Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in the Three-Year Agreement, then accused Yun Leng of helping destroy the Xiao Family and challenged him to a fight. Yun Yun allowed them to settle the grievance themselves, and Xiao Yan revealed strength greater than Yun Leng’s nine-star Dou Wang, shocking the crowd.

• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s techniques collided, leaving both injured, but Xiao Yan recovered enough to defeat her and burned the divorce letter, declaring their grievances settled.
• Yun Yun intervened before Nalan Yanran could continue and had her removed from the plaza.
• Xiao Yan challenged Yun Leng and accused him of leading the black-robed attackers who destroyed the Xiao Family.
• Hai Bodong testified that he had seen Yun Leng returning from outside the Holy City on the night of the attack, and Yun Leng admitted going to Wutan City.
• Yun Yun acknowledged Yun Leng’s fault but allowed Xiao Yan and him to settle the matter themselves, and Yun Leng descended to fight.
• Xiao Yan revealed a powerful pair of Dou Qi Wings and an aura stronger than Yun Leng’s, leading the crowd to recognize him as a Dou Huang Expert.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed Yun Leng in the Misty Cloud Sect plaza, while Chen Guan prevented Yun Yun from intervening and helped keep the sect from joining the fight. As Xiao Yan prepared to kill Yun Leng, the battered Great Elder blew a flute that summoned the Misty Cloud Sect’s other Dou Huang Expert.

• In the Misty Cloud Sect’s secret chamber, two Soul Hall Protectors discussed capturing Yao Chen and promised Yun Shan a Breakthrough Pill if he helped them.
• Xiao Yan used Yao Chen’s power to break through Yun Leng’s defenses and severely injure him, while Chen Guan and Zi Yan stopped Yun Yun from intervening.
• Chen Guan kicked Yun Leng back toward Xiao Yan, who struck him repeatedly in revenge for the Xiao Family and his father.
• As Xiao Yan moved to finish Yun Leng, Yun Leng blew a cloud-white flute, and its piercing call echoed across Misty Cloud Mountain.

Xiao Yan killed Yun Leng and, with Yao Chen taking control of his body, fought to escape the Misty Cloud Sect’s Cloud Mist Covering Sun Array. Just as he was about to break through, a black-robed person appeared and sent him flying, revealing that they had been waiting for Yao Chen.

• Yun Shan emerged from seclusion, learned he knew the course of events, and tried to keep Xiao Yan at the sect while shielding Yun Leng.
• Xiao Yan attacked Yun Leng as Yun Shan intervened, but Hai Bodong and Xiao Yan’s Dou Emperor-level puppet restrained Yun Shan.
• Yun Yun activated the Cloud Mist Covering Sun Array, while Xiao Yan struck Yun Leng dead with his ruler.
• Yun Shan attacked Xiao Yan, so Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yan’s body and broke through Yun Shan’s attacks as Chen Guan and Zi Yan held Yun Yun back.
• Yao Chen weakened the array’s energy layer and moved to escape, but a black-robed person appeared, knocked him back, and declared that the Protector had been waiting for him.

Protector Zhu revealed himself as a Soul Hall pursuer and battled Yao Chen while Yun Shan and Yun Yun fought Xiao Yan’s allies. As Protector Ling attacked the seemingly trapped Xiao Yan, a new Soul Body appeared behind him and struck with a cobalt-blue flame, burning away Ling’s black mist.

• Protector Zhu emerged from the black mist, accused Yao Chen of old grudges, and fought him with chains while Yao Chen used Bone Chilling Flame to hold him off.
• Yun Shan attacked Hai Bodong and the puppet, while Yun Yun fought Chen Guan and Zi Yan; Xiao Yan held off the elders and battered the Cloud Sea Energy Layer.
• Xiao Yan sent a second puppet to intercept Yun Yun’s puppet, and Protector Zhu berated Yun Shan before using Three-Stage Soul Lock against Yao Chen’s Blazing Flame Melting Heaven.
• Protector Zhu summoned Protector Ling from the Misty Cloud Sect’s Back Mountain and ordered him to kill Xiao Yan before joining the fight against Yao Chen.
• Protector Ling overwhelmed Xiao Yan’s puppet and charged at him, but a new Soul Body appeared behind Xiao Yan and burned Ling’s black mist with a cobalt-blue flame.

Yao Chen and Venerable Skyfire fought the Soul Hall Protectors, Ling and Zhu, above the Misty Cloud Sect and trapped them in a Heavenly Flame domain. After the Protectors unleashed Myriad Manifestations: Soul Funeral, the flames vanished, leaving the battle’s outcome unknown and all four Dou Zong-level souls missing.

