Chapter Summaries

Yuwen Tuo met Jin Peng outside Mingdu and explained that he had exposed Xu Tianran as the murderer behind the village massacre. Though Jin Peng urged him to return to the Body Sect for safety, Yuwen Tuo chose to continue investigating and headed with him to Demon Forest.

• Yuwen Tuo and Meng Hongchen flew from Mingdu and met Jin Peng, who had come to escort Yuwen Tuo.
• Jin Peng questioned Yuwen Tuo about Meng Hongchen and warned him not to betray Xiao Xiao.
• Yuwen Tuo told Jin Peng that he had confronted Xu Tianran after discovering his role in the massacre, and Jin Peng urged him to return to the Body Sect.
• Yuwen Tuo refused to leave before uncovering who had carried out the massacre and explained that he had requested the sect's help for protection.
• Yuwen Tuo sent Meng Hongchen back to Mingdu because his next steps involved Body Sect secrets.
• Yuwen Tuo and Jin Peng flew toward Demon Forest to continue the investigation.

Yuwen Tuo revealed that he planned to find a newly matured Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant to summon freely, and he and Jin Peng entered the Demon Forest to locate one. Yuwen Tuo lured out a young Fire Evil Tyrant and began fighting it, hoping to use it to find his true target.

• Yuwen Tuo told Jin Peng that he wanted a Hundred-Thousand-Year soul beast he could summon without Snow Empress's long cooldown, and named a Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant as his target.
• Yuwen Tuo explained that finding a Fire Evil Tyrant would lead him to the Evil Emperor's son, a pure spiritual-type Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant.
• Yuwen Tuo and Jin Peng traveled toward the Demon Forest's hottest region, where Yuwen Tuo used his Fire Elephant Martial Soul to attract fire-attribute soul beasts.
• A Fire Evil Tyrant with spiritual, fire, and corrosion attributes sensed Yuwen Tuo's flames and attacked him, while Jin Peng concealed himself.
• The Fire Evil Tyrant's Mental Field failed to affect Yuwen Tuo, who drew the Noble Carriage Sword and activated Sword Domain; the beast then launched Mental Ray.

Yuwen Tuo captured a Fire Evil Tyrant and drew out its leader, a powerful Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant. After the Evil Eye Tyrant nearly broke through Yuwen Tuo’s defenses, Jin Peng arrived to protect him.

• Yuwen Tuo burned the Fire Evil Tyrant’s soul with Extreme Cold Flame, severed its tentacles, and bound it with icy sword threads.
• Yuwen Tuo recovered while the Fire Evil Tyrant called for help, then resisted a negative-emotion illusion using the Ice Empress skull bone and his Yin Yang Demon Eyes.
• The Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant appeared and attacked Yuwen Tuo with silver mental-energy waves that nearly shattered the One Foot Sword Domain.
• The Ice Empress warned Yuwen Tuo about the Evil Eye Tyrant’s extraordinary Mental Power, and Yuwen Tuo recognized that fighting it could drain the power he needed for the Subduing and Transforming Technique.
• Jin Peng dropped from the sky and stomped on the Evil Eye Tyrant’s eye, revealing his Super Douluo strength and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Yuwen Tuo and Jin Peng ambushed and defeated the Evil Eye Tyrant before it could call its father, the Evil Emperor. Yuwen Tuo absorbed its Soul Ring as his Xuanyuan Sword's fourth ring and gained two new skills, then thanked Jin Peng and promised to introduce him to his master.

• Jin Peng used Golden Light Breaking Dawn to seal the Evil Eye Tyrant's body and Mental Power after Yuwen Tuo warned that it was the Evil Emperor's son.
• Yuwen Tuo crippled the Evil Eye Tyrant's spiritual origin with his sword techniques and used the Subduing and Transforming Technique to subdue its body.
• Yuwen Tuo refused to enslave the Evil Eye Tyrant's soul, separated its body from its soul, and gained its red Soul Ring as the Xuanyuan Sword's fourth ring.
• Yuwen Tuo endured the Soul Ring's soul tremor with help from the Ice Empress, the Snow Empress, and Life Gold, then obtained the Soul Skills Soul Sacrifice and Annihilation.
• Jin Peng praised Yuwen Tuo's cultivation method, and Yuwen Tuo promised to introduce him to his master.

