Chapter Summaries

Tang San arrived at Moonlight Pavilion in Heaven Dou City and reunited with his aunt, Tang Yuehua, after the deaths of Tang Hao and Tang Xuanwei. Xiao Bai explained that soul bones could help Tang San keep cultivating, then reminded him of a gift Xuan Wei had promised; the chapter ended with Tang San and Tang Yuehua embracing and weeping together.

• Xiao Bai led Tang San and Ma Hongjun to Moonlight Pavilion, where Tang San frightened the gatekeepers into letting them enter.
• Steward Aude greeted Xiao Bai, and Tang Yuehua came downstairs to welcome him and recognize Tang San as her nephew.
• Tang Yuehua brought Tang San and the others to her private top-floor hall, where Tang San asked what he should do to strengthen himself.
• Xiao Bai advised Tang San to absorb soul bones to improve his physical strength, while warning that he would need six soul bones over a hundred thousand years old to fully cultivate both martial souls.
• Xiao Bai reminded Tang San of the gift Xuan Wei had promised, causing Tang Yuehua to recall their deaths and break down in tears.
• Tang San comforted Tang Yuehua, and the aunt and nephew embraced and wept over their shared grief.

Tang San found Tang Xuanwei’s gift in Holy Soul Village: a book describing a radically different version of his life, in which Shrek and Tang San triumphed over Spirit Hall. As the book ended with Tang San’s resurrection and victory, he was left confronting the possibility that someone had deliberately altered his life.

• Tang San, Tang Yuehua, and Xiao Bai searched Tang Xuanwei’s room but found no gift, then realized she had left it in Holy Soul Village because it mattered to both Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Three days later, Tang San opened the brocade box on a hill outside Holy Soul Village and found a book titled “Asura Sea God Chronicles” and a map.
• Tang San read Tang Xuanwei’s message and discovered that the book followed a version of his life that differed sharply from his own, including Shrek’s early victories and the absence of the Seven-Star Team.
• The book described Tang San defeating Spirit Hall, becoming the Sea God and Asura, dying to Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, then being resurrected by Tang Hao and defeating them.
• Tang San reached the book’s ending, where Spirit Hall was destroyed and the continent revered him, while the author’s postscript claimed Qian Renxue’s bloodline explained later Holy Angel martial souls.

After reading Tang Xuanwei’s book, Tang San realized Bibi Dong had systematically ruined his path to godhood and vowed revenge, then decided to pursue the route through Slaughter City and Sea God Island. In the Divine Realm, the Rakshasa God and Asura God discovered his personality mask had shattered and shifted their plan toward making him the Rakshasa God’s successor.

• Tang San read that Tang Xuanwei came from ten thousand years in the future and concluded that Bibi Dong had used foreknowledge to cripple his talents and destroy his chances of becoming the Twin Gods in One.
• Tang San swore to kill everyone connected to Spirit Hall, and his remaining mask shattered to reveal his cruel, evil expression.
• Tang San inferred that Bibi Dong did not know the secrets of the Blue Silver Forest or the Sea God’s trials, so he planned to obtain Divine Slaughter’s Domain, expose Qian Renxue’s plot, and seek the Sea God’s trials.
• The Rakshasa God sensed Tang San’s powerful evil thoughts near Holy Soul Village and recognized him as the Asura God’s chosen successor.
• The Rakshasa God told the Asura God that Tang San’s shattered mask and lost fortune meant he could no longer inherit the Asura or Sea God positions.
• The Asura God and Rakshasa God abandoned their first plan and agreed to fuel Tang San’s hatred so he could complete the Rakshasa Nine Trials and reach at least the middle God King stage.

Qian Chongling stopped Qian Renxue from beginning the Angel God’s trials after warning that another deity might be impersonating the fallen Angel God, then left to seek the Asura inheritance in Slaughter City. Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, Yu Dashi, and Liu Erlong reached Slaughter City’s entrance and entered its passage, where a black-armored force awaited them.

• Qian Chongling warned Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue that the Angel God had fallen and that a trial response could come from an impostor, so he postponed Qian Renxue’s trials until his return in a year or more.
• Qian Chongling revealed that he was going to Slaughter City to seek a God King-level trial connected to Tang Chen and the Asura God, while Qian Daoliu rejoiced that Tang Chen had failed his eighth trial.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan followed an uncertain route to Slaughter City with Yu Dashi and Liu Erlong, then fought off a tavern’s desperadoes after refusing to drink the Bloody Mary.
• Yan forced the tavern waiter to reveal the entrance, and Liu Erlong, Xie Yue, Hu Liena, Yu Dashi, and Yan descended into the passage as their Soul Saint escorts departed.
• Xie Yue’s group heard Slaughter City’s warning and emerged from the passage to find 101 black-armored figures, 100 of them armed with heavy swords.

