Chapter Summaries

Chu Fan challenged Bai He to a wager: if Bai He lost, he would lead the Speed Clan into Heavenly Strategy Manor, while victory would earn him five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins. Bai He failed to catch Chu Fan despite unleashing his martial soul and soul skills, then transformed into a Swallowtail Swift as the match continued.

• Bai Chenxiang stepped behind Bai He, who conceded her match against Chu Fan and demanded proof that Heavenly Strategy Manor was strong enough to recruit the Speed Clan.
• Chu Fan offered Bai He five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins if Bai He won their wager, while Bai He agreed to join the manor if he lost.
• Bai He began the incense-timed contest and attacked Chu Fan, but Chu Fan evaded him with speed and Teleportation.
• Bai He released his martial soul and used his soul skills, yet Chu Fan continued dodging without releasing his own martial soul.
• Bai He transformed into a Swallowtail Swift by activating his seventh soul skill, Martial Soul Avatar.

Chu Fan defeated Bai He without using his Martial Soul or a soul skill, then revealed that he was a Titled Douluo and secured the Speed Clan’s agreement to join Heavenly Strategy Manor. A day later, Yang Wudi arrived with the Breaking Clan and dismissed Chu Fan as an unworthy outsider.

• Bai He used his eighth soul skill to surround Chu Fan with five Swallowtail Swift forms, but Chu Fan evaded them until the incense burned out, leaving Bai He unable to touch him.
• Titan and Niu Gao told Bai He that Chu Fan was a Titled Douluo, astonishing Bai He and Bai Chenxiang.
• Bai He agreed to bring the Speed Clan into Heavenly Strategy Manor after Titan offered it the Manor’s support.
• Bai He described Yang Wudi as stubborn, proud, and the strongest of the Single Attribute Four Sects, then Yang Wudi arrived with members of the Breaking Clan a day later.
• Titan introduced Chu Fan to Yang Wudi, who rejected him as an outsider until Niu Gao identified him as the Heavenly Strategy King, prompting Yang Wudi to question Chu Fan’s reputation.

Chu Fan challenged Yang Wudi to a one-move wager and overwhelmed the Breaking Clan leader, revealing himself as a Titled Douluo. Yang Wudi admitted defeat and learned that he had lost to a Titled Douluo, leaving him to honor his promise to join Heavenly Strategy Manor.

• Yang Wudi doubted that Chu Fan was the Heavenly Strategy King, so Chu Fan wagered that he could subdue him in one move and offered to join Heavenly Strategy Manor if he failed.
• Yang Wudi attacked Chu Fan with his Soul Breaking Spear, but Chu Fan stopped the spear with Soul Power alone.
• Chu Fan struck Yang Wudi with a soul-bone-powered blow and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Chu Fan summoned the God Slaying Spear and struck Yang Wudi again with its spear intent.
• Yang Wudi admitted defeat, and Bai He told him that Chu Fan was a Titled Douluo.

Chu Fan defeated Yang Wudi, gathered the four great clans and Four Elements Academy under Heavenly Strategy Manor, and gained Xue Ye’s trust to command Heaven Dou’s forces. He then visited Moon Xuan Pavilion and met Tang Yuehua.

• Yang Wudi accepted his defeat and agreed to join Heavenly Strategy Manor, bringing the four great clans under Chu Fan’s command.
• Chu Fan also took in Four Elements Academy and revealed to Bai Chenxiang that he was a sixteen-year-old Titled Douluo with ten soul rings and a Support Type martial soul.
• Chu Fan returned to the imperial palace, where Xue Ye praised his conquests and promised to place the empire’s troops under his command.
• Xue Ye told Chu Fan that the Crown Prince was studying at Moon Xuan Pavilion, so Chu Fan went there and enrolled in its most talented class.
• Chu Fan met Tang Yuehua at Moon Xuan Pavilion and was struck by her noble bearing and beauty.

Chu Fan proved his identity as the Heavenly Strategy King at Moon Xuan Pavilion and joined Xue Qinghe in studying etiquette under Tang Yuehua. As Tang Yuehua began a lesson on the zither, a student challenged Chu Fan to try first.

