Chapter Summaries

Hun Ruoruo told An Suying that her desire to grow stronger had shifted from revenge to protecting the people she loved. After Xiao Yan found a childhood photograph of Ruoruo, An Suying teased him into suspecting that Ruoruo had been pursuing him all along and tasked him with helping revive Sound Valley.

• Hun Ruoruo told An Suying that she had once been terrified of Hun Tiandi but now wanted to grow stronger to protect those around her.
• Hun Ruoruo fell asleep in An Suying’s room, leaving Xiao Yan alone and unable to rest.
• Xiao Yan found a childhood photograph of Ruoruo hidden in a cabinet.
• An Suying teased Xiao Yan about Ruoruo’s boldness and told him that reviving Sound Valley was his responsibility as the last disciple of the An Vein.
• Xiao Yan began to suspect that Ruoruo had chosen to come to Wutan City specifically to pursue him.

Hun Ruoruo discovered that An Suying had been acting unlike the gentle mother she remembered, then realized An Suying’s memories and strength had deteriorated. As Soul Hall’s pursuers approached Sound Valley, Hun Ruoruo resolved to protect her mother and the valley.

• Hun Ruoruo woke hungry and found An Suying chatting with Xiao Yan instead of attending to her.
• Hun Ruoruo overheard An Suying recounting how she had once copied adults’ mannerisms, then found the living room covered with childhood photos.
• Hun Ruoruo scolded Xiao Yan through a voice transmission for looking through her things, and he admitted he had found the photo albums while alone.
• Hun Ruoruo suspected An Suying had paid a price for her condition, while Xiao Yan confirmed that her cultivation had fallen below theirs.
• Hun Ruoruo asked when Soul Hall’s pursuers would arrive and vowed that no one would harm Sound Valley or An Suying again.

Ice Venerable led the Soul Hall and Ice River Valley forces to surround Sound Valley, while secretly speaking with an ally who revealed that Venerable Qinghai had died to two young fighters. Ice Venerable continued the assault, determined to eliminate Sound Valley and pursue Xiao Yi Xian.

• Ice Venerable arrived at Sound Valley with thirty-six High-level Dou Zong Protectors and thousands of Soul Envoys and allied disciples.
• A Protector reported that Venerable Qinghai's Soul Token aura had vanished, but Ice Venerable insisted the operation continue.
• Ice Venerable, Tian Shuangzi, and Venerable Huangquan sealed off Sound Valley and cut it off from the outside world.
• Ice Venerable secretly used a jade talisman to speak with an aged voice, which confirmed that two young fighters had killed Qinghai.
• The voice identified the two fighters as the youth bearing the Black Gold Flame and the girl controlling the boundless Blood Sea.

With the Soul Hall closing in and An Suying unable to fight, Hun Ruoruo urged Xiao Yan to absorb the Yin-Yang Twin Flames to strengthen his trump card. He succeeded in one night, advanced the Fierce Heaven Art to the Low Heaven Tier, and left the room bewildered by Hun Ruoruo’s teasing.

• Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo realized the Soul Hall’s pursuit left them with no way to retreat, while An Suying’s damaged cultivation made Sound Valley vulnerable.
• Hun Ruoruo proposed that Xiao Yan absorb the Yin-Yang Twin Flames to increase the destructive power of his Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan agreed to Hun Ruoruo’s demand to absorb the flames, evolve the Fierce Heaven Art, and break through within one day.
• With Hun Ruoruo’s Pure Water Physique assisting him, Xiao Yan absorbed the Yin-Yang Twin Flames without injury and advanced the Fierce Heaven Art to the Low Heaven Tier.
• Hun Ruoruo dressed and left Xiao Yan to get ready, while he wondered if she had taken advantage of him.

Hun Ruoruo prepared to leave Sound Valley with Xiao Yan, while An Suying reflected on her divided feelings about the Soul Clan Leader and accepted that her daughter would have to judge him for herself. After a tearful farewell, Hun Ruoruo left promising to make her mother proud.

