Chapter Summaries

Li Zhixian used Mourning Mandragora to strip the Soul Power from more than three thousand fugitives in the valley, then began killing them to forge his Sword of Killing Intent and finish brewing Oblivion River Blood Grudge Incense. Tang San and Hu Liena escaped, while Qian Renxue helped block the valley entrance as the slaughter continued.

• Li Zhixian awakened Mourning Mandragora with wine, and its poisonous miasma consumed the fugitives’ Soul Power while Tang San and Hu Liena escaped the valley.
• Qian Renxue spread her Six-winged Angel wings and blocked the valley entrance alongside Li Zhixian.
• Li Zhixian announced that he would use the dead to brew Oblivion River Blood Grudge Incense and forge his Sword of Killing Intent.
• Li Zhixian slaughtered the fugitives with the Azure Lotus Sword, whose blue-gold sword intent grew increasingly scarlet with blood.
• Resentment and lingering warmth rose from the corpses into the vessel, ripening the unfinished Oblivion River Blood Grudge Incense.

Li Zhixian slaughtered his way through the fugitives in the valley to temper his sword, realizing that the blood aura clinging to his blade was not true Killing Sword Intent. After killing more than two thousand people, he felt he had cracked open the gate to that intent, while the Oblivion River Blood Grudge Incense gathered the valley’s murky blood mist.

• Li Zhixian recognized that the blood aura on the Azure Lotus Sword was an external taint rather than genuine Killing Sword Intent, but continued killing to pursue a breakthrough.
• Li Zhixian drove the slaughter from the valley floor toward its entrance and then turned inward, while Qian Renxue watched without intervening as he had asked.
• Fugitives outside the valley fled in terror, while Tang San and Hu Liena watched from a distance and feared the Blood Slaughter Sword’s power.
• Li Zhixian killed more than two thousand fugitives, suffered wounds from three Skill Dao Masters, and killed them with one sword strike.
• Li Zhixian sensed the gate to Killing Sword Intent crack open as the Oblivion River Blood Grudge Incense gathered and purified the blood mist above the valley.

Li Zhixian completed the Azure Lotus Sword Song Sixth Form, Blood Purgatory, after Old Scarface’s treacherous attack awakened his killing intent. He survived the massacre, kept Old Scarface’s wooden chip, and was comforted by Qian Renxue.

• Old Scarface begged Li Zhixian for mercy, then attacked him with a poisoned dart while pretending to plead for his daughter.
• Li Zhixian was wounded, but the pain awakened his killing intent and he completed Blood Purgatory.
• Li Zhixian’s sword intent killed Old Scarface and silently cut down the remaining desperadoes outside the valley, prompting Tang San and Hu Liena to flee.
• The Oblivion River Blood Grudge Incense bloomed as Li Zhixian’s blood flames faded, and he took Old Scarface’s wooden chip depicting a little girl.
• Qian Renxue reached Li Zhixian, wiped the blood from his face, and praised him as tears streamed down her cheeks.

The King of Slaughter learned that Blood Slaughter Sword had killed thousands and was nearing the strength to challenge Hell Road, but ordered his attendant not to interfere as multiple successors of Killing Gods gathered in the City of Slaughter. Elsewhere, the Asura God and Ji Dong disputed whether Li Zhixian would choose the Asura God Position or the Evil God Position, leaving the contest for his allegiance unresolved.

• The woman in black gauze reported Blood Slaughter Sword’s victories and the massacre of more than three thousand people to the King of Slaughter.
• The King of Slaughter rejected her suggestions to contact Blood Slaughter Sword or arrange for the successors to fight, warning that two Killing Gods had sent successors to the City of Slaughter.
• The King of Slaughter struck the woman in black gauze for questioning his judgment, then descended into the sea of blood beneath the mountain.
• The Asura God thanked Ji Dong for finding him a successor and claimed Li Zhixian was destined to inherit the Asura God Position.
• Ji Dong challenged the Asura God to a wager, insisting Li Zhixian would not abandon his own sword for the Asura God Sword.

