Chapter Summaries

Xia Yan accepted Qian Renxue’s invitation to visit the border, while secretly preparing to deal with the threat he expected there. He then traveled with Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest, as Bibi Dong set out for Slaughter City after learning he had emerged from it.

• Qian Renxue asked Xia Yan to visit Borno City and help steady the army, intending to draw him into a trap; Xia Yan agreed to go alone after a delay of more than a month, with her two personal guards accompanying him.
• Xia Yan returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and left with Xiao Wu for the Star Dou Great Forest, planning to seek out the Dark Devilgod Tiger.
• Gui Mei reported to Bibi Dong that Xia Yan had emerged from a cave near Slaughter Town and seemed colder than before.
• Bibi Dong ordered Hu Liena to train in the Maze Grand Canyon and immediately set out for Slaughter City, suspecting Xia Yan might have passed through Hell Road.
• Xia Yan and Xiao Wu flew into the Star Dou Great Forest, where Xiao Wu recalled secretly watching humans with Da Ming and Er Ming after taking human form.

Xiao Wu brought Xia Yan to meet Da Ming and Er Ming, who distrusted him and feared he would target Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring and Spirit Bone. After Xia Yan demonstrated his ability to vanish, Da Ming accepted that he was unusual, and Xia Yan asked to discuss a risky deal privately.

• Xiao Wu and Xia Yan arrived at the lake, where Er Ming caught them as they fell from the sky.
• Xiao Wu introduced Xia Yan as her boyfriend, but Da Ming restrained her and Er Ming seized Xia Yan while demanding an explanation.
• Xia Yan recounted how he learned Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and identified Tang Hao as the man who had taken her away.
• Xia Yan said he wanted Xiao Wu’s heart rather than her Soul Ring or Spirit Bone and vowed to kill Tang Hao.
• Xia Yan demonstrated that he could vanish and reappear, convincing Da Ming that he was different and prompting Da Ming to release Xiao Wu.
• Xia Yan asked Xiao Wu to leave so he could discuss a risky deal with Da Ming and Er Ming, and Xiao Wu warned them not to hurt him.

Xia Yan tried to secure the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape’s help against six Titled Douluo by revealing his powerful soul beasts and demonstrating the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud’s invisibility. He then asked them to help him hunt the Dark Demon Evil Soul Tiger for its Evil God Pearl, but the Sky Azure Bull Python remained distrustful.

• After Xiao Wu left, Xia Yan told the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape that six Titled Douluo would come to attack him in a month and offered them the enemies’ flesh and blood in exchange for joining him.
• Xia Yan revealed the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, Jade Green Luan, Infernal Delicate Apricot, Datura Snake, Blue Silver Emperor, and White Tiger, surprising the two beasts with their strength.
• Xia Yan used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to make himself and the two beasts invisible, then explained how the ability could help them ambush and divide the Titled Douluo.
• Xia Yan asked the two beasts to help kill the Dark Demon Evil Soul Tiger so he could obtain its Evil God Pearl for the White Tiger, offering them the corpse and a favor in return.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python questioned Xia Yan’s motives and said it did not trust his promise, since helping him grow stronger could harm fellow soul beasts.

Xia Yan persuaded the Sky Azure Bull Python to help hunt the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, then used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to lead a hidden group through the Star Dou Great Forest. They found the tiger and prepared a coordinated ambush, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Xia Yan offered the Sky Azure Bull Python Dragon Lingzhi Leaves and promised not to kill Soul Beasts indiscriminately, and the python agreed to work with him against the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Xia Yan brought Xiao Wu and several Soul Beasts along, concealing them with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as they searched the forest for the tiger.
• The group found the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and followed it unseen while the Titan Giant Ape tested the concealment by swiping at it.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python considered killing Xia Yan because of the danger his power posed, but hesitated over the unknown consequences.
• Xia Yan moved Xiao Wu to safety, summoned his ranged attackers, and called for everyone to attack the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Xia Yan killed the Dark Demon Evil Soul Tiger and fed its strange black bead to the White Tiger, triggering her transformation. He gained the forest kings’ trust by letting them claim the tiger’s remains, and the chapter ended with Xiao Bai radiating darkness as her new power emerged.

• Xia Yan killed the Dark Demon Evil Soul Tiger, seized its black bead, and had the White Tiger swallow and refine it.
• Xia Yan summoned the Datura Snake, Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, and Jade Green Luan to guard the transforming White Tiger, whom he began calling Xiao Black.
• Xia Yan let the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape take the tiger’s remains, then gave the Sky Azure Bull Python Dragon Lingzhi Leaves to refine.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python grew stronger, and the Titan Giant Ape devoured the tiger’s flesh and gained at least five thousand years of cultivation.
• Xia Yan strolled around the core area with Xiao Wu while the transforming White Tiger released the Dark Demon Evil Soul Tiger’s six attributes.

