Chapter Summaries

After Lin Chuan and Tang San escaped through the Star Shuttle, their allies could only confirm they were alive and wait for their return. Bibi Dong believed they had reached Slaughter City and sent Huyan Zhen, Tuoba Xi, Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena to wait for them there.

• Titan explained that Lin Chuan had used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to power the Star Shuttle, but no one knew where it had taken Lin Chuan and Tang San.
• Dugu Bo sensed that Lin Chuan and Tang San were alive but could not locate them, while Yu Xiaogang arrived and took comfort in Lin Chuan's backup plan.
• At Pope Palace, Bibi Dong absolved Huyan Zhen and Tuoba Xi of blame and praised Xie Yue for helping expose Lin Chuan's hidden strength.
• Bibi Dong said Lin Chuan and Tang San had been teleported to Slaughter City and ordered Huyan Zhen and Tuoba Xi to guard its entrance and kill whoever emerged.
• Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena volunteered to go to Slaughter City, and Bibi Dong agreed to send them without Title Douluo support.

Qian Renxue ordered her forces in Heaven Dou City to search for Lin Chuan and Tang San after learning Spirit Hall had ambushed them. Tang San arrived alone in Slaughter City, where he learned how to leave and encountered its blood-drinking inhabitants.

• Qian Renxue discovered Bibi Dong had led an ambush against Lin Chuan and Tang San without informing her, and she ordered Snake Lance Douluo to search for them around Slaughter City.
• Tang San woke alone in an underground hall, found his Soul Power suppressed but his hidden weapons intact, and entered Slaughter City hoping to reunite with Lin Chuan.
• An old man told Tang San that killing earned points and that completing Hell Road was the way to leave Slaughter City.
• Tang San saw residents drinking from pools of blood, and a burly man called the liquid the Blood Pool and offered it as a way to forget the outside world.

Tang San learned that Lin Chuan was not among the recent arrivals in Slaughter City and resolved to grow strong enough to find him. Deep beneath the city, Lin Chuan endured the resentment of the dead in the Asura God’s mental trial, then heard the Asura God explain the place.

• Tang San rejected the blood pool and asked a tavern bartender about newcomers, the outside world, and a rumored level beneath Slaughter City.
• The bartender said Tang San was the only recent newcomer and told him of a legendary lower level from which no one returned.
• Tang San resolved to survive, gain Divine Slaughter's Domain, and find Big Brother.
• Lin Chuan discovered that the darkness beneath Slaughter City suppressed his powers and confronted the resentful spirits attacking him.
• Lin Chuan endured the spirits until they retreated, and the Asura God revealed that this was the mental dark side he had created from the dead’s resentment.

Lin Chuan accepted the Asura God's challenge to stabilize his sea of consciousness in the darkness while Tang San began fighting in Slaughter City to earn the points needed for Hell Road. In Heaven Dou Palace, Qian Renxue learned that Lin Chuan and Tang San were missing and insisted that Lin Chuan was still alive.

• The Asura God told Lin Chuan to survive until his sea of consciousness stabilized, explaining that he was protecting his heir and Lin Chuan from Bibi Dong; Lin Chuan began tempering his spiritual power in the darkness.
• Tang San entered an arena in Slaughter City, killed a powerful opponent with one Bone Piercing Nail, and earned his first point toward the ninety-nine needed for Hell Road.
• Qian Renxue read a report stating that Lin Chuan and Tang San had gone missing after the Sunset Grand Canyon battlefield was cleared, with no trace found near Slaughter City.
• Snake Lance Douluo told Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong had sent Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena into Slaughter City and posted the Elephant Armored Sect and Holy Dragon Sect outside it.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Lin Chuan might be in Slaughter City and declared that he would not die so easily.

Qian Renxue, the Strength Clan, and Shrek Academy’s students and teachers held on to hope that Lin Chuan would return from Slaughter City. At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong learned that its forces had been deployed around the city and the Golden Generation had entered it.

• Qian Renxue ordered a search for Lin Chuan and Tang San and told Snake Lance Douluo to watch Spirit Hall.
• Titan continued forging the Soul Tool components Lin Chuan had requested, and Tailong stayed to help him.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan resolved to become stronger while Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling waited anxiously for Lin Chuan.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted to Flender that he had misjudged Lin Chuan, and Flender insisted Lin Chuan would survive.
• Bibi Dong summoned Chrysanthemum Douluo, Gui Mei, and Lingyuan Douluo, and Chrysanthemum Douluo reported that the Elephant Armored Sect and Holy Dragon Sect were guarding Slaughter City’s outskirts while the Golden Generation had entered it.

