Chapter Summaries

Hun Changqing fought Xuan Kongzi over the Soul Palace’s attack on the Pill Tower twenty years earlier. After sacrificing three Soul Palace Dou Zun to forge a Demon-Blood Blade, he beheaded Xuan Kongzi.

• Hun Changqing broke into the Soul-Locking Grand Formation and attacked Xuan Kongzi, who recognized the grievance over the Pill Tower incident twenty years earlier.
• Gu Xun'er learned from Gu Bing that Xuan Kongzi had slain Soul Palace members in Sacred Pill City and ordered Gu Laduo to help kill him.
• Hun Changqing saw Gu Laduo approaching and decided to end the fight before his intervention could disrupt the battle.
• Hun Changqing used a blood formation to sacrifice the three Soul Palace Dou Zun and create a Demon-Blood Blade of Annihilation.
• Hun Changqing used the blade to sever Xuan Kongzi's head.

Hun Changqing killed Xuan Kongzi but was weakened by the Ghost Blood Blade, while Gu Xun'er decided that the Pill Tower should be destroyed. Three Gu Clan Dou Sheng experts entered the Star Domain, and Hun Changqing tried to escape before Gu Juan could capture him; a furious voice suddenly ordered her to stop.

• Hun Changqing suppressed the Ghost Blood Blade, absorbed its blood essence, and reflected on the parents he had lost before resolving to destroy the Pill Tower.
• Gu Xun'er shared Hun Changqing's hatred of the Pill Tower and crushed a Jade Slip to begin the Gu Clan's attack.
• Outside the Star Domain, Gu Juan overpowered Xuan Yi and joined two other Dou Sheng experts in entering the sealed space.
• The three Dou Sheng experts disrupted the battle over the Three Thousand Flame Lightning Fire, and Hun Changqing unleashed his secret techniques to flee.
• Gu Juan erased Hun Changqing's escape route and struck him with her pressure, while Hun Changqing prepared to use Xiao Yan's coffin or detonate a Tenth Tier beast corpse to survive.
• A soul transmission filled with fury ordered Gu Juan to stop before she could attack Hun Changqing again.

Gu Xun'er seized the Three Thousand Flame Lightning Fire and began refining it while Hun Changqing escaped the Star Domain with Cao Ying’s help. After reuniting with Zi Yan in Sacred Pill City, Hun Changqing faced her furious dragon roar.

• Gu Xun'er ordered Gu Juan to kill Old Man Mu Gu and the Half-Saint Remnant Soul and bring her the Three Thousand Flame Lightning Fire.
• Gu Juan crushed Old Man Mu Gu and destroyed the Half-Saint Remnant Soul, then captured the Three Thousand Flame Lightning Fire and handed it to Gu Xun'er.
• Hun Changqing hid in a coffin inside a storage ring, reached Cao Ying, and helped her escape the Star Domain while Gu Xun'er began refining the flame.
• Cao Ying told Xuan Yi and Tian Leizi that Soul Palace agents had attacked and that Gu Xun'er was refining the Three Thousand Flame Lightning Fire, then fainted from exhaustion.
• Hun Changqing left Cao Ying’s room and returned to Zi Yan, who greeted him with an angry dragon roar after he teased her.

Hun Changqing left the Pill Tower with Zi Yan and changed course after Medusa told him she had broken through to Dou Zun and planned to bring the Netherworld Hall into the Central Plains. He founded the Hall’s Central Plains branch on the ruins of the Profound Nether Sect in Xuandu City, where the chapter left him establishing its authority through a massacre.

• Hun Changqing learned from Zi Yan that Feng Qing'er had hurried back home, then left the Pill Tower with her as trouble loomed there.
• Medusa informed Hun Changqing that she had reached Dou Zun and planned to bring trusted followers to develop the Netherworld Hall in the Central Plains.
• Hun Changqing agreed to support Medusa’s plan and chose the former Profound Nether Sect site in Xuandu City for the Netherworld Hall’s branch.
• Hun Changqing and Zi Yan arrived above the ruins, where Hun Changqing sensed the city’s weak defenders and raised a vast black castle from the ground.
• Hun Changqing declared himself Ghost Soul Venerable and claimed the ruins for the Netherworld Hall.
• Hun Changqing killed the spies watching the ruins, terrifying Xuandu City’s inhabitants into treating the new Netherworld Hall as taboo.

