Chapter Summaries

Shui Yue'er opened ten Jars and received only ordinary Gems, then left with the Skywater group. After the shop closed, Tang Xiao arrived and stared at Ah Yin, who asked whether they knew each other.

• Lin Xiao urged Shui Yue'er to open ten Jars despite her reluctance, while the Dean of Skywater and Shui Bing'er encouraged her to proceed.
• Shui Yue'er opened the Jars and found only items such as Obsidian, aquamarine, and Clear Stone, leaving her disappointed.
• The Dean of Skywater and Shui Bing'er announced their departure, and Shui Bing'er dragged Shui Yue'er out by the ear.
• Lin Xiao tallied the day's customers and asked Ah Yin to close the shop as evening fell.
• Tang Xiao arrived just before the door shut, revealed himself to Lin Xiao, and stared at Ah Yin until she asked whether they knew each other.

Tang Xiao reunited with Ah Yin, who had forgotten their past, and struggled to contain his grief and hatred before opening ten jars. He found a Mystery of Amplification, an improved potion that could boost the success rate of both amplifiers and amplification scrolls.

• Ah Yin asked Tang Xiao if they knew each other, and he concealed his grief by saying she resembled a deceased friend.
• Lin Xiao told Ah Yin to serve Tang Xiao, while Tang Xiao resolved to avenge Ah Yin and free his clansmen.
• Lin Xiao warned Tang Xiao that his killing intent was taking hold, and Tang Xiao calmed himself and prepared to open ten jars.
• Tang Xiao smashed five jars and found Fate Coins and Sky Tree Fruits before a purple-lit jar disrupted his steady rhythm.
• Tang Xiao found a rare Mystery of Amplification, and Lin Xiao realized it could raise the success rate of amplification scrolls as well as amplifiers.

Tang Xiao used the Secret of Amplification and tried to strengthen his Clear Sky Hammer with two Black Iron Amplification Scrolls. Both attempts failed, leaving him wondering whether he had taken a fake elixir.

• Lin Xiao explained that the Secret of Amplification raised amplification success rates by ten percent, and Tang Xiao found two Black Iron Amplification Scrolls among his remaining jars.
• Lin Xiao warned Tang Xiao that the scrolls had only a five percent success rate and advised him to save up more scrolls, but Tang Xiao insisted he needed to grow stronger now.
• Tang Xiao swallowed the Secret of Amplification and used his first Black Iron Amplification Scroll on the Clear Sky Hammer, but the attempt failed.
• Tang Xiao used his second Black Iron Amplification Scroll, and that attempt failed too.
• Tang Xiao broke down and asked whether he had taken a fake elixir, while Lin Xiao reflected that the apparent odds had not made success likely.

Tang Xiao used his rare-grade selection to obtain a +10 Silver Amplification Scroll, then successfully amplified his Clear Sky Hammer. The Martial Soul transformed into the Clear Sky Divine Hammer, and Tang Xiao’s cultivation surged as he began explaining its new power to Lin Xiao.

• Lin Xiao reminded Tang Xiao that his thirty purchases earned him a jar in which he could select a rare-grade item.
• Tang Xiao chose a +10 Silver Amplification Scroll and used it on his Clear Sky Hammer.
• The enhancement succeeded, turning the hammer gold and filling Tang Xiao with insights about his cultivation and Martial Soul.
• Tang Xiao’s cultivation broke through to at least level 98, and Lin Xiao asked him to explain the hammer’s changes.
• Tang Xiao said the Clear Sky Hammer had become the Clear Sky Divine Hammer, embodying ultimate strength and possessing its own domain.

Tang Xiao learned that his transformed Clear Sky Hammer had become the Clear Sky Divine Hammer, then received an entry ticket to the Tower of Despair before leaving the Little Shop. Afterward, Lin Xiao began opening his daily jars and was frustrated by the results.

• Tang Xiao told Lin Xiao that the Clear Sky Domain weakened enemies by twenty percent and that his nine soul rings raised his strength by forty-five percent when he summoned the Clear Sky Divine Hammer.
• Tang Xiao thanked Lin Xiao, who gave him an entry ticket to the Tower of Despair and explained that the top ten challengers would earn extra jars.
• Tang Xiao said goodbye to Lin Xiao and Ah Yin, then left the Little Shop while hiding his distress and his wish to reveal the truth to Ah Yin.
• Lin Xiao told Tang Xiao that the shop's Disassembler could turn equipment into Colorless Crystals, and Tang Xiao said he would remember.
• Ah Yin wondered why Tang Xiao had looked at her strangely, then went to help Xiao Wu prepare dinner.
• Lin Xiao counted 150 jars from the day's sales, opened his own jars, and cursed the system over the poor results.

