Recaps

Han Yu stopped Tai Tan from killing Lou Gao, prompting Lou Gao to sever ties with the Strength Clan and agree to move Soul Tool research to Canaan City. As the blacksmiths prepared to leave Geng Xin City, a Spirit Hall messenger found the Eighth Elder.

• Tai Tan and the Strength Clan Disciples attacked Lou Gao in his forging room, but Han Yu revealed himself and burned the disciples to nothingness.
• Lou Gao asked Han Yu to spare Tai Tan, then ended the Strength Clan’s association with the Blacksmith Association; Tai Tan fled after Han Yu warned him not to return.
• Tai Tan met Tang San at the hotel and urged him to leave Geng Xin City because Han Yu and Dugu Bo were nearby.
• Lou Gao gathered the blacksmiths, explained Han Yu’s Soul Tool research offer, and arranged for willing blacksmiths and their families to move to Canaan City.
• A Spirit Hall messenger found the Eighth Elder just after the group left the Blacksmith Association.

Spirit Hall convened an emergency Council of Elders after Spirit Crane Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo were attacked by a group of Evil Soul Masters that included a Titled Douluo. Qian Daoliu asked Han Yu to join the search for them, leaving Han Yu’s response unresolved.

• A messenger summoned Han Yu to the Worship Hall, and Dugu Bo assured him he would escort Lou Gao and the others to Canaan City.
• Han Yu arrived at the Papal Hall and learned that Spirit Crane Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo had been injured in an ambush in West Far City.
• Bibi Dong reported that the attackers included an Evil Soul Master at the Titled Douluo level, and Spirit Crane Douluo confirmed that Azure Luan Douluo had helped them escape further harm.
• Han Yu warned the elders that the Evil Soul Masters’ attack suggested they believed they could withstand Spirit Hall.
• Azure Luan Douluo reported that he had failed to locate the Evil Soul Masters’ base, and Bibi Dong assigned Guimei to assist with the search.
• Qian Daoliu asked Han Yu whether he was willing to take part in the search.

Han Yu planned a Communication Soul Guidance Device, reassured Xue Qinghe that she should remain focused on her Heaven Dou Empire duties, and described his organization as a company rather than a sect. The three single-attribute clans arrived in Canaan City, where Han Yu welcomed them and discussed the city’s construction needs with Niu Gao.

• Han Yu declined to join the preliminary reconnaissance against the Evil Soul Masters and told Qian Daoliu he would participate when it was time to fight.
• Han Yu proposed developing a Communication Soul Guidance Device and gave Qian Daoliu a list of the resources he needed.
• Xue Qinghe asked Han Yu about the Evil Soul Masters, and Han Yu advised her to stay out of the campaign and focus on her own duties.
• Han Yu explained to Xue Qinghe that he intended to establish a company rather than a sect.
• Bai He, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao arrived in Canaan City, and Han Yu welcomed them and showed them the city.
• Niu Gao asked about the land and construction in Canaan City, and Han Yu told him to focus on maintaining the city's facilities.

Han Yu arranged housing and city duties for the three great clans, assigned Yang Wudi to secure a medicinal herb site in Sunset Forest, and sent Bai He’s Min Department to assist Spirit Hall against Evil Soul Masters. Meanwhile, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect discussed the clans’ move to Canaan City and Spirit Hall’s recent activity, leaving Ning Fengzhi focused on commerce and future plans.

• Han Yu explained Canaan City’s infrastructure needs to Niu Gao, who led his people off to work, and warned Bai He and Yang Wudi that Soul Masters could not oppress ordinary residents.
• Han Yu assigned the three clans adjoining residences, then told Yang Wudi that the medicinal herb plot lay deep in Sunset Forest behind poisonous miasma and offered to arrange places for his remaining disciples.
• Han Yu asked Bai He to send core disciples to deliver messages about Evil Soul Masters, and Bai He agreed on behalf of the Min Department.
• Gu Rong, Chen Xin, and Ning Fengzhi discussed how the three great clans had moved to Canaan City and speculated about Han Yu’s plans.
• Ning Fengzhi dismissed rumors of Spirit Hall activity as something to monitor and outlined future plans for Seven Treasure Commerce.

