Chapter Summaries

Luo Yun fought nine prisoners under Luo Shang’s watch, struggling to kill men he knew were guilty. After one prisoner wounded him and earned release, the others attacked with renewed desperation, leaving Luo Yun pinned beneath a saber as he fought back.

• Luo Yun attacked the prisoners and wounded the first man, then faced several attackers at once while Luo Shang watched without intervening.
• Luo Yun incapacitated three prisoners but hesitated to kill them, and the bespectacled prisoner seized an opening to slash his left arm.
• Luo Shang signaled for the soldiers to release the bespectacled prisoner after he wounded Luo Yun, and the prisoner left smugly.
• The remaining prisoners attacked more fiercely, knocking Luo Yun down and pressing a saber close to his face.
• Luo Yun shoved the saber aside and kicked his attacker in the knee.

Luo Yun killed the nine prisoners after his pain and fury overwhelmed his restraint, then reunited with Luo Shang and healed most of his wounds. The adjutant sent soldiers to kill the prisoner who had been released, and after returning to the manor, Luo Yun vomited in the garden.

• Luo Yun killed the two prisoners who tried to flee, then fought and killed the remaining prisoners in the cell.
• Luo Yun told Luo Shang he had not let him down, and Luo Shang recognized him as his son rather than the deity who had possessed him before.
• Luo Yun used the Source of Life to heal most of his injuries, and Luo Shang ordered the adjutant to clean up the prison.
• The adjutant sent four soldiers after the bespectacled prisoner, who was killed on the highway outside Frost Ridge City.
• Luo Yun returned to the prince's manor and vomited in the back garden.

After a month of brutal training, Luo Yun became a cold and bloodthirsty killer, and Luo Shang brought him to Slaughter City. Luo Shang secured the King of Slaughter’s agreement to let the six-year-old enter, though he doubted the King would truly protect him.

• A month after Luo Yun had vomited following his first killings, he slaughtered all thirty prisoners and left the prison with Luo Shang.
• Luo Yun and Luo Shang traveled across the barren land to an abandoned village near Slaughter City.
• Luo Shang told Luo Yun to enter a tavern alone, then went to the core district to meet the King of Slaughter.
• Luo Shang asked the King of Slaughter to look after six-year-old Luo Yun, and the King agreed while privately looking down on him.

Luo Yun entered Slaughter City and was offered a 24-hour newbie protection period. When several men harassed him, he drew the Moon Eclipse Sword and rejected the protection, leaving him walking toward them as the maid panicked.

• Luo Yun arrived at Slaughter City's iron gate and entered the underground city after it opened.
• A maid offered to keep Luo Yun safe for 24 hours if he stayed by her side.
• Several men at a tavern leered at Luo Yun and taunted him as the maid urged him to ignore them.
• Luo Yun drew the Moon Eclipse Sword and walked toward the men, telling the maid he did not need protection.

Luo Yun killed two men who had threatened him in the street, dismissed his maid, and entered a tavern where a scarred fighter confronted him. The fighter attacked, but Luo Yun dodged his blades and cut off two of his fingers.

• Luo Yun ran his Moon Eclipse Sword through a bald man and then killed the bearded man beside him.
• The surviving men fled, and Luo Yun told the maid he no longer needed her before heading into the Inner City.
• Luo Yun entered the Blood Moon tavern, ordered water, and was confronted by a scarred man who said he did not belong in Slaughter City.
• The scarred man attacked Luo Yun with two short blades, but Luo Yun dodged and sliced off two of his fingers.

Luo Yun killed a man at the tavern and learned that winning one hundred consecutive Slaughter Arena matches could earn him a chance to leave Slaughter City through Hell Road. He registered under the name Frost Cloud King and waited for his first match.

• Luo Yun killed a man who had attacked him, then asked One-Eyed Dragon how to leave Slaughter City.
• One-Eyed Dragon told Luo Yun that a hundred consecutive arena victories could lead to the King of Slaughter opening Hell Road.
• Luo Yun entered the Slaughter Arena and told the registration clerk he wanted to fight.
• Spectators recognized Luo Yun as the child who had killed men in the street and at the Blood Moon Tavern.
• Luo Yun registered as Frost Cloud King, learned that ten fighters would compete and only the last survivor would win, then waited for his match.

