Chapter Summaries

Hun Tianchen traveled to the Jia Ma Empire after learning that its plan had succeeded and the Hall of Souls had secured the Northwest Continent. He arrived in the imperial capital to oversee a prepared ritual, but learned that the Mittel Family had failed to kill Xiao Yan after he targeted their treasure vault.

• Hun Tianchen decided to visit the Jia Ma Empire, dismissing Hun Miesheng’s suggestion that he use his God-grade Bloodline to advance faster.
• The Sixth and Seventh Heavenly Venerates reported that the Hall of Souls controlled the Northwest Continent and that the Jia Ma Empire and Misty Cloud Sect were under its influence; Hun Tianchen raised them to Nine Revolutions Dou Venerate.
• Hun Tianchen reached the imperial capital with Hun Miesheng and Xiao Yi Xian, where Haibodong introduced him to Yafei.
• Haibodong told Hun Tianchen that the preparations were complete but asked whether to proceed before the upcoming Alchemist Competition; Hun Tianchen allowed a short delay.
• Haibodong reported that the Mittel Family had refused Xiao Yan’s request, after which Xiao Yan targeted its treasure vault, and that the family’s attempt to kill him had failed.

Hun Tianchen attended the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Competition with Xiao Yi Xian and learned that the disguised Xiao Yan was among the contestants. Xiao Yan remained wary of Hun Tianchen and resolved to continue toward the Three-Year Agreement, while Hun Tianchen secretly recognized him as an entertaining target.

• Haibodong escorted Hun Tianchen and Xiao Yi Xian to the competition’s VIP seats and warned Fama that Hun Tianchen controlled the Hall of Souls.
• Hun Tianchen reassured Xiao Yi Xian and watched the alchemists gather in the plaza.
• Otto introduced Yanxiao, and Hun Tianchen recognized him as the disguised Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan recalled how the Misty Cloud Sect and Hall of Souls had driven him into hiding after destroying the Xiao Clan.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan to flee from Hun Tianchen, but Xiao Yan chose to stay because the Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran was approaching.
• Hun Tianchen pretended not to notice Xiao Yan while privately smiling at the prospect of dealing with him.

Xiao Yan withdrew from the Alchemist Competition after growing anxious about his worsening misfortune, while Yao Chen warned him that Hun Tianchen had secretly planted a mysterious strand of Dou Qi in his body. Xiao Yan left to avoid Hun Tianchen and planned to seek help in the Central Plains after settling his Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran; meanwhile, Nalan Yanran greeted Hun Tianchen with lingering regret over her past choice.

• Xiao Yan apologized to Otto and left the Alchemist Competition, while Hun Tianchen continued secretly plundering the alchemists’ Luck Force.
• Xiao Yan collided with a wall and slipped, then Yao Chen warned him that Hun Tianchen might be stronger than Yao Chen had been at his peak and could have targeted Xiao Yan from the beginning.
• Yao Chen revealed that Hun Tianchen had planted an untraceable strand of Dou Qi in Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan considered seeking an expert in the Central Plains after his Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan ran into Nalan Yanran outside the competition and hurried away after giving her an excuse.
• Nalan Yanran entered the VIP seats, recalled Hun Tianchen’s influence on the Misty Cloud Sect and her regret over rejecting his marriage proposal, then went to greet him.

Hun Tianchen ignored Nalan Yanran and watched the Alchemist Competition, where an unknown effect caused every contestant, including Fama, to fail. He then went to the evacuated imperial palace to inspect the completed Soul Devouring Death Array, while Xiao Yi Xian waited outside.

• Hun Tianchen dismissed Nalan Yanran, learned from Haibodong that Xiao Yan had prompted her to enter the Misty Cloud Sect's Life and Death Gate early, and showed little interest in her.
• Every alchemist at the competition failed to refine a pill, even when Fama and other skilled alchemists tried.
• Hun Tianchen left for the imperial palace with Xiao Yi Xian and Haibodong, then dismissed Haibodong after doubling the Mittel Family's monthly resources as a reward.
• Hun Tianchen told Xiao Yi Xian to stay outside and followed the Sixth and Seventh Heavenly Venerates to the palace's blood-soaked formation.
• Hun Tianchen inspected the small-scale Soul Devouring Death Array, confirmed the Heavenly Venerates had prepared it using corpses from battlefields, and ordered them to guard the area.

