Recaps

After defeating Hun Doulol, Hun Xiu left the arena feeling aggrieved, and Gu Xun'er secretly went to comfort him. Hun Xiu returned with her to watch Soul Feng and Soul Jade begin their match, which ended the chapter with their powerful techniques colliding.

• Hun Xiu left after his victory over Hun Doulol, and Hun Doulol returned to recover her Dou Qi.
• Gu Xun'er slipped away from Gu Yuan to find Hun Xiu, and Gu Yuan allowed her to go.
• Hun Xiu found Gu Xun'er at his courtyard, picked her up, and flew with her back to the Clan Competition.
• Hun Xiu sat with Gu Xun'er as Soul Feng and Soul Jade began their match and unleashed their ultimate techniques.
• Soul Feng's Heavenly Overlord Hand Seal collided with Soul Jade's Dou Breaking Finger, sending spectators fleeing from the shockwaves.

Hun Feng and Soul Jade fought evenly in the air while Hun Xiu explained to Gu Yuan why Hun Feng had the advantage and revealed that Hun Feng was concealing Six-star Dou Emperor strength. Hun Xiu claimed he could defeat either fighter in one move, and Soul Emperor challenged him to prove it.

• Soul Jade charged Hun Feng, and their exchanges revealed to Hun Feng that Soul Jade had reached Five-star Dou Emperor.
• Hun Xiu told Gu Yuan that Hun Feng was holding back and using Soul Jade as a whetstone to consolidate his cultivation.
• Hun Xiu identified Hun Feng as a newly advanced Six-star Dou Emperor who was waiting for a chance to end the fight.
• Hun Xiu confidently claimed he could defeat either Hun Feng or Soul Jade in one move, leaving Gu Yuan and the elders skeptical.
• Soul Emperor called Hun Xiu a braggart who could not defeat them in one move.

Soul Emperor challenged Hun Xiu to defeat either Soul Jade or Hun Feng in one move, promising to agree to his request and give him a surprise if he succeeded. Meanwhile, Hun Feng revealed he had reached Six-star Dou Emperor, and Soul Jade unleashed a bloodline-powered attack to keep Hun Feng from winning outright.

• Gu Xun'er defended Hun Xiu when Soul Emperor teased him for bragging, and Gu Yuan reassured her that Soul Emperor was joking.
• Soul Emperor told Hun Xiu that defeating Soul Jade or Hun Feng in one move would earn his agreement and a surprise, while Hun Xiu suspected his father had a hidden motive.
• Hun Feng kicked Soul Jade down onto the Training Arena, and Soul Jade learned that Hun Feng had advanced to Six-star Dou Emperor while he himself had reached Five-star.
• Soul Jade used his Divine Grade Bloodline to unleash Dou Breaking Finger, declaring that if he could not have something, Hun Feng could not have it either.
• Hun Feng countered by forming the Heavenly Overlord Hand Seal as Soul Jade challenged him to prove he was not inferior.

Soul Jade and Soul Feng nearly injured each other while using their Divine Grade Bloodlines, but Hun Dun intervened and declared Soul Feng the winner. That night, Soul Emperor punished Soul Jade for risking internal conflict, and Soul Jade vowed to prove he was no weaker than Hun Feng.

• Soul Jade and Soul Feng prepared to clash with their ultimate techniques, each risking a severe injury to avoid losing.
• After receiving Soul Emperor's signal, Hun Dun dispelled both attacks, declared Soul Feng the victor, and warned the younger generation against using their Divine Grade Bloodlines again.
• Soul Dan, Hun Qiu, and Hun Huan'er won their matches as the Clan Competition continued through the day.
• Soul Emperor confronted Soul Jade in his courtyard and knocked him down with his aura for risking his life and causing internal conflict.
• Soul Jade recovered after Soul Emperor left and vowed to prove he was no weaker than Hun Feng.

Hun Xiu prepared for the third day of the Clan Competition, where his first opponent was Soul Dan. As Hun Xiu gathered power for a devastating sword strike, Soul Dan froze in fear and the Sword Pill continued to grow.

• Hun Xiu spent the previous day recovering from his injuries instead of watching the other contestants' matches.
• Hun Dun had the remaining fifty contestants draw numbers, and Hun Xiu drew number one after everyone else.
• Hun Xiu and Soul Dan stepped forward as the first pair, and Gu Xun'er cheered for Hun Xiu.
• Hun Xiu began gathering the power of heaven and earth into his wooden sword while Soul Dan nervously asked him to wait.
• Hun Qiu and Soul Tianlin remarked that Soul Dan looked too frightened to fight as Hun Xiu's Sword Pill grew increasingly powerful.

