Chapter Summaries

Ning Chuan traveled to an ancient forest in the Star Luo Empire to obtain his Fifth Spirit Ring, while Hu Liena decided to pursue him by going to Slaughter City. The Blue Silver King and the Blue Silver Emperor’s People began merging their power—and A Yin herself—with Ning Chuan’s martial soul, leaving his Fifth Spirit Ring in the process of forming.

• Ning Chuan told Xie Yue and the others he had only come to see friends off, then left toward the Blue Silver Forest without answering Hu Liena’s question about Slaughter City.
• Hu Liena chose to abandon the Lost Grand Canyon expedition and head to Spirit City to seek permission to enter Slaughter City; Xie Yue warned her of the danger, and Yan protested.
• Ning Chuan took A Yin to an ancient forest after reaching level fifty, and A Yin’s presence led him to the eighty-five-thousand-year Blue Silver King.
• The Blue Silver King explained that A Yin had chosen to merge with Ning Chuan’s martial soul and asked him to revive her if he became a god; Ning Chuan agreed.
• A Yin and the Blue Silver Emperor’s People gave their power to Ning Chuan, and his first four Spirit Rings appeared as he began receiving the gift.

Ning Chuan completed his fifth spirit ring and met A Yin, who became his Sword Spirit. After warning her against Tang Hao and Tang San, he brought her before the Blue Silver King and ordered the clan not to help Tang San awaken the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul.

• Ning Chuan met A Yin in his Sea of Consciousness, asked her to call him Brother, and helped her choose more conservative clothes.
• A Yin remembered a white-bearded old man who had tended to her, and Ning Chuan convinced her that Tang Hao had betrayed her and warned her not to trust him or show Tang San mercy.
• Ning Chuan completed his fifty-thousand-year fifth spirit ring, rose from Soul Power level fifty to fifty-five, and gained an evolved Sword Domain that could summon eighteen Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords.
• Ning Chuan summoned A Yin before the Blue Silver King, and A Yin ordered him not to let Tang San awaken the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul through the clan.

Ning Chuan killed two bounty hunters who tried to capture him and discovered that the Star Luo Empire had also placed a warrant on Zhu Zhuqing. After traveling to Slaughter City, he encountered Hu Liena and Ghost Douluo, who failed to recognize him through his Gold Devouring Insect armor.

• Ning Chuan used his Blue Silver Sword Formation to restrain and kill two bounty hunters who sought the Star Luo Empire's reward.
• Ning Chuan found wanted posters for himself and Zhu Zhuqing in the hunters' Soul Tools, and A Yin revealed that she could still read.
• Ning Chuan set out for Slaughter City in Gold Devouring Insect armor and killed several more bounty hunters along the way.
• After three days, Ning Chuan left the Star Luo Empire for the Heaven Dou Empire, where the bounty hunters became less common.
• After half a month of traveling through the wilderness, Ning Chuan reached the town near Slaughter City and encountered Hu Liena and Ghost Douluo, who did not recognize him.

Ning Chuan killed the tavern staff member and the fugitives who attacked him, then entered the City of Slaughter with Hu Liena. After stopping Abomination Knight Jester with ease, Ning Chuan received an identity token and asked to be taken to the Hell Slaughter Arena.

• Ghost Douluo told Hu Liena that Ning Chuan was not a registered Evil Spirit Master, and the three followed him into a tavern.
• Ning Chuan killed the waiter, then used Gold Devouring Insects to devour the twenty-nine people who surrounded him.
• Ning Chuan broke through the tavern floor and entered the passage leading to the City of Slaughter, with Hu Liena following behind.
• Abomination Knight Jester charged Ning Chuan, but Ning Chuan stopped his horse and snapped his lance between two fingers.
• Jester gave Ning Chuan and Hu Liena identity tokens, and Ning Chuan entered the city and asked a veiled woman to take him to the Hell Slaughter Arena.

