Chapter Summaries

Lin Chuan fought the resentment-bound former Title Douluo and declared he intended to stand above Asura God. In Slaughter City, Tang San battled Xie Yue while the Slaughter King watched and ordered them brought to him when they reached one hundred points.

• Lin Chuan’s Golden Crow Fire and Clear Sky Divine Sword failed to destroy the shadow, so he taunted it for being trapped in the dark side.
• The shadow explained that escape required crushing the god who created the trap, and Lin Chuan said he wanted to stand above Asura God.
• Tang San faced Xie Yue in the Hell Slaughter Arena, where Xie Yue attacked to avenge Yan’s death.
• Tang San used his hidden weapons and techniques to counter Xie Yue’s Moon Blades as the two fought fiercely.
• The Slaughter King watched the fight and ordered his attendant to bring Tang San and Xie Yue to him once they reached one hundred points.

Lin Chuan destroyed the shadow in Slaughter City’s dark side and absorbed its Asura divine power, then returned to the surface. At the Hell Slaughter Arena, Tang San killed Xie Yue, leaving Hu Liena devastated.

• Lin Chuan stripped the shadow of its Asura divine power, destroyed it, and absorbed the scattered power into his sea of consciousness.
• Lin Chuan opened a rift in the mental darkness with the Clear Sky Divine Sword and stepped through to Slaughter City’s surface.
• Tang San deflected Xie Yue’s Moon Blade, closed in, and killed him with a Bone Piercing Nail to the brow.
• Hu Liena watched Tang San leave the arena and broke down in grief over Xie Yue’s death.

Hu Liena vowed to endure until Tang San entered the Hell Road so she could take revenge on him. Outside Slaughter City, Snake Lance Douluo and the others were confronted by Spirit Hall’s guardians and learned that Bibi Dong had arrived.

• After Yan and her brother died, Hu Liena resolved to hide and wait for Tang San to enter the Hell Road before attacking him.
• Outside Slaughter City, Snake Lance Douluo told Sword Douluo Chen Xin, Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling about Spirit Hall’s blockade.
• A Spirit Hall signal revealed that the group had been discovered, and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Gui Mei blocked their path.
• Dugu Yan demanded to enter Slaughter City, while Chen Xin and Dugu Bo prepared to confront the two Spirit Hall guardians.
• Yue Guan warned Snake Lance Douluo that Bibi Dong had arrived in person, leaving the group facing the threat of Spirit Hall’s strongest forces.

Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Gui Mei falsely claimed Bibi Dong was present to deter Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, and Snake Lance Douluo from entering Slaughter City. After a distant blast distracted them, Chen Xin attacked and Snake Lance sent the five girls through the stone door, where Xiao Wu entered first.

• Yue Guan claimed Bibi Dong had arrived, though she was away in the Star Dou Great Forest with Lingyuan Douluo hunting a rare Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Chen Xin challenged Yue Guan, then a pillar of light erupted from the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest and distracted Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
• Chen Xin attacked Yue Guan and ordered Snake Lance Douluo to send the girls through the stone door.
• Snake Lance Douluo ushered Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling toward the door as Dugu Bo blocked Gui Mei with poisonous mist.
• Xiao Wu went through the stone door first.

Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling entered the stone door while Sword Douluo and Dugu Bo held off the Spirit Hall Douluos. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Bibi Dong attacked the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python but was forced to retreat when Di Tian appeared.

• Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling passed through the stone door, which closed behind them.
• Sword Douluo refused Chrysanthemum Douluo's threats, then left with Dugu Bo while Snake Lance Douluo withdrew.
• Bibi Dong killed a Cave Spider Emperor and extracted its arm bone before heading to the Lake of Life.
• Bibi Dong attacked the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, but their coordinated defense prolonged the fight.
• Di Tian appeared and ordered Bibi Dong to leave or die, so she withdrew with Lingyuan Douluo and vowed to return after attaining godhood.

Bibi Dong learned that Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, and She Long had entered the restricted zone, while the Asura God revealed that he had sent five girls into Slaughter City to join Lin Chuan’s trial. Lin Chuan sensed the girls and set out to find them, as they encountered a group of Fallen Ones in the underground passage.

