Chapter Summaries

Han Feng challenged Shi Tian to test his strength and revealed his intent to kill Shi Kong, then battled the Stone Clan Chief inside a pocket dimension. After his second Heavenly Flame transformed his fighting style and wounded Shi Tian, Shi Tian activated the Stone Emperor Bloodline as their fight continued.

• Han Feng and Shi Tian entered a pocket dimension to fight, and Han Feng confirmed that he intended to kill Shi Kong without yet explaining why.
• Shi Tian overwhelmed Han Feng's physical strength, but Han Feng used Myriad Beast Essence Blood and Heavenly Flames to damage him.
• Han Feng used Mountain River Myriad Beast Seal and Azure Dragon Skyrending Claw, but Shi Tian remained largely unharmed and pushed him onto the defensive.
• Han Feng activated his second Heavenly Flame, Fallen Brahma Heart, transformed, and blasted Shi Tian backward with a palm strike.
• Shi Tian stopped himself and activated the Stone Emperor Bloodline as Han Feng prepared to continue fighting.

Han Feng defeated Shi Tian in a decisive clash, revealing a Black Tortoise technique that left the Stone Clan chief stunned. Afterward, Han Feng warned Shi Tian that Soul Clan infiltrators were hiding within the Stone Clan and that their ambitions went beyond destroying it.

• Shi Tian and Han Feng fought at full strength in a pocket dimension, then agreed to settle the battle with one final move.
• Han Feng revealed his Mountain Sea Transformation and summoned the Black Tortoise to counter Shi Tian’s ancient mountain attack, winning while protecting Shi Tian from the void storm.
• Shi Tian acknowledged Han Feng’s victory and explained that the Stone Emperor Records described the Black Tortoise and the Azure Dragon.
• Han Feng told Shi Tian that Shi Kong had been an elder of the Soul Clan whose soul had self-destructed, and warned that other Soul Clan members were infiltrating the Stone Clan’s upper ranks.
• Han Feng said the Soul Clan planned to destroy the Stone Clan as part of a larger ambition, and Shi Tian began considering the warning seriously.

Han Feng secured Shi Tian’s cooperation against the Soul Clan and received a token to contact the Soul Punishing Division. Shi Tian then brought him to Sky Water Cave to comprehend the Stone Emperor Pillar, whose origins were tied to the Stone Realm.

• Shi Tian questioned how Han Feng identified Shi Kong as a Soul Clan member, and Han Feng explained that the Soul Punishing Division specialized in detecting them.
• Han Feng and Shi Tian discussed how to resist a possible Soul Clan attack, and Shi Tian agreed to prepare for danger and accepted Han Feng’s contact token.
• Shi Tian described his past fight with Yan Jin and the Flame Clan’s Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire.
• Shi Tian took Han Feng to Sky Water Cave beneath the sea and explained that it was older than the Stone Clan and connected to the reverse side of the Dou Qi Continent.
• Shi Tian revealed that the Stone Realm was founded around Sky Water Cave and prepared to draw out the Stone Emperor Pillar for Han Feng to comprehend.

Han Feng comprehended the Stone Emperor Pillar and gained a golden energy staff resembling it, earning Shi Tian’s surprise and envy. Shi Tian then led him to Black Tortoise Mountain, where they prepared to explore the landmark formed from the Black Tortoise’s ancient mark.

• Shi Tian summoned the Stone Emperor Pillar, and Han Feng studied its mysteries while balancing his plans for strengthening his body and soul.
• Han Feng received a golden energy form of the Stone Emperor Pillar, and Shi Tian struggled to lift it before admitting such a gift was extremely rare.
• Shi Tian explained that no one in the current Stone Clan had earned the Stone Emperor Pillar’s recognition, and Han Feng said he did not know whether he could use it.
• Shi Tian led Han Feng away from Sky Water Cave and asked whether he sensed a familiar aura.
• Han Feng recognized Black Tortoise Mountain, which Shi Tian said had formed from the place where the Black Tortoise left its mark, and they went to explore it.

Han Feng discovered that Black Tortoise Lake had once sealed a Demonic Cave and warned Shi Tian that its weakening defenses could become a future threat. After preparing warning formations, Han Feng left the Stone Clan with the Stone Emperor Battle Technique, while tensions over Shi Kong’s death continued.

