Chapter Summaries

Yu Tianlong secretly enslaved the King of Slaughter, who then confronted Tang San over Slaughter City's destruction and demanded an antidote. Tang San admitted poisoning the blood river and fought back when the King attacked, while Yu Tianlong and Gu Yuena chose to let him live for now.

• Yu Tianlong withdrew his Soul Control Technique after enslaving the bat parasitizing Tang Chen's body, and Tang San questioned a surviving Soul Master about the slaughter.
• The survivor explained that the King of Slaughter had attacked them with a blood-red light that weakened them and prevented them from using Soul Skills.
• The King of Slaughter accused Tang San of poisoning Slaughter City's blood river and demanded an antidote, but Tang San admitted there was none and dismissed the consequences of the city's destruction.
• The King of Slaughter attacked Tang San, and Yu Tianlong and Gu Yuena discussed killing him before deciding to wait because a god might intervene.
• Tang San unleashed his Divine Slaughter's Domain and the Power of Wrath, repelling the King of Slaughter and leaving him stunned by Tang San's strength.

Tang San used the power of wrath to force the King of Slaughter into a brutal hand-to-hand fight, but the King’s killing aura then surged and overwhelmed Tang San’s expectations. Their final clash of hammer and sword devastated the surrounding land, leaving a vast crater.

• The King of Slaughter used his Slaughter Domain to suppress Tang San and demanded the antidote.
• Tang San released the power of wrath, driving himself and the King of Slaughter into a furious physical fight that left both badly bruised.
• Tang San noticed the King of Slaughter’s power rising as a pure killing aura and summoned his Clear Sky Hammer.
• The King of Slaughter transformed his condensed red hammer into a greatsword and met Tang San’s attack with a sweeping strike.
• The collision annihilated everything within three hundred meters, killed the surviving man, and left a crater one hundred meters deep.

Tang San was overwhelmed by the King of Slaughter’s sudden godlike strength, but the clash awakened the King’s original self from the evil blood-red influence. The King explained that Tang San’s divine power had freed his soul and revealed that their paths were alike, leaving him about to explain his past.

• The King of Slaughter defeated Tang San with a blood-red heavy sword, leaving Tang San badly injured and his Clear Sky Hammer knocked away.
• After hearing the King’s voice change, Tang San climbed out of the rock and saw that the King’s eyes had become clear.
• The King of Slaughter recalled failing Asura’s trial and lamented the sins he had accumulated over decades.
• The King recognized Tang San as someone chosen by a god and said Tang San’s divine power had awakened his soul from the evil blood-red influence.
• The King of Slaughter dismissed the heavy sword into his palm and began explaining why they were alike.

Tang Chen explained how the Rakshasa God corrupted his Asura trials and turned him into the King of Slaughter before Tang San helped him regain his senses. After recognizing Tang San as Tang Hao’s son, Tang Chen revealed they were great-grandfather and great-grandson and asked what had happened to Hao’er.

• Tang Chen told Tang San that the Rakshasa God’s influence had corrupted the Asura trials, allowing the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King to take over his body.
• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Chen recognized it and asked whose child he was.
• Tang San said his father was Tang Hao, and Tang Chen identified himself as Tang Chen and recognized Tang San as his great-grandson.
• Tang San bowed to Tang Chen and asked him to seek justice for Tang Hao.
• Tang Chen asked Tang San what had happened to Hao’er and said he had sensed his presence near Slaughter City before.

Tang Chen gave Tang San authority to rebuild the Clear Sky Sect but left before returning with him, while Yu Tianlong learned that Tang Chen still needed to act under his control. Gu Yuena offered to have Soul Beasts willingly sacrifice themselves to strengthen their side, and she and Yu Tianlong set out to unify the continent.

• Tang San told Tang Chen how Spirit Hall had persecuted the Clear Sky Sect and destroyed his family and sect.
• Tang Chen mourned Tang Hao's fate and gave Tang San a golden hammer that granted him authority over the Clear Sky Sect's elders and major affairs.
• Tang Chen left Tang San, promising to find him before the God of Wrath's ninth trial.
• Yu Tianlong spoke with Tang Chen, who said he had not fully escaped control and needed to go out again.
• Gu Yuena offered to arrange willing sacrifices by Soul Beasts to strengthen their forces, and Yu Tianlong and Gu Yuena agreed to unify the continent.

