Chapter Summaries

Qian Renhan threw Hu Liena out of the library and forbade her from entering its seventh floor after she declared she would become Spirit Hall’s Saintess. Bibi Dong confronted him on Sword Peak, but he dismissed her authority and warned her to keep Hu Liena under control.

• Qian Renhan kicked Hu Liena down the library stairs after she claimed she would become Spirit Hall’s Saintess, and he crushed the token Bibi Dong had given her.
• Qian Renhan banned Hu Liena from the seventh floor and told the guards to send Bibi Dong to him if she objected.
• Hu Liena ran to Bibi Dong, who comforted her and promised to seek justice after hearing what Qian Renhan had done.
• Bibi Dong brought Hu Liena to Sword Peak and demanded to know why Qian Renhan had mistreated her.
• Qian Renhan insulted Bibi Dong, warned her that he would throw Hu Liena to soul beasts if she continued to cause trouble, and declared that he did not care about Bibi Dong.

Qian Renhan rejected Bibi Dong, who left Sword Peak resolved to gain strength and later plotted to kill Qian Xunji with poison. Unaware that Qian Renhan had protected him with Aromatic Silk Beauty, Qian Xunji drank the poisoned medicine and entered the secret room, while Bibi Dong prepared to follow through with her plan.

• Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo arrived to protect Qian Renhan, who sent Bibi Dong and Hu Liena away.
• Bibi Dong decided to use Qian Xunji to break through to Title Douluo and begin the Rakshasa God's trial.
• Bibi Dong poisoned Qian Xunji's medicine with Death Spider Emperor venom, but Qian Renhan's Aromatic Silk Beauty neutralized it.
• Qian Xunji drank the medicine and told Bibi Dong he would cultivate in the secret room to recover his strength.
• Bibi Dong hid her killing intent, called Qian Xunji "Husband," and intended to kill him in the secret room.

Bibi Dong revealed that she had spent three months pretending to care for Qian Xunji while secretly planning to kill him. Qian Xunji spared her but confined her, resumed the position of Pope, and planned to leave Spirit Hall’s future to Qian Xue and Qian Renhan.

• Bibi Dong attacked Qian Xunji with her Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul, but his restored strength and Six-Winged Angel overwhelmed her.
• Bibi Dong admitted she had poisoned his medicine and declared that she would kill him and destroy the Angel Clan; Qian Xunji knocked her unconscious.
• Qian Daoliu appeared and urged Qian Xunji to decide what to do with Bibi Dong.
• Qian Xunji chose to spare Bibi Dong for Qian Xue’s sake, but planned to restrict her freedom and keep her from breaking through to Title Douluo.
• The next day, Qian Xunji resumed the position of Pope, Bibi Dong returned to the Saintess Hall under confinement, and Hu Liena was sent to Soul Master Academy.

Seven years after reaching the peak of Unity of Man and Sword, Qian Renhan sought a way to advance his Sword Dao and decided to enter the City of Slaughter. He left the story preparing to depart after sharing a final playful moment with Qian Renxue.

• Qian Renhan asked Qian Daoliu how he had reached the Sword Intent realm, and Qian Daoliu recounted his duel with Chen Jianjun.
• Qian Renhan told Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue that he planned to go to the City of Slaughter to seek a breakthrough, despite Qian Renxue's tearful pleas.
• Qian Daoliu accepted Qian Renhan's choice, and Qian Xunji offered him a fifty-thousand-year Mental Head Wisdom Spirit Bone, which he refused.
• Qian Renhan and Qian Renxue played together on a wooden box that slid down Papal Mountain, ignoring the furious complaints from inside Papal Palace.

Qian Renhan traveled to the City of Slaughter with Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo, who arranged for him to bypass the usual entry procedure. After entering the city, he revealed his excitement at its killing intent and evil, recognizing it as his true home.

• Qian Renhan headed north with Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Chrysanthemum Douluo gave him a Mental Head Wisdom Spirit Bone from the Pope.
• A week later, the three reached Slaughter Town, where Chrysanthemum Douluo told Jacks that Spirit Hall had brought in a vicious criminal and asked him to open the entrance.
• Qian Renhan jumped into the underground passage and received a Skull Token numbered 948 from a black-armored knight.
• A veiled woman welcomed Qian Renhan at the City of Slaughter's gate and ushered him inside.
• Qian Renhan entered the city, summoned his Eight-Winged Fallen Angel, and reveled in the place's killing intent and evil.

Qian Renhan entered the City of Slaughter, learned its rules from the Black-veiled Girl, and showed that he could wield Soul Power as a sword despite the city’s restrictions. After reaching the Inner City, he attracted a crowd of Fallen Ones who were drawn to his appearance.

