Chapter Summaries

Li Zhexian revealed his identity to Shui Bing'er and the others as he faced the Titan Snow Demon King. His sword strikes wounded the beast but failed to stop it, and the Titan Snow Demon King carried him toward the Deep Northern Territory while Shui Bing'er collapsed trying to follow.

• Shui Bing'er recognized Li Zhexian, and Oscar, Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, and the mercenaries realized Deputy Commander Ji was the famous swordsman.
• Li Zhexian used his Frost Sword to freeze the Titan Snow Demon King's palm and forearm, but the ice held it for only a moment.
• Li Zhexian unleashed his Netherworld Shore sword strike, piercing the Titan Snow Demon King's palm before the beast crushed the sword light and sent him flying.
• The Titan Snow Demon King grabbed Li Zhexian and strode toward the Deep Northern Territory with him in its grasp.
• Shui Bing'er chased after the Titan Snow Demon King but collapsed on the snow.

Li Zhexian was taken to a hidden palace in the Deep Northern Territory, where the Ice Empress tested his swordsmanship and brought him before the Snow Empress. The Snow Empress revealed a wounded Sword-holding Ya Zi, the Extreme North Land’s Auspicious Guardian Beast.

• Shui Bing'er told Shui Yue'er and the others to find Li Zhexian, while Oscar followed them to search for Brother Ji.
• The Titan Snow Demon King carried Li Zhexian through a hidden boundary into an Ice Crystal palace and said he had chosen him because he could wound it despite his weak Soul Power.
• The Ice Empress attacked Li Zhexian, and his Azure Lotus Sword left a small slash on her Ultimate Ice-coated stinger.
• The Ice Empress took Li Zhexian deeper into the palace, where the Snow Empress revealed Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow and a badly wounded beast holding a cracked sword.
• The Snow Empress identified the beast as Sword-holding Ya Zi, the Auspicious Guardian Beast favored by the fortune of the Extreme North Land.

Li Zhexian learned that the dying Sword-holding Ya Zi was the Extreme North Land's Auspicious Beast and had to knock open its heir's egg to preserve the region's luck. After resisting Ice Empress's threat, he agreed to help only if the Three Kings paid him more.

• Snow Empress explained that each great region needed its own Auspicious Beast and that the Extreme North Land's was bound to its luck.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress showed Li Zhexian how human expansion had shrunk the Extreme North Land and weakened the Sword-holding Ya Zi.
• Snow Empress revealed that a Peerless Fierce Beast from beyond the continent had wounded Old Ya Zi several years earlier.
• Old Ya Zi told Li Zhexian that he had left a Bloodline Seed, but only a skilled sword bearer could knock open the egg, risking Ya Zi's Resentment if he failed.
• When Li Zhexian hesitated, Ice Empress threatened him, but he calmly said coercion would not ensure his full effort.
• Li Zhexian said he was willing to help if the Three Kings gave him more Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow.

Li Zhexian completed the Sword Knocking rite, hatching Little Ya Zi and allowing the Far North Luck to continue. Old Yazi sacrificed itself, leaving behind its Spirit Ring and right arm bone, while the chapter ended with Li Zhexian bidding farewell.

• Li Zhexian bargained for the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow, then agreed to complete the Sword Knocking rite.
• Li Zhexian used the Azure Lotus Sword to cut along the patterns on the giant egg and hatch Little Ya Zi.
• Old Yazi died after entrusting the future to Li Zhexian, leaving behind an Auspicious Beast Soul Ring and a Ya Zi Right Arm Bone.
• Little Ya Zi's seven-colored glow calmed the Far North and restored its inhabitants' sense of hope and security.
• Li Zhexian bowed toward the northern reaches and bade farewell to Senior Yazi.

Li Zhexian absorbed Old Ya Zi’s Spirit Ring and right arm bone, gaining four Soul Power levels and four powerful skills. Snow Empress entrusted him with an ice token and kept the newly born Little Ya Zi in the Far North for now, while Li Zhexian set off toward its edge and the City of Slaughter.

• Li Zhexian absorbed Old Ya Zi’s Fifty-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, raising his Soul Power from level fifty-one to fifty-five.
• Li Zhexian merged with the Ya Zi Right Arm Bone and used his sword intent to suppress its Warfare Will.
• Li Zhexian learned the skills granted by the Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone: Ya Zi Repays, Ya Zi’s Life Judgment, Ya Zi Sword Gap, and Sword-Bearing Domain.
• Little Ya Zi bonded with Li Zhexian, but Snow Empress decided it would remain in the Far North until it could protect itself and Li Zhexian grew stronger.
• Snow Empress gave Li Zhexian a token that let him travel through the Far North’s wind and snow without hindrance.
• Li Zhexian used Ya Zi Sword Gap to ride the falling snow and speed toward the edge of the Far North.

