Chapter Summaries

Zhou Chen learned that thousands of Evil Soul Masters had escaped from the City of Slaughter, contradicting its supposedly unbreakable rule that entry was permitted but exit was not. He was left wondering how the escape had happened and how it had changed the original plot.

• Zhou Chen read the original Douluo Continent novel while Hu Liena gave him a massage.
• Xiao Chenyu arrived and reported that a second interrogation had revealed more than half of the six thousand Evil Soul Masters sent by the Holy Spirit Church came from the City of Slaughter.
• Hu Liena was shocked that Evil Soul Masters had escaped the City of Slaughter and resolved to inform Bi Bi Dong.
• Zhou Chen recalled that only those who cleared the Hell Slaughter Arena and escaped Hell Road could leave the City of Slaughter, yet more than three thousand Evil Soul Masters had escaped in recent years.

Zhou Chen investigated how the Holy Spirit Church obtained thousands of Evil Soul Masters and learned from Hu Liena that the Slaughter King had likely released them. He considered dealing with the ruler of the City of Slaughter, but Hu Liena warned him that the city’s restrictions and the Slaughter King’s overwhelming strength made that dangerous.

• Zhou Chen ordered Xiao Chenyu to investigate how more than three thousand Evil Soul Masters had escaped the City of Slaughter.
• Hu Liena explained that Spirit Hall had long supplied the City of Slaughter in exchange for keeping its prisoners contained.
• Hu Liena revealed that the Asura Council had been destroyed in a civil war over fifty years earlier and replaced by the Slaughter King.
• Hu Liena said the Slaughter King had coerced Spirit Hall for resources and likely released the Evil Soul Masters in cooperation with the Holy Spirit Church.
• Zhou Chen proposed dealing with the Slaughter King, but Hu Liena warned that the City of Slaughter blocked soul skills and its ruler might be a Level 99 Peerless Douluo.

Zhou Chen and Hu Liena discussed plans to deal with the Slaughter King before Hu Liena left for Spirit City to report to Bi Bi Dong. After seeing her off, Zhou Chen returned home and heard a woman call to him from above.

• Hu Liena offered to ask Bi Bi Dong and Spirit Hall to help Zhou Chen defeat the Slaughter King, but Zhou Chen privately decided not to rely on Bi Bi Dong.
• Hu Liena said she would return to Spirit City that day and invited Zhou Chen to visit her there, while he agreed only hesitantly.
• Zhou Chen escorted Hu Liena to the Heaven Dou Spirit Hall Holy Temple and arranged for Golden Crocodile Douluo to accompany her convoy.
• Zhou Chen and Hu Liena lingered together at Heaven Dou City's gate until Golden Crocodile Douluo persuaded her to depart.
• After returning home that night, Zhou Chen heard a woman above him invite him to keep her company.

Yu Tianmeng invited Zhou Chen to join her on the roof, where she admitted she was jealous of his time with Hu Liena and asked to play Truth or Dare. Zhou Chen confessed he had liked her since they first met, though Yu Tianmeng teased him that it had only been lust at first sight.

• Yu Tianmeng called Zhou Chen to sit with her on the roof and shared wine beneath the moon.
• Yu Tianmeng told Zhou Chen she was jealous after watching him spend the day with Hu Liena, while Zhu Zhuqing, Yan Zi, and Ling Ling watched from the city wall.
• Yu Tianmeng said the others had gone with Ye Lingling to the Crabapple Ye Residence, while she had stayed to keep Zhou Chen company.
• Zhou Chen comforted Yu Tianmeng, and she suggested they play Truth or Dare.
• Yu Tianmeng asked when Zhou Chen started liking her, and he said it was love at first sight; she teased that it had been lust at first sight.

Zhou Chen and Yu Tianmeng exchanged secrets about their Systems, and Yu Tianmeng described the dangerous sign-in mission that brought her to Heaven Dou City. The chapter ended with her saying she had to spend a day with the hibernating Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena at the bottom of the Lake of Life.

• Zhou Chen asked Yu Tianmeng about her life on Earth, and she said she had been a history graduate student.
• Yu Tianmeng deduced that Zhou Chen’s System grew stronger through spending money, and Zhou Chen accidentally confirmed it.
• Yu Tianmeng promised to keep Zhou Chen’s System secret and revealed that she had a Sign-in System.
• Yu Tianmeng recounted earning her Silver Dragon Spear and other rewards by completing sign-ins across Douluo Continent.
• Yu Tianmeng explained that her current mission required her to find Gu Yuena beneath the Lake of Life and stay with her for a day.

