Recaps

Nalan Ye hosted Han Yue for tea to learn about the Central Plains while keeping the young talents in Black-Ink City under guard. After punishing a girl who tried to leave the inn, he sent Ya Fei and the guards to take the others around the city while he continued listening to Han Yue.

• Han Yue told Nalan Ye that she came from the Han Family of Tian Bei City in the Central State Northern Region, and he invited her upstairs to explain the region over tea.
• Nalan Ye had Ya Fei take the young talents and guards to explore Black-Ink City, but a girl from the Ye Family protested that he was keeping them inside.
• Nalan Ye ordered the girl given ten strokes of the military cudgel after she threatened him and attacked his guards; the other young talents fell silent and left.
• Nalan Ye asked Han Yue to stay and sent Ya Fei out with the young talents and all the guards, then continued drinking tea with Han Yue.

After Zhou Chuan became Venerable Yao’s disciple, Lan Yan and Lu Yue reacted to losing the opportunity, while Zhou Chuan discovered that his new status brought little glory. Nalan Ye continued to mistreat him, and the narrator suspected Zhou Chuan harbored hostility but chose to wait because he was Yao Lao’s disciple.

• Lan Yan complained that Zhou Chuan had been chosen over him, and his teacher reprimanded him before dragging him away.
• Lu Yue’s teacher asked why she had spoken up for Zhou Chuan, then wondered if she liked him; Lu Yue watched Zhou Chuan speak with Tang Zhen and felt conflicted.
• Tang Zhen gave Zhou Chuan a few words of advice, and Zhou Chuan left for his dormitory after seeing Tang Huo'er hurry toward Nalan Ye.
• Yao Lao criticized Nalan Ye for making Zhou Chuan drink cold tea, while Xiao Yan defended Nalan Ye and concealed his own resentment toward Zhou Chuan.
• The narrator told the Fairy Doctor that Zhou Chuan seemed hostile, and the Fairy Doctor offered to kill him; the narrator refused to act yet because Zhou Chuan was Yao Lao’s disciple.

After the Great Love Alliance settled its leadership and headquarters, its members prepared to leave Burning Flame Valley for Starfall Pavilion. Zhou Chuan’s rejection by Tang Huo'er left him jealous of Nalan Ye, while Nalan Ye wondered whether Zhou Chuan’s resentment might turn into trouble.

• Nalan Ye chaired meetings that appointed Tang Huo'er, Mu Qingluan, and Little Fairy Doctor as executive vice alliance chiefs and established the Great Love Alliance headquarters at Starfall Pavilion.
• As Zhou Chuan prepared to leave Burning Flame Valley with Yao Chen, Lu Yue gave him a farewell gift and urged him to cultivate diligently.
• Zhou Chuan tried to confess his feelings to Tang Huo'er, but she cut him off and told him to focus on cultivation and alchemy.
• After Tang Huo'er rejected him, Zhou Chuan blamed Nalan Ye and watched her leave with a vicious expression.
• Tang Huo'er gave Nalan Ye a farewell gift and explained that Zhou Chuan had tried to confess to her, while insisting she did not like him.
• Nalan Ye teased Tang Huo'er and wondered whether Zhou Chuan’s jealousy had made him hostile, noting that Zhou Chuan was far weaker than a typical rival.

Nalan Ye tried to win the Toxic Sect captives’ loyalty by offering freedom, but learned their families remained under Ice River Valley’s control. He promised the alliance would soon defeat Ice River Valley and protect their families, leaving them to consider whether to trust him.

• Nalan Ye asked the Toxic Sect’s eight elders, two hundred and eighty disciples, and Little Fairy Doctor whether they wanted freedom.
• Green Luo and the captives feared Ice River Valley would reject or punish them if they returned after surrendering.
• Green Luo explained that their families lived in Ice River Valley’s territory and could suffer if they stayed with the Toxic Sect.
• Little Fairy Doctor suggested using her poison to force obedience, but Nalan Ye refused to rely on threats.
• Nalan Ye told the captives that the alliance had three Venerables and promised they would soon return to Ice River Valley, protect their families, and reward their service.

