Chapter Summaries

Hun Changqing made Medusa Deputy Hall Master of the Netherworld Hall and explained how he wanted her to run it. After Medusa left to organize his plans, Zi Yan slipped into his room, unaware that he had noticed her spying on them.

• Hun Changqing teased Medusa after their intimacy, then explained his plans to build and manage the Netherworld Hall.
• Medusa questioned whether his punishments, rewards, and strength would prevent betrayal, and Hun Changqing explained why he was not worried.
• Hun Changqing told Medusa that Jia Nan Academy students would soon arrive and asked her to absorb nearby small factions, appointing her Deputy Hall Master.
• Medusa accepted responsibility for the Netherworld Hall and left to organize Hun Changqing's plans.
• Zi Yan rushed into Hun Changqing's room after Medusa left, and Hun Changqing concealed her presence from Medusa.

Hun Changqing infiltrated a Soul Palace branch hall in the Black Spirit Mountain Range to harvest its souls, but the hall detected his entry and sent Dragon Venerable to stop him. Hun Changqing revealed overwhelming power, leaving the branch hall’s defenders terrified as the confrontation began.

• Hun Changqing reached the Soul Palace branch hall, pierced its spatial barrier, and sensed Constellation Venerable and Dragon Venerable inside.
• Constellation Venerable detected the intrusion and ordered Dragon Venerable to capture the One-Star Dou Zun intruder and extract his soul.
• Dragon Venerable obeyed, while Hun Changqing entered the valley unaware that the branch hall had discovered him.
• The branch hall’s defenders emerged from the surrounding mist, and Dragon Venerable confronted Hun Changqing, boasting that he would take his soul.
• Hun Changqing released a terrifying torrent of black energy and killing intent, making the defenders’ ears bleed and leaving them horrified.

Hun Changqing attacked the Soul Palace branch hall and fought Dragon Venerable, who used a formation of blood-colored souls to create a Fierce Soul. The Fierce Soul’s punch stopped at Hun Changqing’s fingertip, and Dragon Venerable realized his opponent was far more dangerous than he had expected.

• Hun Changqing crushed many of Dragon Venerable’s subordinates with a spatial attack, prompting Dragon Venerable to summon the Myriad Souls Devouring Spirit Formation.
• Dragon Venerable fed blood into the formation and unleashed a swarm of blood-colored souls at Hun Changqing.
• Hun Changqing’s silver light destroyed many of the souls, and he declared that he intended to claim Dragon Venerable’s soul for his Yin Soul Banner.
• Dragon Venerable made the blood-colored souls devour one another until they formed a Fierce Soul, then sent it to attack Hun Changqing.
• Hun Changqing stopped the Fierce Soul’s punch with one finger and revealed that he was Ghost Soul Venerable, leaving Dragon Venerable terrified.

Hun Changqing seized control of Dragon Venerable’s blood shadow formation and used it to turn the fight against the Soul Palace forces. After killing Dragon Venerable and refining his soul into a pure yin demon, Hun Changqing placed the demon inside the weakening blood shadow.

• Hun Changqing took control of the blood shadow and sent it after Dragon Venerable.
• Hun Changqing bound the fleeing Soul Envoys and Protectors with Soul Chains and extracted their souls.
• Hun Changqing vanished, then ambushed Dragon Venerable as he tried to call the Hall Master for help.
• Hun Changqing extracted Dragon Venerable’s soul and refined it into a pure yin demon.
• Hun Changqing placed the yin demon inside the blood shadow as it began to dissipate.

Hun Changqing took control of Blood Shadow and used him to drive Dragon Venerable into a desperate fight while he seized the souls of the Soul Palace’s Soul Envoys and Protectors. He killed Dragon Venerable, refined his soul into a yin demon, and placed it inside Blood Shadow as the fierce soul began to dissipate.

• Hun Changqing used his knowledge of the Soul Clan’s countermeasures to take control of Blood Shadow and send him after Dragon Venerable.
• Dragon Venerable fled from Blood Shadow while Hun Changqing bound the fleeing Soul Envoys and Protectors with Soul Chains and extracted their souls.
• Hun Changqing appeared behind Dragon Venerable, tore open his throat, and extracted his soul before he could call for the Hall Master.
• Hun Changqing refined Dragon Venerable’s soul into a yin demon using Supreme Yin True Qi, death qi, and his blood.
• Hun Changqing put the yin demon into Blood Shadow as Blood Shadow began to dissipate.

