Recaps

The Heavenly Flame Venerable began his Dou Sheng tribulation with help from the Amethyst Saint Pool, while Cai Lin explained that the pool could only slightly conceal his potential and weaken the tribulation. As the first lightning bolts struck, Cai Lin revealed that the tribulation had exposed the small world's location, leaving everyone in danger from You Duo.

• Cai Lin explained that the Amethyst Saint Pool could conceal the Heavenly Flame Venerable's potential and reduce his tribulation by no more than five percent.
• The group blessed the Heavenly Flame Venerable and retreated more than ten li from the summit as he prepared to undergo his tribulation.
• The Heavenly Flame Venerable summoned the tribulation, blocked its first three lightning bolts, and remained unharmed.
• The Little Fairy Doctor and Mu Qingluan worried about the remaining bolts and the danger of being trapped if the Heavenly Flame Venerable failed.
• Cai Lin revealed that the tribulation had come from the Dou Qi Continent and exposed their small world's location, warning everyone to prepare to fight for their lives.

Heavenly Flame Venerable endured the seventh and eighth bolts of his Dou Sheng Tribulation, but the final strike gathered into a pool of lightning wreathed in real purple flames. Wang Ping believed Heavenly Flame Venerable could not survive the terrifying attack.

• Heavenly Flame Venerable met the sixth bolt with a flaming spear, and the collision shattered part of Thousand Zhang Peak.
• Nalan Ye joined Qing Lin, Qing Yue, Wang Ping, and the others, and asked what they would do if You Duo attacked after the Small World's location was exposed.
• Qing Yue said they had no choice but to fight You Duo, while privately keeping the Azure Origin Pearl escape plan secret.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable endured the seventh bolt, swallowed a Healing Pill, and laughed defiantly at the tribulation clouds.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable countered the eighth bolt with a Heavenly Demon Phoenix, then recovered with a Seventh-Rank Pill as the final strike formed.
• Wang Ping saw purple flames on the final lightning pool and declared that Heavenly Flame Venerable would not survive the tribulation.

Heavenly Flame Venerable faced a Dou Sheng-level tribulation formed by the fusion of the Thunder and Fire Great Daos, while Wang Ping believed he could not survive it. Heavenly Flame Venerable countered the descending Purple Thunder Fireball with the pure white fire of his own Fire Great Dao, leaving everyone watching to see which force would prevail.

• Wang Ping recognized the tribulation as Dao fusion and warned that Heavenly Flame Venerable could not survive it.
• I asked Cai Lin about the Amethyst Saint Pool and moved closer to the summit, prepared to use Boundless Human Sea if Heavenly Flame Venerable faltered.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable revealed the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame and formed the Nine Palaces Heavenly Fire Great Array.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable combined the array's flames into pure white fire, which I recognized as his Fire Great Dao.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable sent the white fire to meet the Purple Thunder Fireball, and the two forces silently began annihilating each other.

Heavenly Flame Venerable survived his Dou Sheng Tribulation and became Heavenly Flame Saint, while his transformation revealed the power of a Heaven Realm soul. The chapter ended with You Duo discovering the Snake-People Ancestral Land and confronting the newly ascended Saint through a spatial rift.

• You Duo sensed the Dou Sheng Tribulation near the Snake-People Ancestral Land and realized the hidden world was inside Qingmao Mountain.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable's Purple Thunder Fireball and white flame annihilated each other, and he survived the tribulation.
• Wang Ping and the others watched Heavenly Flame Venerable heal, transform, and attain a Heaven Realm soul.
• I, Little Fairy Doctor, Mu Qingluan, Zi Yan, Cai Lin, and the others congratulated Heavenly Flame Venerable and hailed him as Heavenly Flame Saint.
• You Duo opened a spatial rift, confronted Heavenly Flame Saint, and vowed to kill him.

Nalan Ye and his companions fled the battle between the Heavenly Flame Saint and You Duo, parting ways as they left Qingmao Mountain. Nalan Ye remained in the Central Plains with the Little Fairy Doctor and others, while Cai Lin flew off alone to await the battle’s outcome before returning to Tagor.

