Chapter Summaries

Hun Changqing wounded Gu Xun'er in a clash before abandoning the fight to seek the Bodhi Heart. The Bodhi Ancient Tree drew him inside, where he entered an illusion that made him question his memories and revealed his imagined power and desire to destroy the Gu Clan.

• Hun Changqing drove back Gu Xun'er's two Guard Elders and wounded her with his silver tide, but retreated when they moved to support her.
• Gu Xun'er crushed a Jade Slip to send a message to the Gu Clan, then watched Hun Changqing head for the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Hun Changqing fought past the nearby Half-Saints, reached the tree, and offered to cleanse it of a Dou Di expert's negative emotions in exchange for its Bodhi Heart and Bodhi Seeds.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree enveloped Hun Changqing in light, stripped away his power, and transported him inside its trunk.
• Hun Changqing entered a ring of light and found himself on a plain, where he used what seemed like Dou Sheng power to annihilate part of a Beast Tide.
• The scene shifted to a ruined Gu Clan Domain, and Hun Changqing concluded that the Bodhi Ancient Tree was showing him an illusion of his desire to destroy the Gu Clan.

Hun Changqing learned how the Black-Robed Dou Di’s negative emotions had corrupted the Bodhi Ancient Tree and negotiated to heal it in exchange for Bodhi Seeds and its Bodhi Heart. After purifying the tree and absorbing the expelled emotions, he left it restored but radiating an aura that made it recoil from him.

• Hun Changqing broke free of the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusion and received images showing its battle with the Black-Robed Dou Di and the enemy’s negative emotions entering its body.
• Hun Changqing offered to heal the Bodhi Ancient Tree with three-light divine water, and the tree agreed to give him Bodhi Seeds first and its Bodhi Heart after the healing.
• Hun Changqing began purifying the Bodhi Ancient Tree with three-light divine water while absorbing its expelled negative energy with weak water.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree replenished Hun Changqing’s energy as they continued the purification until the last trace of corruption was removed.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree recovered its peaceful, sacred aura, but recoiled from Hun Changqing when it sensed the demonic malevolence his absorption had intensified.

Hun Changqing forcibly refined the Black-Robed Dou Di’s negative emotions, reached Half-Saint strength, and lost control of his killing intent. He emerged from the Bodhi Space in a murderous frenzy, while Gu Xun’er destroyed the “Yuan” Jade Slip and Hun Yu prepared to have him killed.

• Hun Changqing’s refined negative emotions drove his killing intent beyond control, so he asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree to send him out of the Bodhi Space.
• Hun Yu accused Gu Xun’er’s group of taking the opportunity at the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Gu Xun’er claimed Hun Changqing as one of their own.
• Gu Xun’er crushed the dark-red “Yuan” Jade Slip, while Hun Yu secretly relied on Dou Sheng Experts waiting outside the Vast Desolate Ancient Region to ambush Hun Changqing.
• After the spatial rift reopened, Hun Changqing’s roar killed several low-stage Dou Zun and sent the crowd into a panic.
• Hun Changqing emerged surrounded by black mist, his overwhelming killing intent and malice crushing the gathered experts with fear.

Hun Changqing lost his reason and slaughtered nearly all the experts who had gathered to claim the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s fortune. He ended the chapter standing motionless above a vast field of corpses, while Gu Xun'er and the surviving observers watched from a distance.

• Gu Xun'er recognized Hun Changqing in his black mist and chose to wait rather than intervene immediately.
• Hun Changqing charged the assembled experts, tore apart several Soul Clan Elders, and crushed Hun Yu’s head.
• Hun Changqing plunged into the crowds, slaughtering thousands as their attacks vanished against his mist-covered body.
• Feng Qing'er refused to flee with a young man from the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan and ordered him to leave her alone.
• Gu Xun'er hesitated over whether to use her trump card, then saw that Hun Changqing had killed nearly everyone around him.
• Hun Changqing stood motionless above the mountain of corpses as the surviving experts watched from afar.

