Chapter Summaries

Tang Hao and Tang San reached the entrance to the City of Slaughter and learned that Li Xuan had recently caused terror there. After Tang Hao warned Tang San that Li Xuan was unusually dangerous, they entered together, where Tang San saw through a series of illusions and continued along a bridge-like road.

• The seventy-thousand-year-old Great Peng Bird flew toward the City of Slaughter at tremendous speed.
• Tang Hao explained the City of Slaughter to Tang San and warned him about entering it.
• At an inn near the entrance, Tang San heard attendants discussing Li Xuan and learned he might be inside the City of Slaughter.
• Tang Hao refused to let Tang San enter alone, then agreed to accompany him despite Tang San's confidence in his strength and hidden weapons.
• Tang San and Tang Hao entered the City of Slaughter, where Tang San struck an illusion of Bibi Dong and ignored Hu Liena and other apparitions.
• Tang San used Purple Demon Eyes to dispel the illusions, revealing a broad, bridge-like road.

Tang San and Tang Hao approached the City of Slaughter and discovered its soldiers and Terror Knight Scott had been killed by a master swordsman. They found Li Xuan’s message above the gates, realized he was responsible, and entered the city to investigate.

• Tang San resisted the eerie atmosphere around the City of Slaughter, and Tang Hao told him that gods existed before leading him onward.
• Tang Hao and Tang San found soldiers slain in single strikes and suspected that a skilled blade wielder had killed them.
• They discovered Terror Knight Scott dead beside his shattered greatsword and recognized the attacker as a formidable opponent.
• Tang San and Tang Hao found the words “Lord Li Xuan Was Here!” carved above the gates and concluded that Li Xuan had killed the soldiers and Scott.
• Tang Hao sensed something was wrong inside the City of Slaughter, so he and Tang San charged through the gates to investigate.

Tang San and Tang Hao entered the City of Slaughter and found its outer city filled with people killed in a single strike, apparently by Li Xuan. They continued into the inner city, where they found more corpses and terrified survivors, and Tang Hao seized one to demand an explanation.

• Tang San and Tang Hao saw corpses throughout the outer city, and Tang Hao explained that its residents were sinners and praised Li Xuan’s decisiveness.
• The King of Slaughter’s emissary appeared, gave Tang San a training token, and hurriedly left after greeting Tang Hao as the God of Slaughter.
• Tang San and Tang Hao crossed the outer city without finding another living person, and Tang San wondered if Li Xuan intended to kill everyone there.
• They reached the inner city and found even more bodies, along with survivors hiding in fear.
• Tang Hao grabbed a dwarf hiding by a wall and demanded to know what had happened and who had killed the people.

Li Xuan massacred the City of Slaughter, while Tang San and Tang Hao struggled to understand his motives and Hu Liena fled from him. After five days, Li Xuan and Hu Liena had vanished, and Tang Hao feared the King of Slaughter had confronted Li Xuan.

• Tang Hao questioned terrified survivors about the killings, then followed Hu Liena with Tang San when she ran past them.
• Hu Liena told Tang San and Tang Hao that Li Xuan had slaughtered the city’s inhabitants and killed the King of Slaughter’s forces, sparing only the emissaries.
• Li Xuan continued killing the City of Slaughter’s criminals, saying their deaths helped him increase his attributes and that he wanted to deprive Tang San of training opponents.
• Tang San stayed in the city for five days, learned its rules, and witnessed Li Xuan defeat several experts before Li Xuan and Hu Liena disappeared.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that Li Xuan was in danger and the King of Slaughter might already have acted against him.

Tang Hao and Tang San witnessed the Green Fatty pursue and overpower the King of Slaughter, revealing the monstrous strength protecting Li Xuan. They concluded that Li Xuan belonged to the mysterious Divine Calculation Sect and decided to avoid provoking him.

• Tang Hao warned Tang San that the King of Slaughter was powerful enough to threaten Li Xuan.
• The Green Fatty transformed into a colossal armored giant and chased the bloodied King of Slaughter through the City of Slaughter.
• Tang Hao and Tang San fled as the King of Slaughter tried to draw them into the fight.
• The Green Fatty struck the King of Slaughter with its hammer, and Tang Hao caught Tang San when the resulting shockwave threw him.
• The Green Fatty glanced at Tang Hao and Tang San, then vanished, leaving them to realize that Li Xuan was from the Divine Calculation Sect.
• Tang Hao regretted that Tang San had been expelled from the Divine Calculation Sect and advised him not to provoke Li Xuan.