Xia Yan gained the Evil Chaos Domain after the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger transformed, then took Xiao Wu and the two great Soul Beasts to explore the human world. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue recruited Golden Crocodile Douluo to attack him, and the chapter ended with Xia Yan hinting that he knew how Soul Beasts could take human form.

• Xia Yan discovered that Light Slash had evolved into the Evil Chaos Domain, a powerful skill that imprisoned targets, reverted them to childhood, and corroded them with six attributes.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape wondered about Xia Yan's strength and concluded that he would become a god.
• With Bibi Dong absent, Qian Renxue enlisted Golden Crocodile Douluo to kill Xia Yan and persuaded him to bring other elders along.
• Five days later, Xia Yan took Xiao Wu, the Sky Azure Bull Python, and the Titan Giant Ape to Borno City, where the two Soul Beasts sampled food from five streets.
• Xia Yan explained to the Sky Azure Bull Python that human knowledge helped people advance, then claimed that Soul Beasts could freely change their appearance after reaching two hundred thousand years.

Bibi Dong learned that Xia Yan had escaped Slaughter City and feared he would become a god before her, while Qian Renxue sent Spirit Hall elders to kill him. Xia Yan lured his pursuers into the Star Dou Great Forest, where he revealed his growing power and began a battle against Golden Crocodile Douluo and the others.

• Bibi Dong learned from the King of Slaughter that Xia Yan had won a hundred fights and escaped Slaughter City, then left determined to kill him.
• Ning Rongrong delivered Xia Yan's letter to Qian Renxue, who sent Snake Lance and Bloodthorn to join Golden Crocodile Douluo in hunting him.
• Xia Yan traveled to the forest east of Borno City and invited Snake Lance and Bloodthorn to accompany him into the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xia Yan revealed that Golden Crocodile Douluo and five other Titled Douluo had followed them, and they surrounded him.
• Xia Yan displayed six Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, prompting Golden Crocodile Douluo to realize his Soul Rings could increase in age.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other Spirit Hall Douluo attacked, while Xia Yan and his soul beasts unleashed their powers against them.

Xia Yan and seven Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts defeated and devoured the Titled Douluo who had tried to kill him in the Star Dou Great Forest. He returned to Borno City, where he reassured the frightened residents, while Qian Daoliu learned of the massacre and rushed toward Heaven Dou City to protect Qian Renxue.

• Xia Yan used the Evil Chaos Domain to overwhelm the Titled Douluo, and the soul beasts killed and devoured the survivors.
• Xia Yan collected the Douluo's Storage Soul Tools and led the soul beasts back toward Borno City, where the Azure Sky Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape gained twenty thousand years of cultivation.
• Xia Yan told the Azure Sky Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape that he had sought their friendship and might ask for their help in the future.
• Xia Yan calmed Borno City's residents after the distant explosion, then returned to the Star Dou Great Forest with Xiao Wu and the two soul beasts.
• Xia Yan spent two days in the forest before telling Borno City's residents that he would protect them for a month from any Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Qian Daoliu learned that the Douluo sent to kill Xia Yan had disappeared and hurried toward Heaven Dou City to protect Qian Renxue.

After Xia Yan survived the destruction of the offering elders, Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong sought ways to deal with him. Xia Yan ambushed Gui Mei, Yue Guan, and Ghost Leopard Douluo in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Bibi Dong fled toward Star Luo City to begin her final God Test through mass death.

• Qian Daoliu stopped Qian Renxue from declaring Xia Yan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect traitors and ordered her to return to begin her God Test.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Rongrong rushed to the Star Dou Great Forest after hearing of the explosion, while Gui Mei, Yue Guan, and Ghost Leopard Douluo investigated the scorched battlefield.
• Xia Yan appeared before the three Spirit Hall Douluo, vanished as they formed the Two Extremes Static Domain, and let the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python defeat them.
• Bibi Dong learned that nine Titled Douluo were missing and concluded Xia Yan might be a god's reincarnation.
• Bibi Dong fled the Papal Palace for Star Luo City, intending to kill more than a million people to begin her ninth God Test and claim the Rakshasa Godhood.

Xia Yan tracked down Bibi Dong as she fled toward Star Luo City to begin the Rakshasa Ninth Test, then used his spatial abilities to drag her into the Evil Chaos Domain. The chapter left Bibi Dong trapped in chaos as Xia Yan prepared to kill her.

