Chapter Summaries

Zhou Tao killed Yu Yuanzhen and annihilated the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. He left the clan’s mountain destroyed, planning to blame Spirit Hall.

• Yu Yuanzhen activated Martial Soul Possession and confronted Zhou Tao, whose eight red Spirit Rings and one platinum Spirit Ring stunned the clan members.
• Zhou Tao pierced Yu Yuanzhen through the heart with the Golden Dragon Spear and killed him with his Thunder God Verdict.
• Zhou Tao killed Yu Luomian and used lightning to slaughter the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s disciples.
• Zhou Tao summoned Ten Thousand Thunder and blasted the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s mountain into dust.

After Zhou Tao destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Shrek Academy’s students scattered, and Tang San vowed to grow stronger in Slaughter City before seeking revenge. At the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Xiao revealed that Zhou Tao had killed Tang Hao and possessed five Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, leaving the elders in disbelief.

• Zhou Tao watched the destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and declared that the clan no longer existed.
• Dai Mubai and other students began leaving Shrek Academy, while Tang San blamed Zhou Tao for his father’s and Xiao Wu’s capture and announced he would train in Slaughter City before returning for revenge.
• Flender accepted the academy’s collapse and decided to leave with Ma Hongjun; Dai Mubai agreed to travel with them rather than return to the Star Luo Empire.
• Tang Xiao received Tang Yuehua’s report that Zhou Tao had destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and killed Tang Hao.
• Tang Xiao told the Clear Sky Sect elders that Zhou Tao was a Spirit Douluo with five Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, and the Second Elder angrily questioned whether the report could be true.

Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders decided to wait for Tang San before confronting Zhou Tao over the inherited Spirit Bones. Zhou Tao entered the hidden Thunder God Space beneath the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where the Water and Fire Dragon Kings awakened and offered him a fortuitous opportunity.

• Tang Xiao told the Clear Sky Sect elders that Tang San had gone to Slaughter City and proposed joining him later to defeat Zhou Tao.
• Zhou Tao cultivated beside the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well until his Soul Power stabilized, then entered the spring to seek the Thunder God Space.
• Zhou Tao broke through the springbed and found the hidden space, where the Water and Fire Dragon Kings sensed his bloodlines, divine auras, and powerful destiny.
• The Water and Fire Dragon Kings revealed themselves to Zhou Tao and said they had awakened when his cultivation disturbed the space.
• Zhou Tao greeted the dragon kings and asked why they had called him, and they offered him a fortuitous opportunity.

Zhou Tao accepted the Water and Fire Dragon Kings’ Spirit Bones and agreed to help them attain godhood so they could protect the Dragon Clan. He then found the Thunder God Heart and absorbed its power in the Thunder Pool, tempering his body with Heavenly Thunder.

• The Water and Fire Dragon Kings offered Zhou Tao their Spirit Bones in exchange for his promise to help them become gods and protect the Dragon Clan.
• Zhou Tao agreed, and the two Dragon Kings entered his Mental Space in soul form alongside the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Zhou Tao absorbed the Water Dragon and Fire Dragon Spirit Bones, gaining the Water Dragon Shield and Fire Dragon Spear skills.
• Zhou Tao entered the Thunder God Space’s grand hall, where the Thunder God Avatar showed him the Thunder God Heart in a pool of purple lightning.
• Zhou Tao absorbed the Thunder God Heart’s energy and drew Cyan and White Thunder Tribulations into his body to temper his flesh and strengthen his bones.

After completing the Thunder God Fifth Trial and forming a Soul Core, Zhou Tao traveled to Slaughter City to undertake the Destruction God Fourth Trial. He killed a tavern patron who mocked him, then provoked the remaining criminals into attacking.

• Zhou Tao formed a Soul Core, absorbed the remaining Thunder Pool energy, and gained Heavenly Thunder Liquid and thunder energy stored in his spine.
• Zhou Tao completed the Thunder God Fifth Trial at Rank 94 and received the Sixth Trial mission to kill one of the Ten Great Fierce Beasts within two years.
• Zhou Tao traveled to Slaughter City, intending to eliminate Evil Spirit Masters and complete the Destruction God Fourth Trial.
• Several tavern patrons mocked Zhou Tao, so he killed one with a single thrust of the Ice Fire Dragon Spear.
• Zhou Tao taunted the remaining patrons, and one of them stood up and urged the others to attack him.

