Chapter Summaries

Hu Liena entered the Hell Slaughter Arena, won her first match, and met Wu Qi, who warned her about Slaughter City and the danger of Bloody Mary. Their conversation left Wu Qi with news that Tang San might be hiding in Notting City.

• Hu Liena refused the Slaughter Envoy's offer to see blood and entered the Hell Slaughter Arena, where she won her first match.
• Wu Qi met Hu Liena after her match and warned her that she had been targeted by Fallen Ones, who fled when they saw him with her.
• At Wu Qi's residence, he explained that Bloody Mary contained toxins that could make its drinkers addicted and bloodthirsty.
• Wu Qi offered Hu Liena a room beside his and warned that she would need to adapt before he left Slaughter City.
• Hu Liena told Wu Qi about recent events, including the academy's growth and Qian Gu Changkong and Chen Ping completing their training.
• Hu Liena said Yu Xiaogang had possibly been seen near Notting City and that Tang San might be hiding there.

Wu Qi concealed his protection from the killing intent while Hu Liena probed him, and Tang San left Holy Soul Village to pursue his Martial Soul Second Awakening after failing to find his mother's Soul Bone. Meanwhile, two Spirit Hall worshippers investigated the poisonous miasma at Lipton Forest as adventurers gathered there in search of treasure.

• Hu Liena questioned Wu Qi about his dense killing intent, and he concealed the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone that protected his mind.
• Tang San reached level fifty and left Holy Soul Village with Titan, leaving a letter for Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong beside the Blue Silver Emperor.
• After seven nights of travel, Tang San and Titan met Tang Xiao in Heaven Dou City, where Tang Xiao arranged to take Tang San for his Martial Soul Second Awakening.
• Subduing Demon Douluo and Light Feather Douluo investigated the poisonous miasma at Lipton Forest and learned that two Spirit Hall Soul Saints had died there.
• Adventurers flocked to Lipton Forest, suspecting that undiscovered treasures remained among the ruins.

Subduing Demon Douluo and Light Feather Douluo investigated poisonous miasma at the ruins and suspected it came from an entrance to the Poisonous Land. Light Feather Douluo froze the miasma so they could investigate further.

• Subduing Demon Douluo and Light Feather Douluo joined Haote's squad as they approached the ruins.
• Light Feather Douluo used his Fifth Soul Skill to reveal poisonous spores in the air, and he warned Haote's squad to leave.
• Subduing Demon Douluo and Light Feather Douluo flew away and considered whether the ruins hid another entrance to the Poisonous Land.
• Light Feather Douluo proposed freezing the miasma so the adventurers could investigate, and Subduing Demon Douluo agreed.
• Light Feather Douluo fired a low-temperature arrow that froze the poisonous miasma and turned its mist into particles that fell to the ground.

Subduing Demon Douluo and Light Feather Douluo watched adventurers enter the Poisonous Land, then discovered that its vast underground world might be a small world created by deities. After a new wave of poison appeared, they sealed the entrance and planned to report the discovery to Spirit Hall.

• Subduing Demon Douluo gave the adventurers half a day to search the ruins while Haote recognized the danger and fled.
• The adventurers cleared rubble, entered the underground passages, and rushed into the Poisonous Land after one of them announced that it contained a vast treasure.
• Light Feather Douluo consulted Spirit Hall's information and, with Subduing Demon Douluo, entered the cave carrying Little Deer to check the lingering toxins.
• Light Feather Douluo concluded that the Poisonous Land was a small world created by deities, and the two Douluo wondered whether it selected geniuses for an inheritance.
• When Little Deer's flashhorns warned them that poison was returning, Light Feather Douluo and Subduing Demon Douluo sealed the entrance and prepared to report their discovery to Spirit Hall.

Tang Xiao brought Tang San to the Blue Silver Forest, where the Blue Silver King awakened Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline. Afterward, Tang Xiao refused to let Tang San enter Slaughter City and told him about the Clear Sky Hammer’s stronger inherited techniques.

