Chapter Summaries

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.

Shui Bing'er and the others waited in the Star Luo Empire while she weighed their next move, and Dai Weisi reported that the emperor wanted to meet Spirit Hall's envoys. In Spirit City, Hu Liena enlisted Elephant Armor Sect leader Huyan Zhen to deal with the unresponsive Ascending Dragon Sect and promised him support.

• Shui Bing'er dismissed Yu Tianshuang's doubts about their delay, then agreed to look around for clues.
• Dai Weisi told Shui Bing'er and the others that the emperor had summoned Spirit Hall's envoys; Shui Bing'er suspected their opponents were acting impatiently.
• Hu Liena welcomed Huyan Zhen and asked what he thought of the New Seven Great Sects selection.
• Hu Liena hinted that the Ascending Dragon Sect had slighted Spirit Hall, and Huyan Zhen offered to handle Tuoba Old Dragon with her help.
• Hu Liena agreed to send people with Huyan Zhen to the Holy Dragon Sect the next day.

Yu Tianshuang and the Spirit Hall envoys met the Star Luo Emperor, who proposed joining forces to destroy the Heaven Dou Empire and demanded Spirit Hall become his vassal. The Holy Spirit Cult revealed its power by serving the envoys Yellow Springs Dew, which Zhong Meng blamed Yu Tianshuang for making difficult to obtain.

• Yu Tianshuang, Shui Bing'er, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing entered the imperial hall with Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun and met the Star Luo Emperor, Ye Yuxuan, and Zhong Meng.
• Dai Weisi learned from his father that the Holy Spirit Cult had become the Star Luo Empire's state religion.
• Yu Tianshuang told the emperor the envoys had come to visit friends, and the emperor then proposed dividing the continent after destroying the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Shui Bing'er questioned the Star Luo Emperor's motives, and he demanded that Spirit Hall submit as a vassal state, claiming his empire had overwhelming strength.
• Zhong Meng had attendants bring covered cups to the envoys, and Yu Tianshuang recognized the drink inside as Yellow Springs Dew.
• Zhong Meng accused Yu Tianshuang of making Yellow Springs Dew difficult to obtain and glared at the envoys with sinister purple light in his eyes.

Yu Tianshuang met with Ye Yuxuan and Zhong Meng, who offered an alliance between the Star Luo Empire and Spirit Hall against the Heaven Dou Empire. After Yu Tianshuang refused to make the decision himself and defended his destruction of Slaughter City, Zhong Meng challenged him to a fight, and Yu Tianshuang accepted.

• Yu Tianshuang and his companions ignored Zhong Meng's display of Titled Douluo power, prompting Ye Yuxuan to ask how they knew the Holy Spirit Cult would not attack them.
• Ye Yuxuan offered Spirit Hall the Star Luo Empire's soldiers to help destroy the Heaven Dou Empire while maintaining friendly relations, and Yu Tianshuang said he would pass the proposal to the Pope.
• Shui Bing'er and Ye Lingling explained that the Holy Spirit Cult could use the battlefield to cultivate Evil Soul Masters, regardless of which empire it sided with.
• Zhong Meng demanded an explanation for Yu Tianshuang destroying Slaughter City, but Yu Tianshuang argued that he had earned the Divine Slaughter's Domain himself.
• Zhong Meng challenged Yu Tianshuang to a duel, threatening to cripple his Soul Power if he lost, and Yu Tianshuang accepted.
• Shui Bing'er warned Yu Tianshuang that Zhong Meng might be around rank ninety-five, then teased him about his fighting power as they went outside.

At the Star Luo royal training ground, Yu Tianshuang faced Zhong Meng, a level ninety-five Holy Spirit Cult Titled Douluo, in a fight over their grudge. Yu Tianshuang’s domains and close-range power sent Zhong Meng crashing into a wall, but Zhong Meng switched to a ranged attack with his Death Divine Needles.

• The Star Luo emperor introduced the fight as a contest between a young talent and an older powerhouse, while Shui Bing’er and Dai Weisi grew suspicious of his behavior.
• Zhong Meng revealed his Death God Demon Puppet Martial Soul and challenged Yu Tianshuang, who answered by displaying his Frost Dragon Martial Soul and three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Yu Tianshuang activated Divine Slaughter’s Domain, Eternal Frozen Domain, and Frost Dragon Domain, freezing the training ground and reducing Zhong Meng’s strength.
• Zhong Meng summoned his Death God Avatar and attacked Yu Tianshuang with his Death God Scythe, but Yu Tianshuang blocked it and struck him into a wall with a powerful claw.
• Zhong Meng recalled his scythe and transformed it into countless Death Divine Needles to attack from range, while Yu Tianshuang mocked his retreat from close combat.

