Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yuan offered the Snake People tribe the prospect of a Heavenly Soul Blood Bone Pill and brought Medusa to observe the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast’s evolution before helping her begin her own. After three hours in the Six Dragon Thunder Heavely Flame, Medusa’s body was nearly consumed, and Zhang Yuan sensed a new soul forming within her.

• Zhang Yuan showed the Snake People elders a Rank 7 Mid-grade Yin-Yang Life-Soul Pill, convincing them that his side could refine the Heavenly Soul Blood Bone Pill.
• Medusa agreed to help Zhang Yuan only if he counted the task for Origin Points and Mission Points, then traveled with him to the Ancient Void Realm.
• Zhang Yuan explained that the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast was using Dragon Qi to heal its injuries and evolve as it endured a lightning tribulation.
• The Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast survived the tribulation and began advancing, so Medusa chose to start her own evolution without waiting.
• Zhang Yuan used the Six Dragon Thunder Heavely Flame to temper Medusa, whose body shrank and became charred over three hours.
• Zhang Yuan sensed a unique bloodline fluctuation and realized Medusa’s evolution had not failed; a new soul had formed.

Zhang Yuan helped Medusa complete her evolution into a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, though her original consciousness remained asleep while the Purple Nether Flame Snake’s soul took control. After learning the Snake People elders had grown stronger with Medusa’s bloodline, he discovered a scale in their Sacred Pool that revealed the phantom of the Heavenly Snake Great Emperor.

• Zhang Yuan realized Medusa needed to undergo a lightning tribulation outside the Mysterious Yellow Flame Space and restored the vitality of her charred body with Dragon Qi.
• Zhang Yuan brought Medusa into the Inner Realm, where a lightning bolt struck her body as Xun Er, Qing Yanjing, and Xiao Yi Xian watched.
• Medusa’s old body burst apart, and a tiny Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python appeared; Zhang Yuan explained that Little Cai’s soul had taken control while Medusa slept.
• Zhang Yuan fed Little Cai Dragon Qi, and she grew fond of him before falling asleep on his arm.
• Zhang Yuan learned that Medusa’s evolution had helped the Snake People elders break through, then sensed an ancient creature’s phantom emerge from a golden scale in the Sacred Pool.
• Zhang Yuan recognized the phantom as the Heavenly Snake Great Emperor.

Zhang Yuan used Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to strengthen the Heavenly Snake Great Emperor’s phantom and obtain the Minor Divine Ability Soul Attachment. After mastering it, he demonstrated remote sword control and Sword Flight to Xiao Yan, who eagerly asked to learn it.

• Zhang Yuan realized that Qing Lin’s bloodline might help draw out the Heavenly Snake Great Emperor’s inheritance and called her to examine her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• When Qing Lin opened her eyes, Zhang Yuan received the Soul Attachment Divine Ability through the Thunder God Visualization Diagram.
• Zhang Yuan spent half a month studying Soul Attachment and successfully used it to control his Thunder Flame Sword from a distance.
• Zhang Yuan demonstrated the sword’s power and flew around Gravity Peak on it.
• Xiao Yan saw Zhang Yuan riding the sword, praised him, and asked to learn Sword Flight.

Zhang Yuan obtained Yao Chen’s Fire Demon Puppet refinement method and considered how to improve it, then returned to the Inner Realm to feed the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Dragon Qi. The python transformed into Medusa, who caught Zhang Yuan staring and asked whether he no longer wanted his eyes.

• Zhang Yuan explained that Sword Flight required Soul Power and offered to teach Xiao Yan its Soul Attachment divine ability.
• Zhang Yuan asked Yao Chen about refining powerful corpses into puppets, and Yao Chen gave him the Fire Demon Puppet refinement method.
• Yao Chen described how the Fire Demon Puppet used a Dou Emperor corpse, a Heavenly Flame, and a Sixth-tier Magic Core, and suggested Zhang Yuan might improve it.
• Zhang Yuan asked Yao Chen about his recovery and soul techniques, then hinted that he would soon have someone for Yao Chen to spar with.
• Zhang Yuan fed the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Dragon Qi and considered how to give Little Cai a body of her own.
• The Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python transformed into Medusa, who found Zhang Yuan looking at her and warned him to stop.

Zhang Yuan negotiated with Medusa over Little Cai and continued expanding Nine Abyss Mansion’s influence. When Gu He announced his plan to propose to Yun Yun, Zhang Yuan learned Yun Shan had arranged it without her consent and suspected Yun Shan was preparing to unify the Jia Ma Empire.

