Recaps

Hun Xiu resented his arranged engagement to Gu Xun'er and focused on cultivating, becoming a Dou Huang and a leading candidate for Hun Clan's Young Clan Head. After destroying every trace of greenery on the rear mountain, he was summoned to meet a guest who had asked for him.

• Hun Xiu left Soul Emperor's study, and Soul Emperor insisted that his arranged marriage served Hun Xiu and the Hun Clan despite his son's apparent displeasure.
• Hun Xiu returned to his room and cultivated while Hun San observed that he seemed changed.
• Two years later, nine-year-old Hun Xiu had advanced from Dou Ling to Dou Huang and become the leading candidate for Hun Clan's Young Clan Head.
• Hun Xiu used Myriad Swords Return to Origin and Man-Slaying Palm to destroy the rear mountain's remaining greenery.
• Hun San told Hun Xiu that Soul Emperor wanted him at the main hall because a guest had specifically asked to see him, and Hun Xiu flew off to meet them.

Hun Xiu met Gu Yuan and his young daughter, Gu Xun'er, in the main hall, where Soul Emperor introduced them as his future in-laws. Gu Xun'er reminded Hun Xiu of their childhood encounter, leaving him stunned as he realized she was the child he had mistaken for a boy.

• Hun Xiu entered the hall, where Soul Emperor and Gu Yuan welcomed him and Gu Xun'er eagerly watched him.
• Soul Emperor introduced Gu Yuan as Hun Xiu's future father-in-law, and Hun Xiu respectfully greeted him.
• Soul Emperor asked Hun Xiu to identify Gu Xun'er, but Hun Xiu initially did not recognize her.
• Gu Xun'er repeated, “Big brother... horse... so great,” reminding Hun Xiu of when he had played horse for her two years earlier.
• Hun Xiu recognized Gu Xun'er and asked in shock whether she was Xun'er, whom he had remembered as a boy.

Hun Xiu mistook Gu Xun'er for a boy in disguise and nearly inspected her before Soul Emperor and Gu Yuan stopped him. Soul Emperor then publicly punished Hun Xiu, leaving him injured on the hall floor as Gu Xun'er watched in alarm.

• Hun Xiu recognized Gu Xun'er but accused her of being a boy dressed as a girl, then picked her up to check.
• Soul Emperor and Gu Yuan coughed to stop Hun Xiu, who realized he had acted recklessly in front of them and returned to the center of the hall.
• Soul Emperor demanded that Hun Xiu admit his mistake and ask whether he knew who Gu Xun'er was.
• Hun Xiu claimed he did not know, and Soul Emperor struck his chair apart and sent him flying with his pressure.
• Hun Xiu spat blood and struggled on the floor while Gu Yuan felt the punishment was excessive and Gu Xun'er grew pale with worry.

Hun Xiu was beaten by Soul Emperor after mistaking his fiancée Gu Xun'er for her younger brother, but he finally realized that Gu Xun was Xun'er. He ended the chapter laughing with relief over his misunderstanding.

• Little Xun'er cried when Soul Emperor beat Hun Xiu, and Gu Yuan soothed her to sleep before carrying her from the hall.
• After Gu Yuan left, Soul Emperor released Hun Xiu from his pressure and asked whether he knew who the little girl was.
• Hun Xiu said Gu Xun was his father-in-law's son and his fiancée's younger brother, prompting Soul Emperor to correct him.
• Hun Xiu realized Gu Xun was Xun'er, understood that she was his fiancée, and laughed with relief.

Hun Xiu survived Soul Emperor’s Dou Saint pressure, was healed with a Grade 8 Medicinal Pill, and discovered that Gu Xun’er was much younger than he had expected. He realized he was five years older than Xiao Yan and considered killing the future protagonist to secure the continent for himself and the Hun Clan.

• Soul Emperor withdrew his pressure when Hun Xiu coughed blood and told him to recover before the clan tournament.
• Hun Xiu collapsed outside the hall, and Soul Emperor gave him a Grade 8 Medicinal Pill to heal his injuries.
• Hun San carried Hun Xiu away after Soul Emperor ordered him to keep the incident secret.
• Hun Xiu woke that night fully healed and realized Gu Xun’er had not yet gone to the Xiao Clan.
• Hun Xiu concluded that he was five years older than Xiao Yan and considered killing him before he could become a threat to the Hun Clan.