Hun Changqing confronted Hei Qing, an Ancient Void Dragon who had come to take Zi Yan back to her clan, and negotiated permission to visit Dragon Island in exchange for letting her go. Zi Yan departed with Hei Qing to awaken her bloodline, while Hun Changqing told her to find him within two years so he could help her obtain the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

• Hun Changqing suppressed the people of Xuandu City, then tried to leave with Zi Yan, but Hei Qing destroyed his spatial passage to stop them.
• Hei Qing revealed that he had sensed Zi Yan's Dragon Emperor Bloodline and wanted to bring her back to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Hun Changqing and Zi Yan insisted that Hei Qing compensate him for raising her, and Hei Qing promised him access to Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan asked whether returning could restore her growth, and Hei Qing explained that the Ancient Dragon Pool could awaken her bloodline and return her appearance to normal.
• Hun Changqing told Zi Yan to find him within two years, then Hei Qing gave him a Communication Jade Slip and led Zi Yan through a spatial rift.

Hun Changqing returned to the Soul Clan after Xingxiu summoned him, while Gu Xun'er’s attempt to break through to Dou Zun ended with her body exploding and her aura disappearing. As the Gu Clan Dou Sheng prepared to investigate, crimson flames gathered and began rebuilding her body.

• Hun Changqing received Xingxiu’s message urging him to return to the clan and decided to go back.
• Gu Xun’er finished refining the three thousand flame lightning fire, then used its energy to break through to Dou Zun.
• An overwhelming surge of flame energy ravaged Gu Xun’er until her body exploded and her aura vanished.
• Gu Juan stopped two Gu Clan Dou Sheng from rushing into the flames, and the three waited for three days as the fire weakened.
• The dark golden flames surged again, the seven heavenly flames merged, and crimson flames gathered Gu Xun’er’s scattered remains into a new body.

Gu Xun'er awakened in a newly reformed supreme yang body and learned that her Flame Mantra had become the Supreme Yang True Explanation. Meanwhile, Hun Changqing returned to the Soul Clan stronghold and identified himself at its gate.

• Gu Xun'er's consciousness returned as mystical symbols entered her soul and revealed the Supreme Yang True Explanation.
• Gu Xun'er understood that her Flame Mantra had perfected itself through Hun Changqing's supreme yin energy, triggering her rebirth into a supreme yang true body.
• Gu Xun'er recognized Hun Changqing as supreme yin and resolved to unite with him through the Rhapsody of Yin-Yang Mystic Maiden Divine Blissful Union.
• Hun Changqing used a Jade Slip to enter the Soul Clan Spatial Stronghold after six years away.
• Hun Changqing showed his token to the guards and introduced himself by name.

After returning to his residence in the Soul Realm, Hun Changqing reunited with Xingxiu and spent half a month experimenting with monadic-heavy-water tentacles, leaving himself exhausted. Once recovered, he learned that Xingxiu had secured him a place in the Heavenly Tomb during the Gu Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony, forcing him to decide whether to enter Gu Clan territory despite his past trouble with them.

• Hun Changqing returned to his island residence and found Xingxiu waiting for him.
• Xingxiu embraced Hun Changqing, and he used monadic heavy water to form tentacles during their intimate encounter.
• After half a month, Hun Changqing exhausted his supreme yin true qi and slept for three days while Xingxiu recovered beside him.
• Hun Changqing asked Xingxiu why she had summoned him, and she told him the Gu Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony and Heavenly Tomb opening were near.
• Xingxiu revealed that she had secured Hun Changqing a place in the Heavenly Tomb, leaving him to choose whether to go despite his history with the Gu Clan.

