Chapter Summaries

Ye Wentian returned from Queen Zi Di's Tomb, saw the Snake-People Ancestral Land beginning to revive, and rescued Zi Yan from Bing Xiaotian and his puppets. He learned Zi Yan had attacked Bing Xiaotian over a medicine cauldron, and the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Cai Lin teleported away after she and Ye Wentian left Queen Zi Di's Tomb, forcing Ye Wentian to fly back to the Snake-People King's Hall alone.
• Ye Wentian noticed that water, plants, and denser natural energy had returned to the Snake-People Ancestral Land, and wondered what Earth Qi was.
• Ye Wentian found Bing Xiaotian and his four linked puppets attacking Zi Yan, who had ditched her bodyguards, Qiu Yin, Qiu Si, and the third one.
• Bing Xiaotian launched a sneak attack on Zi Yan, but Ye Wentian blocked his Ice Spike with his Dou Sheng arm and lightning.
• Zi Yan told Ye Wentian she had tried to take a medicine cauldron from Bing Xiaotian because it smelled of potent medicinal fragrance.

Nalan Ye and Zi Yan fought Bing Xiaotian and his Ice Spirit Puppets in the Snake-People Small World. After Nalan Ye’s Human World Kindling Flame disabled the puppets powering the Ice Armor Puppet, Bing Xiaotian changed tactics and transferred their energy to a puppet near Nalan Ye.

• Nalan Ye confronted Bing Xiaotian over trespassing, injuring Zi Yan, and stealing the medicinal cauldron, but Bing Xiaotian refused to surrender it.
• Bing Xiaotian ordered the Ice Spirit Puppets to attack, and Zi Yan met the empowered Ice Armor Puppet with her Dragon Emperor Fist.
• Nalan Ye sent his Human World Kindling Flame after the three puppets supplying the Ice Armor Puppet, while he attacked Bing Xiaotian from behind.
• Bing Xiaotian unleashed Extreme Cold Storm, but Nalan Ye’s flames pursued and scorched the three puppets even after they split up to flee.
• Bing Xiaotian shouted “Change generals!” and transferred the puppets’ energy into another Ice Spirit Puppet close to Nalan Ye.

Ye Wentian outsmarted Bing Xiaotian’s ambush by letting the weakened Ice Armor Puppet collapse under its own force, then Zi Yan killed Bing Xiaotian with her Dragon Emperor Fist. With the battle over and dawn breaking, Ye Wentian and Zi Yan prepared to return for food.

• Bing Xiaotian combined the energy of three Ice Spirit Puppets to create an Ice Armor Puppet and sent it charging at Ye Wentian.
• The Ice Armor Puppet fell apart before reaching Ye Wentian because his Human World Kindling Flame had weakened its internal restrictions and materials.
• Zi Yan attacked Bing Xiaotian while Ye Wentian sent his Long Spear Puppet to fight the last Ice Spirit Puppet.
• Zi Yan’s Dragon Emperor Fist shattered Bing Xiaotian’s Ice Crystal Barrier and killed him, causing his linked Ice Spirit Puppet to self-destruct.
• Zi Yan dragged Bing Xiaotian’s Frost Howl corpse over, and Ye Wentian suggested they head back to eat as dawn broke.

Nalan Ye returned to the Snake-People King's Hall with Zi Yan after defeating Bing Xiaotian, where he reunited with Little Fairy Doctor and Mu Qingluan. Little Fairy Doctor identified the ancient medicinal cauldron he had found as possibly belonging to the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking, leaving its origins unresolved.

• Little Fairy Doctor waited through the night for Nalan Ye to return, while Mu Qingluan fell asleep waiting for him because she was hungry.
• Nalan Ye and Zi Yan met Qiu Yin, Qiu Si, and Qiu Wu, who had come looking for Zi Yan; Zi Yan scolded them for failing to protect her.
• Nalan Ye returned to the hall, where Mu Qingluan greeted him and Little Fairy Doctor explained that Qingluan had waited all night for food.
• Nalan Ye gave Bing Xiaotian's seventh-order magic core to Little Fairy Doctor, then cooked the Frost Howl's meat for Zi Yan, Mu Qingluan, and the Qiu siblings.
• Nalan Ye examined the ancient medicinal cauldron he had taken from Bing Xiaotian, and Little Fairy Doctor said it might rank among the legendary Heavenly Cauldrons.