• Medusa tried to punch Zhang Yuan after he teased her, but she transformed back into the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python before striking him.
• Zhang Yuan agreed to help Little Cai obtain a new body in the future, while Medusa promised not to suppress her soul and to maintain a proper public attitude.
• Zhang Yuan arranged cooperation with the Snake People tribe, the Alchemist Guild, and the Mittel Family, then considered visiting Floating Mountain.
• Gu He told Zhang Yuan he planned to propose to Yun Yun, believing Yun Shan had secured her agreement.
• Yun Yun told Zhang Yuan she would refuse Gu He and was bewildered that Yun Shan had promised her hand in marriage.
• Zhang Yuan concluded that Yun Shan’s actions were part of a plan to unify the Jia Ma Empire.

Zhang Yuan and Yun Yun uncovered Yun Shan’s plan to use Gu He’s proposal to gather Jia Ma Empire’s powerful figures, then devised a way to turn the gathering into a trap for the Soul Hall. Yun Yun persuaded Yun Shan to acknowledge her Nine Abyss Token, and Zhang Yuan discovered a connection to the Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Zhang Yuan told Gu He that Yun Yun loved him and revealed Yun Shan’s ties to the Soul Hall, prompting Gu He to condemn the Soul Hall and vow to avenge Yao Chen.
• Yun Yun proposed using Gu He’s proposal to gather the empire’s powerful figures and expose the Soul Hall, while Zhang Yuan and Gu He agreed to blame Yun Leng for the arrangement.
• Gu He left to prepare for the plan and resolved to refine the Emperor Breaking Pill so he could fight the Soul Hall after advancing.
• Yun Yun visited Yun Shan and persuaded him that their Nine Abyss Tokens enabled long-distance communication.
• Yun Shan acknowledged his Nine Abyss Token, and Zhang Yuan followed its unusual fluctuation to a strange sea, where he recognized the Nihility Devouring Flame.

Zhang Yuan discovered and removed Nihility Devouring Flame’s influence from Yun Shan, learning a method to raise others’ soul realms and leaving a way to control Yun Shan once. Seven days later, as the Misty Cloud Sect prepared for a ceremony widely believed to be Gu He’s marriage proposal to Yun Yun, Yun Yun was reported to be hunting Yun Leng.

• Zhang Yuan devoured the tiny flame in Yun Shan’s soul, learned how its power could raise soul realms, and used the Five Dragon Thunder Gang Fire to cleanse Yun Shan’s corruption.
• Zhang Yuan placed a contingency in Yun Shan’s soul and learned Soul Hall methods for increasing strength and controlling souls through the Soul Attachment divine ability.
• Yun Shan awoke with his ambition diminished, realized his dealings with the Soul Hall had changed him, and resolved to pursue power less aggressively.
• Seven days later, invitations summoned Jia Ma Empire’s notable figures to the Misty Cloud Sect for a ceremony presumed to concern Gu He and Yun Yun.
• A violent explosion shook Floating Mountain the morning before the ceremony, and the gathered figures learned that Yun Yun was hunting Yun Leng.

Yun Yun publicly confronted Yun Leng for arranging Gu He's marriage proposal without her consent, while Yun Leng and Gu He accused each other of orchestrating the affair. Yun Shan appeared as a Dou Zong and sided with Yun Yun, leaving Yun Leng blamed as the people hiding in the shadows watched.

• Yun Yun revealed that Yun Leng had arranged a grand proposal from Gu He without telling her, and accused him of using the occasion to pressure her into accepting.
• Yun Leng claimed Old Sect Master Yun Shan had ordered the plan, prompting the gathered guests to realize Yun Shan might still be alive and had reached the Dou Zong realm.
• Yun Yun argued that Yun Leng had staged the proposal to test the empire's factions and force her to protect the sect's reputation.
• Gu He arrived and accused Yun Leng of using his name to arrange the proposal while he was in seclusion, though Yun Leng knew Gu He had previously agreed to it.
• Yun Leng summoned Yun Shan to defend him, but Yun Shan declared that he knew the full story and asked Yun Leng whether he admitted his guilt.

Yun Shan unexpectedly blamed Yun Leng for the marriage scheme and invited Jia Ma Empire’s prominent figures to celebrate his Dou Zong breakthrough and Misty Cloud Sect’s founding ceremony. As the gathering began, Zhang Yuan arrived with a Low-level Earth-tier Dou Technique as his congratulatory gift.

