Chapter Summaries

Su Xiaoxiao overwhelmed Xiao Zhan with astral winds, healing that kept him alive, and a flute melody that forced him to relive the suffering she had endured. After calming the crowd and Xiao Zhan with her zither, she let him attack, then froze him with the Blood Moon Lineage, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Su Xiaoxiao trapped Xiao Zhan in the Eternal Wind · Lingchi and used the Wind of Rebirth and Mulberry Tree to keep him suffering without dying.
• Su Xiaoxiao played the Azure Sea Tide Song, making Xiao Zhan experience the torment she had once endured and terrifying the crowd.
• Su Xiaoxiao decided to help Xu Kun subdue the City of Sin's factions, then played a calming zither piece while withdrawing her attacks.
• Xiao Zhan recovered enough to attack Su Xiaoxiao with his awakened bloodline, but Su Xiaoxiao stopped him with a rising blood moon.
• Xiao Zhan recognized Su Xiaoxiao's power as the Blood Moon Lineage.

Su Xiaoxiao revealed her Blood Moon Succubus lineage, killed Xiao Zhan, and helped wipe out the Joyous Union Sect. As Xu Kun faced the City of Sin’s next challenger, Shen-bao volunteered to fight the powerful ghost Shan Yanguai before her stamina ran out.

• Su Xiaoxiao used her Blood Moon Succubus power and Myriad Valley Pine Wind Fan to slaughter Xiao Zhan, then joined Hao Jian, Sikong Ting, and the Beggar Clan in destroying the Joyous Union Sect.
• Guo Jing protected a frail little beggar from a sneak attack during the battle.
• The Golden-Winged Great Peng told Xu Kun that Xiao Zhan had been protected by the Succubus Race and warned that his death and Su Xiaoxiao’s forbidden bloodline would bring retaliation.
• Xu Kun refused to back down and challenged the Golden-Winged Great Peng to send out another faction leader.
• Shan Yanguai, the Saint Water General of the Mount Tai Ghost Race, entered the arena with Puppet War Corpses, and Shen-bao declared her SSS-tier soul-type identity before the crowd.

Shen-bao defeated Shan Yanguai by sealing his soul and his thirteen Puppet War Corpses, then ran out of energy and left the Haotian Pagoda. Xu Kun comforted Yang Yao’s suspicions about their closeness by showing her the SSS-tier Soul Sealing Stone that held Shan Yanguai.

• The Golden-Winged Great Peng revealed that Shan Yanguai was the Earthly Wonder Star, a powerful member of the Mount Tai Ghost Race whose soul could return to the Liangshan Altar after death.
• Shan Yanguai sent his thirteen Puppet War Corpses to surround Shen-bao, but she covered the lotus platform in purple mist and sealed him and the corpses.
• Shan Yanguai left the platform with his corpses as Shen-bao jumped down and clung to Xu Kun, who praised her victory.
• Shen-bao gave Xu Kun several items, kissed him, and faded away after exhausting her energy in the Haotian Pagoda.
• Yang Yao questioned Xu Kun about his closeness with Shen-bao, and Xu Kun showed her a Soul Sealing Stone whose seal held Shan Yanguai.

Zhan Rourou fought Ye You in the sixth duel, relying on her light element against his darkness, but Ye You revealed his mixed-monkey bloodlines and gained the upper hand. The battle ended with his shadow invading Zhan Rourou and her consciousness fading.

• Xu Kun learned that Shen-bao’s Soul Sealing Stone let him control Shan Yanguai and that she had also given him a brush that could grow and shrink.
• Golden-Winged Great Peng acknowledged that his side had lost five of the eight matches and called for the sixth duel.
• Zhan Rourou volunteered to fight Ye You, whose Chijiri Ma Monkey and Six-Eared Macaque bloodlines made Yang Yao worry that Rourou was at a disadvantage.
• Ye You revealed his level-19 strength and SS-tier dual bloodlines, while Zhan Rourou introduced herself as a level-10 SS-tier Radiant Holy Envoy.
• Zhan Rourou and Ye You traded light and shadow attacks, with neither gaining the upper hand at first.
• Ye You used Shadow Entanglement and Shadow Embrace to make Zhan Rourou’s shadow seize her, corroding her light and clouding her consciousness.

