Chapter Summaries

Yu Tianshuang defeated Meng Qu with his powerful sword techniques, leaving him frozen and unconscious until Sword Chen Xin rescued him. After apologizing to Ning Fengzhi, Yu Tianshuang learned Madam Ye of the Undying Sect was treating Meng Qu and hoped she might know where his mother was.

• Yu Tianshuang struck Meng Qu with Ice Heaven Concentrated Spirit, breaking his sword shield and forcing him back as Sword Chen Xin recognized the attack as a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Meng Qu charged again with Clanging Sword Cry, but Yu Tianshuang dodged and realized the skill’s vibrations could injure him even without a direct hit.
• Yu Tianshuang unleashed Ice Lotus Frost Slash, freezing the platform and its air as Meng Qu pressed toward him through the cold.
• Yu Tianshuang slammed his sword into the ground, causing the ice lotuses to explode and leaving Meng Qu frozen and unconscious; Sword Chen Xin carried him away for treatment.
• Yu Tianshuang apologized to Ning Fengzhi for striking too hard, and Ning Fengzhi reassured him that Madam Ye of the Undying Sect was treating Meng Qu.
• Yu Tianshuang hoped to meet Madam Ye because she might know where his mother was.

Yu Tianshuang discovered that Sword Chen Xin was his grandfather and learned how his parents disappeared after Spirit Hall destroyed the Nine Heavens Rainbow Wind Clan. At Madam Ye’s home, he received a Nine Heart Begonia pendant and felt an intense bond with Ye Lingling when they met.

• Yu Tianshuang felt the Nine Heart Begonia stir his Heavenly Frost Cold Qi Martial Soul, and Sword Chen Xin recognized him as Suxin’s son.
• Sword Chen Xin embraced Yu Tianshuang and explained that his parents had vanished after taking him to the Nine Heavens Rainbow Wind Clan, which Spirit Hall destroyed.
• Madam Ye said Meng Qu was out of danger and gave Yu Tianshuang the pendant passed between successors of the Nine Heart Begonia and the Slaughter Sect.
• Yu Tianshuang promised Madam Ye that he would protect the flower with his sword.
• An elderly man arrived with two girls, including Ye Lingling, and Yu Tianshuang and Ye Lingling felt their Martial Souls stir as they locked eyes.

Yu Tianshuang promised to protect Ye Lingling, and her grandmother entrusted her to him while turning to treat Dugu Yan’s poison. Yu Tianshuang then told Dugu Bo that he could cure both Dugu Yan and him, leaving Dugu Bo eager to hear how.

• Ye Lingling agreed to Yu Tianshuang’s solemn promise to protect her, and Dugu Yan learned that he had defeated Meng Qu.
• Yu Tianshuang apologized to Meng Qu, who accepted his defeat and vowed to challenge him again.
• Old Madam Ye ended Dugu Bo’s obligation to look after Ye Lingling, entrusted her to Yu Tianshuang, and went to treat Dugu Yan.
• Sword Chen Xin arranged for Yu Tianshuang to stay and learn the Slaughter Sect Sword Dao, while Shui Xinrou returned to the academy.
• Yu Tianshuang explained that the nine heart begonia could only relieve Dugu Yan’s inherited poison temporarily, then offered to remove the poison from both her and Dugu Bo.

Yu Tianshuang diagnosed Dugu Bo's poison and used the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to help him remove it and increase his strength. Dugu Bo agreed to investigate Yu Tianshuang's missing parents in Spirit City, while Yu Tianshuang selected several Immortal Herbs to take.

• Yu Tianshuang identified Dugu Bo's symptoms and offered two ways to treat the poison, so Dugu Bo took him to his herb garden.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Yu Tianshuang explained how Dugu Bo could transfer his poison into an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and refine it using the spring's opposing forces.
• Dugu Bo followed Yu Tianshuang's instructions, absorbed the poisoned herb, ended the threat from his poison, and increased his Soul Power to level 93.
• Yu Tianshuang asked Dugu Bo to investigate what happened to his parents, and Dugu Bo agreed to look into it during his trip to Spirit City.
• Dugu Bo let Yu Tianshuang take the Immortal Herbs he needed, and Yu Tianshuang planned to return for an ice-spring herb after reaching level 30.