After defeating the King of Slaughter in his transformed state, Li Xuan gained Cosmic Survival and planned to pursue Divine Slaughter’s Domain after spending more time in the City of Slaughter. He appeared in Hu Liena’s room, where she had been hiding in fear, and admitted he had been admiring her.

• Tang San regretted being expelled from the Divine Calculation Sect, while Tang Hao promised to train him until he could return to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Li Xuan waited for his Experience Card to expire and gained 20% Cosmic Survival after the system fused it with his other passive abilities.
• The system rewarded Li Xuan with a Green Fatty Experience Card and the ability to increase any Soul Ring’s age by 5,000 years for beating the King of Slaughter.
• Li Xuan decided to delay going to the Road to Hell, then used God's Perspective to locate Hu Liena in her room.
• Hu Liena recalled Bibi Dong’s warning about the green monster and wondered whether it was Li Xuan’s guardian.
• Li Xuan appeared in Hu Liena’s room, confirmed her guess, and told her he had been admiring her.

Li Xuan told Hu Liena that he wanted to become the strongest rather than rule the continent, and explained that he founded the Void God Kingdom to give his wives proper status. He flirted with Hu Liena and agreed to challenge the Road to Hell with her, but asked how she planned to thank him for protecting her.

• Hu Liena asked Li Xuan about his goals, and he said he wanted criminals, rare plants and soul beasts, unusual orange trees, and ultimately to become the strongest.
• Li Xuan told Hu Liena that he had established the Void God Kingdom so his wives could have proper status, and she was astonished by his reason.
• Li Xuan approached and teased Hu Liena, who felt uneasy but did not dare oppose him.
• Hu Liena suggested that she and Li Xuan challenge the Road to Hell together, and he agreed while asking how she would thank him for his protection.

Li Xuan teased Hu Liena into massaging him, then cooked a meal they shared in the City of Slaughter. Nearby, Tang Hao and Tang San found their house after smelling the food.

• Hu Liena offered to send Li Xuan criminals from Spirit Hall, but he asked her for a massage instead.
• Hu Liena massaged Li Xuan until he fell asleep, and his trust in her improved her feelings toward him.
• When Li Xuan woke, he insisted the massage did not count and asked her to do it again next time.
• Li Xuan refused Hu Liena's offer to cook and prepared a feast, then asked her to wash his clothes; she agreed after tasting the food.
• Li Xuan and Hu Liena ate and chatted while Tang Hao and Tang San gloomily smelled the food from nearby.

Li Xuan decided to take control of the City of Slaughter and spent nearly two years there with Hu Liena while Tang San fought to advance his trial. Just as Tang San began to see hope, Li Xuan’s latest move destroyed the results of his efforts and left him furious.

• Tang Hao and Tang San stayed nearby and endured the smell of Li Xuan’s cooking while eating their hard rations.
• Over six months, the City of Slaughter began recovering as new fallen ones arrived, while Li Xuan decided to take control of it and spoke to the Slaughter Emissary.
• Li Xuan continued living with Hu Liena, who developed feelings for him, and planned to keep Tang San trapped in the City of Slaughter for two more years.
• Another year and a half passed as Tang San fought repeatedly and began to see hope in his progress.
• Tang San found that Li Xuan had undone everything he had worked for and angrily cursed him.

Tang Hao and Tang San left the City of Slaughter after Li Xuan’s slaughtering left Tang San no chance to earn Divine Slaughter's Domain. Li Xuan gained rewards for preventing Tang San’s inheritance, then took Hu Liena through the Road to Hell, where its two guardians attacked them.

• Tang Hao decided to leave the City of Slaughter with Tang San because no opponents remained for Tang San to temper his Killing Intent.
• Li Xuan received rewards for preventing Tang San from obtaining Divine Slaughter's Domain and the Asura God inheritance.
• Li Xuan told Hu Liena they would leave, and she admitted she did not want to part from him because she felt indebted to her teacher, Bibi Dong.
• Li Xuan carried Hu Liena through space to the end of the Road to Hell, astonishing her by bypassing its dangers.
• Two guardians of the Road to Hell emerged from the flames and charged at Li Xuan, who told Hu Liena he would handle them.

Li Xuan summoned six powerful Spirit Beasts to defeat the Road to Hell’s Guardian Beasts and revealed their strength to a stunned Hu Liena. After sending the beasts away, he carried Hu Liena to an unfamiliar place, while the White Wolf King privately decided to take human form modeled on Bibi Dong.