Luo Yun entered the Slaughter Arena as a child and killed all nine opponents in two breaths, earning the title Frost Cloud King. After leaving the arena, he searched for a quiet place to stay and found a secluded villa.

• Luo Yun entered the arena while the crowd mocked his age and appearance.
• Luo Yun killed all nine contestants with the Moon Eclipse Sword in two breaths.
• The referee declared Luo Yun the winner and named him Frost Cloud King.
• Luo Yun left the arena and rejected the nearby Gentle Haven as a place to stay.
• Luo Yun found a quiet, detached villa at the end of the street.

Luo Yun seized a villa in Slaughter City by killing its burly owner and driving off the two women inside. He ordered the watching crowd to clean up the corpse and blood.

• Luo Yun kicked open the villa gate and killed the burly owner with a kick and a slash from the Moon Eclipse Sword.
• Two women begged Luo Yun to let them stay, but he cut their skirts and ordered them to leave.
• Men in the crowd discussed Luo Yun’s reputation as the Frost Cloud King and rushed toward the sisters after he entered the villa.
• Luo Yun inspected the villa, then told the onlookers to remove the corpse and clean the blood from the paving.
• Several men obeyed Luo Yun and carried away the body while scrubbing the ground.

Luo Yun killed an assassin sent after him and learned that the King of Slaughter wanted him to complete a hundred consecutive victories and leave Slaughter City. Qian Renxue confronted him, revealed how much she knew about his exploits, and mentioned his father, making Luo Yun wary.

• Luo Yun sensed Qian Renxue nearby as she ate among the bodies of men who had tried to take advantage of her.
• A man in black attacked Luo Yun with a bone needle and bow, but Luo Yun defeated and killed him.
• The King of Slaughter learned that the assassin had not revealed his name and ordered his subordinate to get Luo Yun through a hundred consecutive victories and out of Slaughter City.
• Qian Renxue stopped Luo Yun outside the tavern and recited details about his victories, killings, and villa.
• Qian Renxue said she had heard Luo Yun's father was King Frost Extreme, and Luo Yun responded with suspicion.

Qian Renxue tried to recruit Luo Yun in Slaughter City, then followed him to learn more about him. Luo Yun recognized her as the person who had appeared as “Xue Qinghe” in the Star Dou Great Forest, but chose to ignore the revelation and focus on his God Trial.

• Qian Renxue asked Luo Yun to team up, but he rejected her and told her not to follow him.
• Qian Renxue recalled intelligence about Luo Yun’s abilities and killings, deduced that King Frost Extreme had brought him to Slaughter City, and decided to win him over.
• Qian Renxue followed Luo Yun through the city and severed the wrist of a man who tried to touch her.
• Luo Yun returned to his villa, considered that Qian Renxue might have been disguised as “Xue Qinghe,” and decided the truth did not matter to him.

Luo Yun and Qian Renxue became feared undefeated champions in Slaughter City, and Luo Yun completed his hundred arena victories. His Third Trial remained unfinished, and the King of Slaughter was set to open Hell Road for him within three days.

• Luo Yun won his seventy-eighth match with his usual effortless single stroke, while Qian Renxue maintained her undefeated record as the Angel King.
• Slaughter City's residents stopped entering the arena, so the enforcement squad rounded people up and forced them to register for matches.
• Luo Yun won his hundredth match, prompting the crowd to celebrate their release from forced arena sign-ups.
• Luo Yun realized that his Third Trial still required him to face Hell Road and received the Hundred Victory Gold Medal.
• The registration clerk told Luo Yun that the King of Slaughter would open Hell Road within three days, and Qian Renxue emerged after completing her own hundred victories.

