Chapter Summaries

Lin Manshan discovered that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's bead could absorb certain attribute origins and Life Energy, then merged it into his lower dantian. He concluded that it functioned like an internal Spirit Bone and found he could produce small sparks of electricity and fire.

• Lin Manshan examined the bead and found five balanced attribute energies within it: wind, thunder, darkness, time, and space.
• He used Netherworld Alchemy to absorb part of Qian Xunji's Golden Bead into it, adding traces of angelic energy and fire, then infused it with Life Energy.
• Shui Bing'er tried to add Ice Attribute energy and Martial Soul Origin, but the bead did not absorb either.
• Lin Manshan merged the bead into his lower dantian and found it drew in only attribute energy already represented inside it while slightly increasing the intake of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.
• He transferred all the Life Energy from his Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone into the bead and decided to replace the bone with a Power-type Spirit Bone and give it to Lingling.
• Lin Manshan produced a visible arc of electricity and a tiny flame with a thought.

Lin Manshan named his pearl the Elemental Soul Core and continued cultivating while Ma Hongjun died during an Evil Fire episode. Flender arranged for Ma Hongjun’s two former servants to live with Dai Mubai and Oscar, and after Dai Mubai’s servant gave birth to a red-haired girl, Liu Erlong and Flender took the mother and child in.

• Lin Manshan realized his pearl could store seven kinds of attribute energy and life energy, named it the Elemental Soul Core, and returned to cultivating.
• Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire erupted, and he died after his weakened body failed during the episode.
• Flender gave Ma Hongjun’s two former servants to Dai Mubai and Oscar to look after.
• Dai Mubai’s servant became pregnant and gave birth to a red-haired girl ten months later.
• Liu Erlong offered to take in the mother and daughter, and Flender arranged for them to live in his former courtyard as his adopted granddaughter.

Tang San completed his hundredth duel and entered Hell Road, using his evolved Eight Spider Lances and combat skills to defeat its deadly creatures and cross its hazards. After surviving the passage and awakening his Divine Slaughter's Domain, he reached the light at the exit and vanished.

• Tang San reached Soul Power level 60 by devouring a Soul Sage and reflected on how much his combat ability had grown during two years in the City of Slaughter.
• Tang San won his hundredth duel, and the King of Slaughter opened Hell Road by unleashing killing intent that drove the spectators to mutilate themselves.
• Tang San killed the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and absorbed some of its vitality through his Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang San defeated the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, collected its Inner Core, and crossed the broken path with his Flying Sky Divine Claw.
• Tang San used his Eight Spider Lances, Flying Sky Divine Claw, and Blue Silver Emperor to cross the blood-red ocean and enter the white light, where materialized killing intent overwhelmed him.
• Tang San woke with Divine Slaughter's Domain, walked into the distant light, and disappeared.

Tang Hao and Tang San escaped Spirit Hall’s encirclement by hiding in a sealed sandy pit, where Tang Hao explained that Tang San must conceal his killing intent before returning to the Clear Sky Sect. After two days, they left for Sunset Forest so Tang San could obtain his sixth spirit ring, while Tang Hao planned for him to visit his aunt and later find Tang Hao in the Valley.

• Tang Hao met Tang San outside the City of Slaughter and warned that Spirit Hall had stationed sentries along their escape route.
• Tang Hao used Explode Ring to carry Tang San away when a scout spotted them, but five Titled Douluo pursued them.
• Tang Hao and Tang San hid beneath a collapsed sandy pit while Qian Jun Douluo searched the canyon; Tang San suppressed his killing intent as Tang Hao recovered from his injuries.
• Tang Hao gave Tang San maps and instructed him to hunt a sixth spirit ring, visit his aunt at the sect, and then return to the Valley.
• Tang Hao privately hoped Tang San would earn the Clear Sky Sect’s inherited Soul Bones and grow strong enough to help reunite their family.
• Two days later, Tang San carried the still-recovering Tang Hao toward Sunset Forest.

