Chapter Summaries

After settling in Seahorse City, Ye Qiu and the others discovered that their first Sea God trials required them to climb the steps beneath Sea God's Light, with Tang Yuehua facing a much longer ascent. The group set out for the forbidden grounds to begin, while Ye Qiu warned that the trial’s apparent ease of access meant the challenge ahead would be severe.

• Seahorse Douluo explained that Sea God Island’s supply fleet consisted of Sea Spirit Masters who traded supplies for the island’s specialties, and Purple Pearl affirmed their devotion to the Sea God.
• Seahorse Douluo arranged rooms for Tang Yuehua’s group in the City Lord’s Manor, and Ye Qiu warned everyone that completing their trials would be harder than arriving on the island.
• The group checked their trial instructions and learned that most had to climb 108 steps beneath Sea God's Light, Ning Rongrong had to climb 136, and Tang Yuehua had to climb 333.
• Huo Wu proposed that the pressure of Sea God's Light could stimulate their potential, and Ye Qiu confirmed that the trial would benefit them.
• After lunch and a brief rest, the group asked a purple-robed Sea Spirit Master to lead them to the forbidden grounds, and Ye Qiu began explaining why their passage had been allowed so easily.

Ye Qiu and the women reached Sea God Island’s forbidden grounds to begin the Sea God’s Light trial, but the Ring Sea’s Spirit Beasts attacked them before they crossed safely. At the foot of Sea God Mountain, Ye Qiu and Liu Erlong were repelled by an invisible barrier, and Ye Qiu asked her to test it with a small attack.

• Ye Qiu explained why Sea God Island’s guardians had no reason to suspect them, and the group hurried toward the forbidden grounds with the purple-robed Sea Spirit Master.
• The group reached the Sea God Palace at the summit of Sea God Mountain and learned that the trial involved climbing its one thousand and one steps.
• As they crossed the Ring Sea, a black fish Spirit Beast attacked Bai Chenxiang, but Ye Qiu protected her and the group reached the far shore.
• Ye Qiu and Liu Erlong tried to approach the stairs but were thrown back by an invisible barrier.
• Ye Qiu asked Liu Erlong to launch a small attack diagonally upward, and she fired a streak of flame toward the barrier.

Ye Qiu and the others tested the Sea God's Light, learning that it reflected attacks and imposed crushing pressure on anyone climbing the stairs. After reaching the fifty-fifth step and retreating to recover, Ye Qiu urged the others to train, while he prepared to leave for the City of Slaughter the next day.

• Ye Qiu deduced that the Sea God's Light reflected attacks back at their users, and he and the others began climbing without offensive skills.
• Ye Qiu and Liu Erlong climbed the stairs under increasing pressure; Liu Erlong reached the sixtieth step before being blasted into the Ring Sea.
• Ye Qiu used Futodama-no-Mikoto, the Blue Silver Domain, and his Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone to reach the fifty-fifth step, then retreated when he could go no farther.
• The women healed Ye Qiu, who meditated and recovered before observing Zhu Zhuqing and the others continue their climbs.
• Ye Lingling and Jiang Zhu tried the stairs, and Jiang Zhu began climbing despite Ye Lingling struggling after her first step.
• Ye Qiu encouraged the women to train on the stairs and noted that he would leave for the City of Slaughter the next day.

Ye Qiu and the women climbed the Sea God's Light, where Xiao Wu reached the forty-third step with help from her Immortal Herbs and Ye Qiu used his Blue Silver Domain to ease the pressure. After everyone returned, Ye Qiu explained that the trial had a flaw that might let them help someone complete it.

• Ye Qiu tried climbing the steps again while Xiao Wu, boosted by Ning Rongrong, raced ahead and Ye Lingling broke through to Level Forty-Seven after reaching the fifteenth step.
• Ye Qiu activated his Blue Silver Domain and caught up with Xiao Wu, who continued climbing beyond the fortieth step.
• Ye Qiu realized that the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and Remnant Shell had strengthened Xiao Wu, helping her reach the forty-third step before turning back.
• Ye Qiu used his remaining Soul Power to protect Xiao Wu as they descended, and she described how the Lovesick Heartbreak Red had transformed her body.
• After the women reported how many steps they had climbed, Ye Qiu said the Sea God's Light could not block support or self-enhancement Soul Skills and that they could work together to complete the trial.

Ye Qiu explained that Sea God's Light was an opportunity to grow stronger, so the women should delay completing their first trial until the final day. Bo Saixi confirmed his insight and gave him a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring, leaving the group with a year to cultivate before the harder trials ahead.

