Chapter Summaries

After leaving the Icefire Yin Yang Well, Ling Jing and Ice Empress returned to Heaven Dou City as Xue Ye tried and failed to enlist the Clear Sky Sect against Spirit Hall. Tang Hao became distracted by thoughts of a beautiful woman he had met in the Star Dou Great Forest as he and Tang Xiao prepared to return to their sect.

• Ling Jing left Dugu Bo in the shadows to prove his loyalty and promised him Medusa's Skull, then departed the Icefire Yin Yang Well with Ice Empress.
• Ling Jing and Ice Empress arrived in Heaven Dou City, where the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had declined and Ning Fengzhi had avoided Xue Ye's invitations.
• Xue Ye met Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, hoping to secure the Clear Sky Sect's support, but Tang Xiao said only their father, the sect leader, could decide.
• Tang Xiao told Xue Ye that he and Tang Hao had come to visit the Strength Clan and would soon return to the Clear Sky Sect, leaving Xue Ye disappointed.
• Tang Xiao urged Tang Hao to return to the sect and report on Spirit Hall, but Tang Hao drifted into thoughts of the beautiful woman they had met in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Ah Yin traveled to Heaven Dou City after realizing her Mature Period cultivation made her harder for Titled Douluo to identify. There, Ling Jing recognized her as a transformed Soul Ferocious Beast, and the chapter ended with Ah Yin asking whether he planned to kill or imprison her.

• Ah Yin recalled meeting Tang Hao and Tang Xiao during their hunt and realized Tang Xiao had not detected her identity because her cultivation had reached the Mature Period.
• Ah Yin traveled to Heaven Dou City to seek new opportunities for cultivation while remaining wary of Spirit Hall.
• Ling Jing told Ice Empress they would travel south before returning to Spirit City for the Sect Ranking Tournament.
• Ling Jing spotted Ah Yin, and Ice Empress recognized her as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ferocious Beast.
• Ah Yin recognized Ling Jing and feared that Ice Empress would capture her, but Ling Jing approached and quietly acknowledged her identity.
• Ah Yin asked Ling Jing whether he intended to kill or imprison her for her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.

Ling Jing decided to keep Ah Yin and took her wrist, prompting Tang Xiao and Tang Hao to mistake the situation for coercion and confront him. The Ice Empress blocked the brothers with her overwhelming pressure as Ling Jing asked Ah Yin whether she knew them.

• Ling Jing told Ah Yin he intended to keep her but not kill her for her Soul Ring or Soul Bone, and Ah Yin stopped resisting under the Ice Empress's pressure.
• Tang Xiao led Tang Hao away from the Strength Clan's grounds and spotted Ling Jing holding Ah Yin's wrist.
• Tang Xiao mistook Ah Yin's calm expression for helplessness and shouted at Ling Jing to let her go.
• Tang Hao recognized Ah Yin and joined Tang Xiao as they marched toward Ling Jing.
• The Ice Empress stepped between the brothers and Ling Jing, releasing the aura of a Three-Hundred-Ninety-Thousand-Year Ferocious Beast that made them stop in shock.

Ling Jing learned that Ah Yin had only met Tang Xiao and Tang Hao once before they confronted him in Heaven Dou City. When Tang Hao demanded that Ling Jing hand Ah Yin over, the Ice Empress attacked, and the brothers summoned their Clear Sky Hammers.

• Ah Yin recognized Tang Xiao and Tang Hao as men she had met once in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Hao demanded that Ling Jing hand Ah Yin over, and Tang Xiao accused Ling Jing of using his status to take her by force.
• Ling Jing called the Ice Empress, while Ling Yuan and Dugu Bo moved to protect him.
• The Ice Empress struck at Tang Xiao with a powerful attack, forcing him to summon his Clear Sky Hammer and reveal his nine Soul Rings.
• Tang Hao summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and revealed eight Soul Rings as Ling Jing considered the uncertain future of Tang San.

Ling Jing watched Ice Empress overwhelm Tang Xiao and Tang Hao while explaining her identity as a Ferocious Beast to Ah Yin. Tang Xiao tried to help Tang Hao escape, but Ice Empress continued her attack, and Ah Yin realized that Ice Empress was also a soul Ferocious Beast.

• Ling Jing chose not to intervene as Ice Empress attacked Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, who had provoked them.
• Ice Empress dominated the brothers with her Eternal Frozen Domain, leaving Tang Xiao injured and Tang Hao badly wounded.
• Tang Xiao urged Tang Hao to escape and warn the Clear Sky Sect, but Tang Hao refused to leave without him.
• Ice Empress froze Tang Hao and struck at Tang Xiao again, revealing a jade-green phantom behind her.
• Ah Yin recognized Ice Empress as a soul Ferocious Beast, and Ling Jing explained how Ferocious Beasts could assume human form.

