Chapter Summaries

After a grueling night with Du Cheng, Liu Erlong earned the girls’ admiration before Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi arrived to challenge him. Du Cheng refused until Dai Weisi offered a wager, and he asked to hear what they had prepared.

• Du Cheng taunted Liu Erlong into continuing their night together, leaving them both to sleep late the next morning.
• Xiao Wu and the other girls praised Liu Erlong for lasting so long against Du Cheng, and Liu Erlong took pride in their admiration.
• Oscar told Du Cheng that Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi wanted to see him, and Zhu Zhuyun worried about their reason for coming.
• Du Cheng ordered the Dai brothers out after Dai Mubai snubbed him, then mocked their lack of manners and royal etiquette.
• Dai Weisi said he and Dai Mubai had come to challenge Du Cheng and offered a wager; Du Cheng asked to hear it.

Dai Weisi offered Du Cheng the Star Luo throne if Du Cheng won their wager, with Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan witnessing the agreement. Du Cheng refused to wager Zhu Zhuqing and instead offered Zhu Zhuyun, who eagerly accepted the risk of becoming empress; the Dai brothers had to decide whether to accept his terms.

• Dai Weisi proposed that he and Dai Mubai would support Du Cheng's claim to the Star Luo throne if Du Cheng won the wager, and Yue Guan appeared as a witness.
• Du Cheng rejected the idea of wagering Zhu Zhuqing and asked Zhu Zhuyun whether she wanted to become empress.
• Zhu Zhuyun agreed to be the stake, embracing the chance to gain power over the Dai and Zhu families.
• Du Cheng told the Dai brothers that Zhu Zhuyun was the only stake he would offer and asked whether they still wanted to continue the wager.

Du Cheng agreed to a wager with Dai Weisi, with Zhu Zhuyun as the stake and a decisive duel against a same-age Soul Master in three years. After Yue Guan was astonished by Du Cheng’s hidden abilities, he invited him to meet the Pope, revealing that witnessing the wager had not been the only reason for his visit.

• Dai Weisi proposed that a battle between Du Cheng and a same-age Soul Master in three years would decide the wager, and Du Cheng accepted with Zhu Zhuyun at stake.
• Dai Mubai questioned Dai Weisi about leaving Zhu Zhuqing out of the wager, and Dai Weisi told him to help Tang San prepare to defeat Du Cheng.
• Du Cheng hinted to Yue Guan that his displayed abilities were not all he possessed, leaving Yue Guan astonished and determined not to become his enemy.
• Yue Guan asked Du Cheng to accompany him to meet the Pope and said that the Dai brothers were not important enough to be the sole reason for his visit.

Bibi Dong presented Du Cheng with Spirit Hall’s training plan, which recommended that he go to Slaughter City. After learning that the city was connected to gods, Du Cheng agreed, intending to use the opportunity to grow stronger and keep Tang San from gaining an advantage.

• Yue Guan told Du Cheng that Bibi Dong wanted to discuss his training plan and led him to meet her.
• Bibi Dong gave Du Cheng a booklet outlining training for his whole team and recommending Slaughter City for him.
• Bibi Dong warned Du Cheng that Slaughter City held things related to gods.
• Du Cheng agreed to go to Slaughter City, thinking of the chance to grow stronger and hinder Tang San.

Du Cheng agreed to Bibi Dong's request to travel to Slaughter City and protect Hu Liena when he could. After returning to his room, he told Xiao Wu and the others about the trip and assured them he could keep himself safe.

• Du Cheng accepted Bibi Dong's request to go to Slaughter City and look after Hu Liena, despite Hu Liena's objection.
• Bibi Dong offered Du Cheng a favor in return and set their departure for the day after tomorrow.
• Du Cheng returned to his room, where Xiao Wu and the others asked why Bibi Dong had summoned him.
• Du Cheng showed the group Spirit Hall's training plan, and Liu Erlong objected when she saw that it involved Slaughter City.
• Oscar offered to accompany Du Cheng, but Du Cheng refused, saying that traveling alone would be safer.

Du Cheng prepared to travel to Slaughter City with Hu Liena, while Xiao Wu and the other girls teased him about Hu Liena’s beauty and challenged him to prove his strength. After a fierce night with the girls, Du Cheng set off with Hu Liena and met Bibi Dong, who would guide them toward Slaughter City.

