Recaps

After Tian Chen and Hu Liena each completed their hundredth victory in the Hell Slaughter Arena, the King of Slaughter sent them into Hell Road. As they were swallowed by the blood-red light, Tian Chen sensed that Slaughter City's secrets lay within the trial.

• Tian Chen examined Flame Demon's memories, found nothing about the Asura God Inheritance, and claimed two valuable Soul Bones from his ashes.
• Tian Chen signaled Hu Liena, who won her hundredth arena match an hour later.
• The King of Slaughter appeared and, after Tian Chen demanded it, agreed to open Hell Road for him and Hu Liena.
• The King of Slaughter released an evil red presence that drove the arena spectators into madness and gathered their blood into a pattern.
• The blood-red light transported Tian Chen and Hu Liena into Hell Road, where Tian Chen shielded Hu Liena and sensed Slaughter City's secrets ahead.

Tian Chen and Hu Liena advanced along Hell Road and fought off a swarm of blood-red bats before confronting the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King. Tian Chen disabled the creature’s flight with his Demon-Suppressing Domain, and Hu Liena killed it by piercing all three heads with her fox tails.

• Tian Chen and Hu Liena awakened on a narrow platform on Hell Road and set off together, using flight and mental detection to navigate the darkness.
• Tian Chen told Hu Liena that the rising heat meant lava lay beneath them and that they were nearing the end of Hell Road.
• More than a thousand blood-red bats attacked, but Tian Chen’s golden domain caused them to plunge into the abyss.
• Tian Chen warned Hu Liena about the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and used his Demon-Suppressing Domain to restrain it and strip away its ability to fly.
• Hu Liena evaded the bat king’s dark red shock waves, used her fox tails to steady herself, and struck all three heads at once, killing it.

Tian Chen and Hu Liena recovered after defeating the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, then continued along Hell Road in search of the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent. They encountered the serpent and prepared to combine their domains as it attacked.

• Hu Liena revealed her fox-tail abilities, and Tian Chen recognized her external soul bone and domain.
• After resting, Tian Chen and Hu Liena continued along the increasingly hot path through Hell Road.
• Tian Chen used his Evil God Domain to shield them from the heat and suppress his rising impulses.
• Tian Chen and Hu Liena spotted the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent as it advanced toward them.
• The serpent breathed a wave of fiery light and toxic mist, and Tian Chen urged Hu Liena to combine her domain with his.

Tian Chen and Hu Liena defeated the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and reached the exit from Hell Road. As they passed through the white curtain, the power of Slaughter eroded their bodies and consciousness.

• Hu Liena weakened the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent with her nine-colored domain while Tian Chen drained its vitality with his Evil God Domain.
• Tian Chen stopped the serpent's released inner core with his Mental Power, then killed the beast with his Dark Gold Dreadclaw and collected the core.
• Tian Chen explained the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's origins and the inner core's ability to neutralize snake venom and suppress snakes.
• Tian Chen and Hu Liena flew through the rising heat toward the exit, then crossed the blood lake under the protection of Tian Chen's Evil God Domain.
• Tian Chen and Hu Liena entered the white curtain and felt the pure slaughter Qi eroding their bodies as their consciousness faded.

Tian Chen and Hu Liena left Slaughter City after Tian Chen awakened the Divine Slaughter's Domain, then traveled toward Spirit City. Meanwhile, Grandmaster explained to Tang San and Oscar how they could restore their incomplete third Soul Skills, though the remedy would limit their fourth Soul Rings.

• Tian Chen woke with Hu Liena in his arms and discovered white markings on his wrist that let him wield the Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Tian Chen and Hu Liena set off for Spirit City, and he slowed their journey so Hu Liena could enjoy a brief respite from her duties.
• Near a lake in the Silves Kingdom, Tian Chen and Hu Liena discussed their responsibilities before sharing an intimate moment.
• At Shrek Academy, Zhu Zhuqing kept her distance from Dai Mubai as Grandmaster gathered the students and Flender asked about Tang San's and Oscar's incomplete third Soul Skills.
• Grandmaster said Tang San and Oscar could restore their third Soul Skills by hunting Soul Beasts like those that gave them their third Soul Rings, but doing so would restrict their fourth-ring choices.

Grandmaster warned Tang San not to add Soul Rings to his Second Martial Soul yet, urging him to preserve its potential while cultivating Blue Silver Grass. After returning to Spirit City with Hu Liena, Tian Chen refused Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo’s summons to the Pope’s Palace and headed toward the manor.

