Chapter Summaries

Tie Wu and Wu Ersi’s group killed a twenty-thousand-year-old Diamond Bear, but Fallen Soul Masters led by Zhang Jie ambushed them, with Dai Mubai among the attackers. Meanwhile, Tie Li completed the second trial, reached level seventy-eight, and summoned Lei Zhen and Bing Ju to help him kill the betrayer.

• Tie Wu and the Soul Masters coordinated their attacks and killed the Diamond Bear, revealing its black Soul Ring.
• Zhang Jie and Gil confronted Wu Ersi’s group, while Dai Mubai recognized Tie Wu and prepared to leave with the Fallen Soul Masters.
• Tie Li completed the second trial on the thirty-sixth mountain and advanced to Soul Power level seventy-eight.
• Tie Li unlocked the third trial, whose mission was to kill the betrayer, and chose Lei Zhen and Bing Ju as his two assistants.

Tie Li, Lei Zhen, and Bing Ju confronted the Heaven Dou forces at the Wind Thunder Sect ruins before tracking down and killing the White Lightning Sect master, a descendant of traitors. After Tie Li realized the mark could be removed, they rushed toward the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhang Jie and Gil faced a powerful Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

• Tie Li restrained Lei Zhen and Bing Ju from attacking the Heaven Dou army, then returned a token to its general and said Thunder Pool had only ever had one master.
• The White Lightning Sect master's inherited forehead mark glimmered, and Tie Li, Lei Zhen, and Bing Ju broke into the sect to confront him.
• The sect master remembered his great-grandfather's warning and tried to flee, but Lei Zhen struck him down and crushed him.
• Tie Li sensed that the White Lightning Sect master had known how to remove the mark, so he and the others hurried toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhang Jie recognized the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, while Gil said they needed its Power of Supreme Evil to have any chance of defeating it.

Dai Mubai and the Fallen Soul Masters fought the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, with Gil attempting to use the clash of supreme evil powers to break free of his mark. Tie Li, Lei Zhen, and Bing Ju interrupted the battle, killed Gil, and left his cleansed torso soul bone behind.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger repelled the attacks of Gil, Zhang Jie, and the other two Soul Douluos, severely injuring Gil.
• Gil recovered with the help of his torso soul bone and launched his eighth soul skill as Dai Mubai used his Power of Supreme Evil to challenge the tiger's domain.
• Gil charged into the clash of domains, and Zhang Jie joined Dai Mubai, but their attacks failed to break through the tiger's Evil God Protection.
• Tie Li struck Gil with ultimate lightning, interrupting the clash and knocking Dai Mubai unconscious.
• Tie Li ordered Gil killed, and Lei Zhen's lightning disintegrated him, leaving behind a torso soul bone cleansed of its evil aura.

Tie Li and his allies failed to capture Zhang Jie and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, while the White Lightning Sect’s destruction caused the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect to consider taking in its survivors. Lei Zhen then confronted the Celestial Phenomena Sect, declaring that he intended to eradicate its Sect Master’s lineage rather than destroy the entire sect.

• Zhang Jie manipulated two Fallen Soul Masters into charging Bing Ju, then escaped with the unconscious Dai Mubai as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger fled under cover of its Dark Demon Evil Thunder.
• Tie Li recognized Zhang Jie’s unusual skull Martial Soul and said that killing him would complete their mission.
• The White Lightning Sect’s First Elder sought protection from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and Yu Yuanzhen said the sect could become an affiliated force after identifying a strange residual aura at the White Lightning Sect.
• Lei Zhen restrained Celestial Phenomena Sect Master Bai Yanzhuo and announced that he would kill the members of Bai Yanzhuo’s lineage.
• The Celestial Phenomena Sect’s First Elder asked why Lei Zhen had attacked them, and Lei Zhen replied that he intended to eradicate only the Sect Master’s lineage.

Tie Li and his allies confronted Bai Yanzhuo and the forces of the Elephant Armored Sect and Holy Dragon Sect at the Celestial Phenomena Sect. After Tie Li revealed a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and Bing Ju revealed his Title Douluo strength, Huyan Zhen and Tuoba Xi realized they had badly underestimated the Wind Thunder Sect.

