Chapter Summaries

Old Mu Gu learned that Han Feng had helped Yao Chen escape by bribing two Soul Hall Protectors, then ordered Protector Wu to keep watching her until she found Yao Chen. In the Black Corner Region, Han Feng told Xiao Yan she would stay with him and Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yan walked into the bathroom to find Feng Qing'er bathing.

• Old Mu Gu revealed that Han Feng had secretly paid two Soul Hall Protectors with Yin Yang Dragon Profound Pills to ignore Yao Chen's escape, and explained how she had kept them from turning against her.
• Old Mu Gu sent Protector Wu to keep watch on Han Feng rather than capture her, ordering him to use a token when she found Yao Chen; he then had the two traitorous Protectors' souls taken away.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that Han Feng had given her the three million gold coins, and Han Feng said the money was pocket change and that she would stay at their home to avoid trouble.
• Xiao Yan postponed answering Han Feng until he could discuss it with Xiao Yi Xian, then went upstairs and entered the bathroom, where he found Feng Qing'er bathing.

After another accidental encounter leaves Feng Qing'er humiliated, Xiao Yi Xian makes Xiao Yan eat Feng Qing'er's awful cooking as punishment. Feng Qing'er interprets his willingness to eat it as kindness, and Xiao Yi Xian realizes she has inadvertently helped bring them closer.

• Xiao Yan accidentally sees Feng Qing'er naked after she leaves the bathroom, and their struggle ends with him sprawled over her as Xiao Yi Xian arrives.
• Xiao Yi Xian pulls Xiao Yan away and tells Feng Qing'er to get dressed, then decides he must eat the dish Feng Qing'er worked hard to make.
• Xiao Yan eats Feng Qing'er's inedible-looking dish without rice, while Feng Qing'er thanks him and grows more warmly disposed toward him.
• After the meal, Xiao Yi Xian notices Feng Qing'er's softened gaze toward Xiao Yan and realizes she has acted as their wingman.

Xiao Yan let Han Feng stay in his home but refused her ten million gold coins, strengthening her hope that he was someone she could trust. The next morning, Han Feng reflected on her past and the danger closing in as she watched Xiao Yan with the children and silently prayed he was the person she sought.

• Xiao Yan agreed to let Han Feng stay, though he questioned her motives and could not determine why she had chosen his home.
• Han Feng offered Xiao Yan ten million gold coins, but Xiao Yan refused them because the payment was excessive and he did not believe he should accept it.
• Xiao Yi Xian heard Xiao Yan reject the money and affirmed to Han Feng that his integrity was genuine.
• Han Feng said she hoped Xiao Yan was someone who could be entrusted with things, leaving Xiao Yi Xian confused.
• Han Feng woke from a dream of the past, feared the Soul Hall and a Venerable Elder might soon come for her, and watched Xiao Yan play with the children as she prayed he was the person she sought.

Xiao Yan and his companions opened a restaurant in Black-Seal City, where the busy first day brought in substantial revenue but exhausted the children. As the group closed for the night, Feng Qing'er asked Xiao Yan to teach her to cook so she could leave her disliked serving duties.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian opened the restaurant, with Xiao Yi Xian attracting customers and Feng Qing'er leading the children as runners.
• Wen Xing and Lu Qiong grew exhausted in the kitchen, so Xiao Yan sent them to rest and took over cooking.
• Yun Ying arrived and helped Xiao Yi Xian handle the accounts while the restaurant was overwhelmed with customers.
• A woman who left without paying was suddenly killed in the street, and another passerby soon met the same fate.
• After closing, Xiao Yan learned the restaurant had earned three hundred thousand gold coins in revenue, though seven customers had skipped their bills.
• Feng Qing'er told Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to teach her to cook so she could work in the kitchen instead of serving tables.

A thug named Wu Hao demanded protection money from Xiao Yan's restaurant, and Feng Qing'er beat him after he attacked. Feng Qing'er spared him when she noticed the children watching, but Xiao Yan quietly carried the unconscious man away as Han Feng spotted black qi coiling around him.

