Recaps

After refining the Python Fetus Pill, Nalan Ye discovered golden-cyan snake-scale runes covering his skin, and the Little Fairy Doctor devised a way to hide them. With Zi Yan gone, Nalan Ye and the Little Fairy Doctor were left alone together, and he raised a Soul Barrier in the room.

• Nalan Ye woke after refining the Python Fetus Pill and found snake-scale runes spread across his body.
• The Little Fairy Doctor saw the runes, heard how Nalan Ye had obtained the pill, and examined the effects of its medicinal power.
• Nalan Ye sent Zi Yan, Qiu Yin, and Qiu Si out to explore Fallen Bird City while the Little Fairy Doctor worked on a remedy.
• The Little Fairy Doctor decided to adapt a Hidden Trace Pill recipe to conceal the runes beneath Nalan Ye's skin.
• Nalan Ye interrupted the Little Fairy Doctor's research, carried her to the bed, and raised a Soul Barrier after Zi Yan left.

Little Fairy Doctor revised the Hidden Trace Pill recipe, and Nalan Ye successfully used the pill to make the runes on his skin disappear. The group traveled leisurely toward Ye City for the Pill Gathering, and Nalan Ye entered another enlightenment in Xian Wei City.

• Little Fairy Doctor finished revising the Hidden Trace Pill recipe, and she and Nalan Ye bought the remaining ingredients.
• Nalan Ye refined and swallowed the pill, causing the runes on his skin to fade away completely.
• Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor embraced and kissed, then spent the next two days together before leaving Fallen Bird City with Zi Yan and the others.
• The group traveled slowly from the Central State Western Region toward Ye City, sightseeing and resting in cities along the way.
• After a month, the group reached Xian Wei City, where Little Fairy Doctor brought Nalan Ye dinner and he entered another enlightenment.

Nalan Ye experienced an enlightenment while sharing dinner with Little Fairy Doctor, realizing that being with her gave him a sense of home. Their private moment was interrupted, and the chapter ended with Tong Yu identifying them as two Dou Zong powerhouses.

• Nalan Ye recalled his years of parting and reuniting with Little Fairy Doctor, then realized that their life together had given him a feeling of home and triggered his enlightenment.
• Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor shared dinner and wine, and he carried her toward the bed after she became tipsy.
• An inn waiter entered with wine, and Nalan Ye angrily swept him back out of the room.
• The waiter returned to Tong Yu and the Song Family head, who showed him five portraits to identify the guests.
• The waiter identified Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor, and Tong Yu warned the Song Family head that they were likely two Dou Zong powerhouses.

Tong Yu reported Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor to the Tong Clan Ancestor, who attacked them at their inn to claim a reward from Ice River Valley. Nalan Ye survived the strike thanks to the Python Fetus Pill’s scales and prepared to confront the ancestor with Little Fairy Doctor.

• Tong Yu told the Tong Clan Ancestor that Ice River Valley wanted the five people in the portraits for the Yu Family massacre and explained that Nalan Ye’s strength was unknown.
• The Tong Clan Ancestor rejected Tong Yu’s suggestion to alert Ice River Valley and decided to capture the fugitives himself for greater merit.
• The Tong Clan Ancestor flew above the inn and sent a white pillar of energy down at Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor.
• Nalan Ye blocked the attack with the blue-gold scales restored by the Python Fetus Pill, then sensed that their attacker was a Three Star Dou Zong.
• Little Fairy Doctor dressed herself with Dou Qi and insisted on going out with Nalan Ye in case the Tong Clan Ancestor had a trap or trump card.

The narrator and Little Fairy Doctor confronted the Tong Clan Ancestor after he attacked them, and the stronger-than-expected pair forced him to flee. Zi Yan intercepted him, leaving him surrounded and under pressure to explain who sent him.

