Recaps

Nalan Ye lured Thunder Venerable and the Wind and Lightning Pavilion into a mine ambush, then challenged Thunder Venerable to a fight. He strengthened his Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon with Ancient Void Dragon Power and destroyed Thunder Venerable’s matching attack, leaving the battle underway.

• Nalan Ye revealed that the Heart of Thunder Whale Stone report was false and confronted Fei Tian in a mine surrounded by six Dou Zong powerhouses.
• Thunder Venerable arrived with Feng Qing'er and the others, and Nalan Ye told him he had walked into an ambush.
• Nalan Ye revealed that he had reached the Venerable realm and declared that he would kill Thunder Venerable himself.
• Nalan Ye attacked Thunder Venerable with the Nine Earths Thunder Lance and used Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon against him.
• Nalan Ye reinforced his Thunder Dragon with Ancient Void Dragon Power, causing it to tear apart Thunder Venerable’s dragon.

Nalan Ye overwhelmed Thunder Venerable and his near-perfect clone with his superior physical strength, leaving the Wind and Lightning Pavilion’s forces terrified. As Nalan Ye moved to finish Thunder Venerable, Feng Qing’er intervened and pleaded for him to spare them.

• Nalan Ye anticipated Thunder Venerable’s movements and struck him with the Nine Earths Thunder Lance, sending him crashing into the ore.
• Thunder Venerable created a clone with nearly all his combat power, but Nalan Ye caught both Venerables’ attacks and broke their arms.
• Nalan Ye smashed Thunder Venerable’s clone and drove the original into the rubble with the Great Heaven Creation Palm.
• Nalan Ye sent the Nine Earths Thunder Lance toward the buried Thunder Venerable, but Feng Qing’er deflected it and injured her hand.
• Feng Qing’er stood between Nalan Ye and her teacher, asking him to let them go and claiming the Wind and Lightning Pavilion had only cooperated with the Hall of Souls for protection.

Nalan Ye prepared to kill Thunder Venerable and the Wind and Lightning Pavilion elders, but Feng Qing'er invoked an old wager and offered to honor it if he spared her teacher. Nalan Ye spared them, leaving Feng Qing'er’s promise between them unresolved.

• Feng Qing'er offered to sever Wind and Lightning Pavilion's ties with the Hall of Souls and join the Great Love Alliance, but Xiao Yan rejected her plea and mocked the pavilion.
• Nalan Ye challenged Feng Qing'er’s threats by questioning why the powerful Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had sent her to study at Wind and Lightning Pavilion.
• Feng Qing'er reminded Nalan Ye of their wager in Lotus Flower City and said she would honor it, revealing that she had agreed to become his wife.
• Nalan Ye hesitated to kill Thunder Venerable, while Xiao Yan urged him to finish off the pavilion and move on to their other enemies.
• Nalan Ye said they should avoid provoking the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, then spared Thunder Venerable, Fei Tian, and the other elders and ordered them to leave.

Nalan Ye brought Feng Qing'er to the Great Love Alliance after allowing Thunder Venerable and the Wind and Lightning Pavilion to leave, hoping the pavilion would join his alliance. When Thunder Venerable failed to respond, Feng Qing'er explained the pavilion’s precarious position, and Nalan Ye pulled her into his arms, declaring that he would punish her.

• Nalan Ye stopped Feng Qing'er from leaving and told her to represent the Wind and Lightning Pavilion in negotiating an alliance with the Great Love Alliance.
• Feng Qing'er said the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan would never join, and Nalan Ye said he would still welcome the Wind and Lightning Pavilion if it stopped cooperating with the Hall of Souls.
• Nalan Ye and his party returned to the Great Love Alliance with Feng Qing'er, but Thunder Venerable made no public move or attempt to rescue her.
• Nalan Ye accused Thunder Venerable of abandoning Feng Qing'er, and she explained that the Wind and Lightning Pavilion lacked a Dou Sheng Expert and had only feigned cooperation with the Hall of Souls.
• Feng Qing'er blamed Nalan Ye for luring the pavilion toward the Heart of Thunder Whale Stone, and he pulled her into his arms after she pouted at him.
• Nalan Ye said he would punish Feng Qing'er because Thunder Venerable had not brought the Wind and Lightning Pavilion into the Great Love Alliance.

