Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan confessed his feelings to Hun Ruoruo and asked to return to the Soul Clan with her, but she refused his help and questioned what he would do if she became the enemy of the world.

• Xiao Yan knelt before Hun Ruoruo and told her that he admired her and believed they were meant to be together.
• Hun Ruoruo teased Xiao Yan about his supposed hometown customs, then asked him to return her Storage Ring, which he placed back on her finger.
• Hun Ruoruo guessed that Xiao Yan wanted to accompany her to the Soul Clan, and he admitted that he could not stop worrying about her.
• Hun Ruoruo said she had chosen her own path to compete for Young Clan Leader and did not need Xiao Yan's involvement or help.
• Hun Ruoruo asked Xiao Yan what he would do if she ever had to become the enemy of the entire world.

Xiao Yan confronted Hun Ruoruo over the Soul Clan’s plans and told her he would oppose her if she endangered the world. After she accepted his convictions, he promised to kill anyone who tried to kill her.

• Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yan that the Soul Clan was at odds with the world, and he suspected the Scholar in White had hidden memories about the clan’s ambitions.
• Xiao Yan told Hun Ruoruo he would defeat her if necessary, explaining that he could not suppress his convictions or watch her make a mistake.
• Xiao Yan tried calling Hun Ruoruo several affectionate names, then sat beside her and coaxed her onto his lap.
• Hun Ruoruo said she was not angry and respected Xiao Yan for holding firm to his own path.
• Hun Ruoruo warned that the world might turn against her, and Xiao Yan vowed to kill anyone who tried to kill her.

Xiao Yan declared that he wanted to marry Hun Ruoruo, and their teasing turned into a passionate encounter in which she asserted her authority over him. The story then shifted to Xun'er in the Ancient Realm, where she gave Ling Ying a Po Zong Pill and asked what the Elder Council had decided.

• Xiao Yan told Hun Ruoruo that he wanted to marry her and complained that others were eyeing her after she topped a beauty ranking.
• Hun Ruoruo teased Xiao Yan about guarding the Demon Hall to drive away her admirers, and he insisted that she belonged with him alone.
• Hun Ruoruo kissed Xiao Yan and ordered him not to move, calling him her brazen subordinate and Yan Tianzun.
• Xun'er walked through the rain in the Ancient Realm and met Ling Ying, who said he had been searching for her.
• Xun'er gave Ling Ying a Po Zong Pill and asked him to tell her the result of the Elder Council's deliberation.

Xun'er condemned the Ancient Clan for denying Xiao Yan a Heavenly Tomb place and resolved to push for change within the clan. In the Void Land, Scholar learned that the congratulations had succeeded as a blood-red page marked “Spirit” appeared.

• Xun'er told Ling Ying that the Ancient Clan’s vote against giving Xiao Yan a Heavenly Tomb place had been decided in advance.
• Xun'er argued that Xiao Yan surpassed Yao Xing Ji and that seizing the place damaged the Ancient Clan’s reputation and dignity.
• Elder Lin agreed that the clan had betrayed its former alliance with the Xiao Clan for a meager gain.
• Xun'er hinted that Ling Ying should use his influence among executive stewards to help change the Ancient Clan, and he pledged to obey.
• In the Soul Realm’s Void Land, Scholar asked whether the plan had succeeded, and a youthful voice confirmed it.
• A page marked with the blood-red character “Spirit” emerged from the void, filling the realm with pressure and crimson light.

Hun Tiandi met with Nihility Devouring Flame after its destruction of the Spirit Clan and discussed Hun Ruoruo’s divine-grade bloodline. Meanwhile, Hun Miesheng read reports of Ruoruo’s exploits and contacted Mo Yu to ask where she was.

