Chapter Summaries

A blood-colored formation trapped Jia Ma Holy City and unleashed Vengeful Souls that multiplied with every death, while Yao Ye and Gu He struggled to protect the citizens. Yan Luotian revealed that Yun Xiao was the formation core and tried to force Yun Yun to kill her daughter, but Nalan Yanran charged at him in fury.

• Yao Ye defied Jia Xingtian’s orders, rescued civilians, and used Xiao Jing’s teachings to destroy Vengeful Souls with a Dou Qi-covered spear.
• Yao Ye exhausted her Dou Qi protecting a little girl, but Gu He and Yao Yue arrived and saved her.
• Gu He explained that the citizens could not escape the formation and began searching for its core.
• Yan Luotian announced that killing Yun Xiao would break the formation and claimed Yun Yun was the only one who could kill her.
• Jia Xingtian condemned Yan Luotian for shifting blame onto Yun Yun, while Yan Luotian taunted her with the citizens’ likely hatred.
• Nalan Yanran charged toward Yan Luotian, vowing to kill him.

Nalan Yanran and the others fought to stop Yan Luotian’s group while Yun Shan’s disciples formed the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation. Yun Yun recovered her resolve to save Yun Xiao, and Xiao Yan woke trapped behind a blood-colored barrier, unable to break through it.

• Nalan Yanran attacked Yan Luotian, then fought Xie Biyan and Xie Shan until Hai Bodong and Zi Yun intervened.
• Yun Shan ordered the Misty Cloud Sect disciples to form the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation while Jia Xingtian and others held off the Gold and Silver Brothers.
• Xiao Jing sent Nalan Jie to command the army and joined Xiao Li, Xiao Zhan, Zijing, and Zi Yan in clearing the Vengeful Souls so the formation could be completed.
• Xiao Jing roused Yun Yun, who resolved to end the battle and find a way to save Yun Xiao.
• Xiao Yan woke beside Yao Chen and Queen Medusa, learned what had happened, and repeatedly struck the blood-colored barrier until Yao Chen stopped him.

Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Xiao might have been made the core of the invaders’ formation, while Yao Ye organized Jia Ma Holy City’s defense against vengeful souls. At the Misty Cloud Sect, Xiao Jing saved Yun Shan from Yan Luotian just as Yun Shan activated the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation.

• Yao Chen explained that Xiao Xiao might be the formation core, and Xiao Yan chose to wait for the barrier to disappear while healing his injuries.
• Ya Fei, Yao Ye, Gu He, and Nalan Jie organized the army, alchemists, and Mittel Family shadow guards to protect Jia Ma Holy City’s residents from vengeful souls.
• Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong struggled against Elder Jin and Elder Yin, while Zi Yun, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran fought Xie Biyan and Xie Shan.
• Yan Luotian nearly killed Yun Shan, but Xiao Jing used Heaven-Shattering Blade to force him back and fell from the sky as Xiao Li caught her.
• Yun Shan activated the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation as mist spread across the Misty Cloud Sect.

Yun Shan used the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation to cripple Yan Luotian and kill Elder Jin, but Xie Biyan and the other peak Dou Zongs counterattacked. As Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran faced mortal danger, Xiao Yan rushed toward the Misty Cloud Sect after the barrier fell, and Queen Medusa followed while Yun Leng headed for Chisha City.

• Yun Shan struck Yan Luotian with the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation, then killed Elder Jin with another attack from the formation.
• Xie Biyan ordered Elder Yin to target the disciples maintaining the formation, while Jia Xingtian and Zi Yun fought to protect Yun Shan and Hai Bodong tried to delay Elder Yin.
• Xie Shan and Nalan Yanran exchanged devastating attacks, leaving both badly wounded, and Xie Shan charged at the helpless Nalan Yanran.
• Yun Yun stepped between Xie Shan and Nalan Yanran, apologized to her student, and prepared to take the attack as Nalan Yanran cried out.
• The blood-red barrier disappeared, and Xiao Yan immediately raced toward the Misty Cloud Sect; Queen Medusa followed, while Yun Leng flew toward Chisha City to atone for his actions.

