Recaps

Tang Hao and several Titled Douluo fought fiercely in the forest while Dai Mobai confronted the captured Qian Renxue in a cave. At dawn, Dai Mobai left her behind, warning her to plan more carefully if she tried to kill him again.

• Tang Hao attacked Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo as the battle among six Titled Douluo devastated the forest clearing.
• Qian Renxue woke in a cave and found her Soul Power immobilized while Dai Mobai questioned her about the assassination attempts and encirclement.
• Qian Renxue insisted she had acted for Spirit Hall and told Dai Mobai to kill her if he wished.
• Dai Mobai kissed Qian Renxue, and the Soul Tool lamp went dark as their shadows overlapped.
• At dawn, Dai Mobai told Qian Renxue their score was settled for now and warned her to plan more thoroughly next time before leaving the cave.

Dai Mobai reunited with his companions after surviving the battle with Tang Hao and explained how he had used his clone Soul Skill to draw Tang Hao into his plan. The group left the clearing to put more distance between themselves and the battlefield, while Dai Mobai remained certain he and Tang Hao would meet again.

• Dai Mobai flew to the agreed meeting place, where Li Yue embraced him in relief.
• Dai Zhenshan scolded Dai Mobai for risking his life and asked how he had survived Tang Hao's hammer blow.
• Dai Mobai explained that his Head Soul Bone's clone Soul Skill let him use the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone to lure Tang Hao into the fight.
• Dai Zhenshan said Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo were badly wounded, Ci Xue was half crippled, and he and Dugu Bo had withdrawn from the battle.
• Dai Mobai said Tang Hao would survive and that they would meet again, then followed Dai Zhenshan and Dugu Bo away from the battlefield with Li Yue holding his sleeve.

After returning to the East Palace, Xue Qinghe ordered Ci Xue to eliminate Xue Beng and, if necessary, Xue Ye so he could seize the Heaven Dou Empire before Dai Mobai revealed his identity. Ci Xue accepted the urgency of the plan, though the chapter left its execution unresolved.

• Ci Xue sent the East Palace guards to search for Xue Qinghe, then rushed to meet him when a eunuch announced his return.
• Xue Qinghe dismissed the guards and privately told Ci Xue he was tired, then asked how the battle against Dai Zhenshan and Dugu Bo had ended.
• Ci Xue reported that Dugu Bo had switched sides and that Dai Zhenshan had survived the battle.
• Xue Qinghe ordered Ci Xue to make Xue Beng disappear, and said to eliminate Xue Ye as well if his death drew the emperor's attention.
• Xue Qinghe told Ci Xue that Dai Mobai knew his true identity and that he had to take the throne before Dai Mobai exposed him.

Qian Renxue grieved privately over Dai Mobai’s mark, then carried out a plan that led to Xue Beng’s death and Emperor Xue Ye’s decline. With Xue Qinghe governing the Heaven Dou Empire, she discovered she was pregnant with Dai Mobai’s child and struggled to decide whether to let the innocent life be born.

• After Ci Xue left, Qian Renxue returned to her true appearance, saw Dai Mobai’s love bite, and sobbed alone beneath the water.
• A month later, Xue Beng was found dead from poison, and Emperor Xue Ye ordered an investigation that failed to identify the killer.
• Emperor Xue Ye’s health worsened, leaving him bedridden and placing the empire’s affairs in Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s hands.
• Three months later, Qian Renxue transformed back from Xue Qinghe and sensed that she was carrying Dai Mobai’s child.
• Qian Renxue wrestled with the conflict between her duties and her refusal to punish the innocent child for her mistake with Dai Mobai.

Qian Renxue cherished her unborn child while Xue Qinghe took the throne after Emperor Xue Ye’s sudden death, then vanished from public view under the pretense of illness. The chapter revealed Qian Renxue was impersonating the emperor while heavily pregnant, and it ended as a sudden gust of wind swept through her sealed room.

• Qian Renxue felt her baby move and promised to protect the child as its mother.
• Emperor Xue Ye died suddenly, and Xue Qinghe quickly placed his body in a coffin while barring the imperial relatives from seeing him.
• Xue Qinghe ascended the throne, then stopped appearing in public after a month, though imperial business continued without interruption.
• Ning Fengzhi visited the Imperial Study but was denied a meeting with Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue, in her true appearance and pregnant, handled the empire’s memorials while pretending to be the absent emperor.
• Qian Renxue rested after her baby kicked, and a sudden wind sounded inside her shut room.