Yu Tianshuang used Ice Heaven Frost Sword: Ice Extremity: Tracing the Origin to destroy Zhong Meng’s black needles and freeze him, overwhelming the Holy Spirit Cult and the Star Luo emperor. Ye Yuxuan offered a secret method for cultivating Twin Martial Souls to persuade Yu Tianshuang to spare Zhong Meng.

• Zhu Zhuyun grew nervous at Zhong Meng’s deathly Qi, while Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and Shui Bing'er recognized Yu Tianshuang’s preference for instinctive close combat and recalled his long-range sword strength.
• Zhong Meng sent his black steel needles at Yu Tianshuang, who withdrew his Frost Dragon Martial Soul and drew his ice-blue longsword.
• Yu Tianshuang used Ice Heaven Frost Sword: Ice Extremity: Tracing the Origin to turn the needles into white powder and then freeze Zhong Meng before he could unleash his Ninth Soul Skill.
• Ye Yuxuan rushed onto the stage and begged Yu Tianshuang to spare Zhong Meng, offering compensation as the Star Luo emperor promised him anything he wanted.
• Ye Yuxuan revealed that her final bargaining chip was a secret method for cultivating Twin Martial Souls.

Huo Wu, accompanied by Ling Yuan Douluo and Huyan Zhen, arrived at the Holy Dragon Sect determined to challenge Tuoba Xi and earn a place as a Spirit Hall elder. Meanwhile, Yu Tianshuang obtained the Holy Spirit Cult’s secret method for cultivating Twin Martial Souls, and the group left Zhong Meng gravely injured after Ye Lingling’s healing power harmed him.

• Huo Wu mocked the Holy Dragon Sect’s earth-dragon identity and told Ling Yuan she intended to defeat Tuoba Xi and later challenge Shui Bing’er.
• Ye Yuxuan offered Yu Tianshuang an incomplete Twin Martial Soul cultivation method, and he accepted it after learning it was the technique Bibi Dong had used.
• Yu Tianshuang asked Ye Lingling to treat the unconscious Zhong Meng, but her healing power made his body smoke and left his life uncertain.
• Shui Bing’er, Yu Tianshuang, and Ye Lingling departed on the Ice Phoenix after Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun said goodbye, while Yu Tianshuang told Ye Yuxuan the injury was a misunderstanding.

Ye Lingling’s healing proved especially dangerous to Evil Soul Masters, while Shui Bing’er warned Yu Tianshuang not to underestimate their enemies. At the Holy Dragon Sect, Huo Wu challenged Tuoba Xi and unleashed overwhelming firepower, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved as her blazing attack met his full-force strike.

• Yu Tianshuang realized Ye Lingling’s healing Soul Skill could be a major threat to Evil Soul Masters, and Shui Bing’er cautioned him against underestimating powerful opponents.
• Huo Wu confronted Tuoba Xi after he challenged Ling Yuan Douluo and Huyan Zhen, insulting him and accepting his challenge to fight.
• Huo Wu revealed her level 72 strength and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, then grew furious when Tuoba Xi praised Shui Bing’er and attacked him with fire.
• Tuoba Xi activated his Martial Soul Avatar and launched his Eighth Soul Skill, Dragon Blaze Break, as Huo Wu summoned her Blazing Sun Avatar.
• Huo Wu used Scorching Flame Clone to block Tuoba Xi’s beam while preparing a blazing white fireball with Ring Fusion, then swung it into his attack.

Tang San and his companions completed the Sea God's Second Trial, while Bo Saixi remembered her past with Tang Chen and Qian Renxue doubted her ability to pass the Angel God Trial. Yu Tianshuang reported to Bibi Dong that the Star Luo Empire had joined forces with the Holy Spirit Cult, leaving Bibi Dong to consider the revelation.

