Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong won her ninety-fifth fight in Slaughter City and claimed a Spirit Bone before reuniting with Qian Xunji, who had come to bring her home. He revealed that his seventh Divine Examination required him to kill the King of Slaughter, and Bibi Dong learned the target was the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King.

• Bibi Dong killed the burly fighter, obtained his Beetle Torso Bone, and left the arena under the Enforcement Squad's protection.
• Qian Xunji surprised Bibi Dong in the corridor, and they embraced and made plans to return home together.
• Qian Xunji told Bibi Dong how their daughter Xiao Xue had grown and learned to ride a bicycle while they walked back to their house.
• At the house, Qian Xunji explained that his seventh trial required him to kill the King of Slaughter, the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King.
• Bibi Dong recognized Tang Chen's name when Qian Xunji mentioned his father's sworn enemy.

Qian Xunji told Bibi Dong that the Slaughter King was Tang Chen and showed her the God of Light Bow he planned to use against him. After spending several days together, the two left their house and walked into Slaughter City, where Qian Xunji saw how oppressive it was.

• Qian Xunji told Bibi Dong that Tang Chen had been possessed by the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King and revealed his God of Light Bow.
• Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong discussed her future chance to obtain a divine weapon, and he promised to stay alive.
• Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong reunited intimately, then watched A Chinese Odyssey together before falling asleep.
• Several days later, Bibi Dong put on her mask and told Qian Xunji she had changed before taking him out into Slaughter City's streets.
• Qian Xunji frowned at the bleak city, and Bibi Dong told him she had eventually grown used to it.

Qian Xunji met the King of Slaughter in Slaughter City while seeking to learn more about him and arrange for Bibi Dong to finish her trials. The King of Slaughter ordered the Black Veil Maiden to expedite Spider Empress's final victories and have Qian Xunji and his companion leave.

• The Black Veil Maiden invited Qian Xunji to meet the King of Slaughter, and Bibi Dong warned him that the King was dangerous.
• Qian Xunji crossed the lava bridge and entered Slaughter Palace, where he recognized the King of Slaughter as Tang Chen.
• Qian Xunji refused Yellow Spring Dew and said he had come to check on Spirit Hall's Spider Empress, who had ninety-six consecutive victories.
• Qian Xunji asked about Slaughter City's ban on soul skills, and the King of Slaughter said it was his rule.
• After Qian Xunji left, the King of Slaughter called him a formidable enemy and ordered the Black Veil Maiden to hurry Spider Empress's hundred victories and send them away.

After Bibi Dong won her ninety-sixth arena match, Qian Xunji told her he had met the King of Slaughter and planned to act once she reached one hundred victories. He began absorbing the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to strengthen his Spiritual Power, and his head Spirit Bone reacted to its power.

• Bibi Dong defeated nine opponents in the Hell Slaughter Arena and celebrated her victory with Qian Xunji.
• Qian Xunji confirmed to Bibi Dong that the King of Slaughter's face was Tang Chen's and said he would make his move after she reached one hundred victories.
• Bibi Dong planned to attempt a breakthrough to Rank 98 while Qian Xunji prepared to cultivate.
• Qian Xunji took the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and began absorbing it to enhance his Spiritual Power.
• Qian Xunji's head Spirit Bone began greedily absorbing the herb's cool power.

Qian Xunji evolved his head spirit bone, gained the ability to see through obstacles, and discovered the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King inside the King of Slaughter. A month later, Bibi Dong stood on the verge of her hundredth victory in Slaughter City while Qian Xunji continued his breakthrough meditation.

• Qian Xunji's Sea of Consciousness expanded and his head spirit bone transformed, allowing him to see the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King within Tang Chen's body.
• The King of Slaughter sensed someone watching him and suspected Qian Xunji, deciding the Pope could not be allowed to remain in Slaughter City.
• Qian Xunji told Bibi Dong what he had seen, and the two spent time together before he resumed meditating.
• A month passed as Bibi Dong's record reached ninety-nine wins and the Enforcement Squad doubled its guard around the Black Stone House.
• The Black Veil Maiden asked Bibi Dong about her relationship with the Pope, and Bibi Dong said he was her master and she was Spirit Hall's Saintess.
• Bibi Dong entered the arena for her hundredth match as the crowd chanted for the Spider Empress.

