Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing learned why Qian Renxue had pursued a political usurpation despite her extraordinary talent, then used gravity to overpower her. With Bai Lu taking control, he pressured Qian Renxue into calling him Martial Uncle, leaving her subdued.

• Zhu Zhuqing questioned Qian Renxue’s decision to pursue political schemes instead of cultivating her strength.
• Qian Renxue challenged Zhu Zhuqing to fight after Zhu Zhuqing called her Martial Nephew.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Gravity Swamp to pin Qian Renxue down and demanded she call her Martial Uncle.
• Bai Lu took control, taunted Qian Renxue, and intensified the gravity until she reluctantly called him Martial Uncle.
• Bai Lu released the gravity after Qian Renxue repeatedly acknowledged him as Martial Uncle.

Bai Lu learned the location of the Heaven Dou Empire's national treasure from Qian Renxue, then took Zhu Zhuqing to steal the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from the imperial treasury. Days later, Qian Renxue heard that the treasury had been breached and realized Bai Lu and Zhu Zhuqing were likely responsible.

• Bai Lu asked Qian Renxue where the Heaven Dou Empire kept its national treasure, and she told him it was in the imperial treasury.
• After Bai Lu left, Qian Renxue wrestled with her feelings for him and insisted she would one day conquer him.
• Bai Lu explained to Zhu Zhuqing that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was a Sea God artifact, then took her to infiltrate the Heaven Dou treasury.
• Zhu Zhuqing evaded the guards with Bai Lu's help, collected several cultivation treasures, and stole the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Several days later, Xue Ye told Qian Renxue that the treasury had been robbed and its national treasure had disappeared.
• Qian Renxue realized Bai Lu and Zhu Zhuqing had likely taken the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

Zhu Zhuqing returned to Spirit City after reaching level 64 and told Qian Daoliu she had defeated Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong to secure their future submission to Spirit Hall. Qian Daoliu revealed he had condensed a second Soul Core and let her examine it, leaving her and Bai Lu to study the process.

• Bai Lu told Zhu Zhuqing to pursue the Asura Godhood at the City of Slaughter after she reached Soul Saint, and she agreed.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned to Spirit City and reported that she had absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring from the Titan Giant Ape and reached level 64.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Qian Daoliu she had persuaded Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong to submit to Spirit Hall by defeating all three in a fight.
• Qian Daoliu praised Zhu Zhuqing and revealed that he had condensed his Second Soul Core.
• Qian Daoliu let Zhu Zhuqing place her hand on his chest and use Soul Power to observe the Second Soul Core with Bai Lu.

Zhu Zhuqing showed Qian Daoliu her Soul Spirit technique and asked him to research preserving Soul Spirit Soul Origins. After discussing her plans to help Ghost Douluo with the Speed Clan, she declared that she would train in Death Valley and the City of Slaughter, and Qian Daoliu reluctantly agreed.

• Bai Lu considered the differences between types of Dual Soul Cores, while Zhu Zhuqing praised him and Qian Daoliu described why he no longer had the drive to form another core.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Qian Daoliu that the Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluos were willing to join the Worship Hall, and she offered to show him a new secret technique.
• Zhu Zhuqing summoned Er Ming as a Soul Spirit and explained that Soul Spirits could retain their consciousness and fight alongside their masters without consuming their Soul Power.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to research preserving Soul Spirit Soul Origins after Zhu Zhuqing explained the Soul Spirit Contract Method.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she would accompany Ghost Douluo to handle the Speed Clan's affairs, then enter seclusion in Death Valley and the City of Slaughter.
• Qian Daoliu warned Zhu Zhuqing about the dangers of both places but agreed to let her go and promised to cleanse her hostility when she returned.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo joined the Worship Hall as its Eighth and Ninth Worship, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect agreed to submit to Spirit Hall. Zhu Zhuqing and Gui Mei traveled to the Speed Clan to demand its Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and Zhu Zhuqing subdued Bai He when he refused.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo announced Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo’s promotions to Rank 96 and appointments as Eighth and Ninth Worship, angering Bibi Dong because Pope’s Hall lost her trusted subordinates.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo revealed that Ning Fengzhi had agreed to submit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to Spirit Hall as the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, further frustrating Bibi Dong.
• Zhu Zhuqing said farewell to Ning Rongrong and traveled with Gui Mei to the Speed Clan in the Star Luo Empire.
• Gui Mei used his Title Douluo pressure to knock down the Speed Clan members who tried to stop them at the village entrance.
• Zhu Zhuqing demanded the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng from Bai He, then used Gravity Swamp to pin him and the clan elders down when he refused.
• Bai He recognized Gui Mei as Ghost Douluo and accused him of using force to seize the Speed Clan’s treasure.