Zhou Tao killed the drunken outlaws in a tavern and forced the bartenders to open the passage to Slaughter City. After discovering that his Spirit Skills were disabled there but his other powers remained, he defeated Fear Knight Sterk and was allowed to enter.

• Zhou Tao killed more than twenty drinkers who attacked him in the tavern.
• Zhou Tao threatened the bartenders until they opened the passage into Slaughter City, then descended through it.
• Zhou Tao discovered that he could not use Spirit Skills attached to his Spirit Rings, though his Soul Bone skills and other power remained available.
• Fear Knight Sterk and his knights blocked Zhou Tao and demanded that he pass the life-and-death arena trial.
• Zhou Tao struck Sterk and his warhorse with a punch and kick, badly injuring Sterk.
• Sterk acknowledged Zhou Tao had passed the trial and told him to enter Slaughter City.

Zhou Tao entered Slaughter City and learned how newcomers could challenge the Hell Road by winning one hundred consecutive fights in the Hell Slaughter Arena. There he reunited with Hu Liena, who asked to team up with him, and he agreed as long as she did not hold him back.

• Zhou Tao defeated Fear Knight Scott and took the token that granted him entry to Slaughter City.
• A black-veiled woman guided Zhou Tao through Slaughter City and explained its districts, restrictions, and path to becoming a Slaughter God.
• Zhou Tao heard that two young Spirit Masters had recently become prominent and suspected that Tang San and Hu Liena were among them.
• Zhou Tao entered the Hell Slaughter Arena and recognized Hu Liena, who agreed to speak with him privately.
• Hu Liena asked Zhou Tao to team up with her, and he agreed before asking her to explain the rules of life-and-death Spirit Fighting.

Zhou Tao entered his first Life-and-Death Spirit Battle in Slaughter City and killed all nine opponents without summoning his Martial Soul. After surviving, he chose the exclusive name Thunder God.

• Zhou Tao rejected Hu Liena’s warning and registered for a Life-and-Death Spirit Battle, taking a Bloody Mary from a burly man with one spear thrust.
• Zhou Tao entered the arena with nine Fallen Spirit Masters, and the battle began without any time to summon their Martial Souls.
• The Fallen Spirit Masters targeted Zhou Tao, but he used lightning and his spear to kill all nine in moments.
• The spectators were stunned by Zhou Tao’s strength, and Hu Liena praised him when he returned to the main hall.
• Zhou Tao chose Thunder God as his exclusive name.

Zhou Tao reached one hundred consecutive victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena, and the King of Slaughter invited him to Slaughter Castle, viewing him as a threat. Zhou Tao accepted the invitation, prepared to face the King of Slaughter.

• Zhou Tao trained alongside Hu Liena, grew close to her, and slowed his arena fights so he could wait for her to complete the Hell Road.
• The King of Slaughter learned that the Hell Envoy and Thunder God had each achieved eighty-eight victories and decided to recruit Thunder God or kill him if he refused.
• Zhou Tao won his hundredth life-and-death spirit fight, drawing cheers from the Fallen Spirit Masters.
• A black-robed messenger invited Zhou Tao to Slaughter Castle on the King of Slaughter's behalf.
• Zhou Tao suspected the invitation concealed a threat but accepted, intending to face the King of Slaughter.

Zhou Tao and Hu Liena rejected the King of Slaughter’s offer to serve him and declared that they would challenge Hell Road. The King of Slaughter tried to kill them, but Zhou Tao unleashed his Blue Silver Tree Martial Soul and attacked the castle and its ruler.

• Hu Liena insisted on accompanying Zhou Tao when the man in black summoned them to the King of Slaughter.
• The King of Slaughter offered Zhou Tao and Hu Liena the title of Slaughter God and freedom to leave Slaughter City if they submitted to him.
• Zhou Tao and Hu Liena refused, saying they intended to challenge Hell Road and would face it together.
• The King of Slaughter threatened them, drew the Asura Demon Sword, and ordered his subordinates to surround them.
• Zhou Tao summoned his Blue Silver Tree Martial Soul, which burst through the castle and formed wood dragons that attacked the King of Slaughter.

Zhou Tao overwhelmed the King of Slaughter and purged his black-robed subordinates in Slaughter City. After the King of Slaughter unleashed his powers and failed to defeat him, he offered to join forces, but Zhou Tao refused.

