Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xuan used his Azure Eye to discover nine assassins, including three Soul Douluos, and survived their ambush by striking first. After killing the attackers one by one, he used a Spirit Power Card to defeat the two remaining Soul Douluos, leaving the outcome of the fight unresolved.

• Xiao Xuan sensed the hidden assassins and identified their strength, including a Soul Douluo waiting to ambush him.
• The hidden Soul Douluo attacked, but Xiao Xuan's Sun God's Protection stopped the dagger from harming him.
• Xiao Xuan blinded the assassins with Sunlight Flash and killed the lurking Soul Douluo with Thunder Summons.
• Xiao Xuan killed the Soul Sages one by one while his defensive protection remained active.
• The two remaining Soul Douluos activated their Martial Soul Avatars and attacked Xiao Xuan while blinded.
• Xiao Xuan activated a Spirit Power Card to reflect their attacks, and the two Soul Douluos lost consciousness.

Xiao Xuan used Sacred Shield—Reflective Force to kill the assassins sent after him, then returned to the banquet hall after learning that Qian Daoliu had trapped Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo. He entered the gathering covered in a faint scent of blood, drawing the guests’ attention.

• Xiao Xuan reflected the attackers’ strongest soul skills with Sacred Shield—Reflective Force, killing two Soul Douluo and surviving the ambush.
• Xiao Xuan left the bodies for the enforcement team and headed to the banquet hall, planning to tell Bibi Dong what had happened.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo found Xiao Xuan, apologized for failing to protect him, and explained that Qian Daoliu had trapped him and Ghost Douluo.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo said Ghost Douluo was handling the aftermath and warned Xiao Xuan to keep the assassination attempt secret.
• Xiao Xuan entered the banquet hall, where Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi were discussing the Level Up Card transaction, and the guests noticed the Blood Qi on him.

After arriving bloodied at Spirit Hall’s victory banquet, Xiao Xuan mingled with influential guests while Hu Liena used Ning Rongrong’s closeness to him to support Spirit Hall’s efforts to recruit allies. When the banquet ended, Xiao Xuan went to report an earlier assassination attempt to Bibi Dong and ask her to lead him to Slaughter City.

• The guests noticed Xiao Xuan’s bloody appearance and the disturbance outside, then speculated that a hostile faction had tried to kill him.
• Influential leaders welcomed Xiao Xuan and invited him to visit their territories while Bibi Dong continued speaking privately with Ning Fengzhi.
• Hu Liena sent Ning Rongrong to help Xiao Xuan socialize, and Xiao Xuan spoke with Shui Bing’er, Shui Yue’er, and Xue Wu about their academy.
• Xiao Xuan observed the academies’ guests networking for two hours before the banquet ended near midnight.
• Ning Rongrong teased Xiao Xuan about Shui Yue’er and told him to return to the dorm early, while Hu Liena arranged for Elder Ju to escort the girls.
• Xiao Xuan went to speak with Bibi Dong about the trouble he had encountered and his plan to visit Slaughter City.

Xiao Xuan agreed with Bibi Dong that he would go to Slaughter City to cultivate and avoid Qian Daoliu, then returned to Hu Liena, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong. After Bibi Dong moved up the auction and prepared to send the factions away, Xiao Xuan learned that Ning Fengzhi had won Clear Sky Douluo’s spirit bone.

• Xiao Xuan told Bibi Dong he planned to use Slaughter City as a refuge and training ground, and she agreed with his decision.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo escorted Xiao Xuan back to the dormitory, where he found Hu Liena, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong dressed alike and sharing their promised surprise with him.
• Xiao Xuan spent the night with the three girls and went alone to the Pope’s Palace the next day.
• Su Yuntao told Xiao Xuan that Bibi Dong had moved the auction from three days later to that day and would send the visiting factions away afterward.
• Su Yuntao told Xiao Xuan that Ning Fengzhi had won Clear Sky Douluo’s spirit bone for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Xiao Xuan learned that Bibi Dong’s plan to draw the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect toward Spirit Hall had succeeded and asked to go to Slaughter City. He reassured Bibi Dong and Chrysanthemum Douluo that his abilities and knowledge would help him survive, though he suspected the Three Illusion Gods might let him use soul skills there.

• Xiao Xuan inferred that Ning Fengzhi’s purchase of Tang Hao’s soul bone would push the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into Spirit Hall’s camp.
• Xiao Xuan noticed Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, watching him with complicated emotion before he entered the Pope’s Palace.
• Bibi Dong said the assassins’ Star Luo Empire markings would be ignored and confirmed she would take Ning Rongrong as a nominal disciple.
• Xiao Xuan asked Bibi Dong to take Zhu Zhuqing as a disciple, but Bibi Dong said Hu Liena had already made the same request.
• Xiao Xuan asked to leave for Slaughter City, and Bibi Dong and Chrysanthemum Douluo questioned whether he could survive there.
• Xiao Xuan explained that his Three Illusion Gods Martial Soul and Spirit Power Cards gave him an advantage, and wondered whether the Three Illusion Gods could bypass Slaughter City’s restrictions.