Hun Tianchen absorbed the blood-red energy and Luck Force accumulated in the imperial palace, breaking through to the peak of Five-Star Dou Venerate while storing immense reserves in five new Dou Qi vortices. After he absorbed the blood sea and cleared the storm clouds, the imperial capital's destruction remained before Jia Xingtian and the others.

• Hun Tianchen absorbed Luck Force and energy from the blood pool, forcing down his breakthrough to Six-Star Dou Venerate to refine his Dou Qi.
• The blood sea swallowed the imperial palace as Jia Xingtian, Haibodong, and other experts watched from beyond the Hall of Souls' blockade.
• Hun Tianchen's Crimson Blade absorbed much of the blood-red energy, then he took in the remainder and surged as high as Nine-Star Dou Venerate before suppressing his cultivation.
• Five Dou Qi vortices formed inside Hun Tianchen and absorbed repeated waves of energy, while Xiao Yi Xian repaired the space he had shattered.
• Hun Tianchen settled at the peak of Five-Star Dou Venerate with vast reserves of Dou Qi, absorbed the remaining blood sea, and dispersed the storm clouds above the capital.

Hun Tianchen completed his breakthrough in the Jia Ma Empire's capital, while Xiao Yan fled far away and experienced a terrifying vision of Hun Tianchen's eyes. Yao Chen dismissed it as fear and decided to put Xiao Yan through special training before the Three-Year Agreement.

• Hun Tianchen received congratulations from the Hall of Souls experts and Xiao Yi Xian after his breakthrough, then ignored Yun Shan and the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan escaped the capital after seeing the imperial palace swallowed by a sea of blood, and Yao Chen suspected Hun Tianchen had caused the disturbance.
• Xiao Yan saw Hun Tianchen across thousands of li and was engulfed by a vision of a blood sea and vortex until Yao Chen's shouts woke him.
• Yao Chen doubted Xiao Yan's account, attributed the vision to his fear of Hun Tianchen, and proposed special training.
• Xiao Yan protested when Yao Chen brought up the special training.

Hun Tianchen threatened Yun Shan over the Misty Cloud Sect’s inability to control the Northwest Continent, then ordered the Heavenly Snake Mansion destroyed to obtain its techniques for Qinglin. In the Soul Realm, Hun Tiandi discovered that his connection to Hun Tianchen had been severed and weighed whether to kill him now or wait until he became a Dou Saint.

• Hun Tianchen left the imperial capital with Xiao Yi Xian as Xiao Yan’s remaining trace of his Dou Qi went undiscovered.
• Yun Shan asked Hun Tianchen to help suppress the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s alliance, but Hun Tianchen warned that the Misty Cloud Sect and Jia Ma Empire would be replaced if they failed.
• Hun Tianchen ordered the Sixth and Seventh Venerables to destroy the Heavenly Snake Mansion and bring back its Cultivation Techniques and Dou Skills.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she understood Hun Tianchen’s willingness to spill innocent blood and offered to help him with his undisclosed difficulties.
• Hun Tiandi sensed that his aura on Hun Tianchen had been erased and considered killing him or waiting to seize his unique constitution after he reached Dou Saint.

Hun Tiandi sent Hun Miesheng a letter demanding details about Hun Tianchen, revealing his plan to possess his son and use his body to break through to Dou Di. Hun Tianchen confronted Hun Miesheng in the sky above the Jia Ma Empire and demanded that he choose sides, then began crushing his heart when he hesitated.

• Hun Tiandi wrote to Hun Miesheng, asking for information about Hun Tianchen’s constitution, opportunities, and cultivation technique.
• Hun Tiandi’s thoughts revealed that he had elevated Hun Tianchen to prepare him as a vessel for possession and a path to becoming Dou Di.
• Hun Miesheng received the letter above the Jia Ma Empire’s Imperial Capital and struggled between his loyalty to Hun Tiandi and his gratitude toward Hun Tianchen.
• Hun Tianchen appeared before Hun Miesheng as a Dou Saint, recognized Hun Tiandi’s letter, and accused his father of seeing him only as a container.
• Hun Tianchen offered Hun Miesheng another chance to choose between him and Hun Tiandi, warning that Hun Tiandi would kill everyone who knew his plan.
• When Hun Miesheng could not decide, Hun Tianchen tightened his grip on Hun Miesheng’s heart and cut off his breath.

