Chapter Summaries

Wu Qi and Nether Panther Douluo entered Slaughter Town, where Wu Qi used his newly acquired Hundred Thousand Year soul abilities to defeat the ambushers and force open the tavern’s passage. Nether Panther Douluo left him to continue alone, and Wu Qi descended toward Slaughter City.

• Three fallen ambushed Wu Qi and Nether Panther Douluo, but Wu Qi used his Sixth Soul Skill to evade their attacks and kill them with his wings.
• Nether Panther Douluo collected the men’s blood as Wu Qi’s admission ticket, and they went to the tavern at the center of town.
• Nether Panther Douluo told Wu Qi that no one in the tavern was stronger than a Soul Saint, then vanished and left Wu Qi to proceed alone.
• When the tavern attendant refused to open the passage, Wu Qi used his skull bone skill, Illusion Space, to make the fallen slaughter one another.
• Wu Qi killed the last survivor and demanded entry, so the attendant opened the passage beneath the counter.

After Wu Qi entered Slaughter City, the Slaughter Envoy explained its rules and warned him about its dangers. Wu Qi chose to enter the Hell Slaughter Arena immediately, even as the Slaughter Envoy described how its strongest fighters could be targeted by everyone.

• Nether Panther Douluo confronted the Slaughter Envoy and secured Spirit Hall's promise to deliver food in exchange for the Slaughter King allowing Wu Qi's trial to proceed.
• The Slaughter Envoy met Wu Qi in the passage, explained that Soul Ring skills were forbidden but Soul Bone skills could be used, and warned him to keep any Soul Bones concealed.
• The Slaughter Envoy led Wu Qi through the outer city, where residents survived by supplying Bloody Mary, and advised him to adapt before entering the arena.
• Wu Qi refused to wait and asked to enter the Hell Slaughter Arena that day.
• In the inner city, the Slaughter Envoy pointed out a fighter being besieged and asked Wu Qi whether he still wished to compete.

Wu Qi entered the Hell Slaughter Arena, watched a match, and won his first competition by defeating a nine-win contestant. Meanwhile, Qian Gu Changkong and Chen Ping arrived at Spirit Beast Town and hired a local hunting group for information.

• Wu Qi collected blood, registered for the Hell Slaughter Arena, and watched contestants fight as the Slaughter Envoy reported his arrival to the Slaughter King.
• Wu Qi refused to join a group against a nine-win contestant, killed a woman who approached him, and defeated the remaining burly man to win his first match.
• The Slaughter King told the Slaughter Envoy to keep an eye on Wu Qi and follow Spirit Hall's arrangements.
• Wu Qi left the arena without being attacked and chose a house in the inner city.
• Qian Gu Changkong and Chen Ping arrived at Spirit Beast Town and asked a local soul beast hunting group for information, agreeing to pay for it.

Qian Gu Changkong and Chen Ping gathered information about Clear Breeze Stronghold, while the Shrek group returned to Heaven Dou City and found their academy abandoned. They decided to seek Lady Yuehua’s help in finding Flender.

• Qian Gu Changkong paid a spirit-hunting team member ten Gold Soul Coins for information and learned that Clear Breeze Stronghold had a Soul King chief, though the young man could not provide its location.
• After half a month on the road, the Shrek group returned to Heaven Dou City and endured residents’ criticism of their conduct in the Spirit Master Competition.
• Yu Xiaogang and the others found Shrek Academy overgrown and abandoned, and Liu Erlong sensed that Flender and the others were gone.
• Tang San sent Tailong and Taila back to their clan, while Oscar announced he would leave to train and promised to return for the Five-Year Agreement.
• Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Liu Erlong discussed visiting Moonlight Pavilion, where Lady Yuehua might know where Flender had gone.

Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong searched for a way to contact Tang Yuehua and treat Tang San, while Titan learned of Tang Hao’s death and reaffirmed his loyalty to Tang San. Titan arrived at Shrek Academy, where Tang San told him that Tang Hao’s training plan had mentioned Tang Yuehua.

