Chapter Summaries

Hun Changqing spared Yun Shan and rewarded Hai Bodong before Yun Yun and Ya Fei confronted each other over their relationship with him. The chapter ended with Yun Yun warning Ya Fei that Hun Changqing would likely have more women and teasing her about what lay ahead.

• Hun Changqing gave Yun Shan a pill to stabilize his Dou Zong cultivation, crediting Yun Yun for his survival.
• Hun Changqing gave Hai Bodong a Supreme Yin Pill and a Jade Slip containing a one-star Dou Zun attack, and Hai Bodong said he would put Ya Fei in charge of them.
• Gu He abandoned his wedding robe and left the Misty Cloud Sect after seeing Yun Yun's happiness with Hun Changqing.
• Ya Fei confronted Yun Yun with pointed questions and mocked her relationship with Hun Changqing in front of the gathered crowd.
• Yun Yun calmly said she had met Hun Changqing in the Black-Corner Region and privately warned Ya Fei that he would likely have other women.

After Ya Fei and Yun Yun clashed over Hun Changqing, Hai Bodong named Ya Fei the Mittel Family’s future patriarch, and the group prepared to leave the Misty Cloud Sect. Nalan Yanran emerged from seclusion and, unaware of the political situation, ordered Ya Fei seized, leaving Yun Yun to answer her challenge.

• Ya Fei calmed herself, and Hun Changqing persuaded her to postpone their personal discussion while Hai Bodong announced that she would become the Mittel Family’s patriarch.
• Hun Changqing told Yun Yun to remain at the Misty Cloud Sect, and she agreed to meet him later.
• Nalan Yanran emerged from the Gate of Life and Death and reunited with Yun Yun, then asked about the sect and Yun Yun’s wedding clothes.
• Ya Fei mocked Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran rebuked her and ordered the Misty Cloud Sect Enforcement Team to imprison her.
• The disciples hesitated to obey Nalan Yanran, while Ya Fei asked Yun Yun whether she would personally intervene.

Yun Yun explained to Nalan Yanran that the Misty Cloud Sect had lost to the Mittel Family and that she loved Hun Changqing, who was also involved with Ya Fei. After Nalan Yanran probed Hun Changqing’s aura and suffered a terrifying backlash, he noticed a strange fluctuation in her.

• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that Yun Shan had tried to force her to marry Gu He and that Hai Bodong had returned as a Dou Zong and defeated the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Nalan Yanran celebrated the sect’s supposed rise in power and confronted Ya Fei, but Yun Yun explained the sect’s defeat and her relationship with Hun Changqing.
• Ya Fei mocked Yun Yun about Gu He, and Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that Gu He’s feelings had been one-sided and that strength mattered more than status.
• Nalan Yanran asked who Hun Changqing was, then probed his aura and saw a terrifying vision that left her trembling.
• Nalan Yanran resolved to grow stronger and rescue Yun Yun, while Hun Changqing noticed a strange, fleeting fluctuation within her.

Nalan Yanran revealed that she had inherited the Misty Cloud Sect ancestor’s power and vowed to challenge Xiao Yan again. Hun Changqing said he did not know Xiao Yan’s whereabouts, then left with Ya Fei while Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran watched them go with troubled feelings.

• Hun Changqing examined Nalan Yanran and recognized that she had received a powerful inheritance, while Yun Yun asked how she had fared in the Gate of Life and Death.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun she had reached Peak Dou Wang and planned to fight Xiao Yan again after breaking through to Dou Emperor.
• Ya Fei revealed that Xiao Yan had sought Hun Changqing before his duel with Nalan Yanran, shocking Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran by identifying him as Hun Changqing’s younger brother.
• Nalan Yanran asked Hun Changqing to arrange another fight with Xiao Yan, but he said he had not seen Xiao Yan since they parted in Wutan City and did not know where he was.
• Hun Changqing explained that he had helped Xiao Yan recover his talent and become his sworn younger brother, then prepared to leave with Ya Fei.
• Yun Yun watched Hun Changqing and Ya Fei depart with jealousy, while Nalan Yanran stared after them with rising killing intent.

