Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi Xian realized Hun Ruoruo was Xiao Yan’s friend and shared the story of how she and Xiao Yan became close. Their conversation left Xiao Yi Xian suspecting that Xiao Yan had hidden his feelings when they descended the cliff together.

• Xiao Yi Xian recognized that Hun Ruoruo was genuinely Xiao Yan’s friend and relaxed her guard.
• Hun Ruoruo asked whether Xiao Yan often talked about her, and Xiao Yi Xian began recounting their shared experiences.
• Xiao Yi Xian described their first conflict, their dangerous exploration beneath the cliff, and how they became friends.
• Hun Ruoruo learned Xiao Yan had called her a bad person and blamed her for teaching him to use sweet talk.
• Xiao Yi Xian recalled Xiao Yan’s flustered reaction when she teased him about liking a girl and suspected he had been concealing something.

Xiao Yi Xian confided her fears about the Calamity Poison Body to Hun Ruoruo, who comforted her and decided to deal with the situation for Xiao Yan’s sake. As Xiao Yi Xian wondered about Hun Ruoruo’s relationship with Xiao Yan while making dinner, she burned the food.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Hun Ruoruo about the fear and loneliness she had endured while hiding her Calamity Poison Body.
• Hun Ruoruo used her Soul Water Dou Qi to dispel Xiao Yi Xian’s exhaustion, then realized she was hungry and went to make dinner.
• Hun Ruoruo guessed Xiao Yan had come looking for her because Xiao Yi Xian had not told him about her constitution, and decided to clean up the situation.
• While cooking, Xiao Yi Xian wondered whether Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan were close and considered asking about their relationship.
• Xiao Yi Xian heard a muffled sound from the pot, lifted its lid, and discovered that the food had burned.

Hun Ruoruo received a threatening Soul Mark from Yun Shan in her Soul Token and crushed his projected figure, then absorbed the Lion King's soul. She left Xiao Yi Xian's room in a good mood, finding Xiao Yi Xian still cooking.

• Hun Ruoruo sensed a sinister fluctuation from her Storage Ring, raised a barrier around the room, and identified Yun Shan's Soul Mark in her Soul Token.
• Yun Shan's projection ordered Hun Ruoruo to return to the Misty Cloud Sect within two days and tried to intimidate her with Soul pressure.
• Hun Ruoruo crushed Yun Shan's projected figure and released the Lion King's soul from the Soul Token.
• The Lion King tried to escape and threatened Hun Ruoruo, but she suppressed his soul again and returned it to the Soul Token.
• Hun Ruoruo dispelled the barrier, left the room, and teased Xiao Yi Xian about whether she had cooked a portion for her.

Xiao Yi Xian and Hun Ruoruo shared a meal after Xiao Yi Xian burned her first attempt at mushroom soup. Hun Ruoruo then asked whether Xiao Yi Xian wanted to control the Calamity Poison Body, leaving Xiao Yi Xian stunned.

• Xiao Yi Xian worried over her curiosity about Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan while repairing the burnt mushroom soup.
• Hun Ruoruo joined Xiao Yi Xian for a meal, and Xiao Yi Xian gave her the first bowl she had served.
• Hun Ruoruo chose not to use her Soul Force to examine Xiao Yi Xian’s thoughts and considered her mixed feelings toward her.
• As they ate, Hun Ruoruo asked Xiao Yi Xian whether she wanted to control the Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian reacted with shock and demanded to know what Hun Ruoruo had said.

Xiao Yi Xian hesitated to accept Hun Ruoruo’s help because she feared being unable to repay her, but learned that Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flame could help control her Calamity Poison Body. Hun Ruoruo’s reaction to Xiao Yi Xian asking whether she could be close to Xiao Yan left Xiao Yi Xian suspecting that Xiao Yan had an unrequited love.

• Xiao Yi Xian admitted she wanted to control her Calamity Poison Body but worried Hun Ruoruo’s kindness would leave her unable to repay the favor.
• Hun Ruoruo explained that Heavenly Flames could assist the Poison Pill Method and suppress the toxins within Xiao Yi Xian’s body.
• Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yi Xian to relay the method to Xiao Yan, who could help suppress her poison body when they met.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Hun Ruoruo whether she minded her being close to Xiao Yan, and Hun Ruoruo responded with surprise.
• Xiao Yi Xian interpreted Hun Ruoruo’s reaction as evidence that Xiao Yan was nursing an unrequited love.

Xiao Yi Xian accepted Hun Ruoruo’s plan to control her Calamity Poison Body, then asked her to stay a few more days. At the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Leng used the Frost Soul Emissary’s absence to suggest that her High-level Soul Emissary title would soon be available.

• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to the Poison Pill Method after learning it could control her Calamity Poison Body and aid her cultivation.
• Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yi Xian where Xiao Yan was cultivating and prepared to leave, but Xiao Yi Xian nervously asked her to stay a few more days.
• Yun Leng reported that Yun Du and Yun Sha had advanced to two-star Dou Wangs after taking Dou Ling Pills.
• Yun Shan told Yun Du and Yun Sha that the Misty Cloud Sect could have only three High-level Soul Emissaries without special approval.
• Yun Leng said the absent Frost Soul Emissary had failed to meet her mission deadline and implied her title would become vacant when she returned.

Yun Shan and Yun Leng discussed the absent Frost Soul Emissary and the Soul Mark that could punish her, while Yun Leng prepared Nalan Yanran for the Three-Year Pact. Nalan Yanran began to question Elder Frost’s mission, and Elder Frost returned as Yun Leng warned her about sharing the woman’s fate.

• Yun Leng persuaded Yun Du and the other elder to leave Yun Shan’s hall and wait for the Frost Soul Emissary to return.
• Yun Shan told Yun Leng that he could use the Soul Mark to kill the Frost Soul Emissary if she failed her mission, then ordered him to keep Yun Yun unaware of their affairs.
• Two days later, Yun Leng visited Nalan Yanran and urged her to take a Fifth-grade Pill soon so she could win the Three-Year Pact against Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Yanran rejected Yun Leng’s advice and grew suspicious after he criticized Elder Frost for neglecting her Sect Mission.
• Yun Leng warned Nalan Yanran she might suffer the same fate as Elder Frost, and Elder Frost’s voice interrupted him from beyond the Sea of Clouds.

Hun Ruoruo returned to the Misty Cloud Sect as a Dou Huang, dragging the corpse of a Level Six Magical Beast and silencing Yun Leng’s earlier disrespect. After Yun Leng left to report her return, Hun Ruoruo asked Nalan Yanran to clean up the bloodstains.

• Hun Ruoruo emerged from the Sea of Clouds, and Yun Leng realized she had advanced to Dou Huang.
• Hun Ruoruo dragged a Level Six Magical Beast’s corpse onto the mountain peak and claimed she had completed the Sect Mission.
• Nalan Yanran congratulated Hun Ruoruo on becoming a Dou Huang, while Yun Leng apologized for his earlier behavior.
• Hun Ruoruo mocked Yun Leng’s stagnant cultivation, and he left to report her return to the Old Sect Master.
• Hun Ruoruo stored the beast corpse in her Storage Ring and asked Nalan Yanran to clean up the bloodstains.

Hun Ruoruo returned to her Grotto-Heaven and planned how to deal with the Soul Hall infiltrators in the Misty Cloud Sect. When she appeared at the sect’s Training Ground in disguise, Yun Leng was stunned by the young woman he saw.

• Hun Ruoruo returned to her Grotto-Heaven, where its quiet made her feel strangely empty.
• Hun Ruoruo considered how to eliminate Yun Shan and the hidden Protector without leaving evidence, then wondered whether Xiao Yan was still running around naked.
• Hun Ruoruo disguised her blue hair and youthful features and prepared to reveal herself as a Misty Cloud Sect Guest Elder.
• Yun Leng recalled reporting Hun Ruoruo’s strength to Yun Shan and worried that he had made a dangerous enemy.
• Hun Ruoruo appeared at the Training Ground in a moon-white elder’s robe, leaving Yun Leng speechless.

Hun Ruoruo went with Yun Leng to meet Yun Shan, probing the former Sect Master's strength while concealing her own intentions. Nalan Yanran remained behind under the influence of Hun Ruoruo's suggestion, and the chapter ended with Hun Ruoruo facing Yun Shan as he displayed his Dou Zong power.

• Yun Leng saw Hun Ruoruo walking with Nalan Yanran and hurriedly left the cultivation platform after the disciples noticed his shocked reaction.
• Yun Leng invited Hun Ruoruo to meet Yun Shan, and Hun Ruoruo used a flash of purple light to make Nalan Yanran stay behind and cultivate.
• Nalan Yanran resumed cultivating, faintly nearing the bottleneck of a Six-star Dou Shi as an imperceptible formation halo followed her Dou Qi into the ground.
• Hun Ruoruo followed Yun Leng to the main hall, intending to assess Yun Shan's strength.
• Yun Shan enveloped the hall in his pressure, then appeared before Hun Ruoruo and Yun Leng using Walking on Air.
• Hun Ruoruo greeted Yun Shan as Protector Shan and silently wondered why he still went barefoot.