• The Tong Clan Ancestor attacked the narrator and Little Fairy Doctor, but the narrator revealed he was a Four Star Dou Zong and demanded to know why the ancestor had struck.
• The Tong Clan Ancestor claimed it was a misunderstanding and fled toward the edge of Xian Wei City using his light attribute.
• The narrator ordered someone to stop him, and Zi Yan intercepted the Tong Clan Ancestor and struck him from the sky.
• The narrator and Little Fairy Doctor caught up and surrounded the injured ancestor, demanding an explanation and threatening him with poison.
• The Tong Clan Ancestor realized Tong Yu's intelligence had been wrong, but feared that revealing his connection to Ice River Valley would bring danger to the Tong Family.

The narrator, the Little Fairy Doctor, and Zi Yan defeated and captured the Tong Clan Ancestor after he ambushed them, then took him to the mountains to question him. He began explaining that his attack was connected to Ice River Valley and the narrator’s actions three years earlier.

• The Tong Clan Ancestor tried to stab the narrator, but the narrator blocked the attack and beat him back.
• The Tong Clan Ancestor used Great Sun Radiance to blind and attack the group, but Zi Yan battered him until his technique broke.
• The narrator stopped Zi Yan from killing the Tong Clan Ancestor, and Zi Yan crushed his shoulder blades instead.
• The narrator and his companions flew from Xian Wei City to the mountains, sealed the Tong Clan Ancestor’s Dou Qi, and threatened him with poison.
• The Tong Clan Ancestor confessed that the attack was connected to the narrator killing Ice River Valley Elder Yu Bing in Yushan City three years earlier.

Ice River Valley learned that Nalan Ye and the Little Fairy Doctor had resurfaced and sent elders to pursue and intercept them. After killing the Tong Clan Ancestor, Nalan Ye chose to flee back toward the Central State Western Region, while recognizing that his weak faction left him unable to stand against Ice River Valley.

• Elder Bing Yuan advised the Ice Venerable that the culprits would likely flee east into the Central State Western Region, so Heavenly Snake and three elders were sent to intercept them while Tian Nan Zi pursued them to Xian Wei City.
• The Tong Clan Ancestor explained that Ice River Valley was pursuing Nalan Ye and the Little Fairy Doctor over the elder they had killed three years earlier.
• Nalan Ye killed the Tong Clan Ancestor despite his plea for mercy, then worried with the Little Fairy Doctor about Ice River Valley's strength and its Venerable leader.
• Nalan Ye reflected that he needed to build an alliance of factions but first had to survive the pursuit, and he consulted his map to plan their escape.
• Nalan Ye concluded that they could only return to the Central State Western Region to escape Ice River Valley's territory.

Nalan Ye and his companions fled the Ice River Valley, hoping to reach the Central State Western Region, but Ice River Valley lookouts spotted them and Heavenly Snake blocked their route. Nalan Ye refused to surrender, setting the group on a collision course with the Seven Star Dou Zong.

• Nalan Ye apologized to the Little Fairy Doctor for making her flee, and she reassured him that being together was enough.
• Nalan Ye led the group on a detour toward the Central State Western Region to avoid the Ice River Valley's territory.
• Zi Yan spotted people in a mountain range, where Ice River Valley lookouts raised blue signal pillars to alert others.
• Nalan Ye killed one Dou Wang lookout and hurried the group onward, but Heavenly Snake intercepted them and accused them of killing Ice River Valley members.
• Heavenly Snake demanded their surrender and threatened to imprison them, but Nalan Ye rejected his offer and prepared to fight.

Nalan Ye and his companions fought Heavenly Snake, a Seven Star Dou Zong of Ice River Valley, after his ambush blocked their route. They unleashed their strongest techniques, and the battle escalated into a clash between three dragons.

