Chapter Summaries

Hun Tianchen negotiated with Gu Yuan over Gu Xun'er and returned to the Soul Realm with Hun Tiandi. After revealing that he had located the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, Hun Tianchen was appointed Acting Clan Leader while Hun Tiandi entered seclusion.

• Hun Tianchen endured Gu Yuan's aura pressure and promised that Gu Xun'er would not be harmed, while Gu Yuan agreed to consider handing over the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Hun Tianchen sent Ziyan to follow the summons leading to her home and invited Xiao Yi Xian and Qinglin to return with him.
• Hun Tianchen told Hun Tiandi that the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion lay beneath Jia Nan Academy, after the jade reacted while he searched for Fallen Heart Flame.
• Hun Tiandi declared Hun Tianchen the Acting Clan Leader and ordered the clan to obey him while Hun Tiandi cultivated in seclusion.

Hun Tianchen took charge as the Hun Clan’s Acting Clan Leader and prepared to break through to Dou Venerate. With Hun Tiandi guarding him, he began cultivating while Xiao Yi Xian and Qinglin remained in the clan.

• Hun Tiandi appointed Hun Tianchen Acting Clan Leader and said he would enter secluded cultivation, entrusting the clan’s affairs and plan to his son.
• Hun Tianchen ordered Hun Miesheng to gather ingredients to cure Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body and told the clan to follow the plan discreetly and care for Xiao Yi Xian and Qinglin.
• Hun Tianchen promised to treat Xiao Yi Xian after his breakthrough and arranged cultivation techniques for her and Qinglin before leaving to cultivate.
• Hun Feng and Hun Yu abandoned thoughts of opposing Hun Tianchen and agreed that submitting to him was their best option.
• Hun Tianchen chose to break through without borrowing his bloodline’s power, then sat down beside Hun Tiandi and began absorbing energy and drawing on his Luck Force.

At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yan received Xun Er’s letter saying he must reach Dou Venerate before visiting her, and resolved to become stronger. In the Soul Realm, Hun Tianchen trained for a year under Hun Tiandi’s watch, while Hun Miesheng refused to surrender the Fallen Heart Flame to Hun Yao without the young master’s approval.

• Xiao Yan continued cultivating at Jia Nan Academy as he planned to destroy the Misty Cloud Sect and seek the Fallen Heart Flame.
• A black-robed messenger delivered Xun Er’s letter, which explained that her family had taken her home and told Xiao Yan not to visit until he reached Dou Venerate.
• Hun Tiandi watched Hun Tianchen’s enormous Black Dragon technique and told Nihility Devouring Flame that Tianchen was his most outstanding son.
• Nihility Devouring Flame questioned whether Hun Tiandi planned to take Tianchen’s Sacred Body Demonic Heart physique to become Dou Di, and Hun Tiandi remained silent before affirming that Tianchen was his son.
• Hun Yao demanded that Hun Miesheng hand over the Fallen Heart Flame, but Hun Miesheng said the Heavenly Flames belonged to Hun Tianchen and told him to ask the young master himself.

Hun Tianchen emerged from a year of seclusion after breaking through to Dou Zun, but a rare Heavenly Jealousy Red Lightning tribulation appeared above him. He vowed to be the first person to survive it and unleashed Soul Dragon... Eclipse the Sun.

• Hun Miesheng and Hun Yao argued over a Heavenly Flame, and the Soul Realm trembled as Hun Tianchen began emerging from seclusion.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qinglin watched the disturbance and reflected on how they had grown stronger during Hun Tianchen’s year of seclusion.
• Hun Tianchen appeared atop the Soul Dragon, and Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame identified the red lightning gathering above him as Heavenly Jealousy Red Lightning.
• Hun Tianchen blamed his tribulation on being an abandoned child rather than the Son of Destiny, then vowed to survive it and replace Xiao Yan.
• Hun Tianchen formed a hand seal and commanded the Soul Dragon to use Eclipse the Sun.

