Chapter Summaries

More than half a year after Xiao Yu began absorbing the True Dragon Nine Crowns, Liu Erlong continued visiting him in Nine Dragon Thunder Valley. When the golden sphere around him began crackling and heavenly pillars of light struck the mountains, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan evacuated as Xiao Yu’s emergence from seclusion began.

• Over the past three months, Hu Liena trained in the City of Slaughter while Yu Xiaogang handled Evil Spirit Master affairs and continued his Rakshasa God Trial.
• Xue Qinghe strengthened his hold over the Heaven Dou Empire, and Qian Renxue’s management drew more low-level Spirit Masters to its Spirit Hall.
• Liu Erlong continued waiting for Xiao Yu in Nine Dragon Thunder Valley, where Yu Luomian warned her that she had visited every day for more than half a year.
• The golden sphere around Xiao Yu began crackling, and a pillar of light descended onto the main mountain.
• Yu Yuanzhen pulled Liu Erlong to safety and ordered the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to retreat ten li from Nine Dragon Thunder Valley.
• More golden pillars of light struck Crane Mountain and other peaks.

Xiao Yu’s breakthrough transformed Nine Dragon Thunder Valley, dispersing its thunderclouds and sending a powerful golden aura across the continent. He returned to Liu Erlong as Sleeping Dragon gained the ability to speak.

• Nine pillars of light merged above Nine Dragon Thunder Valley, and their ancient dragon roar made Yu Yuanzhen, Liu Erlong, and Yu Luomian cough up blood as their martial souls recoiled in fear.
• The enormous pillar shattered, releasing a golden radiance that swept across the continent and drew the attention of Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong, the Silver Dragon King, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and Bo Saixi.
• Bo Saixi wondered whether the aura’s owner could try to become the Sea God’s inheritor and save Sea God Island.
• The golden light faded, the thunderclouds cleared, and Yu Luomian wept as sunlight reached Nine Dragon Thunder Valley.
• Liu Erlong flew to the main mountain, where she discovered that Sleeping Dragon had become an eighty-meter-tall Bright Holy Dragon who could speak.
• Xiao Yu rose, embraced Liu Erlong, and told his teacher that he was back.

After returning from his breakthrough, Xiao Yu reunited with Liu Erlong and revealed that he had perfectly fused the True Dragon Nine Crowns. He demonstrated the transformation to Yu Yuanzhen, leaving the onlookers stunned by his seven blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings.

• Xiao Yu returned after more than half a year, and Liu Erlong embraced him in relief and cried over her worry for him.
• Xiao Yu told Yu Yuanzhen that he had perfectly fused the True Dragon Nine Crowns, which strengthened his body and transformed his spirit rings.
• At Yu Yuanzhen's request, Xiao Yu called Sleeping Dragon and demonstrated the results of the fusion.
• Sleeping Dragon shrank as seven blood-red spirit rings emerged from it and fused into Xiao Yu.
• Yu Yuanzhen, Yu Luomian, and Liu Erlong stared in shock at Xiao Yu's seven Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings.

After absorbing the True Dragon Nine Crowns, Xiao Yu gained seven Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings and a physique powerful enough to withstand Yu Yuanzhen’s strongest attack. He refused the Clan Leader position, but promised to protect the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, leaving Yu Yuanzhen hopeful that the clan could someday become the world’s number one sect.

• Xiao Yu explained that the True Dragon Nine Crowns strengthened his physique and evolved his seven Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings into Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings.
• Xiao Yu told Yu Yuanzhen that he could endure Yu Yuanzhen’s Martial Soul Avatar and Ninth Spirit Ability with his body alone, though he had not attained a demigod’s physique.
• Xiao Yu estimated that fewer than five people on the continent could surpass his current physique, and that it might become comparable to a demigod’s when he reached adulthood and became a Titled Douluo.
• Yu Yuanzhen offered Xiao Yu the Clan Leader position, but Liu Erlong objected, and Xiao Yu said he preferred to protect the clan rather than manage it.
• Yu Yuanzhen accepted that Xiao Yu would not become Clan Leader and hoped the clan could use his strength to claim the title of the world’s number one sect from the Clear Sky Sect.

Yu Yuanzhen challenged Xiao Yu to prove his strength, unleashing his ninth spirit ability against him. Xiao Yu destroyed five thunder dragons with his claws, then transformed and released a Dragon Might that made Yu Yuanzhen feel bloodline-born fear.

