Chapter Summaries

Bing Yekong agreed to help Xue Qinghe with his policies without committing to a longer alliance, then set out for Slaughter City to seek the God of Slaughter Domain. He met Dugu Bo on the way, who warned him that the journey could cost him his life.

• Xue Qinghe asked Bing Yekong to stand behind him, and Bing Yekong agreed to help with policies while reserving judgment on future plans.
• Bing Yekong left Heaven Dou City and decided to pursue the God of Slaughter Domain in Slaughter City.
• After arranging matters with Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi, Bing Yekong traveled for two days and reached Dugu Bo’s home in the valley.
• Dugu Bo warned Bing Yekong that Slaughter City was a deadly place, but Bing Yekong insisted that he had things he needed to take from there.

Bing Yekong prepared to enter Slaughter City, receiving antidotes, a protective pearl, and directions from Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi. After leaving a letter for his companions, he crossed the desert and reached the ruined Camel Bone post station.

• Dugu Bo gave Bing Yekong antidote pills and warned him that Slaughter City's chronic poison could destroy his mind.
• Yang Wudi gave Bing Yekong a pearl refined from a Fragrant Qiluo Immortal Herb and a map to Slaughter City, along with warnings about the arena.
• Bing Yekong wrote a sealed letter for Shui Bing'er, Yue'er, Xue Wu, and the Tianshui Team before leaving at dawn.
• Bing Yekong traveled for three days to reach the desert and crossed it while rationing his water and provisions.
• On the fifth day at dusk, Bing Yekong found the ruined Camel Bone post station.

Bing Yekong followed Yang Wudi’s directions to a hidden tavern beneath a dried-up well and found the passage to a black city. On the bridge before its gates, an armored knight on a black horse confronted him.

• Bing Yekong found the hidden well, took Dugu Bo’s antidote, and descended into a tunnel beneath it.
• Bing Yekong reached a subterranean tavern and showed the old innkeeper Yang Wudi’s sheepskin parchment.
• Bing Yekong drank the cloudy liquor, and the old man gave him a key to the iron door leading downward.
• Bing Yekong descended ninety-nine steps and emerged onto a bridge spanning a dark abyss.
• An armored knight on a black horse rode out of the darkness and stopped before Bing Yekong on the bridge.

Bing Yekong faced Dread Knight Scott’s three-exchange challenge to enter Slaughter City, fighting without his sealed soul skills. He stopped Scott’s final charge with Profound Ice Dragon Soar, but the chapter ended before Scott declared the result.

• Dread Knight Scott explained that Bing Yekong had to survive three exchanges beneath his spear to pass into Slaughter City.
• Bing Yekong drew the Tianshuang Sword and endured Scott’s first charge and sweeping spear strike, completing the first exchange.
• Bing Yekong dodged Scott’s three thrusts in the second exchange and cut into his spear shaft, though the impact split his hand.
• Bing Yekong met Scott’s full-strength final charge with Profound Ice Dragon Soar, halting the black horse on the bridge.

Bing Yekong defeated Scott at the bridge and entered Slaughter City, where a Slaughter Envoy explained its rules and the blood required to remain a legal resident. After learning about the newcomer protection period, Bing Yekong gave it up and said he would enter the Hell Slaughter Arena that night.

• Bing Yekong defeated Scott in three exchanges, and Scott gave him the number plate 9507.
• Bing Yekong crossed the bridge into Slaughter City, where a Slaughter Envoy met him and offered to explain the rules.
• The Slaughter Envoy told Bing Yekong that residents had to submit two cups of Bloody Mary each month and described the newcomer protection period.
• Bing Yekong learned that Bloody Mary was human blood and said he did not want newcomer protection.
• Bing Yekong announced that he would enter the Hell Slaughter Arena that night, surprising the Slaughter Envoy.

Bing Yekong killed two fallen ones to obtain Bloody Mary, met the Slaughter Messenger Hong Ling, and found a place to stay in Slaughter City. The next morning, he went to the Hell Slaughter Arena’s registration hall, where a one-eyed man sat behind a ledger.

