Chapter Summaries

Xu Yeming defeated Xu Qing in the Xu Clan cultivation grounds after Xu Qing used a forbidden drug to boost his strength. Lu Changsheng watched from above and blamed Ye Qiubai for Xu Yeming’s combative behavior.

• Lu Changsheng secretly monitored Xu Yeming and suspected Ye Qiubai had taught him to make a spectacle of himself.
• Xu Yeming broke through to the fifth level of the Lunar Eclipse Nether Record, astonishing the Xu Clan members.
• Xu Qing ignored Xu Yeming’s warning and used a forbidden drug to boost his cultivation to the strength of the sixth lightning tribulation.
• Xu Yeming blocked Xu Qing’s blood-red crescent with one palm and punched him in the chest, breaking his bones and knocking him unconscious.
• The onlookers stared in shock as Xu Qing’s boosted presence faded and the fight ended.

Xu Yeming revealed his overwhelming strength while posing as Xu Luo, defeating Xu Qing and earning the Xu Clan elder’s full support. Xu Han tried to reconcile with him afterward, but he rejected her and left her in tears.

• Xu Yeming struck Xu Qing unconscious despite Xu Qing’s forbidden-drug-enhanced strength, shocking the cultivation grounds.
• The cane-bearing elder praised Xu Yeming, appointed him leader of the Xu Clan’s younger generation, and promised him whatever resources he needed.
• Xu Clan disciples congratulated Xu Yeming and tried to build connections with him, but he responded with aloof indifference.
• Xu Han asked Xu Yeming to teach her the third level of the Lunar Eclipse Nether Record, but he reminded her of her past words and called her act disgusting.
• Xu Yeming left the cultivation grounds, and Xu Han returned to her room in tears, regretting how she had treated him.

Xu Yeming was summoned to meet Xu Cangyuan, the Xu Clan head, after his group achieved their goal. As Xu Cangyuan questioned his hidden strength and connection to Xu Yeming’s disappearance, Xu Yeming faced the danger of his disguise being exposed.

• Hong Ying and Xiao Hei teased Xu Yeming, then the three took turns cultivating inside the Fusheng Diagram and left one person to guard.
• Xu Yeming received a summons from the clan head on the second day, while Hong Ying and Xiao Hei stayed behind in their guard and maid disguises.
• Xu Yeming entered the Xu Clan hall and recognized the Purple Fire Domain God and Xu Cangyuan, whom he knew had helped persecute his parents.
• Xu Cangyuan noticed Xu Yeming’s anger, then asked why he had hidden his strength until after Xu Yuan died.
• Xu Cangyuan questioned Xu Yeming about unleashing his strength while accompanying Attendant Purple Flame and about Dean Cangxuan and Xu Yeming’s disappearance.

Xu Cangyuan tested Xu Yeming and secretly ordered Purple Fire Domain God to watch him, suspecting his sudden rise might conceal something. Xu Yeming set out for Heavenly Heart Valley with an escort, only to learn they would first stop at the Xuanyuan Clan.

• Xu Yeming told Xu Cangyuan that Xu Yeming had gone to Cangxuan Academy to seek clues about his father.
• Xu Cangyuan assigned Xu Yeming to travel to Heavenly Heart Valley with Attendant Purple Fire to gain experience and seek opportunities.
• After Xu Yeming left, Purple Fire Domain God reported that he found no signs of possession or Xu Canghai's son, but Xu Cangyuan ordered him to watch Xu Yeming closely and seal his strength if anything seemed suspicious.
• Xu Yeming told Hong Ying and Xiao Hei about the danger and accepted that the trip to Heavenly Heart Valley could bring both risks and clues.
• The next day, Xu Yeming met Purple Fire Domain God, the elder with the cane, and Xu Chen at the Xu Clan's main gate, where he learned they would go first to the Xuanyuan Clan.

Mu Fusheng and Liu Ziru discussed Xu Yeming’s dangerous situation and prepared Dark Domain intelligence support for his journey. At the Xuanyuan Clan, Patriarch Xuanyuan Tianzhe brought out a disc to test Xu Yeming’s state of mind and determine whether he was Xu Canghai’s son.

