Chapter Summaries

Fu Qingqing told Lu Feng that Old Book might be resurrected, but attacked him when he questioned her, and Lu Feng subdued her with the restrictions in her body. The phantom then confirmed that Old Book could not be resurrected because his body had been destroyed, leaving Fu Qingqing’s proposed bargain worthless.

• Fu Qingqing explained that the Soul Contract Technique and Heavenly Fragrance Soul Jade could help resurrect Old Book, and Lu Feng asked her for two traces to save him and his sworn younger sister.
• When Lu Feng said he wanted to verify her claims with the phantom, Fu Qingqing attacked him and tried to seize his life soul.
• Lu Feng resisted Fu Qingqing’s soul attack, activated the Pao Xi Dragon Control Art, and tortured her with the three currents of energy before imposing more restrictions on her.
• Lu Feng questioned the phantom about the resurrection method, and Fu Qingqing revealed that the Spirit Hero Divine Clam was also in his possession.
• The phantom confirmed that resurrection required the Soul Control Lamp’s owner to release the Soul Spirit, Heavenly Fragrance Soul Jade, and the original body to remain intact; she concluded that Old Book could not be revived because his corpse had been destroyed.

Lu Feng learned that Old Book could not be revived through the Heavenly Fragrance Soul Jade and that only Jun Zi Shuo could undo the Soul Spirit contract, driving him into a dangerously cold state of grief and rage. He left Mountain-Backed Village to confront the forces gathered for the bounty on him and killed a Heaven Soul Realm Soul Hunter with one sword strike.

• The phantom told Lu Feng that Mo Renyue had turned Old Book into a Soul Spirit, which Jun Zi Shuo had taken, and that reviving Old Book without a body was virtually impossible.
• Lu Feng realized Fu Qingqing had lied about the Heavenly Fragrance Soul Jade and imposed a binding restriction on her, while Tang Yuan feared Lu Feng's cold calm concealed perilous Killing Intent.
• Lu Feng left the village despite Tang Yuan's concern after Fu Qingqing and Tang Yuan sensed a large hostile force gathered in the skies beyond it.
• Fu Qingqing said she needed an hour to recover and had Tang Yuan help her with Qiao Xue'er's aid as Lu Feng went out to face the approaching forces.
• Lu Feng ignored the Black Demon Soul Hunter Group and struck down a Heaven Soul Realm Soul Hunter who had been watching from the clouds, terrifying Dog Lord, Tiger Lord, and their men.

Lu Feng faced an encirclement by powerful forces and fled toward their deliberately open route, where an array trap awaited him. Meanwhile, Fu Qingqing proposed using the Soul Union Technique with Tang Yuan to restore her strength, but said she needed to ask Qiao Xue’er first.

• Yan Yue attacked Lu Feng after Lu Feng killed Wu Hong, but Lu Feng evaded the Black Demon Palm.
• Lvqiu He, Yan Yue, the Blazing Venerable, and forces from the Sun Family, Wu Family, Heavenly Thunder Sword Sect, and Crimson Fiend Sword Sect gathered to surround Lu Feng.
• Lu Feng recognized that he could not fight the assembled powerhouses and fled through the gap toward Fallen Eagle Ridge.
• The pursuers revealed that Xuan Youzi had prepared an array trap along Lu Feng’s route and planned to divide the bounty among their alliance.
• Tang Yuan wanted to help Lu Feng, and Fu Qingqing proposed the Soul Union Technique as a way to restore her strength and bind herself to Tang Yuan.
• Fu Qingqing told Tang Yuan that she first needed to ask Qiao Xue’er for her consent.

Lu Feng stopped fleeing at Fallen Eagle Ridge and unleashed a powerful Blood Qi array as his pursuers approached. He warned them not to advance, but Black Fire Yan Demon challenged him and led the Wu Family group farther forward.

