Chapter Summaries

Shui Bing'er claimed the Heart of Eternal Winter, but its divine power caused a deadly backlash that Ning Liu had to quell through the union of yin and yang. After saving her, he was left holding her as she slept and wondering how he would explain what happened.

• Shui Bing'er took the Heart of Eternal Winter, triggering a violent alternation of freezing cold and scorching heat within her body as the altar and barrier vanished.
• The three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts recognized that their mission was over and left the ice plains while Ning Liu rushed to Shui Bing'er.
• The Guardian warned Ning Liu that Shui Bing'er’s divine soul was in danger and that pure primordial yang and the union of yin and yang were needed to save her.
• As Shui Bing'er clung to Ning Liu, he carried her into the ice cave and used the Guardian’s method to balance and guide her divine power.
• The ice-blue and golden powers merged, calming Shui Bing’er’s backlash; she fell asleep peacefully while Ning Liu wondered how he would explain the incident.

Shui Bing'er completed the Second Trial, gained five Soul Power levels, and evolved her Martial Soul while recovering in Ning Liu's arms. After they reconciled over what happened during the trial, the guardian beast forcibly teleported them away.

• Shui Bing'er awoke as the Second Trial was declared complete, raising her Soul Power from Rank 73 to the peak of Rank 78 and evolving her Ice Phoenix into the Nine Radiance Profound Ice Phoenix.
• Ning Liu woke and struggled to explain what had happened while saving Shui Bing'er.
• Shui Bing'er remembered how she had clung to Ning Liu during the trial and told him she did not blame him, calling his rescue her good fortune.
• Ning Liu pulled Shui Bing'er into his arms, and she willingly leaned against him as they nearly kissed.
• The guardian beast interrupted them and used the altar to teleport Ning Liu and Shui Bing'er away from the Eternal Silent Ice Field.

After returning from the Eternal Silent Ice Field, Ning Liu promised to take responsibility for what happened between him and Shui Bing'er, who accepted. Shui Bing'er learned the details of her third God of Mystic Ice trial and returned to her teacher, who discovered her evolved martial soul and questioned her about the loss of her Primal Yin Energy.

• Ning Liu and Shui Bing'er returned to the ruined ice crystal archway, where he promised to take responsibility for what had happened and she quietly agreed.
• Shui Bing'er told Ning Liu that her third trial was to restore an ancient Ice Vein in the Far North Lands using her Profound Ice Divine Power.
• Shui Bing'er declined Ning Liu's offer to escort her and returned to her cultivation room, where her former teacher was waiting.
• Shui Bing'er revealed that Ning Liu had found her the Godly Inheritance of the God of Mystic Ice and that she had passed the second trial.
• Shui Bing'er summoned her evolved Nine Radiance Profound Ice Phoenix, astonishing her teacher, who then noticed her Primal Yin Energy was gone and demanded to know what had happened.

Shui Bing'er confessed to her teacher that she had given her purity to Sect Master Ning, but her teacher approved and discovered that Shui Bing'er was pregnant with his child. Shui Bing'er decided to keep the pregnancy secret from Sect Master Ning until she completed her divine trial, then left for the core region of the Far North Lands.

• Shui Bing'er knelt before her teacher and confessed that Sect Master Ning had saved her and that she had given her purity to him without permission.
• The middle-aged beauty reassured Shui Bing'er that her bond with Sect Master Ning was a blessing and benefited Skywater Academy.
• The middle-aged beauty used a secret technique to examine Shui Bing'er and detected a new life growing within her.
• Shui Bing'er accepted that she was carrying Sect Master Ning's child and resolved to complete her divine trial without letting the pregnancy distract her.
• Shui Bing'er asked her teacher to keep the pregnancy secret from Sect Master Ning, then flew toward the core region of the Far North Lands.

Ning Liu took Tang Chen and Yue Guan to the Star Dou Great Forest after learning that the pressure from Di Tian’s Reverse Scale matched a force Tang Chen had encountered in its core. The three reached the forest and headed directly toward its depths.

