Chapter Summaries

Ye Han proposed hiding Soul Beasts in a sealed small space while they became gods, offering them a chance to escape the God Realm's interference. The Soul Beasts agreed to help him obtain blood by hunting the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and Ye Han left the expedition planned for after the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's experiment.

• Ye Han told Di Tian and the other Soul Beasts that they could use the Space Stone to create a small space shielded from the God Realm while they ascended.
• Di Tian and the gathered Soul Beasts agreed to gamble on Ye Han's plan, then volunteered their blood when they learned the Space Stone required enormous energy to evolve.
• Ye Han clarified that he would not take their blood and proposed hunting the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King instead.
• Di Tian, Zi Ji, Ba Yu, Bi Ji, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress agreed to join the hunt, while Xiong Jun and others stayed behind to protect Anle City.
• Ye Han delayed the expedition until the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's experiment was complete, giving the group time to strengthen themselves and Honjou Kaede time to prepare potions.

Ye Han evolved Ning Fengzhi’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Ning Fengzhi discovered he could locate impurities inside Space Stones. Meanwhile, the group prepared to face the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and agreed to wait until Ye Han reached Rank 90.

• Ning Fengzhi arrived at Second Dimension Academy with Chen Xin and Gu Rong, and Ye Han began evolving his Martial Soul with a potion that caused him severe pain until he fainted.
• Ba Yu shared information about the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and Ye Han said the beast had fought the Sea God and might have become a million-year Soul Beast.
• Bi Ji and Di Tian suggested waiting until Ye Han reached Rank 90 so he could absorb the whale king’s Soul Ring, and Ye Han agreed to cultivate diligently.
• The next morning, Ning Fengzhi confirmed his Martial Soul had evolved to nine levels, then used his Soul Power on a Space Stone and sensed the locations of its impurities.
• Ye Han followed Ning Fengzhi’s guidance to remove the Space Stone’s impurities and asked him to help with the process in the future.

In Anle City, Ye Han searched for ancient runes while the clans prepared materials and supplies for opening a new space. He discovered that one rune could bring regular rainfall and another could strengthen weapons, and Esdeath began considering how the runes could help her soldiers.

• The Strength Clan, Breaking Clan, and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan worked to purify the Space Stone, while other groups gathered building materials, grains, and supplies for the new space.
• Bai Chenxiang delivered the collected items, and Ye Han inspected them with Yoruichi and Esdeath, discarding counterfeits and finding a rune-covered stone slab.
• Ye Han copied a complete rune and explained that it could create thunderclouds and bring regular rainfall inside the Small Space.
• Ye Han showed Esdeath a rune-enhanced sword, and she judged its power useful for equipping ordinary soldiers.
• Esdeath awarded Ye Han with a kiss and an invitation, while Kurumi playfully invited him to her room as well.
• Ye Han and the others continued experimenting with the runes, and Esdeath grew enthusiastic about using them to benefit her subordinates.

Ye Han discovered that an unmarked wooden board revealed a pattern in Esdeath’s presence and completed an Ice Flower during her speech. The board’s power merged with Esdeath’s, granting her God Power, and Ye Han learned that each person could activate it only once.

• Ye Han identified a seemingly blank wooden board as “Unknown” and found that neither his Soul Power nor Xu Xu’s corrosive power activated it.
• Ye Han brought the board to Esdeath, but its incomplete pattern faded whenever she held it and reappeared when Ye Han took it back.
• When Shi Xu entered, a line appeared on the board, and as Esdeath addressed the soldiers, the pattern formed an Ice Flower.
• The board cracked and released strange energy into Esdeath, which merged with the God Power within her and began replacing her Soul Power.
• Ye Han checked for a god’s mark, then had Esdeath try activating the board again; it showed no change, while Ye Han’s incomplete pattern remained.

Ye Han discovered that the mysterious wooden board converted faith into God Power, allowing him and his companions to break through by completing its pattern through genuine deeds and devotion. After learning the board came from a farmer, the group tracked him to a gambling den and brought him to a hotel to question him.

• Esdeath felt her energy surging, and Ye Han theorized that the wooden board converted Soul Power into God Power when faith completed its pattern.
• Ye Han walked around Anle City until the board’s pattern filled, then it shattered and helped him break through to Level 85.
• Ye Han and Yoruichi summoned Bai Chenxiang, who said she had bought the board from a farmer, and Ye Han ordered her to investigate him.
• Yoruichi, Lia, Kurumi Tokisaki, and Honjou Kaede completed their patterns through the faith they had earned, while Todo did so after genuinely helping children in several hundred villages.
• Bai Chenxiang reported that the farmer was in an underground casino in the Spirit Hall Empire, so Ye Han and the others traveled there and found him gambling.
• Ye Han took the farmer to a luxury hotel, where the man eagerly began ordering expensive food.