Ye decided to keep the Wind and Lightning Pavilion’s alliance with the Great Love Alliance secret while the Central Plains war gradually stabilized. After failing to break through to Dou Sheng, he learned from Heavenly Flame Saint that his regrets and hesitation were preventing him from reaching the required state of perfection.

• Mu Qingluan told Ye that Thunder Venerable had secretly promised the Wind and Lightning Pavilion would not fight against the Great Love Alliance, and Ye ordered her to keep their arrangement confidential and watch their actions.
• Over the following year, the Wind and Lightning Pavilion avoided fighting, while the Great Love Alliance, Pill Tower, and Hall of Souls gradually settled into stable borders after several inconclusive exchanges between their Dou Sheng experts.
• Ye emerged from three months of secluded cultivation without advancing to Dou Sheng, despite having spent nearly a year and a half in the Venerable realm.
• Heavenly Flame Saint explained that Ye could not reach Dou Sheng because he still had regrets, concerns, and hesitation, and described how his own trials had brought him to a state of perfection.

Nalan Ye left the Great Love Alliance to seek an opportunity to become a Dou Sheng and secretly traveled northwest toward his homeland. He learned that Horizon City's Space Wormhole had been destroyed, leaving his route onward uncertain.

• Nalan Ye considered Heavenly Flame Saint's advice about reaching a state of perfection while Mu Qingluan and Tang Huo'er argued over their cultivation.
• Nalan Ye announced that he would leave the Great Love Alliance to travel, and Little Fairy Doctor agreed to wait for him there.
• Nalan Ye departed secretly at night, asking Mu Qingluan and Tang Huo'er to conceal that he had left; Feng Qing'er wished him well and vowed to become a Dou Sheng herself.
• Nalan Ye flew northwest, realized that flying was too slow, and used Space Wormholes to travel toward the Northwest Territory.
• Nalan Ye discovered that the Space Wormhole in Horizon City had collapsed years earlier after a Dou Zong attack, and that the local clans had been unable to rebuild it.

The narrator learned that the Lion Underworld Sect had likely destroyed Horizon City's Space Wormhole years earlier. He used his spatial power and ancient void dragon abilities to rebuild the wormhole alone, leaving the city's Dou Zong ancestor amazed and grateful.

• The old Dou Emperor told the narrator that the Lion Underworld Sect had probably destroyed Horizon City's Space Wormhole.
• The narrator dismissed the old Dou Emperor's claims about the rarity of Seven Star Dou Zong and went to inspect the abandoned wormhole foundations.
• The narrator sensed the distant Space Stone connection to Horizon City and decided he could rebuild the wormhole by himself.
• The narrator opened a new Space Wormhole using his spatial force and ancient void dragon power.
• The Two-Star Dou Zong ancestor arrived after the wormhole was complete and respectfully thanked the narrator.

The narrator returned to the Nalan Empire after creating a space wormhole and reached the Nalan Family residence. He reunited with his family, discovering that his father, grandfather, and younger sister had all attained Dou Wang cultivation.

• The narrator gave the Dou Zong old ancestor a space wormhole in exchange for sending half its annual earnings to the Nalan Family.
• He emerged in Horizon City in the Black-Corner Region and flew north toward home, while the Luo Family sent someone into the wormhole to investigate.
• He crossed Town Ghost Pass into the Nalan Empire and saw the banners bearing the Nalan name.
• He entered Nalan Holy City quietly and went to the Nalan Family's ancestral home, where his parents and grandfather welcomed him.
• Nalan Sun'er rushed into her brother's arms, and he found that she and his father and grandfather had all reached Dou Wang cultivation.

Nalan Ye returned to the Nalan Empire and reunited with Nalan Yanran and her son, learning that Xiao Yan had left them to pursue Xiao Xun'er in the Central Plains. He then decided to visit his fiancée, Xiao Meier, and found her overseeing the academy with the sleepy Vice Dean Xiao Yu.

