Chapter Summaries

Yao Lao became the alliance leader as the factions organized their preparations to resist the Soul Clan and rescue Xiao Zhan. Unaware that their meeting had been compromised, the alliance faced an imminent attack on Crimson Flame City.

• Gu Dao and other faction leaders debated the alliance leader, and Xiao Yan nominated Yao Lao while offering to serve as the vanguard.
• Yao Lao accepted the position, and the alliance assigned responsibilities and formed a reconnaissance force led by Yun Yun to investigate the Grave Soul Mountain Range.
• A black-robed Venerable learned the alliance's plans from a stolen Jade Slip and ordered Soul Hall's covert fighters to attack Crimson Flame City.
• The black-robed Venerable sent the fighters to destroy the outpost, hoping to draw out and weaken the alliance's reinforcements.
• Xiao Chen walked with Cao Ying while Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and Wind Venerate studied a map, unaware that the attack was approaching.

The Soul Hall attacked Crimson Flame City, slaughtering its people and overpowering Old Man Chi Huo’s defenders. Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen rushed to the city as Starfall Pavilion prepared for war, while Xun’er and Medusa vowed their wedding would go ahead as a declaration of the alliance’s resolve.

• Soul Hall forces led by two Half-Saints invaded Crimson Flame City and killed guards and civilians.
• Old Man Chi Huo confronted the leading Half-Saint but was wounded, while the defenders struggled to protect the City Lord’s Manor.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen sensed the attack, and Starfall Pavilion summoned its leaders to respond.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen departed for Crimson Flame City, while Yao Lao ordered the alliance to enter combat readiness and sent Xuan Kongzi to organize support.
• Xun’er and Medusa reaffirmed their resolve to hold the wedding as planned, and Cao Ying, Yun Yun, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian watched anxiously as war began.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen arrived at Crimson Flame City and wiped out the Soul Hall attackers who had massacred its people. After helping secure the aftermath, they returned to Starfall Pavilion, wary of further attacks as war with the Soul Clan escalated.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen arrived to find Crimson Flame City in ruins, with Soul Hall fighters attacking civilians and Old Man Chi Huo near defeat.
• Xiao Yan killed a Soul Hall Dou Zong who was threatening a woman and child, while Xiao Chen trapped two Half-Saints in his Chaos Domain.
• Xiao Yan used the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to annihilate the two Half-Saints, and he and Xiao Chen killed the remaining attackers.
• Old Man Chi Huo thanked Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen, while Xuan Kongzi and the Alchemist Tower relief force arrived to treat the wounded and clear the ruins.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen concluded that the Soul Clan had attacked to test the alliance and damage its morale, then returned to Starfall Pavilion to prepare for possible further attacks.

While Xiao Chen recuperated in Starfall Pavilion, Dan Chen brought him a powerful pill and admitted she had weakened herself by assisting in its refinement. Her care stirred Xiao Chen’s feelings, and after taking the pill, his recovery accelerated.

• Dan Chen visited Xiao Chen with a Nine Revolutions Spirit Nurturing Pill refined by Master Gu He.
• Xiao Chen noticed Dan Chen’s weakness and realized she had used the Pill Heart Spirit Nurturing Technique to help refine the pill.
• Dan Chen admitted she had used her Medicine Spirit Qi because she wanted to speed Xiao Chen’s recovery.
• Xiao Chen warned Dan Chen to protect her health and told her he would remember her affection, leaving her flustered as she hurried away.
• Xiao Chen swallowed the pill, and its medicinal force combined with the Chaos Flame to accelerate the repair of his Soul Origin.

After recovering from his injuries, Xiao Chen attended the alliance’s war council, where Xiao Yan proposed infiltrating the Emperor Transformation Array through the Demonic Flame Space. Xiao Chen took charge of consolidating the alliance and coordinating its allies, while Dan Chen’s affection continued to soften his heart.