• Nihility Devouring Flame returned to Hun Tiandi with the parchment containing the Spiritual Realm, which had been reduced to a page.
• Nihility Devouring Flame reported that the Spirit Clan was weak and that the Soul Clan had gained the Ancient Jade fragment and the Spiritual Realm’s true body.
• Hun Tiandi said Hun Ruoruo had become divine-grade and insisted he had only returned what was already hers.
• Hun Miesheng read reports of Hun Ruoruo’s victories and became concerned that refusing to pledge allegiance could soon leave him isolated.
• Hun Miesheng contacted Mo Yu through the Hall Master Token and asked where Hun Ruoruo was.

Hun Miesheng pledged himself to Hun Ruoruo, who tested his loyalty and ordered him to take a captured Heaven Demon Phoenix Half-Saint to the Beast Region to extort the clan. The chapter ended with Hun Ruoruo reminding him to bring back the captive's valuable Heavenly Soul as well.

• Hun Miesheng entered Hun Ruoruo's room and saw her refining a body around a stark white skeleton.
• Hun Miesheng knelt and offered to serve Hun Ruoruo, while she dismissed his display of strength and demanded loyalty.
• Hun Ruoruo told Hun Miesheng that the Soul Hall's obedience mattered more to her than his status or strength.
• Hun Ruoruo drew a captured Heaven Demon Phoenix Half-Saint from her small world and ordered Hun Miesheng to take her remains to the Beast Region to extort the clan.
• Hun Ruoruo told Hun Miesheng to bring back the captive's Heavenly Soul, nearly causing him to stumble.

Hun Ruoruo and Old Man Yao discussed her relationship with the young man and the way she had handled Hun Miesheng, while Old Man Yao prepared to fuse with a body. After Hun Ruoruo secretly took his pill for conception and childbirth, Old Man Yao reached the Dou Saint realm, and Xuan Yi learned that his love for her remained one-sided.

• Old Man Yao praised Hun Ruoruo's ruthless handling of Hun Miesheng and said the young man had always been special to her.
• Hun Ruoruo admitted she had fallen for the young man, and Old Man Yao gave her a pill he had prepared for conception and childbirth.
• Hun Ruoruo took the pill and left as Old Man Yao began fusing with the body.
• Xuan Yi appeared and discussed Hun Ruoruo, the young couple, and her own feelings for Old Man Yao.
• Old Man Yao told Xuan Yi that his love was partial, then attained sainthood as Sacred Qi filled the tower.

News of Yao Chen’s advancement to Dou Saint unsettled Hun Feng and Hun Yu, while Hun Ruoruo learned that her rival Hun Feng had once nearly killed every candidate in the Gu War. As she prepared for the contest three months away, Xiao Yan affirmed that he would pursue strength while accepting Hun Ruoruo’s help, then revealed bone wings and declared himself half an Ancient Void Dragon.

• Hun Yu warned Hun Feng not to target Hun Ruoruo during the coming Gu War, and Hun Feng thanked him for the reminder.
• Mo Yu told Hun Ruoruo that the Gu War was scheduled for three months later and that Hun Feng, its previous legendary victor, was a Nine-Turn Dou Zun.
• Hun Ruoruo considered her limited ability to use the Emperor Soul Art’s stored power and smiled at Hun Tiandi’s jade bottle, saying love and career were separate matters.
• Xiao Yan told Three Thousand Lotus Heart that he could accept Hun Ruoruo’s help while continuing to grow stronger.
• Xiao Yan summoned enormous bone wings and said he counted as half an Ancient Void Dragon.

Xiao Yan, Three Thousand Lotus Heart, and Zi Yan arrived at Ancient Dragon Island, where Zi Yan reunited with Xiong Zhan. In the Sacrificial Holy Hall, Hei Qing and the White-robed Elder discussed the missing Saint Stage Great Master and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan before Zi Yan appeared and asked if they had been looking for her.