Hun Tianchen revealed that he had anticipated Hun Miesheng’s betrayal and used his power to cripple him. He explained that he had prepared contingencies against Hun Tiandi and the Hun Clan, leaving Hun Miesheng helpless as he laid out why his father feared him.

• Hun Tianchen’s power surged to Two-Star Dou Sheng as he suppressed Hun Miesheng and sent him plummeting into the Jia Ma Empire’s capital.
• Hun Tianchen arrived beside the injured Hun Miesheng, whose Dou Qi and child flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame remained under control.
• Hun Miesheng recalled his past promise to serve Hun Tianchen and realized that Hun Tianchen had calculated the conflict in advance.
• Hun Tianchen said that if he died, Hun Tiandi and the Hun Clan would face ruin, and revealed that he had placed agents in the Spirit, Stone, Flame, Lightning, and Ancient Clans.
• Hun Tianchen explained that Hun Tiandi feared him and therefore would not risk exposing his plans by acting against him.

Hun Tianchen trapped Hun Miesheng and forced him to choose between serving him and Hun Tiandi, then explained how he had broken Hun Miesheng’s resolve and prepared for betrayal. Hun Miesheng chose Hun Tianchen, who revealed that his power came from his Sacred Body Demonic Heart physique and that he had people close to Hun Tiandi.

• Hun Tianchen revealed that he had predicted where Hun Miesheng would land and concealed their conversation behind a barrier.
• Hun Tianchen restored Hun Miesheng’s ability to speak and demanded that he choose between Hun Tiandi and himself; Hun Miesheng chose Hun Tianchen and begged for his life.
• Hun Tianchen released Hun Miesheng’s torment and reflected that his threats had made betrayal seem more dangerous than loyalty.
• Hun Tianchen considered a backup plan to eliminate the Hall of Souls, disguise his death, and manipulate Xiao Yan into attacking the Hun Clan if Hun Miesheng betrayed him.
• Hun Tianchen returned his aura to that of a Five-Star Dou Venerate and explained that his strength came from his Sacred Body Demonic Heart physique, now transformed into the Sacred Dragon Demonic Phoenix.
• Hun Tianchen told Hun Miesheng that his people were close to Hun Tiandi and that no one could learn what had happened while he was present.

Hun Tianchen forced Hun Miesheng to submit and coached him to send Hun Tiandi a misleading report that included enough real details to seem credible. Hun Tiandi dismissed the letter as useless and summoned a hidden subordinate to investigate how Tianchen had erased his aura mark.

• Hun Tianchen revealed that he had long planned against Hun Tiandi, and Xiao Yi Xian appeared as a warning while Hun Miesheng was incapacitated.
• Hun Miesheng declared his willingness to serve Hun Tianchen, who healed him, warned him not to betray him again, and instructed him how to answer Hun Tiandi.
• Hun Miesheng wrote Hun Tiandi a report mixing real events about Hun Tianchen with evasions about his cultivation technique and physique.
• Hun Tiandi read the report, dismissed it as useless, and wondered how Hun Tianchen had removed the aura trace he had left on him.
• Hun Tiandi summoned a hidden subordinate who emerged from the ground and asked for orders.

Hun Tiandi stripped Shadow of his Dou Di bloodline and sent him to test Hun Tianchen, while Hun Tianchen prepared to turn the plan against his father. Xiao Yan reflected on his family’s decline, then climbed Misty Cloud Mountain to face Nalan Yanran in their Three-Year Agreement.

• Hun Tiandi ordered Shadow to attack Hun Tianchen while leaving him alive, removed Shadow’s Dou Di bloodline, and sent him to probe Hun Tianchen’s hidden abilities.
• Hun Miesheng told Hun Tianchen that the Hall of Souls had been ordered not to assist him, and Hun Tianchen predicted Hun Tiandi would send a powerful but limited opponent to test him.
• Hun Tianchen told Hun Miesheng that Xiao Yan could help foil Hun Tiandi’s operation and ordered preparations for the approaching Three-Year Agreement.
• Xiao Yan spoke with Xiao Zhan about the Xiao Clan’s disgrace and his coming duel, and Xiao Zhan urged him to live a happy and peaceful life.
• Xiao Yan climbed Misty Cloud Mountain, faced Nalan Yanran, and introduced himself as Xiao Yan of the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in their Three-Year Agreement duel while Hun Tianchen and Hun Miesheng watched from the guest platform. After Xiao Yan declared them both free and tried to leave, someone challenged his escape.

