Recaps

Ning Fengzhi worried that Spirit Hall’s new newspaper would damage the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Han Yu’s plan to establish a bank drew the Heaven Dou Empire’s attention away from it. Xue Ye agreed to consider the bank in exchange for Spirit Hall’s help reclaiming territory, while Ning Fengzhi warned him to remain cautious.

• Ning Fengzhi explained to Gu Rong and Chen Xin that Spirit Hall’s cheap newspaper and lottery could sway public opinion against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Chen Xin warned that its advertising business might signal a dangerous new trend.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong went to Xue Ye’s study, where Han Yu and Xue Qinghe were discussing Spirit Hall’s proposal to establish a bank in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Han Yu explained the bank proposal and offered Canaan City premises for a branch, while Xue Qinghe urged Xue Ye to establish it in Heaven Dou City to expose officials’ wealth.
• Han Yu promised that Spirit Hall would pressure the Star Luo Empire to return annexed territory if the Heaven Dou Empire allowed the bank to operate.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Xue Ye that Spirit Hall could use control of the empire’s wealth against it, but Xue Ye remained interested in recovering territory and told Xue Qinghe to convey his demands to Spirit Hall’s envoy.

Han Yu defended the Martial Soul Bank’s establishment in Heaven Dou City to Ning Fengzhi, then discussed Spirit Hall’s plans and the border crisis with Qian Renxue. Back at Canaan Academy, he addressed an upcoming student assessment and a shortage of missions before calling a city meeting to announce something important.

• Ning Fengzhi questioned Han Yu about the bank, but Han Yu said the empire should focus on reclaiming its lost territory and dismissed Ning Fengzhi’s concerns.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong speculated that Spirit Hall might use bank profits to offset losses from Spirit Hall Daily.
• Han Yu told Qian Renxue that the Star Luo Empire had massed troops along the border and that Golden Crocodile Douluo was pressuring Dai Tianfeng at Star Luo Palace.
• Qian Renxue agreed to transfer Han Yu a large contiguous plot in Heaven Dou City for his planned industries.
• Li Tian reminded Han Yu about the quarterly student assessment and the Mission Hall’s shortage of missions, so Han Yu scheduled a meeting with Canaan City’s leaders that night.
• Han Yu contacted Ghost Leopard and Demon Bear to ask for their help thinking through the academy’s problems.

Han Yu outlined plans to establish Canaan Gourmet City, bringing restaurants together and supporting them with signature dishes and delivery. He assigned staff and construction work, with the first locations planned for Canaan City and Heaven Dou City.

• Han Yu told the gathered leaders that Spirit Hall's bank would open in the city, then announced his plan to establish Canaan Gourmet City.
• Han Yu proposed drawing restaurants with his signature recipes, and Dugu Bo praised the barbecue he had tasted before.
• Qian Duoduo offered Great Bull Commerce staff, but Han Yu declined and assigned Niu Gao's Yu Department disciples some management and construction work.
• Han Yu explained a food delivery service using Communication Soul Guidance Devices, and Bai He agreed that Min Department disciples would make the deliveries.
• Han Yu planned the first gourmet cities in Canaan City and Heaven Dou City and told Niu Gao to finalize construction blueprints quickly.

Han Yu oversaw preparations for Gourmet City and introduced stockings made from designs he had brought from Blue Star. He then united Canaan City’s forces into the Canaan Commerce Association to challenge the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and arrange protection for its president, Qian Duoduo.

• Han Yu showed Ye Lingling white and black stockings, and she decided the black pair suited her better.
• Han Yu told the meeting that Canaan’s business would compete with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, arguing that their united forces could stand against it.
• Qian Duoduo renamed Great Bull Commerce the Canaan Commerce Association and accepted the role of president while Han Yu became honorary president.
• Han Yu asked Yang Wudi to assign an expert to protect Qian Duoduo and called on each family to contribute security personnel.