Hun Xiu defeated Soul Dan in the Clan Competition with a powerful Wind Dust Sword Art attack, forcing Hun Dun to intervene and suffer an injury while protecting Soul Dan. After the remaining matches concluded, Hun Xiu looked forward to the final two days of the competition.

• Hun Xiu unleashed his Sword Pill, and Soul Dan surrendered too late to stop the attack.
• Hun Dun shielded Soul Dan and the Training Arena from the Sword Pill, spat out blood, then declared Hun Xiu the winner.
• Hun Xiu returned to Gu Xun'er, who kissed him, and he asked her not to let other people kiss her.
• Hun Huan'er defeated Hun Qiu, and the other matches continued until all twenty-five were complete.
• The Clan Competition reached its third day, with the top four scheduled to be chosen the next day and first and second place decided on the fifth day.

Hun Xiu, Hun Feng, Hun Huan'er, and Soul Fengxin claimed the four platforms, but Soul Jade displaced Soul Fengxin after the challengers were allowed to compete. The day ended with Hun Xiu, Hun Feng, Hun Huan'er, and Soul Jade confirmed as the final four.

• Hun Dun announced that whoever held one of the four platforms until nightfall would become a member of the final four.
• Hun Xiu and Hun Feng took platforms without being challenged, while Hun Huan'er and Soul Fengxin fought off numerous challengers.
• After the first round, Hun Dun gave the four contestants an hour to recover before the previously eliminated competitors could challenge them.
• Soul Jade, a five-star Dou Emperor, flew to the arena and demanded that Soul Fengxin leave his platform; Soul Fengxin yielded and departed.
• No one challenged the remaining four before nightfall, and Hun Xiu, Hun Feng, Hun Huan'er, and Soul Jade were confirmed as the final four.

The Clan Competition introduced a new rule requiring contestants to remain on the Training Arena, allowing them to join forces against the strongest contender. Hun Dun then asked Hun Xiu to state his cultivation realm, leaving the spectators and his rivals waiting to learn how powerful he was.

• The spectators gathered for the Clan Competition and expected Hun Xiu to take first place.
• Hun Dun announced that whoever remained standing on the Training Arena would win, and contestants could team up against the likely favorite.
• Hun Xiu realized Soul Emperor had arranged the rules to target him.
• Hun Feng and the other two considered giving up on challenging Hun Xiu, but Soul Emperor prompted Hun Dun to continue.
• Hun Dun asked Hun Xiu to state his current cultivation realm, and the crowd fell silent to hear his answer.

Hun Xiu claimed to be a Two-star Dou Zun to discourage Hun Feng and the others from challenging him, but Hun Dun secretly told them Hun Xiu was only a Two-star Dou Emperor. The three regained their confidence, and Hun Xiu prepared to fight them for first place in the Clan Competition.

• Hun Xiu declared himself a Two-star Dou Zun, shocking Soul Emperor, the elders, and the onlookers.
• Hun Feng and the other two abandoned their desire to compete, believing Hun Xiu was truly a Dou Zun.
• Hun Dun secretly told Hun Feng, Soul Jade, and Hun Huan'er that Hun Xiu was only a Two-star Dou Emperor.
• The three challengers regained their confidence, and Hun Xiu realized they had learned he was bluffing.
• Hun Xiu summoned his Dou Wings, raised his wooden sword, and challenged Hun Feng and the other two to fight.

Hun Xiu faced Hun Feng, Soul Jade, and Hun Huan'er in the Clan Competition, insisting that his Two-star Dou Emperor strength was enough to defeat them. His three combined fists overwhelmed their attacks, but referee Hun Dun intervened before Hun Xiu's punch could reach them.

• The spectators refused to believe Hun Xiu was only a Two-star Dou Emperor, while Hun Feng and the others resented his prestige and challenged him.
• Hun Xiu put away his wooden sword and invited Hun Feng, Soul Jade, and Hun Huan'er to attack him together.
• Hun Feng used Heavenly Overlord Hand Seal, Soul Jade used Dou Breaking Finger, and Hun Huan'er used Ice Heaven Palm against Hun Xiu.
• Hun Xiu merged Calamity Annihilation Fist, Calamity Killing Fist, and Calamity God Fist into one attack that erased their techniques and made all three vomit blood.
• Hun Dun rushed in and met Hun Xiu's punch with his own, then retreated with Hun Feng and the others to the platform where Soul Emperor and the others sat.

