Chapter Summaries

Ye Yu entered the City of Slaughter after defeating Terror Knight Xing Kete with a single punch, while Tang San agreed to delay his own entry until January. After learning the city’s rules, Ye Yu encountered Hu Liena just as she declared her intent to win the Hell Slaughter Arena championship.

• Tang Hao explained that Tang San should wait until January to enter the City of Slaughter because Ye Yu would otherwise stand in the way of his goal of winning its annual championship.
• Tang San and Ye Yu discussed Ye Yu’s Sacrifice-born sixth soul ring and his Soul Power, which had reached level 63.
• Ye Yu broke through the tavern floor and descended to the City of Slaughter, where he defeated Terror Knight Xing Kete with a punch and received Black Token 9527.
• A female guide explained that Soul Skills could not be used in the city and that survivors could leave by winning the arena championship or escaping Hell Road.
• Hu Liena declared that she would win the annual championship, then turned toward Ye Yu and stopped speaking when she saw him.

Ye Yu entered the City of Slaughter and began competing in the Hell Slaughter Arena, where he demonstrated his strength by killing a veteran fighter with one punch. After Hu Liena won her own match and faced an ambush, Ye Yu entered a ten-person battle and watched the other contestants dismiss him as an easy target.

• Hu Liena recognized Ye Yu in the outer city, abandoned her championship ambitions, and left for the inner city.
• Ye Yu entered the inner city and killed a scarred Soul Emperor with one punch after the man demanded Bloody Mary from him.
• Hu Liena and Ye Yu registered for the Hell Slaughter Arena, where each match required ten fighters and only one survivor.
• Hu Liena won her match, then prepared to fight off people waiting to ambush her outside the arena.
• The nine other fighters in Ye Yu’s match mocked him and argued over who should attack him first.
• Ye Yu folded his arms and told the nine fighters to show off while he watched.

Ye Yu dominated the Hell Slaughter Arena, survived a mass ambush, and earned the name Asura King. As Hu Liena watched him fight, she realized she had fallen for him despite his being an enemy of the Spirit Hall.

• Ye Yu killed nine opponents in the arena and won, while the people waiting to ambush him fled.
• Over the next year, Ye Yu won seventy matches, broke the arena’s record, and grew stronger through battle as Hu Liena accumulated victories of her own.
• After Ye Yu was injured in a difficult fight, more than a thousand people attacked him, but he slaughtered them all and earned the nickname Asura King.
• Ye Yu entered another match and faced nine opponents who immediately joined forces to kill him, while Hu Liena watched from the stands.
• Hu Liena recalled Ye Yu’s strength and perseverance, recognized that she had fallen for him, and lamented that he was an enemy of the Spirit Hall.

Ye Yu became known as the Hell King and reached ninety-nine victories in the City of Slaughter, while the King of Slaughter debated the danger he posed and feared his connection to the Twilight Black Dragon. Hu Liena confessed her feelings and offered to help him through Hell Road, but Ye Yu refused; seven days later, he prepared for his hundredth match and entry into Hell Road.

• Ye Yu defeated nine opponents, and the King of Slaughter learned that the Hell King was connected to the Twilight Black Dragon.
• The King of Slaughter rejected the woman's suggestion to make Ye Yu and Hu Liena fight, warning that breaking the arena rules could bring ruin to the City of Slaughter.
• After another year, Ye Yu and Hu Liena each had ninety-nine victories, and Hu Liena confessed her feelings to Ye Yu and offered to help him through Hell Road.
• Ye Yu declined Hu Liena's help, insisting that he would face Hell Road alone.
• Seven days later, Ye Yu arrived at his hundredth match as the people of the City of Slaughter celebrated the prospect of his departure.

Ye Yu and Hu Liena entered the Hell Road to obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain, but Ye Yu used the Source of Evil to drive its creatures away and crossed the path with ease. He emerged in less than ten minutes, leaving the King of Slaughter and the cold-looking woman stunned while Hu Liena remained behind.

