Chapter Summaries

Han Feng defeated the Ling Clan examiner by overcoming his spiritual attacks and Extreme Spirit Black Ice, winning the match and advancing toward qualification to join the clan. After the remaining candidates were narrowed to ten and led deeper into the Spirit World, Han Feng secretly sent out his Soul Clone, which was spotted by a mysterious woman in a valley.

• The Ling Clan man struck Han Feng with a fused spiritual attack, but Han Feng remained unharmed and melted the man's Extreme Spirit Black Ice with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
• Han Feng defeated the Ling Clan man with Snake Crane Sun Slash, and the Ling Clan elder declared Han Feng the winner before his opponent fainted.
• Han Feng thanked the Ling Clan elder through a slight bow, then joined the three delighted Ling Clan girls as the remaining matches concluded.
• The Ling Clan elder led ten selected candidates deeper into the Spirit World for a stricter assessment by a respected elder.
• Han Feng released his Soul Clone to investigate the Spirit World, but a woman in a valley noticed it and asked who was following her.

Han Feng fought and subdued a Ling Clan woman while searching for the Ling Clan Chief, then told her the clan faced an Extinction Crisis. After his real body arrived and took her bow, the woman recognized him through his disguise and agreed to lead him to the Chief.

• Han Feng's Soul Body clashed with the woman, whose Ling Luan Bow forced him to use Heavenly Dao: Spirit Devour to knock her unconscious.
• Han Feng carried the woman to a concealed valley while Ling Clan patrol members investigated the battle and recognized traces of the Ling Luan Bow.
• After waking, the woman questioned Han Feng, and he warned her that the Ling Clan faced an Extinction Crisis and asked for help meeting the Chief.
• Han Feng's real body appeared, took the woman's bow, and ordered her to lead the way.
• The woman recognized Han Feng despite his mask and altered voice, then agreed to take him to the Ling Clan Chief.

Han Feng visited the Ling Clan as Azure Dragon of the Soul Punishing Division and warned First Elder Spirit Abyss that the Soul Clan planned to destroy the ancient clans, urging the Ling Clan to prepare for an attack. After Han Feng left, the clan leader revealed she had been listening and ordered preparations despite doubting his warning; her strength had declined after undergoing Rebirth.

• Han Feng revealed his identity to Spirit Abyss and explained that the Soul Clan was the true enemy behind the Hall of Souls.
• Han Feng warned Spirit Abyss that the Soul Clan planned to eliminate the ancient clans and advised the Ling Clan to preserve its bloodline, prepare to fight, arrange outside contingencies, and seek aid from the Gu Clan.
• Spirit Abyss treated Han Feng courteously but admitted afterward that he believed the warning had only a thirty percent chance of being true.
• The Ling Clan's clan leader emerged and ordered Spirit Abyss to make the contingency arrangements, while admitting her strength had weakened after Rebirth.

Han Feng declined the Ling Clan’s offer to stay, though he toured the Spirit World with Ling Luan, Ling Die, and Ling Yuan while considering how to warn the clans about the Soul Clan’s plans. As he prepared to leave, Ling Die chose to accompany him, while the other two stayed behind.

• The Ling Clan Chief ordered Spirit Abyss to make arrangements after the chief’s rebirth had reduced his cultivation to the Early Dou Sheng level.
• Han Feng completed the Ling Clan’s procedures through a Soul Clone and told the three girls he would not remain in the Spirit World or become their Dao Companion.
• Han Feng toured the Ling Clan with Ling Luan, Ling Die, and Ling Yuan, gathered spiritual materials, and considered how the Ling Clan could alert the Gu Clan to the Soul Clan’s threat.
• Han Feng learned about the three girls’ family ties and decided to leave the next morning rather than take them away directly.
• Ling Die asked to leave the Ling Clan with Han Feng, and Han Feng agreed; Ling Luan and Ling Yuan chose to stay.

Han Feng left the Ling Clan with Ling Die and brought her to the Gu Clan, where he arranged for her to cultivate while he handled other matters. He left her at a mountain residence with a Soul Fighting Skill to learn, and planned to depart again soon.

• Han Feng offered Ling Luan and Ling Yuan Rank 8 pills, but they returned them, so he gave them handcrafted accessories instead.
• Han Feng and Ling Die left the Spirit World, and he told her they were headed to the Gu Clan.
• Han Feng used Gu Yuan's passage token to enter Ancient Holy City and the Gu Clan's Ancient Realm with Ling Die.
• Han Feng told Ling Die to stay behind him and remain quiet, then assigned her to cultivate and learn a Soul Fighting Skill within two months.
• Han Feng led Ling Die to the mountain residence Gu Xun'er had arranged for them.

