Chapter Summaries

Gu Han recognized the auction house’s weapon as Tang San’s Hidden Needles in the Sand and realized the Heaven Dou Auction House might hold people with Body Martial Souls. He accompanied Ning Fengzhi to the auction, where the Hidden Weapons drew eager bids, but Gu Han rejected the idea of bidding for them.

• After Ning Fengzhi mentioned a device that could let ordinary people threaten Soul Masters, Gu Han identified it as Tang San’s Hidden Needles in the Sand and recalled the catgirl and other possible Body Martial Soul users at the auction house.
• Gu Han agreed to Ning Fengzhi’s invitation and brought Zi Ji, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to the Heaven Dou Auction House with Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Ning Rongrong.
• At the auction, Gu Han and Ning Fengzhi waited through a display of rare treasures before the host presented six Hidden Needles in the Sand as the auction’s grand finale.
• The guests bid enthusiastically for the Hidden Weapons, and when Ning Fengzhi reached for his bidding paddle, Gu Han shook his head, showing his disdain for Tang San’s weapons.

Gu Han dismissed Tang San’s Hidden Weapons as inferior to modern weapons but accompanied Ning Fengzhi to meet the maker of Hidden Needles in the Sand. He identified Tang San and challenged the value of his invention just as Tang San prepared to sell it in bulk.

• Gu Han let Ning Fengzhi bid on Hidden Needles in the Sand and asked him to help locate slaves whose Beast Martial Souls had fused with their bodies.
• Gu Han revealed his Soul Douluo strength to the auction staff and demanded that Heaven Dou Auction House sell him all such slaves.
• Ning Fengzhi asked to meet the consignor of Hidden Needles in the Sand, and Gu Han’s group was led to Tang San and Meng Yiran.
• Ning Rongrong identified Tang San as Tang Hao’s son, while Tang San concealed his resentment toward Gu Han and Ning Rongrong and his longing for Xiao Wu.
• Tang San confirmed he had made the Hidden Needles in the Sand and welcomed Ning Fengzhi’s offer to buy them in bulk, but Gu Han called Hidden Weapons mere trifles.

Gu Han dismissed Tang San’s hidden weapons as inefficient armaments and argued that weapons needed mass production and power, not intricate mechanisms. Ning Fengzhi reconsidered buying Tang San’s weapons as Gu Han revealed his ambition to use the Heavenly Transformation System to bring Blue Star technology to Douluo Continent.

• Tang San angrily defended the Tang Sect’s hidden weapons, insisting that Hidden Needles in the Sand could let ordinary people injure soul masters and was not even the sect’s strongest weapon.
• Ning Fengzhi, who had considered buying Tang San’s hidden weapons for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, held back after seeing Gu Han’s contempt for them.
• Gu Han criticized the weapons’ complex designs, asking Tang San how long it took to make one and train a blacksmith to produce its parts.
• Gu Han realized that changing the world itself could earn him more Heavenly Points than merely changing key characters and events.
• Gu Han planned to replace Tang San and Ning Fengzhi in the arms trade and use the Heavenly Transformation System to introduce Blue Star technology alongside Soul Tool technology and the new Soul Spirit System.

Gu Han challenged Tang San to a contest between their weapons, wagering that Tang San would call him Dad if Gu Han won and promising to heal Tang San’s leg if Tang San won. After Tang San accepted, Gu Han told Ning Fengzhi he could train slaves with mutated Beast Martial Souls into powerful Soul Masters.

• Gu Han criticized Tang San’s Hidden Weapons as difficult to make and less effective than weapons Gu Han could produce.
• Gu Han bet Tang San that their strongest weapons would compete before the All-Continent Soul Master Academy Elite Exchange Tournament, and Tang San accepted.
• Tang San left with Meng Yiran after losing his chance to make a deal with Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi asked whether Gu Han truly had more powerful, faster-to-make weapons, and Gu Han promised to show him samples.
• The Heaven Dou Auction House sent Gu Han several female slaves with fused Beast Martial Souls at a token price.
• Gu Han told Ning Fengzhi he could train the slaves into powerful Soul Masters, leaving Ning Fengzhi stunned.

Gu Han reassured the five female slaves with Body Martial Souls that he intended to train them into powerful Soul Masters, then learned their names and abilities. As Titan arrived seeking revenge for Tyrone, he confronted the girls and demanded to know whether they had beaten his grandson.

• Gu Han told Ning Fengzhi that he would visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in a week with Spirit City's marriage decision and a sample of a weapon stronger than Tang San's Hidden Weapons.
• After Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo Gu Rong, and Ning Rongrong left, Gu Han and Xiao Wu comforted the five female slaves and heard their names: Liuli, Meisha, Niu Xiaohua, Chuxia, and Kasha.
• Titan scolded Tyrone for hiding that two girls had beaten him, while Tyre questioned whether they should seek revenge against people who had traveled with Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo.
• Titan saw Ning Fengzhi leave Heaven Dou Auction House and approached the girls, demanding to know whether they had hurt his grandson.