• Xiao Yan and Zhang Yuan watched Yun Shan protect Yun Yun, while Zhang Yuan wondered why events had diverged from his planned confrontation.
• Protector Wu and Protector Ying questioned Yun Shan’s change of course, but Yun Shan blamed Yun Leng and privately promised to compensate and promote him.
• Yun Leng fainted after Yun Shan made him bear responsibility, then secretly convinced himself that the old sect master was only using a temporary tactic.
• Yun Shan invited the gathered guests to Floating Mountain and announced a celebration of his breakthrough and the Misty Cloud Sect’s founding ceremony.
• Prominent families and leaders, including Mittel Tengshan, Nalan Jie, Fama, and Jia Xingtian, presented gifts and took their seats.
• Zhang Yuan arrived at the mountain gate and offered Yun Shan a Low-level Earth-tier Dou Technique.

At Yun Shan’s celebration, Zhang Yuan presented a Low-level Earth-tier Dou Technique and claimed the Misty Cloud Sect had joined the Nine Abyss Mansion, stunning the guests and confusing Yun Shan. Yun Yun explained that she had brought the sect into the mansion to protect them from Soul Hall, while Soul Hall’s protectors realized they had lost their hold on Yun Shan and turned their attention to Zhang Yuan.

• Zhang Yuan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect plaza on his sword and gave Yun Shan a Low-level Earth-tier Dou Technique as a congratulatory gift.
• Zhang Yuan said the Misty Cloud Sect was following him, leading the guests to conclude that Yun Shan had pledged the sect to the powerful Nine Abyss Mansion.
• Zhang Yuan took Yun Shan’s Yellow-tier Abyss Guard token, transferred its Soul Imprint to a Profound Grade token, and returned it after promoting Yun Shan.
• Yun Yun told Yun Shan through the token that she had joined the Nine Abyss Mansion to save him and the sect from Soul Hall, then publicly greeted Zhang Yuan as Mansion Master.
• Yun Shan reconsidered his cooperation with Soul Hall and asked Yun Yun to explain what had happened, while the guests assumed the mansion had helped him break through.
• Protector Ying blamed Protector Wu for failing to notice Yun Shan’s defection, and Protector Wu prepared to attack Zhang Yuan and the Nine Abyss Mansion.

Protector Wu and the Soul Hall attacked Yun Shan for breaking with them, but Yun Shan exposed their attempt to control him and fought back with help from the Misty Cloud Sect’s formation and Zhang Yuan. Protector Tie moved against Zhang Yuan, and Little Yan arrived to stop him, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Protector Ying ordered Protector Wu to make Yun Shan submit and destroy Nine Abyss Mansion, so Protector Wu led Protector Tie and several Soul Emissaries to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Shan revealed that the Soul Hall had secretly planted a method to control him, and Protector Wu failed to activate its Black Flame Soul Seal.
• Protector Wu attacked Zhang Yuan, but Yun Shan intercepted him and fought him with the Misty Cloud Sect’s support through the Cloud Smoke Overturning Sun Formation.
• Silver flames from Zhang Yuan swallowed Protector Wu’s black mist and helped Yun Shan’s aura surge as the formation’s energy merged into him.
• Protector Tie attacked Zhang Yuan, but Little Yan appeared on a Flying Sword and knocked away his chain.

Xiao Yan borrowed Old Yao’s power to fight Protector Tie while Yun Shan battled Protector Wu, who trapped both Dou Zong fighters and sent five Soul Emissaries after Zhang Yuan. Zhang Yuan answered by revealing five Nine Abyss Mansion Abyss Guards, each powerful enough to intercept a Soul Emissary.

• Xiao Yan identified himself as a member of the Nine Abyss Mansion and fought Protector Tie with borrowed power from Old Yao.
• Yun Shan used the Cloud Smoke Overturning Sun Formation to battle Protector Wu, while Xiao Yan experienced the techniques and power of a Dou Zong fight.
• Protector Wu and Protector Tie combined their chains to trap Yun Shan and Xiao Yan, then ordered five Soul Emissaries to attack Zhang Yuan.
• Zhang Yuan dismissed the threat of five Dou Emperors, and Hai Bodong, Gu He, Qin Zhendong, Fama, and Jia Xingtian revealed themselves as Abyss Guards.
• The five Abyss Guards attacked and intercepted the Soul Hall’s five Dou Emperor-level Soul Emissaries.

The Nine Abyss Mansion’s influence stunned the Jia Ma Empire as its powerful leaders joined Zhang Yuan’s side during the battle with the Soul Hall. Zhang Yuan then sent the evolved Nether Sea Flood Dragon to crush Protector Tie, while Xiao Yan and Yun Shan continued fighting Protector Wu.

