Chapter Summaries

Xia Yan completed the first ecological renovations in the Sixth-Layer Space, filling it with water and introducing fire-attribute plants and creatures. Tang Hao decided to follow Tang San to Spirit City, while Yu Xiaogang continued fleeing toward Dong'er.

• Xia Yan cleared a hidden rocky field, planted aquatic plants, and began building a fire-attribute ecosystem in the Sixth-Layer Space.
• Xia Yan moved Fire Snails, rock lichen, Lava Mushrooms, Flame Ear Grass, insects, snakes, and other creatures into the space, then filled its water source and finished two days of renovations.
• Tang Hao learned what had happened at the arena and decided to let Tang San go to Spirit City while secretly protecting him.
• Tang Hao dismissed Yu Xiaogang's flight and reflected on Tang San's mysterious Tang Sect methods and his own exhaustion.
• Yu Xiaogang continued fleeing through a forest with Luo Sanpao, hoping to reach Dong'er.

Yu Xiaogang fled through the mountains, using Luo Sanpao’s foul-smelling soul skill to defeat a group of bandits. After another gang cornered him, an ambusher stabbed him in the ass, leaving him unconscious as the bandits decided to cripple him.

• Yu Xiaogang and Luo Sanpao encountered seven ambushers, and Luo Sanpao’s soul skill knocked six unconscious while the seventh flew away.
• Yu Xiaogang fled southwest with Luo Sanpao, but half an hour later a scarred bandit boss and five others surrounded them.
• Yu Xiaogang used Luo Sanpao’s soul skill to cover his escape, but a thin ambusher stabbed him in the ass with a sharpened wooden stick.
• Luo Sanpao vanished after sharing Yu Xiaogang’s pain, and Yu Xiaogang fell unconscious as the bandits vomited from the stench.
• The scarred bandit boss ordered his men to pull out the stick, apply medicine, and cripple Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang woke in the rain after the bandits had stripped and crippled him, discovering that his Soul Power and Soul Rings were gone. Meanwhile, the tournament reached Spirit City, where Shrek Academy faced the Star Luo Royal Team and Dai Weisi brutally overwhelmed Dai Mubai.

• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao and discovered that he had lost all his Soul Power and both Soul Rings.
• Xia Yan and the tournament teams traveled to Spirit City, where the semifinals and finals began after a two-day rest.
• Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi taunted each other before the match, while Tang San vowed to defeat Xia Yan and claim the Spirit Bone.
• The teams unleashed their Martial Souls, and Tang San's foul Blue Silver Grass disgusted Bibi Dong, who planned to kill the Tang father and son after Shrek left Spirit City.
• Dai Weisi shattered Dai Mubai's chest and dragged him toward the Star Luo Royal Team while Yu Tianheng deliberately failed to intervene.

Tang San secretly poisoned Dai Weisi during the match, prompting Bibi Dong to disqualify and expel Morning Water Shrek United Academy. Yu Tianheng blamed Tang San for ruining his chance to challenge Xia Yan and attacked him, leaving Shrek’s allies facing an internal fight.

• Dai Weisi tormented Dai Mubai, and Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to conceal a shot of poisonous pellets that badly injured Dai Weisi.
• Zhu Zhuyun tried to reach Dai Weisi but was overcome by the poison, while Tang San kept him trapped in the toxic Blue Silver Grass.
• Bibi Dong exposed the cheating, revoked Morning Water Shrek United Academy’s qualification, and declared Star Luo Royal Academy the winners.
• Yu Tianheng accused Tang San of ruining his revenge against Xia Yan and charged at him with a Thunder Serpent.
• Tang San dodged Yu Tianheng’s attack and confronted him as the others watched the Shrek members turn against one another.

Tang San and Yu Tianheng fought after trading insults over cheating and the Tang Sect’s Hidden Weapons, until Flender stopped them. After Feng Xiaotian challenged Xia Yan, Xia Yan entered the arena alone, signaling that he meant to face Skywater Academy by himself.

• Tang San and Yu Tianheng exchanged insults about their strength and Tang San’s use of stolen Tang Sect techniques, then attacked each other with lethal force in Spirit Plaza.
• Tang San fired Hidden Weapons and prepared a poison pellet, but Flender intervened and forced both fighters to stop; the Shrek group left amid laughter from the audience.
• Kamikaze Academy defeated Blazing Fire Academy, and Feng Xiaotian challenged Xia Yan to meet him in the tournament.
• Xia Yan reassured Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing before walking into the arena alone, prompting the spectators to realize he planned to challenge Skywater Academy by himself.

