Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran escaped Dai Mubai’s ambush after Zhao Wuji intervened, but their pursuers tracked them to a fork and Dai Mubai chose to hunt Zhu Zhuqing. Elsewhere, Qin Xiao felt a sudden stabbing pain in his heart.

• Dai Mubai’s mustached captain stopped Zhu Zhuqing’s Netherworld Slash, demanded twenty thousand gold soul coins, and attacked her and Meng Yiran with vines.
• Zhao Wuji arrived wounded, sent Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran away, and fought the captain and the black-robed Shadow until he escaped.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran split up outside the Star Dou Great Forest, agreeing to meet in Heaven Dou City.
• The captain and Shadow found the fork and learned the women had separated; Dai Mubai chose to pursue Zhu Zhuqing and agreed to pay extra medical expenses.
• Qin Xiao felt a needle-like pain in his heart outside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Mountain Gate.

Qin Xiao left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to deal with a new threat, while Tang Hao discovered the Clear Sky Sect’s destruction and refused to lead its survivors. Zhu Zhuqing was captured by Dai Mubai and his hired men, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Qin Xiao told Ning Fengzhi he had to go kill someone and sped away, while Sword Douluo predicted his target would end up dead.
• Tang Hao met Tang Hu among the Clear Sky Sect’s ruins and learned that Qin Xiao had destroyed the sect and killed its leaders.
• Tang Hu asked Tang Hao to take charge of the surviving disciples, but Tang Hao refused and left him to rebuild the sect himself.
• Dai Mubai and two hired men cornered Zhu Zhuqing in the forest, and the middle-aged man restrained her with vines before she could kill herself.
• The black-robed old man demanded payment from Dai Mubai, who tossed a Black Card to the middle-aged man and declared their deal settled.

Qin Xiao arrived in time to rescue Zhu Zhuqing and killed the black-robed old man, then ordered Handlebar Mustache to cut Dai Mubai three thousand times in exchange for his own life. After six hundred cuts, Dai Mubai was near death and felt relieved that his suffering might finally end.

• Dai Mubai threatened to mutilate Zhu Zhuqing, but Qin Xiao struck down from the sky and freed her.
• Qin Xiao revealed himself as a Titled Douluo and killed the black-robed old man with his Thunder Pool soul skill.
• Qin Xiao offered Handlebar Mustache a chance to live if he cut Dai Mubai three thousand times, and stopped Dai Mubai from taking his own life.
• Handlebar Mustache bound Dai Mubai and began cutting him, while Qin Xiao and Zhu Zhuqing watched.
• After six hundred cuts, Dai Mubai neared death as Handlebar Mustache begged him to endure, and Dai Mubai felt relieved at the thought of dying.

After killing Dai Mubai and the mustached man, Qin Xiao healed Zhao Wuji with an immortal herb, helping him reach level eighty and preparing to hunt for his eighth Soul Ring. They found the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger deep in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Qin Xiao faced its attack.

• Zhu Zhuqing killed the mustached man after Qin Xiao refused to spare him.
• Zhao Wuji arrived badly wounded, and Qin Xiao gave him a crystal blood dragon ginseng that healed him and raised his soul power to level eighty.
• Qin Xiao, Zhao Wuji, and Zhu Zhuqing entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Soul Ring for Zhao Wuji and search for Yiran afterward.
• Qin Xiao sensed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger nearby and found it with Zhao Wuji in the forest depths.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger attacked with Evil Wind Blade, but Qin Xiao blocked the blades with a Thunder Pool and provoked it into using Dark Demon Evil God Strike.

Qin Xiao defeated the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and helped Zhao Wuji absorb its soul ring, raising Zhao Wuji to rank eighty-two and granting him Evil God's Protection. Qin Xiao claimed the mysterious bead left by the tiger, then set out to search for Yiran while Zhao Wuji went to retrieve Zhu Zhuqing.