Ice Empress killed Tang Xiao, and Tang Hao begged Ling Jing to let him leave with his brother’s body. Ling Jing spared Tang Hao but ordered Tang Xiao’s corpse searched for Soul Bones and burned, leaving Tang Hao to depart vowing revenge.

• Ice Empress struck Tang Xiao down, and Tang Hao rushed to his injured brother.
• Tang Xiao told Tang Hao to return to the Clear Sky Sect, seal its gates, and avoid seeking revenge before dying in his arms.
• Tang Hao asked Ling Jing to let the matter end and allow him to take Tang Xiao’s body home.
• Ling Jing agreed to spare Tang Hao but demanded that Tang Xiao’s corpse remain behind as a criminal’s body.
• Tang Hao left Tang Xiao’s corpse and walked away, while Ling Jing ordered Dugu Bo to search it for Soul Bones and burn it.
• Tang Hao silently vowed to avenge Tang Xiao and make Spirit Hall pay.

Bibi Dong continued her trial in Slaughter City, where her winning streak and killing intent both grew as she remained focused on returning to Ling Jing. She reached sixty victories after killing every opponent in the arena.

• Bibi Dong worried that the killing intent she had accumulated in Slaughter City would make Ling Jing dislike her when she returned to him.
• Bibi Dong killed a man lurking outside her cabin, then returned and killed two men who had been discussing her.
• Bibi Dong entered the Hell Slaughter Arena for her sixtieth match, where nine opponents attacked her from different directions.
• Bibi Dong used her Soul Devouring Spider Emperor Martial Soul to kill eight opponents with her spider spears.
• Bibi Dong killed the sole surviving opponent, securing her sixtieth consecutive victory.

Tang Chen ordered his followers to recruit Bibi Dong and make her the Queen of Slaughter City, believing her growing killing intent would eventually force her to accept. In the God Realm, the Evil God mocked the injured Asura God over Tang Chen’s fall and asked what he would do after losing his inheritor.

• Bibi Dong won her sixtieth match, and Tang Chen sensed her strength from his dark hall.
• Tang Chen told the cold-voiced woman to recruit Bibi Dong, keep men away from her residence, and prepare to make her Queen of Slaughter City.
• The woman warned that Bibi Dong might refuse, but Tang Chen predicted that her suppressed killing intent would eventually drive her to accept.
• Tang Chen punished the woman with his blood-red power and drank from a pool of blood.
• The Asura God confronted the Evil God for interfering in the lower realm, while the Evil God mocked his injuries and asked what he would do without his inheritor.

Ling Jing returned to Spirit Hall with Ah Yin before the Sect Ranking Tournament, prompting Qian Xunji to question him about his recent exploits and the Clear Sky Sect’s silence after Tang Xiao’s death. Qian Xunji planned to watch for the sect’s reaction and notify Ling Jing when Bibi Dong emerged from Slaughter City.

• The Asura God realized Evil wanted him to pass his Godhood to her inheritor, rejected the idea, and left.
• Ling Jing returned to Spirit Hall at Soul Power Level forty-eight, bringing Ah Yin with him after giving Dugu Bo Medusa’s Skull, which helped Dugu Bo reach Level eighty-nine.
• Qian Xunji questioned Ling Jing about the Clear Sky Sect’s lack of response after Ice Empress killed Tang Xiao, and Ling Jing recounted how Tang Hao fled while Tai Tan was driven back by Ling Yuan.
• Qian Xunji said the Sect Ranking Tournament would reveal whether the Clear Sky Sect had reacted and reminded Ling Jing to wear his Holy Son attire.
• Qian Xunji promised to monitor Slaughter City and notify Ling Jing when Bibi Dong emerged, while Ling Jing remembered his attire and planned to maintain the secret chamber for her return.

Ling Jing attended the Sect Ranking Tournament opening with Qian Xunji as Spirit Hall maneuvered to reshape the sect rankings. Qian Xunji explained how Spirit Hall-backed sects could claim Upper Three Sects positions, while the Clear Sky Sect’s diminished team had yet to arrive.

• Ling Jing reviewed the tournament rules and joined Qian Xunji, Ice Empress, Ah Yin, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei on the platform overlooking Spirit Plaza.
• Ling Jing noticed Qian Jun and Jiang Mo competing with the Elephant Armor Sect, and Qian Xunji explained that Spirit Hall worshippers were representing allied sects.
• Qian Xunji revealed that Golden Crocodile Douluo was competing for the Holy Dragon Sect, while Azure Luan was with the Wind Sword Sect, as Spirit Hall sought to secure two Upper Three Sects positions.
• Qian Xunji said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might retain a position if it cooperated, and Ling Jing learned that Light Plume Douluo had been angered after losing the selection by drawing lots.
• Ling Jing asked about the Clear Sky Sect and learned that Tang Zhen and two elders had come to Spirit City, though the sect’s team had not yet appeared at the venue.