• Tie Li ordered the Celestial Phenomena Sect’s soul masters to bring Bai Yanzhuo’s branch before the hall, but Huyan Zhen and Tuoba Xi arrived with their sects to rescue Bai Yanzhuo.
• Bai Yanzhuo offered to place the Celestial Phenomena Sect under the Elephant Armored Sect, and Huyan Zhen attacked Lei Zhen after recognizing Tie Li as the Wind Thunder Sect’s inheritor disciple.
• Tuoba Xi joined Huyan Zhen against Lei Zhen and sent the other soul masters to attack Tie Li and Bing Ju, while Tie Li killed Bai Yanzhuo.
• Tie Li summoned the Quake Dragon Hammer and revealed a hundred-thousand-year seventh soul ring, then struck Huyan Zhen with ultimate Black Lightning and blasted him away.
• Bing Ju defeated the remaining soul masters, and his ninety-seventh-level Title Douluo strength made Huyan Zhen and Tuoba Xi realize that two powerful Title Douluos stood with Tie Li.

Bing Ju and Lei Zhen overwhelmed the Celestial Phenomena Sect, killing Magic Bear Douluo while Ghost Leopard Douluo escaped with the badly wounded Huyan Zhen and Tuoba Xi. Afterward, Xue Xing received news of two Title Douluo at the Wind Thunder Sect Ruins and rushed to alert the Heaven Dou Emperor and Dugu Bo.

• Bing Ju used Thunder Crossing to attack Huyan Zhen while Lei Zhen drove Tuoba Xi to the brink of death.
• Lei Zhen unleashed Thunder Bearer Shatters Nine Lands, and Ghost Leopard Douluo and Magic Bear Douluo entered the lightning to rescue Huyan Zhen and Tuoba Xi.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo escaped with the unconscious Huyan Zhen and wounded Tuoba Xi, while Bing Ju and Lei Zhen killed Magic Bear Douluo with help from Tie Li's Thunder God Domain.
• Tie Li planned to slaughter the clansmen from Bai Yanzhuo's branch after the battle devastated the Celestial Phenomena Sect's main hall.
• Xue Xing received a report about two Title Douluo at the Wind Thunder Sect Ruins, recognized a token, and went to inform the Heaven Dou Emperor and Dugu Bo.

The Heaven Dou Imperial Family learned that Tie Li had killed Magic Bear Douluo and destroyed the Celestial Phenomena Sect, while Dugu Bo suspected Tie Li was targeting descendants of the Wind Thunder Sect’s betrayers. Tie Li, Lei Zhen, and Bing Ju headed toward the Star Luo Empire to pursue the remaining marks, with Spirit Hall’s strength still looming over them.

• Prince Xue Xing told the Heaven Dou Emperor and Dugu Bo about Tie Li and two unknown Title Douluo at the Wind Thunder Sect Ruins, and Dugu Bo suspected Tie Li was seeking revenge on the sect’s betrayers.
• An imperial guard reported that Tie Li had killed Magic Bear Douluo, destroyed the Celestial Phenomena Sect, and severely injured Huyan Zhen and Tuoba Xi; the Heaven Dou Emperor and Prince Xue Xing considered bringing Tie Li and the Title Douluo under their command.
• Lei Zhen killed a Soul Sage and shattered a mark on the Spirit Wielding Sword martial soul, leaving three marks that pointed toward the Star Luo Empire.
• Tie Li, Lei Zhen, and Bing Ju traveled toward the Star Luo Empire as Lei Zhen and Bing Ju discussed establishing themselves as a Soul Master clan.
• Bing Ju asked about Spirit Hall’s strength, and Tie Li told him it had more than ten Title Douluo and that Bing Ju would rank around the upper-middle among them.

Tie Li and his companions entered Star Luo City to investigate a mark inside the imperial palace, while the Zhu Clan faced growing hostility from the imperial family. Tie Li confronted the Nether Duke at the Zhu estate, where the Duke suspected Tie Li had come to discuss more than Zhu Zhuqing.

• Lei Zhen and Bing Ju considered bringing their clansmen from the Thunder Tribulation Realm to Douluo Continent, and Tie Li explained the continent's soul master power structure.
• Tie Li chose to investigate Star Luo City before acting, sensing something wrong near the imperial palace.
• The Nether Duke learned that Zhu Zhuyun was staying in the palace, Zhu Zhuqing had fled to the Heaven Dou Empire, and the emperor was bedridden while Dai Weisi handled court affairs.
• Tie Li arrived at the Zhu estate, where Zhu Juyi recognized him as the man connected to Zhu Zhuqing and summoned six consecrated masters.
• Lei Zhen revealed his Title Douluo strength and bound all six attackers with lightning chains.
• The Nether Duke observed Tie Li's indifference toward Zhu Zhuqing and asked what he had really come to discuss.

