Chapter Summaries

Lu Bu and Gu Yao fought fiercely, with Gu Yao using the Ancient Clan’s powerful techniques and Lu Bu answering with dragon transformations, defensive arts, and a Grade 8 Pill. Lu Bu unleashed the Azure Dragon Heavenly Seat Seal, leaving Gu Yao overwhelmed by its pressure.

• Xiao Xun'er revealed that she knew Lu Bu was human and had brought him to fight partly to build goodwill with the Ancient Dragon Clan and partly to get revenge.
• Gu Yao and Lu Bu exchanged blows, and their clash of physical strength and techniques ended with both of them weakened after their Great Annihilation Finger and Immovable Azure Dragon Bell canceled each other out.
• Gu Yao restored his strength with the Ancient Clan’s Heavenly Grade Cultivation Method and challenged Lu Bu to match his foundation.
• Lu Bu crushed a jade bottle, revealed a Grade 8 Pill, and swallowed it to recover and strengthen himself.
• Lu Bu summoned a hundred-zhang dragon and used the Azure Dragon Heavenly Seat Seal, while Gu Yao found himself unable to resist its overwhelming pressure.

Lu Bu defeated Gu Yao and became Grand Commander of the Black Annihilation Army, then recovered while Gu Yao and Xiao Xun'er advanced to Dou Zun. When the army discovered Hun Huai and Hun Li were using souls to spy on them, Xiao Xun'er planned to use Lu Bu as bait to draw them out.

• Gu Yao used the Blood Transformation Technique and his Emperor Seal, but Lu Bu crushed his attack with the Azure Dragon Heavenly Seat Seal and won the Grand Commander position.
• Lu Bu sealed himself in his barracks to recover, leaving Gu Zhen to manage the army and report the change to the Ancient Clan, whose leaders chose to let matters develop naturally.
• Twenty days later, Lu Bu had recovered, while Gu Yao and Xiao Xun'er both broke through to Dou Zun; Xiao Xun'er considered challenging Lu Bu but found him staying inside.
• Yang Hao reported that Hun Huai and Hun Li were using souls to gather intelligence and ambush the Black Annihilation Army, so Xiao Xun'er proposed luring them into attacking.
• Xiao Xun'er assigned Gu Luan to spread limited news about Lu Bu's strength and ordered Yang Hao to guard him, while the rest prepared to break camp; Lu Bu then noticed a note beneath his door.

Hun Li and the Hun Clan launched an attack on the Black Annihilation Army’s lightly defended camp, where Lu Bu posed as Xiao Yan to draw their attention. Lu Bu faced Hun Li and his soul slaves as Yang Hao and the remaining soldiers formed their battle array.

• Hun Po, Hun Huai, and Hun Li learned that Gu Yao had been defeated and decided to begin their plan against the Black Annihilation Army.
• Xiao Xun'er and Gu Yao concealed their forces in the void and confirmed that Lin Xiu and Gu Zhen were guarding the spatial wormhole.
• Lu Bu learned that Hun Clan forces had arrived and warned Yang Hao, who rallied the ten remaining Black Annihilation Army soldiers.
• Hun Li attacked the camp with three soul slaves, and Lu Bu introduced himself as Xiao Yan before Hun Li ordered the soul slaves to capture him alive.

Hun Li attacked Yang Hao's Black Annihilation Army, but Lu Bu defeated him and destroyed his soul before pursuing the Hun Clan’s other forces. At the second battlefield, Hun Huai vanished and Hun Po was abducted as the Ancient Clan learned that its spatial wormhole had been destroyed and its connection to the clan lost.

• Hun Li attacked Yang Hao, but Yang Hao used the fused Four Seals to block his chain strike while the Black Annihilation Army held its formation.
• Lu Bu burned Hun Li’s soul slaves, killed his body with the Ancient Emperor Seal, and let his fleeing soul lead him and Yang Hao toward the other Hun Clan members.
• Gu Yao and Xiao Xun'er fought Hun Huai and Hun Po, while Hun Huai revealed that the Hun Clan had been buying time and Xiao Xun'er realized their elders were missing.
• Hun Li arrived to warn that the Ancient Clan was in danger, but Lu Bu burned his soul before he could finish speaking.
• Hun Huai vanished, and two sinister elders appeared and escaped with Hun Po as Lu Bu and the others arrived.
• Elder Lin returned with Gu Zhen and Lin Xiu and told Xiao Xun'er that the spatial wormhole had been destroyed and contact with the clan was lost.

