Chapter Summaries

Tang San persuaded his companions to board the Devil Ray despite learning that Sea God Island had been devastated, while keeping their true destination secret. Elsewhere, Bo Saixi learned that Poseidon had been defeated and began planning to rebuild his faith on the mainland; the chapter ended with Tang San ready to sail toward the Land of Inheritance.

• Tang San negotiated with Captain Menliev to sail from Binhai City and let his group disembark along their chosen route, agreeing to pay fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Tang San told Dai Mubai, Tai Tan, and Yu Tianheng that Sea God Island was not their real destination, and the group agreed to follow him.
• Sea Dragon Douluo told Bo Saixi that Han Yu had ravaged Sea God Island and Poseidon had been defeated, then relayed Poseidon's message about establishing a new Sea God Island wherever his faith spread.
• Bo Saixi ordered Sea Dragon Douluo to learn where they were and investigate local beliefs so they could spread Poseidon's faith.
• Yu Tianheng agreed to Tang San's plan, and Tang San paid Menliev before the group boarded the Devil Ray.
• Tang San recalled the route to the Land of Inheritance from Ning Fengzhi's map as the ship prepared to depart.

Han Yu left Sea God Island and rejoined Chen Ping’s crew, while Tang San’s group sailed toward the Land of Inheritance and sabotaged the Devil Ray to destroy Spirit Hall’s cargo. Tang San reached the mist-shrouded waters with his companions as the ship sank behind them.

• Han Yu ended his cultivation on Sea God Island, left its residents in the steward’s care, and rejoined Chen Ping aboard the Sea Serpent.
• Tang San questioned Captain Menliev about the Devil Ray’s cargo and learned it belonged to a trading house under Martial Soul Bank, which he identified as Spirit Hall’s cargo.
• Tang San decided to sink the Devil Ray without harming its crew and devised a gunpowder trap with a delayed fuse.
• When thick mist covered the sea near the Land of Inheritance, Tang San’s group left in a lifeboat after planting the gunpowder aboard the Devil Ray.
• Tang San told his companions that a Divine Being had chosen him and that they were seeking its inheritance.
• After the mist cleared, the gunpowder exploded, flooded the Devil Ray, and forced Menliev to abandon the ship.

Tang San, Dai Mubai, Tai Tan, and Yu Tianheng reached the Rakshasa God’s inheritance palace, where the trials turned the group against Yu Tianheng. After they killed him to complete their first trials, Tang San received a second trial demanding Tai Tan’s suicide, and he ordered Tai Tan to die.

• Tang San led the group into the purple-hazed island and identified the palace as the Rakshasa God’s Land of Inheritance.
• Dai Mubai received the Top-level Eight Trials, Tang San received the Rakshasa Nine Trials, and Tai Tan received a yellow-level first trial.
• The first trial ordered Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Tai Tan to kill Yu Tianheng, so Tai Tan restrained him while Tang San and Dai Mubai beheaded him and reshaped his corpse as a pig.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai completed their trials, evolved their Martial Souls, and Tai Tan gained one Soul Power level.
• Tang San’s second trial demanded that Tai Tan commit suicide, and Tang San ordered him to do so.

Tang San sacrificed Tai Tan to complete the Rakshasa God's trial, restoring his and Dai Mubai's bodies before they began a year-long sacred baptism. Meanwhile, Han Yu returned to Vast Sea City and headed for Spirit City after receiving Bibi Dong's summons, while Evil Fire sent Ma Hongjun into the desert to train and gather resources for a supposed inheritance.

• Tang San pressured Tai Tan to kill himself before the Rakshasa God Statue, and Tai Tan complied so Tang San would protect the Strength Clan.
• Tai Tan's blood activated the Rakshasa God's Divine Sense, completing the trial and healing Tang San's scar while restoring Dai Mubai's body and eliminating the drawbacks of Tang San's Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai received a trial requiring them to remain in the sacred aura for a year, and they began resisting the aura inside the sealed palace.
• Han Yu's ship arrived at Vast Sea City, where Hall Master Otto delivered Bibi Dong's urgent summons, and Han Yu set out for Spirit City after learning the continent remained stable.
• Ma Hongjun reached the southern desert, where Evil Fire told him to raise his Soul Power to level sixty within a year and urged him to rob travelers for cultivation resources.

