Chapter Summaries

Di Hong and the others reached the volcano and drew out the Blazing Fire Earth Dragon from its lava lake. Their opening attacks battered the beast, but it counterattacked and sent Di Qing flying.

• Ning Fengzhi explained that Flame Canyon held powerful soul beasts and that a past eruption had destroyed a nearby city.
• Di Hong used his fire-attributed Soul Power to calm the lava and awaken the Blazing Fire Earth Dragon beneath it.
• The Blazing Fire Earth Dragon burst from the lava, and Ning Fengzhi boosted the group with the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Tang Lie struck the beast with his Clear Sky Hammer, but its lava-covered defenses remained intact.
• Di Hong and Di Qing attacked the beast in the crater, but its dragon tail struck Di Qing and sent him flying.

Di Hong and four Soul Douluo fought the Blazing Fire Earth Dragon, suffering heavy injuries before they finally killed it. The beast left behind a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and a soul bone, and the survivors stared at the rare prizes.

• The Blazing Fire Earth Dragon injured Di Qing and the Royal Family's Soul Douluo, then filled the ground around it with molten lava.
• Di Hong used his Li Fire Domain to weaken the beast, while Tang Lie, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Soul Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi joined the attack.
• Ning Fengzhi amplified the fighters as they struck together, and the Blazing Fire Earth Dragon countered with its domain, triggering a massive explosion that injured everyone.
• Di Hong exhausted himself containing the blast, then killed the barely living Blazing Fire Earth Dragon with a sword thrust to its eye.
• A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and a soul bone appeared, shocking the group and drawing greedy looks from several of the survivors.

Di Hong struggled to absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring while the others guarded him, and Ning Fengzhi refused to let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect take the nearby soul bone. By the chapter’s end, Di Hong had brought the ring under control and manifested a Vermilion Bird phantom.

• Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elder not to seize the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Tang Lie and the other Soul Douluo kept watch as Di Hong began absorbing the soul ring.
• Di Hong endured the ring’s immense energy and soul impact despite his weakened condition.
• Di Hong drew in fire elements near the volcano and gradually brought the soul ring’s energy under control.
• A Vermilion Bird phantom appeared, and a red Spirit Ring circled around Di Hong.

Di Hong absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Spirit Bone, then learned that Emperor Xue Tang had died. After Xue Ye was crowned emperor and Di Hong became a marquis, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao returned from Sea God Island to a transformed Heaven Dou City.

• Di Hong absorbed the Blazing Fire Earth Dragon’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and right arm Spirit Bone, reaching Soul Power Level 76 and gaining the Vermilion Bird Domain and its abilities.
• Ning Fengzhi made Di Hong an honorary elder of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Di Hong gave the injured hunters medicinal herbs to help them recover.
• A Royal Family Spirit Master delivered news that Emperor Xue Tang had died, prompting Di Hong and the others to hurry back to Heaven Dou City.
• After Emperor Xue Tang’s funeral, Xue Ye was crowned emperor and promoted Di Hong to marquis; Di Hong told Di Yang and the others to prepare to place their people in the empire.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao returned from Sea God Island and headed to Di Hong’s Marquis Mansion, remarking on how much Heaven Dou City had changed.

Di Hong reunited with Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, discussed his new Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and heard about their encounter with Sea God Island. After the brothers returned to the Clear Sky Sect, Di Hong considered using the power of the Dragon Kings at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to strengthen his future Spirit Rings and pursue Level 100.

• Di Hong absorbed Xue Yu’s former Intelligence Organization and assigned it to Di Ming, while escaped Soul Masters, including Yin Xuan, reached the Silves Kingdom.
• Tang Hao teased Tang Yuehua about becoming the mistress of the house and complained that Di Hong had not arranged their marriage; Di Hong arrived and explained that he had been busy.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao learned that Di Hong had reached level seventy-six after absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring, and Tang Hao asked him to help hunt one someday.
• Tang Hao recounted how he and Tang Xiao had been captured on Sea God Island and released by Bo Saixi after she learned they had delivered a letter for Tang Chen.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao returned to the Clear Sky Sect to improve their strength, while Di Hong considered whether the Dragon Kings’ power could raise Spirit Ring age limits and help him reach Level 100.

After Xue Ye became emperor, Di Hong secured the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well within his fief and continued cultivating there. Dugu Bo arrived at the Marquis Mansion seeking Di Hong’s help with his son’s poison, and Tang Yuehua offered them lodging until Di Hong returned.