• Yu Xiaogang proposed using academy funds or selling the grounds to arrange a meeting with Tang Yuehua, while Liu Erlong offered to seek help from her clan and he refused.
• Tailong and Taila returned to the Strength Clan and told Titan about Tang Hao’s death and Tang San’s cultivation problem.
• Titan rejected calls to cut ties with the Clear Sky Sect, vowed to support Tang San, and set out for Shrek Academy.
• Liu Erlong mistook Titan’s approaching Soul Power for a Spirit Hall attack, but relaxed when he arrived and confirmed Tang San was safe.
• Tang San told Titan that Tang Hao had left a training plan mentioning Tang Yuehua.

Titan revealed Tang San’s family history and urged him to meet Tang Yuehua to learn where the Clear Sky Sect lived and address his damaged meridians. At Moonlight Pavilion, Titan subdued noble youths who barred their way, and Tang Yuehua welcomed the visitors inside.

• Titan told Tang San that Tang Yuehua was his aunt and that his mother, Ah Yin, had been a transformed soul beast whose Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul Tang San had inherited.
• Titan explained that Tang Hao might have hidden Ah Yin’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and suggested Tang San investigate his childhood home after meeting Tang Yuehua.
• Tang San, Titan, and Yu Xiaogang went to Moonlight Pavilion, where Yu Xiaogang decided to accompany them and Tang San felt out of place among the nobles.
• A noble youth tried to drive the group away, but Titan released his Soul Douluo pressure and forced the youths to the ground.
• Tang Yuehua recognized Titan at the entrance and invited him, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang inside to talk.

Tang Yuehua learned that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and arranged a healer for him, while Chen Ping and Qian Gu Changkong prepared to investigate Clear Breeze Stronghold. The stronghold’s chief grew anxious about the stolen grain but did not know Spirit Hall had turned the bandit camp into a training mission.

• Tang Yuehua recognized Tang San as Tang Hao’s son after he revealed his martial souls, and Tang San explained how Spirit Hall had exposed him and Xiao Wu and attacked Tang Hao.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang Yuehua that Spirit Hall had damaged Tang San’s meridians and asked her to find a powerful Healing-Type Spirit Master to restore them.
• Tang Yuehua said the Clear Sky Sect elders still resented Tang Hao and arranged for Tang San to hide at a Moonlight Pavilion property while he awaited treatment.
• Chen Ping and Qian Gu Changkong disguised themselves and approached Clear Breeze Stronghold, with Qian Gu Changkong warning Chen Ping to retreat if anything went wrong.
• Gong Li Hai learned that two teenagers were asking about his stronghold and ordered his men to investigate their origins, fearing they had come over the stolen grain.
• Gong Li Hai did not know Spirit Hall had diverted the grain convoy to avoid Heaven Dou’s military drills and had left Clear Breeze Stronghold intact as a training mission.

Qian Gu Changkong attacked Clear Breeze Stronghold as Chen Ping supported him from the shadows, overwhelming its guards and confronting chief Gong Li Hai. The chapter ended as Gong Li Hai sensed hidden assistance during their clash and other chiefs rushed to help him.

• Qian Gu Changkong and Chen Ping scouted Clear Breeze Stronghold, and Qian Gu Changkong chose to harass its perimeter while Chen Ping supported him.
• Qian Gu Changkong destroyed a watchtower, then defeated the guards and wounded the two Soul Elders who led them.
• Gong Li Hai came out to negotiate, but Qian Gu Changkong refused and accused him of stealing from them.
• Gong Li Hai revealed his Soul King strength and attacked Qian Gu Changkong with his fifth Soul Skill, Giant Axe Cleaving Sky.
• Chen Ping used a defensive Soul Skill to protect Qian Gu Changkong as he countered with Coiling Dragon Breaking Army, and Gong Li Hai sensed someone was helping him.

