Chapter Summaries

Gu Han discovered that the apparent Chaotic Stone Forest concealed a trap sustained by the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, then learned that the fighting Magical Beasts were battling over Monkey Wine mistaken for Bodhi Body Saliva. His deductions revealed the Monkey Wine’s location and an Azure Enchanting Flower that required Spirit Realm soul power to approach, leaving him eager to investigate its potential to advance his Soul Realm.

• Gu Han sensed the lingering power of the Nine Netherworld Nether Python and reasoned that the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame had been using its corpse to devour Magical Beasts.
• A Black Scaled Earth Flame Snake and a Through-Back Thunder Ape King fought over what the snake believed was Bodhi Body Saliva, while Xiao Yan and Old Yao set out to watch from a distance.
• Gu Han used a targeted deduction and learned that the Through-Back Thunder Ape King had brewed Thousand Fruit Monkey Wine, which the snake had mistaken for Bodhi Body Saliva while grieving its stillborn child.
• Gu Han learned that the Thousand Fruit Monkey Wine was hidden in the Through-Back Thunder Ape King’s nest and that an Azure Enchanting Flower in Meteorite Ravine could only be safely approached by someone with a Spirit Realm soul.
• Gu Han wondered whether obtaining the Azure Enchanting Flower could help his Soul Realm break through to the Spirit Realm.

Gu Han watched the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame take shape and enter the battle between the Black Scaled Earth Flame Snake and the Through-Back Thunder Ape King. When Xiao Yan and Yao Chen arrived to claim the flame, Gu Han summoned Cai Die, who sealed the area with a Space Barrier.

• Gu Han realized the two Fifth-Order Magical Beasts' bloodshed had catalyzed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame's formation beneath the Chaotic Stone Forest.
• The Myriad Beast Spirit Flame took the form of a giant python and attacked both wounded Magical Beasts, prompting Gu Han to decide it would suit Qing Lin or Cai Die better than Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan arrived with Yao Chen, who recognized the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and possessed Xiao Yan's body to confirm its identity and assess its condition.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to wait until the flame had devoured the two beasts and weakened before placing a soul imprint on it.
• Gu Han contacted Cai Die, who left the Xuanwu Secret Realm and formed a Space Barrier around the area, isolating Xiao Yan and Yao Chen from the outside.

Gu Han secured the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame for Qing Lin, who controlled it with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. When Xiao Yan asked to trade for it, Gu Han said it had already been refined but offered him another Heavenly Flame instead.

• Old Yao told Xiao Yan that a Dou Zong Expert had sealed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and suggested they seek a trade through their alchemist connections.
• Gu Han brought Qing Lin to the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, and she used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control it.
• Qing Lin collapsed from exhaustion, so Gu Han took her and the Heavenly Flame into the Xuanwu Secret Realm and left Xiao Yi Xian to care for her.
• Gu Han met Xiao Yan and Old Yao outside the sealed space after Cai Die lifted the Space Seal.
• Xiao Yan offered to refine pills in exchange for the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, but Gu Han said Qing Lin had already refined it and offered him another Heavenly Flame.

Gu Han offered Xiao Yan the Green Lotus Core Flame in exchange for the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, and Old Yao discovered Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring Liquid in the remains beneath the Chaotic Stone Forest. Old Yao proposed that he and Cai Die might be able to obtain it together, leaving the group with a possible way to claim the rare treasure.

• Xiao Yan excitedly accepted Gu Han's offer to trade the Green Lotus Core Flame for the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, while Old Yao promised Gu Han access to high-grade medicinal pills.
• Gu Han led Xiao Yan and Cai Die to the underground remains of a Nine Netherworld Nether Python, where Old Yao identified Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring Liquid in its skull.
• Old Yao explained the liquid's benefits and described two methods of condensing it, neither of which Gu Han could use on his own.
• Old Yao suggested that he and Cai Die could cooperate to try to obtain the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring Liquid.

