Chapter Summaries

Qian Daoliu challenged Bo Saixi to a fight on Sea God Island, but she defeated him almost immediately. Chen Jianjun revealed that Qian Daoliu was injured, then suspected the old man had challenged Bo Saixi to win her sympathy.

• Chen Jianjun left Qian Daoliu, who wondered whether the mysterious person Chen had mentioned could rival him.
• Qian Daoliu visited Bo Saixi at night and challenged her to test her strength as the Sea God's divine envoy.
• Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi fought above the sea, drawing Chen Jianjun and the Sea God Island guardians to watch.
• Chen Jianjun predicted Qian Daoliu would lose, and Bo Saixi defeated him with her ninth Soul Skill, sending him into the sea.
• Chen Jianjun told the others that Qian Daoliu was injured and speculated that he had challenged Bo Saixi to gain her sympathy.

Qian Daoliu’s attempt to grow closer to Bo Saixi became island-wide gossip, and he tried to reassure her that Spirit Hall would never attack Sea God Island. Bo Saixi remained wary of him as Chen Jianjun entered the Sea God’s Light trial, while Qian Daoliu decided to seek another way to win her trust.

• Qian Daoliu failed to get close to Bo Saixi, and Chen Jianjun left him to swim back to shore alone.
• A shark overheard that Qian Daoliu had his eye on Bo Saixi and spread the news around Sea God Island overnight.
• Sea Dragon Douluo and the others questioned Chen Jianjun about Qian Daoliu’s feelings, then watched Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi arrive.
• Bo Saixi challenged Qian Daoliu about his purpose on the island, and he promised that Spirit Hall would never attack it while he lived.
• Bo Saixi remained more trusting of Chen Jianjun than Qian Daoliu, who held back from following her after she vanished.
• Chen Jianjun entered the Sea God’s Light trial as the island’s Douluo secretly continued gossiping about Qian Daoliu.

At the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Zi JI successfully condensed a Soul Core, and Xu Xiao explained that stronger cultivators might eventually form more. Xu Xiao tested his Ring Detonation against Zi JI in the Spirit Ascension Platform, ending the chapter as his fifth Soul Skill threatened to unleash his power and forced Zi JI to reveal her true form.

• On Sea God Island, Qian Daoliu lamented that Bo Saixi rejected him while Chen Jianjun continued climbing through the Sea God's Light.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Zi JI condensed a Soul Core, proving that Xu Xiao's method worked.
• Xu Xiao explained that up to three Soul Cores could be condensed and said that Zi JI might need to reach Rank 99 before attempting another.
• Xu Xiao and Zi JI entered the fifth level of the Spirit Ascension Platform so she could test his Ring Detonation.
• Xu Xiao detonated four of his five Soul Rings and used his fifth Soul Skill, prompting Zi JI to transform into her Hell Purple Demon Dragon form.

Xu Xiao tested Ring Detonation with his fifth soul skill and showed that it could produce an attack formidable enough to threaten high-ranking Soul Douluos and low-ranking Titled Douluos, though the backlash strained his body. He explained that Soul Bones could help his brothers use the technique, then faced their concern that obtaining them might require slaughtering Soul Beasts recklessly.

• Xu Xiao detonated four Soul Rings and used his fifth soul skill against Zi JI, creating a powerful explosion that stunned her.
• Zi JI praised Xu Xiao's attack, and he admitted he had held back while warning that Ring Detonation caused severe backlash.
• Xu Xiao told his brothers that Soul Bones could help them withstand Ring Detonation, but how many rings they could detonate would depend on their strength.
• Dugu Bo and Ling Yuan questioned how they could obtain Soul Bones without recklessly killing Soul Beasts.

Xu Xiao reassured his companions that he would obtain Soul Bones for them, then they continued cultivating for four months. Chen Xin and Gu Rong entered the Hell Road after completing their trials in Slaughter City and fought through a swarm of bats while searching for the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s inner core.

