Chapter Summaries

Hun Ruoruo used Black Demon Lightning to subdue Hun Li and Hun Ya, testing a way to control the Blood Beasts. After they begged her to stop, she withdrew the lightning, having found a method to tame the beasts.

• Hun Li and Hun Ya realized Hun Ruoruo had lured the Blood Beasts together and were shocked by the strength of her soul realm.
• Hun Ruoruo summoned Soul Chains wrapped in Black Demon Lightning and attacked Hun Li and Hun Ya.
• Hun Ya tried to rescue Hun Li, but Hun Ruoruo shocked him too and explained she was testing whether the lightning could make them submit like Blood Beasts.
• Hun Li and Hun Ya finally begged Hun Ruoruo to stop and submitted, and she withdrew the lightning.

Hun Ruoruo defeated Hun Li and Hun Ya with Black Demon Lightning, rejected their bloodlines, and offered them a choice between becoming her servants or dying. Elsewhere, Hun Yu revealed a shocking power when cornered, while Hun Feng finally made his move and fell asleep among the corpses.

• Hun Ruoruo used Black Demon Lightning to force Hun Li and Hun Ya to kneel, then told them they were unworthy of strengthening her bloodline.
• Hun Ruoruo dropped a Heavenly Venerate Token containing a Soul Seal and declared that they could be her servants or dead before walking away.
• Hun Yu wondered what methods Miss's husband from the Xiao Clan had used to win her over, then found himself surrounded by three Soul Clan youths.
• The three attackers mocked Hun Yu and struck together, but he released a powerful purple-golden clan mark and charged at them.
• Hun Feng lowered his bow beside the bodies of his victims, said he had finally waited for them to make their move, and fell asleep on a bed of corpses.

Soul Clan elders watched the Gu Realm contest as Hun Yuantian revealed Hun Tu's connection to the ancient Gu War and urged the Saints to choose sides. Hun Ruoruo, Hun Yu, and Hun Feng advanced toward the endpoint, while the contest's stakes grew clearer as a clash between the former Young Clan Leader and the Imperial Daughter.

• Elder Tu said Hun Ruoruo's bold challenge recalled only two figures in Soul Clan history who had dared challenge all Heavenly Prodigies.
• Hun Yuantian teased Hun Tu about the ancient Gu War, and Hun Tu admitted that even thirty-five fighters together could not withstand Lord's might.
• Hun Yuantian revealed that Hun Tu had once competed with Clan Leader for the position of Young Clan Leader and had later pledged loyalty to her.
• Hun Yuantian noted that Hun Ruoruo, Hun Yu, and Hun Feng were nearing the endpoint, with Hun Yu ahead of Hun Feng after surviving repeated attacks.
• The elders questioned why Hun Feng avoided absorbing Bloodline Power, while Hun Yuantian urged the Saints to back a contender in the decisive contest between the former Young Clan Leader and today's Imperial Daughter.

Hun Yuantian tried to win support for Hun Feng by wagering an Ancient Clan Dou Sheng soul against Hun Ruoruo's backers. Old Man Yao arrived to support his disciple and revealed two Ninth-grade Treasure Pills, one of which carried Hun Xuzi's voice, leaving Hun Yuantian shocked.

• Hun Yuantian proposed a wager and offered an Ancient Clan Dou Sheng soul as the prize for those who backed Hun Feng.
• Hun Yuantian revealed that he had extracted the soul with Nihility Devouring Flame's assistance, stirring the Saints' greed and pressuring Hun Miesheng to produce a matching stake for Hun Ruoruo.
• Old Man Yao arrived from the void and asked to wager on behalf of his disciple, Hun Ruoruo.
• Hun Yuantian dismissed a single Ninth-grade Treasure Pill as insufficient to match the Saint Soul, so Old Man Yao revealed a second pill bearing Hun Xuzi's voice.
• Old Man Yao asked whether two Ninth-grade Treasure Pills were enough, while Hun Yuantian reacted with shock at Hun Xuzi's appearance.

Old Man Yao offered two Ninth-grade Pills as Hun Ruoruo’s stakes, strengthening her position in the Soul Clan succession contest despite Hun Yuantian’s pressure and unequal wager. In the Gu Realm, Hun Ruoruo learned that Hun Feng was leaving bloodlines unabsorbed and decided to confront him herself.

• The clan elders reconsidered Hun Ruoruo’s influence after Old Man Yao revealed that he had brought two Ninth-grade Pills, including one refined by Hun Xuzi.
• Hun Yuantian pressured Old Man Yao, then set the stakes for the wager; Hun Xuzi cursed him before Hun Yuantian silenced the pill.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame suspected Hun Yuantian had a hidden motive and recognized Hun Feng’s use of the Bloodline Paving secret art.
• Hun Li and Hun Ya reported that Hun Feng had left a trail of bonfires and houses built from severed limbs, while the corpses’ Bloodline Power remained unabsorbed.
• Hun Ruoruo inferred that Hun Feng had no intention of giving up the Young Clan Leader position and chose to meet him herself.