Hun Xiu cultivated on the back mountain while Gu Yuan and Soul Emperor discussed his strength and the Hun Clan’s young geniuses. Gu Xun’er found Hun Xiu and asked him to play with her, ending by asking him to act as her horse.

• Hun Xiu absorbed an immense amount of heaven-and-earth Dou Qi, astonishing Gu Yuan as he watched with Soul Emperor.
• Soul Emperor told Gu Yuan that several Hun Clan youths had reached the Dou Emperor realm, including nine-year-old Hun Feng, a Five-star Dou Emperor.
• Soul Emperor reflected that Hun Feng, Soul Jade, and Hun Huan'er had grown strong using resources Hun Xiu did not need, while Hun Xiu remained a One-star Dou Emperor despite absorbing far more Dou Qi.
• Hun Xiu sensed someone approaching through the Dou Qi storm and found Gu Xun’er staring at him from close range.
• Gu Xun’er sat in Hun Xiu’s lap and asked if he disliked her, then asked him to play and be a horse she could ride.

Hun Xiu played horse for Gu Xun'er, drawing amused approval from Gu Yuan and embarrassment from Soul Emperor. After the children rested on the barren mountain, Gu Xun'er told Hun Xiu she would soon leave to go undercover.

• Hun Xiu let Gu Xun'er ride on his back while Hun San watched in disbelief.
• Gu Yuan enjoyed seeing Hun Xun'er and Hun Xiu together, while Soul Emperor regretted agreeing to their marriage and left in embarrassment.
• Hun Xiu and Gu Xun'er sat together after playing, and Hun Xiu regretted turning the back mountain barren.
• Gu Xun'er told Hun Xiu she would leave the Gu Clan for a remote town and go undercover.

Hun Xiu learned that Gu Xun'er was being sent undercover and realized she would likely go to the Xiao Clan to obtain its Tou She Ancient God Jade. Xun'er revealed she did not want to leave him, and Hun Xiu promised to stay with her.

• Hun Xiu questioned Gu Xun'er about going undercover and coaxed her into secretly revealing what her father had told her.
• Gu Xun'er said she would have to leave Hun Xiu until her mission was complete, when she could stay with him every day.
• Hun Xiu comforted Gu Xun'er as she cried and said she wanted to see him and ride him like a horse.
• Hun Xiu realized Gu Xun'er was likely being sent to the Xiao Clan for its Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• The chapter explained that Gu Yuan trusted his daughter more than anyone else and believed the mission could give her a childhood companion.

Hun Xiu promised Gu Xun'er that he would stop Gu Yuan from sending her to the Xiao Clan as an undercover agent, and he comforted her with a pinky promise. That night, Hun Xiu went to Soul Emperor's study to discuss matters, but Soul Emperor greeted him coldly.

• Hun Xiu promised the tearful Gu Xun'er that he would speak to Gu Yuan and prevent her from being sent to the Xiao Clan.
• Gu Xun'er worried that Gu Yuan would blame her for telling Hun Xiu, so Hun Xiu reassured her and taught her to make a pinky promise.
• Hun Xiu reflected on his early cultivation and his fear that his father or a future protagonist might destroy him.
• Hun Xiu arrived at Soul Emperor's study at night, where Soul Emperor expressed displeasure and asked why he had come.

Hun Xiu asked Soul Emperor to let him leave the Hun Clan so he could secretly follow Gu Xun'er to the Xiao Clan, but Soul Emperor made his departure conditional on winning the Clan Competition. Hun Xiu left without securing the permission he wanted.

• Hun Xiu respectfully told Soul Emperor he wanted to leave the Hun Clan and see the continent.
• Soul Emperor asked why, and Hun Xiu said he did not want to wait seven years until adulthood.
• Hun Xiu privately resolved to follow Gu Xun'er to the Xiao Clan in secret and keep her undercover mission hidden.
• Soul Emperor said Hun Xiu could leave only if he took first place in the Clan Competition, giving him a chance rather than outright permission.

Hun Xiu demanded that Soul Emperor let him leave the Hun Clan, but Soul Emperor refused to give him a definite answer and punished him for trying to negotiate. After Hun Xiu was carried away, Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame discussed his unusual desire to leave and the Clan Competition rewards.