• Xu Xiao promised his companions Soul Bones, explaining that he planned to find them in Dragon Valley.
• Xu Xiao and his group left the fifth layer and focused on cultivation with Zi JI’s help.
• Four months later, Chen Xin and Gu Rong entered the Hell Road after completing their hundredth Slaughter Arena trial together.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong questioned the Slaughter King’s motives and recalled Xu Xiao’s warning about the Blood Red Nine-headed Bat King and the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s inner core.
• Chen Xin cut down waves of bats as he and Gu Rong flew through the Hell Road, and the Bloody Mary began forming three heads below them.

Chen Xin and Gu Rong defeated the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and confronted the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent using the paired Warm Jade Bottles. Chen Xin retrieved the serpent’s scorching inner core, though they did not know whether the wounded beast had survived.

• Gu Rong held off the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King while Chen Xin used three swords to sever all three heads at once, then kept attacking until it was dead.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong felt the killing aura affecting their minds and hurried toward the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent.
• Gu Rong drew the serpent’s attention while Chen Xin smashed the two Warm Jade Bottles, pouring their icy and fiery liquids over its heads.
• Chen Xin attacked the serpent’s exposed inner core and pulled it free as the beast sank into the Bloody Mary.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong saw that the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well’s spring water had badly corroded the serpent’s head, but they could not tell whether it had died.

Chen Xin overcame his inner demon and obtained Divine Slaughter's Domain, while Gu Rong faced the Rakshasa God's temptation and refused its inheritance rather than disappoint Xu Xiao. The Rakshasa God’s offer ended in rejection, leaving Gu Rong’s trial unresolved.

• Chen Xin and Gu Rong entered the exit, where a dark crimson aura pulled them into their inner demons and another aura invaded Gu Rong’s spiritual power.
• Chen Xin overcame visions of failing to surpass his father and of Xu Xiao rejecting him, then emerged with Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• The Rakshasa God exploited Gu Rong’s insecurities and memories of being bullied, tempting him with an inheritance that promised power and an end to his struggles.
• Gu Rong recognized the Rakshasa God and refused its inheritance because Xu Xiao mattered more to him, despite wanting the power.
• The Rakshasa God called Xu Xiao trash for lacking a Godhood inheritance and being unable to make Gu Rong a god.

Gu Rong rejected Rakshasa God's offer after the god insulted Xu Xiao, then emerged from Slaughter City with Divine Slaughter's Domain. He and Chen Xin planned to tell Xu Xiao about Rakshasa God's threat and claim the city for him.

• Rakshasa God called Xu Xiao trash, so Gu Rong angrily refused the inheritance and cursed the god before it withdrew.
• Gu Rong overcame his inner demon and emerged with Divine Slaughter's Domain, then told Chen Xin he had encountered Rakshasa God.
• Gu Rong admitted he had wanted the power to help Xu Xiao, and Chen Xin reminded him that Xu Xiao hoped they would obtain something better.
• Chen Xin reasoned that few people knew about Slaughter City and proposed that Xu Xiao claim it so they could watch for Rakshasa God's successor.
• Gu Rong and Chen Xin left Slaughter City, intending to return to Xu Xiao and learn about his progress.

Chen Xin and Gu Rong returned through Star Dou Forest and encountered Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan members hunting a Soul Ring for Yu Yuanzhen. After realizing the hunt could help their organization’s future rival, they decided to lure Soul Beasts toward the Blue Lightning group.

• Chen Xin and Gu Rong left Slaughter City and traveled toward Sunset Forest, hoping to return home and have Ye Shengxin treat their bloodthirsty states of mind.
• Three Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan Soul Douluo confronted them and ordered them to leave while the clan hunted a Soul Ring.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong withdrew without fighting, then learned from their deductions that Yu Mingkai’s son Yu Yuanzhen was probably the one seeking the Soul Ring.
• Gu Rong proposed luring Soul Beasts toward the Blue Lightning hunters, and Chen Xin agreed that they should make trouble for a future obstacle to Chuan Ling.