• Hai Bodong, Gu He, Fama, Qin Zhendong, and Jia Xingtian revealed their ties to the Nine Abyss Mansion and joined forces against the Soul Hall’s five Soul Emissaries.
• Ya Fei, Nalan Su, and Mu Zhan each moved to support the Mansion’s allies, prompting other factions to consider the empire’s shifting power structure.
• Xiao Yan broke the chained prison and resumed fighting Protector Tie while Yun Shan battled Protector Wu, who warned that their borrowed strength would fade.
• Zhang Yuan ended his chess game, recalled Xiao Yan, and summoned Yin Ming, the Nether Sea Flood Dragon.
• Yin Ming emerged as a Seventh-Rank Magical Beast and overwhelmed Protector Tie with water tornadoes and a crushing Dragon Claw strike.

Yin Ming, Jia Xingtian, Gu He, Qin Zhendong, Hai Bodong, and Fama used powerful Dou Artifacts and abilities to capture the Soul Hall fighters. As the spectators marveled at the artifacts, Zhang Yuan ordered Yin Ming to keep Protector Tie alive, suspecting the Soul Hall had more hidden cards.

• Yin Ming imprisoned Protector Tie in a waterspout cage and beat him down, while Jia Xingtian sealed a Peak Dou Emperor Soul Emissary with the Three-Origin Heavy Earth and three Earth Origin Pearls.
• Princess Yaoye explained the Earth Origin Pearls and described other Dou Artifacts refined by Zhang Yuan.
• Gu He used the Green Lotus Cauldron to suppress a Soul Hall Soul Emissary, and Qin Zhendong joined Mu Chen, Nalan Jie, and Mittel Tengshan in defeating another.
• Hai Bodong froze his opponent with the Magic Mirror Ice Crystal, while Fama suppressed his own opponent inside a small tower.
• After the spectators marveled at the Dou Artifacts and all five Soul Hall Soul Emissaries were captured, Zhang Yuan ordered Yin Ming to capture Protector Tie alive.

Zhang Yuan’s forces overwhelmed the Soul Hall Protectors, but Protector Ying finally appeared as a Peak Dou Zong to rescue them. Xiao Yan revealed that Nine Abyss Mansion had a Peak Dou Zong of its own, and Zhang Yuan prepared to trap the powerful newcomer.

• Zhang Yuan ordered the Nether Sea Flood Dragon to keep Protector Tie alive, while Protector Wu split himself into two figures and helped Tie escape the water tornado barrier.
• Medusa and Ling Ying struck from surprise, driving Protector Tie back into the barrier and destroying Protector Wu’s soul-made duplicate; Zhang Yuan shattered the Life Soul Chain, severely weakening Wu.
• Medusa and Ling Ying joined Yun Shan in suppressing the injured Protectors, while Xiao Yan laughed at Wu’s familiar boast and provoked him into calling for Protector Ying.
• Protector Ying tore open the Cloud Smoke Overturning Sun Formation and used chains to pull both Protectors toward him, revealing himself as a Peak Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan announced that Nine Abyss Mansion had a Peak Dou Zong too, and a phantom emerged from his body as Zhang Yuan prepared a barrier to keep Protector Ying from escaping.

Zhang Yuan and the others trapped the Soul Hall protectors in a spatial barrier while Old Yao fought Protector Ying, then Zhang Yuan used the Thunder Emperor Finger to defeat all three Dou Zongs. The protectors were captured, and Zhang Yuan prepared to carry out his next plan as Yun Shan accepted Yun Yun as the Misty Cloud Sect Master.

• Yun Yun withdrew the Cloud Smoke Overturning Sun Formation, allowing Protector Ying to appear and seal the area with a spatial barrier.
• Old Yao fought Protector Ying with the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, countering the Soul Hall's soul-binding chains.
• Zhang Yuan activated the Five Elements Spirit Turtle Pearl with help from Yun Shan, Ling Ying, Medusa, the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast, and Jia Xingtian, sealing space around the fighters.
• Zhang Yuan used the Thunder Emperor Finger, strengthened by Old Yao's power and Pill Lightning, to defeat Protector Ying, Protector Tie, and Protector Wu.
• Zhang Yuan captured the three protectors, sent Xiao Yan and the others to the Ancient Void Realm, and disappeared toward the highest peak to begin his next plan.
• Yun Shan told Yun Yun that she should remain Misty Cloud Sect Master and resolved to grow stronger by studying the Nine Abyss Token.

