Arc 42The Bodhi Tree and the Hall of Souls

Nalan Ye defeated Hun Qing at the Bodhi Ancient Tree, gained its Bodhi Heart, and brought the Pill Tower and several ancient-clan Dou Sheng into an alliance against the Soul Clan and Hall of Souls. After finding a Hall of Souls branch hall, he attacked it and confronted Hun Qing with three Dou Sheng Puppets.

  • Xuan Mo brought five Dou Sheng from the Ancient Eight Clans to the Bodhi Ancient Tree, but the clans focused on the tree while Hun Qing awakened its demonic nature and attacked them.
  • Nalan Ye and his allies fought the corrupted tree and Hun Qing, and Nalan Ye burned the tree, absorbed its Bodhi Heart, and drove Hun Qing away before controlling three Ancient Tree Puppets.
  • Yao Wangui confronted Nalan Ye over the missing Bodhi Ancient Tree, but Nalan Ye held his ground until four Second Level Dou Sheng arrived and the ancient clans agreed to oppose the Soul Clan.
  • Nalan Ye gave Bodhi Seeds to allies and helped the Pill Tower complete the Fallen Leaves Return to the Root Pill, winning its agreement to join the Great Love Alliance.
  • Gu Xun and six other ancient-clan Dou Sheng joined Nalan Ye’s effort against the Hall of Souls, while Nalan Ye sought poison for Little Fairy Doctor and gathered it from the Corpse Burial Mountain Range.
  • Nalan Ye discovered the Hall of Souls’ Corpse Burial Branch Hall, killed its guards, and destroyed much of the branch hall as Hun Qing appeared to challenge him.
  • Nalan Ye summoned three Dou Sheng Puppets to surround Hun Qing.
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Ch. 1032Each Sweeps the Snow from Their Own Doorstep

Nalan Ye tried to rally the Ancient Eight Clans’ Dou Sheng against the Hall of Souls, but the elders prioritized their own interests and the Bodhi Ancient Tree instead. As the clans moved away, Xun Er urged Xiao Yan to leave with them.

  • Xuan Mo brought five Dou Sheng from the Ancient Eight Clans through space wormholes, turning the fight against Hun Qing and the Hall of Souls.
  • Gu Xun and the other elders heard their juniors’ accounts, but hesitated to confront the Soul Clan after Hun Qing claimed the attack had been a misunderstanding.
  • The Medicine Clan’s Dou Sheng demanded the Bodhi Ancient Tree and led his people toward it after Hun Qing yielded.
  • Nalan Ye accused the clans of ignoring the Soul Clan’s threat, but the Lightning, Fire, and Stone Clans also headed for the tree rather than join the fight.
  • Xun Er, unable to persuade Gu Xun to intervene, asked Xiao Yan to leave the dangerous area with her.

Ch. 1033The Bodhi Ancient Tree Turns Dark

Hun Qing corrupted the Bodhi Ancient Tree, awakening its demonic nature and turning it against the five clans inside its small space. As the Great Love Alliance retreated, the tree’s branches struck the Stone Clan, leaving its members badly injured.

  • Xun Er left with Gu Xun and the others after Gu Xun promised to help Nalan Ye once if he faced disaster.
  • The members of the five clans entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s small space while the Great Love Alliance, the Pill Tower, and the Hall of Souls remained outside.
  • Hun Qing cast a strange seal on the Bodhi Ancient Tree, causing its true body to emerge and black markings to spread across it.
  • Hun Qing revealed that he had awakened the tree’s demonic nature to kill the five clans, and Nalan Ye ordered the Great Love Alliance to retreat.
  • The corrupted tree attacked the clans inside its small space, and a huge branch smashed through the Stone Clan’s defenses and sent its members flying.

Ch. 1034Saving them

The Bodhi Ancient Tree trapped the five clans in illusions as they fled, while Hun Qing attacked the Great Love Alliance to stop anyone from approaching it. Xiao Yan succumbed to the tree’s illusions while trying to reach Xun Er, and the narrator rushed to save him before a streak of black light struck from behind.