Han Feng reported his visit to the Ling Clan to Gu Yuan and warned him about the Nihility Devouring Flame’s possible role in an attack on the Ling Clan. The chapter left Han Feng continuing his visits to the ancient clans, with Gu Yuan agreeing to monitor the Spirit World and respond to any unusual developments.

• Han Feng asked Ling Ying to look after Ling Die, then taught her a Soul Fighting Skill while he kept his identity concealed.
• Han Feng told Ling Ying he planned to visit the remaining ancient clans before going to meet Gu Yuan.
• Han Feng reported that Spirit Abyss had listened to his warning about the Soul Clan, and Gu Yuan suspected the Ling Clan had reasons to believe him.
• Han Feng advised Gu Yuan to prepare for the Soul Clan’s attack and revealed that the Nihility Devouring Flame was among its forces.
• Gu Yuan said he already knew of the Nihility Devouring Flame and agreed to monitor the Ling Clan, while warning Han Feng not to provoke the powerful Heavenly Flame without a plan.

Han Feng traveled from the Gu Clan to the Stone Clan, where he entered Stone Desolate City by presenting himself as a challenger. After Shi Jiu brought him to the arena, Han Feng chose to fight at the highest level.

• Han Feng warned Gu Yuan to prepare for the possibility that the Soul Clan would attack the Ling Clan, but Gu Yuan doubted the threat and considered how aiding the Ling Clan could benefit the Gu Clan.
• After instructing Ling Die, Han Feng left the Gu Clan and traveled to the Stone Clan, where the Profound Yellow Flame sensed dense Earth Power and led him to a Stone Demon.
• Han Feng entered the Stone Clan's gravity domain, killed an attacking barbarian with a punch, and met Shi Jiu, who identified himself as a patrol officer of Stone Desolate City.
• Han Feng told Shi Jiu that he was an independent cultivator seeking the Stone Clan to challenge its fighters, so Shi Jiu escorted him into the city and toward the arena.
• Shi Jiu explained the arena's three combat levels, and Han Feng chose to challenge the highest, Dou Venerate-level division.

Han Feng, using the name Yao Han, watched arena fights in Stone Desolate City before challenging the Stone Clan expert Shi Ling. Their opening clash ended evenly, and Shi Ling eagerly called for another exchange.

• Shi Jiu explained that Stone Desolate City's arena welcomed challengers, as Han Feng watched Stone Clan fighters and supernatural creatures compete.
• A Stone Demon defeated a rock Coiled Serpent by breaking its restraints and battering it out of the arena.
• Shi Ling entered the arena, and Han Feng introduced himself as the unaffiliated cultivator Yao Han before accepting his challenge.
• Han Feng and Shi Ling exchanged powerful blows until the arena raised its strongest protective barrier.
• Shi Jiu recognized Shi Ling as an expelled Stone Realm genius confined to the city, while Shi Ling grinned and demanded, "Again!"

Han Feng defeated Shi Ling in a one-move clash, then gave him a token and learned why Stone Clan rules kept him confined to Stone Desolate City. Shi Jiu directed Han Feng to the Gate of the Stone Realm, where he planned to take the entrance assessment that afternoon.

• Shi Ling unleashed his full strength against Han Feng, but Han Feng remained unharmed while the arena was wrecked, and Shi Ling admitted defeat.
• Han Feng praised Shi Ling and gave him a token so they could contact each other; Shi Ling accepted it as something to look forward to.
• Shi Jiu explained that Shi Ling had lost a wager and was forbidden by his opponent's elder from leaving Stone Desolate City.
• Shi Jiu told Han Feng that the Gate of the Stone Realm was the first stage of the Stone Realm's selection trials, and Han Feng agreed to take the assessment.
• Han Feng and Shi Jiu reached the guarded avenue leading to the Gate, which would open in the afternoon, then left to eat and collect Han Feng's match reward.

Han Feng received his reward and entered the Stone Realm assessment, where he passed the first trial by climbing the Gate of the Stone Realm under the elders’ pressure. After entering the realm, he and the other participants were immediately put through a body-refining trial in the Blazing Fire Formation.

• Han Feng received a superior Martial Dao Stone, shared a meal with Shi Jiu, and gave him a Rank 8 Healing Pill in thanks.
• Han Feng registered for the Stone Realm assessment and passed the guards’ checks with Shi Jiu’s recommendation letter.
• Han Feng climbed the Gate of the Stone Realm under the three elders’ pressure and crossed the hundred-meter mark, passing the first trial.
• Han Feng entered the Stone Realm and sensed that the Gate of the Stone Realm might possess consciousness.
• The Blazing Fire Formation surrounded Han Feng and the other participants, beginning a body-refining trial with geothermal heat.

Han Feng and the Stone Clan examinees passed the final assessment by enduring a Beast Tide, then met a mysterious Half-Saint who drove the beasts away. As they awaited the next evaluation in the Stone Realm, Han Feng introduced himself as an independent cultivator and revealed his connection to the Soul Punishing Division.

