Chapter Summaries

Ye Han received divine rewards for his Ark Core Martial Soul and prepared to reveal his third Martial Soul, while Liu Erlong and Bai He each made plans to travel to Chang'an. The Sky Screen then announced a tied first-place entry in the Martial Soul Quality Ranking, leaving the world waiting to see what came next.

• Ye Han received the Primal Orb, Sage's Heavenly Book, two divine skills, stronger soul rings, and a 300,000-Year Perfect Self-Adapting Spirit Bone.
• Liu Erlong learned that Xue Ye was leading a delegation to Chang'an and decided to join it with Jiang Zhu so she could seek The Ultimate for Xiao Gang.
• Bai He decided to take Bai Chenxiang to Chang'an, bringing the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng as a gift and hoping to help the Speed Clan recover.
• The Sky Screen reopened its spatial rift and displayed a new Martial Soul Quality Ranking entry tied for first place.

The Sky Screen ranked Ye Han’s Heaven-Opening Axe alongside his other Supreme Creation Grade martial souls, prompting outrage over its tie for first place. The Heavenly Dao upheld the ranking but raised the soul-bone and soul-ring reward to one million years, while factions rushed toward Chang’an and Xu Tianyang’s force reacted in shock outside the Evil Demon Forest.

• The Sky Screen revealed Ye Han’s Heaven-Opening Axe as tied for first place and described Pangu’s creation of the universe with its three forms.
• Living beings across the Douluo Plane protested the tie, arguing that the Heaven-Opening Axe deserved its own top ranking.
• The Heavenly Dao declared that the ranking could not change, explained that the martial souls exceeded its understanding, and increased the second reward to a one-million-year soul bone and soul-ring enhancement.
• The people praised the Heavenly Dao, recognized Ye Han as the unprecedented owner of three Supreme Creation Grade martial souls, and major factions set out for Chang’an.
• Outside the Evil Demon Forest, Xu Tianyang and Xu Tianlong’s elite force was stunned by the news while preparing to hunt Xiedi.

The Sun Moon Empire and the Evil Eye Tyrant Clan prepared for battle as Ye Han received upgraded rewards and gained nine million-year spirit rings for his Heaven-Opening Axe. After the Sky Screen announced a third ranking, Ye Han entered seclusion to break through, while Shangguan Wan'er learned that Shui Ningshuang, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er had arrived in Chang'an.

• Xu Tianyang ordered the Sun Moon Empire's army to invade the Evil Demon Forest and destroy the Evil Eye Tyrant Clan.
• After learning of the invasion, Xiedi ordered his clan to gather and confront the Sun Moon Empire's forces.
• Ye Han received a Special Divine Treasure Orb, a Supreme Treasure/Half-Divine Artifact Dawn, two divine skills, nine million-year spirit rings, and a Million-Year Perfect Self-Adapting Spirit Bone.
• The Sky Screen announced that the third ranking would be revealed in two and a half days.
• Ye Han asked Shangguan Wan'er to manage affairs while he entered seclusion to break through to rank ninety-six.
• Shangguan Wan'er received an alert that Shui Ningshuang, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er had arrived in Chang'an.

Ye Han broke through to Rank 96 and learned that the Shui sisters had come to Chang'an seeking The Ultimate. He summoned them to Taiji Hall, while the Sun Moon Empire’s army began a fierce battle with Xiedi and the Evil Eye Clan in Evil Demon Forest.

• Shangguan Wan'er ordered Li Xin to detain the Shui sisters until Ye Han emerged from seclusion.
• Xu Tianyang and Xu Tianlong led the Sun Moon army into Evil Demon Forest and challenged Xiedi’s Evil Eye Clan.
• Xiedi attacked after Xu Tianyang ordered the army to fire, and the Sun Moon forces and Evil Eye Clan fought across the forest.
• Xu Tianyang and Xu Tianlong released their martial souls and joined forces against Xiedi.
• Ye Han emerged from seclusion at Rank 96, corrected Shangguan Wan'er about keeping outsiders, and asked her to bring the Shui sisters to Taiji Hall.

