Chapter Summaries

At the Far North’s highest peak, Zhang Qingxuan completed the Threefold Reverse Life cultivation art and created the Sutra of Innate Qi and Mortal Shedding, then demonstrated its power before returning toward the Li Family with Xiao Bai. In Spirit City, Li Yingxue lamented how easily she surpassed her peers while Yang Wanqing praised Zhang Qingxuan’s guidance.

• Zhang Qingxuan checked in at the Far North and obtained the Threefold Reverse Life cultivation method.
• He used his knowledge and the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram to revise the method’s three stages and create the Sutra of Innate Qi and Mortal Shedding.
• Zhang Qingxuan activated the new art, displayed newly born Innate Qi and greater strength, and briefly turned his hair white.
• He told Xiao Bai they would return to the Li Family, and she followed without asking about his transformation.
• In Spirit City, Li Yingxue complained that her peers were too easy to beat, and Yang Wanqing credited her progress to Zhang Qingxuan’s guidance.

Li Yingxue reacted with alarm at the thought of her brother marrying, while Yang Wanqing reminded Li Yuntian of an old marriage arrangement he had made with the Lin Family. Yang Wanqing decided to tell her daughter before the Lin Family might arrive, leaving Li Yuntian to face the consequences of his promise.

• Li Yingxue became angry when Yang Wanqing teased that Li Yuntian might someday have many sisters-in-law, then insisted he could not marry until she agreed.
• Yang Wanqing asked Li Yuntian about a marriage arrangement, and he recalled promising a Lin Family couple that their children would marry after they saved him and Yang Wanqing.
• Li Yuntian suggested marrying their daughter to honor his promise, so Yang Wanqing scolded him for ignoring their daughter's wishes and ordered him to explain the matter himself.
• Li Yuntian worried that the old promise would stand between his daughter and Qingxuan, while Yang Wanqing headed to tell their daughter about the arrangement.

The Fallen Soul Masters’ leaders gathered to respond to Spirit Hall’s intensified hunts, funded by the Li Family, and agreed to prepare for a major war. The Necromancer Douluo set a two-year deadline to find a way to overcome Qian Daoliu, whose Angel Domain had once defeated and scarred him.

• Fallen Soul Masters complained that Spirit Hall’s pursuit squads and lucrative bounties had made their lives increasingly dangerous.
• Blood Scythe Douluo, Magic Sword Douluo, and Blood Demon Douluo urged the Necromancer Douluo to lead them into a fight against Spirit Hall.
• The Necromancer Douluo agreed to prepare for two years and vowed to find a way to deal with Qian Daoliu.
• The three leaders agreed to wait and use the time to gather strength and stockpile blood food.
• The Necromancer Douluo recalled how Qian Daoliu’s Angel Domain had suppressed his Necromancy Domain and left him with a lasting sword scar, then vowed revenge.

After returning to Spirit City, Zhang Qingxuan spent a month creating cultivation arts and distributed them to his family and Xiao Bai. The chapter ended with Xiao Bai gratefully taking the two techniques he had prepared for her.

• Li Yingxue clung to Zhang Qingxuan and teased Xiao Bai, then pressed Xiao Bai for details about their trip after he left to prepare her a gift.
• Xiao Bai told Li Yingxue that she and Zhang Qingxuan had met two beautiful Title Douluo who had made a cooperation agreement with him, leaving Li Yingxue unsettled.
• Zhang Qingxuan spent a month in seclusion combining his martial insights into new cultivation arts.
• Zhang Qingxuan gave Li Yuntian the Nine Yang Divine Skill, Yang Wanqing the Nine Yin Manual, and Li Yingxue the Fire Virtue Yang Qi Art, warning them not to share the techniques outside the family.
• Zhang Qingxuan gave Xiao Bai the Void-Striding Steps and the Cold Ice Art to improve her movement and help her control her ice-element power.

Rumors spread that Qian Xunji had bought Whale Rubber because he was impotent, prompting Spirit Hall to arrest people who discussed it. The Clear Sky Sect turned the rumor into a public prank, while other powers reacted with suspicion or private amusement.

• Spirit Hall guards arrested three teahouse patrons for spreading rumors about Qian Xunji and ordered everyone present to register and remain in the city for three months.
• Tang Chen and Tang Zhen laughed at a report about Spirit Hall's Whale Rubber purchases, and Tang Li proposed sending Qian Xunji three pieces of Blood Jade Whale Glue as a mocking gift.
• Tang Chen assigned Tang Li to deliver the gift grandly, while Tang Zhen urged him to spread the story through travelers and storytellers.
• Ning Tianguang studied the rising Whale Rubber prices and suspected Qian Xunji did not care what people thought of the purchases.
• Yu Jingtian, the Heaven Dou Emperor, and the Star Luo Emperor privately reacted to the rumor with amusement.

