Chapter Summaries

Hun Changqing completed the refinement of a golden, heaven-grade Heavenly Demon Puppet, but Dragon Venerable’s lingering memories briefly awakened inside it. After the puppet tried to escape, Hun Changqing suppressed its soul and erased Dragon Venerable’s remnant consciousness, leaving the puppet stable and under his control.

• Hun Changqing realized that Soul Imprints in Dragon Venerable’s body had awakened, allowing Dragon Venerable’s memories to merge with the Yin Demon inside the Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• The puppet tried to flee by tearing through the sealing restrictions, but Hun Changqing summoned a silver net to capture it.
• Hun Changqing used supreme yin true qi and the net’s soul-scouring power to subdue the puppet, despite its resistance and wasted magic-core energy.
• The net destroyed Dragon Venerable’s remnant consciousness, returning the Yin Demon to its mindless state and allowing Hun Changqing to stabilize the puppet.
• Hun Changqing examined the puppet and confirmed that its golden skin marked it as a highest-grade, heaven-grade Heavenly Demon Puppet.

Hun Changqing tested the Heavenly Demon Puppet and considered using Xiao Yan to bargain with Gu Xun'er for materials to make a stronger one. Two months later, Medusa returned after conquering three factions, while Zi Yan resented her reunion with Hun Changqing.

• Hun Changqing tested the Heavenly Demon Puppet's attack on a mountain range and found that it endured a powerful strike without damage.
• Hun Changqing considered trading Xiao Yan to Gu Xun'er for Dou Sheng Realm materials to refine another Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Over the next two months, Hun Changqing refined his powers and stayed at the Netherworld Hall while Zi Yan grew closer to him.
• Medusa returned with her forces after subduing three factions, expanding the Netherworld Hall's power across the Northwest Continent.
• Zi Yan watched Medusa's return with resentment, fearing she would come between her and Hun Changqing.
• Medusa reported the expedition's success, warned the Netherworld Hall's members to obey its rules, and dismissed them to claim their rewards.

Hai Bodong told Hun Changqing that the Misty Cloud Sect was threatening the Mittel Family and Mittel Auction House, prompting Hun Changqing to agree to go with him to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital. Medusa reluctantly let Hun Changqing leave for a few days after he promised to return quickly, while Hai Bodong suspected the crisis also involved Ya Fei.

• Hai Bodong asked Hun Changqing for permission to return to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital because Yun Shan and another suspected Dou Zong were pressuring the Mittel Family.
• Hun Changqing realized the danger to the Mittel Auction House could affect Ya Fei and considered sending the Eagle Mountain Elder to help Hai Bodong.
• Hai Bodong stressed that the Mittel Auction House was close to collapse, convincing Hun Changqing that the matter could not wait.
• Hun Changqing decided to accompany Hai Bodong to the capital and promised Medusa he would return within a few days.
• Medusa reluctantly accepted Hun Changqing's departure, then glared at Hai Bodong and left for the main hall.

Hun Changqing learned that the Misty Cloud Sect was threatening the Mittel Family and set out for the Jia Ma Imperial Capital. Meanwhile, Yun Yun remained imprisoned as Yun Shan forced her to marry Gu He, and the Mittel Family feared an imminent attack while awaiting Hai Bodong's return.

• Hai Bodong told Hun Changqing that the Misty Cloud Sect was attacking the Mittel Family and that Ya Fei was currently safe, prompting Hun Changqing to leave for the capital at once.
• Yun Shan visited Yun Yun in the Forbidden Hall, defended his plan to marry her to Gu He, and told her the wedding would happen within days.
• Yun Yun refused the marriage again and silently wondered whether Hun Changqing would come looking for her.
• Mittel Tengshan's family elders worried that the Misty Cloud Sect would attack their headquarters before their ancestor returned.
• Ya Fei warned the Mittel Family that the Misty Cloud Sect had become increasingly brazen and might attack at any moment.

Ya Fei and Mittel Tengshan prepared the Mittel Family to resist the Misty Cloud Sect’s attack, while Jia Xingtian and Yao Ye watched from afar. The siege began with the family outnumbered and Yun Leng revealing he had advanced to Dou Huang.

• Ya Fei argued that the Mittel Family could hold out until Hai Bodong returned, but the Misty Cloud Sect issued an ultimatum demanding the family’s submission.
• Mittel Tengshan ordered the family to fight, and Ya Fei commanded everyone to hold their posts and kill any invaders.
• The Misty Cloud Sect’s white-robed forces surrounded the Mittel Family estate as Jia Xingtian told Yao Ye that the empire could not stop them.
• Mittel Tengshan and Ya Fei confronted the besiegers with the Fifth-Order Amethyst Winged Lion King, which had grown under Ya Fei’s care.
• Yun Leng appeared with a Dou Huang’s aura, shocking Mittel Tengshan by revealing his advancement from Dou Wang.

