Chapter Summaries

Han Li and Qian Renxue discussed their plans and arranged to spar, while Dugu Yan reunited with Ye Lingling and learned of her despair over the Ye Family’s fate. Dugu Yan decided to take Ye Lingling to see Han Li, and the group hurried out to find him.

• Han Li reminded Qian Renxue that strength mattered most, and she thanked him for helping improve her fire control with the Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Qian Renxue agreed to arrange a sparring session with Han Li, who then left the Crown Prince's Residence with Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo judged Xue Qinghe as having an emperor’s bearing but lacking ruthlessness, and Han Li agreed with his assessment.
• Dugu Yan reunited with Ye Lingling at her villa, where Ye Lingling said she had accepted the fate imposed on her as a member of the Ye Family.
• Xiu'er suggested taking Ye Lingling to see Xiao Li, and Dugu Yan grabbed her and rushed out as Shui Bing'er and Xiu'er followed.

Han Li investigated Ye Lingling’s unusual fatalism and learned that the Nine Heart Begonia’s inheritance might be a martial soul defect tied to the Ye Family’s history. He reassured Dugu Yan that Ye Lingling could be helped, but hinted that the entire Ye Family faced an unusual situation.

• After hearing Dugu Yan and the others explain Ye Lingling’s behavior, Han Li spoke with her at Dugu Manor.
• Ye Lingling described the Nine Heart Begonia’s inheritance as a curse of fate because one inheritor’s birth meant another’s death.
• Han Li suggested the Nine Heart Begonia might be a martial soul defect like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and asked whether it appeared only in the Ye Family’s main branch.
• After consulting Good Son, Han Li stopped questioning Ye Lingling and told Dugu Yan that her friend’s problem could be resolved, while the Ye Family’s circumstances were unusual.
• Dugu Yan asked whether the rest of the Ye Family suffered the same condition as Ye Lingling.

Han Li explained the true history and cost of the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul to Dugu Yan, revealing why the Ye Family believed only two of its soul masters could exist at once. He urged Dugu Yan not to tell Ye Lingling yet, hoping to use the secret to win the Ye Family over to Spirit Hall.

• Han Li reassured Dugu Yan that Ye Lingling’s troubled mental state came from a dead end she had reached and could improve once its root cause was addressed.
• Han Li revealed that the rule limiting the Nine Heart Begonia to two living soul masters was a false story invented by the Ye Family’s ancestors to protect their healing clan.
• Han Li explained that intense healing consumed a Nine Heart Begonia soul master’s life force, while ordinary healing and cultivation allowed that energy to recover.
• Han Li linked the Ye Family’s dwindling descendants and early deaths to heavy healing demands, late marriages, and the loss of the family’s records.
• Dugu Yan asked to tell Ye Lingling the truth, but Han Li advised waiting so they could potentially bring the Ye Family onto Spirit Hall’s side; Dugu Yan agreed to look after Lingling.

Han Li learned about the Ye Family from Dugu Bo while completing his Spirit Hall duties in Heaven Dou City, and Qian Renxue arranged their duel for the day after tomorrow. During a shopping trip with the girls, Qian Renxue appeared as Xue Qinghe and warned Han Li not to get close to Ye Lingling, leaving him vexed over his tarnished reputation.

• Han Li asked Dugu Bo about the Ye Family and the Nine Heart Begonia, and Dugu Bo teased him about taking an interest in Ye Lingling.
• Han Li completed his seven-day assignment inspecting Spirit Hall personnel in Heaven Dou City, then received Qian Renxue's message setting their duel for the day after tomorrow at an estate outside the city.
• Han Li planned to use Good Son to monitor the duel site and relied on Snake Lance, Pufferfish, and Dugu Bo to deal with any threats.
• Han Li accompanied Dugu Yan and the other girls on a shopping trip, and Qian Renxue joined them in disguise as Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe told Han Li that Xue Ye had sent him to keep Han Li from getting close to Ye Lingling, and Han Li inwardly blamed others for ruining his reputation.

Han Li and Qian Renxue arranged to meet at her estate, where she revealed her true identity to Han Li’s companions. As they went inside to get acquainted, Qian Renxue asked Han Li about his strength and was surprised that he was only a level fifty-nine Soul King.

