Chapter Summaries

Gu Han arranged for Hei Qing to retrieve the Heaven Sword Saint’s inheritance for Yun Yun and gave Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin guidance on opportunities in the Savage Ancient Region. Seven days later, Ling Qingxuan was trapped outside Sound Valley by Old Ghost Tianxing and a Soul Hall ally, and she faced defeat against the two Peak Dou Venerates.

• Gu Han gave Hei Qing a Soul Scroll with directions to the Heaven Sword Saint Ruins and promised to guide him to the Sword Washing Pool in exchange for retrieving the inheritance for Yun Yun.
• Gu Han left Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin the Yin Yang Tai Xu Map, safety instructions, and guidance to several opportunities before his energy body dissipated.
• Fairy Hua and Zhu Li invited Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to become Guest Elders, and both women accepted their tokens.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin entered the Savage Ancient Region and set out to claim the poison and bloodline of an Ancient Heaven Poison Blood Python.
• Ling Qingxuan was ambushed outside Sound Valley by Old Ghost Tianxing and a blood-robed Soul Hall ally, who sealed the space around her.
• After a battle, Ling Qingxuan was badly wounded and despaired as she faced two One-Turn Peak Dou Venerates.

Fairy Hua and Murong Qingge rescued Ling Qingxuan from Soul Hall’s ambush, uncovering a plot against Sound Valley and the Ling Clan. Ling Qingxuan learned that Gu Han had foreseen the danger and asked whether he had truly promised her an Opportunity to break through to Dou Saint.

• Ling Qingxuan was protected from Old Ghost Tianxing and the other Soul Hall Heavenly Venerable by a pink lotus.
• Murong Qingge arrived with Fairy Hua, identified Old Ghost Tianxing as a traitor who had controlled Sound Valley’s Second Elder, and said Sound Valley would ally against Soul Hall.
• Fairy Hua sealed the two Soul Hall Heavenly Venerables inside a lotus-shaped Spatial barrier.
• Murong Qingge told Ling Qingxuan that Soul Hall planned to capture her, attack Sound Valley, and use it as a foothold against the Ling Clan.
• Fairy Hua explained that Gu Han had foreseen the ambush and sent her to intervene, leaving Ling Qingxuan eager to meet him.
• Fairy Hua praised Gu Han’s abilities, and Ling Qingxuan asked whether he had promised her an Opportunity to break through to Dou Saint.

Fairy Hua and Ling Qingxuan discussed the Void Twin-Lotus and Gu Han’s influence, while Zhu Li summoned Qing Shan and Qing Mu with Gu Han’s jade bottle. The Ancient Void Dragon elders then forced their way into the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring to retrieve something left by their clan.

• Fairy Hua explained that the Void Twin-Lotus could help her and Green Fairy break through to Dou Saint, and Ling Qingxuan praised Gu Han’s guidance.
• Zhu Li opened Gu Han’s jade bottle, prompting Qing Shan and Qing Mu to appear and recognize the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s power and Zi Yan’s royal Bloodline.
• Zhu Li told Qing Shan and Qing Mu about Gu Han, Zi Yan, and the whereabouts of Zhu Kun and Zhu Huo, and the elders decided to act on Gu Han’s behalf.
• Qing Shan and Qing Mu attacked the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan’s leaders, then demanded entry to the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring to retrieve something belonging to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Yao Xiaotian tried to refuse, but Yao Sheng and the other clan leaders yielded as Qing Shan explained that the attack had merely been their way of announcing their intentions.

Qing Shan and Qing Mu helped Yao Ming reclaim control of the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan, acting on Gu Han’s instructions. Cai Die and Cai Li enslaved Yao Xiaotian and Yao Sheng with Snake Seals, giving Gu Han two Dou Saint-level servants as he continued cultivating in the Creation Saint Ruins.

• Cai Die and Cai Li arrived while Qing Shan and Qing Mu waited, and Cai Die gave Qing Shan a Jade Slip containing Gu Han’s message.
• Gu Han told Qing Shan he could not reveal Zhu Kun’s location yet, promised to let him accompany Zi Yan later, and asked him to find the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan’s true chief.
• Qing Shan left for the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring while Qing Mu sealed the area and kept the clan’s leaders from leaving.
• Yao Ming arrived with the Nine Nether Scepter, exposed Yao Xiaotian and Yao Sheng’s betrayal, and joined Qing Shan and Qing Mu in defeating them.
• Cai Die and Cai Li used their Snake Seals to enslave Yao Xiaotian and Yao Sheng, while Gu Han sent the two new servants an order from the Creation Saint Ruins.

