Chapter Summaries

Han Yu threatened Xue Beng after driving him away, but Xue Beng returned with Heaven Dou Royal Academy's three Education Committee Members and twisted the story to turn them against Han Yu. Han Yu attacked Xue Beng, the committee members blocked the strike, and Han Yu vanished into a black hole.

• Han Yu warned Xue Beng to stop provoking him, then sent him and his lackeys fleeing; Ye Lingling worried about trouble with the imperial family, but Han Yu told her to cultivate the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma.
• Xue Beng returned with Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan and falsely accused Han Yu of attacking students and insulting the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Han Yu dismissed the committee members' demands that he apologize and summoned the Dark Sacred Dragon to attack Xue Beng.
• Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan combined their Soul Power to block Han Yu's attack, while Xue Beng taunted him from behind their barrier.
• Han Yu mocked the committee members' barrier, disappeared into a black hole, and left Bai Baoshan searching for him.

Han Yu ambushed Xue Beng and then fought the three Education Committee Members who tried to stop him. He defeated Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan with Darkness, Dragon Emperor Sky-Rending Hand, leaving all three wounded in the ruins.

• Han Yu appeared behind Xue Beng through a spatial rift and tore open his back with his dragon claw.
• Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan attacked Han Yu to capture him, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling watched anxiously from afar.
• Han Yu charged through the three Soul Douluo's attacks and withstood their soul skills with his Dark Sacred Dragon's power.
• Han Yu used Darkness, Dragon Emperor Sky-Rending Hand to blast Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan into the ruins, where they spat blood and realized they had lost.

Han Yu defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s three Education Committee Members, took Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling with him, and revealed that Dugu Bo had joined Ling Tian Sect. After the injured committee members reported the incident to Xue Ye and Prince Xue Xing, Xue Xing vowed to summon Poison Douluo against Han Yu.

• Han Yu spared Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan but warned them that Ling Tian Sect would destroy Heaven Dou Imperial City if the imperial family provoked it again.
• Han Yu told Dugu Yan that her grandfather Dugu Bo had joined Ling Tian Sect, and she and Ye Lingling left the academy with him.
• Han Yu instructed Ye Lingling to cultivate in seclusion with the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma and said she would not need to remain at Heaven Dou Royal Academy afterward.
• Meng Shenji and the other committee members found Xue Beng alive but severely injured, then decided to conceal news from the academy and report the incident to the palace.
• Meng Shenji and Zhi Lin told Xue Ye and Prince Xue Xing that Han Yu had defeated all three committee members in one move and taken Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Prince Xue Xing rejected the committee members’ account and vowed to summon Poison Douluo to stop Han Yu.

After Han Yu crippled Xue Beng and injured the three Education Committee members, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family learned that Dugu Bo had joined the Ling Tian Sect and chose not to provoke Han Yu. Dugu Bo reaffirmed his loyalty, and Han Yu prepared to visit Prince Xue Xing’s Mansion with him the next day.

• Meng Shenji told Prince Xue Xing and Xue Ye that Dugu Bo had joined the Ling Tian Sect after Han Yu cured his poison, and relayed Han Yu’s threat to visit Prince Xue Xing’s Mansion.
• Prince Xue Xing urged Xue Ye to mobilize the Royal Knights against Han Yu, but Xue Ye ordered him to receive Han Yu politely and forbade anyone from provoking the Ling Tian Sect.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that she and Ye Lingling had withdrawn from the academy after Han Yu crippled Xue Beng and defeated the three Education Committee members.
• Dugu Bo declared that he had repaid Prince Xue Xing’s past kindness and pledged his life to the Ling Tian Sect.
• Han Yu told Dugu Bo to prepare to accompany him to Prince Xue Xing’s Mansion the next day.

