Chapter Summaries

After refining the Python Fetus Pill, Nalan Ye discovered golden-green scale-like markings covering his body, and Little Fairy Doctor identified them as the pill’s medicinal power. As she worked on adapting a Hidden Trace Pill recipe to conceal the markings, Nalan Ye sent Zi Yan away and resumed teasing Little Fairy Doctor, leaving them alone behind a Soul Barrier.

• Nalan Ye woke after refining the Python Fetus Pill and found scale-like markings spread across his skin.
• Little Fairy Doctor examined the markings and learned that they were the outward manifestation of the pill’s medicinal power.
• Nalan Ye told Little Fairy Doctor about his Pill Battle with Li Qing and tried to draw her into an intimate moment.
• Zi Yan interrupted them, so Nalan Ye sent her to explore Fallen Bird City with Qiu Yin and Qiu Si.
• Little Fairy Doctor decided to adapt a Hidden Trace Pill recipe to hide the markings beneath Nalan Ye’s skin.
• Nalan Ye carried Little Fairy Doctor toward the bed again, and a Soul Barrier appeared around the room.

Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor completed and tested the improved Hidden Trace Pill, which erased the runes from Nalan Ye’s skin. The group then traveled toward Ye City, and Nalan Ye entered another sudden state of enlightenment upon arriving in Xian Wei City.

• Little Fairy Doctor finished improving the Hidden Trace Pill recipe, and Nalan Ye refined the pill under her guidance.
• Nalan Ye swallowed the pill, and its medicinal force made the runes on his skin disappear.
• Two days later, Nalan Ye, Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, and their companions left Fallen Bird City and traveled leisurely toward Ye City.
• After a month of sightseeing, the group entered Xian Wei City and checked into an inn.
• Little Fairy Doctor brought Nalan Ye dinner, and he suddenly entered another state of enlightenment.

Nalan Ye reflected on his long, often interrupted relationship with Little Fairy Doctor and experienced a sudden enlightenment while sharing a warm dinner with her. Their quiet evening was interrupted by an inn waiter, while Tong Yu identified them from portraits and realized they were likely two Dou Zong powerhouses.

• Nalan Ye remembered his years of separation and reunion with Little Fairy Doctor, then withdrew the Dao aura around him after his sudden enlightenment.
• Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor shared dinner, and he realized their feeling of home had triggered his enlightenment.
• Little Fairy Doctor, tipsy and in Nalan Ye's arms, was carried toward the bed until a waiter entered with wine; Nalan Ye blasted the waiter out and shut the door.
• The waiter reported back to Tong Yu and the Song Family head, who examined five portraits and identified Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor.
• Tong Yu warned that the two guests were likely Dou Zong powerhouses, terrifying the Song Family head.

Tong Yu told the Tong Family ancestor that Ice River Valley wanted the people accused of killing Yu Bing and Yu Heng, and the ancestor decided to capture them himself for the merit. He attacked Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor at their inn, but Nalan Ye survived the strike and prepared to confront him with Little Fairy Doctor.

• Tong Yu explained to the Tong Family ancestor that Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor were wanted for the deaths of Ice River Valley elders Yu Bing and Yu Heng.
• The Tong Family ancestor rejected Tong Yu’s suggestion to inform Ice River Valley and chose to capture the pair himself for the reward.
• The Tong Family ancestor attacked Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor’s room from above with a concentrated white beam.
• Nalan Ye blocked the beam with his body, and the snake scales from the Python Fetus Pill protected his chest from the worst of the damage.
• Nalan Ye sensed that their attacker was a Three Star Dou Zong and told Little Fairy Doctor to stay behind, but she dressed quickly and insisted on going with him.

The narrator and Little Fairy Doctor confronted the Tong Family's old ancestor after he ambushed them, then cornered him when he tried to flee. Surrounded by powerful opponents, he faced questioning about who had ordered the attack.

• The Tong Family's old ancestor attacked the narrator and Little Fairy Doctor, but the narrator revealed his Four Star Dou Zong strength and demanded to know why they had been targeted.
• The Tong Family's old ancestor claimed it was a misunderstanding and fled toward the edge of Xian Wei City using his Light Attribute speed.
• The narrator called for someone to stop him, and Zi Yan intercepted the old ancestor and struck him down, revealing her Five Star Dou Zong strength.
• The narrator and Little Fairy Doctor caught up and surrounded the old ancestor, who recognized Little Fairy Doctor as a Two-Star Dou Zong Poison Master.
• The narrator threatened the old ancestor until he explained the attack, while the old ancestor hesitated to reveal his connection to Ice River Valley.

The narrator, Little Fairy Doctor, and Zi Yan defeated the Tong Clan Ancestor after he ambushed them, then took him into the wilderness to question him. The Tong Clan Ancestor began explaining that the attack was connected to Elder Yu Bing of Ice River Valley.

