Chapter Summaries

Long Zhanye received the Emotion of Love from a seven-colored phantom, then demanded a cure for people corrupted by Evil Soul Masters instead of either offered reward. Tang San gave him a jade vial containing three drops of sacred energy, which might be the cure he sought.

• A seven-colored phantom named Emotion granted Long Zhanye the Emotion of Love and urged him to let go of grudges.
• Long Zhanye examined the strange emotion within him, found it harmless for now, and asked Tang San for his trial reward.
• Tang San offered Long Zhanye either five Soul Power levels or two thousand years added to all his Soul Rings.
• Long Zhanye rejected both options and asked for a cure that could restore Evil Soul Masters' victims to normal.
• Tang San formed three drops of sacred energy with Sea God's Light and placed them in a jade vial for Long Zhanye.

Long Zhanye passed the third trial and left the Valley of Universe Love Inquiry with Ye Guyi, only to find Xuan Zi and Shrek forces waiting to confront him over the students he had taken. The Holy Spirit Cult arrived and declared it would protect Long Zhanye, setting the two groups against each other.

• Long Zhanye and Ye Guyi left the trial platform after both had passed the third trial.
• Long Zhanye sensed thirteen Evil Soul Master auras sealing the valley entrance and hid Ye Guyi in his Storage Belt before heading out alone.
• Xuan Zi and several Shrek Super Douluos confronted Long Zhanye, while Huo Yuhao accused him of killing Second Senior Brother and taking Shrek students, including Xiao Xiao and Nannan.
• Xuan Zi threatened to kill Long Zhanye unless he returned the students, stirring Long Zhanye's memories of his father's death and Ma Xiaotao destroying his Martial Soul.
• Feng Ling, Zhang Peng, and five Holy Spirit Cult elders arrived and announced that they were protecting Long Zhanye.

The Holy Spirit Cult intervened when Xuan Zi and Shrek Academy tried to seize Long Zhanye, then escorted him to meet Cult Leader Zhongli Wu. Zhongli Wu offered Long Zhanye the position of Holy Son, leaving Long Zhanye to consider the offer.

• Feng Ling declared that the Holy Spirit Cult would protect Long Zhanye, and Xuan Zi withdrew with the Shrek Academy and Tang Sect members.
• Feng Ling told Long Zhanye that Zhongli Wu had ordered the cult to wait for him, and seven Titled Douluo escorted him to the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters.
• Zhang Peng and Feng Ling brought Long Zhanye before Zhongli Wu, who asked how he would repay the cult for saving his life.
• Zhongli Wu invited Long Zhanye to join the Holy Spirit Cult as its Holy Son and promised that no one would dare harm him.

Long Zhanye offered Cao Jinxuan, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan to Zhongli Wu to secure favor with the Holy Spirit Cult, then asked to take one Evil Soul Master in return. Zhongli Wu agreed to let him choose anyone outside the ranks of Holy Sons, Holy Daughters, elders, and Offering Elders, and his followers brought forward women matching Long Zhanye’s description.

• Long Zhanye presented the captured Cao Jinxuan, whose Time-Passing Bell Martial Soul could control space-time, as a gift to Zhongli Wu.
• Long Zhanye then offered the unconscious Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan, and Zhongli Wu eagerly accepted them.
• Long Zhanye asked to take one Evil Soul Master from the sect, and Zhongli Wu allowed him to choose anyone except a Holy Son, Holy Daughter, elder, or Offering Elder.
• Long Zhanye described a middle-aged woman who had disappeared six years earlier, and Zhongli Wu ordered the elders to search for her.
• The elders returned with Evil Soul Masters from their factions who matched Long Zhanye’s description.

Long Zhanye identified his mother among the Holy Spirit Cult’s Evil Soul Masters and secured permission to take her, but found that she no longer recognized him. As he prepared to leave, he offered Zhongli Wu a way to increase his strength, prompting the Cult Leader to demand an explanation.

• Long Zhanye searched the twenty-six female Evil Soul Masters’ Martial Souls and recognized his mother by her mutated black swan Martial Soul.
• Elder Nether explained that Long Zhanye’s mother had wandered into the Holy Spirit Cult and advanced from two rings to six through its secret techniques.
• Long Zhanye asked Zhongli Wu for his mother, and Zhongli Wu allowed him to take her.
• Long Zhanye discovered that his mother was unresponsive and placed her in his Storage Belt, resolved to use his antidote to restore her.
• Zhongli Wu proposed cooperation with Long Zhanye, who offered a method to increase the Cult Leader’s strength further.

