Chapter Summaries

Huo Ying fled into Nie Yun’s cave with the Netherworld Trident lodged in her chest and hid from Demon Venerable Luotian. Nie Yun abandoned his chance to kill her and prepared to remove the weapon and treat her injuries.

• Nie Yun recognized the gravely wounded Huo Ying as she entered his cave and concealed herself with an illusory restriction.
• Huo Ying sensed Nie Yun’s fleeting intent to kill her, warned him not to reveal her whereabouts, and explained that Demon Venerable Luotian had wounded her.
• Huo Ying tried to suppress the Netherworld Trident’s devilish qi with the Linglong Heavenly Heart, but the weapon corrupted it and she fainted.
• Nie Yun raised his Profound Jade Sword to kill Huo Ying, then stopped after hearing her murmur about finding the Hundred Stalk Flower to heal her master.
• Nie Yun decided to treat Huo Ying with his healing pills and began sealing her bleeding before pulling out the trident.

Nie Yun treated the gravely wounded girl by removing the trident, tending her chest wound, and drawing out the demonic qi. The girl repeatedly woke in anger before Nie Yun knocked her unconscious again, and he finished absorbing the qi as his strength surged.

• Nie Yun pulled the trident from the girl's body and tore open her clothes to expose and treat the wound.
• The girl awoke and threatened Nie Yun, so he struck the back of her neck and knocked her unconscious.
• Nie Yun applied medicine, covered the girl with his garment, and pressed his hands to the wound to draw out the demonic qi.
• The girl woke again, saw Nie Yun touching her chest, and demanded that he kill her; Nie Yun knocked her out once more.
• Nie Yun rapidly absorbed the remaining demonic qi, and his strength surged as his body refined.

Nie Yun absorbed the devil qi from Huo Ying and greatly increased his strength, but he remained trapped in the cave while Demon Venerable Luotian searched nearby. When Huo Ying woke and considered killing him for seeing her body, his suffering from the backlash changed her mind, and she brought out the heart-shaped orb to help him.

• Nie Yun absorbed Huo Ying's devil qi, advancing the Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique to the fifth level and raising his physical strength to one million mammoths.
• Huo Ying awoke and tried to attack Nie Yun, so he knocked her unconscious again and stayed in the cave to avoid Demon Venerable Luotian.
• Demon Venerable Luotian searched the area several times but passed by after being deceived by Huo Ying's illusion.
• Huo Ying awoke, saw that Nie Yun had treated her injuries, and drew her sword while struggling over whether to kill him for seeing her body.
• Nie Yun suffered a severe devil-qi backlash, and Huo Ying realized he was enduring it after saving her, so she dropped her sword and chose not to kill him.
• Huo Ying brought out the heart-shaped orb to give Nie Yun some help as the devil qi threatened to turn him into a devil.

Huo Ying used her Linglong Heavenly Heart to purge the demonic qi from Nie Yun, but his body devoured it and triggered a breakthrough. Nie Yun entered the Domain Realm and continued increasing his strength by absorbing Creation Spirit Liquid.

• Huo Ying placed her Linglong Heavenly Heart above Nie Yun to cleanse the demonic qi from his body.
• Nie Yun's Devouring Power pulled the Linglong Heavenly Heart away from Huo Ying and absorbed it.
• The Immortal Sound Dantian formed in Nie Yun's qi sea, completing his Glazed Soul and allowing him to break through into the Domain Realm.
• Nie Yun absorbed Creation Spirit Liquid, and his strength passed ten million mammoth strength and continued rising.

Nie Yun broke through to the middle stage of the Domain Realm and awakened the Linglong Heavenly Heart’s sentience without refining it. After Huo Ying swallowed the heart and advanced to the middle Void Absorption Realm, their souls became fused, leaving Nie Yun to realize he had undergone soul dual cultivation.

• Nie Yun’s strength rose to ten million Elephant Strength, and his Glazed Soul became strong enough to control Mi Xing and all twelve Heavenly Bridge Realm corpses.
• Nie Yun returned the now-sentient Linglong Heavenly Heart to Huo Ying and suspected the Nine-Heart Lotus had awakened it.
• Huo Ying swallowed the Linglong Heavenly Heart and advanced from the early to the middle Void Absorption Realm.
• Nie Yun sensed that he and Huo Ying had become intimately connected in body and soul.
• Huo Ying explained that the heart’s aura and awakened sentience had caused their souls to cultivate together, and Nie Yun worried that he was no longer a virgin.

Nie Yun learned that Huo Ying was the Linglong Saintess, who sought the Hundred Stalk Flower to save her injured master, and recognized that healing her would require an Emperor Grade Pill. Huo Ying revealed she had secretly helped him steal the flower from Demon Venerable Luotian and escape, then demanded he give it to her.

