Chapter Summaries

After Bibi Dong severed ties with Yu Xiaogang, he planned to take Ma Hongjun to Vast Sea City and then Sea God Island, gathering Dai Mubai and Oscar for the journey. The group left Spirit City unaware that Dai Weisi's assassins were following them.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong for another chance, but she ended their relationship and warned him to keep their past secret.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to travel with Ma Hongjun to Vast Sea City and train him before heading to Sea God Island.
• Dai Mubai asked to join them, and Yu Xiaogang agreed because he wanted more protection on the dangerous journey.
• Yu Xiaogang persuaded Oscar to come by promising that a god might help him win Ning Rongrong's favor.
• Yu Xiaogang led Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar out of Spirit City as Dai Weisi's assassins followed them.

After absorbing a 400,000-year Soul Bone, Lin Mu considered how to complete his remaining Soul Bones and decided to focus on training Tang San. He asked Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect members to teach Tang San the Nine Absolutes of Haotian in exchange for freedom.

• Lin Mu assessed the boost from his new Soul Bone and considered hunting the Ice Empress or the Evil Emperor to obtain the Soul Bones he still lacked.
• Lin Mu dismissed the idea of taking another sacrifice and shifted his attention to Tang San’s training and the unfinished main quest.
• Lin Mu teased Tang San about his mother, and Ah Yin shyly told him he could visit her anytime.
• Lin Mu asked Tang San what he thought of the Clear Sky Sect, then offered to have him learn its secret techniques.
• Lin Mu appeared before Tang Xiao and the others and promised to release whoever taught Tang San the Nine Absolutes of Haotian.

Lin Mu forced the Clear Sky Sect elders to teach Tang San the Nine Absolutes of Haotian, then began condensing his second Soul Core. Tang Xiao tried to attack him during cultivation but was stopped by Ah Yin, leaving him questioning his life.

• Lin Mu electrocuted Tang Xiao unconscious and demanded that the elders hand over the Nine Absolutes of Haotian.
• The Second Elder agreed to teach the technique to Tang San in exchange for a letter being sent to the Clear Sky Sect, but Lin Mu refused to let the elders leave.
• Tang San learned the Nine Absolutes of Haotian while Lin Mu prepared to condense a lightning Soul Core in his chest.
• Tang Xiao woke and tried to crawl toward Lin Mu to interrupt his cultivation, but Ah Yin's Blue Silver Emperor vines whipped him away.
• Ah Yin told Tang Xiao that Lin Mu had saved her and that anyone who tried to harm him was her enemy, making Tang Xiao question his life.

Tang Xiao cursed Ah Yin and later tried to turn Tang San against Lin Mu, hoping his nephew would avenge Tang Hao. Tang San rejected his appeal and asked if Tang Xiao truly wanted to die.

• Ah Yin knocked Tang Xiao away with her whip and chose to repay Lin Mu for saving her and Little San.
• Lin Mu condensed his second Soul Core and received an offer to inherit the Thunder God’s divine position at Level 99.
• Lin Mu dismissed the crippled Tang Xiao’s threats, and Tang Xiao decided to seek Tang San’s help instead of committing suicide.
• After nightfall, Tang Xiao approached Tang San without alerting the elders, while the Second Elder judged Tang Hao responsible for the family’s troubles.
• Tang Xiao urged Tang San to put family before outsiders and defend his father, but Tang San showed no sympathy for the argument.
• Tang Xiao offered his own life if Tang San still hated Tang Hao, and Tang San asked whether he was sure.

Tang San poisoned Tang Xiao, and Lin Mu prepared him for a journey to the City of Slaughter. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang returned to Shrek Academy, asked Flender for money, and planned to leave Heaven Dou City.

• Tang San poisoned Tang Xiao after rejecting his defense of Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao died before Lin Mu returned.
• Lin Mu burned Tang Xiao's corpse and continued training Tang San in the Nine Absolutes of Haotian and the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• After a month of training, Lin Mu left Dugu Bo to guard the others and carried Tang San toward the City of Slaughter.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that he planned to leave Heaven Dou City to avoid the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Flender for two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Flender protested the amount.

Flender lent Yu Xiaogang his savings while Dai Mubai and Oscar decided to leave Heaven Dou City and Shrek Academy. Lin Mu and Tang San entered a tavern in a gloomy town to reach the City of Slaughter, killed its occupants, and Lin Mu’s aura opened a hole beneath the bar.

