Chapter Summaries

Gu Ming attacked Yao Chen and Hun Changqing with a powerful five-seal technique, and Yao Chen struggled to hold it back while Hun Changqing was battered by its energy. Hun Changqing used Weak Water to absorb and transform the energy, then tried to break through the barrier to the Dou Zun Realm.

• Gu Ming unleashed his five-seal technique, forcing Hun Changqing out of hiding and causing him to seek Yao Chen's protection.
• Yao Chen questioned Hun Changqing about offending the Gu Clan's young lady, and Hun Changqing said it had been an accident.
• Gu Ming sent the enormous seal platform crashing down, and Yao Chen used Bone Spirit Cold Flame to slow its descent.
• Gu Ming directed a portion of the seal's energy at Hun Changqing, badly damaging his body as Yao Chen struggled to resist the platform.
• Hun Changqing circulated Weak Water to absorb and convert the invading energy into Supreme Yin True Qi, then directed it at his Dou Zun barrier in an attempt to break through.

Hun Changqing used Gu Ming’s energy and Supreme Yin Pills to force a breakthrough to Dou Zun, while Gu Xun'er searched his pavilion. The chapter left Hun Changqing battered as he kept attacking his bottleneck and Gu Xun'er consumed by rage after discovering his disheveled bedchamber.

• Hun Changqing exhausted the energy inside him and swallowed a bottle of Supreme Yin Pills, but his bottleneck remained unbroken.
• Hun Changqing ordered Yao Chen to release Gu Ming’s energy, and Yao Chen let it pour down on him.
• The rampaging energy tore through Hun Changqing’s body as he continued driving it against his bottleneck.
• Gu Xun'er searched Hun Changqing’s pavilion, savoring the traces of his supreme yin true qi as her destructive urges eased.
• Gu Xun'er entered Hun Changqing’s bedchamber and found his disheveled bed and lingering traces, sending her into deeper rage and darkness.

Hun Changqing broke through to Dou Zun, triggering a lightning tribulation as his supreme yin true body began to awaken. He absorbed the tribulation’s lightning with his supreme yin true qi and weak water, while Medusa and Yao Chen watched from a distance.

• Gu Xun'er destroyed the pavilion in a rage and prepared to join the battle before Hun Changqing's breakthrough triggered a massive energy vortex.
• Gu Ming and Yao Chen realized Hun Changqing's breakthrough had summoned a lightning tribulation, while Medusa moved away to avoid intensifying it.
• Hun Changqing opened his eyes and erased the first lightning bolt with his supreme yin true qi.
• Hun Changqing summoned weak water vortices to absorb five colored lightning bolts and convert their energy into supreme yin true qi.

Hun Changqing completed his breakthrough to Dou Zun by absorbing the lightning tribulation, then embraced Medusa. Gu Xun'er arrived, saw them together, and ordered Gu Ming to kill Medusa, leaving Hun Changqing and Yao Chen locked in a clash with Gu Ming while Gu Xun'er watched for an opening.

• Hun Changqing absorbed the tribulation lightning, replenished his energy, and fully advanced to Dou Zun as the thunderclouds dispersed.
• Yao Chen noticed Medusa, and Hun Changqing pulled her into his arms to reassure her.
• Gu Xun'er saw Hun Changqing embracing Medusa, flew into a rage, and ordered Gu Ming to kill Medusa.
• Gu Ming redirected his seal platform at Medusa, but Hun Changqing shielded her with supreme yin true qi and called on Yao Chen for help.
• Hun Changqing and Yao Chen met Gu Ming's attack with their combined powers, while Gu Xun'er watched Medusa and formed a cruel smile.

Gu Xun'er attacked Medusa with lethal force, but Hun Changqing broke free from the seal platform and rescued her. After driving Gu Xun'er back, he taunted her about the gap between their strength, and she left with Gu Ming vowing to catch up to him.

• Gu Xun'er battered Medusa's defenses, trapped her within a sea of golden flames, and formed a huge flaming palm to kill her.
• Hun Changqing struck the seal platform with Yin Qi, escaped, and arrived in time to block Gu Xun'er's attack on Medusa.
• Hun Changqing overwhelmed Gu Xun'er's flames with Yin Qi and wounded her with a powerful strike, leaving her unable to fight temporarily.
• Gu Ming checked Gu Xun'er's injuries and confronted Hun Changqing, but Gu Xun'er stopped him from attacking again.
• Hun Changqing mocked Gu Xun'er for being weaker, and she departed with Gu Ming after promising she would catch up to him.

