Chapter Summaries

Hun Xiu arrived at Yun Yun's wedding, broke her seal, and promised that no one could force her to marry. He later hid with Little White among the wedding guests as the ceremony began, while Mu Gu searched the hall for him.

• As Yun Yun waited alone in her bridal room, Hun Xiu arrived, lifted her veil, embraced her, and broke her seal.
• Yun Yun urged Hun Xiu to flee before Yun Shan noticed, but Hun Xiu reassured her and said no one could force her to marry if she did not wish to.
• When the auspicious hour arrived, Hun Xiu left the room, and Yun Yun was escorted to the main hall as though her seal remained intact.
• Hun Xiu and Little White blended in among the guests while Gu He waited eagerly for the wedding to begin.
• Little White suggested killing Gu He, but Hun Xiu told her to wait and let him enjoy his smile before he cried.
• Mu Gu searched the hall for Hun Xiu but failed to find him.

Yun Yun regained her ability to move and rejected Gu He at their wedding, but he threatened to destroy the Misty Cloud Sect to force her compliance. Hun Xiu told Little White to carry out a plan as Gu He pressed Yun Yun to continue the wedding.

• Yun Yun avoided Gu He's hand, lifted her veil, and declared that she would not marry him.
• Gu He urged Yun Yun to discuss her refusal after the wedding, but she rejected him and told him not to call her Yun'er.
• Gu He threatened that the Misty Cloud Sect would be destroyed if Yun Yun continued to resist, leaving her conflicted.
• Hun Xiu told Little White to follow his instructions, and she agreed.
• Gu He used Yun Yun's concern for the Misty Cloud Sect to press her to proceed with the wedding.

At Yun Yun and Gu He's wedding, Bai Linglong intervened when Yun Yun was pressured to accept the marriage and helped her refuse. Mu Gu threatened Bai Linglong after she challenged him, leaving the confrontation on the verge of violence.

• Gu He invoked Mu Gu's rank as a Venerable to pressure Yun Yun, who began to give in despite fearing for the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Bai Linglong entered the hall, confronted Gu He and Yun Shan, and supported Yun Yun.
• Bai Linglong reassured Yun Yun that they did not need to fear Gu He, and Yun Yun firmly rejected the marriage.
• Gu He threatened to destroy the Misty Cloud Sect, while Bai Linglong dismissed him and challenged Mu Gu over his disciple's conduct.
• Mu Gu released his oppressive aura and declared that Bai Linglong would be the first and last person to speak to him that way.

Little White used a Soul Token to block Mu Gu’s attack and reveal her authority over members of the Hall of Souls. After Mu Gu and Yun Shan recognized the token’s power, they both knelt before her.

• Mu Gu attacked Little White with a flame palm, but she used a Soul Token to make the strike vanish.
• Little White demanded that Mu Gu pay his respects, and Gu He attacked her despite Mu Gu’s warning.
• The token formed a barrier that knocked Gu He back, prompting Little White to accuse Mu Gu of planning to rebel.
• Mu Gu recognized the Hall of Souls’ rule to obey anyone bearing a Soul Token and knelt before Little White.
• Little White ordered Mu Gu to rise, then called Yun Shan down from his place at the head of the hall.
• Yun Shan hurriedly knelt before Little White after seeing Mu Gu submit.

Little White used the Soul Token to make Mu Gu submit and protect Yun Yun, then summoned her master, Hun Xiu, who revealed that Gu He had tried to steal his woman. The chapter ended with Mu Gu, Gu He, and Yun Shan kneeling before Hun Xiu as he confronted Mu Gu about his disciple.

• Little White ordered Yun Shan to clear the hall, then rebuked Mu Gu, who knelt and admitted his guilt.
• Gu He and Yun Shan urged Mu Gu to ignore Little White’s token, so Mu Gu wounded them with a shout and forced them to kneel.
• Little White reassured Yun Yun and called for her master, and Hun Xiu emerged from the space inside the hall.
• Yun Yun ran into Hun Xiu’s arms, while Mu Gu recognized him as the lord who had previously sought him out.
• Hun Xiu told Mu Gu that Gu He had dared to steal his woman and compared his nerve to Hun Miesheng’s.

Hun Xiu forced Mu Gu to choose between Gu He and the force behind him, and Mu Gu killed his own disciple to save himself. Hun Xiu agreed to spare Yun Shan at Yun Yun’s request, leaving Yun Shan’s fate in his hands.