Zhou Chen considered how Yu Tianmeng could complete her dangerous check-in mission at the Lake of Life, where the Seven Great Ferocious Beasts and the wounded Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena lived. He decided that negotiating with them might be possible and planned to take Yu Tianmeng to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Zhou Chen realized Yu Tianmeng could not safely complete her mission at the Lake of Life by relying on strength alone.
• Zhou Chen assessed the power of the Seven Great Ferocious Beasts and learned that Gu Yuena, the Silver Dragon King, was hidden with them.
• Zhou Chen reasoned that Gu Yuena and the ferocious beasts might be persuaded through negotiation because they had their own needs.
• Yu Tianmeng teased Zhou Chen about his interest in Gu Yuena, and Zhou Chen told her he planned to take her to negotiate with the Silver Dragon King.

Zhou Chen proposed using Spirit Hall to threaten Gu Yuena with revealing the Silver Dragon King's hiding place, but Yu Tianmeng feared the danger and begged him not to risk it. Moved by his willingness to face that danger for her, Yu Tianmeng realized she loved him, performed a sword dance, and ended by declaring her devotion to him.

• Zhou Chen explained to Yu Tianmeng that they could use Spirit Hall to relay the Silver Dragon King's location to the God Realm and force Gu Yuena to negotiate.
• Yu Tianmeng worried that Gu Yuena might attack regardless and urged Zhou Chen to abandon the dangerous plan.
• Zhou Chen told Yu Tianmeng that he would take the risk for her, moving her to tears and making her realize she loved him.
• Yu Tianmeng performed a sword dance for Zhou Chen and recited, "May I be the star and you the moon, our radiance shining together night after night..."

Zhou Chen announced a plan to expand Purple Micro Palace by establishing all seven Big Dipper Guards and growing each to at least a thousand members. He appointed commanders for three new Guards and left the female-only Guards’ leadership to his own arrangements.

• Zhou Chen summoned Xiao Chenyu, Wang Sheng, Marx, Qin Ming, and Lin Yang to discuss Purple Micro Palace’s lack of mid- and low-level soul masters and the threats posed by rival powers and the Holy Spirit Church.
• Zhou Chen ordered the full establishment of the Big Dipper Seven Guards, with at least a thousand members in each Guard.
• Zhou Chen kept Wang Sheng and Xiao Chenyu as commanders of the Tian Shu and Tian Ji Guards and said he would choose commanders for the female-only Tian Xuan and Yao Guang Guards.
• Zhou Chen appointed Marx to command the Tian Quan Guard, which would investigate and discipline members of Purple Micro Palace.
• Zhou Chen appointed Lin Yang to command the Yu Heng Guard, which would imprison and execute enemies of Purple Micro Palace.
• Zhou Chen appointed Qin Ming to command the Kai Yang Guard, responsible for recruiting and training newcomers until they reached Soul King level.

Zhou Chen assigned the Big Dipper Seven Guards a three-year recruitment and training goal, promising God Crystal and divine relics to help them build seven thousand Soul Kings. He then prepared to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest with Yu Tianmeng, leaving Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to command two guards and Zhu Zhuqing to protect them in Heaven Dou City.

• Zhou Chen ordered each division of the Big Dipper Seven Guards to exceed a thousand members and set Soul King cultivation as the requirement for official membership.
• Zhou Chen promised Xiao Chenyu and the other four a ton of God Crystal and nearly ten thousand divine relics, and they swore to complete the mission within three years.
• Yu Tianmeng told Zhou Chen that Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling wanted to join their trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhou Chen turned down Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling's request to travel with him and assigned them to command the Tian Xuan Guard and Yao Guang Guard.
• Zhou Chen told Zhu Zhuqing to stay in Heaven Dou City and protect the others while he and Yu Tianmeng traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest the next day.

Zhou Chen prepared to leave for the Star Dou Great Forest as friends and allies saw him off. Xue Ye gave him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud for protection, and Qian Renxue urged him to return safely before departing with the imperial party.

• Ning Fengzhi gave Zhou Chen a letter for Ning Rongrong and reminded him to greet Xue Ye, who had come to see him off.
• Xue Ye presented Zhou Chen with the Heaven Dou Empire's national treasure, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, as a protective gift.
• Zhou Chen accepted the divine artifact and thanked Xue Ye before the emperor returned to the palace.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, told Zhou Chen to be careful and called him distant when he addressed her as Crown Prince Your Highness.
• Zhou Chen embraced Qian Renxue and called her big brother-in-law, then released her as she hurried after Xue Ye's carriage.
• Ning Fengzhi told Zhou Chen that Xue Qinghe was a good child and encouraged them to get along.