Shui Ningshuang, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er joined Chang'an, helping Ye Han gather enough Faith Power to break through to level 97. After emerging from seclusion, Ye Han learned that major powers had returned to Chang'an, including Shrek Academy and the Speed Clan, and ordered the gates to admit only those who brought sincere gifts.

• Shui Ningshuang, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er agreed to join Chang'an and swear loyalty to it.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er generated Faith Power for Ye Han, bringing him to the threshold for level 97, and he entered seclusion to break through.
• In the Evil Demon Forest, Xu Tianyang and Xu Tianlong unleashed Dragon Sun Heaven Extinction against Xiedi, who countered with Light of Time and Space.
• After reaching level 97, Ye Han learned that the major powers had returned with Shrek Academy and the Speed Clan among them, and he ordered the Great Wall gates to reject visitors without sincere gifts.
• Shrek Academy arrived first at the north gate of Chang'an's Great Wall.

The Shrek group reached Chang'an and tried to gain entry, but Su Lie rejected their claims and humiliated them. After Su Lie forced them to the ground and ordered them away, a delegation led by Xue Ye arrived at the city.

• The Shrek group admired Chang'an's Great Wall and Defense Tower, though Tang San dismissed the tower as useless beside his hidden weapons.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded that Chang'an welcome his group, but Su Lie mocked his reputation and refused them entry without a valuable gift.
• Tang San offered his Godly Zhuge Crossbow, but Su Lie called it worthless and threw it back at him.
• Tang San confronted Su Lie, who used his pressure to pin Tang San, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Yu Xiaogang to the ground before letting them go.
• The Heaven Dou Empire delegation, accompanied by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, arrived as the Shrek group prepared to leave.

Yu Xiaogang tried to enter Chang'an with the Heaven Dou procession, but Yu Yuanzhen exposed him as a failed former sect member who had stolen his theories, prompting Xue Ye to reject him. After collapsing in rage, Yu Xiaogang manipulated Liu Erlong into promising to obtain The Ultimate for him, while the Heaven Dou procession continued to Xuanwu Gate to meet Su Lie.

• Yu Xiaogang led the Shrek group toward the Heaven Dou procession, hoping to enter Chang'an with it, and declared himself the world's foremost Grandmaster of martial soul theory.
• Yu Yuanzhen exposed Yu Xiaogang as his disgraced biological son, a man unable to break through level thirty who had stolen theories from the sect's records, and Xue Ye ordered the procession onward without him.
• Yu Xiaogang spat blood and collapsed, then persuaded Liu Erlong to obtain The Ultimate from Chang'an by promising to reunite with her; Flender worried that Yu Xiaogang was exploiting her feelings.
• Tang San swore revenge on Su Lie for insulting his hidden weapons and hoped to use The Ultimate to become stronger.
• The Heaven Dou procession reached Xuanwu Gate, where Xue Ye saw Su Lie on the wall and ordered his men to present the empire's national treasure.

The Heaven Dou and Star Luo delegations offered Chang'an increasingly valuable tributes to gain entry, surrendering their factions’ secret techniques and state secrets after Su Lie and Baili Xuance demanded them. Both groups entered the city under escort, while Bai He and Bai Chenxiang arrived at Azure Dragon Gate.

• Xue Ye presented the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as Heaven Dou’s tribute, but Su Lie demanded the secret techniques of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect before allowing those factions to enter.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Ning Fengzhi agreed to surrender the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique and Distraction Control Secret Technique, and Super Minions escorted the delegation into Chang'an.
• Qian Renxue, Liu Erlong, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and others privately considered their goals during the journey into the city.
• Dai Xiaotian offered Star Luo’s treasures to Baili Xuance, who rejected them and demanded the empire’s military manuals, strategies, and governing policies instead.
• Dai Xiaotian agreed to hand over the state secrets after entering Chang'an, and Super Minions escorted the Star Luo delegation through White Tiger Gate.
• Bai He and Bai Chenxiang arrived at Azure Dragon Gate.

Bai He and Bibi Dong’s groups reached Chang’an and entered after presenting the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and Pure Sky as tribute. Ye Han gathered the visiting factions at Taiji Hall, intending to make them surrender their supreme treasures and recognize Chang’an’s power.

