Chapter Summaries

Nalan Ye explained how he drove off Thunder Venerable's illusory body and helped the Great Love Alliance settle at the Skeleton Mountain Range while they waited for the Ancient Ruins to open. That night, he thought of Xiao Meier and Yun Yun, then tried to ward off bad luck by greeting Cai Lin.

• Hu Changqing brought the Starfall Pavilion disciples to the mountain, where they found the Wind and Lightning Pavilion gone and the Great Love Alliance assembled.
• Nalan Ye explained that Fallen Heart Flame could restrain Thunder Venerable's illusory body and revealed that he had seized a Wind and Lightning Pavilion branch pavilion years earlier.
• The Poison Sect Elders supervised the Starfall Pavilion disciples as they built tents, and Nalan Ye arranged guard rotations while the group awaited the Ancient Ruins.
• Nalan Ye watched the moon and thought of Xiao Meier and Yun Yun, then worried that planning to return home sounded like a death flag.
• Nalan Ye greeted Cai Lin, saying, "Good evening."

Nalan Ye contacted Cai Lin through their soul connection, but she attacked him, and he cut off the link. He then joined his companions to discuss the threat from Thunder Venerable and the approaching collapse of the Ancient Ruins’ spatial seal.

• Nalan Ye greeted Cai Lin through their soul connection, and she struck him with repeated soul attacks until he severed the link.
• Nalan Ye reassured the camp after everyone rushed outside his tent, then dismissed Luo Zhen’s questions about the unfamiliar soul force.
• Hu Changqing warned that Thunder Venerable might retaliate by seeking help from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Nalan Ye recognized the Ancient Ruins as a likely Dou Sheng residence hidden behind a failing spatial seal that would collapse within five days.
• Xiao Yan suggested entering through the existing cracks or breaking the seal, and Hu Changqing explained why both options were dangerous.

The Ancient Ruins opened as the spatial seal shattered, revealing a towering mountain and unleashing a deadly Space Storm that killed nearly a hundred people. Nalan Ye led his group toward the mountain, while other survivors followed them into the ruins.

• The spatial cracks across the valley expanded, drawing countless experts to the Ancient Ruins as the seal weakened.
• Nalan Ye reassured his companions that they would claim what they came for and kill anyone who tried to take it.
• The seal shattered and revealed a majestic mountain, prompting crowds to rush toward it.
• Nalan Ye recognized the danger and retreated with Zi Yan, while Xiao Yan and the others withdrew; the Space Storm tore many people into blood mist.
• Nalan Ye sent Hu Changqing and the Starfall Pavilion disciples back to the Central Plains, then led Zi Yan, Xiao Yan, Luo Zhen, Tang Wu, and eighteen Dou Zong experts toward the mountain.
• When Xiao Yan offered to drive away the people following them, Nalan Ye declined and continued toward the barren mountain.

Nalan Ye encountered Feng Qing'er again at the sealed Ancient Ruins, where she intended to challenge him after entering. When the stone gate opened, Nalan Ye led his group inside first, claiming the honor for the Great Love Alliance.

• Luo Zhen explained that the mountain’s earth veins had been severed, and Tang Wu discovered a stone door leading into hollowed-out chambers.
• Nalan Ye suggested tunneling into the mountain, but Luo Zhen warned that a Dou Sheng’s cave dwelling would likely be protected by restrictions.
• Nalan Ye recognized Feng Qing'er, who remembered her defeat by him and resolved to fight him again later; Huang Xuan questioned her confidence, while Thunder Venerable held back.
• After an hour, the stone door opened, and the assembled experts hesitated to enter because of the earlier danger in the valley.
• Chang Jie mocked Nalan Ye and challenged him to enter first, so Nalan Ye enveloped his nineteen companions in Human World Kindling Flame and led them through the passage.

Nalan Ye led his companions through the Ancient Ruins’ fire passage, using the Fallen Heart Flame to protect them and revealing that the passage was an illusion masking a deadly maze. After bypassing the trap through the magma, the group reached the real ruins while the Wind and Lightning Pavilion and others remained misled.

• Chang Jie mocked Nalan Ye for entering first, while Feng Qing'er suspected a trap and the Thunder Venerable’s avatar let him scout ahead.
• The passage floor opened into magma and blue flames engulfed Nalan Ye, but the Fallen Heart Flame protected him and proved he was unharmed.
• Nalan Ye covered the group with the Human World Kindling Flame and led them through the fire passage as Xiao Yan and the others followed.
• Nalan Ye led everyone down through the magma, revealing that the fiery maze was an illusion designed to exhaust and kill anyone searching for its exit.
• The group hid as figures flew through the magma passage overhead, then continued on toward the true ruins.

