Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian spent a year fighting in Slaughter City, sharpening his killing intent and reaching seventy-two victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena. As he entered another match, he felt that his third move was beginning to take shape.

• After his third match, Yang Jian killed more than twenty people who tried to ambush him in the Outer City.
• Yang Jian kept winning every match and killing those who targeted him afterward, reaching fifteen victories in a month.
• Yang Jian learned that the arena matched him against opponents with victory counts no more than five below his own, and welcomed the challenge.
• Over the next year, Yang Jian’s purified killing intent fused with his Soul Power and formed a dark core in his dantian.
• Yang Jian reached seventy-two victories, and the arena began concealing his match times because too few qualified contestants would volunteer to face him.
• As Yang Jian entered a ten-person match, he sensed that his third move had begun to take shape.

Yang Jian fought nine opponents in the Hell Slaughter Arena, killing them with rapid, precise strikes from his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear. He continued attacking as the surviving contestants fell, pressing onward in pursuit of the battles he needed to awaken his third move.

• Yang Jian assessed the nine contestants and recognized Wei Meng, while realizing Slaughter City had brought in fighters from elsewhere to face him.
• Six contestants attacked Yang Jian as the host finished announcing the rules, and three held back or prepared to attack.
• Yang Jian pierced Han Yue through his shield and throat, then killed a dagger-wielding opponent with a backward thrust.
• Yang Jian spun his spear to block the remaining contestants' attacks and swept it across the necks of three men.
• Yang Jian charged forward and pierced two more opponents through the heart.

Yang Jian defeated three opponents in Hell Slaughter Arena and left seeking more battles to advance his spear technique. The King of Slaughter and a woman discussed Yang Jian’s talent and whether he could survive Hell Road, deciding to wait and see.

• The remaining three fighters tried to flee, but Yang Jian defeated them with Follow the Waves and won the match.
• Yang Jian left Hell Slaughter Arena as the crowd cheered and nearby pedestrians cleared a path for him.
• The woman informed the King of Slaughter that Yang Jian had won again and praised his spear technique and self-created skills.
• The King of Slaughter asked whether Yang Jian could win one hundred matches and survive Hell Road.
• The woman expected Yang Jian to reach one hundred victories but doubted he could pass Hell Road, and the King of Slaughter decided to wait and see.

The Slaughter King arranged for Yang Jian to fight again after a month of cultivation, hoping to recruit him after he passed through Hell Road. Yang Jian left for the Hell Slaughter Arena, while the Fallen Ones feared his growing record and the possibility that he would remain in Slaughter City.

• The Slaughter King told a woman to make arrangements for Yang Jian and expressed hope that he would accept recruitment after passing through Hell Road.
• Yang Jian spent nearly a month in his dwelling absorbing the killing intent from his arena opponents and neared a breakthrough in his third move.
• Yang Jian's waist token flickered, signaling that his next match could begin, and he took up his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear.
• The Fallen Ones on the street fell silent and made way for Yang Jian, afraid of the Blood Spear whose victims' blood had stained his door crimson.
• After Yang Jian headed to the Hell Slaughter Arena, the Fallen Ones speculated that he had more than seventy wins and might soon reach a hundred.

Yang Jian and a mysterious black-robed fighter slaughtered the other eight contestants in the Hell Slaughter Arena. As the five strands of scarlet aura entered him, Yang Jian completed his third move, and the black-robed man sensed the change in him.

• Spectators discussed Yang Jian's previous victories and feared the nine contestants who would face his Blood Spear.
• Yang Jian entered the arena and found the contestants divided between himself, a mysterious black-robed figure, and an alliance of eight.
• When the match began, Yang Jian and the black-robed figure attacked the alliance from opposite sides.
• Yang Jian and the black-robed figure killed all eight contestants in less than a minute.
• Five strands of scarlet aura entered Yang Jian, breaking through the fog around his power and completing his third move.
• Yang Jian looked toward the black-robed man, who sensed that something about him had changed.

Yang Jian turned the mysterious figure’s speed against her, blocked her attack, and sent her flying with a kick. He then unleashed the Third Form of the Primordial Spear Art, Blood Prison, as killing intent silenced the Hell Slaughter Arena.

• The mysterious figure launched a full-speed attack at Yang Jian, aiming her claws at his throat.
• Yang Jian calmly blocked her claws with the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear and taunted her about her speed.
• Yang Jian kicked the mysterious figure in the waist as she recovered from her missed attack, sending her tumbling backward.
• Yang Jian raised his spear, surrounded himself with crimson light, and filled the arena with oppressive killing intent.
• Yang Jian announced the Third Form of the Primordial Spear Art, Blood Prison.

Yang Jian used a new killing-intent technique to overwhelm the mysterious woman in the Hell Slaughter Arena. The spectators recognized the move as another Self-Created Soul Skill and praised him as Blood Spear.