Chen Xin and Gu Rong asked the Blue Silver King to help lure powerful Soul Beasts toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, which was hunting a seventy-thousand-year Soul Ring for Yu Yuanzhen. As the clan began fighting the Three-Clawed Dark Dragon, several formidable auras approached from three directions.

• Chen Xin and Gu Rong flew to the Blue Silver Forest and asked the Blue Silver King for help disrupting the Blue Lightning hunt.
• The Blue Silver King agreed to guide Chen Xin and Gu Rong to Soul Beasts aged between fifty and eighty thousand years, and the three set out together.
• At the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Yu Mingkai told Yu Yuanzhen that a seventy-thousand-year dragon-type Soul Beast would become his Soul Ring.
• Yu Mingkai and four Soul Douluo attacked the Three-Clawed Dark Dragon while Yu Yuanzhen guarded their escape route.
• As the battle raged, several formidable auras rushed toward the group from three directions.

Chen Xin and Gu Rong lured powerful Soul Beasts into Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Mingkai’s group, turning their hunt into a desperate battle. The Fourth Elder sacrificed himself to help the others escape, and the Soul Beasts fled from the blast.

• Chen Xin and Gu Rong drew three Soul Beasts toward Yu Yuanzhen’s group, where the beasts joined the fight against the seventy-thousand-year-old Soul Beast.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Mingkai’s forces were overwhelmed as two more Soul Beasts arrived, bringing the total to six.
• Yu Yuanzhen offered to draw the Soul Beasts’ attacks so his father could escape, but the Fourth Elder volunteered to self-destruct instead.
• The Fourth Elder exploded, wounding the Soul Beasts and sending them fleeing while Yu Mingkai, Yu Yuanzhen, and the two remaining elders escaped into the sky.
• Yu Mingkai realized that most of the Soul Beasts could not fly and was stunned that the Fourth Elder had died.

Yu Yuanzhen became a Titled Douluo, and Yu Mingkai revealed that he had little time left and planned to pass him the clan leadership. After the Blue Lightning father and son imagined challenging the Clear Sky Sect, Chen Xin and Gu Rong reached the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where Xu Xiao worried that his cultivation was progressing too slowly.

• Yu Mingkai and the Blue Lightning Clan returned and hunted the injured Soul Beast, allowing Yu Yuanzhen to become a Titled Douluo.
• Yu Mingkai told Yu Yuanzhen that Tang Chen's self-destruction had hastened his decline and that he had just over a year to live.
• Yu Mingkai ordered Yu Yuanzhen to inherit the clan leadership quietly, and Yu Yuanzhen predicted the major factions would clash again within twenty years.
• Yu Mingkai and Yu Yuanzhen discussed how Blue Lightning could challenge the Clear Sky Sect, while Qian Xunji privately wanted Spirit Hall to unify the continent.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong visited Heaven Dou City, then traveled to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well after Chen Jianjun failed to return.
• Xu Xiao told Zi JI he wanted to reach level 60 faster, and Zi JI reminded him that he was already cultivating faster than nearly everyone.

Xu Xiao welcomed Chen Xin and Gu Rong back from Slaughter City, learned about their encounter with the Rakshasa God, and gave Ling Yuan the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's inner core. Ling Yuan's Martial Soul evolved into a three-headed phoenix while she remained unconscious.

• Xu Xiao greeted Chen Xin and Gu Rong after they returned safely from Slaughter City.
• Chen Xin recounted their experiences, including how Gu Rong rejected the Rakshasa God and how they tricked Blue Lightning.
• Xu Xiao explained that he had stopped Gu Rong because the Rakshasa God was unworthy and promised his brothers a better path to Godhood.
• Chen Xin gave Xu Xiao the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's inner core, and Ling Yuan swallowed it to refine its power.
• Xu Xiao promised Immortal Herbs to the first among Dragon Duke and Snake Granny to reach rank 30, and to the first among She Long, Chi Xue, and Demon Bear to reach rank 40.
• Ling Yuan's Martial Soul flew out and evolved into a three-headed phoenix as she lay unconscious.

