Chapter Summaries

Dugu Chen subdued the Titan Ant Emperor’s Soul Ring energy and used Old Jin’s power to raise three Soul Rings to one hundred thousand years. Meanwhile, Gu Yuena told Di Tian to treat Dugu Chen as an ally, and Dugu Chen completed his absorption with a newly strengthened Soul Ring configuration.

• Dugu Chen repeatedly clashed his soul power and dragon bloodline against the Titan Ant Emperor energy until he suppressed its violent impact.
• Dugu Chen called on Old Jin to release his energy source and raise the three ten-thousand-year Soul Rings to one hundred thousand years.
• Di Tian reported Dugu Chen’s Dragon King essence blood to Gu Yuena, who directed him to win Dugu Chen over as a Dragon Clan ally rather than make him an enemy.
• Di Tian proposed sending Bi Ji and Zi Ji to approach Dugu Chen and protect the Dragon King remains, and Gu Yuena left the decision to him.
• Dugu Chen finished absorbing the three Soul Rings, bringing his total to twelve, and revealed the Dark Saint Dragon’s configuration of one black and three red Soul Rings.

Dugu Chen absorbed three Titan Ant Emperors and broke through to Title Douluo before age twenty. After Di Tian arrived with Bi Ji and Zi Ji, Dugu Chen led them and his companions to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to settle their business there.

• Dugu Chen completed his breakthrough, displaying one black and three red Soul Rings and reaching Title Douluo.
• Ah Yin, Dugu Bo, Snow Emperor, and Ice Empress congratulated Dugu Chen, who thanked the Ice and Snow Emperors for helping him face Di Tian.
• Di Tian arrived with Bi Ji and Zi Ji, learned that Dugu Chen had become a Title Douluo, and said they would travel together.
• Dugu Chen led Ah Yin, the Ice and Snow Emperors, Di Tian, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Ah Yin refused to leave his side.

Di Tian awakened the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they briefly regained their power and memories. Their words left Dugu Chen questioning how he had awakened Light and Darkness, and he concluded that his Martial Soul’s origins traced back to the Light Dragon King and Dark Dragon King.

• Dugu Chen led Di Tian and the others to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Di Tian sensed the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings beneath its waters.
• Di Tian called for Uncle Bing and Aunt Huo, and their Dragon Souls emerged from the springs in a surge of ice and fire.
• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings asked what year it was and gradually recognized Di Tian as the little brat of Light and Darkness.
• The Ice Dragon King noticed Dugu Chen’s awakened Light and Darkness powers, and the Fire Dragon King explained that their essence blood alone could not have awakened them.
• Dugu Chen questioned whether he possessed a King's Bloodline, then realized his Martial Soul’s source was the Light Dragon King and Dark Dragon King.

Dugu Chen learned that his bloodline likely came from the light and darkness lineage, then received Bi Ji and Zi Ji as allies tasked with helping him fulfill the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ final wishes. He told Ah Yin he intended to pursue godhood and asked her to join him, while Bi Ji and Zi Ji later witnessed an intimate scene that left them flustered.

• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings confirmed that Dugu Chen’s bloodline likely originated from the light and darkness lineage, and he reaffirmed his agreement with the Fire Dragon King.
• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings vanished, and Di Tian ordered Bi Ji and Zi Ji to stay with Dugu Chen and help him fulfill their final wishes.
• Di Tian departed after asking Dugu Chen to let him witness the day those wishes were fulfilled.
• Dugu Chen welcomed Bi Ji and Zi Ji, who began cultivating near the Immortal Herbs while the Ice and Snow Emperors continued their training.
• Dugu Chen told Ah Yin he wanted to become a god and asked her to join him; Ah Yin agreed.
• Bi Ji and Zi Ji opened their eyes after hearing Dugu Chen and Ah Yin, then turned toward the Ice and Snow Emperors and blushed at what they saw.

Dugu Chen was drawn into an illusory realm, where the Evil God offered him power and then imposed its mark on him despite his refusal. He woke beside Ah Yin, discovered the purple-black sword mark between his brows, and realized the Evil God had forcibly chosen him.

• Dugu Chen found himself in a dark realm before a colossal armored figure and recognized it as the Evil God.
• The Evil God offered Dugu Chen limitless power, but Dugu Chen refused, fearing the power’s evil nature and backlash.
• The Evil God declared that Dugu Chen had no right to refuse and sent his consciousness back into unconsciousness.
• Dugu Chen woke and worried that the Evil God’s attention would disrupt his plans to pursue the Asura and Sea God inheritances.
• Ah Yin spotted a purple-black sword mark on Dugu Chen’s forehead, and he confirmed it was a divine power mark.
• Dugu Chen took out the Evil God Bead and blamed it for attracting the Evil God’s power.