Han Yu intimidated Prince Xue Xing and warned the Heaven Dou Imperial Family against provoking the Ling Tian Sect. Xue Ye chose to appease Han Yu by sending Crown Prince Xue Qinghe with lavish gifts, while Han Yu predicted the response and hinted that Xue Qinghe’s reputation was a disguise.

• Han Yu confronted Prince Xue Xing at his mansion, dismissed his apology, and warned that the Heaven Dou Empire could lose its ruling surname if the imperial family provoked the Ling Tian Sect again.
• Prince Xue Xing rushed to Xue Ye and reported Han Yu’s threat, urging the emperor not to challenge him because Dugu Bo stood with the Ling Tian Sect.
• Xue Ye ordered the treasury to prepare medicinal herbs, Soul Bones, and treasures, then sent Crown Prince Xue Qinghe to visit Han Yu and satisfy his demands as much as possible.
• Han Yu told the silver-gowned woman and Dugu Bo that Xue Ye would try to win him over rather than risk a direct clash, and predicted that the emperor would send a high-ranking envoy.
• The woman mentioned Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s excellent reputation, and Han Yu said his flawless disguise had deceived even Xue Ye.

Han Yu demanded that Qian Renxue obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud in exchange for the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s apology, then prepared to help Ye Lingling seek a soul beast for her Nine Heart Begonia. Ning Fengzhi arrived with Chen Xin to meet Han Yu, impressed by Ling Tian Sect’s rapid rise.

• Han Yu ordered Dugu Bo to welcome Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and said he wanted the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Qian Renxue visited Ling Tian Sect, apologized for Xue Beng, and offered soul bones and medicinal herbs on behalf of the imperial family.
• Han Yu demanded the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Qian Renxue agreed to seek her father’s approval and return with it within three days.
• Ye Lingling told Han Yu she had reached level forty and asked him to help her find a plant-type soul beast to mutate her Nine Heart Begonia.
• Dugu Bo announced that Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin had arrived, and Han Yu invited them into the hall.
• Ning Fengzhi greeted Han Yu and remarked that his achievements had made him see him in a new light.

Han Yu rejected Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin’s attempt to revive his marriage agreement with Ning Rongrong and reclaim Gu Rong’s loyalty. Ning Fengzhi set aside their past and asked how Han Yu intended to position the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as Ling Tian Sect continued to rise.

• Han Yu insisted Ning Fengzhi address him as Sect Master Han and said whether their sects became enemies or friends depended on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s attitude.
• Ning Fengzhi apologized for the sect’s treatment of Han Yu, and Chen Xin proposed that Han Yu marry Ning Rongrong to restore their ties.
• Han Yu refused the marriage proposal and accused Ning Fengzhi of seeking an alliance only because Ling Tian Sect had become powerful.
• Gu Rong appeared and declared that he recognized Han Yu as family and would follow him, rejecting Ning Fengzhi’s appeal to their past.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted Gu Rong’s decision, then asked Han Yu where he intended to place the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in the future.

Han Yu secured Ning Fengzhi’s promise that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would not oppose Ling Tian Sect, then took Ye Lingling to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to advance her Nine Heart Begonia. After an herb awakened its vitality, Han Yu and Gu Rong searched Sunset Forest for a suitable soul beast for her fourth ring.

• Han Yu warned Ning Fengzhi not to use underhanded tactics against Ling Tian Sect, and Ning Fengzhi agreed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would not become its enemy.
• After Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin left, Han Yu assigned Dugu Bo to guard the sect and watch the Heaven Dou Imperial Family for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Han Yu, Gu Rong, and Ye Lingling used Gu Rong’s Spatial Shuttle to reach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest.
• Han Yu had Ye Lingling eat an herb, and she sensed that her Nine Heart Begonia had broken through a shackle and gained greater vitality.
• Gu Rong searched Sunset Forest for a pure-vitality plant-type soul beast around six thousand years old, then detected one about fifty li to the northwest.

