Recaps

Wu Ying battled Yao Chen and his allies at the Misty Cloud Sect, then used a Soul Hall secret technique to consume Soul Bodies and increase his strength. As Yao Chen prepared to sacrifice himself so the others could escape, an unknown man arrived offering help.

• Wu Ying ignored Ling Ying’s warning and attacked Yao Chen, prompting Ling Ying to join the fight while Yun Yun evacuated the Misty Cloud Sect disciples.
• Xiao Yan persuaded Jia Shentian to help by promising that Yao Chen could aid his breakthrough to Dou Zong, and Jia Shentian joined Yao Chen and Ling Ying in battle.
• Yan Lin told Hai Bodong to wait, believing Wu Ying still had hidden strength and that they should intervene only when the time was right.
• Wu Ying separated a mass of black fog and performed Nine Forests Hundred Soul Devouring, consuming Soul Bodies to raise his strength beyond Three-Star Dou Zong.
• Yao Chen’s group failed to stop the technique, so Yao Chen urged Ling Ying and Jia Shentian to take Xiao Yan and flee.
• A clear voice called out to Yao Chen and offered help as his group faced despair.

Yan Lin bargained with Yao Chen for pill recipes and future guidance, then joined forces with Yun Yun and the others to confront Wu Ying. After revealing the Heart Flame Change and striking Wu Ying with a powerful sword technique, Yan Lin led the counterattack as Yun Yun’s sect formation brought its strength to bear.

• Yan Lin offered to help Yao Chen defeat Wu Ying in exchange for the Emperor's Extreme Pill and Sect-Breaking Pill recipes and Yao Chen’s future guidance, and Yao Chen agreed.
• Yan Lin secretly coordinated with Yun Yun, who ordered the Misty Cloud Sect elders and disciples to form the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation.
• Wu Ying used a Soul Hall secret technique to strengthen himself by devouring soul bodies, revealing an aura that Yao Chen judged to be that of a Four- or Five-Star Dou Zong.
• Yan Lin activated the Heart Flame Change, raising his strength from One-Star to Three-Star Dou Emperor, then used the Sword of the Great River Descending from Heaven to smash Wu Ying’s Asura Soul Hand into the square.
• Yan Lin and his allies surrounded Wu Ying, while Hai Bodong joined Yun Yun’s formation and helped her unleash the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Sword against him.

Wu Ying unleashed a devastating soul attack, but Yan Lin and his allies endured it until Yun Yun’s formation helped drive Wu Ying to the brink. A mysterious Dou Zong rescued Wu Ying, and afterward Yan Lin helped resolve the conflict between the Misty Cloud Sect and Xiao Yan while Yao Chen considered leaving the Jia Ma Empire.

• Wu Ying detonated his soul bodies and shrouded Misty Cloud Mountain in darkness, then hurled the gathered soul energy at Yan Lin and his allies.
• Yan Lin, Yao Chen, Ling Ying, and Jia Shentian resisted the soul attack, and the darkness collapsed after Wu Ying’s power began to fade.
• Yun Yun used the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation to strike Wu Ying with a cloud arrow, but a mysterious Dou Zong appeared and rescued him.
• Yan Lin reassured Yun Yun, while the exhausted Yao Chen decided he and Xiao Yan should leave the Jia Ma Empire for the Black-Corner Region after he recovered.
• Yan Lin spoke with Yao Chen and mediated a draw in Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s three-year agreement, peacefully dissolving their engagement and ending the grudge between Xiao Yan and the Misty Cloud Sect.

Yun Shan agreed to help Wu Ying lure Lin Yan to the Misty Cloud Sect’s rear mountain so they could kill him, while privately resenting the Soul Hall Protector’s demands. After leaving the palace, Lin Yan learned that Yun Yun had come to invite him to meet Yun Shan and suspected the invitation concealed a trap.

• Wu Ying demanded that Yun Shan help kill Lin Yan and capture Yao Chen and Xiao Yan, then threatened the Misty Cloud Sect with the Soul Hall’s power.
• Yun Shan reluctantly agreed to lure Lin Yan to the rear mountain and arrange for Yun Yun to be away while Wu Ying prepared to attack.
• Yan Lin relentlessly sparred with Xiao Yan until Xiao Yan was completely exhausted, then declined Yao Ye and Yao Yue’s offers to spar.
• Yan Lin left the palace and returned to the Mittel Family estate after deciding he had already obtained the traits he wanted from Xiao Yan.
• Yun Yun told Yan Lin that Yun Shan wanted to meet him at the Misty Cloud Sect, and Yan Lin suspected the invitation was a trap involving Wu Ying.

