Chapter Summaries

Hun Changqing and Medusa entered the Space Auction after he drove off the Seven-Colored Python Clan, which chose to abandon its attempt to reclaim the Seven-Colored Origin Stone. At the Appraisal Pavilion, Hun Changqing offered two Purifying Lotus Demon Flame remnant maps, hoping to make them a finale item alongside the auction’s announced map.

• Hun Changqing injured Cai Yuan and the Seven-Colored Python Clan members, then left with Medusa as the clan retreated.
• Cai Yuan consulted her clan leader, who ordered the clan to abandon the Seven-Colored Origin Stone and search for another.
• Hun Changqing and Medusa presented their invitations at the auction hall and asked to have items appraised for sale.
• Hun Changqing showed Elder Lin two Purifying Lotus Demon Flame remnant maps and asked whether they qualified as a finale item.

Hun Changqing and Medusa attended the Space Auction after he submitted two remnant maps to be sold as the finale. As Old Man Baoshan began the auction with Demon Phoenix Wings, Hun Changqing initiated an intimate encounter with Medusa behind the private room’s window.

• The monocled appraisal elder recognized Hun Changqing’s two remnant maps and arranged for them to be auctioned as the finale.
• A gray-robed guide escorted Hun Changqing and Medusa to a private room, where Medusa sent away two maids who approached them.
• Old Man Baoshan appeared as the auctioneer, and Medusa explained that he was a powerful elder who led Treasure Appraisal Mountain.
• Old Man Baoshan opened the auction by offering Demon Phoenix Wings in exchange for a four-colored, eighth-tier middle-grade medicinal pill.
• While bidders competed for the wings below, Hun Changqing persuaded a blushing Medusa to approach the private room’s window, and they began an intimate encounter.

Hun Changqing watched the auction of the Demonic Flame Remnant Maps, hoping to earn Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills, until Gu Xun'er entered the bidding and threatened to acquire the fragments. He realized he could not stop her without risking a confrontation, though he believed the missing final fragment would keep her from using the maps.

• A black-robed poison cultivator won the Heavenly Nether Poison Canon, prompting Hun Changqing to wonder whether she was Xiao Yi Xian before dismissing the possibility.
• Old Man Baoshan announced that three map fragments linked to the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame were for sale, and bidders drove the first fragment’s price sharply upward.
• Hun Changqing watched the bidding eagerly, hoping to receive Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills that would help him advance toward the Half-Saint realm.
• A bidder offered two Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills for each fragment, and Hun Changqing recognized the voice as Gu Xun'er’s.
• Medusa reacted in alarm to Gu Xun'er, while Hun Changqing regretted allowing the fragments to be auctioned and feared she might claim the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.

Gu Xun'er secured all three Demonic Flame Remnant Maps at the Space Auction after Yi Chen tried to use one fragment as leverage. She killed Yi Chen and left the auction, while the crowd recognized her as the Gu Clan’s Young Patriarch and speculated about the consequences for the Heavenly Underworld Sect.

• Gu Xun'er bid six Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills for all three map fragments, but Yi Chen objected that the auction could not sell later lots together.
• Yi Chen bid two Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills and an eight-colored Eighth-Tier Pill for the first fragment, intending to hold the complete set hostage.
• Gu Xun'er and her Dou Sheng attendant emerged from the destroyed private room and overwhelmed everyone with their pressure.
• Gu Xun'er gave Old Man Baoshan the six promised pills, collected the three map fragments, and ordered her attendant to kill Yi Chen.
• The attendant beheaded Yi Chen, and the crowd recognized Gu Xun'er as the Gu Clan’s Young Patriarch and discussed the danger facing the Heavenly Underworld Sect.

Hun Changqing learned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region within a month, then recognized the Heavenly Poison Woman as Xiao Yi Xian. After she killed the Three Elders, Xiao Yi Xian's Tracking Ring reacted to Xiao Yan, and she rushed after Hun Changqing and Medusa.