At the Sect Ranking Tournament, Ling Jing observed Tang Hao mourning Tang Xiao while Ah Jin promised to remain by his side. The Clear Sky Sect placed fourth in the opening Soul Power contest, and Tang Zhen chose not to challenge Spirit Hall over the suspicious results.

• Ling Jing saw Tang Hao arrive with Ah Jin and noticed that she seemed devoted to him despite his lingering feelings for Ah Yin.
• Tang Hao saw Ah Yin beside Ling Jing, accepted that she had chosen the Holy Son, and let Ah Jin comfort him.
• Qian Xunji opened the Sect Ranking Tournament and announced that three representatives from each sect would have their Soul Power measured before competing in the next contest.
• The Clear Sky Sect placed fourth behind the Elephant Armor Sect, the Holy Dragon Sect, and the Wind Sword Sect, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect ranked fifth.
• Tang Hao suspected Spirit Hall had boosted the three leading sects to push the Clear Sky Sect out of the Upper Three Sects, but Tang Zhen refused to expose the suspected fraud and ordered the sect to avoid provoking Spirit Hall.

Qian Xunji discussed Spirit Hall’s plans for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while Bibi Dong completed her hundredth victory in Slaughter City. She chose to walk the Hell Road rather than leave, despite Tang Chen warning that it meant certain death.

• Qian Xunji learned that the Clear Sky Sect accepted the tournament outcome without protest and continued watching the matches.
• A Red-robed Bishop told Qian Xunji that Ning Fengzhi offered a long-term partnership, and Qian Xunji explained to Ling Jing how he intended to gradually bring the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect under Spirit Hall’s control.
• Bibi Dong won her hundredth match in the Hell Slaughter Arena and resolved to kill Tang Chen after leaving Slaughter City and becoming a Titled Douluo.
• Tang Chen appeared before Bibi Dong, congratulated her, and offered her the choice to leave Slaughter City or attempt the Hell Road.
• Bibi Dong chose the Hell Road because she needed to complete her God Trial and obtain Divine Slaughter’s Domain, while Tang Chen struggled to restrain his desire to take her as Slaughter City’s queen.

Bibi Dong entered Hell Road after Slaughter King Tang Chen unleashed his power over Slaughter City. At the Sect Ranking Tournament, Ling Jing announced the final standings, leaving the Clear Sky Sect outside the Upper Three Sects as Tang Zhen vowed to seal its mountain gates.

• Slaughter King Tang Chen sent Bibi Dong into Hell Road, where his red light drove the arena’s spectators mad.
• Qian Xunji asked Ling Jing to announce the final Seven Great Sects rankings, giving him prestige and support for his future as Pope.
• Ling Jing announced the Holy Dragon Sect in first place and the Elephant Armor Sect in second place among the Upper Three Sects.
• Tang Zhen accepted that the Clear Sky Sect had failed to earn a place among the Upper Three Sects and declared that it would seal its mountain gates until it could challenge Spirit Hall.
• Ling Jing announced the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in third place, securing the final seat among the Upper Three Sects.

The Sect Ranking Tournament ended with Spirit Hall announcing a reshuffled ranking of the Seven Great Sects, while Bibi Dong escaped Slaughter City and completed the Evil God's second trial. The Evil God granted her a new Evil Domain and powerful rewards, including enough Soul Power to reach the Ninetieth Rank.

• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong felt relieved that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect kept its Upper Three Sects position.
• Qian Xunji announced the remaining rankings, placing Wind Sword Sect, Clear Sky Sect, Skywater Sect, and Star Crown Sect fourth through seventh, then declared the tournament over.
• Bibi Dong passed through the exit of Hell Road after completing its stages and encountered the Evil God in a white void.
• The Evil God replaced Bibi Dong's killing aura with the Evil Domain and confirmed that she had passed the second trial.
• The Evil God rewarded Bibi Dong with five Soul Power Levels, a God-Given Soul Ring, and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Wings External Soul Bone, bringing her to the Ninetieth Rank.

Bibi Dong received the Evil God's second God Trial rewards, gaining an External Soul Bone and a powerful God-Given Soul Ring. In Spirit City, Ling Jing's Soul Power also rose past the Fiftieth Rank, and he realized the increase was connected to his Soul Contract.

