Chapter Summaries

Nalan Ye’s forces gained the upper hand on Yun Lan Mountain as Yun Yun agreed to stop the Yun Lan Sect from opposing him. The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python fled under Cai Lin’s control, leaving Nalan Ye to consider what to do about her as the battle continued.

• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python confronted the Deep Sea Jiao Beast while Xiao Yan attacked Jia Xingtian and drove him back.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python fled after Cai Lin took control of its body, and Nalan Ye realized she was heading toward the Tagor Desert.
• Nalan Ye ordered Heavenly Flame Venerable to kill the Deep Sea Jiao Beast and preserve its bloodline essence, while Heavenly Flame Venerable carried Yun Shan away.
• Nalan Ye promised Yun Yun that Yun Shan would be safe if the Yun Lan Sect stopped opposing him, and Yun Yun swore that the sect would not oppose him while she led it.
• Yun Yun lowered her defenses and walked over to Nalan Ye and the Little Fairy Doctor as the Gama Royal Family’s army reached the mountain.

After the Yun Lan Sect surrendered and the Deep Sea Jiao Beast died, Xiao Yan killed Jia Xingtian with a fused-flame lotus and vowed to destroy the Gama Royal Family. The narrator then summoned the Mu Family and Mo Lai Ni Family, intending to use their power to reclaim the Jialian Empire.

• Yun Yun halted the advancing army, and the soldiers fled after learning that the Yun Lan Sect had switched sides and the Deep Sea Jiao Beast was dead.
• Xiao Yan used the Azure Lotus Core Flame and Sea Heart Flame to create a Rage Fire Lotus, killing Jia Xingtian and reducing him to ashes.
• Xiao Yan told the narrator that Jia Xingtian was dead and vowed to bury the Gama Royal Family with the Xiao Family.
• The narrator called for representatives of the Mo Lai Ni Family and Mu Family to come forward, planning to bring both factions under his control.

Nalan Ye oversaw the fall of the Gamma royal family but declined the throne, choosing to remain Left Supervisor. He then told Yun Yun that he would imprison Yun Shan rather than release him, leaving her distressed and unable to persuade him.

• Nalan Ye ordered Mu Tie to storm the Gama Imperial Palace and hunt down every member of the Gamma royal family, while Xiao Yan thanked him for the revenge.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Nalan Ye would become emperor, and Nalan Ye declined, saying he would continue as Left Supervisor and let the family choose a ruler.
• Yun Yun confronted Nalan Ye and demanded to know when he would release her teacher, Yun Shan.
• Nalan Ye said he would keep Yun Shan imprisoned in the Supervisory Left Division Prison, though Yun Yun could visit him.
• Yun Yun offered to have the Yun Lan Sect confine Yun Shan, but Nalan Ye refused and ordered her to leave.

After deciding to preserve the Yun Lan Sect and reshape the Toxic Sect, the narrator proposed founding the Supervisory Left Division First Affiliated Academy to train talent. The next morning, General Jianwei reported that the imperial palace and royal family had been captured, and the narrator went to inspect the Heavenly Prison, correcting Mu Tie when he called him “Your Majesty.”

• The narrator explained to Little Fairy Doctor why the Yun Lan Sect should survive and proposed making it a source of talent beyond the clans.
• Little Fairy Doctor agreed to let the narrator reorganize the Toxic Sect, and he proposed the Supervisory Left Division First Affiliated Academy with himself as dean and her as honorary vice dean.
• The next morning, General Jianwei reported that the imperial palace had fallen and royal family members had been imprisoned, so the narrator ordered him to lead the way to the Heavenly Prison.
• The narrator, Little Fairy Doctor, and Xiao Yan visited the prison with Mu Tie and saw its miserable prisoners.
• Mu Tie suggested the narrator could grant a general amnesty after ascending the throne, but the narrator told him not to call him “Your Majesty,” and Mu Tie addressed him as Left Envoy.

Nalan Ye inspected the imprisoned Gama Royal Family and found Yao Ye, who had been captured after fleeing Gama City. After rewarding the Lin Family leader with a post at the Yun Lan Sect, Nalan Ye asked Xiao Yan how he wanted to deal with Yao Ye.

• Nalan Ye learned that Mu Tie had killed Mo Lin and then asked where Yao Ye was.
• Mu Tie showed Nalan Ye Yao Ye’s special cell and explained that the Lin Family of Lans City had captured her while she fled.
• The Lin Family leader denounced Yao Ye and praised Nalan Ye, so Nalan Ye appointed him a steward of the Yun Lan Sect.
• Yao Ye recognized Nalan Ye, attacked her cell door, and threatened to exterminate his family.
• Little Fairy Doctor questioned Nalan Ye’s intentions toward Yao Ye, and Nalan Ye asked Xiao Yan how he wanted to deal with her.