Yun Leng warned Yue Mei that the Misty Cloud Sect and Jia Ma Holy City were under attack, and Yue Mei sent the Snake-people leaders to investigate and help. At the Misty Cloud Sect, Zi Yan incapacitated Xie Shan to save Yun Yun, while Lv Man arrived just in time to shield Yun Shan from Xie Biyan.

• Yun Leng told Yue Mei that Queen Medusa and Xiao Yan had gone to face an attack on the Misty Cloud Sect and Jia Ma Holy City, but Yue Mei initially distrusted him because of his past crimes.
• After Yun Leng knelt and begged her to believe him, Yue Mei ordered most of the leaders to go to Jia Ma Holy City while Nan She and Hua She Wang stayed to guard Chisha City.
• Zi Yan activated the sixth stage of Eight Extremes Collapse and struck Xie Shan down when he was about to kill Yun Yun, then collapsed from the strain.
• Xie Biyan trapped Zi Yun and Jia Xingtian in Solidified Poison Dou Qi and charged at the recovering Yun Shan, while Elder Yin pierced Hai Bodong through the abdomen.
• Lv Man appeared before Yun Shan and blocked Xie Biyan's fatal attack, stunning Jia Xingtian.

Lv Man and Qing Lin joined the fight against Xie Biyan’s group, while Hai Bodong survived by sacrificing Zijing’s arm and Zi Yun attacked Xie Biyan in fury. Just as Jia Xingtian declared Xie Biyan defeated, Xie Biyan revived the Jin Yin Brothers and restored Yan Luotian and Xie Shan through the array’s Vengeful Souls.

• Lv Man intervened to fight Xie Biyan, and Qing Lin gave medicinal pills to the unconscious Xiao Jing.
• Hai Bodong restrained Elder Yin so Yun Shan could attack, and Zijing took the blow meant to kill them, losing an arm while Elder Yin died.
• Zi Yun attacked Xie Biyan over Zijing’s injury as Jia Xingtian and Lv Man joined the fight against him.
• Yun Ying told the black-haired woman that the array had more power to reveal and hinted that the true protagonist had yet to appear.
• Xie Biyan crushed a red energy ball, causing the array’s Vengeful Souls to revive the Jin Yin Brothers and restore Yan Luotian and Xie Shan.

Jia Xingtian tried to kill Yun Xiao to break Xie Biyan’s formation, but she survived, and Yun Yun then tried to sacrifice herself by killing her daughter. Xiao Yan arrived just in time to stop Yun Yun’s sword, leaving the battle poised for his return.

• Xie Biyan revealed that the Jin Yin Brothers were mindless puppets and that he controlled the restored Yan Luotian and Xie Shan through the formation.
• Jia Xingtian reasoned that killing Yun Xiao might dispel the formation and rushed to strike her, but Xie Biyan stopped him and Yun Xiao remained unharmed.
• Xie Biyan prepared to kill Jia Xingtian, while Yun Yun placed herself beside Yun Xiao and resolved to kill her daughter rather than let the others die for her.
• Yun Yun drove her sword toward Yun Xiao, but Xiao Yan caught the blade with his bare hand and told her, “Sorry, I came late.”

Xiao Yan and Queen Medusa arrived to turn the battle at the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Yan comforted Yun Yun before confronting Xie Biyan. After revealing his full strength and unleashing Flame Splitting Wave Devouring Ruler against Xie Biyan and his controlled fighters, Xiao Yan left the battle’s outcome hanging in the fading light of the strike.

• Xiao Yan stopped Yun Yun from killing Yun Xiao, and Queen Medusa arrived to support the Jia Ma Empire’s side.
• Queen Medusa mocked Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, and Yun Shan, then said she had come to repay the snake-people race’s kindness.
• Xiao Yan embraced the grieving Yun Yun, promised to protect her and her child, and turned to face Xie Biyan.
• Xiao Yan’s strength rose to Peak Dou Huang after he invoked the Clan Mark Power, Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations, and fifth level of Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Xiao Yan badly damaged the Jin Yin Brothers’ Soul Bodies with a simple swing, then faced a combined attack from Yan Luotian, Xie Shan, and Xie Biyan.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Flame Splitting Wave Devouring Ruler at the three attackers, making everything above the Misty Cloud Sect lose its color.

