Chapter Summaries

After Ning Fengzhi arranged for Chen Xin to give Ye Xi a book, Ye Xi realized the gift bound her with a future favor and left her wary of Ning Fengzhi. She returned to Frost Snow Pavilion, where Xue Ke chose to stay the night.

• Ning Fengzhi explained to Ning Rongrong that Chen Xin's book secured a favor from Ye Xi, then watched Ye Xi and Xue Qinghe depart.
• In the carriage, Ye Xi recognized that accepting the book meant owing Ning Fengzhi a difficult favor, though she said it could eventually be repaid.
• Dugu Yan and the others opened their compensation gifts and found valuable pieces of Warm Jade, while Ye Xi guessed her gift was the same.
• Xue Ke asked to stay at Frost Snow Pavilion instead of returning to the imperial palace, and Ye Xi agreed to host her.
• Ye Xi led Xue Ke to her previous room and then headed back to her own room.

Ye Xi studied the Seven Kill Sword Art Chen Xin had lent her and used its techniques to refine her own swordsmanship. By morning, she had spent nearly four hours training while Ghost Leopard and her companions watched.

• Ye Xi finished reading Chen Xin’s book, decided to adapt what she had learned into her own swordsmanship, and sent Ling Yuan to return it to him.
• Ye Xi practiced with the Slaughtering Sword at the training grounds, and Ghost Leopard watched her blend lessons from First Offering and the Seven Kill Sword.
• Ghost Leopard questioned why Ye Xi incorporated the Seven Kill Sword instead of focusing only on First Offering’s techniques, and Ye Xi said that her grandfather’s swordsmanship was not ultimately her own and might not suit her best.
• Ghost Leopard noticed Ye Xi’s swordsmanship becoming more refined as she practiced and reflected that Tian Yao’s talent was also extraordinary.
• Tian Yao, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling arrived at the training grounds and quietly watched Ye Xi after Ghost Leopard told them she had been practicing for nearly four hours.

Ye Xi spent two years intensively training Tian Yao, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling while waiting for Tian Yao to reach the level fifty bottleneck. The chapter left Tian Yao close to that milestone, with the group resting before their next training session and Ye Xi still planning to obtain soul rings with Tian Yao and go to Slaughter City.

• Ye Xi put Ling Yuan in charge of Frost Snow Pavilion’s affairs and told Ghost Leopard she would spar with the others starting the next day.
• Over the next two years, Ye Xi trained Tian Yao, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling each morning, practiced swordsmanship in the afternoons, and cultivated at night.
• Ye Xi waited to attach a soul ring after reaching the level fifty bottleneck so she could obtain soul rings with Tian Yao and then take her to Slaughter City.
• Dugu Yan asked when Tian Yao would reach the level fifty bottleneck, and Tian Yao said her Soul Power Level was forty-nine and she was close.
• Ye Lingling healed Tian Yao and Dugu Yan after training, and Ye Xi told the three girls to eat and rest before their afternoon training.

Ye Xi learned that Xue Ye’s worsening health was caused by the Seven-Colored Mottled Poison and told Xue Ke she would soon leave Heaven Dou City for a long period of training. The chapter ended with Xue Qinghe preparing to visit Frost Snow Pavilion that night and heading to Xue Ye’s study.

• Ye Xi and Xue Ke discussed Xue Ye’s declining health, which Ye Xi knew came from Yang Wushuang poisoning him with the Seven-Colored Mottled Poison.
• Ye Xi told Xue Ke she planned to train away from Heaven Dou City for about a year, possibly returning before the Elite Soul Master Competition.
• Ye Xi told Ye Qingxue to keep managing Frost Snow Pavilion while she was away, then went with Xue Ke into Heaven Dou City.
• Yang Wushuang told Xue Qinghe that his supply of Seven-Colored Mottled Poison was running low, and Xue Qinghe said he would arrange for more.
• Xue Qinghe learned that Xue Ke had visited Frost Snow Pavilion, ordered preparations for a visit that night, and went to see Xue Ye.

Xue Qinghe spoke with Xue Ye about Ye Xi and her upcoming birthday, then met Ye Xi and Xue Ke in the city. He and Ye Xi returned to Frost Snow Pavilion while discussing their planned trip to Slaughter City.

