Chapter Summaries

Han Yu overwhelmed Huo Yuhao in their competition-stage battle with his self-created fire techniques. He left Huo Yuhao defeated and badly burned after a fiery tornado ended the fight.

• The Icy Dragon's tail clashed evenly with Huo Yuhao's Purple Giant Tiger, and the explosion knocked both beasts back.
• Han Yu announced that he would use a self-created Soul Skill, then revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan and unleashed Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation.
• Huo Yuhao activated multiple Soul Skills and charged through the sea of fire, using Spiritual Power to locate Han Yu.
• Han Yu followed with Fire Release: Wild Storm Dance, turning the flames into a tornado that pulled Huo Yuhao inside.
• Han Yu stopped the storm and flung out Huo Yuhao, badly burned and defeated.

Han Yu defeated Huo Yuhao in a shocking match, sending the Snow Demon Sect straight to the tournament final. While Xu Jiujiu, Wei Na, and Qiu'er agreed to cooperate against the Sun Moon Empire, Xu Tianran prepared a trap in Ming City as another final approached.

• Han Yu knocked Huo Yuhao unconscious, and the referee declared the Snow Demon Sect the winner and advanced them to the finals by default.
• Xu Jiujiu, Wei Na, and Qiu'er met secretly and agreed to cooperate on an operation against the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Tianran learned that troops and Fixed Soul Guidance Shells had been placed around Ming City and ordered the city put on first-level alert.
• Ming City residents continued discussing the Snow Demon Sect's victory as anticipation grew for the final of the Soul Tool Instructor Elite Competition.

The Xi Shui Alliance waited anxiously for Han Yu and Yuan Gun Gun to arrive for the Ming City Soul Tool Instructor Elite Competition final, whose generous prizes had drawn widespread betting. Chen An explained the three-stage final rules, while Han Yu remained wary of the Alliance leaders and their ties to the Holy Spirit Cult.

• The competition offered the champion a Ninth Level Soul Tool and rare metals, while the other finalists received lesser rewards or none.
• Third Elder threatened Chen An with death if Han Yu failed to arrive, but Nan Gong Wan intervened and said he expected Han Yu to come.
• Han Yu and Yuan Gun Gun arrived at Qing Se Hotel, where Nan Gong Wan greeted them and hinted that Han Yu had made a strong impression before.
• Han Yu suspected Nan Gong Wan and Third Elder were powerful Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters, but concealed his strength and stayed cautious.
• Chen An explained that the final would have nine contestants, who would create one soul tool, take a confidential skill test that eliminated the lowest scorer, and then compete in one-on-one matches to determine the champion.

Nan Gong Wan explained the competition rules and revealed that the Xi Shui Alliance’s champion’s reward was a Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell named Destruction Storm. The shell’s destructive power stunned Han Yu and the others, and Nan Gong Wan said its details would only be revealed to whoever won the championship.

• Chen An explained that contestants could use only their own Soul Tool and had to conserve Soul Power and energy for later rounds.
• Nan Gong Wan warned Han Yu, Yuan Gun Gun, and Huang Zheng that the other two factions might target the Xi Shui Alliance, and promised a separate reward for the champion.
• Four Black-Clothed Men carried in a heavily sealed box, and Nan Gong Wan opened it using a password while Third Elder shielded everyone with a barrier.
• Han Yu, Yuan Gun Gun, Huang Zheng, and Merk felt the killing aura from the object inside, which Huang Zheng identified as a Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell.
• Nan Gong Wan identified the shell as Destruction Storm and said only the final champion would learn its effects and how to use it.

As the contestants traveled to the West Suburbs for the tournament, Nan Gong Wan and the Third Elder argued over taking Han Yu as a disciple and agreed that the Third Elder could help teach him soul tool techniques. Meanwhile, Han Yu appeared calm in the carriage but focused inward on his immense Spiritual Sea.

