Chapter Summaries

Qian Xunye overwhelmed Tang Hao in a brutal fight, forcing him to his knees and leaving him severely wounded. Tang Hao rose again and taunted Qian Xunye into fighting him head-on.

• Qian Xunye activated his Dark Angel True Body and challenged Tang Hao to keep fighting rather than flee.
• Tang Hao attacked with the Clear Sky Hammer, but Qian Xunye overpowered him in a clash of strength and forced him to his knees.
• Tang Hao used the Shock Formula to break free, but Qian Xunye struck him with Dark Wings and then slashed him six times with Dark Six-Wing Slash.
• Qian Xunye's final slash shattered Tang Hao's Soul Power barrier and sent him crashing into a huge crater.
• Tang Hao stood back up, worried for Tang San and Ah Yin, and challenged Qian Xunye to fight him head-on.

Qian Xunye defeated Tang Hao by interrupting his Chaotic Wind Hammer Technique, severing his left arm, and preparing to finish him with his ninth soul skill. Tang Hao responded by detonating his rings, determined to take Qian Xunye down with him.

• Tang Hao built up his Chaotic Wind Hammer Technique while Qian Xunye met his attacks head-on.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo used Two Extremes Still Domain to freeze Tang Hao's final hammer strike, allowing Qian Xunye to sever Tang Hao's left arm and reduce his cultivation to the Soul Douluo level.
• Tang San watched from inside a wooden hut, panicking as Tang Hao neared defeat and fearing Qian Xunye would kill them both.
• Qian Xunye unleashed his ninth soul skill, Dark Judgment, Myriad Spirits Return to the Void, summoning a colossal dark sword over Holy Soul Village.
• Tang Hao activated Ring Detonation, vowing to die together with Qian Xunye.

Tang Hao used Ring Detonation in a desperate attempt to defeat Qian Xunye, but Qian Xunye overwhelmed him and killed him. Tang San, focused on surviving, pretended to be an oblivious crying infant as Qian Xunye stood over the aftermath.

• Tang Hao detonated all eight of his soul rings and struck Qian Xunye with the Clear Sky Hammer, but Qian Xunye's Dark Judgment Sword crushed the attack.
• Qian Xunye pinned Tang Hao beneath his foot and rejected his plea to spare Tang San and his wife.
• Qian Xunye crushed Tang Hao's neck and stomped his severed head, killing him.
• Tang San decided that escaping was impossible and reasoned that acting like an ordinary one-year-old might convince Qian Xunye not to kill him.
• Tang San began crying loudly to conceal his fear and appear unaware of who had killed his father.

Tang San survived Qian Xunye’s attack and was sent to an orphanage in Notting City, while Qian Xunye set out to destroy the Clear Sky Sect. Qian Xunye and his companions found A Yin’s hidden hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor soul bone.

• Qian Xunye beat Tang San but spared his life, and Tang San secretly vowed to avenge Tang Hao.
• Qian Xunye took all six of Tang Hao’s soul bones and gave one each to Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
• Qian Xunye ordered the elders to spread news of Tang Hao’s death under the name Dark Douluo to draw out the Clear Sky Sect, which he planned to destroy.
• The villagers brought Tang San to safety and decided to send him to an orphanage in Notting City.
• Qian Xunye sensed A Yin’s soul bone near a waterfall, found its hiding place behind the falls, and opened the box containing it.

Qian Xunye absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, broke through to Rank 93, and took A Yin to cultivate for a future hundred-thousand-year soul ring. Back in Spirit City, he confronted Qian Daoliu, who tried to pressure him into serving Spirit Hall.

• Qian Xunye absorbed the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, broke through to Rank 93, and gained flight and powerful self-repair abilities.
• Qian Xunye inspected his strengthening Eight Spider Lances, then uprooted A Yin and took her toward Spirit City to cultivate her for a future soul ring.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo spread news of Tang Hao's death after returning to Spirit City.
• Qian Xunye went to the Hall of Consecration to see Qian Renxue, but Qian Daoliu blocked his way and questioned where he had been.
• Qian Xunye challenged Qian Daoliu over his rejection of the Dark Angel Martial Soul and refused his offer of a Spirit Hall position.
• Qian Daoliu became enraged and unleashed his Rank 99 soul pressure on Qian Xunye.

