Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue revealed her identity and threatened Liu Erlong into obeying her and cooperating with Ye Qiu. Meanwhile, Ye Qiu arrived at the Blue Silver Forest with Ling Yuan Douluo and reunited with Ah Yin, whose body began to take shape.

• Qian Renxue transformed back into her female form and admitted to Liu Erlong that she was from Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue threatened Liu Erlong and ordered her to cooperate with Ye Qiu, then left her sobbing.
• Ye Qiu traveled toward the Blue Silver Forest with Ling Yuan Douluo and arrived at Ah Yin’s home.
• Ah Yin welcomed Ye Qiu, and green motes gathered around her as her body began gaining substance.

Ye Qiu reunited with Ah Yin in the Blue Silver Forest and learned that Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Tang San had already found the forest. As he prepared to go to the City of Slaughter, he worried that Tang San's rapid cultivation could eventually put Ah Yin in danger.

• Ye Qiu summoned Xiao Wu and reunited with Ah Yin, then entered the Blue Silver Emperor with her while Xiao Wu and Ling Yuan Douluo went to tidy the wooden hut.
• After seeing Ah Yin's memories, Ye Qiu learned that Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Tang San had found the Blue Silver Forest, but Ah Yin's people had kept them from discovering her.
• Ah Yin had the Blue Silver King send the three away until Tang San became a Soul King and awakened his bloodline.
• Ah Yin urged Ye Qiu to be careful in the City of Slaughter and assured him that she was safe in the forest.
• Ye Qiu warned that Tang San was already a Soul Ancestor and might be cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer, then admitted that he feared Ah Yin would be taken away.

Ye Qiu said goodbye to Ah Yin and Xiao Wu, then traveled with Ling Yuan Douluo to the town above the City of Slaughter. They entered a grim tavern, where Ye Qiu was about to begin his journey into the city.

• Ye Qiu asked Ah Yin to let Xiao Wu bring Er Ming to protect the Blue Silver Grass Clan, but Ah Yin refused to move her people.
• Ye Qiu spent time with Ah Yin, Xiao Wu, and Ling Yuan Douluo before leaving for the City of Slaughter with Ling Yuan Douluo.
• Er Ming appeared near the Blue Silver Forest after Ye Qiu departed.
• Ye Qiu and Ling Yuan Douluo reached the town above the City of Slaughter, where Ling Yuan used her Titled Douluo aura to drive off the hostile onlookers.
• Ye Qiu and Ling Yuan entered a dark, stale tavern near the entrance to the City of Slaughter.

Ye Qiu entered the City of Slaughter after saying goodbye to Ling Yuan Douluo, who agreed to visit his village and care for Zhu Zhuqing. The Asura God appeared to test Ye Qiu and offered him a chance, while the Sea God and Asura God discussed whether to take him on.

• Ye Qiu asked Ling Yuan Douluo to bring money to his village and look after Zhu Zhuqing, and Ling Yuan agreed before kissing him goodbye.
• Ling Yuan Douluo flew toward Holy Soul Village as Ye Qiu presented Bibi Dong's token at the tavern counter and drank the Bloody Mary to qualify for entry.
• The attendant recognized Ye Qiu as the Slaughter God's Messenger, opened a passage beneath the counter, and Ye Qiu jumped into the darkness.
• Ye Qiu walked through the passage in Martial Soul Possession and encountered the Asura God, who acknowledged him and promised him a chance.
• The Sea God and Asura God discussed Ye Qiu from afar, with the Sea God offering him to the Asura God if he failed to meet expectations.

Ye Qiu entered the City of Slaughter with an identity token and ordered his guide to take him directly to the Hell Slaughter Arena. He reached the chaotic inner city, where violence and depravity were rampant.

• Ye Qiu overheard an argument between the Sea God and another voice as he approached the City of Slaughter.
• The Terror Knight welcomed Ye Qiu as the emissary of the God of Slaughter and gave him identity token 9527.
• A veiled woman greeted Ye Qiu at the city gate and offered to guide him for twelve hours.
• Ye Qiu told the veiled woman to take him straight to the Hell Slaughter Arena despite her warning about its low survival rate.
• Ye Qiu and the veiled woman crossed the outer city, where impoverished residents had to provide Bloody Mary, and reached the inner city.
• Ye Qiu witnessed the inner city's brutal chaos as a group beat a young man and one of them tore off and ate his arm.