• Tang San trained with Xiao Bai on Sea God Island as Bo Saixi watched him wield the Clear Sky Hammer and recalled her past with Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu.
• Bo Saixi's attendant told her that Tang San and the others had broken through the Ring Sea and completed the Sea God's Second Trial, and Bo Saixi regretted not leaving with Tang Chen.
• Qian Renxue, unable to pass her grandfather's Angel God Trial despite reaching Soul Douluo, left the Worship Hall in doubt about her future.
• Yu Tianshuang and Shui Bing'er returned to Spirit City and reported to Bibi Dong that the Star Luo Empire had cooperated with the Holy Spirit Cult and that its emperor might be practicing an Evil Soul Master's method.
• Bibi Dong silenced the shocked elders and questioned Yu Tianshuang about the cult and its members.

Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong over the possibility of using Evil Soul Masters, but Bibi Dong postponed any campaign until Spirit Hall was stronger. At the Holy Dragon Sect, Huo Wu defeated Tuoba Xi and learned she would be appointed an elder after he recovered.

• Qian Renxue accused Bibi Dong of considering an alliance with Evil Soul Masters, and Yu Tianshuang urged her not to jump to conclusions.
• Bibi Dong ordered them to stop arguing and said Spirit Hall would deal with the Evil Soul Masters after the New Seven Great Sects selection, when its strength had grown.
• Hu Liena reported that the invited sects had gathered except for the Holy Dragon Sect, which Ling Yuan Douluo and Huo Wu were visiting.
• At the Holy Dragon Sect, Huo Wu worried that her attack had killed Tuoba Xi, but Ling Yuan Douluo found him alive and said he would recover with treatment and rest.
• Bibi Dong anticipated Huo Wu’s return and said the Holy Dragon Sect would join Spirit Hall and Huo Wu would become an elder.

Bibi Dong confronted the truth of her past and the diverging paths before her while Yu Tianshuang and Qian Renxue discussed the threat of the Evil Soul Masters and their conflicting beliefs about justice. Qian Renxue flew away reassured by his views, and Yu Tianshuang recalled the conviction that had first led him to Spirit Hall.

• In an illusion, a voice accused Bibi Dong of destroying those closest to her and questioned whether her resolve to unite the continent was only revenge.
• Bibi Dong saw two possible futures: one in which she became the Rakshasa God and ruined Spirit Hall, and another centered on Yu Tianshuang.
• Outside the Pope's Palace, Qian Renxue waited for Yu Tianshuang and asked what he thought should be done about the Evil Soul Masters.
• Yu Tianshuang argued that some Evil Soul Masters were driven into the abyss by their Martial Souls, but the Holy Spirit Cult and its influence over the Star Luo Empire had to be stopped.
• Qian Renxue and Yu Tianshuang debated humanity, war, and whether anyone had the right to judge the value of a life.
• Qian Renxue flew away after saying Yu Tianshuang was still righteous, and he remembered the notice that had first given him his conviction to join Spirit Hall.

Spirit Hall announced the New Seven Great Sects and sent Hu Liena to lead a campaign against Evil Soul Masters in the Star Luo Empire. As Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire approached war, Xue Beng planned to exploit their conflict, while Shui Bing'er reunited with Shui Yue'er in the Far North.

• Hu Liena announced the New Seven Great Sects and revealed Spirit Hall's campaign against the Evil Soul Masters of the Star Luo Empire.
• Hu Liena and Yu Tianshuang reached the Star Luo border with nearly ten thousand Soul Masters, where they found the Holy Spirit Cult had anticipated their advance.
• Shui Bing'er said she and Yu Tianshuang would return to the Far North after the situation was settled, and Yu Tianshuang reassured her that Hu Liena could manage the campaign.
• Xue Beng learned that Spirit Hall had entered the conflict and agreed with Yu Yuanzhen's plan to monitor the fighting, then attack Spirit Hall and the weakened Star Luo Empire.
• Shui Bing'er and Yu Tianshuang arrived at the Ice and Snow Divine Hall, where Shui Yue'er joyfully reunited with Shui Bing'er, who discovered Yue'er had reached Soul Saint.

Shui Yue'er argued with Shui Bing'er over her attitude toward Xue Wu and Yu Hairou, then fled the Ice and Snow Divine Hall after declaring that she hated her sister. The Ice Empress found Yue'er in the Far North and tried to cheer her up while the others worried over her unusually intense reaction.

