Chapter Summaries

Nalan Ye returned to Sky Yellow City after defeating the Flower Sect’s Dou Saint, and he arranged for the Heavenly Flame Saint to guard the Great Love Alliance while he moved against the Flower Sect. News that the Heavenly Flame Saint had slain the Flower Sect’s leaders spread across the Central Plains, signaling an approaching conflict.

• Little Fairy Doctor reunited with Nalan Ye, who told her he had killed the Flower Sect Dou Saint.
• The Heavenly Flame Saint arrived and learned that Nalan Ye had also slain Flower Sect leaders Hua Jin and the old Sect Master.
• Nalan Ye asked the Heavenly Flame Saint to return to the Great Love Alliance while he went to destroy the Flower Sect’s mountain gate, and they agreed on clearer signals for emergencies.
• The Heavenly Flame Saint helped spread the claim that he had killed the Flower Sect Dou Saint, then flew across the Central Plains to reinforce the story.
• The Central Plains erupted with rumors and alarm as factions recognized that Dou Saint battles were becoming more frequent and a wider conflict was approaching.

While traveling to the Flower Sect, the narrator entered Cai Lin’s Soul World to thank her and offer a Seven-Colored Primal Stone. He refined the stone and sent its energy to her through their life-linked connection, leaving Cai Lin moved as she began absorbing it.

• The narrator entered Cai Lin’s Soul World and told her he had reached Nine Star Dou Zong, but she responded coldly and drove him away with yellow sand.
• The narrator revealed he had obtained a Seven-Colored Primal Stone, and Cai Lin briefly showed surprise before ordering him to get lost again.
• Back aboard Liu Qing’s spatial vessel, the narrator began refining the Seven-Colored Primal Stone while Little Fairy Doctor offered to protect him.
• The narrator suppressed the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline’s urge to consume the stone and sent its energy to Cai Lin through their connection.
• Cai Lin recognized the stone’s energy, reflected on the narrator’s gift, and began absorbing it as her coldness softened.

Nalan Ye gave Cai Lin a Seven-Colored Primal Stone, helping her break through two realms, then led Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Yan, and Liu Qing to the Flower Sect Gate. He declared war on the sect and demanded its immediate disbandment, while its remaining elders still did not know that their sect master and Dou Sheng ancestor were dead.

• Cai Lin refined the Seven-Colored Primal Stone and reached the level of a Six Star Dou Zong, then angrily drove Nalan Ye from her Soul World after he kissed her.
• Nalan Ye and his companions left the Space Wormhole and flew toward the Flower Sect Gate.
• Nalan Ye threw a scroll through the Flower Sect's Guardian Sect Array, alarming the sect's remaining elders and disciples.
• The Flower Sect's Great Elder read the declaration of war and learned that Nalan Ye, chief of the Heaven and Earth United Great Love Alliance, had come to attack.
• Nalan Ye accused the Flower Sect of colluding with the Hall of Souls and declared that the sect must disband if no one dared fight him.

Nalan Ye attacked the Flower Sect while its Sect Master and many experts were away, and Xiao Yan fought the Great Elder as the sect activated its Wind Flower Snow Moon Great Array. Nalan Ye unleashed a Dou Sheng-level strike against the array, leaving the Flower Sect facing the destruction of its centuries-old inheritance.

• The Flower Sect's Great Elder challenged Nalan Ye, but Xiao Yan stepped forward and fought her despite being a Six Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan summoned several Exotic Flames and held off the Eight Star Dou Zong Great Elder, astonishing the Flower Sect members watching from inside the array.
• The Flower Sect activated the Wind Flower Snow Moon Great Array at full power and challenged Nalan Ye to enter.
• Nalan Ye declared that he would break the mountain gate, execute the chief culprits, and let ordinary disciples leave rather than slaughter them all.
• Nalan Ye gathered Dou Qi from distant spectators and himself into a sea of energy that reached the Dou Sheng level, then sent it crashing into the Guardian Sect Array.

