Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu and the three women flew through the Fourth Hell until its guardian, the Rampaging Bone Dragon King, attacked them. After protecting the group and landing, Xiao Yu faced the powerful dragon with fighting spirit and considered it a perfect target for his Eighth Spirit Ring.

• Qian Renxue flew off with Huo Wu to tease her, and Xiao Yu followed with Ye Lingling.
• Xiao Yu sensed an attack from above and activated the Underworld God Domain to protect the group from a deadly barrage.
• The group landed in the swamp and saw the Rampaging Bone Dragon King, the Fourth Hell's guardian.
• Xiao Yu countered the Bone Dragon King's roar and judged its strength to be close to that of a level ninety-five Titled Douluo.
• Xiao Yu welcomed the coming battle and considered the deathly dragon a suitable target for his Eighth Spirit Ring.

Xiao Yu fought the Rampaging Bone Dragon King in the Netherworld, using the powerful opponent to push his Soul Power beyond its limits. He broke through to the Soul Douluo realm during the battle.

• Xiao Yu activated his Martial Soul Avatar and clashed with the Bone Dragon King, whose power and size grew as the fight continued.
• The Bone Dragon King struck Xiao Yu hard enough to send him flying and tear open his Underworld God Domain, but Xiao Yu refused Qian Renxue's offer to help.
• Xiao Yu activated his Underworld King Sacred Body and withstood the Bone Dragon King's next attack, cutting a deep gash into its claw.
• Qian Renxue led Ye Lingling and Huo Wu farther away as Xiao Yu continued fighting the Bone Dragon King to break through to level eighty.
• The Bone Dragon King unleashed its Super-Energy Ghost Flame, and Xiao Yu's Soul Power surged as he broke through into the Soul Douluo realm.

After breaking through to level eighty, Xiao Yu defeated the Bone Dragon King and began refining its Inner Core as Qian Renxue, Ye Lingling, and Huo Wu cultivated nearby. In the Star Luo Empire, Zhu Zhuqing returned early and confronted Dai Mubai after discovering his month of indulgence in wine and women.

• Xiao Yu used Ring Fusion to cleave the Bone Dragon King apart and collected its Inner Core for his eighth soul ring.
• Xiao Yu resisted and dissolved the Bone Dragon King's lingering resentment with the Underworld King Power, while Qian Renxue urged Ye Lingling and Huo Wu to cultivate.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun had court officials flatter Dai Mubai and encourage his indulgence to keep him distracted.
• Zhu Zhuqing discovered Dai Mubai's spy, sent false reports, and returned to Star Luo City earlier than he expected.
• Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai and accused him of holding daily banquets and skipping training for an entire month.

After Dai Mubai’s argument with Zhu Zhuqing drove her to abandon him and leave the city, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun discussed his failings and the Clear Sky Sect’s plans. In Gengxin City, Clear Sky Sect elders Tang Zhen and Tang Lie decided to attack the local Martial Soul Branch Hall to clear their way to the Blacksmiths' Guild.

• Zhu Zhuqing rebuked Dai Mubai for neglecting cultivation and their responsibilities, but he angrily left after insisting political alliances mattered too.
• Zhu Zhuqing lost faith in Dai Mubai, gathered her savings, and left the city to live as a free Soul Master.
• A black-clad man reported Zhu Zhuqing’s departure to Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, and Zhu Zhuyun persuaded Dai Weisi to let her go.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun discussed how Dai Mubai’s indulgence could cost him the Clear Sky Sect’s support, then Zhu Zhuyun explained that its elders had gone to Gengxin City to acquire metals and recruit craftsmen.
• Tang Zhen and Tang Lie learned that their attempts to buy rare metals and recruit craftsmen in Gengxin City had failed, so Tang Lie proposed attacking its Martial Soul Branch Hall.
• Tang Zhen agreed to the attack and instructed Tang Lie to leave no survivors so the Clear Sky Sect’s presence would remain concealed.

Tang Zhen and Tang Lie, two Clear Sky Sect Titled Douluo, destroyed Gengxin City's Spirit Hall branch and then tried to intimidate the Blacksmiths' Association into selling them rare metals cheaply. Their assault on the guild was halted when a hidden powerhouse attacked Tang Lie with an icy Dragon's Breath.

• Tang Zhen and Tang Lie slaughtered Bishop Miles and thirty-three other soul masters, reducing Gengxin City's Spirit Hall branch to ashes.
• Tang Zhen and Tang Lie entered the Blacksmiths' Guild, intending to meet Lou Gao and use the destruction of Spirit Hall to pressure the guild into lowering its prices.
• Tang Lie forced past two guards, and Si Long stopped the guild's soul masters from immediately attacking the intruders.
• Tang Lie revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and defeated Yalu Gelu and Da Di when they challenged him.
• Tang Zhen realized the guild might have a powerful backer, and an icy Dragon's Breath erupted from inside the room and forced Tang Lie backward.

