Recaps

Hu Liena won her sixty-ninth match in Slaughter City as the King of Slaughter learned she was the disciple of a powerful Death God and decided not to interfere. Nearly two years later, after ninety-nine victories, Hu Liena struggled to suppress the killing aura threatening to overwhelm her and delayed her final match.

• Hu Liena killed her opponent and reached sixty-nine victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• The King of Slaughter learned that Hu Liena was the disciple of one of the world's two remaining Death Gods and ordered that Slaughter City leave her alone.
• Over nearly two years, Hu Liena killed more than a thousand people and focused on restraining the killing aura affecting her mind.
• After her ninety-ninth victory, Hu Liena sensed she was close to losing control and postponed her hundredth match.
• Fewer fallen people entered the arena, and Tang San became one of the losers of the past two years.

Yu Tianlong and Bibi Dong reunited with Hu Liena just before her hundredth match in the Slaughter City, where accumulated killing intent threatened to overwhelm her. Hu Liena learned that Yu Tianlong had secretly watched over and rescued her, then heard how he and Bibi Dong had become a couple.

• Bibi Dong appeared in Hu Liena's room as Hu Liena's killing intent threatened to consume her.
• Hu Liena embraced Bibi Dong and discovered Yu Tianlong had come with her.
• Yu Tianlong explained that he had used his Soul Skill to visit and watch over Hu Liena, including saving her before.
• Hu Liena nearly lost control after seeing Bibi Dong and Yu Tianlong holding hands, so Yu Tianlong used life energy to help her recover.
• Hu Liena asked when Bibi Dong and Yu Tianlong had gotten together, and Yu Tianlong recounted how he had won Bibi Dong's affection.
• Hu Liena listened to their story and thanked them.

Yu Tianlong cleansed Hu Liena’s killing aura’s side effects and demonstrated that he could absorb and control killing aura, agreeing to accompany her on Hell Road. Three days later, Hu Liena won her hundredth match and was hailed as the young Hell Slaughterer.

• Yu Tianlong used life energy and a Senzu Bean to clear the harmful effects of Hu Liena’s killing aura while preserving it.
• Bibi Dong explained that passing Hell Road could grant Divine Slaughter's Domain and said Yu Tianlong would help Hu Liena attempt it.
• Yu Tianlong revealed that his Power of The Void could absorb and control killing aura, convincing Hu Liena that he could enter Hell Road safely.
• Bibi Dong encouraged Hu Liena not to compare herself with Yu Tianlong, and Hu Liena privately took hope from her teacher’s apparent acceptance of her feelings for him.
• Three days later, Hu Liena defeated her final opponent at the Hell Slaughter Arena, completed one hundred matches, and received congratulations as the young Hell Slaughterer.

After Hu Liena won her hundredth arena victory, the King of Slaughter offered her a Death God title and free passage out of Slaughter City, but she chose to face Hell Road’s trial. The King of Slaughter began opening the road by turning the arena’s spectators into sacrifices.

• The King of Slaughter descended into the arena and praised Hu Liena for earning a hundred victories.
• He offered Hu Liena the title of Death God, free passage through Slaughter City, and the status of guest elder.
• Hu Liena refused to accept the reward without passing Hell Road and said she would become a Death God through her own strength.
• The King of Slaughter released an evil red force that spread over the arena and overcame the spectators.
• The fallen mutilated themselves under the red light, and their blood flowed through channels toward the arena floor as sacrifices for Hell Road.

Hu Liena was transported onto Hell Road, where she found herself on a tiny platform above a bottomless abyss. Yu Tianlong joined her, and they identified the Bloody Mary pool below as a likely source of Slaughter City's power.

• The King of Slaughter activated the blood-red bat pattern, and Hu Liena was engulfed by its light and transported to Hell Road.
• Hu Liena regained her senses on a small circular platform surrounded by an abyss and a narrow path.
• Yu Tianlong appeared beside Hu Liena and nearly fell into the abyss before summoning his wings.
• Yu Tianlong used his enhanced vision to see a pool of blood below and suspected it was the Bloody Mary offered to Hell Road.
• Hu Liena and Yu Tianlong concluded that Hell Road was likely both Slaughter City's core and the source of its peculiar domain.

