Chapter Summaries

Hun Xiu entered seclusion to refine the Pill Tower Ancestor and fuse the Emperor Flame, while Gu Xun'er arrived at the Hun Clan and met Hun Xiao and Hun Ling in his courtyard. The chapter left Gu Xun'er recognizing their names and suspecting their identities.

• Hun Xiu entered seclusion to refine the Pill Tower Ancestor and fuse his Heavenly Flames.
• Gu Xun'er arrived at the Hun Clan, learned Hun Xiu was in seclusion, and went to his courtyard.
• Gu Xun'er met Hun Xiao and Hun Ling, who asked who she was and tried to guess whether she belonged to the Hun Clan.
• Hun Xiao and Hun Ling explained that everyone allowed into the courtyard knew them, and they introduced themselves by name.
• Gu Xun'er murmured their names as she considered who the two girls were.

Gu Xun'er met Hun Xiu's daughters, Hun Xiao and Hun Ling, and their mother, Medusa, at his residence. Gu Xun'er introduced herself, and Medusa realized she had finally met Hun Xiu's nominal fiancée and first wife.

• Gu Xun'er wondered why she had never heard of Hun Xiao and Hun Ling despite their fame in the Hun Clan.
• Hun Xiao and Hun Ling introduced Gu Xun'er to their mother, Medusa, who came looking for them.
• Gu Xun'er introduced herself by name, leaving Medusa shocked as she recognized her as Hun Xiu's nominal fiancée and first wife.
• Medusa realized that her daughters had brought her face-to-face with the woman she regarded as her rival.

Medusa met Gu Xun'er at Hun Xiu's residence, where Hun Xiao and Hun Ling accidentally revealed that Gu Xun'er was their new bride and future mother. Gu Xun'er denied being their New Mother and told them to call her Sister or sister-in-law, while Medusa feared the truth would soon come out.

• Medusa met Gu Xun'er and privately acknowledged her beauty and strengths, despite considering her a rival.
• Hun Xiao and Hun Ling recognized Gu Xun'er as the woman their father was going to marry and felt disappointed that she did not know them.
• Hun Xiao asked Gu Xun'er if she was the new bride, and Hun Ling explained that the new bride meant New Mother.
• Medusa realized the girls had made Gu Xun'er suspicious and worried that she would learn the truth.
• Gu Xun'er told Hun Xiao and Hun Ling that they could call her Sister or sister-in-law, but not New Mother.

Gu Xun'er mistook Hun Ling and Hun Xiao for Hun Xiu's younger sisters and insisted they call her sister-in-law. The girls revealed that Hun Xiu was their father, leaving Gu Xun'er stunned and convinced the revelation had to be a frame-up.

• Gu Xun'er called herself Hun Ling and Hun Xiao's sister-in-law, but the girls insisted she was their New Mother and said they had no older brother.
• Hun Xiao asked whether Gu Xun'er had come to find their Daddy, making Medusa realize Gu Xun'er was about to learn the truth.
• Gu Xun'er told the girls to call her sister-in-law and asked Medusa whether they had an older brother; Medusa shook her head.
• Hun Xiao and Hun Ling told Gu Xun'er that Hun Xiu was their Daddy, not their older brother.
• Gu Xun'er froze in shock and decided the girls' revelation must be a frame-up.

Gu Xun'er struggled to believe that Hun Xiu had betrayed her after Hun Xiao and Hun Ling claimed he was their father. Soul Jade arrived and realized the girls had exposed that Gu Xun'er was Hun Xiu’s intended bride, leaving him to face her questions.

• Gu Xun'er accused Hun Xiao and Hun Ling of using sinister schemes to take Hun Xiu from her, while Medusa hesitated to reveal the truth about the girls.
• Gu Xun'er suspected Hun Xiu had fathered the two girls with Medusa, then considered whether she would forgive him and accept them.
• Soul Jade entered the courtyard and froze when he found Gu Xun'er and Medusa together.
• Hun Xiao and Hun Ling asked Soul Jade what sinister schemes meant and explained that everyone in the Hun Clan knew Gu Xun'er was their new mother.
• Soul Jade realized the girls had revealed the marriage plans and nervously told Gu Xun'er he could explain.

Gu Xun'er learned that Hun Xiao and Hun Ling were Hun Xiu’s daughters, and returned to the Gu Clan devastated by what she saw as his betrayal. Soul Emperor dismissed the threat to the Hun-Gu alliance, while Gu Yuan noticed Xun’er's distress.

