Chapter Summaries

After being betrayed and left for dead by Zhao Lei, Su Yu awakened a Slaughter System and killed a dog demon. Two stronger dog demons attacked, and Su Yu used his Slaughter Points to perfect Vajra Fist and reach the mortal realm third layer before facing them.

• Su Yu recovered memories of his transmigration and learned Zhao Lei had knocked him unconscious and left him to the dog demons.
• A dog demon attacked Su Yu, but the Slaughter System activated, healed him, and increased his cultivation.
• Su Yu broke free of his bindings, stabbed the dog demon in the eye, and killed it with a blow to the throat.
• Two mortal realm fourth layer dog demons rushed in after finding their companion dead.
• Su Yu spent 30 Slaughter Points to perfect Vajra Fist and advanced to the mortal realm third layer as the two demons attacked.

Su Yu killed three demon dogs, used their slaughter points to reach the mortal realm fourth layer, and discovered his teammates had sold him out to the Liu Family. He confronted Zhao Lei and the other guards as they celebrated his supposed death.

• Su Yu dodged two dog demons and killed the scar-faced demon with a perfected Vajra Fist strike.
• The one-eyed dog demon confessed that officials in town had sent Su Yu to the demons, then tried to escape, but Su Yu killed it with a leg bone.
• Su Yu spent 80 slaughter points to break through to the mortal realm fourth layer and wondered who had plotted against him.
• Su Yu spotted Zhao Lei’s camp and heard Zhao Lei and two guards discuss accepting silver from Steward Liu and faking Su Yu’s death for benefits.
• Su Yu emerged from the darkness, and the guards recognized him as Zhao Lei demanded to know who was there.

Su Yu killed Skinny Monkey, Zhao Lei, and Old Li, then learned that the Liu Family had been cooperating with demons and resolved to destroy them. After finding Zhao Lei’s Gale Saber Technique, Su Yu heard a frenzied dog bark nearby.

• Su Yu killed Skinny Monkey with one strike, revealing strength far beyond the Mortal Realm First Layer.
• Zhao Lei offered Su Yu money and a squad leader recommendation, but Su Yu attacked and killed him.
• Old Li revealed that Liu Qingyun and the Liu Family had been offering living people to demons, and Su Yu killed him after hearing the secret.
• Su Yu collected 100 Slaughter Points, found the Gale Saber Technique on Zhao Lei, and heard a frenzied dog bark.

Su Yu used his perfected Gale Saber Technique to kill a fifth-layer dog demon leader and staged the deaths of Zhao Lei and the other two men as casualties of the fight. He returned to Nanhe County carrying a Liu Family token that appeared to be bait, while a crow watched him and flew toward the Liu Residence.

• Su Yu spent 100 Slaughter Points to perfect his Gale Saber Technique and killed the dog demon leader by driving his saber through its throat and skull.
• Su Yu used the dog demon's claw to disguise Zhao Lei and the other two men's wounds, then planted Zhao Lei's saber in the demon's corpse to stage their deaths as a shared battle.
• Su Yu found a fragrant Liu Family token that made his blood and Qi restless, wrapped it to contain its scent, and suspected the Liu Family had used him and the others as bait.
• At Nanhe County's north gate, Su Yu told the guards that his squad had encountered a fifth-layer demon and that he alone had returned.
• A crow watched Su Yu enter the city and flew toward the Liu Residence, while Su Yu realized he had been observed.

Su Yu reported that Zhao Lei’s squad had been killed by a fifth-layer demon, defeated Wang Tai’s attempt to frame him, and was promoted to squad leader by Lin Xiao. Liu Qingyun learned of Su Yu’s promotion and ordered Liu Ying to arrange an escort mission so the Liu Family could target him outside the city.

• Su Yu returned to the Demon Suppression Bureau and reported that a fifth-layer demon had killed Zhao Lei’s squad, leaving him as the sole survivor.
• Wang Tai accused Su Yu of desertion and ordered his men to seize him, but Su Yu sent the guards flying and disarmed Wang Tai with his perfected Gale Saber Technique.
• Lin Xiao intervened, accepted the demon’s fang as proof of Su Yu’s feat, awarded Zhao Lei’s squad double death benefits, and promoted Su Yu to squad leader.
• Su Yu warned Wang Tai to tell his hidden master to send someone capable before leaving the training ground.
• Liu Qingyun learned that Su Yu had reached the fourth layer and become a squad leader, then ordered Liu Ying to get him assigned to an escort mission.

Su Yu accepted an assignment to escort Ghost Shadow Sect remnants out of Nanhe County, recognizing it as a chance to face the Liu Family beyond the city. He chose the dangerous supreme-grade Suppressing Prisons and Subduing Demons cultivation art, but lacked the Slaughter Points to begin cultivating it.