Han Yu directed Lou Gao’s Soul Guidance Device research toward developing a Communication Soul Guidance Device and learned that Lou Gao had become a level-three Soul Engineer. He then visited Hurricane Canyon to inspect Feng Xiaotian’s training, where he challenged fire-attribute students to make better use of the wind.

• Han Yu learned that the Elephant Armor Sect had declared allegiance to Spirit Hall and was helping search for Evil Soul Masters.
• Dugu Bo reported that Lou Gao and his disciples had mastered the basic principles of Soul Guidance Devices and were requesting research resources.
• Si Yu told Han Yu that Lou Gao had mastered the one-cubic-meter Storage Soul Guidance Device and that the blacksmiths could now produce it independently.
• Han Yu defined the Soul Engineer ranks, congratulated Lou Gao as a level-three Soul Engineer, and gave him blueprints and resources to develop a Communication Soul Guidance Device.
• Han Yu went to Hurricane Canyon and urged the fire-attribute students training there to use wind to strengthen their abilities.

Han Yu explored Hurricane Canyon and discovered that its deepest point held a Divine Being’s inheritance, then urged Feng Xiaotian to reach it. In Heaven Dou City, Tai Tan finally met Bai He after learning that the Speed Clan had come to the city.

• Han Yu caught Feng Xiaotian when the canyon winds swept him away, and Feng Changlin explained how far the clan’s strongest member had once reached.
• Han Yu advanced to within ten meters of Hurricane Canyon’s end, but an irresistible force hurled him back as a God Realm figure noticed him and decided to offer the inheritance to someone else.
• Han Yu told Feng Xiaotian to push deeper into the canyon to find the inheritance suited to him, then left Feng Xiaotian and Feng Changlin puzzled.
• Tai Tan confronted Bai He on the streets of Heaven Dou City after waiting several days to meet him.

Bai He met Tai Tan in Heaven Dou City, but rejected his attempt to reunite the former clans and declared that the three clans had joined Canaan City. After escaping Tai Tan’s anger, Bai He reunited with Han Yu, who hinted that Tang San might eventually turn against Tai Tan.

• Tai Tan invited Bai He to the Strength Clan for a banquet and summoned Tang San, hoping to draw Bai He into their alliance.
• Bai He refused to acknowledge Tang San as his grand-nephew and revealed that the three clans had moved to Canaan City.
• Bai He rejected Tai Tan’s plea to leave Canaan City and warned him not to interfere, then vanished before Tai Tan could stop him.
• Tang San vowed to kill Bai He, while Tai Tan blamed himself and beat Tai Long in anger.
• Han Yu met Bai He and said he would protect the three clans, then suggested Tang San might someday sacrifice Tai Tan for power.

Han Yu coordinated Spirit Hall’s hunt for Evil Soul Masters after Lou Gao completed a prototype Communication Soul Guidance Device. Spirit Hall’s forces disguised themselves as a merchant caravan and set out for the suspected hideouts, with Han Yu leading one of three teams.

• Lou Gao delivered a working Communication Soul Guidance Device, and Han Yu ordered him to produce as many as possible over the next two days.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo reported that the Evil Soul Masters were based near West Hanging City and allied with Wolf Thieves, while Spirit Hall prepared to confront roughly three Titled Douluo.
• Han Yu, Azure Luan Douluo, and Light Feather Douluo planned to split their forces across three suspected locations, with Han Yu taking one location alone.
• Han Yu wondered whether an evil god’s inheritance was behind the Evil Soul Masters and thought it could be a fitting future path for Tang San.
• Han Yu joined Spirit Hall’s disguised caravan, where the Golden Generation traveled with his team, and Yan questioned why their assignment seemed less safe.

Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan traveled with Han Yu’s convoy, while Han Yu warned them to keep their cover intact. Near their destination, they reached Willow Forest Village, where villagers had been disappearing, and Ghost Douluo identified a nearby group of Wolf Thieves.