Hun Changqing accepted Xingxiu’s invitation to enter the Gu Clan’s Heavenly Tomb and spent a year cultivating in preparation. After breaking through to Six-Star Dou Zun and reaching its peak, he headed to Soul Clan Square after Xingxiu urged him to assemble.

• Xingxiu told Hun Changqing that she had secured him a place in the Heavenly Tomb, which would open in about a year, and gave him a Storage Ring full of resources.
• Hun Changqing asked about Hun Feng, and Xingxiu explained that the patriarch’s need for stability kept both of them from acting against him; they hinted that the Heavenly Tomb might give them an opportunity.
• Hun Changqing declined to stay at Xingxiu’s residence, persuaded her to leave so they could focus on cultivation, and began refining pills, herbs, and spiritual treasures into Supreme Yin True Qi.
• After a year of seclusion, Hun Changqing broke through to Six-Star Dou Zun and reached its peak by refining Supreme Yin True Water and Three Thousand Weak Waters.
• Hun Changqing read Xingxiu’s urgent message and flew toward Soul Clan Square to assemble.

Hun Changqing arrived at Soul Clan Square and killed Hun Tu instantly after Hun Tu challenged him over the Heavenly Tomb quota. The Soul Clan delegation then traveled through a spatial rift and emerged outside the Gu Clan’s Ancient Saint City.

• Hun Changqing arrived at Soul Clan Square and joined Xingxiu, drawing jealous and hostile looks from the other Soul Clan members.
• Hun Feng sent Hun Tu to challenge Hun Changqing over the Heavenly Tomb quota, while the elders watched without intervening.
• Hun Changqing crushed Hun Tu and his soul with a sudden attack, shocking the delegation and making Hun Feng wary of his strength.
• One of the elders opened a spatial rift, and the Soul Clan delegation set off for the Gu Clan’s domain.
• Hun Changqing and the others emerged from the rift outside Ancient Saint City.

The Soul Clan party entered Ancient Saint City for the Gu Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony and the Heavenly Tomb opening. At the clan’s estate, Hun Changqing challenged Hun Feng and led the group to meet members of the Lei Clan and Yan Clan.

• The group emerged from a spatial rift and traveled on foot toward Ancient Saint City because imperial might prevented flight.
• At the city gate, a Soul Clan member killed a man who complained about the party cutting the queue, and Ling Quan accepted Hun Lin’s invitation without confronting them.
• Xingxiu recalled attending the ceremony sixty years earlier, and Hun Changqing comforted her as they entered the city together.
• A Gu Clan elder escorted the Soul Clan party to an estate and said he would notify them when the Ancient Realm opened.
• Hun Feng suggested visiting the Lei Clan and Yan Clan, but the disciples looked to Xingxiu and Hun Changqing for direction.
• Hun Changqing taunted Hun Feng, whose attempt to release his aura was suppressed by Xingxiu; Hun Feng led the way, and the others followed Hun Changqing and Xingxiu.

Hun Changqing and Xingxiu watched the clans gather in Ancient Saint City as they waited for the Ancient Realm to open. Hun Changqing noticed Huo Zhi carried a Heavenly Flame, while Xingxiu mistook his interest and resolved to kill her; the chapter ended with the clans assembled at the lake as Gu Clan elders gave instructions for entering the realm.

• The Soul Clan group entered a tavern and watched two Three-Star Dou Zun from the Lei Clan and Yan Clan finish a friendly spar.
• Huo Zhi warned her companions that the mysterious Soul Clan was best avoided, while Hun Changqing and Xingxiu settled at a nearby viewing terrace.
• Hun Changqing sensed a Heavenly Flame on Huo Zhi, and Xingxiu misread his interest as attraction and added Huo Zhi to her list of targets.
• Huo Changqing dismissed the fight as unremarkable, and Huo Zhi noticed the hostile looks from Xingxiu and Hun Changqing but turned away.
• As the Ancient Realm’s opening approached, the clans gathered at the lake, where a Gu Clan elder warned them against wandering or disturbing the Gu Clan’s descendants.