Long Zhanye bargained with Zhongli Wu for a True Dragon Pill in exchange for a method to grow stronger, then led him across the desert to Slaughter City. The chapter ended with Zhongli Wu refusing to enter first and ordering Long Zhanye to go ahead.

• Long Zhanye demanded a True Dragon Pill as payment for revealing his method, and Zhongli Wu produced one.
• Long Zhanye insisted on explaining the method to Zhongli Wu alone, then offered to take him to the hidden place himself.
• After nearly ten days crossing the northwestern desert, Long Zhanye and Zhongli Wu reached a ruined tavern filled with people drinking Bloody Mary.
• Long Zhanye led Zhongli Wu toward Slaughter City, but Zhongli Wu sensed danger and ordered Long Zhanye to enter first.

Long Zhanye entered Slaughter City to understand the difference between his Divine Slaughter's Domain and Tang San's, then hunted Fallen Ones to refine his power. After months of slaughter, he had created three unique battle techniques, while Zhongli Wu continued waiting outside the city.

• Long Zhanye entered Slaughter City and used its Fallen Ones as prey for experiments with his Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Over half a month, Long Zhanye killed more than ten thousand Fallen Ones in the Outer City, alarming the King of Slaughter.
• After three months, Long Zhanye moved his hunt to the Inner City and killed over a hundred thousand Fallen Ones.
• Zhongli Wu remained at the Eerie Tavern, afraid to enter Slaughter City until Long Zhanye came out.
• Long Zhanye rose from rank seventy-seven to rank seventy-eight and created three unique battle techniques by combining slaughter with control.

After waiting more than three months for Long Zhanye, Zhongli Wu entered Slaughter City and quickly dominated its Outer and Inner Cities. He finally confronted Long Zhanye, who explained how to gain a powerful domain and demanded the Dragon Pill in return.

• Zhongli Wu entered Slaughter City through its underground passage and learned that it was a world of slaughter.
• Zhongli Wu cleared the Outer City's trials in three days and rapidly crushed his opponents in the Inner City.
• Zhongli Wu found Long Zhanye slaughtering Fallen Ones on the Inner City's streets, and the two recognized each other.
• Long Zhanye told Zhongli Wu to win one hundred consecutive victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena and then pass through Hell Road to obtain a powerful domain.
• Long Zhanye demanded that Zhongli Wu hand over the Dragon Pill.

Long Zhanye demanded that Zhongli Wu hand over the Dragon Pill, then threatened Slaughter City with a Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon. He forced the King of Slaughter to intervene, but Zhongli Wu defied the king and faced the city’s Enforcers.

• Zhongli Wu promised to give Long Zhanye the Dragon Pill after obtaining Divine Slaughter's Domain, but Long Zhanye demanded it immediately.
• Long Zhanye fired a Level 7 Fixed Soul Cannon into a crowd of Fallen Ones and threatened to destroy Slaughter City with a Level 9 cannon.
• The King of Slaughter appeared, and Long Zhanye revealed that he had lured Zhongli Wu into Slaughter City to exploit the restrictions on his power and make the king pressure him.
• The King of Slaughter ordered Zhongli Wu to hand over the Dragon Pill, but Zhongli Wu rose into the air and insulted him.
• The King of Slaughter summoned the Enforcers, who surrounded Zhongli Wu and ordered him to kneel; Zhongli Wu responded that they had brought this on themselves.

Zhongli Wu fought the King of Slaughter in Slaughter City, where the King’s domain suppressed soul skills and drew strength from the city’s Killing Intent. After the King destroyed Zhongli Wu’s Spirit Bone attacks with the Asura Demon Sword, he ordered Zhongli Wu to give Long Zhanye the Dragon Pill, but Zhongli Wu refused.

• Zhongli Wu revealed six black and three red Soul Rings, but the King of Slaughter’s domain prevented him from using soul skills.
• Zhongli Wu unleashed his Death Wither Spirit Bone skill, but the King of Slaughter’s Slaughter Domain overwhelmed it with Killing Intent drawn from the city.
• Zhongli Wu summoned a giant Hell Demon Dragon with his Heavenly Demon Field, and the King of Slaughter cut it in half with the Asura Demon Sword.
• The King of Slaughter ordered Zhongli Wu to give Long Zhanye the Dragon Pill, but Zhongli Wu challenged him to take it.

Long Zhanye obtained the True Dragon Pill after the King of Slaughter defeated Zhongli Wu, then fled Slaughter City for the Body Sect with his rescued mother. Three months earlier, Huo Yuhao had entered secluded cultivation in the Tang Sect, determined to open the meridians in his legs and absorb the Ultimate Ice energy so he could stand.