• Nalan Ye avoided a lavish welcome feast because he feared the Hall of Souls might learn he had returned, then spent the night talking with his father and grandfather.
• Nalan Yanran asked Nalan Ye whether he had seen Xiao Yan, and he told her Xiao Yan had reached Six Star Dou Zong in the Central Plains.
• Nalan Yanran introduced her son, Little Medicine Residue, to Nalan Ye and asked when Xiao Yan would return.
• Nalan Ye resolved to visit Xiao Meier, while Xiao Meier scolded Xiao Yu for neglecting her duties as Vice Dean.
• After morning practice ended at the Nalan Empire First Affiliated Academy, Xiao Yu hurried off to sleep.

Nalan Ye reunited with Xiao Meier at the First Affiliated Academy and killed Yan Feng after he insulted her and doubted Nalan Ye’s existence. Xiao Meier embraced Nalan Ye, while Xiao Yu stood aside, envious.

• Yan Feng stopped Xiao Meier and Xiao Yu, pressed Xiao Meier to accept his breakfast, and mocked her for waiting for Nalan Ye.
• Xiao Yu noticed Nalan Ye standing behind Xiao Meier, and Xiao Meier turned to recognize him.
• Nalan Ye confronted Yan Feng, revealed his identity, and killed him with a single finger.
• Xiao Yu praised Nalan Ye’s cultivation, while Xiao Meier asked why he had killed Yan Feng.
• Nalan Ye reassured Xiao Meier, embraced her, and told her he had missed her too, as Xiao Yu watched enviously.

Nalan Ye reunited with Xiao Meier and Xiao Yu at the First Affiliated Academy, where he saw how much the empire and academy had grown during his absence. After teaching the students and meeting old acquaintances, he looked north and decided it was time to make a trip.

• Xiao Meier told Nalan Ye how the First Affiliated Academy had grown, and he praised her and Xiao Yu and gave them pills and Dou Technique scrolls.
• Xiao Meier gathered the academy's students and instructors, and Nalan Ye taught them from afternoon until dusk.
• Xiao Meier asked whether Nalan Ye would leave again, and he promised that they would soon be together for good.
• Nalan Ye spent two days at the academy, then met Nalan Su, Nalan Jie, and Ice Emperor Hai Bo Dong.
• Nalan Ye offered Hai Bo Dong a Po Zong Pill, but Hai Bo Dong refused it and left; Nalan Ye then decided to travel north.

Nalan Ye returned to the Tagor Desert and tried to persuade Cai Lin to move to the Central Plains, but she rejected him and returned to her territory. He then visited Yun Yun at the Misty Cloud Sect and presented her with a trove of gifts.

• Nalan Ye flew into the Tagor Desert and met Cai Lin, who told him to leave.
• Nalan Ye urged Cai Lin to join him in the Central Plains and promised she could evolve into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, but she refused.
• Nalan Ye called after Cai Lin to ask if becoming a Dou Sheng would change her mind, but she gave no reply and he returned alone.
• Nalan Ye went to Yun Lan Mountain and entered the Misty Cloud Sect's Sect Master Hall, where Yun Yun was cultivating.
• Nalan Ye brought out medicine cauldrons, spirit medicines, medicinal pills, Dou Technique scrolls, and cultivation methods as gifts for Yun Yun.

Nalan Ye visited Yun Yun on Yun Lan Mountain, boasted about his accomplishments in the Central Plains, and urged her to move the Yun Lan Sect there, but she refused. After Yun Yun comforted him, Nalan Ye reached a new cultivation breakthrough at dawn, and the Dou Sheng Tribulation appeared.