• Bibi Dong struck Chrysanthemum Douluo for failing to stop Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, and She Long, then decided to give Qian Renxue one last chance and avoid provoking the powerful presence in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• In the God Realm, the Asura God told Poseidon that Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling’s fates were tied to Lin Chuan and that their trial could make them his future support.
• Xiao Wu led the five girls through Slaughter City’s underground passage, and Ye Lingling sensed Lin Chuan far below them.
• Lin Chuan sensed Ye Lingling and the others in the dark side of the spiritual realm and rushed toward them to guide them out.
• A group of Fallen Ones surrounded the five girls in the dark crimson passage and eagerly eyed them as newcomers.

Lin Chuan arrived in Slaughter City and rescued Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan by killing the fallen ones attacking them. Meanwhile, the Slaughter King lowered the requirement to challenge Hell Road to fifty victories, qualifying Tang San and Hu Liena and leaving Tang San hoping he could find Big Brother.

• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan fought off waves of fallen ones in Slaughter City.
• Lin Chuan emerged from a spatial rift and killed every fallen one around the five women.
• Tang San finished an arena match with fifty-seven victories, and the Slaughter King's spokesperson announced that fifty wins now qualified trialists to challenge Hell Road.
• Tang San realized he qualified to challenge Hell Road and hoped he could find Big Brother, while Hu Liena learned that her fifty-one victories qualified her as well.
• Lin Chuan reunited with the five women, and Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong wept in his arms as Zhu Zhuqing watched before breaking into tears.

Ye Lingling kissed Lin Chuan after he returned, and he explained that their soul bond had strengthened her spiritual power. Lin Chuan sensed Tang San and led the group to meet him, while Tang San realized his big brother had returned.

• Ye Lingling kissed Lin Chuan in front of the others and admitted that she had missed him.
• Lin Chuan explained that his transformation had strengthened Ye Lingling through their connected souls.
• Xiao Wu asked to fuse souls with Lin Chuan, embarrassing Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling.
• Lin Chuan sensed Tang San and said the group should leave Slaughter City to meet him.
• Tang San felt Lin Chuan's presence and excitedly realized his big brother had returned.

Qian Renxue, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun reacted to the news that five women had entered Slaughter City to find Lin Chuan. The Slaughter King sensed an undisguised spiritual aura in the city and wondered who had arrived.

• Qian Renxue read a report about the five women entering Slaughter City, the elders holding back Chrysanthemum and Ghost, and Bibi Dong withdrawing the blockade, then hoped Lin Chuan would survive.
• Dai Mubai learned Zhu Zhuqing had gone to Slaughter City with the Shrek group, raged over her choosing Lin Chuan, and ordered waiting officials kept outside.
• Ma Hongjun read that Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong had gone to find Lin Chuan, then envied his attention from women while Huo Wu ignored him.
• The Slaughter King sensed an undisguised spiritual aura in Slaughter City and frowned at the newcomer’s disregard for the rules.

The Slaughter King sensed Lin Chuan’s overwhelming spiritual power and considered exploiting him once he reached Hell Road. Meanwhile, Lin Chuan crossed Slaughter City with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing, then reunited with Tang San.

• The Slaughter King felt a powerful spiritual probe and suspected its owner might be connected to Tang Chen and Tang San.
• The Slaughter King decided to wait for Lin Chuan to enter Hell Road before trying to recruit or devour him.
• Lin Chuan walked through Slaughter City, killing fallen ones who blocked his way and frightening the others into retreat.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing followed Lin Chuan through the city, reassured by his strength.
• Tang San recognized Lin Chuan, ran to meet him, and called him Big Brother.
• Lin Chuan smiled at Tang San and told him, “Xiao San, I’m here.”

Lin Chuan reunited with Tang San in Slaughter City, where Tang San explained his progress and the others asked about Lin Chuan's time in Mind's Dark Side. Lin Chuan recounted hunting resentful phantoms and absorbing Asura God's power, leaving the group stunned.

