Chapter Summaries

After Gu Yuena comforted Xuan Ming and Bibi Dong helped settle matters in Spirit Hall, Xuan Ming prepared to enter Slaughter City. Bibi Dong took him and Hu Liena there, and the three crossed into its blood-red world.

• Gu Yuena embraced Xuan Ming and promised to handle his tangled relationships, then the two spent the night together as Bibi Dong briefly watched from the doorway before leaving.
• Three days later, Hu Liena told Xuan Ming she would accompany him to Slaughter City, and Bibi Dong agreed that the journey would temper Hu Liena and give them a trusted companion.
• Bibi Dong explained Slaughter City's restrictions and warned that the King of Slaughter tried to prevent anyone from becoming a Slaughter God.
• Before dawn, Bibi Dong carried Xuan Ming and Hu Liena from Spirit City toward Slaughter City, arriving at a sinister town near dusk.
• Bibi Dong opened the hidden entrance beneath an ancient well, and Xuan Ming and Hu Liena followed her through the vortex into Slaughter City.

Bibi Dong brought Xuan Ming and Hu Liena to Slaughter City and warned the King of Slaughter not to interfere with their trials. A year later, Xuan Ming had earned fifty consecutive victories as [Pluto], but no one would fight beside him, and the King of Slaughter struggled to find a way to force him back into the arena.

• Bibi Dong confronted the King of Slaughter and secured his promise not to interfere with Xuan Ming and Hu Liena, then left them to enter Slaughter City.
• Xuan Ming killed one of the black-armored knights sent to enforce the city’s rules, and the King of Slaughter let him and Hu Liena proceed.
• Over the following year, Xuan Ming won fifty Hell Slaughter Arena matches and became so feared that no one would enter a match alongside him.
• Xuan Ming left the arena and continued searching Slaughter City for people to kill, while the King of Slaughter watched him and fumed over the lack of challengers.
• A knight commander told the King of Slaughter that the people arranged to fight or undermine Xuan Ming had died or vanished, and that Xuan Ming seemed to know who they were.

Xuan Ming continued hunting powerful Fallen in Slaughter City while the King of Slaughter struggled to find opponents who could draw him into the arena. Back at their room, Hu Liena’s worsening loss of control culminated in a desperate outburst, and Xuan Ming chose to embrace her rather than repel her with his domain.

• The King of Slaughter watched Xuan Ming charge at a newly arrived Soul Saint with a purple-gold hammer and ordered his followers to recruit more powerful fighters for the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Xuan Ming returned to the room he shared with Hu Liena after another brief slaughter in the outer city.
• Hu Liena approached Xuan Ming in a state of growing desire, and he used his cold domain to restore her clarity.
• Xuan Ming asked the Ice Dragon King for a solution as Hu Liena’s desire and mental instability continued to worsen.
• Hu Liena confronted Xuan Ming, threatened to lose herself completely, and unleashed her Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s spiritual charm as she tried to embrace him.
• Xuan Ming stopped pushing Hu Liena away and drew her into a steady embrace.

Xuan Ming comforted Hu Liena through a bout of overwhelming desire, then learned from Bibi Dong that the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s power was amplifying Hu Liena’s feelings as a trial of love and desire. Bibi Dong weighed the danger against the power’s potential, leaving Hu Liena’s safety unresolved.

• Xuan Ming held Hu Liena until she calmed down and fell asleep, then wondered why her desire had become uncontrollable.
• The Ice Dragon King explained that Slaughter City magnified Hu Liena’s attachment to Xuan Ming and warned that his blood would be deadly to drink.
• Bibi Dong secretly arrived in Slaughter City, and Xuan Ming detected her presence before she could approach unnoticed.
• Bibi Dong examined Hu Liena and discovered a spiritual imprint from the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox that was amplifying her desires.
• The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox told Bibi Dong that Hu Liena’s power required her to master a trial of love and desire, and Bibi Dong remained concerned for her disciple.

After nearly two years in Slaughter City, Xuan Ming and Hu Liena completed their hundred victories and prepared to challenge Hell Road. The King of Slaughter opened the road by triggering the Bloody Mary's toxins in the arena crowd, turning the stands into a mass slaughter.

• Xuan Ming helped Hu Liena control the power tormenting her while Bibi Dong reported that Qian Renxue had likely begun the Angel God Trial.
• Xuan Ming observed that his Blood Spear had grown powerful but was nearing saturation and developing a primitive will.
• Xuan Ming and Hu Liena finally completed one hundred victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena, prompting the King of Slaughter to congratulate them and urge them to leave.
• The King of Slaughter unleashed a blood-red light that drove the arena's Fallen into madness and caused them to mutilate and kill themselves.
• The victims' blood and life energy surged toward the entrance to Hell Road as it began to open.