The narrator and Xiao Yan confronted Yao Ye in Gama City's Heavenly Prison, where she revealed that she had killed Xiao Yan's father. The narrator ordered the captured royal family members paraded and publicly executed, then went with the Little Fairy Doctor to inspect the royal family's private treasury and evidence of its crimes.

• Yao Ye admitted that she had personally led the attack on the Xiao Family and killed Xiao Yan's father, Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Yan smashed open Yao Ye's cell door and approached her in a rage while the narrator and the Little Fairy Doctor left the cell.
• The narrator ordered the royal family remnants paraded through the streets at dawn and publicly decapitated at noon.
• The Little Fairy Doctor said the royal family's four centuries of rule made their execution deserved.
• The narrator, the Little Fairy Doctor, and Mu Tie arrived at the Gama Royal Family's private treasury, where generations of plundered treasures awaited them.

After the Gama Royal Family was executed, the narrator prepared to leave Gama City with its treasury and Xiao Yan, who planned to rebuild the Xiao Family there. Before the journey continued, Heavenly Flame Venerable reported that Yun Shan wanted to reveal a secret concerning the narrator’s life and death.

• The narrator and Little Fairy Doctor watched the Gama Royal Family’s public execution and discussed how no one would come to rescue them.
• The narrator arranged to move the royal family’s treasury to the Supervisory Left Division, then departed for U Yue City with more than a hundred Flying Magical Beasts.
• Xiao Yan thanked the narrator for helping avenge the Xiao Family and decided to rebuild the family in Gama City rather than return to Canaan Academy.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable told the narrator that Yun Shan was clamoring to meet and had a secret concerning the narrator’s life and death.

Nalan Ye learned that Yun Shan had secretly sent someone to seek Wu Protector's help, potentially bringing the Hall of Souls back to the Jialian Empire. Nalan Ye dismissed Yun Shan's attempt to bargain and left him imprisoned, warning that Wu's arrival would mean Yun Shan's execution.

• Nalan Ye questioned the chained Yun Shan, who warned that Wu Protector might discover Heavenly Flame Venerable and threaten them both.
• Yun Shan revealed that a trusted outsider had already gone south to the Central Plains to find Wu Protector.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable offered to fight Wu, while Nalan Ye wondered whether Wu would side with him because of their past dealings.
• Yun Shan admitted he wanted Wu to capture Nalan Ye or cripple him, hoping to undermine Nalan Ye's rule.
• Nalan Ye pointed out that Little Fairy Doctor could maintain his rule even without Heavenly Flame Venerable and accused Yun Shan of using the threat to negotiate for his freedom.
• Nalan Ye refused Yun Shan's conditions, left him alive because of his promise to Yun Yun, and warned that Yun Shan would face execution when Wu arrived.

Nalan Ye imprisoned Yun Shan in the Supervisory Left Division’s Nine-Layered Prison and rejected his offer to bargain for release. Yun Shan revealed a dangerous secret art that could strengthen human factions, and the chapter ended with him accepting a more comfortable imprisonment instead.

• Nalan Ye had Heavenly Flame Venerable throw Yun Shan into a cell and warned him not to try anything.
• Yun Shan warned Nalan Ye that Medusa might lead the Snake-People against him, but Nalan Ye judged that he and his allies could handle the threat.
• Yun Shan offered information about human factions in Snake-People territory, but Nalan Ye said he could obtain it from Yun Yun.
• Yun Shan claimed he knew a secret art that could rapidly strengthen Dou Zhe, and Nalan Ye suspected it had severe side effects.
• Nalan Ye refused to release Yun Shan but offered him better quarters and comforts, and Yun Shan silently accepted.

After consolidating the Nalan Empire, Nalan Ye suspected that Cai Lin was seeking Illusory Soul Saliva to heal a soul injury and secretly prepared to attack the Snake-People Tribe. He left U Yue City with Little Fairy Doctor and Heavenly Flame Venerable, while discussing the final ingredients needed for Heavenly Flame Venerable’s Life Bone Blood Fusion Pill.

• Nalan Ye took control of the Supervisory Left Division, and Nalan Su became emperor as Gamma and Chuyun were unified under the name Nalan Empire.
• Nalan Ye read that Cai Lin had returned to the Snake-People Tribe and asked Little Fairy Doctor about the Illusory Soul Saliva the tribe was gathering.
• Nalan Ye suspected Cai Lin needed a soul-healing pill, then proposed striking the Snake-People Tribe before Cai Lin regained control; he also offered Little Fairy Doctor a counterintelligence plan.
• Nalan Ye secretly issued war preparations through the empire’s upper ranks despite Little Fairy Doctor’s concerns about casualties and the empire’s instability.
• Nalan Ye, Little Fairy Doctor, and Heavenly Flame Venerable left U Yue City for the former Cloudrise Eastern Region, with Nalan Ye and Heavenly Flame Venerable concealed in Little Fairy Doctor’s ring.
• Nalan Ye told Heavenly Flame Venerable that most ingredients for the Life Bone Blood Fusion Pill had been gathered, but its two main ingredients remained difficult to obtain.