• Qin Xiao fought off the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's attacks, and Thunder Tai Tan struck it down as it tried to flee.
• The tiger activated Evil God's Protection, but Qin Xiao's order to self-destruct left it gravely injured, allowing Zhao Wuji to kill it.
• Zhao Wuji absorbed the tiger's soul ring, advanced to rank eighty-two, and gained the defensive skill Evil God's Protection.
• Qin Xiao burned the tiger's corpse and recovered a mysterious gray bead filled with powerful energy.
• Qin Xiao told Zhao Wuji to take Zhu Zhuqing back to the academy while he searched for Yiran.

Xiao Wu learned that Qin Xiao had killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and regretted the choices that led to Er Ming’s death. In Heaven Dou City, Yu Luomian confronted Flender over seeing Liu Erlong, and Zhao Wuji stepped forward to challenge him, leaving the fight about to begin.

• Da Ming told Xiao Wu that Qin Xiao had sensed Er Ming’s aura, but had already left after killing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Da Ming described Qin Xiao’s Life and Death Arena soul skill, and Xiao Wu confessed she regretted leaving Shrek with Tang San and believed her choices had contributed to Er Ming’s death.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned to Blue Tyrant Academy while Zhao Wuji went to find Flender and planned to tell him about reaching Soul Douluo level.
• Yu Luomian demanded that Flender let him see Liu Erlong, but Flender refused to move aside.
• Zhao Wuji joined Flender and agreed to face Yu Luomian, who revealed his rank-eighty-six Soul Douluo strength and overpowered Flender with his aura.
• Zhao Wuji shielded Flender and taunted Yu Luomian, declaring that a Soul Douluo was no more than an ordinary person.

Zhao Wuji revealed his new rank eighty-two Soul Douluo strength by withstanding Yu Luomian’s strongest attacks, while Liu Erlong learned of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s devastation and agreed to share Qin Xiao’s battle record. Zhao Wuji explained that Qin Xiao had healed and empowered him, and the chapter ended with Qin Xiao finding a throwing knife left by Meng Yiran.

• Zhao Wuji revealed that he had reached rank eighty-two, then used Evil God Protection to withstand Yu Luomian’s repeated True Dragon Annihilation attacks without moving.
• Yu Luomian admitted defeat and left, after which Liu Erlong showed Flender a letter describing Qin Xiao’s assault on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and asked for information about Qin Xiao.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji learned that Qin Xiao had killed Yu Xiaofeng and Yu Tianheng and forced the clan head to commit suicide, and Liu Erlong agreed to tell the clan about Qin Xiao’s battle record.
• Zhao Wuji told Flender that Qin Xiao had healed him with an immortal herb and helped him obtain a sixty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger soul ring.
• After tracking Meng Yiran for two days, Qin Xiao found a cold, gleaming throwing knife in a mountain ravine.

Qin Xiao found Meng Yiran poisoned in a village and met Yue Hua, who looked exactly like Tang Yuehua but had lost her memories and was searching for someone named Qin Xiao. In Slaughter City, Tang San escaped the King of Slaughter, whose fractured identity finally surfaced as Tang Chen, master of the Clear Sky Sect.

• Qin Xiao followed Yue Hua to a village house and found Meng Yiran weakened by poison from a Soul Beast.
• Meng Yiran explained that Yue Hua had rescued her, and Yue Hua asked Qin Xiao to find someone named Qin Xiao so she could recover her memories.
• Qin Xiao saw Yue Hua's face, recognized her resemblance to Tang Yuehua, and left with Meng Yiran after agreeing to help.
• Tang San encountered the King of Slaughter, who attacked him with a Clear Sky Hammer, but Tang San escaped after striking him with Purple Demon Eye.
• The King of Slaughter struggled with his identity and finally declared that he was Tang Chen, master of the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Chen escaped Slaughter City with Tang San and revealed that Bloody Mary had poisoned them and that the city would soon be destroyed. He reunited with Tang Hao, proved his identity with the Clear Sky Token, and warned him never to enter Slaughter City or drink Bloody Mary again.