Bibi Dong brought Xiao Xuan to Slaughter City and sent him inside, warning him to survive and win the Hell Slaughter Arena’s annual championship before leaving. After entering as Number 9527, Xiao Xuan ignored the guide’s offer of protection and demanded to go straight to the arena.

• Bibi Dong warned Xiao Xuan not to reveal his Spirit Power Cards and told him he had to win the Hell Slaughter Arena’s annual championship and stay alive.
• Bibi Dong destroyed a tavern to expose a hidden entrance, then pushed Xiao Xuan into Slaughter City.
• Xiao Xuan used the Three Illusion Gods’ power to dispel the wasteland illusion and reached the city guards, where Scott let him enter after learning who had brought him.
• Xiao Xuan received identity badge Number 9527 and met a Gothic-clad guide who offered to explain the city’s rules during his first twelve hours.
• Xiao Xuan told the guide to take him straight to the Hell Slaughter Arena and register him, despite her warning that newcomers did not need to risk their lives immediately.

Xiao Xuan entered the Hell Slaughter Arena to test which of his abilities worked in Slaughter City and to charge his Energy Card Box. He used Azure Eye’s soul bone skill to kill his first opponent, confirming that soul bone skills remained usable and that the card box charged quickly.

• The Gothic girl warned Xiao Xuan about the arena’s deadly rules and explained that a hundred consecutive victories offered the only slim chance of leaving Slaughter City.
• Xiao Xuan registered for a match, planning to test the Slaughter City restrictions and gather energy for his Energy Card Box.
• Ten participants entered the arena and prepared to fight, while Xiao Xuan concealed the Three Illusion Gods and revealed only Giant Soldier.
• A muscular opponent charged at Xiao Xuan, but Azure Eye’s Intimidation immobilized him and triggered his rage and resentment.
• Xiao Xuan confirmed that soul bone skills worked and that the Energy Card Box charged rapidly, then killed the man.

Xiao Xuan won his first Hell Slaughter Arena match, killing all nine opponents and feeding their emotions and Soul Power to the Energy Card Box. After leaving the arena with the Gothic girl, he faced the danger of attracting attention because he had revealed his soul bone.

• Spectators recognized Mad Dog and were shocked when Xiao Xuan killed him instantly, while the other fighters joined forces against Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Xuan used the Radiance of the Blue-Eyes to immobilize two burly men and kill them, filling the Energy Card Box enough to generate a card.
• Xiao Xuan killed three more fighters, then exposed the final survivor as a Soul Douluo who had tried to deceive him.
• The Soul Douluo attacked from an incorporeal state, but Xiao Xuan used a Spirit Power Card and God's Stomp to trap and kill him.
• Xiao Xuan left the arena with the Gothic girl, aware that revealing his soul bone had drawn covetous attention.

After surviving his first match in Slaughter City, Xiao Xuan chose a cultivation hotel above the Blood River and began investigating its corrupting energy. Protected from its toxins by the Three Illusion Gods Martial Soul, he found the Soul Power there unusually pure and saw a chance to grow stronger during his trial.

• Xiao Xuan returned to the Gothic girl after the ten-man match and asked her to take him to a place suitable for cultivation, refusing her offers of pleasure.
• The Gothic girl brought Xiao Xuan to the highest-class hotel, where he agreed to stay and cultivate above the Blood River.
• The Gothic girl left after Xiao Xuan rejected her final advances, ending his newcomer protection and beginning his trial in Slaughter City.
• Xiao Xuan inspected the two Trap cards he had earned, Blood Swamp and Blood Price, and wondered whether Slaughter City's environment had influenced their names or effects.
• Xiao Xuan sensed the Blood River's toxic energy entering the hotel room, then used the Three Illusion Gods Martial Soul to keep it out of his body.
• Xiao Xuan found the Blood River's Soul Power easy to purify and judged that he could reach Soul Emperor, or possibly attempt Soul Sage, before completing a hundred victories.

Xiao Wu entered Slaughter City to find Xiao Xuan and judge whether his martial souls could help the soul beasts. After Scott backed down and she received her identity token, she asked her guide where Xiao Xuan was.

• Xiao Wu waited until Bibi Dong had left, then decided to enter Slaughter City and seek out Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Wu shattered the city's illusion and arrived at the gate, where Scott tried to stop her.
• A servant warned Scott that Xiao Wu could not be offended, so Scott resentfully let her pass.
• Xiao Wu received her identity token from the Gothic guide who had welcomed Xiao Xuan, then asked where he was.

