Chapter Summaries

Nalan Ye proposed naming the alliance the Heaven and Earth United Great Love Alliance, winning praise from Tang Huo'er, Mu Qingluan, and Little Fairy Doctor. As Yao Lao criticized Nalan Ye and his intentions, he accused him of pursuing the alliance leader's position.

• Tang Zhen asked Nalan Ye to suggest a name for the alliance, and Nalan Ye proposed the Heaven and Earth United Great Love Alliance to unite factions oppressed by the Hall of Souls.
• Tang Huo'er, Mu Qingluan, and Little Fairy Doctor praised Nalan Ye's suggestion, while the elders watched their rivalry with surprise.
• Wind Venerable and Yao Lao discussed their disciples' romantic troubles, including Nalan Ye's fiancée and Xiao Yan's relationship with Xun Er.
• Yao Lao criticized Nalan Ye as sly and claimed he was pushing for the alliance to seize the alliance leader's position.

Nalan Ye secured approval for the Heaven and Earth United Great Love Alliance and its founding principles, while Yao Lao’s opposition to him raised doubts about their relationship. The alliance then moved to its most important decision: choosing a leader to resist the Hall of Souls.

• Yao Lao told Wind Venerable about Nalan Ye’s past power and warned that he might seize control of Starfall Pavilion.
• Wind Venerable argued that Nalan Ye’s ability could help protect and strengthen Starfall Pavilion, and Yao Lao angrily refused to let him inherit the Pavilion Master position.
• Tang Zhen proposed adopting Nalan Ye’s alliance name, and Wind Venerable persuaded Yao Lao to stop objecting.
• Tang Zhen formally named the alliance the Heaven and Earth United Great Love Alliance after the elders discussed its Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.
• Nalan Ye called on everyone to select an alliance leader who could lead them against the Hall of Souls.

The elders debated who would lead the alliance, and Xiao Yan’s endorsement of Yao Lao prompted Burning Flame Valley’s elders to mock Yao Lao’s weaknesses and past. The narrator’s concern about Yao Lao’s candidacy faded, and he turned his attention to Tang Zhen and Wind Venerable as someone proposed Tang Zhen for alliance leader.

• The hall fell silent as the elders and three Venerables hesitated over choosing an alliance leader.
• Xiao Yan entered, told Yao Lao he had learned the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations, and declared that Yao Lao should lead the alliance.
• Burning Flame Valley’s elders mocked Yao Lao’s lack of a physical body and his former disciple Han Feng’s betrayal, angering Xiao Yan.
• Wind Venerable restrained Xiao Yan and urged him to calm down, while Tang Zhen rebuked the elders and apologized to Yao Lao.
• The narrator concluded that Yao Lao lacked the support to become leader and reconsidered the other two Venerables as contenders.
• Someone suggested that Tang Zhen become alliance leader because of his cultivation and Burning Flame Valley’s influence.

Xiao Yan challenged Tang Zhen’s claim to the alliance leadership, provoking Burning Flame Valley and nearly derailing the alliance. Yao Lao realized Nalan Ye had maneuvered events to benefit himself and called on him to recommend himself as leader.

• Tang Zhen prepared to accept Wind Venerable’s offer to lead the alliance, but Xiao Yan objected and accused him of failing to defend Burning Flame Valley.
• Burning Flame Valley’s Elders and Tang Huo'er rebuked Xiao Yan, while Wind Venerable restrained him and apologized to Tang Zhen on his behalf.
• Xiao Yan broke Wind Venerable’s restraint with the power of his Exotic Flame, but Yao Chen stopped him from continuing the argument.
• Yao Chen recognized that Nalan Ye had provoked the dispute to create an opening for his own leadership bid.
• Yao Chen challenged Nalan Ye to recommend himself as alliance leader.

Nalan Ye was unexpectedly named as a contender for Alliance Leader, then admitted he wanted the position despite Yao Lao's challenge. He argued that he could lead the alliance fairly, and left the hall facing the burden of proving his impartiality to Burning Flame Valley and Starfall Pavilion.