• Venerable Skyfire joined Yao Chen against Protector Ling and Protector Zhu, and the four fought to a standstill while their attacks devastated much of the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Venerable Skyfire and Yao Chen used a feigned Heaven-tier technique to distract the Protectors, then sealed the plaza in a Heavenly Flame domain and unleashed Soul Storms.
• Protector Ling and Protector Zhu used Myriad Manifestations: Soul Funeral, sacrificing gathered Soul Bodies and forcibly drawing souls from nearby elders into the flames.
• The Soul Funeral’s blast knocked out witnesses across the plaza, including Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran, before the Heavenly Flame barrier began to recede.
• Yun Yun, Yun Shan, Hai Bodong, Zi Yan, and Chen Guan remained in sight, but Yao Chen, Venerable Skyfire, and both Soul Hall Protectors had vanished.

After the Misty Cloud Sect battle, Chen Guan and the others covered up the survivors’ true condition and discussed how to protect the Jia Ma Empire from the Soul Hall. Xiao Yan agreed to leave at dawn and draw the Soul Hall’s attention away, while Chen Guan promised to join him against its Branch Halls in the future.

• Teng Shan, Fama, Yun Yun, and the others checked on Hai Bodong and Chen Guan after the battle, while Yun Shan pretended to be gravely injured.
• Yun Yun dismissed the visitors, and the surviving Misty Cloud Sect elders began dealing with the destruction and losses.
• At the Imperial Palace, Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, Fama, Yun Shan, Chen Guan, and Xiao Yan gathered and discussed the battle and the Soul Hall’s remaining threat.
• Chen Guan warned Xiao Yan that the Soul Hall would target him and urged him to leave the Jia Ma Empire; Xiao Yan agreed to depart at dawn and asked the gathered forces to protect the surviving Xiao Family members.
• Jia Xingtian, Yun Shan, Hai Bodong, and Fama promised to conceal and protect the Xiao Family survivors, then discussed arrangements between the Imperial Palace and the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Chen Guan and Xiao Yan parted, agreeing that Xiao Yan would take the blame and draw out the Soul Hall while Chen Guan would provide support when they later targeted its Branch Halls.

Three days after the battle, Chen Guan browsed the Misty Cloud Sect’s Dou Technique Pavilion and shared a private moment with Yun Yun, who was burdened with rebuilding the sect. After Yun Yun left, Chen Guan resumed his studies and reflected on the battle’s gains and the fate of the Soul Hall Protectors.

• Chen Guan used his access to the Misty Cloud Sect’s third-floor Dou Technique Pavilion to study its ancient texts and techniques while recovering his Soul Power.
• Yun Yun visited Chen Guan, discussed the sect’s reconstruction and her worries about Nalan Yanran entering the Gate of Life and Death, and shared an intimate moment with him.
• Chen Guan reassured Yun Yun that Nalan Yanran would likely survive the trial and joked about what she might call him when she emerged.
• After a disciple arrived, Yun Yun left and Chen Guan returned to his studies, noting that he had named his Soul Storm technique Heavenly Movement of All Phenomena.
• Chen Guan recalled that Venerable Skyfire was digesting the Malevolent Soul, Protector Zhu had perished, and Yao Chen had captured the wounded Protector Ling.

Chen Guan recovered and cultivated at the Misty Cloud Sect while Yun Shan learned that Chen Guan could refine Breakthrough Pills and began gathering ingredients. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan reached Jia Nan Academy, and the Black Annihilation Army set out to investigate the disturbance that had disrupted Soul Hall’s plans.

• After reading at the Dou Technique Pavilion, Chen Guan moved into Yun Shan’s secret chamber and refined Fire Cores to restore his Soul Power and improve his strength.
• Yun Shan asked Jia Xingtian how to break through to Dou Zong, and Jia Xingtian gave him a list of medicinal ingredients for Chen Guan’s Breakthrough Pills.
• Yun Shan realized Chen Guan could refine Breakthrough Pills and agreed to have the Misty Cloud Sect gather the listed ingredients.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Jia Nan Academy and asked Yao Chen whether they could obtain a Heavenly Flame; Yao Chen advised him to proceed carefully and avoid revealing himself.
• Ling Quan led the Black Annihilation Army through a Space Teleportation Channel to investigate the incident, after receiving instructions from the white-robed elder to avoid trouble and beware of Soul Hall.