Ye Qiu entered the Hell Slaughter Arena with the black-veiled girl and quickly adapted to the City of Slaughter by killing a spectator to take his Bloody Mary. After spotting Zhao Wuji among the fighters, Ye Qiu registered for the next match.

• Ye Qiu followed the black-veiled girl through the City of Slaughter and learned that arena matches ended only when one of ten fighters remained alive.
• Ye Qiu killed a bald spectator and took his Bloody Mary, ending the man's life after he had survived six arena matches.
• Ye Qiu entered the arena and saw Zhao Wuji among the three survivors fighting below.
• Ye Qiu asked the black-veiled girl to register him for the next match and waited while she took his identity token.

Ye Qiu survived six months of brutal matches and ambushes in the City of Slaughter, earning the feared name Black Level Buddha with fifty-seven consecutive victories. As nine opponents surrounded him in the arena, he transformed his Venom Martial Soul into an even more powerful form and prepared to fight.

• Ye Qiu registered in the City of Slaughter and began fighting, using hidden weapons to win matches and kill anyone who ambushed him afterward.
• Over the next month, Ye Qiu killed more than five hundred depraved people while facing increasingly dangerous opponents and attacks outside the arena.
• Over six months, Ye Qiu won fifty-seven matches and killed more than a thousand people, including a hundred attackers who ambushed him after he defeated two Soul Douluo opponents.
• The City of Slaughter's depraved people named Ye Qiu Black Level Buddha, and his reputation made it difficult to gather opponents for his matches.
• Nine contestants surrounded Ye Qiu at the start of a match, and he transformed his Venom Martial Soul into a stronger, more monstrous form.

Ye Qiu survived another brutal fight in the City of Slaughter, while the King of Slaughter discussed the danger of his progress toward Hell Road. A month later, the promotion matches of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament began.

• Ye Qiu killed the remaining opponents in the arena, devoured their bodies, and retrieved his scattered Dragon Whisker Needles.
• The King of Slaughter refused to interfere with Ye Qiu, explaining that Slayers who passed Hell Road could use Soul Skills and threatened the City of Slaughter.
• The King of Slaughter revealed that his human shell was Tang Chen and that his true form was the Nine-Headed Bat King.
• A month after the qualifiers ended, the tournament promotion matches began in the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empire divisions.

The fifteen teams qualifying for the promotion tournament gathered at the Royal Hunting Ground, where Beast Academy’s members discussed their barracks. Tang San assigned rooms while Dai Mubai revealed his plans to use the Tang Sect and Clear Sky Sect to reclaim the Star Luo throne.

• The fifteen advanced academy teams arrived at the Royal Hunting Ground and were given separate quarters to conceal their strength from one another.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Meng Yiran, Dai Mubai, and Tang San argued over how Beast Academy should divide its barracks.
• Tang San told Dai Mubai that he would not consider romance until his great cause was accomplished, then agreed to share a room with Meng Yiran.
• Dai Mubai arranged for Ma Hongjun and Oscar to room together and reflected on becoming Tang San’s vice sect master after fleeing the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Mubai resolved to rely on the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Sect to reclaim the throne, while wondering why Tang San had once tried to kill him.

Huo Wu brought Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to meet Qian Renxue, who asked Shui Bing'er to call her Big Sister and promised to send them to Ye Qiu if he did not return within a month. Meanwhile, in the City of Slaughter, Ye Qiu struggled with the growing bloodlust caused by killing and the city's toxin as he approached his hundredth arena victory.