• Chu Fan showed Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s token, silencing those who doubted that he was the Heavenly Strategy King.
• Xue Qinghe greeted Chu Fan at Moon Xuan Pavilion and asked Tang Yuehua to guide him in his studies.
• Tang Yuehua praised Chu Fan’s appearance, and Xue Qinghe coughed jealously before Chu Fan began studying etiquette.
• Tang Yuehua prepared to teach the zither and gave Chu Fan special attention, displeasing some students.
• A student stepped forward and suggested that Chu Fan try the zither first.

On his first day of class, Chu Fan played a stunning harp piece that astonished Tang Yuehua, Xue Qinghe, and the students. Tang Yuehua then invited him to learn the harp from her privately.

• Tang Yuehua agreed to let Chu Fan try the harp, and he began playing despite having never studied the instrument.
• Chu Fan performed an unfamiliar piece of his own creation, captivating the students and astonishing Tang Yuehua with its power and beauty.
• Xue Qinghe listened to Chu Fan and remembered their life together, wishing she could leave her position and live with him.
• After the music ended, Tang Yuehua asked Chu Fan what the piece was, and he said it came from another world.
• Tang Yuehua led Chu Fan upstairs and nervously offered to teach him the harp in private.

Chu Fan accepted Tang Yuehua’s private music lessons, and the two grew closer while composing together. Back at Heavenly Strategy Manor, he spent the night with Zhu Zhuqing and prepared for his wedding to Ning Rongrong, planned for one month later.

• Tang Yuehua played for Chu Fan, who agreed to learn from her privately, and she asked him to help record his composition.
• Chu Fan and Tang Yuehua worked through the music together, grew attracted to each other, and agreed that he would call her Auntie Yuehua.
• Chu Fan returned to Heavenly Strategy Manor, embraced Zhu Zhuqing, and spent a passionate night with her.
• Chu Fan continued studying music, chess, calligraphy, and painting with Tang Yuehua while attending Moon Xuan Pavilion with Xue Qinghe.
• Chu Fan prepared for his marriage to Ning Rongrong, scheduled for one month later, while leaving the Clear Sky Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan alone for now.

Tang San continued building his fearsome reputation in the Hell Slaughter Arena while Hu Liena focused on escaping and returning to Chu Fan. A month later, Chu Fan and Ning Rongrong held a grand wedding, and Chu Fan entered her room after the ceremony.

• Tang San entered the Hell Slaughter Arena with thirty-seven victories and drew the attention of the other competitors.
• Tang San survived an ambush by more than a hundred attackers, earning the nickname Asura and frightening Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena resolved to leave the arena and grow stronger so she could help Chu Fan.
• Chu Fan and Ning Rongrong's wedding preparations drew attention across the continent as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect sought his protection.
• Chu Fan rode to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for the lavish wedding, and Ning Rongrong wore both traditional bridal attire and a Wedding Dress he had designed.
• After the ceremony, Chu Fan, slightly drunk, entered Ning Rongrong's room.

Chu Fan married Ning Rongrong in a grand ceremony at Heavenly Strategy Manor, while Zhu Zhuqing, Xue Qinghe, and Tang Yuehua watched with envy and complicated feelings. After the guests departed, Chu Fan, pleasantly tipsy, went to the bridal chamber.

• Chu Fan arrived at Ning Rongrong's room and escorted her back to Heavenly Strategy Manor after the wedding preparations were complete.
• Chu Fan and Ning Rongrong performed the wedding rites before a large gathering of Heaven Dou Empire dignitaries and nobles, becoming husband and wife.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched with jealousy but remained happy for her good sister, while Xue Qinghe envied the couple and hoped to marry Chu Fan someday.
• Tang Yuehua congratulated Chu Fan and Ning Rongrong, privately realizing she loved Chu Fan and was willing to be his concubine.
• Chu Fan toasted the guests without using Soul Power to sober himself, then went to the bridal chamber after they had departed.

Chu Fan married Ning Rongrong, received a soul bone wedding gift from Bibi Dong, and then traveled to Slaughter City to find Hu Liena. The King of Slaughter revealed that Hu Liena had entered Hell Road, and the chapter ended as the arena’s Fallen Ones became sacrifices to open it.

