Chapter Summaries

Tang San entered the City of Slaughter after drinking Yellow Springs Dew, fighting off attackers, and defeating Terror Knight Scott. His guide explained the city’s dangers and the route to becoming a Slaughter God, while Lin Xianyu warned that Tang San’s future destruction of the city would unleash fallen Soul Masters across the continent.

• Tang Hao made Tang San drink Yellow Springs Dew, and Tang San vomited after seeing a vision of the dead whose spiritual power it contained.
• When patrons attacked Tang San, Tang Hao urged him to kill them, and Tang San wiped them out with his Blue Silver Emperor before using his Clear Sky Hammer to uncover the entrance.
• Tang San descended through the tunnel, dispelled the illusions at its end, and defeated Terror Knight Scott with his Clear Sky Hammer to earn entry to the City of Slaughter.
• A black veil woman guided Tang San into the city and explained that Spirit Abilities were restrained, there were no rules, and escaping required winning the Hell Slaughter Arena championship and surviving the Hell Road.
• Lin Xianyu warned the villagers of Holy Spirit Village that Tang San would later destroy the City of Slaughter and Spirit Hall, allowing fallen Soul Masters to spread and eventually form the Holy Spirit Cult.

Tang San entered the City of Slaughter, met Hu Liena, and won his first Hell Slaughter Arena match using the Clear Sky Hammer. The King of Slaughter noticed him, while Tang Chen became tempted to visit the city after learning he would obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain.

• Tang San reached the inner city with the black veil woman and saw Hu Liena fighting her way through attackers.
• Hu Liena blocked a sneak attack on Tang San, and the two killed the attacker together before she warned him to be careful.
• The black veil woman explained that Tang San needed one hundred arena victories to become champion, and Tang San chose to enter the next match.
• Ning Fengzhi's fiancée decided to postpone her planned visit to the City of Slaughter, while Sword Douluo's Father forbade Sword Douluo from going and ordered him to swing his sword ten thousand times daily.
• Tang San entered the arena with nine opponents and used the Clear Sky Hammer to win without injury, drawing the attention of Hu Liena and the King of Slaughter.
• Tang Chen considered visiting the City of Slaughter after the Sky Screen revealed he would obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain, while the black veil woman left Tang San to fend for himself.

Tang San and Hu Liena continued their winning streaks in the City of Slaughter, while the King of Slaughter worried that they might become Slaughter Gods. After both approached the hundred-win mark, Hu Liena asked Tang San to join her in challenging Hell Road.

• Tang San defeated nine opponents in the Hell Slaughter Arena and won another match, while Hu Liena watched and realized she had fallen for him.
• Hu Liena’s feelings for Tang San drew attention from Young Bibi Dong, Qian Xunji, and the villagers, while the King of Slaughter ordered the black veil woman to keep watching Tang San and Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena won her ninety-ninth match, and Tang San realized that the killing arena absorbed much of the Soul Power released by defeated opponents.
• Tang San reached ninety-nine consecutive victories and struggled to control his growing killing intent before his final match.
• Hu Liena visited Tang San with Yellow Springs Dew and asked him to join forces with her to challenge Hell Road.

Tang San and Hu Liena agreed to cooperate and prepare to challenge Hell Road after completing their hundredth victories. As the King of Slaughter summoned Hu Liena before the arena, the two stood together while the crowd cheered.

• Hu Liena revealed her identity and explained that passing Hell Road could grant Divine Slaughter's Domain, prompting Tang San to agree to cooperate with her.
• Tang San warned Hu Liena that Yellow Springs Dew was poisonous and gave her an antidote, which she secretly pretended to take before eventually swallowing it.
• Tang San gave Hu Liena the false name Tang Yin and removed his mask, while Hu Liena blushed at his appearance.
• Three days later, Hu Liena and Tang San had both completed their hundredth victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• The King of Slaughter appeared above the arena, summoned Hu Liena, and addressed the cheering crowd as she stood beside Tang San.

The King of Slaughter offered Tang San and Hu Liena the title of Slaughter God to keep them from crossing Hell Road, but they refused and entered the trial together. As they faced the Yellow Springs and a swarm of bats, Tang San protected Hu Liena, whose admiration for him deepened into plans to confess after they escaped.

