Chapter Summaries

Xue Ke proved to the Blue Silver King that she could revive the Blue Silver Emperor by showing him the Emperor herself. Five days earlier, she had recovered Ah Yin and her hundred-thousand-year soul bone from a cave behind a waterfall, then offered the soul bone to Ye Lingling, who refused it.

• Xue Ke infused a stalk of Blue Silver Grass with spiritual energy, turning it into a hundred-year soul beast and convincing the Blue Silver King of her power.
• Xue Ke showed the Blue Silver King the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin, whom he recognized and mourned.
• Xue Ke flew with Ye Lingling through a waterfall near Nuoding City and found Ah Yin growing in a hidden cave.
• Xue Ke uncovered a black box containing the Blue Silver Emperor's hundred-thousand-year right leg bone and gave it to Ye Lingling.
• Ye Lingling became tearful but refused to accept the soul bone from Xue Ke.

Xue Ke gave Ye Lingling the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, which raised Ye Lingling to level 49 and granted her recovery and flight abilities. In the Blue Silver Forest, the Blue Silver King agreed to sacrifice itself for Ye Lingling after Xue Ke promised to help the Blue Silver Emperor grow back to one hundred thousand years; Ye Lingling reached level 50 and began absorbing the sacrifice.

• Xue Ke refused to take the soul bone because her body could not absorb soul bones, and Ye Lingling absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone instead.
• After four hours, Ye Lingling awoke and told Xue Ke that she had reached level 49 and gained soul skills for recovery and flight.
• Xue Ke demonstrated that her spiritual energy could accelerate the Blue Silver Emperor's growth, and the Blue Silver King agreed to her conditions.
• Xue Ke and Ye Lingling cultivated in the Blue Silver Forest for four days, until Ye Lingling broke through to level 50.
• The Blue Silver King sacrificed itself to provide Ye Lingling with a soul ring, and Ye Lingling began absorbing its energy without pain.

Ye Lingling absorbed the Blue Silver King Soul Ring and reached Soul Power level 52, while Xue Ke entered a mysterious state and awakened to new understanding. After parting from Ye Lingling, Xue Ke went to Spirit City to seek Bibi Dong’s opinion about the City of Slaughter.

• Ye Lingling absorbed the Blue Silver King Soul Ring, gained a black Soul Ring, and reached level 52.
• Xue Ke entered a mysterious state, opened a patterned door in her consciousness, and awoke the next morning feeling refreshed and clear-headed.
• Xue Ke and Ye Lingling left the forest, then parted when Ye Lingling went to meet her grandfather and Xue Ke flew away with Xue Aotian.
• Xue Ke traveled to Spirit City in disguise to seek Bibi Dong’s advice about the City of Slaughter.
• Xue Ke visited Yue Guan and asked him to announce her arrival to Mother Pope.

Xue Ke asked Bibi Dong about the City of Slaughter and learned why Spirit Hall had allowed it to exist. After Spirit Hall proved unable to destroy or seal the city, Bibi Dong suggested Xue Ke stop Tang San from winning the Hell Slaughter Arena and obtaining Divine Slaughter's Domain.

• Yue Guan brought Bibi Dong to meet Xue Ke, and Bibi Dong treated her with obvious affection.
• Bibi Dong explained that Spirit Hall had agreed to tolerate the City of Slaughter in exchange for its imprisoning dangerous criminals.
• Bibi Dong described the Hell Slaughter Arena and Hell Road as the only way to leave the City of Slaughter and gain Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Xue Ke said she wanted to prevent Tang San from obtaining the domain, but Bibi Dong said Spirit Hall could not destroy or seal the city.
• Bibi Dong suggested that Xue Ke go to the City of Slaughter and prevent Tang San from winning the arena, then explained the domain's effects.

Xue Ke agreed to travel to the City of Slaughter with Hu Liena and Yue Guan to stop Tang San from claiming the Asura God's inheritance. After Bibi Dong secured a secret business alliance with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the group set out, and Xue Ke reached Soul Power level 59 on the journey.

• Bibi Dong revealed that the City of Slaughter was the Asura God's inheritance ground, and Xue Ke agreed to go there to stop Tang San.
• Bibi Dong arranged for Hu Liena and Yue Guan to accompany Xue Ke, while Xue Ke jokingly demanded hazard pay from her mother.
• Bibi Dong explained that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had agreed to follow Spirit Hall's lead in exchange for business protections, and that she had proposed secret cooperation and profit sharing.
• Xue Ke spent two days cultivating at Yue Guan's residence and sent Xue Ye a letter saying she was going to the City of Slaughter.
• Yue Guan set out with Xue Ke and Hu Liena, and half a month later the three reached an unnamed small town as Xue Ke's Soul Power reached level 59.

