Chapter Summaries

Su Qingyun emerged alive from the Soul Refining Divine Cauldron as a Six-Star Dou Sheng, having absorbed the Soul Clan’s Sacred Soul power and perfected his bond with Nihility Devouring Flame. Soul Heavenly Emperor admitted defeat, left Hun Ruoyun and Hun Ling'er with instructions about his unborn grandson, then self-destructed against a sealed barrier.

• Su Qingyun emerged from the Soul Refining Divine Cauldron, and Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Green Scales, and Queen Medusa rejoiced to see him alive.
• Su Qingyun explained that the cauldron’s Sacred Soul Qi and Dou Emperor Inscription had helped him reach Six-Star Dou Sheng and absorb the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor acknowledged that Su Qingyun had surpassed him and lamented his choices and the betrayals of Hun Ruoyun and Hun Ling'er.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor told Hun Ruoyun and Hun Ling'er to raise his grandson as Hun Tianming and conceal his true identity.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor withdrew into the void and unleashed a self-destruction that shattered the space before a sealed barrier.

After Soul Heavenly Emperor ended his own life, Su Qingyun turned from the ruined battlefield to rescue survivors and break the Death Gate Array. Yan Jin and Lei Ying made him acknowledge them as fathers-in-law, while Queen Medusa and the others resented his growing number of partners.

• Soul Heavenly Emperor chose to end his life, leaving Su Qingyun conflicted and the battlefield devastated.
• Queen Medusa, Xun'er, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, Green Scales, and Zi Yan surrounded Su Qingyun and worried over his survival.
• Su Qingyun organized the clans and Yao Clan alchemists to rescue and treat the wounded.
• Su Qingyun asked Gu Yuan, the Three Immortals, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin to coordinate an attempt to shatter the Death Realm.
• Yan Jin and Lei Ying insisted that Su Qingyun call them fathers-in-law, then went to attack the East and South Death Gates.

The Death Realm Great Formation drained the life from everyone trapped inside until Su Qingyun used the Life Divine Wood to sustain them and seized control of the four Death Gates. When the Soul Clan Elders ordered their disciples to flee, Su Qingyun launched a deadly pursuit across the Central Plains.

• The Death Realm Great Formation withered the realm and drained the life force of the trapped clans and Soul Clan experts.
• Su Qingyun raised the Life Divine Wood, whose leaves restored the strength of those trapped inside.
• Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and the others attacked the Death Gates while Su Qingyun severed their connection to the Soul Clan Elders and took control of all four.
• The Soul Clan Elders told their disciples to scatter and declared they would escape rather than accept the clan's destruction.
• Su Qingyun summoned blood clouds and used Immortal Descent, Three Thousand Blood to strike the fleeing Soul Clan experts, ordering his forces to kill without mercy.

After the battle in the Soul Realm, Su Qingyun helped heal survivors, recovered lingering souls, and supported the families of the dead. His attempts to console widows and orphans ended with him discovering that many relatives were trying to match him with their children or seduce him.

• The Four Great Clans established the Central Plains Martyrs' Memorial Cemetery at the restored Soul Realm and made surrendered Soul Clan members serve as Gravekeepers.
• Su Qingyun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Clan experts treated the wounded while Su Qingyun searched the ruins for lingering souls and gave them bodies to inhabit.
• Su Qingyun gave his wealth and treasures to the families of those who could not be revived, but asked Xun'er and the others to offer condolences after his visits caused misunderstandings.
• Su Qingyun used Xun'er's Mind Reading Technique and heard widows and relatives plotting to use children to win his attention or expressing desires to sleep with him.
• Su Qingyun left the visits shaken, imagining the dead approving of him raising their wives and children.

Immortal Pavilion rose to power under Su Qingyun, and Hun Ruoyun gave birth to his daughter, who possessed the Void Soul Divine Body. The chapter ended with Su Qingyun's wives dragging him away to try for a son before he could meet the newborn, while Old Ya and Xiao Yan joked by the stream.

• The Four Great Clans established Immortal Pavilion with Su Qingyun as Pavilion Master, and Falling Star Pavilion and the alchemists joined as sub-pavilions.
• Su Qingyun waited anxiously as Hun Ruoyun went into labor, while Old Ya and Xiao Yan fished and teased him about the circumstances of the pregnancy.
• Xiao Yi Xian announced that Hun Ruoyun and the baby were safe and revealed that their daughter had been born with the Void Soul Divine Body.
• Queen Medusa, Xun'er, Green Scales, and Xiao Yi Xian urged Su Qingyun to try for a son before he could visit the newborn.
• Old Ya and Xiao Yan joked that Su Qingyun might be overwhelmed by his wives as they continued fishing by the stream.

