Chapter Summaries

Nihility Devouring Flame watched Hun Ruoyun and Hun Ling'er with Su Qingyun, became captivated by his appearance, and abandoned its ancient male body to take the form of a woman. It entered the bridal chamber and demanded that Hun Ruoyun and Hun Ling'er teach it how to join them.

• Nihility Devouring Flame watched Hun Ruoyun and Hun Ling'er with Su Qingyun and felt its heart stir at Su Qingyun's appearance.
• Nihility Devouring Flame burned away the body it had seized from the Tunling Clan and began forming a new body.
• After about an hour, Nihility Devouring Flame emerged as a woman, though her new body remained unstable.
• Nihility Devouring Flame entered the bridal chamber, pushed Hun Ruoyun and Hun Ling'er aside, and demanded that they teach her how to feel the same pleasure.

Nihility Devouring Flame watched Hun Ruoyun and Hun Ling'er with Su Qingyun, became captivated by him, and abandoned its ancient human body to transform into a woman. It entered the bridal chamber and demanded that the bewildered women teach it how to share their pleasure with Su Qingyun.

• Nihility Devouring Flame watched Hun Ruoyun and Hun Ling'er with Su Qingyun and became captivated by his appearance.
• After struggling with its feelings, Nihility Devouring Flame burned away the body it had possessed since the Ancient Era and began forming a new one.
• About an hour later, Nihility Devouring Flame emerged as a bewitching woman, though her new body remained unstable.
• Nihility Devouring Flame appeared in the bridal chamber, pushed Hun Ruoyun and Hun Ling'er away from Su Qingyun, and demanded that they teach her how to feel the same pleasure.

Su Qingyun tried to use Nihility Devouring Flame to break Soul Heavenly Emperor’s seals, but she overwhelmed him and demanded a Fire Soul Relationship in exchange for removing them. The chapter left Su Qingyun facing her terms while Hun Ling'er and Hun Ruoyun were bound and ordered to help her explore human pleasure.

• Su Qingyun summoned Nihility Devouring Flame to help him break the three seals Soul Heavenly Emperor had placed on his body.
• Nihility Devouring Flame spent the night with Su Qingyun until he begged her to spare him and help him escape his predicament.
• Nihility Devouring Flame revealed she could devour the seals and demanded that Su Qingyun form a Fire Soul Relationship with her.
• Hun Ling'er objected to Nihility Devouring Flame claiming a relationship with Su Qingyun, while Hun Ruoyun demanded to be included.
• Nihility Devouring Flame bound Hun Ling'er and Hun Ruoyun with black fire and ordered them to serve as her Emotional Instructors.

Su Qingyun regained his sealed strength with the Nihility Devouring Flame’s help and resolved to lie low while seeking a chance to rescue Xiao Zhan. After Hun Ling'er and Hun Ruoyun accepted him as their husband, he took their souls as a measure of control and ordered them to tell the Soul Clan he had submitted.

• Su Qingyun let the Nihility Devouring Flame consume the seals Soul Heavenly Emperor had planted, then worked with it to break the God Sealing Chain and restore his power.
• Su Qingyun recognized Soul Heavenly Emperor as a formidable enemy and decided to conceal his intentions until he could rescue Xiao Zhan.
• Hun Ling'er declared herself Su Qingyun’s wife, and Hun Ruoyun agreed to obey him as well.
• Su Qingyun seized Hun Ling'er and Hun Ruoyun’s souls and placed them in his cloud plate.
• Su Qingyun ordered Hun Ling'er and Hun Ruoyun to tell the Soul Clan that he had submitted.

Hun Ruoyun delivered Su Qingyun’s message to the four great clans, asking them to cease hostilities and withdraw from the Soul Realm. After Gu Yuan verified Qingyun’s letter and its personal details, he ordered the clans to retreat while guarding the Soul Realm’s entrances and exits.

• Hun Ruoyun announced that Qingyun had a message, stopping the battle and drawing the experts’ attention.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor learned that Ling'er was already with Qingyun and praised Hun Ruoyun for completing the task.
• The four great clans rejected Hun Ruoyun’s request to withdraw and questioned whether Qingyun had truly sent it.
• Hun Ruoyun gave Gu Yuan a letter bearing Qingyun’s blood and soul imprint as proof.
• Gu Yuan verified the letter, ordered the clans to withdraw, and commanded them to strictly guard the Soul Realm’s entrances and exits.

After settling in the Soul Realm under three false seals, Su Qingyun lived with Hun Ling'er while Soul Heavenly Emperor recovered from his wounds. The emperor visited them, urged Hun Ling'er to conceive an heir, and then sent her away to speak privately with Su Qingyun.