• Tang San considered using his Second Martial Soul to absorb a Mandala Snake Soul Ring, but Grandmaster told the others to leave so they could speak privately.
• At the lake behind the academy, Grandmaster explained that delaying Soul Rings for Tang San’s Second Martial Soul could let him gain far stronger rings later.
• Grandmaster urged Tang San to focus on Blue Silver Grass and said a suitable Mandala Snake could strengthen his existing skills and grant him a defensive Fourth Soul Skill.
• Nearly half a month after leaving Slaughter City, Tian Chen and Hu Liena arrived in Spirit City, where their killing aura unsettled passersby.
• Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo said the Pope wanted Tian Chen and Hu Liena to come to the Pope’s Palace, but Tian Chen declined and walked toward the nearby manor.
• Hu Liena went with the two elders to see her teacher.

Tian Chen returned to the manor and reunited with Ye Lingling, who questioned him about Hu Liena and Dugu Yan. Over dinner, Tian E warned him about powerful Soul Beasts in the Far North, and Tian Chen ended the night planning how to balance his time between Lingling and Hu Liena.

• Tian Chen found Ye Lingling waiting at the castle after she returned to absorb the Blue Silver King's Soul Ring.
• Ye Lingling asked about Tian Chen's time with Hu Liena and what he planned to do about her and Dugu Yan.
• Tian E welcomed Tian Chen and Ye Lingling to dinner and revealed he had hunted a fifty-thousand-year Ice Bear while searching the Far North for a nine-grade ginseng king.
• Tian E warned Tian Chen that the Far North might hold several Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, including possible super Soul Beasts.
• Tian Chen discussed Slaughter City and controlling his killing aura with Tian E, who then left to visit the Worship Hall.
• Tian Chen decided to return to the castle and manage his time between Ye Lingling and Hu Liena.

Tian Chen visited Ye Lingling before going to see Hu Liena at the Pope’s Palace, where she told him she would enter seclusion with her teacher to control her killing aura and prepare for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. He refused to let the Pope help him suppress his own killing aura, saying he had another method.

• Tian Chen spoke with Ye Lingling about keeping his promise to visit Hu Liena, and Ye Lingling reluctantly gave him permission to go.
• Tian Chen bathed with Ye Lingling, then left her resting and flew to the Pope’s Palace.
• Hu Liena sensed Tian Chen approaching, welcomed him into her room, and asked why he had taken so long to visit.
• Tian Chen explained that Ye Lingling had returned to Spirit City, and Hu Liena teased him about his relationships with Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan.
• Hu Liena told Tian Chen she would enter seclusion with her teacher to control her killing aura and prepare for the tournament, but Tian Chen refused the Pope’s help and said he had his own method.

Tian Chen planned to go to Heaven Dou City to suppress his killing aura and begin undermining the Clear Sky Sect, while he spent his remaining days in Spirit City with Ye Lingling. He also prepared to resume experimenting with Secret Method Soul Bones.

• Hu Liena left Tian Chen after Elder Ju summoned her to the Pope's Palace.
• Tian Chen resolved to seek Tang Yuehua's Ring Domain in Heaven Dou City and use the opportunity to advance his plan against the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tian Chen returned to his estate and learned that the Spirit Hall Main Hall in Suotuo City had sent a five-thousand-year-old agave for Ah Hei.
• Ye Lingling teased Tian Chen about returning late, then shared breakfast with him as he examined a purple crystal from the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon's remains.
• Tian Chen invited Ye Lingling for a stroll before leaving Spirit City and decided to continue trying to create Secret Method Soul Bones.

Tian Chen and Ye Lingling encountered Sisi and Cheng Yu in Spirit City, where Cheng Yu recognized Tian Chen and sought his favor. After leaving, Cheng Yu dumped Sisi, who walked away in despair and thought of Su Yuntao.

• Tian Chen and Ye Lingling stopped at an open-air teahouse, where Tian Chen noticed Sisi arriving with Cheng Yu.
• Sisi recognized Tian Chen from their encounter seven years earlier and became frightened, while Cheng Yu knelt to greet him.
• Cheng Yu introduced himself and his Qian Jun Ant Martial Soul, and Tian Chen told him to bring his father to see him.
• After noticing Ye Lingling's displeasure toward Sisi, Cheng Yu decided to end their relationship and left her behind.
• Cheng Yu rejected and insulted Sisi, who walked toward Spirit City's outskirts and thought that Su Yuntao would forgive her because she had been deceived.

