Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan used the Sea God's Light to expel the Blood Red Nine-headed Bat King from the Slaughter King, awakening Tang Chen and claiming a hundred-thousand-year soul bone. Tang Chen thanked Lu Yuan, learned he had met Bo Saixi, and lamented that he had failed to become a god.

• Lu Yuan used Sea God's Light to pull the Blood Red Nine-headed Bat King out of the Slaughter King's body.
• Lu Yuan destroyed the bat and obtained its hundred-thousand-year right leg soul bone, which he considered giving to Nana.
• Tang Chen awoke, regained his senses, and revealed that the Asura Divine Power was overwhelming his badly damaged body.
• Tang Chen thanked Lu Yuan for freeing him from the bat's deception and was astonished by the strength of Lu Yuan and his companions.
• Tang Chen asked whether Bo Saixi was well, and Lu Yuan told him she was doing well before Tang Chen mourned his failed attempt to become a god.

Tang Chen learned that Lu Yuan had come to kill him to obtain the Asura Inheritance, and Lu Yuan revealed that he had destroyed the Clear Sky Sect. Lu Yuan overwhelmed Tang Chen with a casual strike, but Tang Chen rose to fight again and transformed his Clear Sky Hammer into a blood-red longsword.

• Tang Chen discussed the Rakshasa God's interference with his Asura trial and asked Lu Yuan, Qian Renxue, Long Xiaoyao, and Ye Xishui about their identities.
• Lu Yuan said he had come to kill Tang Chen for the Asura Inheritance and revealed that he was Spirit Hall's Holy Son and next Pope.
• Lu Yuan told Tang Chen that the Clear Sky Sect and the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul no longer existed, provoking Tang Chen's fury.
• Tang Chen attacked Lu Yuan with his enormous Clear Sky Hammer, but Lu Yuan casually struck him down with a palm.
• Tang Chen rose with renewed battle intent and transformed his Clear Sky Hammer into a blood-red longsword.

Lu Yuan faced Tang Chen, whose Ring Detonation and Asura Sacred Sword raised his attacks to the level of a Divine Official. Lu Yuan became interested in learning the Ring Detonation Divine Skill as Tang Chen prepared another strike.

• Tang Chen drew the Asura Sacred Sword, and Lu Yuan summoned the Dragon Emperor's Dripping Spring Spear, whose might suppressed the sword's killing intent.
• Tang Chen detonated his first soul ring and slashed at Lu Yuan, but their weapons collided and Lu Yuan blasted him more than a thousand meters away.
• Tang Chen detonated three more soul rings and unleashed a thousand-meter sword beam, which Lu Yuan erased with a thrust of his spear.
• Lu Yuan told Tang Chen to get serious, while Tang Chen detonated three additional rings, including his hundred-thousand-year ring, despite the backlash shortening his remaining life to at most three days.
• Tang Chen's attack reached Divine Official-level power, and Lu Yuan praised Ring Detonation and began gathering his blood and qi as Tang Chen raised the Asura Sacred Sword for another strike.

Lu Yuan defeated Tang Chen after their attacks shattered space and Tang Chen unleashed the power of his remaining hundred-thousand-year soul rings. As Tang Chen lay dying, he offered Lu Yuan the profound meaning of Ring Detonation in exchange for a promise concerning Bo Saixi.

• Lu Yuan's Twinkling Stars spear skill broke through Tang Chen's blood-red attack and drove him to detonate his two remaining hundred-thousand-year soul rings.
• Tang Chen poured his power into the Asura Sacred Sword and severed Lu Yuan's remaining spear aura, but Lu Yuan casually dispersed the sword light.
• Tang Chen collapsed from the cost of his final strike, and Lu Yuan caught him and carried him down to the ruins.
• Lu Yuan placed his hand on Tang Chen's forehead, and Tang Chen offered him the profound meaning of Ring Detonation in return for a promise.
• After confirming that Lu Yuan and Bo Saixi were good friends, Tang Chen asked Lu Yuan to take good care of her.

Tang Chen learned that Bo Saixi had once loved him and asked Lu Yuan to care for her before dying. Lu Yuan inherited Tang Chen’s Great Sumeru Hammer technique and the Asura Sacred Sword, whose mark erased his Sea God and Angel inheritances, and resolved to claim the sword completely for himself.

• Lu Yuan told Tang Chen he would care for Bo Saixi for her sake, and explained that she had once loved Tang Chen but now loved someone else.
• Tang Chen realized Lu Yuan was the man Bo Saixi loved, accepted that she would be cared for, and died after passing Lu Yuan the Great Sumeru Hammer’s Ring Detonation technique.
• The ownerless Asura Sacred Sword recognized Lu Yuan, whose Asura Divine Power formed an Asura inheritance mark and shattered the Sea God Trident and Angel Sacred Sword marks.
• Lu Yuan resented the Asura God for erasing his other inheritances and used Pure Qi Divine Power to refine the Asura Sacred Sword, intending to make it his own.