Hun Changqing refined a Yin Demon from the blood shadow, then infiltrated the Soul Palace’s plaza and stole its container of souls from Constellation Venerable. With the souls secured, Hun Changqing unleashed his Divine Water against Constellation Venerable, beginning their battle.

• Hun Changqing purified the blood shadow into a silver Yin Demon and stored it to nurture as the Yin Soul Banner’s primary soul.
• Hun Changqing examined Dragon Venerable’s corpse and decided it was suitable for refining a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Hun Changqing entered the plaza and confronted Constellation Venerable, then used a feint to slip past him and open the formation around the soul container.
• Hun Changqing seized the soul container, escaped the formation, and taunted Constellation Venerable about taking his body and soul.
• Constellation Venerable attacked with a river of stars, and Hun Changqing answered by unleashing Divine Water that swept across the plaza.

Hun Changqing battled the Constellation Venerable and discovered that his opponent possessed a ninth-grade Soul Clan bloodline. Their attempts to resolve the conflict failed, and the chapter ended with Hun Changqing launching a massive wooden palm filled with death qi against the empowered Constellation Venerable.

• Hun Changqing's Years-Long Dreaming Waves grievously wounded the Constellation Venerable, while his Water Phantom Body let him escape the opponent's starlight palm unharmed.
• The Constellation Venerable unleashed a ninth-grade Soul Clan bloodline, leaving Hun Changqing bewildered about the unknown clansman and worried about the consequences of killing him.
• Hun Changqing tried to learn the Constellation Venerable's identity and persuade him to stop fighting, but the Constellation Venerable continued attacking.
• Hun Changqing abandoned negotiation and clashed with the Constellation Venerable, whose starlight gradually overpowered his Supreme Yin True Qi and destroyed the Black Hall.
• Hun Changqing summoned an enormous wooden palm filled with death qi and brought it down as the Constellation Venerable raised an energy barrier to defend himself.

Hun Changqing disrupted Constellation Venerable’s Dou Qi and struck her down, but when she emerged from the crater, he recognized her as Hun Tong, a once-famous Soul Clan prodigy who had lost her bloodline power and cultivation decades earlier. The chapter ends with Hun Changqing confronting the revelation of her identity.

• Hun Changqing used Supreme Yin Divine Light to disrupt Constellation Venerable’s Dou Qi, then crushed her beneath the supreme yin black death wood palm.
• Constellation Venerable emerged from the crater injured, and her destroyed hood revealed that she was a woman.
• Hun Changqing recognized Constellation Venerable as Hun Tong, a ninth-grade bloodline prodigy from the Soul Clan.
• The chapter recounted how Hun Tong’s injuries during a Soul Palace mission ruined her bloodline and caused her cultivation to regress.
• Hun Tong persisted in cultivating despite the clan’s neglect, while her older brother supported her by serving as a Protector.
• Hun Changqing recalled seeing Hun Tong as a child when she defeated a rival’s daughter in the arena before leaving the clan.

Hun Changqing discovered that Xingxiu was a fellow Soul Clan member whose return could expose his theft from the Soul Palace, so he resolved to kill her. He overwhelmed her with his silver moon power and left her badly injured, but she survived his first attack and tried to ambush him before he struck her down again.

• Hun Changqing recognized Xingxiu and realized the Soul Clan did not know she had recovered her strength, so he decided she could not be allowed to live.
• Xingxiu questioned Hun Changqing's identity, and he mocked her by introducing himself as Ghost Soul and calling her Auntie Xingxiu.
• Xingxiu attacked with a beam of starlight, but Hun Changqing manifested a radiant silver moon that overwhelmed her strike and sent her crashing into a crater.
• Hun Changqing approached Xingxiu's weakened aura, but she hid in the dust and starlight and launched a surprise punch at him.
• Hun Changqing caught Xingxiu's fist, dragged her from the haze, and kicked her across the ground, leaving her curled in pain as he taunted her.

Hun Changqing crushed Xingxiu beneath his foot until she revealed that she had come to the Northwest Continent seeking Saint Qianmu’s Dou Sheng abode. Xingxiu concealed that it held her Soul Clan ancestor’s inheritance and planned to lure Hun Changqing into its restrictions, while he demanded she continue explaining.