• Bing Yekong killed two men in an alley and collected their blood for offerings.
• Hong Ling accepted one bowl of Bloody Mary, warned Bing Yekong about poison, and offered information and services for payment.
• Hong Ling showed Bing Yekong an empty building and told him where to register for the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Bing Yekong rested, then set out the next morning for the city-center tower.
• Bing Yekong entered the registration hall and saw a one-eyed fat man sitting behind a ledger.

Bing Yekong registered for his first arena match and entered a nine-person battle to the death. The fight began with a burly man attacking a thin opponent, whose bones broke when he was slammed into the arena wall.

• Bing Yekong registered as fighter 9507 and chose the morning match.
• The one-eyed fat man explained that only one of the nine fighters would survive and gave Bing Yekong a black token.
• In the waiting room, a burly man taunted Bing Yekong but backed down after a tall, thin man showed him a slip of paper.
• Bing Yekong assessed the other fighters and followed them into the arena, where spectators watched and bet.
• The referee started the match, and the burly man struck a thin fighter into the stone wall, breaking his bones.

Bing Yekong fought through the arena match, swiftly killing several opponents and defeating the poison-needle woman. He faced the burly man as the final opponent and stepped forward to deliver a final strike, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Bing Yekong killed the headscarfed man with an icy blow and moved toward the tall, thin man.
• Bing Yekong kicked the tall, thin man down, killed the gray-clad man with a thrown dagger, then pierced the tall, thin man's forehead with an ice spike.
• The burly man killed another opponent while Bing Yekong caught one of the woman's poisoned needles and froze her with the Tianshuang Sword.
• The burly man defeated the fat man, leaving himself and Bing Yekong as the final two fighters.
• Bing Yekong blocked the burly man's punches, wounded his arm, and advanced with increased speed after announcing his final strike.

Bing Yekong built a record of victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena, earning the title Ice Emperor Asura as his opponents grew stronger and harder to find. After winning his ninetieth match, he waited twenty-three days for the next fight while continuing to hone his swordsmanship and Profound Ice Dragon Soar.

• Bing Yekong won his first match with the Tianshuang Sword and received a jar of Bloody Mary as his spoils.
• Bing Yekong fought regularly, winning ten consecutive matches and drawing the attention of Slaughter City's spectators and gamblers.
• During his first year, Bing Yekong reached forty-seven matches and survived a near-fatal fight against an eighty-first-level Soul Douluo, after which spectators began calling him Ice Emperor Asura.
• Bing Yekong reached sixty victories, but fewer opponents volunteered to face him, so the pace of his matches slowed.
• Between his sixtieth and eightieth matches, Bing Yekong defeated several Soul Douluo, including an Ice-Armored Giant Bear fighter, cementing his reputation as Ice Emperor Asura.
• Bing Yekong won his ninetieth match, then spent twenty-three days training while waiting for his next bout.

Bing Yekong accepted a deliberately difficult match for his hundredth victory in Slaughter City and faced eight powerful opponents at once. He killed the curved-saber Soul Douluo quickly, but seven opponents remained as the battle continued.

• Bing Yekong accepted his hundredth match after learning that his opponents included three Soul Douluo and five Titled Douluo.
• Bing Yekong entered a packed Hell Slaughter Arena, where all eight opponents targeted him immediately.
• Bing Yekong blocked attacks from an iron-clawed Soul Douluo and evaded a curved saber and a short spear without being injured.
• Bing Yekong overwhelmed the curved-saber Soul Douluo with seven slashes, severed his arm, and killed him with a sword thrust to the throat.

Bing Yekong fought eight powerful opponents in the Hell Slaughter Arena and won his hundredth match. As the crowd celebrated, an immense pressure descended from the dark-red sky.

