Chapter Summaries

Ji Ren escorted Youruo and Xie Purou to the Slaughter Arena after killing the demons who had insulted them. Its master, Han Pei, welcomed them deferentially and arranged the arena’s finest private room for them.

• Ji Ren killed the demons who had insulted Youruo and Xie Purou, then led the two women toward the Slaughter Arena.
• Xie Purou admired the Nether Light Realm’s freedom from the strict rules of the Formless Divine Kingdom, while Ji Ren warned her about its hidden dangers.
• Ji Ren, Youruo, and Xie Purou entered the Slaughter Arena and met its master, Han Pei, who recognized the Saint Emperor Armaments within the two women.
• Ji Ren ordered Han Pei to arrange the best seats, and Han Pei personally escorted the three to a luxurious private room.

Youruo and Xie Purou watched the Slaughter Arena from a private viewing room while Han Pei described its attractions and defended the High Antiquity Evil Demons’ strength. Xie Purou insisted on fighting, and Ji Ren approved, leaving Han Pei to arrange matches for both women as the arena battles continued.

• Youruo and Xie Purou approved of the private viewing room, and Ji Ren praised Han Pei for arranging it.
• Han Pei boasted that the High Antiquity Evil Demons could withstand the Dragon Clan and said the arena featured Dragon Clan contestants.
• Xie Purou asked Han Pei to arrange a fight for her, but he worried that she might be injured or that he would be held responsible.
• Youruo assured Han Pei that the women could protect themselves, and Ji Ren told him to do as they wished.
• Han Pei used a communication jade talisman to order two high-quality matches for the women.
• Youruo and Xie Purou sat down to watch the ongoing fight between a Flame Devil Race cultivator and a Wolf Devil Race powerhouse while Ji Ren guarded them.

Long Jing, the undefeated Dragon Clan fighter, faced Duan Yue, a towering Firemane Lion Clan champion, in the Slaughter Arena’s anticipated clash. Duan Yue launched the first attack, charging at Long Jing with a flame-wreathed fist as the battle began.

• A Wolf Devil Race expert killed his Flame Devil Race opponent, winning the match and provoking anger from losing bettors and cheers from those who had wagered on him.
• Long Jing entered the arena, and Han Pei introduced him as a peak God Emperor with thousands of victories and no defeats.
• Xie Purou and Youruo praised Long Jing’s strength but said their senior brother Qin Haoran would defeat him at the same cultivation level, while Ji Ren wondered about Ye Chen’s mysterious lineage.
• Duan Yue emerged to loud cheers, and Han Pei identified him as an undefeated Firemane Lion Clan champion whose combat strength matched Long Jing’s.
• Duan Yue roared, gathered Immortal Power and flames into his fist, and charged Long Jing across the fighting grounds.

Long Jing defeated Duan Yue in the Slaughter Arena, ending the Firemane Lion expert’s thousand-battle undefeated streak and proving himself the strongest beneath Saint Emperors. Duan Yue recovered in the arena’s healing area, while Long Jing remained in the arena as the crowd celebrated and feared his strength.

• Duan Yue attacked Long Jing with his fiery fists and unleashed his innate Divine Ability, Fire Lion Burns the Heavens, but Long Jing countered with Dragon Flame Break.
• Long Jing’s golden dragon flame overcame Duan Yue’s fire lion phantom, and Long Jing tore through the phantom before severely wounding Duan Yue with his dragon claw.
• The Slaughter Arena crowd cheered as Long Jing won, and Xie Purou and Youruo praised his strength while Ji Ren wondered about Qin Haoran.
• Two attendants carried the near-dead Duan Yue to the healing area, where a high-grade pill restored him to peak condition.
• Long Jing declared that no one in the Slaughter Arena could defeat him, and the spectators accepted him as the strongest beneath Saint Emperors while High Antiquity Evil Demons feared and mocked his confinement.

Xie Purou insisted on becoming Long Jing’s next opponent despite Ji Ren and Han Pei warning her that he was a peak God Emperor who had survived thousands of deadly fights. She entered the Slaughter Arena to face him, and Long Jing’s initial pity turned to killing intent after she challenged him to stop holding back.

• Long Jing roared for his next opponent, releasing his fury at being imprisoned in the Slaughter Arena.
• Xie Purou volunteered to fight Long Jing, but Ji Ren and Han Pei warned her that he was far stronger and tried to dissuade her.
• Xie Purou refused to change her mind, and Ji Ren ordered Han Pei to arrange the match.
• Xie Purou entered the arena, prompting the spectators to protest that a middle God Emperor Stage newcomer was no match for Long Jing.
• Xie Purou asked Long Jing to let her fight freely, but he mistook her for a helpless captive and prepared a restrained punch to knock her out.
• Xie Purou threatened to finish Long Jing if he held back, and Long Jing’s pity gave way to cold killing intent.