Li Zhixian shared Oblivion River Blood Grudge Incense with Qian Renxue, and the wine strengthened their blood and vitality. It evolved Li Zhixian’s Three Phases Spirit Vein Body, but left both of them overwhelmed by surging vitality.

• Li Zhixian prepared a meal with Qian Renxue and revealed a jar of Oblivion River Blood Grudge Incense.
• Li Zhixian explained that the wine replenished blood and vitality, could forge a treasure body, and would improve healing and lifespan.
• Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue drank the wine together, causing their blood and vitality to surge.
• The wine evolved Li Zhixian’s Three Phases Spirit Vein Body and greatly increased his healing ability.
• Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue remained flushed and overwhelmed as the wine’s effects intensified.

Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue confessed their love, then spent nearly two years fighting their way to ninety-nine victories in the City of Slaughter. As they waited for the final battle that would open the Hell Road, Qian Renxue caught Hu Liena following her and seized her by the throat.

• Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue kissed, and he told her he had not acted on impulse.
• Li Zhixian told Qian Renxue he could not betray Zhuqing, and Qian Renxue agreed they would cross the Hell Road together and bring Zhuqing back.
• Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue fought through the Hell Slaughter Arena, defeating an ambush and reaching ninety-nine victories each.
• Demon Fox and Asura Hammer rose to prominence as candidates to become Hundred Battles King alongside Blood Slaughter Sword and Future Angel.
• While Li Zhixian comprehended the sword, Qian Renxue went out for supplies and noticed Hu Liena following her.
• Qian Renxue ambushed Hu Liena in an alley, slammed her against a wall, and demanded to know why she had followed her.

Qian Renxue rejected Hu Liena’s offer to cooperate and left her suspecting that Blood Slaughter Sword was Li Zhixian. After another half year, Li Zhixian approached his hundredth consecutive victory as he, Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, and Tang Hao prepared to fight their final matches and challenge Hell Road.

• Qian Renxue seized Hu Liena by the throat, released her, and rejected her offer of cooperation, saying that Blood Slaughter Sword was her only companion.
• Hu Liena asked whether Blood Slaughter Sword was Li Zhixian, but Qian Renxue disappeared without answering.
• Li Zhixian told Qian Renxue that Elder Chen Xin and Elder Feng were likely still ahead of him in the Sword Dao, though he had glimpsed the threshold of its fifth realm.
• Half a year later, Demon Fox and Asura Hammer reached ninety-nine victories, joining Blood Slaughter Sword and Angel in preparing for their final matches.
• Li Zhixian entered his arena for his hundredth consecutive victory, and a vast Crimson Sword Light struck toward his nine opponents.

After earning one hundred consecutive victories, Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue reunited in the Hell Slaughter Arena, where the King of Slaughter appeared and offered them and the other two victors the title of Slaughter God. Li Zhixian recognized that accepting would keep them from the Hell Road and its Yellow Springs Dew, leaving the offer unanswered.

• Li Zhixian killed nine Fallen Ones and waited for Qian Renxue, who joined him after her own hundred victories.
• Tang San and Hu Liena appeared, and the four prepared for the King of Slaughter’s arrival.
• The purple moon became a scarlet eye as a swarm of bats formed the towering King of Slaughter, whose pressure drove the four to the arena’s edge.
• The King of Slaughter revealed the arena, gave the crowd Bloody Mary, and praised the four for becoming Hundred Battles Kings.
• The King of Slaughter offered all four the title of Slaughter God and free passage through the City of Slaughter, while Li Zhixian realized accepting would cost them access to the Hell Road and Yellow Springs Dew.

