Chapter Summaries

Tian Chen decided it was time to travel to Slaughter City, then spent the morning with Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan after breaking through to rank sixty-four. When he suggested that Dugu Yan leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy, she challenged him about the upcoming tournament, and he assured her he would not represent Spirit Hall Academy.

• Tian Chen recalled his intention to visit Slaughter City now that the danger of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's inner core was gone.
• Tian Chen woke from cultivation with his Soul Power at rank sixty-four and joined Ye Lingling for breakfast.
• Ye Lingling brought Dugu Yan to the table, where Dugu Yan teased her and noticed Tian Chen's breakthrough.
• Tian Chen suggested Dugu Yan stop attending Heaven Dou Royal Academy, prompting her to ask whether he would compete for Spirit Hall Academy in the tournament.
• Tian Chen said he would not represent Spirit Hall Academy, and Dugu Yan was pleased with his answer.

Tian Chen spent the morning with Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan, then revealed his plans to seek a domain in Slaughter City. Meanwhile, Teacher Zhuang treated the unconscious Tang San and Oscar at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and warned that their third Soul Skills might be impaired.

• Tian Chen learned that Ye Lingling had reached rank forty-eight and Dugu Yan rank fifty-three, then joined them for a shopping trip in Heaven Dou City.
• Tian Chen told Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan he planned to visit Slaughter City to obtain the Divine Slaughter's Domain by passing through Hell Road.
• Tian Chen noticed that Heaven Dou City seemed to have more Soul Masters than before, then continued after Dugu Yan called him.
• Teacher Zhuang healed Tang San and Oscar enough to save their lives, but explained that they lacked part of the power needed to form their third Soul Skills.
• Grandmaster understood that Tang San and Oscar's third Soul Skills could be affected and glared angrily at Flender.

After leaving Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Tian Chen brought Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan to the valley where he had left Ah Hei. He discovered that Ah Hei could absorb the Evil Qi in his Evil God Domain to evolve.

• Flender led the Shrek Academy group toward Heaven Dou City, while Grandmaster walked in silence with a grim expression.
• Tian Chen carried Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan through the valley after Ye Lingling grew tired.
• Five Spirit Hall deacons surrounded Tian Chen, recognized him, and withdrew when he dismissed them.
• Ah Hei emerged from the woods and affectionately rubbed against Tian Chen as he introduced the Demon Lizard Dragon to Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan.
• Tian Chen used his Evil God Domain and saw Ah Hei grow stronger by absorbing its Evil Qi.
• Tian Chen explained that Ah Hei could evolve through his domain, then invited Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan onto Ah Hei's back.

Tian Chen explained Ning Rongrong's presence to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling as they traveled through Sunset Forest, then encountered a conversation revealing the Xuanming Sect's plans for a Skywater Academy student with an Ice Phoenix Martial Soul. The chapter left the brothers discussing a possible ice-attribute Soul Bone auction and the deadly losses suffered by a team in the Far North.

• Tian Chen, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling traveled toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while he concealed Ah Hei with his Evil God Domain.
• Dugu Yan found black hair on their blanket, and Tian Chen identified it as Ning Rongrong's and explained how he had met her.
• Dugu Yan warned Tian Chen not to let other women sit in their place, then reconciled with him as Ye Lingling watched.
• In Sunset Forest, Xu Xuanyou absorbed a Soul Ring from a turtle-type Soul Beast while his brother and their Second Uncle discussed awakening the Xuanming bloodline.
• The Second Uncle said the Xuanming Sect intended to use an Ice Phoenix girl from Skywater Academy as a sacrifice for Xuanming's Martial Soul evolution, despite the academy dean's refusal.
• Xu Xuanyou learned that an upcoming Heaven Dou Auction might offer an ice-attribute Soul Bone and heard that a Soul Master team had suffered devastating losses in the Far North.

Tian Chen returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, where Dugu Yan tried to punish him for his past flirtations but was soon overwhelmed by his strength. After spending the month with them, Tian Chen sensed Dugu Bo arriving at the valley.

• Tian Chen arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, but Dugu Bo was away.
• Dugu Yan chained Tian Chen to the bed and urged Ye Lingling to help her teach him a lesson.
• Tian Chen broke free the next morning, hunted a One-Horned Demon Rhino with Ah Hei, and fed its corpse to him.
• Dugu Yan challenged Tian Chen over breakfast, and he carried her back into the cabin while Ye Lingling stayed behind.
• Tian Chen spent the following month with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan eventually slept without waking.
• Dugu Bo appeared in the valley after Tian Chen sensed someone approaching.

Tian Chen reunited with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo learned that Tian Chen had reached level sixty-four. After hearing that a rare ice-attribute Soul Bone and a ten-thousand-year snow lotus would be auctioned in Heaven Dou City, they went to the Heaven Dou Auction House, where staff escorted them to the red VIP section.