Hun Xiu won the Clan Competition and said goodbye to Gu Xun'er before her departure from the Hun Clan. He gave her a pair of scissors as a divine artifact and left to collect his reward, while Gu Yuan hinted that Hun Feng might not have taken second place.

• Soul Emperor erased the shockwave and declared Hun Xiu the winner, leaving Hun Feng and the other two defeated Dou Emperors to compete for second place.
• Hun Xiu took Gu Xun'er to the back mountain, where they lamented her coming departure and promised to protect themselves.
• Hun Xiu gave Gu Xun'er a pair of scissors to use if anyone bullied her, and she stored them in her Storage Ring.
• Hun Xiu brought Gu Xun'er back to Gu Yuan, who praised his performance and hinted that Hun Feng might not have taken second place.
• Hun Xiu said goodbye to Gu Xun'er and left to collect his first-place reward from Soul Emperor.

Hun Xiu learned that Soul Jade had taken second place in the Clan Competition, and the chapter revealed how she won it. Soul Jade allied with Hun Huan'er to defeat Hun Feng, leaving Soul Jade as the runner-up.

• Hun Xiu arrived at Soul Emperor's study and discovered that Soul Jade, not Hun Feng, had placed second in the Clan Competition.
• After Hun Xiu left, Soul Emperor summoned Hun Feng, Soul Jade, and Hun Huan'er to a Training Arena to decide the runner-up.
• Hun Feng attacked Hun Huan'er first, but Soul Jade stopped him and asked Hun Huan'er to join forces with her.
• Hun Huan'er agreed to help Soul Jade because Hun Feng had tried to eliminate her, though she said she did not want second place herself.
• Soul Jade and Hun Huan'er attacked Hun Feng together, and all three fell after their Dou Techniques clashed.
• Soul Jade was the only one to rise, and Hun Dun announced her as the Clan Competition's second-place winner.

Soul Emperor rewarded Hun Xiu and Soul Jade with Sub-Flames of the Nihility Devouring Flame, then told Hun Xiu he could leave the Hun Clan and summoned him back the next night. Back in his room, Hun Xiu swallowed his high-grade Sub-Flame and began refining it as black fire engulfed him.

• Soul Emperor gave Soul Jade an ordinary Sub-Flame and Hun Xiu a high-grade Sub-Flame as rewards for the Clan Competition.
• Soul Jade accepted his flame and left, while Hun Xiu realized he might eventually separate his Sub-Flame from the Nihility Devouring Flame and make it independent.
• Soul Emperor asked Hun Xiu whether he planned to leave the Hun Clan and said he would allow him to go, but ordered him to return to the study the following night.
• After Hun Xiu left, Soul Emperor reflected on his son's remarkable Dou Qi reserves and examined two ancient Storage Rings.
• Hun Xiu returned to his room, swallowed the high-grade Sub-Flame, and began absorbing it as black flames consumed his bed and body.

Hun Xiu refined Nihility Devouring Flame’s high-grade Sub-Flame in an hour, reaching eight-star Dou Emperor. The next day, Gu Yuan and Gu Xun’er left the Hun Clan, and Hun Xiu promised to find Xun’er again and marry her when they grew up.

• Hun Xiu refined Nihility Devouring Flame’s Sub-Flame, gained complete control over it, and advanced to eight-star Dou Emperor.
• Nihility Devouring Flame, Soul Emperor, and Gu Yuan reacted to Hun Xiu’s rapid breakthrough and praised his potential.
• The next day, Soul Emperor and Gu Yuan exchanged farewells as Gu Yuan prepared to leave with Gu Xun’er.
• Hun Xiu pinched Gu Xun’er’s cheeks, promised to find her again, and received a goodbye kiss from her.
• After Gu Yuan and Gu Xun’er left, Soul Emperor told Hun Xiu to marry her when they grew up, and Hun Xiu agreed before heading to the back mountain.

Gu Yuan took Gu Xun'er away from the Hun Realm after urging her to grow stronger so she could marry Hun Xiu. Later, Soul Emperor told Hun Xiu he could leave the Hun Clan after passing a test, which consisted of two ancient Storage Rings.

• Gu Xun'er asked Gu Yuan to wait before leaving the Hun Realm, then agreed to go after he promised she could marry Hun Xiu when she grew up and encouraged her to become stronger.
• Gu Yuan took Gu Xun'er through a spatial opening and left the Hun Realm.
• Nihility Devouring Flame praised Hun Xiu's unusual growth and predicted he would become an Emperor.
• Hun Xiu reminded Soul Emperor that he had promised to let him leave the Hun Clan if he won the Clan Competition.
• Soul Emperor confirmed Hun Xiu could leave after completing a test and presented him with two ancient Storage Rings.