• Tang San embraced Lin Chuan, while Hu Liena watched from the shadows, suppressed her hatred, and disappeared toward the deeper darkness.
• Lin Chuan and Tang San went to Tang San's safehouse, where Tang San revealed he had earned fifty-seven arena wins and could now attempt Hell Road.
• Tang San explained that soul skills were suppressed in the arena and that he relied on physical strength, combat techniques, and hidden weapons.
• At Tang San's request, Lin Chuan described surviving Mind's Dark Side by absorbing Asura God's power from spiritual phantoms and devouring the resentment of a powerful dead warrior.
• Lin Chuan told the group that the Asura God's power had transformed his spiritual power, leaving everyone in the private room speechless.

Lin Chuan explained how surviving the resentful thoughts in his mindscape let him glimpse a realm beyond the Purple Demon Eye, which he called Divine Abyss. The Slaughter King failed to recruit Lin Chuan and Tang San, then secretly poisoned Hell Road with dark red mist as the group prepared to enter.

• Xiao Wu promised Lin Chuan that the others would face danger with him, and Tang San learned that Lin Chuan had touched the Divine Abyss realm beyond the Purple Demon Eye.
• Lin Chuan explained that Divine Abyss let him perceive intent before an attack or decision took shape.
• The Slaughter King offered to name Lin Chuan and Tang San honorary advisors and grant them the title of Slaughter God, but Tang San refused and chose Hell Road.
• After Lin Chuan warned that the Slaughter King might not survive, the Slaughter King secretly poured Rakshasa God medicine into Hell Road.
• Lin Chuan described Hell Road's bat and snake zones, its guardians, and the hidden trial for Divine Slaughter's Domain, then the group reached the crowded entrance.

Lin Chuan led Tang San and five women into Hell Road, where they discovered that the Slaughter King had enhanced the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King with secret medicine. As the beast attacked Lin Chuan with a mental assault, Tang San and the others expected little danger for him.

• Lin Chuan intimidated the guards at Hell Road's entrance and led Tang San and the five women inside.
• The Sea God and Asura God watched the group enter, and the Asura God denied tampering with Hell Road.
• Tang San led the group through the narrow passage and onto a stone bridge above the Yellow Springs toxic water.
• Lin Chuan identified the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and explained that the Slaughter King had used secret medicine to boost its strength beyond that of a Title Douluo.
• Lin Chuan stepped onto the bridge, and the Bat King awoke and attacked him with a powerful mental assault.

Lin Chuan and his companions killed the secret-medicine-enhanced Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King in nineteen seconds on Hell Road. The Slaughter King watched from hiding and began to take Lin Chuan’s warning seriously.

• Lin Chuan evaded and redirected the Bat King’s attacks while Tang San and the five girls struck its wings and heads with concealed weapons, kicks, poison, and healing light.
• Lin Chuan pinned the Bat King’s middle mouth shut, Tang San pierced its left eye, and the others crippled its wings, leaving all three heads restrained.
• Tang San fired six Dragon Whisker Needles into the Bat King’s temples, killing it in nineteen seconds.
• The Sea God and Asura God discussed the seven companions’ combined combat power as the Slaughter King watched them from concealment.
• The Slaughter King recognized Lin Chuan’s eyes and reconsidered his earlier threat as a warning rather than youthful arrogance.

The Slaughter King decided Lin Chuan and Tang San could not be allowed to leave Slaughter City alive, while Tang Hao hurried toward the Clear Sky Sect and Bibi Dong reflected on her stalled cultivation. On Hell Road, Hu Liena found the dead Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and wondered whether Lin Chuan and the others might be badly injured.

• The Slaughter King concluded that Lin Chuan and Tang San had to be killed to protect Slaughter City and Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Tang Hao traveled toward the Clear Sky Sect, relieved that he had given Lin Chuan information about Hell Road and determined to seek the sect's help against Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong absorbed the gains from her hunt, struggled to understand why she could not reach Limit Douluo, and hoped Hu Liena would obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Hu Liena found the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King's corpse and realized Lin Chuan, Tang San, and their companions had defeated it quickly through coordinated attacks.
• Hu Liena admitted that she was far weaker than Lin Chuan and Tang San, then wondered whether they might be seriously injured after facing another monster.