• Hun Changqing left the information sale after telling Medusa that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region within a month.
• Hun Changqing and Medusa encountered the Heavenly Poison Woman facing the Three Elders, and Medusa explained the woman's rise to Five-Star Dou Zun and her search for Xiao Yan.
• Hun Changqing realized the Heavenly Poison Woman was Xiao Yi Xian, who had once known Xiao Yan, but he chose to leave without approaching her.
• Xiao Yi Xian poisoned the Three Elders to death, then saw her Tracking Ring react and hurried after Hun Changqing and Medusa.

Xiao Yi Xian tracked Xiao Yan’s aura to Hun Changqing and asked him where Xiao Yan was. After reflecting on her deadly past and her search for Xiao Yan, Hun Changqing decided against killing her for the moment and asked what her relationship with his “Brother Yan” was.

• Xiao Yi Xian emerged from hiding and respectfully asked Hun Changqing to tell her where Xiao Yan was.
• Xiao Yi Xian recalled how her woeful poison body drove her to kill poison cultivators, destroy the Chu Yun Empire, and become the feared Heavenly Poison Woman.
• After her poison body erupted and threatened to kill her, Xiao Yi Xian searched the Central Plains for Xiao Yan and fought the Ice Venerable when he tried to capture her.
• Xiao Yi Xian killed the Ice Venerable, discovered his acquired poison body, and used his poison origin and a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s magic core to create a Poison Pill that gave her full control of her innate poison body.
• Hun Changqing considered killing Xiao Yi Xian to prevent future trouble, then concealed his intent and asked how she knew his “Brother Yan.”

Hun Changqing gained Xiao Yi Xian’s trust by claiming to be Xiao Yan’s sworn elder brother, then brought her and Medusa to the Seven-Colored Python Clan’s headquarters. After Medusa sensed the clan’s pure bloodline, Hun Changqing activated the Spirit-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Formation over its settlements, and its inhabitants screamed in pain.

• Hun Changqing exploited Xiao Yi Xian’s spiritual weakness but chose to deceive her instead of killing her.
• Hun Changqing convinced Xiao Yi Xian that he was Xiao Yan’s sworn elder brother and that Xiao Yan was safe in seclusion within his faction.
• Hun Changqing used Mirror Flower, Water Moon to deepen Xiao Yi Xian’s trust, then led her and Medusa toward the Seven-Colored Python Clan’s headquarters.
• Medusa sensed that the clan’s pure-blooded members could satisfy her bloodline’s desire to devour them.
• Hun Changqing formed the Spirit-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Formation over the clan’s settlements, and its residents cried out in agony.

Hun Changqing exterminated the Seven-Colored Python Clan and gave Medusa its purified origin bloodline, then returned to the Netherworld Hall with Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian. He promised to bring Xiao Yi Xian to see Xiao Yan and left her waiting anxiously in the hall.

• Hun Changqing killed the Seven-Colored Python Clan's leaders and clansmen, including Cai Yuan, while Xiao Yi Xian watched with pity.
• Hun Changqing gave the clan's blood essence to Medusa, who refined it into a pure drop of Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python origin bloodline.
• Hun Changqing told Xiao Yi Xian that guilt could not undo killing and that strength let people establish the rules they wanted.
• Hun Changqing, Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Netherworld Hall, where Xiao Yi Xian learned Hun Changqing was its master.
• Hun Changqing said he would bring Xiao Yi Xian to see Xiao Yan, then left her waiting as she nervously prepared to meet him.

Xiao Yi Xian reunited with Xiao Yan at the Netherworld Hall, where they shared their years of longing and caught up. She agreed to join the hall and settled in for the night, while the person posing as Xiao Yan left and revealed a different face.

