Chapter Summaries

Tang San questioned whether Blue Silver Grass could follow a support route, but Yu Xiaogang and Tang Xiao persuaded him to focus on poison and control so he could cultivate quickly and prepare to use the Clear Sky Hammer. Yu Xiaogang then gave Tang San his researched Meditation Method, which impressed Tang San as a close prototype of a cultivation method, and the chapter left Tang San ready to follow his teacher’s guidance.

• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang why Blue Silver Grass had to follow a control route and whether its vitality could support a life-based support route.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang Xiao argued that Blue Silver Grass was too weak for support, that Tang San needed combat ability and fast cultivation, and that poison-control best suited his circumstances.
• Tang Xiao and Yu Yuanzhen considered secretly robbing Spirit Hall members of Body Forging Pills, but recognized that killing a high-ranking bishop could bring catastrophic retaliation.
• Yu Xiaogang called Tang San to his room and gave him a Meditation Method he had developed from clan and Spirit Hall research.
• Tang San compared the Meditation Method with his Mysterious Heaven Skill, judged it a close prototype of a cultivation method, and thanked Yu Xiaogang without asking why he had not shared it with the clan.

Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San a Storage Soul Tool and warned him about the dangers of cultivating Twin Martial Souls, including the secrets and Body Forging Pill controlled by Spirit Hall. The two traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Yu Xiaogang found a four-hundred-year Mandala Snake, and Tang San questioned why they were hunting it.

• Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San a belt-type Storage Soul Tool containing twenty-four cubic meters of space.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that only three Twin Martial Soul users had been recorded in the past century, and one had died when his body exploded.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San not to add Soul Rings to his Clear Sky Hammer too early and told him about Spirit Hall's secret cultivation method and Body Forging Pill.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San set out for the Star Dou Great Forest with Tang Xiao escorting them, while Yu Xiaogang kept their intended target vague.
• Yu Xiaogang spotted a four-hundred-year Mandala Snake in the forest, and Tang San asked why they had chosen it.

Tang San chose a Mandala Snake for his first soul ring after Yu Xiaogang and Tang Xiao persuaded him that animal Soul Beasts could benefit his Blue Silver Grass. In the City of Slaughter, Hu Bai, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue were assigned rooms, and Hu Bai was summoned to his first Hell Slaughter Arena match.

• Tang San questioned whether his Blue Silver Grass should absorb a Plant System Soul Beast, and Yu Xiaogang urged him to trust his theory and choose the Mandala Snake.
• Tang Xiao supported Yu Xiaogang's advice, arguing that animal Soul Beasts could provide stronger soul rings than scarce, slow Plant System Soul Beasts.
• Tang San set aside his doubts and chose the four-hundred-year Mandala Snake for his First Soul Ring.
• The Slaughter Messenger arranged adjoining rooms for Hu Bai, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue under orders from the King of Slaughter, then registered Hu Bai for the arena.
• One day later, the Slaughter Messenger summoned Hu Bai to his first Life-and-Death Arena match, where the crowd called for blood and cheered at the sight of the contestants.

Hu Bai entered a ten-man arena match in the City of Slaughter and used Spiritual Power to kill all nine opponents without moving. He left the arena untouched by blood and silently demonstrated to Hu Liena how to use Spiritual Power in combat.

• A bald Fallen One threatened to eat Hu Bai and attacked him while the King of Slaughter watched from his throne.
• Hu Bai destroyed the bald man's head with an invisible Spiritual Power attack, leaving the arena crowd stunned.
• Hu Bai swept his gaze across the other nine contestants and made their heads explode within seconds.
• The spectators cried out in fear and called Hu Bai a devil as he stood among the bodies in spotless white robes.
• Hu Bai looked toward Hu Liena with an instructive gaze, showing her how to catch opponents off guard with Spiritual Power.

After winning his first match in the Slaughter Arena, Hu Bai was hailed as the White-Clad God of Slaughter and refused the Bloody Mary offered by the Slaughter Messenger, revealing that it was human blood. His refusal challenged the City of Slaughter’s rules, and a hostile Fallen One confronted him.

• Hu Bai discussed his violent, understated fighting style with Ice Empress while the crowd began chanting his new title, White-Clad God of Slaughter.
• Hu Bai met Xie Yue and Hu Liena at the arena bar, where the Slaughter Messenger offered him a cup of Bloody Mary.
• Hu Bai recognized the drink as human blood and refused it, startling Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and the surrounding Fallen Ones.
• The Slaughter Messenger insisted that every entrant had to drink Bloody Mary, explaining that it fueled the city’s culture of slaughter and tribute to the King of Slaughter.
• A tall, vicious-looking Fallen One mocked Hu Bai for refusing the drink and challenged whether he deserved his title.

