Recaps

Han Yu suspected that the Martial Soul Bank robbery involved an item valuable enough to attract a powerful expert, while Yu Xiaogang returned to Heaven Dou City after a year on the run. He clashed with Flender at Shrek Academy and learned that Tang San was staying at the Strength Clan's residence.

• Han Yu asked Bibi Dong for the list of stolen Martial Soul Bank items and shared his suspicion that one or more had drawn a powerful expert.
• Yu Xiaogang sneaked into Heaven Dou City and returned to the overgrown Shrek Academy, hoping to find Tang San.
• Flender sensed Yu Xiaogang's arrival, met him, and arranged a place for him to stay.
• Yu Xiaogang argued with Flender, then left Shrek Academy with Dai Mubai following him.
• Dai Mubai told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San had left Heaven Dou City and was staying at the Strength Clan's residence.

Yu Xiaogang and Dai Mubai reached the Strength Clan, where Tang San welcomed his teacher and Tai Tan explained the clans’ alliance and Han Yu’s growing influence. Yu Xiaogang began planning to unite Spirit Hall’s enemies, while Flender and the others prepared to leave Shrek Academy for Suotuo City.

• Yu Xiaogang took Dai Mubai to a hotel and used a voucher to arrange free lodging and breakfast.
• Zhao Wuji and Li Yusong persuaded Flender to leave Shrek Academy and return to Suotuo City, and Flender broke through to rank eighty.
• Flender and the others prepared to depart, and Flender left a farewell letter for Dai Mubai and the others.
• Yu Xiaogang and Dai Mubai arrived at the Strength Clan, where Tang San knelt to welcome his teacher.
• Tai Tan told Yu Xiaogang about the alliance of the three single-attribute clans and their move to Canaan City, prompting Yu Xiaogang to condemn Han Yu.
• Yu Xiaogang learned about Spirit Hall’s influence and declared that he would devise a plan to unite those opposed to it.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang discussed cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer and uniting forces against Spirit Hall, while Han Yu prepared to leave for Falkers Province. Before departing, Han Yu entrusted Canaan City to Dugu Bo and learned of a rumored breakthrough opportunity in the Fierce Claw Mountain Range.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that he had reached level fifty-five and was focusing on the Clear Sky Hammer because his Blue Silver Grass was crippled.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San how to unite the continent against Spirit Hall, but Tang San warned that approaching the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could make them surrender leadership to Ning Fengzhi.
• Han Yu chose to let Yu Xiaogang gather the rebels before dealing with them, while Zhu Zhuqing resolved the problem of her killing intent leaking out.
• Han Yu told Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Dazhi, and Feng Xiaotian to prepare to leave the next morning, then entrusted Canaan City to Dugu Bo for about a year.
• Dugu Bo told Han Yu of a rumored opportunity in the Fierce Claw Mountain Range that could let a soul master break through their limits, and Han Yu agreed to investigate it.

Han Yu and his companions traveled from Canaan City toward the Star Luo Empire, where they secured an expedited border document and a travel permit. They entered with permission to visit Star Luo City and Amers City, leaving their next destination undisclosed.

• Han Yu departed Canaan Academy with Feng Xiaotian and the others in a carriage built by Lou Gao.
• At the Star Luo border, Zhu Dazhi bribed Heaven Dou guards to obtain an expedited document and skip the queue.
• Han Yu told Kruse that they were Feng Clan members traveling to train and named Star Luo City and Amers City as their destinations.
• Kruse issued their travel permit and waived the carriage inspection after Han Yu paid him.
• Han Yu reminded Feng Xiaotian that following the rules would prevent trouble until they were strong enough to oppose the world.

Han Yu and his companions traveled into the Star Luo Empire and prepared to continue their journey through the Hadrian Kingdom. In Heaven Dou City, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San tried to recruit Ning Fengzhi’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for a proposed alliance, but Ning Fengzhi made its support conditional on gaining backing from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Clear Sky Sect.

