Chapter Summaries

Li Changqing learned that he needed to refine a pill drawing eighth-tier nine-colored Pill Lightning to earn Hun Xuzi’s personal guidance, and received Hun Miesheng’s authority to use the Hall of Souls’ resources. He chose to remain with the Hall of Souls while plotting to seize the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, and began planning how to grow powerful without drawing suspicion.

• Hun Miesheng told Li Changqing that he needed to refine a pill drawing eighth-tier nine-colored Pill Lightning to receive Hun Xuzi’s guidance, then gave him a token granting access to the Hall of Souls’ resources and authority over its lower-ranked Heavenly Venerables.
• Gu You promised to oversee Li Changqing, arrange any resources he needed, and accompany him outside for protection before showing him around the Heaven Hall and taking him to his residence.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King suspected Gu You’s protection was surveillance and urged Li Changqing not to remain with the Hall of Souls, but Li Changqing resolved to stay until he could obtain the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.
• Li Changqing persuaded the Amethyst Winged Lion King to stay by promising that Hall of Souls resources and pills could help him reach Dou Zun.
• Li Changqing estimated he had about seventeen years to reach eight-star Dou Sheng before Hun Tiandi obtained the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, and concluded he would need to conceal his rapid cultivation and avoid disrupting the larger events he expected.

Li Changqing encountered Gu Yuena bound and captured by Star-Picking Old Ghost after she accidentally wandered near the Heaven Hall. He learned that Star-Picking Old Ghost had mistaken her powerful spatial abilities for a possible link to the Ancient Void Dragons, and the chapter left Gu Yuena still in the Hall of Souls’ custody.

• Li Changqing decided to use the Kunpeng Method to disguise his cultivation when Hun Tiandi obtained the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill.
• After a month cultivating in the Heaven Hall, Li Changqing encountered Gu Yuena being escorted in chains by a Hall of Souls Dou Zun.
• Li Changqing stopped the escort and introduced himself, and the Dou Zun recognized him as the Eighth-Tier alchemist favored by the Hall Master.
• The Dou Zun revealed that he was Star-Picking Old Ghost, a branch hall master delivering captured soul bodies to the Heaven Hall.
• Star-Picking Old Ghost explained that he had captured Gu Yuena after finding her near the black mist and discovering her strong spatial abilities.

Li Changqing claimed Gu Yuena as his bed warmer and exchanged pill refinement for Star-Seizing Old Ghost’s agreement to give her to him. After refining the pills, Li Changqing confronted Gu Yuena in his quarters and warned her that obedience was her only chance to survive in the Hall of Souls; Gu Yuena began searching for leverage against him.

• Li Changqing asked Star-Seizing Old Ghost to give him Gu Yuena as a bed warmer, promising to refine pills in return.
• Star-Seizing Old Ghost handed Li Changqing a Ring of Holding containing ingredients for Venerable Origin Pills and left to report to Hun Miesheng.
• Li Changqing refined the pills over several days, gave them to Star-Seizing Old Ghost, and returned to his quarters.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King guarded the quarters while Li Changqing released Gu Yuena’s chains, but stopped her from escaping.
• Li Changqing explained the Hall of Souls’ power and threatened that Gu Yuena would face danger without his protection, while she searched for something to use against him.

Li Changqing overcame Gu Yuena’s attempt to threaten him and kept her confined at a secret Hall of Souls location. He left her pills and warned her to stay in his room while he went to refine pills.

• Gu Yuena threatened to reveal that Li Changqing came from another world unless he helped her escape, but Li Changqing immobilized her and dismissed the threat.
• After several days, Gu Yuena abandoned the idea of informing on Li Changqing, realizing the Hall of Souls would value him more than the Douluo Continent and might punish her instead.
• Li Changqing urged Gu Yuena to cooperate, offering the prospect of valuable pills and help strengthening her cultivation.
• Li Changqing warned Gu Yuena that she could not leave the secret Hall of Souls location and would be treated as a spy if she left his room.
• Li Changqing left a jade bottle of pills beside Gu Yuena’s bed and departed to refine pills.

