Chapter Summaries

Mo Lin taught five children about using Soul Power and planned to cultivate and refine the heavenly lightning in his body. Gu Yuena then unexpectedly appeared in his room, interrupting his plans as she sought his help.

• Mo Lin gave the five children books and told them to master the Soul Power methods from his lesson.
• Mo Lin considered using Beast Tamer to communicate with soul beasts before they developed intelligence.
• Mo Lin returned to his room and began cultivating, hoping to refine the heavenly lightning within him.
• Gu Yuena emerged from a spatial passage opened by the Silver Dragon King's scale on Mo Lin's chest.
• Gu Yuena lay on Mo Lin's bed, and he tried to avert his gaze as he prepared to handle her business.

Tang San and Titan intercepted Bai He's Speed Clan convoy in Dragonrise City so Titan could tell him that the Strength Clan had joined a new force. Bai He suspected they had joined Grace Hall, and Titan denied it, leaving the purpose of Tang San's recruitment pitch still to come.

• Titan spotted the Speed Clan convoy and hurried with Tang San to stop it.
• A Speed Clan driver recognized Titan and fetched Bai He from his carriage.
• Bai He asked his granddaughter Bai Chenxiang to continue to the Defense Clan's residence while he spoke with Titan.
• Titan invited Bai He and Tang San into a teahouse and told Bai He that the Strength Clan had joined a rising power.
• Bai He guessed that the Strength Clan had joined Grace Hall, but Titan denied it.

Tang San met Bai He and learned that his granduncle’s Speed Clan had helped the Clear Sky Sect commit past atrocities, which Bai He had later exposed to Spirit Hall. Bai He left Dragonrise City after warning Tang San not to repeat the Clear Sky Sect’s path, and Tang San’s effort to win over Yang Wudi failed.

• Bai He recognized Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and discovered that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and his own grandnephew.
• Bai He told Tang San and Titan that he planned to cut ties with the other Single-Attribute Clans because his Speed Clan had participated in the Clear Sky Sect’s crimes.
• Bai He explained that the Clear Sky Sect had used the Speed Clan as scouts and implicated them in its secret operations, then warned Tang San to build his faction gradually.
• Bai He left Dragonrise City after the Speed Clan packed up, while Tang San and Titan returned to the Defense Clan’s residence.
• Tang San later failed to recruit Yang Wudi, who angrily threw him out despite Tang San displaying his hidden weapons and revealing his identity.

Xu Siwei secretly visited Mo Lin to discuss the Star Crown Clan’s plans against the Star Luo Empire, while Mo Lin concealed his own intentions and drew out information about the clan’s strength. Xu Siwei warned that the Star Luo imperial family might have hidden Titled Douluo and could turn on its allies, leaving Mo Lin to consider the danger of trusting it.

• Mo Jia told Mo Lin that Xu Siwei had tried to sneak into Grace Hall and had been frozen by Ice Empress, and Mo Lin warned his uncle not to underestimate her.
• Mo Lin met the chilled Xu Siwei privately and heard that he had come to discuss an extremely important matter.
• Xu Siwei asked Mo Lin about Emperor Dai Tianfeng and showed him a booklet of allegations about Star Luo officials and the imperial family.
• Mo Lin feigned ignorance about the Star Crown Clan’s intentions and prompted Xu Siwei to reveal that his clan had three Titled Douluo.
• Xu Siwei suggested that the Star Luo imperial family concealed additional strength and warned that it might betray and silence the Star Crown Clan.

After questioning Xu Siwei about the Star Crown Clan’s plans, Mo Lin learned that the clan had three Titled Douluo but gained no details of its scheme. A month later, he assembled Grace Hall’s recruits and students for special training in Slaughter City, then Snow Empress and Yazi joined the group before they set out.

• Mo Lin pressed Xu Siwei for the Star Crown Clan’s plan and refused to agree to an alliance without proof of sincerity; Xu Siwei collapsed, and Mo Lin sent him to a guest room.
• Mo Lin spent a month training his ten students, recording their progress, and managing Grace Hall’s affairs.
• Dugu Bo presented his unchanged list of recruits after the clan heads tried to persuade him to choose their own candidates.
• Mo Lin reassured Yu Tianxin that the young students would be safe during their special training in Slaughter City.
• Snow Empress arrived at Li Yanyan’s request, and Yazi joined the group because Slaughter City’s killing intent suited him.
• Mo Lin led Snow Empress, Yazi, and the recruits and students as they set out for Slaughter City.

Qian Renxue used potent tonics to make Emperor Xue Ye’s organs fail while avoiding the suspicion that would follow poisoning him, and she continued cultivating as the empire awaited his death. Mo Lin visited her, acknowledged his neglect, and told her he might disappear for about a year.