• Zi Yan and Qiu Yin attacked Heavenly Snake while Little Fairy Doctor weakened his ice shield with poison and a corrosive liquid.
• Nalan Ye struck Heavenly Snake from behind with Serpent Coil, wounding him, but Heavenly Snake retaliated with five ice spikes that injured Nalan Ye and pressured the others.
• Nalan Ye used Thunder God Descent to raise his cultivation, while Qiu Yin transformed into a horned dragon and Zi Yan launched Dragon Emperor Fist.
• Heavenly Snake summoned a profound ice dragon, which clashed with Zi Yan's golden dragon phantom as Qiu Yin joined the aerial battle.

The narrator and Qiu Si fought Elder Heavenly Snake in the sky above the mountains. After they wounded him, Heavenly Snake struck Qiu Si down, but the narrator’s lightning attack nearly split him in two.

• The narrator used Illusory Lightning Cliff and Three Thousand Lightning Movements while Qiu Si joined him in attacking Heavenly Snake.
• The narrator shattered Heavenly Snake’s ice armor with Serpent Coil and struck him in the chest.
• Heavenly Snake hit Qiu Si on the forehead with his cane, knocking her down and leaving her badly wounded.
• The narrator engulfed Heavenly Snake in the Human World Kindling Flame, which he struggled to resist.
• Heavenly Snake’s cane blocked the narrator’s next Purple Lightning Line, but the strike sliced through the cane and opened a near-fatal wound across his chest.

The narrator and his companions combined their power to unleash an Eight Star Dou Zong-level attack against the grievously wounded Heavenly Snake. As three Ice River Valley Dou Zongs raced to reinforce him, the exhausted group poured more energy into the assault, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• The narrator wounded Heavenly Snake with the Purple Lightning Line, while Little Fairy Doctor poisoned the Ice River Valley disciples who flew to help him.
• The narrator explained that the Human World Kindling Flame had ruined Heavenly Snake’s jade cane, then freed Zi Yan and Qiu Yin from the disintegrating Ice Dragon.
• The narrator and his four companions combined their Dou Qi with “Heaven and Earth have Righteous Qi” and launched “Thousands Pointing Fingers” at Heavenly Snake.
• Heavenly Snake used Ice Mist Entwining and “Icy World” to counter the attack, creating a massive clash of energy across the mountains.
• Three Ice River Valley Dou Zong elders arrived and hurried toward Heavenly Snake, while the narrator’s group continued feeding energy into their attack to try to kill him first.

The narrator redirected a massive joint Dou Technique to save Little Fairy Doctor, killing one Ice River Valley Elder and gravely injuring Heavenly Snake. As the narrator weakened, Heavenly Snake fled through a Space Wormhole after sacrificing another elder, whose body exploded in front of the narrator.

• An Ice River Valley Elder fired an Ice Spike at Little Fairy Doctor while she and the others supplied the narrator with Dou Qi.
• The narrator redirected the energy torrent away from Heavenly Snake and killed the elder who had attacked Little Fairy Doctor.
• The two surviving Ice River Valley Elders found Heavenly Snake badly wounded as the narrator struggled to endure the strain of the joint technique.
• The narrator pretended to prepare another attack and secretly told Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, Qiu Yin, and Qiu Si to get ready.
• Heavenly Snake hurled one Ice River Valley Elder at the narrator, then escaped through a Space Wormhole with the other elder.
• The sacrificed elder exploded before the narrator, scattering blood, bone, and icy Dou Qi toward him.

Nalan Ye and his companions escaped Ice River Valley’s pursuit after Heavenly Snake sacrificed an elder in an explosion that wounded Nalan Ye. Tian Nan Zi then met the injured Heavenly Snake and set out to pursue the group in the Facing Heaven Mountain Range.

• A powerful ice flower appeared above the mountains, triggering avalanches and chaos among mercenaries, Dou Zhe, and magical beasts.
• Heavenly Snake used an Ice River Valley Elder as an explosive decoy, and the blast pierced Nalan Ye’s chest with a bone fragment.
• Little Fairy Doctor treated Nalan Ye, then carried him and Qiu Si on Qiu Yin’s true form as the group fled toward the Central State Western Region.
• Tian Nan Zi encountered the injured Heavenly Snake through a Space Wormhole and learned that five Dou Zong fighters had used a combination Dou Technique against him.
• Heavenly Snake urged Tian Nan Zi to pursue the culprits in the Facing Heaven Mountain Range, and Tian Nan Zi agreed.