• After both Ye Yu and Hu Liena won their hundredth matches, the King of Slaughter offered them the title of God of Slaughter without entering the Hell Road, but they refused and chose to undergo the trial.
• The King of Slaughter opened the Hell Road by sacrificing the arena audience, and Ye Yu and Hu Liena jumped in.
• Ye Yu fought off bats and a Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat before releasing the Source of Evil, which frightened the hell creatures into fleeing.
• Ye Yu continued along the path unaffected by the Blood River's heat and mental influence, while Hu Liena struggled far behind him.
• The King of Slaughter and a cold-looking woman waited at the exit and doubted Ye Yu could pass, but Ye Yu emerged in under ten minutes and called the Hell Road no different from an ordinary road.

After leaving the City of Slaughter with Divine Slaughter's Domain, Ye Yu entered a mysterious, cursed realm through a black stone door marked with the character “god.” There he met Zhao Long and encountered Qian Renxue, whose true identity he recognized.

• Ye Yu left the City of Slaughter after obtaining Divine Slaughter's Domain, which strengthened him enough to fight a Level 88 Soul Douluo.
• Ye Yu headed toward the Star Dou Great Forest but heard about a black stone door marked with the character “god” and entered it.
• Inside the dark, Evil-filled realm, Ye Yu encountered blood-eyed people and heard Zhao Long warn him not to use Soul Power, his Martial Soul, or Soul Skills.
• Zhao Long explained that he had been trapped in the cursed realm for five years and had become a Soul Sage, then led Ye Yu away from the approaching attackers.
• A beautiful golden-haired woman appeared, and Ye Yu recognized her as Qian Renxue.

Ye Yu and Qian Renxue learned that using Soul Power created powerful Dark Ones from the evil within a person, then followed Zhao Long to confront his Dark Body. After Zhao Long and Qian Renxue cleared a skeleton army, they faced Dark Zhao Long, who mocked the group.

• Zhao Long explained that using Soul Power released blood aura that could form a person's evil other side, and said he believed killing the Dark Ones might reveal a way out and a secret treasure.
• Qian Renxue volunteered to fight Zhao Long's Dark Body, and Zhao Long brought her and Ye Yu along, expecting Ye Yu to provide support.
• The group reached a ruined area where skeleton soldiers rose from the ground, and Zhao Long fought them while Qian Renxue used martial arts to help.
• Zhao Long told Qian Renxue to protect Ye Yu, whom he believed was a weak support, and the two waited as the skeleton soldiers were defeated.
• Dark Zhao Long killed a subordinate who had failed to stop the group, then taunted Zhao Long and dismissed Ye Yu and Qian Renxue as brats.

Zhao Long and Qian Renxue struggled against a Dark Body that grew stronger by absorbing blood-red energy, while Ye Yu ignored their warnings and attacked. Ye Yu crushed the Dark Body with a single blow and declared that a support could take the initiative and defeat enemies others could not.

• Zhao Long and Qian Renxue teamed up against the Dark Body, which grew stronger and revealed that a Divine Artifact and blood-red streams of energy sustained its power.
• Qian Renxue avoided releasing her Martial Soul, while Ye Yu grew impatient and decided to end the fight himself.
• Zhao Long and Qian Renxue tried to keep Ye Yu back, but he approached the Dark Body despite their protests.
• Ye Yu used his External Soul Bones and Wind Dragon King Right Leg Bone to rush in and strike the Dark Body with his Black Dragon Arms.
• Ye Yu sent the Dark Body flying and, standing over it, explained that a support could take the initiative and kill enemies others could not.

Ye Yu and the others hunted down the remaining Dark Bodies until a Heavenly Ladder appeared, leading them toward the source of the evil aura. At the final test before the God City, Ye Yu faced waves of Soul Sage Skeleton Soldiers whose numbers doubled with each wave.