Yu Tianlong and Hu Liena recovered on the circular platform before flying into Hell Road to investigate its dangers. As they traveled through the dark, Yu Tianlong sensed rising heat and approaching sounds, then realized the blood pool below was drawing closer.

• Hu Liena speculated that blood and Bloody Mary were central to Slaughter City’s control, while Yu Tianlong kept his knowledge to himself.
• Yu Tianlong and Hu Liena rested and regained their strength, and Yu Tianlong secretly sent Voidling to investigate beneath Hell Road and the blood pool.
• After Hu Liena recovered, Yu Tianlong carried her into the darkness, where they stayed alert as he probed the way ahead with his spiritual power.
• Yu Tianlong sensed increasing heat and faint, rapidly approaching sounds, impressing Hu Liena with his spiritual power.
• Yu Tianlong realized the blood pool was getting closer to them, and Hu Liena glanced toward the abyss before dizziness forced her to look away.

Yu Tianlong and Hu Liena faced a swarm of Blood Bats as they continued along the Hell Road, which Yu Tianlong suspected would eventually lead through a pool of blood or lava. After Yu Tianlong demonstrated that he could control a returning bone spike, Hu Liena prepared to defend herself while he dealt with the bats.

• Yu Tianlong estimated that the blood pool was drawing closer and warned that the Hell Road's final stretch might be submerged in blood or lava.
• Yu Tianlong used his living armor of void creatures to destroy an approaching swarm of Blood Bats, but the blood scent attracted an even larger group.
• The bats' wind forced Yu Tianlong and Hu Liena to brace themselves together as Hu Liena released her Martial Soul and killing aura.
• A Blood Bat dodged Yu Tianlong's bone spike, and Hu Liena explained that bats could track attacks with a keen special sense.
• Yu Tianlong's bone spike turned back and pierced the dodging bat, after which he told Hu Liena to focus on protecting herself.

Yu Tianlong and Hu Liena escaped the Blood Bats by using his living armor wings and spatial power, but a Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat blocked their path. They survived its opening attack, and Yu Tianlong continued testing the creature while trying to preserve Hu Liena’s experience in Slaughter City.

• Yu Tianlong trapped and killed many Blood Bats with his living armor wings, then fled with Hu Liena as the survivors kept their distance.
• Yu Tianlong and Hu Liena noticed the rising heat from the abysses and stopped when a Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat appeared ahead of them.
• The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat charged, but Hu Liena’s gaze slowed it and it struck Yu Tianlong’s bone spikes.
• The bat released dark red ripples that destroyed part of the narrow path, and Yu Tianlong threw Hu Liena and himself clear of the blast.
• Yu Tianlong chose not to finish the bat immediately because he wanted to test its strength and protect Hu Liena’s chance to earn the Asura God’s attention.

Yu Tianlong and Hu Liena fought the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King after it regenerated its head and tried to knock them from the air. Hu Liena destroyed many of its bats, but the enraged Bat King reassembled and faced them again.

• Yu Tianlong caught Hu Liena after the path collapsed, then attacked the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat and severed its regenerated central head.
• The Bat King struck Yu Tianlong’s wings with dark red ripples, nearly causing them both to fall, and Hu Liena attacked it with her extended fox tail.
• The Bat King split into hundreds of small golden bats while Blood Bats swarmed Yu Tianlong’s wings and began destroying them.
• Hu Liena swept through the Blood Bats with her spiked tail, killing many and driving the rest away.
• The golden bats merged back into the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, which shrieked angrily at Yu Tianlong and Hu Liena.

Yu Tianlong and Hu Liena defeated the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, rested, and continued along Hell Road until they encountered a poisonous Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent. Yu Tianlong let Hu Liena take the lead in the fight, and she began attacking it with a sword technique she had developed herself.

• Yu Tianlong destroyed all three heads of the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King with Purple Level Divine Light, killing it and the Blood Bats splashed by its golden blood.
• Yu Tianlong and Hu Liena rested on Hell Road, then resumed their journey after he used life energy to ease the heat and purify the air around them.
• Yu Tianlong spotted a Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent coiled across the path and helped Hu Liena dodge its fiery, poisonous attack.
• Yu Tianlong controlled their flight while Hu Liena attacked the serpent, but it evaded her sword by dropping off the path and returning after the blade passed.
• Yu Tianlong hurled liquor and realgar into the poisonous mist, setting it alight, while Hu Liena prepared a self-developed sword technique and began spinning toward the serpent.

