Chapter Summaries

Hun Ruoruo overpowered Hun Miesheng’s test and secured his pledge of loyalty, then began questioning him about a child flame of Nihility Devouring Flame. The chapter left Hun Miesheng answering to her as Lord, with his information about the flame still to come.

• Hun Miesheng pressured Hun Ruoruo to test her, but she answered with her Divine Bloodline and marked his robe with a blood bead.
• Hun Ruoruo agreed to work with Hun Miesheng, but rebuked him for trying to seize the initiative and preserve his authority as Hall Master.
• Hun Ruoruo demanded that Hun Miesheng provide all the information she needed before she replaced the current Young Clan Leader.
• Hun Miesheng called Hun Ruoruo Lord and promised to answer without withholding anything.
• Hun Ruoruo asked Hun Miesheng whether he had a child flame of Nihility Devouring Flame within his body.

Hun Ruoruo obtained a powerful Earth Child Flame from Hun Miesheng and planned to use Void Spirit Devouring Flame to free herself and her future followers from Nihility Devouring Flame’s control. She began refining the flame with Fierce Heaven Art and left to find test subjects.

• Hun Miesheng warned Hun Ruoruo that Earth Child Flame was too powerful for her, but she ordered him to separate a portion for her.
• Hun Miesheng gave Hun Ruoruo a Fire Seed from the child flame and pledged to obey her, then reflected on how much she had changed.
• In the Training Room, Hun Ruoruo reasoned that escaping Nihility Devouring Flame’s control was necessary to build her own power within the Soul Clan.
• Hun Ruoruo realized Void Spirit Devouring Flame could help her evade Nihility Devouring Flame’s control and scrutiny.
• Hun Ruoruo used the Sacred Spirit Soul and Fierce Heaven Art to begin refining the Earth Child Flame, then left to find test subjects.

Hun Ruoruo decided to use Soul Hall members as test subjects for the Void Spirit Devouring Flame and went to the Soul Hall headquarters. There, Mo Yu recognized her as the woman behind his failed scheme and immediately begged her to spare his life.

• Hun Ruoruo resolved to take Soul Hall members as test subjects, trusting that they were loyal and free of Nihility Devouring Flame's influence.
• Mo Yu brooded over his failed plan to frame Venerable Qinghai and feared the consequences of the destroyed branch hall and broken summoning barrier.
• Mo Yu learned that the Hall Master had returned with a woman from the main family and realized she was coming for him.
• Hun Ruoruo entered the Heavenly Venerate Hall and confronted Mo Yu about his threat to torture her.
• Mo Yu admitted his guilt and kowtowed to Hun Ruoruo, begging her to spare his life.

Hun Ruoruo took control of Ninth Heavenly Venerable Hall after Mo Yu and the Black and White Heavenly Venerables submitted to her. She collected the hall’s living souls and revealed a ruthlessness that left Mo Yu terrified of how well she understood the Soul Hall’s ways.

• Mo Yu forced the Black and White Heavenly Venerables to kneel before Hun Ruoruo and acknowledge her as their master.
• Hun Ruoruo questioned Mo Yu’s loyalty, and he offered up his Heavenly Venerate Token and all he possessed to beg for his life.
• Hun Ruoruo struck Mo Yu down and exposed that she had seen through his scheme, while the Black and White Heavenly Venerables offered their own tokens to win her favor.
• Mo Yu and the Black and White Heavenly Venerables helped Hun Ruoruo purge Ninth Heavenly Venerable Hall over three days, and the members handed over their Soul Tokens.
• Mo Yu presented Hun Ruoruo with the hall’s 130 living souls, and she criticized him for not hiding his submission so she could have gathered more souls and tested the members’ loyalty.

Hun Ruoruo learned that the Pill Gathering was less than half a year away and that Yao Chen would attend, prompting her to consider how to protect him. She offered Mo Yu power enough to challenge the other Sequence Heavenly Venerables, and he agreed to serve her.

