Chapter Summaries

Li Changqing forced the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan to surrender their Rings of Holding after capturing Jiufeng, then joined the experts charging into the Black Plains. As the Beast Tide ravaged the procession, the Hun Clan and Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan remained near the front in good condition and approached the blockade.

• Li Changqing took the Rings of Holding from Fire Phoenix and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, then let them carry the injured Jiufeng away.
• The watching experts praised Li Changqing’s alchemy, while Xiao Yan felt relieved and Hun Yu worried about having offended him.
• After several days, Hun Yu led the gathered experts into the Black Plains, and Li Changqing told Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King to conserve their Dou Qi.
• Li Changqing’s group fought through the Beast Tide as Fire Phoenix burned Ferocious Beasts at the front and Jiufeng glared at Li Changqing before backing down from his threat.
• The Beast Tide killed many experts and exhausted survivors, while the Hun Clan and Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan remained in good condition near the blockade.

Li Changqing and the other groups reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree and faced five Half-Saint puppets protecting its opportunity. He revealed the Yin-Yang Sword and took on one puppet alone, leaving the others to the assembled clans and fighters.

• Li Changqing led the groups toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree despite Hun Yu's warning that Half-Saints had disappeared there.
• The groups spotted the Bodhi Heart, and five Half-Saint puppets emerged from spheres of branches.
• Li Changqing explained that the Half-Saints were soulless puppets and announced that he would fight one alone.
• Li Changqing revealed the Yin-Yang Sword, impressing Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er with its power, and the groups divided the remaining puppets among themselves.
• Li Changqing charged his puppet and severed its right hand with one sword strike, but the puppet sacrificed its arm to stop the Yin-Yang Flame from spreading.

Li Changqing and Xiao Yan defeated the Half-Saint puppets and reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where Li Changqing revealed he had advanced to Two-Star Dou Sheng. They discovered a fallen Dou Di's resentment was corrupting the tree and began cleansing it with refined Bodhi Seeds in exchange for the Hundred-Life Reincarnation.

• Fire Phoenix and the other groups destroyed their Half-Saint puppets, though the hastily assembled teams lost four Dou Zun experts; Li Changqing concealed his strength before swiftly destroying his puppet.
• The experts approached the Bodhi Ancient Tree and were drawn into illusions, but Kunpeng True Blood protected Li Changqing and a Bodhi Seed helped Xiao Yan awaken.
• Li Changqing used his Soul Force to keep the others asleep, then told Xiao Yan he had reached Two-Star Dou Sheng and promised him a great opportunity.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree showed them the remnant resentment of a Dou Di who had been slain there, revealing that the resentment had corrupted the tree.
• Li Changqing and Xiao Yan offered to cleanse the Bodhi Ancient Tree with Heavenly Flames in return for experiencing the Hundred-Life Reincarnation, and refined Bodhi Seeds until the tree released a wisp of black Qi.

Li Changqing and Xiao Yan finished purging the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s resentment and cultivated with its gifts, raising their strength substantially. Li Changqing then discovered and took a sealed drop of Dou Di Blood, planning to purge its resentment himself before considering giving it to the Hun Clan.

• Li Changqing took two Bodhi Seeds while Xiao Yan kept the rest, then Xiao Yan absorbed the Bodhi Heart.
• Li Changqing and Xiao Yan meditated on cushions from the Bodhi Ancient Tree for a month, reaching five-star Dou Sheng and peak mid-Heaven soul realm for Li Changqing, and nine-turn Dou Venerate peak for Xiao Yan.
• Li Changqing searched the space and asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree to hand over a hidden danger it could not handle.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree produced a heavily sealed drop of Dou Di Blood containing Dou Di Origin, and Li Changqing identified it.
• Li Changqing contained the blood’s resentment with Yin-Yang Power and stored it, intending to purge it himself before resorting to offering it to the Hun Clan.