Ning Chuan became the feared Insect Demon in the City of Slaughter, winning matches while his Gold Devouring Insects consumed Fallen Ones and Yellow Spring Dew. After reaching ninety-eight victories, he entered his ninety-ninth match, while Hu Liena reflected on how he had once saved her from attackers.

• Hu Liena killed a Fallen One who harassed her, and Ning Chuan used his Gold Devouring Insects to devour him and the nearby Fallen Ones.
• Ning Chuan forced a survivor to provide a cup of Bloody Mary before beginning his Hell Slaughter Arena matches.
• Ning Chuan won his matches with the insect swarm and sent the Gold Devouring Insects to burrow toward the Hell Road and consume Yellow Spring Dew.
• Over two and a half years, Ning Chuan reached ninety-eight consecutive victories, cultivated all Eight Extraordinary Meridians, and raised his Soul Power to level sixty as his insects matured.
• At Ning Chuan’s ninety-ninth match, the other nine participants slit their throats rather than face his swarm, and Ning Chuan had their corpses consumed.
• Hu Liena, also at ninety-nine victories, recalled that Ning Chuan had once saved her from Fallen Ones after a brutal battle.

Hu Liena followed Ning Chuan after realizing she had developed feelings for the masked Insect Demon, while Tang Hao secured the Slaughter King’s promise not to interfere with Tang San. Ning Chuan encountered Tang San in Slaughter City, where Tang San was intimidated by his killing intent, and Hu Liena continued after Ning Chuan.

• Hu Liena reflected on Ning Chuan’s justice and strength and recognized that she was attracted to him despite never having seen his face.
• Tang Hao met the Slaughter King and demanded that he leave Tang San alone; the Slaughter King agreed, provided Tang San did not die in the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Hu Liena caught up to Ning Chuan and asked to speak with him as the black-gauzed woman approached with Tang San.
• Ning Chuan recognized Tang San, sensed that he was level fifty-two, and noticed changes in his appearance that he suspected were caused by the Rakshasa Evil Thought.
• Tang San recoiled under Ning Chuan’s killing intent, and the black-gauzed woman warned him not to provoke Insect Demon.
• Hu Liena failed to recognize Tang San and followed Ning Chuan away.

Ning Chuan warned Hu Liena about Slaughter City’s poisons, then broke through to Soul Power level sixty-one by transferring his suppression to Tang San. As Ning Chuan and Hu Liena prepared for their final killing matches, Tang San suffered the transferred side effect in the arena.

• Hu Liena visited Ning Chuan’s room, where he warned her that the air and Bloody Mary in Slaughter City were poisonous.
• Ning Chuan cultivated for three days and advanced his Mysterious Heaven Skill to the seventh level, then transferred his cultivation suppression to Tang San and broke through to level sixty-one.
• Ning Chuan and Hu Liena registered for simultaneous final killing matches scheduled three days later.
• The pair watched Tang San fight in the Hell Slaughter Arena, and Ning Chuan briefly revealed part of his face, making Hu Liena blush.
• Ning Chuan transferred a laxative side effect to Tang San, who soiled himself during the match, prompting Hu Liena to laugh.

Tang San arrived in Slaughter City, where Ning Chuan and Hu Liena completed one hundred victories and entered the Hell Road. After discovering that his Dark Blue Silver Grass could devour people, Tang San began killing Fallen Ones to grow stronger while Tang Hao watched with disappointment.

• A Fallen One slashed Tang San's face during a bout of diarrhea, and Tang San killed him with his Clear Sky Hammer as Ning Chuan and Hu Liena left in disgust.
• Ning Chuan completed one hundred victories at the Hell Slaughter Arena, and his Killing Intent overwhelmed Tang San until Tang San used his Ghost Eye Jade Lion Head Spirit Bone to resist it.
• Hu Liena also completed one hundred victories, and the Slaughter King later unleashed his Slaughter Domain, prompting Tang San to flee while Ning Chuan and Hu Liena were sent onto the Hell Road.
• Tang San used his Dark Blue Silver Grass to drain a Fallen One, discovered its devouring ability, and began slaughtering Fallen Ones to gain strength.
• Tang Hao watched Tang San grow stronger through devouring and wondered whether his son could still avenge A Yin and the sect.