Soul Emperor made Hun Xiu choose between waiting until age sixteen to leave the Hun Clan or using up two Storage Rings of resources and reading all the clan’s Dou Techniques. Hun Xiu accepted the rings, hoping to complete the test in four years and reunite with Gu Xun’er, while Nihility Devouring Flame pointed out Soul Emperor’s plan to keep him inside the clan.

• Soul Emperor told Hun Xiu that he could leave the Hun Clan only at sixteen or after exhausting the cultivation resources and reading the Dou Techniques in two Storage Rings.
• Soul Emperor used his aura to force Hun Xiu to his knees when Hun Xiu protested, then presented the two choices again.
• The system offered Hun Xiu rewards for accepting the rings or waiting seven years; it told him that using the resources would take four years, so Hun Xiu chose the rings.
• Soul Emperor tested Hun Xiu’s resolve with increased pressure, then withdrew his aura and let him leave with the rings.
• Hun Xiu looked toward the moon, imagined Gu Xun’er calling to him, and resolved to find her in four years.
• Nihility Devouring Flame told Soul Emperor that the resources were enough to cultivate to Dou Saint and would keep Hun Xiu in the clan past the age for gaining experience.

Hun Xiu entered seclusion, inspiring the Hun Clan’s younger generation to cultivate harder. Meanwhile, Gu Yuan left his daughter Xun'er in the Xiao Clan’s care and departed, leaving Xiao Xun'er to meet Xiao Yan.

• Soul Emperor decided Hun Xiu could leave the Hun Clan only once he was powerful enough to protect himself.
• Hun Xiu secluded himself to refine his cultivation resources, and the Hun Clan’s younger members followed his example.
• Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame praised the younger generation’s diligence and the Hun Clan’s prospects.
• Gu Yuan secretly brought Gu Xun'er to the Xiao Clan, gave Xiao Zhan a Mysterious Tier mid-grade Dou Technique, and asked him to care for her.
• Gu Yuan left the Xiao Clan after ordering someone in the shadows to protect Xun'er, and Xiao Zhan noticed Xiao Yan peeking into the hall.

Xiao Xun'er settled into the Xiao Clan and met Xiao Yan, who immediately fell for her and later sneaked into her room. She chased him off with scissors, then reprimanded Ling Ying for failing to notice the intrusion.

• Xiao Zhan introduced Xiao Yan to Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yan promised to protect her while secretly falling in love with her.
• That night, Xiao Xun'er missed Hun Xiu and held the divine artifact he had given her.
• Xiao Yan sneaked into Xiao Xun'er's room, but she caught him approaching her bed and slashed his pants with scissors.
• Xiao Yan fled before Xiao Xun'er could identify him, and she summoned Ling Ying to demand an explanation.
• Ling Ying admitted he had inexplicably fallen asleep, and Xiao Xun'er warned him not to let it happen again.
• Back in his room, Xiao Yan congratulated himself on escaping without being recognized.

After four years of seclusion, Hun Xiu emerged having absorbed all the cultivation resources Soul Emperor gave him. Soul Emperor allowed him to leave the Hun Clan and gave him a token commanding the Hall of Souls, an emergency avatar, and a mask, while Hun Xiu looked forward to seeing Xun'er again.

• For four years, Hun Xiu cultivated in seclusion as the power of heaven and earth gathered around his courtyard, forcing the Hun Clan to open another Hun Realm for its other cultivators.
• When the vortex began to dissipate, Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame hurried to Hun Xiu's courtyard as Hun Xiu emerged from his room.
• Hun Xiu told Soul Emperor he had used up the cultivation resources, and Soul Emperor praised him and agreed he was now strong enough to leave the Hun Clan.
• That night, Soul Emperor gave Hun Xiu a token that let the Hall of Souls obey him and contained an avatar he could summon once in an emergency.
• Soul Emperor gave Hun Xiu a mask and told him to look in a mirror when Hun Xiu asked why he needed one.

Hun Xiu left the Hun Clan and entered the Jia Ma Empire as the masked swordsman Yun Xiu, where he encountered Nalan Su and his daughter, Nalan Yanran. After Yun Xiu realized he had mistaken their situation, Yanran asked him to save her.

