Chapter Summaries

Hun Xiu met a little girl named Ling'er, who insisted he was her brother because Sister Yueru had told her that her brother was the most handsome man. Sister Yueru arrived and confirmed Hun Xiu was not Ling'er's brother, but Ling'er continued to claim he was.

• Ling'er called Hun Xiu her brother and explained that Sister Yueru had said her brother was the most handsome man.
• Hun Xiu told Ling'er he was not her brother, but she clung to him and cried that he had rejected her.
• Sister Yueru arrived, and Ling'er ran to her for comfort.
• Sister Yueru told Ling'er that Hun Xiu was not her brother, but Ling'er insisted he must be because he was the most handsome man she had ever seen.

Hun Xiu realized that the little girl Ling'er and the woman she called Sister Yueru had mistaken him for Ling'er's brother, Brother Xiaoyao. He accepted the identity and planned to stay in the Spirit Realm, while Sister Yueru warned him to play along and not cause trouble.

• Hun Xiu mistook Ling'er and Sister Yueru for people from a familiar story, but learned their surnames were Bai.
• Ling'er insisted Hun Xiu was her Brother Xiaoyao, and Hun Xiu claimed the identity and took her into his arms.
• Ling'er kissed Hun Xiu's cheek, and he kissed her back as Sister Yueru watched.
• Sister Yueru accepted Hun Xiu as Ling'er's brother for the time being, thinking of Ling'er's upcoming fifth birthday.
• Sister Yueru secretly warned Hun Xiu to keep his identity and avoid tricks, and Hun Xiu agreed.

Hun Xiu spent time with Ling'er in her secluded valley after Bai Yueru arranged for them to be together, while Ling'er believed he was her long-lost brother. When men sent by Bai Yueguang arrived to take Ling'er away, Bai Yueru attacked their leader and prepared to kill him.

• Bai Yueru warned Hun Xiu not to cause trouble, then let him take Ling'er home for the day.
• Ling'er led Hun Xiu to her thatched courtyard and said she had last seen Brother Xiaoyao when she was about one year old.
• Hun Xiu realized Ling'er's original Brother Xiaoyao was dead, while Ling'er happily embraced him and said he had returned.
• A sharp-faced, monkey-cheeked man and four others arrived, ordered Ling'er to come with them, and surrounded Hun Xiu.
• Ling'er called for Bai Yueru, who arrived and struck the sharp-faced, monkey-cheeked man down.
• The man invoked Bai Yueguang's orders, but Bai Yueru threatened to kill him and formed a ball of Dou Qi in her palm.

Bai Yueguang arrived at Gloom Valley to take Ling'er and her Spirit Eyes, but Bai Yueru refused to hand her over. The two prepared to fight, while Hun Xiu held Ling'er and watched.

• A woman killed the sharp-faced man with a powerful ball of light as Hun Xiu comforted the frightened Ling'er.
• Bai Yueru called out Bai Yueguang, who appeared as a Half-Saint and was greeted by the kneeling Dou Zong experts.
• Bai Yueguang openly admired Hun Xiu, then announced that she had come to take Ling'er before the agreed time.
• Bai Yueru refused to surrender Ling'er and challenged Bai Yueguang's claim to speak for the Spirit Clan.
• Bai Yueguang summoned a beast-bone whip and challenged Bai Yueru to fight, intending to test her Heaven Tier Dou Technique, Lightning Five Consecutive Whips.

Bai Yueru fought Bai Yueguang to delay the Spirit Clan’s plans, but she was overwhelmed by Yueguang’s Lightning Five Consecutive Whips. Just as Hun Xiu considered intervening, Bai Yuechu appeared and saved Yueru, then confronted Yueguang.