After escaping Ice River Valley, Nalan Ye and his companions traveled toward Burning Flame Valley’s territory while he recovered from his injuries. Little Fairy Doctor proposed preparing three seventh-rank pills to help him endure the strain of Thousands Pointing Fingers, leaving him stunned by the expense.

• Little Fairy Doctor and Zi Yan helped Nalan Ye recover in a mountain cave after their escape, and the group set out again after four hours.
• Nalan Ye chose to use a space wormhole and disguise the group, and they traveled safely while rumors exaggerated his role in the battle with Heavenly Snake.
• After reaching Burning Flame Valley’s sphere of influence, the group decided to rest before continuing toward the Pill Domain.
• Little Fairy Doctor pointed out that Nalan Ye weakened after using Thousands Pointing Fingers, and he explained that the technique strained his body and soul.
• Little Fairy Doctor proposed refining three seventh-rank pills to restore Nalan Ye’s soul, body, and meridians so he could use Thousands Pointing Fingers longer.

Nalan Ye and his companions searched for ingredients to make three seventh-rank pills, but struggled to find the rare main ingredients and headed toward Blazing Fire City to try their luck at an auction. An Ice River Valley spy identified them and alerted the sect, while Zi Yan revealed she had stolen ingredients from shops throughout the city, forcing the group to flee through a space wormhole.

• Nalan Ye and the Little Fairy Doctor chose three seventh-rank pills and searched the city for their ingredients, finding only one rare main ingredient.
• Nalan Ye suggested traveling to Blazing Fire City for its upcoming Grand Auction after the Spirit Medicine Shop refused to sell them Genesis Fluid.
• Zi Yan revealed that she had stolen a pile of spirit medicines from the shops, while an Ice River Valley spy recognized the group and sent word to the sect.
• The Spirit Medicine Shop owner learned that much of his stock had vanished and realized someone had stolen it.
• Nalan Ye grabbed Zi Yan and the Little Fairy Doctor and led the group through a space wormhole to escape the city.

Tian Nan Zi led Ice River Valley elders toward Blazing Fire City to pursue the killers, while Xiao Yan and his companions arrived there for an auction. After learning that the innkeeper was a Burning Flame Valley deacon recruiting high-tier alchemists, Xiao Yan considered helping the Valley Master’s daughter after the auction.

• Tian Nan Zi decided to take Ice River Valley elders to Blazing Fire City, reasoning that they could attend its auction as guests.
• Xiao Yan and his companions reached Blazing Fire City, checked into the Heavenly Flame Inn, and received entry to the auction through their room tokens.
• Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor bathed, then asked the innkeeper where to find medicinal ingredients.
• Tang Xu revealed that he was a Burning Flame Valley deacon and said the Valley Master sought high-tier alchemists to refine a pill for his daughter.
• Xiao Yan chose to discuss the matter after the auction and considered earning a favor from the Burning Flame Valley Master.

Nalan Ye visited Blazing Fire City’s shops with Little Fairy Doctor and Zi Yan, then secured an invitation to Burning Flame Valley by presenting himself as a sixth-rank alchemist. He learned that Ice River Valley’s Tian Nan Zi was coming to the city and, fearing Tian Nan Zi might target him, decided to strike first.

• Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor browsed the Plants and Trees Pavilion and Returning Spring Hall while Nalan Ye kept Zi Yan from stealing.
• Nalan Ye decided that he would visit Burning Flame Valley and seek to connect with its Valley Master, Tang Zhen.
• Nalan Ye demonstrated his soul power to Tang Xu, who mistook him for a sixth-rank alchemist and offered him free lodging and a visit to Burning Flame Valley after the auction.
• Tang Xu warned Nalan Ye that Ice River Valley’s Tian Nan Zi was coming to Blazing Fire City under the pretext of attending the auction.
• Nalan Ye returned to his room worried that Tian Nan Zi might be hunting him and decided he should kill him first.

Nalan Ye secretly contacted a Hall of Souls outpost in Blazing Fire City and ordered it to track the Ice River Valley elders, then decided to visit Burning Flame Valley to offer his alchemy skills. He left Little Fairy Doctor and the others in the city to gather information while he prepared to depart.

• Nalan Ye rejected Little Fairy Doctor’s suggestion to seek Burning Flame Valley’s help against Tian Nan Zi, explaining that the valley would not risk war with Ice River Valley for them.
• Nalan Ye disguised himself in a Black Cloak and met Wu Kang at the Lai Fu Restaurant, a Hall of Souls outpost, where he posed as Magpie Protector and ordered Wu Kang to monitor the Ice River Valley elders.
• Nalan Ye gave Wu Kang a Fifth Rank Pill as a reward and arranged how they would exchange information.
• Nalan Ye returned to the Heavenly Flame Inn and persuaded Tang Xu to write him a letter of introduction to Burning Flame Valley.
• Nalan Ye told Little Fairy Doctor he would travel to Burning Flame Valley alone and asked her to collect information in the city through their agreed contact system.

Nalan Ye traveled with Zi Yan, Qiu Yin, and Qiu Si to Burning Flame Valley after receiving Tang Xu’s recommendation. He reached the valley and met its master, Venerable Tang Zhen, while Tang Zhen’s daughter Tang Huo’er judged him as a flatterer.

• Nalan Ye told Zi Yan and the others he was going to Burning Flame Valley, and they joined him on the journey.
• Nalan Ye and his companions flew through the Blazing Flame Mountain Range and were escorted to Burning Flame Valley by a disciple.
• Red Fire Elder brought Nalan Ye and his companions into the valley’s main hall, where many powerful alchemists had gathered.
• Nalan Ye met Venerable Tang Zhen and tried to conceal his startled reaction to the Valley Master’s red hair.
• Tang Huo’er watched Nalan Ye flatter her father and privately dismissed him as a petty man with poor alchemy.

Nalan Ye impressed the alchemists gathered at Burning Flame Valley by invoking Venerable Yao’s reputation, then clarified that he was only a servant who worked at Yao’s side. Tang Zhen accepted his explanation and began a test to find alchemists who could withstand the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame.

• Qiu Yin complained that Zi Yan had been made to stand, and Zi Yan and Nalan Ye ordered him to be quiet.
• When the alchemists questioned Nalan Ye’s credentials, he described his connection to a legendary Pill Gathering champion, prompting Tang Zhen to recognize Venerable Yao.
• Master Mo challenged Nalan Ye’s claim, and Nalan Ye admitted that he was not Yao Chen’s disciple but a servant who worked at his side.
• Nalan Ye said Wind Venerable of Starfall Pavilion could vouch for him, and Tang Zhen believed him and gave him a seat closer to his own.
• Tang Zhen revealed the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame and announced that he needed two alchemists who could withstand it.

Tang Zhen gathered alchemists to find someone capable of refining a seventh-rank, seven-colored pill for Tang Huo'er, whose attempt to refine the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame had left her gravely injured. After every challenger failed to withstand the flame, Nalan finally stood to take the test and asked Tang Huo'er what reward she would give him if he passed.