Dugu Chen realized the Evil God could amplify fear and doubt, then sought Snow Emperor’s help to learn more about the god’s power. He found the Ice Empress and Snow Emperor together in the spring, where a teasing remark provoked Ice Empress into biting him.

• Dugu Chen concealed the Evil God’s mark from Ah Yin and realized that the god could magnify negative emotions and desires.
• Dugu Chen decided he needed more information before the Evil God returned and chose to trust Snow Emperor rather than Bi Ji and Zi Ji.
• Dugu Chen quietly entered the Extreme Yin Cold Spring and unexpectedly saw the Ice Empress and Snow Emperor bathing together.
• The Ice Empress angrily confronted Dugu Chen, and he teased her about waiting until nighttime.
• The Ice Empress bit Dugu Chen’s neck until Snow Emperor pulled her away, leaving shallow marks on him.

Dugu Chen revealed that the Evil God had marked him and asked Snow Emperor whether he should accept the god’s inheritance. He decided to prepare for the dangers ahead, while Ice Empress offered to help him and he demonstrated that he could borrow the Evil God’s power.

• Dugu Chen sealed the Extreme Yin Cold Spring inside his Radiant Dragon Domain and asked Ice Empress and Snow Emperor to keep his secret.
• Dugu Chen revealed the purple-black Evil God's Mark on his forehead, and Snow Emperor recognized it as proof that he had received the Evil God's summons.
• Dugu Chen asked Snow Emperor whether to accept the Evil God's inheritance, and she explained the power's attributes and urged him to consider the opportunity carefully.
• Dugu Chen decided to strengthen himself and prepare for future calamities, while Ice Empress promised that she and Snow Emperor would help him complete his Divine Trial.
• Dugu Chen teased Ice Empress about forgetting his friends, then demonstrated that the mark let him temporarily borrow the Evil God's Power.

Dugu Chen freed Skydream Iceworm from the Snow Emperor and Ice Empress’s ice prison, then faced the Evil God again and received the first of the Evil God’s Nine Trials. The trial required him to kill one thousand Fallen Ones, so he decided to go to the City of Slaughter.

• Dugu Chen learned that the Snow Emperor and Ice Empress had frozen Skydream Iceworm after he tried to sneak up on them.
• Dugu Chen freed Skydream Iceworm, scolded him for his reckless attempt to approach Bingbing, and knocked him unconscious before returning him to the Ruyi Treasure Pouch.
• Dugu Chen entered the Evil God’s Space in his sleep and accepted the Evil God’s power without fear.
• The Evil God began his inheritance and assigned Dugu Chen the first trial: kill one thousand Fallen Ones, with obliteration as the penalty for failure.
• Dugu Chen decided that he had to go to the City of Slaughter.

Dugu Chen learned that the Evil God's First Trial required him to kill one thousand Fallen Ones and went to a town hiding the entrance to the City of Slaughter. After killing the tavern’s Fallen Ones, he uncovered a passage and descended into the darkness below.

• Dugu Chen told Ice Empress and Snow Emperor about the trial to kill one thousand Fallen Ones, and Snow Emperor advised him to find a place full of them.
• Dugu Chen arrived at a small town and ordered a Bloody Mary at a tavern, then demanded that the waiter take him to the City of Slaughter’s entrance.
• Dugu Chen killed the waiter and a burly man, causing his trial count to rise, while the tavern’s occupants attacked him.
• Dugu Chen unleashed the power of light and killed the twenty-four Fallen Ones in the tavern.
• Dugu Chen smashed through the tavern floor and entered the passage leading down into the City of Slaughter.

Dugu Chen entered the City of Slaughter, where its rules suppressed Soul Ring skills but allowed him to use his Soul Bone. After he defeated the black-armored knight, a veiled Slaughter Envoy welcomed him and led him into the city.

• Dugu Chen emerged from a spiral tunnel into the City of Slaughter beneath a low purple moon and discovered his Soul Ring skills were suppressed.
• Dugu Chen used Golden Radiance from his Golden Earth Dragon King Left Leg Bone and approached the city gates.
• Cui Kete confronted Dugu Chen and charged with a hundred black-armored guards behind him; Dugu Chen shattered Cui Kete's right arm and sent him flying.
• A black-veiled Slaughter Envoy intervened to save Cui Kete, welcomed Dugu Chen, and had him given an identity token numbered 9527.
• Dugu Chen accepted the token and followed the Slaughter Envoy into the City of Slaughter.

