Chapter Summaries

Han Yu told Gu Rong how he gained the Ice God’s inheritance and completed its first five trials, becoming a level 98 demigod with two divine inheritances. He had paused the Ice God Trial and returned to Heaven Dou City because forcing his ascension could draw intervention from the God Realm.

• Han Yu explained that he had activated the Ice God’s Nine Trials in the Far North while already bearing the God of Evil’s trial.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress described how Han Yu defeated them, resolved their tribulation predicament, and won the allegiance of the Far North’s races.
• Han Yu recounted completing five Ice God trials, gaining stronger spirit rings, advancing to level 98, and forging a prototype of the Extreme Cold Netherworld Divine Armor.
• Han Yu claimed he could kill Qian Daoliu within ten moves in the Far North or a hundred moves in the continent’s heartland, prompting Gu Rong to celebrate his strength.
• Han Yu told Gu Rong he had suspended the Ice God Trial because ascending with two divine inheritances could alert the God Realm’s enforcers and provoke divine punishment.

Han Yu received Gu Rong's report on the empires and Spirit Hall, then rejected Snow Empress's proposal to invade Spirit City before Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue completed their god trials. He planned to exploit Spirit Hall's internal divisions while continuing to consolidate his control of the continent.

• Gu Rong reported that Han Feng and he had purged Xue Ye's loyalists, leaving Heaven Dou Empire effectively under Han Yu's control.
• Gu Rong said Ning Fengzhi had secretly contacted Spirit Hall and aided exiled members of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, and Han Yu warned that he would destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect if Ning Fengzhi defied him.
• Gu Rong described Dai Mubai's growing support in Star Luo Empire, where his struggle with Dai Weisi had split the court and sparked conflict in two provinces.
• Gu Rong reported that Bibi Dong was advancing through her Rakshasa God Trial and Qian Renxue was undergoing a trial at the Angel Temple.
• Snow Empress proposed sending a Far North Soul Beast army to attack Spirit City, but Han Yu refused, warning that an invasion would unite Spirit Masters behind Spirit Hall.
• Han Yu pointed out that Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu's factions were divided by their opposing aims and their blood feud, and Gu Rong agreed that their conflict would eventually erupt.

Han Yu arranged Heaven Dou Empire’s transformation into the Ling Tian Empire and planned to weaken Spirit Hall and Star Luo Empire before war began. He met Ling Yuan outside Spirit City and persuaded her to leave Spirit Hall and return with him.

• Han Yu ordered Gu Rong to prepare his coronation, urged Dai Mubai to start a coup in Star Luo City, and demanded that the continent’s sects submit to him.
• Han Yu assigned the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to protect Heaven Dou City while he secretly traveled toward Spirit City.
• Han Yu sent Ling Yuan a signal, and she slipped past Spirit Hall’s guards to meet him in a hidden gorge.
• Ling Yuan told Han Yu about the worsening divisions between Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu, and Han Yu explained that he planned to establish the Ling Tian Empire and fight Spirit Hall.
• Han Yu told Ling Yuan she would leave Spirit Hall and return with him, and the two embraced and spent the night together.

Han Yu revealed the Fire Remnant Cloud, a relic that could lead to the Fire God's inheritance, and gave it to Ling Yuan because her Fire Phoenix Martial Soul suited it. Ling Yuan accepted the chance to pursue godhood, and Han Yu prepared to help her connect with the Fire God's Divine Ruins.

• After their intimacy, Han Yu produced the sealed Fire Remnant Cloud and showed it to Ling Yuan.
• Han Yu explained that the relic came from the Fire God and could guide its holder to the inheritance grounds and the Nine Trials.
• Han Yu said the Heaven Dou Imperial Family had hidden the relic for a thousand years but could not activate it, and that Ling Yuan's fire avian Martial Soul made her the right successor.
• Ling Yuan was moved that Han Yu gave her the chance to become a god, and she vowed to give him her life and future godhood.
• Han Yu instructed Ling Yuan to circulate her fire-attributed Soul Power and add a drop of heart's blood so they could awaken the relic's resonance.

