Recaps

The narrator and the Heavenly Flame Venerable planned how to escape the underground magma while avoiding the Fallen Heart Flame and Canaan Academy. They decided to have the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python dig a tunnel through the rock, and reached a distant spot where the Venerable could no longer sense the flame or tower.

• The Heavenly Flame Venerable proposed provoking the Fallen Heart Flame to distract Canaan Academy if they could not escape the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower directly.
• The Heavenly Flame Venerable collected the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame and skeleton, then joined the narrator on the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python carried them through the magma, avoiding Flame Lizardmen, until they reached the magma lake's surface.
• The narrator suggested digging through the rock to bypass Canaan Academy, and the Heavenly Flame Venerable agreed that it was a reliable plan.
• The Heavenly Flame Venerable sensed the direction of the Fallen Heart Flame and tower, so the narrator guided the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python in the opposite direction.
• After they reached a place beyond the Venerable's senses, the narrator asked the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python to dig the tunnel.

The narrator entered Canaan Academy with Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and Black Water Profound Yin, then descended through the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower into the Magma World. He reached the Tou She Ancient God’s hidden cave mansion, where an enormous dragon-like creature awakened and demanded to know whether he had the Ancient Jade.

• The narrator concealed his group’s auras and entered Canaan Academy, leaving Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and Black Water Profound Yin behind as he went into the tower.
• He descended into the Magma World, where a group of powerful Flame Lizardmen confronted him and fled after sensing his Dou Sheng aura.
• The narrator continued downward and discovered a hidden space beneath the magma, with a stone gate bearing the words “Ancient Emperor Cave.”
• The cave’s formation lit the darkness, and a colossal purple-gold creature opened its golden eyes and asked whether the narrator possessed the Ancient Jade.

Nalan Ye convinced Zhu Kun that Zi Yan was his daughter and told him she had gone to Dragon Island to challenge the Four Dragon Kings. Zhu Kun tried to break out of Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, but the formation stopped him.

• Zhu Kun nearly attacked Nalan Ye until Nalan Ye revealed his Ancient Void Dragon bloodline and claimed to be Zi Yan's best friend.
• Nalan Ye explained that Zhu Kun's Dragon Egg had hatched into Zi Yan and that she had been searching for her parents.
• Zhu Kun wept at the news but demanded to know where Zi Yan was so he could confirm their blood connection.
• Nalan Ye said the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had split under four Dragon Kings and that Zi Yan had gone to Dragon Island to reclaim Zhu Kun's Dragon Emperor Position.
• Zhu Kun charged at the stone gate, but the formation stopped him, and he cursed Tou She Ancient God.

Nalan Ye escaped Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion with Zhu Kun's dragon emperor blood essence for Zi Yan and returned to Canaan Academy. There, he ran into a woman who recognized him as the Alliance Leader and questioned why he was not in the Central Plains.

• Zhu Kun failed to escape the cave mansion and gave Nalan Ye wine, meat, and spiritual fruit after Nalan Ye offered them to him.
• Nalan Ye mentioned Zi Yan's danger on Dragon Island, prompting Zhu Kun to give him a drop of dragon emperor blood essence for her.
• Nalan Ye left the cave mansion safely, passed through the Magma World, and returned to the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower.
• Nalan Ye climbed the tower and encountered a woman in a green skirt, who recognized him and asked why he was not in the Central Plains.

Alliance Chief Nalan reunited with Han Xue at Canaan Academy and learned that her sister Han Yue had survived through a remnant soul and been given a new body. He asked Han Xue to alert him if anything unusual happened with the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower and gave her a Seventh-Rank Pill before she escorted him to its top floor.

• Alliance Chief Nalan failed to recognize Han Xue until she introduced herself as Han Yue's younger sister from Heavenly North City.
• Han Xue explained that Han Yue's remnant soul had guided her and that the academy's Great Elder had helped her create a new body for Han Yue.
• Han Xue revealed that a stranger had given her a Seventh-Rank Pill during the Four Directions Pavilion Tournament, and Alliance Chief Nalan admitted he had been that stranger.
• Alliance Chief Nalan asked Han Xue to notify him if anything unusual happened with the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower, while promising not to take the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Alliance Chief Nalan gave Han Xue a Seventh-Rank Pill as a congratulatory gift for Han Yue, and Han Xue escorted him to the tower's top floor.

The narrator left Canaan Academy with Cai Lin and Qing Lin, then traveled toward Dragon Island while weighing how to delay the Soul Clan and prepare for the opening of Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion. He reached Dragon Island with his companions and found the four islands engulfed in fierce fighting.

