Chapter Summaries

Xie Yue questioned Tang San’s choice of Soul Ring and called Yu Xiaogang trash, prompting Tang San to doubt his teacher’s knowledge. Flender explained Soul Shock and revealed Yu Xiaogang had admitted he had not researched it, while Tang Hao also reconsidered leaving Tang San in Yu Xiaogang’s care.

• Xie Yue told Tang San that Blue Silver Grass already had the instinct to entangle and asked why he had used a Soul Ring to gain Blue Silver Entanglement.
• Xie Yue called Yu Xiaogang trash and told Tang San to ask whether he knew about Soul Shock, then left with his teacher.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang about Soul Shock, but Yu Xiaogang could not explain it and admitted he had not researched the subject.
• Flender explained that absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring caused Soul Shock and praised Yu Xiaogang’s strength, while revealing that Soul Shock was common knowledge among Soul Kings and above.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San not to believe Xie Yue and insisted he needed to cultivate beyond Blue Silver Grass, and Tang San agreed perfunctorily before they sought a place to rest.

After Tang San questioned Yu Xiaogang’s knowledge and ability, he resolved to keep relying on him for now while pursuing his own cultivation goals. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang reassured Xie Yue that a hidden Titled Douluo was no reason to delay their real mission, then revealed he had found a suitable Soul Beast.

• Tang San reflected on Yu Xiaogang’s limited strength and expertise but decided not to break with him before obtaining his second Soul Ring.
• Xie Yue praised Yu Xiaogang for defeating Flender and asked why he had spared Flender and the others.
• Yu Xiaogang told Xie Yue that a Titled Douluo was hidden nearby and that fighting the group would waste time.
• Xie Yue thought about how Yu Xiaogang’s guidance had helped him and Nana surpass Yan, then caught fish for their meal.
• After nightfall, Yu Xiaogang told Xie Yue that he had found a suitable Target Soul Beast and led him away.

Yu Xiaogang helped Xie Yue obtain a 5,200-year Shattered Moon Locust Soul Ring, then confronted Tang Hao, who sought advice about Tang San. Xie Yue successfully absorbed the ring and learned that his new Soul Skill could become more powerful as his physical attributes improved.

• Yu Xiaogang restrained the Shattered Moon Locust and let Xie Yue kill it to obtain his third Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang confronted Tang Hao, rejected his request for advice about Tang San, and told him that Tang San possessed the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Tang Hao left after sensing a fatal threat from Yu Xiaogang.
• Xie Yue absorbed the Soul Ring, reached Soul Power Level thirty-three, and demonstrated Thousand Moon Instant Kill.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that the Soul Skill combined moonlight Moon Blades with a speed mechanism whose repeated bursts placed a heavy burden on Xie Yue's body.

Yu Xiaogang explained how Xie Yue's Soul Skills complemented one another and taught him a derivative Self-Created Soul Skill through simulations. After nearly a month of training in the Soul Hunting Forest, Xie Yue gained an initial grasp of it, and they prepared to return.

• Yu Xiaogang explained how Xie Yue could combine Moonlight Instant Strike with Thousand Moon Instant Kill to make his attacks difficult to track and control his Moon Blades in combat.
• Yu Xiaogang showed Xie Yue simulations against Soul Kings and taught him a derivative Self-Created Soul Skill, while warning that his Soul Power, physical strength, and reaction speed limited its use.
• Xie Yue bowed to Yu Xiaogang in gratitude, and Yu Xiaogang decided to remain in the Soul Hunting Forest to train him.
• Over twenty-seven days, Xie Yue learned to vary his Soul Skill use and gained an initial, imperfect grasp of the new technique in actual combat.
• Yu Xiaogang told Xie Yue that he had learned enough for now and that it was time to return, so Xie Yue went to pack.

The Dark God and Asura God discussed Yu Xiaogang’s suitability for inheritance, while the Dark God persuaded the Light God to adjust her trials and capture a suitable soul beast for him. Ten-year-old Yu Xiaogang reached level forty and prepared to seek his fourth Soul Ring.

• The Asura God told the Dark God that Yu Xiaogang had to obtain the Inheritance Mark himself and explained the danger posed by the Gold Dragon King’s power when Yu Xiaogang absorbed the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King’s Divine Soul Rings.
• The Dark God visited the Light God and persuaded her to alter Yu Xiaogang’s upcoming Light Nine Trials and help capture a suitable Light-attribute dragon-type soul beast.
• Yu Xiaogang reached level forty at age ten, and the Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King estimated that he could absorb a Soul Ring of around fifty-eight thousand years.
• Yu Xiaogang decided that the two Dragon Kings’ Divine Soul Rings would become his sixth and seventh Soul Rings, then set out to obtain his fourth Soul Ring and advance to Soul Ancestor.

Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong to accompany him into Star Dou Forest to find a rare dragon-type soul beast for his fourth Soul Ring. As they began their search, the Dark God and Light God prepared to drop an injured Gilded Ancestral Dragon into their path.

• Yu Xiaogang told Bibi Dong that his father was in seclusion and asked her to join him in hunting for his fourth Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong arranged Spirit Hall's affairs, and the two traveled to the edge of Star Dou Forest with supplies for a lengthy search.
• Yu Xiaogang chose a route where dragon-type soul beasts often appeared, and Bibi Dong said she would begin her second Divine Trial after they returned.
• After finding no suitable soul beast that day, Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong made camp and took turns keeping watch.
• The Dark God and Light God discussed dropping an injured Gilded Ancestral Dragon into the Douluo Plane and arranging for it to fall into Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong's path.

Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong found a severely injured Gilded Ancestral Dragon in Star Dou Forest, and Yu Xiaogang absorbed its special Soul Ring as his fourth. After gaining a powerful new Soul Skill, he completed the first Light Nine Trial and received a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring reward as the second trial began.

• Light God and Dark God decided to wait before placing the dragon in Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong's path so the discovery would seem less suspicious.
• Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong searched Star Dou Forest for several days and discussed the limits of Yu Xiaogang's ability to absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong found a badly injured Gilded Ancestral Dragon, which the Dragon Kings identified as a sixty-thousand-year creature from another plane and a suitable fourth Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang killed the Gilded Ancestral Dragon and absorbed its special gilded Soul Ring while Bibi Dong guarded him.
• Yu Xiaogang reached Soul Power Level forty-three and gained the fourth Soul Skill Dragon Blood Ascension, which boosted all attributes by 100% and his first three Soul Skills by 50%.
• Light God announced that Yu Xiaogang had completed the first Light Nine Trial, awarded him a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring usable at level fifty, and began the second trial.

Yu Xiaogang completed the Second Trial of the Light Nine Trials and learned that his Third Trial required him to clear Slaughter City and obtain the Divine Slaughter's Domain. He prepared training plans for his students and decided to enter Slaughter City, while Bibi Dong agreed to take him there after they made arrangements.

• The Light God announced that Yu Xiaogang had completed the Second Trial, then set his Third Trial as clearing Slaughter City within two years and obtaining the Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Yu Xiaogang and the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King suspected the Light God and Dark God had brought the Gilded Ancestral Dragon to him for a purpose, and Yu Xiaogang connected Slaughter City to the Asura God.
• Bibi Dong worried about the danger of Yu Xiaogang entering Slaughter City, but he said his abilities would give him an advantage, and she agreed to take him there after they returned and made arrangements.
• Yu Xiaogang wrote training plans for Xie Yue, Hu Liena, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan, and planned to send Xie Yue to Slaughter City for experience after teaching him more Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to leave Yu Yuanzhen a letter before entering Slaughter City, while the atmosphere in the Papal Palace grew tense.

Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Hall hoping to meet Yu Xiaogang, but Bibi Dong forbade her from approaching him and took him to Slaughter City. After ensuring he entered safely, Bibi Dong warned the King of Slaughter that anyone who harmed Yu Xiaogang would die.

• Qian Renxue asked Bibi Dong to let her meet Yu Xiaogang, but Bibi Dong warned her and the Worship Hall not to lay a hand on him.
• Bibi Dong met Yu Xiaogang, received his training plans for Xie Yue and the others and his letter for his father, then left with him.
• At a tavern near Slaughter City, Yu Xiaogang killed the Fallen Ones and the bartender, and Bibi Dong broke open the entrance.
• Bibi Dong used Divine Slaughter's Domain to force the Terror Knight to give Yu Xiaogang a token and let him enter Slaughter City.
• Bibi Dong ordered the Terror Knight to take her to the King of Slaughter and threatened to destroy Slaughter City if anyone harmed Yu Xiaogang.

Bibi Dong warned the King of Slaughter not to interfere with Yu Xiaogang, then began her Second Dark Trial. Yu Xiaogang entered Slaughter City, learned its rules, and started his first Hell Slaughter Arena match.

• Bibi Dong threatened the King of Slaughter and made clear that she would protect Yu Xiaogang from interference.
• Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei to supervise Xie Yue and the others, deliver a letter to Sect Master Yu, and keep visitors away while she secluded herself.
• Bibi Dong connected with the Dark God's Divine Sense and began her Second Dark Trial.
• The Hell Envoy guided Yu Xiaogang through Slaughter City and explained its rules, including the Hell Slaughter Arena's path to freedom.
• Yu Xiaogang registered for a match, entered the arena with nine opponents, and revealed his Golden Sacred Dragon martial soul as the match began.