• Wang Ping opened a Space Wormhole, and Qing Yue invited Nalan Ye to return to the Heavenly Snake Mansion with her group.
• The Heavenly Flame Saint told Nalan Ye to leave and make his own way, prompting an emotional farewell as Qing Lin reluctantly departed with Qing Yue and the others.
• Nalan Ye, the Little Fairy Doctor, Mu Qingluan, Zi Yan, and their companions escaped through a Space Channel to Qingmao Mountain while the Heavenly Flame Saint and You Duo began fighting.
• The group split up as Zi Ling headed home and Qiu Wu rushed away to report to his clan, while Qiu Si and Qiu Yin tried to take Zi Yan back to Dragon Island.
• Nalan Ye asked Cai Lin about her plans, but she flew away alone to await the battle’s outcome before returning to Tagor.

After leaving the Snake-People Ancestral Land, Nalan Ye decided to pursue the Dou God realm by claiming the Emperor Pill before Hun Tiandi. He and his companions reached Rock City, returning to the Human Race after three years away.

• Nalan Ye comforted himself over his companions’ departures and reflected on how Dou Shengs were confined to small worlds by heaven and earth.
• Nalan Ye told Little Fairy Doctor that he intended to become a Dou God and planned to seize the Emperor Pill from Tou She Ancient God's cave abode before Hun Tiandi could take it.
• Nalan Ye directed Mu Qingluan to lead them to Starfall Pavilion so they could inform Wind Venerable about Venerable Yao and find a way to rescue Yao Lao from the Hall of Souls.
• Nalan Ye, Little Fairy Doctor, Mu Qingluan, Zi Yan, Qiu Yin, and Qiu Si flew for two days and two nights from the Beast Region to the lands of the Human Race.
• The group arrived in Rock City, where Nalan Ye was exhilarated to see the bustling human crowds again after three years away.

Ye and his companions escaped You Duo’s shadow and traveled through Heavenly Star City toward Starfall Pavilion. At the pavilion, the Wind Venerable worried about Mu Qingluan’s three-year disappearance and the coming tournament, unaware that she was approaching with Ye.

• Qiu Si questioned why the humans in Rock City were so weak, and Mu Qingluan explained human cultivation ranks to her and Qiu Yin.
• Ye’s group ate breakfast in Rock City, then left through its space wormhole after paying with gold coins.
• As they traveled toward Starfall Pavilion, Ye worried about the battle between You Duo and the Heavenly Flame Venerable.
• Mu Qingluan led the group to Heavenly Star City, near the hidden Starfall Pavilion mountain gate.
• The Wind Venerable worried that Mu Qingluan had been missing for three years and learned that Starfall Pavilion’s young disciples might lose the upcoming Four Directions Pavilion Tournament.

Nalan Ye and Mu Qingluan learned that Starfall Pavilion was hosting the Four Directions Pavilion Tournament and rushed to Central Square, where the competition was about to begin. Mu Qingluan arrived late, and someone interrupted Wind Venerable to demand entry, leaving two Starfall Pavilion elders confronting the newcomer.

• Nalan Ye and Mu Qingluan discovered that the Four Directions Pavilion Tournament was taking place in Heavenly Star City and hurried toward Central Square.
• Wind Venerable waited for Mu Qingluan while Thunder Venerable, Yellow Spring Venerable, and Sword Venerable discussed her disappearance in the Beast Region.
• Feng Qing'er explained that Mu Qingluan had vanished after entering a lost Small World three years earlier, and Wind Venerable insisted she was still alive.
• Wind Venerable announced the tournament's fifty-seven participants would fight in a melee until eight remained.
• An unidentified person interrupted Wind Venerable to ask to enter, and two Starfall Pavilion elders warned that registration had closed.

Nalan Ye and his companions arrived at Heavenly Star City's Central Square, where Mu Qingluan reunited with Wind Venerable after three years missing. Nalan Ye revealed that Yao Chen had been captured by the Hall of Souls, but Wind Venerable questioned whether he could prove his story.

