Recaps

Tang San learned that Tang Hao’s new partner, Qing'er, was pregnant and accepted the God of Wrath’s trial to kill his unborn brother. The next morning, Tang Hao led Tang San and Qing'er toward the Heaven Dou Empire, pushing Tang San to keep pace as he recovered.

• Tang Hao introduced Qing'er as Tang San’s stepmother and revealed that she was pregnant with Tang San’s little brother.
• The God of Wrath gave Tang San his Second Trial: kill the unborn child, and Tang San accepted.
• Tang San promised to care for his little brother while Tang Hao secretly planned to use the child in a bloodline ritual.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that Spirit Hall had killed his mother and said Tang San would learn more after meeting his requirements.
• The next morning, Tang Hao set out toward the Heaven Dou Empire with Qing'er and Tang San, choosing difficult routes and steadily increasing his pace.

Tang Hao brought Tang San to a remote mountain pool and declared it the place where he would live and cultivate for two years, then treated his hidden injuries. Meanwhile, the concealed Yu Tianlong and Bi Ji followed them, and Yu Tianlong hinted that Tang Hao and Tang San’s deceitful behavior would soon become even more disgusting.

• Tang Hao led Tang San on a grueling journey for half a month until they reached a secluded mountain range, while Yu Tianlong and Bi Ji secretly followed under Bi Ji’s light screen.
• Tang Hao brought Tang San to a pool beneath a towering waterfall and told him he would live and cultivate there for two years.
• Tang Hao healed Tang San’s hidden injuries while secretly thinking he intended to take Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Skill and bloodline for his future son.
• Tang San smiled gratefully at Tang Hao, while Bi Ji was disgusted by their mutual deception and Yu Tianlong told her to keep watching.

Tang Hao sealed Tang San’s Soul Power and began training him in the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer beneath a waterfall. In the Star Luo Empire, Dai Tianming abdicated after learning Dai Mubai could not recover, while Tang San spent three days struggling just to stand on the training rock.

• Tang San claimed his greatest weakness was a lack of explosive power, and Tang Hao told him his Sixth Soul Ring could change that.
• Tang Hao sealed Tang San’s Soul Power and forbade him from using his Soul Bones, then ordered him to practice eighty-one consecutive hammer strikes beneath a waterfall.
• Dai Tianming learned that Dai Mubai’s old injury could not be healed and told the court to leave Dai Mubai and Oscar alone.
• Dai Tianming declared himself unable to rule and abdicated the Star Luo throne.
• After three days, Tang San still could not stand steadily on the slippery rock beneath the waterfall and had not swung his hammer once.

Tang San trained beneath the waterfall, learning to withstand its force, cultivate Mysterious Heaven Skill despite his seal, and perform Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer. Three months later, Yu Tianlong confronted Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun’s father in the Star Luo Empire and insisted on taking the sisters away.

• Tang San spent five days learning to hold his footing on the round rock beneath the waterfall, then began cultivating Mysterious Heaven Skill and practicing Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• By the fifteenth day, Tang San could perform the first hammer strike on the rock, and his training continued to improve beneath the waterfall.
• Xue Ye arranged for his daughter Xue Ke to marry Yu Tianlong, though Yu Tianlong had not agreed and was concerned about Qian Renxue.
• Yu Tianlong visited the Star Luo Empire, where rival suitors sought Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun, who had reconciled and returned to their family.
• Yu Tianlong told Family Head Zhu that he was taking Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun with him, arguing that their father could not let them jump into a pit of fire.

Yu Tianlong brought Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun to confront Zhu Yan and tell him they were leaving the Zhu Family’s conflicts behind. Zhu Yan wished his daughters happiness as Yu Tianlong departed, leaving him to regret his past choices.

• Yu Tianlong’s overwhelming presence silenced Zhu Yan until Bi Ji withdrew her pressure, and Zhu Yan cleared the other visitors from the residence.
• Zhu Yan tried to explain the Zhu Family’s ties to the Dai Family, but Yu Tianlong told him that only Zhu Zhuqing’s willingness to forgive him mattered.
• Zhu Zhuqing let the past go, while Zhu Zhuyun thanked Zhu Yan for raising her and said they wanted no part in the imperial family’s schemes.
• Zhu Yan wished both daughters happiness, and Yu Tianlong promised to invite him to their wedding before flying away with them.
• Zhu Yan watched them leave and wondered whether he had truly been wrong.