• Nan Gong Wan promised the Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell to the winner and led Han Yu, Yuan Gun Gun, Huang Zheng, and Merk toward the West Suburbs.
• Nan Gong Wan and the Third Elder discussed Han Yu’s talents and negotiated over who would teach him, with Nan Gong Wan insisting Han Yu become his personal disciple.
• Nan Gong Wan promised Merk that Dark Azure Dragon would eventually return to him but ordered him to spend several years tempering himself and making soul tools first.
• The Xi Shui Alliance procession left Radiant City, while Han Yu kept his eyes closed and focused his consciousness within his gold-and-silver Spiritual Sea.

Han Yu successfully created a Spiritual Clone, then arrived with the Xi Shui Alliance at the venue for the Three Underground Forces' match in Radiant City. As the contest approached, the Third Elder worried about the judges’ balance, and Nan Gong Wan said the Vice-Leader and several elders would soon join them.

• Han Yu condensed his Spiritual Power into a Spiritual Clone, and the Snow Empress warned him that it could last only two hours and that damage to it would harm his main body.
• Han Yu woke as the Xi Shui Alliance's carriage reached the West Suburbs outside Radiant City and sensed thousands of people gathered for the match.
• Chen An explained the rival forces, spectators, and betting crowd to Han Yu and Yuan Gun Gun, who noticed that the competition venue resembled the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament stage.
• Han Yu joined Nan Gong Wan and the Third Elder in the Xi Shui Alliance rest area and reflected on the Sun Moon Empire's use of Soul Tools.
• The Third Elder said the match had seven judges, three from the opposing sides, two from the Xi Shui Alliance, and two neutral judges; Nan Gong Wan replied that the Vice-Leader and several elders would soon arrive.

Han Yu watched the grand final begin as the leaders of Ming City's three underground powers gathered onstage, while he learned that the competition was secretly meant to decide control of rare metal smuggling. Nan Gong Wan delivered the first speech, and the contest proceeded amid the forces' rivalry and the Holy Spirit Cult's ambitions.

• Third Elder said the Holy Spirit Cult would follow the competition's rules but hinted that the Vice-Leader might make adjustments, while Han Yu saw the event as a chance to exploit the Cult's focus.
• Host Lu Qi opened the grand final and announced the contestants, prompting Nan Gong Wan to angrily stride toward the stage after the Xi Shui Alliance was listed last.
• An Li Tong, Shangguan Wei'er, and Nan Gong Wan assembled as representatives of the Ao Du Merchant Guild, Ping Fan Alliance, and Xi Shui Alliance.
• Han Yu learned that the competition's hidden prize was exclusive control over rare metal smuggling, with the victor surrendering its existing territory to the other two powers.
• Lu Qi introduced Nan Gong Wan, who welcomed the audience and described the competition's public purpose before praising its success.

The leaders of the Xi Shui Alliance, Ao Du Merchant Guild, and Ping Fan Alliance tried to outdo one another with promises for the soul tool contest’s champion. As the judges and contestants prepared for the final match, Chief Judge Ye Yu Lin began revealing the championship prize.

• Nan Gong Wan declared that the Xi Shui Alliance’s contestants would win, while An Li Tong wagered one hundred million Gold Soul Coins on the Ao Du Merchant Guild’s contestants.
• Shangguan Wei'er offered the Ping Fan Alliance’s champion tens of thousands of beauties and three Dragon Girls, whose rare bloodline benefits shocked Han Yu.
• Nan Gong Wan urged Han Yu to eliminate as many opponents as possible and promised him wealth, glory, and a Dragon Girl if he performed well.
• Seven high-level soul tool instructors took their places as judges while staff brought out crafting equipment and rare metals for the nine contestants.
• Han Yu and Yuan Gun Gun prepared to compete without holding back, and the host announced the championship prize.
• Ye Yu Lin, the Ninth Level Soul Tool Instructor and Titled Douluo titled Starry Sky, raised a silver spark that grew into a dazzling sphere of light.

Ye Yu Lin unveiled the Sun Moon God Needle, a powerful Ninth Level Soul Tool, as the prize for the Ming City Soul Tool Instructor Elite Competition. The nine finalists took the stage to begin the crafting round, where Nan Gong Wan’s spiritual pressure shook Lu Qi.