• Xiao Yi Xian saw Xiao Yan again and embraced him after years of searching.
• Xiao Yan apologized for the time they had been separated, then explained that he practiced a wood-attribute method and demonstrated his mysterious spirit wood.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted Xiao Yan's invitation to join the Netherworld Hall because she wanted to stay by his side.
• Xiao Yan showed Xiao Yi Xian around the hall and led her to her room when night fell.
• After leaving Xiao Yi Xian, the person posing as Xiao Yan revealed a different, breathtakingly beautiful face.

Hun Changqing prepared to deal with Gu Xun'er by reviving Xiao Yan and raising him to three-star Dou Zun, while secretly using Mirror Flower, Water Moon to manipulate Xiao Yi Xian. The chapter ended with Hun Changqing replacing Xiao Yan’s phantom and staying with Xiao Yi Xian after she asked him not to leave.

• Hun Changqing planned to confront Gu Xun'er in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region and opened a coffin containing Xiao Yan’s body, which he had cultivated to three-star Dou Zun.
• Hun Changqing restored Xiao Yan’s soul, and Xiao Yan awoke confused about his death and newfound strength.
• Hun Changqing told Xiao Yan he had saved him but had not found his killer, then promised to take him to find Xun'er in a month.
• Xiao Yan thanked Hun Changqing by kneeling, while Hun Changqing privately resolved to kill him eventually and make amends to his relatives.
• Hun Changqing continued using Mirror Flower, Water Moon to conjure a convincing Xiao Yan for Xiao Yi Xian, whose feelings for the phantom grew.
• When Xiao Yi Xian asked the phantom to stay the night, Hun Changqing replaced it in person and carried her into her room.

Hun Changqing and Xiao Yan entered the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, where a poisonous mist killed most of the expedition. Hun Changqing traced the mist to a pool, neutralized it with three-light divine water, and uncovered a black bead at the bottom.

• Hun Changqing left Xiao Yi Xian at the Netherworld Hall and traveled with Xiao Yan toward the Vast Desolate Ancient Region to seek the Bodhi Heart and kill Gu Xun'er.
• In Vast Desolate Town, Xiao Yan learned that an earlier group had died in the region, and Hun Changqing decided they would enter the next day.
• Hun Changqing and Xiao Yan followed the crowd into the ancient forest, where an emerald poisonous mist killed roughly eighty percent of the intruders.
• Hun Changqing spread his soul energy across the forest, sensed the source of the mist, and brought Xiao Yan to a poisonous pool at the forest's center.
• Hun Changqing cleansed the poison from his hand with three-light divine water, then used it to drain the pool and reveal a pitch-black bead.

Hun Changqing and Xiao Yan reached the Ancient Domain Platform, where Hun Changqing killed a Peak Dou Zun who tried to stop them. Feng Qing'er recognized Hun Changqing and greeted him with obsessive affection instead of seeking revenge, leaving him and the gathered spectators stunned.

• Hun Changqing found a ninth-tier Poison Pearl in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, then set out with Xiao Yan toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Hun Changqing sensed that Gu Xun'er had arrived and brought Xiao Yan to the Ancient Domain Platform, where powerful factions had gathered.
• A white-robed Peak Dou Zun tried to block Hun Changqing, but Hun Changqing passed him and the youth suddenly exploded and died.
• The Phoenix Ancestor's Remnant Soul recognized Hun Changqing, and Feng Qing'er saw him and approached with a tender smile.
• Feng Qing'er called Hun Changqing Young Master Lin and said she neither blamed nor hated him for killing her, confessing that she still loved him.
• Hun Changqing abandoned his plan to attack Feng Qing'er, while Xiao Yan and the other onlookers stared in shock and jealousy.

Gu Xun'er arrived and clashed with Feng Qing'er after finding her with Hun Changqing, quickly overpowering her with a single attack. As Gu Xun'er and Feng Qing'er were joined by their allies, the crowd began to realize Hun Changqing was the reason for the confrontation.

