Recaps

Lu Xuan entered Slaughter City and headed for the Hell Slaughter Arena, where he planned to use Soul Tools to compete. The real Asura God Sword escaped the King of Slaughter and began following Lu Xuan, leaving the King furious and the Black Veil Woman alarmed.

• Lu Xuan cut off the Black Veil Woman's introduction and told her to take him to the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• The Asura God Sword suddenly broke free from the King of Slaughter, severed his wrist, and flew out of the palace.
• The Asura God Sword found Lu Xuan and hovered above him, while the Black Veil Woman recognized it as the King of Slaughter's sword and hurried on.
• The Black Veil Woman explained that contestants had to kill all nine opponents to win a match and needed one hundred victories to challenge Hell Road.
• Lu Xuan planned to outfit himself with Level 6 Soul Tools and found lodging near the Hell Slaughter Arena, apparently after killing its previous resident.

Qian Renxue began the Angel Nine Trials after learning that Lu Xuan had started his own divine trials. In Slaughter City, Lu Xuan built a fearsome reputation as the Mechanical Pioneer and reached seventy victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena.

• Qian Renxue asked Qian Daoliu to let her begin divine trials so she would not fall behind Lu Xuan, and the Angel God Statue bestowed the Angel Nine Trials upon her.
• Lu Xuan won his twenty-seventh Hell Slaughter Arena match and earned the title Mechanical Pioneer for his Soul Tool combat style.
• Lu Xuan survived repeated ambushes by Slaughter City residents seeking his Soul Tools, while the Asura God Sword killed his attackers whenever they surrounded him outside the arena.
• A year passed, and Lu Xuan's arena victory count reached sixty-nine, where it stalled for two and a half months because few opponents dared to challenge him.
• Lu Xuan faced nine opponents in his seventieth match and destroyed them with a barrage of mechanical cannons, claiming his seventieth victory.

After Lu Xuan won his hundredth match in Slaughter City, the King of Slaughter opened Hell Road by sacrificing the arena’s spectators in a blood ritual. Lu Xuan was engulfed by the resulting light as his trial began.

• The King of Slaughter rejected the Beautiful Messenger’s suggestion to recruit Lu Xuan and ordered stronger opponents to hasten his departure.
• Over eleven months, Lu Xuan endured increasingly difficult matches and dwindling supplies while repairing his damaged Soul Tools.
• Lu Xuan won his hundredth match, surviving nine opponents and a poisoned attack thanks to his immunity to poison.
• The King of Slaughter appeared in the arena and announced that he would open Hell Road for Lu Xuan.
• The King of Slaughter’s red mist drove the spectators mad, and their blood flowed into a formation beneath Lu Xuan.
• The blood formation engulfed Lu Xuan in red light as the King of Slaughter wished him luck on Hell Road.

Lu Xuan traversed Hell Road, defeating its Blood Bats and bosses before escaping the rising lava. He perfectly cleared the first Asura trial and awakened the fused domain skill Asura Hell.

• Lu Xuan advanced along Hell Road as lava rose beneath the narrow path and used his Energy-Gathering Soul Cannon to destroy waves of Blood Bats.
• Lu Xuan fired three Soul Cannons simultaneously to destroy all three heads of the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King.
• Lu Xuan used Asura Domain and Blazing Sun Heaven-Burning Break to kill the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and collected its inner core.
• Lu Xuan raced through the rising lava and passed through the exit curtain just before Hell Road was overwhelmed.
• Lu Xuan received a ten percent increase in Asura God affinity, the fusion of Divine Slaughter's Domain and Asura Domain, and the awakened domain skill Asura Hell.

Lu Xuan obtained the pure slaughter aura needed to complete his Asura Domain and learned that Qian Renxue had begun the Angel Nine Trials. He entered the Life God Tree trial to cultivate under its pressure, hoping to recover the time he had lost in Slaughter City.

• Lu Xuan absorbed the pure slaughter aura and realized it was the missing element needed to transform his Asura Domain into a true Asura Domain.
• Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo found Lu Xuan after he emerged from Slaughter City and told him Qian Renxue had begun the Angel Nine Trials.
• Lu Xuan returned to Spirit City and found that Qian Daoliu was occupied with Qian Renxue's divine trials, while Lu Xuan's second Asura trial had yet to arrive.
• Lu Xuan entered the life space and learned that climbing the Life God Tree was his first trial for the God of Life.
• Lu Xuan climbed the tree's steps, where the life-filled pressure accelerated his Soul Power, and resolved to use the trial to push his limits and regain lost cultivation time.

