Chapter Summaries

After completing one hundred arena victories, Xiaofei refused the King of Slaughter’s offer of a title and chose to take the Road to Hell. The King opened the road by sacrificing everyone in the arena, and Xiaofei awoke on a small platform above an abyss at its entrance.

• Xiaofei survived a year of combat in the City of Slaughter, earning the name Phoenix Butcher and reaching ninety-nine victories while resisting the city’s influence.
• Xiaofei meditated on his Killing Intent, then won his hundredth arena match.
• The King of Slaughter offered Xiaofei free passage from the city and a position as guest elder, but Xiaofei refused and chose the Road to Hell.
• The King of Slaughter filled the arena with red mist, driving the spectators mad and sacrificing them to open the Road to Hell.
• The blood of the victims formed the Blood Red Nine Headed Bat King, whose power transported Xiaofei to a narrow path above a bottomless abyss.

Xiaofei fought his way along the Road to Hell, defeating the Blood Red Bats, the Darkgold Three-Headed Bat King, and the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent before enduring the final trial and reaching the exit. After awakening in a forest, he discovered the markings that let him activate Divine Slaughter's Domain and set off to return to Blazing Academy.

• Xiaofei advanced along the Road to Hell and used his Fire Phoenix powers to destroy the Blood Red Bats and cut the Darkgold Three-Headed Bat King in half.
• Xiaofei defeated the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent by attacking the nine fleshy tumors on its head, then collected its Inner Core.
• Xiaofei continued through the final trial, enduring the evil aura, blood plasma, and killing aura until he reached the exit and lost consciousness.
• Xiaofei awoke in a forest, found the Nine-Headed Bat King patterns on his body, and activated Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Xiaofei withdrew Divine Slaughter's Domain and left to return to Blazing Academy.

After returning to Blazing Academy from the City of Slaughter, Xiaofei secluded himself in the library for a year to master his murderous aura. He emerged free of Killing Intent, shared what he had learned about Spirit Hall, and planned to use the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core as his sixth Soul Ring.

• Xiaofei returned to Blazing Academy overwhelmed by Killing Intent and asked Dean Huo Tianchen for quiet access to the library.
• Huo Tianchen cleared the library, where Xiaofei spent a year reading and writing while Huo Lie guarded the entrance.
• Xiaofei emerged with no trace of Killing Intent or Soul Power fluctuations and told Huo Tianchen, Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Lie about the City of Slaughter and Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Huo Tianchen described recruitment offers from Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire, and Xiaofei warned that Spirit Hall had more than ten high-level Titled Douluo.
• Xiaofei said he had reached level 60 and presented the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core as the candidate for his sixth Soul Ring.

Xiaofei absorbed the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core and emerged with a stronger, six-headed Fire Phoenix Martial Soul and a powerful Sixth Soul Skill. He settled into academy life with Huo Wu as Blazing Academy drew attention for its rising talents.

• Xiaofei swallowed the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core and endured three days of fiery tempering while Huo Lie told Huo Wu that he was out of danger.
• Xiaofei emerged with a deep-black Sixth Soul Ring, a six-headed Fire Phoenix, level 64 Soul Power, and the Phoenix Slash skill.
• Xiaofei returned to training and spending time with Huo Wu, and their relationship grew warmer as they began holding hands.
• Huo Tianchen announced that he had reached level 93, while Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang reached levels 66 and 65 and became known as the Blazing Twin Stars.
• Huo Wu rejected suitors, including disciples from the Upper Three Sects, and declared that only a stronger Fire Element cultivator willing to marry into Blazing Academy could court her.

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo visited Blazing Academy to pursue an alliance and recruit Wang Xiaofei, but the Dean refused to align the Huo Family with any faction, and Xiaofei declined to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After a month of visiting, Ning Fengzhi departed with Ning Rongrong and Ning Yuan, leaving the Huo Family's ties to the sect unresolved.