Gu Han revealed that he possessed the Yin Yang Twin Flames and used them with Old Yao’s array to avoid risking Old Yao’s soul or delaying Xiao Yan’s plans. The group prepared to pursue the Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring Liquid, but Old Yao was stunned when Qing Lin arrived and displayed her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Old Yao proposed lending most of his Soul Power to the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s soul so Cai Die could briefly control the Power of Space, but Xiao Yan objected to the cost.
• Gu Han asked whether Heavenly Flames could replace the array’s three Ultimate Yang Substances, and Old Yao explained that the ownerless Green Lotus Core Flame would become violent around other flames.
• Cai Die offered Cold Spring Spirit Water from the Snake People Race, while Gu Han said he also had several dozen bottles.
• Gu Han revealed the Yin Yang Twin Flames, giving them three Heavenly Flames for Old Yao’s space-sealing array, and learned how to set it up.
• Gu Han brought Qing Lin from the Xuanwu Secret Realm, and Old Yao recognized her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils when she controlled the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.

Gu Han, Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, and Old Yao formed a Three Talents Formation to extract Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring Liquid from a Nine Netherworld Nether Python’s remains. Gu Han took over when Old Yao’s Soul Power faltered, and the chapter ended with Gu Han giving Xiao Yan one of the two collected drops so he could refine the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Old Yao identified Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Gu Han explained that she had controlled powerful Snake-type Magical Beasts.
• Gu Han revealed that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li had given Qing Lin to him, and Xiao Yan expressed gratitude for Gu Han’s many favors.
• Old Yao, Gu Han, and Qing Lin combined their Heavenly Flames to form a Three Talents Formation and draw Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring Liquid from the python’s skull.
• Old Yao grew exhausted while controlling the formation, so Gu Han used a Taiji Diagram and his Soul Power to stabilize it and take command.
• Gu Han condensed and collected two drops of the liquid, then gave one to Xiao Yan to help him refine the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Gu Han supplied Old Yao with ingredients and arranged for him to make pills, turning his plan to train Old Yao and Xiao Yan into personal alchemists into a steady stream of requests. Five days into Xiao Yan’s preparations to subdue the Green Lotus Core Flame, Gu Han returned with two more Sixth-Grade Pills for Old Yao to refine.

• Old Yao recommended that Xiao Yan prepare for the Green Lotus Core Flame by taking a Nine Netherworld Yellow Spring Pill and a Blood Lotus Pill, and Gu Han produced the ingredients for both.
• Gu Han gave Old Yao ingredients to refine an Imperial Pill and two Spirit User Pills, then asked about the God Protection One Pill and left to seek Thousand Fruit Monkey Wine and other pill ingredients.
• Old Yao told Xiao Yan that Xun'er had been born with far greater fortune than Gu Han, then began refining pills while Xiao Yan prepared to subdue the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Over the next five days, Gu Han repeatedly brought Old Yao ingredients for more pills, while Cai Die hunted Magical Beasts and dealt with beasts attracted by the completed pills.
• Gu Han returned to the Chaotic Stone Forest with two more Sixth-Grade Pills for Old Yao to refine, and Old Yao was left stunned by his seemingly endless supply of ingredients.

Gu Han supplied Old Yao with ingredients for a God Protection One Pill, then trained with his new sword technique before joining the others for dinner. Cai Die proposed speeding up Cai Li’s transformation through cultivation with Gu Han, and her blunt announcement left everyone stunned.

• Old Yao recognized that Gu Han’s ingredients could make a God Protection One Pill, which could restore much of his Soul Power and heal his soul injuries, and agreed to refine it.
• Gu Han practiced the Fire Dance Whirlwind sword technique, a powerful Earth Tier Dou Technique he had received from Old Yao.
• At dinner, Cai Die and Cai Li discussed Cai Li’s transformation and the Snake People secret technique that could let her soul and body survive separately.
• Cai Die suggested that cultivating with Gu Han could shorten Cai Li’s transformation from half a year to a little over a month, and Cai Li agreed to let her ask him.
• Cai Die told Gu Han that she and Cai Li wanted to cultivate with him, provoking stunned reactions from Gu Han, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Cai Li.

Gu Han agreed to cultivate with Cai Die and Cai Li, then used their help to advance from two-star Dou Ling to six-star Dou Ling. His Opportunities revealed powerful rewards and urgent matters waiting at the Misty Cloud Sect, along with a chance to gain major benefits from Xuan Yi.

