Chapter Summaries

Li Xuan entered the fourth floor of the Slaughter Treasury and discovered Kakar, the Asura High Priest, preserved in a puppet. Kakar revealed the Asura God Set but refused to give it to Li Xuan, then asked him for help.

• Li Xuan tested the fourth-floor barrier, found it had lost its power, and entered the hall after checking for dangers.
• Li Xuan searched the mural-covered hall and triggered a hidden mechanism that revealed a puppet made of Soul-Nurturing Wood.
• The puppet identified itself as Kakar, the Asura High Priest, and learned from a crystal ball that ten thousand years had passed and Slaughter City had changed.
• Kakar showed Li Xuan the seven Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Bones of the Asura God Set and called them the Asura God's inherited spirit bones.
• Li Xuan asked whether Kakar intended to give him the set, but Kakar told him to stop dreaming.

Li Xuan agreed to deliver the Asura God Set and Asura Priest Staff to the King of Slaughter in exchange for a Soul-Nurturing Wood seed. After Kakar's puppet collapsed, Li Xuan searched the Slaughter Treasury, returned to Slaughter City, and prepared for his eventual departure.

• Kakar offered Li Xuan a Soul-Nurturing Wood seed in exchange for delivering the Asura God Set and Asura Priest Staff to the King of Slaughter, and Li Xuan accepted.
• Kakar explained that the Asura Priest Staff held divine power capable of driving the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat's soul from the King of Slaughter's body, then revealed the staff hidden in his arm.
• Kakar's puppet fell apart before he could tell Li Xuan where the Slaughter Treasury's hidden treasures were.
• Li Xuan searched the Slaughter Treasury, found nothing else valuable, and used a jade disc to teleport back to Slaughter City, where he crashed to the ground.
• Li Xuan returned to his courtyard, found its formation depleted, stored the Lotus Platform in the Heaven-Grasping Bottle, and considered leaving Slaughter City soon.

Li Xuan lured the King of Slaughter with the recovered Asura God Set, then used the Asura Priest Staff to awaken Asura Divine Power. He killed the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat and returned to his courtyard as the power faded, leaving only the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat in Hell Road to deal with.

• The King of Slaughter confronted Li Xuan, who showed him the Asura God Set and drew his attention to it.
• Li Xuan revealed the Asura Priest Staff, making the King of Slaughter retreat and abandon the set.
• The King of Slaughter attacked Li Xuan, but the staff released Asura Divine Power and Li Xuan knocked him away.
• Li Xuan used the power to teleport beside the King of Slaughter and stab him through the heart with a Soul-Nurturing Wood spike.
• The King of Slaughter died, and Li Xuan collected six souls in the spike, bringing his total to eight Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat souls.
• Li Xuan grabbed the King of Slaughter's corpse and teleported back to his courtyard before the Asura Divine Power ran out.

Li Xuan revived Tang Chen with Deer-Reviving Grass and awakened his soul after removing the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat. Tang Chen recovered and flew to the Asura God Temple to ask whether Li Xuan could enter Hell Road.

• Li Xuan locked away the six Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat souls and examined Tang Chen's corpse before deciding to revive him.
• Li Xuan used Deer-Reviving Grass to heal Tang Chen's heart and restore his heartbeat.
• Li Xuan used Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame to awaken Tang Chen, whose outburst sent Li Xuan crashing into the city wall.
• Tang Chen woke, thanked Li Xuan for saving him, and received the Asura God Set and Asura Priest Staff.
• Li Xuan asked to enter Hell Road, and Tang Chen flew to the Asura God Temple to seek permission.

Li Xuan prepared a new Soul-Nurturing Wood pendant, then Tang Chen brought him to Hell Road with permission from Asura God. After Tang Chen left to destroy the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat’s last remnant, Li Xuan began using the Blood Pool to cultivate killing intent.

• Li Xuan grew Soul-Nurturing Wood with Green Spirit Liquid, shaped a piece into a pendant, and wore it as another life-saving measure.
• Tang Chen told Li Xuan that Asura God had agreed to let him enter Hell Road and declared that he would serve as the Asura High Priest instead of Tang Chen.
• Tang Chen teleported Li Xuan to Hell Road and said he would hunt the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat to prevent the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat from reviving.
• Li Xuan recognized the Blood Pool as a place to temper killing intent and set his Filthy Flame Lotus Platform on its surface.
• Li Xuan sat on the platform, reviewed the Asura Killing Canon, and began cultivating, relying on his powerful soul to guard against a cultivation deviation.

