Chapter Summaries

Lin Ye defended the City of Slaughter’s continued existence, arguing that it contained wanted criminals and Evil Soul Masters whom Spirit Hall and the empires could not otherwise contain. The dispute ended with Tang San silenced but still resolved to see Spirit Hall as evil because he wanted revenge.

• Tang San argued that the City of Slaughter should be destroyed as a fallen place, and Lin Ye challenged his claim to justice.
• Lin Ye explained that the City of Slaughter served as a prison for criminals and that its residents could not leave except by winning the Hell Slaughter Arena and surviving the Road to Hell.
• The Black Veil Woman confirmed that the City of Slaughter allowed entry but not exit, while Tang San insisted the empires could imprison its villains instead.
• Lin Ye said Spirit Hall hunted Evil Soul Masters and warned that destroying the City of Slaughter would unleash them upon the continent.
• Lin Ye threatened to kill Tang San if he criticized Spirit Hall again, and Tang San obediently fell silent while privately holding to his desire for revenge.

Lin Ye brought Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena to the Hell Slaughter Arena and decided to watch a match before risking their lives in one. He stole three cups of Bloody Mary by killing their owners, leaving Tang San shaken by Lin Ye’s strength.

• The Black Veil Woman explained the Hell Slaughter Arena’s free-for-all rules and said entrants needed one hundred consecutive victories to qualify for the Road to Hell.
• Lin Ye chose to observe a match first because Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena were weaker than he was, but watching required a cup of Bloody Mary.
• Lin Ye entered the arena hall and stopped a bearded Soul Master to demand his Bloody Mary.
• The bearded Soul Master attacked, but Lin Ye killed him with a golden needle and took his cup.
• Lin Ye killed two more Soul Masters with the golden needle and collected their cups as Tang San watched in terror.

Lin Ye, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing began competing in the Hell Slaughter Arena, where Lin Ye’s overwhelming strength earned him the title Peerless King. A year later, Lin Ye had eighty-eight consecutive victories, while Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing had seventy-seven and seventy-four, and they remained in the City of Slaughter.

• Lin Ye comforted Zhu Zhuqing as she struggled to adjust to the arena’s brutality, then all three won their first matches with their own fighting styles.
• Tang San saw how powerful Lin Ye and his companions were and set aside his plan to kill Lin Ye until he could find a better chance.
• After eight victories, Lin Ye, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing survived an ambush by Fallen Soul Masters, whom Lin Ye killed with his golden needles.
• Lin Ye defeated opponents who countered his golden needles by crushing them with his fists, earning the title Peerless King.
• Over the next year, Lin Ye reached eighty-eight consecutive victories, while Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing reached seventy-seven and seventy-four.

As Lin Ye neared one hundred victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena, the King of Slaughter decided to recruit him before he could attempt the Road to Hell. The King ordered a black-robed woman to approach Lin Ye, while choosing not to interfere with Tang San because a Slaughter God stood behind him.

• Lin Ye reached ninety victories, while Hu Liena, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San each reached eighty-four, and the four fighters ran out of worthy opponents.
• The black-robed woman urged the King of Slaughter to recruit the four champions and described Lin Ye's overwhelming strength, along with Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing's abilities.
• The King of Slaughter dismissed the threat of Spirit Hall and ordered the woman to bring Lin Ye to him, promising to meet any demand except surrendering his throne.
• The King of Slaughter forbade approaching Tang San for now because a Slaughter God had sent him to the City of Slaughter.
• After the woman left, the King of Slaughter watched the purple moon and warned Lin Ye to know what was good for him.

Lin Ye won another Hell Slaughter Arena match, bringing his total to ninety victories, and was then summoned by the King of Slaughter over his plans to achieve a hundred wins and clear the Road to Hell. He agreed to meet the King of Slaughter, though he remained uncertain why the meeting was necessary.

• Lin Ye, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing ate breakfast and discussed reaching a hundred arena victories so they could leave the City of Slaughter.
• Lin Ye joined a group match at the Hell Slaughter Arena and killed all nine opponents with golden needles in under three seconds.
• A black-robed woman and two intimidating men stopped Lin Ye after his victory and said the King of Slaughter had summoned him.
• The woman warned Lin Ye that he would regret refusing the summons, which concerned his hundred victories and the Road to Hell.
• Lin Ye decided to meet the King of Slaughter despite not knowing why he wanted to see him.

Lin Ye met the King of Slaughter, who tried to dissuade him from challenging the Road to Hell and demanded that he serve under his command. The King threatened Lin Ye and the women close to him, and Lin Ye answered with rising killing intent.

