Chapter Summaries

Xia Yuan and the Imperial Fighting Team battled the Spirit Hall Team after Xie Yue and Hu Liena used Demon Charm to blanket the plaza in red mist. Xia Yuan confronted Demon Charm while his clone fought Yan and the other opponents, and the battle continued with Xia Yuan using the Five-Aperture Scattered Heart stage of the Distraction Control Method.

• Xie Yue and Hu Liena unleashed Demon Charm, suppressing the Imperial Fighting Team’s senses, Soul Power, and movements, but Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling’s Illusion Space let their allies sense one another through a spiritual network.
• Xia Yuan sent his clone to lead Dugu Yan and the others against Yan’s group, then entered the red mist to find Demon Charm’s true body.
• Xia Yuan used his Black Jade Blue Silver Spear and lightning-charged Blue Silver Emperors to contend with Demon Charm’s Moon Blades, while Ning Rongrong supported him.
• Xia Yuan’s clone fought Yan as Dugu Yan, the Shi Mo brothers, and Yu Feng held off the other Spirit Hall members.
• Yan realized Xia Yuan was controlling his clone while fighting Demon Charm, and the Imperial Fighting Team resisted the Spirit Hall Team’s advance.
• Xia Yuan maintained control of his spear, Blue Silver Emperors, and clone through the Five-Aperture Scattered Heart stage of the Distraction Control Method.

Xia Yuan overwhelmed Xie Yue and Hu Liena despite their Demon Charm Martial Soul Fusion Skill and Xie Yue’s Full Moon attack. The Spirit Hall Team was defeated, while the Imperial Fighting Team remained largely unscathed.

• Xia Yuan knocked Xie Yue’s Moon Blades aside and struck him with the shaft of his Black Jade Blue Silver Spear.
• Xie Yue unleashed his Self-Created Soul Skill, Full Moon, within the Demon Charm barrier and swept toward Xia Yuan at high speed.
• Xia Yuan used Rock Scale Addition and several Blue Silver Tree World Walls to slow Full Moon, then prepared a charged Blue Silver Tyrant Spear.
• Xia Yuan’s clone and the Imperial Fighting Team defeated Yan and the other Spirit Hall members, with Dugu Yan’s poison subduing the Soul Ancestors.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena broke through the walls but faced Xia Yuan’s charged attack, and their Demon Charm ended when they ran out of Soul Power.
• The Spirit Hall Team members collapsed or knelt as the Imperial Fighting Team stood victorious with little injury.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy won the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, and Xia Yuan accepted the two Soul Bone rewards. Bibi Dong announced that Spirit Hall would publicly execute Tang Hao in Spirit City, leaving Xia Yuan to suspect the decision was connected to Tang Hao’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain.

• Bibi Dong declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the tournament champion and presented Xia Yuan with two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Yu Feng, Osler, Shi Mo, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong all gave up their claims to the Soul Bones, and Xia Yuan deferred deciding how to distribute them.
• Bibi Dong announced that Spirit Hall would hold a public execution ceremony for Tang Hao in Spirit City.
• Xia Yuan suspected Spirit Hall’s decision to execute Tang Hao publicly was related to his Divine Slaughter’s Domain.

After the Imperial Fighting Team celebrated its tournament victory, Ning Fengzhi arrived to take Ning Rongrong back to the sect and invited Xia Yuan to speak with him privately. Ning Fengzhi and Xia Yuan went to an auction house in Spirit City, where he offered to show Xia Yuan what it was like.

• Zhi Lin praised the Imperial Fighting Team and credited Xia Yuan with helping Heaven Dou Royal Academy win the championship.
• Qian Renxue promised to petition the emperor to reward Yu Feng, Osler, and the Shi Mo brothers with Soul Bones, and told Xia Yuan she would seek another reward for him.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo entered the conference room, and Ning Fengzhi said it was time for Ning Rongrong to return to the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Xia Yuan to speak with him alone, and Xia Yuan agreed to accompany him around Spirit City.
• Ning Fengzhi took Xia Yuan to an auction house and offered to show him what it was like.

Ning Fengzhi brought Xia Yuan to the Heaven Dou Empire’s largest auction house, where Xia Yuan considered consigning a medicinal herb that could help Soul Masters overcome bottlenecks. Ning Fengzhi then asked Xia Yuan to accept Ning Rongrong and revealed that their future children could inherit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect without taking the Ning surname; Xia Yuan was left stunned.