Bibi Dong sent Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation into Slaughter City and declared that Lin Chuan and Tang San would die if they emerged. Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena quickly dominated the arena, then learned that a masked newcomer wielding hidden weapons and a black iron hammer had arrived shortly before them.

• Bibi Dong told Chrysanthemum Douluo and Gui Mei that the Golden Generation had to prove themselves in Slaughter City, and that Lin Chuan and Tang San would die if they came out.
• Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena entered Slaughter City, learned its rules from an old man, and went to the arena to earn points.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena each killed their opponents in one move, and Yan also won his match, leaving the Fallen stunned.
• Over the next half month, Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena won every day and became feared throughout the arena.
• Xie Yue heard the Fallen describe a masked newcomer who used hidden weapons and a black iron hammer, then grabbed an old gambler and demanded to know more.

Tang San found Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation in Slaughter City but stayed focused on searching for Lin Chuan. Deep in the Infinite Death Domain, Lin Chuan rejected the Asura God’s tempting spiritual crystals, and the Asura God watched his refusal with interest.

• Xie Yue learned that a masked fighter used hidden weapons and a black hammer, and Hu Liena and Yan concluded that the fighter was Tang San.
• Tang San watched the three Spirit Hall members leave and decided to ignore them unless they met in the arena.
• After failing to find Lin Chuan in Slaughter City, Tang San registered for another match and resolved to escape via Hell Road before continuing his search.
• Lin Chuan burned through waves of ghosts in the Infinite Death Domain, then dismissed their spiritual crystals as tainted by the Asura God’s laws.
• Lin Chuan crushed the crystals and burned their remnants, while the Asura God watched and nodded.

Poseidon mocked the Asura God as Lin Chuan rejected the Slaughter God’s spiritual crystal and continued training in the Infinite Death Domain. Meanwhile, Tang Hao tried to enter Slaughter City to find Tang San and Lin Chuan, but the Asura God’s power shattered his Divine Slaughter’s Domain and expelled him.

• Poseidon praised Lin Chuan for refusing the spiritual crystal and ridiculed the Asura God’s failed attempt to tempt him.
• The Asura God watched Lin Chuan’s training and recognized that he was tempering his soul through an unprecedented path.
• Tang Hao arrived at Slaughter City’s surface entrance, vowing to rescue Tang San and Lin Chuan from Spirit Hall’s threat.
• Tang Hao invoked his Divine Slaughter’s Domain and descended toward Slaughter City.
• The Asura God’s divine power shattered Tang Hao’s domain, knocked away his Clear Sky Hammer, and forced him back to the surface.
• Tang Hao crashed into a pit and stared at the sealed entrance after Slaughter City rejected him.

After the Asura God blocked Tang Hao from entering Slaughter City, he rampaged against Bibi Dong’s forces outside the city. The Asura God explained his intervention to the Sea God, while Huyan Zhen and Tuoba Xi sought reinforcements after Tang Hao devastated their troops.

• Tang Hao collapsed in despair after the Asura God barred him from Slaughter City and feared losing Tang San as he had lost Ah Yin.
• The Sea God confronted the Asura God for interfering in the mortal realm, and the Asura God defended his actions by revealing that Bibi Dong had begun the Rakshasa trial.
• The Asura God said Bibi Dong’s impending rise threatened the Douluo Continent and explained that Tang San needed to endure Slaughter City alone, while Lin Chuan was an unpredictable asset.
• Tang Hao encountered Spirit Hall-affiliated disciples outside Slaughter City and slaughtered most of the forces led by Huyan Zhen and Tuoba Xi.
• Huyan Zhen and Tuoba Xi escaped Tang Hao and called for reinforcements from Chrysanthemum Douluo and Gui Mei.

Bibi Dong broke through the bottleneck of the Rakshasa God's trial by devouring its evil thoughts, gaining the ability to fully unleash her Limit Douluo power. She credited Lin Chuan for inspiring her and vowed to kill him if he escaped Slaughter City, where Xie Yue had just finished a difficult arena match.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei dismissed Huyan Zhen and Tuoba Xi's complaints about Tang Hao and warned them not to disturb Bibi Dong's seclusion.
• Bibi Dong resisted the Rakshasa God's attempt to consume her mind and drew strength from remembering Lin Chuan's defiance.
• Bibi Dong reversed the trial and devoured the purple mist, breaking through her bottleneck and gaining the power to unleash her full strength as a Limit Douluo.
• Bibi Dong thanked Lin Chuan for inspiring her, then vowed to kill him if he escaped Slaughter City.
• Xie Yue wiped blood from his Moon Blade after winning a difficult match in the Hell Slaughter Arena.