Qian Xunye returned to the Worship Hall, resisted Qian Daoliu’s pressure, and discovered that Qian Xunye had reached level 93 before testing Qian Renxue’s combat abilities. He began a year-long training program for her, while news of Tang Hao’s death reached Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Qian Xunye confronted Qian Daoliu and withstood his Soul Power pressure, revealing that he had advanced to level 93.
• Qian Xunye reunited with Qian Renxue and tested her skills; she attacked with her soul skills but lost when he shattered her defensive shield.
• Qian Xunye praised Qian Renxue’s strength and proposed a year of intensive training before she gained real-life-and-death combat experience.
• Qian Xunye trained Qian Renxue in physical conditioning, Soul Power control, reactions, movement, and combat.
• News spread that Tang Hao had been killed by an unknown Title Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi wondered who the Dark Douluo was.

After Tang Hao’s death, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Clear Sky Sect both began searching for Dark Douluo, while Qian Xunye remained hidden in the Worship Hall with Qian Renxue. He then sensed that Dugu Yan had advanced a rank and decided to mark more talented Soul Masters to accelerate his cultivation.

• Ning Fengzhi decided to recruit Dark Douluo and ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to search for him.
• Tang Xiao learned that Tang Hao had been killed by Dark Douluo, then ordered seventy percent of the Clear Sky Sect’s disciples to search for him and recover the inherited soul bones.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Clear Sky Sect launched searches, making Dark Douluo famous across the Soul Master world.
• Qian Daoliu learned that Qian Xunye had killed Tang Hao and decided to grant him an elder position in a few years.
• Qian Xunye sensed that Dugu Yan had advanced from Soul Power Rank 12 to Rank 13 and decided to seek more talented Soul Masters to mark.

Qian Xunye visited Spirit Hall Academy and offered seven talented students the chance to become his nominal disciples and receive Dark Night Marks. Six accepted, while Hu Liena refused until Qian Xunye threatened her, then rejected her and let her flee; the six others received their marks.

• Qian Xunye summoned Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, Zhang Ping, Xu Yu, Sun Chuantao, and Li Kai to offer them resources and nominal discipleship.
• Yan, Xie Yue, Zhang Ping, Sun Chuantao, Xu Yu, and Li Kai accepted, but Hu Liena refused because she resented Qian Xunye for defeating Bibi Dong.
• Qian Xunye slapped Hu Liena, threatened to kill her, and released her after Xie Yue pleaded for her; Hu Liena begged for mercy and fled.
• Qian Xunye planted Dark Night Marks in the six new disciples and warned Yan not to become Hu Liena’s lapdog.
• Qian Xunye told the six to return to class and seek him out if they had cultivation problems.

After a year of training, Qian Xunye took ten-year-old Qian Renxue from the Hall of Consecration to begin real-world combat training. He brought her to Notting City, intending to capture Yu Xiaogang and use him to draw out Bibi Dong.

• Qian Renxue reached level 47 and greatly improved her combat skills after a year of special training with Qian Xunye.
• Qian Xunye persuaded Qian Renxue to leave the Hall of Consecration for dangerous field training, and Qian Daoliu agreed to let them go.
• After hearing the consecrators had failed to find Bibi Dong, Qian Xunye decided to use Yu Xiaogang as bait to lure her out.
• Qian Xunye sent Chrysanthemum Douluo to fetch Dugu Bo, whom he revealed was already under his command.
• Qian Xunye told Qian Renxue to disguise her Six-Winged Angel martial soul during their travels, and they headed for Notting City.
• Qian Xunye and Qian Renxue arrived in Notting City and set out for Notting Spirit Master Academy to find Yu Xiaogang.

Qian Xunye told Qian Renxue about Yu Xiaogang’s past relationships with Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong, then brought her to Notting Academy to capture him and draw out Bibi Dong. Qian Renxue kicked Yu Xiaogang out of his office window, leaving him furious and threatening to punish her.

• Qian Xunye explained that Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang had been lovers, and that Qian Xunji had opposed their relationship before the events that led to his death.
• Qian Xunye told Qian Renxue that Yu Xiaogang had later gotten together with Liu Erlong and abandoned her after learning they were cousins.
• Qian Xunye and Qian Renxue went to Notting Academy, where Qian Renxue blasted past the gatekeeper and entered the teachers’ building.
• Qian Renxue kicked open Yu Xiaogang’s office door and sent him flying through the third-floor window with a kick to the face.
• Yu Xiaogang landed in the dirt as students watched, then angrily demanded that Qian Renxue summon her teacher and parents.

