Chapter Summaries

Qian Xunji slaughtered the patrons of the Slaughter Tavern to earn entry to the City of Slaughter, then descended into its passageway. He emerged before 101 armored figures, including a rider on a warhorse.

• Qian Xunji sensed an Evil Aura in town and entered the Slaughter Tavern, where the waiter demanded that he kill the patrons and provide two cups of Bloody Mary to gain entry.
• A towering man rallied the patrons against Qian Xunji, but Qian Xunji killed him with the Ancient Black Sword.
• Qian Xunji swept the remaining patrons down with Sword Qi, leaving only himself and the terrified waiter alive.
• The waiter opened the entrance, and Qian Xunji leaped into the darkness and walked down the passageway toward the City of Slaughter.
• After hearing the City of Slaughter's welcome, Qian Xunji emerged before one hundred armored sword-bearers and a helmeted rider on a warhorse.

Qian Xunji defeated Terror Knight Scott and entered the City of Slaughter, where his guide explained the lawless city’s rules and protection. He remained skeptical that the city could truly keep its inhabitants safe from powerful outsiders.

• Qian Xunji recalled that the City of Slaughter suppressed Soul Skills and drew the Ancient Black Sword to face Terror Knight Scott.
• Qian Xunji’s Sword Qi destroyed Scott’s warhorse and shattered his right arm, but Qian Xunji spared him because Scott had followed the rules.
• Scott gave Qian Xunji an identity plaque numbered 8848, and Qian Xunji walked toward the City Gate.
• The Black Veiled Woman welcomed Qian Xunji and offered to guide him for twelve hours after he entered the City of Slaughter.
• The Girl in Black Veil explained that the city had no rules and protected its members, while Qian Xunji questioned whether that protection could stop strong outsiders.

Qian Xunji learned how the City of Slaughter operated and entered its Inner City with the Woman in Black Veil, intending to begin its trials. He arrived during the twelve-hour newcomer protection period, and the chapter left him facing the Inner City’s luxurious, dangerous world.

• The Woman in Black Veil told Qian Xunji that the only way to leave the City of Slaughter was to qualify for and survive Hell Road, earning the title of Slaughter God.
• Qian Xunji asked about life in the city, learned that Area of Slaughter battles left only one survivor from each group of ten, and insisted on going there.
• The Woman in Black Veil led Qian Xunji through the Outer City, where weak residents survived by contributing two cups of Bloody Mary each month.
• At the inner wall, the Woman in Black Veil explained the Inner City’s dangers and the twelve-hour newcomer protection period, then warned Qian Xunji to stay within five meters of her.
• Qian Xunji followed the Woman in Black Veil into the Inner City and found a vibrant, luxurious place unlike the Outer City.

Qian Xunji entered the Inner City with the Woman in Black Veil and encountered Man Yao, a wounded girl fighting off pursuers. He saved her from a sneak attack and continued toward the Area of Slaughter, while Man Yao vowed to repay him.

• Qian Xunji entered the Inner City and remained unmoved by its violence as the Woman in Black Veil led him toward the Area of Slaughter.
• Qian Xunji saw Man Yao, a wounded girl pursued by five attackers, and learned from the Woman in Black Veil that she had won eighteen matches while seeking a way out of the City of Slaughter.
• Man Yao fought the five attackers and killed four before a hidden assailant threatened her.
• Qian Xunji killed the hidden attacker with his Ancient Black Sword as Man Yao finished off the middle-aged man.
• Man Yao learned that Qian Xunji had saved her and vowed to repay his kindness.

Qian Xunji entered the Area of Slaughter and quickly established himself as a deadly combatant, building a record of ninety consecutive victories in a year. He entered another match as the City of Slaughter’s most successful fighter, with Man Yao close behind him.

• The Woman in Black Veil explained the Area of Slaughter’s rules and led Qian Xunji to register for a match.
• Qian Xunji sealed his Soul Power and evaded attacks during his first melee until only two powerful opponents remained.
• Qian Xunji killed the scarred middle-aged man with a single sword strike, then killed the one-eyed old man a minute later.
• Qian Xunji deliberately advanced his winning record while surviving post-match ambushes, reaching thirty-seven consecutive victories after three months.
• Over the following year, Qian Xunji reached ninety consecutive victories, while Man Yao achieved eighty and became his closest rival.
• Qian Xunji entered another match as the other fighters fixed their attention on him.