• Shen Tian tried to keep Nalan Ye and his companions out of the Central Square until Mu Qingluan revealed herself and asked to bring them in.
• Mu Qingluan reunited with Wind Venerable, who had been worried about her disappearance for three years.
• Nalan Ye introduced himself as Yao Chen's disciple's younger brother-in-law, startling Wind Venerable and the Starfall Pavilion members.
• Nalan Ye explained that Han Feng had helped the Hall of Souls ambush Yao Chen, whose remnant soul later awakened Xiao Yan before the Hall of Souls captured him.
• Mu Qingluan and the Starfall Pavilion members condemned Han Feng, while Wind Venerable demanded proof of Nalan Ye's identity and claims.

Ye persuaded Wind Venerable to accept his connection to Yao Chen, then joined Mu Qingluan in the Four Directions Pavilion Tournament while disguising himself to avoid Thunder Venerable. The tournament began with Feng Qing'er, Wang Chen, Tang Ying, and Mu Qingluan drawing attention, and Feng Qing'er felt an unexplained familiarity with Ye.

• Mu Qingluan vouched for Ye, and Wind Venerable agreed to send someone to fetch Xiao Yan from the Nalan Empire after learning Ye had overthrown the Gama Royal Family.
• Wind Venerable opened the Four Directions Pavilion Tournament, and Feng Qing'er, Wang Chen, and Tang Ying entered the arena to loud cheers.
• Ye realized Thunder Venerable might be present and used Little Fairy Doctor's disguise mask and medicinal pill to change his appearance and aura.
• Mu Qingluan joined Ye on the arena, where the crowd rallied behind her and declared that she would win.
• Wang Chen claimed he would take first place, Tang Ying said skill would decide the outcome, and Feng Qing'er wondered why Ye seemed familiar.

Ye recognized Han Xue, Han Yue’s younger sister, among the contestants before the free-for-all began. As the arena erupted into battle, Zi Yan faced Feng Qing’er, Mu Qingluan challenged Tang Ying, and Ye confronted Wang Chen, whose lethal opening attack provoked Ye to retaliate.

• Ye spotted Han Xue and recalled that her sister, Han Yue, had died during the battle in Heavenly North City three years earlier.
• Wind Venerable began the free-for-all, and the contestants quickly launched into a chaotic battle across the arena.
• Ye, Mu Qingluan, and Zi Yan stayed still while the others fought, then Zi Yan charged at Feng Qing’er and knocked two contestants out of the arena along the way.
• Zi Yan and Feng Qing’er began fighting, while Mu Qingluan chose Tang Ying as her opponent and Ye turned to face Wang Chen.
• Wang Chen appeared behind Ye and attacked with two daggers aimed at vital points, but Ye countered with Lightning Fire Thunder Chariot and forced him to retreat.

Nalan Ye fought Wang Chen with overwhelming speed and broke his attacks, while the other arena battles revealed Zi Yan’s Ancient Void Dragon identity and her brutal fistfight with Feng Qing’er. The Venerables watched the clashes and recognized that both Zi Yan and Feng Qing’er belonged to rival magical beast clans.

• Wang Chen attacked Nalan Ye with twin daggers, but Nalan Ye intercepted every strike with his Nine-Section Copper Mace and proved twice as fast.
• Wang Chen unleashed Great Serpent Bite, but Nalan Ye used Serpent Coil and purple lightning to destroy the two black energy serpents.
• Sword Venerable praised Nalan Ye’s performance, while Yellow Spring Venerable insisted Wang Chen’s fight was not over.
• Tang Ying and Mu Qingluan fought an evenly matched battle with sword and wind Dou Techniques.
• Zi Yan’s Extinction Divine Light weakened Feng Qing’er’s Dou Techniques, and the two revealed themselves as an Ancient Void Dragon and a Heavenly Demon Phoenix before trading punches and insults.
• The Venerables discussed Zi Yan’s identity and discovered that Thunder Venerable had taken Feng Qing’er, a Heavenly Demon Phoenix, as his disciple.

During the Four Directions Pavilion Tournament, Wang Chen used increasingly powerful Yellow Springs Pavilion techniques against the narrator, who blocked them and knocked him back. Wang Chen began forming another forbidden technique, but Yellow Spring Venerable ordered him to stop.