• Ning Fengzhi secured a private room for himself and Xia Yuan at the auction house and explained its bidding rules.
• Ning Fengzhi bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins to purchase a young woman with cat ears, while Xia Yuan showed no reaction.
• Xia Yuan asked to consign a medicinal herb that might help Soul Masters break through bottlenecks, and Ning Fengzhi offered to buy it directly.
• Xia Yuan warned Ning Fengzhi that the herb might not overcome the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul’s level limit, disappointing him.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Xia Yuan to treat Ning Rongrong well if he accepted her and said their talented children could inherit the sect without changing their surname to Ning.
• Xia Yuan nearly spat out his water at Ning Fengzhi’s proposal, while Ning Fengzhi waited for his answer.

As Tang Hao’s execution drew near, Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua discussed the Clear Sky Sect’s refusal to help and their uncertain allies. Tang Xiao left to carry out their plan while Tang Yuehua stayed behind, as crowds gathered to watch the execution.

• Ning Rongrong asked Xia Yuan whether Ning Fengzhi had agreed to their relationship, and Xia Yuan asked what she thought.
• Tang Xiao learned that the Clear Sky Sect elders would not come to rescue Tang Hao, while Tang Yuehua reported that only Xue Xing and Xue Beng remained willing to speak with her.
• Tang Yuehua said Spirit Hall had captured Zhao Wuji, Li Yusong, and others while investigating Shrek Academy, and that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would stay out of the matter.
• With Tang Hao’s execution about to begin, Tang Xiao told Tang Yuehua to hide and later have Tang Hao take charge of the sect, then vaulted out to carry out their plan.
• Tang Hao was chained to an execution platform at the foot of Spirit Sacred Mountain as spectators from academies, sects, and across the Soul Master world gathered.

Tang Xiao tried to rescue Tang Hao from Spirit Hall’s public execution, but the worshippers overwhelmed him. Tang Hao remained captive as the battle left Tang Xiao buried in the execution platform.

• As the executioner prepared to behead Tang Hao, Tang Xiao arrived and drove him off the platform with a blast of wind.
• Tang Xiao challenged Spirit Hall, while Chrysanthemum Douluo cited Tang Hao’s proven crimes and questioned the Clear Sky Sect’s oath.
• Bibi Dong watched as the worshippers joined the fight, and Tang Xiao realized he lacked the Great Sumeru Hammer and Ring Detonation.
• Niu Gao, Yang Wudi, and Bai He watched from the crowd and discussed Tang Hao’s alleged crimes and the clans’ grievances.
• Qian Renxue watched from above as the worshippers attacked Tang Xiao, and Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo smashed him into the execution platform.

Tang Xiao tried to rescue Tang Hao from Spirit Hall’s execution, but the consecrated elders overwhelmed him. Tang Hao remained bound as Qian Renxue watched, determined to see him executed.

• Tang Xiao arrived at the execution platform and drove off the Soul King who was about to behead Tang Hao.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo challenged Tang Xiao over the Clear Sky Sect’s oath and defended Spirit Hall’s charges against Tang Hao.
• Tang Xiao fought Spirit Hall’s consecrated elders while Tang Hao urged him to flee, and the leaders of the other Single-Attribute Clans watched from the crowd.
• Qian Renxue observed the battle from above, and Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo struck Tang Xiao into the execution platform.

Spirit Hall captured Tang Xiao and the Heaven Dou princes, while Tang San and his companions escaped and planned to grow stronger. As the continent’s political landscape shifted, Xia Yuan trained in Clear Sky techniques and Qian Renxue prepared to pursue her own plans for Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng reasoned that Spirit Hall had captured them for a purpose, while Tang Xiao was taken prisoner and regretted failing to summon the Clear Sky Sect elders.
• Tang San mourned Tang Hao, but Yu Xiaogang gave him his father’s map and instructions to train at a waterfall before seeking Divine Slaughter’s Domain; Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and the others chose to train alongside him.
• Tang Yuehua told the Clear Sky Sect elders that Tang Xiao had been captured, but they refused to restore Tang Hao’s name and made the First Elder acting sect master without proposing a rescue.
• Xia Yuan practiced the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer techniques in Spirit City, while Qian Renxue planned to unite Spirit Hall with the Heaven Dou Empire and overthrow Bibi Dong.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo took Ning Rongrong back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi planned to prepare her to inherit its future alongside Xia Yuan.

Xia Yuan persuaded Bibi Dong to help him and Qian Renxue in Slaughter City by bringing Hu Liena along, then traveled there with Hu Liena under Bibi Dong’s protection. After Hu Liena killed the tavern patrons, the entrance to Slaughter City opened.

• Xia Yuan told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to focus on their cultivation before leaving to find Qian Renxue.
• Xia Yuan convinced Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong could protect them in Slaughter City by using Hu Liena’s connection to her and hinting at Hell Road.
• Bibi Dong agreed to let Xia Yuan and Hu Liena enter Slaughter City together, warning Xia Yuan that he would face consequences if Hu Liena did not return with him.
• Bibi Dong led Xia Yuan, Qian Renxue, and Hu Liena to a tavern near Slaughter City and ordered Bloody Mary for Hu Liena.
• After Hu Liena learned that Bloody Mary was blood, she vomited, and Bibi Dong ordered her to kill the patrons who mocked her.
• Xia Yuan used his Blue Silver Emperor to intimidate the waiter, who activated the entrance to Slaughter City.