Ning Chuan carried Hu Liena through Hell Road, using his Gold Devouring Insects to defeat its monsters and reach the exit. After absorbing Slaughter City's Killing Intent, he awakened a powerful Devouring Domain, then reunited with Hu Liena.

• Tang Hao chose not to stop Tang San from pursuing power and revenge as an Evil Spirit Master.
• Ning Chuan carried Hu Liena through Hell Road and used his Gold Devouring Insects to devour the blood-colored bats, the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, and the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent.
• Ning Chuan saw the Asura statue beneath the abyss but decided not to destroy it, then brought Hu Liena through the exit halo.
• Ning Chuan let the Gold Devouring Insects absorb Slaughter City's Killing Intent and lost consciousness inside the halo.
• Ning Chuan awoke with a Devouring Domain that could consume other domains and devoured the Killing Intent Hu Liena sent toward him.
• Hu Liena approached Ning Chuan, and he withdrew his threatening insect swarm after she called out to him.

After leaving Slaughter City, Ning Chuan revealed his identity to Hu Liena and traveled to Heaven Dou City to meet Qian Renxue. They reunited at the Crown Prince Residence, where Qian Renxue updated him on political developments and Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling’s progress.

• Ning Chuan shed his Black Armor while flying away from Slaughter City, and Hu Liena recognized him as Ning Chuan and realized he already had a lover.
• Chrysanthemum Pass and Ghost Charm comforted Hu Liena and told her that BiBi Dong had come to see her several times, so Hu Liena returned with them to Spirit Hall.
• After Ning Chuan and Hu Liena left, black Blue Silver Grass spread through Slaughter City and devoured its remaining inhabitants.
• Ning Chuan arrived at the Crown Prince Residence in Heaven Dou City and waited for Qian Renxue to come see him.
• Qian Renxue told Ning Chuan that the old Emperor had gradually transferred authority to her, Ning Fengzhi had fallen ill, and Ye Lingling had obtained an External Soul Bone in Lost Grand Canyon.

Ning Chuan reunited with Qian Renxue and gave her a Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent Inner Core, while she gifted him a hundred-thousand-year Scarlet Rock Turtle spirit bone. After they strengthened their abilities through the treasures, Ning Chuan finished fusing with the spirit bone under Qian Renxue’s protection.

• Qian Renxue told Ning Chuan about her work in Heaven Dou City, her improving relationship with her mother, and her cultivation reaching Rank 83 and the Eighth Layer of the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Ning Chuan gave Qian Renxue the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent’s Inner Core, which could strengthen a fire-attributed spirit ring.
• Qian Renxue gave Ning Chuan a hundred-thousand-year Scarlet Rock Turtle Left Arm Bone and explained how her spirit rings and Angel Set had helped her absorb a hundred-thousand-year ring.
• Ning Chuan helped Qian Renxue refine the Inner Core into her Fifth Spirit Ring, raising her cultivation to Rank 84 and greatly enhancing Sacred Sword.
• Ning Chuan fused with the Scarlet Rock Turtle Left Arm Bone in two days while Qian Renxue watched over him.

Ning Chuan tested his new hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone Skills against Serpent Spear Douluo and revealed the power of Thousandfold Peak and Mystic Light Shield. He told Qian Renxue he planned to train and then join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but affirmed that he shared her ambition for Spirit Hall to unify the continent and for them to reach its peak together.

• Ning Chuan used Thousandfold Peak to summon a rapidly growing black mountain and pin Serpent Spear Douluo down.
• Ning Chuan sent eighteen Flying Swords at Serpent Spear Douluo, then stopped the attack and conceded the match.
• Ning Chuan explained that Thousandfold Peak strengthened his offense and Mystic Light Shield strengthened his defense.
• Ning Chuan told Qian Renxue that he planned to meet his teacher, train further, and join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Renxue urged Ning Chuan to join Spirit Hall and shared her ambition to unify the continent and attain godhood; Ning Chuan said it was their shared ideal.

