Chapter Summaries

Gu Han demonstrated the Flintlock Gun and grenade to Iron Bone, winning his support and recruiting the other Forging Grandmasters in Gengxin City. The next morning, Lou Gao learned that Iron Bone and the others had come to expel him and establish a new Blacksmith Association.

• Gu Han showed Iron Bone how a grenade tore through iron blocks, and Iron Bone agreed to lead his blacksmiths in joining Spirit Hall.
• Gu Han promised Iron Bone a wider system of weapon-forging knowledge and asked him to introduce other Forging Grandmasters.
• Iron Bone guided Gu Han around Gengxin City, where Gu Han recruited every Forging Grandmaster except Lou Gao and his faction.
• Gu Han told Iron Bone and the others to announce their withdrawal from the Blacksmith Association the next day and return with him to Spirit City.
• Lou Gao drank in his office, confident Gu Han had failed to divide the association, until a messenger reported that Iron Bone and the other grandmasters had come to expel him and form a new association.

Gu Han and the Forging Grandmasters exposed Lou Gao’s abuse of power and rallied the Blacksmith Association around new weapon-forging technology. The association split, with nearly eighty percent of its blacksmiths leaving Gengxin City for Spirit City while Lou Gao was left enraged.

• Lou Gao learned that Iron Bone, Li Lian, Yansteel, and the other Forging Grandmasters planned to expel him and establish a new Blacksmith Association.
• Lou Gao confronted the Grandmasters in the association hall and accused them of betraying the association by submitting to Spirit Hall.
• Iron Bone explained that Gu Han had revealed new weapon-forging technology and accused Lou Gao of rejecting a chance to bring blacksmiths into a new era.
• Li Lian explained why Gu Han had killed Titan, and the gathered blacksmiths turned against Titan for abusing his power to protect his grandson.
• Iron Bone, Li Lian, Yansteel, and the other Grandmasters invited supporters of the new technology to leave for Spirit City, while Lou Gao’s supporters remained in Gengxin City.
• Nearly eighty percent of the association’s blacksmiths left with the Grandmasters, and Lou Gao raged over the association’s split.

After bringing the Gengxin City blacksmiths to Spirit City, Gu Han taught them weapon-making and scientific knowledge before returning to Heaven Dou Imperial City to settle his wager with Tang San. Tang San completed Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, and the two prepared to face off at Blue Tyrant Academy before a crowd of powerful witnesses.

• Gu Han brought nearly eighty percent of the Gengxin City Blacksmith Association and their families to Spirit City, where he taught blacksmiths weapon forging and science and introduced the Steam Engine.
• Tang San finished crafting Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus after nearly a year and vowed to defeat Gu Han.
• Gu Han returned to Heaven Dou Imperial City, checked on the Genius Battle Team, delivered Flintlock Guns and grenades to Ning Fengzhi, and challenged Tang San to choose the wager's location.
• Tang San chose Blue Tyrant Academy, and both he and Gu Han publicized their wager, drawing influential spectators to the academy.
• Gu Han arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy with his allies as Tang San prepared for the wager, and Liu Erlong urged Tang San to win.

Gu Han tested his Fragmentation Grenade against Black Iron blocks during his wager with Tang San, revealing its power far exceeded expectations. Tang San was left in despair as his turn to demonstrate Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus arrived.

• Prince Xue Xing favored Tang San to win the wager, while Ning Fengzhi privately expected Gu Han to win and hoped the demonstration would help him sell his weapons.
• Gu Han and Tang San argued over who would test their weapons first, and Gu Han proposed replacing the ironwood targets with Black Iron blocks.
• Gu Han pulled the pin from a Fragmentation Grenade and threw it among the blocks, where the blast carved deep marks and drove shrapnel into the iron.
• Tang San and the spectators reacted in shock as Gu Han called on Tang San to take his turn.
• Tang San despaired at the grenade's power and the prospect of acknowledging Gu Han as his father before the crowd.

