Chapter Summaries

Qi Ling went to the Hell Slaughter Arena to see its matches and entered by taking a Bloody Mary from Du Leisi. Inside, he drove off a group of men who tried to bully him, leaving the bald man with a burned-off arm.

• Qi Ling, Qian Renxue, and Jian Lan settled on separate plans, and Qi Ling headed to the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• A guard demanded a cup of Bloody Mary from Qi Ling, so Qi Ling took Du Leisi's cup and used it to enter as a spectator.
• Qi Ling found a seat in the arena, where a bald man grabbed his shoulder and tried to force him outside.
• Qi Ling's black flames engulfed the bald man's hand, and the man cut off his own arm to stop them spreading.
• Qi Ling ordered the bald man and his companions to leave, insulting the man's appearance.

Qi Ling watched Hu Liena win her sixteenth match in the Hell Slaughter Arena, then entered the arena himself and killed all nine opponents with swift, nearly invisible strikes. His victories made him famous, while hidden observers—including someone he recognized—kept watch.

• A middle-aged man stopped his companions from confronting Qi Ling in the spectator area and challenged him to settle their dispute in the arena.
• Hu Liena appeared in a match after nearly a year in Slaughter City and killed all nine opponents, securing her sixteenth victory.
• Impressed by Hu Liena's fight, Qi Ling registered for a match and later entered the arena against nine inexperienced opponents.
• Qi Ling killed all nine opponents almost instantly and gained a reputation as a fighter who killed without drawing blood.
• Other participants agreed to target Qi Ling first in future matches, but they could not keep up with his sword strikes.
• Several people secretly watched Qi Ling, including someone he recognized.

Qi Ling watched Tang San arrive in Slaughter City with Hu Liena and demonstrated his deadly swordsmanship in the Hell Slaughter Arena. After Tang San competed and showed how much his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline had strengthened him, Qi Ling encountered Xiao Ye, who had stolen his Xuanyuan Sword.

• Qi Ling saw Tang San arrive with Hu Liena and learned they had begun traveling together after Tang San saved her.
• Hu Liena warned Tang San about powerful arena fighters, including Bai Di, and Qi Ling killed nine opponents with one sword strike while Tang San watched.
• Tang San entered the arena and used his transformed Blue Silver Grass to kill his nine opponents, while Qi Ling observed his abilities.
• Qi Ling hurried back to tell Jian Lan and Qian Renxue that Tang San had arrived, but caught a cloaked Xiao Ye stealing his Xuanyuan Sword.

Qi Ling reunited with Xiao Ye in Slaughter City and learned that Sleepless City was searching for something as part of its clan mission. After telling her that Qian Renxue had come to arrest her, he returned to his lodgings and told Qian Renxue and Jian Lan about Tang San and Hu Liena, but Xiao Ye interrupted before he could reveal that he had seen her.

• Xiao Ye kissed Qi Ling and told him that Sleepless City had come to Slaughter City to search for something required by its clan mission.
• Qi Ling told Xiao Ye that Qian Renxue was in Slaughter City to capture her, but Xiao Ye was pleased and planned to ask Qian Renxue for help anyway.
• Qi Ling returned to his lodgings and told Qian Renxue and Jian Lan that Tang San was there with Hu Liena.
• Qian Renxue warned Qi Ling to avoid Tang San and Hu Liena so Hu Liena could complete her trial without complications.
• As Qi Ling started to tell Qian Renxue and Jian Lan that he had seen Xiao Ye, Xiao Ye knocked and appeared at the door.

Xiao Ye joined Qi Ling, Qian Renxue, and Jian Lan, persuading them to help her while concealing her identity from Qian Renxue. Over the next year, Qi Ling and his companions piled up victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena, with Xiao Ye’s Night Demoness guise leading them in wins.

• Xiao Ye arrived with Ye Mingzhu and Ye Mingyue, then charmed Qian Renxue and Jian Lan while hiding her identity from Qian Renxue.
• Xiao Ye asked Qi Ling to keep her secret and help her if she ran into trouble, and she kissed him on the cheek before returning inside.
• Qian Renxue agreed to help Xiao Ye find what she needed, and Jian Lan joined their team; the group split up to investigate while Qi Ling competed and cultivated his killing aura.
• Jian Lan later told Qi Ling that she had already recognized Xiao Ye but had chosen not to tell Qian Renxue.
• A year passed, and Xiao Ye as the Night Demoness won 78 arena matches, Qi Ling won 72, Tang San won 67, and Hu Liena won 66.
• The arena struggled to find opponents for the four, while Qi Ling remained at the top of Slaughter City's ranking of people least wanted as an enemy.

