Chapter Summaries

Ye Han gained the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Four Elements Academy's staff for his growing organization, then brought them to the nearly completed city. After the group chose Anle City as its name, Ye Han prepared to show everyone its rules.

• Ye Han offered Yu Yuanzhen an Upgrade Potion and academy places for talented clan members, and Yu Yuanzhen agreed to join with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Ye Han assured Yu Tianxin that he could become a Titled Douluo and might even become a god.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan joined the people from the other academies, and none of the teachers left after Ye Han warned them of the coming conflict with Spirit Hall.
• After more than a month of travel, Ye Han and the group arrived at the city, where its progress astonished the newcomers.
• The group considered several names, and Honjou Kaede proposed Anle City as a peaceful sanctuary; Ye Han approved the name.
• Ye Han led the group onward to explain Anle City's basic rules.

Ye Han introduced Anle City’s rules, academy system, and career paths to the visiting academy leaders. He ended by defending an exaggerated recruitment advertisement as the others tried to leave.

• Ye Han introduced Di Tian and the other Soul Beasts, then established rules for humans and Soul Beasts entering each other’s territory in Anle City.
• Ye Han explained how Second Dimension Academy and the Four Elements Academy branches would recruit students and reward teachers, prompting interest in the potion system.
• Di Tian stopped Yang Wudi from entering the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and warned that only approved students could receive immortal herbs.
• Yoruichi, Lia, Honjou Kaede, Esdeath, and Ye Han described employment options in the Punishment Army, city defense, potion brewing, the military, the hospital, and the Mercenary Guild.
• Ye Han presented a promotional advertisement promising applicants potions, Soul Bones, duels with Titled Douluo, and soulmates, then urged the departing leaders and Todo to stay and hear more.

Ye Han promoted Second Dimension Academy’s April enrollment, drawing anger from Bibi Dong and interest from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. As Ye Han prepared a demanding entrance selection in Anle City, the sect agreed to visit, while Ning Rongrong refused to leave Shrek Academy.

• Ye Han had the Speed Clan and merchants distribute flyers advertising Second Dimension Academy and its benefits.
• Bibi Dong learned that searches had found no trace of Qian Daoliu and that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had disappeared after contacting Ye Han; she ordered the search for the Great Enshrinement and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to remain the priority.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and the elders discussed sending someone to Second Dimension Academy’s selection after learning Yu Yuanzhen had joined Ye Han and relinquished the Three Upper Sects title.
• Ning Rongrong refused to withdraw from Shrek Academy, then challenged the First Elder to send his grandson to the selection instead.
• Ye Han defended the difficult selection tests, and Esdeath supported using rigorous assessments to recruit capable students and soldiers.

Xue Qinghe visited Anle City and learned that Ye Han had killed her grandfather, Qian Daoliu. After their fight, Ye Han spared her and left her questioning Bibi Dong’s motives.

• Ye Han welcomed Xue Qinghe, who delivered an imperial document granting him the land occupied by Anle City and then searched the city for Qian Daoliu.
• Ye Han revealed that he had killed Qian Daoliu and took Xue Qinghe to see his grave.
• Xue Qinghe recognized her grandfather’s aura at the gravesite and attacked Ye Han, declaring that she would avenge him.
• Ye Han defended himself and suggested Bibi Dong had sent Qian Daoliu to die so she could take control of the Worship Hall.
• Ye Han bound the shaken Xue Qinghe with the Chains of Heaven, then spared her and invited her to return to Anle City.

Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Hall after Ye Han told her Bibi Dong had sent Qian Daoliu to Second Dimension Academy, where he died, and she began resisting Bibi Dong’s plans to take over Worship Hall. Meanwhile, Ye Han prepared Second Dimension Academy’s entrance examination and rejected Esdeath’s brutal proposal.

• Ye Han discussed the need to find someone to manage Spirit Hall, while Honjou Kaede and the others refused to take on more responsibilities.
• Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong, confirmed that she had sent Qian Daoliu to Second Dimension Academy, and announced that her grandfather was dead.
• Qian Renxue told Golden Crocodile Douluo to lead Worship Hall and stop assisting Bibi Dong, then asked him to report Bibi Dong’s actions to her.
• Golden Crocodile informed Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong was trying to seize Worship Hall in her name, confirming Ye Han’s warning.
• Ye Han arranged the upcoming entrance examination, but rejected Esdeath’s plan to admit only the sole survivor of each ten-person group.

Ye Han welcomed officials and clan leaders to Second Dimension Academy as the entrance examination began. Yoruichi started the first round, a fifty-kilometer run to Anle City, and the candidates began to separate into leading and slower groups.