Over three years, Li Changqing advanced his alchemy and cultivation while keeping his true strength hidden, and he refined a Bodhi Pill with Hun Miesheng’s help. After returning to Gu Yuena, he teased her about their relationship, leaving her angry and their future at the Heaven Hall unresolved.

• Li Changqing reached Seven-Turn Dou Zun and refined an eighth-grade Bodhi Pill that summoned Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, while Xiao Yan reached the peak of Dou Wang and subdued the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Hun Miesheng shielded Li Changqing from the Pill Lightning, then caught the escaping Bodhi Pill and returned it to him.
• Hun Miesheng urged Li Changqing to pause alchemy and focus on cultivation, saying he would report his progress to the lord.
• Li Changqing returned to his residence and resumed intimacy with Gu Yuena, who had grown accustomed to serving him and had reached Six-Star Dou Zong.
• Gu Yuena asked when they could leave the Heaven Hall, and Li Changqing teased her about having fallen for him until she angrily told him to get out.

Li Changqing waited for Hun Xuzi to arrive while keeping his true cultivation hidden, then met the Hun Clan’s chief Alchemist in Heaven Hall. Hun Xuzi examined him and asked to see the Bodhi Pill, leaving Li Changqing’s abilities and the pill under scrutiny.

• Li Changqing dismissed Gu Yuena’s hopes of leaving Heaven Hall soon, explaining that she could only gain freedom after he broke away from the Hun Clan.
• After several months of cultivation, Li Changqing reached eighth-revolution Dou Zun, then concealed his cultivation by displaying fourth-revolution Dou Zun.
• Gu You summoned Li Changqing to meet an honored guest whose aura surpassed Hun Miesheng’s.
• Hun Miesheng introduced the guest as Hun Xuzi, the Hun Clan’s chief Alchemist and a seven-star Dou Sheng.
• Hun Xuzi examined Li Changqing’s soul, confirmed it was a solid Heaven Realm soul, and asked to see the Bodhi Pill.
• Li Changqing handed over the pill, and Hun Xuzi drew it from the jade bottle to inspect it.

Hun Xuzi ordered Li Changqing to leave Heaven Hall and cultivate in the Soul World, promising support and eventual freedom in exchange for his help with an approaching matter. Li Changqing brought Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King along, and Hun Xuzi transported them to a strange, disorienting place.

• Hun Xuzi accepted Li Changqing's Bodhi Pill and ordered him to cultivate in the Soul World, promising resources, rewards, and eventual release after a task expected to take decades at most.
• Li Changqing agreed to Hun Xuzi's terms and returned to his residence to tell Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King they would be leaving Heaven Hall.
• Li Changqing reassured Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King that the Soul World had richer spiritual energy and urged them to focus on cultivation there.
• Hun Xuzi examined Gu Yuena and mistook her for a weak-blooded crossbreed related to the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Hun Xuzi transported Li Changqing, Gu Yuena, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King from Heaven Hall to a strange place where they became dizzy and disoriented.

Li Changqing, Gu Yuena, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King entered the Soul World with Hun Xuzi, who gave Li Changqing a residence, a map, and a Token granting him access to most of the realm. After Hun Xuzi left, Li Changqing explained the Hun Clan’s power and its relationship to the Hall of Souls, leaving Gu Yuena to contemplate the scale of the force they had encountered.

• Hun Xuzi opened a spatial rift and led Li Changqing, Gu Yuena, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King into the Soul World.
• Li Changqing recognized the wounded Xiao Zhan as Hun Clan members escorted him toward a prison, and Hun Xuzi ordered them to keep him alive for interrogation.
• Hun Xuzi gave Li Changqing a spacious courtyard, a map, and his Token, which allowed Li Changqing to travel through most of the Soul World and obtain resources.
• After Hun Xuzi departed, Gu Yuena asked Li Changqing about the Hun Clan, the Hall of Souls, and the creation of the Soul World.
• Li Changqing told Gu Yuena that a Dou Di had created the Soul World and that the Hall of Souls served as the Hun Clan’s hand in the outside world.

