Chapter Summaries

After Li Han cured Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Venom, Dugu Bo offered to take him as a disciple, but Li Han declined because he already had a master. Li Han received the Mystic Yin Art and the As-You-Will Treasure Pouch, while Dugu Bo began taking a pill to cure his own poison.

• Dugu Bo confirmed that Dugu Yan’s poison was gone, though Divine Lightning remained in her dantian, and Li Han assured him she would be safe.
• Dugu Bo offered to take Li Han as his disciple, but Li Han refused because he already had a master.
• Li Han received the Mystic Yin Art after Dugu Bo’s offer, and Dugu Bo gave him the promised As-You-Will Treasure Pouch.
• Dugu Bo acknowledged Li Han as a friend and invited him to stay and discuss poisons while he watched over Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo swallowed Li Han’s pill to treat his own poison, while Dugu Yan played with Silver Moon and Li Han examined the Mystic Yin Art.

Li Han helped Dugu Bo remove the poison that had kept his cultivation stalled, then settled at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to cultivate. The next day, Dugu Yan challenged him, and Dugu Bo was stunned to learn that Li Han was nearly ten years old and already a level-thirty-one Soul Elder.

• Dugu Bo’s Soul Power surge nearly swept Dugu Yan into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, but Li Han caught her and stopped their fall with his swords.
• Dugu Bo finished detoxifying himself and thanked Li Han, then teased Dugu Yan about becoming Li Han’s match.
• Li Han decided to stay near the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and cultivate until he reached level forty.
• Dugu Yan challenged Li Han to test her new third Soul Skill, and Dugu Bo encouraged him to accept.
• Li Han concealed his true Soul Rings and Soul Power with his second Soul Skill and Shape-Shifting Art, then revealed a level-thirty-one Soul Elder’s aura.
• Dugu Bo was astonished when Li Han said he was almost ten years old.

Li Han defeated Dugu Yan in a spar and urged her to focus on individual Soul Fighting to develop her own combat strength. After two months of training at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, he reached level forty while Dugu Yan continued to challenge him and lose.

• Dugu Yan attacked Li Han, but his Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords shocked her and he eventually defeated her with his speed.
• Dugu Bo praised Li Han's strength and invited him to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Li Han declined for now.
• Li Han trained at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well for two months and reached level forty as Dugu Yan repeatedly challenged him and lost.
• Li Han advised Dugu Yan to practice individual fights at the Great Soul Arena rather than rely mainly on team battles.
• Dugu Yan considered Li Han's argument that her Beast Martial Soul could grow stronger through individual combat, though she only partly understood.

Li Han left Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan after receiving his extracted Pill Bead, sharing a Soul Core cultivation idea with Dugu Bo and exchanging gifts with Dugu Yan. After departing, Li Han planned to travel to the Blue Silver Forest with Silver Moon to obtain a customized fourth Soul Ring and life-type Soul Skill.

• Dugu Bo extracted Li Han’s Pill Bead and considered Li Han’s suggestion that he develop a Soul Core to improve his cultivation potential.
• Dugu Yan gave Li Han a handmade blue robe, and Li Han gave her cultivation pills before saying goodbye.
• Dugu Yan admitted she was unhappy Li Han had left without her, while Dugu Bo encouraged her to take the initiative and tried unsuccessfully to get one of her pills.
• Silver Moon joined Li Han after he left the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and suggested that the Blue Silver Grass in the Blue Silver Forest could willingly provide energy for his fourth Soul Ring.
• Li Han decided to seek a life-type Soul Skill at the Blue Silver Forest, where Silver Moon expected to increase her cultivation by absorbing energy.

Li Han and Silver Moon reached the Blue Silver Forest, where the Blue Silver King used the forest’s power to restore Silver Moon’s cultivation and forge Li Han an extraordinary Soul Ring. Li Han absorbed a 25,000-year ring, transformed his Martial Soul, and rose to level forty-three.

• Silver Moon summoned the Blue Silver King and asked the Blue Silver Grass Clan to restore her strength and help Li Han condense a life-type Soul Ring.
• The Blue Silver King accepted Silver Moon’s request, and the Blue Silver Grass enveloped her and Li Han to channel its power.
• The Blue Silver King restored Silver Moon’s cultivation to thirty thousand years, then began condensing Li Han’s fourth Soul Ring.
• Li Han endured the energy beyond the expected limit, and his Martial Soul grew into a Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword, three Golden Thunder Bamboos, and one Heaven Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.
• Li Han absorbed a 25,000-year Soul Ring, reached level forty-three, and emerged taller and rejuvenated.

