Chapter Summaries

The freshman assessment began, and Chu Han, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao entered Area Thirty-Three as a team. Huo Yuhao confronted the presence of his half-brother Huo Huabin from afar, then prepared for his first chance to show how much he had improved.

• Chu Han, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao met up and learned that Huo Huabin, a student from Freshman Class Two, was Huo Yuhao’s half-brother and a favored genius of the Huo Clan.
• Huo Yuhao told Chu Han he wanted to defeat Huo Huabin through his own strength, and Chu Han agreed not to interfere.
• The three freshmen went to Area Thirty-Three, where a teacher explained the assessment rules and announced their first match against Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, and Zhao Haochen.
• Chu Han’s team took the stage as other teams feared facing them, while their opponents activated a food-type spirit, a sword-type Weapon Spirit, and a flying agility-attack spirit.

Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao fought without Chu Han and defeated their three opponents, revealing their combat strength to the watching students. The team left the Battle Platform as Zhou Yi judged them the likely champions of the freshman assessment.

• Chu Han retreated to the edge of the Battle Platform and said Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao could defeat the three opponents without him.
• Huo Yuhao used Spirit Sharing as he and Xiao Xiao charged into close combat, quickly knocking two opponents into the food-type Soul Master.
• Xiao Xiao activated Cauldron Swing and struck all three opponents with the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron, eliminating them.
• The watching students praised Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao, whose performance overturned their earlier assumptions about the pair.
• Chu Han led Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao off the platform, and Zhou Yi privately concluded that their team was likely to win the championship.

Chu Han's team dominated the freshman assessment, winning all ten matches and advancing to the next stage. The other undefeated teams included groups led by Huo Huabin, Yang Wushuang, Ning Tian, and Xie Huanyue.

• Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao won their second match without Chu Han, then began to tire as the assessment continued.
• Chu Han entered the third match and defeated all three opponents in an instant, leading his team to a third straight win.
• Chu Han's team won the rest of its matches, earning eight consecutive victories as Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao gained a reputation among the freshmen.
• Before the final divisional match, Huang Shaoguang begged Chu Han to let his team win, but Chu Han refused and his team defeated them.
• Chu Han's team finished the division with nine straight wins, then won the tenth round and became the first team to achieve ten victories.
• Four other teams also finished undefeated: Huo Huabin's, Yang Wushuang's, Ning Tian's, and Xie Huanyue's teams, each with at least one Three-Ring Soul Master.

The freshman elimination rounds began, and Yang Wushuang’s team advanced with overwhelming strength as Chu Han took an interest in the spear wielder. The round of thirty-two reached Chu Han’s team’s match against Huang Chutian’s team.

• The Inner Court dean and a teacher watched the freshmen and noted that several students, including one besides Chu Han, might qualify for early recruitment.
• Huo Yuhao told Chu Han that Yang Wushuang of Class Five was a Three-Ring Soul Elder with the Soul Breaking Spear and exceptional individual combat ability.
• Yang Wushuang’s team defeated Chen Chen’s team in the first elimination match, while Chu Han’s, Ning Tian’s, Xie Huanyue’s, and Huo Huabin’s teams also advanced.
• Yang Wushuang’s team and Huo Huabin’s team won their round-of-thirty-two matches, while Ning Tian’s and Xie Huanyue’s teams began to struggle.
• Chu Han, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao stepped onto the stage to face Huang Chutian and the twin sisters Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo.

Chu Han's team defeated Huang Chutian's trio after Chu Han broke Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo's Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The tournament reached the top eight, where Chu Han's team was matched against Ning Tian's team.

• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo used Heavenly Net and Earthly Snare to trap Chu Han while Huang Chutian attacked Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao.
• Chu Han released God-Demon Sword Intent and destroyed the sisters' Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving them exhausted.
• Chu Han struck Huang Chutian with Demon Sword Slash, and Huang Chutian surrendered, giving Chu Han's team the win.
• Yang Wushuang, Ning Tian's team, Huo Huabin's team, Xie Huanyue's team, and Chu Han's team all advanced to the top eight.
• Huo Yuhao saw that Chu Han's team would face Ning Tian's team next, and Xiao Xiao warned him not to underestimate Ning Tian.

