Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong told Hu Liena to travel to the City of Slaughter with Lu Yuan and retrieve Divine Slaughter's Domain, promising to name her Holy Daughter and arrange her marriage to Lu Yuan afterward. As they prepared to go, Lu Yuan received a new sign-in task there with an unknown reward, due within two years.

• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena that she and Lu Yuan would spend over a year in the City of Slaughter while Hu Liena sought Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Bibi Dong promised to canonize Hu Liena as the Holy Daughter and grant her and Lu Yuan marriage when they returned.
• Bibi Dong gave Hu Liena advice for the City of Slaughter and ordered Lu Yuan to protect her.
• Lu Yuan received a main sign-in task requiring him to visit the City of Slaughter within two years, with an unknown reward.
• Lu Yuan speculated that the task might involve protecting the City of Slaughter from destruction and an uprising of Evil Soul Masters.

Lu Yuan discussed immortal herbs with Bibi Dong and Hu Liena, then gave Hu Liena a Nine Profound Golden Emperor Grass for her brother Xie Yue. The chapter ended with Hu Liena teasingly questioning Lu Yuan and Bibi Dong about their laughter.

• Lu Yuan reflected on how rewarding main quests could be and was pleased that the trip to the City of Slaughter had triggered one.
• Lu Yuan joked with Bibi Dong and Hu Liena, then explained that Hu Liena could not benefit from another immortal herb after taking Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Hu Liena asked Lu Yuan for an immortal herb for her brother Xie Yue, and Lu Yuan agreed to give her one.
• Lu Yuan gave Hu Liena the Nine Profound Golden Emperor Grass, explaining that it could greatly improve Xie Yue's weapon Martial Soul.
• Hu Liena suspected Lu Yuan had kept the herb specifically for Xie Yue, and Lu Yuan praised her cleverness as she questioned his and Bibi Dong's smiles.

Lu Yuan gave Hu Liena a hundred-thousand-year soul bone and discussed Xie Yue’s cultivation and possible future trip to Sea God Island. Before leaving for more than a year, he arranged for Bibi Dong to visit him in the City of Slaughter and look after Zhu Zhuqing.

• Lu Yuan told Hu Liena that Xie Yue had reached Blade Intent and might pursue greater heights if he received the chance to take part in the Sea God Trials.
• Lu Yuan promised Hu Liena he would consider bringing Xie Yue to Sea God Island with Zhu Qing in a few years.
• Lu Yuan gave Hu Liena the Hundred Thousand Year Radiant Unicorn Left Arm Bone, and she accepted it before returning to absorb it.
• After Hu Liena left, Lu Yuan told Bibi Dong he would be away for more than a year and asked her to visit him in the City of Slaughter.
• Bibi Dong agreed to visit while avoiding Hu Liena’s training and to take care of Zhu Zhuqing.

Lu Yuan, Bibi Dong, and Hu Liena traveled by carriage toward the town containing the entrance to the City of Slaughter. As they stopped for lunch, Lu Yuan began explaining to Bibi Dong why he believed her memories about Xue Er could be false, and the carriage reached the remote town.

• Lu Yuan drove the carriage while Bibi Dong explained that the City of Slaughter entrance lay in the town ahead.
• Lu Yuan stopped the carriage for lunch and fed Bibi Dong while Hu Liena teased them about their relationship.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that love had made her more youthful in mindset and that she seemed happier.
• Bibi Dong asked Lu Yuan how she should face Xue Er, and Lu Yuan said her memories might have been fabricated.
• Lu Yuan began explaining his theory as the carriage reached the remote town.

Lu Yuan, Bibi Dong, and Hu Liena traveled toward an entrance to the City of Slaughter, where Lu Yuan warned Hu Liena to kill anyone who provoked them. Bibi Dong became more convinced that Rakshasa had tampered with her memories, but she and Lu Yuan agreed to keep their relationship hidden until they found evidence about Qian Renxue; the carriage then reached its destination.

• Lu Yuan explained that many towns had entrances to the City of Slaughter and told Hu Liena to kill anyone who provoked them on the way there.
• Hu Liena marveled at Lu Yuan's spiritual power as he controlled the horses, and he said it was half a step from Ultimate.
• Lu Yuan told Bibi Dong that Rakshasa had likely tampered with her memories, and he attributed his suspicion to his Double Pupils Netherworld Light breaking through.
• Bibi Dong felt more reassured about her lack of a relationship with Qian Renxue, but said she and Lu Yuan still had to hide until he found enough evidence about Xue Er.
• Lu Yuan announced that they had arrived, released Bibi Dong, and stepped out of the carriage.