• Han Feng sensed Black Tortoise power drawing him to Black Tortoise Lake and realized it had once suppressed demonic creatures beneath the mountain.
• Han Feng told Shi Tian that the lake was drying up and urged the Stone Clan to watch the Demonic Caves; he set up defensive and warning formations around the lake.
• Han Feng learned that the investigation into Shi Kong’s death pointed toward him, and he warned Shi Tian to stay vigilant against the Soul Clan within the next two or three years.
• Shi Tian gave Han Feng the Stone Emperor Battle Technique as his challenge reward, and Han Feng concealed his aura and left the Stone Clan.
• Several Stone Clan members condemned Yao Han for Shi Kong’s death, while a black-robed man argued that Shi Kong had chosen to act.

Han Feng left the Stone Clan after discovering Soul Clan agents had infiltrated it, then warned Gu Yuan that the threat might extend to other ancient clans. As the Gu Clan monitored the coming crisis around the Ling Clan, Han Feng returned to Ling Die, who had been cultivating there.

• A black-robed man ordered his subordinates to investigate Yao Han after they discussed the Soul Clan's plans and Shi Kong's death.
• Han Feng escaped Stone Desolate City through its barrier using the Shi Clan Token, then flew away without being noticed by Shi Jiu.
• Han Feng decided against visiting the Yao, Flame, or Lei Clans and returned to the Gu Clan to speak with Gu Yuan.
• Han Feng told Gu Yuan that Shi Kong had been a Soul Clan infiltrator, leaving Shi Tian unable to openly support him while hidden agents remained in the Stone Clan.
• Gu Yuan suspected the Soul Clan had acquired the Tunling Clan's bloodline-devouring ability and agreed to watch for changes around the Ling Clan.
• Han Feng returned to the mountain peak and found Ling Die cultivating; she said the Gu Clan's spiritual energy was especially dense.

Han Feng tested Ling Die’s newly learned spirit forms before sensing an emergency in the Ling Clan and rushing back with an Ancient Mirror from Gu Yuan. In the Ling Clan’s Spirit World, a black-robed group summoned a humanoid shadow and cloaked the realm in darkness, leaving Spirit Abyss to face the unfolding attack.

• Han Feng sparred with Ling Die, praised her skill with three forms of the Heavenly Spirit Guardian Seal, and left her in Ling Ying’s care.
• Han Feng sensed trouble in the Ling Clan, asked Gu Yuan for help, and received an Ancient Mirror before setting off alone.
• A spreading darkness silently disabled the Ling Clan’s warning contingencies and cut off a Gu Clan member’s message.
• Black-robed figures performed a blood sacrifice in the Spirit World and summoned a humanoid black shadow, which ordered them to begin.
• Spirit Abyss saw darkness swallow the Spirit World’s sky and recalled Han Feng’s warning that the Soul Clan was preparing to attack.

The Soul Clan attacked the Ling Clan with Black Flame that sealed escape routes, devoured clansmen, and spread chaos through the Spirit World. As Spirit Abyss fought Hun Jing and the Ling Clan struggled to hold its ground, Ling Yun began the Myriad Spirit Formation at the ancestral land, leaving the clan’s survival uncertain.

• Ling Yun ordered Spirit Abyss to direct the Ling Clan’s defenses, then went to the ancestral land to activate the Myriad Spirit Formation while Spirit Abyss ordered clansmen to flee.
• The Ling Clan elders failed to break through the Black Flame sealing the spatial passage, and the flames weakened them as a black sphere expanded in the sky.
• Spirit Abyss confronted Hun Jing, who taunted her about Ling Yun’s weakened cultivation, and their battle erupted.
• Black Flame monsters attacked clansmen across the Spirit World as Ling Luan led Ling Yuan toward the safer core region and reassured her that the Clan Chief and elders would find a way to win.
• Ling Yun prayed to the Spirit Emperor Statue and began the Myriad Spirit Formation, using the forbidden Sacrifice Self to Nourish Spirit art to draw on the ancestor’s Spiritual Power.