• The Tong Clan Ancestor tried to kill the narrator with a sneak attack, but the narrator blocked his strike and battered him.
• The Tong Clan Ancestor used Great Sun Radiance to blind the group and attack them with beams of light.
• Zi Yan smashed the Tong Clan Ancestor’s light sphere and crushed his shoulder blades, but the narrator stopped her from killing him.
• The narrator and his companions took the Tong Clan Ancestor outside Xian Wei City, sealed his Dou Qi, and threatened him with Little Fairy Doctor’s poisons.
• The Tong Clan Ancestor agreed to talk and said the attack was connected to the narrator killing Ice River Valley Elder Yu Bing in Yu Mountain City three years earlier.

Ice River Valley learned that Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor had returned and sent elders to pursue them. After killing the Tong Family ancestor, Nalan Ye decided they had to flee west into the Central State Western Region to escape Ice River Valley.

• Ice Venerable ordered Heavenly Snake to intercept the fugitives at the Western Region border and Tian Nan Zi to pursue them from Xian Wei City.
• Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor learned that Ice River Valley was hunting them over the death of Elder Yu Bing three years earlier.
• Nalan Ye killed the Tong Family ancestor after extracting the information from him.
• Little Fairy Doctor warned Nalan Ye that Ice River Valley was stronger than Wind and Lightning Pavilion, and Nalan Ye accepted that they could not face its Venerable.
• Nalan Ye checked a map and decided to return west to the Central State Western Region, since the other routes crossed Ice River Valley territory.

Nalan Ye and his companions fled Ice River Valley by a long route toward the Central State Western Region, but Ice River Valley scouts discovered them and summoned Heavenly Snake to block their way. Nalan Ye refused Heavenly Snake’s demand to surrender, and the five prepared to fight.

• Nalan Ye, Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, Qiu Yin, and Qiu Si flew through the night, avoiding Space Wormholes as they headed toward the Central State Western Region.
• Nalan Ye and the others spotted a mountain range ahead that marked the border of the Western Region and began flying over it.
• Zi Yan noticed figures on the mountains, and Ice River Valley Dou Wang scouts raised blue signal pillars to alert their sect.
• Nalan Ye killed one lookout with lightning and continued across the mountain range with his companions.
• Heavenly Snake, a Seven Star Dou Zong from Ice River Valley, intercepted them and offered to spare their lives if they surrendered.
• Nalan Ye rejected Heavenly Snake’s demand, defended his killing of Yu Bing, and prepared to fight alongside his companions.

Nalan Ye and his allies fought Heavenly Snake, an Ice River Valley Seven Star Dou Zong, after he ambushed them in the mountains. As the battle escalated, Zi Yan, Qiu Yin, and Nalan Ye unleashed their stronger abilities, joining the clash of dragons.

• Nalan Ye ordered Zi Yan and Qiu Yin to engage Heavenly Snake while Little Fairy Doctor controlled the battlefield, and their initial attacks failed to break through his defenses.
• Little Fairy Doctor weakened Heavenly Snake’s ice shield with poison, and Nalan Ye struck him from behind, drawing blood.
• Heavenly Snake counterattacked with five Ice Spikes, injuring Nalan Ye’s palm and scattering the others while Little Fairy Doctor dodged.
• Nalan Ye used Thunder God Descent to raise his cultivation, Qiu Yin transformed into a horned dragon, and Zi Yan unleashed Dragon Emperor Fist.
• Heavenly Snake invoked Ice Dragon Leveling Plains, and his dark ice dragon collided with Zi Yan’s golden dragon as Qiu Yin joined the battle, bringing three dragons into the fight.

The narrator and Qiu Si fought Elder Heavenly Snake in the sky above the mountains, injuring him while he struck Qiu Si down. Heavenly Snake’s cane was severed and his body was nearly split by the narrator’s Purple Lightning Line, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The narrator attacked Heavenly Snake with Illusory Lightning Cliff, then rushed him with Three Thousand Lightning Movements as Qiu Si joined the assault.
• The narrator shattered Heavenly Snake’s ice armor with Serpent Coil and injured his chest.
• Heavenly Snake struck Qiu Si in the forehead with the White Jade Snake Head Cane, sending her plummeting with a bleeding wound.
• The narrator enveloped Heavenly Snake in Human World Kindling Flame, and Heavenly Snake tried to counter with a thrust of his cane.
• The narrator’s Purple Lightning Line sliced the White Jade Snake Head Cane in two and cut a massive diagonal wound across Heavenly Snake’s body.

The narrator and his allies combined their Dou Qi to unleash a powerful attack against the badly wounded Heavenly Snake. As three Ice River Valley Elders flew in to help him, the narrator pushed the attack harder, racing to kill Heavenly Snake before they arrived.