Qian Renxue defeated Yu Xiaogang and dragged him to Qian Xunye, who threatened to strip and hang him from Notting City’s walls. Yu Xiaogang tried to invoke his connections and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but Qian Xunye broke his leg and showed no fear.

• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao and attacked Qian Renxue, but she dodged his soul skill and knocked out a tooth with a punch.
• Qian Renxue pinned Yu Xiaogang beneath her foot, then dragged him to Qian Xunye.
• Qian Xunye stepped on Yu Xiaogang’s head and threatened to strip and hang him from Notting City’s walls.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened them with his Soul Sage friend, so Qian Xunye crushed his left leg.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would retaliate because he was Yu Yuanzhen’s son, but Qian Xunye remained unafraid.

Qian Xunye dragged Yu Xiaogang through Notting City and forced City Lord Xiao to hang him from the city wall for ten days. As Qian Xunye arranged to publicize Yu Xiaogang’s humiliation, he waited to see whether Bibi Dong would come to save him.

• Qian Renxue revealed her four-ring cultivation and defeated Notting Academy’s principal with one punch.
• Qian Xunye dragged Yu Xiaogang through the city, silenced him with a slap, and confronted City Lord Xiao at the gates.
• Qian Xunye overwhelmed City Lord Xiao and his soldiers with soul pressure, then ordered them to strip Yu Xiaogang and hang him from the city wall.
• Qian Xunye settled beneath the wall while Qian Renxue went to explore the city, and he warned Yu Xiaogang that he would die if no one rescued him within ten days.
• Qian Xunye ordered Ghost Douluo to spread news of Yu Xiaogang’s punishment, hoping to draw Bibi Dong out.

Flander, Liu Erlong, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan responded to Yu Xiaogang’s public torture, while Bibi Dong also headed for Notting City. A week later, Flander arrived to rescue Yu Xiaogang and confronted Qian Xunye.

• Flander learned that Yu Xiaogang had been captured and flew alone from Shrek Academy to Notting City.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered Yu Luomian to lead a hundred Blue Lightning Clan disciples to retrieve Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong joined them.
• Bibi Dong heard of Yu Xiaogang’s plight and left her hidden cave for Notting City.
• Tang San, staying hidden in a Notting City orphanage, watched Qian Xunye and vowed to avenge his father.
• After a week of torture, Yu Xiaogang spotted Flander approaching, and Qian Xunye prepared to face him.
• Flander stopped outside Notting City, saw Yu Xiaogang’s condition, and angrily demanded that Qian Xunye answer for it.

Qian Xunye instantly killed Flender, a Soul Sage who had come to rescue Yu Xiaogang, and stunned everyone in Notting City. As the soldiers collected Flender’s body, Qian Xunye sensed a stronger group approaching.

• Yu Xiaogang celebrated Flender’s arrival, while Flender promised to rescue him and kill Qian Xunye.
• Flender revealed his seven soul rings and attacked Qian Xunye with his fourth soul skill, Eagle Wing Slash.
• Qian Xunye vanished, appeared above and behind Flender, and killed him with a single kick without releasing his Martial Soul.
• The people of Notting City panicked in amazement, and Yu Xiaogang suspected Qian Xunye was a Titled Douluo.
• Qian Xunye told the soldiers to remove Flender’s body, then sensed a group of stronger newcomers approaching.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan arrived in Notting City to rescue Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong led an attack against Qian Xunye. Qian Xunye faced the clan’s forces and began his counterattack, leaving Liu Erlong gravely injured with a single punch.

• Liu Erlong arrived with a hundred Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon soul masters, saw Yu Xiaogang on the city wall, and ordered her forces to slaughter the city.
• Yu Luomian appeared and challenged Qian Xunye, then ordered the Blue Lightning Clan fighters to attack him.
• Qian Xunye declared that he would kill to his heart’s content as Liu Erlong charged at him.
• Qian Xunye punched Liu Erlong, causing her left arm to explode and blasting her a hundred meters away, half-dead.

Qian Xunye revealed himself as a powerful Title Douluo and slaughtered nearly all the Blue Lightning clan members in Notting City. He defeated Yu Luomian and, at the chapter’s end, lifted the wounded Yu Luomian and Liu Erlong by their throats as Yu Luomian threatened him with the clan’s retaliation.

