Chapter Summaries

Xue Xing and Xue Beng launched a coup against Xue Qinghe, but Qin Xiao arrived in time to stop Xue Xing from killing him. Qin Xiao seized Xue Xing and attacked the rebels, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Xue Xing revealed his hidden force of Soul Douluos and Soul Saints, then led Xue Beng in a surprise assault on the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
• Xue Xing demanded that Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan kill Xue Qinghe or Xue Ye to prove their loyalty, but they refused and fought to protect Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe attacked Xue Xing, who revealed he was a Soul Douluo and knocked Xue Qinghe down with his sixth Soul Skill.
• Qin Xiao arrived and caught Xue Xing's golden sword with two fingers, then snapped it and struck Xue Xing, defeating him.
• Qin Xiao grabbed Xue Xing by the throat and warned the fighters to stop, but the death warriors continued attacking, so Qin Xiao unleashed Titan Sky Cannon against their strongest Soul Douluo.

Qin Xiao helped Xue Qinghe suppress Xue Xing’s rebellion, and Xue Ye punished Xue Beng while Xue Xing took his own life. As Qin Xiao prepared to leave, Xue Qinghe collapsed, prompting him to stop the others and take charge.

• Qin Xiao killed the Death Warrior with one punch, and Xue Qinghe persuaded many rebels and guards to surrender.
• Xue Ye emerged from the palace and sentenced Xue Beng to exile in the Border Wasteland; Xue Xing admitted his mistake but then shattered his meridians and died.
• Ge Long arrived after the battle and learned that the young Qin Xiao was a Titled Douluo; Qin Xiao then left the palace.
• Xue Qinghe lost consciousness as Qin Xiao was leaving, and Qin Xiao stopped Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan from reaching him and said he would handle it.

Qin Xiao rushed the gravely injured Xue Qinghe to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Ye Lingling healed him and Qin Xiao revived his heartbeat with lightning. Meanwhile, Dugu Yan revealed her strength and rejected Yu Tianheng, then eagerly welcomed Qin Xiao; Xue Qinghe woke and apologized as Qin Xiao prepared to leave.

• Qin Xiao found Xue Qinghe critically injured, took him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Emperor Xue Ye told his retainers to support Qinghe before dying.
• Dugu Yan returned to the academy, rejected Yu Tianheng, and revealed she had already become a level forty-three Soul Ancestor.
• Yu Tianheng bet Dugu Yan that he would become a Soul Ancestor first, then watched Qin Xiao arrive with the unconscious Xue Qinghe and saw Dugu Yan's delight at meeting him.
• Meng Shenji asked Ye Lingling to heal Xue Qinghe, and her Nine Heart Begonia restored his injuries but could not wake him.
• Qin Xiao used lightning to restart Xue Qinghe's heartbeat, and Xue Qinghe woke, misunderstood Qin Xiao's actions, then apologized after Meng Shenji explained that Qin Xiao had saved him.

Qin Xiao slapped Yu Tianheng down after Yu Tianheng challenged him over Dugu Yan, then continued toward the Medicine Garden with Dugu Yan. Meanwhile, Tang Hao brought Tang San to find the Blue Silver King, but found no sign of him and began to fear something had happened.

• Bai Baoshan rushed Xue Qinghe away after reporting an emergency, while Qin Xiao guessed Emperor Xue Ye was near death and left the academy.
• Yu Tianheng demanded that Qin Xiao stay away from Dugu Yan, attacked him with Thunder Dragon Claw, and was knocked down by Qin Xiao's slap.
• Dugu Yan caught up with Qin Xiao, who told her he would see her at the Medicine Garden, while Yu Tianheng swore to seek help from his family.
• Tang Hao brought Tang San to an unnamed forest and explained that the Blue Silver King could awaken the Blue Silver Emperor's power in Tang San's Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San and Tang Hao searched for the Blue Silver King but found no sign of him, leaving Tang Hao furious and Tang San worried.