Chu Han’s team advanced to the top eight, where they faced Ning Tian’s team. He sent Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao to the back and challenged all three opponents alone, leaving the match underway after blocking their first attacks and knocking Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun’er away.

• Xiao Xiao explained the strength of Ning Tian’s Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul, while Chu Han dismissed her team as lacking a powerful attacker.
• Yang Wushuang’s team defeated Xie Huanyue’s team, with Ye Lingling healing from the rear, and Huo Huabin’s team also advanced to the top four.
• Chu Han’s team faced Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun’er in the final match of the top-eight round.
• Chu Han told Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao to stay back so he could fight Ning Tian’s team alone.
• Ning Tian enhanced Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun’er’s strength and speed, but Chu Han blocked their attacks and punched them both away.

Chu Han defeated Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er on his own, securing his team’s place in the semifinals. Their next opponents were Huo Huabin’s team, and Huo Yuhao spent the day before the match cultivating as he neared rank 17.

• Nanmen Yun'er and Wu Feng attacked Chu Han with Ning Tian’s buffs, but he blocked and dodged their moves without stepping away.
• Ning Tian used her third soul skill to boost her teammates, who then attacked with their spirit abilities and further self-buffs, but they still could not hurt Chu Han.
• Chu Han activated his second soul skill and defeated Nanmen Yun'er, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian in quick succession.
• Chu Han’s team won and advanced to the semifinals, where they were matched against Huo Huabin’s team.
• Huo Yuhao looked forward to facing Huo Huabin, then cultivated during the day of rest as he neared rank 17.

Huo Yuhao broke through to rank 17 and faced his half-brother Huo Huabin in the freshman assessment semifinals. Encouraged by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, he declared that he would surpass Huo Huabin in two and a half years, shocking the spectators as the match began.

• Huo Yuhao broke through to rank 17, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged him to reach rank 20 so it could help him obtain his second martial soul and Spirit Ring.
• Yang Wushuang's team won its semifinal, while Chu Han's team advanced to face Huo Huabin's team in the other semifinal.
• Huo Huabin mocked Huo Yuhao's strength and martial soul, boasting that their gap would only grow and that Huo Yuhao could never surpass him.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao to boldly claim he would surpass Huo Huabin in two and a half years.
• Huo Yuhao announced that he was rank 17 and would surpass Huo Huabin within two and a half years, leaving the venue shocked.

Chu Han's team defeated Huo Huabin's team in the assessment semifinals, and Huo Yuhao challenged Huo Huabin to a duel in two and a half years. The chapter left Chu Han's team preparing to face Yang Wushuang's team in the final match.

• Huo Yuhao vowed to surpass Huo Huabin in two and a half years, and Huo Huabin's team charged at Chu Han's team.
• Chu Han quickly defeated Huo Huabin while Xiao Xiao slowed the other two opponents and Huo Yuhao fought them back.
• Chu Han, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao defeated Huo Huabin's teammates, and Huo Yuhao challenged Huo Huabin to a duel in two and a half years.
• The assessment ended with Chu Han's team advancing to the final, where they were set to face Yang Wushuang's team the next day.

Chu Han and Yang Wushuang fought in the freshman assessment finals, matching each other in their opening clash before Chu Han gained the upper hand through superior combat skill. The chapter left Yang Wushuang preparing to unleash his second Spirit Ability as Chu Han activated God-Demon Body.

• Xu Sanshi and Thunderclap Beibei watched the finals and discussed whether Yang Wushuang could rival Chu Han.
• Yang Wushuang challenged Chu Han to fight at full strength, and both teams took their positions on the stage.
• Chu Han and Yang Wushuang clashed with their weapons and Spirit Power, ending their first exchange evenly.
• Yang Wushuang's attacks grew stronger as he fought, but Chu Han's superior battle awareness let him suppress and knock Yang Wushuang back.
• Chu Han activated God-Demon Body, and Yang Wushuang used his second Spirit Ability, Penetrate, to double his spear's penetrating power.

Chu Han revealed his powerful sword intent and defeated Yang Wushuang’s team with help from Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao. After the match, Chu Han said he had used at most sixty percent of his strength, and the freshman assessment ended.