• Hun Xiu told Soul Emperor he wanted a definite answer about leaving the Hun Clan, not merely an opportunity to earn permission by winning the Clan Competition.
• Soul Emperor struck Hun Xiu down with his pressure, warned that the weak had no right to negotiate, and said Hun Xiu could leave only after becoming first in the competition.
• Hun Xiu fainted after Soul Emperor increased the pressure, and Soul Emperor ordered Hun San to carry him away without treating his injuries.
• Nihility Devouring Flame appeared in the study, and Soul Emperor asked whether he should let Hun Xiu leave the Hun Clan.
• Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame wondered why Hun Xiu had suddenly wanted to leave, then Nihility Devouring Flame revealed two black flames prepared as Clan Competition rewards.

Soul Emperor concealed the Nihility Devouring Flame’s presence from Gu Yuan and prepared two Sub-Flames as prizes for the Clan Competition. Hun Xiu began healing his injuries himself, while Hun Feng, Soul Jade, and Hun Huan'er set their sights on the top two places.

• Soul Emperor took two Sub-Flames from the Nihility Devouring Flame and told it to stay hidden while Gu Yuan was in the Hun Clan.
• After the Nihility Devouring Flame left, Soul Emperor noticed hidden strands of Soul Power and felt a chilling killing intent.
• Hun Xiu woke in pain, realized his system had not healed him, and absorbed Dou Qi to treat his injuries.
• Soul Emperor summoned Hun Feng, Soul Jade, and Hun Huan'er and announced that the Clan Competition's top two would receive Sub-Flames.
• Hun Feng, Soul Jade, and Hun Huan'er became eager to compete and each decided to claim first place.

Hun Huan'er reminded Hun Feng and Soul Jade that Hun Xiu could threaten their chances in the Clan Competition, despite their confidence. None of them wanted to visit him, until a younger clan member asked whether they were going to find Brother Hun Xiu.

• Hun Feng, Soul Jade, and Hun Huan'er promised Soul Emperor they would strive in the Clan Competition for the chance to obtain Lord Nihility's Sub-Flame.
• After leaving the study, Hun Feng declared he would take first place, while Soul Jade claimed he would secure second.
• Hun Huan'er pointed out that they had overlooked Hun Xiu, whose Transcendent Divine Bloodline and two years of cultivation made him a serious rival.
• Hun Huan'er suggested that Hun Feng find out how strong Hun Xiu had become, but Hun Feng and Soul Jade both refused to visit him.
• A younger clan member asked Hun Feng, Soul Jade, and Hun Huan'er whether they were going to find Brother Hun Xiu.

Gu Xun'er met Hun Feng, Soul Jade, and Hun Huan'er while they were on their way to find Hun Xiu, and Hun Feng realized she was Hun Xiu's fiancée. Gu Yuan arrived to collect his daughter, assessed the three young Hun Clan leaders, and remarked that Xiu'er was no match for them.

• Gu Xun'er approached Hun Feng, Soul Jade, and Hun Huan'er after hearing they were going to find Hun Xiu, while the three considered using her connection to him.
• Hun Huan'er tried to touch Gu Xun'er's cheeks, but Gu Xun'er backed away and introduced herself.
• Hun Feng recognized Gu Xun'er as Hun Xiu's fiancée, and Gu Xun'er insisted that he should call her Sister-in-law.
• Gu Yuan appeared, affectionately scolded Gu Xun'er for being naughty, and reassured the three Hun Clan youths.
• Gu Yuan assessed Hun Feng, Soul Jade, and Hun Huan'er as powerful Dou Emperors and told them Xiu'er was no match for them.

Gu Yuan took Gu Xun'er back to their courtyard instead of visiting Hun Xiu, explaining that Hun Xiu was busy preparing for the Clan Competition. Meanwhile, a massive Dou Qi tornado gathered around Hun Xiu's courtyard, leaving the Hun Clan’s younger generation wondering whether he had reached Dou Zun or even Dou Sheng.

• Hun Feng, Soul Jade, and Hun Huan'er puzzled over Gu Yuan’s claim that Hun Xiu was inferior to them, then went on to focus on the Clan Competition.
• Gu Yuan told Gu Xun'er that Hun Xiu could not play with her because he had important matters to attend to, and she reluctantly believed him.
• A tremendous amount of heaven-and-earth Dou Qi gathered around Hun Xiu's courtyard, drawing a crowd of young Hun Clan members.
• Soul Dan and Hun Qiu commented on the spectacle, and Hun Doulol argued that Hun Xiu might have reached Dou Zun or higher because of his Transcendent Divine Bloodline.