Jieke Fuli De and Su Lan Te confronted Tang Tai and Tang Lie outside Gengxin City, revealing their powerful spirit rings and launching a coordinated attack. Tang Tai and Tang Lie’s attempt to defend themselves with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer was disrupted, and Jieke Fuli De’s freezing storm engulfed them.

• Jieke Fuli De and Su Lan Te identified themselves as members of Nine Stars Hall, and Tang Tai and Tang Lie followed them outside the city to fight.
• Jieke Fuli De and Su Lan Te revealed their Martial Souls and spirit rings, shocking Tang Tai and Tang Lie with their Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings.
• Tang Tai chose to flee, but Su Lan Te slowed both Clear Sky Sect Elders with his Witch’s Voice skill.
• Tang Tai and Tang Lie used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to defend against Jieke Fuli De’s Ice Dragon Storm, while Su Lan Te’s Profound Sound Myriad Images interrupted their technique.
• Jieke Fuli De’s freezing gale swallowed Tang Tai and Tang Lie.

Su Lan Te and Jieke Fuli De killed the Clear Sky Sect elders Tang Tai and Tang Lie after their desperate attacks failed. Su Lan Te then had the sect’s disciples in Gengxin City captured and injured so Spirit Hall could find them and retaliate.

• Tang Tai and Tang Lie argued over who would stay behind to cover the other’s escape, but Su Lan Te revealed he had overheard their Soul Power transmission.
• Tang Tai and Tang Lie unleashed their Ninth Soul Skills, but Jieke Fuli De’s Ninth Soul Skill protected him from their combined attack.
• Su Lan Te used Sea Witch’s Ninth Soul Skill, Ending Symphony, to overwhelm Tang Tai and Tang Lie with mental pain until both elders died.
• Su Lan Te ordered the Blacksmiths’ Association to find the Clear Sky Sect disciples in Gengxin City and keep them from escaping without killing them.
• Yalu Gelu and Da Di beat the Clear Sky Sect disciples until they were too badly injured to walk for at least half a month.

Spirit Hall investigated the Clear Sky Sect’s destruction of its Gengxin City branch, suppressed the sect and its ties to Dai Mubai, and further destabilized the continent. In Dragon City, Camus began training Shui Bing'er as his disciple, strengthening the Nine Stars Hall’s relationship with Skywater Academy.

• Spirit Hall sent an investigation team to Gengxin City, found injured Clear Sky Sect disciples, and considered attacking the sect before the elders and Worship Hall stopped it.
• Spirit Hall warned the Clear Sky Sect, suppressed Tang Yuehua, and forced the sect to abandon its plans to return.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo severed most of the Star Luo Empire’s ties to the Clear Sky Sect, while Dai Weisi refused Spirit Hall’s support.
• Camus and Shui Bing'er arrived in Dragon City, where she felt the cold climate accelerated her Ice Phoenix cultivation.
• Camus took Shui Bing'er as his disciple, bringing Skywater Academy closer to the Nine Stars Hall’s alliance plans.

Camus and Shui Bing'er searched beneath Dragon City for the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave, a rare treasure that could help Shui Bing'er reach Ultimate Ice. They found the cave and discovered Ice Extreme Divine Crystal, leaving with a method to extract it safely.

• Camus sensed the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave beneath Dragon City and led Shui Bing'er to its location.
• Camus blasted an entrance into the ground, and he and Shui Bing'er followed the frigid passage into the cave.
• Shui Bing'er admired the blue crystals covering the cave, while Camus identified them as Ice Extreme Divine Crystal.
• Camus explained that Ultimate Ice Soul Power could gently extract the living metal, then demonstrated by removing a crystal.
• Camus taught Shui Bing'er about life force in minerals and metals, and she promised to keep learning.

Camus found the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and gave Shui Bing'er a piece to refine, then collected the Ice Extreme Divine Crystals. In Heaven Dou City, Tang Yuehua continued privately teaching Tang San, whose grief over Tang Hao’s death kept him from calming his mind.

• Camus opened a hidden chamber in the ice cave and revealed more than forty pillars of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.
• Camus gave Shui Bing'er a piece of the treasure to absorb and began mining the Ice Extreme Divine Crystals.
• Tang San practiced the zither in Tang Yuehua’s room at Moonlight Pavilion but played with resentment and killing intent.
• Tang Yuehua told Tang San that he had to conceal his emotions to become a true powerhouse, and Tang San vowed he could do it.