• Gu Xun'er appeared and Feng Qing'er recognized her as the Gu Clan's Young Patriarch, then challenged her with hostile intent.
• Gu Xun'er struck Feng Qing'er with a wave of scorching energy, and Feng Qing'er was driven back and injured despite defending herself with a seven-colored feather fan.
• The Phoenix Ancestor told Feng Qing'er that Gu Xun'er was an extraordinarily powerful prodigy, while Feng Qing'er remained fixated on Hun Changqing.
• The gathered experts watched the clash, while Hun Changqing stayed beside Xiao Yan and considered letting the women fight or attacking them himself.
• Lei Dong arrived with Gu Xun'er, and another man and a group of experts came to Feng Qing'er's side.
• Onlookers connected the clash to Hun Changqing and stared at him with sudden admiration and alarm.

Lei Dong confronted Gu Xun'er over her clash with the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, then became enraged when Xiao Yan reunited with her and claimed their close bond. As Lei Dong and Xiao Yan fought, Gu Xun'er suspected Hun Changqing had brought Xiao Yan back with a hidden plan and decided to play along.

• Lei Dong checked on Gu Xun'er and recalled how he had spent nearly ten years cultivating after deciding to win her hand in marriage.
• Gu Xun'er rebuffed Lei Dong's concern and restrained her urge to attack him because the Gu Clan needed to avoid provoking the other ancient clans.
• Xiao Yan recognized Gu Xun'er, who realized Hun Changqing had likely revived him and smiled at the thought of his frantic efforts.
• Gu Xun'er greeted Xiao Yan, and Lei Dong demanded to know who he was; Xiao Yan described himself as Gu Xun'er's childhood companion and brother in all but blood.
• Lei Dong threatened Xiao Yan and attacked him, while Xiao Yan met him with purple flame and fought back.
• Gu Xun'er watched Hun Changqing and suspected he had planted a hidden trick in Xiao Yan, resolving to play along and discover his plan.

Gu Xun'er stopped Lei Dong from killing Xiao Yan and shielded him as he struggled with his humiliation and helplessness. When Lei Dong challenged her for protecting Xiao Yan, Gu Xun'er unleashed her killing intent and threatened to kill him, leaving him stunned as the Lei Clan guardian elders moved to defend him.

• Lei Dong nearly struck down the battered Xiao Yan, but Gu Xun'er halted his fist before it reached Xiao Yan's head.
• Lei Dong mocked Xiao Yan, who could not fight back but forced himself to rise and prepare for a final attack.
• Gu Xun'er stepped between them, rebuked Xiao Yan, and urged him to regain his dignity through cultivation.
• Lei Dong demanded that Gu Xun'er step aside, and she answered by unleashing her killing intent and threatening to become the Thunder Slayer.
• The Lei Clan guardian elders rushed in front of Lei Dong to protect him from Gu Xun'er.

The Lei and Gu Clans nearly clashed over Lei Dong’s insult to Gu Xun’er, but Hun Yu persuaded them to conserve their strength for the Beast Tide. As the clans and other experts battled through the horde, Hun Changqing spotted Gu Xun’er with Xiao Yan and saw an opportunity.

• The Lei and Gu Clan elders raised their auras against each other after arguing over Lei Dong’s treatment of Gu Xun’er, while Hun Changqing privately vowed to kill Lei Dong after Xiao Yan’s humiliation.
• Hun Yu intervened and urged both clans to preserve their strength for the dangerous Beast Tide, persuading the Lei Clan elders and then the Gu Clan elders to withdraw.
• Hun Yu saw Gu Xun’er meditating in the Gu Clan camp and secretly fantasized about the Gu Clan’s destruction and claiming her.
• After a day of preparation, the gathered experts formed an arrow-shaped formation and charged into the Beast Tide.
• Hun Changqing fought from the rear, spotted Gu Xun’er burning through the beasts with Xiao Yan beside her, and decided the situation offered him an opportunity.