• Hu Liena urged Li Xuan to flee from the approaching Darkgold Bat King and Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, but he kissed her and insisted they were no threat.
• Li Xuan summoned the White Wolf King, Lava Giant, Seven-Colored Pegasus, Raging Giant Bear, Cave Demon Spider, and Black Tortoise Dragon Turtle; the Lava Giant seized the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, and the Cave Demon Spider trapped the Darkgold Bat King.
• Li Xuan told Hu Liena that the six beasts were his Guardian Beasts and described their immense ages and strength, leaving her stunned.
• Li Xuan ordered the Cave Demon Spider to guard the area and the Lava Giant to bring the unconscious Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent back without eating it, then returned the beasts to Natural Space.
• The White Wolf King studied a portrait of Bibi Dong and decided to use her as a model when it took human form.
• Li Xuan carried the dazed Hu Liena away from the Road to Hell, and she asked where they were.

Hu Liena left the City of Slaughter with Divine Slaughter's Domain, became Spirit Hall's next Pope, and discovered Li Xuan's gifts. Li Xuan returned to his expanding Void God Kingdom and brought Dugu Yan to his private villa after promising to make her his first woman.

• Li Xuan left Hu Liena outside the City of Slaughter with a ring of gifts, and Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo arrived to escort her away.
• Hu Liena showed the Douluos that she had mastered Divine Slaughter's Domain, and Bibi Dong named her the next Pope after she returned to Spirit Hall.
• Hu Liena inspected Li Xuan's gifts, including Emotion Water, a soul-powered Giant Cannon, and a Spirit Beast pet egg.
• Li Xuan rode the Purple-Eyed Golden Eagle back to the Void God Kingdom, which had expanded to become the continent's third great nation.
• Li Xuan reunited with Dugu Yan in the palace, promised to make her his first woman, and took her to his private villa in Natural Space.

After the Empty God Empire was recognized, Hu Liena warned Bibi Dong that Li Xuan was protected by Green Fatty, making Spirit Hall abandon plans to provoke him. Meanwhile, Li Xuan set out to eradicate the Wolf Bandits, as bounty hunters watched the bandits from a nearby hill and wondered how to rescue a captive girl.

• The Star Luo Empire signed a ceasefire agreement with Li Xuan and recognized his realm as the Empty God Empire, which the Heaven Dou Empire also acknowledged.
• Hu Liena warned Bibi Dong not to challenge Li Xuan because Green Fatty was his guardian, then recounted her experiences with Li Xuan in the City of Slaughter.
• Bibi Dong remembered Green Fatty’s terrifying power and became disheartened, while Hu Liena stayed to comfort her.
• Li Xuan used God's Perspective to find the Wolf Bandits and flew toward them, determined to destroy the group for abducting and killing civilians.
• A group of bounty hunters watched more than a thousand Wolf Bandits from a hill and worried that they could not rescue Mr. Liu’s daughter against such powerful forces.

A mysterious figure used Sword Domain and Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin to slaughter the Wolf Bandits and their Spirit Sage in seconds. The bounty hunters reached the cages and found him freeing the unharmed women he had spared.

• A powerful figure appeared in the sky, and his Killing Intent and aura frightened the bounty hunters watching from a nearby hill.
• The figure unleashed Sword Domain and Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin, filling the Wolf Bandits' territory with flying swords.
• The flying swords killed all the Wolf Bandits, including their Spirit Sage, in less than ten seconds.
• The bounty hunters hurried to the cages, fearing the flying swords had harmed the abducted women.
• The figure landed and opened the cages, revealing that he had freed the women without harming them.

Li Xuan freed captives, searched the Empty God Empire for Wolf Bandits, and received Tang Yuehua’s invitation to accompany her to the Clear Sky Sect. He reunited with Tang Yuehua at Moonlight Pavilion, agreed to leave with her the next day, and was touched when she gave him clothes she had made.

• Li Xuan released the prisoners, searched the Empty God Empire for Wolf Bandits with the Purple-Eyed Golden Eagle, and found none.
• A Swift Wind Bird delivered Tang Yuehua’s letter, and Li Xuan learned she wanted him to accompany her to the Clear Sky Sect and support Tang San.
• Li Xuan traveled through a Space Gate to Moonlight Pavilion and reunited with Tang Yuehua, who said they would leave the next day.
• Tang Yuehua explained that she wanted Li Xuan’s presence to help prevent the Clear Sky Sect from mistreating Tang San, and Li Xuan agreed to go.
• Tang Yuehua showed Li Xuan ten outfits she had sewn for him, and he happily chose one to wear.

Li Xuan spoiled Tang Yuehua with her favorite sweet-and-sour pork tenderloin while Tang San traveled to the Clear Sky Sect to fulfill Tang Hao’s wish. After Tang San arrived and passed Tang Long’s tests, the sect’s leaders gathered to receive him, but they waited in silence for someone whose arrival left him confused.

