Chapter Summaries

Qi Ling chose a disguised hundred-thousand-year Mandala Snake Emperor as Tang San’s Ninth Soul Ring, believing it would strengthen the Blue Silver Emperor’s control abilities. Tang San struggled to pierce its defenses, then switched to the Clear Sky Hammer and began using the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

• Tang San discussed his upcoming Ninth Soul Ring with Qi Ling and the others, and Qian Renxue suggested he focus on control.
• Qi Ling found a Mandala Snake Emperor and explained that its exceptional toughness would enhance Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor.
• Tang San attacked the Mandala Snake Emperor with the Sea God Trident, but it dodged his strike and its scales resisted the weapon.
• Tang San put away the Sea God Trident, summoned the Clear Sky Hammer, and unleashed the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer after realizing he needed to attack the snake from within.

While Tang San absorbed the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, Qi Ling heard Meng Yiran calling for help and went to rescue her from Divine Court pursuers. He arrived just as the men surrounded her, and stopped them from fleeing.

• Tang San began absorbing the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, while Qi Ling asked Qian Renxue to guard him and went toward a familiar cry for help.
• Meng Yiran fled through the Star Dou Great Forest from five Divine Court Soul Masters who targeted her because her grandparents had opposed the Divine Court.
• A plant-type Soul Master tripped Meng Yiran, and the pursuers surrounded her as she injured her ankle.
• Meng Yiran invoked Qi Ling's name and shouted for him to save her, frightening the men who knew his reputation.
• Qi Ling appeared before Meng Yiran, greeted her, and stopped the Divine Court members from escaping.

Qi Ling rescued Meng Yiran from the Divine Court and helped her obtain a suitable Soul Ring. When his Divine Slaughter's Domain stirred, he realized Tang Chen was tracking him and left to intercept him before he could reach Tang San.

• The five Divine Court Soul Masters knelt and begged Qi Ling for mercy, and he let them flee.
• Qi Ling reunited with Meng Yiran and agreed to choose a Soul Beast for her while letting her fight it herself.
• Meng Yiran struggled against a thirty-thousand-year snake Soul Beast, so Qi Ling lightly flicked it and freed her.
• Meng Yiran killed the snake and absorbed its Soul Ring over the next two hours.
• Qi Ling sensed Tang Chen tracking him through the Divine Slaughter's Domain and told Meng Yiran to find Tang San and the others.
• Qi Ling set off to intercept Tang Chen before he could reach Tang San, who was still absorbing his Soul Ring.

Qi Ling discovered that Tang Chen had killed the Divine Court Soul Masters and realized he might be heading for Tang San and Hu Liena. Qian Renxue’s holy power restored Tang Chen’s sanity and true strength, but he still declared that everyone connected to Slaughter City had to die.

• Qi Ling found the five Divine Court Soul Masters dead, their blood and muscles gone, and suspected Tang Chen had killed them in a single blow.
• Qi Ling lost his ability to sense Tang Chen through Divine Slaughter's Domain and feared Tang Chen had gone after Tang San and Hu Liena.
• Qi Ling sensed a surge of blood fiend Qi and hurried back, realizing Tang Chen had regained his sanity and strength after clashing with Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue blocked Tang Chen from reaching Tang San and Hu Liena, defeated him, and watched his demonic traits vanish as her holy power freed him from control.
• Tang Chen recovered his identity, proclaimed himself no King of Slaughter, and said that everyone connected to Slaughter City deserved to die.

Tang Chen attacked Tang San and Hu Liena, forcing Qian Renxue and Xiao Wu to defend them until Qi Ling arrived and challenged him. The chapter ended with Qi Ling preparing to fight Tang Chen.

• Qian Renxue stood between Tang Chen and Tang San and Hu Liena, but Tang Chen attacked her with a blood-red Clear Sky Hammer and forced her back.
• Tang Chen changed his weapon into a greatsword and swung at Tang San, but a strange power made him redirect the strike toward Hu Liena.
• Xiao Wu pushed Hu Liena out of danger and used her Invincible Golden Body to withstand Tang Chen's sword strike.
• Tang Chen suppressed Qian Renxue and sent nine blood-red swords toward Hu Liena, but nine golden streaks arrived and knocked them away.
• Qi Ling arrived, checked that Xiao Wu was unharmed, and took Qian Renxue's place against Tang Chen.
• Qi Ling warned Tang Chen not to kill the person behind him, then challenged him to fight.

Qi Ling challenged Tang Chen and revealed that he had killed Qian Daoliu, prompting Tang Chen to attack him. After Tang Chen’s powerful blows failed to seriously injure him, Qi Ling counterattacked and stunned Tang Chen with the Nine Heavens Dragon Roar before throwing a full-strength punch.