Qian Xunji blamed his subordinates for making his need for Whale Rubber a continent-wide scandal, then failed to persuade the elders to share the humiliation. Seven days later, Zhang Qingxuan discovered Evil Soul Valley among the system’s check-in locations and set off to ask Qian Xunji about it.

• Qian Xunji berated three supervisors after their careless purchase order sparked rumors mocking his virility.
• Qian Xunji rushed to the Elder Palace to demand that the elders share the blame, but they threw him out and ordered him to keep quiet.
• Qian Daoliu and the elders agreed to leave Qian Xunji to bear the scandal alone.
• Seven days later, Zhang Qingxuan asked the system about check-in locations and learned that Evil Soul Valley was one of seven sites.
• Zhang Qingxuan decided to seek Qian Xunji’s knowledge of Evil Soul Valley and secretly headed for the Pope Palace.

Zhang Qingxuan received an Elf Egg after signing in at Pope Palace, then helped Qian Xunji turn the damaging Whale Rubber rumors into a plan to build future prestige and profit. He ended by asking Qian Xunji about Evil Soul Valley.

• Zhang Qingxuan signed in at Pope Palace and obtained an Elf Egg that the system confirmed would not hatch into a Soul Beast.
• Qian Xunji told Zhang Qingxuan that rumors about his Whale Rubber purchases had damaged his reputation and that the elders had refused to share the blame.
• Zhang Qingxuan advised Qian Xunji to let the rumors spread while secretly expanding his Whale Rubber monopoly, then reveal its true benefits later.
• Qian Xunji took heart from Zhang Qingxuan's advice and imagined the major powers seeking Whale Rubber from him.
• Zhang Qingxuan asked Qian Xunji about Evil Soul Valley.

Zhang Qingxuan learned that Evil Soul Valley was guarded by the level-ninety-nine Necromancer Douluo and decided to seek strength at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well first. Qian Daoliu investigated Zhang Qingxuan’s hidden background and ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo to keep observing him without interfering.

• Qian Xunji told Zhang Qingxuan about Evil Soul Valley, its location in the Black Mist Mountain Range, and its powerful Necromancer Douluo.
• Zhang Qingxuan judged that confronting the Necromancer Douluo would be suicidal and set off for the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well in Sunset Forest to grow stronger.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo secretly followed Zhang Qingxuan and reported his exceptional power control and mysterious abilities to Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu showed Golden Crocodile Douluo a sparse dossier describing Zhang Qingxuan’s talent, adopted family, and suspected role in the Li Clan Chamber of Commerce.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo to continue observing Zhang Qingxuan without disturbing him, saying Spirit Hall should make him a friend rather than an enemy.

Zhang Qingxuan searched Sunset Forest for a natural blessed land, but instead encountered a White Flood Dragon and tried to recruit it after sensing its unusual fortune. The dragon repeatedly attacked him with lightning, yet his golden barrier remained intact as the battle continued.

• Zhang Qingxuan searched a lakeside area with his martial souls but found no sign of the blessed land.
• A White Flood Dragon emerged from the lake and attacked Zhang Qingxuan, whose golden barrier blocked its claw.
• Zhang Qingxuan sensed the flood dragon’s fortune and invited it to follow him, but it refused and gathered lightning from the storm clouds.
• The White Flood Dragon fired a massive lightning torrent at Zhang Qingxuan, but his barrier remained unharmed.
• Zhang Qingxuan taunted the flood dragon to keep attacking, and it unleashed a barrage of lightning bolts across the lakeshore.

Zhang Qingxuan tried to recruit the White Flood Dragon with roasted meat, wine, and the promise of a chance to transform into a dragon. When it refused, he used lightning to beat it unconscious, leaving their negotiation for the next day.

• Zhang Qingxuan stayed unharmed after the White Flood Dragon collapsed from the lightning strike.
• Zhang Qingxuan cooked meat and offered the White Flood Dragon food, wine, and a chance to transform into a dragon if it joined him.
• The White Flood Dragon rejected Zhang Qingxuan and turned away, so he unleashed lightning and attacked it.
• Zhang Qingxuan repeatedly struck the White Flood Dragon until it fainted, then returned to the fire and went to clean up.

Zhang Qingxuan subdued the White Flood Dragon and learned that it could lead him to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, which was guarded by a dangerous Queen Medusa. Confident he could defeat her, he set off with the dragon to claim the treasures there.