After regaining control of himself, Hun Changqing entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s space to refine the Bodhi Heart while Gu Yuan arrived to support Gu Xun’er. Hun Changqing endured a hundred lifetimes of reincarnation and emerged as a Dou Sheng, preparing to leave the space.

• Hun Changqing recovered from his murderous state, realized he had killed Hun Yu, and entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s space to refine the Bodhi Heart.
• Gu Yuan arrived at the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, and Gu Xun’er told him to wait for Hun Changqing to emerge.
• Feng Qing’er learned that Gu Yuan was a peak nine-star Dou Sheng and left the region, vowing to become a Dou Di and claim Young Master Lin.
• Hun Changqing spent more than a month beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree undergoing a hundred lifetimes of reincarnation and soul tempering.
• Hun Changqing awakened, confirmed that he had become a Dou Sheng, recovered his exhausted soul with the three-light divine water, and slipped into the void.

After Hun Changqing emerged from the Bodhi Tree space, he tried to kill Gu Xun'er but discovered that Gu Yuan had arrived and trapped him. Gu Xun'er demanded that her father capture Hun Changqing for her, and the chapter ended as Gu Yuan withdrew his pressure, leaving Hun Changqing free of its restraint but still cornered.

• Hun Changqing appeared before Gu Xun'er and the Gu Clan party, crushing them with his Dou Sheng aura and declaring that he would kill her.
• Gu Xun'er called for her father, prompting Hun Changqing to try to escape, but Gu Yuan’s power sealed the surrounding space.
• Gu Yuan appeared and blocked Hun Changqing’s messages; Hun Changqing activated his supreme yin phenomenon to raise his cultivation to Three-Star Dou Sheng.
• Gu Yuan confirmed that Hun Changqing was the Soul Clan man Gu Xun'er had described, and she admitted that they had been intimate and insisted she wanted him captured, not killed.
• Gu Yuan’s fury injured Hun Changqing, who searched the sealed space for an escape route while the father and daughter spoke behind a soundproof barrier.
• Gu Yuan withdrew his aura from Hun Changqing, releasing him from its restraint.

After Gu Yuan captured Hun Changqing, Gu Xun'er revealed that she had killed Xiao Yan because her obsession had shifted to Hun Changqing. She carried her helpless prisoner back to the Gu Clan and sealed a room against outside interference, leaving her intentions ominously unresolved.

• Hun Changqing hid his most valuable possessions and realized Gu Yuan intended to capture him rather than kill him.
• Gu Yuan restrained Hun Changqing with a Dou Technique, then left him in Gu Xun'er's custody.
• Gu Xun'er sent the Half-Saint elders away and told Hun Changqing that she had killed Xiao Yan because she wanted him.
• Gu Xun'er carried Hun Changqing to a pavilion in the Gu Clan Domain, threw him onto a bed, and sealed the room against outside observation.

Gu Xun'er began tormenting the helpless Hun Changqing, but a message from Gu Yuan interrupted her. After destroying the message and rejecting her father's authority, she resumed her assault, and Hun Changqing suddenly felt scorching solar aura and Primordial Yin Qi flood into his body.

• Gu Xun'er bound Hun Changqing and began humiliating him, making him endure her revenge for what he had done to her in Wutan City.
• Gu Xun'er tore off Hun Changqing's clothes and prepared to continue, while Hun Changqing resigned himself to enduring it.
• A Jade Slip bearing the character "Yuan" delivered Gu Yuan's message asking Gu Xun'er to come to the front hall to discuss matters.
• Hun Changqing mocked Gu Xun'er over Gu Yuan's apparent opposition, and she choked him before crushing and burning the Jade Slip.
• Gu Xun'er threw herself upon Hun Changqing, and he suddenly felt scorching solar aura and Primordial Yin Qi pour into his body.

