Chapter Summaries

Yue Ti Xia returned to Ancient Tree Forest after Hu Wei Sheng’s selfish actions severed the Destined Connection Red Thread and angered Tushan. As the Yue Ti Clan sealed the forest and renamed it Misty Forest, Zhu Zhuqing and Tu Shan Ya Ya arrived in the Southern Kingdom to explore.

• A Zhu stopped Yue Ti Xia from approaching the unconscious Hu Wei Sheng and insisted she return to Ancient Tree Forest after he angered Tushan.
• Ancient Tree Granny gave Yue Ti Xia a choice between returning to the forest until Hu Wei Sheng fulfilled the Three Requirements or leaving the Yue Ti Clan; Yue Ti Xia chose to stay.
• Yue Ti Xia recognized that Hu Wei Sheng had disappointed her and apologized to Ancient Tree Granny for worrying her.
• Ancient Tree Granny led Yue Ti Xia into the forest as the Yue Ti Clan raised white mist to seal the woods and rename them Misty Forest.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Tu Shan Ya Ya appeared in the Southern Kingdom, where Zhu Zhuqing suggested they look around.

Zhu Zhuqing brought Tu Shan Ya Ya to Witch Emperor Mountain to assess the Southern Kingdom’s barrier and study how to deal with Outer Circle contamination. After learning that ordinary attacks could not destroy it, she opened her Heavenly Eye and prepared to test methods one by one.

• Tu Shan Ya Ya watched Huan Du Qingtian’s poison mist spread across the Southern Kingdom, while Zhu Zhuqing pointed out flaws in his domain.
• Wangquan Baye and his companions escaped through the poison mist with Wang Quan Sword Intent and used a Thousand Mile Teleportation Talisman to leave the Southern Kingdom.
• Zhu Zhuqing took Tu Shan Ya Ya to Witch Emperor Mountain, where Poison Child appeared and explained that the barrier could not withstand fierce impacts.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she wanted to test the Outer Circle Beings and find a way to resolve their contamination, then opened her Heavenly Eye and began examining the Three Thousand Laws.

Zhu Zhuqing sent Tu Shan Ya Ya with Poison Child to the Southern Kingdom before investigating Witch Emperor Mountain’s Outer Circle energy. When the poisonous mist reacted to her purification flames and consumed the mountain’s surplus Power of Heaven and Earth, Huan Du Qingtian rushed back to investigate.

• Zhu Zhuqing ordered Poison Child to take Tu Shan Ya Ya to the Southern Kingdom, and Ya Ya resolved to cultivate until she could become the strongest fox spirit.
• Poison Child escorted Tu Shan Ya Ya away from Witch Emperor Mountain after Zhu Zhuqing warned him to treat her well.
• Zhu Zhuqing tested a wisp of Outer Circle energy with milky-white flame and discovered that the mountain’s poisonous mist shared a consciousness and reacted to purification.
• Zhu Zhuqing unleashed holy light that burned much of the poisonous mist to ash, while the remaining mist gathered and mobilized Witch Emperor Mountain’s Power of Heaven and Earth.
• Huan Du Qingtian sensed that Witch Emperor Mountain’s surplus Power of Heaven and Earth had vanished, left Huan Du Luolan with Poison Master, and rushed back.

Zhu Zhuqing confronted the Outer Circle Consciousness that had taken Huan Du Xingzhen’s form and warned Huan Du Qingtian that it was not the woman he had lost. She explained that the real Huan Du Xingzhen had sacrificed herself to contain Witch Emperor Mountain, but the impostor’s plea made Qingtian falter, so Zhu Zhuqing knocked him unconscious.

• Zhu Zhuqing stopped using the Light of Purification to avoid harming Tu Shan Hong Hong, and the Outer Circle Consciousness gathered into a green figure resembling Huan Du Xingzhen.
• Huan Du Qingtian arrived and tried to approach the figure, but Zhu Zhuqing pulled him back and identified herself as Tushan’s Fourth Boss.
• The false Huan Du Xingzhen acted warmly toward Qingtian, but Zhu Zhuqing told him that the creature had seized the real Huan Du Xingzhen’s body.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that Huan Du Xingzhen had become a barrier to contain Witch Emperor Mountain’s poison mist and had sacrificed her consciousness in the process.
• The false Huan Du Xingzhen claimed Zhu Zhuqing had attacked her, and Qingtian moved toward her before Zhu Zhuqing knocked him flat.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Huan Du Qingtian and used the Yin Yang Diagram to separate Huan Du Xingzhen from Witch Emperor Mountain's poison mist. She sent the rescued Huan Du Xingzhen away with her husband and turned her attention to the remaining poison mist.

