Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong discovered that her new soul ring had given her Dark Gold Dreadclaw External Soul Bones and a powerful fourth soul skill before Ji Bai left for Slaughter City. After absorbing three soul bones, Ji Bai rose to level 66 and reached the tavern that served as Slaughter City’s entrance.

• Ning Rongrong tested her Dark Gold Dreadclaws and learned that her fourth soul skill, Break, boosted attack power and let its target ignore half of an opponent’s defense.
• Ji Bai said farewell to Ning Rongrong and Sword Douluo, then flew north after warning them he would return safely.
• At an inn, Ji Bai fused the Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone and two Dark Gold Dreadclaw palm bones into his body, opening his meridians and greatly strengthening himself.
• Ji Bai’s Soul Power rose from level 63 to level 66, and he vowed to come for Bibi Dong before heading north.
• Three days later, Ji Bai reached a remote town of fugitives and wanted soul masters, found the tavern entrance to Slaughter City, and kicked open its door.

Ji Bai entered Slaughter City after killing the desperadoes in its tavern, then met the Slaughter Messenger and was taken toward the inner city. There, he saw Hu Liena fighting two Soul Masters.

• Ji Bai drank a Bloody Mary, noticed it destabilize his Little Fallen Heart Flame, and unleashed his Darkgolden Dreadclaws.
• Ji Bai slaughtered every desperado in the tavern except the server, then forced the server to open the passage to Slaughter City.
• Ji Bai entered Slaughter City, received an identity token from the Slaughter Messenger, and asked her to take him to the inner city.
• Ji Bai and the Slaughter Messenger encountered Hu Liena battling two Soul Masters as the surrounding crowd watched without intervening.

Ji Bai rescued Hu Liena from two attackers in Slaughter City, declared her his prey, and headed for the Hell Slaughter Arena. After killing a man to cut the registration queue, he entered his first match, prompting the Slaughter King to take an interest in his power.

• Ji Bai killed the two Fallen Ones attacking Hu Liena and told the gathered crowd that only he could kill her.
• Hu Liena recognized that Ji Bai was far stronger than she was, while Ji Bai asked the Slaughter Envoy to take him to the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Ji Bai killed a wiry man at the registration queue, took his Bloody Mary, and registered for a match.
• Ji Bai entered the arena with nine other Fallen Ones, and the blood-sword mark on his forehead glimmered.
• The Slaughter King asked the Hell Envoy about Ji Bai after sensing his power, and she reported his strength and hostility toward Spirit Hall.

Ji Bai won his first Hell Slaughter Arena match, drawing the Slaughter King's attention and startling Hu Liena with his strength and External Soul Bones. He knocked Hu Liena unconscious after accusing her teacher of imprisoning him before the competition.

• Ji Bai used his True Phoenix Martial Soul and Dark Gold Dreadclaws to kill the three attackers who charged him.
• Ji Bai defeated the remaining two opponents with True Phoenix Eight Wings and swiftly cut their throats.
• Hu Liena recognized Ji Bai's three External Soul Bones and considered joining forces with him to survive Hell Road.
• The Slaughter King ordered the Slaughter Messenger to arrange stronger opponents for Ji Bai while slowing the pace of his matches.
• Hu Liena asked Ji Bai who he was, and he identified himself as a member of Blazing Academy before blaming her teacher for his imprisonment.
• Ji Bai knocked Hu Liena unconscious with a chopping hand.

Ji Bai settled into Slaughter City, spared Hu Liena, and began fighting in the Hell Slaughter Arena while resisting the city’s corrupting influences. After winning his second match, he returned to his room as Hu Liena approached him, considering whether they could temporarily cooperate.

• Ji Bai claimed a residence by defeating its Fallen One occupant and threw Hu Liena onto a sofa after burning the unnecessary belongings.
• Ji Bai considered killing Hu Liena because of her ties to Bibi Dong, but let her leave; Hu Liena moved into the room below his.
• Ji Bai purified the toxins in his body with True Phoenix Divine Fire and relied on his mental strength to resist the killing aura.
• After waiting three days for ten participants to gather, Ji Bai entered the Hell Slaughter Arena in his True Phoenix form and killed the other nine fighters.
• Hu Liena watched Ji Bai return from his second match and approached him, thinking they might share a goal and set aside their differences temporarily.

After three years in Slaughter City, Ji Bai and Hu Liena earned a hundred consecutive victories and chose to enter Hell Road rather than accept the Slaughter King's offer. They arrived on the perilous path and faced a powerful Dark Phoenix as Ji Bai's golden-red phoenix aura emerged.