• Tang Chen regained his memories, searched for a Clear Sky Sect disciple, and found Tang San hiding in Slaughter City.
• Tang Chen recognized Tang San as Tang Hao's son and persuaded him to leave, explaining that Bloody Mary had become poisonous and Slaughter City would soon be destroyed.
• Tang Hao mistook the emaciated Tang San for a stranger, then recognized his son when Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Chen told Tang Hao he was his grandfather, and Tang Hao accepted his identity after seeing the Clear Sky Token.
• Tang San explained the danger of Bloody Mary, and Tang Chen warned Tang Hao to stay away from Slaughter City.

Tang San offered to cure Tang Chen's poison by replacing his blood, but Tang Hao revealed that the Clear Sky Sect had been devastated by Qin Xiao and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Later, Qin Xiao brought the poisoned Meng Yiran to Dugu Bo, who demanded a mu of the Medicine Field to treat her.

• Tang San explained that replacing Tang Chen's poisoned blood and using medicinal herbs could cure him, but Tang Chen learned that compatible relatives in the Clear Sky Sect were nearly all that remained.
• Tang Hao told Tang Chen that Qin Xiao and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had destroyed the Clear Sky Sect and killed its Titled Douluos.
• Tang Chen recognized Qin Xiao as the man who had passed Hell Road and completed a hundred arena battles in one day, so he decided to delay revenge until he recovered.
• Qin Xiao brought the unconscious, poisoned Meng Yiran to Dugu Bo for treatment.
• Dugu Bo said Meng Yiran's poison had spread through her body and demanded one mu of the Medicine Field to cure her.

After Dai Mubai’s final letter reached the Star Luo Emperor, the emperor ordered the Nether Grand Duke to investigate and secretly watched his clan. Liu Erlong warned Yu Luomian about Qin Xiao’s power and alliances, while Qin Xiao cared for the recovering Meng Yiran; three days later, Tang Chen returned to the ruined Clear Sky Sect and swore to kill Qin Xiao.

• Dugu Bo left to prepare medicine for Meng Yiran after Qin Xiao agreed to give him a mu of medicinal land.
• The Star Luo Emperor read Dai Mubai’s letter, blamed Zhu Zhuqing and Qin Xiao for the prince’s death, and ordered the Nether Grand Duke to investigate within half a month.
• The Star Luo Emperor secretly assigned three guards to monitor the Nether Grand Duke and the Nether Clan for signs of disloyalty.
• Liu Erlong told Yu Luomian that Qin Xiao was closely allied with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and had helped destroy the Clear Sky Sect, then warned him not to provoke Qin Xiao.
• Qin Xiao questioned Dugu Bo about Meng Yiran’s lingering weakness, and Dugu Bo said she needed medicine and several days to recover.
• Tang Chen returned to the Clear Sky Sect’s ruined entrance with Tang Hao and Tang San and swore to kill Qin Xiao.

Tang Chen and Tang San gathered Clear Sky Sect survivors to test whose blood could merge with Tang Chen’s, seeking a way to replace his poisoned blood. In a hidden chamber, Tang Chen drained one selected disciple to death, revealing that the supposed opportunity was a deadly sacrifice and leaving the remaining disciples terrified.

• Tang Hu recognized Tang Chen as the Clear Sky Sect’s Revival Ancestor and gathered the sect’s surviving disciples to meet him.
• Tang San tested the disciples’ blood against Tang Chen’s and selected just over twenty whose blood merged with his.
• Tang Chen had Tang Hu lead them to a secluded refuge, then sent him outside with the unselected disciples.
• Tang Chen cut his palm and a selected boy’s, drained the boy’s blood to replace his own poisoned blood, and killed him.
• The surviving selected disciples realized Tang Chen intended to sacrifice them and recoiled in terror.

Tang Chen and Tang Hao drained Clear Sky Sect disciples to treat Tang Chen’s poison, while Tang San joined in and learned that Tang Chen had invented a story about the Great Sumeru Hammer to hide what happened. At Blue Tyrant Academy, Qin Xiao tended to Meng Yiran before Liu Erlong confronted him over calling her “Dean Liu.”