Yu Tianlong gathered the Heaven Dou Empire, Spirit Hall, and Soul Beast leaders to launch a campaign against the Star Luo Empire and bring the continent under one rule. The coalition reached Star Luo City and began rounding up its leaders, capturing the emperor and the head of the Zhu Family.

• Yu Tianlong announced that the coalition would hunt down the Star Luo Empire's upper echelon and dismantle the empire, and the assembled leaders agreed to move out.
• Gu Yuena opened a spatial rift, and the coalition traveled to Star Luo City to demonstrate its strength while avoiding harm to ordinary people.
• Chi Jun asked Di Tian whether their operation counted as an assassination, and Di Tian said they should kill their targets one by one without harming civilians.
• Di Tian demanded that the Star Luo Empire's imperial family and upper echelon come out, then ordered the Myriad Demon King to catch those who fled.
• The Myriad Demon King pulled the Star Luo emperor and the head of the Zhu Family from hiding and brought them before Di Tian.

Di Tian’s group killed the Star Luo Empire’s emperor and his officials, while the Zhu Family head chose to die beside his ruler despite being spared. Meanwhile, Tang San entered the Star Dou Great Forest to find a strength-type Soul Beast and discovered that his target possessed a domain.

• Di Tian captured the Star Luo emperor, and Chen Xin explained the rules humans would need to establish alongside Soul Beasts.
• The Zhu Family head asked after Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Yun, then watched as Di Tian ordered the Myriad Demon King to kill everyone except him.
• The Zhu Family head asked Bi Ji to tell Yu Tianlong to care for his daughters, then took his own life beside the emperor’s corpse.
• Bi Ji arranged proper burials, and Di Tian’s group left the Star Luo Empire to handle the aftermath.
• Tang San entered the Star Dou Great Forest and detected a strength-type tiger Soul Beast with roughly sixty-five to sixty-eight thousand years of cultivation.
• Tang San approached the tiger Soul Beast and realized its domain suggested it was an extraordinary creature comparable to the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python.

Tang San encountered a sixty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, a rare Soul Beast that grew stronger by devouring other beings. The tiger saw Tang San as tempting prey and advanced to attack, leaving the two poised to fight.

• Tang San sensed a darkness-attribute Soul Beast and infused his Clear Sky Hammer with the Power of Wrath.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger emerged, and Tang San recognized it from Grandmaster's account of the rare, exceptionally powerful species.
• Tang San recalled that the tiger had returned to the Star Dou Great Forest after Da Ming and Er Ming left, and had been hunting Soul Beasts to build its strength.
• The tiger sensed Tang San's powerful Soul Power and decided that devouring him could help it cross the hundred-thousand-year threshold.
• Tang San grew solemn as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger approached him without fear.

Tang San faced the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the Star Dou Great Forest, testing its speed and reactions in a brief exchange before launching Spider Web Restraint. The tiger tried to dodge the net as it descended.

• Tang San summoned his Soul Rings and Blue Silver Grass while the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger approached, both preparing for battle.
• Tang San sensed the tiger probing for an opening and sent Blue Silver Grass toward it as the tiger suddenly attacked with startling speed.
• Tang San evaded the tiger’s claws with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and struck back with the Clear Sky Hammer, while the tiger dodged his blow.
• Tang San and the tiger withdrew and faced off again, each recognizing the other as a dangerous opponent.
• Tang San activated his Third Soul Skill, Spider Web Restraint, and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger darted between trees to evade the descending net.

Tang San fought the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and discovered that it wielded evil, wind, and lightning powers, along with a devastating straight-line charge. He stunned it with Blue Silver Skyquake and struck with his Clear Sky Hammer, but the tiger resisted the blow and its evil power disrupted Tang San, leaving him to face an unexpected defense.