• Soul Emperor told Hun Xiu to wear a mask, respect his marriage contract with the Gu Clan, and avoid provoking the Gu Clan before their plans for the Ancient Jade of Tuoshe were complete.
• Three months later, Hun Xiu arrived in the Jia Ma Empire as Yun Xiu, riding a Sixth-Tier Grass Stepping Horse.
• Yun Xiu intervened when he saw Nalan Su's group with a young girl, then learned that the girl was Nalan Yanran, Nalan Su's daughter.
• Nalan Su called Yanran to return home, but she refused, and Yun Xiu realized he had misunderstood the situation.
• As Yun Xiu prepared to leave, Yanran admired his eyes and asked him to save her, alarming Nalan Su.

Nalan Yanran asked Yun Xiu to help her escape her family so she could break off her engagement to the Xiao Clan. Yun Xiu agreed to take her to the Xiao Clan in Wu Tan City, and she left with him despite Nalan Su’s worry.

• Nalan Yanran accused Nalan Su of lying and refused to return unless he agreed to let her break off her engagement.
• Nalan Yanran explained that she wanted to choose her own marriage and asked Yun Xiu to take her somewhere her family could not catch her.
• Nalan Su offered to discuss canceling the engagement with her grandfather, but Nalan Yanran did not trust him at first.
• Yun Xiu offered to take Nalan Yanran to the Xiao Clan in Wu Tan City, and she agreed.
• Yun Xiu lifted Nalan Yanran onto his horse, and she reassured Nalan Su that she would return after breaking off the engagement.

Yun Xiu took the young Nalan Yanran away on Grass Stepping Horse, while her father returned to the Nalan Clan to report the incident. Nalan Jie berated Nalan Su and asked whether he had notified Sect Leader Yun Yun.

• Yun Xiu invited Nalan Su to come to the Xiao Clan, then flew away with Nalan Yanran on Grass Stepping Horse.
• Nalan Yanran grew nervous among the clouds, but Yun Xiu reassured her; she trusted him because his eyes looked kind.
• Yun Xiu introduced himself as Yun Xiu, and Nalan Yanran began calling him Brother Xiu'er.
• Nalan Su returned to the Nalan Clan and told Nalan Jie that a mysterious expert had taken Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Jie angrily blamed Nalan Su for failing to protect Yanran, then asked whether he had notified Sect Leader Yun Yun.

Nalan Jie sent Yun Yun to help recover Nalan Yanran, while Yun Xiu brought Yanran to the Xiao Clan to see Xiao Xun'er. Xiao Xun'er arrived at the main hall, where Yanran was waiting with Yun Xiu.

• Nalan Jie warned Nalan Su that Yanran was the Nalan Clan’s hope and asked him to take responsibility for what had happened.
• Yun Yun arrived at the Nalan Clan, agreed to help find Yanran, and left for Wu Tan City with Nalan Su.
• Yun Xiu arrived at the Xiao Clan with Nalan Yanran and asked to see Xiao Xun'er; Xiao Zhan welcomed them inside.
• Xiao Zhan sent a servant to summon Xiao Xun'er, who learned that someone had come to see her.
• Xiao Xun'er entered the main hall, where Yun Xiu and Nalan Yanran were waiting.

Yun Xiu reunited with Xiao Xun'er at the Xiao Clan after four years, and she recognized him by his voice despite his mask. Their affectionate reunion was interrupted when Xiao Yan entered the hall.

• Xiao Xun'er arrived and studied the masked Yun Xiu, while he recognized her as the girl he had come to see.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Yun Xiu who he was, then recognized his familiar voice and rushed into his arms.
• Xiao Xun'er asked why Yun Xiu had come so late, and he explained that clan affairs had delayed him.
• Xiao Xun'er guessed Yun Xiu wore a mask because he was handsome, and he agreed while Xiao Zhan inwardly scoffed.
• A boy in a black robe entered the hall and called out to his father.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Xiao Clan and met Yun Xiu and Nalan Yanran, while Xiao Xun'er clung to Yun Xiu and reassured him of her affection. The chapter ended with Nalan Yanran introducing herself to Xiao Yan as his fiancée.

• Xiao Yan arrived, and Yun Xiu assessed his cultivation and recognized his potential.
• Xiao Xun'er introduced Xiao Yan to Yun Xiu, making Yun Xiu jealous and afraid she had chosen Xiao Yan over him.
• Xiao Xun'er returned to Yun Xiu's lap, hugged him, and told him she loved him most, easing his jealousy.
• Xiao Yan felt jealous when Xiao Xun'er embraced Yun Xiu and recalled the four years he had spent growing close to her.
• Xiao Yan approached Nalan Yanran, and she introduced herself as his fiancée.