• The White Flood Dragon woke, remembered Zhang Qingxuan's lightning-powered beating, and agreed to follow him.
• Zhang Qingxuan told the dragon its chance to become a true dragon depended on its future service, then relented when he saw its disappointment.
• The White Flood Dragon revealed the location of a treasure-filled place guarded by Queen Medusa, and Zhang Qingxuan recognized it as the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• The White Flood Dragon warned Zhang Qingxuan that Queen Medusa could immobilize living creatures and turn them to stone with her gaze.
• Zhang Qingxuan dismissed the danger, and the White Flood Dragon led him into the forest toward the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Zhang Qingxuan reached the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well with the White Flood Dragon and defeated Queen Medusa, who had ambushed them. He claimed her Petrification Soul Bone and began examining the rare herbs growing around the spring.

• Zhang Qingxuan followed the White Flood Dragon to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and found its valley filled with rare herbs and dense energy.
• Queen Medusa ambushed Zhang Qingxuan and the White Flood Dragon with a Petrification beam, but Zhang Qingxuan blocked it with a golden barrier.
• Queen Medusa offered to yield the treasure land, but Zhang Qingxuan attacked her with Palm Lightning and killed her.
• Zhang Qingxuan retrieved Queen Medusa's head Soul Bone, which carried the ability of Petrification, and reassured the frightened White Flood Dragon.
• Zhang Qingxuan examined the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and identified several immortal-grade herbs, including Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.

Zhang Qingxuan received the Alchemy Canon at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and successfully condensed the Yin-Yang Creation Fire after many failed attempts. When he guided the new flame into his dantian, the Nine Profound Divine Thunder attacked it, leaving him scrambling to stop a clash inside his body.

• Zhang Qingxuan received the Alchemy Canon, gaining extensive knowledge of herbs, pill formulas, alchemy techniques, and strange flames.
• Zhang Qingxuan spent several days combining the Ice and Fire energies at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, failing thirty-five times to condense the Yin-Yang Creation Fire.
• Zhang Qingxuan successfully created the two-colored flame, and the White Flood Dragon recoiled from its intimidating aura.
• Zhang Qingxuan guided the Yin-Yang Creation Fire into his dantian, where the Nine Profound Divine Thunder surged out and attacked it.
• Zhang Qingxuan hurriedly tried to suppress the Nine Profound Divine Thunder before it could clash with the flame inside his body.

Zhang Qingxuan stabilized the forces in his dantian, protected the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well with a Heavenly Thunder Array, and refined a trove of powerful pills. The White Flood Dragon became fixated on the Creation Pills, sensing that they could help it evolve.

• Zhang Qingxuan found that the Yin-Yang Creation Fire withstood the Nine Profound Divine Thunder, then placed the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram between them to keep them in check.
• Zhang Qingxuan carved and activated a Heavenly Thunder Array around the valley to guard his pill refining.
• Zhang Qingxuan practiced refining lower-grade herbs for seven days, raising his success rate above seventy percent.
• Zhang Qingxuan used Heaven Spirit Grass, Red Sun Vermilion Fruit, and other ingredients to refine nine Creation Pills after three days and nights.
• Zhang Qingxuan refined many kinds of pills from the herbs around the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and filled thirty-six labeled white jade bottles.
• The White Flood Dragon awoke, focused on the Creation Pills, and felt its desire to evolve into a dragon ignite.

Zhang Qingxuan gave the White Flood Dragon a Creation Pill, and it survived the Dragon Transformation Tribulation to become a Five-Clawed White Dragon. As the dragon pledged itself to him, a hidden presence in the valley called for help, revealing that it had evaded Zhang Qingxuan’s divine sense and watched his actions.

• Zhang Qingxuan rewarded the White Flood Dragon with a Creation Pill, and it transformed into a cocoon.
• After three days, the cocoon hatched, and the White Flood Dragon faced the Dragon Transformation Tribulation.
• Zhang Qingxuan stopped the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram and Green Leaf Sword from interfering with the tribulation, then absorbed its remaining lightning after the White Dragon succeeded.
• The newly transformed Five-Clawed White Dragon asked whether Zhang Qingxuan could absorb Lightning Tribulations, and he confirmed that he could.
• A hidden voice begged Zhang Qingxuan to save them, and he realized something in the valley had escaped his divine sense and watched him.