Ye continued studying pill refinement in the Snake-People Ancestral Land while Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran celebrated their son’s first birthday, and Xiao Yan faced mounting danger at Canaan Academy. The chapter left Xiao Yan resolved to grow stronger, considering the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the academy’s training tower as a way to advance.

• Ye became a Fourth-Rank Alchemist in his first year studying under the Little Fairy Doctor, while Nalan Yanran reached Dou Ling and Xiao Yan advanced to one-star Dou Emperor.
• At Little Medicine Residue’s first-grab ceremony, he grabbed Ya Fei before eventually choosing a writing brush.
• In his second year of study, Ye failed twice to refine a Seventh-Rank Pill, and an explosion forced him and the Little Fairy Doctor to flee.
• Demon Flame Valley and its allies intensified their assault on Canaan Academy, while Xiao Yan killed several Black Alliance Dou Emperor experts but could not prevent the academy’s worsening crisis.
• Xiao Yan lamented that he was still too weak to rescue his teacher or bring back Xun Er, and resolved to seek the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower.

Xiao Yan returned to Canaan Academy and gained Su Qian’s permission to refine the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower. He entered the magma chamber and began fighting the mature flame, which proved far stronger and more resilient than he expected.

• Su Qian told Xiao Yan that the Black Alliance had killed and wounded members of Canaan Academy’s Enforcement Team as war with the academy drew near.
• Xiao Yan asked to refine the Fallen Heart Flame, and Su Qian agreed to give it to him in recognition of his service to Canaan Academy.
• Su Qian led Xiao Yan to the lowest level of the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower and opened the seal, and Xiao Yan leaped into the magma chamber.
• The awakened Fallen Heart Flame attacked Xiao Yan with flame tentacles, which he repelled using Flame Divide Wave Splitting Ruler.
• The Fallen Heart Flame formed a giant flame serpent and charged Xiao Yan; his Mountain Splitting Seal blasted apart part of its head, but the flame quickly reformed and attacked again.

Xiao Yan used Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Azure Lotus Core Flame to seize the source of Fallen Heart Flame and successfully refined it with the Flame Mantra. He emerged from beneath the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower in a violent, irrational state, and Su Qian and Hu Qian realized he needed to vent the wicked fire left by the refinement.

• Xiao Yan summoned Bone Spirit Cold Flame to battle Fallen Heart Flame and exposed the tiny flame snake at its source.
• Protected by Azure Lotus Core Flame, Xiao Yan caught the flame snake and swallowed a Sixth Grade Earth Spirit Pill before refining Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan slowly absorbed Fallen Heart Flame, and the battle between the two flames ended as the lava world fell quiet.
• Su Qian opened the seal when Xiao Yan emerged, but Xiao Yan attacked him with the Mystic Heavy Ruler and then threw punches.
• Hu Qian identified the wicked fire as the cause of Xiao Yan's violent state, and Su Qian suggested Hu Jia might help him vent it.

During his peaceful third year in the Snake-People Ancestral Land, the narrator learned that the Heavenly Flame Venerable was preparing to undergo the Dou Sheng Tribulation. The Venerable entrusted him with a ring containing his legacy in case he died, leaving the narrator worried for his elder’s safety.

• The narrator enjoyed a quiet life among the Snake-People, joking with the Little Fairy Doctor about eventually killing Hun Tiandi.
• The Heavenly Flame Venerable arrived after three years away and announced that he was ready to advance to Dou Sheng.
• The Venerable credited the narrator’s Human World Kindling Flame with helping him gain the insights needed to take that step.
• The narrator grew emotional as he remembered how much the Venerable had helped him and urged him to survive the Dou Sheng Tribulation.
• The Heavenly Flame Venerable gave the narrator his Ring of Holding, asking him to pass on its cultivation techniques, Dou Techniques, and secret arts if he died.