• Li Xuan cooked sweet-and-sour pork tenderloin for Tang Yuehua and promised to make it for her whenever she wanted during the next few days.
• Tang San set out for the Clear Sky Sect with the two soul bones Tang Hao had returned, determined to earn the sect’s recognition.
• Tang Long and two men met Tang San at the village entrance, confirmed his identity, and led him toward the sect after testing his speed.
• Tang San reached the main hall and introduced himself, but the Seventh Elder’s Soul Power forced him to kneel until Tang Xiao dispersed the pressure.
• The sect leaders waited silently for an hour, leaving Tang San to wonder whether they were waiting for Tang Yuehua.

Li Xuan arrived at the Clear Sky Sect with Tang Yuehua, riding a powerful Purple-Eyed Golden Eagle, and faced the hostility of Tang San, Tang Xiao, and the elders. The elders escalated their combined pressure to its full strength, but Li Xuan continued forward unharmed and kissed Tang Yuehua as everyone watched.

• Tang San grew impatient as the Clear Sky Sect waited for Li Xuan, while the gathered disciples and elders showed anger, anticipation, and jealousy.
• Li Xuan and Tang Yuehua arrived on the Purple-Eyed Golden Eagle, and Tang San became furious at seeing Li Xuan with his aunt.
• The Purple-Eyed Golden Eagle's aura blasted Tang San away, and he recognized it as a possible Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Tang Xiao and the elders gathered their Soul Power to pressure Li Xuan, but Li Xuan stepped off the eagle with Tang Yuehua and remained unaffected.
• The elders increased their pressure from thirty percent to fifty percent and then eighty percent, while Li Xuan kept walking and kissed Tang Yuehua.
• The elders, enraged and astonished, raised their combined pressure to one hundred percent.

Li Xuan used his spatial ability to break the Clear Sky Sect elders’ pressure and frighten the disciples, then sat with Tang Yuehua as she openly introduced him as her man. Tang Xiao challenged Li Xuan to reach the Spirit Douluo rank to qualify to pursue his sister, and Li Xuan burst out laughing.

• Li Xuan shattered the elders’ combined pressure with spatial fissures, which began pulling the disciples toward them.
• Tang Yuehua pleaded with Li Xuan, and he closed the fissures before anyone was lost.
• Tang Yuehua explained that Li Xuan was hers, leaving Tang San stunned and Tang Xiao uneasy about their relationship.
• Li Xuan sat beside Tang Yuehua, while Tang Xiao and the others reconsidered his strength after witnessing his ability.
• Tang Xiao demanded that Li Xuan reach the Spirit Douluo rank to qualify to pursue Tang Yuehua, and Li Xuan laughed at the requirement.

Li Xuan confirmed that he had become a Title Douluo, shocking the Clear Sky Sect and devastating Tang San, who blamed himself for ignoring his former master's advice. After gaining a reward that strengthened his Soul Rings, Li Xuan hinted that their power was his real advantage and began explaining their colors to Tang San.

• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders suspected Li Xuan had reached Title Douluo, while Tang San insisted it was impossible.
• Li Xuan confirmed he was a Title Douluo and claimed his former master had trained him and left him resources.
• Tang San believed Li Xuan was his former master's disciple and regretted not following the master's advice about obtaining Soul Rings.
• Li Xuan received a reward that added 5,000 years to any Soul Ring and told Tang San that his rings were his true strength.
• Tang San asked to see Li Xuan's Soul Rings, and Li Xuan explained the colors from white to red.

Li Xuan revealed nine red soul rings, leaving Tang San overwhelmed with regret and the Clear Sky Sect in shock. As Tang Xiao questioned Tang San about Li Xuan's origins and the Water of Evolution, Tang San warned that they could not afford to provoke Li Xuan and mentioned Green Fatty.

• Li Xuan displayed nine red soul rings, and Tang San regretted abandoning his former master and losing the opportunity Li Xuan had received.
• Li Xuan gained a system reward of 5% Super Stamina after crushing Tang San's confidence.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua questioned Li Xuan about his soul rings, but Li Xuan kept their secret and Tang Xiao took Tang San aside to learn what had happened.
• The elders learned that Li Xuan had been trained by Tang San's former master and asked about the method for improving soul rings; Tang San said it involved Water of Evolution and warned them not to provoke Li Xuan.
• Tang San asked whether the elders knew of a massive green monster, and the elders recognized Green Fatty as Tang Xiao feared Li Xuan was connected to it.