Chapter Summaries

Li Zhixian revealed his identity when he intervened to save Shui Bing'er from the Titan Snow Demon King. Although his sword strikes wounded the beast, it captured him and carried him toward the frozen depths of the Extreme North, while Shui Bing'er collapsed trying to follow.

• Shui Bing'er and the others recognized the black-cloaked Deputy Commander Ji as Li Zhixian, and the surviving mercenaries realized he was the legendary genius wanted by Spirit Hall.
• Li Zhixian unleashed his Frost Sword and froze the Titan Snow Demon King's palm and forearm for an instant, giving him time to send Shui Bing'er out of danger.
• Li Zhixian used his Three Sword Splendor and Netherworld Shore techniques to pierce the Titan Snow Demon King's palm, but the beast crushed his sword light and hurled him into the snow.
• The Titan Snow Demon King seized Li Zhixian and carried him toward the colder depths of the Extreme North.
• Shui Bing'er chased after the Titan Snow Demon King but collapsed in the snowfield.

The Titan Snow Demon King brought Li Zhixian to a hidden palace in the Extreme North, where the Ice Empress tested his swordsmanship and the Snow Empress revealed a mysterious guardian auspicious beast. Li Zhixian learned the beast was called Sword-bearing Ya Zi, while the reason the Extreme North’s rulers had abducted him remained unclear.

• Shui Bing'er sent Shui Yue'er and the others to follow the Titan Snow Demon King's footprints and find Li Zhixian, while Oscar said he was going to find Brother Ji.
• The Titan Snow Demon King carried Li Zhixian through a hidden boundary into a palace in the Extreme North.
• The Ice Empress challenged Li Zhixian with her tail stinger, and he managed to leave a small slash on it with the Azure Lotus Sword.
• The Ice Empress brought Li Zhixian before the Snow Empress, who revealed a weakened, sword-bearing beast resting on Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow.
• The Snow Empress identified the beast as Sword-bearing Ya Zi, the guardian auspicious beast of the world favored by the fortune of the Extreme North.

Li Zhixian learned that the Extreme North’s dying Auspicious Beast needed him to knock open the egg containing its heir, preserving the beast’s bloodline and the region’s fortune. He agreed to help only if the Snow Empress and Ice Empress paid him more.

• The Snow Empress explained that the Extreme North needed its own Auspicious Beast to protect its fortune as the region declined under human expansion.
• The Snow Empress revealed that a peerless ferocious beast from beyond the continent had grievously wounded the Old Ya Zi.
• The Old Ya Zi told Li Zhixian that its clan’s egg had to be opened by knocking its sword, but warned that failure would bring the backlash of Ya Zi’s Grudge.
• The Old Ya Zi offered Li Zhixian an Immense Fortune if he continued its clan’s bloodline and preserved the Extreme North’s fortune.
• The Ice Empress threatened Li Zhixian when he remained silent, but he said he was not unwilling to help and demanded more payment.

Li Zhixian completed the Kowtow Sword Ceremony, hatching Ya Zi’s successor and fulfilling the Extreme North’s inheritance. Old Ya Zi sacrificed himself, leaving Li Zhixian his Spirit Ring and Right Arm Bone as a new Auspicious Beast brought hope back to the region.

• Li Zhixian bargained for more Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow, then agreed to complete the Kowtow Sword Ceremony.
• Li Zhixian drew the Azure Lotus Sword and severed the Giant Egg along the grain of its sword patterns, releasing a newborn Ya Zi.
• Old Ya Zi rejoiced at the successful hatching, then disintegrated and left behind an Auspicious Beast Spirit Ring and Ya Zi's Right Arm Bone.
• A seven-colored rainbow appeared as the newborn Ya Zi’s aura soothed the Extreme North and continued its fortune.
• Li Zhixian paid his respects to Senior Ya Zi and vowed that the Extreme North’s wind, snow, and eternal cold would endure.

Li Zhixian absorbed Old Ya Zi’s Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone, gained four Soul Power levels, and discovered their powerful skills. After the Snow Empress entrusted the newborn Ya Zi to her care for now and gave him a token of passage through the Extreme North, Li Zhixian used Ya Zi Sword Rift to speed toward its edge.