After a year of waterfall training, Tang San mastered the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, and Tang Hao began using the Clear Sky Hammer and Soul Power to advance his training. Tang San reached rank sixty, unaware that Tang Hao had trained him to gain his trust and obtain the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

• Tang San completed eighty-one hammer strikes with a massive wooden hammer, forcing almost the entire waterfall upward.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to use his Clear Sky Hammer beneath the waterfall from the next day, then removed the seal suppressing his Soul Power and guided him into cultivation.
• Tang Hao reflected that Tang San’s training had made him trust him and that he wanted to get the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• With Tang Hao’s help, Tang San’s Soul Power reached rank sixty.
• Yu Tianlong had reached rank seventy-three, while Ning Rongrong and the others had become Soul Kings after absorbing powerful Soul Bones.

Tang San reached the rank-sixty bottleneck, while Hu Liena prepared to risk her life training to catch up with Yu Tianlong. Yu Tianlong grew impatient and set out to take Ah Yin from Tang Hao’s waterfall hideaway.

• After seven days of stabilizing his Soul Power, Tang San learned from Tang Hao that he had reached the rank-sixty bottleneck.
• Tang San watched Tang Hao, Qing'er, and baby Xiao Tian together, and his fury rose again.
• Hu Liena asked Bibi Dong to let her train without protection, and Bibi Dong agreed and gave her a Soul Bone.
• Bibi Dong warned Hu Liena not to fight Yu Tianlong alone and revealed that Yu Tianlong was also one of Spirit Hall's people.
• Yu Tianlong decided to take Ah Yin, planning for Cho'Gath to conceal himself and draw Tang Hao away while he and Bi Ji went to the waterfall.

Yu Tianlong rescued Ah Yin, exposed Tang San’s actions against the infant, and helped Ah Yin learn the truth about Tang Hao and Tang San. The Blue Silver King moved at Ah Yin’s direction while Tang Hao took Tang San to a forest to obtain his fifth Soul Ring.

• Tang Hao left after sensing Cho'Gath, and Yu Tianlong discovered Tang San had poisoned the infant with Seven-Day Kill.
• Yu Tianlong and Bi Ji entered the waterfall’s hidden chamber, took Ah Yin and her Soul Bone, and left Tang San’s hidden weapon behind to frame someone.
• After a week, Ah Yin took human form and became a servant of the Void; Yu Tianlong told her that Tang San was not her son and Tang Hao had neglected her.
• Ah Yin realized Tang San must not awaken the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and directed the Blue Silver King to move overnight to Dugu Bo's valley.
• The poison killed Tang San’s younger brother, while Tang Hao took Tang San to an unnamed forest to obtain his fifth Soul Ring.

Tang San tried to connect with the Blue Silver Grass in an ancient forest but was violently rejected, leaving Tang Hao confused and furious. Ah Yin asked Yu Tianlong to help her uncover Tang Hao and Tang San’s true intentions as they followed them into the forest.

• Tang Hao instructed Tang San to sense the Blue Silver Grass, but the plants attacked his spiritual power and made him spit blood.
• Tang San tried to communicate with the Blue Silver Grass again and was struck by an even stronger attack.
• Tang Hao took Tang San into the forest, unleashing his Titled Douluo power as he headed toward the place he knew.
• Ah Yin asked Yu Tianlong to help her see Tang Hao and Tang San’s true faces, and Bi Ji concealed the group as they followed.
• Tang San entered the ancient forest and wondered why its Blue Silver Grass treated him as an enemy.

Tang Hao and Tang San found the Blue Silver King’s valley stripped bare, where Ah Yin confronted Tang Hao and revealed that she knew he had used and betrayed her. Tang Hao confessed that he had treated Ah Yin as a means to gain power, and after Bi Ji appeared, Tang Hao fled alone, leaving Tang San to plead with Ah Yin.

• Tang Hao and Tang San reached the Blue Silver King’s valley and found its plants gone and the soil freshly turned.
• Ah Yin appeared and told Tang Hao she knew Tang San was not her son and knew what he had done.
• Ah Yin recounted her suspicions and Yu Tianlong’s revelations, prompting Tang Hao to admit he had targeted her to obtain her hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao declared that Ah Yin’s only value had been helping him become powerful, and Bi Ji revealed her immense Soul Beast presence.
• Ah Yin considered whether to kill Tang Hao and Tang San, but Tang Hao detonated his Soul Rings and fled, abandoning Tang San.
• Tang San tried to win Ah Yin’s sympathy by calling her “Mom.”