Xue Ke and Hu Liena rejected the Bloody Mary required for entry and fought their way through the tavern’s staged trial. They entered the passage beneath the tavern and heard the City of Slaughter welcome them.

• Yue Guan brought Xue Ke and Hu Liena to a tavern and ordered two Bloody Marys as the first step toward entering the City of Slaughter.
• Xue Ke refused to drink and killed seven or eight men who approached her; Hu Liena then used her allure to distract the remaining criminals while Xue Ke killed them.
• The waiter said the girls had no right to enter because they had not drunk the Bloody Mary, and Xue Ke killed him before smashing open the floor beneath the counter.
• Xue Ke and Hu Liena bid farewell to Yue Guan and jumped into the hole, then followed a dark passage until a voice welcomed them to the City of Slaughter.

Xue Ke and Hu Liena entered the City of Slaughter, learned about its brutal rules, and made their way to the Hell Slaughter Arena. After Hu Liena defeated a man for his Bloody Mary, Xue Ke registered for the next match and prepared to fight alone.

• Xue Ke defeated Terror Knight Scott, earning entry plaques for herself and Hu Liena.
• A black-veiled guide led Xue Ke and Hu Liena into the City of Slaughter and explained its lawless customs and powerful enforcers.
• Xue Ke and Hu Liena crossed the depraved inner city and reached the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Hu Liena defeated a burly man and took his Bloody Mary so the pair could enter the arena.
• Xue Ke registered for the next match and told Hu Liena she would have to fight on her own.

Tang San reached the City of Slaughter after obtaining his fifth spirit ring and escaping a powerful Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, then disguised himself after discovering Xue Ke and Hu Liena there. He approached the two women after secretly killing their attackers, but Xue Ke remained suspicious of his intentions.

• Xue Ke and Hu Liena fought repeatedly in the City of Slaughter, killing hundreds of opponents while using the Pure Heart Benevolent Mantra to steady their minds.
• Tang San gained his fifth spirit ring from a Crypt Demon Spider and reached Soul King level, then escaped the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger after the Asura God Seal wounded it.
• Tang San arrived in the City of Slaughter and saw Xue Ke and Hu Liena at the Hell Slaughter Arena, so he left and made a disguise using another man's facial skin.
• Tang San secretly killed a group surrounding Xue Ke and Hu Liena, then introduced himself as a righteous man and asked them to dine with him.
• Xue Ke refused Tang San's invitation and warned him to stop bothering them, while Tang San apologized and claimed he meant no disrespect.

Xue Ke and Hu Liena uncovered Tang San's scheme to drug them, then used the Eye of Reincarnation to trap him in an illusion. Xue Ke decided to corrupt Tang San in the City of Slaughter and ruin his chances of becoming the Asura God's successor.

• Xue Ke saw through Tang Yin's human-skin mask and recognized Tang San, but let him enter their stone house under false names.
• Tang Yin secretly poisoned the women's dinner and used specially prepared Mind-Clearing Incense, while pretending to court Xue Ke and offering to protect them.
• Tang Yin entered the house and fell into Xue Ke's illusion, where he imagined attacking the helpless women.
• Xue Ke and Hu Liena discussed sparing Tang San because they were in the Asura God's inheritance ground, and Xue Ke resolved to make him a Fallen One.
• Xue Ke removed Tang San's mask and vowed to unleash the desires buried in his heart.

Tang San woke to Xue Ke’s letter revealing that his night with her had been an illusion, then struggled with rage, loneliness, and temptation in the City of Slaughter. A year later, as Xue Ke and Hu Liena neared their hundredth victories, Tang San had fallen into indulgence, weakened in battle, and resigned himself to remaining in the city.

• Tang San found Xue Ke’s letter outside the stone house, learned she had tricked him with an illusion, and vowed revenge.
• Xue Ke and Hu Liena dominated the Hell Slaughter Arena while Tang San avoided their matches and earned eighteen consecutive victories using his Tang Sect techniques.
• Xue Ke and Hu Liena sent alluring women to tempt Tang San, but he initially resisted and tried to suppress his desires through cultivation.
• After a year, Xue Ke had ninety-five consecutive victories, Hu Liena had eighty-eight, and Tang San had fifty.
• Tang San eventually gave in to temptation, and his indulgence weakened his combat skills until he nearly died in a match against a Soul Emperor.
• Alone and believing neither Spirit Hall nor Xue Ke would spare him, Tang San decided to enjoy life in the City of Slaughter.

