Chapter Summaries

Chu Qing agreed to help Xu Jiujiu hunt for a Fifth Soul Ring, then followed Xu Sanshi’s invitation to a hotel room, expecting to meet a woman who admired him. He found Jin Su waiting there, and she attacked him with the Golden Dragon Spear.

• Xu Jiujiu asked Chu Qing to help her hunt for a Fifth Soul Ring, and he agreed to meet her when she returned for another delivery.
• Tang Wutong and Xue Li complained about an expected bunny girl, then greeted Jiang Nannan when she arrived for summer work.
• Xu Sanshi asked whether Chu Qing had feelings for Jiang Nannan; after Chu Qing denied it, Xu Sanshi gave him a room card and said a woman was waiting for him.
• Xu Sanshi told Tang Wutong, Xue Li, and Jiang Nannan that Chu Qing was secretly meeting an old flame, and they followed him to the hotel.
• Chu Qing entered room 520 and found Jin Su waiting in a silver-white dress; she turned and pierced his chest with the Golden Dragon Spear.

Jin Su ambushed Chu Qing with the Golden Dragon Spear, but he healed quickly and overpowered her in a prolonged fight. After Jiang Nannan persuaded Jin Su to let go, Jin Su kicked Chu Qing in the groin and fled, leaving Jiang Nannan to go after her.

• Jin Su stabbed Chu Qing with the Golden Dragon Spear, but Chu Qing used his Soul Skills to heal and drove her out into the plaza.
• Chu Qing and Jin Su fought across the plaza as he repeatedly knocked her back and withstood her Golden Dragon Explosion.
• Chu Qing pinned Jin Su and tied her hands with her hair, but she bit him and refused to release him until Jiang Nannan soothed her.
• Jin Su kicked Chu Qing in the groin, summoned the Golden Dragon Spear, and ran away.
• Jiang Nannan went to check on Jin Su while the others gathered around the injured Chu Qing.

After a costly meal and several days back at the Soul Fighting Society, Chu Qing accompanied Xu Jiujiu to the Far North to hunt a Soul Ring, with Tang Wutong joining them. During the journey, Chu Qing and Tang Wutong’s Soul Power began connecting and fusing, revealing a possible Martial Soul Fusion Skill while Chu Qing remained unaware.

• Jin Su fled after Jiang Nannan warned that she might owe compensation for the damage, and Xu Sanshi offered to pay for it.
• Chu Qing treated the group to dinner, then had to pay an enormous bill that included Tang Wutong’s earlier charges.
• Days later, Chu Qing left with Xu Jiujiu to hunt a Soul Ring in the Far North, and Tang Wutong joined them.
• Tang Wutong teased Chu Qing during the carriage ride, then fell asleep against his shoulder while he meditated.
• Xu Jiujiu sensed Chu Qing and Tang Wutong’s Soul Power connecting and fusing, and ordered the carriage to stop so they would not be disturbed.
• Chu Qing remained in Deep Meditation, believing he had gained an extraordinary insight as his Soul Power grew.

Chu Qing, Tang Wutong, and Xu Jiujiu traveled into the Far North to find a suitable Soul Beast for Xu Jiujiu. After Chu Qing killed an Ice Jade Scorpion, he stopped Xu Jiujiu from absorbing its Soul Ring and continued searching with her.

• Chu Qing and Tang Wutong discovered that their Soul Power could fuse with exceptionally high compatibility, but both refused to test a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xu Jiujiu led Chu Qing and Tang Wutong into the Far North, where Chu Qing noticed several powerful attendants and Tang Wutong struggled with the cold.
• The group found an Ice Jade Scorpion devouring a Nine-Tailed Snow Fox, and Chu Qing killed the scorpion with a single attack.
• Chu Qing warned Xu Jiujiu that the Ice Jade Scorpion's Ultimate Ice made its Soul Ring dangerous for her Star Crown Martial Soul, so she accepted some of its remains instead.
• More than ten days later, Xu Jiujiu chose a fifteen-thousand-year Frost Moon Phantom Butterfly, and Chu Qing prepared to hunt it.

Chu Qing ventured into the Far North seeking the Snow Empress and a chance to obtain her domain skill, but she discovered his disguise and captured him. After he revealed the Soul Spirit and claimed he could help her survive her next heavenly tribulation, the Snow Empress carried him toward the Ice Empress, alarmed by his warning that her presence was weakening.

