Recaps

After escaping Spirit Hall’s siege, Ye Han killed Qian Daoliu and built Anle City as a refuge for humans and Soul Beasts, recruiting clans and academies to join his faction. The arc ended with Qian Renxue confirming Bibi Dong’s plot to seize Worship Hall and Ye Han preparing the academy’s entrance examination.

• Bibi Dong tried to force Ye Han to join Spirit Hall, but Tang Hao rescued Tang San and Xiao Wu while Ye Han escaped with his companions and three stolen Soul Bones.
• Ye Han and his allies joined Di Tian to kill Qian Daoliu, and Ye Han promised to spare Qian Renxue unless she opposed him.
• Ye Han planned a protected city near the Star Dou Great Forest, and Di Tian welcomed peaceful Soul Beasts into its territory.
• Yoruichi and Honjou Kaede sold potions at auction, while Ye Han recruited the Defense, Speed, and Breaking Clans and failed to persuade Titan and the Strength Clan.
• Ye Han recruited Blazing Academy and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then led the allied clans and academies to their developing city and named it Anle City.
• Ye Han established rules for humans and Soul Beasts and explained the city’s academy, employment, and recruitment plans as his allies distributed flyers.
• Xue Qinghe confronted Ye Han after learning he had killed Qian Daoliu, but Ye Han spared her and warned that Bibi Dong had sent her grandfather to die for control of Worship Hall.
• Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong and confirmed her attempt to take over Worship Hall, while Ye Han prepared Anle City’s entrance examination.

Ye Han’s academy tests lead him to uncover and destroy Evil City’s human experiments, then expose traffickers across both empires. After returning to Anle City, he travels north and meets Xue Xi, whose mother arrives seeking his help.

• Yoruichi tested the candidates with a fifty-kilometer run and Lia’s pressure, while Ye Han helped Gu Ruo after learning Evil Soul Masters had injured her.
• Ye Han traced contaminated food to Sadik’s caravan, captured the Evil Soul Masters, and learned they had taken children to Xiyue City.
• Ye Han infiltrated Evil City’s underground laboratory and discovered that its researchers were experimenting on children to implant Martial Souls.
• Esdeath’s army besieged Evil City as Ye Han fought the heartless Charlie, rescued the children, and freed slaves from the Black Market.
• Ye Han erased the Evil Soul Master controlling Chen Yu, then had Di Tian destroy Evil City and departed with his companions.
• Ye Han exposed officials involved in human trafficking, prompting both empires to arrest and execute the implicated officials.
• Ye Han trained with his companions and traveled to Mo Han City, where he chose Xue Xi as their guide and learned that people were targeting her family.
• Liu Yue arrived at Cold Moon and began to kneel before Ye Han, who stopped her and promised help if she explained what had happened.

Ye Han brought Snow Empress and Ice Empress into Anle City’s alliance, then defeated the Heaven Dou force sent to capture his companions. After confronting Murong Xue over her pursuit of Xue Xi, he decided Xue Xi could take the throne if she wanted it.

• Ye Han learned that Xue Qinghe’s agents had been pursuing Xue Xi and that Xue Ye was searching for his daughter, then arranged to move Xue Xi and Liu Yue to Anle City.
• Ye Han entered the North Pole Land and persuaded Snow Empress and Ice Empress to join his faction by promising to help A'Tai survive his lightning tribulation.
• Honjou Kaede protected A'Tai through the tribulation, and the Titan Snow Demon King later joined her as a student while Xiao Bai became guardian of the North Pole Land.
• Esdeath triggered the God of Ice’s test, met Luo Xi, and accepted an Ice Flower so she could seek candidates with Ice Martial Souls.
• Ye Han and his allies drew the Heaven Dou army into Extreme Ice City, where they defeated Wang Xu’s forces and buried the captured soldiers beneath the snow.
• Xue Qinghe brought Murong Xue to meet Ye Han, and Murong Xue confessed that she had targeted Liu Yue and Xue Xi because she feared Xue Xi threatened Xue Qinghe’s position.
• Murong Xue revealed that a jade pendant had renewed her pursuit of Xue Xi, and Ye Han decided he would place Xue Xi on the throne if she wanted it.

Ye Han uncovered the clues and keys to divine territories while navigating factional schemes and helping Vine City recover its water orb. After finding the Flame Key, he and his companions investigated Azure Water Lake, where Bing Haoyu’s effort to reach its hidden depths drew Soul Masters to Clearwater City.

• Ye Han told Xue Qinghe that a god could revive Qian Daoliu if his soul was restored, and Xue Qinghe agreed to cooperate with him in pursuing the Pope’s position.
• Ye Han helped Ten Thousand Locust Tree survive her lightning tribulation, then reached level 60 after refining the absorbed energy.
• Ye Han investigated the sealed ruins with the major factions and learned that his Golden Lightning and Luo Xi’s Ice Flower were genuine keys, while the factions’ substitute keys failed.
• Luo Xi identified marks belonging to the Thunder, Ice, Fire, Water, and Earth Gods, while Spirit Hall coerced Titan into forging for them and its attempted entrance to the ruins failed.
• Ye Han’s group explored the dangerous area beyond Vine City, met Tang Yu, and learned that the water orb could protect people from the deadly energy.
• Ye Han arranged for Yue Guan to steal Xue Ye’s water orb in exchange for a poisoned Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, then took the orb back to Vine City.
• Ye Han’s companions used the water orb to enter the Death Boundary, where Ye Han overcame the Fire God’s safeguard and retrieved the Flame Key.
• Ye Han investigated Azure Water Lake with Zhong Xiu and discovered that its depths extended far beyond what was visible, prompting Bing Haoyu to freeze the surface and send a blue beam into the lake.