Han Yu helped Ye Lingling evolve her Nine Heart Begonia by having her absorb a six-thousand-year Jade Blood Heaven Spirit Vine, then prepared to receive Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. He planned to use the shroud to travel to Sea God Island and seek the Sea God’s Examination.

• Gu Rong found a six-thousand-year Jade Blood Heaven Spirit Vine in Sunset Forest, and Ye Lingling absorbed its Spirit Ring under Han Yu’s guidance.
• Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia evolved to produce nine flowers, breaking its single-heir limitation, and she gained the fourth soul skill Jade Blood Vitality.
• Han Yu and Gu Rong returned to the Ling Tian Sect, where Dugu Bo reported that Xue Qinghe would visit the next day to discuss the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Han Yu told Dugu Bo to welcome Xue Qinghe and instructed Ye Lingling to stabilize her cultivation before joining him to receive the guest.
• Han Yu told Gu Rong that he intended to obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and go to Sea God Island to pursue the Sea God’s Examination.

Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang reported that Han Yu’s gifts had raised them to levels 90 and 70, strengthening their loyalty to Ling Tian Sect. Xue Qinghe visited to deliver the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and gauge Han Yu’s intentions, then left after he declared the sect would stay out of the Heaven Dou Empire’s affairs unless provoked.

• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang thanked Han Yu for helping them reach levels 90 and 70 and pledged Exotic Beast Academy’s loyalty to Ling Tian Sect.
• Han Yu promised to take them to Star Dou Forest for Spirit Rings and told them Xue Qinghe was coming to deliver something and assess the sect.
• Xue Qinghe arrived with two concealed Titled Douluo attendants and noticed Meng Shu’s level-ninety Soul Power.
• Xue Qinghe gave Han Yu the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as a gift from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Han Yu told Xue Qinghe that Ling Tian Sect would not interfere in Heaven Dou Empire’s internal affairs unless provoked, and warned that he would crush anyone who blocked his path.
• Xue Qinghe accepted Han Yu’s position and left the hall with her attendants.

Han Yu took Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to Star Dou Forest with Gu Rong and Dugu Bo to find suitable soul beasts for their next soul rings. After their auras drove the forest’s beasts into a panic, Dugu Bo captured a forty-thousand-year Black Poison Stinger Snake for Chao Tianxiang.

• Han Yu told Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang that he and the elders would lead them to Star Dou Forest to improve the sect’s strength.
• Han Yu set his sights on a powerful dragon soul beast for Meng Shu and a high-quality serpent for Chao Tianxiang.
• The five traveled to the boundary between the mixed zone and core zone of Star Dou Forest using Gu Rong’s spatial power.
• Han Yu ordered Gu Rong and Dugu Bo to release their auras and draw out high-level soul beasts.
• Dugu Bo spotted a Black Poison Stinger Snake estimated to be just over forty thousand years old and captured it alive for Chao Tianxiang.

Han Yu and Gu Rong helped Meng Shu kill an 85,000-year Dark Gold Armored Dragon so he could absorb its Soul Ring. Meng Shu endured the spiritual shock, broke through to level 91, and gained the Dark Gold Destruction Kill skill.

• After Chao Tianxiang began absorbing her Soul Ring, a Dark Gold Armored Dragon roared from the forest, and Han Yu led Meng Shu and Dugu Bo to watch Gu Rong fight it.
• Gu Rong subdued the Dark Gold Armored Dragon with his Bone Transformation Divine Dragon skill and ordered Meng Shu to strike its reverse scale.
• Meng Shu killed the dragon with his Dragon Head Cane, and its black Soul Ring formed with a faint crimson glow.
• Meng Shu struggled through the Soul Ring’s spiritual shock as Han Yu and the others watched over him.
• Meng Shu absorbed the Soul Ring, broke through to level 91, and gained the Dark Gold Destruction Kill skill.

