Chapter Summaries

Jiang Han secured An Yi Town for the Tang Sect and arranged its first disciple recruitment, while the King of Slaughter agreed to protect the sect and began recovering fragments of his past after hearing the name Poseidon. As the news spread across Douluo Continent, several powers took an interest, and Ma Hongjun set out for the Tang Sect.

• Jiang Han told the King of Slaughter to clear An Yi Town, reserve its tavern entrance for Tang Sect disciples, and announce recruitment for the next day; he promised to help restore the King of Slaughter's memories after returning from his upcoming journey.
• The King of Slaughter ordered his guards to clear the town and spread news of the recruitment, then agreed to protect the Tang Sect while Jiang Han was away.
• BiBi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to send talented disciples to infiltrate the Tang Sect, while Tang Xiao sent Tang Ke to offer congratulations on behalf of the Clear Sky School.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong discussed Jiang Han's strength, and Ning Rongrong decided to follow Sword Douluo to An Yi Town.
• After Jiang Han and the King of Slaughter confirmed the preparations, Ma Hongjun left Fire Chicken Village to seek a place among the Tang Sect disciples.

Jiang Han held the Tang Sect’s recruitment assessment in An Yi Town and selected Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing as its three new disciples. As the three celebrated joining the sect, Spirit Hall and other powers watched its growing influence.

• Children mocked Ma Hongjun for thinking the Tang Sect would accept him, while Zhu Zhuqing insisted to her father that she would join it.
• Jiang Han and his disciples prepared the Tang Sect’s grounds in An Yi Town, where crowds gathered for the recruitment assessment.
• Jiang Han announced that only three candidates would be chosen after tests of soul power, Soul Skills, and practical combat.
• After the assessments, Jiang Han selected Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing and welcomed them as Tang Sect disciples.
• Spirit Hall sent spies to monitor the Tang Sect, while Sword Douluo Chen Xin decided to report the recruitment to Ning Fengzhi.

Jiang Han ordered Tang San, Xiao Wu, Oscar, and Dai Mubai to recruit only Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing, claiming he could foresee the future. The three were accepted into the Tang Sect, while the crowd questioned the seemingly arbitrary selection.

• Jiang Han told the four examiners to admit candidates only if they had the names Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, or Zhu Zhuqing, and he used his aura to silence a man who challenged the rejections.
• Tang San and the others turned away nearly a hundred candidates, many of whom were rejected after giving only their names.
• Ning Rongrong arrived and passed the assessment, followed later by Ma Hongjun and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Jiang Han welcomed Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing as new Tang Sect disciples.
• Afterward, Ma Hongjun gave his name and details as a six-year-old with a Rank 9 Soul Knight cultivation and a Mutated Fire Chicken martial soul, and Tang San accepted him despite the waiting crowd's protests.

Tang San and the Tang Sect completed recruitment, with Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong becoming disciples under Jiang Han. When Sword Douluo Chen Xin came to take Ning Rongrong home, she chose to stay, and Jiang Han agreed to face Chen Xin in a swordsmanship contest.

• Zhu Zhuqing passed the Tang Sect assessment, and Ning Rongrong later passed as well, joining Ma Hongjun among Jiang Han's chosen disciples.
• Jiang Han ended recruitment and subdued the loudest objectors with a wave of force, prompting the remaining applicants to leave.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived to retrieve Ning Rongrong, but she told him she wanted to remain in the Tang Sect, and he reluctantly accepted her choice.
• Chen Xin drew his sword and challenged Jiang Han, who accepted a contest in the way of the sword as the onlookers sensed his rising aura.

Jiang Han defeated Sword Douluo Chen Xin in a swordsmanship duel, then explained that the ultimate Sword Dao meant having no sword in one’s heart. Chen Xin left for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to pursue a breakthrough, while Jiang Han’s new disciples saw the extent of his strength.

• Chen Xin and Jiang Han clashed swords in midair, and their duel impressed the watching crowd.
• Chen Xin’s powerful strike shattered Jiang Han’s Sword Curtain, but Jiang Han counterattacked and blasted Chen Xin backward.
• Jiang Han revealed that his Killing Sword had cut Chen Xin’s robe without harming him, then explained that Sword Dao’s ultimate mystery was having no sword in one’s heart.
• Chen Xin thanked Jiang Han for his guidance, reassured Ning Rongrong, and flew back toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to seek a breakthrough.
• Jiang Han sent the onlookers away, while Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing reacted to his strength and Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Oscar remained unsurprised.

Jiang Han welcomed Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing as Tang Sect disciples, then hired Yu Xiaogang as their theory instructor after revealing his knowledge of Yu Xiaogang’s past. A stern visitor discussed the Tang Sect’s ambitions with Jiang Han before departing, while the chapter ended with Jiang Han entering a room and finding a tall, burly middle-aged man waiting there.