Xiao Yan’s devastating strike destroyed Yan Luotian and Xie Shan and left Xie Biyan near death, but the vengeful souls from the lifted formation gathered and restored him. Xie Biyan absorbed them to reach a temporary, unstable Dou Zun level, and Xiao Yan and the others prepared for a final battle while Yun Ying watched from above.

• Xiao Yan’s strike annihilated Yan Luotian and Xie Shan and left Xie Biyan grievously wounded.
• The blood-red barrier fell, but the vengeful souls regrouped into a giant that attacked the defenders; Gu He used his Soul Power to shield them and suffered a severe soul injury.
• The vengeful souls swarmed Xie Biyan and restored his body, so Xiao Yan, Lv Man, Zi Yun, and Queen Medusa attacked him together.
• Yun Ying secretly stopped their attacks, allowing Xie Biyan to absorb the souls and temporarily break through to Dou Zun.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Xie Biyan’s power would not last, and Xiao Yan rallied the others to fight until he destroyed himself.
• Jia Xingtian, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran joined Xiao Yan in the sky as Nalan Yanran vowed she would never lose.

As civilians evacuated Jia Ma Holy City, Nalan Jie and Teng Shan fought the black giant and its smaller vengeful-soul creations. Reinforcements from the Jia Ma Empire and the Snake-people race arrived, and they joined the battle before heading to aid the fight atop the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Yao Ye and Ya Fei helped escort the alchemists and civilians out of Jia Ma Holy City while Nalan Jie and Teng Shan stayed to delay the black giant.
• Nalan Jie and Teng Shan attacked the giant, but it tore off its arms and turned them into black humanoids that overwhelmed the two Dou Huangs.
• Mu Chen, Feng Li, and Yan Shi arrived and rescued Teng Shan from six attackers with a wooden barrier.
• Yue Mei and four other Snake-people race leaders arrived, and Yue Mei ordered them to help Nalan Jie defeat the abomination before assisting Queen Medusa.
• The human and Snake-people fighters joined forces against the monsters as Nalan Jie and Mu Chen entered the battle.

Xiao Yan and the others exhausted their strength in a combined attack on Xie Biyan, but he barely suffered any injuries. Yao Chen exposed the weakness in his forced fusion with the Vengeful Souls and disrupted it, while Yun Ying secretly intervened in Xie Biyan’s body, setting up another threat for the exhausted fighters.

• Xie Biyan easily repelled Xiao Yan’s Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, then endured the group’s combined assault with only superficial wounds and prepared to kill them.
• Yao Chen appeared beside Xie Biyan and explained that his forced fusion with the Vengeful Souls had left his soul vulnerable; she triggered the souls’ backlash, leaving him writhing in pain.
• Yao Chen told Jia Xingtian that Xie Biyan’s soul would be devoured and the Vengeful Souls would burst from his body, but said Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames could destroy them.
• The black-haired woman complained that Xie Biyan had wasted ten million Vengeful Souls, while Yun Ying insisted they could still be useful and said she would show why she valued Xiao Yan.
• Yun Ying injected a dim, dark radiance into Xie Biyan’s body and promised the black-haired woman she would soon understand her interest in Xiao Yan.

As Xie Biyan swelled with tens of millions of vengeful souls poised to self-destruct, Yao Chen warned that the Misty Cloud Sect had to be evacuated. Xiao Yan and Yao Chen flew to stop the disaster, and Xiao Yan drew all the souls into his own body, leaving Queen Medusa holding a Heavenly Flame sphere she was supposed to use if he lost control.

• Yun Xiao woke in Xiao Li's arms, and Yun Yun embraced her in relief.
• Yue Mei and the other Snake-people leaders arrived to aid Queen Medusa, while Nalan Jie reported that the Jia Ma Holy City had been secured and Gu He and the alchemists had fought to protect civilians.
• Yao Chen realized that Yun Ying was controlling the vengeful souls and warned Jia Xingtian that Xie Biyan might make them self-destruct, prompting an evacuation order.
• As Xie Biyan's body swelled with destructive energy, Xiao Yan decided to seize control of the souls, and Yao Chen agreed to help him.
• Xiao Yan asked Queen Medusa to crush the Heavenly Flame sphere if he lost control, then pulled the tens of millions of vengeful souls into his body.