• Tang Ying, Mu Qingluan, Zi Yan, and Feng Qing'er fought fiercely, injuring several Dou Emperor contestants caught in their battles.
• Wang Chen used the Yellow Springs Blood Art to raise his cultivation to Three Star Dou Zong and attacked the narrator with the Bone-Corroding Round Dagger Dance.
• The narrator defended himself with the Six Harmonies Wandering Body Ruler and his Nine-Section Copper Mace, frustrating Wang Chen and Yellow Spring Venerable.
• Wang Chen used the Yellow Springs Corpse Arm, but the narrator countered with Serpent Coil and punched him flying.
• Wang Chen prepared another forbidden move, and Yellow Spring Venerable shouted for him to stop before ruining his future cultivation.

After defeating Wang Chen, I watched the tournament as Han Xue was cornered by a stronger opponent. I appeared behind her and shielded her from his flame attack, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Wang Chen conceded after Yellow Spring Venerable rebuked him, and the other Venerables reacted to his defeat.
• I watched Mu Qingluan fight Tang Ying and Zi Yan brawl with Feng Qing'er while the tournament continued.
• A red-clothed Six-Star Dou Emperor forced Han Xue, a Three-Star Dou Emperor, toward the arena's edge and injured her hand.
• Han Xue used Bone-Piercing Ice, but the red-clothed man's Fire Wolf Devours Heaven overwhelmed her defenses.
• I appeared behind Han Xue, pulled her into my arms, and turned my back to the charging flame wolf to shield her.

Liu Ming saved Han Xue from the Red-Clothed Man at the Four Directions Pavilion Tournament and concealed his identity behind a fabricated name. Han Xue and the remnant soul of her sister Han Yue cautiously tried to learn what he wanted, ending with Han Xue awkwardly attempting to appeal to his interest in the championship prize.

• Liu Ming protected Han Xue from the Flame Giant Wolf and knocked the Red-Clothed Man out of the arena.
• Han Xue asked Liu Ming who he was, and he claimed to be a Canaan Academy classmate of Han Yue named Huo Qian Liu Ming.
• Han Yue revealed herself as a remnant soul attached to Han Xue and advised her to play along with Liu Ming while they assessed his intentions.
• Liu Ming stood beside Han Xue as the arena contestants dwindled and claimed he had an eighty percent chance of winning the tournament.
• Han Xue tried an awkward flirtation and mentioned that the championship prize was a seventh-rank Clear Wind Bright Moon Pill, prompting Han Yue to warn her against bargaining with a tiger.

Han Xue tried to seduce Liu Ming in hopes of obtaining a Clear Wind Bright Moon Pill to save Han Yue’s remnant soul, but he agreed to help for Han Yue’s sake and walked away. At the tournament, Liu Ming persuaded Mu Qingluan to join him against Tang Ying, who prepared to face them both.

• Han Xue decided to risk bargaining with Liu Ming for a seventh-rank Clear Wind Bright Moon Pill that could save Han Yue’s gravely injured remnant soul.
• Liu Ming recognized Han Xue’s purpose, agreed to help because she was Han Yue’s sister, and left her confused about his identity.
• Han Yue’s remnant soul admitted she did not recognize Liu Ming as he headed toward Mu Qingluan and Tang Ying.
• Sword Venerable challenged Wind Venerable over Liu Ming approaching Tang Ying, but Wind Venerable defended the tournament’s free-for-all rules.
• Liu Ming convinced Mu Qingluan that they should work together to eliminate Tang Ying rather than risk losing the tournament.
• Tang Ying mistook Liu Ming for a hidden Starfall Pavilion disciple and welcomed the two-on-one fight.

The narrator and Mu Qingluan teamed up to defeat Tang Ying in the tournament’s first-round battle royale. As they moved to target Feng Qing'er, Tang Ying asked the Venerables for the narrator’s name so he could challenge him again.

• The narrator and Mu Qingluan combined their attacks, forcing Tang Ying to defend against both of them.
• Mu Qingluan’s wind-blade tornado drained Tang Ying, and the narrator knocked him out of the arena with a mace strike.
• Sword Venerable comforted Tang Ying, while Sword Venerable and Thunder Venerable discussed the narrator’s apparent plan to eliminate Feng Qing'er.
• The narrator and Mu Qingluan headed toward Zi Yan and Feng Qing'er, and Thunder Venerable worried that Feng Qing'er would face three opponents.
• Tang Ying asked the Venerables for the narrator’s esteemed name and vowed to challenge him again.

