Chapter Summaries

Han Li explained why he was forcing cultivation into Ah Yin, then struck a deal with Gu Yue to help her recover in exchange for guidance on the laws she controlled. Gu Yue agreed to move her Cultivation Space, and Han Li arranged new communication tokens before they set out.

• Han Li told Gu Yue that Ah Yin's son had been chosen as an Asura God pawn and that one of his people needed a soul ring, prompting Gu Yue to accept Ah Yin's fate.
• Gu Yue asked to move her Cultivation Space to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Han Li agreed.
• Han Li offered to convert half of Gu Yue's Faith Power into Immortal Spiritual Energy in exchange for access to her knowledge of laws and help with his studies, and Gu Yue accepted.
• Gu Yue said she could move at once and estimated the journey would take about two days; Han Li suggested they first go to the outskirts because the local laws could not withstand her full strength.
• Han Li gave Gu Yue a jade communication figurine and gave Di Tian an obsidian communication token before they prepared to leave.

Han Li discussed the Sea God and the risks of revealing Gu Yue’s plans, then Qian Renxue worried over the political consequences of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s decision. Ning Fengzhi pledged the sect’s allegiance to Han Li, who offered to help resolve his Martial Soul problem after he signed an oath, then contacted Gu Yue.

• Han Li warned Gu Yue to keep the Soul Beasts’ plans concealed until his people were prepared, and cautioned her against provoking the Sea God.
• Gu Yue and Di Tian departed through a silver portal, and Han Li later discussed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s likely decision with Qian Renxue.
• Han Li suggested Qian Renxue could end up marrying Ning Rongrong as a consequence of the political arrangement, startling her.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived with Gu Rong and declared that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would follow Han Li’s commands.
• Han Li told Ning Fengzhi to continue as before, promised to help solve his Martial Soul problem and obtain his eighth soul ring, and gave him a Martial Soul Oath to review.
• After Ning Fengzhi left with Gu Rong, Han Li used a token to contact Gu Yue.

Han Li arranged for Ning Fengzhi to contract a spirit and strengthen his martial soul, then brought him to Gu Yue’s hidden space with the relocated clans of the great ferocious beasts. After the clans began settling in Sunset Forest, Gu Yue opened the concealed space and Han Li followed her inside with Ning Fengzhi still in his wristband.

• Han Li contacted Gu Yue about aging soul beasts and checked the progress of the God Exams, learning that Xiu'er and Zhu Zhuqing had begun their trials while most of the worshippers were still being screened.
• Han Li learned that Golden Crocodile had entered the War God Trial, while Broad Hill, Azure Luan, Dugu Bo, and Spirit Vulture Douluo had reached the Phoenix God’s trials before planning to try the Speed God’s trial.
• Han Li met Ning Fengzhi at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s residence, put him in his wristband, and traveled through space to meet Gu Yue and Di Tian.
• Gu Yue released the clans of the great ferocious beasts into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and concealed her constructed space among the surrounding mountains.
• Gu Yue opened a silver gateway into the hidden space, and Han Li followed her inside with Ning Fengzhi still in his wristband.

Han Li used a spirit-soul contract to help Ning Fengzhi absorb a ninety-thousand-year Three-Headed Red Demon Hound as his eighth soul ring. Ning Fengzhi broke through to level 86 and evolved his Martial Soul into the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda before Han Li stored him away.

• Gu Yue led Han Li and Ning Fengzhi to the dying Three-Headed Red Demon Hound, which had agreed to become Ning Fengzhi's soul ring.
• Han Li formed a spirit-soul contract between Ning Fengzhi and the Three-Headed Red Demon Hound, guiding the soul ring and its phantom into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi completed the absorption, reached level 86, and evolved his Martial Soul into the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi summoned the Three-Headed Red Demon Hound spirit soul and learned that his eighth soul skill, Attribute Bestowal, granted a target the fire attribute.
• Han Li told Ning Fengzhi to recover, and Ning Fengzhi let Han Li store him in the wristband.

Han Li helped Gu Yue alter the soul beasts’ faith, gaining a surge of Faith Power that strengthened his command of the rules and aided Gu Yue’s recovery. After Gu Yue opened her constructed space to him, Han Li left for Heaven Dou City, while she instructed Di Tian to use the increased energy to grow stronger.

• Han Li let Tian Meng lead the soul beasts out of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, giving him a Dual-Color Longsword and authority to punish disobedient beasts.
• Gu Yue used part of her authority to send the soul beasts a message and a new cultivation method, while Han Li concealed the disturbance and maintained the rules.
• Han Li received substantial Faith Power from the soul beasts, noticed Good Son nearing awakening, and found that manipulating the rules had become easier.
• Han Li replenished Gu Yue with Faith Power and Immortal Spiritual Energy, easing her strain and helping her recover.
• Gu Yue opened a back door in her constructed space for Han Li, and Han Li used the Evil God Hook to open a Space Passage to Heaven Dou City.
• Gu Yue returned to the Cultivation Space and told Di Tian to use the increased energy to strengthen himself.