• Zhu Zhuqing warned the group that Star Luo Empire food was lighter and sweeter, and Han Yu explained how differences in harvests shaped local tastes.
• Han Yu decided the group would rest in the city and stock up on food and water before traveling onward.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to approach Ning Fengzhi early about an alliance against Spirit Hall.
• Tang San delivered Hidden Weapons to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and introduced Yu Xiaogang’s proposal to Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong.
• Ning Fengzhi said his sect would join unconditionally if Tang San and Yu Xiaogang secured the support of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Clear Sky Sect, leaving Tang San hesitant.

After Yu Xiaogang’s alliance talks with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect failed, Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong considered the growing threat from Spirit Hall. Han Yu’s group reached the Tiger Might Mountain Range, where Han Yu concealed his strength to pass the Star Luo Empire’s inspection and continue south.

• Yu Xiaogang left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect cursing Ning Fengzhi, while Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi rejected his proposed alliance unless the Clear Sky Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan supported it.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong discussed Spirit Hall’s pressure on the Upper Three Sects and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s defenses and ties to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• After more than a month of travel, Han Yu’s group entered Star Luo Province and arrived at the Tiger Might Mountain Range.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained the mountain range’s royal hunting grounds and entry rules, then drove the carriage toward the guard post.
• The guard captain ordered Han Yu’s group to undergo inspection and reveal their martial souls and Soul Rings.
• Han Yu stored the carriage and horses in his Soul Tool, disguised his Soul Rings as a Soul Emperor’s, and presented the group’s travel permit before the inspectors allowed them south into Amos Province.

Han Yu’s group encountered Dai Weisi, Zhu Zhuyun, and Zhang Heng in the Tiger Might Mountain Range after Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun defeated a twenty-thousand-year Saber-Toothed Tiger. Dai Weisi recognized Han Yu’s possible connection to Zhu Zhuqing and ordered Zhang Heng to keep their meeting secret.

• Han Yu led Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Dazhi, and Feng Xiaotian through the mountain range, telling them to avoid distractions and collect only rare treasures.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to kill a twenty-thousand-year Saber-Toothed Tiger, completing Dai Tianfeng’s test.
• Han Yu’s group reached Zhang Heng’s guarded area, and Zhang Heng initially refused to let them pass.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed her identity to Zhang Heng, and Feng Xiaotian explained that they were traveling to Amos Province for training.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun arrived, and Dai Weisi suspected Han Yu’s identity after Zhu Zhuyun shared her theory about his connection to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Weisi warned Zhang Heng to keep the encounter confidential, threatening to report anyone who spread news of it to the emperor.

Han Yu accepted Dai Weisi’s money and agreed to support him after he became emperor, while Zhu Zhuqing’s attitude toward Zhu Zhuyun softened. Elsewhere, Yu Xiaogang found a mysterious slab that he recognized as a divine inheritance and saw it as a chance to help Tang San take revenge.

• Dai Weisi privately offered Han Yu three million Gold Soul Coins and promised at least ten million more after ascending the throne in exchange for Han Yu’s future support.
• Han Yu accepted the money and Dai Weisi’s token, agreeing to support him only after he became emperor and granting him a manor in Canaan City.
• Zhu Zhuqing spoke with Zhu Zhuyun, and her attitude toward her sister improved before Han Yu’s group departed.
• The Rakshasa God guided Yu Xiaogang toward a stone slab at the Strength Clan estate, which Tai Li had picked up by the roadside.
• Yu Xiaogang cleaned the slab, recognized its markings as a divine inheritance, and declared that Tang San’s revenge had hope.

Yu Xiaogang showed Tang San a stone slab that supposedly mapped a divine inheritance, but they could not locate it without a complete map of the continent. Meanwhile, Han Yu's group crossed the desert into Falkers Province, where they encountered a dark mass in the distance.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that the stone slab described gods and showed a route to a Land of Inheritance, prompting Tang San to propose setting out at once.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San studied the terrain map and realized they could not identify its coastline without a complete continental map; Tang San urged patience because he was not yet strong enough to inherit a divine throne.
• The Rakshasa God decided not to reveal the inheritance site's location yet, intending for Tang San to overcome obstacles and value it more.
• After traveling for more than half a month through the desert, Han Yu's group entered Falkers Province while avoiding the official road to conceal their location.
• Zhu Zhuqing warned the group about powerful soul beasts beneath the sand, and Feng Xiaotian sensed that the desert wind carried earth-elemental energy.
• Zhu Dazhi spotted a dark mass in the distance and pointed it out to the group.