Ye Wentian persuaded Feng Qing'er to withdraw rather than fight the three opponents surrounding her, and the melee ended with eight contestants advancing. Starfall Pavilion celebrated its advantage as the tournament moved to the next round.

• Wind Venerable concealed Ye Wentian’s identity from Tang Ying, who concluded that Starfall Pavilion was protecting a hidden genius.
• Ye Wentian, Mu Qingluan, and Zi Yan surrounded Feng Qing'er, and Ye Wentian argued that surrendering was better than being beaten in a three-on-one fight.
• Feng Qing'er accepted Ye Wentian’s reasoning and returned to the raised platform, while Ye Wentian stopped Zi Yan from attacking her.
• Thunder Venerable and Yellow Spring Venerable complained about the tournament’s rules, and Wind Venerable suggested changing them for the next tournament.
• Ye Wentian struck three contestants out of the arena, leaving eight people to advance as Wind Venerable announced the end of the melee.
• Han Xue was surprised and excited to learn that she had advanced to the second round.

Wind Venerable’s manipulated tournament pairings led Liu Ming to concede the final to Mu Qingluan, who became champion. Liu Ming gave the Clear Wind Bright Moon Pill to Han Xue to save her sister, and Han Xue left him a Dou Technique fragment in gratitude.

• Wind Venerable announced the second-round pairings, which kept Mu Qingluan, Zi Yan, and Liu Ming from facing one another; Liu Ming defeated the Blue-Robed Youth, while Han Xue lost to an Eight Star Dou Huang.
• Zi Yan conceded to Liu Ming after he promised to take her out for a meal, and Mu Qingluan defeated the Eight Star Dou Huang to reach the final.
• Liu Ming asked Mu Qingluan to claim the championship and give him the Clear Wind Bright Moon Pill, then conceded so she could win.
• Liu Ming accepted the pill from Mu Qingluan and gave it to Han Xue, who realized it was a seventh-rank pill that could save Han Yue’s remnant soul.
• Han Xue offered Liu Ming a black iron fragment containing a Dou Technique as thanks, then bowed and left the Central Square.

Nalan Ye returned with Wind Venerable and the others to Starfall Pavilion, where he saw its hidden mountain gate and learned that it had won the Four Directions Pavilion Tournament. As Mu Qingluan stayed close to him, Kong Fang grew jealous and angrily called him an insolent outsider.

• Wind Venerable worried about Yao Chen, and Nalan Ye reassured him that the Hall of Souls had captured Yao Chen to make him work rather than to endanger his life.
• The party reached the Starfall Pavilion’s hidden gate, which Wind Venerable opened with an Ancient Jade, and entered the naturally formed space containing its mountain home.
• Kong Fang and the other disciples asked about the tournament, and Wind Venerable announced that Starfall Pavilion had taken first place.
• Kong Fang saw Mu Qingluan holding Nalan Ye’s arm, questioned who he was, and denounced him as an outsider who deserved to die.

After Starfall Pavilion won the Four Directions Pavilion Tournament, the narrator wrote letters and gathered gifts for his family in the Nalan Empire while the Wind Venerable arranged to bring Xiao Yan and search for Yao Chen. The Wind Venerable planned to seek help from the Pill Tower and Yao Chen’s former allies, while remaining wary of the narrator’s closeness to Mu Qingluan.

• The Wind Venerable visited the guest courtyard and asked the narrator for a letter authorizing Starfall Pavilion’s people to fetch Xiao Yan from the Nalan Empire.
• The narrator wrote the letter, then asked the Wind Venerable to carry letters and gifts to his family and friends in the Nalan Empire.
• The narrator and the Little Fairy Doctor spent several hours preparing more than ten letters and gifts for Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, and their other relatives and friends.
• The Wind Venerable took the Ring of Holding and said he would send people to find Yao Chen while others fetched Xiao Yan.
• The narrator urged the Wind Venerable to ask the Pill Tower and Yao Chen’s former allies for help locating and rescuing him.
• The Wind Venerable turned to Mu Qingluan and sternly asked why she had not returned to rest after the tournament.