The Left Envoy tried to persuade Ice River Valley captives to serve the Great Alliance, but when some sought ransom and one clan attacked him, the Little Fairy Doctor used her poison to crush their resistance. The survivors knelt and pledged their service, and the Left Envoy decided to keep them as sources of Dou Qi rather than loyal followers.

• A Dou Zong warned the captives that Ice River Valley had Hun's support, causing many to doubt the Great Alliance's chances.
• The Dou Zong of Xu Family and four others asked to ransom themselves, but the Left Envoy sentenced them to death for attacking Burning Flame Valley.
• The Dou Zong of Xu Family led his clan in an attack on the Left Envoy, and the Little Fairy Doctor poisoned all fourteen attackers, leaving them in agony.
• Green Luo and the other captives knelt and pledged to serve the Left Envoy after witnessing the poison's effects.
• The Left Envoy chose to keep the remaining two hundred and seventy-four captives as sources of Dou Qi.

Nalan Ye won the submission of 274 Toxic Sect experts and led them toward the Space Wormhole connecting Burning Flame Valley and Starfall Pavilion. As the group departed, he revealed that he wanted Zhou Chuan as a teammate because he needed someone to betray.

• After fourteen people died in madness, Nalan Ye rallied the remaining experts, and Green Luo led them in swearing allegiance to him and the Grand Alliance.
• Mu Qingluan, Tang Zhen, Wind Venerable, Yao Chen, and Xiao Yan waited by the Space Wormhole until Nalan Ye and the kneeling Toxic Sect members arrived.
• Nalan Ye privately advised Wind Venerable and Tang Zhen to open two hidden backup Space Wormholes, and they agreed.
• Tang Huo'er bid Nalan Ye farewell before the Starfall Pavilion and Toxic Sect groups entered the Space Wormhole.
• The Little Fairy Doctor offered to be Nalan Ye's trusted teammate, but he refused and chose Zhou Chuan because he needed someone to sell out.

Nalan Ye claimed three undeveloped peaks at Starfall Pavilion for the Great Love Alliance and arranged for its headquarters to be built. He then began studying the Heaven Rank High-Grade Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon Dou Technique, struggling to understand its runes.

• Wind Venerable allocated three peaks to Nalan Ye's Great Love Alliance and left Mu Qingluan to assist him.
• Nalan Ye named the three peaks the Great Love Alliance Three Sisters, while Zi Yan demanded a peak of her own.
• Nalan Ye assigned Green Luo and the Toxic Sect's members to oversee construction of the alliance headquarters.
• Rumors about the alliance spread through Starfall Pavilion, and disciples showed interest in joining after learning Mu Qingluan was a deputy alliance chief.
• Nalan Ye entered a quiet room to study the Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon scroll but became dizzy and found its writing difficult to decipher.

Nalan Ye failed repeatedly to comprehend the Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon Dou Technique and left seclusion to inspect construction of the Great Alliance Headquarters. After the Little Fairy Doctor offered to find pills to strengthen his Soul Power, Nalan Ye kissed her cheek and asked how Yao Lao was doing.

• Nalan Ye attempted the Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon Dou Technique three times, but each attempt exploded before he could complete it.
• Nalan Ye inspected the Great Alliance Headquarters construction with Green Luo, who said the project would take two months to finish.
• Mu Qingluan and the Little Fairy Doctor asked Nalan Ye whether he had learned the technique, and he admitted that he could not understand it.
• The Little Fairy Doctor suggested Nalan Ye might need stronger Soul Power and offered to find pill recipes, so Nalan Ye kissed her cheek.
• Mu Qingluan reproached Nalan Ye for kissing the Little Fairy Doctor in front of her, and Nalan Ye asked whether Yao Lao had recovered enough to provide a medicinal pill.

Senior Brother Ye learned that Yao Lao could not yet refine pills, organized the Great Alliance, and prepared for Hun’s expected retaliation by seeking new allies. He returned to cultivation and realized Han Xue’s “Soul Burst” Secret Technique might help him master the Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon.