Dugu Chen learned how the City of Slaughter operated and discovered that winning one hundred matches in the Hell Slaughter Arena and clearing the Hell Road were the only ways to leave. He chose to enter the Inner City immediately, where newcomer protection would apply only while he stayed close to his guide.

• Dugu Chen walked through the Outer City with the woman in the black dress, who explained that it was protected from killing while the Inner City had no rules.
• The woman in black told Dugu Chen that soul skills could not be used in the City of Slaughter and that the Slaughter King ruled over it.
• Dugu Chen asked how to leave, and the woman explained that he would need one hundred victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena and then clear the Hell Road.
• The woman described the arena's ten-person survival matches and its annual participation requirement, while Dugu Chen considered how difficult it could be to find opponents.
• Dugu Chen asked to be taken straight to the Inner City, and the woman warned that newcomer protection only worked while he stayed within five steps of her and did not provoke anyone first.

Dugu Chen entered the Inner City of the City of Slaughter and headed for the Slaughter Arena, where he learned that only one fighter in each group of ten could survive. He watched the arena’s bloody contest as his journey of slaughter began.

• The woman in black gauze warned Dugu Chen to stay within five meters of her in the Inner City, where newcomers were protected from attack.
• Dugu Chen crossed the chaotic Inner City, using Light Soul Power to shield himself from a mysterious force that stirred people’s desires.
• Dugu Chen saw the Slaughter God Temple above the Slaughter Arena and learned that the King of Slaughter resided there in a forbidden zone.
• The woman in black gauze explained that ten people fought in each arena group and only the last survivor could leave alive.
• Dugu Chen followed her into the Slaughter Arena, took a cup of Bloody Mary, and watched the fighters slaughter one another.

Dugu Chen entered the Slaughter Arena to investigate its connection to the temple and annihilated every opponent with his Lightfire. His Dragon Heart began to awaken under the City of Slaughter’s influence, while the King of Slaughter noticed Dugu Chen and grew hostile toward him.

• Dugu Chen realized the Slaughter Arena’s blood-draining formation was connected to the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and entered the competition.
• The other nine combatants targeted Dugu Chen, but he transformed into his golden Dragon Body and killed them all with Lightfire.
• Dugu Chen feared that the City of Slaughter’s evil aura would awaken his Dragon Heart completely and destroy his reason.
• Dugu Chen fought in six trials in one day and used Lightfire to annihilate every opponent, evaporating some before their blood could reach the formation.
• The King of Slaughter sensed that Dugu Chen’s Lightfire had disrupted the Arena’s blood supply and fixed his hostile attention on him.

After Dugu Chen defeated the Fallen Ones, the King of Slaughter summoned him to the Asura God Temple. There, the King accused Dugu Chen of a crime, and Dugu Chen broke through his Killing God Domain with the Evil God's Power, preparing to fight.

• The King of Slaughter appeared over the arena, and Dugu Chen recognized him as Tang Chen, a Rank 99 Peerless Douluo possessed by the Darkgolden Nine-Headed Bat King.
• The King of Slaughter invited Dugu Chen to meet him at the Asura God Temple and ordered Black Moon to guide him there.
• Dugu Chen decided to accept the invitation, believing his Evil God's Power could protect him if the King of Slaughter attacked.
• Black Moon led Dugu Chen to the temple, where he entered alone and found the King of Slaughter seated on a throne of bones.
• The King of Slaughter attacked Dugu Chen with his Killing God Domain and demanded to know if he understood his crime, but Dugu Chen's Evil God's Power shattered the pressure.

Dugu Chen bargained with the King of Slaughter for the right to kill anyone in the City of Slaughter except the enforcement corps, presenting himself as a madman to reduce suspicion. Three months later, he completed the Evil God's First Trial by killing one thousand Fallen Ones and gained ten percent Evil God Affinity.

• The King of Slaughter demanded that Dugu Chen stop using Lightfire, and Dugu Chen negotiated the power to kill anyone in the City of Slaughter except members of the enforcement corps.
• Dugu Chen acted like a deranged killer, convincing the King of Slaughter to accept him as one of the city's own and ease his surveillance.
• Dugu Chen spent three months adapting to the City of Slaughter while recording each passing day with his soul power.
• Dugu Chen killed the remaining four opponents after reaching one thousand Fallen Ones, then returned to his room.
• The Evil God announced that Dugu Chen had passed the First Trial and increased his Evil God Affinity by ten percent.