The delegations entered the Gu Clan’s Ancient Realm and traveled by warship toward the Ancient Saint Mountain Range. Hun Changqing’s Supreme Yin True Qi reacted violently when he saw Gu Xun’er, and he asked Xingxiu how they could kill the Gu Clan’s God-Grade Bloodline in the Heavenly Tomb and escape unscathed.

• The white-robed elder opened the spatial gateway, and the ancient clans entered the Ancient Realm ahead of the other invited guests.
• The Soul Clan delegation struggled with the peaceful surroundings until Elder Hun Lin ordered its members to behave.
• Hun Changqing spotted two Gu Clan warships and considered how he might obtain some from Gu Xun’er for the Netherworld Hall.
• As the warship neared the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, Hun Changqing’s Supreme Yin True Qi surged, sending an icy aura across the vessel and alarming the other delegations.
• Hun Changqing and Gu Xun’er met each other’s gaze across the misty mountains, and his energy grew restless as she vanished.
• Hun Changqing asked Xingxiu through soul transmission how they could kill the Gu Clan’s God-Grade Bloodline in the Heavenly Tomb and get away unscathed.

Hun Changqing abandoned his plan to kill Gu Xun'er within Gu Clan territory after Xingxiu warned him of the consequences. At the Gu Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony, he encountered Yang Hao, the commander he had crippled before, and saw how frightened his old acquaintance remained.

• Xingxiu warned Hun Changqing that killing Gu Xun'er inside the Heavenly Tomb would make the Soul Clan a prime suspect, but promised to help if he chose to proceed.
• Hun Changqing admitted he had been joking, though he still planned to wait for a chance to lure Gu Xun'er out using Xiao Yan.
• The warship arrived above the Gu Clan’s mountain headquarters, and its guests headed to the plaza for the Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• Hun Changqing recognized Yang Hao, the Black Annihilation Army commander he had crippled in the Black-Corner Region, and greeted him mockingly.
• Yang Hao trembled with fear and avoided Hun Changqing, while the ancient-clan scions grew more wary of Hun Changqing.

Hun Changqing and Xingxiu clashed with Gu Xun'er at the Gu Clan's coming-of-age ceremony, where Gu Xun'er showed an unexpected interest in Hun Changqing and threatened Xingxiu. After Hun Changqing and Xingxiu left, Gu Xun'er injured a clansman who offered to punish him, and the ceremony began.

• Hun Changqing noticed Gu Xun'er smiling at him, drawing hostile looks from Gu Yao, Gu Jing, and other Gu Clan youths.
• Xingxiu blocked Gu Xun'er's view of Hun Changqing and provoked her, but Hun Changqing revealed that Gu Xun'er was the Gu Clan's Young Patriarch and a bearer of a god-grade bloodline.
• Hun Changqing suggested they return to the Soul Clan's seating area, and Xingxiu took his hand and led him away as Gu Xun'er watched furiously.
• A Gu Clan prodigy offered to beat Hun Changqing for Gu Xun'er, so she struck him with a golden-flame backhand and warned the other clansmen not to interfere.
• The Gu Clan's coming-of-age ceremony began after an ancient bell rang, and a powerful voice from the Void Space announced its start.

At the Gu Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Ling Quan and Gu Yao received clan marks before Gu Jing’s god-grade bloodline was revealed. The revelation shocked the ancient clans, while Hun Changqing explained that Gu Jing was the Gu Clan’s second god-grade bearer but had been overlooked in favor of Gu Xun’er.

• The Gu Clan Elder tested Ling Quan, announced his One-Star Dou Zun cultivation and sixth-grade bloodline, and inscribed a Golden Clan Mark on his forehead.
• The elder tested Gu Yao, whose Eight-Star Dou Zun strength and eighth-grade bloodline earned him a Purple-Gold Clan Mark.
• Hun Changqing paid attention to Gu Yao’s results because Gu Yao had shown hostility toward him, while Xingxiu dismissed Gu Yao as weak.
• Gu Jing appeared to enthusiastic cheers, and the Star Compass revealed his One-Star Dou Zun cultivation and god-grade bloodline, earning him a Seven-Colored Clan Mark.
• Xingxiu questioned Hun Changqing about the revelation, and he explained that Gu Jing was the Gu Clan’s second god-grade bearer but had lost the Young Patriarch position to Gu Xun’er.

