Chapter Summaries

Su Baichen trapped the Gu Clan party in a spatial formation as they approached Jia Nan Academy to take Xun'er back. Ling Quan’s arrogance provoked a lightning attack, while Gu Zhen tried to keep the situation under control.

• Su Baichen sensed the Gu Clan party approaching and activated a formation around the courtyard that isolated the space.
• Ling Quan dismissed Gu Zhen’s warning about spatial disturbances, and the two discovered that the rest of their party, including two Dou Zun experts, had vanished.
• Gu Zhen realized they were trapped in a spatial formation, but Ling Quan threatened the hidden enemy and announced his identity.
• Gu Zhen slapped Ling Quan, rebuked him, and respectfully apologized to the unseen senior on their behalf.
• After the unseen voice mocked the Gu Clan’s manners, Ling Quan began insulting it again, and silver lightning struck and swallowed him.

Su Baichen punished Ling Quan and released the Gu Clan party after Xun'er asked him to let them go. Xun'er left for the Gu Clan after exchanging gifts and sharing a farewell kiss with Su Baichen, who then prepared to begin his own journey to the Central Plains.

• Su Baichen's formation struck Ling Quan with controlled lightning until Gu Zhen pleaded for mercy, and the lightning stopped.
• Xun'er entered Su Baichen's room to say she was leaving, and he told her how Ling Quan and Gu Zhen had entered his formation.
• Xun'er asked Su Baichen to release her clansmen, and he withdrew the formation.
• Su Baichen gave Xun'er a jade hairpin, and she gave him a sachet and kissed his cheek before saying she would wait for him in the Gu Clan.
• Xun'er joined Gu Zhen and the Gu Clan party as they departed, while Su Baichen watched her go and prepared for his journey to the Central Plains.

Su Baichen found Zi Yan critically ill after she secretly consumed pills and used his Dou Qi to stabilize her. Zi Yan revealed that Su Ling'er had stolen the dangerous pills from Cailin, leaving Su Baichen worried about Cailin finding out.

• Su Baichen sensed Zi Yan's weak aura, broke into her room, and spent an hour calming the chaotic energy in her meridians.
• Zi Yan woke with chest pain, and Su Baichen confronted her about nearly dying from consuming too many pills.
• Su Baichen demanded to know where the unfamiliar pills came from and threatened Zi Yan with a wooden stick until she agreed to explain.
• Zi Yan said Su Ling'er had given her the pills after stealing them from Cailin's Storage Ring.
• Su Baichen realized Cailin's unwanted pills had dangerous, powerful effects and resolved to keep the theft from her.

Su Baichen treated Zi Yan’s disrupted meridians and considered how to revive her mother, concluding that a trip to the Central Plains might provide the resources they needed. He then spent the rest of his time opening blind boxes, receiving only mundane items before Cailin called him to eat.

• Su Baichen punished Zi Yan by banning her from taking pills for three months and told Su Ling'er to behave after scolding her for stealing Cailin’s pills.
• Su Baichen regulated Zi Yan’s meridians each day and studied the dragon soul of her mother, which remained asleep inside the golden spear.
• Su Baichen told Zi Yan he had no cure yet, but believed they might find what they needed in the Central Plains.
• Su Baichen planned to use Xiao Jin’s blood, an improved Soul Restoration Pill, and vast resources to revive Zi Yan’s mother.
• Su Baichen opened blind box after blind box, collecting piles of ordinary goods and accusing the system of swallowing his rewards before Cailin called him to eat.

Su Baichen left Cailin and Yun Yun in charge of securing the Black-Corner Region and Jia Ma Empire while he traveled with Caidie and Zi Yan to Tianya City, gateway to the Central Plains. He sent Caidie and Zi Yan shopping while he headed toward the City Lord Mansion and the city’s restored spatial wormhole.

• Su Baichen assigned Cailin and Yun Yun to manage the Black-Corner Region and Jia Ma Empire, with Xiao Bing and Xiao Huo assisting them.
• Su Baichen traveled to Tianya City with Caidie and Zi Yan, where a spatial wormhole connected the city to the Central Plains.
• Zi Yan complained that Su Baichen had carried her by the neck during the journey, then privately vowed to surpass Caidie once her Dragon Emperor Bloodline awakened.
• Caidie teased Zi Yan into agreeing to go shopping and told her she would have to pay for the outing.
• Su Baichen allowed Caidie and Zi Yan to enter the city and instructed them to meet him at the City Lord Mansion before sunset.
• Su Baichen observed that the spatial wormhole he had repaired more than a decade earlier was now functioning normally.