Gu Han defeated Tang San in a test of their weapons, forcing Tang San to honor his wager and acknowledge him as his father. Gu Han then hinted that he would help Tang San fulfill his dream of having both parents, leaving Tang San seething and plotting revenge.

• Gu Han taunted Tang San to demonstrate his Hidden Weapons, while onlookers reacted to the destructive power of Gu Han's Fragmentation Grenade.
• Tang San launched Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus at the Black Iron chunks, but it caused far less damage than Gu Han's grenade.
• Ning Fengzhi judged Gu Han the winner after comparing the damage, and Gu Han demanded that Tang San fulfill the wager.
• Tang San knelt before Gu Han and called him father, while Gu Han joked that he was Tang San's wild dad.
• Gu Han said he would find a way to help Tang San achieve his dream of having both parents, and Tang San silently vowed revenge.

After defeating Tang San and selling flintlock guns and grenades at Blue Tyrant Academy, Gu Han returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and met Liu Erlong, who pleaded for Yu Xiaogang's arm and Tang San's leg to be healed. Gu Han dismissed her request and told her to leave.

• Gu Han defeated Tang San with grenades, winning their wager and forcing Tang San to acknowledge him as his father.
• Ye Zhilan and other leaders asked Gu Han about his weapons, and he sold hundreds of flintlock guns and over a hundred grenades for millions of Gold Soul Coins.
• Liu Erlong decided to find a way to heal Yu Xiaogang's severed arm and Tang San's crippled leg so Xiaogang could restore his dignity and Tang San could compete in the academy tournament.
• Gu Han returned to his residence, where Zi Ji told him Liu Erlong was waiting to see him.
• Liu Erlong asked Gu Han to have Ye Zhilan heal Yu Xiaogang's arm and Tang San's leg, but Gu Han disdainfully rejected her request and told her to leave.

Liu Erlong tried to bargain for Yu Xiaogang and Tang San’s recovery, but Gu Han demanded that she become his woman and she angrily refused. Several days later, Gu Han and the Genius Battle Team arrived at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena for the All-Continent Soul Master Academy Elite Exchange Tournament.

• Liu Erlong offered to give Gu Han anything she could in exchange for forgiving Yu Xiaogang and Tang San and having Ye Zhilan heal them.
• Gu Han said he would agree only if Liu Erlong became his woman, and she refused, declaring that she loved Yu Xiaogang alone.
• Gu Han mocked Liu Erlong and told her to leave; after she slammed the door and departed, he told Zi Ji that they should wait for Yu Xiaogang to learn what had happened.
• Several days later, the All-Continent Soul Master Academy Elite Exchange Tournament began amid crowds filling Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Gu Han led Zi Ji, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Shui Bing'er, and the other members of the Genius Battle Team through a passage guarded by city troops to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena.

Gu Han registered himself as a contestant for the All-Continent Soul Master Academy Elite Exchange Tournament, then watched the opening ceremony from the VIP seats. Ning Fengzhi ended his speech by declaring that the champion had already been decided, though he did not name the team.

• Gu Han registered the Genius Battle Team and added himself as a substitute, surprising the Heaven Dou Empire official.
• Qian Renxue’s guard escorted Gu Han and Zi Ji to the VIP seats, where Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Salas greeted them.
• The competing teams assembled for the opening ceremony, and the Shrek Team drew attention in its ugly green uniforms.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi delivered speeches to the contestants.
• Ning Fengzhi told the audience that everyone already knew which team was strongest and that the tournament’s champion had already been decided.

At the tournament opening, Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Genius Battle Team crushed Shrek Academy in the first preliminary match, while Gu Han focused on selling Blue Star weapons and promoting technology from Spirit City. He left the team’s tournament campaign in Shui Bing’er’s hands and set out to bring Blue Star technology to Douluo Continent.