After integrating the Misty Cloud Sect and the royal family into the Nine Abyss Mansion, Zhang Yuan refined Protector Ying into a puppet and tempered his body with lightning. The chapter ended when Qing Yanjing broke through to Dou Wang and a profound aura suggested she might be ascending.

• Yun Yun announced that the Misty Cloud Sect had joined the Nine Abyss Mansion, while Jia Xingtian made the same announcement for the royal family and Hai Bodong publicized Mittel's Dou Artifact auction.
• News of the battle and Zhang Yuan's strength spread through the Jia Ma Empire and neighboring empires as influential figures descended the mountain to prepare for the auction.
• Zhang Yuan devoured Protector Ying's memories and Soul Power, nourished Old Yao and the girls, and preserved Protector Ying's last wisp of soul.
• Zhang Yuan refined Protector Ying's body into a puppet and redirected its lightning tribulation into his own body to temper himself.
• Old Yao urged Xiao Yan to work harder and try to devour the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Zhang Yuan noticed that Qing Yanjing had broken through to Dou Wang and sensed a profound aura around her that suggested she might be ascending.

After Qing Yanjing broke through to Dou Wang, she awakened inherited memories revealing an extraordinary physique and spirit-array talent. She told Zhang Yuan that her inheritance included a High-grade Heaven Spirit Array, leaving him stunned by its potential.

• Qing Yanjing's breakthrough suppressed Xiao Yi Xian, Xun Er, and Qing Lin, who suspected she possessed a powerful special physique.
• Zhang Yuan arrived and explained that Qing Yanjing was awakening inherited memories, then confirmed that her physique surpassed Xun Er's bloodline.
• Qing Yanjing revealed that her memories taught her spirit-array knowledge up to Heaven-grade and offered to help Zhang Yuan.
• Zhang Yuan explained that spirit arrays could come from a world beyond the Dou Qi Continent, and Qing Yanjing considered whether she should use her inheritance.
• Qing Yanjing named the Zhou Tian Star River Array as the strongest array in her memories, astonishing Zhang Yuan with its High-grade Heaven classification.

Zhang Yuan explained his Soul Hall Half-Saint inheritance and planned for Qing Yanjing to study Spirit Arrays and help manage the Northwest Continent’s Fire Vein Arrays. News of Nine Abyss Mansion’s growing power reached neighboring factions, leaving the Mulan Empire preparing for war and Xie Biyan seeking an alliance with the Soul Hall.

• Zhang Yuan told Xun Er, Qing Yanjing, and the other women about his Half-Saint inheritance, the Profound Yellow Gate’s lost treasure vault, and the Fire Vein Arrays.
• Zhang Yuan urged Qing Yanjing to study Spirit Arrays so she could eventually manage the Fire Vein Arrays with him.
• After learning about Nine Abyss Mansion’s power, Yan Luotian ordered the Golden Goose Sect’s Great Elder to contact it and convey their wish to join.
• The Mulan Three Elders rejected joining Nine Abyss Mansion and prepared for war, while Xie Biyan decided to seek help from the Soul Hall.
• Xie Biyan reached a black-mist-covered mountain range, where a late-stage Dou Zong Soul Hall figure greeted him.

Zhang Yuan controlled Protector Ying’s body to meet Xie Biyan, who sought Soul Hall’s help against Nine Abyss Mansion and offered the Myriad Scorpion Gate’s support. After agreeing to cooperate against the Jia Ma Empire and Misty Cloud Sect, Xie Biyan received a Nine Abyss Token, just as Soul Hall’s Elder summoned Protector Ying to the branch.

• Zhang Yuan reasoned that Xie Biyan had come to seek Soul Hall’s aid against Nine Abyss Mansion and used Protector Ying’s body to meet him.
• Xie Biyan offered to help Soul Hall deal with the Jia Ma Empire and Misty Cloud Sect, believing Zhang Yuan’s strength had been exaggerated and Protector Ying wanted revenge.
• Protector Ying agreed to work with the Myriad Scorpion Gate and told Xie Biyan to contact the Luoyan Empire and Mulan Empire to help destroy the Jia Ma Empire.
• Zhang Yuan gave Xie Biyan a paired Nine Abyss Token, which could let them communicate and could bind Xie Biyan to Zhang Yuan’s control.
• Soul Hall’s Elder summoned Protector Ying to the branch, and Zhang Yuan welcomed the unexpected help.