• Tian Chen told Dugu Bo that he had reached level sixty-four, surprising him with his progress.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling joined Tian Chen and Dugu Bo, and Dugu Bo said he had nearly finished gathering medicinal herbs in the Frozen Forest.
• Dugu Bo told them that the Heaven Dou Auction would feature a likely ice-attribute Soul Bone and a ten-thousand-year snow lotus.
• Tian Chen suggested they attend the auction, and Dugu Bo carried him, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling to Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Yan asked Tian Chen to carry her through the city, and the group arrived at the auction house, where staff led them to the red VIP section.

Tian Chen, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Bo attended the Heaven Dou Auction House, where Tian Chen registered to bid and had an awkward mishap with Dugu Yan. Yu Luomian arrived with Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, leaving Yu Tianheng to watch Tian Chen and Dugu Yan together while suppressing his anger.

• Tian Chen registered for the auction using his Soul Crystal Card, which held fifteen million Gold Soul Coins.
• Dugu Yan caught Tian Chen looking at an attendant and startled him, causing his cocktail to spill down her neckline; Tian Chen covered and dried her with his robe.
• Yu Luomian arrived with Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, and Dugu Bo sharply rebuffed his greeting.
• Tian Chen recognized Yu Luomian as Liu Erlong's father and Grandmaster's second uncle, then continued drying Dugu Yan beneath his robe.
• Yu Tianheng watched Tian Chen and Dugu Yan's intimate interaction, clenched his fists, and suppressed his anger.

At the Heaven Dou Auction, Xiao Ya presented four hidden weapons made by Tang San, and Tian Chen recognized them as the bidding climbed. Tian Chen raised the price to three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, leaving the auction for the weapons underway.

• Platinum Bishop Salas greeted Tian Chen at the auction while giving Dugu Bo and Yu Luomian only brief nods.
• Xiao Ya introduced Sand Shooting Shadow and Silent Sleeve Arrow, drawing interest from the guests.
• Xiao Ya demonstrated the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and Flying God Claw and set the four weapons’ starting bid at one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The bidding reached two hundred and twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Tian Chen bid three hundred thousand.

Tian Chen bought Tang San’s four Hidden Weapons, giving Grandmaster, Flender, and Tang San hope of affording the ten-thousand-year snow lotus. As the auction introduced the lotus, Flender recognized the familiar figure connected to Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang’s painful past.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin saw Tian Chen bid on the four Hidden Weapons and discussed his connection to Dugu Bo’s granddaughter and the Nine Heart Begonia girl.
• Tian Chen won Tang San’s four Hidden Weapons for three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Grandmaster told Tang San that the sale proceeds and their savings should be enough to buy the ten-thousand-year snow lotus, while Flender called the money his dowry for Liu Erlong.
• Flender spotted a familiar figure in the red VIP section and remembered how that person had taken Liu Erlong away twenty years earlier.
• A duke bought the fifth lot, a snow ginseng, for six hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Xiao Ya presented the ten-thousand-year snow lotus in a jade box, and Tian Chen admired its beauty.

Tian Chen bid on a ten-thousand-year snow lotus and realized that Grandmaster and his companions wanted it for Tang San. When Yu Luomian confronted Grandmaster over Liu Erlong, Ning Fengzhi stopped the disturbance, leaving Tian Chen wondering who else was secretly present at the auction.

• Dugu Bo judged the snow lotus to be at least twenty thousand years old, and Tian Chen opened the bidding with a hundred-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin increase.
• As the price rose to eight hundred and twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins, Tang San asked Grandmaster whether they would bid, while Tian Chen teased Dugu Yan about Xiao Ya's attention.
• Grandmaster bid eight hundred and fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Tian Chen recognized him, Tang San, Flender, and Liu Erlong.
• Yu Luomian confronted Grandmaster over returning for Liu Erlong, but Liu Erlong stood by Grandmaster and urged him to stop running away.
• Ning Fengzhi quelled Yu Luomian's Soul Power pressure and told him to settle the matter after the auction, prompting Yu Luomian to sit down.
• Tian Chen acknowledged Ning Fengzhi and wondered about the hidden Soul Douluos and the concealed presence that stirred his bloodline.

Tian Chen outbid Tang San’s group for the ten-thousand-year snow lotus, driving them out of the auction hall. The auction then introduced a left arm Soul Bone with an illusion-focused skill, which Tian Chen suspected was the one Tang San had obtained from Shi Nian.