Tie Li and the Nether Duke watched as Dai Weisi’s agent Mu Ling arrived at the Zhu Clan estate with a Title Douluo assassin. Lei Zhen killed Mu Ling and fought off the attacker, who escaped, leaving the Nether Duke troubled by signs of turmoil in the Star Luo Imperial Family.

• Tie Li learned that someone from the palace was approaching the Zhu Clan estate and persuaded the Nether Duke to hide and observe.
• Mu Ling went to the Zhu Clan estate on Dai Weisi’s orders to kill the Nether Duke and Zhu Juyi, accompanied by a black-robed Title Douluo.
• The black-robed man attacked the Nether Duke, but Lei Zhen killed Mu Ling and intercepted the assault.
• Tie Li recognized the attacker’s Coiling Dragon Staff martial soul and suspected Spirit Hall had placed someone within the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• After Lei Zhen’s clash with the attacker, the black-robed man fled, and Tie Li stopped Bing Ju from pursuing him.
• The Nether Duke realized Mu Ling’s visit implicated Dai Weisi, but he could not see why Dai Weisi would risk attacking him.

Tie Li impressed the Netherworld Duke with his strength while political unrest gathered around the Star Luo Empire. After leaving the city, Tie Li completed the final mark and received a five-hundred-year increase to all his soul rings, allowing him to begin the third trial.

• The Netherworld Duke analyzed the threat surrounding the Star Luo Empire with Zhu Juyi, then thanked Tie Li for helping protect him.
• The Netherworld Duke tested Tie Li with his Soul Douluo pressure, but Tie Li revealed his seven soul rings and hundred-thousand-year ring, convincing the Duke of his value.
• A disguised Dai Weisi learned that a powerful Title Douluo served the Netherworld Duke and planned to use a courtly count’s death to stir unrest.
• Tie Li stayed at the Zhu Residence for two more days, then left Star Luo City with Lei Zhen and Bing Ju as another group of Soul Masters arrived too late to find them.
• Tie Li killed the Soul Master bearing the final mark, completed the task for the third trial, and received a five-hundred-year increase to all his soul ring ages.

Tie Li, Lei Zhen, and Bing Ju faced Chrysanthemum Douluo, Gui Mei, and Ghost Leopard Douluo, who had come to kill them. Lei Zhen and Bing Ju gained ultimate lightning through Tie Li’s domain, but after their enemies trapped them with the Bipolar Static Domain, Bibi Dong arrived to attack Tie Li.

• Tie Li’s second soul ring advanced to a thousand years, and all seven of his soul rings gained five hundred years.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo, Gui Mei, and Ghost Leopard Douluo confronted Tie Li, Lei Zhen, and Bing Ju, seeking revenge for Magic Bear and carrying out the Pope’s orders.
• Tie Li unleashed the Thunder God Domain, granting Lei Zhen and Bing Ju ultimate lightning, and they attacked Gui Mei.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Gui Mei used the Bipolar Static Domain to immobilize Tie Li, Lei Zhen, and Bing Ju.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo struck Tie Li with his ninth soul skill, but Tie Li’s hundred-thousand-year torso bone skill, Boundless Guard, protected him.
• Bibi Dong emerged from a crack in space and attacked Tie Li with her sixth soul skill, Space Tear Abyss Slash.

Tie Li began the Third Trial, Furious Lightning Tempering, and struggled to withstand daily lightning strikes and raging waves while his Soul Power and abilities were restricted. A lonely spirit born from the sea of lightning repeatedly replenished him, helping him survive through the thirteenth day.

• Bibi Dong sensed god-level spatial power as Tie Li was transported to the Third Trial, and Chrysanthemum Douluo and Gui Mei lost their target.
• Tie Li learned he had to endure a year of daily lightning tempering on a stone pillar, with failure meaning death.
• Tie Li survived the first day's lightning and waves, which expanded his sea of consciousness but left him exhausted; he discovered his Soul Power recovery and reserves had been halved.
• Tie Li grew progressively weaker over the next four days, unable to use his Martial Soul, soul rings, or soul bones, until he collapsed on the fifth day.
• A spirit born from the sea of lightning gave Tie Li energy, allowing him to recover and endure the sixth day's tempering.
• Tie Li lasted until the thirteenth day before collapsing again, and the spirit returned to replenish him.

