Chapter Summaries

Zi Yan reunited with Lu Yunxiao and faced Queen Medusa, who set aside their personal conflict to confront the Soul Clan. Lu Yunxiao revealed a powerful force of Dou Saints and summoned Gu Duhang, but Soul Emperor still refused to retreat until an unknown expert appeared and gave him an even greater sense of threat than Gu Yuan.

• Zi Yan reunited with Lu Yunxiao, then became embarrassed when she saw Queen Medusa, whose man she had taken for herself.
• Queen Medusa put aside her anger toward Zi Yan and joined her and Huang Ling'er in facing Soul Emperor and the Soul Clan.
• Soul Emperor rejected Lu Yunxiao's challenge, so Lu Yunxiao summoned thirteen Dou Saint Puppets to strengthen his side.
• Lu Yunxiao summoned Gu Duhang, a Seven-Star Dou Saint with an Innate Sword Bone, but Soul Emperor still claimed the opposition was not enough.
• An unknown white-robed expert appeared and threatened Soul Emperor more strongly than Gu Yuan had.

The Lord of Devouring arrived and revealed himself as Lu Yunxiao’s master, shifting the balance of power against the Soul Clan. Soul Emperor ordered his forces to withdraw, but Lu Yunxiao refused to let them leave unchallenged, and the Lord of Devouring challenged Soul Emperor to fight in the heavens.

• The Lord of Devouring declared his identity, and Gu Yuan realized Lu Yunxiao had the strength to face the Soul Clan without his help.
• The Lord of Devouring respectfully addressed Lu Yunxiao as his master, shocking Soul Emperor and the others.
• Soul Emperor ordered the Soul Clan to withdraw, judging that fighting Lu Yunxiao’s forces while Gu Yuan watched was too dangerous.
• Lu Yunxiao rejected Soul Emperor’s attempt to leave and signaled the Lord of Devouring to attack.
• The Lord of Devouring swallowed Soul Emperor’s palm strike with black holes and challenged him to battle in the heavens.

Lu Yunxiao’s allies engaged the Soul Clan’s forces in a massive battle above Holy Pill City while the Pill Tower evacuated the city’s residents and contestants. He sent Yun Yun, Queen Medusa, and Cao Ying to safety, leaving Zi Yan beside him as the battle continued.

• Soul Emperor and Lu Yunxiao began fighting high above the Pill Region, while the Pill Tower’s Grand Elder feared the battle would destroy Holy Pill City.
• Huang Ling’er dragged Nihility Devouring Flame into the sky, and the Northern Dragon King and Profound Puppet attacked the Four Demonic Saints of the Soul Clan.
• Gu Duhang fought Hun Yan, Soul Fiend, and Hun Xuzi at once, using the Black Dragon Sword to repel their attacks.
• Lu Yunxiao’s remaining allies chose opponents among the Soul Clan, and a great battle erupted across the sky.
• The Pill Tower opened the gates to the Pill Realm so its members and the contestants could escape Holy Pill City.
• Lu Yunxiao sent Yun Yun, Queen Medusa, and Cao Ying through a golden vortex, leaving Zi Yan beside him.

After the Pill Gathering championship, Lu Yunxiao received the Movement Character Secret, the Lightning Ancestral Talisman, and Azure Dragon King Qing Zhi. As Zi Yan joined the battle against the Soul Clan, the Lightning Ancestral Talisman fused with Lu Yunxiao and expanded his Inner World.

• Lu Yunxiao urged Zi Yan to join the battle, and she flew into the Dou Saint battlefield to attack a Soul Clan Four-Star Dou Sheng.
• The system rewarded Lu Yunxiao for winning the Pill Gathering championship with the Movement Character Secret, the Lightning Ancestral Talisman, and Azure Dragon King Qing Zhi.
• Lu Yunxiao claimed the rewards, began comprehending the Movement Character Secret, and unlocked the Lightning Element as the Lightning Ancestral Talisman fused with him.
• The Lightning Ancestral Talisman's fusion expanded Lu Yunxiao's Inner World, and Yun Yun and Queen Medusa sensed the change.