After years of cultivating in the Soul World, Li Changqing reached the peak of One-Star Dou Sheng while Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King advanced to Dou Zun. When Hun Xuzi summoned him, Li Changqing beat the arrogant Hun Clan messenger before continuing to Hun Xuzi's residence.

• Li Changqing advanced from Nine-Turn Dou Venerate to Half-Saint and later reached the peak of One-Star Dou Sheng, while Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King also grew stronger with his pills.
• Gu Yuena accepted that Li Changqing's pills were essential to her cultivation, and Li Changqing worried that his slow progress would keep him from reaching Eight-Star Dou Sheng in time.
• A Hun Clan Dou Zun told Li Changqing that Hun Xuzi wanted to see him and threatened to have him expelled when Li Changqing ignored him.
• Li Changqing subdued the messenger with his pressure, kicked him in the chest, and repeatedly slapped him until he begged for mercy.
• Li Changqing warned the Hun Clan Dou Zun to stay out of his way, then flew on to Hun Xuzi's residence, wondering why Hun Xuzi had summoned him after four years.

Li Changqing met with Hun Xuzi, who revealed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Ancient Desolate Domain and offered Li a chance to compete for its cultivation-boosting opportunities. Li agreed to join the Hun Clan's expedition in two days, where he could pursue the Bodhi Tree's rewards independently of Hun Yu, as long as he helped the clan and did not seriously injure its heir.

• After Li Changqing kicked a Dou Zun who had insulted him, he went to Hun Xuzi's palace in response to the summons.
• Hun Xuzi asked whether Li Changqing could refine a Ninth Grade Precious Pill, and Li admitted that his cultivation was too low to sustain the process.
• Hun Xuzi told Li that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Ancient Desolate Domain and explained its Bodhi Seeds, Bodhi Heart, and rumored Hundred-Life Reincarnation.
• Hun Xuzi asked Li to compete for the tree's opportunities, explaining that the Hun Clan would also send Hun Yu and a group of Dou Zun.
• Hun Xuzi said Li did not have to yield the Bodhi Tree's unique opportunities to Hun Yu, but warned him to show restraint and not damage Hun Yu's foundation.

Li Changqing prepared to join Hun Yu on a journey to the Ancient Desolate Domain and planned to use his Yin-Yang Flame to gain the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s recognition. He left Hun Xuzi’s hall after Hun Xuzi killed a Dou Zun who had accused him, then concluded that the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusions would pose little danger to him.

• Li Changqing thanked Hun Xuzi and promised to leave Hun Yu’s foundations unharmed, and Hun Xuzi told him to meet Hun Yu at the Soul World Entrance in two days.
• A Dou Zun accused Li Changqing of assaulting him and suggested taking Li Changqing’s soul for the Hun Clan’s collection.
• Hun Xuzi burned away the Dou Zun’s body with a wisp of the Void Devouring Flame, explaining that the man had been the guilty party and that Li Changqing mattered to the clan leader’s plan.
• Li Changqing left Hun Xuzi’s hall, while Hun Xuzi absorbed the Dou Zun’s soul body to aid the clan’s grand plan.
• Back in his courtyard, Li Changqing assessed the threats near the Bodhi Ancient Tree and reasoned that his Kunpeng-protected soul would resist its reincarnation illusion.
• Li Changqing planned to use his Yin-Yang Flame to cleanse the resentment within the Bodhi Ancient Tree and earn its recognition.

Li Changqing refined the essence of a half-saint Heavenly Demon Phoenix and used it to break through to two-star Dou Sheng. He then set out with Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King for the Ancient Desolate Domain, where he met Hun Yu and the Hun Clan party at the Soul World entrance.

• Li Changqing refined the Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse into a pill while Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King watched.
• Li Changqing swallowed the pill and used the Kunpeng Method to absorb its essence, breaking through to two-star Dou Sheng the next day.
• Li Changqing departed for the Ancient Desolate Domain with Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King, ordering the lion king to stop at the Soul World entrance.
• Li Changqing met more than ten Hun Clan Dou Zun led by Hun Yu, who greeted him with praise and noted his powerful mount and companion.