Ling Yuan awakened a clue to the Fire God's inheritance and chose to abandon Spirit Hall for Han Yu and the Ling Tian Empire. Han Yu brought her to Heaven Dou Imperial City, where the others accepted her as an ally.

• Ling Yuan used her origin blood essence to awaken the Fire Remnant Cloud and learned that the Fire God's Divine Ruins lay beneath the Endless Volcanoes in the Star Luo Empire.
• Ling Yuan condemned Bibi Dong and the Worship Hall, declared she would not return to Spirit Hall, and joined Han Yu's side.
• Han Yu agreed to accompany Ling Yuan to begin the Fire God's Nine Trials after the coronation and the Star Luo Empire's turmoil were resolved.
• Ling Yuan questioned Han Yu about the other women and the Extreme North rulers, then accepted her place among his allies.
• Han Yu brought Ling Yuan to the Regent Prince's Residence, where Gu Rong welcomed her departure from Spirit Hall and Snow Empress allowed her to stay.

Han Yu finalized plans for the Ling Tian Empire’s ascension and its campaign to bring the continent’s sects and rival powers under its control. Ling Yuan joined the Ling Tian Sect and met Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing, while Gu Rong returned with further ceremony details to discuss.

• Gu Rong reported that Han Yu’s forces controlled the Imperial City, Xue Ke was under house arrest, and dissenting officials had been removed; Ning Fengzhi had withdrawn the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s elites to its fortress.
• Han Yu ordered a decree demanding that every sect submit within a month after the ceremony, and planned to let Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi weaken the Star Luo Empire before the Far North army advanced.
• Snow Empress said the Far North’s Three Thousand Snow Demons and fifty thousand Ice Jade Scorpions had secretly gathered at the border.
• Gu Rong brought Ling Yuan to meet Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing, explaining that she had left Spirit Hall and would become an imperial guardian Douluo.
• Ling Yuan described the rift between Bibi Dong’s Pope Palace and Qian Daoliu’s Angel Temple, and revealed that she had obtained the Fire God Trial’s token and coordinates.
• After Gu Rong returned to Han Yu’s main hall, he said he needed to discuss further details of the ascension ceremony.

Han Yu planned to use the Heaven Dou coronation and Dai Mubai’s rebellion to strengthen the Ling Tian Empire while forcing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to submit. The chapter ended with Zhu Zhuqing reporting that Spirit Hall had mobilized after Ling Yuan Douluo disappeared.

• Gu Rong reported Xue Ke’s hunger strike and a planned noble mutiny, and Han Yu ordered the rebels to be allowed to rise publicly during the coronation before being crushed.
• Gu Rong said Dai Mubai had raised an army, annihilated Star Luo’s First Legion, and taken control of two southern provinces after Dai Weisi sent troops against him.
• Han Yu said he intended to let Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi exhaust Star Luo before the Ling Tian Empire invaded.
• Han Yu rejected Ning Fengzhi’s evasive response and demanded that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect submit or face a personal visit and possible invasion.
• Zhu Zhuqing reported that Ling Yuan Douluo had disappeared and that Bibi Dong had recalled Gui Mei and Yue Guan while placing Spirit Hall’s forces on combat alert.

Han Yu prepared for Spirit Hall’s response and imposed martial law before holding his enthronement ceremony in Heaven Dou City. After Xue Ke abdicated and handed over the imperial seal, an angry voice from the crowd accused Han Yu of usurping the throne.

• Han Yu reasoned that Bibi Dong would reinforce Pope Palace and search for Ling Yuan rather than risk leaving Spirit City, while Ling Yuan and the others prepared to trap Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo if they entered Heaven Dou City.
• Han Yu ordered the city placed under the highest level of martial law, with Soul Tools at the gates to detect Titled Douluo-level Soul Power.
• At the enthronement ceremony, Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Gu Rong appeared before tens of thousands of soldiers and officials, whose awe turned to fear under their pressure.
• Xue Ke announced her abdication and offered Han Yu the imperial jade seal and edict, asking him to protect Heaven Dou’s people.
• Gu Rong presented the seal and edict to Han Yu, but an angry voice from the crowd called him a traitor and condemned his claim to the throne.

