Chapter Summaries

Ye Han activated the Water God's projection beneath Clearwater Lake, revealing the truth behind the three families' oaths and a dangerous trial around a Jade Box. After the Water God's power caused Soul Masters to bleed to death, Ye Han used the Chains of Heaven and Golden Armor to retrieve the box and store it in the Gate of Babylon.

• Bing Haoyu froze Clearwater Lake, and Ye Han activated a hidden switch that summoned the Water God's projection.
• The Water God rewarded Zhong Xiu by restoring his youth and enforced the old oaths, killing the Chen Family and cursing the Zhang Family to have no descendants.
• The Water God left a Jade Box in a pillar of light, and Soul Masters who approached it began bleeding from their noses and dying from excessive nourishment by God Power.
• Ye Han explained the danger to Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, then used the Chains of Heaven and Golden Armor to seize the Jade Box and store it in the Gate of Babylon.

After Ye Han exposed the Water God and obtained the Jade Box, Qian Renxue was buried in letters from powerful figures seeking information or the relic. She made Ye Han write replies in her place, and more letters arrived even as he struggled to keep up.

• News that Ye Han had obtained the Water God's Jade Box spread, drawing attention from across the continent and prompting Qian Renxue to receive dozens of letters.
• Qian Renxue confronted Ye Han about exposing the Water God, then showed him letters from Bibi Dong, Xue Ye, and the Worship Hall seeking the Jade Box or information about it.
• Qian Renxue ordered Ye Han to write replies, explaining that her Soul Bone could alter her handwriting, while Ye Han joked that it would weep at being used for the task.
• Ye Han pretended that writing would kill him, but Qian Renxue saw through the act and left him to finish the letters by that night.
• Ye Han wrote replies while reflecting on Qian Renxue's exhausting life as a spy, then received more letters from Ning Fengzhi, Xue Ke, and Xue Qinghe's friends.

Ye Han and his companions traveled into the mountains to find the Earth God’s territory, where they encountered a Soul Guardian and entered a vast Forbidden Ground. A formation inside prevented flight and erased their trail, leaving the group lost among the stones.

• Ye Han’s group left Clearwater City and set out on foot toward the Earth God’s territory in a mountain gorge.
• Bibi Dong and Xue Ye reacted angrily to Qian Renxue’s letter and ordered her to learn more about Ye Han’s mysterious item.
• Ye Han’s group stopped Wang Chengyi, Wang Huiyu, and Chen Yue during a robbery, and Zhao Lei’s power forced the three to surrender.
• Ye Han pressured Chen Yue into admitting he was a Soul Guardian and leading them to a stone gate into the Forbidden Ground.
• Yoruichi sensed many souls inside, but Ye Han’s group found only scattered stones and became lost in the vast area.
• Qian Renxue and Ye Han discovered that a formation blocked flight, and Bing Haoyu’s ice trail vanished as they tried to retrace their steps.

Ye Han and his companions discovered that the canyon’s shifting terrain followed a pattern, then learned from the soul Er Gou that the area was a joint God Test ground ruled by the Earth God and Soul God. They found the Soul God’s crystal ball, and Yoruichi began absorbing its power while Ye Han prepared to protect her from interference.

• Ye Han used an ice pillar to rise above the ground and realized the canyon consisted of five regularly shifting sections.
• The group found Er Gou, who explained that the Earth God and Soul God had created the God Test grounds and that failed challengers became imprisoned souls.
• Er Gou led Ye Han and the others to a hidden palace beneath a boulder, where they found the Soul God’s crystal ball.
• Yoruichi said she could absorb the Soul God’s power but would need at least a month and might face interference from the Earth God.
• Ye Han gave Yoruichi his Golden Armor and told her to absorb the power while the others examined the Earth God’s stone pillar.

Ye Han and his companions fought Ling Yi, the Soul God's remnant, after he challenged their resolve to become gods without inheriting the old gods' paths. They defeated him with a coordinated attack and Ye Han's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, earning Yoruichi the God Test energy and receiving an earthen emblem from the Earth God.