At the hundred-year opening of Hell Road, Luo Yun and Qian Renxue refused the King of Slaughter’s offers and entered the path after the crowd’s blood was sacrificed. They landed in a lava cavern, recovered enough to fight, and faced a watching swarm of intelligent bats.

• At the Slaughter Arena, the King of Slaughter offered Luo Yun the role of deputy king, but Luo Yun refused, and Qian Renxue also declined his invitation to stay.
• The King of Slaughter opened Hell Road by drawing blood from the people in the stands, and a fissure appeared in the arena platform.
• Luo Yun and Qian Renxue exchanged a glance, then Luo Yun leaped into the fissure.
• Luo Yun and the unconscious Qian Renxue landed on a road surrounded by lava, where Luo Yun found he could still use his Soul Power.
• After Qian Renxue woke, Luo Yun warned that something was approaching, and the two prepared to fight the bats watching them from the cavern.

Luo Yun and Qian Renxue fled a swarm of bats and a powerful Three-Headed Bat along Hell Road, only to find their path blocked. Qian Renxue revealed her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and struck the Three-Headed Bat with her fifth Soul Skill.

• Luo Yun activated his Corona Sword’s Holy Spirit Illumination, strengthening himself and Qian Renxue while weakening the pursuing Three-Headed Bat.
• Luo Yun pulled Qian Renxue along as they ran, and she realized he was the first person to take her hand and urge her to escape.
• The Three-Headed Bat shattered the passage ahead, trapping Luo Yun and Qian Renxue between the lava and their pursuers.
• Qian Renxue revealed her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and summoned five Soul Rings.
• Qian Renxue used Angel Judgment, splitting the Three-Headed Bat with a massive golden sword.

Luo Yun and Qian Renxue fought their way through Hell Road, defeating the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and reaching the exit. As Luo Yun carried Qian Renxue toward the light, she told him her name and said they would meet again, while he stayed silent.

• Qian Renxue killed the Three-Headed Bat, and she and Luo Yun hurried onward.
• Luo Yun fought the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, using his fire sword and Destruction powers to destroy its fleshy knobs and defeat it.
• Qian Renxue gave Luo Yun the serpent's inner core, which she said could increase his Soul Power.
• At Hell Road's lava-blocked exit, Luo Yun spread his Destruction Wings and carried Qian Renxue toward the light.
• Qian Renxue told Luo Yun her name and said they would meet again, while Luo Yun kept his gaze on the exit.

After completing the Third Trials, Luo Yun left Qian Renxue and flew north, gaining Soul Power and absorbing two God-Gifted Soul Rings. He unlocked a ranged attack for the Sun Corona Sword and formed a second Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring for the Moon Eclipse Sword.

• Qian Renxue offered to help Luo Yun if he ever faced trouble, and they parted after the white light transported them away.
• Luo Yun recognized Qian Renxue's identity as Spirit Hall's spy in the Heaven Dou Empire, then flew north toward Frost Ridge City.
• Both divine trials announced their Third Trials complete and rewarded Luo Yun with a God-Gifted Soul Ring and three Soul Power levels each, raising him from level twenty-seven to level thirty-three.
• Luo Yun absorbed a God-Gifted Soul Ring into the Sun Corona Sword, gaining a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and the Sun Flare Cross Slash ranged attack.
• Luo Yun absorbed a second God-Gifted Soul Ring into the Moon Eclipse Sword, forming another Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Luo Yun returned to Frost Ridge City and found it destroyed, its people dead or badly injured. A dying soldier told him that the Spirit Hall, led by Pope Bibi Dong, had attacked and driven his parents into the Far North, leaving Luo Yun to learn that they had disappeared.

• Luo Yun flew back to Frost Ridge City and found its walls, buildings, and streets reduced to ruins.
• He searched the city and the Frost Extreme King Mansion for his father and mother, calling for them without receiving an answer.
• A dying soldier told Luo Yun that His Highness King Frost Extreme and the Princess had disappeared.
• The soldier explained that Bibi Dong had demanded Luo Yun be sent to the Spirit Hall, then the Spirit Hall attacked and forced his parents into the Far North.
• Luo Yun tried to heal the soldier with the Law of Life, but the soldier died after urging him to flee and expressing faith that King Frost Extreme would return.