• Xiao Yi Xian recognized that Wu Hao had come to demand protection money and refused to pay him.
• Wu Hao attacked Xiao Yan, and Feng Qing'er struck him with lightning and beat him outside the restaurant.
• Feng Qing'er prepared to kill Wu Hao but stopped when she realized the children were watching, then returned to their praise.
• Xiao Yan carried the unconscious Wu Hao away while Han Feng watched and noticed black qi around him.

Xiao Yan killed a notorious criminal, prompting Han Feng to worry about the black qi that emerged with his hatred, while Xiao Yi Xian encouraged him to decide for himself what kind of person he wanted to become. After weeks of running the tavern, Han Feng summoned Xiao Yan to her room and began to tell him a story about the reason she had stayed.

• Xiao Yan killed the fat man after learning about his many crimes, and Han Feng witnessed the frightening black qi surrounding him.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that he should choose his own path rather than change himself to please others.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian ran the tavern with the children for nearly three weeks as Feng Qing'er learned to cook and Xiao Yi Xian broke through to the Dou Ling realm.
• Han Feng determined that Xiao Yan's black qi appeared when he felt extreme hatred, but she stayed because she trusted his character and believed he suited her needs.
• Han Feng called Xiao Yan to her room and began telling him a story before explaining what she wanted to discuss.

Xiao Yan learned that Han Feng had betrayed Yao Chen and confronted her in a fit of rage, but she left without explaining her motives. Later, Yao Chen confirmed Han Feng’s story and thanked Xiao Yan for defending her, while both remained puzzled about Han Feng’s request and why she had revealed the past.

• Wen Xing and Feng Qing'er argued downstairs until a crash from Han Feng’s room sent Xiao Yi Xian and Feng Qing'er rushing upstairs.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Feng Qing'er found Xiao Yan pinning Han Feng down, and Xiao Yan demanded to know why she had betrayed Yao Chen.
• Han Feng stayed calm, stopped Xiao Yan from striking her, and told him to meet her in Medicine City once he decided what he wanted in exchange for helping her.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Feng Qing'er cleaned the room and settled the frightened children while Xiao Yan later went to the roof to calm himself.
• Yao Chen confirmed Han Feng’s account, admitted her fear of trusting another teacher, and thanked Xiao Yan for standing up for her.
• Xiao Yan asked why Han Feng had revealed her past and what she wanted him to do, but Yao Chen could not make sense of Han Feng’s motives.

Xiao Yan considered why Han Feng had betrayed Yao Chen and realized that Han Feng had urged her to return to Starfall Pavilion before the betrayal, deepening the mystery. As the Black-Seal City Auction approached, Feng Qing'er bought a list to secure a chance to reclaim Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and Xiao Yan agreed to attend while Wen Xing watched the restaurant.

• Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen why Han Feng had betrayed her, and they recalled that Han Feng had repeatedly urged her to return to Starfall Pavilion beforehand.
• Xiao Yi Xian learned that her calligraphy had helped Feng Qing'er become more comfortable around Xiao Yan and regretted encouraging their closeness.
• Feng Qing'er bought the auction list for five hundred thousand gold coins and found that Three Thousand Lightning Movement would be sold at the Black-Seal City Auction.
• Feng Qing'er invited Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to the auction, and Xiao Yan agreed after Wen Xing offered to run the restaurant.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian reviewed the restaurant’s modest profits, while Lu Qiong confronted Xiao Yan about her sister Lu Yao’s death and thanked him for caring for her and Lu Jing. As Feng Qing'er prepared to leave the next day, she promised the children she might visit again; elsewhere, Han Feng anxiously hoped Xiao Yan would willingly accept the request she planned to entrust to him.