• Ye Qiu proposed using the women's support abilities to help one another with the Sea God's Light trial, but warned that Liu Erlong should complete it near the end alongside Tang Yuehua.
• Shui Bing'er and Zhu Zhuqing reasoned that Sea God's Light accelerated cultivation and strengthened their bodies, and Ye Qiu concluded that they should remain under its pressure for as long as possible.
• Bo Saixi appeared and confirmed that Ye Qiu had discovered the secret purpose of the first trial, warning that later trials would grow more difficult.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Bo Saixi to provide food and clean water so the group could stay and cultivate on Sea God Island for the year, and Bo Saixi agreed.
• Xiao Lan joked that Bo Saixi might be interested in Ye Qiu, prompting Bo Saixi to reveal that she had come to give him a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring.

Ye Qiu led the group in testing their limits in the Sea God's Light, then had them cultivate under its pressure after discovering it accelerated Soul Power circulation. Elsewhere, Qian Renxue received a gift from the Angel God, and Qian Daoliu appeared to tell her it was time to leave.

• Ye Qiu accepted a golden bead from Bo Saixi, then explained the advantages of God-Bestowed Spirit Rings and urged everyone to save theirs.
• Ye Qiu led the group up the Sea God's Light stairs with their amplification skills active, and they each tested how far they could climb.
• Ye Qiu discovered that the pressure made his Mysterious Heaven Skill circulate Soul Power faster, and he suggested cultivating within the Sea God's Light.
• Ye Qiu and Xiao Lan adjusted everyone's condition, and the group began cultivating on the first step, where their Soul Power recovered faster than usual.
• Qian Renxue knelt before the Six-Winged Angel statue and received a golden speck of light from the Angel God.
• Qian Daoliu appeared in Douluo Hall and told Qian Renxue it was time to leave.

Ye Qiu said farewell to Qian Renxue before setting out for the City of Slaughter with Spirit Kite Douluo. He reached Slaughter Town and headed with her toward the entrance beneath it.

• Bibi Dong hid her monstrous Rakshasa transformation and vowed to destroy Qian Daoliu, the Angel God, and everyone who had wronged her once she completed her breakthrough.
• Qian Renxue told Ye Qiu that the Angel ancestor had given her power to help her reach Soul Saint faster, and she spent the night with him before his departure.
• Ye Qiu promised Qian Renxue he would return from the City of Slaughter and marry her, then refused her offer to accompany him.
• Ye Qiu used Kamui to reach Slaughter Town, where Spirit Kite Douluo was waiting for him.
• Spirit Kite Douluo used her Title Douluo pressure to drive away the town’s onlookers, then accompanied Ye Qiu toward the City of Slaughter’s entrance.

Ye Qiu received the First Trial of Destruction and entered the City of Slaughter to begin his trials. He arrived safely in the city, where his Spirit Rings could no longer manifest.

• Destruction bestowed a divine trial on Ye Qiu, requiring him to win one hundred consecutive matches in the Hell Slaughter Arena and pass through Hell Road within two years.
• Asura confronted Destruction and the Goddess of Life, obtained a portion of their divine power, and secretly prepared to target the Asura Demon Sword through Ye Qiu.
• Ye Qiu asked Spirit Kite Douluo to watch the Pope’s movements, then entered the tavern’s passageway after drinking a Bloody Mary with Bibi Dong’s token.
• Ye Qiu reached the City of Slaughter, received identity token 9527 from the Terror Knight, and was escorted through the city gate by a veiled woman.
• Ye Qiu entered the gloomy city and discovered that he could no longer manifest his Spirit Rings.

Ye Qiu entered the City of Slaughter and insisted on going straight to the Hell Slaughter Arena, where he unexpectedly encountered Hu Liena. After she helped stop an ambush, he learned she had won all ten of her arena battles since arriving.

• Ye Qiu asked his black-veiled guide to take him directly to the Hell Slaughter Arena, despite her warning about its low survival rate.
• The guide led Ye Qiu through the outer city, where weakened residents supplied Bloody Mary, and into the chaotic inner city.
• Ye Qiu saw Hu Liena emerge from a crowd after a fight, recognizing the Spirit Hall Golden Generation member he had defeated months earlier.
• A short man attacked Ye Qiu with a curved blade, and Hu Liena blocked the strike before Ye Qiu killed the attacker with a Dragon Beard Needle.
• Hu Liena warned Ye Qiu to be careful, then left; his guide said Hu Liena had won all ten of her Hell Slaughter Arena battles in half a month.

Ye Qiu entered the Hell Slaughter Arena and began fighting his way toward the hundred victories needed to challenge the Hell Road. After a month, he had won fifteen matches, survived repeated ambushes, and noticed that Hu Liena kept watching him.