Hun Ruoruo chose to confront Hun Feng, while Hun Yu reflected on his fear and the Gu Realm’s hidden contestants tried to flee. Hun Feng killed the fleeing contestants and waited at the mountain pass, where Hun Ruoruo arrived to face him.

• Hun Ruoruo rejected Hun Ya’s warning and ordered Hun Li and Hun Ya to lead her toward Hun Feng.
• Hun Yu killed a defeated young man, who urged him to keep living, then reflected that death under Hun Feng’s hand was the easiest choice.
• A group of hidden contestants tried to leave the Gu Realm, but Hun Feng made them believe they were all him and killed them when they faltered.
• Hun Feng waited at the mountain pass and greeted Hun Ruoruo as she arrived with Hun Li and Hun Ya.
• Hun Ruoruo called Hun Feng an ill-behaved dog, and he replied that he was still only a dog.

Hun Feng forced Hun Li and Hun Ya away so he could face Hun Ruoruo alone, then fought her without using his full strength. He asked her to show him all her moves before his death.

• Hun Feng admitted he could not kill Hun Ruoruo and said he would be the one to die if their battle came down to it.
• Hun Feng unleashed his power and blasted Hun Li and Hun Ya far away, leaving them badly injured.
• Hun Ruoruo accepted the one-on-one fight, and Hun Feng charged into her Soul Sea Spirit Crossing attack.
• Hun Feng battled the Blood Beasts with Gale Wind and Tong Bei Quan while Hun Ruoruo recognized that he was holding back.
• Hun Feng insisted he was not holding back and asked Hun Ruoruo to use all her remaining moves before he died.

Hun Ruoruo fought Hun Feng, who grew increasingly excited by her rare abilities and powerful attacks. Hun Yu warned that Hun Feng intended to steal her identity and soul, but Hun Feng unleashed a black mist as the battle took a sinister turn.

• Hun Ruoruo attacked Hun Feng with Water Blades, then coated them with her Calamity Poison Body's flames and poisoned him.
• Hun Feng expelled the corrupted flesh and blood, then launched a rapid assault while Hun Ruoruo countered with her abilities.
• Hun Ruoruo summoned the Void Sea Spirit Flame, and Hun Feng reacted with delight rather than fear.
• Hun Yu arrived, knocked Hun Li aside, and warned Hun Ruoruo that Hun Feng could seize her soul and personality to replace her.
• Hun Feng mocked Hun Yu and released an expanding black mist as Hun Ruoruo watched in alarm.

Hun Feng revealed that he intended to take Hun Ruoruo’s body and unleashed his Withering Heart secret art, engulfing the Gu Realm in black mist and cutting off the light curtain. As the spectators wondered what had happened, Old Man Yao and Hun Miesheng hoped for Hun Ruoruo’s safe return, while Nihility Devouring Flame asked Hun Yuantian if it could still bet.

• Hun Feng explained that he wanted Hun Ruoruo’s identity and body so he could escape the fate of being a dog, and Hun Yu condemned him for coveting Miss’s identity.
• Hun Feng pulled his withered heart from his chest and unleashed Secret Art: Withering Heart, causing the Gu Realm’s light to vanish beneath black mist.
• Soul Clan spectators praised Hun Ruoruo, but the clan elders grew uneasy because they could no longer see what was happening inside the Guiyi Zhong.
• Old Man Yao admitted that he could not see through the change but feared for his disciple, and Hun Miesheng quietly wished for Miss to return safe and sound.
• Nihility Devouring Flame questioned Hun Yuantian about the bet and asked whether it was still in time to place a wager.

On Dragon Island, Xiao Yan sensed that Hun Ruoruo was in danger and unleashed a startling strength on Hei Qing before preparing to act. As Hun Feng explained his plan to take Hun Ruoruo’s identity and power, Hun Yu finally chose to fight back and urged her to use the Divine Bloodline.

• Xiao Yan’s heart raced as he sensed Hun Ruoruo was in danger, and he flipped Hei Qing’s enormous dragon body into the ground.
• Xiao Yan stabbed his fingers into his chest and vowed that no one would separate him and Hun Ruoruo again.
• Hun Ruoruo’s abilities stagnated as she began to disappear, while Hun Feng claimed he would merge with her and inherit her identity.
• Hun Feng revealed that he had planned to use Hun Yu as a spare body and said Hun Yu was now meant to die in his place.
• Hun Yu, driven to desperation by Hun Feng’s threat, urged Hun Ruoruo to use the Divine Bloodline.