Tian Chen took Ye Lingling to the Soul Hunting Forest, where she used her Nine Heart Begonia’s sensitivity to detect heavenly treasures. The chapter ended with Ye Lingling asking Tian Chen to tie her dress back up.

• Tian Chen and Ye Lingling left Spirit City in a carriage and discussed their future, with Tian Chen suggesting they wait a few years before trying to have a child.
• Tian Chen showed the Spirit Hall deacon his Pope Token, and the deacon let him and Ye Lingling enter the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Tian Chen and Ye Lingling walked deeper into the forest and saw a migrating swarm of Qian Jun Ants led by one with a thousand years of cultivation.
• Ye Lingling summoned her Nine Heart Begonia and explained that Soul Masters with the Martial Soul could sense heavenly treasures.
• Ye Lingling turned her back to Tian Chen and asked him to tie her dress back up.

Tian Chen and Ye Lingling found a Qian Jun Ant nest in the Soul Hunting Forest, where Tian Chen used his Realm of Devour to destroy the swarm. After a golden mutated ant ambushed them, Tian Chen discovered a Thousand-Year Dragon Scale Fruit nearby.

• Tian Chen and Ye Lingling located a huge Qian Jun Ant nest in a valley, and Tian Chen said the ants could help him make a Secret Method Soul Bone.
• Tian Chen unleashed his Evil God Domain and Realm of Devour, draining the Qian Jun Ants and leaving their Soul Rings and dried bodies behind.
• A golden Qian Jun Ant ambushed Tian Chen and Ye Lingling, knocking Tian Chen back before he blasted it into a mountainside.
• Tian Chen struck the mutated ant with lightning until it was charred and unable to move.
• Ye Lingling noticed dragon-scale-like markings on the ant, and Tian Chen spotted a Thousand-Year Dragon Scale Fruit growing through a crack in the rock.

Tian Chen discovered a Dragon Scale Fruit and planned to cultivate it with Sky Azure Bull Python blood, then used the Qian Jun Ants’ Soul Rings to create three Secret Method Soul Bones. He gave Ye Lingling a right arm bone to pass to Uncle Niu.

• Tian Chen identified the sky-blue Dragon Scale Fruit as a rare treasure and planned to cultivate it at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tian Chen uprooted the Dragon Scale Fruit plant and released his Evil God Hook to combine the Qian Jun Ants’ Soul Rings.
• Tian Chen failed several attempts before successfully creating three Secret Method Soul Bones.
• Tian Chen stored two Soul Bones and gave Ye Lingling the right arm bone for Uncle Niu to absorb.

Tian Chen and Ye Lingling waited in the Soul Hunting Forest for Ah Hei, while Tian Chen hunted Soul Beasts to feed it. Ah Hei arrived transformed into a powerful black dragon, and Tian Chen and Ye Lingling set off on its back for the night.

• Tian Chen decided to leave the Soul Hunting Forest soon and spent the night with Ye Lingling atop a stone pillar.
• Tian Chen killed fifteen different Hundred-Year Soul Beasts and told Ye Lingling they were food for Ah Hei.
• Ah Hei arrived as a fifteen-meter black dragon after its darkness spread across the valley, surprising Tian Chen and Ye Lingling with its transformation.
• Wu Zi explained that Ah Hei had likely undergone an ancestral reversion under the influence of Tian Chen's domain.
• Tian Chen thanked Wu Zi, carried Ye Lingling onto Ah Hei's back, and told Wu Zi to inform Grandfather they would not return to Spirit City that night.

Tian Chen and Ye Lingling shared an intimate moment before planning to travel after the tournament, while Tang Yuehua learned that Tang San might be Tang Hao’s son. Five days later, Tian Chen and Ye Lingling visited Dugu Yan’s garden and were surprised to find Ning Rongrong with her.

• Tian Chen and Ye Lingling spent the night together on Ah Hei’s back, and Tian Chen suggested they travel around the continent after the tournament.
• Tang Yuehua learned that Tang San was a thirteen-year-old Blue Silver Grass Soul Elder studying at Shrek Academy and suspected he was Tang Hao’s son.
• Tang Yuehua decided to verify Tang San’s identity and keep their connection secret to avoid drawing Spirit Hall’s attention.
• After five days in Heaven Dou City, Tian Chen and Ye Lingling visited Dugu Yan’s flower garden.
• Dugu Yan appeared on the balcony with Ning Rongrong, leaving Tian Chen startled as Dugu Yan regarded him coldly.