After killing Tang Chen, Lu Yuan compared the Asura Sacred Sword with the Dragon Emperor's Dripping Spring Spear and told Qian Renxue that the Asura Inheritance had destroyed his Sacred Sword Nine Trials. He appointed Ye Xishui the new Slaughter King, ordered her and Long Xiaoyao to govern the City of Slaughter, and chose to give Tang Chen a proper burial.

• Lu Yuan's Dragon Emperor's Dripping Spring Spear suppressed the Asura Sacred Sword when the two Super Divine Artifacts competed.
• Qian Renxue thanked Lu Yuan for defeating Tang Chen, then questioned him about Bo Saixi before he explained that the Asura Inheritance had erased his Sacred Sword Nine Trials.
• Qian Renxue said she would complete her Ninth Trial on her own despite Lu Yuan being unable to help her.
• Lu Yuan appointed Ye Xishui the new Slaughter King and ordered Long Xiaoyao to assist her in ruling the City of Slaughter.
• Lu Yuan told Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao to bury Tang Chen with his corpse intact, refusing to take his soul bones out of respect for him.

Lu Yuan brought Qian Renxue to Hell Road to find and destroy the Rakshasa God's divine thought before it could threaten Ye Xishui. They discovered its hiding place beneath the sea of blood, and the Asura God watched with interest, promising Lu Yuan a reward if he destroyed it.

• Lu Yuan reassured Qian Renxue that her concern for Spirit Hall showed her generosity, and the two became intimate.
• Lu Yuan explained that he had brought Qian Renxue to Hell Road to remove the Rakshasa God's divine thought and prevent it from affecting Ye Xishui.
• After searching Hell Road without success, Lu Yuan realized the divine thought was likely hidden beneath the sea of blood.
• Lu Yuan parted the sea of blood, detected spatial fluctuations, and tore open the barrier to enter with Qian Renxue.
• The Asura God watched Lu Yuan and Qian Renxue enter, and considered rewarding Lu Yuan with a skull bone if he destroyed the Rakshasa God's divine thought.

Lu Yuan and Qian Renxue found the Asura Divine Hall, where Lu Yuan used the Asura Divine Power to drive the Rakshasa Divine Sense from its statue. The Rakshasa Divine Sense vowed to stop another Asura God from appearing, and Lu Yuan drew the Asura Sacred Sword to destroy her.

• The Asura God watched Lu Yuan and set finding the Asura Divine Hall and killing the Rakshasa Divine Sense as his fourth and fifth trials.
• Lu Yuan sensed the Asura God's attention, concealed his concern from Qian Renxue, and continued exploring with her.
• Lu Yuan and Qian Renxue reached a blood-red divine hall filled with evil aura and found a black mark on the Asura statue's forehead.
• Lu Yuan released Asura Divine Power to force the Rakshasa Divine Sense out of the statue.
• The Rakshasa Divine Sense recognized Lu Yuan and threatened to kill him, while Lu Yuan declared his intent to destroy her and drew the Asura Sacred Sword.

Lu Yuan used the Asura Sacred Sword to destroy Rakshasa God's Divine Thought and completed the Asura Fifth Trial. He received a Gluttonous Maw Skull and a new trial to destroy the Holy Spirit Cult and kill its leader within two years.

• Lu Yuan attacked Rakshasa God's Divine Thought with the Asura Sacred Sword, forcing her to retreat toward Qian Renxue in an attempt to take her hostage.
• Qian Renxue summoned her Eight-Winged Angel Martial Soul and Angel Sacred Sword, making Rakshasa God's Divine Thought hesitate long enough for Lu Yuan to catch up.
• Lu Yuan's Asura Sacred Sword broke Rakshasa God's Divine Thought's Rakshasa Demon Scythes and destroyed her with Asura Divine Power.
• Lu Yuan received the Asura Fifth Trial's reward, a Gluttonous Maw Skull, and was assigned the Sixth Trial: destroy the Holy Spirit Cult and kill its leader within two years.
• Lu Yuan examined the skull and recognized its familiar aura as belonging to a god-level Taotie.

Lu Yuan discussed completing his divine-grade Soul Bone set and planned to destroy the Holy Spirit Cult after establishing the empire. In the Land of Extreme North, he told Qian Renxue that the Taotie Spirit Bone had awakened his Double Pupils of Annihilation, and she asked what else the bone could do.