Li Zhexian returned during a battle between Shui Bing'er’s group and Eternal Frozen Rose, rescuing them and killing Red Widow with his sword and Yazi’s Fate Judgment. He reunited with Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu.

• Red Widow ambushed Snow Bear and his mercenaries, then surrounded Shui Bing’er and the others with Eternal Frozen Rose.
• Shui Bing’er and her companions fought back, but both sides suffered heavy losses as Red Widow ordered her mercenaries to kill everyone.
• Li Zhexian appeared and slaughtered Eternal Frozen Rose’s mercenaries with the Azure Lotus Sword, then cut down Red Widow’s Martial Soul Avatar.
• Red Widow attacked Li Zhexian from behind, but his Fifth Soul Skill, Yazi’s Fate Judgment, tore her apart.
• Li Zhexian greeted Shui Bing’er, Shui Yue’er, and Xue Wu after turning the Azure Lotus Sword into snowmelt.

Li Zhexian reunited with Shui Bing'er and the others, then left the Northern Territory for the City of Slaughter. In Twilight Town, he heard a familiar storyteller's voice and stopped to listen.

• Li Zhexian shared Ice Bone Sheep and wine with Shui Bing'er and the others, then removed his mask after they challenged him about hiding his face.
• After the Snow Bear Mercenary Group settled its losses, Snow Bear held Li Zhexian a farewell banquet, where he drank with the surviving mercenaries as Li Ji.
• Li Zhexian left the Northern Territory with snow in his Hundred Treasures Pouch and rode toward the City of Slaughter, passing through several regions over the following month.
• Qian Renxue endured the Divine Steps of Light, reached the nine hundred and ninety-ninth step, and flew toward the City of Slaughter the next day.
• Li Zhexian reached Twilight Town and stopped when he heard a familiar storyteller recounting the White-robed Youth's deeds.

Li Zhexian found the Storyteller in Twilight Town still risking scorn to tell his story and learned that the old man had carried it on for over a year and a half. After secretly adding Spirit Grass to the Storyteller’s and his companion’s noodles, Li Zhexian left a gold coin and promised they would share wine when they met again.

• Li Zhexian stopped at the Storyteller’s stall and listened as the old man told a tale about his supposed deeds against Spirit Hall.
• The Storyteller and the Heaven Dou City Spirit Master endured the audience’s mockery, and the old man said they would tell the story in Twilight Town one last day.
• Li Zhexian approached in disguise, helped pack up the stall, and accepted the Storyteller’s offer of noodles.
• The Storyteller explained that he had told Lord Sword Wine’s story for over a year and a half so that good words about him would survive, recalling how Li Zhexian once gave him a gold coin.
• Li Zhexian secretly ground two Spirit Grass plants into the Storyteller’s and the Spirit Master’s noodles with sword intent.
• Li Zhexian promised to share wine with the Storyteller when they met again, then left a gold coin on the table before departing.

Ning Rongrong, Hu Liena, and Tang San each pursued brutal training to prepare for the threat they associated with Li Zhexian. Hu Liena and Tang San set out for the City of Slaughter, while Ning Rongrong continued training in the Sunset Forest.

• Ning Rongrong killed a Spirit Beast with her sword, but told Chen Xin that her training was not yet enough and kept the repaired Clay Sword Pendant from Li Zhexian close.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong she would enter the City of Slaughter to gain the strength to defeat Li Zhexian, and Bibi Dong gave her a skull spirit bone while warning her not to fight him.
• Tang San completed eighty-one hammer strikes and reversed a two-hundred-meter waterfall, displaying his improved strength and mastery of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Tang Hao revealed his materialized killing intent and told Tang San he would take him to a place where he could hone his combat skills and develop true killing intent.

Li Zhexian reached the City of Slaughter after killing the tavern patrons and owner who challenged him at its entrance. He arrived beneath a strange sky and faced the immense, oppressive city.