  • The Bodhi Ancient Tree swept the five clans aside and sent an illusionary ripple through the fleeing crowd, leaving many Venerables motionless.
  • Xuan Yi and Xuan Kongzi warned that those caught in the tree’s illusions might become its puppets, and Xiao Yan charged toward Xun Er despite the danger.
  • Hun Qing ordered the Hall of Souls to attack the Great Love Alliance, then fought the narrator as Bing Ling and You Mingzi engaged Tang San and Xuan Mo.
  • Xiao Yan resisted the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusions for a time but collapsed beside Xun Er after losing consciousness.
  • The narrator broke away from Hun Qing and rushed toward Xiao Yan, but a streak of black light shot at the narrator from behind.

Ch. 1035Gravely wounded!

The narrator and Qiu Si fought Elder Heavenly Snake while their allies battled an ice dragon above the mountains. The narrator grievously wounded Heavenly Snake with a lightning technique, leaving him nearly cut in two.

  • Onlookers recognized Elder Heavenly Snake of Ice River Valley and watched the Dou Zong battle above the mountains.
  • The narrator used Illusory Lightning Cliff and Three Thousand Lightning Movements to attack Heavenly Snake alongside Qiu Si.
  • The narrator shattered Heavenly Snake’s ice armor with Serpent Coil and struck his chest, but Heavenly Snake hit Qiu Si with his cane and split her forehead open.
  • The narrator summoned Human World Kindling Flame, forcing Heavenly Snake to defend himself with his ice-attribute Dou Qi.
  • Heavenly Snake thrust at the narrator with his cane, but the narrator’s Illusory Lightning Cliff cut the cane in two and slashed a deep wound across Heavenly Snake’s body.

Ch. 1036The Terrifying Hun Qing

Nalan Ye used the Human World Kindling Flame to burn the Bodhi Ancient Tree, but Hun Qing killed the Fire Clan Dou Sheng and the Medicine Clan Dou Sheng fled. Nalan Ye was left wounded and surrounded by the ancient tree and multiple Dou Sheng puppets.

  • Nalan Ye burned the Bodhi Ancient Tree with the Human World Kindling Flame, stripping away its black mist and damaging its branches and leaves.
  • The Bodhi Ancient Tree attacked Nalan Ye and summoned five Dou Sheng puppets, so Gu Xun and the other Dou Sheng held the puppets back to give Nalan Ye a chance.
  • Hun Qing killed the elderly Fire Clan Dou Sheng and captured her soul, shocking the others.
  • Gu Xun, the Stone Clan Dou Sheng, and the Lightning Clan Dou Sheng contacted their clans for reinforcements, while the Medicine Clan Dou Sheng fled.
  • Nalan Ye struck a puppet away but suffered a severe chest wound as two puppets moved to attack him alongside the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Ch. 1037Refining the Bodhi Ancient Tree

Nalan Ye absorbed the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s spiritual essence through his Human Dao Domain, healing his wounds and growing stronger as the Human World Kindling Flame weakened the tree. After defeating a Dou Sheng Puppet, he attacked the tree, which began trying to escape underground, while Hun Qing charged toward him.

  • Nalan Ye discovered that the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s spiritual essence healed his wound, then absorbed it through his Human Dao Domain and strengthened his Human Great Dao.
  • Nalan Ye fought the two Dou Sheng Puppets while the Human World Kindling Flame burned the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and the tree’s spiritual essence healed his injuries.
  • Nalan Ye blasted one Dou Sheng Puppet away and beheaded the other with the Dragon Emperor Sword, causing its body to crumble into ash.
  • Nalan Ye severed the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s branches and refined the released spiritual essence as the tree shrank and began sinking underground to escape.
  • Nalan Ye leaped after the escaping Bodhi Ancient Tree, but Hun Qing charged toward him.

Ch. 1038Still Not Enough!

Nalan Ye destroyed Hun Qing’s demonic blade, pursued the Bodhi Ancient Tree underground, and forced it to give up Bodhi Seeds and its Bodhi Heart. After swallowing the heart, Nalan Ye fought Hun Qing in a collapsing underground passage, where Hun Qing began to lose ground.