• Ning Fengzhi announced that Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team was expected to win the tournament, and spectators from Heaven Dou Imperial City celebrated the Genius Battle Team.
• Salas drew the first-round matchups, pairing Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Shrek Academy and leaving Flender and Yu Xiaogang dismayed.
• Yu Xiaogang rejected Oscar’s suggestion to surrender and urged Tang San and the Shrek team to fight despite the odds.
• Huo Wushuang, Shui Yue'er, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun overwhelmed Shrek Academy, and Tang San surrendered after his teammates were defeated.
• Gu Han left the tournament to Shui Bing’er and sold weapons and new products from Spirit City to visiting factions, determined to spread Blue Star technology across Douluo Continent.

Gu Han upgraded his first five Spirit Rings to one million years and watched the Canghui Battle Team defeat Shrek, winning a huge bet. Yu Xiaogang endured public mockery after the loss, while Liu Erlong decided he should develop a fusion skill to prove his reputation and avoid asking Gu Han for help.

• Gu Han spent Heavenly Points to upgrade his first five Spirit Rings to one million years and considered upgrading Ah Yin to one hundred thousand years.
• Gu Han bet one million Gold Soul Coins on Canghui to beat Shrek, expecting Tang San to fail against the Seven Asura Illusion without an improved Purple Demon Eye.
• Canghui used its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill to overwhelm Shrek, and the host declared Canghui the winner.
• Spectators praised Shi Nian and mocked Yu Xiaogang, who stayed silent because he knew his own theoretical work was weak.
• Liu Erlong ordered Blue Tyrant Academy members to stop criticizing Yu Xiaogang and resolved that he should develop a fusion skill to prove himself.

Liu Erlong pressured Yu Xiaogang to develop a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill for Shrek, leaving him to struggle with a problem he did not know how to solve. Gu Han visited Ah Yin at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and offered to raise her cultivation to one hundred thousand years, then asked about her plans to take human form.

• Liu Erlong confronted Yu Xiaogang about people comparing him unfavorably to Shi Nian and urged him to develop a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill for Shrek.
• Yu Xiaogang agreed to try, while warning Liu Erlong that his research might not produce results before the preliminaries ended.
• After Liu Erlong left, Yu Xiaogang paced in his room, unable to figure out how to research the skill.
• Gu Han flew to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and told Ah Yin he could raise her cultivation to one hundred thousand years ahead of time.
• Ah Yin eagerly accepted, and Gu Han asked whether she would still choose to take human form and said he had two methods to help her.

Gu Han raised Ah Yin’s cultivation to a hundred thousand years and planned a more perfect Soul Spirit System, though its deduction would cost more Heavenly Points than he had. Meanwhile, his Golden Dragon Spear became his Second Martial Soul, and Liu Erlong’s public promise about Yu Xiaogang’s research opened a rift between them.

• Gu Han explained two ways Ah Yin could take human form, and Ah Yin chose to become his soul spirit so she could retain her strength and pursue revenge for her child.
• Gu Han spent eight Heavenly Points to raise Ah Yin’s cultivation to a hundred thousand years, then learned that independently deducing his voluntary Soul Spirit System would cost twenty-five Heavenly Points.
• Gu Han and Qian Renxue promoted technological products and farming methods to earn Heavenly Points as the fusion of his Second Martial Soul with the Golden Dragon Spear reached completion.
• Liu Erlong publicly announced that Yu Xiaogang would develop a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill before the tournament preliminaries ended.
• Yu Xiaogang angrily confronted Liu Erlong over her announcement, and Flender defended her; Yu Xiaogang left to continue researching, while a rift formed between him and Liu Erlong.

Gu Han completed the Soul Tamer System, made Ah Yin the Golden Dragon Spear’s first Soul Spirit, and traveled to the Extreme North Land hoping to recruit the Snow Empress and Ice Empress. He learned the Snow Empress was away defending the coast from an invasion by the Evil Demon Orca Group.

