Chapter Summaries

Han Yu accepted the Clear Sky Sect’s challenge to fight all seven of its Title Douluo alone and prepared to break their combined Hammer Heaven Shake Earth. He froze the falling hammer and struck it with Ice Dragon, Annihilation, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Han Yu accepted the match against all seven Clear Sky Sect elders alone while Dugu Yan and the others prepared to stand back.
• The seven Clear Sky Sect fighters combined their Soul Power to summon the gigantic Hammer Heaven Shake Earth.
• Han Yu transformed with his Dark Sacred Dragon Martial Soul and told Dugu Yan’s group to retreat.
• Tang Xiao brought the hammer down, and Han Yu slowed it with Ice Seal Thousand Miles, sending backlash through the seven fighters.
• Han Yu gathered darkness, evil, and frost power into his fist and launched Ice Dragon, Annihilation at the falling hammer.

Han Yu defeated Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders in the Seven Great Sects Ranking Tournament, securing Ling Tian Sect the championship. Tang Xiao conceded, while Tang San watched Han Yu’s victory leave revenge feeling hopeless.

• Han Yu shattered the Clear Sky Sect elders’ combined Hammer Heaven Shake Earth attack and sent them flying.
• Han Yu knocked out the Fifth and Sixth Elders, then repelled the Great Elder as the remaining fighters regrouped.
• Han Yu used Sacred Dragon Avatar to overpower Tang Xiao, disarm him, and leave him unable to fight.
• The referee declared Ling Tian Sect the tournament champion with ten points, while Clear Sky Sect finished with zero.
• Tang Xiao admitted Clear Sky Sect had lost, and Tang San despaired as he watched Han Yu’s strength.
• Gu Rong praised Han Yu, privately delighting that his grandson had won.

Han Yu received the Number One Sect Under Heaven token after the Ling Tian Sect won the ranking tournament, while his victory left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Shrek, and the Clear Sky Sect reeling. Spirit Hall assessed his combat strength as at least level ninety-seven, and Ling Yuan prepared for his return that night.

• Bibi Dong presented Han Yu with the Number One Sect Under Heaven token, which he handed to Dugu Yan to hold.
• Ning Fengzhi regretted that Ning Rongrong had been sent to Shrek, while Chen Xin said Han Yu's path was destined to surpass theirs.
• Ning Rongrong broke down as Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing left; Tang San asked Tang Xiao whether he could still catch up to Han Yu, but Tang Xiao stayed silent.
• Yue Guan reported that Han Yu was fourteen, had level-eighty-four soul power, and could fight at no less than level ninety-seven.
• Ling Yuan read Han Yu's message that the tournament was over and he would return that night, then prepared for his arrival.
• Han Yu dealt with congratulations from Emperor Xue Ye and the sect masters, while Dugu Yan asked what the black token was made of and Han Yu told her to study it if she wanted.

After Han Yu’s victory over the Clear Sky Sect, Ning Fengzhi apologized for failing to protect him as a child, but Han Yu said their past grievances were settled. Tang San returned with the defeated sect, vowing revenge, while Tang Xiao accepted their loss and the chapter left the Clear Sky Sect facing its damaged reputation.

• Han Yu discussed the tournament with Ling Yuan, who told him Yue Guan had asked about his plans and that she had said he would keep cultivating.
• Ning Fengzhi visited Han Yu and apologized for breaking the promise he had made to Han Yu’s parents; Han Yu said they could each follow their own path.
• Dugu Yan asked whether Han Yu would let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect go, and he said their grudge had been settled two years earlier.
• Tang San returned toward the Clear Sky Sect with Tang Xiao’s group and silently vowed to grow stronger and avenge Xiao Wu.
• Tang Xiao entered a secret chamber with the Great Elder and acknowledged that the Clear Sky Sect had lost face, saying defeat could not be changed by stubborn words.

Tang Xiao mourned the choices that had brought Tang San to despair, while Ning Rongrong struggled with guilt after Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin returned. In Spirit City, Han Yu considered Spirit Hall’s proposed alliance and agreed in principle, making access to Sun Moon Empire Soul Tool materials his condition.

• Tang Xiao sat alone in the secret chamber, thinking of Tang Hao and Tang San and wishing his grandfather were still alive.
• Ning Rongrong asked Ning Fengzhi whether she had done something wrong, and he comforted her while Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi discussed her growing up.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Ling Yuan that Spirit Hall wanted an alliance with Ling Tian Sect and warned her that the mood in Pope Palace was tense.
• Han Yu told Gu Rong that he would leave Spirit Hall’s alliance offer unanswered for a few days, then went to see Ling Yuan.
• Han Yu agreed to sign the alliance if Spirit Hall promised not to interfere with Sun Moon Empire channels for buying Soul Tool materials.
• Ling Yuan agreed to negotiate Han Yu’s condition and asked whether he would wait in her courtyard or return to the base.

