Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yan absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Myriad Tribulations Fire Scorpion’s Soul Ring and gained a powerful fire-poison skill. She woke having advanced to level forty-two, with an enhanced physique and faster cultivation.

• Dugu Bo collected venomous insects, gave the group Detoxification Pills, and joined them in searching the Poison Swamp for the Myriad Tribulations Fire Scorpion.
• Gu Rong and Dugu Bo found the scorpion, and Dugu Bo disabled it before Dugu Yan killed it and prepared to absorb its Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan endured the painful absorption and Mental Shock while Xu Yang and Dugu Bo watched over her, with Gu Rong ready to intervene.
• Dugu Yan awakened after successfully absorbing the Soul Ring and demonstrated her Fourth Soul Skill, Azure Scale Fire Poison.
• Dugu Yan discovered that her Soul Power had reached level forty-two, her physique had improved by fifty percent, and her cultivation speed had increased.

On the journey back to Heaven Dou City, Xu Yang considered the dangers and unexplored regions of the ocean and resolved to advance his Soul Tool research. Near Tiancui City, the group discovered a village radiating sinister energy, and Xu Yang suspected Evil Soul Masters were involved.

• Xu Yang studied a continent map and wondered about the oceans and the Sea God’s reach.
• Gu Rong explained that dangerous Sea Soul Beasts had driven the empires and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to abandon ocean exploration.
• Xu Yang decided to develop Soul Tools for transportation and planned to discuss the research with his teacher.
• After a month on the road, Dugu Yan complained about the muddy route near Tiancui City.
• Xu Yang sensed blood as the carriage approached a village, and his Sun Golden Eyes revealed sinister energy surrounding it.
• Ning Haiyan turned the carriage toward the village, and Xu Yang recognized the signs of Evil Soul Masters.

Xu Yang and Dugu Yan reached a village slaughtered by three Fallen Ones, and Gu Rong assigned the enemies to them. Xu Yang overcame his hesitation, confronted the Evil Soul Masters, and charged into battle as the chapter ended.

• Xu Yang realized Gu Rong and Dugu Bo had changed course after sensing Fallen Ones and suspected the village had no survivors.
• Xu Yang and Dugu Yan found the village filled with bloodless corpses, and Gu Rong told them to fight the three Fallen Ones inside the central house.
• The three Evil Soul Masters left their blood-filled house and mocked Xu Yang and Dugu Yan, while Ning Haiyan stayed in the carriage with Gu Rong and Dugu Bo.
• Xu Yang summoned his Sun Martial Soul and seven suns, prompting the Evil Soul Masters to reveal their Pig-faced Bat Spirits and warn one another about his power.
• Xu Yang formed scarlet-gold armor, resisted the eldest Evil Soul Master's Soul King pressure, and charged at the three Fallen Ones.

Xu Yang fought three Evil Soul Masters in the air, using his Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Light to overwhelm their defenses. Although Dugu Bo and Gu Rong recognized his rigid fighting style as a weakness, Xu Yang struggled to explain why the battle was turning against his expectations.

• Xu Yang attacked the three Evil Soul Masters with Blade Qi and Sun Fire Line, while they summoned Blood Scythes and shields to defend themselves.
• Xu Yang took flight and unleashed Sun God Light, forcing the three men to spend their Soul Power defending against his wide-area attack.
• Dugu Bo and Gu Rong watched from the carriage and judged that Xu Yang relied too heavily on his Martial Soul and Soul Rings instead of developing life-or-death combat experience.
• Xu Yang continued fighting the three men at close range, but they adapted to his attacks and grew stronger as their bloodthirsty intent intensified.
• Xu Yang wondered whether his lack of combat experience was the reason the fight had become harder than he expected.

Xu Yang struggled against the three Evil Soul Master brothers until their leader wounded him, awakening a fierce surge of strength. He killed Third Brother and drove Second Brother back, while the leader began considering escape.

• Xu Yang found his Sun God Light unable to break through the brothers' three-layer shield and was forced onto the defensive.
• The leader trapped Xu Yang's Sun Sacred Blades and struck his chest with Blood God Slash, injuring him as Dugu Yan rushed to help.
• Xu Yang's pain awakened his fierceness, and he concentrated his Fourth Soul Skill into seven beams that pierced and killed Third Brother.
• Xu Yang tore apart Second Brother's Blood Slash, blocked his next attack, and sent him flying with Blade Qi.
• The Evil Soul Master Leader feared Xu Yang's sudden increase in strength and considered fleeing rather than avenging Third Brother.