Han Li returned to Gu Yue’s Cultivation Space, where she explained several ways to comprehend rules and proposed imprinting her understanding onto his God Soul. He recognized the method as resembling dual cultivation, and Gu Yue said it could help them prepare for powerful enemies threatening the Soul Beast Race.

• Han Li released Ning Fengzhi at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Gu Rong and Chen Xin discussed his growing strength and Ning Fengzhi showed them his Martial Soul.
• Han Li returned home to pack food and check on those undergoing God Exams before heading back to Gu Yue’s Cultivation Space.
• Gu Yue showed Han Li how she had arranged a Lake of Life and explained that observing her use rules could serve as guidance.
• Gu Yue described devouring, inheritance, and the differences between born gods and embodiments of rules as methods and origins of rule mastery.
• Gu Yue explained that imprinting could transfer her comprehended rules to Han Li’s God Soul, and she proposed using it to help them grow stronger for the Soul Beast Race.
• Han Li realized imprinting sounded like dual cultivation and considered Gu Yue’s proposal.

Han Li agreed to let Gu Yue imprint laws onto his God Soul, choosing space and darkness while she planned to pursue Creation Power. Their cooperation began with the fate of the Soul Beast Race at stake.

• Han Li accepted Gu Yue's offer to complete his God Soul with law imprints, and she estimated he could bear two complete laws.
• Han Li sealed his memories and chose space and darkness; Gu Yue said she intended to observe Creation Power.
• Gu Yue explained that she hoped to condense a Creation Power seed, break through, and give the Soul Beast Race a chance to survive, even if she failed.
• Han Li questioned the danger of her plan but accepted that they were partners and extended his hand to begin the imprinting.

Han Li and Gu Yue merged their God Souls while imprinting the rules, and their powers rapidly strengthened and healed Gu Yue. As Gu Yue prepared to show Han Li the rules, his perspective revealed a web of rule threads to her.

• Gu Yue became flustered by Han Li's remark about dual cultivation, but began the imprinting ritual with him.
• Gu Yue's immense power overwhelmed Han Li until he told her to focus and control their merged energies.
• Han Li and Gu Yue's divine power and God Souls fully merged, strengthening Han Li while helping repair Gu Yue's injuries.
• Gu Yue demonstrated the elemental rules, and Han Li absorbed them beyond the four elements they had initially agreed upon.
• Han Li decided to share his perspective with Gu Yue, who found his concerns about abandoning the Soul Beast Race reassuring.
• Han Li warned Gu Yue that her time was limited, and a dense web of rule threads appeared before her.

Han Li linked his Luck Power with Gu Yue’s so she could comprehend Creation Power, then experienced a sudden transformation that revealed threads connecting the people and places in the world. He began to suspect he had awakened a power related to destiny, while Gu Yue continued her study of Creation Power.

• Han Li linked his Luck Power with Gu Yue’s, making Creation Power clearer to her as she immersed herself in comprehension.
• Han Li noticed that the linked Luck Power had changed, weaving golden threads around his God Soul before they turned colorless and merged into him.
• Han Li saw threads connecting people throughout the world and noticed that regions beyond the continent were beginning to light up.
• Han Li placed his blood-red Han token on Gu Yue’s brow, and she used its slaughter power to provoke Creation Power and deepen her comprehension.
• Han Li observed Gu Yue’s progress while testing his new passive influence, then voluntarily returned to their shared God Soul state.

After Han Li and Gu Yue intertwined their God Souls, both gained strength and Gu Yue touched Creation Power. Han Li left for the Far North Land with a gift from Gu Yue, while plans to negotiate with Sea God remained for later.

• Gu Yue sensed a trace of Creation Power during the God Soul intertwining, and she and Han Li recovered their strength before separating.
• Han Li showed Gu Yue how his divine power and body had changed, while Gu Yue realized her injuries had helped her approach Creation Power.
• Han Li said he would travel to the Far North Land to continue his plans for God Exams, then consider negotiations with Sea God.
• Gu Yue suggested Di Tian stay behind and cautioned Han Li about the Far North Land's Ice God worshippers.
• Gu Yue gave Han Li a silver necklace and invited him to seek her help with Creation Power before he returned to Heaven Dou City.

After his God Souls fused with Gu Yue’s, Han Li examined his strengthened divine power, transformed God Soul, and newly accessible Creation Power and Fate Rule. He realized he could form Rule Rings that taxed others’ use of the rules he controlled, and assessed both his growing strength and the dangers of confronting the God Realm.

