Chapter Summaries

Jiang Donghua brought Hong Ling to confront Venerable Ming Gu and Ming Feng, the former Xuan Ming Sect leaders responsible for her family's destruction. Hong Ling killed them and slaughtered the sect's surviving prisoners, then found relief as Jiang Donghua comforted her.

• Jiang Donghua showed Hong Ling the chained Venerable Ming Gu and Ming Feng and asked how she wanted them punished.
• Venerable Ming Gu begged for mercy while Ming Feng blamed and attacked his father.
• Hong Ling rejected further torment and killed Venerable Ming Gu and Ming Feng with a lightning saber.
• Hong Ling slaughtered the more than three thousand Xuan Ming Sect remnants in the valley as Jiang Donghua watched over her.
• After the massacre, Hong Ling felt empty but relieved, and Jiang Donghua put an arm around her and told her it was over.

Jiang Donghua built a peaceful life with Hong Ling and their son while rising to the peak of the Dou Saint realm and overseeing Sound Valley. After more than a century without news of his master, Mo Xuan, Jiang Donghua learned that Mo Xuan had arrived at the valley and rushed to greet him.

• Jiang Donghua met his newborn son for the first time and vowed to protect him and Hong Ling.
• Jiang Donghua searched for Mo Xuan without success while studying alchemy and helping Sound Valley grow in prestige.
• Jiang Donghua heard that Yao Chen had won the Pill Assembly, then later learned that Yao Chen had died in a furnace explosion and Han Feng had disappeared.
• Jiang Donghua and Hong Ling led Sound Valley to become the Northwest Region's undisputed power while Jiang Donghua reached the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Saint realm.
• The chief steward elder reported that an old man named Mo Xuan was waiting outside Sound Valley and claimed to be Jiang Donghua's master.
• Jiang Donghua dropped his teacup and hurried toward the valley entrance to greet Mo Xuan.

After the Spirit Clan vanished overnight, Jiang Donghua believed the incident heralded a continent-wide upheaval and set out to seek the Origin Qi needed to reach the Dou Di realm. He quietly left Sound Valley for the area near the former Jia Nan Academy, while Hong Ling and Mu Qingxian stayed behind to protect the valley.

• The Spirit Clan and its clan grounds disappeared, and investigators sent to the Spirit Realm never returned.
• Jiang Donghua told Hong Ling, Mo Xuan, and Mu Qingxian that the Spirit Clan’s disappearance was the prelude to a greater upheaval.
• Jiang Donghua revealed that he had reached the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Saint realm but needed Origin Qi to break through to Dou Di.
• Jiang Donghua told Hong Ling he planned to seek an opportunity near the former Jia Nan Academy, and she and Mu Qingxian agreed to safeguard Sound Valley.
• Several days later, Jiang Donghua left Sound Valley quietly and headed toward the Black Corner Region without going directly to Jia Nan Academy.

Jiang Donghua accepted the snake Dou Zong’s medicinal herbs and treasures as compensation, then questioned her about the region. After hearing her limited information and rewarding her with pills, he sent her away and ordered her to stay clear of his valley.

• The snake Dou Zong returned to Jiang Donghua’s valley with her accumulated treasures and apologized for stealing his medicinal herbs.
• Jiang Donghua accepted the Storage Ring and asked which magical beast clan she belonged to, but she did not know what a clan was.
• Jiang Donghua asked about unusual events and powerful visitors in the mountain range, and the snake Dou Zong mentioned rumors of a conflict involving Jia Nan Academy near the Black Corner Region.
• Jiang Donghua gave the snake Dou Zong a bottle of Sixth-grade Pills for her information and ordered her not to approach the valley without being summoned.
• The snake Dou Zong thanked Jiang Donghua and withdrew.

Jiang Donghua concealed his strength while fighting a Soul Clan Venerable as the battle at Jia Nan Academy raged around him. When an ancient aura awakened from the magma abyss, the combatants stopped and the Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion began to emerge, signaling Zhu Kun’s imminent release.

• Jiang Donghua feigned difficulty against a Soul Clan three-star Peak Dou Zun while secretly judging the Venerable’s techniques.
• Hun Tiandi’s palm opened a ten-thousand-zhang magma abyss, from which an ancient, overwhelming aura began to spread.
• The aura halted the battlefield and forced Gu Yuan and Nihility Devouring Flame to pause their fight.
• Jiang Donghua recognized the aura as the emergence of the Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion and retreated with the Yan Clan allied forces, expecting Zhu Kun to appear.
• A colossal boom erupted as the ancient aura reached its peak.