Chapter Summaries

Hu Liena entered the Hell Slaughter Arena, won her first match, and received Wu Qi’s warning about the dangers of the City of Slaughter. After offering her a place beside his residence and explaining Bloody Mary’s effects, Wu Qi learned that Tang San might be hiding in Notting City.

• Hu Liena rejected the Slaughter Envoy’s offer to witness a slaughter and entered the Hell Slaughter Arena, where she won her first match.
• Wu Qi met Hu Liena outside the arena and warned her that she had been targeted, then escorted her to his residence.
• Wu Qi explained that Bloody Mary contained toxins that could cause addiction and mental changes, and told Hu Liena to stay in a room beside his.
• Hu Liena told Wu Qi that Seven Treasure Royal Academy had recruited four hundred new students and that Qiangu Changkong and Chen Ping had completed their training.
• Hu Liena reported that Spirit Hall suspected Tang San had been hiding in Notting City since leaving Spirit City.

Wu Qi avoided Hu Liena’s attempt to draw him into Spirit Hall’s plans against Tang San, while Tang San returned to Heaven Dou City to prepare for his Martial Soul’s second awakening. Meanwhile, two Spirit Hall worshippers investigated a deadly poisonous miasma in Lipton Forest, where adventurers had begun gathering in search of treasure.

• Hu Liena questioned Wu Qi about Tang San and his resistance to the Killing Intent, but Wu Qi concealed the secret of his Hundred Thousand Year Head Spirit Bone.
• Tang San reached Level Fifty after mastering the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, then left Holy Soul Village with Tai Tan to return to Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Xiao met Tang San at Moonlight Pavilion, learned that the search for Ah Yin’s Soul Bone had failed, and planned to take Tang San away for his Martial Soul’s second awakening.
• Falling Devil Douluo and Guangling Douluo investigated the poisonous miasma in Lipton Forest and learned that two Soul Saints had died there.
• Adventurers flocked to Lipton Forest, suspecting that undiscovered treasures remained among the ruins.

The Falling Devil Douluo and Guangling Douluo investigated poisonous miasma around the former ruins and discovered deadly Spores that might lead to the Land of Deadly Poisons. They froze the miasma so adventurers could investigate, but the source of the Spores remained unknown.

• Haote invited the Falling Devil Douluo and Guangling Douluo to join his Soul Hunting Squad, and Guangling Douluo persuaded the Falling Devil Douluo to accept.
• Guangling Douluo used Little Deer and his Fifth Soul Skill to reveal tiny poisonous Spores drifting near the miasma, then warned Haote's squad to retreat.
• The Falling Devil Douluo and Guangling Douluo suspected the Spores came from a passage to the Land of Deadly Poisons beneath the ruins.
• Guangling Douluo used a low-temperature arrow to freeze the poisonous miasma and its Spores so the adventurers could investigate.

Falling Devil Douluo and Guangling Douluo let adventurers enter the Land of Deadly Poisons while they waited to question survivors, but the adventurers were drawn into its underground world. The two Douluos concluded that the vast Land of Deadly Poisons was a Small World created by a Deity, sealed its entrance after the toxins surged, and planned to report it to Spirit Hall.

• Falling Devil Douluo promised the adventurers half a day to search the ruins while Haote fled, sensing the danger.
• The adventurers cleared the rubble, entered the underground passages, and rushed toward the Underground World after one of them claimed it held great treasures.
• Guangling Douluo and Falling Devil Douluo entered with Little Deer and saw the adventurers hacking at trees in the glowing cavern.
• Falling Devil Douluo and Guangling Douluo suspected the Land of Deadly Poisons was a Small World created by a Deity, like the City of Slaughter.
• When Little Deer's horn glowed, Guangling Douluo and Falling Devil Douluo sealed the entrance against the returning poison gas and decided to report the discovery to Spirit Hall.

Tang San visited the Blue Silver Forest with Tang Xiao and awakened the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline with the Blue Silver King's help. Afterward, he asked to train in the City of Slaughter, but Tang Xiao refused and explained that Tang San still needed to master the Clear Sky Sect's inherited techniques.

• Tang Xiao brought Tang San to the hidden Blue Silver Forest and warned him never to reveal its location.
• Tang San told the Blue Silver King that he was Ah Yin's son, and the Blue Silver King agreed to help him awaken his bloodline.
• Tang San completed his second Martial Soul awakening and gained the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul and its innate Soul Ring.
• Tang San asked Tang Xiao to let him train in the City of Slaughter, but Tang Xiao judged him too weak to go.
• Tang Xiao explained that Tang San needed to learn the Haotian Nine Absolutes and the Great Sumeru Hammer, beginning with the sect's requirements for the Haotian Nine Absolutes.

