Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu agreed to use the Ice Fire Twin Dragon Kings’ remains and lingering wills to strengthen the True Dragon Nine Crowns and evolve his Demigod Body into a Divine Body. The process began at the lakebed under the Silver Dragon King’s guidance, with the Dragon Kings and Sleeping Dragon assisting.

• The Silver Dragon King explained that a Divine Body could help Xiao Yu grow stronger and might preserve the Ice Fire Twin Dragon Kings’ remnant souls.
• Xiao Yu agreed to the plan, and the Ice Fire Twin Dragon Kings offered their cooperation.
• The Silver Dragon King said the Ice Fire Twin Dragon Kings’ power would strengthen the True Dragon Nine Crowns and trigger the Divine Body’s evolution.
• The Silver Dragon King rebuked Xiao Yu for calling the process simple and listed the rare conditions that made it possible.
• The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King began converting their remains into energy for the True Dragon Nine Crowns while Sleeping Dragon stabilized Xiao Yu under the Silver Dragon King’s watch.

Over six peaceful months, the continent’s factions settled into their routines while Tang Hao’s attacks drove ordinary villagers into the City of Slaughter to help Tang San. After a child condemned Tang San’s indifference to the suffering his family caused, Tang San threatened to kill him.

• The continent remained peaceful as Spirit Hall increased patrols, Tang Yuehua stayed away from the Clear Sky Sect, Dai Mubai gathered support, and Bibi Dong and Hu Liena missed their absent lover.
• Tang San won another Hell Slaughter Arena match by killing nine ordinary contestants and ordered a Bloody Mary at a tavern.
• A little boy told Tang San that a hammer-wielding man had killed his father and brought his village to the City of Slaughter, where the boy’s family had died.
• Tang San realized the attacker was Tang Hao and praised his father for helping him, claiming that being killed by Tang Hao was an honor.
• The boy challenged Tang San’s defense of his father, and Tang San threatened to kill him and send him to join his father.

Tang San became infatuated with a stranger named Xiao Wu and agreed to help him survive in the City of Slaughter. He planned to rig Xiao Wu’s Hell Slaughter Arena trials, leaving the tavern patrons in danger.

• Tang San absorbed the little boy created from the King of Slaughter’s Rakshasa Divine Sense, and the King of Slaughter welcomed the coming spectacle.
• Tang San met Xiao Wu in a tavern and, captivated by his name and the familiar address “Third Brother,” bought him a Bloody Mary.
• Kekot arrived with the Slaughter Squad to punish Xiao Wu for failing to enter the Hell Slaughter Arena, but Tang San intervened.
• Tang San promised to help Xiao Wu win two arena trials within a day, and Kekot agreed to delay taking him away until then.
• Tang San decided to cripple the arena contestants and give Xiao Wu his Hidden Weapons so Xiao Wu could claim victory.

Tang San grew close to Xiao Wu and stopped entering the Hell Slaughter Arena as often, promising to kill only the guilty. Alarmed by what he saw as his son's growing decadence, Tang Hao decided to kill Xiao Wu and acted when Tang San was away fighting.

• Tang San helped Xiao Wu win two Hell Slaughter Arena matches with the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, securing his qualification to remain in the City of Slaughter for another year.
• Tang San began spending time with Xiao Wu after fights, grew more cheerful, and gradually fought less often.
• Tang San promised Xiao Wu that he would stop casually entering the arena and would kill only the guilty.
• Tang Hao watched Tang San's changes with anger and regret, blamed the Blue Silver King, and decided Xiao Wu had to die.
• When Tang San went to fight in the Hell Slaughter Arena and Xiao Wu was alone in their room, Tang Hao made his move.

Tang Hao planned to kill Xiao Wu to keep Tang San from what he considered a corrupting relationship, but the King of Slaughter stopped him and warned him not to interfere with his son’s choices. Tang Hao decided to wait until Tang San entered the Hell Slaughter Arena, while the King of Slaughter secretly anticipated their part in his scheme; elsewhere, Dugu Bo enjoyed a quiet life in Sunset Forest.

• Tang Hao prepared to kill Xiao Wu, but the King of Slaughter appeared and halted him, reminding him of their agreement and warning him against interfering in Tang San’s life.
• Tang Hao interpreted the King of Slaughter’s words as permission to harm Xiao Wu and decided to wait until Tang San left for the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Tang San returned, and Tang Hao hid himself while deciding to make Xiao Wu’s disappearance look as though she had left on her own.
• The King of Slaughter watched Tang San and Tang Hao and privately urged them to continue the act he was arranging with Xiao Wu.
• Dugu Bo relaxed in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, content with his granddaughter’s life and his own freedom from troublesome affairs.