• The narrator gravely wounded Heavenly Snake by slashing him with the Purple Lightning Line, while Little Fairy Doctor poisoned several Ice River Valley Disciples who rushed to help.
• The narrator explained that the Human World Kindling Flame had stripped the spirituality from Heavenly Snake's Spirit Jade staff and proposed using their combined technique to finish him.
• The narrator, Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, Qiu Yin, and Qiu Si gathered their Dou Qi into an energy sphere with the combat strength of an Eight Star Dou Zong.
• Heavenly Snake used Ice Mist Entwining and Icy World to meet the narrator's Thousands Pointing Fingers with a powerful ice tornado.
• Three Ice River Valley Elders approached the battlefield, and the narrator urged his allies to strengthen their attack before the Elders could arrive.

The narrator redirected the combined Dou Qi attack to save Little Fairy Doctor, killing one Ice River Valley Elder and badly injuring Heavenly Snake. As the narrator struggled to control the immense power, Heavenly Snake escaped through a Space Wormhole and caused another elder to explode in the narrator’s path.

• An Ice River Valley Elder attacked Little Fairy Doctor with an Ice Spike, so the narrator redirected the energy torrent away from Heavenly Snake and killed the attacker.
• The two surviving elders saw Heavenly Snake’s grave injuries and hurried to support him.
• The narrator concealed his severe exhaustion and pretended to prepare another attack while secretly telling Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, Qiu Yin, and Qiu Si to prepare.
• Heavenly Snake threw one Ice River Valley Elder at the narrator, then escaped with the other through a Space Wormhole.
• The thrown elder exploded before reaching the narrator, scattering icy Dou Qi, ice fragments, and bones through the air.

Nalan Ye and his companions escaped the mountain range after Heavenly Snake sacrificed an Ice River Valley Elder to cover his retreat, leaving Nalan Ye injured and exhausted. Tian Nan Zi encountered the wounded Heavenly Snake and set off to pursue the fugitives, hoping to capture them before their joint Dou Technique recovered.

• Heavenly Snake caused an Ice River Valley Elder to explode, blasting Nalan Ye and leaving a bone shard through his chest as avalanches and battles engulfed the mountain range.
• Little Fairy Doctor treated Nalan Ye and carried him toward the Western Region, while Zi Yan ordered Qiu Yin to transform into a mount for the group.
• Tian Nan Zi opened a Space Wormhole west of Xian Wei City and met the injured Heavenly Snake as he emerged with his companion.
• Heavenly Snake told Tian Nan Zi that five Dou Zongs had defeated him with a joint Dou Technique and urged him to pursue the wounded fugitives in the Facing Heaven Mountain Range.
• Tian Nan Zi agreed to head for the mountain range and take over the pursuit.

After escaping Ice River Valley, Nalan Ye and his companions traveled through Burning Flame Valley’s territory and reached safety. Little Fairy Doctor proposed refining three Seventh-Rank Pills to help Nalan Ye withstand the strain of Thousands Pointing Fingers for longer.

• Little Fairy Doctor treated Nalan Ye’s chest wound, and the group rested in a cave before continuing their escape from Ice River Valley.
• Nalan Ye chose a route through the Central State Western Region toward the Southern Region, then used a Space Wormhole after the group disguised themselves to avoid attracting attention.
• The group heard exaggerated stories about their battle with Heavenly Snake, and Nalan Ye learned that their route had brought them into Burning Flame Valley’s territory.
• After several days of travel, Nalan Ye’s injuries healed, and Little Fairy Doctor suggested they rest before heading to the Pill Domain.
• Little Fairy Doctor proposed refining three Seventh-Rank Pills to nourish Nalan Ye’s soul, heal his body, and repair his meridians so he could use Thousands Pointing Fingers longer.

Nalan Ye and his companions searched for rare ingredients to refine three Seventh-Rank Pills, then headed toward Blazing Fire City to try their luck at an auction. An Ice River Valley spy identified them, while Zi Yan’s theft of herbs from shops across the city forced the group to flee.

• Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor selected three Seventh-Rank Pills and searched the city’s medicinal shops, but could not find most of their rare main ingredients.
• Nalan Ye suggested they travel to Blazing Fire City for an upcoming auction, and the group left through a Space Wormhole.
• Nalan Ye told Little Fairy Doctor that the Spirit Medicine Shop seemed to have Genesis Fluid but had refused to sell it.
• Zi Yan revealed that she had stolen medicinal herbs from Spirit Medicine Shop and other shops throughout the city.
• The Spirit Medicine Shop owner recognized the group as people pursued by Ice River Valley and sent word to his sect.
• Nalan Ye took Zi Yan and Little Fairy Doctor and led the group into the Space Wormhole to escape the city.