• Xue Ye praised Xue Qinghe for handling government affairs and urged him to visit Ye Xi more often.
• Xue Qinghe told Xue Ye that Ye Xi had been cultivating at Frost Snow Pavilion and that Xue Ke often visited her.
• Xue Ye told Xue Qinghe to arrange the imperial family's recognition of Ye Xi's birthday, which was the next day.
• Xue Qinghe encountered Xue Ke and Ye Xi buying pastries and reminded them that Ye Xi's birthday was approaching.
• Xue Ke hurried back to the imperial palace to prepare a gift, while Xue Qinghe and Ye Xi returned to Frost Snow Pavilion and discussed traveling to Slaughter City.

After learning that Ye Xi’s birthday was the next day, Frost Snow Pavilion’s leaders began preparing gifts while Ye Xi remained unaware. Tian Yao asked about adding her next soul ring, and Xue Qinghe and Ye Xi agreed she would leave to train the day after the birthday.

• Ye Qingxue overheard Xue Qinghe mention Ye Xi’s birthday and spread the news through Frost Snow Pavilion.
• Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, Dugu Bo, and Ye Qingxue discussed birthday gifts, and Niu Ben suggested giving Ye Xi a turtle.
• Niu Gao scolded Niu Ben, and the pavilion’s leaders began arranging gifts for Ye Xi.
• Tian Yao came to Ye Xi and asked when they could add her next soul ring so they could leave to train.
• Xue Qinghe proposed that Tian Yao leave the day after Ye Xi’s birthday, and Ye Xi agreed.

Ye Xi prepared to leave Heaven Dou City with Tian Yao for training in Slaughter City and arranged for Ling Yuan to oversee Frost Snow Pavilion in her absence. On the morning of her birthday, Xue Qinghe, Xue Ke, and the pavilion’s members arrived with gifts, while Ye Xi prepared to join them.

• Ye Xi told Tian Yao to prepare for their long journey, then decided Ling Yuan would command Frost Snow Pavilion while she was away.
• Ye Xi explained that Ghost Leopard would accompany her and Tian Yao to obtain their Soul Rings and travel to Slaughter City.
• Ye Xi asked Zhong Meng to pack lightweight clothes and daily necessities before entering Meditative Cultivation.
• The next morning, Zhong Meng found Xue Qinghe, Xue Ke, Ye Qingxue, and Frost Snow Pavilion’s members waiting with birthday gifts for Ye Xi.
• Ye Xi asked Zhong Meng to lead the guests to the Front Hall while she washed up.

On her birthday, Ye Xi dressed in a jeweled silver gown and received gifts from Frost Snow Pavilion’s members and leaders. Xue Ke presented her gift after Xue Qinghe advised her to wait until the others had finished.

• Ye Xi chose a formal silver gown and crown for her birthday, then promised the maids ten Gold Soul Coins each.
• Ye Xi entered Frost Snow Pavilion’s hall, where Xue Qinghe, Xue Ke, and the pavilion’s members admired her appearance.
• Ye Qingxue presented two gifts to Ye Xi, one from herself and one chosen by Ye Lingling.
• Frost Snow Pavilion’s leaders and mid-level members offered Ye Xi their birthday gifts while Xue Qinghe and Xue Ke waited.
• Xue Ke brought her specially chosen gift to Ye Xi and placed it before her.

Ye Xi celebrated her birthday with Frost Snow Pavilion members and guests at a hotel banquet, where Qian Renxue arrived as her older sister. The chapter ended with Xue Ke wondering why the sisters had different surnames and looked so unlike each other.

• Xue Ke and Xue Qinghe gave Ye Xi birthday gifts, and Xue Qinghe left to handle royal affairs.
• Ye Xi arranged for Frost Snow Pavilion to celebrate at a reserved hotel and instructed Ling Yuan to bring the maids.
• Ye Xi had an extra seat placed beside her at the top-floor banquet room, prompting the guests to speculate that it was for her older sister.
• Qian Renxue arrived late, gave Ye Xi a gift, and took the seat beside her.
• Ye Xi introduced Qian Renxue to Xue Ke, who silently wondered why the sisters had different surnames and appearances.

After celebrating Ye Xi’s birthday, Qian Renxue saw her off as she left Heaven Dou City with Tian Yao and Ghost Leopard for Slaughter City. Ye Xi chose the Star Dou Great Forest to seek a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger for her Fifth Soul Ring, while Tian Yao considered what kind of Soul Beast to pursue.

