Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu said goodbye to Xun Er as Ling Ying escorted her back to the Ancient Clan, promising to visit her in two years. He then refined pills for Qing Lin and promised to visit her at the Heavenly Snake Mansion after handling matters in the Black Corner Region, sealing the promise with a pinky swear.

• Ling Ying arrived with members of the Black Annihilation Army to escort Xun Er back to the Ancient Clan.
• Xun Er kissed Xiao Yu goodbye and asked him to visit her in two years, and he promised to bring her a surprise.
• After Xun Er left, Xiao Yu returned to Pan Men and obtained medicinal ingredients to refine pills for Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yu spent three days refining Fifth Grade and Sixth Grade Pills, raising his spiritual strength to Spirit Grade Great Perfection.
• Xiao Yu gave the pills to Qing Lin and promised to visit her at the Heavenly Snake Mansion after dealing with matters in the Black Corner Region.
• Qing Lin asked Xiao Yu to make a pinky promise, and he hooked his finger around hers.

Xiao Yu said goodbye to Qing Lin, learned that Little Purple could speak, and attended the Inner Academy elder selection. He and Zi Yan became elders, while the other candidates still had to meet the Dou Wang requirement within two months.

• Xiao Yu warned White Fang to stop pursuing Cai Lin, and White Fang left with Qing Lin and the others.
• Little Purple told Xiao Yu that the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk had let him speak, and Xiao Yu instructed him to cultivate while they traveled to Twilight City.
• Lin Xiuya and Yan Hao invited Xiao Yu to the elder selection, where Xiao Yu saw Su Qian, Hu Gan, and other experts gathered.
• Su Qian announced that candidates had to reach Dou Wang within two months and appointed Xiao Yu and Zi Yan as elders immediately.
• Zi Yan asked Su Qian if she could go to the Medicine Stockpile, and Su Qian refused.

Xiao Yu and his companions traveled to Twilight City to establish an Underworld branch and found Blood Sect members still controlling the city gates. In the Blood Sect’s hall, its hidden Ancestor ordered an elder to find a hundred healthy adult men.

• Elder Hao argued with Zi Yan over her habit of taking precious ingredients from the Medicine Stockpile, and Xiao Yu pulled her away.
• Xiao Yu, Elder Hai, and Xiao Li discussed traveling to Twilight City to advance Xiao Ding’s plans for the Underworld.
• Zi Yan, Cai Lin, and Little Xiao Nian insisted on joining Xiao Yu’s group, and they set off together on a flying mount.
• Xiao Yu reviewed the Underworld’s planned forces and its goal of expanding from the Black Corner Region across the Northwest Continent.
• Xiao Yu’s group arrived at Twilight City and paid crimson-robed Blood Sect members to enter.
• A Blood Sect elder confirmed to the hidden Ancestor that the Sect Master had died at Jia Nan Academy, and the Ancestor ordered him to find a hundred healthy adult men.

Xiao Yu reunited with Xiao Ding in Twilight City and learned that the Blood Sect had been taken over by the mysterious Blood Old Ghost, who was suspected of abducting a hundred adults every night. Xiao Yu decided to investigate the sect that night, while his companions prepared to back him up.

• Xiao Yu and his companions arrived in Twilight City, where Zi Yan noticed the strong smell of blood and the streets were nearly deserted.
• Xiao Yu found Xiao Ding hiding under a Disguise Pill at an inn and reunited with Xiao Li.
• Xiao Ding told them that Blood Old Ghost had taken over the Blood Sect after Fan Lao's death and that adults had been disappearing from the city each night.
• Xiao Ding estimated Blood Old Ghost's strength at about five-star Dou Emperor, and Xiao Yu revealed that he had killed Fan Lao.
• Xiao Yu decided to investigate the Blood Sect that night, and Elder Hai and Zi Yan offered to support him if he encountered danger.

