Chapter Summaries

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing entered the Hell Slaughter Arena and each swiftly killed all nine opponents in their first matches. Afterward, they agreed to compete to see who could earn one hundred consecutive wins first, with the loser owing the winner one condition.

• Lin Ye registered as No. 8421, and Zhu Zhuqing registered as No. 8422 before Lin Ye entered the arena first.
• Lin Ye killed all nine opponents in ten seconds, shocking the crowd and establishing his reputation as a monster.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her Netherworld Spirit Cat Martial Soul to kill all nine opponents even faster, without getting blood on herself.
• Zhu Zhuqing challenged Lin Ye to a race to one hundred consecutive wins, with the loser agreeing to one condition from the winner.
• Lin Ye accepted Zhu Zhuqing's challenge, and they sealed their agreement with a hand slap.

After four months of fighting in the Hell Slaughter Arena, Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing had become notorious for their long winning streaks and grown stronger. More than a hundred arena fighters ambushed them in an alley, and as the exhausted pair faced the last attackers, Lin Ye activated Devour.

• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing reached fifty-eight and fifty-four consecutive victories, respectively, while their Soul Power and killing intent grew.
• A one-eyed man led more than a hundred fighters in an ambush, arguing that the pair would eventually kill them in the arena.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing fought back-to-back and killed dozens of attackers, but the prolonged battle left them exhausted and Lin Ye wounded.
• Lin Ye ordered Zhu Zhuqing to retreat behind him, then activated Devour against the remaining attackers.

Lin Ye devoured the attackers in Slaughter City with his black hole, recovered his strength, and broke through to Soul Power Level forty-seven. After catching the exhausted Zhu Zhuqing, he insisted that she move in with him for safety, leaving her flustered and protesting.

• Lin Ye used his Devouring Black Hole to suck in the desperadoes, including the one-eyed man, then absorbed their energy.
• The energy restored Lin Ye and shattered his Soul Power bottleneck, raising him to level forty-seven.
• Zhu Zhuqing nearly collapsed, and Lin Ye caught her and carried her in his arms.
• Seeing the danger of living separately in Slaughter City, Lin Ye told Zhu Zhuqing to move in with him.
• Zhu Zhuqing protested that she feared Lin Ye might secretly do something to her.

After Zhu Zhuqing survived a bloody battle, Lin Ye teased her into admitting she wanted to stay with him rather than return to her lonely room. At his residence, she discovered there was only one bed and objected to sharing it, but panicked again when he offered to take her home.

• Lin Ye pretended to accept Zhu Zhuqing's refusal and started carrying her back to her room, prompting her to beg to go to his instead.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to stay at Lin Ye's residence while insisting she only needed time to recover and that he must not bully her.
• Lin Ye carried Zhu Zhuqing into his secluded courtyard and placed her on the room's only bed.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized there was only one bed and became nervous when Lin Ye said he would sleep there too.
• Lin Ye offered to take Zhu Zhuqing back after she accused him of being a pervert, and she protested that she was not unwilling to stay.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing agreed not to cross a line drawn down the bed, but Zhu Zhuqing crossed it in her sleep and woke in Lin Ye’s arms. The chapter ended as she realized where she was, while Lin Ye pretended to still be asleep.

• Zhu Zhuqing drew a boundary across the bed and promised Lin Ye that he could do whatever he wanted if she crossed it.
• Lin Ye took off his shirt, teased Zhu Zhuqing, and then went to sleep on his side of the boundary.
• The next morning, Lin Ye woke to find Zhu Zhuqing wrapped around him and pretended to be asleep when she stirred.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke, saw Lin Ye’s face, and realized she was in his arms.

Zhu Zhuqing woke up tangled with Lin Ye and accidentally touched him while trying to get away, prompting him to pin her down and tease her. The encounter ended with her threatening to complain to His Holiness the Pope and have him train Lin Ye mercilessly.