Dugu Bo sensed a powerful divine aura rising from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, alerting powerful figures on Douluo Continent and in the God Realm. The aura vanished before anyone could identify its source, and the Asura God began investigating while the God of Destruction suspected another scheme.

• Dugu Bo saw the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well boil with enormous bubbles and fell to his knees under the pressure of the divine aura rising from it.
• Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong, Bo Saixi, and the Rakshasa God inheritor sensed the aura and looked toward Sunset Forest.
• A Divine Official reported the unknown god to the Sea God, who failed to investigate because Douluo Continent's planar will rejected his divine sense.
• The Asura God received the Sea God's report, found that the aura had disappeared, and dispatched a Level One God to investigate.
• The God of Destruction learned of the Asura God's investigation, and the Goddess of Life recalled that the Asura God and Sea God had killed the Angel God and divided his abilities a thousand years earlier.

The God of Destruction and Goddess of Life mobilized their forces after a divine aura stirred the God Realm, while Xiao Yu completed the transformation of his Demigod Body into a divine body. The Silver Dragon King warned him to keep it sealed until he reached Titled Douluo and could withstand the God Realm's attention.

• The Goddess of Life recalled how Asura God and Sea God had slain the Angel God and taken his powers, and the God of Destruction vowed to intervene if Asura God caused more trouble.
• The Goddess of Life backed the God of Destruction and offered him the Level One Gods under her command as their factions began moving.
• Xiao Yu completed his divine body, then followed the Silver Dragon King's instruction to withdraw the True Dragon Nine Crowns and seal his body.
• The Silver Dragon King explained that the remnants of the Ice Dragon King's and Fire Dragon King's souls and corpses had strengthened the True Dragon Nine Crowns enough to evolve Xiao Yu's constitution.
• Xiao Yu told the Silver Dragon King that he had felt an inexplicable gaze during his breakthrough, prompting her to warn him not to reveal his divine body before he could face a Level Three God.
• The Silver Dragon King explained that only Level Three Gods and Divine Officials could descend to the mortal world on orders, while Level Two Gods and above could not easily descend.

Xiao Yu learned how gods were ranked and emerged from a year of cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he reunited with Dugu Bo. After the Sea God ordered Bo Saixi to investigate a newly ascended god and search for the Heart of the Sea God, Sea Dragon Douluo set out on the mission, while the King of Slaughter suddenly felt a sharp pain.

• The Silver Dragon King explained the God Realm’s five ranks, how faith strengthened divine bodies, and why Xiao Yu was not yet strong enough to match a Divine Official.
• The Silver Dragon King urged Xiao Yu to find the Dragon Tomb and reach Titled Douluo so he could help heal her injuries.
• Xiao Yu promised to revive the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, then emerged from the lake and reunited with Dugu Bo.
• Xiao Yu told Dugu Bo that he had spent a year cultivating at the bottom of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• After receiving the Sea God’s decree, Bo Saixi sent Sea Dragon Douluo to identify the new god and search for the Heart of the Sea God, warning him not to act rashly.
• The King of Slaughter suddenly felt intense pain in his head while watching Tang San and Xiao Wu.

The King of Slaughter and Bibi Dong received divine orders to find the newly ascended god, but Bibi Dong ignored hers while the King of Slaughter’s awareness shifted. After Tang Hao confronted Xiao Wu, Tang San returned and begged his father to spare him.

• The King of Slaughter received the Asura God’s command to find the person who had become a god, while Bibi Dong ignored a similar order from the Rakshasa God.
• The Rakshasa God grew furious after Tang Chen and Bibi Dong ignored her, and vowed to make Bibi Dong’s ninth trial difficult.
• Tang San left Xiao Wu to go to the Hell Slaughter Arena, then returned to retrieve his Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night.
• Tang Hao found Xiao Wu alone, accused him of leading Tang San astray, and grabbed him by the throat.
• Tang San walked in, begged Tang Hao to let Xiao Wu go, and pleaded with his father not to kill the person he loved.

Tang San watched Xiao Wu die while Tang Hao insisted he had not killed him, and grief and Bloody Mary toxins drove Tang San to blame his father. The King of Slaughter arrived as Tang San prepared to fight Tang Hao and challenged his claim that he had raised him.

• Tang Hao threatened to kill Xiao Wu as Tang San begged and knelt for his life.
• Xiao Wu suddenly died with his neck broken, though Tang Hao claimed he had not used any force.
• Tang San caught Xiao Wu, broke down in grief, and became consumed by revenge as the Bloody Mary toxins surged through him.
• Tang Hao insisted that someone was framing him, but Tang San accused him of killing Xiao Wu and summoned the Clear Sky Hammer.
• The King of Slaughter appeared above Tang San and Tang Hao, delighted that they were turning against each other.
• Tang San rejected Tang Hao's claim that he had raised him and said his teacher had cared for him longer.

