Chapter Summaries

Xu Yu completed the sacrifice of the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King, gaining powerful new abilities and a soul bone. The Bat King was reborn as a woman, and after Xu Yu stopped her from killing the Bloody Queen, she proved her identity in a very intimate way.

• Xu Yu absorbed the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King's sacrifice, reached Level Eighty-Three, and gained two soul skills.
• Xu Yu absorbed the Bat King's left-leg soul bone, reached Level Eighty-Five, and gained a clone skill and a powerful kicking technique.
• Blood Red was reborn in human form as a red-haired woman, and Xu Yu told her to check Tang Chen's body.
• Xu Yu stopped the Bloody Queen from taking Tang Chen's body, and Blood Red prepared to kill her before Xu Yu urged her to ask why she had done it.
• Blood Red questioned the Bloody Queen, then kissed and teased her until the Bloody Queen recognized her, while Xu Yu watched in disbelief.

Xu Yu left the City of Slaughter after securing Blood Red’s control of Tang Chen’s body and ordering Bloody Queen to maintain the city. He said goodbye to Hu Liena, then discovered a girl waiting for him outside as he departed.

• Blood Red kept a clone inside Tang Chen’s body, and Xu Yu left Tang Chen in the City of Slaughter as a potential trump card.
• Xu Yu sent Blood Red to his Spirit Ring and forced Bloody Queen to obey him and follow his rules for running the city.
• Xu Yu visited Hu Liena, who admitted no reason for sleeping in his bed before he told her he was leaving.
• Xu Yu saw Tang San in the slaughter arena but did not approach him, then left Hu Liena’s residence without being stopped.
• After Xu Yu left the city, a girl appeared by a stone pillar and teased him for looking disappointed.

Xu Yu said goodbye to Hu Liena, then returned to the Hell Road with Blood Red to rescue her remaining clanswoman, the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King. Blood Red learned that Xiao Lu had died, and Xu Yu proposed a sacrifice as the only way to free Xiao Jin from the Hell Road’s rules.

• Hu Liena confessed her love to Xu Yu, gave him a heart-shaped jade pendant, and asked him to meet her after she passed the Hell Road.
• Xu Yu left Hu Liena, switched places with his Blood Red Clone, and returned to the Hell Road.
• Blood Red told Xu Yu she wanted to take two clanswomen away, and they found the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King.
• The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King told Blood Red that Xiao Lu had been killed and that she had taken Xiao Lu’s place as an obstacle on the Hell Road.
• Xu Yu said the Hell Road’s rules could not be broken without god-level strength, then suggested that the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King sacrifice herself to a soul master.

Xu Yu helped the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King escape the Land of Slaughter by arranging her sacrifice to Hu Liena, then explored the Blood River before leaving for Heaven Dou City. He arrived at Skywater Academy to meet Shui Rou, where Blood Red immediately began touching her.

• Xu Yu persuaded the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King to trust him and sacrifice herself to Hu Liena, promising to preserve her consciousness.
• The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King sacrificed herself to Hu Liena, raising her Soul Power to level sixty-four, while Xu Yu vanished and the beast appeared on Hu Liena's leaf.
• Xu Yu collected the Blood River's poison, named it Mad Blood Poison, and left Hell Road after his clones were killed at the riverbed and he captured the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent.
• Xu Yu flew to Heaven Dou City with Blood Red and went to Skywater Academy to ask Shui Rou about preparations for water-element spirit masters.
• Blood Red began getting handsy with Shui Rou, and Xu Yu grew angry as he watched her touch his woman.

Xu Yu visited Shui Rou at Skywater Academy, then infiltrated the imperial palace with Blood Red to find Qian Renxue and recruit her as the source of sight for his illusions. After Ye Lingling spotted them, Blood Red diverted into the imperial harem while Xu Yu entered the Crown Prince’s Eastern Palace.

• Xu Yu and Blood Red entered Skywater Academy, where Blood Red startled Shui Rou before Shui Rou recognized Xu Yu and embraced him.
• Shui Rou told Xu Yu she had founded Ocean Academy with her savings and promised to hand it over to him once it was fully developed.
• Xu Yu left with Blood Red to seek Qian Renxue and Tang Yuehua, whom he believed could help complete the sight and hearing aspects of his illusions.
• Ye Lingling followed a strange pull to the imperial palace and discovered Xu Yu and Blood Red climbing over its wall.
• Xu Yu warned Blood Red not to cause trouble, but she went into Xue Ye’s harem while Xu Yu entered the Crown Prince’s Eastern Palace.