Ling Yuan’s Martial Soul evolved as Xu Xiao’s companions discussed ways to grow stronger, and Zhong Ling offered to prepare medicinal baths from lower-grade herbs. After Zi JI declared Chuan Ling could stand against any faction below Spirit Hall, the group urged Xu Xiao to let their faction emerge, but he remained concerned about exposing his brothers.

• Ling Yuan’s three-headed phoenix flames spread as her Martial Soul evolved, and Xu Xiao reassured Chen Xin and the others that she would soon awaken.
• Yue Guan asked Xu Xiao for ways to accelerate their cultivation, and Zhong Ling offered to make medicinal baths using lower-grade herbs.
• Dugu Bo explained that he and Chi Xue were researching poison, while Ye Shengxin and Ye Lin focused on refining medicine.
• Xu Xiao explained that Whale Rubber could strengthen their bodies and help prepare them to create their own Godhood in the future.
• Chen Xin offered to buy Whale Rubber, prompting Xu Xiao to consider whether Chuan Ling should emerge into the world.
• Zi JI said she was invincible below the Ultimate Douluo level, and the others enthusiastically supported emerging while Xu Xiao worried about exposing them.

Xu Xiao planned to keep his faction’s prodigies hidden while Sister Zi Ji and others gathered resources, then use a public emergence to pressure the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and obtain its Dragon Transformation secret art. He arranged to disguise their strength, secure territory in Heaven Dou, and send invitations, leaving Sister Zi Ji and himself to provoke Blue Lightning.

• Xu Xiao proposed staying behind the scenes while Sister Zi Ji and the others emerged to gather resources, and Gui Mei, Yue Guan, Dugu Bo, and the rest agreed.
• Xu Xiao chose the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as his target because he wanted its Dragon Transformation secret art and hoped to pressure Yu Yuanzhen into accepting a wager.
• Xu Xiao planned to appear weak so Yu Yuanzhen would challenge them, while accounting for Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Xu Xiao suggested using Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s spiritual power to disguise their strength as Soul Douluo-level, and Chen Xin agreed to find territory in Heaven Dou within a month.
• Xu Xiao assigned Ye Lin to prepare invitations and said that he and Sister Zi Ji would deliver them with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm while provoking Blue Lightning.

Xu Xiao and Zi JI visited Spirit Hall to invite it to Chuan Ling’s emergence, while Qian Xunji planned to use other forces to provoke Chuan Ling. The chapter ended with Qian Xunji sending Golden Crocodile to learn which factions had been invited so Spirit Hall could enlist them.

• Xu Xiao bestowed Ling Yuan a six-hundred-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring and Chen Xin a million-year fifth Soul Ring, then Ye Shengxin treated Chen Xin and Gu Rong’s spiritual injuries.
• Three days later, Xu Xiao and Zi JI went to Spirit City while Chen Xin and Ye Lin searched for a base in Heaven Dou.
• Xu Xiao gave Golden Crocodile an invitation to Chuan Ling’s emergence, and Golden Crocodile promised Spirit Hall would attend.
• Golden Crocodile told Qian Xunji that Spirit Hall had found no information about Chuan Ling in its records.
• Qian Xunji rejected testing Xu Xiao and Zi JI directly and decided to incite Clear Sky Sect and Blue Lightning to provoke Chuan Ling.
• Qian Xunji ordered Golden Crocodile to find out which forces Chuan Ling had invited so Spirit Hall could join with them.

Xu Xiao and Zi JI delivered Chuan Ling’s invitations to several major factions, provoking the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan while securing the Clear Sky Sect’s attendance. The chapter left Tang Zhan plotting to use the Clear Sky Sect’s feud with Blue Lightning to retaliate for his own humiliation.