• The Dean welcomed Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo and refused an alliance, while leaving the door open for Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples to study at Blazing Academy.
• Sword Douluo offered to take Wang Xiaofei as his personal disciple, but Xiaofei declined because he considered Blazing Academy his home.
• Sword Douluo told Ning Fengzhi that Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang had remarkable potential and that Wang Xiaofei had reached level sixty-four.
• Huo Wushuang and his companions showed Ning Rongrong and Ning Yuan around the academy, where Rongrong's interest in Xiaofei made Huo Wu jealous.
• A month later, Ning Fengzhi departed with Ning Rongrong and Ning Yuan after Rongrong said she saw little progress between the young people and believed Xiaofei and Huo Wu were a couple.

As Spirit Hall’s growing power made Xiaofei fear that war would come within a few years, the Dean revealed the Huo Family’s origins in the Divine Fire Sect and gave Xiaofei a map to its lost headquarters. Xiaofei, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Wu set out for the Undying Volcano to seek strength and opportunity.

• Xiaofei warned the Dean that Spirit Hall and the major factions might plunge the continent into upheaval within one to five years, and the Dean revealed that the Fire Leopard Sect and likely the other Lower Four Sects had submitted to Spirit Hall.
• The Dean led Xiaofei, Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Lie to a hidden ancestral shrine and explained that the Huo Family descended from the Divine Fire Sect, whose headquarters lay beneath the Undying Volcano.
• The Dean gave Xiaofei a map to the Undying Volcano, saying its powerful Fire Element energy could help him grow stronger.
• Three days later, Xiaofei, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Wu left Blazing Academy for the volcano, while Huo Lie and the Dean hoped the journey would preserve the Huo Family’s future.

Xiaofei, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang were ambushed by swarms of Fire Ants and Fire Bats at the Undying Volcano, but Xiaofei killed their leader, the Fire Bat King. After recovering and collecting their spoils, they left the battlefield, and Huo Wushuang began absorbing the Fire Bat King's Head Soul Bone.

• Xiaofei sensed Soul Beasts underground and woke Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang as Fire Ants surrounded their camp.
• Xiaofei, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang fought swarms of Fire Ants and Fire Bats while trying to escape, and Xiaofei sensed that a powerful leader was directing them.
• Xiaofei located the Fire Bat King, injured it with Mental Shock, and killed it with Phoenix Slash, after which the remaining Fire Bats and Fire Ants retreated or fell.
• The three recovered, found a Head Soul Bone on the Fire Bat King and a two-thousand-year Fire Ant Right Arm Soul Bone, and left the area.
• Xiaofei gave the Fire Bat King's Head Soul Bone to Huo Wushuang, who began absorbing it.

Huo Wu learned about Xiaofei’s rare Soul Bones and promised to keep the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone secret. Later, a Fire Spider ambushed the trio, but Xiaofei defeated it and rescued Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang; they found a special Soul Bone on its corpse, which Huo Wu claimed.

• Huo Wu questioned Xiaofei about his Fire Phoenix Wings and learned he also possessed Blazing Lion King palm External Soul Bones, a Head Soul Bone, and a secret Hundred Thousand Year Right Leg Soul Bone.
• Xiaofei healed Huo Wu with his Right Leg Soul Bone and warned her to keep its existence and abilities secret, and she agreed.
• Huo Wushuang finished absorbing his Soul Bone and gained a wide-area sonic attack with Mental Shock.
• While the trio rested deeper inside Undying Volcano, a Fire Spider emerged beneath their tent, trapped Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang in poisonous silk, and attacked Xiaofei.
• Xiaofei fought the Fire Spider until he destroyed its head, then cut Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang free and healed them.
• After recovering and searching the corpse, the trio found a special Soul Bone on the Fire Spider’s back, and Huo Wu put it away despite Xiaofei and Huo Wushuang’s surprise.

After failing to find the Divine Fire Sect elsewhere in the Undying Volcano, Xiaofei, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang investigated its lava-filled center and encountered a powerful Netherworld Python. They suspected its hidden nest lay in a fault space beneath the lava, but after half a month of searching, they had not found it.

