Chapter Summaries

Dugu Bo tried to lure Beast God Di Tian away from Lin Du, but Di Tian's dragon bloodline suppressed him and easily defeated his strongest attacks. As Di Tian prepared to kill him, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye rippled for the first time in seven days.

• Dugu Bo decided to draw Di Tian away so Lin Du would not be discovered, then challenged the Beast God despite knowing how outmatched he was.
• Dugu Bo summoned his Jade Phosphorous Flood Dragon Emperor, but Di Tian's True Dragon bloodline suppressed his Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo combined his accumulated poison with Snow Swan Kiss juice from Lin Du, creating a deadly toxin that Di Tian swallowed into a black hole.
• Dugu Bo used Medusa's Gaze, Time Freeze, and his Martial Soul Avatar to give Lin Du more time, but none of his attacks affected Di Tian.
• Di Tian announced that Dugu Bo's soul would atone for his sins, and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye suddenly rippled.

Lin Du emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and confronted Di Tian, revealing his new strength and Dragon God form. He summoned a Pure White Magatama as the battle was about to begin.

• Lin Du surfaced from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, and Di Tian recognized the Ice Dragon King, Fire Dragon King, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm auras on him.
• Dugu Bo urged Lin Du to flee, but Lin Du said he might now be able to fight Di Tian.
• Lin Du revealed the Spirit Skills and Dragon King World Destroying Strike granted by his Spirit Bones, then summoned the Dragon Ascending Sword and displayed his eight Spirit Rings.
• Lin Du shouted "Dragon God" and transformed into the colossal Dragon God mecha, prompting Di Tian to question the nature of his Martial Soul.
• Dragon God formed a vortex and Lin Du took hold of the Pure White Magatama.

Lin Du transformed into the Super Demon God Dragon God and fought Di Tian in the sky above Sunset Forest. After Lin Du withstood Di Tian’s attacks, Di Tian acknowledged his strength and unleashed Black Dragon World Destruction as their next decisive test.

• Lin Du summoned the Holy Gods and transformed Dragon God into the Super Demon God Dragon God, then drew Di Tian away from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye to fight in the sky.
• Di Tian transformed into a Golden-Eyed Black Dragon and clashed with Lin Du’s ice-and-flame attack, shaking the mountains despite fighting high above the ground.
• Dugu Bo identified Di Tian as the Beast God, and he and Ghost Leopard Douluo agreed to inform the Great Enshrinement.
• Di Tian used Myriad Dragon Flame, but Lin Du met the purple-black dragon flames with a barrage of orange-gold meteors while Dugu Bo and Ghost Leopard Douluo protected those below.
• Di Tian acknowledged Lin Du and said he would let the day’s events go if Lin Du survived one more move, then unleashed Black Dragon World Destruction.

Lin Du challenged Di Tian to use Dragon God Claw after blocking his purple-black flames, and Di Tian began gathering the demigod-level Divine Skill’s power. The chapter left Lin Du facing the overwhelming pressure as Di Tian believed he had been immobilized.

• Lin Du summoned silver thunderballs that collided with and extinguished Di Tian’s purple-black fireballs in a massive aerial explosion.
• Di Tian praised Lin Du’s strength, but Lin Du refused to let him leave and asked him to use Dragon God Claw.
• Di Tian explained that Dragon God Claw could reach demigod-level power and recalled nearly killing Qian Daoliu, whom Lin Du identified as his grandfather.
• Di Tian raised his enlarged right claw as a black dragon phantom and seven-colored light appeared behind him.
• Dragon God Claw’s pressure bound Lin Du’s body and soul, and Di Tian mistakenly believed Lin Du had been frightened stiff.

Lin Du clashed with Di Tian’s Dragon God Claw and severed one of the Beast God’s dragon horns before Di Tian vanished. After Lin Du reunited with Dugu Bo and Qian Daoliu, they reacted with amazement to his victory and the trophy he had taken.

• Di Tian summoned his Dragon God Claw and attacked Lin Du with a giant seven-colored claw.
• Lin Du and the Dragon God unleashed a Golden Slash that shattered space and cut through the Dragon God Claw, severing a piece of Di Tian’s Dragon Horn.
• Di Tian praised Lin Du’s Divine Skill and disappeared, while Lin Du revealed that he had avenged Grandpa.
• Lin Du returned safely to Dugu Bo and explained that he had been evenly matched with Di Tian.
• Qian Daoliu arrived, warned that Di Tian’s Dragon God Claw had nearly killed him before, and told Ghost Leopard Douluo to guard the area.
• Lin Du showed Dugu Bo and Qian Daoliu the piece of Di Tian’s Dragon Horn, leaving them astonished that he had faced the Dragon God Claw and cut it off.

