Chapter Summaries

Nan Li and Dong Yun defeated Long Lingyun and uncovered that the captives were hidden in a chamber beneath the river. Long Lichuan arrived as a prisoner and realized Dragon Bone Village had lost.

• Nan Li stopped Long Lingyun from burning the sacrifices and joined Dong Yun in breaking through Long Lingyun’s jade barrier, after which Nan Li captured her.
• Nan Li freed three captives from the oil vats, and they revealed that the other prisoners were hidden underground beneath the riverbed.
• Nan Li seized Long Shouyue, and Dong Yun threatened her until Long Lingyun revealed a hollow passage inside the pavilion’s central support pillar.
• Nan Yin and Dai Xiyun arrived with Long Lichuan, who saw Long Lingyun subdued and lost hope for Dragon Bone Village.

Nan Li and Dong Yun rescued the children and civilians imprisoned beneath Dragon Bone Village while Dai Xiyun confronted Long Lichuan and Long Lingyun. Long Lichuan took his own life after Dai Xiyun allowed him to die with dignity, leaving the Second Prince shaken by the Dragon Family’s fall.

• Long Lichuan begged Dai Xiyun to spare the Dragon Bone Village residents and his sisters, and Dai Xiyun hesitated before Nan Yin told him to decide for himself.
• Lan Xi stopped Dai Xiyun from entering the dungeon and left Nan Li and Dong Yun to rescue the prisoners below Dragon Bone Village.
• Nan Li and Dong Yun carried the children out of the rising water prison, while the adult prisoners demanded help and Long Shouyue refused to cooperate.
• Dong Yun asked Nan Li to bring Long Lingyun down, prompting Long Lingyun to leave Long Lichuan with a final message before joining the rescue.
• Long Lichuan declared that he did not regret losing, then cut his own throat as Dai Xiyun let him die without interference.

Nan Li and her allies rescued the prisoners from Dragon Bone Village, but Long Lingyun escaped with Long Shouyue. Dong Yun executed the village’s collaborators, and several days later Dai Xiyun faced Dai Weisi’s warning at Star Luo Palace.

• Long Lingyun freed Long Shouyue and escaped through the underground river, while Nan Li and Little Ten were swept along and later reached the surface.
• Nan Li reunited with Dong Yun and Nan Yin, and Lan Xi healed their wounds after they returned to Dragon Bone Village.
• Dong Yun executed the captured Dragon Family Army deserters and the villagers who had helped them kidnap civilians, despite Nan Li’s doubts.
• A grieving woman entrusted her infant to Chen Yuan before running into the flames, and Dong Yun killed the women who accused Nan Li of murdering Long Lingyun.
• Several days later at Star Luo Palace, Dai Weisi told Dai Xiyun to claim he had returned to visit his mother’s clan if the emperor questioned him.

Dai Xiyun learned more about the Dragon Family’s destruction, and Nan Li concluded that the imperial court had framed its surviving members after eliminating most of them. Nan Li left with Dong Yun to visit Chen Yuan’s house, while Nan Yin and Lan Xi prepared for their departure and waited for Luo Gu and Zhu Zhu Lang.

• Dai Weisi advised Dai Xiyun to admit his mistake to the emperor, then explained the Dragon Family’s history to him.
• Nan Yin gave Nan Li a letter recounting the Dragon Family’s rise, the deaths of six siblings, and the rebellion charge that led to their execution.
• Nan Li concluded that the ruler had wanted the Dragon Family dead and condemned its use of civilians as sacrifices.
• Nan Li took Dong Yun to Chen Yuan’s house to investigate.
• Lan Xi and Nan Yin prepared to leave in about ten days and discussed waiting for Luo Gu and Zhu Zhu Lang to emerge from the City of Slaughter.

Nan Li learned that Chen Yuan had raised a household of abandoned girls and that Chen Nian'an, her injured younger sister, was a Soul Emperor who recovered her memories. After reflecting on the suffering among ordinary people, Nan Li decided to leave for the City of Slaughter, with departure planned for the next day.

• Chen Yuan told Nan Li how she and Chen Nian'an had taken in abandoned girls, while Dan Hong treated Chen Nian'an.
• Chen Nian'an erupted in alarm at the word “danger,” revealing her six Soul Rings before Dan Hong calmed her.
• Dan Hong's treatment restored Chen Nian'an's memories, and she recognized Chen Yuan as her older sister.
• Nan Li and Dong Yun discussed the hardships faced by ordinary humans and the limits of the gods' concern.
• Nan Yin decided to take Nan Li to the City of Slaughter, and they planned to leave the next day after informing Tai Tan and the others.