• Mu Qingluan told Senior Brother Ye that Yao Lao’s damaged Soul Origin needed a rare medicinal ingredient, while Yao Lao continued teaching Zhou Chuan and Xiao Yan secluded himself to cultivate.
• Mu Qingluan asked how to assign Starfall Pavilion disciples joining the Great Alliance, and Senior Brother Ye left the arrangements to her.
• Little Fairy Doctor reported that Wu Protector had detected Hun preparing a retaliatory attack, though its strength and target were unknown, so Senior Brother Ye waited for more information.
• Senior Brother Ye considered using the Pill Gathering and Xiao Meier’s prospects in the Flower Sect to bring the Pill Tower and Flower Sect into the Great Alliance, and asked Little Fairy Doctor to investigate both.
• After another failed attempt to perform the Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon, Senior Brother Ye remembered Han Xue’s “Soul Burst” Secret Technique and took out the black iron fragment.

The Alliance Leader debated using Soul Burst to strengthen himself, then decided to cultivate it by targeting the souls of wicked people Hun had captured. While questioning the souls, he discovered hundreds came from Central Plains clans and sects, giving him a chance to rally them against Hun.

• The Alliance Leader examined the Soul Burst Secret Technique and decided that Hun's coming retaliation made greater strength necessary.
• He opened the Green Gourd, questioned Qin Yi, a Flower Sect disciple, and sealed her soul in a blue jade bottle for later.
• He interrogated the other souls, recording 473 cooperative victims and separating forty or fifty villains in a Black Pottery Urn.
• The Alliance Leader realized the registered souls came from numerous Central Plains clans and sects and planned to unite them through the Heaven and Earth One Family Great Alliance.

After securing the Great Love Alliance’s development, the narrator practiced Soul Burst on souls stored in the Black Pottery Urn. He learned to form a Soul Fruit that strengthened his soul, then eagerly considered using the urn’s stronger souls for further cultivation.

• The narrator planted a Soul Seed in a Dou Emperor soul, but failed to control its growth, causing the soul and seed to burst apart.
• He studied the black iron fragment and identified the hand seals needed to stop the seed’s growth and form a Soul Fruit.
• He planted a Soul Seed in a Dou Ling soul and successfully formed a milky-white Soul Fruit, which he swallowed.
• The Soul Fruit’s intense pleasure nearly distracted the narrator, but he regained control and found that his soul power had grown stronger.
• The narrator considered consuming the stronger Dou Wang and Dou Emperor souls remaining in the Black Pottery Urn.

After consuming Soul Fruits, I faced a Six Star Dou Zong soul that condemned me for devouring souls while claiming to judge good and evil. His accusations triggered sudden enlightenment, and I concluded that the strong made the laws before draining his soul into a Soul Fruit.

• I consumed more than twenty Soul Fruits over several days and raised my soul realm close to the late Spirit Realm.
• A triangular-eyed Six Star Dou Zong soul revealed that he had watched me from the Black Pottery Urn and accused me of hypocrisy for devouring souls I had judged evil.
• His accusations plunged me into self-doubt, but I entered sudden enlightenment and advanced to the Six Star Dou Zong realm.
• I decided that the strong determined good and evil and made the laws in the territories where I held power.
• I planted a Soul Seed in the old man's soul and drained it until it dispersed into a Soul Fruit.

Luo Zhen agreed to join Wind Venerable and Yao Lao’s alliance against the Hun, though he balked at the thought of taking orders from Nalan Ye. After absorbing a Soul Fruit, Nalan Ye received a pill from Mu Qingluan and offered it back to her.

• Luo Zhen visited Starfall Pavilion to confirm that Yao Lao had returned and refused to become a sect elder.
• Wind Venerable persuaded Luo Zhen to join the alliance against the Hun, but Luo Zhen recoiled when he learned Nalan Ye was a Five Star Dou Zong.
• Nalan Ye absorbed the Six Star Dou Zong’s Soul Fruit and found that his Soul Power had increased considerably.
• Mu Qingluan brought Nalan Ye the Seven Grade Five-Colored Pill that Little Fairy Doctor had refined to increase his Soul Power.
• Nalan Ye invited Mu Qingluan to stay in the Quiet Room and offered her the pill, saying he had no use for it right now.

