Chapter Summaries

The Gu Clan Elders questioned Gu Qinghan about the Clan Leader's disappearance and sentenced her to execution to conceal a covert alliance plan. As the Black Seal Army began to revolt, Gu Yao and Gu Zhen prepared to help her escape that night.

• The Elders suspected Gu Qinghan knew where Gu Yuan and Xiao Yan were, and Gu Nanhai confronted Gu Lin about his daughter's loyalty.
• Gu Qinghan admitted she had stopped Gu Zhen from reporting Xun'er's danger, but denied knowing where Gu Yuan and Xiao Yan were.
• Gu Nanhai ordered Gu Qinghan confined and publicly sentenced to execution, while explaining the order served to prevent the Gu Clan from openly forming an alliance with the Tianhe Alliance.
• The Black Seal Army protested Gu Qinghan's sentence, but Gu Yao ordered the troops back to training.
• Gu Zhen agreed to help Gu Yao rescue Gu Qinghan, and they planned to act that night.

Gu Qinghan escaped prison with Gu Zhen and Gu Yao, but discovered that a mole had used the chaos to steal the Tou She Ancient God Jade and frame them. As they tried to flee toward the Ancient Realm Gate, Gu Lie confronted them.

• Gu Zhen and Gu Yao broke Gu Qinghan out of prison, and the three fled through the city as the alarm sounded.
• The group found a murdered Black Seal Army member and then rushed to investigate a scream, where they discovered a family had been killed.
• Gu Qinghan killed attackers who showed murderous intent, and she and Gu Yao recognized them as members of the Black Seal Army with altered souls.
• Gu Qinghan found the Tou She Ancient God Jade on one of the attackers and concluded that a mole had exploited the prison break to steal it.
• As Black Seal Army members closed in, Gu Qinghan ordered Gu Zhen and Gu Yao to flee toward the Ancient Realm Gate, but Gu Lie appeared and stopped them.

Gu Qinghan fled with Gu Yao and Gu Zhen after being framed for killing Black Seal Army soldiers and civilians, and deduced that the Gu Clan had planned their escape to conceal an alliance with the Tianhe Alliance. Suspecting a traitor had stolen the Tou She Ancient God Jade, she was cornered by Gu Lie at the Ancient Realm Gate, where Gu Xun'er stepped forward to face him.

• Gu Lie ordered Gu Qinghan, Gu Yao, and Gu Zhen arrested after learning of the dead soldiers and a murdered family, but Gu Qinghan broke through the Black Seal Army and escaped with them.
• While fleeing, Gu Qinghan realized the Gu Clan had arranged for them to leave as apparent fugitives so the Gu Clan could quietly connect with the Tianhe Alliance, and she suspected a second scheme involving the stolen Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Gu Lie pursued Gu Qinghan, but she escaped his first attack using Instant of No Boundaries; he then went to the Ancient Realm Gate to wait for her.
• Gu Lie confronted Gu Yuelan and revealed he knew she was waiting to open the gate, then detained the escapees when Gu Qinghan arrived weakened from overusing her technique.
• As Gu Qinghan hesitated over whether to trust Gu Lie, Gu Xun'er stepped in front of her and faced him.

Xun'er tried to protect Gu Qinghan from Gu Lie, but an elderly woman appeared and stopped him effortlessly. The old woman let Gu Qinghan and her companions escape through the Ancient Realm Gate, then took Xun'er away, who entrusted Qinghan to Xiao Yan in her thoughts.

• Xun'er arrived and refused Gu Lie's order to stay out of Gu Qinghan's affairs.
• Xun'er combined the five seals of the Emperor Seal Art, but Gu Lie's power overwhelmed her attack without him moving a finger.
• As Gu Lie tried to render Xun'er unconscious, an old woman appeared and halted his Dou Qi.
• Gu Qinghan recognized the old woman as her grandmother, who rebuked Gu Lie and ordered Gu Qinghan to leave with her younger siblings.
• Gu Qinghan led her companions through the Ancient Realm Gate while Gu Lie did not dare stop them.
• The old woman took Xun'er away, and Xun'er silently asked Xiao Yan to look after Gu Qinghan.