Yan Lin told Yun Yun that Wu Ying had manipulated Yun Shan and sent her back to the Misty Cloud Sect with instructions to bring her teacher to him while avoiding Wu Ying. After she left, Yan Lin copied several of Xiao Yan’s traits and prepared to fuse his flames.

• Yan Lin told Yun Yun that he suspected Yun Shan had colluded with Wu Ying and showed her Wu Ying’s nephew imprisoned in the Myriad Soul Banner as evidence.
• Yan Lin explained that Wu Ying had used Soul Manipulation on Yun Shan, and Yun Yun asked whether he could help her teacher.
• Yan Lin instructed Yun Yun to secretly persuade Yun Shan to come down the mountain and warned her to watch for Wu Ying following her.
• Yun Yun flew toward the Misty Cloud Sect, while Yan Lin returned to his bedchamber and summoned his beasts to guard it.
• Yan Lin copied the Flame Mantra, Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, Wind Fury Dragon Flame, and Azure Mist Flame traits, then began forming a flame lotus with the Green Lotus Core Flame and Deep Blue Ice Flame.

Yan Lin fused five flames into a powerful dark green flame and wondered what to name it before Yun Yun brought Yun Shan to meet him. Yun Shan accepted Yan Lin warmly, then sealed the room so they could discuss the Wu Protector.

• Yan Lin fused the Deep Blue Ice Flame, Brown Flame, Purple Fire, Falling Heart Flame Sub-Flame, and Green Lotus Core Flame into a five-colored lotus seat with power rivaling a fusion of two Heavenly Flames.
• Yan Lin combined the five flames into a single dark green flame and considered naming it the Glazed Lotus Heart Flame, Dark Green Lotus Heart Flame, or Azure Nether Ghost Flame.
• Yan Lin sensed Yun Shan outside his room, opened the door, and welcomed Yun Shan and Yun Yun inside.
• Yun Yun explained that she had told Yun Shan about Yan Lin's warning, and Yun Shan had secretly come to the Mittel Family estate to avoid attracting the Wu Protector's attention.
• Yun Shan took a liking to Yan Lin, invited him to address him as Teacher or Elder Yun, and sealed the room before bringing up the Wu Protector.

Yan Lin proved that Wu Ying had tampered with Yun Shan’s soul, convincing Yun Shan to break with the Soul Hall and join forces against Wu Ying. The chapter ended with Yan Lin explaining his plan to Yun Shan, who agreed to cooperate.

• Yan Lin warned Yun Shan that the Soul Hall’s cultivation pills could alter recipients through their souls, then offered to examine him for proof.
• Yun Shan agreed after Yun Yun vouched for Yan Lin, and Yan Lin used the Falling Heart Flame to uncover a strand of black energy hidden in Yun Shan’s soul.
• Yun Shan confirmed Wu Ying had tampered with him, failed to remove the black energy himself, and learned Yan Lin could refine it away with the Falling Heart Flame.
• Yun Shan declared the Soul Hall his enemy, and Yan Lin proposed that they work together to eliminate Wu Ying.
• Yan Lin laid out his plan, and Yun Shan approved of it and agreed to cooperate.

Yan Lin fused a Three-Colored Fire Lotus and prepared to confront Wu Ying at the Misty Cloud Sect. After a brief interruption from Zi Yan, he arrived at the sect and headed to the rear mountain, determined to settle their grudge.

• Yan Lin refined the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and created a powerful Three-Colored Fire Lotus to use against Wu Ying.
• Yan Lin rested before his appointment at the Misty Cloud Sect, where he planned to join Yun Shan in killing Wu Ying.
• Zi Yan sneaked into Yan Lin's room, demanded pills because she was hungry, and left after he refined a batch for her.
• Yan Lin flew to the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Leng greeted him and escorted him toward Yun Shan's secluded cultivation site.
• As he approached the rear mountain, Yan Lin resolved to settle his grudge with Wu Ying once and for all.