• Nalan Ye gave Yun Yun many treasures and recounted his battles, the Heavenly Tomb, and the founding of the Great Love Alliance.
• Nalan Ye urged Yun Yun to visit the Central Plains and offered to move the Yun Lan Sect there, but Yun Yun said she wanted to protect the sect where she had grown up.
• Nalan Ye became upset that Yun Yun and Cai Lin would not follow his wishes, and Yun Yun reminded him that he had always spared the Yun Lan Sect despite gaining control over the empire.
• Yun Yun embraced Nalan Ye and calmed his anger, and they kissed.
• At daybreak, Nalan Ye reached a new level of cultivation, and the Dou Sheng Tribulation formed above Yun Lan Mountain Peak.

Nalan Ye returned to the Tagor Desert and asked Cai Lin to leave for the Central Plains with him, but she rejected him. He then visited Yun Yun at the Misty Cloud Sect and presented her with a collection of gifts.

• Nalan Ye flew into the Tagor Desert and met Cai Lin, asking why she still lived there instead of moving to the territory he had given the Snake-People Tribe.
• Nalan Ye invited Cai Lin to the Central Plains and promised she could evolve into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and eventually a legendary ninth order magical beast.
• Cai Lin broke free from Nalan Ye's grasp and flew away, refusing to join him even when he asked whether becoming a Dou Sheng would change her mind.
• Nalan Ye returned alone and went to the Misty Cloud Sect, where he found Yun Yun cultivating in the Sect Master Hall.
• Nalan Ye placed a Medicine Cauldron, spirit medicines, medicinal pills, and scrolls in the hall as gifts for Yun Yun.

Nalan Ye faced the nine bolts of the Dou Sheng tribulation in the desert, using his techniques and full strength to withstand each attack. After he confronted the final black lightning bolt with a Thunder Dragon strike, the tribulation vanished and he fell from the sky.

• Nalan Ye used the Amethyst Saint Pool as the tribulation began and easily blocked its first two bolts.
• Nalan Ye shattered the third bolt’s crushing earth-and-lightning force with a punch, then used Three Thousand Weak Waters to weaken the fourth bolt’s thunderfire.
• Nalan Ye endured the fifth through eighth bolts, which approached Dou Sheng power, while suffering severe wounds.
• Yun Yun and Cai Lin watched from afar and urged Nalan Ye to survive the final bolt.
• Nalan Ye unleashed all his powers and charged into the pure black lightning as a purple Thunder Dragon, after which the tribulation dispersed and he fell from midair.

Nalan Ye returned to the First Affiliated Academy and reunited with Xiao Meier after killing Yan Feng for insulting her and pestering her. Xiao Meier embraced him, while Xiao Yu watched them with envy and hope.

• Yan Feng tried to coax Xiao Meier into breakfast and questioned her for waiting for Nalan Ye.
• Xiao Yu noticed Nalan Ye standing behind Xiao Meier, and Xiao Meier tearfully recognized him.
• Nalan Ye introduced himself as Nalan Ye and killed Yan Feng with a single finger despite Yan Feng's resistance.
• Xiao Yu asked about Nalan Ye's cultivation, while Xiao Meier questioned why he had killed Yan Feng.
• Nalan Ye reassured Xiao Meier that he trusted her, and she embraced him, saying she had missed him.
• Xiao Yu stood apart from them, pouting and looking envious and hopeful.

Lion Sky revealed himself and offered Nalan Ye a partnership to unify the Northwest Territory, threatening the interests of Yun Yun, Cai Lin, and Qing Lin. Nalan Ye attacked him while Ping Yuan approached, and the chapter ended with Lion Sky emerging furious and demanding revenge as Nalan Ye called on Ping Yuan for help.

• Lion Sky identified himself as the Lion Underworld Sect Master and invited Nalan Ye to rule the sect with him and unify the Northwest Territory.
• Nalan Ye, Yun Yun, and Cai Lin recognized that Lion Sky’s ambitions endangered their allies and territories, especially Qing Lin and the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Nalan Ye sensed Ping Yuan approaching, then launched a surprise attack on Lion Sky while his attention was turned.
• Lion Sky blocked Nalan Ye’s techniques, but Nalan Ye restrained him with Three Thousand Weak Waters and struck him with a series of powerful punches.
• Lion Sky broke free, sent Nalan Ye flying, and used his saber to split Nalan Ye’s flames before threatening to slaughter everyone connected to him.
• Nalan Ye called to Ping Yuan to help him defeat Lion Sky.