Xie Yue defeated Terror Knight Scott and entered Slaughter City with his companions, where they learned that Soul Skills were unusable and escape was nearly impossible. Unshaken, Xie Yue and the others chose to head straight for the Hell Slaughter Arena.

• Xie Yue used his Thunderclap Half-Moon Slash to defeat Scott, who gave him five entry tokens and allowed the group to enter Slaughter City.
• A Black-veiled Woman welcomed the group and explained that a domain suppressed Soul Skills, Slaughter City had no rules, and the Enforcement Squad killed anyone who tried to escape.
• The Black-veiled Woman told Yu Dashi and Liu Erlong that the only route out was to win one hundred Hell Slaughter Arena matches and survive Hell Road, leaving them in despair.
• Xie Yue and the others decided to go to the Hell Slaughter Arena immediately despite learning that each ten-person match had only one survivor.
• The Black-veiled Woman explained that Slaughter City had an Outer City where indiscriminate killing was forbidden and an Inner City reserved for Hell Slaughter Arena survivors.

Xie Yue and his companions entered Slaughter City's Inner City, where they encountered Tang San and learned he had already won ten matches in the Hell Slaughter Arena. The Black-veiled Young Woman led them toward the arena as Tang San took Yu Dashi and Liu Erlong farther into the city.

• The Black-veiled Young Woman explained that newcomers would be protected for twelve hours, and Liu Erlong chose to enter the Inner City with Yu Dashi rather than remain in the Outer City.
• Xie Yue explained that Slaughter City served as a prison for fallen criminals, then asked the Black-veiled Young Woman to take the group to the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• The group witnessed the Inner City's violence and depravity as they followed the Black-veiled Young Woman through the streets.
• Tang San emerged from a crowd, recognized Xie Yue and his companions, and declared that he would destroy Spirit Hall.
• Tang San told Yu Dashi he had come ahead to wait for him, then led Yu Dashi and Liu Erlong farther into the Inner City.
• The Black-veiled Young Woman said Tang San had won all ten of his matches in about half a month, then showed Xie Yue and the others the Hell Slaughter Arena.

Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue each won their first Hell Slaughter Arena matches while the King of Slaughter plotted to increase the supply of Bloody Marys. Qian Chongling confronted the Asura God's divine will in Slaughter City, wounded him with a powerful sword technique, and then faced the Asura Domain.

• Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue staggered their registrations and each survived their first Hell Slaughter Arena match.
• The King of Slaughter ordered that more people be killed to replenish the dwindling Bloody Mary supply and asserted that he made the rules in Slaughter City.
• Qian Chongling appeared before the Nine-Headed Bat King, overpowered him, and summoned the Asura God's divine will by challenging it.
• Qian Chongling and the Asura God's divine will fought with their swords, and Qian Chongling's Three Sacred Lotus Slash blasted the Asura God into the floor.
• The Asura God invoked the Asura Domain, and Qian Chongling answered with a seven-colored sword strike.

Qian Chongling defeated and killed the Asura God's projection, while the battle's aftermath unsettled Slaughter City. Half a year later, Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan used the Ice Heart Sutra to control their growing murderous intent, and Yu Dashi visited Tang San to ask for more Bloody Marys.

• Qian Chongling shattered the Asura God's domain, defeated his sword techniques, and destroyed the projection with the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword.
• The battle frightened Slaughter City's residents, who grew more cautious as the city quieted for more than half a month.
• After half a year of fighting in the Hell Slaughter Arena, Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan used the Ice Heart Sutra to steady their minds and control their killing intent.
• Tang San meditated alone while suppressing his murderous intent, and Yu Dashi arrived asking whether Tang San had any Bloody Marys left.

Yu Dashi told Tang San that drinking Bloody Mary had unexpectedly raised his Soul Power to level 30, then explained how to earn Divine Slaughter's Domain by clearing the Hell Road. He asked Tang San to help him and Liu Erlong escape Slaughter City and obtain the domain, and Tang San agreed.

• Yu Dashi pleaded with Tang San for the remaining Bloody Mary and revealed that he had reached level 30 after drinking it.
• Tang San promised to get Yu Dashi more Bloody Mary so he could continue cultivating.
• Yu Dashi explained that clearing the Hell Road earned a person recognition from Divine Slaughter's Domain and formed a domain bound to their Martial Soul.
• Yu Dashi asked Tang San to help him and Liu Erlong leave Slaughter City through the Hell Road and said he also wanted to obtain the domain.
• Tang San agreed to help Yu Dashi, who then proposed testing Tang San's grasp of his theories on the roof.

