Recaps

The clans gathered to welcome back those who had spent three years in the Heavenly Tomb, and their bets and celebrations turned to accusations when Yao Xingji blamed Nalan Ye for the deaths of his companions. Nalan Ye then emerged with two others, facing the Medicine Clan woman's demand for an explanation.

• Gu Xun opened the Heavenly Tomb's entrance as the gathered clans argued and placed bets on which junior had improved the most.
• Lei Suifeng and other survivors emerged, followed by Xun Er and Xiao Yan, whose rise to Six Star Dou Zong angered members of the Ancient Clan.
• Yao Xingji came out alone and claimed that Nalan Ye had refused to let the Medicine Clan group enter the Heavenly Tomb Center, leading them into a mist storm that killed the others.
• The Medicine Clan woman demanded an explanation from Nalan Ye, and Nalan Ye emerged with two companions, jokingly offering her gold or silver adhesive tape.

Nalan Ye emerged from the Heavenly Tomb at Nine Star Dou Zong and confronted the Medicine Clan Young Woman over the deaths of three Medicine Clan talents. As she attacked him with her Turtle Spirit Earth Fire and sword, the Lightning Clan Man tossed him the Nine Earths Thunder Lance.

• Xiao Yan greeted Nalan Ye and recounted how Yao Xingji blamed him and the others for the deaths of three Medicine Clan talents.
• The Medicine Clan Young Woman demanded that Nalan Ye, Xiao Yan, and Little Fairy Doctor kill themselves, but Nalan Ye refused and challenged her.
• Nalan Ye revealed his Nine Star Dou Zong cultivation and restrained the Medicine Clan Young Woman's vines with Three Thousand Weak Waters.
• The Medicine Clan Young Woman unleashed the Turtle Spirit Earth Fire, but Nalan Ye's Human World Kindling Flame overwhelmed it.
• The Medicine Clan Young Woman attacked Nalan Ye with a sword, and the Lightning Clan Man tossed him the Nine Earths Thunder Lance.

Nalan Ye defeated the Medicine Clan Young Woman in a head-on clash between his Nine Earths Thunder Lance and her desperate Venerable-level attack. After the battle, Yao Xingji accused him of wrongdoing, but witnesses supported Nalan Ye, and Gu Xun stepped in to end the dispute.

• Nalan Ye used the Nine Earths Thunder Lance to pierce the Medicine Clan Young Woman, who retaliated with an all-out attack.
• Nalan Ye met her strike with Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon, and both fighters crashed into separate craters after the collision.
• The Little Fairy Doctor checked on Nalan Ye, who recovered quickly and went to confront the injured Medicine Clan Young Woman.
• Yao Xingji accused Nalan Ye of continuing to harm the Medicine Clan, but Nalan Ye recounted how Yao Xingji had rejected his offer of help.
• Huo Zhi, Shi Potian, Ling Lingyao, and Lei Suifeng backed Nalan Ye's account, leaving Yao Xingji without a defense.
• Gu Xun intervened and told them to let the matter end.

After the Heavenly Tomb gathering, Nalan Ye and his companions left the Ancient Realm and set out for the Great Love Alliance, while Xiao Yan parted from Xun Er with a promise to return stronger. As they headed back to the Central Plains, a new crisis against the Great Love Alliance was drawing near.

• Gu Xun stopped Nalan Ye from killing the Medicine Clan members, and the Stone Clan man collected his wager from the Medicine Clan Young Woman before giving Nalan Ye the winnings.
• Huo Lian'er gave Nalan Ye the firefly iron, and the group recovered in the Ancient Saint Mountain Range after the Heavenly Tomb ended.
• Xun Er bade farewell to Xiao Yan, who promised to return with enough strength to take her away, before he boarded the Ancient Dragon Warship.
• Nalan Ye felt a pang of sadness aboard the warship because it had been refined from an Ancient Void Dragon's corpse, then returned to the Dou Qi Continent with his companions.
• The clans departed, and Nalan Ye led his group toward the Great Love Alliance as Ling Quan predicted he might one day become a Dou Sheng.
• The Hall of Souls prepared another crisis for the Great Love Alliance after its repeated clashes with the alliance.