Xu Yu infiltrated Qian Renxue’s palace, subdued her, and used the Treasure Codex to make her accept a contract without understanding what it meant. He left after the contract took effect, regretting that his X-ray Vision could not see clearly.

• Blood Red knocked out the two Titled Douluo guarding the palace and threw them into the sewers.
• Xu Yu entered Qian Renxue’s room and accused her of being Xue Qinghe’s hidden beauty while concealing that he knew her identity.
• Xu Yu identified himself as Xu Yu of Spirit Hall and claimed he had come to repay Xue Qinghe for humiliating his family.
• Xu Yu pinned Qian Renxue against the wall and waited for the Treasure Codex to arrive.
• Xu Yu used the Treasure Codex to present Qian Renxue with a contract, then pressured her with the Brilliant Gold Scepter until she accepted it.
• The contract took effect, and Xu Yu released Qian Renxue and left the room.

Xu Yu found Blood Red in a secret tryst with Empress Zhang, then joined them in the palace before asking Blood Red about reaching a million years and summoning the Asura God. The next morning, Xu Yu left the palace with a golden token from Empress Zhang and continued on to his other plans.

• Xu Yu followed Blood Red's aura and interrupted her affair with Empress Zhang.
• Blood Red offered to find another imperial consort, while Xu Yu and Empress Zhang spent the night together.
• Xu Yu asked Blood Red how she could reach a million years and lure the Asura God's Divine Sense down, but she refused to help him farm the god.
• Empress Zhang gave Xu Yu a golden token before leaving, and Consort Wan woke with Blood Red and showed interest in Xu Yu.
• Xu Yu ignored Consort Wan's advances and vanished from the palace to attend to his important business.

Xu Yu proved to Bibi Dong that he and Rou were in a consensual relationship, though Bibi Dong remained furious with him. She ordered him to enter the City of Slaughter and bring Hu Liena a soul bone, leaving Xu Yu weighing what reward he might receive for the dangerous task.

• Bibi Dong demanded that Xu Yu prove he had not forced the women he had been seeing, threatening to punish him if he lied.
• Xu Yu summoned the Sky Water Dean, Rou, and brought her into a room to demonstrate their relationship to Bibi Dong.
• Rou reassured Bibi Dong that she and Xu Yu truly loved each other, and Bibi Dong stopped pursuing the accusation.
• Bibi Dong ordered Xu Yu to enter the City of Slaughter and bring Hu Liena a soul bone so she could attempt Hell Road with better odds.
• Xu Yu accepted the assignment but hoped Bibi Dong would offer him a reward, irritating her as he held Rou's hand.

Xu Yu persuaded Ye Lingling to let his First Healing Soul Ring attach to her Nine Heart Begonia, using the promise of Immortal Herbs and his strength to win her cooperation. The ring helped her break through to level fifty and began changing color, leaving Ye Lingling eager to learn what was happening.

• Xu Yu invited Ye Lingling to join him and promised to show her where to find Immortal Herbs if she stayed by his side.
• Ye Lingling hesitated until Xu Yu revealed his eight Soul Rings, including three 100,000-year rings, and asked her to consider his offer.
• Xu Yu asked Ye Lingling to let his First Healing Soul Ring absorb some of her Nine Heart Begonia's aura, and she accepted.
• Ye Lingling's level fifty bottleneck broke after the purple ring attached itself to her martial soul.
• Ye Lingling watched the ring darken beyond its original purple color, while Xu Yu read an ancient tome instead of explaining the change.

Xu Yu gave Ye Lingling the Aromatic Silk Beauty, an immortal herb he believed would improve her physique and Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul. Ye Lingling consumed it under his protection, and her skin began to glow as its effects took hold.

• Xu Yu reviewed how Ye Lingling’s control of his First Soul Ring created a healing effect that grew stronger as she advanced.
• Xu Yu gave Ye Lingling the Aromatic Silk Beauty and explained its poison-resisting properties and the benefits other immortal herbs had given the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Ye Lingling accepted the herb after Xu Yu promised to guard her and take her to Sunset Forest for a suitable soul ring.
• Ye Lingling ate the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and her skin began emitting a warm white glow as its fragrance mingled with her own.

Xu Yu discovered that Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia had gained a powerful ten-thousand-year healing Spirit Ring after she consumed the Aromatic Silk Beauty. He then traded with Dugu Bo for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, beginning to cure Dugu Bo in exchange for the garden and promising to cure Dugu Yan as well.

