Chapter Summaries

Hai Ming warned Dugu Bo to stay quiet when asked to identify a poison, then offered to trade the Heaven Dou Empire a worthy reward for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. After treating Dugu Yan, Hai Ming headed to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to seek information about Slaughter City.

• Hai Ming told Dugu Bo that someone would soon ask him to identify a poison and urged him to keep quiet.
• Dugu Bo suspected Hai Ming was involved in the poisonings of the princes and feared Xue Ye might also be poisoned, but Hai Ming denied having anything to do with it.
• Hai Ming asked Dugu Bo to persuade the Heaven Dou Imperial Family to give him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud in exchange for a valuable reward.
• Dugu Bo brought Hai Ming back to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Hai Ming treated Dugu Yan and declined a banquet.
• Hai Ming decided to ask Ning Fengzhi for information about Slaughter City and set out for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Hai Ming traded an Immortal Herb to Ning Fengzhi for the location of Slaughter City and traveled to its entrance. At the tavern, he refused to drink the Bloody Mary and slaughtered the patrons, revealing a hidden passage.

• Hai Ming gave Ning Fengzhi an Aromatic Silk Beauty in exchange for information about Slaughter City, and Ning Fengzhi offered to have Sword Douluo escort him.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo discussed Hai Ming’s chances of surviving Slaughter City, while Sword Douluo agreed to deliver the Immortal Herb to Ning Rongrong.
• Hai Ming traveled for seven days to a strange Soul Master town near Star Dou Forest and entered its central tavern.
• Hai Ming ordered a Bloody Mary, recognized that it was human blood, and refused to drink it despite the patrons’ mockery.
• Hai Ming killed the taunting patrons with his fourth Soul Skill, and the tavern’s concealed entrance appeared behind the counter.

Hai Ming entered Slaughter City despite its rules and defeated the Abomination Knight, Malphite, without using Soul Skills. He learned that his token marked him as the nine-thousand-and-first living person in the city.

• Hai Ming walked through the passage into Slaughter City after discovering that his spiritual power could not penetrate its walls.
• Hai Ming masked his face and confronted Malphite and one hundred black-armored soldiers, who accused him of entering without following the rules.
• Hai Ming evaded Malphite's spear and knocked him off his warhorse with a punch, overcoming him despite having his Soul Skills sealed.
• Malphite acknowledged Hai Ming's victory and gave him a token numbered nine zero zero one.
• Malphite explained that the number counted the city's current living inhabitants, then cut off his own left arm and rode away with the soldiers.

Hai Ming entered Slaughter City and learned that the only way out was to win enough fights in the Hell Slaughter Arena to attempt Hell Road. After seeing the inner city’s violence and debauchery, he left his guide’s protection and attacked the men who tried to prey on him.

• Hai Ming entered Slaughter City and learned from his guide that Hell Road was the only way to leave.
• Hai Ming asked his guide to take him to the Hell Slaughter Arena and passed people weakened by offering Bloody Mary.
• Hai Ming entered the inner city and saw its residents engaging in violence and debauchery.
• Hai Ming moved more than five meters from his guide, prompting three men to attack him.
• Hai Ming smashed one attacker’s dagger and head, then prepared to deal with the other two.

The King of Slaughter learned that newcomer Nine Zero Zero One had won two matches and ordered two Soul Douluo-level opponents for his next fight. Hai Ming swiftly killed several opponents in the arena and recognized Tang Chen as the force testing him, preparing to use his hundred victories to gauge the King’s abilities.

• The King of Slaughter heard that Nine Zero Zero One had defeated the Knight Commander, won two arena matches, and killed a rank-sixty-four Soul Emperor in seconds, so he ordered two Soul Douluo-level opponents for the next match.
• Hai Ming entered his third Slaughter match as nine opponents surrounded him in the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• A burly veteran charged Hai Ming, who killed him and four other attackers within three seconds.
• The remaining opponents watched in fear as Hai Ming dismissed the dead as stagnant maggots and showed no remorse.
• The King of Slaughter sensed a god’s aura around Hai Ming and declared that he was king in Slaughter City.
• Hai Ming saw that his opponents had arrived and identified Tang Chen as the King of Slaughter, resolving to use his Hundred Victories to test the man’s cunning.