Nalan Ye met with Heavenly Flame Venerable about finding ingredients for the Life Bone Blood Fusion Pill, then traveled with Little Fairy Doctor to Qianqi Ferry to see Qi Lin. He learned that Qi Lin had already guessed he wanted to ask about Queen Cai Lin, and claimed he had come to save her from an impending disaster.

• Nalan Ye told Heavenly Flame Venerable that he planned to search for the pill ingredients at an auction in Black-Corner Region, and mentioned records of Seventh-Order Magical Beasts in the Monster Mountain Range.
• Little Fairy Doctor brought Nalan Ye to Qianqi Ferry, where he waited for Qi Lin and reflected on how much the area had prospered since the war.
• Qi Lin arrived, recognized Nalan Ye, and asked why he had come to see her.
• Qi Lin guessed that Nalan Ye wanted to ask about Queen Cai Lin, and Nalan Ye claimed she faced a coming Calamity of Blood and Light.

Nalan Ye tried to turn Qi Lin against Cai Lin by arguing that Yue Mei had earned the right to rule the Snake-People Tribe. Qi Lin left without agreeing to help, but Nalan Ye believed he had planted doubts in her mind, and he and Little Fairy Doctor set off for U Yue City.

• Nalan Ye warned Qi Lin that Cai Lin might threaten Yue Mei and argued that Yue Mei had achieved more for the Snake-People Tribe than Cai Lin.
• Qi Lin accused Nalan Ye of sowing discord and refused to join forces with an outsider, then disappeared into the mountain forest.
• Nalan Ye told Little Fairy Doctor that he had planted a seed of distrust in Qi Lin, and she called his words more poisonous than her own poison.
• Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor discussed how trust kept people from turning against each other, leaving Little Fairy Doctor embarrassed.
• Nalan Ye decided to return to U Yue City to deal with Cai Lin before heading to the Black-Corner Region’s grand auction to look for a Dou Zong corpse.

Ye Gege visited Xiao Meier in U Yue City, teased her about their marriage contract, and celebrated her approaching breakthrough by taking her to the Supervisory Left Division treasury to choose a cultivation method. The treasury deacon explained that its unusual tenth shelf held methods for heterodox practitioners.

• Ye Gege found Xiao Meier cultivating and learned she missed the Xiao Family, who had told her to remain in U Yue City and cultivate.
• Ye Gege teased Xiao Meier about their marriage contract, but she asked about his relationship with the Poison Sect Master and left him scrambling to change the subject.
• Xiao Meier said she was close to breaking through, and Ye Gege took her to the Supervisory Left Division treasury to choose a cultivation method and Dou Techniques.
• Ye Gege found no Earth Rank High Grade metal-attribute methods and gave Xiao Meier two Earth Rank Middle Grade methods to choose between.
• Ye Gege asked about the shelf marked Left, and the treasury deacon said it held methods for Poison Masters, Blood Cultivators, and other heterodox Dou Zhe.

The narrator found the Ghost Method, a cultivation technique for soul bodies, in the warehouse and decided to practice it before his physical body was refined. He helped Xiao Meier select a cultivation method and Dou Technique, then checked that the Supervisory Left Division remained peaceful.

• The narrator discovered the Ghost Method, learned it had been created by Jiang Yue, and took it to practice.
• The narrator asked Xiao Meier to choose a cultivation method and accepted her choice.
• The narrator selected the Golden Bell Shield, a metal-attributed Mysterious High-Rank Dou Technique, for Xiao Meier.
• The narrator saw Xiao Meier off and warned the warehouse steward not to admit anyone without permission.
• The narrator asked the steward about disturbances in the Supervisory Left Division, learned there had been none, and resolved to keep Harbingers of Doom from joining.

The narrator consulted Heavenly Flame Venerable about cultivating the soul method called the "Ghost Method" and decided to try it despite its risks. After studying it in seclusion, he began absorbing Yin Attribute energy and found that soul cultivation centered on his Soul Origin.

• The narrator brought Heavenly Flame Venerable the "Ghost Method" and asked whether cultivating it had flaws or side effects.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable explained that the method resembled Hall of Souls techniques, but warned the narrator about lacking guidance, texts, and soul Dou Skills.
• The narrator decided to cultivate the "Ghost Method" and returned to his courtyard's Cultivation Quiet Room.
• After studying the method for several hours, the narrator began gathering Yin Attribute energy toward his soul.
• The narrator suppressed his excitement when the energy nearly scattered and discovered that soul cultivation revolved around his Soul Origin.

