Chapter Summaries

The Ancient Void Dragon elders thanked Su Qian for caring for Zi Yan and gave him a jade token and cultivation resources, which Zi Yan insisted he accept. After advising Zi Yan to stay cautious and rely on Ao Qing, the elders left Jia Nan Academy.

• Ao Qing eased the awkward exchange as the Grand Elder offered Su Qian a jade token in gratitude for caring for Zi Yan.
• Su Qian refused the token, but Zi Yan took it from the Grand Elder and put it into Su Qian's hand.
• The Grand Elder offered Su Qian a Na Ring of cultivation resources, and Zi Yan accepted it and tucked it into Su Qian's pocket.
• The elders warned Zi Yan to be cautious, listen to Ao Qing and Su Qian, and call on them if anyone bullied her.
• The elders said their farewells and vanished from Jia Nan Academy.

Ao Qing returned to Jia Nan Academy, reassured Heavenly Flame Venerable, and promised Medusa he would accompany her to the Snake-People Race. He secretly entered the void to break through to Five-Star Dou Saint, then returned ten days later to find Medusa, Zi Yan, and the others anxiously waiting for him.

• Grand Elder Su Qian advised Zi Yan not to give him cultivation resources, but Zi Yan urged him to take everyone to eat.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable apologized to Ao Qing, who encouraged him with the possibility of reaching Dou Saint and earning his trust through loyal service.
• Medusa asked Ao Qing when he would accompany her to the Snake-People Race, and he promised to go in a few days after Zi Yan stabilized.
• Ao Qing sensed an imminent breakthrough, entered the void, and used cultivation resources, including a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, to advance to Five-Star Dou Saint.
• Medusa and the others grew worried when Ao Qing was missing for ten days, but Heavenly Flame Venerable and Grand Elder Su Qian reassured them.
• Ao Qing returned to Medusa's room and found her, Zi Yan, and the others staring at him in alarm.

Ao Qing reunited with Medusa and explained that he had secluded himself to become a Five-Star Dou Saint. He then brought her back to the Snake-People Race, where she saw how their new home had grown and how its people still revered her.

• Medusa embraced Ao Qing, and after Qing Lin and Zi Yan left them alone, the two spent time together.
• Ao Qing told Medusa he had entered seclusion to break through and had reached the Five-Star Dou Saint realm.
• After several days at Jia Nan Academy, Ao Qing arranged protection for Zi Yan and the others before leaving with Medusa for the Snake-People Race.
• Ao Qing led Medusa into the space he had opened, where she saw its lake, improved surroundings, and the peaceful refuge it provided her people.
• Medusa and Ao Qing reached the transformed Snake-People Race Palace, and the guards recognized and welcomed them with reverence.

Ao Qing and Queen Medusa returned to the Snake-People Race and saw how its palace and homeland had flourished under their protection. Queen Medusa began considering Yue Mei as her successor and praised Yin Shi before the gathered tribal leaders.

• Guards recognized Queen Medusa and Ao Qing's return, and Yue Mei came out to greet them.
• Queen Medusa warmly helped Yue Mei up and privately resolved to make her the next queen.
• Ao Qing and Queen Medusa admired the renovated palace and the land Ao Qing had opened for the Snake-People Race.
• Yue Mei summoned the other tribal leaders, who entered the hall to pay their respects to Queen Medusa and Ao Qing.
• Queen Medusa praised Yin Shi for nearing the peak of the Dou Wang realm, and Yin Shi credited his progress to the queen and Ao Qing.

Medusa announced that she would abdicate and pass the Snake-People Race’s throne to Yue Mei. After the leaders accepted her choice, Ao Qing announced that he would marry Medusa in three days, leaving Yue Mei stunned.

• Medusa told the tribal leaders she would step down as queen because she and Ao Qing might eventually leave the world.
• Medusa asked the leaders to discuss who should succeed her, and Nan She nominated himself and Yue Mei as candidates.
• Yin Shi recommended Yue Mei, and Medusa named her the next queen of the Snake-People Race.
• Medusa scheduled Yue Mei’s Succession Ceremony for three days later and asked her to stay behind.
• Ao Qing announced that he would marry Medusa in three days, and the leaders left while Yue Mei remained bewildered.

Medusa appointed Yue Mei as the new Queen of the Snake-People Race and established rules restricting when its members could leave their lands. Medusa and Ao Qing married, while Yue Mei completed her succession ceremony, and Medusa left the future of the tribe in Yue Mei’s hands.