• Huo Wu absorbed the Fire Spider's External Soul Bone, displayed its eight venomous legs, and beat Xiaofei after he stared at her.
• Xiaofei, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang searched the Undying Volcano for a month without finding the Divine Fire Sect, then cultivated in the Fire Spider's nest for three months and each advanced one level.
• The three investigated the volcano's center, where Xiaofei sensed a Netherworld Python in the lava and pulled Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang away from its attack.
• Xiaofei identified the Netherworld Python as a legendary, near-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and the three escaped its repeated attacks.
• Xiaofei suspected the python's nest lay in a fault space beneath the lava, so the three searched for cooler ground but found nothing after half a month.

Xiaofei, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang found the buried Divine Fire Sect and entered its Divine Fire Tower. Inside, they discovered the sect’s history and learned that its divine flame was meant to help the patriarch’s descendants reach rank 100.

• Xiaofei suggested using Huo Wushuang’s sound-wave attack to detect the Broken Void Layer underground, and Huo Wushuang located it after four days of searching.
• Xiaofei excavated through the final layer of stone, and the three discovered the tilted ruins of the Divine Fire Sect beneath the volcano.
• The three followed a map to the Divine Fire Tower, where Huo Wu used a key inherited from her grandfather to open the meteor-copper gate.
• Inside the tower, the three felt immense pressure and an attraction to the flame held by a statue at the top of the stairs.
• Xiaofei read an inscription explaining that the Divine Fire Sect’s first patriarch had created the divine flame to help his descendants break through to rank 100, before the sect was destroyed in a battle and volcanic eruption.

Xiaofei, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang cultivated in the Divine Fire Tower for nearly a year, but Xiaofei worried about his slow progress and the dangers beyond the sect. He swallowed the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, transformed his Fire Phoenix into a God-tier Martial Soul, and reached Level 70, then hinted that his seventh Soul Ring was near.

• Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Xiaofei climbed the Inheritance Tower stairs but could not reach the Divine Flame, so they cultivated on the steps instead.
• During nearly a year of cultivation, Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang reached Soul Saint level, while Xiaofei reached Level 68.
• Huo Wu took Xiaofei to relax, and he told her he wanted to become strong enough to protect them from the world's dangers.
• Xiaofei decided to use the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and swallowed it as Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang watched.
• After three hours, Xiaofei's Fire Phoenix transformed into a God-tier Martial Soul and he reached Level 70.
• Huo Wu asked Xiaofei about his seventh Soul Ring, and he said it would come soon as he gazed toward the lava.

Xiaofei persuaded the injured Netherworld Python to risk its Heaven Tribulation and sacrifice itself in exchange for a promise of revival if he became a god. After the Python transformed into the Netherworld Flood Dragon and survived the tribulation with irreversible injuries, it gave Xiaofei a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Left Arm Soul Bone, and he returned to Blazing Academy with Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang.

• Xiaofei told the Netherworld Python that he would revive it in the God Realm if it sacrificed itself to him, and he swore an oath to the Heavenly Dao.
• The Netherworld Python agreed to break through to the hundred-thousand-year level before sacrificing itself, while Xiaofei told Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang to keep their plans secret.
• Five days later, the Netherworld Python endured its Heaven Tribulation and transformed into the Netherworld Flood Dragon, though the lightning left it with irreversible injuries.
• The Netherworld Flood Dragon sacrificed itself to Xiaofei, giving him a red Soul Ring and a blood-red Left Arm Soul Bone and raising his Soul Power to the peak of Level 74.
• Xiaofei sealed the cave leading to the Divine Fire Sect, then returned to Blazing Academy with Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang.

After returning to Blazing Academy, Xiaofei learned that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been wiped out and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect devastated. He persuaded the academy to unite with Godwind Academy and Skywater Academy to form an independent Elemental Academy, leaving the merged institution positioned as the continent’s second-largest soul master academy.

• Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Xiaofei returned to Blazing Academy, where Dean Huo Tianchen and Huo Lie told them that attacks on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had shaken the Soul Master World.
• Xiaofei warned that relocating to Heaven Dou City could make Blazing Academy vulnerable to the empire, and proposed that the academy remain independent by joining with Godwind Academy and Skywater Academy.
• Dean Huo Tianchen contacted the deans of Godwind Academy and Skywater Academy, and they agreed to establish Elemental Academy and build Elemental City near all three schools.
• Blazing Academy, Godwind Academy, and Skywater Academy announced their merger, naming Huo Tianchen dean and Feng Xuan and Liu Ruyan vice deans, with each original academy becoming a department.
• The merger announcement shocked the world and made Elemental Academy the continent’s second-largest soul master academy, behind Spirit Hall Advanced Soul Master Academy.

The Elemental Academy’s merger prompted rival powers to weigh its neutrality and potential influence, while students saw it as an appealing school. Xiaofei proposed expanding it to teach all five elements, and the Dean sent invitations to the Breaking and Defense Clans.

• Bibi Dong decided Spirit Hall would leave the Elemental Academy alone and send its Golden Generation to the opening ceremony.
• Xue Ye accepted Xue Qinghe’s advice against attacking the academy and ordered him to attend its ceremony and discuss recruiting its graduates.
• Ning Fengzhi judged the academy’s neutral stance a clever move, while Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong worried it would draw commoner students away from Shrek Academy.
• Xiaofei proposed adding Thick Earth and Metal Element Departments and inviting the Defense Clan and Breaking Clan to contribute their expertise.
• After consulting Feng Xuan and Liu Ruyan, the Dean wrote to Yang Wudi and Niugao inviting their clans to join the academy.

Niugao and Yang Wudi considered invitations to join Elemental Academy after Spirit Hall’s attacks made the continent’s clans increasingly vulnerable. Huo Tianchen brought them to Dragon Rise City, where Xiaofei explained the academy’s plans and rules, leaving the two clan heads with the offer to consider.

• Niugao hesitated over Huo Tianchen’s invitation to lead the Earth Element Department and serve as Vice Dean of Elemental Academy.
• Yang Wudi told Niugao that Huo Tianchen had invited him to lead the Metal Element Department and discuss the Alchemy Way, and the two compared their letters over drinks.
• Huo Tianchen, Xiaofei, Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, and Shui Bing’er traveled to Dragon Rise City to invite the Defense Clan and Yang Wudi to join Elemental Academy.
• Niugao and Yang Wudi welcomed Huo Tianchen’s group at Niugao’s Mansion and asked why they had been chosen for academy leadership roles.
• Xiaofei explained that the clans would run independent element departments under academy rules, that decisions would be made by votes among the deans, and that the academy would remain separate from factional affairs.

Yang Wudi and Niugao tested the Elemental Academy’s students in a three-incense-stick battle before deciding whether their clans would join. The five juniors revealed their remarkable strength and began fighting the two Soul Douluo, with the match still underway.

• Xiaofei explained that the academy could earn money through its reputation and cooperation, while Yang Wudi demanded a trial by combat before the Breaking Clan would join.
• Huo Tianchen arranged for five academy juniors to face Yang Wudi and Niugao together for three incense sticks.
• Shui Bing'er, Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and Wang Xiaofei revealed their Martial Souls and levels, startling the two clan leaders with their power.
• The juniors began their coordinated attack, with Xiaofei engaging Yang Wudi while Shui Bing'er tried to separate the two Soul Douluo and the others targeted Niugao.
• Xiaofei exchanged attacks with Yang Wudi as Shui Bing'er trapped Niugao in her Absolute Ice Domain, allowing Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and Feng Xiaotian to attack him.

The Elemental Academy’s young fighters held off Niugao and Yang Wudi in a prolonged battle, and the two clan leaders agreed to join the academy. After the academy’s plans advanced and the Defense and Breaking Clans relocated, Spirit Hall prepared to attend its founding ceremony.