• Yao Lao revealed that Nalan Ye wanted to become Alliance Leader, surprising Xiao Yan and the assembled experts.
• Tang Zhen asked Nalan Ye to explain, and Nalan Ye admitted his ambition rather than deny it.
• Xiao Yan praised Nalan Ye's boldness, but Yao Lao rebuked him and challenged Nalan Ye's qualifications.
• Nalan Ye acknowledged the Alliance Leader's heavy responsibilities and said the leader needed ability, foresight, and fairness.
• Nalan Ye promised that he would treat Burning Flame Valley and Starfall Pavilion justly and would not sacrifice either sect for the other.

Nalan Ye defended his candidacy for alliance leader after Yao Lao accused him of using the Poison Sect to pursue personal gain. With support from Little Fairy Doctor, Mu Qingluan, Tang Huo'er, and Wind Venerable, his bid gained serious momentum, leaving Tang Zhen to decide whether to support him.

• Nalan Ye’s campaign speech reassured elders from Burning Flame Valley and Starfall Pavilion that he would treat both fairly.
• Yao Lao accused Nalan Ye of using his ties to the Poison Sect to seize influence and eventually swallow the two sects.
• Nalan Ye proposed a Supervisory Bureau to oversee the alliance leader and argued that the leader’s main role would be coordinating resistance against the Hall of Souls.
• Little Fairy Doctor, Mu Qingluan, Tang Huo'er, and Wind Venerable voiced support for Nalan Ye’s candidacy.
• The elders turned their attention to Tang Zhen, whose support could determine whether Nalan Ye became alliance leader.

Nalan Ye became the alliance’s first leader after Tang Zhen endorsed him, despite Yao Chen’s objections. Little Fairy Doctor reminded the hall that the alliance’s conflict with the Hall of Souls had begun when they rescued Yao Chen, leaving Xiao Yan afraid they might hand his teacher over.

• Tang Zhen praised Nalan Ye’s ambition and declared him alliance leader, making the alliance’s formation official.
• Yao Chen objected that Nalan Ye lacked the cultivation and standing to lead, warning that other Central Plains powers would ridicule the alliance.
• Tang Huo'er challenged Yao Chen and asked who else was qualified to lead if Nalan Ye was not.
• Little Fairy Doctor reminded Yao Chen that Nalan Ye had rescued him and blamed his rescue for the Hall of Souls’ retaliation against Starfall Pavilion and Burning Flame Valley.
• Little Fairy Doctor suggested handing Yao Chen back to the Hall of Souls, prompting Xiao Yan to shield his teacher and fear the elders might seize him.
• Nalan Ye laughed at Xiao Yan’s alarm and insisted Little Fairy Doctor had only been joking.

Nalan Ye defused the elders’ growing resentment toward Yao Lao and argued that the alliance should keep him rather than hand him over to the Hall of Souls. The meeting paused while Tang Zhen and Burning Flame Valley discussed which disciple would become Yao Lao’s apprentice.

• Little Fairy Doctor suggested that Yao Lao was useless, prompting elders from Starfall Pavilion and Burning Flame Valley to question the value of rescuing him.
• Wind Venerable urged the factions to resist the Hall of Souls, while Xiao Yan stood protectively before Yao Lao.
• Nalan Ye made Little Fairy Doctor apologize, then persuaded the elders that surrendering Yao Lao would damage their reputation and that his recovered alchemy could benefit the alliance.
• Xiao Yan thanked Nalan Ye and blamed Little Fairy Doctor, while Yao Lao wondered whether he had misjudged Nalan Ye.
• Nalan Ye asked Tang Zhen to bring forward the Burning Flame Valley disciple who would take Yao Lao as a teacher, but Tang Zhen led the elders to a side hall to choose a candidate.

Tang Zhen weighed the alliance politics behind Nalan Ye’s appointment while Burning Flame Valley Elders debated which disciple should become Yao Chen’s apprentice. Han Jin revealed that Zhou Chuan had outlasted the chaos of the interrupted competition and successfully refined a remarkable pill, prompting Tang Zhen to summon him alongside Lan Yan and Lu Yue.