• Tang San's Spider Web Restraint clashed with the tiger's wind-and-evil blades, and the two attacks destroyed each other.
• The tiger sent an evil attack along the ground, then used its lightning power to disrupt Tang San's Spiritual Detection and vanish at speed.
• The tiger charged through the air to position itself above Tang San and swung its Evil God Hook down at his head.
• Tang San triggered Blue Silver Skyquake, stunning the tiger for three seconds, then struck it with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• The hammer bounced off the tiger, and an evil chill suppressed Tang San's power and unsettled his Qi and blood.

Tang San fought the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with his full strength, breaking through its defenses and overpowering its attacks. With the tiger badly wounded, Tang San prepared to finish it with Blue Silver Delay Claw.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger used Evil God's Protection to survive Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer strike, but the barrier shattered.
• Tang San unleashed Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, forcing the tiger to reveal its domain and disrupt his spiritual lock.
• Tang San countered the tiger's domain with gravity, Divine Slaughter's Domain, and Thousand Years of Emptiness.
• Tang San's attack blocked Dark Demon Evil Thunder and hurled the tiger into the forest, leaving it gravely wounded.
• Tang San locked onto the tiger and prepared to use Blue Silver Delay Claw without lowering his guard.

Tang San tried to finish off the wounded Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, but it broke his Blue Silver Delay Claw and counterattacked with a black hole that swallowed them both. He emerged in a strange space with his Soul Power and spiritual power suppressed.

• Tang San struck the charging Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with Titan Sky Shatter, then sent his Blue Silver Delay Claw after it as it was thrown back.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger used its Evil God Thorn to break the Blue Silver Delay Claw, then regained its strength and launched a surprise attack.
• Tang San countered with Purple Demon Divine Light, shattering the tiger's protective black light but failing to seriously injure it.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger opened a black hole that pulled both it and Tang San inside.
• Tang San found himself in darkness, unable to summon the Light of Wrath or use his spiritual power, before appearing in a strange space.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger dragged Tang San into a Life and Death Arena where both of them reverted to childhood and had to fight until one died. Tang San dodged its attacks with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and began preparing a black box as the tiger slowly gathered a ball of Dark Demon Evil Thunder.

• Tang San and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger shrank to their childhood forms, and Tang San found that his Martial Souls and most of his abilities were unavailable.
• A voice announced that the Life and Death Arena would not end until one of them died, and Tang San realized the tiger had been reduced to its infant strength too.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger lunged at Tang San, but he evaded it with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and knocked it off balance.
• Tang San evaded the tiger’s second pounce while handling a black box, and the Dark Demon Evil Tiger began slowly condensing a ball of Dark Demon Evil Thunder.

Tang San defeated the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with the Godly Zhuge Crossbow after both were reduced to childhood, then returned to the Star Dou Great Forest. After recovering his Soul Power and reflecting on how close he had come to death, he began absorbing the Clear Sky Hammer’s first Soul Ring.

• Tang San fired the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, fatally wounding the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger after its Dark Demon Evil Thunder failed to stop him.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger died, and Tang San returned to the Star Dou Great Forest as his strength was restored.
• A strange bead emerged from the tiger’s corpse, but the black hole pulled it away before Tang San could seize it.
• Tang San realized the tiger’s final skill could have left him facing the beast at full strength if his Purple Demon Divine Light had not affected them both.
• Tang San restored his Soul Power, secured the area with his domains, and began absorbing the Clear Sky Hammer’s first Soul Ring.

Tang San absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring, greatly strengthening his Soul Power and other abilities, though the beast's Soul Bone and mysterious bead eluded him. He reflected on his weaknesses and searched for the next target, intent on improving before pursuing revenge.

• Tang San absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring after enduring its evil Qi, raising his Soul Power from rank eighty-five to more than halfway through rank eighty-eight.
• Tang San discovered that the ring strengthened his Clear Sky Hammer and Divine Slaughter's Domain, increased his physical strength, and boosted his spiritual power by roughly five percent.
• Tang San found no Soul Bone and recalled that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's bead had vanished into a black hole, then accepted that he had gained a powerful Soul Ring despite the loss.
• Tang San reviewed the battle and recognized that he struggled to connect and control his many Soul Skills as a unified whole.
• Tang San rested briefly, extended his spiritual power, and searched for the second target of his journey.