Su Baichen learned that Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian had left Tianya City for the Central Plains with a seventh-rank Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast demonic core, intending to use Yao Chen’s ancient sealing method to treat Xiao Yi Xian’s poison body. Cao Ying’s hidden message warned that the Soul Hall was watching Su Baichen and might have prepared an ambush in Tianya City.

• Su Baichen questioned Luo Cheng about Cao Ying’s departure and learned she had traveled through the Space Wormhole to the Central Plains with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Su Baichen asked for the reserved demonic core, and Luo Cheng admitted nothing before handing him Cao Ying’s sealed letter.
• Cao Ying’s letter explained that she had taken the demonic core to help Xiao Yi Xian pursue Yao Chen’s sealing method.
• Su Baichen decoded Cao Ying’s hidden warning that she had destroyed three Soul Hall strongholds and that the Soul Hall might ambush him in Tianya City.
• Su Baichen burned the letter and watched the city at dusk, suspecting Tianya City was not peaceful.

Su Baichen rewarded Luo Cheng for finding a seventh-tier magic core and asked the Luo Clan to support resource exchanges through its Space Wormhole. After learning Su Baichen was an honorary elder of Danta, Luo Cheng pledged the clan’s full cooperation, while Luo Tian reacted with quiet unease.

• At the banquet, Su Baichen gave Luo Cheng three Recovery Pills and a Breaking Sect Pill as a reward for finding the magic core.
• Su Baichen asked Luo Cheng to facilitate resource exchanges between his Northwest Continent factions and Central Plains acquaintances using the Luo Clan’s Space Wormhole.
• Luo Cheng agreed to cooperate and asked which Central Plains powers were involved.
• Su Baichen revealed his connection to Danta and his position as an honorary elder, astonishing Luo Cheng.
• Luo Cheng pledged the Luo Clan’s full strength to keeping the exchange with Danta open, while Luo Tian lowered his head uneasily.

Luo Tian told Luo Cheng that the Luo Clan had informed Soul Hall of Su Baichen’s return, then chose to confess to Su Baichen despite the danger to his daughter Xiao Yao. As Luo Tian prepared to seek him out, Su Baichen revealed that he was already in the shrine.

• Luo Cheng celebrated the Luo Clan’s prospects before Luo Tian arrived and reminded him of their promise to notify Soul Hall when Su Baichen returned.
• Luo Tian admitted that the message had been sent, but said he had refused to put Soul-Dispersing Guide in the banquet food and wine.
• Luo Cheng feared Soul Hall’s retaliation and the restriction it had placed in Xiao Yao’s mind.
• Luo Tian urged his father to confess to Su Baichen, arguing that Soul Hall could not be trusted to spare Xiao Yao or keep its promises.
• Luo Cheng agreed to let Luo Tian decide, and Luo Tian turned to seek Su Baichen.
• Su Baichen’s voice rang through the shrine, revealing that he was already there.

Luo Cheng betrayed Su Baichen and led Soul Hall to ambush him, Caidie, and Zi Yan at the spatial wormhole. The battle split into three fronts, and Zi Yan surprised two Soul Hall Dou Zuns with her strength and the Dragon Emperor's Weeping Blood Spear.

• Luo Cheng remained behind as Su Baichen and the others prepared to leave through the spatial wormhole.
• Dozens of Soul Hall Dou Zuns emerged from a rift, and Caidie accused Luo Cheng of betraying them.
• Su Baichen killed Luo Cheng with a casual strike, then recognized and mocked a resentful Soul Hall elder.
• The Soul Hall venerables attacked, dividing the fight between Zi Yan, Caidie, and Su Baichen.
• Zi Yan matched a low-tier Dou Zun with her Dragon Emperor Claw and then drew the Dragon Emperor's Weeping Blood Spear, forcing both attackers to retreat.

Caidie fought two Soul Hall mid-stage Dou Zuns and survived their combined killing moves by revealing a gigantic scaled tail. On the third battlefield, Su Baichen stood injured and nearly out of dou qi after killing most of the Soul Hall elders, leaving him facing the Soul Hall Heavenly Venerate and one surviving elder.

• Caidie used her swordsmanship and combat training to hold off two stronger Soul Hall elders.
• The two elders unleashed Blood Qi Soul Chasing, Soul-Extinguishing Nails, and Beast Fire against Caidie.
• A gigantic blue-black scaled tail burst from the smoke and swept toward the two elders.
• Su Baichen fought through severe injuries and killed more than ten Soul Hall Dou Zun elders.
• The Soul Hall Heavenly Venerate and one surviving elder remained to face Su Baichen.