Han Yu expanded the Canaan Commerce Association’s advertising and trade plans, including new clothing sales and a profitable return route from Vast Sea City. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect recognized the growing threat to its business but had no easy response.

• Yang Wudi promised that Yang Wutian would protect Qian Duoduo, and Qian Duoduo realized Spirit Hall Daily advertisements had boosted tobacco sales.
• Han Yu announced that clothing production and newspaper advertisements would begin, and urged Qian Duoduo to bring seaside fruits back from Vast Sea City on return trips.
• Advertisements for Hi-Silk, White Silk, and Soft Silk appeared, while Gourmet City promotions targeted Heaven Dou City and Canaan City.
• Ning Fengzhi’s wives sought limited-edition products, and Gu Rong complained that Han Yu was profiting from nobles’ desire for exclusivity.
• Chen Xin explained why the Seven Treasure Commerce could not simply copy Canaan’s limited editions, and Gu Rong warned that falling profits could upset the sect’s disciples.

Ning Fengzhi monitored the Canaan Commerce Association as Xue Ye supported its expansion, while Han Yu received a mysterious summons to the Calamity Mountain Range. After escorting Ye Lingling and Ye Tianxin to the Ye Family, Han Yu traveled to the mountain range and arrived at a busy town at its foot.

• Ning Fengzhi discussed the Canaan Commerce Association with Chen Xin and Gu Rong, then ordered closer surveillance of it.
• Xue Ye exempted the Canaan Commerce Association from several taxes to help it challenge the Seven Treasure Commerce.
• Han Yu received a Divine Sense summons to the Calamity Mountain Range but got no answer when he asked if he could stay away.
• Ye Tianxin asked Han Yu to escort him and Ye Lingling to the Ye Family for her coming-of-age ceremony, and Han Yu agreed.
• Han Yu safely escorted Ye Lingling and Ye Tianxin to their home in the Star Luo Empire, then set out for the Calamity Mountain Range.
• Han Yu arrived in a town at the mountain range’s foot and observed Spirit Hall’s local office handling commissions and the strong demand for the new clothing business.

Han Yu hired Lin Dexiang to guide him into the deepest part of the Calamity Mountain Range after two mercenary guides refused the dangerous job. Lin Dexiang accepted for one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, though he warned he might abandon Han Yu if the danger became too great.

• Han Yu hired one guide from each of two squads, but the guides withdrew after learning he wanted to enter the mountain range's depths.
• Han Yu asked the Spirit Hall office for an experienced guide, and Lin Dexiang and Wang Hai came outside to speak with him.
• Lin Dexiang offered to guide Han Yu toward the core region for one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, while warning that he might leave if danger threatened him.
• Han Yu paid with a Gold Soul Card and gave Lin Dexiang the surname Han.
• Lin Dexiang said he would not keep the money if he left Han Yu behind in danger.

Han Yu hired Lin Dexiang to guide him into the Calamity Mountain Range, where he suspected the Fire God's inheritance might lie. After reaching the mountains, Han Yu chose the forbidden Lava Pool as their destination despite Lin Dexiang's warning.

• Han Yu agreed to pay Lin Dexiang to guide him into the Calamity Mountain Range, and Lin Dexiang bought supplies for the journey.
• Lin Dexiang warned Han Yu about the heat and lack of water, but Han Yu insisted on continuing without summoning his martial soul.
• Lin Dexiang activated his Fire Leopard martial soul, and Han Yu kept pace as they ran to the mountain range.
• Lin Dexiang told Han Yu that a forbidden Lava Pool lay at the range's core and that an elder had explored it before.
• Han Yu decided to make the Lava Pool their destination, while Lin Dexiang warned him against approaching it.

Han Yu followed a mysterious pull to a volcano in the Calamity Mountain Range and discovered a Flame Heart, which led the system to reward him with the Volcanic Rock Flame. He refined the flame and improved his fire-attribute comprehension and domains while Lin Dexiang waited anxiously outside.