Yuwen Tuo and Jin Peng escaped the Demon Forest after the Evil Emperor attacked them, with Jin Peng protecting them using his Undying Golden Body. In a valley, Yuwen Tuo found he could not absorb the Evil Eye Tyrant’s skull soul bone and arranged to exchange it for soul bones for himself and Xiao Xiao.

• Yuwen Tuo grabbed the Evil Eye Tyrant’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and fled the Demon Forest with Jin Peng as the Evil Emperor sensed its son’s death.
• The Evil Emperor attacked the fleeing pair, but Jin Peng used his Undying Golden Body to shield Yuwen Tuo and help them escape beyond the beast’s mental scan.
• After flying for two hours, Yuwen Tuo and Jin Peng landed in a valley, where Jin Peng noted Yuwen Tuo was close to becoming a Soul Emperor.
• Yuwen Tuo revealed that the Evil Eye Tyrant’s soul bone was a skull, which he could not absorb because he already had a head soul bone, and offered it to the sect for Wei Na.
• Jin Peng agreed to exchange the skull for a Hundred Thousand Year soul bone, and Yuwen Tuo requested a Netherworld Wolf Right Leg Bone for Xiao Xiao instead of the Death Tyrant Dragon Right Arm Bone.
• Jin Peng approved Yuwen Tuo’s choice and promised to arrange the exchange for Xiao Xiao.

Yuwen Tuo lured Xu Tianran’s strongest loyalist into ambushing him, then used the prepared Evil Eye to counter Xue Chen’s Shadow Doppelgangers. The confrontation remained unresolved as Xue Chen’s attack was wiped out.

• Yuwen Tuo sent Jin Peng away and said he would find another place to obtain his sixth soul ring before settling his grudge with the Evil Emperor.
• After recovering his Soul Power, Yuwen Tuo deliberately returned alone toward Mingdu to draw out Xu Tianran’s assassin.
• Xu Tianran decided that Yuwen Tuo threatened his claim to the throne and ordered his death.
• Less than thirty li from Mingdu, Xue Chen attacked Yuwen Tuo, who identified him as Xu Tianran’s most powerful loyalist.
• Xue Chen used Shadow Doppelgangers to strike from four directions, but Yuwen Tuo summoned the prepared Evil Eye and its Soul Power and spiritual energy annihilated the copies.

Yuwen Tuo used the hundred-thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrant’s abilities and his Yin Yang Demon Eyes to overpower Shadow Douluo Xue Chen. After dismantling Xue Chen’s Soul Tools, he countered his ultimate attack with Evil Eye Gaze, leaving the battle’s victor decided.

• Yuwen Tuo revealed a hundred-thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrant and used its Mental Field to disorient Xue Chen.
• Xue Chen activated Shadow Demon True Body and tried to evade the Tyrant’s attacks, but Yuwen Tuo read his movements and predicted his soul skills.
• Xue Chen used Shadow Doppelganger and drew his Level 9 Soul Tool Shadow Daggers to prepare Shadow Night Thousand Mile Slash.
• Yuwen Tuo used Longevity Mountain Copper to dismantle the Shadow Daggers before Xue Chen could attack.
• Xue Chen launched Shadow Night Thousand Mile Slash, but the Evil Eye Tyrant’s Evil Eye Gaze overwhelmed it and engulfed him.

Yuwen Tuo killed Xue Chen and recovered before returning to Mingdu with Xue Chen’s head as a gift for Xu Tianran. He confronted the Crown Prince at the Crown Prince Eastern Palace, where his public challenge risked provoking a new clash.

• Yuwen Tuo overcame Xue Chen’s restraint, killed him with the Flame Emperor Blade, and burned his body to ashes.
• Yuwen Tuo collected Xue Chen’s dark-attribute soul bone and put his head in a box for Xu Tianran.
• Yuwen Tuo meditated for a day and restored his Sea of Consciousness while Meng Hongchen, Jing Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Xu Tianran waited for his return.
• Yuwen Tuo entered the imperial palace and told the guards he was going to see the dead eunuch, leaving them to realize he meant Xu Tianran.
• Yuwen Tuo reached the Crown Prince Eastern Palace and loudly insulted Xu Tianran, demanding that he come out.