The Lightning Ancestral Talisman awakened Lu Yunxiao’s Lightning Element and granted him two new divine abilities, further strengthening his speed and survival skills. As the battle continued, Azure Dragon King Qing Zhi arrived and attacked the Soul Clan.

• Queen Medusa and Yun Yun concluded that whatever was expanding Lu Yunxiao’s Inner World would not harm him.
• The Lightning Ancestral Talisman awakened Lu Yunxiao’s Lightning Element, Lightning Heavenly Eye, and Wind-Lightning Dual Wings.
• Lu Yunxiao checked his information panel and suppressed an opportunity to break through because the battle was still underway.
• Azure Dragon King Qing Zhi charged into the battlefield and severely wounded Soul Fiend with a surprise attack.
• Qing Zhi introduced himself, leaving Gu Yuan and Zi Yan surprised by the unfamiliar dragon expert.

Qing Zhi joined the battle and attacked Soul Fiend, while Lu Yunxiao spoke privately with Gu Xun'er amid the fighting. He promised to ask for her hand in marriage after the battle and reassured her that he would never harm the Gu Clan.

• Qing Zhi challenged Soul Fiend for fighting Gu Duhang three against one and launched a fierce attack against him.
• Lord of Devouring recognized Qing Zhi as a descendant of Six Fingers while continuing to repel Soul Emperor's attacks.
• Gu Xun'er arrived beside Lu Yunxiao, and he told her to stay near him because the battlefield was dangerous.
• Gu Xun'er asked about Lu Yunxiao's forces and admitted Gu Yuan was curious too, but Lu Yunxiao said he could reveal his secrets only after she became his wife.
• Lu Yunxiao promised to visit the Gu Clan after the battle to ask for Gu Xun'er's hand and assured her he would never harm the clan.
• Gu Yuan watched Gu Xun'er favor Lu Yunxiao and lamented that his once-obedient daughter had become a leaky padded jacket.

Lu Yunxiao watched his allies gain the upper hand against the Soul Clan but warned Gu Xun'er that Soul Emperor still had hidden cards. Elsewhere, Zi Yan sent a Soul Hall elder flying toward Lu Yunxiao, who met the threat with rising Sword Intent.

• Lu Yunxiao told Gu Xun'er not to relax despite his side’s advantage, saying the Soul Clan and Soul Emperor were still hiding something.
• The Lord of Devouring pressured Soul Emperor, Huang Ling'er overwhelmed Nihility Devouring Flame, and Lu Yunxiao’s allies pushed back the Soul Clan’s other fighters.
• Zi Yan defeated the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master and Third Hall Master, then accidentally sent the Third Hall Master’s ally flying toward Lu Yunxiao.
• The injured elder lunged at Lu Yunxiao, while Zi Yan and Gu Xun'er shouted warnings.
• Lu Yunxiao looked at the attacker with mockery as his Sword Intent soared.

Lu Yunxiao used the Grass Character Sword Art to kill a Three-Star Dou Sheng in a single strike, stunning everyone in the Star Realm. The Soul Emperor grew wary of Lu Yunxiao’s growing power, while Lu Yunxiao remained confident in his sword art.

• Lu Yunxiao formed a blade of grass from Wood Element and unleashed the Grass Character Sword Art at the Soul Clan elder who had targeted him.
• Lu Yunxiao’s sword strike split the Star Realm’s sky and reduced the Three-Star Dou Sheng to ashes.
• Gu Yuan, Gu Duhang, Gu Xun'er, the Soul Emperor, and the Pill Tower people reacted with shock as Lu Yunxiao named the sword art.
• The Soul Emperor realized Lu Yunxiao could become a threat beyond his control and felt urgency to stop his growth.
• Lu Yunxiao dismissed the praise and considered how confidently the Grass Character Sword Art could face even a Six-Star Dou Sheng.