• Ye Lingling awoke with a twenty-five-thousand-year Spirit Ring, five additional Soul Power levels, greatly enhanced healing, and immunity to deadly poison.
• Xu Yu brought Ye Lingling to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and told her to cultivate there while he went to speak with Dugu Bo.
• Xu Yu revealed himself in Heaven Dou City, alarming the Titled Douluo there, and asked Dugu Bo for his Sunset Forest herb garden in exchange for curing him.
• Dugu Bo agreed to the trade on the condition that Xu Yu also remove the poison from Dugu Yan’s body, and Xu Yu accepted.
• Xu Yu used his eighth Spirit Ring’s detoxification Buff on Dugu Bo as the gathered experts watched his three 100,000-year Spirit Rings in shock.

After meeting Princess Xue Ke outside Moonlight Pavilion, Xu Yu used his camouflage ability to enter and found Tang Yuehua, whom he suspected had shared a night with him. He proposed a deal to improve her cultivation, and she immediately agreed.

• Xu Yu told Dugu Bo to bring his granddaughter to Moonlight Pavilion for detoxification and claimed Dugu Bo’s herb garden as payment.
• Princess Xue Ke asked Tang Yuehua for advice about her mother’s poor health, then left Moonlight Pavilion and bumped into Xu Yu.
• Xue Ke recognized Xu Yu as the man her father had once planned to marry her to, blushed, and hurried away.
• Xu Yu evaded the pavilion guards with his light-based camouflage and entered Tang Yuehua’s resting room.
• Tang Yuehua recognized Xu Yu from their past encounter by hearing his faint heartbeat, though she avoided explaining how she knew him.
• Xu Yu offered Tang Yuehua a deal to help raise her cultivation so she could serve as the host for his improved hearing, and she accepted.

Xu Yu secured Tang Yuehua’s agreement to help him in exchange for acting at his beck and call, then left Skywater Academy and returned to Spirit City. Bibi Dong sensed his arrival and was shocked when his aura suddenly doubled, unable to see through his strength.

• Xu Yu promised Tang Yuehua he could end the pursuit of Tang Hao and revoke Spirit Hall’s arrest warrant within five years, and she agreed to his demand that she be at his beck and call.
• Tang Yuehua asked Xu Yu to prove his sincerity before fulfilling their terms, so he formed a contract with her and demonstrated her sound-imitation ability before vanishing.
• Xu Yu spent time with Shui Rou at Skywater Academy, then told her he was leaving that night.
• Xu Yu returned to Spirit City by switching places with his clone and brought Black Silk out of the Ruyi Bag of Treasures.
• Bibi Dong sensed Xu Yu approaching Spirit City, found she could no longer gauge his level, and was stunned when his aura doubled.

Xu Yu followed Bibi Dong from the Pope’s Palace to Spirit Hall’s thriving industrial district, where he discovered that she had helped foster sweeping reforms and a growing economy. Their visit ended with Xu Yu stunned by a train racing past them.

• Xu Yu gave Black Silk a Soul Tool parasol and dressed her in a Gothic Rose-style outfit before bringing her to the Pope’s Palace.
• Bibi Dong asked Xu Yu to show his Divine Slaughter’s Domain and arrange to escort Hu Liena when she left the Hell Road; Xu Yu agreed after she threatened him.
• Xu Yu used his Spirit Bone ability to evade Bibi Dong’s grab, then revealed that his Soul Power had reached level eighty-five.
• Bibi Dong took Xu Yu through Spirit City’s industrial district, where he saw a self-sustaining economy built alongside her reforms.
• Xu Yu saw a train speed across the plain and stared at Bibi Dong in disbelief.

Bibi Dong inspected Spirit Hall’s high-speed rail project while the Ninth Elder proposed a university to train promising talent. Xu Yu grew close to his teacher during the patrol, and Bibi Dong caught them behaving intimately, leaving her feeling like an outsider.

• Bibi Dong showed Xu Yu the high-speed rail and warned him not to damage it.
• Xu Yu reunited with the Ninth Elder, and Bibi Dong encouraged her to pursue her work and lead the railway inspection.
• The Ninth Elder reported on the railway’s progress as the three flew along the tracks, and Xu Yu supported her when she grew tired.
• The Ninth Elder proposed a university with separate academies, and Bibi Dong enthusiastically backed the plan.
• Bibi Dong turned around and saw Xu Yu feeding the Ninth Elder a banana as she rode on him, leaving Bibi Dong speechless.

Xu Yu and Bibi Dong discussed Spirit Hall’s plans to conquer the Heaven Dou Empire and cooperate on its future rule. Bibi Dong assigned Xu Yu to lead the Hunting Operation and promote her faith, while claiming the new school’s top positions for herself.