Lu Xuan reached level sixty after half a year of cultivation on the Life God Tree’s stairs and received a God-bestowed Soul Ring. He endured the trial until his Sixth Soul Ring became a hundred-thousand-year ring, then collapsed and was enclosed in a cocoon as his body began to regenerate.

• Lu Xuan used his Asura Domain and Life Domain to climb to the ninety-first step, then returned to the thirty-sixth step to cultivate.
• The green-dressed woman watched Lu Xuan cultivate beneath the Life God Tree for half a year.
• Lu Xuan broke through to level sixty, and the green-dressed woman explained the God-bestowed Soul Ring and gave him one.
• Lu Xuan activated both domains and endured the ring’s power until his Sixth Soul Ring turned completely red and reached a hundred-thousand-year age.
• Lu Xuan’s body collapsed after the ring formed, but emerald-gold light and his Life Domain wrapped him in a cocoon and began restoring him.

Lu Xuan completed the first Life Nine Trial by climbing the Life God Tree, raising his Soul Power to level 78. He received the next Life and Asura trials, returned to his room, and discovered the Asura God Sword had arrived to help him with Slaughter Body Tempering.

• Lu Xuan used his Asura Domain, Life Domain, and Water and Fire Dragon Kings Torso Soul Bone to reach the top of the Life God Tree and perfectly clear the first trial.
• The Goddess of Life and the Asura God issued Lu Xuan their second trials: crossing the Sea of Life within five years and undergoing Slaughter Body Tempering within three years.
• The Life trial reward raised Lu Xuan's Soul Power from level 73 to level 78.
• Lu Xuan spotted the Sea of Life in the distance, then left the life space and returned to his room.
• The Asura God Sword arrived at Lu Xuan's window and nodded when he asked if it would help him complete the second Asura trial.

Tang Hao confronted Lu Xuan and Leng Yaozhu in Holy Soul Village, but Leng Yaozhu overwhelmed him when he attacked. She left with Lu Xuan after safely bringing Old Jack to the village chief's house, while Tang Hao remained gravely injured.

• Tang Hao sensed that Leng Yaozhu was a deadly threat and considered whether to fight her or surrender.
• Lu Xuan privately resolved to kill Tang Hao once he knew the Asura God would not intervene, but Leng Yaozhu attacked before Tang Hao could decide.
• Tang Hao summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and used his Martial Soul Avatar, threatening to destroy Holy Soul Village.
• Leng Yaozhu revealed her Heavenly Phoenix and powerful Soul Ring configuration, then shattered Tang Hao's giant hammer with her fifth Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao spat blood and collapsed, unable to resist, while Leng Yaozhu remained unharmed.
• Leng Yaozhu carried Old Jack to the village chief's house, then flew away with Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan taught Qian Renxue the basics of Soul Tool engraving, then invited her to walk around Spirit City before beginning his punishing Slaughter Body Tempering. When Qian Renxue wanted candied hawthorns, Lu Xuan discovered he had no money, so she bought the whole stall and handed him a pile of skewers.

• Lu Xuan demonstrated Soul Tool engraving and gave Qian Renxue his beginner’s book and Engraving Knife set to practice with.
• Qian Renxue decided she would bring Gengxin City under her control as a gift for Lu Xuan.
• Lu Xuan invited Qian Renxue to walk around Spirit City because he expected to have little free time once Slaughter Body Tempering began, and she agreed.
• Qian Renxue asked Lu Xuan for candied hawthorns, but he discovered he had spent his last Gold Soul Coins and had no money left.
• Qian Renxue bought every skewer from the vendor with a Gold Soul Coin and stuffed a handful into Lu Xuan’s arms.

Lu Xuan underwent the Asura God Sword’s second trial, trapped in endless lives of slaughter that stripped away his identity and nearly drove him insane. He returned to Spirit Hall and learned that his first attempt had failed.

• Lu Xuan began the trial, and the Asura God Sword dragged his consciousness into a battlefield where he fought as a level-38 Soul Elder with an iron sword.
• After killing his first opponent, Lu Xuan’s power surged as he slaughtered allies and enemies alike until the battlefield fell silent.
• Lu Xuan became a wolf Soul Beast and fought in a bloody territorial battle, then endured repeated lives of killing in different forms.
• As Lu Xuan’s memories and emotions faded, a blinding white light returned him to the secret chamber in Spirit Hall.
• The Asura God Sword indicated that Lu Xuan had failed his first attempt, and he feared that further trials would turn him into a monster.

Lu Xuan endured two years of repeated slaughter trials and completed the Asura God’s Second Trial, earning greater divine affinity and five Soul Power levels. The reward restored his shattered body and forced him to absorb a God-bestowed Soul Ring, leaving him at Soul Power Level 83 with a 200,000-year Ferocious Beast-level ring.