Lu Bu and the Black Annihilation Army were stranded in Medicine Clan territory after their spatial passage was destroyed, while the Medicine Clan refused to help without Yao Wan Gui’s approval. Elsewhere, Soul Hall began searching for the puppet’s maker, Xiao Yan upgraded the puppet while Yao Lao recovered, and Hun Po’s report led a Hun Clan leader to take interest in the trapped army.

• Lu Bu suspected a Hun Clan soldier had released poison before dying, but he found no abnormality in his body as Yang Hao and the Black Annihilation Army worried about being stranded.
• Yao Yi and Elder Yao Ming appeared with Medicine Clan soldiers, refused to let the Ancient Clan rebuild its spatial wormhole without Yao Wan Gui’s approval, and ordered them not to cause more disturbances.
• Gu You questioned Star-Picking Old Ghost and Bone-Marrow Old Man about the Northwest Continent, then ordered Soul Hall to hunt for the puppet’s controller and investigate invisible-flame users, especially around the Alchemy Tower.
• Xiao Yan used the Snow Soul Pill after Yao Lao nearly exhausted himself refining it, then watched the Golden Puppet descend with its right palm beginning to turn gold.
• Hun Po told a black-haired Hun Clan leader that Hun Li had named Xiao Yan before dying, and the leader ordered the plan to continue while deciding to inspect the Black Annihilation Army.

Lu Bu realized the Black Annihilation Army was being weakened by Qi-Dissipating Mist and revealed that he had an antidote, just as a visitor from the Thunder Clan arrived. The chapter ended with Gu Yao confronting Thunder Cloud in the sky.

• Lu Bu noticed his cultivation had slowed, while Xiao Xun'er and the others returned from failed negotiations with the Yao Clan and debated whether to withdraw.
• Lin Xiu and Yang Hao reported that soldiers' Dou Qi was dissipating, and Lu Bu concluded that the army had been poisoned with Qi-Dissipating Mist, likely by Hun Huai.
• Lu Bu warned Xiao Xun'er that retreating now could be a trap and revealed that he had the antidote, which he gave to Gu Zhen to distribute.
• Thunder Cloud arrived and taunted the Ancient Clan, prompting Gu Yao, Xiao Xun'er, and the others to confront him.

Lu Bu watched the Black Annihilation Army clash with Hun Yu’s forces after Hun Yu revealed his plan to take them to the Soul Realm. Left alone against Hun Yu, Lu Bu unleashed overwhelming soul power and warned that one more step would turn heaven and earth upside down.

• Thunder Cloud and Yao Yi admitted they had spread news of the Black Annihilation Army’s predicament, prompting Xiao Xun'er, Gu Yao, and Huo Xuan to confront them.
• Hun Yu arrived with four elders and soul slaves, announced that he would take the Black Annihilation Army to the Soul Realm, and ordered an attack.
• Hun Yu’s elders dragged Xiao Xun'er and Gu Yao into battle while the soul slaves disrupted the weakened Black Annihilation Army and captured its members.
• Lu Bu was left facing Hun Yu alone, who mistook him for Xiao Yan and threatened him with a black Dou Qi attack.
• Lu Bu criticized Hun Yu for poisoning his subordinates, then released a vast soul storm that twisted the space around them and shocked everyone present.

Lu Bu, posing as Xiao Yan, used his powerful soul techniques to repel Hun Yu and bolster the Black Annihilation Army. Hun Yu then activated his clan mark and surged to Peak Five-star Dou Zun, leaving Lu Bu to face him with the army’s survival at stake.

• Lu Bu’s soul storm overwhelmed Hun Yu and surprised Gu Yao, Xiao Xun’er, and the watching clansmen.
• Lu Bu saw through Hun Yu’s spatial feint and struck him out of the void with a soul spear.
• Lu Bu used the Corrosive Spirit Skull to nearly pull out Hun Yu’s soul, but Hun Yu sacrificed Soul Bodies to break free.
• The Black Annihilation Army’s morale rose, while Yao Yi decided he wanted to learn Lu Bu’s soul technique.
• Hun Yu activated his clan mark, raised his strength to Peak Five-star Dou Zun, and threatened to destroy Lu Bu and his soldiers.
• Lu Bu summoned a silver skeleton and began the Yin Demon Howl as he prepared to fight Hun Yu.