Xuan Ming and Hu Liena escaped Slaughter City after Xuan Ming’s Blood Spear consumed nearly half of its core blood pool, and they gained Divine Slaughter’s Domain. Outside, Xuan Ming wondered why the Asura God had not responded to his achievement, leaving the reason for the god’s silence unresolved.

• Xuan Ming threw the Blood Spear into Slaughter City’s blood pool, where it drained nearly half the energy and underwent a fundamental transformation.
• The King of Slaughter sensed the blood pool being drained and cried out in fury, but could not reach Hell Road.
• Xuan Ming recalled the Blood Spear and left Hell Road with Hu Liena, then both passed through the exit and received Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Hu Liena awoke in a woodland and sensed that her domain instinctively submitted to Xuan Ming’s far stronger killing aura.
• Xuan Ming questioned why the Asura God had not noticed his achievement, considering his connection to the Dragon Clan and the possibility of awakening Tang Chen.

After returning from Slaughter City, Xuan Ming and Hu Liena reunited with Bibi Dong and discovered that both Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa trial and the Asura God’s response showed unexplained irregularities. Back in Spirit City, Xuan Ming worried that Qian Renxue might complete her Angel God trial first, but revealed he had a backup plan involving the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

• Bibi Dong welcomed Xuan Ming and Hu Liena back, then told them that her Rakshasa Eighth Trial had still not appeared despite completing the Seventh Trial a year earlier.
• Xuan Ming suspected that unknown changes or an influence within the Divine Realm were affecting both the Rakshasa and Asura inheritances.
• Bibi Dong brought Xuan Ming and Hu Liena to Spirit City, where they saw its defenses and facilities transformed for the approaching war.
• Bibi Dong asked Xuan Ming to investigate Qian Renxue’s progress, fearing that she might become a god and threaten him before Bibi Dong could act.
• The Ice Dragon King urged Xuan Ming to kill Qian Renxue or Qian Daoliu, but Xuan Ming refused and revealed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as his backup plan.

Xuan Ming gained the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud’s recognition and eligibility to enter the Sea God Trial, then confronted the five Offerings at Douluo Hall. After Qian Daoliu let him inside, Qian Renxue emerged from the Angel Temple during her divine trial.

• Xuan Ming endured the Sea God’s probing and secured the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud’s recognition, gaining eligibility to register for the Sea God Trial.
• Xuan Ming went to Douluo Hall, where Light Feather Douluo, Azure Luan Douluo, Mighty Lion Douluo, Qian Jun Douluo, and Demon Subduing Douluo surrounded him.
• Qian Daoliu stopped the five Offerings from attacking Xuan Ming and allowed him to enter the hall to see Qian Renxue.
• Qian Daoliu refused to reveal Qian Renxue’s Angel God Trial progress and warned Xuan Ming not to disturb her.
• The Angel Temple’s golden doors opened, and Qian Renxue emerged in her platinum gown.

Qian Renxue completed her Fifth Trial and confronted Qian Daoliu over how his interference had damaged her relationship with Xuan Ming. After Xuan Ming returned from Slaughter City to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, his changed, detached demeanor unsettled everyone, though Little Ah Yin welcomed him warmly.

• Qian Renxue revealed that she had completed her Fifth Trial and reached rank eighty-four, and Xuan Ming congratulated her without much reaction.
• Xuan Ming showed Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu his Divine Slaughter's Domain and said he had killed one-third of Slaughter City's population.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that she could not hate Xuan Ming and blamed their family’s interference for driving him toward becoming a killing machine.
• Qian Daoliu questioned for the first time whether his decisions had been wrong as Qian Renxue grieved over Xuan Ming’s condition.
• Xuan Ming returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Gu Yuena, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Little Ah Yin noticed how much his demeanor had changed.
• Little Ah Yin ran to Xuan Ming, and he reassured her that he had promised to return.

Xuan Ming prepared to take Gu Yuena and the others to Sea God Island, where the Sea God hinted that the answer to Bibi Dong’s stalled Rakshasa trial could be found. As the group set out from Vast Sea City, Ning Fengzhi asked Xuan Ming whether he had expected events to reach this point.

• Xuan Ming showed Gu Yuena the blood spear, and she warned that its chaotic will could turn against him unless a hundred-thousand-year soul beast sacrificed itself to give it a loyal artifact soul.
• Xuan Ming told Bibi Dong he planned to take Hu Liena to Sea God Island, and the Sea God’s divine sense said clues to her stalled Rakshasa trial might lie beneath the sea.
• Xuan Ming and Gu Yuena led Hu Liena, Ah Rou, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, Shui Bing'er, and Huo Wu aboard a Spirit Hall Empire ship at Vast Sea City.
• Ning Fengzhi joined Xuan Ming at the dock and asked whether he had expected the conflict and rapid changes to come.

