Chapter Summaries

Han Yu secured Xue Ke’s accession as Heaven Dou Empress and took power as regent, then ordered Shrek Academy surrounded under accusations of harboring Tang San and colluding with Spirit Hall. Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and the others faced the imperial troops at the academy gates.

• Ning Fengzhi backed Xue Ke’s ascension and proposed that Han Yu govern as regent, while officials knelt and accepted the arrangement.
• Yang Wudi reported that the imperial treasury had been sealed, and Han Yu ordered its riches divided between the Ling Tian Sect and the imperial military.
• Han Yu used Shrek Academy’s alleged ties to Tang Hao and Spirit Hall as a pretext to send five thousand imperial guards to seize Tang San.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang and Tang San that Xue Ye, Xue Xing, and Xue Beng were dead and Han Yu had become regent.
• Zhao Wuji reported that Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Dugu Bo had surrounded Shrek Academy, and Flender went out to demand their reason.

Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo moved to seize Tang San at Shrek Academy, where Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong tried to protect him but were defeated. Tang Xiao arrived with three Clear Sky Sect elders and attacked Dugu Bo, leaving the confrontation poised for a fight.

• Yang Wudi accused Shrek Academy of conspiring against the emperor and demanded that it surrender Tang San, while Dugu Bo threatened to kill everyone if it refused.
• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong joined their powers to form the Golden Sacred Dragon and attack Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo froze and shattered the Golden Sacred Dragon, severely injuring its three wielders, then dissolved Tang San's poisoned darts.
• Tang Xiao smashed through Shrek Academy's perimeter wall and narrowly missed Dugu Bo with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Xiao ordered Tang San to stand behind him as three Clear Sky Sect elders arrived at the battlefield.

Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders attacked Niu Gao, Yang Wudi, and Dugu Bo while consumed by a blood-red, rage-inducing power. Gu Rong arrived to confront them and left Tang Xiao’s Great Sumeru Hammer redirected harmlessly into the sky.

• Niu Gao and Yang Wudi condemned Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect for abandoning the Four Great Families when Spirit Hall attacked.
• Tang Xiao and the elders revealed their immense but unstable power, and Tang Xiao charged Dugu Bo, collapsing much of Shrek Academy’s main teaching building with his hammer.
• Gu Rong sensed the disturbance, arrived through a spatial rift, and recognized the blood-red power as an abnormal corruption affecting the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Xiao accused Gu Rong of injuring his second brother, stealing the sect’s soul bones, and capturing Yuehua, while Tang San also threatened him.
• Gu Rong ordered Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao to protect the imperial guards, then faced Tang Xiao’s Great Sumeru Hammer and used Spatial Fold, Guard to redirect its force into the sky.

Gu Rong overwhelmed Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders while Dugu Bo and the imperial guards contained the battlefield. Tang San tried to ambush Dugu Bo, but Han Yu stopped him, and Gu Rong left the elders badly defeated.

• Gu Rong used his spatial abilities to deflect the Second Elder and Seventh Elder's attack, then trapped Tang Xiao in a Spatial Cage.
• Tang San tried to sneak toward Dugu Bo with poisoned Bone-Piercing Nails, but Han Yu intercepted him and sealed the meridians in his right arm.
• The Second Elder, Seventh Elder, and Fifth Elder attacked Gu Rong together, but he crushed the Second Elder's hammer, struck him down, and sent the other two elders flying.

Han Yu spared Tang San because the first Nine Evil Trial required him to let Tang San endure helpless torment. Gu Rong killed Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders before Tang San, leaving him unable to act as Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong watched.

• Seventh Elder attacked again, but Gu Rong incapacitated him and sealed his meridians.
• Han Yu refused to kill Tang San, explaining that he would leave Tang San alive to witness his uncle and the elders die.
• Gu Rong crushed Tang Xiao inside the spatial cage, killing him before Tang San.
• Gu Rong killed Second Elder, Fifth Elder, and Seventh Elder in turn.
• Tang San watched the deaths helplessly, while Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong stood by in shock.

After Han Yu and Gu Rong killed Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders, Gu Rong stripped their soul bones while Tang San watched helplessly. The God of Evil changed the Nine Evil Trials’ prerequisite so Tang San must witness Ah Yin willingly sacrifice herself to save him, and Han Yu left Tang San behind as he planned to fulfill it.

• Gu Rong removed soul bones from Tang Xiao and the other corpses while Han Yu taunted Tang San about his helplessness.
• The God of Evil changed the Nine Evil Trials’ prerequisite, requiring Tang San to witness Ah Yin sacrifice herself to preserve his life.
• Han Yu left Tang San among the corpses and departed with Gu Rong through a spatial rift.
• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong urged Tang San to live and rebuild the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang San swore revenge on Han Yu, Gu Rong, and Dugu Bo.
• At Ling Tian Sect, Gu Rong questioned why Han Yu had not captured Tang San, and Han Yu said the God Realm had given him a revelation.