Han Yu crushed an assassination attempt at his ascension, founded the Ling Tian Empire, and ordered the continent’s sects to submit within a month. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin weighed the threat and wondered whether Bibi Dong would oppose the new empire.

• Three Soul Douluos and nearly a hundred death warriors attacked Han Yu during his ascension, but Ice Empress froze them and shattered them to pieces.
• Han Yu declared the Ling Tian Empire, appointed Gu Rong, Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Ling Yuan, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling to high offices, and issued an edict demanding the continent’s sects submit within a month.
• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin that Xue Ke had abdicated, Han Yu’s allies had overwhelming strength, and Gu Rong had joined the new empire.
• Chen Xin condemned Han Yu’s ultimatum, while Ning Fengzhi questioned whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could resist an attack.
• Chen Xin asked whether Bibi Dong would stand by as the Ling Tian Empire grew stronger.

Ning Fengzhi agreed to bring the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into submission to Han Yu, while Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to retreat as she continued pursuing godhood. Han Yu prepared to travel south with Ling Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing to begin Ling Yuan’s Fire God Trial and resolve the Star Luo Empire’s civil war, leaving Ice Empress and others to guard the capital.

• Ning Fengzhi decided to meet Han Yu before the deadline and submit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to the Ling Tian Emperor.
• Bibi Dong learned that Ling Yuan had defected and Han Yu had founded the Ling Tian Empire, then ordered Spirit Hall forces to withdraw and avoid provoking it.
• Han Yu told Ling Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing they would travel to the Endless Volcanoes to begin Ling Yuan’s Fire God Trial and settle the conflict between Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress agreed to remain in Heaven Dou Imperial City with Gu Rong, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling stayed to support its defense.
• Han Yu prepared to leave that night with Ling Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing for the south.

Han Yu, Ling Yuan, and Zhu Zhuqing traveled to the Endless Volcanoes to seek the Fire God's Inheritance and found Dai Weisi searching for a treasure to halt Dai Mubai's advance. The three confronted Dai Weisi's party, leaving him and Zhu Zhuyun stunned by Han Yu's arrival.

• Han Yu explained that Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi were fighting for control of the Star Luo Empire, and he declared that Star Luo's days were numbered.
• Han Yu sensed Dai Weisi and roughly five hundred Dark Gold Guards scouting the Endless Volcanoes, so he led Ling Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing toward them.
• Dai Weisi's forces tried to reach the Earthcore Fire Dragon Marrow, hoping it would help stop Dai Mubai's advancing army.
• Han Yu, Ling Yuan, and Zhu Zhuqing appeared above Blazing Fire Canyon, where Zhu Zhuyun recognized Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Weisi recognized Han Yu.
• The two Soul Douluos ordered the guards to protect Dai Weisi.

Han Yu and Zhu Zhuqing defeated the Star Luo Imperial Family’s forces in the forbidden land, then reached the Fire God Altar beneath the volcano. Ling Yuan began the Fire God’s divine trials, receiving the first trial and its rewards as she faced eighty-one days of tempering.

• Han Yu crushed the Star Luo Imperial Uncle, the Nether Clan elder, and the Dark Gold Guards with his divine pressure.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed Dai Weisi and declared that the Star Luo Imperial Family’s old rules had ended, leaving the remaining people for Dai Mubai to handle.
• Han Yu revealed that the Fire God’s legacy lay beneath the volcano and brought Ling Yuan to the altar.
• Han Yu suppressed the altar’s Fire Dragons so Ling Yuan could resonate with the nine Fire God Pillars.
• The Fire God’s divine will began Ling Yuan’s first trial, requiring eighty-one days of core-fire tempering, and granted her increased affinity, stronger Spirit Rings, and a God-Given Spirit Ring.

Ling Yuan completed her first God Trial and broke through to level 98 as Han Yu prepared to end the Star Luo Empire. At Luohu Pass, Han Yu ordered Dai Mubai to conquer the capital and dismantle the empire within three days, and Dai Mubai submitted.