Yu Tianshuang began learning the Seven Kill Sword inheritance from Sword Chen Xin and quickly comprehended the Army Breaker Sword Intent. After absorbing two Immortal Herbs, Sword Chen Xin reached level 97 and evolved his Martial Soul, but remained worried that he could not defeat Qian Daoliu.

• Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and told Yu Tianshuang to care for her while he was away.
• Yu Tianshuang gave Sword Chen Xin two sets of Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and Sword Mist Jasper Bamboo, and Sword Chen Xin accepted two Immortal Herbs to absorb after teaching him the inheritance.
• Sword Chen Xin explained the Seven Kill Sword's seven sword intents and demonstrated Army Breaker Sword Intent before giving Yu Tianshuang the Army Breaker Mountain-Piercing Painting to study.
• Yu Tianshuang comprehended Army Breaker Sword Intent and practiced it on the training ground while Sword Chen Xin absorbed the Immortal Herbs.
• Sword Chen Xin told Yu Tianshuang that the Immortal Herbs raised his Soul Power to level 97 and evolved his Martial Soul into the Seven Kill Annihilation Sword, but he still believed he could not defeat Qian Daoliu.
• Yu Tianshuang watched Sword Chen Xin's sword intent pierce the clouds and silently vowed to make Qian Daoliu pay.

Yu Tianshuang mastered the seven sword intents of the Seven Kill Sword, and Sword Chen Xin showed him the powerful Seven Kill Sword Domain. He left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan to return to the academy.

• Yu Tianshuang demonstrated his mastery of all seven sword intents, and Sword Chen Xin told him to work toward fusing them.
• Sword Chen Xin revealed the Seven Kill Sword Domain, demonstrating its sword Qi, attack enhancement, and ability to weaken enemies by twenty percent.
• Ye Lingling brought Yu Tianshuang dinner, and he announced that he planned to return to the academy and invited her along.
• Dugu Yan insisted on joining them, and Yu Tianshuang agreed to take her back while fulfilling his promise to look after her.
• Yu Tianshuang said goodbye to Sword Chen Xin, Ning, Gu, and Rongrong, then set out with Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan for the academy.

Yu Tianshuang and his friends sparred at Skywater Academy, where Xue Wu’s faster technique and Ye Lingling’s healing turned the match in their team’s favor. That night, Dugu Bo returned and told Yu Tianshuang that Qian Xunji had been behind the Lower Three Sects’ tragedy and the disappearance of Yu Tianshuang’s parents and Ye Hanhan’s mother.

• Shui Xinrou paired Yu Tianshuang, Lingling, and Shui Yue'er against Shui Bing'er, Hairou, and Xue Wu for a sparring match.
• Shui Yue'er tried to interrupt Xue Wu’s Winter Snow Sacrificial Dance, but Hairou blocked her with Hard Coral Thicket.
• Xue Wu completed her dance sooner than Yu Tianshuang expected, allowing Shui Bing'er to freeze him with Extreme Freezing Ray.
• Ye Lingling healed Yu Tianshuang and removed the ice, but Shui Xinrou stopped the spar before the fight resumed.
• Dugu Bo visited Yu Tianshuang that night and revealed that Qian Xunji had masterminded the old attack on the Lower Three Sects and caused the disappearances of Yu Tianshuang’s parents and Ye Hanhan’s mother.

Dugu Bo told Yu Tianshuang that Spirit Hall had ordered the destruction of the Nine Heavens Rainbow Phoenix Clan and the pursuit of Tang Hao and his wife, possibly over a treasure. Shui Xinrou then sent Yu Tianshuang to the Heaven Dou Imperial City's Great Soul Arena to gain combat experience, where he chose the nickname Frost Sword and registered for the Gold Soul Fighting Arena despite being only level twenty-nine.

• Dugu Bo told Yu Tianshuang that Qian Xunji had ordered the Nine Heavens Rainbow Phoenix Clan destroyed and Tang Hao and his wife hunted, and that a treasure might have linked the orders.
• Yu Tianshuang asked whether his parents and Ye Hanhan's mother were alive, but Dugu Bo offered no answer and urged him to wait until he had the strength to uncover the truth.
• Shui Xinrou excused Yu Tianshuang from sparring and explained that he would gain combat experience at the Heaven Dou Imperial City's Great Soul Arena.
• At registration, Shui Xinrou instructed the receptionist to place Yu Tianshuang in the Gold Soul Fighting Arena, despite his level being only twenty-nine.
• Yu Tianshuang chose the nickname Frost Sword and agreed to enter the Gold Soul Fighting Arena.

