Chapter Summaries

Tang Hao sent Xiao Wu into the Star Dou Great Forest and began training Tang San despite his worsening injuries. The Seven Treasures Battle Team learned that Spirit Hall had revoked Shrek Academy’s competition results, while Shrek’s staff and students began abandoning the academy; the chapter ended with Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin discovering Spirit Hall’s notice in Horned Sheep City.

• Tang Hao parted Xiao Wu from Tang San at the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, and Tang San tried to treat his father’s grave injuries with herbs.
• Tang Hao recovered enough to begin teaching Tang San the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, while Bao Zhen and Huang Wu left the convoy for their sect missions.
• Ke Jie told the Seven Treasures Battle Team that Spirit Hall had revoked Shrek Academy’s results and barred its competitors from future participation.
• Ning Tianchen discussed his soul bones and future plans with Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Xue Qinghe, but postponed deciding whether to accept Xue Qinghe’s protection.
• Parents protested at Shrek Academy as teachers and students left; Li Yusong and Lu Qibin departed, while Zhao Wuji planned to leave after handling the parents.
• Flender took the Shrek group to Horned Sheep City to seek treatment for Yu Xiaogang, and Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin found Spirit Hall’s notice and reacted angrily.

After Spirit Hall punished Shrek Academy, the Seven Treasures Battle Team was ambushed upon entering Heaven Dou City, prompting the empire to reward Ning Tianchen and strengthen ties with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The sect regrouped and planned its next moves, while Ning Fengzhi asked Ning Tianchen what business should be established on Shrek Academy’s land.

• Yu Xiaogang recovered enough to ask about Tang San and Xiao Wu, while Flender learned that Spirit Hall had annulled Shrek Academy’s tournament placement and banned it from competing.
• A Soul Saint disguised as a Heaven Dou City Guard attacked the Seven Treasures Battle Team’s convoy and demanded its soul bone, but Dugu Bo killed him as Ning Tianchen hurried the group toward the sect.
• Xue Ye rewarded Ning Tianchen with an Empire Earl title and land after Xue Qinghe proposed reforms to the city guard, and he agreed to fund Seven Treasures Academy in exchange for a Royal name and a Heaven Dou Class.
• Gu Rong arranged the team’s sect and academy matters, while Dugu Bo stayed in the city to investigate the assassins and Zhu Zhuqing went with Gu Rong to the Back Mountain.
• Ning Rongrong accepted a flight-granting leg soul bone from Ning Tianchen, and Ning Fengzhi approved Ning Tianchen’s plan to form a special operations squad under Zhang Erhe.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Tianchen that Shrek Academy would be shut down and asked what business should occupy its central-city property.

Ning Tianchen arranged a secondary commercial center and formed plans for a private intelligence squad while Shrek Academy’s former staff returned to find it closed and auctioned. Zhao Wuji sought work with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Tianchen offered him one possible route to join.

• Ning Tianchen persuaded Ning Fengzhi to build a smaller commercial center on Shrek Academy’s former land and received authority to help manage sect affairs.
• Flender and his companions returned to Heaven Dou City, where martial law blocked Flender from entering until he obtained a pass.
• Yu Tianheng and the others found Shrek Academy sealed and its grounds slated for auction, then left while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun stayed with Flender.
• Flender discovered Zhao Wuji and two others had left the academy, found Zhao Wuji’s letter explaining the student compensation, and decided to move to the Back Mountain.
• Ning Tianchen received Zhang Erhe’s map of two Slaughter Towns, appointed him commander of a private squad, and ordered him to recruit twenty people.
• Zhao Wuji asked Ning Tianchen about Shrek Academy’s closure and sought a position in the sect, so Ning Tianchen explained the scandal and offered him another way to join.

Ning Tianchen recruited Zhao Wuji into his private squad and continued practicing the Seven Kill Sword while Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang returned to find Shrek Academy demolished. After Yu Xiaogang refused to fund Ma Hongjun’s treatment, Flender left with him, and Ning Tianchen resumed his sword training under Sword Dao Chen Xin.

• Zhao Wuji swore loyalty to Ning Tianchen and joined his private squad, while Zhang Erhe received orders to recruit members and investigate assassins, Shrek Academy, and Zhao Wuji.
• Ning Tianchen practiced the third stage of Seven Kill Sword cultivation as Heaven Dou City lifted its restrictions after capturing most of the hidden assassins.
• Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang returned to find Shrek Academy demolished and learned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had bought its land for more than eight million Gold Soul Coins.
• Yu Xiaogang took the money for himself, promised to fund Dai Mubai’s treatment after Tang San returned, and refused to pay for Ma Hongjun’s care.
• Flender left with Ma Hongjun after Yu Xiaogang refused to lend him money, while Liu Erlong stayed behind after Yu Xiaogang discouraged her from following them.
• Ning Tianchen cut down hundreds of trees with his sword and asked Chen Xin to demonstrate the 'Kill' Sword Art, but Chen Xin told him to focus on his training.