• Chu Fan lifted Ning Rongrong’s bridal veil, and they spent their wedding night together.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo delivered Bibi Dong’s wedding gift, a soul bone that Chu Fan gave to Ning Rongrong.
• Chu Fan invited Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to share his room, then left for Slaughter City the next morning to find Hu Liena.
• The King of Slaughter told Chu Fan that Hu Liena had entered Hell Road and brought him to its entrance.
• The King of Slaughter released an evil red aura that engulfed the arena, causing the Fallen Ones to fall silent and scream as the light reached them.

Chu Fan entered Hell Road through the blood sacrifice in Slaughter City and fought off a swarm of Blood Bats before reuniting with Hu Liena. The path trembled as the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King appeared ahead of them.

• The Fallen Ones tore themselves apart as their blood flowed through channels and formed a bird-shaped pattern in the Slaughter Arena.
• Chu Fan entered Hell Road and realized the narrow path descended toward the blood pool beneath Slaughter City.
• Chu Fan pressed on as the heat rose, then killed a swarm of more than a thousand Blood Bats with his Soul Power.
• Chu Fan reunited with Hu Liena, who ran to him and embraced him.
• The Hell Road shook as the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King appeared with the Blood Bats gathered behind it.

Chu Fan and Hu Liena defeated the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and cleared Blood Bats from the Hell Road before encountering the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent. Chu Fan burned away its venomous attack and faced the creature, leaving the fight unresolved.

• The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King attacked Chu Fan and Hu Liena, but Chu Fan killed it with a burst of Soul Power.
• The Blood Bats tried to gnaw through the narrow path, and Hu Liena swept them away with her fox tail while Chu Fan drove the rest into the blood pool.
• Chu Fan and Hu Liena continued along the Hell Road, where they encountered a strange nine-tumored serpent that Chu Fan recognized as the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent.
• The serpent attacked with ground-spreading flames and a sphere of golden-red venom, but Chu Fan burned away the venom with his Azure Lotus and challenged it.

Chu Fan killed the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and obtained its Inner Core as he and Hu Liena continued along Hell Road. As the path grew hotter and the blood in the abyss came into view, Hu Liena’s Killing Intent surged, and Chu Fan stopped after she called out to him.

• Chu Fan used his Green Lotus Domain to weaken the blood pool’s berserk influence on Hu Liena, then cut off the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s heads and destroyed it with an Azure Lotus.
• Chu Fan collected the serpent’s Inner Core and explained its power to Hu Liena.
• Chu Fan and Hu Liena continued along Hell Road without encountering more soul beasts, while the rising heat and oppressive energy intensified Hu Liena’s Killing Intent.
• Chu Fan supported Hu Liena and hurried forward as the blood-filled abyss became clearer, then stopped when she called to him.
• Chu Fan turned toward Hu Liena and was startled by her appearance.

Chu Fan carried Hu Liena through the Hell Road, where she overcame the Killing Intent and gained Divine Slaughter's Domain. Afterward, Tang San passed through the cleared path and reunited with Tang Hao, who told him he was now a God of Slaughter.

• Chu Fan carried Hu Liena through the magma and into a palace beyond the Hell Road's exit, where she regained consciousness in a white space filled with Killing Intent.
• Hu Liena absorbed the Killing Intent, gained Divine Slaughter's Domain, and sparred with Chu Fan before declaring she wanted to help him conquer the world.
• Chu Fan led Hu Liena back toward Spirit Hall as Tang San entered the Hell Road and found that most of its soul beasts were gone.
• Tang San passed through the Hell Road and met Tang Hao in a forest, where Tang Hao confirmed that Tang San had become a God of Slaughter.
• Tang San asked whether he could now take revenge against Spirit Hall, but Tang Hao shook his head and led him away.

Chu Fan learned that the Soul Hunter Alliance was hunting Xiao Wu and hurried to the Star Dou Great Forest with Hu Liena. There, they encountered a powerful squad led by a Titled Douluo, and Hu Liena recognized the group as the Clear Sky Sect.

• Bibi Dong told Chu Fan and Hu Liena that twenty-five members of the Soul Hunter Alliance, including four Titled Douluo, planned to hunt Xiao Wu and that some also sought Chu Fan.
• Chu Fan set off for the Star Dou Great Forest, and Hu Liena joined him on the journey.
• Chu Fan and Hu Liena reached the forest and headed toward its core region, where Chu Fan hoped to find Xiao Wu.
• At night, Chu Fan sensed a squad of twenty-five powerful soul masters nearby and led Hu Liena toward them.
• Hu Liena saw the squad and identified it as the Clear Sky Sect.