• Nie Yun recognized Huo Ying as the Linglong Saintess promised to marry Mi Hua, and she explained that she had agreed to the marriage to secure treatment for her master.
• Huo Ying said Pill King Guan Xiu could not refine the pill her master needed and had directed her to gather ingredients and seek Pill Emperor Zhuge Qingyun's help.
• Nie Yun recalled his past-life ties to Guan Xiu and Zhuge Qingyun and concluded that saving Huo Ying's master required an Emperor Grade Pill.
• Huo Ying accused Nie Yun of stealing the Hundred Stalk Flower from Demon Venerable Luotian's residence and demanded he hand it over.
• Huo Ying revealed she had noticed Nie Yun in the valley, covered for him, and severed Demon Venerable Luotian's tracking when Nie Yun escaped.

Nie Yun gave Huo Ying a Hundred Stalk Flower, then agreed to help her confront Demon Venerable Luotian in exchange for his corpse. After giving her a Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit that greatly strengthened her, he took her hand and used his Earth Travel Talent to leave the cave with her.

• Nie Yun handed Huo Ying a Hundred Stalk Flower and accepted her cultivation-stabilizing pill in return.
• Huo Ying invited Nie Yun to join her in killing Demon Venerable Luotian, and Nie Yun asked to keep the demon's corpse.
• Nie Yun gave Huo Ying a Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit, which raised her strength to the peak of the mid-stage Void Absorption Realm.
• Huo Ying declared that she could now defeat Demon Venerable Luotian, and Nie Yun took her hand and transported them out of the cave.

Nie Yun watched as Huo Ying ambushed Demon Venerable Luotian in his cave, but Luotian’s Netherworld Trident made him far stronger than expected. Luotian revealed that the weapon was forged from Immortal Demon Emperor Luo Xian’s bones and unleashed a storm of demonic attacks against Huo Ying.

• Nie Yun used his Sky Eye Talent to show Huo Ying Demon Venerable Luotian aboveground and told her to ambush him while he watched from underground.
• Huo Ying flew into Luotian’s cave after hearing him threaten her and attacked with the Exquisite Sky Piercing Strike.
• Demon Venerable Luotian blocked Huo Ying’s sword strikes with the Netherworld Trident and overwhelmed her with its demonic might.
• Nie Yun realized the trident was amplifying Luotian’s strength, and Huo Ying also focused her attacks on the weapon.
• Demon Venerable Luotian revealed that the cave belonged to Immortal Demon Emperor Luo Xian and that the trident had been forged from Luo Xian’s bones, then sent streams of demonic qi at Huo Ying.

Nie Yun sent twelve powered corpse clones to help Huo Ying fight Demon Venerable Luotian, whose Netherworld Trident and cave-enhanced defenses made him nearly invincible. Their combined attacks and Huo Ying’s sword strike forced Luotian to raise a mountain of demonic qi to block them.

• Nie Yun decided to use twelve Heavenly Bridge Realm corpses to restrain Demon Venerable Luotian and create an opening for Huo Ying.
• Nie Yun entered the Purple Splendor Cave Mansion, powered the corpses with Peerless Spirit Stones and Lingxi Spring Water, and placed Glazed Soul fragments inside them.
• Nie Yun enhanced the corpse clones with Blazing Fire Qi and Blood Pupil Qi, then sent them into the cave.
• Nie Yun combined the clones’ power through Mi Xing’s corpse and unleashed the Great Return Bright Palm at Demon Venerable Luotian.
• Demon Venerable Luotian blocked the palm with the Netherworld Trident, while Huo Ying followed with the Exquisite Heaven-Seizing Sword.
• Demon Venerable Luotian declared himself invincible in the cave and formed a towering mountain of demonic qi to stop Huo Ying’s attack.

Mi Xing’s Blazing Fire Talent and Huo Ying’s Immortal Sound enhancement destroyed the cave formations and left Demon Venerable Luotian vulnerable, allowing Huo Ying to kill him. Afterward, Huo Ying recognized Nie Yun and explained that their soul cultivation meant she would choose to become his wife, though he needed to grow stronger before their connection became known.

• Mi Xing unleashed Blazing Fire, and Huo Ying amplified it with her Immortal Sound Master Talent.
• Huo Ying infused the flames with Void Absorption Realm mana, burning away Demon Venerable Luotian’s formations and demonic qi.
• Huo Ying enhanced her sword attack and pierced Demon Venerable Luotian’s throat, killing him.
• Nie Yun collected his twelve clones and stored Demon Venerable Luotian’s corpse, while Huo Ying recognized him as Nie Yun rather than Yun Tong.
• Huo Ying told Nie Yun that their soul cultivation had sealed her choice to become his wife, but warned that he needed to grow stronger before the sect learned of it.