Tang San disguised himself to evade Xie Yue and searched Slaughter City for Big Brother, believing Divine Slaughter's Domain could lead him underground. In the city's mental darkness, Lin Chuan found a thread of Asura God's power connecting and controlling the resentful phantoms.

• Xie Yue reached fifteen wins and headed back to the safe house, where a hunched stranger passed him in an alley.
• Tang San disguised as a sick, wretched Fallen One nearly attacked Xie Yue with poisoned Sleeve Arrows, but chose to avoid a confrontation.
• Tang San blended into a Bloody Mary queue and resolved to find Big Brother by seeking Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Lin Chuan studied the phantoms while recovering his sea of consciousness and pierced one phantom's core with his spiritual power.
• Lin Chuan discovered a dark-red thread of power linking the phantoms and recognized it as the Asura God's power.

Lin Chuan captured and analyzed the Asura divine power hidden in resentment phantoms, then began hunting them to absorb more. In the God Realm, Poseidon realized the Asura God had planted the power in the lower realm and was surprised that Lin Chuan had learned to analyze it.

• Lin Chuan repeatedly tried and eventually succeeded in extracting a strand of Asura divine power from a phantom.
• Lin Chuan analyzed the strand, formed a seed of Asura divine power in his sea of consciousness, and began stripping power from nearby phantoms.
• Lin Chuan pursued the fleeing phantoms through the darkness and absorbed their Asura divine power.
• Poseidon sensed Lin Chuan's actions in the dark side of Slaughter City's mind and recognized that he was analyzing Asura divine power.
• Poseidon confronted the silent Asura God, who gave no explanation but briefly tapped his throne's armrest.

The Asura God was astonished that Lin Chuan could find and absorb his hidden power, while Lin Chuan continued analyzing it in Slaughter City’s dark spiritual realm. In the surface city, Tang San disguised himself as an old man to win an arena match with a hidden weapon, and the Asura God noted that Tang San’s state of mind and strength had broken through a bottleneck.

• The Sea God told the Asura God that Lin Chuan was a real treasure, and the Asura God admitted to himself that Lin Chuan’s discovery and absorption of his hidden power had shaken him.
• Lin Chuan captured resentment phantoms and absorbed strands of Asura God power, growing the dark-red point of light in his sea of consciousness.
• Tang San disguised himself as a hunched old man, presented proof of ten consecutive victories, and registered for an arena match.
• Tang San killed his burly opponent with a Bone Piercing Nail in one move, then revealed his identity and decided he needed a faster way to earn points toward Hell Road.
• The Sea God objected to Tang San’s disguise and ambush, but the Asura God defended him and observed that Tang San’s state of mind had broken through and his strength bottleneck had loosened.

Tang San and Lin Chuan broke through to higher Soul Power levels while surviving Slaughter City, astonishing the Sea God and Asura God. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue placed a huge bounty on both men, drawing crowds to the area around Slaughter City as Dai Mubai continued his struggle for power in Star Luo.

• The Sea God criticized a disguised fighter’s cowardly tactics, but the Asura God argued that survival was what mattered in Slaughter City.
• Tang San killed his final arena opponent and broke through to level sixty-four Soul Power.
• Lin Chuan destroyed the attacking vengeful ghosts with his Golden Crow Fire and reached level sixty-five.
• The Sea God and Asura God reacted with astonishment and excitement at both breakthroughs.
• Qian Renxue offered five hundred thousand gold coins for the men’s whereabouts and one million, plus a hereditary marquisate, for their safe return, prompting Soul Masters to crowd the region around Slaughter City.
• Dai Mubai sat in his Star Luo crown prince’s residence as he remained locked in a bitter power struggle with Dai Weisi.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun gloated over Lin Chuan and Tang San being trapped in Slaughter City, while Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian rejected Ma Hongjun’s mockery. At Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing worried over the pair’s long silence, and Zhu Zhuqing resolved to go to Slaughter City if no news came within three days.