Hun Changqing left Maple City with Medusa, Hai Bodong, and Zi Yan, intending to establish a faction and considering Jia Nan Academy as a temporary base. On the way, he sensed a battle and recognized the injured Misty Cloud Sect leader Yun Yun, leaving him with an evil smile.

• Hun Changqing thanked Yao Chen for his help, gave him Han Feng's captured soul, and promised to find him a Half-Saint corpse so he could recover.
• Hun Changqing woke Hai Bodong, found Zi Yan asleep inside Yao Chen's pill cauldron, and stopped Medusa from tormenting her.
• Hun Changqing agreed to take the group to Jia Nan Academy, where Zi Yan could reassure Su Qian and he could recruit promising students for his faction.
• While flying through the Black-Corner Region, Hun Changqing sensed a Dou Emperor-level fight and discovered Yun Yun facing two opponents.
• Hun Changqing recognized Yun Yun by her Misty Cloud Sect attire and badge, and smiled as he watched her injured figure.

Hun Changqing became captivated by the injured Yun Yun and ordered Hai Bodong to rescue her while he went to Jia Nan Academy. He instructed Hai Bodong to settle Yun Yun in a nearby town and make sure she understood how to repay his kindness.

• Hun Changqing admired Yun Yun’s beauty and decided he wanted her despite Medusa’s jealousy.
• Hun Changqing secretly asked Hai Bodong about Yun Yun and learned she was the Misty Cloud Sect’s current sect master, a Three-Star Dou Emperor.
• Hun Changqing told Hai Bodong that Yun Yun was under attack and ordered him to help her.
• Hai Bodong agreed and set off to rescue Yun Yun, despite suspecting Hun Changqing had ulterior motives.
• Hun Changqing stopped Hai Bodong to instruct him to leave Yun Yun in a town outside Jia Nan Academy and explain how she should repay the rescue.
• Hai Bodong flew toward Yun Yun, resentful as he prepared to confront her attackers.

Yun Yun traveled to the Black-Corner Region to find ingredients for pills that would help Nalan Yanran, but two Dou Emperors defeated her and prepared to capture her. As they rushed to seize her, the gaunt old man sealed her remaining dou qi and left her helpless in the crater.

• Hun Changqing sent Hai Bodong to investigate a fight while he and Medusa continued toward Jia Nan Academy.
• Yun Yun was overwhelmed by a One-Star Dou Emperor and a Two-Star Dou Emperor, who had followed her after she bought auction goods.
• Yun Yun recalled that she had gathered ingredients for pills to strengthen Nalan Yanran before she entered the Gate of Life and Death.
• The two attackers planned to assault Yun Yun and sell her at auction, and she feared that revealing her identity could endanger the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Yun tried to kill herself, but the gaunt old man used a sealing Dou Technique to disperse her dou qi and paralyze her.

Hai Bodong rescued Yun Yun from two attackers, then told her that Hun Changqing wanted her and warned that refusing could endanger Yun Shan and the Misty Cloud Sect. After resisting at first, Yun Yun finally gave a faint answer, leaving her decision unclear.

• Hai Bodong appeared just in time to stop the Gaunt Old Man and the Bearded Giant from attacking Yun Yun.
• The Gaunt Old Man hurled the Bearded Giant at Hai Bodong and fled, but Hai Bodong froze both men and shattered them into ice fragments.
• Yun Yun recognized Hai Bodong as the Ice Emperor and thanked him for saving her.
• Hai Bodong revealed that he had rescued Yun Yun for a lord who wanted her, and Yun Yun refused to offer herself in return.
• Hai Bodong warned that Yun Shan and the Misty Cloud Sect could suffer if Yun Yun resisted, and he cited Jia Xingtian's submission over his granddaughters.
• After a long silence, Yun Yun finally gave a faint, trembling answer.

After Hun Changqing defeated Gu Xun'er, she resolved to grow stronger before challenging him again and entered seclusion to refine her heavenly flames. The chapter ended with her beginning to absorb the green lotus core flame.

• Hai Bodong kept Yun Yun sealed and carried her toward Jia Nan Academy because Hun Changqing had claimed her.
• Gu Xun'er rejected Gu Ming's suggestion to summon a Dou Sheng and decided to refine her heavenly flames before fighting Hun Changqing again.
• Gu Ming assessed Hun Changqing as stronger than Yao Tianhuo, a Three-Star Dou Zun, despite Hun Changqing having only recently advanced to Dou Zun.
• Gu Xun'er entered her Secret Chamber and indulged in memories of Hun Changqing before regaining her composure.
• Gu Xun'er shattered the Spirit-Receiving Stone, released the green lotus core flame, and began refining it with the Flame Mantra.

