Chapter Summaries

Di Lintian flew toward Sea God Island to find Di Tian, hoping to enlist his support for Bibi Dong’s planned attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Using Di Tian’s Reverse Scale as a guide, he entered the Demonic Whale Sea Region and emerged without encountering the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, still heading toward Di Tian’s location.

• Di Lintian set out for Vast Sea City, intending to find Di Tian and secure his help in pushing Bibi Dong toward a soul hunting operation.
• Di Lintian flew past Vast Sea City and searched the sea with his spiritual power, but found no trace of Di Tian.
• Di Lintian took out Di Tian’s Reverse Scale and discovered that it warmed when pointed farther ahead.
• Di Lintian concluded that Di Tian had likely gone to the Demon Soul Shark Sea Region and decided to cross the Demonic Whale Sea Region.
• Di Lintian flew through the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s territory with his martial soul and soul rings ready, then exited without incident.

Di Lintian met Di Tian and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger at sea and learned they were returning to Star Dou Forest for the tiger to undergo its tribulation. Wanting to keep the tiger from becoming a threat after its breakthrough, Di Lintian offered it Sacred Blood that would strengthen it while placing it under his control, and the tiger swallowed it.

• Di Lintian followed the Reverse Scale toward Di Tian and encountered him beside the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Di Lintian inspected the tiger, while Di Tian's pressure kept it still, and learned it was close to a two-hundred-thousand-year breakthrough.
• Di Tian said he was taking the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger back to Star Dou Forest to undergo its tribulation.
• Di Lintian decided to keep the tiger under control rather than let it become a ferocious beast without Di Tian to restrain it.
• Di Lintian offered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Sacred Blood that would strengthen its bloodline and put it under his control, and the tiger swallowed it.

Di Lintian sent Di Tian to Spirit City while the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger refined his Sacred Blood. In a forest, Tang San woke beside Tang Hao, and the battered father and son recovered enough to leave before nightfall.

• Di Lintian explained his plan to Di Tian, who flew toward Spirit City as the sun set.
• Tang San woke in an unnamed forest beside an unconscious Tang Hao and remembered the horrors of the dungeon.
• Tang San crawled to Tang Hao, lamented his condition, and discovered that his hidden weapons and blueprints had been confiscated.
• Tang San repeatedly slapped Tang Hao until he woke, then helped him up.
• Tang Hao warned that they were in a Soul Beast gathering area, and the two set off before dark.

Di Tian appeared in Bibi Dong’s bedchamber and demanded that Spirit Hall attack the Upper Three Sects, offering to handle Sky Dragon Pavilion. After he left, Bibi Dong resolved to grow stronger and make him pay for humiliating her.

• Di Tian entered Bibi Dong’s bedchamber and subdued her with his overwhelming pressure.
• Di Tian asked Bibi Dong to mobilize Spirit Hall’s forces against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while he dealt with Sky Dragon Pavilion.
• Bibi Dong agreed to consider the attack and told Di Tian she would choose the timing without notifying him.
• Di Tian vanished after warning Bibi Dong that he would keep an eye on her.
• Bibi Dong, enraged by the encounter, vowed to reach level ninety-nine, become a supreme god, and take revenge on Di Tian.

Tang San and Tang Hao realized they had wandered into the dangerous center of a forest, where a Sleeve-Cutting Giant Ape King confronted them. Tang Hao recognized the forest and feared what would happen, lamenting that he had not yet avenged Ah Yin.

• Tang San used the Blue Silver Grass to sense their surroundings and warned Tang Hao that they had entered the forest’s central region.
• Tang Hao struck Tang San for not checking their direction sooner, and Tang San accepted the blame without protest.
• A beast’s roar and approaching tremors alerted Tang San and Tang Hao to a giant ape drawing near.
• A fifteen-meter-tall Sleeve-Cutting Giant Ape King appeared, and Tang Hao recognized it and identified the forest as Sleeve-Cutting Forest.
• Tang Hao recalled that the ape clan preyed on human males and despaired over his crippled Soul Power and unfinished revenge for Ah Yin.

Tang San and Tang Hao were surrounded by Sleeve-Cutting Giant Apes and later thrown out of the forest, battered and traumatized. Near Vast Sea City, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger grew wings after refining Sacred Blood and flew toward its approaching tribulation clouds.