Li Changqing traveled with Hun Yu and a powerful Hun Clan party into the Ancient Desolate Domain to seek the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s opportunity. After crossing the dangerous outskirts, they reached the Ancient Domain Platform, where other experts had gathered and wondered which ancient clan had sent so many Dou Zuns.

• Li Changqing exchanged praise with Hun Yu, suspected Hun Yu was concealing his intentions, and agreed to travel with him toward the Ancient Desolate Domain.
• The party reached Desolate Ancient Town, then bypassed it and entered the forest directly as observers below speculated about their strength.
• Li Changqing had the Amethyst Winged Lion King roar down the beasts’ cries on the outskirts of the domain.
• Hun Yu’s party used a protective bead to withstand poisonous miasma and fought off or drove away Ferocious Beasts as they traveled deeper.
• After three more days, the party reached the Ancient Domain Platform, where gathered experts were startled by nearly twenty Dou Zuns and suspected an ancient clan was behind them.

Hun Yu led Li Changqing, Gu Yuena, and the Hun Clan Dou Zun into the Beast Tide on the black plains, hoping to reach the depths of the Ancient Desolate Domain and the Bodhi Ancient Tree. Their powerful attacks killed many Ferocious Beasts, but the endless horde continued to block their way.

• Hun Yu dismissed the weaker cultivators and led the group toward the depths of the Ancient Desolate Domain.
• The group discovered the boundless Beast Tide, and Li Changqing decided to conceal his Two-Star Dou Sheng cultivation and follow the larger group later.
• Hun Yu chose to charge the plains, while Li Changqing warned Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King to retreat if the attack failed.
• Gu Yuena used the Heaven Tier Dou Technique Rift-Splitting Spear Shadows to strike the Ferocious Beasts with spatial power.
• Hun Yu and the Hun Clan Dou Zun unleashed their strongest attacks, but the beasts quickly filled every opening they made.
• Li Changqing used the Infernal Flame Seal, strengthened with Yin-Yang Flame, to burn a vast number of Ferocious Beasts to ashes.

Li Changqing, Gu Yuena, and Hun Yu retreated to the Ancient Domain Platform after the Beast Tide proved too vast to overcome. As experts continued to gather, Gu Xun'er arrived with Gu Clan geniuses, recognized Li Changqing and Gu Yuena, and decided to wait for more people before attempting to cross the Beast Tide.

• Hun Yu ordered his group to retreat from the Beast Tide, and Li Changqing led Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King back to the Ancient Domain Platform.
• The Ferocious Beasts stopped at the mountain range near the platform, while Hun Yu and the others returned to rest and wait for more experts.
• Over the next few days, arriving experts attempted or considered crossing the Beast Tide; some retreated, while others were injured or killed.
• Gu Xun'er arrived with four Gu Clan members, and Gu Qingyang noticed the Hun Clan's large gathering of Dou Zun.
• Gu Xun'er recognized Li Changqing and Gu Yuena from the Xiao Family but told Gu Qingyang that they only seemed familiar.
• Gu Xun'er said they should conserve their strength and wait for enough experts to gather before trying to pass through the Beast Tide.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Ancient Domain Platform with Medusa, Xiao Yixian, and Qing Lin, and Li Changqing secretly warned him not to reveal their acquaintance before the Hun Clan. The two parties pretended not to know each other, while Medusa and Gu Yuena recognized their old grudge.

• Li Changqing sensed Xiao Yan's arrival and saw that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan had still not appeared.
• Gu Qingyang invited Xiao Yan and his companions to join the Gu Clan, and Gu Xun Er pointed out Li Changqing among the Hun Clan's people.
• Xiao Yan told Gu Xun Er that he had not seen Li Changqing since the Three-Year Agreement and trusted that Li Changqing would not harm him.
• Li Changqing secretly messaged Xiao Yan to hide their acquaintance from the Hun Clan, and Xiao Yan told his companions to act as if they did not know Li Changqing.
• Medusa glared at Gu Yuena over their past conflict, then withdrew her gaze after Xiao Yan reminded her to do so.

