Chapter Summaries

Tang San’s alliance revealed a second Dou Sheng, Heavenly Flame Venerable, who had secretly wounded Nether Bone Saint. The battle escalated when Bing Ling appeared to face Tang San, while Heavenly Flame Venerable gained the upper hand against Nether Bone.

• Heavenly Flame Venerable emerged from Tang San’s Fire Deer technique and badly injured Nether Bone Saint with a surprise attack.
• Tang San and Heavenly Flame Venerable advanced on Nether Bone, and Tang San said he would kill him so no one could accuse them of being despicable.
• Nether Bone summoned Bing Ling, a Dou Sheng from Ice River Valley, who arrived through a spatial crack and challenged Tang San.
• Bing Ling and Tang San began fighting, while Nether Bone faced Heavenly Flame Venerable.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable ignited the white flame he had planted in Nether Bone’s chest and battered him as Nether Bone struggled to suppress it.
• Nether Bone called for Bing Ling to help him.

Nalan Shixiong used the Heavenly Demon Puppet, his soul power, and the Starfall Great Array to badly injure Seventh Heavenly Venerate. Seventh Heavenly Venerate escaped in black mist, while the Great Love Alliance celebrated its victory.

• Nalan Shixiong controlled the Heavenly Demon Puppet to surprise Seventh Heavenly Venerate with a punch and a God Slaying Thorn, though the effort left Nalan Shixiong badly weakened.
• Green Luo caught Nalan Shixiong as he collapsed, but Nalan Shixiong ordered Elder Qi to use the Starfall Great Array against Seventh Heavenly Venerate.
• Elder Qi launched Starfall, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet pierced Seventh Heavenly Venerate through the chest while he was distracted.
• Seventh Heavenly Venerate split into clouds of black mist and fled, leaving the Heavenly Demon Puppet unable to pursue him.
• Green Luo praised Nalan Shixiong, and the Great Love Alliance disciples cheered for him and the Starfall Great Array.

Nalan Shixiong’s feats lifted the Great Love Alliance’s morale as the Hall of Souls suffered setbacks across the battlefield. Ice River Valley withdrew, and the remaining Hall of Souls forces began to lose hope as Heavenly Flame Saint unleashed the Nine Palaces Heavenly Fire Great Array.

• The Great Love Alliance disciples admired Nalan Shixiong, while the Hall of Souls panicked after the Seventh Heavenly Venerate fled.
• Ice Venerable, angered by his side’s losses and unwilling to keep fighting, ordered Ice River Valley to retreat.
• The Heavenly Demon Puppet attacked Hall of Souls Protectors while Little Fairy Doctor captured those it injured, and Wind Venerable and Yao Lao held back the Black White Heavenly Venerates.
• Bing Ling stopped Tang Zhen and the Burning Flame Valley elders from pursuing Ice River Valley, then agreed with Tang San that Ice River Valley would no longer interfere in the conflict.
• The Hall of Souls forces urged the Black White Heavenly Venerates to retreat as their side suffered defeats across the battlefield.
• Heavenly Flame Saint activated the Nine Palaces Heavenly Fire Great Array, summoning nine fire dragons from the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame.

The Great Love Alliance defeated the Hall of Souls and forced its forces to retreat, establishing itself as one of the Central Plains’ strongest factions. After ordering the guests to leave until the alliance ceremony resumed in three days, the Alliance Chief reunited with his allies while Feng Qing’er decided to return to the Wind and Lightning Pavilion.

• Heavenly Flame Saint overwhelmed Nether Bone Saint, and the Hall of Souls retreated after Bing Ling stopped Tang San from joining the pursuit.
• The Great Love Alliance won the battle, killing nearly half of the Hall of Souls Protectors who had come to the Star Realm.
• The Cao Family Demoness said the Central Plains would now have “One Hall, One Tower, One Alliance,” while the Cao Family elder insisted the Pill Tower remained superior.
• The Alliance Chief ordered the guests to return to Heavenly Star City and said the Opening Alliance Ceremony would continue in three days.
• Feng Qing’er saw Little Fairy Doctor, Mu Qingluan, and Tang Huo’er gathered around the injured Alliance Chief, then told Fei Tian they were returning to the Wind and Lightning Pavilion.

