Recaps

Lu Xuan rapidly grew stronger under Qian Daoliu’s guidance, discovered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and earned the attention of divine beings. After receiving the Life and Asura trials, he entered Slaughter City to begin the Asura trial.

• Lu Xuan awakened the Life Scepter and Asura God Sword, chose Qian Daoliu as his master, and gained two purple Soul Rings after absorbing a thousand-year Armor-Breaking Tiger and a 6,300-year Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf.
• Lu Xuan befriended Qian Renxue, and the two traveled with Qian Daoliu’s group to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Dugu Bo was killed and Yue Guan identified the Immortal Herbs.
• Lu Xuan received a Million-Year Torso Soul Bone from the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, while Qian Renxue absorbed a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and evolved into an Eight-Winged Seraph.
• Lu Xuan gained a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring and a fourth Soul Ring from a Fear Demon Dragon, reaching level 46 and defeating Qian Renxue in a spar.
• Lu Xuan gave Qian Renxue a protective Soul Tool necklace, later knocked Yan unconscious after Yan attacked him, and drew Bibi Dong’s attention when she learned he had become a Soul King.
• The Asura God and Goddess of Life gave Lu Xuan trials to cross Hell Road within five years and climb the life god tree within ten years, so Qian Daoliu took him toward Slaughter City.
• Lu Xuan killed a tavern server who refused him entry to Slaughter City, descended through the passage beneath the tavern, and defeated Scott at the city gate to receive identity token 9148.
• A black-veiled woman welcomed Lu Xuan into Slaughter City and began introducing him to its streets and customs.

Lu Xuan completed major trials for the Asura God and Goddess of Life while seeking answers to his sword convictions. He killed Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang, defeated Chen Xin, and ended the stretch poised to absorb the Sky Azure Bull Python’s soul ring.

• Lu Xuan cleared Hell Road, gained the Asura Hell domain, and began the Life God Tree trial, raising his Sixth Soul Ring to a hundred-thousand-year age.
• Lu Xuan completed the Life and Asura second trials, endured repeated lives of slaughter, and reached Level 83 with an orange Soul Ring.
• Lu Xuan traveled to the Wind Sword Sect and Sword Dao Village to question sword cultivators and reflect on the convictions he had inherited from home.
• Lu Xuan confronted Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Xiao Wu in Nuoding City, killed Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, and took Xiao Wu before Tang Hao attacked him.
• Lu Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo killed Tang Hao, recovered Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor remains, and Lu Xuan later killed Xiao Wu and absorbed her hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Lu Xuan challenged Chen Xin at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, completed his third Asura trial during their duel, and left after their strongest sword techniques carved a scar into the sky.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo took the injured Lu Xuan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Lu Xuan absorbed a God-bestowed Ferocious Beast Soul Ring and reached Level 94.
• Lu Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo entered the Star Dou Great Forest, where Lu Xuan wounded the Sky Azure Bull Python and activated his Eighth Soul Ring as it lay barely alive.