Han Yu planned to hunt the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape for Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings for his Light Sacred Dragon, and Gu Rong agreed to join him. After settling the Ling Tian Sect's affairs, Han Yu and his companions left Spirit City for Heaven Dou, with the hunt still ahead.

• Bibi Dong approved the alliance agreement with the Ling Tian Sect but ordered Yue Guan to watch Han Yu's movements.
• Han Yu told Ling Yuan he intended to hunt the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, and Ling Yuan warned him about facing two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Han Yu asked Gu Rong to join the hunt, and Gu Rong agreed to go with him to the Star Dou Forest.
• Han Yu messaged Ling Yuan about the agreement, then prepared to leave Spirit City with Gu Rong, Dugu Yan, and the others.
• As the carriage traveled toward Heaven Dou City, Gu Rong asked Han Yu how he planned to fight the two beasts.

Han Yu and Gu Rong traveled to Star Dou Forest to kill the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python. Han Yu defeated both beasts, and a red Soul Ring rose from the Sky Azure Bull Python’s corpse.

• Han Yu told Gu Rong they should kill the Titan Giant Ape first, and Gu Rong agreed to restrain the Sky Azure Bull Python with Spatial Lock.
• Han Yu dismissed visiting envoys, prepared for the journey, and left Ling Tian Sect with Gu Rong the next morning.
• Gu Rong brought Han Yu to the lake in Star Dou Forest, where the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python were together.
• Gu Rong locked the Sky Azure Bull Python in place while Han Yu killed the Titan Giant Ape with repeated strikes and freezing energy.
• Han Yu struck down the Sky Azure Bull Python, and a red Soul Ring rose above its motionless body.

Han Yu absorbed the Sky Azure Bull Python’s hundred-thousand-year soul ring into his Light Sacred Dragon Martial Soul, reaching level eighty-seven, and returned to Ling Tian Sect with two soul bones. He gave the Titan Giant Ape’s torso bone to Gu Rong before retreating to the secret chamber, while planning to hunt dragon-type soul beasts in the sea.

• Han Yu absorbed the Sky Azure Bull Python’s hundred-thousand-year soul ring into his Light Sacred Dragon Martial Soul as Gu Rong retrieved the Sky Azure Bull Python’s left leg bone and the Titan Giant Ape’s torso bone.
• Han Yu’s Soul Power rose to level eighty-seven, and he chose to keep the Titan Giant Ape’s torso bone while reserving the left leg bone for his father.
• Han Yu declined to absorb the torso bone immediately and returned with Gu Rong to Ling Tian Sect, where Bai Chenxiang confirmed he was safe and told him Gu Yu had asked about him.
• Han Yu told Gu Yu he had reached level eighty-seven and identified the Sky Azure Bull Python’s soul ring as his Light Sacred Dragon’s first ring.
• Han Yu gave the Titan Giant Ape’s torso bone to Gu Rong, explaining that it did not suit his Martial Soul and would help his grandfather instead.
• Han Yu entered the secret chamber and said he would later hunt dragon-type soul beasts in the sea for soul bones better suited to him.

Han Yu absorbed the Sky Azure Bull Python's left leg bone and learned its skills, while Gu Rong refined the Titan Giant Ape's torso bone and gained new abilities. Han Yu's attempt to fuse the Light and Dark Sacred Dragon powers failed again because their strength remained unbalanced, so he planned to keep hunting dragon-type soul beasts.

• Han Yu absorbed the Sky Azure Bull Python's left leg bone and gained Azure Shadow Step and a chance to summon Azure Dragon Armor when struck.
• Gu Rong told Han Yu that the Titan Giant Ape's torso bone gave him Immovable as a Mountain, Earth Vein Tremor, and Gravity Control Domain.
• Han Yu described his Hundred Thousand Year soul ring skills, Azure Dragon Breath and Azure Sky Possession, to Gu Rong.
• Han Yu tried to fuse the Light and Dark Sacred Dragon powers, but their imbalance caused the energies to repel each other.
• Gu Rong urged Han Yu to hunt the dragon-type soul beasts in the sea, and Han Yu smiled before Gu Rong returned to studying his torso bone.

Han Yu absorbed the Azure Dragon Soul Bone, tested his new abilities, and failed to fuse the Light and Dark Sacred Dragon Soul Power because they remained unbalanced. After handling correspondence and checking on Han Feng and Gu Yu’s training, he announced that he wanted to travel to Vast Sea City.