Bibi Dong confronted Qian Renxue over her withdrawal from governing the Heaven Dou Empire, then discovered that Qian Renxue was pregnant. After leaving, Bibi Dong lingered outside, troubled by how instinctively Qian Renxue had protected her unborn child.

• Bibi Dong appeared in Qian Renxue's room and demanded to know why she had shut herself away after taking the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Renxue refused to obey Bibi Dong's orders, and Bibi Dong struck her with a small orb of Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong sensed the life in Qian Renxue's womb and demanded to know who the father was.
• Qian Renxue revealed her pregnancy and told Bibi Dong to leave, while Bibi Dong insisted she had a right to know as Pope.
• Bibi Dong vanished, saying she would bring someone who could talk sense into Qian Renxue; Qian Renxue reassured her unborn child that it was loved.
• Bibi Dong remained outside the Imperial Study, reflecting on Qian Renxue's instinctive effort to shield her belly.

Bibi Dong told Qian Daoliu that Qian Renxue was pregnant, and he went to confront her that night. Qian Renxue could not bring herself to name Dai Mobai, so Qian Daoliu summoned Ci Xue.

• Bibi Dong visited the Worship Hall and told Qian Daoliu that Qian Renxue was pregnant.
• Qian Daoliu erupted in anger and demanded to know who had gotten Qian Renxue pregnant.
• Bibi Dong said Qian Renxue had refused to identify the father, and Qian Daoliu left to see her.
• Qian Daoliu found Qian Renxue resting and saw her swollen belly, then demanded the father's name.
• Qian Renxue could not say Dai Mobai's name, so Qian Daoliu called for Ci Xue.

After learning that Dai Mobai had taken Qian Renxue away for a night, Qian Daoliu erupted in fury and raced toward the Star Luo Empire to make him pay. His rank ninety-nine pressure alarmed powerful clans and sects across Heaven Dou as he flew west.

• Qian Daoliu attacked Ci Xue for failing to protect Qian Renxue, then ordered him to recount everything that had happened.
• Ci Xue described the events in Heaven Dou and the Star Dou Great Forest, including Dai Mobai taking Qian Renxue away for a night five or six months earlier.
• Qian Daoliu noticed Qian Renxue's reaction to Dai Mobai's name, concluded that he had wronged her, and set off in a rage despite Qian Renxue's attempt to stop him.
• Qian Daoliu's overwhelming pressure swept over major powers in Heaven Dou, alerting Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Yu Yuanzhen, and other leaders.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin identified the departing golden streak as Qian Daoliu, who had crossed the Heaven Dou border and continued toward the Star Luo Empire.

Xu Xing Tong warned Dai Mobai that he faced mortal danger and urged him to flee north, hiding that his chance of survival was only one percent. After a powerful golden presence passed over Star Luo City and flew north, the Star Luo Emperor learned what had happened and summoned Duke Spirit Cat.

• Xu Xing Tong told Dai Mobai to head north to find a thread of hope, and he immediately flew away while she prayed for his safe return.
• Xu Xing Tong revealed to herself that Dai Mobai had a ninety-nine percent chance of dying, far worse odds than during Xue Qinghe's earlier ambush.
• A powerful golden presence appeared above Star Luo City, overwhelmed the Soul Masters there, hovered over the East Palace, and then flew north.
• Xu Lan reported to the Star Luo Emperor that Xu Xing Tong had warned Dai Mobai of the danger and said heading north would resolve the crisis.
• The Star Luo Emperor praised Xu Xing Tong and promised her a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone of her choice, then ordered the guards to summon Duke Spirit Cat.

Dai Mobai fled north as Qian Daoliu pursued him for humiliating Xue'er, but Qian Daoliu's immense power and Soul reserves brought him close to defeat. After Qian Daoliu unleashed his ninth Soul Skill and destroyed Dai Mobai's clone, Dai Mobai faced the descending golden sword in helplessness.

• Dai Mobai raced north using Blood Escape after Xu Xing Tong warned that his life was in danger.
• Qian Daoliu caught up with Dai Mobai and attacked him with a golden slash, but Dai Mobai narrowly dodged it.
• Dai Mobai drained life force from Blue Silver Grass to fuel his escape while Qian Daoliu continued pursuing him through the night.
• Qian Daoliu used Angel True Body and Angel's Judgment, striking Dai Mobai's clone and destroying it almost instantly.
• Dai Mobai watched the enormous golden sword descend toward him and felt helpless.