After the Great Love Alliance defeated the Hall of Souls, Nalan Ye received congratulations and advice while recovering from his injuries. The alliance restored order and prepared to recruit more allies as news of its victory spread across the Central Plains.

• Little Fairy Doctor, Mu Qingluan, Tang Huo'er, Wind Venerable, Tang Zhen, Yao Lao, and Xiao Yan gathered around the injured Nalan Ye and praised his role in the battle.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan not to envy Nalan Ye, while Tang San and Heavenly Flame Saint greeted each other and left together for Burning Flame Valley.
• Wind Venerable and Yao Lao discussed recruiting old acquaintances, and Nalan Ye urged the alliance to court major factions such as Pill Tower and Flower Sect.
• Little Fairy Doctor escorted Nalan Ye to the Imperial Palace, where he began secluded recovery from his injuries.
• Wind Venerable and the others distributed medicine and resources to the wounded and battle contributors as witnesses spread news of the victory across the Central Plains.

The Great Love Alliance’s victory over the Hall of Souls and Ice River Valley spread its fame across the Central Plains, and its Opening Alliance Ceremony drew crowds and factions to the Star Realm. As competitions began, Yao Lao asked a Pill Tower elder to explain the Tower’s stance toward the Hall of Souls and the Great Love Alliance.

• Rumors portraying Nalan Ye as a peerless young expert spread, drawing Dou Zhes to Heavenly Star City and the Great Love Alliance.
• Cao Ying, Wang Chen, and Tang Zhen discussed the Great Love Alliance’s plan to recruit allies against the Hall of Souls, while Wang Chen dismissed its chances and Tang Zhen suggested the Pill Tower could help it.
• The invited factions entered the Star Realm, where Wind Venerable, Venerable Yao, and Tang Zhen opened competitions for guests and alliance members.
• Yao Lao asked Elder Cao what the Pill Tower thought of the Central Plains situation and its stance toward the Hall of Souls and the Great Love Alliance.

Cao Ying discussed the Pill Tower’s hostility toward the Hall of Souls and challenged Xiao Yan to a Pill Battle. Mu Qingluan brought in Little Fairy Doctor to compete alongside Xiao Yan and Cao Ying, and the three began preparing to refine their pills.

• Cao Ying said she would urge the Pill Tower to cooperate with the Great Love Alliance against the Hall of Souls, while Tang Ying and Wang Chen responded differently to Wind Venerable’s offer.
• Cao Ying challenged Xiao Yan to a Pill Battle, and he accepted.
• Mu Qingluan recognized Cao Ying and called for Little Fairy Doctor to compete because she feared Xiao Yan would lose.
• Little Fairy Doctor agreed to fight for the Great Love Alliance and Nalan Ye’s honor.
• Yao Chen, Wind Venerable, and Tang Zhen agreed to judge as Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Yan, and Cao Ying set down their cauldrons and began refining.

Xiao Yan and Cao Ying revealed their Different Fires before the Pill Battle, while Little Fairy Doctor had already begun refining pills. After more than ten days, the three neared completion and a Four-Colored Pill Tribulation formed, leaving the crowd awaiting the results.

• Cao Ying displayed her Turtle Spirit Earth Fire, and Xiao Yan revealed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame that Yao Lao had passed to him.
• Little Fairy Doctor continued refining while Xiao Yan and Cao Ying stopped showing off and began their own pill refinements.
• More than seventeen hundred cultivators joined the Great Love Alliance as Mu Qingluan and Tang Huo'er managed the new recruits.
• Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Yan, and Cao Ying spent more than ten days refining Seventh-Rank Pills while the crowd watched.
• A pill tribulation appeared over the plaza, and the crowd identified it as Four-Colored.