• Yang Wushuang released his spear intent, and Chu Han answered with intermediate peak God-Demon Sword Intent that was close to High-level Sword Intent.
• Chu Han overwhelmed Yang Wushuang, while Xiao Xiao used her Three Lives Soul-Shaking Cauldron to block an attack and Ye Lingling healed Yang Wushuang.
• Huo Yuhao used Spirit Sharing and Spirit Detection to boost Chu Han and help him read his opponents’ movements.
• Chu Han used Demon Sword Phantom to defeat Yang Wushuang, Ye Lingling, and Chen Feng, ending the match.
• Chu Han helped Yang Wushuang up and admitted he had used at most sixty percent of his strength; the freshman assessment ended.

After Chu Han's team won the freshman assessment, Chu Han gave the hundred-year spirit bone to Xiao Xiao, and the teammates set off on their own paths. Eight months later, Chu Han had reached rank 38 and defeated nearly every Inner Court student, while he waited for the five strongest students to return and wondered who the Child of Destiny was.

• Chu Han, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao won the freshman assessment and received a hundred-year spirit bone, help obtaining a spirit ring, and guaranteed Inner Court entry in their fifth year.
• Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao agreed that Chu Han deserved the spirit bone, but Chu Han declined it and gave it to Xiao Xiao instead.
• Huo Yuhao continued training his soul power and studying as a Soul Engineer, while Chu Han entered the Inner Court to challenge students and search for the Child of Destiny.
• Eight months later, Chu Han had reached rank 38 and defeated all but the five strongest Inner Court students, who were away on missions.
• Chu Han waited for the five students to return and wondered who his father, Chu Ye, had identified as the Child of Destiny.

As the semester ended, Huo Yuhao secretly traveled toward the Far North with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to obtain his second Spirit Ring and ability. Meanwhile, the Asura God continued growing in his Asura Demon Pig body, and Lan Fo'er set out to reach Douluo Continent and avenge her father by destroying Spirit Hall.

• Chu Han concluded that the Child of Destiny might be in the Core Court and planned to investigate after defeating the Inner Court students.
• Zhou Yi announced the month-long vacation and the upcoming Advancement Assessment, while Huo Yuhao agreed to follow Sky Dream Ice Silkworm on a secret trip.
• Huo Yuhao traveled to the Far North and, protected by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, pressed through its outer and inner regions toward the core.
• The Asura God raised his Asura Demon Pig body's cultivation from fifty thousand to fifty-five thousand years by hunting spirit beasts cautiously.
• Lan Fo'er told the Demon Empress she was determined to go to Douluo Continent and destroy Spirit Hall to avenge her father, and the Demon Empress promised to help her.

The chapter recounts how the Demon Empress and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King became parents to Lan Fo'er, and how Lan Fo'er learned of her father's death and vowed to avenge him. After cultivating in human form to rank 61, Lan Fo'er left for the Sun Moon Empire to build a place for herself in the human world.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King forced the Demon Empress to mate with him, but she later left and raised their daughter, Lan Fo'er, alone.
• Lan Fo'er learned that the Whale King had been killed by Chu Ye and swore to destroy Spirit Hall in revenge.
• The Demon Empress advised Lan Fo'er to cultivate on a remote island before entering the human world and warned her to avoid Spirit Hall's territory.
• After reaching rank 61, Lan Fo'er told the Demon Empress she was going to Douluo Continent, and her mother promised to help when the time was right.
• Lan Fo'er arrived in the Sun Moon Empire, joined its Imperial Academy, and set out to establish herself among humans.

Chu Han traveled by train to the border between the Spirit Hall Empire and the Sun Moon Empire, curious to explore the new continent. After learning that the region ahead was a dangerous lawless zone rife with criminals and Evil Soul Masters, he set off on foot anyway.

• Chu Han bought a train ticket and spent several days traveling toward the Sun Moon Empire.
• At the terminal station, Chu Han decided to walk into the Sun Moon Empire, and a staff member warned him that the route was dangerous and offered to pay for his fare.
• The staff member explained that the old coastal region had become a lawless no-man’s-land after the continents collided and war followed, with bandits and Evil Soul Masters operating there.
• Chu Han thanked the staff member, gave him twenty Gold Soul Coins, and vanished from the station at great speed.
• The staff member realized Chu Han was likely a powerful Soul Master and wished him safe travels as Chu Han recalled hearing his mother mention Evil Soul Masters.

