Chapter Summaries

Chu Han fought through the Evil Soul Masters and rescued Ye Guyi, then helped the Ordinary Alliance regroup around her. Ye Guyi unleashed sacred light that destroyed most of the skeleton army and many of the enemy forces, leaving her Soul Power nearly exhausted.

• Chu Han cut through the skeletons and killed five Spirit King Evil Soul Masters and three Spirit Emperor Evil Soul Masters as he rushed toward Ye Guyi.
• Chu Han arrived in time to block Lan Fuzi's attack on Ye Guyi, then took her hand and learned she had only minor injuries.
• Chu Han led Ye Guyi and nearby Ordinary Alliance members toward the alliance leader, where the scattered alliance members regrouped under attack.
• At the alliance leader's command, the Ordinary Alliance gathered around Ye Guyi, who used Holy Light Praise to annihilate nearly ten thousand skeletons and more than half of the Evil Soul Masters.
• Ye Guyi's Soul Power was nearly depleted, and the alliance leader praised her and told Chu Han to take care of her.

Chu Han pursued Lan Fuzi after she escaped the battle between the Ordinary Alliance and the Holy Spirit Cult, suspecting her Deep Sea Demon Whale Martial Soul was connected to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. After two hours of pursuit, Lan Fuzi stopped to fight him, and Chu Han noticed her resemblance to his father Chu Ye’s Deity.

• The Ordinary Alliance’s level-95 leader fought the Holy Spirit Cult’s Eighth Elder while the alliance suppressed the other Evil Soul Masters, allowing Lan Fuzi to escape.
• Chu Han left Ye Guyi with the Ordinary Alliance and chased Lan Fuzi, who fled through the mountains rather than turn to fight.
• The Ordinary Alliance defeated the Evil Soul Masters, killing the Eighth Elder and capturing some followers, but learned little about the Holy Spirit Cult.
• After pursuing Lan Fuzi for two hours, Chu Han confronted her, and she stopped to fight after deciding she had escaped far enough from the battlefield.
• Lan Fuzi released her Deep Sea Demon Whale Martial Soul, and Chu Han noticed that she resembled the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, one of Chu Ye’s Deities.

Chu Han fought Lan Fuzi and forced her to reveal her Deep Sea Demonic Whale power. She escaped over a cliff after the battle, while Chu Han confirmed that she was Uncle Whale's daughter.

• Chu Han and Lan Fuzi fought to a deadlock before Chu Han's sword techniques drove her back.
• Chu Han's Demon Sword Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes broke Lan Fuzi's shield and wounded her as she struggled to escape the combo.
• Lan Fuzi used Demon Whale Power, revealing her Deep Sea Demonic Whale identity and raising her combat strength.
• Chu Han completed all thirty-six slashes and seriously injured Lan Fuzi, who used the final strike's force to flee.
• Lan Fuzi jumped from a cliff and promised to return for revenge, while Chu Han said she was Uncle Whale's daughter.

Chu Han reunited with Ye Guyi after Lan Fuzi escaped, and she explained why the Ordinary Alliance suspected the Sun Moon Empire’s Imperial Family of aiding the Holy Spirit Cult. Chu Han raised the possibility that the Sun Moon Emperor himself was involved, leaving Ye Guyi startled.

• Chu Han realized the woman who had fled was Lan Fuzi, daughter of the Demon Whale King, and warned himself he would stop her if she harmed others again.
• Ye Guyi found Chu Han, embraced him, and the two spoke warmly about how much he had changed during their two years apart.
• Ye Guyi told Chu Han that the Ordinary Alliance had confirmed the Holy Spirit Cult was secretly cultivating Evil Soul Masters and suspected ties to the Sun Moon Empire’s Imperial Family.
• Ye Guyi recounted how joint operations with the empire often failed after Evil Soul Masters seemed to learn of them in advance, while the Alliance’s independent operations usually succeeded.
• Chu Han asked what would happen if the person colluding with the Holy Spirit Cult was the Sun Moon Emperor, and Ye Guyi was stunned by the possibility.

Chu Han and Ye Guyi warned the Ordinary Alliance that the Sun Moon Emperor might be colluding with the Holy Spirit Cult, and the alliance agreed to delay contacting him. After weeks together, Chu Han and Ye Guyi faced their coming separation by confessing their feelings through a kiss.

• Chu Han urged Ye Guyi to advise the Ordinary Alliance leader not to approach the Sun Moon Emperor until Spirit Hall could investigate the Holy Spirit Cult secretly.
• Ye Guyi and Chu Han told the Ordinary Alliance leader, who agreed to wait before informing the Sun Moon Emperor.
• Chu Han stayed at the Ordinary Alliance for more than twenty days, cultivating and practicing swordsmanship with Ye Guyi until she reached High-level Sword Intent.
• On the final night before Chu Han planned to return to Spirit Hall Academy, he and Ye Guyi both left their rooms because they could not sleep and went into Ye Guyi's room.
• Chu Han and Ye Guyi kissed after drawing close and looking into each other's eyes.