Xiao Yu was abducted to the Blood Sect headquarters, where he gained Dark Attribute Power and discovered Blood Old Ghost feeding on captives. After revealing he had killed Fan Lao, Xiao Yu faced off against Blood Old Ghost, who admitted he had returned from the Central Plains.

• Xiao Yu sensed a Blood Sect elder enter the inn, pretended to be unconscious, and was carried to the Blood Sect headquarters.
• The system rewarded Xiao Yu with Dark Attribute Power and named Heavenly Snake Valley as his next sign-in location, with the Prison Suppressing Divine Body as its reward.
• Xiao Yu discovered Blood Old Ghost and a gathering of one hundred captured men in the main hall.
• Blood Old Ghost drained a captive's blood, and Xiao Yu stood up and confronted him, claiming he had killed Fan Lao.
• Blood Old Ghost revealed he had once gone to the Central Plains before returning to the Black Corner Region, then attacked Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu met Blood Old Ghost's attack with an ice spear as his Chaos Flame kept the blood-colored energy at bay.

Xiao Yu fought Blood Old Ghost at the Blood Sect and used Chaos Flame and his speed to overpower him. Cai Lin’s strike helped cripple Blood Old Ghost, whom Xiao Yu burned to ashes, while the Reverse Scale Sword slaughtered the sect members.

• Blood Old Ghost engulfed the hall in blood-colored Dou Qi, but Xiao Yu drove it back with Chaos Flame and clashed with his blood spear.
• Blood Old Ghost drained the grown men to temporarily raise his strength, then fought Xiao Yu at tremendous speed as Blood Sect elders arrived.
• Cai Lin, Hai Bodong, and Zi Yan sensed the battle and rushed toward the Blood Sect.
• Xiao Yu struck Blood Old Ghost into a crater and ordered the Reverse Scale Sword to kill the Blood Sect members.
• Cai Lin hit Blood Old Ghost with a seven-colored attack, and Xiao Yu burned the wounded elder to ashes.

Xiao Yu learned that Blood Old Ghost had ties to the Nether Soul Mountain Range and destroyed the Blood Sect, while Old Man Mu Gu in the Soul Hall plotted against Yao Chen. The next morning, Xiao Ding celebrated the Blood Sect’s destruction and planned to build an Underworld merchant caravan in Twilight City.

• Xiao Yu questioned a surviving Blood Sect elder, who revealed that Blood Old Ghost had come from the Nether Soul Mountain Range, then Xiao Yu killed him after noticing him leer at Cai Lin.
• Xiao Yu recalled that the Nether Soul Mountain Range housed a Soul Hall branch connected to Yao Chen, while Old Man Mu Gu ordered his pawns deployed and asked whether Blood Old Ghost had returned to the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Yu burned the Blood Sect’s remains, and Twilight City’s residents rejoiced when they saw the sect’s hall in flames.
• The next morning, Xiao Ding asked Xiao Yu whether he had destroyed the Blood Sect, and Xiao Yu confirmed it.
• Xiao Ding announced plans to make Twilight City the center of Underworld trade and told Xiao Li he would become the future hall master of the Underworld Commerce Hall.

Xiao Yu left Twilight City with Cai Lin, Zi Yan, and Little Xiao Nian to return to the Jia Ma Empire, planning to settle family matters and bring Ya Fei to the Black Corner Region. After arriving at the Imperial Capital, he led the group toward the Mittel Family estate.

• Elder Hai urged Xiao Yu to return to the Jia Ma Empire, reminding him of his relationship with Ya Fei, and promised to guard the Underworld in his absence.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that he planned to relocate the family to the Black Corner Region, then departed Twilight City with Cai Lin, Zi Yan, and Little Xiao Nian.
• The group reached a border town, where Cai Lin's intimidating energy frightened the men staring at her.
• After Xiao Yu and his companions left, Mu Tie searched the town for a suspected Chuyun Empire Poison Master and prepared to report the incident.
• Xiao Yu and the others arrived in the Imperial Capital, where Zi Yan and Little Xiao Nian explored the streets before Xiao Yu led them to the Mittel Family estate.