Huo Ying explained that Nie Yun would have to pass the Linglong Immortal Sect’s deadly marriage assessment, and revealed that Mi Hua had passed it with the powerful Heavenly Hand Master talent. She taught Nie Yun about the Special Talents associated with the human body, including his Sky Eye Master and her Immortal Sound Master.

• Huo Ying told Nie Yun that marrying her would require him to pass the Linglong Immortal Sect’s assessment, which had killed all but one of 134 applicants.
• Huo Ying revealed that Mi Hua was the sole successful applicant and had passed while possessing the eleventh-ranked Heavenly Hand Master talent.
• Huo Ying explained that Heavenly Hand Master, Sky Eye Master, Heavenly Ear Master, and Sky Walker Master belonged to a category of talents tied to the human body.
• Huo Ying identified the fiftieth-ranked Heavenly Mouth Master as her Immortal Sound Master talent and said it was why Mi Hua had proposed marriage to her.

Nie Yun agreed to return with Huo Ying to the Linglong Immortal Sect and face the assessment for her marriage proposal. Meanwhile, Yi Qing went to the sect’s disciple assessment alone, unaware that Mishin Sect disciples were preparing to capture her.

• Huo Ying explained that ancient legends linked collecting Special Talents of the same category to an unknown, extraordinary effect, then asked Nie Yun to return to her sect with her.
• Nie Yun agreed to go with Huo Ying for his own reasons, and the two left the burned valley aboard her flying spirit weapon.
• After Nie Yun failed to return, Yi Qing went to the Linglong Immortal Sect registration site by herself and met Senior Sister Yin Shuang and the other disciples.
• Yin Shuang’s group secretly tried to contact Mi Jiang, while nearby Mishin Sect disciples watched Yi Qing and waited for Mi Jiang to appear.
• The Mishin Sect disciples decided to act together and capture Yi Qing before she could leave or join the Linglong Immortal Sect.

Yi Qing revealed her Blazing Fire Master talent during an attempt by the Mishin Sect to seize her, and the Linglong Immortal Sect defended and recruited her. The sect prepared to establish her as a Saintess, while representatives from other sects arrived for the assembly.

• Mishin Sect disciples attacked Yi Qing, but Yin Shuang and the other Linglong Immortal Sect disciples realized Yi Qing had Blazing Fire Master talent and fought to protect her.
• A late-stage Heavenly Bridge Realm expert defeated the Mishin Sect attackers in Ji Yun City, and Yin Shuang escorted Yi Qing safely to the Linglong Immortal Sect.
• A Supreme Elder chose Yi Qing as her final disciple and declared that Yi Qing would become a Linglong Saintess alongside Huo Ying.
• The Sect Master scheduled a sect assembly for the following day to formally establish Yi Qing's status, while Yi Qing wondered why Nie Yun had not appeared.
• Representatives from other sects arrived at the Linglong Immortal Sect's assembly and congratulated Elder Yuan Xin on taking Yi Qing as a disciple.

Mi Honggang arrived at the Linglong Immortal Sect gathering and attacked three rival sect elders after they provoked him. The Linglong Sect Master released the elders and restored them to their seats, while tensions between the sects remained unresolved.

• Disciples discussed the powerful guests gathering to court the Linglong Immortal Sect and wondered why the Mishin Sect had not arrived sooner.
• Mi Honggang led the Mishin Sect delegation to congratulate the Linglong Immortal Sect on accepting its second Saintess.
• Xu You, Zhang Wenshun, and Han Tongxin mocked Mi Honggang and accused the Mishin Sect of using its marriage alliance to overstep.
• Mi Honggang used Heaven and Earth Soul Locking Hand to defeat the three elders and seal their power.
• The Linglong Sect Master ordered Mi Honggang to stop, then broke his restraints and returned the three elders to their seats.

During Yi Qing’s investiture as Linglong Saintess, Mi Honggang challenged her purity by bringing up her time with Nie Yun, and she turned his accusation against the Mishin Sect. Yi Qing began questioning Mi Honggang in return, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• The Linglong Sect Master gave three Linglong Qi Replenishing Pills to the elders and ordered the Saintess investiture ceremony to proceed.
• Yi Qing arrived, and the Linglong Sect Master began investing her as the second Linglong Saintess.
• Mi Honggang interrupted the ceremony and accused Yi Qing of being involved with Nie Yun, questioning whether she could remain a Saintess.
• Supreme Elder Yuan Xin defended Yi Qing and allowed Mi Honggang to question her, while warning him not to overstep.
• Yi Qing admitted she had traveled with Nie Yun and mocked the Mishin Sect by recounting how he had killed twelve Heavenly Bridge Realm experts and threatened its headquarters.
• When Mi Honggang pressed her about sharing a room with Nie Yun, Yi Qing asked whether he had any female disciples.