• Mu Fusheng warned Liu Ziru that the Xu Clan’s patriarch suspected Xu Yeming, so Liu Ziru paused their intelligence efforts inside the clan.
• Jiu Bailu suggested the Xuanyuan Clan wanted to use its state-of-mind-testing divine object to verify Xu Yeming’s identity, but Mu Fusheng said Lu had already protected their souls and minds.
• Liu Ziru ordered Dark Domain officers to investigate Heavenly Heart Valley and send their findings to Xu Yeming, while Mu Fusheng reassured Jiu Bailu that the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty could hold on.
• Purple Fire Domain God and the cane-bearing elder brought Xu Yeming and Xu Chen into the Xuanyuan Clan’s council hall, where the elders focused their attention on Xu Yeming.
• Patriarch Xuanyuan Tianzhe appeared and produced a rust-flecked disc, saying they would test Xu Yeming and keep him in the clan if he was truly Xu Canghai’s son.

Xu Yeming, disguised as Xu Luo, faced a series of tests after the Xu Clan became suspicious of his sudden rise in strength. Xuanyuan Tianzhe found no sign of deception and ordered that Xu Yeming be compensated before setting off after a day of rest.

• Purple Fire Domain God trapped Xu Yeming in a purple fire cage, while the elder with the walking stick and Xuanyuan Tianzhe insisted that he undergo the Sword Heart Compass test.
• Xu Yeming defended himself by pointing out that his rapid progress did not make him inferior to Xu Yuan, easing some of the elders’ suspicions.
• The Sword Heart Compass probed Xu Yeming’s sea of consciousness, but Lu Changsheng’s golden chains blocked it from reaching his mind.
• Xu Yeming argued that the elders could detect possession or disguise, and the Sword Heart Compass showed no sign that he was lying.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhe pressured Xu Yeming to the ground and questioned his loyalty, his ties to Xu Canghai, and his sudden improvement; Xu Yeming answered that he had hidden his progress to judge who treated him well.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhe found nothing wrong with Xu Yeming, ordered compensation, and said he could set off after resting for a day.

After surviving the Xuanyuan Clan’s trial, Xu Yeming secretly began investigating the clan’s past while Lu Changsheng watched over him. Xu Yeming overheard the Purple Fire Domain God speaking with an old man, realized someone unseen had let him hear them, and looked toward the sky in recognition.

• Lu Changsheng sighed with relief after Xu Yeming passed the trial and resolved to sleep for three days when they returned.
• The cane-wielding elder congratulated Xu Yeming, and Xu Yeming asked for a room where he could rest.
• Xu Yeming blocked the room’s surveillance talismans, recovered, and released Hong Ying and Xiao Hei from the Fusheng Diagram.
• Hong Ying warned Xu Yeming not to risk himself as the three planned to search the Xuanyuan Clan for information about its former eldest young lady.
• Xu Yeming, Hong Ying, and Xiao Hei put on Lu Changsheng’s black robes and split up to sneak through the clan grounds.
• Xu Yeming saw the Purple Fire Domain God speaking with a dark figure in a lakeside pavilion, then heard him and an old man despite their concealed voices; he fled briefly before realizing he had not been discovered and looked up at the sky.

Xu Yeming overheard Purple Fire Domain God and a mysterious elder plotting to use the Azure Spirit Sea Soul and Xu Canghai’s death to split the Xu Clan, strengthening his suspicion that his father had been framed. After Mu Fusheng proposed a risky plan to dispel the conspirators’ doubts in Heavenly Heart Valley, Xu Yeming and Xu Chen met Purple Fire Domain God and three Xuanyuan Clan elders, one of whom might have been the mysterious conspirator.

• Xu Yeming overheard Purple Fire Domain God and a disguised elder discuss obtaining the Azure Spirit Sea Soul, killing Xu Canghai and other threats, and splitting the Xu Clan.
• Xu Yeming connected the plot to the Xuanyuan Clan’s eldest young lady’s death and concluded that Xu Canghai had likely been framed to divide the Xu Clan.
• Hong Ying and Xiao Hei returned without clues, and Mu Fusheng advised the group that their enemies would likely act in Heavenly Heart Valley to obtain the Azure Spirit Sea Soul.
• Mu Fusheng proposed that Xu Yeming appear as himself while a companion posed as Xu Luo in Heavenly Heart Valley to remove suspicion, despite the danger.
• Xu Yeming and Xu Chen arrived at the Xuanyuan Clan gates, where Xu Yeming wondered whether the mysterious elder was among the three Xuanyuan Clan elders waiting there.

The Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan entered Heavenly Heart Valley to investigate Xu Canghai’s past breakthrough and search for Xu Yeming. Xu Yeming stayed behind to organize a search while Hong Ying agreed to impersonate him, but Xu Chen’s suspicions left Xu Yeming wary.

• Purple Fire Domain God led the Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan into Heavenly Heart Valley, leaving Xu Luo and Xu Chen to watch the outskirts for Xu Yeming.
• Xu Yeming proposed offering a reward in the Xu Clan’s name for clues about him, and Xu Chen agreed to spread the announcement.
• Xu Chen told Xu Yeming that his recent behavior seemed strange, though he would not investigate unless Xu Yeming threatened his interests.
• Hong Ying agreed to impersonate Xu Yeming, while Xiao Hei protested that he could handle the role.
• Xu Yeming laughed at how Hong Ying kept Xiao Hei in check and thought of the Cottage’s pecking order.

Xu Yeming and Ye Qiubai drew the Xu Clan, the Xuanyuan Clan, and countless cultivators into pursuit by appearing in Heavenly Heart Valley. Purple Fire Domain God and the elders caught up with Xu Chen and Xu Luo, then began chasing the two juniors deeper into the valley.

• Xu Chen and Xu Yeming spread a reward for information leading to Xu Yeming and sent cultivators rushing to search for him.
• Xu Chen questioned whether Xu Yeming might already be hiding among them, while Xu Luo insisted their many watchers would find him if he appeared.
• Xu Yeming and Ye Qiubai appeared together and raced into Heavenly Heart Valley, prompting the cultivators to pursue them for the promised reward.
• Xu Chen and Xu Luo followed the pair into the valley's middle section and contacted Purple Fire Domain God and the elders.
• Purple Fire Domain God and the elders caught up with Xu Chen and Xu Luo, then pursued Xu Yeming and Ye Qiubai while avoiding a disturbance that could enrage the strange beasts.

Xu Yeming and Ye Qiubai tried to exploit Purple Fire Domain God's restraint in Heavenly Heart Valley, but he trapped them in a cage of purple fire. Xu Yeming summoned the valley's beasts with the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and a terrifying presence from the depths immobilized everyone as Purple Fire Domain God pleaded to leave.

• Purple Fire Domain God appeared before Xu Yeming and Ye Qiubai and trapped them in a cage of purple fire.
• Xu Yeming revealed the Classic of Mountains and Seas and released the Great Wilderness Beast Heart's power, summoning exotic beast bloodlines.
• The roars summoned swarms of exotic beasts, which attacked Purple Fire Domain God and kept him from freely moving against Xu Yeming and Ye Qiubai.
• Purple Fire Domain God ordered the elders, Xu Luo, and Xu Chen to take Xu Yeming and Ye Qiubai away while he held off the beasts.
• A terrifying presence from the depths of Heavenly Heart Valley immobilized everyone, and Purple Fire Domain God introduced himself and begged for permission to leave.

The Heavenly Heart Beast arrived in Heavenly Heart Valley and rejected Purple Fire Domain God's offer to join the Xu Clan. As the beast prepared to fight, Xu Yeming secretly offered him a way to keep Purple Fire Domain God there for good.

• The Heavenly Heart Beast's arrival stirred the valley's Immortal Qi and divine soul power, and Xu Yeming and Ye Qiubai hoped the ensuing chaos would let them escape and search for clues about Xu Yeming's father.
• Purple Fire Domain God urged the Heavenly Heart Beast to cooperate with the Xu Clan, but the beast attacked, and their clash unleashed a sea of purple fire across the valley.
• The Heavenly Heart Beast took human form and refused to become the Xu Clan's retainer, then blocked the elders from taking Xu Yeming and Ye Qiubai away.
• The Heavenly Heart Beast said he was curious about Xu Yeming and formed nine divine-soul halberds to attack Purple Fire Domain God.
• Xu Yeming sent the Heavenly Heart Beast a voice transmission, offering to cooperate to keep Purple Fire Domain God there for good.

Xu Yeming struck an agreement with the Heavenly Heart Beast to help him kill Purple Fire Domain God, and the two Domain Divine Realm experts began a devastating battle. After surviving Purple Fire Domain God’s opening attack and countering with the Valley’s Immortal Qi, the Heavenly Heart Beast charged at him as Xu Yeming’s Great Wilderness Scripture stirred.