Nalan Ye led the group through the Ancient Ruins to a second stone door guarded by ten silver puppets, while the Wind and Lightning Pavilion and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan remained trapped in the Fire Path Maze. The chapter left Nalan Ye fighting the puppets and the two rival groups emerging into the passage beyond the maze.

• A Burning Flame Valley Elder sent a Two-Star Dou Zong puppet ahead, and Nalan Ye added three Azure Serpent Guard puppets to scout the passage.
• Nalan Ye's group reached a second stone door guarded by ten silver puppets, and he stepped forward to deal with them.
• The silver puppets awakened and attacked Nalan Ye, who slid beneath the first one and struck it with a Serpent Coil.
• In the Fire Path Maze, Chang Jie complained about the missing exit, Huang Xuan proposed smashing the maze, and Feng Qing'er warned against provoking its defenses.
• Thunder Venerable noticed something strange about the lava and led the Wind and Lightning Pavilion and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan through it to the maze's true exit.

Nalan Ye reached the plaza before the second stone door and subdued ten Earth Demon Puppets, then faced the arriving factions. Huang Xuan demanded the puppets as compensation for Feng Qing'er, and Nalan Ye dismissed his narrow focus as the group gathered at the ruins’ next entrance.

• Feng Qing'er and Thunder Venerable discovered that the maze’s real exit lay beneath the magma and hurried through the passage toward the second stone door.
• Feng Qing'er recognized Nalan Ye as he evaded ten silver Earth Demon Puppets, and Nalan Ye realized the other groups had caught up with him.
• Nalan Ye used his Soul Imprint to subdue the puppets and lined them up behind him as Xiao Yan, Luo Zhen, and the others joined him.
• Huang Xuan demanded that Nalan Ye hand over the puppets as compensation for injuring Feng Qing'er three years earlier, prompting bystanders to discuss the factions’ past conflict.
• Nalan Ye told Huang Xuan to stop fixating on the puppets and focus on the many treasures still inside the Ancient Ruins.

Nalan Ye invited Huang Xuan to enter the newly opened passage first, but no one dared go ahead, so Nalan Ye led the way. After he made a sudden attack inside and the others followed, the stone door closed behind them, leaving those outside uncertain of their fate.

• The second stone door opened after Nalan Ye subdued ten ownerless Earth Demon Puppets.
• Nalan Ye challenged Huang Xuan to enter the passage first, but Huang Xuan hesitated and the crowd urged Nalan Ye to lead instead.
• Nalan Ye entered the passage, followed by Xiao Yan, Luo Zhen, the elders, and the Earth Demon Puppets.
• Nalan Ye sensed danger and struck ahead with a lightning-charged punch, prompting the group to defend themselves.
• The stone door closed, sealing off the passage, and Feng Qing'er showed concern for Nalan Ye.

Nalan Ye led the group deeper into the Ancient Ruins, distracting Thunder Venerable’s party and sending some allies to search nearby chambers while he followed Zi Yan toward a strong scent of medicinal herbs. The chapter left them facing a moss-covered stone door that might conceal a medicinal garden.

• Nalan Ye pretended that the passage was dangerous to delay Thunder Venerable and the others, then left an Azure Serpent Guard puppet as a lookout and led the group onward.
• Nalan Ye allowed the Starfall Pavilion and Burning Flame Valley Elders and Tang Wu to search nearby Stone Chambers in pairs, assigning Earth Demon Puppets to accompany them.
• Nalan Ye refused to let the Poison Sect Elders search independently and continued ahead with Xiao Yan, Luo Zhen, and the others.
• At a junction of passages, Nalan Ye asked Zi Yan to locate medicinal herbs, and she led the group up a vertical passage.
• Zi Yan followed the strongest herbal scent to a moss-covered stone door and wondered whether the herbs inside had spoiled.

Nalan Ye opened a hidden medicinal garden filled with rare ingredients and found the Jade Slips containing the formations’ opening incantations. As Xiao Yan and Luo Zhen began harvesting, Nalan Ye promised Zi Yan an even greater treasure and prepared to leave with her.

• Nalan Ye opened the moss-covered stone door and discovered a vast medicinal garden filled with rare ingredients, many protected by formations.
• Xiao Yan explained how the formations preserved the ingredients, and Nalan Ye found Jade Slips in nearby chambers containing the incantations to open them.
• Nalan Ye gave Jade Slips to Xiao Yan and Luo Zhen and let them harvest what they picked, while planning to use his many allies to gather far more.
• Zi Yan asked for a Jade Slip, but Nalan Ye promised to show her a greater treasure, so she told Qiu Yin and Qiu Si to harvest ingredients for her.
• Zi Yan followed Nalan Ye, and he noticed that her drool was dripping onto his clothes.