• More than twenty Sleeve-Cutting Giant Apes surrounded Tang San and Tang Hao, and Tang Hao explained that the apes favored human men.
• The Sleeve-Cutting Giant Ape King carried Tang Hao into the forest while the other apes closed in on Tang San.
• The next evening, a Sleeve-Cutting Giant Ape threw the battered Tang Hao and Tang San out of the forest.
• Di Lintian watched tribulation clouds gather over the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and moved beyond their range.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger grew a pair of black wings, roared, and charged toward the tribulation clouds.

Tang San persuaded the devastated Tang Hao to leave Sleeve-Cutting Forest with him, while Di Lintian learned that Tang Hao and Tang San had escaped custody and suspected the Asura God was behind the events. Di Lintian concluded that the situation was becoming more interesting.

• Tang San apologized to Tang Hao for failing to stop the Sleeve-Cutting Giant Ape King and explained that he had to survive to save Xiao Wu.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to leave him, but Tang San threatened to kill himself, convincing his father to let him help him up.
• Tang San and Tang Hao supported each other as they left Sleeve-Cutting Forest.
• Red Fire reported that strange energy had incapacitated the Fourth Elder, an explosion had enabled prisoners to escape, and Tang Hao and Tang San remained missing after a search.
• Di Lintian suspected that the Asura God had arranged the dungeon events and said things were starting to get interesting.

Di Lintian had Xing Hui use Tang San’s clothing to divine Tang San and Tang Hao’s location, discovering they were headed for Slaughter City. He decided to prevent their journey there and summoned the Sky Dragon Pavilion’s elders and consecrated elders for a gathering at dawn.

• Di Lintian summoned Grand Elder Xing Hui and gave him Tang San’s clothing so he could divine Tang San and Tang Hao’s location.
• Xing Hui used his Star Domain and sixth soul skill, Seek Stars, Chase Moon, to reveal Tang San supporting the injured Tang Hao along a dirt road.
• Xing Hui identified the road as the route connecting Sleeve-Cutting Forest to Slaughter City.
• Di Lintian decided not to let Tang San and Tang Hao reach Slaughter City, then ordered all elders and consecrated elders to gather at Sky Dragon Hall at dawn.
• Di Lintian rewarded Xing Hui with the left arm bone of a ten-thousand-year Star Mystic Beast, and Xing Hui accepted it gratefully.

Di Lintian assembled Sky Dragon Pavilion’s elites to address the dungeon breach and ordered a continent-wide hunt for Tang Hao and Tang San. The chapter ended with the Pavilion preparing to offer Soul Bones as rewards for finding, killing, or capturing them.

• Di Lintian arrived at Sky Dragon Hall and learned that Lin Yu and Lin Ling'er were away hunting for a soul ring.
• Di Lintian fined the Fourth Elder and his subordinates one month’s salary for their failure to protect the dungeon, but said he had not summoned them to condemn them.
• Di Lintian ordered Sky Dragon Pavilion to issue a wanted order for Tang Hao and Tang San across the continent.
• Di Lintian set Soul Bone rewards for anyone who found, killed, or captured Tang Hao and Tang San alive.

Di Lintian ordered Sky Dragon Pavilion to demand Tang Hao and Tang San from the Clear Sky Sect within ten days or destroy the sect. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong appointed Hu Liena as her successor, ordered an expedition to the Star Dou Forest, and announced a campaign to purge the Seven Great Sects.

• Di Lintian gave the Clear Sky Sect ten days to hand over Tang Hao and Tang San, threatening to destroy it if Tang Hao did not appear.
• Di Lintian ordered the second elder to spread the ultimatum to every faction by that night.
• Bibi Dong appointed Hu Liena first in line to inherit the Pope position and praised her strength.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Xie Yue, Yan, and twenty red-robed bishops to go to the Star Dou Forest to hunt two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Bibi Dong announced the Soul Hunting Operation to purge the Seven Great Sects and ordered Spirit Hall’s forces to obey her commands.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Clear Sky Sect faced mounting pressure from Sky Dragon Pavilion over Tang Hao and Tang San. Ning Fengzhi added a ten-thousand-year soul bone to the bounty, while Tang Xiao ordered a search for Tang Hao and prepared to relocate the sect if he was not found within seven days.