• Lu Xuan learned he had to endure the slaughter trial 99 times while remaining conscious and resumed the test despite his fear.
• After failing at the twenty-sixth repetition, Lu Xuan returned to the chamber with law-bound cracks spreading across his body, which his Life Energy could not heal.
• Lu Xuan spent two years repeating the trial until he completed the Asura Nine Trials’ Second Trial and received a 15% increase in Asura God affinity and five Soul Power levels.
• The reward healed Lu Xuan’s body and raised his Soul Power to Level 83, after which a God-bestowed Soul Ring appeared above him.
• The Asura God Sword shattered the Soul Ring orb, forcing Lu Xuan to absorb its energy, and he gained an orange ring over 200,000 years old.

After completing Asura’s Second Trial and reaching Soul Douluo, Lu Xuan entered the Life Space to face the Sea of Life. He experienced life as grass, ocean, and sky, gained insight into life and death, and emerged having completed Life’s Second Trial.

• Lu Xuan reflected on his completed Asura trial and entered the Life Space through his Life Mark.
• Lu Xuan stepped into the Sea of Life and lost consciousness as his soul was stripped away.
• Lu Xuan experienced existence as a blade of grass, enduring the quiet passage of its life.
• Lu Xuan became an ocean and witnessed its ecosystem’s cycles of birth, predation, and death.
• Lu Xuan became the sky and watched human empires and Soul Beast clans rise and fall as he pondered life’s meaning.
• Lu Xuan understood that destruction returned Life Energy and brought continuation and rebirth, then awoke on solid ground and realized he had completed Life’s Second Trial.

Lu Xuan completed the second Life Nine Trial, but his life domain unexpectedly drained vitality from its surroundings, making him question the path he was taking. He received two new trials focused on completing the Life Scepter’s soul rings and discovering the meaning of wielding a sword, while the gods debated his potential and the Asura God watched with high expectations.

• Lu Xuan’s life domain devoured the life energy of nearby grass and seawater, and he stopped it after seeing the devastation.
• Lu Xuan completed the second Life Nine Trial, earning 15% more affinity with the God of Life and increasing all his soul rings’ ages by 5,000 years.
• Lu Xuan received a three-year Asura Nine Trial to find the meaning of wielding a sword and a three-year Life Nine Trial to complete the Life Scepter’s eight soul rings.
• Lu Xuan questioned why he wielded a sword, then left the life space without finding a firm answer.
• The Goddess of Life observed that Lu Xuan’s life power resembled destruction, while the God of Destruction rejected the idea of giving him another divine seat.
• The Asura God said Lu Xuan needed more tempering and anticipated that mastering both God Kings’ powers could let him reach the heights of the Dragon God.

Lu Xuan asked Qian Daoliu what sustained his swordsmanship and learned that a swordsman’s convictions could change as he grew. He set out to visit sword cultivators across the continent, beginning with the Wind Sword Sect, while Qian Daoliu secretly dispatched Golden Crocodile Douluo to protect him.

• Lu Xuan decided that traveling to meet other sword cultivators would help him understand his sword heart, then found Qian Daoliu beneath the Angel God Statue.
• Qian Daoliu explained that he once wielded his sword to defeat all rivals but now wielded it to protect the Qian Family and Spirit Hall, and told Lu Xuan that convictions could change.
• Lu Xuan chose the Wind Sword Sect as his first destination and planned to visit Sword Dao Village and Sword Douluo afterward.
• After Lu Xuan left, Qian Daoliu asked Golden Crocodile Douluo to follow him in secret because his confusion could weaken him in a crisis.
• Lu Xuan studied his map, mounted the Asura God Sword, and flew toward the western Star Luo Empire.

Lu Xuan challenged Feng Bailong of the Wind Sword Sect to a duel over the conviction behind his sword, then continued to Sword Dao Village in the Heaven Dou Empire. He reunited with the elderly village chief, who was stunned by how much he had changed.

• Lu Xuan arrived at the Wind Sword Sect and asked sect master Feng Bailong what conviction sustained his sword.
• Feng Bailong declared that he fought to uphold his sect’s standing and legacy, and Lu Xuan challenged him to demonstrate the Wind Sword.
• Lu Xuan’s Life-Severing Slash overwhelmed Feng Bailong’s techniques and carved a vast chasm beside the sect’s mountain gate before Lu Xuan departed.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo watched Lu Xuan’s sword strike and followed him toward the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Lu Xuan reached his childhood courtyard in Sword Dao Village, where the village chief failed to recognize him until Lu Xuan revealed his identity as Xiao Xuan.