Bored with the lack of matches, Qi Ling and Xiao Ye staged an attack on Tang San and Hu Liena to push the two closer together. Their plan appeared to work when Hu Liena shielded Tang San from Qi Ling’s sword.

• Qi Ling and Xiao Ye grew bored while waiting for matches, and Xiao Ye proposed helping Tang San and Hu Liena get closer.
• Qi Ling and Xiao Ye attacked Tang San and Hu Liena, with Xiao Ye quickly overpowering Hu Liena.
• Qi Ling used his Xuanyuan Sword Realm to disable Tang San’s Hidden Weapons and subdue him.
• Qi Ling and Xiao Ye claimed they intended to kill Tang San and Hu Liena to increase the number of available matches.
• Hu Liena threw herself in front of Tang San and offered to die in his place, confirming that Qi Ling and Xiao Ye’s gamble had worked.

Qi Ling forced Hu Liena and Tang San to kiss instead of killing them, bringing their relationship closer. Days later, Tang San questioned Qi Ling about what happened, but Qi Ling pretended it had been a hallucination.

• Hu Liena stepped in front of Tang San and asked Qi Ling to kill her and spare him.
• When Qi Ling threatened Hu Liena, Tang San grabbed his sword and offered his own life instead.
• Qi Ling demanded that Hu Liena kiss Tang San, and she kissed him before he embraced and kissed her back.
• Qi Ling dragged Xiao Ye away, leaving Hu Liena and Tang San together; later, Jian Lan laughed at their matchmaking while Qian Renxue warned that a marriage between Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect could have serious consequences.
• Several days later, Tang San asked Qi Ling about the kiss, but Qi Ling denied it and claimed Tang San had hallucinated.

After Qi Ling completed his hundredth victory, the King of Slaughter tried to recruit him and the others, while Xiao Ye pretended to consider staying to keep him occupied. Qian Renxue and the others searched the King of Slaughter’s residence for the object they had spent two years seeking, and Xiao Ye continued stalling as the chapter ended.

• The King of Slaughter discussed the threat of four potential Slaughter Gods and ordered the woman beside him to have the Law Enforcement Team secretly target Bai Di.
• A year later, Xiao Ye, Tang San, and Hu Liena had each achieved a hundred victories before Qi Ling won his final match.
• The King of Slaughter appeared in the arena and offered the four authority and benefits if they stayed in Slaughter City.
• Tang San, Hu Liena, and Qi Ling refused, while Xiao Ye pretended to be interested in the offer.
• Qian Renxue, Jian Lan, Ye Mingzhu, and Ye Mingyue searched the King of Slaughter’s residence while Xiao Ye kept him talking.
• The King of Slaughter asked Xiao Ye whether she had decided to stay, and she said she needed more time to think.

Xiao Ye refused the King of Slaughter’s offer to join Slaughter City, and Qi Ling, Xiao Ye, Tang San, and Hu Liena entered Hell Road together. After they arrived, Xiao Ye opened a portal that brought Jian Lan, Qian Renxue, Ye Mingzhu, and Ye Mingyue to them.

• Xiao Ye rejected the King of Slaughter’s offer, citing the lack of handsome men in Slaughter City.
• Qi Ling declined the King of Slaughter’s offer and asked him to open Hell Road for the four of them.
• The King of Slaughter sacrificed the fallen in Slaughter City to activate Hell Road and transport Qi Ling, Xiao Ye, Tang San, and Hu Liena.
• Qi Ling remained protected by his powers while Tang San and Hu Liena lost consciousness during the teleportation.
• Xiao Ye placed three triangular devices and used a scroll to open a portal.
• Jian Lan, Qian Renxue, Ye Mingzhu, and Ye Mingyue emerged from the portal.

After the group escaped through Xiao Ye’s space-time gate, Qi Ling discovered that the blood pool’s energy was flowing into him. To cross a perilous abyss without splitting up, he summoned the Vimana and joked that Xiao Ye would have to walk below.

• Xiao Ye closed the space-time gate after everyone emerged, and Qi Ling praised her spell.
• Jian Lan noticed Qi Ling glowing red, and Qi Ling realized he was absorbing power from beneath the platform.
• Qi Ling rejected the idea of splitting up to cross the narrow path and proposed flying over the abyss.
• Qi Ling used the Sword of Rupture to summon the Vimana and explained that it could carry five people.
• Qi Ling pointed out that six people were present and teased Xiao Ye that she would have to walk, prompting her to lunge at him and try to bite him.

Qi Ling and the five girls left Tang San and Hu Liena to continue along Hell Road while they flew through the cave on Vimana. After Xiao Ye piloted them through a swarm of bats, the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King attacked, and its three heads proved difficult to defeat.