Ning Tianchen prepared to leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to improve his swordsmanship and pursue Divine Slaughter's Domain, then organized his private squad in Heaven Dou City as the Shadow Guard. After saying goodbye to Ning Rongrong, he visited the Crown Prince Residence, where he began discussing the competition rewards with Xue Qinghe’s aide.

• Chen Xin demonstrated the Killing Character Sword Secret for Ning Tianchen and urged him to gain experience outside the sect.
• Ning Tianchen said goodbye to a tearful Ning Rongrong, promising to return and travel with her someday.
• Ning Tianchen visited his Fief and proposed recruiting wealthy merchants to connect the squad with street thugs and gather intelligence.
• Ning Tianchen named the squad Shadow Guard and ordered Zhang Erhe and Zhao Wuji to approach a merchant through Seven Treasures Academy.
• Ning Tianchen went to the Crown Prince Residence, thanked Xue Qinghe’s aide for the Heaven Crystal Heart, and began discussing the reward.

Ning Tianchen and Qian Renxue revealed their suspicions and goals to each other, then agreed to cooperate as equals rather than have him join her faction. Their alliance began with mutual trust, while Qian Renxue learned Ning Tianchen had devised the framework behind Seven Treasures Mall.

• Ning Tianchen discussed governance with Xue Qinghe, while Zhang Erhe and Zhao Wuji recruited a wealthy merchant and an underground casino owner into the Shadow Guard.
• Xue Qinghe consulted She Long, Ci Xue, and Azure Luan Douluo, then decided to reveal her identity to Ning Tianchen and seek his support.
• Xue Qinghe transformed into Qian Renxue in a secret chamber, and Ning Tianchen explained why he had suspected her true identity.
• Qian Renxue offered Ning Tianchen spirit bones and support if he joined her faction, but he rejected membership and proposed an equal partnership.
• Qian Renxue accepted Ning Tianchen's terms, and he revealed that he had proposed the general framework behind Seven Treasures Mall.

Ning Tianchen traveled north with Dugu Bo to train in Slaughter City and temper his Killing Intent. At Slaughter Town, he slaughtered the tavern’s Fallen Ones to earn entry, then faced a mysterious Soul Douluo who vanished without fighting.

• Qian Renxue told Ning Tianchen to keep their cooperation secret and suggested he train in Slaughter City, while promising to help clear Zhang Erhe’s name.
• Ning Tianchen left the Crown Prince Residence in a decoy carriage, met Dugu Bo in Heaven Seeking City, and persuaded him to escort him toward Slaughter Town.
• Ning Tianchen and Dugu Bo reached the ruined Slaughter Town and entered its tavern, where the waitress offered entry to Slaughter City as a reward for killing everyone present.
• Ning Tianchen and Dugu Bo attacked the Fallen Ones, and Ning Tianchen killed them with his Seven Kill Sword and Sword Wings Soaring.
• A Soul Douluo praised Ning Tianchen’s strength, warned that young geniuses often died, then turned into black shadow and disappeared.

Ning Tianchen entered Slaughter City, learned about its rules and hidden workings from the Slaughter Envoy, and entered the Hell Slaughter Arena for his first match. After Wolf Fang King slaughtered eight other contestants and attacked him, Ning Tianchen discovered that the opponent’s berserk state came from a soul bone and waited for its effect to fade.

• Ning Tianchen revealed his knowledge of Slaughter City, instructed Dugu Bo to have the Shadow Guard investigate the Single Attribute Four Great Families, and jumped through the entrance beneath the tavern.
• Ning Tianchen met the Slaughter Envoy, asked about the city, and chose to go directly to the Hell Slaughter Arena rather than stay in the outer city.
• Ning Tianchen registered for a match using a roadside corpse’s blood, then faced Wolf Fang King and eight weakened contestants in the arena.
• Wolf Fang King killed the eight other contestants and used his Wolf Fang Mace to attack Ning Tianchen, who dodged and wounded him with the Seven Kill Sword.
• Ning Tianchen realized Wolf Fang King’s berserk power came from a soul bone and avoided his attacks until the effect began to fade.