• Chu Qing sent Xu Jiujiu and Tang Wutong back while he continued training in the Far North.
• Chu Qing disguised himself as an Ice Jade Scorpion and searched the ice field for the Snow Empress.
• The Snow Empress appeared, demanded that Chu Qing take her to the Ice Empress, and exposed his disguise.
• Chu Qing showed the Snow Empress the Iridescent Shield-Tailed Snake as a Soul Spirit and claimed he could help her survive her next heavenly tribulation.
• After testing Chu Qing's strength, the Snow Empress declared him her slave and flew off with him.
• Chu Qing warned the Snow Empress that the Ice Empress's presence was weakening, prompting her to hurry toward the Ice Empress.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm trapped the Ice Empress, but Huo Yuhao confronted him over his deception as the Snow Empress arrived. While fleeing the Ice Empress, Huo Yuhao fell into Electrolux’s Undead Demiplane, and the Ice Empress later rejoined the Snow Empress and Chu Qing.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm used his shed skin to trap the Ice Empress and told Huo Yuhao he had planned to make her his second martial soul.
• Huo Yuhao accused the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm of deceiving him, but they fled when the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed the Snow Empress approaching.
• The Snow Empress and Chu Qing freed the Ice Empress, who pursued Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• A spatial rift opened in front of Huo Yuhao, and he fell into Electrolux’s Undead Demiplane, where Electrolux introduced himself.
• The Ice Empress lost track of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, then returned to the Snow Empress and Chu Qing and asked whether Chu Qing was a snack for her.

The Snow Empress introduced Chu Qing’s Soul Spirit Secret Method and knowledge of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, then arranged for the Ice Empress to test him at equal cultivation. Chu Qing overwhelmed the Ice Empress with his domains and transformations, and the chapter ended with her bound and beginning to petrify after she attacked him again.

• The Ice Empress examined Chu Qing and the Iridescent Shield-Tailed Snake, then demanded the Soul Spirit Secret Method, but Chu Qing refused to reveal it to her.
• The Snow Empress promised Chu Qing would live and challenged the Ice Empress to fight him with her cultivation suppressed to his level.
• Chu Qing used Radiance of the Azure Eyes and Slow Domain to seize the Ice Empress’s tail and slam her into the ground, then summoned his Martial Soul and Azure Divine Dragon.
• The Ice Empress unleashed Eternal Frozen Domain, but Chu Qing’s stacked Slow Domains and transformations turned the advancing ice to stone, and his Azure Hair Bull Python blasted her.
• The Snow Empress told the Ice Empress that Chu Qing would have defeated her if their bodies had been equally durable, but the Ice Empress attacked again with Ice Emperor’s Wrath.
• Chu Qing’s hair regenerated after the Ice Empress pierced the Azure Hair Bull Python, then bound her limbs as her body began to petrify.

The Snow Empress and Ice Empress obtained the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, while the Snow Empress prepared to become Chu Qing’s Soul Spirit and entrusted him with her Snow Pill. After a month of cultivating in the Far North, Chu Qing tried to leave, but the Ice Empress summoned a vast Ice Jade Scorpion swarm around him.

• The Snow Empress persuaded the Ice Empress that recultivating as a human offered a better chance of surviving future tribulations, and they went with Chu Qing to retrieve the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow from the Earth Dragon Sect.
• The Snow Empress chose to become Chu Qing’s Soul Spirit, while the Ice Empress agreed to recultivate after absorbing the marrow and overcoming her Four Hundred Thousand Year Tribulation.
• Chu Qing explained the Soul Spirit Ceremony Secret Technique, and the Snow Empress gave him her Snow Pill so she could sense his presence and asked him to take the Ice Empress with him if he became a god.
• Chu Qing spent a month cultivating with the Snow Pill in the Far North, then told the Snow Empress he planned to return home.
• The Ice Empress stopped Chu Qing from leaving as a huge swarm of Ice Jade Scorpions, including more than a dozen Ice Jade King Scorpions, surrounded him.

Chu Qing absorbed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus and agreed to form a Soul Spirit Contract with the Ice Empress and her clan. The ceremony began, leaving the Ice Empress contracted with him and the weaker Ice Jade Scorpions joining the shared contract.