• Gu Rong absorbed the Titan Giant Ape torso bone and gained the Immovable as a Mountain and Earth Vein Tremor soul skills.
• Han Yu described the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and left leg bone abilities he had gained on his trip.
• Han Yu tried to combine the Light and Dark Sacred Dragon Soul Power, but their imbalance caused the forces to repel each other.
• Han Yu told Bai Chenxiang to keep refusing the Star Luo Empire envoys and let his parents coordinate the next Sun Moon Empire materials delivery.
• Han Yu visited Han Feng and Gu Yu as they practiced Dragon Transformation, then told them he wanted to go to Vast Sea City.

Han Yu and his companions sailed toward Sea God Island despite their captain’s warnings and escaped an encounter with the Evil Orca King without fighting. As the ship neared the island, the compass began spinning, and Gu Rong sensed dense Soul Power fluctuations ahead.

• Han Yu rented a ship and told the captain to sail toward Sea God Island, though the captain warned that ships rarely returned from those waters.
• After a day at sea, the Evil Orca King and its pod surrounded the ship, but Gu Rong’s aura made them retreat.
• Gu Rong lamented that the hundred-thousand-year soul beast had escaped, while Han Yu said they would find others near Sea God Island.
• The captain reported that the compass was spinning and the ship was drifting off course, and Gu Rong sensed a dense barrier-like or domain-like field ahead.

Han Yu and his companions reached Sea God Island, where Bo Saixi agreed to open a divine trial for Gu Yu because the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud resonated with her. The next morning, Sea Horse Douluo challenged Han Yu to withstand a strike, and Han Yu passed without releasing his Martial Soul.

• Gu Yu's Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud pointed toward the forbidden sea, and Han Yu led the group across the waves to Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi welcomed them at the Sea God Temple, confirmed the Shroud's strong resonance with Gu Yu, and arranged to open her divine trial the next morning.
• Han Yu and his companions stayed in the island's stone houses overnight.
• Sea Horse Douluo confronted Han Yu at the Temple and explained that outsiders without the Shroud had to withstand a Sacred Pillar Douluo's strike.
• Han Yu blocked Sea Horse Douluo's halberd with a wall of black-purple light, and Sea Horse Douluo declared that he had passed.

After Han Yu easily passed Sea Horse Douluo’s trial, Sea Dragon Douluo challenged him to a serious fight and was overwhelmed by Han Yu’s second Martial Soul. Sea Dragon Douluo left recognizing that Han Yu had barely shown his strength, while Han Yu returned to the stone house.

• Han Yu blocked Sea Horse Douluo’s strike without releasing his Martial Soul and passed the first trial.
• Sea Horse Douluo told Sea Dragon Douluo what had happened and asked him to arrange a serious fight with Han Yu.
• Sea Dragon Douluo found Han Yu on the beach, challenged him, and watched him summon the Light Sacred Dragon with a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
• Han Yu blocked Sea Dragon Douluo’s attacks with golden light and shattered his ninth soul skill, Sea Dragon Fall, with Azure Dragon Breath.
• Sea Dragon Douluo lowered his halberd and told Sea Horse Douluo that Han Yu still had not used his first Martial Soul.

Han Yu spoke with Bo Saixi about his ambitions and learned where to find a powerful dragon-blooded sea beast. That night, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud acknowledged Gu Yu as having passed its first trial, while Han Feng kept watch outside.

• Han Yu told Bo Saixi he wanted to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with dragon blood, and she directed him to a Crimson Blood Flood Dragon southeast of Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi allowed Han Yu to hunt the flood dragon after she opened Gu Yu's divine trial and warned him about the dangers of fighting sea soul beasts.
• Gu Yu cultivated with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud while Han Feng sat outside her room and kept watch.
• The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud flared and a figure appeared within its light, telling Gu Yu she had passed the first trial.

Han Yu accepted Sea Dragon Douluo’s challenge and revealed his Light Sacred Dragon martial soul, a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, and rank eighty-seven Soul Power. The fight ended with Han Yu unharmed after Sea Dragon Douluo unleashed his ninth soul skill, though the encounter’s final clash was left unclear.

• Sea Horse Douluo told Sea Dragon Douluo that Han Yu had blocked his halberd without releasing his Martial Soul and said he wanted to test him in a serious fight.
• Sea Dragon Douluo found Han Yu on the beach, challenged him, and Han Yu agreed to fight.
• Han Yu released the Light Sacred Dragon martial soul, revealing one red soul ring and rank eighty-seven Soul Power, while declining to use his first martial soul.
• Han Yu blocked Sea Dragon Douluo’s attacks with golden light and shattered the six afterimages from his full-strength strike, forcing Sea Dragon Douluo back.
• Sea Dragon Douluo summoned a sea dragon phantom with his ninth soul skill, but the passage ended after the phantoms collided and Han Yu’s golden soul was drawn back into his body.