During Jia Nan Academy’s Strong Ranking competition, Lin Xiuya defeated Wu Hao with ease. Hun Changqing arrived at the academy holding Zi Yan, accompanied by an alluring woman, and confronted Su Qian.

• Wu Hao easily defeated several opponents before facing Lin Xiuya, the newly ranked first on the Strong Ranking.
• Lin Xiuya overwhelmed Wu Hao with his Wind-Crushing Palm and knocked him from the platform.
• Hun Changqing appeared above the square with Zi Yan and an enchanting woman, his sinister aura silencing the crowd.
• Su Qian flew up to confront Hun Changqing, who greeted him with a mocking “long time no see.”

Hun Changqing recruited Wu Hao and negotiated a partnership with Jia Nan Academy to recruit its graduates into his new faction. He agreed to destroy Demon Flame Valley, then named himself Ghost Soul Venerable and his faction Netherworld Hall.

• Hun Changqing teased Zi Yan and watched her reunite with Su Qian, who learned that she had become Hun Changqing’s disciple.
• Hun Changqing assessed Wu Hao’s blood-attribute Dou Qi and invited him to join his faction; after seeing Zi Yan recognized as the former Strong Ranking champion, Wu Hao accepted.
• Hun Changqing proposed recruiting Jia Nan Academy graduates, and Su Qian considered partnering with him in exchange for his protection and support.
• Su Qian asked Hun Changqing to eradicate Demon Flame Valley, and Hun Changqing agreed after Zi Yan pleaded with him.
• When Su Qian asked for the faction’s name, Hun Changqing called himself Ghost Soul Venerable and named the faction Netherworld Hall.

Hun Changqing established his authority at Jia Nan Academy and arranged for Wu Hao to join the Netherworld Hall. He then gave Medusa Lesser Supreme Yin Pills and explained that she would need greater strength and a journey to the Nine Netherworld Pythons’ territory to evolve.

• Wu Hao and the Jia Nan Academy students learned that Hun Changqing was a Dou Zun and that he led the Netherworld Hall, and Wu Hao respectfully accepted his position as Hall Master.
• Hun Changqing told Wu Hao to prepare while he stayed at the academy, then followed Su Qian to an elegant courtyard with Medusa and Zi Yan.
• Hun Changqing explained that Medusa could evolve again with a certain material and support from the Nine Netherworld Pythons’ territory, but first needed to grow stronger.
• Hun Changqing gave Medusa Lesser Supreme Yin Pills and urged her to cultivate toward the Dou Zun realm, and she went to a room to begin training.

Hun Changqing left Zi Yan to cultivate and went to meet Hai Bodong, who had brought Yun Yun to a pavilion outside Jia Nan Academy. He discovered Yun Yun had been sealed before Hai Bodong arrived and questioned how quickly she had been defeated.

• Hun Changqing told Zi Yan to focus on cultivating instead of asking for more medicinal pills, and she sulked off to another room.
• Hun Changqing flew to the town outside Jia Nan Academy after receiving Hai Bodong's message and saw signs of a fight along the frost-covered streets.
• Hun Changqing entered the pavilion and found Hai Bodong waiting while Yun Yun knelt on a bed, terrified of him.
• Hun Changqing noticed Yun Yun's cultivation and physical strength were sealed and asked Hai Bodong what had happened.
• Hai Bodong explained that Yun Yun's opponents had sealed her before he arrived, and Hun Changqing questioned how she had lost so quickly to two weaker Dou Emperors.

Hun Changqing tormented Yun Yun as she wept and struggled, using the safety of the Misty Cloud Sect to silence her. The chapter ended with Yun Yun broken and Hun Changqing preparing to begin.

• Yun Yun cursed Hun Changqing and the two Dou Emperors before collapsing into despairing sobs.
• Hun Changqing sent Hai Bodong away, and Hai Bodong left to guard the pavilion while cultivating.
• Hun Changqing approached Yun Yun, taunted her fear, and forced her to face him.
• Yun Yun broke down and attacked Hun Changqing, but he threatened the Misty Cloud Sect until she fell silent.
• Yun Yun murmured about the Misty Cloud Sect and her master as Hun Changqing announced that they would begin.

After Yun Yun awoke, Hun Changqing restored her power and gave her two valuable pills, then told her to return to the Misty Cloud Sect. He left to join the attack on Demon Flame Valley, and Yun Yun departed in despair, telling herself the past few days had been a nightmare.