Zhou Chen kept Qian Renxue’s identity secret while planning to use her cooperation to take control of the Heaven Dou Empire, then set out with Yu Tianmeng for the Star Dou Great Forest. At their night camp, Yu Tianmeng picked up the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Zhou Chen stopped her, fearing the Sea God’s divine consciousness would harm her.

• Zhou Chen assured Ning Fengzhi of his friendship but chose not to reveal that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue, since exposing her could bring Spirit Hall’s plans forward and disrupt his own scheme.
• Zhou Chen asked Zhu Zhuqing to protect Xue Ke, Yan Zi, and Ling Ling while he and Yu Tianmeng departed for the Star Dou Great Forest on a white cloud.
• After traveling more than three thousand li, Zhou Chen and Yu Tianmeng stopped at a mountain camp, where he prepared a roast suckling pig and told her it needed more cooking to kill parasites.
• Yu Tianmeng asked to see the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Zhou Chen summoned the azure artifact from its storage.
• Yu Tianmeng took the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and prepared to inject Soul Power, but Zhou Chen stopped her because the Sea God’s lingering divine consciousness might reject or endanger anyone other than Tang San.

Yu Tianmeng unlocked the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud’s abilities, but when she tried to bind it with her blood, the Sea God’s avatar appeared and attacked her. With Yu Tianmeng gravely injured and unconscious, Zhou Chen confronted the avatar with the Xuanyuan Sword.

• Yu Tianmeng activated the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and received information about its powers while Zhou Chen watched over her.
• Yu Tianmeng demonstrated the Shroud’s protective, invisibility, and immobilizing abilities, as well as its sea-only offensive skills.
• Yu Tianmeng cut her finger to make the Shroud recognize her as its master, and the artifact absorbed her blood.
• The Sea God’s golden avatar appeared, declared that anyone coveting the Sea God Godhood would die, and blasted Yu Tianmeng more than a hundred meters away.
• Yu Tianmeng fell unconscious with grave injuries, and Zhou Chen drew the Xuanyuan Sword and challenged the Sea God’s avatar.

Zhou Chen confronted the Sea God’s divine phantom after it threatened the woman he loved, summoning the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor Spirit and challenging the god to battle. The Sea God’s Unfixed Storm briefly restrained Zhou Chen, but the Xuanyuan Emperor Body broke the divine technique, leaving the clash poised to continue.

• Zhou Chen accused the Sea God of violating the God Realm Rules and swore to kill him for threatening his woman.
• Zhou Chen summoned the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor Spirit, whose golden radiance darkened the sky and shocked the Sea God.
• The Sea God transformed his armor, summoned an energy-formed Sea God Trident, and filled half the sky with azure light.
• The Sea God used the first of his Golden Thirteen Halberds, Unfixed Storm, to bind Zhou Chen before striking at his chest.
• Zhou Chen shouted for the binding to break, and the Xuanyuan Emperor Body released golden ripples that dispelled Unfixed Storm.

Zhou Chen fought the Sea God’s divine sense after it gravely wounded Yu Tianmeng, unleashing powerful techniques and forcing the Sea God back. The Sea God absorbed Zhou Chen’s attacks with Boundless Sea and hurled his trident at him with Gone Never to Return.

• Zhou Chen shattered the Sea God’s Unfixed Storm and survived the Sea God’s first attack, shocking the god.
• Furious over Yu Tianmeng’s injuries, Zhou Chen detonated his Fifth Soul Ring and struck the Sea God with Xuanyuan Sword Shatters the Sky, forcing him back at the cost of severe injuries.
• Zhou Chen followed with the Emperor Seal Technique, the Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger, and the Five Emperors Fist as Yu Tianmeng awoke and watched him fight.
• The Sea God used Boundless Sea to absorb Zhou Chen’s attacks, then hurled his trident at him with Golden Thirteen Halberds, Third Form—Gone Never to Return.

Zhou Chen unleashed a massive Xuanyuan Sword strike that shattered the Sea God's attack, then refused the Sea God's offer to stop fighting. Despite being nearly exhausted, Zhou Chen detonated another soul ring and began preparing his strongest technique, while the Sea God gathered water elements for a final counterattack.

• Zhou Chen's giant Xuanyuan Sword swept aside the Sea God Trident and crashed toward the Sea God, who countered with Sea's Sun; the attacks shattered in a clash that tore open spatial cracks.
• The Sea God, fearing his divine thought would collapse, offered to end the battle and give Zhou Chen the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Zhou Chen rejected the offer, vowed to destroy the Sea God's divine thought for hurting his woman, and detonated a third soul ring.
• Zhou Chen began using Xuanyuan Sword Unleashes to Slay Gods and Demons, filling the surrounding space with golden lightning and spreading spatial cracks.
• The Sea God summoned a hexagram halo and absorbed water elements from within a hundred li to prepare a final attack.