Hun Feng tried to kill Hun Ruoruo after gathering the Gu Realm’s bloodlines, but she awakened her Innate Divine Grade and revealed that the ancient blood in her jade bottle could suppress his power. Hun Feng was left immobilized and terrified as the blood began healing Hun Ruoruo’s scars.

• Hun Yu attacked Hun Feng in desperation and urged Hun Ruoruo to use her Divine Bloodline.
• Hun Feng gathered the bloodlines across the Gu Realm into a crimson sphere and announced he would kill Hun Ruoruo and take everything she had.
• Hun Ruoruo rose with scarlet eyes and nine-colored light, while her Sacred Spirit Soul blocked Hun Feng’s black mist.
• Hun Feng fused his body and bloodline with the blood pool and charged at Hun Ruoruo.
• Hun Ruoruo poured dark-red blood from the ancient jade bottle onto her scarred wrist, healing her scars and turning Hun Feng’s fused divine blood against him.

Hun Ruoruo broke through the Gu Realm’s seal as her bloodline awakened into the unprecedented Tenth Color, terrifying the Soul Clan elders. She fused her original Divine Grade bloodline with her reborn one and declared that rules were made to be trampled.

• Hun Ruoruo healed as the final drop of blood fell, and a violet-gold pillar of light pierced the Gu Realm’s seal.
• Hun Miesheng recognized the pillar’s ninth color and then its tenth, while Hun Yuantian feared Hun Ruoruo and Nihility Devouring Flame praised her unique path.
• Hun Li, Hun Ya, and the others collapsed under the pressure of Hun Ruoruo’s power as she stepped out of the shrinking pillar.
• Hun Ruoruo rebuked Hun Feng for becoming a pawn, and Hun Feng hysterically demanded that she stop.
• Hun Ruoruo merged her original bloodline with her reborn Divine Grade bloodline, bringing the Second Divine Blood into the world.

Hun Ruoruo revealed dual Innate Divine Grade bloodlines and dismissed Hun Feng’s claims that her power came only from outside support. As Hun Feng attacked, the Sacred Spirit Soul intervened and brutally overwhelmed him, while a black-robed spectator recognized the young man as the Prince Consort who had come to support her.

• Hun Ruoruo taunted Hun Feng after revealing her dual Innate Divine Grade bloodlines, and Hun Yu accused him of fearing death and coveting her identity.
• Hun Feng claimed Hun Ruoruo’s power came from Hun Tiandi and said he could defeat her by killing her instead of trying to seize her body.
• Hun Feng restored his body and charged Hun Ruoruo with his full strength, but she turned away and told him to take his remaining words to someone else.
• The Sacred Spirit Soul appeared in crimson and smashed Hun Feng into the ground, repeatedly striking him as he screamed in pain.
• A black-robed spectator recorded the battle and exclaimed that the Prince Consort had come to support Miss.

Xiao Yan’s Ancient Void Dragon form helped Hun Ruoruo defeat Hun Feng in the Gu War, while outside the Gu Realm Nihility Devouring Flame revealed Hun Yuantian’s old connection to Xiao Xuan. Hun Feng burned his bloodline for a final attack, but Hun Ruoruo absorbed it into a mysterious tome and declared she could have crushed him even at his peak.

• Xiao Yan’s Ancient Void Dragon form brutally beat Hun Feng, and Hun Yuantian recognized the Xiao surname as the name of the man who had once put him in his coffin: Xiao Xuan.
• Hun Ruoruo declared Hun Feng defeated and taunted him for losing through his own schemes and body-seizing.
• Hun Feng burned his Bloodline Power, surged to Seven-turn Dou Zun, and launched a tornado of wind blades at Hun Ruoruo.
• Hun Ruoruo opened a mysterious tome, which absorbed Hun Feng’s entire attack into a painted page.
• Hun Ruoruo put the tome away and told Hun Feng she would have crushed him even at his peak.

Hun Ruoruo absorbed Hun Feng’s life-burning attack with the Emperor Soul Art and crippled him, ending the Soul Clan’s Gu War conflict. She then prepared to go to the Heavenly Tomb, determined to capture Xiao Yan, while the younger Soul Clan members looked forward to meeting him.

• Hun Ruoruo used the Emperor Soul Art to swallow Hun Feng’s attack, stunning the Soul Clan elders and Hun Miesheng.
• Nihility Devouring Flame told Hun Yuantian that Hun Feng had witnessed the birth of the future, and Hun Yuantian forced himself to smile.
• Hun Feng accused Hun Ruoruo of relying on external power, but she approached him and revealed that his dantian had been shattered.
• Hun Feng collapsed in despair, and Hun Ruoruo decided it was time to leave for the Heavenly Tomb.
• Hun Ruoruo vowed to capture Xiao Yan with Black Demon Lightning, while Hun Yu and the others resolved to visit the Xiao Clan’s young genius.