Han Yu left the island to hunt the 120,000-year-old Crimson Blood Flood Dragon, while Gu Rong celebrated Gu Yu’s chance to inherit the Sea God’s position. Han Yu found the dragon at sea and defeated it with the Dark Sacred Dragon, leaving its fate unresolved.

• Han Yu explained that Bo Saixi was unhappy because completing the Sea God’s Nine Trials required her sacrifice, and Gu Rong vowed to find a way past her if necessary.
• Han Yu told Gu Yu he would hunt the Crimson Blood Flood Dragon while she practiced divine skills, then set out alone the next morning.
• Gu Rong gave Han Yu a shed scale that could lead him to the flood dragon and imagined his family ascending to the God Realm.
• After following the scale across the sea, Han Yu encountered the 120,000-year-old Crimson Blood Flood Dragon and used the Dark Sacred Dragon to fight it.
• Han Yu struck the flood dragon’s vulnerable spots until it stopped struggling and lay motionless on the sea.

Han Yu hunted a 120,000-year Crimson Blood Flood Dragon, absorbed its Soul Ring, and broke through to rank eighty-nine. He returned to Sea God Island with its head soul bone and offered it to Gu Yu to help her prepare for the Sea God's Nine Trials.

• Han Yu claimed the Crimson Blood Flood Dragon's head soul bone and absorbed its Soul Ring, raising his Soul Power from rank eighty-seven to eighty-nine.
• Han Yu returned to Sea God Island, where Gu Rong and Bo Saixi recognized his new Soul Ring; Bo Saixi remarked that his mother was blessed.
• Han Yu told Gu Yu, Dugu Yan, Bai Chenxiang, and Han Feng how he had killed the flood dragon and revealed that its Soul Ring gave him two skills: Crimson Flood Dragon Burning Sea and Flood Dragon Possession.
• Han Yu showed Gu Yu the 120,000-year head soul bone and urged her to keep it for the Sea God's Nine Trials, explaining that he could hunt for another later.

After absorbing the hundred-and-twenty-thousand-year skull, Gu Yu gained two soul skills and began the trials against Sea God's seven Sacred Pillar Douluo. She defeated the first three and gained the advantage against Sea Spear Douluo as her fourth match continued.

• Gu Yu accepted the dark-red skull from Han Yu and absorbed it overnight, gaining Red Flood Dragon Head Guard and Red Flood Dragon Pupil.
• Sea Horse Douluo told Gu Yu she had to fight the seven Sacred Pillar Douluo before she could begin the Sea God's Nine Trials, and she agreed to start immediately.
• Gu Yu defeated Sea Horse Douluo by appearing behind him and stopping her bone claw just short of his neck.
• Gu Yu forced Sea Star Douluo to the edge of the field and made him concede.
• With Han Yu's advice, Gu Yu broke Sea Maiden Douluo's chained control sequence and won after a prolonged fight.
• Gu Yu used spatial traversal to gain the advantage against Sea Spear Douluo, appearing behind her opponent three times in a row.

Gu Yu passed all seven Sacred Pillar Douluo matches and began the Sea God's Nine Trials after activating the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar. Han Yu, Gu Rong, and Han Feng also received trials, with their trial counts decreasing in that order.

• Gu Yu defeated Sea Illusion Douluo by seeing through his illusions and overcame Sea Ghost Douluo with a counterattack.
• Gu Yu used Han Yu's advice to outmaneuver Sea Dragon Douluo, who declared her victorious and said she was more suited than her father to inherit the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Gu Yu mastered the four divine skills of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud over three days, then pressed her hand to the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar.
• The seven sacred pillars lit up and revealed the Sea God's Nine Trials; Gu Yu received the task of climbing the first 333 steps of the Forbidden Land within one year.
• Han Yu activated the pillar and received the Sea God's Eight Trials, while Gu Rong received the Seven Trials and Han Feng received the Six Trials.

Gu Yu won all seven matches against the Sacred Pillar Douluo and began the Sea God's trials after touching the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar. Han Yu and Gu Rong also received trials, while Han Feng's light reached only the sixth-trial level.

• Gu Yu defeated Sea Spear Douluo, Sea Illusion Douluo, Sea Ghost Douluo, and Sea Dragon Douluo to complete all seven matches.
• Sea Dragon Douluo said Gu Yu was more suited than Han Yu's father to inherit the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• After mastering the Shroud's four divine skills, Gu Yu touched the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar and received the Sea God's Nine Trials, beginning with climbing 333 steps within a year.
• Han Yu touched the pillar and received the Sea God's Eight Trials, then returned to peeling his peanut.
• Gu Rong received the Sea God's Seven Trials, while Han Feng's light stopped short and he received the Sea God's Six Trials.