Recaps

Nalan Ye strengthened the Great Love Alliance and led its experts into the Barbaric Ancient Region to contest the Bodhi Ancient Tree with the Hall of Souls. After escaping the tree's trap and killing several hostile Venerables, he confronted Hun Qing as more Dou Sheng joined the conflict.

• Nalan Ye brought Qing Lin, Cai Lin, Xuan Mo, and Zhu Mu to the Great Love Alliance and secured their help.
• Nalan Ye uncovered Zhou Chuan's messages to the Hall of Souls and cultivated the Flame Mantra, transforming the Three Thousand Burning Flame into a Human World Kindling Flame.
• Nalan Ye mobilized the Great Love Alliance and its Dou Sheng helpers after learning that the Hall of Souls was seeking the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Qing Lin subdued an Ancient Heavenly Demon Python with Cai Lin's help, and Cai Lin and Black Water Profound Yin strengthened themselves in its blood pool.
• Nalan Ye's soul clone rescued Little Fairy Doctor, Cai Lin, and Qing Lin from the Scorpion Demon Three Fiends and killed all three attackers.
• Nalan Ye and Tang San broke through the Bodhi Ancient Tree's spatial barrier, and Nalan Ye let his allies escape before killing Yellow Spring Venerable, Heavenly Underworld Old Demon, and Ice Venerable.
• Xun Er ordered the Ancient Clan to rescue the surviving Pill Tower members from the Hall of Souls after Xuan Yi identified them as allies of the Great Love Alliance.
• Nalan Ye escaped Hun Qing's soul illusion and confronted him alongside Tang San, while Bing Ling and You Mingzi joined their enemies and Nalan Ye announced approaching reinforcements.

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.

Nalan Ye destroyed the Hall of Souls’ major allies and expanded the Great Love Alliance, then learned the Soul Clan had destroyed the Stone Clan and likely the Medicine Clan. The arc ended as Soul Clan experts forced open the passage to the Ancient Realm.

• Nalan Ye killed Hun Qing, endured Hun Miesheng’s soul-eroding curse, and purified his soul before rescuing Tang Ying and recruiting him to the Great Love Alliance.
• Nalan Ye directed the Great Love Alliance’s campaign against the Hall of Souls and its allies, destroying the Nether Sect, Ice River Valley, and Yellow Springs Pavilion while its Dou Sheng were absent.
• Nalan Ye consolidated the Central Plains under the Great Love Alliance as Little Fairy Doctor and Yao Lao survived their Dou Sheng tribulations, and Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion.
• Nalan Ye welcomed Shi Lezhi and the Stone Clan refugees, learned the Soul Clan had destroyed their clan, and sent messengers to warn the remaining ancient clans.
• Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor searched the Medicine Clan’s territory and found evidence that it had been destroyed, then traveled to Ancient Saint City to seek Gu Yuan.
• Green Luo warned the Ancient Clan that the Soul Clan had exterminated the Stone Clan, but Soul Clan experts kept the Ancient Realm passage open as its commanders tried to close it.

The Soul Clan stole the Ancient Clan’s jade while its wider campaign brought it close to collecting all the Tou She Ancient God Jades. Nalan Ye later subdued the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire, but a Soul Clan ambush forced him into a battle that Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin joined on his side.

• Hun Miesheng distracted Gu Yuan while Gu Yang stole the Ancient Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Hun Tiandi secured the Soul Clan’s retreat.
• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying learned of the stolen jades and destroyed clans, and Nalan Ye proposed gathering their elites at the Great Love Alliance.
• Nalan Ye broke the Nether Sect’s Guardian Sect Array, recruited Heavenly Flame Venerable, and developed Red Dust Rolling to contaminate Dou Qi and Heaven and Earth Energy.
• Nalan Ye accepted Xiao Yu’s marriage proposal during his wedding celebrations and appointed Wu Hall Master to rebuild the Hall of Souls under his control.
• Nalan Ye freed Xiao Chen from the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire, and Xiao Chen led the group to its sealed true body.
• Nalan Ye and his companions subdued the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire, but the Void Devouring Flame trapped them and demanded their captive.
• Nalan Ye breached the spatial barrier, encountered Hun Miesheng’s forces, and called Tang San for reinforcements before attempting to escape.
• Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin arrived to fight the Soul Clan, and Nalan attacked a First Level Dou Sheng with the Netherworld Undying Body.