The narrator attacked the Flower Sect, broke its Guardian Sect Array, and announced that its Dou Sheng ancestor and Hua Jin were dead. He let most disciples flee, while Liu Qing killed those who continued to fight, and the narrator regretted allowing them to carry off the sect’s treasures.

• The narrator used the Human World Kindling Flame to overwhelm the Flower Sect’s array as its elders and disciples begged their ancestor to emerge.
• The narrator revealed that the Flower Sect’s Dou Sheng ancestor had died, then burned away the array’s foundations and destroyed it.
• The narrator entered the ruined sect and declared that the Great Love Alliance would punish only the chief culprits, allowing lower-ranking members to leave.
• Liu Qing killed the Flower Sect fighters who refused to surrender after telling them that Hua Jin and many elders were dead or being hunted.
• Flower Sect disciples fled with herbs, pills, techniques, weapons, and cultivation methods, leaving the narrator to lament that he had let them take the sect’s treasures.

Nalan Ye and his companions looted the ruined Flower Sect, and Nalan Ye entered Sudden Enlightenment that raised him from Nine Star Dou Zong to Venerable. After poisoning the sect’s mountain gate to prevent its restoration, they returned to the Great Love Alliance as news of the Flower Sect’s destruction spread.

• Nalan Ye sent Ye Lao Na and seven Earth Demon Puppets to seize the Flower Sect’s important locations while he and his companions raided the Pill Chamber.
• Nalan Ye contemplated the rise and fall of sects and ancient clans, then entered Sudden Enlightenment as Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Yan, and Liu Qing waited for him for two days.
• Nalan Ye awakened at the Venerable realm and discovered that his companions had looted the Flower Sect’s remaining treasures and that its disciples had left.
• Nalan Ye ordered Little Fairy Doctor to cover the Flower Sect’s mountain gate with Poison Mist, making it a deadly place that the remnants could not reclaim.
• Nalan Ye and his companions left for the Great Love Alliance, while news of the Flower Sect’s destruction began spreading across the Central Plains.

The Great Love Alliance learned that the Hall of Souls had gathered several major sects as allies, leaving its own position precarious. Nalan Ye returned to the Star Realm by breaking through its formation, where Wind Venerable scolded him for startling everyone.

• Wind Venerable, Yao Lao, and Tang Zhen discussed the Heaven Nether Sect's alliance with the Hall of Souls and the threat posed by its affiliated sects.
• An elder reported that surviving Flower Sect disciples had joined the remaining elders, who might also ally with the Heaven Nether Sect.
• A Starfall Pavilion elder reported that the Ice River Valley, Wind and Lightning Pavilion, and Yellow Springs Pavilion had also been in contact with the Hall of Souls.
• A powerful aura pierced the Star Realm's natural formation, alarming the Great Love Alliance's residents, who prepared to fight an intruder.
• Nalan Ye revealed himself, greeted the elders, and praised them for protecting the alliance.
• Wind Venerable appeared and scolded Nalan Ye for entering through the formation instead of using the gate.

Ye Gege returned to the Great Love Alliance as a Venerable and learned that the Hall of Souls was forming an alliance against them. He proposed expanding the Great Love Alliance, but Cao Ying revealed that the Pill Tower would not join and that its Small Pill Tower contained Eight-Rank Alchemists.

• Ye Gege broke through the Star Realm Great Array, apologized to Wind Venerable, and surprised the alliance members by revealing his Venerable aura.
• Ye Gege took the Alliance Chief's seat and heard from Tang Huo'er and Mu Qingluan that the Hall of Souls was building an alliance against the Great Love Alliance.
• Ye Gege proposed using the Flower Sect's destruction to recruit more Central Plains powers, while Tang Zhen warned that Sound Valley would be difficult to persuade.
• Wind Venerable agreed to approach Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion, and Ye Gege asked Cao Ying whether the Pill Tower might join the alliance.
• Cao Ying rejected the idea and revealed that the Pill Tower's Small Pill Tower contained Eight-Rank Alchemists.