• The Ice Empress gave Chu Qing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus, which he refined with the Snow Empress's help and raised his Soul Power to level sixty.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress explained that the Ice Jade Scorpions would sacrifice their power to create a Million-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and Chu Qing agreed to the risky process.
• The Snow Empress led the Ice Jade Scorpions through the soul sacrifice ceremony, forming an ice-jade-colored Soul Ring as the Ice Empress entered Chu Qing's Sea of Spirit.
• The Blade of Life's Watch protected Chu Qing's Sea of Consciousness as he formed a contract with the Ice Empress, causing his spiritual power to make a qualitative leap.
• The Ice Empress took the Blade of Life's Watch to stabilize her clan members' souls, then guided the hundred-year Ice Jade Scorpions into Chu Qing's Sea of Consciousness to join their shared contract.

Chu Qing endured the absorption of a fused Million-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, evolving his Martial Soul and gaining new abilities. After recovering, he absorbed the Snow Empress's Soul Ring and Soul Bone, reached level 70, and further evolved his Martial Soul and domains.

• Chu Qing absorbed the fused Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Ring after three days and three nights, evolving his Martial Soul into the Sky Scorpion Bull Emperor Python.
• The Snow Empress fused the Ice Jade Scorpion bones into a Soul Bone, and Chu Qing endured a day and a night of painful absorption before collapsing.
• Chu Qing woke after three days unconscious and discovered that the Soul Ring and Soul Bone had granted him new skills, while his Soul Power had reached level 70.
• Chu Qing replenished his strength with Far North spirit herbs and fruits, then performed the Soul Spirit Ceremony with the Snow Empress.
• Chu Qing absorbed the Snow Empress's Soul Ring and Soul Bone in one day, condensed a Yin-Yang Complementary Soul Core, and evolved his Martial Soul and domains.

Chu Qing, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress left the Ice Jade Scorpion remains behind and decided to delay giving the Snow Empress Token to the Titan Snow Demon King until Chu Qing became a Titled Douluo. On their way out of the Far North, the Ice Empress killed two Star Luo Empire Titled Douluo, and Chu Qing looted their bodies before continuing onward with six Soul Bones.

• The Ice Empress absorbed the remaining life force from the Ice Jade Scorpions and stored the most valuable corpses in Chu Qing's Spirit Rhinoceros Ring, then drained the extra corpse she found there.
• The Snow Empress and the Ice Empress agreed to postpone passing the Snow Empress Token to the Titan Snow Demon King and told Chu Qing to follow the Ice Empress out of the area.
• The Ice Empress spotted two human Soul Masters in the Far North's core area and attacked them with her sixth Soul Skill, Wrath of the Northern Lands, killing both Titled Douluo before Chu Qing could stop her.
• Chu Qing recognized the dead men as Star Luo Empire Soul Masters he had met with Xu Jiujiu, but he collected their storage Soul Tool Rings and searched their bodies for valuables.
• Chu Qing retrieved six Soul Bones from the corpses, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress warned him not to absorb them because they were ordinary quality.

Chu Qing returned from the Far North and rejoined the group preparing for the Soul Master Tournament at Qianling Academy. He met the reserve members as the official team practiced, and the chapter ended after Shen Ce and the Spirit Rhinoceros Sect members finished a hard-fought sparring match.

• Chu Qing returned to the border town, then traveled toward Lingdou City after parting ways with Xu Jiujiu and Tang Wutong.
• Chu Qing arrived at Qianling Academy with Yang Tian, Xue Shiqi, and Princess Xue Li, where Shen Yuzhang introduced him and Yang Tian as reserve-team leaders to Yan Sisi and Chen Hanyu.
• Yang Ming led three Spirit Rhinoceros Sect teammates in a synchronized attack against Shen Ce, An Lengye, and Fei Yuyan during practice.
• An Lengye froze the ground while Fei Yuyan enhanced Shen Ce's spear, but Yang Ming's group formed a reinforced Shield Wall and prepared a counterattack.
• Shen Ce maneuvered behind the Shield Wall, traded attacks with the four soul-tool spears, and was rescued by Shen Yuzhang as his own strike shattered the formation.
• Yang Ming admitted defeat, and Shen Ce teased the four Spirit Rhinoceros Sect members for risking their teammate with their tactic.

