Vol. 5The Empty Divine Seat

Lin Ye rose from the City of Slaughter to challenge gods and help Spirit Hall expand its power across the continent. After Qian Renxue’s Heaven Dou coup failed, Spirit Hall backed Star Luo’s invasion while the gods considered empowering mortals to oppose Lin Ye.

  • Bibi Dong exposed Xiao Wu’s identity, and Xiao Wu sacrificed herself to give Lin Ye a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone while Tang Hao escaped with Tang San.
  • Lin Ye built a winning streak in the City of Slaughter with Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing, earning the title Peerless King and a summons from the King of Slaughter.
  • Lin Ye defeated the King of Slaughter, survived the Road to Hell, and devoured the Asura God’s power and divine will.
  • The Asura God chose Tang San as a potential successor, while Lin Ye returned to Spirit City and asked Bibi Dong whether the God Realm had killed his father.
  • Lin Ye helped Zhu Zhuyun defeat the imperial couple and seize the Star Luo throne, then killed a Divine Official sent by the Asura God.
  • Lin Ye helped Spirit Hall destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect treasures in exchange for submission.
  • Lin Ye secured the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s submission, while Ning Rongrong evolved her pagoda and asked him to marry her.
  • Tang Chen and Bo Saixi foiled Qian Renxue’s attempt to seize Heaven Dou, and Spirit Hall later backed Star Luo’s invasion as the gods considered empowering mortals against Lin Ye.
Chapters 402–501 Read from ch. 402

Arc 17The Slaughter City Trial

Lin Ye exposed Xiao Wu’s identity at the tournament, where Xiao Wu sacrificed herself and Tang Hao escaped with Tang San. After training, Lin Ye entered the City of Slaughter with Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing, built a winning streak in its arena, and was summoned by the King of Slaughter.

  • Bibi Dong revealed Xiao Wu as a 100,000 Year Humanoid Soul Beast and ordered Spirit Hall to capture her, while Lin Ye revealed himself as Sword One and won the tournament for the Heavenly Star Team.
  • Tang Hao attacked Spirit Hall to save Tang San, but Lin Ye defeated him and argued that Tang Hao had knowingly put Xiao Wu in danger.
  • Xiao Wu sacrificed herself to create a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone for Lin Ye, while Tang Hao escaped with Tang San and Bibi Dong ended the tournament.
  • Lin Ye reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, who pledged to stay with him, while Tang Hao told Tang San that his mother Ah Yin had also been a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who sacrificed herself.
  • Lin Ye passed Yue Guan’s physical test and accepted Bibi Dong’s trial in the City of Slaughter, arriving there with Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing.
  • Lin Ye entered the City of Slaughter with Hu Liena, Zhu Zhuqing, and a disguised Tang San, then challenged Tang San’s claim that the city should be destroyed.
  • Lin Ye and his companions fought in the Hell Slaughter Arena, where Lin Ye earned the title Peerless King and reached eighty-eight consecutive victories over the following year.
  • Lin Ye killed nine opponents in under three seconds, after which a black-robed woman summoned him to meet the King of Slaughter.
Chapters 402–426 Summaries Read

Arc 18The Slaughter God’s Fall

Lin Ye defeated the King of Slaughter, survived the Road to Hell, and killed the Asura God’s vessel after learning that the God Realm feared his Devouring Ancestral Dragon. The Asura God began grooming Tang San as a successor, while Lin Ye returned to Spirit City to question Bibi Dong about his father.

  • Lin Ye defeated the King of Slaughter and forced him to explain how to open the Road to Hell.
  • Lin Ye, Hu Liena, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San entered the Road to Hell, where Lin Ye killed the bat king and other monsters before carrying Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing out.
  • The Asura God offered Lin Ye his divine position, but the Devouring Ancestral Dragon swallowed the god’s power and will, prompting the God Realm to order Lin Ye’s death.
  • Lin Ye fought the Asura God and drained the Blood River, then crushed the god’s vessel and devoured its divine will.
  • Lin Ye absorbed the King of Slaughter’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, dealt with escaped Fallen Soul Masters, and ordered the bald, scar-faced man to manage the City of Slaughter.
  • The Asura God chose Tang San as a potential successor, restored Tang Chen in a Blood River pool, and Tang San agreed to inherit the divine position so he could revive Xiao Wu.
  • Lin Ye returned to Spirit City with Hu Liena and Zhu Qing and asked Bibi Dong whether the God Realm had killed his father.
Chapters 427–451 Summaries Read

Arc 19Spirit Hunting Operation

Lin Ye learned more about his father’s research, helped Zhu Zhuyun seize the Star Luo throne, and defeated Tang San’s allies and a divine official. As Spirit Hall began its campaign against the Upper Three Sects, Lin Ye negotiated with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and offered it treasures to encourage submission.

  • Lin Ye broke the jade pendant’s ninth seal, learned the Soul Spirit art from his father’s letter, and successfully created a Soul Spirit from a ten-year soul beast.
  • Bibi Dong revealed that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue in disguise and explained Spirit Hall’s plan to unify the continent, while Lin Ye offered to gain soul beast support through Soul Spirits.
  • Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing went to the Star Luo Empire to help Zhu Zhuyun, and Lin Ye disrupted her wedding to Dai Mubai before defeating the imperial couple and freeing Zhu Zhuqing.
  • Lin Ye killed Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Yuehua, defeated a Divine Official sent by the Asura God, and helped Zhu Zhuyun take the throne as the Star Luo Empire’s first empress.
  • After Xue Ye became critically ill, Bibi Dong began the Spirit Hunting Operation, and Spirit Hall’s forces attacked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
  • Lin Ye killed Yu Yuanzhen and ordered Spirit Hall’s Douluos to finish destroying the sect, then went to negotiate with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
  • Lin Ye demonstrated Spirit Hall’s strength to Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong, then offered the sect a golden tulip and two soul bones as it considered whether to submit.
Chapters 452–476 Summaries Read

Arc 20The Failed Heaven Dou Coup

Lin Ye secured the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and helped Qian Renxue attempt to take the Heaven Dou throne, but Tang Chen and Bo Saixi forced Spirit Hall to abandon the plan. Spirit Hall then backed Star Luo’s invasion, while the gods considered empowering mortals to oppose Lin Ye.

  • Lin Ye gave Ning Fengzhi the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Ning Rongrong evolved her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda before asking Lin Ye to marry her.
  • Lin Ye defeated Chen Xin and Gu Rong in combat, won their agreement not to interfere with his relationship with Ning Rongrong, and secured the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s submission to Spirit Hall.
  • Lin Ye persuaded Dugu Bo to stop sustaining Emperor Xue Ye, and Qian Renxue arranged Xue Ye’s death so she could ascend the Heaven Dou throne.
  • Tang Chen exposed Qian Renxue’s disguise during the succession ceremony, and Lin Ye confronted him before Bo Saixi joined the fight and forced Lin Ye to retreat with Qian Renxue.
  • Lin Ye killed Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing during the retreat, then told Bibi Dong that the Heaven Dou operation had failed and helped move the Dugu and Nine Heart Begonia clans to Spirit City.
  • Lin Ye learned that devouring a god had left him an Empty Divine Seat, and Qian Daoliu advised him to wait and choose a divine office carefully.
  • Spirit Hall supported Star Luo’s invasion of Heaven Dou, and the combined forces overwhelmed Heaven Dou’s army as Tang Chen and Bo Saixi sought help from the God Realm.
  • The gods discussed the prophecy about Lin Ye, and the Sea God proposed empowering people from Douluo Continent instead of descending to fight themselves.
Chapters 477–501 Summaries Read
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