Chapter Summaries

Chen Yumo learned that the Jade of Heaven could enhance cultivation, artifacts, and attributes, then decided to use it to condense a Divine Consciousness Core before pursuing further advancement. He settled into a concealed cave to recover and wait for the Black Empress Clan to awaken and guard him.

• Chen Yumo learned that the Jade of Heaven could raise cultivation, improve artifacts, and strengthen attributes, though its power was limited compared with raw Chaos Power.
• He considered using the Jade of Heaven to upgrade his Soul Tools, Spirit Bones, and personal attributes.
• Chen Yumo decided to make a Mental Soul Core his first Soul Core and use the Jade of Heaven to raise it to the level of a Divine Consciousness Core.
• Chen Yumo postponed going to Slaughter City, opened a concealed cave, and began recovering while waiting for the Black Empress Clan to awaken and guard him.

Chen Yumo studied the Soul Core condensation method and began forming a Mental Soul Core in his Sea of Consciousness with the Black Empress Clan protecting him. With Brother System channeling Chaos Power from the Jade of Heaven into the core, the process advanced without rejection, and the spiritual tornado expanded across his entire spiritual world.

• Chen Yumo learned that a Soul Core required rapid rotation, a resonant connection to his Soul Power circulation, and stable control.
• After the Black Empress Clan digested the Nine-Tailed Fox and gained more than fifty thousand years of cultivation, it protected Chen Yumo as he began condensing his Mental Soul Core.
• Chen Yumo asked Brother System to use a system assistance attempt and help turn the Mental Soul Core into a Divine Consciousness Core with the Jade of Heaven.
• Chen Yumo formed a tiny green-gold crystal at the center of a spiritual tornado and fed it spiritual power.
• Brother System drew Chaos Power from the Jade of Heaven into the embryonic Soul Core, which accepted it as the tornado grew to affect Chen Yumo's entire spiritual world.

Chen Yumo used the Jade of Heaven to smoothly condense a Demi-God Core, giving his spiritual power a trace of Divinity and greatly expanding his perception. After reaching level sixty-eight, he rode the Black Empress Clan toward Slaughter City, the one place his Demi-Divine Consciousness could not penetrate.

• Chen Yumo condensed a stable Demi-God Core with the help of the Jade of Heaven and learned that his soul could become divine once his spiritual power grew enough.
• Chen Yumo decided to save the Jade of Heaven for future cultivation instead of using it to strengthen the now-redundant Sun-Moon Needle.
• Chen Yumo tested his Demi-Divine Consciousness, sensing a vast area and gaining the ability to attack, suppress, or confuse targets within his domain.
• Chen Yumo's spiritual progress raised his Soul Power from level sixty-three to level sixty-eight, leaving him two levels short of Spirit Saint.
• Chen Yumo rode the Black Empress Clan toward Slaughter City after detecting that its divine power blocked his perception.

Chen Yumo entered Slaughter City through its main gate and immediately received the Asura God's First Trial, giving him the divine backing he believed Tang San had lost. After arriving at the city gate, he startled the veiled woman who welcomed him by revealing the sword-shaped mark on his brow.

• Chen Yumo used Qian Renxue's Six-Winged Angel token to enter Slaughter City through the main gate, which shut behind him and cut off his return.
• Chen Yumo resolved to kill his way through Slaughter City and build a powerful killing intent to pursue the Asura God's inheritance.
• The Nine Trials of Asura activated and assigned Chen Yumo the First Trial: kill at least one hundred Spirit Masters, condense his killing intent, and control it, earning five percent Asura affinity.
• Chen Yumo concluded that the Asura God had chosen him because Tang San was no longer a suitable heir, and he planned to leave Slaughter City and kill Tang San.
• Chen Yumo reached the city gate, where a veiled woman welcomed him and then lost her composure upon seeing the Asura mark on his brow.
• Chen Yumo used his spiritual power to see through the woman's veil and ordered her to lead the way.

Chen Yumo entered Slaughter City and learned its brutal rules, while the mark between his brows caused the black-dressed guide to treat him with deep respect. He killed a veteran fighter and headed to register for the Hell Slaughter Arena, drawing the attention of a sinister figure in the Blood-Colored Tower.