• Qian Renhan intimidated the Black-veiled Girl and made her explain the City of Slaughter’s rules, including the Hell Slaughter Arena, Yellow Spring Dew, and Skull Tokens.
• The Black-veiled Girl followed Qian Renhan as he headed for the Inner City.
• A Fallen One ambushed Qian Renhan, who killed him with a sword formed from Soul Power.
• Qian Renhan entered the Inner City and passed through its frenzied streets without reacting to the spectacle around him.
• A towering Fallen One mocked Qian Renhan’s appearance, and a crowd gathered around him.

Qian Renhan entered the City of Slaughter to train, using his Fallen Angel Martial Soul to deal with a group of Fallen Ones before challenging the Hell Slaughter Arena without relying on his Martial Soul. After a year of fighting, a blue, crystalline bone appeared above the city’s square.

• Qian Renhan released his Darkness Domain and killed dozens of Fallen Ones, discovering that his Fallen Angel Martial Soul absorbed killing intent and kept his mind clear.
• Qian Renhan reached the Hell Slaughter Arena and told the Black-veiled Girl to register him after revealing he knew she had followed him.
• Qian Renhan entered a ten-person arena match and forbade himself from using his Martial Soul.
• Qian Renhan killed the other nine contestants after a bloody fight and felt that continued combat might help him break through his Sword Dao bottleneck.
• Qian Renhan spent a year fighting in the City of Slaughter, then a blue, bone-like treasure appeared above the grand square.

Qian Renhan used a fifty-thousand-year Head Soul Bone to lure the Fallen Ones into a mass slaughter, seeking to deepen his Sword Dao and gather killing intent. Amid the battle, he comprehended the third realm of the Sword Dao, Sword Intent, with slaughter as its essence, and unleashed it against his enemies.

• After a year and seventy-five Hell Slaughter Arena matches, Qian Renhan attracted fewer ambushes and set a Head Soul Bone as bait to draw the City of Slaughter into a free-for-all.
• Fallen Ones rushed to the grand square and began fighting over the bone, while Qian Renhan joined the massacre and slaughtered those around him.
• As killing intent nearly overwhelmed Qian Renhan, he entered his Inner Realm and saw a blood-red version of himself surrounded by corpses.
• Qian Renhan understood that the third Sword Dao realm fused sword and heart, and that his Sword Intent was slaughter.
• Qian Renhan opened his eyes and used his blood sword and Sword Intent to cut down his attackers, killing more than thirty people in a single sweep.

Qian Renhan slaughtered the Fallen Ones who had gathered in the plaza, strengthening his Darkness Domain. Nearly a year later, after reaching ninety arena victories, he awakened the Dark Slaughter God's Domain, which let him manifest his six Spirit Rings despite the City of Slaughter’s rules.

• Qian Renhan used his Darkness Domain to kill the Fallen Ones in the plaza and retrieved the blue soul bone he had used as bait.
• The King of Slaughter refused to have Qian Renhan killed because the City of Slaughter depended on Spirit Hall for supplies, and ordered that his progress in the Hell Slaughter Arena be slowed.
• Qian Renhan’s Fallen Angel Martial Soul showed signs of further growth after absorbing the killing intent from the slaughter.
• Nearly a year later, Qian Renhan reached ninety arena victories and developed a domain powerful enough to resist the City of Slaughter’s Spirit Ring-sealing rules.
• Qian Renhan named his evolved domain the Dark Slaughter God's Domain and manifested his six Spirit Rings within it.

Qian Renhan grew tired of waiting for his hundredth Hell Slaughter Arena match and began slaughtering the City of Slaughter, using his powers despite the city's restrictions. The King of Slaughter confronted him, and Qian Renhan recognized the weakened figure as Tang Chen.

• Qian Renhan suspected the King of Slaughter was delaying his final arena match and decided to kill the Fallen Ones instead.
• Qian Renhan appeared above the Hell Slaughter Arena and began killing Fallen Ones with his sword and domain.
• The Black-veiled Girl warned the King of Slaughter that Qian Renhan could use soul skills and had killed thousands.
• The King of Slaughter sensed Qian Renhan drawing on the Heart of Evil and flew to stop him.
• The King of Slaughter caught Qian Renhan's Dark Holy Sword, broke his hold over the Fallen Ones, and revealed himself as Tang Chen.

Qian Renhan massacred the City of Slaughter’s Fallen Ones, forced the King of Slaughter to recognize his hundred arena victories, and opened Hell Road. He arrived at its starting platform conscious and chose the upward path.