• Hu Liena told Xie Yue and Yan that their mission was to survive, while privately thinking about the merit she needed to secure her place in Spirit Hall.
• Han Yu struck down a bat above Xie Yue and warned the convoy to stay alert and avoid careless talk.
• On the third evening, the convoy reached Willow Forest Village, where Lin Zi explained that villagers had been mysteriously disappearing at night.
• Han Yu reassured the villagers and arranged for the convoy to stay in vacant houses without taking their food.
• Ghost Douluo reported that stray Wolf Thieves were likely responsible, and Han Yu ordered them tracked down and wiped out.

Han Yu led Spirit Hall’s team into an ambush by Wolf Thieves and held off their Wolf King while the others fought the swarm. The battle grew more dangerous as a Soul Emperor was killed, and Golden Eagle Soul Douluo asked Han Yu to take over clearing the Wolf Thieves.

• After Evil Soul Masters attacked the convoy and were killed without causing losses, Han Yu’s group split off to search a separate area.
• Han Yu ordered his team to wait until the Wolf Thieves surrounded them so their leader would appear and the pack could be eliminated together.
• The Wolf King emerged beneath the full moon, and Han Yu confronted it, carefully matching its attacks rather than revealing his full strength.
• The Wolf Thieves swarmed the team, and Xie Yue, Hu Liena, Yan, and Golden Eagle Soul Douluo fought to hold them back.
• A thirty-thousand-year-old Wolf Thief killed the separated Soul Emperor Cheng Li, and Golden Eagle asked Han Yu to hold the Wolf King while he cleared the pack.

Han Yu defeated the Wolf Thieves King and ordered the battered team to reinforce Azure Luan Enshrinement while he continued toward the Evil Soul Masters’ lair alone. Hu Liena and the others hesitated over whether to follow his orders, and Han Yu headed for the marked location without them.

• Han Yu used his Flame Clone and soul skills to destroy most of the Wolf Thieves, then killed the Wolf Thieves King with Cloud Shattering Fire Finger and obtained a Gale Wolf Soul Bone.
• After the battle, Jin Ying reported that more than half the team had been killed or wounded, and Han Yu told the survivors to return.
• Han Yu ordered the team to reinforce Azure Luan Enshrinement, whose group had encountered something near the suspected Evil Soul Masters’ lair.
• Hu Liena objected that they had been ordered to follow Han Yu, but Han Yu said he would answer to Bibi Dong and flew ahead.
• Xie Yue warned Hu Liena that disobeying Han Yu’s operation orders could give him leverage against her, and Han Yu continued alone toward the marked location.

Han Yu discovered that the Evil Soul Masters served a being called the Evil Fire God, whose fragment of Divine Sense had awakened after sensing Han Yu’s flames. He faced the being in its palace, where it revealed that the Heavenly Flames could destroy its fragment.

• Han Yu burned the grassland and met Uther, the First Priest of the Temple, who invited him to meet his god.
• Uther explained that his followers gained strength from the desires of ordinary people roasted in the Sacred Fire, and Han Yu followed him through a spatial passage to the Evil Fire Temple.
• Han Yu entered the palace and used the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame to repel a mental assault that stripped away weak souls and emotions.
• A flame-shaped figure appeared and identified itself as a fragment of Divine Sense called Evil Fire, or the Evil Fire God.
• Evil Fire feared that Han Yu’s Heavenly Flames could melt its fragment, while Han Yu suspected the being was seeking successors.

Han Yu rejected Evil Fire's offer of a Divine Throne inheritance after realizing the god intended to possess his body. He killed Uther, but Evil Fire's Divine Sense grew into a giant and attacked him.

• Han Yu recognized Evil Fire as a likely minor god and bluffed that he knew about the Asura God to gauge Evil Fire's strength.
• Evil Fire offered Han Yu his Divine Throne, while Uther claimed their followers willingly provided souls; Han Yu rejected their explanations and laughed at Evil Fire's temptation.
• Han Yu suggested that someone with an Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul would suit the Divine Throne better, angering Evil Fire.
• Han Yu used his Fire Cloud Staff to smash Uther into powder and declared that Evil Soul Masters could not run wild on Douluo Continent.
• Evil Fire enlarged his Divine Sense into a giant and struck at Han Yu, who evaded most of the attack with his Glided Body skill.

