Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yun stayed at Zhu Family Manor, gave the steward a Mirror-Breaking Pill, and processed the Deep Sea Demon Whale Emperor's corpse in the Pagoda Space. After resting, he infiltrated the Star Luo Imperial Palace to search for its treasury and opened the entrance to a hidden passage.

• Xiao Yun arrived at Zhu Family Manor and learned that the head of the family had left for the border.
• Xiao Yun gave the steward a Mirror-Breaking Pill to help him break through to Soul Douluo.
• Xiao Yun went to Crescent Island and dismantled the Deep Sea Demon Whale Emperor's corpse, sorting its materials for Tian Meng to process.
• Xiao Yun returned to his guest room and rested before setting out for the Star Luo Imperial Palace in search of compensation for Dai Xiaozhao.
• Xiao Yun evaded the palace guards, found a concealed space beneath a stone hall, and followed a trap-filled passage to an iron door.
• Xiao Yun disabled the iron door's alarm with Cutting Sword Intent and opened it.

Xiao Yun infiltrated the Star Luo Imperial Palace treasury and took its stored riches, ores, weapons, herbs, spirit bones, and ancient treasures before leaving without a trace. The next morning, he departed after congratulating the butler on becoming a Soul Douluo, then returned to Years Manor, where Liu Erlong hurried to greet him.

• Xiao Yun collected the contents of the Star Luo treasury, sealed the jade cases of herbs, and restored the iron door before escaping the palace unnoticed.
• The next morning, Xiao Yun congratulated the butler on breaking through to Soul Douluo and left for Heaven Dou City.
• The butler watched Xiao Yun depart, confirmed his trail followed the wind, and sent word to the family head that Xiao Yun had visited.
• Xiao Yun avoided the flying patrols, opened a passage through Years Manor's barrier, and landed before his Hall of Time.
• Liu Erlong noticed Xiao Yun's arrival and rushed out of the study room to greet him.

After spending over a month refining the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and another month with the women at Years Manor, Xiao Yun received a message from Qian Daoliu. He brought Qian Renxue to Spirit City, where they headed to the Worship Hall to meet her grandfather.

• Xiao Yun reunited with Liu Erlong, then secluded himself to refine the Ten Thousand Souls Banner using the Deep Sea Demon Whale Emperor's soul as its first spirit.
• After completing the banner, Xiao Yun emerged to find the women waiting for him and joined them for a feast at the Hall of Time.
• Xiao Yun spent over a month at Years Manor keeping the women company.
• Qian Daoliu's message told Xiao Yun to bring Qian Renxue to Spirit Hall and said the investigation into the City of Slaughter had produced results.
• Xiao Yun and Qian Renxue flew to Spirit City, where guards directed them to the Worship Hall to meet Qian Daoliu.

Qian Renxue brought Xiao Yun to the Worship Hall, where the six Consecrators tested him with their combined pressure before Qian Daoliu introduced him as her chosen husband. The Consecrators learned the two had returned together, and Qian Daoliu invited Xiao Yun to sit while Qian Renxue stood beside him.

• Qian Renxue led Xiao Yun into the Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu and the six Consecrators were waiting.
• The six Consecrators unleashed their pressure on Xiao Yun, but he remained unaffected and dispersed their combined force with his Divine Sense.
• Qian Daoliu introduced Xiao Yun as Qian Renxue's chosen husband and admitted that he had not fully gauged Xiao Yun's strength.
• Qian Daoliu introduced the six Consecrators, and Xiao Yun greeted them respectfully.
• Qian Daoliu indicated a seat for Xiao Yun and called Qian Renxue to stand beside him.

Qian Renxue revealed her Soul Douluo strength to the Consecrators, while Xiao Yun asked Qian Daoliu for the City of Slaughter’s location and insisted he could handle its rules without his Martial Soul. Demon Subduing Douluo agreed to test Xiao Yun in a spar, and the group headed to the Training Ground to watch.

• Qian Daoliu examined Qian Renxue and praised her cultivation before inviting her to show her strength to the six Consecrators.
• Qian Renxue revealed her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and eight Spirit Rings, impressing the Consecrators; Qian Daoliu privately reassured Golden Crocodile Douluo about his future sacrifice.
• Xiao Yun asked Qian Daoliu whether he had confirmed the City of Slaughter’s location, and Qian Daoliu warned him about its dangers and restrictions.
• Xiao Yun told Qian Renxue he could manage the City of Slaughter without his Martial Soul, then offered to prove his claim to the Consecrators.
• Demon Subduing Douluo accepted Xiao Yun’s challenge and led him toward the Training Ground, with Qian Daoliu, Qian Renxue, and the other Consecrators following to watch.

