Chapter Summaries

The narrator, Little Fairy Doctor, and Heavenly Flame Venerable descended into Flame Mountain’s magma to find a Crimson Blood Flood Dragon, fighting through its subordinate beasts along the way. They discovered an entire flood dragon clan and began battling its powerful members, with the narrator using repeated lightning attacks to overwhelm them.

• The narrator and his companions entered Flame Mountain’s volcanic crater after hearing a dragon-like roar and descended toward the suspected Crimson Blood Flood Dragon.
• The narrator wiped out more than a thousand Fire Spirit Snakes with lightning attacks, then he and Little Fairy Doctor defeated a group of Lava Giants.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable located a magma cave containing a clan of Crimson Blood Flood Dragons and confirmed that their Seventh-Order ancestor was nearby.
• A Sixth-Order Crimson Blood Flood Dragon demanded that the humans leave, then charged the narrator as dozens of other flood dragons emerged from the cave.
• The narrator blasted ten Crimson Blood Flood Dragons with Lightning Fire Thunder Chariots and drew on the surrounding energy of heaven and earth to replenish his Dou Qi.

The narrator and his companions fought their way into the Crimson Blood Flood Dragons’ nest, where they found a young woman sealed inside a dry cave. The narrator shouted to ask who she was and how she had ended up there.

• The narrator used his Human Dao Domain to weaken the dragons’ flames, then killed the peak Rank 6 Crimson Blood Flood Dragon with a lightning-charged punch to its eye.
• The dead leader’s coordinated magma attack collapsed, forcing the surviving Crimson Blood Flood Dragons to flee as Heavenly Flame Venerable and Little Fairy Doctor finished their battles.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable led the narrator and Little Fairy Doctor into the nest, warning them to proceed cautiously.
• The group explored the maze-like tunnels, found human bones among the dragons’ charred remains, and discovered a young woman in an air-filled Stone Cave behind a red restriction.
• The narrator shouted to ask the young woman who she was and how she had ended up in the nest.

Nalan Ye and his companions found a seemingly helpless young woman in a cave, but she revealed herself as the Seventh-Order Crimson Blood Flood Dragon and attacked him. Nalan Ye halted her Nine Dragons Lightning Flame with his Human Dao Domain, and Heavenly Flame Venerable struck her away while Little Fairy Doctor caught the gravely wounded Nalan Ye.

• The young woman said she had come from Yu Mountain City to find a Lava Heart to cure her poisoned father, and Little Fairy Doctor urged Nalan Ye to rescue her.
• Nalan Ye searched the cave for danger and approached the young woman, who suddenly punched through his chest and shattered his heart.
• The young woman revealed herself as the Seventh-Order Crimson Blood Flood Dragon and unleashed the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame, a Different Fire that threatened to burn Nalan Ye's soul.
• Nalan Ye used his Human Dao Domain to suppress the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame, turning its aura faintly into that of firewood.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable struck the Crimson Blood Flood Dragon and sent it crashing into the cave wall while Little Fairy Doctor embraced the wounded Nalan Ye.

Nalan Ye survived a shattered heart by using Dou Qi to keep his blood circulating while Little Fairy Doctor treated his wound. After Heavenly Flame Venerable killed the Seventh-Order Crimson Blood Flood Dragon and claimed its Nine Dragons Lightning Flame, Nalan Ye wondered whether his Human Great Dao could let him refine a Different Fire.

• Nalan Ye explained that Dou Qi could replace his shattered heart and keep his blood circulating, and Little Fairy Doctor sheltered and treated him in the cave.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable fought the Seventh-Order Crimson Blood Flood Dragon as its Nine Dragons Lightning Flame clashed with his Fallen Heart Flame.
• Little Fairy Doctor guarded Nalan Ye from the lava and tended his wound while the battle moved through the tunnels.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable killed the Crimson Blood Flood Dragon and returned with its magical core and the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame.
• As the group swam toward the surface, Nalan Ye suggested that his Human Great Dao might allow him to refine a Different Fire, and Heavenly Flame Venerable questioned the idea.