• Cai Lin questioned the narrator about Han Xue and Han Yue, then the group left Canaan Academy and traveled toward the Central Plains.
• The narrator considered the Soul Clan’s plans for the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade Fragments and decided to delay Hun Tiandi while building his strength and forces.
• The narrator had Qing Lin guide Black Water Profound Yin toward Dragon Island, and after nearly a month they reached the Beast Region.
• The narrator opened a Spatial Rift and brought Cai Lin and the others through the void to Dragon Island, where they found countless powerful Magical Beasts fighting across the four islands.

Nalan Ye confronted Fire Battle on Dragon Island and announced his support for Zi Yan’s claim to the Dragon Emperor throne. After Fire Battle attacked him, Nalan Ye resisted the dragon’s spatial powers and Dou Techniques, but the fight ended with Fire Battle transformed into a dragon and Nalan Ye forced into close combat.

• Nalan Ye declared that he had come to congratulate Zi Yan on unifying the Void Ancient Dragon Race, while Fire Battle rejected her claim and backed the Northern Dragon King.
• Nalan Ye sowed discord between Fire Battle and two eighth-rank dragons, who each claimed their own Dragon King was the rightful successor.
• Fire Battle attacked Nalan Ye, and Nalan Ye sent Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and Black Water Profound Yin toward Eastern Dragon Island to find Zi Yan.
• Nalan Ye resisted Fire Battle’s spatial turbulence and fled while striking him with Dou Techniques, but Fire Battle weakened the attacks with the Extinction Divine Light.
• Fire Battle transformed into a gigantic dragon, caught up with Nalan Ye, and struck at him; Nalan Ye answered with Serpent Coil as his bloodline stirred.

Nalan Ye struggled against Fire Battle’s Extinction Divine Light until his Ancient Void Dragon bloodline let him learn the same ability and cancel Fire Battle’s defenses. He then gained the upper hand in their physical battle, leaving Fire Battle pleading for help from Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu.

• Fire Battle used Extinction Divine Light to blunt Nalan Ye’s attacks and overpower him in close combat.
• Cai Lin stopped Qing Lin from entering the battle and led her and Black Water Profound Yin toward Eastern Dragon Island.
• Nalan Ye used his golden dragon eyes to understand Extinction Divine Light as layers of space and learned to use it himself.
• Nalan Ye’s Extinction Divine Light canceled Fire Battle’s protection, and his punch sent the dragon flying.
• Nalan Ye overwhelmed Fire Battle in a prolonged physical exchange, prompting Fire Battle to call for Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu to save him.

Nalan Ye helped Eastern Dragon Island repel an attack, but the Three Great Dragon Islands’ forces withdrew after Fire Battle fled. Zhu Li then revealed that Zi Yan had been gravely wounded fighting the three Dragon Kings and was still absent from the battle.

• Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu refused to help Fire Battle promptly, and Nalan Ye struck him with the Great Heaven Creation Palm.
• Fire Battle fled to Northern Dragon Island and ordered its forces to withdraw, while Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu led their troops back to their own islands.
• Nalan Ye met Zhu Li and Hei Qing, introduced himself as Zi Yan’s friend, and was welcomed into Eastern Dragon Island’s ancient hall.
• Nalan Ye asked why Zi Yan had not joined the battle, and Zhu Li explained that the three Dragon Kings had besieged Eastern Dragon Island.
• Zhu Li said Zi Yan had refined the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, driven off the Dragon Kings, and suffered grave wounds in the fight.

Nalan Ye learned that Eastern Dragon Island was vulnerable after Zi Yan’s injuries and went to examine her. He discovered that her wounds had drained her vitality, leaving her dangerously weak.

• Zhu Li told Nalan Ye that Xuan Mo, Zhu Mu, and Fire Battle had attacked to test Eastern Dragon Island and would likely strike again.
• Zhu Li asked Nalan Ye to take Zi Yan to the human world, but Nalan Ye insisted on seeing her injuries first.
• Qing Lin, Cai Lin, and the others reunited with Nalan Ye before Zhu Li led him to Zi Yan’s chamber alone.
• Nalan Ye found Zi Yan hiding and eating spirit medicine, and she complained that Zhu Li would not let her eat the ingredients directly.
• Nalan Ye examined Zi Yan and found that, despite her powerful body, her vitality had been severely depleted, so he told her to eat whatever she wanted for now.

Nalan Ye met the trapped Zhu Kun beneath the magma and persuaded him to give him dragon emperor blood essence for Zi Yan. After leaving Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and returning to Canaan Academy, Nalan Ye encountered a woman who recognized him as Alliance Leader Nalan.