Yao Ming became the Deputy Mansion Master of Dark Snake Mansion and received the means to restore his bloodline, while Cai Die and Cai Li began a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python inheritance. Three years later, Middle Continent’s power balance had shifted, and Black Tortoise Hall emerged as a vast force led by Gu Han.

• Gu Han made Yao Ming his subordinate and appointed him Deputy Mansion Master of Dark Snake Mansion, with responsibility for intelligence gathering and distribution.
• Cai Die gave Yao Ming the Ancient Heavenly Snake Royal Clan’s true bones, which could restore his bloodline and remove the bottleneck to reaching Five-Star Dou Saint.
• Cai Die and Cai Li entered the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python nest to receive its inheritance.
• The Heavenly Underworld Sect and Ice River Valley were destroyed, while Sound Valley allied with the Flower Sect, Burning Flame Valley, and Starfall Pavilion against Soul Hall, and the Pill Tower offered them support.
• Xiao Yan reached Dou Venerate and learned to refine Tier 8 Medicinal Pills, while Soul Hall’s schemes were exposed through intelligence gathered by Black Tortoise Hall.
• Soul Hall’s investigation revealed Black Tortoise Hall, led by Hall Master Gu Han, after its Three-Star Dou Saint was defeated by Yao Ming.

As factions gathered at the Dou Saint Ruins, Xiao Yan confronted Old Ghost Zhaixing, who revealed a prepared ambush to eliminate Starfall Pavilion’s allies. Xiao Yan discovered that the Ancient Void Dragon’s Three Dragon Islands had also blocked East Dragon Island from sending help.

• Black Tortoise Hall’s strength and Gu Han’s influence were described as the Soul Hall’s schemes continued to be thwarted.
• Xiao Yan ordered Old Ghost Zhaixing and the Soul Hall forces to leave the Dou Saint Ruins, while the surrounding factions refused to support them.
• Old Ghost Zhaixing raised his strength to peak Seven-Star Dou Venerate and summoned five experts to form the Five Elements Void Barrier.
• Old Ghost Zhaixing claimed that forces would intercept the experts above Half-Saint level and that Yao Ming would be stopped, then attacked Xiao Yan’s group.
• Xiao Yan crushed a Jade Slip and learned from Zhu Li that Huo Lie and the other Dragon Island forces had stopped Qing Shan, Qing Mu, and Zhu Li near East Dragon Island.

Soul Hall blocked reinforcements and trapped Xiao Yan and his allies inside the Beast Region barrier, but Gu Han appeared and shattered the barrier. The chapter left Soul Hall’s forces facing the revealed Black Tortoise Hall Master, a Dou Saint.

• Zhu Li and Qing Shan concluded that Gu Han had anticipated Soul Hall’s moves and trusted him to handle the crisis.
• Hun Qingya blocked Green Fairy from leaving the Flower Sect, while Soul Clan members intercepted reinforcements headed for the Beast Region.
• Xiao Yan wounded Old Ghost Zhaixing with his Four-Colored Super Large Destructive Fire Lotus, but Water Heavenly Venerable trapped Xiao Yan’s group inside a five-element barrier.
• Gu Han appeared on an Ice Throne, froze and shattered the barrier, and injured Soul Hall’s Five Elements Heavenly Venerables.
• Feng Qing’er recognized Gu Han as the Black Tortoise Hall Master, and the others realized he was a Dou Saint.

Gu Han arrived at the Dou Saint Ruins and slaughtered Soul Hall’s forces, including Heavenly Underworld Old Demon, while revealing that his soul had reached Half-Step Heaven Realm Perfection despite remaining a Peak Dou Venerate. He absorbed the remaining ruins into the Xuanwu Secret Realm, leaving Xiao Yan and the others stunned.

