Chapter Summaries

Hun Xiu fused two Fallen Heart Flames into one, startling Venerable Skyfire and causing the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower to shake before it settled. Su Qian stayed behind to guard the tower, while Hun Xiu confronted Venerable Skyfire and asked if he wanted to leave.

• Hun Xiu used the Flame Fusion Technique to merge the two Fallen Heart Flames, making the resulting flame stronger.
• The merged flame stirred the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, causing the tower to shake and the magma to boil.
• Su Qian and the elders gathered at the tower, but Hun Xiu put away the flame and the disturbance stopped before they acted.
• Su Qian sent the other elders away and decided to guard the tower through the night.
• Venerable Skyfire marveled that Hun Xiu had successfully fused the flames, and Hun Xiu asked why he had run away.
• Hun Xiu asked whether Venerable Skyfire wanted to leave, and Venerable Skyfire immediately agreed.

Hun Xiu reached the entrance to the Tou She Ancient God's cave mansion but chose to retreat after weighing the danger posed by the Old Dragon Emperor. He returned to Venerable Skyfire and asked whether he had decided to submit.

• Hun Xiu offered to take Venerable Skyfire out of the magma sea and give him a new body if he pledged allegiance, but Venerable Skyfire hesitated.
• Hun Xiu headed toward the magma's depths despite Venerable Skyfire warning him about the powerful creatures below.
• At the cave mansion entrance, Hun Xiu found five Half-Saint Flame Lizardmen guarding the way and learned that the Old Dragon Emperor waited inside.
• Hun Xiu decided that survival mattered more than entering before he was ready, and flew back without confronting the Old Dragon Emperor.
• Hun Xiu returned to Venerable Skyfire, who was surprised to see him unharmed, and asked whether he had made up his mind.

After secretly leaving the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, Hun Xiu returned to his residence without being noticed. Su Qian learned that the academy could uncover neither Hun Xiu’s nor Xiao Xun’er’s origins and wondered why they had come to Jia Nan Academy.

• Venerable Skyfire agreed to become Hun Xiu’s subordinate, and Hun Xiu placed him in his Storage Ring before leaving the magma.
• Su Qian watched the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower through the night, saw no trouble, and left.
• Hun Xiu left the tower unseen and returned safely to his residence as rumors about the previous night gradually faded.
• Elder Liu told Su Qian that Hun Xiu had come to Jia Nan Academy because of Xiao Xun’er, but he could not uncover either of their origins.
• Su Qian dismissed Elder Liu and speculated that Hun Xiu and Xiao Xun’er came from a powerful family, then wondered what they wanted at the academy.

Su Qian summoned Hun Xiu to thank him for protecting the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower and to ask about his intentions and origins. Their conversation was interrupted when Zi Yan followed the scent of Hun Xiu into the office and recognized him.

• Su Qian thanked Hun Xiu for intervening at the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower and asked whether he meant Jia Nan Academy any harm.
• Hun Xiu assured Su Qian he had come only to accompany someone, and Su Qian took his words as confirmation that he and Xiao Xun'er belonged to one of the Eight Ancient Clans.
• Zi Yan smelled something enticing in Su Qian's office, followed the scent inside, and realized it came from Hun Xiu.
• Su Qian asked whether Hun Xiu and Zi Yan knew each other; Hun Xiu said they had met twice, while Zi Yan denied it.
• Su Qian inferred from Zi Yan's displeased reaction that Hun Xiu had gotten the better of her and felt hopeful that someone could rein her in.

Hun Xiu tried to persuade Zi Yan to become his subordinate by offering her Heavenly Spiritual Treasures, and she finally came to his room that night. She walked in on Hun Xiu and Xiao Xun'er, but Hun Xiu pulled her back inside and said he had been waiting for her.

• Hun Xiu offered Zi Yan the treasures in his Storage Ring if she would follow him and acknowledge him as her boss.
• Zi Yan resisted his offer, but the treasures tempted her, and Hun Xiu told her to come to his room that night.
• Zi Yan sneaked to Hun Xiu's room and found him with Xiao Xun'er, so she tried to leave.
• Hun Xiu pulled Zi Yan back into the room, shut the door, and set up a barrier to prevent anyone from leaving without his permission.
• Hun Xiu told the confused Zi Yan he had been waiting for her, and Zi Yan admired Xiao Xun'er and complained that such a beautiful girl had been taken by a pretty boy.

Zi Yan agreed to follow Hun Xiu in exchange for Heavenly Spiritual Treasures, but refused to let him place a Soul Imprint on her. After she signed a letter of guarantee, Hun Xiu gave her his Storage Ring, and she returned to her room to try one of its pills.