Yu Xiaogang entered the Hell Slaughter Arena and used his Soul Bone’s powers to defeat every opponent, winning ten matches in a row on his first day. With no contestants left to face him, he asked the Hell Envoy to take him to the residential area, planning to clear Slaughter City within half a year.

• Yu Xiaogang used Myriad Radiances Descend from Heaven to kill all nine contestants in his first match, revealing a power the fallen ones believed came from a Soul Bone.
• Yu Xiaogang asked the Hell Envoy about match limits and the rules for residing in the inner city, then immediately registered for another match.
• Yu Xiaogang restrained and killed nine Soul Kings with Sacred Radiance Prison and spears of light, earning his second consecutive victory.
• Yu Xiaogang continued fighting until he had won ten matches in a row, and the Hell Envoy told him there were no opponents left.
• Yu Xiaogang decided three matches a day would be enough and asked the Hell Envoy to take him to the residential area.

Asura God discovered that Yu Xiaogang had entered Slaughter City early and learned that Dark God had accelerated the plan to make him and Bibi Dong gods. When Asura God compared Yu Xiaogang with his other chosen inheritor, Tang San, he was baffled by how badly Tang San's cultivation and Soul Rings lagged behind.

• Asura God questioned Dark God about letting Yu Xiaogang enter Slaughter City early, and Dark God said Yu Xiaogang was strong enough to clear it.
• Asura God inspected Tang San and found that, at age ten, he was only Soul Power Level twenty-three and had weak Soul Rings compared with Yu Xiaogang.
• Asura God summoned Dark God and revealed that he had also chosen Tang San as a potential inheritor.
• Dark God inspected Tang San and agreed that he was nowhere near Yu Xiaogang's level.
• Asura God explained that he had compensated Yu Xiaogang for having only one martial soul by giving him a Gold Dragon King Origin Power Fragment, then wondered why Yu Xiaogang had taught Tang San so poorly.

The Asura God accepted that this Yu Xiaogang was nothing like the inheritor he had intended to observe, but agreed to continue supporting Tang San as a backup. In Slaughter City, Yu Xiaogang killed a Rank 89 Soul Douluo to claim his residence and a valuable Soul Bone, leaving the Hell Envoy convinced he carried multiple Soul Bones.

• The Dark God mocked the Asura God for mistaking Yu Xiaogang for the talented Soul Master they had been watching, and the Asura God agreed not to withhold anything from Tang San while concealing matters concerning Yu Xiaogang.
• The Hell Envoy brought Yu Xiaogang to Slaughter City's Inner City residential district and explained that residents could claim houses by killing their owners.
• Yu Xiaogang chose the central residence and attacked its owner, a Rank 89 Soul Douluo who used a Torso Soul Bone to form protective armor.
• Yu Xiaogang bound the Soul Douluo with Radiant Dragon-Pattern Chains and killed him with his spear, exploiting the fact that the armor did not protect his head.
• Yu Xiaogang took the man's 67,000-year Torso Soul Bone, while the Hell Envoy concluded that he must possess multiple Soul Bones.

Yu Xiaogang entered Slaughter City, where he killed a Soul Saint who tried to ambush him and took the man’s stealth Soul Bone. He registered for another Hell Slaughter Arena match, where the other contestants agreed to target him for his Soul Bones.

• Yu Xiaogang dismissed Hell Envoy and prepared to deal with a concealed intruder near his residence.
• Yu Xiaogang ambushed and killed the Soul Saint, then recovered the Abyssal Flow Stealth Left Leg Bone from the corpse.
• Yu Xiaogang warned the nearby onlookers that they could come for his Soul Bones, causing them to retreat.
• The next day, Yu Xiaogang registered for a Hell Slaughter Arena match and heard the contestants agree to target him.

Yu Xiaogang fought three consecutive matches in the Hell Slaughter Arena, winning the first through close combat and wiping out the next two with Sacred Radiance Prison. After leaving the arena, he found fallen ones waiting to ambush him and prepared to fight them.

• Yu Xiaogang defeated the first group of nine contestants with the Radiant Dragon Spear, earning his eleventh consecutive victory.
• The spectators learned Yu Xiaogang had entered three consecutive matches, and a second group of nine attacked him as soon as they entered the arena.
• Yu Xiaogang used Sacred Radiance Prison and Spears of Light to kill all nine contestants in the second match.
• Yu Xiaogang used Sacred Radiance Prison again to end the third match at once, then left the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• A group of fallen ones blocked the exit, and Yu Xiaogang raised the Radiant Dragon Spear and prepared to fight.