After surviving the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame, the narrator returned to the Stone Cave badly injured and assigned tasks to his companions while he recovered. He began studying techniques from the Wind and Lightning North Pavilion, hoping to raise his combat strength.

• The narrator emerged from the magma with Heavenly Flame Venerable and Little Fairy Doctor, and Qing Lin worried when she saw his blood-covered injuries.
• The narrator asked Heavenly Flame Venerable to refine his right arm, Little Fairy Doctor to refine the Jade Well Earth Horse Pill, and Cai Lin to search for Qing Yue and the others in Heaven One City.
• Cai Lin left for Heaven One City, while Feng Qing'er agreed to stay and cultivate, and Qing Lin and Black Water Profound Yin took responsibility for guarding the narrator.
• After resting and recovering, the narrator studied Three Thousand Thunderous Illusory Body and other techniques from the Wind and Lightning North Pavilion.
• The narrator examined Thunder God Descent and resolved to learn the burst-type secret art within three days.

The narrator learned that his one-handed Thunder God Descent practice was unstable and studied Lightning Attribute Dou Techniques while waiting for Heavenly Flame Venerable to prepare a Dou Sheng arm bone. After Heavenly Flame Venerable attached and tempered the arm, the narrator emerged to learn that Little Fairy Doctor had gone to buy medicinal ingredients and had been missing for several days.

• The narrator tried to practice Thunder God Descent but misdirected his Dou Qi, then realized his missing right hand made the required seals difficult.
• The narrator studied Wind and Lightning Claw while recovering in the Stone Cave.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable arrived with a Dou Sheng hand bone reshaped into a right hand and prepared to attach it to the narrator.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable severed the narrator's remaining right arm, attached the bone, and tempered the regrown arm with Fallen Heart Flame.
• The narrator woke with his new arm restored and learned from Qing Lin that Little Fairy Doctor had been missing for several days after going to a nearby city for medicinal ingredients.

After learning that Little Fairy Doctor had vanished while buying medicinal ingredients, Yan Xiao rushed to Yu Mountain City and discovered that the Yu Family had attacked her. He sent Black Water Profound Yin to destroy the clan while he and the others pursued Little Fairy Doctor south.

• Qing Lin told Yan Xiao that Little Fairy Doctor had been missing for over two days after leaving for Yu Mountain City, and Heavenly Flame Venerable agreed to help find her.
• Yan Xiao, Qing Lin, Black Water Profound Yin, and Heavenly Flame Venerable flew to Yu Mountain City, where Yan Xiao found traces of Little Fairy Doctor's poison at a ruined battlefield.
• Yan Xiao seized a nearby Dou Emperor, who explained that the Yu Family's disciples had tried to abduct Little Fairy Doctor and that two Yu Family Dou Zongs had pursued her south.
• After learning the Yu Family had attacked Little Fairy Doctor, Yan Xiao ordered Black Water Profound Yin to destroy the clan residence and collect its valuables.
• Black Water Profound Yin attacked the nearly undefended Yu Mansion while Yan Xiao, Qing Lin, and Heavenly Flame Venerable flew south to pursue Little Fairy Doctor; a local Dou Emperor watched the Yu Family's destruction with joy over his daughter's death.

Nalan Ye, Qing Lin, and Heavenly Flame Venerable tracked Little Fairy Doctor to Fallen God Stream, where Yu Heng and Yu Bing cornered and badly wounded her. Nalan Ye arrived as Yu Heng prepared to strike again, using his newly advanced Three Thousand Lightning Movement to surround him with phantoms.

• Nalan Ye followed the green-apple-scented poison Little Fairy Doctor had left behind and led the group toward her.
• Yu Heng and Yu Bing pursued Little Fairy Doctor through Fallen God Stream, seeking revenge for their grandson and disciple.
• Yu Bing recovered from Little Fairy Doctor's poison, and he and Yu Heng blocked her escape and attacked her.
• Little Fairy Doctor used the poison-rich surroundings to defend herself, but Yu Bing shattered her barrier and wounded her with Ice Spikes.
• Nalan Ye broke through to the final realm of Three Thousand Lightning Movement while racing to the battlefield.
• Nalan Ye reached Little Fairy Doctor as Yu Heng prepared another attack and surrounded him with more than ten phantom images.