After the Soul Clan’s defeat, Su Qingyun reunited with the three clan chiefs, who confronted him for neglecting their agreement that he would marry a woman from each of their clans. Su Qingyun admitted he had forgotten and agreed to hold the selection immediately.

• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan visited Immortal Pavilion Back Mountain and questioned Xin Lan about Su Qingyun’s absence.
• Su Qingyun arrived and defended himself, saying he had been occupied with the aftermath of the Soul Clan war.
• The three clan chiefs reminded Su Qingyun of their bargain: they had helped him grow stronger and fight the Soul Clan, and he had promised to marry an outstanding woman from each clan.
• Su Qingyun admitted that he had forgotten the agreement and worried that he already had too many wives.
• Su Qingyun promised the clan chiefs he would keep his word and proposed carrying out the selection at once.

Su Qingyun entered the Flame Clan’s ancient land with Yan Jin, who sought to arrange a marriage between him and a clan woman. After Su Qingyun stated his standards for a wife, Yan Jin agreed to screen candidates and left him to enjoy the Flame Realm.

• Su Qingyun stopped Yan Jin and Lei Ying from fighting over which clan he would visit first, and Yan Jin narrowly beat Lei Ying at chess.
• Yan Jin showed Su Qingyun the Flame Realm and described the Flame Clan’s strength, its Flame Dragon Legion, and Huo Zhi as a possible match.
• Yan Jin asked Su Qingyun what kind of woman he wanted, saying he hoped he would choose someone he genuinely liked rather than settle for a bride.
• Su Qingyun said he would marry a willing Flame Clan woman who was upright, gentle enough to get along with his wives, and talented in cultivation.
• Yan Jin promised to screen candidates over the next two days, but Su Qingyun insisted that he wanted only one wife.

Yan Jin gathered the Flame Clan and announced that Su Qingyun had arrived to choose a wife from among its eligible women. The screening began with Yan Jin dismissing unsuitable candidates, while the Fire Spirit Immortal insisted on competing and drove off an old woman who challenged her eligibility.

• Yan Jin summoned the Flame Clan with the clan drum and announced that Su Qingyun had settled in the clan and would choose a wife.
• Flame Clan women rushed to enter the selection, and Yan Jin ordered the young children, elderly women, and other unsuitable candidates removed.
• The rejected women protested as the Flame Dragon Squad cleared the selection area.
• Yan Jin questioned why the several-hundred-year-old Fire Spirit Immortal was participating, and she declared that she was forever eighteen.
• When an old woman complained that the Fire Spirit Immortal was older than her, the Fire Spirit Immortal struck her and sent her flying several thousand meters away.

Yan Jin narrowed the Flame Clan Immortal Wife Selection to ten candidates through a bloodline test, leaving Fire Spirit Immortal, Huo Zhi, Fire Dance, and Flame Ji among the leading contenders. The candidates prepared for the next trial, with Fire Spirit Immortal and the younger women trading challenges over who would win Su Qingyun.

• Yan Jin restricted the selection to women of the Flame Clan's Direct Bloodline and explained that the remaining women could later compete for Dowry Maid and Concubine Maid positions.
• Yan Jin announced three trials and used the Flame Spirit Sundial to test the candidates' bloodlines, retaining only the top ten.
• Fire Spirit Immortal's blood formed the Flame Immortal Sacred Body, while Huo Zhi's blood revealed the Divine Phoenix Sacred Body.
• Fire Dance's Nine Revolutions Fire Body and Flame Ji's Divine Flame Spirit Body helped place them among the ten finalists alongside Fire Spirit Immortal and Huo Zhi.
• Fire Spirit Immortal urged her rivals to withdraw, but Huo Zhi mocked her age, Fire Dance boasted about her figure, and Flame Ji challenged the others to compete.

Yan Jin put ten Flame Clan candidates through a literary and household-skills exam to determine who would advance in the competition to become Su Qingyun’s wife. After the candidates finished and compared answers, Yan Jin brought their papers to Su Qingyun and asked him to help grade them.

• Yan Jin announced that the second round would test literature and household skills, and Huo Zhi agreed that a wife should be able to support her husband and raise children.
• Yan Jin gave each of the ten candidates a Bronze Mirror containing a private Small Square World where she had to complete his exam paper.
• The candidates answered questions about household conduct, personal grievances, and pleasure techniques, then wrote a landscape poem and an argumentative essay.
• After collecting the papers, Yan Jin told the candidates to rest while he graded them; Huo Zhi, Flame Ji, and Fire Dance discussed their answers as Fire Spirit Immortal grew uncertain.
• Yan Jin brought the ten papers to Su Qingyun and invited him to help grade them.