Ah Yin awakened as the Blue Silver Emperor and reclaimed her bloodline from Tang San, stripping away his Martial Soul, Soul Rings, and much of his power. Before she could kill him, a black light rescued him, leaving Ah Yin and Yu Tianlong to plan how to make him suffer later.

• Ah Yin grew furious at Tang San and awakened her Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, draining his Soul Power and reclaiming her bloodline from him.
• Tang San lost his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and Soul Rings, shrank, and passed out as Ah Yin’s strength and appearance changed.
• Yu Tianlong asked Ah Yin whether she wanted to kill Tang San, and she said she wanted to end everything between herself and Tang Hao’s son.
• A burst of black light rescued Tang San just as Ah Yin moved to kill him, and a phantom carried him to a lake before vanishing.
• Yu Tianlong told Ah Yin they could torment Tang San later, and she eagerly embraced the idea of destroying him.

Yu Tianlong gave Ah Yin her Soul Bone and Void Divine Power, allowing her to recover as a Blue Silver Emperor, while Tang Hao and Tang San suffered severe setbacks. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan recognized Tang San and moved to capture him.

• Yu Tianlong gave Ah Yin her Soul Bone and Void Divine Power, and she absorbed them to restore her Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and reach sixty thousand years of cultivation.
• Ah Yin joined Yu Tianlong, Bi Ji, and the others for barbecue after she woke from absorbing the Soul Bone.
• Tang Hao collapsed from his worsening injuries, realized he was close to death, and struggled toward the place where he had left his newborn son.
• Tang San woke with his Soul Power reduced to rank fifty, his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul lost, and his body shortened, then blamed Tang Hao and mourned his misfortunes.
• Men from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan recognized Tang San from his facial bones and ordered their group to capture him.

After fleeing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for half a month, Tang San reached the town leading to Slaughter City with an ugly man and hoped to hide there. A Bloody Mary and the tavern’s brutal welcome led him into a fight against its patrons.

• Tang San escaped his pursuers with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and hidden weapons, then spent half a month fleeing across the continent while injured.
• Tang San met an ugly man who was also fleeing, learned about Slaughter City, and decided to seek refuge there.
• The man brought Tang San to a gloomy tavern and ordered two Bloody Marys; Tang San drank his glass and learned it was human blood.
• After the patrons mocked Tang San, the man told him to kill them all, and a burly patron attacked Tang San with a knife.
• Tang San killed the attacker with a shoulder strike, then faced the remaining twenty-two patrons as they charged him; he summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and revealed five black Soul Rings.

Tang San killed his guide and the tavern waiter, then broke through the floor to enter the passage leading to Slaughter City. He emerged before Terror Knight Scott and a hundred black-armored warriors, who demanded that he accept punishment before entering the city.

• Yu Tianlong watched Tang San slaughter the tavern patrons while Ah Yin restrained her desire to kill him.
• Tang San stabbed the man who had brought him there, then killed the waiter who questioned his right to enter Slaughter City.
• Tang San smashed the tavern counter and floor with his black hammer, revealing a hidden passage, and leaped into it.
• After walking 1,462 steps through the dark passage, Tang San heard Slaughter City's welcome and continued toward its entrance.
• Tang San emerged before one hundred black-armored warriors and Terror Knight Scott, who challenged him to defeat Scott to earn entry.

Tang San entered Slaughter City after defeating Terror Knight Scott without Soul Skills. Yu Tianlong returned to Heaven Dou City and revealed that he planned to become emperor himself rather than let Qian Renxue take the throne.

• Tang San discovered that he could not use his Martial Souls or Soul Skills in Slaughter City, but struck Terror Knight Scott with his Clear Sky Hammer and shattered Scott’s arm.
• Tang San looked toward the purple moon and prepared to enter Slaughter City.
• Yu Tianlong left the town with Ah Yin, who asked him to take her to the valley to speak with the Blue Silver King.
• Yu Tianlong returned alone to Heaven Dou City, where Xue Ke told him that Emperor Xue Ye was unwell and Xue Qinghe was handling state affairs.
• Yu Tianlong asked Xue Ke about Xue Beng and recalled that he had alerted Qian Renxue to Xue Beng’s suspicious behavior.
• Yu Tianlong resolved that he wanted to become emperor himself, believing Qian Renxue’s talents would be wasted on the throne.

Yu Tianlong visited the ailing Emperor Xue Ye with Xue Ke and discussed the future of the Heaven Dou Empire before meeting Qian Renxue. Meanwhile, Tang San entered Slaughter City, where Soul Skills were restricted.

