Chapter Summaries

Queen Medusa defeated Ghost Leopard Douluo after stalling him, then escaped with Lin Hao as Spirit Hall pursuers approached. Lin Hao returned to Ye Lingling in Heaven Dou City, but Salas arrived at Ye Mansion to search for him.

• Queen Medusa fought Ghost Leopard Douluo’s Martial Soul Avatar and used her seven-colored light to destroy his ninth soul skill before beating him unconscious.
• Lin Hao realized Queen Medusa had been stalling and threatened to let the Heaven-Swallowing Python take control if she did not finish the fight.
• After Lin Hao warned that Spirit Hall members were coming, Queen Medusa turned into a small snake and hid in his sleeve as he flew away.
• Hu Liena and Yan found the battered Ghost Leopard Douluo, who blamed himself for failing to make Queen Medusa use a soul skill.
• Lin Hao returned to Ye Lingling’s bedchamber at Ye Mansion, where she admitted she had worried about him.
• Salas arrived at Ye Mansion and demanded to inspect the residence for Lin Hao.

Lin Hao left Ye Mansion to face Salas and Spirit Hall’s forces rather than involve the Ye Clan. He killed the seven Spirit Saints and the Hall Guard Knights, then fought Salas, who transformed into his Nether Ink Crow Avatar.

• Salas demanded that Lin Hao be seized, and Lin Hao walked out of Ye Mansion to face him.
• Lin Hao refused Ye Lingling and Begonia Douluo’s offers of help, insisting that he would handle his trouble himself.
• Lin Hao revealed that he had become a Spirit Saint and killed the four Spirit Saint guards with a sword strike.
• Lin Hao slaughtered the Hall Guard Knights and charged at Salas.
• Salas transformed into his Nether Ink Crow Avatar and attacked Lin Hao with soul skills.
• Lin Hao resisted Salas’s mental assault and countered his crow-shadow doubles with his Mountain Moving and Sea Overturning skills, revealing Soul Power Level eighty.

Lin Hao used the time limit of Salas’s fifth Soul Skill to overcome his energy immunity, but Salas continued the fight with powerful attacks. Lin Hao answered Salas’s eighth Soul Skill with Star Plucking, forming a massive blade of starlight above his head as the battle continued.

• Salas used Ink Feather Evasion to evade Lin Hao’s energy attacks and enhance his physical strength, then forced Lin Hao into a disadvantage during their close combat.
• Lin Hao used Sea Overturning and stacked its waves until they broke through the time-limited protection of Salas’s fifth Soul Skill, injuring him.
• Begonia Douluo urged Salas to stop, but Salas refused and unleashed Ten Thousand Crows Take Flight.
• Lin Hao used Demon-Suppressing to form a golden chain barrier, though several crow-feather blades still grazed his arm.
• Salas gathered his feathers and black mist into Crow Feather Thousand Kill and launched it at Lin Hao.
• Lin Hao activated Star Plucking, gathered the descending starlight into a massive blade, and prepared to slash.

Lin Hao defeated Salas at the entrance to Ye Mansion, killing him after the Ye Clan blocked his escape. Begonia Douluo warned that the Nine-Heart Begonia Clan could no longer remain neutral, and Ye Lingling learned that her father intended to publicly support the empire.

• Salas injured Lin Hao, but Lin Hao used the Chaos Profound Art to absorb energy and recover his Soul Power.
• Lin Hao unleashed Extreme Sword: Meteor Kill, broke through Salas's eighth Soul Skill, and pierced his shoulder.
• With the Ye Clan blocking Salas's escape, Lin Hao killed him and took his storage Soul Tool.
• Begonia Douluo said Spirit Hall would likely target the Ye Clan, while Lin Hao insisted the clan was not responsible for Salas's death.
• Lin Hao told Ye Lingling he would visit the next day and left, and Begonia Douluo revealed that the clan would publicly support the empire.

After attacking Spirit Hall, Lin Hao received discreet support from the Heaven Dou royal family at his secret residence. The Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python ate six Crystal Peaches and awakened as Queen Medusa, who confronted Lin Hao about calling him Master.

• Begonia Douluo and Ye Lingling heard the battle at Spirit Hall, but Begonia Douluo realized Lin Hao had caused the commotion to keep the Ye Clan out of trouble.
• Xue Qinghe and Prince Xue Xing argued before His Majesty Xue Ye about Lin Hao's attack on Spirit Hall and the Empire's response.
• His Majesty Xue Ye ordered Prince Xue Xing to secretly deliver all six ripe Crystal Peaches to Lin Hao as a sign of royal support.
• Dugu Yan led Prince Xue Xing to Lin Hao's secret residence, where Lin Hao received the Crystal Peaches and let the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python eat them.
• After the python finished the peaches and returned to Lin Hao's sleeve, it transformed into Queen Medusa, who asked whether she should call him Master.
• Lin Hao said he would prefer her to call him husband.