Tang Hao and Tang San learned that the Blue Silver King was dead, leaving Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass martial soul unable to awaken and threatening to limit his cultivation. Tang San agreed to let Tang Hao destroy it, while elsewhere Qin Xiao told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan about Xue Xing’s death and warned that Xue Ye might not survive.

• Tang Hao concluded that the Blue Silver King had been hunted down, crushing Tang San’s hope of awakening his Blue Silver Grass martial soul.
• Tang Hao explained why he had planned for the Blue Silver King to sacrifice himself to Tang San rather than Ah Yin, and said Tang San’s twin martial souls would become dangerous if left unbalanced.
• Tang Hao persuaded Tang San that destroying his Blue Silver Grass martial soul was his best chance to progress beyond Soul King, and Tang San agreed.
• Tang Hao struck Tang San and poured soul power into him to destroy the Blue Silver Grass martial soul, leaving Tang San in agony.
• Qin Xiao told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan that Xue Xing had died after his failed attempt with Xue Beng to force the emperor to abdicate.
• Dugu Bo warned Qin Xiao that Xue Xing might seek revenge, and Qin Xiao said Xue Ye’s chances of survival were poor.

Qin Xiao fed precious spirit medicines to the Blue Silver Emperor until she broke through the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s suppression and began transforming. Meanwhile, Tang Hao’s attempt to destroy Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul also left Tang San unable to feel or use his manhood, and Tang Hao planned to send him to Slaughter City after strengthening his Clear Sky Hammer.

• Qin Xiao ground Dugu Bo’s spirit medicines into fertilizer for the Blue Silver Emperor, and golden patterns appeared on her leaves.
• Qin Xiao shattered the field suppressing the Blue Silver Emperor, revealing her hundred-thousand-year power as vines gathered around her into a cocoon.
• Tang San woke to learn that Tang Hao had destroyed his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, but discovered the process had also left him numb between the legs and unable to have children.
• Tang Hao scolded Tang San for despairing over his injury and told him to stand firm, deepening Tang San’s resentment toward his father.
• Tang Hao decided to send Tang San to Slaughter City to pursue its domain, but first planned to give his Clear Sky Hammer three Soul Rings of at least three thousand years each.

Qin Xiao watched Ah Yin complete her transformation into a human, and she became devoted to him, while he arranged for Dugu Bo to look after her before leaving for Slaughter City and Sea God Island. Elsewhere, Xue Qinghe worried that Qin Xiao had discovered his identity.

• Tang Hao comforted Tang San over losing his chance at powerful Soul Rings, then led him toward the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt rings for the Clear Sky Hammer and say goodbye to Xiao Wu.
• Qin Xiao and Dugu Bo watched the cocoon at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well burst, and Ah Yin emerged as a young woman who clung to Qin Xiao and called him her benefactor.
• Ah Yin explained that she remembered the cave and Tang Hao only as a frightening, annoying visitor, while Qin Xiao realized her past memories had not returned.
• Qin Xiao confirmed that Ah Yin could withstand the Well's pressure, then asked Dugu Bo to care for her while he traveled to Slaughter City and Sea God Island.
• Ah Yin pleaded to accompany Qin Xiao, but he left her with Dugu Bo after promising to return for her.
• In the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Xue Qinghe asked Porcupinefish Douluo whether Qin Xiao had discovered his identity.

Xue Qinghe confronted Qin Xiao over whether he knew her identity, but Qin Xiao demonstrated that Spirit Hall’s guardians could not stop him and said he supported her only to keep Xue Beng from becoming emperor. He left after teasing her about dressing more like a woman, leaving Xue Qinghe furious and flustered.

• Xue Qinghe decided to confront Qin Xiao, and Meng Shenji escorted Qin Xiao to a private palace banquet.
• Qin Xiao bluntly told Xue Qinghe that he knew she was a woman and proved his strength by reaching her before Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo could stop him.
• Qin Xiao knocked Snake Lance Douluo unconscious and told Xue Qinghe he supported her because he did not want Xue Beng to become emperor.
• Qin Xiao said he had no ulterior motive and left the palace after advising Xue Qinghe to wear a dress and dress more femininely.
• Xue Qinghe realized Qin Xiao had implied she did not look like a woman, shouted after him, and drank wine in anger and embarrassment.