• Zhu Kun failed to escape Tou She Ancient God's formation, and Nalan Ye offered him wine and provisions.
• Zhu Kun promised to let Nalan Ye enter the cave mansion if he brought Zi Yan, though Nalan Ye doubted he could open it.
• Zhu Kun gave Nalan Ye a drop of dragon emperor blood essence and told him to deliver it to Zi Yan, warning that only someone of the same bloodline could assimilate it.
• Nalan Ye left the cave mansion, passed through the Magma World, and returned to Canaan Academy's Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower.
• A woman in a green skirt recognized Nalan Ye and asked why he was not in the Central Plains.

Nalan Ye told Zi Yan that the blood essence came from her father, Zhu Kun, and comforted her as she grieved over their separation. Zi Yan began refining the blood essence while Nalan Ye stood guard, and Fire Battle entered Northern Dragon Island’s Dragon Hall.

• Zi Yan recognized Zhu Kun’s blood essence, and Nalan Ye revealed that Zhu Kun was her father, the missing Old Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Zi Yan recalled her lonely childhood and became distraught that her father had never been with her.
• Nalan Ye explained that Zhu Kun was trapped in a dangerous place, promised to help rescue him, and persuaded Zi Yan to trust him.
• Zi Yan accepted the blood essence and asked Nalan Ye to take her to find Zhu Kun in the future.
• Zi Yan began refining the blood essence as Nalan Ye kept watch over her.
• Fire Battle entered the Dragon Hall on Northern Dragon Island after the Three Great Dragon Islands’ armies had returned home.

The Three Great Dragon Kings joined forces to invade Eastern Dragon Island, believing Zi Yan was still badly injured. Zhu Li rallied the island’s defenders to fight for the Dragon Emperor as the enemy armies charged.

• Fire Battle told the Northern Dragon King that Zi Yan had not appeared during the recent attack and was likely seriously injured, and the king ordered the other Dragon Kings contacted.
• The Three Great Dragon Islands assembled their armies and advanced on Eastern Dragon Island several days later.
• Hei Qing warned Zhu Li that the allied armies were attacking, and Zhu Li saw the Three Great Dragon Kings leading a vast force toward the Dragon Palace.
• Zhu Li denounced the three kings as rebels and called on their troops to submit to Zi Yan, but the Western Dragon King ordered Eastern Dragon Island slaughtered.
• Zhu Li rallied Eastern Dragon Island’s forces to fight for the Dragon Emperor, and they charged the invading armies.

The Three Great Dragon Islands attacked Eastern Dragon Island, overwhelming its elders while Zi Yan remained occupied refining the blood essence. Nalan Ye prepared to face the attackers in her place, but Zi Yan stopped him to teach him a powerful secret technique.

• The Three Great Dragon Kings and nearly ten elders from the Three Great Dragon Islands overwhelmed Eastern Dragon Island's three elders.
• Cai Lin sent Qing Lin to find Nalan Ye while she stayed to watch over the Dragon Hall.
• Nalan Ye realized the attackers had arrived, and Zi Yan learned that Eastern Dragon Island was under attack while she was still refining the blood essence.
• Zi Yan decided to leave the Quiet Room and fight for Eastern Dragon Island, but Nalan Ye offered to hold off the attackers for her.
• Zi Yan thanked Nalan Ye and stopped him as he prepared to leave, saying she remembered a powerful secret technique she could teach him.

Nalan Ye received the Dragon Emperor Sword inheritance from Zi Yan and rushed out to confront the Ancient Void Dragons’ rebellion. He saved Zhu Li from being crushed by the Southern Dragon King, but narrowly dodged the Dragon King’s overwhelming counterattack.

• Zi Yan passed Nalan Ye the Dragon Emperor Sword, a secret technique that used Dragon Emperor Bloodline to subdue Ancient Void Dragons.
• Nalan Ye left the Cultivation Quiet Room and found Qing Lin worried about the battle outside.
• The Southern Dragon King overwhelmed Zhu Li and prepared to crush him beneath his foot.
• Nalan Ye emerged from the Dragon Hall and struck at the Southern Dragon King with a Great Heaven Creation Palm.
• The Southern Dragon King shattered Nalan Ye’s attack and punched toward him, forcing Nalan Ye to dodge as the blow cracked Eastern Dragon Island.

The narrator used Zi Yan’s secret technique to summon the Dragon Emperor Sword and sever the Southern Dragon King’s arm, revealing the sword’s power to the Ancient Void Dragons. When the Northern Dragon King joined the Southern Dragon King, the narrator stood his ground to buy Zi Yan time to refine the dragon emperor blood essence.