Xiao Yu returned to the Imperial Capital with Cai Lin, Zi Yan, and Xiao Nian, surprising Ya Fei after more than half a year apart. At Mittel Manor, he reunited with Teng Shan and said he had returned with a mission.

• Ya Fei reflected on becoming head of the Mittel Family and her promise to visit Xiao Yu once she reached the Dou Wang realm.
• Xiao Yu and his companions flew to the Mittel Grand Auction House, where Ya Fei recognized him and rushed into his arms.
• Cai Lin interrupted their reunion, and Xiao Yu introduced her, Zi Yan, and Xiao Nian to Ya Fei.
• Ya Fei welcomed the group, offered to help Zi Yan find medicinal ingredients, and affectionately took Xiao Nian into her arms.
• Ya Fei brought the group to Mittel Manor, where Xiao Yu greeted Teng Shan and explained that Elder Hai remained in the Black Corner Region and that he had returned with a mission.

Xiao Yu asked Ya Fei to return with him to the Black Corner Region, and she agreed after he explained that the Underworld had subdued its major factions. As Xiao Yu prepared to move the Xiao Clan there, Ya Fei revealed that the Imperial Family was suppressing the Mittel Family and that the Jian Family sought a marriage alliance with her.

• Xiao Yu told Teng Shan and Ya Fei that he wanted Ya Fei to return with him to the Black Corner Region, and Ya Fei agreed despite Teng Shan's concerns.
• Xiao Yu explained that he had defeated the factions opposing him and established the Underworld, reassuring Teng Shan that Ya Fei would be safe.
• Xiao Yu said he planned to return to Wu Tan City to move the Xiao Clan to the Black Corner Region because he feared for its safety.
• Ya Fei revealed that the Imperial Family had been suppressing the Mittel Family and backing the Jian Family as a rival trading power.
• Teng Shan said the Jian Family's young master wanted to form a marriage alliance with the Mittel Family, and Ya Fei confirmed that he wanted to marry her.

Xiao Yu returned to the Imperial Capital and confronted the Jian Family over its attempt to pressure the Mittel Family into a marriage alliance. As Nalan Jie denied that his family had helped the imperial family, Xiao Yu’s challenge to the Jian Family was still unfolding.

• Xiao Yu told Ya Fei he would teach the Jian Family a lesson, then flew toward the Imperial Capital while Ya Fei, Cai Lin, and Zi Yan watched him leave.
• Xiao Yu arrived above the Jian Residence and demanded that the Jian Family’s young master come out; Jian Qian, the family’s Great Elder, rose to confront him.
• Nalan Jie recognized Xiao Yu and sent Nalan Su to the palace to alert Elder Jia and the emperor that Xiao Yu had returned.
• Xiao Yu explained that he had come because the Jian Family was scheming against the Mittel Family and pursuing a marriage alliance; Jian Qian defended the family and threatened the Mittel Family on the imperial family’s behalf.
• Nalan Jie objected to Jian Qian’s threats, and Xiao Yu asked whether the Nalan Family had helped the imperial family; Nalan Jie denied involvement and said his family only wanted the Jian Family to replace the Mittel Family.

Xiao Yu returned and attacked the Jian Family after learning that the imperial family and Jian Family were suppressing the Mittel Family. At the palace, Yao Ye learned he was back and went to seek Jia Xingtian, whose Soul Hall aura revealed a hidden connection.

• Xiao Yu demanded to see the Jian Family’s young clan head, defeated Jian Qian in one blow, and learned the clan head had gone to the palace with his son.
• Clan Head Jian urged Yao Ye to absorb the Mittel Family’s struggling businesses and said Teng Shan and Ya Fei had rejected the marriage alliance.
• Yao Ye ordered Jian Xueqing to keep proposing marriage and the Jian Family to continue pressuring the Mittel Family.
• Nalan Su reported that Xiao Yu had returned and was at the Jian Family, prompting Clan Head Jian to leave and Yao Ye to order Nalan Su to prevent a conflict.
• Yao Ye entered a hidden underground chamber and told Jia Xingtian that Xiao Yu had returned; Jia Xingtian dismissed her after acknowledging the news.

