Chapter Summaries

Xu Xin revealed that the City of Slaughter was the Asura God's inheritance site and proposed making it Shadow Hall's trial ground. After explaining that its King of Slaughter, Tang Chen, was a failed inheritor under a soul beast's control, Xu Xin and the Silver Dragon King agreed to kill him, while she began suspecting Xu Xin was a contingency left by the Dragon God.

• Xu Xin identified the City of Slaughter as the Asura God's inheritance site and said Shadow Hall would claim it as a trial ground.
• Bibi Dong worried that the King of Slaughter could alert the Asura God, and Xu Xin revealed that the King was Tang Chen.
• Xu Xin explained that Tang Chen was controlled by a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and had already failed the Asura God Trial.
• The Silver Dragon King offered to kill Tang Chen, and Xu Xin agreed to let her do so and keep the corpse for a gift to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Xu Xin produced the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and the Silver Dragon King sensed divine power within it and wondered if Xu Xin was the Dragon God's contingency.

Xu Xin traded the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to the Silver Dragon King for three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, then took her and his companions to the City of Slaughter. He enveloped the city in the Ghost Shadow Kingdom’s black aura and transported it there, leaving the Silver Dragon King watching it coldly.

• Xu Xin explained that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was Poseidon’s inheritance token and agreed to give it to the Silver Dragon King in exchange for three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• The Silver Dragon King recognized the City of Slaughter’s Asura and evil auras, asked Xu Xin to bring her the Asura God inheritor, and returned to her true body.
• Xu Xin told the group that the City of Slaughter also held the Rakshasa God’s inheritance and said he would bring the city into the Ghost Shadow Kingdom.
• Xu Xin poured black aura over the City of Slaughter and Hell Road, then drew the aura back after it had enveloped the area.
• The City of Slaughter vanished with the King of Slaughter inside it and appeared in the Ghost Shadow Kingdom, where the Silver Dragon King stood watching it.

Xu Xin and his allies entered the City of Slaughter, where the Silver Dragon King forced the Nine-Headed Blood Bat King out of Tang Chen and killed Tang Chen. Liu Erlong absorbed the bat’s soul ring and soul bone, condensed a fire-attribute Soul Core, and the group prepared Tang Chen’s head and the Haotian Token as a gift for Tang Xiao.

• Xu Xin dispelled the mist around the City of Slaughter, and the Silver Dragon King used her divine power to force the Nine-Headed Blood Bat King out of the King of Slaughter.
• The Silver Dragon King and Di Qiuer repeatedly stabbed Tang Chen with their spears, killing him and leaving his head intact.
• Liu Erlong killed the helpless Nine-Headed Blood Bat King and absorbed its Hundred-Thousand-Year soul ring and torso bone.
• With Xu Xin’s guidance, Liu Erlong condensed a fire-attribute Soul Core, while Bibi Dong and Dugu Bo watched to learn from the process.
• The Silver Dragon King gave Xu Xin Tang Chen’s head and the Haotian Token to send as a gift for Tang Xiao.

Xu Xin took control of the City of Slaughter, assigned Liu Erlong to oversee it, and distributed valuable Soul Bones to Shadow Hall members and allied families. The chapter ended with Yu Xiao Gang beaten and rejected at a school gate while claiming to be friends with the principal.

• Xu Xin asked the Silver Dragon King about replacing Asura God's influence in the City of Slaughter, and she explained that its Dark Energy could create a Dark Domain and reset the Hell Road trials.
• Xu Xin put Liu Erlong in charge of the City of Slaughter and planned to turn Shadow Hall into a department that dealt with evil Soul Masters.
• Bi Ji delivered Soul Bones, and Xu Xin distributed them among Ah Yin, Dugu Xin, Ye Shengxin, Shadow Academy, and the allied families.
• Xu Xin encouraged the Shui, Huo, and Feng families to award a Soul Bone to whichever child had Innate Full Soul Power, and promised the elders would personally mentor such children.
• Yu Xiao Gang claimed to be a friend of the principal after a gatekeeper beat him, but the gatekeeper called him a fraud and shut the school gates on him.

Yu Xiao Gang arrived at Nuoding Academy and persuaded Principal Su to let him stay and teach only students he considered geniuses. The chapter left him settled at the academy while A Jing slapped the infant Tang San in Holy Soul Village.

• A gatekeeper refused Yu Xiao Gang entry until he displayed his level 29 Soul Grandmaster strength, then ran inside to alert Principal Su.
• Yu Xiao Gang met Principal Su, who welcomed him and arranged for him to teach at Nuoding Academy.
• Yu Xiao Gang insisted he would teach only geniuses and proudly claimed the title of Master.
• Principal Su let Yu Xiao Gang stay at the academy, where he avoided the troubles outside.
• In Holy Soul Village, A Jing slapped the crawling Tang San and blamed him for his father's abandonment.