Lu Xuan returned to Sword Dao Village, visited his parents’ grave, and received a final message of resolve and welcome from the old village chief before leaving for Nuoding City. As Tang San and Xiao Wu left the academy, they spotted Lu Xuan flying toward them on the Asura God Sword, and Xiao Wu sensed danger.

• Lu Xuan reunited with the old village chief, who worried over how much he had changed and promised that he could always return home.
• Lu Xuan restored his parents’ gravestone with Soul Power and spoke to them about his strength and the hardships he had endured.
• Lu Xuan decided to deal with a hidden threat in Nuoding City and obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his Soul Ring.
• The old village chief shared Sword Dao Village’s ancestral words with Lu Xuan, urging him to hold firm to his convictions and reminding him that home would always be waiting.
• After spending the night in Sword Dao Village, Lu Xuan flew toward Nuoding City on the Asura God Sword.
• Tang San used the Purple Demon Eye to spot Lu Xuan flying on a sword, while Xiao Wu sensed danger and urged Tang San to go back.

Lu Xuan attacked Tang San and Yu Xiaogang outside Nuoding Academy, crippled them, and seized Xiao Wu after revealing she was a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast. Tang San was left kneeling and begging Lu Xuan to spare Xiao Wu.

• Xiao Wu tried to hurry Tang San back to the academy, but Lu Xuan's sword strike blocked their path and he severed Tang San's right arm.
• Lu Xuan cut off Yu Xiaogang's right arm when he tried to intervene, then revealed his overwhelming Soul Ring configuration and drove the Four-Ring Soul Ancestor away.
• Lu Xuan announced that Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast and would be taken; Yu Xiaogang displayed Spirit Hall's Elder Token, but Lu Xuan destroyed his dantian.
• Xiao Wu apologized to Tang San for being a Soul Beast, and Tang San vowed to protect her as his family.
• Lu Xuan knocked Xiao Wu unconscious and took her; when Tang San charged after them, Lu Xuan severed his remaining arm.
• Tang San fell to his knees and begged Lu Xuan to spare Xiao Wu, offering his own life in exchange.

Lu Xuan killed Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, prompting Tang Hao to attack him in a rage. Golden Crocodile Douluo intercepted Tang Hao, and Lu Xuan prepared to intensify the battle with Asura Hell.

• Lu Xuan beheaded Tang San and turned to kill the wounded Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang Hao sensed that something had happened to Little San and rushed from the waterfall cave toward Nuoding City.
• Tang Hao hurled his Clear Sky Hammer at Lu Xuan, but Golden Crocodile Douluo blocked the attack and challenged him.
• Lu Xuan killed Yu Xiaogang by driving the Asura God Sword through his chest and shredding his body with sword energy.
• Tang Hao activated his Martial Soul Avatar, Slaughter Domain, and Ring Detonation to attack Golden Crocodile Douluo despite his old injuries.
• Lu Xuan raised the Asura God Sword and activated Asura Domain-Asura Hell as Tang Hao's body began to fail.

Lu Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo defeated Tang Hao when Lu Xuan’s Asura Domain triggered the backlash from Tang Hao’s Ring Detonation, killing him and leaving six Soul Bones behind. They then found the hidden cave behind a waterfall, where they discovered a hundred-thousand-year right leg bone and the Blue Silver Emperor growing again.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo charged at Tang Hao, but Lu Xuan’s Asura Domain overwhelmed Tang Hao’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain and caused his Ring Detonation energy to tear him apart.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo caught Tang Hao’s six falling Soul Bones, and Lu Xuan said he planned to kill the unconscious Xiao Wu and absorb her Soul Ring.
• Lu Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo flew away on the Asura God Sword, following Golden Crocodile Douluo’s sensed cave to a waterfall in the mountains.
• Lu Xuan recognized the cave as the place where Tang Hao had hidden Ah Yin’s hundred-thousand-year right leg bone and the Blue Silver Emperor’s True Form.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo opened a box and found the hundred-thousand-year right leg bone, while Lu Xuan spotted a blue plant with golden patterns growing in a shaft of sunlight.

Lu Xuan absorbed Xiao Wu’s hundred-thousand-year soul ring and the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, raising his soul power to level 88. He set out alone for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to challenge Sword Douluo Chen Xin, carrying the Blue Silver Emperor with plans to plant it near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Lu Xuan killed Xiao Wu and absorbed her hundred-thousand-year soul ring into his Life Scepter.
• Lu Xuan absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, gaining five soul-power levels and reaching level 88.
• Lu Xuan collected Xiao Wu’s Left Arm Bone but stored it instead of absorbing it.
• Lu Xuan told Golden Crocodile Douluo he planned to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and seek out Sword Douluo Chen Xin; Golden Crocodile Douluo advised him to go alone.
• Lu Xuan uprooted the Blue Silver Emperor and sealed it in a Jade Box, intending to plant it near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lu Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo parted outside the waterfall, and Lu Xuan sped toward Heaven Dou City.