• Gu Han agreed to dual cultivate with Cai Die and Cai Li to aid their cultivation and his own.
• The three used the Yin Yang Diagram and Qiankun Yisu, and Gu Han consumed two Spirit User Pills and the Thousand Fruit Monkey Wine during their cultivation.
• Gu Han broke through to six-star Dou Ling with Cai Die and Cai Li's help.
• Gu Han learned that a Golden Crown Blood Demon Python near Flying Dragon Gorge would soon transform into the Sixth-Order.
• Gu Han discovered that the Gate of Death had an eighth level and learned Yun Leng planned to pressure Yun Yun over Mo Cheng's death.
• Gu Han learned that Xuan Yi had returned with an Eighth Grade Heavenly Material Earthly Treasure and that revealing Yao Chen's whereabouts could earn him enormous benefits.

Gu Han received the Four Symbols Soul Art from Old Yao and learned more about the stages and potential of his soul. Grateful for the gift, Gu Han prepared to tell Old Yao and Xiao Yan something he thought would interest them.

• Gu Han left Cai Die and Cai Li to continue cultivating and went to meet Old Yao beneath the Chaotic Stone Forest.
• Old Yao gave Gu Han a God Protection One Pill and explained that it had healed his soul injuries and replenished his Soul Power.
• Old Yao gifted Gu Han the Four Symbols Soul Art, which let powerful souls sense and absorb spiritual energy to grow.
• Yao Chen explained the Soul Realm stages and told Gu Han his soul had reached Mortal Realm Perfection, with a chance to break through to the Spirit Realm.
• Gu Han thanked Old Yao and told him and Xiao Yan that he knew something they would find interesting.

Gu Han told Old Yao and Xiao Yan that Han Feng had become a Peak Dou Emperor, possessed the Sea Heart Flame, and coveted Jia Nan Academy’s Fallen Heart Flame. After Old Yao declined to contact his old friends, Gu Han gathered an Azure Enchanting Flower and brought Xiao Yi Xian to a poison-filled secret chamber, where she found something wrong with the gas.

• Gu Han reported Han Feng’s rank, alchemy skill, Sea Heart Flame, and interest in the Fallen Heart Flame, prompting Xiao Yan to renew his resolve to defeat him.
• Gu Han offered to help Old Yao contact his old friends, but Old Yao refused because he feared exposing himself and endangering them.
• Gu Han left after Old Yao completed a Blood Lotus Pill and told Xiao Yan to begin refining the Heavenly Flame.
• Gu Han collected the Azure Enchanting Flower and returned to the courtyard in Qinghe Town where he had discovered a hidden chamber containing a Dou Ling’s remains and deadly poison.
• Gu Han brought Xiao Yi Xian to the chamber so she could absorb the poison, but she soon sensed that something was wrong with it.

Gu Han and Xiao Yi Xian encountered lust-inducing poison in a secret chamber, and Gu Han agreed to use dual cultivation to treat her after she consented to becoming his woman. Meanwhile, Yun Yun broke through to Four Star Dou Emperor and wondered when Gu Han and Xiao Yi Xian would return to the sect.

• Xiao Yi Xian identified the chamber’s poison as a mix of ordinary poison and mating venom that stirred desire, and Gu Han realized Old Ling’s absence had left them without an antidote.
• Cai Die said she could not reverse the poison’s effects but suggested Gu Han and Xiao Yi Xian use Qiankun Yisu for dual cultivation.
• Gu Han calmed Xiao Yi Xian with his Yin Yang Twin Flames, asked whether she wanted to become his woman, and proceeded with her consent to use dual cultivation to dispel the poison.
• Yun Yun entered a state of enlightenment while watching the rain on Misty Cloud Mountain and broke through to Four Star Dou Emperor.
• Yun Yun wondered where Gu Han and Xiao Yi Xian were and why they had not returned to the sect.

Gu Han and Xiao Yi Xian practiced dual cultivation, allowing him to suppress the Calamity Poison Body and reveal a more reliable way to cure it. After leaving the secret chamber, Gu Han learned that the Netherworld Poison Fire could help Xiao Yi Xian advance and decided to go to Jia Nan Academy and abduct Zi Yan.