Han Feng’s Soul Clone saved Ling Luan and Ling Yuan, then joined Spirit Abyss against Hun Jing while the Soul Clan’s barrier still trapped the Ling Clan in the Spirit World. Han Feng and Spirit Abyss fought together, but Hun Jing adapted to Han Feng’s attacks and remained a serious threat.

• Han Feng’s Soul Clone appeared in time to protect Ling Luan and Ling Yuan, killed a Soul Clan expert, and escorted the sisters to a hidden shelter.
• Han Feng left the sisters behind a barrier and flew to the battlefield, where Spirit Abyss was nearing defeat against Hun Jing.
• Han Feng’s Azure Dragon Skyrending Claw broke Hun Jing’s Endless Mirror Domain, allowing Spirit Abyss to escape and join Han Feng.
• Han Feng told Spirit Abyss that his main body and the Gu Clan knew of the invasion, but the Nihility Devouring Flame’s seal still blocked reinforcements.
• Han Feng and Spirit Abyss agreed to fight Hun Jing first and attacked him together, but Hun Jing adapted to Han Feng’s spatial attacks and struck back.

Han Feng and Spirit Abyss severely wounded Hun Jing, but Nihility Devouring Flame intervened and overwhelmed them. Ling Yun joined the battle with the Ling Luan Bow and Myriad Spirit Formation, then faced Nihility Devouring Flame after its body re-formed with greater power.

• Spirit Abyss fused his three ninth-tier spirit creatures and restrained Hun Jing, giving Han Feng an opening to shatter Hun Jing’s mirror shield and seriously injure him.
• Nihility Devouring Flame attacked Han Feng and Spirit Abyss, burning Spirit Abyss and weakening Han Feng’s Soul Clone.
• Ling Yun fired arrows from the Ling Luan Bow, pierced Nihility Devouring Flame, and blocked its attack on the Ling Clan Ancestral Land with the Myriad Spirit Formation.
• Nihility Devouring Flame’s dispersed flames re-formed into a stronger body, and Ling Yun arrived beside Han Feng and Spirit Abyss.
• Ling Yun used her power to heal Spirit Abyss as Nihility Devouring Flame faced them again.

Ling Yun pierced Nihility Devouring Flame’s barrier with the Ling Luan Bow, but the Spirit Emperor’s remnant image sacrificed itself to save her from his counterattack. Hun Jing then ambushed Ling Yun and Spirit Abyss, leaving Spirit Abyss to face him while Han Feng could no longer fight.

• Ling Yun said she could damage the barrier with a powerful move and asked Han Feng to help open a breach from outside alongside the Gu Clan elder.
• Nihility Devouring Flame unleashed the pressure of his Nine-star Dou Saint true body and declared the Ling Clan finished.
• Ling Yun used the Myriad Spirit Formation and the Ling Luan Bow to pierce the black flame barrier, allowing outside energy to seep in.
• Nihility Devouring Flame attacked Ling Yun while she was vulnerable, but the Spirit Emperor’s remnant image appeared, blocked him, and sacrificed itself in an explosion.
• Hun Jing emerged from a black mirror and struck Ling Yun and Spirit Abyss; Spirit Abyss rose to fight him as Han Feng’s phantom neared its end.

Han Feng killed Hun Jing during the Soul Clan’s assault on the Spirit World, then helped preserve Spirit Abyss and Ling Yun and arranged for the surviving Ling Clan members to be resettled. Nihility Devouring Flame escaped with the Ling Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade, leaving Han Feng to return to the Gu Clan and report that the next war was approaching.

• Han Feng arrived as Spirit Abyss succumbed to his injuries, promised to protect Ling Yun, and watched him die.
• Han Feng defeated and killed Hun Jing with the Azure Dragon Subdue Heart Seal.
• Han Feng preserved Spirit Abyss’s and Ling Yun’s lives as much as he could, then joined Gu Dao as Gu Clan reinforcements routed the Soul Clan forces.
• Han Feng told Gu Dao that the Soul Clan sought the Tou She Ancient God Jade and ordered him to oversee the Ling Clan’s resettlement in Spirit Sea City.
• Han Feng departed to report to Gu Yuan, while Nihility Devouring Flame escaped with the Ancient Jade and mourned Hun Jing’s death.