• Bibi Dong sent the Ninth Elder away, then told Xu Yu to wait until the Hunting Operation to move against the Heaven Dou Empire’s resisting sects and seize the capital during its upheaval.
• Bibi Dong said Spirit Hall would leave the Clear Sky Sect alone for now because someone opposed attacking it.
• Bibi Dong appointed Xu Yu commander-in-chief of the Hunting Operation and asked him to help gather faith for her path to godhood, promising him power and a possible post as prime minister.
• Xu Yu agreed to cooperate and proposed publicizing Bibi Dong’s achievements and establishing a school, but Bibi Dong made herself its first principal and named the school Douluo Central First School.
• Xu Yu privately resolved to keep soul beast contracts from Bibi Dong, then received three hundred-thousand-year summoned beasts from her before she left to pursue unification.

Xu Yu brought Rou to see Xiao Wu in the dungeon and discussed rescuing her. Xiao Wu learned of the rescue plan and mistakenly believed Tang San had arranged it.

• Xu Yu concealed Rou in his domain and agreed to let her see Xiao Wu, while warning her not to delay deciding about Er Ming.
• Rou explained that Xiao Wu had been named Wu and that transformed soul beasts grew up like human children.
• Xu Yu refused to get involved in Rou’s concerns about Tang San and said he would part ways with Xiao Wu after rescuing her.
• Xu Yu, Rou, and Black Silk reached Xiao Wu’s cell, where Rou told Xiao Wu about the rescue plan.
• Xiao Wu was delighted and assumed Tang San had sent Xu Yu to save her.

Xu Yu agreed to help Rou rescue Xiao Wu and return her safely to the Star Dou Great Forest in exchange for a valuable secret. Rou then seduced Xu Yu inside his domain, while Black Silk searched for them outside the cell.

• Black Silk set out a chair for Xu Yu and massaged him while Rou and Xiao Wu talked.
• Rou told Xu Yu that Da Ming and Er Ming had met Xiao Wu five years earlier and left a coded message that would make Er Ming trust him.
• Rou asked whether Xu Yu could be trusted, then offered him a secret more valuable than a 100,000-year Spirit Ring and soul bone if he rescued Xiao Wu, spared Er Ming, and returned them to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xu Yu agreed to Rou's conditions and helped her up after she knelt before him.
• Rou pressed Xu Yu against a tree in his domain and seduced him.
• Black Silk heard sounds from the empty cell and wondered where Xu Yu and Rou had gone.

Xu Yu left Rou’s cell with a secret letter and planned to combine the Hunting Operation with Xiao Wu’s rescue to strengthen his control over Spirit Hall. He then ordered Blood Red to retrieve Tang San from the City of Slaughter, leaving his plans dependent on her return.

• Xiao Wu called through the wall to check on Rou, then angrily cursed Xu Yu when she suspected he had harmed her mother.
• Xu Yu left Rou dressed and covered in a blanket, took Rou’s secret letter, and returned to the surface with Black Silk.
• Xu Yu decided to advance the Hunting Operation and use it as cover to remove Xiao Wu through an underground passage and blame Heaven Dou Empire’s sect forces.
• Xu Yu contacted Blood Red through his eighth soul ring and asked whether her avatar in the City of Slaughter could communicate directly; she said it could not.
• Xu Yu ordered Blood Red to bring Tang San out of the City of Slaughter without letting him obtain Divine Slaughter’s Domain, and she agreed to return in one month.

Xu Yu returned to Suotuo City, left Black Silk in Bibi Dong’s care, and reunited with Ah Yin and A Lan in Contract City. A Lan noticed that Xu Yu’s aura resembled Moss Head’s, leaving Xu Yu wondering about his own origins and the connection between them.

• Bibi Dong examined Black Silk’s Hellflower martial soul and offered to help her grow, but Black Silk refused to betray Xu Yu, whom she had acknowledged as her master.
• Xu Yu returned to Suotuo City and sent Old Bi to deliver a letter to the two Kings of the Forest, leaving them free to decide whether to visit Contract City.
• Xu Yu found Ah Yin managing Contract City and saw her switch places with A Lan after she noticed him.
• A Lan greeted Xu Yu affectionately, complained about being bored and useless, and remarked that his aura was becoming like Moss Head’s.
• Xu Yu wondered about his connection to Moss Head and the Chaos Ancient Tree, and decided he would seek Moss Head in the Star Luo Empire.