• Li Zhexian entered a tavern and killed a skeletal man who challenged him, then criticized the human-blood wine.
• When Li Zhexian asked how to reach the City of Slaughter, the tavern owner said only one person could pass, and the patrons attacked.
• Li Zhexian used Azure Lotus Twelve Calamities to kill the attackers, then killed the tavern owner and destroyed the tavern.
• A bloody cave appeared where the tavern had stood, and Li Zhexian entered it as the City of Slaughter's rules suppressed his Spirit Rings.
• Li Zhexian emerged beneath a black sky webbed with scarlet fissures and saw the enormous City of Slaughter ahead.

Li Zhexian entered the City of Slaughter and learned that surviving there meant competing in its Hell Slaughter Arena, which he needed to conquer to reach the Hell Road and obtain Yellow Springs Dew for Zhu Zhuqing. After entering the Inner City, he recognized a familiar figure emerging from a bloody clash.

• Li Zhexian received the identity token 9501 from the Black-Veiled Woman and learned that the City of Slaughter had no rules beyond strength.
• The Black-Veiled Woman explained the yearly requirement to enter the Hell Slaughter Arena and the path from victory there to the Hell Road and the title of God of Slaughter.
• Li Zhexian decided to enter the Inner City immediately, despite the Black-Veiled Woman's warning about its dangers.
• Li Zhexian crossed into the Inner City, where a violent brawl erupted and a swift, killing-intent-filled figure burst from the crowd.
• Li Zhexian recognized the figure as an old acquaintance.

Li Zhexian entered the City of Slaughter and attacked Hu Liena, but she escaped into the Honeycomb Building Complex. He planned to obtain Yellow Springs Dew and temper new sword moves and Immortal Brew, beginning with the Hell Slaughter Arena the next day.

• Li Zhexian drew his sword in the Inner City, halting the surrounding bloodshed and startling Hu Liena.
• Li Zhexian wounded Hu Liena and pursued her through the streets and across rooftops for an hour.
• Hu Liena hid in the Honeycomb Building Complex, and Li Zhexian eventually gave up searching and left.
• Hu Liena treated her wound and considered recruiting the mysterious swordsman into Spirit Hall.
• Li Zhexian returned to his crude residence and resolved to seek Yellow Springs Dew and temper new sword moves and Immortal Brew in the City of Slaughter.
• Li Zhexian decided to enter the Hell Slaughter Arena the next day.

Li Zhexian fought through the Hell Slaughter Arena, where he tested his Fourth Realm swordsmanship against the arena’s power over blood. After emerging, he drove off the hunters waiting outside and continued his path through the City of Slaughter.

• Li Zhexian entered the Hell Slaughter Arena and killed the other nine contestants with his Azure Lotus Sword and blood swords.
• Li Zhexian reflected that the arena could temper Skill Dao and began considering how to forge the Sixth Form of Azure Lotus Sword Song.
• Li Zhexian’s Fourth Realm swordsmanship contested the force beneath the arena that controlled its blood, but his sword intent failed to overcome it.
• Li Zhexian left the arena and found hunters waiting to prey on those who had survived.
• Li Zhexian summoned the Azure Lotus Sword and charged the hunters, scattering them with his sword light.

Li Zhexian won another Slaughter Arena match, earning more fearsome attention as the Blood Butcher Sword, while Tang San arrived in the City of Slaughter and sought allies to pass Hell Road. After returning to his courtyard, Li Zhexian gathered blood mist into an eerie Immortal Brew that was still maturing.

• Li Zhexian killed all nine opponents in Match Thirty-Six, earning his victory and startling the Slaughter Arena spectators.
• Hu Liena retreated from the arena, recalling how Li Zhexian had attacked her before and how his sword had grown more dangerous.
• Tang San confronted Hu Liena with his Clear Sky Hammer and proposed joining forces, but she refused and told him to defeat Blood Butcher Sword first.
• Tang San decided to pursue his own winning streak and pass Hell Road, wary that fighting Li Zhexian could leave him injured in the City of Slaughter.
• Li Zhexian returned to his courtyard and gathered blood mist into his Immortal Brew, Styx Blood Grudge Incense, which he said would be mature once it became opaque.

Li Zhexian watched Qian Renxue fight in the North District arena, and the two recognized each other after being separated for two years. He fled to a courtyard, where he revealed his familiar appearance, and Qian Renxue reunited with him.

• Li Zhexian went to the North District arena and watched Qian Renxue appear as the seed known as "Hundred Battles King."
• Qian Renxue recognized Li Zhexian in the stands, then defeated the nine attackers who surrounded her.
• Qian Renxue rushed out of the arena searching for Li Zhexian and spotted him leaving in black robes.
• Li Zhexian fled toward the South District, but Qian Renxue caught up and followed him into a courtyard.
• Li Zhexian changed into his white-robed appearance and told Qian Renxue he wanted her to see his familiar face.
• Qian Renxue threw herself into Li Zhexian's arms and cried that she had finally seen him again.