Lu Yuan, Bibi Dong, and Hu Liena arrived at the tavern hiding the entrance to the City of Slaughter, where Lu Yuan killed the men who insulted them. He stopped Bibi Dong and Hu Liena from drinking Bloody Mary and explained that the blood inside the city was poisonous, leaving the group to prepare for entering the City of Slaughter.

• Lu Yuan helped Hu Liena and Bibi Dong out of the carriage and led them into the tavern concealing the entrance to the City of Slaughter.
• Several patrons mocked the newcomers and made lewd remarks about Bibi Dong, Hu Liena, and Lu Yuan.
• Lu Yuan killed one brute with a glance, then trapped the remaining patrons in a purgatorial illusion.
• Bibi Dong ordered three cups of Bloody Mary, but Lu Yuan stopped her from drinking and told Hu Liena that it was human blood.
• Lu Yuan explained that drinking the poisonous blood inside the City of Slaughter made Hell Road harder to pass.

Lu Yuan, Bibi Dong, and Hu Liena discussed the dangers and rules of the City of Slaughter before Lu Yuan and Hu Liena entered it. Bibi Dong promised to visit them, and the two descended into the passage leading to the city.

• Lu Yuan killed the people in the tavern who had disrupted his moment with Bibi Dong, then explained that survival in the City of Slaughter required killing.
• Lu Yuan described how his Double Pupils Netherworld Light could trap and torment souls, alter memories, control minds, and make weak spiritual power erupt.
• Bibi Dong told Lu Yuan and Hu Liena to enter the City of Slaughter and obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain, promising to pick them up when they returned.
• Lu Yuan privately asked Bibi Dong to visit him, and she agreed while urging him to protect himself and Hu Liena.
• Lu Yuan opened the hidden entrance beneath the bar counter and leaped into it with Hu Liena.
• Lu Yuan and Hu Liena landed in a dark passageway and walked toward the City of Slaughter.

Lu Yuan and Hu Liena fought their way into the City of Slaughter, killing hundreds of enforcers as they advanced. The Slaughter King learned that Lu Yuan was physically overpowering Captain Orlanto, leaving him stunned by the stranger’s strength.

• Lu Yuan killed the Terror Knight at the City of Slaughter’s entrance and took tokens for himself and Hu Liena.
• Lu Yuan and Hu Liena continued into the city, killing more than five hundred enforcers who tried to stop them.
• The Slaughter King’s subordinate reported that Captain Orlanto had gone to confront the pair.
• The subordinate revealed that Lu Yuan was suppressing Orlanto with physical strength alone, without using soul skills or his Martial Soul.
• The Slaughter King wondered who Lu Yuan was and considered his extraordinary strength.

Lu Yuan defeated Black Panther Douluo Orlanto with his new Self-Created Soul Skill, Spear Art: Sky Burst, after slaughtering hundreds of Enforcement Team members. As he prepared to finish Orlanto, the Slaughter King arrived and confronted him.

• Lu Yuan struck Orlanto out of his Martial Soul Avatar and sent him crashing into a crater, while the battle’s aftershocks killed more than a hundred fallen ones.
• The fallen ones and Enforcement Team members reacted in fear and disbelief as Lu Yuan calmly reunited with Hu Liena.
• Lu Yuan explained that Spear Art: Sky Burst was a new Self-Created Soul Skill powered by overwhelming force.
• Lu Yuan found the badly injured Orlanto in the crater and prepared to kill him with another spear strike.
• The Slaughter King appeared with Mei Luosi, challenged Lu Yuan with his aura, and received cheers and kneeling greetings from the crowd.

Lu Yuan confronted the Slaughter King after the Enforcement Team attacked him and Hu Liena, then overwhelmed the king’s killing intent with his God-Slaying Aura. The Slaughter King resorted to Soul Power to resist, and Lu Yuan challenged him to fight.

• The Slaughter King demanded to know whether Lu Yuan and Hu Liena were challenging the City of Slaughter’s authority after they killed Enforcement Team members.
• Lu Yuan defended Hu Liena and dismissed the Slaughter King, saying he would kill him if he stood in their way.
• The Slaughter King unleashed his materialized killing intent, and Lu Yuan countered with his God-Slaying Aura.
• Lu Yuan’s aura crushed the Slaughter King’s killing intent and shook the evil power within him.
• The Slaughter King used Soul Power to block the God-Slaying Aura, and Lu Yuan invited him to fight.

Lu Yuan intimidated the Slaughter King into backing down and secured a luxurious residence in the City of Slaughter while he and Hu Liena prepared to stay until she was ready to enter the Hell Road. A mysterious figure watched Lu Yuan leave and urged him to hurry, while Lu Yuan and Hu Liena settled into their new home.