• Bai Yueru challenged Bai Yueguang, who mocked her strength and attacked with the Lightning Five Consecutive Whips.
• Hun Xiu sensed Spirit Clan experts hiding nearby and concealed himself while the Clan Head and elders criticized Bai Yueru for opposing Yueguang.
• Bai Yueru used her White Lotus Sword Song against Yueguang’s five whips, but her sword shattered and she was badly injured by the first two.
• Bai Yueru fell to the ground and awaited the final three whips, saying she would join Xiaoyao.
• Bai Yuechu appeared and used Receive, Transform, Release to neutralize Yueguang’s attack, then rebuked her for trying to kill Bai Yueru.
• Bai Yueguang asked Bai Yuechu whether he was teaching her how to act.

Bai Yuechu fought Bai Yueguang after she challenged him, first defending with Receive! Transform! Release! against her Lightning Five Consecutive Whips. When Bai Yueguang threatened Bai Yueru and Ling'er, Bai Yuechu finally turned to offense and unleashed an even stronger Lightning Five Consecutive Whips, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Bai Yueguang challenged Bai Yuechu to fight, and he reluctantly blocked her Lightning Five Consecutive Whips with Receive! Transform! Release!.
• Hun Xiu watched Bai Yuechu’s technique and judged that absolute strength could overcome it, while Bai Bai and the other elders praised Bai Yuechu and compared him unfavorably with Bai Yueguang.
• Bai Yueguang offered to spare Bai Yueru and the child temporarily if Bai Yuechu fought and defeated her, so he accepted her challenge.
• Bai Yueguang and Bai Yuechu fought in the air as Bai Bai secretly neutralized the destructive force of their attacks.
• Bai Yueguang’s repeated whip attacks failed to break through Bai Yuechu’s defense, so he turned from defense to offense and unleashed Lightning Five Consecutive Whips with greater power than hers.

Bai Yuechu defeated Bai Yueguang, but she ambushed him after conceding and injured him. Bai Bai stopped Bai Yueguang from taking the child a day early, and she vowed to return tomorrow.

• Bai Yuechu used the Lightning Five Consecutive Whips to defeat Bai Yueguang, who admitted she had lost.
• After Bai Yuechu turned away, Bai Yueguang struck him with her bone whip, and Bai Yueru caught him as he fell.
• Bai Yuechu accused Bai Yueguang of ambushing him, but she blamed his carelessness and taunted him.
• Bai Bai arrived and rebuked Bai Yueguang mildly, then told Bai Yuechu and Bai Yueru not to take her behavior seriously.
• Bai Bai said they would wait until the child's fifth birthday the next day before taking her, and Bai Yueguang left promising to return.

Hun Xiu stayed behind after the Spirit Clan members left and spoke with Bai Yueru, who suspected his identity and tested his speed with her sword. After deciding he was strong and liked Ling'er, Bai Yueru began to form a plan, while Hun Xiu insisted he was not interested in the girl.

• Hun Xiu watched Bai Bai, Bai Yueguang, the elders, and their companions leave, then emerged from concealment carrying the sleeping Ling'er.
• Bai Yueru and Bai Yuechu exchanged awkward greetings, and Bai Yuechu left as Bai Yueru lamented that they could no longer be friends.
• Bai Yueru took Ling'er from Hun Xiu, then returned and held a sword to his throat, demanding to know who he was and why he had come to the Spirit Realm.
• Hun Xiu dodged Bai Yueru's repeated sword thrusts with ease until she stopped and acknowledged his speed.
• Bai Yueru asked Hun Xiu what he thought of Ling'er, and he called her cute before insisting he was not interested in her.

Bai Yueru asked Hun Xiu to take Ling'er away after explaining that the Spirit Clan planned to sacrifice the girl to Bai Yueguang. The chapter left Hun Xiu aware that Ling'er was in danger and considering the truth behind the clan’s actions.

• Bai Yueru attacked Hun Xiu after realizing he had misunderstood her, but he effortlessly deflected her sword and persuaded her to talk.
• Bai Yueru asked Hun Xiu to take Ling'er away, explaining that the girl trusted and liked him.
• Hun Xiu questioned why Bai Yueru would entrust Ling'er to a stranger instead of taking her herself.
• Bai Yueru revealed that the Spirit Clan believed Bai Yueguang was its savior and had agreed to sacrifice Ling'er for her.
• Bai Yueru explained that Bai Yueguang had taken something from Ling'er when she was born and now wanted her eyes as well, while Bai Yueru had been protecting her from harm.