• The Earth God and Ling Yi appeared as remnants of consciousness, and Ling Yi approached Yoruichi to mark her for the Soul God's God Test.
• Ye Han refused to let Ling Yi impose the Soul God's path on Yoruichi, and Ling Yi challenged the group to prove their strength.
• Ling Yi attacked the group, but Ye Han and his companions defended one another and discovered their abilities could slow or wound him.
• Ye Han coordinated the group to restrain Ling Yi with Esdeath's ice, Kurumi's time stop, and Todo's Unrighteous Game.
• Ye Han used the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception to kill Ling Yi's remnant, and Ling Yi said they might break the thousand-year rule.
• The Earth God gave Ye Han an earthen emblem and faded away, leaving the exhausted group to rest.

After defeating the Soul God’s thought form, Ye Han’s group recovered in the Earth God’s temple and learned that the Soul God’s Mark was the seventh mark. Luo Xi revealed the sixth mark was the ancient Wind God’s, leading Ye Han to suspect the ruins were created by seven former gods and to seek more evidence.

• Ye Han comforted Qian Renxue by suggesting the Soul God had avoided fighting her because she possessed a God Test, then showed her the Soul God’s Mark.
• Ye Han’s group set up camp in the Earth God’s temple, where Esdeath connected with Luo Xi through a flickering ice flower.
• Luo Xi confirmed the sixth mark was the Wind God’s ancient mark and explained that some current gods had changed their marks.
• Ye Han compared the marks and proposed that they belonged to the gods from a thousand years ago who had created the ruins.
• Luo Xi explained that the Thunder God had placed a God Test inside the lightning tribulation Camelot endured, but the mark had remained sealed and absorbed Heavenly Lightning.
• Ye Han asked Luo Xi for the Thunder God’s and Wind God’s locations, hoping to find another Thunder God key and test his theory about the ruins.

After Yoruichi emerged from cultivation, Ye Han openly returned to Anle City and dealt with the surge of spies drawn there by rumors about the Water God’s treasure. Qian Renxue helped the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall withdraw their agents, leaving the Star Luo Empire’s spies exposed and humiliating its court.

• Yoruichi awoke from a month of cultivation with immense Soul Power, and Ye Han led the group out of the divine hall after the freed souls thanked him and entered reincarnation.
• Ye Han and his companions appeared openly in the Heaven Dou Empire before returning to Anle City, where Qian Renxue clarified that Ye Han had obtained a treasure rather than a God Test.
• Yoruichi showed Ye Han a list of more than two hundred spies in Anle City, including over a hundred and fifty from the Star Luo Empire, and Qian Renxue explained that her intelligence leaks had left the Star Luo Empire behind.
• Qian Renxue warned the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall that Ye Han planned to purge their spies, and both factions withdrew their agents before the operation.
• Ye Han had the remaining spies, mostly from the Star Luo Empire, branded with crimes, their legs broken, and thrown out, provoking outrage from the Star Luo Emperor and confusion from Dai Mubai.

Ye Han entered Hurricane Canyon to search for the Wind God's Mark, but encountered Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Wu after their group was scattered by the canyon's storms. He helped find their missing companions and arranged for them to train more safely, while warning them that even Oscar could be a difficult opponent.

• Ye Han brought his companions into Hurricane Canyon to search for the Wind God's Mark, where the powerful winds rapidly drained Soul Power.
• Todo and Esdeath caught Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Wu as the storm drove them toward Ye Han's group.
• Huo Wu asked Ye Han to help find Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Yu Tianxin, and Yu Tianheng, who had been separated in the canyon.
• Ye Han and his companions located the four missing Soul Masters, and Ye Han pulled Yu Tianheng back with the Chains of Heaven after kicking him away.
• Ye Han promised to send the group out to rest and have Old Poison accompany their training the next day.
• Feng Xiaotian and the others said they wanted to defeat the Shrek Seven Devils, and Ye Han warned that they might struggle even against Oscar.

