Recaps

Nalan Ye entered the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s Soul World to help it resist Cai Lin’s fusion, but Cai Lin shattered the python’s soul and its Golden Rune merged into hers. The fusion released a torrent of Cai Lin’s Soul Power into Nalan Ye’s Soul World, and he fainted, believing he was about to die.

• Cai Lin continued fusing with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python despite Nalan Ye’s warning, while their linked souls caused his own soul to suffer.
• Nalan Ye asked Heavenly Flame Venerable to help, but the Golden Rune allowed only Nalan Ye’s Soul Power to pass into the python’s Soul World.
• Nalan Ye found Cai Lin fighting the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and was easily thrown back when he tried to intervene.
• Cai Lin used a soul Secret Technique to shatter the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and her yellow-sand Soul World began merging with its magma world.
• The python’s Golden Rune fused into Cai Lin’s, then sent a vast surge of her Soul Power into Nalan Ye’s Soul World, causing him to faint.

Nalan Ye’s Soul Power surged to Dou Wang while he lay unconscious, astonishing Heavenly Flame Venerable. Cai Lin discovered that the Golden Rune was draining her Soul Power into Nalan Ye’s Soul World, and Heavenly Flame Venerable blocked her attempt to reach him.

• Heavenly Flame Venerable watched Nalan Ye’s Soul Power rise from great Dou Shi to Dou Wang without harming his body.
• Cai Lin sensed her Soul Power draining during Soul Fusion and traced it to the Golden Rune sending it into Nalan Ye’s Soul World.
• Cai Lin followed the Golden Rune toward Nalan Ye to confront him, but Heavenly Flame Venerable blocked her passage.
• Cai Lin reminded Heavenly Flame Venerable that she had helped rescue him, but he said the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python had done it.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable mocked Cai Lin and denied that she deserved credit as his savior.

Nalan Ye woke after a surge in cultivation and accidentally destroyed the quiet chamber while trying to stand. The Heavenly Flame Venerable restrained him as the Little Fairy Doctor arrived and exclaimed that he had advanced to Dou Emperor.

• Cai Lin stopped controlling her soul power when the Golden Rune threatened to shatter, and it drained her power until she barely remained a Dou Zong.
• Nalan Ye’s cultivation rapidly rose from Da Dou Shi to the nine-star Dou Huang peak before stopping short of Dou Zong.
• Nalan Ye woke in the quiet chamber and shattered the floor and then the chamber as he tried to get up.
• The Heavenly Flame Venerable pinned Nalan Ye down and told him to master his new power before moving around.
• The Little Fairy Doctor arrived, saw Nalan Ye, and asked how he had advanced to Dou Emperor.

Nalan Ye’s Shared Life and Death Secret Technique with Cai Lin fully activated, leaving him at Nine-Star Dou Huang Peak and allowing the two to see each other and share memories. After learning that Cai Lin could not see his knowledge of Battle Through the Heavens, Nalan Ye was left wondering what the connection between them would bring.

• Nalan Ye woke in the ruined meditation chamber at Nine-Star Dou Huang Peak, and the Heavenly Flame Venerable told him to stay still while he learned to control his new power.
• The Little Fairy Doctor stood guard as Nalan Ye entered his Soul World and discovered that the Golden Rune had vanished, though he could still sense Cai Lin through their connection.
• Nalan Ye saw Cai Lin across their separate Soul Worlds, and his attempt to obtain her combat experience triggered a vision of her life and left the Secret Technique fully established.
• Cai Lin revealed that she had seen Nalan Ye’s memories, including his fear of “Five Years of College Entrance Exams, Three Years of Mock Exams,” and recognized that he came from another world.
• Nalan Ye asked Cai Lin whether she knew Battle Through the Heavens, and she did not recognize it, leaving him relieved that she had not learned the world’s secrets.

After recovering control of his newly gained strength, Nalan Ye comforted Xiao Meier and promised to marry her, then visited the Little Fairy Doctor to explain his planned journey to the Monster Mountain Range. The chapter ended with him teasing her about where the dangerous destination was located.