• Jia Xingtian, Fama, and the other guests discussed Xiao Yan’s strength and the stakes of his duel with Nalan Yanran.
• Hun Tianchen arrived with Xiao Yi Xian and Hun Miesheng, then told Hun Miesheng to wait for the right moment and leave Xiao Yan alive when taking his Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran revealed they were both Nine-Star Dou Wangs, and Yao Chen urged Xiao Yan to defeat her quickly and escape.
• Xiao Yan’s Fire Lotus overwhelmed Nalan Yanran’s Wind’s Extreme: Sunset Radiance, and Hun Miesheng blocked the blast from destroying Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Xiao Yan burned the divorce letter, declared that he and Nalan Yanran were both free, and turned to leave before someone stopped him.

Xiao Yan fought the Misty Cloud Sect on Misty Cloud Mountain, first using a Fire Lotus to devastate its elders and then facing Yun Shan and his forces with help from Skyfire Venerate and Yao Chen. Hun Tianchen learned that Wan Huo Sheng Zhe had escaped his seal and watched Xiao Yan use the Beast-Condensing Myriad Flames Array, then ordered Hun Miesheng to take Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames after the Misty Cloud Sect’s fighters were killed.

• Yun Ling and six Misty Cloud Sect Dou Emperors attacked Xiao Yan, while Hun Tianchen and Hun Miesheng watched without intervening.
• Xiao Yan unleashed a Fire Lotus that nearly killed all seven Dou Emperors and shook Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Yun Shan appeared with other Misty Cloud Sect powerhouses, and Xiao Yan fought them alongside Skyfire Venerate and Yao Chen.
• The Deputy Hall Master of the Hall of Souls told Hun Tianchen that Wan Huo Sheng Zhe, a One-Star Dou Sheng, had escaped his seal.
• Xiao Yan formed the Beast-Condensing Myriad Flames Array from the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, prompting Hun Tianchen to order Hun Miesheng to seize Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames after the Misty Cloud Sect’s fighters were dead.

Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Tier Martial Skill destroyed Misty Cloud Mountain and killed the Misty Cloud Sect pursuers, but Hun Miesheng then defeated Skyfire Venerate and stole Xiao Yan’s three Heavenly Flames. A red-haired elder rescued the unconscious Xiao Yan as Hun Tianchen sensed a powerful force approaching.

• Xiao Yan unleashed the Myriad Beast Formation’s Heavenly Tier Martial Skill, devastating Misty Cloud Mountain and exhausting his Dou Qi.
• Hun Miesheng appeared, killed Skyfire Venerate, and stripped Xiao Yan of the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, and Bone Chilling Flame.
• Hun Miesheng reported his success to Hun Tianchen, who told Xiao Yi Xian to leave and sensed an unusually powerful One-Star Dou Sheng approaching.
• A red-haired elder caught Xiao Yan, gave him an eighth-grade Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, and placed him behind a protective barrier.
• The red-haired elder rushed toward the ruined Misty Cloud Mountain as an ink-black shadow spread toward the Jia Ma Empire.

A man in white confronted Wan Huo Sheng Zhe on Misty Cloud Mountain and summoned a powerful shadow to fight him. Wan Huo Sheng Zhe unleashed his signature array, and the shadow recognized him as the battle continued.

• Wan Huo Sheng Zhe arrived on Misty Cloud Mountain and found a young man in white waiting for him.
• The man in white warned Wan Huo Sheng Zhe that the Hall of Souls had prepared for his return and demanded his Dou Techniques and Cultivation Technique.
• Wan Huo Sheng Zhe attacked, but the man in white evaded his strike and summoned a powerful shadow to fight him.
• Wan Huo Sheng Zhe used Myriad Flames Whip and Myriad Flames Cleaving Blade, wounding the shadow before its black ocean overwhelmed his attacks.
• Wan Huo Sheng Zhe summoned the Beast-Condensing Myriad Flames Array, prompting the shadow to recognize him and question why he was helping the man in white.

