Chapter Summaries

After planning against the Sea God and Asura God, Xu Tianyang met Qian Daoliu in Mingdu and discovered that the Angel Douluo wanted to send Qian Renxue to study in the Sun Moon Empire. Qian Daoliu left five fifty-thousand-year Soul Bones as payment and tuition, while Xu Tianyang and his companions were left guessing at his motives.

• Bibi Dong rejected Golden Crocodile Douluo's reminder that Spirit Hall belonged to the Qian Clan and privately vowed to destroy the clan and Spirit Hall.
• Xu Tianyang reasoned that Tang Hao's attack on the City of Slaughter would undermine the Asura God inheritance, then turned his attention to the Angel and Rakshasa inheritors.
• Xu Tianyang sensed Qian Daoliu's arrival in Mingdu and met him at a tea pavilion while Xu Yunxiao, Mu Mengyu, and the Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannons stood ready nearby.
• Qian Daoliu questioned Xu Tianyang about Qian Jun and Jiang Mo, said he would hunt Nether Prison Douluo, and proposed sending Qian Renxue to the Sun Moon Empire with five fifty-thousand-year Soul Bones as compensation and tuition.
• Xu Yunxiao accepted Qian Daoliu's offer, and Qian Daoliu praised Xu Yunxiao and Mu Mengyu before leaving the five boxes and disappearing in golden light.

The Clear Sky Sect prepared for Spirit Hall’s invasion after Tang Hao killed two of its Worships, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect sent limited support. Spirit Hall’s army arrived near the sect, and Golden Crocodile Douluo prepared to confront anyone who interfered.

• A messenger told Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders that Golden Crocodile Douluo was advancing with three other Titled Douluos and fifteen hundred Soul Masters.
• The Seventh Elder blamed Tang Hao for the sect’s misfortunes, but Tang Xiao redirected the meeting toward defending against Spirit Hall.
• Tang Xiao learned the allied sects had sent only three hundred Soul Masters each and ordered all children under fifteen to be evacuated under Yuehua’s care.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Yu Yuanzhen, and Yu Luomian discussed Tang Hao’s actions and agreed the Clear Sky Sect could not be allowed to fall.
• Spirit Hall’s army assembled thirty li from the Clear Sky Sect, and Golden Crocodile Douluo dismissed Qing Luan Douluo’s concern about the allied forces.
• Reinforcements from Spirit Hall near Heaven Dou City began surrounding the Clear Sky Sect from every direction.

Spirit Hall attacked the Clear Sky Sect, only to discover that it had six Titled Douluo, including Tang Xiao at Rank 97. Golden Crocodile Douluo demanded Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao prepared to hold off him and Qing Luan Douluo while the elders led the sect disciples away.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo ordered Spirit Hall's forces to attack the Clear Sky Sect, and Seventh Elder Tang Lie struck at them before Golden Crocodile Douluo blasted him back.
• The other four elders joined Tang Xiao in the sky, revealing six Titled Douluo in the Clear Sky Sect and startling Golden Crocodile Douluo and the assembled witnesses.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Ning Fengzhi reacted uneasily to the Clear Sky Sect's strength, while Qian Renxue urged them to welcome a stronger ally against Spirit Hall.
• Second Elder challenged Golden Crocodile Douluo over Spirit Hall's promise, but Golden Crocodile Douluo demanded Tang Hao and dismissed the possibility that Tang Chen would return.
• Tang Xiao ordered the elders to lead the disciples out and activated Clear Sky True Body, revealing Rank 97 cultivation as Golden Crocodile Douluo unleashed his Golden Crocodile King Martial Soul Possession.

Tang Xiao fought Golden Crocodile Douluo to hold back Spirit Hall’s army while the Clear Sky Sect faced overwhelming attacks. Chen Xin joined the battle with Ning Fengzhi’s support, and his sword strike targeted Golden Crocodile Douluo as the sect’s defenders remained in danger.

• Tang Xiao used the Clear Sky Hammer to clash with Golden Crocodile Douluo, but the Level 98 elder repeatedly wounded him.
• Chen Xin charged into the battle with Ning Fengzhi enhancing him, while Yu Yuanzhen transformed to support the fighting below.
• The Clear Sky Sect’s five Titled Douluo elders struggled against Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Qing Luan Douluo as Spirit Hall’s army surrounded the sect.
• Chen Xin unleashed his Seven Kill True Body and sent nine sword characters toward Golden Crocodile Douluo, who answered with a golden-scaled claw.

