Chapter Summaries

Li Han battled Chen Xin with his sword techniques, breaking Chen Xin’s defensive barrier but failing to overcome his swordsmanship. Chen Xin, excited by Li Han’s skill, challenged him to withstand a sword strike.

• Li Han opened with Azure Origin Sword Ray, but Chen Xin blocked it with Spirit Sword Guardian.
• Li Han combined all twelve Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords with Giant Sword Technique and shattered Chen Xin’s barrier, but Chen Xin knocked the giant sword apart.
• Li Han controlled the scattered swords and attacked with Ten Thousand Swords Unleashed, but Chen Xin deflected every blade.
• Li Han charged into close combat with Blinking Sword Technique, pressing Chen Xin with rapid, unpredictable attacks.
• Chen Xin praised Li Han’s swordsmanship and told him to take one sword from him.

Li Han defended against Chen Xin’s second soul skill with his Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords and earned Chen Xin’s respect. After the spar, Li Han obtained the Great Aureate Sword Formation and learned he would need Ultimate Metal from a Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear to cultivate it.

• Chen Xin attacked Li Han with Sword Pacifies the World, and Ning Rongrong boosted Li Han with her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda.
• Li Han enlarged his Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords to block the giant sword, exhausting his Soul Power and ending the spar.
• Chen Xin praised Li Han’s skill, offered to spar with him again, and said Li Han already had his own sword path.
• Li Han received the Great Aureate Sword Formation through the system and learned that a Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear could provide the needed Ultimate Metal.

Li Han chose the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear for his ninth soul ring and received the forging method for Demon-Extinguishing Arrows after meeting Gu Rong. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Chen Xin and Gu Rong considered Li Han a powerful potential ally, while he encouraged Ning Rongrong to train seriously and gave her a Godly Travel Talisman to master.

• Li Han decided to reserve a soul ring slot for the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear and received the Demon-Extinguishing Arrow forging method as a check-in reward.
• After Li Han and Ning Rongrong left, Chen Xin told Gu Rong that Li Han might possess Divine Slaughter's Domain and was strong enough to become a valuable ally against Spirit Hall.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong agreed to let Li Han and Ning Rongrong spend time together and to maintain their cooperation with him.
• Li Han advised Ning Rongrong to improve her fitness and combat awareness so she could become a better strategist and support for her team.
• Ning Rongrong agreed to train, and Li Han gave her a Godly Travel Talisman to master within a month.

Li Han trained Ning Rongrong while Silver Moon uncovered the Zhou Family’s crimes and reported that it was gathering soul masters. The Zhou Family attacked the Mei Family, and as Mei Ning faced capture, an unknown man appeared above the massacre.

• Li Han put Ning Rongrong through strenuous physical training and restorative medicinal baths, and she became proactive after three days.
• Ning Fengzhi stopped Chen Xin and Gu Rong from interfering with Ning Rongrong’s training, arguing that it was helping her cultivate seriously.
• Silver Moon told Li Han that the Zhou Family abused ordinary families and was gathering soul masters, leading him to suspect it planned to attack the Mei Family.
• Zhou Hai led an attack that killed Mei Ning’s parents and wounded Mei Shi, then said he intended to keep Mei Ning for his grandson, Zhou Bin.
• An azure-robed man with wings appeared overhead as Mei Ning struggled against the Zhou Family soul masters.

Li Han arrived at the Mei Family estate and found everyone except Mei Ning dead, then rescued her from Zhou Hai and the Zhou Family Soul Masters. After revealing that he had killed Zhou Bin and fighting off Zhou Hai’s attack, Li Han trapped all ten enemies in the Inverted Five Elements Formation.

• Li Han and Silver Moon found the Mei Family members dead except for Mei Ning and prepared to fight the Zhou Family Soul Masters.
• Li Han rescued Mei Ning from Zhou Hai’s spear and told her he would help her seek justice for her family.
• Zhou Hai recognized Li Han as the wanted criminal Li Feiyu, and Li Han told him that Zhou Bin had been reduced to ashes.
• Li Han blocked Zhou Hai’s Azure Dragon Emerges from Water with the Giant Sword Technique.
• Li Han called on Silver Moon to activate the Inverted Five Elements Formation, which trapped Zhou Hai and the other nine Zhou Family Soul Masters.

Li Han trapped Zhou Hai and his followers in his Inverted Five Elements Formation, giving Mei Ning the chance to take revenge. After Zhou Hai broke free briefly and attacked, Li Han defeated him and killed him, leaving the Soul Sage dead at the Mei Family estate.