• Hun Xiu threatened Mu Gu, who decided that protecting Gu He would cost him his life.
• Mu Gu killed Gu He, collected his soul in a jade bottle, and begged Hun Xiu to spare him.
• Hun Xiu spared Mu Gu because the Hall of Souls needed his skills as an eighth-tier alchemist.
• Yun Shan begged Hun Xiu for mercy, but Hun Xiu ordered Mu Gu to kill him.
• Yun Yun asked Hun Xiu to spare Yun Shan, and Hun Xiu agreed.

Hun Xiu punished Yun Shan for using a Hall of Souls secret technique, then left the Misty Cloud Sect with Yun Yun while Mu Gu handled the aftermath. Three days later, Nalan Yanran emerged from seclusion as a seven-star Dou Wang and learned that Yun Yun was supposedly cultivating in seclusion.

• Hun Xiu ordered Mu Gu to cripple Yun Shan's cultivation to its former peak Dou Huang level, leaving him unable to advance further.
• Hun Xiu departed with Yun Yun, and Mu Gu, Yun Shan, and Little White followed; the gathered guests left the Misty Cloud Sect with their gifts.
• Yun Shan ordered the sect to remove the red decorations, and news of Gu He's death and the ruined Gu Residence spread through the Jia Ma Empire and the Great Northwest.
• After three days of cultivation with Hun Xiu, Yun Yun remained away from the sect's affairs as Nalan Yanran emerged from the rear mountain as a Dou Wang.
• Nalan Yanran asked Yun Shan to see Yun Yun, but he told her that her teacher was in seclusion and should not be disturbed.

The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan attacked the Nether Snake Mountain Range, where Medusa and the Nine Netherworld Earth Python Tribe relied on a formation to hold them back. When Huang Tian threatened Medusa and tried to break the barrier, Hun Sha appeared and overpowered him, leaving the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s fate in question.

• Yao Ming reported that Huang Tian had arrived, and Medusa reassured the gathered experts that someone would handle him.
• Huang Tian struck the Nether Snake Mountain Range’s formation, but it remained intact despite the force of his attack.
• Medusa confronted Huang Tian, rejected his offer to make her his queen, and warned him to withdraw or face destruction.
• Huang Tian attacked the formation with his Demon Phoenix Finger, but Hun Sha stopped the strike and appeared before him.
• Hun Sha’s pressure injured Huang Tian, who recognized him as one of the Four Demon Saints of the Soul Clan; Hun Sha ordered him to kill himself to spare his army.

Hun Sha drove off the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and protected Medusa, while Hun Xiu brought Yun Yun to the Hun Clan and learned that the clan’s plan to attack the Spirit Clan was about to begin. On East Dragon Island, elders discovered the Ancient Void Dragon Emperor’s bloodline had awakened and sent Hei Qing to find her before the other Dragon Islands could.

• Hun Sha crushed Huang Tian with the Extreme Sha Returning Demon Palm, and the wounded Huang Tian escaped as Kun Huang, Ying Huang, and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan army fled.
• Hun Sha departed after Medusa approved, leaving the Nine Netherworld Earth Python Tribe’s crisis resolved and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s fate sealed.
• Yun Yun left the Misty Cloud Sect with Hun Xiu, Little White, the Amethyst Winged Lion King mother and daughter, and Nalan Yanran, leaving Yun Shan alone and the sect weakened.
• Soul Emperor told Hun Xiu to prepare to accompany Nihility Devouring Flame to the Spirit Clan, and warned Nihility to leave no traces of the planned clan extermination.
• East Dragon Island’s Third Elder saw the Emperor’s bloodline awaken in a crystal ball and ordered Hei Qing to find her on the Central Plains before the other Dragon Islands did.
• Hei Qing secretly left East Dragon Island, but an expert discovered his departure and set off for North Dragon Island.

Wu Gui reported that Hei Qing had gone to the Central Plains Continent to search for the Dragon Emperor, whose return threatened the Three Great Dragon Kings. The North Dragon King summoned the South Dragon King and West Dragon King to North Dragon Island to discuss what to do.