Nalan Ye faced Kong Fang, a Starfall Pavilion disciple who challenged him out of jealousy over Mu Qingluan. Nalan Ye broke Kong Fang’s sword attack and struck him with a lightning-fast punch, leaving the fight underway.

• Nalan Ye wondered where Zi Yan had gone, and Little Fairy Doctor said she had probably gone out to play.
• Kong Fang arrived after Wind Venerable and Mu Qingluan left, accused Nalan Ye of deceiving Mu Qingluan, and challenged him to a fight.
• Nalan Ye told Kong Fang that defeating him would not make Mu Qingluan fall in love with him, but Kong Fang threatened to break his legs.
• Kong Fang attacked with three streaks of sword light, and Nalan Ye shattered them with a single finger thrust.
• Nalan Ye used lightning to dodge Kong Fang’s sword and punched him in the kidney.

Nalan Ye defeated Kong Fang, who had challenged him after misunderstanding the Four Directions Pavilion Tournament results, and Little Fairy Doctor escorted the humiliated visitor away. The next day passed without anyone from Starfall Pavilion confronting Nalan Ye.

• Kong Fang attacked Nalan Ye with Clear Wind Blowing Snow, but Nalan Ye blasted him into the courtyard gate with Lightning Fire Thunder Chariot.
• Kong Fang questioned how Nalan Ye could be stronger than him, and Nalan Ye realized Kong Fang had wrongly assumed he had lost to Mu Qingluan at the tournament.
• Little Fairy Doctor urged Nalan Ye to avoid causing trouble at Starfall Pavilion, treated Kong Fang's injured hand, and led him out of the courtyard.
• Little Fairy Doctor hinted that Kong Fang could win Mu Qingluan's favor with delicious food, then abruptly left him behind when he understood her suggestion.
• Nalan Ye ate dinner with Little Fairy Doctor, and the following morning he was relieved when no one came to challenge or question him.

Nalan Ye and Mu Qingluan searched Starfall Pavilion for Zi Yan and found her refining a stolen seventh-rank Python Fetus Pill. Little Fairy Doctor promised to replace it, and Elder Qi agreed to spare Zi Yan if she successfully refined another pill.

• Mu Qingluan told Nalan Ye that the people sent to fetch Xiao Yan had left, then asked him to take her to the Northwest Territory someday.
• Mu Qingluan and Little Fairy Doctor led Starfall Pavilion disciples in searching for Zi Yan, whom they found cultivating with Qiu Yin and Qiu Si in a grove.
• Little Fairy Doctor realized Zi Yan had swallowed Elder Qi's seventh-rank Python Fetus Pill, and Elder Qi arrived demanding that Zi Yan be imprisoned.
• Little Fairy Doctor offered Elder Qi a seventh-order snake magic core and promised to refine a replacement Python Fetus Pill.
• Little Fairy Doctor revealed her two-star Dou Zong cultivation, and Elder Qi agreed to spare Zi Yan if she refined the replacement pill.

After Zi Yan was caught stealing at Starfall Pavilion, the narrator agreed to have Little Fairy Doctor refine a Python Fetus Pill while he examined a Dou Technique Han Xue had given him. He discovered that Soul Burst could attack and consume another person’s soul power, and decided to cultivate it despite its sinister nature.

• The narrator scolded Zi Yan for stealing from Starfall Pavilion, but she argued that she could escape the small space and refused to pay Elder Qi.
• The narrator asked Little Fairy Doctor to refine a Python Fetus Pill, and she agreed to use a seventh-order snake magical beast core and gather the remaining ingredients.
• The narrator withdrew to his room to cultivate and inspected the black iron fragment Han Xue had given him after the Four Directions Pavilion Tournament.
• The fragment revealed Soul Burst, a soul-type Dou Technique that planted a Soul Seed in an opponent and used their soul power to make it grow.
• The narrator learned that Soul Burst had three stages, with its final stage producing a Soul Fruit that could increase the user's soul power.
• Although he considered the technique an evil art, the narrator decided to cultivate Soul Burst because he expected to face the Hall of Souls.