Nalan Ye sent Ye Lao Na and his subordinates to harvest the herb garden while he and Zi Yan searched for the Great Treasure, a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. Zi Yan sensed the treasure’s call and carried Nalan Ye toward it, but they found an Ancient Void Dragon’s Spirit Beast Shield as the people outside began breaking through the stone door.

• Nalan Ye left Ye Lao Na, the Poison Sect Elders, and the puppets to harvest herbs while he took Zi Yan deeper into the garden.
• Ye Lao Na distributed the Jade Slips and ordered the others to work, while they mistook his Lightning Phantom Body for a secret technique that split him in two.
• Nalan Ye became overwhelmed controlling fifteen tasks at once and nearly collapsed, then told Zi Yan to sense the Great Treasure’s call.
• Zi Yan sensed the call in her bloodline, carried Nalan Ye toward it, and hurried deeper into the garden.
• Nalan Ye revealed that the Great Treasure was a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and the pair found an Ancient Void Dragon’s Spirit Beast Shield.
• Nalan Ye received a warning that the crowd outside the stone door had begun attacking it to force their way in.

Thunder Venerable broke open the second stone door and led the Wind and Lightning Pavilion and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan into the passage. After finding the stone chambers empty, Feng Qing'er realized Nalan Ye had faked the screams to keep them outside, and Thunder Venerable ordered everyone to chase and kill his group.

• Feng Qing'er persuaded Thunder Venerable to break open the stone door so they could continue exploring.
• Thunder Venerable shattered the door, then forced a Three Star Dou Zong to scout the dark passage.
• The crowd followed them inside and found that Nalan Ye and his group had emptied the stone chambers.
• Feng Qing'er realized the earlier screams had been faked and that there had been no traps behind the door.
• Thunder Venerable ordered his people to chase Nalan Ye and his group and seize their treasures.

Nalan Ye diverted the Wind and Lightning Pavilion and Heavenly Demon Phoenix pursuers while his allies harvested the Medicine Garden. He brought Zi Yan to the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and after she opened the Spirit Beast Shield, they entered a desolate crimson plain.

• The Wind and Lightning Pavilion and Heavenly Demon Phoenix groups rushed after Nalan Ye's party, while Tang Wu's group followed Earth Demon Puppets away from the Medicine Garden to evade them.
• Nalan Ye had Ye Lao Na warn Xiao Yan, Luo Zhen, and the Poison Sect Elders to speed up harvesting medicinal herbs.
• Nalan Ye told Zi Yan that the Spirit Beast Shield concealed a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and she excitedly kissed him.
• Zi Yan used her bloodline to open the Spirit Beast Shield, and she and Nalan Ye entered the barrier and found themselves on a barren crimson plain.

Nalan Ye guarded Zi Yan as she began harvesting the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit on the ancient altar, while his Earth Demon Puppets delayed the Wind and Lightning Pavilion and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan pursuers. Tang Wu and the others kept fleeing through the passage, still unsure why their enemies were chasing them.

• Nalan Ye and Zi Yan reached the altar and found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit growing above the remains of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.
• Zi Yan mourned the fallen dragons, then used a secret technique from her inheritance to begin harvesting the fruit while Nalan Ye guarded her.
• Chang Jie and Fei Tian caught up with Tang Wu's group, but Nalan Ye sent Earth Demon Puppets to block their attacks and buy time.
• Nalan Ye saw the fruit forming a golden connection with Zi Yan and led the pursuers farther away from the altar.
• Tang Wu wondered why the Wind and Lightning Pavilion and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan were chasing them over ordinary treasures, then followed Nalan Ye's puppets onward.

Xiao Yan, Luo Zhen, and Ye Lao Na finished gathering rare herbs from the garden and hurried to help Tang Wu. In the passage, the Thunder Venerable and Huang Xuan attacked as the groups clashed, and Tang Wu was blasted away by the Thunder Venerable.

• Xiao Yan and Luo Zhen finished collecting herbs while Ye Lao Na received the harvest gathered by his subordinates and stored it in Rings of Holding.
• Ye Lao Na led Xiao Yan, Luo Zhen, Qiu Yin, Qiu Si, and the others through the passage to support Tang Wu.
• The Thunder Venerable attacked Tang Wu, and Huang Xuan followed with a strike that a Burning Flame Valley Elder intercepted.
• Ye Lao Na's narrator sent four Earth Demon Puppets against Chang Jie and Fei Tian, who each created a Thunderous Illusory Body, while the fighters battled through the passage.
• Tang Wu and the Thunder Venerable exchanged fire and lightning attacks until their collision blasted Tang Wu away and left her allies fearing defeat.

Ye Lao Na arrived with Xiao Yan and reinforcements to rescue Tang Wu and the elders from Thunder Venerable’s forces in the Ancient Ruins. He revealed that both leaders were using Thunderous Illusory Body avatars, then provoked Huang Xuan while his Earth Demon Puppets turned the battle around.