• Han Yu and Lin Dexiang camped overnight in a heat-resistant tent, and Lin Dexiang told Han Yu the legend of a heaven-sent opportunity for fire-attribute Soul Masters.
• The next morning, Han Yu sensed a force drawing him onward and led Lin Dexiang toward the volcano, where Lin Dexiang stayed behind out of fear of powerful Soul Beasts.
• Han Yu broke through obsidian halfway up the volcano and found a Flame Heart beneath it.
• The system helped Han Yu refine the Flame Heart instantly and rewarded him with the Volcanic Rock Flame.
• Han Yu refined the Volcanic Rock Flame, improving his fire-attribute comprehension and domains without increasing his Soul Power, while Soul Beasts gathered near the volcano and Lin Dexiang worried outside.

Han Yu reached the Lava Pool and met the Fire God, who offered him his Divine Throne. Han Yu refused the inheritance, and the Fire God began advising him on how to create his own Divine Throne.

• Han Yu and Lin Dexiang traveled for two days before Lin Dexiang stopped at the edge of the extreme heat and warned Han Yu about the Lava Pool.
• Han Yu flew into the Lava Pool, searched beneath the lava, and found a protected crimson world.
• The Fire God revealed himself and offered Han Yu the chance to inherit his Divine Throne.
• Han Yu thanked the Fire God for the Flame Heart but refused the Divine Throne, and the Fire God accepted his decision.
• The Fire God advised Han Yu to raise all his Soul Bones to the Hundred-Thousand-Year level and fuse them into Soul Bone Armor before attaining the Dao.

Han Yu received a Hundred Thousand Year soul bone from the Fire God and began absorbing it, while the Martial Soul Banks opened and stirred opposition across the continent. Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to avoid depositing money and secretly put pressure on the banks as their first test began.

• The Fire God gave Han Yu an Ancient Giant's right leg bone and told him to absorb it before leaving the temple.
• Han Yu bowed to the God Statue, sat down, and began absorbing the soul bone.
• The first three Martial Soul Banks opened in Heaven Dou City, Spirit City, and Canaan City, which the Spirit Hall Daily named the continent's fourth city.
• Gu Rong complained about Canaan City's rise, and Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin explained that the city's bounty and strict work rules had thwarted the sect's spies.
• Ning Fengzhi forbade Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples from depositing money and ordered Gu Rong to arrange an untraceable attack on the Martial Soul Banks.
• Thugs and hooligans in Heaven Dou City also began considering robbing the banks.

Han Yu returned from the Lava Pool after reaching rank ninety-nine and warned Lin Dexiang to keep its dangerous guardian secret. Back in Canaan City, he found that his businesses had drawn hostile attention and received Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

• Han Yu met Lin Dexiang, showed him images of the Lava Pool, and warned him not to reveal its location or the powerful soul beast guarding it.
• Han Yu and Lin Dexiang left the Calamity Mountain Range after Han Yu confirmed the commission and paid Lin Dexiang.
• Han Yu checked delayed notifications about attacks on the Martial Soul Bank and rivals targeting his businesses, while Gourmet City continued growing in Heaven Dou City and Canaan City.
• Dugu Bo warned Han Yu that Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo had waited in Canaan City for two days, and Han Yu ordered him to receive them.
• Ning Fengzhi entered Han Yu's office with Sword Douluo and apologized for arriving abruptly.