Nalan Ye sent envoys to seek alliances with the Pill Tower and other Central Plains factions as conflict with the Hall of Souls loomed. After giving Tang Huo'er Firefly Iron, he remained unaware that Zhou Chuan planned to betray the Great Love Alliance and target the envoys.

• Yao Lao explained that the Small Pill Tower's powerful alchemists would be difficult to recruit, so Nalan Ye settled for seeking a defense alliance against the Hall of Souls.
• Nalan Ye sent Wind Venerable to the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion and dispatched Yao Lao, Xiao Yan, and Cao Ying to the Pill Tower, while other elders approached smaller factions.
• Tang Huo'er reproached Nalan Ye for his long absence, and he gave her Firefly Iron before the two flew to his residence together.
• Zhou Chuan watched Nalan Ye and Tang Huo'er, blamed Nalan Ye for his misery, and decided to alert the Hall of Souls so it could intercept Gu Ling, Yao Chen, and Cao Ying.
• Zhou Chuan left the Star Realm Great Array that evening and hid a note beneath a rock in a nearby cave.

The Great Love Alliance learned of the Hall of Souls’ allies and Zhou Chuan’s betrayal, then backed the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion against Heaven Nether Sect. The Pill Tower joined the alliance, and war engulfed Central State.

• Tang Huo'er left after visiting, and Little Fairy Doctor returned with intelligence from Old Crow and a message from Zhou Chuan revealing Yao Chen’s whereabouts.
• The narrator sent Zhou Chuan’s information to Old Crow, Wind Venerable, and Yao Lao, hoping to advance Old Crow and make the Hall of Souls’ enemies wary of one another.
• Heaven Nether Sect ambushed Wind Venerable, but Ten Thousand Swords Venerable drove them off and agreed to join the Great Love Alliance.
• Heaven Nether Sect and its allies besieged the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion, while the Great Love Alliance sent Wind Venerable and Tang Zhen to reinforce it.
• The Hall of Souls appeared to rescue Profound Nether Sect and threatened to attack the Great Love Alliance, but the Pill Tower formed a Defense Alliance with it.
• Sound Valley sealed its mountain gate, while the other major factions and countless subordinate forces joined the conflict, plunging Central State into war.

Thunder Venerable led Wind and Lightning Pavilion experts into Burning Flame Valley territory to seize a Heart of Thunder Whale Stone, dismissing Feng Qing’er’s warning that this would provoke the Great Love Alliance. At the heart of the mine, Fei Tian discovered Nalan Ye waiting instead of the treasure.

• Fei Tian told Thunder Venerable that Burning Flame Valley had uncovered a rare Heart of Thunder Whale Stone in its mine.
• Feng Qing’er warned that attacking the mine would make the Wind and Lightning Pavilion enemies of the Great Love Alliance, but Fei Tian accused her of favoring Nalan Ye.
• Thunder Venerable decided to raid the mine, and his experts broke its formation and drove the Burning Flame Valley guards away.
• Fei Tian questioned the miners and led the group through the tunnels toward the Heart of Thunder Whale Stone.
• Fei Tian turned a corner and found Nalan Ye instead of the treasure.

Nalan Ye lured Thunder Venerable and the Wind and Lightning Pavilion into a mine ambush, then challenged Thunder Venerable to fight alone. Nalan Ye overwhelmed Thunder Venerable’s signature technique and charged at him with his lance.

• Nalan Ye revealed that the Heart of Thunder Whale Stone was false information and confronted Fei Tian alongside five Dou Zong allies.
• Thunder Venerable arrived with Feng Qing'er and the others, then asked the Great Love Alliance to reveal the Saint behind the ambush.
• Nalan Ye disclosed that he had reached the Dou Venerable realm and declared that he could kill Thunder Venerable alone.
• Nalan Ye attacked with the Nine Earths Thunder Lance and clashed with Thunder Venerable’s Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon in the collapsing mine tunnel.
• Nalan Ye enhanced his thunder dragon with Ancient Void Dragon power, defeated Thunder Venerable’s matching technique, and charged at him.