• Li Zhixian absorbed Old Ya Zi’s Snow-Gold Spirit Ring, raising his Soul Power from level fifty-one to fifty-four.
• Li Zhixian subdued the Ya Zi Spirit Bone’s rampaging War Intent and gained two Spirit Ring skills and two Spirit Bone skills.
• The newborn little Ya Zi showed its bond with Li Zhixian, but the Snow Empress said it would remain with her until they were both stronger.
• The Snow Empress gave Li Zhixian a token that let him travel through the Extreme North without hindrance.
• Li Zhixian left the Ice Crystal Palace and used Ya Zi Sword Rift to race across the ice field toward the edge of the Extreme North.

Li Zhixian arrived in time to save Shui Bing'er and her companions from Red Widow's ambush, defeating the mercenary leader with his Ya Zi soul skill. He reunited with Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, and the others.

• Red Widow stabbed Snow Bear and led Permafrost Rose in an attack on the surviving Snow Bear mercenaries, Shui Bing'er, and her companions.
• Shui Bing'er and the others fought back, but both sides suffered heavy losses as Red Widow ordered her mercenaries to kill everyone.
• Li Zhixian appeared in the snowstorm and used ice blades and his Azure Lotus Sword to cut down Permafrost Rose's mercenaries and badly wound Red Widow.
• Red Widow tried to attack Li Zhixian from behind, but he used his fifth soul skill, Ya Zi's Life Judgment, to tear her body apart and kill her.
• Li Zhixian greeted Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, Oscar, Snow Bear, and the survivors.

Li Zhixian reunited with Shui Bing'er and the others, then left the northern region for the City of Slaughter. In Dusk Town, he heard a familiar storyteller’s voice, while Qian Renxue completed her trial on the Divine Steps of Light and set out after him.

• Li Zhixian shared food and wine with Shui Bing'er and the other six, then removed his mask at their urging and greeted them as Banished Immortal.
• After the Snow Bear Mercenary Group held a farewell banquet, Li Zhixian left the northern region with snow in his Treasure Pouch and traveled toward the City of Slaughter.
• A month later, Li Zhixian reached Dusk Town and heard travelers mention a new storyteller.
• Qian Renxue climbed to the nine hundred and ninety-ninth Divine Steps of Light, was cradled by the Angel God Statue, and departed for the City of Slaughter the following day.
• Li Zhixian entered a secluded alley in Dusk Town and stopped when he recognized the storyteller’s voice.

Li Zhixian reunited with the old storyteller who had kept telling his tale despite Spirit Hall’s threats and public scorn. After secretly placing spirit herbs in the storyteller’s and his companion’s noodles, Li Zhixian departed, leaving a gold coin behind and promising they would drink together again.

• Li Zhixian stopped in Dusk Town to hear the storyteller recount how he had slain Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation and wounded the Pope.
• The storyteller explained that he had spent over a year and a half telling Li Zhixian’s story, despite the contempt of listeners and Spirit Hall’s overwhelming power.
• Li Zhixian joined the storyteller and the Heaven Dou City soul master for plain noodles, then secretly ground spirit herbs into their bowls with sword intent.
• Li Zhixian said he would drink and make merry with the storyteller when they met again, then left a gold coin on the table.

Ning Rongrong, Hu Liena, and Tang San pursued harsh training to grow strong enough to surpass Li Zhixian. Hu Liena prepared to enter the City of Slaughter, while Tang Hao set out to take Tang San there to forge his combat skills and killing intent.

• Ning Rongrong killed a soul beast in Sunset Forest, but told Chen Xin that her swordsmanship still was not enough and rushed onward with Li Zhixian's repaired clay sword pendant.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong she had decided to enter the City of Slaughter so she could surpass Li Zhixian and avenge her brother and Yan.
• Bibi Dong gave Hu Liena a powerful soul bone and warned her not to fight Li Zhixian if she encountered him.
• Tang San completed the eighty-one strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and forced a two-hundred-meter waterfall backward.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that he still lacked life-or-death combat experience and promised to take him somewhere to forge true killing intent, where he could gain a chance to contend with Li Zhixian.

Li Zhixian reached the City of Slaughter by fighting his way through a tavern and crossing a blood-soaked passage that suppressed his Soul Rings. He arrived beneath a strange purple moon and faced the vast, oppressive city.

• Li Zhixian entered a tavern and killed a man who challenged him for trying to sit before drinking Bloody Mary.
• Li Zhixian drank the blood wine, criticized its quality, and asked the tavern owner how to reach the City of Slaughter.
• The tavern’s patrons attacked Li Zhixian, who trapped them in his Azure Lotus Twelve Calamities sword formation and killed them.
• Li Zhixian killed the tavern owner, destroyed the tavern, and leaped through the bloody entrance to the City of Slaughter.
• Li Zhixian crossed the scarlet passage as his Soul Rings faded, then arrived beneath a purple moon and saw the enormous city ahead.