• Kai let Bai He and Bai Chenxiang enter Chang’an after accepting the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng as tribute.
• Ye Han noticed Shangguan Wan’er’s repeated interruptions and saw Spirit Hall arrive as the final visiting faction.
• Baili Shouyue admitted Bibi Dong’s group after accepting Pure Sky as tribute.
• Ye Han told Shangguan Wan’er that he wanted the factions’ supreme treasures and ordered her to arrange their reception with Sikong Zhen.
• The visiting factions were led through Chang’an’s prosperous city and toward Taiji Hall.

Ye Han’s major faction guests arrived in Chang’an, where Sikong Zhen received them amid an imposing show of force. After Bibi Dong challenged Chang’an’s treatment of guests and was rebuked, Ye Han kept everyone waiting for two and a half hours before finally appearing to greet them.

• The major factions met Bibi Dong and Golden Crocodile at Taiji Hall, then entered under the watch of ten powerful Super Minions.
• Sikong Zhen revealed himself as Chang’an’s Grand Sikong, and Yue Guan and Gui Mei recognized him as the expert who had nearly killed them.
• Bibi Dong accused Chang’an of disrespecting its guests, but Sikong Zhen said the guards were there to prevent the City Lord from killing troublemakers; Golden Crocodile forced her to stand down.
• Ye Han told Shangguan Wan'er to let the factions wait, and Sikong Zhen refused their attempts to present gifts while they waited for the City Lord.
• After two and a half hours, Ye Han arrived in Taiji Hall with Shangguan Wan'er and introduced himself as the Lord of Chang'an.

Ye Han appeared before the continent’s leading factions, forced them to bow, and accepted their lavish tributes while mocking Bibi Dong. He refused to treat the gifts as the price of an alliance and announced a Strongest King Peak Tournament in Chang’an, leaving the factions to compete for his favor.

• Ye Han revealed his overwhelming aura in Taiji Hall, demanded that the assembled leaders kneel, and received their respectful greetings, including Bibi Dong’s.
• Ye Han provoked Bibi Dong by questioning her intelligence, while Hu Liena, Qian Renxue, Jiang Zhu, Bai Chenxiang, and others became captivated by him.
• Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, Bai He, Bibi Dong, Xue Ye, and Dai Xiaotian presented their factions’ tributes to Ye Han.
• Bibi Dong and the other faction leaders sought alliances with Chang’an, while Bai He offered the Speed Clan’s submission.
• Ye Han said the tributes only bought an audience, then announced the Strongest King Peak Tournament to begin in Chang’an two and a half days later, with the gifts serving as entry tickets.

Ye Han persuaded the major factions to enter a tournament that would trade supreme treasures for a chance at Chang'an’s ‘Ultimate’ blessing, then sent them away to await the competition. Meanwhile, Gongsun Li escorted Xiao Bai to the Far North, where two powerful presences welcomed her return.

• Ye Han announced that Chang'an’s ranked experts would not compete in the Strongest King Peak Tournament and invited faction leaders to enter, but required supreme treasures for additional entry slots.
• Ye Han promised every participating faction a mysterious grand prize, and the major factions, including Spirit Hall, agreed to take part.
• Bai He voiced concern about the Speed Clan’s weakness, and Ye Han urged him not to miss the tournament two and a half days later.
• Ye Han ordered Shangguan Wan'er and Sikong Zhen to see the factions out, and the guests left Taiji Hall hoping the New Ranking would improve their chances.
• Gongsun Li brought Xiao Bai to the Far North, where two voices excitedly welcomed Xiao Bai home.

Xiao Bai returned to the Far North with the Tribulation Transcendence Pill and an Octagonal Divine Ice Grass from Ye Han, whom he had acknowledged as his daddy. After Gongsun Li defeated Snow Empress in a spar with her God Level Martial Soul, Snow Empress’s competitive spirit awakened, and she decided to conquer Ye Han.