Hun Xiu continued healing his injuries by absorbing worldly Dou Qi, startling the Hun Clan’s younger generation and deepening their belief that he would win the Clan Competition. After training through the night, he went to sleep, expecting his injuries to heal in three or four days.

• Hun Feng, Soul Jade, and Hun Huan'er watched the Dou Qi storm around Hun Xiu’s courtyard and concluded that he would take first place in the Clan Competition.
• The Hun Clan’s younger generation gradually left, while elders watched from afar and praised Hun Xiu’s Transcendent Divine Bloodline and potential.
• The Dou Qi storm subsided at night, and Hun Xiu assessed his injuries and estimated they would heal in three or four days.
• Hun Xiu practiced palm, fist, leg, and sword techniques in the courtyard, then returned to his room and fell asleep.

After recovering, Hun Xiu cultivated on the back mountain and broke through to the Two-star Dou Emperor realm. With three days left until the Clan Competition, he learned that its reward was Nihility Devouring Flame's Sub-Flame and asked whether only the first-place contestant could claim it.

• Hun Xiu returned to the back mountain after healing and began cultivating, drawing powerful Dou Qi and turning the sky crimson.
• Soul Emperor and Gu Yuan noticed the phenomenon as Hun Xiu made his breakthrough.
• Hun Xiu successfully advanced to Two-star Dou Emperor and called Hun San to ask about the clan and the Clan Competition.
• Hun San told Hun Xiu that ten days had passed, the competition was three days away, and Nihility Devouring Flame's Sub-Flame was its reward.
• Hun Xiu, determined to obtain the Sub-Flame, asked Hun San whether it would go to the first-place contestant.

Hun Xiu learned that first and second place in the Clan Competition would receive different grades of Nihility Devouring Flame’s Sub-Flame, and that Hun Feng, Soul Jade, and Hun Huan'er had all reached the Dou Emperor level. Three days later, the competition began with a roll call before the Hun Clan and visiting guests, and the chapter left the contestants assembling on the arena.

• Hun San told Hun Xiu that first place would receive a high-grade Sub-Flame and second place an ordinary one.
• Hun San revealed that most of the younger generation were Dou Kings, while Hun Feng, Soul Jade, and Hun Huan'er were Dou Emperors; Hun Xiu insisted his first-place victory was guaranteed.
• Three days later, Hun Dun began the Clan Competition roll call after receiving Soul Emperor’s signal.
• Soul Dan, Hun Doulol, and dozens of other contestants answered the roll call and gathered on the Training Arena.
• Gu Yuan praised the strength of the Hun Clan’s younger generation to Soul Emperor.

Hun Xiu arrived at the Clan Competition but was overlooked while the crowd focused on the arena. After he made his way through the spectators, the Soul Clan leaders noticed his low cultivation and Soul Emperor claimed that his combat power exceeded his realm.

• Soul Emperor and Gu Yuan discussed the strength of the Hun Clan's younger generation as they watched the Training Arena.
• Soul Jade and Hun Huan'er entered the arena to loud cheers, but Hun Xiu did not appear when his name was called.
• Gu Yuan pointed out Hun Xiu in a corner of the plaza, where he had been unable to reach the crowded arena.
• Hun Dun called to Hun Xiu, and Hun Xiu declared his intention to take first place before asking the spectators to make a path.
• Hun Sha and the other Four Demon Saints sensed that Hun Xiu was only a Two-star Dou Emperor, and Soul Emperor said that even a Dou Zong might not defeat him.

Hun Xiu drew number one hundred and faced Hun Doulol in the first match of the Young Master Competition. He urged her to surrender rather than fight a woman, but she refused and challenged him to make the first move.

• Hun Dun explained the numbered pairings, and Hun Xiu drew number one hundred.
• Hun Dun called the first contestants forward, and Hun Doulol and Hun Xiu stepped onto the arena.
• The crowd reacted with surprise when Hun Xiu was revealed as Hun Doulol’s opponent.
• Hun Xiu told Hun Doulol to surrender because she was no match for him and he did not want to strike a woman.
• Hun Doulol rejected his offer and told him to make the first move.