Tie Li discovered that a spirit in the Thunder Sea was helping him recover and swallowing his unstable Black Lightning, so he used it to continue practicing compression. Meanwhile, Lei Zhen and Bing Ju gathered the Thunder Tribulation Realm’s human clan chiefs to discuss leaving and preparing for the outside world, where Kui Xin questioned whether they were acting on Tie Li’s orders.

• Tie Li compressed his Black Lightning, but when it exploded, a spirit beneath the Thunder Sea swallowed it without causing a disaster.
• After Tie Li collapsed following twenty days of endurance, the spirit restored him with pure energy, and he realized it was helping him.
• Tie Li attempted a more difficult compression, turning Black Lightning from gas to liquid and then solid, but cracks forced him to throw it into the Thunder Sea, where the spirit swallowed it again.
• Lei Zhen and Bing Ju convened thirteen human soul master clan chiefs and explained that they might leave the Thunder Tribulation Realm if Tie Li gained authority over it.
• Bing Ju described their encounter with Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo and Bibi Dong’s god-level aura, while Lei Zhen explained the outside world’s powerful factions.
• Kui Xin asked whether preparing to establish themselves outside was Tie Li’s intention and whether refusing would prevent them from leaving.

Tie Li succeeded in condensing a crystalline Soul Core with help from the Thunder Sea spirit and considered a future hundred-thousand-year soul ring. After Tang San left Slaughter City and shed his killing intent, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing found him in Heaven Dou City, where Zhu Zhuqing asked him for a favor.

• The Thunder Sea spirit calmed Tie Li’s Black Lightning, letting him condense a tiny crystalline core that it eagerly ate.
• Tie Li realized the spirit’s help could let him form a Soul Core and considered the Sky Azure Bull Python as a future eighth-ring target.
• Tang San told Tang Hao about the red, ringless monster he had encountered in Slaughter City, while Tang Hao decided to take him somewhere to reduce his killing intent.
• Hu Liena refused Blood Demon’s invitation to leave Slaughter City and attempt Hell Road with him, regretting that she had not cooperated with the Asura King.
• After three months of Tang Yuehua’s instruction, Tang San shed his killing intent, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing visited him at Moonlight Pavilion.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Tang San for a favor.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong told Tang San about the crises affecting their friends and the Star Luo Empire, prompting him to write to his father for help. Meanwhile, Tie Li successfully formed the embryonic stage of a Soul Core with the spirit’s assistance, and the spirit received the stone statue’s agreement to its request.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Tang San that the Nether Duke had summoned Dai Mubai to command the Star Luo Empire’s army, but Dai Mubai had disappeared.
• Ning Rongrong told Tang San that Fallen Soul Masters had abducted Ma Hongjun and nearly killed Flender, and she shared that Oscar was still missing.
• Tang San wrote to his father asking the Clear Sky Sect to help with the escalating troubles.
• Tie Li prepared to break through to rank eighty by condensing a Soul Core, relying on the spirit to stabilize the Black Lightning.
• Tie Li compressed his Soul Power into a Soul Core and, with the spirit’s help, drew lightning energy from the Thunder Sea until the core began to stabilize.
• The spirit visited a stone statue deep in the Thunder Sea, and the statue glowed faintly in agreement with its request.

Tie Li completed the third Thunder God trial, absorbed the Dark Thunder Demon Dragon Left Arm Soul Bone, and learned that Tie Wu had risen within Spirit Hall. In Heaven Dou City, he met Yang Wudi, who had become a Title Douluo, and prepared to test his strength against him.

• Tie Li reached Soul Power Level eighty, completed the third trial, and returned from the Wind Thunder Sect Ruins to Heaven Dou City.
• Tie Li reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, embraced her, and absorbed the seventy-thousand-year Dark Thunder Demon Dragon Left Arm Soul Bone that Tang San had sent her to repay an earlier favor.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Tie Li that Tie Wu, who resembled him, had become a powerful Spirit Hall soul master; Tie Li realized who it was but decided not to enter Spirit City while Bibi Dong posed a threat.
• Tang San's poison spread through Slaughter City, killing fallen ones and affecting the Slaughter King; Hu Liena persuaded Blood Demon to cross Hell Road with her to escape.
• Tie Li learned that Yang Wudi had advanced to Title Douluo and visited the Breaking Clan, where Yang Wudi expressed interest in testing Tie Li's strength.