Xia Yan faced Heavenly Water Academy alone and waited as Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to become an Ice Phoenix. He summoned a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, whose devastating strike collapsed the Spirit Plaza, leaving the match’s outcome unclear.

• Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo praised Xia Yan and predicted that he would win the championship.
• The Heavenly Water Academy team formed up against Xia Yan, and Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu led their teammates in unleashing a thick ice wall.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu fused into a massive Ice Phoenix and attacked Xia Yan with the Ice Snow Vortex.
• Xia Yan summoned a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear with an aura comparable to a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear spun away from the Ice Phoenix and struck the ground, collapsing the Spirit Plaza while Xia Yan stood unharmed amid the ruins.

Xia Yan overwhelmed Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu with his Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and won the match for the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team. His display left Spirit City stunned, while Xue Qinghe secretly resolved to kill him.

• Xia Yan’s Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear appeared amid the ruined Spirit Plaza, terrifying the Titled Douluo and revealing a power far beyond what his fifth Soul Ring should have allowed.
• The referee declared Xia Yan and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team the winners, and the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear vanished.
• Qian Daoliu watched Xia Yan and recognized him as a peerless genius, while Xue Qinghe privately decided he had to die.
• Ning Fengzhi noticed Xue Qinghe’s hostility and prepared to protect Xia Yan, though Xue Qinghe concealed her intentions behind a calm apology.
• The spectators erupted in cheers, and Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the Imperial Dou team celebrated Xia Yan’s victory.

At Spirit City's gates, Shrek Academy fell apart as Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, and the others left, while Xiao Wu refused to go with Tang San. Bibi Dong confronted Tang San, and Tang Hao descended with his Clear Sky Hammer to defend his son as Bibi Dong released her Soul Rings.

• Yu Tianheng quit Shrek, and Dai Mubai left after declaring he would never return to the academy.
• Tang San tried to persuade Xiao Wu to leave with him, but she rejected him and moved closer to Spirit City's gates.
• Flender disbanded Shrek Academy, and Ma Hongjun and Oscar left with the others.
• Bibi Dong told Tang San to stay when he refused to leave Spirit City.
• Tang Hao descended and attacked Bibi Dong with his hundred-meter Clear Sky Hammer, and she unleashed her Soul Rings.

Xia Yan rescued Xiao Wu from the battlefield as Tang Hao unleashed his full power against Spirit Hall and escaped with Tang San. Afterward, Xia Yan caught Dai Mubai fleeing and brutally crippled him, keeping him alive as he dragged him toward a nearby settlement.

• Xia Yan took Xiao Wu away inside the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and carried her to safety while Tang Hao revealed his full power.
• Tang Hao detonated his nine Soul Rings and struck Bibi Dong with the Clear Sky Hammer, devastating Spirit City before escaping with Tang San.
• Bibi Dong pursued Tang Hao, while Xia Yan comforted the frightened Xiao Wu and assured her that Tang Hao would not target her yet.
• Dai Mubai fled from Spirit City in fear, but Xia Yan ambushed him and pierced his body with a fist.
• Xia Yan destroyed Dai Mubai's meridians and intended to cripple his martial soul, then gave him a Tortoise Breath Pill and dragged him toward a nearby gathering point.

Xia Yan punished Dai Mubai, arranged for Scarface to keep him alive, and ordered him to do the same to Yu Xiaogang if he appeared. He then crushed Spirit Hall’s team in the tournament final and received two Spirit Bones from Bibi Dong.

• Xia Yan gave Scarface gold and the gravely injured Dai Mubai, ordered him to castrate Dai Mubai and keep him alive, then supplied a healing pill.
• Xia Yan gave Scarface Yu Xiaogang’s portrait and ordered him to inflict the same punishment if Yu Xiaogang appeared.
• Xiao Wu bled for the first time, while news spread that Bibi Dong had severed Tang Hao’s left leg and he had fled with Tang San, leaving behind a fifty-thousand-year Spirit Bone.
• Xia Yan faced Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation in the tournament final, and the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear defeated the entire team with one slap.
• Bibi Dong awarded Xia Yan two Spirit Bones before Papal Palace as Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi, Dugu Bo, and others watched.

After the tournament, Xia Yan accepted Spirit Hall’s support and gave Spirit Bones to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing. He stayed behind with them, then brought them to meet Xiao Wu and his other soul beasts outside Spirit City.