After the Misty Cloud Sect’s ceremony, Nalan Yanran returned to her room and found a remnant soul inside her, hidden in the Dou Qi essence she had absorbed. The old woman explained that she could not take over Nalan Yanran’s body and offered to guide her cultivation, leaving Nalan Yanran with a possible path to grow stronger.

• The Misty Cloud Sect’s disciples celebrated their ties to a Dou Zun while Yun Yun began handling the sect’s affairs after Yun Shan went into seclusion.
• Nalan Yanran returned to her residence, struggled with her hatred of Hun Changqing, and failed to settle down to cultivate.
• A strange voice told Nalan Yanran that a remnant soul had entered her body through the Dou Qi essence she absorbed in the Gate of Life and Death.
• The remnant soul explained that the Misty Cloud Sect had been built on her former cave abode and that the sect’s founder had drawn on her cultivation insights.
• The old woman appeared before Nalan Yanran and assured her she could not seize her body, then offered to guide her cultivation in exchange for seeing the outside world through her.

Nalan Yanran regained her resolve to grow strong enough to challenge Hun Changqing with Saint Liufeng’s guidance. Saint Liufeng revealed that she had once been a Dou Sheng and warned Nalan Yanran about the immense difficulty of reaching that realm and the powerful clans that dominated the Dou Qi Continent.

• Nalan Yanran nearly succumbed again to the lingering effect of Hun Changqing’s aura, but Saint Liufeng awakened her and helped her regain her resolve.
• Nalan Yanran thanked Saint Liufeng and vowed to grow strong enough to defeat Hun Changqing, while Saint Liufeng encouraged her to cultivate with her guidance.
• Nalan Yanran asked for Saint Liufeng’s title, and the old woman revealed that she had been called Saint Liufeng.
• Saint Liufeng explained that reaching Dou Sheng required exceptional luck and opportunity, even for talented cultivators.
• Saint Liufeng described certain powerful clans as the true masters of the continent and told Nalan Yanran to focus on cultivation until she reached Dou Zun or Dou Sheng.

Nalan Yanran learned that Hun Changqing might rival the geniuses of powerful clans, but she resolved to save Yun Yun and began Saint Liufeng's training. Two months later, after Nalan Yanran advanced to Dou Emperor, Hun Changqing's relentless romantic entanglements left him exhausted.

• Saint Liufeng told Nalan Yanran that Hun Changqing was a monstrous genius but might face cultivation bottlenecks, and Nalan Yanran vowed to rescue Yun Yun despite the danger.
• Saint Liufeng gave Nalan Yanran cultivation instructions and a list of materials to gather for her training.
• Over the next two months, Nalan Yanran advanced from the peak of Dou Wang to Dou Emperor, and the Misty Cloud Sect held a celebration that Hun Changqing attended while Ya Fei stayed away.
• Hun Changqing spent the celebration with Yun Yun, then returned to Ya Fei and used another day and night to pacify her.
• A message from Yao Ye and her sister summoned Hun Changqing to the Imperial Palace, and he reflected on how exhausting his two months of constant romantic encounters had become.

Hun Changqing arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to take Yun Yun with him to the Central Plains, but Nalan Yanran insisted on joining them. Yun Yun reluctantly agreed after Nalan Yanran made clear she would follow them regardless, and Hun Changqing promised not to pursue Yun Yun's disciple.

• After spending two months in the Imperial Capital, Hun Changqing left for the Misty Cloud Sect to depart with Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that she had arranged for the sect to be overseen by Nalan Yanran and her Grandmaster, and that she planned to travel with Hun Changqing.
• Nalan Yanran insisted on accompanying Yun Yun, arguing that she could not bear to be separated from her teacher.
• Yun Yun warned Nalan Yanran against leaving, but finally relented when Nalan Yanran remained determined to go to the Central Plains.
• Yun Yun pleaded with Hun Changqing not to make a move on Nalan Yanran, and he agreed to honor her request.