Lin Du explained how he fought Di Tian to a draw and took part of his Dragon Horn, then gave the horn to Qian Renxue. The Silver Dragon King told Di Tian he had lost slightly in the clash, while Lin Du and Qian Renxue reunited briefly before returning to their respective work.

• Lin Du told Qian Daoliu and Dugu Bo that he had cut Di Tian’s Dragon Claw and broken part of his horn, then explained that the Dragon Bones beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye had drawn Di Tian to him.
• Qian Daoliu declined Lin Du’s offer of the horn, and Dugu Bo suggested Lin Du give it to Qian Renxue as material for a dagger.
• The Silver Dragon King showed Di Tian his shortened horn in a water mirror and explained that Lin Du had gained the advantage in their fight.
• Di Tian accepted the Silver Dragon King’s lesson and left, impressed by Lin Du’s strength and talent.
• Lin Du visited Qian Renxue in Heaven Dou City and gave her the Dragon Horn, and they spent time together before returning to their separate endeavors.

Tang San trained beneath the waterfall with his Soul Power sealed, gradually mastering the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer through relentless effort. After three months, he completed all eighty-one swings and fulfilled Tang Hao’s requirement, though the final strike sent him crashing into the pool.

• Tang San repeatedly tried to stand on the smooth boulder beneath the waterfall, while Tang Hao watched from the cave and let him endure the training.
• By the fifth day, Tang San could remain on the boulder for five seconds and used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to maintain his balance.
• Tang San adapted to the waterfall, began swinging the Forging Hammer, and later resumed cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill despite his sealed Inner Force.
• On the fifteenth day, Tang San successfully swung the first hammer of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer without losing his footing.
• Over the next three months, Tang San steadily mastered the hammer technique beneath the waterfall.
• Tang San completed all eighty-one hammers, sent the waterfall surging upward with the final strike, and then fell into the pool as the accumulated force dissipated.

Tang San mastered the eighty-one strikes of Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer in three months, while Lin Du reproduced and improved the technique after seeing it once. Lin Du decided to teach it to Spirit Hall, and Tang San emerged from the pool excited by his own achievement.

• Tang Hao opened his eyes as Tang San completed the training step in three months, faster than Tang Hao had managed it.
• Lin Du struck a thousand-year Ironwood dummy eighty times with a wooden sword, building force until the sword trembled and shattered on his next slash.
• Dugu Yan recognized the technique as resembling Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and confirmed Lin Du had succeeded when the dummy split cleanly in half.
• Qian Daoliu questioned Lin Du, who explained he had recorded Tang San’s technique with the Heavenly Dream Domain and reproduced it on his first attempt.
• Lin Du announced he would teach the technique to his companions and spread it through Spirit Hall, and Qian Daoliu approved.
• Tang San leaped from the pool holding a Forging Hammer, excited that he had mastered the eighty-one strikes and unleashed their power.

Tang Hao replaced Tang San’s iron Forging Hammer with a fragile wooden one, forcing him to relearn the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer under the waterfall. After a year of training, Tang San completed eighty-one strikes with an enormous wooden hammer, and he asked Tang Hao what training came next.

• Tang San told Tang Hao he had completed eighty-one strikes, and Tang Hao praised him before making a wooden hammer from a tree.
• Tang Hao ordered Tang San to practice with the wooden hammer, and Tang San discovered that its lightness made him harder to balance and control in the waterfall’s current.
• Tang San began the second stage of training, carefully controlling his strength to keep the fragile hammer from breaking.
• Nine months later, Tang San used a gigantic wooden hammer to lift nearly the entire waterfall and complete eighty-one strikes.
• Tang Hao pulled Tang San from the pool, and Tang San set aside the oversized hammer and asked what he would use next.

Tang Hao ended Tang San’s Soul Power suppression and guided him through a seven-day cultivation that brought him to the level-fifty bottleneck. Tang San resolved to keep improving, while Tang Hao told him to delay obtaining another Spirit Ring until after he reached the Spirit Emperor realm.