• Snow Empress and Ice Empress welcomed Xiao Bai home and learned that Gongsun Li and the Super Minions had escorted him back.
• Xiao Bai gave Ice Empress the Tribulation Transcendence Pill and showed the two women the Octagonal Divine Ice Grass that Ye Han had gifted him.
• Snow Empress learned Xiao Bai had acknowledged Ye Han as his daddy, while Ice Empress worried that people would misunderstand the relationship between Snow Empress and Ye Han.
• Gongsun Li’s remarks about Ye Han’s powerful admirers irritated Snow Empress, who challenged Gongsun Li to a spar.
• Gongsun Li revealed her powerful soul rings and trapped Snow Empress in an illusion with her Ninth Soul Skill, then left before Snow Empress broke free.
• After hearing that Gongsun Li considered even the weakest of Ye Han’s admirers stronger than herself, Snow Empress decided to compete for Ye Han and asked Xiao Bai if she was worthy of his daddy.

Snow Empress decided to pursue Ye Han and planned to travel to Chang'an with Ice Empress and Xiao Bai after the next Sky Screen Ranking, while Ice Empress resolved to pursue him too. Jialuo completed her escort mission, and Liu Erlong returned from Chang'an without the Ultimate and began explaining the tournament to Yu Xiaogang.

• Snow Empress asked Xiao Bai whether she was worthy of Ye Han, then announced she would pursue him despite Ice Empress's protests.
• Xiao Bai told the two empresses that Ye Han could locate the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cave and wanted them to find him in Chang'an; Snow Empress planned to wait for the next Sky Screen Ranking and use a Heaven-Sent Reward as a gift.
• Ice Empress decided she would pursue Ye Han too, while Snow Empress told Xiao Bai they would take their pills and break through first.
• Jialuo escorted Lan Fozi and Bai Xiuxiu to the sea, reminded them to obey Chang'an's rules, and watched them depart for their respective clans.
• Jialuo returned toward Chang'an, longing to be alone with the City Lord and vowing to work hard to catch up to him.
• Liu Erlong slipped away from the returning Heaven Dou convoy and told Yu Xiaogang she had not obtained the Ultimate, then began recounting what happened in Chang'an and the Strongest King Peak Tournament.

Bai Xiuxiu and Lan Fozi returned with 'The Ultimate' and Divine Herbs to help their clans and families, while Bo Saixi vowed that Sea God Island would remember the wrongs done to the Sea Witch. After two and a half days, the Sky Screen announced the Combined Technique Ranking, leaving the world awaiting its results.

• Yu Xiaogang persuaded Liu Erlong to seek 'The Ultimate' for him, and Flender condemned him for using her.
• Bai Xiuxiu returned to Xiao Bai with 'The Ultimate' and a Divine Herb, and Xiao Bai accepted her decision to join Chang'an before urging her to save their wounded clansmen.
• Lan Fozi brought 'The Ultimate' and a Divine Herb to the Demon Empress, then urged her to use it to save her father.
• The Sea Witch told Bo Saixi and the Six Sacred Pillars how Chang'an City and the Star Dou Forest had mistreated her, and Bo Saixi vowed to remember the humiliation while avoiding war for now.
• The Sky Screen announced that its third ranking would judge the origins of combined techniques and reward the top twenty representatives.

The Combined Technique Ranking was announced, and factions across the continent grew confident that their skills could earn high places despite Chang'an’s strength. Shangguan Wan'er remained unable to confess her feelings to Ye Han as everyone awaited the results.

• The Sky Screen announced a twenty-place Combined Technique Ranking that included soul beasts, prompting widespread discussion.
• Ye Han asked Shangguan Wan'er how many places Chang'an could claim, and she predicted the city would take most of them while hiding her troubled feelings.
• Bibi Dong encouraged Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Hu Liena to compete, and they confidently expected their Martial Soul Fusion Skills to place in the top five.
• Golden Crocodile and the other Worships celebrated their prospects, while Qian Daoliu worried that Chang'an might again defy expectations.
• Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Yu Yuanzhen discussed their chances, and Yu Yuanzhen and Chen Xin and Gu Rong expressed confidence in their combination skills.

The Combined Technique Ranking appeared, prompting factions across the world to boast about their skills and plan their next moves. Yu Xiaogang expected his Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill to take first place, but the Sky Screen began by announcing two other techniques in twentieth and nineteenth place.