• Medusa told Yue Mei she would become queen and promised to guide her through the challenges of ruling.
• Medusa seated Yue Mei on the throne and set strength-based rules governing where Snake-People could travel.
• Medusa and Ao Qing affirmed their love, and Medusa promised to marry him and remain by his side.
• Medusa and Ao Qing celebrated their wedding as Yue Mei held her Succession Ceremony.
• Yue Mei became the new queen, and Medusa announced her travel rules as her final decree before sharing wedding wine with Ao Qing.

Nalan Yanran reached the Dou Ling realm and decided to take control of her life by ending her engagement and leaving the sheltered path laid out for her. After hearing her message, Zi Yan and Qing Lin resolved to travel to the Misty Cloud Sect and support her.

• Ao Qing and Medusa returned to Jia Nan Academy, while Medusa gave Yue Mei inheritance items and cultivation resources.
• Nalan Yanran continued her intense training and advanced from a Six-Star Dou Zhe to the peak of the Great Dou Shi realm.
• Yun Yun promised to accompany Nalan Yanran to the Xiao Clan to annul her engagement and assured her that the Misty Cloud Sect would support her choices.
• Nalan Yanran broke through to the Dou Ling realm and used Zi Yan's Message Jade Token to tell Zi Yan and Qing Lin she planned to annul her engagement and seek a freer life.
• Zi Yan heard Nalan Yanran's message, spoke with Qing Lin, and the two decided to go to the Misty Cloud Sect; Zi Yan left a message for Ao Qing and Medusa before setting off.

Zi Yan and Qing Lin secretly left Jia Nan Academy to visit Nalan Yanran at the Misty Cloud Sect, reuniting the three friends after three years apart. Ao Qing and Medusa let them go, and the chapter ended with the girls spending the night talking together.

• Zi Yan and Qing Lin slipped away from Jia Nan Academy and traveled toward the Misty Cloud Sect, while Heavenly Flame Venerable and Grand Elder Su Qian searched for them.
• Ao Qing tracked the girls, learned they were heading to see Nalan Yanran, and told the others not to worry; he and Medusa agreed to let them go.
• Zi Yan and Qing Lin reached the Misty Cloud Sect and surprised Nalan Yanran at her house, where the three friends embraced.
• Yun Yun arrived, saw the reunion, and quietly left the girls alone together.
• Zi Yan and Qing Lin promised to help Nalan Yanran, including with breaking off her engagement, and the three spent the evening catching up.

Nalan Yanran returned to the Nalan Family with Zi Yan and Qing Lin and confronted her grandfather and father over the engagement with the Xiao Clan. She declared she would go to the Xiao Clan to break it off, leaving Nalan Jie furious and unwilling to accept her decision.

• After deciding she would refuse the marriage, Nalan Yanran welcomed Zi Yan and Qing Lin and told them she planned to speak honestly with her grandfather.
• Yun Yun visited and asked whether Ao Qing would come to the Misty Cloud Sect; Zi Yan said he probably would not, and Yun Yun left.
• Nalan Yanran, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin left the Misty Cloud Sect and traveled to the Nalan Family estate in the Imperial Capital.
• Nalan Yanran arranged rooms for Zi Yan and Qing Lin, then went to meet Nalan Jie and Nalan Su.
• Nalan Yanran told Nalan Jie and Nalan Su she would not marry Xiao Yan and would go to the Xiao Clan to break off the engagement.
• Nalan Jie raged about the benefits the marriage could bring the family, while Nalan Yanran insisted she would not sacrifice her life for the Nalan Family.

Nalan Yanran rejected her family’s attempt to force her into a marriage arrangement, and Zi Yan and Qing Lin helped her escape. After the Nalan Family disowned her and sent word to the Xiao Clan, Yanran resolved to break off her engagement with her friends at her side.

• Nalan Su tried to force Nalan Yanran to comply, but she matched his Dou Ling pressure with her own strength.
• Nalan Jie overwhelmed Yanran with his Dou Wang pressure until Zi Yan arrived, broke through it, and took Yanran and Qing Lin away.
• Nalan Jie disowned Nalan Yanran and told the Xiao Clan that the Nalan Family was giving her to them.
• After recovering, Nalan Yanran thanked Zi Yan and Qing Lin, who promised to accompany her to the Xiao Clan to break off the engagement.
• Ao Qing remained at Jia Nan Academy, unaware of what had happened, and let events unfold while staying ready to protect them.

Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Nalan Yanran arrived at the Xiao Family to end Nalan Yanran’s engagement to Xiao Yan. After Nalan Yanran openly demanded the engagement be dissolved at the clan assessment, Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Family grew furious, setting the stage for a confrontation.

• Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Nalan Yanran reached Wutan City and went to the Xiao Family’s closed gates.
• Zi Yan shouted for the Xiao Family to come out, prompting the Grand Elder to open the gates and challenge the three visitors.
• Nalan Yanran identified herself and used her Dou Ling pressure to make the Grand Elder retreat.
• The Grand Elder led the women to the Xiao Family’s clan assessment, where they faced Clan Leader Xiao Zhan.
• Nalan Yanran demanded that Xiao Zhan dissolve her engagement to Xiao Yan, and the Xiao Family reacted with hostility.

Nalan Yanran came to the Xiao Clan to break off her engagement, and the confrontation escalated into a fight that forced Xiao Zhan to seek Yao Chen’s help. Xiao Yan joined them after learning about the broken engagement, and they headed back to face Nalan Yanran and her companions.

• Xiao Zhan challenged Nalan Yanran’s authority to break the engagement, but she insisted the decision was hers alone and refused to seek the Xiao Clan’s consent.
• The Xiao Clan members attacked Nalan Yanran, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan, but the three girls quickly knocked their attackers down without killing them.
• Xiao Zhan used Raging Wind Flame Slash against Nalan Yanran, whose wind shield could not prevent him from sending her flying.
• Qing Lin summoned her Dou Wang-level Black Shadow Giant Snake and defeated Xiao Zhan in their clash, but he escaped to seek help.
• Xiao Zhan interrupted Xiao Yan’s pill refining and asked Yao Chen to help defend the Xiao Clan; Xiao Yan learned that Nalan Yanran had broken their engagement and went with them to confront her.

Nalan Yanran, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan fought the Xiao Clan after Xiao Yan threatened to capture them, while Xiao Xun'er watched and planned to intervene if the clan was in danger. When Yao Chen fled from Zi Yan and warned Xiao Yan to escape, Xiao Xun'er stepped in to protect the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Yan arrived with Xiao Zhan and Yao Chen, then threatened Nalan Yanran, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan and ordered Yao Chen to capture them.
• Yao Chen confronted Zi Yan, while Xiao Yan fought Nalan Yanran and Xiao Zhan fought Qing Lin, starting a battle that devastated much of the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Xun'er told the Gu Clan Elder to wait before helping, and he warned her that Zi Yan was from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Nalan Yanran overwhelmed Xiao Yan, Qing Lin wounded Xiao Zhan, and Zi Yan badly damaged Yao Chen before he fled toward Xiao Yan.
• Yao Chen urged Xiao Yan to escape, but Nalan Yanran kicked Xiao Yan away when he lost focus, and Xiao Xun'er announced that she would protect the Xiao Clan.

Gu Xun'er intervened to protect the Xiao Clan, but Zi Yan rejected her appeal and provoked her until she ordered a Gu Clan Elder to act. When Zi Yan sensed the Elder was a Dou Saint, she crushed the Life-Saving Jade Token Ao Qing had given her.

• Gu Xun'er appeared and asked Zi Yan and the others to spare the Xiao Clan for her sake.
• Zi Yan refused, challenged Gu Xun'er's authority, and mocked her strength, clan, and supposed feelings for Xiao Yan.
• Gu Xun'er grew angry and threatened to stop Zi Yan from leaving, then ordered the Gu Clan Elder to capture her.
• The Gu Clan Elder appeared, and Zi Yan recognized his Dou Saint aura and crushed Ao Qing's Life-Saving Jade Token.

At the Xiao Clan, a Gu Clan Dou Saint trapped Zi Yan in a powerful Dou Skill after she defied him, while Qing Lin and Nalan Yanran could only watch. Xiao Yan urged Gu Xun'er to punish the intruders, and she realized that her last affection for him had vanished.

• Ao Qing sensed Zi Yan's jade talisman and hurried toward the Xiao Clan, while believing she was probably safe from the Gu Clan.
• Zi Yan openly challenged the Gu Clan elder and accused Gu Xun'er of having a connection to Xiao Yan.
• The Gu Clan elder used his Dou Skill, A Glimpse of Ten Thousand Years, to pull Zi Yan into a space where she lived ordinary lives that repeatedly ended in death.
• Qing Lin and Nalan Yanran felt powerless against the Dou Saint and wished they were strong enough to protect Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan asked Gu Xun'er to have her clansman capture the three women, and Gu Xun'er lost the last of her lingering affection for him.