Hua Jin agreed to help the Hall of Souls destroy the Great Love Alliance, while Nalan Ye and his companions visited Liu Qing in Sky Yellow City on their way back. Nalan Ye examined his Heavenly Tomb spoils and swallowed the Wind and Rain Pill to stabilize his cultivation, with the Little Fairy Doctor standing guard.

• The Evil Flower Demon Lord reminded Hua Jin that the Hall of Souls could remove her from power and threatened her over the Old Sect Master's death, so Hua Jin agreed to mobilize the Flower Sect against the Great Love Alliance in half a month.
• Xiao Yan suggested stopping in Sky Yellow City to visit Liu Qing, and the group traveled there through a Space Wormhole.
• Liu Qing welcomed Xiao Yan and Nalan Ye's group and hosted them for a feast, where Liu Fei'er also joined them.
• Nalan Ye showed the group his Heavenly Tomb spoils, and the Little Fairy Doctor identified the red metal as firefly iron and the seven-colored stone as a Seven-Colored Primal Stone.
• The Little Fairy Doctor identified the Wind and Rain Pill as a remedy for unstable foundations and urged Nalan Ye to take it after his rapid advances to Nine Star Dou Zong.
• Nalan Ye swallowed the Wind and Rain Pill in a cultivation room while the Little Fairy Doctor stood guard outside.

After emerging from seclusion, Nalan Ye learned that many Dou Zong powerhouses were secretly heading toward Starfall Pavilion and suspected the Hall of Souls was preparing an attack on the Great Love Alliance. He mobilized allies to investigate and warn the alliance, then waited for news as Liu Qing returned with a discovery.

• Nalan Ye finished tempering his Dou Qi, and Liu Qing and Xiao Yan visited him at the Liu Family Residence.
• Liu Qing reported that at least thirty Dou Zong powerhouses had secretly passed through Sky Yellow City toward the Star Realm, and Nalan Ye realized they might be targeting the Great Love Alliance.
• Nalan Ye sent Little Fairy Doctor to contact Old Crow and ordered Liu Qing to search for the travelers while keeping the matter secret.
• Nalan Ye sent Green Luo to warn the Great Love Alliance, then waited with Little Fairy Doctor and Xiao Yan for news.
• Liu Qing rushed into the courtyard and told Nalan Ye that they had found the travelers.

Nalan Ye and the Liu Family tracked four suspicious newcomers to an inn in Sky Yellow City and discovered they were Hua Jin, the new Flower Sect Master, and members of the Hall of Souls. The two sides recognized each other as enemies, leaving Nalan Ye and Liu Qing confronting powerful figures from the Flower Sect and Hall of Souls.

• The Evil Flower Demon Lord suspected someone was investigating their inn, but Hua Jin dismissed the concern.
• Liu Qing led Nalan Ye and the Liu Family to the inn after a clansman reported that four suspicious newcomers had arrived.
• Nalan Ye sensed concealed auras in the rear courtyard and knocked instead of forcing his way inside.
• Hua Jin opened the gate, and the Evil Flower Demon Lord recognized Nalan Ye as the Great Love Alliance Chief.
• Nalan Ye inferred that the newcomers were connected to the Hall of Souls and challenged Hua Jin over her association with it.
• Hua Jin identified herself as the new Flower Sect Master, and Liu Qing prepared to fight despite the danger.

Nalan confronted Hua Jin and the Evil Flower Demon Lord after the Flower Sect allied with the Hall of Souls, and the fight erupted in Sky Yellow City. The battle continued as Nalan charged Hua Jin, while Xiao Yan and Liu Qing faced Flower Sect elders and Little Fairy Doctor fought the Evil Flower Demon Lord.

• Hua Jin accused the Great Love Alliance of disrupting the Central Plains and announced that the Flower Sect would join the Hall of Souls against it.
• Nalan declared war on the Flower Sect, and Liu Qing and Xiao Yan engaged two Flower Sect elders as the battle began.
• Nalan sent Little Fairy Doctor and seven Earth Demon Puppets to fight the Evil Flower Demon Lord while he attacked Hua Jin.
• Hua Jin summoned an emerald-green Qing Luan Immortal Bird, and Nalan charged straight at her with Three Thousand Lightning Movement.