• Hu Liena warned Ji Bai that frequent arena battles and Bloody Mary could intensify killing intent, and Ji Bai cautioned her that the drink was poisonous.
• Three years later, Ji Bai and Hu Liena achieved a hundred consecutive victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena, while the Slaughter King watched Ji Bai warily.
• The Slaughter King offered them freedom, high status, and the title of Slaughter God without facing Hell Road, but Ji Bai insisted on beginning the trial and Hu Liena stood with him.
• The Slaughter King unleashed his baleful aura, killing the spectators, then sent Ji Bai and Hu Liena to Hell Road through a blood-colored bat's crimson light.
• Ji Bai calmed Hu Liena with his True Phoenix Heart Fire, and they began crossing the narrow path before a powerful Dark Phoenix appeared.
• Hu Liena activated her Demon Fox possession as Ji Bai's sacred golden-red radiance erupted and his phoenix cry drowned out the Dark Phoenix's black flames.

Ji Bai and Hu Liena fought the Dark Phoenix on Hell Road, where Ji Bai killed it and absorbed its power. He rescued Hu Liena from a collapsing path and found a pure golden phoenix inner core as they continued downward.

• Ji Bai battled the Dark Phoenix with his True Phoenix Divine Fire while Hu Liena struggled against the flames and Hell Road's killing intent.
• Hu Liena attacked the Dark Phoenix to draw its attention, giving Ji Bai time to gather his power and target its heart.
• Ji Bai pierced the Dark Phoenix's heart with concentrated divine fire, and the narrow path crumbled beneath Hu Liena.
• Ji Bai caught Hu Liena before she fell into the blood pool, then devoured the dying Dark Phoenix's origin power.
• A pure golden phoenix inner core appeared after the Dark Phoenix turned to ashes, and Ji Bai took it.
• Hu Liena's mind was affected by the killing intent and Ji Bai's True Phoenix Heart Fire, but Ji Bai jolted her back to her senses and flew downward with her.

Ji Bai and Hu Liena faced a Silver-Patterned Blue Demon Bird on Hell Road, using Hu Liena’s charm and Ji Bai’s attack to defeat it. After absorbing its spatial power and strengthening his Martial Soul, Ji Bai identified the creature and prepared to continue the trials.

• Hu Liena told Ji Bai that Hell Road had three trials, but each person’s trial was different.
• The Silver-Patterned Blue Demon Bird trapped Ji Bai and Hu Liena in frozen space, then attacked them with a soul-shaking shriek.
• Ji Bai recognized the bird’s vulnerability and told Hu Liena to charm it, allowing her illusion to make it lower its guard.
• Ji Bai pierced the Silver-Patterned Blue Demon Bird’s heart with a golden spear and devoured its bloodline and spatial power before it could self-destruct.
• Ji Bai’s True Phoenix Martial Soul and domain grew stronger, and he kissed Hu Liena before telling her to recover for the trials ahead.
• After Hu Liena regained her strength, Ji Bai identified the creature as an ancient divine beast whose Martial Soul would surpass his.

Ji Bai devoured the Golden-Pattern Blue Demon Bird, and his True Phoenix Martial Soul ascended to divinity with the powers of space and time. He nearly lost himself to the Phoenix God and Blue Demon Bird clan’s memories and hatred, but Hu Liena brought him back; the two then reached the blood lake before Hell Road’s exit.

• Ji Bai used the True Phoenix Martial Soul to make the Golden-Pattern Blue Demon Bird see him as its mate, then pierced its heart and devoured it before it could counterattack.
• Devouring the Golden-Pattern Blue Demon Bird caused Ji Bai’s True Phoenix Martial Soul to ascend to divinity, combining its flames with the powers of space and time.
• Ji Bai was overwhelmed by memories of the Dragon-Phoenix War, the Phoenix God’s death, the Blue Demon Bird clan’s destruction, and his own killing intent, nearly losing control.
• Hu Liena slapped Ji Bai to snap him out of his violent trance, and he regained his senses before teasing her with a slap in return.
• Ji Bai and Hu Liena continued along Hell Road and reached a thousand-meter blood lake, with its exit gate visible on the far shore.

Ji Bai and Hu Liena escaped Slaughter City, but Hu Liena fainted when their accumulated killing aura erupted at the exit. After she returned to Spirit City and met Bibi Dong, Hu Liena learned that her teacher hated Ji Bai and overheard Bibi Dong vow revenge against him.

• Ji Bai carried Hu Liena across the blood lake and through the exit, where he completed the Asura God's first trial and received his second trial.
• Ji Bai left Hu Liena behind while he went to settle his seventh soul ring, and she woke alone before meeting Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
• Hu Liena returned to Spirit City, where Bibi Dong began preparing to name her Spirit Hall's Holy Maiden and successor.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Ji Bai had helped her escape Slaughter City, prompting Bibi Dong to ask where he had gone and whether he had harmed her.
• After Hu Liena left, Bibi Dong cursed Ji Bai and threatened to make him pay if she found him, while Hu Liena overheard her from outside the Pope's Palace.