• Yang Jian channeled his scarlet killing intent into his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear, turning it blood-red and spreading a boiling pool of blood across the arena.
• Killing-intent spears erupted from the ground as the mysterious woman struggled against the force restricting her body and Soul Power.
• The mysterious woman activated a Soul Bone Skill and secretly sent a black shadow away from her body, but the spears pierced her apparent body and she fell.
• The bloody light faded, and the spectators recovered as Yang Jian's technique left the arena and the crowd in awe.
• Fallen Ones argued that Yang Jian had created a new Self-Created Soul Skill, and one young spectator called him worthy of Blood Spear.

Yang Jian caught the mysterious figure’s attempted ambush and discovered that the corpse he had impaled was only an incarnation created by a Soul Bone Skill. With his spear at her throat, she asked for mercy and revealed her face, leaving her identity unknown.

• Yang Jian sensed killing intent behind him and swiftly turned, placing the blade of his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear against the mysterious figure’s throat.
• The spectators realized that the figure Yang Jian had impaled still stood behind him, and the corpse on the ground vanished into black smoke.
• Someone in the stands identified the vanished corpse as an incarnation created by a Soul Bone Skill.
• The mysterious figure asked Yang Jian to spare her and slowly lowered her hood.
• Yang Jian saw the figure’s beautiful face, amber catlike eyes, and black cat ears.

A cat-eared Soul Douluo begged Yang Jian to spare her, then tried to stab him when she thought her seduction had distracted him. Yang Jian killed her with a swift strike, leaving her headless body kneeling in the killing arena.

• The cat-eared woman knelt before Yang Jian and offered to do anything if he spared her, while the fallen ones in the stands jeered and watched.
• The woman mistook Yang Jian’s silence for hesitation and slowly moved her hand toward him as she continued to feign submission.
• The woman abruptly lunged at Yang Jian’s lower abdomen with her sharpened claws.
• Yang Jian struck her neck, sending her head into the air as her headless body remained kneeling before him.

Yang Jian defeated his opponent and obtained a rare Trunk Soul Bone, then left the arena as a crowd of greedy spectators began following him. Outside his residence, he turned to confront the roughly hundred pursuers.

• Yang Jian destroyed the headless corpse and revealed an intact Trunk Soul Bone worth at least fifty thousand years.
• The fallen spectators saw the Soul Bone and, despite fearing Yang Jian, grew greedy for the treasure.
• Yang Jian stored the Trunk Soul Bone in his Soul Tool and left the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Roughly a hundred spectators followed Yang Jian through the streets toward his residence.
• Yang Jian stopped outside his bloodstained door and turned to face the crowd, whose numbers gave them false courage.

Yang Jian faced nearly two hundred fallen ones who tried to seize his Soul Bone, then unleashed his killing-intent spear technique in the narrow street. After his attack slaughtered nearly half the crowd, the survivors knelt and begged him to spare their lives.

• A burly fallen one argued that Yang Jian had spent too much Soul Power to kill the crowd, while others demanded his Soul Bone.
• More fallen ones joined the group after hearing about the Soul Bone, swelling it to nearly two hundred people.
• Yang Jian told the crowd to survive one move from him and spread scarlet killing intent across the street.
• Yang Jian's killing-intent spears erupted from the ground and killed nearly a hundred fallen ones.
• The surviving fallen ones abandoned their resistance, knelt among the bodies, and begged Yang Jian for mercy.

Yang Jian halted his blood-red spears and ordered the surviving degenerates to form lines, sparing those who obeyed in time. Five Fallen were left outside the formation as Yang Jian gave them no chance to plead.

• Yang Jian killed a beautiful woman who begged him to spare her, convincing the remaining degenerates that they would die too.
• As the kneeling degenerates pleaded for mercy, Yang Jian stopped his spears inches from their bodies.
• Yang Jian ordered everyone to form lines of nine within ten breaths.
• Ninety degenerates formed ten lines in time, while five Fallen failed to join them.
• The five Fallen tried to speak and one began to kneel again, but Yang Jian gave them no chance.

Yang Jian killed five people who tried to explain themselves, then ordered the ninety people in ten rows to send one team each day to join him in the Hell Slaughter Arena. He left them trapped in fear and despair after entering the small house.

• Yang Jian's killing-intent spears pierced and killed five people at once.
• Yang Jian told the ten rows that one team would join him each day in the Hell Slaughter Arena starting tomorrow.
• The assembled people stayed silent, fearing that any protest or attempt to flee would bring a worse death.
• Yang Jian entered the small house and closed the door, leaving the crowd standing among the bodies.
• Other fallen gathered nearby, and those who had missed the gathering felt relieved as the spears faded away.

After six months of matches, Yang Jian won his hundredth victory in Slaughter City and qualified to become a Slaughter God. The Slaughter King’s attempts to recruit him had not changed Yang Jian’s purpose, and the chapter ended with the crowd celebrating his victory.

