Chapter Summaries

Ye Wentian disguised his origin to gain Zi Yan’s sympathy after she chased Xiao Qi through the Back Mountain. Zi Yan believed his story and offered to share Nether Bloom Liquid with him, delaying his plan to leave.

• Ye Wentian recognized Zi Yan as a Void Ancient Dragon and tried to avoid her, but she chased Xiao Qi through the Back Mountain.
• Ye Wentian stopped Xiao Qi and introduced himself to Zi Yan, who questioned how a soul could be friends with a magical beast.
• Ye Wentian claimed his clan had once lived in the area, that a Dou Sheng ancestor had opened the Small World, and that he sought revenge after his clan was destroyed.
• Zi Yan believed Ye Wentian’s tale and said she was also alone and wanted to grow up so she could search for her clansmen.
• Zi Yan grabbed Ye Wentian and offered to share the Nether Bloom Liquid she had found.

The narrator found out that a Dou Wang magical beast guarded the Nether Bloom Liquid needed to restore their physical body and decided to risk approaching it with Zi Yan. Zi Yan led the narrator to the beast’s cave, where the narrator weighed whether they could defeat it.

• The narrator confirmed with Heavenly Flame Venerable that Nether Bloom Liquid was extremely rare and decided to seek it despite the danger.
• The narrator comforted Zi Yan with a fabricated story about losing their wife and persuaded her to show them around.
• Zi Yan described her visits to Canaan Academy and her love of spiritual medicine, so the narrator gave her a pill that she eagerly ate.
• Zi Yan led the narrator to a valley and revealed that a Dou Wang monkey guarded a pool of Nether Bloom Liquid inside its cave.
• The narrator considered whether they and Zi Yan could defeat the monkey while managing the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s limited strength and the risk of Cai Lin’s soul erupting.

The narrator and Zi Yan used a plan to draw the Black-Haired Monkey away from its cave so they could search for Nether Bloom Liquid. The narrator reached the cavern and found a Nether Bloom Flower, but Heavenly Flame Venerable explained that the desired liquid formed only when a plant rotted under suitable conditions.

• The narrator proposed that Zi Yan lure the Black-Haired Monkey away while he entered its cave, and she agreed.
• Zi Yan fought the Black-Haired Monkey, but its speed and the valley terrain let it wear her down and provoke her into chasing it.
• At the narrator’s urging, Zi Yan destroyed the cave entrance and ran away, drawing the enraged Black-Haired Monkey after her.
• The narrator directed the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python into the cave and followed it to a cavern.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable identified a young Nether Bloom Flower and explained how Nether Bloom Liquid could form after the plant rotted under suitable conditions.

Ye Wentian secured the Nether Bloom Liquid and met Zi Yan, sharing half of it with her. Xiao Yan and Yao Lao arrived at the cave afterward, found it empty, and Xiao Yan began fighting the returning Black-Haired Monkey.

• Ye Wentian collected the Nether Bloom Liquid and escaped the cave with Heavenly Flame Venerable before the Black-Haired Monkey returned.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao investigated the cave, found only magical beast auras nearby, and went to seek the Nether Bloom Liquid.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao found the cave collapsed and the Nether Bloom Liquid gone, then Xiao Yan encountered the returning Black-Haired Monkey and fought it.
• Ye Wentian and Heavenly Flame Venerable continued to the meeting place, where Zi Yan was waiting.
• Ye Wentian gave Zi Yan half the Nether Bloom Liquid, and she drank it in one gulp and complained that it tasted bitter and foul.

Ye Wentian tried to persuade Zi Yan to leave the Canaan Small World with him by promising to help her find her clansmen, but she stayed behind. Before escaping the small world with the Heavenly Flame Venerable and the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, Ye Wentian sent Zi Yan a letter about the Void Ancient Dragon Clan and returned to the Dou Qi Continent.

• Ye Wentian offered Zi Yan pills and information about her clansmen to persuade her to leave, but she suspected he was lying.
• Ye Wentian pretended to depart, yet Zi Yan did not follow him, so he gave up trying to take her along.
• The Heavenly Flame Venerable searched the spatial barrier and found a gap out of the Canaan Small World.
• Ye Wentian wrote Zi Yan a letter about the Void Ancient Dragon Clan and asked the Heavenly Flame Venerable to deliver it.
• The Heavenly Flame Venerable carried Ye Wentian and the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python through the gap and back to the Dou Qi Continent.

Jia Xingtian and Yun Shan planned to strike the Nalan Family, Mo Lai Ni Family, and Poison Sect while using supported factions to contain the Snake-People Tribe. Little Fairy Doctor waited in the Chuyun Protectorate, warning that she might leave if Nalan Ye did not return after the coming war.