• Hun Changqing pinned Xingxiu beneath his foot and increased the pressure until she begged him to wait.
• Xingxiu revealed that a black Earthen Jar and its cultivation method had healed her injuries and allowed her to devour others’ Dou Qi and souls to regain her strength.
• Xingxiu explained that her ancestor had left a hidden inheritance abode in the Northwest Continent, guarded by magical beasts, and that she had gone to the Branch Hall to claim it.
• Xingxiu told Hun Changqing that she had come to investigate Saint Qianmu’s Dou Sheng abode, concealing her ancestor’s connection to it and planning to use its restrictions against him.
• Hun Changqing questioned why Xingxiu had not obtained the inheritance after several years, then crouched beside her and ordered her to continue.

Hun Changqing learned that Saint Qianmu's cave abode was guarded by a powerful magical beast tribe and decided to refine the Yin Soul Banner before entering. To keep Xingxiu from threatening him while he weakened, he threatened to destroy her bloodline and harm her brother Hun Ye, leaving Xingxiu terrified and in tears.

• Xingxiu told Hun Changqing that a Nine-Star Dou Zun magical beast led the tribe guarding Saint Qianmu's cave abode, but its poor perception might be exploitable.
• Xingxiu suggested using a Myriad Souls Devouring Spirit Formation against the leader, and Hun Changqing remembered that his silver yin demon could help him refine a Yin Soul Banner.
• Hun Changqing rejected Xingxiu's offer and decided he needed to make her powerless before his manifestation faded.
• Hun Changqing threatened to destroy Xingxiu's bloodline and invoked her brother Hun Ye to force her compliance.
• Hun Changqing used his cold aura to terrify Xingxiu and threatened to torture Hun Ye, causing her to regret revealing the cave abode and break into tears.

Hun Changqing coerced Xingxiu into abandoning her attempt to self-destruct by threatening her brother, Hun Ye, and then assaulted her. The chapter ended with Xingxiu screaming in pain on the black wooden bed.

• Hun Changqing tightened his grip on Xingxiu's face and threatened to torture Hun Ye after she died.
• Xingxiu agreed not to self-destruct and pleaded with Hun Changqing to leave Hun Ye alone.
• Hun Changqing taunted Xingxiu, then used Hun Ye's name to make her stop resisting as he tore her robe.
• Hun Changqing summoned a black wooden bed, threw Xingxiu onto it, and assaulted her.
• Xingxiu felt a new, agonizing pain and screamed as her cries echoed through the mountain clearing.

Hun Changqing kept Xingxiu captive after destroying her bloodline, and she remained consumed by hatred even as he forced her to stay with him while he recovered. A month later, Xingxiu was confused by her own responses to him, while Hun Changqing neared full strength and prepared to refine the Yin Soul Banner.

• Xingxiu lay weakened after Hun Changqing destroyed her bloodline and vowed to kill him despite being struck by his beauty.
• Hun Changqing summoned the Supreme Yin Black Death Wood and built a villa so he could recover before seeking Saint Qianmu's cave abode.
• Hun Changqing carried the struggling Xingxiu into the villa and continued to force himself on her while he recuperated.
• A month later, Hun Changqing had recovered most of his strength and left Xingxiu alone as he nurtured his Supreme Yin True Qi.
• Xingxiu questioned why she had lost herself during their encounters despite hating Hun Changqing, and began to loathe herself.

Hun Changqing recovered his strength, forged the Yin Soul Banner, and bound Dragon Venerable’s soul to it as its first principal soul. While he was away, Xingxiu struggled with the conflicting hatred and unwanted desire his treatment had stirred in her, ending the chapter alone in the villa and cursing him.

• Hun Changqing spent the month tormenting Xingxiu, whose hatred became entangled with involuntary desire for him.
• Hun Changqing completed his recovery in the secret chamber and resolved to prioritize the Yin Soul Banner and Saint Qianmu’s cave abode.
• Hun Changqing forged the Yin Soul Banner from the Nine Netherworld Python’s bones and snakeskin, binding it to himself with his essence blood.
• Hun Changqing placed Dragon Venerable’s refined soul inside the banner as its first principal soul.
• Xingxiu remained in the villa while Hun Changqing was away, unable to break her seal or control her restless thoughts and feelings.
• Xingxiu cursed Youhun through clenched teeth, unable to reconcile her hatred with her longing for him.

After Hun Changqing stayed away for several days, Xingxiu’s anguish and resentment shifted into an uneasy longing for him, and his figurines briefly brought her joy. She found Hun Changqing behind a sealed-looking door below the villa and discovered she could open it.