Lin Chuan and his companions faced the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent on the second section of Hell Road, where the serpent’s defenses and Fierce Yang Poison Flame overwhelmed their attacks. Lin Chuan evaded its flames and rushed toward it, leaving the fight poised to intensify.

• Lin Chuan explained that the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s inner core powered its Fierce Yang Poison Flame and was also its weakness.
• Tang San attacked with hidden weapons, but the serpent burned, swallowed, or batted them away.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing struck the serpent, but its scales barely took damage, while Dugu Yan’s poison had no effect.
• The serpent unleashed poisonous flames across the platform, and the group dodged while Lin Chuan narrowly let the flames pass his clothes.
• Lin Chuan charged at the serpent to test his physical strength.

Lin Chuan fought the Ten-Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and let it wound him to make the Slaughter King believe he was vulnerable. He killed the serpent with one strike, leaving his plan to lure the Slaughter King out unresolved.

• Lin Chuan dodged the serpent's toxic flames, crippled one head, and was bitten and thrown against the stone bridge.
• Tang San and the five women moved to protect Lin Chuan, but he rose and told Tang San to step back.
• In the God Realm, the Asura God explained to the Sea God that Lin Chuan had deliberately taken the wound to lure out the Slaughter King, who was watching from the shadows.
• Lin Chuan blinded the serpent with a burst of dark-golden light and cut through all nine remaining heads with the Clear Sky Divine Sword.
• The Ten-Headed Fierce Yang Serpent collapsed and died on the platform.

Lin Chuan baited the Slaughter King into appearing and defeated him with a precise spiritual attack that exploited the flaw between his body and soul. Though his companions urged him to kill the defeated ruler, Lin Chuan ordered Ye Lingling to heal him.

• Lin Chuan let his companions believe his venomous wound had badly weakened him while he waited for the Slaughter King to emerge.
• The Slaughter King threatened Lin Chuan and his companions with death unless they submitted, and they refused to yield.
• Lin Chuan stopped Tang San from confronting the Slaughter King and pierced the ruler's spiritual world with a powerful mental strike.
• The Slaughter King lost control of his body and fell to his knees before Lin Chuan as Tang San and the others watched in shock.
• After Tang San and Xiao Wu urged him to kill the Slaughter King, Lin Chuan told Ye Lingling to heal him.

Lin Chuan had Ye Lingling heal the Slaughter King, then left with Tang San and the others while Hu Liena watched from hiding. Meanwhile, Tang Hao returned to the Clear Sky Sect and knelt before its elders, asking them to help rescue Tang San and Lin Chuan from Slaughter City; the First Elder refused to forgive him.

• Lin Chuan ordered Ye Lingling to heal the unconscious Slaughter King, whose spiritual world remained badly damaged.
• Tang San asked Lin Chuan why he had saved the Slaughter King, and Lin Chuan led the group away as Hu Liena trembled in hiding.
• Tang Hao climbed to the Clear Sky Sect and entered its main hall, where First Elder Tang Lie and the other six elders confronted him.
• Tang Hao told the elders that Tang San and Lin Chuan were in Slaughter City and described Tang San’s talent and Lin Chuan’s strength.
• Tang Hao knelt and offered to return all the Spirit Bones in his body after the rescue, but Tang Lie said even Ancestor Tang Chen would not forgive him.

Tang Hao knelt before Tang Xiao and asked Clear Sky Sect to support Tang San, but all seven elders opposed helping him. Tang Xiao was unable to overrule them and left Tang Hao waiting at the sect’s mountain gate.

• Tang Hao admitted his past wrongs to Tang Xiao and asked him to consider helping Tang San.
• Tang Xiao consulted the seven elders, who unanimously rejected supporting Tang Hao and threatened to remove Tang Xiao if he went against their vote.
• Tang Xiao questioned whether driving Tang Hao away again would help the sect, but the elders insisted he should bear the consequences of his choices.
• Tang Xiao left the hall without resolving the dispute, while Tang Hao waited at the mountain gate and reflected that Spirit Hall had targeted Clear Sky Sect regardless of his departure.
• Tang Xiao came up behind Tang Hao and called, "Hao."