Chapter Summaries

Ning Qiu explained that the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring was too old for Meng Yiran to absorb, then watched Su Rong gain an External Soul Bone from it. The Peerless Dragon Serpent couple prepared for a fight when powerful spirit beasts arrived, but the beasts bowed respectfully to Ning Qiu.

• Ning Qiu told Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang that the nearly two-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring would have killed Meng Yiran if she absorbed it.
• Meng Yiran questioned why Su Rong could absorb the ring, and Ning Qiu said Su Rong’s body could withstand its energy.
• Su Rong convulsed as he absorbed the ring, then grew eight spider legs that Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang recognized as an External Soul Bone.
• A Titan Giant Ape, a Sky Azure Bull Python, and an Emerald Swan appeared, alarming Meng Shu and prompting him to tell Meng Yiran to prepare to flee.
• The three spirit beasts bowed respectfully to Ning Qiu, leaving Meng Shu petrified.

Ning Qiu turned the Peerless Dragon Serpent couple’s hostility aside and offered to help Meng Yiran obtain a powerful soul ring and an External Soul Bone. He explained his theory of exceeding a soul ring’s limit, while Su Rong learned to retract his Eight Spider Lances, and left Meng Shu astonished by his self-taught knowledge.

• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang abandoned their plan to seize Su Rong’s External Soul Bone after seeing Ning Qiu command three powerful soul beasts, and they prepared to leave with Meng Yiran.
• Ning Qiu stopped the Peerless Dragon Serpent couple and offered to help Meng Yiran obtain a soul ring over a thousand years old and possibly an External Soul Bone.
• Ning Qiu explained that an over-limit soul ring and sufficient physical strength could allow a soul master to obtain an External Soul Bone.
• Su Rong thanked Ning Qiu and followed his instructions to retract the Eight Spider Lances into his body.
• Meng Shu asked who had taught Ning Qiu, and Ning Qiu said he had never had a teacher and had taught himself.

Ning Qiu assessed Meng Yiran’s physical resilience to determine whether she could absorb a powerful third soul ring. He revealed that he could produce and store soul rings, leaving Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran astonished.

• Ning Qiu explained that his method for assessing physical strength required intimate physical contact, and Meng Yiran agreed to be examined in private.
• Ning Qiu examined Meng Yiran for five minutes while using the system to assess her body’s strength.
• Ning Qiu told Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang that Meng Yiran could absorb a soul ring of up to two thousand years.
• Ning Qiu produced a two-thousand-year purple soul ring, shocking Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran because soul rings were believed to disappear after a short time and could not be stored.

Meng Yiran absorbed a soul ring and endured intense pain before gaining an External Soul Bone in the form of pale green wings. After thanking Ning Qiu with an impulsive kiss, she fled, while Zhu Zhuqing wondered about her own jealous reaction.

• Ning Qiu told Meng Yiran to absorb the soul ring, then led the others away as her clothes began to tear.
• Ning Qiu reassured Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang that Meng Yiran's pain and bulging veins were signs she was about to gain an External Soul Bone.
• Meng Yiran's symptoms eased, and pale green wings appeared on her back; she woke and happily realized she had obtained a soul bone.
• After learning that Ning Qiu had seen her naked during the ordeal, Meng Yiran blushed, then kissed his cheek and hurried away in embarrassment.
• Zhu Zhuqing felt a sour pang upon seeing Meng Yiran kiss Ning Qiu, while Meng Shu invited Ning Qiu to visit the Meng Family in Exotic Beast City.

Ning Qiu led the Holy Soul Eleven Heroes to the eerie town near Slaughter City and equipped them with talismans before beginning their training. After they drank the tavern’s Yellow Springs Dew and learned it was human blood, several of them vomited, drawing hostile attention from the patrons.

• Ning Qiu checked the group’s contribution points and had most of them exchange points for Wind Walk and Flame Talismans, while he gave Zhu Zhuqing a full supply because she had joined the village most recently.
• Ning Qiu distributed one hundred Lightning Strike Talismans to each member and led the group into the town.
• Ning Qiu ordered twelve cups of Yellow Springs Dew at the tavern and drank his cup to set an example.
• Xiao Wu and others drank the Yellow Springs Dew, and Ning Qiu revealed that it was human blood.
• Xiao Wu, Jia Luo, Cai Ji, and others vomited, prompting the tavern patrons to taunt them and prepare to attack.