• Liu Ying bribed Lin Xiao to assign Su Yu to escort the Ghost Shadow Sect remnants to Tiannan Commandery despite his three-day rest period.
• Su Yu received his squad leader uniform and official saber, then accepted Liu Ying's transfer order for a journey through the wilderness.
• At the Demon Suppression Pavilion, Su Yu selected the damaged Suppressing Prisons and Subduing Demons art despite the old man's warnings about its lethal risks.
• Su Yu checked his system panel and learned that initiating the art required 100 Slaughter Points, while he had only 50.

Su Yu took Tang Shan to Blackwater Village and used the Slaughter Panel to gain initial mastery of Suppressing Prisons and Subduing Demons during a fight with a pack of Corpse Dogs. He killed the fifth-layer leader barehanded, then pushed onward with Tang Shan toward the Rotten Peach Mountain Range.

• Su Yu chose the Blackwater Village mission despite Lin Xiao's warning and ordered Tang Shan to follow him.
• Su Yu killed a fourth-layer Corpse Dog with his perfected Gale Saber Technique as more than a dozen Corpse Dogs surrounded them.
• Su Yu spent 100 Slaughter Points to gain initial mastery of Suppressing Prisons and Subduing Demons while the fifth-layer Corpse Dog leader attacked.
• Su Yu crushed the leader's claws and killed it with a barehanded punch, sending the remaining Corpse Dogs fleeing.
• Su Yu picked up his saber, told Tang Shan to clean up, and headed toward the Rotten Peach Mountain Range.

Su Yu stormed Blackwater Village’s ancestral hall and slaughtered the demonized villagers while Tang Shan faced the Liu Family assassins outside. After Su Yu killed one Fifth Layer assassin in moments, he emerged to confront Ying San and the last assassin.

• The village chief told Su Yu and Tang Shan that black dogs had dragged Blackwater Village’s people into the ancestral hall, and Tang Shan suspected a higher-tier demon was controlling them.
• Ying San and two Fifth Layer assassins followed Su Yu’s trail and attacked the ancestral hall, with Tang Shan ordered to hold the entrance for ten breaths.
• Su Yu burst into the ancestral hall and cut down the demonized villagers, earning Slaughter Points as he fought.
• One assassin broke through the wall and charged Su Yu, but Su Yu dodged his strike and killed him with a rising slash.
• Ying San saw Second’s severed head roll to his feet as Su Yu emerged from the hall and faced him and the remaining assassin.

Su Yu killed the three assassins sent by the Liu Family and demonstrated that his new cultivation technique could resist poison and powerful attacks. As he collected his rewards, a monstrous presence stirred behind the ancestral hall’s sealed doors, and enormous white claws emerged.

• Su Yu pursued and killed two fleeing assassins with his black-gold saber.
• Ying San activated a blood-burning technique and attacked Su Yu with venom-coated spikes, but Su Yu’s body resisted the poison and he killed Ying San with a punch and a slap.
• Su Yu searched the corpses and found 200 slaughter points, along with money and pills.
• Tang Shan watched Su Yu’s fight and struggled to comprehend his strength.
• A powerful roar came from the ancestral hall, and two pale bone claws forced their way through its doors.

Su Yu tore apart the Bone Demon barehanded, then descended beneath the ancestral hall with Tang Shan and found a Demon God Cult member preparing a Sixth Stage Blood Baleful Intent Demon Corpse. After spending 200 Slaughter Points to reach the Mortal Realm Fifth Layer, Su Yu split the cult member’s blood blade and faced him with his saber.

• Su Yu destroyed the Bone Demon with his bare hands, earning 50 Slaughter Points and exposing a passage beneath the ancestral hall.
• Su Yu entered the underground cavern, and Tang Shan followed despite his injuries.
• Su Yu and Tang Shan discovered a Demon God Cult member and a Sixth Stage Blood Baleful Intent Demon Corpse bound above a blood pool.
• Su Yu spent 200 Slaughter Points to advance to the Mortal Realm Fifth Layer as the cult member attacked with a scarlet water blade.
• Su Yu split the blood blade with his saber and pointed its tip at the black-robed man.

Su Yu spent Slaughter Points to master a Gale Saber Technique ultimate move, defeated the black-robed sixth-stage cultist, and learned the Liu Family had supplied sacrifices to the Demon God Cult. The cultist’s blood completed the formation, awakening the Blood Baleful Intent Demon Corpse, which turned its gaze on Su Yu.