Hu Bai killed a Fallen One who challenged him, forcing the Slaughter Messenger to yield to his demands in the City of Slaughter. Two days later, Xie Yue entered his first Life-and-Death Arena match, where nine opponents cautiously encircled him.

• Hu Bai killed a Fallen One at the bar and told the Slaughter Messenger that he would follow his own rules.
• After receiving a voice transmission from the King of Slaughter, the Slaughter Messenger backed down and left Hu Bai alone.
• Hu Bai explained that the King of Slaughter was unlikely to challenge Bibi Dong’s disciples and considered his Life and Death Arena a safeguard.
• Two days later, the Slaughter Messenger respectfully informed the trio that Xie Yue’s first Life-and-Death Arena match had been arranged.
• Xie Yue entered the arena as the crowd watched Hu Bai, and his nine opponents formed a semicircle around him.

Xie Yue defeated nine Fallen Ones in the City of Slaughter by using his spatial abilities and earned the title “Space Killer.” After returning to their stone house with Hu Bai and Hu Liena, he asked Hu Liena whether she was ready for her upcoming match.

• The nine Fallen Ones agreed to attack Xie Yue together, but he used the Power of Space to kill one before they could react.
• Xie Yue evaded the remaining Fallen Ones’ attacks and killed them with spatial strikes, including a Space Compression technique.
• Xie Yue finished the match in thirty seconds, and the crowd hailed him as the “Space Killer.”
• Xie Yue returned to the stone house with Hu Bai and Hu Liena, and asked Hu Liena if she had mentally prepared for her turn to fight in a few days.

Hu Liena entered the Hell Slaughter Arena and used her spiritual charm to defeat Zhao Wuji and the other contestants without being overwhelmed by killing intent. She earned the title Charming Demon Fox, while the Fallen Ones recoiled from her after witnessing Zhao Wuji's humiliating defeat.

• Xie Yue warned Hu Liena that the City of Slaughter’s violence could corrupt her mind, and Hu Bai promised to teach her a Clear Heart Technique and reinforce her sea of consciousness.
• Hu Liena entered the arena for her first match and recognized Zhao Wuji among her nine opponents; Hu Bai warned her that Zhao Wuji resisted spiritual attacks.
• Zhao Wuji warned the other contestants about Hu Liena’s charm abilities, but Hu Liena’s Light of Charm ensnared the eight others and made them attack him.
• The eight contestants overwhelmed Zhao Wuji, and Hu Liena ended his suffering with a spiritual strike before the remaining contestants turned on one another under her illusion.
• Hu Liena won the match and received the title Charming Demon Fox, prompting the Fallen Ones to flee from her in fear of suffering the same humiliation as Zhao Wuji.

After a year in the City of Slaughter, Hu Bai, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena devised a deal to accelerate their arena victories, while Gu Yue Na departed to seek the Heart of the Dragon God. The siblings confronted the Slaughter Messenger to arrange their plan, and Hu Bai's glance silenced the bar.

• Gu Yue Na told Di Tian they would travel to the lost continent to search for the Heart of the Dragon God, then left a note explaining her absence.
• Tang San absorbed the Mandala Snake soul ring, gained the Entanglement skill and paralytic venom, and tested his transformed Blue Silver Grass.
• A year later, Hu Bai had 67 consecutive victories in the City of Slaughter, Xie Yue had 66, and Hu Liena had 65, but scarce opponents had slowed their progress.
• Hu Bai proposed bargaining with the King of Slaughter: the trio would give up Divine Slaughter's Domain in exchange for help reaching one hundred victories quickly.
• Hu Bai, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena went to the central bar and asked the Slaughter Messenger for help; Hu Bai's glance made the watching Fallen Ones drop their wineglasses.

Hu Bai negotiated with the King of Slaughter so he, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena could earn a hundred consecutive victories without taking Divine Slaughter's Domain, then led them into Hell Road. As the God Realm watched their trial, the three fused into Nine-Tailed Bewitching Charm and faced the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent.

• Hu Bai asked the Slaughter Messenger to arrange a meeting with the King of Slaughter, invoking Bibi Dong's status as his teacher.
• Hu Bai offered to forgo Divine Slaughter's Domain if the King helped the three siblings complete a hundred consecutive victories within a year, and the King accepted.
• Hu Bai, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena each achieved a hundred consecutive victories, then entered Hell Road while refusing Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• The God of Destruction praised Hu Bai, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena as potential inheritors of divine seats while watching them through a water mirror.
• The Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent attacked Hu Bai, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena, who fused their martial souls into Nine-Tailed Bewitching Charm.

Hu Bai, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena defeated the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, escaped Hell Road, and received divine inheritance trials. Back in Spirit City, Hu Bai reunited with Qian Renxue after two years apart.