• Tang Xiao warned Tang San to keep the Blue Silver Forest secret and quietly guarded him against the Blue Silver King taking his royal bloodline.
• Tang San told the Blue Silver King that he was Ah Yin’s son and that Spirit Hall had caused her death; the Blue Silver King agreed to help awaken him.
• The Blue Silver King used his power to awaken Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, and the process took several days.
• Tang San emerged with an awakened Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul and a Life Spirit Ring that would grow stronger as he cultivated.
• Tang San asked Tang Xiao to take him to Slaughter City, but Tang Xiao refused and explained the Nine Wonders of the Clear Sky Hammer and the Great Sumeru Hammer.

Wu Qi completed his hundredth consecutive victory in Slaughter City and prepared to challenge the Hell Road, while Hu Liena was left to face the fallen ones who came after him. The chapter left Wu Qi’s trial ahead and Hu Liena beginning her own fight.

• Tang Xiao told Tang San that the Great Sumeru Hammer’s inheritance had been lost and warned him that Slaughter City was too dangerous for him to enter.
• Tang San agreed to stay with Tang Yuehua and follow Tang Hao’s training plan until Tang Xiao arranged his return to the clan.
• Eight months later, Wu Qi had ninety-nine consecutive victories, while Hu Liena had reached only thirty-six because few fallen ones dared enter the arena.
• Wu Qi warned Hu Liena not to watch his final match, urged her to cultivate her spiritual power, and told her to be careful when she eventually challenged the Hell Road.
• Wu Qi defeated nine opponents in a one-sided battle, earned his hundredth consecutive victory, and drew cheers from the arena’s stands.
• Fallen ones confronted Hu Liena after Wu Qi’s victory, and she accepted their challenge.

After refusing the Slaughter King’s offer, Wu Qi entered Hell Road and faced its lethal environment and ancient soul beasts. He escaped the Darkgold Three-Headed Bat King’s assault, but the bat king and its swarm continued pursuing him.

• The Slaughter King offered Wu Qi the title of Slaughter God and honorary Elder, but Wu Qi declined and chose to enter Hell Road.
• The Slaughter King opened Hell Road by causing the Fallen Ones in the arena to slaughter one another, then Wu Qi awoke at the Yellow Springs Blood River.
• Wu Qi flew over a broken bridge and continued along Hell Road, where rising killing intent and the dangerous surroundings threatened him.
• The Darkgold Three-Headed Bat King attacked Wu Qi, but the Azure Luan Spirit countered its sonic attack and threw its bat swarm into disarray.
• Wu Qi used his Blue Silver Domain and Teleport skill to injure the bat king, then fled with his wings as the bat king directed its swarm in pursuit.

Wu Qi fought his way along Hell Road, killing a Hell Blood-Plasma Serpent before confronting the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent. Meanwhile, Hu Liena survived a hunt in Slaughter City and became feared as the Hell Envoy; Wu Qi began his final battle on Hell Road.

• The Darkgold Three-Headed Bat King abandoned its pursuit after Wu Qi's flight vortices killed many smaller bats, but a Hell Blood-Plasma Serpent then attacked him from the Yellow Springs Blood River.
• Wu Qi identified the serpent, fought it with his wing blades, and killed it, then discarded its fire-poison inner core and rested to recover his Soul Power.
• Hu Liena evaded and killed Fallen Ones who hunted her, earning the name Hell Envoy, though her growing reputation threatened to slow her winning streak.
• Wu Qi reached the final stretch of Hell Road and found the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent waiting for him.
• Wu Qi used his Invincible Golden Body to withstand the serpent's flames, stunned it with Illusion Space, and launched a full attack with the Spirit Luan Martial Void Art.

Wu Qi escaped Slaughter City with Divine Slaughter's Domain and headed east to find a human settlement. Meanwhile, Xue Qinghe became suspicious that Tang Yin was Tang San after Xue Ke urged him to give Tang Yin an official position.