Luo Yun remembered Old Zhao and continued toward the city gates, where he encountered a Spirit Hall squad searching for him. After killing their captain and the rest of the squad, he received the Fourth Trial of both the Destruction Nine Trials and the Life Nine Trials: eliminate every remaining Spirit Hall Soul Master in Frost Ridge City within seven days.

• Luo Yun remembered Old Zhao as one of his father’s personal guards, then left him and walked toward the city gates.
• A squad of about thirty Spirit Hall Soul Masters entered the ruins, recognized Luo Yun as King Frost Extreme’s son, and mocked him and his father.
• Luo Yun killed the squad’s goateed captain with the Law of Destruction before the man could summon his Martial Soul.
• Luo Yun unleashed Divine Slaughter's Domain and cut down the remaining Spirit Hall Soul Masters with the Moon Eclipse Sword.
• Luo Yun received the Fourth Trial of the Destruction Nine Trials and the Life Nine Trials, requiring him to kill every remaining Spirit Hall Soul Master in Frost Ridge City within seven days.

Luo Yun slaughtered more than four hundred Spirit Hall Soul Masters in Frost Ridge City, then confronted the returning Ghost Leopard Douluo and Demon Bear Douluo. He struck Demon Bear Douluo with a devastating bolt of lightning, leaving the attack’s outcome unclear.

• Luo Yun hunted down Spirit Hall Soul Masters throughout Frost Ridge City, killing 237 on the first day and 189 on the second.
• Luo Yun pursued fleeing Soul Masters for thirty miles and killed the last one before returning to the city.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo and Demon Bear Douluo returned from the Far North and found Luo Yun sitting atop a mountain of corpses.
• Demon Bear Douluo insulted and threatened Luo Yun, demanding that he climb down and kneel.
• Luo Yun summoned a vortex of purple-red lightning and sent a massive bolt crashing down on Demon Bear Douluo.
• Demon Bear Douluo activated his Ninth and Seventh Soul Rings and braced for the strike as the lightning exploded across the ruins.

Luo Yun killed Ghost Leopard Douluo and Demon Bear Douluo after confronting them over their crimes in Frost Ridge City, then received rewards that raised his Soul Power to level forty-eight. He continued north to face a new trial targeting one of the Far North’s Three Great Heavenly Kings, while the Life God King questioned Destruction God King about the path he had set for the child.

• Luo Yun struck Ghost Leopard Douluo and Demon Bear Douluo with purple-red lightning, killing both Titled Douluo.
• Luo Yun left Frost Ridge City's ruins and received six Soul Power levels and two God-bestowed Soul Rings for completing the Fourth Trials.
• Luo Yun raised his Soul Power to level forty-eight and obtained black Soul Rings for the Sun Corona Sword and Moon Eclipse Sword.
• Luo Yun received independent Fifth Trials from the Destruction Nine Trials and Life Nine Trials, both requiring him to hunt or subdue one of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North.
• Life God King challenged Destruction God King over how many people Luo Yun had killed, and Destruction God King said Luo Yun acted to protect others.

Luo Yun searched the Far North for his parents and tracked down the Ice Empress, demanding that she submit to him. After he summoned a devastating storm of Destruction Thunder, the Ice Empress realized the apparent heavenly tribulation came from the boy himself.

• Luo Yun captured an Ice Silkworm and made it point him toward the Ice Empress's territory before letting it go unharmed.
• Luo Yun reached the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion's cave, where the Ice Empress confronted him and threatened to kill him.
• Luo Yun ordered the Ice Empress to submit, and she mocked him for challenging her despite being a small child without any visible Soul Rings.
• Luo Yun summoned purple-red Destruction Thunder, forming a massive vortex of thunderclouds that the Ice Empress first mistook for a heavenly tribulation.
• Luo Yun asked whether the display proved he had the right to make her submit, leaving the Ice Empress stunned by his power.