• Su Qingyun and Nihility Devouring Flame placed three layers of false seals on Su Qingyun as he settled among the Soul Clan.
• Su Qingyun and Hun Ling'er watched the creatures in the Tricking Stream near their residence, where the Soul Realm's abundant resources could nourish soul power.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor emerged from seclusion and went to Su Qingyun's residence.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor asked Hun Ling'er about her health and told her to work toward giving the Soul Clan a talented child.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor ordered Hun Ling'er to undergo regular checks for signs of pregnancy, then dismissed her so he could speak with Su Qingyun alone.

Soul Heavenly Emperor offered to make Su Qingyun the Soul Clan’s Saint Son, and Su Qingyun demanded the Xiao Clan survivors’ release and protection for those around him. Soul Heavenly Emperor brought Xiao Zhan and Xiao Ying to him but insisted that at least one of them remain, leaving Su Qingyun to choose before the ceremony in two days.

• Soul Heavenly Emperor told Su Qingyun he planned to establish him as the Soul Clan’s Saint Son and offered to make their future son the next Saint Son.
• Su Qingyun demanded that the Soul Clan stop targeting his people, end its campaign against the Xiao Clan, and release every surviving member.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor agreed to spare the others but said one person Su Qingyun could meet could not yet leave, then summoned Xiao Zhan and Xiao Ying.
• Xiao Zhan and Xiao Ying reunited with Su Qingyun and described how the Soul Clan had improved their lives and cultivation after initially mistreating them.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor disappeared, leaving Su Qingyun to decide which of the two would remain, and announced the Saint Son Ceremony for the day after tomorrow.

At Su Qingyun’s Saint Son coronation, the Soul Clan’s experts accepted him and prepared to use their Great Sacrifice Method to strengthen his soul. Meanwhile, Hun Ruoyun told Hun Ling’er that Ling’er was not pregnant, but she herself seemed to be with child.

• Soul Heavenly Emperor held a grand Saint Son Coronation Ceremony for Su Qingyun, whose appearance silenced the rumors and made Hun Lan’er jealous.
• The Soul Clan’s experts unanimously accepted Su Qingyun as their Saint Son and agreed to use the Great Sacrifice Method to raise his Soul Clan Imprint.
• As Su Qingyun entered the Great Sacrifice, Hun Ruoyun hurried to Hun Ling’er and asked whether she had symptoms of pregnancy.
• Hun Ling’er said she had not conceived, and Hun Ruoyun replied that she seemed to be pregnant herself.
• Hun Ling’er froze and asked Hun Ruoyun whether she was telling the truth.

Hun Ruoyun told Hun Ling'er that she was pregnant with Su Qingyun's child and begged her to help conceal it. Hun Ling'er proposed pretending that she was pregnant and raising the baby as her own, and Hun Ruoyun agreed to the child swap.

• Hun Ruoyun explained that she could not hide her pregnancy forever and feared Soul Heavenly Emperor would kill her if he found out.
• Hun Ling'er asked how she could help, noting that Hun Ruoyun could not stay hidden until the birth or conceal the child afterward.
• Hun Ling'er proposed announcing her own pregnancy and having Hun Ruoyun care for her in seclusion, then raising the baby as Hun Ling'er's child.
• Hun Ruoyun objected that the arrangement would confuse their family roles, but Hun Ling'er challenged her to suggest a better plan.
• Hun Ruoyun accepted the plan and agreed to let the child be raised as Hun Ling'er's.

Su Qingyun broke through to Emperor Realm Soul inside the Soul Clan Great Altar and demonstrated his new power. He left the altar to handle matters outside, while Soul Heavenly Emperor and Gu Yuan sensed his breakthrough.

• The Soul Clan experts worried that Su Qingyun might turn against them, while others argued that his past actions showed loyalty to the clan.
• Su Qingyun's soul power shattered its barrier, and he broke through to Emperor Realm Soul amid a powerful phenomenon.
• Su Qingyun absorbed the world's Spatial Tunnel aura into his Immortal Cloud Plate and told those below the mountaintop that he would return after dealing with matters outside.
• Su Qingyun emerged from the gray fog and destroyed a mountain peak with a flash of Purple Radiance.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor sensed Su Qingyun's breakthrough and appeared, while Gu Yuan outside the Soul Realm wondered if Qingyun was the one who had reached Emperor Realm Soul.

While Su Qingyun remained captured by the Soul Heavenly Emperor, his family and confidantes waited anxiously outside the Soul Realm. Xiao Yan blamed himself for Su Qingyun’s capture and pushed his training to dangerous limits, determined to grow strong enough to rescue him.