Dai Mubai expected to become Crown Prince, but Dai Tianfeng rejected his claim because he lacked the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill and named Dai Weisi heir instead. Dai Mubai was ordered to leave for the frontier city of Moon Wheel to cultivate.

• Dai Mubai arrived at the imperial court expecting to claim the Crown Prince position.
• Dai Tianfeng asked his ministers to choose between Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai, and Grand General Lin Yuanfeng and most officials supported Dai Weisi.
• Dai Mubai claimed that defeating Dai Weisi entitled him to the throne under the ancestral teachings.
• Dai Tianfeng explained that the emperor needed the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill and that Dai Mubai did not meet the succession requirements.
• Dai Tianfeng declared Dai Weisi Crown Prince and ordered Dai Mubai to go to Moon Wheel City to cultivate.

After earning one hundred victories each, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan rejected the King of Slaughter’s offer and entered Hell Road. They survived the journey’s transition and found themselves on a narrow path above a blood river, preparing to proceed together.

• Hu Liena won her hundredth match, joining Yan and Xie Yue as a hundred-victory champion in the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• The King of Slaughter offered the trio Slayer titles if they abandoned Hell Road, but Xie Yue refused on their behalf.
• The King of Slaughter opened Hell Road by sacrificing the spectators, and the arena’s blood formed a pattern that transported the trio away.
• The trio regained their senses on a small circular platform above a bottomless abyss and recognized a narrow path as their only way forward.
• Hu Liena proposed tying the trio together with a rope from her Soul Tool, and Yan and Xie Yue agreed.

Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan advanced along Hell Road and fought off swarms of blood bats with firearms and grenades. After defeating the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, they rested, reloaded, and continued down the increasingly hot, seemingly spiraling path.

• Xie Yue led Hu Liena and Yan along Hell Road, where they spotted a swarm of blood bats approaching.
• Xie Yue used a grenade against the bats, and Hu Liena and Yan joined him in attacking the survivors with firearms and explosives.
• The trio encountered the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, then killed it with a concentrated barrage before driving off most of the remaining bats.
• Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan rested, ate, and reloaded their weapons before resuming their journey.
• As the trio continued along Hell Road, Xie Yue suspected the path spiraled downward because it grew hotter and they had not reached its end.

Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan defeated a Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent on Hell Road with their firearms and learned that its inner core could benefit Dugu Yan. Qian Chongling took the core and rewarded the trio with Immortal-Grade Pills before they continued toward the end of Hell Road.

• Hu Liena and Yan attacked the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent with their soul skills, but it evaded Yan’s strike and lashed at them with its tail.
• Yan drove the serpent back while Xie Yue and Hu Liena opened fire with a Gatling and a Barrett, killing it and leaving its inner core behind.
• Qian Chongling appeared, identified the serpent and its inner core, and stored the core in his soul tool.
• Qian Chongling gave Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena an Immortal-Grade Pill suited to each of them and told them to finish Hell Road before taking the pills.
• After Qian Chongling vanished, the trio continued along Hell Road with renewed confidence.

Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan reached a thousand-meter-wide lake of blood blocking the exit from Hell Road. Hu Liena used discs from her Soul Tool to help Xie Yue and Yan cross, and the story left Hu Liena still recovering while the others had passed through the White Light Curtain.

• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan discussed Slaughter City and continued toward the end of Hell Road as the oppressive atmosphere heightened their agitation.
• The three discovered that a lake of blood separated them from the exit, and Xie Yue and Yan could think of no way to cross it.
• Hu Liena revealed the discs beneath her feet and used them as moving steps to guide Xie Yue across the blood lake.
• Xie Yue entered the White Light Curtain, and Hu Liena spent an hour recovering her Mental Power.
• Yan crossed the blood lake using Hu Liena's discs and entered the White Light Curtain.

Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan emerged from Slaughter City with the Divine Slaughter's Domain, and Qian Chongling checked their mental conditions. After finding them all normal, he sent them back to Spirit Hall while he stayed behind to finish something.

• Hu Liena woke in a valley outside Slaughter City with a white marking between her brows, and she reunited with Qian Chongling and Xie Yue.
• Qian Chongling checked Hu Liena's and Xie Yue's mental conditions, then examined Yan and found all three were normal.
• Qian Chongling told Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to return to Spirit Hall with Gui Mei and Yue Guan and refine the Immortal-Grade Pills.
• After the three left, Qian Chongling dismissed a rumor that the Asura God had secretly controlled Hu Liena through the Divine Slaughter's Domain.

The Nine-Headed Bat King received the Rakshasa God’s order to cooperate with Tang San, who won his hundredth arena match and secured permission for Yu Dashi and Liu Erlong to join his Hell Road challenge. The three reached the blood sea’s far side, where Tang San began carrying his companions across the cavern ceiling toward the exit.

