Chapter Summaries

Lin Ran humiliated Gu Yao after the Black Mist Army leaders arrived to meet Xun Er, then left when Xun Er stopped Gu Qian from intervening. Elder Lin warned the Ancient Clan members that Lin Ran had defeated five Soul Hall Dou Zuns alone and was a potential ally worth winning over.

• Elder Lin told Xun Er that the Black Mist Army's Grand Commander Gu Zhen, Third Commander Yang Hao, Gu Yao, and Elder Gu Qian had arrived, and Xun Er reluctantly came out to meet them.
• Yang Hao challenged Lin Ran's conduct, and Gu Yao questioned his strength; Lin Ran seized Gu Yao and smashed him into a wall until he passed out.
• Lin Ran mocked Gu Qian when the elder threatened to attack, and Xun Er warned Gu Qian not to act against him before Lin Ran left.
• Elder Lin explained that Lin Ran had defeated five Soul Hall Dou Zuns while Yao Chen was still in seclusion, urging the Ancient Clan members to consider Lin Ran a potential ally.

Xun Er agreed to leave Jia Nan Academy and return to the Ancient Clan, while Gu Yao seethed over Lin Ran’s defeat of him. Afterward, Lin Ran learned of a Soul Hall Earth Fiend Hall in the Tianqing Mountain Range and set his sights on its Soul Origin.

• Xun Er emerged and agreed to leave, relieving Elder Lin and the other Ancient Clan members.
• Gu Yao admitted he wanted Lin Ran dead, but Gu Qian warned him that Lin Ran had killed Fourth Heavenly Venerable Blood River and urged him to cultivate instead.
• Xun Er departed Jia Nan Academy quietly, though her absence left many students heartbroken when they learned she had gone.
• Green Yi reported that a Soul Hall branch was located in the Tianqing Mountain Range, and Lin Ran identified it as his next target for its Soul Origin.
• Lin Ran praised Green Yi for uncovering the branch and promised to reward her.

Lin Ran infiltrated Tianya City, discovered the Luo Family’s collusion with the Soul Hall, and killed their Protector and Patriarch before attacking the Earth Fiend Hall. He seized its accumulated Soul Origin, but two Soul Hall Elders confronted him as the chapter ended.

• Lin Ran entered Tianya City alone and spotted a Soul Hall Protector escaping by using the city’s defensive barrier.
• Lin Ran overheard Luo Cheng promising the Soul Hall information about high-tier alchemists, then captured and killed the Protector while searching his memories.
• Lin Ran killed Luo Cheng and left to locate the Earth Fiend Hall, planning to take over Tianya City after dealing with the branch.
• Lin Ran slipped past the Earth Fiend Hall’s spatial defenses and discovered its Soul Origin, which had been filled with power extracted from imprisoned souls.
• Lin Ran burned away the Soul Origin’s restraining chains and stored it, prompting two Soul Hall Elders to attack and demand its return.

Lin Ran stormed Earth Fiend Hall to seize its Soul Origin, defeating a Soul Hall Elder who fused with a ferocious soul to reach eight-star Dou Zun strength. Back in the Black Corner Region, Lin Ran began refining the Soul Origin with Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame to purge its resentment and prepare to advance his soul realm.

• Two Soul Hall Elders attacked Lin Ran, but he repelled them and sealed the area so they could not summon reinforcements.
• Lin Ran used a Heaven-tier sonic Dou Technique to stun one Elder and struck him down with the Great Sun Sacred Sun Palm.
• The other Elder devoured the souls in Earth Fiend Hall and fused with a ferocious soul, temporarily raising his strength from four-star to eight-star Dou Zun.
• Lin Ran overwhelmed the fused Elder with the Great Sun Nirvana Palm, then killed him with the Great Sun Sacred Sun Palm.
• Lin Ran took the Soul Origin back to the Black Corner Region and used Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame to burn away its resentment and hidden influences.

Lin Ran absorbed the Soul Hall’s refined Soul Origin and reached the Heavenly Realm, spreading his soul perception across the Black Corner Region. As Mang Tianchi confronted him, Yao Chen intervened, but an inexplicable force suddenly whisked Lin Ran away.