• Xue Ye celebrated the ranking, while Qian Renxue thought Spirit Hall could outperform the other factions and wondered whether Chang'an City had developed a combined technique.
• Dai Xiaotian declared that Star Luo's Hell White Tiger would dominate the ranking, despite Empress Zhu Qingyue's warning about Chang'an and Spirit Hall.
• The King of Slaughter learned that Chang'an's tournament offered The Ultimate as a prize and pretended to support the elders' plan to infiltrate the city while secretly intending to compete for the reward.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress expected their fusion skill to rank highly, while Xiao Bai hoped the ranking would help them reunite with Ye Han.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang claimed his Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill would rank first, while Dai Mubai insisted the Hell White Tiger would surpass it.
• The Sky Screen announced Yu Yuanzhen, Yu Luomian, Yu Sansi, Yu Wuliu, and Yu Qiba's Five Thunder Heavenly Dragon at twentieth place, followed by Chen Xin and Gu Rong's End of Ten Thousand Bones, One Breath of Heaven and Earth at nineteenth.

The Sky Screen ranked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's Five Thunder Heavenly Dragon twentieth and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's End of Ten Thousand Bones, One Breath of Heaven and Earth nineteenth, exposing their defeats against Kai and Su Lie. Their representatives received rewards, and the chapter ended as the eighteenth-place ranking began with Qian Jun and Jiang Mo.

• The Sky Screen revealed that Kai had destroyed Five Thunder Heavenly Dragon with one slash and Su Lie had stopped End of Ten Thousand Bones, One Breath of Heaven and Earth with one move.
• People across the world were shocked that the two Upper Two Sects' techniques ranked near the bottom and that Chang'an's fighters had defeated them.
• Yu Yuanzhen, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong received Soul Ring and Soul Bone rewards, while the absent Blue Lightning elders received their rewards as well.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Chen Xin his Iron Sword supreme treasure, and the group decided to wait until the Sky Screen finished its announcements before absorbing Soul Bones.
• Qian Renxue hoped Qian Jun and Jiang Mo would rank higher, but the Sky Screen announced them at eighteenth place with Twin Rod Coiling Dragon, Evil-Breaking Twin Dragons.

The combined technique ranking placed Qian Jun and Jiang Mo’s Twin Rod Coiling Dragon in eighteenth place, shocking Spirit Hall and prompting doubts about Chang’an’s hidden strength. Hu Liena’s Yao Mei was then revealed in seventeenth place, leaving Spirit Hall’s confident expectations in ruins.

• The Sky Screen ranked Qian Jun and Jiang Mo’s Twin Rod Coiling Dragon eighteenth and awarded them upgraded Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and Combat Gauntlets.
• Qian Daoliu urged the brothers not to lose heart, while Guang Ling teased them about being in the bottom three.
• At the Pope Palace, Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Hu Liena reacted with shock and worried about their own techniques’ rankings.
• Hu Liena insisted that Yao Mei was exceptionally powerful just before the Sky Screen ranked it seventeenth.

The Sky Screen ranked Hu Liena and Xie Yue’s Yao Mei seventeenth and Yue Guan and Gui Mei’s Polar Static Domain sixteenth, exposing Spirit Hall’s low placements and the domain’s defeat by Sikong Zhen. Bibi Dong blamed Chang’an and vowed to destroy it, while Hu Liena objected before the ranked representatives received their rewards.

• The Sky Screen placed Hu Liena and Xie Yue’s Yao Mei in seventeenth place, shocking Hu Liena and the Spirit Hall members watching.
• Bibi Dong insisted Yue Guan and Gui Mei’s Polar Static Domain would rank higher, but the Sky Screen placed it sixteenth and revealed Sikong Zhen had shattered it with one move.
• Spectators across the plane reacted to Sikong Zhen’s feat, while Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Bibi Dong were stunned by the ranking and its disclosure of their defeat.
• Bibi Dong blamed Chang’an and vowed to destroy it once she became a deity, prompting Hu Liena to object and warn against making Chang’an an enemy.
• Bibi Dong dismissed Hu Liena’s warning, and three golden pillars of light descended to grant rewards to the ranked representatives.