• Soul Jade tried to explain the two girls’ parentage to Gu Xun'er, but she stopped him and asked Hun Xiao and Hun Ling directly.
• The girls called Gu Xun'er their mother, and she recognized their resemblance to Hun Xiu and asked where he was.
• Hun Xiao said Hun Xiu was in seclusion, and Soul Jade told Gu Xun'er he would leave before the wedding; Gu Xun'er then left the courtyard in disappointment.
• Hun Xiao worried that she had upset Gu Xun'er, and Soul Jade reassured her before reporting the incident to Soul Emperor.
• Soul Emperor said the Hun Clan no longer needed to fear breaking its alliance with the Gu Clan, and Soul Jade accepted his decision.
• Gu Xun'er returned to the Gu Clan looking despondent, and Gu Yuan asked her what was wrong.

After Gu Xun'er returned from the Hun Clan, she hid the reason for her distress from Gu Yuan, who secretly investigated. Five days before her wedding to Hun Xiu, Gu Yuan learned Hun Xiu had kept two daughters from her and flew into a rage, summoning the Gu Clan's experts.

• Gu Xun'er concealed her grievance from Gu Yuan and said she was upset because she had not seen Hun Xiu, who had gone into seclusion.
• Gu Yuan ordered someone to investigate what had happened to Gu Xun'er in the Hun Clan.
• As the wedding drew near, Gu Yuan learned Hun Xiu had two daughters and had kept them secret from Gu Xun'er for years.
• Gu Yuan condemned Hun Xiu and the Hun Clan, smashed his chair's armrest, and summoned the Gu Clan's experts to a meeting.

Gu Yuan gathered the Gu Clan’s experts after learning that Hun Xiu and the Hun Clan had wronged Gu Xun’er, and he threatened war unless they gave an explanation. Gu Xun’er asked him to let the matter go, leaving Gu Yuan’s demand for justice unresolved.

• Gu Yuan told the Gu Clan’s experts that the Hun Clan and Hun Xiu had gone too far and that Soul Emperor had offered no explanation.
• Gu Yuan threatened war unless Soul Emperor and Hun Xiu gave him and the Gu Clan an explanation, despite Gu Dao’s warnings about the costs and timing.
• Gu Dao and the other experts urged Gu Yuan to ask Gu Xun’er what she wanted before acting.
• Gu Xun’er arrived and told Gu Yuan to let the matter go, saying Hun Xiu would explain and the clans should not become enemies.
• Gu Yuan insisted he was willing to fight for justice, but Gu Xun’er said the matter was hers and things were not as he imagined.

Soul Xiu emerged from seclusion having fused the Heavenly Flames into the Emperor Flame and reached the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Saint realm. With his wedding to Gu Xun'er less than three days away, Soul Emperor told him Gu Xun'er knew about his daughters and urged him to cancel the marriage, leaving Soul Xiu to decide what to do.

• Gu Xun'er insisted that the Gu Clan not go to war with the Hun Clan, believing Soul Xiu would explain himself, and Gu Yuan reluctantly agreed to wait.
• Soul Xiu finished his secluded cultivation after fusing the Heavenly Flames into the Emperor Flame and reaching the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Saint realm.
• Soul Emperor praised Soul Xiu's newfound strength and told him that fewer than three days remained before his wedding to Gu Xun'er.
• Soul Emperor informed Soul Xiu that Gu Xun'er knew about his daughters and that Gu Yuan had wanted to start a war with the Hun Clan.
• Soul Emperor urged Soul Xiu to cancel the wedding, saying the Hun Clan no longer needed the Gu Clan's ancient jade and that Soul Xiu could pursue his other relationships.

Hun Xiu refused Soul Emperor’s suggestion to give up Gu Xun'er and went to the Gu Clan to explain their misunderstanding. Gu Yuan angrily rejected his explanation and threatened to end their marriage, leaving the two men at an impasse.

• Hun Xiu told Soul Emperor he would personally visit the Gu Clan and would not abandon Gu Xun'er.
• Soul Emperor warned Hun Xiu that Gu Yuan might make things difficult for him, and Hun Xiu said he understood.
• Hun Xiu arrived at the Gu Clan, where Gu Yuan was shocked by how powerful Hun Xiu had become.
• Hun Xiu called what happened with Gu Xun'er a misunderstanding, but Gu Yuan accused him of deceiving his daughter and the Gu Clan.
• Gu Yuan ordered Hun Xiu to leave and declared that his relationship with Gu Xun'er was over.
• Hun Xiu argued that canceling the imminent wedding would damage both clans' reputations, but he continued to insist that he could explain.