Nalan Ye met Luo Zhen, an Eight Star Dou Zong whom Wind Venerable hoped to recruit into the Great Alliance, and refused to address him as Senior. After Luo Zhen challenged him to withstand three moves, Nalan Ye proposed a full-strength fight with a higher prize: Luo Zhen would become a Deputy Alliance Chief if he lost.

• Nalan Ye and Mu Qingluan left the quiet room and toured Starfall Pavilion Main Peak while Mu Qingluan avoided revealing what had happened between them.
• A disciple summoned Nalan Ye to Wind Venerable, where he met Yao Lao and Luo Zhen, an Eight Star Dou Zong.
• Nalan Ye addressed Luo Zhen as an equal, and Luo Zhen took offense when Wind Venerable told Nalan Ye to call him Senior.
• Luo Zhen challenged Nalan Ye to withstand three moves, offering to join the Great Alliance if Nalan Ye succeeded.
• Nalan Ye proposed a full-strength fight, wagering that Luo Zhen would serve as a Deputy Alliance Chief if Nalan Ye won, and Luo Zhen accepted.

Ye gave Little Fairy Doctor’s Seven Grade Five-Colored Pill to Mu Qingluan, who refined it and gained a marked increase in soul power, with a possible breakthrough to four star dou zong. While guarding her, Ye learned the Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon technique, then used concern about her cultivation to persuade her to let him examine her.

• Ye refused the Seven Grade Five-Colored Pill because Soul Burst meant he no longer needed it, then fed it to Mu Qingluan with a kiss.
• Mu Qingluan swallowed the pill and sat down to refine it while Ye kept watch.
• Ye studied the Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon scroll and successfully summoned and controlled a purple thunder dragon.
• Mu Qingluan finished refining the pill and said her soul power had risen considerably, with signs of a breakthrough to four star dou zong.
• Ye insisted on examining Mu Qingluan to check her cultivation, and she reluctantly agreed.

Nalan Ye faced the Eight Star Dou Zong Luo Zhen in a full-strength duel on a lake at Starfall Pavilion. After Nalan Ye easily stopped Luo Zhen’s opening attack, Luo Zhen sent a strange clay ox beneath the water, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Wind Venerable led Nalan Ye and Luo Zhen to a lake after failing to dissuade them from fighting with all their strength.
• Mu Qingluan, Yao Lao, Zhou Chuan, Little Fairy Doctor, Green Luo, and Starfall Pavilion spectators gathered to watch as Wind Venerable cleared the lake of its white cranes.
• Luo Zhen attacked Nalan Ye with an earthen spike, and Nalan Ye destroyed it with Lightning Fire Thunder Chariot.
• Luo Zhen formed Clay Ox Enters the Sea, and the small clay ox leaped into the lake and vanished from Nalan Ye’s soul perception.

Nalan Ye used lightning movement and illusions to evade Luo Zhen’s hidden mud ox, but Luo Zhen unleashed a meteor-like barrage that exposed Nalan Ye’s real body. Nalan Ye dodged the remaining earth balls while watching for the mud ox’s ambush.

• Nalan Ye sensed that Luo Zhen’s mud ox was concealed in the lakebed silt, and Green Luo worried that he was in danger.
• Nalan Ye created many illusions with Three Thousand Lightning Movements and Boundless Human Sea, preventing Luo Zhen from identifying his real body.
• Luo Zhen used July Meteor Fire to rain over a hundred earth balls onto the lake, shattering Nalan Ye’s illusions and exposing him.
• Nalan Ye cut one earth ball apart with Illusory Lightning Cliff, then dodged Luo Zhen’s next barrage as Little Fairy Doctor grew worried.

Nalan Ye used concealed strength and misdirection to turn Luo Zhen’s apparent killing trap into a counterattack. After Luo Zhen struck down an illusion, a Soul Seed weakened him, leaving Nalan Ye’s Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon attack poised to land.