Xu Yang and Dugu Yan fought the two remaining Evil Soul Masters, but the leader survived Xu Yang’s strongest attacks by using a rare Ten Thousand Year Torso Bone. The battle continued with the Soul King badly wounded but still standing.

• Xu Yang used his Sun Sacred Blade to stop second brother from reaching the Seven Suns Martial Soul, but second brother fled and Dugu Yan pursued him.
• Dugu Yan attacked second brother with poison and her Soul Tool Handgun, forcing him to defend himself with his Blood Scythe.
• The Evil Soul Master Leader enlarged his Blood Scythe to block Xu Yang’s Sun Sacred Blade, while Xu Yang fired six Sun God Light rays at him.
• The leader’s Ten Thousand Year Torso Bone blocked the six rays, though it was damaged and his Blood Scythe was burned down to a short rod.
• The leader used the blood from his wounds to restore his Blood Scythe and survived the attack without damaging his internal organs.

Xu Yang battled the First Evil Soul Master, overpowering him until the Soul Master used an ultrasonic attack to interrupt Xu Yang’s Sun Martial Soul. The First Evil Soul Master launched his Blood God Slash as Xu Yang reinforced his Golden Armor with the Sun Martial Soul’s flames.

• Xu Yang overpowered the First Evil Soul Master in a clash of strength and then matched his scythe techniques as their battle intensified.
• Gu Rong, Dugu Bo, and Ning Haiyan observed that Xu Yang’s injuries had driven him to ignore pain and fatigue, letting him keep fighting at full strength.
• The First Evil Soul Master used an offensive Ultrasonic Wave, staggering Xu Yang and interrupting the link to his Sun Martial Soul.
• The First Evil Soul Master activated his Fifth Soul Skill, Blood God Slash, while Xu Yang strengthened his Golden Armor with golden flames from the Sun Martial Soul.

Xu Yang used his Right Arm Bone, Sun Golden Eyes, and Sun Sacred Blade to fight the First Evil Soul Master, whose modified Blood Scythe threatened to overwhelm him. Xu Yang caught the enemy off guard with Sun True Fire, leaving him engulfed in flames and struggling to escape.

• Xu Yang revealed his Right Arm Bone and Sun Golden Eyes as Gu Rong and Dugu Bo watched, ready to intervene if he was in danger.
• The First Evil Soul Master recognized Xu Yang's soul bone and decided to kill him and claim it.
• Xu Yang used his Sun Golden Eyes to read the Blood Scythe's soul-power changes and brought out his External Soul Bone Sun Sacred Blade.
• Xu Yang and the First Evil Soul Master traded attacks, but Xu Yang's Blade Qi and light bursts forced the enemy onto the defensive.
• When the First Evil Soul Master lost focus, Xu Yang unleashed Sun True Fire and used his right arm bone and Sun Golden Eyes to engulf him in flames.
• The First Evil Soul Master screamed and forced out soul power in an attempt to escape the Sun True Fire.

Xu Yang killed the three evil soul masters, using a newly developed Sun God Arrow to strike down the fleeing Second Evil Soul Master. After pushing himself beyond his limits, he rested in the village while Gu Rong and the others helped the villagers.

• The Second Evil Soul Master fled as Xu Yang burned the First Evil Soul Master to ash with Sun True Fire.
• Xu Yang transformed his Sun Martial Soul into the Sun Shooting Bow and formed a Sun God Arrow, tracking the Second Evil Soul Master through the Sun Soul Power mark he had left on him.
• Xu Yang fired the arrow, piercing the Second Evil Soul Master's true body and killing him despite his Blood Bat clones.
• Xu Yang used Light and his Healing Secret Technique to ease his pain, then asked Dugu Yan to collect the remaining Storage Soul Tools.
• Gu Rong decided they would stay in the village to rest and help the villagers handle the bodies and fires.

Xu Yang and his companions uncovered the records of three evil soul masters who completed the Blood Burning Soul Transformation Method by experimenting on nearly a thousand people. After learning why they had massacred the village, Xu Yang took Dugu Yan to the fields, where they reflected on the unfairness that might have driven the three brothers to choose a cruel path.

• Gu Rong found an unconscious six-year-old survivor hidden in a cellar, and Ning Haiyan gave the boy medicine while Dugu Yan grieved over the massacre.
• Xu Yang finished healing and discovered that his soul power had risen to rank forty-four.
• Gu Rong and Dugu Bo gave Xu Yang their notebooks, and Xu Yang added the notebook from the First Evil Soul Master's bracelet to uncover the brothers' research.
• Xu Yang learned that the three brothers had completed the Blood Burning Soul Transformation Method by torturing people and consuming their blood, eventually slaughtering the village to grow stronger.
• Xu Yang took Dugu Yan to the fields, where she asked why the three had committed the massacre and he suggested they might have begun by seeking fairness but chosen the wrong path.

