Hell Road

Slaughter City, Hell Road.

When Qian Xunji, clad in the Emperor Armor, stepped into this place, he felt a stifling heat that made him somewhat uncomfortable.

Unlike Tang San and Hu Liena, who possessed low cultivation levels in the original story, he could fly.

The various chaotic terrain obstacles within Hell Road were as good as non-existent to him.

Compared to Tang San and Hu Liena, who entered a life-or-death mode the moment they stepped onto Hell Road, Qian Xunji strolled through as if he were taking a walk.

Below him surged the boiling Yellow Spring Blood River, its waters formed from the convergence of the soul power and blood of thousands of years of failures. It contained highly toxic and violent baleful qi; the steaming heat scorched the flesh, and soul power would dissipate upon mere proximity.

Of course, this was only for the average soul master.

For Qian Xunji, a Limit Doulu powerhouse who had undergone ice-and-fire body tempering and possessed an indestructible diamond-like physique, this was nothing at all.

It was merely hot, red water that reeked of blood; it was not worth worrying about.

Instead, Qian Xunji was quite interested in what lay beneath the Yellow Spring Blood River.

A distance of a thousand meters up and down—a king descending from the heavens in freefall took only 14 seconds.

He activated the storage function of his system space to extract the Bloody Mary from the Yellow Spring Blood River.

Qian Xunji was curious: if he fed Bloody Mary to normal soul beasts, could he force their growth and increase their cultivation years?

If it were possible, mass-producing hundred-thousand-year soul beasts would no longer be a dream.

If not, it would highly likely allow soul beasts that consumed Bloody Mary to evolve into evil soul beasts.

Regardless of which result occurred, either would allow him to make a fortune.

When all the Bloody Mary in the Yellow Spring Blood River had been drained, Qian Xunji used his ninth soul skill, Spirit Detection, scanning back and forth, yet he could not find any useful information.

Other than a transformation array, there was nothing here.

This array was still useful, so he could not dismantle it and take it away.

He left the Yellow Spring Abyss Zone and arrived at the Magma Rift Zone.

Noticing the choking sulfurous toxic smoke, Qian Xunji immediately took out a gas mask and put it on.

He then passed through quickly, entered the Toxic Miasma Swamp, and departed that area just as swiftly.

He arrived at the Bat Nest Death Pass.

When Tang San and Hu Liena came to this place, they were attacked by Bloodthirsty Bats and the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King.

Yet when Qian Xunji arrived, the bats trembled in fear, not daring to emerge.

Facing a Limit Doulu powerhouse, they naturally acted timidly; staying hidden was essential for survival.

The last Limit Doulu who came here carrying a hammer had also not seen the bats dare to come out and court disaster.

Qian Xunji merely used his ninth soul skill, Spirit Detection, to survey the area, and finding nothing unusual, he left the place and continued forward.

Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King: Ah, it's good that he's gone.

Blood Wing Nine-Headed Bat King: I'm still alive, how wonderful.

Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Snake: It's over, he's coming for my inner core.

Tang San and Hu Liena were only at the Soul King level, yet they could coordinate to kill the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Snake.

Facing Qian Xunji, a Limit Doulu, it had absolutely no ability to resist.

It could neither win in a fight nor escape, and it wasn't even given the chance to self-destruct.

The corpse? Recycled.

The inner core? Swallowed in one gulp!

That was Qian Xunji's attitude toward the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Snake.

"Doesn't taste good," he said with a look of disgust after swallowing the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Snake's inner core.

If he had known it would be this bitter and unpleasant, he would have coated it in natural honey before eating it.

He took a cup of chilled Coconut Palm Brand Coconut Juice to rinse his mouth and wash away the bitter taste.

Soul Pressure Field.

The closer one got to the exit, the stronger the soul pressure left behind by the Asura God became; it could directly crush those with weak wills, plunging trial-takers into endless illusions of fear.

But Qian Xunji possessed Divine Origin Realm spiritual power, as well as a 990,000-year Tianmeng Ice Silkworm head soul bone.

To Tang San and Hu Liena, this was a life-or-death crisis.

But to Qian Xunji, it was nothing more than a light breeze brushing against his face.