Yu Tianlong and Hu Liena fought the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, and Hu Liena’s spinning sword attack cut its body apart. Hu Tianlong collected the serpent’s inner core as Hu Liena collapsed from exhaustion, then confirmed that he knew what it was.

• Hu Liena spun with her longsword, using Sword Qi to fend off the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent as it tried to escape and strike them.
• The serpent fired a golden-red attack, but Yu Tianlong vanished with Hu Liena and reappeared beside its tail.
• Hu Liena stopped spinning and unleashed a pink fox-shaped slash that sent the golden-red bead skyward and sliced through the serpent, destroying the portion above the narrow path.
• Yu Tianlong caught the falling golden-red inner core and stored it after Hu Liena warned him it might be poisonous.
• Hu Liena asked whether Yu Tianlong knew the serpent, and he silently nodded.

Yu Tianlong and Hu Liena continued through Hell Road after Yu Tianlong obtained the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's inner core. As the oppressive heat and evil presence intensified, Hu Liena began losing control of her killing intent, and Yu Tianlong saw that she was close to breaking.

• Yu Tianlong recognized the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's inner core and offered it to Hu Liena, who told him to keep it.
• Yu Tianlong explained that the serpent was a primordial variant, and that its inner core could neutralize snake venom and suppress snakes.
• After Hu Liena recovered with a Senzu Bean, the pair continued along Hell Road as the heat and oppressive presence grew stronger.
• Yu Tianlong realized the evil presence would affect them more the longer they stayed and sped up to escape.
• Hu Liena warned Yu Tianlong that she could not hold on much longer, and he saw her trembling with her killing intent fluctuating.

Yu Tianlong helped Hu Liena cross the scorching Hell Road and entered the white void beyond its exit, where he endured the Slaughter Qi and awakened to a domain attached to Cho'Gath. He reunited with Hu Liena, who told him that they shared the same Innate Domain.

• Yu Tianlong gave Hu Liena life force and Soul Power as he carried her along the narrowing path above the blood, while their clothes burned away in the heat.
• Yu Tianlong and Hu Liena reached the white exit curtain and entered a strange void that separated them and forced Cho'Gath back into his body.
• Yu Tianlong endured the cold and invading Slaughter Qi until he lost consciousness, then awoke with his Soul Power and Soul Skills restored.
• Yu Tianlong discovered white markings on Cho'Gath and realized they represented the Divine Slaughter's Domain, which Cho'Gath absorbed and kept for him.
• Hu Liena approached Yu Tianlong and said that they had the same Innate Domain.

Yu Tianlong reunited with Hu Liena after she emerged from Slaughter City, and she confessed her feelings before Bibi Dong interrupted them. As Bibi Dong explained Divine Slaughter's Domain, Yu Tianlong revealed Tang Hao's death and produced a vast collection of Soul Bones, leaving Bibi Dong and Hu Liena stunned.

• Hu Liena embraced Yu Tianlong and sobbed over her years of isolation before kissing him.
• Bibi Dong arrived, teased Yu Tianlong, and thanked him for helping Hu Liena survive Hell Road.
• Bibi Dong explained that Divine Slaughter's Domain weakened opponents and strengthened its user's power.
• Yu Tianlong corrected Bibi Dong about the number of domain possessors and revealed that Tang Hao had died beneath the waterfall.
• Yu Tianlong presented Tang Hao's Soul Bones and a huge trove of others, prompting Bibi Dong and Hu Liena to ask if he had slaughtered his way through the three great Soul Beast forests.

Yu Tianlong returned to Heaven Dou City, visited Ah Yin, and went to Moonlight Pavilion to confront Tang Yuehua about the person she loved. The chapter ended with him guessing that she liked Tang Hao.