Hun Xiu agreed to help Bai Yueru take Ling'er away from the Spirit Realm. That night, Bai Yueru visited Bai Xiaoyao’s grave and recalled how Bai Yueguang had stolen Ling’er’s bloodline and how the Spirit Clan had covered it up.

• Hun Xiu understood Bai Yueru’s account and criticized Bai Yueguang for wasting the stolen Divine Grade Bloodline.
• Bai Yueru threatened to expose Hun Xiu to the Spirit Clan’s experts unless he took Ling'er away, and Hun Xiu agreed.
• Bai Yueru visited Bai Xiaoyao’s nameless grave outside Gloom Valley and said she might see him again soon.
• Bai Yueru recalled that Bai Xiaoyao had been the Spirit Clan’s celebrated young genius before he died from injuries sustained investigating his parents’ deaths.
• Bai Yueru remembered discovering that Bai Yueguang had stolen Ling'er’s bloodline and that the Clan Head had justified it as a sacrifice for the Spirit Clan.

Bai Yueru confronted Bai Yuechu at Bai Xiaoyao’s grave and urged him to help send Ling'er out of the Spirit Clan, but he refused and left in tears. Hun Xiu secretly took the sleeping Ling'er to the Hun Realm, where she met Hun Xiao, who welcomed her as another of Daddy’s daughters.

• Bai Yuechu visited Bai Xiaoyao’s grave after Bai Yueru summoned him, and she asked him to help send Ling'er away from the Spirit Clan and Spirit Realm.
• Bai Yuechu refused, so Bai Yueru slapped him and reminded him of Bai Xiaoyao’s trust and his promise to protect Ling'er.
• Bai Yuechu knelt at the grave, apologized to Bai Xiaoyao, and left without agreeing to help; Bai Yueru said he had been the wrong person to trust.
• Hun Xiu secretly took the sleeping Ling'er away, and Bai Yueru later discovered that Ling'er was gone and hoped Hun Xiu would treat her well.
• Little Ling'er woke in the Hun Realm and met Hun Xiao, who shared her doll and declared that Ling'er was Daddy’s daughter too.

Hun Xiu refused Soul Emperor’s demand to kill Bai Ling'er and left the main hall, declaring his independence. On Bai Ling'er's fifth birthday, Bai Yueru confronted Bai Yueguang and struck her for insulting the child whose Spirit Eyes had made Bai Yueguang’s success possible.

• Soul Emperor questioned Hun Xiu about bringing a girl back from the Spirit Clan, and Hun Xiu admitted he planned to take Bai Ling'er in as his goddaughter.
• Soul Emperor urged Hun Xiu to kill Bai Ling'er, but Hun Xiu refused and left the main hall despite Soul Emperor’s pressure.
• The Spirit Clan Head, Bai Yueguang, and other powerful members arrived at Bai Yueru’s courtyard on Bai Ling'er’s fifth birthday to claim her Spirit Eyes.
• Bai Yueguang demanded that Bai Yueru hand over Bai Ling'er and called her a stinking brat.
• Bai Yueru struck Bai Yueguang and told her she had no right to insult Bai Ling'er, whose Spirit Eyes had enabled her achievements.

Bai Yueguang attacked Bai Yueru after she slapped her, but Bai Yueru refused to beg for mercy and welcomed death. The Spirit Clan's Clan Head stopped Bai Yueguang when he realized Bai Ling'er had vanished from Gloom Valley, and Bai Yueguang demanded that Bai Yueru reveal where she was.