Lotrilata brought Jiang Hao to meet Qian Daoliu at the Pope’s Palace, where Qian Daoliu read Qian Xunji’s letter recommending the boy to Spirit Hall. Jiang Hao was given a place to live in the palace, while Lotrilata received the promise of a promotion once he reached soul saint.

• Lotrilata warned Jiang Hao to behave respectfully before they entered the Pope’s Palace to meet Qian Daoliu.
• Lotrilata explained how he had found Jiang Hao and handed Qian Daoliu a letter from Qian Xunji.
• Qian Daoliu read Qian Xunji’s recommendation and learned that Jiang Hao had a photographic memory and showed remarkable talent.
• Jiang Hao told Qian Daoliu that Qian Xunji had given him his name, and Qian Daoliu arranged for him to live in the Pope’s Palace.
• Qian Daoliu praised Lotrilata’s work and promised to promote him to Red-robed Bishop when he reached soul saint.

Jiang Hao spent several months studying and cultivating diligently in the Pope's Palace before attending Spirit Hall's annual Martial Soul Awakening. As the awakening ceremony began, he waited among Spirit Hall's elders, still nervous about what Martial Soul and potential he would reveal.

• Jiang Hao resolved to cultivate diligently and vowed to destroy the Evil Soul Masters who had harmed him.
• Qian Daoliu let Jiang Hao study in the Martial Soul Hall Library and gave him guidance, and Jiang Hao devoted himself to learning for months.
• On Spirit Hall's annual Martial Soul Awakening day, Jiang Hao went to the ceremony after worrying that he might awaken a useless Martial Soul.
• Qian Daoliu ordered the awakening ceremony to begin, and a Red-robed Bishop prepared the Hexagram Array and Soul Power Crystal.
• Jiang Hao waited his turn to awaken his Martial Soul before Qian Daoliu and the Spirit Hall elders.

Jiang Hao awakened an unusual Shadow Martial Soul after the ceremony's array consumed an extraordinary amount of the Red-robed Bishop's Soul Power. His Soul Power test revealed Innate Full Soul Power, Rank Ten, astonishing the Spirit Hall witnesses.

• The Red-robed Bishop began Jiang Hao's awakening, but his Martial Soul did not appear even after several minutes of increasing Soul Power.
• The Red-robed Bishop's Soul Power rose to the soul saint level, alerting Qian Daoliu and the Spirit Hall elders to the abnormal ceremony.
• A pitch-black figure resembling Jiang Hao emerged, and Jiang Hao briefly turned invisible before reappearing.
• Qian Daoliu identified Jiang Hao's Martial Soul as a Shadow Martial Soul and praised its potential.
• Jiang Hao reminded the Red-robed Bishop to test his Soul Power, and the crystal ball shone brilliantly to show Innate Full Soul Power, Rank Ten.

Jiang Hao demonstrated that his Shadow Demon Martial Soul could make him undetectable, and Qian Daoliu explained its potential before taking him as his first disciple. Qian Daoliu began training Jiang Hao for a future as an assassin, while Jiang Hao learned that Qian Xunji was his teacher’s son and would return in ten years.

• Qian Daoliu brought Jiang Hao into the Pope's Palace and asked him to release his Martial Soul.
• Jiang Hao vanished for five seconds with his Shadow Demon Martial Soul, and Qian Daoliu explained its lack of attributes and powerful invisibility.
• Qian Daoliu offered to train Jiang Hao as an assassin, and Jiang Hao knelt and accepted him as his teacher.
• Qian Daoliu told Jiang Hao that his son, Qian Xunji, had saved him and would return after ten years away.
• Qian Daoliu delayed Jiang Hao's first Soul Ring and arranged physical, theoretical, and stealth training for him.
• Jiang Hao trained diligently each day and read books in the Martial Soul Hall Library at night.

Qian Xunji rescued and nursed the badly injured Man Yao back to health in the City of Slaughter. After she recovered, they agreed to pursue a way out together, while Qian Xunji left to continue challenging the Hell Slaughter Arena.