Yu Tianshuang fought his way to thirty consecutive victories in the Heaven Dou Imperial City Great Soul Arena, then faced Huyan Qiang of the Elephant Armor Sect in a match for a historic Purple Gold Soul Fighting Medal. He defeated Huyan with his Ice Heaven Frost Sword technique and left him gravely frozen, warning the Elephant Armor Sect to get him treated.

• Yu Tianshuang defeated Desert Mad Lizard in one strike, winning his debut Gold Soul Fighting match despite being only a level 29 Soul Grandmaster.
• Over the next six months, Yu Tianshuang earned thirty consecutive victories and drew packed crowds to his matches.
• Huyan Qiang challenged Yu Tianshuang before their thirty-first match, boasting that the Elephant Armor Sect had beaten Skywater Academy and that earth countered water.
• Yu Tianshuang broke through Huyan Qiang's defenses with Ice Heaven Concentrated Spirit, Army Breaker, then froze Huyan's Fourth Soul Skill before launching Ice Heaven Frost Sword-Ice Lotus Frost Slash-Seven Kill.
• Yu Tianshuang froze Huyan Qiang into an ice sculpture, then told the Elephant Armor Sect to get him treated before he froze to death.

After half a year of training, Shui Bing'er led Skywater Academy's team through a team battle and reviewed their performance. Ning Fengzhi asked Yu Tianshuang to find Ning Rongrong, who had left home to study on her own, and Yu set out for Shrek Academy to bring her back.

• Shui Bing'er praised her team's teamwork after their victory and corrected Xue Wu for failing to keep fighting after using Winter Snow Sacrificial Dance.
• Shui Yue'er finished her individual match and asked Yu Tianshuang to wait so they could return to the academy together with Ye Lingling.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong told Yu Tianshuang that Ning Rongrong had left a letter and gone away, then asked him to find her and bring her back safely.
• Yu Tianshuang agreed to help and traveled toward Balak Kingdom, studying a map and Shrek Academy's promotional poster while questioning whether the academy was a good place for Ning Rongrong.

Yu Tianshuang rescued an injured young woman from masked men who were trying to force her to surrender her inheritance. He carried her to Suotuo City and settled her in a room, where she began to recover.

• Yu Tianshuang heard masked men threaten to cripple the young woman’s Soul Power and watched them attack her.
• Yu Tianshuang killed the attackers with ice-blue sword Qi and told the wary young woman he had intervened to help her.
• The young woman fainted after putting away her Martial Soul, so Yu Tianshuang bandaged her wounds and carried her toward Suotuo City.
• The young woman woke on Yu Tianshuang’s back but stopped struggling when he warned that movement could reopen her wounds.
• Yu Tianshuang laid the young woman on a bed and told her to rest while she blushed and hid beneath the blanket.

Yu Tianshuang helped Zhu Zhuqing recover after rescuing her from men in black, and the two agreed to travel together to Shrek Academy. At the Rose Hotel, Zhu Zhuqing recognized Dai Mubai downstairs as the person she had come to find.

• Zhu Zhuqing woke in the Rose Hotel and introduced herself to Yu Tianshuang, then asked him to hire a healing-type Soul Master instead of changing her bandages.
• Yu Tianshuang brought a healer, who treated Zhu Zhuqing and mistakenly called him her boyfriend; the two awkwardly spent the night in separate rooms.
• The next morning, Zhu Zhuqing told Yu Tianshuang she planned to find someone at Shrek Academy and repay him, and Yu Tianshuang said he was going there too.
• Yu Tianshuang and Zhu Zhuqing went downstairs and heard Dai Mubai arguing with a girl in pink and an ordinary-looking boy over a room.
• Zhu Zhuqing stared coldly at Dai Mubai and confirmed to Yu Tianshuang that he was the person she had come to find.

Yu Tianshuang defeated Dai Mubai with a single sword strike and learned why Zhu Zhuqing had sought her fiancé, only to find him unwilling to fight for their future. The group reached Shrek Academy, where Yu Tianshuang enrolled as an auditing student and reunited with Ning Rongrong, who insisted on staying to grow stronger.