Tang San learned that the Great Sumeru Hammer's inheritance had been lost and stayed with Yuehua to cultivate, while Wu Qi prepared for his final arena match in the City of Slaughter. Wu Qi won his hundredth consecutive victory and left Hu Liena to face the fallen ones who came to challenge her.

• Tang Xiao explained the Great Sumeru Hammer's history and warned Tang San that he was not ready for the City of Slaughter, so Tang San agreed to cultivate with Yuehua and conceal his identity.
• After eight months, Wu Qi reached ninety-nine victories while Hu Liena had managed thirty-six, and Wu Qi told her not to watch his final match and to keep cultivating her spiritual power.
• The Slaughter Envoy brought Wu Qi's nine opponents into the Hell Slaughter Arena, where the King of Slaughter hoped to send Wu Qi away by arranging his hundredth victory.
• Wu Qi used his Killing Intent and Crane Cloud Wings to freeze and kill all nine opponents, earning his hundredth consecutive victory as the crowd cheered.
• After Wu Qi's victory, Hu Liena prepared to leave the arena, but fallen ones confronted her and she invited them to test her.

Wu Qi refused the King of Slaughter’s offer to become a God of Slaughter and entered Hell Road. After surviving the first attacks of the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, he fled deeper into the road with the bat swarm in pursuit.

• The King of Slaughter offered Wu Qi the title of God of Slaughter and an honorary elder position, but Wu Qi rejected the offer and chose to brave Hell Road.
• The King of Slaughter opened Hell Road by driving the Fallen Ones into a murderous frenzy, and Wu Qi lost consciousness as he was sent there.
• Wu Qi woke above the Yellow Spring Blood River and advanced across Hell Road, suppressing his Killing Intent and avoiding prolonged flight to keep from attracting soul beasts.
• The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King attacked Wu Qi, but Wu Qi countered its sonic assault and used his soul skills and techniques to strike its heads.
• Wu Qi fled when the bat swarm began launching suicidal attacks, while the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King pursued him with the bats.

Wu Qi fought his way along the Hell Road, killing a Hell Blood Serpent before reaching the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent on the final stretch. Hu Liena survived a siege in the City of Slaughter and became feared as the Hell Messenger, while Wu Qi began his battle with the serpent.

• The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King abandoned its pursuit after Wu Qi’s flight stirred whirlpools that killed smaller bats.
• A Hell Blood Serpent attacked Wu Qi from the Yellow Spring Blood River, but he killed it with his Wing Blades and later rested to recover his Soul Power.
• Hu Liena used the shadows of the Inner City to kill lone Fallen Ones and reduce the force besieging her, earning a fearsome reputation as the Hell Messenger.
• Wu Qi continued along the damaged Hell Road without encountering further threats until he reached the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent on the final stretch.
• Wu Qi protected himself with Invincible Golden Body, used Illusion Space to stun the serpent, and attacked with the Spiritual Luan Martial Void Technique.

Wu Qi escaped the City of Slaughter, gained Divine Slaughter's Domain, and set out to find a nearby city. Meanwhile, Xue Qinghe grew suspicious that Tang Yin was Tang San as he sought a place in the Heaven Dou court.

• Qian Daoliu told Qiangu Changkong and Chen Ping to wait until Wu Qi returned so they could undertake their final training mission together.
• Wu Qi defeated the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, took its Inner Core, and filled in part of Hell Road so Hu Liena could cross safely after him.
• Wu Qi exited Hell Road, awakened Divine Slaughter's Domain, and headed east to find a human city.
• Xue Ke asked Xue Qinghe to give Tang Yin an official post, and Xue Qinghe agreed to assess him before assigning him work.
• Tang Yuehua explained that Tang Yin was her distant nephew, prompting Xue Qinghe to suspect that Tang Yin was actually Tang San in disguise.

Tang San calmly passed Xue Qinghe’s probing questions with the false identity prepared by Tang Yuehua and Tang Xiao, while Xue Qinghe remained suspicious and asked that Tang San be recommended after graduation. Elsewhere, Wu Qi found three Spirit Hall deacons in the forest and asked them to help him find his way out.

• Xue Qinghe questioned Tang San about his origins, cultivation, and willingness to serve the Empire, and Tang San answered that he was a level thirty-two Soul Master from a small western city.
• Tang Yuehua redirected the conversation, and Xue Qinghe left after asking her to recommend Tang San once he graduated from Moonlight Pavilion.
• Tang Yuehua took Tang San upstairs, where he suggested Xue Qinghe was probing him because Princess Xue Ke favored him, and she warned him to keep his distance from the princess.
• Wu Qi searched the vast forest for people and found Lanya and two other Spirit Hall deacons discussing reduced income and Lanya's new Soul Elder breakthrough.
• Wu Qi landed before the three deacons, claimed he was lost, and showed them his Spirit Hall Academy token.