After a month of forced dual cultivation with Hun Changqing, Gu Xun'er emerged stronger and defended her choice to keep him in the Gu Clan. She left the elders’ hall to enter seclusion, while Hun Changqing remained asleep from exhaustion.

• Gu Xun'er used the Yin-Yang Mysterious Feminine Music Fusion Art with Hun Changqing for a month, leaving him unable to resist and in severe pain.
• Gu Xun'er left the room looking transformed and cheerful, while Hun Changqing lay exhausted and numb on the bed.
• Gu Xun'er entered the council hall as the elders argued over her bringing Hun Changqing, a member of the Soul Clan, into their territory.
• Gu Xun'er warned the elders that Hun Changqing was her man and threatened to punish anyone who harmed him, silencing their objections.
• Gu Yuan learned that Gu Xun'er had kept Hun Changqing in her room and heard that he was asleep; Gu Xun'er then announced she would enter seclusion.
• Gu Xun'er left the hall despite Gu Yuan's distress, telling him not to let anyone disturb her.

After Gu Xun'er let Hun Changqing leave her room for brief outings, he met Gu Yaole at the Gu Clan training grounds and learned that her grandfather served at the Ancestral Shrine. As Hun Changqing prepared to leave, Gu Yao confronted him, suspecting he was the man Gu Xun'er had brought back.

• Gu Xun'er allowed Hun Changqing to spend time outside after loosening some of his seals, though his strength remained at the Dou Zhe level.
• Hun Changqing met Gu Yaole, who mistook his name for Gu Changqing and told him her grandfather was the fourth elder of the Ancestral Shrine.
• Hun Changqing considered using his acquaintance with Gu Yaole to gain access to the Ancestral Shrine, then left the training grounds as his outing ended.
• Gu Yao recognized Gu Xun'er's token on Hun Changqing and ordered Gu Clan disciples to surround him, believing Hun Changqing had won her favor with his looks.

Hun Changqing tried to escape the Gu Clan after Gu Yao confronted him, but Gu Yao blocked his way until Gu Yaole intervened and Yang Hao recognized him. Hun Changqing ordered Yang Hao to hold Gu Yao back and fled, but Gu Yao defeated Yang Hao and attacked him at the arena gates.

• Gu Yao threatened Hun Changqing and refused to let him leave, while Hun Changqing told him only Gu Xun'er could decide whether he stayed in the Gu Clan.
• Gu Yaole came to Hun Changqing's defense and argued with Gu Yao, making it harder for Hun Changqing to leave.
• Hun Changqing recognized Yang Hao and ordered him, using Gu Xun'er's token, to hold Gu Yao back while he went to see the Young Patriarch.
• Yang Hao chose to obey Hun Changqing and fought Gu Yao, but Gu Yao overcame him in the arena.
• Hun Changqing ran for the arena gates, but Gu Yao saw him, defeated Yang Hao, and struck at Hun Changqing with a palm.

Gu Ming stopped Gu Yao from attacking Hun Changqing at the training grounds and escorted him back to Gu Xun'er. After confronting Hun Changqing about his delay and learning what happened, Gu Xun'er ordered an investigation into everyone involved, especially Gu Yaole.

• Gu Ming appeared and warned Gu Yao that harming Hun Changqing would bring Gu Xun'er's wrath.
• Gu Yao challenged Gu Ming, but the stronger elder suppressed him and escorted Hun Changqing away.
• Gu Yaole watched Hun Changqing leave and decided to ask her grandfather about him.
• Gu Xun'er let Hun Changqing pass despite arriving late, then ordered him to undress and spent the next day with him.
• Gu Xun'er questioned Hun Changqing about the training grounds and said the people who had troubled him would not appear before him again.
• Gu Xun'er ordered an unseen subordinate to investigate everyone involved at the training grounds and their relatives, especially Gu Yaole.

Hun Changqing learned that Gu Yang, a covert Soul Clan agent, lived on the Gu Clan’s Ancestral Shrine island, and saw him as his only chance to escape. He confronted Gu Yang while pretending to be an unruly Soul Clan captive, hoping the elder would recognize his identity without becoming suspicious.

