Chapter Summaries

Hun Changqing discovered that Xiao Yi Xian had broken free of his control, but he played along when she pretended not to know his identity. As they traveled toward Sacred Pill City, her conflicted feelings led her to poison him before she abandoned the trip and confronted him; the chapter ended with her unable to decide what to do.

• Hun Changqing realized Xiao Yi Xian had escaped Mirror Flower, Water Moon and suspected someone had helped her, so he concealed his discovery and followed her lead.
• Xiao Yi Xian suggested going to Sacred Pill City, and Hun Changqing agreed to travel there with her.
• During their journey, Xiao Yi Xian struggled between her anger at Hun Changqing's deception and her feelings for the care he had shown her as Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian's Woeful Poison entered Hun Changqing, but his Three-Light Divine Water neutralized it.
• Xiao Yi Xian changed her mind about Sacred Pill City, and Hun Changqing asked whether she knew his identity.
• Xiao Yi Xian broke down and demanded to know why Hun Changqing had impersonated Xiao Yan, then fell silent when he asked what she planned to do.

Xiao Yi Xian learned that Xiao Yan was dead and that Hun Changqing had impersonated him, but Hun Changqing persuaded her to stay with him in the Netherworld Hall. They then reached a desolate plain, where Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran revealed their plan to attack him.

• Xiao Yi Xian questioned Hun Changqing about Xiao Yan and learned that she had never truly met him because Hun Changqing had taken his place.
• Hun Changqing persuaded Xiao Yi Xian that she was attached to him and the Netherworld Hall, and she agreed to stay with him and make it her home.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Hun Changqing that Nalan Yanran had freed her from a restriction and was waiting at the end of the spatial rift with Saint Liufeng's remnant soul.
• Hun Changqing asked Xiao Yi Xian to help him pretend to be unaware of the ambush, and they emerged onto a desolate plain in the western Central Plains.
• Xiao Yi Xian struck Hun Changqing with her poison, and Nalan Yanran appeared with wind-energy arrows aimed at him.

Hun Changqing used Mirror Flower, Water Moon to trap Nalan Yanran in an illusion while secretly entering her Soul Sea and destroying Saint Liufeng. Nalan Yanran killed the illusion of Hun Changqing, then broke down in grief, unaware that the real Hun Changqing watched from the shadows and planned to intensify her ordeal.

• Hun Changqing watched Nalan Yanran fight his illusion, while Xiao Yi Xian realized the battle was an illusion and pitied her.
• Hun Changqing entered Nalan Yanran's Soul Sea and shattered Saint Liufeng when she tried to awaken her.
• Nalan Yanran discovered Saint Liufeng's death, blamed the illusion of Hun Changqing, and attacked it in a rage.
• Nalan Yanran decapitated the illusion and mutilated its head as the real Hun Changqing watched from the Void Space.
• Xiao Yi Xian left, and Nalan Yanran laughed before collapsing into grief-stricken sobs.

Nalan Yanran believed she had killed Hun Changqing to free Yun Yun, but an illusion showed Yun Yun grieving and dying by suicide over his death. After repeated returns to the battlefield, Yanran tried to save Hun Changqing, but he died when Yun Yun appeared and the Woeful Poison erupted.

• Nalan Yanran reached an illusory Flower Sect and told Yun Yun she had killed Hun Changqing.
• Yun Yun saw Hun Changqing’s corpse, condemned Nalan Yanran, and ended her own life rather than live without her husband.
• Nalan Yanran returned to the battlefield and recognized the scene as an illusion, then killed Hun Changqing again and rushed toward the Flower Sect.
• After Yun Yun died again in the illusion, Nalan Yanran returned to the battlefield and tried to sustain Hun Changqing while calling for Xiao Yi Xian to remove his poison.
• Xiao Yi Xian vanished, Yun Yun appeared beside Nalan Yanran, and the Woeful Poison erupted in Hun Changqing, killing him as Nalan Yanran tried to explain what had happened.