Xiao Yan absorbed tens of millions of vengeful souls and endured their torment while Yao Chen fought them within his Soul Space. As Yun Ying prepared to intervene, an unknown presence awakened inside Xiao Yan and announced its return.

• Xiao Jing asked Queen Medusa to use the safeguard Xiao Yan had entrusted to her if he lost control, while Nalan Jie restrained a furious Nalan Yanran from rushing to him.
• Xiao Yan endured the vengeful souls' memories and burned them with his Heavenly Flames as Yao Chen entered his Soul Space to help destroy them.
• Yao Chen unleashed Bone Spirit Cold Flame against the souls, but they immediately filled the space again until a mysterious voice silenced them.
• Yun Ying and the black-haired woman discussed Xiao Yan's choice to risk his future for others, and Yun Ying decided to intervene before he died.
• As Yun Ying raised her hand, Xiao Yan suddenly became calm, then laughed and declared, "Hun Ying! This Young Lady is back!!!"

A thousand-year-old soul named Hun Ying took control of Xiao Yan’s body after he absorbed tens of millions of vengeful souls, overwhelming everyone at the Misty Cloud Sect. Queen Medusa’s safeguard failed to destroy the intruder, who then seized Xiao Jing and threatened her.

• Yun Ying recognized the familiar soul within Xiao Yan and guessed that the absorbed vengeful souls had awakened her.
• Nalan Yanran confronted Xiao Yan, but he crushed her with his soul pressure and declared that Xiao Yan would not wake again.
• Zi Yun attacked to drive the intruder out, but Xiao Yan froze and forced her to the ground before threatening to feed on everyone present.
• Queen Medusa crushed Xiao Yan’s safeguard, unleashing Heavenly Flames that consumed his body and freed the others from his soul suppression.
• Xiao Yan survived the flames, dismissed them as harmless, and grabbed Xiao Jing after she called him a personality formed from the vengeful souls.

Yao Chen learned that Xiao Yan's Soul Space contained manifestations of his buried impulses and fears, while an unknown woman was using his body to make him deny his own existence. She entered a forbidden part of his Soul Space to wake him and, when shaking and slapping him failed, kissed him; Xiao Yan jolted awake in shock.

• Shadow Xiao Yan explained to Yao Chen that he embodied Xiao Yan's suppressed desires, while the Black Woman represented his wish to escape reality and protect himself.
• Shadow Xiao Yan revealed that the unknown woman was using Xiao Yan's body to undermine his sense of self and could take control if he stopped acknowledging his existence.
• Shadow Xiao Yan and the Black Woman opened a rift to the forbidden place where Xiao Yan lay sleeping, and warned Yao Chen that she had only one chance to wake him.
• Yao Chen entered the white space and repeatedly shook and slapped Xiao Yan, but he barely woke and kept trying to return to sleep.
• Remembering that a more stimulating effort might wake him, Yao Chen kissed Xiao Yan, and he awoke with his face flushed.

Soul Spirit revealed her identity after black flames weakened her hold on Xiao Yan, then fought the Misty Cloud Sect’s defenders while trying to claim Xiao Yan’s body. Queen Medusa’s destruction ray failed to break Soul Spirit’s Soul Lock shield, leaving Soul Spirit poised to attack.

• Black flames burned Soul Spirit and weakened her Soul Power, allowing Queen Medusa to strike her and the others to surround her.
• Soul Spirit declared that her name was Soul Spirit and that she had created Soul Hall under Hun Ying’s orders.
• Nalan Yanran, Yun Shan, Hai Bodong, and the others attacked Soul Spirit, but her Soul Locks repelled them and she said she would kill everyone Xiao Yan valued.
• Queen Medusa transformed into her Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python form and fired a destruction ray at Soul Spirit.
• Soul Spirit blocked Queen Medusa’s destruction ray with her Soul Locks and announced that it was her turn to make them experience despair.