• Lu Feng sensed that his escape route was blocked and prepared for battle at Fallen Eagle Ridge, where the Folded Wing Black Bats could restrict flight.
• Xuan Youzi and He Yan concealed Exquisite Pavilion's Nine Twists Exquisite Array across the ridge's exit and waited for Lu Feng to enter it.
• Lu Feng's array erupted with Blood Qi, scattering beasts and bats and unsettling Xuan Youzi, He Yan, and the advancing pursuers.
• Xuan Youzi left to answer Blazing Venerable's summons, while He Yan stayed behind to maintain the defense; the pursuers debated the threat and continued toward Lu Feng.
• Lu Feng warned that anyone who took another step would die, but Black Fire Yan Demon mocked him and advanced with the Wu Family group before suddenly sensing something.

Lu Feng’s enemies were caught in the Five Hells Absolute Killing Array, where its autonomous attacks devastated the Wu Family guards and nearly injured Xuan Youzi. After identifying the formation, the group decided to exhaust it by force, unaware that Lu Feng had replenished it until its power seemed inexhaustible.

• The golden chains of the array slaughtered most of the Wu Family guards, and Black Fire Yan Demon killed the three survivors after the Blood Qi drove them to attack him.
• Black Fire Yan Demon dismissed the assault as a brief gold-element thunderbolt attack, but Xuan Youzi arrived and warned the group not to disperse.
• Xuan Youzi explained that Lu Feng had hidden within the array’s Water Essence Qi and nearly wounded him with a surprise sword strike.
• Xuan Youzi identified the formation as the Five Hells Absolute Killing Array, alarming the group with its history of slaughtering hundreds of thousands of cultivators.
• The group chose to attack together and wear down the array, while Lu Feng sensed their plan and knew his replenished formation could withstand far more than their assault.

Xuan Youzi led the group into Wood Hell, where Lu Feng used the formation’s blood-infused leaves and Jade Pearls to ambush them. After Blazing Venerable struck Lu Feng, the Wood Hell formation stirred and attacked Blazing Venerable with uprooted trees and roots.

• He Yan told the Exquisite Pavilion group that her master would soon break the array, and a distant crash seemed to confirm her belief.
• Xuan Youzi explained that the group had chosen Wood Hell to avoid being misled by the exposed Gold Hell, and the party was attacked by blood-infused leaves.
• Xuan Youzi realized the array could replenish its Blood Qi from corpses as Lu Feng’s Jade Pearl pierced the Heavenly Thunder Sword Sect leader’s arm.
• Lu Feng launched more Jade Pearl attacks at Xuan Youzi, injuring other cultivators when Xuan Youzi dodged, until Xuan Youzi exposed his position.
• Blazing Venerable struck Lu Feng, who escaped after being driven back, and the disturbance caused two trees and their roots to attack Blazing Venerable.

Lu Feng confronted Jiang Qingyi and the survivors sheltering inside Xuan Youzi’s Golden Gale Subduing Demon Array, after the Five Hells Absolute Killing Array had grown stronger by absorbing the dead. He used Fire Essence Qi to make Wood Hell’s vegetation ignite and overwhelm their defenses, leaving Jiang Qingyi shaken by his claims about the Sun Family.

• Xuan Youzi explained that the Five Hells Absolute Killing Array absorbed Blood Qi from the dead and strengthened as special Five Elements Realm Soul Masters were sacrificed, then placed the survivors inside his Golden Gale Subduing Demon Array.
• Jiang Qingyi identified herself as the Sun Family’s Fifth Family Head Madam and ordered Uncle Ya to kill Lu Feng, while revealing her hatred over her daughter and the Six Harmonies Sect.
• Lu Feng arrived safely through the formation’s attacks, asked Jiang Qingyi who she was, and struck the defensive barrier without breaking it as she and the Heavenly Thunder Sword Sect Leader tried to stall him.
• Lu Feng revealed that the attackers sent to intercept him had not arrived, then infused the Five Hells Absolute Killing Array with Fire Essence Qi, setting its leaves, roots, and vines ablaze against the golden barrier.
• As Jiang Qingyi feared the barrier would burn apart, Lu Feng named several Sun Family members he had killed, and Jiang Qingyi began suspecting that he was the Night Feather Sword Master.