After the Clear Sky Sect’s defeat, Han Yu planned to use the Blue Silver Emperor’s recovery to break Tang San’s spirit while Ling Tian Sect’s influence spread across the continent. Ling Yuan visited Han Yu at night, torn between her loyalty to Spirit Hall and her devotion to him, and he urged her to choose his side by promising access to godhood.

• Han Yu told Gu Rong that the God of Evil’s first trial required Tang San to watch his mother sacrifice herself, and they planned to wait until the Blue Silver Emperor regained a hundred thousand years of cultivation before using her against him.
• Dugu Bo reported that the Clear Sky Sect’s defeat had frightened rival kingdoms and legions into withdrawing or pledging loyalty, while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect stayed silent.
• Han Yu declared that Ling Tian Sect would focus on the Blue Silver Emperor and that the stabilized Heaven Dou Empire faced no further covert challenges.
• Ling Yuan secretly visited Han Yu and confessed that her debt and feelings tied her more strongly to him and Ling Tian Sect than to Spirit Hall, though she feared Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong.
• Han Yu urged Ling Yuan to choose him and promised that he could help her pursue godhood; she began to waver toward obedience.

Han Yu asked Ling Yuan to spy on the Worship Hall while she remained in her position as Eighth Elder, and she agreed after learning that Qian Renxue had begun the Angel Nine Trials. He showed Ling Yuan a fragment of the Fire God's power as a future reward, then warned her to be cautious around Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu.

• Han Yu asked Ling Yuan to report every move by Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue from inside the Worship Hall, and she agreed to support him.
• Ling Yuan told Han Yu that Bibi Dong had recalled elders, heightened Spirit Hall's vigilance, and was considering encircling the Ling Tian Sect while emanating an evil aura.
• Ling Yuan reported that Qian Daoliu had restrained calls for war and was helping Qian Renxue advance through the Angel Nine Trials.
• Han Yu showed Ling Yuan the Fire Remnant Cloud, a fragment of the Fire God's power, and promised it as a betrothal gift after she helped uncover the Worship Hall's secrets.
• Ling Yuan pledged to alert Han Yu to unusual activity and asked whether the Blue Silver Emperor would willingly sacrifice itself to him.

Han Yu planned to use Tang San’s loyalty to force the Blue Silver Emperor into sacrificing herself, while preparing to replace Heaven Dou’s feudal system with a centralized Douluo Federation. He chose the Balak Kingdom as his first target and considered using Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to help subdue it.

• Han Yu sent Ling Yuan back to Spirit City after arranging for her to inform him about the Worship Hall, then told Gu Rong the Blue Silver Emperor would regain her hundred-thousand-year cultivation within three months.
• Han Yu ordered Dugu Bo to monitor Tang San so he would survive until the Blue Silver Emperor’s recovery and face the planned trap at his most despairing moment.
• Han Yu rejected becoming emperor and explained that he wanted to abolish kingdoms, duchies, and noble fiefdoms under a centralized Douluo Federation.
• Han Yu chose the Balak Kingdom as his first target and planned to move soul guidance weapons south while Dugu Bo delivered a warning to its king.
• Gu Rong suggested that Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang could help deal with Balak because they had once been among its leading forces.

Han Yu sent Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to win over Balak Kingdom nobles and identify those who would resist the Douluo Federation. After learning Meng Yiran had reached Soul King, he agreed to take her to obtain her fifth Soul Ring, while Gu Rong teased him about her feelings for him.

• Han Yu assigned Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to secure the support of Balak Kingdom factions and list those loyal to the royal family for a later purge.
• Meng Shu said he expected to win over at least sixty percent of the kingdom’s nobles and Soul Master forces for Ling Tian Sect.
• Han Yu agreed to take Meng Yiran to Sunset Forest to obtain her fifth Soul Ring after Meng Shu said she had reached level 50 Soul Power.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang departed for the Balak Kingdom, having arranged for Han Yu and Meng Yiran to spend time alone together.
• Gu Rong teased Han Yu about Meng Yiran’s affection and suggested that taking her as a wife could strengthen the Meng Family’s loyalty.

Han Yu helped Meng Yiran obtain a 21,000-year fifth soul ring in Sunset Forest, raising her to level 51. Back in Sunset City, he planned the next stage of Ling Tian Sect’s moves in Barak, and Gu Rong asked what Xue Ke had said about using imperial authority to purge the nobles.