Tian Nan Zi led Ice River Valley elders toward Blazing Fire City to pursue the killers, while the narrator and his companions arrived in the city and settled into an inn owned by Burning Flame Valley. The innkeeper revealed that the valley was seeking high-tier Alchemists, and the narrator decided to attend the auction before considering the offer.

• Tian Nan Zi chose to go to Blazing Fire City with Ice River Valley elders to pursue the killers without provoking Burning Flame Valley.
• The narrator and his four companions arrived in Blazing Fire City and booked rooms at the expensive Heavenly Flame Inn, whose room plaques also granted auction admission.
• The narrator and Little Fairy Doctor bathed, then asked the innkeeper where to buy medicinal ingredients.
• The innkeeper, Tang Xu, told the narrator that Burning Flame Valley was seeking high-tier Alchemists to help refine a medicinal pill.
• The narrator recognized that the pill might be needed to cure the Burning Flame Valley Master's daughter and decided to attend the auction before approaching the valley.

Nalan Ye explored Blazing Fire City with Little Fairy Doctor and Zi Yan, then used his alchemist reputation to secure an invitation to Burning Flame Valley. After learning that Ice River Valley's Tian Nan Zi was coming to the auction, Nalan Ye feared the man might be targeting him and decided to strike first.

• Nalan Ye took Little Fairy Doctor and Zi Yan to Plants and Trees Pavilion and Returning Spring Hall, where Little Fairy Doctor bought ingredients but the main ingredients for three Seventh-Rank Pills remained unavailable.
• Nalan Ye told Tang Xu that he would answer Burning Flame Valley's call for alchemists, and Tang Xu mistook his soul power for that of a Sixth-Rank Alchemist.
• Tang Xu offered Nalan Ye free lodging and promised to arrange a visit to Burning Flame Valley after the auction.
• Tang Xu warned Nalan Ye that Ice River Valley was sending Tian Nan Zi to Blazing Fire City, ostensibly to attend the auction.
• Nalan Ye worried that Tian Nan Zi might have come for him and resolved to kill him first.

Nalan Ye arranged for a Hall of Souls outpost to monitor Ice River Valley’s elder and decided to visit Burning Flame Valley the next morning. He left Little Fairy Doctor and Zi Yan in Blazing Fire City to receive messages while he went alone.

• Nalan Ye reassured Little Fairy Doctor that Burning Flame Valley would not wage war on Ice River Valley just to help them.
• Nalan Ye disguised himself and used a Protector token to identify himself as Magpie Protector at the Hall of Souls outpost in Lai Fu Restaurant.
• Nalan Ye ordered Wu Kang to watch Ice River Valley’s group and report their movements, then rewarded him with a Fifth Rank Pill.
• Nalan Ye obtained a letter of introduction from Tang Xu to visit Burning Flame Valley the next morning.
• Nalan Ye told Little Fairy Doctor to remain in the city with Zi Yan and receive messages from Wu Kang’s outpost.

Nalan Ye traveled with Zi Yan, Qiu Yin, and Qiu Si to Burning Flame Valley after Tang Xu recommended him as an alchemist. He arrived before Valley Master Tang Zhen and learned that he would have to compete with many accomplished alchemists for Tang Zhen’s favor.

• Nalan Ye left Blazing Fire City with Zi Yan, Qiu Yin, and Qiu Si while Little Fairy Doctor stayed behind at the inn.
• The group flew through the Blazing Flame Mountain Range and met a Burning Flame Valley disciple, who escorted them to the valley.
• Red Fire Elder brought Nalan Ye and his companions into the valley and led them to a hall filled with more than twenty high-ranking alchemists.
• Nalan Ye met Tang Zhen, recognized his red hair, and awkwardly denied having met him before.
• Tang Huo'er watched Nalan Ye with contempt and suspected he was flattering her father to gain influence.

Nalan Ye impressed the alchemists gathered by Tang Zhen by invoking Yao Chen’s reputation, then clarified that he had only served as Yao Chen’s attendant. Tang Zhen accepted his explanation and revealed the test: finding two alchemists able to withstand the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame.

• Qiu Yin threatened to report Burning Flame Valley for making Zi Yan stand, but Zi Yan and Nalan Ye ordered him to stop.
• When the alchemists questioned Nalan Ye’s credentials, he described Yao Chen’s fame and identified him as the legendary Venerable Yao.
• Master Mo accused Nalan Ye of lying about being Yao Chen’s disciple, and Nalan Ye clarified that he had been Yao Chen’s attendant instead.
• Nalan Ye said Wind Venerable of Starfall Pavilion could vouch for him, and Tang Zhen accepted his explanation and gave him a better seat.
• Tang Zhen displayed the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame and announced that he needed two alchemists capable of resisting it.