Traveling under the alias Gu Changfeng, Wu Qi joined three Spirit Hall members on a Soul Ring hunt and learned that powerful merchant families were exploiting Northward View City after the bandits were eliminated. He went with Lanya to the local Spirit Hall, where he was introduced to Hall Master Watt, who was troubled by the city’s worsening business conditions.

• Wu Qi introduced himself as Gu Changfeng and learned that Xike, Arnold, and Lanya came from the Northward City Martial Soul Branch Hall.
• Lanya, Xike, and Arnold explained that major families had raised prices after the bandits were cleared out, while Spirit Hall had cut the deacons’ wages.
• Wu Qi learned that the families included three Soul Kings and were backed by the Lower Four Sects, leading him to suspect Bibi Dong was raising funds for the Soul Hunting Operation.
• Wu Qi helped accompany the group as Lanya obtained her Third Soul Ring, and they returned to Northward View City the next day.
• Lanya brought Wu Qi to the local Spirit Hall, where the Deputy Hall Master introduced him to Hall Master Watt.
• Watt shared his concerns that the city’s officials were neglecting their duties and the major families were exploiting ordinary people.

Wu Qi met Watt in Northward View City and agreed to confront the major families exploiting its people. After seeing a constable seize an old farmer’s vegetables, Wu Qi intervened and was accused of being a fugitive bandit.

• Watt welcomed Wu Qi, then explained that he stayed in Northward View City to protect its people from corrupt officials and powerful families.
• Wu Qi promised that he and Qiangu Changkong would support Watt and asked him to arrange a meeting with the family heads.
• Watt warned the Deputy Hall Master that Wu Qi outranked Qiangu Changkong and told him not to interfere with Wu Qi’s plans.
• Wu Qi investigated the city and saw a constable trying to confiscate an old farmer’s vegetables.
• Wu Qi seized the constable’s wrist, and the constable called him a fugitive bandit and ordered the other men to arrest him.

Wu Qi confronted Northward View City's corrupt constables and major families, then demanded they end their exploitation of ordinary people. The family heads faced a choice: restore fair markets or have their families dissolved as Wu Qi prepared to reshape the city's power structure.

• Wu Qi knocked down the constables who tried to arrest him and gave an old vegetable seller money before sending him home safely.
• Li Jinglong introduced himself as the son of Li Wenzhong and explained that the Li Family was constrained by the Elephant Armor Sect, but Wu Qi left without agreeing to help him.
• Wu Qi learned that Northward View City's markets charged arbitrary taxes and exorbitant prices, while villagers struggled to sell their goods.
• At the banquet, Wu Qi used Divine Slaughter's Domain to intimidate the major families after the Wang Family Head challenged his presence.
• After Watt revealed that Wu Qi was the captain of the Seven Treasures Team, Wu Qi ordered the families to restore fair prices and allow villagers to sell grain or dissolve their families.

Wu Qi confronted Northward View City's major families over their inflated prices and forced them to choose between his terms and defiance. The Wang and Chen families rejected him, while the Li Family pledged loyalty and prepared to take over the market.

• The Wang Family Head blamed high prices on banditry and threatened Wu Qi with the Black Tiger Sect, then left with two allied Family Heads.
• Wu Qi rejected the Chen Family Head's attempt to bargain, and the Chen Family Head refused his proposal and departed.
• Li Jinglong pledged the Li Family's loyalty if Wu Qi resolved its trouble with the Elephant Armor Sect.
• Li Wenzhong explained that the city guard had been bought off by the major families, and Wu Qi revealed the Pope's Order to show that Hūyán Zhèn served Spirit Hall.
• The Li Family agreed to restore market prices and take over the other families' market shares, then asked whether to eliminate the Elephant Armor Sect guard stationed with them.

Wu Qi won Hūyán Zhèn’s cooperation in ending the market experiment in Northward View City and enlisted the Li Family and Spirit Hall to carry out reforms. The Li Family began selling supplies at reduced prices, drawing crowds to its shops.

• Wu Qi proposed that Li Wenzhong and his son sell limited-edition goods to the wealthy, then Hūyán Zhèn stormed into the tavern to confront him.
• Hūyán Zhèn recognized Wu Qi’s Elder Token and changed his angry approach to an apology, while the Li father and son decided to follow Wu Qi.
• Hūyán Zhèn explained that the Elephant Armor Sect and Black Tiger Sect had acted under Bibi Dong’s orders and agreed to stop the experiment if Wu Qi handled the major families and its aftermath.
• Li Jinglong went to coordinate the Li Family’s changes, while Watt stayed to help Spirit Hall coordinate the work.
• Wu Qi left the tavern and saw crowds flocking to the Li Family’s shops as the family sold its inventory at reduced prices.