• Nalan Ye demonstrated that he could control his immense strength, while the Little Fairy Doctor confirmed he was unharmed.
• Nalan Ye walked Xiao Meier home, admitted he had advanced several cultivation levels, and promised to marry her once things settled down.
• Nalan Ye went to the Little Fairy Doctor and pretended he was leaving for somewhere far away and dangerous, then asked her to come with him.
• Nalan Ye revealed that he and the Heavenly Flame Venerable planned to seek Seventh-Order Magical Beasts in the Monster Mountain Range to refine physical bodies.
• The Little Fairy Doctor learned that the Monster Mountain Range bordered the Jialian Empire and the Mulan Empire, and Nalan Ye claimed it was Mulan Empire territory.

Nalan Ye tried to persuade Cai Lin to cooperate, then realized that the Shared Life and Death Secret Technique had begun influencing his memories and feelings for her. After considering undoing the technique, he met Little Fairy Doctor, who asked when they would leave for the Monster Mountain Range.

• Nalan Ye called Cai Lin into the Soul World and proposed an alliance, but she rejected him.
• Nalan Ye warned Cai Lin that he might die while hunting a Seventh-Order Magical Beast and told her to prepare her King's Tomb.
• Nalan Ye dreamed of Cai Lin's childhood memories and realized they had resurfaced from the memories he had copied from her.
• Nalan Ye concluded that the secret technique could coercively alter his feelings and considered undoing it.
• Little Fairy Doctor asked Nalan Ye when they would set off for the Monster Mountain Range.

The narrator, the Little Fairy Doctor, and the Heavenly Flame Venerable traveled west after the narrator canceled preparations for war against the Snake-People Tribe and gathered supplies. The Heavenly Flame Venerable explained that reaching Dou Zong required comprehending the Dao, and the chapter ended with the narrator testing his understanding by dropping an apple.

• The narrator canceled preparations for war against the Snake-People Tribe, gathered useful resources, and left U Yue City with the Little Fairy Doctor and the Heavenly Flame Venerable.
• The Heavenly Flame Venerable said he had recovered to Three Star Dou Zong and explained that inadequate resources had limited his recovery.
• The Heavenly Flame Venerable taught that Dou Zong cultivators commanded Heaven and Earth Energy by comprehending the Dao, while Dou Huang cultivators merely borrowed it.
• The Heavenly Flame Venerable said the Little Fairy Doctor had already mastered the Dao of poison through her Calamity Poison Body, but the narrator would need to comprehend the Dao or practice a Heaven Rank Cultivation Method.
• The narrator claimed he knew how to comprehend the Dao and dropped an apple, asking why it had to fall back to the ground.

Nalan Ye learned how Dao comprehension determined cultivation realms and chose the lightning attribute as his path. He recruited Xiao Yan for a dangerous hunt for a seventh-order magical beast, and the four of them set out for the Monster Mountain Range.

• Heavenly Flame Venerable explained that cultivators advanced by comprehending the Great Dao, and Nalan Ye chose to pursue the lightning Dao.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable said that a Dou Sheng had to master a Great Dao completely, while a Venerable had comprehended ninety-nine percent.
• Nalan Ye, Heavenly Flame Venerable, and Little Fairy Doctor arrived in Nalan City and invited Xiao Yan to join their hunt for a seventh-order magical beast.
• Nalan Ye and Xiao Yan disagreed over how to divide the beast’s materials, and Heavenly Flame Venerable warned that hunting three beasts would be too dangerous.
• Nalan Ye brought Xiao Yan along as the group headed toward the Monster Mountain Range.

Nalan Ye and his companions traveled from Green Mountain Town into the Monster Mountain Range to find a Seventh-Order Magical Beast, using a legend Xiao Yan recalled to locate a Frost Howl. Heavenly Flame Venerable awakened the beast with a direct attack, and the group faced it as it emerged from its lair.