Nan Li left for the City of Slaughter with Dong Yun, worried that Dan Hong might die within three years and determined to find a way to save her. At the tavern, Luo Gu reunited with Nan Yin and finally called Lan Xi “Auntie.”

• Tailong confessed that he had liked Nan Li for a long time, but she mistook his feelings for admiration and Bai Chenxiang sent the young men away.
• Nan Li gave Dan Hong the Coral Mystery Phantom Left Leg Bone and left the Cloud-Swallowing Fire Howl to protect her before setting out west with Dong Yun, Nan Yin, Lan Xi, and Dan Qing.
• Lan Xi said Dan Hong’s fate might be changed, though no one could know whether their efforts would succeed, and revealed that she had told Qing Ya to cherish his time with Dan Hong.
• Nan Li and Dong Yun entered the City of Slaughter, hoping to complete their trial within a year and save Dan Hong.
• At the tavern, Luo Gu reunited with Nan Yin and took Dan Qing’s hand, while Zhu Zhu Lang greeted Nan Yin as her master.
• Luo Gu met Lan Xi’s gaze and called her “Auntie.”

Luo Gu reunited with his mother, Lan Xi, while Nan Yin prepared to continue her trial in the City of Slaughter. Nan Li and Dong Yun entered the city and defeated Terror Knight Scott, clearing their way inside.

• Luo Gu learned that Lan Xi was his biological mother, returned the Soul Bone she had given him, and left with Dan Qing and Zhu Zhu Lang under Lan Xi's escort.
• Lan Xi gave Nan Yin the Coral Scepter, explaining that Di Yan had imbued it with purification power for her trial, and Nan Yin entered the City of Slaughter.
• Nan Li and Dong Yun entered the City of Slaughter carrying their weapons and were confronted by Terror Knight Scott and a hundred black-armored knights.
• Nan Li opened the city's gates as Dong Yun pierced Scott's warhorse through its armor, and Scott clutched his bleeding neck in disbelief.

Nan Li and Dong Yun entered the City of Slaughter and made their way to its inner city, where the lack of rules drew hostile attention. They left the onlookers with a lethal warning after Dong Yun obliterated the first attacker.

• Dong Yun took two tokens from Scott, and Nan Li dismissed the Black-veiled Girl's offer to guide them.
• Nan Li kept token 9414 and gave Dong Yun token 9415 before they headed for the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• After walking for half an hour, Nan Li and Dong Yun entered the inner city and sensed its intense killing intent.
• Fallen ones closed in on Nan Li and Dong Yun, and Dong Yun killed the nearest attacker with two Collapse Thunder Projectiles.
• Dong Yun warned the surrounding fallen ones that anyone within five meters would die.

Nan Li and Dong Yun encountered Long Lingyun, the feared White Ya Zi, at the Hell Slaughter Arena and continued building their records in the City of Slaughter. After Dong Yun fought a match, Nan Li joined her when a crowd threatened to attack, and their combined presence drove the would-be assailants away.

• Nan Li and Dong Yun entered the Hell Slaughter Arena and saw Long Lingyun win her seventeenth match with swift, precise kills.
• Dong Yun tried to return Long Lingyun’s sword through Nan Li, but Nan Li refused, so Dong Yun put it away and registered for a match.
• Long Lingyun sat near Nan Li, warned her to be careful, and told her not to make her sister worry.
• After Dong Yun won her match, she killed 124 people who targeted her outside the arena, reigniting her killing aura.
• Nan Li jumped down to join Dong Yun, and the two Soul Kings’ combined presence sent the remaining attackers fleeing.

Dan Qing gave Luo Gu a Soul Bone from Nan Li and accepted him as her future partner, while the King of Slaughter plotted to use Nan Yin’s daughter against her. The chapter left the King preparing to exploit a newcomer connected to Spirit Hall to undermine Nan Yin or turn her against the current Pope.

• Dan Qing offered Luo Gu the Swift Left Leg Bone of Wind Chasing, explaining that Nan Li had sent it for him.
• Luo Gu worried that accepting another Soul Bone would leave him unable to repay his debts, but Dan Qing said it was a gift for her future partner and warned him not to betray her.
• Dan Qing told Luo Gu that she and Lan Xi were not closely related by blood, and Luo Gu affirmed their promise for the future.
• The King of Slaughter feared that Nan Yin might pass her trial and decided to arrange for her daughter to face a newcomer connected to the Slaughter God from Spirit Hall.
• The King of Slaughter planned to use the encounter either to wound Nan Yin through her daughter or to make Nan Yin and the current Pope of Spirit Hall enemies.

Nan Li searched for Long Lingyun and returned her sword, then encountered Hu Liena in the Hell Slaughter Arena for Nan Li’s fifty-first match. Hu Liena drew on her Soul Bones to face Nan Li, who regarded her as just another opponent to kill.