• Han Li asked Qian Renxue to quietly support the Ye Family and keep an eye on them without alerting Ning Fengzhi.
• Han Li, Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo, and their companions traveled to Qian Renxue’s estate under the protection of more than a hundred soul masters.
• At the estate, Han Li stopped Dugu Bo from attacking and confirmed that Qian Renxue’s people were allies.
• Qian Renxue dropped her Xue Qinghe disguise and introduced herself to Han Li as Qian Renxue, stunning the people with him.
• Han Li told Qian Renxue that he was a level fifty-nine Soul King, and she blurted out that he was weak.

Han Li and Qian Renxue compared their cultivation before heading to the training grounds for a spar. Qian Renxue launched her first attacks, while Han Li charged at her golden sword and challenged her for not using her Angel Domain.

• Han Li told Qian Renxue that Dugu Yan, Shui Bing'er, and Xiu'er had reached impressive levels despite their circumstances, provoking Qian Renxue to resolve to speed up her cultivation and absorb her remaining Soul Bones.
• Qian Renxue led Han Li and the others to the training grounds, where they agreed to spar immediately.
• Han Li and Qian Renxue revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, filling the training ground with clashing auras.
• Qian Renxue used Angel Wings to form a massive Golden Light Sword and followed with Angel Roar.
• Han Li ignored the spiritual attack, charged toward the Golden Light Sword, and asked Qian Renxue if she was playing house by not using Angel Domain.

Han Li countered Qian Renxue’s mental attack with his unusually powerful Spiritual Power, which had grown through traces of the Angel God’s Faith Power. Qian Renxue responded by activating Angel True Body and Angel Domain, but Han Li claimed that her apparent advantage was part of his plan.

• Han Li used a pale red Spiritual Power barrier to absorb Qian Renxue’s Golden Ripples and send a stronger mental ripple back at her.
• Han Li’s Spiritual Power had been strengthened by collecting excess Faith Power from the Angel God, and its angelic aura helped him mislead Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue abandoned Angel Descent and activated Angel True Body and Angel Domain to evade Han Li’s mental attack.
• Qian Renxue declared that she could fight an ordinary Titled Douluo in her current state and told Han Li to prepare for an angel’s judgment.
• Han Li challenged Qian Renxue’s belief that she had gained the advantage, suggesting that her actions had followed his calculations.

Han Li overcame Qian Renxue’s Angel Domain and used her anger against her in their aerial duel. After her Sacred Sword exploded, Qian Renxue fell to the ground with her Soul Power depleted.

• Han Li shielded himself with his Dualistic Domain and charged through Qian Renxue’s Angel Domain.
• Han Li used the Azure Shadow Divine Eagle skill and shifting attack force to press Qian Renxue with repeated strikes.
• Qian Renxue grew furious at Han Li’s use of a technique resembling the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and abandoned her careful swordsmanship.
• Han Li used a concealed mental attack to inflame Qian Renxue’s emotions and leave her without basic defenses.
• Han Li exploited Qian Renxue’s full-force attack to detonate her Sacred Sword, and she fell after exhausting her Soul Power.

Han Li defeated Qian Renxue in their spar, then agreed to teach her his Gale Breath Severing Strike in exchange for suitable Soul Bones. The two were left alone as Qian Renxue asked how he had gained a domain.

• Han Li and Qian Renxue crashed to the ground after his strike destroyed her Sacred Sword, and Han Li’s blade cuts released fountains of water across the training field.
• Half an hour later, Qian Renxue admitted defeat and sent Snake Lance, Pufferfish, and the others out so she could speak with Han Li privately.
• Qian Renxue asked how Han Li had learned the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, and he claimed his genius had let him master the force-redirecting technique.
• Han Li named the technique Gale Breath Severing Strike and offered to teach it in exchange for Soul Bones, while Qian Renxue promised not to take the ones he had reserved.
• Qian Renxue asked when Han Li had gained a domain and whether domains could be learned directly.

Han Li shared a domain-control technique with Qian Renxue, then prepared to leave Heaven Dou City with his companions. After secretly evading the observers who believed he had departed, he set out for Notting City and planned to help Xiu'er face the abandoned village from her past.

• Han Li taught Qian Renxue to confine her domain, and she offered him a Soul Bone in exchange.
• Qian Renxue fought Xiu'er, Dugu Yan, and Shui Bing'er, won, and recognized their exceptional combat abilities.
• Han Li and his companions bid Qian Renxue farewell, and he told Dugu Yan to give Ye Lingling a limited hint about solving her martial soul problem.
• Han Li arranged for Dugu Bo to draw the spies away while the others left Heaven Dou City in a different carriage.
• Han Li chose to return to Notting City and planned to take Xiu'er to the village where she had grown up.