Su Baichen appeared to self-destruct to kill the Soul Hall Venerable and Elder, driving Zi Yan and Caidie into a furious counterattack. After they wiped out the remaining enemies, a new Soul Hall Half-Saint arrived and set his sights on the two women.

• Su Baichen mocked the Soul Hall Elder for using his companions as shields, and the Soul Hall Venerable ordered them to seize him.
• As the Elder and Venerable approached, the Elder attacked the Venerable and fled after recognizing signs that Su Baichen was about to self-destruct.
• Su Baichen erupted in white light, and the resulting spatial destruction swallowed the Venerable and erased the fleeing Elder.
• Believing Su Baichen dead, Zi Yan broke through to peak Two Star Dou Zun and Caidie broke through to Three Star Dou Zun, then the two killed the remaining Soul Hall Dou Zuns.
• A Soul Hall Half-Saint emerged from a spatial rift and declared that capturing Zi Yan and Caidie would make the mission worthwhile.

Soul Hall's Third Heavenly Venerable attacked Zi Yan and Caidie, but Su Baichen appeared and cut down the Half-Saint with a single sword strike. He sealed the Heavenly Venerable's soul in place and seized its head, leaving its fate in his hands.

• Third Heavenly Venerable used his Half-Saint pressure to immobilize Zi Yan and Caidie, then summoned a black hand seal to crush them.
• Su Baichen shielded the two women from the attack and emerged from the dust with a sword strike that split Third Heavenly Venerable's body in two.
• Third Heavenly Venerable's soul tried to escape, but Su Baichen's spatial power trapped it.
• Third Heavenly Venerable recognized Su Baichen's overwhelming aura and shouted in disbelief at his apparent rise to Late-stage Three Star Dou Sheng.
• Su Baichen dismissed Third Heavenly Venerable and seized its soul body's head, gripping its Soul Core.

Su Baichen killed the Third Heavenly Venerable and revealed that his apparent self-destruction had been a puppet, then accepted the Luo Clan’s submission. After Su Baichen departed, Luo Cheng reappeared and left for Jia Nan Academy, entrusting the Luo Clan to Luo Tian.

• The Third Heavenly Venerable tried to destroy his soul, but Su Baichen used Slay to annihilate him and collected his Soul Power and belongings.
• Su Baichen told Caidie and Zi Yan that the earlier self-destruction had been a puppet experiment, and the two women teased and wrestled with each other.
• Luo Tian pledged the Luo Clan’s submission, and Su Baichen placed a soul restriction on him before leaving with Caidie and Zi Yan through a spatial wormhole.
• Hours later, Luo Cheng appeared in the courtyard, and Luo Tian urged him to go serve Su Baichen in hopes that their soul restrictions might someday be removed.
• Luo Cheng entrusted the Luo Clan to Luo Tian and departed for Jia Nan Academy.

Gu Yuan learned that Su Baichen had detected Elder Mo and reviewed the young Dou Sheng’s background, but dismissed him as no match for the Gu Clan’s power. Worried that Xun’er was growing attached to Su Baichen as the clans faced rising tensions, Gu Yuan hoped he would stay away from the Gu Realm; the chapter ended with Gu Xun’er cultivating in her chamber.

• Elder Mo reported that Su Baichen had noticed him spying, and Gu Yuan confirmed that Su Baichen had discovered his presence.
• Gu Yuan ordered Elder Mo to classify the incident as top-secret and reviewed the dossiers on Su Baichen’s sudden rise to Dou Sheng.
• Gu Yuan judged Su Baichen far weaker than himself and worried that Xun’er had become interested in him.
• Gu Yuan noted that the Soul Clan and other clans were making moves and hoped Su Baichen would not come to the Gu Realm.
• Gu Xun’er sat cross-legged on a jade platform, surrounded by pale golden flames, as she cultivated.

Gu Xun'er learned that Su Baichen had survived the Soul Hall’s ambush and trained harder so she could stand beside him. At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yan urged Xiao Yu to approach Su Ling'er sincerely, while Xiao Yu struggled with her feelings for Su Baichen.

• Gu Xun'er heard from Ling Ying that Su Baichen had killed the Soul Hall ambushers, including a Half-Saint, and dismissed concerns about the Soul Hall’s revenge.
• Gu Xun'er resolved to cultivate harder so she would not fall behind Su Baichen.
• Bored at Jia Nan Academy, Su Ling'er decided to visit Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu angrily rejected Xiao Yan’s suggestion that she use Su Ling'er to get close to Su Baichen.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Yu whether she had feelings for Su Baichen, and she could not deny them.
• Xiao Yan advised Xiao Yu to sincerely cherish Su Ling'er and let any further feelings develop naturally.