• Over the past half year, Hun Changqing remained confined within the Gu Clan while powerful factions searched the Central Plains for him.
• Hun Changqing and Gu Yaole grew close as friends, though Gu Yaole kept her feelings in check because he belonged to Gu Xun'er.
• Gu Yaole brought Hun Changqing to the Ancestral Shrine island and told him about the reclusive Second Elder, Gu Yang.
• After Gu Yaole left to meet her grandfather, Hun Changqing approached Gu Yang’s gloomy pavilion, hoping to use the Soul Clan agent to escape.
• Gu Yang threatened to kill Hun Changqing for trespassing, and Hun Changqing defied him while concealing how much he knew about the elder.

Hun Changqing met Gu Yang at the Ancestral Shrine and persuaded the Soul Clan spy that he was a young Soul Clan prodigy whose cultivation had been sealed. Gu Yang secretly offered him a chance to escape, but six months later Hun Changqing was still in Gu Xun’er’s custody, having concealed his visits to the shrine as cultivation discussions.

• Hun Changqing mocked Gu Yang’s strength, and Gu Yang sensed the seal that hid Hun Changqing’s cultivation.
• Hun Changqing claimed he was a twenty-four-year-old Soul Clan Dou Sheng, and Gu Yang accepted his identity after hearing him mention the Soul-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Formation.
• Gu Yang carried Hun Changqing toward a pavilion and secretly told him to come along quietly if he wanted to escape the Gu Clan.
• Six months later, Gu Xun’er questioned Hun Changqing about his visits to the Ancestral Shrine, and he claimed he had been discussing Dou Sheng cultivation with the elders.
• Gu Xun’er loosened Hun Changqing’s seal slightly as a reward, then left him in the bedchamber.

Hun Changqing learned that the Soul Clan would move within days to bring him home, while Gu Xun'er began a breakthrough after taking a pill refined from his Bodhi Pills. The chapter ended with Hun Tiandi appearing before the gathered Gu Clan forces after Gu Yuan sounded the alarm.

• Hun Changqing visited Gu Yang, who told him the Soul Clan had moved its plan forward and would send clansmen to retrieve them within days.
• Gu Yang explained that the Soul Clan had acted early because Hun Changqing's talent could aid its future undertaking, though he knew few details of the plan.
• Half a month later, Gu Yuan learned that Gu Xun'er had begun breaking through to Dou Sheng after consuming a Ninth-Rank Profound Pill refined from Hun Changqing's Bodhi Pills.
• Gu Yuan sensed Hun Tiandi's arrival and ordered the Gu Clan to prepare for battle.
• Hun Tiandi emerged from a spatial vortex before Gu Yuan and the assembled Gu Clan experts.

Hun Tiandi distracted Gu Yuan while Gu Yang stole the Gu Clan’s Ancient Jade, and Hun Changqing’s Dou Sheng power was restored. Hun Changqing seized Gu Yao and his companions, leaving them at his mercy.

• Hun Tiandi arrived in the Gu Clan with the Four Demon Saints and kept Gu Yuan occupied while Gu Yang stole the Ancient Jade from the Ancestral Shrine.
• Gu Yuan ordered the Gu Clan to search for Gu Yang, but Gu Yang arrived and reported that he had taken the jade, then revealed Hun Changqing as his captive.
• Hun Tiandi accused Gu Yuan of taking the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade, and Gu Yuan admitted he would not surrender it.
• Hun Tiandi removed the seal on Hun Changqing, restoring his Supreme Yin True Qi and Dou Sheng strength.
• Hun Changqing seized Gu Yao and his companions, then taunted Gu Yao about having been powerless without Gu Xun’er.

Hun Changqing slaughtered Gu Yao and many Gu Clan disciples, escalating the conflict between the Gu Clan and the Soul Clan. Hun Tiandi led his forces out after clashing with Gu Yuan, then declared that he would claim the heavenly throne, leaving Hun Changqing strangely familiar with his words.