• Jia Xingtian and Yun Shan discussed their failed efforts to win over Hai Bodong and the Mo Lai Ni Family, which continued to hold the Supervisory Left Division.
• Yun Shan said he had backed factions in the Cloudrise Northern and Eastern Regions to tie down the Snake-People Tribe when war began.
• Yun Shan revealed that Yun Yun would marry Gu He, and Jia Xingtian promised the Xiao Family's heads as a wedding gift and a signal to Nalan Ye's allies.
• Little Fairy Doctor sat at the Poison Sect's mountain summit and said she might leave if Nalan Ye still did not appear after the war.

The narrator and Heavenly Flame Venerable escaped Canaan Academy and learned that Yun Shan and Jia Xingtian were stirring up trouble back in the Jialian Empire. They changed course to find Little Fairy Doctor at the Poison Sect, arriving near its mountain gate after more than ten days of travel.

• The narrator rode north on Xiao Qi while Heavenly Flame Venerable concealed them from Su Qian, who searched the mountains twice before leaving.
• The narrator and Heavenly Flame Venerable captured a merchant in the Black-Corner Region and learned that Yun Shan and Jia Xingtian were causing trouble in the Jialian Empire.
• The narrator named Xiao Qi, Little Fairy Doctor, and Xiao Yan as allies he could count on against the two Dou Huang experts, and promised to help Heavenly Flame Venerable obtain a physical body.
• The narrator and Heavenly Flame Venerable turned toward the Poison Sect and reached the area near its mountain gate after traveling for more than ten days.

Nalan Ye secretly entered the Poison Sect and reunited with the Little Fairy Doctor, while Yun Yun faced her arranged marriage to Gu He at Yun Lan Mountain. The chapter ended with Yun Yun defending her decision to marry for the sake of the sect despite Nalan Yanran urging her to refuse.

• Nalan Ye used the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and Heavenly Flame Venerable’s protection to slip through the Poison Sect in search of the Little Fairy Doctor.
• Nalan Ye found the Little Fairy Doctor in a hall, but she attacked the disguised intruders before he revealed himself.
• The Little Fairy Doctor recognized Nalan Ye’s soul aura, redirected her attack, and tearfully realized he was alive.
• Nalan Yanran urged Yun Yun to tell Yun Shan that she did not want to marry Gu He.
• Yun Yun explained that her marriage to Gu He would strengthen the Yun Lan Sect and said she believed affection could grow through mutual support.

Nalan Ye reunited with Little Fairy Doctor and discussed refining new bodies for himself and Yao TianHuo, while weighing the materials needed and the growing threat from Yun Shan and Jia Xingtian. Little Fairy Doctor agreed to gather the rare materials, and Nalan Ye proposed using her Exotic Flame to recruit Gu He as the Poison Sect prepared to delay its enemies.

• At the Poison Sect, Little Fairy Doctor offered to gather materials to refine a physical body for Nalan Ye and learned that Yao TianHuo needed soul-nourishing resources and a Life Bone Blood Fusion Pill.
• Little Fairy Doctor insisted on preparing the best materials for Nalan Ye and promised to obtain the bloodline essence of a Seventh-Order Magical Beast and the remains of a Dou Zong expert.
• Nalan Ye explained that Yun Shan and Jia Xingtian might soon move against the Poison Sect and the Nalan Family, while Little Fairy Doctor revealed she had reached Eight Star Dou Huang cultivation.
• Nalan Ye judged that Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Qi, and Yao TianHuo could defeat Yun Shan and Jia Xingtian if they had time to recover and strengthen themselves.
• Nalan Ye told Little Fairy Doctor to announce that she possessed an Exotic Flame and offer it to Gu He if he joined the Poison Sect.

Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor worked to strengthen their allies and prepare for a clash with the Yun Lan Sect, while the offer of an Exotic Flame forced Gu He to choose between joining the Poison Sect and marrying Yun Yun. Yun Yun left the decision to Gu He as the rival sects moved toward open conflict.

• Nalan Ye refined a soul-nourishing pill, fed Xiao Qi, and worried that his soul body could not cultivate without a suitable technique.
• Little Fairy Doctor returned with the infant Fallen Heart Flame and said she had revealed it publicly to draw Gu He's attention.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable agreed to refine the Poison Sect's poison medicines and materials to restore his strength, while Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor dismissed seeking help from the Nalan, Mitre, and Mo Lai Ni families.
• The Poison Sect publicly offered the Fallen Heart Flame to Gu He if he joined them, countering the Yun Lan Sect's announcement that Yun Yun would marry him.
• Nalan Yanran questioned Yun Yun about the marriage and Gu He's possible choice, and Yun Yun replied that she would let him choose.

Liu Ling learned that Gu He had to choose between the Poison Sect Master's Fallen Heart Flame and marrying Yun Yun, while Gu He reflected on how powerful factions controlled his choices. After Gu He chose Yun Yun over the flame, he offered to leave the empire with her, but she said she would stay in Yun Lan Sect.