Li Zhixian rejected the King of Slaughter’s offer to bypass Hell Road, and he and Qian Renxue joined Hu Liena and Tang San in demanding the trial. After Li Zhixian crippled Tang San in a fight, the four were transported to Hell Road, where the King of Slaughter wondered why Tang San’s blood felt familiar.

• The King of Slaughter offered Li Zhixian, Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, and Tang San the title of Slaughter God without the Hell Road trial, but Li Zhixian and the others insisted on entering.
• The King of Slaughter ordered them to enter Hell Road in pairs and declared that the pair who cleared it later would not receive Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Tang San urged Hu Liena to team up with him, but Li Zhixian attacked Tang San and overpowered him with his Azure Lotus Sword.
• Li Zhixian struck Tang San with a kick and prepared to finish him, but the blood-filled arena activated and transported all four into Hell Road.
• The King of Slaughter examined Tang San’s blood and wondered why its aura felt familiar, while Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue found themselves before a swaying bridge and Shore Flowers.

Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue crossed the suspension bridge in Hell Road and discovered the Ten-Headed Fierce Yang Serpent beneath it. They attacked the serpent, and Li Zhixian unleashed his Azure Lotus Sword Song’s sixth form, Blood Purgatory, against its tail.

• Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue cautiously crossed the unstable suspension bridge, fighting off creatures that emerged from the river of blood.
• Near the bridge’s end, Li Zhixian sensed danger and stabbed the solid ground, revealing that it was the head of a giant serpent.
• Li Zhixian identified the creature as the Ten-Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, a Primordial Remnant Species, and decided to kill it before Tang San and Hu Liena could.
• Qian Renxue carried Li Zhixian into an attack as the serpent’s tail swept toward them.
• Li Zhixian gathered the river’s killing energy into his Azure Lotus Sword and unleashed the sixth form, Blood Purgatory, against the serpent’s tail.

Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue defeated the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, collected its inner core and Yellow Springs Dew, and reached a light curtain that might lead back to Douluo Continent. As they passed through, their killing intent condensed into domains, and Li Zhixian’s consciousness fell into a blood-red world where a towering armored figure awaited him.

• Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue evaded the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s attacks and drove their swords into its head, causing its body to crack and explode.
• Li Zhixian collected the serpent’s inner core, and he and Qian Renxue gathered Yellow Springs Dew from the sea of Shore Flowers.
• Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue found a white light curtain and entered it hand in hand, hoping it would return them to Douluo Continent.
• Their accumulated killing intent erupted and condensed into ring-shaped domains that sank into their foreheads.
• Qian Renxue’s Bright Soul Power eased the effect of the killing intent, while Li Zhixian fell into a blood-red world before a towering figure in dim blood armor.

Li Zhixian rejected the Asura God’s inheritance because accepting it would mean abandoning his emotions and his Azure Lotus Sword. He left the City of Slaughter with Qian Renxue, while the gods considered whether he could create a new godhood of his own.

• The Asura God offered Li Zhixian the Asura inheritance, but Li Zhixian asked whether it required him to sever his emotions and desires.
• Ji Dong explained that Li Zhixian valued the people he loved and his memories more than godhood, while the Asura God argued that divine power outweighed such attachments.
• The Asura God offered Li Zhixian the greatest sword in the God Realm, but Li Zhixian refused to give up the Azure Lotus Sword or his feelings.
• Ji Dong said Li Zhixian could pursue creating a godhood, though it would require the God Kings’ approval, a suitable realm, and immense faith.
• Li Zhixian regained consciousness, reassured Qian Renxue, and left the City of Slaughter with her as sunlight fell on them.

After leaving the City of Slaughter, Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue reunited as lovers and agreed to meet again in Heaven Dou City for the Five-Year Agreement. Li Zhixian then set out for the Star Dou Great Forest, while an old storyteller and a middle-aged Soul Master prepared to return to Heaven Dou.