Li Zhixian entered the City of Slaughter and learned that he had to survive the Hell Slaughter Arena before he could reach the Hell Road, where Yellow Springs Dew grew. After entering the inner city, he saw a familiar figure burst from a bloody melee.

• Li Zhixian received identity token 9501 from the Guide Envoy and learned that the City of Slaughter had no rules beyond strength.
• The Guide Envoy explained that residents had to enter the Hell Slaughter Arena annually, and that champions could challenge the Hell Road and become Slaughter Gods.
• Li Zhixian learned that Yellow Springs Dew grew deep within the Hell Road and asked the Guide Envoy to take him to the inner city.
• The Guide Envoy warned Li Zhixian about the inner city's unrestricted killing and Bloody Mary currency before leading him inside.
• A violent clash erupted in the inner city, and Li Zhixian recognized a familiar figure charging out of the bloodshed.

Li Zhixian attacked Hu Liena in the City of Slaughter but failed to kill her after she escaped into its maze of buildings. He returned to his dwelling and planned to enter the Hell Slaughter Arena, obtain Yellow Springs Dew, and temper a new sword technique and immortal brew.

• Li Zhixian released his sword intent in the inner city, then slashed Hu Liena when she mistook him for a potential rescuer.
• Li Zhixian pursued the wounded Hu Liena across the rooftops for an hour, but lost her in the maze-like buildings.
• Hu Liena hid, treated her wound, and considered recruiting the black-clad swordsman into Spirit Hall.
• Li Zhixian returned to his dwelling and resolved to seek Yellow Springs Dew and enter the Hell Slaughter Arena the next day.

Li Zhixian won his first Hell Slaughter Arena battle and discovered that his fourth-realm sword intent could contest the King of Slaughter's control over blood. Outside the arena, he turned on the predators waiting to hunt its survivors and drove them into panicked flight.

• Li Zhixian entered the Hell Slaughter Arena and killed nine opponents with his sword techniques and blood swords.
• Li Zhixian reflected on the arena as a place to temper the Skill Dao and forge the Azure Lotus Sword Song's Sixth Form.
• Li Zhixian used fourth-realm sword intent to gather the arena's blood into swords, but an opposing force shattered them and drew the blood underground.
• Li Zhixian left the arena and faced the hunters gathered outside its gates.
• Li Zhixian summoned the Azure Lotus Sword and attacked the hunters, scattering them in terror.

Li Zhixian won another killing-arena match and continued cultivating the eerie Oblivion River Blood Grudge Incense in the City of Slaughter. Hu Liena rejected Tang San’s offer to team up, while Tang San resolved to build his own winning streak and pass the Hell Road.

• Li Zhixian killed all nine opponents in his thirty-sixth match and earned another victory as Blood Slaughter Sword.
• Hu Liena retreated from the arena after watching Li Zhixian, then attacked a hooded figure who emerged in her path.
• Hu Liena recognized Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and mocked him by mentioning the Azure Lotus Sword’s victory over it.
• Tang San offered to join forces against Blood Slaughter Sword, but Hu Liena refused and said only Blood Slaughter Sword was worthy of cooperating with her.
• Tang San decided to pursue a winning streak so he could pass the Hell Road without risking an injury against Li Zhixian.
• Li Zhixian returned to his courtyard and absorbed blood mist into the Oblivion River Blood Grudge Incense, which he was waiting to mature.

Li Zhixian watched Qian Renxue win a brutal arena match, then fled when she recognized him and pursued him to his courtyard. There, he changed back into the face and white robes she remembered, and Qian Renxue finally embraced him after two years apart.

• Li Zhixian went to the North District arena to watch Qian Renxue compete, and his Angel Auspicious Feather warmed as she appeared.
• Qian Renxue recognized Li Zhixian in the stands, repelled the nine attackers surrounding her, and killed them.
• Qian Renxue rushed from the arena to find Li Zhixian, then spotted him leaving in black and chased him toward the South District.
• Li Zhixian entered a courtyard, and Qian Renxue followed him inside while demanding to know why he had run from her.
• Li Zhixian changed into his familiar white clothes and face, and Qian Renxue threw herself into his arms, crying that she finally saw him again.

