Recaps

Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan launched their armies’ first major attacks in the Soul Realm, while the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan became entangled in the Central Plains war. The chapter ended with a Spirit Clan Dou Zun self-detonating inside the Demon Phoenix Bell, shocking the battlefield.

• Hun Tiandi formed a massive Black Hole and sent it toward the allied army, while Gu Yuan countered with an enormous palm imprint and both armies activated their formations.
• Huang Kun killed two Spirit Clan Dou Zuns at the Wind Lightning Pavilion after mistakenly believing they had harmed Elder Huang Xuan.
• Gu You tried to recruit the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan against the Spirit and Stone Clans, but Huang Kun chose to withdraw.
• A Spirit Clan female Dou Zun blocked Huang Kun from leaving, and Gu You’s attack reignited the fighting between the assembled forces.
• The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan used the Demon Phoenix Bell to trap the female Dou Zun, who self-detonated and shattered the bell.

The Spirit and Stone Clans attacked the Hall of Souls while its Heavenly Venerates discussed the Hun Clan’s defenses and the enemy’s war of attrition. In the Black-Corner Region, the Heavenly Mansion Alliance’s Seventh-Grade Pill auction drew Jia Nan Academy and the region’s powerful figures, while Han Feng turned his attention to the Fallen Heart Flame.

• The Spirit Clan and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan began fighting, while Gu You held the Hall of Souls back from joining the clash.
• Gu You explained that the Spirit and Stone Clans would drain the Hall of Souls’ resources and then gather supplies across the continent to sustain the war.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen’s pill refining brought fame to the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, and Jia Nan Academy’s Su Qian ordered the academy to suspend admissions and travel to Black Seal City for the auction.
• Han Feng and prominent Black-Corner Region figures discussed the rumored Seventh-Grade Pills and the Heavenly Mansion Alliance Lord’s Dou Zong strength.
• Han Feng’s yearning for heavenly flames intensified as he sensed the Fallen Heart Flame at Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy.

Fan Tian expanded the Heavenly Mansion Alliance in the Black-Corner Region while planning how to keep the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion sealed. In Wutan City, Xiao Yan displayed eighth-stage Dou Qi at the Xiao Clan's Coming-of-Age Ceremony and prepared to leave for training.

• Fan Tian recruited cultivators into the Heavenly Mansion Alliance with promises of pills, then killed a Dou Emperor who had tried to deceive him and displayed the corpse above Black Seal City's gates.
• Fan Tian rewarded Yuan Yi and the Eight Gates elders with pills, winning the loyalty of the faction's members.
• Fan Tian considered unifying the Black-Corner Region and taking action against Jia Nan Academy so he could prevent the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion from opening.
• Fan Tian headed to Cao Ying and Dan Chen's room after their alchemy and cultivation improved.
• At the Xiao Clan's Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Xiao Yan's Dou Qi reached the eighth stage, astonishing the guests.
• Xiao Yan spoke with Yao Lao about leaving the Xiao Clan to train and privately resolved to claim Xun'er and take revenge on Nalan Yanran.

Gu Xun'er rejected Ling Ying’s demand to abandon Xiao Yan and ordered him to protect Xiao Yan as he prepared to leave for training. At a Seventh-Grade Pill auction in Black Seal City, Fan Tian welcomed Su Qian and Hu Gan of Jia Nan Academy, whose arrival drew the attention of the gathered factions.

• Gu Xun'er received word that the Gu Clan wanted her to obtain the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade while the Six-Clan Alliance remained locked in a war with the Hun Clan.
• Ling Ying warned Xun'er to return to the Ancient Realm and suggested killing Xiao Yan, but Xun'er forbade him from harming Xiao Yan or revealing their childhood secret.
• Xun'er ordered Ling Ying to secretly protect Xiao Yan when he left to train and warned him she would hold him responsible if anything went wrong.
• Fan Tian greeted the Black-Corner Region’s experts at the Heavenly Mansion auction in Black Seal City, where a Seventh-Grade Pill was drawing a crowd.
• Su Qian and Hu Gan arrived from Jia Nan Academy, and Fan Tian welcomed Su Qian after sensing that his strength surpassed Su Qian’s.