• Bai Yueguang struck Bai Yueru with a Half-Saint palm, and Bai Yuechu nearly intervened before the Spirit Clan's Clan Head restrained him.
• Bai Yueguang threatened to kill Bai Yueru unless she knelt and kowtowed, but Bai Yueru refused and mocked Bai Yuechu for his cowardice.
• Bai Yueguang began gathering Dou Qi to kill Bai Yueru, but the Spirit Clan's Clan Head stopped her and offered to spare Bai Yueru if she handed over Bai Ling'er.
• The Spirit Clan's Clan Head revealed that he could not sense Bai Ling'er anywhere inside or outside Gloom Valley.
• Bai Yueguang confronted Bai Yueru and demanded to know where Bai Ling'er had gone.

Bai Yueru confronted the Spirit Clan's Clan Head, Bai Bai, about why he targeted Bai Ling'er and learned that he favored his own granddaughter, Bai Yueguang, over the clan's genuine potential successor. She also learned that Bai Bai had arranged the deaths of Xiaoyao's parents, then asked whether he had killed Xiaoyao as well.

• Bai Yueru threatened to self-destruct, causing Bai Yueguang to retreat, while the Spirit Clan's Clan Head sealed Bai Yueru's meridians and Dou Qi.
• Bai Bai demanded Bai Ling'er's location, and Bai Yueru agreed to reveal it after he answered why he was willing to sacrifice Ling'er.
• Bai Bai said he favored Bai Yueguang because she was his granddaughter, and he considered Bai Ling'er nourishment for the strong despite her potential.
• Bai Yueru asked about Xiaoyao's parents, and Bai Bai admitted he had arranged their deaths after they refused to let him transfer Bai Ling'er's Dou Emperor Bloodline to Yueguang.
• Bai Yueru asked whether Bai Bai had also killed Xiaoyao, and Bai Bai denied it before turning to Bai Yuechu for confirmation.

Bai Yueru learned that Bai Yuechu had caused Bai Xiaoyao’s death, but refused to reveal Bai Ling’er’s whereabouts to the Spirit Clan Head. The Spirit Clan Head killed Bai Yuechu and was about to kill Bai Yueru when an unknown figure intervened, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Bai Yueru accused Bai Yuechu of causing Bai Xiaoyao’s death, and the Spirit Clan Head confirmed that Bai Xiaoyao had died after Bai Yuechu injured him.
• The Spirit Clan Head demanded Bai Ling’er’s whereabouts, but Bai Yueru refused to tell him.
• The Spirit Clan Head attacked Bai Yueru, and Bai Yuechu stepped in to protect her before declaring that he wanted to become a good person.
• The Spirit Clan Head struck Bai Yuechu down, extracted his Dou Emperor Bloodline, and killed him for defying him.
• Bai Yueru again refused to reveal Bai Ling’er’s whereabouts, and a light curtain blocked the Spirit Clan Head’s killing blow as an unknown voice challenged him.

Hun Xiu revealed himself to protect Bai Yueru, killed Bai Yueguang, and began exterminating the Spirit Clan with Nihility Devouring Flame. The Spirit Clan Head recognized Hun Xiu as a member of the Hun Clan and warned that the attack violated the Ancient Clans' alliance pact, but Hun Xiu dismissed the pact.

• Hun Xiu's hidden voice stopped the Spirit Clan Head from harming Bai Yueru, and the Spirit Clan Head crippled his arm when he struck the curtain of light.
• Hun Xiu emerged and spread his power across the Spirit Realm, while Bai Yueguang identified him as Bai Yueru's lover.
• Hun Xiu killed Bai Yueguang, turned her corpse to nothingness, and took the Spirit Clan's Divine Grade Bloodline.
• Hun Xiu unleashed Nihility Devouring Flame and began swallowing the Spirit Realm and its inhabitants.
• The Spirit Clan Head recognized Hun Xiu as a Hun Clan member and warned that the attack violated the Ancient Clans' alliance pact, but Hun Xiu said his clan did not fear it.

Hun Xiu annihilated the Spirit Clan, spared Bai Ling'er's life, and gave her a new identity as his daughter, Hun Ling'er. The Hun Clan then began its attack on the Stone Clan, whose clansmen were captured as nourishment for Soul Emperor.