Li Han received the Life Force Transfer Soul Skill from the Blue Silver King and watched Silver Moon awaken after her transformation. After leaving the Blue Silver Forest, he tested the skill and discovered it could rapidly grow medicinal herbs, leaving him excited about its uses for alchemy.

• The Blue Silver King entrusted Silver Moon to Li Han, who promised to take her with him if he reached the heavens.
• Li Han learned that Life Force Transfer could steal and store life force to heal injuries and regenerate limbs.
• Silver Moon awoke after absorbing the Blue Silver Grass’s nourishment, and Li Han saw that her cultivation had reached thirty thousand years.
• Silver Moon said she felt increasingly like the Blue Silver Emperor but assured Li Han that she was still his Silver Moon.
• Outside the Blue Silver Forest, Li Han used Life Force Transfer to wither a Lone Bamboo and accelerate the growth of a medicinal herb.

Li Han and Silver Moon left the Blue Silver Forest for the Star Dou Great Forest, where he prepared to gather supplies before traveling to Slaughter City. They encountered a ten-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider, and Li Han began testing it as a potential spirit pet.

• Li Han told Silver Moon he planned to visit Slaughter City to master a cultivation method, and she agreed to accompany him.
• Li Han planned to spend a month or two refining pills, making talismans and Dharma Artifacts, and forging three more Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.
• Li Han detected a concealed Man Faced Demon Spider and blocked its first strike with his Azure Essence Sword Shield.
• Silver Moon identified the spider and warned Li Han about its strength and poisonous Spider Web Bind skill.
• Li Han decided to take the spider in as a spirit pet and fought back after its assault shattered his shield.
• Li Han enlarged the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords with his First Soul Skill, As-You-Will, and brought them crashing down as the spider launched Spider Web Bind.

Li Han tested the Man Faced Demon Spider’s webs before Silver Moon burned them with her Heavenly Fox Demon Fire. He forced the spider to submit, named it Xiao Ba, and settled with Silver Moon in its lair.

• The Man Faced Demon Spider trapped Li Han’s Golden Thunder Bamboo in tough, poisonous webs, and Li Han tested the webs with fireballs.
• Silver Moon burned through the webs with her Heavenly Fox Demon Fire, frightening the Man Faced Demon Spider into fleeing.
• Li Han trapped the Man Faced Demon Spider in his Extreme Thunder Prison and threatened it until it submitted to a Spirit Pact.
• Li Han healed the spider, named it Xiao Ba, and put it under Silver Moon’s command.
• Xiao Ba led Li Han and Silver Moon to its lair, where Li Han concealed them with the Lost Track Formation.
• Li Han sent Xiao Ba to keep watch and took out the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to make pills with Silver Moon.

Li Han used Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to gain Clear Insight Spirit Eyes, then spent a month cultivating and preparing supplies before deciding to head for Slaughter City. He left his lair after learning that Xiao Ba was under attack by a seasoned Soul Master team hunting its Soul Ring.

• Li Han refined Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew into medicinal liquid and gained Clear Insight Spirit Eyes, which let him see through illusions, disguises, and obstructions and detect spatial rifts.
• Li Han tested the new eyes by resisting Silver Moon's Charm skill, then agreed to make more Spirit Feeding Pills for Silver Moon and Xiao Ba.
• Li Han spent a month refining pills and Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, while Xiao Ba became loyal to him after eating Spirit Feeding Pills.
• Li Han decided that his preparations were complete and set out for Slaughter City, packing away his supplies and Lost Track Formation.
• Silver Moon warned Li Han that two Soul Emperors and three Soul Kings were attacking Xiao Ba, and Li Han rushed toward the battlefield.

Li Han intervened when Spirit Hall attacked the injured Man Faced Demon Spider, rescued it, and refused to surrender it. After Spirit Hall’s men surrounded him, he trapped four with the Wood Barrier Formation and killed the Soul Emperor who escaped; the remaining fighters faced his Extreme Thunder Prison.

• Li Han shielded the Man Faced Demon Spider from Zhao Qiang’s spear, gave it Essence Nourishing Pills, and sent it back to the As-You-Will Treasure Pouch.
• Zhao Qiang and the other Spirit Hall members demanded Li Han surrender the Man Faced Demon Spider and his Soul Tool, then surrounded him.
• Li Han used the Wood Barrier Formation to trap Zhao Qiang and three others while one Soul Emperor escaped.
• Li Han pursued the escaping Soul Emperor with four Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords and killed him with the Giant Sword Technique.
• Li Han withdrew the weakening formation and trapped Zhao Qiang and the other three in his Extreme Thunder Prison.