• Dai Mubai read the Heaven Dou Empire’s bounty notice for Lin Chuan and Tang San, then tore it up and celebrated their apparent misfortune.
• Ma Hongjun mocked Lin Chuan and Tang San while reading the bounty notice at Blazing Fire Academy.
• Huo Wu blasted a stone pillar near Ma Hongjun, condemned his mockery, and left; Feng Xiaotian silently watched her.
• At Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu feared for Lin Chuan and Tang San after nearly two months without news.
• Zhu Zhuqing resolved to travel alone to Slaughter City if Lin Chuan remained unheard from after three more days.

Dugu Yan learned that Ye Lingling shared a deep soul bond with Lin Chuan and could sense his spiritual breakthrough. Determined to become strong enough to help him, the two went to ask Flender about Lin Chuan, and he began to reveal a report from Xue Qinghe.

• Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan that she and Lin Chuan had shared a deep soul communion during the tournament, allowing her to sense his spiritual transformation and grow stronger through their bond.
• Dugu Yan's guilt over her own night with Lin Chuan faded, and she felt relieved that Ye Lingling had also been close to him.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling resolved to grow stronger so they could stand beside Lin Chuan if he faced danger.
• The two visited Flender at Shrek Academy to ask about Lin Chuan.
• Flender showed them a confidential report containing Xue Qinghe's arrangements.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling decided to enter Slaughter City to rescue Lin Chuan, with Qian Renxue offering a way in and the Empire’s support. They set out carrying her tokens, while Qian Renxue remained behind, resolved to help the man she felt she owed.

• Flender and Zhao Wuji told Dugu Yan that Qian Renxue and Spirit Hall had assembled opposing forces around Slaughter City, where Lin Chuan and Tang San would face danger upon leaving.
• Dugu Yan insisted on going to Slaughter City to let Lin Chuan know someone was waiting for him, and Ye Lingling joined her.
• Flender revealed that Qian Renxue had offered a way into Slaughter City and said Lin Chuan owed her a debt.
• Qian Renxue agreed to send Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling into Slaughter City on the condition that they return alive with Lin Chuan.
• Qian Renxue gave the two women tokens to mobilize Heaven Dou forces around Slaughter City, then stayed behind thinking of Lin Chuan and the debt she owed him.

Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling set off for Slaughter City, escorted by Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Dugu Bo, after learning Lin Chuan was growing stronger inside. Meanwhile, Tang San continued his killing streak in the Hell Slaughter Arena and was called to face the Flame Lord next.

• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong refused to let Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling leave for Slaughter City without them.
• Chen Xin agreed to escort the five girls, and Dugu Bo decided to accompany them and wait outside the city.
• Ye Lingling sensed that Lin Chuan's spiritual power was evolving, giving the girls hope that he was still alive and growing stronger.
• Tang San won his third arena match of the day, bringing his total kills there to forty-one despite suffering seven wounds.
• The arena announcer called Tang San, the streaking victor Ghostface, to fight the Flame Lord.

Tang San killed Yan in the arena, and the news set Xie Yue and Hu Liena on the path toward him. In the spiritual dark side, Lin Chuan used the feedback from Tang San’s breakthrough to hunt phantoms and began seeking stronger prey.

• Yan attacked Tang San with flames, but Tang San dodged until he struck Yan in the glabella with a Bone Piercing Nail and killed him.
• Tang San’s disguise burned away during the fight, revealing his youthful face, and he left the arena wounded as the crowd cheered.
• Xie Yue learned Yan had died and headed for the arena to kill Tang San, while Hu Liena followed him.
• Lin Chuan received system feedback from Tang San’s rise to level sixty-five, which expanded the reach of his spiritual power across the dark side.
• Lin Chuan used Golden Crow Fire to destroy a phantom and draw out its Asura God power, then looked deeper into the darkness for stronger prey.

Lin Chuan continued absorbing Asura divine power in the mental dark side, drawing the attention of Poseidon and the Asura God. He encountered a powerful former candidate who revealed his hatred for Tang Chen.

• Poseidon questioned the Asura God about Lin Chuan’s growing mental power, and the Asura God said it could reach the mortal body’s absolute limit.
• The Asura God revealed that a former Title Douluo, who had died pursuing his enemy, remained as a self-aware gatekeeper in the mental dark side.
• Lin Chuan sensed the former candidate’s intact soul structure and demanded to know who he was.
• Lin Chuan named Tang Chen, and the shadow reacted with shock and complained that Tang Chen had received the supreme inheritance while he had been left to rot.