• The King of Slaughter attacked Zhou Tao with the Asura Demon Sword, but Zhou Tao’s Blue Silver Tree kept growing and recovering faster than he could cut it down.
• Zhou Tao left the King of Slaughter to fight the Blue Silver Tree and used the Ice Fire Dragon Spear to hunt down fleeing black-robed Spirit Masters while Hu Liena fought the others.
• The King of Slaughter unleashed his Slaughter Domain, but Zhou Tao’s tree-based attacks continued without Spirit Skills; his blood hammer and transformed demon sword also failed to overcome the Blue Silver Giant Dragons.
• The King of Slaughter rose after the assault, asked who Zhou Tao was, and proposed they join forces to devour Slaughter City’s evil Spirit Masters.
• Zhou Tao rejected the offer and declared that the King of Slaughter had to die for devouring the people of Slaughter City.

Zhou Tao fought the King of Slaughter above Slaughter City after refusing his offer to join forces. He revealed that he could use his Spirit Rings despite the city's suppression and blocked the King of Slaughter's strongest attack, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Zhou Tao rejected the King of Slaughter's proposal to rule the continent together and declared that he would kill him.
• The King of Slaughter revealed his nine Spirit Rings and unleashed his full power before the worshipping Fallen Spirit Masters of Slaughter City.
• Zhou Tao activated the Thunder Domain, displayed eight Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings and a platinum Spirit Ring, and summoned the Thunder God phantom.
• Zhou Tao and the King of Slaughter exchanged more than fifty blows, while Zhou Tao's red-and-blue spear held its own against the Asura Demon Sword.
• The King of Slaughter launched the Asura Demon Blade, but Zhou Tao formed the Thunder God Battle Armor, shattered the attack, and left the King of Slaughter in disbelief.

Zhou Tao defeated and killed the King of Slaughter, then claimed the Asura Demon Sword. When the Asura God demanded the weapon back and threatened him, Zhou Tao fortified himself and challenged the god to obey the rules against direct interference in the Human Realm.

• The King of Slaughter transformed into his strongest slaughter form and unleashed the Slaughter Demon Well against Zhou Tao.
• Zhou Tao summoned Heavenly Thunder and used his Ice Fire Dragon Spear to overwhelm and fatally wound the King of Slaughter.
• The King of Slaughter died beneath Zhou Tao's thunder, leaving Slaughter City stunned by the ruler's defeat.
• Zhou Tao took the Asura Demon Sword, but the Asura God appeared in the sky and demanded its return while locking Zhou Tao in with killing intent.
• Zhou Tao activated several defensive forms and told the Asura God that interfering directly in the Human Realm violated the God Realm's rules.

Asura God attacked Slaughter City to silence its Fallen Spirit Masters and kill Zhou Tao, but the Goddess of Life descended in time to stop him. She shielded Zhou Tao and confronted Asura God over his violation of the God Realm's laws.

• Zhou Tao accused Asura God of breaking the God Realm's rules, and the Fallen Spirit Masters began questioning the gods' conduct.
• Asura God unleashed Asura Judgment, destroying Slaughter City and killing countless Fallen Spirit Masters while Zhou Tao protected Hu Liena.
• Asura God's killing intent shattered Zhou Tao's defenses and targeted him, leaving him on the verge of death.
• The Goddess of Life descended, blocked Asura God's attack, and restored Zhou Tao's ability to use his Spirit Skills.
• The Goddess of Life condemned Asura God for violating the laws, while Asura God defended his attack as necessary to protect the mortal world.
• Zhou Tao laughed at Asura God's double standard and said that shameless gods were invincible.

Zhou Tao forced Asura God to compensate him for breaking divine rules, reaching level 95 and completing the Destruction God Fourth Trial. With Asura God taken back to the God Realm, Zhou Tao and Hu Liena entered the Hell Road to seek Divine Slaughter's Domain.

• Goddess of Life and Zhou Tong condemned Asura God for interfering in the Human Realm and forced him to offer compensation.
• Zhou Tao demanded that every Spirit Ring gain one hundred thousand years, and Asura God granted the power, raising Zhou Tao to level 95 and Super Douluo.
• Goddess of Life told Zhou Tao that the Destruction God Fifth Trial required him to kill a Ten Great Fierce Beast that was not the Thunder God Trial's target.
• Zhou Tao decided to hunt in the Far North and considered using Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to help him deal with the Ice Empress and Snow Empress.
• Zhou Tao reassured Hu Liena that Asura God had been taken away, then the two entered the Hell Road to seek Divine Slaughter's Domain.