• Yu Yuanzhen recalled losing the last Seven Great Sects Tournament and challenged Xiao Yu to defeat him in exchange for freedom to grow as he wished.
• Xiao Yu accepted the challenge and asked Liu Erlong and Yu Luomian to move away before facing Yu Yuanzhen alone.
• Yu Yuanzhen summoned nine thunder dragons with his ninth spirit ability, True Dragon's Fury, Its Roar Shakes the Nine Heavens.
• Xiao Yu shattered five thunder dragons with his golden dragon claws, astonishing Liu Erlong and the others.
• At Yu Yuanzhen's urging, Xiao Yu transformed, surrounded himself with golden lightning, and made Yu Yuanzhen feel fear from the pressure of his bloodline.

Xiao Yu defeated Yu Yuanzhen and explained how he sealed the True Dragon Nine Crowns’ power, then asked the sect to investigate where its first sect master had found them. A week later, Xiao Yu and Liu Erlong were still recovering from their days together, while Liu Erlong put off having a child because the continent remained unstable.

• Xiao Yu shattered Yu Yuanzhen’s ninth thunder dragon, and Yu Yuanzhen conceded the fight and recognized Xiao Yu as the sect’s strongest expert.
• Xiao Yu explained that he could temporarily unseal the True Dragon Nine Crowns but could not yet withstand their full power continuously.
• Xiao Yu asked Yu Yuanzhen to search the sect’s ancient records for the mysterious space where the first sect master had obtained the True Dragon Nine Crowns, and Yu Yuanzhen enlisted Yu Luomian to help.
• A week passed, and Xiao Yu brought food to Liu Erlong after removing the cottage’s soundproofing Soul Tools.
• Liu Erlong said she would delay having a child with Xiao Yu because the continent’s turmoil could leave them vulnerable.

After spending a week with Liu Erlong, Xiao Yu promised she would be his first wife before teasing the Silver Dragon King about her interest in him. The Silver Dragon King dismissed his chances of surpassing her physique, but wagered that she would indulge him if he succeeded, then asked him to unseal the True Dragon Nine Crowns so she could heal.

• Liu Erlong insisted that she must bear Xiao Yu’s first child and be his principal wife, and Xiao Yu agreed.
• After dinner, Liu Erlong cleaned their room, then fell asleep in Xiao Yu’s arms as they watched the sunset.
• The Silver Dragon King teased Xiao Yu about his week with Liu Erlong and claimed his physique could not compare with hers or Zi Ji’s.
• Xiao Yu insisted he might surpass the Silver Dragon King, and she promised to indulge him if he did.
• The Silver Dragon King remembered why she had come and asked Xiao Yu to unseal the True Dragon Nine Crowns so she could heal her injuries.

Xiao Yu learned that he needed to perfect his Dragon King's Might by nurturing it with killing aura, so he planned to go to the City of Slaughter. The Silver Dragon King warned him to keep his seal intact and avoid attracting the gods' attention.

• Xiao Yu activated the True Dragon Nine Crowns, and the Silver Dragon King confirmed that his seal would eventually break as his physique matured.
• The Silver Dragon King explained that Xiao Yu's Dragon King's Might was incomplete and needed killing aura to weaken stronger opponents and fully subdue dragons.
• Xiao Yu suggested using the City of Slaughter to nurture his killing aura through its life-and-death battles and Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• The Silver Dragon King reluctantly agreed that Xiao Yu should go to the City of Slaughter, but warned him not to break his seal or reveal his Dragon King Body to the gods.
• The Silver Dragon King gave Xiao Yu further instructions and severed her connection with him.

Xiao Yu left Liu Erlong and traveled to Slaughter Town to enter the City of Slaughter. After killing the men who mocked him in the tavern, he forced the bartenders to open the passage below.

• Xiao Yu told Liu Erlong he planned to visit the City of Slaughter, and she reluctantly agreed despite her fears.
• A week later, Xiao Yu reached Slaughter Town and entered its tavern.
• Xiao Yu asked the bartender to take him into the City of Slaughter, but the bartender and patrons told him to wait his turn.
• Xiao Yu killed thirteen patrons, including two Soul Kings, with little effort.
• The frightened bartenders opened the passage, and Xiao Yu descended toward the City of Slaughter.

Xiao Yu entered the City of Slaughter after killing its commander, Scott, with one punch. He ignored warnings about the Inner City and ordered the Slaughter Maid to take him directly to the Hell Slaughter Arena.

• Xiao Yu emerged from a passage into the City of Slaughter and was challenged by the Slaughter Knight for breaking the rules.
• Xiao Yu killed the Slaughter Knight with one punch, terrifying the soldiers gathered in the square.
• The vice-captain gave Xiao Yu identity token 9527 and let him enter the city; after Xiao Yu left, he celebrated Scott's death and his own promotion.
• A Slaughter Maid welcomed Xiao Yu and explained how the City of Slaughter worked, but he rejected her advances.
• Xiao Yu ordered the Slaughter Maid to take him to the Inner City and straight to the Hell Slaughter Arena.