Han Yu fought Evil Fire, who took control of a statue resembling Shi Hao, while Spirit Hall’s forces battled the Evil Soul Masters outside. The outside battle ended in victory, but the chapter left Han Yu under attack and the Eighth Elder’s whereabouts uncertain.

• Han Yu struck Evil Fire with his divine-power fire dragon attack, driving the flame into the temple, where it possessed a statue resembling Shi Hao.
• Han Yu used his Fire Cloud Staff and Ice Dragon King right arm soul bone skill against Evil Fire, but the statue broke free of the ice and damaged Han Yu’s Glided Body.
• Azure Luan Douluo silenced and suffocated the Evil Soul Masters while Yan urged Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and the others to finish them off.
• Azure Luan Douluo and Light Feather Douluo used coordinated ninth soul skills to kill the enemy Titled Douluo, and Spirit Hall’s forces defeated the remaining Evil Soul Masters.
• Jin Ying reported that only thirty Spirit Hall soldiers remained, including four Soul Kings, and confirmed that the Eighth Elder had gone alone to the target location.

Han Yu defeated Evil Fire with the Ten-Colored Fire Lotus and escaped the blast as the spatial passage and sacred hall were destroyed. He reunited with Azure Luan Douluo and Light Feather Douluo, and the group set off to celebrate their victory.

• Guimei and Leopard took the wounded soldiers back while Azure Luan Douluo and Light Feather Douluo stayed behind to look for Han Yu.
• Han Yu tricked Evil Fire into fighting a clone, then used the Ten-Colored Fire Lotus to destroy him and the sacred hall.
• Han Yu fled the blast through the spatial passage, using his Heavenly Flames to protect and heal himself.
• Light Feather Douluo and Azure Luan Douluo found Han Yu, who confirmed that Evil Fire had been blown apart by his attack.
• Han Yu shared cigars with Azure Luan Douluo and Light Feather Douluo, and Light Feather Douluo eyed a nearby rabbit as a possible extra dish.

After returning to Spirit City, Han Yu reported the Evil Soul Masters and Spirit Hall’s corruption to Qian Daoliu, who admitted he lacked the power to reform the organization. Han Yu planned to speak with Bibi Dong and received the Three Thousand Burning Flame, which he intended to use in future battles.

• Five days after the mission, Han Yu and the others returned to Spirit City, and Han Yu received a system reward for exterminating the Evil Soul Masters.
• Qian Daoliu questioned Han Yu about Evil Fire, then watched footage of Myers abusing the people of Geng Xin City.
• Han Yu urged Qian Daoliu to address Spirit Hall’s corrupt officials, and Qian Daoliu explained that the organization’s internal divisions limited his influence.
• Han Yu proposed speaking with Bibi Dong before convening a Council of Elders, and Qian Daoliu agreed to the condition.
• Han Yu claimed the Three Thousand Burning Flame and considered how its power to absorb starlight and heal injuries could aid him in future fights.

Oscar and Ma Hongjun searched a battlefield for valuables, and Ma Hongjun was wounded when he grabbed a strange crystal that left dark red energy inside him. Han Yu later confronted Bibi Dong with evidence of Myers’s corruption, but she rebuked him for interfering in Papal Hall affairs.

• Oscar and Ma Hongjun found the battlefield cleared of bodies and decided to return to their mercenary squad before traveling north.
• Ma Hongjun grabbed a floating crystal near the spatial passage, cut his hands, and unknowingly absorbed dark red energy.
• Bibi Dong blamed Hu Liena’s group for losing two Soul Douluos, then heard the Rakshasa God hint that Hu Liena had been lucky.
• Han Yu went to the Papal Hall, where Bibi Dong allowed him to enter despite their hostility.
• Han Yu showed Bibi Dong Myers’s recorded misconduct and asked how Spirit Hall’s laws should punish him, but Bibi Dong angrily told Han Yu not to interfere.