• Tang Zhen's ancestors had bound the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame to the Tang Clan bloodline, and Tang Huo'er had been gravely injured attempting to refine it.
• Tang Zhen asked the gathered alchemists to help refine a seventh-rank, seven-colored pill and tested whether their souls could endure the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame for a quarter of an hour.
• Hua Chen and the other alchemists, including Master Mo, failed the test, leaving only two Pill Tower guest elders and Nalan to try.
• Master Mo mocked Nalan for waiting, and Tang Huo'er challenged him to show Venerable Yao's skill.
• Nalan went to face the flame and asked Tang Huo'er whether she would reward him if he passed.

Nalan presented his silver-white flame as the fallen heart flame during Tang Zhen’s test, but its power made the nine dragons lightning flame recoil. The alchemists were left questioning whether the Different Fire Ranking List was wrong.

• Nalan teased Tang Huo'er with a wager about whether he would pass the test, and she guessed that he would fail.
• Nalan revealed a silver-white flame and identified it as the fallen heart flame, ranked fourteenth on the Different Fire Ranking List.
• Tang Huo'er dismissed the flame’s advantage, pointing out that Tang Zhen’s nine dragons lightning flame ranked twelfth.
• Tang Zhen sent the nine dragons lightning flame toward Nalan’s flame, but its fire dragons recoiled and circled without daring to attack.
• Master Mo and the gathered alchemists watched in shock as a Pill Tower Guest Elder questioned whether the Different Fire Ranking List was wrong.

Nalan Ye passed Tang Zhen’s test by enduring the nine dragons lightning flame for a quarter of an hour with his powerful fallen heart flame, earning Tang Zhen and the gathered Alchemists’ admiration. The test continued when Master Huan stepped forward, but his heavenly cold flame struggled against Tang Zhen’s flame.

• Nalan Ye endured Tang Zhen’s nine dragons lightning flame for a quarter of an hour, then withdrew his flame and asked whether he had passed.
• Tang Zhen declared Nalan Ye successful, thanked him for coming, and praised Tang Xu for recommending him.
• The Alchemists crowded around Nalan Ye to praise his flame and ask about Venerable Yao, while Master Mo dismissed his victory as an unfair advantage.
• Tang Zhen teased Tang Huo'er about losing her bet after Nalan Ye passed.
• Master Huan challenged the nine dragons lightning flame with his heavenly cold flame, but after lasting a quarter of an hour, he admitted he was no match for Grandmaster Nalan.

Tang Zhen selected Nalan and Master Huan to help refine a pill, while the other alchemists received gifts. Nalan then sought a full elder position and Burning Flame Valley’s secret technique, and ended by asking Tang Zhen for Tang Huo’er.

• Tang Zhen tested Master Xiao with the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame, but Master Xiao’s blue flame was destroyed before fifteen minutes had passed.
• Tang Zhen promised gifts to the unselected alchemists and agreed to give Master Huan a Red Fire Essence Crystal.
• Nalan asked to join Burning Flame Valley as an elder, but Tang Zhen offered only a Guest Elder position, which Nalan rejected.
• Nalan asked Tang Zhen to teach him the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations, but Tang Zhen refused because it was a secret technique not taught to outsiders.
• Nalan said he and Tang Huo’er had felt like old friends at first sight and began proposing another request.

Nalan Ye asked Tang Huo'er to become his sworn sister, but she first mistook his words for a marriage proposal and angrily rejected him. After she accepted, the two completed the ceremony, leaving Tang Zhen hinting that Nalan Ye should call him adoptive father.

• Nalan Ye said he and Tang Huo'er had hit it off at first sight, prompting her to mistake his words for a proposal and demand that Tang Zhen drive him out.
• Nalan Ye clarified that he already had a fiancée and wanted to become Tang Huo'er's sworn brother, and Tang Huo'er agreed out of embarrassment.
• Tang Zhen approved the match, and Red Fire Elder prepared an incense table outside the hall.
• Nalan Ye and Tang Huo'er swore to share good fortune and hardship, kowtowed to heaven and earth, and completed the ceremony.
• Tang Zhen pointed out that Nalan Ye could call him adoptive father, but Nalan Ye declined to mix their seniority.