• Xiao Yan learned that his Ancient Dragon Wings could eventually let him cross between worlds, then caught Three Thousand Lotus Heart teasing Zi Yan with a bell and a bamboo rod.
• Xiao Yan scolded Three Thousand Lotus Heart and Zi Yan over their Soul Token browsing history, and Zi Yan revealed that she was already a Half-Saint.
• Zi Yan, Three Thousand Lotus Heart, and Xiao Yan reached an island, where Xiong Zhan greeted Zi Yan and met Three Thousand Lotus Heart.
• Xiao Yan introduced Three Thousand Lotus Heart to Xiong Zhan, who led them toward Ancient Dragon Island.
• The White-robed Elder and Hei Qing discussed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and the missing Saint Stage Great Master, then Zi Yan entered the Sacrificial Holy Hall and asked if they had been looking for her.

Three Thousand Lotus Heart revealed herself as the Dragon Phoenix to Zhu Li and Hei Qing, then arranged for Xiao Yan to train in the Vast Ancient Dragon Battlefield in exchange for offering the clan some assistance. At the Soul Clan's Tower of Grievance, Hun Ruoruo investigated Hun Yu's bloodline and learned he had an eighth-grade talent, confirming that one Divine Bloodline was missing.

• Three Thousand Lotus Heart appeared in the Sacrificial Holy Hall, and Hei Qing insulted her while Zhu Li recognized her as the Dragon Phoenix and made Hei Qing kneel.
• Xiao Yan arrived with Xiong Zhan, and he explained that Three Thousand Lotus Heart had captured a Heaven Demon Phoenix Half-Saint.
• Three Thousand Lotus Heart told Zhu Li that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had fractured, with the Royal Clan occupying three of its islands, and refused to become its leader.
• Three Thousand Lotus Heart offered the clan assistance in exchange for sending Xiao Yan to the Vast Ancient Dragon Battlefield to train.
• Hun Ruoruo suspected that the Soul Emperor's plans could reshape the Eight Ancient Clans and ordered Mo Yu to investigate Hun Yu's bloodline talent.
• Mo Yu reported that Hun Yu's bloodline had remained fixed at the eighth grade, and Hun Ruoruo concluded that one Divine Bloodline was missing.

Hun Ruoruo realized that Hun Yu may have received the Divine Bloodline meant for her other self, and she resolved to confront her father after the Gu War. Meanwhile, Hun Yu encountered Mo Yu, who came to summon him under a young lady’s orders.

• Hun Ruoruo suspected that the Soul Clan had only two Divine Bloodlines and that Hun Yu had gained hers in the life she would have lived if she had stayed in the Soul Realm.
• Hun Ruoruo recalled leaving the Soul Realm and undergoing Bloodline Stripping, then broke through to the middle stage of the Heaven Realm and vowed to confront her father after the Gu War.
• In a Soul Realm marketplace, a young man replaced his horse legs and hands with a dog’s limbs, prompting the crowd to rush to buy the vendor’s goods.
• Hun Yu watched the bizarre marketplace scene and complained about the Gu War selection before deciding to go home and sleep.
• Mo Yu appeared beside Hun Yu and confirmed that he had come under a young lady’s orders, while Hun Yu tried to avoid going with him.

Hun Ruoruo questioned Hun Yu about the previous Gu War, but his warning about Hun Feng revealed how dangerous the coming contest would be. After ordering harsher demands against the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, she judged her preparations nearly complete and suspected that strength alone would not be enough to thwart Hun Feng’s hidden scheme.

• Mo Yu brought Hun Yu to meet Hun Ruoruo, and Hun Yu knelt and tried to distance himself from the Young Clan Leader contest.
• Hun Ruoruo asked Hun Yu about the Gu War, and he explained how contestants had competed to refine Blood Source Pools and purify their bloodlines.
• Hun Ruoruo guessed that Hun Feng had let others absorb Blood Pools before absorbing them himself, and Hun Yu was shaken by her apparent understanding of his method.
• Hun Ruoruo asked how Hun Yu had died before Hun Feng, prompting him to warn her not to clash with Hun Feng in the secret realm before leaving in fear.
• Hun Ruoruo instructed Mo Yu to demand ten times the materials if the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan could not provide Ninth-grade Pills, then reflected that she might need more than strength to thwart Hun Feng’s scheme.

