Chapter Summaries

Yan Luotian and You Li Venerable Elder attacked the Misty Cloud Sect gathering, but Ji Changqing’s Mysterious Elder Grandma appeared and challenged the Soul Hall elder. You Li Venerable Elder devoured souls to raise his strength and struck at her, and an ancient, overwhelming pressure descended from the azure mist.

• You Li Venerable Elder pressed Yun Yun, Yun Shan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Queen Medusa with his Dou Qi while Yan Luotian approached Ji Changqing.
• Hai Bodong defended Ji Changqing, but Yan Luotian sent him flying and left him bleeding.
• The Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Flame melted You Li Venerable Elder’s attack, and Ji Changqing revealed the Misty Cloud Sect’s Mysterious Elder Grandma.
• Mysterious Elder Grandma mocked You Li Venerable Elder for claiming she had fled, and he answered by devouring souls to strengthen himself.
• You Li Venerable Elder attacked the azure mist, and an ancient finger emerged as a pressure surpassing the world descended.

Ji Changqing tested the Great Sun Undying Body by destroying a Soul Hall Venerable Elder, then helped the Misty Cloud Sect subdue its enemies and absorb Mulan Valley. With the battle over, he sought answers about Soul Hall while Queen Medusa followed him, still angry about being forced to kneel.

• Ji Changqing used one finger of the Great Sun Undying Body to annihilate the Soul Hall Venerable Elder, though the technique consumed most of his Dou Qi.
• Yun Shan, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian defeated Yan Luotian, and Queen Medusa erased his escaping soul.
• The Mulan Three Elders surrendered, and Xiao Yi Xian gave them poison pills that would punish any future betrayal, making Mulan Valley a subordinate of the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Ji Changqing planned to contact his avatar and Protector Liu to learn why Soul Hall had supported the Shi Ming Sect and how many Venerable Elders it had stationed there.
• Queen Medusa followed Ji Changqing, rejected his offer of Gold Coins, and grew angry as she considered taking her humiliation out on him.

Ji Changqing escaped Queen Medusa’s attempt to humiliate him, then learned the Soul Hall had sent three Venerable Elders to support the Shi Ming Sect. He planned to watch the Soul Hall’s movements and was left alone with Xiao Yi Xian after Yun Yun returned with her.

• Queen Medusa pinned Ji Changqing against a wall and demanded he kneel, but he tricked her into turning around and slapped her before the Sky-Swallowing Python subdued her.
• Ji Changqing fed the Sky-Swallowing Python a fire-element pill and returned to his room to contact Protector Liu.
• Protector Liu reported that the Soul Hall planned to use the Shi Ming Sect to provoke conflict and harvest powerful souls, and had dispatched three Venerable Elders from different Earth Fiend Halls.
• Ji Changqing decided to have his clone watch the Shi Ming Sect and strike if the Venerable Elders made a suspicious move.
• Yun Yun returned with Xiao Yi Xian, hurried into the house after Ji Changqing nearly greeted her with an embrace, and left him and Xiao Yi Xian to talk.
• Ji Changqing invited Xiao Yi Xian for a walk, and she accepted.

Ji Changqing thanked Xiao Yi Xian for mastering her Calamity Poison Body and declined her offer to accompany him back to Jia Nan Academy. After Ji Changqing departed, Yun Yun focused on strengthening the Misty Cloud Sect so it could support him.

• Xiao Yi Xian revealed that she knew Ji Changqing had a Calamity Poison Body and cultivated the Calamity Poison Scripture Mother Volume, then thanked him for giving her the Sub-volume.
• Xiao Yi Xian demonstrated that she could control and reverse her poison body, restoring life to plants she had poisoned.
• Ji Changqing asked Xiao Yi Xian to look after the Misty Cloud Sect, and she offered to follow him to Jia Nan Academy, but he refused and promised to visit.
• Xiao Yi Xian reminded Ji Changqing that they would be friends for life and asked whether that meant sharing a blanket; Ji Changqing agreed.
• Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Yun Shan saw Ji Changqing off as he left through the Space Wormhole for Jia Nan Academy.
• After Ji Changqing departed, Yun Yun asked Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Shan to discuss which sect the Misty Cloud Sect would annex next.