Ning Tianchen defeated Wolf Fang King, survived an ambush for his spirit bone, and settled into Slaughter City to train when opponents stopped challenging him. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong sent Hu Liena to the Lost Grand Canyon, and Oscar and Chen Huayu learned that Bao Zhen and Huang Wu were recovering from severe injuries.

• Ning Tianchen killed Wolf Fang King, claimed his spirit bone, and learned from the Slaughter Envoy that he could take a residence in Slaughter City's inner city.
• Ning Tianchen provoked the Fallen Ones gathered outside the arena, turned their greed against one another, and defeated them in a chaotic fight before entering the city.
• Bibi Dong learned that Qian Renxue had recruited Ning Tianchen into the Worship Hall and ordered Hu Liena to train in the Lost Grand Canyon for one year.
• Xue Qinghe told Azure Luan Douluo that he hoped Ning Tianchen would return strong enough to protect himself.
• Ning Tianchen found an unoccupied house, examined Wolf Fang King's spirit bone, and later focused on swordsmanship after his growing reputation left him with few opponents.
• Oscar and Chen Huayu visited Ning Rongrong, Bao Zhen, and Huang Wu, where they learned that Huang Wu had lost an arm and Bao Zhen had lost her eyes.

Ning Tianchen advanced toward one hundred victories in Slaughter City while Tang San awakened his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, and Dai Mubai fell into despair after his condition became public. The Slaughter King offered Ning Tianchen an early title in exchange for serving Slaughter City, but Ning Tianchen refused and resolved to hurry before Tang San and Hu Liena arrived.

• Bao Zhen told the others that she and Huang Wu would marry, and Chen Huayu decided to search the continent with Oscar for medicine to treat them.
• Dai Mubai was exposed as a eunuch, failed to find medicine to restore his body, and began adopting feminine mannerisms and wearing women's clothes.
• Ning Tianchen completed the third stage of swordsmanship and returned to the Hell Slaughter Arena, where he defeated nine opponents with Azure Dragon Break and was recognized as Sword Shura.
• Tang Hao took Tang San to Blue Silver Forest, where the Blue Silver King awakened Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and healed many of his hidden injuries.
• After another year, Ning Tianchen reached ninety consecutive victories, and the Slaughter King offered him an early Slaughter God title if he became an adviser; Ning Tianchen declined and chose to earn it himself.

Hu Liena arrived in Slaughter City and discovered that Ning Tianchen was Sword Asura, already nearing one hundred victories. With her help, Ning Tianchen won his hundredth match and chose to enter Hell Road rather than accept the Slaughter King's offer to leave.

• Bibi Dong heard Hu Liena's account of her training and agreed to let her enter Slaughter City after she studied its dangers.
• Hu Liena arrived in Slaughter City, learned Sword Asura had ninety-eight victories, and recognized Ning Tianchen after watching him win his ninety-ninth match.
• Ning Tianchen warned Hu Liena that Bloody Mary was poisonous and addictive, then told her to help find opponents for his hundredth match.
• Hu Liena arranged Ning Tianchen's hundredth match, where he defeated eight opponents after using his Sword Wings to take to the air.
• The Slaughter King offered Ning Tianchen a chance to leave without crossing Hell Road, but Ning Tianchen refused, and the Slaughter King began opening the route.

Hu Liena found the Hell Slaughter Arena empty after a chilling disturbance, while Ning Tianchen awoke on Hell Road and fought through its dangers. He defeated the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and seized its inner core, while Tang Hao prepared to take Tang San to Slaughter City.

• Hu Liena entered the Hell Slaughter Arena after the disturbance and found its spectators reduced to blood and bones, but Ning Tianchen was gone.
• Ning Tianchen woke on Hell Road, used an Antidote Pill to resist the toxins, and pressed onward while conserving his supplies.
• Ning Tianchen suppressed the rampaging Killing Intent by drawing it into the Seven Kill Sword, then broke through the bat swarm with his sword skills and Sword Wings.
• Tang San completed the eighty-one strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, and Tang Hao decided to take him to Slaughter City for dangerous training.
• Ning Tianchen confronted the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, used cold Killing Intent and sword attacks to wound it, then seized its inner core and flew onward.

Ning Tianchen emerged from Slaughter City with Divine Slaughter's Domain, traveled to Flowing Water City, and sought a carriage for a journey north. Meanwhile, Tang San entered Slaughter City disguised as Tang Yin, met Hu Liena, and learned that Sword Shura had already left as a Slaughter God.