Nalan Ye arrived at Fallen God Stream and fought Yu Heng and Yu Bing to protect the wounded Little Fairy Doctor. After injuring both elders, he faced Yu Bing as the latter boosted his cultivation, and Nalan Ye activated Thunder God Descent.

• Nalan Ye wounded Yu Heng with Wind and Lightning Claw and overpowered him with his Dou Sheng arm.
• Nalan Ye rushed to shield the Little Fairy Doctor from Yu Bing's ice sword and countered it with Illusory Lightning Cliff.
• Nalan Ye used Red Dust Rolling to disrupt Yu Bing's spear, then summoned lightning that struck and injured him.
• Nalan Ye broke Yu Heng's golden armor with Sage's Hand and sent him flying.
• Yu Bing unleashed Ice Mist Entwining to raise his cultivation from Four Star Dou Zong to Five Star Dou Zong, and Nalan Ye activated Thunder God Descent.

The narrator used Thunder God Descent and fought Yu Bing while Heavenly Flame Venerable protected Little Fairy Doctor and dealt with Yu Heng. After Yu Bing tried to flee and then attacked Little Fairy Doctor, the narrator caught him and killed him with Sage's Hand.

• The narrator activated Thunder God Descent, reached the late stage of Three Star Dou Zong, and fought Yu Bing after he threatened Little Fairy Doctor.
• The narrator used Red Dust Rolling to disrupt Yu Bing's access to the energy of heaven and earth, then battled him with Wind and Lightning Claw, Illusory Lightning Cliff, and Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Yu Heng attacked the narrator's phantoms, but Heavenly Flame Venerable appeared and shattered the attack before fighting Yu Heng.
• Yu Bing sent his ice dragon toward Little Fairy Doctor and fled, so Heavenly Flame Venerable guarded her while the narrator pursued him.
• The narrator struck Yu Bing with Wind Lightning Kill and Sage's Hand, piercing his head and killing him.

Nalan Ye killed Yu Bing, but Little Fairy Doctor began to succumb to Ice Venerable Strength hidden in her body. Heavenly Flame Venerable used Fallen Heart Flame to fight it, only to discover that the frost had reached her soul.

• Nalan Ye killed Yu Bing with Wind Lightning Kill and joined Heavenly Flame Venerable, Qing Lin, and Little Fairy Doctor after the battle.
• Qing Lin warned Nalan Ye that Little Fairy Doctor was cold and ill, and he found her body growing stiff despite being unable to detect any foreign energy.
• Nalan Ye found Yu Bing’s token in his Ring of Holding and learned that Yu Bing had been an elder of Ice River Valley.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable identified the hidden frost as Ice Venerable Strength and used Fallen Heart Flame to expel it from Little Fairy Doctor.
• Little Fairy Doctor’s blood and Qi began to recover, but she convulsed in pain when Fallen Heart Flame reached her soul, where the Ice Venerable Strength had spread.

Nalan Ye tried to cure Little Fairy Doctor after Ice Venerable Strength began freezing her body and soul, but neither Heavenly Flame Venerable’s Fallen Heart Flame nor Nalan Ye’s Human Dao Domain could remove it safely. He ended the chapter believing he could use human aura to control both her soul and the Ice Venerable Strength and separate them.

• Heavenly Flame Venerable warned that attacking Ice River Valley could provoke a rumored Dou Sheng, so Nalan Ye abandoned his plan to force the sect’s Dou Zongs out.
• Qing Lin vowed to ask her teacher Ping Yuan, the Dou Sheng of Heavenly Snake Mansion, to protect Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable suggested that Nalan Ye might remove the Ice Venerable Strength, so the group traveled to Peaceful City, where Nalan Ye could use his Human Dao Domain.
• Nalan Ye expelled the Ice Venerable Strength from Little Fairy Doctor’s body but stopped when trying to remove it from her soul caused her pain.
• Nalan Ye reasoned that human aura might let him control both Little Fairy Doctor’s soul and the Ice Venerable Strength, and resolved to try that method.

