Chapter Summaries

Li Xun crossed Hell Road’s first two trials, killing the Blood Bats, the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, and the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent with the Four Swords of Zhu Xian. He continued deeper into Hell Road without slowing.

• Li Xun stepped onto the narrow stone path over the magma-filled abyss and advanced through the first trial.
• A swarm of more than a thousand Blood Bats attacked Li Xun, and he slaughtered them with the Four Swords of Zhu Xian.
• The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King lunged at Li Xun, and he pierced all three of its heads before it fell into the magma.
• Li Xun entered the second trial and encountered the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent rising from the magma.
• Li Xun pierced the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s skull with sword energy, killing it, then continued into Hell Road’s depths.

Li Xun completed Hell Road and formed his own Divine Slaughter's Domain, then met the First-Generation Asura God and agreed to inherit his godhood. The Asura Nine Trials began, with Li Xun's first trial already marked complete and the second trial awaiting inspection.

• Li Xun crossed Hell Road's final stretch without being overcome by its murderous aura and entered the white void beyond the exit.
• Primordial slaughter energy gathered within Li Xun and formed his Divine Slaughter's Domain, while the First-Generation Asura God sent divine consciousness to him.
• The First-Generation Asura God appeared before Li Xun, who recognized him and agreed to undertake the Asura Godhood trials.
• The Asura God initiated the Asura Nine Trials, and the sword mark on the King of Slaughter's forehead vanished as a new mark appeared on Li Xun.
• Li Xun's first trial was declared complete with a five-percent increase in Asura God affinity, and the Asura God told him to inspect the second trial.

Li Xun completed the first stage of the Asura inheritance and accepted a one-year trial to obtain a hundred-thousand-year sixth soul ring. As he and Tang Hao headed for Spirit City, Qian Renxue refused Bibi Dong’s demand that she take Yu Xiaogang as her master, worsening the conflict within Spirit Hall.

• The Asura God ordered Li Xun to obtain a hundred-thousand-year soul ring as his sixth ring within one year, and Li Xun vowed to complete the trial.
• Li Xun returned from Hell Road and told Tang Hao he had received the Asura God's inheritance and would help resurrect Ah Yin.
• Tang Hao told Li Xun that the tournament finals were being held at Spirit Hall, and they set off for Spirit City.
• Qian Renxue rejected Bibi Dong's order to take Yu Xiaogang as her master and left the Papal Hall.
• Bibi Dong grew furious at Qian Renxue's defiance while Yu Xiaogang pretended to console her and secretly resented Qian Renxue.

After returning from Slaughter City, Li Xun reunited with his friends in Spirit City and learned that the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team had reached the semifinals. That night, Ning Rongrong visited his room in silk pajamas and teased him with a question.

• Li Xun arrived at the Welcome Hotel, where Dugu Bo, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and the others recognized him and welcomed him back.
• Li Xun described surviving two years in Slaughter City, winning a hundred consecutive matches, and completing Hell Road; he said Tang Hao had escorted him to Spirit City and was likely nearby.
• Dugu Yan and the others became confident that Li Xun’s return could help them win the tournament, then told him their semifinal against the Star Luo Empire Academy Team was next.
• The group discussed their opponents before dispersing to rest, and Li Xun relaxed in his room after years of constant vigilance.
• Ning Rongrong knocked on Li Xun’s door late at night wearing pink silk pajamas and asked if she was unwelcome.

Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling each confessed their love to Li Xun, unwilling to let the Heavenly Screen's prophecy about Qian Renxue decide their futures. Repeated knocks interrupted Li Xun's replies, and the chapter ended with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling having just confessed as another knock sounded.

• Ning Rongrong confessed that she loved Li Xun and asked whether he loved her; he reassured her that the Heavenly Screen would not define his destiny, but a knock interrupted them before they could kiss.
• Li Xun hid Ning Rongrong under the bed and opened the door to Zhu Zhuqing, who entered and confessed that she loved him and wanted to stay by his side.
• Another knock interrupted Li Xun's reply, so he told Zhu Zhuqing to hide under the bed, where she squeezed in beside Ning Rongrong.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling entered together and confessed that they both loved Li Xun and did not want to leave their feelings unspoken.
• A third knock interrupted Li Xun just as he was about to respond to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Shui Bing'er each confessed their feelings to Li Xun and agreed that they would not let the Heavenly Screen’s prophecy decide their hearts. Li Xun revealed that he and Qian Renxue had been together for eight years, leaving the five girls stunned and shaken.

• Li Xun hid Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling under the bed before letting Shui Bing'er into his room.
• Shui Bing'er confessed that she loved Li Xun and wanted to face the future by his side.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling crawled out from under the bed, and the five girls acknowledged their shared feelings for Li Xun.
• The five girls agreed that the Heavenly Screen’s prophecy would not make them give up on Li Xun.
• Li Xun accepted their sincerity but revealed that he and Qian Renxue had known each other and been together for eight years.
• The five girls reacted with disbelief and watched their confidence falter at Li Xun’s revelation.

Li Xun and the Heaven Dou Team arrived at the semifinals before the Papal Hall, where Bibi Dong appeared with four Titled Douluos and Yu Xiaogang. The chapter ended as the crowd questioned Yu Xiaogang’s place beside the Pope, while he proudly accepted the attention.