Chu Han returned to Spirit Hall Academy, joined the Inner Court, and learned that the Holy Spirit Cult had destroyed the Ordinary Alliance. With Ye Guyi’s fate uncertain, he was left desperate for news of her.

• Chu Han told the Inner Court dean about the Holy Spirit Cult, prompting Spirit Hall to secretly investigate the cult and its allies in the Sun Moon Empire.
• The Holy Spirit Cult’s leader ordered Demon Heavenly King to destroy the Ordinary Alliance in a secret attack.
• Chu Han broke through to rank 50, received a nearly seventy-thousand-year spirit ring, and rose to rank 54.
• Yu Tian told Chu Han that the Ordinary Alliance had been wiped out and everyone present was dead, but Ye Guyi’s corpse had not been found.

After learning the Holy Spirit Cult had destroyed the Ordinary Alliance, Chu Han feared for Ye Guyi and rushed to the Sun Moon Empire to search for her. Earth Dragon Gate’s sect master received him, but the chapter ended before Chu Han learned whether Ye Guyi was there.

• Yu Tian restrained Chu Han and said Spirit Hall would send experts to search for Ye Guyi, prompting Chu Han to suggest Earth Dragon Gate as a possible refuge.
• Yu Tian told Chu Han Spirit Hall planned to use Ye Guyi to draw out the Holy Spirit Cult, and Chu Han agreed to wait until morning.
• Chu Han secretly left Spirit Hall Academy that night, while Jin Changfeng ordered Yu Tian to follow and protect him.
• Jin Changfeng led nearly ten Title Douluo and other Spirit Hall members toward the Sun Moon Empire, where they secretly arrived as Chu Han reached Earth Dragon Gate’s city.
• Earth Dragon Gate’s sect master summoned Chu Han, then interrupted his anxious question and asked him to come along.

Chu Han found Ye Guyi hiding at Earth Dragon Gate and brought her into Spirit Hall’s plan to lure out the Holy Spirit Cult. Ye Guyi left for the Spirit Hall Empire as bait, and the cult’s seven Title Douluo elders set out to intercept her.

• Chu Han reunited with Ye Guyi, who mourned the destruction of the Ordinary Alliance and its people.
• Chu Han urged Ye Guyi to leave Earth Dragon Gate for Spirit Hall Academy, and she agreed to go with him.
• Jin Changfeng told Ye Guyi that Spirit Hall wanted to use her as bait to capture Holy Spirit Cult leaders, and she agreed to the plan.
• Chu Han and Spirit Hall’s people secretly escorted Ye Guyi away from Earth Dragon Gate, then had her appear near the ruins of the Ordinary Alliance before leaving the city.
• A Holy Spirit Cult informant spotted Ye Guyi and alerted the elders, prompting seven Title Douluo to lead their forces out to intercept her.

Spirit Hall set a trap for the Holy Spirit Cult’s seven elders by using Ye Guyi as bait, then ambushed them with nine Title Douluo. Spirit Hall won the battle, capturing two elders and many followers, while three elders escaped.

• The Holy Spirit Cult’s seven elders appeared on Ye Guyi’s mountain path and prepared to kill her for her Sacred Angel Martial Soul.
• Ye Guyi stalled the elders until Jin Changfeng and Spirit Hall’s other Title Douluo arrived to protect her and attack the seven elders.
• Jin Changfeng injured an elder and used his Golden Crocodile Roar to stop the Holy Spirit Cult from retreating.
• Chu Han and Ye Guyi fought alongside Spirit Hall’s forces as they killed most of the Holy Spirit Cult followers.
• Spirit Hall killed two elders, captured two elders and more than ten followers, and let three elders escape after suffering several injuries.

After the Holy Spirit Cult escaped Spirit Hall’s pursuit, Chu Han and Ye Guyi focused on cultivation at Spirit Hall Academy and prepared to avenge the Ordinary Alliance. Ten months later, both were promoted to the Core Court, while Huo Yuhao became the Outer Court’s strongest student.

• Spirit Hall tortured captured Holy Spirit Cult members, learned the cult’s strength and former headquarters, and discovered the cult had already relocated.
• The Holy Spirit Cult’s leader ordered the cult to lie low and vowed to destroy Spirit Hall with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ye Guyi joined Spirit Hall Academy as an Inner Court student, and Chu Han urged them to grow stronger so they could help exterminate the cult and avenge the Ordinary Alliance.
• Chu Han devoted himself to cultivation, while Ye Guyi gradually recovered from her grief and turned her hatred into motivation.
• Ten months later, Chu Han reached the peak of rank 57, and Qian Leyan took Ye Guyi as his disciple; both were promoted to the Core Court.
• Huo Yuhao became the Outer Court’s strongest student, and Chu Han visited him and Xiao Xiao, who remarked that their paths were growing farther apart.