Xiao Yun sparred with Demon Subduing Douluo using martial arts, then faced Thousand Jun Douluo in an armed combat test. He calmly redirected Thousand Jun’s staff strikes with an ordinary longsword as their weapon exchange continued.

• Demon Subduing Douluo tested Xiao Yun with increasingly fast, powerful unarmed attacks, but Xiao Yun blocked and evaded them without leaving a small area.
• Demon Subduing Douluo acknowledged Xiao Yun’s ability and ended their exchange.
• Thousand Jun Douluo volunteered to test Xiao Yun with weapons, and Qian Daoliu approved the match while warning him to control his strength.
• Thousand Jun Douluo entered the arena with a Coiling Dragon Staff, while Xiao Yun chose an ordinary longsword instead of his divine sword.
• Thousand Jun Douluo attacked with successive staff strikes, and Xiao Yun used his sword to redirect each blow away from its intended path.

Xiao Yun defeated Thousand Jun Douluo by cutting the Coiling Dragon Staff with condensed sword qi, proving he was ready to face the City of Slaughter. Qian Daoliu gave him a map to its temporary entrance and warned him to settle his affairs before leaving; afterward, he asked the Consecrators what they thought of Xiao Yun.

• Xiao Yun parried Thousand Jun Douluo's sustained staff assault, then used condensed sword qi to cut the Coiling Dragon Staff cleanly in two.
• Thousand Jun Douluo asked how long Xiao Yun could maintain his sword qi, then returned to the other Consecrators with his broken staff.
• Qian Daoliu gave Xiao Yun a map marking the City of Slaughter's current entrance and told him to arrive before the end of the month and settle his affairs first.
• Xiao Yun and Qian Renxue left the Worship Hall together, while the Consecrators bid them farewell.
• After Xiao Yun and Qian Renxue departed, Qian Daoliu asked the Consecrators what they thought of Xiao Yun, and Golden Crocodile Douluo praised his strength and talent.

Xiao Yun accompanied Qian Renxue to her former residence in Spirit Hall, where they unexpectedly met her mother, Bibi Dong, the Supreme Pontiff. Xiao Yun protected Qian Renxue and declared himself her future husband, then challenged Bibi Dong after learning who she was.

• Qian Daoliu heard the Consecrators' assessments of Xiao Yun and dismissed them from Worship Hall.
• Qian Renxue took Xiao Yun through her quiet former residence and its empty rooms.
• Qian Renxue and Xiao Yun encountered Bibi Dong in a secluded courtyard.
• Bibi Dong reached toward Qian Renxue, but Xiao Yun caught her wrist and stepped between them.
• Xiao Yun introduced himself as Qian Renxue's future husband, and Qian Renxue said she had chosen him herself.
• After Qian Renxue identified Bibi Dong as her mother, Xiao Yun questioned whether she could really be her mother.

Xiao Yun fought Bibi Dong in the Worship Hall after she attacked him for trespassing, while Qian Renxue watched anxiously. Xiao Yun gradually gained the advantage and challenged Bibi Dong over her treatment of Xiao Xue.

• Bibi Dong summoned her Martial Soul and cast a Spider Web over Xiao Yun and Qian Renxue, but Xiao Yun teleported them behind her and then moved Qian Renxue outside the courtyard.
• Xiao Yun used his staff to pull Bibi Dong toward him, but she anchored herself with Silk Rope and evaded his follow-up strikes before blocking one with her scythe.
• Bibi Dong accused Xiao Yun of trespassing, and he taunted her by claiming Qian Renxue welcomed him into her home and bed.
• Xiao Yun and Bibi Dong fought with the Divine Sword and Death Scythe for more than ten minutes as Qian Renxue watched, unsure whom to help.
• Xiao Yun increased the speed and force of his attacks, and Bibi Dong felt pressured as he questioned her right to interfere in Qian Renxue's life and called out her failures as a mother.

Xiao Yun confronted Bibi Dong about her neglect of Qian Renxue and her past with Yu Xiaogang, while sensing that the Rakshasa God had interfered with her feelings. He briefly stunned Bibi Dong and used natural divine power to disperse the black energy in her Rakshasa God inheritance, leaving her terrified that he was a god.

• Xiao Yun questioned Bibi Dong about how little she knew of Qian Renxue, then challenged her to explain her history with Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong defended Yu Xiaogang until she realized Xiao Yun was the one who had overturned his theories, while Qian Renxue learned that her mother had once loved him.
• Xiao Yun sensed divine interference in Bibi Dong's feelings and accused her of betraying Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji, and Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong unleashed her full Super Douluo pressure, drawing Qian Daoliu's attention as he flew toward the disturbance.
• Xiao Yun stunned Bibi Dong, teleported behind her, and used natural divine power to disperse the black energy in her Rakshasa God inheritance.