Li Changqing and Xiao Yan pretended to have missed the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s opportunities as its space collapsed, then left with their companions. After escaping Fire Phoenix’s demand for an antidote, Li Changqing met Xiao Yan’s group as they divided the Bodhi Seeds.

• Li Changqing and Xiao Yan played unconscious to hide that they had taken the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s opportunities, and Xiao Yan suppressed his cultivation.
• As the space began to shatter, Xiao Yan led the Gu Clan and Starfall Pavilion group out, followed by Li Changqing and the other factions.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree sank underground, and Fire Phoenix confronted Li Changqing for Jiufeng’s antidote; Li Changqing revealed that the pill had only been sugar.
• Li Changqing flew away with Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King while Fire Phoenix secretly tracked his location through the Soul Imprint on his Ring of Holding.
• Li Changqing found Xiao Yan and the others dividing the Bodhi Seeds, and the group watched him warily.

Li Changqing returned to Xiao Yan with news about his father, then went back to the Soul World and accepted Hun Xuzi’s help to advance his cultivation. He left Xiao Yan worried about Xiao Zhan’s captivity and prepared to cultivate toward Half-Saint under the Hun Clan’s plan.

• Li Changqing reassured Xiao Yan that the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s son had reached Five-Star Dou Zong and was safe at Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan asked about his captured father, and Li Changqing admitted he had seen Xiao Zhan in the Soul World but could not rescue him without risking his position.
• Li Changqing promised to look after Xiao Zhan if danger arose, then left with Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King for the Soul World Entrance.
• After Li Changqing left, Gu Qingyang warned Xiao Yan that Li Changqing’s standing in the Hun Clan was likely high, while Xiao Yan turned to dividing the Bodhi Seeds.
• Back in the Soul World, Li Changqing told Hun Xuzi that no one had obtained Bodhi Seeds, and Hun Xuzi gave him a Dou Sheng’s essence blood to speed his cultivation toward Half-Saint.

Li Changqing gave Hun Xuzi’s Dou Sheng essence blood to Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King, then spent six months cultivating while considering the Hun Clan’s plans. After the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan abandoned its search near the Soul World, Li Changqing revealed his Half-Saint cultivation and began learning about ninth-grade pills from Hun Xuzi.

• Hun Xuzi gave Li Changqing a drop of Dou Sheng essence blood, which Li Changqing split between Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King because it was too weak to help him.
• Fire Phoenix led Phoenix and other Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan members to the Soul World Entrance by following the Soul Imprint on Li Changqing’s Ring of Holding.
• Two Hun Clan Dou Zuns drove Fire Phoenix and Phoenix away, and Phoenix concluded that Li Changqing was likely inside the Soul World and warned Fire Phoenix not to provoke the Hun Clan.
• After half a year, Li Changqing staged a breakthrough to Half-Saint and went to Hun Xuzi, who began teaching him the three classifications of ninth-grade pills.

Li Changqing became a Ninth-Rank Alchemist after refining a Ninth Grade Precious Pill, then decided to leave the oppressive Soul World to seek faster ways to improve his cultivation. He asked Hun Xuzi for permission to travel for about ten years, promising to return if the Hun Clan needed him.

• Hun Xuzi demonstrated how to refine a Ninth Grade Precious Pill and gave Li Changqing his alchemy experience book and access to the Hun Clan's medicinal supplies.
• After half a year of practice, Li Changqing refined a Ninth Grade Precious Pill, using his Yin-Yang Sword to absorb the Black Devil Lightning and then erasing the pill's sentience.
• Li Changqing swallowed the pill and gained only a slight increase in cultivation, so he concluded he needed rarer pills or other opportunities to reach eight-star Dou Sheng before Hun Tiandi obtained the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill.
• Li Changqing asked Hun Xuzi for permission to leave the Soul World, explaining that he wanted to travel the continent for around ten years.
• Hun Xuzi worried that Li Changqing might be away when the Hun Clan obtained the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, and Li Changqing promised he could return quickly if summoned.