• Ye Yu killed the Dark Body with one punch, stunning Zhao Long and making Qian Renxue realize how powerful he was.
• Ye Yu, Zhao Long, and Qian Renxue split up to hunt Dark Bodies, and half a year passed as Ye Yu killed them without releasing his Martial Soul.
• Tang Long and Tang Hu joined Ye Yu and the others, and the five found that no Dark Bodies remained, though no passage had appeared.
• A Heavenly Ladder appeared and led the five toward a central hall, where the evil aura made Tang Long and Tang Hu struggle to approach.
• The five descended the ladder and were separated into a battlefield, where Ye Yu fought Skeleton Soldiers that multiplied with every wave.
• After defeating thirty-two Skeleton Soldiers, Ye Yu faced a wave of sixty-four and realized their numbers would keep doubling.

Ye Yu continued battling increasingly large groups of level 71 Skeleton Soldiers while Tang Long, Tang Hu, Zhao Long, and Qian Renxue emerged from their own fights badly strained. Qian Renxue summoned her Six-winged Angel Martial Soul and prepared to face her three-meter-tall Fallen Six-winged Angel Dark Body alone.

• Ye Yu fought level 71 Skeleton Soldiers without releasing his Martial Soul as Tang Long and Tang Hu emerged from their battle and discussed how the Heavenly Ladder forced them to spend Soul Power.
• Zhao Long appeared near death and told Tang Long and Tang Hu that his opponents had increased from two to thirty-two, leaving him unable to continue.
• Qian Renxue emerged after facing sixty-four Skeleton Soldiers, and her blood qi formed a terrifying Dark Body.
• Qian Renxue revealed her level 72 Soul Sage strength and Six-winged Angel Martial Soul, then told Tang Long and Tang Hu to draw their own Dark Bodies away.
• Tang Long and Tang Hu lured their Dark Bodies elsewhere while Qian Renxue prepared to fight her fully formed Fallen Six-winged Angel alone.

Ye Yu learned from the Blood God about the vast universe, the Origin powers, and the divine artifact Undefeated as he fought through the final wave of Skeleton Soldiers. He discovered Qiulu was the Phoenix of Creation who had completed a lifetime reincarnation, then prepared to face the remaining trial and his Dark Body.

• Ye Yu used his Fifth Soul Skill and then fought the Skeleton Soldiers physically while the Blood God explained how he had hidden Undefeated and his inheritance.
• The Blood God revealed that Ye Yu's Source of Evil made him an Origin wielder destined to become an Ultimate God, and that the Blood God had been hunted by three Saint Kings for possessing Undefeated.
• Ye Yu learned that another Origin wielder had once lived with him in Taoyuan Village, and he suspected that person was Qiulu.
• The Blood God confirmed Qiulu was the Phoenix of Creation and explained that she had undergone a lifetime reincarnation and returned to her original world.
• The Blood God warned Ye Yu that he would have to face his Dark Body and revealed that the three Saint Kings who attacked him wielded the Sources of Fire, Wind, and Thunder.
• Ye Yu focused on the roughly two thousand Skeleton Soldiers remaining and prepared to face the final wave.

Ye Yu survived a trial against 4,096 Skeleton Soldiers, raising his soul power to rank sixty-seven and strengthening his body and Spiritual Power. When the Fallen Six-winged Angel attacked, Ye Yu revealed his six Soul Rings and killed her instantly, leaving Qian Renxue stunned.

• Ye Yu fought the final wave of 4,096 Skeleton Soldiers until he killed them all, then healed himself and emerged stronger at rank sixty-seven.
• Qian Renxue realized Ye Yu had defeated far more Skeleton Soldiers than she had and was shocked by the difference between their trials.
• The Fallen Six-winged Angel failed to draw out Ye Yu's Evil Body and learned he could use his full strength because he had passed the Blood God Trial.
• Qian Renxue proposed that Ye Yu help Tang Long and Tang Hu first, but Ye Yu suggested they go together.
• The Fallen Six-winged Angel attacked Ye Yu from behind, and Qian Renxue saw his six Soul Rings—three black and three red—as he dodged and killed the Fallen Six-winged Angel with one blow.