• Zhu Zhuqing woke up clinging to Lin Ye and accidentally placed her hand somewhere intimate as she tried to leave.
• Lin Ye woke up, accused Zhu Zhuqing of taking advantage of him, and pulled her back onto the bed.
• Lin Ye pinned Zhu Zhuqing down and called her a Big Pervert Cat for crossing the line and touching him.
• Zhu Zhuqing closed her eyes as Lin Ye leaned toward her, but he stopped short and laughed at her for expecting a kiss.
• Zhu Zhuqing threatened to complain to His Holiness the Pope and have him train Lin Ye until he cried.

After eight months of fighting, Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing each achieved one hundred consecutive victories and challenged Hell Road. The Slaughter King opened the road by sacrificing everyone in the arena stands, and the fighting platform began to crack beneath them.

• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing continued sharing a bed in Slaughter City, while Zhu Zhuqing insisted their earlier bet did not count.
• Four months later, Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing reached one hundred consecutive victories, with their Soul Power at levels forty-eight and forty-five.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing stood together in the Hell Slaughter Arena and agreed to challenge Hell Road.
• The Slaughter King appeared and announced that opening Hell Road required a price.
• The Slaughter King used his Soul Power to kill several hundred spectators and draw their blood into a pillar of light.
• The fighting platform shook violently, and enormous cracks opened beneath Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing crossed Hell Road and fought through a swarm of Blood-colored Bats before facing the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King. They devised a plan to attack all three of its heads at once, but the bat king opened the fight with a powerful energy beam that tore through the narrow path.

• Lin Ye tied himself and Zhu Zhuqing together with a rope before leading her onto Hell Road’s narrow path.
• After they had traveled about five hundred meters, thousands of Blood-colored Bats swarmed them, and Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing fought them back-to-back.
• The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King rose from below, and Lin Ye explained that it could only be killed by destroying all three heads simultaneously.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing planned to use her Blood Mist Vanishing Trail and his Mental Shock to strike the bat king’s three heads together.
• The bat king fired a massive dark golden energy beam, and Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing dodged as it blasted a gap through the path.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing destroyed all three heads of the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and continued down Hell Road. As they reached a sea of crimson magma, a massive head began emerging from an erupting pillar.

• Zhu Zhuqing spread blood mist to blind the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and weaken its senses.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing attacked together, destroying the bat king’s three heads and killing it.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing continued down Hell Road as the heat intensified, and Lin Ye gave Zhu Zhuqing water.
• They discovered a churning magma sea beneath the narrow path, and a huge head emerged from an erupting pillar of magma.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing defeated the Ten-Headed Solar Serpent in Hell Road, and Lin Ye devoured its Inner Core and body to break through to level 50. They reached the exit of Hell Road, where Lin Ye held out his hand to Zhu Zhuqing.

• The Ten-Headed Solar Serpent attacked Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing, and they worked together to destroy eight of its fleshy tumors.
• The Ten-Headed Solar Serpent began charging its cracked Inner Core to self-destruct, so Lin Ye told Zhu Zhuqing to get behind him.
• Lin Ye activated his Black Hole and devoured the Inner Core, stopping the explosion, then sucked in the serpent's body.
• The serpent's energy pushed Lin Ye's Soul Power to level 50, making him a Soul King.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing saw the white light marking the exit of Hell Road, and Lin Ye held out his hand to her.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing escaped Hell Road and discovered that Lin Ye’s first four Soul Rings had all advanced to the Ten-Thousand-Year level, while he had also gained the God of Slaughter Domain. They hurried toward Spirit Hall so Lin Ye could report to his teacher and arrange his fifth Soul Ring.

• Lin Ye carried the exhausted Zhu Zhuqing across the white light at the end of Hell Road, and they awoke together in a mountain forest.
• Lin Ye confirmed that his Martial Soul, Soul Rings, and soul skills had returned after escaping the trial.
• Zhu Zhuqing noticed that all four of Lin Ye’s Soul Rings were black, and Lin Ye realized each had reached the Ten-Thousand-Year level.
• Lin Ye tested his newly acquired God of Slaughter Domain and sensed that his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Martial Soul had given it an added dominance.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing set off at full speed toward Spirit Hall so he could report back and arrange his fifth Soul Ring.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Spirit Hall after eight months in Slaughter City, stunning Bibi Dong with their rapid growth. Bibi Dong praised Lin Ye for reaching level 50 and passing Hell Road, then made Zhu Zhuqing her personal disciple and arranged for her to live near Lin Ye.

• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at the Papal Palace, where the guards recognized Lin Ye and let them pass.
• Bibi Dong was shocked to see them return after only eight months and sensed their refined killing intent.
• Lin Ye told Bibi Dong that he had passed Hell Road, gained the God of Slaughter Domain, and reached level 50.
• Bibi Dong praised Lin Ye and recognized Zhu Zhuqing’s progress to level 45.
• Bibi Dong made Zhu Zhuqing her personal disciple and told her to move into the empty room beside Lin Ye’s dormitory.

After returning from Slaughter City, Zhu Zhuqing was accepted as Bibi Dong’s personal disciple and assigned a residence beside Lin Ye’s. On their way home, Yan challenged Lin Ye, hoping to avenge his earlier defeat, but Lin Ye dismissed him; Yan then seized on the students’ speculation that Lin Ye might be afraid.

• Bibi Dong accepted Zhu Zhuqing as her personal disciple and arranged for her to live next to Lin Ye.
• Bibi Dong told Lin Ye that Yue Guan would take him to hunt for his fifth Soul Ring the next day, and Lin Ye said he wanted a fifty-thousand-year ring with a wide-range attack skill.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing walked toward their new home together, and Lin Ye teased her while she settled into the idea of being his neighbor.
• Yan appeared on their path and challenged Lin Ye, who refused and tried to walk around him with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Yan blocked Lin Ye again and revealed that he had trained for eight months and reached Rank 52, while nearby students wondered whether Lin Ye was afraid to fight.
• Hearing the students’ speculation, Yan came up with an idea.

Yan challenged Lin Ye to a rematch and wagered that the loser would kneel in Martial Soul Academy's Soul Fighting Arena for a day. Lin Ye accepted, and after Yan revealed his level-fifty-two Soul King strength, Lin Ye calmly announced that he was a level-fifty Soul King.

• Yan accused Lin Ye of arrogance and demanded a fair rematch, drawing the surrounding students' sympathy.
• Lin Ye agreed to fight Yan, and Yan raised the stakes: the loser would kneel in the Soul Fighting Arena for an entire day.
• Zhu Zhuqing tried to dissuade Lin Ye, but he reassured her and followed Yan to the arena as news of the duel drew a large crowd.
• Yan released his Flame Lord Martial Soul and displayed five Soul Rings, announcing that he was a level-fifty-two assault-type Battle Soul King.
• Lin Ye remained calm without releasing his Martial Soul and announced that he was a level-fifty, four-ring Battle Soul King.

Lin Ye revealed that he was a level 50 Soul King and displayed four Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, leaving Yan and the Martial Soul Academy students stunned. Yan attacked in desperation, but Lin Ye activated Evil God Guard as the assault reached him.

• Lin Ye announced that he had reached level 50, and Yan accused him of bluffing and demanded that he show his Soul Rings.
• Lin Ye summoned his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and revealed four black Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, shocking the spectators and breaking Yan’s confidence.
• Yan, humiliated and afraid of losing face, roared that he would cripple Lin Ye and unleashed his first three spirit skills.
• Lin Ye remained calm as Yan’s magma, boulders, and flames rushed toward him, then activated his second spirit skill, Evil God Guard.

Lin Ye effortlessly withstood Yan’s attacks, including his Ten-Thousand-Year fifth soul skill, then defeated him with a single punch after activating Dark Demon Evil God Transformation. Yan admitted defeat, and Lin Ye ordered him to fulfill his promise by kneeling in the center of the Soul Fighting Arena.