After advancing to Late Six-Star Dou Sheng, Li Changqing decided to take cultivation resources from the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan to repay their earlier attempt to hunt him. He forced his way into their territory and told Patriarch Huang Tian he had come to borrow resources.

• Li Changqing accepted Hun Xuzi’s Soul Imprint, then took rare medicinal materials from the Hun Clan’s treasury before leaving the Soul World with Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Li Changqing spent a year refining Ninth-Grade Profound Pills and advanced to Late Six-Star Dou Sheng, but lacked further resources.
• Remembering that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan had sent Thunder Phoenix after him, Li Changqing decided to rob the clan and traveled there with Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Li Changqing killed two Dou Zuns who challenged his entry and released his presence across the clan’s territory, drawing Huang Tian and the clan’s experts to confront him.
• Huang Tian asked Li Changqing who he was and what he wanted, and Li Changqing said he had come to borrow cultivation resources.

Li Changqing invaded the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan and demanded every resource it possessed. After defeating Huang Tian and killing Fire Phoenix, he forced the clan to surrender its treasures and Rings of Holding, then waited as they gathered the rest.

• Huang Tian initially offered Li Changqing resources, but Li Changqing demanded all the clan's medicinal materials and treasures and admitted he had come to rob them.
• Huang Tian invoked the Demon Phoenix Sacred Avatar and gathered the clan's bloodline power to reach a strength near Seven-Star Dou Sheng.
• Li Changqing used the Kunpeng Method and Yin-Yang Sword to pierce Huang Tian's transformed body, severely injuring him and causing the clan's experts to suffer backlash.
• Huang Tian agreed to surrender the clan's resources, but Fire Phoenix objected, and Li Changqing killed her with Yin-Yang Qi.
• Li Changqing demanded every Ring of Holding and all remaining resources, so Huang Tian and the other experts handed over their rings and began collecting the clan's possessions.

Li Changqing uncovered a hidden pool of Ancient Heavenly Phoenix essence blood beneath the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan’s territory and took it along with the clan’s resources. Huang Tian and the elders feared retaliation, and the clan accepted that it could not challenge Li Changqing.

• Li Changqing found a sealed underground chamber and broke its formation, revealing essence blood that he believed came from a Nine-Star Dou Sheng Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.
• The Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan returned with its Rings of Holding and mistook the essence blood’s overwhelming presence for an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix hidden underground.
• Li Changqing emerged with the blood pool, realized the clan had not known it was there, and took the essence blood and all the Rings of Holding.
• Li Changqing warned the clan to keep the incident secret and left; Huang Tian rejected a suggestion to turn the Hun Clan against him, fearing his strength and possible revenge.

After five years of travel and cultivation, Li Changqing reached Nine-Star Dou Sheng and refined a ninth-grade golden pill in a remote mountain range. The pill’s golden lightning formed a giant dragon, which Li Changqing’s Yin-Yang Sword defeated by transforming into a Divine Peng and then a Netherworld Giant Kun.

• Li Changqing spent five years traveling with Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King, reaching Nine-Star Dou Sheng and Heaven Realm Late-Stage Great Perfection Soul Force.
• Li Changqing refined a ninth-grade golden pill in a remote mountain range while Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King guarded the area.
• Golden Pill Lightning gathered into a vast sea with a giant dragon, which fought Li Changqing’s Yin-Yang Sword and knocked it into a mountain peak.
• Li Changqing’s Yin-Yang Sword transformed into a Divine Peng and battled the lightning dragon, gradually wearing it down.
• The weakened dragon tried to return to the golden sea of lightning, but Li Changqing transformed the Divine Peng into a Netherworld Giant Kun and swallowed both.
• Li Changqing’s sword returned to his hand after the battle left the mountain range devastated.

Li Changqing refined a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill and used it to reach peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng, but the world's rejection returned and warned that he might soon be forced to leave. He resolved to obtain the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill and become a Dou Di before facing the next world, then rewarded Gu Yuena with a pill to help her advance.