Xiao Yu entered the inner city with the Slaughter Maid and registered for a match in the Hell Slaughter Arena after easily overpowering a veteran who threatened him. He recognized Hu Liena as the previous match’s winner, and after she noticed him, Xiao Yu entered the arena as the final participant, where an opponent immediately charged at him.

• The Slaughter Maid led Xiao Yu into the inner city and brought him to the Hell Slaughter Arena’s registration area.
• Xiao Yu took a Bloody Mary from a burly man and knocked him through several walls with one punch, frightening away the onlookers.
• Xiao Yu registered for the next match by pouring the Bloody Mary into a silver container.
• Hu Liena emerged as the previous match’s winner and killed several men who rushed toward her.
• Hu Liena spotted Xiao Yu, but he entered the arena before she could reach him.
• A figure charged at Xiao Yu as the match began.

Xiao Yu defeated nine contestants in the Hell Slaughter Arena and reunited with Hu Liena in the City of Slaughter. At Hu Liena’s room, he warned her that Bloody Mary was a toxin that numbed her mind rather than reducing her growing killing intent.

• Xiao Yu snapped the necks of the gloomy-faced contestant and the eight others who attacked him, then left the arena.
• The Slaughter Maid tried to dissuade Xiao Yu from approaching Hu Liena, but Hu Liena greeted him as an acquaintance and asked him to visit her room.
• Xiao Yu dismissed the Slaughter Maid and followed Hu Liena to her room, where they talked about Spirit Hall and Hu Liena offered him Bloody Mary.
• Xiao Yu told Hu Liena that Bloody Mary’s toxin only numbed her nerves while her killing intent continued to grow, and she reacted with fear.

Xiao Yu warned Hu Liena that Bloody Mary contained addictive toxins and that her months of drinking it had put her at risk. When she begged him to remove the toxins, he demanded a price and reminded her that her teacher had sent people to hunt him down.

• Xiao Yu explained that Bloody Mary caused dependency and that the City of Slaughter used it to keep its fallen residents under control.
• Hu Liena realized she might already be addicted and worried that continuing in the Hell Slaughter Arena would make resisting the drink even harder.
• Hu Liena pleaded with Xiao Yu to remove the toxins, and he confirmed that his Light Attribute could do so.
• Xiao Yu refused to help for free, and Hu Liena offered rewards from her teacher, including soul bones or soul rings.
• Xiao Yu rejected the offer and reminded Hu Liena that her teacher had sent people to hunt him down, leaving Hu Liena with a sense of foreboding.

Xiao Yu forced Hu Liena to serve as his temporary slave in the City of Slaughter, promising to take her through Hell Road after she helped him settle in. Hu Liena moved with him to a secluded building, while Xiao Yu warned the neighbors by killing them and hanging their bodies outside their rooms.

• Hu Liena confronted Xiao Yu about his intentions, and he told her he planned to oppress her as revenge against Bibi Dong.
• Xiao Yu ordered Hu Liena to serve him in the City of Slaughter and said he would take her through Hell Road if she obeyed.
• Hu Liena asked Xiao Yu to prove that he could remove the Bloody Mary toxins, and he used his Soul Power to purge them from her body.
• Hu Liena begged Xiao Yu to keep their arrangement from Bibi Dong, and Xiao Yu told her their relationship would end when they left the City of Slaughter.
• Xiao Yu told Hu Liena to find them a more suitable home, and they moved into a secluded two-story building in the inner city.
• Xiao Yu killed several nearby neighbors and hung their bodies outside their rooms.

Xiao Yu and Hu Liena spent five months living together in the City of Slaughter, cultivating and fighting in the Hell Slaughter Arena while killing anyone who threatened them. They became feared champions known together as Hellish Love, and the chapter ended with Hu Liena asking Xiao Yu to help control her killing intent.

• Xiao Yu and Hu Liena settled into a routine of fighting in the arena, bringing home food, and cultivating together.
• Over five months, they killed hundreds of attackers, leaving their bones hanging outside their home and deterring further trouble.
• Xiao Yu built a twenty-eight-match winning streak and Hu Liena built a thirty-three-match streak, placing first and second in the Killing God rankings.
• The City of Slaughter named Xiao Yu the Hell Beheading Envoy, Hu Liena the Hell Envoy, and the pair Hellish Love.
• After their latest matches, Hu Liena rushed home with Xiao Yu and begged him to help control her killing intent.

Xiao Yu rejected Hu Liena’s wish to remain with him as Bibi Dong brought Yu Xiaogang to the City of Slaughter. Yu Xiaogang entered the outer city, leaving Bibi Dong hurt and worried as he fixed his attention on the Slaughter Maid who came to receive him.