Yan Jin announced the Flame Clan goddesses’ exam results, with Fire Dance taking first place and Huo Zhi, Flame Ji, and Fire Spirit Immortal also qualifying. The four entered Red Maple Mountain Valley to meet Su Qingyun and compete for his approval as the clan’s First Wife.

• The goddesses pressed Yan Jin for their results as they waited in the rear mountain courtyard.
• Yan Jin announced Fire Dance in first place with more than ninety points and praised her answers and poetry.
• Yan Jin named Huo Zhi second with 87 points, then revealed Flame Ji and Fire Spirit Immortal tied for third with 84 points each.
• Yan Jin told the four qualifiers that Su Qingyun awaited them in Red Maple Mountain Valley and that his final approval would decide the First Wife.
• Fire Dance, Huo Zhi, Flame Ji, and Fire Spirit Immortal entered the valley as Yan Jin wondered which one Su Qingyun would choose.

Fire Spirit Immortal, Huo Zhi, Fire Dance, and Flame Ji entered Red Maple Valley to compete for Su Qingyun’s favor, but he remained hidden from them. As the others searched or pursued their own plans, Huo Zhi prepared food and medicine beneath a maple tree while Flame Ji wrote love poems.

• Fire Spirit Immortal, Huo Zhi, Fire Dance, and Flame Ji arrived in Red Maple Valley and each considered how to win Su Qingyun’s favor.
• Fire Spirit Immortal flew around the valley searching for Su Qingyun, while Fire Dance and Flame Ji also left the maple tree to look for him.
• Huo Zhi stayed by the little house, cooking food and brewing restorative medicine in case Su Qingyun appeared.
• Fire Spirit Immortal searched the valley twice without finding Su Qingyun and wondered whether the Clan Head had misled her.
• Fire Dance found a lukewarm pool and undressed to bathe, while Flame Ji wrote romantic marriage-proposal poems on red maple leaves.

Su Qingyun reflected on the goddesses and women he had left in his portable Douluo world, and worried about explaining them to Xun'er and the others. After the goddesses encouraged him, he decided to face the situation and give Huo Zhi, Fire Spirit Immortal, Fire Dance, and Flame Ji an answer.

• Su Qingyun watched Huo Zhi, Fire Spirit Immortal, Fire Dance, and Flame Ji through four Space Perspective Mirrors as the goddesses discussed their virtues and teased him about seeing one bathe.
• Su Qingyun explained that the Flame, Lei, and Medicine Three Clans wanted him to choose a wife, but he already had many women to care for and had not told Xun'er or the others about his Douluo world relationships.
• Su Qingyun recalled how the Soul Clan ancestors' reincarnation gate had led him to Douluo Star, which he eventually took into his Sleeve Universe after being pursued by its goddesses.
• The goddesses urged Su Qingyun to choose the women and invite them into his world, and Su Qingyun decided to give them an answer.

A white fan appeared in Red Maple Valley, and the four Flame Clan women competed to catch it, believing it might decide whom Su Qingyun would marry. Su Qingyun appeared and thanked them, but said he could not give them a result, leaving them anxiously wondering whether he had rejected all four.

• Flame Ji, Huo Zhi, Fire Spirit Immortal, and Fire Dance recognized Su Qingyun’s fan and tried to catch it, but it evaded them.
• Flame Ji and Fire Dance fought over the fan, arguing about which of them Su Qingyun would favor.
• Fire Spirit Immortal tried to seize the fan again, while Huo Zhi chased it on the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, but an invisible barrier stopped her.
• Su Qingyun appeared with the fan in his hand, and the four women stopped fighting to greet him.
• Su Qingyun thanked the women for their efforts but said he could not give them a result, making them fear he had chosen none of them.

Su Qingyun gave four women Spirit Stone Slices and made them compete to cultivate the strongest essence before the Grand Wedding, then left the decision to the Yan Clan. Yan Jin wrongly believed Su Qingyun had chosen all four and celebrated the prospect of many descendants; after the women departed, Su Qingyun encountered Lei Ying.

• Su Qingyun gave Fire Dance, Fire Spirit Immortal, Huo Zhi, and Flame Ji each a Spirit Stone Slice and set a final test to determine the marriage.
• The four women proposed marrying Su Qingyun together, but he left without agreeing and told Yan Jin the Yan Clan's choices would decide the outcome.
• Yan Jin saw the four women holding Spirit Stone Slices and mistakenly concluded Su Qingyun had chosen all of them.
• Yan Jin celebrated the imagined prospect of dozens of descendants, while Fire Spirit Immortal rebuked him and left Red Maple Valley.
• Fire Spirit Immortal, Huo Zhi, Flame Ji, and Fire Dance departed to cultivate their Spirit Stone Slices, and Su Qingyun encountered Lei Ying after leaving the Yan Clan.