• Xiao Ya resumed the snow lotus auction after Ning Fengzhi intervened, and Tian Chen raised the bid to one million Gold Soul Coins.
• Flender confronted Tian Chen, but Grandmaster stopped him and left the hall with Tang San; Liu Erlong and Flender followed.
• Tian Chen won the snow lotus after no one else bid.
• An extra lot arrived: a roughly ten-thousand-year-old Purple Langbei left arm Soul Bone with an illusion-focused skill, starting at two million Gold Soul Coins.
• Tian Chen wondered whether the Soul Bone was the one Tang San had obtained from Shi Nian in the original story.

Ning Fengzhi won the illusion-focused Mental Attribute Soul Bone for five million Gold Soul Coins, and the auction then revealed a dead Ice Jade Scorpion with more than ten thousand years of cultivation. Tian Chen suspected that one of the next items would be the Soul Bone from its missing right claw.

• Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi discussed the Soul Bone and the Xuanming Sect's likely reason for auctioning it.
• Ning Fengzhi bid five million Gold Soul Coins and secured the Soul Bone without competition.
• Tian Chen declined to bid because the Soul Bone's attribute did not suit him and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling already had left arm bones.
• A bone-piercing chill spread through the auction hall as staff brought out the eighth item, which left Tian Chen, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling unaffected.
• Xiao Ya unveiled the corpse of a ten-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion and announced that the next two items were connected to it.
• Tian Chen noticed the scorpion's missing right claw and suspected that its Soul Bone would be auctioned next.

At the Heaven Dou Auction House, Xiao Ya presented an Ice Jade Scorpion youngling and the Ice Jade Scorpion’s right arm Soul Bone, whose extreme cold and powerful effects stirred the bidders’ excitement. Tian Chen warned Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo, and Ye Lingling that only a Soul Master with the Ultimate Ice attribute could absorb the bone, leaving Dugu Bo to lament how rare such a person was.

• Two girls brought out an Ice Jade Scorpion youngling found inside the ten-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion, and Xiao Ya explained that it might acknowledge a master but needed a freezing environment to grow.
• Xiao Ya revealed the ten-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion’s right arm Soul Bone and described its powerful ice and strength enhancements, though the auction house had not identified its fixed skill.
• Dugu Bo speculated that the Soul Bone’s skill might involve the Ice Jade Scorpion’s venom, while Dugu Yan showed interest in bidding for it.
• Tian Chen told Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo, and Ye Lingling that absorbing an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone required the Ultimate Ice attribute.
• Dugu Bo lamented that Ice-attribute Soul Masters were rare and that there might be no one on the continent capable of absorbing the Soul Bone.

The auction began bidding on the Ice Jade Scorpion corpse, and Xu Xuanyou of the Xuanming Sect asked Tian Chen to yield it because its blood essence was needed for Mystic Water Pills. Tian Chen recognized the sect’s likely interest in the remaining Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, while an unspoken shadow passed through his eyes.

• Xiao Ya announced starting prices for the Ice Jade Scorpion corpse, cub, and right arm bone, while the auction house learned that the Soul Bone’s absorption prerequisite was unknown.
• The auction for the corpse fell silent until Xu Xuanyou bid five hundred and fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Tian Chen sensed Xu Xuanyou’s strong bloodline power and identified him as a member of the Xuanming Sect, but Xu Xuanyou felt bloodline pressure from Tian Chen.
• Xu Xuanyou asked Tian Chen to give the Xuanming Sect face because the corpse’s blood essence was needed to produce Mystic Water Pills.
• Tian Chen suspected the Xuanming Sect had also arranged the earlier Mental Attribute Soul Bone auction and sought the final Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone.
• Xu Xuanming criticized his elder brother for treating Tian Chen respectfully, and Tian Chen’s eyes darkened as he listened.

At the Heaven Dou Auction House, Tian Chen outbid Xu Xuanyou for an Ice Jade Scorpion hatchling and then challenged the Xuanming Sect over the final Soul Bone. An Earth Dragon Sect girl watched the bidding, hoping the hatchling could help save her sect, while Xu Xuanyou offered the highest price his sect could afford for the Soul Bone.

• Dugu Bo explained that the secluded Xuanming Sect's direct descendants wielded the Xuanming Turtle Shell Shield and were rumored to carry Black Tortoise bloodline power.
• Tian Chen bid one million five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the Ice Jade Scorpion hatchling, and Xu Xuanyou stopped bidding after a companion advised him to save the sect's funds for the final lot.
• Tian Chen won the hatchling, while a masked girl from the Earth Dragon Sect told Uncle Ye that she hoped it could help protect her sect from the Heavenly Dragon Sect.
• Xu Xuanyou opened bidding on the Ice Jade Scorpion Right Arm Bone at eight million Gold Soul Coins, and Tian Chen immediately raised the price to ten million.
• Xu Xuanming grew resentful as the price threatened to exceed the Xuanming Sect's budget, and Xu Xuanyou offered ten million Gold Soul Coins plus fifty Mystic Water Pills.