• Tang Hao told Tang San to rest, then released his suppressed Soul Power and instructed him to cultivate beneath the waterfall.
• Tang San circulated his surging Inner Force, unblocked six of his Eight Extraordinary Meridians, and strengthened his body over seven days.
• Tang Hao guarded Tang San as his Soul Power stabilized, then confirmed that he had reached the level-fifty bottleneck.
• Tang San felt discouraged when Tang Hao compared his progress with Lin Du, but Tang Hao encouraged him to aim for the Spirit Emperor realm before age twenty.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to strengthen his physique and endurance and postpone obtaining another Spirit Ring until he reached the Spirit Emperor realm.

After two years of training, Tang San mastered Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and greatly increased his explosive power, while Dugu Yan and the others learned to wield Chaotic Wind. Tang Hao ended Tang San’s hammer training and asked him to assess his combat ability, leaving his next stage of training undecided.

• Dugu Yan, Yan Shuangshuang, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu learned to channel Chaotic Wind through their fighting styles, while Lin Du arranged for Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling to receive swords forged by Lou Gao.
• Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer to drive a waterfall upward with the final burst of Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, impressing Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao reflected that Tang San’s explosive power had improved, and that combining his hammer with his Hidden Weapons made him difficult to evade once his Mental Power locked onto an opponent.
• After Tang San landed beneath the waterfall, Tang Hao ended his Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer training and asked him to assess his combat ability.
• Tang San told Tang Hao that his actual combat ability was still far from enough.

Tang Hao explained that Tang San lacked the life-and-death experience needed to develop Killing Intent and said he would take him somewhere to cultivate it. Before they left, Tang Hao brought Tang San behind the waterfall to absorb the relic Tang San’s mother had left behind.

• Tang Hao told Tang San that real combat required life-and-death trials and demonstrated his materialized Killing Intent.
• Tang Hao said he could not teach Tang San Killing Intent himself and promised to take him somewhere he could develop it.
• Before their departure, Tang Hao decided to give Tang San another trump card because the place they were going was deadly.
• Tang Hao used his Clear Sky Hammer to push the waterfall upward, revealed an entrance in the stone wall, and led Tang San inside.

Tang Hao brought Tang San to see Ah Yin, whose Blue Silver Grass form responded to them and revealed Tang San’s connection to his mother. Tang Hao recounted their past and the day Spirit Hall found them, while Tang San promised to help him, unaware of his father’s lingering guilt.

• Tang Hao led Tang San into a cave chamber and told him to kneel before a Blue Silver Grass stalk with golden veins.
• The grass touched Tang San’s hand and Tang Hao’s palm, and Tang San realized he had inherited Ah Yin’s true form rather than her Martial Soul.
• Tang San wept as he felt Ah Yin’s affectionate spiritual presence, while Tang Hao regained some hope that she might return to life.
• Tang Hao recounted meeting and loving Ah Yin, then described their difficult life in hiding after the tragedy that kept him from returning to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that Spirit Hall found them on the day Ah Yin gave birth and he reached level ninety, and Tang San urged him to calm down and promised to help.
• Tang San failed to notice the guilt in Tang Hao’s bloodshot eyes as his father’s Killing Intent spread.

Tang Hao told Tang San how Ah Yin sacrificed herself to protect him and Tang Hao from Spirit Hall, then survived as a grass seed after leaving her Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone behind. Tang San promised to restore his mother, and Tang Hao gave him the Lead Box holding her Spirit Bone.

• Tang Hao recounted how Spirit Hall’s Pope and experts attacked after Ah Yin gave birth, and how Ah Yin killed herself to save Tang Hao and Tang San.
• Ah Yin’s death created a powerful magnetic field, allowing Tang Hao to absorb her Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and defeat Spirit Hall’s forces before escaping with Tang San and her grass seed.
• Tang San vowed to avenge Ah Yin and find a way to restore her, giving Tang Hao hope that they could see her again.
• Tang Hao revealed that he had brought Tang San to inherit Ah Yin’s Spirit Bone, struck the cave wall, and handed him the Lead Box to open.

Tang San discovered that the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone his mother left him was missing, and learned that Lin Du and Dugu Yan had taken it two years earlier. Tang Hao abandoned plans to reclaim it immediately and decided to take Tang San to obtain a Spirit Ring before bringing him to Slaughter City.

• Tang San opened the lead box and found it empty, provoking Tang Hao's grief and uncontrolled Killing Intent.
• Tang San communicated with the Blue Silver Grass and learned that a man and a woman had taken his mother's Soul Bone two years earlier.
• Tang San connected the woman's description and Dugu Yan's later Spirit Emperor breakthrough to identify her and Lin Du as the thieves.
• Tang San confirmed that his mother's Soul Bone had been a Right Leg Bone and that Dugu Yan's flight ability came from it.
• Tang Hao decided not to confront Lin Du and Dugu Yan yet, and planned to help Tang San obtain a Spirit Ring before taking him to Slaughter City.