Nalan Yanran repeatedly relived Yun Yun and Hun Changqing’s deaths in Hun Changqing’s illusion until her mind collapsed. Yun Yun brought her out, but Nalan Yanran could no longer distinguish reality from illusion, leaving Yun Yun unsure how to help her.

• Yun Yun died by suicide repeatedly in Nalan Yanran’s illusion after Hun Changqing died, and Nalan Yanran kept returning to the scene and trying to save them.
• Hun Changqing revealed that Nalan Yanran was trapped in Mirror Flower, Water Moon and told Yun Yun he would spare her this time but would show no mercy if she repeated her actions.
• Hun Changqing dispelled the illusion, and Nalan Yanran begged him not to die, then offered herself to him in desperation.
• Nalan Yanran recognized Yun Yun, apologized, and clung to her, but she soon pleaded with Hun Changqing not to make the illusion of her master appear again.
• Yun Yun assured Nalan Yanran that she was real, but Nalan Yanran broke down, saying she could no longer tell illusion from reality.
• Hun Changqing observed that his method had worked well, while Yun Yun worried about whether pleading for Nalan Yanran would make things worse.

Ten years after sparing Nalan Yanran, Hun Changqing used a profound pill refined by Yao Chen and Cao Ying to break through to Eight-Star Dou Sheng. He emerged from seclusion at the Cao Family estate, where Cao Ying and the elders were stunned by his true appearance.

• Hun Changqing refused to heal Nalan Yanran but told Yun Yun to close the Flower Sect and help her recover.
• Over the next ten years, Hun Changqing cultivated in seclusion at the Cao Family estate while the Gu Clan and Soul Clan fought to a stalemate.
• Cao Ying and Yao Chen refined a Ninth-Rank Profound Pill containing immense icy energy for Hun Changqing.
• Hun Changqing consumed the pill and broke through from Seven-Star Dou Sheng to Eight-Star Dou Sheng.
• Hun Changqing appeared before Cao Ying and the Cao Family elders, who were astonished by his beauty.

After breaking through, Hun Changqing revealed his beauty to Cao Ying, accepted her feelings, and took her to the Cao Family head's courtyard. He then traveled to Poseidon City in the Eastern Region to investigate an unusual source of water attribute energy and found a harmonious city whose idealistic order he doubted could survive beyond its ruler's power.

• Cao Ying waited anxiously for Hun Changqing to emerge, still unsure whether he would accept her feelings and worried about his appearance.
• Hun Changqing emerged without his hood, stunning Cao Ying and the Cao Family elders with his beauty, then embraced Cao Ying and carried her away.
• After spending time with Cao Ying, Hun Changqing traveled to the Eastern Region to investigate the unusual water attribute energy marked on Gu Xun'er's map.
• Hun Changqing reached Poseidon City, a vast maritime trading port at the center of the area Gu Yuan had once identified.
• Hun Changqing observed the city's cheerful, harmonious residents and privately questioned whether its apparent equality could last without the city lord's strength.

Hun Changqing entered Poseidon City without authorization and was confronted by its guards, but Golden Emperor recognized him as Changqing. Hun Changqing could not remember who she was, leaving their reunion unresolved.

• Hun Changqing drew Poseidon City's guards after appearing inside the city without entry authorization, and the captain insisted that even Central Plains visitors had to obey the city's constitution.
• Golden Emperor arrived, learned that Hun Changqing came from the Central Plains, and showed interest because she had long wished to search there for someone.
• Hun Changqing asked Golden Emperor for her real name because her appearance felt familiar to him.
• Golden Emperor recognized Hun Changqing and called him Changqing, astonishing the crowd with her emotional reaction.
• Hun Changqing searched his memories but could not identify her, so he awkwardly asked who she was.

Hun Changqing recognized the Golden Emperor as Ya Fei, then searched her memories to learn how she had survived and transformed. Her memories revealed that a sacred object had changed her from a human into a magical beast, leaving her beside Saint Mo Lan and unable to find Hun Changqing until now.