Xie Purou fought Long Jing in the Slaughter Arena, surviving his attacks and surprising him with her Immortal Power and physical strength. Long Jing abandoned his contempt and met her fierce counterattacks with Dragon Clan fist techniques as their battle continued.

• Long Jing unleashed his killing aura and attacked Xie Purou with a golden dragon-shaped strike, but she stopped it with pale purple lightning Immortal Power.
• Long Jing dismissed Xie Purou's defense and fired Dragon Breath at her, which struck an amethyst shield she formed with her seals.
• Long Jing rushed in and kicked Xie Purou, but she blocked the blow with her arm without being injured.
• Xie Purou seized the opening and unleashed a rapid series of palm strikes, forcing Long Jing to retreat behind a golden Dragon Qi barrier.
• Long Jing set aside his contempt and traded attacks with Xie Purou using fierce Dragon Clan fist techniques.

Xie Purou held Long Jing to a stalemate in the Slaughter Arena, revealing strength and toughness that astonished the watching High Antiquity Evil Demons. When Long Jing unleashed his Peak God Emperor-level Dragon Shadow Fist, Xie Purou released the full power of her Nine Tribulations Immortal Physique, and her presence surged toward the Peak God Emperor Stage.

• Long Jing and Xie Purou traded rapid blows, with her lightning-infused palm techniques and tough body allowing her to match his Dragon Clan combat prowess.
• The High Antiquity Evil Demons in the stands abandoned their contempt for Xie Purou and marveled at her strength as Long Jing realized her power was slowing his attacks.
• Long Jing drove Xie Purou back with a powerful punch, then unleashed Dragon Shadow Fist and sent a golden dragon charging at her.
• Xie Purou welcomed Long Jing's serious attack and stopped suppressing her power, enveloping herself in scarlet lightning as the Nine Tribulations Immortal Physique erupted.
• Xie Purou's presence soared from the Middle God Emperor Stage toward the Peak God Emperor Stage, leaving the High Antiquity Evil Demons trembling under its pressure.

Xie Purou revealed the Nine Tribulations Immortal Physique and fought Long Jing with Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning, initially matching his Dragon Shadow Fist. Long Jing then unleashed his Dragon Clan physique and drove her onto the defensive, leaving their battle unresolved.

• The evil demons recognized Xie Purou’s Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning and feared its power, while anticipating her clash with Long Jing.
• Long Jing launched Dragon Shadow Fist, and Xie Purou countered with Raging Lightning Break, leaving the two attacks evenly matched.
• Xie Purou and Long Jing transformed their battle into an aerial clash, exchanging lightning palm strikes and dragon claws without either gaining an early advantage.
• Long Jing’s speed and strength increased as he fully unleashed his Dragon Clan power, forcing Xie Purou into a disadvantage.
• Long Jing kicked Xie Purou backward and pressed her with relentless claw and tail attacks while she struggled to dodge and counter.

Xie Purou unleashed the full power of her Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning and turned the fight against Long Jing, who answered with Dragon God's Wrath. She met his devastating dragon claws with an imitation lightning hammer, and their clash shook the Slaughter Arena as its Saint Emperor-level protections contained the shock waves.

• Xie Purou, pushed to her limit by Long Jing, released a sea of scarlet lightning and began driving him back with a relentless counterattack.
• Long Jing was shocked by Xie Purou's strength, then focused his attention and fought back with Dragon Fist, his tail, and Dragon God's Wrath.
• Duan Yue watched from a passage and was astonished that Xie Purou had forced Long Jing to use his powerful technique.
• Xie Purou condensed an imitation of the Mysterious Firmament Thunder-Wielding Hammer and swung it at Long Jing's descending dragon claws.
• Xie Purou's lightning hammer collided with Long Jing's claws, unleashing golden Dragon Qi and scarlet lightning that shook the arena.
• The Slaughter Arena's Saint Emperor-level protections steadied the structure and contained the battle's dangerous shock waves.

Xie Purou and Long Jing fought in the Slaughter Arena, where her Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning broke through his Dragon Qi and left him badly injured. Long Jing retreated, shaken by the pseudo-Saint Emperor pressure released when her lightning hammer shattered, and questioned how she could wield such power.