• Lu Yuan considered completing his six standard Soul Bones and forging divine armor, then resolved to destroy the Holy Spirit Cult and unify Sun Moon Continent.
• Qian Renxue agreed that they should attack the Holy Spirit Cult after returning from the Arctic Icefield and establishing the empire.
• In the Land of Extreme North, Qian Renxue enjoyed the snowfall and shared an affectionate moment with Lu Yuan.
• Lu Yuan explained that absorbing the Taotie Spirit Bone had greatly strengthened his spiritual power and awakened Double Pupils of Annihilation.
• Qian Renxue remembered Lu Yuan had hinted at another benefit of the Taotie Spirit Bone and asked him to explain it.

Lu Yuan explained that the Gluttonous Maw Skull could devour other skull bones and retain their traits, then continued with Qian Renxue into the Arctic Icefield. As they reached its core region, Lu Yuan detected blood and a hidden green light beneath the snow.

• Lu Yuan told Qian Renxue that the Gluttonous Maw Skull could consume skull bones of equal or lower quality to strengthen itself and preserve their traits, though its ability had limits.
• Lu Yuan and Qian Renxue traveled through the Arctic Icefield for three days, encountering rare Soul Beasts and an Icy Jade Feathered Bird Emperor that flew away without fighting.
• Lu Yuan and Qian Renxue entered the core region, where the system began a twelve-hour check-in.
• Lu Yuan sensed the scent of blood and spotted a faint green light buried beneath the snow more than five hundred meters to the northeast, while Qian Renxue drew her Angel Sacred Sword.

Lu Yuan and Qian Renxue discovered the injured Ice Empress in the core region of the Land of Extreme North, where she mistook them for humans slaughtering Soul Beasts. After learning that Evil Soul Masters were behind the killings, Lu Yuan suspected the Holy Spirit Cult was targeting the region, while the Ice Empress continued to distrust him.

• Lu Yuan and Qian Renxue revealed the Ice Empress, a wounded 380,000-year-old Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion hiding beneath the snow.
• The Ice Empress attacked Lu Yuan, but he shattered her Ultimate Ice beam, caught her tail, and slammed her into the ground.
• The Ice Empress accused humans of slaughtering Soul Beasts across the Land of Extreme North and collecting their corpses and blood.
• Lu Yuan and Qian Renxue realized Evil Soul Masters were likely responsible, as they had been in the Mist Forest.
• Lu Yuan suspected the Holy Spirit Cult had sent a powerful figure, possibly its master, and considered killing him.
• The Ice Empress rejected Lu Yuan's explanation and threatened to eat him, prompting Qian Renxue to raise her Angel Sacred Sword.

Lu Yuan stopped Qian Renxue from killing the Ice Empress, explaining that they needed the Ice Empress alive to preserve their chances of persuading the Snow Empress to become Qian Renxue’s Second Martial Soul. After Lu Yuan revealed his powerful Dragon Clan bloodline, the Ice Empress began to trust him, and Qian Renxue learned that he was not purely human.

• Qian Renxue raised the Angel Sacred Sword to kill the Ice Empress for threatening to eat Lu Yuan, but Lu Yuan caught her hand and stopped the strike.
• Lu Yuan reminded Qian Renxue that killing the Ice Empress could ruin their chances of persuading the Snow Empress to sacrifice herself as Qian Renxue’s Second Martial Soul.
• Lu Yuan released the pressure of his Five-Clawed Golden Dragon King bloodline, causing the Ice Empress to submit and reconsider her distrust of him.
• The Ice Empress asked Lu Yuan to release its tail, then suspected he was a Soul Beast in human form because of his overwhelming bloodline.
• Lu Yuan explained to Qian Renxue that he possessed an extremely pure Golden Dragon Clan bloodline, and Qian Renxue asked whether that meant he had Soul Beast blood in him.

Lu Yuan confirmed that he had Soul Beast blood and agreed to help the Ice Empress and Snow Empress fight the Holy Spirit Cult’s Ultimate Douluos. He healed the Ice Empress’s wounds with Pure Qi Divine Power, and the three set out across the Arctic Icefield to reach the Snow Empress.

• Lu Yuan admitted to Qian Renxue and the Ice Empress that he possessed Soul Beast blood, and Qian Renxue showed that she did not mind.
• The Ice Empress explained that Evil Soul Masters had injured her and that two Ultimate Douluos were besieging the Snow Empress.
• Lu Yuan agreed to help, then used Pure Qi Divine Power to dispel the black qi and heal the Ice Empress’s wounds.
• The Ice Empress took human form, and Lu Yuan, Qian Renxue, and the Ice Empress hurried across the snowfield toward the Snow Empress.

Lu Yuan, Qian Renxue, and Ice Empress hurried toward the Snow Empress, while the Snow Empress fought two Ultimate Douluo in the core region of the Land of Extreme North. Lu Yuan heard cries of agony as they neared the battle.