Xia Yuan and Hu Liena entered Slaughter City, where soul rings could not be used and survival depended on strength. After Xia Yuan easily defeated Dread Knight Scott, he asked their guide to take him directly to the Hell Slaughter Arena.

• Xia Yuan and Hu Liena followed a passage into Slaughter City and learned that they would have to survive in a place without rules.
• Dread Knight Scott challenged them at the city entrance, but Xia Yuan used his Blue Silver Emperor as a spear to pierce Scott's armored horse and bring them down.
• Hu Liena was stunned by Xia Yuan's speed and strength, then hurried after him with a short blade; Scott declared that they had passed and gave them identification plaques numbered 9527 and 9528.
• A veiled guide explained Slaughter City's dangers, its Hell Slaughter Arena, and that victory there was the only path toward becoming a God of Slaughter and leaving.
• Xia Yuan told the guide to take him straight to the Hell Slaughter Arena, surprising Hu Liena and prompting the guide to warn that she would no longer protect him there.

Xia Yuan entered the Hell Slaughter Arena and killed Qin Ming and his other opponents, while Hu Liena began observing the arena to prepare for her own training. Elsewhere, Tang San and his companions reached the waterfall where he was supposed to master the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

• Xia Yuan registered for the Hell Slaughter Arena, and Hu Liena used a Bloody Mary to watch his match.
• Xia Yuan encountered Qin Ming in the arena and recognized Zhao Wuji, Li Yusong, and others among the spectators.
• Xia Yuan defeated Qin Ming with a spear strike, then used the Blue Silver Emperor to kill several opponents and repel the rest.
• Xia Yuan wiped out nearly all nine opponents, frightening Zhao Wuji and Li Yusong.
• Zhu Zhuqing and the others reached the waterfall, where Yu Xiaogang explained that Tang San had to master all eighty-one strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Tang San cursed Spirit Hall over Tang Hao’s execution and Tang Xiao’s imprisonment, while Dai Mubai asked Yu Xiaogang how they should train.

After nearly two years in Slaughter City, Xia Yuan and Hu Liena each reached one hundred victories, and Xia Yuan gained the Great Sumeru Hammer manual and 10% Asura God's Affinity. The King of Slaughter offered them a way to stay, but Xia Yuan insisted they take the Hell Road, and the King asked them to confirm their choice.

• Yu Xiaogang put off training Dai Mubai and the others while he inspected their new surroundings, and Flender and Liu Erlong backed him up.
• Xia Yuan accumulated victories and power in Slaughter City, adapting the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer while Hu Liena struggled to match his state of mind.
• After Xia Yuan won his hundredth battle, he used Empty Handed on the King of Slaughter and copied the Great Sumeru Hammer Cultivation Manual through Lucky Critical Hit.
• The King of Slaughter offered Xia Yuan the title of God of Slaughter and freedom to enter and leave Slaughter City, but Xia Yuan asked him to open the Hell Road once Hu Liena also reached one hundred victories.
• When Hu Liena achieved one hundred victories, Xia Yuan stole 10% Asura God's Affinity from the King of Slaughter and confirmed he wanted to take the Hell Road.

Xia Yuan and Hu Liena entered the Hell Road after the King of Slaughter opened its passage using the fallen ones in the arena as sacrifices. They recovered on the starting platform, and Xia Yuan prepared to lead Hu Liena along the narrow path through the abyss, where they expected to encounter dangerous creatures.

• The King of Slaughter opened the Hell Road by unleashing an evil aura that drove the fallen ones to tear themselves apart and spill their blood into a bat-shaped pattern.
• The blood-colored pattern transported Xia Yuan and Hu Liena to a circular platform, where Hu Liena woke in distress as killing intent and crimson mist overwhelmed her.
• Xia Yuan used his Blue Silver Emperor and its life aura to restore Hu Liena, then surveyed the platform and found a narrow path leading into darkness.
• After recovering their Soul Power, Xia Yuan tied Hu Liena to him with a strand of Blue Silver Emperor and led her toward the Hell Road.
• Xia Yuan activated his Purple Demon Eye and recalled that Bibi Dong had said they might encounter the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent.

Xia Yuan and Hu Liena fought through a swarm of Blood Bats on Hell Road and faced the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King. Xia Yuan killed the Bat King, leaving the remaining Blood Bats to attack without their leader.