Ning Qiu and his companions killed their way into Slaughter City and received their newcomer identities. Ning Qiu asked his guide Xiao Wei to arrange a meeting with the Slaughter King so he could propose cooperation.

• Ning Qiu ordered the group to kill at least ten people each, then used his Iron Feather Wings and Dragon Elephant Transformation to kill ten Fallen Ones himself.
• Dai Mubai, Liu Ke, Xiang Yu, Su Rong, Xiao Wu, Jia Luo, Cai Ji, and the others killed enough Fallen Ones to qualify for entry.
• The waiter revealed a hidden passage, and Ning Qiu led his companions through it toward Slaughter City while explaining the trials ahead.
• Ning Qiu's group emerged before Slaughter City, passed the Death Knights, and received identity plaques from the welcoming guides.
• Ning Qiu's guide, Xiao Wei, explained the twelve-hour newcomer protection, and Ning Qiu asked her to take him to the Slaughter King so he could propose cooperation.

Ning Qiu asked Xiao Wei to take him and the Holy Soul Eleven Heroes to meet the Slaughter King so he could offer a gift and propose cooperation. They crossed Slaughter City’s outer and inner districts and reached the council hall, where the Slaughter King appeared; Ning Qiu recognized him as Tang Chen, the former Clear Sky Sect master.

• Ning Qiu demanded that Xiao Wei take him to the Slaughter King and said he had a gift to deliver in person.
• Xiao Wei guided Ning Qiu and the others through the outer city while their guides explained Slaughter City’s rules and the path to escape.
• The group entered the decadent inner city and saw its residents indulging in violence and sex.
• Xiao Wei and the other guides brought Ning Qiu and the group to the council hall inside the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• The Slaughter King appeared and asked Ning Qiu about his offer of cooperation and gift; Ning Qiu recognized him as Tang Chen.

Ning Qiu offered the Slaughter King Soul Power-granting radishes and proposed supplying Slaughter City with daily necessities. The Slaughter King accepted the need for cooperation, while Ning Qiu asked for one hundred annual entry slots for Holy Soul Village residents.

• Ning Qiu refused to kneel before the Slaughter King and presented him with a brocade box of radishes.
• The Slaughter King ordered Xiao Wei to taste a radish, then tried the second himself and discovered that both gave Soul Power like Yellow Springs Dew.
• Ning Qiu revealed that he had already begun selling Soul Power-granting vegetables outside Slaughter City and argued that the city would still attract Fallen Ones.
• Ning Qiu warned that Slaughter City might lose its supply of daily necessities if Spirit Hall lost its war against the Two Great Empires.
• Ning Qiu offered to supply Slaughter City in exchange for one hundred annual free-entry slots for villagers from Holy Soul Village.

Ning Qiu negotiated a deal with the Slaughter King and led his companions into the Hell Slaughter Arena, where Xiang Yu killed a veteran fighter. Xiao Wei then took Ning Qiu to a hotel and confessed that she wanted to give him her virginity.

• Ning Qiu agreed to supply Slaughter City with grain in exchange for eighty slots and promised continued supplies if Spirit Hall fell, then said he would pursue a hundred consecutive arena victories and pass Hell Road.
• Ning Qiu and his companions learned the Hell Slaughter Arena's rules, and Xiang Yu killed a burly Soul King who had demanded their blood.
• Ning Qiu dismissed Xiao Wei and the others' guides, warned his companions to kill their opponents in future matches, and followed Xiao Wei away from the arena.
• Xiao Wei took Ning Qiu to a hotel room and told him she wanted to give him her virginity.

Ning Qiu refused Xiao Wei’s offer to give him her virginity, explaining that he was only twelve and did not want to rush into intimacy. He offered to ask the Slaughter King to make her the intermediary for Holy Soul Village’s cooperation with Slaughter City, while the Slaughter King watched their exchange through his cup.

• Xiao Wei tried to undress Ning Qiu and explained that she wanted to give her first time to someone she liked.
• Ning Qiu refused, citing his age and his unwillingness to be intimate with someone he had just met.
• Xiao Wei became distressed and left the room, believing Ning Qiu had rejected her entirely.
• Ning Qiu offered to ask the Slaughter King to appoint Xiao Wei as the intermediary between Holy Soul Village and Slaughter City so she would no longer guide newcomers.
• Xiao Wei thanked Ning Qiu with a kiss on the cheek and left, unaware that the Slaughter King had watched them through his cup.

Ning Qiu faced nine Soul Douluos in his hundredth Hell Slaughter Arena match and killed them all, reaching Soul Power Level 64. The Slaughter King appeared to congratulate him, leaving Ning Qiu poised to challenge the Hell Road.