Hun Tianchen faced Heavenly Jealousy Red Lightning as it destroyed his Soul Dragon defenses and struck him with an escalating series of bolts. After surviving eight strikes, he confronted the ninth with Soul Dragon Heaven Slayer as Hun Tiandi prepared to intervene.

• Hun Tianchen's Soul Dragon Obscuring the Sun was destroyed by the first bolt, so he summoned Soul Dragon Protecting the Body against the second.
• Nihility Devouring Flame stopped Hun Tiandi from helping, warning that outside assistance would multiply the lightning's destructive power and endanger the Soul Realm.
• Hun Tianchen endured the second bolt, then tore apart the third and fought off the fourth, fifth, and sixth as his strength and robes deteriorated.
• Hun Tianchen used Soul Dragon Nine Heavens Dance to destroy the seventh bolt, then met the eighth with Soul Dragon Ascending to Heaven and was struck by its remaining force.
• The thundercloud gathered a ninth bolt, and Hun Tianchen shouted Soul Dragon Heaven Slayer as Hun Tiandi moved to intervene.

Hun Tianchen survived Heavenly Jealousy Red Lightning and broke through to Dou Venerate, then stabilized his cultivation while transforming his Dou Qi. As the Hun Clan welcomed him, its remaining Luck Force gathered upon him, and he vowed to rewrite the clan’s fate.

• Hun Tianchen endured the ninth lightning tribulation, destroyed its final traces, and emerged as a Dou Venerate.
• The breakthrough’s energy pushed Hun Tianchen rapidly to Nine Revolutions Dou Venerate, but he suppressed his cultivation to Two-Star Dou Venerate as Hun Tiandi advised.
• Hun Tianchen’s suppression fused his Saint Qi, Demonic Qi, and Source Qi into a new kind of Dou Qi.
• Hun Miesheng knelt to welcome Hun Tianchen, and the Hun Clan members followed while the Half Saints and above offered congratulations.
• Hun Tianchen sensed the Hun Clan’s remaining Luck Force gathering upon him and declared that he would rewrite the clan’s fate.

Hun Tianchen calmed Queen Medusa after she awakened with the strength of a Five-Star Dou Venerate and learned he had been caring for her. He promised to take her to the relocated Serpent-People Clan, then reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Qinglin, while Queen Medusa grew jealous of his closeness with Xiao Yi Xian.

• Hun Tianchen explained that his care and nourishment had helped Queen Medusa grow stronger, and she stopped accusing him of treating her like a pet.
• Queen Medusa asked about her clan, and Hun Tianchen told her he had moved the Serpent-People Clan to a better home in Central Plains and would take her to visit.
• Hun Miesheng interrupted Hun Tianchen and Queen Medusa when Xiao Yi Xian and Qinglin arrived, and Hun Tianchen ordered him to let them in.
• Qinglin greeted Hun Tianchen, who noticed she had reached Three-Star Dou Shi and Xiao Yi Xian had reached Dou Ling.
• Hun Tianchen reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he would remain by her side despite her Calamity Poison Body, and Queen Medusa snorted jealously as Xiao Yi Xian blushed.

Hun Tianchen gathered what he needed to cure Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body, then confronted Hun Clan alchemists who wanted the three Heavenly Flames. He left with the flames after demonstrating his alchemy and forcing the alchemists to back down.

• Hun Tianchen asked Hun Miesheng about the medicinal ingredients and learned that the required Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Magic Core was still missing.
• Hun Tianchen learned that Hun Yao and the other Hun Clan alchemists were demanding the three Heavenly Flames, then told Xiao Yi Xian, Queen Medusa, and Qinglin to wait while he dealt with them.
• Hun Tianchen arrived with Hun Miesheng and challenged the alchemists for claiming his Heavenly Flames.
• Hun Tianchen refined a Nine-Colored, Grade 8 Elixir without a cauldron, struck a Grade 7 alchemist with it, and used his soul power to force the others to kneel.
• Hun Yao acknowledged Hun Tianchen’s warning, and Hun Tianchen and Hun Miesheng left with the three Heavenly Flames.

