Chapter Summaries

Hun Changqing, disguised as Xiao Yan, absorbed Xiao Xuan’s bloodline energy and rose to six-star Dou Zun, then feigned a soul injury to persuade Xiao Xuan to transfer his preserved soul origin. The chapter ended with Xiao Xuan agreeing to infuse him with it, despite the cost to Xiao Yan’s chance of reaching the emperor realm soul.

• After two months in the blood pool, Hun Changqing absorbed its remaining energy while posing as Xiao Yan, and his cultivation surged from one-star to six-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan opened his eyes, destroyed a stone pillar with purplish-red light, and thanked Xiao Xuan for his help.
• Xiao Yan collapsed in apparent agony, and Xiao Xuan discovered that his soul origin seemed as weak as a Da Dou Shi’s.
• Hun Changqing, still disguised as Xiao Yan, blamed hidden injuries from a past fight with the Soul Palace for his condition.
• Xiao Xuan explained that refining the blood pool’s energy had triggered the supposed injuries and weakened Xiao Yan’s soul.
• Xiao Xuan decided to infuse Xiao Yan with his preserved soul power, although doing so would make reaching the emperor realm soul much harder.

Hun Changqing continued deceiving Xiao Xuan by posing as Xiao Yan, while Xiao Xuan revealed the Heavenly Tomb Spirit and began sacrificing his own soul to defeat it. As their battle escalated, Xingxiu mobilized the Soul Clan’s remnant souls to act for their descendants.

• Xiao Xuan soothed “Xiao Yan’s” soul pain and warned that his soul injury would eventually destroy him unless it was healed.
• Xiao Xuan explained that the Heavenly Tomb Spirit was an unknown being formed from countless remnant souls, and that he had planned to use it to help a Xiao Clan descendant reach the Emperor Realm Soul.
• Gu Xun'er grew more suspicious of Hun Changqing and resolved to refine the golden emperor burning heaven flame and find him after leaving the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Xuan rose into the sky and called forth the Heavenly Tomb Spirit, while Xingxiu crushed a Jade Slip and sent the Soul Clan’s remnant souls toward him.
• Xiao Xuan burned his soul to overpower the Heavenly Tomb Spirit, destroyed its attacks, and set its enormous face ablaze.

Hun Changqing deceived Xiao Xuan into believing he was Xiao Yan so he could obtain the Heavenly Tomb Spirit’s soul origin. Xiao Xuan discovered the imposture too late, as Soul Clan ancestors sacrificed themselves to trap him and secure the treasure for Hun Changqing.

• Xiao Xuan extracted the Heavenly Tomb Spirit’s soul origin and destroyed the Spirit after it tried to fight back.
• Xiao Xuan gave the soul origin to the person he believed was Xiao Yan and burned his own soul to guide its energy safely.
• Xiao Xuan entered the recipient’s soul sea and discovered that Hun Changqing had split his soul to impersonate Xiao Yan, whose true soul lay unconscious nearby.
• Hun Changqing reunited his divided soul and summoned the Soul Clan ancestors, who appeared around the soul origin.
• The Soul Clan ancestors burned their souls and merged with the origin to restrain Xiao Xuan, while Hun Changqing vowed to restore the Soul Clan’s glory.

Hun Changqing killed Xiao Xuan, reclaimed his body, and negotiated with Gu Xun'er over the Heavenly Tomb's soul origin before leaving with Xiao Yan. Three years after the group entered the Heavenly Tomb, the clans began emerging, but the Yan Clan's people were missing.

• Hun Changqing extinguished Xiao Xuan's lingering will and returned to his physical body, then claimed the Heavenly Tomb's soul origin.
• Gu Xun'er demanded a larger share of the soul origin, and Hun Changqing reluctantly gave her another portion.
• Hun Changqing left with Xiao Yan, promising to return him to Gu Xun'er after leaving the Gu Clan.
• Half a year later, Lei Clan, Yao Clan, and Stone Clan members emerged from the Heavenly Tomb, with Shi Hao and Shi Yi having advanced to eight-star Dou Zun.
• Gu Chen and the other observers waited as the Heavenly Tomb's three-year period ended, but Yan Clan elders cried out when their people failed to appear.

