Chapter Summaries

Chen Xuanqing discussed the Heaven Dou Empire and Tang San with Bibi Dong, then returned to Spirit Hall Academy and reunited with Hu Liena. Bibi Dong planned to kill Tang San after the final, while Chen Xuanqing intended to keep him alive for his own schemes.

• Bibi Dong tested Chen Xuanqing about taking control of the Heaven Dou Empire, but he deferred the decision to her and Qian Daoliu.
• Bibi Dong told Chen Xuanqing she would personally kill Tang San after the final, and he left while resolving to prevent Tang San's death for now.
• Chen Xuanqing returned to Spirit Hall Academy, greeted the students, and met Teacher Song Qi, who teased him about visiting Hu Liena.
• Chen Xuanqing went to the Spirit Hall Team's training ground, where Hu Liena embraced him and told him how much she had missed him.

Chen Xuanqing gave the Spirit Hall Team immortal herbs that greatly increased their strength ahead of the Soul Master Tournament finals. He watched Spirit Hall Academy defeat Shrek Academy, while searching for signs of Tang Hao outside the venue.

• Yan set aside his former jealousy of Chen Xuanqing, while Xie Yue held back from interfering with Hu Liena because Chen Xuanqing had helped him cultivate.
• Chen Xuanqing gave the Spirit Hall Team immortal herbs, and Hu Liena's demon fox martial soul evolved into a red moon demon fox after she absorbed hers.
• The team members returned with major breakthroughs: four reached level fifty Soul Kings, Yan advanced to level fifty-six, and Hu Liena and Xie Yue became level sixty Soul Emperors.
• Chen Xuanqing left after encouraging the team, then wore the Thousand Mechanisms Mask and searched outside the finals venue for clues about Tang Hao.
• Spirit Hall Academy overwhelmed Shrek Academy in the finals, and Tang San could not overcome the remaining Soul Emperors and Soul Kings after defeating one opponent.

After Spirit Hall Academy won the tournament, Bibi Dong confronted Shrek Academy over Tang San’s father, Tang Hao, killing Spirit Hall’s previous Pope. Shrek’s ranks fractured as some left, while Flender and several teachers stood by Tang San as Spirit Hall prepared to act.

• Bibi Dong declared Spirit Hall Academy the tournament champion and awarded its team three Soul Bones.
• Bibi Dong approached Shrek Academy and announced that Spirit Hall would settle its private affairs; Hu Liena kicked Yu Xiaogang to the ground when he challenged her teacher.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo accused Tang San of being Tang Hao’s son, and Ghost Douluo urged Shrek’s members to abandon him.
• Three students who had recently joined from Blue Tyrant Academy left Shrek’s ranks, and Shao Xin knocked Oscar unconscious before taking him away.
• Li Yusong, Lu Qibin, Zhao Wuji, and Flender stepped forward to protect Tang San, while Ma Hongjun chose to leave.
• Bibi Dong grew impatient and ordered everyone to stop wasting time.

Dai Mubai tried to bargain for Tang San’s life by claiming his future position as Star Luo Emperor, but Chrysanthemum Douluo attacked him and Ghost Douluo struck Li Yusong. Tang Hao arrived to protect Shrek Academy and faced Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and four Platinum Bishops, declaring that Spirit Hall could not hold him.

• Dai Mubai asked Bibi Dong to spare Tang San, promising that Spirit Hall would receive his gratitude if he became emperor of the Star Luo Empire.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo struck Dai Mubai, while Ghost Douluo ambushed Li Yusong; Flender and Zhao Wuji tried to intervene but were stopped by Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Tang Hao appeared and blasted Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei backward with his power.
• Bibi Dong confronted Tang Hao, who moved to stand before the Shrek Academy group and challenged her to keep him there.
• Bibi Dong summoned four Platinum Bishops to surround Tang Hao, who announced that he would show them the Clear Sky True Body.

Qian Daoliu stopped Tang Hao from escaping with Tang San and overwhelmed him in battle. Chen Xuanqing rescued Tang San and fled Spirit City while Tang Hao used Nine Rings Detonation to hold Qian Daoliu back, but Tang Hao was left near death.