• The girl in black gauze explained the arena’s deadly rules, and Ye Qiu took a bald man’s Bloody Mary before silently killing him with the man’s own broadsword.
• Ye Qiu registered for the next match and saw Hu Liena watching him, though he chose not to approach her.
• Ye Qiu won his first match by using his Eternal Mangekyo to control contestants and kill them with Dragon Beard Needles.
• During his first three days, Ye Qiu killed more than a hundred Fallen Ones in ambushes despite fighting in only two matches, so he became more cautious.
• After a month, Ye Qiu had fifteen arena victories, faced increasingly strong ambushers, and learned that his opponents had to meet a minimum participation threshold.
• Hu Liena watched Ye Qiu whenever he appeared for a match, rarely speaking to him.

After three months in the City of Slaughter, Ye Qiu survived increasingly dangerous arena matches and ambushes while Hu Liena grew closer to him. When Hu Liena arrived at his residence gravely wounded after killing Blood Rose, Ye Qiu used his blood to counter her poison and save her.

• Ye Qiu continued fighting and fending off ambushers in the City of Slaughter, while Hu Liena watched him and struggled to control her feelings.
• Blood Rose propositioned Ye Qiu outside the arena, but he rejected her and warned her to stop bothering him.
• Hu Liena saw Blood Rose trying to seduce Ye Qiu, killed an attacker behind her, and then confronted Blood Rose.
• Ye Qiu returned to his residence to cultivate, and Hu Liena later collapsed at his door, poisoned and badly wounded.
• Hu Liena told Ye Qiu she had killed Blood Rose for him, and Ye Qiu gave her his blood to counter the poison.

Hu Liena recovered under Ye Qiu’s care, kissed him goodbye, and later helped him survive an ambush in the City of Slaughter. More than half a year later, Ye Qiu had become known as Blood Shura and continued winning matches, while Hu Liena followed closely behind him.

• Hu Liena woke from her injuries, and Ye Qiu cared for her and fed her while she recovered.
• Hu Liena thanked Ye Qiu, kissed his face, and left after struggling to part from him.
• More than half a year later, Ye Qiu had won fifty-seven matches and earned the name Blood Shura for killing over a hundred attackers with poison.
• Hu Liena helped Ye Qiu survive a massive ambush and guarded him as he returned to his residence.
• Ye Qiu fought nine opponents in the Hell Slaughter Arena, killing them with his weapons, needles, and fighting skills while Hu Liena watched from the stands.

Ye Qiu continued winning in the City of Slaughter while struggling to suppress the killing intent building inside him. When Hu Liena came to him with Bloody Mary, he warned her that the blood was poisonous and addictive, leaving her frightened after she dropped her cup.

• Ye Qiu and Hu Liena left the Hell Slaughter Arena together after another of Ye Qiu’s victories.
• The King of Slaughter refused to contact Blood Shura and revealed that Ye Qiu and Hu Liena both had the backing of a living God of Slaughter.
• After nearly eight months in the City of Slaughter, Ye Qiu realized that the killing intent from his many matches was becoming difficult to control.
• Hu Liena visited Ye Qiu carrying a glass of Bloody Mary and admitted she relied on it to calm her restlessness.
• Ye Qiu explained that toxins in the City of Slaughter’s air and blood caused addiction, and Hu Liena dropped her cup in alarm.

Ye Qiu reassured Hu Liena that he would not oppose Spirit Hall, while warning her to stop drinking blood before the poison worsened. On Sea God Island, the women’s training continued to strengthen them, and Tang Yuehua reached Level Eighty and began accepting a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring.

• Ye Qiu told Hu Liena he would not fight Spirit Hall and promised to discuss matters if it threatened the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; Hu Liena vowed to try to prevent a conflict.
• Ye Qiu offered Hu Liena his detoxifying blood, but she refused and chose to endure her cravings without Bloody Mary.
• Liu Erlong and the others continued training under Sea God's Light, improving their strength and adapting to the pressure over the following months.
• Bai Chenxiang reached Level Fifty, while Tang Yuehua cultivated relentlessly and drew closer to Level Eighty.
• At the end of the third month, Tang Yuehua broke through to Level Eighty, awakening a blue-gold radiance and transforming her seven Spirit Rings.
• Bo Saixi appeared and sent a golden pearl to Tang Yuehua's trident mark, beginning her God-Bestowed Spirit Ring trial.

Tang San began forming a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring for his Clear Sky Hammer while Yu Luo Mian arrived at Spirit City to redeem Yu Xiaogang. Chrysanthemum Douluo led the clan delegation toward Yu Xiaogang and secured Yu Luo Mian’s agreement to share information about a powerful group of Fallen Spirit Masters.