Zhou Tao returned from Slaughter City to Heaven Dou Imperial City with Hu Liena after defeating the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent. He reunited with the women at Heaven Dou Academy and gave Dugu Yan the serpent’s inner core, while the others demanded gifts of their own.

• Zhou Tao killed the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and continued through the trial with Hu Liena.
• Zhou Tao defeated the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, obtained its inner core, and returned to Heaven Dou Imperial City with Hu Liena.
• Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ah Yin, and Xiao Wu greeted Zhou Tao at Heaven Dou Academy.
• Zhou Tao introduced Hu Liena as a friend, and Hu Liena said she would follow him and help overthrow Bibi Dong.
• Zhou Tao gave Dugu Yan the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s inner core to strengthen her Jade Scale Divine Dragon Martial Soul.
• The other seven women grew jealous and demanded gifts from Zhou Tao too.

Zhou Tao traveled alone to the Far North to find Ice Empress, hoping to obtain her Spirit Ring and Ultimate Ice attribute. With Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s help, he located the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan’s lair, where Ice Empress sensed Sky Dream’s return.

• Zhou Tao left Heaven Dou City alone and entered the Far North, relying on his resistance to ice to endure the harsh cold.
• Zhou Tao asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to guide him to Ice Empress, but Sky Dream admitted it did not know where her lair was.
• Sky Dream suggested finding an Ice Jade Scorpion and reading its memories, so Zhou Tao used Spirit Detection to locate one.
• Sky Dream restrained the ten-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion and learned that the clan’s lair was in a mountain ten li north.
• Zhou Tao reached the cave, and Sky Dream called excitedly to Ice Empress, who sensed its spiritual power and opened her eyes.

Zhou Tao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm trapped the Ice Empress and persuaded her to sacrifice herself, joining Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in Zhou Tao’s Mental Space. The Ice Empress began the sacrifice, and her spiritual origin emerged from her body.

• The Ice Empress confronted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who offered her a way to survive her coming Heavenly Tribulation and ascend to the God Realm with Zhou Tao.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm used his spiritual power to restrain the Ice Empress, and Zhou Tao imprisoned her in his Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Cage.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm persuaded the Ice Empress to sacrifice herself to Zhou Tao, promising that she could join him and ascend once Zhou Tao became a god.
• Zhou Tao released the cage, and the Ice Empress began her sacrifice as her spiritual origin separated from her body.

After obtaining Ice Empress’s and Snow Empress’s spirit rings and bones, Zhou Tao returned to Heaven Dou Imperial City and learned that Spirit Hall had launched an assault on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He rushed to reinforce the sect as it neared collapse, while Ning Fengzhi and the others waited for his arrival.

• Zhou Tao absorbed Ice Empress’s three-hundred-thousand-year torso bone, gained the Ice Empress Emperor Scorpion Legs and two Thunder God Hammer spirit skills, and reached level 96 after Snow Empress sacrificed herself for his fourth spirit ring.
• Ice Empress told Zhou Tao where to find Snow Empress and persuaded her to sacrifice herself, granting him two more Thunder God Hammer spirit skills.
• After returning to Heaven Dou Imperial City, Zhou Tao learned that an unknown force had attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and he set out to reinforce it with Dugu Bo and the others.
• Black-clad Spirit Masters attacked the sect’s disciples and castle while Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo Gu Rong, and Sword Douluo struggled against the assault.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong hoped Zhou Tao would arrive in time, while Sword Douluo suspected the attack was connected to Spirit Hall.

Zhou Tao and Dugu Bo arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and confronted Bibi Dong, who denied her identity and attacked them. After Dugu Bo retreated, Zhou Tao fought Bibi Dong alone and used his powerful spirit skills to drive her onto the defensive before attempting to trap her.

• Ning Fengzhi learned that Zhou Tao and Dugu Bo had arrived, then went outside to see them confront the attackers.
• Bibi Dong denied being the masked attacker and fought Zhou Tao and Dugu Bo above the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Bibi Dong used her Spider Emperor Clone and Vampiric Spider Thorn, then detonated one of her scythes, badly wounding Dugu Bo and damaging Zhou Tao's armor.
• Dugu Bo retreated to join Ning Fengzhi while Zhou Tao faced Bibi Dong alone.
• Zhou Tao healed himself and unleashed Ice Jade Emperor Slash, forcing Bibi Dong to avoid a direct clash.
• Zhou Tao appeared before Bibi Dong and used Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Cage in an attempt to capture her.