Lu Feng used the Five Hells Absolute Killing Array to destroy the encirclement at Fallen Eagle Ridge and draw the survivors into separate hell formations. Xuan Youzi realized that the five hells were joining together to strengthen one another, revealing Lu Feng’s plan to kill all five remaining enemies at once.

• The Golden Gale Subduing Demon Array broke under Lu Feng’s assault, and he left the defenders to die in the fire-filled formation.
• He Yan and the Exquisite Pavilion disciples saw the fire pillar erupt, then watched Lu Feng approach and attack their Nine Twists Exquisite Array.
• Lu Feng lured Xuan Youzi back into the Water Hell while the Blazing Venerable and Uncle Ya became trapped in other hell formations.
• The Blazing Venerable’s lightning sword attacks struck through the connected formations and reached Xuan Youzi inside the Water Hell.
• Xuan Youzi realized that Lu Feng had connected the five hells and that their combined power formed a killing formation meant to sweep away all five remaining enemies.

Lu Feng used the Five Hells Absolute Killing Array to trap Xuan Youzi and four other opponents, redirecting their attacks to overwhelm them. As the array consumed Folded Wing Black Bats for blood energy, Tang Yuan and Fu Qingqing debated Lu Feng’s methods and worried about his condition.

• Lu Feng completed the Five Hells Absolute Killing Array and used its redirected attacks to assault Xuan Youzi with techniques from the other hells.
• He Yan dismissed the array as a ground-bound formation, but it soon dragged Folded Wing Black Bats from the sky and turned them into combat strength.
• Tang Yuan and Fu Qingqing arrived outside Fallen Eagle Ridge, where Fu Qingqing recognized the array and warned that its power could overwhelm Lu Feng.
• Fu Qingqing explained that Lu Feng had used the bats as a Blood Sacrifice to replenish the array, and Tang Yuan worried about what the sacrifice meant for Lu Feng.
• The array annihilated more bats in midair, and Tang Yuan watched with growing concern for Lu Feng.

Lu Feng fought the Flame Fire Sword Venerable in Wood Hell after Demonic Qi drove him to perform a Blood Sacrifice, while Xuan Youzi and the others struggled against the array. Tang Yuan and Fu Qingqing found the Black Fire Yan Demon and the Flame Fire Sword Venerable dead, and Tang Yuan realized Lu Feng had used the Blazing Sun Thirty-Six Swords to clear its name.

• Lu Feng's Demonic Nature surged after the Black Fire Yan Demon wounded him, and he fought the Flame Fire Sword Venerable after sacrificing a Folded Wing Black Bat to strengthen the array's Blood Qi.
• Xuan Youzi considered letting the others die to weaken the array before he escaped, but the Blazing Venerable and Uncle Ya redirected their attacks toward Water Hell.
• He Yan and the disciples saw the scorched ground and black flames, then watched two black-robed figures approach the cleared area.
• Tang Yuan and Fu Qingqing found the Black Fire Yan Demon's corpse and its untouched storage ring, leading Tang Yuan to fear Lu Feng's state of mind had worsened.
• Tang Yuan and Fu Qingqing reached Wood Hell and found the Flame Fire Sword Venerable dead; Tang Yuan recognized Lu Feng's Blazing Sun Thirty-Six Swords and understood he had fought head-on to clear the swordplay's name.

Tang Yuan and Fu Qingqing discovered that Lu Feng had killed Flame Fire Sword Venerable, while Xuan Youzi escaped the collapsing formation and ordered the evidence in Fallen Eagle Ridge destroyed. They found Lu Feng gravely wounded and inscribing strange jade stones, but his rising killing intent and the black smoke around him left his condition ominous.