Zi Yan reflected on the life she wanted while Ao Qing arrived at the Xiao Clan and confronted Gu Yun over trapping her. Ao Qing freed Zi Yan, then entered a separate space with Gu Yun to fight.

• Zi Yan experienced many different lives and resolved to pursue a remarkable life and witness the world's wonders.
• Ao Qing arrived at Wutan City, where Gu Yun sensed his presence and prepared to face him.
• Ao Qing appeared before Qing Lin and Nalan Yanran, and Qing Lin told him Zi Yan had been trapped in a space by Gu Yun.
• Ao Qing rejected Gu Yun's attempt to end the dispute, arguing that the Gu Clan had attacked the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's Little Princess.
• Ao Qing shattered the space holding Zi Yan and drew his Soul Shocking Spear.
• Ao Qing and Gu Yun entered a separate space to begin their battle.

Ao Qing fought the Gu Clan Dou Saint Elder in the void while Zi Yan confronted Gu Xun’er and demanded that the Xiao Clan dissolve Xiao Yan’s marriage agreement with Nalan Yanran. Xiao Zhan agreed, and Ao Qing wounded the elder, who fled during the fight.

• Ao Qing ignored the Gu Clan elder’s attempt to negotiate, broke through his sealing techniques, and pressed him with a spear as the elder bombarded him with Dou Techniques.
• Zi Yan taunted Gu Xun’er, who warned that attacking her could provoke a conflict between the Gu Clan and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Zi Yan demanded that the Xiao Clan cancel Xiao Yan’s marriage agreement with Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Zhan agreed on the clan’s behalf.
• Ao Qing slashed the Gu Clan elder’s arm, and the elder escaped while Ao Qing was dealing with his counterattack.

Ao Qing drove the Gu Clan Dou Saint Elder to retreat, prompting Gu Xun'er to summon her father, Gu Yuan. As Gu Yuan considered killing Ao Qing, Ao Qing called for help from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and the Grand Elder arrived to prevent a confrontation.

• Ao Qing relentlessly pursued the Gu Clan Dou Saint Elder until the injured elder fled the space and urged Gu Xun'er to activate her Life-Saving Jade Token.
• Gu Xun'er summoned Gu Yuan, who appeared and listened as she explained what had happened.
• Ao Qing emerged and realized Gu Yuan was present; Gu Yuan recognized Ao Qing as a young Five-Star Dou Saint and developed killing intent.
• Ao Qing crushed the Life-Saving Jade Token from the Grand Elder and told Gu Yuan that he protected the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's princess and had summoned an elder.
• The Grand Elder arrived with an aura as powerful as Gu Yuan's, convincing Gu Yuan not to attack Ao Qing.

Ao Qing summoned Zhu Qian after Gu Yuan’s arrival threatened to overwhelm him, and the two Peak Dou Saints met and exchanged cautious pleasantries. The engagement annulment was settled, while Xiao Yan was left shaken by the vast gulf between his clan and the continent’s powerful clans.

• Gu Yuan grew wary of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan when Zhu Qian appeared behind Ao Qing and Zi Yan.
• Ao Qing explained that he had summoned Zhu Qian because he could not handle the trouble alone, and Gu Yuan introduced himself to the Ancient Void Dragon elder.
• Zhu Qian identified himself as an elder of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and traded polite remarks with Gu Yuan about their clans’ strength.
• Ao Qing asked whether the Xiao Clan engagement annulment had been settled, and Zi Yan confirmed that Nalan Yanran had no remaining connection to the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan realized why the Gu Clan had not accepted him and bitterly compared his family’s weakness with the powerful clans around him.

After the confrontation in Wutan City, Gu Yuan and Zhu Qian explained why their clans had come to the Northwest Continent and agreed to part peacefully. Gu Xun'er chose to return to the Ancient Realm with her father and devote herself to cultivation for the Gu Clan's future.

• Gu Yuan said he had sent Gu Xun'er to look after the Xiao Clan, while Zhu Qian explained that Zi Yan had returned to the Northwest Continent for experience.
• Gu Yuan considered what he had learned about Zhu Kun and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, while Ao Qing decided to remember the Gu Clan's actions.
• Ao Qing and Zhu Qian ended the confrontation and left with Zi Yan and the others for Jia Nan Academy.
• Gu Yuan urged Gu Xun'er to return to the Ancient Realm and cultivate, warning her that the Gu Clan needed powerful successors.
• Gu Xun'er agreed to return with Gu Yuan and train diligently for herself and the Gu Clan.