• Xue Ye granted Di Hong part of Sunset Forest as his fief, and Di Hong renamed himself the Vermilion Bird Marquis.
• Di Hong cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and wondered whether Dragon King remains lay at its depths.
• Dugu Bo arrived at the Marquis Mansion with Dugu Xin and learned from Tang Yuehua that Di Hong was cultivating in Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo asked Tang Yuehua to notify him when Di Hong returned, and she invited him and Dugu Xin to stay at the residence.
• Tang Yuehua arranged the best rooms for Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin and wondered whether she could become one of Di Hong’s own people.

Di Hong returned to the Marquis Mansion and explained how he could detoxify Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin by using Spirit Bones to contain their poison. Since Dugu Bo had no Spirit Bones, Di Hong offered to provide one, and Dugu Bo accepted his promise.

• Di Hong returned to the Marquis Mansion, where Dugu Bo had been waiting for several days, and noticed Dugu Xin practicing his stance.
• Dugu Bo was shocked to learn that Di Hong’s Soul Power had risen into the seventies and asked how he would detoxify him and his son.
• Di Hong explained that he could burn away the toxins with Vermilion Bird Li Fire or use a Spirit Bone as a vessel for them, preserving their cultivation and poison abilities.
• Dugu Bo admitted he had no Spirit Bones, so Di Hong offered to provide one despite its low cultivation years.
• Dugu Bo believed Di Hong’s promise and agreed to let him prepare the medicine.

Di Hong took Dugu Bo to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he offered help suppressing and eventually curing Dugu Bo’s poison. Dugu Bo pledged his loyalty and agreed to guard the treasured herbs, then left with Dugu Xin to live and cultivate there; Di Hong later teased Tang Yuehua about visiting the Clear Sky Sect.

• Di Hong brought Dugu Bo to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and explained that the spring could suppress his poison.
• Di Hong gave Dugu Bo a bottle of his blood, saying it would help him remain at the spring and could later help cure the poison once he obtained a suitable Spirit Bone.
• Dugu Bo vowed to serve Di Hong loyally and promised to guard the herbs; Di Hong showed him the Aromatic Silk Beauty and explained the other herbs’ uses.
• Dugu Bo returned to Heaven Dou City, then left with Dugu Xin to live and cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang Yuehua asked whether Dugu Bo had agreed to join Di Hong, and Di Hong jokingly denied that he had sent a letter to the Clear Sky Sect.

Di Hong and Tang Yuehua arrived at the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Hao and Tang Xiao were waiting for them. After Di Hong flew Tang Yuehua up the mountain, Tang Hao challenged him to a fight to prove his strength to the sect.

• Di Hong and Tang Yuehua traveled to the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Wei and the elders anticipated Di Hong’s arrival.
• The collateral-line disciples watched as Tang Yuehua and Di Hong entered the sect grounds and headed toward the mountain.
• Di Hong offered to fly Tang Yuehua up the mountain, and she rode on his back as he carried her to the summit.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao greeted the pair at the mountain gate, and Tang Hao admitted he wanted to fight Di Hong.
• Tang Hao proposed a contest using only fists and feet so Di Hong could earn the sect’s respect through his strength.

Di Hong met Tang Wei and the Clear Sky Sect elders, passed Tang Wei’s test, and received approval for his relationship with Tang Yuehua. He agreed to fight Tang Hao the next day, leaving the sect eager to see which young genius was stronger.

• Tang Xiao brought Di Hong to the study, where Tang Wei and five elders examined him.
• Tang Wei tested Di Hong with his aura, then praised his potential to surpass the strongest Spirit Masters.
• Tang Wei spoke about Tang Yuehua and asked Di Hong not to let her down; Di Hong swore his loyalty, and Tang Wei welcomed him as a future son-in-law.
• Di Hong left the study and reassured Tang Yuehua that the meeting had gone well.
• Tang Hao challenged Di Hong to a match the next day, and Di Hong accepted.
• The Clear Sky Sect disciples learned about the coming match and anticipated Tang Hao and Di Hong’s contest.

Di Hong and Tang Hao sparred hand-to-hand at the Clear Sky Sect, with the disciples watching to see who was stronger. Di Hong forced Tang Hao out of the ring, then refused a rematch and called the result a draw.