• Xu Yeming offered to help the Heavenly Heart Beast kill Purple Fire Domain God, and the beast agreed to hear him out.
• Purple Fire Domain God told the Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan elders to prepare to escape with Xu Yeming and Ye Qiubai when he broke through the soul barrier.
• Purple Fire Domain God unleashed Purple Lotus Heaven-Shaking, while the Heavenly Heart Beast sent nine soul halberds through the flames toward him.
• Their attacks shook Heavenly Heart Valley and the surrounding ten thousand miles, while the elders protected Xu Yeming, Ye Qiubai, Xu Luo, and Xu Chen from the aftershocks.
• Purple Fire Domain God crushed the soul halberds but suffered a shaken soul, and the Heavenly Heart Beast emerged from the flames, drew on the Valley’s Immortal Qi, and charged at him.
• Xu Yeming circulated the Great Wilderness Scripture as the Heavenly Heart Beast attacked.

Xu Yeming used the Great Wilderness Beast Heart to lend the Heavenly Heart Beast the bloodline powers of exotic beasts, strengthening him as he fought Purple Fire Domain God. Purple Fire Domain God unleashed Purple Lotus Burns the Heavens, and the Heavenly Heart Beast prepared to face the attack with his amplified power.

• Ye Qiubai readied the Azure Cloud Sword to stop anyone from interrupting Xu Yeming, while the Xuanyuan Clan elders recognized the sword and plotted to claim him.
• Xu Yeming circulated the Great Wilderness Scripture and used the Great Wilderness Beast Heart to send bloodline phantoms from the Classic of Mountains and Seas toward the Heavenly Heart Beast.
• The Heavenly Heart Beast borrowed the Divine Phoenix's and Torch Dragon's bloodlines, growing strong enough to shock Purple Fire Domain God.
• The Heavenly Heart Beast pursued Purple Fire Domain God with divine soul halberds, forcing him to evade while compressing his sea of purple flames.
• Purple Fire Domain God unleashed Purple Lotus Burns the Heavens, burning away the halberds, and the cane-bearing elder warned everyone to dodge.
• The Heavenly Heart Beast faced the purple fire lotus without fear, relying on the bloodline amplification from Xu Yeming.

Xu Canghai and Bai Qingxin learned that their son, Xu Yeming, had entered Heavenly Heart Valley, where the Xu Clan’s Purple Fire Domain God was fighting the Heavenly Heart Beast. They rushed toward the valley, while a young-looking woman watched them leave.

• In Star Hall, a tall man urged his simple-looking junior to keep cultivating so he could one day protect his brother, who was apparently in Heavenly Heart Valley.
• Xu Canghai and Bai Qingxin discussed waiting for the Azure Spirit Sea Soul before entering Heavenly Heart Valley.
• After hearing that the Xu Clan and Xuanyuan Clan had issued kill orders for Xu Yeming, Xu Canghai recognized his son in the portrait at a tavern.
• Xu Canghai caught a rogue cultivator’s saber, shattered it with Lunar Yin Nether Qi, and forced the man to reveal that Xu Yeming had entered Heavenly Heart Valley.
• Xu Canghai and Bai Qingxin vanished toward the valley as a young-looking woman watched from another corner of the tavern.

Heavenly Heart Beast used Xu Yeming’s bloodline power to form the Heavenly Might Soul Halberd and clash with Purple Fire Domain God’s Purple Lotus Burns the Heavens. The two attacks tore through the sky, and the chapter ended as a crack appeared in the purple lotus.

• Heavenly Heart Beast drew on the Torch Dragon and Divine Phoenix bloodlines released by Xu Yeming, causing Xu Yeming’s sea of consciousness to suffer a backlash.
• Heavenly Heart Beast formed the Heavenly Might Soul Halberd from soul fire and summoned the phantoms of strange beasts to join the attack.
• Purple Fire Domain God unleashed Purple Lotus Burns the Heavens before Heavenly Heart Beast could finish preparing his technique.
• The Xuanyuan Clan elders and the elder with the walking stick shielded Xu Yeming and Ye Qiubai inside the purple fire cage, while Ye Qiubai watched for a chance to escape.
• Heavenly Heart Beast’s soul halberd and Purple Fire Domain God’s purple lotus collided, and a crack appeared at the center of the lotus.