• Liu Ling told Gu He that the Poison Sect Master's Exotic Flame was likely the Fallen Heart Flame, and Gu He recalled how he had lost his chance to obtain the Sea Heart Flame.
• Gu He decided to go to Yun Lan Sect, believing the Gama Royal Family and Yun Lan Sect would not let him travel freely to the Poison Sect.
• Outside the hall, Liu Ling told Nalan Yanran that Gu He had turned down the Exotic Flame to visit Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran's expression softened.
• Gu He told Yun Yun that he had loved her since their first meeting and chose her over the Fallen Heart Flame, but Yun Yun challenged his claim that he could not leave worldly troubles behind.
• Gu He offered to leave with Yun Yun and live quietly elsewhere, but Yun Yun walked out and said she would stay in Yun Lan Sect.

Nalan Ye learned that the Gama Royal Family had branded the Xiao Family of Wutan City as rebels and exterminated most of them, and he ordered the survivors rescued and informed Xiao Yan. The chapter left him preparing for a storm as the conflict with Jia Xingtian and Yun Shan drew closer.

• Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor discussed dismissing the Nalan and Mitre Families’ inquiries and demanding resources from them for the coming conflict.
• Nalan Ye said he would defeat Jia Xingtian and Yun Shan with Little Fairy Doctor, Heavenly Flame Venerable, and the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python rather than wage a large-scale war.
• Little Fairy Doctor told Nalan Ye that Old Ling had left the Jialian Empire, while Nalan Ye recalled having Heavenly Flame Venerable erase the marks Ling Ying and Wu Protector had placed on his soul.
• Nalan Ye received an urgent report that the Gama Royal Family had branded the Xiao Family of Wutan City rebels and exterminated most of them, leaving only a few survivors.
• Nalan Ye ordered Little Fairy Doctor to ask the Nalan Family, the Mitre Family, and the Mo Lai Ni Family to rescue the surviving Xiao Family members and escort them to the Nalan Family.
• Nalan Ye also ordered someone to inform Xiao Yan of the Xiao Family’s fate.

Xiao Li told Xiao Yan that the Gama Royal Family had destroyed the Xiao Family, leaving Xiao Yan determined to take revenge. As Xiao Yan, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Meier prepared to act, a Poison Sect disciple arrived with a letter for Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Li arrived at Canaan Academy wounded and told Xiao Yan that the Gama Royal Family had branded the Xiao Family rebels and attacked them.
• Xiao Li revealed that the Xiao Family's surviving resisters had been killed and its elderly, weak, women, and children publicly beheaded in Wutan City.
• Xiao Yan tried to return to the Gama Empire to kill the royal family, but Xiao Yu and Xiao Li warned him that the conflict involved wider political tensions.
• Xiao Li suspected the Xiao Family had been targeted because its ties to the Nalan Family placed it amid the rising conflict between the Yun Lan Sect, Gama Royal Family, Nalan Family, and Poison Sect.
• Xiao Yan set out with his Mystic Heavy Ruler to seek revenge, and Xiao Yu and Xiao Meier insisted on going with him.
• A Poison Sect disciple entered and asked for Xiao Yan so he could deliver a letter from the Sect Master.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Poison Sect seeking help to avenge the destruction of his family, and Nalan Ye revealed that he had survived the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower. Nalan Ye agreed to join the revenge but said they would wait until the Yun Lan Sect Master's wedding to act.

• Xiao Yan and his companions arrived at the Poison Sect, where the Little Fairy Doctor agreed to help him fight the Gama Royal Family.
• The Little Fairy Doctor brought Xiao Yan to a secluded room, and Nalan Ye emerged from her ring and revealed he was alive.
• Nalan Ye told Xiao Yan about surviving beneath the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower and asked him to keep his existence secret, including from Xiao Meier.
• Xiao Yan urged Nalan Ye to avenge the Xiao Family, and Nalan Ye agreed while asking him to wait at the Poison Sect.
• Nalan Ye declared that they would make their move on the day of the Yun Lan Sect Master's wedding.

The narrator gathered allies, including Xiao Yan, to prepare to attack Yun Lan Sect during Yun Yun and Gu He’s wedding and eliminate Jia Xingtian and Yun Shan. Three days later, the wedding began as Yun Shan and Gu He anticipated trouble from the Nalan Family and the Toxic Sect.

• The narrator introduced Heavenly Flame Venerable to Xiao Yan and explained how the senior had helped him escape.
• The group discussed attacking the Gama Royal Family and Yun Lan Sect, and Xiao Yan agreed to travel with them to Yun Lan Mountain.
• Three days later, Yun Lan Sect celebrated Yun Yun and Gu He’s wedding.
• Yun Shan warned Gu He that the Nalan Family and Toxic Sect might disrupt the wedding, and Gu He vowed to protect it.