• Li Changqing subdued the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill, erased its sentience, and swallowed it to cultivate while Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King stood guard.
• After a month of seclusion, Li Changqing broke through to peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng and judged that he could defeat Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan together.
• Li Changqing rejected the idea of seizing the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill by sacrificing innocents, then felt the world's rejection and decided to become a Dou Di before leaving.
• Li Changqing emerged from seclusion, embraced Gu Yuena, and sent the Amethyst Winged Lion King away.
• Li Changqing gave Gu Yuena a Bodhisattva Great Recovery Pill, which could raise her chances of breaking through to Half-Saint by forty percent.

Hun Xuzi’s Soul Imprint summoned Li Changqing back to the Hun Clan to help refine the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, prompting him to part ways with Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King. Near the concealed Soul World, Li Changqing followed the imprint’s guidance toward a new location.

• The Soul Imprint on Li Changqing’s hand reacted, and he told Gu Yuena that Hun Xuzi was summoning him to the Hun Clan; she accepted their parting without asking him to stay.
• Li Changqing told the Amethyst Winged Lion King to leave, gave him a Bodhisattva Great Recovery Pill, and warned him that the Hun Clan mission would be dangerous; the lion king declined to accompany him and set off for Starfall Pavilion to find his son.
• Li Changqing traveled for about seven days toward the Hall of Souls’ entrance, deliberately moving at the speed of a One-Star Dou Sheng to avoid arousing suspicion.
• Near the entrance, Li Changqing found that the Soul World was concealed and sensed powerful figures searching nearby, likely members of other ancient clans trying to stop Hun Tiandi from refining the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill.
• The Soul Imprint lit up again and guided Li Changqing toward a location several thousand li away, so he flew in that direction.

Li Changqing entered the hidden Soul World with Hun Xuzi and learned that Hun Tiandi was suppressing the violent energy of the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill. As the gathered Hun Clan experts watched him arrive, Li Changqing wondered how he could obtain the pill without eating Hun Tiandi.

• Li Changqing met Hun Xuzi alone and claimed he had sent the little lion and the white-haired woman into hiding because experts were searching near the Soul World Entrance.
• Hun Xuzi told Li Changqing that members of the other three great ancient clans were searching for the Soul World and that Hun Tiandi had obtained the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill.
• Hun Xuzi explained that the Hun Clan needed Li Changqing to help refine the embryonic pill, then opened the concealed entrance and brought him into the Soul World.
• Li Changqing saw Hun Tiandi surrounded by Hun Clan experts who were helping suppress the pill's violent energy, while the Void Devouring Flame watched over them.
• Li Changqing realized the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill remained inside Hun Tiandi and wondered whether he could make Hun Tiandi spit it out; the gathered experts then turned their attention toward him.

Li Changqing plotted to expose the Dou Di Blood in his Ring of Holding so Hun Tiandi would force the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill out of his body. After Hun Tiandi sensed the blood’s presence, he and Void Devouring Flame confronted Li Changqing, who pretended to panic.

• Void Devouring Flame questioned Li Changqing’s unusual presence, and Li Changqing showed him the Yin-Yang Flame while Hun Xuzi explained that Li was a Ninth-Rank Alchemist.
• Hun Xuzi learned that Hun Tiandi had suppressed the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill’s energy but might struggle to force it out.
• Li Changqing decided to let Hun Tiandi sense his hidden drop of Dou Di Blood, hoping Hun Tiandi would use its Dou Di Origin to mature the pill.
• After two days, Hun Tiandi suppressed the pill’s energy and released his presence, which broke the Yin-Yang Flame around the Dou Di Blood and exposed its presence.
• Hun Tiandi and Void Devouring Flame sensed the Dou Di Blood, inspected Li Changqing, and focused on his Ring of Holding as he feigned panic.