Soul Spirit defeated the Misty Cloud Sect’s defenders and tried to kill Yun Xiao to make Xiao Yan reject her, but Yun Leng sacrificed himself to save the child. When Soul Spirit attacked again, Nalan Yanran intervened and unleashed her self-created cultivation technique, Mad Blood Disease.

• Soul Spirit overwhelmed Jia Xingtian, Queen Medusa, Yun Shan, and the others with her Soul Locks, leaving them unable to move.
• Soul Spirit recognized Yun Xiao as Xiao Yan’s biological daughter and sent a Soul Lock to kill her.
• Yun Leng took the blow meant for Yun Xiao, then died after urging her not to become a bad person.
• Soul Spirit, reminded of her own grandfather’s death, grew furious and attacked Yun Xiao again.
• Nalan Yanran shielded Yun Xiao from Soul Spirit’s attack and absorbed the surrounding blood aura with her self-created cultivation technique, Mad Blood Disease.

Nalan Yanran awakened Mad Blood Disease and fought the Soul Spirit while Xiao Yan remained possessed, but Xiao Yan regained control before the Soul Spirit could kill Yun Xiao. Despite their severe injuries, Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran resumed the Three-Year Pact, with Nalan Yanran severing her own left arm to make their duel fair.

• Nalan Yanran’s survival instincts completed Mad Blood Disease, allowing her to recover from injuries and overwhelm the Soul Spirit with thoughtless, savage attacks.
• The Soul Spirit trapped Nalan Yanran, stabbed through her heart, and prepared to kill her, but Yun Xiao grabbed her leg to protect Sister Yanran.
• The Soul Spirit turned her attack on Yun Xiao, then stopped when Xiao Yan awakened and fought her for control; she relinquished his body after threatening to return.
• Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, and the others recovered, and Nalan Yanran’s wounds began to heal despite her pierced heart.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran insisted on fulfilling the Three-Year Pact that day, and Nalan Yanran severed her left arm so they would fight on equal terms.
• Xiao Yan apologized for not taking the pact seriously, then raised the Black Xuan Heavy Ruler and said he had a reason he absolutely could not lose.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran began their long-awaited Three-Year Pact duel despite their injuries, while those around them tended to the wounded and considered Yun Leng’s crimes. After exchanging their final attacks, the duel ended in a violent collision, leaving the outcome unclear.

• Yao Chen persuaded everyone to let Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran complete their duel while the others cared for the injured.
• Yao Chen assured Zi Yun that she could restore Zijing’s severed arm, and she advised the injured Zi Yan to rest.
• Xiao Jing told Jia Xingtian to decide how to handle Yun Leng’s crimes, and Yun Shan left the judgment to him.
• Xiao Jing reassured Yun Xiao that she could form her own judgment about Yun Leng when she grew up.
• Yun Yun refereed as Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought, traded severe wounds, and recalled the feelings and memories behind their conflict.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran unleashed their final attacks, and the resulting collision brought their duel to a sudden silence.

Xiao Yan recovered from his injuries and confronted his guilt over Nalan Yanran and his relationship with Yun Yun. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan confessing to Nalan Jie that Yun Xiao was his daughter, only to learn that Nalan Jie already knew.

• Inside Xiao Yan's Soul Space, Shadow Xiao Yan and the Black Woman warned the Soul Spirit not to harm Xiao Yan, but she refused to abandon her plan to take his body.
• A week after the battle, Jia Xingtian learned that the Cloud Empire, Luoyan Empire, and Mulan Empire had vanished without a trace, leaving him frightened by the power behind their destruction.
• Xiao Yan read Nalan Yanran's letter, learned that their duel had ended in a draw, and regretted that he had never truly faced his feelings toward her or others.
• Xiao Yan visited Yao Chen and saw her teaching Gu He alchemy, then left for the Nalan Family to confess what he had done.
• Xiao Yan knelt before Nalan Jie, admitted that he had consummated his relationship with Yun Yun and that Yun Xiao was his daughter, and accepted responsibility.
• Nalan Jie told Xiao Yan to get up and revealed that he already knew.