Fan Tian used his high-rank Dou Zong strength to cow Han Feng and the Black-Corner Region factions as they arrived for the auction, while Jia Nan Academy’s elders entered the venue. At the same time, the Spirit Clan and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan continued their bloody battle at Wind Lightning Pavilion, where Gu You ordered the Hall of Souls to attack.

• Su Qian and Hu Gan brought Jia Nan Academy elders into the auction, and Hu Gan’s aura checked the hostility of the Black-Corner Region factions.
• Han Feng arrived with Yan, Fan Lao, the Gold and Silver Elders, and other faction leaders, prompting Fan Tian to confront them and ask whether they had come to buy pills or disrupt the auction.
• Fan Tian revealed the pressure of a seven-star Dou Zong, intimidating Han Feng and the Gold and Silver Elders until Yuan Yi urged them inside.
• Fan Lao and Yan helped calm the confrontation, and Fan Tian quietly gave Yuan Yi instructions after Han Feng’s party entered.
• At Wind Lightning Pavilion, the Spirit Clan and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan continued fighting as Gu You ordered the Hall of Souls to attack.

Fan Tian attended the Black Seal City auction with Cao Ying and Dan Chen, while Jia Nan Academy and Han Feng’s party watched from neighboring rooms. After Dan Chen’s soul power disrupted the auction house, Fan Tian promised her a heavenly flame and resumed their intimate encounter.

• A peak fifth-grade Dou Ling Pill opened the auction, and Fan Tian joked with Cao Ying and Dan Chen about the rising bids.
• Su Qian and Hu Gan hoped the Heavenly Mansion would offer a Sect Breaking Pill, while their comments about Han Feng angered the Medicine Emperor.
• Fan Tian recognized the Sea Heart Flame within Han Feng and promised Cao Ying he would kill him and take the flame for her.
• Dan Chen erupted with soul power after seeing Fan Tian and Cao Ying together, sending a Soul Storm through the auction house.
• Fan Tian sealed the room again and promised Dan Chen a heavenly flame, then she took Cao Ying’s place beside him.

Han Feng became fixated on capturing a woman from the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, while Fan Tian tried to console Dan Chen after Cao Ying mocked her. At the Heavenly Mansion auction, Fan Lao competed with the Heavenly Snake Mansion for a longevity pill, as a rumored Seventh-Grade Pill drew powerful bidders.

• Han Feng recognized a Spirit Realm soul and considered abducting the woman to ease his inner demons and advance his soul power.
• Dan Chen struggled with Fan Tian as Cao Ying mocked and provoked her, leaving Dan Chen in tears despite Fan Tian's attempts to reassure her.
• Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi worried about their two disciples in the Black-Corner Region and discussed the impending escape of the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• The Heavenly Mansion auction offered an Azure Nether Longevity Pill, and Fan Lao bid three million eight hundred thousand gold coins for it.
• Elder Qing of the Heavenly Snake Mansion outbid Fan Lao, explaining that her group had come for the rumored Seventh-Grade Pill.

Fan Tian watched Elder Qing while the auction grew more competitive, and Jia Nan Academy used its wealth to win two Emperor's Extreme Pills. The auction ended with the rival factions confronting one another over the sole Sect Breaking Pill as Su Qian revealed his Dou Zong aura.

• Fan Tian recognized the Heavenly Snake Mansion, and Elder Qing appeared to notice him watching before teasing him with a glimpse beneath her skirt.
• Fan Lao bid four million six hundred thousand gold coins for the Azure Nether Longevity Pill, and Elder Qing withdrew before the auctioneer awarded it to Fan Lao.
• Hu Gan raised the bids for the Emperor's Extreme Pills, and Jia Nan Academy won two of the three while the Black Skull Tomb took the other.
• The auctioneer presented the Sect Breaking Pill, and the Gold and Silver Elders demanded that the other factions let them have it.
• Hu Gan rejected the Gold and Silver Elders' demand, and Jia Nan Academy's elders faced them alongside Yan, Fan Lao, and other Dou Emperors.
• Su Qian rose and released the aura of a Dou Zong expert across the hall.

Bidding for the Sect Breaking Pill drew the Black-Corner Region’s major factions into a fierce contest, with Han Feng and Su Qian raising the stakes. Han Feng secured the highest bid after rallying funds from several leaders, though his whispered promises left his intentions unclear.