Gu Qinghan and the Black Seal Army fled the Gu Clan with the Tou She Ancient God Jade, then discovered that the Soul Clan had manipulated their escape to seize it. After sending Gu Yuelan toward Starfall Pavilion for help, Gu Qinghan returned to save her overwhelmed comrades and prepared to fight Hun Yu.

• Gu Qinghan led the Black Seal Army through a Teleportation Gate and decided they would seek Xiao Yan at Starfall Pavilion.
• Gu Qinghan realized the Soul Clan had used her escape to smuggle the Tou She Ancient God Jade out of the Gu Clan, and Hun Yu confronted the group with his forces.
• Gu Qinghan gave Gu Yuelan the jade and ordered her to take it to Xiao Yan while the others held off the Soul Clan.
• Hun Yu overwhelmed Gu Yao and Gu Zhen as the Soul Clan attacked the Black Seal Army, but Gu Qinghan returned after her strength rose to the early stage Two-star Dou Sheng.
• Gu Qinghan handed the injured Gu Yao to a soldier and vowed to stay with her comrades and fight Hun Yu to the end.

Gu Qinghan led the Black Seal Army in resisting Hun Yu and refused his offer to spare them in exchange for her surrender. As she prepared to sacrifice herself, Xiao Yan arrived, stopped her self-destruction, and confronted Hun Yu.

• Gu Qinghan returned to fight beside the Black Seal Army, while Hun Yu sent a Soul Clan One-star Dou Sheng after Gu Yuelan, suspecting she carried the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Gu Qinghan failed to stop the pursuer when Hun Yu blocked her, then rejected Hun Yu’s offer and declared that Xiao Yan was the only man she loved.
• Gu Qinghan and Hun Yu fought as the Black Seal Army rallied, but Hun Yu revealed his Hun Clan Tribal Mark and reached mid stage Three-star Dou Sheng strength.
• Hun Yu overpowered Gu Qinghan, and she began gathering Dou Qi to destroy herself rather than be captured.
• Xiao Yan appeared, embraced Gu Qinghan, suppressed her self-destruction, and caught Hun Yu’s hand as he warned him to stay away from her.

Xiao Yan arrived in time to save Gu Qinghan and the Black Seal Army from Hun Yu’s Soul Clan forces, then revealed strength far beyond Hun Yu’s expectations. Hun Yu escaped using a teleportation token, and the survivors headed back to the Starfall Pavilion with the exhausted Gu Qinghan in Xiao Yan’s arms.

• Xiao Yan rescued Gu Qinghan from Hun Yu and killed the Soul Clan members attacking the Black Seal Army.
• Xiao Yan showed Hun Yu the corpse of the One-star Dou Sheng who had pursued Gu Yuelan, then blocked Hun Yu’s retreat and killed his remaining subordinate.
• Hun Yu crushed a teleportation token and escaped after Xiao Yan revealed he was a Mid Four-star Dou Sheng and tried to stop him.
• Gu Qinghan thanked Xiao Yan before collapsing from overexertion, and Xiao Yan confirmed she only needed rest to recover.
• Xiao Yan carried Gu Qinghan as the group prepared to return to the Starfall Pavilion, while Gu Zhen kept Gu Yuelan from taking her place.

Gu Yuan reunited with the rescued Gu Clan members, learned that a traitor had tried to steal the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and entrusted his clan’s piece to Xiao Xuan. When Xiao Xuan’s and Xiao Yan’s jade pieces fused, the group realized the ancient jade could reveal a path to becoming a Di if all eight pieces were gathered.

• Gu Yao recounted the Soul Clan’s plot to Gu Yuan, and Gu Yuelan returned Gu Qinghan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade to him.
• Gu Yuan thanked Xiao Yan for rescuing the group and told Gu Yao and the others to rest under Xiao Yan’s protection.
• Xiao Xuan arrived, and Gu Yuan warned her to avoid appearing in public while she used Heavenly Flames to sustain her newly formed body.
• Xiao Yan showed Xiao Xuan his Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Gu Yuan handed over the Gu Clan’s piece after suspecting that keeping it there was dangerous.
• The two pieces fused in Xiao Xuan’s hands, leading Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan to suspect that collecting all eight would reveal the jade’s purpose.
• Xiao Xuan gave the merged jade to Xiao Yan, who accepted it after Gu Yuan approved.