Li Han killed Zhao Qiang after surviving the Spirit Hall Soul Emperor’s signal for help, but Ghost Douluo arrived and confronted him. Li Han revealed his unusual Soul Rings and escaped with his wing-type External Soul Bone, while Ghost Douluo and Yan pursued him.

• Li Han attacked Zhao Qiang with his Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, but Zhao Qiang repelled them and fired a signal flare for help.
• Li Han exploited Zhao Qiang’s exposed guard, drove the Gold-Devouring Thunder Spear through his chest, and killed him.
• Ghost Douluo arrived and restrained Li Han with his pressure as Yan identified him as Li Feiyu and accused him of killing Xu Ding.
• Ghost Douluo forced Li Han to reveal his four Soul Rings, shocking both him and Yan with their two-purple, two-black configuration.
• Li Han used his Wind-Thunder Wings to escape the pressure, and Ghost Douluo and Yan immediately pursued him.

Li Han fled through the Star Dou Great Forest while Ghost Douluo pursued him, using his lightning attacks to counter Ghost Douluo’s ghostly Soul Skills. Just as Ghost Douluo cornered him and demanded an explanation, the Titan Giant Ape appeared nearby.

• Li Han used his Wind-Thunder Wings to evade Ghost Douluo and decided to flee deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Li Han’s Evil-Warding Divine Thunder destroyed Ghost Douluo’s Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, revealing that the lightning countered Ghost Douluo’s ghostly powers.
• Li Han threw a powerful Heavenly Thunder Bead that shattered Ghost Douluo’s Great Change Ghost Hand and slowed the pursuit.
• Ghost Douluo caught Li Han in an avatar’s explosion, leaving him injured and unable to escape.
• Li Han tried to persuade Ghost Douluo to recruit him into Spirit Hall, but the Titan Giant Ape suddenly appeared nearby.

Li Han escaped Ghost Douluo by luring him into the Titan Giant Ape’s territory, then left the Star Dou Great Forest with Silver Moon. Spirit Hall issued a kill order for Li Feiyu, while Meng Yiran worried about his safety and her elders urged her to focus on her cultivation.

• Li Han recovered from his injuries and fled as the Titan Giant Ape trapped Ghost Douluo with its Gravity Domain and attacked him.
• Ghost Douluo fought the Titan Giant Ape, while Li Han escaped and admitted to Silver Moon that he planned to hide his identity and travel to Slaughter City.
• Silver Moon guided Li Han out of the Star Dou Great Forest, and the Titan Giant Ape later told the Sky Azure Bull Python that Li Han had reached Soul Ancestor level and possessed an External Soul Bone.
• Ghost Douluo found Yan and explained that Li Han had escaped by luring him into the Titan Giant Ape’s territory, then vowed to issue a Martial Soul Kill Order.
• Spirit Hall publicized a kill order for Li Feiyu and circulated a masked portrait describing his unusual spear and sword Martial Souls.
• Meng Yiran sought advice from Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang, who told her there was little they could do and urged her to improve her strength.

Meng Yiran, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu learned that Spirit Hall was hunting Li Feiyu, while Li Han reached Slaughter City’s entrance and fought his way inside. After killing Terror Knight Scott in one strike, he asked the Slaughter Envoy whether he had passed the test.

• Meng Yiran accepted that the Dragon-Snake Family could not risk confronting Spirit Hall to help Li Feiyu.
• Ning Rongrong asked Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo to protect and search for Li Feiyu, and they agreed to help if they found him.
• Xiao Wu recognized Li Han in Spirit Hall’s wanted notice, condemned Spirit Hall, and resolved to cultivate harder.
• Li Han arrived at the tavern that served as the entrance to Slaughter City, killed everyone inside with an Azure Origin Sword Ray, and opened the entrance.
• Li Han used his Clear Insight Spirit Eyes to dispel the illusions inside Slaughter City and reached its gate.
• Li Han killed Terror Knight Scott in one strike and asked the Slaughter Envoy whether he had passed the test.

Li Han entered Slaughter City and registered for the Hell Slaughter Arena, where he effortlessly killed all nine opponents in his first match. The Slaughter Envoy watched in disbelief, suspecting he might be the strongest challenger in the city's history.

• The Slaughter Envoy led Li Han to the Hell Slaughter Arena and explained its deadly rules, including the hundred victories needed to earn the title of Slaughter God.
• Li Han registered as number 9366 and soon entered a ten-person arena match.
• A bald Soul King charged Li Han, but Li Han killed him with a single swift sword strike.
• The remaining eight opponents tried to attack Li Han together, but he quickly slew them all.
• The Slaughter Envoy marveled at Li Han's strength after he killed nine Soul Kings in a few breaths.