  • Hun Qing attacked Nalan Ye with his demonic blade, but Nalan Ye caught it and burned away its runes with human world kindling flame.
  • Nalan Ye followed the Bodhi Ancient Tree through its spatially twisted underground passage and hacked at it, refining the spiritual essence from its branches and leaves.
  • The Bodhi Ancient Tree spoke and offered Nalan Ye more than twenty Bodhi Seeds, then produced a Bodhi Heart that weakened it drastically.
  • Hun Qing caught up and lunged for the Bodhi Heart, but Nalan Ye snatched it and swallowed it before Hun Qing could intervene.
  • Nalan Ye absorbed the Bodhi Heart’s power and charged Hun Qing, and their battle tore apart the underground passage as Hun Qing gradually began to falter.

Ch. 1039Taking Control of the Puppets

Nalan Ye drove Hun Qing and the Hall of Souls from the battlefield, then tried to take control of the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s three Dou Sheng puppets rather than destroy them. Using the Bodhi Heart to slip his Human Dao Rhythm into one puppet, he successfully changed its allegiance and began to claim it as his own.

  • Nalan Ye wounded Hun Qing with the Dragon Emperor Sword, but Hun Qing escaped, and the Hall of Souls forces soon retreated as well.
  • Nalan Ye sent Wind Venerable to check on the unconscious members of the five clans, Xun Er, and Xiao Yan, then decided to try controlling the three remaining puppets.
  • Nalan Ye joined Tang San and Xuan Mo above the battlefield, where the surviving Dou Sheng of the Ancient, Lightning, and Stone Clans praised him for driving Hun Qing away.
  • Nalan Ye discovered that the Bodhi Heart connected to the Ancient Tree Puppets and used its power to carry his Human Dao Rhythm into the puppet fighting the Stone Clan Dou Sheng.
  • Nalan Ye changed the puppet’s aura and stopped it from attacking the Stone Clan Dou Sheng, then joked that he had told it he was its father.

Ch. 1040Second Level Dou Sheng

Nalan Ye controlled three Ancient Tree Puppets but discovered they drained his Dou Qi, while the survivors learned that some of their companions had become puppets. As the clans prepared to leave, two Medicine Clan Dou Sheng arrived, including a Second Level Dou Sheng, and the others confronted Yao Tian for abandoning them.

  • Nalan Ye used the Bodhi Heart to control three Ancient Tree Puppets, but they immediately drained all the Dou Qi from his body.
  • Yao Lao reported that some unconscious survivors had dead souls and had likely been turned into puppets by the Bodhi Ancient Tree; the clans examined them and planned to take them home.
  • Xiao Yan and Xun Er woke, and Xiao Yan revealed that his cultivation had improved after gaining sudden enlightenment in the illusion.
  • Little Fairy Doctor lamented that the Great Love Alliance had gained little from the Bodhi Ancient Tree, while Nalan Ye privately considered using the Bodhi Seeds to strengthen his allies.
  • Two Medicine Clan Dou Sheng arrived, including Yao Wangui, whose aura marked him as a Second Level Dou Sheng, and the gathered Dou Sheng confronted Yao Tian for fleeing the battle.

Ch. 1041Yao Wangui

Yao Wangui arrived with Yao Tian after the Soul Clan had fled and demanded the Bodhi Ancient Tree and its Bodhi Heart from Nalan Ye. When Yao Tian attacked Nalan Ye, Nalan Ye swiftly defeated him, prompting Yao Wangui to threaten retaliation.

  • Yao Tian returned with Second Level Dou Sheng Yao Wangui, while Gu Xun explained that Nalan Ye had driven Hun Qing and the Hall of Souls members away.
  • Yao Wangui searched for the vanished Bodhi Ancient Tree, then accused Nalan Ye of possessing its Bodhi Heart and warned him not to ruin himself.
  • Yao Tian insulted Nalan Ye and attacked him with a green Dou Qi whip, but Nalan Ye broke free of Yao Tian's flower technique and beat him into a crater.
  • Nalan Ye taunted Yao Tian and looked toward Yao Wangui, who angrily threatened him for injuring an elder of the Medicine Clan.

Ch. 1042Advancement!