Zhu Zhuqing forced the Speed Clan to choose between submitting to Spirit Hall or being destroyed, and Bai He stepped down to save his people. After sending the clan to Spirit City with Gui Mei, Zhu Zhuqing headed alone into Death Valley on Bai Lu’s instruction.

• Zhu Zhuqing took the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng from Bai He and gave it to Gui Mei for Yue Guan to oversee.
• Zhu Zhuqing offered the Speed Clan submission under a new leader or destruction, and Bai He agreed to step down and submit after the Elders pleaded for the children’s safety.
• Gui Mei took the Speed Clan to Spirit City while Zhu Zhuqing set out for Death Valley.
• Zhu Zhuqing entered Death Valley and continued deeper despite its eerie, decaying atmosphere, trusting Bai Lu’s instructions.

In Death Valley, Zhu Zhuqing began training to strengthen her Slaughter Skull and prepare for her Seventh Soul Ring. Bai Lu taught her new secret arts and two ultimate techniques, and she started honing the God Slaying Claw as they headed deeper into the valley.

• Zhu Zhuqing killed several Sha Bone Ghost Wolves and learned from Bai Lu that Death Valley's Soul Beasts had unusually high-quality souls.
• Bai Lu told Zhu Zhuqing to use the valley to help her Slaughter Skull grow and to find a suitable Soul Beast for her Seventh Soul Ring.
• Bai Lu taught Zhu Zhuqing Hell Nine Absolutes, Hell Hundred Claws Body Protection, Hell Strike, and Hell Gale Claw, followed by White Tiger God Slaying Claw and White Tiger Calamity Annihilation Palm.
• Bai Lu ordered Zhu Zhuqing to master the ultimate arts and avoid relying on Soul Ring skills to prepare for the City of Slaughter.
• Zhu Zhuqing used White Tiger God Slaying Claw to kill a Thousand Year Soul Beast, devoured its soul, and continued deeper into the valley.

Over half a year in Death Valley, Zhu Zhuqing sharpened her combat skills while hunting Soul Beasts and Fallen Soul Masters. After defeating a fifty-thousand-year Shadow Ghost Snake and devouring its essence, she reached level 66 but lamented that she had gained only two levels.

• Zhu Zhuqing explored a bone-filled valley and was ambushed by a fifty-thousand-year Shadow Ghost Snake that Bai Lu identified.
• Zhu Zhuqing fought the snake using her techniques, driving it into a desperate final attack before defeating it with White Tiger Calamity Annihilation Palm.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her Eight Spider Lances to devour the snake's remaining essence and raise her Soul Power to level 66.
• Zhu Zhuqing complained that gaining only two levels in half a year felt slow, and Bai Lu reminded her that she was learning many things at once.

Zhu Zhuqing and Bai Lu encountered a group of Fallen Soul Masters who wielded powerful Beast Spirits, and Zhu Zhuqing defeated them after their souls were destroyed. The strange black-and-red souls burned to ash when the Slaughter Skull tried to absorb them, leaving the nature of the Evil Soul Masters’ power unexplained.