• Qian Renhan explained that he had combined Divine Slaughter’s Domain with his Darkness Domain to resist the City of Slaughter’s restrictions and continued killing Fallen Ones.
• The King of Slaughter declared that Qian Renhan had won one hundred Hell Slaughter Arena matches, then relented and told him to open Hell Road himself after noticing his Eight-Winged Fallen Angel Mark.
• Qian Renhan bewitched Fallen Ones into sacrificing their blood at the arena, opening Hell Road.
• The King of Slaughter realized Hell Road had opened, cursed Qian Renhan, and ordered Spirit Hall to send supplies and word about the challenge.
• Qian Renhan reached Hell Road’s circular platform without losing consciousness and stepped onto the upward path.

Qian Renhan crossed Hell Road, defeating its monstrous guardians and claiming the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core for Qian Renxue. At the Blood River, he absorbed its killing intent and evil energy until his Fallen Angel Martial Soul evolved into a Ten-Winged Fallen Angel.

• Qian Renhan killed the Blood Bats and their Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King with his Sword Qi and Dark Slaughter God's Domain.
• Qian Renhan killed the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, took its Inner Core, and stored it despite its scorching energy burning his hand.
• Qian Renhan reached the boiling Blood River at the end of Hell Road and used his Darkness Domain to absorb its killing intent, brutality, and evil factors.
• Qian Renhan's Fallen Angel Martial Soul evolved to the Ten-Winged form as a new pair of wings grew from his back and Dark Energy shook the City of Slaughter.

The Asura God discovered that Qian Renhan’s Sword Intent and temperament made him a suitable successor, then drew him into the Asura inheritance palace despite his existing connection to Dark God. Dark God confronted Asura, who revealed he intended to raise Qian Renhan as himself rather than give him a second godhood.

• The Asura God recognized Qian Renhan’s Sword Intent of Slaughter and decided he should inherit the Asura legacy alongside his connection to Dark God.
• Qian Renhan completed his cultivation in Hell Road, balanced the darkness and slaughter in his domain, and prepared to leave after two years.
• A blood-red palace rose from the Blood River, swallowed Qian Renhan, and carried him away as his Fallen Angel Mark changed into a black sword-shaped mark.
• Dark God confronted the Asura God and cited the God Realm Statutes, insisting that his earlier mark made Qian Renhan his inheritor.
• The Asura God admitted he wanted Qian Renhan because they were alike and declared that he planned to raise him as himself, with the Asura Demon Sword beside the unconscious Qian Renhan.

Asura God arranged for Qian Renhan to inherit the Asura God Position through a second Martial Soul, the Asura Demon Sword, while Dark God planned to pursue his own inheritance. Qian Renhan gained the sword’s recognition and received it as his second Martial Soul, advancing his Asura trials.

• Asura God told Dark God he would grant Qian Renhan the Asura Demon Sword as a second Martial Soul and fuse his God Position into it.
• Asura God sent Dark God from Asura God's Palace, and Dark God headed to the Seven Element Gods to tell them what had happened.
• Qian Renhan awoke in Asura God's Palace and learned that he had completed the first trial and begun the second trial of Asura.
• Qian Renhan entered the Asura Demon Sword's vision and witnessed Asura God attaining the Dao through slaughter.
• Qian Renhan used his Sword Intent of Slaughter to draw the Asura Demon Sword, which fused into him and became his second Martial Soul.

Qian Renhan received the Asura Demon Sword Martial Soul and chose to pursue his own Sword Dao rather than inherit the Asura God’s path. While he cultivated in the Asura God's Palace, Qian Daoliu prepared potential matches for him, and Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo waited anxiously for him to emerge from Hell Road.

• The Asura God gave Qian Renhan the Asura Demon Sword Martial Soul and explained that he could either follow the Asura God’s inheritance or forge his own path.
• Qian Renhan chose to walk his own path, and the Asura God gave him a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring and required him to cultivate before leaving the palace.
• Qian Renhan crushed the bead, summoned his Fallen Angel Martial Soul, and began absorbing the Spirit Ring while worrying about his family.
• Qian Daoliu reviewed a list of talented young women and considered Shui Binger and Ye Lingling as possible partners for Qian Renhan.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo waited at Hell Road for Qian Renhan, but after several months they feared he had died.

