Recaps

Lin Chen killed a powerful Fallen Soul Master in Slaughter City to obtain stronger Yellow Springs Dew, then went to the Slaughter Arena and registered to fight. There, Xiao Wu saw the masked Asura King, Tang San, and felt he was familiar without recognizing him.

• Lin Chen killed the scar-faced man with one strike and drank the Yellow Springs Dew he obtained, which Hu Liena and Xiao Wu also tasted.
• The Slaughter Envoy began calling Lin Chen young master and led him and his companions to the Slaughter Arena.
• Lin Chen asked to enter the arena, seeking the hundred consecutive wins needed to leave Slaughter City, and the Slaughter Envoy went to register him.
• The Asura King, Tang San, entered the arena with twenty-eight consecutive wins as nine opponents surrounded him.
• Xiao Wu felt the Asura King was familiar but could not remember who he was, and Lin Chen told her she would soon find out.

Tang San won his twenty-ninth consecutive match in the Slaughter Arena while Xiao Wu watched beside Lin Chen, who reassured her that she belonged to him now. Xiao Wu then entered her own match, ignored Tang San's calls, and revealed her strength by killing one of the last opponents.

• Tang San defeated the remaining fighters with his Clear Sky Hammer, collected their Yellow Springs Dew, and reached twenty-nine consecutive wins.
• Xiao Wu recognized Tang San, admitted she still remembered some of their past, and told Lin Chen that she loved only him now.
• The Slaughter Envoy presented Lin Chen with his registered tokens, and Xiao Wu went to fight without wearing a mask.
• Tang San spotted Xiao Wu and called out to her, but she ignored him and thought that their relationship was over.
• The Demon King killed several contestants before the others joined forces to defeat him, leaving Xiao Wu and three opponents on the platform.
• Xiao Wu suddenly killed a burly fighter with a head kick and a twist, prompting the two remaining opponents to attack her together.

Xiao Wu reunited with Tang San in the Slaughter Arena but declared her loyalty to Lin Chen, leaving Tang San furious and devastated. After Xiao Wu’s Soul Power rose to level fifty-six, Hu Liena entered her own fight as the arena’s next slaughter began.

• Xiao Wu defeated her final opponent, collected Yellow Springs Dew, and leaped into Lin Chen’s arms while Tang San followed her.
• Xiao Wu fed Lin Chen the Yellow Springs Dew and told Tang San she had cut ties with him and now served Lin Chen as his beast pet.
• Tang San threatened Lin Chen, but the Slaughter Envoy warned him that fighting to the death was forbidden outside the platform; Tang San then insulted her and left in a rage.
• Xiao Wu finished the Yellow Springs Dew, reached Soul Power level fifty-six, and told Tang San to stop bothering her and Lin Chen.
• After Tang San left, Xiao Wu admitted she might have been trying to protect him, and Lin Chen accepted her explanation.
• Hu Liena took her place on the slaughter platform, where the fallen fighters agreed to attack her and another opponent together.

Hu Liena controlled and killed nine opponents in the Slaughter Arena, then Lin Chen effortlessly defeated Ghost Fiend and the other contestants. After the group left with a new residence and Xue Qi's chosen name, Tang San confronted them with several powerful allies.

• Hu Liena used her Heavenly Fox Martial Soul to control nine Fallen Soul Masters and killed them on the slaughter platform.
• Lin Chen entered the arena, killed four attackers and Ghost Fiend with his soul sword, and drank the Yellow Springs Dew from all ten opponents.
• The Slaughter Envoy offered Ghost Fiend's residence to Lin Chen, and Lin Chen named her Xue Qi.
• Lin Chen sensed a threat outside the arena and called out the figures waiting for them.
• Tang San appeared with Hong Sha, Youming, and two other experienced fighters, and declared that they would kill Lin Chen.

Lin Chen and Xiao Wu fought Tang San and his allies after Tang San led a group to kill Lin Chen and reclaim Xiao Wu. Lin Chen defeated Tang San, won Xiao Wu’s loyalty, and spared Tang San while planning to exploit him again.