Zhan Rourou defeated Ye You in a brutal duel, though Xu Kun realized Ye You had deliberately held back. As City of Sin’s next battle began, Ye You revealed that Yang Yao was Princess Yaoyao, an SSS-tier talent and the Daughter of Tianyan, before she accepted Yan Fuhai’s challenge.

• Zhan Rourou broke free of Ye You’s Shadow Embrace, filled the lotus platform with light, and detonated it to force him into his Night Ape Avatar.
• Ye You struck Zhan Rourou down, but she used Holy Judgment: Azure Sky Judgment to pierce his shadow form and defeat him.
• Xu Kun caught the exhausted Zhan Rourou, and Ye You conceded; Xu Kun recognized that Ye You had held back, giving his team another point and bringing its achievement to 6/8.
• Ye You identified Yang Yao as Princess Yaoyao, ranked seventh on the Novice Trial Heavenly Rankings, and revealed that she was the Daughter of Tianyan.
• Yan Fuhai challenged Yang Yao, and she stepped forward, promising Xu Kun she would give him a beating.

Yang Yao defeated Yan Fuhai in the duel, overwhelming him with ice and the Six Yang Palm. She spared him after he pledged allegiance to Xu Kun, and Yan Fuhai ended the chapter asking Xu Kun to accept him.

• Yang Yao challenged Yan Fuhai and revealed her SSS-tier ice talent as he awakened his Flame Dragon True Body.
• Yang Yao blocked Yan Fuhai's attacks, swung him onto the lotus platform, and wounded him with the Yuyao Disk.
• Yan Fuhai unleashed Dragon God's Wrath, but Yang Yao met the attack with Frost Condensation and survived the clash.
• Yang Yao battered Yan Fuhai with the Six Yang Palm until he begged her to stop before she could deliver its ninth form.
• Yang Yao spared Yan Fuhai after he swore loyalty to Xu Kun, then accepted him as Little Kun's little brother.
• Yan Fuhai led Flame Dragon Valley's elites to Xu Kun and asked him to take them in.

Yan Fuhai defected to Xu Kun's side after Yang Yao restored his strength and improved his bloodline with an SSS-tier pill. Xu Kun then challenged the City of Sin's remaining faction leaders to attack him together, and the chapter ended as both sides prepared to fight inside the reinforced lotus platform.

• Yan Fuhai pledged Flame Dragon Valley's loyalty to Xu Kun, and Yang Yao rewarded him with an SSS-tier Dragon Blood Creation Pill that raised his bloodline awakening rate to 20%.
• Yan Fuhai tried to challenge Wan Lipeng, but Xu Kun stopped him and demanded that the City of Sin's other faction leaders fight him together.
• Xu Kun insulted the assembled factions, while Wan Lipeng restored the lotus platform and expanded its inner space before leading the fighters inside.
• The City of Sin's fighters formed a battle formation, and Shi Li, Liu Dao, and Wan Lipeng introduced themselves and threatened Xu Kun.
• Xu Kun introduced himself as an E-tier human Magic Warrior at the tenth rank and invited the assembled fighters to attack.

Xu Kun defeated Niu Dali and effortlessly repelled the combined attacks of Ye You, Feng Bo Ting, Shi Li, and Liu Dao. After throwing Ye You and Niu Dali off the platform, he faced the three brothers of Lion Camel Ridge and declared that the warm-up was over.

• Niu Dali challenged Xu Kun, but Xu Kun dodged his punch and broke his arm with Bone-Melting Palm, forcing him to concede.
• Ye You, Feng Bo Ting, Shi Li, and Liu Dao attacked Xu Kun together with their bloodline forms and strongest skills.
• Xu Kun countered the assault, froze Ye You, repelled Shi Li and Liu Dao, and blasted Feng Bo Ting off the lotus platform.
• Xu Kun emerged behind Ye You, grabbed him, dispelled his avatars, and tossed him away after Ye You admitted he could not resist.
• Xu Kun ordered Niu Dali to leave the platform and faced the three brothers of Lion Camel Ridge, saying the warm-up was over.

Xu Kun battled the three brothers of Lion Camel Ridge, overpowering Yun Cheng Wanlipeng and Liu Dao before Shi Li swallowed him with a charged devouring skill. The crowd feared for Xu Kun, but Yang Yao urged them to trust him.