Xiao Yan prepared to meet Huang Tian, Feng Qing’er’s father, expecting anger over his relationship with her. Huang Tian instead approved of Xiao Yan and invited him to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan for a wedding, leaving Xiao Yan stunned as he agreed to go.

• Gu Yuan left Xiao Yan with the Tou She Ancient God Jade and Gu Qinghan’s group, while Xiao Yan asked Xiao Xuan to stay hidden at Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that Gu Qinghan’s condition had stabilized, and she reassured him that she and the other women accepted his relationship with Zi Yan.
• Zijing reported that Huang Tian had arrived at the Tianhe Alliance, and Xiao Yan decided to meet him before telling Feng Qing’er.
• Xiao Yan greeted Huang Tian in the reception hall, expecting hostility, but Huang Tian praised his strength and achievements and approved of him and Feng Qing’er.
• Huang Tian invited Xiao Yan to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan for a wedding, and Xiao Yan agreed to go with him.

Phoenix emerged from seclusion as an early Five-star Dou Sheng and learned that Huang Tian had accepted Xiao Yan and arranged his wedding to Feng Qing'er. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan’s friends feared he was in danger and traveled with Feng Qing'er to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, where the wedding preparations awaited them.

• Phoenix emerged from seclusion and learned that Huang Tian had brought Xiao Yan to the clan, approved of him, and prepared a wedding.
• Phoenix ordered a messenger to bring Feng Qing'er back from Starfall Pavilion and began getting ready to serve as her wedding witness.
• At Starfall Pavilion, Feng Qing'er and Xiao Yan’s friends mistook his message to prepare for a warning that Huang Tian might harm him, so Cai Lin organized a rescue party.
• A masked Xiao Xuan joined the group, and Qingluan reported that a messenger from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had arrived for Feng Qing'er.
• The messenger said Phoenix was holding a wedding, and Feng Qing'er and her companions entered a Space Tunnel to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

Feng Qing'er returned to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan with Cai Lin and her companions, where her maid Qi Feng discovered Zi Yan was an Ancient Void Dragon and struggled with her family’s history of hatred toward the clan. Feng Qing'er comforted Qi Feng and affirmed that she would stay by her side, showing how much she had changed.

• Feng Qing'er cloaked Zi Yan to conceal her identity and led her companions to her residence, where Qi Feng welcomed them excitedly.
• Qi Feng recognized Zi Yan as an Ancient Void Dragon after touching her and confronted Feng Qing'er about befriending someone from the clan blamed for her parents’ deaths.
• Feng Qing'er explained that Zi Yan had no ties to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and urged Qi Feng not to direct their old hatred at her.
• Feng Qing'er embraced the conflicted Qi Feng and promised to stay with her, helping her calm down and accept the situation.
• Qi Feng remarked that Feng Qing'er had changed, and Feng Qing'er reflected gratefully on the people who had stayed in her life.

Feng Qing'er returned to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to find Xiao Yan safe and learn that Huang Tian had arranged a wedding for them as a surprise. As the wedding preparations continued, Feng Qing'er was pulled away to dress for Phoenix's Wedding Ceremony while Xiao Yan waited alone.

• Qi Feng told Feng Qing'er and Cai Lin that the clan was preparing for a Wedding Ceremony, and Feng Qing'er revealed that Xiao Yan was her husband and the father of her two children.
• Feng Qing'er went to the Clan Leader's Mansion, where Huang Tian chose a Phoenix Crown of Rebirth for Phoenix and continued overseeing the wedding preparations.
• Feng Qing'er found Xiao Yan dressed in ceremonial clothes, and he explained that Huang Tian had brought him to the clan and arranged a wedding for them.
• Feng Qing'er learned that Cai Lin and the others were waiting at her residence, then comforted Xiao Yan about his other wives.
• A maid pulled Feng Qing'er away to dress for Phoenix's Wedding Ceremony, leaving Xiao Yan to wait alone.