Nalan Yanran chose to accompany Yun Yun to the Central Plains despite Saint Liufeng's warnings, planning to leave later and cultivate on her own. Hun Changqing took both women through a spatial passage to a quiet town outside Jia Nan Academy, where he sensed a crowd gathered at the academy gates and went to investigate.

• Hun Changqing promised Yun Yun he would leave Nalan Yanran alone, making Yun Yun happy.
• Saint Liufeng urged Nalan Yanran to stay in the Misty Cloud Sect, but Nalan Yanran explained she wanted to protect Yun Yun and would leave once they reached the Central Plains.
• Saint Liufeng accepted Nalan Yanran's plan, and Nalan Yanran gathered her belongings before rejoining Yun Yun and Hun Changqing.
• Hun Changqing opened a spatial passage and took Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran from the Jia Ma Imperial Capital to a town outside Jia Nan Academy.
• Hun Changqing sensed that the town's residents had gathered at the academy entrance and carried Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran toward the spectacle.

Qing Lin confronted Jia Nan Academy over Xiao Yan’s presumed death, but Xiao Yu revealed that the Xiao Clan had also been destroyed and that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li had survived. Hun Changqing appeared to ask about the clan’s destruction, leaving Su Qian and the academy elders terrified by his connection to Xiao Yan.

• Qing Lin threatened to destroy Jia Nan Academy after Su Qian said Xiao Yan had died in the Sky-Burning Qi Refining Tower disaster, and Su Qian answered by unleashing his Three-Star Dou Zong aura.
• Su Qian sensed several Dou Zong-level experts among Qing Lin’s companions, then Xiao Yu arrived and confirmed that Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan had been lost in disasters a year earlier.
• Qing Lin demanded to know whether Xiao Ding and Xiao Li had died, and Xiao Yu said they had escaped because they were in Mo City.
• Qing Lin demanded to know who destroyed the Xiao Clan, but Hun Changqing appeared beside Xiao Yu and asked what had happened.
• Xiao Yu recognized Hun Changqing as Xiao Yan’s older brother, and Su Qian and the elders realized they faced a terrifying member of Xiao Yan’s family.

Hun Changqing questioned Xiao Yu about the destruction of the Xiao Clan and inferred that the Soul Palace had failed to find the Ancient Jade, which Gu Xun'er had taken to the Gu Clan. When Qing Lin condemned him for Xiao Yan’s death, Hun Changqing mocked her and prepared to fight as two Heavenly Snake Mansion elders appeared to defend her.

• Hun Changqing questioned Xiao Yu and learned that Wutan City had been razed along with the Xiao Clan.
• Hun Changqing reasoned that the Soul Palace had failed to find the Ancient Jade and that Gu Xun'er had taken it to the Gu Clan.
• Hun Changqing reassured Su Qian that he did not blame Jia Nan Academy for staying out of the Netherworld Hall’s battle.
• Qing Lin called Hun Changqing back and accused him of abandoning Xiao Yan, but he mocked her and blamed Xiao Yan for his own death.
• Qing Lin summoned the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s Second Elder and Third Elder, and the tall elder ordered Hun Changqing to cripple himself and beg forgiveness.

Hun Changqing attacked Qing Lin and tore out one of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, only to find that the removed eye had lost its power. He then revealed his hostility toward the Heavenly Snake Mansion and left its elders fearing for their lives.