• Mo Ya of the Black Emperor Sect bid eight million gold coins for the Sect Breaking Pill, drawing attention from the assembled factions.
• Hu Gan, Mo Ya, Elder Qing, the Gold and Silver Elders, and other representatives competed for the pill as its price climbed past ten million.
• Han Feng bid ten million, and Qi Shan, Elder Qing, and Su Qian answered with higher bids.
• Su Qian raised the price to twelve million after Hu Gan withdrew from the bidding.
• Han Feng shouted a bid of fifteen million while the Gold and Silver Elders, Fan Lao, and other Dou Emperor leaders pooled gold coins for him.

After the auction, Fan Tian manipulated Han Feng into leaving Black Seal City, then agreed to refine pills for Jia Nan Academy and received a request from the Black Emperor Sect. Meanwhile, the Soul Realm war intensified until Hun Tiandi ordered the Hun Clan to form a formation and summon the Soul Emperor.

• Han Feng won the Sect Breaking Pill, then visited Fan Tian and discovered that Cao Ying and Dan Chen were seventh-grade alchemists and disciples of the Pill Tower’s Three Giants.
• Fan Tian told Han Feng that Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy was poorly defended and contained a heavenly flame; Han Feng then gathered his experts and left Black Seal City.
• Hu Gan and Su Qian asked Fan Tian to refine three sets of Sect Breaking Pill ingredients, and Fan Tian secured permission to visit Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy.
• Mo Ya and Qi Shan visited Fan Tian and asked him to give the Black Emperor Sect priority for the next day’s seventh-grade pill.
• In the Soul Realm, the Hun Clan suffered heavy losses as the allied clans pressed their attack, while Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan continued fighting.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the Hun Clan to form a formation and summon the Soul Emperor.

The Hun Clan summoned the Soul Emperor’s remnant soul by sacrificing its members, and the ancient powerhouse returned at the level of a Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint. Mistaking Nihility Devouring Flame for a threat behind the Hun Clan’s decline, he attacked it, leaving everyone stunned.

• The Hun Clan poured Dou Qi and sacrificed blood essence and souls to summon the Soul Emperor’s remnant soul.
• The Soul Emperor appeared with the strength of a Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint, and the Hun Clan’s members knelt before him.
• The Soul Emperor recognized that Nihility Devouring Flame’s black flames had spread through the Hun Clan and forcibly expelled them, injuring the clan’s experts.
• The Soul Emperor mistook the situation for an invasion by the Tunling Clan and pointed a devastating attack at Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Nihility Devouring Flame shouted for Hun Tiandi to save it as the Hun Clan and allied armies stared in shock.

Soul Emperor’s remnant soul attacked Nihility Devouring Flame after revealing its connection to the Tunling Clan, forcing Hun Tiandi to choose between defending the flame and protecting the Hun Clan. Hun Tiandi confronted his ancestor in the Soul Realm and survived the clash, while Nihility Devouring Flame called on the Hun Clan to dispel the formation.

• Soul Emperor’s remnant soul struck Nihility Devouring Flame with a giant finger, and Nihility Devouring Flame countered with its Spirit Devouring ability.
• The collision shattered the surrounding space, but Nihility Devouring Flame crawled from the rift badly wounded and accused Soul Emperor of targeting the Tunling Clan’s essence.
• Soul Emperor’s remnant soul attacked Nihility Devouring Flame again, while the Hun Clan members continued powering the formation and the Four Demon Saints suspected Hun Tiandi might sacrifice the clan for his plan.
• Hun Tiandi declared that he was the Hun Clan’s sole will and stepped in to block Soul Emperor’s attacks with a vast palm imprint.
• The clash drove Hun Tiandi back and left him bleeding, while Nihility Devouring Flame survived and ordered the Hun Clan to dispel the formation.

The Soul Emperor Remnant Soul seized control of the Hun Clan members and overwhelmed Hun Tiandi in battle, but Hun Tiandi used the Clan Leader Token to break the formation. As the remnant soul entered Nihility Devouring Flame and destroyed his spirit devouring origin, Gu Yuan struck Nihility Devouring Flame from behind and turned him into a mass of fire.