• Qi Ling left Tang San and Hu Liena unconscious on Hell Road, saying they needed to complete the trials for Divine Slaughter's Domain, and departed with Xiao Ye and the others aboard Vimana.
• Qi Ling let Xiao Ye take the controls, and she sped through the cave despite his warnings about the hazards.
• Qi Ling and the others fought off a swarm of more than a thousand bats while Xiao Ye piloted Vimana through them.
• The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King attacked with a concentrated sonic blast, so Qi Ling told Xiao Ye to turn back.
• Qian Renxue split the Bat King's middle head with her Angel Sword, but it quickly healed, and the Bat King retaliated with sonic, fire, and lightning attacks.

Qi Ling used an aerial maneuver and his Xuanyuan Sword Skills to destroy the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, then the group continued along the path in the aircraft. They encountered a Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, but Qi Ling chose not to attack it so Tang San and Nana could safely follow.

• Xiao Ye fired missiles at the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, but it destroyed or dodged them and regenerated its damaged head.
• Qi Ling directed Xiao Ye to flip the aircraft, then dropped into the Bat King's path and killed it with One Hundred and Eight Thousand Swords.
• Xiao Ye caught Qi Ling with the aircraft, and the remaining bats scattered after losing their leader.
• The group resumed their journey, and Xiao Ye spotted a Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent coiled across the narrow path.
• Qian Renxue warned that attacking the serpent could collapse the path and endanger Tang San and Nana, so Qi Ling decided to leave it alone unless it attacked first.

Qi Ling and his companions became trapped in an enclosed cavern and discovered that its eight huge pillars were limbs of a living creature beneath the blood pool. After Xiao Ye dropped a bomb into the water, the creature stirred in pain, leaving the group facing a colossal monster.

• Qi Ling and the others passed several monsters as the temperature rose and Qi Ling's killing intent neared its limit.
• Xiao Ye noticed that the path ahead had disappeared, and the group found themselves enclosed with no way out.
• Qi Ling used his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to discover that the eight pillars were limbs of a gigantic creature.
• Qi Ling told the others they were trapped by a creature that might eat them, then asked Xiao Ye to drop a bomb into the pool.
• The bomb exploded underwater, making the creature cry out and wave its eight limbs around the cavern.

Qi Ling transformed under the Blood Devil Emperor’s power and plunged into the blood pool to confront the hidden monster, leaving Xiao Ye and the others waiting helplessly. As they watched the pool, the Law Enforcement Team caught up with them and exposed their attempt to bring extra people through the Hell Road.

• Qian Renxue and Jian Lan found that their attacks could not harm the regenerating tentacles, while Xiao Ye struggled to pilot the aircraft through them.
• Qi Ling’s body became engulfed in blood-red energy, and the Blood Devil Emperor’s phantom appeared behind him, causing the creature’s tentacles to retreat into the pool.
• Qi Ling transformed into a blood-red demon and leaped into the blood pool, where a violent struggle began beneath the surface.
• Qian Renxue stopped Xiao Ye from rushing to save Qi Ling, warning that the pool’s energy was too dangerous for them to approach.
• Qian Renxue dodged a sudden attack, and the group saw more than a dozen men carried through the air by giant bats.
• The white-haired elder of the Law Enforcement Team accused them of deceiving the King of Slaughter, and Xiao Ye realized their attempt to sneak through had been exposed.

The Law Enforcement Team ambushed Xiao Ye, Qian Renxue, Jian Lan, and Ye Mingzhu, claiming the group had violated Slaughter City's rules. As Xiao Ye and Qian Renxue confronted Luo Ping, Ye Mingzhu piloted the aircraft and turned the battle against the pursuing Soul Masters with missiles.

• Luo Ping revealed that the Law Enforcement Team had hunted Qi Ling on the King of Slaughter's orders and accused the group aboard the aircraft of breaking Slaughter City's rules.
• Qian Renxue learned that Xiao Ye was Sleepless City's next master, and she agreed not to arrest her.
• Xiao Ye transformed and flew to fight Luo Ping, while Qian Renxue joined her and Ye Mingzhu took over piloting the aircraft.
• Luo Ping sent his subordinates after Jian Lan and the others, but the Law Enforcement Team's bats could not keep up with the aircraft.
• Ye Mingzhu fired missiles at the pursuing Soul Masters, hitting at least seven and causing the Law Enforcement Team to panic.