Yao Ye learned that Jia Xingtian intended to destroy the Mittel Family, while Xiao Yu overwhelmed the Jian Family’s strongest fighters. Xiao Yu then told Nalan Jie and Nalan Su that Nalan Yanran was safe at Jia Nan Academy before confronting Jian Xueqing.

• Yao Ye pleaded with Jia Xingtian to stop opposing Xiao Yu, but he insisted the Mittel Family had to disappear because it threatened the imperial family’s power.
• Yao Ye met Princess Yue'er, who announced she had become a Fourth-grade Alchemist, and told her Jia Xingtian was in seclusion.
• Jian Qian erupted with peak Dou Wang strength, but Xiao Yu matched him, injured Jian Changfeng with the Wind Demon Nine Fingers, and sent both Jian elders crashing into the compound.
• Nalan Su asked whether Xiao Yu had become a Dou Emperor, and Xiao Yu told him and Nalan Jie that Nalan Yanran was safe at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yu agreed to look after Nalan Yanran, then appeared before Jian Xueqing, who feared what Xiao Yu might do.

Xiao Yu warned the Jian Family against pursuing Ya Fei, then visited the Alchemist Guild and invited Fama to establish a guild in the Black Corner Region. Fama declined because the Jia Ma Empire Guild needed him, and Xiao Yu left the Imperial Capital with Cai Lin following him.

• Xiao Yu intimidated Jian Xueqing and split the plaque above the Jian Family's gate with a sword aura.
• Xiao Yu met Princess Yao Yue at the Alchemist Guild, and she brought him to see Fama.
• Xiao Yu told Fama he had become an elder at Jia Nan Academy and invited him to lead a new Alchemist Guild in the Black Corner Region.
• Fama declined the invitation because he was the only alchemist in the Jia Ma Empire Guild able to contend with the other empires' guild presidents.
• Xiao Yu left the Alchemist Guild without asking about the imperial family, then noticed Cai Lin following him through the streets.

Xiao Yu took Cai Lin shopping for medicinal ingredients and ended up buying her clothes and jewelry, then spent the evening cultivating. He broke through to the Eight-Star Dou Wang level.

• Cai Lin insisted that Xiao Yu accompany her to search for medicinal ingredients, and he put pale-red earrings on her while they shopped.
• Xiao Yu bought Cai Lin numerous clothes and shoes, and Little Xiao Nian ran to greet her when they returned to the Mittel Family estate.
• Zi Yan threatened to tell Cai Lin that Xiao Yu wanted to stir up trouble between her and Little Xiao Nian, but he stopped her by promising pills.
• Ya Fei took Xiao Yu for a stroll around the estate after dinner, leaving her flushed and shy when they returned.
• Xiao Yu cultivated in his room, circulated Dou Qi through his meridians, and successfully broke through to the Eight-Star Dou Wang level.

Xiao Yu agreed to help Queen Yao Ye investigate the sinister aura surrounding Jia Xingtian, whom she suspected of directing the imperial family’s campaign against the Mittel Family. As Yao Ye led Xiao Yu into Jia Xingtian’s underground chamber, an aged voice ordered them to leave.

• Xiao Yu learned that Queen Yao Ye had summoned him to the palace and agreed to meet her.
• Yao Ye asked Xiao Yu for help and said Jia Xingtian had ordered her to support the Jian Family and suppress the Mittel Family.
• Yao Ye told Xiao Yu that Jia Xingtian’s aura had grown stronger but carried a cold, sinister quality.
• Xiao Yu agreed to examine Jia Xingtian, and Yao Ye led him into the underground palace.
• As they approached the chamber, an aged voice shouted at them to get out.