• The Golden Emperor brought Hun Changqing to her palace, where he removed her mask and recognized Ya Fei.
• Hun Changqing suspected Ya Fei had been possessed and used his emperor realm soul to inspect her memories; Ya Fei let him investigate.
• Hun Changqing learned that Ya Fei had crossed the continent seeking him, but evil sect disciples trapped her and the Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor died protecting her.
• Saint Mo Lan rescued Ya Fei and offered her a sacred object that could transform her constitution if she survived its dangerous refinement.
• Ya Fei agreed to refine the sacred object after Saint Mo Lan took her to the Central Plains to search for Hun Changqing, but they could not find him.
• Ya Fei refined the sacred object and became a magical beast, transforming her body, talent, and soul aura so Hun Changqing could not recognize her.

Hun Changqing reunited with Ya Fei in Poseidon City, learned about her years of searching for him, and discovered her powerful Merfolk transformation. The two went to meet Saint Mo Lan, entering a meeting of Poseidon City's senior figures together.

• Hun Changqing learned from Ya Fei's memories that she had become the Golden Emperor and reached the Dou Zun realm after Saint Mo Lan saved her and helped her refine the Merfolk Sacred Relic.
• Hun Changqing released Ya Fei from soul suppression, and she embraced him before they spent the night together.
• Hun Changqing asked Ya Fei about unusual energy near Poseidon City, and she suggested asking Saint Mo Lan.
• Ya Fei revealed her Merfolk true form, and Hun Changqing admired and touched her silver fishtail.
• Hun Changqing healed Ya Fei's lingering discomfort, and she led him into Saint Mo Lan's meeting, where Poseidon City's senior figures stared at him.

Hun Changqing accompanied Ya Fei to meet Saint Mo Lan, killed the Purple Emperor after he challenged him, and asked Saint Mo Lan about an ancient trace of water attribute energy. Though Saint Mo Lan denied recognizing it, Hun Changqing sensed her reaction and left; that night, a mysterious hooded figure appeared in her bedchamber.

• Ya Fei brought Hun Changqing to Saint Mo Lan's assembly, where the Purple Emperor accused them of violating Poseidon's rules.
• Hun Changqing immobilized the Purple Emperor and shattered him before the gathered officials, revealing that he was a Dou Sheng.
• Saint Mo Lan questioned Ya Fei, then dismissed the officials and asked Hun Changqing why he had come.
• Hun Changqing showed Saint Mo Lan an ancient trace of water attribute energy and asked whether she recognized it; she denied knowing it, though he sensed her emotional reaction.
• Hun Changqing left with Ya Fei, and that night a mysterious black-clad figure emerged inside Saint Mo Lan's bedchamber.

Hun Changqing forced Saint Molan to reveal the location of a sealed site beneath Poseidon City and brought her there. They entered the ruins of the ancient kingdom of Atlantis, where Saint Molan feared the beings that had destroyed it might still remain, but Hun Changqing pressed deeper and she followed.

• Hun Changqing overpowered Saint Molan, threatened Poseidon City, and persuaded her to reveal the location of a sealed place beneath the sea.
• Saint Molan led Hun Changqing to a vast whirlpool and opened the seal, exposing a strange water aura and an entrance into an ancient underwater world.
• Hun Changqing and Saint Molan entered the ruins, where Saint Molan recognized the site as Atlantis, an ancient kingdom whose power had once rivaled the Central Plains.
• Saint Molan warned that the beings responsible for Atlantis's destruction might still be inside, but Hun Changqing continued into the ruins.
• Fearing the danger to the Eastern Region, Saint Molan overcame her hesitation and followed Hun Changqing deeper into Atlantis.

Hun Changqing and Saint Molan reached the heart of the seabed ruins, where Hun Changqing killed a powerful whale beast and collected three sea heart flames. They entered the island’s Light Screen and found a corrupted, hostile ruin, leaving Saint Molan shaken and asking what had happened there.