Li Han entered Slaughter City, won his first match, and used the city's killings to cultivate the Wisdom King Art while studying puppet-making and other techniques. After winning sixty matches and earning the name Blue-clad Sword Ghost, he faced nine Soul Saints who had prepared an ambush, and revealed that he could wield two Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.

• Li Han defeated every challenger in his first match, then asked the Slaughter Envoy for lodging and learned how Yellow Springs Dew could buy food and shelter.
• Li Han rented a small house and refined the baleful aura from his kills, deciding to spend about a year in Slaughter City cultivating before he left.
• Li Han began studying the Great Evolution Art and its Puppet Technique, then refined a maid puppet to handle household tasks.
• Li Han settled into a routine of fighting every three days, cultivating and studying techniques, and gradually won sixty matches to earn the title Blue-clad Sword Ghost.
• Spectators warned that nine Soul Saints with fifty victories had studied Li Han's attack patterns and set a trap for him.
• Li Han entered the arena surrounded by the nine Soul Saints and summoned two Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, alarming the spectators.

Li Han defeated nine Soul Saints in the Hell Slaughter Arena and began cultivating the Wisdom King Art to initial mastery while Silver Moon guarded him. Two Soul Masters mistook Silver Moon for Li Han’s clone and returned with reinforcements, who surrounded them and attacked.

• Li Han used the Evil-Warding Chidori Stream and his controlled Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords to kill all nine Soul Saints and win the arena match.
• Li Han left the arena with a surge of baleful aura, hid in an alley, and began cultivating the Wisdom King Art as Silver Moon stood guard.
• Two Soul Masters approached Li Han, but Silver Moon took Li Han’s appearance and frightened them into fleeing.
• The two Soul Masters decided Silver Moon was a weak clone and brought two groups to the alley.
• An alluring woman led the groups in surrounding Li Han and Silver Moon, then ordered everyone to attack.

Silver Moon and the Man Faced Demon Spider defended Li Han from a mob in Slaughter City while he refined baleful aura, but they were overwhelmed and injured. Li Han awakened, killed the attackers in a furious rampage, and continued absorbing baleful aura as his Wisdom King Art advanced.

• Silver Moon unleashed Heavenly Fox Demon Fire and summoned Xiao Ba, whose attacks killed many of the soul masters surrounding Li Han.
• The seductive woman and a tall axe-wielding man rallied powerful figures from Slaughter City to attack Li Han, and the crowd wounded Silver Moon and severed two of Xiao Ba's legs.
• The tall man swung his axe at Li Han, but Li Han awakened and caught the blow between two fingers before killing him with an Azure Origin Sword Ray.
• Li Han sent Silver Moon and Xiao Ba back to the As-You-Will Treasure Pouch and declared that everyone present would die.
• Li Han slaughtered the gathered soul masters with the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords and Fireball Technique, surpassing one hundred kills as the baleful aura fueled his Wisdom King Art.

After Li Han slaughtered more than six hundred people in Slaughter City, the Slaughter King chose to let him continue unchecked. Li Han recovered with Silver Moon and planned to keep killing while working toward his hundredth victory and escape.

• Li Han killed everyone in sight during a three-hour rampage, then returned to his residence after replenishing his Soul Power.
• The Slaughter Envoy reported Li Han’s massacre to the Slaughter King, who ordered her to watch him and allowed him to continue.
• Silver Moon emerged from the As-You-Will Treasure Pouch, and Li Han gave her and the injured Xiao Ba pills to help them recover.
• Li Han told Silver Moon he needed thirty-nine more victories to open Hell Road and said he hoped to reduce Slaughter City’s population by more than half before leaving.
• Li Han said continued slaughter might help him advance the Wisdom King Art and cultivate Buddhist light.

After reaching ninety-nine consecutive victories and killing thousands in Slaughter City, Li Han entered his hundredth battle against nine Soul Douluo, determined to win and leave. He broke free of one opponent’s ice attack and unleashed the Blood Spirit Drill, piercing all nine challengers.

• Li Han reached rank fifty and prepared to leave Slaughter City after his hundredth victory, while Silver Moon complained that the city had become deserted.
• Li Han entered the Hell Slaughter Arena, where the host introduced nine Soul Douluo as his challengers.
• The nine Soul Douluo restrained Li Han’s four Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, and one transformed into a tiger and attacked him with freezing cold air.
• Li Han shattered the ice, revealed his immunity to ordinary ice and fire, and formed the Blood Spirit Drill.
• Li Han fired the Blood Spirit Drill through the tiger Soul Douluo and all eight other challengers, filling the arena with blood-red mist.