• Jiang Han assigned the new disciples training and courses, and they began developing under his guidance.
• Yu Xiaogang applied to become an instructor, and Jiang Han accepted him as the disciples’ theory instructor.
• Yu Xiaogang deduced that Tang San had twin martial souls, prompting Tang San to reveal the Clear Sky Hammer to the others.
• Jiang Han sensed a visitor, and a stern man questioned him about the Tang Sect’s plans before leaving with an offer of possible support.
• Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San introduced their martial souls to one another and began discussing cultivation with Yu Xiaogang.
• Jiang Han entered a room and found a tall, burly middle-aged man seated beside a tea table.

Tang Hao told Jiang Han that the King of Slaughter was his grandfather, Tang Chen, and left to settle old grievances. As Spirit Hall considered how to respond to Tang Sect’s rise, Jiang Han learned that the Advanced Soul Master Competition began in four days and offered three External Soul Bones.

• Tang Hao learned from Jiang Han that Tang Chen had been corrupted during the Asura Nine Trials, entrusted his son Tang San to Jiang Han, and departed to face his past.
• Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo that Ning Rongrong had joined Tang Sect, then went into seclusion to pursue a higher realm of swordsmanship.
• Qian Daoliu and BiBi Dong discussed investigating Tang Sect and preferred recruiting Jiang Han over destroying the sect, while BiBi Dong vowed to make the Angel Clan pay for Xunji’s death.
• Jiang Han urged Tang San and the others to cultivate and expand Tang Sect as Spirit Hall’s attention turned toward them.
• Yu Xiaogang explained to Jiang Han that the Advanced Soul Master Competition’s finals were four days away and that this year’s prizes included three External Soul Bones.

Yu Xiaogang explained the Advanced Soul Master Competition’s rules and dangers, and Jiang Han announced that his seven young disciples would compete for the championship. At Spirit Hall Pavilion, Jiang Han presented the Tang Sect’s identity token and requested direct entry into the finals.

• Yu Xiaogang explained that eleven teams would enter the finals, that contestants could die, and that surrender could stop an opponent’s attack.
• Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and the others asked Jiang Han to take them to watch the finals, but Jiang Han said they would compete and must win the championship.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Jiang Han that the disciples were far younger and weaker than the tournament’s elite teams, and Dai Mubai described the Star Luo Empire’s formidable Seed Team.
• Jiang Han brought his seven disciples to Spirit Hall Pavilion in Heaven Dou City to register for the competition.
• A staff member told Jiang Han registration had closed, so he presented the Tang Sect’s identity token and said they would enter the finals directly.

Jiang Han secured a direct finals spot for the Tang Sect’s team of seven, then took his disciples into the Plant Forest to help Ma Hongjun and prepare for Tang San’s second martial-soul awakening. The group reached the forest’s center just as a powerful battle began nearby.

• A Spirit Hall Pavilion staff member recognized Jiang Han as the Tang Sect Leader and referred his request for a Seed Team spot to her superiors.
• Xue Ye approved an additional Seed Team after the Platinum Bishop relayed the Pope’s support and Ning Fengzhi voiced concern about the children competing.
• Jiang Han named Tang San and the other six children as the Tang Sect’s Seed Team, and the staff member began registering them.
• In the Plant Forest, Ma Hongjun gained a yellow soul ring and demonstrated Phoenix Fire Line, but his evil fire flared up until Jiang Han cooled him down.
• Jiang Han explained that he had come both to find Ma Hongjun a suitable soul ring and to awaken Tang San’s martial soul a second time.
• At the forest’s center, the ground shook with the sound of a fierce battle nearby.

Jiang Han’s group encountered the Blue Silver King fighting two Soul Douluo from the Fire Leopard Sect, who sought its Fifty Thousand Year Soul Ring. After Jiang Han drove them away and learned about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the Blue Silver King remained wary of the humans.

• Tang San sensed a connection to the Blue Silver King, and Jiang Han identified the plant as the king of Blue Silver Grass.
• The two Fire Leopard Sect Soul Douluo attacked the Blue Silver King while discussing a precious land guarded by Dugu Bo.
• Jiang Han demanded information from the Soul Douluo, effortlessly stopped their attack, and crushed their defenses with a giant metal palm.
• The Soul Douluo told Jiang Han that the precious land was close to forming and contained a spring of milky-white and vermilion waters.
• Jiang Han recognized the spring as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and ordered the Soul Douluo to leave; they fled under his pressure.

Jiang Han revealed that Tang San was the son of A Yin, the Blue Silver Empress, and guided him through a Blue Silver King-led awakening. Tang San relived his mother's love and gained a Hundred Thousand Year third soul ring, leaving him overwhelmed by the transformation.