Han Yu led the group through a desert sandstorm, where Feng Xiaotian tempered his skills and advanced his mastery of wind. After Han Yu dispersed the storm, the group continued toward Falkes City and encountered weary travelers in the desert.

• Han Yu told Feng Xiaotian to train in the sandstorm while he protected Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Dazhi, and the others behind a Soul Power barrier.
• Feng Xiaotian fought the storm with his consecutive slashes, advanced from Fifty-Six to Sixty slashes, then adapted and cultivated within the sandstorm.
• Han Yu used his Fire Cloud Staff and eighth Soul Skill, Fire Cloud Extinction, to destroy the sandstorm's core.
• The group resumed their journey toward Falkes City, and Han Yu warned them that the distant city was farther away than it appeared.
• The group saw weary travelers trudging through the desert near the visible outline of Falkes City.

Feng Xiaotian chose not to rescue a group of suspicious Soul Masters, and Han Yu’s party reached a desert shop to seek information about Falkes City. Han Yu began negotiating with the shopkeeper, Old Mister Huang, for details about the city’s major powers.

• Han Yu warned Feng Xiaotian that the travelers might be fugitives, and Feng Xiaotian ultimately chose to leave them behind.
• Han Yu noticed blood on the travelers and directed the group toward a nearby shop called Ancient Map.
• Han Yu paid Old Mister Huang for food and water, then followed him into the storeroom to ask about Falkes City.
• Old Mister Huang demanded an exorbitant price for information, and Han Yu offered a Mountain-Shaking Stone instead.
• Old Mister Huang agreed to answer two questions, and Han Yu asked for a detailed account of the forces within the city and how to deal with its major powers.

Han Yu gathered information about Falkes City and entered it with Zhu Zhuqing and his companions, then used his Pope Token to meet Red Cardinal Wales. Wales began briefing Han Yu on the city’s situation.

• Huang told Han Yu that the Bolin Family and Neil Family were the city’s major powers and that the Neil Family was recruiting mercenaries for a competition with a Soul Bone as its prize.
• Huang said he knew of no gods in the Fierce Claw Mountain Range, though it favored earth-attribute and defense-type Soul Masters and might offer opportunities.
• Huang revealed that four wanted people had recently passed through without money, prompting Feng Xiaotian to realize they had been pursued by the two major families.
• Zhu Zhuqing presented her Zhu Family token at the city gate, allowing Han Yu and his companions to enter Falkes City; Han Yu sent them to find rooms while he went to Spirit Hall.
• Han Yu showed the Pope Token to a deacon and met Hall Master Wales, who recognized him as the Eighth Elder and began reporting on the city.

Han Yu investigated the rival families in Falkes City and brought his students to the Neil Family’s mercenary competition, where they could train while he pursued clues about the Martial Soul Bank robbery. The group registered with the Neil Family, while the city’s unrest and the family’s search in the Fierce Claw Mountain Range remained unresolved.

• Wales told Han Yu that the Neil, Hass, and Bolin Families were driving the city’s tensions and gave him records of items stolen from the Martial Soul Bank.
• Han Yu met Zhu Zhuqing and the others, learned that the Neil Family was recruiting mercenaries to search the Fierce Claw Mountain Range, and decided they would compete for its Soul Bone prize.
• Han Yu confronted an eavesdropping old geezer, then ordered Feng Xiaotian to catch and bury him in the sand.
• The next morning, Han Yu took the group to the Neil Family training field and warned them that many local Soul Masters were defensive earth-element fighters.
• Feng Xiaotian and the others registered as mercenaries, while Han Yu learned that the Neil Family let registered Soul Masters freely accept missions.