• Tang San promised Hong Sha and Youming the women after the group killed Lin Chen, while Xiao Wu’s last feelings for Tang San disappeared.
• Hu Liena used her Charm technique to let Lin Chen and Xiao Wu kill two attackers, but Tang San and Youming resisted and counterattacked.
• Lin Chen killed Youming and Hu Liena defeated Hong Sha, while Tang San forced Xiao Wu into a corner.
• Lin Chen rescued Xiao Wu, defeated Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer, and humiliated him before cutting apart his Eight Spider Soul Bone.
• Tang San passed out, and Lin Chen gained Villain Value as Xiao Wu pledged to obey him; Lin Chen chose to spare Tang San so he could exploit him further.

Lin Chen took Hu Liena and Xiao Wu to the All Under Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s weapon shop to buy them blades, but he had no Yellow Springs Dew to pay. When Liu Yuan tried to claim the women and ordered his guards to seize them, Lin Chen told Hu Liena and Xiao Wu to kill them all.

• Xue Qi led Lin Chen, Hu Liena, and Xiao Wu to Youming’s fortress and explained that Slaughter City used Yellow Springs Dew as currency.
• The next morning, Lin Chen took Hu Liena and Xiao Wu to the commercial street, where they learned that the All Under Heaven Chamber of Commerce enforced order and protected its shops.
• At the Many Treasures Pavilion, Lin Chen asked to see the most expensive blades, and Hu Liena chose the Phoenix Cry Saber while Xiao Wu chose the Glazed Dagger.
• The attendant explained the weapons’ prices in Yellow Springs Dew, and Liu Yuan mocked Lin Chen and tried to persuade the women to leave with him.
• Lin Chen started to leave with Hu Liena and Xiao Wu, but Liu Yuan ordered his guards to seize them.
• Lin Chen told Hu Liena and Xiao Wu to kill Liu Yuan’s guards and leave no one alive.

Lin Chen confronted Liu Yuan in Many Treasures Pavilion, where Lord Five intervened and arranged an apology before giving Lin Chen’s companions two weapons. Liu Yuan’s father later warned him not to provoke Lin Chen because a powerful woman had threatened to turn Slaughter City upside down if anything happened to him.

• Hu Liena and Xiao Wu killed Liu Yuan’s two guards, and Lin Chen seized Liu Yuan by the neck.
• Lord Five arrived, released her Soul Rings, and negotiated Liu Yuan’s release in exchange for his apology and a promise not to bother Lin Chen again.
• Liu Yuan kowtowed to Lin Chen, apologized, and fled; Lin Chen invited Lord Five to join him, but she declined and gifted the Glazed Dagger and Phoenix Cry Saber to Nana and Wu'er.
• Liu Yuan complained to his father, who slapped him and ordered him never to provoke Lin Chen again, explaining that the woman backing Lin Chen could overturn Slaughter City.

Xue Qi asked her mother for help leaving Slaughter City and later visited Lin Chen to offer herself as his maid in exchange for being taken outside. Meanwhile, Tang San earned his hundredth consecutive victory and became the Asura King, leaving Lin Chen to hear Xue Qi’s request.

• Xue Qi told her mother, the beauty, that she admired Lin Chen and wanted to follow him, but her mother said the King of Slaughter would not allow them to leave Slaughter City.
• The beauty considered Lin Chen’s offer to take her outside and grew more interested in attaching herself to Spirit Hall.
• A year later, Tang San won his hundredth consecutive battle in the Slaughter Arena, became the Asura King, and silently vowed revenge on Lin Chen and Xiao Wu.
• Lin Chen hosted Xue Qi at his castle and offered her Yellow Springs Dew, which she recognized as coming from a Peak Soul King.
• Xue Qi asked Lin Chen to make her his maid or slave and take her with him when he left Slaughter City.

Lin Chen accepted Xue Qi’s offer to become his woman after she revealed information that could help him, while Tang San’s attempt to recruit her failed. As Lin Chen stayed in Slaughter City to grow stronger, Hu Liena and Xiao Wu showed worsening effects from Yellow Springs Dew.