• The Rakshasa God appeared before the Nine-Headed Bat King and ordered him to help Tang San rather than interfere with his plans.
• Tang San defeated nine opponents with Nine Phoenixes Lead the Young, then crushed their skulls after winning his hundredth match.
• Tang San told the King of Slaughter that Tang Chen was his great-grandfather and requested that Yu Dashi and Liu Erlong accompany him on the Hell Road; the King granted permission.
• The King of Slaughter activated the arena’s blood formation, sending Tang San, Yu Dashi, and Liu Erlong to the Hell Road.
• Tang San’s group encountered few obstacles and found the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat and Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent missing.
• At the thousand-meter blood sea, Tang San used his Eight Spider Lances to carry Yu Dashi and Liu Erlong along the cavern ceiling toward the exit.

Tang San discovered that he had failed to obtain the Divine Slaughter's Domain while Yu Dashi and Liu Erlong had gained it, leaving him resentful and bewildered. Seven days later, the Angel God's inheritance awakened, and the Asura God and Poseidon plotted against its successor while the Asura God declared Tang San unfit to inherit the Sea God's position.

• Tang San awoke with his Clear Sky Hammer but no Divine Slaughter's Domain, then saw that Yu Dashi and Liu Erlong had both obtained one.
• Yu Dashi and Liu Erlong questioned Tang San about his missing domain, and he left in anger while Xiao Bai told him they would talk when they returned.
• The Asura God watched Tang San's despair and said it had only just begun.
• Seven days later, golden light rose from Douluo Hall, activating the Angel God's inheritance and blocking Poseidon's view of Spirit Hall.
• Poseidon and the Asura God discussed Qian Renxue's inheritance, and Poseidon agreed to oversee it and prevent her from returning as Qian Yuanxue.
• The Asura God told Poseidon that Tang San was no longer fit to inherit the Sea God's position and suggested the Heaven Dou Empire's Third Prince as a candidate for the Sea God's Heart.

Poseidon tampered with the Angel God’s trials, forcing Qian Renxue to release evil soul masters, but Qian Chongling struck him with mysterious black-and-white divine power. A black-clad youth appeared in the Angel Temple, injured Poseidon, and confronted him with two fly swatters.

• Poseidon entered the Angel Temple and altered Qian Renxue’s divine trials, mocking the Angel God as he did so.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that her first trial required her to release ten evil soul masters and never issue warrants for their arrest.
• Qian Daoliu pleaded with Qian Chongling to change the trial requirements, and Qian Chongling sent black-and-white divine light toward the Angel Temple.
• The divine light broke through Poseidon’s defenses and struck him, leaving him bleeding and asking who wielded God King-level power.
• A black-clad youth stepped from the divine light, holding a black and a white fly swatter, and asked Poseidon whether they looked nice.

Qian Chongling's divine sense clone beat Poseidon and reset the Angel Nine Trials, preventing him from tampering with them. Poseidon and the Asura God later found the Angel Temple sealed and abandoned their attempt, leaving Poseidon to arrange the Sea God Trial.

• Qian Chongling struck Poseidon across the face with a Fly Swatter, then used the Sword Divine Domain, Time Stop, and Time Reversal to immobilize him and repair the Angel Temple.
• Qian Chongling struck Poseidon repeatedly, declared him unworthy until he could break through Jialing Pass, and sent him flying away from the Angel Temple.
• Qian Chongling enveloped the Angel Temple in black-and-white divine light, reset the Angel Nine Trials, and vanished after revealing he was a divine sense clone.
• Poseidon sought the Asura God's help, but they found Qian Chongling gone and the Angel Temple protected by a barrier.
• The Asura God warned that breaking the barrier would draw the other God Kings' attention, then told Poseidon to arrange the Sea God Trial.

Qian Renxue passed the first Angel Nine Trials by learning when to compromise and when to act decisively, then began the Second Trial, “Rights and Obligations.” Tang San stayed at Moonlight Pavilion to study noble etiquette, while Tang Yuehua kept news from the Star Luo Empire from him.

• Qian Chongling explained how the trial illusion tested Qian Renxue’s state of mind and sent her into it to begin her First Trial.
• Tang San agreed to spend a year at Moonlight Pavilion studying with Tang Yuehua, who chose not to tell him what had happened in the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Mubai complained about his life in Moon Wheel City.
• Three months later, Qian Renxue celebrated passing her First Trial with the Qian Family and revealed that her Second Trial was called “Rights and Obligations.”
• Qian Chongling explained that Qian Renxue could pass the Second Trial by fulfilling the obligations that came with the rights she enjoyed.