Hai Ming slaughtered his way to fame in Slaughter City, earning the title Living Yama and drawing the King of Slaughter’s attention. The King offered him freedom and status to keep him off Hell Road, but Hai Ming demanded that the King open it for him.

• Hai Ming won ten consecutive arena matches in three hours and left to avoid wasting time waiting for more opponents.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Chen Xin to wait outside Slaughter City and escort Hai Ming away when he emerged, giving him a six-month limit.
• Over three months, Hai Ming killed nine hundred arena opponents and at least two thousand fallen ones, becoming known as the Living Yama.
• The King of Slaughter appeared before Hai Ming and offered him the title of Slaughter God, free passage, and a guest elder position if he would avoid Hell Road.
• Hai Ming rejected the offer and asked the King of Slaughter to open Hell Road.

Hai Ming forced the King of Slaughter to open Hell Road and entered the deadly path beneath Slaughter City. He resisted the Blood Pool’s influence through his hatred and anger, then heard wings flapping in the darkness ahead.

• Hai Ming warned the King of Slaughter that greater powers stood above him, and the King agreed to let him enter Hell Road.
• The King of Slaughter turned the arena’s fallen spectators into sacrifices, opening Hell Road and transporting Hai Ming away.
• Hai Ming landed on a platform above a vast Blood Pool and recognized that its toxins were meant to drive challengers to madness.
• Hai Ming rejected Kyogre’s question about fear, explaining that his abhorrence of Slaughter City and anger at its disregard for human life overcame it.
• Hai Ming sprinted along the narrow path over the Blood Pool and heard wings flapping in the darkness ahead.

Hai Ming fought through the blood-red bats on Hell Road and used Sea God's Light to destroy the Three-Headed Bat King. With the path no longer under threat, he stopped to recover from the strain of his final attack.

• Hai Ming realized Hell Road curved downward and pushed through bats that could not injure him.
• The Three-Headed Bat King attacked and destroyed the path behind Hai Ming, leaving him at risk of being trapped.
• Hai Ming used Sea God's Light to blast two of the Bat King's heads, but it regenerated them by devouring bats.
• Hai Ming divided his remaining power into several attacks and destroyed the Bat King's last head as it tried to regenerate.
• Hai Ming's attack burned nearly all the remaining bats, and he sat down to recover from a sharp pain in his head.

Hai Ming quietly approached and killed the sleeping Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, then crossed the remaining stretch of Hell Road. He reached the final exit, only to find a thousand-meter Blood Lake between him and the opening above.

• Hai Ming found the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent coiled across the road, and Kyogre told him it was exhausted and asleep after shedding its skin.
• Hai Ming crept close and blasted the serpent through its open mouth, then raced over its body as it died and its corrosive golden blood destroyed the road.
• Hai Ming continued along Hell Road, resisting the heat and the evil force that stirred his killing intent.
• Hai Ming reached the exit's white curtain and saw that he still had to cross a churning Blood Lake to reach the opening above.

Hai Ming crossed the Blood Lake and climbed the cliff to escape Hell Road, then awakened Divine Slaughter's Domain after passing through the exit. He tested the domain's effects as he emerged into a cold, white world.

• Hai Ming used the Flame Slate as a raft and spent hours recovering Soul Power while crossing the Blood Lake.
• Hai Ming reached the cliff, climbed toward the cave exit, and stepped through its white curtain of light.
• Hai Ming collapsed in the cold white space beyond the curtain, then recovered as his spiritual power surged.
• Hai Ming activated Divine Slaughter's Domain, which increased his attributes by at least ten percent and could suppress opponents with weak spiritual power.

Hai Ming met Chen Xin after leaving Slaughter City and learned that Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul had evolved into the Nine-Treasure Glazed Pagoda. Chen Xin relayed Dugu Bo’s request to give him half a year, while Dugu Bo treated Emperor Xue Ye’s poisoning in Heaven Dou City.

• Chen Xin found Hai Ming after he emerged from Slaughter City and praised how quickly he had grown.
• Chen Xin told Hai Ming that Ning Rongrong had consumed the Aromatic Silk Beauty, gained more than six Soul Power ranks, and evolved her Martial Soul into the Nine-Treasure Glazed Pagoda.
• Chen Xin relayed Dugu Bo’s message asking Hai Ming to give him half a year and avoid interfering during that time.
• Hai Ming asked Chen Xin to take him directly to Vast Sea City instead of visiting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dugu Bo told Xue Xing that Emperor Xue Ye would have been beyond saving if the mastermind had poisoned him for another half a year.