• Su Yu used 100 Slaughter Points to advance the Gale Saber Technique to subtlety and comprehend Wind Falls Silent, Leaving No Trace.
• Su Yu split the black-robed man's bone shield with one strike and left him badly injured.
• The black-robed man offered to testify about the Liu Family's collusion with the Demon God Cult and the sacrifices from Blackwater Village, but Su Yu beheaded him.
• The formation drained the cultist's blood and completed its final gap, awakening the Blood Baleful Intent Demon Corpse.
• The demon corpse snapped a chain and fixed its pupil-less gaze on Su Yu as he raised his saber to face it.

Su Yu killed the sixth-level Blood Baleful Intent Demon Corpse with his newly mastered Vajra Demon-Subduing Fist and recovered the Wandering Dragon Steps from the black-robed man. After returning to the surface, he identified the village chief as a Demon God Cult puppet and beheaded him as a Mystic Realm woman threatened him through the puppet.

• Su Yu spent all 90 Slaughter Points to advance Vajra Fist and comprehend Vajra Demon-Subduing Fist while fighting the demon corpse.
• Tang Shan threw fierce-burning oil into the demon corpse’s eyes, giving Su Yu an opening to crush its blood core with his fist.
• Su Yu gained 100 Slaughter Points for killing the demon corpse and found the Wandering Dragon Steps among the black-robed man’s belongings.
• Su Yu and Tang Shan returned to the surface, where Su Yu spotted a blood-thread puppet on the Blackwater Village chief.
• The Mystic Realm woman speaking through the chief threatened Su Yu, and he beheaded the chief before she could finish.

Su Yu exploited Tang Shan’s uncanny luck to collect spiritual treasures while leading him through the wilderness, then returned to Nanhe County with the spoils and concealed evidence of the Demon God Cult. As Su Yu prepared to use the treasures to advance his cultivation, Chief Lin summoned him.

• Su Yu killed a blackscale snake and found a mature Vermilion Fruit, then made the wounded Tang Shan lead the way through the wilderness.
• Tang Shan stumbled upon Blood Stabilizing Grass and a spiritual spring; Su Yu killed the guarding toad and took the treasures for safekeeping.
• Liu Qingyun ordered Liu Xiong to follow Liu Ying’s escort party and bring back Su Yu’s head.
• Su Yu and Tang Shan returned to Nanhe County, where Su Yu concealed the Demon God Cult evidence and reported a Corpse Dog ambush.
• Su Yu examined his treasures and Slaughter Points, planned to reach the Spirit Realm before confronting the Liu Family, and was interrupted by a summons from Chief Lin.

Su Yu learned from Lin Xiao that his father, Su Daqiang, had been killed after uncovering the Liu Family’s collusion with demons, and agreed to help capture one of the family’s attackers in exchange for protection. Preparing for the escort mission, Su Yu used his resources and Slaughter Points to break through to Mortal Realm Seventh Layer and develop Qi sense, but Tang Shan’s urgent arrival left a new crisis unresolved.

• Lin Xiao told Su Yu that the Liu Family’s false intelligence had led Su Daqiang’s team into a fatal encounter and that Su Daqiang had found evidence of the family’s collusion with demons.
• Su Yu admitted he had never seen the evidence, then struck a deal with Lin Xiao for protection during the escort mission in exchange for returning with a living captive from the Liu Family’s attackers.
• Su Yu returned to his courtyard and consumed the vermilion fruit, blood-fortifying herbs, and spirit spring water to prepare for the coming battle.
• Su Yu spent all his Slaughter Points to advance Suppressing Prisons and Subduing Demons, forcing his cultivation through Mortal Realm Sixth and Seventh Layers and developing Qi sense.
• Tang Shan pounded on Su Yu’s courtyard gate and announced that something had happened.

Su Yu and Tang Shan investigated the stolen half-yao corpses and encountered a Corpse-Eating Hound and a Ghost Shadow Sect elder in the western alleys. Su Yu killed the hound and repelled the elder, who fled while vowing that the Ghost Shadow Sect would remember the debt.

• Tang Shan told Su Yu that a morgue guard had been killed and the half-yao corpses from Blackwater Village had been stolen, prompting Lin Xiao to order a nighttime search.
• Lin Xiao assigned Su Yu and Tang Shan to investigate the western alleys, where Su Yu tracked the scent of decay to a Corpse-Eating Hound eating a stolen corpse.
• Su Yu killed the sixth-level Mortal Realm hound with one slash, earning 60 Slaughter Points.
• A gray-robed elder from the Ghost Shadow Sect attacked Su Yu with Heart-Ripping Claw, but Su Yu met his strike with a Vajra Fist and shattered his poisoned nails and arm bones.
• The elder failed to poison or injure Su Yu and retreated, warning that the Ghost Shadow Sect would remember the debt.