Li Xuan endured the Blood Pool’s soul-rending Killing Aura by igniting his Heart Fire, successfully forming a Killing Aura mark but collapsing from the strain. After recovering, he resumed cultivation and learned Tang Chen had captured the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat, prompting him to offer to try something with it.

• Li Xuan drew blood-red energy from the Blood Pool and endured its fear-inducing effects as it gathered between his brows.
• Li Xuan ignited his Heart Fire with the Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame, overcame the fear, and attacked the Blood Pool in a rage until the energy became silvery white Killing Aura.
• Li Xuan formed a Killing Aura mark, damaged his heart meridians, and collapsed unconscious before the Immortal Grade Spirit Plants restored him.
• Li Xuan woke, tested the Killing Aura, and decided to cultivate more despite the risks of pursuing Killing Intent and the Killing Domain.
• Tang Chen arrived with the captured Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat after explaining that she had killed the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent but could not permanently kill the bat.
• Li Xuan offered to try dealing with the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat.

Li Xuan used the Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame and Soul-Nurturing Wood to eliminate the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat’s ability to revive. Afterward, he asked Tang Chen for the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s corpse.

• Li Xuan ignited the golden bat’s Heart Fire, damaging the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat’s soul and drawing a swarm of blood-red bats toward them.
• Li Xuan used the Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame to exhaust the little bats’ spiritual power, while Tang Chen protected them from the falling blood rain.
• Li Xuan pierced the golden bat with Soul-Nurturing Wood and crushed its head, trapping the bat’s soul in the wood and ending its revival.
• Li Xuan sealed the Soul-Nurturing Wood in an iron box, having gathered the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat’s remaining souls apart from the two he could not retrieve.
• Li Xuan asked Tang Chen to give him the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s corpse.

Li Xuan received the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent corpse from Tang Chen and harvested its valuable parts, then exchanged its Inner Core through the system. He chose an offensive item to help him kill two elders from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and returned to cultivating beside the Blood Pool while awaiting the system’s next shop refresh.

• Tang Chen gave Li Xuan the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent corpse before leaving Hell Road to restore order in Slaughter City.
• Li Xuan extracted the serpent’s blood and venom sacs, skinned it, and found its scorching Inner Core among its organs.
• Li Xuan asked the system to absorb the Inner Core and chose a means of killing a Title Douluo as his exchange reward.
• Li Xuan burned the serpent’s meat and bones, kept its gallbladder and skin, and returned to cultivate beside the Blood Pool.

Li Xuan exchanged the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent Core for a set of Heaven-Shaking Cannon blueprints and discovered that the collection included weapons capable of killing Title Douluo. He decided to recruit Godsmith Lou Gao to help make them, but returned to cultivating in the Blood Pool so he could condense his Killing Domain and leave Slaughter City.

• Li Xuan waited for the System Mall to refresh and exchanged the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent Core for a set of Heaven-Shaking Cannon blueprints.
• Li Xuan examined the box’s thirty-six scrolls and found plans for three Tier 5 cannons, six Tier 4 cannons, twelve Tier 3 cannons, and detailed forging instructions.
• Li Xuan realized he lacked the forging skill to build the cannons himself and resolved to lure Godsmith Lou Gao to Spring and Autumn Winery.
• Li Xuan tidied the Herb Garden, used Green Spirit Liquid on the Soul-Nurturing Wood, and returned from the Heaven-Grasping Bottle’s space to the Blood Pool.
• Li Xuan sat on the Lotus Platform and resumed absorbing energy from the Blood Pool to cultivate his Killing Domain.

Li Xuan completed the Killing Domain after spending a month gathering killing aura and using a third of his immense soul power to refine it. With the domain stabilized and the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat dead, he prepared to leave Slaughter City.

• Li Xuan guided the accumulated killing aura into his Niwan Palace, using the Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame to withstand its extreme cold.
• Li Xuan entered his spiritual world and fed the killing aura soul power until it could absorb no more.
• Li Xuan compressed the soul-infused killing aura into a silver-white crystal and formed his Killing Domain.
• Li Xuan tested the domain's range and effects, then stabilized it and put away the Lotus Platform.
• Li Xuan decided to leave Slaughter City now that the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat were dead.