• A gray barrier protected the High Antiquity Evil Demons in the stands from the shock waves as Xie Purou and Long Jing continued their clash.
• Long Jing endured Xie Purou's lightning while both fighters strained against each other, and Xie Purou poured all her Immortal Power into her hammer.
• Dragon Qi cracked and shattered Xie Purou's lightning hammer, but the weapon's released pseudo-Saint Emperor pressure disrupted Long Jing's power.
• Xie Purou's lightning engulfed Long Jing, who used a Dragon Clan secret method to disperse it before retreating to the arena's edge in dragon form.
• Long Jing recognized that the pressure was not true Saint Emperor power and wondered how Xie Purou could unleash pseudo-saintly might.

After a fierce first exchange, Xie Purou and Long Jing recovered in the Slaughter Arena while spectators and observers anticipated their next clash. Xie Purou quickly regained her strength and offered to wait for Long Jing, but he refused, determined to defeat her without charity.

• Xie Purou and Long Jing rested across the arena, each still intent on fighting to the end despite their injuries and depleted power.
• Spectators marveled at Xie Purou's performance, while Duan Yue admitted he might not be able to defeat her and worried that Long Jing could lose.
• Ji Ren and Han Pei decided Xie Purou did not need their help, though Ji Ren wondered why her lightning hammer had carried a trace of Saint Emperor pressure.
• Long Jing and Xie Purou recovered as the arena watched in silence, and Xie Purou soon rose with her presence restored to its peak.
• Xie Purou offered to let Long Jing recover first, but Long Jing refused, insulted by the offer and confident he could crush her.

Xie Purou and Long Jing unleashed their full strength in a brutal, evenly matched battle in the Slaughter Arena. As the duel continued without a clear victor, Xie Purou’s eyes turned crimson and her mind went blank while she wielded her lightning hammer.

• Long Jing transformed into his thousand-zhang golden divine dragon form, while Xie Purou rose to meet him with Immortal Power and scarlet lightning.
• Long Jing fired golden Dragon Breath, but Xie Purou’s Nine Tribulations Divine Lightning swarmed over it and held it in check.
• Xie Purou formed a lightning sword and slashed Long Jing, cracking his scales and drawing dragon blood.
• Long Jing retaliated with his tail and claws, and Xie Purou countered with a lightning warhammer as they fought fiercely in the air.
• Their full-power clashes shook the arena and strained its defensive formation while the spectators watched in stunned silence.
• Xie Purou continued swinging her enormous lightning hammer as her eyes turned crimson and her mind went completely blank.

Xie Purou and Long Jing fought a brutal battle in the Slaughter Arena, each pushing the other to the brink of death. Long Jing survived her final hammer strike and stood again, while the spectators believed Xie Purou had died in the wall.

• Long Jing unleashed his strongest attack, Eight Desolations Extinction, and charged Xie Purou with a golden Dragon Qi blade.
• Xie Purou met Long Jing’s charge with a lightning-hammer strike infused with Heavenly Tribulation power, shattering much of his skull as his remaining Dragon Qi blasted her into the arena wall.
• Long Jing collapsed into the arena floor, gravely wounded but still alive, while Xie Purou remained motionless inside the crater in the wall.
• Long Jing withdrew his True Dragon form, struggled to his feet, and fixed his gaze on Xie Purou’s crater.
• The High Antiquity Evil Demons speculated that Xie Purou had died, lamenting her talent as they waited for any sign of movement.

Xie Purou survived her battle with Long Jing, admitted defeat, and was healed by Han Pei, whose deference revealed that she held an unexpectedly important status. Long Jing gained fresh insight into reaching the Hundun Saint Emperor Realm and resolved to escape the Slaughter Arena one day.

• Xie Purou crawled out of the pit alive, though she was gravely injured, and told Long Jing she had exhausted her strength without defeating him.
• Xie Purou acknowledged her defeat, while Long Jing reflected that their battle had brought him closer to understanding the Hundun Saint Emperor Realm and strengthened his resolve to escape and take revenge.
• Han Pei appeared before the crowd and respectfully gave Xie Purou a Blood Saint Pill, astonishing the High Antiquity Evil Demons who watched.
• Xie Purou swallowed the pill and rapidly recovered, while Han Pei gave Long Jing a lesser healing pill with far less regard.
• Xie Purou considered asking Han Pei to release Long Jing but decided not to use her influence that way.

Xie Purou and Youruo watched fights at the Slaughter Arena as Ji Ren praised their potential and Han Pei kept his distance from their discussion of the Nether Blood Saint Emperor. Their attention shifted when the Qilin King, a figure they recognized from Master’s stories about the Nine Nether Demon Abyss, entered the arena.

• Xie Purou returned to the top-floor room, and Youruo declined Han Pei’s offer to arrange an opponent because she had already assessed Long Jing by imagining a battle against him.
• Ji Ren said Youruo and Xie Purou could surpass Han Pei and wondered whether they might one day reach the Nether Blood Saint Emperor’s level, leaving Han Pei too cautious to respond.
• Xie Purou asked Han Pei for more local spirit fruits, and she and Youruo continued watching matches without intervening to rescue the human fighters.
• The Qilin King entered the arena to roaring cheers, and Youruo and Xie Purou recognized him from the images and stories Master had shared about the Nine Nether Demon Abyss.