• Han Li examined the scale necklace from Gu Yue and wondered whether she had left it as a token before putting it away.
• Han Li found that his divine power had strengthened, his Godly Body was nearly twice as strong, and his God Soul had completed its transformation with several rules imprinted on it.
• Han Li discovered that he could wield Creation Power and had gained authority over the Fate Rule, prompting him to consider pursuing this route to godhood.
• Han Li inspected the Ice Fire Divine Dragon Bow and saw its eight soul rings engraving the rules they had solidified.
• Han Li realized he could form four Rule Rings, which increased the power others needed to use those rules, and judged himself capable of defeating Level Two Gods but vulnerable to stronger gods who could outlast him.
• Han Li concluded that the Douluo Plane’s advancement and potential merger with the God Realm were his greatest leverage and the chief source of conflict between them.

After a sudden leap in strength, Han Li gathered his companions and prepared to travel, then began Ah Yin’s sacrifice to provide Ye Lingling with a Seventh Soul Ring. He learned that Gu Yue’s scale necklace could command even Snow Empress, while Ah Yin’s sacrifice continued.

• Han Li returned to the main hall and revealed that he had crossed the threshold to godhood, prompting Qian Renxue to vow to catch up with him.
• Han Li told Qian Daoliu to keep traveling with them, instructed Qian Renxue to handle the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect matter, and planned to take Ye Lingling for her Seventh Soul Ring.
• The next morning, Han Li brought Ye Lingling through the Space Portal to Ah Yin, who had returned to the Hundred-Thousand-Year realm but had regressed in strength.
• Han Li began Ah Yin’s sacrifice, using the power of laws to envelop her and Ye Lingling in a blood-red pillar of light.
• Han Li showed Di Tian Gu Yue’s silver-white scale necklace, and Di Tian knelt, explaining that even Snow Empress would obey its holder unless she betrayed the Soul Beast Race.

Han Li brought Ye Lingling and the others to the Far North Land after the Blue Silver Emperor's sacrifice, intending to meet Snow Empress and begin the group's next God Exams. Snow Empress spotted their approach and summoned the Far North's beast kings as Han Li's party descended toward her castle.

• The Blue Silver Emperor's sacrifice left her seed lifeless, and Han Li gave it to the Blue Silver King and told her she could return to Blue Silver Forest after advancing into an emperor.
• Ye Lingling revealed that the sacrifice had strengthened her Blue Silver Domain, and Han Li opened a Space Portal to take the group from Heaven Dou City to the Far North Land.
• Han Li, Qian Daoliu, and the women flew across the snowy plains toward Snow Empress's castle, where Snow Empress noticed their powerful auras and sent snowflakes to summon the other beast kings.
• Snow Empress discussed the approaching humans with the girl Xue'er and prepared for their arrival as the Far North's beast kings hurried to defend her.
• Han Li boosted the group's descent with green airflow, and Snow Empress and Xue'er watched them approach the castle.

Han Li visited the Snow Empress and revealed that he was the Plane Master seeking faith to become a god, with the Soul Beast Race’s ruler having agreed to cooperate. After he shared the truth about the gods and Soul Beasts’ fate, the Three Kings of the Far North faced Han Li’s demand for a decision.

• Han Li entered Ice-Snow Castle with his companions after the Snow Empress agreed to receive them.
• Han Li told the Snow Empress that he required the Far North’s cooperation to gain faith and become a god, and said the Soul Beast Race’s ruler had agreed to his plan.
• Han Li used Mental Sharing to show the Three Kings his encounters with Gu Yue and Di Tian and explain the history of the gods.
• The Ice Empress and Titan Snow Demon King reacted furiously and disbelievingly to learning that Soul Beasts had been deceived about becoming gods and the Ice God’s existence.
• The Snow Empress asked Han Li whether the Far North had ever had a choice.

Han Li arranged for the Far North’s three great kings to cooperate with Gu Yue’s plans and led his companions to the Glacier Lava Cave. After trading a Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus for a Soul Bone, he helped Shui Bing'er begin absorbing it and prepared the Ice Bear King for his hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation.

• Han Li told Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and the Titan Snow Demon King to follow Gu Yue’s instructions, gave Snow Empress a jade token, and offered to help them through their next Heavenly Tribulations.
• Han Li asked Snow Empress to guide him and his companions to the Glacier Lava Cave, then returned with two snow lotuses.
• Snow Empress traded a quasi-hundred-thousand-year Ice Luan Torso Bone for a Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus, and Han Li exchanged other treasures with the Far North kings for Soul Bones.
• Han Li led everyone to the square, where Shui Bing'er swallowed the snow lotus and began absorbing it under his divine-power shield.
• Han Li helped the Ice Bear King refine a ten-thousand-year snow lotus as dark clouds gathered overhead for its hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation.