• The Slaughter King sensed Lu Yuan’s God-Slaying Aura, abandoned his threat, and offered to let him enter the Hell Road directly.
• Lu Yuan said he would stay until Hu Liena had built enough killing intent, and the Slaughter King ordered Mei Luosi to find them the best room.
• The Slaughter King left, and the Enforcement Team members and fallen ones resolved not to provoke Lu Yuan.
• A hidden figure watched Lu Yuan’s departure, criticized his lack of caution, and urged him to come out soon.
• Mei Luosi brought Lu Yuan and Hu Liena to a luxurious house, where Hu Liena happily embraced him and looked forward to living together.

Lu Yuan and Hu Liena shared an intimate evening and discussed his other relationships, before spending the next morning teasing each other. Hu Liena became annoyed when Lu Yuan compared her strength to Na'er's, but he left her playfully indignant as their time together continued.

• Hu Liena fed Lu Yuan dinner while sitting on his lap, and he promised to spend the next year or so keeping her company.
• Lu Yuan asked whether Hu Liena resented his many girlfriends, and she said she had never expected him to keep his promises about women.
• Hu Liena revealed that Bibi Dong had encouraged her to pursue Lu Yuan and would support her if he mistreated her.
• The next morning, Hu Liena complained that Lu Yuan had kept her up late, and he said Na'er might be strong enough to make him go all out.
• Hu Liena acted angry when Lu Yuan compared her with Na'er, and Lu Yuan teased her instead of immediately comforting her.

Lu Yuan took Hu Liena to the Hell Slaughter Arena so she could begin training in the City of Slaughter, promising to protect her while urging her to rely on herself. The arena staff recognized Lu Yuan and reminded him he was exempt from competing, but he registered Hu Liena instead.

• Hu Liena teased Lu Yuan about her figure and the name Gu Yuena had taken, and Lu Yuan helped her get dressed.
• At breakfast, Lu Yuan told Hu Liena they were going to the Hell Slaughter Arena and reminded her that earning Divine Slaughter's Domain was necessary for her to become the Holy Daughter and marry him.
• Lu Yuan explained that the Hell Slaughter Arena had a high death rate, then teased Hu Liena by claiming he planned to kill everyone there.
• Lu Yuan and Hu Liena arrived at the arena, where the fallen ones recognized him from his battle with a Titled Douluo and his confrontation with the Slaughter King.
• An arena staff member told Lu Yuan that he could live in the City of Slaughter and enter or leave freely without competing, and Lu Yuan asked him to register Hu Liena under identification number 9333.

Lu Yuan accompanied Hu Liena to the Hell Slaughter Arena, where she fought her first match in the City of Slaughter. She killed all nine opponents and won decisively, then received Lu Yuan’s approval.

• Lu Yuan registered Hu Liena for the arena and entered without paying the Bloody Mary fee, while the staff treated him with fear and respect.
• Lu Yuan and Hu Liena watched a match and chatted as the crowd avoided them and some women secretly looked at Lu Yuan.
• After the fifth match ended, Lu Yuan encouraged Hu Liena to take part in the sixth match.
• Hu Liena used defensive Soul Tools, a close-combat Soul Tool, and the Phoenix Dance Six Illusions technique to kill all nine men in three minutes.
• Hu Liena returned to Lu Yuan, who praised her performance, and she smiled brightly at his approval.

After a year in the Hell Slaughter Arena, Hu Liena had grown stronger but struggled with the killing intent from her matches, and Lu Yuan comforted her. When she asked why she had not become pregnant, Lu Yuan said he had been preventing it and prepared to explain.

• Hu Liena completed seventy-four matches over the year and relied on Lu Yuan's embrace to calm her painful killing intent after battles.
• Lu Yuan urged Hu Liena to rest, but she said they needed to leave the Hell Slaughter Arena soon; they kissed and became intimate.
• Hu Liena told Lu Yuan she wanted their child and asked why she had not become pregnant despite their frequent intimacy.
• Hu Liena noted that Qian Renxue and Zhu Zhuqing had not become pregnant either and worried that something was wrong with Lu Yuan.
• Lu Yuan denied having a problem and revealed that he had been preventing pregnancies, saying he needed to clear his name.

Lu Yuan explained to Hu Liena that his evolving bloodline prevented them from having children for now, and described how much stronger he had grown during their year in the City of Slaughter. He left her with an explanation of why he had condensed a Blood Qi Golden Core instead of a Soul Core.