At the Heaven Dou Auction House, Titan demanded that Gu Han hand over Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, then attacked after Gu Han refused. Gu Han crushed Titan with a single punch, leaving Titan and his family battered against the wall.

• Titan confronted Gu Han and accused Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing of hurting his grandson Tyrone.
• Gu Han defended the women and rejected Titan’s demand to hand them over.
• Gu Han entered Martial Soul Possession, revealed his eight Soul Rings, and unleashed his Dragon Might.
• Titan summoned his Mighty Ape Martial Soul and met Gu Han’s punch with his own.
• Gu Han shattered Titan’s arm and bones, sending him, Tyre, and Tyrone crashing into a wall.

Gu Han killed Titan at the Heaven Dou Auction House, spared Tyre and Tyrone, and explained his plans for Body Martial Souls and firearms to Qian Renxue. In Spirit City, Qian Daoliu approved Gu Han’s plan to win over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect but furiously rejected the proposed engagement to Ning Rongrong.

• Gu Han killed Titan with a spear after crippling him, then decided to spare Tyre and Tyrone despite his anger.
• Gu Han left the Heaven Dou Auction House with Zi Ji, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and five female slaves with Body Martial Souls, while the crowd applauded.
• At the Crown Prince’s Estate, Gu Han explained his theory for developing Body Martial Souls to Qian Renxue, who chose to trust him.
• Gu Han asked Qian Renxue to gather gunpowder materials and skilled blacksmiths so he could work on firearms.
• Qian Daoliu read Gu Han’s letter, approved bringing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect under their control, and rejected Gu Han’s engagement to Ning Rongrong.

Gu Han used the Heavenly Transformation System to prepare modern technology and a body-tempering method, then began making firearms to secure an arms deal with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After his flintlock bullet pierced a steel plate, he prepared to give the Douluo Continent a technological shock.

• Qian Daoliu rejected Ning Rongrong's engagement to Gu Han and suggested she become engaged to another Spirit Hall genius, leaving Gu Han irritated but unconcerned about the final decision.
• Gu Han spent one Heavenly Point to organize his technological knowledge and another to create a body-tempering method, which earned him 18 Heavenly Points when he taught it to five female slaves with Body Martial Souls.
• Qian Renxue gathered gunpowder ingredients and blacksmiths, and Gu Han used his knowledge and the system's Analysis Function to craft flintlock guns and Fragmentation Grenades.
• Gu Han fired a flintlock gun at a steel plate during a test, and the bullet pierced five centimeters of steel from a hundred meters away, astonishing Qian Renxue, her attendants, and the blacksmiths.

Gu Han demonstrated his Flintlock Gun and Fragmentation Grenade to Qian Renxue, then traveled with Zi Ji to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to show Ning Fengzhi and the elders their power. Ning Fengzhi eagerly asked to buy them, but Gu Han explained that his demonstrations used special versions only he could make, leaving the sect to consider standard models.

• Qian Renxue watched Gu Han demonstrate the Flintlock Gun and learned mass production would take years because qualified blacksmiths and suitable materials were scarce.
• Gu Han tested his Fragmentation Grenade, whose special metal fragments could penetrate iron pillars and pose a mortal threat even to a Titled Douluo.
• Gu Han traveled with Zi Ji to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and the others welcomed them.
• Gu Han demonstrated the Flintlock Gun and Fragmentation Grenade in the sect's testing chamber, shocking Ning Fengzhi and the elders with their range and destructive power.
• Ning Fengzhi asked how to buy the weapons, and Gu Han explained that only standard versions were available for purchase because he alone could make the special demonstration models.

Gu Han demonstrated firearms to Ning Fengzhi and sold the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect a large order, then learned Spirit Hall rejected his engagement to Ning Rongrong. He set out for Spirit City to relay Ning Fengzhi’s refusal of an alternative match and prepare to recruit blacksmiths and spread scientific knowledge, while anticipating his reunion with Bibi Dong.

• Gu Han demonstrated standard flintlock guns and grenades, and Ning Fengzhi ordered one hundred guns and three hundred grenades for two million Gold Soul Coins.
• Gu Han told Ning Fengzhi that Qian Daoliu rejected his engagement to Ning Rongrong but approved a marriage alliance with another Spirit Hall genius.
• Ning Fengzhi refused to consider another match for Ning Rongrong and asked Gu Han to convey that he would abandon the alliance if Rongrong could not marry Gu Han.
• Gu Han agreed to pass on Ning Fengzhi’s message and planned to recruit blacksmiths in Gengxin City to produce guns and grenades.
• Gu Han decided to return to Spirit City, ask Qian Daoliu to find young Soul Masters to study Blue Star science, and face Bibi Dong again.