Xiao Yun rescued Qian Renxue from her confrontation with Bibi Dong and took her to a secluded hillside, where she opened up about her mother’s rejection and her past in Heaven Dou City. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue leaning against Xiao Yun as she quietly processed the painful memories.

• Xiao Yun immobilized Bibi Dong, then carried Qian Renxue away on his flying sword before the other Titled Douluos arrived.
• Qian Daoliu ordered the gathered Consecrators and Pope’s Palace elders to leave, while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo departed after Bibi Dong told them she was fine.
• Bibi Dong recovered, left the courtyard, and resolved to teach Xiao Yun a lesson the next time he came.
• Xiao Yun landed with Qian Renxue on a secluded hillside, where she told him that Bibi Dong had always rejected her and favored Hu Liena.
• Qian Renxue recounted how she had gone to Heaven Dou City, killed Xue Qinghe after her cover was exposed, and assumed the Crown Prince’s identity as part of Bibi Dong’s plan.
• Xiao Yun comforted Qian Renxue as she leaned against him and sat quietly with her memories.

Xiao Yun told Qian Renxue how Bibi Dong fell in love with Yu Xiaogang, was abused and confined by Qian Xunji, and eventually became Spirit Hall's pope after his death. Qian Renxue realized that seeing her reminded Bibi Dong of the chamber where Qian Xunji had assaulted her.

• Xiao Yun asked Qian Renxue whether she wanted to hear about Bibi Dong's past, and she said she needed to understand why her mother hated her.
• Xiao Yun explained that Bibi Dong was Spirit Hall's gifted Saintess who fell in love with Yu Xiaogang, but Qian Xunji threatened him until he left.
• Bibi Dong confronted Qian Xunji and tried to leave Spirit Hall, but he imprisoned and assaulted her, then used her pregnancy and Qian Renxue's birth to keep her there.
• Qian Renxue said Bibi Dong remembered the chamber whenever she saw her, and Xiao Yun continued by describing Qian Xunji's return from his battle with Tang Hao.
• Xiao Yun said Bibi Dong likely sabotaged Qian Xunji's treatment while caring for him, and Qian Daoliu concealed the truth so Spirit Hall and the Qian Family would not lose power.

Xiao Yun told Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji to begin the Rakshasa God's inheritance, and Qian Renxue chose not to confront her mother. The next morning, Xiao Yun told Liu Erlong, Tang Yuehua, Shui Ruoyan, and Yao Yuerou that he would travel to the City of Slaughter at the end of the month and left them in charge of the manor’s business while he was away.

• Xiao Yun explained that Bibi Dong had devoured Qian Xunji to complete the Rakshasa God's first trial, and Qian Renxue realized why Qian Daoliu had kept her away from Spirit City.
• Xiao Yun compared Bibi Dong to a Black Widow, but Qian Renxue said she did not want to pursue the matter or harm her mother.
• Xiao Yun and Qian Renxue flew back to Years Manor, where Qian Renxue stayed with him through the night.
• Xiao Yun told Liu Erlong, Tang Yuehua, Shui Ruoyan, and Yao Yuerou about the City of Slaughter and his plan to go there at the end of the month.
• Xiao Yun asked the four women to manage the manor and pill business and use its remaining income to buy metal ores while he was gone.

Xiao Yun prepared the manor for his absence and left for the Western Wilderness, entering a hidden valley that led to the City of Slaughter. He passed its guards and entered the city.

• Xiao Yun arranged to leave a soul tablet at the manor and asked the four women not to send anyone after him or reveal his destination.
• Xiao Yun spent the following days refining and storing pills while Liu Erlong, Tang Yuehua, Shui Ruoyan, and Yao Yuerou organized the manor and prepared supplies for him.
• The women and others gave Xiao Yun parting gifts and advice, and Qian Renxue silently watched him before leaving.
• On the morning of the twenty-eighth, Xiao Yun departed the manor on his flying sword and traveled west into the wilderness.
• Xiao Yun followed his map to a modified fissure and walked through it into a hidden valley filled with stone buildings and injured residents.
• Xiao Yun reached the City of Slaughter, passed its two guards, and entered.

Xiao Yun entered the City of Slaughter and learned he needed Blood Soul Coins to reach its core, so he registered to fight. After a gang tried to extort him, a seemingly helpful man lured him into a cave, where Xiao Yun uncovered a plot targeting a girl hiding inside.