• Nalan Ye, Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Yan, and Heavenly Flame Venerable reached Green Mountain Town, where Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor reminisced about their earlier visit.
• The group stayed overnight while waiting for Cai Lin, but she did not arrive, so they set out for the Monster Mountain Range without her.
• Xiao Yan shared a legend about a powerful beast near Wutan City, and Heavenly Flame Venerable identified it as a Frost Howl that could possess Seventh-Order strength.
• After two days of searching, the group found a powerful beast on a snowy peak, and Heavenly Flame Venerable told the others to guard the area while he fought it alone.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable blasted the beast’s cave with a fireball, awakening a white, bear-shaped Frost Howl that leaped out to face the group.

The narrator, Xiao Yan, and the Little Fairy Doctor faced a gathering of powerful magical beasts while the Heavenly Flame Venerable battled the Frost Howl. The Frost Howl summoned the beasts to attack, leaving the narrator surrounded and dodging a diving avian beast.

• The Heavenly Flame Venerable fought the Frost Howl as Xiao Yan flew off to kill an approaching Fifth-Order Magical Beast.
• Nearly twenty high-order magical beasts gathered, and the narrator and the Little Fairy Doctor split up to keep them from interfering with the Heavenly Flame Venerable.
• Xiao Yan wounded the Fifth-Order Magical Beast, but two others joined the fight against him.
• The Heavenly Flame Venerable gained the advantage over the Frost Howl, which threatened the watching magical beasts into joining the battle.
• Six magical beasts charged the narrator, who tried to talk them out of fighting before dodging an Azure Wind Blade and an avian beast’s dive.

The narrator fought six high-ranking Magical Beasts alone while waiting for Heavenly Flame Venerable to finish battling Frost Howl. After suffering a lightning strike, the narrator killed the Iron Arm Great Ape with God Slaying Thorn and took cover from the converging attacks.

• The narrator used God Slaying Thorn to cripple the Scarlet Feather Eagle, then dodged attacks from the Silver Lightning Wolf and Phoenix Winged Snake.
• The narrator transformed into a soul serpent to evade the Silver Lightning Wolf and whip its vulnerable waist, while the Phoenix Winged Snake dodged a God Slaying Thorn.
• The Iron Arm Great Ape attacked, and the Silver Lightning Wolf struck the narrator with lightning, injuring the narrator's soul form.
• The narrator assessed the battlefield and decided to hold off the beasts until Heavenly Flame Venerable could defeat Frost Howl.
• The Steel Bristle Pig fired quills at the narrator as the narrator charged toward the Iron Arm Great Ape and struck it with a prepared God Slaying Thorn, apparently killing it.
• The Steel Bristle Pig, Phoenix Winged Snake, and Silver Lightning Wolf converged their attacks, forcing the narrator to take cover behind a mountain.

The narrator fought off the magical beasts trying to reach the Heavenly Flame Venerable, killing the Crimson Blood Crocodile and injuring the Silver Lightning Wolf but taking heavy damage. When the Frost Howl called the beasts to help, three broke past the narrator, who intercepted the Steel Bristle Pig as the Heavenly Flame Venerable promised to handle the attackers.

• The narrator used God Slaying Thorn to kill the Crimson Blood Crocodile but was burned by its fireball.
• The Silver Lightning Wolf attacked the narrator, who coiled around it and struck with a longsword, injuring it before lightning damaged the narrator’s soul body.
• The narrator retreated as the wounded Silver Lightning Wolf, Phoenix Winged Snake, and Steel Bristle Pig paused their attacks.
• The Frost Howl roared for the beasts to help, and the three attackers bypassed the narrator to charge at the Heavenly Flame Venerable.
• The narrator intercepted the slowest attacker, the Steel Bristle Pig, while the Heavenly Flame Venerable said he could slaughter the beasts himself.

The narrator and their companions fought the Frost Howl and other high-order Magical Beasts, while the Heavenly Flame Venerable killed the Silver Lightning Wolf and Phoenix Winged Snake. The Frost Howl triggered a massive avalanche to escape, and the group began searching the snow-covered mountains for it.