Hun Ruoruo completed Soul Hall’s initial mission by presenting the Soul Token containing the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s soul, and Yun Shan activated the token’s functions for her. She learned that the token provided access to Soul Hall’s intelligence network, giving her hope of finding information about her mother as she set her sights on obtaining a Protector-level token.

• Yun Shan praised Hun Ruoruo’s talent and warned her that Soul Hall punished members who failed to report after their missions.
• Hun Ruoruo handed Yun Shan her Soul Token and asked what reward she could receive for completing her initial mission.
• Yun Shan recognized the soul of the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King within the token and confirmed that it met the mission’s requirements.
• Yun Shan activated the Soul Token and explained that it could store souls, accept missions, provide rewards, and form Soul Chains.
• Hun Ruoruo learned that Soul Tokens could access information shared by Soul Hall members and decided to pursue a Protector-level token to find clues about her mother.

Hun Ruoruo accepted Yun Shan’s offer to become Vice Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect while concealing her plans to exploit the Soul Hall. After searching the Soul Token’s intelligence for clues about her mother, she resolved to pursue the name An wherever it led.

• Yun Shan offered Hun Ruoruo the position of Vice Sect Master, and she accepted after recognizing the danger of refusing him.
• Hun Ruoruo understood that Yun Shan’s Soul Mark could reveal her location and suspected that a powerful Protector was also hidden within the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Hun Ruoruo examined the Soul Token’s intelligence records and found no clues about her mother in the Northwest Region.
• Hun Ruoruo recalled that the Disguise Dou Technique had an extremely yin attribute and concluded that her mother was not from the Soul Clan.
• Hun Ruoruo vowed to obtain whatever Soul Token she needed to find her mother, then wrote the character “An” on a scroll.

Hun Ruoruo spent a month consolidating her Dou Emperor cultivation and struggling with her stalled Soul Force, then learned that she had been appointed Vice Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect. Nalan Yanran warned her that she would need to earn the disciples’ support, and Hun Ruoruo became interested in lecturing at the Training Ground, where the Cloud-Veiling Sun-Covering Formation’s Array Eye lay.

• Hun Ruoruo refined her unstable Dou Qi in seclusion while her craving to devour souls grew stronger.
• Hun Ruoruo decided she would take more Soul Hall missions after the Misty Cloud Sect matter was settled, seeking strength and clues about her mother.
• A month later, Nalan Yanran visited Hun Ruoruo and was surprised to learn she had become Vice Sect Master.
• Nalan Yanran warned Hun Ruoruo that the sect’s disciples might not accept the appointment unless she established her image by lecturing at the Training Ground.
• Hun Ruoruo welcomed the idea of lecturing after remembering that the formation’s Array Eye was at the Training Ground’s center.

Hun Ruoruo accompanied Nalan Yanran to the Misty Cloud Sect Training Ground, where she charmed the disciples and offered to lecture them after speaking with First Elder Yun Leng. Nalan Yanran recognized that Hun Ruoruo had won the disciples over with her acting, while Hun Ruoruo privately complained that they had misunderstood her remarks.

• Hun Ruoruo and Nalan Yanran arrived at the Training Ground, where Hun Ruoruo praised the disciples guarding its entrance.
• A young disciple confessed that they had resisted First Elder Yun Leng's teachings and criticized his conduct, prompting Hun Ruoruo to reassure him that she would not punish them.
• The disciples praised Hun Ruoruo's teaching and credited her with Nalan Yanran's rapid cultivation progress, leaving Nalan Yanran unable to deny that her strange methods had helped.
• Hun Ruoruo offered to discuss giving a lecture with First Elder Yun Leng, and the delighted disciples promised to attend after he left.
• Nalan Yanran remarked that Hun Ruoruo might become Sect Master Shuang, and Hun Ruoruo complained that the disciples had misinterpreted her praise of them.

Hun Ruoruo appeared to lecture the Misty Cloud Sect disciples by meditating silently, while Yun Cheng convinced them that her presence was helping their cultivation. She secretly manipulated the Cloud-Veiling Sun-Covering Formation and planned to use it, along with Nalan Yanran’s cultivation, to give the sect a surprise.

• Hun Ruoruo sat meditating in the Training Ground as the disciples grew dissatisfied with her silent lecture.
• Yun Cheng broke through while meditating, thanked Hun Ruoruo, and told the disciples that her silence was part of her teaching.
• Yun Cheng pointed out that the Training Ground’s energy fluctuations had grown stronger, persuading the disciples to meditate and absorb the energy.
• Hun Ruoruo secretly used the Disguise Dou Technique to alter the Cloud-Veiling Sun-Covering Formation’s Array Eye.
• Hun Ruoruo planned to take control of the Array Eye and combine it with Nalan Yanran’s cultivation to surprise the Misty Cloud Sect.