• Xiao Chen recovered to the late stage of a Two-star Dou Sheng and joined the alliance leaders at Starfall Pavilion.
• Yao Lao and the other leaders discussed the Soul Clan’s attacks and the growing power of the Emperor Transformation Array.
• Xiao Yan proposed using the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to disrupt the array from within, and Yao Lao assigned Gu Dao and Xuan Kongzi to assist him.
• Yao Lao tasked Xiao Chen with consolidating the alliance, coordinating intelligence, and communicating with external factions.
• Dan Chen gave Xiao Chen Clear Heart Dew, and he drank it while considering that he might need to answer her feelings.

Dan Chen brought Xiao Chen restorative soup, and he gave her a Chaos Aura jade pendant in return, growing more receptive to her affection. Their quiet moment ended when urgent news arrived that an alliance convoy had been ambushed, prompting Xiao Chen to order measures to protect the alliance’s supply routes.

• Dan Chen delivered Spirit Calming and Yuan Nourishing Soup to Xiao Chen, who drank it and thanked her for her care.
• Xiao Chen gave Dan Chen his jade pendant as a return gift, and she left the study overjoyed.
• An alliance steward reported that an unidentified force had wiped out a convoy at Soul Falling Ravine and seized its medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Chen suspected the Soul Clan was targeting the alliance’s supply lines and ordered heightened alerts, route protection, increased transport, and reconnaissance with Yun Yun’s help.

Dan Chen treasured the jade pendant Xiao Chen gave her and resolved to support him by refining pills. As the Alliance struggled against the Soul Clan’s growing blockade, Xiao Chen received a report of a suspected Soul Clan squad in Black Marsh and prepared to investigate.

• Dan Chen hid Xiao Chen’s jade pendant beneath her collar and began selecting ingredients to refine more pills for him.
• Xiao Chen responded to reports of harassment and supply blockades by ordering concealed supply routes, expanded surveillance, secure transport, and wartime rationing.
• A steward reported a suspected Soul Clan squad in Black Marsh, and Xiao Chen ordered nearby patrols to stay vigilant and summoned Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Chen considered the Soul Clan’s infiltration tactics and resolved to continue his efforts to save his father and protect the Alliance.

Xiao Yi Xian investigated the Soul Clan’s secret activity in Black Marsh and was ambushed after discovering signs of Soul Devouring Insect cultivation and Earth Vein Yin Qi extraction. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan married Xun'er and Medusa at Starfall Pavilion, but news of the attack reminded the alliance that the Soul Clan’s threat remained.

• Xiao Yi Xian entered Black Marsh alone and found freshly excavated pits, Soul Devouring Insect traces, and evidence of Earth Vein Yin Qi extraction.
• An attacker ambushed Xiao Yi Xian with poisonous gas tentacles and a Soul Strike, and she escaped with minor injuries.
• Yao Chen and Wind Venerate proceeded with the wedding, where Xiao Yan married Xun'er and Medusa before guests from across the continent.
• Xiao Chen noticed Dan Chen at the celebration and felt his own feelings becoming clearer.
• A messenger told Yun Yun that Xiao Yi Xian had been ambushed in Black Marsh, and Yun Yun relayed the news to Xiao Chen.

Xiao Yan’s wedding night was interrupted by an emergency report that the Soul Clan had built a sinister altar in Black Marsh, possibly tied to the Myriad Souls Devouring Saint Array. Xiao Chen was chosen to investigate with Yun Yun and prepared to depart at dawn, carrying pills from a worried Dan Chen.

• Xiao Yan celebrated his wedding with Xun'er and Medusa before an emergency jade talisman summoned him to the Alliance Council Hall.
• Xiao Yi Xian reported that Soul Clan-aligned attackers had ambushed her in Black Marsh, where she discovered an altar that gathered resentful soul power as a possible energy transfer node.
• Yao Lao rejected Xiao Yan’s offer to investigate and approved Xiao Chen for the mission because his Chaos Power could counter the Soul Clan’s techniques.
• Xiao Chen asked Yun Yun to accompany him and requested pills to resist soul attacks and poison, then set his departure for dawn.
• Dan Chen gave Xiao Chen Pure Spirit Toxin Dispelling Pills and Soul Solidifying Pills and asked him to be careful, and he promised to return.