Bibi Dong won her hundredth consecutive match and qualified to enter Hell Road, but Qian Xunji’s breakthrough to Rank 98 threw Slaughter City into panic. He confronted the King of Slaughter and revealed that he knew the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King had parasitized him.

• Bibi Dong defeated all nine opponents in the Hell Slaughter Arena and earned one hundred consecutive victories.
• The Black Veil Maiden told Bibi Dong she had qualified to enter Hell Road and asked if she was ready to proceed.
• A golden pillar and Angel phantom appeared above Slaughter City, and the Holy Light sent the city’s villains into chaos.
• The Black Veil Maiden urged Bibi Dong to tell her teacher to restrain his aura, while the Enforcement Squad drove panicked villains toward the outskirts.
• Qian Xunji emerged from the Black Stone House with a God of Light Brand and a golden bow, then challenged the King of Slaughter for control of Slaughter City.
• Qian Xunji accused the King of Slaughter of being parasitized by the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King, leaving the King shocked that he knew.

Qian Xunji confronted the King of Slaughter in Slaughter City, countering his blood-red domain with his Angel Domain and clashing with the Asura Sword. As the battle’s shockwave devastated the city, Gui Mei persuaded Bibi Dong to leave for the Hell Road so Qian Xunji could fight without restraint.

• Qian Xunji ordered Gui Mei to find and protect Dong'er before telling the King of Slaughter that he had come to kill him.
• The King of Slaughter unleashed Blood Red Evil Domain, but Qian Xunji used Light Domain and Angel Domain to dissolve the mist and burn the bats.
• The King of Slaughter summoned the Asura Sword and attacked Qian Xunji with Soul-Devouring Shackles.
• Qian Xunji fired Flash Light Evil-Breaking from his God of Light Bow, and the clash sent a shockwave through the city, collapsing the Hell Slaughter Arena’s stands and the Black Stone House.
• Gui Mei shielded Bibi Dong and urged her to go to the Hell Road so Qian Xunji could fight freely; after learning she could return to Slaughter City, Bibi Dong agreed, but the Black Veil Maiden hesitated.

Qian Xunji used the God of Light Bow’s Aurora God-Slaying to pierce the King of Slaughter, forcing the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King to flee its host. As the Bat King opened Hell Road and prepared to escape, Qian Xunji drew an ordinary arrow to stop it.

• Bibi Dong learned that opening Hell Road required the King of Slaughter’s personal help and the blood of Fallen Ones, so she decided not to enter for now.
• The King of Slaughter revealed that killing him was Qian Xunji’s Divine Examination, then fed on the Fallen Ones through his bats to strengthen himself.
• Qian Xunji summoned the God of Light phantom and fired Aurora God-Slaying, which pierced the King of Slaughter through the chest.
• The Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King fled Tang Chen’s body, and Gui Mei led Bibi Dong away while the Black Veil Maiden also escaped.
• The Bat King reached the Hell Slaughter Arena, used the corpses’ blood to open Hell Road, and waited as the ground split with rising magma.
• Qian Xunji drew an ordinary arrow and named it Hundred-Step Piercing Willow.

Qian Xunji killed the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King and urged Black Veil Maiden to rule Slaughter City. Tang Chen emerged with his consciousness restored, and Qian Xunji tried to persuade him to let Bibi Dong inherit the Asura Godhood.

• Qian Xunji killed the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King as it tried to escape through Hell Road.
• Qian Xunji refused to become Slaughter City's king and told Black Veil Maiden to take over the Enforcement Squad and rule instead.
• Tang Chen rose from the ruins with his consciousness restored, and Qian Xunji explained that the Bat King had parasitized him for decades.
• Qian Xunji introduced Bibi Dong as his wife and asked Tang Chen to let her inherit the Asura Godhood, threatening to kill him if he refused.
• Qian Xunji asked Tang Chen whether he was a god's high priest after discussing Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu's past pursuit of Bo Saixi.

Tang Chen gave up the Asura Godhood and let Qian Xunji suppress his blood poison so he could seek out Bo Saixi. After Tang Chen left, Bibi Dong felt called toward the Asura Sword, and Qian Xunji cautiously led her closer.