• The narrator summoned the Dragon Emperor Sword and cut off the Southern Dragon King’s left forearm with one strike.
• The Eastern Dragon Island Great Elder recognized the sword as the Dragon Emperor’s symbol and declared that the Dragon Emperor had returned.
• The narrator demanded that the gathered Ancient Void Dragons submit or die, and the eighth-rank elders hesitated to challenge him.
• The Northern Dragon King warned that the sword was not invincible and confronted the narrator beside the wounded Southern Dragon King.
• The narrator chose to hold off both Dragon Kings rather than flee, hoping to give Zi Yan time to finish refining the dragon emperor blood essence.

The Northern Dragon King overwhelmed the wounded protagonist, while the Southern Dragon King joined the attack and left him facing certain death. Just as the Dragon Kings seemed poised to finish him, an icy voice threatened to destroy their islands.

• The Northern Dragon King used a golden dagger-axe to overpower the protagonist, revealing that the Dragon Emperor Sword could not suppress him through his weapon.
• The Northern Dragon King wounded the protagonist, while Zhu Li, Qing Lin, and Cai Lin watched helplessly.
• The Southern Dragon King unleashed Dragon's Regret, and the protagonist's Great Heaven Creation Palm failed to stop the energy dragon.
• The Northern Dragon King stopped pursuing the protagonist and watched as the Southern Dragon King's attack closed in.
• An icy voice threatened to bathe Southern Dragon Island and Northern Dragon Island in blood if the Dragon Kings harmed the protagonist.

The Three Great Dragon Islands attacked Eastern Dragon Island, overwhelming its elders while Zi Yan remained occupied refining the blood essence. Nalan Ye decided to face the attackers in her place, but Zi Yan stopped him to offer a powerful secret technique.

• The Three Great Dragon Kings and their elders overwhelmed Eastern Dragon Island's three elders, while Qing Lin watched in fear from the Dragon Hall.
• Cai Lin told Qing Lin to find Nalan Ye, then stayed behind to keep watch.
• Nalan Ye realized the Three Great Dragon Kings had attacked as Zi Yan continued refining the blood essence.
• Zi Yan decided to leave the Quiet Room and fight for Eastern Dragon Island, but Nalan Ye offered to hold off the attackers himself.
• Zi Yan called Nalan Ye back and said she remembered a powerful secret technique she could teach him.

Zi Yan used the Dragon Emperor Sword and Zhu Kun's essence blood to overwhelm the Southern Dragon King and withstand the Northern Dragon King's attack. As the three Dragon Kings joined forces against her, she struck at the Western Dragon King and shattered his scales with her sword.

• Zi Yan summoned a purple-gold Dragon Emperor Sword and cut through the Southern Dragon King's group, killing one elder and gravely wounding the Southern Dragon King and Xuan Mo.
• Zi Yan blamed the Southern Dragon Island leaders for fighting over the Dragon Emperor position while Zhu Kun was missing, then charged the Southern Dragon King.
• The Northern Dragon King ambushed Zi Yan with his halberd, but her Dragon Phoenix Armor blocked the strike.
• The Northern Dragon King called the Western Dragon King to join him and the Southern Dragon King, while Zi Yan told the Eastern Dragon Island Great Elder to let the Western Dragon King come.
• Zi Yan swept her Dragon Emperor Sword at the Western Dragon King, breaking apart the golden scales covering his body.

The Three Great Dragon Islands attacked Eastern Dragon Island, overwhelming its elders while Zi Yan remained occupied refining the blood essence. Nalan Ye went to face the attackers in her place, but Zi Yan stopped him to offer a powerful secret technique.

• The Three Great Dragon Kings and their elders overwhelmed Eastern Dragon Island’s three elders, leaving them close to defeat.
• Cai Lin sent Qing Lin to find Nalan Ye while she stayed in the Dragon Hall to keep watch.
• Nalan Ye realized the Three Great Dragon Kings had attacked, and Zi Yan discovered Eastern Dragon Island was in danger while she was still refining the blood essence.
• Zi Yan decided to fight for Eastern Dragon Island, but Nalan Ye told her to keep refining and went to face the attackers himself.
• Zi Yan called Nalan Ye back and said she remembered a powerful secret technique she could teach him.

Zi Yan defeated the Three Great Dragon Kings but collapsed from the injuries caused by unleashing her power. Nalan ordered two former enemy elders to submit and lead him to the dragon islands’ treasuries for treasures that might heal her.