Nalan Ye entered a Sudden Enlightenment about the legacy passed down through generations, advancing to Four Star Dou Zong while Heavenly Flame Venerable prepared for his Dou Sheng Tribulation. The group followed Heavenly Flame Venerable to his chosen mountain peak, where a mysterious woman in purple awaited them.

• Little Fairy Doctor gave Heavenly Flame Venerable healing and energy-restoring pills, while Zi Yan watched him warily.
• Nalan Ye comprehended the meaning of legacy and entered Sudden Enlightenment, advancing from Three Star Dou Zong to Four Star Dou Zong.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable led Nalan Ye and the others toward the place he had chosen for his tribulation.
• Nalan Ye teased Little Fairy Doctor about having children, making her blush and fly ahead, then comforted Mu Qingluan when she felt unable to understand the Dao.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable brought the group to a mountain peak, where a cold-eyed woman in a purple dress was waiting.

The narrator reunited with Cai Lin at the Snake-People Ancestral Land, where Heavenly Flame Venerable prepared to use the ancient Amethyst Saint Pool to weaken his Heavenly Tribulation. After Cai Lin activated the pool, its engraved runes rose as purple mist around him.

• The narrator saw Cai Lin for the first time in three years, but she met his gaze with killing intent and then ignored him.
• Cai Lin explained that the Amethyst Saint Pool was an ancient Snake-People treasure rumored to connect to other worlds and weaken Heavenly Tribulations.
• The narrator approached Cai Lin, but she reacted with disgust, and he turned away to stand with Little Fairy Doctor, Mu Qingluan, and Zi Yan.
• Cai Lin instructed Heavenly Flame Venerable to stand in the pool and activated it with hand seals, drawing in vast amounts of surrounding energy.
• Ancient runes broke free from the Amethyst Saint Pool and formed purple mist around Heavenly Flame Venerable.

Cai Lin explained how the Amethyst Saint Pool concealed Heavenly Flame Venerable’s potential, then he began his Dou Sheng Tribulation. As the first lightning bolts struck, Cai Lin revealed that the tribulation had exposed the Small World’s location, leaving the group in danger from You Duo.

• Cai Lin explained that the Amethyst Saint Pool’s Purple Mist could slightly weaken Heavenly Flame Venerable’s tribulation by concealing his potential, and everyone wished him success.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable sent the group down the mountain, unleashed his aura, and called the Dou Sheng Tribulation.
• The Tribulation Clouds gathered over the peak, and Heavenly Flame Venerable blocked the first lightning bolt with a wall of flame.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable endured the next two bolts without showing signs of injury, while Little Fairy Doctor warned that the final tribulation would be far stronger.
• Cai Lin revealed that the Heavenly Tribulation had exposed the Small World’s location and warned everyone to prepare for You Duo’s possible attack.

Nalan Ye and the others watched as Heavenly Flame Venerable endured the seventh and eighth bolts of his Dou Sheng Tribulation. As the final bolt gathered into a lightning sphere wreathed in purple flames, Wang Ping declared that Heavenly Flame Venerable could not survive it.

• Heavenly Flame Venerable destroyed part of Thousand Zhang Peak while blocking the sixth tribulation bolt, and Nalan Ye joined Cai Lin’s group to discuss the danger if You Duo attacked the exposed Small World.
• Qing Yue said the group had no choice but to fight the Nine Nether Earth Hell Python, while privately considering using the Azure Origin Pearl to escape through a Space Wormhole.
• Qing Lin reunited with Nalan Ye and promised to protect him, but Nalan Ye insisted he would protect her.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable endured the seventh bolt, then blocked the eighth with a Heavenly Demon Phoenix and recovered with a Seventh-Rank Healing Pill.
• The Tribulation Cloud gathered its remaining power into a vast lightning sphere wreathed in purple flames, and Wang Ping recognized the Fusion of Dao and said Heavenly Flame Venerable could not survive the final tribulation.