• Zhu Zhuqing knocked Huan Du Qingtian unconscious and seized Huan Du Xingzhen, using True Sight to learn how she had sealed Witch Emperor Mountain's Outer Circle power.
• Huan Du Xingzhen warned Zhu Zhuqing that harming her could provoke the Southern Kingdom, but Zhu Zhuqing used the Yin Yang Balance's Absolute Stripping to tear her apart from the poison mist.
• Zhu Zhuqing added the law of division to the Yin Yang Diagram, separating Huan Du Xingzhen from the purple poison mist and restoring her body.
• Huan Du Xingzhen recognized Zhu Zhuqing as her savior, identified Huan Du Qingtian as her husband, and carried him out of Witch Emperor Mountain.
• Zhu Zhuqing reflected that the experiment had worked and prepared to deal with the remaining purple poison mist.

Huan Du Xingzhen reunited with Huan Du Qingtian after leaving Witch Emperor Mountain, and the two shared the truth of their long separation. As the mountain burned, Huan Du Qingtian said he did not care about losing his power, but Huan Du Xingzhen chased him after learning he had left their daughter Luo Lan at the Southern Kingdom border.

• Huan Du Xingzhen carried the unconscious Huan Du Qingtian out of Witch Emperor Mountain, then teased him when he woke.
• Huan Du Qingtian recognized Huan Du Xingzhen, and they embraced after nearly three hundred years apart.
• Huan Du Qingtian explained that he had met Tushan's Fourth Boss, while Huan Du Xingzhen marveled that Zhu Zhuqing was barely over a hundred years old.
• Huan Du Xingzhen revealed that she had remained on Witch Emperor Mountain and felt Huan Du Qingtian's heart sustaining her as she suppressed its miasma.
• Huan Du Qingtian said he did not care if the mountain's destruction cost him his Great Demon Emperor strength, and Huan Du Xingzhen promised not to take such risks again.
• Huan Du Qingtian admitted he had left Luo Lan at the Southern Kingdom border, so Huan Du Xingzhen angrily chased him away from the mountain.

Zhu Zhuqing burned away the Outer Circle’s contamination from Witch Emperor Mountain while Huan Du Xingzhen announced her return to the Southern Kingdom. After a month of refinement, Zhu Zhuqing reached the peak of the Great Demon Emperor realm, and the mountain’s missing Power of Heaven and Earth remained to be returned to Huan Du Xingzhen.

• Poison Child led Tu Shan Ya Ya through the marketplace while watching Huan Du Xingzhen and Huan Du Qingtian become separated at Witch Emperor Mountain.
• Witch Emperor Mountain erupted in flames, and Huan Du Xingzhen used the Southern Kingdom’s Power of Heaven and Earth to announce her return and warn everyone to stay away from the mountain.
• Tu Shan Ya Ya realized Zhu Zhuqing was safe, celebrated her strength, and went with Poison Child to pick out gifts for her sisters.
• Zhu Zhuqing refined Witch Emperor Mountain for a month, absorbing the Outer Circle’s aura until the contamination was gone.
• Zhu Zhuqing reached the peak of the Great Demon Emperor realm, and the remaining Power of Heaven and Earth in the mountain could return to Huan Du Xingzhen.

After Zhu Zhuqing spent a month cultivating within Witch Emperor Mountain, its flames and barrier vanished, and she emerged safely. She returned to Tushan with Tu Shan Ya Ya, leaving the Southern Kingdom with the mountain’s Power of Heaven and Earth and its newly cleansed land.