• Xiao Xun'er laughed at Zi Yan's remark about Hun Xiu, and Hun Xiu asked Zi Yan if she had decided to follow him.
• Zi Yan agreed to follow Hun Xiu in return for the promised treasures, but Hun Xiu held back his Storage Ring until she proved her sincerity.
• Zi Yan refused a Soul Imprint, so Hun Xiu asked her to write a letter of guarantee instead.
• After Zi Yan signed the letter, Hun Xiu gave her the Storage Ring and told her to come to him for food or help growing taller.
• Zi Yan returned to her room, opened a pill from the Storage Ring, and swallowed it, triggering a powerful surge of energy within her.

Zi Yan accepted Hun Xiu as her boss after seeing the effects of his medicinal pills, and she grew close to him and Xiao Xun'er. Half a year later, Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy after saving the Xiao Clan from near destruction, while his father’s disappearance remained unexplained.

• Zi Yan used Hun Xiu’s medicinal pills, accepted him as her boss, and began spending her days with him; Xiao Xun'er and Zi Yan eventually became friends.
• Half a year later, Xiao Yan arrived at Jia Nan Academy and reported to Instructor Ruolin after spending more than a year away.
• Xiao Yan told Ruolin that he had returned to Wu Tan City after his father disappeared, saved the Xiao Clan from the Jialie Clan and Aoba Clan, and found no clues about Xiao Zhan.
• After lessons, Xiao Yu and the others asked Xiao Yan what had happened to the Xiao Clan, and he revealed that the clan had nearly been exterminated.
• Xiao Yan said the Xiao Clan was safe again and that the Jialie Clan and Aoba Clan had been destroyed, while Hun Xiu wondered whether the Hun Clan had been involved and considered returning to his clan.

Hun Xiu met Xiao Yan at Jia Nan Academy, where Zi Yan tested Xiao Yan’s strength and offered to protect him. Xiao Yan asked Hun Xiu to investigate his father’s disappearance, and Hun Xiu agreed despite suspecting the Hun Clan was responsible.

• Hun Xiu realized the Jialie Clan and Aoba Clan had destroyed the Xiao Clan, while the Hun Clan had likely taken Xiao Zhan.
• Zi Yan found Hun Xiu, introduced herself to Xiao Yan, and was surprised when he withstood her powerful pat.
• Hun Xiu welcomed Xiao Yan and pretended they were close, while Xiao Yan concealed his hatred for him.
• Xiao Yan asked Hun Xiu to investigate Xiao Zhan’s disappearance, and Hun Xiu agreed while hiding his suspicion that the Hun Clan was involved.
• Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yu praised Hun Xiu, and Xiao Yan buried his renewed resentment without showing it.

Hun Xiu left Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan and brought her to the Hun Clan, where Soul Emperor examined the girl and warned Hun Xiu about her. The chapter ended with Hun Xiu stunned by his father's suspicion that he might have made Zi Yan pregnant.

• A black-robed messenger delivered Soul Emperor's order for Hun Xiu to return to the clan, and Hun Xiu agreed.
• Hun Xiu said goodbye to Xiao Xun'er with a kiss before leaving the Black Corner Region with Zi Yan.
• Hun Xiu promised Zi Yan food and treasures at his home and agreed to help her find her family.
• Hun Xiu brought Zi Yan to Soul Emperor's study, where she hid behind him in fear of Soul Emperor's presence.
• Soul Emperor said Zi Yan was not pregnant and was still a virgin, then threatened Hun Xiu, leaving him stunned.

Hun Xiu returned to the Hun Clan, where Soul Emperor met Zi Yan and then revealed that the clan’s thousand-year plan was about to begin. Soul Emperor wanted Hun Xiu to enter seclusion and reach his own strength, but Hun Xiu warned that cultivation could not be rushed.

• Soul Emperor mistook Zi Yan for Hun Xiu’s little girlfriend and sent her away before summoning Hun Xiu to his study.
• Hun Xiu took Zi Yan to his courtyard, where Hun San greeted him and was told to look after her.
• Soul Emperor explained that the Hun Clan’s thousand-year plan was about to begin and ordered Hun Xiu to cultivate until he reached Soul Emperor’s level.
• Hun Xiu objected that advancing through the Dou Saint realm was extremely difficult and could not be rushed.

Hun Xiu reassured Soul Emperor that he would work toward greater strength, then discussed Zi Yan’s status and returned to Medusa, promising to stay with her until their child was born. Zi Yan watched their affectionate reunion and felt overlooked.