• Qi Ling released his Divine Slaughter's Domain, and Tang Chen accepted his challenge despite feeling intimidated by Qi Ling.
• Qi Ling told Tang Chen that he had killed Qian Daoliu twice, and Tang Chen became interested in fighting him.
• Tang Chen attacked with a giant blood sword and then struck Qi Ling with both fists, sending him crashing through trees and a boulder.
• Qi Ling rose from the rubble largely unharmed and told Tang Chen he would now counterattack without holding back.
• Qi Ling used the Nine Heavens Dragon Roar to stun Tang Chen and threw a full-strength punch at him.

Qi Ling and Tang Chen fought evenly as Qi Ling used his fists, golden arrows, and Hou Yi Bow before Tang Chen countered with the Divine Slaughter's Domain and forced close combat. After Qi Ling proposed settling the duel with one final move in exchange for news about the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Chen agreed and transformed his blood sword back into the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Qi Ling struck Tang Chen with a powerful punch, then peppered him with golden arrows that Tang Chen knocked aside with his greatsword.
• Qi Ling used the Hou Yi Bow to fire arrows that smashed through obstacles, while Tang Chen advanced by blocking them with his blood sword.
• Tang Chen charged through an arrow aimed at his head and used the Divine Slaughter's Domain to cancel its power, then reached Qi Ling and clashed with him using their swords.
• Qi Ling proposed that they decide the winner with one more move and offered to tell Tang Chen about the Clear Sky Sect; Tang Chen agreed.
• Tang Chen regained his reason and recognized that the Divine Slaughter's Domain did not prove someone belonged to Slaughter City, then changed his blood sword into the Clear Sky Hammer.

Qi Ling defeated Tang Chen in a clash between the Xuanyuan Sword and the Clear Sky Hammer, then revealed that Tang San was Tang Chen’s great-grandson. Tang Chen met Tang San’s companions while his great-grandson continued absorbing his Soul Ring.

• Qi Ling answered Tang Chen’s Great Sumeru Hammer with the Xuanyuan Sword’s Sword of the Kingly Way, and the clash shattered Tang Chen’s hammer and left him defeated.
• Tang Chen admitted defeat, and Qi Ling acknowledged that both of them had held back during the fight.
• Qi Ling told Tang Chen that the unconscious Tang San was his great-grandson, and Tang Chen confirmed Tang San’s identity by seeing the Clear Sky Hammer Soul Imprint.
• Qi Ling introduced Hu Liena as Tang San’s beloved and future wife, leaving Tang Chen embarrassed because he had just tried to kill her.
• Qi Ling introduced Xiao Wu and Qian Renxue to Tang Chen, who was delighted by Tang San’s sworn siblings and astonished by Qian Renxue’s family situation.

Tang Chen explained how he became the Asura God's transmitter after failing the final trial, then offered Qi Ling the chance to inherit the Asura Godhood. Qi Ling declined because he had chosen a more powerful Demon God Godhood and hinted that Tang San might be suited to the Asura inheritance.

• Tang Chen recognized Tang San's Sea God Trident and Qian Renxue's Angel Divine Power, while Qi Ling told him about their progress toward godhood.
• Tang Chen explained that he had failed the Asura God's ninth trial, lost his chance to become its successor, and become its transmitter instead.
• Tang Chen offered Qi Ling the Asura Godhood, but Qi Ling refused because he had already accepted another godhood.
• Tang Chen revealed that twin martial souls could allow someone to inherit two godhoods, and Qi Ling said his other martial soul had a definite inheritance goal.
• Qi Ling identified the Demon God's Godhood as more powerful and evil than the Asura God's, then suggested Tang San could inherit the Asura Godhood.

After Tang San completed his ninth Soul Ring, Tang Chen revealed that he was Tang San’s great-grandfather and resolved to return with him to the Clear Sky Sect. Qi Ling instead took Qian Renxue and Xiao Wu to Sea God Island, where the Dragon Maiden said Qian Renxue had to kill her father, Qian Xunji, to earn the Angel God’s recognition.

• Tang San accepted Tang Chen as his great-grandfather after recognizing their kinship, and told him about the Clear Sky Sect’s decline and Tang Hao’s situation.
• Tang Chen decided to take Tang San and Hu Liena back to the Clear Sky Sect, while Qi Ling parted from them and left with Qian Renxue and Xiao Wu.
• Qi Ling said they would help Qian Renxue resolve her stalled Angel God inheritance, and the group traveled to Sea God Island to consult the Dragon Maiden.
• The Dragon Maiden explained that Qian Renxue’s kindness left her uncertain and that she had to kill Qian Xunji to prove her resolve and gain the Angel God’s recognition.
• The Dragon Maiden opened a gateway where Qian Renxue could face Qian Xunji, warning that she would either kill him or lose her way inside and be killed by him.