• Ning Tianchen awoke in a forest with Divine Slaughter's Domain and decided to head to the Northernmost Land after calming his volatile emotions.
• Tang San arrived in Slaughter City as Number 9528, met Hu Liena, and introduced himself as Tang Yin, a freelance Spirit Master with the Clear Sky Hammer Spirit.
• Hu Liena told Tang San that her old friend Sword Shura had earned his title after eleven consecutive victories, intensifying Tang San's resolve to surpass him.
• Ning Tianchen reached Flowing Water City and learned that two years had passed since the Spirit Master Competition and that Dai Mubai had been stripped of his princely status.
• Ning Tianchen used Divine Slaughter's Domain to frighten the Hong Family's men, then asked Hong Kui for help obtaining a carriage for his northern journey.
• Hong Kui apologized and offered to host Ning Tianchen at Xiangyue Restaurant, then struck his daughter Xin Yue when she insulted Ning Tianchen.

Ning Tianchen exposed Peng Shun as an incompetent healer and treated the Hong Family's poisoned old patriarch with medicine mixed with his blood. He left the patriarch to rest and recover while Hong Kui prepared to provide the fine horses Ning Tianchen needed.

• Hong Xinyue apologized to Ning Tianchen, and Hong Kui invited him to meet the arrogant Healing Spirit Master Peng Shun, whom he had summoned to treat his injured father.
• Hong Kui explained that his father was a Soul Saint suffering from poison and internal injuries, while Hong Xinyue showed Ning Tianchen around and revealed that the Hong Family traded in Precious Horses.
• At the Hong Residence, Peng Shun failed to treat the old patriarch and blamed Hong Kui for concealing the poisoning, so Ning Tianchen frightened him with Divine Slaughter's Domain and Hong Kui had him thrown out.
• The old patriarch told Ning Tianchen that a Black Water Python had poisoned him years earlier and that his later injuries had worsened his condition.
• Ning Tianchen mixed his blood with antidote powders and gave the medicine to the old patriarch, then declined Hong Kui's banquet and said he wanted fine horses in exchange for his help.

Ning Tianchen discovered that his dream meeting with the Asura God had left him with an Asura Mark and the Asura Demon Sword, then traveled with the Hong Family to hunt his sixth spirit ring. The chapter ended as Ning Tianchen sensed the Asura Demon Sword respond during a battle with a forty-thousand-year Earth Armor Thorn Dragon.

• Ning Tianchen dreamed that the Asura God acknowledged his Slaughter City's trial and marked his brow with divine power.
• Ning Tianchen woke to find an Asura Mark between his brows and summoned the Asura Demon Sword, though he could not yet wield it.
• Hong Tianxiang offered to help Ning Tianchen hunt his sixth spirit ring, and Ning Tianchen agreed to travel with the Hong Family.
• Ning Tianchen revealed his five-ring configuration in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Hong Tianxiang recognized him as Sword Dao Chen Xin's grandson.
• Ning Tianchen and Hong Tianxiang attacked a forty-thousand-year Earth Armor Thorn Dragon, while Ning Tianchen sensed the Asura Mark stir within Divine Slaughter's Domain.

Ning Tianchen killed the forty-thousand-year Earth Armor Thorn Dragon with the Asura Demon Sword and absorbed its spirit ring, reaching Soul Emperor level. When the Mad Saber Sect attacked the Hong Family, Ning Tianchen defeated its forces with his Sixth Spirit Ability and then fought Gu Ao.

• Ning Tianchen wounded the Earth Armor Thorn Dragon while Hong Tianxiang tried to turn it over, then Ning Tianchen used the Asura Demon Sword to kill it.
• Ning Tianchen spent nearly a day absorbing the Earth Armor Thorn Dragon's spirit ring as Hong Tianxiang and Hong Xinyue kept watch.
• Peng Shun arrived with Gu Ao and the Mad Saber Sect, and Gu Ao demanded ninety percent of the Hong Family's military horse market profits.
• Ning Tianchen's Divine Slaughter's Domain overwhelmed Peng Shun, but Gu Ao killed him and blamed Ning Tianchen.
• Ning Tianchen drove off two Soul Emperor elders, then used his Sixth Spirit Ability, Flying Sword, No Trace, to kill the Mad Saber Sect's remaining fighters and protect Hong Xinyue.
• Gu Ao attacked Ning Tianchen after seeing his subordinates fall, but Ning Tianchen countered with Quake the Four Directions while Hong Xinyue escaped with the Hong Family's elites.