• Nine-Tailed Bewitching Charm used space transfer, freezing, and a Moon Blade to defeat the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and preserve its Inner Core for Hu Bai.
• The God of Destruction approved Hu Bai's group for the Destruction and Lust inheritances, and the two divine phantoms departed for the Lower Realm.
• Hu Bai, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena emerged from Hell Road and reunited with Bibi Dong, who welcomed them back to Spirit City.
• Hu Bai passed his fourth Element God King trial, gained a level and affinity, and received a mission to open the Thunder God Inheritance Ground.
• Xie Yue began the God of Destruction inheritance with a trial to destroy the Geng Metal Puppet Heart, while Hu Liena began the God of Lust inheritance with a trial to obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud willingly.
• After She Long told Qian Renxue that Hu Bai had returned, she hurried to his residence, where they saw each other again.

After returning from the City of Slaughter, Hu Bai reunited with Qian Renxue, gave her a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, and watched her become a Ten-Winged Angel. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong briefing Xie Yue that his second divine trial site could not be entered without him present.

• Hu Bai returned after two years away, reunited with Qian Renxue, and told her he had reached Soul Power Level 77.
• Hu Bai gave Qian Renxue his God-Bestowed Soul Ring, and she absorbed it, reaching Level 85 and evolving into a Ten-Winged Angel.
• Hu Bai and Qian Renxue spent several days together before joining Hu Liena and Xie Yue to meet Bibi Dong at the Pope's Palace.
• Bibi Dong told Xie Yue that Titled Douluo had found the canyon associated with his second divine trial but could not enter its hidden Puppet Valley.

Bibi Dong assigned escorts for the divine trials, while Gu Yue Na recovered the Dragon God's memories and buried the fallen dragons in Dragon Valley. Hu Bai then followed the Power of Destiny into the Star Dou Great Forest with Dugu Bo and Sword Dust Heart, drawing the attention of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

• Bibi Dong arranged for Xie Tian and Hu Leyao to escort Xie Yue, and for Yue Guan and Gui Mei to support Hu Liena in Heaven Dou City; Dugu Bo and Sword Dust Heart volunteered to accompany Hu Bai.
• Gu Yue Na and Di Tian found Dragon Valley, where Gu Yue Na claimed the Heart of the Dragon God and learned the Dragon Clan's history and the cause of Soul Beast tribulations.
• Gu Yue Na and Di Tian buried the dragon remains throughout the valley, and Gu Yue Na vowed to carry the hope of the Dragon Clan's revival.
• Hu Bai, Dugu Bo, and Sword Dust Heart entered the Star Dou Great Forest, where Hu Bai used the Destiny Divine Artifact to guide them toward the Thunder God's relic while avoiding powerful Soul Beast territories.
• At the Lake of Life, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion sensed Hu Bai's Power of Destiny and set out to investigate while Di Tian and Gu Yue Na were away.

Hu Bai reached Thunder God's Fallen Land and began the Element God King's fifth trial by pulling on Thunder God's Hammer. As divine lightning engulfed him, he absorbed it and used it to repair the hammer, which slowly rose from the ground.

• Hu Bai, Dugu Bo, and Chen Xin arrived at Thunder God's Fallen Land, where the trial instructed Hu Bai to pull out Thunder God's Hammer and endure ten thousand years of divine lightning.
• Hu Bai spotted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion watching from the forest and told Dugu Bo and Chen Xin to keep her at a distance.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm woke and explained the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's importance, then concluded that Gu Yue Na was the Silver Dragon King after hearing about her meeting Hu Bai.
• Hu Bai transformed into a hundred-meter Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox and gripped Thunder God's Hammer, triggering a flood of destructive divine lightning.
• Hu Bai absorbed the lightning through his fur and gathered more into the hammer, slowly pulling it free as its damaged surface began to repair.

Hu Bai acquired the Thunder God's Hammer and encountered the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the Imperial Auspicious Beast of the Star Dou Great Forest. After showing her visions of a disastrous future for Soul Beasts, he persuaded her to leave the forest with him, and she began transforming.

• Hu Bai completed the Element God King Fifth Trial beyond its requirements and received the Thunder God's Hammer, two God-given Soul Rings, a level of Soul Power, and increased affinity.
• Hu Bai noticed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion spying nearby, and she emerged, frightened that he would kill her for a Soul Ring.
• Hu Bai explained their shared Power of Destiny, stroked her fur, and connected a silver Fate Thread to her Eye of Destiny.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion saw visions of herself sacrificing herself for a human and the Star Dou Great Forest falling into decline.
• Hu Bai explained why her survival mattered to the future balance between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion agreed to leave with him.
• Golden light enveloped the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and her beastly body began transforming.

Hu Bai accompanied Wang Qiu'er to the Lake of Life, where Xiong Jun attacked him over the Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear he had killed. Hu Bai prepared to invoke the Life and Death Arena, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned that only Hu Bai or Xiong Jun would survive it.