• Xia Yuan activated his Blue Silver Domain and used Black Jade Blue Silver Spears to fend off the pursuing Blood Bats while protecting Hu Liena.
• Xia Yuan spotted the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and had Hu Liena attack it, then used his Mental Control Soul Bone skill to send it plummeting toward the magma blood pool.
• The Blood Bats sacrificed themselves to save their leader, and Xia Yuan pierced one of the Bat King's heads with a thrown spear.
• The Bat King attacked with a sonic wave and split into small golden bats, while the Blood Bats gnawed at Hell Road and the Bat King began regrowing its heads.
• Xia Yuan teleported above the Bat King and drove a spear through its last intact head, killing it as golden liquid splashed across the Blood Bats.
• Xia Yuan protected Hu Liena from the golden liquid, and they faced the remaining Blood Bats after the Bat King's death.

Xia Yuan defeated the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and carried the increasingly unsteady Hu Liena through Hell Road. He reached a blood-red lake near the exit and stopped to recover his Soul Power.

• Xia Yuan spotted the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and fought it while warning Hu Liena to protect herself.
• Xia Yuan used the Evil God Hook and Black Jade Blue Silver Spear to sever the serpent’s connection to its inner core and defeat it.
• As Hell Road’s oppressive atmosphere overwhelmed Hu Liena, she asked Xia Yuan to knock her unconscious, and he carried her on his back.
• Xia Yuan flew along Hell Road and reached a blood-red lake a thousand meters from the true exit.
• Xia Yuan set Hu Liena down beside the lake and sat cross-legged to recover his Soul Power.

Xia Yuan emerged from Hell Road with Slaughter Domain and the Asura God's Nine Trials, while Hu Liena gained Divine Slaughter's Domain. Days later, Tang San and his companions arrived at Slaughter City to begin his training.

• Xia Yuan crossed the blood lake with Hu Liena, and Divine Slaughter's Domain evolved into Slaughter Domain as he passed through the exit.
• The Asura God sensed Xia Yuan's new Slaughter Domain and sent him a divine trial; Xia Yuan woke with the Asura God's Nine Trials and a crimson sword mark between his brows.
• Hu Liena woke with Divine Slaughter's Domain, and Xia Yuan declined to tell her who he was before they left.
• Bibi Dong praised Hu Liena, while Qian Renxue welcomed Xia Yuan and promised him a lavish feast.
• Tang San arrived at the town outside Slaughter City with Yu Xiaogang and the others; Flender refused to let Zhu Zhuqing enter with him.
• Yu Xiaogang told the group to wait for Tang San, and they entered the tavern and ordered Bloody Marys.

Tang San entered Slaughter City, killed Zhao Wuji in the Hell Slaughter Arena, and drew the attention of the Rakshasa God. Meanwhile, Xia Yuan traveled south with Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan to calm his murderous aura, and they arrived at Four Elements City.

• Tang San gained entry to Slaughter City after drinking Bloody Mary, while Yu Xiaogang assigned the others a new training method.
• Tang San entered his first Hell Slaughter Arena battle and killed Zhao Wuji by piercing him with his Eight Spider Lances and absorbing his life energy.
• The King of Slaughter heard that Tang San could absorb life energy, then received the Rakshasa God's command to watch him closely.
• Xia Yuan spent half a month traveling with Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan to restrain the murderous aura from his Asura God's Trial.
• Qian Renxue regretted being unable to travel with Xia Yuan and decided to speed up her plan.
• Xia Yuan, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan reached Four Elements City, where Dugu Yan asked if it was home to the Four Element Academies.

Xia Yuan visited Four Elements City with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, where his arrival drew the attention of students and academy leaders. After revealing that he had reached seven rings, he was invited to a banquet at the Element Hotel.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling joined Xia Yuan to watch students from Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy argue over whether Shui Bing'er or Huo Wu had been stronger in their draw.
• Feng Xiaotian recognized Xia Yuan, and a crowd gathered around the famed Soul Master Tournament champion.
• Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu greeted Xia Yuan, who told them he had seven rings, shocking Feng Xiaotian and unsettling Shui Bing'er.
• The heads of Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy invited Xia Yuan to visit them, and the head of Godwind Academy proposed holding a banquet at the Element Hotel.
• The academy leaders agreed to host Xia Yuan at the Element Hotel.

At the Element Hotel, the deans of Skywater Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, and Godwind Academy considered Xia Yuan’s proposal to form deeper ties with him. Later, Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu revealed that they each had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Xia Yuan, leaving Dugu Yan without one.

• The three academy deans invited Xia Yuan to become a guest instructor, but he asked them to consider becoming his allies instead.
• The deans said they would consider his proposal, then sent Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu to show the guests around Four Elements City.
• Shui Bing'er privately asked Xia Yuan whether their Martial Souls attracted and merged, and Huo Wu joined them, saying she had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with him too.
• Xia Yuan was stunned to learn that he had Martial Soul Fusion Skills with both Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu, while Dugu Yan still had none.