Qian Gu Changkong and Chen Ping escaped Clear Breeze Stronghold after learning the bandits had stolen grain from a major power, then planned nightly raids to weaken them. In Slaughter City, Wu Qi faced a crowd of fallen ones who feared his growing strength, and his spirit bone skill revealed a new danger as they turned greedy.

• Qian Gu Changkong escaped Clear Breeze Stronghold with a smoke bomb, while Gong Li Hai told his chieftains that the stolen grain belonged to a major power.
• Gong Li Hai and the Third Chieftain decided to hold their position, gather information after dawn, and negotiate rather than flee.
• Qian Gu Changkong reassured Chen Ping and planned nightly feints and raids instead of a direct attack on the stronghold.
• Wu Qi noticed fallen ones following him from the Hell Slaughter Arena after he had earned fifteen consecutive victories.
• The fallen ones surrounded Wu Qi and attacked, but he used his Soft Bone Rabbit Left Leg Spirit Bone skill, Teleport, to kill several of them.
• The fallen ones realized Wu Qi had used a spirit bone skill, and their fear shifted to greed.

Wu Qi used his Soul Bones to survive a mass attack in Slaughter City, earning the feared title of the Hell King. He withdrew from the arena to address his growing killing intent, while the War God King decided to challenge him.

• Wu Qi activated his Blue Silver Domain and used Teleport and an illusion from his Spiritual Skull Bone to turn the Fallen’s attack into a chaotic melee.
• After the illusion weakened, Wu Qi killed the remaining attackers, leaving a hundred corpses and causing the survivors to flee in terror.
• Wu Qi returned home injured, used his Soul Bone and an Immortal Herb to recover, and decided to stop fighting in the Hell Slaughter Arena until he could control his killing intent.
• News of Wu Qi’s Soul Bones and victory spread through Slaughter City, and the Fallen began avoiding him and his matches.
• The War God King, a former prince of the Star Luo Empire with forty-nine consecutive victories, dismissed Wu Qi’s title and decided to meet him in battle.

After mastering the threshold of controlling his murderous aura, Wu Qi faced the War God King, who came to seize his possessions and challenge him. Wu Qi killed the War God King and left for the Hell Slaughter Arena as the fallen ones began spreading tales of his might.

• As rumors spread about Wu Qi’s absence, the War God King went to his residence to challenge him and claim his treasures.
• Wu Qi killed the War God King’s companion with his Crane Cloud Wings after she mocked his arena record.
• Wu Qi provoked the War God King until his accumulated murderous aura consumed his reason, then beheaded him with Teleports.
• Wu Qi moved into a clean room next door and tossed the War God King’s corpse into the street.
• When several fallen ones entered Wu Qi’s territory, his murderous aura made them collapse, and he left for the Hell Slaughter Arena.

Tang Yuehua arranged for Lin Xiu to heal Tang San’s meridians while keeping his identity concealed. After learning that Flender had left Shrek Academy without its funds, Tang San received money from Tang Yuehua and was told to wait for Tang Xiao.

• Tang Yuehua persuaded Lin Xiu to treat Tang San by offering Moonlight Pavilion’s protection and help resolving his conflict with the Elephant Armor Sect.
• Lin Xiu used his Healing Scepter alongside Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Skill to rebuild his meridians and restore his Soul Power circulation.
• Tang San concealed the Mysterious Heaven Skill from Yu Xiaogang and thanked Tang Yuehua for arranging his treatment.
• Tang Yuehua urged Tang San to cultivate his Twin Martial Souls and avenge Tang Hao, then told him that Flender had left with several Shrek teachers.
• Yu Xiaogang condemned Flender, while Tang Yuehua gave Tang San a Gold Spirit Card and said she had sent Tang Xiao a letter about him.