Gu Han returned to Spirit City, where Bibi Dong confronted him after believing he had died and suspecting he planned to take her position as Pope. Their hostile reunion ended when a Black-Robed Archpriest attacked Gu Han.

• Gu Han flew to Spirit City on Martial Soul: Sacred Dragon, then used Void Sacred Dragon Wings to approach the city.
• Spirit City’s guards recognized Gu Han, and one told a newcomer how he had risen from an orphan to an inspirational figure among common-born Soul Masters.
• Bibi Dong sensed Gu Han’s arrival and recalled her failed plot to kill him, growing furious that he had survived and suspecting Qian Daoliu planned to replace her with him.
• Gu Han landed outside Pope’s Palace, where Bibi Dong demanded that he pay his respects, and he mocked her by asking whether she was surprised he was alive.
• A Black-Robed Archpriest challenged Gu Han on Bibi Dong’s behalf, summoned his Black Gold Profound Iron Staff, and swung it at him.

Gu Han defeated a Black-Robed Archpriest who attacked him to curry favor with Bibi Dong, then left for the Douluo Hall. There, he reassured Subduing Demon Douluo about his devotion to Xue'er and reunited with Qian Daoliu and the other elders, whose cultivation had advanced thanks to his gifts.

• Gu Han used a single kick to defeat the Black-Robed Archpriest who attacked him, then mocked Bibi Dong and left the Pope's Palace.
• Subduing Demon Douluo welcomed Gu Han and asked whether he had returned because of the marriage alliance between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Spirit Hall.
• Gu Han promised Subduing Demon Douluo that Xue'er would be the only woman he married as his wife.
• Subduing Demon Douluo led Gu Han to the Angel Temple, where Qian Daoliu and the other elders were gathered.
• Mighty Lion Douluo told Gu Han that the elders' cultivation had improved substantially after receiving his Immortal Herbs and Pills.

Gu Han told Qian Daoliu that Ning Fengzhi had rejected the proposed marriage alliance, and Qian Daoliu offered a compromise to secure the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong resolved to kill Gu Han and summoned her trusted followers to plan against him.

• Gu Han reported that Ning Fengzhi had rejected the suggestion that Ning Rongrong become engaged to another Spirit Hall soul master.
• Qian Daoliu agreed that Gu Han could marry Ning Rongrong as a concubine, while naming his publicly deceased granddaughter Qian Renxue as Gu Han’s principal wife.
• Qian Daoliu hoped the arrangement would win over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and help establish Gu Han’s legitimacy as a future Spirit Hall Pope.
• Bibi Dong decided to eliminate Gu Han because she feared he would take her position and blamed him for making Xiao Gang a eunuch.
• Bibi Dong summoned Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and several Red-Robed Archpriests to plan a conspiracy against Gu Han.

Bibi Dong plotted to ambush Gu Han as he traveled to Gengxin City, fearing his growing influence threatened her position. The next morning, Gu Han reunited with Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan in Spirit City, where Hu Liena tearfully embraced him.

• Bibi Dong summoned Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and her Red-Robed Archpriests and condemned them for underestimating the threat to the Pope's Palace.
• Bibi Dong revealed that Gu Han had reached the Soul Douluo realm and ordered the group to ambush him on the road from Spirit City to Gengxin City.
• Gu Han recalled that Qian Daoliu had agreed to help him find educated youths for his plan to spread scientific knowledge after seeing a musket and grenade demonstration.
• Gu Han went to a breakfast stall where Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan were eating and greeted them.
• Hu Liena recognized Gu Han, ran to him, and wept as she clung to him; Xie Yue felt relieved, while Yan looked conflicted.

Gu Han reunited with Hu Liena and revealed his astonishing Soul Douluo strength and rare Spirit Rings to her and Xie Yue. After catching up with Yue Guan and Gui Mei, he learned that Bibi Dong still planned to kill him and decided to stop showing her mercy.

• Gu Han comforted Hu Liena, who explained that Bibi Dong's actions and rumors of his death had left her terrified for him.
• Gu Han summoned his Sacred Dragon Martial Soul and displayed eight Spirit Rings, shocking Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan with his Soul Douluo rank and powerful rings.
• Yan accepted that he could not compete with Gu Han for Hu Liena's affection and resolved to support her instead.
• Gu Han visited Yue Guan and Gui Mei, shared how he had awakened a Second Martial Soul and traveled to Slaughter City, and astonished the two Douluo.
• Yue Guan revealed that Bibi Dong was still plotting against Gu Han, and Gu Han decided to act against her.