Chu Han encountered and killed three Evil Soul Masters who had been transporting captive children. As he freed the children, a sword-wielding girl arrived and mistook him for an Evil Soul Master, leaving them facing off.

• Chu Han crossed into the Sun Moon Empire and camped for the night in a lawless area.
• Three Evil Soul Masters returning with a cart of captive children found Chu Han by his fire and attacked him.
• Chu Han revealed his three soul rings and killed all three Evil Soul Masters with one sword technique.
• A clever child called for help, and Chu Han cut open the cage to free the four children.
• A girl arrived in a streak of golden light and attacked, but Chu Han blocked her strike as they faced each other.

Chu Han fought Ye Guyi after she mistook him for an Evil Soul Master, then convinced her that he had rescued the children. Ye Guyi learned that Chu Han had killed three three-ring Evil Soul Masters, leaving her shocked by his strength.

• Chu Han tried to explain himself to Ye Guyi, but she attacked after judging him to be an Evil Soul Master.
• Ye Guyi revealed her Sacred Angel Martial Soul and clashed with Chu Han, who disarmed her and held her at swordpoint.
• A rescued boy told Ye Guyi that Chu Han had saved the children from the Evil Soul Masters, and Ye Guyi stopped attacking.
• Chu Han and Ye Guyi freed the children as Chu Han explained that he had killed three three-ring Evil Soul Masters.
• Ye Guyi was shocked that Chu Han, a three-ring Soul Elder, had defeated three Evil Soul Masters alone.

Chu Han and Ye Guyi joined forces to search for the Evil Soul Masters’ stronghold after rescuing captured children, while Ye Guyi revealed that a mysterious force might be secretly cultivating Evil Soul Masters. They followed fresh tracks toward a patch of dense grass, where they prepared to investigate together.

• Chu Han told Ye Guyi that the Evil Soul Masters he had killed had mentioned a lord, and Ye Guyi sent her companions away with the rescued children before joining Chu Han in the search.
• Chu Han and Ye Guyi introduced themselves as they traveled through the mountain forest, and Ye Guyi explained that she had tracked the missing children to this area.
• Ye Guyi said investigators suspected a mysterious force in the Sun Moon Empire was cultivating Evil Soul Masters, though they had not confirmed its identity.
• Ye Guyi slipped on the steep mountainside, and Chu Han caught her and held her close before they continued climbing.
• Chu Han and Ye Guyi found fresh footprints on the mountain peak and headed toward dense grass that might conceal the Evil Soul Masters’ stronghold.

Chu Han and Ye Guyi found an Evil Soul Master stronghold in a cave and joined forces to attack it. After they killed six guards, the seven-ring Soul Saint recognized Ye Guyi and prepared to fight them.

• Chu Han and Ye Guyi discovered the cave and agreed to retreat if they encountered a Soul Douluo-level enemy.
• They silently killed the sleeping Evil Soul Master guarding the entrance and entered the cave.
• Chu Han and Ye Guyi found seven Evil Soul Masters among human skeletons and a foul-smelling cauldron.
• They released their sword intents and killed all six three- and four-ring Evil Soul Masters with one attack each.
• The surviving Soul Saint recognized Ye Guyi as a member of the Ordinary Alliance and activated his seven spirit rings to attack her and Chu Han.

Chu Han and Ye Guyi battled a powerful Soul Saint Evil Soul Master in a cave, whose enhanced Blood Red Ghost overwhelmed them. After Ye Guyi created an opening with her sacred abilities, Chu Han used his clones to bypass the ghost and attack the Evil Soul Master directly.

• The Soul Saint Evil Soul Master blocked Chu Han and Ye Guyi’s attacks and drove them into the cave wall with his red imp spirits.
• Chu Han wounded the Evil Soul Master, while Ye Guyi’s Sacred Light Illumination weakened his evil soul power.
• The Evil Soul Master used his seventh and sixth spirit abilities to transform and strengthen his blood ghost until it fought at Soul Douluo-level power.
• The blood ghost struck Ye Guyi, but Chu Han caught her, and they decided to target the Evil Soul Master instead of the ghost.
• Ye Guyi used Divine Light Praise to create an opening, and Chu Han sent his forty-nine clones after the Evil Soul Master’s main body.
• Chu Han’s true body slipped past the blood ghost, and his sword reached the Evil Soul Master before he could defend himself.