Qian Xunji learned that Qian Renhan had not emerged from Hell Road and rushed to the City of Slaughter to confront the King of Slaughter. The two accused each other, and Qian Xunji began an attack, threatening to bring the City of Slaughter under Spirit Hall's control.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo sent Ghost Douluo to Spirit Hall to report that Qian Renhan might have died on Hell Road.
• Ghost Douluo told Qian Xunji that Qian Renhan had not emerged after two months of waiting.
• Qian Xunji blamed the King of Slaughter, transformed with his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, and flew to Slaughter Town.
• Qian Xunji demanded that the King of Slaughter explain what had happened to his son.
• The King of Slaughter denied harming Qian Renhan, but Qian Xunji accused him of killing his son and attacked with his Holy Sword and Angel Domain.

Qian Xunji fought the King of Slaughter over control of the City of Slaughter, but neither could defeat the other, and the King declared war on Spirit Hall. After Qian Renhan failed to emerge from Hell Road for three months, Spirit Hall believed him dead, though he remained in the Asura God's Palace absorbing a crimson Spirit Ring.

• Qian Xunji battled the King of Slaughter, while the King’s domain suppressed Chrysanthemum Douluo until Qian Xunji shielded him and sent him to safety.
• After fighting until sunset, Qian Xunji threatened that Qian Daoliu would destroy the City of Slaughter, and the King declared the agreement with Spirit Hall void and proclaimed war.
• Qian Xunji waited at the end of Hell Road for another month, then returned to Spirit Hall with Chrysanthemum Douluo when Qian Renhan did not appear.
• Qian Renhan remained unaware of events outside the Asura God's Palace as he absorbed a crimson Spirit Ring for three months.
• Qian Xunji told Qian Renxue that Qian Renhan was presumed dead, and she fainted from grief.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo urged Qian Daoliu to attack the City of Slaughter, but Qian Daoliu said they could not kill the King of Slaughter while he remained inside it.

After learning that Qian Xiaohan had been killed in the City of Slaughter, Qian Xunji resolved to undergo the God Ancestor’s trial and asked Bibi Dong to take over as Pope. Bibi Dong accepted, demanding the true position, while Qian Daoliu and the Enshrined Elders believed they could keep her power in check.

• Qian Daoliu explained that the City of Slaughter’s rules and large population made a direct assault too costly, and Golden Crocodile’s plan to starve it out was rejected.
• Qian Xunji asked to become an Enforcement Elder so he could undergo the God Ancestor’s trial and eventually avenge Qian Xiaohan, promising to protect Spirit Hall until Qian Xuexue could stand on her own.
• Qian Daoliu and the Enshrined Elders agreed that Bibi Dong could manage the Papal Palace, believing she would remain powerless without their help.
• Qian Xunji told Bibi Dong that Qian Xiaohan had died in the City of Slaughter and said he would avenge him, while offering her the position of Pope.
• Bibi Dong agreed to become Pope but insisted on holding the true position rather than an acting title, and Qian Xunji accepted.

After nine years under house arrest, Bibi Dong emerged and planned to destroy Spirit Hall from within while seeking the power to break free of the Qian Clan’s control. When Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo refused to help her obtain a Spirit Ring, she accepted the Rakshasa God’s limited aid and set out alone for the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Bibi Dong left house arrest and outlined a plan to strengthen Spirit Hall, ruin its reputation, and turn the continent’s forces against it.
• Bibi Dong learned that Qian Renhan had supposedly died and resolved to take revenge on the King of Slaughter.
• Bibi Dong asked Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to accompany her to the Star Dou Great Forest, but they refused under Qian Xunji’s orders.
• The Rakshasa God offered to drive away soul beasts with Divine Might while Bibi Dong hunted them, and warned that Qian Renxue might inherit the Angel God Position.
• Bibi Dong disguised herself and traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Spirit Rings for her second martial soul and reach Title Douluo.

One year after Bibi Dong seized control of Spirit Hall, she pressured Qian Renxue into taking over the Heaven Dou Empire in exchange for killing the King of Slaughter. Two years later, the story shifted to the City of Slaughter, where Tang Chen faced an Asura God trial.

• Bibi Dong rose to power as an Iron-Blooded Female Pope, while Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect leaders discussed Spirit Hall's growing dominance and the possibility of future upheaval.
• Bibi Dong visited the Worship Hall and ordered Qian Renxue to replace the Heaven Dou Empire's crown prince, poison Xue Ye, and take the throne.
• Qian Renxue resisted until Bibi Dong called her useless and compared her unfavorably to her dead brother, Qian Renhan.
• Qian Renxue agreed to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Empire on the condition that Bibi Dong kill the King of Slaughter, and Bibi Dong accepted.
• Two years later, Tang Chen faced the Asura Seventh Test: defeating the conscious Asura Great Enshrined Elder, with no time limit.