Lin Hao explained the Douluo Continent and his Realm Profound Talisman's two routes to Queen Medusa, revealing how they could return to the Dou Qi Continent. He then told her he planned to visit Slaughter City to obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain, and wondered whether she could obtain it too.

• Queen Medusa accepted Lin Hao's coffee and asked why he had brought her to the Douluo Continent and how Ghost Leopard Douluo could transform into a magical beast.
• Lin Hao explained Spirit Rings, Martial Souls, and Beast Martial Soul Avatars, then revealed that they were on the Douluo Continent rather than the Dou Qi Continent.
• Lin Hao transformed Queen Medusa into the Heaven-Swallowing Python, stroked her, and brought her into the Realm Profound Talisman's space.
• Lin Hao showed Queen Medusa two vortices leading to the Douluo Continent and the Dou Qi Continent, and promised to take her back when he could.
• Lin Hao told Queen Medusa he was going to Slaughter City to obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain and wondered whether she could obtain it as well.

Lin Hao led his companions and a caravan of supplies into Slaughter City to propose a trade with the King of Slaughter. The King accepted the deal, giving Lin Hao a way to secure supplies and protection for his group while they stayed in the city.

• Lin Hao brought seven companions and fifty carriages of goods to the Town of Villains, where he paid the innkeeper to open the passage into Slaughter City.
• When the Fallen tried to take the goods, Lin Hao revealed his seven Spirit Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring, and drove them off without a fight.
• Lin Hao's group entered Slaughter City through the hidden passage and crossed the bridge without being stopped by the Terror Knight.
• At the city gate, Lin Hao insisted on meeting the King of Slaughter to discuss business rather than simply delivering the gifts.
• Lin Hao proposed trading the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's daily supplies for Yellow Springs Crystals, and the King of Slaughter agreed to the partnership.

Lin Hao, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling fought in the Hell Slaughter Arena, where Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling revealed their strength and Lin Hao demonstrated a wind-blade attack. Afterward, Lin Hao absorbed an unusually large amount of Soul Power from the fallen fighters, drawing the King of Slaughter’s attention.

• Ning Rongrong entered the arena and killed the last surviving Fallen with a punch using Monster Strength.
• Ye Lingling defeated an attacker with Monster Strength, and Lin Hao explained that her life-element cultivation had increased her physical attributes.
• Lin Hao killed the first Fallen who attacked him, then sliced apart five more with Wind-Rending Whirl Dance.
• Lin Hao used Chaos Profound Art and Devour to absorb the dead fighters’ Soul Power and blood in defiance of the arena’s usual limits.
• The King of Slaughter watched Lin Hao through the Yellow Springs Dew and called him interesting.

Lin Hao's group faced an ambush in Slaughter City, while Tang San confronted Tang Hao over his neglect and separated himself from his father. The chapter ended with Tang San severing his right hand and declaring their father-son bond broken.

• Lin Hao led his team out of the Hell Slaughter Arena, warned them that the streets were more dangerous, and defeated an attacker before Fallen swarmed them.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu returned to Shrek Academy and found Tang Hao waiting to take Tang San away.
• Tang San rejected Tang Hao's offer, accused him of abandoning him as a child, and blamed him for mishandling Ah Yin.
• Tang San severed his right hand and declared that he and Tang Hao were no longer father and son.

Tang Hao grieved after Tang San severed their father-son bond, while Tang San defended his decision and healed his severed hand with his mother's power. In Slaughter City, Ning Rongrong won her hundredth match, and Tang San watched her display Killing Intent Materialization before asking Lin Hao about the pills she had taken.

• Tang Hao realized Tang San had cut ties with him, picked up his son's severed hand, and unleashed a powerful shockwave before vanishing.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu there was no longer any father-son bond between him and Tang Hao, and Xiao Wu supported his decision.
• Tang San regrew his severed hand with the healing energy in his leg bone and called it his mother's love.
• Ning Rongrong fought nine Soul Douluo-level opponents in her hundredth Hell Slaughter Arena match, using pills to regain strength and defeat the remaining Fallen.
• Tang San watched Ning Rongrong's Killing Intent Materialization and asked Lin Hao whether the pills she had used were hers.

Lin Hao accepted Hu Liena's request to team up for Hell Road, though she secretly kept the antidote pill he gave her because she still did not trust him. One year later, Lin Hao and his companions gathered in the Hell Slaughter Arena as a red vortex began pulling them toward Hell Road.