Ning Chuan persuaded Qian Renxue to support his plan to end war and improve life for commoners, then learned from A Yin that he could reclaim her Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring from Tang Hao. He postponed confronting Tang Hao until the right opportunity and went to Sunset Forest to strengthen his Eight Spider Lances External Soul Bone.

• Ning Chuan told Qian Renxue he wanted to end wars and protect commoners, and she agreed to help him.
• Ning Chuan left Heaven Dou City after visiting Louise and learned from A Yin that she could strip her Spirit Ring from Tang Hao.
• Ning Chuan decided to wait until Tang Hao was separated from Tang San before attacking him, and planned to raise his Eight Spider Lances External Soul Bone first.
• Ning Chuan went to Sunset Forest and released a two-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider, deciding to seek one over five thousand years old instead.

Ning Chuan hunted a fifty-thousand-year Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor in Star Dou Great Forest and killed it with Thousandfold Peak and Evil-warding Divine Lightning. As he prepared to absorb its spirit ring, he discovered a Soul Bone inside its corpse.

• Ning Chuan spent three months hunting Man-Faced Demon Spiders and cultivating, advancing the Mysterious Heaven Skill to the Eighth Layer and reaching Soul Power level 65.
• Ning Chuan located a Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor with cultivation exceeding fifty thousand years and attacked it with A Yin’s Blue Silver Range Entanglement and his Blue Silver Sword Formation.
• The Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor used Spider God Possession to break free, but Ning Chuan teleported Thousandfold Peak above it and crushed it.
• Ning Chuan restrained the injured spider with the Blue Silver Sword Formation and killed it with Evil-warding Divine Lightning.
• Ning Chuan extended his Eight Spider Lances into the corpse and detected a Soul Bone as he prepared to absorb the spirit ring.

Ning Chuan absorbed the Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor’s torso bone and evolved it to around seventy thousand years, gaining a powerful new skill. While heading toward the Star Dou Great Forest, he found the Blood Demon Tiger fighting a Spirit Sage from Skywater Academy and an Ice Phoenix.

• A Yin explained that the Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor’s torso bone could evolve alongside the Eight Spider Lances, so Ning Chuan decided to absorb it.
• Ning Chuan used the Eight Spider Lances to devour the Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor’s corpse and Soul Ring, raising the torso bone’s quality to around seventy thousand years.
• Ning Chuan gained the Spider God Possession Soul Bone Skill, which doubled his attributes when used with the Eight Spider Lances but consumed substantial Soul Power.
• Ning Chuan and A Yin flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest after learning that the Sunset Forest had few suitable Man-Faced Demon Spiders left.
• Ning Chuan spotted the Blood Demon Tiger fighting a female Spirit Sage from Skywater Academy and an Ice Phoenix.

Ning Chuan rescued Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Qianhan from a powerful Blood Demon Tiger, then learned why the Four Elements Academy had united. Huo Wu arrived with reinforcements and reunited with the survivors, surprised to see Ning Chuan.

• Ning Chuan noticed Shui Bing'er and her companions fighting a Blood Demon Tiger, and the beast abandoned them to attack him.
• Ning Chuan destroyed the Blood Demon Tiger with his Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords and Evil-warding Divine Lightning, ending its attack on Shui Bing'er and the others.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er thanked Ning Chuan, and he asked about the Four Elements Academy's merger.
• Shui Bing'er explained that the Four Elements Academy had united under pressure from Spirit Hall and that they had been hunting Soul Rings when the Blood Demon Tiger attacked.
• Huo Wu arrived with Huo Wushuang, Feng Xiaotian, and other academy members, then greeted Ning Chuan with surprise.

Ning Chuan challenged the Four Elements Academy to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect if he defeated their fighters, then accepted a match against its students and Vice Deans. He revealed level-sixty-six soul power, prompting the Blazing Fire Academy Vice Dean to narrow the opponents to Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Wu.

• Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Wu challenged Ning Chuan to a fight, and Feng Xiaotian explained he needed to defeat him to win Huo Wu's favor.
• Ning Chuan invited all nine students to attack together and proposed that the Four Elements Academy join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect if they lost.
• Huo Wu accepted the wager, explaining that the academy needed to choose a side amid rising tensions between Spirit Hall and the two great empires.
• Xue Qianhan revealed to the other Vice Deans that Ning Chuan had killed the Blood Demon Tiger, and the Blazing Fire Academy Vice Dean agreed to the wager on behalf of the academy's founding families.
• Ning Chuan excused the injured Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, then released his level-sixty-six soul power and declared he would crush the academy's fighters.
• The Blazing Fire Academy Vice Dean ordered Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Wu to stay while the other students stood aside.

Ning Chuan defeated Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and the three Vice Deans, then arranged for the Four Elements Academy to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He parted from them and continued toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and the three Vice Deans challenged Ning Chuan, who revealed his disguised hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring.
• Ning Chuan overwhelmed the six challengers with Thousandfold Peak and the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword, leaving the three Vice Deans injured but alive.
• Shui Bing'er told Feng Xiaotian and the others that Ning Chuan had killed the Blood Demon Tiger and saved her, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Qianhan.
• Huo Wuji, Feng Jizhong, and Lei Hu acknowledged Ning Chuan as Dean, and Shui Bing'er agreed to keep addressing him as a friend.
• Ning Chuan discussed the Four Elements Academy joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, wrote letters to Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong, and left for the Star Dou Great Forest.

After two years in Star Dou Great Forest, Ning Chuan evolved the Eight Spider Lances and Spider God Possession Torso Bone to the god level, strengthened his cultivation and spirit rings, and set out to find Xiao Wu and a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast. Before he could leave for Lake of Life, a hidden giant spider launched a deadly attack that pierced his defensive barriers.

• Shui Yue'er teased Shui Bing'er about Ning Chuan and admitted she had liked him for a long time, while Huo Wu remained lost in thought.
• Ning Chuan spent two years hunting powerful Man-Faced Demon Spiders in Star Dou Great Forest, evolving his Eight Spider Lances and Spider God Possession Torso Bone to the god level.
• Ning Chuan raised his Soul Power to level seventy-two, advanced the Mysterious Heaven Skill to the Ninth Layer, and reached the Mustard Seed realm with his Purple Demon Eyes.
• A Yin used All Rivers Run into the Sea to raise Ning Chuan's first four spirit rings to fifty thousand years, and Ning Chuan decided to seek Xiao Wu's help in finding a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast for his Sixth Spirit Ring.
• As Ning Chuan prepared to head for Lake of Life, a massive invisible spider attacked with blood-red spikes that pierced his barriers before his Evil-warding Divine Lightning destroyed them.

Ning Chuan fought the hundred-thousand-year Thorn Spider Emperor after it appeared, drawn by the energy from his evolved spirit bones. He killed it with A Yin’s help and his spirit abilities, but the chapter ended before showing what he did with the defeated beast.

• A Yin warned Ning Chuan that the Thorn Spider Emperor had appeared and urged him to leave the drained Blue Silver Grass behind.
• Ning Chuan used his God-Level Eight Spider Lances and Spider God Torso Bone to reveal and attack the Thorn Spider Emperor, but it repeatedly escaped with teleportation.
• A Yin briefly restrained the Thorn Spider Emperor when its attack threatened Ning Chuan, and he released Gold Devouring Insects to tear through its armor.
• Ning Chuan joined the Blue Silver Sword Formation, his Spider Lances, and a Gold Devouring Insect Spear to sever the beast’s teleporting legs and pierce its body.
• The Thorn Spider Emperor died, regretting that it had revealed itself in hopes of stealing Ning Chuan’s God-Level Spirit Bones.