Hun Tianchen learned about Gu Xun'er and Xiao Yan's progress before confronting Gu Xun'er about whether Xiao Yan truly cared for her. After seeing evidence that Xiao Yan had reacted cheerfully to news of her captivity, Gu Xun'er was left despairing.

• Hun Miesheng reported that Gu Xun'er had advanced to Dou Emperor and that Xiao Yan had reached Dou Ling, gained two Heavenly Flames, and created a powerful fire-lotus Dou Skill.
• Hun Miesheng described the growing hostility between the Ancient Clan and the Hun Clan, while Hun Tianchen warned that the Ancient Clan would still unite in a crisis.
• Hun Tianchen visited the imprisoned Gu Xun'er and said he cared more about Xiao Yan's reaction than whether Gu Yuan surrendered the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Hun Tianchen showed Gu Xun'er an energy sphere containing a record of Xiao Yan reading a letter about her captivity and appearing to celebrate.
• Gu Xun'er watched the recording and began to doubt that Xiao Yan cared about her.

Hun Tianchen traveled toward Fallen God Canyon with Xiao Yi Xian and the others to find a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Magic Core and cure her Calamity Poison Body. On the way, the group encountered the predatory Desire Immortal Sect, whose Gate Master blocked their path and demanded the women; Hun Tianchen asked his companions whether he should act or let them handle it.

• Hun Tianchen left the Soul Realm with Xiao Yi Xian and the others, while Hun Miesheng followed as his bodyguard under orders not to intervene unless Hun Tianchen's life was in danger.
• Hun Tianchen told Xiao Yi Xian they were heading to Fallen God Canyon to find a Seventh Rank Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Magic Core for her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian said the Hun Clan had treated her and Qinglin exceptionally well, and Queen Medusa asked Hun Tianchen when he would take her to see her Serpent-People Clan tribe.
• Hun Tianchen and the others traveled through Central Plains and encountered the Desire Immortal Sect on the way to Fallen God Canyon.
• The Desire Immortal Sect's Gate Master blocked Hun Tianchen's path, threatened him, and demanded that he hand over the three women.
• Hun Tianchen asked Xiao Yi Xian and the others whether he should deal with the Gate Master or let them handle him.

Hun Tianchen’s group was confronted by Ice Venerate, who tried to seize Xiao Yi Xian for her Calamity Poison Body. Hun Tianchen summoned the Hall of Souls, ordered the gathered factions trapped and Ice River Valley killed, and Ninth Elder Moyu slew Ice Venerate.

• Queen Medusa dealt with the minor factions that had caused a commotion, drawing the attention of powerful factions gathered to investigate the collapsed Ancient Ruins.
• Ice Venerate recognized Xiao Yi Xian’s innate Calamity Poison Body and ordered Ice River Valley to surround Hun Tianchen’s group so he could take her.
• Hun Tianchen summoned Hall of Souls guardians and called for nearby Venerates and Heavenly Venerates, prompting many onlookers to realize who he was.
• Hun Tianchen ordered the assembled factions kept from escaping and commanded the Hall of Souls to kill everyone from Ice River Valley.
• Ninth Elder Moyu killed Ice Venerate, then reported back to Hun Tianchen.

Hun Tianchen wiped out the Ice River Valley and Tianming Sect groups, then learned that an Ancient Ruins site might contain valuable Magic Cores. He decided to go there to find a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Magic Core, despite the risk of exposing his identity.

• Hun Tianchen praised Ninth Elder Moyu as the Hall of Souls' Venerates slaughtered the Ice River Valley group.
• Tianmingzi asked Hun Tianchen to let the Tianming Sect leave, but the Eighth Elder slapped him and Hun Tianchen ignored him.
• The Eighth and Ninth Elders attacked Tianmingzi, and Hun Tianchen ordered the other groups to kill the Tianming Sect in exchange for permission to leave.
• The surviving Venerates told Hun Tianchen that the Ancient Ruins lay to the south and might contain heaven-tier cultivation techniques and high-quality Magic Cores, then fled.
• Hun Tianchen asked Hun Miesheng whether a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast was at the ruins and decided to go there despite the danger of revealing his identity.