• Ling Yuan completed her first three days of the God Trial, reached level 98, and raised her Fire God Affinity to 15%.
• Zhu Zhuqing reported that Dai Mubai's army was fighting the Star Luo Imperial forces at Luohu Pass, and Han Yu led Zhu Zhuqing and Ling Yuan there.
• Han Yu appeared in Dai Mubai's command tent, where Zhu Zhuqing revealed that Dai Weisi and the Zhu Clan's Shadow Hundred Guards had been executed.
• Dai Mubai and the surrendered Star Luo generals knelt before Han Yu and recognized him as Emperor Lingtian.
• Han Yu gave Dai Mubai three days to take the capital, kill the resisting emperor and Elder Hall members, abolish the Star Luo Empire's royal and noble-army systems, and integrate its legions into the Ling Tian Empire.
• Dai Mubai accepted Han Yu's decree and vowed to place the Star Luo Imperial City under his rule within three days.

Han Yu left Zhu Zhuqing and Ling Yuan to oversee Dai Mubai’s campaign against Star Luo, then awaited the final obstacle to his rule. Dai Mubai’s forces captured Luohu Pass, the Star Luo Emperor killed himself, and Gu Rong reported that Star Luo had fallen under the Ling Tian Empire.

• Han Yu ordered Zhu Zhuqing to supervise Dai Mubai’s assault and authorized Ling Yuan to deal with the Star Luo Imperial Family’s elders.
• Dai Mubai planned a midnight attack on Luohu Pass, while Ling Yuan agreed to confront the three Soul Douluo protecting the pass.
• Ling Yuan destroyed Luohu Pass’s defenses and defeated Dai Tiancheng, while Zhu Zhuqing killed Vajra Douluo and Rending Sea Douluo.
• Dai Mubai announced Dai Tiancheng’s execution and Luohu Pass’s surrender, and the old Star Luo Emperor killed himself after confronting the victors.
• Dai Mubai abolished the Star Luo Empire’s name and ordered its forces to adopt the Ling Tian Empire’s banner.
• Gu Rong reported to Han Yu that all thirty-six major Star Luo cities had changed flags and Dai Mubai was reorganizing the former Star Luo army.

Han Yu stripped the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of its name and made it an imperial ministry after Ning Fengzhi surrendered. The Snow Empress warned that Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa ascension and Qian Renxue’s Angel inheritance were nearing completion, while Han Yu cautioned against a reckless attack on Spirit City.

• Han Yu ordered Gu Rong to send three hundred powerful Ling Tian Sect soul masters to provincial capitals to prevent the former Star Luo nobles from rebelling.
• Ning Fengzhi knelt before Han Yu and offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s forces, lands, and businesses in exchange for its survival.
• Han Yu spared Ning Fengzhi for Rongrong’s sake, renamed the sect the Glazed Interior Ministry, and assigned Chen Xin to the Worship Hall.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress reported violent divine power near Spirit City and warned that Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue were close to becoming gods.
• Han Yu said Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue were unlikely to cooperate, while the Snow Empress warned that a full invasion could upset the continent’s balance and attract the Divine Realm’s attention.

After consolidating his rule over the continent, Han Yu heard the God of Evil announce his fourth trial: kill the King of Slaughter in Slaughter City. Han Yu welcomed the task, explaining that he already intended to eliminate the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King possessing Tang Chen.

• Ling Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing returned after defeating the remaining southern enemies, and Zhu Zhuqing handed Han Yu the Star Luo Tiger Seal, which he destroyed.
• Ling Yuan reported completing her second Fire God Trial and learned that her third trial required purifying an object of supreme evil in Spirit City, likely Bibi Dong's Rakshasa Demon Sickle.
• Han Yu began issuing decrees to unify the empire under Lingtian Year One and reorganize its provinces.
• The God of Evil appeared and set Han Yu's fourth trial: return to Slaughter City and kill the King of Slaughter.
• Han Yu identified the King of Slaughter as the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King controlling Tang Chen and agreed to destroy it.