Li Changqing and Xiao Yan concealed their connection as the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan arrived at the Ancient Domain Platform with a Half-Saint. After recognizing Li Changqing and suspecting him of involvement in two clan members’ deaths, Fire Phoenix confronted him and demanded an explanation.

• Li Changqing warned the Amethyst Winged Lion King and Gu Yuena not to acknowledge Xiao Yan, keeping their connection hidden from the gathered experts.
• The Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan arrived, led by Jiufeng and the Half-Saint Fire Phoenix, drawing attention from the experts on the platform.
• Jiufeng, Fire Phoenix, and Feng Qing'er sensed a strong Heavenly Demon Phoenix scent on Li Changqing and connected him to the deaths of Feng Lieshan and Thunder Phoenix.
• Fire Phoenix speculated that Li Changqing might be at odds with the Hun Clan and led her people over to confront him.
• Fire Phoenix demanded to know why Li Changqing carried the clan’s scent and threatened to kill him if he could not explain.

Fire Phoenix confronted Li Changqing after Jiufeng and Hun Yu discussed his ties to the Hun Clan, and Li Changqing provoked the Half-Saint with lewd remarks. The gathering watched as Fire Phoenix erupted in fury, while Xiao Yan worried that Li Changqing had challenged her without a plan.

• Jiufeng asked Hun Yu about the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan's conflict with Li Changqing, and Hun Yu said the clan could deal with him as it wished.
• Li Changqing ignored Hun Yu's dismissive attitude and leered at Fire Phoenix, who unleashed her Half-Saint pressure and threatened him.
• Gu Yuena and the Amethyst Winged Lion King moved to protect Li Changqing, but he told them to stand down and continued insulting Fire Phoenix's figure.
• Fire Phoenix surrounded herself with blazing flames as the experts on the Ancient Domain Platform noticed the confrontation.
• Xiao Yan worried about Li Changqing, while Gu Xun Er teased Xiao Yan about his many women and warned him against pursuing more.

Li Changqing provoked Fire Phoenix, then seized Jiufeng and used him to stop the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan from attacking. Fire Phoenix claimed Jiufeng’s life meant little to her and demanded Li Changqing release him, leaving the standoff unresolved.

• Fire Phoenix questioned Li Changqing about Feng Lieshan’s and Thunder Phoenix’s deaths, while he answered with a crude taunt.
• Xiao Yan and his companions agreed to help Li Changqing if Fire Phoenix proved too strong, and Gu Xun'er warned Xiao Yan not to imitate him.
• Fire Phoenix attacked Li Changqing, but he vanished and appeared behind her with Jiufeng pinned beneath his hand and his left arm blasted away.
• Li Changqing threatened to crush Jiufeng if he resisted, forcing Fire Phoenix and the other Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan members to hold back.
• Fire Phoenix claimed Jiufeng’s life could not be used to threaten her and ordered Li Changqing to release him.

Li Changqing used Jiufeng as leverage to force Fire Phoenix to negotiate, taking Jiufeng's Ring of Holding and demanding the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan's Rings of Holding in exchange for his release. After releasing Jiufeng, Li Changqing claimed he had secretly drugged him and promised an antidote when he left the Ancient Desolate Domain.

• Li Changqing threatened to kill Jiufeng until Jiufeng revealed he was the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan patriarch's son, then demanded compensation from Fire Phoenix for his release.
• Fire Phoenix refused Li Changqing's demand that she spend a night with him, so he threatened to keep Jiufeng captive and warned her not to seize Gu Yuena or the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Li Changqing blasted off Jiufeng's other arm, took his Ring of Holding, and threatened to injure him further if the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan approached his companions.
• Fire Phoenix agreed that her clan would not attack Li Changqing within the Ancient Desolate Domain, and Li Changqing agreed to release Jiufeng in exchange for the clan's Rings of Holding.
• Li Changqing forced a pill into Jiufeng's mouth and sent him back to the clan, then claimed the pill was a poison whose antidote he would provide after leaving the Ancient Desolate Domain.
• Fire Phoenix found no unusual condition in Jiufeng, and Li Changqing claimed that his skill as an eighth-grade Alchemist made the poison undetectable to her.