Lu Bu fought Hun Yu while posing as Xiao Yan, using his soul power, flames, and enhanced body to hold off the stronger Dou Zun. Hun Yu finally pinned him down, but Lu Bu called for help from a figure named Brother Lu Bu, leaving Xiao Xun'er furious at the damage to Xiao Yan’s reputation.

• Lu Bu unleashed a soul attack against Hun Yu, whose black beast-head attacks eventually overwhelmed the soundwave.
• Lu Bu revealed that he had refined Soul Origin from a Soul Hall branch, then used Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations to battle Hun Yu’s Spatial Blade attacks.
• Lu Bu’s dark golden scales let him wound Hun Yu, but Hun Yu regained the advantage and embedded a Spatial Blade in Lu Bu’s shoulder.
• As Hun Yu prepared to behead Lu Bu, Lu Bu called out for Brother Lu Bu, and a burly figure in black appeared behind Hun Yu.
• Xiao Xun'er recognized Lu Bu’s shameless deception and angrily lamented that he had ruined Xiao Yan’s reputation.

Lu Bu helped the Black Annihilation Army defeat the Hun Clan and force the Yao Clan out of the conflict, capturing and sealing Hun Yu. After the Ancient Clan’s spatial wormhole was rebuilt, Lu Bu stayed behind, and several days later Yang Hao summoned him on Xiao Xun’er’s behalf.

• Lu Bu ambushed Hun Yu, stopped him from self-destructing, and subdued him with poisons and a sealing formation.
• Lu Bu threatened Hun Yu as a hostage, compelling four Hun Clan elders to surrender and help rebuild a spatial wormhole to the Ancient Clan.
• The Hun Clan attacked Yao Yi and Yao Ming to prevent them from calling for reinforcements, while Xiao Xun’er and the others helped construct the wormhole.
• Huo Xuan and Thunder Cloud departed, and the wormhole was completed after three hours; Lu Bu handed Hun Yu to Gu Yao and returned to his barracks.
• Several days later, Yang Hao called Lu Bu over because the Grand Commander had requested him, and Lu Bu suspected Xiao Xun’er had brought him his promised spoils.

News of Xiao Yan and Lu Bu’s victory over Hun Yu spread through the ancient clans while the Black Annihilation Army settled in Medicine Clan territory. After learning that the Medicine Field held Earth Core Soul Marrow, Lu Bu led a nighttime raid with Gu Yao and Gu Zhen, ambushing Yao Ling and Yao Yi.

• Thunder Cloud told a tavern crowd that Xiao Yan had held off Hun Yu and Lu Bu had captured him, spreading both men’s names across the Central Continent.
• Gu Lie confronted Yao Wan Gui, and Yao Dan agreed to let the Black Annihilation Army camp on Medicine Clan territory after learning Xiao Xun’er’s identity.
• Lu Bu complained that Xiao Xun’er had counted only one of his merits, accepted a Heaven-class cultivation method, and learned that the Medicine Clan’s Medicine Field contained Earth Core Soul Marrow.
• Gu Yao and Gu Zhen told Lu Bu about the Medicine Field and agreed to accompany him on a mission to take the Earth Core Soul Marrow.
• Lu Bu and his companions approached the Medicine Field under cover of black mist, where Yao Ling detected Soul-Confusing Powder and collapsed before an iron chain pierced Yao Yi’s chest.

Lu Bu and the Black Annihilation Army attacked Yao Yi and damaged the Medicine Clan’s Medicine Field, while Lu Bu falsely claimed to be Xiao Yan to muddy the blame. Months later, Lu Bu remained in seclusion to replace his cultivation method as Medusa prepared to reunite with him in two or three months.

• Protector Zhen and Protector Yao captured Yao Yi and Yao Ling with Soul-Confusing Powder, beat Yao Yi, and let Lu Bu terrorize Yao Ling before burying her and leaving.
• Lu Bu ravaged the Medicine Field, stole its Earth Core Soul Marrow, and told Yao Yi to blame Xiao Yan.
• Yao Tian blamed the Hun Clan and attacked the Soul Hall, while Yao Yi suspected the Black Annihilation Army and Yao Tian struck him for it.
• The Black Annihilation Army stayed in the Southwestern Region and fought the Hun Clan while Lu Bu secluded himself to replace his cultivation method.
• In the former Jia Ma Empire, Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun expanded their territories and gathered resources, while Zi Yan asked when they would find Lu Bu.
• Medusa told Zi Yan they could go find Lu Bu in two or three months and revealed that she missed him.