At Yun Yun and Gu He’s wedding on Yun Lan Mountain, Yun Shan and Jia Xingtian discussed using the gathered guests as hostages and vanguard troops. Little Fairy Doctor and Xiao Yan interrupted the ceremony, and I appeared before Yun Shan to challenge the Yun Lan Sect.

• Yun Shan and Jia Xingtian plotted to detain the wedding guests and use their families and factions against the Nalan Family and the Poison Sect.
• Yun Yun arrived in her wedding dress, and Yun Shan announced that she would marry Gu He.
• As Yun Shan declared the wedding begun, Little Fairy Doctor attacked and revealed herself as the Poison Sect Master.
• Xiao Yan arrived behind Little Fairy Doctor, and Yun Shan dismissed him as a mere Dou Spirit.
• I emerged from the ring and asked Yun Shan whether my arrival was enough to overturn the Yun Lan Sect.

Nalan Ye appeared at the Yun Lan Sect wedding as Xiao Yan challenged Jia Xingtian over the destruction of the Xiao Family. Yun Shan called on the sect and gathered guests to attack, but Nalan Ye’s roar silenced them and left the confrontation poised to continue.

• Yun Shan and the assembled guests were shocked to see Nalan Ye alive, while Jia Xingtian accused him of rebellion and attacked Little Fairy Doctor.
• Xiao Yan attacked Jia Xingtian with the Mystic Heavy Ruler, then used Eight Extremities Collapse and the Azure Lotus Core Flame to gain the upper hand.
• Nalan Ye proposed that Xiao Yan and Jia Xingtian settle their personal grudge without interference, but Yun Shan rejected the offer and ordered the Yun Lan Sect to form up.
• Yun Shan urged the wedding guests to join the fight, but Nalan Ye shouted that anyone who opposed him would become his enemy, and no one stepped forward.

Nalan Ye used the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and Little Fairy Doctor’s poison to stop the Yun Lan Sect from forming a united defense. The sect’s disciples collapsed, leaving its elders stunned as Xiao Yan and Jia Xingtian continued fighting.

• Nalan Ye sent the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python to attack the red-robed Yun Lan Sect disciples and urged the others to withdraw.
• Nalan Ye secretly told Little Fairy Doctor to poison the sect’s disciples without killing them, while she spread Sedative Powder across the plaza.
• Yun Shan ordered the disciples to form an array and called Yun Yun to help him face the magical beast.
• Yun Yun sent Nalan Yanran to the Back Mountain, then confronted Nalan Ye and asked why they had to fight.
• Xiao Yan and Jia Xingtian fought across the plaza as the Yun Lan Sect disciples tried to synchronize their breathing and Dou Qi.
• Little Fairy Doctor’s poison felled nearly all the Yun Lan Sect disciples within three breaths, leaving only a dozen elders standing.

Nalan Ye used the poisoned-looking disciples and a weakened Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python to mislead Yun Shan while Heavenly Flame Venerable hid in the mist. Heavenly Flame Venerable ambushed and badly injured Yun Shan, and Nalan Ye ordered him captured alive.

• Nalan Ye threatened to kill the unconscious Yun Lan Sect disciples, but Gu He revealed they had only been drugged with Sedative Powder.
• Yun Shan urged Yun Yun and the elders to attack, and they discovered the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python was weaker than its aura suggested.
• The Gama Royal Family's Deep Sea Jiao Beast appeared, while Yun Shan mocked Nalan Ye and prepared to attack Little Fairy Doctor.
• Nalan Ye questioned why he had not gathered other factions against Yun Lan Sect, prompting Yun Shan to realize there might be a hidden threat.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable emerged from the mist and struck Yun Shan, and Little Fairy Doctor followed with an attack that left him severely injured.
• Yun Yun cried out for her teacher, and Nalan Ye ordered Heavenly Flame Venerable to capture Yun Shan alive.

Nalan Ye captured Yun Shan and forced the Yun Lan Sect to surrender, while Xiao Yan defeated Jia Xingtian with a powerful attack. Jia Xingtian saw the imperial army and the Deep Sea Jiao Beast arrive as reinforcements.

• Heavenly Flame Venerable captured Yun Shan and sealed his cultivation, while Yun Yun wounded the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python before it retreated to Nalan Ye.
• Nalan Ye told Yun Yun that the Yun Lan Sect had lost, and she formally surrendered in exchange for her teacher’s release.
• Jia Xingtian urged Yun Yun to fight Nalan Ye, but Xiao Yan unleashed the Lion Tiger Shattering Gold Roar and struck Jia Xingtian with the Azure Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yan shattered Jia Xingtian’s Saint Wall barrier and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Jia Xingtian sensed the Deep Sea Jiao Beast and the imperial army arriving as reinforcements.