Xue Qinghe ordered a report to Spirit Hall and planned to honor Qin Xiao as an imperial prince, while Qin Xiao discussed the Clear Sky Sect’s captured elder with Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo. Tang Yuehua refused to seduce Qin Xiao for the sect and jumped from a cliff; the chapter ended as Qin Xiao arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy and called Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran aside.

• Porcupinefish Douluo told Xue Qinghe that Qin Xiao could likely defeat nearly anyone in Spirit Hall, and Xue Qinghe ordered Snake Lance Douluo to report the palace coup to his grandfather.
• Xue Qinghe told Porcupinefish Douluo he intended to grant Qin Xiao the honors of an imperial prince.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo met Qin Xiao, who revealed he had imprisoned the Clear Sky Sect’s Third Elder and would exchange him for Tang Hao.
• The Purple-Clad Steward ordered Tang Yuehua to charm Qin Xiao to rescue the Third Elder, but Tang Yuehua refused and leaped into an abyss.
• Qin Xiao arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy during training and called Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran to stay behind.

Qin Xiao took Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran to Slaughter City for dangerous training, while Ning Rongrong was left behind. After the women fought their way into the city, a black-armored knight challenged Qin Xiao for entering without qualifying.

• Zhao Wuji doubled Huang Yuan and Jing Ling's training quotas for mocking Qin Xiao, then had Dai Mubai lead the others in training.
• Qin Xiao arranged to take Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran away for training; both agreed to face the danger, while Ning Rongrong was rejected and left.
• Seven days later, Qin Xiao brought Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran to the town entrance of Slaughter City and warned them to trust no one or show mercy.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran killed the tavern patrons who attacked them, earning their passage into Slaughter City.
• A server opened the hidden passage, and the three reached Slaughter City's entrance, where a black-armored knight said Qin Xiao had broken the rules and challenged him to prove his right to enter.

Qin Xiao entered Slaughter City with Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran, killed the Terror Knight, and ordered the women to begin fighting in the Hell Slaughter Arena. After they won their first matches, he criticized their tactics and revealed that he would compete too, aiming to finish his hundred battles in one day.

• Qin Xiao killed the Terror Knight with a single blow, and the Black Armored Warriors let him, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran pass.
• Qin Xiao warned the women that they could trust no one in Slaughter City, then demanded that they go straight to the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• The King of Slaughter learned that a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old newcomer had killed the Terror Knight and ordered his people to leave Qin Xiao alone unless he reached a hundred victories or faced mortal danger.
• Qin Xiao took Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran into the Inner City and required each of them to complete at least three slaughter matches a day without entering the same match.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran each defeated every opponent in their first arena match, but Qin Xiao rebuked them for wasting strength and leaving themselves open to danger.
• Qin Xiao told the women to prepare for more matches and declared that he would complete his own hundred battles in one day.

Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran completed their hundredth victories, and Qin Xiao won more than a hundred matches in ten hours. The King of Slaughter offered all three freedom to enter and leave Slaughter City and titles as guest elders and Slayers, but Qin Xiao refused.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran each defeated nine opponents and achieved their hundredth victories at the same time.
• The King of Slaughter learned that the two women had completed a hundred victories and was shocked to hear that Qin Xiao had begun his own matches.
• Qin Xiao provoked Slaughter City's fighters into signing up against him, then defeated each group with single punches, including a Soul Douluo with over forty victories.
• After ten hours, Qin Xiao had won more than a hundred matches, setting an unprecedented record in Slaughter City.
• The King of Slaughter appeared and granted Qin Xiao, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran freedom to enter and leave Slaughter City, guest elder positions, and the title of Slayer.
• Qin Xiao rejected the King of Slaughter's rewards.