• The host announced that Ning Qiu would earn the right to challenge the Hell Road if he won his hundredth consecutive match.
• The nine Soul Douluos charged Ning Qiu, but his Slaughter Eye and Iron Feather Wings killed the first attacker.
• Ning Qiu used talismans and the Wind Walk Talisman to kill the remaining eight Soul Douluos without being touched.
• Ning Qiu absorbed the nine opponents’ Soul Power and rose from level 49 to level 64.
• Ning Qiu recalled his agreement to send eighty Holy Soul Village villagers to Slaughter City each year for training.
• The Slaughter King appeared before Ning Qiu as the audience cheered.

After Ning Qiu achieved Slaughter City's fastest hundred-win streak, the Slaughter King opened the Hell Road by sacrificing the spectators in the arena. Ning Qiu and the others arrived on a platform above a bottomless abyss, where a narrow path and stone bridges led onward through blood-red clouds.

• The Slaughter King congratulated Ning Qiu for setting a new record and called Ning Qiu, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, Jia Luo, Cai Ji, Liu Ke, Lu Lu, Xiang Yu, Zhong Kui, and Su Rong to enter the Hell Road.
• The Slaughter King unleashed an evil aura linked to the Rakshasa God, and Ning Qiu recognized him as Tang Chen, corrupted during the Asura Nine Trials.
• The Slaughter King sealed the arena exits and used the red ripples to drive the spectators into madness, causing their blood to activate the Hell Road's Teleportation Array.
• Ning Qiu and the others were transported to a small circular platform above a bottomless abyss, where they saw a narrow stone path and stone bridges stretching over blood-red clouds.
• Xiao Wu sensed an unknown danger within the clouds as the group prepared to proceed.

Ning Qiu led the Holy Soul Team onto the Hell Road, where the expected bat trials never appeared. The team encountered the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, while the Slaughter King revealed he had cleared the earlier dangers to make Ning Qiu owe him a favor.

• Ning Qiu rallied the Holy Soul Team and led them down the Hell Road, reminding them of their strength and supplies.
• After two hours without danger, Ning Qiu realized the Bloodthirsty Bats and Three-Headed Dark Gold Bat King had not appeared as expected.
• Xiao Wu sensed an approaching creature, and Ning Qiu identified the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent blocking their path.
• In Slaughter City, the Slaughter King told Xiao Wei that he had helped Ning Qiu by removing the earlier trials, hoping to gain a favor and a supplier for the city.

Ning Qiu and Jia Luo fought the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent on a narrow bridge, with Ning Qiu restraining it while Jia Luo targeted its weak points. They defeated the serpent and claimed its Inner Core.

• Ning Qiu ordered Jia Luo to attack from the air while the others retreated two hundred meters.
• The Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent attacked with fire and poison, but Ning Qiu dodged it and restrained it with Gravity Swamp.
• Jia Luo hit the serpent’s back protrusions with repeated Thunderclap Arrows.
• The serpent formed its Inner Core and tried to unleash it, but Ning Qiu severed its connection to the bead with Supreme Wrath.
• The serpent fell into the Yellow Springs, and Ning Qiu took its Inner Core.

Ning Qiu and the Ten Elites of Holy Soul Village completed Hell Road, gained Divine Slaughter's Domain, and fulfilled the village upgrade trial. After the system upgraded the village and boosted their Soul Power, they planned to return home, but a system alert revealed that the village was under attack.

• Ning Qiu claimed the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core, and Jia Luo urged him to keep it for the village's sake.
• Ning Qiu and Jia Luo carried their companions across the flooded path, and the group entered the light screen at the end of Hell Road.
• Ning Qiu gained Divine Slaughter's Domain, and the system announced that the trial was complete and Holy Soul Village had become a Level 3 village.
• Ning Qiu and his companions reported their Soul Power increases, and Ning Qiu decided they should return to Holy Soul Village.
• The system warned Ning Qiu that the village was under attack, its buildings had been damaged, and its prosperity had fallen by one point.

Ning Qiu returned to Holy Soul Village and learned that the Four Great Bandits had attacked, killing villagers and damaging the village. With the authorities unreliable, he decided to form an army and suppress the bandits, and Old Jack agreed to join him.