Hun Xiu let Hun Doulol attack first, promising to withstand three moves, but effortlessly neutralized her opening Earth Tier Dou Technique without making a move. The spectators and Hun Doulol were left astonished by the scale of his strength.

• Hun Xiu refused to strike first and promised to give Hun Doulol three moves because she was a girl.
• Hun Doulol unleashed her Earth Tier Low-Level Dou Technique, Eight Extremes Great Gale, and sent a raging tornado at Hun Xiu.
• Hun Xiu stood untouched inside the gale, then erased it with a burst of power and descended to the ground.
• The spectators, the other young clan members, and referee Hun Dun marveled at Hun Xiu's strength, while Hun Doulol wondered whether he had reached the level of a Dou Zun.

Hun Doulol launched her second move, the powerful Extreme Wind Finger, while Hun Xiu chose to endure its pressure without striking back. As the attack descended, the spectators and Hun Clan experts watched anxiously, and Soul Emperor remained unconcerned about his son’s safety.

• Hun Doulol refused to surrender and unleashed her second move, Extreme Wind Finger, a high-grade Earth Tier technique.
• The crowd and the elders on the high platform marveled at Hun Doulol’s technique and discussed its power and cost.
• Hun Xiu stood beneath the descending finger shadow as its pressure and gales made his legs tremble, determined to experience the technique’s power firsthand.
• Hun Doulol and the spectators realized Hun Xiu was trying to withstand the attack, while Hun Feng hoped it would kill him and leave first place to Hun Feng.
• Hun Tu asked whether Hun Xiu intended to take the attack head-on, and Soul Emperor dismissed the danger with a flippant remark about women.

Hun Xiu took Hun Doulol’s Extreme Wind Finger without resisting, and the attack left him battered in a crater but still alive. His survival stunned the crowd and strengthened the Hun Clan elders’ belief that he should be their Young Clan Head.

• Hun Doulol drove her Extreme Wind Finger down on Hun Xiu, smashing through the arena and into the plaza.
• Hun Doulol feared she had killed Hun Xiu and worried Soul Emperor would punish her, while Hun Feng privately hoped Hun Xiu was dead.
• Soul Emperor cleared the dust from the plaza and revealed Hun Xiu standing in a crater, bloodied but alive.
• The crowd, Soul Emperor, and Gu Yuan were astonished that Hun Xiu had endured the attack with his physical body alone.
• The Hun Clan elders silently accepted Hun Xiu as their Young Clan Head.

Hun Xiu survived Hun Doulol’s high-level Earth Tier Extreme Wind Finger, though he realized the system had absorbed most of its power. When he revealed crimson Dou Qi Wings and rose to face her again, Hun Doulol and the crowd were left wondering if he was a Dou Huang expert.

• The Hun Clan’s younger generation and the onlookers were stunned that Hun Xiu had withstood Hun Doulol’s Extreme Wind Finger with his body.
• Hun Feng and other young clan members feared Hun Xiu’s talent would eclipse them, while Hun Doulol felt relieved he had survived and wondered whether he could still fight.
• Hun Xiu realized the system had absorbed most of the attack’s power and that his injuries came from the remainder.
• Hun Xiu summoned crimson wings, flew up to Hun Doulol, and challenged her to deliver her third move.
• Hun Doulol recognized the wings as Dou Qi Wings and asked whether Hun Xiu was a Dou Huang expert, prompting an uproar.

After Hun Xiu survived Hun Doulol’s powerful attack, the spectators mistook his Dou Qi Wings for proof that he was a Dou Saint and admired his supposed attempt to spare the younger generation’s pride. Hun Xiu confirmed he was only a Dou Emperor, but became angry when Hun Doulol admitted defeat and the referee declared him the winner.

• Hun Doulol and the spectators saw Hun Xiu’s Dou Qi Wings and speculated that he was a Dou Saint concealing his true strength.
• Hun Xiu said he was only a Dou Emperor, and Hun Doulol admitted that she could not defeat him.
• Hun Xiu refused to accept Hun Doulol’s surrender because he wanted her to continue the fight.
• Hun Dun declared Hun Xiu the winner, and Hun Xiu angrily left the arena.