Ye Yu defeated the Dark Bodies, entered the Blood God Temple, and obtained the undefeated, the second-ranked artifact on the Universal Artifact Ranking. He and the others escaped as the Secret Realm collapsed, with Ye Yu newly empowered by the artifact’s strength boost and Unbeaten Domain.

• Ye Yu instantly killed the Fallen Six-winged Angel and the Dark Bodies of Tang Long and Tang Hu, while Qian Renxue watched in shock.
• The Blood God announced that Tang Long and Tang Hu had gained two levels, Qian Renxue had gained three, and Ye Yu had qualified to enter the Blood God Temple.
• Ye Yu entered the temple and claimed the undefeated, which acknowledged him as its master and granted him a permanent strength increase and the Unbeaten Domain.
• Ye Yu left the collapsing temple with Tang Long, Tang Hu, and Qian Renxue, and the Secret Realm disappeared as they escaped.
• Tang Long carried Zhao Long’s corpse and promised to return him to his hometown for burial, while Tang Long, Tang Hu, and Qian Renxue thanked Ye Yu.

Tang Hao reunited with Ye Yu and Tang San and brought them to Moonlight Pavilion to meet an old acquaintance. When the Chief Steward tried to expel them, Ye Yu revealed six Soul Rings, including three red ones, and led the others upstairs.

• Qian Renxue thanked Ye Yu for his help and left, and Ye Yu sensed Tang Hao and Tang San nearby.
• Ye Yu learned that Tang San had gained Divine Slaughter's Domain, and Tang Hao invited both of them to travel with him for six months.
• Tang Hao brought Ye Yu and Tang San to Moonlight Pavilion, where the doormen and Chief Steward tried to turn them away for their appearance.
• Tang San released his aura and showed his five Soul Rings, shocking the Chief Steward with his ten-thousand-year Fourth Soul Ring.
• Ye Yu revealed six Soul Rings—three black and three red—and walked upstairs with Tang Hao and Tang San.

Ye Yu, Tang San, and Tang Hao reached Moon Pavilion, where Ye Yu defeated two Soul Douluo guards before Tang Hao revealed his identity as a Titled Douluo. Tang San met his aunt Tang Yuehua, who reunited with Tang Hao and urged him to return to the Clear Sky Sect, but he refused, fearing he would endanger it.

• Ye Yu used his Divine Slaughter's Domain and dragon claw to suppress the guards and send two Soul Douluo flying from Moon Pavilion.
• Tang Hao revealed his nine Soul Rings and Clear Sky Hammer, making the guards stand down.
• Tang Yuehua arrived, recognized Tang Hao, and tearfully embraced him before learning that Tang San was his son.
• Tang Yuehua introduced herself to Tang San as his fifty-year-old aunt and brought the group to a private room.
• Tang Yuehua told Tang Hao that their eldest brother still missed him and urged him to return to the Clear Sky Sect with her.
• Tang Hao refused to return, but Tang Yuehua insisted that he and his siblings could stand against Spirit Hall.

Tang Hao left Ye Yu and Tang San with Yue Hua, who planned to teach them etiquette and how to navigate the world beyond strength. When Hu Yan Zhen arrived to capture Ye Yu, Ye Yu defeated him with a single blow, leaving Yue Hua stunned.

• Tang Hao refused Ye Yu’s offer to help him confront Spirit Hall and told Yue Hua to take Tang San to the Clear Sky Sect for the Ancestral Return Ceremony in half a year.
• Tang Hao left Ye Yu and Tang San in Yue Hua’s care, asking her to help Tang San manage his killing intent.
• Yue Hua explained that she would teach both boys noble etiquette and music as part of Washing Away the Worldly Dust, and revealed that her Soul Power was only Level 9 despite her Noble Ring domain.
• Ye Yu sensed Hu Yan Zhen arriving at the hotel, and Yue Hua said she would demonstrate how language and influence could overcome a crisis.
• Ye Yu attacked Hu Yan Zhen before Yue Hua could finish speaking and sent the Level 89 Soul Douluo flying far away with one blow.