After returning to Spirit City, Han Yu learned of Qian Daoliu’s plans for Spirit Hall and investigated reports of organized Fallen Ones worshipping a Lake God near Slaughter City. He advised Bibi Dong against putting Hu Liena in charge of the Papal Hall, leaving her to consider other arrangements.

• Han Yu found Bibi Dong away cultivating, then met Qian Daoliu, who explained the promotions planned for Ghost Leopard Douluo and Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo and offered Han Yu the honorary Grand Elder position.
• Qian Daoliu told Han Yu that an organized group of Fallen Ones worshipping the Lake God had attacked a supply convoy near Slaughter City.
• Han Yu questioned Ghost Leopard Douluo, learned he had encountered a suspicious Titled Douluo nearby, and assigned him to investigate with Soul Douluo support to be sent by the Pope.
• After Bibi Dong returned, she asked Han Yu to recommend someone to assist with Papal Hall affairs and suggested Hu Liena.
• Han Yu said Hu Liena could offer advice but was too young and inexperienced to make decisions, and Bibi Dong agreed.

Bo Saixi and Sea Dragon Douluo expanded Poseidon's new Lake God faith while Han Yu ordered Spirit Hall to hunt its violent believers. Di Tian then offered to help Han Yu improve his self-created Divine Throne in exchange for finding a future path for soul beasts, and Han Yu agreed before learning of a powerful soul beast on another continent.

• Bo Saixi learned that Sea Dragon Douluo had recruited many believers in Slaughter Town, and she ordered them to stay alert for Spirit Hall.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo reported that he had failed to uncover the Lake God's leaders, so Han Yu ordered him to kill believers confirmed to have committed crimes.
• Di Tian visited Han Yu in Canaan City and asked how he knew soul beasts could not become gods.
• Di Tian offered to help raise the upper limit of Han Yu's self-created Divine Throne in exchange for finding a new path for the soul beast race within ten thousand years of becoming a god, and Han Yu accepted.
• Di Tian told Han Yu about the Evil Emperor, a powerful spiritual-type soul beast on another continent, and invited him to the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Han Yu decided to prepare for a journey to the Sun Moon Continent to pursue the Evil Emperor and investigate its Soul Tool technology.

Ling Xiao's group reached the Lava Pool in the Calamity Mountain Range as Han Yu learned of the others' God Trials and traveled with Di Tian to the Sun Moon Continent. After exchanging an ordinary glass bottle for local currency, Han Yu asked the pawnshop owner to introduce them to the city's auction.

• Ling Xiao led Huo Lie and the others deeper into the Calamity Mountain Range, where she spotted the Lava Pool and Huo Lie told her to proceed carefully.
• Han Yu learned that Feng Xiaotian, Shui Binger, Huang Doudou, Zhang Zhenyu, and Ye Lingling had received divine inheritances or trials, while Ling Xiao's group had not yet received one.
• Han Yu traveled with Di Tian from the Star Dou Great Forest across the sea to the Sun Moon Continent, where they surveyed a coastal city and changed their clothes before entering.
• Han Yu exchanged a glass bottle with pawnshop owner Guang Ming Ding for fifty Gold Coins and five thousand five hundred Silver Coins.
• Han Yu asked Guang Ming Ding to introduce them to the city's auction so they could search for Soul Guidance Device manufacturing methods.

Han Yu entered the Vast Sea City Auction House to sell rare goods and acquire Soul Tool study materials. After trading three Soul Bones and other items for auction credit, he joined the evening auction and considered how to obtain authentic blueprints and manuals.

• Han Yu used Guang Ming Ding's invitation to enter the auction house and presented three hundred-year Soul Bones to appraiser Rick.
• Han Yu rejected a direct offer of three thousand gold coins and agreed to auction the Soul Bones with Soul Tool-related items given priority for his proceeds.
• Han Yu sold miscellaneous goods to build up his funds and earned more than ten thousand gold coins from the auction house.
• At the auction, Han Yu met Jia Si, who said many buyers sought Soul Tool manuals and blueprints, then ended the conversation without trusting him fully.
• Han Yu refused Di Tian's suggestion to steal the manuals, preferring to bid for items whose authenticity the auction house could verify.
• Han Yu wondered about the unseen occupant of Box Number One and told Di Tian that overthrowing a regime without managing its aftermath would only cause chaos.