The Misty Cloud Sect attacked the Mittel Family after Yun Leng displayed a seemingly forced Dou Emperor’s strength, and the family struggled to hold its estate. As Yun Leng’s attack threatened Mittel Tengshan and the Amethyst Winged Lion King, snow and a chilling voice announced the arrival of someone prepared to defend the clan.

• Ya Fei rallied the Mittel elders and prepared the family’s defenses while Yao Ye suspected she had a connection to Hun Changqing.
• Mittel Tengshan said Yun Leng’s Dou Emperor strength seemed artificially enhanced and joined the Amethyst Winged Lion King in holding him back.
• Yun Leng ordered the Misty Cloud Sect disciples to slaughter the Mittel Family, and Ya Fei led the family’s resistance.
• The Misty Cloud Sect pushed into the estate, while the Nalan Family and Mu Family hesitated to help for fear of Yun Shan.
• Yun Leng overpowered Mittel Tengshan and the Amethyst Winged Lion King as the Mittel defenses faltered, then launched a devastating attack against them.
• Snow filled the Imperial Capital, Yun Leng’s attack crumbled, and an icy voice demanded to know how the Misty Cloud Sect dared destroy their clan.

Hai Bodong returned to the Mittel Family’s defense as a Dou Zong, accompanied by Hun Changqing, whose arrival stunned the Imperial Capital. Hun Changqing withdrew to the manor after confirming Ya Fei was safe, leaving Hai Bodong to confront the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Mittel Tengshan recognized the returning voice as the Mittel Family’s ancestor, and the family’s defenders erupted in cheers.
• Ya Fei and Yao Ye recognized Hun Changqing among the two figures emerging from a spatial fissure, while Yao Ye struggled with her feelings toward him.
• Yun Leng realized Hai Bodong could stand in the air and understood that he had become a Dou Zong.
• Hun Changqing told Hai Bodong that he would leave the conflict to him because Ya Fei was unharmed, then entered Mittel Manor.
• Hai Bodong fixed his killing intent on Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect disciples and asked how they wanted to die.

Hai Bodong annihilated the Misty Cloud Sect force attacking the Mittel Family, and Hun Changqing returned to reunite with Ya Fei. The chapter ended with Hun Changqing learning that Yun Yun was set to marry Gu He in three days and agreeing to attend the wedding.

• Hai Bodong unleashed a snowstorm that slaughtered Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect attackers outside the Mittel Family estate.
• Hun Changqing returned, and Ya Fei threw herself into his arms after fearing for the family.
• Hai Bodong asked Hun Changqing whether he should retaliate against the Misty Cloud Sect, and Ya Fei proposed waiting until the sect’s upcoming event to demand compensation and an apology.
• Ya Fei revealed that Yun Shan had arranged for Yun Yun to marry Gu He in three days.
• Hun Changqing said he would go to the wedding with Ya Fei and Hai Bodong.

Hun Changqing accepted Jia Xingtian’s request for the Imperial Family to join the Mittel Family against the Misty Cloud Sect, while secretly signaling Yao Ye to meet him that night. The chapter ended with Hai Bodong confronting Jia Xingtian over an old beating and attacking him as he screamed for mercy.

• The Imperial Family’s troops cleaned the battlefield outside Mittel Manor, and Jia Xingtian arrived with Yao Ye to seek Hun Changqing’s support against the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Hun Changqing agreed to Jia Xingtian’s request, surprising Ya Fei with how casually he settled the Imperial Family’s alliance with the Mittel Family.
• Hun Changqing secretly tapped Yao Ye’s hand three times with his Supreme Yin True Qi, and she understood that he wanted to meet her at the third watch that night.
• Jia Xingtian grew concerned when Yao Ye smiled happily at Hun Changqing’s departing figure, but she told him she was fine and headed for the manor exit.
• Hai Bodong stopped Jia Xingtian and threatened him over the beating he had given Hai Bodong in the Imperial Palace, then attacked as Jia Xingtian cried out for mercy.

Yun Shan learned that Hai Bodong had become a Dou Zong and killed Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect forces sent to attack the Mittel Family. He ordered the sect to prepare for the wedding in three days, while Gu He went to visit the imprisoned Yun Yun.