• Liu Dao and Yun Cheng Wanlipeng attacked Xu Kun together, but Xu Kun endured their assaults and drove Yun Cheng Wanlipeng back with fire skills.
• Yun Cheng Wanlipeng unleashed his bonded divine halberd’s golden phoenix attack, but Xu Kun countered with Fire Phoenix Burst Strike, seized the halberd, and sent it back into its master’s hands.
• Xu Kun bent Liu Dao’s silver spear and used it to slam Liu Dao repeatedly into the ground.
• Shi Li revealed that his brothers had been buying time for him to charge his devouring skill, then bound Xu Kun with wind and swallowed him.
• Zhan Rourou and the others worried about Xu Kun, while Yang Yao told them to believe in him and the three brothers laughed triumphantly.

Shi Li swallowed Xu Kun into his Devouring Space, but Xu Kun resisted the wind blades and began striking the space barrier. Yun Cheng Wanlipeng fed Shi Li an SS-tier True Fire Pill to kill Xu Kun, only for the flames and wind to leave Xu Kun unharmed while causing Shi Li intense pain.

• Shi Li entered a cross-legged pose and used his Wind Power to try to shred Xu Kun inside his Devouring Space.
• Xu Kun explored the sealed space and punched its barrier, making Shi Li clutch his stomach in pain.
• Yun Cheng Wanlipeng proposed using an SS-tier True Fire Pill and offered Xu Kun a chance to surrender, but Xu Kun refused.
• Yun Cheng Wanlipeng forced the pill into Shi Li, and Shi Li used his Wind Power to intensify the fire inside the Devouring Space.
• The pill's flames and Shi Li's wind did not harm Xu Kun, while Shi Li rolled on the ground in agony.
• Xu Kun told Yun Cheng Wanlipeng that the flames had warmed him up, leaving Yun Cheng Wanlipeng, Liu Dao, and Shi Li stunned.

Xu Kun endured Shi Li’s attempts to keep him trapped, then defeated Shi Li and Liudao after escaping the lion’s devouring space. Yun Cheng Wanlipeng awakened his Heavenly Peng Divine Body and prepared to fight Xu Kun, whose bloodline stirred in response.

• Shi Li used his devouring space to trap Xu Kun, but Xu Kun redirected the fire in Shi Li’s stomach and relieved his burning pain.
• After Shi Li and his brothers refused to let Xu Kun out, Xu Kun hammered Shi Li until he begged for mercy and opened his mouth.
• Liudao and Yun Cheng Wanlipeng ambushed Xu Kun as he emerged, but their attacks failed; Xu Kun knocked Shi Li unconscious and overwhelmed Liudao.
• Yun Cheng Wanlipeng sent Shi Li and Liudao off the lotus platform, then faced Xu Kun alone.
• Yun Cheng Wanlipeng awakened his Heavenly Peng Divine Body, and Xu Kun’s bloodline stirred as he prepared to respond with Phoenix Flight to the Ninth Heaven.

Xu Kun’s Divine Phoenix bloodline suppressed Yun Cheng Wanlipeng, but the two fought fiercely as Xu Kun matched his speed, overcame his techniques, and pursued him through the air. Yun Cheng Wanlipeng then unleashed his trump card, and Xu Kun answered with a lightning skill.

• Xu Kun revealed his Divine Phoenix bloodline, causing Feng Bo Ting to kneel and Yun Cheng Wanlipeng to lower himself under its pressure.
• Xu Kun and Yun Cheng Wanlipeng clashed with sword and halberd, and Xu Kun matched the renowned speedster’s attacks.
• Yun Cheng Wanlipeng used Peng Demon Dance and his avatars, but Xu Kun countered with Day Concealment, Fire Line, and Night Shade Avatar.
• Xu Kun forced Yun Cheng Wanlipeng into retreat, caught up to him, and wore down his defenses with repeated attacks.
• Yun Cheng Wanlipeng transformed into a golden peng and fired Sun-Piercing Golden Rainbow, so Xu Kun cast Divine Punishment of Thunder.