Xu Yeming and the Heavenly Heart Beast shattered Purple Fire Domain God's purple fire lotus, forcing him to abandon his body and flee as a soul. Xu Canghai and Bai Qingxin arrived while the exotic beasts blocked the Xuanyuan Clan elders and the cane-bearing elder from escaping.

• Xu Canghai and Bai Qingxin hurried toward the battlefield's center, worried about Xu Yeming.
• Hong Ying, disguised as "Xu Luo," told Xu Chen that her protective jade pendant came from an inheritance.
• The Heavenly Heart Beast and the exotic beasts shattered Purple Fire Domain God's purple fire lotus and drove back his flames.
• Purple Fire Domain God fled as a soul and detonated his body, dispersing the Heavenly Might Soul Halberd and leaving Xu Yeming badly injured.
• Ye Qiubai rescued Xu Yeming, while exotic beasts blocked the Xuanyuan Clan elders and the cane-bearing elder from fleeing.
• Xu Canghai and Bai Qingxin arrived, and Xu Canghai held a shrieking soul as Purple Fire Domain God recognized him.

Xu Canghai and Bai Qingxin arrived after the battle near Heavenly Heart Valley, where Xu Canghai captured Purple Fire Domain God's remnant soul and reunited with Xu Yeming. Xu Canghai then killed the four elders who had pursued him and threatened his family.

• Xu Canghai and Bai Qingxin appeared before Xu Yeming, and Xu Yeming assured them he was unharmed despite his depleted soul.
• Xu Canghai sealed Purple Fire Domain God's remnant soul after Xu Yeming suggested using Soul Search to extract his secrets.
• Xu Yeming suspected one of the Xuanyuan Clan's elders might have plotted with Purple Fire Domain God, but could not identify which one.
• Xu Canghai confronted the Xuanyuan Clan's three elders and the Sixth Elder, accusing them of pursuing him and threatening his wife and son.
• Xu Canghai unleashed Lunar Yin Nether Qi and killed all four elders without leaving their corpses.

Xu Canghai reunited with Xu Yeming and thanked the Heavenly Heart Beast for saving him and Bai Qingxin in the past. The group learned that Heavenly Heart Valley nurtured the Azure Spirit Sea Soul and other treasures, then reached the sealed Purple Fire Domain God's remnant soul to discuss what they wanted to know.

• After killing the four elders, Xu Canghai thanked the Heavenly Heart Beast, and Bai Qingxin explained how it had helped her and Xu Canghai escape their pursuers years earlier.
• Xu Yeming thanked the Heavenly Heart Beast for saving him and his parents, then stopped Xu Canghai from pursuing two fleeing Xu Clan juniors because one was his second senior sister in disguise.
• The Heavenly Heart Beast led Xu Yeming, Ye Qiubai, Xu Canghai, and Bai Qingxin deeper into Heavenly Heart Valley and explained that the valley's power protected its creatures and treasures.
• Xu Canghai and the Heavenly Heart Beast revealed that Heavenly Heart Valley gave rise to the Azure Spirit Sea Soul, which could not be taken without its acknowledgment.
• The group reached the mound of ice-blue flowers, where the Azure Spirit Sea Soul grew, and turned their attention to the sealed remnant soul of Purple Fire Domain God.

An unseen attacker destroyed Purple Fire Domain God's remnant soul before Xu Canghai could search it, leaving the group without a lead on who had framed him. Xu Yeming then revealed the fused exotic beast bloodlines in his Essence Blood and prepared to test whether the Azure Spirit Sea Soul would recognize him.

• A flash of red Sword Qi destroyed Purple Fire Domain God's remnant soul, and the Heavenly Heart Beast failed to detect the attacker in Heavenly Heart Valley.
• Xu Canghai and the others considered whether the attacker was a Realm God Realm expert, while Ye Qiubai argued that the attacker might have used an external means to conceal their identity.
• Xu Canghai concluded that the attacker was likely one of the masterminds behind the plot to frame him, and Bai Qingxin said the Azure Spirit Sea Soul could help reconstruct the deceased person's soul.
• Xu Yeming approached the Azure Spirit Sea Soul and condensed a drop of Essence Blood through the Great Wilderness Beast Heart without concealing his bloodline.
• The Heavenly Heart Beast, Xu Canghai, and Bai Qingxin sensed the many powerful exotic beast bloodlines fused within Xu Yeming's Essence Blood, and the Heavenly Heart Beast asked whether Xu Yeming's physique allowed the fusion.