Han Li returned to Notting City with his companions, then secretly removed the Blue Silver Emperor and her Soul Bone from the cave behind the waterfall. The God Realm Committee watched his actions, and Destruction offered to accompany Asura when Han Li headed for Asura’s Land of Inheritance.

• Han Li brought his companions to Notting City, where he and Xiu'er revisited their childhood home and village; Xiu'er vowed to kill every Fallen Soul Master, and Han Li agreed to help her.
• Han Li left alone the next morning and flew to the cave behind the waterfall, while Tang Hao, Tang San, and Xiao Wu traveled on foot toward Suotuo City.
• Han Li took the Blue Silver Emperor and her Soul Bone, released several unconscious soul beasts into the cave, and asked the Plane Consciousness to ensure they destroyed it without harming nearby villagers.
• Tang Hao and Tang San felt an unexplained loss when Han Li took the Blue Silver Emperor, then continued their journey.
• The God Realm Committee observed that Han Li’s action depleted much of Tang Hao and Tang San’s fortune, and Destruction told Asura he would accompany him to watch Han Li at Asura’s Land of Inheritance.

Han Li returned with a 100,000-year Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone and revealed that it had belonged to Tang Hao’s wife, Ah Yin. With Dugu Bo standing guard, Han Li began absorbing it, and its life energy started strengthening his body and Soul Power.

• Han Li reunited with Dugu Bo at the hotel and gathered him and the three girls to show them what he had found.
• Han Li revealed the crystalline right leg bone was a 100,000-year Soul Bone produced by Blue Silver Grass.
• Han Li explained that the Soul Bone had been left behind when Tang Hao’s wife, the transformed Soul Beast Ah Yin, died.
• Dugu Bo worried that Tang Hao might be nearby, but Han Li said Tang Hao had disappeared again.
• Dugu Bo stood guard while the three girls cultivated and Han Li began fusing the Soul Bone, whose blue-gold energy nourished his body.

After acquiring a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, Han Li revealed its healing and absorption skills and decided to take his group to Slaughter City instead of seeking a sixth Soul Ring. On the way, he recognized Zhu Zhuqing and invited her to talk, leaving her wary but willing to meet with him.

• Han Li told Dugu Bo that his new Soul Bone could regenerate injuries and absorb energy from nearby plants, then announced that the group would head to Slaughter City.
• Han Li and the three women visited Xiao Zhan in secret, left him a ring, and departed earlier than planned at Dugu Bo's urging.
• At a family shop in the next city, Han Li recognized Zhu Zhuqing, who was renting a carriage, and explained her connection to Dai Mubai and the Star Luo Empire's succession struggle.
• Han Li spoke to Zhu Zhuqing telepathically, warned her about traveling alone in Heaven Dou Empire territory, and invited her to a teahouse.
• Han Li showed Zhu Zhuqing his Spirit Hall token, and she agreed to speak with him.

Han Li met Zhu Zhuqing in a teahouse and claimed he wanted to sow discord between her and Dai Mubai. After describing Dai Mubai’s situation, Han Li told her Spirit Hall research suggested the assisting partner in a Martial Soul Fusion Skill could gradually become the dominant partner’s puppet, leaving Zhu Zhuqing frozen as she considered what that meant for the Hell White Tiger.

• Han Li invited Zhu Zhuqing to a private room and introduced himself as the Spirit Hall Saint Child.
• Han Li openly admitted he was trying to sow discord, and Zhu Zhuqing returned after he hinted that the Dai Clan would soon have another cat puppet.
• Han Li told Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai was at Shrek Academy in Suotuo City and had reached Soul Power Level thirty-seven.
• Han Li explained Spirit Hall’s research suggesting that repeated Martial Soul Fusion Skills could cause the assisting partner to lose their independent will and become the dominant partner’s puppet.
• Han Li asked whether the research applied to Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai’s Hell White Tiger, and Zhu Zhuqing froze.

Han Li revealed to Zhu Zhuqing that a Martial Soul Fusion Skill could alter her mind and warned her that her family would treat her as a vessel. He laid out her options, and Zhu Zhuqing left after learning that Spirit Hall might accept her later.