After more than two years apart, Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue reunited in the City of Slaughter, where she moved into his courtyard and they shared a meal. Li Zhixian struggled to brew Oblivion River Blood Grudge Incense and advance his sword form, and Qian Renxue returned with a troubled expression.

• Qian Renxue embraced Li Zhixian, and he fell asleep in her arms; she carried him to bed and watched over him.
• Li Zhixian woke to find Qian Renxue cooking, then struggled to eat the meal she had prepared.
• Qian Renxue asked to move closer to Li Zhixian, and he invited her to stay in the empty eastern wing of his courtyard.
• Qian Renxue went to pack her belongings while Li Zhixian tried brewing Oblivion River Blood Grudge Incense beneath the courtyard wall.
• Li Zhixian found that the brew had barely changed and that his Sword of Killing Intent had stopped advancing; Qian Renxue returned looking troubled.

Li Zhixian devised a bloody plan with Qian Renxue’s help, then faced her in a public clash outside the slaughter arena. The chapter left them locked in a fierce sword fight as onlookers watched and speculated about their supposed feud.

• Li Zhixian told Qian Renxue that openly joining forces would make them targets, then asked her to help with a plan to brew wine and practice his sword.
• Qian Renxue agreed to Li Zhixian’s dangerous plan despite its bloody risks.
• A month later, Qian Renxue arrived at the slaughter arena as Li Zhixian was scheduled to fight, alarming the lurking desperadoes.
• Hu Liena wondered why Qian Renxue opposed Li Zhixian, while Tang San asked Hu Liena to join forces with him.
• Li Zhixian emerged from the arena, deflected Qian Renxue’s attack, and accused her of pursuing him again.
• Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue charged at each other and clashed swords, tearing up the ground around them.

Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue staged a brutal public duel, then revealed that their fight was a month-long plan to spread a rumor that Li Zhixian possessed a supreme treasure from Spirit Hall's Worship Hall. The rumor swept through the City of Slaughter, stirring its outlaws into a frenzy and leaving Li Zhixian's plan in motion.

• Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue fought across the City of Slaughter, each appearing badly wounded before Li Zhixian fled and Qian Renxue accused him of stealing the Worship Hall's supreme treasure.
• The crowd heard Qian Renxue's accusation and began eyeing Li Zhixian with suspicion and greed, while Hu Liena accepted the claim and Tang San predicted that outlaws would hunt him.
• Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue met secretly in a courtyard, where they confirmed that they had carefully staged the duel to make the rumor believable.
• Li Zhixian pointed out that the inner city was stirring, and rumors about the treasure spread and multiplied until the City of Slaughter boiled over with greed.

Li Zhixian fought Mad Demon Rod in the Killing Arena and won, but emerged badly wounded as more than three thousand desperadoes gathered to seize the Blood Slaughter Sword's supreme treasure. The chapter ended with Li Zhixian facing the crowd as their suppressed greed and killing intent erupted.

• Thousands of killers converged on the Killing Arena, drawn by rumors that the Blood Slaughter Sword's supreme treasure could make the Hell Road easy to cross.
• Mad Demon Rod challenged Li Zhixian and initially drove him back with his powerful Profound Heavy Club.
• Hu Liena hoped to reclaim the supreme treasure for Spirit Hall, while Tang San watched and wondered about the treasure.
• Li Zhixian killed Mad Demon Rod but appeared severely injured and stayed in the arena to recover.
• Killers spread word of Li Zhixian's injuries, and more than three thousand desperadoes gathered outside to covet the treasure.
• Li Zhixian stepped out of the Killing Arena and laughed at the surrounding crowd, setting off their killing intent.

Li Zhixian fought Qian Renxue, then fled into the mountains with her and more than three thousand fugitives pursuing them in hopes of claiming the supreme treasure. He disappeared into a dead-end valley, only to reveal himself above the crowd and welcome them into his trap.

• Li Zhixian repelled Qian Renxue’s holy light, wounded her in a clash, and fled as she pursued him.
• More than three thousand fugitives chased Li Zhixian, while Hu Liena worried over the danger and Tang San chose to wait for an opportunity.
• Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue led the fugitives from the inner city into the mountains, where the crowd crushed strange creatures along the way.
• The fugitives reached a dead-end valley and realized Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue had vanished.
• Li Zhixian appeared atop transparent swords on the cliff and welcomed the trapped crowd into the urn.