After returning from Slaughter City, Ji Bai searched for his companions and sought help hunting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his seventh Soul Ring. He left for the Star Dou Great Forest with Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi, who agreed to join him.

• Ji Bai left Hell Road and flew to Heaven Dou Imperial City, but learned Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er were away training.
• Ji Bai visited Dugu Manor and learned Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan had also left to train.
• Ji Bai asked Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo for help hunting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, explaining that his Soul Power had reached rank seventy.
• Sword Douluo agreed to accompany Ji Bai into the Star Dou Great Forest after hearing that stronger Soul Beasts might live there.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to join Ji Bai and Sword Douluo on the dangerous journey.

Ji Bai, Sword Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi entered the dangerous core region of the Star Dou Great Forest while searching for a powerful soul beast, but a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger ambushed them. The battle began with the tiger targeting Ning Fengzhi, and Ji Bai unleashed his domains as the chapter ended.

• Sword Douluo warned Ji Bai and Ning Fengzhi about the dangers of the Star Dou Great Forest’s unexplored core region as they flew deeper into it.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Ji Bai what kind of hundred-thousand-year soul beast he would accept, and Ji Bai said dragon-type beasts could substitute for avian ones.
• The forest fell silent and dark as an evil aura spread, and Ji Bai identified the approaching beast as a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• The tiger used short-range spatial movement to bypass Sword Douluo and attack Ning Fengzhi, but Sword Douluo intercepted it with the Seven Kill Sword.
• Ning Fengzhi activated Seven Treasures True Body to amplify Ji Bai and Sword Douluo, while Ji Bai unleashed the True Phoenix Domain and Divine Slaughter’s Domain.

Ji Bai and Sword Douluo fought the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, overcoming its defenses and forcing it to use its Life-and-Death Arena. They landed deadly blows, but the arena continued even after the tiger was cut apart.

• Sword Douluo used his domains and sword qi to attack the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, but its shield blocked the strike.
• Ji Bai warned Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi about the tiger’s attributes and abilities as they fought off its thunder and poisoned wind blades.
• The tiger targeted Ji Bai, who met its charge with his Judgment Spear and then teamed up with Sword Douluo to wound it.
• When the tiger tried to flee, Ji Bai sealed the forest with Phoenix Lock Heavenly Net while Sword Douluo attacked with his sword qi.
• The tiger opened its Life-and-Death Arena, but Ji Bai’s Judgment Spear and Sword Douluo’s God-Demon Dual Slash shattered its protection and struck it fatally.
• The Life-and-Death Arena remained active after the tiger was pierced through the forehead and cut into four pieces.

Ji Bai stopped the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s lingering Life-and-Death Arena and seized the pearl containing its soul. With Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi helping him suppress it, he defeated and devoured the tiger’s remnant soul, gaining the methods to use many of its abilities.

• Ji Bai used his command over time and space to close the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s black hole, then found he could not absorb its soul ring because Chen Xin had killed the beast.
• The tiger’s body dissolved into a multicolored pearl containing its foundational essence and soul, and Ji Bai seized it before the tiger could escape and revive.
• The pearl’s evil power attacked Ji Bai, so Chen Xin suppressed it with sword intent while Ning Fengzhi strengthened Ji Bai with the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda.
• Ji Bai found the tiger’s remnant soul inside the pearl and fought it on the spiritual plane while protecting himself with the Immortal Bird Eye.
• Ji Bai burned and devoured the remnant soul, leaving the pearl free of its vicious will and gaining the methods to use many of the tiger’s abilities.

Ji Bai devoured the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s pearl and soul ring, distributing its purified energy among his own soul rings and raising his first three to twenty thousand years. After resting with Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi, he continued into the Star Dou Great Forest, where they encountered a hundred-thousand-year avian soul beast.

• Ji Bai used his True Phoenix Martial Soul to devour the pearl and absorb the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s power.
• Ji Bai devoured the tiger’s soul ring and distributed its energy among his other soul rings, raising his first three to twenty thousand years.
• Sword Douluo warned Ji Bai to keep his soul-ring-devouring ability secret and avoid indiscriminately killing soul beasts.
• Ji Bai, Sword Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi rested for a day using Dragon Ganoderma Leaves, then continued toward the forest’s core region.
• A giant black-and-red bird appeared above the forest, and Ning Fengzhi identified it as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast as Sword Douluo activated Seven Kill Avatar.

Ji Bai, Chen Xin, and Ning Fengzhi fought the Soul Power-erasing Ash-Extinguishing Demon Roc, but Ji Bai’s strengthened True Phoenix Domain reversed the battle and let Chen Xin overpower it. The wounded Roc then charged at Ji Bai, and Chen Xin could not stop it.