Han Feng reported the Soul Clan’s attack on the Ling Clan, prompting Gu Yuan to rally the Gu Clan and formally declare a campaign against the Soul Clan. Han Feng then told Ling Die that her clan had suffered heavy casualties but that her family was safe.

• Han Feng warned Gu Yuan that the Soul Clan was likely to attack the other clans and that the Gu Clan could not defeat it alone if the others held back.
• Gu Yuan convened the Gu Clan elders, showed them evidence of the Ling Clan’s devastation, and declared a campaign against the Soul Clan.
• After the elders left, Han Feng and Gu Yuan agreed to watch for a possible spy within the Gu Clan and discussed uniting forces across the continent.
• Han Feng told Gu Yuan he intended to grow stronger and help unite the continent’s scattered forces before the coming war.
• Han Feng told Ling Die that the Soul Clan had attacked the Ling Clan, then reassured her that her sisters and parents were unharmed.

Han Feng brought Ling Die to Spirit Sea City, where she reunited with her family, and learned that the Gu Clan was preparing to unite the clans against the Soul Clan. Inside the Mountain River Map, Ling Yun awoke, vowed that the Ling Clan would join the resistance, and helped Han Feng tend to Spirit Abyss; she also noticed Zi Yan’s powerful energy as they left.

• Han Feng escorted Ling Die to Spirit Sea City, where she reunited with Ling Luan and the other Ling Clan survivors.
• Han Feng told Gu Dao that Gu Yuan had called a clan assembly, and Gu Dao agreed that the Gu Clan had to fight the approaching war.
• Han Feng entered the Mountain River Map, ignored Feng Qing’er’s pleas to be released, and found Ling Yun awake beside the barely living Spirit Abyss.
• Han Feng told Ling Yun that the Ling Clan survivors were safe in Spirit Sea City and that the Soul Clan had taken the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Ling Yun committed the Ling Clan to joining the fight against the Soul Clan, and Han Feng promised Healing Pills and helped her preserve Spirit Abyss.
• Ling Yun formed a formation around Spirit Abyss, then noticed Zi Yan’s powerful energy as she and Han Feng prepared to leave the Mountain River Map.

Han Feng learned that Ling Yun needed a rare Ninth-grade Pill to restore her strength after using the Ling Clan’s Rebirth secret art, and agreed to help find an alchemist and ingredients. On Heavenly Medicine Star, he discovered an ancient tree had trapped Ye Qingyun and altered Lin Xian’er’s poison energy, while Ye Qingyun’s life origin had merged with the tree.

• Ling Yun asked Han Feng to help obtain the ingredients and a ninth-grade alchemist for the Reverse Life Triple Pill, which could restore her cultivation but carried a deadly risk.
• Han Feng left Spirit Sea City and visited Medicine Saint Valley, where he found Ye Qingyun and Lin Xian’er missing.
• The Spirit of Ten Thousand Medicines led Han Feng to the ancient tree at Heavenly Medicine Star, where Ye Qingyun was trapped and unconscious.
• Han Feng found Lin Xian’er unconscious as well, with her Calamity Poison Body’s poison aura reduced to a level far below its former strength.
• Han Feng’s Heavenly Flames burned the ancient tree’s branches, causing Ye Qingyun pain, and the Spirit of Ten Thousand Medicines concluded that the tree had acknowledged a master.

Han Feng discovered that the ancient wood had fused with Ye Qingyun and greatly increased her strength, then used its fallen branches to save Spirit Abyss. He refined pills on the Heavenly Medicine Star and learned that Lin Xian'er wanted to keep her cultivation, leaving her asleep while he arranged to monitor Ye Qingyun.

• The Spirit of Ten Thousand Medicines explained that the ancient wood had merged with Ye Qingyun's Life Origin and raised her to at least the Saint realm.
• Han Feng used the fallen branches' vitality to stabilize Spirit Abyss, then returned to the Heavenly Medicine Star with the unconscious Lin Xian'er.
• Han Feng asked the Spirit of Ten Thousand Medicines to gather ingredients, refined a Ninth-grade Pill for it, and made the Reverse Life Triple Pill.
• Han Feng entered Lin Xian'er's Sea of Consciousness and asked whether she would give up her cultivation to escape the Calamity Poison Body; she said she wanted to keep her cultivation so she could help him.
• Han Feng set a soul safeguard in Lin Xian'er's Sea of Consciousness and told the Spirit of Ten Thousand Medicines to keep him informed about Ye Qingyun.