• Shui Yue'er teased Yu Tianshuang about her Soul Saint breakthrough, and he kissed her before Xue Wu and Yu Hairou emerged from the secret realm.
• Yu Tianshuang told Xue Wu and Yu Hairou that Shui Bing'er had defeated a Titled Douluo and become a Spirit Hall elder, leaving them visibly dejected.
• Shui Yue'er dismissed Xue Wu and Yu Hairou's hard work, so Shui Bing'er slapped her and apologized to them.
• Shui Yue'er rejected Yu Hairou's comfort, told Shui Bing'er she hated her, and teleported out of the hall; the Ice God's authority prevented Shui Bing'er from following.
• Yu Tianshuang contacted the Ice Empress, who confirmed Yue'er was safe, while the Ice Empress took Yue'er out for crispy sweets.

Shui Bing'er cleared the Ice and Snow Secret Realm’s sixth floor, gained a powerful set-type Head Soul Bone, and left after seeing the seventh floor’s impossible challenges. Yu Tianshuang helped the Snow Empress transform into a human and completed the fifth Ice God trial, then joined Shui Bing'er to hunt a 100,000-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion King for her Soul Ring.

• Shui Bing'er earned an S-rank clearance of the sixth floor, chose the Great Cold Without Snow Head Soul Bone, and discovered its Ice Abyss Cage skill could freeze a target regardless of Soul Power level.
• Shui Bing'er entered the seventh-floor challenge, saw that its options required defeating one or three level 91 Titled Douluo, and withdrew rather than accept a lower rating.
• Yu Tianshuang told Shui Bing'er he had reached level 80 and could help the Snow Empress transform; Shui Bing'er teased him about his eagerness before leaving the temple.
• Yu Tianshuang used the Big Dipper Seven Origins Purple Seal to transform the Snow Empress, absorbed the Soul Ring and Torso Soul Bone left behind, and confirmed that she was safe inside a purple egg.
• The Ice God's fifth trial was completed, granting rewards to Yu Tianshuang and the others; Shui Yue'er reacted sadly to the news while the Ice Empress comforted her.
• Yu Tianshuang accompanied Shui Bing'er to an icy canyon, where she revealed that her chosen target was a 100,000-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion King and asked him to help kill it for her Soul Ring.

At the Star Luo Empire border, Hu Liena tried to assess a huge enemy army, but Qian Renxue arrived with the Angel Legion and launched an attack without waiting for further scouting. The chapter then shifted to Yu Tianshuang battling an Ice Jade Scorpion King and considering the strength Ice Empress had lost by taking human form.

• Hu Liena and the sect masters discussed the Star Luo Empire's nearly five hundred thousand troops, whose strength and connection to the Holy Spirit Cult remained unknown.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned as Qian Renxue arrived with nearly a hundred members of the Angel Legion and demanded Hu Liena's report.
• Hu Liena briefed Qian Renxue, who dismissed her caution and led the Angel Legion toward the Star Luo Empire's army.
• Hu Liena sent the Sparrow Bee Sect and Ghost Elder to keep watch on the Angel Legion's attack.
• Yu Tianshuang struck the Ice Jade Scorpion King with sword Qi infused with Seven Kill Sword Intent and found its body highly resistant to his ice attacks.

The Dark Nether Fire Phoenix underwent Nirvana after the first strike of her heavenly tribulation nearly destroyed her, while Yu Tianshuang defeated the Ice Jade Scorpion King and helped Shui Bing'er claim its Soul Ring and External Soul Bone. At the Star Luo border, Qian Renxue's Angel Legion slaughtered the empire's soldiers, unknowingly feeding the Holy Spirit Cult's plan to harvest their heroic souls.

• The Dark Nether Fire Phoenix sealed herself in a black egg and fell asleep after choosing to undergo Nirvana during the heavenly tribulation.
• Yu Tianshuang used his domains, sword techniques, and Tide of Condensed Snow to cripple the Ice Jade Scorpion King, then Shui Bing'er killed it and began absorbing its Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Qian Renxue ordered the Angel Legion to continue attacking the Star Luo army, while Hu Liena recognized that the suspicious lack of Soul Master resistance might be part of a trap.
• Ye Lingling warned Hu Liena that the Holy Spirit Cult might be using the Angel Legion to kill the five-hundred-thousand-strong army and create nourishment from its dead.
• Zhong Meng explained that the Holy Spirit Cult intended to use the soldiers' heroic souls, Qi, and blood to strengthen its members and pursue its long-held ambitions.