Gu Han learned that Bibi Dong planned to kill him and traveled toward Gengxin City, where Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Bibi Dong’s forces prepared an ambush. The ambushers activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but it froze the Red-Robed Archpriests instead of Gu Han, leaving them unable to move.

• Gu Han thanked Yue Guan and Gui Mei for revealing Bibi Dong’s scheme, then vowed to turn her plan against her.
• Gu Han left Spirit City for Gengxin City on the Martial Soul: Sacred Dragon, while Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and the Red-Robed Archpriests hid in a valley to ambush him.
• Lor Diarra spotted Gu Han and excitedly told the ambushers that he was approaching the valley.
• Gu Han detected the ambush and calmed the Martial Soul: Sacred Dragon as he flew over the valley.
• The Red-Robed Archpriests activated their Martial Soul Avatars, and Yue Guan and Gui Mei unleashed Duality Stillness Domain.
• The Red-Robed Archpriests discovered that the domain had frozen them instead of Gu Han.

Gu Han survived the Red-Robed Archpriests’ ambush with help from Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, then used Spiritual Imprints to force the survivors to serve as his agents inside Spirit Hall. After arranging a cover story for the failed mission, he continued to Gengxin City and arrived there the next day.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei trapped themselves and the Red-Robed Archpriests in the Two Polarity Stillness Domain, but Gu Han remained able to move and revealed that the Douluos were secretly helping him.
• Gu Han rejected the Douluos’ suggestion to kill the Red-Robed Archpriests and said he would use them to turn Bibi Dong’s subordinates against her.
• Gu Han branded the Red-Robed Archpriests with Spiritual Imprints, tormented them to demonstrate his control, and destroyed the souls of several who had committed grave crimes.
• Gu Han showed his power by flattening a mountaintop with Void Dark Domain, then ordered the surviving Archpriests to keep serving Bibi Dong and report secret missions to Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
• The survivors staged the failed mission as an attack by two Worship Hall Enforcers, disguising the Archpriests’ deaths and injuring themselves before returning with Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
• Gu Han rode the Martial Soul: Sacred Dragon to Gengxin City and arrived the following day.

Gu Han arrived in Gengxin City to take control of the Blacksmith Association and its skilled smiths. After Lou Gao refused to meet him, Gu Han confronted him, and Lou Gao accused him of killing his old friend Titan and declared the Association would never join any faction.

• Gu Han flew into Gengxin City on his Sacred Dragon Martial Soul and landed at the Blacksmith Association, shocking the residents and staff.
• The Association's staff brought Gu Han to a VIP room while another staff member informed Lou Gao of his arrival.
• Lou Gao learned that Gu Han had come to visit and ordered the staff to claim he was in seclusion and send Gu Han away.
• Gu Han overheard Lou Gao's refusal with his Spiritual Power, smashed through the Association's floors, and confronted him in a corridor.
• Lou Gao defied Gu Han, saying the Blacksmith Association would never join a faction and accusing him of murdering Titan.

Gu Han left the Blacksmith Association after Lou Gao rejected his offer to join Spirit Hall, then went to Gengxin City's Spirit Branch Hall to learn about the association's internal factions. He planned to personally persuade their leaders to submit, though Miles doubted he could succeed.

• Gu Han rebuked Lou Gao for refusing his offer and warned that Lou Gao was pushing the Blacksmith Association toward ruin.
• Gu Han blasted through a wall as he left the Blacksmith Association, while Lou Gao dismissed his threats and doubted he could split the association.
• Gu Han arrived at Gengxin City's Spirit Branch Hall and presented a Pope's Token to summon its hall master, Miles.
• Miles described the Blacksmith Association's factions and explained that their leaders could not be swayed by money or other inducements.
• Gu Han told Miles to take him to the faction leaders so he could persuade them to submit to Spirit Hall, while Miles privately doubted he would succeed.

Gu Han visited Forging Grandmaster Iron Bone to win the Blacksmith Association over with new weapon-making techniques. After Gu Han demonstrated a Flintlock Gun that pierced thick steel, Iron Bone was left stunned, and Gu Han offered to show him something even more powerful.

• Miles brought Gu Han to Iron Bone’s residence and announced that the Pope’s envoy wished to see him.
• Iron Bone agreed to take Gu Han to the weapon-testing room after Gu Han admitted he wanted to recruit the Blacksmith Association and promised transformative forging techniques.
• Gu Han took out a Flintlock Gun and fired a bullet through a five-centimeter steel plate and deep into the steel wall behind it.
• Iron Bone, Miles, and the accompanying Spirit Hall soul masters reacted in shock as Gu Han asked Iron Bone if he wanted to see something even more powerful.