• Qian Daoliu struck Tang Hao down as Tang Hao tried to flee with Tang San, then countered Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer with his Angel Domain and sword.
• Chen Xuanqing darted in, seized Tang San, and raced toward the outskirts of Spirit City.
• Tang Hao detonated all nine Soul Rings to unleash a powerful attack, forcing Qian Daoliu to abandon pursuit and face him.
• Qian Daoliu summoned his Six-Winged Angel and clashed with Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer, leaving Tang Hao gravely wounded in a crater.
• Qian Daoliu flew away, and Bibi Dong, Gui Mei, and Chrysanthemum relaxed as the immediate tension eased.

Chrysanthemum Douluo killed Tang Hao after Qian Daoliu left, and Bibi Dong ordered Shrek Academy’s capture and Spirit Hall’s repairs. Chen Xuanqing saved Tang San, then directed him toward the Star Luo Empire and Sea God Island as his path to power.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo stabbed Tang Hao through the chest and killed him.
• Bibi Dong spared Yu Xiaogang, ordered Shrek Academy taken into custody, and commanded Ghost Douluo to repair Spirit Hall and recover Tang Hao’s soul bones.
• Chen Xuanqing carried Tang San away from Spirit City and threw him into a stream to calm him after Tang Hao’s death.
• Tang San knelt before Chen Xuanqing and asked him for guidance, while secretly remaining ready to use his hidden weapons.
• Chen Xuanqing told Tang San that Spirit Hall’s rise and reforms in the Heaven Dou Empire would send him toward the Star Luo Empire, then Sea God Island.
• Tang San accepted Chen Xuanqing’s instructions and vowed to remember them.

Chen Xuanqing gave Tang San the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and promised to aid him against Spirit Hall once he rose to power. A week later, Chen Xuanqing and Hu Liena entered Spirit Hall together for their investiture ceremony as Son of God and Holy Maiden.

• Chen Xuanqing gave Tang San the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and claimed he was helping because of Tang San's exceptional talent and hatred of Spirit Hall.
• Chen Xuanqing returned to Spirit Hall, learned that the Shrek Academy students were imprisoned, and asked Ghost Douluo to remind him about the coming investiture ceremony.
• Chen Xuanqing gave Hu Liena a Golden Rose and congratulated her on winning the Soul Master Tournament, then spent the day touring Spirit City with her.
• A week later, Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall's powerful figures gathered for Chen Xuanqing and Hu Liena's investiture ceremony.
• Chen Xuanqing and Hu Liena entered Spirit Hall together as the ceremony began.

Chen Xuanqing and Hu Liena were invested as Spirit Hall’s Son of God and Saintess, then discussed their future together. Over the following five years, Chen Xuanqing helped shape political and industrial changes across the continent as Heaven Dou and Star Luo moved toward war.

• Bibi Dong invested Chen Xuanqing and Hu Liena as the Son of God and Saintess, giving each a Soul Bone and blessings from Spirit Hall’s senior leaders.
• After the ceremony, Hu Liena rested beside Chen Xuanqing, and they spoke of their future marriage and her willingness to wait for him.
• Chen Xuanqing developed the continent’s first Soul Power Locomotive, boosting productivity and creating new work for low-ranking Soul Masters.
• Qian Renxue stripped high-ranking Soul Masters of some privileges, and rebellions led by Yao Dang were crushed; many disgruntled Soul Masters fled to other kingdoms and the Star Luo Empire.
• As Qian Renxue’s reforms gained support, Heaven Dou and Star Luo expanded their influence and grew increasingly hostile over five years.
• Chen Xuanqing held back his level and purified his soul power while influencing the continent’s changing balance of power, as war between the two empires appeared inevitable.

Chen Xuanqing failed another attempt to form a golden core and left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to pursue his path to godhood. He flew to a remote town, where he set its houses ablaze and watched as the frightened residents gathered beneath him.

• Chen Xuanqing tried to merge his liquefied soul power into a golden core but lost control and failed again.
• Chen Xuanqing reassured the women at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, said he was leaving for a while, and flew away on his sword.
• Chen Xuanqing arrived above a remote town, alarming its residents, who believed he was a Titled Douluo.
• Chen Xuanqing recited a poem about being the Wine Sword Immortal and sent the Azure Gleam Sword through the town's houses, starting fires.
• The residents fled their burning homes and gathered in the central square beneath Chen Xuanqing.

Chen Xuanqing traveled to Slaughter City, killing the guide who led him to its entrance before entering the underground passage. At the city gates, he ignored the black-armored knight’s warning and faced the knight’s charging warhorse.