Han Yu learned that Gu Yu had drawn the Sea God Trident and begun the Sea God's Eighth Trial, while the God of Evil explained why Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong remained far from godhood. The Ling Tian Empire's rivals were unlikely to ascend for several months, though the Divine Realm's attention on Han Yu continued to grow.

• The God of Evil warned Han Yu that his conquests and growing divinity had drawn the attention of the Angel God and Sea God.
• The God of Evil revealed that Gu Yu had passed the Sea God's Seventh Trial, drawn the Sea God Trident, and begun the Eighth Trial with Bo Saixi's help.
• Han Yu welcomed his mother's progress and said she could rule the ocean while he ruled the Douluo Continent.
• The God of Evil explained that Qian Renxue's inner demons endangered her Angel God's Eighth Trial and that Qian Daoliu might have to sacrifice himself to help her advance.
• The God of Evil revealed that Bibi Dong was suffering backlash from Rakshasa God power during the Ninth Trial and could have her spiritual sea torn apart by resentful spirits.

The God of Evil promised Han Yu that he would ascend first if he completed the trials and conquered Slaughter City, while confirming that Gu Yu was close to becoming the Sea God. Han Yu prepared to leave for Slaughter City, leaving Snow Empress and Ice Empress to secure the capital as Gu Rong and Ling Yuan managed the empire.

• The God of Evil promised Han Yu godhood before Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong if he completed his trials and conquered Slaughter City, and Han Yu agreed to depart at once.
• Han Yu assured Gu Rong that Gu Yu had drawn the Sea God Trident and needed only two more trials to ascend as the Sea God.
• Ling Yuan congratulated Han Yu and said Gu Yu's ascension would bring the oceans around Douluo Continent under Ling Tian's control.
• Snow Empress warned Han Yu about Slaughter City's forbidden formation and the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King's possession of Tang Chen, while Ice Empress offered to accompany him.
• Han Yu refused to bring Snow Empress and Ice Empress, explaining that their presence could trigger a clash inside Slaughter City and that the capital needed their protection from Spirit Hall.
• Han Yu ordered Gu Rong and Ling Yuan to govern during his absence, organize relief and reconstruction, and have Chen Xin guard the first gate of the Worship Hall.

Han Yu traveled to Slaughter City and discovered that its rules suppressing spirit masters could not affect his divine power or spirit rings. After forcing the black-gauze maiden to reveal the King of Slaughter’s location, he headed for the Slaughter Temple to kill him.

• Han Yu assigned Gu Rong, Zhu Zhuqing, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress to protect the capital and prepare for Spirit Hall’s possible attack.
• Han Yu arrived at Slaughter City, destroyed the tavern waiter who refused to reveal the entrance, and entered the city through the underground vortex.
• Han Yu’s divine powers repelled the Asura restrictions, allowing him to use his spirit rings and abilities inside Slaughter City.
• Han Yu demanded the King of Slaughter’s location, and the black-gauze maiden told him the King was in the Slaughter Temple.
• Han Yu flew toward the Slaughter Temple to take the King of Slaughter’s head, while the maiden realized Slaughter City’s order had collapsed.

Han Yu entered the Slaughter City Temple and overwhelmed the King of Slaughter with his God King power and Ultimate Ice. As he revealed Bo Saixi’s role in helping his mother inherit the Sea God’s position, Tang Chen’s buried will struggled against the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King.

• The King of Slaughter celebrated the bloodshed outside Slaughter City until Han Yu broke through the Temple roof and entered with his Spirit Rings active.
• Han Yu mocked the King of Slaughter as Tang Chen, and the name briefly stirred Tang Chen’s buried will before the Bat King suppressed it.
• Han Yu revealed his Evil God King inheritance and dismissed Asura God’s seal as too weak to restrain his power.
• The King of Slaughter summoned the blood pool’s resentment in an attack, but Han Yu froze and shattered it with Ultimate Ice.
• Han Yu recalled Tang Chen’s past and mentioned Bo Saixi, triggering a struggle between Tang Chen and the Bat King.
• Han Yu told Tang Chen that Bo Saixi was helping Han Yu’s mother inherit the Sea God’s position and that Sea God Island would join the Ling Tian Empire.