• Hun Changqing killed a Ninth Rank whale beast with one finger and took its magic core, while Saint Molan stored the beast’s corpse in her Storage Ring.
• Hun Changqing and Saint Molan found a vast island above lava fissures and discovered three sea heart flames at its entrance.
• Hun Changqing sealed all three sea heart flames in Spirit-Receiving Stones and refused Saint Molan’s unspoken request for one.
• Hun Changqing and Saint Molan passed through the Light Screen into a dark ruin filled with Black Slime, black mist, and sounds that stirred violent urges.
• Saint Molan fought off the mist’s influence and asked Hun Changqing what the strange things were and what had happened in the ruins.

Hun Changqing retrieved the corrupted Divine Water Emperor Origin Pearl from the ruins and learned from the murals how Atlantis was destroyed by monsters from beyond the heavens and the Eight Clans. After Saint Molan confronted him over the Eastern Region’s losses, she noticed something at the end of the murals.

• Hun Changqing found a black pearl in the altar’s pool, and Saint Molan identified it as the legendary Divine Water Emperor Origin Pearl.
• Hun Changqing stored the pearl, while Saint Molan grieved that the Eastern Region’s sacred treasure had fallen into someone else’s hands.
• Hun Changqing read murals recounting how monsters from beyond the heavens destroyed Atlantis before eight Dou Di from the Central Plains defeated them and plundered the region.
• Saint Molan condemned the Eight Clans and Hun Changqing for taking the pearl, and Hun Changqing defended his clan’s rise through seizing resources.
• Saint Molan turned back to the murals and noticed something at their very end.

Hun Changqing exposed an Alien Demon King posing as Atlantis’s former Grand Elder and destroyed his remnant soul to obtain its memories. He learned that the Alien Demon Clan’s invasion of the Dou Qi Continent had been defeated by its powerful experts, while Saint Molan remained absorbed in the cultivation method the demon had altered.

• Saint Molan discovered the high-grade Heaven-tier cultivation method on the stone wall and began recording and studying it while Hun Changqing waited nearby.
• A black face appeared in the Sacred Pool, claimed to be Yalian, and tried to persuade Hun Changqing to free him so he could locate the Water Profound Ancient Emperor’s inheritance.
• Hun Changqing recognized the face as an Alien Demon King and used his Emperor Realm soul power to overwhelm him despite his warning that the stone-wall method had been altered.
• Hun Changqing extracted a memory orb from the Alien Demon King and learned that the Alien Demon Clan had invaded both the Tianxuan Continent and the Dou Qi Continent to plunder their origins.
• The Alien Demon King’s memories revealed that the Symbol Ancestor sealed the invaders on Tianxuan, while the Water Profound Ancient Emperor and the Eight Clans’ Dou Di experts defeated them on the Dou Qi Continent.

After the Yimo King's cultivation method transformed Saint Molan, her temperament became seductive and she pursued Hun Changqing, but she later returned to normal and woke in distress over what had happened. Hun Changqing blamed her reckless cultivation and took her away, leaving their relationship and her condition to be addressed after they returned.

• Hun Changqing refined the Yimo King's soul and considered traveling to the Tianxuan Continent, where Yimo were plentiful.
• Saint Molan's cultivation transformed her body and filled her with Yimo energy, so Hun Changqing examined her but found no way to reverse the change.
• After six hours, Saint Molan awoke with a seductive new temperament, and Hun Changqing confirmed that her soul remained intact.
• Saint Molan seduced Hun Changqing, but after an unknown number of days she returned to normal and screamed when she realized what had happened.
• Saint Molan recovered memories of her transformed behavior, and Hun Changqing blamed her for practicing the unknown cultivation method before taking her away.

Gu Xun’er tracked Hun Changqing to Poseidon City and attacked Ya Fei before turning on Saint Molan. Hun Changqing revealed himself to protect them, and Gu Xun’er confronted him over his ties to the people of the Eastern Region.