• Qian Daoliu told Qian Gu Changkong and Chen Ping to wait until Wu Qi returned before undertaking the Lost Grand Canyon mission together.
• Wu Qi defeated the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, took its inner core, and filled in part of the broken road so Hu Liena could cross the Yellow Springs Blood Sea.
• Wu Qi passed through the exit of Hell Road, awakened Divine Slaughter's Domain, and headed east to find the nearest human city.
• Xue Ke asked Xue Qinghe to give Tang Yin an official position, and Xue Qinghe agreed to assess him before considering a city lord post.
• Tang Yuehua told Xue Qinghe that Tang Yin was her distant nephew, but Xue Qinghe suspected Tang Yin was Tang San and a Clear Sky Sect member.

Tang San concealed his identity from Xue Qinghe during a probing conversation at Moonlight Pavilion, while Wu Qi searched the forest for people and encountered three Spirit Hall deacons. The chapter left Wu Qi presenting his Spirit Hall Academy token to the wary deacons.

• Xue Qinghe questioned Tang San about his background, cultivation, and willingness to serve the Empire, but Tang San gave him a prepared false identity and claimed to be level thirty-two.
• Tang Yuehua deflected Xue Qinghe’s recruitment attempt, and he left after asking her to recommend Tang San once he graduated from Moonlight Pavilion.
• Tang San told Tang Yuehua that Xue Qinghe’s suspicion likely stemmed from Princess Xue Ke’s feelings for him, and she warned him to keep his distance from the princess.
• Wu Qi searched the vast forest for people and spotted three Spirit Hall deacons discussing their reduced income and Lan Ya’s breakthrough to Soul Elder.
• Wu Qi approached the deacons, claimed he was lost, and showed them his Spirit Hall Academy token.

Wu Qi, posing as Gu Changfeng, accompanied three Spirit Hall members to Wangbei City and learned that major families were exploiting the people after the bandits were wiped out. He decided to interfere with their profiteering, then met Hall Master Watt, who was troubled by the city's corrupt business environment.

• Wu Qi introduced himself as Gu Changfeng and traveled with Lan Ya, Hick, and Arnold, learning that the three worked for the Wangbei City Spirit Hall branch.
• Lan Ya explained that major families had raised prices and Spirit Hall had cut its stewards' pay after the bandits were eliminated; Arnold said three Soul Kings and The Lower Four Sects backed the families.
• Wu Qi realized that Bibi Dong might be gathering funds for the Soul Hunting Operation and decided to meddle in Wangbei City's affairs to slow her plans.
• Hick and Arnold helped Lan Ya obtain her third Soul Ring, and the four returned to Wangbei City the next day.
• Lan Ya introduced Wu Qi at the Wangbei City Spirit Hall, and the deputy hall master took him to meet Hall Master Watt.
• Watt told Wu Qi that the city officials neglected their duties, leaving Spirit Hall unable to intervene as the major families exploited ordinary people.

Wu Qi met Watt in Wangbei City and learned that the major families were exploiting the people while corrupt Spirit Hall officials failed to stop them. After promising to support Watt, Wu Qi investigated the city and intervened when a constable tried to confiscate an old farmer’s vegetables.

• Wu Qi introduced himself to Watt as a Spirit Hall member and the captain of the Seven Treasures Team, then heard why Watt refused to leave Wangbei City.
• Wu Qi promised Watt that he and Qian Gu Changkong would support him, and asked him to arrange a meeting with the major family heads.
• Watt warned the Deputy Hall Master not to offend Wu Qi, whose standing in Spirit Hall was exceptionally high.
• Wu Qi saw a constable attempt to confiscate an old farmer’s vegetables and deduced that the major families were controlling the city’s markets.
• Wu Qi seized the constable’s wrist as the constable called him a fugitive bandit and ordered his men to arrest him.

