Chapter Summaries

Tang San entered Slaughter City after learning that a God King ruled its territory, then discovered that the city was currently controlled by a New Slaughter King. He asked Black Qi to restore his strength so he could kill the strongest person there and seize control.

• Black Qi told Tang San that any Deity it remembered was at least a God King, and rejected Tang San's idea of inheriting the divine position.
• Tang San killed the Black Armor Knight with his Clear Sky Hammer and learned that Slaughter City used identity tokens and Bloody Mary, which was human blood.
• Tang San killed the remaining soldiers, devoured their flesh and souls, bottled their blood, and entered Slaughter City with the Black Veil Woman as his guide.
• The Black Veil Woman explained that the guards had taken control of Slaughter City and chosen a New Slaughter King after the Slaughter King disappeared.
• Tang San learned that the city's strongest person was a Level 85 Soul Douluo and asked Black Qi to restore his strength so he could kill that person and take over.

Tang San entered Slaughter City’s inner city after learning its rules and resolving to hide his strength from the Asura God. The chaotic, violent inner city thrilled him, and he saw it as a place where he could indulge himself.

• Tang San asked Black Qi whether he could use his soul skills, but Black Qi warned him not to attract the Asura God’s attention.
• Tang San questioned a woman about Slaughter City’s rules and asked her to take him to the inner city.
• The woman explained that inner-city newcomers rarely survived and that outer-city residents offered Bloody Mary to avoid entering; Tang San resented her warning and swore to prove himself.
• After half an hour, the woman led Tang San to the inner-city wall and told him to remain within five meters of her for safety.
• Tang San entered the inner city, encountered its frantic crowds and violent atmosphere, and felt excited by the chance to vent himself there.

Kong sought ways to help his wives become Deities without openly breaking the God Realm’s rules, then arranged for Snow Empress and Ice Empress to sacrifice themselves for Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er in exchange for resurrection. He traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to meet Gu Yuena and discuss a deal, and she ordered Di Tian to bring him in.

• Kong considered how his wives could become Deities while obeying the God Realm’s restrictions on bringing people into the God Realm.
• Kong asked Snow Empress and Ice Empress to sacrifice themselves for Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, promising to revive them as Deities afterward.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress agreed, and Kong said he would bring the sisters when they were strong enough to absorb the soul rings.
• Kong arrived in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Di Tian worried that his visit might endanger Gu Yuena and the soul beast race.
• Kong told Di Tian he had come to discuss something with Gu Yuena and would not reveal her whereabouts to the God Realm.
• Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to bring Kong to her.

Kong entered the Life Space to meet the injured Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena and discuss cooperation, while Di Tian and Bi Ji waited outside. After Kong encountered the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, he reached Gu Yuena and asked her to take human form, leaving their negotiations about to begin.

• Bi Ji asked Di Tian whether Gu Yuena would be safe, and he said she could kill Kong even while injured unless the five God Kings descended.
• Kong entered the Life Space, knowing Gu Yuena could defeat him in a one-on-one fight, but intending to seek help from someone deeper inside.
• Kong found the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm trapped in a golden formation and said he would try to discuss taking it away with the person inside.
• Kong met Gu Yuena in her dragon form and asked her to transform into human form so they could talk more easily.
• Gu Yuena transformed, and Kong praised her beauty.

Kong visited Gu Yuena in the Lake of Life and proposed that the Soul Beast Race provide soul rings for his wives in exchange for his help ending the God Realm's ban on soul beasts becoming gods. Gu Yuena agreed conditionally, leaving Kong to take the proposal to the other God Kings.

• At Kong's request, Gu Yuena took human form and asked why he had come to see her.
• Kong asked to cooperate with the Soul Beast Race and said he wanted the soul rings of the ferocious beasts under Gu Yuena's command for his wives.
• Gu Yuena asked what she would gain, and Kong offered to have the God Realm abolish its ban on soul beasts becoming gods and to revive any soul beast that sacrificed itself for his wives.
• Gu Yuena questioned whether the God Realm would accept the change and how it would respond if another soul beast reached the Dragon God's level.
• Kong said the strongest experts from each side could fight over future disputes and promised to raise the matter with the other God Kings if Gu Yuena agreed.
• Gu Yuena agreed to provide the soul rings if the God Realm abolished the ban and swore not to prevent soul beasts from becoming gods, and Kong left.