Tang San reached the Clear Sky Sect and confronted its members over their resentment toward Tang Hao, then proved his strength to Seventh Elder. Tang Xiao accepted him into the sect, though Seventh Elder required him to fulfill Tang Hao’s promise by killing a Spirit Hall Titled Douluo.

• Tang San reached the Clear Sky Sect by following Tang Hao’s hidden route past Spirit Hall’s surveillance and met Tang Long at the guarded entrance.
• Tang Xiao tested Tang San with his pressure, while Tang Yuehua calmed his killing intent and welcomed him; Tang Xiao told him he could stay if he passed the elders’ test.
• At the sect assembly, Tang San rebuked the disciples for blaming Tang Hao and challenged the sect to face Spirit Hall, offering the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s Inner Core to make amends.
• Seventh Elder challenged Tang San to fight at peak Spirit Emperor strength without using spirit skills, and Tang San defeated him after a fierce battle.
• Seventh Elder accepted Tang San’s strength but demanded he fulfill Tang Hao’s promise by killing a Spirit Hall Titled Douluo; Tang Xiao then formally allowed Tang San to remain in the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Hao returned to Ah Yin and prepared to strip away a Soul Bone to expel his stagnant blood, while Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo waited nearby for the chance to take the poisoned Lead Box and kill him. The chapter ended with Tang Hao severing his left leg and Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo heading toward the waterfall after a bird detected the soul fluctuations.

• Tang Hao visited Ah Yin, told her of Tang San’s growth, and decided to stay with her.
• Lin Manshan learned that Tang Hao had returned to the waterfall and persuaded Dugu Bo to wait nearby rather than attack him directly.
• Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo traveled to a valley near the waterfall and hid in a cave, waiting for Tang Hao to act.
• After nearly a month, Tang Hao severed his left leg, expelled stagnant blood, and began treating the wound while sacrificing his lowest-age Soul Ring.
• A bird detected Tang Hao’s soul fluctuations, and Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo flew to the waterfall and waited for him to open the Lead Box.

Tang Hao discovered that the Blue Silver Emperor and its Soul Bone were gone, then succumbed to Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo’s ambush. Lin Manshan collected Tang Hao’s Soul Bones, while a man in white observed his death and considered the newly marked Spirit Master’s future.

• Tang Hao severed another limb to remove two Soul Bones, then opened the lead box and learned that the Blue Silver Emperor and its Soul Bone had already been taken.
• Tang Hao realized he had been poisoned and rushed to leave the cave, hoping to protect Tang San from Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo froze Tang Hao with Time Stasis, and Lin Manshan struck him in the chest; Tang Hao’s poison consumed him as Lin Manshan watched.
• Lin Manshan collected Tang Hao’s Soul Bones, sealed the cave entrance, and left with Dugu Bo.
• A man in white observed Tang Hao’s death through a pool and reflected on the Divine Sense Mark borne by Lin Manshan.

Lin Manshan replaced Dugu Bo’s arm and old Soul Bone with Tang Hao’s inherited Right Arm Bone, then helped him absorb the remaining Soul Bones. Dugu Bo emerged stronger and younger, and they planned a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest to find Soul Rings for Zhu Zhuyu, Lin Manshan, and possibly the Bull Clan Leader.

• Lin Manshan learned Zhu Zhuyu had reached level 60 and promised to take her to obtain a Soul Ring.
• Lin Manshan gave Dugu Yan Tang Hao’s Head Bone to absorb, then severed Dugu Bo’s right arm and used Life Energy to attach the inherited Right Arm Bone.
• Dugu Bo asked Lin Manshan to remove his Soul Bone Skills before absorbing Tang Hao’s other Soul Bones.
• By the next morning, Dugu Bo had absorbed the Soul Bones, regained a youthful appearance, and reached level 95.
• Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo planned to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest to find suitable Spirit Beasts for Zhu Zhuyu, Lin Manshan, and the Bull Clan Leader.

Lin Manshan and his companions searched the Star Dou Great Forest for suitable Spirit Beasts, intending to strengthen themselves and their allies with powerful Soul Rings. After finding and avoiding a nearly ninety-thousand-year Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, they sensed three more Spirit Beasts near a river.