Cai Lin and the others learned that Feng Qing'er and Xiao Yan were about to hold their wedding, then went to watch while Qi Feng stayed behind with the sleeping Zi Yan. As the ceremony began, a sinister voice tempted Qi Feng to revive her hatred, and the veiled bride's unexpected height left Cai Lin puzzled.

• Qi Feng told Cai Lin that Xiao Yan was safe and that Feng Qing'er’s wedding was about to begin, so Cai Lin and the others prepared to attend.
• Cai Lin left Qi Feng to watch over the sleeping Zi Yan, and Qi Feng chose not to harm her despite her hatred of the Ancient Void Dragon.
• A sinister voice contacted Qi Feng and offered to help her, urging her to start with Zi Yan.
• Cai Lin and the others took seats overlooking the wedding venue, while Xiao Yan prepared to marry Feng Qing'er and resolved to hold weddings for Yun Yun and his other wives.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the venue, followed by the veiled bride, and Cai Lin wondered whether Feng Qing'er was really that tall.

Xiao Yan and Phoenix discovered that Huang Tian had mistakenly arranged Phoenix’s wedding to Xiao Yan, after Jiu Feng spread a rumor. Before they could resolve the mix-up, Hun Mo invaded the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and provoked Huang Tian into preparing to fight.

• Xiao Yan and Phoenix noticed that they and Feng Qing'er were both at the wedding, revealing that Huang Tian had confused the bride and groom.
• Phoenix realized Jiu Feng had caused the misunderstanding and threatened to kill him.
• Huang Tian sensed an intruder, exposed Hun Mo, and attacked him after Hun Mo mocked Feng Li’s death.
• Huang Tian ordered Phoenix and the Demon Phoenix Guard to protect the clan and kill any Soul Clan members they encountered.
• Huang Tian faced Hun Mo and asked him how he wanted to die.

The Soul Clan invaded the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and Huang Tian summoned the clan’s Ancestral Spirits to fight Hun Mo while Xiao Yan and Phoenix led the defense. As the battle turned against the invaders, Huang Tian realized Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er were involved and resolved to confront them after the fighting.

• Huang Tian summoned more than ten thousand Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan Ancestral Spirits and used their power to overwhelm Hun Mo.
• Xiao Xuan held back from fighting so Xiao Yan could gain experience, while Zi Yun joined the battle against the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yan and Phoenix charged into the Soul Clan army, and Eagle Phoenix, Kun Huang, Jiu Feng, Zi Yun, and the Demon Phoenix Guard joined the fight.
• Xiao Yan used Burning Heaven to kill nearly a hundred Soul Clan Dou Zuns, earning cheers from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and making Feng Qing'er jealous of Phoenix’s closeness to him.
• Huang Tian repeatedly wounded Hun Mo with help from the Ancestral Spirits, while Hun Mo insisted that Huang Tian had not won yet.
• Huang Tian deduced that Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er were together and decided to question them after driving the Soul Clan away.

Huang Tian confronted Hun Mo as the Soul Clan targeted the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s forbidden ground through Qi Feng. Earlier, Zi Yan rescued Qi Feng from Hun Yu and two Soul Clan elders, then fled with her while they gave chase.

• Hun Mo threatened Huang Tian with his knowledge of the forbidden ground and suggested Qi Feng might help break it, but Huang Tian rejected the idea that she would betray the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Hun Yu attacked Qi Feng after she refused to help him enter the forbidden ground, and Zi Yan broke free of a spatial restriction to protect her.
• Zi Yan transformed and struck at Hun Yu, but two Late stage Three-star Dou Shengs blocked her attack and scolded Hun Yu for his past failures.
• Zi Yan grabbed Qi Feng and escaped, and Hun Yu and the two Soul Clan elders pursued them.
• Huang Tian attacked Hun Mo with golden Dou Qi and told him to consider how he wanted to die.

Zi Yan fought Hun Li while protecting Qi Feng, using the Eighth Layer of Eight Extremes Collapse to break through his defenses and escape his Space Barrier. The backlash left Zi Yan helpless, but Cai Lin arrived just as Hun Li was about to strike.