Hun Ruoruo was crowned Young Clan Leader after her overwhelming victory, while Nihility Devouring Flame hinted that Emperor Brother had made preparations concerning her wishes. Hun Miesheng punished Hun Feng by transferring his soul into a stray dog, leaving him to die unnoticed.

• Hun Miesheng proclaimed Hun Ruoruo the sole victor, and the Soul Clan celebrated her as Young Clan Leader.
• Hun Tu and Old Man Yao reflected on their hopes for Hun Ruoruo's safety, while Hun Xuzi reacted to their concern for her.
• Nihility Devouring Flame crowned Hun Ruoruo, promised to support her pursuit of the Xiao Clan boy, and suggested Emperor Brother had already made preparations.
• Hun Miesheng confronted Hun Feng and revealed that both portions of Dual Innate Divine Blood came from Hun Ruoruo alone.
• Hun Miesheng transferred Hun Feng's soul into a stray dog's body, and a servant later kicked the barking dog to death.

Hun Ruoruo spent time with Old Man Yao in the Tower of Grievance before Hun Yu brought news about the Heavenly Tomb slots. She learned that Elder Hun Yao required her to visit the Clan Leader's secluded cultivation grounds to obtain all the slots.

• Hun Ruoruo listened as Old Man Yao finished reading her story and teased her about starting a family and establishing a career.
• Hun Yu arrived and, at Hun Ruoruo's request, addressed her privately as Miss.
• Hun Yu told Hun Ruoruo that Elder Yuantian had disappeared since the Gu War and that Elder Hun Yao was handling the Heavenly Tomb slots.
• Hun Yu relayed Elder Hun Yao's condition: Hun Ruoruo had to personally go to the Clan Leader's secluded cultivation grounds to obtain all the slots.

Hun Ruoruo warned Hun Yu that anyone who schemed against Xiao Yan would face her consequences, then entered a hidden world through her parents’ portrait. There, she encountered a younger-looking Hun Tiandi, who offered her candied hawthorn as a reward.

• Hun Ruoruo and Hun Yu discussed the Soul Clan’s plans to use Xiao Yan, the Xiao Clan’s successor, to challenge the Ancient Clan’s standing.
• Hun Ruoruo told Hun Yu she loved Xiao Yan, warned the elders not to harm him, and said she would obtain a Heavenly Tomb slot herself.
• After Hun Ruoruo left, Hun Yu used a token to seek an introduction to Xiao Yan and pledged absolute loyalty to her.
• Hun Ruoruo found a portrait of her parents, An Suying and Hun Tiandi, and touched it, entering the original childhood residence depicted within.
• Hun Tiandi appeared before Hun Ruoruo and presented her with candied hawthorn as her reward.

Hun Ruoruo reunited with Scholar, who offered her candied hawthorn and spoke candidly about his interest in the Heavenly Tomb. He proposed that the Soul Clan claim both the quota and the Heavenly Tomb, leaving Hun Ruoruo stunned.

• Scholar welcomed Hun Ruoruo with candied hawthorn and explained that he had made it after remembering her mother preparing the snack.
• Scholar told Hun Ruoruo that he was interested in the Heavenly Tomb quota and revealed that he acted for himself, not the Elder Council.
• Scholar explained that his secluded small world let them speak freely, and Hun Ruoruo listened while eating the candied hawthorn.
• When Scholar mentioned Xiao Yan, Hun Ruoruo insisted that they were doing fine and getting married soon, then told her dad to stay out of it.
• Scholar clarified that he meant the Heavenly Tomb and said the Soul Clan should claim its quota and the tomb itself, leaving Hun Ruoruo shocked.

Hun Ruoruo learned that the Scholar planned to seize the opportunity surrounding Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Tomb, with her as the key variable. She discovered that Mo Yu and several other Soul Clan figures had already left for Central Continent to find Xiao Yan.

• The Scholar explained to Hun Ruoruo that changing circumstances had ended the Soul Clan’s long period of hiding, and called her the root behind the opportunities he saw.
• The Scholar praised Xun'er and the Ancient Assembly, then sent Hun Ruoruo away as Xiao Yan prepared to set out.
• Hun Ruoruo complained about the Scholar on her way to the Soul Cutting Hall and heard Soul Clan members gossip about her interest in Xiao Yan.
• Hun Ruoruo learned that Mo Yu, Hun Yu, Hun Li, and Hun Ya had left the Soul Realm together for Xiao Yan’s location in Central Continent.
• Hun Ruoruo was shocked that the people she depended on had already gone to find Xiao Yan just after she became young master.