• Qian Renxue refrained from poisoning Xue Ye and instead used medicine supplied through Spirit Hall’s Breaking Clan agent to cause his organs to fail.
• Physicians and healing-type Soul Masters could only pause Xue Ye’s decline temporarily, leaving him bedridden and near death.
• Qian Renxue cultivated with Mo Lin’s Internal Alchemy Method while pretending to grieve for Xue Ye.
• Mo Lin arrived through a spatial ripple, and Qian Renxue teased him for neglecting her and calling him a scumbag.
• Mo Lin apologized for failing to spend time with Qian Renxue and said he might disappear for about a year.

Mo Lin told Qian Renxue he would spend a year in Slaughter City, where he planned to use his control of the city to oversee a large operation involving hundreds of soul masters. After revealing the Asura God's power and explaining his caution, he and Qian Renxue decided to make the most of the time they had before he left.

• Mo Lin explained that Slaughter City's aura was incompatible with Qian Renxue and released a trace of Asura God's divine power to show her why he wanted to keep her away.
• Qian Renxue recognized the danger of the power, and Mo Lin explained that he had obtained it in Slaughter City and now controlled the city.
• Mo Lin told Qian Renxue that he planned to bring hundreds of soul masters to Slaughter City and would be busy there for about a year.
• Qian Renxue asked how long Mo Lin could stay, and he said he would leave the next morning.
• Qian Renxue embraced Mo Lin and agreed they should make the most of their remaining time together.

Mo Lin led his students and a large group toward Slaughter City, where he tasked the children with helping their soul-beast companions overcome their fear of the place. Near the city, the Asura Demon Sword awakened and agreed to reveal Slaughter City's hidden grounds as Mo Lin prepared to bring his followers there for training.

• Mo Lin returned to the main force and resumed teaching his ten students during the journey, while Snow Empress reminded him that they were waiting.
• After twenty days, Mo Lin brought the group near Slaughter City and ordered the children to persuade their frightened soul-beast companions to follow them into the area.
• Mo Lin left Snow Empress to supervise the students and led the rest of the group across Slaughter City's conventional entrance area toward the cave exit.
• Near Slaughter City, Mo Lin summoned Non-Aggression, allowing the Asura Demon Sword to awaken in his spiritual space and learn about the souls it had missed.
• Mo Lin explained that he wanted the Asura Demon Sword to take his followers into Slaughter City's hidden grounds, and the sword confirmed that such an area existed.

Mo Lin led his companions through Hell Road toward the other side of Slaughter City, encouraging them to endure the blood-soaked air and killing intent. At the great door, he drove back the Asura God's divine power with Winged Dragon divine power while Yazi absorbed the killing intent, and the group prepared to pass through.

• The Asura Demon Sword opened a new path through the cave, and Mo Lin led the soul masters into Hell Road.
• The soul masters struggled with the oppressive blood scent and killing intent, so Mo Lin urged them onward and promised the destination would be better.
• After two hours, Mo Lin and Yazi reached the great door while staying visible to the slower group behind them.
• Mo Lin used Winged Dragon divine power to repel the Asura God's divine power, and Yazi absorbed the killing intent beyond the door.
• Yazi's chaotic killing intent frightened Yu Tianxin, Mo Ning, and the others, but Mo Lin reassured them as Yazi entered to stabilize himself.
• The group approached the open door and smelled earth beyond it, confirming that their destination lay ahead.

Mo Lin led his exhausted soul masters into the ancient castle, where an Asura God relief caused them to break out in cold sweat until he opened the gates and eased its pressure. After setting up a safe resting area, he explored the first floor and discovered that its rooms accelerated Soul Power cultivation, leading him to suspect the castle was a multi-floor trial ground.

• Mo Lin led his group across the suspended black-stone road and toward the ancient castle, where Yazi had already slipped through the partly opened gates.
• The soul masters broke out in cold sweat under the pressure of an Asura God relief on the steel gates, so Mo Lin forced the gates open and relieved them of its influence.
• Mo Lin brought the group into the grand hall, arranged lighting and shelter, and put Yu Tianxin, Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, Mo Ning, and Mo Min in charge while he explored.
• Mo Lin inspected a clean stone-furnished room and noticed that it slightly increased the speed of Soul Power cultivation.
• Mo Lin theorized that the castle was a multi-floor trial ground whose rooms helped trial-takers grow stronger before attempting later trials.

Mo Lin learned that the Asura God's trials gave everyone nine identical tests, with trial ranks and rewards able to increase when examinees exceeded expectations. After locating Yazi recovering beside an Asura God statue, Mo Lin left him to regulate his killing intent and turned his attention to the children outside Slaughter City, who were persuading their soul beasts to enter.