• Zi Yan shattered the Three Great Dragon Kings’ golden bell and drove them into flight, but she collapsed before she could pursue them.
• Nalan caught Zi Yan, discovered her injuries had worsened, and fed her healing pills as she said she had fought because she had finally found a home.
• The surviving elders scattered or switched allegiance to Eastern Dragon Island, while Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu defended their past service to the rival kings.
• Nalan declared Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu prisoners and ordered them to submit, and they offered the treasures in Western Dragon Island’s treasury to make amends.
• Nalan had Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu lead the group to Southern Dragon Island first, with Zhu Li accompanying them to guard against a betrayal.

Nalan traveled with Zhu Li and Xuan Mo to Southern Dragon Island, where Xuan Mo opened the Southern Dragon King's treasury and invited the group to take its treasures. As they explored deeper underground, they discovered a flame glowing with purplish-black light.

• Zhu Li explained that Nalan needed to comprehend a second Great Dao to advance as a Dou Sheng, and Nalan considered choosing the fire Great Dao.
• Nalan, Zhu Li, and Xuan Mo arrived at Southern Dragon Island, where Xuan Mo led them into the abandoned Dragon Palace.
• Xuan Mo smashed open the restriction sealing the Southern Dragon King's underground treasury.
• Zhu Li offered the treasury's contents to Nalan, who let Qing Lin, Cai Lin, and Black Water Profound Yin choose items.
• Nalan and the others ventured deeper into the treasury and found a flame at its furthest end.

Nalan Ye discovered the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Southern Dragon King’s treasury and subdued it despite its violent resistance. He left with the flame sealed in a sphere of compressed space, and Zhu Li suggested that Nalan Ye had chosen the direction of his second great Dao.

• Nalan Ye recognized the deep purple flame in the treasury as the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Zhu Li told him the Ancient Void Dragons had no use for it.
• Nalan Ye tried to subdue the flame, but it burned away his Dou Qi and attacked as the damaged restrictions began to fail.
• Nalan Ye struck the flame with the Great Heaven Creation Palm, scattering it before it gathered again and burst free into a sea of fire.
• Nalan Ye shielded Cai Lin and Qing Lin’s group, then compressed the Three Thousand Burning Flame inside a spatial barrier until it formed a small sphere in his palm.
• Cai Lin remembered her past attempt to subdue the Azure Lotus Core Flame and watched Nalan Ye easily suppress the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s final counterattack.
• Zhu Li congratulated Nalan Ye and said he seemed to have chosen the direction of his second great Dao.

Nalan retrieved the Three Thousand Burning Flame and other treasures while helping Zi Yan’s side consolidate its victory over the Three Great Dragon Kings. After returning to Eastern Dragon Island, he found Zi Yan recovering over food and began preparing to refine pills before turning his attention to comprehending the Fire Great Dao.

• Nalan thanked Elder Zhu Li for the Three Thousand Burning Flame and collected spirit medicines from the treasury.
• Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu reclaimed treasures they recognized, and Nalan let them do so because he needed their strength for Zi Yan’s efforts to reunify the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• The group visited Western and Northern Dragon Islands, but Northern Dragon Island had no treasury and its remaining Eighth-Rank Magical Beasts refused to join Eastern Dragon Island.
• Nalan returned to a celebration on Eastern Dragon Island and found Zi Yan eating wine and meat in the Cultivation Quiet Room despite her severe injuries.
• Nalan told Zi Yan not to use her power and promised to refine medicinal pills, then entered another quiet room with the Three Thousand Burning Flame and Human World Kindling Flame to begin studying the Fire Great Dao.

Nalan Ye set aside his attempt to understand the fire great dao and refined pills to help Zi Yan recover. When Zi Yan could not leave Dragon Island to accompany him to the Central Plains, Nalan Ye arranged to take Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu instead.

• Nalan Ye failed to grasp the essence of exotic flames, put away the three thousand burning flame, and began refining pills for Zi Yan.
• After more than ten days, Nalan Ye produced three Seven Rank Eight Color Pills, which Zi Yan immediately swallowed.
• Nalan Ye told Zi Yan he needed to return to the Central Plains, and Zi Yan offered to help him fight the Hall of Souls.
• Zhu Li and the other Elders urged Zi Yan to stay on Dragon Island because she was still injured and the Three Great Dragon Kings remained at large.
• Nalan Ye proposed that Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu accompany him, and reminded them that he could wield the Dragon Emperor Sword.
• Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu pledged to obey Zi Yan’s command and travel with Nalan Ye.