• Han Yu reassured Meng Yiran and took her to Sunset Forest to find a fifth soul ring beyond the usual limit.
• Han Yu subdued a 21,000-year One-Horned Ink Snake, and Meng Yiran absorbed its soul ring with his help.
• Meng Yiran became a level 51 Soul King and gained a fifth soul skill that increased her attack power and poison penetration by 80%.
• Back at Ling Tian Sect’s base, Han Yu told Dugu Bo to wait until Meng Shu’s group identified Barak’s local hardliners before acting as an imperial envoy.
• Gu Rong asked what Xue Ke had said about using the imperial name to purge the Barak nobles.

Han Yu discussed consolidating the new regime and his plans to strengthen the Eight Spider Lances by hunting Man Faced Demon Spiders in the Star Dou Forest. After learning that the forest’s true overlord was the Beast God Di Tian, Han Yu began considering how to obtain his power.

• Han Yu explained that Xue Ke and Ning Fengzhi had little choice but to support the new regime, and Dugu Bo prepared to bring an imperial decree to Suotuo City to take control of the Balak Kingdom.
• Gu Rong told Dugu Bo that he had received a top-tier seven trial at Sea God Island and reached rank 98 after Han Yu gave him a 130,000-year-old giant shark head soul bone.
• Gu Rong reminded Han Yu about the Eight Spider Lances, and Han Yu explained that they could evolve by devouring high-year Man Faced Demon Spiders.
• Han Yu decided to travel to the Star Dou Forest to strengthen the Eight Spider Lances, while Dugu Bo reported that the core region’s soul beasts were fighting over territory.
• Han Yu revealed that the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape were not the forest’s true overlords and named the hidden Beast God, Di Tian, as their leader.

Han Yu planned a trip to Star Dou Forest to evolve his Eight Spider Lances, while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect split into the Heavenly Dragon Sect and Earth Dragon Sect. He and Gu Rong arrived at the forest, where Han Yu began searching for a powerful Man Faced Demon Spider.

• Han Yu revealed that Di Tian was an almost eight-hundred-thousand-year-old Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King and said he hoped to hunt him eventually, but clarified that this trip was for a Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Gu Rong agreed to accompany Han Yu to Star Dou Forest, and Han Yu left Ling Tian Sect affairs to Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, and the others.
• A Shadow Guard reported that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect had split into the Heavenly Dragon Sect and Earth Dragon Sect after the deaths of Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian and the purge of the clan.
• Han Yu decided Ling Tian Sect would not recruit or interfere with the two new sects, ordering the Speed Clan to keep monitoring them.
• Han Yu and Gu Rong reached Star Dou Forest and found its high-level soul beasts fighting over territory; Han Yu asked Gu Rong to locate an old ten-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider.

Han Yu and Gu Rong hunted Man Faced Demon Spiders in the Star Dou Forest, raising the Eight Spider Lances to 95,000 years before returning to the Ling Tian Sect. There, they learned that Blue Sunshine Academy, led by Shi Nian, refused to submit to the sect’s control of the Balak Kingdom.

• Gu Rong located a 30,000-year Man Faced Demon Spider, and Han Yu killed it and fed its origin energy to the Eight Spider Lances, raising their age to about 15,000 years.
• Han Yu explained that he wanted to find the Man Faced Spider Emperor and later planned to use God Trial rewards to finish evolving the Eight Spider Lances and transform them into dragon wings.
• After two days of hunting, Han Yu and Gu Rong had raised the Eight Spider Lances to 95,000 years, but ordinary Man Faced Demon Spiders could not take them further.
• Han Yu and Gu Rong returned to the Ling Tian Sect, where a Shadow Guard reported that the Balak Kingdom had come under preliminary control, but Blue Sunshine Academy refused to submit.
• The Shadow Guard identified the academy’s headmaster as Shi Nian, a level 72 control-system Soul Saint.

Han Yu went to Balak City to make an example of Blue Sunshine Academy and demonstrate his strength as a Titled Douluo. After killing Shi Nian and forcing the academy to surrender, Han Yu learned that the Ling Tian Sect had secured control of Balak City and the Barak Kingdom’s royal court.

• Han Yu ordered Dugu Bo and Meng Shu to surround Blue Sunshine Academy while he traveled to Balak City with Gu Rong to deal with Shi Nian personally.
• Shi Nian refused to surrender and mocked Han Yu, not believing that the young sect master could be a Titled Douluo.
• Han Yu revealed nine soul rings, including four hundred-thousand-year rings, shattered the academy’s defensive barrier, and killed Shi Nian.
• Han Yu took Shi Nian’s Ten Thousand Year Broken Dream head soul bone and ordered everyone in Blue Sunshine Academy to submit or die; the academy’s survivors surrendered.
• Han Yu ordered the soul bone placed in the sect treasury, and Meng Shu reported that the Barak King was under house arrest and the Ling Tian Sect controlled Balak City.

Han Yu accepted the Wind Sword Sect’s surrender and ordered it reorganized as the Ling Tian Sect’s Wind Sword Hall. After setting plans to expand into nearby duchies, he wondered how his parents’ negotiations in the Star Luo Empire were progressing.