• Han Yu recognized Ye Yu Lin as a renowned Ninth Level Soul Tool Instructor known for his high-altitude soul tools.
• Ye Yu Lin introduced the Sun Moon God Needle, explaining that its Sun Needle and Moon Needle could scout and strike targets within a thirty-kilometer range.
• Yuan Gun Gun suggested the prize was suited to Han Yu, and Nan Gong Wan and Third Elder overheard him call Han Yu “Boss.”
• Third Elder described the Sun Moon God Needle’s charging limits and costs, while Nan Gong Wan warned the group not to use or dismantle it carelessly.
• Lu Qi called the nine finalists to the stage and announced the first crafting round would last three double-hours under the judges’ supervision.
• Nan Gong Wan’s spiritual pressure struck Lu Qi as the contestants took the stage, leaving him shaken and forcing him to step back.

Nan Gong Wan warned Han Yu and Huang Zheng that the Ping Fan Alliance’s three beautiful Soul Tool Instructors could use their looks to distract opponents before striking. After Ye Yu Lin explained the crafting rules and started the match, Han Yu began shaping his Soul Tool’s outer shell instead of making its Core Array first.

• An Li Tong mocked Nan Gong Wan for choosing a young contestant, but Nan Gong Wan dismissed his taunt.
• Shangguan Wei'er confronted Nan Gong Wan, who warned her to save their quarrel until after the competition.
• Han Yu studied the Ao Du Merchant Guild contestants and the three female contestants from the Ping Fan Alliance, then heeded Nan Gong Wan’s warning not to underestimate their beauty.
• Ye Yu Lin announced the crafting rules, including the three-double-hour limit and the Skills Assessment that would follow without a break.
• Ye Yu Lin started the match and raised the Soundproof Barrier around the stage.
• Han Yu began shaping the Soul Tool’s outer shell, setting himself apart from contestants who started with the Core Array.

Han Yu began crafting a Soul Tool casing instead of a Core Array while secretly splitting his consciousness to search Radiant City with his spiritual body. He gradually adapted to controlling both tasks, leaving the judges puzzled about what he was building as his Soul Tool took shape.

• Ye Yu Lin announced the three double-hours of crafting, prohibited semifinished products, and warned that a difficult Skills Assessment would follow without a break.
• Han Yu immediately forged metal casings, choosing to work on the Soul Tool's exterior while the other contestants focused on their Core Arrays.
• The judges noticed Han Yu's unusual approach and wondered whether he was making an enormous Soul Tool to use up rare metal.
• Han Yu struggled with the dizziness and weakness of splitting his Spiritual Power while searching Radiant City with his spiritual body under his Mimicry Soul Skill.
• Han Yu gradually separated his attention between the search and casing work, relying on his past attempts and the competition's rare metals to build the Soul Tool he planned to unveil.

Han Yu worked on a humanoid soul tool during the tournament while his separated Spiritual Body carried out a nighttime plan with the Snow Demon Sect. The rare-metals trade succeeded, and Xu Tianran sent Ju Zi to watch the tournament as he considered the profits and the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Ye Yu Lin realized Han Yu appeared to be making a humanoid soul tool and struggled to understand how he could finish it in time.
• Han Yu carefully crafted tiny parts from rare metals while his Spiritual Body flew back to Radiant City.
• Long Aotian, Qiu'er, and Xiao Xiao waited at the academy gate for Han Yu as the Snow Demon Sect prepared its nighttime operation.
• Long Aotian exchanged payment with a middle-aged trader for a bracelet and two rings, and Lan LuoLuo checked the goods before the trader left.
• Xu Tianran asked Ju Zi to attend the tournament and said the imperial family should keep the profits from smuggled rare metals; Ju Zi hesitated, appearing worried and afraid.

Xu Tianran explained to Ju Zi why he planned to use the Holy Spirit Cult to help the Sun Moon Empire conquer the continent, then prepared for powerful visitors who arrived at his study. Long Xiaoyao confronted Body Sect Master Du Busi over their rival alliances and challenged him to fight in the sky.