• Hun Ruoruo told An Suying she was leaving Sound Valley to return and resolve unfinished matters.
• An Suying said she could neither reconcile the Soul Clan Leader’s cruel and caring sides nor force Hun Ruoruo to choose, and promised her home would always be open.
• Xiao Yan joined Hun Ruoruo and said he had come up with ideas that might help them, agreeing to discuss them after they left.
• An Suying gave Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan boxes of egg pancakes and asked Xiao Yan to make sure Hun Ruoruo ate properly.
• Hun Ruoruo embraced An Suying, promised to make her proud, and left saying, “Love you, mom. See you next time.”

Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan prepared to fight the forces surrounding Sound Valley, and Hun Ruoruo broke through to the Heaven Realm with the aid of the Sacred Spirit Soul. She emerged above Sound Valley to confront three Dou Zuns and their forces, shocking Venerable Huangquan.

• Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yan that his Fire Lotus Dou Technique was their best chance to reduce the enemy’s numbers, then gave him her Storage Ring full of Jade bottles.
• Venerable Huangquan, Ice River, and Tian Shuangzi waited outside Sound Valley as a strange bird attacked the barrier.
• Hun Ruoruo’s soul power surged from the mountain range and broke the seal over heaven and earth.
• The strange bird killed two Guardians and called Hun Ruoruo its Young Mistress as she emerged from the illusion.
• Hun Ruoruo climbed the Stairway to Heaven and faced Yellow Springs Pavilion, Ice River Valley, and Soul Hall, leaving Venerable Huangquan horrified.

Hun Ruoruo confronted Ice Venerable and the Soul Hall forces, who learned she was Sound Valley’s valley master’s daughter. After Ice Venerable’s poison appeared to engulf her, she revealed she had escaped and unleashed dozens of Black Lotuses against Tian Shuangzi and Venerable Huangquan.

• Ice Venerable identified Hun Ruoruo as the daughter and successor of Sound Valley’s valley master, and Hun Ruoruo confirmed it.
• Ice Venerable attacked Hun Ruoruo with his poison dragon while Tian Shuangzi injured Li Yue and Venerable Huangquan tried to seize the monstrous bird.
• Hun Ruoruo used a water wall against the poison dragon, then vanished inside the poison as Ice Venerable mocked her and Xiao Yan.
• Hun Ruoruo emerged unharmed, ordered Li Yue to retreat, and Li Yue escaped after breaking through the sealing barrier.
• Dozens of jade bottles shattered before Tian Shuangzi and Venerable Huangquan, releasing Black Lotuses that began to bloom.

Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo overwhelmed the Ice River Valley and Yellow Springs Pavilion forces with Pure Fire Dou Qi, leaving Venerable Huangquan facing Xiao Yan's attack. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan swung his Giant Ruler down with Flame-Splitting Wave-Eater Ruler.

• Tian Shuangzi's body was consumed by Xiao Yan's Pure Fire Dou Qi, and he killed himself with an ice spike.
• Ice Venerable blamed Venerable Huangquan for the disaster and demanded that he help kill Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo.
• Xiao Yan appeared beside Hun Ruoruo and claimed he could defeat Venerable Huangquan.
• Xiao Yan embraced Hun Ruoruo and used her Sea Heart Flame to replenish his Pure Fire Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan attacked Venerable Huangquan with Flame-Splitting Wave-Eater Ruler.

Xiao Yan’s Flame Splitting Wave Devourer Ruler overwhelmed Venerable Huangquan’s Yin-Yang Fish and shattered Ice River’s defense, though the attack consumed much of Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi. Ice River and the injured Venerable Huangquan emerged to counterattack, and Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yan to hold back as Ice River unleashed his fully unsealed Calamity Poison Body.