• Yu Tianshuang challenged Dai Mubai to take one sword strike, broke through his White Tiger Protection Barrier, and froze him.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Yu Tianshuang that she had escaped her family and hoped to escape her fate alongside Dai Mubai, but had lost faith in him.
• Yu Tianshuang and Zhu Zhuqing ate together, then set out for Shrek Academy the next morning with Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Yu Tianshuang enrolled as an auditing student after Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu registered for the academy's entrance test.
• Ning Rongrong arrived and happily reunited with Yu Tianshuang, but explained that she had come to Shrek Academy to become strong enough to protect herself and those she cared about.
• Yu Tianshuang agreed to let Ning Rongrong stay for now, on the condition that she return with him if Shrek Academy could not help her grow stronger.

Yu Tianshuang defended his decision to attend Shrek Academy as an observer and faced Zhao Wuji's challenge after impressing the group with his Frost Dragon Martial Soul and powerful Soul Rings. Zhao Wuji agreed to acknowledge Yu Tianshuang as an observer if he could last one minute against him.

• Yu Tianshuang bought sausages for Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, then ate one himself despite Dai Mubai's warning about Oscar's incantation.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong ate their sausages and enjoyed them, foiling Dai Mubai's attempt to embarrass Yu Tianshuang.
• Dai Mubai led the group to Zhao Wuji and pointed out that Yu Tianshuang had chosen to attend as an observer.
• Yu Tianshuang told Zhao Wuji he wanted to see whether Shrek Academy could teach Ning Rongrong, so Zhao Wuji challenged him to last one minute without Zhao Wuji using Soul Skills.
• Yu Tianshuang summoned his Frost Dragon Martial Soul, revealing a thousand-year First Soul Ring and a ten-thousand-year Second Soul Ring.
• Zhao Wuji took Yu Tianshuang seriously and prepared to fight, while Yu Tianshuang introduced himself as a level twenty-nine Power Attack System Battle Soul Grandmaster.

Yu Tianshuang overwhelmed Zhao Wuji with powerful ice attacks during his Shrek Academy test, but Zhao Wuji resorted to an unfair Soul Skill and injured him before declaring him qualified. After the Begonia Heart pendant healed Yu Tianshuang, he left Shrek with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, while Tang San and Xiao Wu stayed behind.

• Yu Tianshuang used Frost Sword Tooth Rain and several Ice Heaven Frost Sword attacks to batter Zhao Wuji and freeze him, demonstrating his strength and Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Yu Tianshuang trapped Zhao Wuji in exploding ice lotuses, but Zhao Wuji broke free and tried to continue the test despite the incense having frozen out.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Enhancement and then his Fifth Soul Skill against Yu Tianshuang; Yu Tianshuang’s ice barriers shattered, and the attack injured him before Zhu Zhuqing caught him.
• The Begonia Heart pendant healed Yu Tianshuang, and Zhao Wuji admitted that Yu Tianshuang had passed before fleeing under the others’ disapproving stares.
• Yu Tianshuang decided to leave Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing joined them, while Tang San chose to remain with Xiao Wu.
• Yu Tianshuang invited Tang San and Xiao Wu to find him at Skywater Academy if they changed their minds, then departed with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.

Yu Tianshuang brought Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to Skywater Academy, where both joined the academy team. With the full lineup assembled, Shui Xinrou set demanding tournament goals, and the team introduced their abilities before preparing for a team battle.

• Yu Tianshuang took Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to lunch in Heaven Dou Imperial City, then encouraged Zhu Zhuqing when she admitted envying Rongrong’s carefree childhood.
• Yu Tianshuang brought Zhu Zhuqing to Skywater Academy, and she enrolled after receiving Shui Bing’er’s approval.
• Shui Xinrou brought Ning Rongrong to the training ground, introduced her as a level 26 auxiliary Soul Master, and announced that the team was complete.
• Shui Xinrou challenged the team to earn a team Gold Soul Fighting Badge before the Elite Tournament and set individual badge and cultivation targets for most members.
• Shui Bing’er, Yu Tianshuang, Xue Wu, Yu Hairou, and Shui Yue'er introduced their Martial Souls and Soul Skills, and Shui Bing’er scheduled a team battle for that afternoon.

The Skywater Academy Team made its full-strength debut at the Great Soul Arena in Heaven Dou Imperial City against the nine-win Giant Bear Team. Shui Bing'er’s tactics and Xue Wu’s Winter Snow Sacrificial Dance secured their first victory, leaving the team celebrating its successful start.