Wu Qi helped the Li Family sell its stockpiled goods at fair prices, while the Chen Family chose to leave Northward View City and the Wang Family resisted. After Wu Qi killed the Wang Family Head and ordered his relatives to leave, he found that the Huang and Xu Families had already fled, leaving the city’s old commercial order overturned.

• Spirit Hall stewards spread the news that civilians could enter Northward View City at midnight to buy grain from the Li Family.
• The Chen Family Head regretted missing Wu Qi’s offer, then ordered his family to sell its goods and leave the city.
• The Wang Family Head decided to buy up the Li and Chen Families’ supplies with the other great families rather than surrender.
• Wu Qi attacked the Wang Mansion after the Black Tiger Sect experts withdrew, killed the Wang Family Head, and ordered the family to leave while surrendering its stockpiled supplies.
• Wu Qi found the Huang and Xu Families had fled Northward View City, and the city’s commercial landscape changed overnight.

After taking control of Northward View City's trade, Wu Qi established a business association and traveled to Heaven Dou City. He returned to Dugu Bo's residence, where his changed aura kept Dugu Bo from recognizing him, and Dugu Bo went out to confront the visitor.

• Wu Qi appointed Li Wenzhong and his son to lead a business association that would prevent a monopoly in Northward View City and advised them on building a luxury brand.
• Wu Qi sent a letter to Spirit City and headed for Heaven Dou City, while Flender and his group arrived in Northward View City seeking to expand their business.
• Wu Qi returned to Seven Treasure Academy but avoided meeting Ning Rongrong, who had become a Soul King and assistant instructor.
• Wu Qi went to Dugu Bo's residence, where Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were staying, but Dugu Bo failed to recognize him because of his killing intent and altered aura.
• Dugu Bo sent Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling inside and went to meet the visitor, believing a dangerous intruder had come to cause trouble.

Wu Qi reunited with Dugu Bo and proposed using Prince Xuexing’s past conspiracy against Shrek Academy to settle Dugu Bo’s long-standing favor. Dugu Bo agreed to stay out of sight while Wu Qi sought outside help to carry out the plan.

• Wu Qi dodged Dugu Bo’s petrifying attack, then revealed himself and reunited with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo heard about Wu Qi’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and training in the City of Slaughter, and praised his potential.
• Wu Qi told Dugu Bo that he had a way to make Prince Xuexing call in his favor by exposing his past attempt to bribe Wang Teng against Shrek Academy.
• Dugu Bo warned that the plan could provoke the Clear Sky Sect and endanger the Heaven Dou Royal Family.
• Wu Qi said he would arrange outside help and instructed Dugu Bo not to appear involved, and Dugu Bo agreed.

Wu Qi visited Xue Qinghe to discuss his plans, learned that Tang San was hiding under the alias Tang Yin at Moonlight Pavilion, and heard of a possible future connection between the Wu Family and the Land of Deadly Poisons. After Princess Xue Ke relayed a leak about Wu Qi’s operation, Tang San learned Prince Xuexing had orchestrated Shrek Academy’s past troubles, but Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong urged him to stay hidden and let the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan respond.

• Wu Qi secretly visited Xue Qinghe, who warned him to return to Spirit Hall and revealed that Tang San was using the alias Tang Yin at Moonlight Pavilion.
• Xue Qinghe told Wu Qi that the Wu Family was connected to the Land of Deadly Poisons, though Wu Qi was not yet strong enough to enter it.
• Princess Xue Ke told Tang San about information Xue Qinghe had casually revealed, prompting Tang San to disguise himself and meet Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong that Prince Xuexing had bribed Wang Teng of Flame Glory Academy to target Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang rejected Tang San’s suggestion to seek Clear Sky Sect’s help and planned to ask Yu Tianheng and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to act instead.
• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong urged Tang San to preserve his Tang Yin identity and avoid exposing himself or Tang Yuehua.

Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin persuaded Yu Yuanzhen to let the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan intervene against Prince Xuexing, hoping to earn Xue Qinghe’s favor. The clan confronted the imperial court with evidence linking Xuexing to the death of Wang Teng, leaving Xue Ye at a loss over how to respond.

• Yu Tianheng received a letter about Prince Xuexing’s role in the tournament incident and angrily proposed that the clan force him to yield.
• Yu Tianxin suspected the revelations were a trap by Xue Qinghe, but agreed with Yu Tianheng that intervening could benefit the clan.
• The brothers persuaded Yu Yuanzhen to support their plan, and he agreed to help the clan regain its honor.
• Yu Luomian brought documents about Wang Teng’s family to a Heaven Dou Empire court session, where Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe reviewed the evidence against Prince Xuexing.
• Xue Ye struggled to respond after the documents exposed Prince Xuexing’s connection to Wang Teng’s death.