• Tu Shan Ya Ya and Poison Child waited outside Witch Emperor Mountain while its flames began to flow backward, drawing Huan Du Qingtian and Huan Du Xingzhen to the mountain.
• The flames disappeared and the barrier shattered, allowing Zhu Zhuqing to emerge; Tu Shan Ya Ya rushed to embrace her.
• Huan Du Qingtian and Huan Du Xingzhen thanked Zhu Zhuqing for saving them, and Zhu Zhuqing gave them Witch Emperor Mountain’s Power of Heaven and Earth.
• Zhu Zhuqing declined the Southern Kingdom’s invitation to stay and returned to Tushan with Tu Shan Ya Ya.
• Huan Du Xingzhen and Huan Du Qingtian considered how to use the vast, fertile land where Witch Emperor Mountain had stood.

Zhu Zhuqing and Tu Shan Ya Ya returned to Tushan, where Tu Shan Hong Hong and Tu Shan Rong Rong welcomed them and heard about their recent journey. Zhu Zhuqing announced she intended to hunt Outer Circle Beings, and Tu Shan Hong Hong required her to prove she could kill one in Tushan before leaving.

• Tu Shan Ya Ya and Zhu Zhuqing arrived beneath the Bitter Love Tree, where Tu Shan Hong Hong and Tu Shan Rong Rong welcomed them with a meal.
• Tu Shan Ya Ya recounted their journey and defended Zhu Zhuqing over the dispute involving Yue Ti Xia and the human who had rejected Tushan's help.
• Tu Shan Hong Hong and Tu Shan Rong Rong grew concerned after hearing about the Mask organization and its powerful young cultivators.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she planned to resolve Tushan's remaining troubles before going to the Outer Circle to kill its invading beings.
• Tu Shan Hong Hong revealed that an Outer Circle Being was in Tushan and demanded that Zhu Zhuqing kill it to prove she was ready to venture outside.

Zhu Zhuqing used Yin-Yang Separation to uncover the force that had tampered with Tu Shan Hong Hong’s soul, splitting it into two living beings. The separated Hei Hong Hong awoke in Zhu Zhuqing’s grasp, while Tu Shan Hong Hong reunited with her sisters.

• Zhu Zhuqing set up Reincarnation Domain around the island and used Yin-Yang Separation on Tu Shan Hong Hong.
• The power split Tu Shan Hong Hong into a golden-haired Tu Shan Hong Hong and a black-haired Hei Hong Hong.
• Tu Shan Hong Hong said her head felt lighter, and Tu Shan Rong Rong realized Hei Hong Hong had tampered with her soul.
• Tu Shan Rong Rong blamed herself for failing to notice the danger, but Tu Shan Hong Hong reassured her and held her sisters close.
• Hei Hong Hong opened her eyes and saw Zhu Zhuqing staring down at her.

Zhu Zhuqing exposed and destroyed the Black Fox controlling Tu Shan Hong Hong, then revealed the Black Fox Empress Feng Xi at the Bitter Love Tree. Feng Xi faced the Tu Shan sisters, who gathered to protect Zhu Zhuqing.

• Zhu Zhuqing explained that Feng Xi had planted a Black Fox seed in Tu Shan Hong Hong’s soul and altered her memories, then froze the Black Fox controlling her until it was destroyed.
• Zhu Zhuqing described Cold Energy’s power, and Tu Shan Ya Ya eagerly imagined mastering it.
• Zhu Zhuqing turned toward the Bitter Love Tree, where Feng Xi emerged and attacked the barrier around her.
• Tu Shan Ya Ya, Tu Shan Rong Rong, and Tu Shan Hong Hong prepared to face Feng Xi, with Hong Hong stepping in front of Zhu Zhuqing to protect her.

Zhu Zhuqing used Fate Anchoring to destroy Feng Xi and every Black Fox clone in the Inner Circle, while their true body in the Outer Circle survived and vowed revenge. After Tu Shan Ya Ya celebrated Zhu Zhuqing’s strength, Tu Shan Rong Rong asked when their little sister planned to leave.

• Zhu Zhuqing seized Feng Xi with an invisible giant hand and crushed her body despite Feng Xi’s attack.
• Feng Xi claimed she could survive through countless Black Fox clones, but Zhu Zhuqing used Fate Anchoring to trace them all.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s flames spread along Feng Xi’s fate threads, killing every Black Fox in the Inner Circle and inflicting their shared pain on the Black Fox Empress in the Outer Circle.
• Tu Shan Ya Ya praised Zhu Zhuqing’s strength and excitedly imagined Tushan claiming more territory.
• Tu Shan Rong Rong asked Zhu Zhuqing when she was planning to leave.