Wu Qi confronted Wangbei City's corrupt constables and met Li Jinglong, then used his power at a banquet to confront the city's major families over their exploitation of residents. He demanded they restore fair markets or lose their families' control of the commercial markets.

• Wu Qi knocked down the constables who tried to arrest him and gave an old vegetable seller money before warning him not to return to the city for now.
• Li Jinglong introduced himself as a member of a major family and tried to enlist Wu Qi's help, but Wu Qi left without answering.
• Wu Qi learned that Wangbei City's markets imposed fees and charged exorbitant prices, while Watt summoned him to a banquet with the major families.
• Wu Qi used Divine Slaughter's Domain to subdue the assembled family members after the Wang Family head challenged his presence.
• After Watt introduced Wu Qi as captain of the Seven Treasures Team, Wu Qi demanded that the families restore fair prices and let villagers sell grain, or surrender their families and markets.

Wu Qi confronted Wangbei City’s major families over their inflated prices and demanded that they choose between his terms and opposition. The Wang and Chen families rejected him, while the Li Family pledged loyalty, leaving Wu Qi to consider how it would take over the other families’ market share.

• The Wang Family head defended the high prices by blaming supply costs and bandits, but Wu Qi demanded that he choose between two options.
• The Wang Family head invoked the Black Tiger Sect and left with two allied family heads after Wu Qi refused to negotiate.
• Wu Qi rejected the Chen Family head’s offer to control farmers’ grain and sell it at a discount, and the Chen Family head left rather than accept his terms.
• Li Jinglong and Li Wenzhong pledged the Li Family’s loyalty and explained how the Black Tiger Sect and Elephant Armor Sect had pressured the city’s families.
• Wu Qi revealed the Papal Order, and the Li Family promised to restore market prices and asked whether it should remove the Elephant Armor Sect’s guard.

Wu Qi persuaded the Li Family to serve Wangbei City's residents and confronted Huyan Zhen over the Elephant Armor Sect's role in the city's experiment. Huyan Zhen agreed to withdraw and let Wu Qi handle the major families, while the Li Family began selling supplies at reduced prices.

• Wu Qi explained to Li Wenzhong and Li Jinglong how limited-edition goods could attract wealthy buyers and proposed bringing them under his command.
• Huyan Zhen stormed into the tavern to challenge Wu Qi, but recognized his Spirit Hall Elder Token and quickly apologized.
• The Li father and son left to coordinate Wu Qi's plans, while Huyan Zhen explained that the Elephant Armor Sect had followed Bibi Dong's orders in Wangbei City.
• Wu Qi argued that the experiment had failed and should end, and Huyan Zhen agreed to withdraw if Wu Qi handled the major families and the fallout.
• Li Jinglong coordinated the Li Family's businesses, Watt stayed to report Spirit Hall's progress, and the Li Family opened its inventory for reduced-price sales as citizens lined up.

Wu Qi used the Li and Chen Families’ low-price sales to break the other families’ control of Wangbei City, then attacked the Wang Family estate after the Black Tiger Sect withdrew its experts. By morning, the Wang Family had been driven out and the Huang and Xu Families had fled, leaving the city’s commercial landscape transformed.

• Spirit Hall stewards announced that the Li Family would sell grain to civilians at midnight, and the Chen Family Head decided to liquidate his stock and leave Wangbei City.
• The Wang Family Head suspected Wu Qi had trapped his family and chose to join the other two families in hoarding their goods.
• Wu Qi opened his domain at the Wang estate, killed the guards who resisted, and erased the Wang Family Head after the Black Tiger Sect failed to answer his call for aid.
• Wu Qi spared the Wang Family members but ordered them to leave Wangbei City by noon and surrender their hoarded supplies.
• Wu Qi found the Huang and Xu estates deserted, as both families had fled with their families.