• The Clear Sky Sect and other witnesses speculated that the King of Slaughter was Tang Chen's brother, while Lin Xianyu knew the King was Tang Chen himself.
• The King of Slaughter offered Tang San and Hu Liena honorary titles and free passage, but both insisted on crossing Hell Road to obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• The King of Slaughter opened Hell Road by sacrificing the arena spectators, and Tang San and Hu Liena fell into the passage.
• Tang San identified the Yellow Springs below them as the City of Slaughter's source of energy, and he and Hu Liena chose the path above it.
• Tang San and Hu Liena found the remains of earlier travelers and encountered a fast-moving swarm of bats; when killing intent overwhelmed Hu Liena, Tang San used his Blue Silver Domain to calm her.
• Tang San drove off many bats with hidden weapons and hurried onward with Hu Liena, who admired him and planned to confess her feelings after they escaped.

Tang San and Hu Liena fought their way through the Hell Road, defeating a Three-Headed Bat and a Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent before escaping the City of Slaughter. Hu Liena woke beside the unconscious Tang San and chose not to kill him, despite their factions’ enmity.

• Tang San and Hu Liena defeated the Three-Headed Bat by working together, while the King of Slaughter warned that a greater danger still awaited them.
• Tang San killed the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and took its inner core, then explained the beast to Hu Liena.
• Tang San carried Hu Liena through the increasingly hot Hell Road, escaped with her, and used Snowy Swan Kiss to destroy the City of Slaughter before fainting outside.
• Hu Liena woke before Tang San and decided not to kill him, reasoning that he had saved her by carrying her out.

Tang San left the City of Slaughter with Divine Slaughter's Domain and reunited with Tang Hao, who brought him to Moonlight Pavilion to meet Tang Yuehua. Tang Yuehua revealed she was Tang San's aunt and urged Tang Hao to return to the Clear Sky Sect, but he refused, still devoted to Ah Yin.

• Tang San and Hu Liena awakened with the same Divine Slaughter's Domain, then parted after Tang San declined to stay with her; Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo later took Hu Liena back to Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao praised Tang San for leaving the City of Slaughter and explained that an innate domain could be used alongside Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang Hao brought Tang San to Moonlight Pavilion, where Tang San broke the arms of guards who tried to drive them out, and Tang Yuehua stopped the confrontation.
• Tang Yuehua recognized Tang Hao, embraced him, and told Tang San that she was his aunt.
• Tang Yuehua urged Tang Hao to return to the Clear Sky Sect and see Tang Xiao, but Tang Hao refused, saying he did not regret his choices and that his heart had died with Ah Yin.

Tang San completed a year of etiquette and music lessons at Moonlight Pavilion, gained control of his killing intent, and reached rank fifty-seven. After graduating and meeting Xue Qinghe and Xue Ke, he prepared to leave and see Tang Hao as promised.

• Tang Hao left Tang San in Tang Yuehua's care, asking her to teach him and have him return to Clear Sky Sect after a year; he also told her that Tang San was his only son with Ah Yin.
• Tang Yuehua refused to tell Tang San about his mother and ordered him to study noble etiquette and music at Moonlight Pavilion for a year, while the Sky Screen showed young Tang Hao arguing with Tang Xiao about visiting the City of Slaughter.
• Tang San accepted the lessons, controlled his killing intent, and advanced to rank fifty-seven; Xue Ke developed a secret crush on him during the year.
• At Moonlight Pavilion's graduation ceremony, Tang San performed as the student representative and received his certificate from Tang Yuehua.
• Tang Yuehua introduced Tang San, using the alias Tang Yin, to Xue Qinghe and Xue Ke; Xue Qinghe recognized him as Tang San, while Xue Ke was reluctant to leave.
• Tang San told Tang Yuehua that the year was over and he was going to see Tang Hao, and she teased him about Xue Ke's feelings.

Tang San learned the truth about his parents and received Tang Hao’s soul bones before agreeing to help restore the Clear Sky Sect and relocate Ah Yin’s Life Seed. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall named Hu Liena its first successor and announced it was pursuing Xiao Wu, who remained in the Star Dou Great Forest longing for her human friends.