Nalan Ye overwhelmed Thunder Venerable and his perfected illusion duplicate with his superior physical strength, leaving the Wind and Lightning Pavilion fighters terrified. As Nalan Ye moved to kill Thunder Venerable, Feng Qing'er intervened and pleaded for the Wind and Lightning Pavilion to be spared.

• Nalan Ye struck Thunder Venerable with the Nine Earths Thunder Lance, and Thunder Venerable summoned a near-equal illusion duplicate with Three Thousand Thunderous Illusory Body.
• Thunder Venerable and his duplicate attacked from both sides, but Nalan Ye caught both of their fists and revealed the power of his Dragon Scale Pattern and Fighting God Bloodline.
• Nalan Ye broke both of Thunder Venerable's arms, destroyed the duplicate with Great Heaven Creation Palm, and buried Thunder Venerable under falling ore.
• Nalan Ye sent the Nine Earths Thunder Lance toward Thunder Venerable, but Feng Qing'er knocked it aside and injured her hand.
• Feng Qing'er stood before her teacher and begged Nalan Ye to let the Wind and Lightning Pavilion go, claiming it had only associated with the Hall of Souls for protection.

Nalan Ye confronted Feng Qing'er and the Wind and Lightning Pavilion, but Feng Qing'er invoked a bet from years ago in which she had agreed to become his wife. He spared Thunder Venerable and the others, leaving Feng Qing'er’s acknowledged wager unresolved.

• Nalan Ye rejected Feng Qing'er's offer to sever the Wind and Lightning Pavilion's ties with the Hall of Souls and threatened to kill Thunder Venerable.
• Feng Qing'er reminded Nalan Ye of their bet in Lotus Flower City and admitted she acknowledged her loss, accepting the wager to become his wife.
• Nalan Ye pretended to resume his attack on Thunder Venerable, prompting Feng Qing'er to insist that she accepted the bet willingly to save her teacher.
• Xiao Yan urged Nalan Ye to kill Feng Qing'er, but Nalan Ye said he could not risk provoking the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and Little Fairy Doctor left the decision to him.
• Nalan Ye put away the Nine Earths Thunder Lance and ordered Thunder Venerable, Fei Tian, and the Wind and Lightning Pavilion group to leave.

Nalan Ye brought Feng Qing'er back to the Great Love Alliance after sparing Thunder Venerable, but the Wind and Lightning Pavilion stayed silent instead of joining. Feng Qing'er explained her pavilion’s weakness and blamed Nalan Ye for the trap, and he pulled her into his arms, promising to punish her.

• Nalan Ye stopped Feng Qing'er from leaving and told her to represent the Wind and Lightning Pavilion in signing an alliance treaty.
• Nalan Ye said he hoped to bring the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan into the Great Love Alliance, but Feng Qing'er rejected the idea because her clan considered itself superior.
• Nalan Ye and the others returned to the Great Love Alliance with Feng Qing'er, while Thunder Venerable and the Wind and Lightning Pavilion made no public move to join or cut ties with the Hall of Souls.
• Nalan Ye accused Thunder Venerable of abandoning Feng Qing'er, and she explained that the Wind and Lightning Pavilion could not act independently without a Dou Sheng expert.
• Feng Qing'er blamed Nalan Ye for luring the pavilion to the mine with rumors of a Heart of Thunder Whale Stone, and Nalan Ye pulled her into his arms and threatened to punish her.

Ye managed the Great Love Alliance’s tense relations with the Wind and Lightning Pavilion as the Central Plains war settled into a stalemate, then emerged from seclusion still unable to advance to Dou Sheng. Heavenly Flame Saint explained that Ye’s lingering regrets and hesitation kept him from reaching the perfection required for the breakthrough.