• Yu Tianlong told Bibi Dong and Hu Liena about Bi Ji and let them choose Soul Bones before they left for Spirit Hall.
• After returning to Blue Tyrant Academy, Yu Tianlong visited Ah Yin and told her how Tang San had been doing.
• Yu Tianlong went to Moonlight Pavilion and met Tang Yuehua, who questioned why he had returned.
• Tang Yuehua said she had told Yu Tianlong that she liked someone else and was not worth pursuing, and Yu Tianlong guessed that she liked Tang Hao.

After Yu Tianlong revealed Tang Hao’s crimes and death, Tang Yuehua grieved and spent a year confiding in Yu Tianlong, eventually finding comfort in his love. The story then moved to the Moonlight Pavilion’s annual graduation ceremony, where Tang Yuehua welcomed the gathered nobles and their families.

• Yu Tianlong showed Tang Yuehua a recording of Tang Hao’s past and told her that Tang Hao had died, leaving her devastated.
• Tang Yuehua clung to Yu Tianlong and wept, then thanked him and spent the next year telling him about her life.
• Tang Yuehua came to terms with her feelings for Tang Hao and found comfort in Yu Tianlong’s companionship.
• The Moonlight Pavilion prepared for its annual graduation ceremony, drawing students’ influential families and other dignitaries.
• Tang Yuehua confirmed that everyone had arrived, and the graduation ceremony officially began.

Yu Tianlong performed at the Moonlight Pavilion graduation ceremony, displaying the poise and skill he had developed over the past year. Qian Renxue watched him in astonishment and jealousy, wondering how much he had changed since they first met.

• A hundred graduating students entered the hall, then Yu Tianlong arrived and played the harp for the assembled guests.
• Tang Yuehua reflected on Yu Tianlong's year of study and his newfound refinement, while noting that she had let go of her old feelings.
• Yu Tianlong's skill and dedication had won the respect of his classmates, and he earned the featured performance through his own achievements.
• Qian Renxue attended Xue Ke's graduation both for her sister and to see Yu Tianlong, whose recent distance had unsettled her.
• Qian Renxue watched Yu Tianlong play and wondered whether the child she remembered had truly grown so much.

Yu Tianlong completed his year at Yuexuan at level seventy, and he advised Qian Renxue to send Ma Hongjun and Flender to Slaughter City. At a Spirit Hall gathering, Pope Bibi Dong announced Hu Liena as her successor and Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden, then prepared to reveal two more decisions.

• Yu Tianlong received his graduation certificate after reaching level seventy and nearing the breakthrough to Soul Saint.
• Qian Renxue told Yu Tianlong that Ma Hongjun and Flender had committed serious crimes, and he recommended sending them to Slaughter City.
• Pope Bibi Dong convened Spirit Hall’s senior leaders and announced that Hu Liena was named Holy Maiden and first in line to succeed her.

Bibi Dong announced that the Soul Hunting Operation would begin in one month, aiming to bring Soul Masters under Spirit Hall’s control and reshuffle the Seven Great Sects. At the Lake of Life, Yu Tianlong forced Da Ming and Er Ming to yield the lake so he could bring his pregnant companions to safety.

• Bibi Dong confirmed that Liena had escaped Slaughter City and obtained the Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Bibi Dong announced that Spirit Hall would launch the Soul Hunting Operation in one month, with her personally taking part.
• Yu Tianlong stood over the defeated Da Ming and Er Ming and demanded their submission.
• Da Ming and Er Ming yielded the Lake of Life to Yu Tianlong, despite grieving Xiao Wu’s death at his hands.
• Yu Tianlong had brought Zhu Zhuqing, Bi Ji, Dugu Yan, Shui Yue'er, and Huo Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest because they were pregnant.

Tang Yuehua reached the Clear Sky Sect’s hidden mountain village and identified herself to its wary sentries. She was escorted toward the sect through a dangerous mountain route and discovered the chain bridges connecting its peaks.

• Tang Yuehua arrived at the village and showed the villagers her mutated Clear Sky Hammer to prove she belonged to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Yuehua gave her name, and the villagers arranged a room for her while they notified the sect.
• Three gray-clad direct descendants arrived, recognized Tang Yuehua as the Young Mistress, and agreed to take her to the sect.
• The men raised Tang Yuehua on an iron frame to the summit of a sheer rock mountain.
• Tang Yuehua followed the men through the mountain range and saw them cross a ravine on a concealed iron chain linking the peaks.