• Flender gave Yu Xiaogang around one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and warned him to keep the others safe.
• Dai Mubai left Heaven Dou City to avoid bringing trouble to Shrek Academy, and Oscar set out to gain experience.
• Lin Mu brought Tang San into a tavern and announced that they were entering the City of Slaughter without ordering Bloody Mary.
• Lin Mu killed a burly man with a chopstick, then Tang San pierced the other tavern patrons with Blue Silver Emperor Vines.
• The waitress demanded that Lin Mu and Tang San drink Bloody Mary, and Lin Mu’s pressure crushed her and the bar counter, revealing a hole below.

Tang San entered the City of Slaughter for two years of training while Lin Mu left to seek a left leg soul bone and visit Di Tian. Qian Renxue lamented Lin Mu’s sudden departure, and Lin Mu’s arrival in the Star Dou Great Forest ended with Di Tian questioning why he had come.

• Lin Mu promised to wait for Tang San in two years, and Tang San descended into the City of Slaughter.
• Lin Mu decided to seek a naturally preserved Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast soul bone and went to the Star Dou Great Forest to speak with Di Tian.
• Qian Renxue complained that Lin Mu had left without telling her, then reflected on her Heaven Dou Empire mission and his cultivation.
• Lin Mu entered the core region and confronted Bi Ji, who recognized him as the human who had taken two of her clansmen.
• Di Tian stopped Bi Ji, and Lin Mu told them he had come for a soul bone rather than a soul ring.

Lin Mu traded a portion of his Soul Power to Di Tian for a Hundred-Thousand-Year left leg Soul Bone. After Lin Mu left, a silver-black figure appeared, and Di Tian asked why it needed human Soul Power to heal its master, the Silver Dragon King.

• Lin Mu demanded a compatible Hundred-Thousand-Year left leg Soul Bone and promised to stop hunting Soul Beasts for bones if Di Tian provided one.
• Bi Ji condemned Lin Mu for killing Soul Beasts, but Lin Mu defended his actions and challenged her belief that the Jade Swan clan could remain neutral.
• Di Tian offered Lin Mu a high-quality Soul Bone in exchange for Soul Power stored in a multicolored crystal, and Lin Mu agreed only after receiving the bone first.
• While channeling Soul Power into the crystal, Lin Mu asked whether Di Tian had deliberately led Xiong Jun to him and betrayed him, and Di Tian admitted he had acted for the Soul Beast clan.
• Lin Mu returned the crystal and left, and a silver-black figure appeared as Di Tian asked why it needed human Soul Power to heal its master.

Lin Mu, wearing the Asura Armor, awakened the Silver Dragon King and began treating her while Di Tian worried that the mysterious human intended to take her away. After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Mu absorbed a powerful wind-attributed left leg soul bone, reached level ninety-seven, and prepared to condense another Soul Core.

• Lin Mu told Di Tian he could not intervene directly, then took him to the Silver Dragon King's sealed place of slumber.
• Di Tian introduced Lin Mu to Bi Ji as someone who had come to help, and Lin Mu transported Di Tian to the Silver Dragon King's dragon cocoon.
• Lin Mu used a multicolored crystal and elemental Soul Power to awaken the Silver Dragon King, then communicated with her through their thoughts.
• Lin Mu left the Star Dou Great Forest and absorbed a wind-attributed left leg soul bone, raising his Soul Power to level ninety-seven.
• Lin Mu suspected the soul bone might have belonged to the Wind Dragon King and decided to condense a wind-attributed Soul Core before pursuing a water-attributed one.

Lin Mu traveled to the Sun Moon Continent to hunt the Evil Emperor and obtain a spiritual Soul Bone, while Tang San continued purging Fallen Ones in the City of Slaughter. Lin Mu confronted the Evil Emperor in the Demon Forest and struck it with the Electric Light Thunder Sword.

• Lin Mu crossed the ocean, reached the Sun Moon Continent, bought a map, and set out for the Demon Forest.
• Tang San killed Fallen Ones in the City of Slaughter and resolved to spare none of them.
• Lin Mu killed a Hundred Thousand Year Evil Eye Tyrant, prompting the Evil Emperor to appear and attack him mentally.
• Lin Mu transformed the Heaven and Earth Thunder Sword into the Electric Light Thunder Sword and clashed with the Evil Emperor's beam.
• Lin Mu's lightning blade cleaved through the Evil Emperor and its beam.

Lin Mu killed the Evil Emperor, absorbed its External Soul Bone, and used his enhanced spiritual power to condense his third Soul Core. He left the Demon Forest as powerful Soul Masters arrived and discovered the Evil Emperor’s unabsorbed soul ring.