Lin Xiao finished opening jars and waited to use the enhancement items he had collected, then opened his shop the next morning to Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and the Dean of Skywater. Shui Bing'er began opening her chosen jars and found two rare items in a row, leaving Shui Yue'er to joke that she looked like Lin Xiao's shill.

• Lin Xiao smashed 150 jars, collected more than a dozen Enhancers, several Enhancement Scrolls, and two artifact-grade Equipment Enhancement Protection Scrolls, then put them aside for later.
• Xiao Wu served Lin Xiao a dinner of dodder soup and chives stir-fried with horny goat weed.
• The next morning, the Dean of Skywater explained that Xue Wu and the others had returned to the academy, while Shui Yue'er had insisted on staying to watch the jar openings.
• Shui Bing'er selected ten jars and smashed one, revealing a rare Amplifier.
• Shui Bing'er smashed another jar and revealed a second rare item, prompting Shui Yue'er to tease that she seemed like Lin Xiao's shill.

Shui Bing'er opened ten Jars at Lin Xiao's shop, earning several rare treasures before the Dean of Skywater opened her own Jars. Meanwhile, Tang Xiao found the Clear Sky Sect disciples missing at Slaughter City, entered the town, and descended into its depths after slaughtering the tavern's occupants.

• Shui Bing'er teased Shui Yue'er after finding another rare item, then gained an Amplifier from her next Jar.
• Shui Bing'er opened the rest of her ten Jars, and the Dean of Skywater took her turn.
• Tang Xiao arrived at the Clear Sky Sect camp outside Slaughter City, found the disciples gone, and suspected they had entered the city.
• Tang Xiao kicked open the tavern door, unleashed his killing intent and soul power, and killed everyone inside.
• Tang Xiao spotted a hole in the tavern floor, leaped down into it, and headed into Slaughter City.
• The Dean of Skywater finished opening her Jars with an Amplifier, three Rusty Samurai Swords, and a Mutated Strawberry, then flicked Shui Yue'er on the forehead.

Lin Xiao gave the Dean of Skywater a Tower of Despair Entry Ticket, then welcomed Qian Renxue and Porcupinefish Douluo to his shop. Elsewhere, Tang Xiao entered Slaughter City, killed an Enforcer with one blow, and faced the rest of the Enforcement Team’s assault.

• Lin Xiao gave the Dean of Skywater an Entry Ticket and explained that Soul Saints could earn one by buying ten Jars.
• Qian Renxue arrived with Porcupinefish Douluo, paid for their Jars, and had Elder Pufferfish open his first.
• Tang Xiao entered Slaughter City and confronted its Enforcers, including their Titled Douluo captain.
• Tang Xiao killed a Soul Douluo Enforcer instantly with his Clear Sky Divine Hammer, without using a Soul Skill.
• The Enforcement Team attacked together, but Tang Xiao used the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes to block their Soul Skills.

Tang Xiao slaughtered Slaughter City's Enforcement Team and entered the inner city, where he found Clear Sky Sect children being abused by two men. The chapter ended as Tang Xiao confronted them and declared that he wanted them dead.

• The Enforcers unleashed their strongest soul skills, but Tang Xiao survived their assault and killed one with the Clear Sky Divine Hammer.
• Tang Xiao revealed that the King of Slaughter was his true target, then killed the Law Enforcement Captain and the rest of the fleeing Enforcers.
• Tang Xiao entered the inner city and found a group of Clear Sky Sect children cornered by two hulking men.
• Tang Xiao approached the men and told them he wanted them dead.

Tang Xiao rescued the surviving Clear Sky Sect children in Slaughter City and learned that Tang Long had died protecting them. After clashing with Tang Chen over his ruthless methods, Tang Xiao decided to take the children away and challenged his ancestor to a fight.

• Tang Xiao killed two Slaughter City fighters who attacked him and reunited with the surviving Clear Sky Sect children.
• The children told Tang Xiao that Tang Long had died protecting them, and Tang Xiao was devastated by the news.
• Tang Chen arrived and criticized Tang Xiao for killing the city's Enforcers, then defended his plan to let the children endure hardship and humiliation.
• Tang Xiao rejected Tang Chen's brutal philosophy and decided to take every Clear Sky Sect disciple out of Slaughter City.
• Tang Chen asked whether Tang Xiao intended to fight him, and Tang Xiao challenged him to teach him a lesson.

Tang Xiao fought Tang Chen in Slaughter City, revealing a transformed golden Clear Sky Divine Hammer and matching Tang Chen’s level-99 strength with his mastery of the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes. As Tang Chen unleashed the Divine Slaughter’s Domain, Tang Xiao revealed that his hammer had evolved a domain of its own, leaving Tang Chen stunned.