• Hun Xiu devoured the Spirit Realm and killed the Spirit Clan's Clan Head and experts.
• Bai Yueru asked Hun Xiu to care for Ling'er, then chose to die; Hun Xiu agreed and the Spirit Realm collapsed.
• Hun Xiu told Soul Emperor that the Spirit Clan had been dealt with, and they discussed the Stone Annihilation Plan.
• Hun Xiu erased Bai Ling'er's memories of the Spirit Clan, restored her Divine Grade Bloodline, and named her Hun Ling'er.
• Three Hun Clan outsiders entered the Stone Realm; Hun Sha killed Shi Potian and the Stone Clan experts, while the clansmen were captured as nourishment for Soul Emperor.

After the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan were exterminated, the Ancient Clans grew wary and the Yao, Thunder, and Flame Clans formed an alliance. Hun Xiu traveled to the Gu Clan to test Gu Yuan’s stance, while Xiao Yan prepared to attend the Gu Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony and possibly face Hun Xiu again.

• Hun Xiu, Nihility Devouring Flame, and Hun Sha returned to the Hun Realm after exterminating the Stone Clan, following the Spirit Clan’s destruction.
• Gu Dao told Gu Yuan that the Spirit and Stone Clans had been wiped out and that the Yao, Thunder, and Flame Clans were distancing themselves from the Gu and Hun Clans.
• Gu Yuan suspected the Hun Clan was responsible but chose to wait and test its attitude, saying he trusted Hun Xiu.
• Soul Emperor planned to destroy the allied Yao, Thunder, and Flame Clans if the Gu Clan stayed out of the conflict, and sent Hun Xiu to speak with Gu Yuan.
• Yao Chen gave Xiao Yan an invitation to the Gu Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony and warned him he might encounter Hun Xiu; Xiao Yan said he looked forward to meeting him again.

Xiao Yan prepared to go to the Gu Clan, confident in his strength, while Hun Xiu visited Gu Yuan and admitted that the Hun Clan had destroyed the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan. The chapter left Gu Yuan shaken by Hun Xiu’s declaration that the Hun Clan intended to exterminate the other Ancient Clans.

• Yao Chen urged Xiao Yan to take Zhu Yizhi to the Gu Clan, but Xiao Yan chose to go alone and agreed to spend time with Tang Huo'er before leaving.
• Hun Xiu arrived in the Gu Clan’s Ancient Realm, where the elders watched him warily because the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan had been destroyed.
• Gu Yuan welcomed Hun Xiu and sensed that his strength might rival or surpass his own.
• Hun Xiu asked Gu Yuan to dismiss the maidservants, and Gu Yuan set up a barrier so they could speak privately.
• Gu Yuan asked about the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan, and Hun Xiu confirmed that the Hun Clan had destroyed them.
• Hun Xiu declared that the Hun Clan intended to exterminate all the Ancient Clans, leaving Gu Yuan shocked.

Hun Xiu urged Gu Yuan to ally the Gu Clan with the Hun Clan, insisting the Hun Clan could destroy the other Ancient Clans. Enraged by Hun Xiu's arrogance, Gu Yuan challenged him to a fight, and the two prepared to battle above the Ancient Realm.

• Hun Xiu told Gu Yuan that the Hun Clan had destroyed the Spirit Clan and the Stone Clan and offered the Gu Clan a chance to join forces in pursuit of the Dou Di realm.
• Gu Yuan rejected Hun Xiu's claims that the four Ancient Clans were no match for the Hun Clan, and Hun Xiu declared that the Gu Clan could cooperate or face destruction.
• Hun Xiu challenged Gu Yuan to fight, proposing that Gu Yuan consider an alliance if he lost; Gu Yuan accepted and vowed to teach him a lesson.
• Hun Xiu broke through Gu Yuan's barrier and flew outside, and Gu Yuan followed him into the sky above the Ancient Realm.
• Hun Xiu and Gu Yuan's auras shook the Ancient Realm, drawing the elders, and Gu Yuan told Gu Dao that they were sparring.