Kong returned from the Star Dou Great Forest and explained how the women could obtain soul rings and pursue godhood, including his plan to arrange god positions for them. Meanwhile, Tang San learned the rules of Slaughter City and found an unoccupied place.

• Kong told Ei and the other women that he had gone to solve their soul-ring issue and explained the limits on bringing people into the God Realm.
• Qian Renxue explained that few god inheritances remained on the Douluo Continent, and Kong offered to ask deities who wanted to leave the God Realm to pass on their positions.
• Kong urged the women to cultivate, and Ning Rongrong teased him with a suggestive remark that embarrassed the others.
• Tang San learned the rules of Slaughter City and found an unoccupied place.

Tang San survived the Black Veil Woman’s poison after Black Qi purged it, but Black Qi also cut off his manhood to prevent the poison from returning. Driven by grief and rage, Tang San began massacring Slaughter City, drawing the attention of three powerful Soul Masters in the former Slaughter King’s palace.

• Tang San killed the Black Veil Woman with his Clear Sky Hammer, then collapsed as her poison took effect.
• Black Qi purged the poison with its origin power and cut off Tang San’s manhood to prevent another poisoning.
• Tang San discovered what Black Qi had done and grieved, then redirected his fury toward everyone in Slaughter City.
• Black Qi urged Tang San to devour Slaughter City and grow stronger, and Tang San set out with a Soul Ring descending with every step.
• Three powerful Soul Masters in the former Slaughter King’s palace sensed the massacre, realized an outsider might be using Soul Skills, and went to investigate.

Tang San seized control of Slaughter City with Black Qi’s help and devoured its inhabitants, reaching Rank 90. The Asura God tried to stop him, but Black Qi brushed aside the divine attack, leaving Tang San one Soul Ring away from becoming a Titled Douluo.

• Tang San entered Slaughter City and declared that he would take it for himself.
• Tang San used his Clear Sky Hammer and Black Qi to kill the three rulers of Slaughter City.
• Tang San summoned the Fallen Ones and asked Black Qi to help absorb them quickly.
• Tang San announced that he wanted the crowd’s lives, and Black Qi unleashed black currents across Slaughter City.
• The Asura God sent an Asura Demon Sword to stop Black Qi, but Black Qi resisted and devoured every Fallen One.
• Tang San’s Soul Power reached Rank 90, leaving him one Soul Ring short of becoming a Titled Douluo.

Kong went to the God Realm Committee while the Five Great God Kings debated how to stop the darkness consuming Slaughter City and threatening the universe. He warned them that the universe’s first darkness could only be sealed, because killing it would ultimately bring forth an even stronger darkness.

• The Five Great God Kings discussed the darkness devouring Fallen Ones in Slaughter City and feared it would recover its peak strength and destroy the universe.
• Kong arrived at the God Realm Committee and asked what the God Kings were discussing.
• Asura God explained that the darkness had consumed countless Fallen Ones, and Kong asked whether Slaughter City had been destroyed.
• Kong relaxed when Asura God confirmed that Slaughter City still existed, since its Bloody Mary foundation remained intact.
• Kong questioned whether the God Kings could truly kill the darkness and explained that destroying the universe’s first darkness would lead to an even stronger darkness emerging.

Kong discussed the Black Qi threat with the God Kings, then asked them to abolish the rule preventing soul beasts from becoming gods. The God Kings agreed to consider the change, and Kong returned to the lower realm.

• Kong told the God Kings that the Black Qi could only be sealed, then joked that they could flee to another universe before agreeing to watch over it in Slaughter City from Douluo Star.
• The Goodness Goddess asked Kong to notify the God Kings if the Black Qi left Slaughter City, and he agreed to keep watch.
• Kong revealed that he wanted the God Realm to abolish the rule barring soul beasts from becoming gods.
• Kong argued that excluding non-human races was unreasonable and warned that blocking soul beasts from becoming gods could provoke their suppressed rage.
• The Five Great God Kings decided to consider Kong's request, and Kong returned to the lower realm.