After Lu Yunxiao killed a Three-Star Dou Sheng while still a Nine Revolutions Dou Zun, Gu Xun'er celebrated his unprecedented feat. The system rewarded him with powerful sword arts and treasures, and he considered using the Path-Melding Stone to create a life-bound artifact of his own.

• Gu Xun'er praised Lu Yunxiao for slaying a Three-Star Dou Sheng across realms and said such a feat had almost never happened.
• Lu Yunxiao explained why his exceptional treasures, cultivation, techniques, and physique had made the victory possible.
• The system awarded Lu Yunxiao Mystic Yellow Mother Qi Root, the Seventy-Two Earth Fiend Arts—Sword Art, Fenjì, the Pacifying Chaos Art, and the Path-Melding Stone.
• Lu Yunxiao considered the rewards and imagined fusing Fenjì, the Demon Suppressing Sword, and other materials with the Path-Melding Stone.
• Lu Yunxiao realized the Path-Melding Stone could help him create a life-bound artifact that truly belonged to him.

As the battle between Lu Yunxiao’s allies and the Soul Clan raged at the Pill Tower, Lu Yunxiao considered forging his own life-bound weapon and Gu Yuan accepted that he would not return to the Gu Clan. The fighting devastated Holy Pill City, leaving the Pill Tower’s leaders furious at both the Soul Clan and Lu Yunxiao for making their headquarters a battlefield.

• Lu Yunxiao decided that, with the Path-Melding Stone and his other rare materials, he could forge his life-bound weapon after reaching the Dou Saint realm and reforge weapons for Gu Xun'er and the others.
• Lu Yunxiao teased Gu Xun'er about the happy thought on his mind, while Gu Yuan felt reassured by their closeness and gave up the idea of bringing Lu Yunxiao back to the Gu Clan.
• Lu Yunxiao’s allied forces and the Soul Clan fought with dozens of Dou Saints above Holy Pill City, while Gu Yuan and Lu Yunxiao shielded those under their protection.
• The battle’s stray attacks destroyed much of Holy Pill City and killed many people, while the Pill Tower’s leaders watched from behind the defensive formation.
• Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi blamed the devastation on the Soul Clan and Lu Yunxiao, and Xuan Kongzi vowed to demand an explanation from him.

Xuan Kongzi and the Pill Tower elders debated how to confront Lu Yunxiao after his forces demonstrated their overwhelming strength, deciding to seek Cao Ying’s help in speaking with him after the battle. Meanwhile, Qing Zhi and Gu Duhang gained the upper hand against Soul Clan fighters, and Huang Ling’er prepared to unleash her full power against the Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Xuan Kongzi vowed to question Lu Yunxiao about his actions, but Tian Leizi and Xuan Yi warned him to account for Lu Yunxiao’s strength and alliances.
• Xuan Yi decided that Cao Ying should put in a good word for the Pill Tower after the battle, and Xuan Kongzi reluctantly agreed.
• Qing Zhi transformed into an azure dragon and struck Soul Fiend hard enough to shatter his bones and send him flying.
• Gu Duhang suppressed Hun Yan and Hun Xuzi with the Black Dragon Sword, injuring both and leaving them struggling to defend themselves.
• Huang Ling’er saw the others advancing and began gathering her Heavenly Phoenix Fire to overwhelm the Nihility Devouring Flame.

Huang Ling'er dominated Nihility Devouring Flame, prompting him to summon the Soul Clan army and launch a combined attack. Lu Yunxiao refused Gu Xun'er's offer to bring in the Gu Clan, while Huang Ling'er faced the descending Seal of Destruction without fear.