Ye Han questioned Qi Tian about a mysterious wooden board, then paid him to search his family heirlooms and uncovered a matching book and key. The key led Ye Han and his companions to the ruins of Da Shan Village, where they found it beneath a mass grave before departing.

• Qi Tian denied owning the wooden board until Esdeath threatened him, then admitted his grandfather had given it to him as a family heirloom.
• Ye Han offered Qi Tian one hundred Gold Soul Coins for more relics, and Qi Tian produced a brand-new book that appraised as Unknown.
• Qi Tian told Ye Han that his second granduncle, Qi Shan, had once owned a family heirloom key before moving to Da Shan Village, which Evil Soul Masters had destroyed.
• Ye Han brought Qi Tian to Da Shan Village and searched the mass grave with his Purple Demon Eyes until he located the key.
• Todo used his domain to retrieve the spotless key, and Ye Han gave Qi Tian three hundred more Gold Soul Coins before leaving with his companions.

Ye Han and his companions learned that the book and key could enable independent godhood, but filling the key required far more faith than their followers could provide. They planned charitable efforts to build support before setting out, while Ye Han halted village awakenings so others would not take credit.

• Esdeath read the book’s instructions: independent godhood required converting Soul Power with the Ancient Imprint, possessing ownerless divinity, and filling the Final Key with faith before level 100.
• Esdeath filled only half the key at her military camp, and Yoruichi found that the Punishment Army and Speed Clan filled it to less than one-tenth.
• Ye Han rejected creating a religion and proposed charitable activities to build their reputation and gather faith.
• Honjou Kaede offered to distribute medicines that improved children’s Innate Soul Power, while Kurumi proposed using her time reversal to restore disabled people’s condition.
• Ye Han approved preparing those two efforts and told Xue Xi and Qian Renxue to suspend village awakenings so no one else would take their credit.

Qian Renxue reunited with Ye Han and learned that his group was pursuing godhood through faith while preparing to restore Qian Daoliu’s soul. Ye Han’s group began awakening children’s Martial Souls across the continent, and their first stop, Bamboo Village, left Lia’s key closer to completion.

• Qian Renxue visited Ye Han, who explained their path to godhood and how Yoruichi could reassemble Qian Daoliu’s soul.
• Qian Renxue learned Ye Han and his companions had reached level 85, while Honjou Kaede showed her potions that strengthened cultivation.
• After a week of preparations, Ye Han’s group set out to awaken children’s Martial Souls, with Qian Renxue and Xue Xi promoting the chance to improve aptitude.
• Ye Han’s group reached Bamboo Village, where villagers welcomed them and the village chief served them a meal that Ye Han paid for with a Gold Soul Coin.
• Lia awakened the children’s Martial Souls and gave each a potion that raised their Soul Power by one level, including those who had started at zero.
• The villagers thanked Ye Han’s group, and Lia’s key grew slightly as they prepared to leave.

Ye Han and his companions finished visiting villages and restored wounded soldiers across the Spirit Hall and Heaven Dou Empires, filling their keys and advancing their cultivation. With every soldier healed and everyone holding a key, Ye Han’s Soul Power neared rank 87.

• Ye Han and his companions completed their visits to every village in both empires, filling Todo, Esdeath, and Lia’s keys along the way.
• Qian Renxue arranged for General Zhou Shuiying to bring the wounded soldiers together, and Ye Han’s group traveled to the military camp.
• Kurumi used Zafkiel to restore a soldier’s severed legs, and the group continued healing soldiers while Honjou Kaede and Yoruichi helped them recover.
• Ye Han’s group treated wounded and disabled soldiers in both empires within a week, filling Ye Han’s key twice and giving everyone a key of their own.

After reaching Level 90, Ye Han sought help preparing to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. He found a guide willing to take the group to the Demon Whale Sea Area, and the story left with their voyage arranged.

• Ye Han trained by fighting Di Tian daily and reached Level 90 after two months.
• Ye Han asked Xu Xu to help kill the million-year Soul Beast, but Xu Xu refused because his power could damage Douluo Continent and attract Ling Yi and the others; he gave Ye Han a crystal ball imbued with corrosion instead.
• Ye Han returned to Di Tian, and the group traveled to Vast Sea City to look for a map to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's territory.
• After ship captains refused to sell them sea charts, Ye Han paid a broker to introduce the group to Zi Zhenzhu, captain of the Zi Zhenzhu Pirate Group.
• Ye Han hired Zi Zhenzhu for two thousand Gold Soul Coins to take them to the outskirts of the Demon Whale Sea Area, where he planned to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

Ye Han and his companions entered the Demon Whale Sea Area and launched an attack on the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, a nearly million-year-old beast. Their initial assault failed, and the whale king unleashed a domain that turned the battle in its favor as it charged at them.