• Xiao Wu teased Du Cheng about Hu Liena and asked him to name the prettiest girl among them.
• Du Cheng pulled the girls into a room, where Liu Erlong led them in a fierce battle against him that he ultimately won.
• Hu Liena saw Du Cheng’s exhausted state the next day and questioned whether he was fit to travel.
• Hu Liena told Du Cheng that Bibi Dong was waiting outside Spirit City, and they went to meet her.
• Du Cheng climbed into Bibi Dong’s carriage, sat beside her, and complimented her scent, prompting Hu Liena to scold him.

Du Cheng, Bibi Dong, and Hu Liena arrived at the town outside Slaughter City, where locals tried to prey on them. When Du Cheng struck back, Bibi Dong explained that nearly everyone there was guilty of serious crimes, and the tavern crowd turned hostile.

• Bibi Dong stopped Hu Liena from attacking Du Cheng and offered him Spirit Hall perfume, while Hu Liena sat between them to keep him away.
• Du Cheng used his system lottery and received an Evolvable Soul Ring Condenser.
• Bibi Dong brought Du Cheng and Hu Liena to a tavern and ordered two Bloody Marys as their entry to Slaughter City.
• Drunken Butcher offered to spare the women if they handed Du Cheng over, and Du Cheng kicked him across the tavern.
• Drunken Butcher promised half his fortune to whoever killed Du Cheng, and Du Cheng killed a soul master who threatened to use him as part of a human centipede.
• Bibi Dong explained that most people in the town were criminals, and the tavern patrons prepared to attack them.

Du Cheng and Hu Liena entered Slaughter City after Du Cheng destroyed the tavern and found a way around drinking Bloody Mary. They arrived in a filthy, blood-soaked place, and Hu Liena moved closer to Du Cheng.

• Du Cheng enlarged his Carrot Spirit and smashed the tavern and its occupants into ruins.
• Du Cheng refused to drink Bloody Mary because it contained human blood, and he offered his own blood as a substitute.
• Hu Liena sucked blood from Du Cheng's finger, and Bibi Dong confirmed that it satisfied the entry requirement.
• Bibi Dong warned Hu Liena to ask Du Cheng for help if she faced danger in Slaughter City.
• Du Cheng pulled up a floorboard and took Hu Liena into Slaughter City, where she saw bloodied soil, debris, and severed limbs.

Du Cheng and Hu Liena encountered Chang Hao, a grotesque Soul Master who attacked them in Slaughter City, where Soul Power could not be used. Du Cheng killed Chang Hao with a branch, leaving Hu Liena stunned by his strength.

• Chang Hao killed a woman in front of Du Cheng and Hu Liena, then threatened to make them his toys.
• Hu Liena hid behind Du Cheng and asked him to handle Chang Hao, but Du Cheng urged her to fight instead.
• Chang Hao attacked the pair while boasting that physical strength ruled in Slaughter City, but Du Cheng and Hu Liena dodged his blows.
• Du Cheng picked up a dead branch and struck Chang Hao, killing him with a single attack.
• Hu Liena asked what Du Cheng had done and realized he was far stronger than she had expected.

Du Cheng and Hu Liena passed Slaughter City's special entry test after Du Cheng killed Chang Hao, and they received identification tokens. A black-gauzed guide welcomed them inside and began explaining the city, while Hu Liena bristled at her teasing about Du Cheng being her lover.

• Du Cheng dismissed his martial art as ordinary after Hu Liena asked about it, and Scott arrived to announce that they had passed Slaughter City's test.
• Scott explained that they needed a special test because they had refused to drink the Bloody Rose, then gave Du Cheng and Hu Liena tokens numbered 1003 and 1004.
• Du Cheng and Hu Liena reached Slaughter City's gates, where a black-gauzed woman welcomed them and Hu Liena reacted jealously when Du Cheng looked at her.
• The guide said she would answer their questions for twelve hours before they became city members, and Du Cheng asked what kind of place Slaughter City was.