• Lin Ran absorbed the Soul Origin, and his growing Soul Pressure forced Saint Rain Sect residents to evacuate Saint City and later relocate as the pressure spread.
• The sect’s disciples discovered that training under Lin Ran’s Soul Pressure strengthened their souls before the pressure faded as he neared the end of his seclusion.
• Lin Ran fully absorbed the remaining soul orb, formed a tangible soul, and attained the Heavenly Realm, sending vast fluctuations across the Black Corner Region.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Mang Tianchi discussed Lin Ran with Elder Qian Bai and Su Qian, then sensed Lin Ran’s soul probing the region and confronted him.
• Yao Chen arrived to protect Lin Ran and revealed his Half-Saint strength, but an overwhelming force abruptly pulled Lin Ran away before he could speak.

Gu Yuan summoned Lin Ran to the Ancient Realm, praised his cultivation, gave him protection and an identity, and asked him to continue nourishing Xun Er’s meridians. After completing a day of treatment, Lin Ran prepared to leave, but Xun Er quietly told him he did not need to be so restrained in her room.

• Lin Ran arrived on the peak and greeted Xun Er and Gu Yuan, the Ancient Clan patriarch.
• Gu Yuan assessed Lin Ran’s abilities, placed protective power in his body, and gave him a jade pendant to travel within the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuan asked Lin Ran to keep nourishing Xun Er’s meridians until her coming-of-age ceremony, then departed after asking about Xiao Yan.
• Lin Ran and Xun Er discussed his visit to Starfall Pavilion and the danger of his presence in the Ancient Realm before going to nourish her meridians.
• After Lin Ran completed the day’s treatment, Xun Er told him he did not need to be so restrained because her room had a special barrier.

Lin Ran received the Black Mist King’s jade pendant and was appointed a Commander-in-Chief of the Black Mist Army, gaining a powerful strike to protect himself. After Elder Gu Dao brought him to the army’s headquarters to meet its leaders, Lin Ran approached Gu Zhen and the man beside him.

• Lin Ran left Xun Er’s residence and examined the jade pendant bearing the words “Gu” and “King.”
• Gu Lie appeared, praised Lin Ran’s abilities, and appointed him one of the Black Mist Army’s five Commander-in-Chiefs.
• Gu Lie gave Lin Ran a jade slip containing one strike of his power and told him to get acquainted with the Black Mist Army.
• Lin Ran encountered Elder Gu Dao, who recognized his Pure Yang Physique and warned him not to wander through the Ancient Realm’s forbidden areas.
• Elder Gu Dao transported Lin Ran to the Black Mist Army’s headquarters, where Gu Zhen and a green-clad man spotted him.
• Gu Zhen questioned why Lin Ran had come and how he had obtained the Black Mist King’s token, while Lin Ran approached their pavilion to greet him.

Lin Ran presented Gu Qingyang with Gu Lie’s jade pendant and was formally appointed the Black Mist Army’s Fifth Commander by the Black Mist King. Gu Yao struggled with his resentment over Lin Ran’s earlier defeat of him, but Elder Gu Yang offered to help him grow stronger.

• Lin Ran met Gu Zhen and Gu Qingyang at Black Mist Army headquarters, where he learned Gu Zhen had advanced to Six-Star Dou Zun.
• Lin Ran showed Gu Qingyang the jade pendant and explained that Gu Lie had appointed him Fifth Commander; Gu Qingyang accepted the appointment.
• Gu Lie announced across the Black Mist Army that Lin Ran would temporarily serve as Fifth Commander and sent him the black command token.
• Gu Yao reacted bitterly to Lin Ran’s appointment, while two other commanders joked about his humiliation.
• Elder Gu Yang confronted Gu Yao about refusing to accept defeat, then invited him to visit the Ancestral Hall in three days.

Lin Ran returned from the Ancient Realm to find Starfall Pavilion thriving under Yao Chen’s leadership. He announced that he would take Yao Chen and Feng Xian to the Pill Tower, leaving both men surprised.