• Several black-robed Fallen Soul Masters arrived searching for the Shadow Ghost Snake and discovered its empty shell beside Zhu Zhuqing.
• The Fallen Soul Masters summoned high-level Beast Spirits, and Bai Lu recognized their technique as an Evil Soul Master secret art.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed her two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, frightening the attackers into trying to flee.
• Zhu Zhuqing sealed the valley entrance with Netherworld Earth and tore apart the Beast Spirits with White Tiger God Slaying Claw.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed several Fallen Soul Masters, but their black-and-red souls shrieked and disintegrated when the Slaughter Skull tried to absorb them.

Bai Lu traced the soul-controlled Evil Soul Masters to a powerful Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and identified it as a potential target for Zhu Zhuqing’s Seventh Soul Ring. Months later, Zhu Zhuqing found an Evil Soul Master gathering in Death Valley and faced their attack, with the mastermind still to be drawn out.

• Bai Lu stopped some Evil Soul Masters from self-destructing but recovered only fragments, which revealed a powerful Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast behind their control.
• Bai Lu reasoned that the Soul Beast was using Evil Soul Masters to guard itself from Spirit Hall and Bibi Dong, and suggested it could suit Zhu Zhuqing’s Seventh Soul Ring.
• Bai Lu directed Zhu Zhuqing toward a suspected gathering place in the southwest of Death Valley, hoping to preserve the Evil Soul Masters’ souls and expose their master.
• Several months later, Evil Soul Masters in a hidden valley complained that Soul Beasts had become scarce and suspected a rival was taking their resources.
• Zhu Zhuqing appeared before the gathering, and the Evil Soul Masters moved to capture her and sent their Beast Souls charging at her.

Zhu Zhuqing overwhelmed a group of Evil Soul Masters with her Slaughter Array and the Army of the Dead, then killed their leader after Tai Tan destroyed his empowered Nether Demon Tiger King. She identified herself as the Martial Soul Hall Saintess before executing the last survivor, whose soul emerged from his corpse and caught fire.

• Zhu Zhuqing unleashed the White Tiger Slaughter Array, surrounding the Evil Soul Masters with thousands of Dead Souls that suppressed and attacked them.
• The Evil Soul Master Leader sacrificed his life force to raise the Nether Demon Tiger King's strength to the Soul Douluo level, but Zhu Zhuqing summoned Tai Tan, who killed it with one punch.
• The Army of the Dead devoured the remaining Beast Souls and killed or wounded the Evil Soul Masters until only their leader remained.
• Zhu Zhuqing told the leader that she was the Martial Soul Hall Saintess, dismissed his objections, and killed him with an earth spike.
• The Slaughter Skull released a patterned black-red soul from the leader's corpse, and it burst into flames.

Bai Lu discovered the hidden Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul-Eater Spider Emperor in Death Valley, and Zhu Zhuqing confronted it to claim its Soul Ring. Zhu Zhuqing defeated the Spider Emperor with her full power, leaving it helpless in a crater.

• Bai Lu devoured the Evil Soul Master Leader's soul and found the location of the Soul-Eater Spider Emperor in his memories.
• Zhu Zhuqing rushed into Death Valley and found the Soul-Eater Spider Emperor, which admitted it had controlled Evil Soul Masters to gather intelligence.
• Zhu Zhuqing and the Spider Emperor fought, and she broke through its defenses and bound it with Netherworld Titan's Grasp.
• The Spider Emperor used Spider God Possession and unleashed its Soul-Eating Spider Sickle, but Zhu Zhuqing activated her own Spider God Possession and Hell White Tiger.
• Zhu Zhuqing's White Tiger Calamity Annihilation Palm shattered the Spider Sickles and knocked the Spider Emperor into a crater, leaving it near death.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated the Soul-Eater Spider Emperor, which offered to sacrifice itself while secretly planning to take over her body. Bai Lu took control of Zhu Zhuqing and turned the sacrifice into a trap, leaving the Soul-Eater Spider Emperor facing two preserved Man Faced Demon Spider souls.