Hai Ming returned to Sea God Island and prepared to absorb two God-Bestowed Soul Rings while telling Bo Saixi that he had met Tang Chen. Bo Saixi revealed her history with Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu, and Hai Ming left her with the news that Tang Chen was now neither human nor ghost and did not even know he was human.

• Hai Ming sailed back to Sea God Island on a fishing boat, using a thousand-year Sawtooth Swordfish as a mount for part of the journey.
• Hai Ming showed Bo Saixi his Divine Slaughter's Domain and said he had returned to absorb Soul Rings for his unfinished Fourth Trial.
• Bo Saixi presented Hai Ming with two God-Bestowed Soul Rings, and he began absorbing them while telling her he had seen Tang Chen.
• Bo Saixi explained that Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu had both confessed their feelings, and that she had said she would marry whoever became a god first.
• Hai Ming told Bo Saixi that Tang Chen was neither human nor ghost and did not even know he was human.

Shrek Academy’s team advanced through the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament preliminaries and set off for Spirit City to compete in the grand finals. As Tang San considered adding powerful Soul Rings to his Clear Sky Hammer, a sudden disturbance interrupted the carriage ride.

• Grandmaster explained the tournament rules and instructed Shrek’s team to conceal its strength during the preliminaries.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team, and Shrek continued winning while Tang San overcame Canghui Academy’s Seven-in-One Soul Skill Fusion Technique alone.
• Zhu Zhuqing silently missed Hai Ming as Ning Rongrong teased her and encouraged her to wait for his return.
• Shrek Academy’s contestants and instructors departed for Spirit City as the preliminary round’s first-place team, with three Soul Bones awaiting the champions.
• Tang San considered seeking greater power by adding Soul Rings to his Clear Sky Hammer, but a snort and a flash of purple in his eyes signaled that something had happened.

Black-clad attackers ambushed the teams traveling to Spirit City, and Spirit Hall’s Chrysanthemum Douluo and Gui Mei joined the assault on Tang San. Dugu Bo held the Titled Douluos back while Tang San’s group fled, but Loldia caught up before a blue-robed man struck him down and greeted Tang San.

• Black-clad attackers ambushed the Soul Master teams, and Tang San directed the Shrek Seven Monsters as they fought back with Godly Zhuge Crossbows.
• Loldia, a Soul Douluo, targeted Tang San, but the Dragon Duke and Serpent Grandmother intervened to protect their granddaughter, Meng Yiran.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo, Yue Guan, arrived and drove back the Dragon Duke and Serpent Grandmother, while Tang San ordered the Shrek Seven Monsters to retreat.
• Dugu Bo intercepted Yue Guan and Gui Mei, then told Tang San to lead the students away while he held off the two Titled Douluos.
• Loldia pursued Tang San’s group, but a blue-robed man struck him down with a blazing rock and asked Tang San why he always looked disheveled.

Hai Ming rescued the Shrek group and revealed six blood-red Soul Rings as he badly wounded the Soul Douluo Loldia. Sword Douluo Chen Xin joined Dugu Bo against Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, while Loldia was left barely able to stand.

• Hai Ming punched Loldia into the ground, stunning the Shrek group.
• Chen Xin told Hai Ming to handle Loldia, then joined Dugu Bo against Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
• Ghost Douluo threatened Dugu Bo and Chen Xin with the wrath of a powerful figure, but Dugu Bo and Chen Xin refused to back down.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo ordered Loldia to kill the Shrek group while he and Ghost Douluo held off Chen Xin and Dugu Bo.
• Tang San prepared Yama's Invitation as Loldia charged, but Hai Ming stepped forward and fired his sixth Soul Skill, Hyper Beam.
• Hai Ming's Hyper Beam left Loldia covered in severe wounds and nearly out of Soul Power, revealing Hai Ming's six blood-red Soul Rings to the watching fighters.

Ghost Douluo’s attack appeared to kill Hai Ming as he shielded the Shrek Seven Monsters, leaving Zhu Zhuqing ready to die beside him. Hai Ming then reappeared in front of her, alive and boasting that he was immortal.