Han Li weakened the Ice Bear King's Heavenly Tribulation while studying its hidden laws, then helped Shui Bing'er complete her preparations for a God Exam. At the Glacier Lava Cave, Shui Bing'er and Dugu Yan entered the God Exam site, while Han Li warned the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to keep their distance.

• Han Li suppressed much of the tribulation's Lightning and Judgment Laws while studying Destruction Power, and secretly captured a thread of it as the Ice Bear King endured the storm.
• The Ice Bear King survived and offered Han Li Faith Power, while Shui Bing'er finished absorbing her soul ring and Head Soul Bone.
• Han Li recognized that his growing affinity with Creation Power had also strengthened his grasp of Destiny Power.
• Han Li led his group to the Glacier Lava Cave, where Dugu Yan and Shui Bing'er sensed a strong summons from the glacier's center.
• Han Li sent Dugu Yan and Shui Bing'er into the God Exam site and asked the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to help them if needed, while warning them not to approach.

Han Li told Qian Daoliu that the God Realm might try to seize control of the continent and promised to protect Spirit Hall and Qian Renxue from the conflict. He examined Qian Daoliu’s destiny and saw a possible future in which the High Priest was left alone in a ruined divine realm, raising questions about the purpose of the High Priest’s sacrifice.

• Han Li explained to Qian Daoliu that the God Realm might move against the continent after Han Li became a god, and said he planned to leave Spirit Hall before the final operation.
• Qian Daoliu objected to Han Li’s plan but refused to tell Qian Renxue about his own duty as Angel God’s High Priest or abandon his faith.
• Han Li asked Qian Daoliu to let him inspect the God Exam mission before they left for Sea God Island.
• Han Li used Destiny Power and saw Qian Daoliu alone in a ruined golden realm, seemingly formed from divine power.
• Han Li wondered whether High Priests’ sacrifices were secretly a final trial that left them as God Officers in a God Kingdom.

Han Li persuaded Qian Daoliu to let him inspect the Angel Temple and discovered that he could take Qian Daoliu’s place in the final inheritance ritual, sparing his life. Afterward, Han Li reflected on how his changing plans and uncertain future choices had left him feeling unsettled.

• Han Li explained that the sacrifice was not essential and persuaded Qian Daoliu to let him enter the Angel Temple by promising to honor the Angel God and protect Qian Renxue.
• Han Li examined the Angel Statue and Angel Holy Sword, then identified the statue’s connection to the God Realm and the mechanism for opening a passage.
• Han Li told Qian Daoliu he could supply the power needed for the final stage, and Qian Daoliu agreed to help persuade Qian Renxue while keeping the option uncertain.
• Han Li advised Qian Daoliu to absorb the excess Faith Power, then returned with him from the Angel Temple.
• Han Li considered how his shifting plans for Spirit Hall, Qian Renxue, and the Soul Beast Race might force him to choose between old allies in the future.

Han Li helped Ye Lingling activate the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, then used his divine power to force Poseidon to appear. Poseidon claimed the artifact as his inheritance item, but Han Li challenged that claim and left the Sea God speechless.

• Qian Daoliu left after speaking with Han Li, who then began cultivating to absorb the benefits of dual cultivation with Gu Yue.
• Han Li handed Ye Lingling the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and helped her bind it by sharing their minds as she offered her blood.
• The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud absorbed Ye Lingling’s vitality and revealed itself as a multifunctional Soul Tool, while Han Li sensed that it had also taken some of her Soul Power.
• Han Li infused the Sea God’s Heart with his own divine power, prompting Poseidon to project his will through the artifact and stop him from erasing the Sea God’s aura.
• Han Li questioned Poseidon’s ownership of the Sea God’s Heart, arguing that it was not the Sea God’s inheritance item because Ye Lingling could use it without receiving a God Exam.

Han Li used the power of the Asura God and Evil God to make Poseidon reconsider confronting him, then encouraged Poseidon to offer Ye Lingling his inheritance. Ye Lingling accepted the Sea God Exam and received her first trial, which was immediately completed.

• Han Li displayed Great Dark Heaven, revealing that the Asura God and Evil God had left him their power, and Poseidon dropped his threats.
• Han Li told Poseidon he had found several divine inheritances and was seeking one for Ye Lingling, prompting Poseidon to consider her as his successor.
• Poseidon offered Ye Lingling the Sea God inheritance and claimed her talent and bond with the Sea God's Heart proved she qualified.
• Ye Lingling accepted Poseidon's offer, and he sent divine power to her, marking her forehead with a golden trident.
• Poseidon announced Ye Lingling's Seagod Nine Tests, First Test: See the God, as completed, while the statues on Sea God Island projected her image into the sky.