Tian Chen’s reunion with Ning Rongrong revealed her unrequited feelings for him, while Dugu Yan made clear that she and Tian Chen were together. After teasing and challenging him, Dugu Yan learned that Tian Chen planned to visit Moonlight Pavilion to suppress the killing aura from Slaughter City before the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

• Ning Rongrong realized that Tian Chen was Dugu Yan’s boyfriend and hurried out of the villa after confirming it.
• Dugu Yan teased Tian Chen about Ning Rongrong’s feelings and asked whether he wanted to marry into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tian Chen pressed Dugu Yan onto the table and told her he wanted to marry her instead.
• Dugu Yan noticed Tian Chen’s Moonlight Pavilion scroll and asked why he planned to go there.
• Tian Chen explained that he intended to suppress the killing aura from Slaughter City until the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament began.

Tian Chen visited Tang Yuehua at the Moonlight Pavilion with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, revealing a killing aura that alarmed the pavilion’s staff and drew Tang Yuehua’s attention. After Tang Yuehua denied having Soul Power, Tian Chen abruptly left with his companions, leaving his purpose unresolved.

• Tian Chen, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling entered Heaven Dou City and went to the Moonlight Pavilion.
• Dugu Yan told Tian Chen to speak to the receptionists, and Tian Chen released a killing aura that frightened the people in the hall.
• Chief Steward Aode confronted Tian Chen, but Tang Yuehua appeared and recognized that he possessed Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Tian Chen asked to speak privately with Tang Yuehua, who invited him and his companions to her private top floor.
• Tang Yuehua claimed she was an ordinary person without Soul Power, and Tian Chen ended the conversation and left with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

Tian Chen sparred with Dugu Yan, while Tang Yuehua learned that Spirit Hall and several powerful young figures posed a growing threat to the Clear Sky Sect. After leaving the pavilion, Tian Chen walked through Heaven Dou City's outer district and arrived at Shrek Academy.

• Tian Chen defeated Dugu Yan in their spar, but she pinned him down afterward and Ye Lingling caught them together.
• Tang Yuehua read that Tian Chen possessed Divine Slaughter's Domain and learned Dugu Yan was Poison Douluo's granddaughter and Ye Lingling was the Nine Heart Begonia Clan's successor.
• Tang Yuehua worried that the Clear Sky Sect could not keep pace with Spirit Hall and wondered whether Tang Hao would ever return to see her and their eldest brother.
• Dugu Yan made Tian Chen drink another bowl of thousand-year sea dragon marrow soup before he left the pavilion.
• Tian Chen walked through Heaven Dou City's outer district and reached the gate of Shrek Academy.

Tian Chen waited outside Shrek Academy for Dai Mubai and Oscar, then followed them to Heaven Dou City's brothel quarter and crippled Dai Mubai with a single kick. He left Dai Mubai alive but secretly damaged his meridians, ending the encounter amid the street's commotion.

• Tian Chen watched Shrek Academy's gates and considered using Tang San to draw out Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect, while weighing whether to recruit or eliminate Oscar.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar collected their Spirit Hall subsidies and decided to spend the night in Heaven Dou City's brothel quarter.
• Tian Chen followed Dai Mubai and Oscar and confronted them as they entered the district.
• Tian Chen struck Dai Mubai with one kick, sending him through a thick stone wall and alarming the people nearby.
• Tian Chen withdrew after using destruction-attribute Soul Power to damage Dai Mubai's meridians and leave him unable to function like a normal man.

Tian Chen offered Oscar money and a place in Spirit Hall, then used his power and influence to punish a brothel enforcer who challenged him. Oscar was left reconsidering his convictions as Tian Chen departed.

• Tian Chen gave Oscar a Soul Crystal Card containing ten thousand Gold Soul Coins and urged him to join Spirit Hall after graduating from Shrek Academy.
• A bald middle-aged man and his subordinates approached Tian Chen and Oscar after finding Dai Mubai unconscious in the rubble.
• Tian Chen ordered the blue-green-haired youth to slap himself, but the youth attacked and Tian Chen crushed his arms.
• Tian Chen threw a black token to the bald middle-aged man, who recognized it and agreed to punish the youth by slapping him.
• Tian Chen left the red-light district, while Oscar watched the punishment and reconsidered his previous convictions.