• Lu Yuan teased Ice Empress about the Snow Empress's beauty, and Qian Renxue accused him of flirting before she and Ice Empress chased after him.
• The Snow Empress fought the Azure Emperor and White Emperor, cutting apart their attacks with her Emperor Sword.
• The Azure Emperor and White Emperor unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars and attacked the Snow Empress together.
• The Snow Empress used Snow Dance, Brilliant Sun to battle the two Ultimate Douluo at full strength.
• Qian Renxue and Ice Empress caught up with Lu Yuan, who heard faint cries of agony as they approached the Snow Empress.

Lu Yuan, Qian Renxue, and Ice Empress tracked the Holy Spirit Cult to a massacre of Soul Beasts in the far north. After Ice Empress attacked the cult’s forces, Lu Yuan stepped in to face Bee Empress, who had targeted him.

• Ice Empress sensed Soul Beasts being slaughtered northeast, and Lu Yuan spotted the battle five thousand meters away.
• Lu Yuan, Qian Renxue, and Ice Empress reached the scene, where two Rank 98 Evil Soul Masters fought a wounded Ice Bear King while their allies killed Soul Beasts.
• Ice Empress recognized the attackers who had injured her and charged forward after seeing an Ice Jade Scorpion killed.
• Ice Empress froze and shattered a Soul Douluo, then confronted Bee Empress, who had been fighting her before.
• Lu Yuan pulled Ice Empress back and ordered her to stay behind him, then Bee Empress flirted with him and offered to recruit him.
• Lu Yuan told Bee Empress that someone called Blood Emperor had once said something similar to her, and later he died.

Lu Yuan and Qian Renxue wiped out the Holy Spirit Cult’s forces after Lu Yuan killed Bee Empress and Poison Emperor. Lu Yuan collected the soul bones and approached Ice Empress as the battle ended with heavy losses among the Soul Beasts.

• Bee Empress attacked Lu Yuan with a swarm of poisonous wasps, but he destroyed them with ice spikes and killed her with a palm strike.
• Lu Yuan formed an Ultimate Ice spear that pierced Poison Emperor’s centipede form and killed him.
• Lu Yuan killed the remaining Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo with finger strikes while Qian Renxue cut down the last one.
• The Soul Beasts overwhelmed the remaining Soul Douluo, eliminating every Evil Soul Master.
• Lu Yuan collected the fallen soul bones, including the two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, and walked toward Ice Empress.

After Lu Yuan helped defeat the Evil Soul Masters, he reunited with Ice Empress and Qian Renxue, then examined the mortally wounded Ice Bear King. He concluded that the poison in its heart meridians made it impossible to save.

• Lu Yuan reassured Ice Empress after she thanked him for saving Soul Beasts and avenging them against the Evil Soul Masters.
• Ice Empress accepted Lu Yuan’s offer of friendship and questioned how he could control Ultimate Ice.
• Qian Renxue joined Lu Yuan, and they praised each other before Ice Empress asked them to help the injured Ice Bear King, Xiaobai.
• Lu Yuan examined Xiaobai and determined that the poison had reached its heart meridians, leaving the Ice Bear King beyond saving.

Lu Yuan extended the dying Ice Bear King's life by seven days and set off with Qian Renxue and the Ice Empress to find the Snow Empress. They reached the Snow Empress's ice-and-snow domain, where a massive tornado showed that the battle was underway.

• Qian Renxue suspected Lu Yuan wanted the Ice Bear King's soul ring, but he denied it, and she apologized and made up with him.
• The Ice Empress urged Lu Yuan to save the Snow Empress before she suffered the Ice Bear King's fate.
• Lu Yuan used his power to extend the Ice Bear King's life by seven days so the Snow Empress could see it again.
• The Ice Empress led Lu Yuan and Qian Renxue toward the Snow Empress's home and battlefield in the Far North Core Region.
• A fierce snowstorm stopped the three, and the Ice Empress identified the Snow Empress's Snow Dance of Brilliant Sun and the enormous tornado ahead.

Lu Yuan entered the Snow Empress's domain as she fought Azure Emperor and White Emperor, who combined their martial souls into the Thunder Tyrant Blood Dragon Lion. The Snow Empress was badly injured and spent all her strength blocking its first attack, then faced a much stronger blast.

• Lu Yuan told Ice Empress and Qian Renxue to wait outside the domain before entering to observe the battle.
• Azure Emperor and White Emperor enlarged their transformed bodies and joined their auras as the Snow Empress realized they were preparing a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The Snow Empress tried to stop them with an ice-and-snow tornado, but their fusion shattered it and destroyed her domain.
• Azure Emperor and White Emperor formed the Thunder Tyrant Blood Dragon Lion, which struck the Snow Empress with a lightning bolt.
• The Snow Empress used Emperor Sword: Ice Pinnacle Unrivaled to block the bolt, was blasted backward and injured, then faced the dragon lion's enormous energy sphere.