• Mo Lin worried that the ancient castle's one-trial-per-floor rule would separate his companions, but the Asura Demon Sword explained that the Asura God gave everyone nine trials and could raise trial ranks when they surpassed requirements.
• The Asura Demon Sword said the Asura God chose successors chiefly for the purity of their killing intent rather than their innate talent.
• The Asura Demon Sword located Yazi in the first-floor trial hall, and Mo Lin found him using the Asura God's divine power to force his unruly killing intent back into his body.
• Mo Lin decided to leave Yazi to recover on his own and shifted his attention to other matters.
• Outside Slaughter City, the five children made progress persuading their young soul beasts to enter, while Snow Empress watched them from among the ice sculptures she had created.

A Spirit Hall convoy stopped outside Slaughter City after Firebird Douluo spotted Snow Empress, five children, and hundreds of people frozen in ice. Inside Asura God's Castle, Mo Lin explained that his chosen trainees had been selected for their mental resilience and asked them to consider whether every Soul Master could endure the road they had just traveled.

• Snow Empress froze a group of lustful men who approached her near Slaughter City.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, Demon Bear Douluo, and Firebird Douluo traveled with a Spirit Hall supply convoy whose unusual size and escorts left them questioning its purpose.
• The lead horse stopped outside Slaughter City, and Firebird Douluo saw Snow Empress, five children, five small creatures, and at least three hundred ice sculptures ahead.
• Firebird Douluo advised Demon Bear Douluo to hold position until Snow Empress and the children moved on.
• Mo Lin gave Yu Tianxin a booklet titled "Personnel Groups" and told the assembled Soul Masters that Elder Dugu had selected them for their powerful hearts.
• Mo Lin asked the trainees to recall their difficult journey and consider whether every Soul Master could withstand it.

Mo Lin organized the eighty selected soul masters into groups for their divine trials, then went outside Slaughter City to check on his students and meet Hu Liena’s delegation. As Hu Liena approached Snow Empress to make contact, Snow Empress prepared to deal with the newcomers.

• Mo Lin required each group of eight soul masters to pass every trial assessment together, then sent them to rest after Yu Tianxin read the roster.
• Mo Lin checked on Yazi and used Grand Luo Insight to travel outside Slaughter City, where he found ice sculptures surrounding Snow Empress.
• Firebird Douluo warned Demon Bear Douluo not to confront Snow Empress, and Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan joined the elders after noticing their delay.
• Hu Liena agreed with Firebird Douluo’s caution but proposed that they approach Snow Empress to avoid further delays, and both elders accepted.
• Snow Empress praised the children after they completed their task, sealed them inside a snow house, and went out to meet the approaching soul masters.

Snow Empress attacked Hu Liena’s Spirit Hall party, then spared them after discovering Hu Liena’s killing intent resembled Mo Lin’s. Mo Lin reunited with Hu Liena and revealed his close connection to Snow Empress, leaving Hu Liena nervously wondering whether Snow Empress intended to steal him.

• Snow Empress left the snow house and struck Demon Bear Douluo, Firebird Douluo, and Hu Liena with a blizzard that overwhelmed them.
• Snow Empress asked Hu Liena to release her killing intent, recognized its similarity to Mo Lin’s, and decided to spare the Spirit Hall group.
• Mo Lin arrived with his students, reunited with Hu Liena, and told the others that everyone there was one of his people.
• Snow Empress explained that Mo Lin had instructed her to deal with anyone who approached, and Hu Liena realized he seemed to command the powerful woman.
• Mo Lin casually answered Snow Empress’s question about his relationship with Hu Liena, while Hu Liena suspected Snow Empress wanted to steal him.

Yu Yuanzhen visited his imprisoned son, Yu Xiaogang, and tried to persuade him to stop resenting Mo Lin and trust in Mo Lin’s future for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Yu Xiaogang instead blamed Mo Lin for orchestrating his downfall, while Yu Yuanzhen kept Mo Lin’s multiple martial souls secret and left hoping his son would eventually yield.

• Yu Yuanzhen took charge of Gengxin City and Grace Hall, whose fair policing quickly improved its reputation.
• Yu Yuanzhen visited Yu Xiaogang in a heavily secured dungeon cell for the first time since their relocation.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Yu Yuanzhen of being foolish to trust Mo Lin and suspected Mo Lin’s ties to Spirit Hall threatened the clan.
• Yu Yuanzhen considered revealing that Mo Lin had multiple martial souls, but withheld the information and ended the visit.
• After Yu Yuanzhen left, Yu Xiaogang blamed Mo Lin for engineering his reconciliation, defeat, and imprisonment.
• Yu Yuanzhen hoped Yu Xiaogang’s theoretical knowledge could someday help Grace Hall, though Mo Lin had no need for his research.