• The Clear Sky Sect arranged a hand-to-hand spar between Di Hong and Tang Hao, forbidding martial souls and soul skills and setting a fifty-meter boundary.
• Di Hong and Tang Hao exchanged powerful blows, surprising the disciples when their first clash ended evenly.
• Di Hong switched tactics and sent Tang Hao flying, and the two continued trading attacks without either gaining a clear advantage.
• Tang Hao nearly knocked Di Hong out of bounds, but Di Hong dodged and let Tang Hao's momentum carry him beyond the circle.
• Di Hong declared Tang Hao had lost, but Tang Hao protested, and Di Hong called the match a draw before declining a rematch.

Di Hong revealed his Innate Level 20 Spirit Power to Tang Wei, who promised Clear Sky Sect protection as Di Hong and Tang Yuehua entered a marriage agreement. After their relationship became public, Di Hong gave Tang Yuehua a Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma to help her overcome her inability to cultivate, and she began refining it.

• Tang Wei privately asked Di Hong whether he truly had Innate Full Soul Power, and Di Hong disclosed that his Innate Soul Power was Level 20.
• Tang Wei warned Di Hong that Spirit Hall might target him and offered Clear Sky Sect protection once the marriage agreement was announced.
• Shen Ning and the Clear Sky Sect finalized Di Hong and Tang Yuehua's marriage agreement, and Shen Ning left satisfied.
• Di Hong and Tang Yuehua returned to the Marquis Mansion, where Di Hong later took her to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Di Hong gave Tang Yuehua a Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma, and she swallowed it and began circulating her Soul Power as he watched.

Di Hong used a Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma to restore Tang Yuehua’s ability to cultivate, then helped her obtain her first Spirit Ring in Sunset Forest. After news of her becoming a Spirit Master reached the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao visited her and learned about her new abilities.

• Tang Yuehua reached Soul Power Level ten after absorbing the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma and tearfully thanked Di Hong.
• Di Hong took Tang Yuehua to Sunset Forest, where she absorbed a four-hundred-year Scale Armor Beast Spirit Ring and reached Level twelve.
• News of Tang Yuehua becoming a Spirit Master reached the Clear Sky Sect, prompting Tang Xiao and Tang Hao to visit her at the Marquis Mansion.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao questioned Di Hong about the herb, while Tang Yuehua explained that her first Spirit Skill, Wan Qu, dispelled or weakened certain spirit skills and mental attacks.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao wondered whether Tang Yuehua could use the Clear Sky Sect’s Exploding Ring technique, while Di Hong remained interested in studying similar methods himself.

Over four years, Tang Yuehua developed her cultivation and social skills while Di Hong advanced to Soul Power Level eighty-four and gained a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. When Tang Hao prepared to enter the City of Slaughter, Di Hong agreed to accompany him, leaving Tang Yuehua unhappy.

• Tang Yuehua cultivated while continuing her etiquette and music studies, and she kept the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well secret from others.
• Di Hong and Dugu Bo guarded the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Dugu Xin recovered from his poison and Di Hong guided his cultivation.
• Di Hong reached Soul Power Level eighty-four and gained a Hundred-Thousand-Year Vermilion Bird Soul Ring after a difficult battle that left him seriously injured.
• Tang Hao visited Di Hong and explained that he planned to enter the City of Slaughter to test himself.
• Tang Hao invited Di Hong to accompany him, and Di Hong agreed after considering the possibility of pursuing the Asura God's inheritance.
• Tang Hao left happily, while Tang Yuehua was unhappy about Di Hong's decision.

Di Hong and Tang Hao set out for the City of Slaughter, where they reunited with Bibi Dong and fought their way through a tavern to reach the entrance. The three descended into the underground passage and approached a bridge and a black gate.

• Tang Yuehua objected to Tang Hao taking Di Hong to the City of Slaughter, but Tang Hao and Di Hong left Heaven Dou City the next day.
• After traveling for about a month, Di Hong and Tang Hao arrived at a small town and met Bibi Dong in a tavern.
• Di Hong, Tang Hao, and Bibi Dong drank Bloody Mary and killed the roughly fifty people in the tavern.
• Di Hong made the tavern owner open the hidden passage, and the three jumped into the cavern below.
• Di Hong led Tang Hao and Bibi Dong through the dark passage toward a bridge and a pitch-black gate.