• Qian Xunye killed the Blue Lightning Soul Sages in seconds, while Yu Luomian activated his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked him.
• Qian Xunye revealed his Dark Angel Martial Soul and eight black and one red soul rings, shocking Yu Luomian and the other Blue Lightning clan members.
• Yu Luomian ordered his clansmen to flee and tried to hold Qian Xunye back, but Qian Xunye broke through his suppression and used Dark Wings to kill nearly a hundred clan members.
• Qian Xunye killed the last fleeing clansmen, then defeated Yu Luomian’s Blue Lightning Purple Dragon Annihilation with his Dark Sword.
• Qian Xunye seized the gravely wounded Yu Luomian and Liu Erlong by the throats, and Yu Luomian warned him that the clan leader would retaliate.

Qian Xunye killed Liu Erlong and Yu Luomian, then waited in Notting City as word spread that the Dark Douluo had slain a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan leader. In Sunset Forest, Chrysanthemum Douluo defeated Dugu Bo and ordered him to go to Notting City under Qian Xunye’s command.

• Qian Xunye crushed Liu Erlong’s and Yu Luomian’s necks after declaring he would wipe out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Xiaogang despaired over their deaths, while Qian Xunye returned to the wall and said eight days remained.
• Tang San heard the crowd discuss the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s power and hoped they would avenge him.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo found Dugu Bo in Sunset Forest, but both men revealed they possessed the Dark Night Mark.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo overpowered and beat Dugu Bo, then told him to accompany him to Notting City on Qian Xunye’s orders.

Qian Xunye received Dugu Bo’s resources and recruited soul masters, then prepared to destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and waited for Bibi Dong to save Yu Xiaogang. When she failed to appear by the deadline, Qian Xunye ordered Yu Xiaogang’s execution.

• Dugu Bo and Chrysanthemum Douluo reached Notting City and reported to Qian Xunye, bringing whale glue, news of Night Temple, and two hundred recruited soul masters.
• Dugu Bo told Qian Xunye about Long Potian, a Dark Dragon Soul Douluo who had a grudge against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Qian Xunye ordered him to prepare for the clan’s destruction.
• Qian Xunye taught Dugu Bo to transfer his poison into a soul bone, then gave him Dark-Scaled Venomgrass, helping him reach level 92.
• Qian Xunye waited until six o’clock on the fifteenth day for Bibi Dong, but she did not come to save Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Xunye had soldiers tie Yu Xiaogang to a cross and called for a sword to execute him.

Qian Xunye executed Yu Xiaogang after Bibi Dong chose not to risk walking into his ambush, then set out to destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Near the clan’s territory, he met Long Potian, whose Dark Dragon martial soul began mutating after Qian Xunye granted him the Dark Night Mark.

• Qian Xunye severed Yu Xiaogang’s limbs and threatened to kill him, but the Rakshasa God warned Bibi Dong that rescuing him would lead her into an ambush.
• Bibi Dong abandoned Yu Xiaogang, and Qian Xunye beheaded him and burned his corpse to prevent his revival.
• Qian Xunye ordered Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Dugu Bo to join him in destroying the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then departed the next morning with Qian Renxue and the others.
• Five days later, Long Potian met Qian Xunye’s group near the clan’s territory and revealed his Dark Dragon martial soul.
• Qian Xunye placed a Dark Night Mark on Long Potian, and Long Potian’s martial soul mutated when he unlocked the second seal.

Qian Xunye empowered Long Potian with Dark Night Power and led him, Dugu Bo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo to attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. After breaking through the clan gates, Qian Xunye confronted Yu Yuanzhen, who was overwhelmed by his power.

• Long Potian's Martial Soul evolved into the Dark Holy Dragon, and he vowed to help Qian Xunye destroy the Blue Lightning Clan.
• Qian Xunye left Qian Renxue behind and led the others to the Blue Lightning Clan, where Ghost Douluo threw Yu Luomian's head before the gates.
• Qian Xunye punched through the clan gates and ordered Dugu Bo to conceal himself and poison the clan members while the others attacked.
• Yu Yuanzhen learned Yu Luomian was dead, gathered his clan, and prepared to fight as Qian Xunye appeared above the hall and collapsed its ceiling.
• Yu Yuanzhen attacked Qian Xunye with his Rank 95 power, but Qian Xunye's darkness overwhelmed him.