Nalan Ye fought Hua Jin and defeated her with the Nine Earths Thunder Lance, Spatial Force, and a soul attack. Hua Jin died in the battle, ending her brief tenure as Flower Sect Master.

• Nalan Ye used Ye Lao Na to intercept Hua Jin’s Qing Luan Immortal Bird, then pressed her with a rapid lance assault.
• Hua Jin caught the Nine Earths Thunder Lance, but Nalan Ye abandoned it to evade her palm strike and punch her until she vomited blood.
• Nalan Ye reclaimed the lance and unleashed the Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon, while Hua Jin formed a Petal Sphere to defend herself.
• Nalan Ye used Spatial Force to pierce the Petal Sphere and impale Hua Jin with the lance.
• Nalan Ye struck Hua Jin’s mind with God Slaying Thorn and burned her to ashes with lightning.

Nalan Ye killed Hua Jin and fought to stop a Dou Sheng from reaching Sky Yellow City through a space wormhole. Although he shattered the wormhole and claimed the area was inaccessible, an aged figure emerged from a new rift outside the city.

• Nalan Ye killed Hua Jin while Xiao Yan and Liu Qing reacted to the Flower Sect Master's death.
• Nalan Ye confronted the Evil Flower Demon Lord as the Little Fairy Doctor fought him, and the Evil Flower Demon Lord revealed that Hua Jin's death would draw out the Flower Sect's hidden Dou Sheng.
• Nalan Ye used his Ancient Void Dragon power to attack the space wormhole opening toward Sky Yellow City, but the Flower Sect elder's soul power injured him.
• Nalan Ye unleashed his spatial force and shattered the wormhole, then told the Little Fairy Doctor that no one could open one nearby until the space settled.
• An aged figure emerged from a new rift in the night sky ten li outside Sky Yellow City, freezing Nalan Ye's smile.

Nalan Ye tried to explain that Hua Jin had attacked the Great Love Alliance, but the Flower Sect Dou Sheng refused to let Hua Jin's death go unanswered. As the old woman attacked Sky Yellow City, Nalan Ye raised his power to the brink of Dou Sheng and fought back.

• The Flower Sect Dou Sheng appeared outside Sky Yellow City and asked Nalan Ye whether he had killed Hua Jin.
• The Evil Flower Demon Lord escaped after forcing Little Fairy Doctor back, and Little Fairy Doctor realized he had used Hua Jin's death to lure the Flower Sect Dou Sheng there.
• Nalan Ye explained the conflict and urged the old woman to withdraw, but she said she had to answer for Hua Jin's death.
• The Flower Sect Dou Sheng advanced over the city as Nalan Ye called for the Heavenly Flame Saint and strengthened himself to the Half-Step Dou Sheng realm.
• The old woman attacked with Dou Qi petals, and Nalan Ye blocked them with Three Thousand Weak Waters and shattered them with his fists.

Nalan Ye struggled to escape Qi Yu, whose Four Star Dou Zong strength overwhelmed his defenses while the Heavenly Snake Mansion stayed out of the fight. Unable to reach Qing Lin, Nalan Ye lured Qi Yu above a populated city and turned the city’s human aura against him.

• Jing Ling'er visited Qing Lin and secretly enclosed her in a Soul Barrier, preventing her from hearing Nalan Ye’s calls for help.
• Qi Yu caught Nalan Ye, broke through his Winter Moon Thunder Armor, and withstood his lightning attacks behind rapidly regenerating vine armor.
• Nalan Ye repeatedly called for Qing Lin and searched for her with his soul power, but could neither hear nor sense her.
• Nalan Ye led Qi Yu to a city of roughly two or three hundred thousand people and used the city’s human aura to disrupt Qi Yu’s Dou Qi.
• Nalan Ye activated Red Dust Rolling on everyone in the city below.

Nalan Ye fought Flower Old Woman in the spatial turbulence, first gaining the advantage with his physical strength before they locked into a dangerous soul battle. As Flower Old Woman’s superior Soul Power began to overwhelm him, a familiar voice called out to him and he opened his eyes.