Tang San blamed Tang Hao for Xiao Wu’s death and attacked him, while Tang Hao realized the King of Slaughter had likely trapped them both. The clash buried Xiao Wu’s body beneath the rubble, driving Tang San into a frenzy as he charged at his father again.

• Tang San confronted Tang Hao over his neglect as a child and demanded justice for Xiao Wu, saying he would either die or avenge him.
• Tang Hao recalled that he had also failed to avenge Ah Yin, but Tang San struck him with a Clear Sky Hammer before he could finish speaking.
• Tang Hao found that he could summon his Clear Sky Hammer but could not activate his spirit rings, then repelled Tang San’s next attack with his stronger hammer.
• Tang San was thrown into the room he had shared with Xiao Wu, collapsing it and burying Xiao Wu’s body under the rubble.
• Tang San cried out over Xiao Wu and charged at Tang Hao again, while Tang Hao concluded that the King of Slaughter had arranged the deaths and suppressed his spirit rings.

Tang Hao tried to take the frenzied Tang San out of the City of Slaughter, but the King of Slaughter confronted him and attacked. Tang Hao fled while injured, and as the King of Slaughter pursued him, he detonated two more soul rings to strike back.

• Tang Hao unleashed Divine Slaughter's Domain, knocked Tang San unconscious, and prepared to carry him away.
• Fallen Ones recognized Tang Hao and threw stones and curses at him, but the King of Slaughter blocked Tang Hao from attacking them.
• The King of Slaughter refused to let Tang Hao leave and fought him; Tang Hao detonated two yellow and two purple soul rings before fleeing.
• Tang Hao's old injuries worsened as he fled, and the King of Slaughter pursued him with two dark-gold Blood Bats.
• Tang Hao detonated his fifth and sixth black soul rings and swung the Clear Sky Hammer at the Blood Bats.

The King of Slaughter toyed with Tang Hao while stirring the Bloody Mary toxin in Tang San until Tang San began to wake. Tang Hao detonated his ninth Spirit Ring and attacked with the Clear Sky Hammer, but the King of Slaughter blocked the blow head-on and left Tang Hao utterly exhausted.

• The King of Slaughter pursued the badly injured Tang Hao while manipulating the Bloody Mary toxin in Tang San, who began to stir awake.
• The King of Slaughter kept Tang Hao from escaping and provoked him into detonating his seventh and eighth Spirit Rings.
• With the City of Slaughter's exit in sight, Tang Hao detonated his ninth Spirit Ring and launched a blood-red Clear Sky Hammer strike.
• The King of Slaughter unleashed his full power and met Tang Hao's attack head-on with the Asura God Sword, sending a blinding shockwave through the city.
• The King of Slaughter recovered quickly and declared Tang Hao no match for him, while Tang Hao realized that even Ring Detonation could not make him invincible.

Tang San ambushed Tang Hao with the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, badly injuring his left leg and forcing him to flee the City of Slaughter. The King of Slaughter urged Tang San to gain Divine Slaughter's Domain so he could leave and avenge Xiao Wu.

• Tang Hao pleaded to leave, but the King of Slaughter said Tang San had to vent his anger first.
• Tang Hao saw Tang San aiming the Godly Zhuge Crossbow at him and released him.
• Tang San fired the crossbow into Tang Hao's left thigh, severely injuring him.
• Tang Hao fled the City of Slaughter, threatening to return and take revenge on the King of Slaughter.
• The King of Slaughter helped Tang San recover and urged him to win consecutive battles and obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Tang San resolved to escape the City of Slaughter and avenge Xiao Wu.

Tang San vowed to win one hundred consecutive battles after the King of Slaughter promised to explain how to revive Xiao Wu, while injured Tang Hao struggled to find somewhere to hide. Xiao Yu returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and proved his strength by withstanding Yu Yuanzhen’s Ninth Spirit Ability without moving.

• The King of Slaughter told Tang San to achieve one hundred consecutive victories before coming to learn how to revive Xiao Wu, and Tang San headed for the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Tang Hao pulled steel needles from his wounds, braced his injured leg, slept for two days, and then set off to find a hiding place.
• Xiao Yu left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, where Yu Yuanzhen welcomed him and challenged him to show his strength.
• Yu Yuanzhen unleashed his Ninth Spirit Ability, True Dragon's Wrath, Its Roar Shakes the Nine Heavens, after Xiao Yu said he would not move or defend himself.
• Xiao Yu remained unharmed and unmoved after taking Yu Yuanzhen’s attack head-on, leaving Yu Yuanzhen shocked and pleased.