• Qing Lin ordered the two Heavenly Snake Mansion elders and her controlled Magical Beasts to attack Hun Changqing, but he evaded them and appeared beside her.
• Hun Changqing seized Qing Lin, suppressed her Dou Qi, and gouged out her left eye while the elders and onlookers watched helplessly.
• Hun Changqing examined the removed eye and found it had become an ordinary snake pupil with no patterns or energy.
• The stout elder slapped the tall, thin elder for provoking Hun Changqing and pleaded for Qing Lin's life, explaining the Heavenly Snake Mansion's research into her eyes.
• Hun Changqing rejected the plea, threatened to destroy the Heavenly Snake Mansion, and revealed that he had previously wanted to deal with it over the Netherworld Hall affair.
• The stout elder recognized Hun Changqing as the Netherworld Hall's Hall Master and cried out in disbelief.

Hun Changqing captured and extracted the souls of the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s Second and Third Elders after they fled from him. He kept the Second Elder’s soul as material for a yin demon and fed the Third Elder’s inferior soul to the Main Soul, while Qing Lin remained beside him in pain.

• The Heavenly Snake Mansion’s Mansion Master reluctantly allowed Qing Lin to travel to Jia Nan Academy with the Second and Third Elders to look for Xiao Yan.
• After Qing Lin tried to attack Hun Changqing, the two elders abandoned her and fled as his black mist and chains pursued them.
• Hun Changqing swallowed the two elders’ bodies in black mist, pierced them with chains, and extracted their souls.
• Hun Changqing judged the Second Elder’s soul suitable for a yin demon but found the Third Elder’s soul too corrupted to use.
• Hun Changqing fed the Third Elder’s soul to the Main Soul, which eagerly devoured it as the onlookers recoiled in horror.

Hun Changqing left Qing Lin unconscious and settled Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran in the pavilion, then violently punished Nalan Yanran for questioning his treatment of Qing Lin. After he departed, Nalan Yanran recovered and challenged Yun Yun over her relationship with him.

• Hun Changqing considered how many Soul Palace Earth Fiend Halls he would need to raid to gather enough souls, then carried the unconscious Qing Lin away from Jia Nan Academy.
• An elder questioned Jia Nan Academy's cooperation with the Netherworld Hall, but Su Qian said the partnership had benefited the academy and that Hun Changqing's power made the Netherworld Hall unstoppable.
• Hun Changqing brought Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran to the pavilion and told Yun Yun to wait there while he handled other matters.
• Nalan Yanran pleaded for Hun Changqing to spare Qing Lin, so he seized Nalan Yanran by the face and hurled her into the courtyard, warning Yun Yun that he would not tolerate another challenge to his decisions.
• Yun Yun healed Nalan Yanran, who then accused Hun Changqing of being cruel and asked why Yun Yun stayed with him.

Yun Yun warned Nalan Yanran that Hun Changqing might kill her if she provoked him again, but Nalan Yanran insisted on following Yun Yun to the Central Plains. Hun Changqing returned to the Netherworld Hall with Qing Lin to study her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, where Medusa confronted him and reminded him he still owed her a debt.

• Yun Yun explained her choice to leave the Misty Cloud Sect for Hun Changqing and warned Nalan Yanran to reconsider following them because Hun Changqing would not spare her next time.
• Nalan Yanran apologized for her actions but firmly chose to follow Yun Yun to the Central Plains, then grew resentful as Yun Yun went to her private room.
• Hun Changqing returned to the Netherworld Hall carrying unconscious Qing Lin, eager to study the formation of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Medusa angrily demanded an explanation for Qing Lin's presence, and Hun Changqing said he had captured her to study her unusual eyes.
• Medusa let Hun Changqing take Qing Lin to the Secret Chamber but reminded him that he still had not paid off his debt.

Hun Changqing spent a month torturing Qing Lin while researching her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, but he found no way to extract their power. He began to kill her, then stopped, leaving Qing Lin in despair as her hoped-for release vanished.

• Medusa teased Hun Changqing about the debt he owed her and warned him not to leave for the Central Plains before repaying it.
• Hun Changqing took Qing Lin to the dungeon, where he tortured and dissected her for a month to study her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Hun Changqing found that the pupils lost their effects when removed and discovered no trace of their power elsewhere in Qing Lin's body.
• Hun Changqing decided Qing Lin no longer served a purpose and pressed his hand against her head to kill her.
• Qing Lin welcomed the prospect of death, but Hun Changqing eased his grip and withdrew his hand, leaving her furious and devastated.