• Xue Qi seduced Lin Chen and offered him information about her mother in exchange for his help escaping Slaughter City.
• Tang San tried to recruit Xue Qi and obtain her help finding Yellow Springs Dew, but she rejected him and said she belonged to Lin Chen.
• Xue Qi taunted Tang San by saying Lin Chen was stronger, provoking Tang San to head for the center of Slaughter City and open Hell Road.
• Lin Chen told Hu Liena and Xiao Wu he planned to reach Soul Power Level eighty before leaving Slaughter City.
• Hu Liena warned Lin Chen that Yellow Springs Dew was increasingly clouding her emotions, while Xiao Wu was already barely lucid.

Lin Chen visited Lord Five at Many Treasures Pavilion and offered to cure her cold poison in exchange for her service, while the King of Slaughter received Tang San’s request to walk Hell Road. The chapter ended with the King of Slaughter agreeing and wondering where he had seen Tang San before.

• Lin Chen gave Hu Liena and Xiao Wu Spirit-Clearing Pills, then took them to the All Under Heaven Chamber of Commerce instead of continuing to kill.
• Lin Chen went to the fourth floor of Many Treasures Pavilion and found Lord Five, also known as Xue Qi’s second bargaining chip, suffering a full-moon cold-poison attack.
• Lord Five agreed to work for Lin Chen if he cured her poison, and he began purging it with his Bloodline Power.
• Liu Yuan’s father told the King of Slaughter that Tang San wished to walk Hell Road.
• The King of Slaughter granted Tang San’s request and wondered where he had seen him before.

Lin Chen restored Lord Five’s strength, forced her to serve him as Xue Wu, and learned that Tang San had opened Hell Road. Realizing Tang San planned to destroy Slaughter City on his way out, Lin Chen hurried to act while Tang San reached the exit and poisoned the lava with Swan’s Kiss.

• Lin Chen used Zi JI to intimidate Lord Five into accepting him as her master, and he gave her the name Xue Wu.
• Xue Wu ordered Hu Liena and Xiao Wu to join Lin Chen, and Xue Qi arrived and congratulated him on winning her mother over.
• Xue Qi revealed that Tang San had rejected her and opened Hell Road with the King of Slaughter.
• Lin Chen realized Tang San intended to destroy Slaughter City, gave instructions to the women, and left with Xiao Wu, Hu Liena, and Xue Qi.
• Tang San reached Hell Road’s exit, vowed to kill Lin Chen and the people who had seen his humiliation, and threw Swan’s Kiss into the lava.

Tang San destroyed Slaughter City with the Swan's Kiss and fled, while Lin Chen escaped with Hu Liena and two other women. The King of Slaughter pursued Tang San, and Lin Chen reunited with Bibi Dong after she feared for his safety.

• Tang San dropped the Swan's Kiss into the lava, triggering Hell Road's collapse and Slaughter City's destruction.
• Lin Chen and Hu Liena escaped Slaughter City on Zi JI, and Lin Chen explained that the destroyed barrier would no longer endanger powerful or flying Soul Masters.
• Tang San met Tang Hao and lied that the disaster had nothing to do with them, but the King of Slaughter caught up and attacked him.
• Tang Hao fought the King of Slaughter and held him off so Tang San could flee.
• Bibi Dong, Ghost Douluo, and Chrysanthemum Douluo felt the tremor and left the tavern; Lin Chen then emerged on Zi JI and embraced Bibi Dong.

Lin Chen took Hu Liena and Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Soul Rings, then arranged for them and Xue Qi to cultivate in seclusion at the Moonlight Pavilion Hall for a year. Meanwhile, Tang Hao fought the King of Slaughter, who regained his senses and revealed that he was Tang Hao’s grandfather, Tang Chen.