A Jing abused Toad Tang San while he mistook her cruelty for a mother's love and blamed his absent father. She left him alive for now, but privately vowed to kill him someday, and Tang San continued to endure the beatings.

• A Jing slapped Toad Tang San and gave him only enough food to keep him alive, while he interpreted her treatment as love and blamed his father.
• A Jing left the house and told village chief Old Jack that she was struggling to raise Tang San alone; Old Jack sympathized and did not challenge her.
• After Old Jack left, A Jing returned inside and slapped Tang San again, then watched him fall asleep and briefly considered killing him.
• A Jing went out to find food, while Toad Tang San continued to endure beatings and direct his hatred toward his adoptive father.

Xu Xin prepared to hunt the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord and brought Bibi Dong and Di Tian through the Ghost Shadow Kingdom. Di Tian discovered how powerfully the realm suited him and quietly wished he could stay there.

• Shadow Hall expanded its academies, clinic, intelligence network, and other operations while Xu Xin focused on the Ghost Shadow Kingdom.
• Liu Erlong became the King of Slaughter, and Xu Xin continued trying to transform the Asura Divine Sword and defeat General Bart's statue.
• A Ninja Soldier reported that the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord's lair contained more than a dozen Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, so Xu Xin went to take Bibi Dong hunting after she reached level ninety.
• Xu Xin asked Di Tian to honor his promise and had him swear not to reveal what he saw before opening a gate to the Ghost Shadow Kingdom.
• Di Tian entered the Ghost Shadow Kingdom, felt drawn to its Dark Energy, and realized that cultivating there might help him reach the Million-Year level.

Xu Xin explained to the Silver Dragon King and Di Tian that soul beasts could not become gods unless the Dragon Clan revived and the Dragon God reappeared. The Silver Dragon King suspected Xu Xin was connected to the Dragon God, but he could not say when a new Dragon God would appear.

• Di Tian praised the strong darkness energy in Xu Xin's territory, and Xu Xin told him soul beasts could not become gods on Douluo Continent.
• The Silver Dragon King appeared and demanded to know why soul beasts were barred from godhood.
• Xu Xin recalled that the Dragon God had supposedly decreed soul beasts could not become gods until the Dragon Clan revived and the Dragon God reappeared.
• The Silver Dragon King inferred that Xu Xin might be connected to the Dragon God, while Di Tian wondered why the Dragon God had made that decree.
• Di Tian asked when the new Dragon God would appear, and Xu Xin said he did not know and that it depended on them.

Xu Xin, Bibi Dong, and Di Tian hunted powerful Soul Beasts on Sun Moon Continent so Bibi Dong could complete her second martial soul, then returned to Demonic Forest for Xu Xin’s Spirit Rings. The Evil Eye Tyrant confronted them after sensing the deaths of ten Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

• The Silver Dragon King sent Di Tian with Xu Xin and told him to follow Xu Xin’s instructions as they left the Ghost Shadow Kingdom for Sun Moon Continent.
• Di Tian swiftly captured a Hundred-Thousand-Year Man Faced Demon Spider, and Bibi Dong absorbed its red Spirit Ring into her Death Spider Empress.
• With the Ninja Soldiers guiding them, Xu Xin and Di Tian found more Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts for Bibi Dong, who absorbed their Spirit Rings and obtained a Six-Winged Purple Light Wings External Soul Bone.
• Bibi Dong completed her second martial soul’s Spirit Rings, reached level 99, and condensed a dark-attribute Soul Core while Di Tian studied the process.
• Xu Xin, Bibi Dong, and Di Tian returned to Demonic Forest to hunt Xu Xin’s Spirit Rings, where the Evil Eye Tyrant appeared and accused them of poaching.

Xu Xin and Di Tian prepared to face the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord after Xu Xin and Bibi Dong absorbed soul bones and Di Tian condensed a Soul Core. The chapter ended as Di Tian and the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord began fighting, with Xu Xin and Bibi Dong backing Di Tian.

• Di Tian killed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant, and Xu Xin's Ninja Soldier found a soul bone on its corpse.
• Di Tian captured another Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and gave it to Xu Xin, who absorbed its soul ring and reached level ninety.
• Xu Xin gave Bibi Dong soul bones to complete her set while Di Tian condensed a dark-attribute Soul Core.
• After more than a week of cultivation, Xu Xin remained at level ninety, Bibi Dong gained all six soul bones and Six-Winged Purple Light Wings, and Di Tian prepared to fight the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord.
• Xu Xin, Bibi Dong, and Di Tian confronted the Evil Emperor at his dwelling, where Di Tian challenged him and the two began exchanging blows.