• Hun Tiandi ordered the Hun Clan members to disperse the formation, but the Soul Emperor Remnant Soul's roar made them continue supplying it with power.
• The Soul Emperor Remnant Soul struck Nihility Devouring Flame and severely wounded him before clashing with Hun Tiandi using the Great Soul Devouring Wave.
• Hun Tiandi was overwhelmed by the remnant soul's technique and then used the Hun Clan's Clan Leader Token to crack the formation.
• The Soul Emperor Remnant Soul entered Nihility Devouring Flame and destroyed his spirit devouring origin as the Soul Clan Grand Formation shattered.
• Gu Yuan struck Nihility Devouring Flame from behind, turning his body to ash, and accused Hun Tiandi of ambushing Xiao Xuan in the same way.

Hun Tiandi chose to lead the battered Hun Clan into a desperate fight as the allied Ancient Races advanced through the Soul Realm. Meanwhile, Han Feng and his companions attacked Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy and broke the seal containing the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Gu Yuan and the Ancient Races’ leaders confronted Hun Tiandi, while the Nihility Devouring Flame swallowed a Nine-Grade Profound Pill to recover.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the Hun Clan to fight to the death and led its army deeper into the Soul Realm.
• Gu Yuan arranged the four-clan army with the Gu Clan at the vanguard, the Yan and Lei Clans on the flanks, and the Yao Clan guarding the rear.
• Han Feng and more than a dozen Dou Emperors stormed Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy and attacked the seal containing the Fallen Heart Flame.
• The Fallen Heart Flame broke through the weakened seal and appeared as a giant flaming python, which Han Feng vowed to subdue.

Fan Tian negotiated with Elder Qing and prepared for Han Feng’s attack on Jia Nan Academy while plotting to take the Heavenly Flames and unify the Black-Corner Region. Meanwhile, the Spirit and Stone Clans battled the Hall of Souls in the Central Plains, and Gu You’s group gained the upper hand at Wind Lightning Pavilion.

• Fan Tian offered Elder Qing a Sect Breaking Pill and promised the Heavenly Snake Mansion a woman with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils in exchange for her help.
• Su Qian and Hu Gan hurriedly led Jia Nan Academy elders away, and Fan Tian concluded that Han Feng had begun moving against the academy to seize the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Fan Tian planned to defeat Han Feng, take the Sea Heart Flame and Fallen Heart Flame for Cao Ying and Dan Chen, and eventually unify the Black-Corner Region.
• The Spirit and Stone Clans killed roughly five percent of the Hall of Souls’ elite forces, while several Heavenly Venerates died in battle.
• Hun Qianmo killed numerous low-star Dou Senses before the Spirit and Stone Clans used a large formation to suppress him.
• Gu You and the others gained the advantage in the fighting at Wind Lightning Pavilion.

Fan Tian learned that Xiao Yan was training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and planned to build the Heavenly Mansion and suppress him. Meanwhile, Yun Shan failed to break through to Dou Zong and began seeking a husband for Yun Yun, while the Hall of Souls’ Gu You and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Huang Kun faced a Dou Sheng after battling the Spirit Clan.

• Huang Kun and Gu You killed the Spirit Clan’s Half-Saint and several Dou Zun, but a Dou Sheng disrupted Huang Kun’s attempt to escape.
• The Black Emperor Sect won the Heavenly Mansion’s low-grade seventh-tier medicinal pill at auction by offering a dried Heaven Demon Phoenix corpse, which Fan Tian gave to Cao Ying and Dan Chen to study.
• Yuan Yi told Fan Tian that Xiao Yan had completed his Coming-of-Age Ceremony and was training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and Fan Tian ordered him to recruit experts and avoid provoking major factions.
• Yun Shan failed to advance to Dou Zong, worried about Yun Yun’s future, and decided to find her a husband; news of Yun Yun seeking a husband spread through the Jia Ma Empire.
• Protector Wu abandoned Iron Protector while they were fleeing four Dou Zong from the Spirit and Stone Clans, leaving Iron Protector alone.

Han Feng and the Black-Corner Region fighters defeated and captured the fallen heart flame, then tried to escape Jia Nan Academy. A purple-haired girl blocked their path and was struck by their combined attack as they fled.