• Lin Chen and Bibi Dong left the battle between Tang Hao and the King of Slaughter alone and traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest with Hu Liena and Xue Qi.
• The King of Slaughter’s struggle against the Blood-Winged Bat King caused him to regain his memories and identify himself to Tang Hao as Tang Chen, Tang Hao’s grandfather.
• Tang Hao told Tang Chen that the Clear Sky Sect had gone into seclusion, and Tang Chen demanded to hear the full story.
• Lin Chen and Bibi Dong secured an eighty-thousand-year-old Thousand-Faced Immortal Fox Soul Ring for Hu Liena and a sixty-thousand-year-old Seven-Colored Elk Soul Ring for Xiao Wu.
• Lin Chen took Hu Liena, Xiao Wu, and Xue Qi to Heaven Dou City and instructed Salas to arrange a year of quiet cultivation for them at the Moonlight Pavilion Hall.
• That night, the three women protested that they did not want to be apart from Lin Chen, but he told them to follow the year-long cultivation plan.

Lin Chen and the three women arrived at Moonlight Pavilion Hall to begin secluded cultivation, where Tang Yuehua welcomed them and began teaching a guqin class. A woman named Yanyan recognized Lin Chen from an encounter three years earlier, and the chapter ended as he volunteered to perform for the class.

• Prince Xue Xing escorted Lin Chen, Hu Liena, and the other two women to Moonlight Pavilion Hall and instructed Tang Yuehua to provide for their needs.
• Tang Yuehua led the four guests to a classroom and explained the day's lessons in guqin, calligraphy, and painting.
• Yanyan arrived at the guqin class, recognized Lin Chen, and sat in front of him while wondering whether he remembered her.
• Tang Yuehua played Zither and Se in Harmony, then invited Li Shuhua to perform and corrected her mistakes.
• Lin Chen volunteered to play the difficult piece, prompting Tang Yuehua to call on him as students speculated about his motives.

Lin Chen impressed Tang Yuehua’s class with his guqin playing, then accepted Dugu Yan’s invitation to lunch. In the ruins of Slaughter City, Tang Chen refused to help Tang San reclaim Xiao Wu but offered to help him grow stronger by hunting Fallen Soul Masters for Yellow Springs Dew.

• Lin Chen played flawlessly for Tang Yuehua’s class and received enthusiastic applause from the female students.
• Dugu Yan approached Lin Chen and invited him to lunch, and he agreed while Hu Liena, Xiao Wu, and Xue Qi watched them leave.
• Tang San reunited with Tang Chen in the ruined tavern and pleaded for help against Lin Chen and Spirit Hall.
• Tang Chen refused to directly help Tang San take Xiao Wu or involve the Clear Sky Sect in a war, but offered to increase Tang San’s Soul Power.
• Tang Chen explained that he could create a fake Slaughter Barrier and hunt Fallen Soul Masters to provide Tang San with Yellow Springs Dew.

Lin Chen settled into life at Moonlight Pavilion Hall while pursuing Teacher Tang, and Tang San suffered a bout of Qi deviation after advancing rapidly with Yellow Springs Dew. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue learning that Lin Chen and Hu Liena had arrived in Heaven Dou City and resolving to win him for herself.

• Lin Chen shared a meal with Dugu Yan, while Hu Liena and Xiao Wu secretly watched and speculated about Dugu Yan's feelings.
• At the dormitory, Lin Chen asked Hu Liena and Xiao Wu to help him pursue Teacher Tang, and they told him about her past love and nightly visits to the back garden.
• In Slaughter City, Tang San's Soul Power turned chaotic after he absorbed too much Yellow Springs Dew, but Tang Chen helped him recover with the Blue Silver Domain.
• Tang Chen warned Tang San to stop taking Yellow Springs Dew for now, and Tang Hao proposed taking him to cultivate with his mother.
• Qian Renxue learned that Lin Chen and Hu Liena had arrived in Heaven Dou City and vowed to make Lin Chen hers.

Lin Chen took advantage of Tang Yuehua during a nighttime music lesson, and she eventually called him her husband. The chapter ended with a mature purple-haired woman in Heaven Dou City wondering whether she should make the first move toward Lin Chen.