Chen Guan emerged from seclusion at the Misty Cloud Sect, learned that the Jia Ma Empire was at war with three neighboring empires, and prepared an army of puppets to aid the defense. As he flew toward Black Mountain Fortress, he read Yaoye’s letters about the fighting and worried about a danger beyond the battle itself.

• Chen Guan reached Three-Star Dou Huang and improved his Soul Power, while Venerable Skyfire explained that deliberately exhausting his soul would not quickly bring him to Spirit Realm Perfected.
• Chen Guan found the Misty Cloud Sect largely deserted and learned that the Jia Ma Empire and Snake People Race were fighting the Chu Yun, Luo Yan, and Mulan Empires at the border.
• Chen Guan returned to the Imperial Palace and spent ten days completing an army of five Tier 6, twenty Fifth Tier, and two hundred thirteen Fourth Tier puppets for the war.
• Chen Guan told Yaoyue to stay safe, then flew toward Black Mountain Fortress with letters from Yaoye detailing the war’s origins and the balance of forces.
• Chen Guan learned that Jia Xingtian’s hidden Dou Zong strength and powerful Dou Technique had surprised the allied invaders, while Queen Medusa and Zi Yan had helped stabilize the battlefield.

Chen Guan arrived at Spirit Rock City as Yuemei and General Huang faced defeat, then killed the Three Sect Alliance’s three Dou Wang attackers and turned the battle around. After the city’s forces routed the enemy, Chen Guan treated Yuemei and continued toward Black Mountain Fortress.

• Yan Ming ordered his forces to break Spirit Rock City’s energy shield, and Yuemei and General Huang confronted him after it shattered.
• Two concealed Six Star Dou Kings ambushed Yuemei and General Huang, badly wounding them and leaving General Huang to face three attackers alone.
• Chen Guan arrived and shielded General Huang from their attacks, then sent his puppet to kill Yan Ming and the Mulan Valley Dou Wang while he killed the poison master with a fire arrow.
• Yuemei led the Jia Ma forces in routing the fleeing Three Sect Alliance troops, and Chen Guan gave General Huang the spoils to share with Yuemei and the soldiers.
• Chen Guan gave Yuemei a Detoxification Pill, promised to send support, and flew on toward Black Mountain Fortress.

At Black Mountain Fortress, Jia Ma Empire forces battled the Three Sect Alliance while Queen Medusa and Jia Xingtian held off their strongest opponents. The Jia Ma side withdrew after Yun Shan killed a Golden Goose Sect Dou Emperor, and Medusa and Jia Xingtian returned to find a young man in white holding a blade.

• Yaoye directed the fortress defenses as Jia Ma Empire and Snake People fighters clashed with the Three Sect Alliance across the battlefield.
• Queen Medusa fought Yan Luotian and the Mulan Three Elders while Jia Xingtian battled the Poison Sect's black-robed sect master, Xiao Yi Xian.
• The Jia Ma forces sounded the retreat, and Xiao Yi Xian told Yan Luotian she expected to reach two-star Dou Zong within a month.
• A Golden Goose Sect Dou Emperor tried to stop Yun Yun from withdrawing, but Yun Shan's Great Compassion Wind Tearing Hand and a cobalt-blue flaming arrow destroyed him.
• The Three Sect Alliance fighters stopped pursuing the retreating Jia Ma forces, and Queen Medusa and Jia Xingtian returned to the fortress, where they saw a young man in white holding a blade.

Chen Guan joined Jia Xingtian and Queen Medusa at Black Mountain Fortress as they prepared a plan to eliminate the Three Sect Alliance’s Dou Zong experts. After assigning puppets to support the border cities, he visited Yun Shan and Hai Bodong, then found Yun Yun and Queen Medusa opening their doors at the same time.

• Chen Guan arrived at Black Mountain Fortress, greeted the returning experts, and joined Jia Xingtian, Queen Medusa, and the others in the Council Hall.
• Yaoye reported the war’s casualties, and Jia Xingtian revealed that he and Queen Medusa had held back while planning to defeat Yan Luotian and the Mulan Three Elders.
• Chen Guan, Jia Xingtian, and Queen Medusa agreed to use his Soul Skill in a surprise attack on the Three Sect Alliance’s camp after the next day’s battle.
• Chen Guan gave most of his puppets to Yaoye and the Shadow Guards to deploy in support of the border cities.
• Chen Guan visited Yun Shan and Hai Bodong, then encountered Yun Yun and Queen Medusa as they opened neighboring room doors at the same time.