Hun Xiu refused to back down when Gu Yuan tried to keep him from seeing Gu Xun'er, and Gu Xun'er arrived and took him away herself. In her room, she stopped his explanation and kissed him.

• Hun Xiu insisted that Gu Yuan let him speak with Gu Xun'er, while Gu Yuan ordered him to leave and threatened to fight.
• Hun Xiu stood firm against Gu Yuan's pressure and offered to spar, leaving Gu Yuan uncertain whether he could win.
• Gu Xun'er arrived, greeted her father, then linked arms with Hun Xiu and led him away.
• Gu Yuan let them go and wondered which Gu Clan member had told Gu Xun'er about Hun Xiu's arrival.
• Gu Xun'er dismissed the servants, brought Hun Xiu into her room, stopped his explanation, and told him to kiss her before kissing him.

Hun Xiu left the Gu Clan after reconciling with Gu Xun'er, who affirmed that she still loved him despite his other relationships and daughters. On the wedding day, the Hun Clan hosted powerful clans and factions, and Yao Dan was stunned by the strength of its hidden forces.

• Hun Xiu and Gu Xun'er spent two days together after he explained his situation, then Hun Xiu returned to the Hun Clan for their upcoming wedding.
• Gu Yuan stopped Gu Xun'er after Hun Xiu left and asked why she had forgiven him; Gu Xun'er said she knew about his other women and daughters but still loved him.
• Gu Yuan let Gu Xun'er go and told her to rest and prepare for the wedding, and she left with a smile.
• The Hun Clan's wedding celebration drew experts from across the continent, including the Yao, Flame, Thunder, and Gu Clans.
• Yao Dan surveyed the Hun Clan's formidable auras and realized its foundations were far more powerful than he had expected.

At Hun Xiu and Gu Xun'er’s wedding, Yao Dan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying saw the Hun Clan’s overwhelming strength and reconsidered opposing it. Three days later, Yao Dan visited Soul Emperor and insisted that Yao Wangui’s declaration of war did not represent the Yao Clan.

• Yao Dan feared the Hun Clan’s power and blamed the late Yao Wangui for provoking it, while Yan Jin and Lei Ying also decided their clans should avoid conflict.
• Gu Xun’er arrived at the Hun Realm with the Gu Clan, and she and Hun Xiu completed their wedding rites.
• Hun Xiu entered the bridal chamber, lifted Gu Xun’er’s veil, and spent the night with her.
• Three days later, Yao Dan visited Soul Emperor, who warned that the Hun Clan would soon enter the Medicine Realm and asked whether Yao Dan had come to declare war.
• Yao Dan called Yao Wangui’s declaration a misunderstanding and argued that the Law Enforcement Elder had no authority to speak for the Yao Clan.

Yao Dan surrendered the Yao Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade to Soul Emperor to prevent the Hun Clan from destroying his clan, then asked to take Yao Ling home. Soul Emperor agreed only if Yao Ling became Hun Xiu’s woman.

• Yao Dan gave Soul Emperor the Tou She Ancient God Jade as a sign of the Yao Clan’s submission.
• Soul Emperor accepted the jade and declared the conflict with the Yao Clan a resolved misunderstanding.
• Yao Dan asked Soul Emperor to let Yao Ling return with him to the Yao Clan.
• Soul Emperor said Yao Dan could take Yao Ling back only if she became Hun Xiu’s woman, leaving Yao Dan stunned.

Soul Emperor pressured Yao Dan into agreeing to Yao Ling becoming Hun Xiu’s woman, securing an alliance with the Yao Clan and its Tou She Ancient God Jade. The chapter ended with Yan Jin asking about the remaining ancient jade, while Soul Emperor chose to wait for the Flame Clan’s Clan Head to decide.

• Soul Emperor proposed that Yao Ling become Hun Xiu’s woman, emphasizing the benefits to her and the Yao Clan.
• Yao Dan worried that Yao Ling and Hun Xiu did not know about the arrangement, but Soul Emperor accused him of doubting Hun Xiu’s worth.
• Yao Dan agreed to Soul Emperor’s proposal, and the two settled Yao Ling’s future without telling Hun Xiu.
• After Yao Dan left, Soul Emperor celebrated obtaining the Yao Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade and an alliance with the clan.
• Yan Jin asked whether they should act against the Flame Clan to obtain its ancient jade, but Soul Emperor said to wait for Yan Jin, the Flame Clan’s Clan Head, to choose.