Nalan Ye fought Yao Wangui, using the Bodhi Heart to strengthen his Human Great Dao and hold off Yao Wangui’s attack despite remaining a First Level Dou Sheng. Four Second Level Dou Shengs arrived, and after learning Huo Feng had died, the clans agreed to confront the Soul Clan.

  • Gu Xun warned Nalan Ye that Yao Wangui’s Second Level Dou Sheng strength made him too dangerous to challenge, while the other Dou Shengs and Nalan Ye’s companions grew concerned.
  • Yao Wangui fused his Wood Great Dao and Fire Great Dao into an attack, and Nalan Ye burned the Bodhi Heart to strengthen his Human Great Dao before countering with Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon.
  • The Thunder Dragon and Yao Wangui’s attack exploded after a stalemate, leaving Yao Wangui unable to understand Nalan Ye’s unusual combat strength or decide whether to keep pursuing the Bodhi Heart.
  • Four Second Level Dou Shengs arrived from the clans, and the Yan Clan elder learned from Huo Zhi that Huo Feng had fallen.
  • The Yan Clan members demanded blood for blood, and the newly arrived Dou Shengs agreed to confront the Soul Clan over its actions.

Ch. 1043Leaving the Barbaric Ancient Region

Nalan Ye left the Barbaric Ancient Region with the Great Love Alliance after warning the four ancient clans not to underestimate the Soul Clan, though they dismissed his concerns. Back at the alliance, he learned that Ten Thousand Swords Venerable had been killed by the Hall of Souls, and Wind Venerable confronted the Pill Tower leaders over his death.

  • The four ancient clans thanked Nalan Ye and departed, planning to unite and blockade the entrance to the Soul Clan's small world.
  • Nalan Ye revealed that his strength was comparable to a Second Level Dou Sheng and worried that the Soul Clan had already begun its plans against the other ancient clans.
  • Nalan Ye returned to the Great Love Alliance with its members and the Pill Tower leaders, Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi.
  • Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi told Wind Venerable that Ten Thousand Swords Venerable had been killed and his soul taken by the Hall of Souls.
  • Wind Venerable blamed the Pill Tower leaders for entering the Barbaric Ancient Region early and demanded to know how Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion would survive without its sole Venerable.
  • Xuan Kongzi offered for the Pill Tower to shelter Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion and provide pills to help it nurture a new Venerable.

Ch. 1044Bodhi Seed

As the Mist Storm closed in, Nalan Ye prepared to break through the Mist Barrier and let his allies into the Heavenly Tomb Center. Shi Potian and the Ling Clan sought his help, and Ling Lingyao offered a Bodhi Seed as payment.

  • Yao Xingji accused Nalan Ye of causing the Mist Barrier, but Nalan Ye denied it, and the Three Clans Alliance remained trapped as the Mist Storm approached.
  • Huo Xuan said his group could enter the Heavenly Tomb Center, while Nalan Ye prepared to act with ten Dou Zong powerhouses guarding him.
  • Shi Potian blamed Yao Xingji for provoking their earlier conflict, claimed kinship with Nalan Ye through an ancient Xiao Clan ancestor, and won permission for himself and two Stone Clan members to join them.
  • Ling Lingyao asked Nalan Ye to bring the three Ling Clan members inside, and Nalan Ye demanded valuable treasures as a toll.
  • Ling Lingyao offered a Bodhi Seed, which Little Fairy Doctor explained could help someone achieve sudden enlightenment, and Nalan Ye wondered whether it was better than his own sudden enlightenment.

Ch. 1045Nurturing the Great Love Alliance

Nalan Ye distributed Bodhi Seeds to strengthen the Great Love Alliance and its allies, while Tang Ying pleaded with him to investigate whether the Hall of Souls had killed his teacher. The chapter left Nalan Ye promising to investigate Ten Thousand Swords Venerable’s fate and avenge him if necessary.