• Tang Yuehua played the guqin in the Moonlight Pavilion Hall garden and thought about Lin Chen before he arrived and asked for help with a lesson.
• Lin Chen deliberately made mistakes while playing so Tang Yuehua would stay beside him, then stopped her from leaving and confessed that he wanted her to be his woman.
• Tang Yuehua resisted Lin Chen's advances, but he overpowered her, and the system announced that he had subdued her and gained 100,000 Villain Value.
• Two students spotted a powerful Soul Power barrier around the pavilion and left without disturbing whoever was inside.
• Lin Chen made Tang Yuehua call him husband while they continued their lesson into the early morning.
• In Heaven Dou City, a mature woman with short purple hair worried that she would have to pursue Lin Chen herself.

Tang San arrived at the Moonlight Pavilion Hall with Tang Hao, but his killing aura caused chaos until Lin Chen stopped him and protected Tang Yuehua and the students. The Heaven Dou Royal Guard came to investigate, and Tang Yuehua asked Lin Chen to speak up for Tang San.

• Tang San and Tang Hao reached the Moonlight Pavilion Hall, where Tang San’s killing aura erupted after the students on duty tried to turn them away.
• Tang Yuehua welcomed Tang Hao and Tang San, but Tang San attacked Lin Chen after seeing him and spread his Divine Slaughter's Domain through the hall.
• Lin Chen overpowered Tang San’s domain, shielded Tang Yuehua and the students, and forced Tang San to stagger back and regain his reason.
• The female students praised Lin Chen, while Tang Hao checked on Tang San and Tang Yuehua thanked Lin Chen for protecting her.
• The Heaven Dou Royal Guard arrived to investigate the fight, and Tang Yuehua asked Lin Chen to explain what had happened.

Tang Yuehua kissed Lin Chen in front of Moonlight Pavilion Hall, then taught a romantic piece while Tang San struggled with jealousy and humiliation. After class, Tang San left without acknowledging Tang Yuehua, who was displeased by his rudeness.

• Tang Yuehua kissed Lin Chen, shocking the students and leaving Tang Hao and Tang San stunned.
• Lin Chen asked the Heaven Dou Royal Guard to settle the dispute peacefully, and the captain withdrew the guards after recognizing his standing with Prince Xue Xing.
• Dugu Yan watched Lin Chen and decided she should approach him before he left Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Yuehua introduced Tang San as a new student and taught Flying Together Wing to Wing at Lin Chen's request, upsetting Tang San.
• Tang San hurried out after class without greeting Tang Yuehua, and she frowned at his lack of manners.

Lin Chen accepted Dugu Yan’s invitation and walked with her through Heaven Dou City, where she began to explain her feelings. Their conversation was interrupted by her ex-boyfriend Yu Tianheng, and Lin Chen left with Dugu Yan openly at his side.

• Lin Chen declined Dugu Yan’s first invitation, then spent the night receiving a private music lesson from Tang Yuehua.
• Tang Yuehua appeared in class in a new qipao, and over the next three days she gave Lin Chen daytime and nighttime lessons in the arts.
• Dugu Yan invited Lin Chen out again, and he agreed to meet her that evening.
• As they walked, Dugu Yan asked to call Lin Chen Brother Chen, and he questioned why she kept seeking him out despite their past encounter.
• Yu Tianheng appeared with another woman, and Dugu Yan introduced Lin Chen as her boyfriend and told Yu Tianheng not to call her Yanyan.
• Lin Chen put an arm around Dugu Yan’s waist, and they walked away together while Yu Tianheng watched.

Dugu Yan confessed that she had become fixated on Lin Chen after their encounter at Spirit Hall, and he accepted her as his lover. Tang Yuehua grew jealous after seeing Lin Chen arrive with Dugu Yan and avoid her, so Lin Chen followed her after class.

• Yu Tianheng saw Dugu Yan with a Spirit Hall man and wondered whether their encounter at the Spirit Hall arena had caused their breakup.
• Dugu Yan told Lin Chen she could not forget him after he had taught her a lesson, and she agreed to become his lover.
• Tang Yuehua waited two hours for Lin Chen at Moonlight Pavilion Hall, but he did not arrive because he had gone with Dugu Yan.
• The next morning, Tang Yuehua saw Lin Chen arrive hand in hand with Dugu Yan and avoided him throughout class, while Lin Chen realized she was jealous.
• After class, Lin Chen said goodbye to Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and the other women, then hurried after Tang Yuehua as Tang San watched them leave resentfully.