• Dai Weisi delivered Dai Li to Ye Han, while Ning Fengzhi thanked Ye Han for the Upgrade Potion that evolved his sect’s pagoda.
• Ye Han showed the visitors the examination-monitoring screen and explained that their candidates would receive no special treatment beyond skipping the registration line.
• Yoruichi closed registration, sent the parents to Anle City, and announced that candidates who passed the first round could enter Four Elements Academy even if they were not admitted to Second Dimension Academy.
• Yoruichi ordered the children to run fifty kilometers to Anle City, allowing Martial Souls but forbidding special supplies and attacks on other candidates.
• After ten kilometers, Ning Guanjie, Yu Powen, Bai Yuexi, Yang Chengsheng, Min Wencheng, Dai Feisheng, Zhao Yusheng, and Sun Xue remained in the lead group, while Niu Ao and other slower runners continued behind.

Bai Yuexi and four companions maintained their lead during a grueling fifty-kilometer exam by avoiding a deceptively inviting rest area. At the finish line, Bai Yuexi’s Martial Soul warned him that the welcoming old man was dangerous, so the five continued onward instead of accepting his offer to rest and eat.

• As the exhausted students reached a designated rest area, Bai Yuexi refused to drink or rest in its pavilions, and Niu Ao and Yang Chengsheng stayed with him.
• Sun Xue also avoided the rest area, while Zhao Yusheng joined her; Ye Han revealed that using the pavilions cost students points and made the remaining route more exhausting.
• Bai Yuexi, Niu Ao, Yang Chengsheng, Sun Xue, and Zhao Yusheng left the rest area and gradually pulled ahead of students who had stopped there.
• The five reached the finish line at night, where an old man congratulated them and offered them food and rest.
• Bai Yuexi sensed danger through his Mingxiang Swift Martial Soul and led the other four past the old man instead of accepting his offer.

Ye Han explained the purpose of the fake rest area and finish line as tests of vigilance, judgment, and decisiveness. Bai Yuexi’s group reached the real finish with full scores, while the other applicants’ choices reshuffled the rankings and determined who advanced to the top five hundred.

• Ye Han told Ning Fengzhi that the fake finish line tested judgment and decisiveness, and that resting or eating at the traps cost points rather than causing elimination.
• Bai Yuexi and her companions passed both traps and reached the true finish line, earning ten points each and ranking in their arrival order.
• Ning Guanjie and the other applicants rested and ate at the fake finish line before Min Wencheng realized the deception and led them onward.
• Yang Chenfu ranked Shi Lei sixth because his nine points surpassed the lower scores of those who had arrived earlier, shifting the other rankings down.
• The applicants continued past the fake finish line, and only the first five hundred were accepted, with some late runners advancing through decisive action while others were eliminated.

Yoruichi explained why students had lost points in the first test, and Lia’s pressure test narrowed the candidates for Second Dimension Academy to eight. Ye Han learned that the mysterious black-robed survivor was named Gu Ruo and decided to wait until they met her to learn more.

• Yoruichi had Bai Chenxiang explain Min Wencheng’s point deductions, then left the students waiting for the next test.
• Lia led the students to a plaza and announced that anyone who stayed standing under her pressure would qualify for the final round.
• Lia’s kingly aura, released Holy Sword pressure, and Red Dragon’s Heart reduced the five hundred participants to eight survivors, including Yu Powen, Shi Lei, and a black-robed girl.
• Zhao Yusheng steadied Sun Xue, while Bai Yuexi helped Yang Chengsheng and Niu Ao endure Lia’s pressure.
• Ye Han told Lia to stop the test and asked Yoruichi for information about the black-robed girl.
• Yoruichi identified the girl as Gu Ruo and reported that the left side of her face was burned and the right side was scarred by a blade; Ye Han decided they would learn more when they met her.

Ye Han assessed the eight candidates in Second Dimension Academy’s third round, which tested their combat skills rather than requiring them to win. Gu Ruo revealed that Evil Soul Masters had caused her injuries, leaving Ye Han to care for her and confront the return of an old threat.

• Ye Han explained that each candidate had to choose one of the seven instructors for a combat assessment, and Bai Yuexi chose Yoruichi.
• Yoruichi praised Bai Yuexi’s Martial Soul warning and offered to teach her at the Shihōin residence.
• Shi Lei fought Todo, relying on rock defense and sharp battle instincts, while Zhao Yusheng and Sun Xue also completed their tests.
• Gu Ruo chose Ye Han and attacked with improvised, dirty moves before her robe fell away, revealing severe facial injuries.
• Ye Han covered Gu Ruo again and asked what had happened; Gu Ruo said Evil Soul Masters had injured her.
• Ye Han assured Gu Ruo she was safe in Anle City and led her to the dormitories to rest while he treated her injuries.

After learning that Gu Ruo escaped from an Evil Soul Master group in Maple Leaf City, Ye Han organized a search and lockdown of Anle City to prevent the group from reaching or escaping through it. He left to investigate with Xue Qinghe, while Ning Rongrong and the Yu siblings set off after them.