Xiao Wu arrived in Slaughter City and watched Xiao Xuan win his fourteenth Hell Slaughter Arena match before beating the men who harassed her. Xiao Xuan saved her from a treacherous attacker and asked why she had come to find him.

• The King of Slaughter’s envoy led Xiao Wu to the arena, where Xiao Xuan effortlessly defeated nine opponents and earned his fourteenth consecutive victory.
• Xiao Wu learned about the arena’s deadly rules and the twelve-shichen protection period for newcomers.
• When several men made lewd remarks about Xiao Wu, she attacked and incapacitated them, then stomped on their groins.
• One of the men rose and threw a knife at Xiao Wu’s back, but Xiao Xuan deflected it with a stone and killed the attacker.
• Xiao Xuan warned Xiao Wu to be more careful in Slaughter City and asked if she had come there just to pursue him.

Xiao Xuan rescued Xiao Wu from attackers in Slaughter City, then brought her to his hotel room after she admitted she had come looking for him. Xiao Wu asked to inspect his Martial Soul, leaving Xiao Xuan poised to reveal the reason behind her pursuit.

• Xiao Xuan killed the remaining attackers and warned Xiao Wu to make sure her enemies were dead.
• Xiao Wu thanked Xiao Xuan, then confessed that she had come to find him and wanted to speak somewhere private.
• The Slaughter Envoy escorted Xiao Xuan and Xiao Wu to the hotel, misreading their exchange as flirtation before leaving them alone.
• Xiao Xuan explained that Bloody Mary was blood and warned Xiao Wu not to assume the hotel was completely safe.
• Xiao Wu told Xiao Xuan to stop lecturing her and asked him to come closer so she could see his Martial Soul.

Xiao Wu pressured Xiao Xuan to reveal his Martial Soul, but he teased her before showing the Three Illusion Gods. Convinced they might be divine beings capable of saving soul beasts, Xiao Wu addressed them and asked whether her declining clan could still have a future.

• Xiao Xuan teased Xiao Wu by asking her to show her Martial Soul first, and she attacked him with her teleportation and Bow Waist skills.
• Xiao Xuan summoned the Giant Soldier and activated his soul ring, surprising Xiao Wu because she thought soul skills could not be used in Slaughter City.
• Xiao Xuan pinched Xiao Wu's leg, and she leaped away, accusing him of having a strange fetish before agreeing to reveal her Martial Soul.
• Xiao Wu summoned her pink rabbit Martial Soul, while Xiao Xuan showed her the Winged Dragon, Giant Soldier, and Sky Dragon of his Three Illusion Gods.
• Xiao Wu reasoned that Xiao Xuan already knew she was a transformed Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast and might be sympathetic to soul beasts, then asked the three beings whether her declining clan could still have a chance to rise.

Xiao Wu revealed that the Three Illusion Gods had told her Xiao Xuan was tied to the revival of soul beasts, though she refused to explain more, and she chose to stay by his side. As Xiao Xuan began cultivating, the King of Slaughter sensed a faint divine presence and feared that Slaughter City faced another coming calamity.

• After speaking with the Three Illusion Gods through Divine Souls, Xiao Wu told Xiao Xuan that the hope of soul beasts' revival rested on him and asked to stay by his side.
• Xiao Xuan agreed to let Xiao Wu follow him, hoping to learn what the Three Illusion Gods had told her, and warned her not to compare him with Tang San.
• Xiao Xuan asked Xiao Wu to fetch water, but she refused and agreed instead to warm his bed while teasing him.
• Xiao Xuan resumed cultivating and thought Xiao Wu's presence would help him deal with the King of Slaughter.
• The King of Slaughter sensed a brief divine fluctuation, worried that the Prophecy Wall's warning was about to come true, and began issuing orders.

Xiao Xuan continued winning in Slaughter City while avoiding the King of Slaughter’s investigation into the divine power Xiao Wu had revealed. He took Xiao Wu to a hunting ground and prepared to use his Energy Card Box, which she believed could help revive soul beasts.

• Xiao Xuan reached fifty-seven victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena and noticed that fewer contestants were willing to fight him.
• Xiao Wu stayed close to Xiao Xuan, and the pair learned that black-armored guards and envoys were investigating powerful soul masters after a trace of divine power had surfaced.
• Xiao Xuan and Xiao Wu went to the outskirts of Slaughter City, where he planned to advance using three powerful soul beasts with the right attributes.
• Xiao Xuan cleared a group of scorpion-type soul beasts and took out his Energy Card Box and a stack of cards as Xiao Wu watched eagerly.