The narrator used Boundless Human Sea to remove the Ice Venerable Strength from Little Fairy Doctor, then witnessed a vision of her childhood and the village her poison had destroyed. After realizing he could use the same power to remove the baleful aura and killing intent from himself, he vowed to protect her and entered Sudden Enlightenment as his aura began to rise.

• The narrator contaminated Little Fairy Doctor's Dou Qi and Ice Venerable Strength with human presence, then drew the Ice Venerable Strength out of her body and soul.
• As he separated the Ice Venerable Strength, the narrator saw a vision of Little Fairy Doctor as a child, alone after Poison Mist killed her village and mother.
• The narrator removed the remaining human presence from Little Fairy Doctor's soul, and she woke recovered; he then asked Heavenly Flame Venerable to refine the Jade Well Earth Horse Pill.
• The narrator realized he could remove the baleful aura and killing intent from his own soul and recognized that he had been underestimating his abilities.
• The narrator vowed to protect Little Fairy Doctor, and Heavenly Flame Venerable concealed the courtyard as the narrator entered Sudden Enlightenment and his aura rose.

After a Sudden Enlightenment raised his Great Dao Comprehension by five percent, the narrator learned how rare and necessary such breakthroughs were for advanced cultivators. The next day, after Little Fairy Doctor recovered, he played a cruel prank on Zhang Yan by tricking him into eating Cloud Cliff Gold and declaring him too intellectually disabled to learn Eight Extremities Collapse.

• The narrator emerged from Sudden Enlightenment with thirty-four percent Great Dao Comprehension, and Heavenly Flame Venerable explained how much cultivation time the increase represented.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable told the narrator that Dou Zongs needed opportunities and Sudden Enlightenment to advance beyond the early stages of cultivation.
• Qing Lin brought the narrator dates to celebrate, and Little Fairy Doctor woke the next day after recovering from the Ice Venerable Strength.
• Little Fairy Doctor teased the narrator by saying her body was hungry, so he went to obtain lean meat porridge for her.
• The narrator stopped Zhang Yan, offered to teach him Eight Extremities Collapse, and persuaded him to eat ten pounds of Cloud Cliff Gold as an intelligence test.
• The narrator called Zhang Yan severely intellectually disabled and unable to learn the technique, while Little Fairy Doctor laughed at the prank.

Nalan Ye teased Zhao Yan into swallowing Cloud Cliff Gold, while Zhao Yan turned the mistake into a chance to gain wealth. After Little Fairy Doctor recovered, Nalan Ye began using the human aura of Peaceful City to purge the baleful mist corroding his soul.

• Nalan Ye fed Little Fairy Doctor porridge and defended his trick against Zhao Yan, who Qing Lin threw out of the courtyard.
• Zhao Yan learned that he had swallowed valuable Cloud Cliff Gold, vomited it up, and kept most of it to fund his rise.
• Qing Lin asked Nalan Ye to solve a multiplication problem, then celebrated when he gave the correct answer.
• Nalan Ye confirmed that Little Fairy Doctor had recovered and examined the black mist corroding his soul.
• Nalan Ye formed seals and drew on the human aura of Peaceful City, sending needle-fine rays into the baleful mist.

Cai Lin watched the Wind and Lightning Pavilion and Heavenly Snake Mansion gather in Heaven One City, then used Mind Control to send Bai Ye toward the Wind and Lightning Pavilion’s residence. She hoped the two forces would weaken each other before the expedition to the Snake-People Ancestral Land.

• Cai Lin cultivated with the Seven-Colored Primal Stone and resolved to grow stronger than Nalan Ye.
• Cai Lin assessed the Wind and Lightning Pavilion’s forces and considered intervening in its conflict with Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Wang Ping, Qing Yue, and Long Xi arrived in Heaven One City and agreed to wait for Nalan Ye and Qing Lin.
• Cai Lin decided that a clash between the two groups could weaken them before they entered the Snake-People Ancestral Land.
• Cai Lin used Mind Control on Bai Ye, who dismissed his attendants and headed for the Wind and Lightning Pavilion’s residence.