• Tang Chen accepted Qian Xunji's offer to suppress his blood poison in exchange for abandoning the Asura Godhood.
• Qian Xunji used Divine Light Power to force out some of Tang Chen's poison, leaving him with only a few months to live.
• Tang Chen asked Qian Xunji to pass his regards to Qian Daoliu, then walked toward Hell Road to find Bo Saixi.
• Bibi Dong took Qian Xunji's hand and said she wanted to stand by his side.
• Bibi Dong said a voice was calling her toward the Asura Sword, and Qian Xunji led her toward it while staying in front of her.

Qian Xunji brought the unconscious Bibi Dong back from Slaughter City after dark red Asura Malice entered her Sea of Consciousness. She later woke in Spirit Hall, but the malice’s presence and a vision of the Asura Sword left her situation uncertain.

• The Asura Sword released dark red light that bypassed Qian Xunji’s shield and struck Bibi Dong, causing her to collapse.
• Qian Xunji found Asura Malice coiled in Bibi Dong’s Sea of Consciousness, and his attempt to remove it made it flare up and hurt her.
• Qian Xunji ordered Gui Mei to guard the sword and help the Black Veil Maiden administer Slaughter City, then carried Bibi Dong through Hell Road.
• Qian Xunji returned to Spirit Hall, where Qian Daoliu and healing-type Soul Masters examined Bibi Dong; Qian Daoliu said the malice might mean a god had chosen her.
• Bibi Dong dreamed of an empty Slaughter City and a dark-armored man wielding the Asura Sword before waking in Spirit Hall with Qian Xunji beside her.

After Bibi Dong recovered from her ordeal in Slaughter City, she and Qian Xunji baked a cake to surprise Qian Renxue. When they returned home, Qian Renxue ran to Bibi Dong and welcomed her back.

• Bibi Dong woke beside Qian Xunji, embraced him, and said she wanted to see Xiao Xue.
• Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong baked a cake together and talked about how Qian Renxue had waited to share one with her mother.
• Qian Renxue returned from the market with Liu Xiulan, and Bi Dashan gave her a handmade Wooden Sword.
• Qian Renxue asked when her parents would come home, and Bi Dashan could only promise they were coming soon.
• Liu Xiulan welcomed Bibi Dong home, and Qian Renxue ran to her mother and comforted her as they embraced.

Bibi Dong reunited with Qian Renxue and spent a warm evening with her family, sharing cake and walking through the transformed Spirit City. The chapter ended as they saw the newly built outer city taking shape.

• Bibi Dong reunited with Qian Renxue, and Qian Xunji welcomed them inside with a cake he had made with Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue shared cake with her parents and learned that Ling Yuan was pregnant and living in the village with Xiao Xi.
• Bibi Dong and her family went for a walk, where she bought Qian Renxue a pinwheel and Qian Xunji carried her to watch a street performer breathe fire.
• Qian Xunji ran along the riverside with Qian Renxue on his shoulders while Bibi Dong walked with Liu Xiulan and Bi Dashan.
• Bibi Dong and her family toured the outer city and saw its new avenue, roadside trees, sidewalks, and houses.

Qian Xunji showed Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue the newly built Martial Soul Academy and Scholarship Academy, then explained the scholarship school’s low tuition and expected opening date. After they returned home, Bibi Dong bathed Qian Renxue, who asked to help wash her mother too.

• Qian Xunji guided Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue through Martial Soul Academy and explained its Soul Tool section, training grounds, and mimicry cultivation area.
• Qian Xunji took them to Scholarship Academy and later told Bibi Dong it would charge five Silver Soul Coins per semester, with fee waivers for students in genuine hardship.
• Qian Xunji said the academies could begin enrolling students next year and reminded Bibi Dong to retrieve Elder Ghost from Slaughter City while avoiding the Asura Sword.
• Qian Renxue asked Bibi Dong to bathe her, and Bibi Dong washed her in the bathroom.
• Qian Renxue splashed Bibi Dong while giggling, then stood up to help wash her mother’s back.

Qian Xunji completed the Light God’s Seventh Trial, gained a fourth Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and a golden Torso Bone, and learned he had five years to prepare for a trial against Great Immortal Huang. He began absorbing the bone in the Cultivation Room.