Han Yu refused Ning Fengzhi’s attempt to bring the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into Gourmet City, while Ning Fengzhi planned to buy more Hidden Weapons. Tang San absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and reached level fifty, but the search for the Blue Silver Emperor in Blue Silver Forest remained unsuccessful.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Han Yu to explain Gourmet City’s impact on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s restaurants and proposed moving the sect’s businesses into the city.
• Han Yu rejected Ning Fengzhi’s offer of ten million Gold Soul Coins and warned that Canaan City would protect Gourmet City’s businesses.
• After Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin left, Han Yu told Dugu Bo that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s troubles had only begun and asked about Dugu Yan’s cultivation.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to visit the Strength Clan with Chen Xin to buy more Hidden Weapons for the sect’s disciples.
• Tai Tan obtained a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone for Tang San, who absorbed it and broke through to level fifty.
• Tai Tan told Tang San that the search for the Blue Silver Emperor in Blue Silver Forest had found only ordinary Blue Silver Grass.

Tang San sought a fourth Soul Ring for his Clear Sky Hammer and agreed to make five hundred sets of Hidden Weapons for Ning Fengzhi. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong arrived in Canaan City with Hu Liena to meet Qian Renxue, leaving Han Yu to warn Hu Liena about Slaughter City.

• Tang San chose to seek a Clear Sky Hammer Soul Ring first, and Tai Tan agreed to accompany him.
• Ning Fengzhi told Tang San that a Soul Bone of at least 30,000 years might restore Tai Tan's arm, then ordered five hundred sets of Hidden Weapons; Tang San promised to deliver them within four years.
• Ning Fengzhi said Ning Rongrong had reached level forty and Oscar had left to train.
• Bibi Dong arrived outside Canaan City with Hu Liena and another attendant, and Han Yu asked why Hu Liena had come.
• Bibi Dong explained that Hu Liena would soon enter Slaughter City, and Han Yu warned that its toxins would accumulate in her body.
• Han Yu told Bibi Dong that Qian Renxue would arrive in half an hour, then led her into Canaan City.

Han Yu showed Bibi Dong around Canaan City, where she encountered Li Tian and later met Xue Qinghe to discuss their family past. Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuqing continued her winning streak in Slaughter City and held firm to her resolve.

• Bibi Dong toured Canaan City with Han Yu and suggested bringing its model to Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong met Li Tian, who declined to return to the Papal Hall and take up an elder position.
• Han Yu told Xue Qinghe that Bibi Dong wanted to see her, and Xue Qinghe agreed to hear her out.
• Bibi Dong gave Xue Qinghe a recording from Qian Daoliu about what Qian Xunji had done, while Han Yu left them alone.
• Zhu Zhuqing won her fortieth consecutive match as Black Night Killer, and the Slaughter King praised her resolve.

Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue reconciled, while Han Yu advised them on their plans in the Heaven Dou Empire. Yu Xiaogang escaped from Spirit Hall’s Heavenly Prison, and Han Yu decided his freedom could help expose Spirit Hall’s hidden enemies.

• Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue talked through the night, and Bibi Dong later introduced Hu Liena to Qian Renxue, who promised to make her a trusted aide.
• Han Yu warned Xue Qinghe to keep Tang San away from Xue Ye because Tang San might cure the mixed poison.
• The Rakshasa God stirred the prisoners in Spirit Hall’s Heavenly Prison into a riot, giving Yu Xiaogang a chance to hide in a sewage outlet and escape beyond Spirit City.
• Yu Xiaogang collapsed from the cold after crawling out of the cesspit and was left unconscious in the rain.
• Light Feather Douluo told Han Yu that Yu Xiaogang had escaped, and Han Yu said they should let him go so he could unite Spirit Hall’s hidden enemies.

Yu Xiaogang recovered in the home of an old couple near Spirit City and learned that they mistook him for a palace eunuch. After taking their travel money, he killed them and searched their house for more.

• Yu Xiaogang woke in the old couple’s home, learned the old man had reported finding him to Spirit Hall, and discovered the couple thought he was from the palace.
• The old man explained that his son had died serving Spirit Hall and that the family had stayed near Spirit City; Yu Xiaogang asked for directions to Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted three Gold Soul Coins from the old man as travel expenses and left, while promising to bring him a gift.
• Yu Xiaogang ambushed the old man on the mountain path, killed him with Luo San Pao’s fart, then returned in disguise and killed the old woman.
• Yu Xiaogang searched the house for the family’s compensation money but found nothing, unaware that the old man had borrowed the three coins from Spirit Hall.