• Zi Yan carried Qi Feng away from Hun Yu and two Soul Clan pursuers, but Hun Li intercepted them and condemned Hun Yu for his failure.
• Hun Li attacked Zi Yan and Qi Feng, while Zi Yan shielded Qi Feng and fought back despite the gap in their strength.
• Zi Yan unleashed the Eighth Layer of Eight Extremes Collapse and battered Hun Li, then injured Hun Yu and the other pursuers and shattered Hun Li's Space Barrier.
• The technique's backlash made Zi Yan collapse as she tried to flee with Qi Feng, and Hun Li caught up and prepared to attack them.
• Cai Lin arrived and kicked Hun Li thousands of meters away, declaring that no one could touch her people.

Cai Lin killed Hun Li and helped defend the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan while the battle against the Soul Clan raged. After Soul Clan intruders broke the seal in the Forbidden Ground, Huang Tian recognized something in the phantom figure and reacted with disbelief and excitement.

• Cai Lin defeated Hun Li, destroyed his corpse to prevent his soul from escaping, and gave Zi Yan to Yao Chen for care.
• Cai Lin and Yao Tianhuo searched the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan for Soul Clan remnants while Yao Chen returned Zi Yan and Qi Feng to the wedding venue and joined the battle.
• Yao Chen attacked the Soul Clan forces, while Huang Tian severed Hun Mo's arm and fatally pierced him.
• Before dying, Hun Mo told Huang Tian that he would soon see his wife, then Huang Tian killed him.
• The seal in the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's Forbidden Ground broke, and the clan's Ancestral Spirits entered a phantom figure as Cai Lin and Yao Tianhuo arrived too late to stop it.
• Huang Tian reached the Forbidden Ground, saw the phantom figure, and stared at it in shock and excitement.

Phoenix and Huang Tian discovered that Hun Mo had preserved Feng Li’s remnant soul and made it absorb the Heaven Demon Phoenix Vein, threatening to destroy Yaohuang Island. As the island began collapsing, Xiao Yan stepped forward and apologized to Feng Qing’er, leaving his next action unclear.

• Phoenix and Xiao Yan noticed the forbidden-ground seal had been broken, and Phoenix went to investigate while Xiao Yan finished off the Hun clan troops.
• Phoenix recognized the soul in the forbidden ground as Feng Li, and Feng Li briefly called her “Xiao Huang” before a surge of soul power repelled Phoenix.
• Feng Qing’er recognized Feng Li as her mother, while Hun Mo revealed that the Soul Hall had preserved Feng Li’s remnant soul and set it to absorb the Heaven Demon Phoenix Vein and attack the clan.
• Phoenix urged Huang Tian to evacuate the clansmen, but he said it was too late as Yaohuang Island and its space began to fracture.
• Feng Qing’er grieved over meeting her mother only to face losing her again, and Xiao Yan crossed past her with the Boundless Purgatory Ruler and said, “Qing’er, I’m sorry.”

Xiao Yan tried to destroy Feng Li’s soul before her unconscious absorption of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Vein could collapse Yaohuang Island, while Huang Tian held Phoenix back and their allies fought the Soul Clan. Hun Qianmo intervened and drove Xiao Yan away, then claimed no one present could challenge him, only for an unidentified voice to question his confidence.

• Xiao Yan asked Huang Tian to let him handle Feng Li, and Huang Tian agreed while Phoenix tried to stop him.
• Huang Tian fought Phoenix to keep her from reaching Xiao Yan as Feng Qing'er and Jiu Feng held back, accepting that Feng Li’s absorption threatened the clan.
• Hun Mo and three Soul Clan Dou Shengs attacked to stop Xiao Yan, but Cai Lin, Yao Tianhuo, and Zi Yun kept them occupied.
• Xiao Yan raised the Boundless Purgatory Ruler to strike Feng Li, but Hun Qianmo appeared and blasted him away before the blow landed.
• Hun Qianmo revealed himself as an Early Six-star Dou Sheng and asserted that no one present could oppose him, but an unidentified speaker scoffed at his claim.