Dai Mobai fled Qian Daoliu by reaching the hidden Slaughter City, where he killed the bar patrons to replenish his strength and found the entrance below the bar. Qian Daoliu sensed the danger beneath the opening and left without following him, while Dai Mobai descended into the unknown.

• Dai Mobai spotted a hidden town and used Blood Escape to flee toward it, but Angel's Judgment sliced his left shoulder as he arrived.
• Dai Mobai found the town's bar and used Blood Demon Flame to burn its patrons to ashes.
• Dai Mobai absorbed the patrons' Soul Power and Blood Qi, healing much of his shoulder wound.
• Dai Mobai smashed the bar counter, revealed a dark opening beneath it, and jumped inside.
• Qian Daoliu arrived at the ruined bar, sensed an ancient presence below the opening, and chose not to pursue Dai Mobai into the Slaughter City.

Dai Mobai descended into Slaughter City and found a force of 101 Slaughter Envoys waiting for him in its entrance plaza. He faced their commander as the man raised his lance and aimed it at Dai Mobai’s chest.

• Dai Mobai fell through a hidden passage, landed, and continued toward the light despite the cold and his shoulder wound.
• Dai Mobai sensed 100 black-armored warriors and a powerful rider concealed along the passage, while a voice welcomed him to Slaughter City.
• Dai Mobai dismissed the welcome and continued through a black-metal gateway into a vast plaza.
• Dai Mobai found 100 sword-bearing warriors and a lance-wielding commander waiting in formation.
• Dai Mobai remarked on the grand welcome as the commander raised his lance and aimed it at him.

Dai Mobai challenged Slaughter City's authority after arriving in its underground city, and Terror Knight Scott attacked him for breaking its rules. The chapter ended with Scott's flaming lance thrusting toward Dai Mobai as his Blood Prison Demon Tiger Martial Soul possessed him.

• Dai Mobai surveyed the underground Slaughter City beneath its purple moon.
• Dai Mobai mocked Slaughter City’s rules and dismissed it as a lawless cesspit.
• Terror Knight Scott declared that Dai Mobai would die and charged at him on horseback.
• Dai Mobai stood his ground as Scott’s flaming lance aimed for his heart.
• Dai Mobai laughed and summoned his Blood Prison Demon Tiger Martial Soul, surrounding himself with a blood-red aura.

Dai Mobai defeated Scott and absorbed his Blood Qi, then slaughtered the hundred black-armored warriors who attacked him. After healing his shoulder and reaching Slaughter City's open gate, he encountered a veiled woman approaching from inside.

• Dai Mobai struck Scott and his warhorse into the city wall, killing the horse and leaving Scott gravely wounded.
• Dai Mobai absorbed Scott's Blood Qi until Scott became a dried corpse, restoring his strength and healing his shoulder wound.
• Dai Mobai challenged the hundred black-armored warriors, who charged him together.
• Dai Mobai killed the black-armored warriors and absorbed their Blood Qi, fully healing the wound Qian Daoliu had inflicted.
• Dai Mobai walked through the opened city gate, where a veiled young woman in a long black dress approached him.

Dai Mobai entered Slaughter City after killing its outer city captain, and the black-veiled girl greeted him. He dismissed her explanations and insisted on going straight to the Hell Slaughter Arena, so she led him deeper into the outer city.

• The black-veiled girl welcomed Dai Mobai at the city gate and led him inside Slaughter City.
• Dai Mobai surveyed the blood-soaked streets and resolved to kill anyone who stood in his way.
• The black-veiled girl began explaining Slaughter City, but Dai Mobai stopped her and demanded to go to the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• She warned Dai Mobai that fewer than one in ten people survived the arena and advised him to wait.
• Dai Mobai mocked her warning, and the black-veiled girl turned coldly and led him toward the arena.

Dai Mobai followed the girl in black gauze through Slaughter City's outer city, where three men tried to rob him and he killed them with ease. The girl led him toward the Hell Slaughter Arena, and they reached another city wall.

• The girl in black gauze quickened her pace as Dai Mobai followed her through the outer city, drawing greedy stares from its inhabitants.
• A bald man and two accomplices blocked Dai Mobai and demanded a toll.
• Dai Mobai snapped the bald man's neck, then killed the other two men and absorbed their blood.
• Dai Mobai asked whether the opponents in the Hell Slaughter Arena would be stronger, and the shocked girl assured him he would not be disappointed.
• The girl led Dai Mobai onward, and after a little over an hour they reached another city wall.