Lu Bu advanced to Dou Zong, resigned himself from the Black Annihilation Army, and traveled toward the Central Continent while Yao Tian’s group continued searching for clues. Xiao Yan trained toward a future reunion with Xun’er, and Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Yun Yun prepared to follow Lu Bu to the Pill Domain.

• Lu Bu’s breakthrough to Dou Zong drew the Black Annihilation Army’s attention, and he realized his strength could now rival Hun Yu’s without using all his methods.
• Lu Bu returned the Grand Commander token, but Xiao Xun’er and Gu Yao said he could keep the position until someone defeated him; he then left to see his girl.
• Yao Tian failed to find the Earth Core Soul Marrow on Xiao Yan and ordered his companions to seek other clues instead of attacking him.
• Xiao Yan reached five-star Dou Huang after training with the Snow Soul Pill, and Yao Lao advised him to consolidate his cultivation before traveling to the Central Continent.
• Xiao Yi Xian shared information about the Pill Domain, and she, Medusa, and Yun Yun planned to go there in three months; Yun Yun then playfully attacked Medusa.

Lu Bu arrived in Tianbei City and was challenged by Hong Chen, whom he defeated with a single slap before burning Shen Yun with Azure Flame. As the Hong Family and Wind Thunder Northern Pavilion gathered to attack him, Lu Bu boasted that his big brother Xiao Yan had Dou Di Potential, while a silver-haired beauty in the crowd struggled not to laugh.

• Lu Bu reached Tianbei City aboard his Space Ship and encountered Hong Chen and Shen Yun at the spatial wormhole exit.
• Hong Chen attacked Lu Bu and challenged him to crawl through his legs, but Lu Bu defeated him with one slap.
• Lu Bu struck Shen Yun with an Azure Flame-wrapped fist, badly burning the Wind Thunder Northern Pavilion elder.
• Hong Li arrived with Hong Family members, and he and Shen Yun called for reinforcements and threatened Lu Bu.
• Lu Bu claimed that Xiao Yan was his big brother and had Dou Di Potential, while a silver-haired beauty in the crowd tried to suppress her laughter.

Lu Bu defeated the Hong Family and Wind Thunder Pavilion fighters in Tianbei City, killing Hong Tianxiao and Shen Yun after they challenged him. He left for the Wind Thunder Pavilion with two lightning Dou Skills, while Han Chi sent his daughters away to avoid trouble.

• Xiao Yan ruined his pill refining after sensing someone watching him, then restarted under Yao Lao's scolding.
• Lu Bu defeated Shen Yun and used the Mountain Splitting Seal to kill Hong Shi and Hong Xian, leaving Hong Li near death.
• Lu Bu told the crowd that Xiao Yan had Dou Di Potential and dared to attack the Soul Hall, frightening the onlookers.
• Hong Tianxiao arrived and attacked Lu Bu, but Lu Bu killed him with the Heavenly Nether Asura Hand, then used it to annihilate Shen Yun.
• Han Chi sent elders after fleeing Hong Family members and told Han Yue and Xue'er to leave Tianbei City, while Lu Bu took Shen Yun's Three Thousand Lightning Movement and Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body scrolls.
• Lu Bu departed for the Wind Thunder Pavilion, and Han Yue watched him go, wishing she could have spoken with him.

After a young Dou Zong killed Elder Cloud and Hong Tianxiao in Tianbei City, the Wind Thunder Northern Pavilion and Thunder Venerable learned that he claimed his elder brother was Xiao Yan, who had challenged Soul Hall. The chapter left Thunder Venerable and the others alarmed as a powerful visitor arrived, apparently the man Soul Hall’s Ninth Heavenly Venerate had pursued.

• Deacon Feng reported that a young Dou Zong had killed Elder Cloud and Hong Tianxiao with a single Heavenly Nether Asura Hand, and the Northern Pavilion elders ordered vigilance instead of confronting him.
• The Northern Pavilion elders learned that the young man had dismissed the Wind Thunder Pavilion as insignificant and invoked Xiao Yan’s name, so they decided to inform the Pavilion Master and resumed cultivating rather than pursue him.
• Thunder Venerable met with Fei Tian, the other branch masters, and Feng Qing'er to discuss the upcoming Four Pavilion Conference and Feng Qing'er’s prospects at the Sky-Eye Mountain Blood Pool.
• Fei Tian reported Elder Cloud’s death and the young man’s claims, causing Thunder Venerable to suspect he was connected to the person pursued by Soul Hall’s Ninth Heavenly Venerate.
• A powerful voice called out from above, announcing that its owner had come from Tianbei City to meet Thunder Venerable.