Ye Han discovered that Hurricane Canyon changed at night and led his group into it, where they found Wind God's Palace at the center of a tornado. After they shattered the tornado with a powerful attack, the Wind God appeared and scolded them for ignoring his puzzle.

• Ye Han searched Hurricane Canyon with his group for several days but found nothing during the day.
• Ye Han noticed the canyon changing as dawn arrived and waited until night to investigate its altered state.
• Ye Han and the others entered the canyon at night, endured its fierce winds and Soul Power drain, and found a tornado concealing a palace.
• Bing Haoyu, Zhao Lei, and Lia attacked the tornado and shattered it, causing Wind God's Palace to descend.
• Wind Walker emerged from the palace, identified himself as the current Wind God, and explained that they should have solved the wind-outlet puzzle instead of destroying the tornado.

Ye Han bargained with Wind Walker for the Previous Wind God's Mark, which he needed to enter the ruins, and agreed to let Wind Walker accompany the group. After leaving Hurricane Canyon, Ye Han planned to visit the Thunder God's territory before attempting to open the ruins.

• Ye Han and his companions started to leave after dismissing Wind Walker's offer of a God Test, prompting Wind Walker to stop them and offer his help.
• Ye Han told Wind Walker he wanted the Previous Wind God's Mark, then explained that the marks on a photograph were keys to the ruins and Wind Walker's redesigned mark would not work.
• Wind Walker offered the Previous Wind God's Mark on the condition that Ye Han take him into the ruins, and Ye Han accepted after warning him about the dangers.
• Wind Walker gave Ye Han the old mark and asked for thirty years to arrange matters, then sent the group out of Hurricane Canyon with a gale.
• The next morning, Ye Han's group left, while Feng Xiaotian and Yu Tianheng entered Hurricane Canyon to train so Feng Xiaotian could avoid losing to Oscar.

Ye Han and his companions reached Thunderbolt City and learned more about the deadly Thunderbolt Canyon. After the Golden Lightning in the Gate of Babylon urged him to go there, Ye Han decided to investigate despite the warnings.

• Qian Renxue left Thunderbolt City to return to the Heaven Dou Empire, while Ye Han awkwardly assured Esdeath that his farewell to Qian Renxue had been polite talk.
• More than a dozen Soul Saints monitored Ye Han's group after they entered the city, but Bibi Dong decided to let them proceed as long as they caused no trouble.
• Ye Han asked Ming Shu to find them an inn and explain what he knew about Thunderbolt Canyon; Ming Shu reported that even the Level 99 Limit Douluo had found no treasure there.
• Bibi Dong permitted Ye Han to enter the canyon, and he and his companions gathered local information before he chose to go because the Golden Lightning in the Gate of Babylon urged him toward it.

Ye Han entered Thunderbolt Canyon to search for the lightning mark, where the Thunder God Lei Yu appeared and questioned him about the Golden Lightning and the Chains of Heaven. After seeing the anti-god Noble Phantasms inside the Gate of Babylon, Lei Yu gave Ye Han a golden bolt of lightning and advised him to obtain the item in the ruins’ fourth room.

• Ye Han entered Thunderbolt Canyon and let the Golden Lightning absorb the surrounding lightning while searching for the lightning mark.
• Lei Yu descended from the thunderclouds and told Ye Han to leave, but Ye Han said he had not received the Thunder God's God Test.
• Lei Yu questioned Ye Han about the Golden Lightning, and Ye Han explained that he had obtained it by blocking the final strike of a six-hundred-thousand-year lightning tribulation.
• Ye Han used the Chains of Heaven to restrain Lei Yu briefly, then invited him into the Gate of Babylon.
• Lei Yu saw the anti-god Noble Phantasms inside the Gate of Babylon and gave Ye Han a golden bolt of lightning, urging him to obtain the item in the ruins' fourth room.