• Tang Chen drained twenty Clear Sky Sect disciples to temporarily remove the poison from his blood, then Tang San revealed that he also needed the disciples’ blood and drained the five survivors.
• Tang Hu entered the cave and found the corpses, so Tang Chen falsely claimed the disciples had died while attempting to cultivate the Great Sumeru Hammer.
• After Tang Hu left, Tang Chen admitted to Tang San that he had made up the story and told Tang Hao to teach Tang San the Great Sumeru Hammer once their poison was dealt with.
• At Blue Tyrant Academy, Qin Xiao laid the recovering Meng Yiran in bed and left after she hinted at what they might do when she recovered.
• Liu Erlong blocked Qin Xiao outside the room and questioned him after he called her Dean Liu.

Zhu Zhuqing confronted the Nether Grand Duke over Dai Mubai’s death, but he tried to force her back to the Star Luo Empire to answer for it. Qin Xiao intervened and left Zhao Wuji to face the Nether Grand Duke, who challenged him.

• Qin Xiao learned from Liu Erlong that Zhu Zhuqing was meeting her father and hurried to the academy lake.
• Zhu Zhuqing told the Nether Grand Duke how Dai Mubai had hunted her, then showed him their agreement dissolving their engagement; he admitted he had blamed her wrongly.
• The Nether Grand Duke ordered Zhu Zhuqing to return with him to the Star Luo Empire, using his Soul Power pressure against her despite her objections.
• Qin Xiao arrived, identified himself as Zhu Zhuqing’s partner, and told the Nether Grand Duke to leave; Zhu Zhuqing revealed her Soul Ancestor cultivation.
• Qin Xiao called Zhao Wuji to escort the Nether Grand Duke away, then left with Zhu Zhuqing; Zhao Wuji stood his ground when the duke challenged him.

Zhao Wuji fought the Nether Grand Duke when he tried to enter Blue Tyrant Academy, defeated him, and warned him about Qin Xiao’s power. The Nether Grand Duke left to investigate Zhao Wuji’s claim that Qin Xiao had destroyed the Clear Sky Sect, then broke his own ribs to disguise his failure to the Star Luo Emperor.

• Zhao Wuji revealed his Soul Douluo cultivation and challenged the Nether Grand Duke, who also showed himself to be a Soul Douluo.
• The Nether Grand Duke used Nether Hundred Shadows, but Zhao Wuji found his true body with Gravity Enhancement and struck him with Great Strength Vajra Palm.
• The Nether Grand Duke transformed into a Hell Spirit Cat, but Zhao Wuji’s Evil God Protection withstood his attacks, and Position Tracking let Zhao Wuji pursue him when he tried to leave.
• Zhao Wuji and the Nether Grand Duke clashed in their Martial Soul Avatars, and Zhao Wuji defeated him and threw him outside Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Zhao Wuji told the Nether Grand Duke that Qin Xiao had destroyed the Clear Sky Sect, prompting the duke to decide to investigate in the Star Luo Empire.
• Worried about explaining his failure to the Star Luo Emperor, the Nether Grand Duke broke several of his own ribs so he could claim he had nearly died trying to retrieve Zhu Zhuqing.

Qin Xiao reassured Zhu Zhuqing that the Star Luo Empire could not threaten him and proposed making her empress if he replaced its ruler. At True Dragon Mountain, Yu Yuanzhen’s plea awakened the nine peaks’ treasures, and he obtained the Snow Jade Crown, whose power began restoring his cultivation.

• Zhao Wuji reported to Qin Xiao that he had escorted the Nether Grand Duke out of the academy, and Qin Xiao comforted Zhu Zhuqing before suggesting she become empress of the Star Luo Empire.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Xiaogang that the nine peaks held treasures of the Radiant Sacred Dragon and led him to True Dragon Mountain.
• Yu Yuanzhen opened the stone gate with his clan-leader ring and recited the phrase passed down by the clan, but at first nothing happened.
• After Yu Yuanzhen roared in frustration, the hall shook and golden pillars rose from all nine peaks, revealing the Snow Jade Crown to him.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to touch the crown and was thrown back, while Yu Yuanzhen received its recognition and placed it on his head.
• The Snow Jade Crown released a powerful surge of Soul Power, and Yu Xiaogang realized Yu Yuanzhen’s cultivation had begun to recover.