• Red Fire Elder questioned Tang Zhen’s decision to let Nalan Ye lead the alliance, and Tang Zhen explained how the choice would keep Gu Ling and Yao Chen opposed and leave him as the deciding vote.
• Tang Zhen privately wondered about Nalan Ye’s motives and connections to Yao Chen, then returned his attention to the Elders’ debate over choosing Yao Chen’s apprentice.
• Two Elders argued for their own disciples, Lan Yan and Lu Yue, until Tang Zhen insisted that Burning Flame Valley select the candidate with the greatest pill-refining talent.
• Han Jin recommended Zhou Chuan and explained that, unlike the other finalists, Zhou Chuan had continued refining during the attack and produced a Fourth Rank Peak Purple Cloud Pill comparable to a Fifth Rank Pill.
• Tang Zhen ordered Zhou Chuan, Lan Yan, and Lu Yue brought before him.

Nalan Ye relaxed with Little Fairy Doctor and Mu Qingluan after Burning Flame Valley left, while Wind Venerable tried to persuade Yao Lao to stop targeting him over Xiao Yan. The chapter ended with Nalan Ye confronting Zhou Chuan, a young alchemist chosen to become Yao Lao’s disciple, after sensing hostility from him.

• Nalan Ye shared tea from Yun Yun with Little Fairy Doctor and Mu Qingluan while Xiao Yan stayed beside Yao Lao.
• Wind Venerable questioned Yao Lao’s hostility toward Nalan Ye, then argued that Xiao Yan and Nalan Ye’s family ties made separating them impossible.
• Yao Lao reluctantly accepted that he could not keep Xiao Yan away from Nalan Ye and hoped Xiao Yan would become less easy to trick.
• Tang Huo'er joined the tea gathering and introduced Zhou Chuan, an eighteen-year-old Fourth-Rank Alchemist chosen to become Yao Lao’s disciple.
• Nalan Ye sensed Zhou Chuan’s hostility, approached him, and greeted him as though they had met before.

Nalan Ye suspected Zhou Chuan’s hostility but watched as Yao Chen accepted him as a disciple to strengthen ties with Burning Flame Valley. Newly intoxicated by his status, Zhou Chuan noticed Yao Chen’s frail soul body and began plotting to replace him.

• Nalan Ye inspected Zhou Chuan’s cultivation and questioned why he seemed hostile, while Zhou Chuan silently resented him and vowed to win Tang Huo'er’s favor.
• Tang Zhen urged Yao Chen to accept Zhou Chuan, and Yao Chen agreed in hopes of securing Burning Flame Valley’s protection.
• Tang Zhen called Zhou Chuan forward, and Zhou Chuan knelt before Yao Chen to greet him as his teacher.
• Elders praised Zhou Chuan’s new position, and Yao Chen declared him his third disciple.
• Zhou Chuan basked in his newfound status, noticed Yao Chen’s frail soul body, and thought, “Replace him!”

Yao Lao introduced Zhou Chuan as his disciple, and the elders showered him with gifts and praise. Zhou Chuan’s pride and interest in Tang Huo'er grew, but Nalan Ye’s mocking half-cup of cold tea left him humiliated and vowing revenge.

• Yao Lao introduced Zhou Chuan to Xiao Yan, who teased him by calling him “Little Chuan.”
• Wind Venerable and the elders congratulated Yao Lao and gave Zhou Chuan numerous gifts, while Zhou Chuan basked in their attention.
• Zhou Chuan openly admired Tang Huo'er until she noticed his stare, then eagerly accepted her gift and told her he would work hard under Yao Lao.
• Nalan Ye led Tang Huo'er and the others to offer congratulations, then gave Zhou Chuan a half-cup of cold tea and declared them brothers if he drank it.
• With Xiao Yan urging him on and the gathered elders offering no support, Zhou Chuan swallowed the tea and vowed to surpass Nalan Ye once he mastered alchemy.