• Tang San wanted to kill Hu Liena, but Lin Hao stopped him and urged him to avoid killing unless necessary.
• Xiao Wu told Lin Hao that Tang San had severed ties with his father and cut off his own hand.
• Hu Liena asked Lin Hao to let her join their team for Hell Road, and he agreed after she offered her knowledge of its dangers.
• Lin Hao gave Hu Liena an antidote pill for the poison in Yellow Springs Dew, but she kept it in her storage Soul Tool instead of taking it.
• One year later, Lin Hao, Hu Liena, Tang San, and their companions stood on the Hell Slaughter Arena platform as a red vortex began drawing them underground.

Lin Hao and the others crossed Hell Road, where Queen Medusa defeated the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and claimed its inner core. At the exit, Lin Hao began helping the remaining women fly through the vortex, and Yao Zi stepped forward next.

• Lin Hao and the others passed the bloodthirsty bats and the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King on Hell Road.
• Queen Medusa transformed from the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python and battled the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent.
• Queen Medusa severed the serpent's connection to its inner core, defeated it, and received Lin Hao's permission to keep the core.
• The group reached the white vortex exit, and Shui Bing'er and Huo Wushuang flew through first.
• Lin Hao carried Dugu Yan into the vortex, then returned as Yao Zi offered to go next and hugged him around the waist.

Qian Renxue’s covert preparations enabled Spirit Hall’s ten-thousand-strong Soul Hunt Operation to catch the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect off guard. Lin Hao arrived to help defend the sect, but Spirit Kite Douluo’s support allowed her to overpower him until he launched a powerful sword attack.

• Qian Renxue realized Spirit Hall’s Soul Hunt Operation had begun as its forces attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Spirit Kite Douluo set the sect’s buildings ablaze, and Lin Hao arrived with allies and ordered Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to extinguish the fires while the others targeted Title Douluo.
• Ning Rongrong charged toward Spirit Kite Douluo’s support Spirit Masters as Lin Hao confronted Spirit Kite Douluo.
• Spirit Kite Douluo’s Boiling Blood attack overwhelmed Lin Hao, whose Talisman vanished before the flames knocked him to the ground.
• Lin Hao recognized that a Soul Douluo’s support had strengthened Spirit Kite Douluo, then rose into the air and unleashed Ultimate Wind: Sunset Flare with his Green Edge Sword.

Lin Hao killed Spirit Kite Douluo and used Star Plucking to devastate Spirit Hall’s army attacking Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Castle. After the battle, Ning Rongrong urged the sect to ally with the Upper Three Sects and strike back against Spirit Hall, with Lin Hao supporting her proposal.

• Lin Hao defeated Spirit Kite Douluo, killed her, and joined Ning Rongrong as the remaining Spirit Hall fighters hesitated.
• Lin Hao unleashed Star Plucking, killing and wounding thousands of Spirit Hall Spirit Masters before Shui Bing'er caught him as his soul power ran out.
• The battle ended after Chen Xin severed Snake Lance Douluo’s left arm, and Ning Fengzhi invited Lin Hao, Yao Zi, and the others to the sect’s highest council.
• Ning Rongrong proposed an alliance among the Upper Three Sects and called for them to take the initiative against Spirit Hall.
• Lin Hao agreed with Ning Rongrong, reasoning that Xue Ye would welcome a chance to drive Spirit Hall out of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to intensify its campaign against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as the two sects retaliated against Spirit Hall branches. In Heaven Dou City, Ning Fengzhi received a secret list of Spirit Hall strongholds, while the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires tacitly allowed the conflict to weaken Spirit Hall.

• A cardinal reported that Spirit Hall had suffered heavy casualties in its assaults on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Bibi Dong ordered an investigation into the supposed culprits.
• Bibi Dong learned that the two sects were attacking Spirit Hall branch halls, while Xue Ye called for peace and Prince Xue Xing realized the emperor was pretending to be ill to avoid intervening.
• Ning Fengzhi received an anonymous letter listing Spirit Hall strongholds in the Heaven Dou Empire and considered whether Xue Ye had sent it.
• Two months later, Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to kill members of the two sects on sight after they attacked branch halls in the Star Luo Empire.
• The Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires tacitly let the sects attack Spirit Hall, while Bibi Dong continued to believe the sects had forced her response.

After Spirit Hall’s branch halls were driven from the two empires, Lin Hao founded the Misty Cloud Sect with the remnants of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Spirit Hall’s forces then surrounded the sect’s temporary residence in Heaven Dou City, where both sides prepared to fight.