Li Changqing offered Hun Tiandi a drop of Dou Di Blood, prompting the Hun Clan leader and the Void Devouring Flame to inspect it and question where he had found it. After Li Changqing claimed it was the only drop and described searching the Green Wood Mountain Range, Hun Tiandi accepted his explanation and said the blood gave him confidence to break through to Dou Di.

• Hun Tiandi stopped the Void Devouring Flame from attacking Li Changqing and offered him rewards in exchange for the object in his Ring of Holding.
• Li Changqing pretended to hesitate, then produced a drop of Dou Di Blood, shocking the Hun Clan experts.
• Hun Tiandi contained the blood with his Dou Qi, while the Void Devouring Flame questioned Li Changqing about whether he had more and where he had found it.
• Li Changqing let Hun Tiandi inspect his Ring of Holding and claimed he had found the blood in ruins beneath the Green Wood Mountain Range after searching the area for two years.
• Hun Tiandi accepted Li Changqing's account, told the Void Devouring Flame to let it go, and declared that the Emperor Blood gave him confidence to break through to Dou Di.

Hun Tiandi began refining the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill with the blood of captured descendants from the Shi Clan, Yao Clan, and Ling Clan. At the Heavenly Palace Alliance, Xiao Yan and the other leaders remained unable to locate the Soul World, and Xiao Yan wondered whether Li Changqing had joined the Hun Clan to seize the pill.

• Hun Tiandi forced the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill from his body and had the Dou Di Blood cleansed of resentment.
• Hun Tiandi ordered captured descendants of the Shi Clan, Yao Clan, and Ling Clan to be sacrificed as the first ingredients for maturing the pill.
• Hun Xuzi directed dozens of alchemists to refine the blood essence into the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill while Hun Tiandi guarded it and Li Changqing controlled his Heavenly Flame.
• Gu Yuan told the Heavenly Palace Alliance that their searches had found no trace of the Soul World, and Lei Ying and Yan Jin argued over Hun Tiandi's prospects.
• Xiao Yan recalled that Li Changqing had joined the Hun Clan for a purpose and speculated that he might be trying to seize the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill.

Xiao Yan told the gathered leaders that Li Changqing had infiltrated the Hun Clan and might be after the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill. The Amethyst Winged Lion King revealed that Li Changqing had returned to the Hun Clan to turn it upside down and had grown powerful enough to rival Zhu Kun, leaving the hall stunned.

• Xiao Yan told the leaders that Li Changqing had joined the Hun Clan and might now be inside the Soul World.
• Gu Yuan guessed that Li Changqing's goal was the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, while Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan doubted he could defeat Hun Tiandi to obtain it.
• Gu Xun Er entered the hall with the Amethyst Winged Lion King, whom Xiao Yan identified as Li Changqing's mount.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King said Li Changqing had returned to the Hun Clan more than ten days earlier and had told him he would turn the clan upside down.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King revealed that Li Changqing had refined a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill and released a presence no weaker than Zhu Kun's, silencing the hall.

Gu Yuan and the others prepared for the possibility that Li Changqing would fail to stop Hun Tiandi, while Xiao Yan was chosen to receive Ancient Emperor Tuoshe’s inheritance as a backup. In the Soul World, Hun Tiandi sacrificed the Hun Clan’s descendants to bring the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill close to completion.

• Gu Yuan warned that Li Changqing could fail despite his strength, and the Heavenly Palace Alliance continued searching for the Soul World.
• Zhu Kun revealed that Xiao Yan had gained Ancient Emperor Tuoshe’s recognition and would receive his inheritance as a safeguard.
• After sacrificing the captured Shi Clan, Yao Clan, and Ling Clan descendants, Hun Tiandi realized the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill still needed more blood.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the Hun Clan’s descendants sacrificed, and when a Five-Star Dou Sheng elder tried to stop him, Hun Tiandi crushed him into blood mist.
• Hun Tiandi’s forces brought in and sacrificed all one million Hun Clan descendants, leaving the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill nearly complete.