• Niugao and Yang Wudi used their Martial Soul Avatars, but Xiaofei proposed a draw, and the fighters ended their battle respectfully.
• Yang Wudi and Niugao agreed that the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan would join the Elemental Academy and focus on education.
• Dean Huo invited Bai He to join, but Bai He declined and chose to move the Speed Clan to Heaven Dou City.
• Xiaofei and Dean Huo finalized plans for five elemental departments and a plantation, with Yang Wudi as its temporary director.
• A month later, Niugao and Yang Wudi arrived in Elemental City with their clans, publicly announcing their roles at the academy and their withdrawal from Soul Master World conflicts.
• The pope ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to take Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation team to the academy’s founding ceremony, and told Nana to attend as well.

Xiaofei entered seclusion in the Divine Fire Tower to attempt to condense a Soul Core, relying on his Spiritual Power, physical strength, and understanding of his Fire Phoenix Martial Soul. After weeks of failure and refining his technique, he formed a golden Fire Phoenix Soul Core and guided it into his lower dantian.

• Xiaofei entered the Divine Fire Tower alone while Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang stayed to cultivate in the Divine Fire Sect.
• Xiaofei spent half a month failing to condense his Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, then realized he needed to compress and rotate his Soul Power into a solid sphere.
• After another month of practice, Xiaofei formed a stable rotating Soul Power sphere and considered how to make it absorb energy and return to his dantian.
• Xiaofei drew on the Fire Phoenix’s proud, blazing nature and began condensing a Soul Core that absorbed most of his Soul Power and the Fire Element in the tower.
• Xiaofei experienced the Fire Phoenix receiving the homage of birds and flames, then guided the completed Fire Phoenix Soul Core into his lower dantian.

Xiaofei completed his first Soul Core and returned with Huo Wu and their companion to find that Blazing Academy had moved into the newly built Elemental City. At Elemental Academy, the deans prepared them to receive young guests at the founding ceremony, including members of rival powers, and explained why the All-Continent Soul Master Tournament had been suspended.

• Xiaofei examined his newly formed Soul Core and realized it would steadily cultivate and accelerate his Soul Power recovery, though creating one had been dangerous.
• Huo Wu welcomed Xiaofei outside the Divine Fire Tower, and he reassured her that his secluded cultivation had succeeded and that he would not experiment recklessly again.
• Xiaofei, Huo Wu, and their companion returned to Blazing Academy, discovered everyone had moved, and continued on to Elemental City.
• Xiaofei surveyed Elemental Academy’s departments and facilities before he and the others were summoned to the dean’s office.
• Dean Huo told Xiaofei, Huo Wu, and the others to receive the younger guests at the founding ceremony and warned them about Spirit Hall and the tensions between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Heaven Dou Empire.
• The deans explained that the three great powers had suspended the All-Continent Soul Master Tournament for one edition because of turmoil and because Xiaofei and Huo Wu were expected to dominate it.

Xiaofei and the other six prepared for Elemental Academy’s founding ceremony, where the academy’s five deans introduced its purpose and rules to gathered factions and rival schools. The ceremony proceeded to presentations of each department’s policies and admissions requirements, while Hu Liena watched Wang Xiaofei with fighting spirit.

• Xiaofei and the others learned that Niu Meng and Yang Pojun were young clan chiefs, talented Spirit Masters, and grandsons of Niugao and Yang Wudi.
• Two days later, Elemental Academy held its opening ceremony before representatives from across the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall.
• Xiaofei noticed the haggard Yu Xiaogang, the hostile Liu Erlong, and Hu Liena, who stared at Wang Xiaofei as if eager to fight him.
• Huo Tianchen announced that Elemental Academy would educate talent without joining faction disputes or restricting students’ backgrounds and futures.
• Huo Tianchen, Feng Xuan, Liu Ruyan, Niugao, and Yang Wudi revealed the academy rules, which Sword Douluo Chen Xin praised for their killing intent and Yang Wudi’s spear-inspired writing.
• The vice deans began outlining their departments’ teaching policies and admissions requirements, while Chrysanthemum Douluo abandoned plans for the Golden Generation to challenge the academy after seeing Wang Xiaofei and Huo Wu’s soul power.