  • Nalan Ye gave six Bodhi Seeds to Wind Venerable and the other two Venerables, who entered seclusion to try to advance to Dou Sheng.
  • Nalan Ye rewarded the Elders for their work, sent them back to the Star Realm, and offered Bodhi Seeds to Xiao Yan, Mu Qingluan, Cai Lin, Little Fairy Doctor, and Qing Lin; Xiao Yan and Qing Lin accepted seeds and went into seclusion.
  • Nalan Ye gave Tang Huo'er a Bodhi Seed when he visited her, then met Tang Ying as he collected his teacher Ten Thousand Swords Venerable’s body.
  • Tang Ying refused Nalan Ye’s Bodhi Seed and begged him to rescue his teacher, whose soul the Hall of Souls had taken.
  • Nalan Ye promised to investigate whether Ten Thousand Swords Venerable was still alive and to avenge him if he was dead.

Ch. 1046Heading to the Pill Tower

Nalan visited the Great Love Alliance’s Pill Division, learned why the Pill Tower’s Dou Sheng ancestors had stayed out of the battle in the Barbaric Ancient Region, and traveled with Cao Ying, Xuan Kongzi, and Xuan Yi to the Pill Tower. They arrived to find the elders’ excitement at Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi’s return dampened by how few survivors had come back.

  • Tang Huo'er watched Tang Ying and the others depart with the Ten Thousand Swords Venerable’s remains and resolved to cultivate harder against the Hall of Souls.
  • Nalan inspected the Pill Division Cao Ying had established and asked Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi why the Pill Tower’s Dou Sheng ancestors had not gone to the Barbaric Ancient Region.
  • Xuan Kongzi explained that the Pill Tower had four Dou Sheng ancestors, but the one overseeing affairs had apparently stayed behind to refine an Eighth-Tier Profound Pill.
  • Nalan opened a space wormhole to the Pill Tower, and Cao Ying told him she wanted the Pill Tower to join the Great Love Alliance; he gave her a Bodhi Seed.
  • Nalan, Cao Ying, Xuan Kongzi, and Xuan Yi arrived at the Pill Tower, where the elders’ joy faded when they saw how few of the expedition had returned.

Ch. 1047The Small Pill Tower

Nalan Ye sent Wind Venerable and Yao Lao to seek alliances with the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion and Pill Tower while the Great Love Alliance recruited other Central Plains factions. After giving Tang Huo'er firefly iron, Nalan Ye returned with her to his residence, while Zhou Chuan plotted to alert the Hall of Souls and sabotage the alliance efforts.

  • Yao Lao explained that the Small Pill Tower’s Eight-Rank Alchemists were too powerful to fight, and Cao Ying suggested winning the Pill Tower over through Alchemy.
  • Nalan Ye settled for seeking an offensive and defensive alliance with the Pill Tower and ordered Cao Ying and Yao Lao to travel there with Xiao Yan.
  • Wind Venerable headed to the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion, while elders and deacons went to recruit smaller Central Plains factions.
  • Tang Huo'er complained that Nalan Ye had neglected her, and he gave her rare firefly iron before taking her back to his residence.
  • Zhou Chuan blamed Nalan Ye for his heartbreak and decided to warn the Hall of Souls so it could intercept Gu Ling, Yao Chen, and Cao Ying.
  • Zhou Chuan left the Star Realm Great Array that night and hid a note beneath a rock in a nearby cave.

Ch. 1048The pills you refine aren't good enough

Nalan Ye entered the Pill Tower valley and offered to help Old Monster Hou finish refining an Eighth-Tier Profound Pill that he could not safely condense. Nalan Ye used Human Dao Rhythm to unify the medicinal essences and began fusing them, but Old Monster Hou warned that he had not even read the pill recipe.

  • Nalan Ye and Cao Ying entered the valley with Xuan Kongzi and the Pill Tower Three Giants following them.
  • Nalan Ye identified Old Monster Hou’s stalled pill as an Eighth-Tier Profound Pill and explained that Old Monster Hou lacked the cultivation to finish refining it.
  • Nalan Ye promised to compensate Old Monster Hou if the cauldron exploded, prompting Old Monster Hou to step aside and let him try.
  • Nalan Ye imbued each cluster of Medicinal Essence with Human Dao Rhythm and began condensing the pill.
  • Old Monster Hou protested that Nalan Ye had started without reading the pill recipe.