The Yan Clan and Soul Clan discovered that several of their members had died in the Heavenly Tomb, while Gu Xun'er emerged far stronger than before. When Hun Changqing’s group returned with evidence that Hun Feng had been killed by a Gu Clan technique, Gu Xun’er took the blame to conceal her role in giving Hun Changqing the technique.

• The Yan Clan elders found traces confirming Huo Xuan and other Yan Clan youths had died, then clashed verbally with Gu Chen and Hun Lin over responsibility.
• Gu Xun'er emerged from the Heavenly Tomb with nine others, and Gu Chen discovered she had risen from Two-Star Dou Zun to Eight-Star Dou Zun.
• Hun Changqing and Xingxiu returned with the Soul Clan, having reached early Heaven Realm soul cultivation, but Hun Feng and two others were missing.
• Hun Lin examined three Soul Clan energy imprints and recognized that Hun Feng and the others had died to a Gu Clan Dou Technique.
• Gu Xun'er realized Hun Changqing had used a technique she had given him to kill Hun Feng, then claimed she had killed him herself to protect her secret.

Hun Changqing returned to the Soul Realm after Gu Xun'er killed Hun Feng, then visited a former lover in her manor. He learned her husband was away and her daughter was training nearby, and began to approach her as they waited for the daughter to return.

• Hun Lin and another Soul Clan Elder prepared to attack Gu Xun'er, but Xingxiu persuaded them to stand down and warned them of the consequences.
• Hun Lin threatened the Gu Clan before he and the other Soul Clan Elder left the Ancient Realm with the remaining Soul Clan Disciples.
• Gu Xun'er told Gu Chen that she needed no reason to kill Hun Feng, then asked the elders to inform her father that she wanted to refine the golden emperor burning heaven flame.
• Xingxiu told Hun Changqing the Soul Clan would prioritize its plan to move against the Spirit and Stone Clans, then left to report Hun Feng's death.
• Hun Changqing entered his former lover's manor and learned that her husband was away and her daughter was at the Clan Territory's cultivation grounds.
• Hun Changqing began to approach the woman while they waited for her daughter to return.

After the Spirit and Stone Clans were exterminated, Xingxiu accused the Gu Clan of orchestrating the disasters and called for a Central Plains alliance against it. The Gu Clan’s denial failed to quell suspicions, and the Netherworld Hall moved to establish ties with the Soul Palace, revealing its mysterious Deputy Hall Master as a beautiful woman rumored to be Venerable Netherworld’s lover.

• Powerful cultivators discovered that the Spirit Clan had vanished from its realm, and rumors blamed either the Gu Clan or the Soul Clan.
• The Stone Clan was exterminated in the same way, prompting the three remaining clans outside the Gu and Soul Clans to form a mutual defense pact and cut contact with the Gu Clan.
• Hun Tong, also identified as Xingxiu, accused the Gu Clan of plotting against the other clans and called for the Central Plains Big Love Alliance.
• The other clan leaders grew wary of the Gu Clan after considering Xingxiu’s claims and the deaths in the Heavenly Tomb, while Gu Yuan dismissed the accusations with a single word: “Absurd!”
• Major powers secretly began approaching the Soul Palace, and the Netherworld Hall’s Deputy Hall Master personally visited an Earth Fiend Hall to seek friendly relations.
• The Netherworld Hall’s Deputy Hall Master was revealed to be an exceptionally beautiful woman rumored to be Venerable Netherworld’s lover.

Hun Changqing took Zi Yan to the Skeleton Mountain Range to obtain the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit from a Dou Sheng Expert’s ruins. There, Feng Qing’er sensed his presence as he passed by without stopping, leaving her wondering whether it had really been him.