• Bibi Dong gave Xia Yan a fifty-thousand-year Spiritual Skull and a sixty-thousand-year Emerald Sky Dragon torso bone, and offered Spirit Hall’s support.
• Xia Yan gave the Spiritual Skull to Ning Rongrong and a twenty-thousand-year Wolf Bandit Soul Bone to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xia Yan told Ning Fengzhi he would not return with him immediately and planned to accompany Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing for a few days.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin departed with the others while Dugu Yan went to find Dugu Bo.
• Xia Yan took Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing into the forest, where they met Xiao Wu, the Datura Snake, and the Jade Green Luan.

Xiao Wu reunited with Xia Yan and accepted his gift of a sixty-thousand-year Emerald Sky Dragon torso bone, while Ning Rongrong began absorbing another Spirit Bone. Xia Yan then used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to conceal himself and Zhu Zhuqing as he began undressing her.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing welcomed Xiao Wu and learned that Tang Hao had kept her apart from Xia Yan.
• Xia Yan revealed that the Jade Green Luan and Datura Snake were real soul beasts and told the women to keep it secret.
• Xia Yan gave Xiao Wu the sixty-thousand-year Emerald Sky Dragon torso bone, and she accepted it after he reassured her of his love.
• Ning Rongrong began absorbing her Spirit Bone while Zhu Zhuqing stayed with Xia Yan; after she teased him, he spanked her.
• Xia Yan summoned the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to hide himself and Zhu Zhuqing from Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu, then tore Zhuqing's clothes.

Xia Yan reunited with Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu after they absorbed their Spirit Bones, then left for a safe destination, promising to return in half a year. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang still struggling across the Lingdou Plains, desperate for Bibi Dong’s help.

• Xiao Wu woke after absorbing her Spirit Bone, gaining a twenty-percent attribute boost and rising from level forty-one to level forty-eight.
• Ning Rongrong woke with greatly increased Mental Power and a new Soul Skill that expanded her awareness and strengthened her teammates’ Mental Power.
• Xia Yan pulled Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu into the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, then bathed and dressed all three women after their three-day stay in the hidden space.
• Xia Yan flew with the Jade Green Luan to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, said goodbye to Ning Rongrong and the others, and promised to return in half a year.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong saw that the Jade Green Luan had reached the seventy-thousand-year level and noted the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear’s hundred-thousand-year aura.
• Yu Xiaogang continued his two-month trek across the Lingdou Plains, limping barefoot and pleading in his thoughts for Bibi Dong to help him.

Xia Yan entered Slaughter City after destroying the town above it, then overpowered its gatekeeper and explored the outer and inner city with a black-veiled guide. He learned about the city's rules and ended the chapter demanding a cup of Bloody Mary from a terrified resident.

• Xia Yan descended through the tavern's ruins and reached Slaughter City's entrance, where Jester challenged him for violating the rules.
• Xia Yan caught and shattered Jester's lance with one hand, then accepted token 9527 and entered Slaughter City.
• A black-veiled guide welcomed Xia Yan and explained the outer city's monthly blood tribute and the inner city's unrestricted violence.
• Xia Yan asked whether he could kill everyone in Slaughter City, but the guide explained the Hell Slaughter Arena and its path to escape.
• Xia Yan ordered a gaunt man to give him Bloody Mary, and the man cut his arm and filled a cup with blood.

Xia Yan explored Slaughter City, won seven Hell Slaughter Arena matches, and kept his power secret as other desperadoes fled the inner city. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang reached Spirit City and hurried toward the gate, intent on meeting Bibi Dong.

• Xia Yan questioned the black-veiled girl about Slaughter City's lack of factions, then sent her away after learning what he wanted.
• When nearby desperadoes tried to attack Xia Yan, he killed them and took their heads to exchange for supplies.
• Over the next month, Xia Yan won seven arena matches with instant kills, while residents who noticed his strength fled or kept silent about him.
• After a month and a half of hardship, Yu Xiaogang reached the outskirts of Spirit City with Luo Sanpao and celebrated his arrival.
• Yu Xiaogang planned how to make Bibi Dong pity him, then rushed toward Spirit City's gate and was ordered to stop.

Yu Xiaogang was beaten and dragged away by Scarface, while Tang San’s attempt to improve his Blue Silver Grass with a Soul Ring failed. Tang San blamed Yu Xiaogang for deceiving him and sat in despair as Tang Hao could offer no explanation.