• The black-robed woman escorted Lin Ye to the King of Slaughter’s castle and presented him as the Peerless King.
• The King of Slaughter asked whether Lin Ye planned to challenge the Road to Hell after earning one hundred consecutive victories, then warned him that the trial was nearly certain death.
• Lin Ye declared that he would challenge the Road to Hell despite the King’s warning.
• The King of Slaughter ordered Lin Ye to remain in the City of Slaughter and serve him, threatening to kill Lin Ye and his two women if he refused.
• The King of Slaughter displayed his nine soul rings, but Lin Ye showed no fear and asked if the King was threatening him.

Lin Ye rejected the King of Slaughter’s threats and struck him hard enough to send him crashing through the castle wall. After the King transformed and attacked from the air, Lin Ye countered with his Xuanyuan Sword and prepared to unleash the fourth form of the Xuanyuan Sword Technique.

• The King of Slaughter threatened Lin Ye and the two women with him, boasting that no one could defeat him in the City of Slaughter.
• Lin Ye mocked the King of Slaughter’s fear of the Slaughter God, then used Phoenix Dance Six Illusions and punched him through the castle wall.
• The King of Slaughter transformed, revealing crimson horns, wings, and a blood-red longsword, while Lin Ye’s Nine Yang True Qi corroded his wound.
• Lin Ye summoned the Xuanyuan Sword, used his Lightning Falcon Wings to force the King of Slaughter upward, and took flight after him.
• Lin Ye activated the fourth form of the Xuanyuan Sword Technique, Slaying Ghosts and Gods, condensing golden sword qi into a powerful strike.

Lin Ye fought the King of Slaughter, using soul-bone skills to overcome Divine Slaughter's Domain and steadily injuring him with the Xuanyuan Sword. The King of Slaughter never used a Soul Skill, leaving Lin Ye to suspect that he could not use them either.

• The King of Slaughter engulfed Lin Ye in Divine Slaughter's Domain, suppressing his strength, but Lin Ye used the Bloodthirsty Rampage Soul Bone Skill to counter it.
• Lin Ye's Xuanyuan Sword clashed with the Asura Demonic Sword and sent the King of Slaughter crashing to the ground.
• Lin Ye weakened the King of Slaughter with the Purple Spirit Weakness Aura, then boosted his strength and speed with Explosive Burn and pressed his attack.
• Lin Ye's sword strikes left wounds that would not heal, as his Nine Yang True Qi and Xuanyuan Sword Qi countered the King of Slaughter's apparent recovery.
• Lin Ye used Phoenix Dance Six Illusions to cut off part of the King of Slaughter's wing and nearly sever his head, but the King still did not unleash a Soul Skill.
• Lin Ye wondered whether the King of Slaughter was unable to use Soul Skills in the City of Slaughter.

Lin Ye defeated the King of Slaughter and spared him so he could continue ruling the City of Slaughter. The King of Slaughter revealed that the Road to Hell lay in another space and could only be reached through his teleportation ability.

• Lin Ye realized the King of Slaughter could not use his displayed soul rings and attacked him with the Xuanyuan Sword and his martial arts.
• Lin Ye severed the King of Slaughter's flesh wings, pierced his chest, and pinned him to the ground as the sword's power caused him intense pain.
• The King of Slaughter begged for mercy and promised to serve Lin Ye, warning that only he could open the Road to Hell.
• Lin Ye pulled the Xuanyuan Sword from the King of Slaughter and demanded an explanation about the Road to Hell.
• The King of Slaughter explained that the Road to Hell was in another space and that he alone could teleport there.

Lin Ye forced the King of Slaughter to promise food deliveries and learned that the Road to Hell could not be opened or explained without meeting its conditions. After Lin Ye, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing completed one hundred consecutive arena victories, they gathered to apply for the Road to Hell, where the King of Slaughter appeared.

• Lin Ye threatened and burned the King of Slaughter with the Xuanyuan Sword until the King explained that he could not forcibly open the Road to Hell or reveal its dangers.
• Lin Ye ordered the King of Slaughter to have prey delivered to his residence and warned that he would kill him after passing through the Road to Hell.
• The Asura God noticed Lin Ye’s power and considered him as a possible heir.
• Over the next month, Lin Ye, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing each completed one hundred consecutive victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Lin Ye, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing gathered to apply for the Road to Hell alongside blue-haired youth 9530, who had also completed his hundred victories.
• The King of Slaughter descended into the arena as the Fallen Ones roared his name.