• Lin Mu battered the Evil Emperor’s crystal core, then evaded its self-destruction with Four Symbols Defense.
• Lin Mu retrieved the Evil Emperor’s crystal core, resisted its attempt to seize his body, and destroyed it to produce a scarlet soul ring and an External Soul Bone.
• Lin Mu absorbed the External Soul Bone, which increased his spiritual power to the quasi-god level.
• Lin Mu successfully condensed his third Soul Core, completing a cycle with his other two Soul Cores.
• Lin Mu left the Demon Forest as approaching Soul Masters saw his speed and found the Evil Emperor’s soul ring.

After fusing with the Evil Emperor's External Soul Bone and condensing his third Soul Core, Lin Mu went to the Star Dou Great Forest to challenge Di Tian. He began the fight by catching Di Tian off guard with a powerful mental attack and following it with a barrage of blows.

• Lin Mu arrived at the Jade Swan habitat and demanded that Bi Ji summon Di Tian, threatening the soul beasts when she objected.
• Bi Ji contacted Di Tian, who arrived and agreed to spar with Lin Mu away from the Jade Swan territory.
• Lin Mu and Di Tian flew more than a hundred kilometers to a mountain, where Di Tian let Lin Mu make the first move.
• Lin Mu unleashed Destruction Light from the Evil Eye Soul Bone, damaging Di Tian's mental strength and sending him flying.
• Lin Mu followed up with a Qilin-flame punch and a Lightning Spiral Punch, leaving Di Tian frustrated and in pain.

Lin Mu defeated Di Tian in a fierce spar and stayed in the Star Dou Great Forest for months, repeatedly training with him while helping the Silver Dragon King recover. The chapter ended with the Silver Dragon King rushing into Lin Mu’s arms, leaving him puzzled by her behavior and the possibility that his Asura Armor was connected to someone traveling back from the future.

• Di Tian transformed into his black dragon form and fought Lin Mu, who defeated him after their strongest attacks collided.
• Lin Mu asked Di Tian to spar with him again, and Di Tian agreed in exchange for Lin Mu periodically supplying Soul Power.
• Lin Mu spent several months sparring with Di Tian, cultivating near the Emerald Clan, and gradually easing Bi Ji’s hostility.
• Di Tian brought Lin Mu to meet his lord, and Lin Mu entered the barrier to find the silver-haired Silver Dragon King.
• The Silver Dragon King rushed into Lin Mu’s arms, leaving him wondering why she was acting strangely and whether the Asura Armor was involved.

Lin Mu helped Gu Yuena recover by sharing his Soul Power, while Di Tian offered him a favor in return. In Vast Sea City, Dai Mubai's growing bloodlust brought Spirit Hall's attention, and he attacked Ma Hongjun after they argued.

• Gu Yuena clung to Lin Mu and absorbed his Soul Power to recover, while Lin Mu told her to warn him before doing so again.
• Lin Mu told Di Tian that Gu Yuena needed his Soul Power, and Di Tian offered him one favor if he continued helping her heal.
• Lin Mu considered asking Di Tian for a Fierce Beast soul ring to strengthen Tang San and help the soul beast clan survive.
• In Vast Sea City, Oscar warned Dai Mubai that Spirit Hall was investigating the blood-drinking crimes, but Dai Mubai dismissed the danger and reveled in his rising cultivation.
• Ma Hongjun confronted Dai Mubai for ignoring their teacher's warning and attracting trouble, so Dai Mubai pinned him down and bit his neck.

Lin Mu left the Star Dou Great Forest and entered the City of Slaughter to retrieve Tang San and eliminate the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat controlling Tang Chen. He killed the King of Slaughter, leaving the City of Slaughter open for him to take control.

• Lin Mu told Di Tian he was leaving briefly after helping Gu Yuena recover, then flew toward the City of Slaughter.
• Tang San refused Hu Liena's request to team up for Hell Road and entered the Hell Slaughter Arena alone.
• Lin Mu broke into the City of Slaughter, killed the tavern occupants and guards, and fought his way toward the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Lin Mu attacked the King of Slaughter with lightning and shocked the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat to death.

Lin Mu freed Tang Chen from the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat and brought him out of the City of Slaughter, where Tang Chen offered him the Asura God inheritance. Lin Mu declined and introduced Tang Chen to Tang San, who learned about his great-grandfather’s failed trial and past.