After Tian Chen defeated Dai Mubai, Oscar concealed his growing resentment while Dai Mubai tried to restore their friendly rapport. The chapter ended with Dai Mubai unable to perform with two women, leaving him consumed by hatred for Tian Chen.

• Oscar helped Dai Mubai out from under the rubble, but Dai Mubai irritably brushed him off, deepening Oscar’s resentment over Dai Mubai’s earlier abandonment of them.
• Dai Mubai questioned Oscar about Tian Chen, and Oscar pretended Tian Chen had ignored him because he was a food-type Soul Master.
• Dai Mubai praised Oscar’s talent and invited him out, unaware of Oscar’s concealed anger.
• A bald middle-aged man ordered his subordinates to bury the unconscious Qing Feng outside Heaven Dou City, fearing the consequences if he survived.
• Dugu Yan asked Tian Chen why she and Ye Lingling had not become pregnant, and Tian Chen explained that he used Soul Power to prevent it.
• Dai Mubai failed to perform with two women and clenched his fists, blaming Tian Chen.

Oscar was humiliated after Viscount Man En attacked him for speaking with Yue Li, while Dai Mubai could only help him leave. Oscar's anger and Dai Mubai's refusal to stand with him deepened a growing change in Oscar.

• Oscar flaunted his money at the hotel desk and tried to charm Yue Li, but she dismissed him.
• Man En insulted Oscar and kicked him across the lobby, leaving him coughing blood.
• Dai Mubai arrived and helped Oscar up, but backed down after seeing Man En's four Soul Rings.
• Yue Li demanded payment, and Dai Mubai tossed her a bag of Gold Soul Coins as he escorted Oscar away.
• Oscar asked Dai Mubai for help, but Dai Mubai said Oscar lacked the strength and status to challenge Man En, leaving Oscar to silently judge his response.

Ning Rongrong asked Xue Ke for advice about a friend who loved someone with multiple girlfriends, then denied that the friend was herself. Three days later, Tian Chen planted a Dragon Scale Fruit by the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Ah Hei found a valuable Soul Bone after eating a mutated Qian Jun Ant.

• Ning Rongrong asked Xue Ke whether her friend should pursue a man who already had several girlfriends, and Xue Ke encouraged her to fight for him if she truly loved him.
• Xue Ke guessed that Ning Rongrong was talking about herself, but Ning Rongrong denied it and playfully tussled with her.
• Three days later, Tian Chen met Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and learned that Ah Hei had swallowed the Ice Jade Scorpion.
• Tian Chen fed Ah Hei a mutated Qian Jun Ant, then had Ye Lingling help him plant a Dragon Scale Fruit where the hot and cold springs met.
• Ah Hei spat out a golden right arm Soul Bone from the mutated Qian Jun Ant, surprising Tian Chen.

Tian Chen obtained a powerful Soul Bone and unexpectedly advanced to rank sixty-six while resting at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling decided to cultivate there until the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, while Tian Chen planned to enter for his own purposes.

• Tian Chen examined the Soul Bone from the Soul Beast and recalled finding another one six years earlier.
• As Tian Chen relaxed beside the cabin, his Soul Power broke through to rank sixty-six.
• Tian Chen told Dugu Yan he expected to reach rank seventy within about a year and agreed to join the tournament for his own plans.
• Dugu Yan said she would cultivate at the well until the tournament and intended to face Hu Liena through Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s seeded-team berth.
• Ye Lingling decided to stay and cultivate with Dugu Yan, and Dugu Yan asked Tian Chen to visit the well every seven days.
• Tian Chen carried Dugu Yan into the cabin, leaving Ye Lingling alone at the dinner table.

Tian Chen met Tang Yuehua at the Moonlight Pavilion and proposed cooperating with the Clear Sky Sect, offering to keep Tang San’s identity secret in exchange for help suppressing his killing aura. Tang Yuehua agreed to help him.

• Tian Chen returned to the Moonlight Pavilion, and Tang Yuehua personally invited him upstairs for tea.
• Tian Chen and Tang Yuehua sensed each other’s Mental Power, and she learned that he belonged to Spirit Hall.
• Tian Chen explained that he had not taken part in Spirit Hall’s attacks on the Clear Sky Sect and proposed cooperation.
• Tian Chen revealed that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and warned that he could tell Bibi Dong about him.
• Tang Yuehua considered killing Tian Chen but instead asked him to wait, saying she could help suppress his killing aura.