Hu Liena and Du Cheng learned the brutal rules for surviving and leaving Slaughter City from the Black-Clothed Girl. They headed to the Hell Slaughterfield, where a gaunt resident threatened them for Bloody Mary.

• The Black-Clothed Girl warned Hu Liena that Soul Skills could not be used in Slaughter City, even by Titled Douluo.
• She explained that leaving required winning the Hell Slaughterfield and surviving Hell Road, a feat achieved by only eight people in over a thousand years.
• The Black-Clothed Girl described the city's deadly rules, including annual arena fights and exchanging skulls and blood for goods.
• Du Cheng asked the Black-Clothed Girl to take him and Hu Liena to the Hell Slaughterfield, and she led them into the city.
• As they walked, Du Cheng and Hu Liena saw the city's lawless behavior, and a gaunt resident eyed them as fresh Bloody Mary.

The Black-Clothed Girl explained how Bloody Mary kept people in Slaughter City’s outer city and warned Du Cheng and Hu Liena about the dangers of the inner city. She escorted them into the inner city, where they saw its luxury and brutal lawlessness, and told them her protection would last only twelve hours.

• The Black-Clothed Girl explained that residents could avoid the yearly Hell Slaughterfield by contributing two large cups of pure blood each month, but warned Du Cheng and Hu Liena that this was not a lasting solution.
• She told Du Cheng and Hu Liena that Slaughter City had an outer city where wanton killing was forbidden and an inner city reserved for warriors who had survived the Hell Slaughterfield.
• The Black-Clothed Girl led Du Cheng and Hu Liena through the unguarded gate into the inner city and advised them to stay in the outer city because newcomers were treated as walking currency.
• She revealed that she was the Slaughter King's envoy and could protect them for only twelve hours.
• Du Cheng observed the inner city's luxurious but chaotic streets, where a girl attacked a fat man who had cornered her while spectators watched.

Du Cheng and Hu Liena visited the Hell Slaughterfield, where Du Cheng won his first match and ended their newcomer protection. The chapter ended with Tang San spotting Du Cheng and Hu Liena in the arena.

• The Black-Clothed Girl took Du Cheng and Hu Liena to the Hell Slaughterfield, and Du Cheng forced a one-armed brute to give them two cups of Bloody Mary.
• Du Cheng registered for a match while Hu Liena waited, then entered the arena after she told him to be careful.
• Du Cheng won the ten-person match in ten minutes, impressing the Black-Clothed Girl and shocking Hu Liena.
• The Black-Clothed Girl left after newcomer protection ended, and Du Cheng advised Hu Liena to register for matches at different times from him.
• Tang San noticed Du Cheng and Hu Liena and watched them from a table with his gaunt subordinate nearby.

Du Cheng and Hu Liena completed one hundred victories in the Hell Slaughterfield and refused the Slaughter King's title, choosing to enter Hell Road instead. The Slaughter King opened the trial, leaving them to face its dangers together.

• Tang San ordered a subordinate to watch Du Cheng and Hu Liena while he plotted against Du Cheng.
• Du Cheng and Hu Liena spent months competing in the Hell Slaughterfield, but their victories stalled because other fighters avoided facing them.
• After two more months, Du Cheng and Hu Liena reached one hundred victories and were offered the title of Slaughter God.
• Du Cheng refused the title and asked the Slaughter King to open Hell Road, and Hu Liena insisted on joining him.
• The Slaughter King released a red mist that killed the spectators and announced that Hell Road was about to open.

Du Cheng and Hu Liena entered Hell Road and began crossing its narrow path, where rising heat and Hu Liena’s revealing clothes distracted Du Cheng. The chapter ended when Du Cheng killed a blood-red bat before it could harm Hu Liena.

• The Slaughter King let Du Cheng and Hu Liena enter Hell Road despite worrying about the consequences of their success or failure.
• Du Cheng and Hu Liena arrived on a small platform surrounded by red mist, and Du Cheng gave Hu Liena an antidote for the poisonous blood pool.
• Hu Liena removed her outer clothes, tied the pair together with a rope made from her torn garments, and led the way along the narrow path.
• As the path grew hotter, Hu Liena noticed Du Cheng staring at her and called him a lecher before walking ahead.
• Du Cheng warned Hu Liena when a blood-red bat attacked, then pinched the creature to death.