Black Qi slaughtered Slaughter City and absorbed its inhabitants and the blood pool beneath Hell Road to recover its strength. After leaving the ruined city, it sent Tang San to locate the Clear Sky Sect so it could devour its powerful disciples.

• Black Qi overwhelmed the Fallen Ones in Slaughter City, revealed that it was the first darkness and first living being, and devoured everyone there.
• Black Qi reached Hell Road, absorbed the blood pool, and killed the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent when they confronted it.
• Black Qi asked Tang San whether he had living relatives, and Tang San suggested the Clear Sky Sect because his father had belonged to it.
• The Asura God looked down at Slaughter City from the God Realm and lamented that his inheritance ground had been destroyed.
• Black Qi returned control of the body to Tang San, told him to find the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang San quickly learned where its base was.

Kong arrived at Slaughter City and investigated the dried-up Hell Road pool, sensing the threat of the force that had drained it. Meanwhile, Tang San returned to the Clear Sky Sect and began devouring its disciples under Black Qi’s influence.

• Kong assigned divine positions to several women, then traveled to Slaughter City and found it deserted but intact.
• Kong examined Hell Road’s dried-up blood pool and recognized that the thing that had drained it could threaten even the God Realm.
• Tang San entered a Heaven Dou Empire village, identified himself as Tang Hao’s son, and agreed to let Clear Sky Sect disciples lead him home.
• On the way, Tang San told the disciples that Tang Hao was dead and avoided explaining how he had died.
• After the disciples showed Tang San the Clear Sky Sect’s mountain, he used Black Qi to devour them and felt his own power increase.

The women in Spirit Hall received divine inheritances, and Kong explained that he had chosen them to suit their martial souls. Meanwhile, Tang San attacked the Clear Sky Sect, where Black Qi killed the Seventh Elder and left the sect facing an overwhelming threat.

• Gods descended into Spirit Hall, granted the women divine inheritances and first trials, then departed after Ei told them to leave.
• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Shui Bing'er, Ning Rongrong, and the others compared their divine positions, and Ning Rongrong objected to receiving a second-level godhood.
• Kong explained that he had matched the inheritances to the women's martial souls, tapped Ning Rongrong on the head, and urged everyone to train for their trials.
• Tang San smashed open the Clear Sky Sect gate and caught an elder's hammer, then identified himself as Tang Hao's son to Tang Xiao and the gathered sect members.
• The Seventh Elder attacked Tang San, but Black Qi took control, shattered his Clear Sky Hammer, and pierced his body with a claw of Darkness Origin.

Tang San attacked the Clear Sky Sect to avenge his father and gain power, using Black Qi’s strength to overwhelm its elders. He activated the Barren Devouring Art and devoured everyone in the sect, reaching Soul Power rank 95.

• Black Qi took control of Tang San’s body, killed the Seventh Elder, and blocked the Second Elder’s attack with ease.
• Black Qi returned control to Tang San, who declared that he would devour the Clear Sky Sect and avenge his father.
• Tang San defeated the Second Elder with a single strike and sent Tang Xiao crashing into a mountain, leaving him unconscious.
• Tang San formed a massive Barren Devouring Art formation over the Clear Sky Sect and prevented its people from escaping.
• The formation devoured everyone in the Clear Sky Sect, raising Tang San’s Soul Power to rank 95.

Kong found the Clear Sky Sect deserted and left without intervening, while Tang San followed Black Qi to a cave near Holy Soul Village and devoured his mother Ah Yin’s Soul Power. He gained the Blue Silver Emperor, and the Silver Dragon King sensed the power awakening in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Kong saw the Clear Sky Sect’s ruins and left, believing Tang San and Black Qi were targeting places beyond Douluo Star.
• Black Qi told Tang San that Ah Yin, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, had been reduced to a Blue-Gold blade of grass after sacrificing herself for Tang Hao.
• Tang San broke open the cave and found Ah Yin, then began absorbing her Soul Power despite feeling her pain and struggling with his emotions.
• Tang San devoured Ah Yin’s remaining Soul Power, leaving her body lifeless and transforming his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul into the Blue Silver Emperor.
• The Silver Dragon King sensed the awakened power while recovering deep in the Star Dou Great Forest.