• Han Feng and the other examinees completed the Blazing Fire Formation trial, while those who could not endure were teleported away.
• The Stone Clan elders sent the remaining examinees into a Beast Tide, where Han Feng repelled charging beasts and endured until the herd passed.
• A powerful, plain-robed Stone Clan Half-Saint appeared and drove back the Beast Tide, then told the first group to consider where they wished to live in the Stone Realm.
• Han Feng wondered how an outsider would fare in the Stone Realm, where he hoped to challenge powerful Stone Clan members and earn greater rewards.
• When Stone Clan members asked about his background, Han Feng introduced himself as Yao Han, an independent cultivator who had joined the Soul Punishing Division.

Han Feng passed the Stone Clan’s assessment and was assigned to the ancestral land, where he chose to challenge a Semi-Saint rather than pursue easier victories. He arrived at the seemingly modest village and prepared to begin his instruction and challenge.

• Stone Clan youths told Han Feng that few outsiders had challenged the clan and that successful challengers might earn a chance to comprehend the Stone Emperor Pillar.
• A Stone Clan elder congratulated those who passed the assessment and assigned Han Feng to the ancestral land, where his first challenge would take place before the Stone Ancestor Statue.
• The elder explained that Han Feng had already passed the initial challenge by defeating a Dou Zun in Stone Desolate City and could choose an opponent at or above that level.
• Han Feng chose to challenge a Semi-Saint, explaining that Dou Zun opponents no longer challenged him and that he wanted to witness the Stone Clan’s strength.
• The elder accepted Han Feng’s choice, and the Stone Ship carried him and the other disciples to the Stone Clan Ancestral Land.
• Han Feng arrived at the ancestral land, which looked like an ordinary village but held dense power of heaven and earth.

Han Feng, using the name Yao Han, defeated Shi Liang in the Stone Clan challenge and earned the right to face a Dou Saint in the next round. The scholar said the next challenge’s location would be announced the following day, and Han Feng stayed overnight in the ancestral land.

• The scholar selected high-level Semi-Saint Shi Liang to fight Han Feng, and the elder led them to the Stone Ancestor Statue.
• Han Feng caught Shi Liang’s opening attack and sent him flying with a palm strike.
• Shi Liang used the Stone King Battle Method and then activated the Stone Emperor Bloodline, but Han Feng blocked his Stone Emperor Fist and overwhelmed him with a palm strike.
• After Shi Liang was knocked unconscious, the scholar declared Han Feng the winner and scheduled his next challenge against a Dou Saint in three days.
• Han Feng gave his name as Yao Han and accepted the elder’s invitation to stay overnight in the Stone Clan Ancestral Land.

Han Feng received his reward for defeating Shi Liang and chose a Shi Clan Token to maintain ties with the Stone Clan. The next morning, he left the ancestral land for Heaven and Earth Cliff, where a Stone Clan Dou Saint awaited his next challenge.

• The Stone Clan elder offered Han Feng a High-grade Earth Tier fighting skill, three Top-grade Martial Dao Stones, or a Shi Clan Token as his reward.
• Han Feng chose the Shi Clan Token because it would let him visit and communicate with the Stone Clan in the future.
• The elder delivered the token, then told Han Feng his next challenge would take place at an undisclosed location the following day.
• The scholar sent them off with a special Transmission Stone and was identified as an old-established Saint who had guided many Stone Clan powerhouses.
• Han Feng and the elder boarded a Stone Ship for Heaven and Earth Cliff, where a Stone Clan Dou Saint was waiting to face him.

Han Feng reached Heaven and Earth Cliff to face the Stone Clan Saint, Shi Xing, in a challenge battle. Shi Xing struck Han Feng with the Stone Emperor Fist and sent him into the sea, then pursued him as Han Feng considered the technique's true essence.

• Han Feng traveled by Stone Ship to Heaven and Earth Cliff and spent two days preparing near the sea.
• The Stone Clan elder introduced Han Feng to Shi Xing, and both released their Saint-level pressure before beginning the challenge.
• Shi Xing opened with a powerful punch, and Han Feng blocked it but was forced half a step back.
• The Stone Clan elder activated a Transmission Stone to broadcast the fight to Stone Clan disciples.
• Shi Xing used the Stone Emperor Fist to blast Han Feng off the cliff and into the sea, then charged after him.
• Han Feng recalled Shi Xing's technique in the sea and reflected on his deeper understanding of the Stone Emperor Fist.

Han Feng defeated Shi Xing in their sea battle by using Yin Yang techniques to turn Shi Xing’s own strength against him. The Stone Clan witnessed Han Feng’s victory, and its elders recognized that he had overcome one of the clan’s most promising Saints.