• Ning Qiu returned with the Holy Soul Ten Elites and found Holy Soul Village damaged, its residents injured, and its population reduced.
• Old Jack told Ning Qiu that the Four Great Bandits had raided the village for its supplies and warned that they might attack again with greater forces.
• Dai Mubai and Su Rong questioned the danger and the authorities’ failure to protect the villages as Old Jack explained the bandits’ strength and political connections.
• Ning Qiu ordered the villagers to assemble and announced that he would form an army to suppress the bandits.
• Old Jack agreed to fight alongside Ning Qiu, and the gathered villagers demanded that he lead them against the bandits.

Ning Qiu organized Holy Soul Village’s eligible villagers into a force to exterminate the nearby bandits and upgraded the village’s mission building into a Level 3 Mission Hall. He gained enough Soul Power to approach level 70 and accepted a mission to eliminate the bandit scourge.

• Old Jack had become a level 61 Soul Emperor, and Ning Qiu ordered elderly villagers, children, pregnant villagers, only children, and inexperienced Soul Masters to stay out of the operation.
• After the exclusions, 655 villagers remained, and Ning Qiu and Dai Mubai organized them into squads, platoons, companies, and battalions.
• Ning Qiu upgraded the Level Two mission hut into a Level 3 Mission Hall, earning Soul Power and Contribution Points that raised him to level 69.
• Ning Qiu opened the village chief’s mission interface and accepted a four-star mission to kill Shi Nian of Canghui Academy.
• Ning Qiu also accepted a four-star mission to exterminate the bandits that had plagued Holy Soul Village and nearby villages for decades.

Ning Qiu led the Holy Soul Army from Holy Soul Village to attack Zhan Shifu, choosing the farthest bandit den to catch its occupants unprepared. After reaching the den at night, the army prepared to charge, and a patrol bandit was killed by an unseen attacker.

• Ning Qiu named the assembled force the Holy Soul Army and rallied its 655 members before leading them out to eliminate the bandits.
• Ning Qiu left Old Jack behind to protect Holy Soul Village’s orphans and widows in nearby caves.
• Dai Mubai explained that Zhan Shifu was the farthest of the Four Great Bandits, but Ning Qiu chose to attack it because war relied on deception.
• Ning Qiu and the group reached Zhan Shifu’s circular Earthen Building after nightfall and prepared to charge before its sentries spotted them.
• A patrol bandit felt a sudden chill, walked away from Shan Ji, and was killed when an unseen attacker slit his throat with cat claws.

Ning Qiu led Holy Soul Village in defeating Zhan Shifu’s bandits and recruiting the survivors, but he worried that the village’s growing strength would draw the attention of powerful forces. He resolved to take Xiao Wu and the others to Sea God Island to seek another opportunity to grow stronger.

• Dai Mubai reported that most of the bandits outside the Earthen Building had been killed, and Ning Qiu ordered the villagers to surround the building and drive the bandits out with fire.
• Ning Qiu flew above the Earthen Building and used fifty fireballs to overwhelm the bandits’ attempts to extinguish the flames.
• Zhan Shifu’s bandits were killed, escaped, or surrendered, and Xiang Yu killed Zhan Shifu while he resisted.
• Ning Qiu offered the 349 surrendered bandits a choice to join Holy Soul Village or return home, and they joined, raising the village’s population to 1,556.
• Xiao Wu comforted Ning Qiu after he reflected on the raid’s casualties and the difficulty of eliminating banditry at its roots.
• Ning Qiu worried that outsiders would discover Holy Soul Village’s strength and decided to take Xiao Wu and the others to Sea God Island.

After Holy Soul Village defeated Zhan Shifu, Ning Qiu decided to recruit the remaining bandits and help nearby refugees rather than continue attacking. Old Jack agreed to approach the other bandit leaders, while Ning Qiu’s plans began reaching beyond the village.

• Ning Qiu told Dai Mubai that Holy Soul Village would persuade the remaining bandits to surrender and strengthen the village’s population.
• Ning Qiu wrote a letter inviting Qian Duoduo, Xie Zhishan, and Chi Zhongrong to leave banditry and join Holy Soul Village, and Old Jack praised its sincerity.
• Ning Qiu asked Dai Mubai to offer nearby refugees food and practical help so they could live peacefully and avoid becoming bandits.
• Old Jack warned that Ning Qiu could overstep his authority by intervening in the surrounding villages, but Ning Qiu argued that Holy Soul Village had a responsibility to act.
• Old Jack agreed to visit the mountain fortresses of Xie Zhishan, Qian Duoduo, and Chi Zhongrong and support Ning Qiu’s plans.