Ye Han absorbed the golden lightning in Thunderbolt Canyon while Bibi Dong mobilized Spirit Hall forces to seize him and the suspected God’s inheritance. Bing Haoyu revealed himself as a Level 99 Limit Douluo and fought off the Worship Hall, giving Ye Han and his allies time to escape by teleportation.

• Ye Han absorbed the lightning until golden lightning appeared, prompting Ming Shu to report the anomaly to Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong sent Temple Knights to clear the area and summoned the Worship Hall Titled Douluo, claiming Thunderbolt Canyon held Thunder God’s inheritance.
• Ye Han told his allies to prepare their escape, while Zhao Lei and the others watched Spirit Hall’s forces gather outside the canyon.
• Eighteen Titled Douluo arrived, and Bibi Dong ordered them to hold Zhao Lei and the others while Temple Knights seized Ye Han.
• Bing Haoyu killed a Titled Douluo and unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, Ice Burial, killing two more and disabling several others.
• Honjou Kaede opened a teleportation array, and Ye Han, Zhao Lei, Bing Haoyu, and their allies escaped as Bibi Dong tried to stop them.

After reaching Level 72, Ye Han traveled to the North Pole Land to open the ruins while Tang San remained in Slaughter City. At the entrance, he confronted the factions demanding access and asked what they would offer in return.

• Ye Han finished absorbing the Soul Power from Thunderbolt Canyon and decided to head for the ruins in the North Pole Land before Tang San returned.
• Ye Han arrived at Mo Han City, where Qian Renxue introduced Xue Beng as the city’s new manager and arranged for troops to clear the route.
• Ye Han reached the ruins with Qian Renxue and representatives of Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire waiting there.
• Yue Guan provoked Ye Han over the treasures he had obtained, and Ye Han mocked the factions for failing to open the ruins in three years.
• Ye Han refused to open the ruins for free, while Yue Guan and the other factions said they would wait rather than offer him anything.

Ye Han opened the ruins with temporary keys and chose Qian Renxue as the final member of the ten-person group. Inside, the group met the Previous Wind God and Previous Ice God, and Ye Han prepared to challenge the ruins’ restrictions.

• Ye Han inserted the seven keys, opening the ruins temporarily and allowing him to choose up to ten entrants.
• Ye Han rejected the factions’ offers and chose Qian Renxue for the final place, then the ten entered as the gate closed behind them.
• Inside the ruins, Ye Han summoned Wind Walker using the Wind God's Mark, but Ling Yi ordered him back to the God Realm.
• The Previous Wind God appeared and sent Wind Walker away, while the Previous Ice God joined them and explained why her mark had gone unfound.
• Ling Yi warned the group that the ruins’ items had restrictions, and Ye Han grinned as he took out the Demon Piercing Red Rose.

Ye Han and the others searched the gods’ rooms for the item the Thunder God had mentioned, but the first three boxes held a gold card, the Water God Lin Xi’s autograph, and a preserved cake. They continued to the fourth room, still unsure what valuable item awaited them.

• Zhao Lei broke through the barrier to the first room, where Ye Han found a gold card worth about one hundred million obsolete Gold Soul Coins.
• Ye Han gave the gold card to Zhao Lei and Bing Haoyu, who cheered up after Honjou Kaede suggested it might fetch more at auction.
• Ye Han opened the second room’s box and found Lin Xi’s autograph, which he gave to Zhao Lei to sell.
• Qian Renxue opened the third room’s box and found a preserved cake, prompting the gods to argue over who had placed it there.
• Ye Han blamed the gods for being cheap and proceeded with the group toward the fourth room.

Ye Han and his group explored a ruin, gaining pure God Power and other rewards as Red Rose let them bypass its restrictions. They reached the later rooms, where Qian Renxue began advancing after studying a mural, and Ye Han decided to take the murals once they had finished exploring.