• The Evil God explained that he gave Bibi Dong generous rewards to strengthen her before she ascended to the God Realm, then began granting them.
• Bibi Dong's Soul Power rose from the eighty-fifth rank to the threshold of the Ninetieth Rank, and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Wings fused onto her back as an External Soul Bone.
• Bibi Dong changed her damaged clothes, bowed to the Evil God, and received divine power to form a God-Given Soul Ring that transformed into a red ring while the infusion continued.
• Ling Jing's Soul Power rose from the forty-eighth rank past the Fiftieth Rank, and he suspected the Soul Contract had caused the increase.

Ling Jing realized Bibi Dong’s breakthrough had strengthened him through their Soul Contract and went to meet her, while Bibi Dong began the Evil God’s third trial by returning to the Slaughter City to evolve her wings. The Evil God delighted in the prospect of her killing the Slaughter King, and the Kindness God worried about who would restrain the next Evil God.

• Ling Jing concluded that Bibi Dong’s god-trial reward had fed soul power back to him and set out to welcome her and obtain his fifth soul ring.
• Bibi Dong emerged from the Slaughter City with a 250,000-year ninth soul ring and learned that her third trial required evolving the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Wings into the Evil God Eight Wings.
• Bibi Dong reasoned that she needed to use the wings’ devouring ability on the Slaughter City’s evil inhabitants to complete the trial.
• Bibi Dong returned to the Slaughter City, determined to kill the Slaughter King and complete her trial before reuniting with Little Jing.
• The Evil God took pleasure in imagining the consequences for Asura and Rakshasa, while the Kindness God worried that the next Evil God would need someone to restrain him.

Bibi Dong returned to Slaughter City and discovered that devouring its inhabitants could evolve her Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Wings. After slaughtering the outer district, she grew a second pair of wings and entered the inner city, where cheers rose from the Hell Slaughter Arena.

• Bibi Dong devoured the patrons in the tavern and confirmed that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Wings evolved through devouring.
• Bibi Dong entered Slaughter City and used her Evil Domain to devour the fallen Soul Masters in the outer district.
• Bibi Dong grew a second pair of wings after clearing the outer district.
• Bibi Dong dealt with several guards and entered the inner city.
• Bibi Dong heard cheers coming from the Hell Slaughter Arena.

Bibi Dong returned to Slaughter City and began slaughtering its inhabitants to evolve the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Wings and change the city’s rules. As she devoured the crowds in the Hell Slaughter Arena, Tang Chen appeared to confront her.

• Bibi Dong returned to Slaughter City, killed Fallen Ones at the Hell Slaughter Arena entrance, and entered the inner city.
• Tang Chen learned that Bibi Dong had returned and was slaughtering the city, then decided to confront her.
• Bibi Dong entered the Hell Slaughter Arena and unleashed the wings’ Devouring force on the crowd.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Wings gained a second pair of wings as Bibi Dong devoured the arena’s spectators.
• Tang Chen descended into the arena, and his presence forced the purple Devouring shadow to contract.

Bibi Dong confronted the Slaughter King in Slaughter City, using her Twin Martial Souls and a hidden soul skill to counter him. She pierced him with her Evil Spear, whose Evil Aura weakened his Divine Slaughter's Domain.

• Bibi Dong challenged the Slaughter King and dodged his claw attack while continuing to devour Slaughter City's citizens.
• Bibi Dong revealed two blood-red Soul Rings on her Soul Devouring Spider Emperor Martial Soul and secretly placed Pain of Repayment on the Slaughter King.
• The Slaughter King released Divine Slaughter's Domain and attacked Bibi Dong with his killing intent.
• Bibi Dong switched to her Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul and summoned her ninth soul skill, Evil Spear.
• Bibi Dong's Evil Spear weakened the Slaughter King's Divine Slaughter's Domain, and sixteen spider spear phantoms struck his body.

Bibi Dong’s attack briefly restored Tang Chen’s consciousness and revealed that the Slaughter King was the legendary Earth Invincible, though Tang Chen had failed the Asura God’s eighth trial and remained parasitized by the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King. Tang Chen begged Bibi Dong to kill him before he lost control again, and the chapter ended with his urgent plea.

• Bibi Dong’s Evil Spear pierced the Slaughter King’s defenses, and the pain briefly returned Tang Chen’s consciousness.
• Bibi Dong devoured the fallen ones in the arena and grew a short third pair of wings.
• Tang Chen regained his original appearance and realized he had failed the Asura God’s eighth trial and become the Slaughter King while parasitized by the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King.
• Tang Chen asked Bibi Dong to kill him so the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King would emerge and Slaughter City could be restored.
• Bibi Dong recognized Tang Chen as Earth Invincible, and Tang Chen urgently told her to kill him before he lost control.