• The wounded Soul-Eater Spider Emperor begged Zhu Zhuqing to spare it and offered to sacrifice itself as her Beast Soul.
• Bai Lu warned Zhu Zhuqing that the Soul-Eater Spider Emperor planned to invade her Spiritual World and take control of her body.
• Bai Lu took control of Zhu Zhuqing's body and ordered the Soul-Eater Spider Emperor to begin its sacrifice.
• Bai Lu used the White Tiger Slaughter Array to summon the souls of the Man Faced Demon Spider and Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor, then blocked the sacrifice's power from entering Zhu Zhuqing.
• Bai Lu offered the Soul-Eater Spider Emperor a chance to devour the two souls and declared that only one of the three would survive.

Bai Lu refined three spiders into a two-hundred-thousand-year Soul-Eater Demon Spider Emperor, which completed its sacrifice to Zhu Zhuqing and became her Soul Bone’s exclusive Soul Spirit. Zhu Zhuqing gained two powerful Soul Bone skills and a Seventh Soul Ring skill, leaving her eager to use her new strength.

• Bai Lu used Soul Refining in the Slaughter Array, and the Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor emerged as a two-hundred-thousand-year Soul-Eater Demon Spider Emperor.
• Bai Lu resumed the sacrifice, explaining to Zhu Zhuqing that the Spider Emperor would become an exclusive Soul Spirit housed in her Soul Bone and could be summoned without releasing her Martial Soul or a Soul Ring.
• Bai Lu and the Soul-Eater Demon Spider Emperor helped Zhu Zhuqing fuse her Torso Bone and Eight Spider Lances, which gained the Soul-Eater Spider Venom.
• Zhu Zhuqing learned the Soul Bone skills Soul-Eater Evolution and Soul-Eater Spider Killing Array, and Bai Lu explained their abilities and the strengthened Spider God Possession.
• Zhu Zhuqing completed the fusion of her Seventh Soul Ring and gained Nether True Body, which increased all attributes by 200% and let her attacks injure souls.

Bai Lu explained how he had enhanced Zhu Zhuqing’s Seventh Soul Ring and helped her discover that Soul-Eater Evolution could gradually strengthen all her Soul Bones. Zhu Zhuqing tested her transformed abilities and learned that her Eight Spider Lances had become a Divine Artifact in all but divinity.

• Bai Lu told Zhu Zhuqing that her Seventh Soul Ring was linked to her torso Soul Bone, letting it grow without limit and strengthen Nether True Body.
• Zhu Zhuqing discovered she could use her own Soul Power to gradually increase the age of her Soul Bones through Soul-Eater Evolution.
• Zhu Zhuqing tested Nether True Body and her Soul Skills, finding that they had gained enormous power.
• Zhu Zhuqing summoned Netherworld White Tiger and found it stronger than before.
• Zhu Zhuqing examined her Eight Spider Lances, and Bai Lu confirmed their fusion with the Spider Emperor Torso Bone had made them a Divine Artifact in all but divinity.

Bai Lu and Zhu Zhuqing set out for the City of Slaughter to pursue Asura Godhood, and Zhu Zhuqing tested the greatly improved defense of her Netherworld Slaughter Armor against a Soul-Eater Jackal. After killing it and absorbing its power to strengthen her Soul Bones, she continued toward the city with hopes of completing her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone set.

• Bai Lu and Zhu Zhuqing decided to travel to the City of Slaughter so they could pursue Asura Godhood for Bai Lu and a tailored Godhood for Zhu Zhuqing.
• A Soul-Eater Jackal ambushed Zhu Zhuqing, but her Netherworld Slaughter Armor blocked its attacks without taking damage.
• Zhu Zhuqing used the Soul-Eater Spider Killing Array to trap and kill the Soul-Eater Jackal.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the jackal's flesh and soul fragments, slightly strengthening all her Soul Bones, especially her Blazing Right Arm Bone.
• Bai Lu promised to find Zhu Zhuqing a special Right Arm Bone in the future, and she hurried toward the City of Slaughter.