• Li Han used the Inverted Five Elements Formation to trap Zhou Hai and his followers in illusions.
• Mei Ning killed the seven Soul Kings with Fireburst Buns while Li Han's Man Faced Demon Spider killed two Soul Emperors.
• Zhou Hai activated his Martial Soul Avatar, briefly escaped the formation's restraints, and attacked Li Han.
• Li Han used Sword Qi into Threads to break Zhou Hai's Azure Water Spear and weaken him.
• Silver Moon trapped the fleeing Zhou Hai in the Greenwood Pouch, and Li Han's twelve Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords killed him.

Li Han rescued Mei Ning and helped her avenge her family by annihilating the Zhou Family. He left Mei Ning near the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and returned there, reflecting on the corruption of the world.

• Li Han stayed beside Mei Ning as she mourned her dead family, then recommended that she join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Li Han took Mei Ning to the Zhou Family estate and unleashed the Man Faced Demon Spider, the Blood Spirit Drill, and his puppets to kill everyone there.
• Li Han burned the Zhou Family estate and left with Mei Ning, who thanked him for helping her avenge her family.
• Li Han settled Mei Ning in a nearby town, told her to keep his identity and the night’s events secret, and returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Li Han put away the puppet that had impersonated him and told Silver Moon that nobles should disappear.

After the Zhou Family was mysteriously destroyed, Qian Renxue suspected Li Han but had no proof, while Ning Fengzhi welcomed Mei Ning into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Training with Mei Ning spurred Ning Rongrong to master the Godly Travel Talisman and approach her next breakthrough.

• Qian Renxue learned that the Zhou Family had been destroyed without witnesses or clues and ordered Pufferfish Douluo to suppress the matter.
• Qian Renxue suspected Li Han had destroyed the Zhou Family and decided to test him and recruit him if he proved strong enough.
• Li Han brought Mei Ning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi welcomed her and Ning Rongrong questioned her reasons for joining.
• Ning Fengzhi learned of the Zhou Family's destruction and wondered who could have carried out such a silent massacre.
• Mei Ning joined Li Han and Ning Rongrong's training, prompting Ning Rongrong to work harder and master the Godly Travel Talisman.

After the Zhou Family’s destruction, Li Han returned to Green Bamboo Cottage and continued guiding Ning Rongrong and Mei Ning while pursuing his cultivation. Two and a half years later, Li Han had reached level sixty but still had not comprehended the Red Dust Tribulation, and Mei Ning arrived at his cottage alone.

• Li Han denied having any knowledge of the Zhou Family’s destruction and said he would return to Green Bamboo Cottage.
• Ning Rongrong asked to keep cultivating with Li Han, and Ning Fengzhi arranged for her to visit; Mei Ning asked to join them, and Li Han agreed.
• Li Han returned to Green Bamboo Cottage the next morning, and Ning Rongrong and Mei Ning visited him from time to time to cultivate.
• Two and a half years passed, and Li Han turned thirteen, reached level sixty, gained a Purple Thunder Roc left arm bone, and amassed substantial wealth and skills.
• Li Han reflected that he still had not comprehended the Red Dust Tribulation and decided that obtaining his sixth soul ring was his priority.
• Mei Ning entered Green Bamboo Cottage alone, and Li Han asked why she had come by herself.

Li Han left Heaven Dou City for the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for his sixth soul ring, while Mei Ning agreed to look after Green Bamboo Cottage. Silver Moon revealed that she had awakened the Blue Silver Domain and demonstrated its support and scouting abilities.

• Mei Ning told Li Han that Ning Rongrong had reached Rank 30 and left with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to hunt for her third soul ring.
• Li Han arranged for Mei Ning to mind Green Bamboo Cottage while he was away and promised to pay her with a Firebird Talisman.
• Mei Ning chose the Mirror Shadow Beast as her future fifth soul-ring target, and Li Han promised to accompany her to the Extreme North after he returned.
• Li Han departed Heaven Dou City alone for the Star Dou Great Forest to seek a soul beast for his sixth soul ring.
• Silver Moon revealed that her cultivation had surpassed sixty thousand years and that she had comprehended the Blue Silver Domain.
• Silver Moon demonstrated the domain’s effects, including boosting Li Han’s Soul Power, suppressing enemies, and using Blue Silver Grass to scout.

Zhu Zhuqing fled her pursuers into a beast tide and hid in a tree hollow, where Li Han’s overwhelming strength drove the beasts away. After Zhu Zhuqing fainted under Li Han’s mental pressure, he recognized her and wondered why she was in the forest.

