Chapter Summaries

Long Zhanye faced nine opponents in the Hell Slaughter Arena and killed six with a mix of combat skill and Soul Tools. Vera watched from the stands, drawn to him despite suspecting he belonged to the Body Sect, while three powerful opponents remained.

• After seventy-nine victories, Long Zhanye entered the arena with nine fighters who surrounded him, hoping to eliminate the Three-Eyed Tyrant first.
• Long Zhanye spotted Vera watching from the stands, and she reflected on her growing affection for him and his likely ties to the Body Sect.
• As the nine opponents attacked, Long Zhanye redirected one fighter's blade into his own neck.
• Long Zhanye launched small soul guidance bombs, killing six opponents and leaving two Soul Emperors and one Soul Saint alive.

Long Zhanye defeated three attackers in the Slaughter Arena and extended his winning streak to eighty. The King of Slaughter discussed Long Zhanye’s prospects and warned against interfering with him because of his ties to the Body Sect.

• Long Zhanye killed the three charging opponents with Phoenix Cry Fire Bombs, checked that the arena’s fallen fighters were dead, and salvaged their Soul Tool parts.
• Vera watched Long Zhanye’s victory and wondered what drew her to his strength, resolve, and mystery.
• The King of Slaughter asked his subordinate whether Long Zhanye could reach one hundred victories and challenge Hell Road; she judged the victories likely but Hell Road difficult.
• The King of Slaughter rejected the suggestion to arrange an early clash between Long Zhanye and Hell Red Scorpion, then warned his subordinate not to entertain such plans.

After ninety-nine victories in Slaughter City, Long Zhanye struggled to contain the killing intent that threatened to overwhelm him. Red Scorpion Vera came to propose an alliance with Zhongli Hai and four Soul Saint-level experts, hinting that their shared predicament was not their greatest threat.

• Long Zhanye realized the killing intent from four months of slaughter was eroding his will, and he suspected a hundred victories marked a dangerous turning point.
• Slaughter City grew quieter as fewer people dared to fight in the Hell Slaughter Arena, with others offering Bloody Mary to prolong their survival.
• Red Scorpion Vera visited Long Zhanye while struggling with Killing Intent Backlash and proposed that they join forces.
• Vera named Zhongli Hai and four Soul Saint-level experts as the other members of the six-person alliance.
• Long Zhanye questioned how an alliance could end fairly in a match where only one person survived, and Vera said they faced a shared predicament and hinted that another threat loomed.

Vera warned Long Zhanye that Slaughter City would force its top fighters into a deadly match the day after tomorrow and recruited him into an alliance against a Title Douluo and two Soul Douluo. She revealed her Holy Spirit Cult identity and began explaining Hell Road, whose entrance lay beneath the Hell Slaughter Arena.

• Vera explained that after twenty-one days without volunteers, the arena would force the highest-ranked fighters below a hundred wins into groups of ten, with the match set for the day after tomorrow.
• Vera told Long Zhanye that six top fighters had allied against a mysterious Title Douluo and two Soul Douluo, and Long Zhanye agreed to join her group.
• Vera outlined a plan for the seven allies to eliminate the two Soul Douluo before joining forces against the Title Douluo.
• Vera told Long Zhanye she would take his corpse and use her cult leader's power to bring him back to life if she survived a hundred victories and Hell Road.
• Vera revealed that she came from the Holy Spirit Cult and said Hell Road offered a great benefit beyond allowing someone to leave Slaughter City.
• Vera told Long Zhanye that the entrance to Hell Road was beneath the Hell Slaughter Arena.

Vera explained that surviving Hell Road could earn Divine Slaughter's Domain, a growth-type domain skill, and Long Zhanye warned her that Slaughter City's Bloody Mary was poisoning her. The day of the decisive arena battle arrived, with Long Zhanye facing the mysterious Title Douluo and his allies amid a wary group of ten combatants.

• Vera explained that Divine Slaughter's Domain was a powerful growth-type domain awarded to those who survived Hell Road, and revealed that her Holy Spirit Cult had once had a wielder.
• Vera said she drank Bloody Mary to calm her emotions and suppress her growing killing intent, and Long Zhanye warned her that the drink and Slaughter City's environment were poisoning her.
• Vera dropped her cup in shock, and Long Zhanye urged her to stop drinking Bloody Mary before the toxin took hold.
• The day of the decisive battle arrived, and Long Zhanye entered the Hell Slaughter Arena with nine other combatants.
• Long Zhanye identified the mysterious Title Douluo and his two Soul Douluo allies, while he stood with Zhongli Hai, Vera, and six others, all wary of one another.