Hun Changqing decided to try evolving Qing Lin’s snake bloodline so a newly formed soul might control her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. He summoned Medusa to use the Snake-People Tribe’s secret method, and the chapter ended as they began the experiment with the sea heart flame.

• Hun Changqing silenced Qing Lin by destroying her throat and decided to attempt her bloodline evolution instead of killing her.
• Hun Changqing sent Medusa a Jade Slip while she presided over a Netherworld Hall meeting, and Medusa dismissed the elders before hurrying to the dungeon.
• Medusa found Qing Lin chained in the bloody dungeon, and Hun Changqing asked her to use the method that had evolved her into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Hun Changqing revealed the sea heart flame he had taken from Han Feng, and Medusa agreed to guide Qing Lin’s Dou Qi while he tempered her bloodline with the flame.
• Hun Changqing released the sea heart flame, and Medusa began channeling seven-colored Dou Qi into Qing Lin.

Medusa and Hun Changqing attempted to evolve Qing Lin by activating her Green Snake Bloodline and placing the Sea Heart Flame inside her. The flames engulfed her after her body cracked, and Medusa said the destruction was a normal part of rebirth, leaving them to await the new body forming within.

• Medusa activated Qing Lin's Green Snake Bloodline and ordered Hun Changqing to remove her chains.
• Hun Changqing forced the Sea Heart Flame into Qing Lin's abdomen, causing its energy to erupt through her body.
• Hun Changqing used Supreme Yin True Water to suppress the flames and guide them toward Qing Lin's Green Snake Bloodline, allowing her to sleep as the evolution began.
• Qing Lin's blue energy barrier shattered, and fissures spread across her skin as flames engulfed her body.
• Medusa stopped Hun Changqing from intervening and explained that Qing Lin was likely shedding her old body as part of a rebirth through fire.
• Hun Changqing recalled finding Medusa's discarded snake shell after her own evolution and teased her about it.

Hun Changqing and Medusa watched Qing Lin’s evolution trigger a devastating lightning tribulation that destroyed the dungeon and everything within a hundred li. After the storm passed, they searched the wreckage and found a charred lump, while Hun Changqing teased Medusa about her former body.

• Hun Changqing and Medusa sensed Qing Lin’s lightning tribulation approaching and moved a hundred li away from the dungeon.
• Medusa warned that Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils threatened the Snake-People Tribe, while Hun Changqing assured her Qing Lin would remain under his control.
• A vast, multicolored lightning tribulation struck the dungeon, and Hun Changqing lost hope that Qing Lin could survive as the storm continued for half a day.
• The lightning leveled everything within a hundred li and killed all nearby life before the clouds dispersed.
• Hun Changqing searched the wreckage for the Sea Heart Flame and found a charred lump, then teased Medusa about her former body until she angrily scolded him.

Hun Changqing found the weakened sea heart flame inside the charred corpse and stored it, then realized Qing Lin might have survived her lightning tribulation in the same way Medusa had. He found Qing Lin transformed into a tiny scaled snake, leaving Medusa relieved and Hun Changqing overjoyed.

• Hun Changqing retrieved the feeble sea heart flame from the corpse, and he and Medusa wondered whether it could recover in a suitable ocean over centuries.
• Hun Changqing stored the sea heart flame in a Spirit-Receiving Stone while Medusa urged him to leave and repay his debt.
• Medusa's words reminded Hun Changqing that she had once hidden inside her old shell without any detectable aura after her own tribulation.
• Hun Changqing dissected the charred corpse with a Water Sword and found a three-inch blue-green scaled snake inside.
• Medusa realized Qing Lin had survived her tribulation and transformed into a true Magical Beast, while Hun Changqing explained how he had once discovered Medusa in the same way.