• Zhongli Wu summoned his Bone Dragon Beast Spirit and fought the King of Slaughter for ten days and nights before losing.
• The King of Slaughter ordered Zhongli Wu to give Long Zhanye the Dragon Pill, and Long Zhanye escaped toward the exit of Slaughter City.
• After Long Zhanye fled, Zhongli Wu turned his attention to Hell Road, convinced it could make up for his losses.
• Long Zhanye raced toward the Body Sect to find a safe place for his mother after Mingde Hall was destroyed and he had angered the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Three months earlier, Huo Yuhao entered an isolated chamber beneath the Tang Sect to cultivate until he could open the meridians in both legs and stand.
• Huo Yuhao trained to unite his Mental Power, Soul Power, Ultimate Ice, and Electrolux's necromantic magic, while strong liquor helped him absorb the Ultimate Ice origin energy faster.

Huo Yuhao reached the level-sixty bottleneck while continuing his secluded cultivation, determined to heal his legs and unite his abilities before seeking a Soul Ring. Meanwhile, Xu Tianran ascended the Sun Moon Empire’s throne, and the continent’s apparent calm concealed preparations for war.

• Huo Yuhao realized he had reached level sixty after the gains from his trials and his absorption of Ultimate Ice power accumulated.
• Huo Yuhao chose to keep cultivating rather than hunt for a Soul Ring, focusing on recovering his legs and integrating his abilities into a single path.
• Huo Yuhao endured lonely training in the basement, using thoughts of Wang Dong'er to renew his concentration.
• Xu Tianran officially ascended the throne as emperor of the Sun Moon Empire and issued decrees to rebuild Ming Capital and aid disaster victims.
• The three kingdoms secretly intensified preparations for war while the Sun Moon Empire remained outwardly quiet.

Long Zhanye returned to the Body Sect alive and as a Soul Saint, astonishing the elders and disciples. He proposed that the sect develop Soul Tool technology, offering rare metals and his expertise to begin the research.

• Long Zhanye returned to the Body Sect and revealed himself to the guards, who were shocked that he had survived.
• He inspected the protective formation made with the Sun Moon God Needle and seven Pseudo Sun Moon God Needles, then greeted the elders at the Elder Hall.
• First Elder Jin Peng and Elder Xu recognized Long Zhanye’s survival and were stunned that he had reached Soul Saint in less than five years.
• Jin Peng ordered a banquet to welcome Long Zhanye, and Du Busi and several younger elites arrived as news of his return spread.
• Long Zhanye proposed establishing an organization to research Soul Tool technology, and the elders and Du Busi agreed.
• Long Zhanye provided more than two tons of rare metals, revealed his Level 7 Soul Engineer Badge, and promised to supply Soul Tool blueprints and guide the sect’s younger disciples.

Long Zhanye returned to the Body Sect, where Du Busi announced a coming election for the young sect master. Long Zhanye used a god-given antidote to begin restoring his mother, and reunited with Long Zhantian as the brothers stayed by her side while she recovered.

• Du Busi praised Long Zhanye's talent and vision, then announced that disciples under thirty would elect the Body Sect's young sect master in three days.
• Long Zhanye returned to his old room and released his mother from his Storage Belt.
• Long Zhanye gave his mother a drop of blue-gold liquid from Tang San, and its sacred light began reversing the effects of the Evil Soul Master's energy.
• After four hours, Long Zhanye's mother fainted, and he laid her on the bed to recover.
• Long Zhantian arrived, embraced Long Zhanye, and learned that their mother was alive and being treated.
• Long Zhanye and Long Zhantian stayed beside their mother for the next few days, caring for her as she remained unconscious.

Dantai Jing awakened and reunited with Long Zhanye and Long Zhantian, but mourned that her youngest son, Long Zhanhai, was missing. Long Zhanye shared his recent exploits, then helped Long Zhantian break through to Soul Saint so he could absorb a powerful soul ring and soul bone.

• Dantai Jing woke from her long unconsciousness, recognized Long Zhanye and Long Zhantian, and embraced them.
• Dantai Jing remembered that Long Zhanhai had disappeared, and Long Zhanye promised to find him if he was alive or dead.
• Long Zhanye recounted his achievements at Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and in the soul tool and Spirit Master tournaments.
• Long Zhanye showed Dantai Jing and Long Zhantian a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone from an Evil Eye Tyrant.
• Long Zhanye used a secret power-transfer art to help Long Zhantian break through from rank sixty-nine to rank seventy, sacrificing half a level of his own cultivation.
• Long Zhanye told Long Zhantian to absorb the soul ring and soul bone, and Long Zhantian celebrated reaching Soul Saint.