Xiao Yu gave Yu Yuanzhen records about Dragon Valley and several rare herbs, and the clan leader chose to use them to help younger relatives and Yu Luomian. Yu Luomian broke through to Quasi-Titled Douluo, and Yu Yuanzhen planned to help him obtain his Ninth Spirit Ring the next day.

• Yu Yuanzhen gave Xiao Yu a secret record, an unclear map, and advice from the first clan leader about Dragon Valley.
• Xiao Yu offered Yu Yuanzhen two lightning Immortal Herbs and two Purple Ganodermas, explaining their potential benefits to the clan.
• Yu Yuanzhen decided to reserve the Immortal Herbs for Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, and gave the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma to Yu Luomian.
• Yu Luomian absorbed the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma and broke through to Quasi-Titled Douluo.
• Yu Luomian thanked Xiao Yu and jokingly offered him Erlong's younger sisters, but Xiao Yu refused, and Yu Yuanzhen ordered Yu Luomian to stabilize his Soul Power before hunting his Ninth Spirit Ring the next day.

After Yu Yuanzhen sent Yu Luomian away, Xiao Yu examined the ancient scroll and learned it described Dragon Valley and the dangerous True Dragon Nine Crowns. The Silver Dragon King explained how the scroll’s hidden writing could be revealed, and Xiao Yu’s blood caused new words to appear.

• Yu Luomian exposed Yu Yuanzhen’s past matchmaking efforts, and Yu Yuanzhen drove him out before telling Xiao Yu to rest.
• Xiao Yu examined the scroll and read Yu Leishen’s warning that the True Dragon Nine Crowns had shortened his life.
• Xiao Yu asked the Silver Dragon King about the scroll’s hide, and she identified it as the hide of an immature mountain dragon from Dragon Valley.
• The Silver Dragon King told Xiao Yu that a powerful descendant of Yu Leishen could unseal the writing with a drop of blood.
• Xiao Yu dripped his own blood onto the scroll, and new writing appeared in the blank section.

Xiao Yu unlocked the true map to Dragon Valley and learned it led through Silent Thunder Gorge, where Yu Yuanzhen planned to hunt a spirit beast. He agreed to join the hunt, then returned to find Liu Erlong waiting for him.

• The Silver Dragon King explained that the True Dragon Nine Crowns and Xiao Yu's intimacy with Liu Erlong had given him some Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan aura, then told him to find Dragon Valley and grow strong enough to help treat her injuries.
• Xiao Yu read Yu Leishen's warning that Dragon Valley could kill anyone below demigod level and learned that the first clan head had sealed the map to protect later generations.
• Xiao Yu dripped blood onto the map, revealing a route through a lightning-filled gorge toward Dragon Valley.
• Yu Yuanzhen identified the gorge as Silent Thunder Gorge in the continent's far east and said he planned to take his second brother there to obtain a spirit ring.
• Xiao Yu agreed to accompany Yu Yuanzhen and offered to help him hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, then returned to his courtyard and found Liu Erlong waiting for him.

Xiao Yu accompanied Liu Erlong, Yu Yuanzhen, and Yu Luomian into Silent Thunder Gorge to find a suitable spirit ring for Yu Luomian. They encountered two wounded Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, whose feud over a secret realm was revealed just as they prepared to face the humans.

• After spending the night with Xiao Yu, Liu Erlong met Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian, who teased them about having a child.
• Xiao Yu and the others traveled to Silent Thunder Gorge, where Yu Yuanzhen led them deeper into the lightning-filled valley.
• The group discovered two injured Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts fighting, both with dragon blood and lightning attributes.
• Xiao Yu offered to capture one of the beasts for Yu Luomian, who said either one would suit him.
• The wolf-like Lei Xiao proposed that the beasts join forces against the humans, but the Thunder Dragon Bear accused Lei Xiao of betraying it to enter a secret realm and awaken its dragon bloodline.

Xiao Yu learned that the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts knew of a secret realm and forced the Thunder Dragon Bear to guide him there. The Thunder Dragon Bear recognized Xiao Yu’s Dragon King’s Might and submitted, while Xiao Yu left Liu Erlong with instructions before following the bear deeper into Silent Thunder Gorge.

• Xiao Yu summoned Sleeping Dragon and demanded that the Thunder Dragon Bear lead him to the secret realm in exchange for sparing its life.
• Lei Xiao ignored Xiao Yu’s offer and attacked, so Xiao Yu ordered Sleeping Dragon to cripple him.
• Sleeping Dragon defeated Lei Xiao with ease, and the other humans killed him and absorbed his spirit ring.
• Xiao Yu used Dragon King’s Might to make the Thunder Dragon Bear submit and agree to guide him to the Beast God Tribe’s secret realm.
• Xiao Yu returned to Liu Erlong, gave her instructions, and followed the Thunder Dragon Bear deeper into Silent Thunder Gorge.