Yuwen Tuo publicly exposed Xu Tianran’s infertility and mocked him outside the Eastern Palace, prompting the Sun Moon Emperor to question whether Xu Tianran could remain crown prince. Xu Tianran attacked Yuwen Tuo, but Yuwen Tuo blocked the Destruction beam with Jing Hongchen’s Rank 9 defensive Soul Tool, Hongchen’s Blessing.

• The Sun Moon Emperor heard Yuwen Tuo insult Xu Tianran and ordered Xu Tianyuan to accompany him to the Eastern Palace.
• Xu Tianran revealed his Soul Douluo strength in anger, then ordered a palace maid to wheel him outside to confront Yuwen Tuo.
• Yuwen Tuo loudly described Xu Tianran’s infertility and disability, making the Sun Moon Emperor suspect that Xu Tianran could not have children.
• Yuwen Tuo taunted Xu Tianran about Ju Zi and offered him a gift, further enraging the crown prince.
• Xu Tianran’s Purple Emperor Heaven Destroying Dragon attacked Yuwen Tuo with a Destruction beam, but Hongchen’s Blessing blocked it.

Yuwen Tuo exposed Xu Tianran’s condition before the emperor and Xu Tianyuan, then presented Xu Tianran with the severed head of the Titled Douluo sent to assassinate him. The emperor ordered the secret concealed, while Xu Tianran recognized his dead subordinate and faced Yuwen Tuo’s taunt.

• Xu Tianran attacked Yuwen Tuo after seeing Jing Hongchen give him Hongchen's Blessing, but the emperor and Xu Tianyuan intervened.
• Yuwen Tuo challenged Xu Tianyuan to examine Xu Tianran and verify his claim that Xu Tianran was impotent because of damaged lower-body meridians.
• Xu Tianran stammered when questioned by the emperor, convincing him and Xu Tianyuan that Yuwen Tuo’s accusation was likely true.
• The emperor sealed off the Eastern Palace and ordered Yuwen Tuo to keep Xu Tianran’s condition secret.
• Yuwen Tuo revealed that he had killed an assassin on the way back from the Demon Forest and tossed the assassin’s head before Xu Tianran.
• Xu Tianran recognized the head as Xue Chen, the Shadow Douluo he had sent to kill Yuwen Tuo, and Yuwen Tuo taunted him about the gift.

Yuwen Tuo revealed that he had killed Shadow Douluo Xue Chen and offered to atone for it at court, strengthening the impression that he meant to challenge Xu Tianran for the throne. The Emperor ordered Xu Tianran investigated, while Yuwen Tuo returned to Illustrious Virtue Hall and recounted the incident to Jing Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.

• Yuwen Tuo told the Emperor, Xu Tianyuan, and Xu Tianran that he had killed Shadow Douluo Xue Chen, and he presented Xue Chen's severed head as a gift.
• Yuwen Tuo apologized for killing a Titled Douluo and said he would seek a chance to atone through merit at court the next day.
• The Emperor ordered Xu Tianran to accompany him and told Xu Tianyuan to summon physicians and seal off the Eastern Palace.
• Yuwen Tuo returned to Illustrious Virtue Hall and told Jing Hongchen and Meng Hongchen what had happened in the Eastern Palace.
• Jing Hongchen reassured Meng Hongchen that Yuwen Tuo had his own plans, while Yuwen Tuo went to his room to sleep.

Xu Tianran brooded over Yuwen Tuo’s rise and his own exposed secret while Ju Zi warned him against seeking dangerous allies and vowed to help him claim the throne. At court, Yuwen Tuo presented Shadow Douluo Xue Chen’s head and asked the Sun Moon Emperor for authority to earn merit, leaving the emperor receptive to using him as a rival to Xu Tianran.