• Ning Fengzhi regretted cooperating with Tang San and decided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not afford to oppose Sky Dragon Pavilion.
• Ning Fengzhi announced that his sect would add a ten-thousand-year soul bone to the reward for capturing or killing Tang Hao and Tang San.
• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders debated Sky Dragon Pavilion's ultimatum demanding Tang Hao within ten days, with several elders insisting Tang Hao was no longer their responsibility.
• The Second Elder argued that the ultimatum was meant to force Tang Hao to appear, and warned that Sky Dragon Pavilion would come if he did not.
• Tang Xiao ordered every Clear Sky Sect disciple to search for Tang Hao and declared that the sect would relocate if he remained missing after seven days.
• Tang Xiao left the sect alone, hoping to find Tang Hao in a certain place.

Xue Qinghe persuaded Xue Ye to order Tang Yuehua arrested and handed over to Sky Dragon Pavilion, then led Royal Guards to Moonlight Pavilion to take her away. Meanwhile, Tang Hao brought Tang San to the town near Sleeve-Cutting Forest to try Blood Mary, where Tang San fought off a group of Soul Elders before someone burst into the tavern.

• Xue Qinghe told Xue Ye that Clear Sky Sect was within Heaven Dou Empire and that Moonlight Pavilion was its enterprise, and Xue Ye ordered Tang Yuehua arrested.
• Xue Qinghe gathered one hundred Royal Guards and marched to Moonlight Pavilion, drawing a crowd of onlookers.
• Xue Qinghe presented Xue Ye's imperial edict and ordered Tang Yuehua to come with him as Princess Xue Ke watched.
• Tang Hao took Tang San to a tavern near Sleeve-Cutting Forest and explained that Blood Mary was refined from the soul power of defeated people.
• Seven Soul Elders mocked Tang San and closed in, so he summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and struck one of them, making the others hesitate.
• Someone kicked open the tavern door, sending dust swirling inside.

Tang Xiao found Tang Hao and Tang San in a tavern, recognized Tang San as his nephew, and confronted Tang Hao. The chapter ended with Tang San discovering a wanted poster bearing his own portrait.

• Tang Xiao kicked down the tavern door and killed six men with his Soul Power pressure.
• Tang Xiao recognized Tang San’s resemblance to Ah Yin, and Tang Hao told Tang San that Tang Xiao was not an enemy.
• Tang Xiao introduced himself as Tang San’s uncle, and Tang San respectfully greeted him.
• Tang Xiao noticed Tang Hao’s altered voice and appearance, then showed him two cloth scrolls.
• Tang San opened one scroll and saw his own portrait beneath the words “WANTED.”

Tang Xiao confronted Tang Hao with Sky Dragon Pavilion’s bounty and Tang Yuehua’s letter, and Tang Hao agreed to return to the Clear Sky Sect. After Tang Xiao discovered Tang Hao had lost his soul power, Tang Hao threw Tang San into the entrance to Slaughter City to keep him from being captured.

• Tang Xiao showed Tang Hao the bounty notices and Tang Yuehua’s letter, prompting Tang Hao to agree to return to the Clear Sky Sect rather than endanger it.
• Tang Xiao sensed that Tang Hao had no soul power, checked him, and discovered his meridians were ruined.
• Tang Xiao concluded Sky Dragon Pavilion was likely targeting Tang San, and Tang San confirmed he had the Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Hammer as twin martial souls.
• Tang Hao seized Tang San and hurled him into the entrance to Slaughter City while Tang Xiao chose not to stop him.
• Tang Hao followed Tang Xiao back to the Clear Sky Sect so the five elders could decide what happened next.

Di Lintian learned that Qian Renxue had reached level eighty and traveled to Heaven Dou City, bringing the unconscious Xiao Wu with him. At the Crown Prince's Residence, he confronted Qian Renxue about capturing Tang Yuehua, then effortlessly restrained her.

• Di Lintian read Qian Renxue's letter and learned that she had captured Tang Yuehua and broken through to level eighty.
• Di Lintian went to the dungeon, dismissed Blackwater, and found Xiao Wu unconscious from prolonged exposure to intoxicating incense.
• Di Lintian carried Xiao Wu out of the dungeon and flew to Heaven Dou City, where Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo realized he had detected them.
• Di Lintian met Qian Renxue at the Crown Prince's Residence and questioned her decision to capture Tang Yuehua.
• Di Lintian seized Qian Renxue's wrists, and she was shocked that she could not break free despite using Soul Power.