• Zhu Zhuqing used her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul to escape the Soul Masters sent by Zhu Zhuyun, but their leader wounded her with a wind blade.
• As a beast tide approached, Zhu Zhuqing rushed into it to escape capture, while the Soul Masters fled.
• Zhu Zhuqing evaded the beasts and hid in a tree hollow, but exhaustion left her struggling to stay conscious.
• Li Han kicked a thirty-thousand-year Earth King down, causing the surrounding soul beasts to flee.
• Li Han looked toward Zhu Zhuqing, and his mental pressure made her pass out; he then opened the tree hollow and recognized her.

Li Han rescued Zhu Zhuqing in the Star Dou Great Forest, treated her injuries, and told her about Shrek Academy. Zhu Zhuqing learned that Dai Mubai had joined a poor academy with few students, and Li Han advised her not to go there.

• Zhu Zhuqing woke beside Li Han and was startled by Xiao Ba, a Man Faced Demon Spider that Li Han said he had raised.
• Li Han shared roasted meat with Zhu Zhuqing and gave her an Essence Nourishing Pill to heal her wounds.
• Zhu Zhuqing introduced herself, and Li Han told her he could protect himself in the forest with Xiao Ba and his own strength.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she wanted to find a friend at Shrek Academy, and Li Han described its poor resources, small student body, and high student mortality rate.
• Zhu Zhuqing worried that Dai Mubai could not surpass his elder brother at Shrek Academy, and Li Han advised her not to attend.

Li Han criticized Shrek Academy to Zhu Zhuqing, then revealed that he was a thirteen-year-old Soul Emperor hunting for his sixth soul ring. He hoped his strength would persuade her to cultivate the Inverted Phoenix Nurturing Origin Art, and the chapter ended with her demanding to know how he had advanced so quickly.

• Li Han told Zhu Zhuqing that Shrek Academy exploited geniuses and failed to protect or properly train its students.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed that Shrek Academy seemed unreliable, recalling Zhao Wuji leading the students into the Star Dou Great Forest without the other teachers.
• Li Han said he was an independent cultivator who had captured and raised his Man Faced Demon Spider himself.
• Li Han revealed that he was hunting his sixth soul ring, and Zhu Zhuqing was stunned when he said he was thirteen.
• Li Han privately hoped to use his strength to convince Zhu Zhuqing to cultivate the Inverted Phoenix Nurturing Origin Art.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Li Han how he had become so powerful at such a young age.

Zhu Zhuqing told Li Han about the deadly marriage alliance and succession struggle trapping her family, and asked him to teach her how to become strong enough to control her fate. Li Han offered her the Inverted Phoenix Nurturing Origin Art on two conditions, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted, trusting him to help her reach Title Douluo.

• Zhu Zhuqing knelt and asked Li Han to take her as his master, but he supported her with an unseen force and asked why she wanted his help.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that she and her sister Zhu Zhuyun were betrothed to rival princes, and that her fiancé Dai Mubai had fled to Shrek Academy, leaving her to face the struggle alone.
• Zhu Zhuqing broke down in tears over being forced to fight her sister and sacrifice her freedom, then insisted she would pay any price to control her fate.
• Li Han told Zhu Zhuqing that he had received a deity's inheritance and offered to teach her the Inverted Phoenix Nurturing Origin Art if she kept it secret and agreed to dual cultivate with him after mastering it.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Li Han's conditions without waiting, believing he could help her become a Title Douluo and change her fate.

Li Han bound Zhu Zhuqing with a mental restriction and gave her the Inverted Phoenix Nurturing Origin Art and cultivation pills. After she rapidly advanced to level twenty-seven, he offered her a Jade Bone Pill that could improve her potential and Martial Soul, which she swallowed.

• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Li Han’s offer and agreed to a restriction that prevented her from speaking about him and would kill her if she betrayed him.
• Li Han used his Divine Sense to carve the restriction into Zhu Zhuqing’s mind and imparted the Inverted Phoenix Nurturing Origin Art.
• Li Han gave Zhu Zhuqing Yellow Dragon Pills and Golden Marrow Pills, and she cultivated with them to break through to level twenty-seven.
• Li Han offered Zhu Zhuqing a Jade Bone Pill that could raise her Soul Power and improve her potential and Martial Soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing swallowed the Jade Bone Pill and circulated the Inverted Phoenix Nurturing Origin Art as her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul emerged and began transforming.

After the Jade Bone Pill raised Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Power to level thirty, Li Han promised to help her hunt a stronger third Soul Ring. Silver Moon suggested a seventy-five-thousand-year Shadow Sabertooth Tiger for Li Han's sixth ring, and the chapter ended as Li Han offered Zhu Zhuqing a two-thousand-year Shadow Sabertooth Tiger.

• Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Power surged to level thirty after taking the Jade Bone Pill, and Li Han said its stored power could raise her further after she obtained a Soul Ring.
• Li Han told Zhu Zhuqing that her strengthened body could handle a two-thousand-year beast for her third Soul Ring, and she agreed to follow his plans.
• After Zhu Zhuqing fell asleep, Silver Moon questioned Li Han about his efforts to nurture her, and he explained his reasons for teaching her the Inverted Phoenix Nurturing Origin Art.
• Silver Moon proposed that Li Han use his sixth Soul Ring to sharpen the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, offering to absorb any unwanted attributes herself.
• Silver Moon identified a nearby valley where a seventy-five-thousand-year Shadow Sabertooth Tiger lived, and Li Han agreed to hunt it the next morning.
• After breakfast, Li Han led Zhu Zhuqing toward the valley and offered to capture a two-thousand-year Shadow Sabertooth Tiger for her third Soul Ring.

Li Han helped Zhu Zhuqing obtain a two-thousand-year-old Shadow Sabertooth Tiger as her third soul ring, and she absorbed it safely, rising to level thirty-six. Her new Hell Sword Slash proved powerful, and Li Han began considering how to forge her a cat-claw Dharma Artifact.

• Li Han found a two-thousand-year-old Shadow Sabertooth Tiger and pinned it down with five Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed the immobilized tiger and absorbed its soul ring using the Inverted Phoenix Nurturing Origin Art.
• Zhu Zhuqing finished absorbing the ring smoothly and reached level thirty-six after combining its gain with the effects of her pills.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed her third soul skill, Hell Sword Slash, and cut a large boulder cleanly in half.
• Li Han praised the skill and told Zhu Zhuqing that she would surpass her sister.

Li Han prepared to hunt a seventy-six-thousand-year Shadow Sabertooth Tiger, while Zhu Zhuqing watched in awe at his strength and strange treasures. Li Han met the beast’s attack with his newly unlocked Sword Shadow Light-Splitting Technique, and the battle began.

• Li Han told Zhu Zhuqing she would soon surpass her sister, and her confidence in changing her fate grew.
• Li Han revealed that he intended to absorb a seventy-six-thousand-year Shadow Sabertooth Tiger as his sixth soul ring, far beyond the ordinary limit.
• The Shadow Sabertooth Tiger charged, and Li Han gave Zhu Zhuqing a Mystic Armor Talisman before confronting it.
• Li Han set up an array and summoned thirty-three Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, revealing five black soul rings and astonishing Zhu Zhuqing.
• The Shadow Sabertooth Tiger attacked with Shadow Sword Slash, and Li Han countered with his newly unlocked Sword Shadow Light-Splitting Technique.

Li Han fought the Shadow Sabertooth Tiger, using his sword technique and physical strength to withstand its attacks before defeating it with an Evil-Warding Kirin powered by Evil-Warding Divine Thunder. Zhu Zhuqing watched in disbelief as the battle ended with the beast dead.

• Li Han blocked the Shadow Sabertooth Tiger’s rain of swords with the Sword Shadow Light-Splitting Technique.
• Li Han used the Wisdom King Art to stop the beast’s charge and throw it to the ground.
• The Shadow Sabertooth Tiger unleashed Shadow Sword Storm, but Li Han escaped with his Wind-Thunder Wings.
• Li Han summoned an Evil-Warding Kirin with his left arm soul skill and struck the Shadow Sabertooth Tiger with Evil-Warding Divine Thunder.
• Li Han killed the Shadow Sabertooth Tiger, leaving Zhu Zhuqing stunned by his victory.

Li Han killed the Shadow Sabertooth Tiger and absorbed its seventy-six-thousand-year soul ring as his sixth ring, gaining the soul skill World Severance. Afterward, he and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, while Zhu Zhuqing reflected on her growing strength and fascination with him.

• Li Han used the Evil-Warding Divine Thunder to kill the Shadow Sabertooth Tiger and began absorbing its soul ring while Zhu Zhuqing stood guard.
• Li Han endured the soul ring’s strain, resisted the beast’s soul shock, and raised his Soul Power to level sixty-three.
• Silver Moon absorbed the ring’s dark-attribute energy from Li Han’s Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords as they were strengthened by the soul ring.
• Li Han completed the absorption and gained the sixth soul skill, World Severance, a sword strike focused on extreme sharpness.
• Li Han stored the Shadow Sabertooth Tiger’s corpse, then washed at a lake and decided to leave the forest with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled the past two days, recognized that she had become stronger, and wondered about Li Han as her feelings for him grew.