Tang San lived and trained at Shrek Academy while the Clear Sky Sect debated how to respond to Tang Hao’s death and whether to end its seclusion. The sect decided to avoid confronting Spirit Hall for now, but to prepare younger disciples for a future return to the continent by sending teams out to travel.

• Tang Yuehua gave Tang San one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and he devoted himself to cultivation while Yu Xiaogang studied Soul Master theory.
• Tang Xiao postponed reading Tang Yuehua’s letters as the Clear Sky Sect struggled with conflict over Tang Hao’s death.
• The Seventh Elder argued against seeking justice from Spirit Hall, while Tang Long urged the sect to speak out, reclaim Tang Hao’s inherited Soul Bone, and return to the continent.
• The Second Elder warned that the sect was not ready to challenge Spirit Hall and persuaded the younger disciples to wait until they were stronger.
• Tang Xiao agreed with the Second Elder and announced that the sect would arrange for a team to travel outside every two months.

Tang Xiao learned from Tang Yuehua’s letter that Tang San had regained his cultivation talent and decided to meet him after settling sect business. Meanwhile, Qian Gu Changkong confronted the corrupt and lazy staff at the Wangbei City Spirit Hall branch, ending with a furious denunciation of its officials.

• Tang Xiao discussed letting Clear Sky Sect disciples travel in small groups and arranged for Seventh Elder to secretly protect them.
• Tang Xiao read Tang Yuehua’s letter, learned that Tang San had regained his cultivation talent, and decided to meet him once he could leave the sect.
• Qian Gu Changkong and Chen Ping went to the Wangbei City Spirit Hall branch to seek help with their training mission.
• A deacon refused to summon the Hall Master until Qian Gu Changkong showed his Papal Order, prompting the Deputy Hall Master to receive him.
• Qian Gu Changkong entered the Hall Master’s office and berated the branch’s staff for neglecting their duties.

Qian Gu Changkong and Chen Ping arrived at Wangbei City's Spirit Hall and confronted its lax staff while seeking Hall Master Watt. After learning Watt had been investigating nearby bandit strongholds, Qian Gu Changkong gathered support to organize a coordinated suppression and assigned the Spirit Hall personnel their targets.

• Qian Gu Changkong threatened to dismiss Wangbei City's Spirit Hall leaders unless they found Hall Master Watt, prompting the deputy hall master to send out a search party.
• The stewards found Watt investigating the nearby bandits and hurried him back to Spirit Hall before Qian Gu Changkong's deadline expired.
• Chen Ping introduced Watt to Qian Gu Changkong, and the group clarified that the elder had come to address the bandit problem.
• Watt explained that attacking one stronghold alone would alert the others and said Papal Hall had ignored his requests for help.
• Qian Gu Changkong decided to gather personnel from nearby Spirit Halls, leave the City Lord Mansion's troops to guard the city, and divide the bandit targets between his group and Watt's staff.

Qian Gu Changkong, Chen Ping, and Watt led the Wangbei City Spirit Hall forces in a successful assault on Clear Breeze Stronghold, killing Gong Li Hai and capturing the stronghold. Five days later, Tang Xiao visited Tang Yuehua at Moonlight Pavilion and asked where Tang San was, but first discussed the Clear Sky Sect’s need to understand the continent.

• Qian Gu Changkong ordered Wangbei City's Spirit Hall deacons to join the bandit suppression operation and appointed Watt as its overall commander.
• Qian Gu Changkong, Chen Ping, and Watt surrounded Clear Breeze Stronghold, leaving an opening to encourage the bandits to flee rather than fight to the death.
• Qian Gu Changkong and Chen Ping fought Gong Li Hai while Watt faced the other Soul Ancestor experts, and Qian Gu Changkong killed Gong Li Hai.
• Qian Gu Changkong announced Gong Li Hai's death, and the remaining leaders who refused to surrender were killed after Qian Gu Changkong and Chen Ping joined Watt's fight.
• Qian Gu Changkong and Chen Ping turned all the stronghold's treasures over to the Spirit Hall, completed their training mission, and returned to Spirit City.
• Tang Xiao entered Moonlight Pavilion to ask Tang Yuehua where Tang San was, then agreed to discuss the Clear Sky Sect's decisions with her first.