Furthermore, Qian Xunji had cultivated the "Ice Heart Technique" given by System Mother, which allowed him to maintain absolute rationality and remain immune to the erosion of negative external emotions.

The exit of Hell Road was exceptionally distinct, with white light condensing into an oval-shaped curtain of light.

The small lake formed by the convergence of countless blood plasma was, of course, recycled for reuse.

Before leaving Hell Road, the thick, intense killing intent surrounding Qian Xunji's body seemed to be drawn by a special force.

He knew this was the process of his own killing intent transforming into the God of Slaughter Domain.

The moment Qian Xunji stepped into the white curtain of light, he felt as if his body had entered a peculiar world.

Surrounding him was a world of snowy void.

In this vast, white expanse, he could not muster a shred of strength throughout his entire body.

The only sensation left was coldness.

Qian Xunji did not resist, nor did he feel fear; he simply waited quietly.

Waiting to awaken.

He did not know how much time had passed when Qian Xunji, lying on a bed of Blue Silver Grass, finally regained consciousness and noticed a new white pattern etched onto the golden blade of the Emperor Armor.

He knew this was the God of Slaughter Domain.

Obtaining the God of Slaughter Domain was the entry ticket to inheriting the Asura God Position.

"Before entering Slaughter City again, I must prepare more blood resources," Qian Xunji murmured, his eyes cast downward in thought.

Inside Slaughter City, he had hunted down and killed every last person, whether they were fallen soul masters with soul power or fallen ones without.

As it stood, if no new fallen ones entered, Slaughter City was nothing more than an uninhabited underground metropolis.

Qian Xunji did not know if Bloody Mary could be used to directly open the Hell Road, but it was better to be over-prepared than to keep coming and going from Slaughter City.

Besides, hunting a few low-year soul beasts would not take much time.

God Realm, Asura God Temple.

Dark red mist shrouded the towering divine throne, upon which the first-generation Asura God sat in silence.

Patterns flowed across his blood-colored divine armor, his long hair draped over his shoulders, and a pair of scarlet slit pupils looked down upon the world with indifference.

The killing intent surrounding him condensed into substance, silent and frigid.

His slender hand rested lightly on the hilt of the Asura Demon Sword. He did not speak a word, yet he possessed the supreme majesty of one who held the power of slaughter and judged the myriad worlds.

"Oh, someone has actually obtained the God of Slaughter Domain again," the Asura God remarked with a hint of surprise.

In less than ten years in the mortal realm, two mortals at the Limit Douluo level had passed the trials of Slaughter City, cleared the Hell Road, and obtained the God of Slaughter Domain.

For the Asura God, this was a joyous occasion.

These two human powerhouses who had obtained the God of Slaughter Domain were his hope for retiring early and leaving the God Realm.

The Asura God began to pay attention to Qian Xunji, reviewing his performance within Slaughter City.

Seeing Qian Xunji face the fallen ones and, without a word, raise his sword to slaughter them all, he felt a flicker of displeasure.

Someone who was overly bloodthirsty was not suited to inherit the Asura God Position and become an enforcer of the God Realm.

But when he saw the scene where Qian Xunji faced the olive branch extended by the Rakshasa God and rejected it without hesitation, his opinion shifted significantly, and he held Qian Xunji in higher regard.

To be able to resist the temptation of a god position and refuse the Rakshasa God Trial—his courage was commendable.

The Asura God began to compare the two current possessors of the God of Slaughter Domain on Douluo Continent.

Tang Chen and Qian Xunji both possessed the cultivation of Limit Douluo.

Qian Xunji possessed a million-year soul ring, but Tang Chen also possessed a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

Tang Chen possessed a full set of soul bones, meaning he had his divine equipment, whereas Qian Xunji only had one head soul bone.

After a full round of comparisons, the Asura God appreciated Tang Chen more, who had created the Ring Detonation and the Clear Sky Ultimate Technique.

Although Tang Chen was older, he was a first-generation pioneer with rich experience in founding and management.

Such a person, upon inheriting his god position, would quickly be able to handle the duties of a God Realm enforcer.

In contrast, Qian Xunji was a second-generation heir who had almost no experience managing subordinates and disliked administrative work.

He dared not entrust the position of God Realm enforcer to someone like that.