Gu Jing received a Seven-Colored Clan Mark and challenged Hun Changqing, surprising the Gu Clan members who expected him to challenge Gu Xun'er. Hun Changqing accepted the fight and stepped into the square to face him.

• The Gu Clan Elder completed Gu Jing's clan mark, revealing that Gu Jing had recovered and advanced to the Dou Zun realm.
• Gu Jing asked whether he could challenge anyone during the Coming-of-Age Ceremony, and the elder confirmed the rules.
• The Gu Clan members and Gu Xun'er assumed Gu Jing would challenge her for the position of Young Patriarch.
• Gu Jing instead challenged Hun Changqing, drawing the attention of the Gu Clan and Soul Clan guests.
• Hun Feng taunted Hun Changqing to defend the Soul Clan's reputation, and Hun Changqing accepted the challenge.
• Hun Changqing left Xingxiu's side and took his place opposite Gu Jing in the square.

Hun Changqing defeated Gu Jing in their duel at the Gu Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, but a Gu Clan Dou Sheng intervened before he could kill him. Hun Changqing returned to the Soul Clan’s seats and rested on Xingxiu’s lap, while the confrontation left the Gu Clan’s elders exposed as protectors of Gu Jing.

• Gu Jing challenged Hun Changqing, driven by jealousy over Gu Xun’er, and Hun Changqing mocked his devotion before appearing beside him.
• Gu Jing activated his god-grade bloodline and Seven-Colored Clan Mark, raising his cultivation to Six-Star Dou Zun, but his strikes passed through Hun Changqing’s illusory form.
• Gu Jing unleashed the Great Annihilation Finger, but Hun Changqing’s monadic heavy water finger crushed it and threatened to kill him.
• A Gu Clan Dou Sheng elder stopped Hun Changqing’s attack and gave the exhausted Gu Jing a medicinal pill.
• Hun Changqing condemned the Gu Clan’s intervention, returned to the Soul Clan’s seats, and rested on Xingxiu’s lap while she comforted him.

At the Gu Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Gu Xun'er revealed that she had abolished her god-grade bloodline, shocking the clan and its guests. As the Gu Clan Elders confirmed her bloodline was gone, Gu Yuan and the clan’s Dou Sheng experts arrived in overwhelming force.

• After Hun Changqing defeated Gu Jing, Gu Xun'er ignored the injured Gu Jing and went to take her turn at the ceremony.
• The Star Compass measured Gu Xun'er’s cultivation at Two-Star Dou Zun but showed no bloodline power.
• Gu Xun'er told the testing elder that she had abolished her god-grade bloodline, and the Gu Clan Elders frantically searched her with soul power.
• The Ancient Realm darkened as dozens of Gu Clan Dou Sheng experts appeared and overwhelmed the gathered delegations with their auras.
• Gu Yuan emerged through a vast spatial rift, and his arrival left the ancient clan delegations shaken.

Gu Xun'er explained to Gu Yuan that she had chosen her own path after abandoning her bloodline, then challenged the Gu Clan's favored prodigies for the Young Patriarch position. Gu Yuan backed her and intimidated the elders into accepting her terms, leaving Gu Xun'er poised to face her rivals.

• Hun Changqing warned Xingxiu to be ready to detonate their Origin Emperor Qi if anything went wrong while Gu Yuan confronted Gu Xun'er.
• Gu Xun'er reminded Gu Yuan that she had once abandoned the Profound Origin Ancient Emperor Art for the Flame Mantra, then showed him a strand of energy that convinced him she had another path.
• Gu Xun'er declared that she would face any favored prodigy who wanted the Young Patriarch position and would yield it to whoever defeated her.
• Gu Clan Elders doubted Gu Xun'er could prevail without her bloodline, and some supporters of Gu Jing considered accepting her challenge.
• Gu Yuan confirmed that he had no objection to Gu Xun'er's terms, then used his Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint aura to threaten the elders and warn them not to overstep again.