• Bing Yekong killed two opponents and forced back another, then faced the remaining six as they surrounded him.
• The level ninety-four Titled Douluo led a coordinated attack, but Bing Yekong unleashed Profound Ice Dragon Soar and shattered their formation.
• Bing Yekong killed two Titled Douluo and pinned a fleeing opponent to the arena wall with ice spikes.
• Bing Yekong defeated the frost-stricken level ninety-four Titled Douluo, finishing all eight opponents.
• The referee declared Bing Yekong the victor with one hundred wins, and the crowd erupted in celebration.
• An immense pressure descended over the arena, silencing the crowd as everyone looked toward the dark-red sky.

After winning one hundred matches in Slaughter City, Bing Yekong chose the Hell Road over becoming a Slaughter God. Transported to a bridge over lava, he treated his injuries and continued onward.

• The King of Slaughter offered Bing Yekong the privileges of a hundred-match victor or entry into the Hell Road, warning that his injuries left him less than a thirty percent chance of survival.
• Bing Yekong chose the Hell Road, and the King of Slaughter activated a magic array that swallowed the arena and transported him away.
• Bing Yekong landed on a black stone bridge above boiling lava and found that his wounds and injuries had followed him.
• Bing Yekong summoned the Heavenly Frost Sword and walked along the scorching bridge, using soul power to protect his feet when ice melted too quickly.
• Bing Yekong stopped to take Dugu Bo's antidote pills, rebandaged his wound, and rested for more than half a day before continuing.

Bing Yekong fought through a swarm of vampire bats on the bridge over the magma and then faced the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent. He discovered that the serpent’s glowing tumors were weak points, but had not yet managed to strike one directly.

• Bing Yekong recovered from his injuries and continued across the narrowing bridge.
• Bing Yekong cut down a massive swarm of vampire bats with the Tianshuang Sword and continued onward.
• The Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent rose from the magma and attacked Bing Yekong on the bridge.
• Bing Yekong dodged the serpent’s strikes and discovered that the heads with glowing tumors had weaker defenses.

Bing Yekong defeated the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and overcame the Three-Headed Blood Demon Bat King to escape Slaughter City. He emerged in the Great Star Dou Forest, badly wounded but alive.

• Bing Yekong used Profound Ice Dragon Soar to destroy the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s brightest tumor and knock its remaining heads into the magma.
• Bing Yekong retrieved the serpent’s inner core and tucked it away with Dugu Bo’s porcelain bottle.
• Bing Yekong drove off the Three-Headed Blood Demon Bat King with another use of Profound Ice Dragon Soar.
• Bing Yekong passed through the crack at the end of the bridge and emerged beneath the trees of the Great Star Dou Forest.

Bing Yekong left Hell Road with Divine Slaughter's Domain and traveled back to Element City, where the Asura God noticed his potential and secretly planted a thread of divine consciousness in him. After reaching the Shui Family residence, Bing Yekong reunited with Shui Yue'er, who had spent months searching for him.

• Bing Yekong awakened Divine Slaughter's Domain at the exit of Hell Road and began traveling toward Element City.
• The Asura God sensed Bing Yekong's abilities, including his twin martial souls and dragon bloodline, and secretly planted divine consciousness in his Sea of Spirit.
• Bing Yekong traveled south through the Great Star Dou Forest for five and a half days, using Divine Slaughter's Domain to scare away soul beasts.
• Bing Yekong entered Element City and went to the Shui Family residence, where Shui Yue'er opened the gates.
• Shui Yue'er dropped her flower basket, embraced Bing Yekong, and told him that she and her sister had searched for him for two months.

Bing Yekong returned to the Shui Family after spending two years in Slaughter City, where he won a hundred matches, and reunited with Shui Yue'er, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Qingrou. As his family welcomed him home, Shui Qingrou brought out a mysterious ice-blue pyramid.