• Ning Liu showed Tang Chen Di Tian’s Reverse Scale and asked what he knew about the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Chen recalled entering the forest’s core as a Rank Ninety-Nine cultivator, where a mysterious will with the same pressure had calmly urged him to leave.
• Ning Liu decided to visit the forest to check on Xiao Wu and explore its depths, and Tang Chen agreed to accompany him.
• Ning Liu summoned Yue Guan, and the three departed for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ning Liu, Tang Chen, and Yue Guan reached the forest’s outskirts and pushed toward the core as Soul Beasts retreated from their auras.

Xiao Wu and Er Ming discovered that humans had slaughtered numerous newly Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest. Ning Liu traced a strange aura to Dark Blue Silver Grass and suspected the attackers were conducting a large-scale evil experiment.

• Xiao Wu found the twenty-third destroyed Soul Beast nest and told Er Ming that the victims had recently reached the Ten Thousand Year level.
• Xiao Wu suggested asking Ning Liu for help, and he arrived with Tang Chen and Yue Guan.
• Xiao Wu explained the killings, and Ning Liu sensed that the attackers had been extracting something from the wounded Soul Beasts rather than taking their Soul Rings.
• Ning Liu recognized the lingering power as Dark Blue Silver Grass and connected the likely experiment to footage he had recorded of the Shrek Academy Team.

Ning Liu and Xiao Wu discovered that Tang San’s group had slaughtered Soul Beasts using Dark Blue Silver Grass, and Ning Liu vowed to destroy them. He brought Di Tian’s reverse scale to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Da Ming recognized the name and prepared to explain what he knew.

• Ning Liu identified the evil aura in the bloodstains as the work of Tang San’s Dark Blue Silver Grass, and Xiao Wu, Er Ming, Tang Chen, and Yue Guan agreed that Tang San and his followers should be eliminated.
• Ning Liu showed Xiao Wu and Er Ming Di Tian’s reverse scale and asked Xiao Wu whether she knew Di Tian; Er Ming indicated that a powerful being lived deep in the forest.
• Xiao Wu led Ning Liu, Tang Chen, and Yue Guan to Da Ming at a lake in the forest.
• Xiao Wu told Da Ming about the slaughtered Soul Beasts and Ning Liu’s reverse scale, and Da Ming trembled when he heard Di Tian’s name.
• Ning Liu showed Da Ming the reverse scale and asked where Di Tian was, and Da Ming said he had not expected anyone to still know of That Great Being.

Da Ming recounted how an Azure Dragon’s Dragon Pill transformed him from an ordinary Green Snake into a Sky Azure Bull Python and made him a guardian of the core region. Ning Liu asked to see the sleeping Great Being, and Da Ming agreed on the condition that Tang Chen and Yue Guan stayed behind.

• Da Ming revealed that he had once been a weak Green Snake before falling into an underground space while fleeing a Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Da Ming described how the Great Being gave him an Azure Dragon’s Dragon Pill, transforming him into a Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Da Ming explained that he and Er Ming had guarded the core region for countless years and recognized Ning Liu as favored by the Great Being.
• Ning Liu asked to see the Great Being, and Da Ming agreed to take him, Xiao Wu, and Er Ming while forbidding Tang Chen and Yue Guan from entering.

Ning Liu reassured Tang Chen that he would take him to Sea God Island after they dealt with the Beast God, stirring Tang Chen’s hopes of seeing Bo Saixi again. Ning Liu and Xiao Wu rode Da Ming toward the lake’s center to meet the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, while Tang Chen and Yue Guan stayed behind.

• Xiao Wu revealed her Sea God inheritor aura, and Tang Chen recognized it and urgently asked whether she had seen Bo Saixi.
• Ning Liu promised Tang Chen that he would take him to Sea God Island after they settled matters, and Tang Chen accepted.
• Xiao Wu urged Ning Liu to go see the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, and Da Ming carried them toward the center of the lake.
• Da Ming left Er Ming to guard the shore, while Yue Guan began cultivating and Tang Chen sat quietly, thinking of Bo Saixi.

Da Ming brought Ning Liu and Xiao Wu into the hidden core of the Star Dou Great Forest to meet Di Tian. When Di Tian threatened Ning Liu for bringing a human, Ning Liu revealed black dragon wings whose aura suppressed Di Tian, leaving Di Tian demanding to know where the External Soul Bone came from.