Han Yu confronted Bibi Dong and exposed the Rakshasa God's motives, then used the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame to force the Rakshasa God's Divine Sense out of her. The Rakshasa God agreed to remove her imprint from Bibi Dong, while Han Yu left her alive and hoped she would choose Tang San as her next inheritor.

• Han Yu told Bibi Dong that the Rakshasa God had chosen her to evade responsibility for interfering with the Asura God's inheritor.
• Bibi Dong attacked Han Yu, who protected himself with the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame and trapped her inside his Heavenly Flame Domain.
• The Rakshasa God's Divine Sense emerged and tried to bargain with Han Yu by offering to recommend him to the Fire God.
• Han Yu threatened to hunt down the Rakshasa God unless she erased her imprint from Bibi Dong, and she agreed before vanishing.
• Han Yu withdrew his domain and left Bibi Dong alive, hoping the Rakshasa God would choose Tang San as her next inheritor.

Han Yu prepared Spirit Hall reforms after Bibi Dong repented and agreed to help implement them. Meanwhile, the Rakshasa God's Divine Sense possessed Yu Xiaogang and planned to use him to draw Tang San toward her Divine Throne.

• Han Yu told Golden Crocodile Douluo that Bibi Dong would help repay her debt to Spirit Hall by supporting reforms, and he asked him to prepare the Council of Elders.
• Han Yu said his reform plan would consolidate Spirit Hall's resources and create several new departments.
• The Rakshasa God's Divine Sense read Yu Xiaogang's memories in the Heavenly Prison, learned that Tang San was the Asura God's inheritor, and possessed Yu Xiaogang to pursue her own plan.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Daoliu she wanted to step down as Pope, but he asked her to remain and oversee Han Yu's reforms.
• Bibi Dong worried about how to handle Hu Liena and Qian Renxue, since she cared for both and could not choose between them.

Han Yu presented reforms to Spirit Hall’s oversight and disciplinary systems at a Council of Elders meeting, winning support from the Papal Hall, Worship Hall, and Elder Hall. The meeting left Qian Daoliu appointed to lead the Hall of Judgement as Han Yu prepared to explain the next reform.

• Han Yu told Ghost Leopard Douluo that the reforms could give him a chance to advance, then took a front-row seat at the Council of Elders meeting.
• Han Yu showed footage of Myers being publicly whipped and argued that Spirit Hall needed to punish officials who harmed the people and damaged its reputation.
• Han Yu proposed a new oversight system and stricter penalties, including punishment for officials who charged for commoners’ martial soul awakenings.
• Tian Chen proposed applying the rules to Spirit Hall’s academies, and the elders approved the measure by a show of hands.
• Qian Daoliu volunteered to lead the Hall of Judgement, and Bibi Dong offered Soul Douluo experts to assist him.
• Han Yu distributed materials for a more complicated reform and said he would explain it next.

Han Yu presented reforms to Spirit Hall's appointments, retirement benefits, salaries, rewards, and treasure policies, winning the elders' unanimous approval. Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong began coordinating personnel for the reforms as Han Yu proposed using mass-produced Communication Soul Guidance Devices to reduce costs.

• Han Yu changed Spirit Hall's posting system so newly appointed hall masters served away from home before they could return, and introduced term limits and retirement subsidies.
• Han Yu explained that Spirit Hall would fund the reforms through later revenue-generating plans, and Qian Daoliu vouched for them.
• Han Yu proposed rewards for reporting and extracting treasures, while Spirit Hall members who used its name to claim treasures had to surrender a share in exchange for protection.
• Tian Chen supported the treasure policy, and the elders unanimously approved the reform.
• Qian Daoliu assigned the Fourth Elder and Spirit Crane Douluo to manage treasure matters, while Bibi Dong coordinated personnel.
• Han Yu proposed mass-producing Communication Soul Guidance Devices to deliver notices cheaply and said he would add anti-theft measures.