• Chen Xuanqing ordered an elderly man to take him to Slaughter City and silenced him with killing intent when he asked why.
• Chen Xuanqing killed the old man at the hidden entrance, smashed open the boulder, and entered the passage.
• Chen Xuanqing walked through the passage, mocked the eerie voice welcoming him to Slaughter City, and continued toward the gateway.
• Chen Xuanqing entered the city gates and saw one hundred armored warriors and a black-armored knight on a warhorse.
• Chen Xuanqing dismissed the knight’s challenge, and the knight charged at him on his warhorse.

Chen Xuanqing entered Slaughter City after defeating its Black Armored Knight and receiving an identity token. He questioned his guide about how the city sustained its deadly matches, learned that its residents included powerful humans who were not Soul Masters, and suspected there were other secrets.

• Chen Xuanqing cut down the Black Armored Knight's warhorse, then spared the knight and received a token numbered 10086.
• Chen Xuanqing entered Slaughter City after its black-veiled guide checked his token and welcomed him.
• The black-veiled young woman explained that she would guide Chen Xuanqing for twenty-four hours before the city became his home.
• Chen Xuanqing questioned how Slaughter City could sustain its matches and the losses required for contestants to win a hundred arena victories.
• The black-veiled young woman said the city's residents included powerful humans who were not Soul Masters, and Chen Xuanqing suspected further secrets were involved.

Chen Xuanqing entered Slaughter City’s inner city despite the girl in the black veil’s warnings and felt its atmosphere awaken the killing intent inside him. She led him to the Hell Slaughter Arena, where he was determined to fight.

• The girl in the black veil explained that Slaughter City valued skulls and survival, and Chen Xuanqing insisted on going to the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• She described the outer city’s dependence on Bloody Mary and the inner city’s lawless dangers as she guided Chen Xuanqing to the inner-city wall.
• Chen Xuanqing entered the inner city with her and rejected her offer to protect him.
• As they walked through the inner city, Chen Xuanqing struggled to suppress the killing intent stirred within him.
• The girl in the black veil led Chen Xuanqing to the unusual, cone-shaped Hell Slaughter Arena.

Chen Xuanqing entered the Hell Slaughter Arena and instantly killed all nine opponents in his first match. He planned to fight his way out within ten days, but learned that the arena’s matchmaking rules could slow his progress.

• The black-veiled girl explained that contestants had to submit a Bloody Mary and win by being the only survivor among ten participants.
• Chen Xuanqing killed a nearby man with the Azure Gleam Sword and used his blood to register for the arena.
• Chen Xuanqing joined the next match and killed all nine other contestants in a single lightning-fast attack.
• Chen Xuanqing told the black-veiled girl to arrange another match and said he planned to fight his way out within ten days.
• The black-veiled girl explained that opponents in each match had to meet a minimum participation requirement, and Chen Xuanqing worried that the rule would delay him.

Chen Xuanqing built a record of sixty-two consecutive victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena, then instantly killed nine Soul Douluos who joined forces to attack him. His reputation drove other powerful fighters to avoid him, leaving him waiting for a chance to continue his victories and leave Slaughter City.

• Chen Xuanqing repeatedly defeated his opponents in the Hell Slaughter Arena and killed would-be ambushers who attacked him afterward.
• Over the following month, Chen Xuanqing won forty-three matches in a row, killing nearly four hundred opponents and discouraging further ambushes.
• After another month, Chen Xuanqing entered the arena with sixty-two consecutive victories and found nine Soul Douluos prepared to fight him together.
• Chen Xuanqing drew the Azure Gleam Sword and killed all nine Soul Douluos with one strike.
• The fighters of Slaughter City began avoiding Chen Xuanqing, and he had to wait for an opportunity to continue winning and leave.

Slaughter City's rulers decided to let its ambitious fighters attack Chen Xuanqing and hoped he would attempt the Hell Road. Hou Mo and Maggie gathered fighters to surround and kill him, while Zhao Wuji and Flender joined the plot; Chen Xuanqing remained unaware and focused on purging his killing intent.

