Chapter Summaries

After Xiao Xuan absorbed the remnant will of the Asura God and the Asura Domain, Hell Road collapsed and he escaped Slaughter City. Ghost Chrysanthemum Douluo found him and prepared to flee when the King of Slaughter emerged, but the King seemed too distracted to pursue them.

• Ghost Chrysanthemum Douluo waited outside Slaughter City for Xiao Xuan, then sensed a tremor coming from Hell Road.
• Xiao Xuan emerged as Hell Road and Slaughter City collapsed after the Three Illusion Gods consumed the Asura God's remnant will and the Asura Domain.
• Xiao Xuan met Ghost Chrysanthemum Douluo, who celebrated his return and prepared to take him back to Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Xuan warned Ghost Chrysanthemum Douluo that the King of Slaughter might retaliate for the destruction of his territory.
• The King of Slaughter burst from the ruined mountain, but he roared and struck himself without paying attention to Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Xuan and Ghost Chrysanthemum Douluo discovered that the King of Slaughter was the possessed body of Tang Chen, whose final struggle ended in his death. The weakened Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King then attacked Xiao Xuan and tried to absorb the blood of its bat followers to regain strength.

• The Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King defeated Tang Chen in their struggle for control, erasing his last trace of origin.
• The King of Slaughter noticed Xiao Xuan and launched a blood spike at him, but Chrysanthemum Douluo blocked it while Ghost Douluo attacked.
• The King of Slaughter recognized Yue Guan and Ghostly Douluo, threatened them, and insisted that Xiao Xuan must die.
• Xiao Xuan warned the elders that the King of Slaughter was gathering blood to restore his strength.
• The King of Slaughter summoned his bat followers, which detonated and sent a torrent of blood toward him.

The King of Slaughter revived himself by absorbing blood, forcing Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to restrain him while Xiao Xuan prepared to attack. Xiao Xuan revealed his strengthened Three Illusion Gods and powerful new soul rings, and he wondered whether devouring more divine power could raise them to hundred-thousand-year rings.

• The King of Slaughter absorbed blood from the battlefield to restore his strength and block Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo's attacks.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo activated the Two Extremes Stillness Domain, freezing the King of Slaughter and the Blood River so Xiao Xuan could strike.
• Xiao Xuan summoned his newly solidified Three Illusion Gods and moved behind the immobilized King of Slaughter to attack.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo noticed that Xiao Xuan had reached Soul Emperor and that his soul rings now ranged from six thousand to fifty thousand years old.
• Xiao Xuan considered whether absorbing more gods, Divine Souls, or Domains could evolve his ten-thousand-year soul rings into hundred-thousand-year ones.

Xiao Xuan and Ghost Chrysanthemum Douluo defeated the King of Slaughter, and Xiao Xuan claimed his first Titled Douluo kill. After they left Slaughter City, Xiao Wu remained hidden nearby, wondering when she would see Xiao Xuan again and whether her mother could be resurrected.

• Xiao Xuan used the Giant Soldier's Sacred Hand while Ghost Chrysanthemum Douluo immobilized the King of Slaughter with the Two Extremes Stillness Domain, and they battered him to death.
• Ghost Chrysanthemum Douluo asked Xiao Xuan about the missing Killing God Domain, but Xiao Xuan pretended not to know what had happened to it.
• Ghost Chrysanthemum Douluo collected Tang Chen's soul bones, buried his body, and marked the grave with his name.
• Xiao Xuan and Ghost Chrysanthemum Douluo left, while Xiao Wu stayed hidden in the mountains and wondered whether she would see Xiao Xuan again and whether her mother could be resurrected.

Xiao Wu recalled Xiao Xuan’s promise to resurrect her mother and set off for the Star Dou Forest with news about the Three Illusion Gods. Tang Hao and Tang San reached the ruined Slaughter City, where Tang Hao found a fresh grave bearing the name Tang Chen.

• Xiao Wu remembered that Xiao Xuan had promised to use Equipment Release and two other cards to bring her mother back, though the plan had no set timeline.
• Xiao Wu left Slaughter City for the Star Dou Forest to deliver information about the Three Illusion Gods and the news of her mother’s possible resurrection.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun traveled with Tang Hao toward Slaughter City, and Tang Hao warned Tang San not to interfere in its affairs.
• Tang Hao reached the outskirts of Slaughter City and realized that it had been devastated; Xiao Xuan and Xiao Wu had already left without meeting him.
• Tang San found Tang Hao staring at a fresh grave and read the name Tang Chen, wondering whether the dead man was a relative from the Clear Sky Sect.