Han Yu presented the Spirit Hall Daily as a continent-wide newspaper funded by advertisements and designed to promote Spirit Hall. He then proposed the Spirit Hall Lottery, leaving Bibi Dong and the others considering its exceptionally low odds of winning.

• Han Yu explained that Soul Tools would replace some intelligence workers and said he would discuss new roles for them after the personnel assignments.
• Bibi Dong selected pages from the roster, and Han Yu introduced the Spirit Hall Daily, with continent-wide news and region-specific local reports.
• Bibi Dong warned that distribution costs could make the newspaper unaffordable, but Han Yu proposed selling copies for one Copper Soul Coin and earning money through paid advertisements.
• Han Yu described advertising fees, including two million Gold Soul Coins for a full-page continent-wide ad running for a month, and Qian Daoliu offered Spirit Hall members discounted rates.
• Han Yu proposed the Spirit Hall Lottery, offering a fifty-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin prize for matching numbers, and explained that the winning odds were very low.

Han Yu proposed a Spirit Hall lottery and then outlined the Martial Soul Bank, which would earn money through loans, safekeeping, and managed payments for Soul Hunting Squads. The elders approved the lottery reforms and assigned its news department, while the bank proposal concluded with a plan to protect clients hiring hunting squads.

• The elders agreed to hold the Spirit Hall Lottery every three days, favor ordinary winners, and use surplus funds for local projects and road construction.
• Han Yu proposed broadcasting lottery drawings across the continent through Soul Guidance Devices, and the elders unanimously approved the plan.
• Qian Daoliu called for volunteers to manage the Spirit Hall News Department, and Azure Luan Douluo and Ghost Douluo took charge.
• Han Yu proposed the Martial Soul Bank, explaining that it would pay interest on deposits and profit by issuing loans backed by collateral or labor.
• Han Yu described fees for storing valuables and proposed that Spirit Hall hold payments for Soul Hunting Squads until employers confirmed their work, with a twenty percent handling fee.

Han Yu proposed new bank services, including Soul Hunting Squad financing, trusts, and bank cards, and Spirit Hall approved the plan and assigned key roles. Bibi Dong then reopened the Council of Elders’ discussion of the Soul Hunting Operation, and Han Yu prepared to offer his own views on it.

• Han Yu proposed using Martial Soul Bank to handle payments for Soul Hunting Squads, and Bibi Dong shared figures showing that Spirit Hall controlled more than two thousand permanent squads.
• Han Yu proposed trusts to manage people’s assets and distribute them according to wills, and the Council of Elders agreed.
• Han Yu demonstrated a Soul Tool that read bank cards and could retrieve account data to replace lost cards, and the Council approved the banking proposals.
• Qian Daoliu assigned Golden Crocodile Douluo to oversee bank security and appointed a trusted subordinate of Bibi Dong’s as financial manager.
• Bibi Dong raised the Soul Hunting Operation, and Qian Daoliu returned to his seat as she explained the plan to Han Yu.

Han Yu warned Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s hidden weapons made an immediate attack too costly, and proposed weakening the sect through business instead. As Spirit Hall began its reforms, Ning Fengzhi recognized that its purge was meant to strengthen it and undermine the sect’s influence.

• Han Yu advised Bibi Dong to postpone attacking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, citing Tang San’s hidden weapons, and offered to crush the Seven Treasure Commerce through business.
• Bibi Dong asked Han Yu to arrange a meeting with Qian Renxue at Canaan Academy, and Han Yu agreed.
• Qian Daoliu questioned Han Yu about Tang Chen and the Slaughter City, then agreed to postpone decisions about the Soul Hunting Operation and follow Han Yu’s cautious plan for expanding the Martial Soul Bank.
• Han Yu returned to Canaan City to prepare for his campaign against the Seven Treasure Commerce.
• Spirit Hall publicly executed corrupt officials and released the first issue of Spirit Hall Daily, which exposed their misdeeds.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong realized that Spirit Hall’s purge targeted people corrupted by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and would ultimately make Spirit Hall stronger.