Du Cheng and Hu Liena fought through a swarm of blood-red bats on the Hell Road, and Du Cheng used his Azure Dragon Spirit to send the ordinary bats crashing down. When the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King appeared, Du Cheng faced it alone and struck it with the Carrot Spirit’s passive abilities.

• Du Cheng and Hu Liena stood back to back and fought off a swarm of blood-red bats with Hidden Weapons and a dagger.
• Hu Liena offered to draw the bats away and confessed that she wanted to protect Du Cheng, but he revealed his Azure Dragon Spirit and forced the ordinary bats out of the air.
• Du Cheng grabbed Hu Liena and dodged the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King’s attack, then told her to protect herself while he fought it.
• The Bat King unleashed a sonic attack, but Du Cheng struck it with his Carrot Spirit and sent it flying backward.

Du Cheng and Hu Liena defeated the Three-Headed Bat King and continued along Hell Road. They encountered the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, whose presence accelerated Du Cheng’s Soul Ring Condenser, and the chapter ended as it aimed its glowing protrusions at him.

• Du Cheng and Hu Liena destroyed the Three-Headed Bat King after it split into a swarm of bats and tried to escape.
• Du Cheng and Hu Liena rested, and Hu Cheng teased Hu Liena about whether he was protecting her only because he had promised Bibi Dong.
• Du Cheng and Hu Liena resumed their journey along Hell Road, where the heat grew more intense.
• Hu Liena spotted the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, which attacked them with a spreading blaze.
• Du Cheng charged the serpent, and the Soul Ring Condenser’s progress surged as he fought it.
• The Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent aimed all nine glowing protrusions at Du Cheng, and Hu Liena warned him to watch out.

Du Cheng defeated the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent on Hell Road and took its Inner Core, which he offered to Hu Liena before she refused it. As they continued toward the exit, Hu Liena became overwhelmed by the heat and suddenly clung to Du Cheng, asking if she was beautiful.

• Du Cheng caught the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's venomous attack and hurled it back, poisoning the weakened beast.
• Du Cheng seized the serpent by its tail, battered it to death, and threw its corpse into the Blood River.
• Du Cheng explained that the serpent's Inner Core could restrain serpents and offered it to Hu Liena, but she returned it and rested.
• After resting, Du Cheng and Hu Liena continued along Hell Road as the fog thinned and the heat intensified.
• Hu Liena, flushed and stripped of most of her clothes, wrapped herself around Du Cheng and asked whether she was beautiful.

Du Cheng and Hu Liena grew closer on Hell Road after Hu Liena chose to confess her feelings and they became intimate. When she worried that their different identities would separate them, Du Cheng promised to take her away from Spirit Hall and claimed he could even take her Pope.

• Hu Liena, affected by the pink mist, asked Du Cheng to love her, and he checked whether she was truly willing before she reaffirmed her choice.
• Hu Liena explained through her actions that she had stopped resisting the mist because she wanted Du Cheng to know her feelings were genuine.
• Du Cheng embraced Hu Liena, and they became intimate on the stone bridge for several hours.
• Afterward, Hu Liena asked whether Du Cheng would seek her out after they left Hell Road and said she would settle for him remembering their time together.
• Du Cheng told Hu Liena he would take her away from Spirit Hall, then claimed he could even take her Pope if he wished.

Du Cheng and Hu Liena passed Hell Road’s final trial after breaking free of the mist’s influence, and Du Cheng carried her toward the exit. A system notification awarded him a God-level Lottery chance for reaching maximum Bond Value with Hu Liena, and he immediately used it.

• Du Cheng and Hu Liena became intimate in the pink mist, and Hu Liena eventually helped him reach his goal.
• Du Cheng told Hu Liena they had passed Hell Road’s final trial and suggested they prepare to leave.
• Hu Liena tried to walk out, but her legs gave way, so Du Cheng caught her and carried her outside.
• Du Cheng realized Hell Road’s mysterious energy was depleted and thought of another place in Slaughter City where he might find energy of the same source.
• The system announced that Du Cheng’s Bond Value with Hu Liena had reached 100 and granted him a God-level Lottery chance.
• Du Cheng immediately told the system to draw.