Lu Xuan challenged Sword Douluo Chen Xin at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, seeking to test his sword against the legendary swordsman. After learning that Chen Xin’s sword stood for contending and protecting, Lu Xuan drew the Asura God Sword and declared he would fight without regret.

• Lu Xuan released his eight extraordinary Soul Rings at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, triggering its defenses and alarming the patrol guards.
• Lu Xuan called for Chen Xin to come out and exchange a sword strike, bringing Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin to meet him.
• Lu Xuan asked Chen Xin why he wielded a sword, and Chen Xin answered that his sword was for contending and protecting.
• Lu Xuan revealed his own domineering sword intent and challenged Chen Xin to fight.
• Chen Xin warned Lu Xuan about the gap between their strength, but Lu Xuan drew the Asura God Sword and vowed he had no regrets.

Lu Xuan completed the third Asura trial during his duel with Chen Xin, gaining power that raised his Soul Power to level 93. After their devastating clash, Chen Xin offered him the title of Sword Douluo, but Lu Xuan declined and departed to follow his own path.

• Lu Xuan completed the third Asura Nine Trials and received 20% more Asura God Affinity and five Soul Power levels, bringing his reserves to level 93.
• Chen Xin unleashed Layers of Sword Shadows, and Lu Xuan split the attack with Sword Severs Mountains and Rivers.
• Chen Xin used Body and Sword as One, while Lu Xuan answered with his Martial Soul Avatar and Sword Shatters the Firmament; Gu Rong shielded the sect from the sword-energy storm.
• Lu Xuan and Chen Xin traded their strongest techniques, Life-Severing Slash and God-Demon Dual Slash, carving a lasting sword scar into the sky.
• Chen Xin praised Lu Xuan and offered him the title of Sword Douluo, but Lu Xuan declined and flew away on the Asura God Sword.

After Lu Xuan defeated Chen Xin, Chen Xin warned the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect against trying to seize him, while Ning Rongrong reunited with her family. Lu Xuan reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to recover from his injuries, but a devastating scarlet light suddenly targeted him.

• Chen Xin returned to Ning Fengzhi and refused to help recruit Lu Xuan, warning that forcing him to stay could destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Gu Rong proposed capturing Lu Xuan, but Chen Xin sensed a terrifying force behind the young man and stopped him.
• Ning Rongrong joined Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Fengzhi, who doted on her after the battle.
• Lu Xuan collapsed from injuries sustained against Chen Xin, and Golden Crocodile Douluo caught him and praised his fight.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo escorted Lu Xuan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well so he could recover with its spiritual energy and medicinal herbs.
• A powerful scarlet blood-light descended toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and locked onto Lu Xuan.

The Asura God Sword arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and gave Lu Xuan a God-bestowed Soul Ring, which raised him to Level 94. Afterward, Lu Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo set out for the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Beasts for his Life Scepter.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo prepared to defend Lu Xuan from the descending Asura God Sword, but Lu Xuan explained that it had come to deliver a God-bestowed Soul Ring.
• Lu Xuan waited until his injuries healed, then absorbed the ring as the Asura God Sword watched over him.
• Lu Xuan gained an orange-gold Ferocious Beast Soul Ring and reached Level 94.
• Lu Xuan told Golden Crocodile Douluo that he needed Soul Rings for his Life Scepter and planned to hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo agreed to accompany Lu Xuan, and they flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lu Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo attacked the Lake of Life, where the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape Er Ming fought to defend their territory. Lu Xuan badly wounded the Sky Azure Bull Python and aimed his sword at its forehead as his Eighth Soul Ring lit up.

• Lu Xuan provoked the Sky Azure Bull Python by claiming he had killed Xiao Wu and absorbed her Soul Ring.
• Lu Xuan severed a large part of the Sky Azure Bull Python's body with Instant Sword Slash, then blocked its divine thunder with his Asura Domain.
• Titan Giant Ape Er Ming joined the battle, and Golden Crocodile Douluo intercepted him as the two began fighting.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python used Sky Azure Four Phenomena, but Lu Xuan broke through the storm with Unyielding and Sword Severs Mountains and Rivers.
• Lu Xuan shattered the Sky Azure Bull Python's defense and left it barely alive, then pointed his sword at its forehead and activated his Eighth Soul Ring.