• Wu Gui told the North Dragon King that Hei Qing had left East Dragon Island after learning of a possible lead on the missing Dragon Emperor.
• The North Dragon King panicked, accidentally killed the two women beside him with his surging Dou Qi, and ordered Wu Gui and Ma Dan to summon the South Dragon King and West Dragon King.
• The North Dragon King dismissed the others and collapsed, fearing the Emperor would punish him for his actions.
• The South Dragon King and West Dragon King initially refused to answer the summons because they did not want to appear subordinate to the North Dragon King.
• Wu Gui and Ma Dan explained the news about the Emperor, and the two Dragon Kings hurried to North Dragon Island to discuss a countermeasure.

The North Dragon King met with the South Dragon King and West Dragon King to discuss how to make amends before the Emperor returned. They eased their fears by considering that the Emperor might not be the long-missing ruler after all.

• The North Dragon King anxiously waited for the South Dragon King and West Dragon King to arrive.
• The South Dragon King and West Dragon King joined the North Dragon King, and he urged them to find a way to make amends for dividing Ancient Dragon Island.
• The North Dragon King and South Dragon King nearly fought after trading insults, but the West Dragon King stopped them.
• The North Dragon King suggested that the Emperor mentioned by East Dragon Island might not be their missing ruler, since the ruler would have returned earlier if he were alive.
• The South Dragon King and West Dragon King agreed that the long-missing ruler might have died, easing their fear that the Emperor was about to return.

The Three Great Dragon Kings agreed that East Dragon Island’s “Emperor” was likely the missing royal heir, and they swore to destroy East Dragon Island and seize control. Meanwhile, Hun Xiu learned that Huang Tian had designs on his woman and set out for the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to kill him.

• The South Dragon King proposed that the three kings destroy East Dragon Island, then use the returning Emperor as a puppet to rule Ancient Dragon Island.
• The North Dragon King and West Dragon King agreed, and the Three Great Dragon Kings swore a blood oath to attack East Dragon Island.
• The South Dragon King and West Dragon King left to gather their armies for the invasion.
• Hun Xiu returned to the Hun Clan, learned that Huang Tian had designs on his woman, and headed for the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to kill him.

Hun Xiu and Zi Yan arrived at the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Heavenly Demon Space, where Zi Yan killed the elder Gou Dongxi after he insulted them. Their arrival left the clan facing the deaths of one of its elders.

• Hun Xiu brought Zi Yan to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Heavenly Demon Space after she insisted on accompanying him.
• Gou Dongxi confronted them, but Hun Xiu and Zi Yan effortlessly neutralized his aura.
• Zi Yan pressured Gou Dongxi and declared that she would break his Heavenly Demon Phoenix Wings.
• Zi Yan snapped off Gou Dongxi’s wings, then threw them back at him and killed him.

After the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan retreated from the Nether Snake Mountain Range, Jiu Feng and the clan elders learned that Hun Sha had defeated Huang Tian after the Nine Netherworld Earth Python Tribe submitted to the Hun Clan. Huang Tian returned to the hall gravely wounded, leaving the clan relieved that he had survived.

• The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan retreated to the Heavenly Phoenix Space, and Jiu Feng took charge while Huang Tian's fate remained unknown.
• Jiu Feng questioned how Huang Tian could have failed to defeat the Nine Netherworld Earth Python Tribe, and Kun Huang revealed that Hun Sha of the Hun Clan had intervened.
• Feng Huang explained that Hun Sha was a Seven-Star Dou Saint and learned that the clan's spies had missed the Nine Netherworld Earth Python Tribe's submission to the Hun Clan.
• Feng Huang condemned the failed intelligence gathering as the clan worried over its losses and the enemy it had provoked.
• Huang Tian crashed into the hall badly wounded, and the clan members realized their Clan Head had returned alive.

Hun Xiu and Zi Yan arrived at the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan after the clan had relaxed its guard, and Hun Xiu demanded that Huang Tian come out and die. The clan learned that the Hun Clan had come, while Huang Tian remained in seclusion and the confrontation loomed outside Heavenly Demon Space.

• After a month passed without an attack, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan lowered its guard, while Huang Tian remained in seclusion to recover.
• Jiu Feng sent Kun Huang and Ying Huang to investigate two experts outside Heavenly Demon Space after receiving a message from Gou Dongxi.
• Kun Huang and Ying Huang arrived in time to see Zi Yan kill Gou Dongxi, then recognized her and saw Hun Xiu beside her.
• Hun Xiu identified himself as the Hun Clan's Young Master and demanded that Huang Tian come out or the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan would be buried with him.
• Kun Huang returned to the main hall and confirmed to Jiu Feng and the assembled experts that the Hun Clan had arrived.