Di Hong, Tang Hao, and Bibi Dong entered the City of Slaughter and went straight to its Inner City and Hell Slaughter Arena. They learned the arena’s rules, and Di Hong killed a Soul Saint to obtain blood for their entry cups.

• A Black Armored Knight gave Tang Hao, Bibi Dong, and Di Hong numbered tokens after they entered the City of Slaughter without being able to use their soul skills.
• A woman in black guided the three through the Outer City and warned them that their twelve-hour Novice Protection Period would end once they entered the Inner City.
• Di Hong, Bibi Dong, and Tang Hao entered the Inner City and chose to head directly to the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• The woman in black explained that arena matches had ten participants and only one survivor, and that leaving the City of Slaughter required one hundred victories and passing through Hell Road.
• Di Hong killed a Soul Saint who had three arena victories, then collected the man’s blood so all three could fill their Bloody Mary cups.

Bibi Dong, Tang Hao, and Di Hong fought their way through the Hell Slaughter Arena while resisting the City of Slaughter’s poison and killing intent. After two years, they had each earned ninety-nine victories and stood one match from qualifying for Hell Road.

• Bibi Dong won her first arena match, killing three opponents and emerging as the only survivor.
• The three took turns fighting, easily winning matches and surviving ambushes until they became feared across the City of Slaughter.
• Di Hong warned Tang Hao and Bibi Dong that Bloody Mary contained poison, then purged the poison from Tang Hao with his flames.
• Bibi Dong and Tang Hao confirmed that they sought Divine Slaughter's Domain, while Di Hong said he had obtained it along the way.
• The three continued fighting for two years and accumulated ninety-nine victories each, leaving them one win short of a hundred.

After Di Hong, Bibi Dong, and Tang Hao each achieved one hundred victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena, the King of Slaughter opened the Hell Road for them. The three suppressed their killing intent on a platform above an abyss, then set out along the narrow path.

• Di Hong won his hundredth match, joining Bibi Dong and Tang Hao, who had already reached one hundred victories.
• The King of Slaughter appeared and announced that he would open the Hell Road so the three could earn the permanent God of Slaughter title.
• The King of Slaughter sacrificed the arena spectators to open the Hell Road, and Di Hong, Bibi Dong, and Tang Hao were transported away.
• Di Hong, Bibi Dong, and Tang Hao suppressed their killing intent on a platform above an abyss and saw a narrow path ahead.
• Tang Hao stepped onto the path after Di Hong identified it as the Hell Road.

Di Hong, Bibi Dong, and Tang Hao faced the dangers of Hell Road, where their domains helped them survive swarms of mutated bats. After they encountered the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, Tang Hao and Bibi Dong moved on while Di Hong stayed behind to kill it and claim its inner core.

• Tang Hao led Bibi Dong and Di Hong through the increasingly hot Hell Road, where they found skeletons of people who had died there.
• Mutated bats swarmed the three, and Di Hong used his Vermilion Bird Domain to clear their minds before burning the bats with Li Fire.
• Bibi Dong revealed her Death Domain and corroded a second swarm of bats, while Tang Hao realized he was the only one without an Innate Domain.
• The three encountered a Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, and Tang Hao and Bibi Dong attacked it together as Di Hong burned away its red mist.
• When the serpent reappeared behind him, Di Hong told Tang Hao and Bibi Dong to continue ahead and stayed to fight.
• Di Hong pierced one of the serpent's fleshy tumors with his flaming longsword, then evaded its attacks as the flames spread across its body.

Di Hong defeated the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, collected its inner core, and helped Tang Hao and Bibi Dong escape the Hell Road. They emerged from the City of Slaughter with Divine Slaughter's Domain, where Bibi Dong was taken away by Spirit Hall, and Tang Xiao escorted Di Hong and Tang Hao back to Heaven Dou City.

• Di Hong used Vermilion Bird Vision to exhaust the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, burned it to ashes, and stored its inner core.
• Di Hong flew Tang Hao and Bibi Dong up to the Hell Road exit, and the three passed through a light curtain into a white space before reaching a valley.
• Di Hong discovered he could use his Soul Skills again and sensed that Divine Slaughter's Domain had changed his martial soul.
• Tang Hao told Di Hong that Spirit Hall had taken Bibi Dong away, and Tang Xiao arrived to bring the two back.
• Tang Hao told Tang Xiao about their journey through the City of Slaughter, and the three returned to Heaven Dou City.