• Xiao Yan struck Venerable Huangquan’s Yin-Yang Fish with the Flame Splitting Wave Devourer Ruler, whose black-and-white flames broke through the mist and severed Huangquan’s connection to the fish.
• Ice River shielded Venerable Huangquan with Ice Soul Shield, but Xiao Yan’s attack shattered the ice and killed countless Soul Envoys in the blast.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the attack had consumed half his Dou Qi, while Hun Ruoruo had lost a third of hers and wondered whether the technique invoked a taboo Dao.
• Ice River and Venerable Huangquan emerged from the void, with Huangquan badly injured and his cultivation greatly diminished.
• Ice River unleashed Ice Soul Heavenly Frost and his fully unsealed Calamity Poison Body, draining Dou Qi from Ice River Valley disciples.
• Hun Ruoruo quietly told Xiao Yan to hold back some of his strength, and he agreed.

Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo fought Venerable Huangquan and Ice River as Ice River grew stronger and attacked Hun Ruoruo with overwhelming force. Hun Ruoruo summoned a massive Sacred Spirit Soul wielding a Sea Flame Halberd, leaving Xiao Yan stunned by its resemblance to him.

• Ice River broke through to the strength of a Five-star Dou Zun, and Xiao Yan told Hun Ruoruo to face him while he handled Venerable Huangquan.
• Xiao Yan promised Hun Ruoruo he would stand before her next time, then used Three Thousand Lightning Movement and Eight Extremes Collapse to strike Venerable Huangquan.
• Ice River recognized Hun Ruoruo's Pure Water Dou Qi as a way to increase his strength and launched an ice spear and a storm of ice crystals at her.
• Hun Ruoruo raised a thousand-layer water curtain, but Ice River's attacks steadily drove it back toward her.
• Hun Ruoruo summoned her Sacred Spirit Soul, a huge phantom that wielded a Sea Flame Halberd, and Xiao Yan thought it looked like him.

Hun Ruoruo used the Fierce Heaven Art to control the Sea Heart Flame and overwhelm Ice Venerable, then struck Venerable Huangquan with a soul technique to help Xiao Yan attack him. As Hun Ruoruo weakened and Xiao Yan moved to finish Venerable Huangquan, Ice River summoned a hidden, ghostly attacker who lunged at her from behind.

• Hun Ruoruo’s Sacred Spirit Soul controlled the Sea Heart Flame and used a halberd to batter Ice Venerable, while Xiao Yan realized she had absorbed residual energy from his Fierce Heaven Art.
• Hun Ruoruo exhausted herself fighting Ice Venerable, then struck Venerable Huangquan’s soul from afar with a purple light.
• Ice Venerable knocked the weakened Hun Ruoruo back, and she urged Xiao Yan to finish Venerable Huangquan.
• Xiao Yan charged at Venerable Huangquan with the Mysterious Black Ruler, but Ice River called for help and a ghostly figure attacked Hun Ruoruo from behind.

Xiao Yan intercepted Star Seizer Heavenly Venerable’s assassination of Hun Ruoruo, but the powerful counterattack left him gravely injured and his Mysterious Black Ruler marked. Star Seizer appeared before the two wounded juniors and declared that no one could save them.

• Xiao Yan burned through the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations and his blood essence to block the ghostly claw aimed at Hun Ruoruo.
• Star Seizer Heavenly Venerable crushed Xiao Yan’s defenses, leaving him badly injured and forcing him to retreat beside Hun Ruoruo.
• Star Seizer revealed that he had searched for Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo for years, while Hun Ruoruo used Pure Water Dou Qi to heal Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan noticed that Star Seizer’s strike had left a mark on the Mysterious Black Ruler.
• Ice River and the Soul Hall members recognized Star Seizer Heavenly Venerable and celebrated his arrival.
• Old Ghost Star-Picking warned Hun Ruoruo not to resist and declared that no one could save her.

Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan fought Old Ghost Star-Picking and Ice River at Sound Valley, with Hun Ruoruo devouring souls to force a breakthrough and Xiao Yan unleashing a Destructive Fire Lotus. Just as Old Ghost Star-Picking tried to summon help, Hun Ruoruo revealed her own Heavenly Venerate Token, and a mysterious figure appeared.