• Han Feng used the Heaven and Earth Yin Yang Great Grinding Disc to counter Shi Xing’s Saint Domain, then struck him with a Profound Yellow Palm.
• Shi Xing activated his Stone Emperor Bloodline and challenged Han Feng to stop hiding his strength, while Han Feng explained that he wanted to temper himself using Stone Clan fighting methods.
• Shi Xing unleashed Stone Emperor Battles Heaven, but Han Feng blocked the attack with Yin Yang Limitless and returned its force with Heaven and Earth Rotation.
• Han Feng stopped Shi Xing from crashing into Heaven and Earth Cliff and checked his injuries as the overloaded Transmission Stone shattered.
• Shi Clan Generals and elders rushed to meet Han Feng, while descendants in the Ancestral Land discussed his victory and the scholar recognized its significance for the clan.

After defeating Shi Xing, Han Feng entered the Stone Realm Secret Realm to prepare for his next challenge while the Stone Clan debated how to stop him. A Wind Attribute Dou Sheng arrived with the reward for one of Han Feng’s challenges, but the treasure inside the box remained unrevealed.

• The Stone Emperor Guards surrounded Han Feng, then two envoys presented the patriarch’s token and escorted him to the Stone Realm Secret Realm for his next challenge.
• Han Feng spent several days in the secret realm gathering medicinal herbs and reviewing his fight with Shi Xing while awaiting his next opponent.
• The Stone Clan’s higher-ups decided to send a Five-star Dou Sheng against Han Feng, and Elder Shi Kong volunteered.
• A Wind Attribute Dou Sheng found Han Feng in the secret realm, told him the clan had arranged his next opponent, and delivered a precious treasure box as a challenge reward.

Han Feng refined the Stone Clan's Earth Spirit Marrow, greatly strengthening his body before facing Shi Kong in the next challenge. He recognized Shi Kong as Hun Kong, a Soul Clan elder from his previous life, and attacked him with the Azure Dragon Skyrending Claw as their battle began.

• The Wind Attribute Dou Sheng gave Han Feng the Stone Clan's inherited spiritual object, Earth Spirit Marrow, and warned him that his next opponent was terrifyingly strong.
• Han Feng refined the Earth Spirit Marrow with the Profound Yellow Flame and the Ling Clan's Spirit Refining Art, increasing his physical strength by at least thirty percent and stirring his Black Tortoise Power.
• Two Stone Clan envoys brought Han Feng to a mysterious valley, where Shi Kong was waiting as his next opponent.
• Han Feng recognized Shi Kong as Hun Kong, a Soul Clan elder he had encountered in his previous life, and refused to chat before the challenge.
• Han Feng launched the Azure Dragon Skyrending Claw at Shi Kong, and the two began trading powerful attacks.

Han Feng fought Shi Kong in the secret realm, using the Earth Spirit Marrow and his control over Earth Power to evade and wear him down before striking at his soul. He exposed Shi Kong’s vulnerability with a black sword qi hidden inside his Azure Dragon Annihilation Wave, leaving Shi Kong screaming in terror.

• Shi Kong activated the Stone Emperor Bloodline and struck Han Feng through the heart with Stone Shattering Heaven, apparently defeating him.
• Han Feng’s body turned into sand and merged with the earth, revealing that he had escaped into the secret realm’s terrain.
• Han Feng used Earth Power and the plants in the secret realm to attack Shi Kong and drain his strength.
• Han Feng emerged above Shi Kong and unleashed Azure Dragon Annihilation Wave with Supreme Soul Slaughtering Sword power hidden inside it.
• The black sword qi bypassed Shi Kong’s body and sliced at his soul, making him scream in terror.

Han Feng defeated Shi Kong in the Stone Clan’s challenge, but Shi Kong’s soul self-destructed, raising suspicions of a hidden Soul Clan safeguard. The Stone Clan chief, Shi Tian, brought Han Feng to the clan hall and agreed to continue the challenge while the death was investigated.

• Han Feng used Spirit Devouring against Shi Kong, and Shi Kong’s soul exploded before he could use a secret art, blasting Han Feng back.
• Han Feng gathered the lingering soul fragments and suspected that someone had planted a safeguard in Shi Kong’s soul, possibly indicating another powerful Soul Clan infiltrator in the Stone Clan.
• Stone Clan members declared Han Feng the challenge’s winner but said Shi Tian would arrange his next challenge while the clan investigated Shi Kong’s death.
• Han Feng left a strand of Spiritual Sense behind as the Shi Clan Generals escorted him to the Stone Clan’s grand hall.
• Shi Tian told Han Feng that Shi Kong’s death seemed suspicious but ordered him to remain in the Stone Clan until the investigation was complete.
• Han Feng declined to explain the truth for now and asked Shi Tian to discuss the challenge, prompting Shi Tian to question whether he wanted another fight so soon.