• After the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat died, Tang Chen regained his clarity but learned that his damaged body had at most a year left to live.
• Tang Chen urged Lin Mu not to destroy the City of Slaughter because it was the Asura God’s inheritance ground, then offered him the Asura God inheritance.
• Lin Mu refused the inheritance and recommended his disciple Tang San, citing his Twin Martial Souls, Soul King strength at fourteen, and likely passage through Hell Road.
• Lin Mu took Tang Chen out of the City of Slaughter and brought him to Tang San.
• Tang Chen examined Tang San’s Martial Souls and recounted how the Rakshasa God’s influence had led to his failure in the Asura God Trial and his becoming the King of Slaughter.

Tang Chen entrusted Tang San with the Clear Sky Sect and taught him the Great Sumeru Hammer and Explode Ring before leaving to prepare the Asura God Sword at Sea God Island. Lin Mu brought Tang San back to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he learned he could attach Soul Spirits to existing soul rings and considered using Snow Empress and Ice Empress.

• Tang Chen told Tang San he had failed the Asura God's trial and planned to leave the Asura God Sword at Sea God Island for him to claim at Level 99.
• Tang Chen gave Tang San the Clear Sky Token, entrusted him with the Clear Sky Sect, and taught him the Great Sumeru Hammer and Explode Ring before departing.
• Lin Mu told Tang San that the City of Slaughter had been contained and that the Blue Silver King could become his sixth soul ring once he reached level sixty.
• Lin Mu received a reward that allowed Soul Spirits to be attached to all soul rings and considered using Snow Empress and Ice Empress to strengthen his rings and elemental attributes.
• Lin Mu and Tang San returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Tang San spoke with Ah Yin and she worried about her chances of becoming human again and deepening her relationship with Lin Mu.

Lin Mu arranged for the Blue Silver King to sacrifice itself to Tang San, who gained a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone before traveling with Lin Mu to Moonlight Pavilion to control his killing intent. There, Tang San revealed that Tang Hao was dead, and Lin Mu reunited with Qian Renxue, who demanded that he stay with her.

• Lin Mu told the Blue Silver King to sacrifice itself to Tang San before its heavenly tribulation and gave it life-energy medicine to strengthen its sacrifice.
• Tang San reached level sixty, absorbed the Blue Silver King's sacrifice and a Hundred Thousand Year Left Arm Soul Bone, and rose to level sixty-five.
• Lin Mu took Tang San to Moonlight Pavilion to control his killing intent, where Tang San told Tang Yuehua that Tang Hao was dead.
• Lin Mu left Tang San with Tang Yuehua and encountered Xue Qinghe and Xue Ke outside Moonlight Pavilion.
• Qian Renxue dragged Lin Mu into a private room, demanded that he stay and help her seize the Heaven Dou Empire, and the two became intimate.

Lin Mu reunited with Qian Renxue and decided to support her openly in taking the Heaven Dou throne. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong learned that the City of Slaughter had been devastated and set out to find Hu Liena, while renewing her hatred of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Lin Mu and Qian Renxue woke together in the Crown Prince's bedchamber, and Qian Renxue declared that he would become her principal consort when she ascended the throne.
• A Soul Douluo reported that nearly all the Fallen Ones in the City of Slaughter had been wiped out and the King of Slaughter had vanished.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to accompany her to the City of Slaughter, then vowed to avenge Yu Xiaogang by targeting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Lin Mu arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and told the Education Committee that he had become a Titled Douluo after two years of secluded cultivation.
• Lin Mu declined to resume teaching and announced that he would serve the Crown Prince.

Lin Mu declared his support for Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, prompting Emperor Xue Ye to decide to abdicate in his favor after learning Lin Mu had become a Titled Douluo. Prince Xue Xing then urged Xue Beng to win Lin Mu over by making him his adoptive father, and Xue Beng eagerly agreed to do whatever it took to become emperor.

• Lin Mu told the Committee Members he would serve the empire by supporting Xue Qinghe, and Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin rushed to inform Emperor Xue Ye.
• Emperor Xue Ye heard that Lin Mu would support Xue Qinghe and decided to pass the throne to the Crown Prince.
• Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng tried to dissuade Emperor Xue Ye, but Meng Shenji revealed that Lin Mu had become a Titled Douluo, and Xue Ye reaffirmed his decision to abdicate.
• Prince Xue Xing warned Xue Beng that Xue Qinghe would purge them after taking the throne and suggested Xue Beng make Lin Mu his adoptive father.
• Xue Beng initially balked at the idea, but he agreed when Prince Xue Xing asked whether he wanted to become emperor.