• Meng Shu told Han Yu that Feng Lie had come to offer the Wind Sword Sect’s submission to the Ling Tian Sect.
• Feng Lie explained that he sought protection from the shifting power struggle and pledged his sect’s more than three thousand disciples to Han Yu.
• Han Yu accepted the Wind Sword Sect and made Feng Lie the hall master of the newly established Wind Sword Hall, warning him against betrayal.
• Han Yu assigned Meng Shu and Dugu Bo to reorganize the sect and use it and the Balak Kingdom to expand into surrounding duchies.
• Han Yu asked Gu Rong about his parents’ negotiations in the Star Luo Empire and voiced concern that Dai Tianfeng might make it difficult for them to leave.

Gu Rong traveled to the Star Luo Empire to check on Han Feng and Gu Yu and confront the Sun Moon Empire’s proposal to divide Douluo Continent. He left Kong Zhao and Yu Lingfeng shaken by his Rank 98 pressure and warned them against invading the Star Luo Empire.

• Gu Rong told Han Yu he would travel to the Star Luo coast, and Han Yu asked him to tell Kong Zhao that Ling Tian Sect wanted the larger share of the core Soul Tool technology.
• Gu Rong arrived at the Eastsea City fortress, where Han Feng and Gu Yu told him that Yu Lingfeng had proposed an alliance to divide Douluo Continent between Ling Tian Sect and the Sun Moon Empire.
• Gu Rong laughed at the proposal, while Han Feng and Gu Yu explained that the Star Luo Empire’s powerful Soul Masters and army could destroy the Sun Moon fleet.
• Gu Rong entered the Council Hall with Han Feng and Gu Yu, where Kong Zhao greeted him and Yu Lingfeng defended the Sun Moon Empire’s plan.
• Gu Rong unleashed his Rank 98 Soul Power, forced Yu Lingfeng and Kong Zhao to struggle against the pressure, and warned them that the Star Luo Empire could eliminate their fleet within three days.

Gu Rong forced the Sun Moon Empire’s Kong Zhao to accept Ling Tian Sect’s terms for cooperation. Back at the sect, Ye Mengxue reached Rank 90 and encouraged Han Yu to acknowledge Ye Lingling’s feelings, leaving Han Yu and Ye Lingling sharing a quiet evening together.

• Gu Rong threatened to destroy Kong Zhao’s fortress, and Kong accepted Ling Tian Sect’s demand for priority access to the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tool core technology.
• Ye Mengxue told Han Yu she had refined the Blue Silver King Right Arm Bone and reached Rank 90, with only a ninth soul ring left before becoming a Titled Douluo.
• Ye Mengxue revealed that Ye Lingling had feelings for Han Yu and asked him not to treat her as merely a helpful assistant.
• Han Yu took Ye Lingling’s hand and assured her that he had never regarded her as only someone who helped him.
• Han Yu and Ye Lingling shared dinner and tea, and Ye Lingling asked to stay with him a little longer.

Han Yu and Ye Lingling began a relationship, and Gu Rong reported that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing had returned to the Star Luo Empire with Clear Sky Sect backing. The chapter ended with Han Yu questioning how Clear Sky Sect could influence the struggle for the throne.

• Han Yu kissed Ye Lingling, and she willingly followed him into his room.
• The next morning, Han Yu and Ye Lingling entered the sect hall hand in hand, and Ye Mengxue approved of their relationship.
• Gu Rong reported that Kong Zhao had agreed to prioritize giving Ling Tian Sect the Star Luo faction’s core technologies.
• Gu Rong revealed that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were heading to the Star Luo imperial capital with people accompanying them.
• Gu Rong said Clear Sky Sect was directing Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, and Han Yu questioned how the weakened sect could intervene in the Star Luo succession struggle.

Han Yu and Gu Rong discussed the Clear Sky Sect’s plan to support Dai Mubai’s bid for the Star Luo throne, and Han Yu decided to let the rival factions weaken each other. Later, Han Yu visited Meng Yiran, who asked whether he was free that night.

• Gu Rong told Han Yu that Tang Hao had brought Clear Sky Sect elders back and was using them to support Dai Mubai’s claim to the Star Luo throne.
• Gu Rong explained that Tang Hao had called Tang San back to the sect, likely preparing him to become its next leader while using Dai Mubai to gain influence.
• Han Yu decided to let Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi fight over the throne before the Ling Tian Sect chose whether to act.
• Gu Rong left to drink with Dugu Bo, teasing Han Yu and Ye Lingling as he departed.
• Han Yu visited Meng Yiran and asked about her recovery after absorbing her fifth soul ring; she thanked him for watching over her.
• Meng Yiran asked Han Yu whether he was free that night.