• Xiao Yi Xian calculated that the restaurant barely covered its expenses, and Xiao Yan planned to reduce costs by making long-term supplier agreements.
• Lu Qiong asked Xiao Yan whether Lu Yao was dead, and Xiao Yan admitted he had hidden the truth before promising to take her to Lu Yao’s grave after the auction.
• Feng Qing'er served an edible dinner, and she and Wen Xing bickered over whether her cooking had truly improved.
• The children asked Feng Qing'er to visit again, and she said she would come by if she had free time.
• Han Feng worried that the Soul Hall might find her and hoped Xiao Yan would come to her voluntarily and accept her undisclosed request.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Feng Qing'er headed to the Black-Seal City Auction, where they reunited with Qing Lin and learned she had advanced to Dou Ling. The chapter left them entering the auction together after Xiao Yan promised Qing Lin they would meet at his inn afterward.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian worried over the children managing the inn, but Feng Qing'er urged them to let the children work independently for the day.
• Yao Chen noticed an acquaintance at the crowded auction entrance, and Qing Lin ran to greet Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Lv Man introduced Elder Qing and explained that Qing Lin had come to the auction with Heavenly Snake Manor's protection.
• Xiao Yan was astonished to learn Qing Lin had reached Dou Ling in less than three months, and Lv Man invited him and Xiao Yi Xian to join Heavenly Snake Manor's VIP section.
• Feng Qing'er declined the invitation, and Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian chose to stay with her after teasing her about feeling lonely.
• Xiao Yan arranged to meet Qing Lin at his inn after the auction, then he, Xiao Yi Xian, and Feng Qing'er entered the auction house.

At Black-Seal City’s annual auction, Feng Qing'er spent twenty million Gold Coins to win Three Thousand Lightning Movement while the other factions watched. As the Yin Yang Dragon Profound Pill came up for bidding, Yao Chen recognized Wind Venerable’s name, then concealed her aura when Han Feng appeared in a nearby VIP room.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen examined the auction’s item list and wondered why Black Emperor Sect and Demonic Flame Valley had joined Heavenly Snake Manor at the auction.
• Lv Man also studied the list and grew uneasy that the two powerful local factions had appeared, suspecting they knew about unlisted items.
• Feng Qing'er bid twenty million Gold Coins for Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and no one challenged her offer.
• The auctioneer presented the Yin Yang Dragon Profound Pill and linked it to Wind Venerable’s rise from Dou Zong to Dou Zun.
• Yao Chen recognized Wind Venerable’s name, stopped speaking, and hid her aura when Xiao Yan saw Han Feng at an empty VIP room’s window.

At the Black-Seal City auction, Yuan Yi revealed the Black Prison Dark Soul Lock, a cultivation technique that could match and coexist with any technique its user already practiced. Its appearance convinced the major factions that the Black Corner Region was about to erupt into chaos, and several characters prepared to flee with their allies.

• Lv Man won the Yin Yang Dragon Profound Pill for Heavenly Snake Manor at thirteen million and planned to take Qing Lin away safely.
• Yuan Yi brought out a black scroll as the auction's secret final item, and its ominous aura shocked the crowd.
• Lv Man agreed to take Xiao Yan and his companions with them when Qing Lin pleaded not to leave them behind.
• Han Feng and Yao Chen recognized that the scroll's value could draw powerful forces from beyond the Black Corner Region.
• Yuan Yi identified the scroll as the Black Prison Dark Soul Lock and explained that it could match and coexist with its user's existing cultivation technique.
• Yuan Yi began bidding at one gold coin, while clear-headed spectators left the auction house to escape the coming turmoil.

As factions bid fiercely for the Black Prison Dark Soul Lock, Han Feng abducted Xiao Yan and demanded that he help revive the woman she once betrayed. Xiao Yan insisted on learning why she betrayed her, and Han Feng claimed the woman deserved to die before accepting his hatred.

• Demonic Flame Valley, Black Emperor Sect, and other factions drove the Black Prison Dark Soul Lock's price to forty million while Heavenly Snake Manor and Feng Qing'er declined to bid.
• Han Feng forcibly took Xiao Yan from his VIP room and immobilized Xiao Yi Xian and Feng Qing'er when they tried to stop her.
• Han Feng isolated Xiao Yan in an empty room and demanded that he help revive the woman she had betrayed.
• Xiao Yan asked why Han Feng had betrayed the woman, and Han Feng answered that she deserved to die.
• Xiao Yan refused to help unless Han Feng explained, and Han Feng told him to hate her as she raised her scarred hand.