Ye Mingzhu, Jian Lan, and Ye Mingyue used their machine’s lasers to fight off Slaughter City’s Law Enforcement Team while Xiao Ye and Qian Renxue battled Luo Ping. Luo Ping’s blood saber drew out Qi Ling’s enormous Blood Devil Emperor form, and Luo Ping attacked it with his Asura Blood Blade.

• Ye Mingzhu activated the machine’s laser mode, allowing her and Jian Lan and Ye Mingyue to fire at their pursuers.
• Xiao Ye and Qian Renxue overwhelmed Luo Ping with their flight and unusual weapons, despite the restrictions on Soul Skills in Slaughter City.
• Luo Ping used his Martial Soul Avatar and began charging his Asura Blood Blade with energy from the blood pool.
• The blood saber lost its absorbed energy as the blood pool fell still and Qi Ling’s fifty-meter-tall Blood Devil Emperor form rose from it.
• Luo Ping sensed the creature draining his energy and swung his forty-meter Asura Blood Blade at its head.

The Blood Devil Emperor consumed Luo Ping and the rest of Slaughter City's Law Enforcement Team, then left Xiao Ye and Qian Renxue wondering whether Qi Ling still had control of his body. The chapter ended with the monster moving toward the center of the sealed space, its intentions unknown.

• Luo Ping's Blood Blade was trapped and drained by the Blood Devil Emperor, and Luo Ping abandoned it to flee.
• The Blood Devil Emperor caught and devoured Luo Ping, then turned its hunger on the Law Enforcement Team.
• The Law Enforcement Team found the exit had vanished, and the Blood Devil Emperor swallowed its members one by one.
• Xiao Ye asked Qian Renxue whether the creature was Qi Ling, and Qian Renxue explained that the Blood Devil Emperor had taken over his body.
• The Blood Devil Emperor moved to the center of the space as Xiao Ye and Qian Renxue worried that Qi Ling might no longer recognize them.

The Blood Devil Emperor, revealed to be Qi Ling, defeated and devoured the Lord of the Blood Pool, freeing everyone from its illusory realm. Qi Ling gained the Lord of the Blood Pool’s blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as his fifth Soul Ring.

• The Blood Devil Emperor emerged from the blood pool and trampled the Lord of the Blood Pool, then tore off its eight tentacles and ate them.
• Xiao Ye and Qian Renxue watched from the flying craft and worried that the Blood Devil Emperor might need more energy and target them.
• The Lord of the Blood Pool used a mental attack against the Blood Devil Emperor, but the Blood Devil Emperor tore it in half and devoured it.
• The paths out of the illusory realm appeared, but Xiao Ye and the others stayed because they recognized the Blood Devil Emperor as Qi Ling.
• The Blood Devil Emperor suppressed the Lord of the Blood Pool’s consciousness, and Qi Ling gained its blood-red Soul Ring as his fifth Soul Ring.

Qi Ling transformed into the Blood Devil Emperor and began devouring the blood pool, causing Hell Road to collapse and Slaughter City’s power to drain away. Xiao Ye rescued Tang San and Hu Liena as the King of Slaughter entered Hell Road to investigate.

• The Blood Devil Emperor devoured the Lord of the Blood Pool and began draining the blood pool, weakening the murderous energy around Hell Road.
• Tang San and Hu Liena reached the final trial and found the Blood Devil Emperor consuming the pool as Hell Road collapsed.
• Xiao Ye arrived in her flying craft and carried Tang San and Hu Liena past the Blood Devil Emperor toward the exit.
• Xiao Ye revealed that the Blood Devil Emperor was Qi Ling, and Tang San recognized his big brother’s Martial Soul.
• The King of Slaughter felt his power draining as Slaughter City deteriorated, then entered Hell Road to try to save the blood pool.

The Blood Devil Emperor drained the blood pool in Hell Road, enraging the King of Slaughter and destroying the source of Slaughter City’s power. He then forged a new, extraordinarily powerful Soul Ring for Qi Ling, but remained dissatisfied because it still was not enough to defeat the old dragon.

• Tang Hao, Pope Bibi Dong, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin sensed the Blood Devil Emperor’s presence from outside Hell Road and worried about those within.
• Tang San, Qian Renxue, and Xiao Ye watched as the Blood Devil Emperor absorbed the entire blood pool, and Qian Renxue said Slaughter City would cease to exist.
• The King of Slaughter charged at the Blood Devil Emperor, who caught him and hurled him back down Hell Road.
• The Blood Devil Emperor condensed the blood pool’s power into a new Soul Ring for Qi Ling, raising it to a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and then increasing its age further.
• The Blood Devil Emperor stopped strengthening the Soul Ring when Qi Ling’s body could not bear more power, and complained that it was still too weak to defeat the old dragon.