Ch. 1049Eighth-Tier Profound Pill

Nalan Ye refined the Fallen Leaves Return to the Root Pill while Old Monster Hou mistook his improvised method for a newly improved recipe from the Pill Tower Ancestor. The pill took shape and a pill tribulation began.

  • Nalan Ye claimed he had received the eighth-tier recipe from an old beggar, and Old Monster Hou concluded the beggar had been the Pill Tower Ancestor.
  • Old Monster Hou noticed Nalan Ye was using a different pill-forming sequence and decided the Ancestor had improved the recipe, then began taking notes.
  • Nalan Ye warned Old Monster Hou that his method only suited a Second Level Dou Sheng, but Old Monster Hou kept recording it for future reference.
  • Nalan Ye completed the withered-green pill, impressing Old Monster Hou, the Three Giants, and Cao Ying with his alchemy.
  • Thunder sounded as the pill formed, and Nalan Ye recognized the arrival of a pill tribulation.

Ch. 1050Pill Tribulation

Nalan refined the Fallen Leaves Return to the Root Pill, an eighth-tier profound pill, and overcame its powerful pill tribulation. After seeing his alchemy skills, Old Monster Hou agreed to have the Pill Tower join the Great Love Alliance.

  • Old Monster Hou warned that the pill tribulation would rival a Second Level Dou Sheng and called for the Great Elder, but Nalan offered to withstand it himself.
  • Nalan destroyed the tribulation’s wood-attribute lightning with purple lightning, then countered its poison-attribute lightning with the Human World Kindling Flame and Dragon Emperor Sword.
  • After the tribulation cloud dispersed, Nalan caught the Fallen Leaves Return to the Root Pill as it tried to escape the medicine cauldron.
  • Old Monster Hou examined the pill, praised Nalan’s alchemy skills as possibly better than the Great Elder’s, and agreed that the Pill Tower would join the Great Love Alliance.

Ch. 1051Let's Go After the Hall of Souls

Nalan Ye brought the Pill Tower into the Great Love Alliance, while seven Dou Sheng from the Ancient, Yan, Lightning, and Stone Clans decided to target the Hall of Souls after failing to find the Soul Clan’s hidden world. They arrived at the Pill Tower seeking Nalan Ye, where their appearance was mistaken for an attack by the Hall of Souls.

  • Old Monster Hou agreed to join the Great Love Alliance and brought Nalan Ye inside to discuss the Alchemy Dao.
  • The seven Dou Sheng failed to locate the sealed entrance to the Soul Clan’s Small World and debated how to retaliate against the Soul Clan.
  • Gu Xun suggested targeting the Soul Clan’s dependent faction, the Hall of Souls, and the group agreed to seek Nalan Ye’s help in finding it.
  • The seven Dou Sheng appeared outside the Pill Tower, alarming its alchemists and prompting a messenger to warn Old Monster Hou.
  • Nalan Ye asked how many Dou Sheng had arrived, while the Pill Tower’s Three Giants feared the Hall of Souls had come to attack them.

Ch. 1052They Seemed Pretty Useless

Nalan Ye emerged from the Small Pill Tower ready to confront the Hall of Souls, only to find seven Dou Sheng from the Ancient Eight Clans waiting for him. Their arrival bolstered his standing among the Pill Tower’s alchemists, and Gu Xun revealed they had come seeking help to target the Hall of Souls.

  • Old Monster Hou praised Nalan Ye’s strength and said the Pill Tower’s Great Elder could join him if the Hall of Souls attacked.
  • Nalan Ye brought out three Dou Sheng Puppets and loudly challenged the supposed attackers outside the Pill Tower.
  • Nalan Ye recognized Gu Xun among the seven Ancient Eight Clans Dou Sheng, who had tracked him through the clan mark on his Nine Earths Thunder Lance.
  • Old Monster Hou welcomed the seven inside, while Pill Tower alchemists debated the alliance and grew more impressed by Nalan Ye’s power.
  • Gu Xun told Nalan Ye that the group wanted to make trouble for the Soul Clan but had come to the Central Plains to target the Hall of Souls because they could not find the Soul Clan.