Han Feng returned to Starfall Pavilion and learned that the Hall of Souls had rebuilt its forces and was inciting wars across several continents. He began coordinating an alliance against them and flew to the Southern Departure Empire, where he reunited with Si Kongchan in Vermilion Bird City.

• Han Feng placed the sleeping Lin Xian'er in the Mountain River Map and left Medicine Saint Valley for Starfall Pavilion.
• Yao Chen told Han Feng that the Hall of Souls had resurfaced with powerful Dou Sheng experts and was gathering allies across Central Plains.
• Han Feng and Yao Chen discussed forming an alliance, confronting the Hall of Souls, and its role in wars on the Northwest and Southern Departure continents.
• Han Feng learned that the Ling Clan had been exterminated and agreed with Yao Chen that the conflict had begun ahead of schedule.
• Han Feng flew to the Southern Departure Empire, where he used Puppet Pills to aid soldiers defending a border city from the Barbarian Tribe.
• Han Feng reached Vermilion Bird City and met Si Kongchan, who flew out of the palace to greet him.

Han Feng visited Si Kongchan in the Southern Departure Empire, learned that the Nine Stars Aligning in the Sky would occur within a few years, and discussed preparing for the Soul Clan’s campaign. The chapter ended with Han Feng planning to help the other ancient clans resist the Soul Clan before launching a final attack.

• Si Kongchan revealed that she had broken through to the Dou Saint realm and showed Han Feng a warning from the Vermilion Bird: “Nine Stars Aligning in the Sky, evil shall descend.”
• Han Feng and Si Kongchan sparred with their flames, giving Si Kongchan her first unrestricted battle since reaching the Dou Saint realm.
• Han Feng told Si Kongchan that the Hall of Souls was preparing to act across the continent, and she vowed to protect the Southern Departure Empire.
• Han Feng explained that the Soul Clan’s first obstacle was the other ancient clans, which the Gu Clan was organizing, and asked Si Kongchan to help oppose the Soul Clan.
• Han Feng planned to assist the ancient clans in resisting the Soul Clan, then attack after they had fought, while pursuing the opportunity presented by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Han Feng arranged for the Southern Departure Empire and the Beast Domain to support the coming conflict with the Soul Clan, then traveled to find Qinglin. He found her in a mysterious valley and discovered a dangerous nine-headed snake remnant soul attached to her.

• Han Feng explained the Soul Clan's threat to Si Kongchan and proposed using the Beast Domain's Magical Beasts and the Southern Departure Empire's military resources to strengthen their forces.
• Si Kongchan agreed to mobilize the empire, involve the Xiao Family, and prepare for war against the Soul Clan.
• Han Feng flew to the Beast Domain, sensed Qinglin's mark, and found her in a mysterious valley.
• Qinglin told Han Feng that a snake-type Magical Beast's remnant soul had tried to possess her and was now hiding in a black mark on her neck.
• Han Feng recognized the mark's violent aura as possibly belonging to an Ancient Heavenly Snake, and Qinglin pointed out the cave where she had encountered it.

Han Feng reunited with Qinglin, discovered that she carried the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake's Remnant Soul, and recovered the serpent's nine reverse scales. He brought Qinglin to the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan to organize a larger Bloodline Baptism Conference, leaving his broader plans unstated.

• Han Feng sensed the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake's Remnant Soul within Qinglin and warned that her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had only temporarily restrained it.
• Han Feng and Qinglin searched the cave, found nine reverse scales, and discussed reforging them into a sacred artifact suited to Qinglin.
• Qinglin showed Han Feng the eighth-tier peak medicinal pill she had found in a Dou Sheng ruin, and she chose to travel with him instead of returning to Sky Snake Mansion.
• Han Feng brought Qinglin to the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan, where Yao Ming received them and agreed to prepare a much larger Bloodline Baptism Conference.
• Han Feng explained that the conference would gather more magical beasts under the authority of the Myriad Beasts Saint, while Qinglin asked when they could live together as they had at Jia Nan Academy.