The King of Slaughter opened the Road to Hell after Tang San refused his offer to leave the City of Slaughter without attempting it. Lin Ye, Hu Liena, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San were teleported to the narrow path above an abyss of blood, where their deadly trial began.

• The King of Slaughter celebrated the four warriors with one hundred arena victories and announced that he would open the Road to Hell.
• The King of Slaughter offered Tang San the title of Slaughter God and freedom to leave the City of Slaughter, but Tang San refused and chose to face the Road to Hell.
• The King of Slaughter used the Fallen Soul Masters’ blood to form a teleportation array, which transported Lin Ye, Hu Liena, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San away from the arena.
• Lin Ye recovered from the teleportation and caught Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing as they stumbled.
• Lin Ye examined the blood-filled abyss and narrow winding path, recognizing it as the Road to Hell.

Lin Ye led Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing along the Road to Hell, using his Double Pupils and Illusion Space to guide them through the darkness. After spotting a swarm of bloody bats and a Dark-Gold Three-Headed Bat approaching, he prepared his golden threads to attack, while Tang San set out behind them.

• Lin Ye told Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing to stay close and led them onto the narrow Road to Hell, using Illusion Space to share his vision.
• Tang San watched the three enter, then prepared to follow so he could travel behind Lin Ye and use his abilities freely.
• Lin Ye, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing ran several kilometers along the path before the growing red glow revealed a bat swarm approaching.
• Lin Ye warned Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing through their mental link and shaped his golden beads into razor-sharp threads for a group attack.
• As the bats closed in, Lin Ye flung the golden threads into the air and controlled them around the group.

Lin Ye, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing fought off the Bloody Bat Swarm on the Road to Hell, with Lin Ye killing the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King. Lin Ye stored a mysterious dark-golden sphere and continued leading the others forward.

• Lin Ye used his golden threads to shred many Bloody Bats as Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing killed the ones that got past his defenses.
• The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King charged ahead to attack the Road to Hell, but Lin Ye struck it with Double Pupils: Radiant Light.
• Lin Ye caught up with the wounded bat king, blocked its red energy attack, and cut off all three of its heads with the Xuanyuan Sword Martial Soul.
• A dark-golden sphere fell from the bat king's corpse, and Lin Ye stored it in the Jade Pendant Space before the corpse plunged into the Blood River.
• With their leader dead, the remaining Bloody Bats fled, and Lin Ye continued along the Road to Hell with Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing.

Lin Ye defeated the Scarlet Monstrous Serpent and led Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing through the increasingly intense heat on the Road to Hell. When the road ended at a crater-like exit above a lava-hot Blood River, he carried both women and flew toward the white curtain of light with his Lightning Falcon Wings.

• Lin Ye spotted the Scarlet Monstrous Serpent and killed it with his Xuanyuan Sword, then collected the Red Orb that emerged from its body.
• Lin Ye used the Emerald Aurora Bird's stone to purify the rising heat that stirred desire in himself, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• As the Blood Rivers grew hotter, Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing became too exhausted to run, so Lin Ye carried them toward the exit.
• At the end of the Road to Hell, Lin Ye found the path submerged beneath the Blood River and used his Symbiotic Battle Suit to summon Lightning Falcon Wings.
• Lin Ye carried Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing through the air and passed through the white curtain of light at the exit.

After escaping the Road to Hell, Lin Ye obtained Divine Slaughter's Domain, while Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing struggled with its effects. The Asura God entered Lin Ye’s body, recognized him as a potential divine inheritor, and revealed his identity.

• Lin Ye broke through the Road to Hell’s barrier and gained Divine Slaughter's Domain through his Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia Martial Soul, stirring his other Martial Souls.
• Lin Ye landed in a forest and used the Nine Yang Divine Skill to warm Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing as their Martial Souls began receiving Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• The Asura God sent Spiritual Power into Lin Ye, judged his Three Lives Martial Soul and exceptional abilities worthy of inheriting his divine position, and placed an Asura God Mark on him.
• The Asura God spoke to Lin Ye from inside his body, and Lin Ye learned that the voice belonged to the god who had created the City of Slaughter.

Lin Ye questioned the Asura God about the costs and alternatives to inheriting a divine position before agreeing to undergo the Asura God Nine Trials. As the Asura God began marking him, a dragon’s roar triggered a force that swallowed the Asura God Power and a thread of the god’s consciousness into Lin Ye’s Sea of Consciousness.