Heavenly Flame Venerable faced a final tribulation formed by the fusion of the Thunder and Fire Great Daos, which Wang Ping warned was beyond a Dou Zong’s power. Heavenly Flame Venerable answered with his Nine Palaces Heavenly Fire Method, and his pure white fire met the descending Purple Thunder Fireball as everyone watched to see which would prevail.

• Wang Ping recognized the final tribulation as Dao fusion and declared that Heavenly Flame Venerable could not survive it.
• The narrator and the others worried for Heavenly Flame Venerable, and the narrator moved closer in case he needed to use Boundless Human Sea to interrupt the tribulation.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable revealed the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame and used the Nine Palaces Heavenly Fire Method to form nine silver fire dragons.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable combined the dragons’ flames into pure white fire embodying his Fire Great Dao.
• The Purple Thunder Fireball descended, and Heavenly Flame Venerable sent his white fire to meet it; the two powers began quietly annihilating each other.

Heavenly Flame Venerable survived the Dou Sheng Tribulation and transformed into a Dou Sheng with a Heaven Realm soul. As You Duo discovered the Snake-People Ancestral Land and confronted the newly ascended Heavenly Flame Saint, their battle appeared set to resume.

• You Duo sensed a Dou Sheng Tribulation and discovered that the Snake-People Ancestral Land lay beyond a spatial node, but he waited outside to avoid being caught in the tribulation.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable endured the final clash between the Purple Thunder Fireball and the white fire, and the narrator realized he had survived.
• The tribulation’s vitality healed Heavenly Flame Venerable’s injuries as his body and soul transformed into those of a Dou Sheng with a Heaven Realm soul.
• The narrator, Wang Ping, Little Fairy Doctor, Mu Qingluan, Zi Yan, and Cai Lin congratulated Heavenly Flame Venerable on his breakthrough.
• You Duo tore open a spatial fissure, confronted the Heavenly Flame Saint, and vowed to kill him and eat his flesh.

Nalan Ye and the others parted from the Heavenly Flame Saint as he faced You Duo in battle, then scattered across the Central Plains. Nalan Ye left Qingmao Mountain with the Little Fairy Doctor and others, while Cai Lin flew off alone to await the battle’s outcome before returning to Tagor.

• Wang Ping opened a Space Wormhole, and Qing Yue invited Nalan Ye and Qing Lin to return to the Heavenly Snake Mansion with her group.
• The Heavenly Flame Saint told Nalan Ye to leave and make his own way, and Nalan Ye tearfully said farewell before departing with the Little Fairy Doctor, Cai Lin, and the others.
• Wang Ping, Long Xi, Qing Yue, Qing Lin, and Black Water Profound Yin entered the Space Wormhole, while Nalan Ye’s group traveled through a Space Channel to Qingmao Mountain and fled the area.
• Zi Ling left to return to her clan, and Qiu Wu headed off to report Zi Yan’s whereabouts despite her protests.
• Nalan Ye asked Cai Lin what she planned to do, and she flew away alone to wait for the fight’s result before returning to Tagor.

After leaving the Snake-People Ancestral Land, Nalan Ye resolved to become a Dou Di by claiming Tou She Ancient God's Emperor Pill before Hun Tiandi could. He and his companions reached Rock City on their way to Starfall Pavilion, where they planned to ask Wind Venerable to help rescue Yao Lao from the Hall of Souls.

• Nalan Ye reflected on his partings with Heavenly Flame Venerable, Qing Lin, and Cai Lin, then told the Little Fairy Doctor he wanted to become an Emperor.
• Nalan Ye decided to pursue Tou She Ancient God's Emperor Pill rather than kill Xiao Yan for the Flame Mantra, since he feared the Ancient Clan's response and refused to join the Hall of Souls.
• Nalan Ye told Mu Qingluan that they would go to Starfall Pavilion, inform Wind Venerable about Venerable Yao, and find a way to rescue Yao Lao from the Hall of Souls.
• Nalan Ye and his companions flew for two days and two nights from Qingmao Mountain and reached the human world at dawn on the third day.
• The group arrived in Rock City, where Nalan Ye was delighted to see familiar crowds and everyday life again.