• Gu Xun’er arrived at Poseidon City and asked whether an outsider had recently visited.
• A senior official identified Hun Changqing, and Gu Xun’er recognized Ya Fei as someone she had once targeted by ordering the destruction of the Mittel Auction House.
• Gu Xun’er seized Ya Fei and nearly killed her, but Saint Molan arrived and forced her to release Ya Fei with a sudden attack.
• Gu Xun’er struck at Saint Molan, but Hun Changqing emerged from hiding and blocked the attack.
• Gu Xun’er admitted tampering with the map to find Hun Changqing and questioned his closeness to the people of the Eastern Region; Hun Changqing mocked her and challenged her authority over his relationships.

Hun Changqing and Gu Xun'er fought with enough force to devastate the Eastern Region, drawing the continent’s experts and both clan leaders to the scene. As Hun Changqing gained the upper hand, Gu Yuan tried to intervene, but Hun Tiandi blocked him and insisted the younger fighters settle their own affairs.

• Gu Xun'er rejected Hun Changqing’s attempt to talk and threatened to punish the women involved with him, so they began fighting.
• Their clashing powers devastated the Eastern Region, killing countless people while Hun Changqing’s protection kept Poseidon City safe.
• Experts who arrived in the Eastern Region recognized Gu Xun'er and were shocked that her opponent could match her; one observer noticed she was beginning to fall behind.
• Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan arrived, and both saw that Hun Changqing was gaining the advantage over Gu Xun'er.
• Hun Changqing unleashed a vast ocean of Supreme Yin True Water, prompting Gu Yuan to move to intervene.
• Hun Tiandi attacked Gu Yuan with Blood Demon Heart-Eroding Thunder, then blocked him and said the younger fighters should settle their own affairs.

Hun Changqing defeated Gu Xun'er and captured her, but a mysterious spatial rift swallowed them both before he could take her away. Gu Yuan withdrew after Hun Tiandi demanded the Tuoshe Ancient Jade, while Hun Tiandi flew toward Poseidon City and addressed Saint Molan.

• Gu Xun'er unleashed her supreme yang true qi against Hun Changqing, and their clash devastated the Eastern Region before they escaped into the void.
• Hun Changqing moved to capture the weakened Gu Xun'er, and Hun Tiandi blocked Gu Yuan from intervening.
• Hun Changqing knocked Gu Xun'er unconscious and seized her, but a huge spatial rift suddenly pulled them both inside and vanished.
• Hun Tiandi suggested Gu Yuan surrender the Tuoshe Ancient Jade for Gu Xun'er's return, and Gu Yuan refused before leaving with the Gu Clan Elders to reconsider their next move.
• Hun Tiandi flew to Poseidon City, where Saint Molan and Ya Fei surveyed the ruined Eastern Region, and he asked Saint Molan whether Hun Changqing had fought Gu Xun'er because of her.

Hun Tiandi persuaded Ya Fei and Saint Molan to enter the Soul Clan with Poseidon City, where the clan settled them in a specially created Water Realm. After learning that Hun Changqing’s companions had arrived, Xingxiu erupted with killing intent and set out to see them.

• Hun Tiandi invited Ya Fei and Saint Molan to the Soul Clan, offering to relocate Poseidon City and provide resources; Saint Molan accepted so she could remain responsible for its people.
• Hun Tu used a giant black hand to carry Poseidon City through a spatial rift, and Ya Fei and Saint Molan followed Hun Tiandi into the Soul Domain.
• Hun Tiandi settled the women and the city in a pure Water Realm before departing with the elders, while Ya Fei and Saint Molan explored their new home.
• A shadow servant told Xingxiu that Hun Changqing had captured an enemy and that two women brought back by Hun Tiandi seemed to be his companions.
• Xingxiu’s killing intent shook the hall; after dismissing the shadow servant, she headed toward Poseidon City to see the women for herself.