• Lu Yuan told Hu Liena that his bloodline was nearing evolution and that they would likely need to wait about half a year before having children.
• Lu Yuan said his Golden Dragon Spirit would become the strongest beast Martial Soul in Douluo Continent history after evolving.
• Hu Liena asked about Lu Yuan's progress, and he said the Slaughter King was no longer his match and that he could beat Chrysanthemum Douluo without much trouble.
• Lu Yuan explained that he had condensed a Blood Qi Golden Core, unified his bloodlines, strengthened his body, and created three Golden Dragon Battle Art techniques.
• Hu Liena asked why Lu Yuan had condensed a golden core instead of a Soul Core, and he attributed it to the cultivation technique he practiced.

Lu Yuan and Hu Liena discussed protecting the Qingqi Sutra before turning to intimacy. In the City of Slaughter, the Slaughter King rejected the Holy Spirit Cult’s offer to ally and learned that Lu Yuan was likely the Hall Master of Dragon King Hall.

• Hu Liena refused to learn the Qingqi Sutra, insisting that Lu Yuan keep his foundational cultivation method secret for his safety.
• Lu Yuan and Hu Liena continued their intimate encounter in their room.
• Mei Luosi reported that the Holy Spirit Cult had approached the Slaughter King about an alliance, but he ordered her to kill its representatives if they returned.
• The Slaughter King told Mei Luosi to monitor Lu Yuan and accommodate his reasonable requests while avoiding provoking him.
• Mei Luosi reported that Lu Yuan was probably the Hall Master of Dragon King Hall, and the Slaughter King concluded that refusing the Holy Spirit Cult’s alliance had spared him from making Lu Yuan an enemy.

A young man in black named Jun Yiye considered Lu Yuan’s Golden Dragon bloodline and the mission to destroy Hell Road before approaching Lu Yuan and Hu Liena. He revealed that he was a Holy Son of the Holy Spirit Cult, but remained confident Lu Yuan would not kill him.

• Jun Yiye read that the Slaughter King had again refused to cooperate and reflected on his mission to destroy Hell Road and Lu Yuan’s Golden Dragon bloodline.
• Hu Liena finished a match, received Lu Yuan’s praise, and walked with him through the City of Slaughter.
• Lu Yuan noticed someone following them and confronted Jun Yiye, whom Hu Liena recognized as the Demon Dragon King.
• Lu Yuan sensed Jun Yiye’s pure Dragon Clan bloodline and a connection to the Holy Spirit Cult, then threatened to kill him unless he gave a convincing reason for following them.
• Jun Yiye identified himself as the Judgment Demon Dragon Clan’s inheritor and a Holy Son of the Holy Spirit Cult, and said he believed Lu Yuan would not kill him.

Lu Yuan questioned Jun Yiye’s claim that he had come to pledge allegiance, then accepted him after Jun swore that his clan’s ancestral teachings were genuine. Jun explained how the Judgment Demon Dragon Clan had searched for the Golden Dragon inheritor, and Lu Yuan recognized the ancient scale Jun carried as the Golden Dragon King’s Reverse Scale.

• Jun Yiye told Lu Yuan that the Judgment Demon Dragon Clan’s teachings required its inheritor to pledge allegiance to someone with a pure Golden Dragon Bloodline.
• Lu Yuan doubted Jun’s story because he was a Holy Spirit Cult Holy Son, but accepted Jun’s oath and let him pledge allegiance.
• Lu Yuan asked how Jun had joined the Holy Spirit Cult, and Jun explained that his clan had sent him to the Douluo Continent to find the prophesied Golden Dragon inheritor.
• Jun revealed that an ancient Reverse Scale had begun shining nine years earlier, the same day Lu Yuan awakened his Martial Soul.
• Lu Yuan compared Jun’s golden Reverse Scale with his own silvery-white one and identified Jun’s as the Golden Dragon King’s Reverse Scale.

Lu Yuan accepted Jun Yiye’s allegiance after learning about the Judgment Demon Dragon clan and its Golden Dragon King’s Reverse Scale. Jun Yiye revealed the Holy Spirit Cult’s plan to destroy the Hell Road, and Lu Yuan sent him back to report the failed mission while gathering intelligence.

• Jun Yiye explained that his clan had guarded the Golden Dragon King’s Reverse Scale for generations, and Lu Yuan kept it alongside Gu Yuena’s Reverse Scale.
• Gu Yuena sensed the Golden Dragon King’s aura, wondered whether Lu Yuan’s bloodline had evolved, and resolved to find him after stabilizing her strength.
• Jun Yiye confirmed that he had secretly observed Lu Yuan before deciding to pledge the Judgment Demon Dragon clan’s 1,113 members, including three powerful elders, to him.
• Jun Yiye told Lu Yuan that the Holy Spirit Cult Leader had ordered him to destroy the Hell Road and cut off the Asura God’s inheritance under a divine oracle.
• Lu Yuan told Jun Yiye to return and admit that Lu Yuan had foiled the mission, while Jun Yiye agreed to gather information about the Holy Spirit Cult.