Xiao Yu confronted Jia Xingtian about Soul Hall after discovering its aura around him, then left after Jia Xingtian denied working with them. Jia Xingtian later revealed that a Soul Hall member was sharing his body and plotting against Xiao Yu and the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Yu shielded Yao Ye from Jia Xingtian's sudden aura and learned that Jia Xingtian had broken through to the Dou Zong realm.
• Jia Xingtian told Xiao Yu that Soul Hall had offered him a path to Dou Zun, but he had refused after seeing what happened to Yun Shan.
• Xiao Yu warned Jia Xingtian that they would become enemies if he had any connection to Soul Hall, then left after Jia Xingtian assured him they would not.
• Jia Xingtian angrily confronted Yao Ye for bringing Xiao Yu to him and ordered her to leave.
• Jia Xingtian argued with the Soul Hall member secretly inhabiting his body, who admitted fearing Xiao Yu's powerful soul and vowed that Venerable Qin Tian would eliminate Xiao Yu and the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yu and Cai Lin returned to the imperial palace at night and discovered that Jia Xingtian was possessed by a fragment of Heavenly Venerable Qing Hai’s soul. Qing Hai demanded to know the location of the Xiao Clan’s key, while Xiao Yu questioned whether the fragment could communicate with its main body.

• Xiao Yu told Ya Fei that Jia Xingtian seemed strange and might be connected to the Soul Hall, then asked Cai Lin to accompany him to the imperial city.
• Xiao Yu and Cai Lin found dense baleful yin energy at the palace and were attacked by a soul-shaking chain.
• Cai Lin’s counterattack collided with the chain and destroyed the palace, alerting Yao Ye and the imperial city.
• Jia Xingtian emerged in black mist and revealed himself as Heavenly Venerable Qing Hai of the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yu realized Qing Hai was a fragment of the Heavenly Venerable’s soul parasitizing Jia Xingtian, and Qing Hai demanded the Xiao Clan’s key.

Xiao Yu, Cai Lin, and Fama fought Qing Hai, who had possessed Jia Xingtian, while Jia Xingtian struggled to regain control of his body. Xiao Yu trapped Qing Hai’s soul in a Spirit Binding Array, leaving the group trying to bind it.

• Qing Hai attacked Xiao Yu and Cai Lin after Xiao Yu revealed that Qin Tian had died, forcing Xiao Yu to fetch Fama for help.
• Yao Ye sealed the imperial city as she and Yao Yue watched the battle and worried about Jia Xingtian.
• Xiao Yu used Chaos Flame to counter Qing Hai’s black clouds and ghostly attacks while Cai Lin struck Qing Hai with her energy whip.
• Jia Xingtian briefly regained control and begged Xiao Yu to burn Qing Hai out of his body, but Yao Ye pleaded with Xiao Yu not to kill him.
• Xiao Yu formed a Spirit Binding Array around Qing Hai, then joined Cai Lin and Fama in tightening it around his soul.

Xiao Yu used the Spirit Binding Array and Chaos Flame to destroy Qing Hai’s soul and free Jia Xingtian, whose cultivation had suffered some damage. After leaving the imperial palace, Xiao Yu told Ya Fei he would return to Wu Tan City before heading to the Black Corner Region, and he spent the night with her.

• Xiao Yu, Cai Lin, and Fama activated the Spirit Binding Array, drove Qing Hai’s soul out of Jia Xingtian, and Xiao Yu burned and destroyed it with Chaos Flame.
• Xiao Yu told Yao Ye and Yao Yue that Jia Xingtian was alive but his strength might decline, then left the imperial palace with Cai Lin and Fama.
• Ya Fei asked Xiao Yu about the disturbance, and he told her he would leave for Wu Tan City soon and return to the Imperial Capital in a month before going to the Black Corner Region.
• Ya Fei led Xiao Yu to her room and invited him to spend the night with her, and the two fell onto her bed behind an energy barrier.