• Jiang Han brought Tang San before the Blue Silver King, which recognized the Blue Silver Empress's bloodline and hailed him as the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Jiang Han told Tang San that his mother was A Yin, a Ten Thousand Year plant-type Soul Beast, but deferred questions about her death until Tang San could speak with his father.
• The Blue Silver King began awakening Tang San's spirit, drawing power from the Blue Silver Grass throughout the Plant Forest and giving Tang San a vision of his mother holding him as a baby.
• Tang San's Blue Silver Grass spirit transformed as his soul power rose, and the Blue Silver King increased his third soul ring's age until it reached one hundred thousand years.
• Tang San opened his eyes, saw the red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and became misty-eyed.

Tang San awakened his Blue Silver Emperor martial soul and Blue Silver Domain, revealing Level 34 soul power, while Jiang Han led his disciples to Sky Dome Mountain to pursue a treasure land. There, their arrival sparked a confrontation with the Wind Sword Sect as Dugu Bo and several factions gathered around the sealed treasure site.

• Tang San grieved over his mother before awakening the Blue Silver Domain, which strengthened nearby Blue Silver Grass and boosted his companions.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that Tang San had reached Level 34, and Tang San said he could make hidden weapons capable of injuring Level 50 Soul Kings.
• Jiang Han led the group toward the treasure land at Sky Dome Mountain, where the White Tiger Sect, Wind Sword Sect, Fire Leopard Sect, Elephant Armor Sect, Spirit Hall, and Dugu Bo had gathered.
• A Wind Sword Sect disciple attacked Jiang Han and died before his sword could reach him.
• Xue Chao confronted Jiang Han's group, summoned eight soul rings, and launched a powerful sword attack at them.

Jiang Han killed Xue Chao and confronted Dugu Bo over the treasured land, revealing that he could cure Dugu Bo’s poison backlash. He identified the spring as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and the gathered factions grew more eager to claim it as Jiang Han waited for the Treasure Gathering Basin to fully take shape.

• Jiang Han killed Xue Chao with a single strike of Sword Qi, shocking the Wind Sword Sect disciples and the other factions.
• Xu Jie told the Elephant Armor Sect leader that Jiang Han was likely a Titled Douluo above level ninety-five, while Jiang Han and Dugu Bo asserted their intent to claim the treasured land.
• Jiang Han revealed that Dugu Bo suffered poison backlash and warned that his granddaughter’s condition would be worse; he then claimed he could cure Dugu Bo, who demanded proof.
• Jiang Han named the two-colored spring the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and explained its dangers, benefits, and role in easing Dugu Bo’s poison.
• Dugu Bo and the other factions grew more determined to claim the spring, while Jiang Han waited calmly for the Treasure Gathering Basin to fully take shape.

The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well revealed a trove of rare spirit plants, drawing powerful reinforcements from the surrounding sects. As the sect leaders arrived, Li Hai recognized Jiang Han and abandoned his attempt to avenge Xue Chao, while Dai Tianya greeted Jiang Han and urged Dai Mubai to learn from him.

• The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well boiled and revealed rare plants, including Blue Snow Silkworm, Cinnabar Lotus, Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Treasure, Eight-Horned Xuan Ice Herb, and Fierce Flame Apricot Delight.
• The Elephant Armor Sect, Fire Leopard Sect, White Tiger Sect, Wind Sword Sect, and Spirit Hall sent members to summon reinforcements as the treasure plants appeared.
• Lin Bin and Wang Yang arrived on Sky Dome Mountain, followed by Li Hai, who prepared to attack Jiang Han over Xue Chao's death.
• Li Hai recognized Jiang Han as the Tang Sect Leader, recalled that Jiang Han had defeated Sword Douluo, and put away his sword.
• Dai Tianya greeted Jiang Han and told Dai Mubai to study under him and bring honor to the Royal Family.
• Wang Yang told Xu Jie and Chen Xu that Tang Sect was a First-Class Sect and that Jiang Han had defeated Sword Douluo in swordsmanship.

Spirit Hall's Pope BiBi Dong arrived at the treasure ground with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, intensifying the contest as she confronted Jiang Han and reunited with Yu Xiaogang. After she threatened Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong over their painful past, Jiang Han warned her not to target Tang Sect, and BiBi Dong withdrew with the conflict still unresolved.

• Dai Tianya and the other sect leaders were startled when BiBi Dong arrived with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
• Tang San recognized the emblems on the two Spirit Hall experts, while BiBi Dong told Jiang Han she had been watching him and explained that she had come for the treasure ground.
• BiBi Dong and Yu Xiaogang exchanged a strained greeting before she accused him of leaving her for his sister and vowed to torment him, Liu Erlong, and everyone he cared about.
• Jiang Han warned BiBi Dong that Tang Sect would not let her harm Yu Xiaogang, and she returned to the Spirit Hall group after saying there would be plenty of time.