• Xue Ke asked Ghost Leopard whether Ye Xi and Qian Renxue were biological sisters, but he and the others avoided answering.
• Ye Xi and Qian Renxue left the birthday banquet and discussed Ye Xi’s upcoming trip to Slaughter City, which she expected to last six months to a year.
• Qian Renxue stayed with Ye Xi that night, then watched her carriage leave Frost Snow Pavilion the next morning.
• Ye Xi told Ghost Leopard to take them to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger for her Fifth Soul Ring.
• Tian Yao asked Ye Xi for advice about her Fifth Soul Ring, and Ye Xi suggested considering Soul Beasts with special abilities as well as powerful offense.

Ye Xi entered the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Region with Tian Yao and Ghost Leopard to ask the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape to help her hunt the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. After an unexplained blood-red sword mark appeared on her forehead and vanished, Ye Xi argued that the tiger’s power to devour Soul Power threatened other soul beasts.

• Ye Xi led Tian Yao and Ghost Leopard past the ten-thousand-year region toward the Core Region, explaining that the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape owed her a favor.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python sensed the approaching humans, and it and the Titan Giant Ape went to meet Ye Xi, Tian Yao, and Ghost Leopard as Xiao Wu watched.
• Ye Xi greeted the two soul beasts and asked them to help her obtain a soul ring from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• A blood-red sword mark appeared briefly on Ye Xi’s forehead, and the sensation of being watched disappeared.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python questioned whether it was right to hunt another soul beast, and Ye Xi warned that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Soul Power-devouring ability could eventually make it a threat to them.

Ye Xi and her companions followed the Titan Giant Ape to find the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, while Ye Xi realized that a powerful presence at the Lake of Life might be connected to Di Tian and the Soul Beast Master. The group reached the tiger’s territory and saw their target.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python sent the Titan Giant Ape to guide Ye Xi, Tian Yao, and Ghost Leopard to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, while Xiao Wu stayed by the Lake of Life.
• As they traveled, Shura God considered whether to report a suspected Dragon Clan remnant, then concealed himself again within Ye Xi’s Spiritual Sea.
• Ye Xi asked the Titan Giant Ape about Di Tian, and its startled reaction led her to suspect that powerful soul beasts were hidden in the Lake of Life.
• Ye Xi suspected the Soul Beast Master had watched her because she was a candidate inheritor of Shura God, and decided to avoid the Lake of Life.
• The Titan Giant Ape led Ye Xi and her companions to a silent area, where they encountered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Ye Xi, Ghost Leopard, and the Titan Giant Ape fought the nearly sixty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. After Ye Xi wounded it with the Slaughtering Sword, Ghost Leopard and the Titan Giant Ape struck it down, but the battle continued.

• Ye Xi ordered Ghost Leopard to attack the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger while the Titan Giant Ape joined the assault.
• Ghost Leopard and the Titan Giant Ape fought the tiger, which unleashed powerful attacks and held its own against them.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger suddenly charged at Ye Xi and Tian Yao, but Ye Xi blocked it with her Slaughtering Sword and wounded it.
• Ghost Leopard kicked the stunned tiger toward the Titan Giant Ape, who smashed it with his fist as it tried to rise.

Ye Xi absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s soul ring after Ghost Leopard and the Titan Giant Ape helped kill it. She woke with her soul power at level fifty-four and gained the fifth soul skill Evil God Descent.

• The Titan Giant Ape and Ghost Leopard battered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and Ye Xi killed it with her Slaughtering Sword.
• Ye Xi sat down to absorb the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s soul ring while Ghost Leopard guarded her and the Titan Giant Ape returned to the Core Region.
• Inside Ye Xi’s Spiritual Sea, the Eight-Winged Slaughtering Angel fought and destroyed the tiger’s soul as the Shura God watched.
• Ye Xi completed the absorption overnight and woke at soul power level fifty-four with the fifth soul skill, Evil God Descent.
• Ye Xi considered how to combine Evil God Descent with her other skills, then stood and walked toward Ghost Leopard and Tian Yao.

Ye Xi recovered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Evil God Orb and began absorbing its power slowly under the Shura God’s guidance. While searching for Tian Yao’s fifth soul ring, the group discovered a rare Golden Dragon Turtle, though its age might be too high for her.

• Ye Xi found the Evil God Orb inside the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s corpse after confirming nothing had escaped while she absorbed its soul ring.
• Ye Xi placed the orb in her Spiritual Sea, where the Shura God slowed its energy release to reduce its negative effects.
• Ye Xi, Tian Yao, and Elder Ghost Leopard searched the ten-thousand-year region for a suitable soul beast, but found nothing by sunset.
• Elder Ghost Leopard spotted a Golden Dragon Turtle in a small lake, and he estimated it was about eighteen thousand years old—possibly too old to serve as Tian Yao’s fifth soul ring.