Li Zhexian and Qian Renxue reunited in the City of Slaughter, where she moved into his courtyard and cared for him as he recovered from exhaustion. Li Zhexian struggled to brew Styx Blood Grudge Incense and advance his Killing Intent Sword, and Qian Renxue returned with a troubled expression.

• Qian Renxue rushed into Li Zhexian's arms, and he fell asleep from exhaustion while they embraced.
• Qian Renxue carried Li Zhexian to bed and watched over him as he slept.
• Li Zhexian woke to find Qian Renxue cooking, tried her food, and told her not to cook again.
• Li Zhexian invited Qian Renxue to move into the empty east-wing room, and she left to pack her things.
• Li Zhexian tried brewing Styx Blood Grudge Incense and worried that both the brew and his Killing Intent Sword had stalled.
• Qian Renxue returned to the courtyard looking troubled.

Li Zhexian devised a bloody plan with Qian Renxue’s help, then a month later they staged a fierce confrontation outside the Slaughter Arena. The chapter left them locked sword-to-sword as onlookers, including Hu Liena and Tang San, watched.

• Li Zhexian rejected openly joining forces with Qian Renxue, then asked for her help with a plan to brew wine and practice his swordsmanship.
• Qian Renxue agreed to Li Zhexian’s dangerous plan despite its bloody cost.
• A month later, Li Zhexian entered the Slaughter Arena while desperate fighters waited outside for a chance to attack him if he was injured.
• Qian Renxue arrived at the arena entrance, alarming the onlookers, while Hu Liena wondered whether she would attack Li Zhexian and Tang San again asked Hu Liena to join forces.
• Li Zhexian emerged from the arena and clashed with Qian Renxue, their swords colliding as the ground broke apart beneath them.

Li Zhexian and Qian Renxue staged a fierce public battle, then secretly reunited and revealed their plan to make the City of Slaughter believe he had stolen a supreme treasure from Spirit Hall’s Worship Hall. As rumors spread and greed stirred the Inner City, Li Zhexian watched the city’s undercurrents gather around him.

• Li Zhexian and Qian Renxue fought across the City of Slaughter, damaging buildings and convincing the watching crowd that they meant to kill each other.
• Qian Renxue accused Li Zhexian of stealing the Worship Hall’s supreme treasure, then chased him before injuries forced her to turn back.
• Hu Liena believed Qian Renxue’s claim, while Tang San predicted that the rumor would draw the City of Slaughter’s outlaws against Li Zhexian.
• Li Zhexian and Qian Renxue revealed that their fight had been staged for a month, and Qian Renxue pretended to be hurt as they discussed whether the plan would work.
• Rumors transformed the supposed treasure into a prize with many imagined powers, and greed set the Inner City of the City of Slaughter into turmoil.

Li Zhexian fought Mad Demon Staff in the Slaughter Arena and won, though he appeared badly injured. As he stepped outside, more than three thousand desperadoes gathered around him, drawn by rumors of the supreme treasure.

• Crowds filled all three hundred Slaughter Arena stands as killers gathered to claim the Blood Butcher Sword’s rumored supreme treasure.
• Li Zhexian faced Mad Demon Staff, who struck him hard enough to send him flying and leave blood at his mouth.
• Li Zhexian killed Mad Demon Staff, then sat in the arena to recover while onlookers spread word that he was severely injured.
• Hu Liena insisted the supreme treasure should return to Spirit Hall, while Tang San watched with curiosity about it.
• Li Zhexian left the arena and faced the surrounding crowd, whose killing intent surged as he chuckled.

Li Zhexian escaped the Slaughter Arena while wounded, drawing Qian Renxue and thousands of desperadoes after him in pursuit of Spirit Hall’s supreme treasure. He lured them into a dead-end valley, where he revealed that he had never been badly injured and announced his trap.

• Li Zhexian clashed with Qian Renxue, then used the collision to flee as she chased him.
• More than three thousand desperadoes followed Li Zhexian and Qian Renxue out of the City of Slaughter, while Hu Liena worried about reclaiming the treasure and Tang San chose to wait for an opportunity.
• The crowd pursued the pair into a dark mountain valley and found a sheer cliff blocking their way, with both figures apparently gone.
• Li Zhexian appeared above the crowd on transparent qi swords, looking unharmed, and welcomed them into his trap.