Wu Qi established a commercial association in Wangbei City, then traveled to Heaven Dou City to fulfill his promise to Dugu Bo. His killing intent kept Dugu Bo from recognizing him when he arrived at Dugu Bo's residence.

• Wu Qi arranged for Li Wenzhong and his son to lead Wangbei City's new commercial association, and advised them on developing a luxury brand.
• Wu Qi left Wangbei City for Heaven Dou City, while Flender and his group arrived in Wangbei City seeking to expand their business.
• Wu Qi returned to Seven Treasures Academy but chose not to meet Ning Rongrong, who had become a Soul King and teaching assistant.
• Dugu Bo guided Dugu Yan in cultivation while Ye Lingling stayed with her as a close friend.
• Wu Qi reached Dugu Bo's hidden residence, but his killing intent and changed aura kept Dugu Bo from recognizing him; Dugu Bo sent Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling inside before going to confront him.

Wu Qi returned to Heaven Dou City and reunited with Dugu Bo, then proposed exposing Prince Xue Xing’s past conspiracy to settle Dugu Bo’s long-standing favor. Dugu Bo agreed to stay out of the matter while Wu Qi sought outside help.

• Dugu Bo mistook Wu Qi’s lingering murderous aura for an intruder and attacked him, but recognized him and apologized.
• Dugu Yan was surprised that Wu Qi had become far stronger, and Dugu Bo sent her and Ling Ling away so he could speak privately with him.
• Wu Qi told Dugu Bo that he had completed his training in Slaughter City and returned to help him repay Prince Xue Xing’s favor.
• Dugu Bo described the shifting political situation among Spirit Hall and the major sects, while Wu Qi revealed his plan to expose Prince Xue Xing’s bribery of Wang Teng.
• Dugu Bo worried the plan could draw the Clear Sky Sect and endanger the Heaven Dou Royal Family, but agreed to stay hidden while Wu Qi arranged outside help.

Wu Qi visited Xue Qinghe, learned that Tang San was hiding under the alias Tang Yin at Moonlight Pavilion, and discussed a plan involving Prince Xue Xing. Tang San learned of Prince Xue Xing’s role in Shrek Academy’s troubles, but Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong urged him to stay hidden while they sought the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s help.

• Wu Qi secretly visited Xue Qinghe, who urged him to return to Spirit Hall for further training and revealed that Tang San was using the alias Tang Yin at Moonlight Pavilion.
• Xue Qinghe confirmed that Moonlight Pavilion was a Clear Sky Sect outpost and said he would test Tang San’s reaction by letting Princess Xue Ke hear about Wu Qi’s actions.
• Princess Xue Ke told Tang San what Xue Qinghe had revealed, and Tang San disguised himself and went to meet Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong that Prince Xue Xing had bribed Wang Teng of Flame Radiance Academy to sabotage Shrek Academy during the Spirit Master Competition.
• Yu Xiaogang rejected Tang San’s idea of asking the Clear Sky Sect for help and decided to write to Yu Tianheng so the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could intervene.
• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong urged Tang San to remain hidden as Tang Yin and avoid exposing himself or Lady Yuehua.

Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin persuaded Yu Yuanzhen to let the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan confront Prince Xue Xing over the death of Wang Teng. The clan’s vice sect master brought evidence to court, leaving Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe to face the accusation.

• Yu Tianxin warned Yu Tianheng that the leaked information about Prince Xue Xing might be a trap arranged by Xue Qinghe.
• Yu Tianheng decided the clan should pressure Prince Xue Xing to win Xue Qinghe’s favor, and Yu Tianxin joined him in seeking Yu Yuanzhen’s approval.
• The clan Elders backed the brothers, and Yu Yuanzhen agreed to help the clan reclaim its dignity.
• Yu Luomian presented documents linking Prince Xue Xing’s care for Wang Teng’s family to evidence of his involvement in the affair.
• Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe examined the documents in court, and Xue Ye struggled to respond to the accusation.