Chapter Summaries

Zhang Tianyu and Hu Liena refused to drink Huangquan Dew and forced their way into Slaughter City, where they withstood the portal’s blood and killing intent. They arrived outside the city and Zhang Tianyu began eyeing the wilderness beyond it.

• Zhang Tianyu thanked Golden Eagle Soul Douluo and his companions before Li Xuan led him and Hu Liena toward the entrance to Slaughter City.
• Zhang Tianyu refused Huangquan Dew and told Li Xuan he would force his way in; Hu Liena agreed to follow him.
• Zhang Tianyu and Hu Liena jumped through the black light curtain and endured the blood-red portal and its intense killing intent.
• Zhang Tianyu and Hu Liena emerged before Slaughter City beneath the blood-red Giant Moon.
• Zhang Tianyu looked toward the wilderness and mist beyond the city, curious about exploring past the map’s apparent boundary.

Zhang Tianyu and Hu Liena entered Slaughter City after Zhang Tianyu defeated the Fear Knight Astaroth with a swift sword strike. A seductive guide led them toward the Hell Slaughter Arena, where Zhang Tianyu prepared Hu Liena for the deadly fights ahead.

• Zhang Tianyu and Hu Liena crossed the bridge, where Astaroth challenged them for breaking Slaughter City's rules.
• Zhang Tianyu asked whether defeating Astaroth would earn entry for both of them, then stopped her charge with his Black Sword at her throat.
• Astaroth conceded and gave Zhang Tianyu two tokens, allowing him and Hu Liena to enter Slaughter City.
• A beautiful guide offered to protect them for twelve hours, but Zhang Tianyu asked her to take them to the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Zhang Tianyu told Hu Liena to fight cautiously, prioritize her safety, and kill her opponents without hesitation.

Zhang Tianyu entered Slaughter City’s Inner City with Hu Liena and planned to turn the place into a prison for evildoers, with Huangquan managing it. After he effortlessly killed three ambushers, a second attack began while the Slaughter Envoy restrained Hu Liena, leaving Zhang Tianyu facing a volley of crossbow bolts and six charging attackers.

• Zhang Tianyu and Hu Liena entered the Inner City with the Slaughter Envoy, who warned them about the dangers and the twelve-hour novice protection period.
• Zhang Tianyu discussed with Huangquan and Biluo his plan to destroy Slaughter City and build a prison for evildoers and Evil Spirit Masters, while reserving the Slaughter Envoys and Astaroth for himself.
• Three ambushers attacked Zhang Tianyu, and he killed all three with a single rapid strike.
• The Slaughter Envoy restrained Hu Liena as Zhang Tianyu taunted the other attackers, impressing the Slaughter Envoy with his strength.
• Crossbow bolts flew toward Zhang Tianyu, followed by six attackers charging out of the ruined buildings.

Zhang Tianyu used Biluo to attract Slaughter City's attention and defeat opponents in the Hell Slaughter Arena, hoping to build his winning streak safely. After securing a protected room, he lent Hu Liena the Air Cannon to help keep her safe.

• Zhang Tianyu used Biluo's gale to scatter six ambushers and Huangquan to kill them, then announced that he would await challengers in the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Rumors about Biluo spread through Slaughter City, drawing large crowds to watch Zhang Tianyu fight.
• Zhang Tianyu summoned lightning from Biluo to kill all nine opponents in a ten-man match, convincing spectators that the sword was a powerful Soul Tool.
• Zhang Tianyu stayed in the Hell Slaughter Arena's expensive guest rooms to avoid ambushes and pursue one hundred consecutive victories.
• Hu Liena won her match, and Zhang Tianyu lent her the Air Cannon for protection after disguising her.

Zhang Tianyu stayed in the Slaughter Arena and manipulated its contestants into fighting him, hoping to earn one hundred consecutive victories quickly while minimizing everyone else’s killing. After faking signs of backlash to lure in challengers, he revealed his strength again and killed all nine opponents, leaving the spectators to wonder whether the sword had truly injured him.

• Zhang Tianyu stayed inside the Slaughter Arena, prompting many contestants to seek matches against him while others held back from killing each other.
• Zhang Tianyu won seven consecutive matches with the Divine Sword Thunder Control Art, killing sixty-three opponents and alarming the spectators.
• Zhang Tianyu had the system make him cough up blood and appear injured, then skipped two days of matches while Hu Liena kept his plan secret.
• Zhang Tianyu returned looking unwell, and nine challengers hesitated to attack until they agreed to charge him together.
• Zhang Tianyu used Gale Thunderstorm to kill all nine challengers, then taunted the crowd despite blood at his mouth and a pale complexion.