• Tang San found Tang Hao, who explained that he had severed his own arm and leg to remove his injuries and the sect’s soul bones.
• Tang Hao told Tang San how he had met Ah Yin, confessed his guilt toward the Clear Sky Sect, and gave him three soul bones; Tang San absorbed Ah Yin’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Tang San promised to help the Clear Sky Sect rise again, and he and Tang Hao decided to move Ah Yin’s Life Seed to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The Female Pope appointed Hu Liena as Spirit Hall’s first papal successor and announced that the transformed Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast was in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Wu’s family discussed Spirit Hall’s pursuit of her, and Xiao Wu admitted that she missed her human friends rather than the human world itself.

Xiao Wu remained in the Star Dou Great Forest, recalled her life with Tang San, and swore to avenge her mother, while Spirit Hall prepared to capture her. Elsewhere, Tang Hao planted Ah Yin’s Life Seed at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and the Female Pope announced an operation against the Seven Great Sects.

• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python urged Xiao Wu to stay in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Xiao Wu vowed to kill the Pope of Spirit Hall for her mother’s death.
• Ah Rou and Xiao Wu worried that Xiao Wu might be manipulated into sacrificing herself, while Spirit Hall sent Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena to search for her.
• Xiao Wu told the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python about her years in the human world and her relationship with Tang San.
• Tang San led Tang Hao to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Tang Hao planted Ah Yin’s Life Seed and saw it begin to recover rapidly.
• The Female Pope announced that the Soul Hunting Operation would begin in one month and ordered Spirit Hall to target the Seven Great Sects, declaring that she would take part herself.

Tang San reached the Clear Sky Sect and asked to return to the clan, while Tang Xiao supported him despite the elders’ resentment toward Tang Hao. When Seventh Elder insulted Tang San’s mother and rejected his return, Tang San knelt to apologize for his father’s actions, then challenged Seventh Elder to defend her honor.

• Tang San left Tang Hao with an antidote and traveled to the Clear Sky Sect, where he proved his identity with his Clear Sky Hammer and met Tang Xiao.
• Tang San knelt before Tang Xiao, offered to bear responsibility for Tang Hao, and presented the sect’s inherited spirit bone that his father had returned by sacrificing his limbs.
• Tang Xiao agreed to hold a public ceremony for Tang San to acknowledge his ancestors and return to the clan, despite Tang Yuehua’s concern about the elders.
• The Clear Sky Sect’s elders gathered and Seventh Elder denounced Tang Hao and refused to let Tang San return, while Tang Xiao struggled to assert his authority.
• Tang San knelt to apologize to Seventh Elder for Tang Hao’s actions, then rose and challenged him over his insult to Tang San’s mother.

Tang San challenged the Seventh Elder to win the right to acknowledge his ancestry and return to the Clear Sky Sect, defeating Tang Hu to earn a duel with the Title Douluo. The chapter ended with the duel set for the Iron Chain Bridge and Tang Xiao presenting the sect’s inherited spirit bones as evidence of Tang Hao’s remorse.

• Tang San challenged the Seventh Elder, and the First Elder made him defeat Tang Hu before he could face the elder.
• Tang San defeated Tang Hu, revealed that he had Twin Martial Souls, and won permission to challenge the Seventh Elder, who agreed to use thirty percent of his strength.
• Tang San chose the Iron Chain Bridge for their duel and asked the Seventh Elder to accept his return to the sect if he won.
• Tang Xiao proposed that Tang San could return if he won and leave the sect without using the Clear Sky Hammer if he lost; the First Elder agreed, adding three conditions if Tang San won.
• Tang Xiao showed the elders the two inherited spirit bones Tang Hao had returned, hoping to persuade them to accept Tang San back into the sect.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tang Xiao offers the spirit bones to win the First Elder's support for Tang San's return to his ancestral clan.
• Tang San defeats the Seventh Elder in a match, but suffers serious injuries.
• Tang Xiao proposes to lift the Clear Sky Sect's ban, but the First Elder disagrees due to Tang San's potential.
• The First Elder sets three conditions for Tang San to fulfill before he can return to his ancestral clan and clear his father's name: reach level eighty in Soul Power, bring back the head of a Spirit Hall Title Douluo, and obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring.