• Fu Qingqing shielded Tang Yuan from a sudden surge of array force, and they realized someone had broken the formation as Fallen Eagle Ridge shook apart.
• He Yan and the Exquisite Pavilion disciples witnessed Lu Feng kill Flame Fire Sword Venerable, then saw the bloodied Xuan Youzi flee from the formation.
• Xuan Youzi ordered He Yan and the others to release the Nine Twists Exquisite Array, washing away the remains and traces in Earth Hell and Fire Hell.
• Tang Yuan and Fu Qingqing sensed that the released array force was deliberately concealing what had happened, then followed Lu Feng's aura into the Central Region.
• Tang Yuan and Fu Qingqing found Lu Feng covered in wounds, surrounded by crimson jade stones bearing inscriptions and black wisps of smoke.
• Lu Feng stood as a terrifying killing intent surged around him, with black smoke circling his body like sinister flames.

Lu Feng succumbed to the killing intent sealed in his soul, and Tang Yuan struggled to keep him from losing himself completely. After Fu Qingqing survived the black smoke’s soul attack, she explained that each wisp carried the memories and murderous emotions of a slaughterer’s life, leaving Tang Yuan fearing the countless visions overwhelming Lu Feng.

• Lu Feng attacked Fu Qingqing while consumed by killing intent, but Tang Yuan got through to him by insisting Old Book could still be saved, and Lu Feng passed out.
• Black smoke from Lu Feng’s sword strikes overwhelmed Fu Qingqing’s soul; Qiao Xue’er and the sword phantom warned that she risked awakening her inner demon, but she eventually recovered.
• Tang Yuan carried Lu Feng to a hidden cave, where Fu Qingqing said his wounds were healing but his chaotic soul sea had shut down his awareness.
• Fu Qingqing explained that the black smoke made her experience the slaughterers’ lives and emotions, and that the Heavenly Fragrance Soul Jade helped her endure the attack.
• Tang Yuan realized Lu Feng had been exposed to countless such soul fragments and feared he would either become a slaughtering demon or remain trapped in endless visions of killing.

Tang Yuan and Fu Qingqing took the unconscious Lu Feng to the Qingxiu Chan Sect, hoping the senior in Demon Suppression Forest could help him and learning that she might be Fu Qingqing’s missing former Saintess. Meanwhile, Sun Liuliu learned that her mother and the other forces had died in Lu Feng’s formation and returned to seek guidance.

• Tang Yuan told Fu Qingqing that her remaining Heavenly Fragrance Soul Jade aura could not safely help Lu Feng, so they decided to seek aid at the Qingxiu Chan Sect from a senior connected to her Soul Control Clan.
• Fu Qingqing recognized the senior’s black clam shell as the Spirit Hero Divine Clam and suspected the senior was her clan’s abducted previous Saintess.
• Xuan Youzi told Sun Liuliu, Yin Feiqiao, and the others that Lu Feng had trapped their forces in Chi You Zi’s Five Hells Absolute Killing Array, killing Sun Liuliu’s mother and many others.
• Sun Liuliu grieved over her mother’s death, then ordered the gathered groups to return so she could seek instructions from the person behind her.
• The next day, Tang Yuan and Fu Qingqing brought Lu Feng to Miao Qing, who led them to Demon Suppression Forest without questioning his condition.
• Fu Qingqing saw the black clam shell and became certain it was the Spirit Hero Divine Clam, hoping its connection to the previous Saintess could help her restore the Soul Control Clan.

Tang Yuan and Fu Qingqing brought the unconscious Lu Feng to Nan Rong Yan, who used Fu Qingqing’s Heavenly Fragrance Soul Jade aura and strong medicine to stabilize him. Lu Feng regained consciousness, but Nan Rong Yan warned that the treatment would only hold his killing intents at bay for three months.

• The Blazing Feather Cat drew Tang Yuan, Lu Feng, and Fu Qingqing into the Heroic Soul Clam, where Fu Qingqing recognized Nan Rong Yan as the former Soul Control Clan elder she had met as a child.
• Fu Qingqing told Nan Rong Yan that Mo Renshan and Mo Renyue had taken control of the Nan Rong Lineage, and that the clan was gone.
• Nan Rong Yan revealed that she needed Heavenly Fragrance Soul Jade to seek out the person who had promised to take her away, but Fu Qingqing said the last of it had been refined and the Soul Spring destroyed.
• Nan Rong Yan ordered Tang Yuan to give Lu Feng more than a hundred calming and spirit-nourishing pills, then had Fu Qingqing release the Heavenly Fragrance Soul Jade aura she had not yet refined.
• Nan Rong Yan used the aura to draw Lu Feng’s life soul from his soul sea, and Lu Feng woke and said he could force the escaped killing intents back into the Spirit Soul Array.
• Nan Rong Yan gave a tiny portion of the aura to Leng Huaping and warned Lu Feng that his relief would last only three months; Tang Yuan asked whether there was a better solution.