• Yun Yun awoke and remembered how Hun Changqing had forced himself on her, while his gentle voice left her confused about her feelings.
• Hun Changqing used Supreme Yin True Qi to break the seal in Yun Yun's body and restore her strength.
• Hun Changqing gave Yun Yun a Sect Breaking Pill for her master and an Emperor's Extreme Pill for her own cultivation.
• Hun Changqing told Yun Yun to return to the Misty Cloud Sect and gave her a jade slip that could protect her from opponents below Dou Zong.
• Hun Changqing vanished, leaving Yun Yun to sob alone before she dressed and left the courtyard for home.

Su Qian and Medusa led the attack on Demon Flame Valley, but the Earth Demon Old Ghost summoned two Soul Palace protectors to turn the battle against them. A mysterious figure then arrived, greeting Protector Xuan and the Iron Protector with a mocking laugh.

• Su Qian confronted the Earth Demon Old Ghost, who revealed the four-star Dou Zong Eagle Mountain Elder as an ally and launched a joint attack.
• Medusa blocked the Earth Demon Old Ghost's attack and faced him while Su Qian battled the Eagle Mountain Elder.
• Medusa overpowered the Earth Demon Old Ghost, who summoned Protector Xuan, the Iron Protector, and dozens of black-mist figures to the square.
• Protector Xuan and the Iron Protector announced they served the Soul Palace and threatened to take Su Qian and Medusa's souls, leaving Medusa confused about whether they were her allies.
• A mysterious black-robed figure arrived in the valley and addressed Protector Xuan and the Iron Protector with a mocking laugh.

Hun Changqing defeated the Soul Palace Protectors and sent Medusa after the fleeing Earth Demon Old Ghost and Eagle Mountain Elder while Jia Nan Academy fought Demon Flame Valley. He and Zi Yan searched the valley’s hidden storeroom, where Hun Changqing found the Heavenly Demon Puppet refining method.

• Hun Changqing appeared beside Su Qian, then pierced Protector Xuan and Iron Protector with Blackwood and extracted their souls.
• Hun Changqing asked Medusa to capture Earth Demon Old Ghost and Eagle Mountain Elder alive, and she raced after them as Jia Nan Academy’s students fought Demon Flame Valley’s disciples.
• Hun Changqing took Zi Yan to search Demon Flame Valley’s palace, where her treasure-finding ability led them to a concealed storeroom.
• Zi Yan knocked out a serpent-shaped Magical Beast that ambushed her, while Hun Changqing broke the storeroom’s seal and collected a Seventh-Rank Magic Core and two scrolls.
• Hun Changqing found the Heavenly Demon Puppet refining method on a bamboo slip and recognized its potential for creating a powerful bodyguard.

Hun Changqing turned Demon Flame Valley into the headquarters of the Netherworld Hall and had Zi Yan recruit Jia Nan Academy students. After learning the location of a branch hall from Xuan and Iron Protector’s souls, he found an artifact he could soon refine: the Yin Soul Banner.

• Hun Changqing stopped Zi Yan from taking medicinal herbs, then left the hall with her after collecting the herbs and scrolls.
• Hun Changqing summoned black wood and used it to build the Netherworld Hall headquarters where Demon Flame Valley had stood, startling Su Qian and the students.
• Hun Changqing declared that Demon Flame Valley was gone and that the Netherworld Hall had taken its place, then entered the building as black mist.
• Zi Yan introduced herself as the Netherworld Hall’s member and recruited students, promising rapid cultivation and telling them to register with Su Qian.
• Hun Changqing searched Xuan and Iron Protector’s souls for the location of their Northwest Continent branch hall, then discovered the Yin Soul Banner in his artifact-refining text.

Hun Changqing planned to take souls from the Soul Palace to make Yin demons for a Yin Soul Banner, while Medusa brought back the Eagle Mountain Elder and Zi Yan was sent to deliver him to Hai Bodong. The chapter ended with Zi Yan secretly witnessing Hun Changqing and Medusa together and becoming eager to grow up.

• Hun Changqing decided to raid Soul Palace Branch Halls for souls to refine Yin demons, judging that he could escape if the Constellation Venerable proved too strong.
• Zi Yan complained to Hun Changqing after helping fool the students, and Medusa arrived with the unconscious Eagle Mountain Elder, saying she had killed the Earth Demon Old Ghost.
• Hun Changqing gave Medusa a seventh-order poison pill and told her to take the Eagle Mountain Elder to Hai Bodong, but Medusa passed the errand to Zi Yan and claimed her status as Hun Changqing's wife.
• Hun Changqing backed Medusa, so Zi Yan reluctantly dragged the Eagle Mountain Elder and pill to Hai Bodong, who took them inside.
• Zi Yan secretly approached Hun Changqing and Medusa's room and watched them together; afterward, she decided she wanted to grow up quickly.