• Ye Han told the gathered guests that Evil Soul Masters had inflicted Gu Ruo's injuries, and Ning Fengzhi offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's help.
• After Gu Ruo woke, Ye Han gently questioned her; she explained that the group traveled in merchant caravans, captured children as test subjects, and had held her in Maple Leaf City.
• Xue Qinghe identified Maple Leaf City as a nearby city, and Ye Han concluded the Evil Soul Masters might next enter Anle City.
• Ye Han ordered Lia to seal Anle City, sent Yoruichi and Esdeath to investigate caravans, and assigned others to search the city and help Gu Ruo.
• Ye Han agreed to let Xue Qinghe accompany him, but refused Ning Rongrong and the Yu siblings; Ning Rongrong left with them anyway, and Ning Fengzhi sent Gu Rong to watch over her.

Ye Han discovered that a merchant caravan in Anle City was made up of Evil Soul Masters who had contaminated apples and kidnapped children. After he captured them, Esdeath took charge of interrogating their leader, Sadik, while Ye Han suspected a larger organization was behind the group.

• Ye Han used his appraisal ability to identify an apple contaminated by evil power and learned the merchant caravan that sold it was resting in the southern ruins.
• Ye Han alerted Esdeath and Lia, then went with Xue Qinghe to surround the caravan and identified its leader as the Level 51 Evil Soul Master Sadik.
• Ye Han immobilized Sadik and the other Evil Soul Masters with the Chains of Heaven and demanded to know where they had taken the children.
• Sadik appealed to Lia and the City Defense Army for help, but Lia recognized him as an Evil Soul Master and kicked him.
• Ye Han suspected Sadik had accomplices and handed him and his men over to Esdeath for interrogation; Shi Xu took them to prison with orders to request a Healing Type Soul Master from San San.

Ye Han and the others saw Esdeath’s brutal interrogation of Sadik, an Evil Soul Master, and learned that he had captured victims for experiments in Xiyue City. Ye Han decided to investigate the city alone, leaving the others behind in Anle City.

• Esdeath revealed that she had tortured Sadik for information, and Sadik begged Ye Han to make her stop.
• Esdeath used Kurumi’s healing ability to keep Sadik alive and resumed tearing out his fingernails, driving Ning Rongrong, Yu Tianxin, Yu Tianheng, Dai Weisi, and Xue Qinghe from the prison.
• Ye Han reviewed Esdeath’s intelligence and explained that Sadik had taken captives to Xiyue City, an ungoverned border city where Evil Soul Masters conducted experiments.
• Xue Qinghe and Dai Weisi offered to join Ye Han, while Ning Fengzhi asked Uncle Bone to accompany him.
• Ye Han declined their offers and said he would investigate Xiyue City alone, with Uncle Zhao notified to ensure Anle City remained safe.

Ye Han entered Xiyue City, now known as Evil City, to investigate its Evil Soul Masters and hired Black Dog as a guide. After learning that nobles from both empires backed the city, Ye Han warned his allies not to send soldiers and waited for Uncle Zhao to arrive before any major action.

• Ye Han reached Xiyue City, sensed the evil Soul Power inside, and killed a burly man and his lackeys when they attacked him at the gate.
• Ye Han paid Black Dog one hundred Gold Soul Coins for a tour and used Tang San as his false name.
• Black Dog explained that Evil City was transformed by Evil Soul Masters and described its illicit markets and a fruit that increased strength while producing evil aura.
• Black Dog told Ye Han that nobles from both empires backed Evil City, prompting Ye Han to warn Dai Weisi and Xue Qinghe through Guild Chat not to mobilize soldiers.
• Yoruichi told Ye Han that Uncle Zhao had broken through and was heading to Xiyue City, and Ye Han agreed to wait before any major action.

Ye Han visited Evil City's Black Market with Black Dog and saw its slave trade and bounty system. When Da Zhuang tried to unmask him, Ye Han killed the Soul Emperor instantly, then accepted Black Dog's offer to share information about Evil City.

• Black Dog brought Ye Han into the Black Market and explained how its slave trade and bounty system operated.
• Ye Han saw people imprisoned for sale and resolved to destroy Evil City.
• Black Dog described Night Tower as an assassin organization that avoided slave trading and Evil Soul Master activities.
• Da Zhuang tried to remove Ye Han's mask, so Ye Han killed him with a single strike.
• Black Dog offered to share his intelligence on Evil City, and Ye Han agreed to let the matter go.

Xue Qinghe and Dai Weisi learned that their empires would not investigate Evil Soul Masters, while Ye Han recruited Black Dog to help him infiltrate Evil City’s City Lord’s Mansion. Black Dog agreed in exchange for Ye Han finding his comrade’s son, who had been captured ten years earlier, and began sharing what he knew about the mansion.