• Yu Tianlong agreed to visit Emperor Xue Ye with Xue Ke and saw how gravely ill the emperor had become.
• Emperor Xue Ye welcomed Yu Tianlong as his son-in-law and discussed family and state affairs with him and Xue Ke.
• Yu Tianlong and Xue Ke visited Qian Renxue, who said she would support whatever Yu Tianlong wanted to do.
• Emperor Xue Ye privately accepted Xue Qinghe's rise to power because he hoped the prince would reform the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Tang San entered Slaughter City after a veiled woman welcomed him, and he observed its blue-and-purple-lit streets and quiet inhabitants.

Tang San learned that Slaughter City was a lawless place where Soul Skills were suppressed and escape was nearly impossible. After discovering that he could leave only by becoming the Hell Slaughter Arena champion and surviving Hell Road, he chose to recover before entering the arena, but an unseen figure confronted him on the way to his lodgings.

• Tang San asked the girl in black gauze about Slaughter City's history and rules, learning that Soul Skills could not be used there and that the city protected its members.
• The girl in black gauze told Tang San that the Enforcement Team prevented people from escaping and that its captain was a Titled Douluo who could use Soul Skills.
• Tang San learned that he could leave only by winning the Hell Slaughter Arena, challenging Hell Road, and fighting his way out to earn the title of Death God.
• The girl in black gauze explained that Slaughter City had no currency and that residents traded opponents' blood and skulls for goods.
• Tang San declined to enter the Hell Slaughter Arena immediately because he was injured and needed time to recover.
• As the girl in black gauze led Tang San to his lodgings, a hidden figure emerged and welcomed the newcomer as a source of fresh Bloody Mary.

Tang San learned how Slaughter City’s outer city kept its residents alive and concluded that Spirit Hall tolerated the city as a prison for criminals. As he reached his destination, Bibi Dong left after bringing Hu Liena to the entrance and wishing her well.

• Tang San questioned the girl in black gauze about a skeletal resident and learned that outer-city residents could avoid the Hell Slaughter Arena by donating two cups of Bloody Mary each month.
• The girl explained that only Hell Slaughter Arena survivors could enter the lawless inner city, while Spirit Hall allowed Slaughter City to function as a prison for dangerous criminals.
• Tang San suspected Spirit Hall secretly supplied the city and formed a plan to destroy Slaughter City and unleash its criminals against Spirit Hall.
• Tang San passed starving, blood-drained residents and food queues in the outer city before the girl in black gauze escorted him to his destination and left.
• Bibi Dong wished Hu Liena well at Slaughter City’s entrance, then departed after bringing her there and promising to meet her when she returned.

Hu Liena entered Slaughter City's inner city with the King of Slaughter's envoy to grow stronger, while Yu Tianlong and Bi Ji secretly arrived to sabotage Tang San. The chapter ended with Bi Ji knocking Tang San unconscious after Yu Tianlong stole his knockout drug.

• Hu Liena decided to go to Slaughter City, and Bibi Dong eventually agreed to let her go.
• Hu Liena entered the inner city alongside the girl in black gauze, who warned her to stay close and explained the newcomer protection period.
• Yu Tianlong and Bi Ji followed the trace of his presence on Tang San and secretly reached Slaughter City.
• Yu Tianlong decided to steal Tang San's hidden weapons and recorded his plan, then took a knockout drug from Tang San's Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges.
• Bi Ji struck Tang San unconscious while Yu Tianlong stared at the stolen bottle and fell into thought.

Yu Tianlong drugged the unconscious Tang San, took his Soul Tool, and explored Slaughter City with Bi Ji. Meanwhile, Hu Liena entered the inner city, witnessed its brutal violence, and learned the deadly rules of the Hell Slaughter Arena.

• Yu Tianlong forced a bottle of knockout drug into Tang San, leaving him unconscious for ten days to half a month, and took Tang San's Soul Tool and its hidden weapons.
• Yu Tianlong and Bi Ji concealed themselves as they wandered through Slaughter City, where Bi Ji struggled with the city's oppressive atmosphere.
• Hu Liena entered the inner city with the girl in black gauze and witnessed its debauchery and killing, while her own killing intent began to rise.
• A man with sixteen Hell Slaughter Arena victories emerged from a crowd and killed people indiscriminately, prompting the girl in black gauze to warn Hu Liena about him.
• The girl in black gauze brought Hu Liena to the Hell Slaughter Arena and explained that ten people entered each match and only one could leave alive.

Hu Liena entered Slaughter City, killed a veteran fighter to obtain a Bloody Mary, and began competing in the Hell Slaughter Arena to earn a hundred victories and challenge Hell Road. After a month, she had nine victories and faced increasingly strong ambushes, while Yu Tianlong secretly gave her protection.