Chen Guan arranged to meet Xiao Yi Xian during the night while Queen Medusa stayed behind to guard Black Mountain Fortress. As Xiao Yi Xian waited outside the Three Sect Alliance’s camp, she recognized a familiar trace and hoped the person she remembered was truly her friend.

• Yun Yun and Queen Medusa spoke politely, leaving Chen Guan uneasy, until he interrupted them to explain that he planned to meet Xiao Yi Xian that night.
• Queen Medusa recalled seeing Xiao Yi Xian in Qingshan Town and learned from Chen Guan that Xiao Yi Xian possessed the Poison Body of Misfortune and relied on him to help resolve it.
• Chen Guan explained that he had sent puppets to defend other cities and feared the Three Sect Alliance might launch a surprise attack, so Queen Medusa agreed to stay at the fortress.
• Chen Guan left to meet Xiao Yi Xian, while Yun Yun returned to her room and tried to calm her thoughts.
• Xiao Yi Xian waited on a mountain near the Three Sect Alliance’s camp, remembered her time with Chen Guan, and wondered whether she had recognized her only friend correctly.

Chen Guan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, learned that her Poison Body of Misfortune could erupt within two and a half years, and revealed that he had obtained three Heavenly Flames to help prepare the Poison Pill. As he and Xiao Yi Xian coordinated an assassination, Ling Quan arrived at the Heavenly Snake Manor seeking a symbol that Qing Lin recognized.

• Chen Guan found Xiao Yi Xian near Black Mountain Fortress and spoke with her about Qing Lin and the approaching eruption of her Poison Body of Misfortune.
• Chen Guan showed Xiao Yi Xian three Heavenly Flames and explained that the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva was being arranged, while the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast would require a trip to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to help Chen Guan assassinate Yan Luotian and the Mulan Three Elders, and offered to weaken Heiqi City's defenses while keeping herself out of sight.
• Ling Quan and his group confronted the Heavenly Snake Manor, overpowered Jinyang, and ordered the manor to gather emblems bearing snake-like magical beasts.
• Qing Lin recognized the pattern on Ling Quan's jade bottle as one Chen Guan had once drawn and reassured herself that her Young Master would not be careless.

Chen Guan, Queen Medusa, and Jia Xingtian prepared a covert strike against Yan Luotian and the Mulan Three Elders in Heiqi City while the Snake People Race elders urged Medusa to undergo the Altar Baptism. Chen Guan and Medusa infiltrated the Golden Goose Sect camp and waited for the moment to assassinate Yan Luotian.

• The Four Great Elders asked Queen Medusa to return to the Snake People Race for the Altar Baptism, but she agreed to go only after the night's operation.
• Queen Medusa explained to Chen Guan that the Altar Baptism was an inherited ritual with benefits, and she planned to leave Black Mountain Fortress afterward.
• Jia Xingtian assigned Chen Guan and Queen Medusa to target Yan Luotian while he engaged the Mulan Three Elders, with Yun Shan and the army ready to attack if the assassination failed.
• Chen Guan, Queen Medusa, and Jia Xingtian slipped into Heiqi City and split up according to their targets.
• Chen Guan and Queen Medusa infiltrated the Mulan Valley Camp and prepared their killing techniques as Yan Luotian relaxed after hearing a cry from below.

Chen Guan and Queen Medusa killed Yan Luotian, then joined Jia Xingtian in the battle against the Mulan Three Elders. Their combined assault overwhelmed the elders and ended with all three falling.

• Chen Guan and Queen Medusa assassinated Yan Luotian, took his storage ring, and burned the bodies in the hall.
• Jia Xingtian battled the Mulan Three Elders at Mulan Valley Camp, exploiting their defensive formation but failing to quickly defeat them.
• Chen Guan and Queen Medusa arrived and revealed that Yan Luotian had been killed, then attacked Mulan Valley's forces.
• Queen Medusa killed a seven-star Dou Emperor, while Chen Guan's Earth Tier Dou Technique cut down many more and his Tier 6 Puppets pursued the survivors.
• Chen Guan, Queen Medusa, and Jia Xingtian struck the Mulan Three Elders together, breaking their defense and gravely injuring two of them.
• The Bear-Headed Elder tried to resist, but Chen Guan disrupted him, and the three attackers closed in and killed all three elders.