• Han Feng and the Gold and Silver Elders attacked the fallen heart flame while it battled them in the sky above Jia Nan Academy.
• Han Feng threw two frost-filled jade bottles at the flame, and the Black-Corner Region fighters followed with a barrage of attacks.
• Han Feng found the flame's origin, pierced it with an azure spear, and helped subdue it with the Gold and Silver Elders.
• Han Feng erased the flame's consciousness, stored its origin, and led the Black-Corner Region fighters away.
• A purple-haired girl blocked their escape and exchanged blows with Fan Lao before Han Feng ordered everyone to attack her.
• The Gold and Silver Elders and the others struck the girl with a combined barrage of Dou Qi, then departed without looking back.

Su Qian found the Inner Academy devastated after Han Feng and the Gold and Silver Elders stole the fallen heart flame and left Zi Yan gravely injured. At Fan Tian’s estate, he accepted Zi Yan into his care and rushed to treat her with help from Cao Ying and Dan Chen.

• Su Qian arrived at the Inner Academy, learned that Han Feng’s forces had stolen the fallen heart flame and killed or injured many, and found Zi Yan barely alive.
• Yun Shan urged Yun Yun to marry, and she agreed on the condition that any suitor defeat her on Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Xiao Yan felt that he had lost some opportunities, but his teacher dismissed the feeling as fatigue.
• Jia Nan Academy elders brought Zi Yan to Fan Tian and promised she could follow him if he saved her.
• Fan Tian carried Zi Yan to the rear courtyard and ordered Cao Ying and Dan Chen to provide their healing pills, but both protested.

Fan Tian saved Zi Yan with two healing pills and secured her future allegiance to the Heavenly Mansion, while he considered how to reach the inheritance inside Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion. As fighting intensified in the Black-Corner Region, the Heavenly Mansion absorbed three factions and rose to become a top-tier power.

• Fan Tian reasoned that his complete spirit devouring origin might eventually break down Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion barrier, but he feared the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill could escape if he waited too long.
• Fan Tian obtained two seventh-grade intermediate healing pills from Cao Ying and Dan Chen, and Zi Yan formed a massive purple cocoon after consuming them.
• Yuan Yi delivered reports on events across the continent, including Yun Yun's planned martial tournament and Han Feng's growing Black Alliance, which battled Jia Nan Academy for control of the Black-Corner Region.
• Jia Nan Academy secured a Sect Breaking Pill from Fan Tian for Hu Gan, agreeing in writing that Zi Yan would belong to the Heavenly Mansion and have no further ties to the academy.
• The Heavenly Mansion recruited the Yao Brothers and absorbed the Mad Lion Gang, Heavenly Yin Sect, and Rakshasa Gate after Fan Tian defeated their leaders, becoming a top-tier faction within half a year.

After Zi Yan emerged from her cocoon, Fan Tian welcomed her into the Heavenly Mansion and promised she would have a home and plenty to eat. Meanwhile, Han Feng’s breakthrough shifted the war against Jia Nan Academy in the Black Alliance’s favor, leaving Su Qian in danger as Han Feng attacked him with a powerful Dou Technique.

• Fan Tian watched Zi Yan emerge from the Purple Cocoon and explained that he had rescued her and brought her to the Heavenly Mansion.
• Fan Tian showed Zi Yan the agreement from Jia Nan Academy and gave her a Storage Ring filled with pills, then promised she would never be abandoned.
• Fan Tian comforted Zi Yan when she feared he might leave her, telling her that the Heavenly Mansion was her home.
• Han Feng and Hu Gan’s breakthroughs to Dou Zong changed the balance in the year-long war between Jia Nan Academy and the Black Alliance.
• Han Feng overpowered Su Qian with his heavenly flames and launched Starfall Palm, while Hu Gan struggled against the Gold and Silver Elders.

Fan Tian helped Zi Yan avenge her childhood by wiping out the powerful beasts in her birthplace, while the allied clans pressed their assault on the Hun Clan. The chapter ended as four ancient figures emerged from coffins in hidden corners of the Soul Realm.