• Little Fairy Doctor watched Nalan Ye’s battle from Sky Yellow City, unable to join the fight.
• Nalan Ye used the spatial turbulence to reach Flower Old Woman and drove her back with a barrage of punches.
• Flower Old Woman struck Nalan Ye’s soul, but he countered with his own Heaven Realm Soul Power, freezing their bodies as their souls clashed.
• Nalan Ye saw scenes from his memories and glimpsed an unfamiliar mountain gate, which he suspected belonged to Flower Old Woman’s memories.
• Flower Old Woman’s Soul Power began to overpower Nalan Ye, and a voice calling him Senior Brother drew him out of his struggle.
• Nalan Ye opened his eyes and recognized the voice as his Junior Sister.

Nalan Ye survived a soul confrontation with Flower Old Woman after Cai Lin’s soul power helped break the illusion and kill her. He took Flower Old Woman’s Ring of Holding, buried her body in the depths of space, and emerged into a new day.

• Nalan Ye became trapped in a hallucination during his soul battle with Flower Old Woman, where Cai Lin appeared and drove him out of it.
• Nalan Ye drew on Cai Lin’s soul power, which formed a Seven-Colored Giant Python and overwhelmed Flower Old Woman.
• Nalan Ye confirmed that Flower Old Woman was dead, with her body and soul lifeless.
• Nalan Ye took Flower Old Woman’s Ring of Holding and buried her corpse in the depths of space.
• Nalan Ye left the depths of space as the sun rose.

Nalan Ye returned to Sky Yellow City after killing the Flower Sect Dou Sheng, reuniting with Little Fairy Doctor and meeting the arriving Heavenly Flame Saint. He sent Heavenly Flame Saint back to guard the Great Love Alliance, planned to strike the Flower Sect, and spread news that intensified unrest across the Central Plains.

• Little Fairy Doctor waited anxiously through the night until Nalan Ye returned, then embraced him and learned he had killed the Flower Sect Dou Sheng.
• Liu Qing and Xiao Yan reacted in shock to Nalan Ye's claim, while Heavenly Flame Saint arrived and confirmed that Nalan Ye was safe.
• Nalan Ye told Heavenly Flame Saint about the battle and decided to attack the Flower Sect Gate while its defenders were away.
• Nalan Ye asked Heavenly Flame Saint to return to the Great Love Alliance, and they agreed to conceal Nalan Ye's strength by crediting Heavenly Flame Saint with the Dou Sheng's death.
• The Great Love Alliance spread news that the Flower Sect had colluded with the Hall of Souls and that Heavenly Flame Saint had slain its Dou Sheng and new Sect Master, stirring alarm across the Central Plains.

On the journey to the Flower Sect Gate, I contacted Cai Lin and told her he had obtained a Seven-Colored Primal Stone. Though Cai Lin rejected him at first, he sent its energy through their connection to help her grow stronger, and she accepted it.

• I used a strand of my consciousness to speak with Cai Lin, who rebuffed my thanks and showed little interest in my cultivation.
• I told Cai Lin I had obtained a Seven-Colored Primal Stone, and she angrily drove me away when I offered it to her.
• Back on the spatial boat, I began refining the stone while Little Fairy Doctor stood guard and Xiao Yan watched.
• I resisted the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline’s urge to consume the stone and sent its energy through my connection to Cai Lin.
• Cai Lin recognized the energy, began absorbing it, and her cold expression softened.

Nalan Ye helped Cai Lin refine a Seven-Colored Primal Stone, allowing her to break through two cultivation levels, then led Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Yan, and Liu Qing to the Flower Sect Gate. He broke through the sect’s guardian array, declared war on the Flower Sect, and demanded its dissolution.

• Cai Lin refined the Seven-Colored Primal Stone, purified her bloodline, and advanced to the equivalent of a six star Dou Zong.
• Nalan Ye kissed Cai Lin goodbye and promised to find her in the Tagor Desert after finishing his business in the Central Plains.
• Nalan Ye, Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Yan, and Liu Qing reached the Flower Sect Gate and flew toward it after asking for directions.
• Nalan Ye broke through the Flower Sect’s Guardian Sect Array and confronted the elders guarding the sect.
• Nalan Ye presented a declaration of war and announced that the Flower Sect would be dissolved because it had colluded with the Hall of Souls against the Great Love Alliance.