• Dugu Bo led Lin Manshan, Zhu Zhuyu, and Shui Chaozong to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhu Zhuyu absorbed a forty-thousand-year Cat Type Agile Spirit Beast's Soul Ring and reached Rank 64.
• At the edge of the Core Circle, Lin Manshan decided to seek the Thousand-Pound Ant Emperor Triplets for himself, Niu Gao, and Yang Wudi rather than risk confronting the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Lin Manshan searched the forest outskirts and sensed an unfamiliar Spirit Beast whose cultivation exceeded ninety thousand years.
• Lin Manshan identified the Spirit Beast as a Soul Devouring Spider Emperor nearing ninety thousand years and chose to avoid it, memorizing its location for a later hunt.
• Three days later, Lin Manshan stopped near a river after sensing three ninety-thousand-year Spirit Beasts.

Lin Manshan found a group of Thousand-pound Ant Emperors and planned to use pills to raise Spirit Beasts’ cultivation to one hundred thousand years, while discussing future cooperation with Spirit Hall. After Zhu Zhuyun became a Soul Sage, the group returned to the academy, where Lin Manshan resumed cultivation.

• Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo discovered three enormous Thousand-pound Ant Emperors, and Lin Manshan revealed his plan to refine pills that could raise Spirit Beasts’ cultivation to one hundred thousand years.
• Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo discussed gathering medicinal ingredients and seeking a partnership with Spirit Hall after Yang Wudi and Niu Gao became Title Douluo.
• Lin Manshan collected herbs, refined pills, and later took the women to Old Jack’s home for the New Year reunion.
• Zhu Zhuyun reached rank 70, and Dugu Bo led the group to the Star Dou Great Forest, where she obtained an eighty-five-thousand-year Soul Ring and a Soul Bone.
• Zhu Zhuyun broke through to rank 74 and became a Soul Sage at age twenty-five; Lin Manshan celebrated with her and the women before returning to cultivation the next morning.

Dugu Bo received a God Trial after breaking through to rank 96, and Lin Manshan identified its connection to the Divine Sense he had driven from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s pearl. They planned precautions for the dangerous trials, while Lin Manshan prepared to reach rank 70 and obtain his seventh Soul Ring.

• Dugu Bo told Lin Manshan that reaching rank 96 had triggered a God Trial demanding he kill marked Spirit Beasts and gather their Divine Sense.
• Lin Manshan connected the trial to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s pearl and explained that its Energy Crystal might have been intended for him before he rejected it.
• Lin Manshan warned Dugu Bo that the marked Spirit Beasts could be powerful, mutated, and dangerous opponents, and Dugu Bo agreed to prepare carefully before entering the trial.
• Lin Manshan proposed asking Platinum Bishop Salas to obtain Spirit Beast records from Pope Bibi Dong so Dugu Bo could study possible weaknesses.
• Lin Manshan said he expected to reach rank 70 by the end of the month, and Dugu Bo left to prepare their allies for the hunt for Lin Manshan’s seventh Soul Ring.

Lin Manshan broke through to level 70, and Niu Gao reached level 90 after absorbing Dugu Bo’s Soul Bone, prompting the academy’s strongest lineup to depart together. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu speculated that Lin Manshan was researching a way to help Spirit Beasts break through the hundred-thousand-year barrier, and Spirit Hall prepared to assist him.

• Lin Manshan reached level 70, while Niu Gao absorbed Dugu Bo’s Right Arm Bone and broke through to level 90.
• Dugu Bo, Lin Manshan, Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, Shui Chaozong, and Shui Ziliu quietly left the academy, leaving Bai Xue in charge.
• Ning Fengzhi worried that Dugu Bo might reach level 95 and that his own ties to the Clear Sky Sect had undermined his relationship with Lin Manshan.
• Bibi Dong received Lin Manshan’s letter and speculated that he was researching a way to raise high-level Spirit Beasts to the hundred-thousand-year level.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to send Lin Manshan knowledge about Spirit Beasts, gather Medicinal Materials, and convene the Elder Council.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to help search for suitable Spirit Beasts and dropped his proposed test of Lin Manshan, while Bibi Dong said Spirit Hall should continue monitoring Tang Hao and his son.

Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo used red beads to help two Thousand-pound Ant Emperors advance, then lured the newly transformed brothers into accepting exploding bottles of blood-red liquid. The chapter ended with the two brothers screaming in pain as their golden defenses activated.

• Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo secretly fed two Thousand-pound Ant Emperors red beads, which rapidly raised their cultivation.
• The two Ant Emperors absorbed the beads for three days while Lin Manshan's group prepared to hunt them and discussed their weaknesses.
• The two brothers completed their transformations into Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, while their third brother remained behind.
• Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo returned and sent two small red bottles into the brothers' mouths.
• The bottles exploded, and the two brothers screamed as burning pain spread through them and golden light covered their shells.

Lin Manshan and his companions used Yangquan to weaken the Thousand-Pound Ant Emperor Triplets, allowing Niu Gao to claim a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone while Lin Manshan absorbed another ring. Lin Manshan finally awoke after a month of absorption, and Dugu Bo urged him to return and report how much stronger he had become.

• Lin Manshan's companions ambushed the Thousand-Pound Ant Emperor Triplets after Yangquan triggered their transformations, and Dugu Bo chased down the one fleeing toward the Core Circle.
• Yang Wudi and Lin Manshan disabled the two poisoned Ant Emperors, while Niu Gao and Lin Manshan killed them as Yangquan's heat weakened their bodies.
• Niu Gao absorbed a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and, at Lin Manshan's urging, began absorbing the matching Left Arm Bone as well.
• Lin Manshan absorbed his own hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring while Dugu Bo and the others guarded the site, and Niu Gao later completed his Soul Ring absorption and began absorbing the Soul Bone.
• After twenty days, Lin Manshan awoke from a month-long absorption, and Dugu Bo asked how much his strength had improved and urged him to return.

Lin Manshan absorbed the Thousand-pound Ant Emperors’ remaining essence, greatly strengthening his Eight Spider Lances and other Soul Bones. He arranged to track the surviving ant, then left the Star Dou Great Forest with his companions as it woke and began eating its dead brothers.

• Lin Manshan accepted the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone from Dugu Bo and learned that Niu Gao had reached rank 93 after absorbing his Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Lin Manshan used his Eight Spider Lances to drain the two Thousand-pound Ant Emperors’ corpses, raising the lances’ strength to the fifty-thousand-year level and strengthening his other Soul Bones.
• Lin Manshan speculated that the surviving Thousand-pound Ant Emperor could become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast by consuming its brothers, so he and the others marked it with mosquitoes using the Netherworld Technique Beast Taming Technique.
• Lin Manshan and his companions left the area, and the surviving Thousand-pound Ant Emperor woke and began devouring its dead brothers.
• Hours later, Lin Manshan and the others flew north on the Martial Soul Avatars formed by Shui Chaozong and Shui Ziliu.

Lin Manshan absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and helped Zhu Zhuqing reach level 65 before Dugu Bo began his God Trial. Dugu Bo defeated a fifty-thousand-year Ghost-faced Demonic Wolf and gained powerful improvements, then faced a new opponent when he agreed to continue.

• Lin Manshan absorbed the Thousand-pound Ant Emperor's Left Arm Bone, raising his Soul Power to level 77.
• Zhu Zhuqing broke through to level 60, and Lin Manshan and Shui Chaozong helped her obtain a Soul Ring and Right Leg Bone that raised her to level 65.
• Dugu Bo entered the Life and Death Arena for his God Trial and defeated a fifty-thousand-year Ghost-faced Demonic Wolf.
• The trial converted the wolf's strength, soul, and other qualities into energy that strengthened Dugu Bo's cultivation, body, Soul Bones, Soul Rings, Spiritual Power, and Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo eagerly accepted another challenge, then tried to retract his answer when a gigantic black-purple Spirit Beast appeared.

Dugu Bo defeated a series of increasingly powerful Spirit Beasts in the Evil God Trial, strengthening his Soul Rings, Soul Bones, cultivation, and Martial Soul before returning home. He planned to master his new power in seclusion, while Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo agreed to postpone settling their grudge with the Clear Sky Sect until the following year.

