Chapter Summaries

Hun Changqing watched the auction with Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er, then secretly pursued Ya Fei. Half a year later, he appeared at Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment event with Ya Fei as his lover.

• Hun Changqing considered visiting Jia Nan Academy, while Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er assumed they might attend with him.
• Ya Fei appeared at the auction, and Hun Changqing admired her, making Gu Xun'er jealous.
• Hun Changqing disappeared after the auction, and Gu Xun'er suspected he had gone to find Ya Fei.
• Half a year later, Hun Changqing and Ya Fei watched the Jia Nan Academy recruitment crowd together and flirted.

Hun Changqing’s half-year romance with Ya Fei was exposed when Xiao Yan called him “big brother,” and Ya Fei learned he was only eighteen rather than fifty-six. Ya Fei ran off in anger while Gu Xun’er’s jealousy turned toward her, leaving Hun Changqing with Xiao Yan at the Enrollment Square.

• Hun Changqing had spent six months courting Ya Fei while secretly cultivating, and he had advanced to the peak of Two-Star Dou Zong.
• Gu Xun’er had monitored Ya Fei and repeatedly wrecked her room, while she and Xiao Yan continued cultivating; Xiao Yan reached Seven-Star Dou Zhe and Gu Xun’er reached Da Dou Shi.
• At the Enrollment Square, Xiao Yan recognized Hun Changqing and greeted him as his big brother, revealing their connection to Ya Fei.
• Ya Fei confronted Hun Changqing about his age, and he admitted he was eighteen rather than fifty-six.
• Ya Fei shoved Hun Changqing and ran away, while Gu Xun’er secretly resolved to kill her and Xiao Yan asked Hun Changqing whether he would chase after her.

Hun Changqing collected the pills Yao Chen had refined and discussed the body Yao Chen would use for resurrection. The chapter ended after Hun Changqing revealed his face, leaving Yao Chen stunned by its beauty and telling him never to remove his hood again.

• Hun Changqing sensed Gu Xun'er's strong killing intent, then returned to his courtyard instead of pursuing Ya Fei.
• Hun Changqing took the pills Yao Chen had refined and said they should help him break through within a month.
• Hun Changqing asked whether Yao Chen wanted a Dou Zun or Half-Saint body for resurrection, and Yao Chen chose to wait for a Half-Saint body.
• Yao Chen asked Hun Changqing to remove his hood, and Hun Changqing revealed his face.
• Yao Chen was shaken by Hun Changqing's beauty and told him to keep his hood on.

At Jia Nan Academy’s aptitude assessment, Gu Xun’er revealed that she was a Two-Star Great Dou Master, shocking everyone and deepening Xiao Yan’s uncertainty about how well he knew her. Back at the Xiao Clan, Gu Xun’er’s resentment toward Lin Changqing turned into a violent obsession, and she vowed to eliminate anyone near him and eventually make him hers.

• Xiao Yan entered the assessment tent and was recorded as a sixteen-year-old Seven-Star Dou Zhe with talent beyond S rank.
• Xiao Yan praised Gu Xun’er, who revealed that she was a sixteen-year-old Two-Star Great Dou Master and released an aura that left the tent speechless.
• Gu Xun’er left the tent, unsettled by the admiration she received, while Xiao Yan stayed behind watching her go.
• Back in her room, Gu Xun’er blamed Lin Changqing for her lost god-grade bloodline and wondered whether killing Xiao Yan would affect him.
• Gu Xun’er laughed as her killing intent surfaced, then vowed to kill anyone who approached Lin Changqing and eventually imprison him as her own.

After deciding to surpass Hun Changqing, Gu Xun'er abandoned the Profound Origin Ancient Emperor Art and began cultivating the Flame Mantra. She started refining the golden emperor burning heaven flame seed and managed to begin integrating its energy into her dou qi.

• Gu Xun'er resolved to grow stronger than Hun Changqing and chose the Flame Mantra as her path to power.
• Gu Xun'er abolished the Profound Origin Ancient Emperor Art, enduring severe injuries and losing most of her strength before healing with a medicinal pill.
• Gu Xun'er successfully cultivated the Flame Mantra and prepared the cold moon frost spring water and Fire-Red Lotus Pill the Gu Clan had provided.
• Gu Xun'er broke the seal on the golden emperor burning heaven flame seed, drank the spring water and pill, and used medicinal pills to restore her dou qi.
• Gu Xun'er circulated the Flame Mantra and began integrating the golden emperor burning heaven flame's energy into her own.