The God Realm Committee debated Raiden God King's request and agreed to abolish the rule preventing soul beasts from becoming gods. Soul beasts across the lower realms felt the restriction break, while Gu Yuena recognized that her race had regained a chance at the future and Kong received the committee's decision.

• Evil God King asked the other God Kings what they thought of Raiden God King's goal, and God of Destruction and Asura God argued that abolishing the rule would bring little benefit and could pose risks.
• Life Goddess and Goodness Goddess supported abolishing the rule, noting that few soul beasts knew of it and that Heavenly Tribulations already made their path to godhood extremely difficult.
• Evil God King secured the agreement of God of Destruction and Asura God, and the God Realm Committee abolished the restriction on soul beasts becoming gods.
• Di Tian and other soul beasts felt a shackle within them break, while Gu Yuena realized that soul beasts had a future again.
• Evil God King informed Kong of the decision as Kong played Landlord with Ei and the General, and Kong considered how the God Realm would help the others inherit god positions.

Tang San entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul beasts for his martial souls, but his attack on the Lake of Life’s occupants left him badly injured. Black Qi intervened, and Di Tian recognized its power as belonging to the universe’s first living being, leaving the forest’s fierce beasts fearful for Gu Yuena and the soul beasts’ future.

• Tang San arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest after devouring his mother and headed for the Lake of Life to obtain soul rings.
• Tang San attacked the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and three enormous ants, but their counterattack severely injured him.
• Tang San called for help, and Black Qi released its power to intervene.
• Di Tian recognized the aura as that of the universe’s first living being and warned the other fierce beasts of its terrifying strength.
• Di Tian urged the fierce beasts to wait and watch, believing Gu Yuena’s survival was essential to the soul beasts’ future.

Black Qi took control of Tang San and discovered the Silver Dragon King beneath the Lake of Life. Gu Yuena emerged to confront it, and the two prepared to fight over the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Black Qi empowered Tang San, who killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and the three ants.
• Di Tian refused to intervene, fearing Black Qi would discover the Silver Dragon King and their presence beneath the Lake of Life.
• Black Qi took over Tang San’s body after sensing something beneath the lake.
• The Silver Dragon King released her power and cleared the Black Qi from the sky.
• Gu Yuena identified herself as the Silver Dragon King, and Black Qi charged at her.

Gu Yuena fought Black Qi in the Star Dou Great Forest as gods and Soul Beasts watched, while Black Qi revealed a weapon bearing the Golden Dragon King's power. Kong judged that Gu Yuena would eventually lose if the battle continued without interference.

• Black Qi attacked Gu Yuena with Darkness Origin, and she countered with spiritual power as Di Tian warned that Black Qi could devour her and regain its strength.
• The Five Great God Kings watched the battle and agreed that they would intervene if Gu Yuena lost, while Kong, Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, and Yu Yuanzhen headed toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Gu Yuena summoned the Super Divine Artifact Silver Dragon Spear, and Black Qi formed a black dragon spear carrying the Golden Dragon King's power.
• The Five Great God Kings hurried toward the God Realm Central Hub after realizing Black Qi might have devoured the Golden Dragon King.
• At the forest's edge, Kong told Qian Renxue to wait, predicted that Gu Yuena would lose if neither side withdrew, and revealed that she was the Silver Dragon King.

Black Qi tried to persuade Gu Yuena to join it against the God Realm and humanity, revealing that it had caused the Dragon God's downfall. Kong appeared and reminded Gu Yuena of their agreement, while Black Qi warned that the God Realm could restore the rule barring Soul Beasts from becoming gods.

• Gu Yuena confronted Black Qi after learning it had devoured the Golden Dragon King in the God Realm Central Hub.
• Black Qi proposed that Gu Yuena join it to overthrow the God Realm and destroy humanity.
• Black Qi claimed the Dragon God had fallen because it had injected Darkness Origin Power into the Dragon God's body.
• Kong and the others appeared, and Kong reminded Gu Yuena that their agreement required her to stand with him now that Soul Beasts could become gods.
• Black Qi warned Gu Yuena that the God Realm could reinstate the rule preventing Soul Beasts from becoming gods.