Di Tian fought the Evil Emperor and won after their strongest attacks collided, though the Evil Emperor’s Spiritual Power injured him. Xu Xin approached the defeated Evil Emperor to claim it as his soul ring.

• Di Tian and the Evil Emperor exchanged attacks while Xu Xin and Bibi Dong watched and assessed the fight.
• The Evil Emperor unleashed Death Evil Eye, but Di Tian countered with Dragon Emperor's Break and forced it back.
• The Evil Emperor revealed its true form and used Light of Time and Space against Di Tian's Dragon God Claw.
• The collision injured both combatants, shattered the Evil Emperor’s true form, and left it defeated.
• Xu Xin approached the Evil Emperor and told it that becoming his soul ring would not disgrace it.

Xu Xin accepted the Evil Emperor’s sacrifice, gaining a golden soul ring, an almost eight-hundred-thousand-year-old skull soul bone, and Rank 98 Soul Power. He brought the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and the soul bone to the Silver Dragon King to check for any hidden dangers.

• Di Tian told the dying Evil Emperor that he came from Douluo Continent and served a god, then Xu Xin offered the Evil Emperor a chance to survive within the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• After Di Tian confirmed Xu Xin’s claim, the Evil Emperor agreed to sacrifice himself and condense a skull bone for Xu Xin.
• The Evil Emperor’s sacrifice gave Xu Xin a golden soul ring, the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord Head Soul Bone, and enough Soul Power to reach Rank 98, while his soul entered the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Xu Xin, Bibi Dong, and Di Tian could not sense the Evil Emperor’s soul in the Soul Tool, though Di Tian detected a similar aura.
• Xu Xin entered the Ghost Shadow Kingdom with Bibi Dong and Di Tian, then asked the Silver Dragon King to examine the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and soul bone.

Xu Xin secured the Evil Emperor’s recovery and negotiated with Di Tian before reorganizing Shadow Hall. He appointed Bibi Dong as the new Hall Master, while he became the first Great Enshrined.

• The Silver Dragon King found the Evil Emperor’s soul inside the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and approved his recovery in the Ghost Shadow Kingdom’s Dark Energy.
• Xu Xin left the Evil Emperor to recuperate, absorbed his skull bone, and agreed that Di Tian could later use the Ghost Shadow Kingdom to subdue the Demonic Forest.
• Xu Xin gathered Shadow Hall’s members in the Worship Hall, where nine statues stood above their matching seats.
• Xu Xin relinquished the Hall Master position and announced that Bibi Dong would take over, then became Shadow Hall’s first Great Enshrined.
• Bibi Dong revealed ten vivid red spirit rings, astonishing the assembled members, who paid respect to her and Xu Xin.

Xu Xin reorganized Shadow Hall, appointed Bibi Dong as its new Hall Master, and gave Di Qiuer the Manny Mask. Di Qiuer summoned Mantis Soldiers and became Shadow Hall’s sixth elder, while Xu Xin kept the final mask’s nature secret.

• Xu Xin planned to turn the original Shadow Hall into a private residence and assigned Ah Yin, Bi Ji, and Qiu'er roles in managing Shadow Academy.
• Xu Xin told the group that he and Bibi Dong had both reached level 99, prompting Liu Erlong and Di Qiuer to see Bibi Dong as a rival to surpass.
• Xu Xin gave Di Qiuer the Manny Mask, and she put it on and called out, "Turn the tide of the battle—open!!"
• Di Qiuer's mask summoned Mantis Soldiers, and Xu Xin named her Shadow Hall's sixth elder.
• Di Qiuer asked why Xu Xin had stopped her from choosing the final seat, and he said its Ghost Shadow Soldiers were unusually strong and difficult to deal with.

Xu Xin held Ah Yin’s wedding in Blue Silver Forest, then returned to Shadow Hall and entered the statue’s trial to pursue godhood. While Bibi Dong and Ah Yin hinted to Liu Erlong that she would need to take the initiative with Xu Xin, he fought the trial’s General Bart and decided to face General Manny and General Minta instead.

• Xu Xin told the new elders that character and loyalty mattered most, then discussed his wedding plans with Ah Yin and Bibi Dong.
• Xu Xin brought Ah Yin and Bibi Dong to Blue Silver Forest, where the wedding preparations were ready for the ceremony three days later.
• The four Shadow Hall elders, Di Tian, and Zi Ji attended Ah Yin and Xu Xin’s wedding, which the Blue Silver King presided over.
• After spending a week in Blue Silver Forest, Xu Xin, Ah Yin, and Bibi Dong returned to Shadow Hall, and Xu Xin entered the statue’s trial as a level 99 Titled Douluo.
• Liu Erlong asked Ah Yin and Bibi Dong whether they had taken supplements, and they advised her that she would need to take the initiative with Xu Xin.
• Xu Xin struggled against the level 99 General Bart, gave up for the time being, and headed back to fight General Manny and General Minta.