Xiao Xuan used the Energy Card Box to obtain soul rings without hunting soul beasts and completed his sixth ring, gaining three powerful new skills. He and Xiao Wu left the secluded spot, with Xiao Wu asking about the head-rubbing technique.

• Xiao Xuan explained that the Energy Card Box could generate soul-beast cards that provided soul rings without mental backlash.
• Xiao Wu examined the Four-Star Ladybug of Death card and celebrated its potential to help soul beasts recover.
• Xiao Xuan absorbed cards for Winged Dragon and Giant Soldier, completing his sixth ring in under two hours.
• Xiao Xuan assessed his new skills: Winged Dragon's Sun God Sphere, Giant Soldier's Sacred Hand, and Sky Dragon's Realm Weakening.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Wu they would discuss his new abilities after leaving, and she asked what his head-rubbing technique was.

Tang Hao trained the Shrek group and revealed that he planned to prepare allies against Spirit Hall, whose influence threatened both empires. He sent Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun to Slaughter City, while Yu Xiaogang was told he could not go.

• Tang Hao praised the group's talent and announced a new phase of training focused on endurance and physical strength.
• Tang Hao gave each student a combat technique suited to their Martial Soul and ordered them to complete eighty-one Chaotic Wind Hammer strikes against a waterfall.
• Dai Mubai asked what Tang Hao expected in return, and Tang Hao explained that they needed allies to oppose Spirit Hall's ambitions.
• Tang Hao warned that Spirit Hall had likely infiltrated the Heaven Dou Empire and assigned Oscar to stay behind while Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun accompanied him.
• Yu Xiaogang offered to join them, but Tang Hao refused and explained that they were going to Slaughter City, where Yu Xiaogang would not survive.

After nine months in Slaughter City, Xiao Xuan won his hundredth arena battle and was offered the title of Killing God. He rejected the King of Slaughter’s attempt to keep him from the Hell Road, entered the trial, and used the Three Illusion Gods to illuminate it, alerting its inhabitants.

• Xiao Xuan and Xiao Wu grew closer during their nine months in Slaughter City, and Xiao Wu stayed by his side as he fought in the arena.
• Xiao Xuan won his hundredth consecutive battle, and the King of Slaughter appeared to offer him the title of Killing God without making him take the Hell Road trial.
• Xiao Xuan refused to accept the King of Slaughter’s attempt to deter him because he sought the divine power left behind by the Asura God to help the Three Illusion Gods recover.
• The King of Slaughter opened the Hell Road by sacrificing the arena spectators, while sparing Xiao Wu, and sent Xiao Xuan into the passage.
• Xiao Xuan surrounded himself with the Three Illusion Gods’ aura, dispelled the darkness, and illuminated the Hell Road, alerting its inhabitants.

Xiao Xuan advanced through Hell Road, using the Winged Dragon’s Sunlight Flash to destroy the blood-colored bats and feed their trace Asura divine power to the Three Illusion Gods. After defeating the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and the Ten-Headed Blazing Sun Serpent, he heard that extremely dense energy lay ahead and suspected the Asura God’s domain core was near the lake of blood.

• Xiao Xuan used Sunlight Flash to annihilate waves of blood-colored bats and let the Three Illusion Gods consume the traces of divine power within them.
• The Three Illusion Gods devoured divine energy from the blood pool as Xiao Xuan advanced along Hell Road.
• The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King charged through the light, but the Giant Soldier struck it, the Sky Dragon restrained it, and the Winged Dragon burned it away to consume its remaining divine essence.
• Xiao Xuan passed the first trial and stripped some divine power from the Ten-Headed Blazing Sun Serpent.
• The Three Illusion Gods sensed dense energy ahead, and Xiao Xuan suspected the lake of blood held the Asura God’s domain core.

Xiao Xuan began absorbing the Asura divine power beneath Hell Road with the Three Illusion Gods, drawing out the first-generation Asura God's divine sense. The Asura God tried to kill Xiao Xuan, but the Three Illusion Gods devoured its attack and pounced on its divine sense.

• Xiao Xuan recognized that Slaughter City and its restrictions came from the Asura God and sensed the vast divine power in the blood lake.
• The Three Illusion Gods told Xiao Xuan not to worry, and he released their Martial Soul and began cultivating while absorbing the blood lake's power.
• The Asura God's divine sense appeared, but the Three Illusion Gods' pressure overwhelmed it as they siphoned away nearly half its remaining power.
• The Asura God launched its final attack at Xiao Xuan, but the Winged Dragon bit apart the energy sphere and the Three Illusion Gods consumed it.
• The Asura God tried to flee, but the Three Illusion Gods pounced on its divine sense.