Tian Yao absorbed the Golden Dragon Turtle’s Soul Ring, reached Rank 51 Soul King, and gained the Golden Dragon Armor skill. She and Ye Xi then set out for Slaughter City, where Ye Xi planned to test whether her Slaughter Domain would let her use her martial soul and Soul Skills.

• Tian Yao decided to try absorbing the Golden Dragon Turtle’s Soul Ring, and Ye Xi agreed while Elder Ghost Leopard went to subdue the beast.
• Elder Ghost Leopard brought the wounded Golden Dragon Turtle to shore, where Tian Yao killed it and began absorbing its black Soul Ring.
• Tian Yao completed the absorption by morning, reaching Rank 51 Soul King and gaining the Golden Dragon Armor skill.
• Ye Xi warned Tian Yao that Slaughter City was lawless and that martial souls and Soul Skills could not be used there, then said she would not leave Tian Yao behind.
• Ye Xi, Tian Yao, and Elder Ghost Leopard left the Star Dou Great Forest by carriage and traveled toward Slaughter City while Ye Xi considered testing her Slaughter Domain.

Ye Xi and Tian Yao entered a tavern to find the entrance to Slaughter City, killing the waiter and the patrons who attacked them. They descended into the city and faced the Black Armor Knight Scott, whom Ye Xi wounded in their first clash.

• Ye Xi and Tian Yao arrived at the tavern, where the waiter warned them to leave and then refused to reveal Slaughter City's entrance.
• Ye Xi killed the waiter and searched beneath the counter while Tian Yao defeated the tavern's hostile patrons.
• Ye Xi broke through the hollow floor, and she and Tian Yao descended through a passage into Slaughter City.
• The Black Armor Knight Scott demanded that Ye Xi accept punishment and challenged her to defeat him before entering the city.
• Ye Xi cut through Scott's spear and armor with the Slaughtering Sword, leaving him wounded and astonished.

Ye Xi and Tian Yao entered Slaughter City, ignored their guide’s protection, and went straight to the Hell Slaughter Arena. As Ye Xi’s Slaughtering Angel grew excited from the city’s rising killing intent, she began cutting down anyone who stood in her way.

• Scott gave Ye Xi and Tian Yao tokens and cleared a path for them to enter Slaughter City.
• Ye Xi and Tian Yao followed a Black-Clothed Woman into the Inner City and heard her warnings about its lawless streets and the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Ye Xi attacked a passerby to obtain two cups of Bloody Mary, ending the guide’s protection early, then watched a match with Tian Yao.
• Ye Xi and Tian Yao left the arena to claim a courtyard nearby, and Ye Xi killed a middle-aged man who blocked her path.

Ye Xi seized a courtyard in Slaughter City and discovered she could use soul skills within her Slaughter Domain. Over the following year, she and Tian Yao built reputations in the Hell Slaughter Arena, and the chapter ended as Tian Yao faced three opponents while Ye Xi watched from the stands.

• Ye Xi kicked down the gates of a courtyard, defeated its owner, and took his halberd for Tian Yao before they cleaned and moved into the house.
• Ye Xi tested her martial soul and Slaughter Domain and found she could use soul skills inside the domain.
• Ye Xi and Tian Yao fought regularly in the Hell Slaughter Arena, earning the codenames Death God and Hell Messenger as other contestants began targeting them together.
• Tian Yao's halberd was destroyed in battle, leaving her with a short sword and injuries that slowed her consecutive victories.
• After a year, Ye Xi had reached ninety-nine consecutive victories and delayed her final match because Tian Yao had only reached eighty-two.
• Tian Yao fought a spear wielder, a swordsman, and an archer in the arena while Ye Xi watched, and the battle resumed when an arrow flew toward Tian Yao.

Ye Xi intervened to save Tian Yao in the Hell Slaughter Arena, prompting the Slaughter King to put a bounty on them. As attackers flooded the Inner City, Ye Xi held them off in a narrow alley while protecting the injured Tian Yao.

• Ye Xi entered the Hell Slaughter Arena, killed the attackers threatening Tian Yao, and carried her out.
• The Slaughter King announced that anyone who killed Ye Xi and Tian Yao within one day would receive rewards and forgiveness for their offenses.
• Ye Xi took Tian Yao to a dead-end alley, treated her wounds, and prepared to face the pursuing crowd alone.
• Ye Xi activated her martial soul and soul skills, using her abilities to fight off the fallen ones and protect Tian Yao.