• Gu Han appeared as Xiao Yan warned him that Soul Hall’s forces were trying to trap them.
• Gu Han drew his sword and killed Old Ghost Zhaixing and the Five Elements Heavenly Venerable with a single attack.
• Gu Han used Cold Heaven, Creation Palm to pursue Heavenly Underworld Old Demon, who escaped in blood mist but was trapped by the Yin Yang Twin Flames.
• Gu Han confirmed he was a Nine-Revolution Dou Venerate Peak and revealed his Half-Step Heaven Realm Perfection soul before the flames killed Heavenly Underworld Old Demon.
• Gu Han absorbed the remaining space of the Dou Saint Ruins into the Xuanwu Secret Realm, astonishing Xiao Yan and the others.

Gu Han claimed the Yellow Springs Demonic Saint’s inheritance, prepared his allies and resources for the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and traveled to the Lava World to investigate Tou She Ancient God’s legacy. He found the entrance to Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion and prepared to enter.

• Gu Han gave Xiao Yan a Dou Saint skeleton and Tier 9 Ancient Void Dragon essence blood to help revive Yao Chen, then drove the Soul Clan’s Three-Star Dou Saint away with the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan’s aid.
• Gu Han entered the Yellow Spring Stone Stele, obtained the Yellow Springs Demonic Saint’s ultimate art and essence blood, and promised to help revive him if he ever became strong enough.
• Gu Han used his abilities to locate opportunities, arranged resources and plans for his companions, and secretly obtained the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations from Starfall Pavilion.
• Gu Han entered the Lava World, learned that Flame Lizardmen’s Fire Beads could strengthen fire cultivators and Heavenly Flames, and chose not to consume the entire race’s supply for himself.
• Gu Han sensed a strange heat deep in the magma, found a hidden passage, and announced his intention to enter Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion.

Gu Han entered Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and found Zhu Kun sleeping beneath the enormous stone gate. Zhu Kun’s pressure forced Gu Han back into the Xuanwu Secret Realm, and Zhu Kun asked whether the intruder possessed an ancient jade.

• Gu Han entered the dark space beneath the magma using the Tou She Ancient God Jade he had obtained from Xiao Zhan.
• Gu Han traveled through the darkness and reached Tou She Ancient God's enormous stone gate.
• Gu Han used the Yin Yang Tai Xu Map and Qi Transforming Heaven and Earth to illuminate the space, revealing Zhu Kun’s massive sleeping form.
• Zhu Kun awoke and fixed his gaze on Gu Han, whose pressure drove Gu Han back into the Xuanwu Secret Realm.
• Zhu Kun noticed that Gu Han had vanished from his perception and asked whether the tomb intruder possessed an ancient jade.

Gu Han reunited Zhu Kun with his daughter Zi Yan, then used a fragment of the Tou She Ancient God Jade to influence the chains binding Zhu Kun. Zhu Kun learned that the jade had been divided among the Eight Imperial Clans, and Gu Han began explaining how the fragments could open the Cave Mansion.

• Gu Han brought Zi Yan out of the Xuanwu Secret Realm, and Zhu Kun recognized her as his daughter and wept with joy.
• Zi Yan’s anger toward Zhu Kun softened when she sensed their Bloodline connection, though she still teased him for crying.
• Flame chains suddenly tightened around Zhu Kun, causing him pain, and he explained that Tou She Ancient God had bound him to guard the Ancient Tomb.
• Gu Han used his incomplete Tou She Ancient God Jade to halt the force controlling the chains and explained that it was one-eighth of the jade.
• Gu Han told Zhu Kun that the Eight Imperial Clans each held a fragment and that the pieces had to be fused with Heavenly Flames to open the Cave Mansion.

Gu Han explained why Zhu Kun’s plan to summon the Imperial Clans and open Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion together was too dangerous, warning him about the Soul Clan’s strength. After learning that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s internal divisions had preserved its strength, Zhu Kun proposed that Gu Han join the clan and protect Zi Yan, ending by suggesting she become the new Dragon Emperor’s consort.

• Zhu Kun proposed spreading the Cave Mansion’s location so the Imperial Clans would gather and open it together, but Gu Han rejected the plan as too risky.
• Gu Han described how the Soul Clan and Nihility Devouring Flame had gained strength by secretly targeting Imperial Clans and asked whether Zhu Kun could guarantee victory against them.
• Zhu Kun argued that he could defeat Hun Tiandi and the Nihility Devouring Flame if he contacted the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Gu Han explained the clan’s factions and hidden strength.
• Gu Han concluded that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s internal strife had kept its powerful members safe and its ordinary clansmen battle-ready, while deterring outsiders from attacking.
• Zhu Kun praised Gu Han’s insight and suggested she become a strategist to protect Zi Yan, then proposed that she become the new Dragon Emperor’s consort.