• Huang Ling'er used her Heavenly Phoenix Fire to overcome Nihility Devouring Flame and drove him back, while her flames burned Soul Clan members to ashes.
• Nihility Devouring Flame ordered the Soul Clan members to assemble, and their combined attack formed a massive black seal above the battlefield.
• Gu Xun'er offered to bring the Gu Clan into the battle, but Lu Yunxiao stopped her and said his forces would face the Soul Clan alone.
• The Soul Clan army unleashed the Seal of Destruction, and Huang Ling'er dismissed the attack as merely decent.

Huang Ling'er used the Sacred Plume Sword to shatter the Soul Clan's Seal of Destruction and overpower Nihility Devouring Flame, while Lu Yunxiao's allies gained the upper hand elsewhere. As Soul Emperor secretly called for aid, four ominous black coffins emerged from the clouds above the plaza.

• Huang Ling'er unleashed the Sacred Plume Sword, destroyed the Seal of Destruction, and wounded the Soul Clan army gathered in the Space Rift.
• Zi Yan vowed to surpass Huang Ling'er, while Gu Yuan and Gu Xun'er praised her strength and Lu Yunxiao encouraged Xun'er.
• Huang Ling'er continued fighting Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan army, forcing Nihility Devouring Flame to suffer more wounds.
• Soul Emperor saw his forces losing ground and decided to stop hiding his strength, but Lord of Devouring struck him and pressed the attack.
• Soul Emperor secretly transmitted a command, and four sinister black coffins shot out of the churning black clouds above the plaza.

The Soul Clan revealed four ancient Living Dead whose Gates of Silence trapped Lu Yunxiao’s allied army in a Realm of Death. Huang Ling'er was pinned down by Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan army, leaving the trapped forces to face the array.

• Four ancient Soul Clan Living Dead emerged from black coffins, and Gu Yuan recognized their formidable strength and dense death aura.
• The four Founding Elders created four Gates of Silence and enclosed Lu Yunxiao’s allied army in a Realm of Death that drained their vitality.
• Gu Yuan considered intervening but held back, trusting Lu Yunxiao and waiting to see what he could do.
• Huang Ling'er tried to break through to the trapped army, but Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan army blocked her with coordinated attacks.
• The Lord of Devouring observed the Realm of Death calmly while Huang Ling'er remained pinned down.

Soul Emperor believed the Realm of Death had trapped Lu Yunxiao’s forces, while Lord of Devouring warned him not to underestimate Lu Yunxiao. Inside the formation, the scattered forces came under attack as Lu Yunxiao tried to keep the weakened Gu Xun'er alive.

• Soul Emperor claimed the Soul Clan had already achieved its goal, but Lord of Devouring said Lu Yunxiao still had hidden trump cards.
• The Ancient Void Dragon Clan's Grand Elder identified the formation as the Realm of Death, and Zi Yan warned the trapped forces that its death aura blocked soul detection.
• Zi Yan and the others realized Lu Yunxiao and Gu Xun'er were missing, and Yao Ming feared the four Soul Clan elders had isolated Lu Yunxiao.
• Black spears erupted from the death aura and killed several experts, while Zi Yan and the others struggled to defend themselves.
• Lu Yunxiao found Gu Xun'er weakened by the death aura in a dark space and sustained her with Wood Attribute Spiritual Energy.

Lu Yunxiao comforted the weakened Gu Xun'er inside the Realm of Death and confronted Soul Clan elders Hun Yao and Hun Shengtian. As the elders attacked, Lu Yunxiao called for the Cult Master’s help.

• Gu Xun'er explained that the four Gates of Silence had created the deadly Realm of Death and warned that Zi Yan and the others were in danger.
• Lu Yunxiao restored some of Gu Xun'er's strength and promised to get everyone out, while blaming the Soul Clan for putting her in danger.
• Lu Yunxiao sensed Hun Yao and Hun Shengtian in the darkness and identified both as peak late-stage Eight-Star Dou Shengs.
• Hun Shengtian dismissed Lu Yunxiao's strength, but Lu Yunxiao revealed that he also had a hidden trump card.
• Hun Shengtian ordered an attack and formed a gigantic hand of death, prompting Lu Yunxiao to call on the Cult Master for help.