• Xu Tianran told Ju Zi that the Sun Moon Empire needed the Holy Spirit Cult's top-level fighters to overcome its shortage of powerful Soul Masters and unify the continent.
• Xu Tianran and Ju Zi shared a quiet moment before he warned her that visitors were about to arrive and told her to stay by his side.
• Long Xiaoyao appeared above Xu Tianran's study as guards surrounded it, and Du Busi emerged from a dark green cloud.
• Long Xiaoyao and Du Busi traded insults and discussed the Body Sect's cooperation with the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Long Xiaoyao spared Du Busi because he was acting for the Heaven Dou Empire, then challenged him to settle their dispute in the sky.

Long Xiaoyao, Du Busi, and Elder Xuan began their battle above Radiant City, while Han Yu’s Spiritual Body joined Qiu'er and the others near Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. Han Yu warned them that the Imperial Palace and academy had gathered their experts, and the group moved toward the place where Chen An had once met someone.

• Long Xiaoyao summoned Xuan Zi to the sky as Titled Douluo gathered for a decisive battle under the rule that their conflict had to stay above the mortal world.
• Du Busi and Elder Xuan attacked Long Xiaoyao together, and their first exchange left Long Xiaoyao still holding the upper hand.
• Han Yu separated his Spiritual Body, learned to control it, and flew to meet Qiu'er, Long Aotian, the Lan Family Sisters, and Xiao Xiao.
• Han Yu warned the group that the Sun Moon Empire had prepared for the Imperial Palace attack and that a Ninth Level Soul Tool Instructor had likely been transferred there.
• Han Yu led Lan LuoLuo and the others toward the site where he had discovered Chen An secretly meeting someone.

Han Yu and his companions infiltrated the courtyard where Li Chong guarded a secret transaction, then used the departing experts and the successful deal signal to seize their chance. After Qiu'er killed Li Chong and took his keys, Han Yu opened a hidden passage and arranged the team to enter the dangerous mechanism-filled route.

• Han Yu detected Li Chong waiting in the courtyard and held his companions back until the eight powerful Soul Masters left for the Imperial Palace.
• When Li Chong received confirmation that the transaction had succeeded, Qiu'er ambushed him, pierced his Soul Tool shield, killed him, and took his keys.
• Han Yu ordered Long Aotian and Lan SuSu to watch the courtyard while he led Qiu'er, Lan LuoLuo, and Xiao Xiao into the central room.
• Qiu'er used the purple key to open a hidden passage behind a cabinet.
• Han Yu assigned Lan LuoLuo to lead, Xiao Xiao to support from the middle, and Qiu'er to guard their rear as they entered the passage.

Han Yu guided Qiu'er, Lan LuoLuo, and Xiao Xiao through the heavily trapped defenses of the Sun Moon Empire’s Underground Warehouse. They reached a vast store of rare metals, but Han Yu warned that its most precious treasure was still ahead.

• Han Yu directed Qiu'er through the first password-and-key door, and the group entered a sealed elevator that descended more than a hundred meters underground.
• At the elevator exit, Qiu'er and Lan LuoLuo defeated two Level 6 Soul Engineers after Han Yu warned them to prepare for a fight.
• Following Han Yu’s precise instructions, the group retrieved keys from the guards and crossed the trapped corridor to a massive metal door.
• Qiu'er entered three keys and a thirty-two-digit password, opening the door to a warehouse containing at least ten thousand tons of rare metals.
• When Lan LuoLuo asked what could be more valuable than the metals, Han Yu suggested the strategic warehouse held other treasures and warned her not to rush.

Han Yu, Lan LuoLuo, and Qiu'er reached the locked entrance to the Underground Warehouse’s second level, where Qiu'er used the Blade of the Living Guardian to drain the gate’s life force and strengthen her Golden Dragon Spear. She explained that Gold of Life, also called the Mother of Metals, could help other metals evolve, while its extracted life force needed to be guided elsewhere.