• The Soul Palace became the Central Plains’ foremost faction after the other powers allied with it, while the Pill Tower withdrew and Dou Sheng ruins news drew little attention.
• Hun Changqing took Zi Yan to the Beast Region, where she had transformed in the Dragon Transformation Pool, reached Five-Star Dou Zun, and received the Dragon Emperor Lineage inheritance.
• Zi Yan insisted Hun Changqing secure the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and he promised to obtain it as they continued toward the Skeleton Mountain Range.
• At the Skeleton Mountain Range, Hun Changqing and Zi Yan saw groups from the Wind-Thunder Pavilion and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan heading toward the ruins.
• Hun Changqing spotted Feng Qing’er among the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, but chose not to approach her because he intended to compete for the fruit on Zi Yan’s behalf.
• Feng Qing’er sensed Hun Changqing’s passing presence and wondered whether it had been him, since he had not stopped to see her.

Hun Changqing broke the weakened Space Seal with his Yin Soul Banner and raced into the Ancient Ruins ahead of the crowds. After taking control of the Earth Demon Puppets, he searched the palace with Zi Yan and followed her sense of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

• Hun Changqing used the Yin Soul Banner and its Yin Soul Fiends to destroy the Space Seal, causing the Ancient Ruins to open early.
• Hun Changqing carried Zi Yan across the Bone Sea and entered the crimson hall, where he suppressed the blue flames in its passage.
• Hun Changqing recognized the ten silver figures as Earth Demon Puppets and replaced their soul imprints with his own.
• Hun Changqing ordered the Earth Demon Puppets to guard the entrance and searched the palace's pavilions, but found nothing.
• Hun Changqing asked Zi Yan to sense the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and she pointed him toward its general direction.

Hun Changqing and Zi Yan discovered and looted a forest of rare medicinal ingredients, where Hun Changqing found a Soul Infant Fruit and subdued its guardian, a Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon. He had the little green snake use its Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to try to control the dragon, and its eyes began changing to match hers.

• Hun Changqing opened an ancient doorway and found a forest filled with rare medicinal ingredients, which Zi Yan eagerly devoured as he collected the survivors.
• Hun Changqing reached a lake at the forest's center and recognized a Soul Infant Demon Tree bearing a Soul Infant Fruit he wanted for Yao Chen.
• A Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon emerged to guard the tree, and Hun Changqing suppressed it with his Supreme Yin True Qi.
• Hun Changqing woke the little green snake and ordered it to control the subdued dragon.
• The little green snake glared into the dragon's eyes with its Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and the dragon's eyes began turning jade-green.

Hun Changqing refined the Soul Infant Fruit tree into his Supreme Yin Black Death Wood, gaining soul-attacking power, then killed three Three-Star Dou Zun intruders. Zi Yan sensed a summons from her bloodline, leading Hun Changqing to a hidden golden passage that might lead to the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

• The little green snake subdued the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon, and Hun Changqing fed it Supreme Yin True Qi.
• Hun Changqing collected two Soul Infant Fruits and used the Three Thousand Weak Waters to refine the Soul Infant Fruit tree into his Supreme Yin Black Death Wood, imbuing it with soul power.
• Three Three-Star Dou Zun men demanded Hun Changqing's herbs and Zi Yan, so Hun Changqing annihilated their souls with a glance.
• Hun Changqing prepared to leave with Zi Yan, but she sensed a summons from deeper in the medicinal forest and pointed out its direction.
• Hun Changqing followed Zi Yan's bloodline summons to a clearing, where her touch revealed a golden passage.

Hun Changqing and Zi Yan found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit in a Beast Spirit Space, where the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan arrived to claim it. Feng Qing'er learned that Hun Changqing would not give up the fruit for her, and she was left devastated.