Han Yu killed Hans after Hans threatened Zhu Zhuqing, then confronted the Neil Family over its attempt to intimidate Feng Xiaotian and his companions. Hogg Neil ordered his people to stand down, and Han Yu went to meet the patriarch while Feng Xiaotian and Zhu Dazhi entered the matches.

• Zhu Dazhi and Feng Xiaotian revealed their Martial Souls and passed the mercenary assessment, while Hans challenged Feng Xiaotian and claimed Zhu Zhuqing as his prize if he won.
• Han Yu pinned Hans with Soul Pressure and crushed him to death, then burned his corpse to ashes as Zhang Guilin called for his capture.
• Hogg Neil recognized Han Yu's strength and ordered his people to disperse and let the matches continue.
• Han Yu told Feng Xiaotian that the Neil Family had been monitoring them and sent Feng Xiaotian and Zhu Dazhi to compete for the Soul Bone.
• An attendant invited Han Yu to meet Hogg Neil, and Han Yu left Zhu Zhuqing behind and followed the attendant to the hall.

Han Yu questioned Hogg Neil about the Neil Family and learned of a mysterious opportunity in the Fierce Claw Mountain Range, which appeared to have just selected its destined person. He returned to the Training Field, where Feng Xiaotian and Zhu Dazhi explained their tournament standings before Zhu Dazhi was called to compete.

• Hogg Neil welcomed Han Yu and tried to learn his identity and recruit him as a guest elder, but Han Yu refused and asked about the Neil Family’s troubles.
• Hogg invited Han Yu to help the Neil Family seize a rare opportunity in the Fierce Claw Mountain Range and explained that it opened for a destined person whose identity and experience were concealed.
• After Han Yu left, Hogg’s steward reported that Han Yu had traveled under the Feng Clan’s name, then told Hogg that the mysterious object had begun to glow; Hogg concluded the destined person had appeared.
• Han Yu returned to the Training Field and learned from Feng Xiaotian and Zhu Dazhi about the Soul Bone prize and their tournament matches.
• A staff member called Zhu Dazhi to fight, and Han Yu urged him not to lose.

Han Yu confronted Wales about the opportunity in the Fierce Claw Mountain Range and learned that it involved the Hass Family and the Heart of Earth, a key to a Divine Being inheritance. He agreed to help the Hass Family in exchange for the Heart of Earth, and Hass accused the Neil Family of stealing it.

• Han Yu shook off the two Soul Saints following him and went to Spirit Hall to demand that Wales explain what he had concealed about the Fierce Claw Mountain Range.
• Wales revealed that Hass had asked Spirit Hall for help against the Neil Family, and Han Yu waited for the Hass Family head to arrive.
• Hass offered to follow Spirit Hall if Han Yu protected his family, but Han Yu refused until he learned what the Hass Family could offer in return.
• Hass explained that the Heart of Earth was a key to a Divine Being inheritance, passed down for over seventy thousand years and said to light up for a fated person.
• Han Yu agreed to help the Hass Family in exchange for the Heart of Earth, and Hass said the Neil Family had stolen it, possibly with the Bolin Family's cooperation.

Han Yu protected the Hass Family while Hogg reported the changed key to his grandfather, who planned to use Han Yu and his companions to seize an opportunity at the Fierce Claw Mountain Range. At the tournament, Feng Xiaotian reached the Soul Emperor final and clashed in midair with a Sand Eagle Martial Soul user.

• Han Yu told the Hass Family to leave after he ensured their safety and stayed with Feng Xiaotian and the others while investigating the Neil Family.
• Hogg met his grandfather beneath the desert and reported that the key had changed; his grandfather ordered his uncles to eliminate everyone who knew about it.
• Han Yu prepared his students for the tournament finals, and Zhu Dazhi defeated his Soul King opponent by unleashing his Soul Skills at once.
• Feng Xiaotian easily won his Soul Emperor semifinal and immediately faced a middle-aged Sand Eagle Martial Soul user in the final.
• Feng Xiaotian used his wind-based Soul Skill to destabilize his opponent's flight, and the Sand Eagle user countered with Fierce Bird Rending the Sky.