Han Yu dealt with the fallout from Yu Xiaogang murdering an elderly couple while investigating the arson of the Canaan Commerce Association warehouse. He arranged to use Ao Debiao as bait to uncover the powerful figure behind the attack.

• Han Yu and Azure Luan Douluo discussed Yu Xiaogang’s murder of an elderly couple connected to Jiang Mo and Qian Jun Douluo, and Han Yu proposed concealing the arrest while a death-row convict took the blame publicly.
• Dugu Bo reported that Long Da had set the warehouse fire at Xiong Er’s request, and Xiong Er claimed Ao Debiao had hired them to repay a debt.
• Han Yu learned that the Zhang Family had been ordered to arrange the arson, but an unknown attacker had killed the family and erased the evidence before investigators arrived.
• Han Yu told Dugu Bo to make Ao Debiao pay compensation and release him publicly, then watch him in hopes that the mastermind would approach him.

Han Yu visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to confront Ning Fengzhi over the arson at the Canaan Commerce Association’s warehouse. The sect denied involvement, but Han Yu pressed Ning Fengzhi directly on whether it was responsible.

• Han Yu told Dugu Bo that he would visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to test whether it was behind the arson and intimidate other factions.
• After Ao Debiao’s release became public, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan denied having a commercial dispute with the Canaan Commerce Association.
• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin discussed concealing the sect’s role in the plot and decided Ao Debiao must die while they cleared suspicion from themselves.
• Han Yu arrived alone at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and met Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin in the Reception Hall.
• Han Yu raised rumors that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had arranged the arson and asked Ning Fengzhi directly whether it was responsible.

Han Yu pressured the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to take responsibility for the burned Canaan Commerce Association warehouses, then met Ning Rongrong after she asked to speak with him. The chapter ended as Ning Rongrong arrived at the Sushi Restaurant to meet Han Yu.

• Han Yu warned Ning Fengzhi that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's warehouses could be targeted, prompting Ning Fengzhi to order Gu Rong to proceed with their plan without tying the sect to it.
• Han Yu met Ning Rongrong as he left the sect, and she asked where Oscar had gone and requested a private conversation; he invited her to meet him at dusk.
• Han Yu told Dugu Bo that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would find a scapegoat to clear its name because it feared retaliation against its warehouses.
• Dugu Bo declined to join Han Yu for dinner, and Ning Rongrong arrived at the Sushi Restaurant, where a server led her to Han Yu's private room.

Ning Rongrong tried to invest in the Canaan Commerce Association, but Han Yu rejected her and introduced her to Gourmet City’s food instead. After a year of relative calm, Han Yu waited outside Slaughter City for Zhu Zhuqing to emerge from seclusion.

• Ning Rongrong told Han Yu she wanted to invest one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins in the Canaan Commerce Association, but he refused and gave her a menu and a Communication Soul Guidance Device.
• Ning Rongrong ordered dozens of dishes, was fined ten thousand Gold Soul Coins for leaving food unfinished, and discovered she enjoyed the cuisine.
• Ning Fengzhi scolded Ning Rongrong for meeting Han Yu alone and feared Han Yu might influence her.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect found a down-and-out noble to take the blame for the conflict with the Canaan Commerce Association, and Han Yu killed him to deter others.
• A year later, Han Yu waited outside Slaughter City for Zhu Zhuqing, who had reached ninety consecutive victories, and decided not to attempt Hell Road himself.

After winning a hundred consecutive arena matches, Zhu Zhuqing refused the Slaughter King's offer of a title and chose to enter the Hell Road, which opened through the sacrifice of Slaughter City's Fallen Ones. As Zhu Zhuqing was sent into the trial, Hu Liena vowed to follow, while Han Yu received an urgent call from Ghost Douluo outside the city.