Nalan Ye attacked the Flower Sect while its Sect Master and many experts were away, and Xiao Yan fought its Great Elder. Nalan Ye then gathered the onlookers’ Dou Qi into a Dou Sheng-level strike and sent it crashing into the Flower Sect’s Wind Flower Snow Moon Great Array.

• The Flower Sect’s elders argued over the attack before the Great Elder left the Mountain Gate to confront Nalan Ye.
• Xiao Yan challenged the Eight Star Dou Zong Great Elder and fought her despite his lower cultivation.
• Nalan Ye taunted the Flower Sect until its members activated the Wind Flower Snow Moon Great Array at full power.
• Nalan Ye bound the watching cultivators with Human Aura and drew their Dou Qi into a vast sea of energy.
• Nalan Ye’s attack reached Dou Sheng level, and he sent it down against the array as the Flower Sect feared its legacy would end.

The Great Love Alliance’s assault destroyed the Flower Sect’s Guardian Sect Array, and the narrator announced that the sect’s Dou Sheng ancestors had already died. He allowed lower-ranked disciples to leave while Liu Qing fought those who resisted, then realized the departing Flower Sect members were carrying off the sect’s treasures.

• The narrator used the Human World Kindling Flame to overwhelm the Guardian Sect Array as Flower Sect members pleaded for their ancestors to save them.
• The narrator revealed that the Flower Sect’s Dou Sheng ancestors had been killed, then burned away the array’s power and caused it to explode, devastating the sect grounds.
• The narrator declared that the Great Love Alliance would execute only the Flower Sect’s chief culprits and let lower-ranked members disperse.
• Liu Qing fought Flower Sect Dou Wang and Dou Emperors who attacked, then killed them after they refused to surrender.
• Flower Sect disciples and deacons fled the sect while taking medicinal ingredients, pills, techniques, weapons, and cultivation methods, leaving the narrator regretful that he had not stopped them.

Nalan Ye and his allies looted the Flower Sect after destroying it, and Nalan Ye reached the Venerable Realm during a sudden enlightenment. He left the ruined sect for the Great Love Alliance, while news of the Flower Sect’s fall began spreading across the Central Plains.

• Nalan Ye sent Ye Lao Na and his Earth Demon Puppets to seize the Flower Sect’s important locations and entered the Pill Chamber to claim its resources.
• While reflecting on the rise and fall of ancient sects, Nalan Ye experienced a sudden enlightenment and advanced from Nine Star Dou Zong to the Venerable Realm.
• Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Yan, and Liu Qing told Nalan Ye that he had been unaware of his enlightenment for two days, during which they had looted the Flower Sect’s treasures.
• Nalan Ye ordered Little Fairy Doctor to cover the Flower Sect Gate in poison mist, making it uninhabitable for the surviving remnants.
• Nalan Ye and his companions left for the Great Love Alliance as news of the Flower Sect’s destruction spread through the Central Plains.

The Great Love Alliance learned that the Hall of Souls had gathered several major sects as allies, leaving the alliance badly outnumbered. Nalan Ye arrived in the Star Realm and was greeted as the Alliance Leader, where Wind Venerable scolded him for forcing his way through the formation.

• Wind Venerable, Yao Lao, and Tang Zhen discussed the Heaven Nether Sect's collusion with the Hall of Souls and the difficulty of eliminating the Flower Sect's surviving elders.
• An elder reported that the Flower Sect remnants might join forces with the Heaven Nether Sect, while another warned that Ice River Valley, the Wind and Lightning Pavilion, and the Yellow Springs Pavilion had contacted the Hall of Souls.
• Tang Zhen worried that the Great Love Alliance's few allied sects could not match the Hall of Souls' growing coalition.
• Nalan Ye broke through the Star Realm's natural formation, alarming the alliance's members until they recognized him and bowed.
• Nalan Ye thanked the elders for their vigilance, and Wind Venerable complained that he had forced his way in instead of using the entrance.