Ji Changqing reunited with Xiao Xun'er and Han Yue, then agreed to accompany Han Yue on a mission to find medicinal herbs. The group gathered at Jia Nan Academy’s gates, where Liu Qing and Bai Cheng reacted to the three newcomers’ arrival.

• Ji Changqing returned to Xun'er’s courtyard, and Han Yue and Xiao Xun'er embraced him despite their plan to ignore him.
• Ji Changqing explained what had happened at the Misty Cloud Sect and reassured the two women that the situation was stable.
• Han Yue said she was leaving on a mission with Liu Qing to search for medicinal herbs, including an Ice Spirit Soul Calming Grass.
• Ji Changqing and Xiao Xun'er decided to join Han Yue because the area was guarded by Fourth-order Magical Beasts.
• Liu Qing’s group waited at Jia Nan Academy’s gates as Bai Cheng disparaged Han Yue, then Ji Changqing, Xiao Xun'er, and Han Yue arrived, unsettling Liu Qing and Bai Cheng.

Ji Changqing joined Liu Qing’s group on a mission to gather Spirit Grass in the forest, but he stayed back while Liu Qing dealt with the magical beasts, causing the group to doubt his strength. At the canyon entrance, Bai Cheng and Liu Fei challenged him, and Xiao Xun’er and Han Yue stepped forward to defend him.

• Ji Changqing joined Liu Qing’s group and set out with them toward the Spirit Grass gathering place.
• Liu Qing killed a Green Bay Branding Snake that lunged at Ji Changqing, while Ji Changqing made no move.
• Liu Fei, Bai Cheng, and the others doubted Ji Changqing’s strength, and Liu Qing regretted inviting him.
• The group reached the canyon, where Liu Qing warned them about powerful magical beasts nearby.
• Bai Cheng and Liu Fei provoked Ji Changqing, prompting Xiao Xun’er and Han Yue to step forward in his defense.

Liu Qing's group entered a canyon and fought a pack of Magical Beasts guarding a patch of Spirit Grass, while Ji Changqing concealed his strength and drew scorn from the others. After the beasts were defeated and the students began arguing over the spoils, the Blood Sect arrived and claimed the site.

• Liu Qing stopped Liu Fei and Bai Cheng from fighting Xiao Xun'er and Han Yue, then led the group into the canyon.
• The group discovered a Spirit Grass patch guarded by more than a dozen Magical Beasts, and an accidental noise woke them.
• Liu Qing, Xiao Xun'er, Han Yue, Bai Cheng, and the other students fought the beasts while Ji Changqing pretended to struggle against a Third-order Magical Beast.
• After the beasts were defeated, Liu Fei and Bai Cheng mocked Ji Changqing, and Xiao Xun'er and Han Yue confronted them.
• Ji Changqing sensed approaching footsteps, and the group recognized the newcomers as the Blood Sect of the Black Corner Region.

Ji Changqing revealed his overwhelming strength when the Blood Sect attacked Jia Nan Academy’s group, killing a Dou Wang with a single move. After Fan Ling recognized him as the Misty Cloud Sect’s Holy Son, he begged for forgiveness.

• Fan Ling surrounded Liu Qing and the students, demanded all the spiritual herbs, and ordered his elder to kill Ji Changqing and capture Xiao Xun'er and Han Yue.
• Liu Fei and Bai Cheng betrayed Ji Changqing, while Liu Qing could only watch as the blood-robed elder attacked him.
• Ji Changqing stopped the elder in midair, crushed his bones, and burned him to ash with azure-blue flames.
• Liu Qing told Liu Fei and Bai Cheng to apologize to Ji Changqing, and both agreed in fear.
• Fan Ling recognized Ji Changqing as the Holy Son who had destroyed Maple City and begged him to forgive the Blood Sect.