• Hun Changqing crushed Gu Yao and his companions, then used Years-Long Dreaming Waves to kill numerous Gu Clan descendants and disciples.
• A furious Five-Star Dou Sheng charged Hun Changqing, but Hun Tiandi trapped the elder in black fog while confronting Gu Yuan.
• Hun Tiandi summoned the Soul Clan army, whose Seal of Destruction clashed with the Gu Clan's Ancient Emperor's Mirror and inflicted heavy casualties on both sides.
• Hun Tiandi withdrew with Hun Changqing, Gu Yang, and the Four Demon Saints of the Soul Clan as Gu Yuan failed to stop them.
• Hun Tiandi declared that he would stand above the heavens, and Hun Changqing wondered where he had heard a similar speech before.

After emerging from seclusion as a Dou Sheng, Gu Xun'er learned that the Soul Clan had attacked the Gu Clan and taken Hun Changqing away. She proposed that the Gu Clan seize the Yan and Lei Clans’ Ancient Jade, and Gu Yuan approved her plan as they prepared to strike during the Yao Ceremony.

• Gu Xun'er emerged from seclusion as a Dou Sheng and found the Gu Clan devastated by the Soul Clan’s attack.
• Gu Ming told Gu Xun'er that Gu Yang had defected with the Ancient Jade and Hun Changqing, who had regained his strength and fled with Hun Tiandi.
• Gu Xun'er called a council and proposed attacking the Yan and Lei Clans to seize their Ancient Jade rather than seeking an alliance.
• Gu Yuan backed Gu Xun'er’s proposal and suppressed the elders’ objections.
• Gu Xun'er planned to split the Gu Clan’s forces, sending the Three Immortals against the Yan Clan while Gu Yuan led the assault on the Lei Clan.

After returning to the Hun Clan, Hun Changqing visited Xingxiu, Yao Chen, and Yun Yun before heading to the Netherworld Hall to see Medusa. He warned Yao Chen that the Hun Clan planned to destroy the Yao Clan and left him to consider joining a plan against the Hun Clan’s Central Plains operations; Medusa greeted Hun Changqing’s return with a cool remark.

• Hun Changqing returned to the Hun Clan, reassured Hun Tiandi of his loyalty, and visited Xingxiu, hiding his connection to Gu Xun'er as he explained his year away.
• Hun Changqing met Yao Chen at Starfall Pavilion and gave him the corpse of a peak Half-Saint to help rebuild his body.
• Hun Changqing revealed that the Hun Clan had destroyed the Shi and Ling Clans and planned to attack the Yao Clan, then urged Yao Chen to gather allies and offered future cooperation against the Hun Clan.
• Hun Changqing visited Yun Yun at the Flower Sect, stayed with her for three days, and then left for the Netherworld Hall.
• Hun Changqing found Medusa in her bedroom, where she greeted him by asking whether he was still alive.

Hun Changqing advanced to Mid-Stage One-Star Dou Saint after nearly ten days of comprehending heaven and earth, then took Medusa to the Nine Netherworld Python Clan to help complete her bloodline evolution. They reached the clan's headquarters, the Nether Serpent Earth Vein, and prepared to enter.

• Hun Changqing entered a state of enlightenment while Medusa recovered and watched over him for nearly ten days.
• Hun Changqing emerged having merged with heaven and earth and advanced to Mid-Stage One-Star Dou Saint.
• Hun Changqing learned that Medusa had refined most of the origin blood and stone but remained unable to break her bloodline shackle.
• Hun Changqing took Medusa through a spatial rift and used a captured Nine Netherworld Python Dou Zun as a guide to reach the Nether Serpent Earth Vein.
• Medusa marveled at the many Snake-People Tribe settlements in the Central Plains, and Hun Changqing teased her about her tribe's origins before leading her toward the mountains.