After Zhou Chuan became Venerable Yao’s disciple, Lan Yan protested while Lu Yue accepted the outcome and wondered about her feelings for Zhou Chuan. Nalan Ye continued to mistreat Zhou Chuan, and Xiao Yan tolerated it, while Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor discussed Zhou Chuan’s unexplained hostility and decided to watch him for now.

• Lan Yan complained that Zhou Chuan had been chosen over him, but his teacher dragged him away after reminding him Zhou Chuan had stayed to refine pills.
• Lu Yue’s teacher reproached her for speaking up for Zhou Chuan, then told her she could choose her own path and asked if she liked him.
• Lu Yue congratulated Zhou Chuan, who remained distracted by Tang Huo’er as he walked back to his dormitory.
• Yao Lao criticized Nalan Ye for making Zhou Chuan drink cold tea, while Xiao Yan defended Nalan Ye and Yao Lao recognized Xiao Yan’s resentment toward his new disciple.
• Nalan Ye told Little Fairy Doctor that Zhou Chuan seemed hostile toward him, and she offered to kill Zhou Chuan; Nalan Ye refused because Zhou Chuan was Yao Lao’s disciple and chose to wait and see.

The Great Love Alliance settled its leadership and headquarters, and the Starfall Pavilion group prepared to leave Burning Flame Valley. Zhou Chuan’s hopes of winning Tang Huo'er were rejected, while Nalan Ye learned Zhou Chuan might resent him over her.

• The alliance appointed Tang Huo'er, Mu Qingluan, and the Little Fairy Doctor as Executive Vice Alliance Chiefs and chose the Starfall Pavilion Mountain Gate as its headquarters.
• Zhou Chuan’s fellow Burning Flame Valley disciples envied his new status as Venerable Yao’s disciple as he packed to leave for Starfall Pavilion.
• Lu Yue gave Zhou Chuan a parting gift and encouraged him to cultivate diligently.
• Zhou Chuan tried to confess his feelings to Tang Huo'er, but she rejected him and told him to focus on cultivation and pill refinement.
• Tang Huo'er gave Nalan Ye a parting gift and explained that Zhou Chuan had delayed her by trying to speak with her.
• Nalan Ye teased Tang Huo'er about Zhou Chuan’s feelings and suspected Zhou Chuan’s hostility toward him came from jealousy.

Nalan Ye asked the Toxic Sect prisoners whether they wanted freedom, but learned that their families remained under Ice River Valley’s control. He urged them to serve the Heaven and Earth United Great Love Alliance, promising they would return to Ice River Valley and protect their families when the alliance defeated it.

• Nalan Ye offered freedom to the Toxic Sect’s captured elders and disciples, who eagerly hoped to be released from Little Fairy Doctor’s poison.
• Nalan Ye warned the prisoners that Ice River Valley would reject them as traitors, and Green Luo explained that their families and homes remained in its territory.
• Little Fairy Doctor suggested using the poison to force obedience, but Nalan Ye realized coercion would not win their loyalty while their families were at risk.
• Nalan Ye told Green Luo and the prisoners that Starfall Pavilion, Burning Flame Valley, and the Toxic Sect had formed the Heaven and Earth United Great Love Alliance with three Venerables.
• Nalan Ye promised that if the prisoners served the alliance, it would soon return to Ice River Valley, protect their families, and recognize them as founding contributors.

The Left Envoy tried to persuade Ice River Valley captives to join the Great Love Alliance, but several attempted to buy their freedom and then attack him. Little Fairy Doctor’s poison forced the survivors to submit, and the Left Envoy kept them as a source of Dou Qi rather than loyal followers.

• A Dou Zong warned the captives that Ice River Valley had the Hall of Souls as an ally, making them doubt the Great Love Alliance’s chances.
• The Dou Zong of Xu Family and four other captives asked to ransom themselves, but the Left Envoy sentenced them to death for their crimes.
• The Dou Zong of Xu Family led his clansmen in an attack on the Left Envoy, and Little Fairy Doctor triggered the poison planted in all fourteen conspirators.
• Green Luo and the other 274 captives knelt and pledged to serve the Left Envoy after witnessing the poison’s effects.
• Little Fairy Doctor asked what to do with the survivors, and the Left Envoy decided to keep them as Dou Qi sources.