Xu Yang and Dugu Yan comforted the orphaned boy after he took revenge on the Evil Soul Masters, then brought him along to Seven Treasure City. When they learned Ge Erdan’s Martial Soul was his own skeleton, Xu Yang explained that he was a Body Spirit Master with extraordinary potential if he learned the right cultivation method.

• Xu Yang reassured Dugu Yan that the Evil Soul Masters deserved no sympathy, while they both worried about the orphaned boy’s future.
• The boy regained consciousness and smashed a stone against the Evil Soul Masters’ heads until he collapsed and cried himself unconscious.
• Dugu Yan cared for the boy, and the group set out for Seven Treasure City the next morning with him in their carriage.
• Ge Erdan told Dugu Yan his name, that his Martial Soul was bones, and that his Innate Soul Power was Rank Three.
• Xu Yang recognized Ge Erdan’s Martial Soul as a Body Spirit and said his potential could match Xu Yang’s.
• Xu Yang explained that a Body Spirit’s potential depended on the importance of the body part and that the right cultivation method could allow a Second Awakening.

Xu Yang arranged for Gu Rong to guide Ge Erdan in bone cultivation and learned that Chen Xin would take him away to train and teach him Seven Kill Swordplay. The group prepared to return, with Xu Yang confronting his habit of holding back in battle and Dugu Yan asking Dugu Bo to train her too.

• Xu Yang explained that Body Spirit Masters could help research body-tempering methods, and Gu Rong agreed to guide Ge Erdan in bone cultivation but refused to take him as a disciple.
• Ge Erdan learned that his Martial Soul had potential and vowed to kill the fallen ones who had harmed him.
• Gu Rong told Xu Yang to train with Chen Xin after they returned, and Xu Yang worried that the sect would be left with too few Titled Douluo.
• Gu Rong revealed that Ning Qing Er had obtained her ninth soul ring and become a Titled Douluo, leaving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with three Titled Douluo.
• Xu Yang admitted that fear and caution made him hold back in battle, and Gu Rong told him to learn from Chen Xin and study Seven Kill Swordplay.
• Dugu Yan asked Dugu Bo to take her along for cultivation, and he agreed.

After learning that Xu Yang’s mental state could prevent him from using his full strength in battle, Ning Fengzhi arranged for Chen Xin to take him away for harsher training. Chen Xin left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Xu Yang and sealed his ability to summon his Martial Soul.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Chen Xin to take Xu Yang through life-and-death training to correct his mental state and help him use his full strength consistently.
• Xu Yang caught Ning Rongrong when she ran out of Soul Power and fell while flying with the Wind Chime Wings, then refused to let her keep using them.
• Ning Rongrong complained to Chen Xin that Xu Yang was bullying her, but Madam Ning arrived and made her apologize to Xu Yang.
• Chen Xin told Xu Yang to pack for a year or two of training away from the sect, and Xu Yang left with him.
• After they left the sect, Chen Xin tapped Xu Yang’s acupoints, leaving him unable to summon his Martial Soul.

Chen Xin sealed Xu Yang’s Martial Soul and trained him in the Seven Kill Swordplay through harsh travel and sparring. After a month, Xu Yang reached a valley where he was tasked with killing a pack of thirty Wolf Bandits, and he began planning a stealthy approach.

• Chen Xin sealed Xu Yang’s Martial Soul and made him travel without his storage Soul Tool while teaching him through combat.
• Xu Yang endured seven days of hunting, hardship, and nightly sparring, gradually building his stamina and resolve.
• A month later, Chen Xin sent Xu Yang to kill a pack of about thirty Wolf Bandits in a valley.
• Xu Yang studied the bandits’ sentry positions and decided to climb the northeastern corner of the left hillside to eliminate the guards unnoticed.

Xu Yang infiltrated a wolf bandit valley, but the pack discovered him and surrounded him before he could ambush the Wolf King. As he fought through them, he realized his training had made the bandits far less dangerous than he had expected, while the Wolf King prepared a stronger attack.

• Xu Yang climbed the mountain without using Soul Power and silently killed a lookout before entering the valley.
• Xu Yang spotted the Wolf King and crept toward it, unaware that the pack had scented him and was closing in around him.
• The Wolf King revealed Xu Yang’s position, and Xu Yang charged at it as the wolf bandits attacked.
• Xu Yang recognized that his past expectations had made him overestimate the pack, then fought with renewed confidence and killed several more bandits despite sustaining injuries.
• The Wolf King roared and strengthened its claws with Soul Power as its pack suffered heavy losses.