Xu Kun shattered Yun Cheng Wanlipeng’s golden rainbow, but Yun Cheng Wanlipeng trapped him inside the Yinyang Two Qi Bottle, an SSS-Grade Supreme Artifact whose fire and water attacks could kill even an SSS-tier fighter. As the factions realized Xu Kun might be in grave danger, his team prepared to confront Lion Camel Ridge.

• Xu Kun’s divine lightning destroyed Yun Cheng Wanlipeng’s Sun-Piercing Golden Rainbow and struck the lotus platform.
• Yun Cheng Wanlipeng revealed his hidden move, the Yinyang Two Qi Bottle, and pulled Xu Kun inside.
• Ye You explained that the bottle was an SSS-Grade Supreme Artifact whose Samadhi True Fire and Sunlight Divine Water could destroy anyone trapped within it.
• Yang Yao nearly fainted after hearing Xu Kun might not escape, while Sikong Ting demanded that Yun Cheng Wanlipeng release him.
• Xu Kun’s team advanced on Lion Camel Ridge, and Shi Li and Liudao faced them as tensions threatened to erupt into battle.

Yun Cheng Wanlipeng trapped Xu Kun in the Yinyang Two Qi Bottle, but Xu Kun’s allies rallied against Lion Camel Ridge and forced Yun Cheng to keep the wager going under pressure. Xu Kun refused to admit defeat inside the bottle, while Yun Cheng waited to see whether he could endure its dangers or escape.

• Yun Cheng Wanlipeng sealed Xu Kun inside the Yinyang Two Qi Bottle after dragging him into it.
• Yan Fuhai, Niu Dali, and Night Ape Valley pledged their factions to Xu Kun, joining the Beggar Clan against Lion Camel Ridge.
• Sikong Ting, Yang Yao, and the others threatened to attack unless Yun Cheng released Xu Kun, but Xu Kun told them not to start a war and insisted the wager continue.
• Yun Cheng promised to release Xu Kun if he could no longer endure the bottle, and the opposing forces settled into a tense standoff.
• Yun Cheng recalled that the bottle had failed against the Douzhan Martial Saint, while Xu Kun struggled with its fire and chilling cold.

Xu Kun endured the treasure vase’s repeating fire and water formations, discovered that his speech controlled which enemies appeared, and searched for a way to break out. He found the formation’s Fire Seed but could not remove it, then decided to smash the vase and take its treasure, unsettling Yun Cheng Wanlipeng outside.

• Xu Kun repeatedly scattered the Samadhi True Fire dragons, then used the Six Ding Divine Fire to destroy the returning water phoenixes while their extreme yin chilled him.
• Xu Kun guessed that speaking changed which formation enemies appeared, cursed Yun Cheng Wanlipeng, and made the water phoenixes give way to Fire Dragons.
• Xu Kun tried Chengying, lightning and other attacks against the vase wall but could not mark it; his Starfall Nine Heavens Hammer made it ring and stopped the sound-controlled water phoenixes from appearing.
• Xu Kun flew to the vase’s base, recognized the yin-yang formation’s Fire Seed and water-energy source, and found the Samadhi True Fire Fire Seed fused to the formation.
• Xu Kun failed to pry out the Fire Seed with his miniature hammer, realized the entire formation was joined to the vase, and decided to break the vase and take the treasure.

Xu Kun destroyed the formation inside the Yinyang Two Qi Bottle, seized its two Attribute Seeds, and broke free, leaving Yun Cheng Wanlipeng’s ancestral treasure ruined. Wanlipeng burned 5% of his bloodline and launched a devastating attack at Xu Kun.

• Xu Kun used his World-Ending Wind-Thunder to shatter the bottle’s formation and capture the fleeing Samadhi True Fire and water-element Attribute Seed.
• The damaged Yinyang Two Qi Bottle could no longer contain Xu Kun, who burst out and destroyed the Vajra Lotus Platform before pulling back the spreading wind and lightning.
• Xu Kun returned the hollowed-out bottle to Yun Cheng Wanlipeng, who flew into a rage and attacked him without breaking through his defenses.
• Ye You explained that Wan Lipeng was burning his bloodline, and Xu Kun stopped the others from intervening as his opponent gathered power.
• Wan Cheng Wanlipeng burned 5% of his bloodline and unleashed Yun Cheng Nine Thousand Miles—Divine Peng Heaven-Swallowing Roar at Xu Kun.