• Xiao Yun learned that fighters earned Blood Soul Coins on the square’s platforms and registered under the name Xiao Huohuo.
• Four members of the Ghost Shadow Gang tried to extort Xiao Yun, but a square-faced man chased them off and offered him a safe place to hide.
• Xiao Yun followed the man to a cave, detected knockout drug in the air, and pretended to lose consciousness.
• The square-faced man returned with the four gang members and revealed they were trying to exhaust a girl’s Bewitching Incense so they could capture her.

Xiao Yun killed five murderous men who had come to seize the poisoned girl in the cave, then calmed her dangerous aura and renovated the cramped cave into a furnished abode. He left the girl resting safely inside and departed after finishing the cave’s entrance and protective door.

• Xiao Yun stopped the four lackeys and their square-faced leader from taking the girl, confirmed their murderous karma, killed them, and absorbed their souls into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• Xiao Yun found the frightened girl in the cave and contained her poison, then sealed her meridians and nourished them until she fell asleep.
• Xiao Yun expanded the cave and used Earth Release to create furnished inner and outer rooms, including a bed, bathroom, and living area.
• Xiao Yun cleared out the incense fumes and bodies, built a kitchen and dining room, and fitted the entrance with a heavy door bearing protective patterns.
• Xiao Yun checked the completed cave abode and left after confirming its door and protective measures worked properly.

Xiao Yun won ten consecutive arena matches and earned entry to the City of Slaughter's inner area, then returned to the Cave Mansion and was confronted by the girl he had healed. The chapter ended as he pushed her knife away and challenged her to acknowledge his help.

• A watcher was electrocuted when he touched the Cave Mansion door, while another stayed hidden nearby.
• Xiao Yun defeated Man-Eating Ghost by secretly tripping him into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, which absorbed his soul.
• Xiao Yun won nine more matches through seemingly lucky accidents and received one thousand Blood Soul Coins and an inner-area token.
• Xiao Yun returned to the Cave Mansion, noticed ashes outside and signs that someone had watched him, and entered without confronting the watcher.
• The girl held a knife to Xiao Yun's neck and accused him of entering her hiding place and moving her after knocking her unconscious.
• Xiao Yun explained that he had healed her wounds, then gently pushed the knife away.

Xiao Yun restrained Ling'er, learned that she had been born and raised in the City of Slaughter, and asked her to explain how the city worked. After hearing about its districts and the role of Yellow Springs Dew, he went to make food for the hungry girl.

• Xiao Yun disarmed Ling'er and used his spiritual power to hold her in place until she agreed to introduce herself.
• Ling'er told Xiao Yun that she was born in the City of Slaughter and had survived alone since fleeing her uncle at twelve.
• Ling'er explained that she had hidden in the cave after escaping the Ghost Shadow Gang, whose leader had tried to force himself on her.
• Ling'er described the city's three districts and explained how Arena matches earned Blood Soul Coins and Yellow Springs Dew.
• Xiao Yun considered how the city's deaths might strengthen the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, then went to the kitchen to make food after hearing Ling'er's stomach rumble.

Xiao Yun secretly installed the Ten Thousand Souls Banner beneath concealment, soul-absorbing, and protective arrays in the arena plaza, then returned to the cave mansion without waking Ling'er. The next morning, Ling'er shared blood-wheat bread with him and explained how newcomers arrived and how the Outer City was controlled and supplied.

• Xiao Yun cooked a meal for Ling'er, let her sleep in the inner chamber, and stayed in the outer room.
• After confirming Ling'er was asleep, Xiao Yun used the Invisibility Technique to reach the deserted arena plaza and set up three arrays around the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• Xiao Yun activated the arrays, confirmed they concealed and contained the banner, and returned to the cave mansion without waking Ling'er.
• The next morning, Ling'er served Xiao Yun blood-wheat bread she had made, and he ate it without complaint.
• Ling'er told Xiao Yun that newcomers appeared outside the Outer City each month, fought in the arenas, and were killed by Slaughter Guards if they caused trouble.
• Ling'er explained that Outer City residents obtained blood wheat from special shops supplied by monthly warehouse deliveries.

Xiao Yun toured the Outer City with Ling'er, watched the arenas feed souls into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and inspected the residential and commercial districts. At the Agricultural District, he discovered that the City of Slaughter grew blood wheat on corpses, with the crop's quality depending on the body beneath it.

• Xiao Yun watched arena fighters kill one another and confirmed that their souls were absorbed by the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• Ling'er guided Xiao Yun through the Outer City's distinct residential areas and crowded Commercial District.
• Xiao Yun noticed trained attendants guarding gambling and entertainment establishments but followed Ling'er past them.
• Slaughter Guards barred Xiao Yun from the Agricultural District without a token, and he sensed their unusual power.
• Xiao Yun used Divine Sense to discover that the blood wheat fields were fertilized with corpses and that the wheat's quality varied with the corpses.