• Luo Zhen pressed Nalan Ye with Earth Balls until two struck him and a hidden mud ox attacked from behind.
• Nalan Ye revealed his true strength as a Seven Star Dou Zong, shattered the Earth Balls, and kicked the mud ox away.
• A figure resembling Nalan Ye sprang from the shore with a powerful lightning attack, but Luo Zhen destroyed it with a pebble.
• Luo Zhen realized the figure had been a fighting illusion whose attack was a concealed soul technique, while a Soul Seed began draining his soul power.
• Luo Zhen understood the trick as Nalan Ye shouted, "Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon!"

After defeating Luo Zhen, Nalan Ye invited him to join the Great Love Alliance, and Luo Zhen accepted on the condition that he would not handle affairs. The alliance’s growing influence impressed Green Luo, while news of Ancient Ruins in the Beast Region pointed the story toward a new opportunity.

• Starfall Pavilion disciples praised Nalan Ye’s victory and considered joining the Great Love Alliance.
• Yao Lao reassured his new disciple Zhou Chuan after the battle, promising he could one day reach the Dou Zong realm.
• Nalan Ye invited the defeated Luo Zhen to become a Deputy Alliance Chief, and Luo Zhen agreed as long as he would not handle affairs.
• Green Luo watched the alliance recruit Luo Zhen and began to believe joining it had been a good choice.
• A Starfall Pavilion elder announced that an Ancient Ruins site had appeared in the Beast Region.

After news of Ancient Ruins containing a likely Soul Infant Fruit reached Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan volunteered to retrieve it for Yao Lao, but Luo Zhen offered to lead the expedition instead. Zhou Chuan mocked Luo Zhen for staying silent, and Luo Zhen responded by asking Xiao Yan whether the Soul Infant Fruit was round.

• A Starfall Pavilion Elder reported that Ancient Ruins had appeared in the Skeleton Mountain Range and likely contained Soul Infant Fruit.
• Xiao Yan volunteered to retrieve the fruit for Yao Lao, revealing that he had advanced to Two-Star Dou Zong, but Yao Lao warned that the Beast Region and the Hall of Souls made the journey dangerous.
• Luo Zhen offered to lead a group to the Ancient Ruins while Gu Ling and Yao Lao remained at Starfall Pavilion.
• Zhou Chuan mocked Luo Zhen for staying silent, and Little Fairy Doctor grew angry before Luo Zhen calmed her.
• Luo Zhen ignored Zhou Chuan and asked Xiao Yan whether the Soul Infant Fruit was round.

Nalan Ye revealed that he had a Soul Infant Fruit and gave it to Xiao Yan so Yao Lao could recover his Soul Origin. Although the fruit removed one reason to search the Ancient Ruins, Nalan Ye insisted the group still needed to go there for other treasures.

• Nalan Ye produced a glowing Soul Infant Fruit, astonishing Xiao Yan and the Starfall Pavilion elders.
• Zhou Chuan challenged Nalan Ye for not showing the fruit sooner, but Green Luo defended him and Xiao Yan ordered Zhou Chuan to stand down.
• Nalan Ye gave the Soul Infant Fruit to Xiao Yan, who thanked him excitedly because it could help restore Yao Lao's Soul Origin.
• Wind Venerable asked whether anyone had told Nalan Ye about Yao Lao's need for the fruit, and the others admitted they had not.
• Luo Zhen asked whether the group could skip the Ancient Ruins, but Nalan Ye insisted they still had to go because the ruins held other valuable treasures.

Nalan Ye persuaded Starfall Pavilion to join him in exploring the Ancient Ruins, and Xiao Yan, Mu Qingluan, Luo Zhen, and several Elders agreed to go. As preparations began, Nalan Ye discussed Mu Qingluan and a dangerous secret with Little Fairy Doctor, then confronted Green Luo about her actions.