• Tang Xiao summoned the golden Clear Sky Divine Hammer and struck at Tang Chen, who evaded the attack and praised his improved strength.
• Tang Chen revealed that his missing arm had grown back and challenged Tang Xiao to kneel and cripple one of his own arms.
• Tang Xiao refused to yield, and Tang Chen summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and nine Soul Rings, declaring that he would use a secret technique to kill him.
• Tang Chen attacked with Break and Penetrate, but Tang Xiao countered with Bind and Burst, redirecting Tang Chen’s hammer strike.
• Tang Chen activated the Divine Slaughter’s Domain and remarked that the Clear Sky Sect’s next generation seemed weak.
• Tang Xiao’s Clear Sky Divine Hammer erupted with golden light and revealed a domain evolved from the hammer itself, shocking Tang Chen.

Tang Xiao confronted Tang Chen in Slaughter City and forced him to let the Clear Sky Sect’s remaining disciples leave. Tang Chen then resolved to destroy Slaughter City as part of his plan to inherit the divine position.

• Tang Xiao used his Clear Sky Domain to weaken Tang Chen and matched his strength with his level-98 cultivation.
• Tang Xiao began detonating his Soul Rings from the first upward, declaring that he would use the resulting power to fight Tang Chen even if it killed him.
• As Tang Xiao’s power rose to rival a level-99 Soul Master, Tang Chen chose not to risk his own life and ordered him to leave with the children.
• Tang Xiao led the remaining Clear Sky Sect disciples out of Slaughter City while Tang Chen watched without attacking.
• Tang Chen vowed to settle his grudge with Tang Hao and Tang Xiao after inheriting the divine position, then unleashed his divine power and began tearing Slaughter City apart.

Tang Chen sacrificed Slaughter City's inner city to gather blood for his return as a king and future god. In Spirit City, Qian Renxue opened ten Jars and received only common items, but she valued the time her capsules could save.

• Tang Chen activated the trenches beneath Slaughter City's inner city, driving its residents into a frenzy of slaughter until their blood filled the formation.
• Tang Chen vanished from the blood-red altar and vowed to return as a king and god to punish those who had hurt him.
• Porcupinefish Douluo showed Lin Xiao his Jar items, and Lin Xiao explained the value of his wooden stick, Proficiency Capsules, and Amplifiers.
• Qian Renxue opened ten Jars, but all her items were common-grade and she obtained no advanced items.
• Qian Renxue told Porcupinefish Douluo that her Experience and Proficiency Capsules would still save her months of cultivation and years of practice.

Liu Erlong returned to Lin Xiao’s shop while evading the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elders and prepared to open ten Jars. Elsewhere, Tang San and his companions returned from Sea God Island, where Tang San asserted control and decided they needed an academy to enter the upcoming Continental Soul Master Tournament.

• Qian Renxue asked Lin Xiao about the Tower of Despair tickets, and Lin Xiao gave her and Porcupinefish Douluo invitation letters.
• Liu Erlong revealed that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elders had angered her by changing their attitude after learning her strength, so she disguised herself to evade them.
• Liu Erlong paid for Jars with Gold Soul Coins and treasures, and Lin Xiao returned a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins before she chose ten Jars.
• Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dai Mubai returned from Sea God Island, and Tang San warned Ma Hongjun to control his Evil Fire Phoenix and demanded obedience.
• Tang San said they needed to join a Soul Master Academy to qualify for the approaching Continental Soul Master Tournament, while Dai Mubai boasted that any academy would accept them.

Tang San and Dai Mubai decided to travel to the Star Luo Empire, while Liu Erlong tested her new strength in the Tower of Despair. Lin Xiao temporarily closed his shop and teleported away to witness the Star Luo succession.

• Tang San reassured Dai Mubai that the Sea God marks and his disguise skills could conceal their identities, and they agreed to go to the Star Luo Empire.
• Liu Erlong collected her jar rewards, accepted an Entry Ticket from Lin Xiao, and immediately entered the Tower of Despair.
• After few customers came to the shop, Lin Xiao closed early and spent the evening with Xiao Wu and Ah Yin.
• The next day, Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wushuang arrived with money to buy jars, but Lin Xiao posted a notice saying the shop would reopen the following afternoon.
• Lin Xiao told Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wushuang he was leaving for business, then used an Instant Teleportation Potion to leave the shop.

Lin Xiao arrived at the Star Luo Imperial Palace for the new emperor’s coronation, where Huyan Zhen forced the Elephant Armor Sect disciples to apologize after Huyan Tie provoked him. Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun welcomed Lin Xiao and accompanied him to the ceremony, where prominent guests treated him with deference and left other attendees wondering who he was.