Hun Tianchen reached the Ancient Ruins in the Beast Domain, where the younger generations of the Hun and Ancient Clans clashed over Gu Xun’er’s capture. The fight was interrupted by a white-robed man with heterochromatic eyes whose immense aura subdued everyone.

• Moyu told Hun Tianchen that the ruins lay in the Nine Underworld Earth Python Clan’s territory and drew geniuses from the Ancient Races.
• Hun Tianchen left Xiao Yi Xian and Qinglin under Hall of Souls protection, then entered the Skeleton Mountain Range with Queen Medusa and the elders.
• The young members of the Ancient Races waited outside the ruins’ spatial seal, which would weaken enough to remove at night.
• Hun Yu arrived with Hun Clan members, and Gu Yao attacked him over Gu Xun’er’s capture.
• Gu Hua and Gu Xing joined the fight, and the Ancient Clan’s larger group pushed Hun Yu and the Hun Clan into a disadvantage.
• A white-robed man with heterochromatic eyes appeared, released an overwhelming aura, and demanded to know what was happening.

Hun Tianchen arrived at the Ancient Clan gathering, effortlessly subdued Gu Yao, and announced he had another purpose before leaving. Lei Dong challenged him as he departed, and Hun Tianchen turned with a blood-colored object in hand as Lei Dong’s powerful palm struck toward him.

• Hun Tianchen’s aura froze the gathered geniuses, and Hun Yu told him that the Ancient Clan had attacked first.
• Gu Yao attacked Hun Tianchen with the Earth-Covering Seal, but Hun Tianchen appeared behind him and forced him to kneel before releasing him with only superficial injuries.
• The Ancient Clan Dou Venerates intervened, while the Eighth Elder and Ninth Elder blocked their attacks; the Ancient Clan sent the unconscious Gu Yao back to the Ancient Realm.
• Hun Tianchen told Hun Yu he had another purpose, glanced at the Ling Clan, and prepared to leave after saying the others could return once the spatial seal was lifted.
• Lei Dong challenged Hun Tianchen with the Thundercloud Annihilation Palm, and Hun Tianchen turned with a blood-colored object appearing in his hand.

Hun Tianchen used the Crimson Blade to devastate the Lei Clan, killing three Dou Venerates and breaking the Ancient Ruins’ spatial seal, then went with the Hall of Souls to find an eighth-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast. After healing injured elders, he stepped forward to test the beast himself.

• Hun Tianchen unleashed the Emperor-Slaying Ghost Blood Blade, killing three of the Lei Clan’s six Dou Venerates and shattering the Ancient Ruins’ spatial seal.
• Hun Tianchen left Lei Dong alive, and the Hun Clan entered the Ancient Ruins ahead of the other groups.
• Queen Medusa noticed the blood scent on Hun Tianchen, who asked the Eighth Elder for news of the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast.
• The Eighth Elder led Hun Tianchen to the Hall of Souls’ battle with an eighth-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, which killed several Protectors and injured venerable elders.
• Hun Tianchen healed the injured elders and stepped forward to test the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast himself.

Hun Tianchen faced the Five-Star Dou Venerate Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast and revealed that his speed and strength far exceeded the beast’s. He killed the beast with his blood blade and claimed its eighth-tier Magic Core.

• Hun Tianchen ignored the elders’ offer to fight and stepped forward to test the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast himself.
• Hun Tianchen evaded and countered the beast’s attacks, stopping its claws and stinger and striking it with a slap.
• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast transformed into a giant beast, swallowed Hun Tianchen’s palm attack, and charged through his chains.
• Hun Tianchen created a blood blade resembling a weaker version of the Emperor-Slaying Ghost Blood Blade and killed the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast with one slash.
• Hun Tianchen collected the beast’s eighth-tier Magic Core and declared that this was absolute strength.