The King of Slaughter discussed the threat posed by Blood Swan and the Hell Emissary, but chose not to interfere because they were tied to Spirit Hall and a Slaughter God. Xue Ke completed her hundredth match, and the King of Slaughter appeared in the arena to congratulate her.

• The King of Slaughter refused his subordinate’s suggestion to pit the Asura King against Blood Swan and the Hell Emissary, warning that City of Slaughter could not provoke their backers.
• Xue Ke reflected that Tang San was growing weaker and seemed content to remain in City of Slaughter.
• Hu Liena returned after winning her ninety-ninth match, and Xue Ke played her jade flute to help her endure the killing intent.
• Two days later, Xue Ke killed her final opponent with one slash and completed one hundred matches.
• The King of Slaughter descended into the Hell Slaughter Arena as the Fallen Ones shouted his name.

Xue Ke and Hu Liena refused the King of Slaughter’s offer and entered Hell Road, where they fought through a swarm of blood bats. As they continued along the narrow path, they encountered the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, and Xue Ke lifted Hu Liena into the air to meet its attack.

• Hu Liena rejected the King of Slaughter’s offer to name them Slaughter Gods, and he opened Hell Road by sacrificing everyone else in the arena.
• Xue Ke and Hu Liena arrived on Hell Road, steadied themselves, and began crossing its narrow path above a bottomless abyss.
• The Asura God noticed Xue Ke, recognized her as Life’s successor, and decided he might claim her as his own successor.
• Xue Ke and Hu Liena fought off a swarm of blood-red bats, using Xue Ke’s green flames and Hu Liena’s spiked fox tail to destroy them.
• Xue Ke spotted the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King ahead, and when it attacked with a wave of dark red ripples, she carried Hu Liena into the air.

Xue Ke and Hu Liena crossed Hell Road as Xue Aotian devoured the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and confronted the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent. The serpent attacked them with poisonous flames, which Xue Aotian swallowed.

• Xue Ke summoned Xue Aotian, who killed and devoured the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King.
• Xue Ke told Xue Aotian that eating soul beasts could increase his cultivation and let him stay with her and Hu Liena.
• Xue Ke and Hu Liena rested briefly, then continued along Hell Road as the air grew hotter.
• Xue Ke recognized the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent blocking the path and ordered Xue Aotian to attack it.
• The serpent sprayed poisonous flames toward Xue Ke and Hu Liena, and Xue Aotian inhaled and swallowed the flames and poison.

Xue Ke defeated the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, collected its inner core, and let Xue Aotian eat it before continuing along Hell Road with Hu Liena. As the pair endured the rising heat and murderous aura, Xue Ke realized the final trial was her own inner demon.

• Xue Aotian's Raikage Light Ball failed to defeat the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, so Xue Ke smashed the serpent and took its golden-red inner core.
• Xue Ke told Xue Aotian to finish off the dying serpent, and he swallowed it before returning to the Dao Demon Space to digest his prey.
• Xue Ke explained that the inner core could neutralize snake venom and suppress serpents, then continued along Hell Road with Hu Liena.
• As the heat and murderous aura intensified, Xue Ke used her spiritual energy to calm Hu Liena and help her keep moving.
• When Hu Liena weakened and collapsed, Xue Ke carried her on her back and realized the final trial was her own inner demon.

Xue Ke carried Hu Liena through the exit of the Hell Road and met the Asura God, who offered her his godhood. She rejected him, and he sent her away in anger while plotting to interfere with her later.

• Xue Ke carried Hu Liena across the final gap and entered the white curtain of light, where the chill of killing intent overwhelmed her.
• Xue Ke awoke in a dark-red world and met the Asura God, who offered her the chance to become his successor.
• Xue Ke questioned the Asura God about protecting Tang San and rejected his claim that the strong could ignore the rules.
• Xue Ke refused the Asura God's offer and warned him that the Life God King supported her.
• The Asura God angrily sent Xue Ke away and, back in his temple, vowed to take revenge on Life and Destruction while considering how to interfere with Xue Ke.

After escaping the City of Slaughter, Xue Ke and Hu Liena washed, shared a meal, and parted ways, with Xue Ke heading to the Star Dou Great Forest for her sixth soul ring. There, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger ambushed her, and the chapter ended as it struck at the back of her head.