Youruo and Xie Purou recognized the Qilin King in the Slaughter Arena, where he had become a hardened, undefeated fighter after being captured and tortured by the Nether Blood Divine Kingdom. The chapter ended as he began a fierce battle against a Peak God King of the Wood Baleful Intent Race.

• Youruo recognized the Qilin King, but told Han Pei to let the fight proceed rather than release him.
• The Qilin King reflected on his capture, his rise to Peak God King, and how battle had become his way to survive.
• A towering Wood Baleful Intent Race expert entered the arena and challenged the Qilin King.
• The Qilin King and his opponent unleashed their Peak God King powers, and their collision devastated the arena floor.
• The Qilin King charged as the opponent sent ten thorn-covered vines rushing toward him.

The Qilin King was injured and trapped by the Wood Baleful Intent Race expert, who began draining his power. He unleashed Qilin Divine Fire to counter the vines and broke free, then moved to attack as the chapter ended.

• The Wood Baleful Intent Race expert struck the Qilin King with giant vines, but the Qilin King used Qilin Steps to counterattack and shattered several vines at the cost of injuring his fist.
• The Wood Baleful Intent Race expert regrew the broken vines, bound the Qilin King, and began absorbing his Immortal Power, divine beast Essence Blood, and divine soul power.
• The Qilin King realized that his life-bound Qilin Divine Fire could restrain the wooden enemy and ignited the vines wrapped around him.
• The Wood Baleful Intent Race expert used Wood Baleful Intent Life Extinction to resist the flames, but the Qilin King used the opening to snap his weakened bonds.
• The Qilin King freed himself and launched forward with Qilin Steps, surrounded by purple flame phantoms.

The Qilin King badly wounded the Wood Baleful Intent Race expert, but its rapid regeneration and defensive technique turned his finishing strike into a draw. Both fighters revealed their true forms, and the Qilin King began a close-range assault on the towering ancient tree.

• The Qilin King used Qilin Steps and divine fire to shatter the Wood Baleful Intent Race expert's body, leaving its spiritual core barely alive.
• The Wood Baleful Intent Race expert regenerated its body and raised Spirit Root Meridian Protection against the Qilin King's Qilin Divine Fire Seal.
• The seal shattered the barrier, and the collision sent both fighters flying with serious injuries.
• The Qilin King transformed into his thousand-zhang Qilin form, while the Wood Baleful Intent Race expert grew into a towering ancient tree.
• The Qilin King swooped toward the ancient tree, aiming to overwhelm it at close range with his claws and divine fire.

The Qilin King battled the Wood Baleful Intent Race expert, using a concealed divine-soul attack to create an opening before striking with the Heaven-Burning Star-Shattering Strike. The tree expert recovered with Ten Thousand Trees Welcoming Spring and began preparing the Ten Thousand Trees Strangulation Formation.

• The Qilin King and the Wood Baleful Intent Race expert fought with vines, spatial force, and a storm of razor-sharp leaves, while neither gained a decisive advantage.
• The Qilin King dodged the leaf storm, countered with purple fireballs, and unleashed a Qilin Roar that the tree expert believed his Secret Method had blocked.
• The Qilin King's hidden divine-soul attack struck when the tree expert's defenses relaxed, leaving him in pain and opening him to attack.
• The Qilin King used the Heaven-Burning Star-Shattering Strike to ravage the tree expert's crown and burn his trunk with divine fire.
• The tree expert healed his wounds with Ten Thousand Trees Welcoming Spring, regained his strength, and activated the Ten Thousand Trees Strangulation Formation.

The Wood Baleful Intent Race expert trapped the Qilin King and drained his power, leaving him on the brink of death. Rather than let his enemy steal his cultivation and Qilin origin, the Qilin King began detonating his true body, and the expert realized the danger too late.

• The Wood Baleful Intent Race expert bound the Qilin King in thorn-covered vines and drained his Immortal Power and divine fire power.
• Spectators believed the Qilin King had lost, while Xie Purou urged Youruo to intervene and Youruo insisted they watch a little longer.
• As his body shriveled and his strength faded, the Qilin King decided to die rather than let his opponent claim his cultivation and Qilin origin.
• The Qilin King forced his Immortal Power to flow in opposite directions, rupturing his meridians and making his power spiral out of control.
• Veteran spectators recognized that the Qilin King was preparing to detonate his true body, and the Wood Baleful Intent Race expert cried out in alarm.