Gu Han told Zhu Kun about the Soul Clan’s plans and promised to free him from Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion after preparing for three years. After Zi Yan received the Dragon Emperor Inheritance and ate the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, Gu Han began hunting Flame Lizardmen, while half a year later Hun Miesheng angrily discovered that his subordinates had withheld intelligence about Gu Han.

• Gu Han explained the Nihility Devouring Flame, the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, and the Soul Clan’s preparations to Zhu Kun.
• Gu Han said he could help Zhu Kun escape in about three years and urged him to pass the Dragon Emperor Inheritance to Zi Yan.
• Zhu Kun offered the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit as a betrothal gift, and Zi Yan accepted the fruit and the inheritance.
• Gu Han left Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion and began slaughtering Flame Lizardmen to collect fire beads for the Yin Yang Twin Flames.
• Half a year later, Hun Miesheng read intelligence about Gu Han and roared at his subordinates for failing to inform him sooner.

Hun Miesheng reprimanded Soul Hall’s subordinates for passing Gu Han’s capture down the chain until the assigned hunters were killed. He ordered a serious hunt after explaining that Gu Han’s powerful soul made him valuable as a tribute to Lord Void.

• Hun Miesheng summoned the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master and demanded to know why he had not been informed about Gu Han sooner.
• The Vice Hall Master traced how Gu Han’s capture had been delegated from one Soul Hall leader to another, eventually reaching the Five Elements Heavenly Venerable and Heavenly Underworld Old Demon, who were both killed.
• Hun Miesheng rebuked the assembled Soul Hall leaders for underestimating Gu Han and failing to eliminate him as his strength rapidly grew.
• Hun Miesheng explained that Gu Han’s Half-Step Heaven Realm Perfection soul made him an excellent supplement for Lord Void.
• The Earth Hall Hall Master volunteered to capture Gu Han personally, confident that his Three-Star Dou Saint strength would guarantee success.

Gu Han learned that Hun Miesheng had ordered Soul Hall to capture him, while Xiao Yan’s return to Starfall Pavilion was delayed by a Soul Hall siege. After Yao Chen drove off the attackers by revealing his breakthrough to Dou Saint, Cao Ying asked Xiao Yan to help her contact Gu Han so she could become his exclusive alchemist.

• Gu Han received intelligence that Hun Miesheng wanted to capture him for the value of his soul and ordered a team led by Soul Hall’s Vice Hall Master to hunt him.
• During the six months Gu Han waited and watched for an opportunity, Xiao Yan won the Pill Gathering and refined the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xuan Yi told Xiao Yan that Soul Hall had besieged Starfall Pavilion with three Dou Saints and would massacre it unless Gu Han appeared by the end of the day.
• Xiao Yan learned that Soul Hall had withdrawn after Yao Chen emerged from seclusion and stopped its One-Star Dou Saint, having broken through to the Dou Saint level with Gu Han’s help.
• Cao Ying stopped Xiao Yan and said she wanted to make a deal with Gu Han and become his exclusive alchemist.

Cao Ying asked Xiao Yan to help her become Gu Han's alchemist maid, hoping to gain the benefits Ye Xinlan had received from him and to stay close to him. Xiao Yan warned that she would be taking the place he and Yao Chen held as Gu Han's Personal Alchemists, and Cao Ying still wanted to pursue the position immediately.

• Cao Ying told Xuan Kongzi that Gu Han was her greatest opportunity to improve as an alchemist and that she wanted to become his alchemist maid.
• Cao Ying explained that Ye Xinlan had credited Gu Han with restoring the Ye Clan's inheritance and helping her rise to become an Eighth-grade Alchemist.
• Cao Ying recalled seeing Gu Han defeat the Heavenly Underworld Old Demon and the Five Elements Heavenly Venerable, which had made her fall for him.
• Xiao Yan told Cao Ying that he and Yao Chen were already Gu Han's Personal Alchemists and had received his guidance and cultivation.
• Cao Ying admitted Ye Xinlan had offered to take her to Gu Han after a few years, but she wanted to go sooner so she could build a relationship with him.