Long Zhanye protected Long Zhantian as he absorbed a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, then gave him a God-Bestowed Soul Ring for his future cultivation. Long Zhantian learned that his younger brother had received a god's inheritance.

• Long Zhantian endured five hours of violent energy while Long Zhanye used his Mental Power to guide and shield him as he absorbed the hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Long Zhantian's Spirit Power rose from level seventy to level seventy-four, and Long Zhanye explained that the rare resources could help his brother surpass his ordinary talent.
• Long Zhanye gave Long Zhantian a God-Bestowed Soul Ring and told him to use it as his eighth Soul Ring when he became a Soul Douluo.
• Long Zhanye explained that the God-Bestowed Soul Ring came as a reward for accepting a god's inheritance, shocking Long Zhantian.

Long Zhanye dominated the Body Sect’s young sect master election with two powerful domains and defeated Long Aotian, securing the title of next sect master. The chapter ended with Long Zhanye calmly thanking his senior brother after Du Busi announced the result.

• Long Zhanye unleashed Divine Slaughter’s Domain, Asura Hell, and swept most of the contestants off the arena with killing intent.
• Long Zhanye opened his God Eye Domain, suppressing the remaining Soul Saints until they left the stage, leaving only Long Aotian standing.
• Long Aotian activated Unity of Heaven and Man and challenged Long Zhanye to get past him.
• Long Zhanye used Asura Circular Killing Array, and its three-headed, six-armed phantom overwhelmed Long Aotian and sent him crashing from the stage.
• Du Busi declared Long Zhanye the next sect master, and Long Zhanye thanked Long Aotian for letting him win.

Long Zhanye discovered that the carving knife taken from Huo Yuhao was the Blade of Life's Watch, made from Gold of Life, and used its power to save his dying master, Elder Gu. Elder Gu's condition improved, though the life energy was expected to extend his life by only three to five years.

• Long Zhanye prepared to become the next Body Sect master, watched over Dantai Jing and Long Zhantian, and handled the sect's affairs.
• Long Zhanye visited his dying master, Elder Gu, and used his Double Pupils to see how badly his body and life force had deteriorated.
• Medusa told Long Zhanye that the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife was actually the Blade of Life's Watch, made from life-rich Gold of Life.
• Long Zhanye infused the Blade of Life's Watch with Chaos Soul Power and placed it on Elder Gu's chest.
• The knife's life energy restored color and strength to Elder Gu, and Medusa's advice suggested it could extend his life by three to five years.

After recovering, Elder Gu learned that Long Zhanye had formed the Spiritual Soul Core and praised him as a miracle of the Body Sect. Elder Gu warned Long Zhanye to wait until he reached Titled Douluo before cultivating the Heart Soul Core, then explained that the Liver Soul Core required a powerful bloodline.

• Elder Gu recovered enough to sit up as Long Zhanye recounted his achievements, including forming the Spiritual Soul Core.
• Elder Gu declared Long Zhanye a miracle of the Body Sect and revealed to Zhua Yun that Long Zhanye had cultivated the first stage of the Body Five-Viscera Deification Soul Core.
• Elder Gu said the Spiritual Soul Core made Long Zhanye, a Soul Saint, comparable to most ordinary Titled Douluos.
• Elder Gu warned Long Zhanye that cultivating the Heart Soul Core too early could cause prolonged Soul Power Solidification, and advised him to reach Titled Douluo first.
• Elder Gu explained that the third Soul Core, the Liver Soul Core or Bloodline Core, required a powerful bloodline, potentially obtained from a Soul Beast's essence blood.
• Long Zhanye accepted Elder Gu's advice and said he understood.

Medusa told Long Zhanye that the Valley of Universe Love Inquiry had involved the God of Emotions, Tang San, and the Nine-Colored Goddess, and warned him that accepting Tang San’s inheritance would have compromised his revenge. After releasing Ye Guyi from his Storage Belt, Long Zhanye felt an unfamiliar tenderness toward her and faced a choice about his feelings.

• Medusa revealed that the figures in the Valley of Universe Love Inquiry were the God of Emotions, Tang San, and the Nine-Colored Goddess.
• Long Zhanye rejected the idea of inheriting Tang San’s mantle, fearing it would prevent him from taking revenge on Shrek Academy.
• Medusa assured Long Zhanye that the God of Emotions had shown him no malice.
• Long Zhanye released Ye Guyi from his Storage Belt, and she angrily scolded him for keeping her confined for several days.
• Long Zhanye felt a warm, tender emotion toward Ye Guyi, and Medusa urged him to follow his heart.