• Gu Han and Xiao Yi Xian cultivated together, and their strength rose to Seven-Star Dou Ling and Three-Star Dou Ling respectively.
• Gu Han explained that Yin Yang Twin Flames and dual cultivation could suppress Xiao Yi Xian's poison and enable a one-hundred-percent-success Poison Pill Method with the required materials.
• Xiao Yi Xian confessed that she had loved Gu Han for a long time, and the two left the secret chamber after Gu Han took the skeleton's Storage Ring and destroyed the remains.
• On the flight back to the Misty Cloud Sect, Gu Han used the Seventh-Order Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast hide to learn about the Netherworld Poison Fire.
• Gu Han realized the Netherworld Poison Fire was suited to Xiao Yi Xian and decided to go to Jia Nan Academy and abduct Zi Yan.

Gu Han led Xiao Yi Xian, Cai Die, and Qing Lin to a snowy summit, where a golden dawn phenomenon helped them gain cultivation insights and raised Gu Han’s Purple Qi Heavy Pupils proficiency. Meanwhile, Yun Leng raised a matter concerning the Misty Cloud Sect’s dignity at the Sect Assembly, confirming Gu Han’s prediction and leaving Yun Yun on alert.

• Gu Han redirected the group to a snowy summit to witness a golden phenomenon that could improve his Purple Qi Heavy Pupils.
• Gu Han summoned Qing Lin and Cai Die, and Cai Die teased Xiao Yi Xian until Gu Han restrained her and explained the opportunity.
• The golden dawn bathed the mountain in light, and Cai Die, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Gu Han each gained insights into their techniques or cultivation.
• Yun Yun presided over the Misty Cloud Sect Assembly and set the Core Disciple Competition for the following day.
• Yun Leng interrupted Yun Yun with a matter concerning the Misty Cloud Sect’s long-standing dignity, and Yun Yun recognized that Gu Han had predicted it.

Yun Yun countered Yun Leng’s attempt to use the Mo Family killings to pressure her at the Sect Assembly. After Yun Leng demanded that Hai Bodong explain himself, Yun Yun revealed that he was already present.

• Yun Yun questioned why Yun Leng had waited until the Sect Assembly was nearly over to report a threat to the sect’s reputation.
• Yun Leng reported that Hai Bodong had killed Mo Cheng and other members of the Mo Family’s upper echelon, prompting heated discussion.
• Yun Yun asked whether Yun Leng knew why Hai Bodong had killed them, while Yun Leng argued the sect should demand an explanation regardless.
• Yun Yun exposed the weakness in Yun Leng’s claim that the sect’s dignity required action before the cause was known.
• Yun Yun addressed Hai Bodong, who was already nearby, and asked him to explain the killings to Yun Leng.

Gu Han returned to the Misty Cloud Sect assembly and exposed evidence that Mo Cheng had plotted against him, leading Hai Bodong to kill Mo Cheng in his defense. The investigation then implicated Yun Qingfeng in plots against multiple disciples, leaving Yun Leng under suspicion as the scandal threatened to engulf the sect.

• Hai Bodong admitted killing Mo Cheng and his men, and explained that he had acted to protect Gu Han.
• Gu Han arrived at the assembly and revealed that he was the friend Mo Cheng had tried to kill.
• Yun Shang verified Gu Han’s evidence against Mo Cheng, and Yun Yun approved an investigation into the Mo Family disciples.
• Gu Han presented further evidence that Yun Qingfeng had ordered Mo Cheng to target him.
• Yun Shang investigated and reported that Yun Qingfeng had also plotted against Zhang Chuchen, Lin Qingyan, and other disciples.

Yun Shang exposed Yun Qingfeng’s crimes, including the poisoning that killed Yun Leng’s son, and Yun Leng killed Yun Qingfeng before leaving. Yun Yun summoned Gu Han and Hai Bodong to discuss the scandal and the sect’s future, while Gu Han joked that he wanted to be Great Elder alongside her.