Nalan Ye and Ping Yuan joined forces against Lion Sky, who tried to turn them against each other before attacking Nalan Ye. Nalan Ye’s Soul Attack created an opening for Ping Yuan to pierce Lion Sky’s chest, and Lion Sky vowed to take them all down with him.

• Ping Yuan arrived and sent a swarm of multiplying green snakes at Lion Sky, who shattered them with a roar that also injured Yun Yun and Cai Lin.
• Nalan Ye urged Yun Yun and Cai Lin to leave the dangerous battlefield, and they reluctantly flew away.
• Lion Sky tried to bribe Nalan Ye and sow distrust between him and Ping Yuan, but Ping Yuan said he wanted Lion Sky to die first.
• Lion Sky attacked Nalan Ye, who blocked his saber and countered with flames, water, and a Soul Attack that halted the strike.
• Ping Yuan pierced Lion Sky’s chest with green light, and the enraged Lion Sky threatened to make them all die together.

Nalan Ye and Ping Yuan cornered Lion Sky, who summoned his Dou Sheng Tribulation to threaten them and then used the distraction to flee. Ping Yuan intercepted him and called down his own tribulation, dragging Lion Sky into the lightning as Lion Sky desperately cried that he did not want to die.

• Nalan Ye and Ping Yuan badly injured Lion Sky, who unleashed his aura and brought his Dou Sheng Tribulation down upon them.
• Ping Yuan explained that Dou Sheng Tribulations continued until their targets died, unless they took refuge inside a small world.
• Lion Sky pretended he wanted to perish with Nalan Ye, then abruptly fled while Nalan Ye retreated from the tribulation.
• Ping Yuan intercepted Lion Sky and summoned his own Dou Sheng Tribulation, pulling Lion Sky into the lightning.
• Lion Sky panicked as the tribulation lightning struck and cried that he could not die.

Nalan Ye survived Ping Yuan and Lion Sky’s merged Dou Sheng tribulations, which killed both men and left the Northwest Territory without its known saints. He returned to Yun Lan Mountain and began planning how to preserve the Heavenly Snake Mansion and reshape the region’s balance of power.

• Ping Yuan and Lion Sky’s Dou Sheng tribulations merged, while Nalan Ye concealed his aura beneath a dune to keep his own tribulation from descending.
• Before the lightning consumed them, Ping Yuan asked Nalan Ye to look after the Heavenly Snake Mansion, and Nalan Ye promised to help Qing Lin.
• The tribulation lightning faded after killing Ping Yuan and Lion Sky, leaving no bodies or Rings of Holding behind.
• Nalan Ye decided the Heavenly Snake Mansion must remain, the Lion Underworld Sect could be destroyed, and the Yun Lan Sect could take its place.
• Nalan Ye flew back to Yun Lan Mountain, where Yun Yun greeted him with relief and was astonished to learn that Ping Yuan and Lion Sky had perished together.

As a newly advanced Dou Sheng, I witnessed heaven and earth create my Small World from gathered earth qi and Heaven and Earth Energy. The world formed a continent, sky, weather, water, and the first plants, leaving me shaken and excited by the cultivation opportunity.

• Yun Yun recalled how I had once saved her in the Monster Mountain Range, and I reassured her that I would always regard her as my senior.
• I sensed that my Small World was about to form and explained that Small Worlds were created by heaven and earth for Dou Sheng Experts, rather than by the experts themselves.
• Earth qi gathered around Yun Lan Mountain, nearly crushing it, so I flew into the sky and drew the energy away from the mountain.
• Heaven and Earth Energy compressed the mountain-sized mass of earth qi until it exploded, and I survived by shielding myself with my Dou Qi.
• The earth qi formed a continent while Heaven and Earth Energy became the sky; lightning, fire, wind, rain, a lake, sunlight, grass, and flowers followed.
• I came out of my engrossed state and realized that witnessing my Small World's creation was a tremendous opportunity for my future cultivation.