Hun Changqing tried to use Xiao Yan to assassinate Gu Xun'er, but she dodged the attack and the Gu Clan elders arrived. He concealed his intent, joined Gu Xun'er's group, and followed them through the Beast Tide to the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

• Hun Changqing controlled Xiao Yan and sent him to strike Gu Xun'er from behind, then attacked her himself.
• Gu Xun'er dodged Xiao Yan's blow and unleashed her golden flames, drawing four Gu Clan Half-Saint elders to her side.
• Hun Changqing redirected his attack to kill a nearby beast and claimed he had been trying to protect Gu Xun'er, while she calmly accepted his explanation.
• Gu Xun'er ordered the elders to stay with her and invited Hun Changqing to travel with her group; he agreed and released his control over Xiao Yan.
• The group crossed the light screen beyond the Beast Tide, and Hun Changqing saw the Bodhi Ancient Tree and coveted its power.

Gu Xun'er’s group reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree and learned that its power could corrupt minds, but Hun Changqing discovered that its negative energy could nourish his abilities. As everyone struggled against the tree’s influence, Hun Changqing began devouring the cold energy, drawing it toward himself in a violent surge.

• Gu Xun'er and her companions approached the Bodhi Ancient Tree and encountered Hun Yu and the Soul Clan members waiting nearby.
• Hun Yu proposed that the Gu and Soul Clans cooperate to overcome the tree’s danger before competing for its opportunities.
• Elder Gu Zhi explained that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had once turned Half-Saint experts into puppets, and Gu Xun'er continued onward with her group.
• Elder Gu Zhi and Gu Xun'er warned their companions about the tree’s corrupting energy as several other groups arrived beneath its canopy.
• Hun Changqing realized the tree’s negative energy could strengthen him and secretly began absorbing it.
• The surrounding cold energy surged out of control toward Hun Changqing’s mouth.

Hun Changqing advanced to Seven-Turn Dou Zun and joined the battle against the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s clan puppets, preparing to assassinate Gu Xun'er amid the chaos. Feng Qing'er noticed his intent and offered to help kill her, leaving Hun Changqing skeptical.

• Hun Changqing absorbed the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s negative emotions and broke through to Seven-Turn Dou Zun, drawing Hun Yu’s curiosity and suspicion.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree revealed the Bodhi Heart and released eighteen Half-Saint puppets and seventy Dou Zun puppets, many of whom had belonged to the ancient clans.
• Gu Zhi assigned the clans to fight puppets from their own lineages and ordered the rogue cultivators to hold off puppets from the absent clans.
• The Half-Saints and Dou Zun experts attacked the puppets, and Hun Changqing used the ensuing battle as cover while preparing to strike Gu Xun'er.
• Feng Qing'er contacted Hun Changqing through a soul transmission, asked whether he intended to attack Gu Xun'er, and offered to help kill her; Hun Changqing doubted she could help.

Hun Changqing used Feng Qing’er’s secret art and his illusion technique to set Xiao Yan up to detonate himself beside Gu Xun’er. Gu Xun’er broke free, killed Xiao Yan, and destroyed his soul, leaving Hun Changqing stunned and facing her.

• Feng Qing’er offered to use an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix secret art to shake Gu Xun’er and the two Half-Saint elders, and Hun Changqing agreed.
• Hun Changqing took control of Xiao Yan and sent him toward Gu Xun’er while Feng Qing’er’s secret art left her and the elders dazed.
• Xiao Yan began a self-detonation, while Hun Changqing’s illusion showed him a long, triumphant life that ended with him nearing the Sovereign Realm.
• Gu Xun’er broke free of the secret art, snapped Xiao Yan’s neck, and used her supreme yang true qi to destroy his soul.
• Hun Changqing was stunned by Gu Xun’er’s actions, and she laughed at his shock while her Dou Qi sent people and puppets flying.