• As Thunder Venerable threatened Tang Wu for Nalan Ye’s whereabouts, Ye Lao Na arrived with Xiao Yan, Luo Zhen, Qiu Yin, Qiu Si, six Earth Demon Puppets, and five Poison Sect Elders.
• The six Earth Demon Puppets drove back the Wind and Lightning Pavilion and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan forces, allowing the besieged elders to rally.
• Xiao Yan attacked a Wind and Lightning Pavilion Dou Zong with Eight Extremities Collapse and knocked him backward.
• Ye Lao Na claimed he had seen someone obtain a Heaven Rank Dou Skill, hoping to distract Thunder Venerable from fighting.
• Thunder Venerable identified Ye Lao Na as a Thunderous Illusory Body, and Ye Lao Na revealed that Thunder Venerable was also using an avatar.
• Huang Xuan attacked Ye Lao Na, but an Earth Demon Puppet shattered his fist seal, and Ye Lao Na taunted him into accepting a contest against the avatar.

Ye Lao Na’s group and the Wind and Lightning Pavilion’s forces encountered an ancient Netherwyrm Cricket in the ruins. After it poisoned a Five Star Dou Zong and a Seventh-Order Purple Swallow, Ye Lao Na ordered his Earth Demon Puppets to attack it.

• Feng Qing'er persuaded Thunder Venerable to stop wasting time confronting Ye Lao Na’s group and search the ruins for treasures.
• A fleeing Netherwyrm Cricket appeared in the passage, and Xiao Yan recognized it as an extinct ancient insect with deadly venom.
• A Five Star Dou Zong and a transformed Seventh-Order Purple Swallow raced to capture the insect.
• The Netherwyrm Cricket struck both pursuers, paralyzing them and causing their blood to turn black with poison.
• Xiao Yan surrounded himself with his Exotic Flame, and Ye Lao Na ordered his Earth Demon Puppets to attack the Netherwyrm Cricket.

Zi Yan harvested the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Nalan Ye tried using its Ancient Heavenly Phoenix remains to grow a Soul Fruit from lingering soul power. His experiment succeeded, but the fruit’s growth was interrupted by a sudden phoenix cry.

• Zi Yan absorbed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit into her body and sealed its power for the Ancient Void Dragon elders to handle.
• Nalan Ye decided to test whether his Soul Burst technique could absorb the residual soul power in the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix remains.
• Nalan Ye sent a Soul Seed to the remains and carefully nurtured it as it absorbed their lingering soul power.
• A Soul Sapling formed and grew a tiny Soul Fruit, which steadily increased in size.
• An Ancient Heavenly Phoenix cry rang out, making the growing Soul Fruit tremble and leaving Nalan Ye dazed.

Ye Lao Na captured a Netherwyrm Cricket, but rival factions attacked his group to seize it. As the battle spread through the passage, Ye Lao Na asked Xiao Yan to lend Tang Wu the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Ye Lao Na used an Earth Demon Puppet to catch the Netherwyrm Cricket, and Xiao Yan warned him that its venom could harm his soul.
• Chen Xian and Chang Jie demanded the cricket, so Luo Zhen struck Chen Xian and clashed with the Black-Robed Old Man.
• Ye Lao Na sealed the Netherwyrm Cricket in a jade box and refused to hand it over because he intended it as a gift for Little Fairy Doctor.
• Fei Tian, Huang Xuan, and their allies attacked Ye Lao Na's group, while Starfall Pavilion and Burning Flame Valley elders fought back against the Wind and Lightning Pavilion and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Ye Lao Na stopped Tang Wu from charging at Thunder Venerable and asked Xiao Yan to lend her the Fallen Heart Flame, which Xiao Yan handed over.

Ye Lao Na gathered his ten Earth Demon Puppets to execute a powerful formation while Feng Qing'er and Thunder Venerable tried to stop him. The puppets began linking together as Feng Qing'er's Heavenly Demon Phoenix dived toward him.

• Tang Wu accepted Xiao Yan's Fallen Heart Flame and used it to drive Thunder Venerable's avatar into evasive retreat.
• Feng Qing'er demanded that Ye Lao Na surrender the Netherwyrm Cricket, and Ye Lao Na reminded her of the wager she had lost to him three or four years earlier.
• Feng Qing'er attacked Ye Lao Na with an Azure Wind Blade and a Heavenly Demon Phoenix while their allies remained occupied elsewhere.
• Ye Lao Na decided to use a special move and ordered all ten Earth Demon Puppets to return to formation around him.
• Thunder Venerable recognized the puppets' formation and urged Feng Qing'er to destroy them before they could merge, but her Heavenly Demon Phoenix was already diving at Ye Lao Na.