• Zi Yan identified the Beast Spirit Space, and Hun Changqing entered it with her and found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit on an ancient altar.
• As Zi Yan reached for the fruit, members of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan entered the space, and a white-haired man demanded that they hand it over.
• Zi Yan insulted the white-haired man, and Hun Changqing urged her to continue collecting the fruit before Feng Qing'er stopped the man from attacking.
• Feng Qing'er recognized Hun Changqing as Young Master Lin and asked him to give the fruit to her clan, but he refused and said his promise to Zi Yan mattered more than their friendship.
• Feng Qing'er asked whether Hun Changqing was truly heartless, and he replied that she did not matter enough to change his decision, leaving her devastated.

Hun Changqing killed Feng Qing'er and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix experts after they attacked him for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, which Zi Yan secured. After Hun Changqing and Zi Yan left the Beast Spirit Space, an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix phantom used the accumulated blood to revive Feng Qing'er with a new heart.

• Feng Qing'er ordered the Heavenly Demon Phoenix experts to attack Hun Changqing so they could seize the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Hun Changqing erased the experts' combined attack, then killed the Heavenly Demon Phoenixes, including Huang Fan, and pierced Feng Qing'er's chest to crush her heart.
• Zi Yan secured the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and she and Hun Changqing left the Beast Spirit Space through the golden passage.
• The altar awakened and produced an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix phantom, which gathered the spilled blood into a heart-like blood ball.
• The blood ball entered Feng Qing'er's chest and repaired her body as her aura surged with an ancient, terrifying presence.

Hun Changqing and Zi Yan returned from the Ancient Medicinal Forest and explored the Pill Hall, where they found and claimed a rare Pill Beast. The chapter left Hun Changqing departing with the prize while the old man dealt with his battered son and reflected on the encounter.

• Hun Changqing took Zi Yan back through the ruins and changed course to search the great hall instead of leaving.
• Zi Yan sensed something delicious in the Pill Hall, so Hun Changqing took her to its third floor.
• Hun Changqing broke the barrier protecting a Pill Beast and seized it, frightening the gathered experts into backing down.
• A blue-robed young man tried to challenge Hun Changqing, but the old man struck him down and apologized on his behalf.
• Hun Changqing stored the Pill Beast and left the hall, while the old man recovered his son and berated him.

Hun Changqing took the Great Heaven Creation Palm from the Main Hall, then followed Little Green to a hidden cave containing an ancient pool. There, he discovered a juvenile nine-headed Ancient Heavenly Snake and considered adding it to his growing roster of powerful beasts.

• Hun Changqing subdued the Main Hall's experts, took the Great Heaven Creation Palm from the Dou Sheng skeleton, and left with Zi Yan.
• Little Green signaled Hun Changqing to return to a secluded hill, where it revealed a hidden cave despite Zi Yan's inability to detect anything unusual.
• Hun Changqing entered the cave with Zi Yan and found a dark pool that Little Green illuminated with its Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• A nine-headed shadow attacked Hun Changqing with baleful energy, which he absorbed and refined to strengthen himself.
• The Nine-Headed Water Python erupted from the pool, and Hun Changqing recognized it as a juvenile imperial-bloodline Ancient Heavenly Snake.
• Hun Changqing hoped Little Green could subdue the snake and imagined using it as part of a powerful beast-summoning force.

Hun Changqing weakened the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake with the Yin Soul Banner so Little Green could attempt to control it. Little Green left a Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils imprint in the snake rather than fully enslaving it, and the furious female snake retained her consciousness and hatred.

• Hun Changqing unleashed the Yin Soul Banner, and its demon heads devoured the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake's Dou Qi and severely damaged its soul.
• Hun Changqing called Little Green to subdue the weakened snake, but Little Green's effort pushed its Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to their limit.
• The enormous jade-green eye behind Little Green burst apart, and the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake regained its strength before eventually becoming calm with matching pupils.
• Little Green explained that it had imprinted its pupils on the snake and could control its actions, but could not fully penetrate its soul or suppress its consciousness.
• Hun Changqing fed Little Green supreme yin true qi as the female Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake angrily vowed revenge against him.