• Ye Han and his companions entered the fourth room, where the Seven Gods’ pure God Power flowed into them, while Qian Renxue, Bing Haoyu, and Zhao Lei initially remained outside because of the entry rule against those bearing God Tests or God Power.
• The observing gods discussed how Ye Han’s God Power became quiet immediately, and Lei Yu explained that Ye Han’s Gate of Babylon contained countless weapons that had killed gods.
• Ye Han used Red Rose to pierce the ruin’s restrictions, allowing his group to advance through the rooms and collect God Power, Soul Skills, and a pill that raised the Innate Soul Power of people below Rank 7.
• After the fiftieth room, Ye Han’s group found murals instead of Jade Boxes, and Qian Renxue felt that studying them could increase her Soul Power.
• In the seventy-second room, Qian Renxue sat down and began advancing, while Ye Han decided to take the murals because they seemed valuable to Soul Masters below Rank 95.

Ye Han’s group left the ruins with jade pendants that could block a fatal blow, then offered keys to the other factions in exchange for valuable goods. Qian Renxue revealed selected details about the ruins to Spirit Hall, prompting Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire to prepare to compete for its treasures.

• Ye Han’s group explored all 140 rooms, found jade pendants that concealed their God Power and could block a fatal blow, and left the murals partly intact to lure outsiders.
• Outside the ruins, Ye Han dismissed the Heaven Dou Empire soldiers at Qian Renxue’s command and told Dai Yunfei to bring an offer to Mo Han City in three days for a key.
• Qian Renxue told Golden Crocodile Douluo, Yue Guan, and Ghost Charm about pills that could raise Innate Soul Power and required them to exchange for more.
• Qian Renxue warned Spirit Hall about the remaining cultivation murals and a Fire God weapon, prompting Jin E to order Yue Guan and Ghost Charm to notify Bibi Dong.
• Dai Yunfei suspected the ruins held valuable secrets and ordered his subordinates to prepare a more valuable offer.

Ye Han hosted the major powers and sects in Mo Han City as they competed to buy Esdeath’s seven keys with lavish offerings. Spirit Hall offered twelve Soul Bones, while Dai Yunfei and Ning Fengzhi left to prepare counteroffers; Ye Han then promised Qian Renxue he would return the Soul Bones once she unified Spirit Hall.

• Ning Fengzhi presented the Heaven Dou Empire and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s offer, which Ye Han revealed to set a minimum price for the others.
• Dai Yunfei offered resources and Clearwater City on behalf of the Star Luo Empire, then left to prepare a stronger bid after seeing Spirit Hall’s offer.
• Yue Guan added to Spirit Hall’s list, which included twelve Soul Bones, and Golden Crocodile Douluo pressed Ye Han to award them the keys.
• Dai Yunfei and Ning Fengzhi departed to prepare new offers, and Golden Crocodile Douluo left after warning Ye Han that Spirit Hall was the only power able to offer twelve Soul Bones.
• Qian Renxue confronted Ye Han about the Soul Bones, and he promised to return them after she unified Spirit Hall.

Ning Fengzhi warned Xue Ye that spies might have exposed the ruins’ secrets, and Heaven Dou offered Ye Han the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to secure the key. As Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire struggled to match Heaven Dou’s bid, Ye Han explained that Spirit Hall was unlikely to win and that the Divine Tool inside the ruins was only an empty shell of his Noble Phantasm.

• Ning Fengzhi urged Xue Ye to investigate palace spies, and Xue Ye gave him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to offer Ye Han.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo suspected that Spirit Hall’s information had leaked, while Dai Yunfei learned that the Star Luo emperor had ordered him to give up.
• Ye Han told Qian Renxue that he would choose whichever faction made the best offer, and Esdeath, Lia, and Kurumi explained why Heaven Dou would bid aggressively.
• Qian Renxue considered asking Spirit Hall for a better offer, but Ye Han stopped her and said Spirit Hall had already offered its best available items.
• Ye Han revealed that the Divine Tool in the ruins was merely an empty Noble Phantasm shell, and Qian Renxue blamed his past actions for Spirit Hall’s poor standing.