Qian Renxue entered Dragon Maiden’s illusion to face Qian Xunji, while Qi Ling learned that killing him would make her Angel Trial fail. She chose to spare him and vowed to spend her life stopping his evil schemes.

• Qian Renxue accepted Dragon Maiden’s test and entered the illusion.
• Dragon Maiden told Qi Ling and the others that Qian Renxue had to choose for herself not to kill Qian Xunji, or the Angel God would reject her.
• Qian Renxue fought the illusion’s Qian Xunji and defeated him, then hesitated with her Angel Holy Sword against his chest.
• Qian Renxue withdrew her sword and told Qian Xunji she would stop him from doing evil, accepting responsibility as a sinner’s descendant.

Qian Renxue gained the Angel Godhood's recognition after choosing to stop Qian Xunji without killing him, and Dragon Maiden challenged her to consider what she would do if Qi Ling ever opposed her beliefs. Qi Ling and Qian Renxue returned to the Heaven Dou Empire, while Dragon Maiden warned Bo Saixi of her absolute loyalty to Qi Ling.

• Qian Renxue chose to stop Qian Xunji from harming the world, and the Angel Godhood recognized her resolve.
• Qi Ling reassured Qian Renxue that she did not have to kill Qian Xunji and promised to deal with him himself.
• Dragon Maiden asked Qian Renxue whether she would fight Qi Ling if his actions conflicted with her sense of justice, leaving Qian Renxue troubled.
• Dragon Maiden told Bo Saixi that she would erase anyone who stood against Qi Ling, even Bo Saixi.
• Qi Ling and Qian Renxue returned to the Heaven Dou Empire, where Qi Ling expected Tang San to have returned from the Clear Sky Sect.

Qi Ling trapped himself and Bei Na inside the Devil-Trapping Stone to keep her body from collapsing under Battle God Will and help her recover the joy of fighting. After their long battle inside the time trap, Bei Na regained that joy, and Qi Ling prepared to wake with her so she could become the true Battle God.

• Qi Ling sensed that Bei Na's body was nearing collapse and told Qian Renxue to separate them when he gave the signal.
• Qi Ling seized Bei Na's spear and used the Devil-Trapping Stone to draw both their consciousnesses into its time trap.
• Qian Renxue and the others waited outside, fearing Qi Ling and Bei Na might never escape.
• Inside the time trap, Qi Ling used his mental influence to help Bei Na rediscover the joy and meaning of battle.
• After their battle ended, Bei Na said she felt satisfied, and Qi Ling told her they were ready to wake and claim her Godhood.

Qian Renxue freed Qi Ling and Bei Na from the Devil-Trapping Stone, and Qi Ling returned to the city exhausted while Bei Na began recovering. Later, a mysterious woman from the Devil Realm trapped Qi Ling in his room, but told him she had not come to kill him and that none of them could kill him.

• Qian Renxue sensed Qi Ling's Spiritual Power and used her Angel Divine Power to separate and discard the Devil-Trapping Stone.
• Bei Na fell into a deep sleep, and Qi Ling, exhausted from the endless combat in the time trap, returned to the city with the others.
• Qi Ling estimated Bei Na would need at least three months to recover and absorb the fighting will, then entrusted her to Qian Renxue and the others.
• After dinner, Qi Ling found his room isolated from the outside world and waited for whoever had trapped him to appear.
• A mysterious woman appeared, revealed she came from the Devil Realm, and asked Qi Ling whether he thought she had come to kill him.
• The woman said she had not come to kill Qi Ling and that none of them could kill him.

Qi Ling learned that eighteen powerful figures in the Devil Realm were choosing representatives for the Demon God Contention Battle, and discovered that the woman had chosen Luna. Luna admitted she wanted to go with the woman to grow stronger and help Qi Ling.

• The woman confirmed that she had come to find a representative and told Qi Ling that eighteen people in the Devil Realm shared her level of strength.
• Qi Ling guessed that the woman had chosen Luna, and she confirmed it, saying Luna had already agreed.
• Qi Ling challenged the woman for deciding to take Luna without his consent, but she said Luna should explain her choice herself.
• Luna entered and admitted that she wanted to become stronger so she could help Qi Ling.