Xiao Yan trained with Hei Qing on Ancient Dragon Island and learned that a mysterious Soul Clan expert had earned the title Saint Slayer after fighting the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. In the Soul Realm, Hun Ruoruo received Hun Miesheng’s collected medicinal ingredients and declared that she would not lose, even with her remaining Dou Saint aides away.

• Hei Qing beat Xiao Yan in training, leaving him badly injured, and told him to rest.
• Hei Qing told Xiao Yan that an expert had slaughtered the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s forces and called himself Saint Slayer.
• Xiao Yan realized the expert was connected to Ruoruo and insisted on fighting Hei Qing again despite his injuries.
• Hun Miesheng presented Hun Ruoruo with more than one hundred and thirty Ninth-grade medicinal ingredients and asked about the promised Ninth-grade Pill.
• Hun Ruoruo returned the Storage Ring, assured Hun Miesheng that Master would honor the reward, and said she would secure victory without losing.

The Soul Clan gathered in the Soul Realm Main City to watch the unprecedented Young Clan Leader contest between Hun Ruoruo and Hun Feng. After Nihility Devouring Flame opened the event, Hun Ruoruo entered the arena and met Hun Feng, who introduced himself respectfully.

• Millions of Soul Clan members gathered as the Soul Realm Main City shut down for the Young Clan Leader contest.
• Nihility Devouring Flame descended in his true form, and the crowd greeted him with reverence.
• Hun Ruoruo asked Hun Yu about Hun Feng’s authority and why he had not yet arrived.
• Hun Ruoruo entered the arena and drew the crowd’s attention with her status, strength, bloodline, and appearance.
• Hun Feng descended from the elders’ seats, introduced himself to Hun Ruoruo, and greeted her respectfully.

Hun Ruoruo challenged Hun Feng’s position as Soul Clan Young Clan Leader, while the elder emeritus Hun Yuantian and Nihility Devouring Flame discussed her and her ties to Hun Miesheng. The chapter left Hun Miesheng under pressure to say whether he favored Hun Ruoruo or Hun Feng in the Gu War.

• Hun Feng greeted Hun Ruoruo respectfully, and she said the Young Clan Leader’s title could change hands after the Gu War.
• Hun Yuantian remarked on Hun Ruoruo, and Nihility Devouring Flame praised her talent while hinting that he knew the young contestants well.
• Hun Yuantian questioned Hun Miesheng about his closeness to Hun Ruoruo and Old Man Yao.
• Hun Miesheng explained that Old Man Yao was busy refining a tier-nine pill under Hun Xuzi’s guidance, and Hun Yuantian let the matter go.
• Hun Yuantian asked Hun Miesheng whom he favored in the Gu War, leaving him anxious because Hun Feng was Hun Yuantian’s blood-related descendant.

The Soul Clan elders discussed whether Hun Feng or Hun Ruoruo was the stronger candidate, and Hun Yuantian acknowledged Ruoruo’s superior talent while favoring his great-grandson. Hun Miesheng explained the contest rules, and the candidates entered the Guiyi Zhong, where Ruoruo rejected Feng’s offer to cooperate.

• Hun Miesheng said Hun Feng was currently stronger but declared that he favored Hun Ruoruo, and Hun Yuantian agreed that Ruoruo had greater talent while saying he would favor his great-grandson in a fight.
• Hun Miesheng announced that contestants would compete inside the Guiyi Zhong by absorbing blood pools and that cooperation and other actions were unrestricted.
• Hun Ya questioned the rules, then secretly smiled toward someone in the crowd.
• Hun Yu explained to Hun Ruoruo that entering early could leave a contestant exposed to hidden opponents, so the candidates waited rather than entering first.
• Hun Feng offered to cooperate with Hun Ruoruo, but she rejected him and entered the secret realm, prompting the other candidates to rush inside.
• Hun Feng calmly followed the others, and Hun Yu entered last after pretending to be dumbfounded.