• Huo Wu took Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to meet the Crown Prince after Shui Bing'er guessed he wanted to see them.
• Qian Renxue revealed herself as Xue Qinghe and told Shui Bing'er to call her Big Sister, which Shui Bing'er accepted.
• Qian Renxue told Huo Wu and the others she would send them to Ye Qiu if he had not appeared after a month, except for the person from the Crown Prince's Mansion.
• Ye Qiu continued killing and cultivating in the City of Slaughter, where his worsening bloodlust left him afraid he would become a killing machine.
• Ye Qiu opened his red-tinged eyes and thrust an arrow into his shoulder.

Ye Qiu won his hundredth match in the Hell Slaughter Arena, then refused the King of Slaughter’s offer of a God of Slaughter title and insisted on following the original rules to enter the Hell Road. The King of Slaughter opened the way by unleashing a blood-red aura that drove the spectators into a frenzy of self-destruction, while Ye Qiu struggled to keep his killing intent under control.

• Ye Qiu crushed his final opponent, completed one hundred victories in a year, and released his terrifying killing aura before the arena crowd.
• The King of Slaughter appeared and offered Ye Qiu the title of God of Slaughter as a reward for his hundred wins.
• Ye Qiu rejected the offer and insisted on attempting the Hell Road under the City of Slaughter’s original rules.
• The King of Slaughter warned Ye Qiu about the Hell Road, then accepted his decision and told him to give his regards to his elders.
• The King of Slaughter released an evil red aura over the arena, driving the spectators to mutilate themselves as blood streamed toward Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu entered Hell Road, where a narrow path crossed a blood-filled abyss and swarms of Blood Bats attacked him. He used his Angel Domain to burn the bats and ended the chapter by expanding the domain as he turned to confront them.

• The King of Slaughter activated Hell Road with a blood-red bat pattern, and Ye Qiu protected himself with his killing intent and blue and golden auras.
• Ye Qiu arrived on a small platform above a vast blood pool and stepped onto the narrow Hell Road.
• A swarm of more than a thousand Blood Bats surrounded Ye Qiu, and he discovered that they could dodge his Flying Needle.
• Ye Qiu used his Angel Domain to burn the bats that attacked, then ran along Hell Road as the others followed.
• Ye Qiu abruptly turned back toward the pursuing bats and expanded his golden domain from ten meters to a hundred.

Ye Qiu confronted the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King on the Hell Road and used his abilities to mount and subdue it. The Bat King struggled violently as Ye Qiu began absorbing its energy and tried to bind its three heads.

• Ye Qiu escaped the Blood Bats and encountered the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King blocking the narrow path.
• The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King attacked, destroying part of the path with its dark-red sound waves.
• Ye Qiu used Flight from his 100,000 Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone to soar above the Bat King and drop onto its back.
• Ye Qiu ensnared the Bat King's middle head with a web, pierced it with his Eight Spider Lances, and began absorbing its energy.
• The injured Bat King flew wildly and crashed into the path while Ye Qiu held on and tried to bind all three of its heads.

Ye Qiu took control of the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and led its Blood Red Bat army deeper into Hell Road. He encountered the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and prepared to claim its Inner Core.

• Ye Qiu overwhelmed the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King's spirit and turned it into his puppet and mount.
• Ye Qiu led the bat army onward, using his Blue Silver Domain to cool and purify the hot air around them.
• Ye Qiu discovered that Hell Road curved upward and stopped the bats when he heard movement ahead.
• Ye Qiu identified the approaching Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and decided to take its Inner Core, thinking of Huo Wu.

Ye Qiu led the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and Blood Red Bats in a fight against the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent on Hell Road. The serpent launched a destructive golden-red Inner Core at Ye Qiu, who prepared to face it.

• The Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent attacked Ye Qiu with fiery, poisonous breath, but he repelled it and dodged its counterattack.
• Ye Qiu directed the Blood Red Bats to swarm the serpent while he harassed it with sonic attacks and hidden weapons.
• The bats wounded and distracted the serpent, but it drove them back with fire and killed many with a powerful tail strike.
• Ye Qiu had the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King unleash three beams of black light, blasting the serpent into the air.
• The serpent fired nine streams of golden-red liquid that merged into a destructive ball, and Ye Qiu recognized it as the Inner Core he wanted.