• Xiao Yu told Hu Liena that their relationship was only a transaction and that Bibi Dong would not let them stay together, disappointing Hu Liena.
• Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang arrived at the City of Slaughter after Yu Xiaogang reached level fifty by devouring Evil Spirit Masters.
• Bibi Dong explained the City of Slaughter’s dangers and urged Yu Xiaogang to adapt in the outer city before entering the inner city to meet Hu Liena.
• Yu Xiaogang impatiently cut off Bibi Dong’s advice and walked into the outer city without acknowledging her hurt.
• A Slaughter Maid approached Yu Xiaogang, who stared at her with renewed desire, while Bibi Dong warned him to call her if he could not handle the City of Slaughter.

Yu Xiaogang entered the City of Slaughter while Bibi Dong watched over him, then Bibi Dong went to the King of Slaughter and ordered him to protect Yu Xiaogang and report on him. The King of Slaughter erupted in anger at being treated like Spirit Hall’s servant.

• Yu Xiaogang angrily dismissed Bibi Dong and followed the Slaughter Maid into the City of Slaughter, while she was shocked by how gently Bibi Dong accepted his insults.
• The Slaughter Maid explained the City of Slaughter’s rules as Yu Xiaogang stared at her lecherously, leaving her baffled by his behavior.
• Bibi Dong set aside her hurt feelings and returned to her role as Spirit Hall’s Pope before visiting the King of Slaughter’s palace.
• The King of Slaughter told Bibi Dong that Nana had won dozens of consecutive arena matches and ranked second on the Slaughter God Rankings.
• Bibi Dong ordered the King of Slaughter to protect Yu Xiaogang and report all information about him, threatening to replace him if Yu Xiaogang was harmed.
• After Bibi Dong left, the King of Slaughter smashed a table and angrily protested that she treated the City of Slaughter as Spirit Hall’s training ground.

King of Slaughter chose not to challenge Spirit Hall, while Yu Xiaogang arrived in the inner city and revealed his schemes with the Pope to the Slaughter Maid. She learned the details and planned to report them to King of Slaughter.

• King of Slaughter suppressed his anger and ordered the maids to resume the palace revelry rather than confront Spirit Hall.
• The Slaughter Maid led Yu Xiaogang through the inner city, where he eagerly embraced its lawless indulgence.
• Yu Xiaogang asked to possess the Slaughter Maid, who pretended to be timid and invoked the Pope to draw him into talking.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed the Pope only wanted to exploit his intelligence and admitted he was using her influence in return.
• The Slaughter Maid coaxed Yu Xiaogang into revealing his relationship and schemes with the Pope, then decided to report the information to King of Slaughter.

The Slaughter Maid manipulated Yu Xiaogang into revealing information about Bibi Dong, prompting the King of Slaughter to plot against her and order the Maid to investigate further. Meanwhile, intruders approached Xiao Yu and Hu Liena’s skeletal home, and Hu Liena offered to deal with them despite her dangerous killing intent.

• The Slaughter Maid teased Yu Xiaogang into revealing secrets, and he promised to return for her before leaving to seek Hu Liena at the tavern.
• The Slaughter Maid told the King of Slaughter that Bibi Dong seemed genuinely attached to Yu Xiaogang, and he ordered her to monitor Yu Xiaogang and verify the information.
• The King of Slaughter began plotting to exploit Bibi Dong’s supposed weakness and free himself from the City of Slaughter’s restrictions.
• Several degenerates approached the skeletal building where Xiao Yu and Hu Liena lived.
• Hu Liena offered to kill the intruders, and Xiao Yu warned her that her killing intent might overwhelm her.

Yu Xiaogang was beaten and exploited by the Fallen Ones in the City of Slaughter until they used his claim that Hu Liena was his student to force their way toward the White Bone Tower. Hu Liena confronted them, but stopped when Yu Xiaogang called out to her, leaving her shocked to discover he had come to the City of Slaughter.

• Yu Xiaogang swaggered into a tavern, but the Fallen Ones beat him after discovering he was only a Soul King.
• The tavern's patrons drained Yu Xiaogang for Bloody Mary until he was weak and shriveled.
• After hearing Hu Liena's name, Yu Xiaogang claimed he was her teacher and used his bishop's token to convince lustful Fallen Ones to take him to the White Bone Tower.
• Hu Liena confronted the intruders with her dagger and killing intent, while the Fallen Ones shoved Yu Xiaogang forward as leverage.
• Yu Xiaogang called Hu Liena Nana and identified himself as her teacher, causing Hu Liena to stop and stare at him in shock.