• Hun Xiu worried that reaching Soul Emperor’s Nine-Star Dou Saint strength would take too long, but Soul Emperor insisted he believed in his son and encouraged him to work hard.
• Soul Emperor warned Hun Xiu that Zi Yan was a high-status Ancient Void Dragon and reminded him that Medusa was pregnant and he already had a fiancée.
• Hun Xiu left Soul Emperor’s study and learned from Hun San that Zi Yan had gone to Medusa’s courtyard.
• Hun Xiu found Medusa, checked on their unborn child, and promised to stay with her until she gave birth.
• Zi Yan watched Hun Xiu kiss Medusa and concluded that she was merely an extra, then complained about men.

Soul Jade visited Hun Xiu and told him that the Hun Clan would send him, Soul Jade, and Hun Feng to the Thunder Clan’s bloodline test in one month. Meanwhile, Zi Yan followed the scent of Heavenly Spiritual Treasures to an estate outside Soul City and began eating them.

• Soul Jade arrived at Medusa’s courtyard and mistakenly teased Zi Yan as Hun Xiu’s future little sister-in-law, prompting Zi Yan to leave in search of food.
• Hun Xiu learned from Soul Jade that the Thunder Clan had invited the Hun Clan to its bloodline test and that he, Soul Jade, and Hun Feng would go there in one month.
• Soul Jade left after catching up with Hun Xiu, while Zi Yan followed the scent of Heavenly Spiritual Treasures beyond Soul City.
• Zi Yan climbed into an estate filled with Heavenly Spiritual Treasures, recognized that Hun Xiu had told the truth about the food, and started eating.

Hun Xiu found Zi Yan trapped in Hun Void’s Medicine Garden after Hun Void tried to seize her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline. Hun Void recognized Hun Xiu as the Hun Clan’s Young Master but hesitated to release Zi Yan, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Zi Yan tried to eat a spiritual medicine in Hun Void’s Medicine Garden, but Hun Void snatched it away and revealed himself.
• Hun Void recognized Zi Yan as an Ancient Void Dragon and decided to refine her for her bloodline.
• Zi Yan attacked Hun Void, but he restrained her with his control over space.
• Hun Xiu appeared and asked Hun Void to spare Zi Yan, identifying her as his friend.
• Hun Void greeted Hun Xiu respectfully but wavered because he coveted Zi Yan’s bloodline and believed he had grounds to keep her.

Hun Xiu persuaded Hun Void to fund Zi Yan’s cultivation by claiming it was Hun Clan Head’s plan to use her to control the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. Hun Void agreed to provide her with pills and other resources, and Hun Xiu and Zi Yan left with supplies.

• Hun Void released Zi Yan after Hun Xiu reminded him that Hun Clan intended to use her to control the Ancient Void Dragons.
• Hun Xiu asked Hun Void to show him the Medicine Garden, and Zi Yan eyed its plentiful medicinal ingredients as they toured it.
• Hun Xiu told Hun Void that Zi Yan was too weak to control the Ancient Void Dragons and asked him to supply the resources needed to cultivate her to the Dou Saint realm.
• Hun Xiu claimed Hun Clan Head wanted Zi Yan raised quickly so the Hun Clan could control the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and the magical beast world.
• Hun Void agreed to provide Zi Yan with cultivation resources, and Hun Xiu and Zi Yan left with pills from the Medicine Garden.

Hun Xiu entered the Hun Realm’s dungeon to visit Xiao Zhan, who had been imprisoned and tortured over the Tou She Ancient God Jade. The chapter ended with Xiao Zhan insisting he knew nothing about the jade as he awaited another beating.

• Soul Emperor learned Hun Xiu intended to control the Ancient Void Dragon for the Hun Clan and praised his son’s plan.
• Hun Xiu presented his token to the dungeon gatekeepers, who opened the stone door and let him enter.
• Hun Xiu walked past imprisoned Dou Saints and other powerful captives while searching for Xiao Zhan.
• Hun Xiu found Xiao Zhan chained and badly injured in a cell.
• Xiao Zhan pleaded with his unseen tormentors, insisting he knew nothing about the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

Hun Xiu reunited with Xiao Zhan in the Hun Clan’s prison and offered to free him, but Xiao Zhan refused and asked him to protect the Xiao Clan. Xiao Zhan explained that he had been imprisoned and beaten because he genuinely did not know where the Tou She Ancient God Jade was.