Fei Tian learned from Bai Ye that the companions of the fugitives he was pursuing had gathered at the Four Special Inn, and he led the Wind and Lightning Pavilion party to capture them. Qing Yue, Long Xi, and Wang Ping faced Fei Tian’s accusation, leaving the confrontation on the verge of a fight.

• Fei Tian received Bai Ye, who revealed that three companions of the wanted fugitives had arrived in Heaven One City and explained the Bai Clan’s agreement with them.
• Fei Tian assembled the Wind and Lightning Pavilion party and went to the Four Special Inn, where he sensed Qing Yue and the others inside.
• Qing Yue, Long Xi, and Wang Ping assessed the five Dou Zongs outside, and Wang Ping said he would handle the strongest opponents if they had to fight.
• Qing Yue confronted Fei Tian and denied knowing about the fugitives, but Fei Tian accused her of colluding with the Bai Clan and threatened to produce Bai Xiaobai.

Qing Yue, Long Xi, and Wang Ping faced the Wind and Lightning Pavilion in Heaven One City, and the confrontation escalated into a battle above the city. Wang Ping revealed overwhelming strength and trapped Fei Tian, who suspected he was a Venerable.

• Qing Yue refused Fei Tian’s demand to reveal where Nalan Ye and the other thieves were, and Fei Tian ordered his Dou Zongs to attack.
• Wang Ping shattered Fei Tian’s lightning attack, prompting Bai Xiaobai to urge both sides to move the fight outside Heaven One City.
• Long Xi and Qing Yue fought the Wind and Lightning Pavilion forces in the sky while Long Xi’s Light Attribute attacks killed several Dou Emperors and Dou Kings.
• Wang Ping awakened his aura, caught Fei Tian’s Illusory Lightning Cliff attack with his bare hand, and shattered it.
• Fei Tian tried to escape with Three Thousand Lightning Movements, but Wang Ping’s power slowed him and left him unable to flee.

Wang Ping overwhelmed the Wind and Lightning Pavilion fighters as Fei Tian tried to summon Thunder Venerable for help. The Pavilion’s forces began to flee, but an immense aura arrived from the mountain forest.

• Fei Tian and the Wind and Lightning Pavilion fighters attacked Wang Ping with lightning, wind, and soundwave techniques, but he blocked them with his Earth Attribute defenses.
• Fei Tian used Thunder God Descent and Three Thousand Lightning Movements to break free, then ordered Gan Lei and Yang Feng to hold Wang Ping while he opened a Space Wormhole to Thunder Venerable.
• Wang Ping destroyed the nearly completed Space Wormhole, leaving Fei Tian unable to bring Thunder Venerable to the battle quickly.
• Wang Ping killed Gan Lei and more than a dozen Dou Emperors and Dou Wangs with stone spikes, prompting the surviving Wind and Lightning Pavilion fighters to flee.
• A powerful aura carrying boundless lightning descended from the distant mountain forest.

Thunder Venerable arrived in Heaven One City and attacked Wang Ping while Cai Lin urgently sought help from Nalan Ye. Nalan Ye chose not to interrupt Heavenly Flame Venerable’s pill refinement, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Cai Lin recognized Thunder Venerable and realized his arrival could let the Wind and Lightning Pavilion seize the Snake-People Tribe's Inheritance King Seal.
• Thunder Venerable gathered his surviving elders, condemned Wang Ping for killing his people, and attacked him with dozens of lightning pillars.
• Nalan Ye finished removing the murderous baleful aura from his soul and heard Cai Lin’s account of the battle and her request for Heavenly Flame Venerable’s help.
• Nalan Ye discovered that Heavenly Flame Venerable was still refining the Jade Well Earth Horse Pill and refused to ask him to stop, telling Cai Lin that Wang Ping should hold on or flee.