• Xu Tianran lamented that Yuwen Tuo had killed Xue Chen and revealed that he could not perform as a man, then considered using the power of a group Ju Zi warned him not to approach.
• Ju Zi urged Xu Tianran to avoid giving the emperor grounds to replace him and promised to help him ascend the throne and unify the continent.
• Yuwen Tuo brought Xue Chen’s head to court and explained that he had killed the assassin while defending himself.
• The Sun Moon Emperor excused Yuwen Tuo, privately weighed supporting him against Xu Tianran, and noted that Xu Tianran’s condition had been confirmed.
• Yuwen Tuo requested an imperial decree granting him authority to perform tasks and atone for killing a Titled Douluo.

Yuwen Tuo secured an imperial decree granting him access to information on Evil Soul Masters and the right to execute them before reporting, unaware that the Emperor expected him to avoid the Holy Spirit Cult. After leaving Illustrious Virtue Hall for his Prince's Mansion, he found Meng Hongchen had decided to move in with him and publicly support his ambitions.

• Yuwen Tuo requested authority to kill Evil Soul Masters and access to the Empire's files on them.
• Xu Tianran supported the request, hoping the Evil Soul Masters would kill Yuwen Tuo in retaliation.
• The Emperor approved the decree, believing Yuwen Tuo would encounter only weak or independent Evil Soul Masters.
• Yuwen Tuo returned to Illustrious Virtue Hall and packed to move into the Prince's Mansion.
• Meng Hongchen brought her luggage and insisted on staying with Yuwen Tuo until her cold poison was cured, while declaring her support for him.

Yuwen Tuo rejected the chance to exploit Meng Hongchen’s belief that he wanted the Sun Moon throne, choosing instead to be honest with her. After leaving Illustrious Virtue Hall, he went to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to find Na Na.

• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress explained that others could mistake Yuwen Tuo’s attacks on the Crown Prince for a bid for the throne, and the Ice Empress suggested he use that assumption to seize power.
• Yuwen Tuo rejected the plan because he would not deceive Meng Hongchen and her allies or betray them after taking the throne.
• Yuwen Tuo told Meng Hongchen he had no interest in becoming emperor and warned her to stop trying to help him fight for the throne.
• Meng Hongchen asked why Yuwen Tuo had targeted the Crown Prince, but he left Illustrious Virtue Hall without explaining his reasons.
• Yuwen Tuo visited the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and learned that Na Na was testing a new Soul Tool at the testing grounds.

Yuwen Tuo sought out Na Na and revealed that he knew how the Holy Spirit Cult had taken her parents’ souls and forced her to join them. He promised to rescue her parents and asked her to provide intelligence on the Evil Soul Masters, leaving Na Na willing to serve him if he succeeded.

• Yuwen Tuo appeared in the Soul Tool testing grounds and caught Na Na’s Crimson Flame Blade between two fingers before it could strike him.
• Yuwen Tuo introduced himself to Na Na and took her to her room to speak privately.
• Yuwen Tuo recounted how the Holy Spirit Cult had corrupted Na Na’s mother, taken her parents’ souls, and coerced Na Na into joining them.
• Yuwen Tuo asked Na Na to share everything she knew about the Evil Soul Masters and promised to rescue her parents’ souls.
• Na Na knelt and vowed to serve Yuwen Tuo for life if he rescued her parents.

Yuwen Tuo destroyed a Holy Spirit Cult branch in Mingdu and learned that a larger branch lay in a hidden valley west of the city. After rescuing the dead civilians’ souls, he vowed to target the cult further.

• Yuwen Tuo attacked the courtyard openly with the Noble Carriage Sword and killed the Evil Soul Masters, including Second Holy Spirit, while leaving Great Holy Spirit alive.
• Yuwen Tuo tortured Great Holy Spirit with Holy Dao Power until he killed himself, then captured his soul with the Yin Yang Demon Eyes and threatened him with Hellfire.
• Great Holy Spirit revealed that Mingdu had three branches and that a higher-ranking branch guarded by one of the Eight Great Elders was in a hidden valley fifty li west of the city.
• Yuwen Tuo scattered Great Holy Spirit’s soul, found Na Na’s parents’ souls, and guided the other dead civilians onward.
• Yuwen Tuo took Na Na’s parents’ souls back so they could see her and vowed to continue destroying the Holy Spirit Cult.