Di Lintian brought Xiao Wu to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well in Sunset Forest so she could begin her sacrifice, while Qian Renxue accompanied them. After waking Xiao Wu, he learned she would not agree until she saw Tang San, and she refused to believe his claim that Tang San had escaped Sky Dragon Pavilion.

• Di Lintian and Qian Renxue flew to Sunset Forest with Xiao Wu and encountered Snake Lance and Pufferfish guarding the valley against a Titled Douluo.
• The Third Elder emerged to confront them, recognized Di Lintian, and bowed to the Young Pavilion Master.
• Di Lintian ordered the Third Elder to keep everyone away, then tried several ways to wake Xiao Wu.
• Di Lintian threatened that Tang San would suffer, and Xiao Wu immediately woke up to protect him.
• Xiao Wu refused to sacrifice until she could see Tang San, and she accused Di Lintian of lying when he said Tang San had escaped Sky Dragon Pavilion.

Di Lintian used an illusion to leave Xiao Wu defenseless, and Qian Renxue killed her with her Holy Sword to obtain a hundred-thousand-year soul ring. Di Lintian collected Xiao Wu’s left leg bone and, now only one torso bone away from unlocking his divine gear prototype, considered seeking one from Di Tian or the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

• Di Lintian cast Soul Illusion on Xiao Wu and asked Qian Renxue to absorb her soul ring, which Qian Renxue accepted.
• Qian Renxue summoned her Six-Winged Angel and killed the entranced Xiao Wu with her fifth soul skill, Holy Sword.
• Di Lintian corroded Xiao Wu’s body and picked up the left leg bone that remained.
• Di Lintian realized the soul bone’s location matched Qian Renxue’s vacant left leg slot and decided to absorb it despite uncertainty about its skills.
• Di Lintian counted five soul bones and considered seeking a torso bone from the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King or Di Tian.

Di Lintian finished absorbing Xiao Wu’s left leg bone and went to investigate the warmth drawing his right leg bone toward Ah Yin. After Ah Yin mistook him for Tang San and then realized he was not her child, Di Lintian began manipulating her by claiming Tang Hao had traded away her soul bone and revealing his own origins as a transformed Soul Beast.

• Di Lintian completed absorbing Xiao Wu’s left leg bone and found that its skills were still Teleportation and Invincible Golden Body.
• Di Lintian felt his right leg bone react to Ah Yin across the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and flew to her side.
• Ah Yin manifested as a woman, called Di Lintian her child, then accused him of deceiving her when he denied being her son.
• Di Lintian claimed he had traded for Ah Yin’s soul bone from a blacksmith named Tang Hao, shocking her.
• Di Lintian told Ah Yin that she was a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor and Tang Hao was the Clear Sky Douluo.
• Di Lintian claimed he was also a Soul Beast who had taken human form and suggested he had avoided Ah Yin’s fate, leaving her trembling and asking what he meant.

Di Lintian convinced Ah Yin that Tang Hao had deliberately sacrificed her for a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, using their escape route and the cave where she was planted as evidence. Ah Yin was left nearly transparent and emotionally shattered, believing Di Lintian’s accusations.

• Di Lintian proved to Ah Yin that he was a transformed Soul Beast by speaking Soul Beast language.
• Di Lintian questioned the timing of Ah Yin’s sacrifice and argued that Tang Hao had led her into danger to obtain her hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
• Ah Yin defended Tang Hao, saying his Clear Sky Hammer had little use for her soul ring, but Di Lintian said Tang Hao wanted its energy rather than a compatible soul skill.
• Di Lintian told Ah Yin that he had found her planted in a dark cave and suggested Tang Hao had kept her from sunlight to slow her recovery.
• Ah Yin fell silent and grew nearly transparent, believing Di Lintian’s accusations against Tang Hao.

In Slaughter City, Tang San felt a sudden, severe pain in his heart just as Xiao Wu was slain, then was confronted by the Outer City Three Swordsmen. He killed their second brother with a hidden needle, and the eldest attacked him in fury.

• Tang San felt stabbing pain in his heart when Xiao Wu was slain by Qian Renxue.
• The Outer City Three Swordsmen confronted Tang San, who ignored his pain and readied his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San struck the second brother with his hammer and then killed him with a hidden needle weapon.
• The eldest vowed to avenge the second brother and pounced on Tang San while the third brother nervously suggested fleeing.