• The narrator kept the Steel Bristle Pig occupied while the Little Fairy Doctor struggled against high-order Magical Beasts and Xiao Yan fought successfully.
• The Heavenly Flame Venerable killed the Silver Lightning Wolf and Phoenix Winged Snake with Flame Arrows after they dodged his fireballs.
• The narrator noticed the Frost Howl gathering power and warned the Heavenly Flame Venerable, who let it complete its attack.
• The Frost Howl triggered an avalanche across the mountain and neighboring peaks, then disappeared beneath the snow.
• The surviving Magical Beasts fled, and the narrator, the Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Yan, and the Heavenly Flame Venerable searched but found no trace of the Frost Howl.

Nalan Ye and Xiao Yan waited in Wutan City while the search for the Frost Howl began, then visited a marketplace where Xiao Yan bought a Devouring Wood Fox magic core that reminded him of Xun Er. Xiao Yan revealed that he planned to go to the Central Plains for Xun Er, while Nalan Ye decided to arrange his marriage to Nalan Yanran before he left.

• Nalan Ye recovered the Iron Arm Great Ape and Crimson Blood Crocodile, then left the Monster Mountain Range with Xiao Yan, Little Fairy Doctor, and Heavenly Flame Venerable to wait in Wutan City.
• Nalan Ye sent orders through the Supervisory Left Division and mobilized people near the Monster Mountain Range to search for the Frost Howl.
• Xiao Yan recognized a Devouring Wood Fox magic core at the Wutan City marketplace and bought it after Nalan Ye pointed out the seller's high price.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Ye that Xun Er had gone to the Central Plains and recalled borrowing money from her to buy ingredients for his first batch of Foundation Establishment Liquid.
• Xiao Yan said he would go to the Central Plains after reaching Dou Emperor and asked Nalan Ye to look after Yanran and the Xiao Family.
• Nalan Ye announced that he would arrange Xiao Yan's marriage to Nalan Yanran before his journey, despite Xiao Yan's protests.

The narrator and his companions pursued the Frost Howl into the Mulan Empire, where it defeated a group of local experts before Heavenly Flame Venerable fought it. Just as Heavenly Flame Venerable prepared to finish off the wounded beast, a voice called for them to wait.

• The narrator summoned Heavenly Flame Venerable, Little Fairy Doctor, and Xiao Yan, and they flew across the Monster Mountain Range to the Dingtai Mountain Range.
• They found Mulan Empire experts fighting the Frost Howl and hid nearby until the beast routed them and chased after the survivors.
• The narrator and his companions pursued the Frost Howl, but it killed a Dou Emperor before Heavenly Flame Venerable engaged it.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable battled the Frost Howl with fire and ice until he wounded it and sent it crashing to the ground.
• As Heavenly Flame Venerable prepared to deliver the final blow, a thunderous voice called, "Wait!"

Nalan Ye and the Heavenly Flame Venerable killed a Frost Howl, but the Great Elder of Mu Lan Valley returned with Mulan Empire experts and claimed the beast’s corpse. The chapter ended with the two sides disputing who had the right to take it.

• The Great Elder of Mu Lan Valley approached Yao TianHuo with a group of Mulan Empire experts, and Nalan Ye claimed they were from the Tiao Zhi Empire until one of them recognized him.
• Yao TianHuo revealed that he came from the Central Plains and drove the Mulan Empire group away before killing the recovering Frost Howl with a flaming spear.
• Yao TianHuo told Nalan Ye to collect the Frost Howl’s corpse, but the Great Elder returned and ordered his men to take it for a public display.
• Nalan Ye confronted the Great Elder, who apologized after learning he was the Nalan Left Envoy, then claimed the Mulan Empire deserved the corpse because it had discovered and wounded the beast first.

The narrator and his companions disputed the Frost Howl’s corpse with the Three Elders of Mulan, who used the Three Beasts Desolate Skill to gain Dou Zong-level combat strength. After the Great Elder mocked Yao TianHuo, Yao TianHuo attacked the Mulan Empire’s powerhouses with Falling Fire Star Rain.