• Hun Ruoruo reflected that Soul Hall’s habit of flaunting its power had made it enemies, unlike the Soul Clan’s strategy of staying hidden.
• Hun Ruoruo asked Mo Yu about the investigation, and he reported that the Pill Gathering was less than half a year away and that Yao Chen would attend.
• Hun Ruoruo became concerned when Mo Yu called Yao Chen Soul Hall’s most wanted target, and Mo Yu assured her that no one in the Ninth Heavenly Venerable Hall would dare covet his soul.
• Hun Ruoruo said Hun Miesheng would not interfere and learned that Venerable Mu Gu would represent Soul Hall at the Pill Gathering.
• Hun Ruoruo offered Mo Yu the strength to contend with the other Sequence Heavenly Venerables, and Mo Yu pledged himself to serve her.

Hun Ruoruo used Mo Yu as the first test subject for fusing with the Void Flame Seed while Blood River and Qiu Di discussed the Ninth Heavenly Venerable’s disappearance and Qiu Di’s pursuit of Yao Chen. After Mo Yu brought Hun Ruoruo the Pill Gathering deployment, she prepared to act on the information while he denied that sharing it violated his loyalty to the Soul Hall.

• Hun Ruoruo chose Mo Yu, who lacked a Dou Di bloodline and was bound by a Soul Seal, as a test subject, and he began fusing with the Void Flame Seed.
• Blood River confronted Qiu Di about criticizing the Ninth Heavenly Venerable and warned him to put the Soul Hall’s interests first.
• Qiu Di agreed to set aside his feud with the Ninth Heavenly Venerable and deliver the Pill Gathering arrangements, while reaffirming his intent to capture Yao Chen.
• Mo Yu delivered the Eighth Heavenly Venerable’s strategic deployment to Hun Ruoruo, who noted that preparations were beginning half a year before the Pill Gathering.
• Hun Ruoruo teased Mo Yu about leaking Soul Hall secrets, and he insisted that serving her was the same as serving the Hall Master.

Hun Ruoruo successfully fused the Void Flame Seed with her Sacred Spirit Soul and weighed the risks of confronting Nihility Devouring Flame, while her feelings for Xiao Yan resurfaced. The Central Continent’s power structure shifted after the Branch Hall of the Departed Souls vanished, and the chapter ended with Old Man Yao revealing that Xiao Yan’s problem lay in his heart.

• Hun Ruoruo examined the Void Flame Seed she had refined and recognized its hidden devouring influence, while Mo Yu used a seed from her to reach Eight-star Dou Zun.
• Hun Ruoruo considered confronting Nihility Devouring Flame to strengthen her standing before the Ancient Clan’s Heavenly Tomb opened, but hesitated because Xiao Yan would be angry if she risked herself.
• Hun Ruoruo remembered Xiao Yan’s protective and jealous behavior, admitted her feelings had returned, and cleaned her bloodstained red shoes.
• The Ancient Assembly replaced Yellow Springs Pavilion after the Branch Hall of the Departed Souls disappeared, reshaping the Central Continent’s balance of power as Ice River Valley vanished.
• At Starfall Pavilion, the Heavenly Fire Venerable spoke with Old Man Yao about being forgotten, and Old Man Yao revealed that Xiao Yan’s problem lay in his heart.

Xiao Yan remained consumed by grief and guilt after Hun Ruoruo left to save him, and he believed he could no longer practice alchemy or compete in the Pill Gathering. Old Man Yao urged him to remember the road he had traveled, and Xiao Yan left Starfall Pavilion for the Northwest Region.