Chu Qing reunited with Yang Ming and the others, agreed to lead them in the Soul Fighting Society, and accepted a challenge from all twelve members of Qianling Academy’s main team. The teams assembled in the arena and revealed their abilities, leaving Chu Qing facing a shield wall backed by a coordinated formation.

• Yang Ming and three childhood companions asked to join Chu Qing after graduation, and he accepted them as Soul Fighting Society guards, telling them to call him president.
• Yan Sisi proposed a sparring match, but Xue Shiqi and the others instead challenged all twelve team members to fight Chu Qing together.
• Fei Yuyan and An Lengye recalled Chu Qing’s past strength, while Yang Tian revealed his five Soul Rings, including a red one, and urged the others to prepare for a powerful Soul Emperor.
• After the main team recovered, Chu Qing and the twelve opponents took the arena as academy officials watched.
• The twelve released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, then the four Spirit Rhinoceros Shield users formed a wall at the front of their formation.

Chu Qing revealed the power of his Million-Year Soul Bone by transforming into an Ice Jade Scorpion Emperor, whose Ultimate Ice presence overwhelmed his opponents. The Qianling Academy team’s attacks failed to break his defense, and Shen Ce and Xue Shiqi joined the fight to create an opening for Yang Tian.

• Chu Qing activated Ice Jade Scorpion Emperor Transformation, and An Lengye, Xue Shiqi, Princess Xue Li, Xue Zhan, and the dean recognized the immense pressure and high quality of his Ultimate Ice power.
• Yan Sisi used Formation-Breaking Tune to dispel her teammates’ fear, and Shen Ce led Yang Ming and the other shield users forward while Fei Yuyan enhanced Yang Tian.
• Chen Hanyu released three Umbrella Spirits and positioned them around the advancing Blazing Tiger and Frost Bear as the shield wall closed again.
• Fei Yuyan’s Blazing Tiger used Blazing Flame Piercing Fang Break on Chu Qing, but it could not pierce his defense, and he dispersed it with two punches.
• Chu Qing overpowered An Lengye’s Frost Bear with repeated punches, prompting An Lengye to ask Shen Ce to create an opening for Yang Tian.
• Shen Ce and Xue Shiqi rushed out to support the Frost Bear, and Xue Shiqi volunteered to occupy Chu Qing and use up her Soul Skills.

Chu Qing fought off the team’s coordinated attacks, enduring their weapons and skills with extraordinary defense and rapid healing. An Lengye held back Yang Tian while the others prepared to wear Chu Qing down, and the chapter ended with Chu Qing joking that his toughness was normal for a Defense System Soul Master.

• Shen Ce and Xue Shiqi attacked Chu Qing, but he caught Xue Shiqi’s halberd, shattered his Moon Blade, and knocked Shen Ce’s spear aside with his scorpion tail.
• An Lengye froze Chu Qing in mist while Shen Ce’s spears rained down, but Chu Qing broke free and deflected them before Yan Sisi’s Siren’s Whisper controlled him long enough for several spears to pierce his back.
• Xue Shiqi struck Chu Qing with his strongest skill as Shen Ce drove a spear into his back, and Chu Qing chose to take the attacks rather than risk Xue Shiqi being hit.
• An Lengye shielded Xue Shiqi and Shen Ce as Chu Qing struck them, while Chen Hanyu’s surprise lance attack failed to pierce Chu Qing’s neck and she escaped his scorpion tail.
• Chen Hanyu said she needed Chu Qing’s Soul Rings to be forced out before she could hurt him, so An Lengye told Yang Tian to wait while the others continued wearing Chu Qing down.
• Xue Li healed Shen Ce and Xue Shiqi, while Chu Qing’s wounds healed on their own, and he joked that his toughness was normal for a Defense System Soul Master.

Chu Qing overwhelmed the opposing team with his speed and strength, leaving Yang Tian as the last fighter standing. Chen Hanyu joined Yang Tian and used Soul-Seizing Spirit-Sealing Slash to steal his fourth Soul Ring before attacking Chu Qing, who countered with his Ice Jade Scorpion tail.