Long Zhanye watched the uneasy alliance unravel as the mysterious Title Douluo revealed a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul. A sudden betrayal failed to bring the Title Douluo down, leaving him more dangerous as the remaining fighters prepared for a brutal clash.

• Long Zhanye studied the other fighters’ Martial Souls while Zhongli Hai and Vera attacked the mysterious Title Douluo.
• The Title Douluo revealed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul as Zhongli Hai and Vera pressed their assault.
• Two Soul Douluo betrayed the Title Douluo and attacked him from behind, joining Zhongli Hai and Vera in surrounding him.
• The injured Title Douluo killed the Fire Phoenix Sword Soul Douluo instantly and forced the Black Fiend Blade Soul Douluo to flee.
• Long Zhanye, Zhongli Hai, Vera, and four Soul Saints faced the enraged Title Douluo as another slaughter threatened to begin.

Long Zhanye and the others fought the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Title Douluo while a treacherous Black Fiend Blade Soul Douluo revealed he intended to kill everyone on the field. The two battles turned perilous, with Vera and Zhongli Hai badly wounded and the Title Douluo still fighting.

• Long Zhanye warned the others, but the Black Fiend Blade Soul Douluo killed the Blood Fox Soul Saint and Flame Antelope Soul Saint with a surprise attack.
• Vera ordered the remaining Soul Saints to attack the Black Fiend Blade Soul Douluo, and Long Zhanye joined them to avoid being trapped between two powerful enemies.
• The Black Fiend Blade Soul Douluo held off Long Zhanye, the Wind Sword Soul Saint, and the Coiling Dragon Staff Soul Saint with his corrosive blade energy and ruthless techniques.
• Vera flipped the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Title Douluo to the ground, giving Zhongli Hai a chance to stab at him.
• The Title Douluo released a lightning domain that blasted Zhongli Hai away, then caught Vera's scorpion tail and hurled her across the field.

Long Zhanye and the others fought the Black Fiend Blade Soul Douluo as the battle turned against them. With the Soul Douluo’s blade descending on him, Long Zhanye unleashed another close-range mental attack, but its result was left unresolved.

• The Black Fiend Blade Soul Douluo hurled his weapon into Zhongli Hai’s back, killing the Holy Spirit Cult expert.
• Long Zhanye used Double Pupil Art—Sky Gazing to strike the Soul Douluo’s mind, but the man feigned being stunned and seized Long Zhanye and the Wind Sword Soul Saint.
• The Soul Douluo slashed Long Zhanye across the chest and cut open the Wind Sword Soul Saint’s abdomen, leaving him dying on the ground.
• The Soul Douluo cornered Long Zhanye and swung the Black Fiend Blade at his head.
• Long Zhanye activated the Demon Eye Demon Tree Skull and fired blood-colored spikes of Mental Power at the Soul Douluo’s glabella.

Long Zhanye revealed the Nine Body Secrets’ Defend secret to block a Soul Douluo’s killing blow with his Flawless Golden Body. He held off the Soul Douluo’s relentless attacks, leaving the arena battle in a dangerous stalemate.

• Long Zhanye’s mental attacks failed against the Soul Douluo’s dark, defensive head Spirit Bone, and the Soul Douluo swung his Black Fiend Blade at Long Zhanye’s head.
• Long Zhanye used the Nine Body Secrets’ Defend secret to transform his right palm into a Flawless Golden Body and stop the blade without injury.
• The Soul Douluo mistook Long Zhanye’s Golden Body for a Spirit Bone skill and attacked his exposed vital points from every angle.
• Long Zhanye blocked most of the Soul Douluo’s strikes with his golden palm, but the blows forced him back and reopened his chest wound.
• Long Zhanye waited for the Soul Douluo to tire or reveal a weakness while the Soul Douluo tried to exhaust his strength or find a flaw in the Golden Body; Vera, the dying Soul Saint, and the Title Douluo watched.

Long Zhanye survived the Black Fiend Blade Soul Douluo’s assault with Flawless Golden Body, but the Soul Douluo suddenly collapsed and died. As Vera’s fight against the Title Douluo ended in her brutal death, the Slaughter Arena erupted in cheers.