Hun Ruoruo entered the Guiyi Zhong and explained to Hun Ya that its sealed realm prevented even the Emperor and the void from interfering with the selection. She left for the forest after openly warning that she would take revenge on anyone who tried to assassinate her, and Hun Ya hurried after her.

• Hun Ruoruo entered the Guiyi Zhong and observed that its enclosed sky showed only the Saints watching from outside.
• Hun Ya arrived and calmly discussed the competition with Hun Ruoruo, who asked whether he feared her.
• Hun Ruoruo explained that the Emperor and the void could not interfere inside the Gu Realm, which had been refined from an Emperor Realm into the Guiyi Zhong.
• Hun Ruoruo said she would settle accounts with anyone who tried to assassinate her after she left the Gu Realm, then walked into the forest.
• Hun Ya puzzled over Hun Ruoruo's unusually open threat and ultimately rushed after her.

Hun Ruoruo and Hun Ya discovered a Blood Beast at a supposedly depleted Blood Pool, where Hun Ruoruo destroyed it with the Void Sea Spirit Flame. As she devoured its Soul Fire, she heard the dying words of a Xiao Clan member warning that the Eight Clans were destined to become one.

• Hun Ruoruo examined the blood-soaked ground, and Hun Ya explained how bloodline plundering had depleted most Blood Pools.
• Hun Ruoruo pointed out an approaching Blood Beast that Hun Ya's Soul Force could not detect.
• Hun Ya attacked the Blood Beast with his flexible sword, but it ignored the wound and charged at him.
• Hun Ruoruo burned the Blood Beast to ash with the Void Sea Spirit Flame and picked up its remaining Soul Fire.
• Hun Ruoruo devoured the Soul Fire and heard its dying voice lament the Xiao Clan's fall and declare that the Eight Clans must become one.

Hun Ruoruo investigated the Blood Beasts and traced them to the Spirit Clan, while planning to use them to strengthen Soul Sea Spirit Crossing. At the Blood Pool, Hun Ya hesitated over betraying her as an unseen figure prepared to attack, and the chapter ended with a tense standoff beneath the Saints’ faces.

• Hun Ruoruo guessed that a remnant within the Soul Fire had been a Dou Saint who condemned the Ancient Clan and called for the Eight Clans to unite, then followed Hun Ya toward the Blood Pool.
• Hun Ming found traces of a slain Blood Beast and considered luring others into a trap, but a figure in black mist ambushed him and the two fought.
• Hun Ruoruo killed Blood Beasts and learned that they came from Spirit Clan Saints, confirming that the Spirit Clan had been secretly exterminated.
• At the Blood Pool, Hun Ruoruo planned to gather Blood Beasts and use their spirits to improve Soul Sea Spirit Crossing, while Hun Ya considered turning against her.
• Hun Ruoruo told Hun Ya to hurry if he meant to attack, startling him and the hidden figure as a tense standoff formed.

Hun Ruoruo exposed Hun Ya and Hun Li’s plan to attack her and challenged their resolve to contend for leadership of the Soul Clan. When they finally struck, she unleashed Soul Sea Spirit Crossing, summoning the figures of fallen saints and leaving both attackers entranced.

• Hun Ruoruo revealed that she had recognized Hun Ya’s intentions because he had separated from his usual partner to approach her.
• Hun Li appeared and joined Hun Ya, declaring that they would incapacitate Hun Ruoruo and Hun Feng to seize victory in the Gu War.
• Hun Ruoruo criticized their hesitation to kill her and pointed out that neither had the resolve to challenge Hun Tiandi, the Clan Leader.
• Hun Li and Hun Ya launched a joint attack with an axe and a flexible sword, aiming to kill Hun Ruoruo.
• Hun Ruoruo invoked Soul Sea Spirit Crossing, filling the area with Blood Beasts transformed from fallen saints and leaving Hun Li and Hun Ya motionless with vacant eyes.