After Spirit Hall devastated the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Xiao mourned the deaths and led the surviving members toward rebuilding, while Ning Fengzhi worried that the weakened sects would need the Sun Moon Empire’s support. In Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue learned that Qian Daoliu had ordered her to leave her mission and study in the Sun Moon Empire.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo learned that Tang Xiao had escaped with over a hundred Clear Sky Sect members, then ordered the four slain elders’ bodies taken to Spirit Hall as a warning.
• Tang Xiao returned to the ruined Clear Sky Sect grounds, grieved for the dead, and embraced Tang Yuehua as she urged him to find Tang Hao and restore the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi consoled Tang Xiao and discussed with Chen Xin the Clear Sky Sect’s losses and the threat Spirit Hall still posed, while Chen Xin revealed that his battle with Golden Crocodile Douluo had brought him to level 97.
• Qian Renxue received Qian Daoliu’s order to abandon her Heaven Dou Empire mission and study in the Sun Moon Empire, then told Snake Lance Douluo to arrange her departure.

Tang Hao entered the City of Slaughter and demanded to return to Hell Road, but the King of Slaughter refused and suppressed his Divine Slaughter's Domain. Their confrontation ended with a gray-robed figure staggering out of the city.

• Tang Hao killed everyone in the tavern with Divine Slaughter's Domain, then killed the attendant who had welcomed him.
• The King of Slaughter learned that Tang Hao had arrived and worried the encounter might awaken Tang Chen's will.
• A black-veiled woman escorted Tang Hao through the City of Slaughter to meet the King of Slaughter.
• Tang Hao demanded to enter Hell Road again, but the King of Slaughter said former entrants could not return.
• Tang Hao attacked with Clear Sky Nine Decisive, and the King of Slaughter countered with Slaughter Domain and rings of blood-colored halos.
• A gray-robed figure staggered out of the City of Slaughter.

Tang Hao discovered that Ah Yin’s hiding place had been destroyed and rushed toward Shrek Academy to protect Tang San. At Shrek, Yu Xiaogang arrived and learned that Ning Rongrong and Oscar had advanced to level thirty, while Flender explained the Sun Moon Empire’s cultivation pills.

• Tang Hao found Ah Yin’s cave in ruins, destroyed the surrounding mountain in rage, and suffered a relapse of his injuries.
• Tang Hao blamed himself for losing Ah Yin, feared for Tang San, and flew toward Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy and told Flender he would train its students into an outstanding team.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Ning Rongrong and Oscar had reached level thirty, but Tang San had not.
• Yu Xiaogang objected to Ning Rongrong’s rapid progress until Flender explained that Sun Moon Empire pills could raise cultivation and Innate Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang grew excited about the pills, but Flender said the academy could not afford them.

Yu Xiaogang took charge of Shrek’s students after Flender appointed him their teacher, but Ning Rongrong challenged his reputation on his first day. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang facing public doubt about the value of his theories.

• Yu Xiaogang learned about Zhu Zhuqing’s strength and her engagement to Dai Mubai, then agreed with Flender to delay resolving their conflict while Tang San established authority over the team.
• Li Yusong told Flender that Zhao Wuji and the others had returned after surviving an encounter with a ten-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape, and Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as Tang San’s teacher and the new lead teacher.
• Flender presented Yu Xiaogang to Shrek’s seven students as their cultivation teacher, and Yu Xiaogang confidently offered to answer their questions about theory.
• Ning Rongrong questioned Yu Xiaogang’s qualifications and said scholars from the Sun Moon Empire had refuted his Ten Great Core Competitions of Martial Souls, calling most of it worthless.

Ning Rongrong challenged Yu Xiaogang’s theories by describing the Sun Moon Empire’s breakthroughs and powerful young geniuses, leaving Shrek’s members shaken. Yu Xiaogang then arranged a duel meant to build Tang San’s standing, but Zhu Zhuqing overwhelmed him with Soul Tools as the fight began.

• Yu Xiaogang lost his temper after Ning Rongrong said the Sun Moon Empire had rejected his theories, and Tang San demanded that she apologize.
• Ning Rongrong explained that the Sun Moon Empire had revealed Thousand-Year Second Rings and that a twelve-year-old genius with mutated Blue Silver Grass had reached Soul Ancestor.
• Ning Rongrong described Xu Nianshuang as the Sun Moon Empire’s second-ranked genius and its mysterious Crown Prince as the first, leaving the Shrek members intimidated.
• Yu Xiaogang chose Zhu Zhuqing to fight Tang San, intending to establish Tang San’s prestige within the team.
• Zhu Zhuqing wielded two Fourth-Grade Soul Tools and suppressed Tang San, rendering his three major soul skills useless after one exchange.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing challenged Shrek’s outdated training methods and prepared to leave, prompting Flender to take everyone to Heaven Dou City. After Yu Xiaogang’s confidence was shaken, he reassured Tang San by claiming a rival Blue Silver Grass wielder’s rapid cultivation came from being a Twin Martial Souls wielder, and urged Tang San to study Soul Tools.