Li Xuan left Slaughter City after mastering the Killing Domain, but the Asura God kicked him out without granting him Divine Slaughter's Domain. Lost and disguised as a beggar, Li Xuan eventually reached Black Armor City and learned that he had been sent to the Heaven Dou Empire's western border.

• Li Xuan tested his Killing Domain, then used the Filthy Flame Lotus Platform to cross the Blood Pool and leave Slaughter City.
• The Asura God sensed that Li Xuan already possessed the Killing Domain and kicked him out of the white space without granting Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Li Xuan planned to travel to Gengxin City to find Lou Gao, but discovered that he had no map showing Slaughter City's location.
• Li Xuan traveled east on foot for ten days and disguised himself as a beggar to avoid the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's surveillance.
• Li Xuan asked a waiter in Black Armor City's restaurant where he was and learned that the city stood on the western border of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Li Xuan left Black Armor City with supplies and slaves to begin the long journey to Gengxin City. Along the way, he broke through to Soul Power Level 30 and began cultivating a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower cutting for his third Soul Ring.

• Li Xuan discovered that reaching Gengxin City would require crossing the Heaven Dou Empire and traveling deep into the Star Luo Empire, a journey he expected to take at least three months.
• Li Xuan bought three years’ worth of food, a spacious carriage and two ordinary carriages, four slaves, and camping supplies in Black Armor City.
• Li Xuan named the slaves Datou, Ertou, Santou, Daya, and Er'ya, then set off with them and camped more than thirty kilometers from the city.
• Li Xuan entered the Heaven-Grasping Bottle and broke through his level 30 bottleneck after half an hour of cultivation.
• Li Xuan chose the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower for his third Soul Ring and planted a root cutting, which sprouted two small leaves after he applied Green Spirit Liquid.

Li Xuan prepared to absorb the ten-thousand-year Soul Ring of the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, using his two flames to suppress its intense heat. The energy proved more dangerous than he expected as he began cultivating in the Heaven-Grasping Bottle's space.

• Li Xuan returned to camp, reassured his five slaves, and told them to eat and take turns keeping watch.
• Ten days later, Li Xuan stopped the carriage in the wilderness and entered the Heaven-Grasping Bottle's space to absorb his third Soul Ring.
• Li Xuan found that the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower had grown to ten thousand years of cultivation and pulled it from the soil.
• Li Xuan swallowed the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and used the Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame and the Filthy Flame to suppress its scorching energy.
• Li Xuan began absorbing the energy, but scarlet flames burst from his ears and nostrils as the process became more dangerous than he had expected.

Li Xuan endured the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower’s dangerous medicinal power and absorbed its Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, gaining his third Soul Skill, Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix. After testing the skill, he returned to the carriage, ate pork knuckles, and fell asleep.

• The Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower’s medicinal power went out of control, engulfing Li Xuan in flames and tempering his body as a healing power helped him endure.
• Li Xuan condensed the flames into a fire phoenix, absorbed its remaining energy, and gained a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring with a phoenix Soul Seal.
• After two hours of comprehension, Li Xuan awoke with Phoenix Eyes and a third Soul Ring, then tested his new Soul Skill, Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix.
• Li Xuan dismissed the fire phoenixes, returned from the Heaven-Grasping Bottle’s space, and asked Daya to heat pork knuckles.
• Li Xuan shared a pork knuckle with Daya, ate, and fell asleep in the carriage.

Li Xuan traveled toward a small city, sending Datou ahead to arrange rooms and supplies while promising the slaves he would eventually free them. During the journey, Li Xuan examined the flame gained from his third Soul Ring and discovered it was the Phoenix Clan’s Nirvana Fire, leaving him with greatly enhanced healing and Soul Power at level thirty-four.

• Li Xuan agreed to rest and resupply in a nearby city, gave Datou Gold Soul Coins, and promised the slaves he would remove their slave status someday.
• Datou went ahead to the city while Li Xuan and the others packed the camp and set out to meet him.
• Li Xuan summoned the crimson flame from his third Soul Ring and recognized it as the Phoenix Clan’s Nirvana Fire.
• Li Xuan realized Nirvana Fire had given him powerful self-healing abilities, including the ability to regrow a severed limb.
• Li Xuan checked his cultivation and found his Soul Power had reached level thirty-four, with energy from the three Immortal Grade Spirit Plants still stored in his meridians.

After five months of travel, Li Xuan reached Gengxin City and began arranging a way to meet Godsmith Lou Gao. He planned to use a finely crafted, rune-engraved sword as bait, then learned Lou Gao was seeking help melting a rare ore and sent Datou and Ertou to investigate.