Ji Changqing let Fan Ling and the Blood Sect kill Liu Fei and Bai Cheng while he watched, then left the gorge with Xiao Xun'er and Han Yue. After sensing an azure cloud racing toward the Blood Sect, he concluded that the sect should be wiped out.

• Fan Ling turned to attack Liu Qing, Liu Fei, and Bai Cheng after Ji Changqing told him to continue what he had been doing.
• Liu Fei and Bai Cheng begged Ji Changqing for help, but he remained indifferent while the Blood Sect members attacked.
• Fan Ling killed Liu Fei and Bai Cheng, while Liu Qing survived and left with Liu Fei's body.
• Ji Changqing told Liu Qing he had no reason to save them, then left the gorge with Xiao Xun'er and Han Yue after they gathered the Spirit Grass.
• Ji Changqing sensed an azure cloud flying toward the Blood Sect and decided the sect should be wiped out.

Ji Changqing learned that the Blood Sect had been annihilated by a Misty Cloud Sect senior after it killed two Jia Nan Academy students. More than a year later, Ji Changqing broke through to One-star Dou Saint, while his immense aura continued to threaten the academy’s Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower.

• Su Qian heard how Liu Fei and Bai Cheng had mocked and betrayed Ji Changqing and apologized to him for their conduct.
• Ji Changqing told Su Qian that a Misty Cloud Sect senior had already gone to the Blood Sect, and two elders confirmed that golden flames had destroyed the sect and killed everyone there.
• Su Qian asked Ji Changqing to thank the Misty Cloud Sect senior, and Ji Changqing returned to his residence with Xiao Xun'er and Han Yue after receiving condolences and compensation.
• More than a year later, Ji Changqing broke through from Nine-star Nine-revolution Dou Zun to One-star Dou Saint in the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower.
• Ji Changqing briefly released his aura, causing his formations to collapse, then restrained it before it could damage the tower.
• Ji Changqing recalled that the Gu Clan had twice failed to defeat him, including when it sent a Nine Star Dou Venerate.

After a year at Jia Nan Academy, Ji Changqing learned that the Three-Year Agreement was approaching and returned to the Misty Cloud Sect. He reunited with Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Nalan Yanran, who eagerly reminded him of the agreement.

• Ji Changqing spent time with Xiao Xun'er, Han Yue, and Zi Yan, whose cultivation had advanced under his guidance.
• An Inner Academy deacon delivered Ji Changqing a letter announcing that the Three-Year Agreement was near.
• Ji Changqing decided to return to the Misty Cloud Sect to watch Nalan Yanran face Xiao Yan, while Xiao Xun'er and Han Yue declined to go with him.
• Ji Changqing traveled through a wormhole to the Misty Cloud Sect and arrived at its Council Hall.
• After Yun Yun dismissed the gathered experts, Nalan Yanran embraced Ji Changqing and reminded him not to forget the Three-Year Agreement.

Ji Changqing returned to the Misty Cloud Sect and discussed Nalan Yanran’s upcoming Three-Year Agreement with Xiao Yan. As dawn broke, Xiao Yan left the imperial city and headed to the sect for their battle.