Xiao Chen led Yun Yun and three Dou Zuns into the Black Marsh to investigate and destroy a Soul Clan formation node, where they were ambushed by a Dou Sheng and four Half-Saints. After destroying the node with his Chaos Purifying Flame, Xiao Chen realized his feelings for Dan Chen had grown beyond gratitude and resolved to give her a clear answer.

• Xiao Chen led Yun Yun and three Dou Zuns into the Black Marsh, where they found a bone altar and a fleshy tumor serving as a Soul Clan formation node.
• A Soul Clan Dou Sheng and four Half-Saints ambushed the group, forcing Xiao Chen, Yun Yun, and the Dou Zuns into battle.
• Xiao Chen swallowed Dan Chen's Soul Solidifying Pill, used the Chaos Cloud-Pattern Jade Pendant's resonance to change tactics, and injured the Soul Clan leader.
• Xiao Chen destroyed the fleshy tumor with his Chaos Purifying Flame, collapsing the altar and breaking the formation node.
• After the group withdrew, Xiao Chen reflected on Dan Chen's help and resolved to give her a clear answer about his feelings.

After the Black Marsh expedition, Xiao Chen confessed his feelings to Dan Chen and promised to welcome her as a Main Wife once the war was over. Their moment of happiness ended when reports arrived that the Soul Clan and its allies were preparing to attack, leaving Xiao Chen to place the alliance on combat readiness.

• Xiao Chen summoned Dan Chen and thanked her for the medicinal pill and jade pendant she had given him in the Black Marsh.
• Xiao Chen confessed that he understood Dan Chen's feelings and promised her the Rite of a Main Wife after he rescued his father and quelled the Soul Clan's chaos; Dan Chen accepted.
• Cao Ying sensed the change and reacted with complicated understanding, while Yun Yun paused her teaching and sighed.
• A steward reported that the Soul Clan army was mobilizing near the Corpse Mountain Range and that the Wind and Thunder Pavilion and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan were advancing toward the alliance's borders.
• Xiao Chen ordered first-level combat readiness, recalled personnel, and summoned all Dou Zun-level experts and above to the main hall before leaving to join them.

Yao Lao mobilized the Anti-Soul Alliance for the all-out war against the Soul Clan, assigning Xiao Yan to lead the vanguard and Xiao Chen to coordinate support. Dan Chen joined the wartime medical team and promised to follow Xiao Chen to the front as he prepared to depart with the Chaos Guards.

• Yao Lao declared that war with the Soul Clan was unavoidable and ordered the Alliance to fight.
• Yao Lao appointed Xiao Yan vanguard commander to stop the Soul Clan at the Grave Soul Mountain Range and named Xiao Chen overall support commander.
• Yao Lao directed Elder Gu Dao, Xuan Kongzi, Old Ancestor Huo Yun, Hua Yu, and Zi Yan to lead their forces and maintain the Alliance's battle lines.
• Dan Chen brought Xiao Chen soup and told him she had joined the Alchemist Tower's wartime medical team to help treat the wounded and support him.
• Xiao Chen accepted Dan Chen's decision, drank her soup, and ordered the Chaos Guards to depart with him as the Alliance prepared for war.

Xiao Yan led the alliance against the Soul Clan at the Barren Red Land, while Xiao Chen’s Chaos Guards attacked the enemy’s flank. The battle ended in a stalemate after the Soul Clan’s main-branch reinforcements appeared and Xiao Chen confronted their Five-star Dou Sheng, leaving both sides to prepare for a fiercer clash.