After discovering that the grave held Tang Chen, Tang Hao canceled the trip to Slaughter City and arranged for Tang San and the others to leave. Tang Hao then searched the ruins for the divine inheritance he had hoped to claim or save for Tang San, but found it was gone.

• Tang Hao blasted open the grave and recognized the corpse as Tang Chen, then ordered Tang San to make a coffin and said they could not remain in Slaughter City.
• Tang Hao explained that Slaughter City had collapsed and that Tang Chen was both his grandfather and the former King of Slaughter.
• Tang Hao sent Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to return to Star Luo with the others, while Tang San was to carry Tang Chen’s coffin to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Dai Mubai promised to investigate Tang Chen’s death, and Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun kowtowed before the ancestor before departing.
• Tang Hao flew to the remnants of Hell Road and searched the buried magma for the divine inheritance, but found it was already gone.

Xiao Xuan returned to Spirit Hall after leaving Slaughter City, where Bibi Dong prepared to announce his new status. He revealed that he had gained the Illusion God domain rather than the Killing God Domain, leaving Bibi Dong’s plans momentarily upended.

• Xiao Xuan used the soul mark to observe Xiao Wu fleeing the King of Slaughter toward Star Dou Forest, then dismissed his sudden sneezing as coincidence.
• Xiao Xuan recalled how Ning Rongrong had confessed that Qian Renxue secretly funded her as a spy, but she had refused to betray him and planned to ask his forgiveness.
• Xiao Xuan returned to the Pope’s Palace, where Chrysanthemum Douluo hinted that Bibi Dong would make his master-disciple relationship public and name him Saint Son.
• Bibi Dong welcomed Xiao Xuan, praised him for obtaining the Killing God Domain, and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to prepare the announcement.
• Xiao Xuan corrected Bibi Dong and explained that he had obtained the Illusion God domain, which encompassed but was not limited to the Killing God Domain.

Xiao Xuan explained the power of his Illusion God Domain to Bibi Dong, who then formally named him Spirit Hall’s Saint Son and first successor. She announced the Soul Hunting Operation against the Seven Great Sects, placing Xiao Xuan in charge as preparations began for its launch in ten days.

• Xiao Xuan described how his Illusion God Domain amplified and evolved his abilities, and Bibi Dong believed his account.
• Bibi Dong brought Xiao Xuan to a council meeting attended by Spirit Hall’s senior figures.
• Bibi Dong announced Xiao Xuan’s appointment as Saint Son and the Pope’s first successor, and no one objected.
• Bibi Dong declared the Soul Hunting Operation against the Seven Great Sects and ordered preparations to begin immediately.
• Bibi Dong gave Xiao Xuan full authority over the operation and set its official launch for ten days later.

Bibi Dong appointed Xiao Xuan to lead the Soul Hunt Operation and brought him back to the Pope's Palace to stabilize the killing intent he had carried out of Slaughter City. While secluded, Xiao Xuan sorted through his rewards, including a second Dark Archmage component and an unactivated divine artifact called the Thousand Year Eye.

• Bibi Dong informed Spirit Hall's upper ranks that Xiao Xuan would lead the Soul Hunt Operation, citing Ning Fengzhi's request and Xiao Xuan's ties to several academies.
• Bibi Dong explained that Xiao Xuan was the best choice for the operation and said the meeting was a notification, not a discussion.
• Bibi Dong took Xiao Xuan to the Pope's Palace and told him to avoid Hu Liena and the other girls until his killing aura had stabilized.
• Xiao Xuan secluded himself, worked on controlling his killing intent, and began sorting through his Spirit Power Cards.
• Xiao Xuan found the Sealed Left Leg, giving him two of the five Dark Archmage components, and noted that he had yet to activate the divine artifact called the Thousand Year Eye.

After completing Slaughter City, Xiao Xuan obtained the Thousand Year Eye and learned that his next mission involved helping Qian Renxue seize the Heaven Dou throne and planting a seed in her body. He mastered his killing intent in seven days, then secretly used the artifact to read Bibi Dong’s feelings as he left her hall.

• Xiao Xuan activated the Thousand Year Eye, fused it with his eye, and discovered that his seventh-ring mission concerned Qian Renxue and the Heaven Dou Palace Coup.
• Xiao Xuan worried about how he could plant the Three Illusion Gods’ seed in Qian Renxue but decided he had time to find an opportunity.
• With the Three Illusion Gods’ help, Xiao Xuan stabilized his killing intent and mastered the Killing Intent Aura in seven days.
• Bibi Dong praised Xiao Xuan’s progress and told him to rest and rejoin Hu Liena and the others waiting outside.
• Xiao Xuan secretly used the Thousand Year Eye on Bibi Dong and learned that she felt motherly affection, envy, and some romantic liking toward him.