Xuan Ming put the seasick passengers to sleep with precise strikes while the ship crossed the open sea. When the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King rose beneath them, he leapt overboard and froze the surrounding ocean to stop it.

• Xuan Ming knocked out Huo Wu and then the other seasick girls so they could sleep through the voyage.
• At night, Xuan Ming questioned Ah Yin about their course as the unnaturally quiet sea stirred his unease.
• Gu Yuena sensed a powerful presence approaching and identified it as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Xuan Ming leapt beyond the ship's railing and used Ice Seal to freeze a vast area of sea around the rising beast.

Xuan Ming battled the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, but the Blood Spear nearly turned on him before the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud drove the beast away. After explaining that he could have used a million-year Heavenly Tribulation against the whale, Xuan Ming continued the voyage, which ended with a pirate ship blocking their way.

• Xuan Ming combined his three domains and the Ice and Fire Dragon Origin Head Crown to challenge the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, then struck at its eye with the Blood Spear.
• The Blood Spear went berserk and began devouring Xuan Ming until the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud calmed it and its divine presence drove the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King away.
• The Sea God's Divine Sense warned Xuan Ming that the Blood Spear could devour him unless he purified or reshaped its chaotic will.
• Xuan Ming returned to the ship, reassured Gu Yuena, and revealed that he could have summoned a million-year Heavenly Tribulation to threaten the whale.
• Several days later, a pirate ship approached and blocked the damaged vessel's course.

Xuan Ming seized Zi Zhenzhu’s pirate ship and had her crew take him and his companions toward Sea God Island. When they reached the island’s guarded waters, he created an ice ship and sailed into the Demon Soul Great White Sharks’ territory, where a powerful presence rose from the depths.

• Xuan Ming subdued Zi Zhenzhu and her pirates with his domains, then claimed their ship and ordered them to sail to Sea God Island.
• Zi Zhenzhu agreed to serve as navigator, and Xuan Ming explained to Hu Liena that he spared the pirates because their ship and sailing skills were useful.
• After a day and night, the ship reached Sea God Island’s outer waters, where Zi Zhenzhu warned that Demon Soul Great White Sharks guarded the approach.
• Xuan Ming formed a large ice ship, and he and his companions continued toward the island while Zi Zhenzhu and her crew stayed behind.
• More than a hundred Demon Soul Great White Sharks surrounded the ice ship, and an even greater presence rose from the sea.

Xuan Ming and his companions reached Sea God Island, where the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud secured Xiao Bai’s welcome and the group proved themselves before Sea Maiden Douluo. After Xuan Ming crossed the Sea Within the Sea through her strongest attack, Sea Maiden Douluo warned them that the Sea God Trial could not be reversed once begun.

• Xiao Bai recognized the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as the Sea God’s Heart and allowed Xuan Ming’s boat to proceed to Sea God Island.
• Xiao Bai transformed into human form, welcomed the group, and led them to the Sea Maiden Sacred Pillar after Xuan Ming said they had come for the Sea God Trial.
• Sea Maiden Douluo challenged the group to cross the Sea Within the Sea, and Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others reached the Sacred Pillar platform using their abilities.
• Sea Maiden Douluo attacked Xuan Ming with her Sea Demon Flute, but he used the Divine Slaughter’s Domain and Colorless Domain to walk across the water unharmed.
• Sea Maiden Douluo warned Xuan Ming and the others that the Sea God Trial’s difficulty reflected their potential and that they could not withdraw once they began.

Xuan Ming, Gu Yuena, and their companions underwent Sea God Island’s trials, with several women receiving top-tier trials and Xuan Ming receiving the Sea God Nine Trials. Bo Saixi arrived and identified Gu Yuena’s mysterious golden ring as an unprecedented sign whose meaning remained unclear.

• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, Shui Bing'er, and Huo Wu received Black Level trials, while Ning Rongrong received the Top-Tier Seven Trials.
• Hu Liena and Xiao Wu each received the Top-Tier Eight Trials, drawing the Sacred Pillar Guardians to the Sea Within the Sea.
• Xuan Ming urged Ah Rou to take the trial, and she received the Top-Tier Seven Trials.
• Xuan Ming and Gu Yuena stepped forward together; Xuan Ming received the Sea God Nine Trials, while Gu Yuena gained a mysterious golden ring.
• Bo Saixi appeared and announced that Xuan Ming had received the Sea God Nine Trials, then turned to explain Gu Yuena’s golden ring.

Xuan Ming learned that Gu Yuena’s contract trial bound their lives together, then revealed the Blood Spear he had empowered with Slaughter City’s accumulated blood. The gods chose his first Sea God trial as a test of whether he could control it, leaving him facing a three-month deadline to reshape its will.