Han Feng gave Xiao Yan the Sea Heart Flame, her possessions, and the means to revive Yao Chen, then warned him to leave the Black Corner Region. After the Black Emperor Sect won the Black Prison Dark Soul Lock cultivation technique, Xiao Yan and his companions fled before the factions could fight over it.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Feng Qing'er found Xiao Yan unconscious, and Han Feng returned him unharmed with a letter and Storage Ring before warning them to leave the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Yan discovered that Han Feng had planted the Sea Heart Flame in his soul and read her instructions to cultivate Fen Jue and revive the woman whose corpse she had preserved.
• Xiao Yan took out the corpse, and Yao Chen recognized it as her own; she realized Han Feng had entrusted Xiao Yan with the task because she trusted his character.
• After the Black Emperor Sect bought the Black Prison Dark Soul Lock cultivation technique for two hundred and fifty million, Yao Chen urged Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Feng Qing'er to leave immediately.
• Xiao Yan and his companions left to retrieve Feng Qing'er's Three Thousand Lightning Movement, while Mo Tianxing prepared the Black Emperor Sect for a fight over the technique and Yuan Yi ordered the auction house closed.

Old Mu Gu set out for the Black Corner Region after hearing about a valuable cultivation technique, while Xiao Yan hurried to protect the children at the inn as fighting broke out over the Black Emperor Sect’s auction purchase. Xiao Yan’s group reached the children safely, but Mo Tianxing deflected Old Ghost Demonic Earth’s attack toward them, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Old Mu Gu left the Soul Hall branch for the Black Corner Region, intent on obtaining the cultivation technique and dealing with Han Feng.
• After Feng Qing'er bought Three Thousand Lightning Movement, Lv Man agreed to accompany Xiao Yan as he rushed to the inn to protect the children.
• Mo Tianxing and the Black Emperor Sect were intercepted by Old Ghost Demonic Earth and other factions, and Mo Tianxing ordered his people to break through.
• Wen Xing and Lu Qiong prepared a meal for the children, and Lu Qiong decided to take Lu Jing to visit Lu Yao’s grave without telling her that Lu Yao had died.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Feng Qing'er reached the inn and saw the children safe, but Mo Tianxing deflected Old Ghost Demonic Earth’s icy attack toward them.

After children Xiao Yan had cared for were killed in the battle above Black-Seal City, he resolved to kill Mo Tianxing and Old Ghost Demonic Earth, even as the Black Qi began to affect him and Yao Chen. The chapter left Xiao Yan preparing to attack while a separate conversation in the Jia Ma Empire revealed that Zi Yun was nearing a breakthrough to Dou Zong.

• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Feng Qing'er grieved over the children’s frozen bodies, and Xiao Yan told Lv Man to take Qing Lin and leave.
• Xiao Yan carefully placed the children’s remains in his Storage Ring, then asked Xiao Yi Xian for the Black Xuan Heavy Ruler; Xiao Yi Xian and Feng Qing'er chose to stay with him.
• Xiao Yan rejected Yao Chen’s attempt to calm him, demanded that she lend him power, and crushed the purple crystal Zi Yun had given him before fixing his gaze on Mo Tianxing and Old Ghost Demonic Earth.
• At the Misty Cloud Sect, Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, Yun Shan, and Yun Yun discussed their work and learned that Zi Yun had entered seclusion to break through to Dou Zong.
• A sudden roar interrupted their conversation.

Zi Yun broke through to Dou Zong, then sensed Xiao Yan was in danger and rushed to the Black Corner Region with Yun Shan and Hai Bodong following. At Black-Seal City, Xiao Yan attacked both Mo Tianxing and Old Ghost Demonic Earth, leaving the battle’s factions stunned by his strength and unclear allegiance.