• Heavenly Fire Venerable and Venerable Yao discussed Hun Ruoruo’s departure and the despair Xiao Yan might feel over the gulf between them.
• After two months alone in Starfall Pavilion’s Endless Forest Sea, Xiao Yan revealed that he had slaughtered the survivors of Ice River Valley and could not restore his shattered heart.
• Old Man Yao reminded Xiao Yan that the Pill Gathering was less than six months away and could help him grow stronger, but Xiao Yan said he could no longer compete.
• Old Man Yao gently patted Xiao Yan’s head and told him to look back along the road he had traveled when he felt lost.
• Xiao Yan left Starfall Pavilion without using his cultivation and boarded a Space Ship bound for the Northwest Region.

Xiao Yan returned to places tied to Hun Ruoruo, revisiting their past as he traveled through the Northern Region and Jia Nan Academy. He saw statues of himself and Hun Ruoruo at the academy, sensed her happiness, and unseen fluctuations began gathering in his Yin-Yang Twin Flames.

• Xiao Yan crossed the Northern Region, visited Mo Ying's cenotaph, and continued toward the places where he and Hun Ruoruo had shared memories.
• Xiao Yan walked through a Spatial Wormhole, rescued two travelers from a Space Storm, and concealed his aura with Protector Yan's damaged Soul Robe.
• Xiao Yan slipped through Jia Nan Academy's Space Lock and chose to observe quietly rather than meet Elder Huo.
• Xiao Yan saw statues of himself and Hun Ruoruo outside the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower and sensed her happiness.
• Special Fluctuation gathered unnoticed within the Fire Seed of Xiao Yan's Yin-Yang Twin Flames.

Xiao Yan revisited Jia Nan Academy and reflected on how its people and Heavenly Flames had helped him understand the paths of cultivation and the Fierce Heaven Art. After watching Lin Yan and Wu Hao spar, he left the academy with a clearer insight into the Falling Heart Flame and his own determination.

• Xiao Yan realized that the Fierce Heaven Art could fuse different paths, and he wondered whether Hun Ruoruo had entrusted her emotions to him.
• Xiao Yan found Lin Yan challenging Jia Nan Academy students and watched him defeat Wu Hao after a hundred moves.
• Lin Yan argued with the students about his former classmates, while Wu Hao noticed Xiao Yan's immense strength when he retrieved the blood sword without Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan quietly left the Black Corner Region and concluded that the Falling Heart Flame refined the heart by removing afflictions.
• Xiao Yan felt his determination awaken as a transparent Fire Python mark appeared on a formless wheel behind him.

Xiao Yan returned to the Tagore Desert and saw that the Snake People Tribe and the Jia Ma Empire had begun to coexist peacefully. As he reflected on Hun Ruoruo’s identity as a member of the Soul Clan, he learned how Queen Medusa had secured the Snake People’s homeland and earned their loyalty.

• Xiao Yan entered the Tagore Desert and saw signs that the Snake People Tribe and the Jia Ma Empire were flourishing together.
• Xiao Yan thought about whether he could forgive the Soul Clan for the Xiao Clan’s sake, since Hun Ruoruo had embraced her Soul Clan identity for him.
• A Snake Woman stopped Xiao Yan from approaching Queen Medusa’s bedchamber and explained that the Snake People Tribe had merged with the Jia Ma Empire.
• The Snake Woman said Queen Medusa had ended the war, secured a homeland for her people, and chosen to stand on equal footing with the Imperial Family.
• Xiao Yan thanked the Snake Woman, who mistook his troubled expression for a marital dispute and offered him discounted clothing.

Xiao Yan comprehended the Dao Path of Reincarnation and traveled to Wutan City before returning to the Imperial Capital. He discovered that war had erupted at the Jia Ma Empire’s border and encountered Nalan Yanran.

• Xiao Yan realized that the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus represented the Great Dao of Termination and comprehended the more powerful Dao Path of Reincarnation.
• Xiao Yan’s unstable attempt to wield the Power of Reincarnation nearly destroyed the surrounding area, and he vowed to master it to protect Ruoruo.
• Xiao Yan visited Wutan City, reflected on his family’s continued bloodline as another form of reincarnation, and then traveled to the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Yan found the Imperial Capital unusually quiet and discovered soldiers fleeing toward a war-torn border with the Chu Yun Empire.
• Xiao Yan used his Soul Force to sense the plains and recognized Nalan Yanran among the people there.