• Long Zhanye held off the Black Fiend Blade Soul Douluo with Flawless Golden Body while searching for a way to counterattack.
• The Soul Douluo suddenly collapsed, and the dying Wind Sword Soul Saint crawled over to confirm that he was dead before dying himself.
• The Title Douluo overpowered the badly wounded Vera, who could no longer resist.
• The Title Douluo grabbed Vera by the hair and snapped her neck, killing her.
• The Slaughter Arena spectators erupted into cheers and howls after Vera’s death.

Long Zhanye was overwhelmed by a Title Douluo and brought to the brink of death. As the enemy prepared to finish him, Long Zhanye’s Heavenly Eye awakened with a vast gray light.

• Long Zhanye fired his Class 6 Scorch Ray Cannon at the Title Douluo, but the lightning around his opponent deflected most of the shots.
• The Title Douluo battered Long Zhanye until his Soul Power Backlash Shield shattered, then broke through his Flawless Golden Body defense.
• The Title Douluo knocked Long Zhanye down and lifted him by the neck, leaving him injured and struggling to breathe.
• As the Title Douluo raised his other hand to deliver the final blow, Long Zhanye felt a mysterious fusion connect his body, Heavenly Eye Martial Soul, and the blood-soaked surroundings.
• Long Zhanye’s Heavenly Eye opened on its own and erupted with an unprecedented hazy gray light.

At the brink of death, Long Zhanye reached Unity of Heaven and Man through the Fifth Secret, the Secret of “Source,” and used the realm to withstand the mysterious Title Douluo’s full-force attack. The Title Douluo suffered backlash, but Long Zhanye’s new state could not last, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Long Zhanye’s Chaos Qi blasted the Title Douluo away as he rose into the air and entered Unity of Heaven and Man.
• Long Zhanye revealed that he had reached the Fifth Secret, the Secret of “Source,” while the Title Douluo reacted with disbelief and rage.
• The Title Douluo recalled his long-hidden identity as a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan member and unleashed two dark-blue lightning spheres at Long Zhanye.
• Long Zhanye’s jade-like aura dispersed and neutralized most of the attack, leaving him slightly weakened but still connected to heaven and earth.
• The Title Douluo staggered from the backlash and recognized Long Zhanye’s realm, while the battle remained undecided because Long Zhanye could not maintain it for long.

The Black Fiend Blade Soul Douluo revealed that he had faked his death and poisoned the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Title Douluo, leaving Long Zhanye as his last opponent. With Long Zhanye nearly out of strength and trapped at the arena's edge, the Soul Douluo advanced to kill him and claim the Slaughter God's Domain.

• The poisoned Title Douluo succumbed to the blade's toxin and died, while Long Zhanye feared that his own chest wound was poisoned too.
• The Black Fiend Blade Soul Douluo rose from his apparent corpse and taunted Long Zhanye, saying the poison had been meant for only one person.
• Long Zhanye realized the Soul Douluo had faked his death and manipulated the other fighters to emerge as the final survivor.
• The Soul Douluo picked up his Black Fiend Blade, declared his intention to become Slaughter City's fourth Slaughter God, and approached Long Zhanye.
• Long Zhanye, drained of Soul Power and Mental Power, backed to the arena's edge as the Soul Douluo closed in.

Tang San burst out of Long Zhanye’s Storage Belt and saved him from the Soul Douluo, injuring the attacker with its powerful bite and corrosive dark-green flame. Long Zhanye falsely claimed the flame could not be extinguished until its target burned to ash, tricking the Soul Douluo into severing his own arm before revealing the truth.

• As the Soul Douluo’s Black Fiend Blade was about to strike Long Zhanye, Tang San emerged from the Storage Belt and knocked the attacker back with its roar.
• Tang San pounced on the Soul Douluo, withstanding his blade and punch before biting his arm and setting the wound alight with dark-green flame.
• Long Zhanye called the flame the Undying Fire and claimed it could not be extinguished until its target burned to ash.
• Fearing the flame would consume him, the Soul Douluo cut off his burning arm, which the fire devoured before going out.
• Long Zhanye laughed and admitted he had invented the flame’s supposedly unstoppable nature, leaving the Soul Douluo injured and furious.

Long Zhanye defeated the Black Fiend Blade Soul Douluo and won his hundredth match, becoming Slaughter City's fourth God of Slaughter in a thousand years. His vast killing intent erupted over the arena before a mysterious voice congratulated him and a crushing pressure forced the aura back into his body.