Gu Xun'er devoured the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and reached the Five-Star Great Dou Master level, then decided to kill Xiao Yan and take revenge on Lin Changqing. Xiao Yan left the Xiao Clan to train in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, while Gu Xun'er reassigned Ling Ying after learning that no one had visited Ya Fei.

• Gu Xun'er overcame the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame's resistance, refined its energy, and advanced to Five-Star Great Dou Master.
• After recovering, Gu Xun'er resolved to keep the Flame Mantra secret and burn Xiao Yan to ash in front of Lin Changqing.
• Hun Changqing lounged nearby, unaware of Gu Xun'er's plans and of Ya Fei waiting for him at the auction house.
• Xiao Yan left the Xiao Clan, vowing to help Gu Xun'er, and requested two years of leave from Ruo Lin to train alone in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Ling Ying reported that no one had visited Ya Fei, and Gu Xun'er told him to stop watching her and take on a new task.

Gu Xun'er ordered Ling Ying to retrieve the Tou She Ancient God Jade from Xiao Zhan and threatened to kill the Xiao Clan if necessary. After handing the jade to Gu Yuan, she refused to stay in the Gu Clan and said she would return to the Xiao Clan.

• Gu Xun'er ordered Ling Ying to search Xiao Zhan's Storage Ring for the Ancient Jade and kill Xiao Clan members if Xiao Zhan refused to surrender it.
• Ling Ying found the Tou She Ancient God Jade in Xiao Zhan's Storage Ring and gave it to Gu Xun'er.
• Gu Xun'er took the jade, told Ling Ying to watch over Xiao Yan while he trained, and said she would kill him herself someday.
• Gu Xun'er brought the Ancient Jade to Gu Yuan, who noticed her changed demeanor and asked whether she planned to return to the Xiao Clan.
• Gu Xun'er said she still had to return to the Xiao Clan, and Gu Yuan wondered whether she was going back for Xiao Yan.

Gu Xun'er told Gu Yuan she had matured, abandoned her attachment to Xiao Yan, and wanted to grow stronger by making her own way in the Black-Corner Region. She revealed that she had discarded the Profound Origin Ancient Emperor Art and gave Gu Yuan a Jade Slip containing the Flame Mantra, leaving him shocked.

• Gu Xun'er told Gu Yuan she wanted to become much stronger and explained that she now regarded Xiao Yan only as a childhood playmate.
• Gu Xun'er said she planned to enter the Black-Corner Region to forge her strength and resolve through her own efforts.
• Gu Yuan praised Gu Xun'er's determination and asked why she would return to the Northwest Continent instead of cultivating in the clan.
• Gu Xun'er revealed that she had discarded the Profound Origin Ancient Emperor Art, alarming Gu Yuan.
• Gu Xun'er handed Gu Yuan a Jade Slip containing the Flame Mantra, and he reacted with shock after reading it.

Gu Xun'er persuaded Gu Yuan to support her pursuit of the Flame Mantra and Heavenly Flames, awakening his ambition to unify the continent. She left with enormous cultivation resources and notes, along with a lead on unusual water-attribute energy.

• Gu Xun'er told Gu Yuan she wanted the Gu Clan to gather Heavenly Flames so she could cultivate the Flame Mantra and reach Dou Di.
• Gu Yuan agreed to support Gu Xun'er unconditionally and resolved to unleash the Gu Clan’s power, even if it brought a bloody storm to the continent.
• Gu Xun'er collected more than five hundred Storage Rings’ worth of resources, Dou Techniques, and cultivation notes before preparing to train in the Black-Corner Region.
• Gu Xun'er asked about water-attribute energy, and Gu Yuan recalled sensing strange fluctuations near the battlefield where he subdued the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Gu Xun'er planned to give Hun Changqing the resources to strengthen him, while intending to suppress and capture him once she grew powerful enough.

Hun Changqing killed the Alien Demon Emperor, refined his origin, and left the Tianxuan Continent with Qingtan and the Ice Master. Back in the Soul Realm, he discovered that Gu Xun'er had a daughter with him, and he agreed to Gu Xun'er's demand that he stop pursuing other women.

• Hun Changqing gravely wounded and killed the Alien Demon Emperor, then absorbed his origin and grew stronger.
• Hun Changqing reunited with Qingtan, thanked Lin Dong, and left the Tianxuan Continent with Qingtan and the Ice Master.
• Hun Changqing returned to the Soul Realm and found a child named Hun Gu'er had defeated the Soul Clan guards while searching for her father.
• Hun Gu'er told Hun Changqing that he was her father, and Hun Changqing confirmed she was his daughter.
• Gu Xun'er arrived and said she would accept his past relationships if he settled down and spent more time with their child, and Hun Changqing agreed.