• Li Xuan arrived in Gengxin City with his slaves, assigned them to gather rooms, information, and food, and toured the city's blacksmith shops and ore stalls.
• Li Xuan asked the five slaves to find out about the Blacksmith's Association and Lou Gao, then returned to the space within the Heaven-Grasping Bottle and packed the Silver-Armored Figure's sword as a gift for Lou Gao.
• Li Xuan's slaves reported that Lou Gao was offering ten Gold Soul Coins for a way to melt a rare iron ore, while Daya and Er'ya found little noteworthy food or fabric in the city.
• Li Xuan told Datou and Ertou to investigate the ore Lou Gao needed melted, gave the others time to rest, and began cultivating in the Heaven-Grasping Bottle's space.

Li Xuan went to the Blacksmith's Association to meet Lou Gao and demonstrate the silver-white longsword. After Si Long intervened in a dispute, Li Xuan sparred with him, and the blade's extraordinary sharpness left Si Long astonished.

• Li Xuan dismissed his slaves after they failed to gather information about Lou Gao, then headed to the Blacksmith's Association with the silver-white longsword.
• A staff member tried to turn Li Xuan away, and Li Xuan used Nirvana Fire to draw attention to himself.
• Si Long dispersed Li Xuan's fiery bird and urged him to leave, but Li Xuan presented the longsword and challenged him to a spar.
• Li Xuan's sword cut through the longsword Si Long used to block, prompting Si Long to ask what divine weapon Li Xuan was holding.

Li Xuan sought out Godsmith Lou Gao to have the Heaven-Shaking Cannon forged, using an old blade and a portion of the blueprint to gain an audience. Lou Gao agreed to forge it exclusively for Li Xuan after swearing not to reveal the blueprint or make the weapon for anyone else.

• Li Xuan defeated Si Long in a brief exchange and showed him part of the Heaven-Shaking Cannon blueprint, persuading him to take Li Xuan to Lou Gao.
• While they waited outside Lou Gao’s workshop, Li Xuan showed Si Long a pristine ancient longsword and produced four sets of armor and eight weapons from the Void Pearl.
• Lou Gao’s furnace exploded, and he emerged furious at Si Long before becoming excited by the ancient equipment and the cannon blueprint.
• Lou Gao warmly called Li Xuan his nephew and offered to forge the weapon, but Li Xuan demanded that Lou Gao and his disciples make it only for him.
• Lou Gao swore by the God of Forging not to reveal the blueprint or forge the weapon for anyone else, and Li Xuan accepted his oath.

Li Xuan negotiated with Lou Gao to share Soul Tool knowledge and forge the Heaven-Shaking Cannon outside Gengxin City. Lou Gao accepted a position as a guest elder of the Spring and Autumn Winery and gave Li Xuan a protective soft armor.

• Li Xuan offered Lou Gao four suits of armor, the Heaven-Shaking Cannon blueprints, and Soul Tool knowledge, on the condition that the cannon be forged somewhere safer than Gengxin City.
• Li Xuan proposed inviting Lou Gao to his territory and revealed that he had ancient materials that might contain more Soul Tool methods.
• Li Xuan offered to share basic knowledge with blacksmiths, reserve core methods for Lou Gao, and help him reach the Title Douluo realm within twenty years.
• Lou Gao accepted Li Xuan's offer and became a guest elder of the Spring and Autumn Winery.
• Lou Gao gave Li Xuan a semi-finished soft armor that could withstand a full-force strike from a fifth Soul Skill.

Li Xuan arranged a discreet return to his manor in the Heaven Dou Empire while avoiding the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He was set to travel with Si Yu’s convoy the next morning, leaving time to handle his remaining affairs.

• Lou Gao agreed to help Li Xuan find a remote territory for sale near Gengxin City.
• Lou Gao arranged for Si Yu to escort Li Xuan to the Heaven Dou Empire and return him safely.
• Si Long introduced Li Xuan to Si Yu, who was preparing a convoy to buy ores and sell equipment in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Li Xuan told Si Yu he had offended the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and needed to conceal his identity.
• Li Xuan asked Si Yu to take him to a village near Blue Tyrant Academy, where a secret passage led to his manor.
• Si Yu said the convoy would leave the next morning, and Li Xuan left to handle his remaining affairs before the trip.