• Yu Xiaogang stopped Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing’s spar, but Ning Rongrong pointed out that the tournament allowed Soul Tools and criticized Shrek for lagging behind.
• Ning Rongrong decided to leave for Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Zhu Zhuqing, but Flender persuaded them to stay by agreeing to take everyone to Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Xiaogang brooded over his failures, while Tang San told him he still trusted him and asked how a same-age Blue Silver Grass wielder had reached Soul Ancestor rank.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed the rival must be a Twin Martial Souls wielder cultivating both martial souls, and Tang San accepted the explanation.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San to study Soul Tool courses in Heaven Dou City so he would not fall behind.

Xu Tianyang welcomed Qian Renxue to the Sun Moon Empire, where she would study for two years, and escorted her around Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy. Qian Renxue challenged him to a spar, and the chapter ended as she revealed her Angel Martial Soul.

• Xu Tianyang and Qian Renxue met under their true identities for the first time, while Porcupinefish Douluo and Lin Fan watched in silence.
• Xu Tianyang explained the academy's competitive learning culture, prompting Qian Renxue to reflect on her cultivation and her rank-sixty-nine Soul Power at age twenty.
• Qian Renxue asked about Xu Nianshuang, and Xu Tianyang said she was cultivating with Binger and would be available to meet later.
• Qian Renxue challenged Xu Tianyang to demonstrate his abilities, and he agreed to face her in an open area.
• Qian Renxue summoned her Angel Martial Soul, revealed six Soul Rings, and spread two pairs of wings as she rose above the ground.

Xu Tianyang and Qian Renxue fought in the arena, trading powerful attacks as their abilities clashed. Qian Renxue was still resisting the lightning web when the chapter ended.

• Qian Renxue tested Xu Tianyang with her First Soul Skill, but their clash sent her flying while Xu Tianyang remained largely unmoved.
• Qian Renxue released the Angel Domain and Sacred Sword, while Xu Tianyang suppressed her Domain and boosted his attributes with his fused Soul Rings.
• Xu Tianyang and Qian Renxue collided their spear and sword attacks, and Lin Fan and Porcupinefish Douluo watched from afar.
• Xu Tianyang used Yin Yang Evil God Thunder, but Qian Renxue entered her Void state and countered with a full-powered slash.
• Xu Tianyang's lightning expanded into a vast web around Qian Renxue, who used the Angel Domain's purifying power to dissolve it.

Qian Renxue unleashed her strongest spiritual attack against Xu Tianyang, but he emerged unharmed and she accepted defeat. Meanwhile, the Heaven Dou Empire’s students prepared to return home, as the Shrek group left Heaven Dou Royal Academy and established itself at Shrek Academy with new support and Soul Tools.

• Qian Renxue used Angel’s Roar as her final attack, but Xu Tianyang’s Spiritual Power protected him from harm, and she conceded the match.
• Xu Tianyang arranged accommodations for Qian Renxue, whose arrival at the academy mostly resulted in her becoming a regular at the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Lin Fan reported that the Heaven Dou Empire’s students planned to return home after more than a year at the academy, and Xu Tianyang approved their departure.
• Xu Tianyang considered how the Sun Moon Empire had gathered information on powerful Martial Souls and benefited from Xu Nianshuang’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Shui Bing'er.
• The Shrek group withdrew from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and joined Blue Tyrant Academy, which Liu Erlong renamed Shrek Academy and handed to Flender.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing stayed with Shrek, while Liu Erlong and Ning Fengzhi supported the group as its members began using Soul Tools.

At the farewell banquet for the Heaven Dou Team, Xu Tianyang faced teasing over Ning Linglong’s interest in him and received a challenge from Huo Wu. He praised Huo Wu’s resolve, leaving the banquet poised for her to test herself against his Extreme Fire.

• Xu Tianyang hosted a farewell banquet for the Heaven Dou Team at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy.
• Yang Yiyi teased Qian Renxue about guarding against Ning Linglong, whose interest in Xu Tianyang reflected the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s intentions.
• Xu Tianyang acknowledged Ning Linglong with a raised glass, while Qian Renxue remained wary of her.
• Huo Wu thanked Xu Tianyang for the Sun Moon Empire’s guidance and asked to challenge him to experience his Extreme Fire.
• Xu Tianyang praised Huo Wu’s determination and said he thought highly of her.

Xu Tianyang demonstrated the overwhelming power of his Extreme Fire to the gathered academies and invited Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang to attack him together. Huo Wu unleashed her strongest technique, but Xu Tianyang absorbed it effortlessly, leaving her defeated and frustrated.