• The narrator insisted that his group had killed the Frost Howl, but the Great Elder of Mu Lan Valley claimed it for the Mulan Empire.
• Two more elders arrived, and the Three Elders of Mulan joined forces using the Three Beasts Desolate Skill.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable explained that the technique drew on the bloodline inheritances of three Seventh-Order Magical Beasts to grant the elders Dou Zong-level strength.
• The Great Elder demanded that Yao TianHuo leave the Mulan Empire, then mocked his lack of a physical body.
• Yao TianHuo unleashed Falling Fire Star Rain against the Mulan Empire’s powerhouses.

The battle against the Mulan Empire’s experts continued as Nalan Ye tried to secure Frost Howl’s corpse. With Little Fairy Doctor’s help, he tricked five Dou Wangs into staying together long enough for her poison to kill them, then stored the corpse in his Ring of Holding.

• The Great Elder of Mu Lan Valley attacked Heavenly Flame Venerable, who blocked his tiger-claw strike with a Scarlet Shield, while the Mulan experts joined the battle.
• Nalan Ye drove off White Face Dou Huang and tried to take Frost Howl’s corpse, but five Mulan Dou Wangs forced him away with their attacks.
• Little Fairy Doctor told Nalan Ye to stall the five Dou Wangs, and he tempted them with the corpse’s value until greed kept them gathered around it.
• Beast Robe Dou Wang tried to claim Frost Howl’s corpse, but Little Fairy Doctor’s poison killed him and the other four Dou Wangs.
• With Little Fairy Doctor and Xiao Yan keeping the remaining enemies occupied, Nalan Ye stored Frost Howl’s corpse in his Ring of Holding.

The narrator, Little Fairy Doctor, and Xiao Yan fought off the Mulan Empire’s experts, killing five Dou Wangs and driving the survivors into a defensive standoff. The narrator urged restraint to avoid escalating the conflict, while the battle between Heavenly Flame Venerable and the Three Elders of Mulan remained unresolved.

• The narrator killed five Dou Wangs and stored their bodies, while the Mulan experts realized the losses had shaken the battlefield.
• Xiao Yan struck the green-robed Dou Wang with Eight Extremities Collapse, and the wounded expert fled.
• Blue Robe Dou Huang and the other five survivors debated whether to retreat, fearing both Mu Lan Valley’s retribution and the trio’s strength.
• The six decided to hold the trio back from taking the Frost Howl’s corpse and protected themselves from Little Fairy Doctor’s poison with Dou Qi Armor.
• The narrator, Little Fairy Doctor, and Xiao Yan regrouped, and the narrator stopped Xiao Yan from attacking the survivors to avoid risking a wider conflict for the newly established Nalan Empire.

After Heavenly Flame Venerable killed one of the Three Elders of Mulan, the Great Elder tried to save himself by invoking the Da Xia Dynasty and Xia Valley. The narrator questioned the surviving elders about Xia Valley, then ordered their deaths after their answers about Qi Yu’s cultivation differed.

• The narrator urged Heavenly Flame Venerable to finish the battle, and Heavenly Flame Venerable killed the Lion Head Elder with a single punch.
• The Three Beasts Desolate Skill collapsed, and Heavenly Flame Venerable demanded that the surviving elders hand over their cultivation method.
• The Great Elder of Mu Lan Valley warned that Xia Valley and the Da Xia Dynasty would retaliate if he was killed.
• The narrator questioned the Great Elder and the Third Elder, who agreed that Xia Valley had one Dou Zong named Qi Yu but gave different answers about his cultivation.
• The Great Elder explained that Qi Yu had recently advanced to Four Star Dou Zong, and the narrator declared that the surviving elders would die.

Nalan Ye and the Heavenly Flame Venerable killed the Mu Lan Valley elders and took the Three Beasts Desolate Skill. As the group flew toward Mu Lan Valley’s headquarters to seize its supplies, Nalan Ye revealed that he had really killed the elders to target the Dou Zong powerhouse Xia Gu Qiyu’s body.