Ning Tianchen and Hong Tianxiang killed Gu Ao after the Soul Saint used a life-burning technique, then returned to the Hong Family estate. Ning Tianchen proposed bringing the Hong Family into the Seven Treasures Chamber of Commerce, and he set out toward Heaven Dou City with Hong Kui to discuss the plan with Ning Fengzhi.

• Ning Tianchen wounded Gu Ao with his sword aura, but Gu Ao used a life-burning secret technique and became a mindless, immensely powerful attacker.
• Ning Tianchen and Hong Tianxiang fought back; Ning Tianchen used his Feather Blade Barrage and incomplete "Kill" Sword Art to destroy Gu Ao and his Mad Saber.
• Hong Tianxiang and Ning Tianchen returned to the Hong Family estate, where Hong Kui thanked Ning Tianchen and the family recovered the Mad Saber Sect's treasures.
• Ning Tianchen planned to propose that the Hong Family join the Seven Treasures Chamber of Commerce and spread the sect's businesses across the continent.
• After two days of rest, Ning Tianchen and Hong Kui departed for Heaven Dou City, and Ning Tianchen outlined how the Hong Family could operate under its own name while receiving the sect's support.

Ning Tianchen returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Hong Kui and Hong Xinyue, advised the Sect on an Academic Exchange Conference, and persuaded Ning Fengzhi to pursue secret cooperation with the Hong Family through intermediaries. After reuniting with Ning Rongrong, he agreed to take her along on his next journey, and she hurried to pack.

• Ning Tianchen offered Hong Xinyue a place at Seven Treasures Academy and advised Hong Kui to keep the family's military-horse business unchanged while secretly cooperating with the Sect.
• Ning Tianchen returned to the Sect, where Ke Jie sought his advice on planning an Academic Exchange Conference, and Ning Tianchen proposed inviting scholars through mutual introductions while limiting the Sect's expenses.
• Ning Rongrong rushed to the Council Hall and reunited with Ning Tianchen, who praised her cultivation after she revealed she had reached Soul Power Level fifty-four.
• Ning Tianchen proposed recruiting the Hong Family to gather information on the Star Luo Empire's military, and Ning Fengzhi accepted a plan to use subcontractors and Hong Xinyue as a discreet liaison.
• Ning Tianchen explained to Ning Rongrong that the Sect needed broader, lower-risk business ties, then agreed to take her on his next journey, prompting her to pack.

Ning Tianchen traveled north with Ning Rongrong and Hong Xinyue to find a suitable Fourth Spirit Ring for Hong Xinyue, while searching for the Snow Mountain Sect. In Snowfield Town, they reunited with Chen Huayu and Oscar, then entered the Frozen Forest with the Hao Te Squad as a group of would-be robbers abandoned their plans.

• Ning Tianchen met with Hong Kui, learned that cooperation between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Hong Family was taking shape, and directed the Shadow Guards to investigate Prince Xue Xing after completing their Breaking Clan inquiries.
• Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong joined Hong Kui and Hong Xinyue on a journey north, and Ning Rongrong told him that Huang Wu and Bao Zhen had been injured on a secretive mission.
• In Ice and Snow City, Ning Tianchen explained the northern climate to Ning Rongrong, and the group continued to Snowfield Town to seek the Snow Mountain Sect and a spirit-hunting team.
• Hong Kui hired a seven-person spirit-hunting team led by Hao Te, and Ning Tianchen recognized Chen Huayu and Oscar among its members.
• Ning Tianchen's group entered the Frozen Forest with the Hao Te Squad, forcing the men who had followed them in town to abandon their robbery plan.

Ning Tianchen and his companions encountered a Snowfield Wolf Pack, and his Asura Demon's Intimidation drove it off so Hong Xinyue could obtain her soul ring. After parting ways with Oscar and Chen Huayu, Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong stayed in Snowfield Town to seek the Snow Mountain Sect, where they learned someone was following them.

• Hao Te led the group through the Frozen Forest, where they encountered a wolf pack led by a thirty-thousand-year wolf king.
• Ning Tianchen used Asura Demon's Intimidation to frighten the wolf pack into retreating, then helped Hao Te capture a four-thousand-year Snowfield Wolf for Hong Xinyue.
• Hong Xinyue absorbed the soul ring, and Oscar and Chen Huayu left with Hao Te's team for the Star Dou Great Forest after promising to meet Ning Tianchen again at the Five Year Agreement.
• Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong asked Hao Te about the Snow Mountain Sect, but he recognized its token without knowing where to find the sect.
• The hotel owner warned Ning Tianchen that someone was watching them, and Ning Tianchen recognized the follower in the restaurant.