• Bo Saixi explained that Gu Yuena’s contract required her to assist Xuan Ming through the Sea God Nine Trials and bound their fates together.
• Xuan Ming showed Bo Saixi his Blood Spear and revealed that it had killed tens of thousands in Slaughter City and consumed its thousand-year blood pool.
• Bo Saixi disclosed Xuan Ming’s first trial: purify and reshape the Blood Spear’s chaotic will within three months or risk being destroyed by it.
• The Five Great God Kings debated how to handle Xuan Ming and Gu Yuena, then agreed to observe and test them rather than immediately intervene.
• The Asura God revealed that he had designed Xuan Ming’s first trial as a warning and test of whether he could master the Blood Spear.

Xuan Ming climbed the Sea God's Light far beyond the other trial-takers, while the God Kings discovered that Poseidon had secretly added a top-level Crossing the Sea God's Light assessment to his trials. He reached the 333rd step and paused, faintly sensing that the number was familiar.

• Hu Liena and the others climbed under the Sea God's Light and recognized similarities between its pressure and Xuan Ming's Colorless Domain.
• The God of Evil questioned why Xuan Ming felt the Sea God's Light despite his assigned trial, and Poseidon admitted he had secretly added a top-level Crossing the Sea God's Light assessment.
• Xuan Ming passed the other women and climbed to the 188th step, astonishing the Sacred Pillar Guardians.
• Xuan Ming charged upward against the pressure, passed the 300th step, and stopped at the 333rd step with a faint sense that the number was familiar.

Xuan Ming used the Sea God's Light to temper the Blood Spear's chaotic will, then unleashed the sealed power of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' bones to climb higher on the Nine Heavens Mysterious Steps. At the eight-hundredth step, his body began to fail, but he continued forcing his domains against the Blood Spear as the Sea God's Light and Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone fought over whether his body would be destroyed or restored.

• Xuan Ming climbed to the six-hundred-and-sixty-sixth step and summoned the Blood Spear, using the Sea God's Light to suppress and purify its chaotic will.
• Bo Saixi explained that the Sea God's Light could temper Martial Souls and warned Xuan Ming that the pressure could kill him.
• Xuan Ming awakened the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' sealed bone power, raising his Soul Power to level ninety before charging higher.
• Xuan Ming passed the seven-hundredth step as his body ruptured, and his Black Dragon Martial Soul began transforming him.
• At the eight-hundredth step, Xuan Ming's bones fractured, while the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone restored his body and the Blood Spear's violent will lashed back at him.
• Xuan Ming fused the Divine Slaughter's Domain, Colorless Domain, and Dragon Might Domain to suppress the rampaging Blood Spear.

Xuan Ming endured a brutal month of Sea God's Light to purify the Blood Spear, while Gu Yuena remained away from Sea God Island. After deciding the process was too slow, he prepared to draw the Sea God's Light into himself and attack the spear's core from within.

• Xuan Ming used the Sea God's Light to temper the Blood Spear while resisting its backlash, and the God Kings watched as his choice disrupted the Asura God's plan to test Gu Yuena.
• After three days, the Sea God's Light expelled Xuan Ming from the 888th step, and Bo Saixi caught him before bringing him to his anxious companions.
• Bo Saixi told the group that Gu Yuena had left Sea God Island the night she received her God's Trial, leaving them angry and confused.
• After recovering from his injuries, Xuan Ming sensed that the Blood Spear had been only slightly purified and resolved to climb higher for stronger pressure.
• For more than a month, Xuan Ming repeatedly climbed and tempered the spear, while his companions continued their trials and watched in silence.
• With fewer than fifty days remaining, Xuan Ming decided to draw the Sea God's Light into his body and strike the Blood Spear's core from within.

Xuan Ming refused Xiao Wu and Ah Rou’s offers to sacrifice themselves, then fused the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud with his Ice and Fire Dragon Origin Head Crown to create the Ice and Fire Divine Crown. The transformation succeeded, but his depleted dragon power left him gravely injured, and Bo Saixi caught him as he fell.

• Xiao Wu offered to sacrifice herself to help Xuan Ming awaken the Blood Spear, but Ah Rou tried to take her place.
• Xuan Ming rejected both women’s offers, insisting they should live and that he would face the First Trial himself.
• Xuan Ming used the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King’s power to suppress the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud’s resistance over three days on the eight-hundredth step.
• Xuan Ming fused the Sea God’s Heart with his crown, creating the Ice and Fire Divine Crown and gaining the ability to guide small amounts of the Sea God’s Light.
• The dragon souls and dragon bones ran out of power, and Xuan Ming was hurled down the staircase before Bo Saixi caught him and protected his life.