Tang Hao took Tang San to the Star Dou Great Forest to gather Spirit Rings for his Clear Sky Hammer, first strengthening him with a thousand-year Titan Giant Ape Ring. After Tang San absorbed two ten-thousand-year Spirit Rings, he celebrated finally experiencing the joy of Twin Martial Souls.

• Tang Hao and Tang San left the mountain range and traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Tang San absorbed a thousand-year Titan Giant Ape Spirit Ring.
• Tang Hao shattered a Heavy Armored Insect King's defenses, and Tang San delivered the final blow and absorbed its ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring.
• Tang Hao stopped a fleeing Magic Ming Deer with his Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang San killed it and absorbed its Spirit Ring.
• Tang San admired the one purple and two black Spirit Rings around his Clear Sky Hammer and celebrated experiencing the joy of Twin Martial Souls.

Tang San obtained his fourth and fifth Clear Sky Hammer Spirit Rings in the Star Dou Great Forest, gaining powerful new abilities and strengthening his Eight Spider Lances. Tang Hao judged him ready and planned to take him to Slaughter City the next day.

• Tang Hao and Tang San found a sixteen-thousand-year Dark Demon Tiger, and Tang Hao crippled it before Tang San killed it and absorbed its Spirit Ring.
• After searching for more than ten days, Tang Hao and Tang San encountered a mutated Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor.
• Tang Hao struck the spider emperor down, and Tang San drained its life force with his Eight Spider Lances before absorbing its Spirit Ring.
• Tang San gained the Brilliant Explosion Soul Skill, and his Clear Sky Hammer reached a five-ring configuration of one purple ring and four black rings.
• Tang Hao approved of Tang San's strength and said he would take him to Slaughter City the next day.

Tang Hao brought Tang San to a strange tavern and ordered him to drink a cup of human blood before telling him to kill everyone inside. Tang San struck down one attacker and unleashed his Clear Sky Hammer’s fifth soul skill on the rest, leaving the tavern on the verge of an explosion.

• Tang Hao and Tang San reached a small town after traveling north for half a month and entered its black-decorated tavern.
• Tang Hao ordered two Bloody Marys, and Tang San drank his cup before learning it was human blood.
• Tang Hao commanded Tang San to kill the tavern’s patrons, and Tang San understood that the town was a trial for entering Slaughter City.
• A burly man attacked Tang San with an Ox Ear Dagger, and Tang San caught the blade and killed him with a shoulder strike.
• The remaining patrons rushed Tang San, and he revealed his five Soul Rings and hurled his Clear Sky Hammer into the crowd with its fifth soul skill about to explode.

Tang San entered Slaughter City after killing the Spirit Masters who insulted his mother and the waiter who challenged his worthiness. He emerged before Terror Knight Scott, who demanded that he defeat him to earn entry.

• Tang San killed the Spirit Masters in the tavern with his Clear Sky Hammer after they insulted his mother.
• Tang San killed the waiter with his Eight Spider Lances when the waiter said he was unqualified to enter Slaughter City.
• Tang Hao warned Tang San that he would have to rely on himself and win the Hell Slaughter Arena's annual championship to be taken away.
• Tang San smashed through the tavern floor, found the passageway beneath it, and entered Slaughter City.
• After 1,462 steps, Tang San heard the city's welcome and emerged before one hundred armored warriors and Terror Knight Scott.
• Scott said Tang San had violated the rules and charged at him, requiring him to defeat Scott to enter Slaughter City.

Tang San entered Slaughter City after defeating Terror Knight Scott and learned that Soul Skills did not work there. As his guide explained the city’s lawless nature and protection, Tang San questioned whether its residents were truly safe.

• Tang San discovered that Soul Skills were ineffective in Slaughter City but retained his Soul Power, then defeated Terror Knight Scott with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Scott admitted Tang San had passed the test and gave him identity plaque 9528; after Tang San left, Scott cut off his shattered right arm.
• A Black-veiled Girl welcomed Tang San at the city gate and guided him inside, offering to answer his questions for twelve hours.
• The Black-veiled Girl explained that Slaughter City had no rules and protected its residents, while Tang San doubted that protection could keep powerful outsiders at bay.
• The Black-veiled Girl recognized Tang San’s concern and asked whether he was wondering how Slaughter City protected its citizens.