Hun Tianchen used his infectious Dou Qi to make Wan Huo Sheng Zhe and Shadow kill each other, then watched as both Dou Shengs self-destructed. Afterward, Yun Yun returned to find the Misty Cloud Sect destroyed and recognized Hun Tianchen among the ruins.

• Shadow realized he and Wan Huo Sheng Zhe had been deceived, but Hun Tianchen's hidden Dou Qi infected them both and caused Wan Huo Sheng Zhe to explode, followed by Shadow.
• Hun Tiandi sensed Shadow's death and ordered an investigation into Wan Huo Sheng Zhe.
• Hun Tianchen collected the Luck Force, Dou Qi, and souls of the two Dou Shengs, then descended onto the ruined Misty Cloud Mountain with Hun Miesheng and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun that Xiao Yan had destroyed the Misty Cloud Sect, and Yun Yun recognized Hun Tianchen standing among the ruins.

After the Misty Cloud Sect was destroyed, Hun Tianchen offered to support its reconstruction if Yun Yun joined the Flower Sect, and Yun Yun agreed. Meanwhile, Hun Tianchen secretly drained Xiao Yan’s Luck Force, ordered Hun Miesheng to conceal information from Hun Tiandi, and turned his attention toward Central Plains.

• Hun Tianchen told Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran that Xiao Yan had destroyed the Misty Cloud Sect and offered to restore the Hall of Souls’ support if Yun Yun joined the Flower Sect.
• Yun Yun agreed to go to Central Plains and join the Flower Sect so Nalan Yanran could rebuild the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Hun Tianchen absorbed the Luck Force sustaining the unconscious Xiao Yan, then returned it to Xiao Yan’s body as black currents.
• Hun Tiandi learned that Xiao Yan possessed Wan Huo Sheng Zhe’s Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and ordered a thorough investigation of Xiao Yan.
• Hun Tianchen instructed Hun Miesheng to keep Hall of Souls information from Hun Tiandi and to kill anyone who secretly reported to him.
• Hun Tianchen declared that the Northwest Continent had lost its usefulness and headed toward the outskirts of the Soul Realm.

Hun Tianchen met with Hun Yang and later confronted Hun Xiaoxiao and his father, Hun Ying, over Xiaoxiao’s past insults. Hun Ying warned that Hun Feng might challenge Hun Tianchen at the upcoming coming-of-age ceremony, but Hun Tianchen dismissed the threat.

• Hun Tianchen gave Hun Yang treasures and pills, then discussed the Ancient Dragon Refining Body Technique with him.
• Hun Yang told Hun Tianchen that Hun Xiaoxiao had visited while he was away and had asked where he was.
• Hun Xiaoxiao apologized to Hun Tianchen and brought him to meet his father, Hun Ying.
• Hun Tianchen refused to accept Hun Ying’s apology as sufficient, and Hun Ying offered to support him at the coming-of-age ceremony.
• Hun Ying warned that Hun Feng might reach One-Star Dou Sheng and challenge Hun Tianchen, but Hun Tianchen dismissed Hun Feng as an insect.

Hun Tianchen prepared for the Hun Clan's coming-of-age ceremony while worrying that Hun Tiandi would soon seize his body, and a chance to break through to Six-Star Dou Venerate alarmed him. As Hun Feng arrived at the ceremony as a One-Star Dou Sheng and expected to surpass him, Hun Tianchen had yet to appear.

• Hun Tianchen collected Heavenly Snake Mansion techniques and skills, then gave them to Qinglin and personally guided her cultivation alongside Xiao Yi Xian.
• Hun Tianchen sensed an opportunity to reach Six-Star Dou Venerate and worried that advancing too quickly would leave him vulnerable to Hun Tiandi.
• Hun Miesheng reported completing his mission and brought Hun Tianchen a Heavenly Flame, but Hun Tianchen told him to collect and handle future flames himself.
• Hun Feng arrived at the ceremony with a large entourage after breaking through to One-Star Dou Sheng, while Hun Yu predicted that he would become Young Clan Leader and surpass Hun Tianchen.
• Hun Feng received praise from the elders, failed to see Hun Tianchen at the plaza, and the ceremony began when the bell rang.