• Gu Han realized that promoting farming tools and techniques could earn many Heavenly Points by improving the lives of commoners, and used twenty-five points to have the Heavenly Transformation System deduce a Soul Spirit conversion method.
• The system completed the Soul Tamer System, which required a soul beast’s willingness and allowed soul masters and Soul Spirits to share benefits through a contract; Gu Han decided not to promote it until he could withstand the God Realm.
• Gu Han told Ah Yin how the conversion worked, and she became the Golden Dragon Spear’s first Soul Spirit, raising him three ranks to rank eighty-six Soul Douluo.
• Gu Han set out with Zi Ji and Ah Yin for the Extreme North Land, intending to ask the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to become Soul Spirits.
• Gu Han reached the Snow Empress’s palace but could not find her, then learned from nearby Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts that she was at the coast with the Ice Empress and Titan Snow Demon King, fighting the Evil Demon Orca Group.

Gu Han arrived at the coast of the Extreme North Land, where Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and the Titan Snow Demon King were struggling to stop the Evil Orca King from slaughtering local Soul Beasts. The chapter left Gu Han reunited with the Three Kings of the Extreme North as the Evil Orca pod continued to threaten them.

• Gu Han learned that Snow Empress and Ice Empress were by the sea and traveled there with Zi Ji and Ah Yin aboard the Sacred Dragon.
• The Evil Orca pod had slaughtered thousands of local Soul Beasts, while the Evil Orca King used the sea to evade Snow Empress’s attacks and provoked the Three Kings of the Extreme North.
• Snow Empress stopped the Titan Snow Demon King from charging into the sea and urged Ice Empress and him to wait for the Evil Orca King to expose a weakness.
• Gu Han arrived on the Sacred Dragon with Zi Ji and Ah Yin, surprising both the Evil Orca King and the Three Kings of the Extreme North.
• Gu Han dismissed the Sacred Dragon, descended to the snowy peak, and greeted Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and A Tai.

Gu Han returned to the Extreme North Land and promised to deal with the Evil Orca clan, shocking Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and A Tai with his strength. He killed the nearly five-hundred-thousand-year-old Evil Orca King with one spear strike, then gained three Soul Power levels and increased vitality.

• Ice Empress asked Gu Han whether he had found a way to help her survive the Thunder Tribulation, and he said he had but offered to handle the Evil Orca trouble first.
• Snow Empress and A Tai doubted Gu Han could defeat the Evil Orca King, so Gu Han revealed his dragon wings and Golden Dragon Spear Martial Soul.
• Gu Han used his first Soul Spirit Ring skills to restrain the Evil Orca King with Blue Silver Emperor stalks and empower his spear.
• Gu Han hurled the Golden Dragon Spear through the Evil Orca King's defenses, and its devouring power reduced the beast to ash.
• Gu Han absorbed the resulting power, raising his Soul Power Level by three, while Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and A Tai watched in shock.

Gu Han killed the Evil Orca King, absorbed its Soul Ring, and gained two new soul skills. He then told Snow Empress and Ice Empress that the God Realm’s suppression—not just Thunder Tribulations—was the true obstacle to Soul Beast cultivation, and invited them to become his Soul Spirits.

• Gu Han slew the Evil Orca King with one strike, sending the remaining Evil Demon Orcas fleeing.
• Gu Han absorbed the Evil Orca King's Soul Ring while Zi Ji guarded him and Ah Yin recovered its soul bone; he gained Evil Golden Dragon Transformation and Golden Dragon Demonic Soul.
• Snow Empress asked whether Gu Han had found a way to help her and Ice Empress survive their Thunder Tribulations.
• Snow Empress explained that the God Realm's human faction had likely imposed Thunder Tribulations on Soul Beasts after the divine beast clan lost its struggle for control of the God Realm.
• Gu Han said the God Realm's suppression was the Soul Beast clan's true problem and explained that his Soul Tamer System could let Snow Empress and Ice Empress avoid Thunder Tribulations.
• Gu Han invited Snow Empress and Ice Empress to become his Soul Spirits.