Yu Xiaogang counted the Soul Bones he had collected in Slaughter City and prepared to continue his winning streak in the Hell Slaughter Arena. As the crowd hailed him as the Saint Dragon King, he entered his next match aiming for his thirty-ninth victory.

• Rumors spread across Slaughter City that Yu Xiaogang had slaughtered more than a thousand attackers without showing killing intent and had won thirty-eight arena matches in a row.
• Yu Xiaogang counted three ten-thousand-year Soul Bones and seven thousand-year Soul Bones, planning to give the stronger ones to Xie Yue and the others and store the rest for the sect.
• Yu Xiaogang walked through the city toward the Hell Slaughter Arena as residents avoided him and called him the Saint Dragon King.
• Yu Xiaogang signed up for another match, and the nine opponents matched against him turned pale when they recognized his reputation.
• Yu Xiaogang entered the arena, completed Martial Soul Possession, summoned the Radiant Dragon Spear, and faced the crowd's cheers as he sought his thirty-ninth victory.

Tang Hao visited Tang San and revealed that his first martial soul was the Blue Silver Emperor inherited from his mother, then confronted Yu Xiaogang over giving it a poison attribute. He left Tang San determined to reach the Soul King realm to learn the truth about his mother, while Yu Xiaogang secretly resented Tang Hao.

• Tang Hao called Tang San away from the forge and took him to Yu Xiaogang's room to talk.
• Tang Hao asked Yu Xiaogang about the other Yu Xiaogang, and Yu Xiaogang admitted that the two were the same person.
• Tang Hao revealed that Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was actually the Blue Silver Emperor inherited from his mother, and promised to explain her fate when Tang San reached the Soul King realm.
• Tang Hao blamed Yu Xiaogang for adding a poison attribute to Tang San's martial soul and forced him to the ground with his pressure.
• Tang Hao spared Yu Xiaogang for Tang San's sake, while Yu Xiaogang privately resented him.

Tang Hao told Tang San that Yu Xiaogang’s advice was unreliable and explained that the Blue Silver Emperor should develop along the path of life. After Tang Hao left, Tang San returned to Yu Xiaogang, who tried to reassure him that his overall judgment had been sound.

• Yu Xiaogang resented Tang Hao’s criticism and blamed Yu Xiaogang for taking the Golden Sacred Dragon martial soul he believed should have been his.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to stop relying on Yu Xiaogang, confirmed that Xie Yue’s accusations were mostly true, and said Yu Xiaogang had copied knowledge from Spirit Hall and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Tang Hao advised Tang San to develop the Blue Silver Emperor along the path of life and said its first two Soul Rings could be removed if necessary.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that his Blue Silver Emperor had not fully awakened and promised to guide a Second Awakening when Tang San reached level fifty, then left.
• Tang San returned to Yu Xiaogang and concealed what Tang Hao had told him; Yu Xiaogang admitted his earlier judgment was mistaken but insisted his overall direction was right.

Yu Xiaogang convinced Tang San to trust his advice, urged him to graduate early with Xiao Wu, and planned to take him to Shrek Academy. Yu Xiaogang then traveled to Spirit City to meet Bibi Dong, entering Spirit Hall with the Supreme Pontiff Token after its guards initially turned him away.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to pursue a poisonous Soul Ring and claimed Bibi Dong could advise him on resolving the conflict between his Twin Martial Souls.
• Yu Xiaogang directed Tang San to apply for early graduation with Xiao Wu and said he would make Tang San captain at Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang traveled to Spirit City and was stopped by Spirit Hall guards, who dismissed him as a level twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster.
• Yu Xiaogang presented the Supreme Pontiff Token, prompting the guards to let him enter, and headed for the Papal Palace.

Yu Xiaogang used a Supreme Pontiff Token to flaunt his supposed status at Spirit Hall, but Qian Renxue challenged him and had him seized. Yue Guan recognized Yu Xiaogang as Bibi Dong’s former acquaintance and tried to explain his background without angering either Qian Renxue or Bibi Dong.

• Yu Xiaogang confronted two Spirit Hall guards for gossiping about him, then displayed a Supreme Pontiff Token and demanded they kneel.
• Qian Renxue questioned Yu Xiaogang about his martial soul and the token, then ordered the soldiers to seize him.
• Yu Xiaogang panicked and demanded to see Bibi Dong as the soldiers pinned him down.
• Yue Guan arrived, and Qian Renxue accused Yu Xiaogang of stealing the token and abusing its authority.
• Yue Guan told Qian Renxue that Yu Xiaogang was a former old acquaintance of the Supreme Pontiff.