• Zi Yan brought Fan Tian, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen to the secluded valley where she had grown up and described how the beasts there had bullied her.
• Fan Tian unleashed his Dou Zong aura, then helped Zi Yan kill the fifth- and sixth-rank magical beasts, which she devoured.
• Gu Yuan directed the allied army’s cautious advance through the Soul Realm as the war with the Hun Clan entered its year and a half.
• Gu Yuan ordered the Lei Clan forces to rest while the Yan Clan took over the front, and he replenished his supply of pills from Yao Dan.
• Hun Tiandi challenged Gu Yuan to battle in the void, while Lei Ying and Yan Jin pursued the nihility devouring flame and the allied army attacked.
• Four aged figures emerged from ancient coffins in four hidden corners of the Soul Realm.

Fan Tian learned that Han Feng had defeated Su Qian and led the Heavenly Mansion’s forces to confront the Black Alliance. The chapter ended as Han Feng recognized Fan Tian’s approaching army and ordered the Black Alliance to prepare for battle.

• Zi Yan told Fan Tian that Han Feng had severely injured Su Qian after refining the Fallen Heart Flame and defeating Jia Nan Academy’s forces.
• Fan Tian offered healing pills for Su Qian and sent Zi Yan to deliver them, saying this would repay the debt Jia Nan Academy had incurred by sheltering her.
• Fan Tian assembled the Heavenly Mansion’s experts and led them toward the Black Alliance headquarters, followed by thousands of subordinates.
• At a banquet, Han Feng’s followers celebrated his new Heavenly Flame, Dou Zong breakthrough, and victory over Su Qian.
• Han Feng sensed Fan Tian’s approaching force, recognized the Heavenly Mansion, and ordered the Black Alliance to prepare for battle.

Fan Tian defeated Han Feng and exposed his betrayal of Yao Chen, then prepared to claim Han Feng’s heavenly flames. Cornered, Han Feng formed a two-colored Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus.

• Fan Tian criticized Han Feng’s mindset and revealed that he knew Han Feng had betrayed Yao Chen and associated with Mu Gu of the Hall of Souls.
• Fan Tian struck Han Feng down, shattered his heavenly-flame barrier, and left him gravely injured while the two sides fought around them.
• Han Feng offered to refine pills and invoked his ties to Yao Chen and Venerable Feng, but Fan Tian remained intent on taking his heavenly flames.
• Han Feng revealed his grievance that Yao Chen had refused to give him the Flame Mantra and gathered his two heavenly flames into a Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus.

Fan Tian devoured Han Feng’s Fire Lotus, killed the Gold and Silver Elders, and seized Maple City before returning with heavenly flames for Cao Ying and Dan Chen. As they entered seclusion to advance, Zi Yan arrived and swallowed the Transformation Pill, preparing to regain control of her true form.

• Fan Tian used Six-Union Heaven Swallowing to consume Han Feng’s two-colored Fire Lotus, then drove Han Feng to flee.
• Fan Tian killed the Gold and Silver Elders and ordered the Black Alliance to disband before pursuing Han Feng.
• The Black Alliance’s members scattered, while the Heavenly Mansion took control of Maple City and its subordinate cities.
• Fan Tian returned with the Fallen Heart Flame and Sea Heart Flame, gave them to Cao Ying and Dan Chen, and advised them on their breakthroughs.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen entered seclusion as Fan Tian guarded them and attempted to break through his own bottleneck.
• Zi Yan arrived in Maple City, swallowed the Transformation Pill, and began cultivating to regain the ability to change between human and magical beast forms.

The Spirit and Stone Clans confronted the Hun Clan and Hall of Souls at the Wind Lightning Pavilion while the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan weighed whether to join the fight. After deciding to stay out of the battle and let the human Emperor Clans weaken each other, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan withdrew, and Hun Xuzi ordered the Spirit-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Formation activated.

• Huang Kun told Huang Tian and the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes that she had attacked the Spirit and Stone Clans alongside the Hall of Souls and that Huang Xuan had been critically wounded.
• Phoenix argued that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan should not aid the Hun Clan because its bloodline-devouring power could threaten magical beast races.
• Huang Tian and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan withdrew from the standoff, leaving the Spirit and Stone Clans to face the Hun Clan and Hall of Souls.
• Hun Miesheng warned Hun Xuzi that their forces were close to defeat, while Hun Qianmo said the routes to the Soul Realm had been sealed.
• Hun Xuzi's emerald bracelet shattered, and he ordered his forces to activate the Spirit-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Formation.