• Qian Xunji found Man Yao unconscious and badly wounded after a battle outside his room.
• Qian Xunji brought Man Yao inside, treated her wounds, and cared for her through three days of fever.
• Man Yao woke up, thanked Qian Xunji, and changed into her own clothes after he explained why she was wearing his.
• Qian Xunji introduced himself as Qin Jian, and Man Yao explained that leaving the City of Slaughter required a hundred victories and passage through the Hell Road.
• Man Yao asked Qin Jian to challenge the Hell Road with her, and he agreed before leaving to continue fighting in the Hell Slaughter Arena.

The Slaughter King learned that Qian Xunji was nearing a hundred victories and feared he would pass through the Hell Road. He ordered Xue Tu to kill Qian Xunji and gave him a powerful Soul Bone, while claiming the traitor from the City of Slaughter for himself.

• The Slaughter King and the Girl in Black Veil discussed Qian Xunji’s growing strength and his chances of completing a hundred matches and surviving the Hell Road.
• The Slaughter King decided against contacting Qian Xunji and instead planned to stop him within the Hell Slaughter Arena’s rules.
• The Slaughter King gave Xue Tu a rare fire-attributed Torso Bone and ordered him to kill Qian Xunji without leaving evidence.
• The Slaughter King declared that he would deal with the traitor from the City of Slaughter himself.
• When the Girl in Black Veil questioned the cost of the plan, the Slaughter King attacked her with his Killing Intent and warned that he would not tolerate her objections.

Qian Xunji and Man Yao prepared to leave the City of Slaughter after reaching 99 victories in the Area of Slaughter. They ended the chapter resolved to face their hundredth match together, unaware of what the Slaughter King would send against them.

• Qian Xunji supported the wounded Man Yao and prepared a meal while she bathed.
• Man Yao and Qian Xunji shared dinner, and she thanked him for treating her like family.
• Qian Xunji told Man Yao that they had both reached 99 victories and needed one more win to demand the Hell Road.
• Qian Xunji privately resolved to risk his life to take Man Yao out of the City of Slaughter if the Slaughter King tried to stop her.
• Qian Xunji and Man Yao agreed to rest before facing their hundredth match together the next day.

Qian Xunji challenged for his hundredth consecutive victory in the Area of Slaughter and faced Xue Tu, who had avoided him for months. After both men killed the opponents who attacked them, Xue Tu trapped Qian Xunji in his Lava Purgatory Soul Skill.

• Qian Xunji and Man Yao registered for the challenge that would earn them the right to attempt the Hell Road.
• Eight of the nine other competitors targeted Qian Xunji and Xue Tu, whom they considered the greatest threats.
• Qian Xunji recognized Xue Tu and learned that he had avoided their earlier matches because he had not been strong enough to defeat him.
• Xue Tu released his Flame Scorpion Martial Soul and explained that he intended to kill Qian Xunji and claim status in the City of Slaughter.
• Qian Xunji killed the four attackers confronting him while Xue Tu killed his four attackers, leaving the two men to face each other.
• Xue Tu used his left arm bone's Lava Purgatory Soul Skill to engulf Qian Xunji in intense heat.

Qian Xunji unleashed his sealed soul power and defeated Xue Tu in the Hell Slaughter Arena, then revealed that Xue Tu was the wanted soul master Huang Yuan. After claiming Huang Yuan’s two soul bones, Qian Xunji left the arena and sent Man Yao in to begin her hundredth challenge.

• Qian Xunji released his soul-power seal and used Startling Swan to smash through Xue Tu’s Fire Dragon Body Protection.
• Qian Xunji identified Xue Tu as Huang Yuan, who admitted to blood-sacrificing his wife’s clan to obtain its inherited soul bone.
• Qian Xunji beheaded Xue Tu and turned his corpse to ash, leaving two soul bones behind.
• Qian Xunji claimed both soul bones and left the Area of Slaughter as the spectators made way for him.
• Qian Xunji found Man Yao in the stands and sent her into the arena to begin her hundredth challenge.

Man Yao fought the Succubus in the Hell Slaughter Arena and defeated her, while the Succubus’s resentment toward Man Yao and Qian Xunji deepened. After seeing Qian Xunji’s affection for Man Yao, the Succubus accepted the Slaughter King’s offer of a way to take revenge.