Lu Feng repaired the seal in his soul sea but woke with an icy, emotionless disposition. Nan Rong Yan revealed a possible way to revive a Soul Spirit, and Tang Yuan discovered that the Soul Control Divine Altar and Six Paths Coffin were already in Lu Feng’s possession.

• Lu Feng used Heavenly Fragrance Soul Jade aura to repair the Spirit Soul Array, then fainted as the pills’ effects overwhelmed him.
• Nan Rong Yan warned Tang Yuan that Lu Feng might remain cold and heartless, then used her remaining strength to form a physical-looking soul body and gave Fu Qingqing a hairpin containing clan resources.
• Lu Feng woke emotionless and asked Tang Yuan about Old Book’s resurrection, prompting Nan Rong Yan to direct Fu Qingqing to Zhang Kuo's Leisurely Notes.
• Fu Qingqing read that the Soul Control Divine Altar and Six Paths Coffin could restore Soul Spirits, though the notes gave few details about how.
• Tang Yuan revealed that both relics were already in Lu Feng’s possession, giving him hope that Old Book could return to life.

Lu Feng debated the Soul Control Clan’s claim to the Ancient Desolation Altar and Six Paths Coffin, then entrusted Old Book’s Soul Control Lamp to Tang Yuan while planning to kill Jun Zi Shuo. Tang Yuan realized Lu Feng’s killing intent had begun to erode his compassion and regard for human life.

• Fu Qingqing explained that her clan’s ancient texts linked the Soul Control Divine Altar and Six Paths Coffin to a predecessor called Rain Lord, while Lu Feng connected the account to Huo Yu and Worryfree Village.
• Lu Feng challenged Fu Qingqing’s claim to the treasures because she and Nan Rong Yan did not know how to use them, and Tang Yuan suggested Rain Lord might have taken them from the clan.
• Lu Feng revealed that the Six Paths Coffin was being used in a cultivation array and handed Tang Yuan the Soul Control Lamp containing Old Book’s Soul Spirit, asking him to pursue resurrection.
• Tang Yuan volunteered to kill Jun Zi Shuo, but Lu Feng insisted on acting himself and asked Tang Yuan to warn Old Mo and Xiao Yi while helping them leave the Jun Family safely.
• Lu Feng praised the Five Hells Absolute Killing Array’s potential to slaughter hundreds of thousands, and Tang Yuan recognized that Lu Feng’s state of mind and respect for human life were changing.

Fu Qingqing explained how the Jun Family became connected to the Soul Control Clan and how Mo Renshan's faction betrayed the clan. Tang Yuan revealed how he and Fu Qingqing became bound as husband and wife, and Lu Feng returned the clan's resources to her, leaving her to ask when he would remove the restriction inside her body.

• Fu Qingqing said Clan Witch Elder Xie You joined the Jun Family to repay a debt by guarding the young Jun Zi Shuo, while Jun Zi Shuo later found the clan's hiding place himself.
• Fu Qingqing defended Xie You, explaining that his family had died proving their innocence, and blamed Mo Renshan and his sister for secretly colluding with Jun Zi Shuo.
• Fu Qingqing described the conflict between the worldly and reclusive factions, including their dispute over her cultivation and Old Song's failed attempt to obtain Yi Huo Yang Dou for her.
• Tang Yuan explained that Xue Er had intended to take Fu Qingqing's body during a Soul Intercourse ritual, but Fu Qingqing resumed control, and she and Tang Yuan became husband and wife.
• Lu Feng returned the Soul Control Lamp and the resources from the Soul Gouging Lord to Fu Qingqing, who asked when he would remove her bodily restriction.