• Shui Bing'er assigned roles for the team battle, then changed her lineup after judging the Giant Bear Team to be made up mostly of Battle Soul Masters; Yu Tianshuang sat out while Yu Hairou and Ye Lingling both entered.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Xue Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Shui Yue'er, and Shui Bing'er froze all seven opponents long enough for the three attackers to strike.
• The Giant Bear Team charged through Yu Hairou’s Coral Fish Wall, and Shui Bing'er, Zhu Zhuqing, and Shui Yue'er held them off while Xue Wu prepared Winter Snow Sacrificial Dance.
• Yu Hairou and Ye Lingling healed the injured fighters as snow began to fall and Shui Bing'er returned to Xue Wu’s side.
• Shui Bing'er unleashed Extreme Freezing Ray, freezing the Giant Bear Team and winning the match; she released the opponents as the Skywater Team celebrated its first victory.

Yu Tianshuang reached level 30 and revealed that a Soul Tool made him cultivate through each realm repeatedly, strengthening his body and Soul Power reserves. He traveled with Shui Bing'er and Shui Xinrou to Ice Seal Town to hunt for Soul Rings, where a Spirit Hall notice left him troubled.

• Shui Bing'er broke through to level 40, and Shui Xinrou planned to take her and Yu Tianshuang to the Frozen Forest the next day.
• Yu Tianshuang announced that he had reached level 30 and explained that his Soul Tool made him cultivate through realms repeatedly, allowing him to build greater strength and absorb unusually powerful Soul Rings.
• Yu Tianshuang estimated that he could rival an ordinary Soul King, and he thought about giving Shui Bing'er an Immortal Herb after she reached Soul Ancestor.
• Yu Tianshuang and Shui Bing'er shared an awkward, blushing moment while waiting for Shui Xinrou at Skywater Academy.
• Yu Tianshuang, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Xinrou reached Ice Seal Town, where Yu Tianshuang felt conflicted upon seeing a Spirit Hall notice, then stayed at an inn before their planned Soul Ring hunt.

Shui Bing'er absorbed two Immortal Herbs from Yu Tianshuang, evolving her Ice Phoenix into an Undying Ice Phoenix and gaining the strength to attempt a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. While searching the Frozen Forest, the group spotted a rare Ice Mist Snow-Swallowing Rat suited to her, and Shui Xinrou prepared to help hunt it.

• Shui Bing'er insisted on pursuing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring so she would not fall behind Yu Tianshuang, and he offered her and Shui Xinrou sets of Immortal Herbs.
• Shui Bing'er absorbed the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and Heavenly Mountain Snow Douluo Red, increasing her strength and Soul Power and evolving her Martial Soul into an Undying Ice Phoenix.
• Shui Bing'er kissed Yu Tianshuang in gratitude, and Shui Xinrou tested her strength and agreed she could attempt a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• The three searched the Frozen Forest for a suitable Soul Beast, and Yu Tianshuang spotted an approximately ten-thousand-year-old Ice Mist Snow-Swallowing Rat suited to Shui Bing'er.

Shui Bing'er and Yu Tianshuang helped Shui Xinrou defeat a rare Ice Mist Snow-Swallowing Rat so Shui Bing'er could absorb its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, which gave her a powerful Fourth Soul Skill and raised her to level 43. Later, Shui Bing'er privately thanked Yu Tianshuang at the inn, leaving him flustered by her affection.

• Shui Bing'er attacked the Ice Mist Snow-Swallowing Rat, and Yu Tianshuang and Shui Xinrou trapped it before Shui Xinrou struck it with her Eighth Soul Skill.
• Shui Bing'er killed the frozen Soul Beast and spent two and a half hours absorbing its black Soul Ring as Shui Xinrou watched anxiously.
• Shui Bing'er awoke at level 43 and explained that her new Fourth Soul Skill summoned an ice-and-snow vortex that dealt continuous damage and absorbed some Soul Power.
• Shui Xinrou told Shui Bing'er to stay at the inn the next day to stabilize her realm, then returned to her room.
• Shui Bing'er visited Yu Tianshuang to thank him for the Immortal Herb, blushed as they recalled her earlier kiss, and left him unable to calm his racing thoughts.