Hun Tianchen gathered the materials he needed for Xiao Yi Xian and continued plotting to steal Luck Force from the Ancient Clans. He entered the Ancient Ruins with Queen Medusa and reached a crimson hall, where he decided not to wait for its sealed gate to open.

• Hun Tianchen stored the eighth-rank Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s Magic Core and considered using his Soul Dragons to drain Gu Yao, Lei Dong, and their clans of Luck Force.
• Queen Medusa joined Hun Tianchen as he returned to the Ancient Ruins, and they entered the spatial passage together.
• Hun Tianchen and Queen Medusa crossed a sea of bones and found a vast crimson hall surrounded by a crowd of cultivators.
• Hun Tianchen used his aura to force the crowd aside, drawing wary reactions from Gu Xing, Gu Hua, Gu Qingyang, and the Lei Clan members.
• Hun Yu greeted Hun Tianchen and mistook Queen Medusa for his woman, prompting Hun Tianchen to clarify that she was an ally of the Hun Clan.
• Hun Tianchen grew impatient as the crowd waited before the hall’s crimson stone gate and began gathering his Dou Qi to open the way himself.

Hun Tianchen and Queen Medusa entered the Ancient Ruins ahead of the other factions, surviving its fiery passage and reaching a stone door guarded by ten Earth Demon Puppets. When a gray-robed elder attacked the puppets, they formed a formation and evolved one into a Heavenly Demon Puppet, leaving the gathered factions reluctant to advance.

• Hun Tianchen tore open the ruin’s gate and led Queen Medusa through the deadly passage, then found the true entrance beneath its floor.
• Hun Tianchen reached the plaza and chose not to fight the ten Earth Demon Puppets guarding the stone door, leaving them for the factions behind him.
• Queen Medusa punished several men for staring at her, and the gathered factions recognized her as a Five-Star Dou Venerate.
• A gray-robed elder attacked the Earth Demon Puppets and initially drove them back with his Dou Qi.
• The ten puppets formed a formation, evolved their leader into a Heavenly Demon Puppet, and sent the elder flying with a punch.

The Ling Clan party found the Soul Infant Demon Tree, but a black-robed attacker ambushed them and fought through their Dou Venerates to reach Ling Xiu. Ling Xiu confronted him with his strongest technique as the attack continued.

• Hun Tianchen declined to join the fight against the puppets and followed the Ling Clan party with Queen Medusa.
• Ling Xiu and Elder Ling discussed Hun Tianchen's strength as the Ling Clan searched the Ancient Forest for the Soul Infant Demon Tree.
• Elder Ling stopped the group at the lake, warning that the Soul Infant Demon Tree would have a guardian beast.
• A black-robed man ambushed the Ling Clan, using his physical strength and strange martial skills to injure several Dou Venerates.
• The black-robed man broke through the elders' defenses and targeted Ling Xiu, who responded with Twin Wind Dragon Soar.

Ling Xiu’s attack gave the Ling Clan’s protectors time to confront the mysterious man in black, but he overwhelmed Elder Ling and the other Dou Venerates. The chapter ended as the man revealed a colossal black dragon and sent it diving toward them.

• Ling Xiu attacked the mysterious man in black with a Heavenly Stage Dou Technique, briefly delaying him until Elder Ling and the other Dou Venerates arrived.
• Elder Ling fought the man, but the attacker matched his strength, blocked his ultimate blade technique, and knocked him back.
• Elder Ling ordered the six other Dou Venerates to form the Myriad Spirits Gathering Array, whose combined blade could rival a Half Saint.
• The mysterious man in black used the Soul Dragon Protecting the Body to withstand the array’s strike, then roared and incapacitated five Dou Venerates.
• The mysterious man in black revealed a ten-thousand-zhang black Giant Dragon and sent it diving toward Elder Ling and the others.