Tang Yuehua reached the Clear Sky Sect and told Tang Xiao that Tang Hao had died, while Yu Tianlong continued caring for his family in the Star Dou Great Forest. The sect sent people to search the valley for Tang Hao and its inherited Soul Bones.

• Tang Yuehua crossed the iron-chain route to the Clear Sky Sect and learned that disciples helped transport supplies as part of their training.
• At the sect gate, Tang Yuehua showed her mutated Clear Sky Hammer and was allowed inside.
• Tang Yuehua reunited with Tang Xiao and showed him Tang Hao's last clothes, prompting him to weep.
• Tang Yuehua told Tang Xiao about Tang Hao's death, and Tang Xiao sent people to search the valley for his brother and the sect's inherited Soul Bones.
• Yu Tianlong continued visiting the Star Dou Great Forest, nurturing his children and spending time with Gu Yuena, Chi Ling, and Bing Yao.

Five years later, Zhu Zhuqing was pregnant, while Ning Rongrong remained frustrated that she had not conceived. Yu Tianlong visited Gu Yuena, who offered herself and her companions to him, but he insisted they should first learn to truly love one another; Gu Yuena then acknowledged that his plan to unify the continent was about to begin.

• Five years passed, and Zhu Zhuqing became pregnant while Ning Rongrong complained that Shui Yue'er, Huo Wu, Bi Ji, and the others had gotten ahead of her.
• Yu Tianlong entered Gu Yuena's space, where she asked why his heart was racing and offered to let him have her body, along with Bing Yao and Chi Ling.
• Yu Tianlong told Gu Yuena, Bing Yao, and Chi Ling that they should first develop genuine feelings for one another before becoming intimate.
• Gu Yuena, Bing Yao, and Chi Ling accepted his proposal, and Gu Yuena said she would make him like her and would like him in return.
• Gu Yuena reminded Yu Tianlong that his plan to unify the continent was about to begin and promised he could summon her through her reverse scale if anything went wrong.

Yu Tianlong told Ning Rongrong about Bibi Dong’s plan, and they hurried to warn Ning Fengzhi at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. They arrived as an enemy force launched an attack, leaving the sect alerted and under assault.

• Yu Tianlong found Ning Rongrong by the Lake of Life, and they went to the cabin together before he told her about Bibi Dong’s plan.
• Ning Rongrong urged Yu Tianlong to warn Ning Fengzhi, and Yu Tianlong used Star Dou Return to take her to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xiao Yi heard suspicious sounds during his patrol and fired a signal flare after shouting that the sect was under attack.
• An aged voice ordered the attackers to launch a frontal assault before the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could prepare further.

Yu Tianlong interrupted Spirit Hall’s attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and brought Bibi Dong to confront Ning Fengzhi. The leaders agreed to discuss the crisis privately, leaving the two forces facing each other as Yu Tianlong prepared to explain his plan.

• Yu Tianlong summoned his Martial Soul and domain, halted Spirit Hall’s forces, and promised to explain the situation before leaving with Ning Rongrong.
• Yu Tianlong used the Soul Control Technique to reveal his thoughts to Bibi Dong, including that Ning Fengzhi was already on his side.
• Yu Tianlong brought Bibi Dong and Ning Rongrong back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Bibi Dong greeted Ning Fengzhi.
• Yu Tianlong proposed a private discussion, and Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi agreed to meet with him while their forces waited.
• Yu Tianlong began his speech in the meeting room.

Yu Tianlong persuaded Ning Fengzhi and Bibi Dong to let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect join Spirit Hall while retaining its name and some autonomy. The alliance spared the sect from destruction and gave Spirit Hall a major boost, though outsiders believed the sect had been wiped out.

• Yu Tianlong proposed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect join Spirit Hall instead of being destroyed, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to let Yu Tianlong speak for the sect.
• Bibi Dong accepted the proposal after Yu Tianlong said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile name had to survive, and she promised the sect a place in Spirit Hall’s future.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Spirit Hall discussed their arrangement, with both sides gaining from the alliance.
• The attack and alliance shifted the balance of power, but the outside world believed Spirit Hall had destroyed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.