Lin Chen reconciled with Tang Yuehua, then told her he would soon return to Spirit City and left her with Xiao Wu and Hu Liena. As he prepared to leave with Dugu Yan, royal guards invited him to meet the crown prince, Qian Renxue.

• Lin Chen followed Tang Yuehua to her residence, comforted her, and spent the afternoon with her, causing both of them to miss class.
• Hu Liena told the students that Tang Yuehua was unwell, then left with Xiao Wu and Xue Qi; Tang San watched them go with jealousy.
• That night, Lin Chen told Tang Yuehua he would leave for Spirit City and asked Xiao Wu and Hu Liena to stay with her and protect her.
• Two days later, Lin Chen set out with Dugu Yan, but royal guards stopped them and invited him to the palace to meet the crown prince.
• Dugu Yan asked Lin Chen when he had met the crown prince, and Lin Chen promised to explain later.

Lin Chen visited Qian Renxue in the imperial palace, where she asked him to choose between her and Dong'er and let her take revenge; he refused and urged her to reconsider. He left with Dugu Yan, hinting that the crown prince she knew was not the same person.

• A gold-armored guard escorted Lin Chen to Qian Renxue, who was bathing in her inner chamber.
• Qian Renxue attacked Lin Chen, and they fought using only Soul Power before she praised his rapid advancement and declared she must have him.
• Qian Renxue demanded that Lin Chen stay out of her future revenge in exchange for being with her, but Lin Chen refused to abandon Dong'er.
• Lin Chen defended Dong'er and said he would try to resolve the hatred between Qian Renxue and her mother; Qian Renxue ordered him to leave.
• Qian Renxue composed herself and prepared to answer Emperor Xue Ye's summons as her plan continued.
• Lin Chen rested on Dugu Yan's thigh while they flew away from Heaven Dou City and told her that the crown prince she had seen might not be the one she knew.

Bibi Dong decided to use the rise of Evil Soul Masters to strengthen Spirit Hall’s reputation and pursue control of the Star Luo Empire, with Lin Chen promising to help. Three days later, Lin Chen and Ling Yuan set out for Star Luo with Zi JI, while Ling Yuan asked where they should begin.

• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to send disciples to help kingdoms fight the newly rampant Evil Soul Masters, while reserving her own plans for Star Luo.
• Lin Chen returned to the Pope’s Palace, reunited with Bibi Dong, and told her about Dugu Yan.
• Bibi Dong explained her plan to build Spirit Hall’s reputation by hunting Evil Soul Masters and to take control of Star Luo, and Lin Chen agreed to assist her.
• Dugu Yan nervously greeted Bibi Dong, then Liu Erlong reassured her that Bibi Dong’s distant manner was simply her temperament.
• Three days later, Lin Chen and Ling Yuan rode on Zi JI toward Star Luo, and Ling Yuan asked where they should start since the empire had not invited Spirit Hall.

Lin Chen planned to control the Star Luo Empire by replacing its uncooperative emperor with a compliant empress. Near Ling Tian City, Zhu Zhuqing was cornered by Fallen Soul Masters after Dai Mubai fled, and she tried to take her own life rather than be captured.

• Lin Chen told Ling Yuan that Spirit Hall would seek control of the Star Luo Empire through the Star Luo Empress instead of killing the emperor and installing a puppet prince.
• Fallen Soul Masters lured Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and the Star Luo Royal Guard into a battle outside Ling Tian City.
• Dai Mubai fled when the Royal Guard was outnumbered, while Zhu Zhuqing fought the attackers and killed a Soul King-level Fallen Soul Master.
• The Fallen Soul Masters killed the Royal Guard captain and surrounded Zhu Zhuqing, whose Soul Power was nearly exhausted.
• Zhu Zhuqing began stabbing her neck to avoid capture as the Fallen Soul Masters tried to stop her.
• Dai Mubai continued toward Ling Tian City after confirming Zhu Zhuqing was not behind him.