Chu Fan confronted a Soul Hunter Alliance group led by a Clear Sky Sect Titled Douluo and killed the elder after learning they had targeted Xiao Wu. Hu Liena arrived as the remaining experts recognized her as a member of Spirit Hall.

• Hu Liena explained that the Clear Sky Sect was one of the Upper Three Sects and that its hammer had once wounded the previous Pope.
• Chu Fan and Hu Liena approached the Soul Hunter Alliance camp, where a Clear Sky Sect elder threatened Chu Fan and attacked with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Chu Fan’s God Slaying Spear shattered the elder’s Clear Sky Hammer and left him gravely injured.
• The elder tried to flee, but Chu Fan captured him and revealed his name; the elder recognized Chu Fan as someone who had come for Xiao Wu.
• Chu Fan killed the Clear Sky Sect elder for targeting Xiao Wu, and Hu Liena arrived with her Killing Intent released.
• The Soul Hunter Alliance members recognized Hu Liena as Hu Liena of Spirit Hall.

Hu Liena confronted a blue-clad man from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan who challenged Spirit Hall and boasted of his master. She used Divine Slaughter's Domain to overpower him and continued beating him, leaving his fate unresolved.

• A blue-clad man released his six-ring Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul and defied Hu Liena, claiming his master would defeat her.
• Hu Liena activated Divine Slaughter's Domain and summoned her eight-tailed fox martial soul.
• Hu Liena struck the blue-clad man repeatedly with her tails, severely injuring him and sending him crashing into a tree.
• The blue-clad man fled into the forest, but Hu Liena caught him and threw him down.
• Hu Liena taunted the blue-clad man and continued whipping him until his clothes were torn to pieces.

Hu Liena tortured the defeated man in blue, then accepted a captive’s offer to lead her and Chu Fan to other squads hunting Xiao Wu. At the next camp, Chu Fan killed the gathered soul masters in one strike and vowed to visit the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Hu Liena brutally beat the man in blue, terrifying the survivors and even startling Chu Fan.
• A broad-faced fat man begged for mercy and offered to lead Chu Fan and Hu Liena to the other squads; the beaten man agreed to guide them as well.
• Chu Fan and Hu Liena reached a camp deep in the forest, where a Soul Hunter Alliance member identified them and accused them of killing his leader.
• Soul masters from several factions attacked Chu Fan, who revealed five five-hundred-thousand-year spirit rings and killed them all with Heaven and Earth One Spear.
• Chu Fan declared that he would personally go to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Chu Fan reunited with Xiao Wu after five years and asked her to leave the forest with him. As they prepared to go, Er Ming blocked their way and demanded that Chu Fan prove he could protect her.

• Chu Fan and Hu Liena saw Xiao Wu standing on Er Ming’s shoulder beside the lake.
• Xiao Wu ran to Chu Fan, embraced him, and told him how much she had missed him.
• Chu Fan asked Xiao Wu to leave with him, and she agreed, while Da Ming and Er Ming watched.
• Chu Fan promised to take Xiao Wu home and make her his wife, and she cried against his chest.
• Er Ming stopped Chu Fan and Xiao Wu, warning that humans were deceptive and insisting Chu Fan prove he could protect her.
• Xiao Wu declared she would go with Chu Fan regardless of his other wives, and Chu Fan guessed she had mistaken Hu Liena for one of them.

Chu Fan defeated Er Ming in a wager and took Xiao Wu from the Star Dou Great Forest to Heavenly Strategy Manor. After learning that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan refused to submit, he threatened Yu Xiaogang and set out to confront the clan.

• Da Ming agreed to Chu Fan’s wager that Xiao Wu would leave with him if he defeated Er Ming.
• Chu Fan overwhelmed Er Ming with his pressure and a disguised God Slaying Spear, winning the fight without killing him.
• Da Ming accepted the result, and Chu Fan left the forest with Xiao Wu and Hu Liena for Heavenly Strategy Manor.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing welcomed Chu Fan home, where he considered the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s refusal to submit.
• Chu Fan released the helpless Yu Xiaogang, demanded the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan submit, and headed to the clan.