A month after leaving Death Valley, Zhu Zhuqing reached the Western Desert and entered a town on the way to the City of Slaughter. She slaughtered the town’s Fallen Soul Masters and absorbed their power, remaining calm as the chapter ended.

• Zhu Zhuqing demanded entry to the City of Slaughter, but the attendant insisted she drink Bloody Mary first.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed the attendant with Gravity Swamp after he mocked and challenged her.
• Zhu Zhuqing unleashed Netherworld Earth, killing most of the town’s inhabitants with spikes that burst from the ground.
• The surviving Soul Masters saw Zhu Zhuqing’s three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and tried to flee.
• Zhu Zhuqing trapped the survivors with her Soul-Eater Spider Killing Array and ground them to pieces.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Slaughter Array and Soul-Eater Evolution to absorb the battlefield’s power and bury the town’s remains.

Zhu Zhuqing entered the City of Slaughter, where its magic-prohibition power rendered her Soul Rings unusable. As she faced the city’s deadly welcome, Bai Lu began studying its domain in hopes of developing a more complete form of magic prohibition.

• Zhu Zhuqing vowed to eliminate Fallen Soul Masters after becoming Pope, and Bai Lu encouraged her before directing her toward the City of Slaughter.
• Zhu Zhuqing opened a passage with Netherworld Earth and jumped into the underground route leading to the City of Slaughter.
• Zhu Zhuqing discovered that the city’s magic prohibition had made her seven Soul Rings unusable, but trusted in her many Soul Bone Skills and other abilities.
• Bai Lu stayed behind in her Spiritual World and used the Slaughter Skull to study the City of Slaughter, aiming to expand magic prohibition beyond Soul Rings.
• Zhu Zhuqing heard the City of Slaughter’s warning, entered through a doorway, and emerged before one hundred and one people.

Zhu Zhuqing killed Terror Knight Scott with one strike, then used her Soul Bone’s gravity and spider silk to annihilate the Black Armored Knight Order outside the City of Slaughter. As she absorbed the fallen knights’ energy, another force intercepted it.

• Terror Knight Scott demanded that Zhu Zhuqing defeat him to enter the City of Slaughter, and she killed him with the White Tiger God Slaying Claw.
• Zhu Zhuqing warned the silent Black Armored Knights that they would die, then crushed many of them with intensified gravity.
• Zhu Zhuqing trapped the entire Black Armored Knight Order in her Soul-Eater Spider Killing Array and destroyed them with Spider Kill.
• Zhu Zhuqing activated Soul-Eater Evolution to absorb the battlefield’s energy, but another force intercepted it.

Bai Lu discovered that the energy from the dead souls carried a Rakshasa God curse, warning Zhu Zhuqing not to consume Bloody Mary or absorb the tainted energy. After entering the City of Slaughter, Zhu Zhuqing learned about its rulers and rules, saw its brutality firsthand, and resolved to kill the Fallen Soul Masters and destroy the city.

• Bai Lu identified the energy as tainted by the Rakshasa God and demonstrated that it could drive a dead soul mad before he obliterated it.
• Bai Lu warned Zhu Zhuqing against consuming Bloody Mary or absorbing the cursed energy, then returned to seclusion as she headed for the city gate.
• The Black Veil Woman welcomed Zhu Zhuqing and explained the City of Slaughter's powers, rules, and likely response to her destruction of the Black Armor Knight Order.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked the Black Veil Woman to take her to the Hell Slaughter Arena and entered the chaotic inner city.
• After witnessing the city's depravity, Zhu Zhuqing resolved to kill the Fallen Soul Masters and destroy the City of Slaughter.