A mysterious middle-aged man in a crescent-moon robe appeared before Lu Yunxiao and shattered the Realm of Death with a single attack. With the Soul Clan Grand Elders gravely injured and the Gates of Silence destroyed, the death aura faded, while Nihility Devouring Flame realized the battle had turned against him.

• The middle-aged man appeared before Lu Yunxiao, shattered Hun Shengtian and Hun Yao's giant death-aura hand, and showed interest in the Living Dead.
• The man struck the Realm of Death barrier with a giant finger, breaking through it despite Hun Shengtian and the others reinforcing the formation.
• The Realm of Death collapsed, severely injuring the four Soul Clan Grand Elders and causing their Gates of Silence to crack and explode.
• The death aura receded into the surrounding area, while Lu Yunxiao's puppets absorbed some of it and grew stronger.
• Zi Yan spotted Lu Yunxiao unharmed and saw the mysterious man standing before him.
• Nihility Devouring Flame noticed the Realm of Death had fallen and angrily confronted Hun Shengtian and the other Soul Clan Grand Elders.

Lu Yunxiao broke the Soul Clan’s Realm of Death and rescued Gu Xun'er, revealing another powerful ally and ordering the Soul Clan’s destruction. Soul Emperor chose to retreat as Nihility Devouring Flame unleashed his black flames, which Lu Yunxiao shielded his allies from with Phoenix Bath Spring.

• Nihility Devouring Flame sensed that the middle-aged man who broke the Realm of Death was a dangerous expert, while Gu Yuan recognized Lu Yunxiao’s hidden backup plan.
• Lu Yunxiao comforted the weakened Gu Xun'er as the deathly energy left her body and her vitality returned.
• Lu Yunxiao ordered his forces to leave none of the Soul Clan alive, and his allies surged forward with renewed killing intent.
• Soul Emperor told Nihility Devouring Flame to withdraw, and Nihility Devouring Flame began spreading his black flames across the plaza.
• Lu Yunxiao summoned Phoenix Bath Spring to protect his allied forces from the flames, and Gu Yuan recognized it as the third-ranked Holy Water.

Lu Yunxiao’s forces shattered Nihility Devouring Flame’s escape attempt, and Huang Ling’er badly injured him while slaughtering the Soul Clan experts. Lu Yunxiao then called on the Sect Master of Moon Worship to help capture Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Nihility Devouring Flame transformed into a black-flame vortex as Soul Clan experts rushed into it to escape.
• Huang Ling’er’s sword strike destroyed the vortex and killed more than a dozen Soul Clan Dou Saints.
• Huang Ling’er absorbed Nihility Devouring Flame’s attacks, forced him out of the vortex, and beat him until he called to Soul Emperor for help.
• Lu Yunxiao told the Sect Master of Moon Worship to act and revealed that he had summoned the powerful figure from the Sword and Fairy 1 World.

Lu Yunxiao revealed that Sect Master of Moon Worship was powerful enough to confront the Soul Clan and ordered him to act. Moon Worship crushed Soul Emperor and shattered the Soul Clan’s attack, while Lu Yunxiao and his allies withdrew to protect the Pill Tower and watch the battle.

• Lu Yunxiao judged that Sect Master of Moon Worship could help him face the Soul Clan, even if they mobilized their full force.
• Sect Master of Moon Worship shattered the Seal of Destruction, sending a backlash through the Soul Clan troops beyond the Space Rift.
• Sect Master of Moon Worship struck Soul Emperor with the Five Elements Power, overwhelming his full-power counterattack and smashing him into the ground.
• Lu Yunxiao ordered Gu Duhang and the others to reinforce the Pill Tower, then retreated with Gu Xun'er to watch the fight.
• Gu Yuan saw Moon Worship’s strength and concluded that he was below a Dou Di but far stronger than himself or Soul Emperor.