• Shui Yue'er rushed to embrace Bing Yekong and brought him inside, where Shui Bing'er greeted him warmly.
• Shui Qingrou hurried over, welcomed Bing Yekong, and arranged a meal while he bathed and treated his wounds.
• Bing Yekong told Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er that he had gone to Slaughter City and won a hundred matches there.
• Shui Bing'er stopped Shui Yue'er from pressing him for details, and Bing Yekong went to speak with Shui Qingrou in the kitchen.
• Shui Qingrou checked Bing Yekong's injuries, reassured him, and showed him an ice-blue pyramid with luminous patterns moving inside.

Bing Yekong returned to the Shui Family after two years in Slaughter City and reunited with friends and family at a welcome dinner, where he revealed that he had reached level seventy. The next morning, after recovering from his injuries, he found Shui Qingrou studying a map in the courtyard.

• Shui Qingrou gave Bing Yekong the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and he recognized it as the key to the Sea God's Nine Trials.
• Feng Xiaotian, Huo Lieyang, Huo Wushuang, Yang Wudi, and Dugu Bo arrived to welcome Bing Yekong back.
• Bing Yekong told everyone he had reached level seventy, astonishing the gathered guests.
• Shui Qingrou hosted a dinner where Bing Yekong reunited with his family and friends and reflected on returning to a peaceful home.
• Bing Yekong woke the next morning with his injuries mostly healed and found Shui Qingrou studying a map beside the ice pool.

Bing Yekong traveled with Shui Qingrou, Yang Wudi, and Dugu Bo into the Far North to find a Hundred-Thousand-Year ice-element Soul Beast for his seventh Soul Ring. They discovered an Ice Jade Scorpion in an ice rift valley, and Dugu Bo began luring it out as the chapter ended.

• Shui Qingrou told Bing Yekong that he needed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his seventh Soul Ring, and he agreed to the hunt.
• Bing Yekong, Shui Qingrou, Yang Wudi, and Dugu Bo traveled from Element City to the Far North and continued on foot into its core region.
• The group searched for a powerful Soul Beast, then detected a hundred-thousand-year-level ice-element presence and a serpent-like scent mixed with the cold aura of a scorpion.
• Shui Qingrou led the group to an ice rift valley where they identified the nest of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion and planned to draw it onto open ground.
• Dugu Bo sent poisonous mist into the rift valley, and a deep hiss rose from its depths.

Bing Yekong and three Titled Douluo lured a Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion away from the Ice Rift Valley and attacked it. Yang Wudi’s ninth soul skill severed one of the scorpion’s pincers, but the wounded beast continued to lash out.

• The Ice Jade Scorpion erupted from the rift and charged at Dugu Bo, who drew it away across the ice field.
• Shui Qingrou and Yang Wudi ambushed the scorpion while Bing Yekong watched for an opening.
• The scorpion resisted the trio’s attacks, and Dugu Bo’s poison failed against its Ultimate Ice attribute.
• Yang Wudi repeatedly struck the joint of the scorpion’s left pincer until its carapace cracked, but the scorpion wounded him with its tail hook.
• Shui Qingrou froze the scorpion’s flank, allowing Yang Wudi to unleash his ninth soul skill and sever its left pincer.
• The wounded scorpion’s aura weakened, but its tail hook still whipped wildly and sprayed poison.

Bing Yekong killed the Ice Jade Scorpion in the Far North and absorbed its hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and left arm bone, reaching level seventy-eight. Four nights after returning to the Shui Family estate, he sensed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud calling him toward Sea God Island.

• Bing Yekong struck the Ice Jade Scorpion’s weak point with the Tianshuang Sword, killing it after Shui Qingrou’s freezing suppression slowed its attack.
• Bing Yekong claimed the hundred-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone and absorbed the beast’s red Soul Ring.
• Bing Yekong endured the Soul Ring’s immense icy power and broke through to level seventy-eight, renewing his Tianshuang Sword martial soul.
• Bing Yekong, Shui Qingrou, Dugu Bo, and Yang Wudi returned south from the Far North with the Soul Bone and Soul Ring secured.
• On the fourth night after returning, Bing Yekong tested the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and sensed Sea God Island calling him.