Lin Xiao moved Yue Rao’s escort forward, and Su Yu joined the procession as it left Nanhe County. In Black Wind Valley, Su Yu intercepted a sudden iron-arrow ambush, while the procession remained under threat.

• Su Yu and Tang Shan learned that the Ghost Shadow Sect had tried to steal a corpse, and Lin Xiao took them to question Yue Rao, whose charm arts nearly enthralled Tang Shan.
• Lin Xiao advanced Yue Rao’s escort to dawn the next day and gave Su Yu authority to act as he saw fit on the wilderness route.
• At the drill ground, Liu Ying confronted Su Yu, who ignored her and sensed a Liu Family assassin watching from a tower.
• The procession left Nanhe County with Su Yu and Tang Shan guarding the rear, then entered Black Wind Valley.
• Su Yu sensed an attack and cut a heavy iron arrow in half before it struck him.

Su Yu survived Liu Ying’s betrayal, killed the Mortal Realm Eighth Layer assassin Liu Xiong, and pursued the escaped prisoner Yue Rao after finding the escort attacked. He left Liu Ying silenced with Lin Xiao’s authority token and followed enormous tracks into the woods with Tang Shan.

• Liu Ying ordered her guards to abandon Su Yu and Tang Shan, while Liu Xiong ambushed Su Yu with three arrows from the cliff.
• Su Yu destroyed the arrows, killed Liu Xiong in a direct clash, and spent his Slaughter Points to upgrade Wandering Dragon Steps.
• Su Yu and Tang Shan reached the damaged prison wagons and found that Yue Rao had escaped after four Demon Suppression Guards were killed.
• Liu Ying blamed Su Yu for the escape and tried to confront him, but Su Yu drove off two guards and displayed Lin Xiao’s special envoy token.
• Su Yu spotted enormous humanoid tracks leading into the woods and pursued them with Tang Shan, leaving Liu Ying behind.

Su Yu killed two Mortal Realm eighth layer Bone Apes and ignored Yue Rao’s seduction before moving to strike her. A hunchbacked Ghost Shadow Sect elder intervened, leaving Su Yu facing a Mortal Realm ninth layer opponent.

• Su Yu charged the two Bone Apes and killed them with his fists and sheathed saber.
• Liu Ying arrived with the remaining Demon Suppression Guards and saw Su Yu standing over the two dead beasts.
• Yue Rao tried to seduce Su Yu with the Ghost Shadow Sect’s Mind-Disordering Fragrance, but he resisted and called her body filthy.
• Su Yu raised his saber to kill Yue Rao, but a hunchbacked elder blocked the blow with a short sword.
• The elder identified Yue Rao as a member of the Ghost Shadow Sect and asked Su Yu to spare her.

Su Yu used perfected Wandering Dragon Steps to evade the old man and slaughter Liu Ying’s guards before killing Liu Ying. After breaking through to the Mortal Realm Eighth Layer, he blocked the old man’s strongest attack and prepared to finish him.

• Su Yu fought the Mortal Realm Ninth Layer old man, then spent 160 Slaughter Points to perfect Wandering Dragon Steps and evade his killing thrust.
• Su Yu charged through Liu Ying’s guards, killing them as he reached her, while the old man failed to catch him.
• Liu Ying begged for her life and offered herself and her resources, but Su Yu called her filthy and killed her.
• The old man unleashed his strongest attack, and Su Yu spent 200 Slaughter Points to break through to the Mortal Realm Eighth Layer.
• Su Yu blocked the old man’s sword with his saber and told him he could give him face, but he would not live to take it.

Su Yu defeated Yue Rao after she recovered her strength, took her Spirit-Seizing Art, and killed her anyway. With the ambush over and 410 Slaughter Points available, he prepared to improve his cultivation.

• Su Yu killed the old man and sent the surviving Demon Suppression Guard back to report that the Liu Family had colluded with the Demon God Cult and that he had executed Liu Ying.
• Yue Rao broke free of her seal and attacked Su Yu with the Bone-Eroding Soft Palm, but Su Yu crushed her arm with a single Vajra Demon-Subduing Fist.
• Yue Rao offered the Ghost Shadow Sect's treasury and then a Spirit Realm cultivation art to save her life, and Su Yu took the Spirit-Seizing Art jade slip.
• Su Yu killed Yue Rao despite her oath, then ordered Tang Shan to harvest the Bone Demon materials and clean up the battlefield.
• Su Yu checked his system and saw that he had 410 Slaughter Points, then decided to improve across the board.