Lu Bu confronted the Wind Thunder Pavilion and defeated Feng Qing'er, demanding compensation for the Northern Pavilion's offense. When Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence appeared, he revealed his Ancient Void Dragon power, leaving Feng Qing'er and the Pavilion's leaders terrified.

• Lu Bu challenged the Wind Thunder Pavilion, identified Fei Tian as his target, and forced Thunder Venerable to demand an apology and compensation instead of fighting.
• Thunder Venerable offered the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body on the condition that Feng Qing'er fight Lu Bu without his soul strength.
• Feng Qing'er attacked Lu Bu, but he struck her down, took her Ring, and claimed the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body scroll.
• Feng Qing'er unleashed her Demon Phoenix Sacred Image, but Lu Bu crushed it with the Heavenly Nether Asura Hand and injured her.
• Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence escaped Lu Bu's Ring, and Feng Qing'er recognized it and demanded the Wind Thunder Pavilion help capture him.
• Lu Bu revealed dragon scales and a dragon claw, and the Wind Thunder Pavilion members recognized him as an Ancient Void Dragon.

Lu Bu revealed his Ancient Void Dragon form and confronted Feng Qing'er and Huang Xuan after Feng Qing'er threatened him. Huang Xuan surrendered two drops of Heaven Demon Phoenix blood essence to end the conflict, but Lu Bu warned the clan against pursuing him and left with the Black Annihilation Army token.

• Lu Bu's dragon might overwhelmed Feng Qing'er and the Wind Thunder Pavilion members, and he reached for Feng Qing'er after she refused to back down.
• Feng Qing'er summoned Elder Huang Xuan, whose arrival halted Lu Bu's attack and brought the two clans' bloodline pressures into conflict.
• Lu Bu's dragon pressure overcame Huang Xuan's, and Huang Xuan apologized on Feng Qing'er's behalf and offered two drops of blood essence.
• Lu Bu accepted the blood essence, noticed Feng Qing'er still resented him, and warned Huang Xuan about the Black Annihilation Army token.
• Lu Bu departed, and Feng Qing'er asked Huang Xuan what the Black Annihilation Army was.

After Lu Bu left, Huang Xuan explained the power of the Black Annihilation Army and arranged for the Wind Thunder Pavilion to publicize Lu Bu’s strength while concealing his identity. Lu Bu headed toward Luoshen Ravine and promised to help the Heavenly Fire Venerable obtain a powerful body, while the Soul Hall learned of Lu Bu and began pursuing him.

• Huang Xuan told Feng Qing'er and the Wind Thunder Pavilion that the Black Annihilation King was an Eight-star Dou Sheng and that Lu Bu was the Black Annihilation Army’s Eighth Commander.
• Huang Xuan asked the Wind Thunder Pavilion to spread word of Lu Bu’s Heavenly Nether Asura Hand and Xiao Yan’s Dou Di Potential without revealing Lu Bu’s affiliations.
• Lu Bu traveled toward Luoshen Ravine and discussed restoring the Heavenly Fire Venerable’s body with a Dou Sheng Skeleton, Heaven Demon Phoenix blood essence, and a Grade 8 Pill.
• Mo Yu learned that Lu Bu had publicly praised Xiao Yan and set out to kill him, while Gu You ordered Bone-Marrow Old Man to investigate the person connected to the strange Golden Puppet.

Lu Bu arrived in Sibu City to investigate Luoshen Ravine and heard rumors about his feats in the Northern Domain. After two suspicious men followed him and Tian Ming Sect figures learned of his Heavenly Nether Asura Hand, Nie Yang set out to find him while Chen Xian remained behind.

• Lu Bu reached Sibu City, bought a map of Luoshen Ravine, and listened to inn patrons discuss its dangers and rumors about his battles in the Northern Domain.
• Fat Rat detected a faint trace of something poisonous on Lu Bu, and he and Lean Monkey decided to report their discovery to their Domain Lord.
• Lu Bu sensed the pair's hostile interest, left the inn, and headed for the city gates as they followed him after a brief delay.
• In Tian Ming Sect territory, Nie Yang and Chen Xian discussed Lu Bu's Heavenly Nether Asura Hand, and Chen Xian declined to travel with Nie Yang to the Northern Domain.
• Nie Yang departed for the Northern Domain to find Lu Bu, while Chen Xian left determined not to let the Profound Nether Sect lose the chance to obtain the Dou Skill.