After absorbing the Evil God's Power, Dugu Chen received the second trial: kill ten thousand Fallen Ones to gain mastery of Evil Power, or face annihilation. Exhausted by the slaughter and still far from completing the trial, he met Black Moon, who warned him against challenging the King of Slaughter and then began seducing him.

• Dugu Chen absorbed the Evil God's Power, and the Evil God assigned him a trial to kill ten thousand Fallen Ones.
• Dugu Chen reflected that he had to complete the trials, even if he had to hunt beyond the City of Slaughter.
• After winning forty consecutive arena matches, Dugu Chen surveyed his Inner City home and lamented that he had completed only one-fifth of the second trial.
• Dugu Chen opened his door and grabbed Black Moon by the throat, mistaking her for another assassin.
• Black Moon warned Dugu Chen that seizing control of the Inner City would anger the King of Slaughter, then leaned against him and flirted.

Dugu Chen confronted Black Moon, who asked for his protection and offered to help him obtain the object he had truly come for. After she revealed that she suspected his real target was the King of Slaughter, Dugu Chen marked her with a violet rune.

• Dugu Chen threatened Black Moon and warned her never to use tricks against him again.
• Black Moon said she wanted Dugu Chen's protection and offered her knowledge as an early messenger of the King of Slaughter.
• Black Moon offered herself as a loyal subordinate and claimed she could help Dugu Chen obtain the object he sought.
• Dugu Chen sealed the room in an independent domain, preventing the King of Slaughter from overhearing them.
• Black Moon revealed that she believed Dugu Chen had come to target the King of Slaughter and obtain a particular object.
• Dugu Chen summoned the Evil God's Mark and placed a special violet rune on Black Moon's lower abdomen.

Dugu Chen forced Black Moon to accept his brand and swear loyalty, then promised to take her out of the City of Slaughter. Half a year later, he had become a feared arena fighter known as the Hell-faced Shura.

• Dugu Chen branded Black Moon to prevent her betrayal, and she agreed to report the King of Slaughter's movements to him.
• Black Moon removed her veil, revealing her beautiful face, and explained that she had changed loyalties to survive.
• Dugu Chen promised to take Black Moon out of the City of Slaughter so she could live as she wished.
• Half a year later, Dugu Chen fought in the Slaughter Arena and earned the title Hell-faced Shura for his ruthless killings.
• Dugu Chen killed the arena's last opponent with his Light Dragon Claw and watched the man's heart weaken in his hand.

Dugu Chen continued his slaughter in the City of Slaughter, nearing the end of the Evil God's second trial and preparing to enter Hell Road. He learned more about the city's divine forces and the King of Slaughter's divided mind while waiting for a chance to seize control.

• Dugu Chen celebrated his ninety-eighth consecutive Slaughter Arena victory after six months of killing and accumulating slaughter aura.
• Dugu Chen negotiated with the King of Slaughter to alter arena registration rules, then purged the Inner City so extensively that the King of Slaughter had to stop him.
• Dugu Chen returned to his residence and reflected on how slaughter had numbed him as he neared ten thousand Fallen Ones and needed only two more arena matches.
• Dugu Chen studied Bloody Mary and discovered that it was poisonous blood, though his Light Power purified it before it could harm him.
• With Black Moon's help, Dugu Chen learned that the purple moon was Asura's Eye and that Tang Chen and the Darkgolden Nine-Headed Bat King struggled for control of the King of Slaughter.
• Dugu Chen learned that the Asura Demon Sword was held by the King of Slaughter and that the Darkgolden Nine-Headed Bat King could wield it with power rivaling a Peerless Douluo.

Dugu Chen suspected the King of Slaughter planned to lure him onto the Hell Road, where the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King was hiding. After Dugu Chen refused the King’s offer to leave the City of Slaughter, the King decided to use the Hell Road to kill him.

• Dugu Chen concluded that completing one hundred victories and obtaining the Killing God Domain were likely the first trial for inheriting the Asura God’s legacy.
• Black Moon visited Dugu Chen and helped him relax before he went to meet the King of Slaughter.
• The King of Slaughter summoned Dugu Chen, who had achieved ninety-eight victories, and offered him the title of Killing God and honorary elder status once he reached one hundred.
• Dugu Chen refused to leave the City of Slaughter, angering the King of Slaughter.
• The King of Slaughter decided to lure Dugu Chen onto the Hell Road and join forces with his true body to kill him.