Character Developments

• Tang San: Demonstrates his strength and determination by defeating a Title Douluo, but also shows his willingness to protect his family and honor his father's legacy.
• Tang Xiao: Struggles with his desire to lift the sect's ban and his responsibility to protect Tang San.
• First Elder: Reveals his concern for Tang San's potential and his desire to protect the sect's future, setting challenging conditions for Tang San to prove himself.

Significant Themes

• The importance of family and legacy, as seen through Tang San's determination to clear his father's name and Tang Xiao's struggle to protect his nephew.
• The tension between ambition and responsibility, as demonstrated by Tang Xiao's desire to lift the sect's ban and the First Elder's caution.
• The power of potential and talent, as highlighted by the First Elder's focus on Tang San's abilities.

Character Interactions

• Tang San and the Seventh Elder: Their match showcases Tang San's strength and cunning, as well as the Seventh Elder's underestimation of him.
• Tang Xiao and the First Elder: Their conversation reveals their differing views on the sect's future and the importance of protecting Tang San.
• Tang San and the First Elder: Their discussion sets the stage for Tang San's future challenges and his determination to overcome them.

Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Tang San reunited at Shrek Academy for their five-year appointment, while Ning Rongrong explained that Oscar had left to seek combat power for Food System Soul Masters. The Sky Screen showed Oscar hunting a Mirror Shadow Beast in the Extreme North, and Zhao Wuji welcomed the returning Shrek Seven Devils into the academy.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Shrek Academy, where a student mistook them for impostors until Ma Hongjun arrived and demonstrated his identity by igniting a flower.
• Ning Rongrong and Tang San joined Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun; after the group pranked Tang San over his changed appearance, he explained that he had returned after visiting the Clear Sky Sect.
• Ning Rongrong told her companions that Oscar had left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to find a way for Food System Soul Masters to gain combat power, and she did not know whether he would return.
• The Sky Screen showed Oscar killing a twenty-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast in the Ice Forest and absorbing its soul ring in hopes of gaining the ability to copy others' abilities.
• Zhao Wuji recognized the returning Shrek Seven Devils, brought them into Shrek Academy, and went to tell the other students they had returned.

The Sky Screen showed Oscar absorbing a Mirror Shadow Beast soul ring in the Ice Forest while the Shrek Seven Devils reunited at Shrek Academy. Oscar’s Soul Hunting Group turned against Captain Haote over a dropped soul bone, leaving Oscar and Haote in danger as the chapter ended with their fate unresolved.

• Oscar absorbed the Mirror Shadow Beast’s soul ring, and its soul bone triggered a fight among the Soul Hunting Group while Haote stayed to protect him.
• Zhao Wuji brought Dai Mubai and the others back to the expanded Shrek Academy, where they discussed their strength and credited the Immortal Herbs Tang San had shared with them.
• Oscar finished absorbing his soul ring and used Tang San’s Godly Zhuge Crossbow to strike back at the Soul Hunting Group, though he and Haote remained outnumbered.
• Zhao Wuji brought the Shrek Seven Devils to Flender, and Ma Hongjun knocked the dean down in an enthusiastic reunion.
• Grandmaster, Liu Erlong, and Flender welcomed Tang San back and remarked on how much his appearance had changed after his Blue Silver Grass martial soul’s awakening.
• Dai Mubai teased Ma Hongjun about Jiang Zhu having treated him like a younger brother, prompting the others to laugh.

Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and the Shrek Seven Devils reunited at Shrek Academy and discussed Tang San’s past, the Clear Sky Sect’s tests, and their plans to find Xiao Wu and Oscar. Flender arranged an exhibition match, but Liu Erlong turned it into a challenge for Flender and Zhao Wuji against the Shrek Five Devils, using it to press Flender to take over the academy’s administration.

• Flender learned that Dai Mubai had become the Star Luo Empire’s Crown Prince and welcomed the reunited companions inside to talk.
• Tang San recounted his experiences, and Grandmaster and Qin Ming interpreted the Clear Sky Sect’s three conditions as tests preparing him to lead the sect’s return.
• Tang San said he intended to establish the Tang Sect and planned to find Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest, while Liu Erlong asked him to tell Xiao Wu she would always be her mother.
• The group worried about Oscar’s safety, and Flender proposed that the Shrek Seven Devils contribute to the academy by putting on an exhibition match.
• Liu Erlong arranged for Flender and Zhao Wuji to face the Shrek Five Devils, then offered to take over academy affairs if Flender handled the match.