• Qian Xunji reunited with Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, and the family playfully wrestled together on the bed.
• Qian Xunji visited the Temple of the God of Light, where the Seventh Trial’s reward transformed one of his black Soul Rings into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and gave him a golden Torso Bone.
• Great Immortal Huang told Qian Xunji that his Eighth Trial was to defeat it within five years, and Qian Xunji accepted the challenge.
• Qian Xunji returned to the Cultivation Room and began absorbing the Torso Bone as warm power spread through his bones.

Qian Xunji absorbed a torso Spirit Bone that granted him healing and resurrection skills, though he remained at level ninety-eight. He joined Bibi Dong to pick up Qian Renxue and discovered she had quickly mastered three sword forms under Qian Daoliu's guidance.

• Qian Xunji absorbed the Spirit Bone and gained Light Praise and Holy Light Resurrection, but failed to break through to level ninety-nine.
• Qian Xunji visited Bibi Dong at the Pope Palace, and she kissed him as a reward before inviting him to pick up Qian Renxue.
• Qian Daoliu taught Qian Renxue three sword forms at the Training Ground, and she copied each one after watching it once.
• Qian Renxue ran to Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji, while Qian Daoliu praised her exceptional talent and she declared the moves simple.

Qian Xunji told Qian Daoliu about the God of Light’s Eighth Trial, and Qian Daoliu offered to train him. Later, Qian Xunji showed Liu Xiulan and Bi Dashan a Soul Ice-Making Tool and explained how it worked.

• Qian Daoliu praised Qian Renxue and offered to train her, while Qian Xunji said she should still have time to play.
• Qian Xunji told Qian Daoliu that his Eighth Trial was to defeat the priest within five years, and Qian Daoliu volunteered to be his sparring partner.
• Qian Daoliu encouraged Qian Xunji to trust that the trial was possible and told him to come to the Worship Hall each morning starting the next day.
• Qian Xunji joined Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue for dinner at Liu Xiulan and Bi Dashan’s home.
• After dinner, Qian Xunji brought out a Soul Ice-Making Tool and explained to Liu Xiulan and Bi Dashan how it moved heat to cool its interior.

Qian Xunji demonstrated a refrigerator to his family and made ice pops for Qian Renxue, who eagerly waited to taste them. After an hour, the molds were frosted over, but the chapter ended before anyone tried an ice pop.

• Qian Xunji powered on the Ice Maker and promised to make ice pops for the family.
• Qian Xunji prepared a milk-and-egg mixture, poured it into molds, and placed them in the Ice Maker.
• Qian Xunji explained that the machine could eventually be mass-produced for every household.
• Qian Renxue repeatedly asked when the ice pops would be ready and waited by the machine.
• Qian Xunji opened the Ice Maker after an hour and found the molds covered in frost.

Qian Xunji made popsicles for his family, and the system rewarded Qian Renxue with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring for her future Martial Soul Awakening. As Qian Renxue’s birthday approached, the chapter ended with her waking to find her parents gone and asking Bi Dashan where they were.

• Qian Xunji served popsicles to Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, and Liu Xiulan, and the system awarded Qian Renxue a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Qian Xunji stopped Qian Renxue from eating a third popsicle, and Bibi Dong carried her upstairs to bed.
• Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong watched the Image Recorder, discussed Qian Renxue’s birthday, and agreed to celebrate with family and make her a large cake.
• Several days later, Qian Renxue dressed herself and opened her bedroom door after finding her parents’ places in bed empty.
• Bi Dashan picked up Qian Renxue, and she asked him where Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong were.

Qian Renxue realized her first birthday in this life had arrived and hoped her family would surprise her. Qian Daoliu took her to practice swordsmanship, while she suspected he was pretending not to know the date.

• Liu Xiulan hinted that the day was special, and Qian Renxue figured out it was around her birthday.
• Qian Renxue ate breakfast with Liu Xiulan and Bi Dashan, who praised her sword talent and talked about the child Xiao Xi was expecting.
• Qian Daoliu arrived with a wine jar, shared breakfast with the family, and fed Qian Renxue a piece of meat.
• Qian Daoliu carried Qian Renxue away to practice swordsmanship, and she silently hoped her parents would prepare a surprise.
• In the carriage, Qian Renxue asked Qian Daoliu whether the day was special, but he denied it, leaving her convinced he was playing dumb.