• Xiao Yan rallied the alliance army, which fought the Soul Clan across the Barren Red Land as he battled two Three-star Dou Sheng elders.
• Xiao Chen led the Chaos Guards through the stone forest, destroyed the Soul Clan’s hidden flank positions, and confronted a Two-star Dou Sheng Blood Puppet.
• Yao Lao and Elder Gu Dao warned that reinforcements had arrived through a Spatial Rift, and the Soul Clan’s main-branch experts pushed the alliance army backward.
• Xiao Yan struck the two elders with the Flame Emperor Seal, but a Five-star Dou Sheng attacked him with a giant hand of resentful souls.
• Xiao Chen destroyed the giant hand with Chaos Return to Void and challenged the Five-star Dou Sheng, restoring the battlefield to a stalemate.
• Both armies withdrew at night to tend their wounds and prepare for the next clash.

After heavy losses, the alliance chose guerrilla tactics and sought ways to disrupt the Soul Clan’s supply routes and Emperor Transformation Array. Xiao Chen shared a tender moment with Dan Chen, while Hun Miesheng ordered the Soul Clan to unleash the Myriad Souls Banner and capture Xiao Chen alive if possible.

• Wind Venerate reported the alliance’s casualties and the arrival of Hun Miesheng’s powerful Soul Devouring Guards, while Xiao Yan warned that the Emperor Transformation Array was growing stronger.
• Xiao Chen urged the alliance to avoid a direct war of attrition, harass Soul Clan supply lines, work with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and find a way to stop the array.
• Xiao Chen visited Dan Chen as she refined medicine for the wounded, comforted her, and promised to return.
• Hun Miesheng ordered his forces to deploy the Myriad Souls Banner and target Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen, emphasizing that Xiao Chen should be captured alive.

The Soul Clan unleashed the Myriad Souls Banners, devastating the alliance with a tide of resentful souls. Dan Chen created pills that helped resist the assault, while Xiao Chen sent the Chaos Guards to destroy two banners.

• Hun Miesheng unleashed the Myriad Souls Banners, causing the alliance's soldiers to suffer soul attacks and turn on their companions.
• Dan Chen used the Chaos Cloud-Pattern Jade Pendant's aura to create three Chaos Heart-Clearing Pills and proved one could ease a wounded soldier's suffering.
• Xuan Kongzi organized high-level pharmacists to refine the pills, and their use helped stabilize the alliance's defensive line.
• Xiao Chen learned of Dan Chen's success and ordered the Chaos Guards to destroy the third and seventh Myriad Souls Banners on the left flank.

Dan Chen and the Alchemist Tower refined Chaos Heart-Clearing Pills that helped the alliance withstand the Myriad Souls Banners, while Xiao Chen destroyed two banners and turned the tide on the left flank. The Soul Clan’s threat remained, with a greater danger gathering deep within the Grave Soul Mountain Range.

• Dan Chen and the Alchemist Tower elders improved the Chaos Heart-Clearing Pill formula, and Dan Chen tirelessly refined pills for the front lines.
• The pills helped alliance soldiers retain their reason and recover from soul injuries, allowing the defensive line to hold.
• Xiao Yan expanded the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s domain, clearing resentful souls and easing pressure on nearby alliance soldiers.
• Mo Yuan and the Chaos Guards attacked two Myriad Souls Banners but failed to break through the Blood Soul barrier.
• Xiao Chen arrived and used Chaos Void Sever to erase the two banners, the barrier, and several Soul Clan priests.
• Xiao Chen returned safely with the Chaos Guards as the alliance cheered, while the Soul Clan’s deeper threat remained.

After destroying the Myriad Souls Banner, Xiao Chen visited the battlefield’s treatment area, where Dan Chen’s exhaustion and Cao Ying’s restrained jealousy complicated their relationships. That night, Dan Chen brought him restorative soup and a calming sachet, while Xiao Chen set aside his feelings to focus on the ongoing war.