• Ji Changqing reunited with Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Nalan Yanran at the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Yun asked whether Nalan Yanran was confident about the Three-Year Agreement.
• Ji Changqing warned Nalan Yanran that Xiao Yan had won the alchemy competition, controlled a Heavenly Flame, and was a fourth-grade alchemist, but Nalan Yanran remained confident in her training.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran about her and Ji Changqing’s past encounter with Xiao Yan in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, and Ji Changqing asked Nalan Yanran to go easy on him.
• Xiao Yan reached the Da Dou Shi realm after taking a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, but his teacher did not awaken despite being nourished by the Seven Illusory Green Spirit Saliva.
• Xiao Yan resolved to fight Nalan Yanran for the sake of his three years of hard work, prepared himself overnight, and set out for the Misty Cloud Sect at dawn.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to fulfill the Three-Year Agreement and discovered Ji Changqing among the sect’s powerful guests. After Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan exchanged formal words, their duel began, leaving Xiao Yan’s opening strike smashed into the plaza as Nalan Yanran darted in to counterattack.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect and announced that he had come to fulfill the Three-Year Agreement.
• Ya Fei, Hai Bodong, Fama, Jia Xingtian, and Nalan Jie discussed Xiao Yan and the likely outcome while Ji Changqing sensed Yao Lao’s awakened soul force.
• Xiao Yan recognized Ji Changqing from the Monster Beast Mountain Range and realized he might be the Misty Cloud Sect’s Holy Son.
• Yun Leng announced the rules, and Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan exchanged respectful words before beginning their match.
• Xiao Yan charged and swung his Black Heavy Ruler at Nalan Yanran, but she evaded the blow and rushed toward him.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran exchanged powerful attacks during their duel, and Xiao Yan revealed two flames before beginning to fuse them. The chapter ended with a yellow-and-purple fire lotus forming above his palm as its violent energy spread.

• Nalan Yanran struck Xiao Yan with enough force to split his hands and drive him backward, while she summoned the Azure Wave Dragon Girl Body.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran's attacks collided, sending both fighters flying backward before Xiao Yan recovered and praised her strength.
• Xiao Yan ate a medicinal pill and revealed Beast Fire alongside the Profound Yellow Flame, alarming the spectators.
• Nalan Yanran stayed back as Xiao Yan brought the two flames together and fused them into a rotating yellow-and-purple fire lotus.

Xiao Yan unleashed his Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, but Nalan Yanran survived and revealed that she had reached the Dou Wang realm. When Yao Lao awakened and took control of Xiao Yan to counterattack, Ji Changqing sent his soul force into Nalan Yanran.

• Xiao Yan launched his Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus at Nalan Yanran, and Yun Yun solidified the space around the square to contain the blast.
• Nalan Yanran emerged unharmed behind a cracked cyan barrier and revealed her Dou Qi Wings, shocking the spectators with her Dou Wang strength.
• Nalan Yanran struck at Xiao Yan, who accepted defeat until Yao Lao awakened and took control of his body.
• Yao Lao repelled Nalan Yanran with Xiao Yan's ruler and mocked the Misty Cloud Sect's teaching.
• Ji Changqing closed his eyes and poured his soul force into Nalan Yanran.

Yao Chen, possessing Xiao Yan, clashed with the mysterious expert possessing Nalan Yanran after both revealed their hidden power. Their opposing attacks tore through space, leaving the Misty Cloud Square and its spectators in danger.

• Yun Shan, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian sensed a powerful soul within Xiao Yan, while Yun Yun trusted that the Misty Cloud Sect's mysterious senior could protect Nalan Yanran.
• Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yan and demanded to know who had intervened on Nalan Yanran's behalf.
• The mysterious expert possessing Nalan Yanran revealed herself and challenged Yao Chen, who accepted the fight despite his greatly diminished strength.
• Yao Chen unleashed Flame Splitting Wave Palm, while Nalan Yanran's possessor summoned a Dragon Girl and answered with Azure Wave Dragon Girl Body.
• Their attacks collided, filling Misty Cloud Square with steam and an energy gale that ripped open space and terrified the spectators.

“Nalan Yanran” overwhelmed “Xiao Yan” in their duel and revealed control of five Heavenly Flames, leaving the spectators stunned. She privately identified “Xiao Yan” as Yao Chen and exposed that she knew his history and trump card, while Ji Changqing remained asleep in the stands.