Mo Lin brought Snow Empress, Hu Liena, and his students to the ancient castle, where they began receiving Asura God trials. After Hu Liena received a red top-grade trial, Mo Lin’s own test shook Slaughter City and made him its new Slaughter King.

• Mo Lin collected sixty percent of Slaughter City’s annual supplies, then took Yan and Xie Yue along the difficult road to the ancient castle while the others entered by different means.
• Mo Lin explained that the road tested whether candidates could endure the Asura God’s trials, and Xie Yue and Yan nearly failed to reach the castle.
• Eighty Soul Masters received mostly yellow- and purple-grade trials, with none receiving a black-grade trial.
• Yu Tianxin, Yu Tianheng, and Dugu Yan received black-grade trials, while Xie Yue and Yan received stronger black trials tinged with red.
• Hu Liena received a red top-grade trial, and Mo Lin privately promised to reward her later.
• Mo Lin’s blood-red trial triggered a dazzling divine radiance and upheaval across Slaughter City, whose forces bowed as he became its new Slaughter King.

Mo Lin began the Asura God's first trial, descending the Hell Staircase to test its pressure and changing gravity before climbing back up. He discovered the stairs were more dangerous than expected, while Snow Empress showed the students around the castle as they waited for their training to begin.

• Mo Lin received the Asura God's Nine Trials and learned that his first task was to descend the Hell Staircase and return to the top.
• Mo Ning, Hu Liena, and the others shared their trial targets, and Mo Lin warned them that the trials could cost them their lives.
• Mo Lin opened the passage to the Hell Staircase and descended alone, relying first on his body and then on Soul Power to withstand the pressure.
• At the two hundred and fifty-seventh step, Mo Lin encountered increased gravity, stopped at the three hundredth step, and found that the pressure did not ease as he climbed back up.
• The Asura Demon Sword told Mo Lin that the former record was only eight hundred steps and that the Asura God adjusted trial difficulty for different candidates.
• Snow Empress led the ten students around the castle, and Ling Mu asked when their training would begin.

Mo Lin recovered from the Hell Staircase and arranged a separate home for his five students. After giving them supplies, he told them their special training would begin the next day.

• Mo Lin crawled off the Hell Staircase after reaching its three-hundredth step without activating his Martial Soul, then rested in the back hall.
• Snow Empress found Mo Lin and asked about the Hell Staircase and his plans for the children; she also asked when he would arrange their new home and training.
• Mo Lin asked Snow Empress to bring him food, then used Wind Queen's Arcane Gate and Earth River Chariot to shape a small villa outside the castle.
• Mo Lin gave each of the five students a Storage Soul Tool with daily necessities and told them to settle in and enjoy their last month before special training began.

Mo Lin took his students to Soul Beast Island for a break and discovered that Baxia and the Holy Hall Orca Clan had never reached the surrounding waters. After confirming that no sea-beast migration had occurred, he suspected they had been intercepted and warned Ling Yao that something had happened to them.

• Mo Lin trained the children on Hell Road and helped rescue soul masters who pushed beyond their limits on the Hell Staircase.
• Mo Lin completed blueprints for a life-bound artifact based on the four mechanical forms of Non-Aggression.
• Mo Lin brought his students and Snow Empress to Soul Beast Island, where the children and soul beasts played by the sea.
• Mo Lin noticed the lack of whale-type soul beasts near the island and left the students with Snow Empress to question the Spirit Dolphin Clan.
• Ling Yao told Mo Lin there had been no large-scale sea-beast migrations, leading Mo Lin to conclude Baxia and the Holy Hall Orca Clan had likely been intercepted.
• Mo Lin told Ling Yao that Sacred Tiger and the Holy Hall Orca Clan had returned but might have run into trouble, and Ling Yao suspected Sea God Island.

Mo Lin enlisted Ling Yao and the whale Soul Beasts to search for the Holy Hall Orca Clan and Baxia, while Tang San’s group traveled to Gengxin City to visit the Blacksmith Association and look for Yu Xiaogang. They discovered that Qilin had built enormous new walls around the city and unexpectedly reunited with Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.

• Mo Lin asked Ling Yao to gather whale Soul Beasts and search for the Holy Hall Orca Clan and a giant turtle-type Soul Beast, with reports due every ten days.
• Tang San, Titan, the Shrek Seven Monsters, and the teachers traveled toward Gengxin City, hoping to find Yu Xiaogang and visit the Blacksmith Association.
• The carriage passed through newly built walls into farmland, and Titan realized the group was still outside Gengxin City despite having crossed a city gate.
• Tang San and Titan saw Gengxin City enclosed by vast white walls that Qilin had built.
• Titan introduced Gengxin City and its blacksmiths, then changed the subject after Tang San objected to him mentioning Tang Hao.
• Ma Hongjun spotted Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing in Gengxin City and ran over to greet Dai Mubai.