sidelined him, possibly because he had found a way to mass-produce Soul Douluos.

• Ling Yuan warned Huo Wu that Shui Bing’er was powerful and astute, and Huo Wu worried about losing her place with Yu Tianshuang.
• Yu Tianshuang, Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Shui Bing’er discussed Ling Yuan and the politics surrounding powerful clans as they traveled toward Star Luo City.
• Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi greeted the group at the city gates, where a commander blocked their entry under the emperor’s orders.
• Shui Bing’er froze the commander and his soldiers so the group could enter the city without further delay.
• Dai Weisi showed the group how isolated he had become at the Eastern Palace and suggested the Star Luo emperor’s confidence came from mass-producing Soul Douluos.

Shui Bing'er and the others suspected that the Star Luo Empire was mass-producing Soul Douluo through either the True Dragon Nine Crowns or a pact with Evil Soul Masters, while the Holy Spirit Cult prepared to draw Yu Tianshuang into the palace. Elsewhere, Tang San discovered that the Sea God's Light accelerated cultivation, and Qian Daoliu urged Qian Renxue to find conviction as he reflected on Bo Saixi and Tang Chen.

• Shui Bing'er proposed that Yu Yuanzhen's True Dragon Nine Crowns or the Star Luo emperor's alliance with Evil Soul Masters could explain the hidden guards' rapid rise to Soul Douluo, and Dai Weisi agreed to help investigate by bringing the group into the palace.
• Ye Yuxuan learned that Yu Tianshuang had entered the city and ordered her subordinate to arrange a palace meeting, explaining that she wanted to confront the man who destroyed Slaughter City's blood pool.
• Yu Tianshuang questioned whether the Star Luo emperor would risk working with Evil Soul Masters, and Shui Bing'er praised him for recognizing the danger of such an alliance.
• On Sea God Island, Tang San discovered that cultivating beneath the Sea God's Light greatly increased their cultivation speed, and Ma Hongjun confirmed the effect.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that her lack of conviction was preventing her from passing his test, then reflected on Bo Saixi and sensed that Tang Chen had emerged from Slaughter City.