• The woman in black recognized the divine aura of Chen Yumo’s mark and respectfully escorted him through Slaughter City.
• The woman explained that the city was divided into an inner city and outer city, where survival depended on winning in the Hell Slaughter Arena or offering blood as tribute.
• Chen Yumo struck down a burly man carrying Bloody Mary and caught the cup, causing the surrounding criminals to fear him.
• Chen Yumo ordered the woman to take him to register for the Hell Slaughter Arena and entered the arena.
• A sinister figure atop the Blood-Colored Tower watched Chen Yumo and reacted with disbelief.

The King of Slaughter plotted to kill Chen Yumo and take over his body, but the Asura God warned him through the Asura Demon Sword. Realizing he could not oppose Chen Yumo, he decided to pledge his loyalty, while Chen Yumo claimed a mansion in Slaughter City.

• The King of Slaughter watched Chen Yumo kill the other nine fallen ones and decided to kill him and seize his body.
• The Asura Demon Sword cut off a strand of the King of Slaughter's hair, and the Asura God threatened him with eternal torment if he acted against Chen Yumo.
• The King of Slaughter accepted that he could not defy the Deities and broke his cane as he resolved to pledge his loyalty to Chen Yumo.
• Chen Yumo liked a mansion in Slaughter City's inner city and punched its unwilling owner to death, taking the house for himself.

Chen Yumo settled into his newly cleaned house in Slaughter City and reflected on how easily his strength let him dominate its dangers and arena fighters. Before he could rest, the King of Slaughter arrived at his door with two nearly identical black-clad women, bringing their inevitable conflict into the open.

• Chen Yumo burned and replaced the house's furniture, then cleaned every corner before making the residence his own.
• Chen Yumo reviewed how his mental power, immunities, bloodline skills, Battle Armor, and Spirit Bones made Slaughter City seem far less dangerous to him than to others.
• Chen Yumo recalled easily winning his first Hell Slaughter Arena match with White Tiger: Soul Shatter and complained that the fighting offered no challenge.
• A knock at the front door interrupted Chen Yumo as he prepared to rest.
• Chen Yumo opened the door and recognized the King of Slaughter, accompanied by the black-dressed woman who had guided him and her nearly identical twin.

Chen Yumo questioned the King of Slaughter’s sudden offer of allegiance and learned that the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King had come on the Asura God’s orders. He accepted the King of Slaughter as a subordinate and prepared to pursue his trials in Slaughter City.

• The King of Slaughter and the twins knelt before Chen Yumo and offered their service.
• Chen Yumo suspected the King of Slaughter might be plotting to parasitize him and demanded an explanation.
• Chen Yumo revealed that he knew the King of Slaughter was the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King using Tang Chen’s body.
• The King of Slaughter said he was a divine servant, and Chen Yumo inferred that the Asura God had sent him.
• Chen Yumo accepted the King of Slaughter as his subordinate and ordered him to speed up the Hell Slaughter Arena matches for his hundred victories.

Chen Yumo accepted King of Slaughter’s gift of twin attendants and began a brutal run through Slaughter City’s arena. After three months and fifty-five consecutive victories, he earned the title Blood River King and left the city’s Fallen Ones terrified of him.

• King of Slaughter assigned two untouched twin sisters to serve Chen Yumo and arranged for him to face increasingly vicious opponents.
• Chen Yumo accepted the twins and spent the night with them.
• Over three months, Chen Yumo won fifty-five consecutive Hell Slaughter matches and killed nearly five hundred opponents in the arena.
• A hundred Fallen Ones ambushed Chen Yumo outside the arena, but he slaughtered them with ease using his White Tiger Palm Bone.
• Chen Yumo’s killing intent intensified, his External Soul Bone underwent a special mutation, and the Fallen Ones hailed him as the Blood River King.

After slaughtering a hundred-man group, Chen Yumo entered the secret chamber and used his immense killing intent to comprehend Clear Killing Intent, completing the first Asura trial beyond its requirements. The Asura God awarded him increased Asura affinity and a God-Given Spirit Ring, leaving Chen Yumo questioning the reward.

• Chen Yumo returned home after killing a hundred-man group and went alone to the secret chamber.
• Chen Yumo released his accumulated killing intent, transforming the chamber and his Spirit World with blood mist and frost.
• Chen Yumo reached the peak of his killing intent, regained access to his spirit abilities, and comprehended Clear Killing Intent without losing his reason.
• The Asura God declared the first trial complete beyond requirements and awarded Chen Yumo 10% Asura affinity and a God-Given Spirit Ring.
• Chen Yumo saw a blood-red bead emerge from his Divine Trial Mark and asked, "God-Given Spirit Ring?"