• Yun Shang presented evidence of Yun Qingfeng’s attacks on fellow disciples, and Yun Yun ordered Yun Shang to cripple his cultivation and demote him.
• Yun Shang revealed evidence that Yun Qingfeng had poisoned Yun Qingyang, Yun Leng’s biological son, and Yun Leng confirmed the crimes were worthy of death.
• Yun Qingfeng begged Yun Leng for forgiveness, but Yun Leng killed him and left the proceedings.
• Yun Yun ordered the Punishment Elder to handle the remaining matters and invited Gu Han and Hai Bodong into the Sect Master Hall.
• Yun Yun reproached Gu Han over the damage to the Misty Cloud Sect’s reputation, and Gu Han proposed announcing Hai Bodong as a Venerable Elder after the Core Disciple Competition.
• Gu Han rejected becoming Sect Leader and said he would rather be Great Elder, joking that he and Yun Yun would make a hardworking team.

Gu Han planned to use Misty Cloud Sect rules to become Great Elder and reshape the Elder Council with Yun Yun’s support. He discovered that a Soul Hall Dou Emperor had secretly placed a Soul Hand Seal on Yun Yun and began removing it.

• Gu Han revealed that his Seven-Star Dou Ling cultivation and merit from recruiting Hai Bodong qualified him to seek early promotion to Elder and challenge Yun Leng for the Great Elder seat.
• Yun Yun agreed that Xiao Yi Xian could also seek early promotion to Elder and challenge the Seventh Elder’s seat, while Gu Han outlined how their allies could gain control of the Elder Council.
• Gu Han told Yun Yun he intended to leave the Jia Ma Empire after helping the Misty Cloud Sect rise, then asked about the Dou Emperor she had recently encountered.
• Gu Han identified the mysterious woman as a member of Soul Hall and discovered she had placed a Soul Hand Seal on Yun Yun to amplify her negative desires.
• Gu Han extended his hand toward Yun Yun’s chest and summoned a flame to deal with the Soul Hand Seal.

Gu Han helped Yun Yun remove a mark on her soul, then followed her and Hai Bodong to the Misty Cloud Sect’s hidden back mountain to check on Yun Shan. They found that Yun Shan had secretly reached the Dou Zong realm, but the Demonic Poisonous Spots in his body and a method planted in his soul by the Soul Hall remained unresolved.

• Gu Han used her Yin Yang Twin Flames to remove the mark on Yun Yun’s soul and learned that a Soul Hall Soul Emissary had attacked her near Yun Shan’s place of seclusion.
• Yun Yun led Gu Han and Hai Bodong through the Misty Cloud Sect’s formation to the hidden mountain range and checked the sword marking Yun Shan’s sealed cultivation chamber.
• A spatial vortex appeared, and Yun Shan invited Yun Yun, Gu Han, and Hai Bodong into his secret chamber.
• Yun Shan greeted Yun Yun and Hai Bodong, who explained that he had joined the Misty Cloud Sect as a Supreme Guest Elder.
• Yun Shan revealed his Sword Intent and said he was not quite a Dou Zong, while Gu Han sensed that he had already broken through but was suppressing Demonic Poisonous Spots and a Soul Hall method in his soul.

Gu Han confirmed that Soul Hall Protector Wu had planted a hidden mark in Yun Shan to alter his personality and make him serve the Soul Hall. After Gu Han exposed the mark, Yun Shan vowed that the Misty Cloud Sect would fight the Soul Hall to the death.

• Gu Han questioned Yun Shan about the Soul Hall, and Yun Yun explained how a Soul Emissary had planted a Soul Seal in her.
• Yun Shan checked his soul but found nothing, while Gu Han pointed out that Yun Shan's growing ambition and scheming behavior showed he had already been affected.
• Yun Shan admitted that Protector Wu had recruited him to investigate people surnamed Xiao and monitor cultivators with exceptional souls.
• Yun Shan agreed to Gu Han's examination, and Gu Han used the Yin Yang Twin Flames to find a hidden Black Flame Mark in Yun Shan's dantian.
• Yun Shan confirmed the Soul Hall's deception and vowed that the Misty Cloud Sect would fight the Soul Hall to the death.