• Xiao Chen found Dan Chen treating a badly wounded general and ordered her to rest after supporting her when she nearly collapsed.
• Cao Ying arrived to help the wounded, saw Xiao Chen holding Dan Chen’s arm, and maintained a polite but distant manner as Dan Chen left.
• Xiao Chen tried to speak with Cao Ying, but she focused on treating the injured and sent him back to the frontline.
• After nightfall, Dan Chen brought Xiao Chen Dragon Blood Lingzhi Soup and a handmade sachet containing calming incense.
• Xiao Chen accepted the sachet and reflected on Cao Ying’s hurt and Dan Chen’s concern before resolving to prioritize victory in the war.

As the alliance struggled to hold the Barren Red Land, Xiao Chen’s coordination with Yun Yun stirred Cao Ying’s jealousy, while the Soul Clan’s new attack threatened the alliance’s strongest fighters. Xuan Kongzi proposed adapting Xiao Chen’s Chaos Flame into a protective medicine, and the chapter ended with Cao Ying and Dan Chen supporting the research from behind the scenes.

• Xiao Chen discussed countering soul poison with Yun Yun, and Cao Ying saw them together and felt jealous.
• Cao Ying distributed Life Blood Replenishing Pills and noticed the calming sachet at Xiao Chen’s waist before leaving; Yun Yun remarked that Cao Ying had not had it easy.
• The Soul Clan attacked with Bone Corroding Ghost Soul, temporarily disabling several alliance Half-Saints.
• Xuan Kongzi proposed using the Chaos Flame’s dissolving property in a protective medicinal liquid or talisman, and Yao Lao ordered him and Xiao Chen to begin research.
• Cao Ying gathered rare medicinal ingredients for the research, while Dan Chen worked to supply the front lines and followed the project’s progress.

Xiao Chen and the alliance’s alchemists struggled to develop a defense against the Bone Corroding Ghost Soul until his insight led them to create a prototype Chaos Soul-Protecting Talisman. Their breakthrough was overshadowed by a report that an existence beyond a Dou Saint was about to descend behind the Soul Clan army.

• Xiao Chen endured the strain of repeated experiments while the Soul Clan intensified its attacks on the alliance camp.
• Cao Ying delivered rare medicinal ingredients, saw Dan Chen’s sachet at Xiao Chen’s waist, and left without voicing her concern.
• Xiao Chen proposed using a miniature Chaos-intent rune core in Star Tear Gold as a vessel for Chaos power, and Xuan Kongzi ordered the team to adopt the approach.
• The alchemists created a prototype Chaos Soul-Protecting Talisman that decomposed a simulated thread of the Bone Corroding Ghost Soul’s sinister Dou Qi before it touched the sheet.
• A steward reported an abnormal spatial fluctuation behind the Soul Clan army, warning that an existence beyond a Dou Saint was about to descend.

A remnant Emperor-realm soul descended over the Corpse Mountain Range and overwhelmed the alliance’s defenses. Dan Chen shielded the Alchemist Tower with her life, leaving Xiao Chen holding her dying body as the Emperor soul withdrew but the crisis remained.

• Yao Lao ordered the alliance forces to retreat to the core camp after reports revealed an existence far more powerful than a Dou Saint.
• The Emperor soul attacked the alliance, and Yao Lao, Wind Venerate, Gu Dao, Xiao Yan, Xiao Chen, and the other experts failed to stop its dark hand.
• Dan Chen used the Chaos Cloud-Pattern Jade Pendant and her Medicine Spirit Qi to shield the Alchemist Tower, but the barrier broke and the Emperor soul’s power struck her.
• Gu Yuan’s stored Nine-star Dou Saint strike hit the Emperor soul, forcing it to withdraw into the chaotic vortex.
• Xiao Chen rushed to Dan Chen and poured Chaos Flame into her body as her life aura faded, while the alliance remained under threat.