After returning to Yun Lan Mountain, Nalan Ye found the Nalan and Xiao families and many other guests gathered to celebrate his advance to Dou Sheng. He reassured Xiao Meier that he would marry her after finishing his affairs in the Central Plains, then took Yun Yun to see his newly created Small World.

• Nalan Ye returned to Yun Lan Mountain, where Yun Yun explained that his Dou Sheng breakthrough had drawn a crowd hoping to see him.
• Nalan Yanran congratulated Nalan Ye, while Xiao Yu teased Xiao Meier about being a Dou Sheng's fiancée.
• When Xiao Meier worried that Nalan Ye might abandon her, he threatened to investigate whoever had spread the rumor and promised he would marry her after resolving matters in the Central Plains.
• Nalan Ye celebrated his advancement with the gathered guests at a banquet that continued late into the night.
• Nalan Ye found Yun Yun away from the festivities and brought her into his Small World, where she admired its newly formed landscape.

Nalan Ye showed Yun Yun the treasures of his newly born small world and gave her control of it as the future heart of the Yun Lan Sect. After they returned to Yun Lan Mountain, visitors from the Heavenly Snake Mansion arrived, including Qing Lin, whom Nalan Ye had not seen for several years.

• Nalan Ye led Yun Yun through the small world, showing her its Azure B Sprout Wind, Thunder Pool, volcano, and fertile lakeshore.
• Yun Yun praised the world's resources, and Nalan Ye offered it to her because she had chosen to remain in the Northwest Territory.
• Nalan Ye and Yun Yun named it the Yun Lan Small World, and he gave Yun Yun control over it for the Yun Lan Sect.
• Nalan Ye and Yun Yun returned to Yun Lan Mountain, where Qing Yue, Long Xi, Wang Ping, and Qing Lin from the Heavenly Snake Mansion were waiting.
• Qing Lin ran to Nalan Ye, and he lifted her in a hug before realizing she had grown up.

Nalan Ye told the Heavenly Snake Mansion that Ping Yuan had died defeating Lion Sky and announced his intention to destroy the Lion Underworld Sect. He offered the shaken mansion a place in the Great Love Alliance, revealing himself as its Alliance Leader.

• Cai Lin and the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s Qing Yue, Long Xi, and Wang Ping came to find Nalan Ye after Ping Yuan failed to return.
• Nalan Ye revealed his Dou Sheng aura, and the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s representatives bowed to him as the Great Love Saint.
• Nalan Ye told Qing Lin and the visitors that Ping Yuan had died taking Lion Sky down with him to protect the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Nalan Ye declared that he would destroy the Lion Underworld Sect, which had oppressed the Northwest Territory for too long.
• Nalan Ye invited the Heavenly Snake Mansion to join the Great Love Alliance and revealed that he was its Alliance Leader.

After the Heavenly Snake Mansion joined the Great Love Alliance, its army attacked and conquered the Lion Underworld Sect under the narrator’s command. The narrator then searched in vain for the Lion Underworld Small World, and Cai Lin explained that a sealed small world was too tiny to find from outside.

• The Heavenly Snake Mansion’s three senior disciples accepted Qing Lin as their Mansion Master, and Qing Lin chose to follow the narrator.
• The narrator appointed Qing Lin Deputy Alliance Chief and declared that the Yun Lan Sect and Heavenly Snake Mansion would jointly govern the Northwest Territory after the Lion Underworld Sect was destroyed.
• Five days later, the Heavenly Snake Mansion led an allied army against the Lion Underworld Sect, but its Guardian Sect Array held off their attacks.
• The narrator appeared above the Lion Underworld Sect, shattered its Guardian Sect Array, and announced that he and Ping Yuan had killed Lion Sky.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion’s army overran the Lion Underworld Sect, while the narrator searched the surrounding void for its Small World and found nothing.
• Cai Lin explained that a sealed small world became smaller than a speck of dust from outside and could not be found even by a Peak Dou Sheng.