• The Slaughter King offered Zhu Zhuqing the title of Slaughter God and free passage in and out of Slaughter City, but she insisted on taking the Hell Road trial.
• The Slaughter King opened the Hell Road, causing the Fallen Ones in the arena and stands to turn on one another as their blood and flesh fed Slaughter City.
• A crimson pattern appeared beneath Zhu Zhuqing, and a beam of light transported her to the Hell Road.
• Hu Liena saw the pillar of light and vowed that she could open the Hell Road too.
• After waiting outside Slaughter City for a day, Han Yu answered an urgent call from Ghost Douluo, who asked whether he knew Martial Soul Bank had opened branches in three major Star Luo Empire cities.

Han Yu was assigned to investigate a robbery at Spirit Hall’s Martial Soul Bank in Falkers Province and the hostility of retired Spirit Hall experts living there. He postponed the mission so he could first help Zhu Zhuqing, who reached the final step of her trial by using her soul bone’s Flight skill.

• Ghost Douluo told Han Yu that powerful attackers had robbed the Falkers Province bank, injured its guards, and stolen some of its funds.
• Ghost Douluo explained that Star Luo officials had obstructed investigations and that descendants of retired Spirit Hall experts in Falkers Province seemed hostile to Spirit Hall.
• Han Yu received Qian Daoliu’s mission to investigate the retired experts’ whereabouts and attitudes, along with the revelation that Qian Daoliu’s past iron-fisted rule had driven many to retire there.
• Han Yu decided to delay traveling to Falkers Province until he had eased Zhu Zhuqing’s killing intent.
• Zhu Zhuqing endured the trial’s final step and prepared to fly across with her Shadow Leopard Right Leg Soul Bone skill.

After Zhu Zhuqing returned from her trials, Han Yu brought her to his secret chamber to cleanse her killing intent and planned to take her to the Star Luo Empire for training. He also prepared Feng Xiaotian for the journey, giving him a Soul Bone to absorb before they departed.

• Zhu Zhuqing returned from the mountains, and Han Yu explained that her Divine Slaughter's Domain was still basic and promised to help ease her killing intent.
• Han Yu read that Spirit Hall had shut down the Martial Soul Bank in Falkes City and promised to refund its customers after the robbery.
• Han Yu brought Zhu Zhuqing to his Cultivation Secret Chamber, where she would cultivate near a Sub-fire of the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame before joining him on a trip toward the Star Luo Empire.
• Han Yu told Feng Xiaotian that his training in Hurricane Canyon had surpassed expectations and gave him an eighty-thousand-year right leg bone to absorb before their training trip.
• Han Yu reviewed letters from his disciples and discovered that Zhu Dazhi had returned to the academy after nearly two years away.

Han Yu summoned Zhu Dazhi back to Canaan Academy and prepared to take him and Feng Xiaotian to Falkers Province for training. He refused Ye Lingling’s request to join them, then gained Feng Changlin’s support for the trip and heard about a possible inheritance and a robbery linked to the Martial Soul Bank.

• Han Yu summoned Zhu Dazhi, learned that he had become a Soul King while training with a Soul Hunting Squad, and told him to prepare for a training trip to the Star Luo Empire.
• Han Yu refused to let Ye Lingling join the trip and told her to focus on breaking through to rank seventy before he returned.
• Feng Changlin questioned Han Yu about giving Feng Xiaotian an eighty-thousand-year soul bone, then agreed that the Feng Clan would follow Han Yu’s lead.
• Han Yu explained that he would travel as a Feng Clan steward and take Feng Xiaotian to train in Falkers Province, where the Star Luo Empire had previously tried to recruit him.
• Feng Changlin warned Han Yu about an ancient powerhouse’s inheritance and suggested that the recent Martial Soul Bank robbery involved someone seeking an important deposit.