Xiao Yan refined a Seven Grade Four-Colored Pill, while Cao Ying and Little Fairy Doctor each produced a Seventh Grade Six-Colored Pill. As their tribulations formed, a powerful aura erupted from the palace complex, and the Alliance Leader appeared to be breaking through.

• Xiao Yan endured his Four-Colored Pill Tribulation, though the lightning left him injured and his robes in tatters.
• Cao Ying completed her pill and summoned a Six-Colored Pill Tribulation, drawing praise from Wang Chen.
• Little Fairy Doctor summoned a second Six-Colored Pill Tribulation, tying Cao Ying and easing the Great Love Alliance's fears.
• A tremendous aura spread from the palaces, and the Alliance Leader appeared suspended above one as natural energy gathered into his body.

Nalan Ye broke through to Seven Star Dou Zong and used the Human Great Dao Dou Skill “Red Dust Rolling” to strengthen the pills refined by Little Fairy Doctor and Cao Ying. Their Six-Colored Pill Tribulations became Seven-Colored, leaving Elder Cao and the Pill Tower crowd stunned.

• After more than half a month of recovery and reflection, Nalan Ye reached Seven Star Dou Zong.
• Nalan Ye joined Wind Venerable, Tang Zhen, Mu Qingluan, Tang Huo'er, Xiao Yan, Little Fairy Doctor, and Cao Ying in the square, where Little Fairy Doctor and Cao Ying were refining pills for a Pill Battle.
• Nalan Ye used “Red Dust Rolling” to gather Human Aura and pour it into Little Fairy Doctor’s and Cao Ying’s freshly refined pills.
• Yao Lao noticed the pills changing as their energy increased, while Little Fairy Doctor and Cao Ying sensed the transformation.
• The tribulation clouds gained golden lightning, changing both pills’ Six-Colored Pill Tribulations into Seven-Colored ones.
• Elder Cao checked Cao Ying’s cauldron and saw that her pill had changed from a Seven Grade Six-Colored pill into a Seven Grade Seven-Colored pill.

Nalan Ye helped Cao Ying overcome her Seven-Colored Pill Tribulation by facing both pill tribulations with his Three Thousand Thunderous Illusory Body and his own strength. He destroyed the final Golden Tribulation Lightning with his fists as the tribulation clouds faded.

• Nalan Ye sent his Three Thousand Thunderous Illusory Body to face Cao Ying's tribulation while he stood beneath Little Fairy Doctor's pill tribulation.
• Nalan Ye and his clone easily blocked the early lightning strikes, then used Illusory Lightning Cliff to split the Cyan Tribulation Lightning.
• Nalan Ye's clone used Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon to shatter the powerful Green Tribulation Lightning, astonishing Cao Ying, Tang Ying, and Wang Chen.
• Nalan Ye charged at the final Golden Tribulation Lightning and shattered it with nearly a hundred punches despite his bleeding knuckles.
• The tribulation clouds faded, and the Great Love Alliance disciples praised Nalan Ye's strength.

After the two pill tribulations dispersed, Ye praised Little Fairy Doctor and Cao Ying and accepted Cao Ying’s Green Grass Like Yin Pill. He offered Cao Ying the position of Pill Division Head in the Great Love Alliance, and she agreed to join.

• Ye’s wounds healed rapidly after he endured the two Seven-Colored Pill Tribulations, and he checked the pills refined by Little Fairy Doctor and Cao Ying.
• Ye praised both alchemists, while Wang Chen stayed silent and Xiao Yan privately complained that Ye favored pretty women.
• Cao Ying gave Ye her Green Grass Like Yin Pill, explaining that his methods had raised it from a Seventh Grade Six-Colored pill to a Seven Grade Seven-Colored pill.
• Ye invited Cao Ying to lead the Great Love Alliance’s new Pill Division and promised her freedom to pursue alchemy with the alliance’s resources.
• Cao Ying recognized the limits imposed by the Pill Tower’s hierarchy and agreed to join the Great Love Alliance.