• Lin Ran received the black jade pendant and authority of the Black Mist Army’s Fifth Commander, then obtained Central Continent outpost information and struck down an arrogant Deputy Commander.
• Lin Ran traveled from Ancient Saint City toward Starfall Pavilion, impressing Second Commander Lin Xiu by tearing through space and reaching a Space Wormhole ahead of him.
• After several transfers over about five days, Lin Ran reached Starfall Pavilion’s territory and observed the faction’s expanded strength and growing influence under Yao Chen.
• Lin Ran reunited with Yao Chen, learned Mang Tianchi had gone his own way, and praised Starfall Pavilion’s development.
• Lin Ran reminded Yao Chen of a promised surprise, invited Feng Xian along as well, and revealed that they would travel to the Pill Tower.

Lin Ran brought Yao Chen to Sacred Pill City to honor his promise to Xuan Yi and sought the Pill Tower’s help against the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts. After Xuan Yi agreed to join the Sacred Sect and the others agreed to help, Lin Ran warned that the Soul Hall might intervene, leaving an alliance against it as a possibility for the future.

• Lin Ran and Yao Chen arrived at Sacred Pill City and met Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi in the Pill Tower.
• Lin Ran gave the three giants Golden Tokens inviting them to join the Sacred Sect; Xuan Yi accepted as a guest elder, while Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi declined because of their duties.
• Lin Ran showed the group a scroll and asked for help defeating the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts, and Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi agreed to assist.
• Lin Ran explained that the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts had informed the Soul Hall about his whereabouts, so he feared Soul Hall experts might ambush them.
• Yao Chen and the Pill Tower giants discussed forming an alliance against the Soul Hall, but Lin Ran said their immediate priority was preparing to deal with Heavenly Scorpion and Earth Scorpion.

Lin Ran was seized by Qi Shen and taken to the Ancient Void Dragon clan’s island, where Zhu Li determined that Lin Ran’s Pure Yang Dragon Body came from the clan’s orthodox Dragon Emperor bloodline. Lin Ran admitted he was protecting a living royal Ancient Void Dragon and, after learning the clan had Dou Saint experts, began to reveal that Soul Hall threatened her.

• Qi Shen recognized the dense Ancient Void Dragon aura in Lin Ran’s body and forcibly took him through a spatial passage to Dragon Island.
• Qi Shen explained that Lin Ran’s Heavenly Spirit Dragon Blood Pill had healed his hidden injuries and helped him break through to Half-Saint.
• Zhu Li concluded that only the Ancient Void Dragon clan’s orthodox Dragon Emperor bloodline could have transformed Lin Ran’s Pure Yang Physique into its half-dragon form.
• Lin Ran refused to reveal the source of his bloodline until Zhu Li and Qi Shen realized he was protecting a living royal Ancient Void Dragon.
• After Lin Ran questioned whether the clan could protect her, Qi Shen said it had Dou Saint experts, and Lin Ran began to name Soul Hall as the threat.

Lin Ran negotiated with the Ancient Void Dragon elders for their help against Soul Hall, promising to return their young king within seven days. Back with Yao Chen and the Pill Tower giants, he used a bloodline-tracking technique and found Heavenly Scorpion despite the technique’s heavy cost.

• Lin Ran persuaded Qing Mu, the Ancient Void Dragon Second Elder, to help confront Soul Hall and received a drop of dragon essence blood as a safeguard.
• Qing Mu sent Lin Ran back through a spatial passage, where he reunited with Yao Chen and the three Pill Tower giants and said their preparations were complete.
• Xuan Yi proposed a bloodline-tracking Dou Technique that could locate Heavenly Scorpion through the origin power he had taken from Lin Ran.
• Lin Ran repeatedly used his blood and Pure Yang Dou Qi to form a tracking blood sphere, nearly collapsing as it consumed his strength.
• Lin Ran announced that he had found Heavenly Scorpion.

Lin Ran and the Pill Tower giants found Heavenly Scorpion and Earth Scorpion hiding in the Corpse-Burying Mountains and attacked them. When Gu You intervened to help the Scorpion demons, Lin Ran faced Earth Scorpion alone and overwhelmed him with his restored strength and dragon-enhanced sound wave.