Zhu Zhuqing said goodbye to the Tu Shan Three Sisters, gave them cultivation techniques, and left for the Outside the Circle. She asked Poison Child to watch over Tushan, while he decided to follow her there under the pretense of keeping watch.

• Zhu Zhuqing toured Tushan with Tu Shan Hong Hong, Tu Shan Ya Ya, and Tu Shan Rong Rong before giving each sister a cultivation technique and accepting their fox-fur pendant.
• Zhu Zhuqing vanished, and Tu Shan Ya Ya and Tu Shan Rong Rong wept until Tu Shan Hong Hong urged them to grow strong enough to meet Zhu Zhuqing again.
• Zhu Zhuqing appeared before Poison Child and Six-Ears in the Southern Kingdom, told Poison Child to keep an eye on Tushan, and flew toward the Circle to enter the Outside the Circle.
• Six-Ears learned Zhu Zhuqing was going to fight the Outside the Circle and watched Poison Child prepare to go to Tushan.
• Poison Child revealed himself as the Third Young Master and set out, claiming he would watch over Tushan while secretly hoping Zhu Zhuqing could help free him from the mountain's restraints.

Zhu Zhuqing began purifying the Outer Circle by sending her modified Shadow Soldier Legion to fight its inhabitants while her flames burned away the foreign energy. After a month, she cleared a vast region and began comprehending the Fox Spirit World’s Reincarnation Law, knowing her power would provoke turmoil among the remaining Outer Circle Beings.

• Zhu Zhuqing entered the Outer Circle near Witch Emperor Mountain and summoned her Shadow Soldier Legion to attack its inhabitants.
• Zhu Zhuqing transformed into a giant of volcanoes and burned away the foreign energy as the soldiers cleared a path through the Outer Circle Beings.
• When the Outer Circle Beings merged into powerful forms, Zhu Zhuqing killed the figure made from the Witch Emperor Consciousness with a single slap and continued purifying the region.
• Zhu Zhuqing spent a month burning the land and sky, then formed a ring of fire to isolate the purified area.
• Zhu Zhuqing split into three incarnations to guard her while she studied the Reincarnation Law, anticipating that the surviving Outer Circle Beings would fear her method.

Zhu Zhuqing’s destruction of an Outer Circle Being alarmed the Outer Circle races, who began gathering their strongest forces near the Southern Kingdom border. Meanwhile, Wangquan Baye and his group entered the Outside the Circle world and were followed by the Black Fox Empress.

• After Zhu Zhuqing cleared the Outer Circle aura from the region, nearby Outer Circle Beings sensed that Witch Emperor Mountain had been completely destroyed and gathered outside the Fire Circle.
• The Outer Circle Beings decided to unite, summon their main forces, and exchange avatars to improve their chances of surviving the threat.
• The Black Fox Empress sensed the destruction and received a summons for all Outer Circle Beings to gather at the Southern Kingdom border.
• When Wangquan Baye and his group emerged through the Heavenly Gate Seal, the Black Fox Empress used their arrival as an excuse to avoid gathering and attacked them.
• Wangquan Baye warned Yang Yitan and the others to be careful as black foxes silently appeared behind the group.

Jin Renfeng waited for Dongfang Guyue to die, then drained his spiritual blood in an attempt to claim the Pure Yang Flame. Dongfang Guyue's safeguard killed him before he could wield the flame, leaving both master and disciple dead.

• Jin Renfeng brought Dongfang Guyue his medicine and learned that his master was near death.
• Dongfang Guyue entrusted Jin Renfeng with caring for Huaizhu, Qin Lan, and Shenhuo Mountain Villa before he died.
• Jin Renfeng revealed his hatred, drained Dongfang Guyue's spiritual blood, and tried to summon the Pure Yang Flame.
• Jin Renfeng failed to wield the flame, realized Dongfang Guyue had poisoned his blood, and died beside his master's body.