• Hun Xiu cut Xiao Zhan’s chains and helped him up, and Xiao Zhan recognized him as Xiu'er.
• Hun Xiu offered to take Xiao Zhan away, but Xiao Zhan refused because he feared the powerful experts would endanger Hun Xiu.
• Xiao Zhan asked Hun Xiu to look after the Xiao Clan in Wu Tan City, and Hun Xiu promised he would.
• Hun Xiu claimed he and Xun'er came from the Gu Clan, then admitted that he had visited the Xiao Clan seeking the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Zhan said he had never seen the Tou She Ancient God Jade or learned where it was, and that the Hun Clan had beaten him when he told them he did not know.
• Xiao Zhan broke down in tears over his months of mistreatment, and Hun Xiu angrily called his captors beasts.

Hun Xiu visited Xiao Zhan in the dungeon, promised to look after the Xiao Clan, and ordered the guards to stop interrogating him. A month later, Hun Xiu prepared to depart for the Thunder Clan with Hun Feng and Soul Jade.

• Hun Xiu listened to Xiao Zhan recount how the Hun Clan had mistreated him, then accepted Xiao Zhan's request to protect the Xiao Clan.
• Hun Xiu left the dungeon and ordered the guards to tell anyone seeking to interrogate Xiao Zhan that they should not go.
• Hun San reported that Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin were safe but that their whereabouts were unknown.
• Soul Emperor learned that Hun Xiu had visited the dungeon but did not discover whom he had met, and wondered what Hun Xiu was hiding.
• Hun Xiu cultivated for a month while Medusa's pregnancy advanced and Zi Yan explored the Hun Realm.
• Hun Feng and Soul Jade arrived at Hun Xiu's courtyard on the day they were due to set out for the Thunder Clan.

Hun Xiu, Hun Feng, and Soul Jade traveled to Thunder City to attend the Thunder Clan’s bloodline test. After entering the hall where the guests were gathered, they were mistaken by Huo Xuan of the Flame Clan for members of the Gu Clan.

• Hun Xiu set out with Hun Feng and Soul Jade for the Thunder Clan, learning that the Gu Clan and other powerful factions had also been invited.
• One month later, the three arrived at Thunder City and presented their invitation to a Nine-Star Dou Sect guarding the gate.
• A middle-aged attendant checked their invitation and led them into a hall where they waited to enter the Thunder Realm.
• Hun Xiu, Hun Feng, and Soul Jade drew attention in the hall because of their bearing and hard-to-discern strength.
• Huo Xuan introduced himself and asked whether the three were friends from the Gu Clan, assuming they could not be from the Hun Clan.

Hun Xiu revealed to Huo Xuan that he and his companions were from the Hun Clan, not the Gu Clan, and identified himself as the Hun Clan’s young master. As the Flame Clan group discussed him, Elder Yan warned that Hun Xiu was likely stronger than a Five-Star Dou Saint, leaving Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi shocked.

• Hun Xiu introduced himself and clarified that he, Hun Feng, and Soul Jade were from the Hun Clan.
• Huo Xuan recognized Hun Xiu as the Hun Clan’s young master and became distant because of the Hall of Souls’ reputation.
• Huo Xuan returned to Huo Zhi and Elder Yan, and Huo Zhi regretted that the handsome Hun Xiu belonged to the Hun Clan.
• Elder Yan said Hun Xiu was difficult to assess even for a Four-Star Dou Saint and warned that his strength was likely above Five-Star Dou Saint.
• Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi were shocked that someone in his twenties could be so powerful.

Hun Xiu and his companions attended a gathering where the Flame Clan learned how powerful he was, and the Gu Clan's Gu Dao and Gu Qingyang arrived. Hun Xiu introduced himself to Gu Dao as the Hun Clan's young master, leaving Gu Dao and Gu Qingyang stunned.

• Elder Yan warned Huo Zhi and Huo Xuan that Hun Xiu was so strong that even he would not be his match.
• Gu Dao and Gu Qingyang arrived, and Elder Yan identified them to Huo Zhi and Huo Xuan.
• Hun Feng told Hun Xiu that the newcomers were Gu Dao and Gu Qingyang, and Hun Xiu agreed to greet them.
• Elder Yan and the Flame Clan exchanged greetings and compliments with Gu Dao and Gu Qingyang.
• Hun Xiu approached Gu Dao with Hun Feng and Soul Jade, and Gu Dao recognized his strength as that of a Six-Star Dou Saint.
• Hun Xiu introduced himself as Hun Xiu of the Hun Clan, shocking Gu Dao and Gu Qingyang.