• Xu Xiao and Zi JI delivered Chuan Ling’s invitation to Ning Buqun at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then left an invitation at the Heaven Dou imperial palace.
• Xu Xiao simulated ordinary-looking Soul Rings and fought his way into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, taunting its members as he defeated them without killing anyone.
• Yu Yuanzhen confronted Xu Xiao, who traded a blow with him, claimed Zi JI was a Soul Douluo, and left after tossing down an invitation.
• Spirit Hall’s envoy arrived at Blue Lightning and told Yu Mingkai that Qian Xunji had invited him to talk, noting that Ning Buqun had already departed for Spirit Hall.
• Xu Xiao and Zi JI reached the Clear Sky Sect, where Xu Xiao gave Tang Zhan an invitation and praised him as better than Yu Yuanzhen.
• After Xu Xiao and Zi JI departed, Tang Zhan crushed the invitation and resolved to exploit the Clear Sky Sect’s poor relationship with Blue Lightning to retaliate.

Tang Zhan joined Qian Xunji and the major factions at Spirit Hall to discuss Chuan Ling, while Xu Xiao oversaw construction of the Chen Family estate in Heaven Dou City. Qian Xunji falsely claimed Chuan Ling had no Title Douluo, and Yu Mingkai grew furious as Tang Zhan and Ning Buqun declined to get involved.

• Tang Zhan accepted Spirit Hall's invitation to discuss Chuan Ling, while Xu Xiao and Zi JI traveled toward Heaven Dou City after inviting the Star Luo emperor.
• Xu Xiao praised Chen Xin and Ye Lin for securing land and beginning construction, and Ye Lin proposed sending Ye Qing to cultivate with her brother once their faction established itself.
• Qian Xunji gathered Tang Zhan, Ning Buqun, and Yu Mingkai at the Pope Palace, where Yu Mingkai asked what Spirit Hall knew about Chuan Ling.
• Qian Xunji claimed Chuan Ling's strongest member was only a level eighty-nine Soul Douluo, though Tang Zhan recognized the lie from his own encounter with them.
• Tang Zhan and Ning Buqun said their sects would show Chuan Ling respect but otherwise stay out of what followed, leaving Yu Mingkai enraged at the perceived insult to Blue Lightning.

Qian Xunji maneuvered Spirit Hall and Blue Lightning toward a confrontation with Chuan Ling, while each faction concealed its own plans. Blue Lightning prepared to investigate Chuan Ling before its emergence in six months, but Yu Yuanzhen ultimately found no trace of Xu Xiao.

• Qian Xunji shifted his attention from the Clear Sky Sect to Blue Lightning and agreed with Yu Mingkai, Tang Zhan, and Ning Buqun to wait six months before confronting Chuan Ling.
• Qian Xunji considered warning Xu Xiao about his scheme, but Golden Crocodile persuaded him not to expose Spirit Hall's plans.
• Ning Buqun called Qian Xunji a wise lord as the visitors departed, while privately hoping Chuan Ling would keep Spirit Hall in check.
• Yu Mingkai told Yu Yuanzhen that Spirit Hall believed Chuan Ling's strongest fighter was a Soul Douluo and warned that Spirit Hall might act after Chuan Ling emerged.
• Yu Yuanzhen went to investigate Chuan Ling but failed to find Xu Xiao during the next six months and returned empty-handed.

After building Chuan Ling’s headquarters, Xu Xiao prepared to reveal the force to the world and planned to profit while rival powers fought. At the unveiling, Chuan Ling deliberately humiliated Blue Lightning, and Yu Yuanzhen finally erupted in anger.

• Xu Xiao, Yue Guan, and Chen Xin celebrated the newly built Chuan Ling base and agreed to keep their force quiet while gathering money and resources.
• Xu Xiao explained that the nine members would be the Nine Spirit Lords of Chuan Ling, with Uncle Ye and She Long as elders and Zi JI and Zhong Ling as Supreme Elders.
• At the unveiling, Chuan Ling’s leaders watched from the main hall while Zi JI stood beside the empty seat of honor.
• Chuan Ling gave Blue Lightning no seats, and Yu Mingkai restrained Yu Yuanzhen while the other major forces watched.
• Zi JI told Blue Lightning’s representatives to move farther back, and Yu Yuanzhen insulted her in anger.