Cuiyu Mingluan avenged Cuiyu Xiaotan by helping Dongfang Guyue kill Jin Renfeng, but their deaths led the Martial World to believe the Dongfang Clan’s blood was poisonous. Meanwhile, Yue Ti Xia reconsidered Hu Wei Sheng, the Southern Kingdom sought an alliance with Tushan, and Zhu Zhuqing prepared for the growing threat at the Southern Kingdom’s border.

• Cuiyu Mingluan revealed that she had poisoned Dongfang Guyue’s blood at his request, and Jin Renfeng died after merging with it; she fled Shenhuo Mountain Villa with a water jar.
• The Martial World blamed the Dongfang Clan’s blood for the deaths, and Jin Renfeng was branded a traitor and expelled from Dongfang Huaizhu’s sect.
• Yue Ti Xia told A Zhu she would no longer indulge Hu Wei Sheng’s persistence and wanted him to prove himself through his actions.
• Huan Du Xingzhen and Huan Du Qingtian visited Tushan to thank Zhu Zhuqing and discuss an alliance with Tu Shan Hong Hong.
• More powerful Outer Circle Beings gathered at the Southern Kingdom’s border, and Zhu Zhuqing sensed her strength was under control and looked toward the Outer Circle.

Zhu Zhuqing claimed divine artifacts, became a Demon Emperor, and wiped out the Outer Circle Beings gathered outside her barrier. She sent out proliferating avatars to cleanse the Outside the Circle while she stayed behind to comprehend its Laws.

• Zhu Zhuqing equipped the divine armor, scale, heart, blades, and Eye of Destiny, then advanced to the Demon Emperor Realm.
• Zhu Zhuqing broke through her barrier and used the Sound Law and Light Law infused with the Killing Law to destroy the gathered Outer Circle Beings, leaving only wounded Demon Emperor avatars.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized the Outside the Circle held no challenge for her and decided to push through it.
• Zhu Zhuqing split into avatars that carried Purification and began spreading outward, cleansing the land of Outer Circle aura.
• Zhu Zhuqing remained suspended in the cleansed area and comprehended its Heaven and Earth Laws, preparing for the long effort needed to close the Time-Space Gate.

After twelve years of comprehending the Reincarnation Law and eradicating nearly all Outer Circle Beings, Zhu Zhuqing completed the Three Thousand Laws and reached the peak of the Great Demon Sovereign realm. She realized events involving Jin Chenxi and Li Muchen in the Inner Circle had continued without knowledge of her purge, leaving that story largely unchanged.

• Zhu Zhuqing's avatars hunted Outer Circle Beings for twelve years, and three incarnations killed Despair after the beings fused into it.
• Zhu Zhuqing completed her comprehension of the Reincarnation Law at North Mountain and reached the peak of the Great Demon Sovereign realm.
• Zhu Zhuqing sensed that Jin Chenxi's story in the Inner Circle had continued because Jin Chenxi had not learned what happened in the Outer Circle.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized Xiao Tianhao served as Jin Chenxi's core and Li Muchen controlled him through Love Gu, preventing news from passing between them.

Twelve years after Zhu Zhuqing disappeared, the Inner Circle’s powerful demons defeated Li Muchen and destroyed the Northern Mountain Giant. Tu Shan Hong Hong then prepared to enter the Outer Circle to search for Zhu Zhuqing, but a voice interrupted her departure.

• The changes caused by Zhu Zhuqing’s actions left Wangquan Baye without a family, Cuiyu Mingluan teaching the Leech Clan, and Yue Ti Xia devoted to cultivation after Hu Wei Sheng left.
• The Third Young Master crushed the Outer Circle beings who attempted to revolt, while the demon powers grew stronger over the next twelve years.
• Tu Shan Hong Hong and Tu Shan Ya Ya overwhelmed Li Muchen and the Northern Mountain Giant in revenge for the Red String Matchmaker’s death.
• Tu Shan Hong Hong told Tu Shan Rong Rong and Tu Shan Ya Ya that she would search the Outer Circle for Zhu Zhuqing, beginning near North Mountain.
• As Tu Shan Hong Hong prepared to leave, an unexpected voice rang out beside the group.