• The Slaughter King secretly helped Yang Jian rack up victories, hoping to recruit him as a guardian of Slaughter City.
• Yang Jian recognized the Slaughter King’s intentions but remained focused on forging the third form of his spear technique and obtaining Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• After reaching ninety-nine victories, Yang Jian registered for his final slaughter match, drawing a packed crowd.
• Yang Jian killed all nine opponents with his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear and achieved a hundred victories.
• The fallen ones in the stands erupted into cheers and tears as Yang Jian’s victory was announced.

Yang Jian completed his hundredth match in the Hell Slaughter Arena, and the Slaughter King appeared to congratulate him. The chapter ended with the Slaughter King commanding the arena’s rapt attention while Yang Jian remained wary of his power.

• Yang Jian completed one hundred matches, bringing his participation in the Hell Slaughter Arena to an end.
• The Slaughter King’s voice cut through the crowd’s celebration as he congratulated Yang Jian.
• The Slaughter King descended into the arena, and the fallen ones shouted his name in a frenzy.
• Yang Jian studied the Slaughter King and recognized that his effortless flight suggested the strength of a Title Douluo.
• The Slaughter King praised Yang Jian’s hundred victories and prompted the crowd to affirm their fear of him.

After Yang Jian completed one hundred victories, the Slaughter King offered him the title of Slaughter God and an honored position, but Yang Jian refused and demanded Divine Slaughter's Domain. The Slaughter King warned him about Hell Road, and Yang Jian mocked his concern for life in Slaughter City, leaving the Slaughter King masking his anger with laughter.

• The Slaughter King praised Yang Jian for winning one hundred matches and offered him the title of Slaughter God and honored guest of Slaughter City.
• Yang Jian refused the honors and declared that he wanted Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• The Slaughter King realized Yang Jian already knew Slaughter City's secrets and had fought for his own goal, not to be recruited.
• The Slaughter King warned Yang Jian that Hell Road was deadly and urged him to cherish his life.
• Yang Jian mocked the Slaughter King's concern by pointing out how cheaply lives were treated in Slaughter City, and the Slaughter King covered his anger with laughter.

Yang Jian refused the Slaughter King's offer and revealed a nascent Divine Slaughter's Domain, making the Slaughter King realize that Yang Jian had drawn a deity's attention. The Slaughter King abandoned his attempt to force him and could only watch as Yang Jian stood his ground.

• The Slaughter King gave up persuading Yang Jian and unleashed a powerful red aura across the killing arena.
• Yang Jian remained motionless and countered with a sharper scarlet killing intent, bringing their auras to a stalemate.
• The Slaughter King recognized Yang Jian's scarlet light as a nascent Divine Slaughter's Domain and was shocked that Yang Jian had formed it before entering Hell Road.
• The Slaughter King realized the Divine Slaughter's Domain had brought Yang Jian into its founder's field of vision, making him a god's favored.
• The Slaughter King restrained himself from harming Yang Jian and watched him with greed and unwillingness.

Yang Jian challenged the Slaughter King to begin, and the Slaughter King swallowed his fury and addressed him as Honorable Lord Blood Spear. The Slaughter King redirected his blood-red aura into the stands, driving the fallen ones there into violent madness.

• Yang Jian asked the Slaughter King if they could begin, and the arena fell silent at his challenge.
• The Slaughter King suppressed his anger and agreed, calling Yang Jian Honorable Lord Blood Spear.
• The Slaughter King's blood-red radiance withdrew from Yang Jian and spread across the stands.
• The fallen ones touched by the radiance became crazed and began tearing at their own bodies.

The Slaughter King made the fallen ones in the Hell Slaughter Arena mutilate themselves to death, turning their blood into a sacrifice for opening the Hell Road. Yang Jian watched as the arena fell silent, while the Slaughter King declared that the dead had gained glory by serving as sacrifices.

• The fallen ones in the stands began tearing apart their own bodies under the spreading red light, dying in grotesque ecstasy.
• Yang Jian watched without pity as the Slaughter King’s blood sacrifice spread through the arena.
• Blood from the fallen ones flowed through hidden pipes and gathered around Yang Jian at the arena’s center.
• Yang Jian realized the Slaughter King was killing witnesses while gathering the blood and lives needed to open the Hell Road.
• After the last fallen one died, the Slaughter King regained his composure and called their deaths a glory.

Yang Jian used his spiritual power to identify a blood array in the Hell Slaughter Arena that gathered the life energy of its victims to open a dimensional passage. The Slaughter King sent him into Hell with a crimson pillar of light, and Yang Jian felt the ground disappear beneath him.

• After the slaughter, Yang Jian studied the blood flowing through grooves in the arena floor.
• Yang Jian released his spiritual power and perceived that the blood pattern was an array designed to gather life energy and tear open a passage to another dimension.
• The Slaughter King was shocked by Yang Jian’s spiritual power, which neared a Title Douluo’s level despite his Soul Power Level being below seventy.
• The Slaughter King restrained his unwillingness to attack Yang Jian and told him, “Good luck in Hell!”
• The Slaughter King activated the array, and a crimson pillar engulfed Yang Jian as the ground vanished beneath his feet.