• Old Ghost Star-Picking recognized Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo from the Black Corner Region, and Hun Ruoruo stepped forward to hold off him and Ice River.
• Hun Ruoruo slaughtered Soul Hall’s Soul Envoys and absorbed their living souls while Old Ghost Star-Picking attacked Xiao Yan, who revealed that he had used a clone.
• Hun Ruoruo used the souls in her soul sea to fight Old Ghost Star-Picking and Ice River, drawing on their Dou Zun power to advance toward Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan stopped Hun Ruoruo from pushing herself further and used Fierce Flame Valley’s Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire to create a Destructive Fire Lotus.
• Old Ghost Star-Picking used Ice River as a shield and tried to activate his Heavenly Venerate Token, but Hun Ruoruo revealed that she had one too.
• A towering figure appeared after Hun Ruoruo’s token broke the barrier, and he addressed her as Miss.

Hun Ruoruo confronted Hun Miesheng after he stopped Xiao Yan’s Black Lotus attack, demanding that he save Xiao Yan and restore Sound Valley’s barrier. Hun Miesheng obeyed, and Hun Ruoruo turned to settle her grievance with Old Ghost Star-Picking, offering him a chance to fight.

• Hun Miesheng emerged with a Heavenly Venerate Token, seized the Black Lotus, and severed Old Ghost Star-Picking’s connection to his own token.
• Hun Ruoruo angrily challenged Hun Miesheng for stopping Xiao Yan’s attack, and he explained that Xiao Yan had burned all the essence blood in his body.
• Hun Miesheng reconstituted the Black Lotus to demonstrate its destructive force, then began restoring Xiao Yan’s life and knelt when Hun Ruoruo ordered him to save Xiao Yan and restore the barrier.
• The Soul Hall members panicked after realizing Hun Ruoruo had addressed their Hall Master as Hun Miesheng, while Old Ghost Star-Picking was left terrified.
• Hun Ruoruo confronted Old Ghost Star-Picking, rejected his attempt to provoke her, and offered him a chance to fight, saying she would kill him if she lost.

Hun Ruoruo defeated Old Ghost Star-Picking after revealing that he and Ice River were pawns in the Ninth Heavenly Venerable’s scheme, then left Xiao Yan under Hun Miesheng’s protection and returned toward the clan. In Sound Valley, Xiao Mu told An Suying that he had won their wager.

• Hun Ruoruo revealed that the Ninth Heavenly Venerable had gathered those involved in the siege of Sound Valley to use them as pawns and silence them.
• Ice River’s despair turned to rage, and he attacked Old Ghost Star-Picking with Calamity Poison before Old Ghost Star-Picking killed him.
• Hun Ruoruo absorbed Ice River’s soul and used the resulting poison to overwhelm and beat Old Ghost Star-Picking to death.
• Hun Ruoruo questioned Hun Miesheng, learned that Xiao Yan had also come, and asked for an explanation after they returned to the clan.
• Hun Ruoruo protected Xiao Yan, absorbed Old Ghost Star-Picking’s soul energy into him, accepted defeat in the wager, and departed in the rain.
• At Sound Valley, An Suying’s photograph cracked as Xiao Mu told her, “This time, I won.”

After the battle outside Sound Valley, Xiao Yan lay dying and remembered Hun Ruoruo, believing she had sacrificed herself. Hun Ruoruo reappeared and used the battlefield’s corpses to revive him, then joined their souls as the rain stopped, leaving their bet unresolved.