After three years of training in the Netherworld, Qian Renxue defeated the Nether Griffin while Xiao Yu, Ye Lingling, and Huo Wu advanced their cultivation. The group believed only the final stage of their ordeal remained before they could take control of the Netherworld.

• Qian Renxue used her Angel Avatar and Angel God Sword to defeat the Nether Griffin in the Dolly May Circle.
• Xiao Yu collected the Nether Griffin’s Inner Core, intending to use it as his ninth spirit ring when he reached Rank 90.
• Xiao Yu reached Rank 88, while Ye Lingling and Huo Wu advanced to the Spirit Sage realm; Huo Wu had accelerated her cultivation by enduring the flames in the Netherworld’s Fifth Prison.
• Qian Renxue reflected that her combat experience had greatly improved over three years of battles.
• Qian Renxue, Xiao Yu, Ye Lingling, and Huo Wu agreed that only one stage remained, and they looked forward to finishing their time in the Netherworld.

Xiao Yu and the others prepared for the final stage of the Eight Prisons by cultivating, while Qian Renxue warned Huo Wu not to underestimate the coming guardian. Xiao Yu exchanged accumulated diamonds for a Left Leg Spirit Bone and began absorbing it as the group rested before the final challenge.

• Xiao Yu urged everyone to make final adjustments in the Third Circle before facing the likely powerful guardian of the last stage.
• Qian Renxue warned Huo Wu that the coming opponent could rival Sword Douluo or Tang Hao, and the two nearly challenged each other to a fight.
• Xiao Yu stopped Huo Wu and Qian Renxue from escalating their argument, while Ye Lingling persuaded Huo Wu to cultivate.
• Qian Renxue teased Xiao Yu about his relationships with the three women, then went to cultivate.
• Xiao Yu used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to protect the cultivating women and exchanged accumulated diamonds for a Left Leg Spirit Bone.
• Xiao Yu absorbed the Spirit Bone and entered a meditative state.

After Ye Lingling reached rank eighty and gained a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring, Xiao Yu struggled to break through to rank ninety until Qian Renxue urged him to seek enlightenment through battle. The group entered Judecca, the Netherworld’s final trial, where nearly ten powerful figures emerged from the castle gate.

• Ye Lingling broke through to rank eighty and refined a monster Inner Core into her eighth Spirit Ring, while the Blue Silver King was spared from Xiao Yu’s original plan.
• Xiao Yu offered Qian Renxue several light-attribute Soul Beast options for her eighth Spirit Ring and suggested she consider the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• After more than ten days of cultivation failed to bring him to rank ninety, Xiao Yu took Qian Renxue’s advice and set out to gain insight through battle.
• Xiao Yu, Qian Renxue, Ye Lingling, and their companion entered Judecca and approached its ancient castle through the freezing wind.
• Nearly ten energy fluctuations and a wave of killing intent surged from the castle, so Xiao Yu, Qian Renxue, and Ye Lingling activated their domains to shield the group.
• The castle gate opened, and nearly ten massive figures shot out and landed on the staircase.

Xiao Yu and his companions faced ten powerful demonic beasts and undead creatures in the final trial, and Xiao Yu killed the Evil Spirit Shadow before the others closed in. With Huo Wu and Ye Lingling’s support, he began cutting down the remaining enemies, but the Dark Tyrant Bear survived his third strike.

• Xiao Yu identified the ten creatures, and he privately told Qian Renxue that he was certain of something about the trial.
• The Skull Demon Leader ordered the creatures to attack, and Xiao Yu and the three women formed up to meet them.
• The Evil Spirit Shadow targeted Ye Lingling, but Xiao Yu restrained it with Death Gaze and destroyed it.
• The Skull Demon Leader threatened the other creatures into continuing their charge, while Huo Wu bound all nine with Soul Locking Fire Chain and Ye Lingling supported her.
• Xiao Yu killed the Ice Flame Demon Lion and Nine Nether White Tiger with Underworld God Destruction, then wounded the Dark Tyrant Bear without killing it.

Xiao Yu fought Huo Wu’s undead creatures, killing the Dark Tyrant Bear, Bone Eating Giant Scorpion, and Evil Bone Ghost Horse while overpowering the Skull Demon Leader. The remaining undead were left facing Xiao Yu after his devastating eighth soul skill erased the ghost horse.

• The Dark Tyrant Bear broke free from Huo Wu’s chains and attacked Xiao Yu, who shattered its paw and killed it with a sword strike to the eyes.
• The Skull Demon Leader clashed swords with Xiao Yu and was forced back, suffering several sword wounds.
• The Bone Eating Giant Scorpion attacked Xiao Yu from underground, but his spirit bone skill blocked its stinger before he split it in two.
• The Evil Bone Ghost Horse charged toward Xiao Yu, then tried to flee after the Bone Eating Giant Scorpion died.
• Xiao Yu unleashed his eighth soul skill, Endless Destruction, and erased the Evil Bone Ghost Horse in a series of explosions.