Han Yu won a Soul Guidance Device handbook at the Vast Sea City auction and traded three soul bones for crafting blueprints, Gold Coins, and a Seventh-Order Soul Engineer's notes. After the auction, Jia Si told him that the Governor of Dongling Province wanted to make a deal, and Han Yu planned to stay a day or two longer to obtain more materials for Lou Gao.

• An elderly Governor of Dongling Province arrived at the auction, while Han Yu bid eight thousand Gold Coins for a First- through Fourth-Order Soul Guidance Device handbook.
• The Vast Sea City Lord bought the mining rights to an iron mine for seventy thousand Gold Coins, and the Governor asked Jia Si to contact Han Yu after learning of his interest in Soul Guidance Devices.
• Han Yu's three soul bones were exchanged for ten Fifth-Order Soul Guidance Device crafting blueprints, six thousand Gold Coins, and a Seventh-Order Soul Engineer's notes.
• The Governor bought the final Ten Thousand Year Deep Sea Giant Crab soul bone for one hundred thousand Gold Coins, and Han Yu collected his items and auction proceeds after the sale.
• Han Yu told Di Tian they would wait one or two days before setting out, then Jia Si approached him outside the auction house with news of a deal from the Governor.

Han Yu traded Soul Bone fragments with Governor Liu Bo for Soul Tool manuals and blueprints, while learning Liu Bo likely wanted the fragments as materials for Secret Technique Soul Bones. Han Yu and Di Tian then reached the Evil Demon Forest, where Di Tian warned that his presence could alert the Evil Emperor, leaving them to enter on foot and rely on Di Tian’s memory of the terrain.

• Han Yu met Governor Liu Bo through Jia Si and traded Soul Bone fragments for a fifth- to sixth-tier Soul Tool study manual and blueprints ranging from fifth to ninth tier.
• Liu Bo revealed to his guard that he planned to copy the blueprints to support the Blue Moon Empire’s Soul Tool development while profiting for himself.
• Han Yu explained to Di Tian that Liu Bo could reproduce the blueprints, and they suspected the fragments would be used to craft Secret Technique Soul Bones.
• Han Yu and Di Tian traveled for three days to the Evil Demon Forest and found that employers there posted hunting missions for capable Soul Masters.
• Di Tian warned that the Evil Emperor might detect his aura, so Han Yu decided they had to proceed on foot and asked Di Tian whether he remembered the forest’s terrain.

Han Yu and Di Tian entered the Evil Demon Forest with Ji Bo, who offered to guide them in exchange for help obtaining his Seventh Soul Ring. After Han Yu killed a Saber-Toothed Tiger and Ji Bo reached the Soul Saint realm, Ji Bo found a Soul Bone in the beast’s corpse and faced a decision about what to do with it.

• Han Yu bought supplies before he and Di Tian entered the forest, where Ji Bo approached them and offered to guide them toward the core region in exchange for help hunting a soul beast.
• Ji Bo led Han Yu and Di Tian to a Saber-Toothed Tiger’s territory, and Han Yu killed the twenty-seven-thousand-year beast without using his Martial Soul or Soul Skills.
• Ji Bo killed the weakened Saber-Toothed Tiger and absorbed its soul ring, advancing to the Soul Saint realm.
• Ji Bo searched the corpse and found a glowing left arm Soul Bone, then struggled over whether to keep it or give it to Han Yu and Di Tian.

Ji Bo guided Han Yu and Di Tian into the depths of Evil Demon Forest, where Han Yu confronted the Evil Eye Tyrant Clan and drew out its ruler, the Evil Emperor. As Han Yu and the Evil Emperor clashed, Di Tian emerged in his black dragon form to face his old enemy.

• Ji Bo offered Han Yu and Di Tian a Saber-Toothed Tiger Soul Bone, and Han Yu let him keep it in exchange for guiding them deeper into Evil Demon Forest.
• At the Fire God's Land of Inheritance, Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang received Black Level Six Trials while Ling Xiao received the Fire God Nine Trials.
• Ji Bo warned Han Yu and Di Tian about the Evil Eye Tyrant Clan, then chose to continue guiding them into its territory.
• Ji Bo fought a ten-thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrant, and Han Yu defeated several fifty-thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrants before confronting a hundred-thousand-year one.
• The Evil Emperor appeared and clashed with Han Yu, but Di Tian then emerged in his black dragon form and called the Evil Emperor his old friend.