• Lin Ran led Yao Chen and the three Pill Tower giants through the spatial barrier into the Scorpion demons’ hideout.
• Yao Lao attacked Heavenly Scorpion while the three Pill Tower giants pressured Earth Scorpion, who called on Soul Hall for help.
• Gu You emerged and engaged the three Pill Tower giants, leaving Lin Ran to fight Earth Scorpion.
• Lin Ran’s Pure Yang Dragon Body raised his cultivation, and his dragon-enhanced Joyful Zen Enchanting Sound Wave defeated Earth Scorpion’s sound attack.
• Lin Ran struck the dazed Earth Scorpion in the chest with the Great Sun Nirvana Palm.

Lin Ran killed Earth Scorpion with the Great Sun Nirvana Palm, but a Soul Hall Dou Sheng called the Great Heavenly Venerable appeared and overwhelmed him with a bone blade. Just as the blade was about to strike again, a giant purple-scaled claw emerged from a spatial rift and shattered it.

• Lin Ran obliterated Earth Scorpion with one Great Sun Nirvana Palm, leaving no trace of him behind.
• Heavenly Scorpion and Gu You tried to withdraw, but Yao Chen and the Three Giants of the Pill Tower resumed their attacks while Lin Ran struck at Gu You.
• A black arm from a spatial rift intercepted Lin Ran's palm, and the Great Heavenly Venerable appeared as a Two-Star Dou Sheng.
• The Great Heavenly Venerable trapped Lin Ran with bone spikes and attacked with a bone blade while Heavenly Scorpion, Gu You, and the Soul Hall forces held back Yao Chen and the Three Giants of the Pill Tower.
• The Great Heavenly Venerable's bone blade wounded Lin Ran and then descended on him, but a purple-scaled claw burst from a spatial rift and shattered the blade.

Qing Mu arrived as an Ancient Void Dragon and fought Great Heavenly Venerable while Lin Ran, Yao Chen, and the Pill Tower's three great heads defeated Gu You and Heavenly Scorpion. Lin Ran combined their soul power to expose Great Heavenly Venerable to Qing Mu's Dragon Breath, and the chapter ended with Lin Ran dazed after the enemy's annihilation.

• Qing Mu emerged from a spatial rift, revealed himself as an Ancient Void Dragon, and clashed with Great Heavenly Venerable and the Bone Emperor Saber.
• Lin Ran killed Gu You with the Great Sun Nirvana Palm and Joyful Zen Asura Hand, while Yao Chen and Lin Ran joined forces to kill Heavenly Scorpion.
• Lin Ran stored Heavenly Scorpion's body and proposed that he, Yao Chen, and the Pill Tower's three great heads combine their soul power to aid Qing Mu.
• Lin Ran used the Joyful Zen Enchanting Sound Wave to blast Great Heavenly Venerable out of the Bone Emperor Saber.
• Qing Mu annihilated Great Heavenly Venerable with Dragon Breath, and Lin Ran remained dazed when Qing Mu returned to human form.

After defeating the Great Heavenly Venerable and Gu You, Lin Ran discovered that the battle had briefly raised his soul to Heaven Realm Great Perfection. He destroyed the Soul Hall’s Human Hall, freed its captive souls, and seized its Soul Origin before departing with Qing Mu, while a mysterious figure arrived and suspected the Ancient Clan.

• Qing Mu explained that Lin Ran had temporarily reached Heaven Realm Great Perfection when their combined soul power entered him.
• Lin Ran persuaded Qing Mu and the others to raid a nearby Soul Hall branch hall, then entered its sealed space with Yao Chen and Xuan Yi.
• Yao Chen and Xuan Yi killed the hall’s defenders while Lin Ran destroyed the main hall and freed the tens of thousands of chained souls.
• Lin Ran unearthed the branch hall’s Soul Origin, and Yao Chen explained that Lin Ran’s Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame could remove its impurities.
• Lin Ran agreed to fulfill his promise to Qing Mu and left with him, Yao Chen, and Xuan Yi.
• A black figure arrived at the ruins, sensed the Emperor Seal Art, and suspected the Ancient Clan was responsible.