Zhang Tianyu pretended to weaken himself, encouraging his opponents to turn on one another while he rested and waited. He continued winning each match with his lightning attack, leaving his enemies convinced that he was close to collapse.

• Zhang Tianyu appeared pale and fought with his sword, convincing his opponents that he could no longer use his ultimate move.
• One of the nine opponents ambushed another, breaking their encirclement and letting Zhang Tianyu finish off the wounded fighter.
• Zhang Tianyu sat beside Biluo while the remaining fighters eyed the Divine Artifact and hesitated to attack each other.
• After resting, Zhang Tianyu unleashed his lightning attack and killed the eight opponents, though spectators thought he had grown weaker.
• Zhang Tianyu skipped the next day, then killed all nine opponents in each of his matches on the third, fourth, and fifth days while appearing increasingly weak.

Zhang Tianyu and Hu Liena kept winning matches as Zhang Tianyu secretly helped her, while he continued tormenting Yu Xiaogang and Tang San. Nearly two months later, Tang Hao and Tang San had begun repairing their relationship, but Zhang Tianyu set the stage for another scheme as they went to town for food.

• Zhang Tianyu used his feigned weakness to secure victory after victory, reaching eighty-seven consecutive wins while Hu Liena followed with seventy-one.
• Zhang Tianyu secretly supplied Hu Liena with sword energy that fought in her likeness, allowing her to win a match each day; she agreed after he said he wanted her to keep pace.
• Zhang Tianyu continued sending Yu Xiaogang and Tang San both minor and major misfortunes, while Tang Hao and Tang San gradually became less awkward with each other.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to take a day off from hammer training and brought him to a nearby town to buy food.
• Tang Hao and Tang San entered a tavern, ordered food and wine, and waited hungrily; Tang Hao drank a cup of wine and poured one for Tang San.

Tang Hao and Tang San suffered public embarrassment after Zhang Tianyu caused them to speak in a cutesy voice, while Zhang Tianyu also considered exploiting the strain between Flender and Yu Xiaogang. The chapter left Tang Hao and Tang San shopping for seeds, unaware that their bizarre voices were the reason people stared at them.

• Tang San took a sip of Tang Hao's wine and began speaking in a cutesy voice, which Tang Hao soon began copying.
• The diners complained about Tang Hao and Tang San, but their intimidating strength silenced the tavern; the pair ate and left to shop.
• Zhang Tianyu laughed while observing Tang Hao and Tang San, then noticed Flender resented Yu Xiaogang and considered another way to torment him.
• Tang Hao and Tang San bought rice and vegetable seeds, and Tang Hao threatened the people staring at him without realizing their voices were disturbing them.

Zhang Tianyu disguised himself as a Slaughter Envoy to collect rats and wild dogs for a prank on Tang Hao and Tang San, who were already suffering from a cutesy-voice effect and public contempt. Back in the Slaughter Arena, he decided to target Tang Hao with his next scheme, but the chapter ended before he used the animals.

• Tang Hao and Tang San noticed the disgusted reactions around them, hurried out of the Seed Shop, and suspected misfortune was affecting them again.
• Zhang Tianyu found a movie-inspired item in the System Mall and disguised himself as the young lady Slaughter Envoy to safely search outside.
• Zhang Tianyu collected several rats and one male and one female wild dog, then returned to the Slaughter Arena as people who had followed him discovered his disguise.
• Zhang Tianyu released the animals, opened Trial, and chose Tang Hao instead of Tang San as the target of his planned prank.

Zhang Tianyu used an Obedience Talisman to make Tang Hao imitate a rat, humiliating him in public while Tang San watched helplessly. The chapter ended with Zhang Tianyu startling the rat and causing Tang Hao to wet his pants in front of the town’s crowd.

• Zhang Tianyu decided to target Tang Hao rather than Tang San, hoping to spare the town’s residents, and used Tang Hao’s avatar.
• Tang Hao froze outside a general store, showed fear, and began imitating a rat as Tang San and the crowd stared in shock.
• Zhang Tianyu revealed that the Obedience Talisman made Tang Hao copy the movements of a rat beside him.
• Zhang Tianyu startled the rat, making it pee, and Tang Hao spread his legs and wet his pants in public.