Hun Ruoruo continued infiltrating the Cloud-Veiling Sun-Covering Formation while lecturing at the Misty Cloud Sect’s Training Ground, but Yun Yun’s arrival interrupted her work. After Yun Yun visited Nalan Yanran and learned about Elder Frost’s unusual teaching and imminent promotion, she challenged Hun Ruoruo to a spar.

• Hun Ruoruo used her lectures and Nalan Yanran as a medium to infiltrate the Cloud-Veiling Sun-Covering Formation, whose power increased as she worked toward controlling its Array Eye.
• Yun Yun arrived at the Training Ground, where Nalan Yanran told her that Elder Frost’s lectures had greatly improved her cultivation.
• Hun Ruoruo stopped infiltrating the formation when Yun Yun arrived and angrily recalled how Yun Yun had disrupted her plans in the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Yun Yun reflected on Elder Frost’s rapid rise and influence over Nalan Yanran, then tightened her grip on her sword.
• Yun Yun asked Elder Frost to spar, and Hun Ruoruo reacted with surprise and irritation.

Yun Yun challenged Hun Ruoruo to a spar, claiming she wanted to assess the future Vice Sect Master and teach the disciples. Hun Ruoruo accepted, then revealed overwhelming pressure and prepared a Water Blade, leaving Yun Yun astonished as she said she would have to hold back.

• Yun Yun invited Hun Ruoruo to spar, dismissing Hun Ruoruo’s concern that it would disrupt the lecture.
• The disciples speculated about the women’s motives, while Nalan Yanran warned Yun Yun that the match could damage either woman’s reputation.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran she needed to assess the future Vice Sect Master, then silenced the gossiping disciples.
• Hun Ruoruo accepted the challenge, and Yun Yun privately admitted that she had another intention she could not yet explain.
• Yun Yun said she would suppress her strength to the Dou Wang realm and summoned a tornado; Hun Ruoruo released a terrifying aura and formed a Water Blade, saying she would hold back.

Hun Ruoruo revealed her Dou Huang strength and fought Yun Yun, easily defending against the Sect Master's attacks before trapping her in water. Yun Yun was left soaked and restrained in the Training Ground.

• Hun Ruoruo revealed that she was a two-star Dou Huang and challenged Yun Yun to spar, while Yun Yun unleashed her three-star Dou Huang strength.
• Yun Yun and Hun Ruoruo clashed with a tornado and Water Blades, and the Training Ground barrier protected the watching disciples from the resulting gale.
• Nalan Yanran dismissed the disciples' doubts, confident that Hun Ruoruo's strength surpassed what they understood.
• Yun Yun's Extreme Wind: Fallen Kill barely pierced Hun Ruoruo's water sphere, which Hun Ruoruo crushed without difficulty.
• Hun Ruoruo flooded the Training Ground and wrapped Yun Yun in a cocoon of water, leaving her soaked and disheveled.

Hun Ruoruo defeated Yun Yun in a spar, and Yun Yun accepted her defeat while offering Hun Ruoruo a pill as compensation. Hun Ruoruo left the training ground after publicly conceding, leaving the disciples and elders stunned and unsure who had won.

• Hun Ruoruo subdued Yun Yun in the spar, and Yun Yun admitted defeat and thanked her for showing mercy.
• Hun Ruoruo assessed that her combat endurance was about half an hour and learned from testing her Dou Qi against Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun explained that she had sparred to judge whether Hun Ruoruo was allied with Yun Leng, and said she would not ask Hun Ruoruo about their plans.
• Yun Yun offered to ask Gu He for a pill for Hun Ruoruo, who accepted and asked her to send it to her Grotto-Heaven.
• Hun Ruoruo publicly declared that she conceded and left, confusing the disciples and startling the elders who had rushed to the training ground.

Hun Ruoruo strengthened her standing in the Misty Cloud Sect while reviewing intelligence about people and groups with the surname An. Nalan Yanran delivered pills and the Nalan Family’s Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, then asked Hun Ruoruo whether Yun Leng’s elders’ meeting had been fabricated.

• News of Yun Yun and Hun Ruoruo’s sparring match spread through the Misty Cloud Sect, boosting Hun Ruoruo’s reputation.
• Hun Ruoruo reviewed intelligence about several Northwest Region figures and factions with the surname An.
• Hun Ruoruo teased Nalan Yanran, who revealed Yun Yun had punished her for hiding what she knew about Elder Frost’s strength.
• Nalan Yanran delivered pills refined by Gu He and presented the Nalan Family’s Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva to Hun Ruoruo.
• Nalan Yanran asked Hun Ruoruo whether the elders’ meeting First Elder Yun Leng had mentioned was fake.