Snow Empress and Ice Empress agreed to become Gu Han’s Soul Spirits to escape their looming Thunder Tribulations. After they joined him, Snow Empress handed rule of the Extreme North Land to A Tai and departed with Gu Han’s group.

• Snow Empress and Ice Empress accepted Gu Han’s offer to become his Soul Spirits, while A Tai struggled with their decision.
• Snow Empress told A Tai that he would succeed her as ruler of the Extreme North Land and decided to leave with Gu Han.
• Gu Han explained the Soul Spirit Contract, and Snow Empress became his second Soul Spirit, followed by Ice Empress as his third.
• Snow Empress gathered the Extreme North Land’s Soul Beasts, announced her and Ice Empress’s departure, and appointed A Tai as ruler.
• The Soul Beasts mourned Snow Empress and Ice Empress’s departure but accepted their rulers’ decision.

Snow Empress prepared to leave the Extreme North Land with Ice Empress and Gu Han, handing leadership to the Titan Snow Demon King and taking Ice Bear King Little White with her. Little White learned about Soul Spirits, accepted that he could not become Gu Han’s Soul Spirit, and shrank into an adorable cub before their departure.

• Snow Empress appointed the Titan Snow Demon King as King of the Extreme North and sent the Soul Beasts away, while Ice Empress passed leadership of her clan to a junior.
• Snow Empress told Ice Bear King Little White to leave with her, and Gu Han introduced himself as Little White’s uncle and gave him Ice Spirit Fruits.
• Snow Empress asked Gu Han to make Little White his Soul Spirit, but Gu Han refused because he already had two ice-attribute Soul Spirits and promised to find Little White a suitable genius.
• Snow Empress explained the Soul Tamer System and her departure to Little White, who understood that becoming a Soul Spirit could help Soul Beasts avoid Thunder Tribulations.
• Gu Han asked Little White to shrink so he could transport everyone with Martial Soul: Sacred Dragon, and Little White transformed into a tiny white bear that stunned Gu Han.

Gu Han turned Zi Ji into a Soul Spirit, raising his cultivation to Rank 96, and returned to Heaven Dou Imperial City with his Soul Spirits and Ice Bear King Little White. After introducing Qian Renxue to Little White, he revealed his breakthrough and explained the Soul Tamer System, leaving her astonished.

• Gu Han transformed Zi Ji into a Soul Spirit, and his cultivation surged to Rank 96 after he broke through to Titled Douluo.
• Gu Han left the Extreme North Land with Zi Ji, Ah Yin, the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Ice Bear King Little White, returning to Heaven Dou Imperial City a day later.
• Gu Han toured the city with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, while they and the other Soul Spirits spent the afternoon shopping for clothes.
• Gu Han brought Ice Bear King Little White to the Crown Prince's Estate, where Qian Renxue eagerly took the bear and petted him.
• Gu Han told Qian Renxue that he had reached Rank 96 and explained the Soul Tamer System, shocking her with its ability to let Soul Masters and Soul Beasts share advantages.

Gu Han learned that Qian Renxue’s agricultural reforms were spreading successfully, while Yu Xiaogang’s boast of creating a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill ended in public failure and disgrace. Liu Erlong blamed herself and Gu Han for Yu Xiaogang’s humiliation and decided to apologize to him.

• Qian Renxue told Gu Han that his farming tools and techniques were gaining wider use, and Gu Han revealed that the bear in her arms was older than her grandfather.
• Yu Xiaogang’s claims and embarrassing demonstrations spread his notoriety through the Soul Master World, while Gu Han’s rumors encouraged people to compare him unfavorably with Shi Nian.
• The All-Continent Soul Master Academy Elite Exchange Tournament ended without Shrek showing a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, leaving Yu Xiaogang mocked across Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Yu Xiaogang failed to develop the fusion skill, saw others’ strange looks at Blue Tyrant Academy, and drank himself into a stupor.
• Liu Erlong watched Yu Xiaogang suffer, blamed herself and Gu Han, and decided to find Yu Xiaogang to apologize and explain what had happened.