Chapter Summaries

Ling Chen learned that Soul Hall and Mu Lian had destroyed the Qian Feng family, killing Patriarch Qian Feng and everyone else. After arranging for Mei Ruo and the others to stay protected, he set out with Zi Yan for the Jia Ma Imperial Capital to take revenge.

• Ling Chen gave the weakened Banished Immortal a pill while Xuan Ran watched and grew jealous of his tender care.
• Mei Ruo arrived at Haotian Hall with Tai Yue and Tai Ye, whom she had rescued from pursuers.
• Tai Yue and Tai Ye told Ling Chen that Mu Lian and black-robed attackers had wiped out the Qian Feng family.
• Banished Immortal fainted after hearing that Patriarch Qian Feng and the family had all been killed.
• Ling Chen asked the pregnant Mei Ruo to remain in Haotian Hall and arranged for Qian Feng Er Ye and his sister to protect everyone.
• Ling Chen left with Zi Yan for the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, vowing to kill Yun Leng, Protector Wu, and Liu Ling.

Ling Chen and Zi Yan returned to Jia Ma Sacred City and found it devastated, with countless people dead. He killed the Soul Hall enforcer, the emissaries, and Mu Lian, then vowed that his vengeance against Soul Hall was not over.

• Ling Chen and Zi Yan reached Jia Ma Sacred City and found the city ruined and filled with corpses.
• Ling Chen confronted the Soul Hall enforcer and Mu Lian, who had gathered emissaries to capture him.
• Ling Chen blocked the enforcer’s attack with the Ancient Golden Emperor's Armor and killed him with the Great Desolate Heaven-Shattering Finger.
• Ling Chen killed the fleeing Soul Hall emissaries and crushed the enforcer’s soul.
• Ling Chen rejected Mu Lian’s pleas for mercy and killed her.
• Zi Ruyan told Ling Chen it was over, but Ling Chen said he would not let things end so easily for Soul Hall.

Ling Chen returned to the Black-Corner Region after avenging Banished Immortal Mountain, while Xiao Yan arrived with information about his mysterious jade pendant. Soul Hall's experts then invaded the region, setting the stage for a battle as Ling Chen prepared to protect his companions.

• Ling Chen rescued survivors in Jia Ma Imperial City, buried Banished Immortal Mountain's dead, and swore to destroy Soul Hall and the Dan Hall.
• Xiao Yan defied the Ancient Clan elders and set out for the Black-Corner Region with a jade slip containing information about Ling Chen's pendant.
• A Soul Hall elder learned that Xuan Kongzi and other protectors had died and dispatched experts to investigate and capture the killer.
• Ling Chen returned to the Black-Corner Region, where Banished Immortal awoke and learned that her master was dead and avenged.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Ling Chen and gave him the jade slip about the jade pendant as eight Soul Hall experts arrived at the region's border.
• Ling Chen faced the approaching Soul Hall forces and vowed to settle old and new debts while protecting those beside him.

Ling Chen and the Ancient Clan’s Gu Mo defeated the Soul Hall force, then Xiao Yan revealed that Ling Chen descended from Xiao Xuan and that his jade pendant might be connected to the Undying Emperor. With only three ingredients missing for the Breaking Zun Pill, Ling Chen resolved to destroy the Soul Hall and confront the Xiao Clan as he pursued the Dou Zun realm.

• The Soul Hall enforcers demanded that Ling Chen return with them, but he refused and stopped Qian Feng Er Ye from intervening.
• Xiao Yan declared the Ancient Clan’s support for Ling Chen, and Gu Mo appeared and killed the two peak Dou Zong enforcers and the remaining Soul Hall experts.
• Xiao Yan presented the ingredients she had gathered for the Breaking Zun Pill, leaving only the Netherworld Flower, Starfall Sand, and Icefire Spirit Core to find, and Ziyan set off to search for them.
• Xiao Yan told Ling Chen that he was a direct descendant of Xiao Xuan, whose family had been driven from the Xiao Clan and who had died in Wutan City.
• Ling Chen heard Xiao Xuan’s voice and suspected the Void Ancient Jade was connected to the Undying Emperor, then vowed to destroy the Soul Hall and crush the Xiao Clan.
• Ling Chen promised to refine the Breaking Zun Pill once Ziyan returned, while Xiao Yan pledged the Ancient Clan’s support.