Qin Xiao forced the King of Slaughter to open the Hell Road, then used the Snow-Colored Swan's Kiss to poison Slaughter City's sea of blood. As Qin Xiao, Meng Yiran, and Zhu Zhuqing advanced along the Hell Road, the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King fled from them, and a Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent appeared in their path.

• Qin Xiao refused the King of Slaughter's offer and revealed his power as a Titled Douluo, using Nine Heavens Tribulation Light to deter the king.
• The King of Slaughter agreed to open the Hell Road and sacrificed the arena's depraved souls to form the blood-red bat pattern that transported Qin Xiao, Meng Yiran, and Zhu Zhuqing to its entrance.
• Qin Xiao dropped the Snow-Colored Swan's Kiss into Slaughter City's sea of blood before leading Meng Yiran and Zhu Zhuqing down the narrow path.
• A thousand blood-colored bats gathered around the trio, but the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King recognized the danger and fled with them.
• The Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent approached along the path despite the bats' retreat.

Qin Xiao led Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran through the Divine Slaughter's Domain, where they gained its power while his Thunder Emperor Martial Soul devoured the killing intent. After Tang San began preparing to enter Slaughter City, Zhu Zhuqing returned to Blue Tyrant Academy and confronted Dai Mubai, ready to settle their score.

• Qin Xiao killed the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent with Titan Sky Cannon and retrieved its Inner Core before escorting Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran into the Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Qin Xiao's Thunder Emperor Martial Soul absorbed the domain's killing intent, while Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran gained the Divine Slaughter's Domain; Qin Xiao left without gaining the domain himself.
• Tang Hao brought Tang San to Slaughter City and urged him to win one hundred matches, walk Hell Road, and obtain the Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Dai Mubai told Oscar that Zhu Zhuqing was his fiancée, then learned from Ma Hongjun that she had returned to Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived with Meng Yiran and told Dai Mubai that they would settle every score, old and new.

Zhu Zhuqing challenged Dai Mubai and revealed how much stronger she had become after her trials in Slaughter City. She overwhelmed him with her Netherworld Hundred Claws and unleashed Divine Slaughter's Domain before striking with Netherworld Slash, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Dai Mubai told Oscar and Ma Hongjun to step back and challenged Zhu Zhuqing, who revealed her level-thirty-five Soul Power and accepted a fight.
• Dai Mubai revealed he had reached level thirty-nine, while Ma Hongjun's remarks exposed Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing's engagement and embarrassed Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Zhuqing dodged Dai Mubai's White Tiger Fierce Light Wave and broke through his White Tiger Protection Barrier with Netherworld Hundred Claws, wounding his shoulders.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation and challenged Zhu Zhuqing to break through it, but she unleashed Divine Slaughter's Domain and weakened him.
• Zhu Zhuqing activated Netherworld Slash and sent a powerful streak of Soul Power toward Dai Mubai.

Zhu Zhuqing crippled Dai Mubai, forced him to sign their betrothal annulment, and left him behind as the academy refused to intervene. She returned to Qin Xiao and, grateful for his help, passionately embraced him.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai she wanted him to suffer, then wounded him so badly that he collapsed and realized he had been mutilated.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai's claims that she remained bound by Star Luo Empire's rules and used his bloodied thumbprint to sign their betrothal annulment.
• Zhu Zhuqing left with Meng Yiran, while Ma Hongjun summoned Flender, Zhao Wuji, Liu Erlong, and Jiang Zhu; Jiang Zhu healed Dai Mubai's wounds but could not restore what he had lost.
• Flender and the others refused to punish Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai insulted them, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar before declaring he was leaving the academy.
• Flender stopped Zhao Wuji from confronting Dai Mubai, and Liu Erlong asked when Yu Xiao Gang would arrive.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned to Qin Xiao, thanked him, and kissed him passionately.