Lu Feng refused to remove the restrictions on Fu Qingqing and decided to leave Leng Huaping recovering in the Spirit Hero Divine Clam. As Tang Yuan and Fu Qingqing discussed Jun Zi Shuo’s schemes and the Soul Control Clan’s hidden protections, they discovered that the clan’s last Grand Prison connection had been Xiao Gu, whose death had left them increasingly vulnerable.

• Lu Feng told Fu Qingqing he would remove her restrictions only after Tang Yuan became stronger than her, and promised to disperse his cultivation if he lost control of himself.
• Nan Rong Yan said Leng Huaping would need months to awaken, and Lu Feng chose to leave her in the Spirit Hero Divine Clam while asking Fu Qingqing not to tamper with it.
• Fu Qingqing explained that Jun Zi Shuo had won over Mo Renshan by promising to build the clan into a powerful sect, and had tried to capture her to locate other branches and force more Clan Witches to sacrifice themselves.
• Lu Feng warned that Jun Zi Shuo might trace the Soul Control Clan’s hidden branches through old records, but Fu Qingqing explained that the Grand Prison had never truly protected them; clan members had secretly maintained their concealment formations.
• Fu Qingqing revealed that Xiao Gu had been the clan’s last member in the Grand Prison, but after he betrayed them and was killed, the clan had to disguise its own people as Grand Prison formation masters to maintain its protections.

Lu Feng learned that Jun Zi Shuo might target soul cultivators to gain power and received a cryptic warning from Miao Qing. At Qingxiu Chan Sect, Nan Rong Yan reunited with Nie Mingfei and Flying Catkins True Person, who revealed their plan to reach the Outer Domain and seek Lu Feng’s father.

• Fu Qingqing warned Lu Feng and Tang Yuan that Jun Zi Shuo could target soul-cultivation factions or powerful soulmasters in the Ghost Domain.
• Miao Qing relayed the words “Purity or turbidity of qi comes from Heaven. Righteousness or wickedness of man comes from oneself,” then suffered severe backlash from revealing her deadly lot.
• Lu Feng and his companions met Nie Mingfei and Flying Catkins True Person at the Qingxiu Chan Sect mountain gate, where Nan Rong Yan recognized them and learned they intended to find Brother Lu.
• Lu Feng heard that his father was called Lu Li and was told that the full truth would become clear after a little over a month.
• Nie Mingfei and Flying Catkins True Person asked Nan Rong Yan to help them break through the checkpoint and enter the Outer Domain to find Brother Lu.
• Nan Rong Yan agreed, and Nie Mingfei and Flying Catkins True Person explained that they planned to follow another person who had found the Divine Map and was preparing to cross into the Outer Domain.

Lu Feng left Tang Yuan and Fu Qingqing to travel alone to Profound Gold City, but his journey was interrupted when he saw Jiang Ruoyun in a wedding procession. After she pretended to be the bride and he wished her well, Lu Feng departed heartbroken, while the Jin Guan family ordered Wang Chonghu to deal with him and take his storage device.

• Lu Feng parted from Tang Yuan and Fu Qingqing, who agreed to inform their clansmen and visit Medicine Valley before traveling to Beast Valley together.
• Lu Feng passed through the territory of the Love Tomb and continued toward Profound Gold City, deciding not to seek out Jiang Ruoyun because he feared his circumstances would harm her.
• Lu Feng saw Red Scorpion guarding a wedding sedan and realized Jiang Ruoyun was inside; Jiang Ruoyun pretended to be the bride and sent him wedding candy.
• Lu Feng wished Jiang Ruoyun and her beloved a happy marriage, then gathered the scattered candies after the procession passed and left in grief.
• Jiang Ruoyun suspected something had happened to Lu Feng and asked Red Scorpion to watch for news about him.
• Jin Guan Chang Hen sent Wang Chonghu after Lu Feng, while Jin Guan Bai ordered him to kill Lu Feng cleanly and seize his storage device.