• Nalan Ye urged Starfall Pavilion’s Venerables and Dou Zong powerhouses to enter the Ancient Ruins before the Hall of Souls could claim their treasures, and Xiao Yan, Mu Qingluan, Luo Zhen, and several Elders volunteered to go.
• Wind Venerable approved the expedition in principle, postponed confirming the Elders who would join, and sent everyone to prepare for a departure in a few days.
• Xiao Yan gave Yao Lao the Soul Infant Fruit, and Yao Lao said he would refine it into a pill to heal his soul injuries.
• Nalan Ye told Little Fairy Doctor that he had given her medicinal pill to Mu Qingluan, who was nearing a breakthrough, and asked whether Mu Qingluan should learn about his contact with Wu Protector; Little Fairy Doctor worried that she might reveal the secret.
• Nalan Ye dropped the subject of telling Mu Qingluan and asked Green Luo whether he should praise her for her earlier actions, prompting her to apologize for acting on her own authority.

Nalan Ye made Green Luo apologize to Zhou Chuan to avoid conflict within their allies, then asked Mu Qingluan to secretly make Zhou Chuan’s life difficult while he was away. Mu Qingluan hesitated over the request as Nalan Ye prepared to leave for the Ancient Ruins.

• Zhou Chuan complained that Yao Chen was teaching him only basic alchemy, and Xiao Yan had excluded him from the discussion about refining the Soul Infant Fruit.
• Nalan Ye brought Green Luo to Zhou Chuan and made her apologize for speaking rudely to him in the Main Hall.
• Zhou Chuan accepted the apology pompously, while Nalan Ye said they should get along as fellow disciples and then left with Green Luo.
• Nalan Ye told Green Luo that the Hall of Souls was their greatest enemy and they should not start internal conflicts.
• Nalan Ye visited Mu Qingluan, told her he would leave for the Ancient Ruins soon, and asked her to secretly obstruct Zhou Chuan; Mu Qingluan questioned whether that was right.

Ye arranged for Mu Qingluan to suppress Zhou Chuan while keeping his own involvement secret, then persuaded the Little Fairy Doctor to remain at Starfall Pavilion and watch over their interests. Three days later, Starfall Pavilion, Burning Flame Valley, and Ye’s group finalized their teams for the Ancient Ruins expedition, which Ye called the Great Love Alliance’s first joint operation.

• Ye reminded Mu Qingluan of Zhou Chuan’s insults, and she promised to deal with him while concealing Ye’s role.
• Ye privately rewarded Mu Qingluan, then told the Little Fairy Doctor they needed someone to watch Heavenly Star City and protect their retreat.
• The Little Fairy Doctor agreed to stay at Starfall Pavilion this time, but insisted Ye must not separate from her again.
• Starfall Pavilion finalized its Ancient Ruins team with Luo Zhen, Xiao Yan, and three Dou Zong elders, while Tang Zhen sent five Burning Flame Valley elders and stayed behind with Tang Huo'er.
• Ye gathered Zi Yan, Qiu Si, Qiu Yin, and five Poison Sect elders for the expedition, leaving Green Luo and another elder to assist the Little Fairy Doctor.
• Ye announced that the Ancient Ruins expedition would be the Great Love Alliance’s first joint operation.

Nalan Ye led eighteen Dou Zong powerhouses from the Great Love Alliance toward the Ancient Ruins, earning their respect after revealing he had defeated Luo Zhen. After reaching the Skeleton Mountain Range, a battlefield between two powerful magical beast clans, the group wondered where the ruins were located.

• Nalan Ye took command of the eighteen Dou Zong powerhouses after Wind Venerable and Tang Zhen authorized him to lead the expedition.
• Nalan Ye met Tang Wu, learned that Tang Zhen was her great-grandfather, and urged her to work with him on the journey.
• The nineteen expedition members departed while Little Fairy Doctor, Mu Qingluan, and Tang Huo'er watched, and Zi Yan promised to bring back presents for medicinal pills.
• After several days of travel, the group passed Rock City and reached the Skeleton Mountain Range, where Luo Zhen explained that it marked the border and battlefield of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan and the Nine Nether Earth Hell Python Clan.
• Xiao Yan remarked on the magic cores among the bones, and Nalan Ye and Luo Zhen warned him not to offend the magical beasts; Xiao Yan then asked where the Ancient Ruins were.