• Nan Li and Dong Yun discussed Dong Yun’s stalled work on a component she had left behind, and Dong Yun sent Nan Li out to return Long Lingyun’s sword.
• Nan Li searched the inner city for Long Lingyun and noticed Hu Liena, whose former allure had been replaced by coldness and killing intent.
• Nan Li returned the sword to Long Lingyun, and Dong Yun joined them to ensure Nan Li would not be left alone if a fight began.
• Nan Li went to the Hell Slaughter Arena for her fifty-first match and found Hu Liena as her opponent.
• Hu Liena feared Nan Li but resolved to fight, relying on her head Soul Bone and external fox-tail Soul Bone, while Nan Li prepared to kill her.

Nan Li killed Hu Liena and eight other opponents in the Hell Slaughter Arena, then discussed the King of Slaughter’s threat with Dong Yun. The chapter ended with Nan Li and Dong Yun taking Heart Calming Pills to counter the City of Slaughter’s poisonous air.

• Hu Liena activated her Soul Bone and searched the arena, but Nan Li stunned her and killed her before eliminating eight more contestants.
• The King of Slaughter learned that 9414 had won easily and ordered Hu Liena’s corpse sent to Spirit Hall with an apology to Bibi Dong.
• Nan Yin continued cultivating in her domain and resolved to become stronger after hearing Nan Li had won.
• Nan Li told Dong Yun that the King of Slaughter might target her to hinder Nan Yin’s trial, and Dong Yun asked to accompany Nan Li to the arena.
• Nan Li noticed the City of Slaughter’s toxic air and gave Dong Yun a Heart Calming Pill, then took two herself.

Nan Li faced a coordinated ambush in her eightieth Hell Slaughter Arena match and killed all nine opponents after breaking free of their chains with her flames. After Dong Yun helped calm her killing aura, the Black-veiled Girl watched them from outside the arena, still harboring malice.

• Nan Li noticed that unusually powerful opponents had been appearing in her matches and entered her eightieth fight against a Soul Sage, two Soul Emperors, two Soul Kings, and four Soul Ancestors.
• The Black-veiled Girl watched as Nan Li's nine opponents coordinated attacks with chains, whips, a hammer, and axes to restrain her.
• Nan Li melted the chains with the Southern Bright Leaving Fire, killed six opponents with molten iron, and finished off the last two Soul Emperors.
• Nan Li recovered the Serpent Fang and found Dong Yun waiting outside the arena; she then spotted Long Lingyun and said she would kill her.
• Dong Yun stopped Nan Li and soothed her until she calmed down, while the Black-veiled Girl transformed from a swarm of bats outside the arena and watched them with malice.

Nan Li and Dong Yun fought off the Fallen Ones and later learned that the City of Slaughter had offered a hundred-match reward for killing them. In the stands, Long Lingyun reflected on her past and asked why she had not been free to act as others had; Nan Li answered that freedom must be bounded by the freedom of others.

• Nan Li and Dong Yun used Soul Tools, medicine, traps, and lightning to defeat a mass of Fallen Ones trying to kill them.
• More people began attempting to intercept and kill Nan Li and Dong Yun outside the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Long Lingyun told Nan Li that killing either 9414 or 9415 now counted as winning a hundred matches and earning permanent residency in the City of Slaughter.
• Long Lingyun described her wartime service, the deaths of her siblings, and how she had become a tool for those in power.
• Nan Li said that a person's freedom must be bounded by the freedom of others and reminded Long Lingyun that Dragon Rising City's people had been innocent.
• Long Lingyun told Dong Yun she envied Nan Li and wished she had met them years earlier.

Nan Li watched Long Lingyun sacrifice herself in the Hell Slaughter Arena and force her External Soul Bone onto Nan Li. Dong Yun explained that Long Lingyun wanted Nan Li to choose a different future, leaving Nan Li with Long Lingyun’s sword, ashes, and final words.

• Long Lingyun told Nan Li and Dong Yun that she had never expected to live this long and said she belonged in the City of Slaughter.
• During Nan Li’s ninetieth Hell Slaughter Arena match, Long Lingyun killed the other seven contestants and then struck her own heart.
• Long Lingyun gave Nan Li her sword and ring containing ashes, including Long Lichuan’s, and asked Nan Li to take her away.
• Long Lingyun tore out her External Soul Bone and forced it to fuse with Nan Li before dying with the Fox Dragon.
• Dong Yun killed the spectators to protect Nan Li, then told her that Long Lingyun had hoped she would shape a different future.