• The Asura God revealed that he had watched Lin Ye since the City of Slaughter and wanted Lin Ye to inherit his First Rank God position.
• Lin Ye asked what inheritance would cost and learned that he would need to pass nine trials, reach Rank 99, and enter the God Realm after his mortal lifespan ended.
• The Asura God explained that Lin Ye could theoretically create a divine position, but existing positions were occupied and attempting to duplicate one could be dangerous.
• Lin Ye agreed to inherit the Asura God position, and the Asura God began forming a sword-shaped Asura God Mark between his brows.
• A dragon roared from Lin Ye’s Sea of Consciousness, whose devouring force pulled in the Asura God Power within Lin Ye and a thread of the Asura God’s divine consciousness.

Lin Ye’s Devouring Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul swallowed the Asura God’s divine power and will before he could grant Lin Ye a divine position. After learning Lin Ye was the son of Lin Tian, the Asura God reported him to the God Realm Committee, which ordered Lin Ye’s death; the Asura God then strengthened the King of Slaughter’s body and set out to kill him.

• The Devouring Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul dragged the Asura God’s power and divine will into Lin Ye’s Sea of Consciousness and swallowed them.
• The Asura God recognized Lin Ye’s Martial Soul as the Sinful Dragon from the prophecy and realized Lin Ye was Lin Tian’s descendant.
• The Asura God sent news of Lin Ye to his main body in the God Realm, while Lin Ye tried in vain to call the swallowed divine will.
• The God Realm Committee ordered the Asura God to eliminate Lin Ye, and he took control of the King of Slaughter’s body in the City of Slaughter.
• The Asura God strengthened the King of Slaughter’s body and soul rings, then left the castle with the Asura Demonic Sword to confront Lin Ye.

Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing completed their Slaughter Domain transformations, but as they prepared to leave the City of Slaughter, the Asura God appeared and revealed that he had come to kill Lin Ye because of his Devouring Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul. The Asura God claimed that the God Realm had killed Lin Ye’s father for the same reason, and Lin Ye prepared to fight him.

• Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing tested their newly acquired Slaughter Domains and discovered that they enhanced their abilities and weakened enemies.
• Lin Ye suggested that the three of them leave for a human city to bathe, eat, and rest.
• The Asura God appeared in the King of Slaughter’s body and told Lin Ye that he had come to kill him, not continue his God Position Trial.
• The Asura God identified Lin Ye’s Devouring Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul as the prophesied Sinful Dragon Martial Soul and said its bearers threatened the God Realm.
• The Asura God claimed that the God Realm had killed Lin Ye’s father for trying to empower soul beasts, and Lin Ye angrily challenged him to fight.

Lin Ye confronted the Asura God, who had come to kill him because of his Devouring Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul, and prepared to fight rather than surrender. After boosting his strength and activating two domains, Lin Ye made the Asura God wary of the unfamiliar Xuanyuan Domain.

• The Asura God spread his Divine Slaughter's Domain and revealed nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, leaving Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena shocked and afraid for Lin Ye.
• Lin Ye told Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena to leave, determined to fight the Asura God over his father's disappearance and the gods' hostility toward him.
• Lin Ye summoned the Xuanyuan Sword and Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia, then activated his Martial Soul Avatar and several soul skills to raise his strength dramatically.
• Lin Ye weakened the Asura God with Purple Spirit Light of Weakness, but the skill reduced the god's abilities by only fifteen percent.
• Lin Ye combined his Divine Slaughter's Domain with the Xuanyuan Domain, and the unfamiliar domain made the Asura God wary.

Lin Ye fought the Asura God, using his Double Pupils, swordsmanship, and domains to withstand the god’s attacks. When the Asura God unleashed Asura Hell and overwhelmed their domains, Lin Ye fused six soul rings and countered with the Xuanyuan Sword Technique’s Splitting the Heaven and Earth, leaving their torrents of blades colliding.

• The Asura God attacked Lin Ye with the Asura Demonic Sword, but Lin Ye dodged with the aid of his Double Pupils and counterattacked.
• Lin Ye used the Nine Swords of Dugu, his domains, and the Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia to keep pace with and gradually suppress the Asura God.
• The Asura God retreated and unleashed Divine Slaughter's Domain: Asura Hell, forming countless blood-red blades that tore through Lin Ye’s domains.
• Lin Ye fused six soul rings and poured their energy into his Xuanyuan Sword Martial Soul.
• Lin Ye unleashed Xuanyuan Sword, Third Form: Splitting the Heaven and Earth, sending golden divine swords crashing into the Asura God’s blood-red blade torrent.