Nalan Ye rallied the Toxic Sect prisoners into the Great Love Alliance and joined the others preparing to travel to Starfall Pavilion. As they entered the Space Wormhole, he revealed that he wanted Zhou Chuan as a teammate because he planned to betray him when convenient.

• Nalan Ye used the deaths of fourteen prisoners to frighten the survivors into kneeling and proclaiming their loyalty to the Great Love Alliance.
• Mu Qingluan and the others waiting at Burning Flame Valley’s Space Wormhole saw Nalan Ye arrive with the newly subdued prisoners.
• Nalan Ye advised Wind Venerable and Tang Zhen to create two concealed backup Space Wormholes, and they agreed.
• Tang Huo'er wished Nalan Ye farewell before the Starfall Pavilion group and the Toxic Sect prisoners entered the Space Wormhole.
• Little Fairy Doctor offered to serve as Nalan Ye’s teammate, but he refused and said Zhou Chuan was better suited for the role.

Nalan Ye established the Great Love Alliance’s headquarters on three undeveloped Starfall Pavilion peaks and delegated construction to Green Luo. He then began studying the Heaven Rank High-Grade Dou Skill Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon, but its ancient runes left him dizzy and unable to understand it.

• Wind Venerable assigned three nearby peaks to the Great Love Alliance and left Mu Qingluan to assist Nalan Ye.
• Nalan Ye named the three peaks the Great Love Alliance Three Sisters, and Zi Yan complained that she did not get a mountain.
• Nalan Ye put Green Luo in charge of construction and assigned the Toxic Sect elders and disciples to help build the headquarters.
• News of the alliance spread through Starfall Pavilion, and disciples grew interested after hearing that Mu Qingluan was a vice alliance chief.
• Nalan Ye entered a quiet room to study Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon, but after staring at its runes, he became dizzy and continued reading anyway.

Nalan Ye struggled to comprehend and cultivate the Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon, then left seclusion to inspect construction at the Great Love Alliance Headquarters. After admitting his difficulty to the Little Fairy Doctor and Mu Qingluan, he received an offer of help and asked whether Yao Lao could provide a pill to strengthen his soul power.

• Nalan Ye repeatedly failed to cultivate the Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon, causing the gathered lightning to explode before he could complete the Dou Skill.
• Nalan Ye inspected the Great Love Alliance Headquarters construction with Green Luo, who said the project would take two months to finish.
• Nalan Ye met Mu Qingluan and the Little Fairy Doctor and admitted he could not understand the Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon.
• The Little Fairy Doctor offered to find Pill Recipes that could strengthen Nalan Ye's soul power and refine pills for him.
• Nalan Ye kissed the Little Fairy Doctor's cheek, embarrassing Mu Qingluan, then asked whether Yao Lao had recovered and could provide a pill.

Ye learned that Yao Lao’s injured Soul Origin kept him from refining pills, while the Hall of Souls prepared another retaliation against Starfall Pavilion and Burning Flame Valley. As Ye considered recruiting Pill Tower and the Flower Sect into the Great Love Alliance, he returned to cultivating the Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon and remembered Han Xue’s Soul Burst secret technique.

• Mu Qingluan told Ye that Yao Lao needed a rare medicinal ingredient to heal his Soul Origin and that Yao Lao was teaching Zhou Chuan diligently, which had left Xiao Yan upset.
• Mu Qingluan asked Ye how to organize Starfall Pavilion disciples who wanted to join the Great Love Alliance, and Ye left the arrangements to her as Deputy Alliance Chief.
• Little Fairy Doctor told Ye that Wu Protector had reported Hall of Souls was gathering experts for another retaliation, and Ye decided to wait for Old Crow’s intelligence before seeking help.
• Ye considered using the Pill Gathering to draw Pill Tower into the Great Love Alliance and sending people to investigate the Flower Sect, while Little Fairy Doctor continued refining pills for him.
• Ye failed again to activate the Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon and remembered the Soul Burst secret technique Han Xue had given him.