Nihility Devouring Flame prepared to raise his Soul Power to the Emperor Realm while the Hun Clan gathered seven pieces of the Tou She Ancient God Jade and tortured Xiao Zhan for the last one. Hun Miesheng led an assault on the Xiao Clan’s relatives in the Great Northwest and tried to crush Xiao Li’s hope by declaring Xiao Yan dead.

• Soul Emperor promised to supply Nihility Devouring Flame with soul bodies so he could reach the Emperor Realm Soul and help locate Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• Yan Jin delivered the Flame Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade to the Hun Clan, leaving only the missing Xiao Clan piece unaccounted for.
• Soul Emperor tortured Xiao Zhan for the jade's whereabouts and sent forces to capture his relatives in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Hun Clan forces slaughtered factions defending the Xiao Clan, captured Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, and killed many Xiao Clan members.
• Hun Miesheng confronted the captured Xiao Li and claimed Xiao Yan was dead, seeking to destroy the Xiao Clan's hope.

Hun Miesheng crushed the Xiao Clan’s hope by claiming Xiao Yan had fallen, then captured Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and the clan before destroying their residence. In Sky Prison, Soul Emperor continued torturing Xiao Zhan for the Tou She Ancient God Jade, but Xiao Zhan still insisted he knew nothing.

• Hun Miesheng told Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and the Xiao Clan descendants that Xiao Yan had fallen, shattering their hope.
• Hun Miesheng ordered the Hall of Souls experts to capture the weakened Xiao Clan members and reduced the Xiao Residence to ruins.
• Hun Miesheng led the captives through a spatial black hole and left for the Hun Realm.
• In Sky Prison, Soul Emperor asked whether Xiao Zhan had confessed, and a prison guard said he still refused.
• Soul Emperor ordered the guard to whip Xiao Zhan, who cried out that he did not know anything before fainting.
• Soul Emperor left after ordering the guard to give Xiao Zhan medicine and keep him alive.

The Hun Clan’s assault devastated Starfall Pavilion and other anti-Hun factions while Xiao Yan secretly refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Hun Xiu went to the Sky Prison to stop Soul Emperor’s interrogation of Xiao Zhan, where Xiao Ding and Xiao Li began to suspect the Xiao Clan had once been far more powerful.

• Hun Bufan led the Hall of Souls in a brutal siege that wiped out most of Starfall Pavilion’s experts and sent the Central Plains into panic.
• Xiao Yan cultivated inside the Demonic Flame Space, refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and growing stronger.
• Hun Xiu learned that Soul Emperor was torturing Xiao Zhan and hunting the Xiao Clan for its Tou She Ancient God Jade, so he left seclusion for the Sky Prison.
• Soul Emperor questioned Xiao Zhan in front of Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and other captured Xiao Clan members, while prison guards beat the brothers when they raised their heads.
• Soul Emperor disparaged the weakened Xiao Clan and mentioned its ancestor Xiao Xuan, prompting Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to wonder whether their clan had once been extraordinary.

Soul Emperor reunited Xiao Zhan with his sons, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, hoping the emotional encounter would make Xiao Zhan reveal the final Tou She Ancient God Jade’s whereabouts. The reunion ended with Soul Emperor threatening to kill the brothers unless Xiao Zhan gave him what he wanted.

• Soul Emperor gloated over the Xiao Clan’s decline while Xiao Zhan awoke from his torture and pleaded with his captors.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li recognized their father’s voice and crawled toward him despite the jailer’s repeated lashes.
• Xiao Zhan recognized his sons, and Soul Emperor ordered the jailer to release him from his chains so the family could reunite.
• After watching the reunion, Soul Emperor demanded the final Tou She Ancient God Jade’s whereabouts and had Xiao Ding and Xiao Li lifted by the throat to pressure Xiao Zhan.

Soul Emperor tortured Xiao Zhan and his sons to force him to reveal the Tou She Ancient God Jade, but Xiao Zhan insisted he knew nothing. After Xiao Ding died and the jailer began killing other Xiao Clan members, a mysterious man in azure robes suddenly appeared in the prison.

• Xiao Zhan begged Soul Emperor to spare Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, but insisted he had never seen the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Soul Emperor ordered the jailer to crush Xiao Ding, and Xiao Zhan mourned his dead son.
• Soul Emperor accused Xiao Zhan of lying and decided to kill the Xiao Clan members when he refused to cooperate.
• The jailer swung his whip at the Xiao Clan members, but the blow stopped as a handsome man in azure robes appeared in the prison.