Nalan Ye persuaded Elder Cao to consider Cao Ying’s joining the Great Love Alliance while retaining her Pill Tower ties, then the Pill Battle ended with Cao Ying and the Little Fairy Doctor both declaring Nalan Ye the true winner. Elder Cao agreed to seek approval from the Cao family and Pill Tower, leaving Cao Ying at the alliance for now.

• Nalan Ye explained to Elder Cao that Cao Ying could join the Great Love Alliance without leaving the Pill Tower and pitched her leading its Pill Division as a path toward becoming a Pill Tower Giant.
• Elder Cao softened his opposition, said he would consult the Cao family head and the Pill Tower, and agreed that Cao Ying would stay with the Great Love Alliance overnight.
• Xiao Yan emerged after the Pill Battle and asked for its result, so Venerable Yao began comparing Cao Ying’s and the Little Fairy Doctor’s pills.
• Cao Ying and the Little Fairy Doctor both acknowledged Nalan Ye as the best alchemist and declared him the Pill Battle’s winner.
• Nalan Ye offered to enchant Cao Ying’s future pills, and she thanked him while Wang Chen reacted with jealousy.

After the opening ceremony, Nalan Ye schemed to draw more of the Pill Tower’s Five Great Families into the Great Love Alliance while the guests departed and the alliance settled into its new routine. Little Fairy Doctor entered seclusion, and a visitor arrived asking to see the Heavenly Flame Saint.

• Elder Cao concealed his private conversation with Nalan Ye, so Nalan Ye instructed Green Luo to secretly tell the other four families that their own disciples could join the Great Love Alliance Pill Division.
• Nalan Ye told Little Fairy Doctor that he planned to lure Cao Ying over before deciding whether to honor the authority and benefits he had promised her.
• Tang Ying led Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion away, Wang Chen departed with Yellow Springs Pavilion while cursing the alliance, and Cao Ying stayed in the Star Realm instead of returning to the Pill Tower.
• More than seventeen hundred recruits joined the Great Love Alliance, bringing its numbers above two thousand, and Poison Sect disciples helped maintain order.
• Little Fairy Doctor entered seclusion after refining a Seven Grade Seven-Colored Poison Pill, and a Starfall Pavilion disciple reported a visitor seeking the Heavenly Flame Saint.

Nalan Ye received Ling Shui, Ling Quan’s cousin, who came to the Great Love Alliance to punish him for injuring Ling Quan. Their fight damaged the reception hall, but Nalan Ye’s strength and silver figures stopped Ling Shui from pressing the attack.

• Nalan Ye learned that a powerful stranger had come seeking the Heavenly Flame Saint and went to meet him with Mu Qingluan.
• Ling Shui accused Nalan Ye of beating Ling Quan and manipulating Xun Er, and Nalan Ye mistook him for Ling Quan’s father before learning he was Ling Quan’s cousin.
• Ling Shui attacked Nalan Ye, who used Thunder God Descent and Serpent Coil to meet his punch.
• Mu Qingluan shielded the reception hall from the fighters’ shockwaves after Nalan Ye worried that their battle would destroy the new building.
• Nalan Ye summoned ten silver figures, and Ling Shui questioned how Nalan Ye had risen from Five Star to Seven Star Dou Zong in just a few months.

Ling Shui delivered an invitation for the Heavenly Flame Saint to attend the Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony and challenged Xiao Yan over Xun Er. Nalan learned the ceremony would open the Heavenly Tomb and obtained another invitation for the Fire Cloud Saint before Ling Shui left.