The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan learned that Hun Xiu and Zi Yan had arrived to demand the Clan Head, and Feng Huang challenged Hun Xiu’s authority. Hun Xiu entered the hall, left Ying Huang barely alive, and pointed at Feng Huang.

• Kun Huang reported that Hun Xiu and Zi Yan had come, and warned that Zi Yan was a powerful Dou Saint.
• Feng Huang asked what Hun Xiu wanted, and Kun Huang said he demanded the Clan Head or the clan would be destroyed.
• Feng Huang angrily questioned who Hun Xiu thought he was, and Hun Xiu replied that he could wipe out the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Hun Xiu and Zi Yan entered the hall after Ying Huang crashed to the floor, barely alive.
• Feng Huang admitted he had made the remark, and Hun Xiu pointed a finger at him.

Hun Xiu killed Feng Huang and seized control of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s hall, forcing Jiu Feng and the clan’s experts to kneel. He ordered Kun Huang to bring Huang Tian, killing clansmen by the minute until Huang Tian arrived, and then struck down another expert as Huang Tian confronted him.

• Hun Xiu killed Feng Huang with one finger strike and took his tier-nine Demonic Core.
• Hun Xiu ordered Jiu Feng to leave the throne, then sat there with Zi Yan and used his pressure to force the clan’s experts to their knees.
• Hun Xiu told Kun Huang to bring Huang Tian and began killing one clansman every minute when Huang Tian did not appear.
• Kun Huang returned with Huang Tian, while half the experts in the hall had already been killed.
• Hun Xiu killed another Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan expert as Huang Tian confronted him.

Hun Xiu confronted Huang Tian over coveting Hun Xiu’s wife, and Huang Tian rallied the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s strength to fight him. Hun Xiu easily broke Huang Tian’s first attacks, Zi Yan stepped forward to face the next, and a distant crystal ball suddenly lit up with purple light.

• Huang Tian revealed an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix phantom and tried to appease Hun Xiu by offering compensation for the attack on the Nine Netherworld Earth Python Tribe.
• Hun Xiu told Huang Tian that he had come because Huang Tian had coveted his wife, then rejected Huang Tian’s attempt to reconcile.
• Huang Tian summoned the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and used their combined strength to launch the Phoenix Return Shadow and form the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Shield.
• Hun Xiu destroyed the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix phantom and shattered the shield with a single sword strike.
• Zi Yan stepped forward to confront Huang Tian’s Huang Tian Phoenix Finger, and a massive purple dragon phantom appeared around her.
• In the Central Plains Continent’s northeastern region, a burly man’s crystal ball suddenly glowed brilliantly with purple light.

A man followed a crystal ball’s signal to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan while Zi Yan fought Huang Tian and Hun Xiu protected her. As Hun Xiu prepared to attack, Kun Huang betrayed Huang Tian, claiming he had acted to save the clan.

• A crystal ball finally lit up and led a man toward the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, where he believed the Emperor was located.
• Zi Yan summoned the Dragon Slaying Sword and struck Huang Tian with a Dragon Slaying Slash, but Huang Tian’s attack overcame her and Hun Xiu blocked it with the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Hun Xiu comforted Zi Yan, then stepped forward to face Huang Tian as Zi Yan taunted him.
• Kun Huang struck Huang Tian from within the formation and said he had betrayed the clan head to save the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Huang Tian called Kun Huang a traitor and spat out blood.

Kun Huang betrayed the weakened Huang Tian, deposed him as Clan Head, and secured the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s submission to Hun Xiu. After Jiu Feng sided with Kun Huang, Huang Tian accepted his fate and Hun Xiu killed him, promising to spare the clan.

• Kun Huang offered Huang Tian to Hun Xiu in exchange for the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s survival, and Hun Xiu agreed to target Huang Tian alone.
• Kun Huang declared Huang Tian stripped of his position and expelled from the clan, while the gathered clan members remained silent.
• Jiu Feng sided with Kun Huang and apologized to Huang Tian, leaving his father despairing and alone.
• Huang Tian asked Hun Xiu to spare the clan if he died, and Hun Xiu promised he would.
• Hun Xiu struck Huang Tian with the Xuanyuan Sword, annihilating his body and leaving behind a blood-red Demonic Core.