• Li Xun left with Tang San and the others after spending the night unable to give Ning Rongrong and the other girls a definite answer about their feelings.
• The four semifinal teams gathered before the Papal Hall, and the Spirit Hall Academy Team regarded Li Xun and the Heaven Dou Team with unease.
• Bibi Dong emerged from the Papal Hall to a roar of acclamation, accompanied by four Titled Douluos and Yu Xiaogang.
• The crowd whispered about why Yu Xiaogang was allowed to walk beside Bibi Dong, but she silenced them with a glance.
• Yu Xiaogang stood proudly beside the Titled Douluos and basked in the attention.

Bibi Dong announced three Soul Bones as the championship prize and began the semifinals, but the Heavenly Screen suddenly returned above Spirit City. Its first image showed Qian Renxue arriving at Li Xun’s villa in an unfamiliar world.

• Bibi Dong displayed three high-grade Soul Bones and promised them to the tournament’s champion team.
• Bibi Dong announced that Spirit Hall Team would face Shrek Team, while Star Luo Academy would face Heaven Dou Academy.
• The Heavenly Screen appeared over Spirit City just as Bibi Dong declared the semifinals underway.
• Soul Masters across the city reacted to the screen’s return, while Li Xun, Bibi Dong, Yu Xiaogang, and Qian Renxue watched it.
• The Heavenly Screen’s chat discussed the three future gods and Qian Renxue, then showed her arriving urgently at Li Xun’s villa.

The Heavenly Screen showed Qian Renxue visiting Li Xun and Gu Yuena in an Underground Laboratory, where Li Xun’s invention could ease the conflict between soul masters and soul beasts. The revelation left Spirit City’s spectators questioning the foundations of their world and wondering whether soul masters could advance without hunting soul beasts.

• Qian Renxue arrived at the Underground Laboratory, where Li Xun and Gu Yuena stood beside a precision instrument containing a calm thousand-year soul beast.
• Qian Renxue embraced Li Xun after he confirmed his invention was real, and she praised its potential to ease the conflict between humans and soul beasts.
• Gu Yuena thanked Li Xun for saving the Soul Beast Clan, and Li Xun promised to fulfill what he had promised her.
• The Spirit Hall Team and the Shrek Team stopped fighting as spectators across Spirit City reacted with disbelief to the future gods’ claims.
• Bibi Dong, Yu Xiaogang, the seven worshippers, and the Heaven Dou Team girls reconsidered what they had been taught about soul masters hunting soul beasts.

Li Xun revealed the soul spirit symbiosis system, which let Soul Masters bond with willing soul beasts without killing them and gave the beasts a path to keep growing and pass on their legacy. The revelation stunned humans and soul beasts alike, while Gu Yuena embraced Li Xun and the beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest began to hope for their clan’s future.

• Li Xun explained that soul spirits retained their consciousness and free will, cultivated alongside their Soul Masters, and faced lightning tribulations to extend their lives.
• Li Xun said a soul spirit could end its contract after its Soul Master died or remain to guard the family and pass on its inheritance.
• Gu Yuena tearfully thanked Li Xun, embraced and kissed him, and heard him promise to end the old method of cultivation.
• People in Spirit City, including Bibi Dong, Yu Xiaogang, the Worship Hall’s seven Worshippers, and the young women in the Heaven Dou Empire’s rest area, reacted with shock and praised the new system.
• Di Tian, Xiong Jun, Bi Ji, the Myriad Demon King, and the Scarlet King watched the Heavenly Screen and recognized the system as a possible salvation for the Soul Beast Clan.

Gu Yuena watched her future self fall in love with Li Xun, while Xu Changle sailed toward the Douluo Continent hoping to meet him. In the laboratory, Li Xun established the first Equal Soul Spirit Contract between his daughter Li Mushuang and a thousand-year Radiant Flame Tiger.

• Gu Yuena blushed as she watched her future self embrace and kiss Li Xun, and Di Tian praised him for giving the Soul Beast Clan a new future.
• Xu Changle learned that her ship was still two years from the Douluo Continent and ordered it to sail at full speed so she could meet Li Xun.
• Li Xun sent Qian Renxue to fetch their daughter Li Mushuang and asked Gu Yuena to find a suitable light- and fire-aligned soul beast.
• Qian Renxue brought Li Mushuang to the laboratory, while Gu Yuena returned with a docile thousand-year Radiant Flame Tiger.
• Li Xun established an Equal Soul Spirit Contract between Li Mushuang and the tiger, and her six-winged angel martial soul awakened with holy wings appearing behind her.

Li Xun’s successful Symbiotic Contract let Li Mushuang bond with the Thousand-Year Radiant Flame Tiger without killing or sacrifice, prompting the continent to recognize a new era of coexistence. The Soul Beast clan pledged itself to Li Xun, while Xu Changle resolved to travel to the Douluo Continent and see him in person.

• The Thousand-Year Radiant Flame Tiger bonded with Li Mushuang as her Soul Spirit while remaining alive and conscious, and Li Xun declared that Soul Masters and Soul Beasts could coexist in symbiosis.
• Viewers across the continent celebrated the successful contract and Li Mushuang’s powerful gifts, while Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang were left stunned by the overturning of their old order and theories.
• Di Tian, Bi Ji, and the other Ferocious Beasts bowed and thanked Li Xun, vowing to follow him for eternity.
• Aboard the Sun Moon Empire’s Ocean-Going Giant Ship, Xu Changle praised Li Xun’s achievement and declared that she would reach the Douluo Continent to pay her respects.