• Ghost Douluo rushed to Loldia, then attacked Hai Ming with his fourth Soul Skill, Ghost Shadow, while Sword Douluo and Dugu Bo battled Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Hai Ming blocked Ghost Shadow with a golden barrier and grabbed Ghost Douluo’s hand, but the attack blasted him to pieces.
• Dugu Bo and the Shrek Seven Monsters believed Hai Ming had died, and Tang San led the group in a desperate escape from the battle’s shockwaves.
• Zhu Zhuqing shielded Ning Rongrong and gave up resisting, but Hai Ming appeared with two glowing stone slabs and tapped her head with his folding fan, declaring himself immortal.

Hai Ming survived Ghost Douluo’s attack and reunited with Zhu Zhuqing as Chen Xin drove off Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo. The group regrouped after the battle, and Hai Ming dismissed Ghost Douluo’s threat by thinking of his powerful backers.

• Hai Ming revealed that his sixth Soul Skill, Substitute, had saved him from the battle’s aftermath, and Zhu Zhuqing reacted with relief.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo urged Ghost Douluo to retreat, but Chen Xin attacked with his eighth Soul Skill, Twelve-Stream Slash.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo used their Soul Skills to block Chen Xin’s attack, then escaped with Loldia and threatened Tang San.
• Chen Xin checked Ning Rongrong, Dugu Bo departed, and Flender and Liu Erlong joined the group as everyone tended to their wounds.
• When Chen Xin asked what he thought of Ghost Douluo’s threat, Hai Ming dismissed it because Qian Daoliu had been his teacher’s simp.

Hai Ming discussed Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Bo’s suspicions about her hidden Soul Beast aura as the group traveled to Spirit City for the Soul Master Tournament. After arriving, Hai Ming chose to watch the matches from the viewing platform with Dugu Bo while sensing that Spirit Hall was watching him.

• Dugu Bo asked why Hai Ming had returned early, and Hai Ming reminded him of their planned meeting.
• Dugu Bo explained that he had become friends with Tang San through their shared knowledge of poison and had helped Xiao Wu conceal her Soul Beast aura.
• Hai Ming learned from Kyogre that Xiao Wu’s disguise could hide her Soul Power fluctuations from anyone below god level.
• Hai Ming sensed that a Soul Douluo had followed the group and believed that Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo could have suffered if he and Chen Xin had not intervened.
• Hai Ming and the others arrived in Spirit City, where the tournament academies had been accommodated.
• Hai Ming accepted Dugu Bo’s invitation to watch the matches from the viewing platform and noticed Spirit Hall’s people watching him.

Shrek Academy defeated Blazing Academy, but two substitutes were seriously injured, and Zhu Zhuqing was hurt during the match. Hai Ming reunited with Huo Yu and Shui Wutian, learned Spirit Hall might be targeting Shrek, and then confronted Zhu Zhuqing’s sister and the Star Luo Empire’s First Prince when they demanded she return home.

• Shrek Academy defeated Blazing Academy after a hard-fought match that seriously injured two substitute students and left Zhu Zhuqing with a minor injury.
• Hai Ming reunited with Huo Yu and Shui Wutian, who warned him that Spirit Hall’s troop movements suggested Shrek Academy had become a target.
• Zhu Zhuyun confronted Zhu Zhuqing and demanded that she return home, while Dai Weisi stood beside her.
• Hai Ming placed a hand on Zhu Zhuqing’s shoulder and revealed six scarlet Soul Rings, frightening Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi as he ordered them to move aside.

Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun planned to kill Dai Mubai during the Soul Master Tournament, while Spirit Hall investigated Hai Ming’s divine inheritance and learned he came from Sea God Island. The revelation spread through Spirit City, and an unseen figure in the Worship Hall planned to kill Hai Ming there.

• Zhu Zhuyun raged over Zhu Zhuqing’s insult, but Dai Weisi warned her that Hai Ming’s six Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings made him too dangerous to confront directly.
• Dai Weisi told Zhu Zhuyun to target Dai Mubai during the tournament, and Bishop Salas arrived to discuss Spirit Hall’s response to Hai Ming.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to contact Hai Ming and strengthen his ties with Spirit Hall.
• Hu Liena caught an arrow carrying a note that identified Hai Ming as a level-sixty-nine Battle Soul Emperor from Sea God Island, and Bibi Dong told her to use all her strength against Shrek Academy.
• The information spread through Spirit City, drawing spies around the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Shrek Academy.
• An unidentified figure in the Worship Hall recognized Hai Ming’s arrival and resolved to let him die in Spirit City.