Nan Li and Dong Yun joked about Long Lingyun, feelings, and Dong Yun’s crying, while Nan Yin defeated the King of Slaughter and freed Tang Chen from the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King. The chapter ended when a cold, resentful voice spoke beside Dong Yun.

• Dong Yun told Nan Li that she had tried to stop her from killing Long Lingyun because she saw herself in her.
• Nan Li and Dong Yun teased each other about whom they liked, and Dong Yun admitted she missed her family from a hundred years earlier.
• Nan Yin defeated the King of Slaughter, purified Tang Chen, and imprisoned the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King in a coral tree.
• Nan Yin gave Tang Chen the chance to leave, and he handed her the Asura Demon Sword before departing to seek Bo Saixi.
• Nan Li realized Dong Yun had deliberately used tears to keep her from taking risks, then Nan Yin briefly visited them after checking they were safe.
• A cold voice filled with malice spoke beside Dong Yun as an invisible aura settled behind the two girls.

After Nan Li and Dong Yun reached Rank 60 in the City of Slaughter, Nan Yin brought them to Hell Road to condense their sixth Soul Rings. Nan Li awakened a vision of the Chongming Bird clan and came face-to-face with Chong Yang, whom she recognized as her father.

• A strange voice overwhelmed Dong Yun with murderous intent, but Nan Li called her back to her senses; Dong Yun later won her hundredth match after Nan Yin changed the arena rules.
• Nan Yin explained that she had replaced the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent as Hell Road’s second checkpoint by crippling the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King and renaming it the Blood Red Six-Headed Bat King.
• Nan Yin told Nan Li and Dong Yun to condense their Soul Rings on Hell Road, then noticed that the two girls looked increasingly alike despite having no blood relation.
• After six hours, Nan Li’s Chongming Emperor’s Crown appeared, a vision of Chong Yang formed behind her, and she found herself surrounded by Chongming Birds in a star-filled void.
• A Chongming Bird transformed into a man and called Nan Li by name, and she recognized him as her father.

Nan Li reunited with her deceased father, Chong Yang, inside the Chongming Emperor's Crown and learned how the crown preserved the souls of the Chongming Bird Clan. Chong Yang explained her Soul Bone's abilities and revealed that its third skill would awaken with her sixth Soul Ring, leaving Nan Li with five years to prepare.

• Nan Li found herself inside the Chongming Emperor's Crown and reunited with Chong Yang, while the clan's other souls crowded around her.
• Chong Yang explained that the crown collected the souls of Chongming Bird Clan members after death and that their Spirit Power determined how strong their Soul Bodies were.
• Chong Yang identified the giant petrified bird beneath them as the clan's first patriarch and said its eyes had helped fuse Nan Li's soul.
• Chong Yang explained the crown's King's Eye and Void Bright Pupils skills and said its third skill would awaken when Nan Li obtained her sixth Soul Ring.
• Nan Li learned that Chong Yang could see her when she released her Martial Soul, and he promised that only he could see her.

Chong Yang explained the Chongming Emperor's Crown's summoning skill and warned Nan Li to keep its later powers secret. He revealed that its final skill could restore her to her peak as a Soul Beast for only twelve shichen, leaving her to understand it as a last-resort sacrifice.

• Chong Yang explained that Bright Summon General let Nan Li summon the Soul Bodies of the Chongming Bird Clan to fight, though doing so injured them.
• Nan Li worried about harming the clan members, and Chong Yang reassured her that they could recover after returning to the Emperor's Crown.
• Chong Yang told Nan Li to keep the Crown's third skill and later skills secret, and warned her never to use the fourth skill during a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Chong Yang revealed that Return to Primal Purity restored Nan Li to her peak state before taking Humanoid Form but left her only twelve shichen to live.
• Chong Yang described the Chongming Bird Clan's duty to protect Sun Island, and Nan Li recognized the final skill as a desperate gamble for survival.

Nan Li completed his sixth Soul Ring and used his Soul Bone to let Nan Yin speak with Chong Yang. While Dong Yun remained unconscious during his own Soul Ring condensation, the Rakshasa God drew him into its domain and offered him power, but Dong Yun refused the inheritance.

• Nan Li completed his sixth Soul Ring, embraced Nan Yin, and summoned Chong Yang with the third skill of his skull Soul Bone.
• Nan Li left Nan Yin and Chong Yang alone, then waited beside Dong Yun as Dong Yun's Soul Ring flickered and he failed to wake.
• The Rakshasa God trapped Dong Yun in its domain and urged him to inherit its power, targeting his fears and desire to protect his clan and Nan Li.
• The Rakshasa God told Dong Yun to kill Qian Renxue and devour her to begin its trial.
• Dong Yun refused the Rakshasa God's inheritance, fearing its evil influence could make him harm Sun Island or Nan Li.