• The wounded Soul Douluo charged Tang San, but Tang San struck him with its flaming tail and sent him crashing into the arena's edge.
• The Soul Douluo admitted that Long Zhanye had seized the victory, then slit his own throat with the Black Fiend Blade.
• Long Zhanye won his hundredth match and became Slaughter City's fourth God of Slaughter in a thousand years.
• Long Zhanye's accumulated killing intent erupted, terrifying the spectators and freezing the arena in silence.
• A mysterious voice congratulated Long Zhanye, and a powerful pressure forced his killing intent back into his body.

After Long Zhanye achieved a hundred victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena, the King of Slaughter offered him the title of God of Slaughter and unrestricted passage through Slaughter City. Long Zhanye suspected the offer was meant to keep him from gaining the Divine Slaughter's Domain, so he refused and chose to challenge Hell Road.

• The King of Slaughter descended into the arena, suppressed Long Zhanye's killing intent, and drew frenzied cheers from the fallen ones.
• The King of Slaughter praised Long Zhanye's hundred victories and offered him the title of God of Slaughter, free passage, and the status of honored guest.
• Long Zhanye realized the offer was meant to deter him from challenging Hell Road and obtaining the Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Long Zhanye refused the special treatment and declared that he would pass Hell Road to earn the title himself.
• The King of Slaughter warned Long Zhanye that Hell Road was deadly, but Long Zhanye replied that life was cheap in a world of slaughter.

The King of Slaughter opened Hell Road by unleashing a scarlet mist that drove the Fallen Ones in the stands to massacre themselves. Long Zhanye restrained his growing killing intent as the victims’ blood formed a sinister birdlike design beneath the arena.

• The King of Slaughter sent Long Zhanye to walk Hell Road and hinted that he knew Long Zhanye’s origins.
• As the King of Slaughter released scarlet mist across the stands, Long Zhanye retrieved a roughly fifty-thousand-year-old Head Spirit Bone from the Black Fiend Blade Soul Douluo’s corpse.
• The scarlet barrier drove the Fallen Ones to tear themselves apart, and Long Zhanye struggled to control his nausea and surging killing intent.
• The King of Slaughter watched Long Zhanye’s hatred as blood from the stands flowed through hidden channels toward the arena’s center.
• Long Zhanye used his mental energy to discern that the blood traced a warped, birdlike design beneath his feet.

Long Zhanye was engulfed by the blood pattern and transported to the starting point of Hell Road, where his killing intent and Chaos energy protected him through the passage. He found himself on a narrow stone platform above a vast abyss and identified the pool beneath it as Slaughter City's accumulated human blood.

• The blood-red bat totem destroyed Long Zhanye's probing Mental Power, swallowed his senses, and sent him toward Hell Road.
• Long Zhanye's killing intent and Chaos energy formed protective layers around him as he endured the blood-colored void.
• Long Zhanye regained consciousness on a small stone platform above a bottomless abyss and assessed his injuries and the narrow suspended path ahead.
• Long Zhanye used his Double Pupil to look into the abyss and recognized the vast Blood Pool as human blood collected by Slaughter City, including the Bloody Mary and blood sacrificed to open Hell Road.
• Tang San sniffed toward the abyss and shook its head in disgust.

Long Zhanye rested before leading Tang San along Hell Road, where he realized the path was drawing closer to the Blood Pool and the heat was rising. The pair encountered a huge swarm of blood-red bats rushing toward them through the mist.

• Long Zhanye deduced that Hell Road was likely the source of Slaughter City’s domain power and chose to recover before proceeding.
• After two hours of cultivation, Long Zhanye and Tang San set out along the narrow path above the Blood Pool.
• Long Zhanye noticed the air growing hotter and heard approaching sounds, then concluded that the Blood Pool was rising closer to the path.
• Long Zhanye spotted thousands of blood-red bats sweeping toward them through the dark-red mist.

Long Zhanye and Tang San fought off a swarm of Blood Bats on Narrow Path, with Long Zhanye’s Scorch Ray Cannon and Tang San’s Flame Dragon Breath driving them back. As they continued across the increasingly hot path, a piercing screech sounded from behind the swarm.

• Over a thousand Blood Bats surrounded Long Zhanye and Tang San on Narrow Path, and Long Zhanye realized their keen echolocation made them difficult to hit.
• Long Zhanye killed ten attacking Blood Bats by firing his Scorch Ray Cannon into their eyes.
• Tang San unleashed Flame Dragon Breath and fireballs, burning many Blood Bats and forcing the rest to retreat.
• Long Zhanye put away the Scorch Ray Cannon and continued cautiously along Narrow Path as the air grew hotter.
• An exceptionally sharp bat screech rang out from behind the swarm.