Chu Han and Ye Guyi joined Spirit Hall Academy’s Core Court, where Dean Jin Changfeng explained its cultivation resources and required new students to complete a dangerous training assessment. Ye Guyi chose Death Valley, while Chu Han chose Slaughter City despite the academy having stopped sending students there because of its high death rate and limited benefits.

• Dean Jin Changfeng welcomed Chu Han and Ye Guyi as the Core Court’s newest members and had the students introduce themselves.
• Chu Han and Ye Guyi learned that the Core Court’s students were exceptionally powerful, with many already at the Spirit Emperor level or higher.
• Dean Jin explained that access to Immortal Herbs and the Angel God’s Trial depended on students’ talent and strength, except for the Golden Generation Seven.
• Jin Changfeng told Chu Han and Ye Guyi to choose dangerous places for their training assessment.
• Ye Guyi chose Death Valley, and Chu Han chose Slaughter City, surprising the core students and prompting Jin Changfeng to question his decision.

Chu Han insisted on going to Slaughter City to pursue the Asura God’s trials, and Jin Changfeng agreed to let him go if he defeated three core students at Spirit Emperor level. Chu Han began his first challenge against Yu Qiang, overwhelming him with swordsmanship and speed as their battle continued.

• Chu Han refused Jin Changfeng’s warning and maintained that he would go to Slaughter City, so Jin Changfeng set a condition that he defeat three Spirit Emperor-level core students.
• Chu Han asked the eight eligible students to choose who would fight him, and Yu Qiang stepped forward to challenge him.
• Chu Han and Yu Qiang introduced their ranks and Martial Souls, then began fighting with their Snake Lance and Demon Sword.
• Chu Han revealed High-level Sword Intent, overpowered Yu Qiang’s opening thrust, and struck him hard after slipping behind him.
• Yu Qiang used his second and third spirit skills, but Chu Han dodged the nine attacks and activated Demon Sword Phantom.
• Yu Qiang summoned his sixth spirit skill, Golden Snake Emerging from its Hole, to attack Chu Han while defending himself.

Chu Han defeated Yu Qiang, then fought Xie Yang, a stronger Core Disciple whose attacks and combat skill pushed the fight into a fierce exchange. Chu Han gained control of the battle and sent Xie Yang flying, though Xie Yang prepared one final gamble.

• Chu Han defeated Yu Qiang with the Divine Demon Swordplay and helped him up afterward.
• Xie Yang introduced himself as a level 63 Power Attack System Spirit Emperor and challenged Chu Han.
• Xie Yang used his strengthening abilities and Blazing Lion's Roar, but Chu Han defended with God-Demon Sword Intent and activated God-Demon Body to block his follow-up attack.
• Jin Changfeng explained that Chu Han's sword intent let him control soul power and use spirit abilities while defending, then praised his superior combat ability.
• Chu Han forced Xie Yang onto the defensive and eventually sent him flying, prompting Xie Yang to prepare a final desperate gamble.

Chu Han defeated Xie Yang and faced Qian Yu in the final qualifying battle, where her Six-Winged Angel and the legendary Qianye Sword gave her the advantage in their first clash. The fight remained undecided as both swordsmen exchanged blows.

• Chu Han defeated Xie Yang with his Fifth Spirit Ability, leaving him one Spirit Emperor-level victory short of qualifying for training in Slaughter City.
• Qian Yu volunteered to fight Chu Han, and Dean Jin Changfeng approved her challenge because her combat strength matched that of Spirit Emperor-level students.
• Qian Yu revealed her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, Angel Sword Intent, and the Qianye Sword, which Chu Han recognized from his past.
• Chu Han and Qian Yu clashed swords; Qian Yu's Demigod weapon gave her the edge, forcing Chu Han back eight steps while she retreated five.

Chu Han overwhelmed Qian Yu by predicting the Angel Sword Style she had learned, then defeated her in their duel. After explaining that he understood the style better than she did, he left her wondering about his connection to the Six-winged Angel Clan.