Su Qingyun arrived in the Thunder Realm with Lei Ying, who presented eighteen Lei Clan women and a Thunder Embroidered Ball selection for him. The women threw their balls toward Su Qingyun, leaving him to catch one.

• Lei Ying waited at the Flame Realm exit and warmly invited Su Qingyun to visit the Lei Clan.
• Lei Ying brought Su Qingyun to the Thunder Realm and showcased the clan’s preparations for his arrival.
• Lei Ying explained that Su Qingyun could choose among eighteen women by catching a Thunder Embroidered Ball.
• The Lei Clan women threw more than a dozen lightning-covered embroidered balls toward Su Qingyun.

Su Qingyun faced eighteen Lei Clan women who launched thunder-imbued embroidered balls at him, while Lei Ying encouraged them and promised that he would marry as many as he caught. To avoid taking all eighteen as wives, Su Qingyun proposed that he would marry the woman whose ball lasted until the end, or choose someone else from the Lei Clan if none prevailed.

• Lei Ying left Su Qingyun alone to face the thunderous embroidered balls thrown by eighteen Lei Clan women.
• Su Qingyun dodged the attacks as the women used powerful thunder arts to pursue him.
• Lei Clan men watched enviously, while Lei Ying urged Su Qingyun to catch the balls and said each one he caught would mean another marriage.
• Su Qingyun raised an Immortal Barrier to halt the balls and declared that he would marry whoever had the last ball remaining, or choose someone else if they stayed evenly matched.

The eighteen Lei Clan goddesses fought over the Thunder Embroidered Balls until weaker contestants began falling, forcing the survivors to form alliances. Lei Nishang, Qian Lingyao, and Ye Leiying defeated the other seven, then agreed that the two who lost their deciding game would marry out as Dowry Maids alongside the winner.

• Su Qingyun's remark turned the eighteen goddesses against one another, and their Thunder Embroidered Balls clashed in the sky.
• Eight women exhausted themselves and fainted, prompting seven weaker contestants to unite against Lei Nishang, Qian Lingyao, and Ye Leiying.
• Qian Lingyao asked Lei Nishang and Ye Leiying to join forces with her, and the three agreed to face the seven together.
• Lei Nishang, Qian Lingyao, and Ye Leiying broke through the seven-woman formation, though their Thunder Embroidered Balls were badly damaged.
• The three agreed that the two who lost rock-paper-scissors would marry out as Dowry Maids, and Lei Ying watched with pride as the women prepared to honor the Lei Clan.

The Medicine Clan held an alchemy contest to choose its Phoenix Riding Immortal, judging the contestants’ Yang Pills by their effects. Yao Dan and Yao Wanhuo began narrowing the field to five finalists as the trials continued.

• Yao Dan and Yao Wanhuo gathered over a hundred eligible Medicine Clan women in the Pill Hall to refine Yang Pills.
• Yao Ling and the other contestants used their alchemy skills to prepare pills tailored to improve men’s strength and stamina.
• Yao Dan and Yao Wanhuo set aside five places for finalists and prepared a test using selected men and experienced courtesans to assess the pills’ effects.
• The judges eliminated a Kun Yang Pill after it produced only a modest improvement.
• A Qing Yang Pill earned fifth place after increasing the measured time and intensity.

As the Flame, Lei, and Medicine Clans arranged marriage alliances with Su Qingyun, Queen Medusa and the other women insisted on holding a Grand Wedding that honored his existing wives first. The Immortal Pavilion prepared for a wedding meant to unite the Four Great Clans and establish its authority across the Central Plains.

• Old Ya busied himself with preparations at the Immortal Pavilion while Xiao Yan refined pills for Xiao Yu and Ya Fei.
• After the great battle with the Soul Clan, Su Qingyun brought Ya Fei, Xiao Yu, and the others to the Immortal Pavilion as promised.
• When the Flame, Lei, and Medicine Clans sent Su Qingyun their marriage list, Queen Medusa, Yun Yun, and Xun'er demanded a Grand Wedding in which they would be the main wives.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Green Scales, Ya Fei, Xiao Yu, and Die formed the Five Great Guardian Wives, with the Main Wives' approval.
• The Four Great Clans prepared to form marriage alliances with the Immortal Pavilion, and the unprecedented Grand Wedding stirred the Central Plains.