Feng Xiaotian won the tournament and received a ten-thousand-year earth-attributed soul bone, which he gave to Zhu Dazhi. Hogg learned that the key had reacted to both young men and planned to turn them against each other, while Han Yu moved his group to a safer inn and warned them to stay inside.

• Feng Xiaotian defeated his opponent with his Gale Domain, and Hogg realized the key had not shone brightest for him.
• Hogg awarded the champions, offered Feng Xiaotian membership in the Neil Family, and gave him the soul bone when Feng Xiaotian declined.
• The steward told Hogg that the key had shone brightest for Zhu Dazhi but had also reacted to Feng Xiaotian, and they planned to make the two compete for the opportunity.
• Han Yu led Feng Xiaotian and the others to a new inn, where Feng Xiaotian gave his earth-attributed soul bone to Zhu Dazhi.
• Han Yu warned the group to remain indoors because major disturbances were likely in the city.

Han Yu intervened when two hidden Titled Douluos led an assault on the Hass Family, revealing himself as a powerful Spirit Hall Elder. As Han Yu overpowered the attackers, Isaac mistook him for Jiang Mo Douluo.

• Han Yu spotted unfamiliar Soul Masters arriving in Falkes City and suspected they had come to attack the Hass Family.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Dazhi, and Feng Xiaotian saw a major battle erupt but stayed inside as their teacher had instructed.
• Isaac and Dun Niu, two Titled Douluos supporting the Neil Family, attacked the Hass Family while the City Lord's Mansion did nothing.
• Han Yu watched from Spirit Hall's palace until Isaac and Dun Niu revealed themselves, then arrived to save Hass from Dun Niu's strike.
• Han Yu fought the two attackers and knocked Dun Niu's golden blade away, prompting Isaac to ask whether he was Jiang Mo Douluo.

Han Yu’s clone helped Hass defeat the attackers, killing Isaac and Dun Niu, while Han Yu stayed at the inn and concealed his involvement from Hogg Neil. After Hogg left, Han Yu recalled Three Thousand Burning Flame and revealed that his clone had used the Three Thousand Star Body to survive Isaac’s Ninth Soul Skill.

• Han Yu’s clone wounded Dun Niu with Flying Flame Pierces Sand, then used Three Thousand Star Body to withstand Isaac’s Black Crocodile Descent.
• Han Yu’s clone tore apart Isaac’s attack, sent Hass to deal with Dun Niu, and caught Isaac as he fled.
• Han Yu’s clone killed Isaac and cleared away the remains, causing the remaining invaders to retreat from the Hass Family estate.
• Hass thanked Han Yu’s clone and reported that Isaac had mentioned a more powerful force behind the attackers; Han Yu warned Hass to leave Falkes City.
• Hogg Neil visited the inn and invited Han Yu’s group to gather at the North City Gate in five days, while Han Yu concealed that his clone had fought at the Hass estate.
• Han Yu recalled Three Thousand Burning Flame through the window and revealed that his clone had used the flame and his regenerative Three Thousand Star Body.

Han Yu learned why Qian Daoliu had allowed former Spirit Hall elders to leave and received permission to eliminate anyone opposing Spirit Hall. Meanwhile, Hogg reported the deaths of Isaac and Dun Niu to his great-grandfather, who doubted Jiang Mo Douluo could have killed both men alone.

• Hogg learned that Isaac and Dun Niu had died and suspected Spirit Hall had sent an elder to Falkes City.
• Han Yu told Qian Daoliu that Isaac and Dun Niu were linked to the Martial Soul Bank robbery and challenged him for concealing their history.
• Qian Daoliu explained that he had let the elders leave after revealing the divine opportunity in the Fierce Claw Mountain Range, then authorized Han Yu to eliminate Spirit Hall's opponents.
• Hogg hurried to the palace beneath the desert and told his great-grandfather that Isaac and Dun Niu had fallen to Jiang Mo Douluo.
• Hogg's great-grandfather questioned whether Jiang Mo Douluo could have killed both men and asked if Spirit Hall had sent more than one person.