• Ling Shui entered the Great Love Alliance, but Nalan’s Earth Demon Puppets and display of strength made him back down.
• Ling Shui gave Nalan a Jade Slip inviting the Heavenly Flame Saint to the Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony and taunted Xiao Yan about Xun Er.
• Nalan recalled that the ceremony would be followed by the opening of the Heavenly Tomb and considered using the Xiao Clan’s quota to enter.
• Ling Shui threatened Xiao Yan and the Great Love Alliance, while Nalan said he would pass the message to Xiao Yan and leave the choice to him.
• Nalan asked Ling Shui for the Fire Cloud Saint’s invitation, and Ling Shui left a second Jade Slip before departing.

Nalan Ye received two invitations to the Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony and called a meeting of the Great Love Alliance. Xiao Yan insisted on going to see Xun Er, and Nalan Ye prepared to lead the trip while senior allies stayed behind to guard the alliance.

• Nalan Ye summoned the Great Love Alliance’s core members, including Zhou Chuan, to discuss the Ancient Clan’s invitations.
• Xiao Yan heard that the ceremony might let him see Xun Er again and declared that he wanted to go.
• Nalan Ye promised to accompany Xiao Yan and support him in seeing Xun Er.
• Nalan Ye asked Yao Lao, Wind Venerable, and Tang Zhen to guard the Great Love Alliance while he led the journey.
• Yao Lao, Wind Venerable, and Tang Zhen agreed to stay behind, and Tang Zhen advised Nalan Ye to bring more people.

Zhou Chuan secretly informed the Hall of Souls that Nalan Ye was heading to the Ancient Clan, unaware that the message went straight to the Alliance Chief instead. After overseeing repairs to the Star Realm’s battered surroundings, the Alliance Chief approved Cao Ying’s plan for the Pill Division.

• After learning Nalan Ye would travel to the Ancient Clan, Zhou Chuan left a note for the Hall of Souls urging it to ambush Nalan Ye’s group.
• The Alliance Chief personally retrieved Zhou Chuan’s note, sent back a fake reply and pills, and resolved to keep the spy working for him.
• The Alliance Chief rallied Great Love Alliance and Starfall Pavilion disciples to restore the damaged land outside the Star Realm, then used his abilities and puppets to clear waterways and move hills.
• Cao Ying presented her plan for the Pill Division, and the Alliance Chief approved it.

Little Fairy Doctor caught up to Nalan Ye in cultivation, while Cao Ying organized the Great Love Alliance’s Pill Division. The Pill Tower Five Great Families sent their young geniuses to the alliance, leaving Cao Ying to manage several familiar rivals.

• Little Fairy Doctor emerged from seclusion at Seven Star Dou Zong and told Nalan Ye she wanted to remain by his side.
• Cao Ying established a framework for the Pill Division, and the Pill Tower Five Great Families’ elders arrived at the Star Realm with their young geniuses.
• Nalan Ye impressed the families by describing the Pill Division’s nearly thousand alchemists, and the elders presented their disciples for him to look after.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Ye Xinlan, whom he had known from Canaan Academy and the journey from the Black-Corner Region.
• Cao Ying complained that the families’ disciples would work under her, but Nalan Ye refused to let her expel them.

Nalan Ye led Xiao Yan and their companions toward Ancient Saint City to approach the Ancient Clan, while the Heavenly Flame Saint explained the Ancient Eight Clans and their Fighting God Bloodlines. The group learned that the Xiao Family was the last clan, and they continued east toward the city where the Ancient Realm could be reached.

• Cao Ying reprimanded the new Pill Division recruits, and Nalan Ye assured Wind Venerable that Venerable Yao would oversee the division.
• Nalan Ye and eight companions quietly left the Star Realm and traveled through the Heavenly Flame Small World toward the Eastern Region of Central State.
• The Heavenly Flame Saint explained that the Ancient Clan lived in the Ancient Realm and that its Fighting God Bloodline granted exceptional cultivation advantages.
• Xiao Yan asked about the eighth clan, and Nalan Ye revealed that it was the Xiao Clan, now called the Xiao Family.
• Nalan Ye led the group toward Ancient Saint City, where the entrance to the Ancient Realm was located.