• A guard beat Yu Xiaogang unconscious when he tried to enter without Soul Power, then dragged him out of sight.
• Scarface recognized Yu Xiaogang, gave him two more heavy punches, and dragged him away.
• Tang San absorbed a roughly 2,800-to-3,000-year-old Blue Silver Grass Soul Ring, but it only increased the grass’s toughness and did not repair his meridians or replenish his Martial Soul’s Origin Power.
• Tang Hao could not explain why the Soul Ring had failed to improve Tang San.
• Tang San sat through the day and night, convinced Yu Xiaogang had fabricated his theories and deceived him.

Tang Hao realized Yu Xiaogang had betrayed him and despaired over losing every potential ally. In Slaughter City, Xia Yan completed his hundredth match, received the King of Slaughter’s approval, and entered Hell Road, where he encountered a swarm of Blood Bats.

• Tang Hao concluded that Yu Xiaogang had fled to hide his betrayal and vowed to kill him, but saw no one he could trust to help Tang San.
• Tang Hao and Tang San stood apart in the Star Dou Great Forest through the night, while Tang Hao vowed to seek revenge on Spirit Hall and return to the sect.
• Xia Yan finished his hundredth Hell Slaughter Arena match, and the desperadoes celebrated because they believed he was finally leaving Slaughter City.
• The King of Slaughter appeared, unleashed a bloody mist that drove the spectators to mutilate themselves, and formed a bat-shaped pattern from their blood.
• Xia Yan regained consciousness on a platform at the entrance to Hell Road and walked along its narrow path toward a swarm of Blood Bats.

Xia Yan cleared Hell Road, captured Blood Bats and the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, and acquired Divine Slaughter's Domain. After emerging from Slaughter City, he spotted Gui Mei and Hu Liena, while Gui Mei hesitated over whether to attack him.

• Xia Yan sucked more than a hundred Blood Bats into the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and killed the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King when it attacked him.
• Xia Yan captured the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and confined it to the pagoda's second-floor cliffs.
• Xia Yan siphoned blood from Hell Road's sea into the pagoda, then crossed the sea and entered the white light curtain at the cave.
• Xia Yan endured the killing intent inside the tunnel and awakened Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Xia Yan emerged on a mountain near Slaughter City's entrance and saw Gui Mei and Hu Liena entering the tavern.
• Gui Mei recognized Xia Yan and considered killing him, but hesitated because the Pope had not ordered an attack.

Xia Yan left Slaughter City and returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi told him about the deaths of Emperor Xue Ye and Prince Xue Xing and the political changes under Xue Qinghe. Xia Yan then revealed that Whale Rubber could strengthen Soul Masters' bodies and raise the age limit of the Soul Rings they could absorb, leaving Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong astonished.

• Gui Mei brought Hu Liena to Slaughter City's entrance, where Xia Yan warned that she needed more training before entering.
• Xia Yan flew away on the Jade Green Luan, and Gui Mei decided to take Hu Liena back to report to the Pope.
• After half a month of travel, Xia Yan returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and met with Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xia Yan that Emperor Xue Ye and Prince Xue Xing had died, Xue Qinghe had taken the throne, and Xue Beng had been confined in the palace.
• Xia Yan assured Ning Fengzhi that he would prevent Spirit Hall and Xue Qinghe from causing trouble, then brought out Whale Rubber.
• Xia Yan explained that heated Whale Rubber could strengthen a Soul Master's physique and increase the age limit of absorbable Soul Rings, shocking Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong.

Ning Fengzhi began secretly buying up Whale Rubber after Xia Yan revealed its true effects, while Qian Renxue invited Xia Yan to the imperial palace, where he discovered her plan to kill him. At their meeting, she presented him with a twenty-thousand-year Gale Wolf King's Right Leg Bone.

• Xia Yan told Ning Fengzhi that Whale Rubber had undiscovered effects, and Ning ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to acquire more than sixty percent of the supply in secret.
• Qian Renxue invited Xia Yan to admire the violets in the imperial garden, and Xia Yan entered the palace invisibly to investigate her intentions.
• Xia Yan overheard Qian Renxue and She Long discuss killing him with six Titled Douluo, while Qian Renxue said they would retreat if discovered and hoped the blame would fall on Spirit Hall.
• After deciding she would not attack him in the palace, Xia Yan returned to the sect and agreed by letter to visit two days later.
• Qian Renxue met Xia Yan in the garden, lamented her father's death, and gave him a twenty-thousand-year Gale Wolf King's Right Leg Bone.