After defeating General Bart and fully taking control of the Ghost Shadow Kingdom, Xu Xin discovered that Tara had left him a final trial to open the path to godhood. The chapter ended as Tara revealed that the trial had four stages, the first three requiring Xu Xin to defeat him.

• Xu Xin told Ah Yin, Bibi Dong, and Liu Erlong that General Bart had been his toughest opponent, then resumed his challenges.
• Xu Xin defeated General Manny and General Minta before fighting General Bart in the air and destroying him with a series of punches.
• The Ghost Shadow Kingdom trembled, and a statue of Tara appeared behind the throne as Dark Energy flowed into Xu Xin.
• Xu Xin entered the kingdom, removed the Silver Dragon King's remaining chains, and let her accompany him to Tara's statue.
• Tara told Xu Xin that he was the final trial leading to godhood and that its four stages were connected to the nine generals.

Xu Xin accepted Tara's inheritance challenge and learned that he had three years and monthly chances to defeat Tara in each of the first three trials. He lost his first spar almost instantly, realized he needed to develop his own Martial Arts, and began searching for an original path.

• Tara explained the trials and warned Xu Xin that failing to advance would leave him trapped at that level.
• Xu Xin told the Silver Dragon King that the Ghost Shadow Kingdom held a god's inheritance trial, and she decided to remain there and follow him.
• Xu Xin returned to Tara and challenged him in the first trial, where their strength was equal and Soul Power was forbidden.
• Tara defeated Xu Xin with a single punch and told him to return the following month.
• Xu Xin realized he had to innovate beyond Tara's Martial Arts and began reflecting on his past to find his own path.

Xu Xin searched for a fighting style that could help him defeat Tara, testing his strength in the City of Slaughter and sparring with powerful beasts. After a year of practice with the Silver Dragon King’s help, he was still preparing for his final trials against Tara.

• Xu Xin fought in the Slaughter Arena, killing every opponent with one punch and deciding the City of Slaughter was too weak to help him.
• Xu Xin sparred with Xiong Jun, using martial techniques to redirect his brute strength before agreeing to meet his punches head-on.
• Xu Xin trained with fierce beasts, then challenged Tara using brute force and was defeated after fifteen minutes.
• Xu Xin concluded that his path was to forget and fuse different approaches until his fighting style developed ideas of its own.
• Xu Xin trained and sparred with the Silver Dragon King, repeatedly challenging Tara as a year passed without defeating him.

After completing more of Tara’s trials, Xu Xin joined the Shadow Hall’s gathering to oversee four children’s Martial Soul awakenings. Feng Xiaotian, Shui Bing’er, and Huo Wu awakened powerful Martial Souls, while Ye Lingling began her turn at the crystal.

• Xu Xin left the Silver Dragon King behind and appeared at the Shadow Hall’s awakening ceremony.
• Feng Xiaotian awakened the mutated Gale Twin-Headed Wolf with Innate Full Soul Power.
• Shui Bing’er awakened the Ice Phoenix with Innate Soul Power at rank nine and a half, then went to Ah Yin.
• Huo Wu awakened the humanoid Fire Shadow Martial Soul with Innate Soul Power at rank nine and a half.
• Xu Xin called Ye Lingling forward, and she nervously approached the awakening crystal.

Ye Lingling awakened the Sacred Healing Begonia, and Xu Xin and his companions took the young prodigies as disciples and set expectations for their training. The chapter left Xu Xin discussing recent events with Bibi Dong, including Qian Xunji’s abuse of his family and Tang Xiao’s upcoming succession ceremony.

• Ye Lingling awakened the Sacred Healing Begonia with Innate Full Soul Power, and Bi Ji asked to take her as a disciple.
• Xu Xin offered Feng Xiaotian registered-disciple status on the condition that he reach Soul King by age twelve, while Ah Yin took Shui Bing'er as her disciple and Liu Erlong took Huo Wu as hers.
• Xu Xin gave Feng Xiaotian, Shui Bing'er, Huo Wu, and Ye Lingling Mysterious Water Pills and required their first soul rings to exceed seven hundred years.
• Xu Xin brought Bibi Dong and the others to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and said his current undertaking should be completed in two years.
• Bibi Dong told Xu Xin that Qian Xunji mistreated his wife and daughter, Ning Fengzhi had a daughter, and Tang Xiao would hold his succession ceremony in a week.