• Zi Zhenzhu tried to dissuade Ye Han from hunting the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, but he paid her two thousand Gold Soul Coins and continued with his group.
• Glaze found the sleeping Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and Esdeath’s God Power soldiers woke it by attacking its remaining eye.
• Ye Han ordered the group to freeze the sea and focus their attacks on the whale king’s right eye, but its waterspout repelled them.
• Ye Han used the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception to sever a water pillar, but a blue beam struck him and sent him flying.
• Snow Empress recognized the whale king’s domain as it brought dark clouds and heavy rain, preventing the group from freezing it and dispersing corrosion into the sea.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King declared that everyone would die and charged at Ye Han and the others.

Ye Han and his allies fought the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, whose control of seawater let it heal and overwhelm them. Ye Han trapped it in his Reality Marble, then released it onto a vast sheet of ice that blocked its access to the ocean, though the whale king began trying to break through.

• Yoruichi blocked the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s Water Orbs with Severing Void, while Honjou Kaede devoured its pillar of light and Ye Han’s group wounded the beast.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King healed completely through the seawater, so Ye Han moved the battlefield into his Reality Marble and used a spear’s heat to evaporate its rain.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King tried to destroy the Reality Marble, forcing Ye Han to maintain it with Kurumi’s help while the others wore the beast down.
• Ye Han released the Reality Marble, and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King landed on ice that Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Bing Haoyu, and Esdeath had laid across the ocean.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King could not reach the seawater through the ice, but it began surging the surrounding water against the frozen barrier.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King lured Ye Han and the Soul Beasts into a lightning tribulation before dying. Ye Han survived the storm, gained a new lightning gemstone, and set off to find Esdeath and the others.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King asked to meet Di Tian and the other Soul Beasts, then mocked their belief that they could become gods.
• Ye Han approached the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and killed him with his spear, but the dying king trapped everyone in a restraint as a lightning tribulation formed.
• Di Tian and the others escaped beneath the sea with Glaze while Ye Han stayed behind to face the tribulation.
• The lightning marks around Ye Han merged into a gemstone that absorbed the lightning and cleared the thunderclouds.
• Ye Han learned the gemstone had become independent of the Thunder God's control, paused its feedback, and searched the Guild Chat for Esdeath.

Ye Han absorbed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Million Year Soul Ring, reached Level 99, and overwhelmed Zhao Lei in a Soul Power contest. After Esdeath and the others returned with new Soul Rings, Ye Han gave Esdeath the whale's blood, enabling her to refine a Space Stone for a vast Small Space; Di Tian and the others prepared to build it despite having no confirmed path for Soul Beasts to become gods.

• Ye Han absorbed the Million Year Soul Ring and lightning energy, reaching Level 99 and greatly increasing the ages of his other Soul Rings.
• Zhao Lei challenged Ye Han to a contest using only Soul Power, but Ye Han revealed Level 99 strength and blasted him away.
• Esdeath, Lia, and Yoruichi returned with Soul Rings, and Ye Han explained that the whale's final frenzy had made Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts easier to find.
• Ye Han prepared a barbecue, then collected the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's blood and gave it to Esdeath while she refined a Space Stone.
• Esdeath revealed that the refined Space Stone could hold a space comparable to the Second Dimension Academy, and Ye Han proposed building a Small Space larger than Anle City.
• Ye Han warned Di Tian that he had no method for Soul Beasts to become gods beyond faith, and Di Tian said he would handle the matter himself.

After reaching level 99, Ye Han traveled to the Spirit Hall Empire to visit Qian Renxue and found her Angel God Test required her to defeat him and their companions one by one. He left with Qian Renxue for the Abyss, intending to visit Xu Xu before returning to Anle City.

• Di Tian asked Ye Han to watch over the Life Tree before leaving on a journey to pursue a way to become a god, and Ye Han gave him a gemstone for contacting them.
• Ye Han flew to the Spirit Hall Empire, where Golden Alligator Douluo called him Grandpa and tricked him into handling Qian Renxue's piled-up official documents.
• Ye Han revealed his level 99 strength and told Golden Alligator Douluo that Anle City had unified the region.
• Qian Renxue reunited with Ye Han and revealed that her seven-part Angel God Test required her to defeat each of their seven companions in single combat.
• Ye Han and Qian Renxue left for the Abyss to find Xu Xu before returning to Anle City.

Ye Han discovered that Honjou Kaede’s surrendering could rapidly complete Qian Renxue’s Angel God Tests, and he used the loophole to finish them in one morning. In the God Realm, Lan Yu learned why her inheritor’s trials had gone so quickly and decided against interfering.