Xiao Xuan emerged from seclusion at Pope's Palace, reunited with Ning Rongrong, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing, and spent the evening with them. Ning Rongrong then confessed she wanted to explain why she had come to Spirit Hall and approached him, but Xiao Xuan revealed he already knew and invited the other two women to join them.

• Ning Rongrong, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing waited anxiously outside Pope's Palace while Chrysanthemum Douluo reassured them about Xiao Xuan's seclusion.
• Xiao Xuan came out of the palace, embraced Ning Rongrong, and reunited with Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo teased Xiao Xuan and the three women, then reminded him that another operation would take place in three days.
• Xiao Xuan and the three women shared a lavish dinner before returning home.
• Ning Rongrong approached Xiao Xuan in his medicinal bath to explain why she had come to Spirit Hall, and he said he already knew and called Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing inside.

Tang San returned to Clear Sky Sect seeking its support, but the elders rejected him and the Seventh Elder challenged him to a fight. Tang San learned that the elders were all Titled Douluos and, lacking his former advantages, was badly beaten in the arena.

• Tang San reached Clear Sky Sect and revealed his Clear Sky Hammer to gain entry.
• The elders refused to accept Tang San because of Tang Hao's past and the sect's losses.
• Tang Xiao tried to defend Tang San, but the Seventh Elder insisted on fighting him with ten percent of his strength.
• Tang San discovered that Clear Sky Sect had seven Titled Douluos and realized he lacked the strength and former advantages to defeat the Seventh Elder.
• Tang San accepted the challenge, and the Seventh Elder's attacks soon left him screaming and bleeding.

Xiao Xuan coordinated Spirit Hall’s operation against the Heaven Dou Empire and met Ning Fengzhi to arrange the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s defection. Ning Fengzhi began secretly evacuating the sect’s core members and assets, entrusting its future to Xiao Xuan and Ning Rongrong.

• Bibi Dong ordered Ghost and Ju to secure the operation and instructed Xiao Xuan to lead, while warning them to target the Heavenly Dou Imperial Family if an opportunity arose.
• Xiao Xuan assigned forces to monitor rival factions and prepare for action against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family and the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ning Rongrong brought Xiao Xuan through a hidden passage into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s castle, where Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo awaited them.
• Ning Fengzhi confirmed that the sect would secretly transfer one-tenth of its disciples and its irreplaceable assets to Spirit Hall, with the rest to follow later.
• Ning Fengzhi called the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Xiao Xuan’s dowry through Ning Rongrong and urged him not to disappoint them.

Xiao Xuan and Ning Fengzhi secured the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s future by moving its core disciples to safety and aligning with Spirit Hall. As the group prepared to attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family, Xiao Xuan revealed that he had information about the hidden Clear Sky Sect.

• Ning Fengzhi hinted that Xiao Xuan should work toward becoming Pope, while Xiao Xuan promised to try and urged him to join the operation with Chen Xin and Gu Rong.
• Ning Fengzhi led one-tenth of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s core disciples out through secret passages without alerting the sect.
• Xiao Xuan and Ghost Chrysanthemum Douluo met Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong in the forest and prepared to proceed to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family.
• Ning Fengzhi asked to persuade the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family to surrender, but Ghost Chrysanthemum Douluo explained that Spirit Hall needed to demonstrate its strength.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted the decision and felt relieved that his sect had been spared, then Xiao Xuan said he had intelligence about the Clear Sky Sect.

Xiao Xuan revealed that the Clear Sky Sect was hiding near Heaven Dou City and had seven Titled Douluo, prompting the group to postpone action against it. He then led Spirit Hall and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect forces to attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family, whose head realized the family was doomed.

• Xiao Xuan remembered that the Clear Sky Sect had secretly relocated and said that attacking it now would only alert its members.
• Xiao Xuan told Ghost Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ning Fengzhi's group that the Clear Sky Sect was hidden about three hundred li east of Heaven Dou City and had seven Titled Douluo.
• Ghost Chrysanthemum Douluo and the others agreed that Spirit Hall could not risk attacking the Clear Sky Sect yet and decided to focus on the operation underway.
• Xiao Xuan and the assembled forces joined the ambush around the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family's stronghold and prepared to seal it off.
• Yu Yuanzhen flew out of a secret chamber, saw Spirit Hall and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect forces surrounding the stronghold, and realized his family was doomed.