• In Slaughter City's dark hall, the Great King rejected approaching Chen Xuanqing and ordered that greedy fighters be allowed to challenge him, while he was urged toward the Hell Road.
• Hou Mo warned nearly a hundred fighters that even their combined strength might not defeat Chen Xuanqing, and Maggie called on them to join the attack.
• Zhao Wuji vowed to challenge Chen Xuanqing, and Flender agreed to accompany him after learning that Li Yusong and Lu Qibin had died in Slaughter City.
• Most of the gathered fighters agreed to attack Chen Xuanqing, while Hou Mo and Maggie killed those who refused.
• Unaware of the plot and that Flender and Zhao Wuji were still alive, Chen Xuanqing continued killing and purging his killing intent.

Chen Xuanqing survived an ambush, defeated Hou Mo, Maggie, and their forces, then achieved a hundred consecutive victories in Slaughter City. When the King of Slaughter offered him a choice, Chen Xuanqing chose to challenge the Hell Road.

• Hou Mo ordered an attack on Chen Xuanqing, but Chen Xuanqing emerged unharmed from the rubble of his house.
• Chen Xuanqing used the Azure Gleam Sword to kill the attackers, then struck down Hou Mo and Maggie when they charged him.
• Chen Xuanqing's reputation as the Azure Cloud Sword Immortal spread through Slaughter City after the battle.
• A month later, Chen Xuanqing won his hundredth consecutive match in the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• The King of Slaughter offered Chen Xuanqing honored guest status or a chance to challenge the Hell Road, and Chen Xuanqing chose the Hell Road.

The King of Slaughter opened Hell Road by sacrificing the Fallen Ones in the arena, and Chen Xuanqing was drawn into the strange world beyond. He found himself on a narrow path above an abyss, where a swarm of Blood Bats attacked.

• The King of Slaughter filled the arena with red mist and unleashed a red light that drove the Fallen Ones into agony and madness.
• The Fallen Ones died as their blood flowed through channels and formed a bat-shaped pattern in the arena.
• A beam of red light overwhelmed Chen Xuanqing’s spiritual power and transported him into Hell Road as the King of Slaughter wished everyone good luck.
• Chen Xuanqing found himself on a circular platform above a vast abyss and walked onto a narrow path.
• A swarm of Blood Bats flew toward Chen Xuanqing, who felt relieved that the creatures were only bats.

Chen Xuanqing slaughtered the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King with a single sword strike and continued deeper along the narrow path. He encountered the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, and the chapter ended as they faced each other, ready for battle.

• Chen Xuanqing killed the remaining bats with his Azure Gleam Sword and continued forward.
• Chen Xuanqing confronted the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and destroyed it with a single sword strike.
• Chen Xuanqing continued along the path toward the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent as the air grew hotter.
• Chen Xuanqing saw the serpent emerge from the darkness and prepared to fight.
• Chen Xuanqing and the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent faced each other without making the first move.

Chen Xuanqing defeated the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s resistance by offering it the Purple Dragon Core, and the beast agreed to serve him. He reached the end of the Hell Road, crossed its blood sea with the serpent, and endured the Divine Slaughter's Domain as he left Slaughter City.

• The Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent attacked Chen Xuanqing with fiery, poisonous flames, but he dodged with his Wind-Thunder Wings and landed on its head.
• Chen Xuanqing offered the serpent the Purple Dragon Core in exchange for its submission, and it nodded, agreeing to serve him.
• Chen Xuanqing rode the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent toward the end of the Hell Road, resisting the chaotic auras along the way.
• Chen Xuanqing found a blood-red lake blocking the exit and flew across it on the enlarged Azure Gleam Sword with the serpent aboard.
• Chen Xuanqing entered the white curtain of light and endured the killing intent of the Divine Slaughter's Domain, which he judged gave him less than the rumored twenty-percent boost.

Chen Xuanqing met the Asura God, absorbed his Divine Power, and broke through to the Golden Core Realm while remaining a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo. The Asura God invited him to seek the Divine Throne in Slaughter City, and Chen Xuanqing prepared to pursue his plans there.

• A golden apparition of the Asura God appeared before Chen Xuanqing and praised his level ninety-nine Soul Power.
• Chen Xuanqing asked to experience Divine Power, and the Asura God poured it into him as the Azure Gleam Sword absorbed it too.
• Chen Xuanqing refined the Divine Power into a golden core and broke through to the Golden Core Realm.
• The Asura God ended the trial, invited Chen Xuanqing to find him in Slaughter City, and dissipated after exhausting his energy.
• Chen Xuanqing thanked the Asura God and concluded that the god's attention and Divine Power had been his true goals.