• Chu Han used his familiarity with the Angel Sword Style to predict Qian Yu's attacks and knock the Qianye Sword from her hand.
• Chu Han returned the Qianye Sword and explained that he understood the Angel Sword Style better than Qian Yu, prompting her to ask about his connection to the Six-winged Angel Clan.
• Qian Yu renewed her attack with the first and second swords of the Angel Six Divine Sword Style, but Chu Han anticipated her moves and countered with his own spirit abilities and swordplay.
• Qian Yu used the third sword, but Chu Han dodged it, created clones with Demon Sword Phantom, and held his sword to her neck.
• Chu Han declared Qian Yu defeated and withdrew his sword.

Chu Han defeated Qian Yu and earned permission to train in Slaughter City, while Ye Guyi prepared to train alone in Death Valley. Qian Leyan suspected Chu Han was connected to the gods and ordered Spirit Hall to warn the King of Slaughter to keep him safe.

• Chu Han defeated Qian Yu, then told her he would explain his knowledge of her clan's techniques if she grew strong enough to beat him.
• Jin Changfeng approved Chu Han's training in Slaughter City and promised to help ensure his safe return.
• Chu Han and Ye Guyi warned each other to be careful as they prepared to train separately in Slaughter City and Death Valley.
• Qian Yu told Qian Leyan about Chu Han's fight, leading him to suspect Chu Han might be connected to Chu Ye, the Dragon God, though he rejected the idea that Chu Han was Chu Ye's son.
• Qian Leyan told Qian Yu not to investigate Chu Han's background and ordered a subordinate to warn the King of Slaughter that Spirit Hall would retaliate if Chu Han were killed.

Chu Han entered Slaughter City by defeating Terror Knight Skom and immediately began fighting in the Hell Slaughter Arena. After ten days, he had won ten consecutive matches, drawing the attention of the King of Slaughter.

• Chu Han reached the black town outside Slaughter City and forced his way in rather than drink Yellow Springs Dew.
• Chu Han defeated Terror Knight Skom, received token number 9999, and entered Slaughter City.
• Chu Han asked the guide to take him straight to the Hell Slaughter Arena and registered for a match.
• Chu Han killed all nine opponents in his first match and began fighting once every day.
• After ten days, Chu Han had ten consecutive victories, and a subordinate warned the King of Slaughter that he might achieve one hundred wins.

The King of Slaughter, now nearly in full control of Tang Chen’s body and wielding power equal to a level 99 Limit Douluo, decided to have the Fallen Ones secretly kill Chu Han rather than risk openly provoking Spirit Hall. After reaching a thirty-win streak, Chu Han sensed nearly a hundred Fallen Ones lying in wait for him as he left the arena.

• The King of Slaughter dismissed concerns about Chu Han’s ten-win streak and reflected on how the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King had kept Tang Chen’s body intact and grown stronger over ten thousand years.
• Over one month, Chu Han won thirty matches, entered Slaughter City’s top hundred for consecutive victories, and earned the title Sword Demon.
• The King of Slaughter rejected his subordinate’s suggestion to kill Chu Han openly, then ordered him to use the Fallen Ones to eliminate Chu Han covertly.
• After Chu Han won his thirty-first match, he sensed watchers in the shadows and used his Spirit Power to discover nearly a hundred Fallen Ones waiting in ambush.

Chu Han slaughtered nearly a hundred Fallen Ones who ambushed him, then spent months fighting in the Hell Slaughter Arena while struggling to control Slaughter City's killing aura. Five months after entering Slaughter City, he had reached eighty consecutive wins and entered the top ten rankings.

• Chu Han confronted nearly a hundred Fallen Ones who surrounded him and killed them all despite the wounds and growing murderous aura affecting his mind.
• The King of Slaughter learned that the ambush had failed and ordered his subordinate to prepare the nine top consecutive-win experts to attack Chu Han together in an arena match.
• Chu Han recovered in seclusion for a month, then returned to the Hell Slaughter Arena and continued fighting while taking breaks to suppress his killing thoughts.
• After three months in Slaughter City, Chu Han had fifty consecutive wins and had killed more than five hundred Fallen Ones.
• After five months in Slaughter City, Chu Han had eighty consecutive wins and had risen into the top ten of the rankings.

Chu Han faced nine of Slaughter City's top-ten consecutive-win experts in a match secretly arranged by the King of Slaughter, and defeated them all. After recovering for nearly two months, he emerged with no Fallen One able to stop his push toward a hundred consecutive victories.

• Chu Han entered the arena for his eighty-first match and discovered that the King of Slaughter had arranged for nine top-ten experts to attack him together.
• Chu Han fought the nine Soul Douluo-level opponents for an hour, enduring severe wounds while wearing down their resolve.
• Chu Han killed three opponents with one strike, then defeated the remaining six one after another.
• Chu Han completed his eighty-first consecutive victory, taunted the King of Slaughter, and left the arena as the crowd hailed him.
• Chu Han rested and recuperated for nearly two months, then emerged with no Fallen One able to stop his advance.