• The Great Elder of Mu Lan Valley ordered his allies to scatter, but Nalan Ye pursued him while the Heavenly Flame Venerable chased the Three Elder.
• Nalan Ye struck the Great Elder with a God Slaying Thorn and stalled him until the Heavenly Flame Venerable killed him with fireballs.
• The Heavenly Flame Venerable took the Great Elder’s Ring of Holding and found the Three Beasts Desolate Skill, which he offered to Nalan Ye.
• Nalan Ye, the Heavenly Flame Venerable, Xiao Yan, and Little Fairy Doctor decided to raid Mu Lan Valley’s headquarters for supplies and set off toward it.
• Little Fairy Doctor questioned Nalan Ye’s motives, and he admitted that he had targeted the elders to obtain Xia Gu Qiyu’s Dou Zong body for his plans to refine a physical body.

The narrator and Heavenly Flame Venerable infiltrated Mu Lan Valley to plunder its storehouse, capturing the Dou Wang elder guarding it. After showing her the corpses of the Three Elders of Mulan, the narrator forced her to lead him to the storehouse.

• The narrator left Little Fairy Doctor and Third Brother outside the valley and entered Mu Lan Valley with Heavenly Flame Venerable.
• They evaded the guards and found the storehouse, where the narrator sensed its restrictions and spotted a Dou Wang elder nearby.
• The narrator struck the elder with God Slaying Thorn, incapacitating her without alerting the guards.
• The narrator revealed the corpses of the Three Elders of Mulan and told the elder he had killed them.
• The narrator demanded compensation from Mu Lan Valley and ordered the elder to lead him to the storehouse, and she agreed.

After killing Mu Lan Valley’s three Dou Huang Elders, the narrator pressured Gong Wei into leading him to the sect’s storehouse and considered how the weakened valley might help him draw out Qi Yu. Inside, he touched Gong Wei and asked whether she wanted to become Mu Lan Valley’s Great Elder.

• The narrator threatened Gong Wei and warned her that Mu Lan Valley’s three Dou Huang Elders were dead, then ordered her to take him to the storehouse.
• Gong Wei explained that Mu Lan Valley had only four Dou Wang elders left and depended on Xia Valley for protection.
• The narrator realized Xia Valley might send people to aid Mu Lan Valley, giving him a chance to lure Qi Yu into a fight on favorable ground.
• Gong Wei opened the storehouse for the narrator, who revealed his youthful appearance and touched her cheek.
• The narrator asked Gong Wei whether she wanted to become Mu Lan Valley’s Great Elder.

The narrator forced Gong Wei to help plunder Mu Lan Valley’s storeroom, leaving her ten percent of its resources. He also discovered and took a Purple Sun Wood Fruit, a key ingredient for the pill he needed to refine a physical body, and hinted that Mu Lan Valley might no longer need to pay tribute to Xia Valley.

• Gong Wei agreed to help the narrator after he offered to deal with the other Dou Wang elders and support her bid to become Great Elder.
• Gong Wei brought out dozens of empty Rings of Holding, and the narrator began packing the storeroom’s most valuable goods.
• Gong Wei pleaded for some resources to remain for Mu Lan Valley, and the narrator agreed to leave her ten percent.
• The narrator spotted a Purple Sun Wood Fruit and took it after Gong Wei explained that it was tribute for Xia Valley.
• The narrator and Gong Wei finished packing the third floor and moved on to the second floor, where they took ninety percent of the resources.

Nalan Ye took Mu Lan Valley’s stored resources as compensation, gave Gong Wei poison and its antidote to help her secure power, and left with his companions. On the flight back, Xiao Yan discovered the haul’s rare medicinal ingredients and asked for a share, which Nalan Ye allowed him to choose.

• Nalan Ye accepted Mu Lan Valley’s Rings of Holding as compensation and told Gong Wei he would help her become Great Elder, then gave her Dream Heaven Song poison and its antidote.
• Nalan Ye advised Gong Wei to blame the missing resources on the Three Elders of Mulan and left the valley with the wooden box of Rings of Holding.
• Nalan Ye rejoined Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Yan, and Heavenly Flame Venerable, and the group flew toward the Nalan Empire.
• Xiao Yan inspected the Rings of Holding and was astonished by their rare medicinal ingredients, then asked Nalan Ye for a share.
• Nalan Ye let Xiao Yan take whichever ingredients he wanted.