• Li Zhixian and Qian Renxue emerged from the City of Slaughter and shared a meal beside a river.
• Qian Renxue questioned Li Zhixian about the gifts on Xue Qinghe’s desk, and Li Zhixian admitted he had always known Xue Qinghe was her.
• Qian Renxue confronted Li Zhixian about his deliberate closeness during their time in Heaven Dou City, and they kissed and mourned the time they had lost.
• Qian Renxue returned to the Worship Hall to reassure the elders and cleanse her killing intent, promising to find Li Zhixian in Heaven Dou City in two months.
• Li Zhixian headed for the Star Dou Great Forest to check on Zhu Zhuqing and warn Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming.
• At a border city in the Star Luo Empire, the old man in blue robes asked a middle-aged Soul Master to return with him to Heaven Dou.

As Li Zhixian returned to the Star Dou Great Forest after leaving the City of Slaughter, his friends across the land began traveling to Heaven Dou City to honor their Five-Year Agreement. The Sky Azure Bull Python sensed Li Zhixian’s killing intent as he raced toward the forest’s depths.

• Shui Bing'er led Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, and the Skywater Team toward Heaven Dou City to fulfill the Five-Year Agreement with Li Zhixian.
• Oscar prepared to leave Rin Blade Town, while Huo Wu’s companion and Feng Xiaotian also set out toward Heaven Dou City to reunite with Li Zhixian.
• Feng Buyu and Wind Sword Sect disciples prepared to join the gathering, while Ning Fengzhi urged Ning Rongrong to go; Chen Xin and Gu Rong arrived, and Chen Xin said he would test Li Zhixian’s sword.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling counted the days until Li Zhixian’s return, while Yu Tianheng and their friends planned to meet him in Heaven Dou City.
• Li Zhixian entered the Star Dou Great Forest and raced toward its depths, causing ordinary soul beasts to flee from his killing intent.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python emerged from the Lake of Life after sensing Li Zhixian’s aura.

Li Zhixian returned to Star Dou to visit Zhu Zhuqing, who remained asleep by the Lake of Life, and reunited with Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming. After telling Zhu Zhuqing about his travels and warning the beasts of Spirit Hall’s planned hunt, he left to meet his friends, promising to return.

• Xiao Wu and the beasts learned that Li Zhixian had entered Star Dou, while the Beast God sensed his unusual presence and questioned how the auspicious beast’s energy remained in the Extreme North.
• Li Zhixian reunited with Xiao Wu and rode with her and Er Ming to the Lake of Life, where he found Zhu Zhuqing asleep.
• Li Zhixian sat beside Zhu Zhuqing for two days and two nights, telling her about his travels and saying that only Deity's Heart Blood remained among the spiritual treasures he needed.
• Li Zhixian gave Xiao Wu gifts, thanked her for protecting Zhu Zhuqing, and warned Da Ming and Er Ming that Spirit Hall planned to hunt Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Li Zhixian departed to meet his friends, while Da Ming and Er Ming examined the gifts he had left them.

After five years of wandering, Li Zhixian returned to Heaven Dou and reunited with Dugu Bo, who told him that Spirit Hall’s ambitions were driving the continent toward conflict. Li Zhixian gave Dugu Bo a powerful serpent core to strengthen him, leaving Dugu Bo eager to prove himself at the Heavenly Ridge Martial Gathering.

• Li Zhixian reached Heaven Dou City after five years away and went to Dugu Manor, where Dugu Bo recognized him and welcomed him warmly.
• Li Zhixian and Dugu Bo shared wine on the roof and caught up on Li Zhixian’s travels and Dugu Bo’s progress in poison arts.
• Dugu Bo told Li Zhixian that Spirit Hall was expanding its territory and that Bibi Dong might proclaim herself emperor.
• Li Zhixian gave Dugu Bo the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s inner core and suggested that Sister Dugu absorb its leaked energy.
• Li Zhixian said the core might help Dugu Bo qualify for the Heavenly Ridge Martial Gathering, and Dugu Bo vowed to prove he was not the weakest Douluo.