• Da Ming carried Ning Liu and Xiao Wu through the Lake of Life into a secluded valley at the heart of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Da Ming asked to meet his lord, and Di Tian emerged from a cave and confronted the visitors.
• Di Tian dismissed Xiao Wu but grew furious when it saw Ning Liu and threatened Da Ming for bringing a human.
• Ning Liu unfolded his black dragon wings and released an aura that shattered Di Tian's dragon might.
• Di Tian recognized the aura as belonging to the Nine Nether Dragon King and asked Ning Liu where he had obtained the External Soul Bone.

Di Tian tried to seize Ning Liu after recognizing his connection to the Nether Dragon King, but Xiao Wu freed him with Poseidon's Trident. Di Tian was left stunned by the divine artifact’s power and its apparent recognition of Xiao Wu.

• Di Tian decided Ning Liu’s Reverse Scale and Nine Nether Dragon Wings were too important to ignore and imprisoned him with Space Imprisonment.
• Ning Liu prepared to break free with Asura Divine Power, but Xiao Wu stepped in to protect him.
• Xiao Wu summoned Poseidon's Trident and shattered Di Tian’s spatial restraint with a single strike.
• Di Tian was shocked that Xiao Wu could wield the divine artifact so powerfully and suspected it had fully acknowledged her.

Ning Liu revealed Di Tian’s missing reverse scale, then asked whether the Silver Dragon King was still sleeping in the Star Dou Great Forest. Di Tian was shaken by the revelation and demanded to know who Ning Liu was.

• Di Tian realized Xiao Wu had been chosen by the Sea God and struggled to reconcile that with the God Realm’s rules.
• Ning Liu showed Di Tian his reverse scale, and Di Tian discovered it was missing from his neck.
• Ning Liu said he bore no hostility toward soul beasts and asked whether the Silver Dragon King was sleeping in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Di Tian reacted with shock and fear, then demanded to know who Ning Liu was.

Ning Liu confirmed that the Silver Dragon King was real and confronted Di Tian with his knowledge of her condition. Di Tian was left terrified and confused when Ning Liu revealed she might be sleeping to repair soul injuries.

• Ning Liu recognized that Di Tian's reaction confirmed the Silver Dragon King existed and was nearby.
• Da Ming panicked as Di Tian sealed the area off from the outside world and demanded to know Ning Liu's purpose.
• Ning Liu insisted he meant no harm and had come only to confirm a few things.
• Di Tian asked how Ning Liu knew of his lord, and Ning Liu suggested she was repairing soul injuries.
• Di Tian reeled at Ning Liu's knowledge of the Silver Dragon King's secret while Da Ming wished it could escape the conversation.

Di Tian explained that the God Realm had barred Soul Beasts from becoming gods and used human-form cultivation and Godhood Inheritances to make them abandon their identities. Xiao Wu was shaken by his claim that the Sea God chose her because she had become human, while Ning Liu pressed Di Tian to explain the God Realm’s motives.

• Di Tian accused Ning Liu of coveting his lord’s power and condemned Xiao Wu for accepting a Godly Inheritance.
• Xiao Wu defended herself, insisting that she had earned the Sea God’s inheritance through her own abilities.
• Ning Liu admitted that he had partly helped Xiao Wu obtain the inheritance and asked Di Tian why it made her a lackey of the God Realm.
• Di Tian revealed that the God Realm had altered the laws to prevent Soul Beasts from becoming gods, leaving them destined to serve as prey and stepping stones for humans.
• Di Tian claimed the Sea God chose Xiao Wu because she had taken human form, and that her inheritance was meant to tempt Soul Beasts into abandoning their identities.

Ning Liu heard Di Tian explain the Silver Dragon King's soul injury and the Dragon God's war against the God Realm. Seeing a chance for an alliance, he revealed a Seven-Colored Soul Nourishing Lotus that might help heal her.

• Di Tian accused Xiao Wu of betraying the Soul Beasts, but Ning Liu defended her inheritance and redirected the discussion to the Silver Dragon King.
• Di Tian explained that the Dragon God had been defeated by the five God Kings and divided his power between the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King.
• Di Tian said the Silver Dragon King escaped to Douluo Continent with a severe soul injury and had slept beneath the Lake of Life while trying to recover.
• Ning Liu considered the Soul Beast Clan potential allies against the God Realm.
• Ning Liu revealed a Seven-Colored Soul Nourishing Lotus, startling Di Tian and prompting him to suggest it could help the Silver Dragon King's injury.