After reflecting on his battle with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, Tang San realized he needed to master the transitions between his Soul Skills as he continued searching for a Clear Sky Hammer Soul Ring. He found a Man Faced Demon Spider with a cultivation of just over fifty thousand years and turned invisible as he approached it.

• Tang San rested and cultivated in the Star Dou Great Forest, considering how to overcome his difficulty coordinating his many Soul Skills.
• He concluded that smoothly transitioning between Soul Skills was key to linking them without interruption and controlling his opponents.
• Tang San resumed searching and used his Blue Silver Domain to probe the forest for a suitable Clear Sky Hammer Soul Ring.
• He detected a Man Faced Demon Spider with a cultivation of just over fifty thousand years and decided he would claim its Soul Ring.
• As he approached the Man Faced Demon Spider, Tang San used his invisibility skill to prepare for a swift attack.

Tang San launched a surprise attack on the fifty-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor, trapping and stunning it with a rapid chain of Soul Skills. He closed to within ten meters and formed a demonic-marked spear as the fight continued.

• Tang San approached the Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor unseen and identified its dark-gold body and webs.
• Tang San struck with the Orca Demon Axe, but the Spider Emperor blocked the attack with white beams and black silk.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to clear the silk, cage the Spider Emperor, and increase its weight with Gravity Control.
• The Spider Emperor broke the first Blue Silver Cage and fired black rays at Tang San, who evaded them and moved closer.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Thorn Array stunned the Spider Emperor and knocked it back to the ground.
• Tang San reached within ten meters and formed a spear marked with strange demonic patterns.

Tang San chained his Soul Skills to overwhelm the Man Faced Spider Emperor, blasting apart its eight Spider Spears with the Blue Silver Overlord Spear. As the injured beast fled behind poisonous mist, Tang San struck it with the Purple Demon Divine Light and flew toward its tumbling body.

• Tang San unleashed the Blue Silver Overlord Spear during the Man Faced Spider Emperor’s brief restraint, shattering the crossed tips of all eight Spider Spears and hurling the beast backward.
• The Man Faced Spider Emperor spat corrosive white mist and used its back carapace as wings to try to escape.
• Tang San fired the Purple Demon Divine Light through the poisonous mist, disrupting the beast’s flight and knocking it unconscious.
• Tang San adjusted his Mysterious Heaven Skill and soared toward the Man Faced Spider Emperor as it tumbled through the air.

Tang San killed the fifty-thousand-year Man Faced Spider Emperor with a chained assault and gained an External Soul Bone, which he named the Eight Spider Lances. As the lances devoured the spider’s remains, they began changing under the influence of the God of Wrath’s divine power.

• Tang San struck down the Man Faced Spider Emperor with his Clear Sky Hammer, ending its life before it could counterattack.
• Tang San reflected on his chained attacks and realized he needed to master every skill’s characteristics to link them naturally in battle.
• Tang San felt heat in his back as eight spider legs emerged and devoured the Man Faced Spider Emperor’s fluids.
• Tang San named the new External Soul Bone the Eight Spider Lances and drew the Sea God Trident back to him with Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon.
• Tang San used the Light of Wrath to ease the swelling in his back as his bones, muscles, and meridians darkened under the God of Wrath’s ongoing inheritance.

Tang San's Eight Spider Lances evolved into the divine realm after devouring the Man Faced Spider Emperor, and his Soul Power rose to rank eighty-nine. After absorbing the spider's Soul Ring into his Clear Sky Hammer, he set out at dawn to continue his search for eight more Soul Rings.

• Tang San's Eight Spider Lances turned black, gained powerful devouring threads, and advanced into the divine realm.
• Tang San's Soul Power rose past rank eighty-eight to rank eighty-nine, and he vowed to repay Yu Tianlong.
• Tang San used the Mysterious Heaven Skill to draw a fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring from the Man Faced Spider Emperor's corpse and add it to his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San absorbed the Soul Ring in a quarter of an hour, bringing his total to ten Soul Rings.
• Tang San ate a simple meal at dawn and set off again to find eight more Soul Rings in the Star Dou Great Forest.