Xiao Yan persuaded Xiao Yu to spend time with Su Ling'er, while Xiao Yi Xian recovered from an ambush by Ice River Valley as Cao Ying asked whether they had secured the map and Ancient Key. The chapter left their success uncertain as the two faced the aftermath of their narrow escape.

• Xiao Yu agreed to try spending time with Su Ling'er after Xiao Yan urged her to consider the Xiao Clan's interests, and Xiao Yan gave her illustrated booklets before fleeing when Ling'er arrived.
• Su Ling'er came to play, and Xiao Yu welcomed her warmly, setting aside her hesitation as the two embraced.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Cao Ying had escaped Ice Venerable and Tian Shuangzi after Tian Shuangzi ambushed and injured Xiao Yi Xian during their search for ruins.
• Xiao Yi Xian finished recovering her depleted Dou Qi, and Cao Ying asked whether she had obtained the map and Ancient Key.

Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian failed to break the soul restriction on the map and Ancient Key before Ice Venerable found them with Soul Hall reinforcements. Ice Venerable and Soul Hall agreed to seize the two women, then launched their attack.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Cao Ying examined the beast-hide map, but Cao Ying could not overcome its powerful soul restriction.
• Ice Venerable appeared and revealed that he had brought Soul Hall members with him.
• Xiao Yi Xian accused Ice Venerable of joining forces with Soul Hall, but he dismissed her concerns and said they would leave no witnesses.
• Ice Venerable agreed to take Xiao Yi Xian while Soul Hall claimed Cao Ying, whose Heavenly Flame and connection to Su Baichen interested Lord Mu Gu.
• Ice Venerable ordered the attack and charged Xiao Yi Xian as Ice River Valley Dou Zong experts moved to surround the women.

Cao Ying was pinned down while Ice Venerable overpowered Xiao Yi Xian and tried to drain her strength and devour her soul. A dormant sword imprint in Xiao Yi Xian’s soul killed Ice Venerable, and her Innate Woeful Poison Body began drawing in his power.

• Cao Ying tried to reach Xiao Yi Xian, but a Soul Hall elder blocked her and forced her to defend herself.
• Ice Venerable broke through Xiao Yi Xian’s weakening poison mist, injured her, and seized her by the neck.
• Ice Venerable used a secret technique to drain Xiao Yi Xian’s strength and attack her soul, but a dormant sword imprint destroyed the invading force.
• The sword Qi followed the secret technique back and annihilated Ice Venerable’s soul.
• With Ice Venerable dead, Xiao Yi Xian’s Innate Woeful Poison Body awakened and unleashed a suction force that pulled at his body.

Xiao Yi Xian reversed Ice Venerable’s devouring, reached Early-Nine-Star Dou Zun, and wiped out Ice River Valley’s forces before collapsing from her uncontrolled poison. Cao Ying rushed her to Danta for help, where Xuanyi learned that Su Baichen had arrived and immediately vanished to meet him.

• Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body devoured Ice Venerable and raised her strength to Early-Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yi Xian killed the Ice River Valley Dou Zongs and destroyed most of the Soul Hall forces, while the Soul Hall Venerable Elder escaped through a spatial rift.
• Xiao Yi Xian collapsed as her poison power began consuming her life, and Cao Ying took her through a spatial fissure toward Danta.
• Cao Ying brought Xiao Yi Xian to Danta as Xuanyi finished refining Soul Clearing Pills and reflected on Su Baichen’s disappearance.
• A Danta disciple told Xuanyi that Su Baichen had arrived, and Xuanyi vanished from her alchemy chamber at once.

Su Baichen described Xuanyi’s devotion to Caidie and Zi Yan, contrasting it with Cailin’s responsibilities as queen. Xuanyi appeared and confronted Caidie, leaving Caidie to answer her pointed question.

• Caidie and Zi Yan pressed Su Baichen about why they had not met Xuanyi, and he described Xuanyi’s appearance and personality.
• Zi Yan asked whether Su Baichen loved Xuanyi or Cailin more, and he explained that Xuanyi had once been ready to abandon everything to follow him while Cailin could not leave her people.
• Caidie and Zi Yan recognized the painful difference between Xuanyi’s devotion and Cailin’s love intertwined with responsibility.
• Caidie noticed someone watching from behind a stone pillar and called her out, revealing Xuanyi.
• Xuanyi approached Caidie, scrutinized her, and asked whether she was the woman Su Baichen had found outside.