• Xingxiu grew haggard as she waited for Hun Changqing, and she began hoping he would return so she could escape her torment.
• Xingxiu left her room, examined Hun Changqing’s figurines, and became absorbed in arranging them until she smiled.
• A sudden tremor interrupted Xingxiu’s play, and she traced it to the lower level of the villa.
• Xingxiu sensed Hun Changqing’s Supreme Yin True Qi behind a heavy door and hurried to enter, despite believing her sealed cultivation would prevent her.
• Xingxiu pushed the door open without resistance.

Xingxiu entered the secret chamber and found Hun Changqing refining a terrifying mass of resentful souls with a black banner. After recognizing the souls’ power and the silver-eyed soul at their center, she turned her attention to Hun Changqing, and her suppressed desire for him surged back.

• Xingxiu opened the secret chamber door and saw black mist, sinister wind, and countless murderous eyes surrounding a figure in midair.
• Xingxiu recognized the black-clad figure as Hun Changqing, who was using strange hand seals to pour black symbols into a floating banner.
• Xingxiu realized Hun Changqing had refined the souls seized from the Branch Hall, subjecting them to a cruel process that left them filled with resentment.
• Xingxiu noticed the powerful silver-eyed soul at the center of the others and assessed the danger posed by the souls’ strange yin energy.
• Xingxiu calmed herself, looked toward Hun Changqing, and began trembling as her suppressed desire for him returned.

Xingxiu found herself in the secret chamber, where the Yin Soul Banner’s main soul attacked her while her cultivation was sealed. Hun Changqing intervened at the last moment, racing to stop the attack before it struck her.

• Xingxiu hesitated to approach Hun Changqing as she struggled with her desire for him and her hatred of him.
• The Yin Soul Banner’s main soul sensed Xingxiu, unleashed murderous intent, and charged at her with an attack of silver light and black mist.
• Xingxiu accepted the prospect of death and reflected that she no longer felt the same fear and despair about her brother’s fate.
• Hun Changqing noticed the main soul’s attack and realized it was about to kill Xingxiu.
• Hun Changqing rushed toward the main soul and shouted for it to stop as it came within millimeters of Xingxiu.

Hun Changqing stopped the main soul from striking Xingxiu and comforted her as she broke down from the strain of her ordeal. Xingxiu clung to his robe and sobbed, overwhelmed by his unexpected tenderness.

• Hun Changqing pinned the main soul with Supreme Yin True Qi before it could strike Xingxiu.
• Xingxiu realized Hun Changqing had saved her, and the relief and turmoil of the moment overwhelmed her.
• Xingxiu collapsed to the floor, clutched Hun Changqing's robe, and cried that he should have let her die.
• Hun Changqing gently stroked Xingxiu's back and promised she could reunite with her brother after taking him to Saint Qianmu's cave abode.
• Xingxiu was stunned by Hun Changqing's tenderness, buried her face in his robe, and sobbed loudly.

Hun Changqing silenced Xingxiu’s sobbing and discovered how she had entered his chamber. He realized he had destroyed the sealing formation himself, while the main soul’s instinctive attack had caused the confrontation.

• Hun Changqing lost patience with Xingxiu’s sobbing and shouted at her to stop.
• Xingxiu immediately stopped crying and clung silently to Hun Changqing.
• Hun Changqing asked how Xingxiu had entered the chamber despite the formation and her unrecovered cultivation.
• Hun Changqing saw that the formation was shattered and recognized his own Supreme Yin True Qi in its remains.
• Hun Changqing recalled that he had destroyed the formation while venting his frustration, allowing Xingxiu to enter unnoticed.
• Hun Changqing concluded that the main soul had attacked Xingxiu because it sensed an unfamiliar presence and acted on instinct.

Hun Changqing finished training the Main Soul and the Yin Soul Banner while Xingxiu erupted in fury after he threw her out of the secret chamber. He left the villa planning to visit Saint Qianmu’s cave abode, unaware of Xingxiu’s transformation.

• Hun Changqing threw Xingxiu out of the secret chamber, changed his robe, and began training the Main Soul.
• Xingxiu’s resentment and murderous intent surged, loosening Hun Changqing’s seal on her cultivation as black mist enveloped the villa.
• Hun Changqing spent several days training the Main Soul until he could command it reliably and completed refining the Yin Soul Banner.
• Hun Changqing recalled the Main Soul into the Yin Soul Banner and left the secret chamber, intending to visit Saint Qianmu’s cave abode.
• Hun Changqing noticed that Xingxiu had rearranged the ornaments in the villa and wondered why she had moved someone else’s belongings.