• Yun Shan learned from Yun Peng that Yun Leng and the accompanying elders' soul tablets had shattered.
• A disciple reported that Hai Bodong returned to defend the Mittel Family, revealed himself as a Dou Zong, and killed every Misty Cloud Sect member there.
• Yun Shan ordered the elders to prepare for the wedding in three days and closely monitor the Imperial Capital.
• Gu He told Yun Shan that he accepted Yun Yun's temperament and asked permission to visit her in the Forbidden Hall.
• Yun Shan allowed Gu He to visit Yun Yun, and Gu He left the great hall.

Yun Yun rejected Gu He's insistence that their wedding proceed, while Hun Changqing met Yao Ye at the Imperial City lake after spending the day with Ya Fei. The chapter ended with Yao Ye joyfully greeting Hun Changqing.

• Yun Yun told Gu He she refused to marry him and urged him to ask Yun Shan to cancel the wedding.
• Gu He insisted that the wedding would take place in three days and left Yun Yun alone in the Forbidden Hall.
• Yun Yun screamed, wrecked the furniture, and collapsed amid the ruins, despairing over her situation.
• Hun Changqing crossed the Imperial City under the guards' watch and found Yao Ye waiting by a lake.
• Yao Ye recognized Hun Changqing, blushed, and greeted him in a flustered voice.

Hun Changqing reunited with Yao Ye in a secluded spot in the Imperial Capital and teased her about hiding Yao Yue’s whereabouts. After Yao Ye admitted she wanted him to punish her, he carried her into the woods, leaving her startled by his choice of location.

• Hun Changqing complimented Yao Ye’s figure, and she admitted she cared about whether he liked her.
• Hun Changqing asked why Yao Yue was absent, and Yao Ye falsely said her sister was resting while concealing that she had kept Yao Yue from meeting him.
• Hun Changqing noticed Yao Ye was lying, pulled her into his embrace, and teased her about punishing liars.
• Yao Ye begged Hun Changqing not to leave and admitted she wanted him to punish her.
• Hun Changqing carried Yao Ye into the woods instead of toward her bedchamber, and she protested before he continued deeper among the trees.

After Yao Ye woke in the forest, Hun Changqing explained that a medicinal pill had restored her body. She clung to him, afraid he would disappear again, and he comforted her while realizing she had developed genuine feelings for him.

• Hun Changqing gave the unconscious Yao Ye a diluted Seventh-Rank Medicinal Pill, which healed her injuries and restored her strength.
• Yao Ye woke, saw that her body had been restored, and asked Hun Changqing what had happened.
• Hun Changqing explained that the pill had helped her recover and had also improved her body.
• Yao Ye lamented that the pill seemed precious and felt sorrow that its effects had erased the marks Hun Changqing had left on her.
• Yao Ye threw her arms around Hun Changqing and said she only wanted to hold him for a while.
• Hun Changqing understood that Yao Ye feared losing him again, then stroked her back as she held him.

Hun Changqing left Yao Ye after promising to visit her in the Imperial Capital, and Yao Yue discovered that her sister had secretly met him. Three days later, Yun Yun and Gu He’s wedding began at the Misty Cloud Sect, with Yun Shan expecting Gu He to become Yun Yun’s husband despite her resistance.

• Hun Changqing gave Yao Ye a dress from his Storage Ring and promised to visit her while he stayed in the Imperial Capital.
• Yao Yue confronted Yao Ye about missing the night before, realized she had secretly gone to see Hun Changqing, and broke down crying.
• Yao Ye apologized and told Yao Yue that Hun Changqing would visit the Imperial City, and the sisters argued playfully over who would see him first.
• Three days later, crowds gathered for Yun Yun and Gu He’s wedding at the Misty Cloud Sect amid tension over the Imperial Capital’s future.
• Yun Shan told Gu He that after the wedding he would be Yun Yun’s rightful husband, and Gu He eagerly agreed with his expectation that she would eventually accept him.

Yun Shan agreed to Gu He's marriage to Yun Yun while submitting to the Soul Palace's demands, and the wedding began amid a gathering of powerful guests. Hun Changqing noticed that Yun Yun was being forced to the altar but chose not to intervene, leaving the ceremony poised to continue.

• Gu He told Yun Shan he believed he could change Yun Yun's mind, and Yun Shan agreed to release her seal after the wedding.
• Vulture Protector threatened Yun Shan and demanded his service to the Soul Palace; Yun Shan accepted the arrangement and promised obedience.
• Misty Cloud Sect held a lavish wedding attended by major powers, while Hun Changqing watched beside Ya Fei and complained of feeling tired.
• Yun Yun arrived in a red bridal gown, moving stiffly like a puppet, and Hun Changqing realized she was being forced into the marriage.
• Hun Changqing decided not to interfere with Yun Yun's wedding and closed his eyes to rest.