Tie Li tested his strength against Yang Wudi and asked him for an immortal herb, but Yang Wudi had none left. Zhu Zhuqing then learned that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun had been found as Fallen Soul Masters, leaving Tang San conflicted about Dai Mubai's return to the Star Luo Empire.

• Yang Wudi and Tie Li clashed, and Tie Li held his ground against the Title Douluo with his soul skills and soul bones.
• Yang Wudi unleashed a powerful spear strike, but Tie Li endured it without injury while Black Lightning began corroding Yang Wudi.
• Yang Wudi ended the duel before the hall was destroyed and offered to help Tie Li.
• Tie Li asked Yang Wudi for an immortal herb, but Yang Wudi said they had all been used up.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Moonlight Pavilion and learned from Tang San that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun had been found as Fallen Soul Masters.
• Tang San said he had arranged for Dai Mubai to be notified, but he struggled with whether to help his fallen friend become the Star Luo Empire's ruler.

After recovering from the hidden injuries caused by lightning tempering, Tie Li set out with Yang Wudi for the Star Dou Great Forest to seek a powerful eighth Soul Ring. In the forest, Spirit Hall’s group encountered a thirty-thousand-year Blazing Flame Demon Tiger, and Tie Wu insisted he could absorb its Soul Ring as his sixth.

• Yang Wudi treated Tie Li’s hidden injuries with medicinal baths and meals, and Tie Li decided to seek an eighth Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Three days later, Tie Li invited Yang Wudi to travel with him, while Spirit Hall’s group entered the forest to obtain sixth Soul Rings and reach its core region.
• Tie Wu and Yan argued after reuniting, and Hu Liena told Yan she was mostly recovered from her time in Slaughter City.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo identified an attacking Blazing Flame Demon Tiger as a thirty-thousand-year Soul Beast, whose cultivation exceeded the usual limit for a sixth Soul Ring.
• Tie Wu claimed he could absorb the tiger’s Soul Ring, and Chrysanthemum Douluo reassured Gui Mei that Tie Wu’s physique and the Soul Beast’s attributes made it suitable for him.

Tie Wu absorbed the Blazing Flame Demon Tiger's thirty-thousand-year soul ring and reached level sixty-two, while Yan watched their gap widen. When Tang San and the Spirit Hall group encountered Xiao Wu and the Titan Giant Ape, a battle erupted, and Tie Li and Yang Wudi arrived to witness the appearance of the Sky Azure Bull Python.

• Tie Wu killed the Blazing Flame Demon Tiger with his fourth soul skill and absorbed its soul ring, reaching level sixty-two.
• Tang San watched the Spirit Hall group from a distance and realized Xiao Wu could be in danger.
• Xiao Wu arrived on the Titan Giant Ape and confronted Spirit Hall, while Gui Mei and Chrysanthemum Douluo prepared to capture her and fight the beast.
• Tie Li and Yang Wudi followed the battle's powerful aura and found the Titan Giant Ape fighting Spirit Hall.
• The Titan Giant Ape sent Gui Mei flying, and the Sky Azure Bull Python appeared behind it.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Gui Mei restrained the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill while Spirit Hall's forces moved to capture Xiao Wu. Tang San, Tie Li, and Yang Wudi intervened as Tie Wu's fight with the Golden Generation sparked infighting, and a signal flare was fired after Yang Wudi revealed his Title Douluo strength.

• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python attacked Chrysanthemum Douluo and Gui Mei, who used the Bipolar Static Domain to restrain the two beasts and ordered Spirit Hall's soul masters to capture Xiao Wu.
• Tang San charged into the battle to protect Xiao Wu, while Yang Wudi and Tie Li decided not to help either Spirit Hall or the beasts.
• Tie Wu taunted Yan and fought him, then Xie Yue and Hu Liena used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Tie Wu, drawing the attention of nearby Spirit Hall soul masters.
• Tie Li killed a Spirit Hall Soul Saint with the Quake Dragon Hammer and urged Tang San to escape, while Yang Wudi killed five more soul masters with his Soul-Breaking Spear.
• A Spirit Hall soul master recognized Yang Wudi as a Title Douluo and fired a signal flare.