Han Yu, Di Tian, and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King teamed up to defeat the Evil Emperor, while Bo Saixi urged Lake God’s followers to remain hidden. Dai Weisi secured the ministers’ and Clear Sky Sect’s support for overthrowing Dai Tianfeng and began planning a way to draw away the emperor’s guards.

• Di Tian and Han Yu’s Deep Sea Demonic Whale King Martial Soul attacked the Evil Emperor together, while Han Yu trapped their battle inside the Void Engulfing Flame’s space.
• Han Yu charged a Seven-Colored Fire Lotus, withdrew the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King Martial Soul, and let the Evil Emperor flee far enough before unleashing his attack.
• Bo Saixi told Sea Dragon Douluo that Lake God had approved their work, but refused to confront Spirit Hall and ordered the believers to hide and stay restrained.
• Dai Weisi met with Zhu Zhuyun, Tang Xiao, and ministers opposed to Dai Tianfeng’s new taxes and military spending; the ministers and Clear Sky Sect pledged their support for Dai Weisi.
• Dai Weisi agreed to plan a coup and considered Duke Carter’s proposal to stir up trouble in White Tiger Mountain Range, drawing Dai Tianfeng’s personal guards away from him.

After Han Yu defeated the Evil Emperor, he began absorbing its soul ring while Dai Mubai and Tang San advanced their divine trials and joined forces with Bo Saixi’s Lake God followers. Dai Weisi prepared to move against Dai Tianfeng, with Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect pledged to support his bid for the Star Luo throne.

• Han Yu defeated the Evil Emperor, and Di Tian left him to absorb its soul ring while taking Ji Bo out of the forest.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai received the Rakshasa Sixth Trial to help Dai Mubai become Emperor of Star Luo, then met Bo Saixi and Sea Dragon Douluo as allies against Spirit Hall.
• Tang San learned that Bo Saixi’s group followed the Lake God and agreed to contact them after he and Dai Mubai investigated the continent’s situation.
• Dai Weisi met with his supporters and planned to use a family banquet to isolate Dai Tianfeng and seize control of the Imperial Palace.
• Tang Xiao promised the Clear Sky Sect’s support and sent letters to the Clear Sky Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Tang San and Dai Mubai returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as Soul Douluo and plotted to use Dai Weisi’s palace coup to help Dai Mubai claim the Star Luo throne. As Dai Weisi’s operation began in Star Luo City, Tang Xiao finally made contact with them.

• Tang San and Dai Mubai arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Gu Rong recognized them after they revealed their identities.
• Dai Mubai claimed that Yu Tianheng and Tai Tan had died when the Devil Ray’s cargo hold exploded and sea soul beasts attacked, leaving Yu Xiaogang devastated.
• Ning Fengzhi told Tang San and Dai Mubai that Dai Weisi planned a coup, and they devised a plan to enter the Imperial Palace as Clear Sky Sect disciples and seize the opportunity for Dai Mubai.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai entered Star Luo City and watched Dai Weisi’s men replace the city’s patrol guards.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ning Fengzhi, and Gu Rong waited for contact as Dai Weisi’s coup began, and Tang Xiao appeared behind them.

Tang Xiao, Ning Fengzhi, Tang San, and Dai Mubai carried out their plan to use Dai Weisi’s coup against Dai Tianfeng, while Clear Sky Sect forces moved to secure the palace. Dai Weisi openly demanded that his father abdicate, leaving the royal banquet on the brink of a clash.

• Tang Xiao warned Dai Mubai to honor the Clear Sky Sect’s conditions and arranged for Ning Fengzhi to control Dai Weisi during the coup.
• Tang San declined to summon Bo Saixi and Sea Dragon Douluo, and he, Dai Mubai, and Ning Fengzhi entered the palace in Clear Sky Sect uniforms.
• Dai Weisi’s forces staged an attack at the White Tiger Mountain Range, prompting Dai Tianfeng to send Charles and his guards out of the city.
• Charles’s guards noticed unfamiliar City Guard and palace personnel, while a Clear Sky Sect disciple sent Tang Xiao word that the route was clear.
• Tang Xiao and the three elders stormed the banquet hall, where Dai Weisi demanded that Dai Tianfeng abdicate.