• Zi Yun appeared after breaking through to Dou Zong and sensed that Xiao Yan was in trouble near the Black Corner Region.
• Yun Shan and Hai Bodong set off after Zi Yun, while Yun Yun stayed behind, worried for Xiao Yan and their unborn child.
• After losing Sea Heart Flame and much of her strength, Han Feng sensed that Mo Tianxing and Old Ghost Demonic Earth were fighting near Xiao Yan’s inn and hurried there.
• Han Feng found several factions battling in the city and spotted Xiao Yan attacking Mo Tianxing from behind with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.
• Old Ghost Demonic Earth proposed that Xiao Yan join forces with him against Mo Tianxing, but Xiao Yan attacked Old Ghost Demonic Earth instead.

Xiao Yan fought Old Ghost Demonic Earth and Mo Tianxing after deciding to avenge the dead children, while Han Feng’s soul pain kept her from intervening. As the battlefield remained divided, Yun Ying read the Black Prison Dark Soul Lock scroll and secretly sent its mantra into Xiao Yan.

• Han Feng tried to fly toward Xiao Yan, but the pain from stripping the Heavenly Flames from her soul made her fall and left her unable to help.
• Xiao Yan repeatedly attacked Old Ghost Demonic Earth with his Black Xuan Heavy Ruler, Eight Extremes Collapse, and Purple Lotus Core Flame, enraging the Dou Zong.
• Mo Tianxing ordered Mo Ya to leave, but Yin Gu, Su Mei, Tie Wu, and Fan Lao surrounded them and blocked their escape.
• Yun Ying watched Xiao Yan fight and revealed that she had stolen the Black Prison Dark Soul Lock scroll from Mo Tianxing.
• A Heavenly Yin Sect Dou Huang attacked Yun Ying to seize the scroll, but he vanished before his fist reached her.
• Yun Ying decoded the scroll’s mantra and secretly sent it into Xiao Yan’s body while he battled Old Ghost Demonic Earth.

Xiao Yan, Feng Qing'er, and Xiao Yi Xian combined their attacks to defeat and kill Old Ghost Demonic Earth. The Demonic Flame Valley Valley Master died without understanding why they had pursued him so relentlessly.

• Xiao Yan used Black Qi to distract Old Ghost Demonic Earth, then struck him with Eight Extremes Collapse and the Black Xuan Heavy Ruler.
• Feng Qing'er revealed her Heaven Demon Phoenix bloodline and used Demonic Phoenix Sacred Image to wound Old Ghost Demonic Earth, exposing her identity to the watching fighters.
• Xiao Yan launched Flame Splitting Wave Ruler as Xiao Yi Xian revealed that her poison had silently decayed Old Ghost Demonic Earth's internal organs.
• Xiao Yi Xian triggered the poison inside Old Ghost Demonic Earth, leaving him vulnerable to Xiao Yan's ruler strike.
• Xiao Yan cut Old Ghost Demonic Earth in half, and the Demonic Flame Valley Valley Master died on the battlefield.

After Xiao Yan killed Old Ghost Demonic Earth, Mo Tianxing persuaded the gathered factions to turn against Demonic Flame Valley and Xiao Yan’s group. Just as the alliance prepared to attack, a Soul Hall Dou Zong named Protector Wu appeared, whom Yao Chen recognized as one of the people who had once besieged her.

• Xiao Yan killed Old Ghost Demonic Earth and caught Feng Qing'er as she collapsed from the backlash of her secret technique.
• Mo Tianxing offered Su Mei and the other faction leaders all of Demonic Flame Valley’s spoils, including Feng Qing'er, in exchange for their help eliminating Demonic Flame Valley.
• Su Mei and the others surrounded Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Feng Qing'er, while Mo Ya asked Mo Tianxing to hand Xiao Yi Xian over to him.
• Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yi Xian could not carry the weakened Feng Qing'er away, and Mo Tianxing ordered the alliance to attack.
• A chain from the void pierced a Black Emperor Sect Dou Huang, and a black-robed Dou Zong emerged as Yao Chen identified him as Protector Wu of the Soul Hall, one of her former attackers.