Han Yu and the Neil Family entered the Fierce Claw Mountain Range to pursue an opportunity believed to favor earth-attribute Soul Masters, while the Neil and Bolin families prepared to send their disciples into danger. The chapter ended as the group learned the mountain’s rules and the threat of a fierce struggle for the opportunity became clear.

• Hogg told his grandfather that a single attacker had ambushed them, and his grandfather ordered him to prepare for the opportunity in the Fierce Claw Mountain Range.
• Han Yu, Feng Xiaotian, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Dazhi joined the first group entering the mountains with the Neil Family.
• Hogg introduced Han Yu to Quinn, the Bolin Family patriarch, who claimed the opportunity would belong to a Bolin Family genius.
• Hogg and Quinn led their families to the mountain, where a Soul Master squad guarded the entrance to the depths.
• Hogg and Quinn explained that entrants would face Soul Beasts and competition for the opportunity, while Soul Masters above Soul Emperor rank were forbidden to enter.

Feng Xiaotian, Zhu Dazhi, and Zhu Zhuqing entered the Fierce Claw Mountain Range to seek a divine opportunity while Han Yu and Hogg waited outside. They encountered Ak, the Yellow Sword Douluo, who offered to spare Zhu Zhuqing if she became his disciple.

• Hogg explained that teams could enter at intervals and that Soul Masters below Soul Saint rank could search the mountains if no golden light appeared after three days.
• Feng Xiaotian, Zhu Dazhi, and Zhu Zhuqing traveled together while the other disciples scattered, and they found no signs of soul beasts or any pull toward the opportunity.
• Ak followed the trio through the mountain range and blocked their path at their designated destination.
• Zhu Zhuqing sensed Ak's killing intent and spread Divine Slaughter's Domain, freezing the surrounding saxaul trees.
• Ak revealed himself as the Yellow Sword Douluo and offered to spare Zhu Zhuqing if she became his disciple, but she refused.

Han Yu rescued Zhu Dazhi and defeated Ak, who had attacked his disciples while pursuing the Heart of Earth. After Ak died and Han Yu recovered the treasure, Feng Xiaotian, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Dazhi continued toward the mountain range’s deepest reaches to seek Dazhi’s newly revealed opportunity.

• Ak attacked Zhu Dazhi, but Han Yu arrived and confronted him, sending Feng Xiaotian and the others away.
• Han Yu overpowered Ak in battle, but Ak sacrificed his right leg and Soul Bone to escape toward the Neil Family’s camp.
• Zhu Dazhi sensed an opportunity and led Feng Xiaotian and Zhu Zhuqing toward the deepest part of the mountains.
• Han Yu confronted Ak at the camp, where Hogg and Quinn fell in battle and the surrounding families turned against the Neil and Bolin Families.
• Ak tried to self-destruct, but Han Yu drained his Soul Power and killed him, then found the Heart of Earth in Ak’s Soul Tool and hurried into the mountains.

Han Yu helped Zhu Dazhi enter a hidden opportunity in the ravine, then received the Turtle Spirit Earth Fire and a God Seed after Zhu Dazhi obtained the Earth God's trial. Han Yu left Falkes City with Feng Xiaotian and Zhu Zhuqing, while Tang San prepared to search the Star Dou Great Forest for medicinal herbs that might heal Dai Mubai.

• Han Yu used the Heart of Earth to open the ravine entrance, and Zhu Dazhi entered alone to claim his opportunity.
• Han Yu entered Falkes City through the Spirit Hall gate and learned that City Lord Dai Huai had sealed the city and purged the Neil and Bolin families.
• Han Yu agreed to stay at Spirit Hall for a few days, then received the Turtle Spirit Earth Fire and a God Seed of the God of Ten Thousand Poisons when Zhu Dazhi obtained the Earth God's trial.
• Han Yu left Falkes City with Feng Xiaotian and Zhu Zhuqing after Zhu Dazhi failed to return, leaving a letter with Wales for him.
• Tang San led Dai Mubai, Yu Xiaogang, and Tai Tan toward the Star Dou Great Forest to gather medicinal herbs and investigate the Blue Silver Forest.