• Lin Ye mocked Yan after his initial attacks failed to break Evil God Guard.
• Yan unleashed his fifth soul skill, Flying Sand Frenzied Flame, but Lin Ye’s barrier withstood it without harming him.
• After Yan called him a coward, Lin Ye activated Dark Demon Evil God Transformation and struck him from behind.
• Lin Ye’s punch sent Yan crashing into the arena wall and knocked him unconscious.
• Lin Ye woke Yan with a kick, and Yan admitted defeat; Lin Ye told him to kneel in the arena.

Lin Ye forced Yan to kneel in public for twenty-four hours, then left with Chrysanthemum Douluo to hunt his fifth Soul Ring. As the carriage headed toward Sunset Forest, Chrysanthemum Douluo asked what kind and age of Soul Beast Lin Ye wanted.

• Lin Ye threatened to break Yan's legs unless he knelt, and Yan finally knelt in the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Lin Ye took Zhu Zhuqing back to the dormitories, teased her about worrying for him, and told her he would leave the next morning to hunt his fifth Soul Ring.
• Lin Ye left Spirit City in a carriage with Chrysanthemum Douluo, who praised his return from Slaughter City and his rapid progress.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo asked Lin Ye what type and age of Soul Beast he wanted for his fifth Soul Ring, noting that Bibi Dong had ordered him to find the best one.

Lin Ye and Chrysanthemum Douluo traveled to Sunset Forest to find Lin Ye a fifth spirit ring at least fifty thousand years old, preferably one suited to a large-scale attack. They found a seemingly ideal Netherworld Thunderstorm Tiger, but Lin Ye noticed something wrong with its abdomen just as it prepared to attack.

• Lin Ye asked Chrysanthemum Douluo to find him a spirit beast of at least fifty thousand years with a powerful battlefield-wide attack skill, and Chrysanthemum Douluo agreed.
• Lin Ye and Chrysanthemum Douluo reached Sunset Forest and traveled into its depths, where Chrysanthemum Douluo killed a Thousand-Year Pangolin with a chrysanthemum petal.
• Lin Ye's Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Martial Soul stirred in response to a powerful tiger's roar, so he and Chrysanthemum Douluo went to investigate.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo identified a fifty-thousand-year Netherworld Thunderstorm Tiger with evil and lightning attributes, and Lin Ye grew excited at the prospect of absorbing its ring.
• As the Netherworld Thunderstorm Tiger prepared to attack, Lin Ye noticed something wrong with its abdomen and told Chrysanthemum Douluo to look.

Chrysanthemum Douluo demonstrated his Ninth Soul Skill by devastating an injured Netherworld Thunderstorm Tiger, then ordered Lin Ye to kill it and absorb its Soul Ring. Just as Lin Ye was about to land the finishing blow, someone called out from the forest and told him to stop.

• Lin Ye and Chrysanthemum Douluo discovered that the Netherworld Thunderstorm Tiger had deep wounds from another Soul Power user, but the enraged beast attacked them anyway.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo repelled the tiger’s lightning attack, revealed his nine Soul Rings, and trapped the beast with his Third Soul Skill, Aura Barrier.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, Chrysanthemum Remnant, Wounds Covering the Ground, Flowers Falling as Hearts Break, leaving the tiger barely alive.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Lin Ye to finish off the tiger and absorb its Soul Ring, and Lin Ye gathered evil energy into his fist.
• An urgent voice from the distant forest called for Lin Ye to stop just as he was about to strike the tiger’s head.

Meng Shenji arrived just in time to stop Lin Ye from killing the Netherworld Thunderstorm Tiger, then recognized him and learned that he had become Spirit Hall’s Holy Son. The chapter ended with Lin Ye asking why Meng Shenji had claimed the Soul Beast belonged to him.

• Lin Ye stopped his punch just before it struck the Netherworld Thunderstorm Tiger when someone shouted for him to stop.
• Meng Shenji and a burly man arrived, saw the wounded tiger, and Meng Shenji respectfully greeted Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Meng Shenji recognized Lin Ye and was shocked to learn he was the Pope’s disciple and Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.
• Meng Shenji lamented that Heaven Dou Royal Academy had lost Lin Ye and believed Spirit Hall would win the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Lin Ye asked Meng Shenji why he had said the Netherworld Thunderstorm Tiger was theirs.