Xiao Yan entered a cave where Nalan Yanran and her injured disciples were hiding after fleeing an attack by Heavenly Snake Mansion. He reunited Nalan Yanran with the rescued Elder Yunxia and asked her to explain Heavenly Snake Mansion’s actions, leaving her cautiously answering his questions.

• Nalan Yanran led her injured disciples into a forest cave while Elder Yunxia stayed behind to hold off their pursuers.
• Nalan Yanran comforted a crying disciple and explained that Heavenly Snake Mansion was testing whether their sect would dare risk war.
• Xiao Yan entered the cave and recognized Nalan Yanran, whom he had not seen since the Three-Year Pact.
• Xiao Yan brought the unconscious Elder Yunxia into the cave and explained that he had rescued him on the plains.
• Nalan Yanran apologized for threatening Xiao Yan, and he asked her to tell him about Heavenly Snake Mansion.

Xiao Yan learned that Heavenly Snake Mansion wanted Queen Medusa’s body to awaken the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline, and Nalan Yanran explained why the Jia Ma Empire had no choice but to fight. After Nalan shared her regrets about the past, Xiao Yan left for Heavenly Snake Mansion, where he confronted its Mansion Lord as the leader plotted to use Qing Lin against the Jia Ma Empire.

• Nalan Yanran told Xiao Yan that Heavenly Snake Mansion sought Queen Medusa’s body for the chance to obtain a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, leaving the Jia Ma Empire and Snake People Tribe with no option but to resist.
• Nalan Yanran gave Xiao Yan a fifth-grade Spring Return Pill and confessed how annulling her engagement to Xiao Yan had led her to understand the harm she caused and the burdens of leading Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran drank in silence, and Xiao Yan put her to sleep before leaving the cave and resolving to crush whatever stood in his way.
• At Heavenly Snake Mansion, the Mansion Lord proposed using Qing Lin’s resentment toward the Jia Ma Empire to make her act against it and help secure Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Yan appeared in Heavenly Snake Mansion’s Sacred Hall and asked the Mansion Lord if he needed help stepping down, shocking everyone present.

Xiao Yan used the power of a Path of Dao to destroy the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s domain and defeat its elders, while the Heavenly Snake Venerable fled using Snake Shedding. As Xiao Yan’s Reincarnation power reached him, Hun Ruoruo sensed the moment she had anticipated and began claiming that power for her own Path of Dao.

• The Heavenly Snake Venerable cautiously confronted Xiao Yan, then secretly attacked him and ordered six elders to join the fight.
• Xiao Yan revealed a wheel bearing divine flames and used the power of a Path of Dao to destroy the domain and drain the elders’ Dou Qi.
• The Heavenly Snake Venerable escaped in his true body after leaving a Snake Shedding to face Xiao Yan, then opened a spatial passage to flee the Northwest Region.
• Xiao Yan invoked Reincarnation, and its yin-yang divine force reached the fleeing Heavenly Snake Venerable.
• Hun Ruoruo woke in the Ninth Heavenly Venerable Hall as her Soul Water Dou Qi surged, and resolved to contain Reincarnation and End within her own Path of Dao.

Hun Ruoruo reflected on Xiao Yan’s growing strength and resolved to swear him off, while the Soul Hall learned that Heavenly Venerable Mo had been defeated by the rising Ancient Assembly. White Heavenly Venerable ordered the messenger to lead him to the incident.