• Xu Tianyang challenged Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang to attack him together, and the siblings activated their Martial Souls.
• Xu Tianyang formed a fire dragon whose Extreme Fire left the assembled students awed and unable to imagine challenging him.
• Ning Linglong watched Xu Tianyang with passion and considered him an ideal future partner.
• Huo Wu combined all four of her Soul Rings and launched her Huo Wu Blazing Sun at Xu Tianyang.
• Xu Tianyang caught and absorbed Huo Wu's fireball without injury, while Huo Wu was left bitter over her effortless defeat.

Xu Tianyang left the banquet and weighed his plans for a seventh Soul Ring before investigating the City of Slaughter with his companions. With Snow Empress still absent and divinity sensed inside, he led the group into the city despite the risk of facing Tang Chen.

• Qian Renxue left the banquet after Xu Tianyang praised Huo Wu, and Xu Tianyang later shared a knowing look with Xu Nianshuang.
• The Heaven Dou Empire delegation departed, while Shui Bing'er returned to Skywater Academy and Xu Nianshuang reached Level 60 and condensed her sixth Soul Ring.
• Xu Tianyang considered possible sources for his seventh Soul Ring and then turned his attention to unusual activity at the City of Slaughter.
• Xu Tianyang arrived outside the City of Slaughter with Qian Jun, Jiang Mo, Electrolux, the Ice Empress, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux sensed divinity within the City of Slaughter, and Electrolux said there were two divine presences.
• After learning that Snow Empress had not replied, Xu Tianyang led the group inside without waiting for her.

The Snow Empress completed her advancement with help from Xu Tianyang and joined him and Electrolux to investigate the City of Slaughter. They found the city’s inhabitants dead and its order destroyed, then headed toward the Hell Slaughter Arena after hearing screams from the center.

• The Snow Empress arrived after succeeding in her advancement, and she and Xu Tianyang agreed to continue helping each other.
• Xu Tianyang led the group into the City of Slaughter, where they felt a Deity's barrier suppressing Soul Masters' abilities and sensed powerful auras within.
• They discovered the City of Slaughter's knights and guards dead, then Xu Tianyang blasted open the city gates.
• Xu Tianyang and the Snow Empress entered the ruined outer and inner cities, finding corpses throughout and blood-red light over the inner city.
• After hearing screams from the center, Xu Tianyang and the Snow Empress went toward the Hell Slaughter Arena.

The King of Slaughter struggled to contain the poison corrupting the City of Slaughter and his own body, then confronted Xu Tianyang and the Snow Empress after sensing outsiders. Xu Tianyang explained that Tang Hao had poisoned the blood pool with Snow Swan Kiss and revealed the cure was the King of Slaughter’s life before attacking him.

• The King of Slaughter tried to stabilize the blood pool with blood while its poison worsened and his body began changing.
• The King of Slaughter sensed unfamiliar outsiders and rushed to the arena hall, where he found Xu Tianyang and the Snow Empress.
• Xu Tianyang explained that Tang Hao had thrown Snow Swan Kiss into the blood pool, amplifying the toxins in Bloody Mary.
• The King of Slaughter begged Xu Tianyang for a cure and promised him Divine Slaughter's Domain and power in the City of Slaughter.
• Xu Tianyang declared that the cure was the King of Slaughter’s life and unleashed Eternal Frozen Domain as the Snow Empress launched Emperor Sword · Ice Extreme Unparalleled.

Xu Tianyang, Snow Empress, Qian Jun, and Jiang Mo battled the King of Slaughter, whose Blood Poison Backlash worsened under their attacks. The King of Slaughter drew the Asura Divine Sword and unleashed a swarm of Blood Bats, and Xu Tianyang and Snow Empress answered with their combined Xue Wu Extreme Ice Domain.

• Xu Tianyang, Qian Jun, and Jiang Mo struck the King of Slaughter together, forcing him back and shattering Xu Tianyang’s spear.
• Snow Empress attacked with Emperor's Palm · Great Cold Without Snow, wounding the King of Slaughter and accelerating his Blood Poison Backlash.
• The King of Slaughter summoned the Asura Divine Sword, drove it into the ground, and unleashed thousands of Blood Bats across the City of Slaughter.
• Xu Tianyang and Snow Empress joined their domains to create the Xue Wu Extreme Ice Domain and counter the Blood Bats.

Xu Tianyang, the Snow Empress, and Electrolux defeated the King of Slaughter’s monstrous Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King form. With the evil presence purified, Tang Chen’s will began to awaken, and his growing aura shocked the others.

• The Snow Empress destroyed the nine Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat Kings and the remaining bat swarm with the Emperor Sword.
• The King of Slaughter transformed into the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King, revealing Tang Chen inside its body.
• Electrolux used sacred power to destroy the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King and purify its evil presence from the King of Slaughter.
• The King of Slaughter fell, then froze as Tang Chen’s will began to awaken.
• Tang Chen’s appearance changed as the demonic mark on his forehead glowed, and his aura rose to match or exceed the Snow Empress’s strength.