Ye Yu overwhelmed Hu Yan Zhen, the Level 89 Sect Master of the Elephant Armor Sect, despite being only a Soul Emperor. Hu Yan Zhen withdrew with his men after realizing Ye Yu’s defense-breaking power made fighting him too costly.

• Hu Yan Zhen returned after Ye Yu’s first strike sent him flying, and Yue Hua and Tang San were stunned by Ye Yu’s strength.
• Hu Yan Zhen activated his Martial Soul Avatar and challenged Ye Yu again, but Ye Yu’s strike with Unbeaten reduced his defense and sent him flying two thousand meters.
• Hu Yan Zhen survived with injuries and recognized that Ye Yu’s defense reduction and speed had countered his defensive strengths.
• Hu Yan Zhen met seven Soul Sages and three Soul Douluo from his sect and ordered them to withdraw, explaining that Ye Yu was too dangerous to fight.

Ye Yu trained in the Star Dou Great Forest for half a year while Bibi Dong prepared Martial Soul Hall’s Soul Hunting Operation. After learning Ye Yu had gone to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Bibi Dong changed her chosen target to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Hu Yan Zhen warned his elders that Ye Yu had injured him and urged them to abandon their attempt to capture Ye Yu.
• Ye Yu said goodbye to Tang San and Yue Hua, then went to the Star Dou Great Forest to cultivate in Zi Ji’s territory for half a year.
• Bibi Dong named Hu Liena the Saintess and heir to the Pope, and announced plans to search for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Bibi Dong refused to send Spirit Hall after Ye Yu herself, instead raising his bounty and letting other factions pursue him.
• Bibi Dong announced the Soul Hunting Operation and initially chose the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as Spirit Hall’s first target.
• A scout reported that Ye Yu had gone to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, so Bibi Dong changed the first target to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan first, then the Clear Sky Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while hiding her fear of Ye Yu’s father. Ye Yu returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and then went to Moon Pavilion, where he caught Xue Qinghe trying to enter the women’s restroom.

• Bibi Dong rejected the bishops’ plan to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect first and ordered them to target the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then the Clear Sky Sect, and finally the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Bibi Dong warned her subordinates that Ye Yu’s father was stronger than Tang Hao and said Spirit Hall needed to conserve its strength before the Soul Hunting Operation in one month.
• Ye Yu returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect at level sixty-eight, and Ning Fengzhi welcomed him and asked how he felt about Rongrong.
• Ye Yu sensed people watching the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and decided he would help if Spirit Hall attacked it.
• Ye Yu went to Moon Pavilion during its graduation ceremony, spoke with Tang San, and then found Xue Qinghe cautiously approaching the women’s restroom.

Ye Yu accompanied Tang San to reunite with Tang Hao, and his Power of Creation revived Tang San’s mother’s Blue Silver Grass. Ye Yu and Tang San then reached the Clear Sky Sect, prompting Bibi Dong to worry about Ye Yu’s growing ties to Spirit Hall’s rivals.

• Ye Yu met Xue Qinghe at Moon Pavilion, where Xue Qinghe failed to recognize Tang San living as Tang Yin.
• Ye Yu and Tang San left Heaven Dou City to visit Tang Hao, and Tang San learned that his father had cut off his own right arm and left leg.
• Ye Yu’s golden aura caused Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Grass to grow, and Tang San used Blue Silver Domain to strengthen it further.
• Tang Hao told Ye Yu and Tang San about his past, while Ye Yu resolved to grow stronger and uncover what his father had faced.
• Ye Yu and Tang San traveled to the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and Tang Long welcomed them.
• A Spirit Hall Soul Douluo reported Ye Yu’s arrival to Bibi Dong, who worried that he was appearing more often at the Clear Sky and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sects.