• Zhu Zhuqing doubted Han Li's claim about Martial Soul Fusion Skills, but his explanation convinced her that he was deliberately sowing discord.
• Han Li warned Zhu Zhuqing that her family and the Dai Clan might imprison or kill her if she revealed what she had learned, and she realized her future could leave her only a vessel named Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing accused Han Li of trying to prevent her and Dai Mubai from completing a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Han Li said he disliked Dai Mubai and had spoken to her on a whim.
• Han Li described three paths for Zhu Zhuqing: disappear into seclusion, resist alongside Dai Mubai, or seek protection from a powerful force.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked whether Han Li wanted her to join Spirit Hall, and he said it would accept her later but could not take her in now.
• Zhu Zhuqing called Han Li's personality awful and left the room, while Han Li watched her go without expecting anything from the encounter.

Han Li led his group into Slaughter City after reassuring Spirit Hall’s Soul Douluo and supporting the legion stationed outside. After killing the listed Fallen Soul Masters at the tavern, they descended into the city and attacked through its gate.

• Han Li refused the Soul Douluo’s attempt to dissuade him, then gave the legion a token for supplies and asked that Spirit City be notified when they entered Slaughter City.
• The Soul Douluo escorted Han Li and his group to the ruined town and left them with the waiter at the tavern.
• Han Li ordered Dugu Bo to kill everyone in the tavern, then had the waiter open the entrance beneath the bar.
• After the group descended, Han Li killed the waiter with an ice needle and continued through the passage with his companions.
• When Han Li sensed people beyond Slaughter City’s gate, he threw a two-colored lotus at it and led the group through after the blast.

Han Li and his companions entered Slaughter City, where he killed Terror Knight Scott after defeating the guards who tested them. The group reached the Hell Slaughter Arena, and Han Li forced a bystander to register as his partner in the next match.

• Han Li challenged Scott's claim that the newcomers had broken Slaughter City's rules, took the group's identity tokens, and left Scott fatally wounded.
• The five met the Woman in Black Veil at the city gate and entered Slaughter City under the Slaughter King's welcome.
• Han Li ordered the guide to take them directly to the Hell Slaughter Arena, where they saw the violence and lawlessness of the inner city.
• At the arena, Han Li learned that the next match needed two more participants and seized a follower to register alongside him.
• Han Li provided four cups for the required Bloody Mary admission and filled them with blood from the captive's cut arm.

Han Li and his companions entered the Hell Slaughter Arena and saw how the spectators treated slaughter and human life as opportunities for profit. After arranging for Good Son to alter the arena’s life-force and soul-absorbing rules, Han Li entered his first match by kicking the half-dead man he had brought with him into the arena.

• Han Li presented the Woman in Black Veil with a blood-filled cup and brought his companions into the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Han Li pointed out dangerous groups in the stands and told Dugu Yan and Shui Bing'er to avoid them in future matches.
• Zhang San detonated his Soul Power to kill Zhang Quan, and the spectators cheered and argued over profiting from the bloodshed.
• Han Li asked Good Son to change the rules so he and his companions received half of what the arena absorbed.
• When the Woman in Black Veil announced Han Li's match, he kicked the half-dead man beneath his foot into the arena and leaped down after him.

Han Li fought seven Soul Masters in the Hell Slaughter Arena and killed them all, establishing his authority over the crowd. After the battle, he absorbed the strange energy released by the dead and stood alone in the arena.

• Han Li killed a heckler in the stands with Spiritual Power, silencing the audience and leaving the Woman in Black Veil unresponsive.
• The first entrant urged the other Soul Masters to surround Han Li, and seven opponents attacked when the bells began the slaughter.
• Han Li evaded and killed the rat-type Soul Master, then struck down several attackers with his Ice Fire Divine Dragon Blade.
• Han Li warned the stands against insulting him and killed the burly man, exposing the tiny needle-like Martial Soul he had hidden.
• Han Li killed the remaining opponents within thirty seconds, while Wang Meng lay dead and the strange energy from the battle flowed toward Han Li.

Han Li and his companions left the Hell Slaughter Arena to find a base in Slaughter City, where he began planning how they would survive and gather the arena’s purified energy. He left the women time to adjust while arranging for Dugu Bo to purify them and deciding to study the city’s corrupting influence.

• Han Li absorbed the purified energy after his arena match, then left with Dugu Bo and the others to find a place to stay.
• Han Li borrowed Bloody Mary from a Fallen Soul Master and locked him inside a house instead of killing him.
• The group chose the northeast residential district, and Han Li seized a large estate and drove out its former owner.
• Han Li assigned the three women to share a room and said that he and Dugu Bo would test the arena before they joined the competition.
• Han Li asked Dugu Bo to purify the women daily while he studied the energy affecting them, explaining that he wanted to preserve some of it for its combat benefits.