Xiao Yu trapped the Skull Demon Leader in Death Space, then left Huo Wu to fight the Frost Giant Dragon while he battled the Mystic Ice Phoenix and Blood Night Witch. He killed both enemies, leaving the Frost Giant Dragon and two other surviving beasts to face him and Huo Wu.

• The Skull Demon Leader called the three surviving beasts to join forces, but Xiao Yu trapped it in Death Space with his eighth spirit ring.
• Xiao Yu assigned Huo Wu to fight the Frost Giant Dragon and took on the Mystic Ice Phoenix and Blood Night Witch himself.
• Huo Wu charged the Frost Giant Dragon with fire-powered punches and forced it back.
• The Blood Night Witch trapped Xiao Yu in a sea of blood, but he burned it away and moved too quickly for her allies to track.
• Xiao Yu shattered the Mystic Ice Phoenix with a black sword slash, then killed the Blood Night Witch with another strike.

Huo Wu overcame the Frost Giant Dragon’s ice mist while Xiao Yu defeated the weakened Skull Demon Leader with Qian Renxue’s help. A dark, six-winged guardian appeared, and Xiao Yu identified him as an avatar of Lucifer rather than the real Lucifer.

• Huo Wu’s flames overwhelmed the Frost Giant Dragon’s frost, and her Fire Dance Storm burned away the ice mist.
• Xiao Yu’s Death Space shattered, leaving the Skull Demon Leader badly weakened and missing its right leg.
• The Skull Demon Leader charged Xiao Yu, but Xiao Yu struck it down and pursued it for the finishing blow.
• A dark figure attacked Xiao Yu from behind, and Qian Renxue intercepted the strike with her golden sword.
• Xiao Yu killed the Skull Demon Leader and recognized the attacker as a likely avatar of Fallen Angel Lucifer.

Xiao Yu revealed that he had sensed Lucifer hiding in Judecca, and Qian Renxue faced the Fallen Angel in battle. After Lucifer resisted her light and wounded her with a combined physical and mental attack, Xiao Yu moved to her side and urged her to use a special move.

• Lucifer questioned how Xiao Yu had discovered him, and Xiao Yu explained that the Netherworld's shared origin let him sense the intruder.
• Lucifer transformed the sky with his power, and Qian Renxue rose to challenge him with her ultimate light.
• Lucifer explained that he had embraced darkness without abandoning light, then clashed with Qian Renxue's Martial Soul True Body and exchanged heavy blows.
• Lucifer attacked Qian Renxue with blood-red blades and a mental assault, which weakened her despite her Soul Bone protection.
• Xiao Yu reached Qian Renxue, took her wrist, and told her to use their special move.

Xiao Yu and Qian Renxue joined their powers to create the Chaos Archangel, whose divine-level strength overwhelmed Lucifer. The chapter left Lucifer embedded in the shattered Wall of Lamentation after the fusion skill’s devastating strike.

• Xiao Yu pulled Qian Renxue back and concluded that only their Martial Soul Fusion Skill could defeat Lucifer.
• Xiao Yu and Qian Renxue fused into the Chaos Archangel as Lucifer launched a barrage of sword attacks at them.
• The Chaos Archangel destroyed Lucifer’s attacks and struck him with a massive blade of fused light and darkness.
• The slash tore through Lucifer’s defenses and sent him crashing through the hall into the Wall of Lamentation.
• Lucifer became embedded in the supposedly unbreakable wall, which cracked under the Chaos Archangel’s divine-level power.

Xiao Yu defeated the Netherworld’s guardians, took control of the Netherworld, and began changing its laws so people with different attributes could enter and grow stronger there. The chapter ended with Tang San at Blue Silver Forest, absorbing its life force as he prepared to awaken the Blue Silver Emperor.

• Lucifer and the Frost Giant Dragon were defeated, and Huo Wu destroyed the dragon with her Ring Fusion attack.
• The system announced that Xiao Yu had cleared every stage and gained control of the Netherworld.
• Xiao Yu sent Qian Renxue, Huo Wu, and Ye Lingling to rest, then went to the palace and sat on the throne.
• Xiao Yu absorbed the Netherworld’s laws and changed its entry restrictions, attributes, and rules for condensing soul rings.
• Tang San cultivated in Blue Silver Forest with the Blue Silver King as he prepared to awaken the Blue Silver Emperor.