Chen Yumo received a God-Given Spirit Ring and learned that his second Asura trial required one hundred Hell Slaughter Arena victories within a year. He delayed absorbing the ring so he could finish the trial and leave Slaughter City, while Bibi Dong led another person toward the city.

• Chen Yumo caught the God-Given Spirit Ring and decided it was the best choice for his seventh Spirit Ring and Martial Soul Avatar.
• Chen Yumo saw that his second Asura trial required one hundred victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena within a year, rewarding him with 5% Asura affinity.
• Chen Yumo chose to delay absorbing the ring because he needed to complete his remaining forty-five arena victories before the deadline.
• Chen Yumo returned to the arena as Blood River King and another Hell Slaughter Arena fell.
• Bibi Dong led another person away from Pope Palace toward Slaughter City.

Hu Liena entered Slaughter City to overcome the psychological hold Chen Yumo had over her and become strong enough to catch up to him. She discovered that Chen Yumo was already the feared Blood River King, and the chapter left her facing him again in the Hell Slaughter Arena.

• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong she was determined to enter Slaughter City so she could grow stronger and eventually kill Chen Yumo.
• Bibi Dong tested Hu Liena in an attempt to change her mind, but Hu Liena passed every test, so Bibi Dong escorted her to Slaughter City and warned the King of Slaughter to protect her.
• Hu Liena entered Slaughter City, completed newcomer orientation with a woman in a black dress, and reached the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Hu Liena recognized Chen Yumo as the Blood River King standing on the arena stage and asked the woman in the black dress what his title meant.

Chen Yumo built an overwhelming reputation in Slaughter City, eventually reaching ninety-nine consecutive Hell Slaughter Arena victories while developing a prototype Divine Slaughter's Domain. He prepared for his final match and wondered what reward Hell Road would grant if he condensed the domain beforehand.

• A guide told Hu Liena that Chen Yumo had won fifty-six consecutive matches and survived a hundred-man ambush, leaving Hu Liena bitter at how much stronger he had become.
• Chen Yumo noticed Hu Liena but ignored her, and later dismissed the guide when she reported Hu Liena's arrival.
• Hu Liena watched Chen Yumo's arena matches and slowly increased her own winning streak, while the King of Slaughter arranged most opponents for Chen Yumo instead of matching the two of them.
• Over eight months, Chen Yumo climbed from fifty-five to ninety-nine consecutive victories and advanced his understanding of killing intent while waiting for matches.
• After his ninety-ninth victory, Chen Yumo expected to condense Divine Slaughter's Domain on his own and wondered whether Hell Road would grant him a second domain or evolve the one he had.

Chen Yumo studied the King of Slaughter’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain and discovered that Slaughter City’s patterns encoded the Asura Domain. With the system’s help, he deciphered the runes and found a complete method for creating and advancing the domain, but assembling their meaning remained difficult.

• Chen Yumo experienced the King of Slaughter’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain and analyzed how it suppressed enemies and enhanced allies.
• Chen Yumo examined the patterns throughout Slaughter City and recognized them as an enormous array connected to the Asura Domain.
• Chen Yumo used an assistance attempt to understand the Asura Divine Runes and saw their information take shape in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Chen Yumo learned that the runes contained methods for forming Divine Slaughter’s Domain and advancing it through Slaughter Domain to Asura Domain.
• Chen Yumo found that deciphering the inconsistent runes and assembling their full structure would be extremely difficult.

Chen Yumo spent two and a half months deciphering Slaughter City's formation and created his own domain, Forest of Hell, awakening true Divine Consciousness. He prepared to face the final battle in the Hell Slaughter Arena, then confronted Hu Liena, who had been secretly following him.

• Chen Yumo wandered through Slaughter City for two months, studying its runes and reconstructing its formation in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Asura God secretly assisted Chen Yumo, making the runes easier to interpret and helping his spiritual power grow.
• Chen Yumo transformed the formation into a forest in his Spirit World and named his personal domain Forest of Hell.
• Forest of Hell took shape, and Chen Yumo's Demi-Divine Consciousness metamorphosed into true Divine Consciousness at the Divine Origin Realm.
• Chen Yumo decided to fight his final battle in the Hell Slaughter Arena and pulled Hu Liena out of the shadows after revealing he had known she was following him.