Zhang Tianyu used the A-Talisman and his helpers to make Tang Hao imitate a rat, a drunk, and then a dog in public. Tang San tried to take his father away, but Tang Hao broke free of his binding and began making obscene movements, leaving Tang San stunned.

• Zhang Tianyu had Tang Hao eat imaginary cheese and drink alcohol while he acted like a rat and then a drunken dancer.
• Zhang Tianyu and Huangquan prepared the next humiliation by putting the A-Talisman on a male stray dog during mating season.
• Tang Hao began barking and crawling like a dog, and Tang San decided to leave town with him.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Bind to restrain Tang Hao, but Tang Hao shattered the vines with a bark.
• Tang Hao rose into an indecent thrusting pose, and Tang San was left dumbfounded.

Tang San and Tang Hao escaped town after Tang Hao’s bizarre behavior, while Zhang Tianyu suspected an unknown power had interfered with his items and decided to leave them alone for three months. He won another arena match in Slaughter City, then turned his attention back to Yu Xiaogang, who had enjoyed nearly two peaceful months after his latest social humiliation.

• Tang San tried to pull Tang Hao away from his indecent behavior, then cried out to the crowd that someone had been tormenting him and those around him.
• Tang Hao returned to normal, and Zhang Tianyu suspended his items after the system detected interference from an unknown power.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to keep the incident secret and admitted he could not protect his family from the strange events; the two left town together.
• Zhang Tianyu decided not to provoke Tang San for three months, disguised himself as frail, and defeated everyone in the arena again.
• Zhang Tianyu returned to his room, changed back, and used sword-qi clones to serve him while he observed Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang had mostly recovered from his latest social humiliation and spent nearly two months in peace.

Zhang Tianyu spent time with Hu Liena and learned the histories of his Martial Souls, Biluo and Huangquan. He decided that if the mysterious person cornered him again, he might remove their strength restrictions and risk dying alongside his enemy.

• Zhang Tianyu welcomed Hu Liena into his room, and they spent the day and night together before sharing food and wine the next morning.
• Zhang Tianyu discussed Slaughter City’s cannibalistic customs with Huangquan and Biluo, while Huangquan promised to change the city after taking control.
• Biluo and Huangquan explained that they were opposing but complementary forces, with Biluo governing celestial phenomena and Huangquan commanding death.
• Huangquan recounted how it grew powerful by destroying planets, was defeated by Biluo, and later regained freedom after Biluo vanished during the War of the Gods.
• The system explained that Biluo had joined the War of the Gods as a mediator and that both swords’ former divine power could overwhelm Zhang Tianyu if restored.
• Zhang Tianyu considered removing the restrictions on Biluo and Huangquan as a last resort against the mysterious person, even if it meant dying together.

Zhang Tianyu questioned the System about Biluo’s domain, but neither it nor Biluo would explain how to unlock it. He then examined a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, replaced his first Soul Skill with Hell Flying Flame, and discovered he could summon nine burning tentacles.

• Zhang Tianyu asked the System how to unlock Biluo’s domain, but it told him to work out the answer himself.
• Zhang Tianyu asked Biluo about its domain, and Biluo said the System would not let it reveal anything.
• Zhang Tianyu examined the Hell Flame Demon Soul Ring and learned its skills were Hell Flying Flame and Scorching Whip.
• Zhang Tianyu replaced Scorching Sun Verdict with Hell Flying Flame.
• Zhang Tianyu used Scorching Whip and summoned nine tentacles that could ignite and extinguish their flames at will.

Zhang Tianyu developed plans to accelerate his schemes involving Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Tang Chen while tormenting Yu Xiaogang by keeping him anxious about another misfortune. After spending the night with Hu Liena, he left Yu Xiaogang still exhausted and waiting for disaster to strike.

• Zhang Tianyu examined the tentacles he had gained and decided to visit Hu Liena to try a new game.
• Yu Xiaogang spent another sleepless night worrying that misfortune would return, but nothing happened.
• Zhang Tianyu watched Yu Xiaogang's distress and planned to speed up his plans to obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain and recruit Qian Renxue against Bibi Dong.
• Zhang Tianyu and the system discussed whether he should trick or kill Tang Chen, and Zhang Tianyu decided to keep him alive for now.
• Zhang Tianyu transformed into an insect to enter Hu Liena's room, revealed his tentacles, and spent the night with her.
• Yu Xiaogang emerged from the Faculty Dormitory Building after ten days of anxiety, looking so exhausted that he nearly fainted.