Chen Guan and his allies annihilated the Mulan Three Elders and other enemy experts, then planned to absorb the Chu Yun Empire before expanding further. After Queen Medusa reminded Chen Guan of a promised reward, he returned to Black Mountain Fortress and spent the night explaining matters to Yun Yun.

• Chen Guan, Jia Xingtian, and Queen Medusa learned that Golden Goose Sect had retreated and decided to return rather than pursue it, planning to focus first on the Chu Yun Empire.
• Yun Shan and the gathered Jia Ma Empire and Snake People Race forces waited outside Heiqi City until the three returned, and Jia Xingtian announced that Yan Luotian and the Mulan Three Elders were dead.
• Jia Xingtian led the forces back to Black Mountain Fortress to prepare a counterattack, while Queen Medusa told Chen Guan she would fulfill a promise when he visited the Snake People Race within two days.
• Chen Guan returned to Black Mountain Fortress, then went to Yun Yun's room and explained his affairs with Queen Medusa to her through the night.

Chen Guan examined the spoils from the Mulan Three Elders, then agreed to consider founding a faction after Jia Xingtian explained how it could stabilize relations among the Jia Ma Empire, Misty Cloud Sect, Snake People Race, and Alchemist Guild. He flew to the Snake People Race to visit Queen Medusa during her Altar Baptism and learned that one of its benefits was revealed to be sex.

• Chen Guan discovered the Earth Tier Middle Grade Three Beast Savage Arts and the Heavenly Goose Nine Movement Wings among the spoils, and considered how the techniques could benefit allied factions.
• Yaoye led the Jia Ma army toward Heiqi City while Chen Guan stayed behind to sort out the spoils with Wang Yan and His Brother.
• Jia Xingtian urged Chen Guan to establish a faction or alliance, and Chen Guan agreed to discuss the plan with the Misty Cloud Sect and Snake People Race.
• Chen Guan took his share of the spoils and flew to the Snake People Race, where Queen Medusa was still undergoing her Altar Baptism.
• Hua She'er told Chen Guan that the baptism would raise Queen Medusa to the level of a two-star Dou Zong, then revealed that its second benefit was that Queen Medusa could have sex.

Chen Guan reunited with Queen Medusa after her Altar Baptism, then pursued a powerful group heading toward the Jia Ma Empire and discovered they were from the Ancient Clan. The Ancient Clan’s Black Annihilation Army reached the Imperial Palace seeking clues about the battle and the person who had saved Ling Ying, while Chen Guan and Jia Xingtian concealed what they knew.

• Chen Guan visited Queen Medusa after her Altar Baptism, learned she had advanced to the two-star level, and sent Zi Yan away to cultivate.
• Chen Guan and Queen Medusa were interrupted by more than ten powerful auras heading toward the Jia Ma Empire, so he left to investigate alone.
• Chen Guan disguised himself as Protector Chen and followed the group, identifying Ling Ying and the Ancient Clan’s Young Man, Ling Quan, among them.
• Ling Quan’s party inspected the ruined battlefield, found no clues, and continued toward the Jiama Imperial Family.
• The Black Annihilation Army arrived above the Imperial Palace, where Wei Ping and other experts confronted them as Jia Xingtian returned from Black Mountain Fortress.
• Chen Guan secretly urged Jia Xingtian to restrain himself, and Jia Xingtian pretended ignorance before demanding to know who dared offend his Imperial Family.

Ling Quan led the Black Annihilation Army through the Jia Ma Empire, where he injured Jia Xingtian and gathered records about the battle near Wutan City. Two days later, a Soul Hall Protector ambushed the army in the Poison Mist Mountain Range and broke through its defenses to slap Ling Quan; the battle remained unresolved.

• Ling Quan used a silver scroll to pierce Jia Xingtian's shoulder, then demanded the imperial family's records of the battle near Wutan City.
• Wei Ping brought Ling Quan the records, which led him to conclude that the Soul Hall had overwhelming strength in the Jia Ma Empire and that Ling Ying's survival was unlikely.
• Chen Guan gave Jia Xingtian healing pills and told him he would not act rashly without confidence.
• Ling Quan led the Black Annihilation Army past Wutan City and toward the Heavenly Star Empire, dismissing Xiao Yan's talent as inferior to that of Central Plains and Ancient Clan geniuses.
• A Soul Hall Protector ambushed the Black Annihilation Army in the Poison Mist Mountain Range, trapping it with soul chains while Ling Quan's attacks failed to find the target.
• The Soul Hall Protector forced Soul Power through the army's energy shield and slapped Ling Quan across the face.