After Lin Ran returned to the Northwest Continent with Qing Mu, Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan defeated the forces that tried to seize the Poison Sect, leaving Xiao Yi Xian poised to take control of the Chuyun Empire. Before they could return through the newly built Space Wormhole, a colossal dragon appeared and recognized Zi Yan as the bearer of the Ancient Void Dragons’ royal bloodline.

• Lin Ran brought Qing Mu back to the Northwest Continent, while he saved the Soul Origin for later rather than risking an incomplete breakthrough.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan finished building a Space Wormhole linking the Poison Sect to the Saint Rain Sect, but Xie Bi Yan and allied Chuyun experts arrived to attack them.
• Zi Yan summoned the Human Scorpion Corpse Soul Puppet, and Xiao Yi Xian ordered it to crush the assembled enemies with spatial power.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted that she would have to take control of the Chuyun Empire, and Zi Yan offered to find management help through Sister Green Yi.
• A colossal dragon tore through space and immobilized Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Human Scorpion; it sensed Zi Yan’s royal Ancient Void Dragon bloodline and recognized her as its king.

Lin Ran reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, whose royal Ancient Void Dragon bloodline led Qing Mu to ask her to return to her clan. He later toured the Saint Rain Sect’s expanding domains and learned that the Pill Tower’s reforms had removed the Ye Family’s hereditary elder seat, leaving Ye Xinlan’s future in question.

• Qing Mu recognized Zi Yan’s royal Ancient Void Dragon bloodline and urged her to return to the clan, while Lin Ran reassured her and she kissed him before leaving with Qing Mu.
• Lin Ran encouraged Xiao Yi Xian to take charge of the Poison Sect and Chuyun Empire, then arranged for Green Yi to help integrate the empire into the Saint Rain Sect’s sphere of influence.
• Lin Ran visited the Snake People and Yunlan Empires and toured the Sacred Domain, where Yun Yun had established a treasury secured by Saint Jade Token authorizations.
• Su Qian asked Lin Ran to accept graduating Jia Nan Academy students into the Saint Rain Sect and explained that the Pill Tower had abolished hereditary elder seats, removing the Ye Family from its council.

Lin Ran rejected Ye Xinlan as his disciple and learned that ancient ruins containing rare treasures had appeared in the Beast Region. He traveled there with Mu Qingluan to claim the ruins’ treasures, confident that his ties to powerful magical beast clans would help him.

• Su Qian asked Lin Ran to teach Ye Xinlan, and Lin Ran agreed to assess her before deciding whether to take her as a disciple.
• Lin Ran tested Ye Xinlan’s fighting and alchemy skills, then directed her to seek instruction from Xue Mei instead of accepting her as his disciple.
• Green Yi told Lin Ran that ancient ruins containing traces of a Soul Infant Fruit had appeared in the Beast Region, so he left for Starfall Pavilion.
• Feng Xian explained that the ruins belonged to a peak Dou Sheng expert and had already attracted humans and magical beast clans; Lin Ran vowed to handle the expedition.
• Lin Ran set out for the Beast Region with Mu Qingluan, planning to rely on his ties to the Heaven Demon Phoenix and Ancient Void Dragon clans.

Lin Ran and Mu Qingluan reached the Bone Mountain Range, where the Wind Thunder Pavilion and Heavenly Nether Sect had taken Starfall Pavilion’s intended campsite. Lin Ran defeated their five Dou Zuns, killed Venerable Lei and the four Heavenly Nether Sect experts, then ordered Mu Qingluan to bring Starfall Pavilion’s disciples to set up camp.

• Lin Ran reassured Mu Qingluan that the ancient ruins had not yet opened as they traveled to the Bone Mountain Range.
• Elder Hu told Lin Ran and Mu Qingluan that Venerable Lei and four Heavenly Nether Sect Dou Zuns had forced Starfall Pavilion from its chosen campsite.
• Lin Ran destroyed the Wind Thunder Pavilion banner and defeated all five Dou Zuns with his Great Sun Sacred Sun Palm.
• Lin Ran killed Venerable Lei and shattered the souls of the four Heavenly Nether Sect experts before consuming their bodies with Holy Flame.
• Lin Ran told Mu Qingluan to bring Starfall Pavilion’s disciples to set up camp.