Tang Xiao’s coup against Dai Tianfeng stalled when the Star Luo royal family’s hidden guardian, Shi Shanyue, appeared and proved strong enough to suppress him. Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, Tang San, and Dai Mubai then joined the fight by surprise, while Dai Weisi began considering an escape as the battle turned against his plans.

• Dai Tianfeng confronted Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders, but Shi Shanyue emerged from hiding to defend the royal family and revealed his Rank 97 strength.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong held back, while Tang San stopped Dai Mubai from revealing himself before Dai Tianfeng could be killed.
• Shi Shanyue gained the advantage over Tang Xiao, who maneuvered the battle toward Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong’s hiding place.
• Ning Fengzhi empowered Gu Rong, and Gu Rong, Tang Xiao, and Dai Mubai attacked Shi Shanyue from multiple directions.
• Shi Shanyue unleashed his ninth soul skill as Dai Weisi realized the coup might fail and considered fleeing to Canaan City.

Dai Mubai took the Star Luo throne after Dai Weisi killed Dai Tianfeng, with Tang San, Ning Fengzhi, and Gu Rong helping him seize control. At court, Dai Mubai confirmed Tang San’s new role and protected Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect from accusations, leaving the ministers to accept the new ruler.

• Tang Xiao and the others killed Shi Shanyue, while Tang Xiao then killed Dai Tianfeng and Dai Weisi claimed the throne.
• Dai Mubai rallied palace soldiers by accusing Dai Weisi of treason, then confronted him with Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong’s support and captured him and Zhu Zhuyun.
• The royal descendants pledged allegiance to Dai Mubai, who took the throne and received Tang San’s advice to secure his rule through a coronation and cooperation with the ministers.
• Dai Mubai appointed Tang San General of Celestial Strategy and promised the assembled ministers he would not punish their past support for Dai Weisi.
• Dai Mubai dismissed accusations against Tang Xiao, who claimed the Clear Sky Sect had been deceived by Dai Weisi and had stopped the plot from worsening.

Tang San and Dai Mubai planned to establish the Tang Sect by absorbing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Tang Xiao pledged Clear Sky Sect support and learned that Sea God Island had survived. Dai Mubai was crowned emperor, and Spirit Hall began assessing whether he might start a war.

• Dai Mubai struggled to manage the empire, and Tang San proposed forming a team to handle state affairs before learning that his next Rakshasa trial required him to establish a force.
• Tang San decided to build the Tang Sect around the Strength Clan and proposed taking over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; Tang Xiao agreed to help and revealed that the Clear Sky Sect knew of the God Trials.
• Tang San told Tang Xiao that Bo Saixi and Sea God Island had allied with them, and that the island had relocated to the mainland as Lake Heart Island.
• Ning Fengzhi waited for promised benefits as Tang Xiao offered reassurances, while Dai Mubai held Dai Tianfeng's funeral and was crowned emperor.
• Spirit Hall Daily publicized Dai Mubai's accession, and Bibi Dong's elders discussed his ties to Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect and the possibility that he would start a war.

Tian Yue, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Star Luo City for their Seventh Trial: rescuing Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun from the Heavenly Prison. As they searched for a way in, Tang San and Tang Xiao plotted against Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving the rescue team wary of nearby observers.

• Dai Weisi told Zhu Zhuyun he hoped Han Yu would hear about their imprisonment and come to save them.
• Tang San and Tang Xiao planned to ambush Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong when they returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Dai Mubai's Imperial Decree.
• Tian Yue, Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Golden Crocodile Douluo reached Star Luo City and learned that their trial required them to rescue Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun.
• Zhu Zhuqing identified the teahouse that concealed the Heavenly Prison's entrance, and the group planned to study its defenses and take the prisoners to Canaan City.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong complained that Dai Mubai had driven them out of the palace without honoring his promises, while Gu Rong sensed someone watching them.
• Tian Yue and the others secretly overheard Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, but Golden Crocodile Douluo shielded them from Gu Rong; they postponed their next move because the sect leaders were nearby.