Tang San discovered that Slaughter City’s Inner City had too few residents for him to complete a hundred arena matches anytime soon, while the Clear Sky Sect prepared a trap for Qin Xiao after learning he had returned to Heaven Dou City. The chapter left Tang San resigned to his confinement and the elders planning to lure Qin Xiao into a confrontation the next day.

• Tang San learned that only a few hundred people remained in the Inner City and that winning a hundred matches could take until he was forty.
• Tang San tried to leave Slaughter City, but the Black Veil Woman summoned the Soul Douluo Enforcers; after hearing the rules, he accepted a warning and remained inside.
• Tang San lamented that Slaughter City had become a cage and remembered the Bloody Mary he had tasted outside the city.
• The Clear Sky Sect elders discussed their missing Sect Master Tang Xiao, Tang Yuehua, and their failure to get help from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• The elders learned from Tang Long that Qin Xiao had returned to Heaven Dou City and was at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• The Second Elder ordered the elders to prepare for a fight and send Qin Xiao a humble invitation to meet outside the city at noon, intending to ambush him and rescue the Third Elder.

Qin Xiao received the Clear Sky Sect’s invitation to peace talks and decided to confront them with help from Ning Fengzhi. He also received an invitation from Xue Qinghe, then arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to discuss an important matter with Ning Fengzhi.

• Qin Xiao read the Clear Sky Sect’s letter proposing a noon meeting outside Heaven Dou City and decided to go, intending to trap the sect’s forces with help from Ning Fengzhi.
• Liu Erlong delivered Xue Qinghe’s invitation to dinner, which Qin Xiao set aside until after dealing with the Clear Sky Sect.
• Qin Xiao reached the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and called for Ning Fengzhi after its gate disciples doubted he knew the Sect Master.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo came to welcome Qin Xiao and ordered the disciples to stand down.
• Qin Xiao told Ning Fengzhi he had come to discuss an important matter.

Qin Xiao enlisted Ning Fengzhi’s help to guard against the Clear Sky Sect’s planned ambush, then brought the Third Elder to meet the sect’s elders. The Second Elder revealed the trap, and Qin Xiao demanded one billion Gold Soul Coins before challenging the hidden Clear Sky Sect experts to come out.

• Ning Rongrong rushed to embrace Qin Xiao, and Ning Fengzhi brought him into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s main hall.
• Qin Xiao told Ning Fengzhi that the Clear Sky Sect planned to ambush him during negotiations, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to have his experts prevent anyone else from interfering.
• Qin Xiao went to the meeting place with the Third Elder and demanded one billion Gold Soul Coins from the Second Elder in exchange for the Third Elder.
• The Second Elder summoned the Fourth Elder and Fifth Elder from hiding, confirming Qin Xiao’s suspicion that the meeting was a trap.
• The Third Elder broke down when the Second Elder said the sect would sacrifice him, while Qin Xiao told the Second Elder to reveal everyone else in hiding within ten breaths.

The Clear Sky Sect elders attacked Qin Xiao, but his strength and the arrival of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect turned the battle against them. The Clear Sky Sect found itself surrounded by hundreds of opponents, including Bone Douluo.

• The Second Elder agreed to attack Qin Xiao, and the Seventh Elder summoned hidden Clear Sky Sect reinforcements to surround him.
• Qin Xiao broke the Third Elder’s legs to stop him escaping, provoking the Fourth, Fifth, and Seventh Elders to unleash their combined attack.
• Qin Xiao summoned Thunder Tai Tan, which withstood the elders’ hammer strike, and the Clear Sky Sect learned that Qin Xiao’s first soul ring was a hundred-thousand-year ring.
• The Second Elder ordered the gathered Soul Douluos and elders to attack Qin Xiao together, but Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi arrived to aid him.
• Ning Fengzhi declared the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s alliance with Qin Xiao, while the Second Elder revealed that hundreds of their forces, including Bone Douluo, had surrounded the Clear Sky Sect.
• Qin Xiao taunted the Seventh Elder by repeating his demand that he kneel and cripple his cultivation, and the Seventh Elder refused.