As the seven-colored barrier around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well vanished, Jiang Han summoned a Nine-Story Golden Pagoda that covered the spring and its Spirit Plants. The seven Titled Douluo attacked together, but the pagoda repelled them all and remained standing.

• Ghost Douluo silenced the crowd discussing BiBi Dong and Yu Xiaogang, while the factions prepared to seize treasures from the spring.
• The seven-colored barrier shattered, and Dai Tianya, Li Hai, Lin Bin, Wang Yang, Dugu Bo, Yue Guan, and Ghost rushed toward the mountain hollow.
• Jiang Han summoned the Nine-Story Golden Pagoda, which covered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and blocked access to its treasures.
• Dugu Bo, Lin Bin, Wang Yang, Dai Tianya, Li Hai, Ghost, and Yue Guan launched their Ninth Soul Skills at the pagoda.
• The pagoda barely quivered, then released a wave of energy that blasted all seven Titled Douluo away and left the spring protected.

Jiang Han used the Nine-Story Golden Pagoda to repel the seven Titled Douluo attacking the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then faced Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo in the sky. Their Martial Soul Fusion Skill trapped him, and they launched a powerful attack as the chapter ended.

• Jiang Han’s Nine-Story Golden Pagoda absorbed and reflected the seven Titled Douluo’s attacks, blasting them away and shielding the treasured land.
• Li Hai accused Jiang Han of denying everyone access to the Spirit Plants, while Jiang Han silently affirmed that he intended to keep the entire valley for the Tang Sect.
• Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo challenged Jiang Han, who formed Twelve Wings and took the battle into the sky to protect his disciples.
• Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo fused their martial souls and used the Gold and Silver Twin Rings to freeze Jiang Han in place.
• Yue Guan unleashed his petal tornado and Ghost Douluo summoned a giant shadow to strike the restrained Jiang Han.

Jiang Han transformed into a blue-gold giant palm and killed Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo, shocking the factions gathered at Sky Dome Mountain. BiBi Dong confronted him, revealed her spider-like martial soul and dual domains, and prepared to test his strength.

• Jiang Han shattered the Gold and Silver Twin Rings and brushed aside Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo's attacks, then struck them into a mountain and killed them.
• A Spirit Hall member confirmed the deaths to BiBi Dong, while the assembled Soul Masters and Titled Douluo reacted with fear and confusion at Jiang Han's power.
• BiBi Dong confronted Jiang Han and asked about his origins and his connection to the Angel Race; Jiang Han denied any connection.
• BiBi Dong transformed into a giant spider and revealed nine Soul Rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• BiBi Dong covered Sky Dome Mountain in black and red radiance, revealing her dual domains as the factions braced against their effects.

Jiang Han faced BiBi Dong’s assault and neutralized her chained soul skills before striking her with the Black Blade. BiBi Dong survived by reassembling her split body, but she was badly wounded and wary of Jiang Han.

• BiBi Dong used her Death Domain and God of Slaughter Domain, then launched four linked soul skills at Jiang Han.
• Jiang Han stood still as BiBi Dong’s imprisonment, spider webs, Spider Emperor Avatar, and Thorn Spider Armor all failed against an invisible barrier.
• Jiang Han drew a Black Blade and split BiBi Dong’s transformed body with a single slash.
• BiBi Dong’s demonic patterns glowed as her two halves fused back together, and she returned to human form after spitting blood tinged with gold.

BiBi Dong revived after using her Ninth Soul Skill, then revealed her second martial soul and attacked Jiang Han with increasingly powerful abilities. After Jiang Han rejected the other sect leaders’ requests to take Spirit Plants, BiBi Dong, Lin Bin, Dugu Bo, and Wang Yang joined forces to attack him.

• BiBi Dong used her Ninth Soul Skill, Undying Body, to survive Jiang Han’s slash, then transformed to reveal her second martial soul and its powerful Soul Rings.
• BiBi Dong summoned poisonous spiders, but Jiang Han transformed into a spiked metal sphere and destroyed them.
• BiBi Dong attacked Jiang Han’s soul with her head soul bone skill, True World, but Jiang Han reflected the attack and severely injured her.
• Lin Bin, Wang Yang, Dai Tianya, and Dugu Bo asked Jiang Han for permission to take Spirit Plants, but he refused and demanded they prove themselves if they wanted any.
• BiBi Dong launched Eternal Creation at Jiang Han as Lin Bin, Dugu Bo, and Wang Yang joined the attack with their Ninth Soul Skills.