• The pursuers were wiped out, Yellow Springs Pavilion was divided among rival powers, and the Branch Hall of the Departed Souls vanished from the records.
• As Xiao Yan lay dying, he remembered Hun Ruoruo and realized how deeply she had cared for him.
• Xiao Yan’s grief ignited his Evil Flame, while the Yin-Yang Twin Flames and Fierce Heaven Art began to restore his body.
• Hun Ruoruo emerged from the flames and drew the essence from the battlefield’s corpses and bloodwater to revive Xiao Yan.
• Hun Ruoruo embraced and kissed Xiao Yan, entwining their souls and transferring the emotions she had gained through the Spirit Ascension Technique.
• As the rain ceased, Xiao Yan spoke with two overlapping voices, saying that they might not have lost their bet.

Hun Ruoruo returned to the Soul Realm and restored the emotions she had hidden within the Yin-Yang Twin Flames. Hun Tiandi visited her and challenged her to become the Soul Clan’s Young Clan Leader before opposing his plans.

• Hun Ruoruo returned to the Soul Realm after nine years and felt no nostalgia for it.
• Hun Ruoruo sensed that the emotions she had stored in the Yin-Yang Twin Flames had survived, preserving her hope of recovering them.
• Hun Ruoruo suppressed her emotions again before Hun Tiandi entered her room and asked whether she was satisfied with her arrangements.
• Hun Tiandi told Hun Ruoruo he would not interfere with her choices but asked her not to interfere with his plans.
• Hun Ruoruo asked what would happen if their goals opposed each other, and Hun Tiandi returned her Heavenly Venerate Token and told her to become the Soul Clan’s Young Clan Leader first.

Hun Ruoruo accepted Hun Tiandi’s challenge to become the Soul Clan’s Young Clan Leader and uncovered the significance of the Sequence Heavenly Venerate Token he gave her. She claimed the token for herself and found that the path to greater strength was the Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Hun Tiandi offered Hun Ruoruo the Heavenly Venerate Token and told her to surpass the current Young Clan Leader, urging her to find “it.”
• Hun Ruoruo activated the token and realized it belonged to a Sequence Heavenly Venerable, then suspected that her mother, An Suying, had fought and lost against the Soul Clan.
• Hun Ruoruo resolved to enter Hun Tiandi’s game and use her unique understanding of him as an advantage.
• Hun Ruoruo erased the fallen Heavenly Venerable’s Soul Imprint and claimed the Sequence Heavenly Venerate Seal.
• The token revealed a curved blade, a dark-purple tome, and a black Fire Seed, which Hun Ruoruo identified as the Nihility Devouring Flame.

Hun Ruoruo realized Nihility Devouring Flame could not control her Divine Bloodline or mind, then recovered her strength and broke through to two-star Dou Zun. She confronted Hun Miesheng at Soul Cutting Hall and demanded the explanation he had promised, leaving him to comply with her request.

• Hun Ruoruo concluded that Nihility Devouring Flame could help her cultivation without suppressing her Divine Bloodline or controlling her mind.
• After three days of recovery and cultivation, Hun Ruoruo replenished her vitality and broke through to two-star Dou Zun.
• Hun Ruoruo traveled to Soul Cutting Hall and waited beneath an ancient tree for Hun Miesheng.
• Hun Ruoruo reminded Hun Miesheng that he owed her a satisfactory explanation and asked him to state his reasons.
• Hun Miesheng said he could not always seek her out, and Hun Ruoruo reassured him before ordering him to fulfill her request.

Hun Ruoruo confronted Hun Miesheng over the Soul Hall’s actions and demanded more than an apology, forcing him to choose between her and Hun Tiandi. Hun Miesheng offered to become her subordinate, leaving Hun Ruoruo to decide whether she would accept his allegiance.

• Hun Ruoruo told Hun Miesheng that he was responsible for the Soul Hall’s actions, and he accepted the blame.
• Hun Ruoruo made clear that an apology was not enough and pressured Hun Miesheng to choose a side.
• Hun Miesheng concluded that opposing Hun Ruoruo was more dangerous than defying Hun Tiandi and decided to bargain with her.
• Hun Miesheng sealed the palace against outside observation and offered to acknowledge Hun Ruoruo as his master, asking whether she dared accept.