At Yun Yun and Gu He’s wedding, Yun Yun prepared to use Hun Changqing’s Jade Slip rather than accept the marriage. Its silver glow revealed Hun Changqing’s presence, and he appeared just in time to stop its power from erupting, leaving Ya Fei and the wedding guests stunned.

• Gu He and Yun Shan began the wedding ceremony as Yun Yun secretly clutched the Jade Slip Hun Changqing had given her.
• As Gu He approached, Yun Yun decided to destroy the wedding by activating the Jade Slip, but its sudden silver glow made her realize Hun Changqing was nearby.
• Yun Yun tore off her veil, called out to Hun Changqing, and threatened to detonate the Jade Slip when he did not appear.
• Hun Changqing revealed himself above Yun Yun and contained the Jade Slip’s surging energy before it could erupt.
• Yun Yun told Hun Changqing she had won her gamble, while Ya Fei realized he had been sitting beside her and the sisters Yao Ye and Yao Yue watched his appearance.

Hun Changqing appeared at Yun Yun’s wedding, where she rejected Gu He and chose to stand beside him. Yun Shan summoned the Vulture Protector to confront Hun Changqing and Hai Bodong, and the protector prepared to attack them.

• Hun Changqing appeared at the wedding, and the spectators recognized him as the powerful man who had accompanied the Lord Ice Sect at the Mittel Family incident.
• Yun Yun told Hun Changqing she considered him her man and refused to marry Gu He, despite Hun Changqing’s doubts and Yun Shan’s anger.
• Yun Yun rejected Gu He’s pleas and said the Misty Cloud Sect no longer felt like home because it had imprisoned her and forced the marriage.
• Yun Shan unleashed his Dou Zong aura, and Hai Bodong appeared to oppose him and warn him against attacking Hun Changqing.
• Yun Shan summoned the Vulture Protector, who emerged from black mist and threatened to take Hun Changqing and Hai Bodong’s souls.

Hun Changqing effortlessly stopped Vulture Protector’s attack and revealed a power that made Vulture Protector suspect he was a Dou Zun. Meanwhile, Hai Bodong fought Yun Shan, and the chapter ended with Hun Changqing facing Vulture Protector.

• Yun Yun warned Hun Changqing to flee if he could not defeat Vulture Protector, but Hun Changqing reassured her that he was in no danger.
• Vulture Protector sent a black chain at Hun Changqing, who stopped it and dissolved it into black energy.
• Hai Bodong asked Hun Changqing for permission to deal with Yun Shan, and Hun Changqing told him not to kill or cripple him.
• Hai Bodong attacked Yun Shan with his two-star Dou Zong strength, and Yun Shan’s cries rang out from within a flash of blue light.
• Hun Changqing stirred his Supreme Yin True Qi, terrifying Vulture Protector, who realized Hun Changqing might be a Dou Zun; Hun Changqing replied that he had never claimed to be a Dou Zong.

Hun Changqing revealed himself as a Dou Zun and overwhelmed Vulture Protector, then forced him to swallow a pill that placed his life under Hun Changqing’s control. He spared Vulture Protector and ordered him to join the Netherworld Hall, leaving the former Soul Palace member resigned to serving him.

• Hun Changqing dismissed Vulture Protector’s threats by revealing that he had destroyed the Soul Palace’s Northwest Continent Branch Hall and defeated the Venerables sent to investigate.
• Vulture Protector attacked Hun Changqing with his chains, but Hun Changqing stopped and erased them effortlessly.
• Hun Changqing questioned Vulture Protector about his work in the Northwest Continent and decided to recruit him into the Netherworld Hall.
• Hun Changqing forced Vulture Protector to swallow a controlling pill, warning that an Alchemist near the ninth tier had made it.
• Hun Changqing told Vulture Protector that he had spared him to fill a shortage of manpower, and Vulture Protector accepted that he would have to serve.

Hun Changqing sent Vulture Protector to the Netherworld Hall and offered Yun Yun a choice between staying in the Misty Cloud Sect and leaving for the Central Plains. Yun Yun chose to go with him, and Hun Changqing stopped Hai Bodong before he could finish defeating Yun Shan.

• Hun Changqing gave Vulture Protector a Jade Slip for the Netherworld Hall and sent him to the Black-Corner Region, revealing that he was the Hall Master.
• Vulture Protector left for the Black-Corner Region, fearing that the Netherworld Hall would be destroyed in a coming clash with the Soul Palace.
• Hai Bodong wounded Yun Shan, and Yun Yun asked Hun Changqing to spare her master.
• Hun Changqing offered Yun Yun the choice of staying in the Misty Cloud Sect or traveling with him to the Central Plains, and Yun Yun chose to leave with him.
• Hun Changqing ordered Hai Bodong to stop before he could deliver a decisive attack on Yun Shan.