At the Heaven Dou Auction House, Tian Chen won the baby Ice Jade Scorpion and snow lotus while the Xuanming Sect bought the Ice Jade Scorpion Right Arm Bone. Later that night, Tian Chen watched the Xuanming Sect members at the Sunset Hotel and realized they had begun absorbing the Soul Bone bearing his spiritual imprint.

• Xu Xuanyou offered fifty Mystic Water Pills for the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, and the auction house accepted them at fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins each.
• The Xuanming Sect members left the auction hall with the Soul Bone, planning to leave Heaven Dou City once their people arrived.
• Tian Chen collected the snow lotus and baby Ice Jade Scorpion, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling wanted to raise the scorpion.
• Tian Chen went to the Sunset Hotel after midnight, where the Xuanming Sect members were staying with the Soul Bone.
• Tian Chen sensed that the Xuanming Sect had begun absorbing the Soul Bone and smiled because he had left a spiritual imprint on it.

Xu Xuanming died when the Ice Jade Scorpion Right Arm Bone violently rejected him, and the bone vanished before Xu Xuanyou and his Second Uncle arrived. They suspected a rival ice-attribute Soul Master, while Tian Chen secretly took the bone and returned to his building, planning to leave for Sunset Forest and prepare for Slaughter City.

• Xu Xuanming tried to fuse with the Ice Jade Scorpion Right Arm Bone, but its power froze him and burst his body apart.
• The Ice Jade Scorpion Right Arm Bone disappeared, and Xu Xuanyou and his Second Uncle found the remains in the ruined room.
• Xu Xuanyou and his Second Uncle suspected a Titled Douluo or an ice-attribute Soul Master, then considered the woman from Skywater Academy as a possible attacker.
• Tian Chen watched from a dark alley and revealed that he had used Instant Movement to take the Soul Bone without leaving a trace.
• Tian Chen returned to his building and planned to go to Sunset Forest the next day while preparing supplies for Slaughter City.

Tian Chen followed a familiar bloodline sensation and found Nan Yan'er and Uncle Ye, who had been searching for him to propose a deal. After Nan Yan'er revealed she was the Earth Dragon Sect's sect master, Tian Chen suspected their offer involved the well that nurtured ten-thousand-year Profound Ice Marrow.

• Tian Chen sensed a familiar bloodline presence near the pavilion and hurried toward it.
• Nan Yan'er and Uncle Ye searched Heaven Dou City for Tian Chen, but Uncle Ye urged her to leave because the city was dangerous.
• Uncle Ye sensed Tian Chen approaching and used his Night Dragon Martial Soul to shield Nan Yan'er.
• Tian Chen dispelled Uncle Ye's darkness and demanded to know where they came from.
• Nan Yan'er identified herself as the Earth Dragon Sect's sect master and said they wanted to make a deal with Tian Chen.
• Tian Chen told Nan Yan'er that the Earth Dragon Sect was the one asking for something and suspected their offer involved the well that nurtured ten-thousand-year Profound Ice Marrow.

Tian Chen agreed to help Nan Yan'er keep the Heavenly Dragon Sect from swallowing up the Earth Dragon Sect in exchange for access to a secret site that might contain a natural treasure. After learning that Nan Yan'er's Rouge Dragon was connected to the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon, he suspected their Martial Souls could form a fusion skill.

• Tian Chen invited Nan Yan'er and Uncle Ye to discuss their proposed deal, and Nan Yan'er wondered about his Martial Soul.
• Tian Chen showed them a Pope Token, convincing Uncle Ye that Spirit Hall stood behind him.
• Nan Yan'er asked Tian Chen to protect the Earth Dragon Sect from the Heavenly Dragon Sect and offered access to her ancestors' frigid secret site as payment.
• Tian Chen accepted the deal and asked Nan Yan'er to release her Rouge Dragon Martial Soul.
• Tian Chen sensed a connection between Nan Yan'er's Rouge Dragon and the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon and suspected their Soul Masters might have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Tian Chen prepared to enter Slaughter City, taking Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison and arranging weapons for the journey. Before leaving Heaven Dou City, he visited its Martial Soul Sacred Hall, where he learned Bishop Salas had been waiting for him.

• Tian Chen reassured Dugu Yan that he could withstand her Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison, which he planned to use as a weapon against enemies in Slaughter City.
• Tian Chen told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that he would leave the next day and expected to be gone for two to three months, or at most half a year, to find Hu Liena and bring her out safely.
• After teasing Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, Tian Chen left the pavilion to collect weapons he had commissioned for his trip.
• Dugu Yan wondered why she had not become pregnant, and Ye Lingling shared her concern.
• At Heaven Dou City's Martial Soul Sacred Hall, Tian Chen presented his Pope Token, and a middle-aged man told him that Bishop Salas had been waiting for him.