Han Yu’s Ling Tian Sect gained three Titled Douluo and began planning to relocate Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang’s family and academy. The group considered where to build a permanent headquarters, and Dugu Yan proposed establishing it near Sunset Forest.

• Chao Tianxiang finished absorbing her Spirit Ring and celebrated when Meng Shu revealed he had become a Titled Douluo.
• Han Yu praised the couple’s strength, declared that the sect now had three Titled Douluo, and led everyone back to its temporary base in Heaven Dou City.
• Han Yu ordered Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to relocate their family and Exotic Beast Academy from Balak City to the sect, and they agreed to leave the next morning.
• Gu Rong and Dugu Bo argued that the sect needed a larger headquarters outside Heaven Dou City, and Han Yu agreed that the city could not accommodate it.
• Dugu Yan proposed building the sect near Sunset Forest because it offered abundant Soul Beast resources and, as far as they knew, no Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

Han Yu chose the outskirts of Sunset Forest as the site for Ling Tian Sect and planned to build a championship team for the Elite Tournament. He then set out with Gu Rong and Dugu Bo to recruit the Defense, Speed, and Breaking Clans, leaving Tai Tan and the Strength Clan out of his plans.

• Dugu Yan proposed building Exotic Beast Academy beside Ling Tian Sect and training a team for the Elite Tournament, and Han Yu approved the plan.
• Han Yu ordered Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to gather Exotic Beast Academy’s staff and prepare to relocate.
• Gu Rong suggested hiring the Defense Clan to construct the sect grounds, but Han Yu proposed recruiting the clan instead.
• Han Yu named the Defense, Speed, and Breaking Clans as recruitment targets and ruled out the Strength Clan because Tai Tan was devoted to Tang Hao.
• Han Yu told Gu Rong to open a spatial passage to Longxing City, and Gu Rong created a rift so he, Han Yu, and Dugu Bo could go recruit the three clans.

Han Yu, Gu Rong, and Dugu Bo visited Niu Gao to recruit the Defense Clan into the newly founded Ling Tian Sect, offering autonomy, resources, and protection. Niu Gao was shaken by their strength and promises, and invited them inside to discuss the proposal.

• Dugu Bo called out Niu Gao at the Defense Clan gates, and Niu Gao emerged suspicious of the two Titled Douluo.
• Gu Rong introduced Han Yu as Ling Tian Sect's sect master, but Niu Gao dismissed the new sect and tried to send them away.
• Han Yu offered the Defense Clan a self-governing Defense Hall, privileged resources, and protection from Ling Tian Sect's three Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Bo revealed that Meng Shu had become a Titled Douluo and Chao Tianxiang a Soul Saint with Han Yu's help, and said their clan and Exotic Beast Academy were joining Ling Tian Sect.
• Han Yu said he also planned to recruit the Breaking Clan and Speed Clan, and Niu Gao invited the three visitors inside to discuss the offer.

Han Yu secured Niu Gao’s Defense Clan for Ling Tian Sect and learned that the Four Single-Attribute Clans would gather in Longxing City in five days. He planned to recruit the Breaking and Speed Clans there, while preparing for Tai Tan to interfere.

• Han Yu described his plan to build Ling Tian Sect’s main sect and an advanced academy near Sunset Forest, with halls for the allied clans.
• Niu Gao accepted Han Yu’s promises of support and pledged the Defense Clan to Ling Tian Sect as its Defense Hall.
• Niu Gao revealed that the Four Single-Attribute Clans would gather in Longxing City in five days, giving Han Yu a chance to approach the White Bird and Breaking Clans.
• Han Yu and Dugu Bo planned to use the Aromatic Silk Beauty to recruit Yang Wudi’s Breaking Clan and the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to persuade the struggling Speed Clan.
• Han Yu rejected recruiting Tai Tan’s Strength Clan because of Tai Tan’s loyalty to Tang Hao, and Gu Rong warned he would stop Tai Tan if he interfered.