• The Ash-Extinguishing Demon Roc spread its flames, erasing Soul Power and dissolving Chen Xin’s Sword Qi as Ning Fengzhi identified the beast.
• Ji Bai combined his domains with Chen Xin’s Sword Domain and discovered that his True Phoenix Domain weakened the Roc.
• Ji Bai strengthened his True Phoenix Domain until it could also dissolve Soul Power, suppressing the Roc and restoring Chen Xin’s strength.
• Chen Xin used the stacked enhancements and domains to tear through the Roc’s flames and wound it as its domain collapsed.
• The Roc vowed to devour Ji Bai and charged at him, while Chen Xin warned him and Ji Bai began his third soul skill, Myriad Flames Return.

Ji Bai killed the Ash-Extinguishing Demon Roc and absorbed its Hundred-Thousand-Year soul ring, transforming his Phoenix Wings and gaining a soul bone from Ning Fengzhi. As Ji Bai left the Star Dou Great Forest with Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, he sensed hatred toward dragonkind and a man in a dragon robe appeared beside the Roc’s corpse, wondering whether the Phoenix God was returning.

• Ji Bai used his elemental body and Sword of Judgment to cripple the Ash-Extinguishing Demon Roc, then joined Chen Xin in killing it.
• Ji Bai absorbed the Roc’s Hundred-Thousand-Year soul ring through a day and night of dangerous fusion, and his True Phoenix Eight Wings evolved.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Ji Bai the Hundred-Thousand-Year soul bone that appeared from the Roc’s corpse, and Ji Bai accepted it.
• Ji Bai said he still had eight divine trials left and expected to remain in Slaughter City for a long time.
• Chen Xin sensed approaching soul beasts and carried Ning Fengzhi away, while Ji Bai flew after them and felt unfamiliar hatred toward dragonkind.
• A man in a black-and-gold dragon robe appeared beside the Roc’s corpse and wondered whether the Phoenix God was about to return.

Ji Bai returned to Slaughter City and entered the Blood Pool to begin the Asura God's second trial, refusing the Slaughter King's suspicious offer of Bloody Mary. He cleared the first wave of lingering souls with True Wind Heart Fire, but the trial continued around him.

• Ji Bai met the Slaughter King and asked him to reveal the Blood Pool's location beneath Hell Road.
• The Slaughter King warned Ji Bai about the Blood Pool's heat, baleful energy, lingering souls, and evil power, then offered him potent Bloody Mary to help resist them.
• Ji Bai refused the Bloody Mary, suspecting the Slaughter King was trying to sabotage his trial, and insisted on going to the Blood Pool.
• The Slaughter King led Ji Bai down to the Blood Pool, then left him to face the trial alone.
• Ji Bai entered the Blood Pool and began the Asura God's second trial as icy winds and lingering souls assailed his mind.
• Ji Bai spread True Wind Heart Fire around himself, burning the lingering souls within a hundred meters and ending his pain.

Ji Bai endured the blood pool long enough to complete the second Asura trial, strengthening his body and spirit while purifying some of Slaughter City's evil. He received the third trial, which required him to sever evil and preserve benevolence, and left the pool as the Fallen Ones recoiled from him.

• The Slaughter King watched Ji Bai in the blood pool and was shocked when the expected baleful aura and killing intent failed to overwhelm him.
• Ji Bai endured the blood pool for 2,190 hours, resisting its lingering souls and Rakshasa God's evil thoughts with his True Phoenix Heart Fire.
• Ji Bai completed the second Asura trial and received 10% Asura God Affinity, then learned that the third trial required him to sever evil, preserve benevolence, and purify Slaughter City.
• Ji Bai noticed the Slaughter King's surveillance, and the Slaughter King realized he had been discovered.
• Ji Bai left the blood pool, which had grown less evil and dark after his long trial, and the Fallen Ones backed away in fear of his killing intent.

Ji Bai slaughtered Fallen Ones throughout Slaughter City’s inner city, prompting the Slaughter King to send the enforcement squad to stop him. After resting, Ji Bai faced the squad and launched an attack on Scott.

• Ji Bai used the Sword of Judgment to kill Fallen Ones across the inner city, while his Divine Slaughter's Domain and killing aura grew stronger.
• The Slaughter King ordered the Slaughter Envoy to lead the enforcement squad against Ji Bai and allowed its members to use Soul Skills.
• The Slaughter Envoy surrounded Ji Bai with Kane, three knight commanders, and other squad members as Ji Bai paused to recover.
• Ji Bai rejected the Slaughter Envoy’s accusation of cruelty and mocked Kane for failing to pass the Hell Road.
• Ji Bai replenished his strength by devouring a corpse’s remaining Soul Power and life force, then attacked Scott with the Sword of Judgment.