Tang Xiao met Tang San, began teaching him the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, and set conditions for his future training. Tang San then left for Holy Soul Village with Titan to retrieve his mother's soul bone, while Seven Treasures Academy became Seven Treasures Royal Academy.

• Tang Yuehua proposed sending Clear Sky Sect disciples to the peaceful Western Territory, and Tang Xiao agreed.
• Tang Xiao visited Tang San at Shrek Academy, reviewed his cultivation plan, and said he would teach him the Clear Sky Hammer technique before allowing him to enter Slaughter City.
• Tang San told Tang Xiao he wanted to retrieve his mother's soul bone from their former home, and Tang Xiao left after Tang San began learning the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong went to the Strength Clan residence, where Titan warned that Spirit Hall might have prepared for them in Holy Soul Village and offered to accompany them.
• Tang San and his companions left Heaven Dou City discreetly for Holy Soul Village, while Seven Treasures Academy officially became Seven Treasures Royal Academy.

Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu prepared to leave the academy for training, while Tang San returned to Holy Soul Village with his companions to search for a Soul Bone his father might have left behind. They found nothing in Tang Hao's old blacksmith shop and set out to investigate the area where he had once fought Qian Xunji.

• Feng Xiaotian told Ning Rongrong that he, Huo Wu, and their companion were leaving to train in Hurricane Canyon, and Ning Rongrong invited them to a farewell dinner.
• Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Titan arrived near Notting City, and Tang San led them toward Holy Soul Village instead of returning to Notting Academy.
• Tang San's group met Old Jack, who guided them to Tang Hao's former blacksmith shop after Titan said he could use the forge.
• Tang San searched Tang Hao's room for a Soul Bone, but he and his companions found nothing.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested searching near the former battlefield where Tang Hao fought Qian Xunji, and Titan urged Tang San to cultivate nearby while they investigated.

Tang San and his companions discovered his mother’s Blue Silver Emperor growing behind a waterfall, and Tang San realized she had sacrificed herself and would not return to human life in his lifetime. Months later, the Golden Generation returned to Papal Hall, where Bibi Dong dismissed Yan and Xie Yue and focused on Hu Liena.

• Titan sensed a weakened Soul Power barrier behind the waterfall, and the group entered a cave they suspected might hold a Titled Douluo’s treasures.
• The group found only a Blue Silver Grass with golden patterns, and Titan identified it as the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Tang San dug up the Blue Silver Emperor, moved it into sunlight, and realized it was his mother.
• Titan stayed to protect Tang San while Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong searched nearby for Tang Hao’s traces and the missing Soul Bone.
• Months later, the Golden Generation returned from Lost Grand Canyon, and Bibi Dong dismissed Yan and Xie Yue before turning to Hu Liena.

Bibi Dong sent Hu Liena to Slaughter City to train after warning her about its dangers and Wu Qi’s changed nature. Hu Liena arrived, encountered Wu Qi after one of his arena victories, and learned that he had killed many people in the city.

• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena that she needed to complete more missions to become Spirit Hall’s Saintess and asked whether she dared to train in Slaughter City.
• After reading about Slaughter City, Hu Liena chose to go there so she would not fall behind Wu Qi, and Bibi Dong warned her to avoid entering the same arena match as him.
• The Slaughter Envoy escorted Hu Liena into the inner city and cautioned her against provoking the Hell King.
• Hu Liena and the Slaughter Envoy encountered Wu Qi returning from a Hell Slaughter Arena match, and Wu Qi told Hu Liena where to find him later.
• The Slaughter Envoy told Hu Liena that Wu Qi had killed at least a thousand people, leaving her shocked.