Hun Changqing subdued the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake and sent Little Green to grow stronger in the Nine Netherworld Python Clan. Meanwhile, Feng Qing'er revived as an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, but her obsession with Lin Lang and her plans to reclaim the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit alarmed the Phoenix Ancestor.

• Hun Changqing used Little Green's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to silence the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake and absorb her into their inner space.
• Hun Changqing offered Little Green resources and a lifesaving Jade Slip, and Little Green chose to travel to the Nine Netherworld Python Clan's territory.
• Hun Changqing departed the Beast Region with Zi Yan as Feng Qing'er awakened in the sealed Dou Saint Ruins after the Phoenix Ancestor reconstructed her heart and bloodline.
• The Phoenix Ancestor explained that Feng Qing'er had become the age's last Ancient Heavenly Phoenix and urged her to reclaim the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and kill Lin Lang.
• Feng Qing'er vowed to seize the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and insisted Lin Lang still cared for her, while the Phoenix Ancestor called her beyond all cure.

Hun Changqing visited Yao Chen at the Starfall Pavilion, admitted his deception, and offered to honor his promises and help destroy the Soul Palace. Yao Chen chose to trust him once more and seek contact with the Netherworld Hall, where Medusa unexpectedly dragged Hun Changqing into her private bedroom.

• Yao Chen told Venerable Feng that he was preparing an alliance against the Soul Palace and expected to soon regain a body.
• Hun Changqing arrived and gave Yao Chen a Dou Sheng corpse and Soul Infant Fruit, then admitted that he had deceived him while reaffirming his promises.
• Hun Changqing told Yao Chen that the Netherworld Hall could support his fight against the Soul Palace before leaving the Starfall Pavilion.
• Yao Chen decided to have the Starfall Pavilion establish contact with the Netherworld Hall despite Venerable Feng's doubts.
• Hun Changqing reached the Netherworld Hall, where its guards challenged him before Medusa appeared and dragged him into her private bedroom.

Hun Changqing and Medusa traveled to the Space Trade Fair, where Hun Changqing searched the stalls for a particular item. He found a Seven-Colored Origin Stone that stirred a strong reaction in Medusa and asked its seller for a price.

• Medusa told Hun Changqing that the Space Trade Fair was about to begin, and he explained that he had a reason to attend.
• Hun Changqing and Medusa found the spatial entrance in a desert and entered the independent space hosting the fair.
• Medusa admired the rare goods and the fair’s independent space while Hun Changqing searched the stalls for something specific.
• Medusa recognized a Seven-Colored Origin Stone at a stall and instinctively tightened her grip on Hun Changqing’s arm.
• Hun Changqing reassured Medusa, concealed their interest, and asked the gaunt old seller how much he wanted for the stone.

Hun Changqing exchanged two eighth-tier middle-grade medicinal pills for the Seven-Colored Origin Stone, then refused Cai Yuan’s demand to give it to the Seven-Colored Python Clan. After learning the clan might help Medusa evolve, he chose to confront them and sent Cai Yuan and her companions flying with a single strike.

• Hun Changqing traded two medicinal pills to the gaunt old man for the Seven-Colored Origin Stone and stored it in his Storage Ring.
• Cai Yuan arrived with black-robed attendants and demanded that Hun Changqing hand over the stone, offering compensation and the Seven-Colored Python Clan’s friendship.
• Medusa told Hun Changqing that Cai Yuan’s clan carried diluted Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python blood and that devouring them might strengthen her.
• Hun Changqing learned the clan had four Dou Zun experts and a rumored Super Dou Zun ancestor, then decided he could defeat them.
• Cai Yuan threatened force after Hun Changqing refused to surrender the stone, and she and her companions gathered their auras to attack.
• Hun Changqing swept his sleeve and hurled Cai Yuan and her companions into a crater, leaving Cai Yuan badly injured.