• Ning Fengzhi reported that the counterattack had devastated Spirit Hall’s branch halls, and Lin Hao urged the allies to recall their forces before Spirit Hall retaliated.
• Lin Hao persuaded Ning Fengzhi and Yu Luomian to unite in a new sect, with separate Blue Tyrant Hall and Seven Treasure Hall, and they named it the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Bibi Dong demanded that Spirit Hall gather its forces and destroy the allies in Heaven Dou City, while Qian Daoliu warned her that the city was the imperial capital.
• His Majesty Xue Ye allowed Prince Xue Xing to intervene only if civilians were harmed, then watched Spirit Hall’s fighters enter the city.
• Spirit Hall’s Hall Guard Knights surrounded the Misty Cloud Sect’s temporary residence and called out Lin Hao, Ning Fengzhi, Yu Luomian, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong.
• Lin Hao, Gu Rong, Chen Xin, and Dugu Bo took to the air, and Dugu Bo recognized Qian Jun Douluo, Jiang Mo Douluo, and the Four Sons of the Royal Banner among Spirit Hall’s seven Title Douluo.

Spirit Hall’s eleven Title Douluo attacked the Misty Cloud Sect, and Lin Hao revealed Queen Medusa, who overwhelmed Golden Crocodile Douluo. As the Four Sons of the Royal Banner began combining their power and Qian Jun Douluo blocked Lin Hao, Lin Hao called on Cai Lin to stop them.

• Spirit Hall surrounded the Misty Cloud Sect, and its leaders prepared to fight despite being heavily outnumbered.
• Lin Hao claimed they had a chance of victory and called for Queen Medusa, surprising Spirit Hall’s forces.
• Queen Medusa struck Golden Crocodile Douluo away and defeated him with a single punch.
• The Four Sons of the Royal Banner began combining their powers while Qian Jun Douluo stopped Lin Hao from interfering.
• Lin Hao urgently called on Cai Lin to stop the Four Sons.

Queen Medusa broke free of the Four Sons of the Royal Banner’s Death Barrier and repelled Golden Crocodile Douluo, while Prince Xue Xing ordered Spirit Hall’s forces seized after their battle killed civilians. The injured Queen then turned on the Four Sons of the Royal Banner and attacked them with Heaven Swallow.

• The Four Sons of the Royal Banner trapped Queen Medusa in their Death Barrier as Golden Crocodile Douluo launched his Golden Crocodile Whirlwind.
• Queen Medusa transformed into a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, shattered the barrier, and struck Golden Crocodile Douluo into a group of houses, killing civilians.
• Prince Xue Xing cited the civilian deaths and ordered the authorities to seize Spirit Hall’s Hall Guard Knights and Spirit Masters while leaving the Misty Cloud Sect’s forces alone.
• Queen Medusa, wounded by Golden Crocodile Douluo’s attack, charged the injured Four Sons of the Royal Banner and unleashed Heaven Swallow.

The Misty Cloud Sect and its allies overwhelmed Spirit Hall’s forces in the battle outside Heaven Dou City, as Lin Hao and his allies unleashed powerful techniques and Chen Xin killed Snake Lance Douluo and Ci Xue. Spirit Hall’s army retreated, and Bibi Dong learned of its heavy losses as Yue Guan demanded revenge.

• Queen Medusa transformed into the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python and swallowed the Four Sons of the Royal Banner as they tried to flee.
• Lin Hao and Shui Bing'er unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Phoenix Maiden struck Qian Jun and Demon-Subduing with Myriad Talismans Shatter City.
• Chen Xin killed Snake Lance Douluo with Extreme Sword: Meteor Kill and cleaved Ci Xue down with Extreme Sword: Sunset Flare.
• Dugu Bo, the former Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect auxiliary Spirit Masters, and other fighters attacked Spirit Hall’s forces across the battlefield.
• Second Worship ordered a retreat, and Spirit Hall’s army fled Heaven Dou City as the battle turned against them.
• Yue Guan told Bibi Dong that Snake Lance Douluo and Ci Xue had died, Golden Crocodile Douluo was gravely injured, and the Four Sons of the Royal Banner had been swallowed.

Bibi Dong led Spirit Hall’s forces to destroy the Misty Cloud Sect’s residence in Heaven Dou City, but found it abandoned. Lin Hao had secretly moved the sect and its assets onto a fleet bound for Purple Pearl Island, where pirates prepared to face the arriving ships.

• Bibi Dong recalled that she had devoured Qian Xunji and listened as Ghost Douluo described a ruthless woman who ate her victims whole.
• Bibi Dong arrived in Heaven Dou City with thirteen Title Douluo and ordered Yue Guan to inspect the Misty Cloud Sect’s residence.
• Yue Guan and a flying-type Spirit Master reported that the residence was empty and the sect’s shops had closed, so Bibi Dong ordered a search for its remnants before withdrawing.
• Lin Hao and the Misty Cloud Sect sailed from Heaven Dou City in more than a thousand ships, including ten warships gifted by His Majesty Xue Ye.
• Ning Fengzhi identified Purple Pearl Island as the fleet’s destination, and the island’s pirates gathered on the beach to prepare for a battle.