• Yu Xiaogang labored under Scarface's brutal abuse outside Spirit City and collapsed after failing to get Bibi Dong's attention as she flew past.
• Bibi Dong spotted Xia Yan following her and unleashed her Soul-Eating Spider Emperor powers, but he vanished before her attacks could hit.
• Bibi Dong summoned venomous spiders to search for Xia Yan, but they could not locate him, and fear drove her to flee.
• Xia Yan followed Bibi Dong while reflecting that her fear might push her into starting the Rakshasa Ninth Test through mass slaughter.
• Xia Yan used the Evil Chaos Domain and its Grip soul skill to pull Bibi Dong into the chaotic space.

Xia Yan watched Spirit Hall collapse into confusion after Bibi Dong’s death, then left to make arrangements for commoner Soul Masters and seek Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest. He arranged a trade for Man Faced Demon Spiders and planned to return for Xiao Wu in half a month.

• Demon Bear saw Bibi Dong’s charred corpse fall outside the Hall of Douluo and fled as Xia Yan watched.
• Hu Liena mourned Bibi Dong, while Titled Douluo fled and Xia Yan quietly killed those who tried to escape Spirit City.
• Xia Yan told the Hall of Douluo that he wanted Spirit Hall reduced to a sect rather than destroyed, but chaos spread until Xie Yue and Yan organized the remaining loyal Soul Masters.
• Xia Yan traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest with Man Faced Demon Spider hatchlings and asked the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape to trade them for four mature spiders, including one over fifty thousand years old.
• Xia Yan asked the Sky Azure Bull Python to help him find an Emerald Swan and said he would return to take Xiao Wu in half a month.

Xia Yan arranged for Xue Ke to become Heaven Dou’s empress during a transitional period while he prepared to reshape the continent. After Xue Ke ascended the throne, he went to the Star Dou Great Forest and found six unconscious Man Faced Demon Spiders.

• Xia Yan told Xiao Wu he would return for her in a few days, then began arranging the next steps after Bibi Dong’s death.
• With the Heaven Dou imperial family decimated and Xue Beng ill, Xia Yan named Princess Xue Ke the new empress and promised to protect her.
• Xia Yan asked Ning Fengzhi to guide Xue Ke, then told him that he intended to take over the entire continent.
• Xue Ke received Ning Fengzhi, gained support among the officials, and ascended the throne ten days later.
• Xia Yan reached the Star Dou Great Forest and found six unconscious Man Faced Demon Spiders, including two Man Faced Demon Spider Emperors.

Xia Yan evolved his Eight Spider Lances by devouring six Ten-Thousand-Year Man Faced Demon Spiders, gaining the Devouring Domain skill. He then showed the Emerald Swan his martial soul space and persuaded her to agree to a contract, though he would have to wait until he reached rank seventy.

• Xia Yan thanked the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python for finding the Man Faced Demon Spiders, then used his Eight Spider Lances to devour all six.
• The Eight Spider Lances evolved into six-meter crystalline blood-red lances and gained the Devouring Domain skill.
• The Titan Giant Ape brought the Emerald Swan to Xia Yan, and she considered the risks of being absorbed by a human.
• Xia Yan used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and showed the Emerald Swan his martial soul space, promising her freedom and a place of her own.
• The Emerald Swan eagerly agreed to form a contract, and Xia Yan told her he could do so after reaching rank seventy.

Xia Yan left Xiao Wu at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and traveled with the Jade Green Luan and Emerald Swan toward the Endless Sea, where he planned to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. The Emerald Swan questioned his plan and his view of spirit beasts devouring one another, while Xia Yan remained determined to grow stronger; he reached Vast Sea City and found the captain of the Sea Demon.

• Xiao Wu said farewell to Da Ming and Er Ming, then watched Xia Yan depart from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect atop the Jade Green Luan.
• On the journey, Xia Yan teased the frightened Emerald Swan by describing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and saying he would use it as bait.
• The Emerald Swan pleaded with Xia Yan not to kill the ancient beast, prompting him to explain that he intended to devour it and take its strength for his own ascension.
• Xia Yan arrived in Vast Sea City and went to the harbor to rent a ship for the voyage into the Endless Sea.
• Xia Yan found the Sea Demon at the docks, and its captain welcomed him and offered the ship for his sea journey.

Xia Yan hired Captain Heider to take him to Sea God Island aboard the Sea Demon, but Heider and his crew tried to poison and kill him. Xia Yan defeated them and forced Heider to continue the voyage.