Yu Yuanzhen awakened the Light Sacred Dragon, restored his strength, and uncovered the True Dragon Nine Crowns, which could grant immense power at the cost of his life. He resolved to use them to kill Qin Xiao, while the wounded Nether Grand Duke returned to the Star Luo Palace and prepared to explain what had happened.

• Yu Yuanzhen's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul transformed into the Radiant Sacred Dragon, and he shared some of his life force with Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Yuanzhen summoned eight soul bone fragments called the True Dragon Nine Crowns and explained that activating their full power would cost him his life.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Xiaogang he planned to arrange the clan's affairs before using the True Dragon Nine Crowns to kill Qin Xiao.
• Yu Luomian stopped the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples from investigating the disturbance and told them it was an auspicious omen from their ancestor.
• The Star Luo Emperor learned that the gravely wounded Nether Grand Duke had returned, dismissed the guards, and demanded to know what had happened.

The Star Luo Emperor learned that Qin Xiao had killed an imperial prince and rallied nobles and ministers to assemble fighters for an expedition against him. Meanwhile, Qin Xiao gave Meng Yiran an immortal herb that greatly increased her strength, and Yu Yuanzhen returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan resolved to avenge its dead by killing Qin Xiao.

• The Nether Grand Duke blamed Zhu Zhuqing for his conflict with Qin Xiao, and the Star Luo Emperor vowed to punish Qin Xiao for murdering a prince.
• The Star Luo Emperor gathered nobles and ministers, secured promises of Soul Douluos and other fighters, and ordered them to assemble in one week to kill Qin Xiao.
• Qin Xiao gave Meng Yiran a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and she ate it, rapidly increasing her soul power and physical strength.
• Meng Yiran tried to thank Qin Xiao by seducing him, and he was caught off guard by her advances.
• Yu Yuanzhen returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan at Rank 96 and swore to kill Qin Xiao to avenge Xiao Feng, Tian Heng, and the clan's fallen disciples.

Yu Yuanzhen revealed his evolved Radiant Sacred Dragon Martial Soul and the True Dragon Nine Crowns, then set out to seek revenge against Qin Xiao despite the cost to his life. Days later, Qin Xiao learned that Liu Erlong had been kidnapped and went alone to the Nameless Lake, where a Star Luo-backed force waited in ambush.

• Yu Luomian urged Yu Yuanzhen to abandon revenge after recounting how Qin Xiao and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect destroyed the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yu Yuanzhen demonstrated his Radiant Sacred Dragon Martial Soul and the True Dragon Nine Crowns, convincing Yu Luomian that he could challenge Qin Xiao, and entrusted the clan to his brother.
• Flender told Qin Xiao that Liu Erlong had disappeared and handed him the kidnappers' letter demanding he come alone to the Nameless Lake.
• Qin Xiao decided to go to the lake and promised Flender he would bring Liu Erlong back safely.
• At the lake, more than a dozen masked figures held Liu Erlong while discussing their force of Soul Douluos, Soul Saints, and an expert from the Xu Family.

Liu Erlong discovered that the Marshal’s ambush was meant to kill Qin Xiao on the Star Luo Emperor’s orders, and Qin Xiao arrived despite the danger. He emerged from the attackers’ combined assault unharmed, while the Marshal’s forces were left stunned and apparently dead.

• Liu Erlong identified the Marshal’s group as agents of the Star Luo Empire and taunted them, but the Marshal ordered them to keep her alive until Qin Xiao arrived.
• A scout reported that Qin Xiao was approaching alone, and Liu Erlong tried to kill herself so she would not be used against him, but she was unharmed.
• Qin Xiao arrived and challenged the Marshal, who ordered the Soul Saints to attack him with a coordinated barrage and immobilizing skills.
• The attackers believed Qin Xiao was trapped, but screams and bodies emerged from the dust as he overwhelmed them, appearing in the form of Thunder Tai Tan.
• Qin Xiao walked out uninjured as a survivor ran from the dust, shouting that everyone else was dead.