• Hu Liena learned the requirements for becoming champion and decided to enter the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Hu Tianlong and Bi Ji discussed Yu Tianlong's attraction to Hu Liena as she took a Bloody Mary from a bald man by killing him with her sword.
• Hu Liena registered for the next match and resolved to win a hundred matches so she could challenge Hell Road and leave Slaughter City.
• During her first week, Hu Liena killed more than a hundred people and discovered that post-match ambushes were more dangerous than arena fights.
• Yu Tianlong secretly gave Hu Liena the Power of The Void with Bi Ji's life energy to help protect her.
• After a month, Hu Liena had nine victories, faced fewer but stronger ambushers, and learned the rule governing opponents' prior match counts.

Tang San woke in Slaughter City without his Storage Soul Tool, then, weakened by hunger and injury, killed a man for food. Meanwhile, Yu Tianlong reassured Bibi Dong about Hu Liena, visited Ah Yin at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and found her troubled as he embraced her.

• Tang San woke, discovered his Storage Soul Tool was missing, and feared he would be killed in the Hell Slaughter Arena without it.
• The God of Wrath watched Tang San’s anger with satisfaction as Tang San’s hunger and injuries left him gaunt and desperate.
• Tang San left his room and smashed a man with his Clear Sky Hammer, then bent down to feed on him.
• Yu Tianlong took Bibi Dong to watch Hu Liena fight, and Bibi Dong felt reassured after learning Yu Tianlong had arranged a safeguard for her disciple.
• Yu Tianlong and Bi Ji traveled to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Ah Yin worried about how to repay Yu Tianlong before he approached and embraced her.

Yu Tianlong reunited with Ah Yin and learned that her cultivation was recovering in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Two months later, Tang Hao returned to the cabin and found a letter saying his son had died, leaving him to suspect Tang San had poisoned the child.

• Ah Yin called Bi Ji her big sister and told Yu Tianlong that the treasured land was helping her recover her cultivation.
• Yu Tianlong returned to Blue Tyrant Academy, saw Xue Ke in class, and thought about Tang Yuehua's continued rejection of him.
• Tang Hao struggled back to the cabin with his meridians severed and found it deserted, dusty, and holding a letter.
• Tang Hao read that his son had died and that Ah Yin had left after burying the child beside the cabin.
• Tang Hao went to the grave and concluded that Tang San had poisoned his son, then broke down in rage and grief.

Tang Hao died beside the waterfall as his suppressed injuries and Soul Power backlash overwhelmed him, while Tang San embraced the violence of Slaughter City. A year later, Hu Liena faced a massive ambush in the Hell Slaughter Arena and survived when emerald-green power healed her and restored her Soul Power.

• Tang Hao regretted not killing Tang San earlier, then died beside a decaying female corpse beneath the waterfall.
• The Clear Sky Sect's sect master and Tang Yuehua each felt a brief pang of discomfort, while Tang Yuehua's feelings for Yu Tianlong grew.
• Tang San avoided the Hell Slaughter Arena and spent his days killing people in Slaughter City's streets.
• After a year in Slaughter City, Hu Liena had won sixty-seven matches and become a feared competitor, despite being repeatedly targeted.
• After Hu Liena killed over a hundred attackers, emerald-green power healed her wounds and restored her Soul Power, and she swiftly killed those who tested her.

Hu Liena continued to survive the brutal battles in Slaughter City, driven by her obsession with defeating Yu Tianlong and her growing love for him. After developing an illusion-based Sword Intent inspired by his sword strike, she defeated three powerful opponents and left the arena with a shoulder wound.

• After Yu Tianlong and Bi Ji replenished the Senzu Bean inside Hu Liena, she returned to the Hell Slaughter Arena three days later, and no one dared to fight that day.
• Over the following year, Hu Liena became known as the Hell Slaughterer, gained only one Soul Power rank, and devoted herself to cultivation and combat while becoming obsessed with Yu Tianlong.
• Hu Liena developed an illusion-centered Sword Intent while trying to understand how to counter Yu Tianlong's sword strike.
• During a battle against nine opponents, Hu Liena killed most of them with Sword Qi, leaving three survivors: two Soul Emperors and one Soul Saint.
• Hu Liena closed her eyes and released nine arcs of Sword Qi, killing the three attackers while suffering only a small wound on her shoulder.
• After the fight, Hu Liena slowly approached her former opponents and stomped down.