Oscar awakened after gaining combat ability through his sixth Spirit Ability, Mirror Sausage, and accepted the Mirror Shadow Beast’s spirit bone from Captain Haote before setting out for Heaven Dou City. At Shrek Academy, Flender and Zhao Wuji began their exhibition match against the Shrek Five Devils, with the outcome still undecided.

• Oscar woke beside Captain Haote and explained that his Mirror Sausage could copy a Spirit Master’s abilities using their blood, though it rapidly drained his Soul Power.
• Captain Haote gave Oscar the Mirror Shadow Beast’s head spirit bone, and Oscar absorbed it before leaving for Heaven Dou City to meet Ning Rongrong.
• Madam Ning and Ning Fengzhi considered how Mirror Shadow Beasts might grant combat abilities to Support System Soul Masters, while factions across the continent grew interested in hunting them.
• At Shrek Academy, the Shrek Five Devils announced their levels, and Flender set the challenge: they had to withstand his and Zhao Wuji’s combined assault for three incense sticks.
• Zhao Wuji and Flender revealed that they were Level 81 and Level 83 Spirit Douluos, respectively, then launched the sparring match against the five Spirit Emperors.

The Shrek Five Devils fought Flender and Zhao Wuji to a draw, then discussed their plans as Tang San prepared to search for Xiao Wu. The Sky Screen showed Spirit Hall mobilizing and Ning Rongrong suffering a sudden headache, which Ning Fengzhi took as a warning that something had happened to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• The Shrek Five Devils used their teamwork and Spirit Abilities to restrain Flender and Zhao Wuji, ending the exhibition match in a draw and winning the students’ admiration.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji argued over the bruises Zhao Wuji had suffered, while Ma Hongjun said he wanted to stay at Shrek Academy as a teacher.
• The Sky Screen showed the Female Pope ordering Spirit Hall’s special forces to move out after nightfall, prompting Ning Fengzhi to fear an attack on the Upper Three Sects.
• Tang San said he would leave the next morning to find Xiao Wu, while Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong discussed their plans to leave Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong suddenly felt a stabbing headache, and Ning Fengzhi interpreted it as a sign that something had happened to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The Sky Screen shifted to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi stood beneath the full moon and Bone Douluo asked whether Ning Rongrong could look after herself.

Spirit Hall’s attack devastated the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, forcing Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo to flee while Sword Douluo’s fate remained unknown. Ning Fengzhi sought shelter for Ning Rongrong and warned the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but the Female Pope learned that Spirit Hall had also annihilated that clan.

• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo discussed his unease about the sect’s safety, while young Bibi Dong suspected that her future self would attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Spirit Hall’s forces ambushed the sect, but a patrol disciple raised the alarm and the Godly Zhuge Crossbows repelled their first assault; four Title Douluo then overwhelmed the defenders, and Sword Douluo stayed behind as Ning Fengzhi escaped with Bone Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong at Shrek Academy that Spirit Hall had destroyed the sect, with more than two-thirds of its disciples dead and Sword Douluo missing.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Grandmaster and Liu Erlong that Spirit Hall would target the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then took Ning Rongrong to seek shelter in Heaven Dou City as Grandmaster and Liu Erlong hurried to notify the clan.
• The Female Pope berated the commander for Spirit Hall’s heavy losses at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and he reported that their separate attack had completely exterminated the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

After watching Spirit Hall's campaign devastate the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Lin Xianyu used her new clone perk to explore another world, where she took the reborn Blue Silver Emperor and traveled to Heaven Dou City. There she crippled Prince Xue Beng after he tried to bully her, leaving her facing his protectors.

• The Female Pope ended the Soul Hunting Operation and ordered Spirit Hall to begin infiltrating the empires while monitoring the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's remnants.
• Grandmaster and Liu Erlong returned to find the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan annihilated, and Grandmaster vowed revenge against Spirit Hall.
• Lin Xianyu received the Clone perk, entered a twelve-year-old version of herself in another world, and discovered that Tang San had already left Holy Spirit Village.
• Lin Xianyu found and took the newly reborn Blue Silver Emperor, then traveled to Heaven Dou City and explored the city.
• Lin Xianyu crippled Xue Beng after he tried to bully her, and his protectors moved to confront her.