While cultivating his soul body, the narrator heard a familiar, pained hiss and traced it to two golden runes inside his soul. Touching the silent rune transported his consciousness to a world of yellow sand, where he recognized the Snake People’s Holy City.

• The narrator studied how Yin Attribute energy strengthened his Soul Origin and decided to measure his soul cultivation by how much power he could control.
• He resumed cultivation and sensed a vast, empty world where gray aura slowly flowed into him.
• A pained, familiar hissing voice interrupted his trance, and the narrator cautiously followed its source.
• The narrator found two identical golden runes in his soul; the left rune had produced the voice, while the right remained silent.
• When the narrator touched the silent rune, his consciousness crossed millions of miles into a sand-filled world.
• The narrator recognized an oasis, lake, and city in the desert as the Snake People’s Holy City.

While cultivating the Ghost Method, Nalan Ye entered Cai Lin’s Soul World and discovered that their Shared Life and Death bond had formed two Golden Runes linking him to Cai Lin and the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. Cai Lin used her rune to send soul power into his Soul World, leaving him trapped under crushing pressure as he demanded to know what she wanted.

• Nalan Ye saw Cai Lin’s enormous face in a desert city and escaped her furious condemnation by severing his consciousness and waking in the quiet room.
• Nalan Ye realized he could return to the Soul World by circulating the Ghost Method and found two Golden Runes there.
• Nalan Ye understood that the runes came from the Shared Life and Death secret technique and linked him to Cai Lin and the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Cai Lin’s soul power flowed through her Golden Rune and steadily made her form solid, straining Nalan Ye’s Soul World.
• Nalan Ye warned Cai Lin that his Soul World might burst and that their bond meant his death would kill her, but she continued sending soul power.
• Nalan Ye asked Cai Lin what she wanted as the pressure left him in pain and fear.

Nalan Ye convinced Cai Lin that their Shared Life and Death secret method tied her lifespan to his, prompting her to stop attacking his soul and seek a way to break the method. Cai Lin summoned Yue Mei to help her consult the Ancestor, while Yue Mei revealed that Nalan Ye had offered to help suppress Cai Lin.

• Nalan Ye warned Cai Lin that his shorter lifespan would determine how long they both lived, and she stopped trying to seriously injure his soul.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable entered Nalan Ye's Soul World, found Cai Lin there, and mistakenly believed he had driven her away.
• Nalan Ye went to sleep in Heavenly Flame Venerable's courtyard for safety.
• Cai Lin realized she had no clue how to break the Heavenly Rank Secret Method and decided to seek the Ancestor's guidance.
• Cai Lin summoned Yue Mei, who told her that Nalan Ye had contacted Qi Lin and offered to help suppress her.

Cai Lin discovered that Ashes Queen had died after more than thirteen hundred years of meditation and mourned the elder who had guided her. She then asked about the Soul Fusion Pill needed to merge the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s soul with her own, and learned that a Sixth-Rank Alchemist had agreed to refine it.

• Cai Lin and Yue Mei entered the ancestral secret chamber to visit Ashes Queen, but received no answer.
• Cai Lin opened the Bronze Coffin and found Ashes Queen’s corpse, realizing the ancient queen had passed away in meditation.
• Cai Lin grieved for Ashes Queen, then closed the coffin and left the chamber with Yue Mei.
• Cai Lin asked Yue Mei about the Soul Fusion Pill, which she needed to merge the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s soul with her own.
• Yue Mei explained that the Snake-People Tribe had paid a hefty sum to persuade a nearby Sixth-Rank Alchemist to refine the pill, and the work should be finished by then.

Cai Lin swallowed a Soul Fusion Pill and began merging with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, triggering a dangerous reaction in Nalan Ye’s soul through their Shared Life and Death secret art. Nalan Ye warned Cai Lin that the fusion could kill them all, but she refused to stop.

• Yue Mei delivered the refined Soul Fusion Pill to Cai Lin, who swallowed it and began merging with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Nalan Ye asked Heavenly Flame Venerable how to prevent Cai Lin from reaching him through the Shared Life and Death secret art, but Heavenly Flame Venerable admitted he did not know how to seal or break it.
• Nalan Ye felt severe soul pain as the two Golden Runes in his Soul World collided, and he realized Cai Lin’s attempt to fuse with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python was causing the turmoil.
• Nalan Ye entered Cai Lin’s storm-tossed Soul World and warned her that if the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python died, he and Cai Lin would die as well.
• Cai Lin briefly paused when she heard the warning, then dismissed her incarnation and refused to let Nalan Ye order her to stop.