• Xia Yan paid Heider a thousand Gold Soul Coins and boarded the Sea Demon with him and his crew.
• Heider and the crew prepared the ship, and the Sea Demon set sail toward the West Sea.
• Heider served Xia Yan ordinary food during the voyage, then poisoned his breakfast the next morning.
• Xia Yan exposed Heider's attempt, restrained him and the crew with the Blue Silver Emperor, and looted their wealth.
• Xia Yan threw four crew members overboard, healed Heider, and ordered him to sail to Sea God Island at top speed.

After fifteen days at sea, Xia Yan confronted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and killed it using his domains and Eight Spider Lances. He stored the whale’s body in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, leaving himself injured but alive.

• The Demon Whale reached the Demonic Whale Waters, where Heider revealed that the ship had entered the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s territory and vowed revenge for his son.
• Xia Yan killed Heider with a single punch, then destroyed the Sea Demon as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King rose from the sea.
• Xia Yan used his Eight Spider Lances and Devouring Domain to drain the whale’s power while activating the Evil Chaos Domain.
• The Chaos Domain weakened and trapped the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and Xia Yan killed it with Thunder’s Heavenly Punishment.
• Xia Yan recovered on a small island, then summoned the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and stored the whale’s body on its fourth floor.

Xia Yan refined the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's vitality until he reached level seventy, then contracted with the Emerald Swan and broke through to level seventy-one. The contract opened a vitality-rich Seventh-Layer Space, where the Emerald Swan discovered a pool that could heal injuries.

• Ah Yin comforted Xia Yan as he recovered, and he reassured her that they were safe.
• Xia Yan absorbed and refined the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's vitality, rising from level sixty-five to level seventy.
• Xia Yan contracted with the Emerald Swan, opening the Seventh-Layer Space and reaching level seventy-one as a Soul Saint.
• Xia Yan gained his seventh soul skill, Emerald Domain, which restored vitality and soul power and purified toxins, curses, and other conditions.
• The Emerald Swan explored the emerald pool in the Seventh-Layer Space and realized its dense vitality could heal any living being.

Xia Yan explored the Pool of Life with the Emerald Swan, set rules for protecting its slowly recovering vitality, and promised to populate the empty space with soul beasts. After the Datura Snake enjoyed a soak, it grew jealous when Xia Yan petted the Emerald Swan.

• Xia Yan tested the Pool of Life and let the Datura Snake soak in its nourishing water.
• The Emerald Swan warned that the pool recovered slowly and forbade the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger from using Devouring there.
• Xia Yan teased the Emerald Swan, then apologized and offered to bring soul beasts into the empty space.
• The Emerald Swan asked for a Century Sand Weasel Shark to eat, and Xia Yan produced one while explaining he could pause his absorption of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• The Datura Snake saw Xia Yan petting the Emerald Swan, became jealous, and wrapped itself around his arm to demand attention.

Xia Yan took his soul beasts out over the sea on a Blue Silver Emperor plant vessel, which the Jade Green Luan pulled into the sky as a giant kite. Meanwhile, Tang San mastered the eighty-one strikes of the Chaotic Cloak Hammer beneath a waterfall and vowed to kill Xia Yan.

• Xia Yan asked the Datura Snake why it had refused to enter the Water of Life, and it said it wanted to save the precious water for him.
• Xia Yan grew a floating island from Blue Silver Emperor vines and brought his soul beasts out to enjoy the sea.
• The Jade Green Luan pulled the plant island across the waves, and Xia Yan reshaped it into a kite that soared above the ocean.
• Tang San completed all eighty-one strikes of the Chaotic Cloak Hammer beneath the waterfall while Tang Hao watched.
• Tang San celebrated mastering the Haotian Secret Technique and vowed to kill Xia Yan.

Xia Yan absorbed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's life force until he reached level eighty, while his Soul Beasts surpassed one hundred thousand years without facing a Heavenly Tribulation. He headed toward Sea God Island to find a Demon Soul Great White Shark and sensed a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast in the water.

• Xia Yan continued absorbing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's life force, raising his Soul Power and strengthening the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and its Soul Beasts.
• The Datura Snake reached one hundred thousand years and waited in vain for a Heavenly Tribulation, then realized it could speak but could not take human form.
• Xia Yan brought Xiao Jin and the other Soul Beasts outside the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, confirmed that no Heavenly Tribulations would descend, and told the Datura Snake it could change shape at two hundred thousand years.
• Xia Yan reached level eighty, becoming the youngest Soul Douluo in the continent's history.
• Xia Yan flew toward Sea God Island seeking a Demon Soul Great White Shark and sensed a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast in the water.