• Dugu Bo defeated a 65,000-year Death Spider Emperor, received a reward that strengthened his abilities, and returned to tell Lin Manshan about the trial space.
• After resting, Dugu Bo challenged stronger Spirit Beasts, broke through to Rank 97 and then Rank 98, and eventually defeated a Hundred-Thousand-Year Sea Dragon using Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well spring water.
• Dugu Bo absorbed the Sea Dragon's Energy Crystal, gained a red Soul Ring, and transformed his Martial Soul into a multicolored, six-attribute dragon he named the Evil Dragon.
• Dugu Bo returned to the room, reassured Dugu Yan, showed everyone his new strength, and said he would enter seclusion to master his Martial Soul.
• Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo agreed to focus on cultivation and obtaining Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings before confronting the Clear Sky Sect next year; Lin Manshan also resolved to keep watch on Tang San.

After leaving Clear Sky Sect, Tang San searched for Tang Hao, then headed into Star Dou Great Forest to find Xiao Wu. Lin Manshan secretly followed, planning to record Tang San’s meeting with Xiao Wu before killing him and capturing her, while Tang San slaughtered and devoured Spirit Beasts along the way.

• Tang Yuehua warned Tang San to put his safety first, and he left Clear Sky Sect under cover of night to seek Tang Hao at the waterfall.
• Lin Manshan told Dugu Bo he planned to record Tang San meeting Xiao Wu and wait for a chance to kill Tang San and capture Xiao Wu; he then left Tian Xing Academy alone to follow him.
• At the waterfall, Tang San found no sign of Tang Hao and went to ask the Blue Silver King whether it had seen him.
• After the Blue Silver King reported no humans nearby, Tang San considered devouring it later and set off to find Xiao Wu in Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang San killed and devoured numerous Spirit Beasts, including a group of Man Faced Demon Spiders, while Lin Manshan followed and absorbed the leftovers from his kills.
• Tang San reached level 66 and continued deeper into the forest as Lin Manshan pursued him.

Tang San reunited with Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest, and they set out for his valley together. Lin Manshan intercepted them on the way, captured Xiao Wu, and fought Tang San while the Asura God watched and wondered whether Lin Manshan was another God's protected successor.

• Tang San and Lin Manshan reached the Star Dou Great Forest's Core Circle, where Tang San reunited with Xiao Wu beside the lake and learned she had chosen to return with him.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San left the forest together, escorted out by the Titan Giant Ape, and traveled toward Tang San's valley.
• Lin Manshan intercepted Tang San and Xiao Wu in a rocky valley, and Tang San fled with Xiao Wu before Lin Manshan appeared in their path.
• Lin Manshan struck Tang San and knocked Xiao Wu unconscious, then stored her in a pouch as Tang San charged at him in rage.
• Tang San used Divine Slaughter's Domain and its Slaughter Assault against Lin Manshan, while the Asura God watched through his Divine Sense Mark and failed to penetrate Lin Manshan's protective energy.

Lin Manshan fought Tang San while the Asura God secretly enhanced Tang San and considered Lin Manshan as a possible God Trial heir. Tang San unleashed borrowed Asura Divine Power and escaped toward the City of Slaughter, leaving Lin Manshan injured and determined to wait for another chance.

• Lin Manshan attacked Tang San with shadow doubles and a powerful blade strike, but Tang San’s expanded Divine Slaughter’s Domain let him track Lin Manshan and evade the worst of the attack.
• The Asura God reviewed Tang Chen’s failure and Lin Manshan’s past, concluding that Lin Manshan had greater potential as an heir than Tang San.
• Lin Manshan overwhelmed Tang San and wounded him, but Tang San used the Asura Demonic Light and then the Nine Absolutes of Clear Sky to fight back.
• Tang San borrowed Asura Divine Power to repel Lin Manshan’s ultimate attack, then fled toward the City of Slaughter as Lin Manshan was injured by the clash.
• Lin Manshan cursed the Asura God, withdrew to recover, and vowed to wait; the Asura God ended his observation and left the great hall.