• Han Yu explained that the Underground Warehouse’s third level held the Sun Moon Empire’s secret Soul Tool Technology Blueprints and powerful Experimental Soul Tools, but that they needed another key to enter it.
• Han Yu led Lan LuoLuo and Qiu'er through the trapped passageways, and the three found the second-level gate, which required five keys even though Li Chong had only one.
• Lan LuoLuo worried that opening the gate was too risky, while Qiu'er suggested they could break it by force but warned that doing so would trigger the defenses.
• Han Yu revealed the emerald carving knife, and Qiu'er identified it as Gold of Life before Han Yu explained how he had obtained and cleansed it.
• Qiu'er used the Blade of the Living Guardian to drain life force from the metal gate and channel it into her Golden Dragon Spear.
• Qiu'er told Han Yu that Gold of Life was the Mother of Metals, which could nourish and evolve other metals, but could not absorb the life force it extracted from them.

Han Yu and his companions worked to breach the Underground Warehouse while he prepared soul-tool parts at the competition, where a masked Holy Spirit Cult Vice-Leader calmly watched the turmoil in Radiant City. Qiu'er finally destroyed the heavy door, and Han Yu directed his Spiritual Power into the newly opened area.

• Qiu'er explained that the Golden Dragon Spear could replenish the Gold of Life by channeling absorbed life force, then used it to help the Blade of the Living Guardian disintegrate the warehouse door.
• Han Yu warned Lan LuoLuo, Qiu'er, and Xiao Xiao that a powerful guard might be waiting and urged the three women to cooperate if they had to fight.
• At the Soul Tool Instructor Elite Competition, Han Yu continued making small parts while Ye Yu Lin watched and wondered what he was planning.
• A masked Vice-Leader of the Holy Spirit Cult arrived with powerful experts and remained calm as explosions rocked Radiant City.
• Han Yu considered how the Holy Spirit Cult might resist the attack on the Sun Moon Empire, then refocused on making soul-tool parts and hoped his allies would survive.
• Qiu'er finished breaking down the heavy metal door, and Han Yu directed his Spiritual Power into the space beyond it.

Qiu'er, Lan LuoLuo, Xiao Xiao, and Han Yu trapped a Soul Sage and Seventh Level Soul Tool Instructor inside the second floor of the secret warehouse. As the instructor activated his Invincible Shield, Lan LuoLuo’s Soul Tool wings transformed into enormous Golden Wings.

• Qiu'er blocked the Soul Sage’s Ray of Decay with the Golden Dragon Spear while Lan LuoLuo attacked him with her Wing Guillotines.
• The Soul Sage retreated, but Han Yu used the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron to block his escape route, and Xiao Xiao stacked three Cauldrons to trap him.
• The Seventh Level Soul Tool Instructor tried to break through the Cauldrons and produced a Seven-Rank High-Explosive Bomb, prompting Han Yu to warn Qiu'er and Lan LuoLuo through Mental Detection.
• Qiu'er shielded Lan LuoLuo and cut the High-Explosive Bomb in two with the Blade of the Living Guardian.
• The instructor activated his Invincible Shield, and Lan LuoLuo’s blue-gold Soul Tool wings transformed into two pairs of huge Golden Wings covered in golden dragon scales.

Han Yu and the three girls broke into the Sun Moon Empire’s underground warehouse, defeated its guard, and looted valuable rare metals from the second floor. They opened the third-floor gate and discovered a vast arsenal of soul weapons, leaving them facing an even greater haul.

• The six-winged golden figure used the Golden Dragon Spear to destroy the Seventh Level Soul Tool Instructor’s shields and knock him unconscious.
• Han Yu directed Xiao Xiao to collect valuable rare metals while Lan LuoLuo and Qiu'er opened the third-floor gate with the Blade of the Living Guardian.
• Xiao Xiao filled the starlight sapphire Storage Soul Tool and began loading the remaining storage tools as Han Yu warned her to avoid traps.
• Han Yu joined Qiu'er at the opened gate and descended a deep staircase into the third-level warehouse.
• Han Yu discovered that the third floor was immense and packed with Soul Guidance Cannons, Soul Guidance Ray guns, and small Soul Guidance Cannons.