• Lin Xiao showed the guards the Netherworld Grand Duke’s token and was allowed into the palace, while Huyan Tie and other Elephant Armor Sect disciples mocked and confronted him.
• Huyan Li recognized Lin Xiao and demanded that Huyan Tie apologize, but Huyan Tie refused and appealed to Huyan Zhen when he arrived.
• Huyan Zhen recognized Lin Xiao, made Huyan Tie and the other disciples kneel, and sent them away after Lin Xiao forgave them; Huyan Li stayed to watch the ceremony.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun welcomed Lin Xiao, showed him around the palace, and accompanied him to the coronation festivities.
• At the ceremony, Yu Luomian, Huyan Zhen, and the Skywater Academy Dean greeted Lin Xiao respectfully, baffling the other prominent guests.

The Star Luo Empire was renamed the Netherworld Empire, and Ning Rongrong fought Sea Dragon Douluo after he tried to take her to Sea God Island. She defeated him with her Big-Eyed Boy transformation and killed him, leaving his attempt to bring her back to the island in ruins.

• The Netherworld Grand Duke renamed the Star Luo Empire the Netherworld Empire and announced a Continental Soul Master Tournament with Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Zhu Zhuyun invited Lin Xiao and Zhu Zhuqing to a luncheon, while Yu Luomian warned the Blazing Fire Academy dean never to provoke Lin Xiao.
• Sea Dragon Douluo learned Ning Rongrong was outside Netherworld City and set out to take her to Sea God Island.
• Ning Rongrong refused Sea Dragon Douluo's offer and transformed into Big-Eyed Boy, overpowering him with her strength.
• Sea Dragon Douluo wounded Big-Eyed Boy with Ocean Impact, but Ning Rongrong's transformation absorbed his life force, healed her wound, and grew stronger.
• Ning Rongrong stunned Sea Dragon Douluo and repeatedly slammed him into the ground until he died.

Ning Rongrong killed Sea Dragon Douluo, while Tang Hao dismissed the Sacred Pillar Guardians’ demands to investigate his death. Lin Xiao left the Netherworld Empire after his customers called, then instantly appeared back at his shop, surprising Huo Wushuang and Feng Xiaotian.

• Ning Rongrong defeated and killed Sea Dragon Douluo, and Sword Douluo arrived, collected two Soul Bones, and took her toward the Heaven Dou Royal Team.
• The Sacred Pillar Guardians learned from the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar that Sea Dragon Douluo had died and pleaded with Tang Hao to investigate, but he threatened them and prioritized finding someone else.
• The Netherworld Emperor hosted Lin Xiao with Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun, but Lin Xiao left after Ah Yin told him customers had arrived at the shop.
• Huo Wushuang and Feng Xiaotian doubted Lin Xiao could return quickly from the Star Luo Empire, while Flender and Zhao Wuji remained confident in him.
• Lin Xiao appeared in the Little Shop in a flash, leaving Huo Wushuang and Feng Xiaotian astonished.

Huo Wushuang opened his first jar at Lin Xiao’s shop while Tang Chen completed his ascent to godhood and set out for revenge against Tang Hao. At the Lake of Life, Gu Yuena sensed the upheaval and asked the Soul Beast Overlords whether they remembered her plan.

• Lin Xiao used an Instant Teleportation Potion to return to his shop, where Huo Wushuang began opening jars with money borrowed in Huo Wu’s name.
• Huo Wu threatened to ask their family to spare only one of Huo Wushuang’s arms and legs if he failed to repay the loan, prompting him to smash his first jar and reveal a rare item.
• Tang Chen drew the Nine-Headed Dark-Gold Bat King from his soul, killed him, absorbed his power, and completed his transformation into a god.
• Tang Chen resolved to begin his revenge with Tang Hao and headed toward Sea God Island.
• Gu Yuena emerged from the Lake of Life, released a powerful aura across the Star Dou Great Forest, then asked the Soul Beast Overlords whether they remembered her plan.

Gu Yuena prepared to attack the newly ascended Asura God, while the Soul Beast Overlords resolved to grow stronger through Lin Xiao’s shop. At Sea God Island, Tang Chen challenged Tang Hao, who rallied the islanders against him and rose to meet the threat.

• Gu Yuena told the Soul Beast Overlords she would kill the Asura God and then confront the Divine Realm, promising to remove the gods’ curse on soul beasts once she ruled it.
• After Gu Yuena vanished, Xiong Jun grieved, then took heart from Bi Ji’s reminder that opening jars at Lin Xiao’s shop could help them grow strong enough to join her.
• Huo Wushuang finished opening his jars and profited, while Feng Xiaotian admitted he had told his family Huo Wu would marry him in exchange for a million Gold Soul Coins; Huo Wu agreed to help repay the money if he lost it.
• Feng Xiaotian began opening his jars at Lin Xiao’s shop, hoping to improve his strength before the Soul Master Tournament.
• Tang Chen reached Sea God Island, concealed most of his strength, and challenged Tang Hao, accusing him of betraying the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao told Sea God Island’s people that Tang Chen ruled Slaughter City and was his enemy, then rose in blue light and promised to kill anyone who threatened the island.