Xiao Yan helped Cao Ying contact Gu Han, who offered her a path to inherit the Sea Heart Pill Fairy’s legacy and become his alchemist maid after two and a half years. Gu Han also revealed a chance for Xiao Yan to obtain the Nine Nether Wind Flame, then prepared a counterattack against Hun Miesheng.

• Xiao Yan crushed a Jade Slip and summoned Gu Han’s Soul Projection to speak with Cao Ying.
• Gu Han accepted Cao Ying’s request in principle but told her to wait about two and a half years before joining him.
• Gu Han gave Cao Ying the location and guidance to find the Sea Heart Pill Fairy’s inheritance and Sea Heart Flame, and told Xiao Yan when and where to seek the Nine Nether Wind Flame.
• Cao Ying eagerly set out for the inheritance site and promised Xiao Yan a favor for helping her contact Gu Han.
• Xuan Yi said she was tempted by the opportunities Gu Han could offer, while Xiao Yan silently regretted overhearing her conversation with Xuan Kongzi.
• In the Lava World beneath Jia Nan Academy, Gu Han made a chess move to encircle Hun Miesheng and declared that he would stop merely responding to him.

Hun Miesheng dismissed Gu Han’s supposed ability to divine the future, only to learn that Gu Han had exposed the Soul-Devouring Life-Severing Array. Nihility Devouring Flame then speculated that Gu Han’s knowledge came from an inheritance and intelligence network, and insisted he was no threat.

• Hun Miesheng argued that Gu Han’s reputation for knowing everything came from the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan’s intelligence and Gu Han’s ability to analyze events.
• Nihility Devouring Flame confronted Hun Miesheng over the exposure of the Soul-Devouring Life-Severing Array.
• Second Venerable crushed a Jade Slip, and a subordinate reported that factions across the Middle Continent were spreading the array’s secrets and accusing Hun Tiandi of seeking to use a blood sacrifice to advance.
• Hun Miesheng realized Gu Han had exposed the array and cursed him for making him lose face before Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Nihility Devouring Flame dismissed Gu Han as a fortunate young man who had likely obtained the Heavenly Snake Great Emperor’s inheritance and gathered intelligence through the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan.

Nihility Devouring Flame ordered Soul Hall to conceal its key array halls and retaliate against its enemies, triggering a continent-wide conflict. A year and a half later, Soul Hall attacked the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan to seize two women beneath the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring, but the assault awakened two Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Pythons.

• Nihility Devouring Flame told Hun Miesheng to hide Soul Hall’s essential halls and use the remaining branch halls as bait while attacking those who opposed them.
• Black Tortoise Hall, Pill Tower, and other factions spread the truth about Soul Hall’s sacrifice array, sparking a continent-wide conflict that lasted a year and a half.
• Hun Miehai and Hun Qingquan attacked Yao Ming at the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan and demanded that he surrender two women cultivating beneath the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring.
• Nihility Devouring Flame’s Child Flame avatar overwhelmed the clan’s Coiled Snake Formation and descended toward the Yellow Spring as Yao Ming tried to intervene.
• Two nine-colored beams erupted from beneath the Yellow Spring, revealing two Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Pythons.

Cai Die, Cai Li, the Ancient Void Dragon Kings, and Yao Ming fought Hun Miehai and Hun Qingquan after the Soul Clan pair attacked Gu Han’s wives. Hun Miehai sacrificed himself to empower the Child Flame of Nihility Devouring Flame, but Cai Die and Cai Li merged and destroyed it with a devastating strike.

• Hun Miehai and Hun Qingquan tried to escape, but Qian Ye and Zhu Xuan blocked their spatial passage and confronted them for attacking Gu Han’s wives.
• Cai Die and Cai Li sealed the battlefield while Qian Ye, Zhu Xuan, and Yao Ming joined them against the two Soul Clan Dou Saints.
• Cai Die sealed Hun Qingquan, and Hun Miehai burned his Dou Emperor Bloodline while preparing to self-destruct.
• Hun Miehai sacrificed his essence, qi, and spirit to the Child Flame of Nihility Devouring Flame, empowering it to the middle stage of the Four-Star Dou Saint realm.
• Cai Die and Cai Li merged into a massive Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and shattered the Child Flame with a single beam.