Ch. 1053Dealing with the Hall of Souls

Nalan persuaded Gu Xun and the other Ancient Clan Dou Sheng to join his efforts against the Hall of Souls, gathering them with Old Monster Hou in the Heavenly Flame Small World. As preparations for the coming battle began, Little Fairy Doctor grew jealous over Nalan’s reliance on Cai Lin, and Nalan went to find Cai Lin for help.

  • Nalan promised Gu Xun and the six other Dou Sheng that he would gather information on the Hall of Souls and proposed sweeping away its branch halls if its Dou Sheng remained hidden.
  • Nalan brought the seven Dou Sheng from the four ancient clans and Old Monster Hou through a Space Wormhole to the Heavenly Flame Small World, where the Heavenly Flame Saint greeted them.
  • Nalan told the Heavenly Flame Saint that the Great Love Alliance would unite the continent against the Hall of Souls and celebrated the growing force gathered around him.
  • Nalan told Little Fairy Doctor that the Pill Tower and the Ancient Clan Dou Sheng had joined the effort, then urged her to cultivate toward Dou Sheng while Cai Lin handled intelligence gathering.
  • Little Fairy Doctor accused Nalan of favoring Cai Lin and went into seclusion, while Nalan worried about their relationship and then went to find Cai Lin.

Ch. 1054Corpse Burial Mountain Range

After learning that Little Fairy Doctor needed potent poisons to approach Dou Sheng, Nalan sought advice from Old Monster Hou and traveled to the Corpse Burial Mountain Range. He entered the poisoned range and began gathering its mist to take back for Little Fairy Doctor to test.

  • Cai Lin recognized Old Crow as a Hall of Souls protector, and Nalan asked her to keep their secret and contact him.
  • Nalan considered obtaining Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s essence blood from the Nine Netherworld Python Clan to help Cai Lin evolve, but judged the clan too dangerous for now.
  • Nalan asked Old Monster Hou about poisons for Little Fairy Doctor, and Old Monster Hou told him of a calamity poison body’s remains in the Corpse Burial Mountain Range.
  • Nalan traveled secretly for ten days to the mountain range, whose poison mist covered a landscape of dead plants and scattered bones.
  • Nalan entered the range and used his Dou Qi to gather its poison mist for Little Fairy Doctor to try.

Ch. 1055This Is the Hall of Souls

The narrator searched the Corpse Burial Mountain Range for poisonous materials and discovered a hidden Hall of Souls branch hall. After its members threatened to seize his soul, he realized they did not know he was the Great Love Alliance’s leader and faced their attack.

  • The narrator gathered gray mist and collected moss, beetles, and other unusual treasures from the Corpse Burial Mountain Range.
  • He detected folded space in a valley and struck its barrier, causing a doorway to open.
  • More than a dozen black-robed Dou Zong emerged and identified the hidden site as the Hall of Souls Corpse Burial Branch Hall.
  • The branch hall’s leader ordered the narrator’s soul seized, and several Dou Zong surrounded him to prevent the location from being exposed.
  • The narrator said the Great Love Alliance already knew the branch hall’s location, and several Soul-Seizing Iron Chains shot toward him.

Ch. 1056I Am the Great Love Alliance

Nalan Ye destroyed a Hall of Souls branch hall in the Corpse Burial Mountain Range, freeing its soul orbs and confronting Hun Qing. The chapter ended with Nalan Ye revealing three Dou Sheng Puppets to surround the Vice Hall Master.

  • Nalan Ye burned the Hall of Souls Protectors guarding the branch hall and revealed his identity as the Great Love Alliance's Alliance Leader.
  • Nalan Ye pursued and killed the fleeing Protectors, then forced his way through the spatial gateway into the branch hall.
  • Nalan Ye saw the imprisoned soul orbs and attacked the branch hall with Heavenly Thunder Sky Dragon, collapsing its halls and killing its members.
  • Hun Qing appeared and challenged Nalan Ye for attacking the branch hall.
  • Nalan Ye summoned three Dou Sheng Puppets to join him in surrounding Hun Qing.
Arc 42 of 47
Arc 42 of 47