Zhou Chen used the Xuanyuan Sword to break Sea God's domain and defeat his divine sense avatar, but exhausted his power and fell from the sky. Yu Tianmeng caught him as they tumbled toward the ground.

• Sea God unleashed the Sea God Domain and resolved to kill Zhou Chen, fearing his ability to tear open space.
• Zhou Chen used the Xuanyuan Sword's Slaying Gods and Demons to split the Sea God Domain and the landscape beyond it.
• Zhou Chen crossed space and clashed with Sea God, whose final Golden Thirteen Halberds move failed to stop the sword strike.
• Zhou Chen pierced Sea God's chest with the Xuanyuan Sword, destroying the divine sense avatar.
• Zhou Chen lost consciousness and fell, and Yu Tianmeng flew to catch him.

The Sea God mourned the destruction of his Douluo Continent avatar and suspected a powerful deity was behind the mortal youth who killed it. Asura God confronted him in Sea God Hall and warned him not to interfere with the mortal world, leaving the two gods facing off.

• The Sea God learned that a mortal youth had slain his avatar with a golden sword and feared the weapon belonged to a powerful deity.
• The Sea God decided to have Bo Saixi investigate the youth and the deity behind him because he could not send another avatar to Douluo Continent.
• Asura God entered Sea God Hall after hearing the Sea God insult him and revealed that the God Realm Committee’s surveillance crystal had recorded the avatar’s destruction.
• Asura God warned the Sea God that any unauthorized return to Douluo Continent would violate the God Realm Rules and could earn him execution.
• The Sea God denied being intimidated, stepped before Asura God, and trusted his Super Divine Artifact and home-field advantage to let him contend with the God King.

Poseidon brooded over the rules that barred him from interfering in the mortal world, while Zhou Chen woke after seven days unconscious in a carriage with Yu Tianmeng. As they traveled back toward Heaven Dou City, Yu Tianmeng revealed that their coachwoman was Tian Ling and called her to meet Zhou Chen.

• Asura God warned Poseidon not to transmit divine power to the mortal world, reminding him that he had already violated the God Realm's rules.
• Poseidon restrained himself from descending to avenge his avatar but resolved to find another way to deal with Zhou Chen.
• Zhou Chen awoke in Yu Tianmeng's embrace and learned that he had been unconscious for seven days.
• Yu Tianmeng explained that she had turned back toward Heaven Dou City because Zhou Chen was unconscious and contacting their allies through Purple Micro Palace branches could expose them to spies.
• Zhou Chen agreed that Yu Tianmeng had acted prudently, then asked whether their coachman was reliable.
• Yu Tianmeng opened the carriage door and called for Tian Ling to stop and meet her brother-in-law.

Zhou Chen reunited with Yu Tianmeng and met her twin sister, Yu Tianling, as the three traveled toward Heaven Dou City. After Yu Tianmeng recounted how she and Tianling had cared for him while he was unconscious, Zhou Chen used his System to restore three of his soul rings.

• Yu Tianmeng introduced her aloof younger twin sister, Yu Tianling, to Zhou Chen inside the carriage.
• Yu Tianmeng explained that she had carried Zhou Chen to Barak City after his battle with the Sea God's avatar, where Tianling agreed to escort them toward Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Tianmeng described how Tianling had driven the carriage and handled camp chores during the seven days Zhou Chen remained unconscious.
• Yu Tianmeng worried that Zhou Chen's strength had suffered after he detonated three soul rings, and Zhou Chen assured her that his System could restore them for money.
• Zhou Chen spent Gold Yuan Points through his System, and three golden soul rings appeared around him.

After recovering his Soul Power, Zhou Chen diverted toward the Star Dou Great Forest and found a village devastated by bandits. As Yu Tianling struggled to face the carnage, Zhou Chen comforted her, then noticed a strangely shaped corpse.

• Zhou Chen recovered his Soul Power and told Yu Tianmeng to continue toward the Star Dou Great Forest instead of returning to Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Tianling spotted smoke rising from a silent village, and Zhou Chen used his Heavenly Vision Earthly Hearing Technique to see corpses inside it.
• Zhou Chen carried Yu Tianmeng and Yu Tianling to the village with Ground Shrinking Golden Light, where they found the villagers brutally slaughtered.
• Yu Tianling vomited at the sight of the bodies, and Zhou Chen and Yu Tianmeng let her endure her reaction before Yu Tianmeng supported her.
• Zhou Chen reassured Yu Tianling about her reaction but warned that a soul master had to face bloodshed, then noticed a strangely shaped corpse.