Ye Gege returned to the Great Love Alliance as a Venerable and proposed expanding the alliance while the Hall of Souls gathered allies. Cao Ying revealed that the Pill Tower's hidden Small Pill Tower housed Eight-Rank Alchemists, making the Pill Tower far stronger than it appeared.

• Ye Gege apologized to Wind Venerable for breaking through the Star Realm Great Array, and the gathered alliance members were astonished to discover he had become a Venerable.
• Ye Gege took the Alliance Leader's throne in the Council Hall and asked the elders about the Hall of Souls and the Central Plains.
• Tang Huo'er and Mu Qingluan explained that the Hall of Souls was organizing an alliance, while Ye Gege noted that he had already disrupted its plans by destroying the Flower Sect.
• Ye Gege proposed expanding the Great Love Alliance; Tang Zhen said Sound Valley was unlikely to join, and Wind Venerable agreed to approach Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion.
• Cao Ying said the Pill Tower would never join another faction, then revealed that the Small Pill Tower contained Eight-Rank Alchemists.

Nalan Ye sent Wind Venerable to negotiate with the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion and Yao Lao, Xiao Yan, and Cao Ying to seek an alliance with the Pill Tower against the Hall of Souls. After Nalan Ye reunited with Tang Huo'er, Zhou Chuan secretly contacted the Hall of Souls and plotted to intercept the alliance envoys.

• Nalan Ye accepted that the Small Pill Tower would be difficult to persuade and asked Cao Ying and Yao Lao to secure a mutual-defense alliance with the Pill Tower against the Hall of Souls.
• Nalan Ye sent Wind Venerable to the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion and dispatched elders and deacons to approach other Central Plains factions.
• Tang Huo'er confronted Nalan Ye for neglecting her, and he gave her firefly iron before drawing her into his arms.
• Zhou Chuan watched Nalan Ye and Tang Huo'er together, blamed Nalan Ye for his misery, and vowed that the Great Love Alliance would be destroyed.
• Zhou Chuan decided to alert the Hall of Souls so it could intercept Gu Ling, Yao Chen, and Cao Ying, then secretly left the Star Realm Great Array and hid a note beneath a rock.

The Great Love Alliance used Old Crow’s intelligence to maneuver against the Hall of Souls as the Central Plains powers chose sides. After Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion joined the alliance and the Pill Tower formed a defense pact with it, war erupted across the Central Plains.

• I received Old Crow’s report that the Flower Sect remnants were not fully allied with the Hall of Souls, while several other sects were siding with or wavering toward it.
• Little Fairy Doctor gave me Zhou Chuan’s note revealing Yao Chen’s whereabouts, and I told her to pass the information to Old Crow while warning Wind Venerable and Yao Lao.
• Ten Thousand Swords Venerable joined the Great Love Alliance and helped Wind Venerable repel the Heaven Nether Sect’s ambush.
• The Heaven Nether Sect and its allies besieged Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion, while Great Love Alliance forces intervened and the Hall of Souls rescued the besieged Profound Nether Sect.
• The Hall of Souls rallied its supporters against the Great Love Alliance, but the Pill Tower announced a defense alliance with it, and the Central Plains powers plunged into war.

Thunder Venerable led the Wind and Lightning Pavilion into Burning Flame Valley territory to seize a rare Heart of Thunder Whale Stone, dismissing Feng Qing’er's concerns about provoking the Great Love Alliance. When the group reached the heart of the mine, Fei Tian found Nalan Ye waiting instead of the treasure.

• Fei Tian told Thunder Venerable that miners had discovered an eighth-rank Heart of Thunder Whale Stone in Burning Flame Valley’s mine.
• Feng Qing’er warned that attacking the mine would commit the Wind and Lightning Pavilion to fighting the Great Love Alliance, but Thunder Venerable ordered the group to proceed.
• Fei Tian accused Feng Qing’er of favoring Nalan Ye, and she angrily denied it.
• Thunder Venerable’s group broke through the mine’s defenses, forcing one Burning Flame Valley Dou Zong to flee and another to retreat into the tunnels.
• Fei Tian questioned miners and led the Wind and Lightning Pavilion toward the Heart of Thunder Whale Stone, then exclaimed in surprise when he encountered Nalan Ye.