• Wang Qiu'er transformed into a human girl, accepted her new name from Hu Bai, and showed off her Golden Dragon martial soul and Golden Dragon Spear.
• Hu Bai, Wang Qiu'er, Dugu Bo, and Chen Xin arrived at the Lake of Life, where Scarlet King confronted them before Bi Ji intervened.
• Xiong Jun recognized the Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear Soul Ring in Hu Bai and attacked despite Hu Bai explaining that the bear's power had evolved through him.
• Hu Bai suppressed Xiong Jun with his Sky Fox Domain and ultimate metal aura, then summoned eight Divine Artifacts to confine him.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm revealed that Hu Bai's seventh Soul Ring ability could drag Xiong Jun into the Life and Death Arena, where only one of them could survive.

Hu Bai subdued Xiong Jun by threatening him with eight divine artifacts, forcing him to apologize before revealing that he intended to take Wang Qiu'er with him. Bi Ji accepted Qiu'er's choice after learning Hu Bai planned to include her in his future God King faction.

• Ice Empress and Snow Empress angrily defended Hu Bai, while Wang Qiu'er begged him to spare Xiong Jun.
• Bi Ji, Zi Ji, and Myriad Demon King apologized on Xiong Jun's behalf, and Xiong Jun reluctantly admitted his mistake.
• Hu Bai dismissed the threat of the divine artifacts and told Xiong Jun that the matter was over.
• Hu Bai explained that Wang Qiu'er had left the forest out of curiosity and that her destiny was tied to his.
• Hu Bai promised to protect Qiu'er and revealed that he would form a faction after becoming a God King, prompting the Fierce Beasts to recognize the benefit to the forest.
• Bi Ji supported Qiu'er leaving Star Dou and told her to listen to Hu Bai.

Hu Liena infiltrated the Heaven Dou imperial palace with Gui Mei and Yue Guan to obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, using an illusion to learn its location from the dying Xue Ye. She retrieved the treasure and passed the God of Lust's Second Trial, then received the Third Trial: entering the Abyss of Desire for one year of cultivation.

• Wang Qiu'er tearfully said goodbye to Bi Ji before leaving Star Dou for a long journey.
• Hu Liena, Gui Mei, and Yue Guan slipped into the imperial palace, where Gui Mei found the dying Xue Ye.
• Hu Liena entered Xue Ye's dream disguised as Xue Qinghe, and Xue Ye revealed that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was hidden in his imperial study.
• Xue Ye died after revealing that his Imperial Jade Seal was inside a dragon-head box beside his bed, and Hu Liena promised to plead for the survival of the Xue Clan's bloodline.
• Hu Liena used the jade seal to open a hidden compartment in the imperial study and retrieved the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Hu Liena passed the God of Lust's Second Trial and received the Third Trial, which required her to enter the Abyss of Desire and confront her inner desires for one year.

Hu Liena’s second trial unexpectedly made Gui Mei and Yue Guan her protectors, forcing them to flee the Imperial Study after the divine light exposed them. Meanwhile, Xue Ye died after entrusting the throne to Xue Qinghe, but Xue Xing and the other Princes challenged the succession, leaving Xue Qinghe betrayed and isolated.

• Hu Liena told Gui Mei and Yue Guan about her second trial, then a divine message assigned them to accompany her through her remaining trials.
• The trial’s dark-red light exposed their location, so Gui Mei took Hu Liena and Yue Guan into the shadows as imperial guards searched the Imperial Study.
• At Xue Ye’s bedside, Xue Xing confronted Xue Qinghe about the Emperor’s death, and Xue Qinghe explained that his father had entrusted the throne to him before dying.
• Xue Beng mocked Xue Qinghe’s claim, and Xue Xing demanded proof of the succession while the Second and Third Princes considered their own chances.
• Xue Qinghe asked the servants to confirm what they had heard, but they lowered their heads and refused to support him, leaving him pale and bitter.

After Emperor Xue's death, Xue Qinghe used Belong and the Imperial Guards to seize control of the bedchamber and confront his brothers and Prince Xue Xing. He had Xue Beng beheaded and left Prince Xue Xing kneeling as the others begged for their lives.

• Xue Qinghe summoned Belong, who surrounded the Princes and Prince Xue Xing with Imperial Guards and revealed Emperor Xue had ordered him to support the Crown Prince.
• Xue Qinghe ordered the palace maids and eunuchs executed, then explained that primogeniture made him the heir unless Emperor Xue had issued a different succession edict.
• The Second Prince and Third Prince knelt and offered their supporters and forces, while Xue Beng provoked Xue Qinghe and challenged him to act.
• Xue Qinghe gave Belong the signal, and Belong beheaded Xue Beng with a single sword stroke.
• Prince Xue Xing knelt before Xue Qinghe and offered to surrender everything he possessed in exchange for his life.