• Xue Qinghe urged Xue Ye to investigate a serious matter, but Xue Ye refused to risk destabilizing the Heaven Dou Empire, so Xue Qinghe resolved to handle it himself.
• Dai Weisi questioned the Star Luo Emperor about letting Evil Soul Masters run rampant, but the emperor dismissed him and told him to leave.
• In Evil City’s Black Market, Ye Han questioned Black Dog about the City Lord’s Mansion, and Black Dog refused to share information until he knew Ye Han’s identity.
• Ye Han revealed he was from Second Dimension Academy and removed his mask, convincing Black Dog that he was Ye Han and might be able to protect him.
• Black Dog asked Ye Han to find his comrade’s son, who had been captured by Evil Soul Masters ten years earlier, and showed him their Blood Pact as proof that the boy was still alive.
• Ye Han agreed to help rescue the boy, warning that he might have become an Evil Soul Master, and asked Black Dog to tell him everything he knew about the City Lord’s Mansion.

Ye Han infiltrated Evil City's City Lord's Mansion to investigate the Evil Soul Masters' hidden activities. He found a concealed underground area and petrified Shen Feng when the researcher nearly discovered him.

• Ye Han collected a hidden item from Leng Xu and summoned Esdeath, Uncle Zhao, Old Poison, and Di Tian to prepare for an assault on Evil City.
• Ye Han asked Xue Qinghe to help surround Evil City, and Xue Qinghe rejected Bibi Dong's order to secretly kill Ye Han.
• Ye Han used his ability to enter the City Lord's Mansion unseen and watched a masked man deliver a child's corpse for disposal.
• Ye Han used the paper from Leng Xu to open a concealed entrance and descended into the Evil Soul Masters' underground facility.
• Ye Han entered a room of research materials, found Shen Feng searching for a missing paper, and petrified him before convincing the attendant outside to leave.

Ye Han forced Shen Feng to reveal the purpose of the Evil Soul Masters’ experiment and infiltrated their laboratory to copy its records. He then reached the basement holding hundreds of children and asked Shen Feng to identify Chen Yu, a boy missing for ten years.

• Ye Han bound and threatened Shen Feng, then poisoned him to force his cooperation.
• Shen Feng explained that the Evil Soul Masters collected and purified souls to implant their Martial Souls into human bodies, using children as test subjects.
• Ye Han killed a man, disguised himself in the man’s clothes, and had Shen Feng lead him to the laboratory.
• Ye Han copied the experiment records and persuaded Shen Feng to take him to the children’s holding area.
• Ye Han showed Shen Feng a ten-year-old photograph of Chen Yu, and Shen Feng struggled to recognize the boy among the many children.

Ye Han learned that the Evil Soul Master leader Chen Yu resembled the person in his photo, then waited inside the City Lord's Mansion for Esdeath's forces so he could reach the imprisoned children without triggering the restrictions. Outside, Black Dog persuaded Leng Xu to stay and share the risk while they worried about Ye Han.

• Ye Han discovered that Shen Feng recognized the man in the photo as Chen Yu, the Evil Soul Master leader, and revealed that he had never poisoned Shen Feng.
• Ye Han secretly followed Shen Feng out of the basement and tried to reach the test subjects, but restrictions forced him to retreat and wait for the army.
• Qian Renxue arrived at Second Dimension Academy with two Titled Douluo, while Yoruichi and Kurumi speculated about her relationship with Ye Han.
• Black Dog fretted that Ye Han had been inside the City Lord's Mansion for a day and night, and Leng Xu decided to leave.
• Black Dog revealed Ye Han's identity and threatened to expose Leng Xu's involvement, convincing Leng Xu to stay until the crisis ended.

Esdeath and Ye Han’s allies assembled an overwhelming force outside Evil City to destroy it and eliminate those tainted by Evil Soul Masters. Zhao Lei killed the Soul Douluos guarding the entrance, spared Leng Xu and Black Dog after Black Dog showed Ye Han’s token, and the attack was poised to begin.

• Leng Xu sensed a massive army near Evil City, and he and Black Dog went to investigate.
• Esdeath assigned Shi Xu and Dugu Bo to guard the rear exit while Lia told Zhao Lei that Ye Han was at the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Qian Renxue confronted Zhao Lei over his connection to Qian Daoliu, but Zhao Lei warned her not to attack him.
• Black Dog recognized the assembled forces as an army led by Second Dimension Academy, and Zhao Lei ordered the Soul Douluos at the gate killed.
• Zhao Lei’s Jade Flute killed the fleeing Soul Douluos, but he stopped when Black Dog showed Ye Han’s token and Yoruichi confirmed they were not Evil Soul Masters.
• Yoruichi explained that Ye Han intended to erase Evil City, and Esdeath said the force would kill those contaminated by Evil Soul Masters and investigate the rest.