Yi Qing turned Mi Honggang’s accusation about her relationship with Nie Yun back on him and forced him to defend his conduct with his female disciples. After both swore Heavenly Dao Oaths, Mi Honggang withdrew his objection to her investiture, but the gathered disciples continued to mock and condemn him.

• Mi Honggang accused Yi Qing of hiding an improper relationship with Nie Yun, and Yi Qing challenged him about his female disciples.
• Xu You, Zhang Wenshun, and Han Tongxin mocked Mi Honggang as Yi Qing pressed him to answer her questions.
• Mi Honggang swore a Heavenly Dao Oath denying improper relationships with his female disciples and demanded that Yi Qing swear an oath about Nie Yun.
• Yi Qing swore that she and Nie Yun had no improper relationship up to that point, then asked to continue her investiture.
• Mi Honggang withdrew his objection, while Linglong Immortal Sect disciples and Xu You, Zhang Wenshun, and Han Tongxin continued criticizing him.

Yi Qing became the Linglong Immortal Sect’s Saintess and gained power at the peak of the Domain Realm, while resolving to grow strong enough to make her own choices. The ceremony ended in a shock when Huo Ying refused to marry Mi Hua and declared that she loved Nie Yun, whom the Mishin Sect was hunting.

• The Linglong Sect Master invested Yi Qing as Saintess, and the sect’s formation and ancestral wills raised her cultivation to the peak of the Domain Realm.
• Yi Qing realized that becoming Saintess would distance her from Nie Yun, but decided to focus on cultivation until she could escape the sect’s restrictions.
• Mi Honggang presented Mi Hua’s bride price and urged the Linglong Sect Master to proceed with Huo Ying’s marriage.
• Huo Ying arrived and told her master that she loved someone else, had shared an intimate relationship with him, and would not marry Mi Hua.
• Huo Ying named Nie Yun as her man, revealing that the Mishin Sect was hunting the person she loved.

Mi Hua learned that Huo Ying refused to marry him because she was already intimate with Nie Yun, and Mi Hua collapsed in shock. At the Linglong Immortal Sect, Nie Yun appeared before the Sect Master, but Mi Honggang immediately attacked him.

• Mi Hua discussed the hunt for Nie Yun and revealed he planned to marry Huo Ying to gain all five Special Talents and pursue greater power.
• An elder received Mi Honggang’s message that Huo Ying refused the marriage because she already had a man and had shared an intimate relationship with him.
• Mi Hua learned that Huo Ying’s man was Nie Yun and spat blood as he collapsed onto his throne.
• At the Linglong Immortal Sect, Mi Honggang doubted Huo Ying’s claim, but she said she had brought Nie Yun and the Sect Master allowed him into the hall.
• Nie Yun entered and reassured Yi Qing that he would explain later, but Mi Honggang summoned a gigantic palm to attack him.

Huo Ying revealed that her cultivation and Linglong Heavenly Heart had advanced dramatically through dual soul cultivation with Nie Yun, and asked the Linglong Sect Master to let her refuse the arranged marriage. The hall was left stunned as Yi Qing explained that Nie Yun had risen from the Supreme level to the mid-stage Domain Realm in less than four months.

• Huo Ying blocked Mi Honggang's attack by drawing on the Linglong Immortal Sect's formations, and the Linglong Sect Master dissolved his strike.
• Huo Ying displayed her self-beating Heavenly Heart, revealing that it had reached the half-step Immortal Heart realm and that her cultivation had advanced to the peak of the mid-stage Void Absorption Realm.
• Huo Ying said dual soul cultivation with Nie Yun had brought about her progress and asked the Linglong Sect Master to let her reject the marriage arrangement with the Mishin Sect Master.
• Huo Ying praised Nie Yun's four Special Talents, but the Linglong Sect Master dismissed his potential because he was only at the mid-stage Domain Realm.
• Yi Qing revealed that Nie Yun had been at the Supreme level less than four months earlier, shocking the Linglong Immortal Sect with how quickly he had advanced through multiple realms.

The Linglong Sect Master agreed to Huo Ying’s request to break her engagement, but Mi Honggang threatened the sect with a Void Breaking Talisman and demanded Nie Yun. Nie Yun claimed he could kill Mi Honggang with one punch, and Mi Honggang attacked him with the Great Return Bright Palm.

• The Linglong Sect Master and Yuan Xin agreed to Huo Ying’s request after considering her growing strength and Nie Yun’s talent.
• Mi Honggang revealed a Void Breaking Talisman and demanded that the Linglong Immortal Sect let him take Nie Yun.
• Huo Ying offered to protect Nie Yun, but Mi Honggang taunted him for needing a woman’s protection.
• Nie Yun dismissed Mi Honggang as an embroidered pillow and said he could kill him with one punch.
• Mi Honggang launched his Great Return Bright Palm at Nie Yun, leaving the hall tense.