• Yun Yun stopped the spreading spatial cracks as the energy storm dissipated, revealing “Xiao Yan” blasted across the plaza and “Nalan Yanran” standing unharmed.
• “Xiao Yan” recognized “Nalan Yanran’s” powerful soul force and refused to end the duel, then summoned his Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Profound Yellow Flame.
• “Nalan Yanran” produced stronger versions of those flames along with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, Yin Yang Twin Flames, and Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Flame.
• The spectators and Misty Cloud Sect members were astonished by “Nalan Yanran’s” five Heavenly Flames, while Yun Yun noticed Ji Changqing was still asleep.
• “Nalan Yanran” privately named “Xiao Yan” as Yao Chen and said she knew about his disciple and the Burning Art, causing Yao Chen to demand her identity.

Yao Lao admitted defeat to the mysterious power behind Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Yan accepted the end of the Three-Year Agreement. When the Mo Clan accused Xiao Yan of killing its patriarch, Ji Changqing stopped Yun Leng from detaining him, leaving the decision over the accusation in Ji Changqing’s hands.

• Yao Lao recognized the mysterious expert’s overwhelming power, admitted defeat, and told Xiao Yan to leave the mountain.
• Xiao Yan thanked the Misty Cloud Sect and began to depart, but Ge Ye identified him as the person who had killed Mo Cheng.
• The Mo Clan’s new patriarch demanded justice, and Yun Leng ordered Xiao Yan to stay and explain himself.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that he feared the force behind the Misty Cloud Sect and urged him to escape, but Xiao Yan turned back, ready to stand with his teacher.
• Ji Changqing ordered Yun Leng to return to his seat, then faced the Mo Clan patriarch’s renewed plea for justice.

Ji Changqing condemned the Mo Clan’s forbidden practices, while Yun Yun expelled the clan from the Misty Cloud Sect and ordered an investigation. After Xiao Yan accepted his defeat and returned home, he learned the Misty Cloud Sect had driven off mysterious Soul Hall figures; he then set out for the Black Corner Region, thinking of Xun'er.

• Ji Changqing exposed Mo Cheng’s forbidden cultivation and condemned the Mo Clan, prompting Yun Yun to expel the clan and send Misty Cloud Sect enforcers to Mo City.
• Xiao Yan thanked Ji Changqing for standing for righteousness, while Ji Changqing returned the salute and the assembled factions congratulated Yun Yun and the Misty Cloud Sect.
• At the banquet, Nalan Yanran asked Ji Changqing why he seemed guilty toward Xiao Yan, but he denied feeling that way.
• On his way to Wutan City, Xiao Yan learned from Yao Lao that Jia Nan Academy held a Heavenly Flame and resolved to grow stronger and catch up with Nalan Yanran and Ji Changqing.
• Back in Wutan City, Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that black-mist figures had passed over the city and that the Misty Cloud Sect may have driven them away; he also reminded Xiao Yan to protect the Ancient Jade.
• After two days at home, Xiao Yan left for the Black Corner Region, thinking of Xun'er as he arrived.

Xiao Yan learned that Ji Changqing and the Misty Cloud Sect had killed Han Feng and destroyed the Blood Sect, bringing peace to the Black Corner Region. Yao Lao revealed Han Feng’s betrayal, and Xiao Yan concluded that he owed the Misty Cloud Sect another favor.

• A merchant caravan entered the Black Corner Region, where the steward explained that the region had grown peaceful after a Misty Cloud Sect expert killed the Medicine Emperor and the Blood Sect Leader.
• Xiao Yan trembled when he heard that the Medicine Emperor was Han Feng, and Yao Lao’s ring flared with white flame.
• The steward recounted how Ji Changqing killed Han Feng after Han Feng kidnapped his girlfriend, then destroyed the Blood Sect after its Young Sect Master crossed him.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Han Feng had been his first disciple and had conspired with the Soul Hall to betray him.
• Xiao Yan said he owed the Misty Cloud Sect a favor for killing Han Feng, adding that he already owed them three favors in total.