• Chu Qing defeated Shen Ce and Xue Shiqi, then broke through the Spirit Rhinoceros Shields and eliminated Yan Sisi and the other shield fighters.
• Yang Tian fought Chu Qing with amplified fire attacks, but Chu Qing endured the flames and knocked away Yang Tian's fireball.
• Chen Hanyu concluded that Yang Tian was unlikely to win alone and flew in to support him.
• Chen Hanyu used Soul-Seizing Spirit-Sealing Slash to draw Yang Tian's fourth Soul Ring into her umbrella, then teleported in to slash at Chu Qing.
• Chu Qing blocked Chen Hanyu's strike with his ice-jade hand and sent his Ice Jade Scorpion tail toward her.

Chu Qing’s Qianling Academy team arrived in Star Luo City and clashed with Shrek Academy after Tang Wutong displayed her four black Soul Rings and challenged Ma Xiaotao. The teams prepared for the tournament, with Shrek learning about Qianling’s strength and Shen Yuzhang taking his students to celebrate.

• Chu Qing and his companions reached Star Luo City, registered for the tournament, and checked into the Star Emperor Hotel, where Tang Wutong surprised them by returning with four Soul Rings.
• The Qianling team encountered Shrek Academy in the hotel lobby, and Xu Sanshi and Huo Yuhao greeted Chu Qing while Tang Wutong provoked the Shrek members.
• Ma Xiaotao pressured Tang Wutong, but Tang Wutong joined hands with Chu Qing and revealed four black Soul Rings, forcing Ma Xiaotao back before Chu Qing declared they would meet in the arena.
• At Shrek’s meeting, Dai Huabin accused Huo Yuhao of leaking information, and Wang Yan rebuked the team before Xu Sanshi described Tang Wutong’s Twin Martial Souls and revealed what he knew about Chu Qing.
• Shen Yuzhang praised Qianling Academy’s conduct and invited the team to a meal after they gathered in their living room.

Shrek's reserve team dominated its opening match, while Chu Qing and the others questioned the team's apparent strength. A clash between Jin Su and Tang Wutong drew a crowd outside the arena, where Meng Hongchen approached Chu Qing as the two prepared to fight.

• Shrek fielded its reserve team, whose Soul Rings and sweeping victory astonished the crowd and the other academies.
• Chu Qing and the others speculated that Shrek had used a trick, while Xiao Hongchen watched for signs that its members were not as strong as they appeared.
• Tang Wutong provoked Shrek's members, and Jin Su offered to fight her after their argument escalated.
• The Star Luo Emperor learned that Jin Su and Tang Wutong had gone outside to settle their dispute and arranged to watch through a soul tool projection orb.
• Jin Su and Tang Wutong faced off at Shattered Star Plaza as a crowd gathered, while Meng Hongchen introduced herself to Chu Qing.

Jin Su and Tang Wutong fought with their powerful weapons until Tang Wutong immobilized and defeated Jin Su with the Sea God Trident. Chu Qing intervened, but the argument turned physical, and both women left while Xu Jiujiu demanded compensation for the damage.

• Jin Su revealed her Golden Dragon Spear and stronger Soul Rings, while Tang Wutong brought out her Clear Sky Hammer and attacked with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Jin Su overpowered Tang Wutong and sent her flying into the distance, but Tang Wutong returned with the Sea God Trident.
• Tang Wutong used Indefinite Storm to restrain Jin Su, slapped and kicked her, and Chu Qing stopped the fight by declaring Tang Wutong the winner.
• Jin Su attacked Chu Qing after breaking free, and Chu Qing restrained her; Tang Wutong slapped Chu Qing and flew away.
• Jin Su kicked at Chu Qing and slapped him before leaving, while Xu Jiujiu demanded five million Gold Soul Coins for the damage.

Shrek Academy faced Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy as the round robin began, while Wang Yan clamped down on Ma Xiaotao’s insubordination and sent Jin Su out as the first contestant. The match was set as a one-on-one elimination, and Jin Su entered the stage ready to fight without using Soul Skills.

• Shrek Academy’s entrance stirred the Star Luo Plaza, and the Star Luo Emperor reflected on its long-standing influence.
• Ma Xiaotao drew the one-on-one elimination format against Yunluo Academy, then ignored Wang Yan’s reprimand and challenged his authority.
• Wang Yan removed Ma Xiaotao as captain, named Dai Yueheng in her place, and warned Ma Xiaotao that he could disqualify her.
• Wang Yan sent Jin Su to compete without Soul Skills, and she asked whether the academy would pay compensation if she killed someone.
• Yunluo’s captain calmed his team and encouraged them to do their best against Shrek Academy.