Li Zhixian returned to Heaven Dou City, settled back into his home, and went to Imperial Dou Academy to see old companions. He watched Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and the others struggle to discipline freshmen, then revealed himself with a greeting.

• Li Zhixian declined Dugu Bo's suggestion to visit Dugu Yan that night and returned to his home in Heaven Dou, where he found it carefully maintained.
• Li Zhixian spent the next morning wandering through the city before heading toward Imperial Dou Academy.
• Yu Tianheng and the other seniors tried to train the freshmen, but the students collapsed and argued that Senior Sword Wine had succeeded without attending the academy or using its training room.
• The freshmen traded exaggerated stories about Sword Wine, irritating Yu Tianheng and disrupting the training session.
• Dugu Yan lashed her whip and ordered the freshmen back to training, and Li Zhixian called out from the entrance, telling her not to be so harsh.

Li Zhixian returned to Heaven Dou after five years and reunited with his friends, visited Bai Baoshan’s grave, and was welcomed by the waiter at Shanxiang Restaurant. After celebrating with his old companions for several days, he prepared for a meeting with his friends and stood outside the restaurant at dawn.

• Li Zhixian returned to Imperial Dou Academy, where Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Yu Tianheng, Yufeng, Osler, and the new students recognized him as Senior Sword Wine.
• Li Zhixian told the new students not to waste their chance to cultivate at the academy, then went with his friends to pay respects at Bai Baoshan’s grave.
• Li Zhixian reunited with the waiter at Shanxiang Restaurant, and news of his return spread throughout Heaven Dou City.
• Li Zhixian declined invitations from influential figures and the imperial family, spending several days drinking and traveling with his old friends.
• The night before his agreed meeting with his friends, Li Zhixian picked the plums from a tree and sorted his collected wines; at dawn, he stood outside Shanxiang Restaurant.

Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and the Blazing Fire Team arrived in Heaven Dou City to fulfill their Five-Year Agreement and reunited with Li Zhixian at Shanxiang Restaurant. Their joyful reunion was interrupted by the arrival of Feng Buyu and Xiao Tian, who raced toward the restaurant.

• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu entered Heaven Dou City with the Blazing Fire Team and worried about whether Li Zhixian had survived his journey through the Far North and the City of Slaughter.
• The group reached Shanxiang Restaurant and found Li Zhixian waiting outside, then announced that they had come to fulfill the Five-Year Agreement.
• Huo Wu hugged Li Zhixian, and he warmly greeted Huo Wushuang and the other Blazing Fire Team members before inviting them inside to wait for their friends.
• Li Zhixian teased Huo Wu about her plums, gave her several, and dodged her playful attempts to catch him with a display of sword qi.
• Feng Buyu and Xiao Tian raced toward Shanxiang Restaurant, challenging each other to see who would arrive first.

Li Zhixian reunited with old friends in Heaven Dou City and hosted a banquet to fulfill their Five-Year Agreement. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall ordered Salas to test Li Zhixian's strength, leaving the bishop shaken by the assignment.

• Feng Buyu and Feng Xiaotian arrived at Shanxiang Restaurant and joyfully reunited with Li Zhixian, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Wu.
• Yu Tianheng and the Emperor Team joined the gathering, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling welcomed Li Zhixian back.
• Chen Xin sent Ning Rongrong to meet Li Zhixian, who greeted her despite their complicated past.
• Shui Bing'er arrived with the Skywater Team to fulfill the Five-Year Agreement, and Oscar joined the gathering after overhearing about it in the Northern Frontier.
• Li Zhixian welcomed Qian Renxue, then hosted his friends at Shanxiang Restaurant while the storyteller and a Soul Master entered Heaven Dou City.
• Salas read the Pope's order to lead Spirit Hall's Heaven Dou City congregation in testing Li Zhixian and was stunned by the assignment.