Ning Liu offered Di Tian a Seven-Colored Soul Nourishing Lotus that could heal the Silver Dragon King, but refused to trade it for treasures and asked to meet her instead. As Di Tian struggled with the risk, the Silver Dragon King ordered him to let Ning Liu come over.

• Di Tian recognized the Seven-Colored Soul Nourishing Lotus as hope for healing the Silver Dragon King and offered Ning Liu rare treasures in exchange.
• Ning Liu refused the trade, and Xiao Wu wondered why he would not accept Di Tian’s valuable offers.
• Ning Liu said he would discuss the lotus only after Di Tian took him to meet the Silver Dragon King.
• Di Tian hesitated over whether to expose his lord to danger, while Ning Liu pretended to leave with Xiao Wu.
• The Silver Dragon King told Di Tian, “Let him... come over,” and Di Tian bowed in obedience.

Di Tian brought Ning Liu and Xiao Wu to the Silver Dragon King’s resting place, where her phantom recognized the Asura God’s aura on Ning Liu and demanded an explanation. Ning Liu revealed the Asura Demon Sword and its mark, leaving the Silver Dragon King and Di Tian stunned.

• Di Tian ordered Da Ming to guard the area, then led Ning Liu and Xiao Wu through the Lake of Life to its core.
• Ning Liu and Xiao Wu entered the crystal cavern and saw the sleeping Silver Dragon King, while Di Tian prostrated himself before her.
• The Silver Dragon King’s phantom recognized the Asura God’s aura on Ning Liu and demanded to know his connection to the Asura God.
• Di Tian recalled the Asura God’s attack on the Dragon God and lunged at Ning Liu, but the Silver Dragon King ordered him to stand down.
• Ning Liu summoned the Asura Demon Sword and revealed its mark on his brow, unleashing a surge of Asura Divine Power.

Ning Liu explained that his sword was not the true Asura Demon Sword, though his inheritance was genuine, and denied responsibility for the ancient grudge between the Asura God and the Dragon God. The Silver Dragon King ordered Di Tian to stand down and said she believed Ning Liu.

• The Silver Dragon King identified Ning Liu's sword as an imperfect artifact rather than the true Asura Demon Sword.
• Ning Liu explained that the sword had evolved from a Demigod Artifact fused with the Asura God's divine sense and killing aura, and insisted his inheritance was genuine.
• Ning Liu said he was his own person and had no inherited account of the Asura God slaying the Dragon God.
• Di Tian called Ning Liu a liar and warned the Silver Dragon King not to trust him.
• The Silver Dragon King told Di Tian not to rush and declared that she believed Ning Liu.

The Silver Dragon King decided to trust Ning Liu as a desperate gamble, believing he might help heal her and offer the dragon clan a chance to recover. Ning Liu answered her trust by giving her the Seven-Colored Soul Nourishing Lotus without asking for anything in return.

• The Silver Dragon King explained to herself why Ning Liu might be an ally, citing the lotus, his altered sword, and her need for a chance to heal.
• Ning Liu praised the Silver Dragon King's audacity and said he would show his sincerity in return.
• Ning Liu summoned the Seven-Colored Soul Nourishing Lotus and sent it to the Silver Dragon King without making demands.
• Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King were stunned by Ning Liu's unguarded gift.
• The lotus hovered before the Silver Dragon King, and its fragrance and aura confirmed that it was genuine.

Ning Liu offered the Silver Dragon King the Seven-Colored Soul Nourishing Lotus and proposed an alliance to challenge the God Realm. She accepted, began absorbing the lotus, and started her first true revival in countless ages.

• Ning Liu told the Silver Dragon King that he wanted an ally to overturn the God Realm's chessboard, then asked her to recover before they discussed the alliance further.
• The Silver Dragon King accepted Ning Liu's proposal and absorbed the Seven-Colored Soul Nourishing Lotus.
• The Silver Dragon King entered her slumbering dragon body, drawing in the space's Life Energy and the life crystal's Essence of Life as her revival began.
• Di Tian guarded the Silver Dragon King and told Ning Liu to wait without disturbing her.
• Ning Liu nodded, took Xiao Wu to the edge of the space, and watched the Silver Dragon King's aura grow stronger.