Xu Kun and Yun Cheng Wanlipeng fought a devastating duel that ended with Yun Cheng defeated and both combatants collapsing. As the battle ended, Marshal Yelü Hongji prepared to exploit their weakness and seize Qiao Feng for the Khitan Eight Tribes.

• Xu Kun used his fire powers and Blazing God's Unrivaled Slash to weaken Yun Cheng Wanlipeng's divine roc, then finished the attack with Unyielding Starfire.
• Yelü Hongji learned from his scout that Xu Kun and Yun Cheng were fighting and decided to advance with his Khitan Iron Cavalry while they were occupied.
• Yelü Hongji paid Quan Guanqing's Beggar Clan messenger and ordered him to use Bei Su Qing Feng poison, promising rewards for helping bring Qiao Feng back.
• After the clash, Liudao caught the badly injured Yun Cheng Wanlipeng as he fell, while Xu Kun collapsed from exhaustion and severe wounds.

Xu Kun defeated Yun Cheng Wanlipeng and demanded that Lion Camel Ridge honor its wager, then offered to repair its damaged treasure bottle with his Six Ding Divine Fire and Ou Yezi's skills. Yang Yao revealed the City Lord Token and gave it to Xu Kun, positioning him to claim authority over City of Sin.

• Yun Cheng Wanlipeng admitted defeat and ordered Lion Camel Ridge to recognize Xu Kun as its lord, but refused to become his servant because the wager had damaged his ancestors' treasure bottle.
• Xu Kun took the bottle and revealed that his SSS-Tier Fire Seed was Six Ding Divine Fire, giving a wisp of it to Ye You in exchange for help recruiting Lion Camel Ridge.
• Xu Kun offered to repair the bottle, citing his master Ou Yezi, while Yang Yao promised to restore its Spirit-Gathering Formation.
• Ye You reminded the faction leaders of the New Lord Treaty, under which a powerful human successor could become City of Sin's lord.
• Yang Yao produced the City Lord Token and handed it to Xu Kun, explaining that her father wanted him to earn his own dowry.

Xu Kun gained control of City of Sin after the major factions surrendered their shares and Lion Camel Ridge agreed to stay under his leadership. At the first leadership meeting, he announced that half the city’s shares would belong to humanity, then he and the faction leaders suddenly collapsed as a Khitan force arrived.

• Yang Yao revealed that her father had given her the City Lord Token, and Xu Kun learned that it gave him authority over City of Sin and its shares.
• Ye You offered Night Ape Valley’s shares to Xu Kun, and leaders from Flame Dragon Valley, the Mighty Divine Ox Sect, Wind Eagle Gate, and the Beggar Clan followed.
• Xu Kun reclaimed the shares of the Corpse Control Sect, Five Venoms Sect, and Joyous Union Sect, raising his stake to sixty-one percent.
• Xu Kun persuaded Yun Cheng Wanlipeng and his brothers to remain and govern City of Sin, provided he repaired their Yinyang Two Qi Bottle.
• The faction leaders gathered with Xu Kun for a meeting, where he declared that humanity would receive fifty percent of City of Sin’s shares.
• Xu Kun, Yang Yao, and the faction leaders suddenly collapsed, and a man announced that he had brought the Khitan Iron Cavalry to take Xu Kun home.

Yelü Hongji’s Wolf Race cavalry captured Xu Kun and his companions while awakening Qiao Feng’s Heavenly Wolf Bloodline and taking him away as Xiao Feng. Xu Kun and Yang Yao secretly recovered from the poison, freed the captives, and defeated the cavalry, leaving Yelü Hongji at their mercy.

• Yelü Hongji arrived with Wolf Race cavalry and used Bei Su Qing Feng to poison and immobilize Xu Kun’s group.
• Yelü Hongji forced Qiao Feng to take an SS-tier pill, awakening his Heavenly Wolf Bloodline, and renamed him Xiao Feng.
• Yelü Hongji chose to leave the other poisoned factions alive but ordered his soldiers to kidnap Xu Kun and his companions.
• After half an hour, Yang Yao used Jade Pool Water to cure the group, and Xu Kun and Sikong Ting subdued the Wolf Race cavalry.
• Xu Kun’s companions beat Yelü Hongji, and Xu Kun demanded the antidote for Bei Su Qing Feng.