• Tang San finished absorbing three Soul Bones, reached level sixty-eight, and began forming his sixth Clear Sky Hammer Spirit Ring with Xie Xue Douluo’s help.
• Tang San activated his three Soul Bones and endured repeated impacts from the forming Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring.
• Yu Luo Mian and Yu Tianxin arrived in Spirit City to retrieve Yu Xiaogang, and Chrysanthemum Douluo mocked them before leading them onward.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo questioned Yu Luo Mian about a powerful force, and Yu Luo Mian said the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had rejected its request.
• Yu Luo Mian agreed to inform Spirit Hall if the clan learned anything about the force’s movements.

Yu Luo Mian’s clan recovered Yu Xiaogang from a cesspit, while Xue Ye’s worsening illness triggered a purge at court that strengthened Qian Renxue’s position as Xue Qinghe. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue cultivating in the Crown Prince’s Mansion and preparing to pursue the throne with Spirit Hall’s support.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Yu Luo Mian watched as Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples pulled Yu Xiaogang from a cesspit, revealing his severely mangled, maggot-infested lower body.
• Half a year after Yu Xiaogang’s rescue, Xue Ye collapsed in court, and Ning Fengzhi and Ye Qinshui could not cure his illness.
• After recovering, Xue Ye secretly met with Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi, stripped Prince Xue Xing of his title and property, imprisoned him, and purged Xue Beng’s supporters.
• Xue Ye repeatedly became rigid, so he asked Ning Fengzhi to use a secret technique to sustain his remaining vitality and give Xue Qinghe time to secure the throne.
• Qian Renxue cultivated alone in the Crown Prince’s Mansion, reflected on Ye Qiu’s year-long absence, and trusted that Spirit Hall could help her overcome Xie Xue Douluo.

Ye Qiu and Hu Liena struggled against the killing intent that had been consuming them in the City of Slaughter. When Hu Liena came to Ye Qiu for help, they gave in to their desire for each other, leaving their crisis unresolved.

• After his eighty-second arena battle, Ye Qiu killed a Fallen One in the street and returned to his room to cultivate and endure his growing killing intent.
• Hu Liena, nearing one hundred arena victories, struggled to control her killing urge after accumulating more than three thousand kills and stopped going out except for matches.
• Hu Liena wounded her shoulder to briefly escape the killing aura's influence, then set out to find Ye Qiu before she lost control completely.
• Ye Qiu opened his door to Hu Liena, stopped the bleeding from her shoulder, and heard her admit she could no longer control her killing intent.
• Hu Liena kissed Ye Qiu, and they gave in to their lust as they set aside their killing intent.

Ye Qiu helped Hu Liena quell the killing intent surging through her after her Sixth Spirit Ability affected her. Hu Liena revealed that Heart's Desire had left an imprint in Ye Qiu's heart, making him increasingly dependent on her.

• Ye Qiu held Hu Liena close and helped ease her killing intent in the City of Slaughter.
• Afterward, Hu Liena clung to Ye Qiu and asked whether he remembered her Sixth Spirit Ability.
• Hu Liena explained that Heart's Desire imprinted on another person's heart and made them increasingly dependent on her over time.

After Hu Liena explained that her Sixth Spirit Ability had backfired, binding her to Ye Qiu, the two continued their time in the Slaughter City. Half a year later, Hu Liena won her ninety-ninth match, joining Ye Qiu one victory away from escaping the Hell Slaughter Arena.

• Hu Liena told Ye Qiu that her Sixth Spirit Ability had made her his slave, and he understood why Bibi Dong had warned him not to let her down.
• Half a year later, Hu Liena fought six Fallen Ones in her ninety-ninth match, using her Godly Zhuge Crossbow, dagger, and spirit abilities to kill them all.
• Hu Liena looked toward Ye Qiu in the spectator stands after her victory, and her killing intent gave way to tenderness.
• Ye Qiu left the stands after Hu Liena, killing anyone who failed to move aside as Fallen Ones swarmed the corpses and made Bloody Mary.

Ye Qiu and Hu Liena reunited outside the Hell Slaughter Arena, where their mutual desire overtook their efforts to suppress their killing intent. They returned to their room in the City of Slaughter, and Ye Qiu carried Hu Liena toward the bathroom when she asked them to wash first.

• Hu Liena spotted Ye Qiu outside the Hell Slaughter Arena and rushed into his arms, kissing him as their killing intent turned to desire.
• Ye Qiu and Hu Liena kissed passionately before he pulled away and carried her toward their home in the City of Slaughter.
• Hu Liena said they needed to empty their killing intent before facing Hell Road and worried about becoming Ye Qiu's burden.
• Ye Qiu assured Hu Liena that he would not abandon her, and she used Martial Soul Possession as they reached their room.
• Ye Qiu carried Hu Liena inside and began kissing her, but paused when she asked them to wash first.
• Ye Qiu agreed and carried Hu Liena toward the bathroom.