Ye Qiu devoured the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and defeated the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, then endured the Hell Road’s rising heat and illusions to reach its exit. He entered a boundless white world where a strange force suppressed his power and left him feeling cold.

• Ye Qiu devoured the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, restoring his Soul Power, as its blackness transformed into a Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and swallowed the golden-red Inner Core.
• Ye Qiu bit the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent with his poisonous fangs, killing it and collecting a golden-red orb in his Soul Tool.
• Ye Qiu continued along the Hell Road on foot, but rising heat and oppressive killing intent stirred illusions that he overcame by flying onward.
• Ye Qiu reached the white oval exit and flew across the blood-red ocean into its light curtain.
• Ye Qiu found himself in a boundless white world where a strange force suppressed his Blue Silver Domain and he could not summon any strength.

Ye Qiu endured the formation of the Divine Slaughter's Domain and received the Asura Nine Tests from Asura God. He left the void with the test still ahead of him after asking about shortcuts and whether other gods might accept his confidantes as candidates.

• Ye Qiu endured the killing intent as it formed the Divine Slaughter's Domain, then met Asura God in the void.
• Asura God initiated the Asura Nine Tests, and a sword-shaped mark encircled by a Nine-pointed Star Array appeared on Ye Qiu's forehead.
• Asura God warned Ye Qiu that Tang Chen had failed the tests and that his body had been taken over by a Soul Beast.
• Ye Qiu asked about a shortcut, and Asura God said he could open the Ninth Trial if Ye Qiu devoured Tang Chen, took the Asura God Sword, and reached level ninety-nine.
• Ye Qiu chose to take the nine tests and asked Asura God to recommend his god-worthy confidantes to gods seeking successors.

Ye Qiu woke after completing the first Asura trial and received a new test focused on mastering his killing intent. He reunited with Ling Yuan Douluo, and the chapter ended as he reminded her of her promise to him.

• Ye Qiu woke in the forest, discovered Divine Slaughter's Domain on his Martial Soul, and reflected on helping his confidantes become gods.
• Ye Qiu received confirmation that he had completed the first Asura trial and learned that his second trial required him to gain complete control over his killing intent within one year.
• Ye Qiu received a God-given Soul Ring and decided to save it until he became a Soul Saint.
• Ye Qiu found Ling Yuan Douluo waiting for him and pulled her into his arms.
• Ye Qiu told Ling Yuan Douluo that remembering her promise had helped him survive the year-long trial.

Ye Qiu and Ling Yuan Douluo shared an intimate moment after he chose to remain and enjoy his victory banquet. As Ye Qiu pushed Ling Yuan onto the grass inside a Blue Silver Grass barrier, they began to consummate their relationship.

• Ye Qiu asked Ling Yuan Douluo about the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament and decided there was no rush to return to Spirit City.
• Ye Qiu kissed Ling Yuan roughly, then regained control when the Angel Domain calmed his blood-red rage.
• Ling Yuan reassured Ye Qiu that she would not abandon him and urged him to stop holding back.
• Ye Qiu's Blue Silver Grass grew into a fortress around them, shielding them as they embraced and kissed.
• Ye Qiu pushed Ling Yuan down onto the grass as their intimacy continued.

As the promotion round of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament began, Emperor Xue Ye urged Xue Qinghe to spend time with Liu Erlong and have a child. The gathered teams watched Beast Academy compete, with Shui Bing’er and the others noticing that its students knew Ye Qiu’s self-created Soul Skills.

• In a jungle, Ling Yuan imitated different Soul Beasts while Blue Silver Grass witnessed her cries and blood.
• Emperor Xue Ye asked Xue Qinghe how Liu Erlong was recovering and encouraged her to bring Erlong to the tournament and have an heir.
• Xue Qinghe agreed inwardly regretting that a child required the missing Ye Qiu.
• At the promotion round, Huo Wu and Shui Bing’er agreed their teams would forfeit rather than fight each other, and Feng Xiaotian also offered to forfeit against Huo Wushuang.
• Shui Bing’er, Huo Wu, and the other teams turned their attention to Beast Academy and noticed that its students knew Ye Qiu’s self-created Soul Skills.