Zhang Qingxuan discovered that Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot were intelligent immortal herbs whose life force was being drained by the Ice and Fire Origin beneath the springs, and agreed to help them after binding them as servants. Meanwhile, Li Yuntian told Yang Wanqing that he was transferring most of the Li Family’s businesses to Spirit Hall, leaving her worried about how the clan members would react.

• Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot revealed themselves to Zhang Qingxuan and asked him to defeat the Ice and Fire Origin draining their life force.
• The two immortal herbs explained that they would lose their intelligence within three years if the origin continued to consume their nourishment.
• Zhang Qingxuan weighed whether to help the herbs or take them for himself, then agreed to aid them in exchange for their eternal service.
• Zhang Qingxuan placed soul restrictions on Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, establishing them as his servants.
• Li Yuntian told Yang Wanqing that he had transferred most of the Li Family’s businesses to Spirit Hall and planned to finish within ten days to half a month.
• Yang Wanqing asked Li Yuntian what he planned to do about the clan members, fearing they would oppose the transfer.

Li Yuntian rejected his corrupt clansmen and told Qian Xunji to deal with them as the law required. After Spirit Hall punished the Li Family members, the survivors staged a protest at its gates, and Qian Xunji ordered their crimes read aloud before they were sent to prison.

• Li Yuntian told Yang Wanqing that he would not protect the Li Family members who had abandoned and betrayed them, and promised to devote himself to his family.
• Qian Xunji ordered Spirit Hall to punish Li Yuntian's clansmen impartially after learning of their crimes, with Li Yuntian's approval.
• Spirit Hall confiscated Li Family members' assets, expelled them from Spirit City, and executed several offenders.
• The old patriarch admitted the clan had brought its punishment upon itself, while the remaining members dispersed in anger.
• The surviving Li Family faction staged a public protest at Spirit Hall's gates, using children and accusations to draw a crowd.
• Qian Xunji gave a guard a scroll listing the clan's crimes and ordered him to read it aloud before sending the protesters to the deepest level of the prison.

The Li Clan members who tried to exploit Li Yuntian’s name were publicly exposed for their crimes and imprisoned. When the remaining clan members begged Li Yuntian to save them, he refused, and the old clan chief faced a young clansman ready to fight.

• A Spirit Hall guard read out evidence that the Li Clan members had committed crimes and betrayed Li Yuntian, and the crowd condemned them.
• Silver Armor Guards arrested the troublemaking Li Clan members and took them to prison.
• The old Li Clan chief led the remaining members to kneel outside Li Mansion and beg Li Yuntian to save the imprisoned clansmen.
• Yang Wanqing worried about the clan’s fate, but Li Yuntian said their betrayal had ended their familial ties and refused to help them.
• A guard ordered the old chief and his followers to leave, and a young clansman rose to fight before the chief pressed him back down.

After the Li Clan was driven out of Spirit City, Zhang Qingxuan reached the heart of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and met the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King. He refused their inheritance and their offer of Ice and Fire Origin in exchange for helping the Soul Beast race, leaving negotiations at an impasse.

• The old clan chief led the Li Clan out of Spirit City after a guard forced the young clansman back with his Soul Power.
• Zhang Qingxuan descended through the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and passed through a barrier into an underground plaza containing two enormous dragon skeletons and their origins.
• The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King appeared and offered Zhang Qingxuan their inheritance, but he refused, saying he would reach the Godhood Realm on his own.
• The Ice Dragon King offered the Ice and Fire Origin and the Dragon Kings’ insights into laws if Zhang Qingxuan would help restore the Soul Beast race.
• Zhang Qingxuan refused again, criticizing the Soul Beast race as divided and calling its members piglike teammates.

Zhang Qingxuan challenged the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King to explain the Soul Beast race’s defeat in the divine war before agreeing to cooperate with them. Their account revealed the Dragon God’s madness and the Silver Dragon King’s flight from battle, while Zhang Qingxuan hinted that her fate was worse than they believed and proposed a bet.

• Zhang Qingxuan insulted the Soul Beast race and demanded to know why it lost despite holding an advantage in the divine war.
• Zhang Qingxuan turned to leave, forcing the Ice Dragon King to reveal that the Dragon God had gone mad, wounded several Dragon Kings, and charged the five God Kings alone.
• Zhang Qingxuan asked about the Silver Dragon King’s role, and the Dragon Kings recalled that she had fled while the Golden Dragon King attacked indiscriminately.
• The Ice Dragon King insisted that the Silver Dragon King’s flight had been a temporary strategic retreat and claimed she was preparing to restore the Soul Beast race.
• Zhang Qingxuan suggested the Silver Dragon King might have been badly injured and, seeing that the Dragon Kings would not believe him, proposed a bet.