Ye and his companions escaped the Beast Region and traveled through Heavenly Star City toward Starfall Pavilion. Wind Venerable worried about the missing Mu Qingluan and the pavilion’s chances in the Four Directions Pavilion Tournament, unaware that she was returning.

• Qiu Si marveled at how weak ordinary humans seemed, and Mu Qingluan explained the human cultivation ranks to her and Qiu Yin.
• Ye refused to stay overnight in Rock City, and the group ate breakfast before leaving through the city’s Space Wormhole.
• Ye reflected on You Duo’s limits and worried about its battle with Heavenly Flame Venerable as the group traveled toward Starfall Pavilion.
• Mu Qingluan led the group to Heavenly Star City and told them they had arrived.
• Wind Venerable lamented Mu Qingluan’s disappearance, then accepted that Starfall Pavilion might lose the next day’s tournament to the other pavilions.

Nalan Ye and Mu Qingluan hurried to Heavenly Star City’s Four Directions Pavilion Tournament after learning they had missed its start. Wind Venerable opened the competition, but an unexpected shout interrupted him as the contestants were about to enter the arena.

• Nalan Ye and Mu Qingluan learned that Starfall Pavilion was hosting the Four Directions Pavilion Tournament and rushed from their inn to Central Square.
• Thunder Venerable, Yellow Spring Venerable, and Sword Venerable discussed Mu Qingluan’s absence while Wind Venerable waited for her to arrive.
• Feng Qing'er explained that Mu Qingluan had disappeared three years earlier after entering a lost Small World in the Beast Region, and Wind Venerable insisted she was still alive.
• Wind Venerable welcomed the crowd and announced that the fifty-seven contestants would compete in a melee until only eight remained.
• An unknown person shouted that another contestant still wanted to compete, and two Starfall Pavilion elders warned that the competition had already begun.

Nalan Ye arrived at the Four Directions Pavilion Tournament with Mu Qingluan and her friends, where her return reunited her with Wind Venerable. He then revealed how Yao Chen had been ambushed and captured, but Wind Venerable remained suspicious of Nalan Ye’s claims.

• Shen Tian barred Nalan Ye’s group from Central Square until Mu Qingluan revealed herself as the returned Young Pavilion Mistress and asked him to let her friends enter.
• Nalan Ye described himself as Yao Chen’s long-lost brother-in-law, leaving Shen Tian and the Starfall Pavilion disciples bewildered.
• An elder told Wind Venerable that Mu Qingluan had returned, and Wind Venerable rushed to reunite with his disciple.
• Nalan Ye told Wind Venerable that Han Feng and the Hall of Souls had ambushed Yao Chen, who later taught Xiao Yan before the Hall of Souls captured him.
• Wind Venerable demanded proof of Nalan Ye’s story, and Nalan Ye reiterated that he was Yao Chen’s brother-in-law, not his disciple.

Ye persuaded Wind Venerable to trust his account of Xiao Yan and arranged for him to send someone to the Nalan Empire to retrieve Xiao Yan. The Four Directions Pavilion Tournament began with Mu Qingluan receiving loud home-field support, while Feng Qing'er found Ye strangely familiar.

• Mu Qingluan defended Ye to Wind Venerable and told him that Heavenly Flame Venerable had become a Dou Sheng.
• Wind Venerable decided to send someone to bring Xiao Yan from the Northwest Territory to Starfall Pavilion, and Ye explained that he had overthrown the Gama Royal Family and established the Nalan Empire.
• Ye offered Wind Venerable a letter for the Nalan Emperor, and Wind Venerable announced the start of the Four Directions Pavilion Tournament.
• The crowd cheered for Mu Qingluan as she entered the arena, while Wang Chen vowed to win and Tang Ying said the result would depend on real skill.
• Feng Qing'er noticed that Ye beside Mu Qingluan seemed strangely familiar.