Luna chose to leave with the mysterious woman to awaken her power, promising to return in six months and help Qi Ling. After learning that the Eight Great Demonic Souls had been found and that his greatest opponent might be among seven other beings like the woman, Qi Ling rested and focused on preparing for the Demon God Contention Battle.

• Qi Ling accepted Luna's decision and entrusted her to the mysterious woman, who said all Eight Great Demonic Souls had been found and warned that Qi Ling's greatest opponent was likely among seven other people like her.
• Luna tearfully promised Qi Ling she would become stronger, help him obtain the Demon God's Godhood, and return in six months, then kissed him before leaving through the mysterious woman's spatial door.
• Xiao Wu asked Qi Ling whether he had seen Luna, and Qi Ling confirmed that she had left.
• Qi Ling spent the next week recovering and considering what he had learned about the eighteen Devil Kings and their factions.
• Qi Ling decided to focus on preparing for the Demon God Contention Battle and looked forward to its start.

Qi Ling learned that Blood Devil’s weapon was sealed in the Wailing Cave within the dangerous Howling Abyss, and that retrieving it could help him prepare for the Demon God competition. Blood Devil ruled out Qian Renxue as a companion, leaving Qi Ling to decide whom else to recruit.

• Bei Na woke from her deep sleep and left Dragon's Glory City to inherit the Battle God's Godhood.
• Four months later, Bei Na and Qian Renxue returned to Dragon's Glory City with their Godhoods, and Blood Devil reappeared.
• Blood Devil reminded Qi Ling that the competition was one month away and warned that he would punish Qi Ling if he failed to win the Demon God's Godhood.
• Blood Devil offered Qi Ling his former weapon, which he had sealed in the Wailing Cave in the Howling Abyss, but said Qi Ling would need two helpers to retrieve it.
• Qi Ling considered bringing Qian Renxue and Bei Na, but Blood Devil rejected Qian Renxue because her power would attract danger in the Howling Abyss.

Qi Ling, Bei Na, and Jian Lan entered the Howling Abyss, where they encountered an army of scarecrows and the mysterious guide Arthas. Arthas revealed that the scarecrows were souls trapped by fear and despair, then claimed to be the Howling Abyss itself.

• Qi Ling, Bei Na, and Jian Lan followed a path through the fog and found a scarecrow that attacked Bei Na before Jian Lan and Bei Na destroyed it.
• Qi Ling discovered that the scarecrow had reassembled, and Jian Lan said the creatures seemed like inanimate objects controlled by a special power.
• Arthas appeared without warning and offered to guide the three through the Howling Abyss, while Qi Ling saw a green skull when he used his blood to look at him.
• Arthas led the group past scarecrows that did not react to them and explained that the scarecrows contained the souls of people defeated by fear and despair.
• Arthas said people entered the Howling Abyss seeking treasures and the Demon God Fangtian Halberd, then claimed he was the Howling Abyss itself.

Qi Ling, Bei Na, and Jian Lan reached the Wailing Cave after Arthas warned them about the deadly Qu Huo and left them to proceed alone. Inside, they encountered a giant skeleton that kept reassembling, so Qi Ling brought down the cave ceiling to bury it as they escaped.

• Arthas warned Qi Ling, Bei Na, and Jian Lan that Qu Huo was an indestructible scavenger, and they watched it charge away at tremendous speed.
• Arthas led the three to the Wailing Cave, told them their goal lay deep inside, and vanished into the fog.
• Qi Ling prepared Bei Na and Jian Lan to judge their enemies' strength, then led them into the cave without scouting with his domain.
• A pile of skulls assembled into a giant skeleton that withstood Qi Ling's sword and reformed after he shattered it with a punch.
• Qi Ling used Gaia Energy Cannon on the cave ceiling, burying the skeleton as Bei Na and Jian Lan ran to safety.

After Qi Ling collapsed the passage behind the group, he led Bei Na and Jian Lan through the monster-filled caves to a vast hall with a skeleton seated on a throne. Before they could approach it and search for the Demon God Fangtian Halberd, Cao Yang and a Divine Spear wielder crashed into the hall while fighting.

• Bei Na scolded Qi Ling for sealing their retreat, but Qi Ling insisted they could escape by activating the teleportation array in the Demon God Fangtian Halberd.
• Qi Ling, Bei Na, and Jian Lan continued through the caves and defeated more monsters along the way.
• The three entered a spacious hall and saw a huge skeleton seated on a throne atop a mound of bones and battered armor.
• As Qi Ling prepared to approach the skeleton, Cao Yang and a man wielding the Divine Spear burst through the ceiling while battling.
• Cao Yang recognized Qi Ling and demanded to know how he had reached the hall.