Zhang Tianyu used his own control of Hu Liena’s sword-qi clones in the Slaughter Arena and revealed a new defensive maneuver when danger arose. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang’s fear and exhaustion continued as he fell asleep in the faculty office.

• Yu Xiaogang arrived at the Faculty Office Building exhausted, admitted to insomnia, and fell asleep at his desk instead of returning to his lonely dorm.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Qin Ming discussed moving Yu Xiaogang to another dorm, but Zhao Wuji and Qin Ming refused to share theirs.
• Zhang Tianyu appeared near death in the arena, unleashed a powerful lightning attack, and vowed to return the next day.
• Back in his room, Zhang Tianyu checked on Hu Liena and chose to control the sword-qi clones himself as she fought in the Slaughter Arena.
• Hu Liena’s nine clones killed seven opponents and cornered the last two, but Zhang Tianyu redirected seven clones to protect her, with one carrying her into the air.

Zhang Tianyu realized his inherited power had evolved, allowing him to see through an illusion that concealed an ambusher's possession by an unknown figure. Afterward, he watched Yan struggle with jealousy over Hu Liena and his relationship.

• Zhang Tianyu saved Hu Liena from an underground ambush, then learned from the system that his inherited [Perception] had evolved into [Wisdom] and a [Wisdom Eye] that could distinguish reality from illusion.
• Hu Liena told Zhang Tianyu that the ambusher had looked calm when his attack failed but shocked as he died, leading Zhang Tianyu to suspect the unknown figure who had once possessed Eve had possessed the ambusher too.
• Zhang Tianyu concluded that his inherited power had surpassed the system's, and he felt reassured that the system could not turn against him.
• After Hu Liena fell asleep, Zhang Tianyu used the Friend List to observe Yan cultivating amid flames, where Yan angrily lamented Hu Liena's devotion to Zhang Tianyu and called him a scumbag.

Zhang Tianyu discovered that a mysterious power had severed his connection to his clone and the system, and that an unknown figure could wield time reversal. He was left isolated when Biluo and Huangquan suddenly vanished.

• Zhang Tianyu hid as an insect while a Slaughter Envoy asked Hu Liena to join the Enforcement Team or become a Slaughter Envoy, then asked where Number 9027 was.
• Zhang Tianyu realized the Slaughter Envoy was lying about searching his room and returned to find his clone frozen and his connection to it severed.
• Zhang Tianyu summoned Biluo and Huangquan, but found that his connection to the system had also been cut off.
• Biluo and Huangquan identified the power affecting the clone as time reversal and warned that its wielder surpassed everyone on the continent.
• Two flashes of light swept past, and Biluo and Huangquan disappeared, leaving Zhang Tianyu alone.

After Zhang Tianyu’s powers were stripped away, a mysterious being tested him by asking what time was and revealed that it had chosen him as an heir. The being vanished, but time repeatedly rewound whenever Zhang Tianyu tried to ask others about the encounter, leaving him unable to share what happened.

• After Zhang Tianyu lost his Martial Soul and Soul Power, his clone attacked and crushed his neck, but time rewound and restored him.
• The clone questioned Zhang Tianyu about time, criticized his shallow understanding, and told him that understanding and accepting time were necessary to become its Controller.
• The clone disappeared, restoring Huangquan, Biluo, the system, and Zhang Tianyu’s powers; Zhang Tianyu realized the being had been testing him as an heir.
• When Zhang Tianyu asked the system what time was, time rewound and erased the question from everyone else’s memory.
• Zhang Tianyu explained the encounter to the system, but time rewound again and erased his explanation and the others’ memories of it.

Zhang Tianyu kept the system from learning about the mysterious trial, then used his apparent exhaustion after his ninety-ninth victory to lure powerful Inner City fighters into registering for his hundredth battle. He entered the arena in perfect condition and revealed that his weakness had been an act, leaving his nine opponents facing him and Biluo.

• Zhang Tianyu told the system the trial was over and refused to discuss it, but time reversal erased his attempt to explain why he could not speak about it.
• After his ninety-ninth victory, Zhang Tianyu pretended to be near death and announced that his hundredth battle would be the next day.
• Powerful Inner City fighters registered in record numbers, hoping to defeat Zhang Tianyu and claim his sword.
• Zhang Tianyu's nine opponents saw him arrive looking healthy and realized his exhaustion had been fake.
• Zhang Tianyu drew Biluo and promised the nine fighters painless deaths.