Spirit Hall’s forces defeated the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family in a swift assault, killing its patriarch and crushing its resistance. After the clan’s destruction, the Soul Hunting Operation moved from its deterrence phase to recruiting allies.

• Yu Yuanzhen failed to kill Ning Fengzhi and died after the seven Titled Douluo blocked his attack.
• Xiao Xuan used the Illusion God Domain to suppress the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family’s fighters and repel three Soul Douluo elders.
• Ghost Chrysanthemum Douluo killed the three elders who had attacked Xiao Xuan.
• Ning Fengzhi and the other Titled Douluo joined the fighting, quickly eliminating the clan’s powerful fighters to limit casualties.
• After half an hour, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family lay in ruins, and Spirit Hall began the next phase of the operation: recruiting allies.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family was discovered massacred, and the news threw the empire’s factions into alarm. At Moon Xuan, Tang San learned of the slaughter and urged Tang Yuehua to warn the Clear Sky Sect that Spirit Hall might target them next, while privately vowing to prove himself.

• Merchants arriving to pay tribute found the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family’s compound filled with corpses and fled to report the massacre.
• Heaven Dou City’s guards confirmed the slaughter, and the empire’s forces suspected Spirit Hall and Bibi Dong were responsible.
• Tang San read the report at Moon Xuan as Tang Yuehua urged him to notify Tang Hao and said she would inform the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Yuehua recalled how Tang San had lost to the Seventh Elder, injured him with a sneak attack, and left the Clear Sky Sect in disgrace.
• Tang San agreed to find Tang Hao, then asked about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and warned Tang Yuehua that its apparent safety might conceal involvement with Spirit Hall.
• Tang San urged Tang Yuehua to tell the Clear Sky Sect that it faced danger and needed him and Tang Hao to contribute.

Tang Yuehua left to warn Tang Xiao about Tang San, who abandoned Heaven Dou and joined Tang Hao in shifting their plans to the Star Luo Empire. Meanwhile, Xiao Xuan began recruiting the Elephant Armored Sect and the other Element Academies for Spirit Hall's plans.

• Tang Yuehua suspected Tang San resented the Clear Sky Sect and decided to report his condition to Tang Xiao.
• Tang San resolved to warn Tang Hao and flee to the Star Luo Empire, where they could support Dai Mubai's bid for the throne.
• Tang San and Tang Hao reunited with Yu Xiaogang and Dai Mubai, began investigating the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and accelerated Dai Mubai's campaign.
• Xiao Xuan went to Elephant Armored Academy to meet Hu Yan Zhen and enlist him in summoning the leaders of the other four Element Academies.
• Hu Yan Zhen assured Xiao Xuan that the academy leaders would arrive soon and had already agreed to join Spirit Hall.

Xiao Xuan met with the five great Element Academies’ leaders and arranged for them to relocate and join together under Spirit Hall’s support. He proposed forming the Illusion God Sect and Duel Academy, aiming to compete for an upper-three sect position in the Seven Great Sects ranking tournament.

• Hu Yan Zhen praised Xiao Xuan and welcomed the academy leaders who had agreed to join Spirit Hall.
• The heads and representatives of Sky Water, Divine Wind, Blazing Fire, and Thunder Academies arrived, with Thunder Academy represented by its vice headmaster.
• Xiao Xuan told the leaders to bring willing teachers and students to Suotuo City, where Spirit Hall had prepared a cultivation ground.
• Xiao Xuan proposed that the academies form a sect together and compete in the Seven Great Sects ranking tournament as one of the upper three sects.
• Xiao Xuan named the new sect the Illusion God Sect and its merged direct academy Duel Academy.

Xiao Xuan established the Illusion God Sect and Duel Academy, then began addressing Spirit Hall’s overlooked threats in the Heaven Dou Empire. He sent Hu Yan Zhen to test the Strength Clan’s stance and set out with Ghost Chrysanthemum Douluo to find Poison Douluo and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Xiao Xuan and Bibi Dong won the academy heads’ approval to form the Illusion God Sect and consolidate four academies into Duel Academy.
• Xiao Xuan decided to target the Strength Clan and Poison Douluo before they could become obstacles to Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Xuan ordered Hu Yan Zhen to seek out the Strength Clan and assess whether they would cooperate with Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Xuan told Ghost Chrysanthemum Douluo to monitor the other three single-attribute clans and asked the sects in the Star Luo Empire to watch its imperial family.
• Xiao Xuan and Ghost Chrysanthemum Douluo set out to locate Poison Douluo, who was hiding at Prince Xue Xing’s residence.