Han Yu learned that his parents, Han Feng and Gu Yu, had been missing for six years, and resolved to find them after strengthening the Ling Tian Sect. Meanwhile, Han Feng and Gu Yu reached level 90 and discovered two hundred-thousand-year Sea Soul Beasts battling near a deserted island, presenting a chance to obtain powerful ninth Spirit Rings.

• Han Yu and Gu Rong agreed to keep their presence at Niu Gao's residence secret while they prepared for the gathering five days later.
• Han Yu asked about his missing parents, and Gu Rong explained that their letters had stopped after they set out six years earlier to seek a breakthrough opportunity.
• Han Yu vowed to uncover his parents' fate and said securing the three great clans and establishing the Ling Tian Sect came first.
• On a deserted island, Han Feng and Gu Yu watched two hundred-thousand-year Sea Soul Beasts fight and realized they might obtain ideal ninth Spirit Rings.

Han Feng and Gu Yu killed a gravely wounded Hundred-Thousand-Year Black Tortoise, and Gu Yu began absorbing its Soul Ring while Han Feng guarded her. Their isolation ended when a fleet bearing unfamiliar sun-and-moon flags approached, led by Rank 93 Silver Moon Douluo Kong Zhao.

• Gu Yu and Han Feng ambushed and killed the injured Black Tortoise after it fought the Blood Soul Demon Shark, which escaped into the deep sea.
• Han Feng insisted that Gu Yu absorb the Black Tortoise’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring first so she could advance and protect them at sea.
• Gu Yu began absorbing the red Soul Ring while Han Feng stood guard, alert to danger around the island.
• Han Feng spotted more than a dozen unfamiliar steel ships bearing sun-and-moon flags approaching through the sea mist.
• Kong Zhao, a Rank 93 Titled Douluo and commander of the fleet, recognized the dead Black Tortoise and Gu Yu absorbing its red Soul Ring.

Gu Yu reached level 92 after gaining a new soul skill and absorbing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Black Tortoise spinal bone, while she and Han Feng encountered the Sun Moon Empire’s fleet. Commander Kong Zhao invited them aboard and revealed the empire’s advanced Soul Guidance technology, leaving Han Feng astonished by its Soul Engineer system.

• Gu Yu reached level 91, named herself Space Douluo, and gained the Void Boundary soul skill.
• Gu Yu absorbed the Black Tortoise spinal bone, broke through to level 92, and gained the Black Tortoise Gravity Field and Absolute Defense Barrier soul skills.
• Kong Zhao approached under a white flag and invited Han Feng and Gu Yu to join the Sun Moon Empire as honored offerings.
• Han Feng and Gu Yu accepted Kong Zhao’s invitation to board the flagship and learn about its navigation resources.
• Kong Zhao demonstrated a Level 4 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon and a Storage Soul Tool, then revealed that the empire’s strongest Soul Engineers had reached level seven.

Han Feng and Gu Yu sought permission to study the Sun Moon Continent’s soul tool technology, while Han Yu recruited the Breaking and Speed Clans into the Ling Tian Sect. Yang Wudi and Bai He accepted, but Tai Tan refused and was left isolated.

• Han Feng asked Kong Zhao to let him and Gu Yu stay in the Sun Moon Continent to study soul tool technology, and Kong Zhao welcomed them to the Imperial Soul Tool Academy.
• Niu Gao introduced Han Yu and Gu Rong to Tai Tan, Bai He, and Yang Wudi at the Defense Clan residence.
• Han Yu offered Yang Wudi an Aromatic Silk Beauty and promised Bai He protection and resources if their clans joined the Ling Tian Sect.
• Gu Rong suppressed Tai Tan after he accused Niu Gao of colluding with outsiders, while Niu Gao defended Han Yu’s offer.
• Yang Wudi and Bai He agreed to join the Ling Tian Sect, but Tai Tan refused and was left behind after Gu Rong withdrew his pressure.