Xu Yang defeated the Wolf King and its bandits, then spent two years training with Chen Xin and overcoming the limits of his former combat habits. With his Spiritual Power at the Titled Douluo level and his Soul Power at rank fifty, Xu Yang headed with Chen Xin toward the Earth Realm to complete the final stage of his cultivation.

• Xu Yang used Sun True Fire and Sky Ladder to kill the Wolf King and every Wolf Bandit in the valley.
• Xu Yang recognized that he needed to abandon the ingrained combat habits from his previous life, and Chen Xin learned to move through the air using Soul Power bursts.
• For two years, Chen Xin arranged battles at Xu Yang's limits as they traveled across the continent, and Xu Yang refined his Healing Secret Technique.
• Xu Yang comprehended Blade Intent, raised his Spiritual Power to the Titled Douluo level, and reached rank fifty in Soul Power.
• Xu Yang and Chen Xin set out for the Earth Realm in the far western Great Wilderness Land of the Star Luo Empire.

Xu Yang reached Slaughter City and entered its tavern, where he killed the other patrons to force open the entrance. He descended into the city and faced its armored guards, while Chen Xin left for Seven Treasure City, worried about the dangers Xu Yang would face.

• Xu Yang traveled through the Great Wilderness Land toward Slaughter City, intending to obtain the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s Inner Core.
• Xu Yang drank a Bloody Mary in the town tavern to qualify for entry into Slaughter City.
• Xu Yang killed the tavern’s patrons and forced the server to open the entrance.
• Chen Xin sensed Xu Yang entering Slaughter City, lamented his decision, and flew toward Seven Treasure City.
• Xu Yang descended through the tunnel and emerged before a hundred sword-wielding people and an armored rider.

Xu Yang entered Slaughter City and learned how the Hell Slaughter Arena operated during his twelve-hour Newcomer Protection period. After killing a Fallen One who carried a Bloody Mary, he watched the arena’s brutal battles and studied the fighters’ methods.

• Terror Knight Scott gave Xu Yang entry token Nine Four One Six, and the Slaughter Envoy guided him into Slaughter City.
• Xu Yang asked the Slaughter Envoy about the Hell Slaughter Arena and learned that each match began with ten fighters and ended only when one survived.
• Xu Yang used Ladder Cloud Ascent to kill a Fallen One carrying a Bloody Mary, then caught the drink before it spilled.
• Xu Yang entered the Hell Slaughter Arena and poured the Bloody Mary into a container while the Slaughter Envoy warned him that Newcomer Protection would not apply if he provoked the locals.
• Xu Yang watched the fighters use savage tactics during the matches and studied their methods throughout his protection period.

Xu Yang entered the Hell Slaughter Arena and fought nine Evil Soul Masters, defeating them with his blades and a Soul Tool Handgun while suffering a minor shoulder wound. After killing the final Soul Saint, he absorbed Soul Power from the corpses, most of which was taken by the arena.

• Xu Yang registered for the next match and entered the arena, where nine opponents mistook him for an easy target.
• Xu Yang used his Sun Martial Soul, Tang Blades, and Soul Tool Handgun to kill six opponents and leave two Soul Emperors and a Soul Saint standing.
• Xu Yang killed the two Soul Emperors but took a shallow cut to his right shoulder from the Soul Saint's Giant Sword.
• Xu Yang overwhelmed the Soul Saint with rapid blade strikes, cut him into pieces, and crushed his skull.
• Xu Yang absorbed Soul Power from all nine corpses and sensed that the Hell Slaughter Arena had taken more than ninety percent of it.

Xu Yang absorbed Soul Power from his arena opponents and planned to fight in the Hell Slaughter Arena every seven days while seeking a way out of Slaughter City. After ambushing and killing those who followed him, he returned to cultivate as Madam Ning learned he had entered Slaughter City and left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Ning Rongrong.

• Xu Yang refined Soul Power from nine corpses, strengthening his physique and Spiritual Power, and decided to enter the Hell Slaughter Arena once every seven days.
• Xu Yang noticed people tailing him and killed more than a dozen attackers in a dark alley, then collected their Storage Soul Tools.
• Xu Yang returned to his residence and meditated while purifying the poison accumulated from Slaughter City's air.
• Madam Ning furiously confronted Chen Xin after learning Xu Yang had gone to Slaughter City, and Ning Fengzhi tried to calm her.
• Madam Ning left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Ning Rongrong, while Chen Xin followed at a distance and Soul Douluo guards protected them secretly.