Yuwen Tuo returned to his mansion after slaughtering the Holy Spirit Church’s Mingdu branches and freed Na Na’s parents’ souls. After they departed, Na Na insisted on serving him, and he agreed she could accompany him when he left the Sun Moon Empire.

• Yuwen Tuo returned to his mansion after killing nearly a hundred Evil Soul Masters and planned to attack the Holy Spirit Church’s large branch outside Mingdu.
• Yuwen Tuo released Na Na’s parents’ souls, and Na Na embraced them with her Ghost Martial Soul before they departed in peace.
• Yuwen Tuo recovered his Soul Power and mental energy while preparing to pursue the Titled Douluo stationed outside the city and investigate a reported soul beast.
• Na Na thanked Yuwen Tuo and vowed to serve him, but he questioned why she would bind herself again after gaining freedom.
• Yuwen Tuo agreed that Na Na could accompany him when he left the Sun Moon Empire.

Yuwen Tuo and Na Na found the hidden Holy Spirit Cult branch altar in Nightmare Demon Valley, where Yuwen Tuo began slaughtering the Evil Soul Masters. The attack drew a Soul Saint in blood-bat form, who confronted him as the fight continued.

• Yuwen Tuo used his Yin Yang Demon Eyes to reveal the illusion hiding the valley and told Na Na to guard the retreat.
• Yuwen Tuo charged openly into the branch altar and killed the Evil Soul Master at its entrance.
• A group of Evil Soul Masters attacked, but Yuwen Tuo's Noble Carriage Sword and Demon Breaker suppressed their Martial Souls and cut them down.
• A Soul Saint transformed into a massive blood bat and dove at Yuwen Tuo.

Yuwen Tuo annihilated a branch altar’s forces and confronted Sleep Nightmare Douluo, the Holy Spirit Cult elder guarding it. After Sleep Nightmare recognized Yuwen Tuo’s connection to Shiwa Village and ordered his subordinates to attack, Yuwen Tuo summoned the Evil Eye Tyrant, shocking the elder.

• Yuwen Tuo used Soul Sacrifice to erase the Blood Bat Soul Saint’s attack, then killed the Soul Saint and dozens of Evil Soul Masters with Emperor Sword.
• Sleep Nightmare Douluo appeared with two Soul Douluo subordinates and offered Yuwen Tuo a place in the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Yuwen Tuo demanded to know who the cult had sent to Shiwa Village, and Sleep Nightmare realized who he was.
• Sleep Nightmare ordered his subordinates to kill Yuwen Tuo, and the Hypnosis Demon launched a mental attack.
• Yuwen Tuo summoned the Evil Eye Tyrant, leaving Sleep Nightmare stunned that a Ten Thousand Years Evil Eye was helping him.

Yuwen Tuo used the Evil Eye Tyrant’s mental abilities to defeat the Hypnosis Demon Soul Douluo and overpower Sleep Nightmare Douluo. As Sleep Nightmare Douluo unleashed his strongest nightmare skill, Yuwen Tuo answered with the Evil Eye Clan’s ultimate art, Time-Space Light, freezing the valley.

• Yuwen Tuo countered the Hypnosis Demon Soul Douluo’s mental attack and immobilized the werewolf with the Evil Eye Tyrant’s powers.
• Yuwen Tuo used the Evil Eye Tyrant’s tentacles to restrain Sleep Nightmare Douluo, kill the Hypnosis Demon Soul Douluo, and incapacitate the werewolf.
• Sleep Nightmare Douluo activated his Nightmare Demon True Body and attacked Yuwen Tuo with Realm of Falsehood, but Yuwen Tuo’s Yin Yang Demon Eyes saw through the illusion.
• Sleep Nightmare Douluo unleashed World-Destroying Nightmare, and Yuwen Tuo responded with Time-Space Light, freezing Sleep Nightmare Douluo and everything around them.