• The Asura God blamed the Life God King for Xue Ke's actions and decided to ruin Xue Ke in retaliation.
• Hu Liena woke Xue Ke, and the two left the City of Slaughter and bathed in a valley pool.
• While sharing a meal, Xue Ke told Hu Liena she would seek a sixth soul ring in the Star Dou Great Forest and visit her fiefs; Hu Liena promised to train in the techniques Xue Ke had taught her.
• Xue Ke and Hu Liena parted, and Xue Ke hired a carriage toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Seven days later, Xue Ke reached the forest's mixed zone, where the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger sensed her and charged.
• Xue Ke attacked with her Dark Flame Emperor Goose martial soul, but the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger vanished and then lunged at the back of her head.

Xue Ke defeated the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with help from Xiao Wu’s soul, then absorbed the beast’s pearl and its Soul Ring. She woke with the Demon Seed having consumed the pearl, and her Soul Power Level rose to sixty-seven.

• Xue Ke evaded the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s attacks, but its evil energy and lightning paralyzed her and forced her to defend herself with Void and Jade Light Protection.
• Xiao Wu’s soul appeared and used Explosive Eight-Stage Throw to slam the injured Dark Demon Evil God Tiger into the ground until it could no longer fight.
• Xue Ke decapitated the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and caught the strange black pearl before it was pulled into a black hole, but the pearl entered her body and made her lose consciousness.
• The Demon Seed absorbed the pearl and the gray aura spreading through Xue Ke, then her demonic markings vanished as she regained consciousness.
• Xue Ke absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Soul Ring in one hour, reaching Soul Power Level sixty-seven and gaining greatly increased attributes and strength.

Xue Ke left the Star Dou Great Forest after discovering that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s soul ring intensified the Asura God’s dangerous influence on her Divine Slaughter's Domain. In Tianxue City, she inspected her fief incognito, met an impoverished orphan, and ended up at the village market with the girl and her grandfather.

• Xue Ke lost control under the combined effects of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s soul ring and Divine Slaughter's Domain, then regained her reason with the Sunflower Scripture and resolved to avoid using the domain and Sixth Soul Skill.
• Xue Ke left the Star Dou Great Forest and arrived in Tianxue City to inspect the city she had chosen as her fief.
• Xue Ke explored the city and its outskirts, where she met a nameless orphan called Little Girl and followed her to her impoverished home.
• Xue Ke shared pastries with Little Girl and agreed to take her to find her grandfather at the market.
• At the market, Xue Ke reflected on how she had become emotionally invested in the world before Little Girl reunited with her grandfather, who spoke of the market bringing the family hope and food.

Xue Ke named the village girl Wei Xi and invited her and her grandfather to live at the Emerald Prince’s Mansion, offering to take Wei Xi in as a subordinate if she awakened with Innate Soul Power. At the mansion, Xue Ke inspected the training grounds and praised Zhang Tianlin for preparing her forces in Tianxue City.

• An old villager asked Xue Ke to name his five-year-old granddaughter, and she named the girl Wei Xi.
• Xue Ke offered to take Wei Xi in as a subordinate if she awakened a Martial Soul with Innate Soul Power, and invited her grandfather to live with them.
• Xue Ke took Wei Xi and her grandfather by carriage to the Emerald Prince’s Mansion, where they learned that she was a prince.
• Xue Ke entered the mansion grounds and saw ordinary guards drilling while Spirit Masters fought at the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Zhang Tianlin and the mansion guards saluted Xue Ke, who praised Zhang for training them well.

Xue Ke settled into her residence in Tianxue City and discussed Spirit Hall’s plans with Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong. Bibi Dong revealed that Spirit Hall would attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan in seven days.

• Xue Ke asked Zhang Tianlin to arrange lodging for Wei Xi and his grandfather, then went to her residence to rest.
• Xue Ke bathed, received a massage, and fell asleep before inspecting the lavish bedchamber Xiao Juan had prepared for her.
• Xue Ke told Qian Renxue she would stay in Tianxue City for a month or two, visit Liet City, and then return to Heaven Dou City.
• Bibi Dong reported that the Clear Sky Sect remained hidden, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect kept to itself, and the Lower Four Sects had pledged allegiance to Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong said Yu Xiaogang had not returned to his clan and that Spirit Hall would attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan in seven days, with Elder Ju, Elder Ghost, and Elder Nine handling any danger.