Chen Yumo discovered that Hu Liena had fallen in love with him and used his mental abilities to rewrite her memories. He left her believing he had saved and rejected her, with a planted love for him and growing resentment toward Bibi Dong.

• Chen Yumo pulled Hu Liena from hiding and used Soul Capture and Sky Fox Illusion Domain to read her memories, discovering her love for him.
• Chen Yumo decided to use Hu Liena to torment Bibi Dong and altered her memories of Slaughter City.
• Chen Yumo fabricated memories in which Hu Liena had rushed to save him, been rescued and treated by him, and been rejected because she was Bibi Dong's disciple.
• Chen Yumo deepened Hu Liena's love for him, weakened her affection for Bibi Dong, and implanted a Thought Imprint before leaving her with the false memories.

Chen Yumo completed the Asura God’s second trial after manipulating Hu Liena’s memories and preparing her to betray Bibi Dong. He received 25% Asura Affinity and a mysterious Fragment of Ruin, which he recognized as something significant.

• Chen Yumo implanted false memories in Hu Liena, making her believe she loved him, and gave her a Visualization Diagram that would strengthen her while reinforcing the fabricated memories.
• Chen Yumo dispelled his illusions, left the unconscious Hu Liena at his residence, and entered the Hell Slaughter Arena to complete his final killing match.
• Hu Liena later woke after Chen Yumo had cleared Hell Road and left Slaughter City, with her altered memories set to lead her back to Bibi Dong and eventually betray her.
• The Asura God watched Chen Yumo win and considered a reward, deciding that ordinary Spirit Ring increases would be inadequate for his unusually powerful successor.
• Chen Yumo received 25% Asura Affinity and one Fragment of Ruin for completing the second trial beyond requirements, bringing his total Asura Affinity to 35%.
• Chen Yumo examined the Fragment of Ruin sealed in his Sea of Divine Consciousness and recognized what it roughly was.

After completing one hundred victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena, Chen Yumo received the Asura God’s third trial and entered Hell Road. He left the King of Slaughter to watch over the Spirit Hall girl and withheld his promise to deal with Tang Chen until he could ensure the King of Slaughter posed no threat.

• Chen Yumo recognized the golden-red crystal as a Fragment of Ruin and accepted it from the Asura God.
• Chen Yumo read the third Asura trial, which required him to clear Hell Road and defeat its gatekeepers under Hellfire.
• The King of Slaughter opened Hell Road by sacrificing the arena’s spectators, and Chen Yumo told him to watch over the Spirit Hall girl.
• Chen Yumo postponed dealing with Tang Chen’s soul and taking the Asura Blood Sword until he could overpower the King of Slaughter.
• Chen Yumo entered the blood-red portal and found himself on a narrow path stretching into the darkness of Hell Road.

Chen Yumo crossed Hell Road while absorbing its killing intent to strengthen his Forest of Hell domain. After passing the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King without a fight, he approached the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent.

• Chen Yumo judged that Hell Road's heat, toxins, darkness, and killing intent could not harm him, then examined the vast trial space.
• Chen Yumo walked slowly along the path and released Forest of Hell to absorb the bloodlust and killing intent around him.
• Chen Yumo used Chaos Fire, the Jade of Heaven, and his Divine Consciousness to burn away toxins and unwanted negative emotions.
• The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King took its smaller bats into the air and let Chen Yumo pass without hostility.
• Chen Yumo continued along the walkway until a massive snake opened its eyes ahead of him.

Chen Yumo killed the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and took its Inner Core, then used a system assistance chance to fuse it with a Fire Phoenix Spirit Bone. He left the fusion to complete in three hours and continued toward the end of Hell Road.

• Chen Yumo identified the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and decided to kill it before it could use his Inner Core to attack.
• Chen Yumo destroyed the serpent's heads with Soul Shattering Strike and stored its body and Inner Core in his Portable Space.
• Chen Yumo asked the system to fuse the serpent's Inner Core with his nearly sixty-thousand-year-old Fire Phoenix Right Arm Bone, using the Jade of Heaven as a catalyst.
• The system began the Spirit Bone fusion and estimated that it would take three hours.
• Chen Yumo continued along Hell Road as the increasing bloodlust and killing intent accelerated the completion of his Forest of Hell domain.