• Hun Ruoruo sensed the powers she had gained and considered how Xiao Yan’s imminent breakthrough to Dou Zun would change their relationship.
• Hun Ruoruo recalled her feelings for Xiao Yan, decided to focus on her career, and swore to avoid him from that day onward.
• A Ghost Shadow reported to White Heavenly Venerable that Heavenly Venerable Mo had been defeated.
• White Heavenly Venerable first suspected Danta, but the Ghost Shadow clarified that the Ancient Assembly had defeated Heavenly Venerable Mo.
• White Heavenly Venerable ordered the Ghost Shadow to lead the way.

Hun Ruoruo learned that the Ancient Assembly had defeated White Heavenly Venerable and decided to confront the mysterious faction herself. As the Ancient Assembly drew a crowd of onlookers, a woman from the Soul Hall appeared and demanded an explanation for its attack.

• Mo Yu reported White Heavenly Venerable's defeat to Hun Ruoruo and identified the Ancient Assembly as the force behind the setback.
• Hun Ruoruo questioned Mo Yu about the Ancient Assembly, inferred its methods and ties, and ordered him to prioritize the Pill Gathering while she handled the faction.
• Mo Yu promised to protect Yao Chen and Xiao Yan, but Hun Ruoruo told him not to mention Xiao Yan.
• Onlookers gathered outside the Ancient Assembly and argued over its strength and its conflict with the Soul Hall.
• A woman wreathed in black mist emerged from a tear in space and demanded that the Ancient Assembly explain why it had injured someone from the Soul Hall.

Hun Ruoruo arrived at the Ancient Assembly to retrieve the captured Soul Hall Heavenly Venerables and challenged its elders when they tried to detain her. Just as Elder Lin attacked, the gates opened and a cyan-clad girl greeted Hun Ruoruo as her sister.

• Hun Ruoruo confronted the Ancient Assembly elders and demanded to know where Heavenly Venerable Mo and White Heavenly Venerable were.
• The white-browed elder invited Hun Ruoruo into the Assembly, and she accepted, then insisted that its master personally welcome her.
• Elder Lin attacked Hun Ruoruo with an Ancient Assembly hand seal after the elders took offense at her demand.
• Hun Ruoruo looked toward the gates and told the people inside that her patience was limited.
• A cyan-clad girl appeared through the opening gates, addressed Hun Ruoruo as her sister, and greeted her after several years apart.

Hun Ruoruo reunited with Xun'er at the Ancient Assembly, where Xun'er revealed she had detained one of Ruoruo's people to draw her out. Their conversation ended with Xun'er asking about Ruoruo's relationship with Brother Xiao Yan.

• Hun Ruoruo and Xun'er reunited, and Ruoruo teased her about her glowing golden eyes.
• Xun'er led Hun Ruoruo into the Ancient Assembly and served her tea while the gatekeepers watched in disbelief.
• Hun Ruoruo asked about her detained person, and Xun'er said the captive's injuries were nearly healed.
• Xun'er admitted the Ancient Assembly had captured Ruoruo's person to draw her out, and claimed she could contend with Soul Hall herself.
• Xun'er asked Hun Ruoruo what her relationship with Brother Xiao Yan was now.

Xun'er confronted Hun Ruoruo about her relationship with Xiao Yan and learned that they were together, shattering Xun'er's hopes. Refusing to give up because they were not yet married, Xun'er declared that she would steal Xiao Yan away.

• Xun'er recalled how the Ancient Clan's rigid Elder Council had denied her authority despite her cultivation, prompting her to form the Ancient Assembly.
• Xun'er asked Hun Ruoruo what her relationship with Xiao Yan was, and Hun Ruoruo evasively admitted that things were going well.
• Xun'er revealed that Xiao Yan had told her he loved Hun Ruoruo, and Hun Ruoruo reacted with anger before realizing he had pursued her from the start.
• Xun'er saw Hun Ruoruo's pleased expression and realized Xiao Yan would marry someone else, then congratulated her with a strained smile.
• Xun'er challenged Hun Ruoruo over not being married to Xiao Yan yet and declared, “Steal. His. Man!!!”