• Man Yao and the Succubus killed the other arena fighters before facing each other.
• The Succubus attacked Man Yao over her bond with Qian Xunji, but Man Yao resisted her strange fragrance and sent her crashing into a wall.
• The Succubus emerged from the arena and watched Qian Xunji warmly welcome Man Yao after her own match.
• The Succubus returned to her hut, where the Slaughter King’s Envoy offered a way to get revenge, and she agreed to go with her.

The Slaughter King arranged for the Succubus to use a hidden restriction to kill Man Yao in the Area of Slaughter. Man Yao resisted the control and awakened her Shore Flower Martial Soul, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Slaughter King promised the Succubus revenge and rewards if she killed Man Yao, then taught her an incantation that triggered Man Yao’s restriction.
• In the Area of Slaughter, the Succubus recited the incantation, leaving Man Yao stiff and unable to move.
• Man Yao recalled Qian Xunji’s words and struggled against the bat-shaped restriction on her forehead.
• The Succubus attacked Man Yao, but a red curtain of light blocked her strike as Man Yao opened her red eyes.
• Man Yao manifested her Shore Flower Martial Soul, and Qian Xunji recognized it from its legend.

Qian Xunji reflected on the legends of the Shore Flower while Man Yao fought to regain control of her body and defeat the Succubus. Man Yao won her hundredth Hell Slaughter Arena victory, while the Slaughter King raged over her success and the failure of his restriction.

• Qian Xunji recalled legends of the Shore Flower and wondered briefly what it would be like to fall in love before refocusing on increasing his strength.
• Man Yao broke the Slaughter King's restriction with help from her Martial Soul and regained control of her body.
• The Succubus attempted to self-destruct, but Man Yao killed her with a single sword strike, destroying her body and soul.
• Man Yao completed her hundredth victory, then smiled at Qian Xunji, who encouraged her from the stands.
• The Slaughter King realized his restriction had been erased and the Succubus had failed, then angrily smashed his Bloody Mary before falling into thought.

After achieving a hundred victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena, Qian Xunji and Man Yao were sent onto the Hell Road by the Slaughter King. They arrived on a narrow platform surrounded by darkness, where Qian Xunji used his life aura to bring Man Yao back from a violent blood-red change.

• The Slaughter King congratulated Qian Xunji and Man Yao on their hundred victories, and Qian Xunji demanded that he open the Hell Road.
• The Slaughter King unleashed a red aura that drove the spectators to mutilate themselves, and their blood formed a bat-shaped pattern beneath the arena.
• The bat pattern engulfed Qian Xunji and Man Yao and transported them to the Hell Road.
• Qian Xunji found himself and Man Yao on a small circular platform connected to a narrow path through the darkness.
• Man Yao began convulsing as her eyes turned blood-red, and Qian Xunji used his life aura to calm her and clear her eyes.

Qian Xunji and Man Yao crossed the narrow path through Hell Road while he repeatedly suppressed the poison affecting her. He used Angel Domain to fend off a swarm of Blood Bats, but their advance was stopped by an enormous Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat.

• Qian Xunji explained that the City of Slaughter's toxin had poisoned Man Yao and temporarily suppressed it with his Soul Power.
• Qian Xunji and Man Yao continued across the narrow path above an abyss as the heat worsened and Man Yao's poison began to relapse.
• Qian Xunji deployed Angel Domain, causing the attacking Blood Bats to fall into the abyss and keeping the rest at bay.
• Qian Xunji and Man Yao hurried forward while the Blood Bats followed them through the increasingly hot passage.
• A gigantic Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat took flight ahead of them, and the Blood Bats gathered behind it.

Qian Xunji defeated the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and cleared the remaining Blood Bats. After a mysterious Flame Portal appeared, he decided to enter it, then returned from his Sea of Consciousness to find Man Yao in tears.

• Qian Xunji used his Angel Domain and Ancient Black Sword to kill the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, then wiped out the remaining Blood Bats.
• Qian Xunji explained his domain to Man Yao and told her they would obtain the Slaughter Domain after passing through Hell Road.
• Qian Xunji and Man Yao saw a Flame Portal appear above the magma after their battle shattered the path ahead.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger told Qian Xunji that the portal held a power from beyond Douluo Continent and warned him it might be dangerous.
• Qian Xunji decided to enter the portal and returned from his Sea of Consciousness to find Man Yao looking at him with tears in her eyes.