• Xu Xu opened Small Spaces with Esdeath’s evolved Space Stones and marveled at their size and stability.
• Ye Han brought Qian Renxue to Honjou Kaede and asked them to spar, but Honjou Kaede offered to surrender instead.
• Qian Renxue’s God Test mission completed, and Ye Han prompted Honjou Kaede to surrender repeatedly until all the tests were finished.
• Lan Yu discovered that Qian Renxue had completed her tests through the surrenders of Ye Han’s companions and fiancée.
• Luo Xi warned Lan Yu that Ye Han and his companions had killed powerful gods, so Lan Yu abandoned the idea of restricting Qian Renxue.

Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils returned from Sea God Island and reunited with Ye Han, who invited them to a meal at Yoruichi's house. The gathering revealed that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing did not know the Star Luo Empire had fallen, and that the returning group had not realized how much stronger Anle City's allies had become.

• Ye Han learned that Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils had returned and went to meet them at the Tang Sect.
• Ye Han invited the group to Yoruichi's house, while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing planned to return to the Star Luo Empire; Ye Han hinted that the continent had changed greatly.
• At the gathering, Tang San and the others recounted their encounter with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, their escape with help from the Zi Zhenzhu Pirate Group, and their trials on Sea God Island.
• Ma Hongjun boasted about reaching level 81, but Esdeath revealed that she and the others were all Titled Douluo, leaving him embarrassed.

Ye Han told Tang San and his friends that Bibi Dong had destroyed the Star Luo Empire before Ye Han killed her, and that Qian Renxue now ruled the Spirit Hall Empire. Dai Mubai rejected the empire’s fall and left to seek answers from Dai Yunfei, while Ye Han warned him not to threaten the peace.

• Xiao Wu pressed Ye Han to explain the changes on the continent, and he revealed that Bibi Dong was dead and Anle City had unified the region.
• Ye Han explained that Bibi Dong had conquered the Star Luo Empire and that most of Dai Mubai’s clansmen were dead, while the survivors had joined Dai Yunfei in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ye Han said Qian Renxue ruled the renamed Spirit Hall Empire and refused to restore the Star Luo Empire, arguing that its royal family had failed to resist Bibi Dong.
• Dai Mubai insisted that the Star Luo Empire would return, prompting Esdeath to threaten him if he tried to destroy the current order.
• Ye Han relented after Tang San intervened and advised Dai Mubai to seek answers from Dai Yunfei; Dai Mubai left with Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San followed to speak with him.

Dai Mubai refused to accept the Star Luo Empire’s destruction or Ye Han’s decision to give its throne to Bibi Dong’s daughter, and he set out to demand answers from the Spirit Hall Empire. Tang San and the others followed to keep him from acting rashly as they entered a realm transformed by Qian Renxue’s reforms.

• Yoruichi, Esdeath, and Honjou Kaede urged Ye Han to deal with Dai Mubai, but Ye Han ordered someone to watch him and intervene only if he caused trouble in the Heaven Dou Empire or Spirit Hall Empire.
• Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing persuaded Dai Mubai to sit down and agreed to accompany him as he sought answers about the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Yunfei explained that the Star Luo Empire had fallen with little resistance, that Ye Han had avenged its people, and that Ye Han had saved the Dai and Zhu bloodlines from Bibi Dong’s purge.
• Dai Mubai rejected Dai Yunfei’s advice to let the matter go, left for the Spirit Hall Empire, and Tang San and the others apologized to Dai Yunfei and promised to keep an eye on him.
• Dai Mubai entered the Spirit Hall Empire, where Qian Renxue had replaced most Spirit Halls with Mercenary Guilds and established hospitals that provided free care to ordinary people.

Dai Mubai and his companions questioned villagers and city residents about restoring the Star Luo Empire, but found that people strongly supported the Spirit Hall Empire under Qian Renxue. Dai Mubai accepted that the old empire had failed and went with his friends to drink.

• Dai Mubai asked an elderly villager whether he preferred the Spirit Hall Empire or the former Star Luo Empire, and the man praised Qian Renxue’s rule and rejected restoration.
• Tang San learned that the villager valued lighter taxes, land distribution, free hospitals, and support for children’s Martial Soul awakenings.
• Dai Mubai and his companions entered a nearby city, where they saw clean streets and heard residents praise the government and its local leaders.
• Dai Mubai asked people throughout the city if they would support restoring the Star Luo Empire, but everyone refused, leaving him dejected.
• Tang San urged Dai Mubai to accept that the Spirit Hall Empire was currently better governed, and Dai Mubai agreed to go drinking with his friends.