• Gu Yuan comforted Xun’er’s daughter and explained that Su Qingyun would return after handling something important.
• Xun’er, Medusa, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, Green Scales, and Xiao Yan returned from the Jia Ma Empire and learned that Su Qingyun had been captured by the Soul Heavenly Emperor.
• Su Qingyun’s wives and confidantes wanted to enter the Soul Realm to rescue him, but the others kept them back.
• Xiao Yan repeatedly fused Heavenly Flames into fire lotuses, injuring himself while trying to match Su Qingyun’s power.
• Old Ya warned Xiao Yan that his body could not withstand his reckless training, but Xiao Yan insisted that he would kill the Soul Heavenly Emperor and rescue Su Qingyun.

Soul Heavenly Emperor celebrated the news that Hun Ling'er was pregnant and showered her with gifts and care. His decision to take Su Qingyun away from her left Hun Ling'er and Hun Ruoyun worried about how to keep the pregnancy deception going.

• Soul Heavenly Emperor learned that Hun Ling'er was supposedly pregnant and ordered precious gifts prepared for a visit.
• At Clear Cloud Manor, Soul Heavenly Emperor questioned the physician, who affirmed that Hun Ling'er had a pregnancy pulse.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor ordered fruit trees transplanted and nourishing meals prepared for Hun Ling'er, then told Hun Ruoyun to look after her.
• Hun Ling'er and Hun Ruoyun panicked when Soul Heavenly Emperor said he would return once her belly grew larger.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor took Su Qingyun away to cultivate, while Hun Ling'er angrily lamented that she had lost her chance to actually become pregnant.

Soul Heavenly Emperor told Su Qingyun that his Immortal Origin Qi could let him break through to the Emperor Realm, then lured him into the Soul Clan’s Soul Refining Great Altar. Su Qingyun agreed to help him, but Soul Heavenly Emperor trapped him in the cauldron, intending to refine him into a pill.

• Soul Heavenly Emperor brought Su Qingyun to the Soul Clan’s Soul Refining Great Altar and explained that Su Qingyun’s Immortal Origin Qi could break the Emperor Realm bottleneck.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor described how he had refined souls into pills to strengthen the Soul Clan and pursue the Emperor Realm.
• Su Qingyun considered persuading Soul Heavenly Emperor to abandon his ruthless methods and told him he hoped he would follow the correct path.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor believed Su Qingyun understood him and asked for his cooperation, and Su Qingyun agreed to help.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor shoved Su Qingyun into the cauldron and declared that he would refine him into a pill to achieve an Emperor Body.

Soul Heavenly Emperor betrayed Su Qingyun and used the Soul Clan's Great Soul Sacrifice to refine him into a pill, hoping to break through to the Emperor Realm. Trapped in the Great Soul Mother Saint Cauldron, Su Qingyun tried to find a way to send a warning to the Four Great Clans.

• Soul Heavenly Emperor ordered eighty-one Soul Clan alchemists and more than ten high-star Dou Sheng to power the Great Soul Sacrifice.
• Su Qingyun realized Soul Heavenly Emperor had lured him into the Soul Clan to use his extraordinary body and source qi for his pursuit of the Emperor Realm.
• Nihility Devouring Flame explained that the Great Soul Mother Saint Cauldron's soul-refining power could threaten even a Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
• Su Qingyun used his immortal qi to carve a path through the soul-refining qi and asked Nihility Devouring Flame to escape and warn the Four Great Clans.

Su Qingyue and Su Cai'er learned from a black wisp that Soul Heavenly Emperor had trapped Su Qingyun and planned to refine him into an Emperor Pill. Their family and the Four Clans Allied Army rushed to the Soul Realm, while the girls tried to join the rescue.

• Su Qingyue attacked a black wisp until it revealed that it was a child flame of Nihility Devouring Flame and had urgent news about Su Qingyun.
• The child flame told Su Qingyue and Su Cai'er that Soul Heavenly Emperor had trapped Su Qingyun in the Soul Realm and planned to refine him into an Emperor Pill.
• Su Qingyue brought the child flame to Yun Yun and Gu Yuan, who learned what had happened and grew furious.
• Yun Yun, Gu Yuan, Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Green Scales, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and the other experts summoned the Four Great Clans and set out for the Soul Realm.
• Su Qingyue and Su Cai'er tried to follow the army, but the Ancient Clan Three Immortals held them back as the girls insisted on saving their father.

The Central Plains forces launched an all-out assault on the Soul Realm to rescue Su Qingyun, while Soul Heavenly Emperor continued refining him into an Emperor Pill. The chapter ended with Soul Heavenly Emperor killing an invading Dou Sheng and threatening to kill anyone who interfered.

• Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and the gathered Central Plains experts surrounded the Soul Realm and demanded Su Qingyun's release.
• Xun'er, Queen Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Green Scales, Xuan Yi, and the other women charged into the Soul Realm, burning their source essence blood to push past Soul Clan defenders.
• Gu Yuan pledged the Ancient Clan's support, promised rewards for finding or rescuing Su Qingyun, and led the allied forces into battle.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor accused the Nihility Devouring Flame of betraying him, and she admitted she had reported the news because she valued a night with Su Qingyun more than their alliance.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor threw the Nihility Devouring Flame into the Soul Refining Cauldron and declared that Su Qingyun would become an Emperor Pill within twelve hours.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor killed a four-star Dou Sheng with the Emperor Slaying Ghost Blade and threatened to kill anyone who tried to stop him.

While Xiao Yan and the Four Great Clans attacked the Soul Realm, Xiao Yan’s allies found Clear Cloud Manor and learned that Hun Ling'er had married Su Qingyun and was expecting his child. Hun Ruoyun revealed that Su Qingyun was likely being refined at the Great Altar, so the women hurried there to save him.

• Xiao Yan blasted the Soul Clan’s hinterland with Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotuses, then found Clear Cloud Manor and went inside with Xun'er and Queen Medusa to search for Su Qingyun.
• A Soul Clan servant told them Clear Cloud Manor was Su Qingyun’s newlywed residence and that Hun Ling'er was pregnant; Queen Medusa killed him and demanded to see the Third Miss.
• Hun Ling'er emerged with Hun Ruoyun and confronted Medusa and the others, who explained they were Su Qingyun’s wives and warned that he was in danger.
• After learning Soul Heavenly Emperor planned to refine Su Qingyun into an Emperor Pill, Hun Ruoyun and Hun Ling'er agreed to lead the women to the Great Altar.
• Hun Ruoyun said Su Qingyun was likely inside the Soul Refining Cauldron, and the group flew toward the Great Altar to rescue him.

Xun'er and the Four Great Clans found Su Qingyun being refined in the Soul Clan's Great Altar and fought to rescue him. As Soul Heavenly Emperor held back the clan leaders, both sides learned that Su Qingyun—not a treasure—was inside the cauldron, and the Soul Clan's forces turned against the refinement.

• Xun'er alerted Gu Yuan to Su Qingyun's location, while his companions and allied experts fought the Soul Clan guards at the Great Altar.
• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying attacked Soul Heavenly Emperor as the Soul Realm shattered, giving Gu Ming a chance to reach the altar and rescue Xun'er and Green Scales.
• Xun'er told Gu Ming that Su Qingyun was trapped in an unbreakable Soul Refining Furnace, and Gu Ming explained that opening it required several powerful Dou Sheng experts.
• Gu Ming, Su Qingyun's companions, and allied fighters joined forces to pull open the furnace lid, while Hun Ruoyun urged Soul Clan members to help them.
• Hun Ruoyun revealed that Su Qingyun was the Saint Son being refined, and Soul Clan experts stopped fighting and called for his rescue.

The Soul Clan Elders turned against Soul Heavenly Emperor and unleashed the Death Realm Great Formation while the Four Great Clans struggled to open the Soul Refining Cauldron and rescue Su Qingyun. Just as Soul Heavenly Emperor forced the cauldron shut again, a barefoot girl in purple arrived with the Magical Beast Race.

• Soul Clan Elders condemned Soul Heavenly Emperor for refining Su Qingyun and decided to leave the Soul Realm after one last battle.
• Hunyao ordered Hunyuantian, Hunshengtian, and Hunmiedi to activate the Death Realm Great Formation, trapping and draining many fighters from both sides.
• Gu Yuan, Gu Ming, and the Four Great Clans' experts nearly lifted the Soul Refining Cauldron's lid, and Gu Ming confirmed Su Qingyun was still alive.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor joined with the Emperor Slaying Ghost and pressed down on the cauldron, forcing its lid shut and crushing Gu Ming beneath the pressure.
• Ninth-rank magical beasts charged into the Soul Realm as a barefoot girl in purple declared that the Magical Beast Race would help lift the cauldron.

Zi Yan and the others joined forces to pry open the Soul Refining Divine Cauldron, but Soul Heavenly Emperor’s power kept forcing its lid shut. Just as they feared Su Qingyun had died, he broke out of the cauldron as a Great Sage.

• Zi Yan returned with powerful Magical Beasts and helped Gu Ming, Old Ya, and the others resist Soul Heavenly Emperor and lift the cauldron’s lid.
• Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others called to Su Qingyun, but he did not answer, and they feared he had been refined.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor burned his essence blood to strengthen his suppression, leaving the rescuers struggling to keep the lid from closing.
• As the lid was about to shut, Su Qingyun reached through the gap, told everyone he was still alive, and blasted the lid into the sky.
• Su Qingyun leaped out of the Soul Refining Divine Cauldron as a Great Sage, cracking the Soul Furnace inside.