• Mu Qingluan told Ye that the Wind and Lightning Pavilion had secretly promised not to fight the Great Love Alliance, and Ye ordered that the arrangement remain confidential while they watched its actions.
• The Great Love Alliance, the Pill Tower, and the Hall of Souls reached a stable stalemate, with their clashes mostly confined to borders and their spheres of influence reshuffled.
• After three months in seclusion, Ye emerged without finding a path to Dou Sheng and asked Tang Zhen and Wind Venerable for advice.
• Heavenly Flame Saint appeared through a Space Gate and told Ye that unresolved regrets, concerns, and hesitation prevented him from reaching the perfection needed to become a Dou Sheng.

Nalan Ye left the Great Love Alliance to seek a chance to reach Dou Sheng and traveled northwest toward his homeland. He learned that the Space Wormhole to Horizon City had been destroyed years earlier and had not yet been rebuilt.

• After pondering how to reach a state of perfection, Nalan Ye told Little Fairy Doctor, Mu Qingluan, and Tang Huo'er that he would leave the Great Love Alliance to seek a breakthrough.
• Nalan Ye departed secretly at night, asking the others to conceal his departure, while Feng Qing'er wished him success in becoming a Dou Sheng.
• Nalan Ye flew northwest through the night, then realized he would need to use Space Wormholes to travel faster.
• More than ten days later, Nalan Ye emerged from a Space Wormhole in a city near the Central Plains' edge and asked why there was no route onward to Horizon City.
• An old Dou Huang told Nalan Ye that a Dou Zong had destroyed Horizon City's Space Wormhole years earlier and that the two clans had failed to rebuild it.

The narrator recalled that the Lion Underworld Sect had destroyed Horizon City's Space Wormhole years earlier and learned the city had never managed to rebuild it. He constructed a new wormhole alone, leaving Horizon City's Dou Zong ancestor stunned and grateful.

• The old Dou Huang told the narrator that the Lion Underworld Sect's Dou Zong had destroyed Horizon City's Space Wormhole.
• The narrator dismissed the difficulty of finding powerful Dou Zongs and went to inspect the abandoned wormhole foundations.
• The narrator sensed the connection between the Space Stones and realized he could rebuild the wormhole alone using his cultivation and Ancient Void Dragon power.
• The narrator opened a new Space Wormhole to Horizon City.
• Horizon City's Two-Star Dou Zong ancestor arrived, bowed to the narrator, and thanked him for completing the wormhole.

The narrator traveled through a Space Wormhole to the Nalan Empire, overwhelmed by emotion as he returned to his homeland. He reunited with his family in Nalan Holy City and discovered that his father, grandfather, and younger sister had all reached Dou Wang.

• The narrator gave the Space Wormhole he built to a local family in exchange for half its annual profits for the Nalan Family.
• The narrator emerged in Horizon City, ignored the Luo Family’s questioning Ancestor, and flew north toward home.
• The narrator crossed Town Ghost Pass into the Nalan Empire and recognized the banners of his homeland.
• The narrator reached Nalan Holy City and reunited with his parents and grandfather at the Nalan Family residence.
• Nalan Sun’er rushed into the narrator’s arms, and he discovered that she had reached Dou Wang at only fourteen or fifteen years old.

Nalan Ye returned to the Nalan Empire and reunited with his family, where he learned that Nalan Yanran was raising her and Xiao Yan’s son while Xiao Yan remained in the Central Plains. He then went to visit Xiao Meier and Xiao Yu, who were working as dean and vice dean of the Nalan Empire First Affiliated Academy.

• Nalan Ye stopped his family from holding a lavish celebration because he feared the Hall of Souls might discover his return, then spent the night eating and drinking with his father and grandfather.
• Nalan Yanran visited Nalan Ye and asked whether he had seen Xiao Yan, while her son Little Medicine Residue ran in and greeted Nalan Ye as his uncle.
• Nalan Ye told Nalan Yanran that Xiao Yan had reached Six Star Dou Zong and reassured her that he would return soon, though Nalan Ye did not know when that would happen.
• Nalan Ye decided to visit Xiao Meier and found her overseeing the Nalan Empire First Affiliated Academy alongside Xiao Yu, the vice dean.
• Xiao Meier scolded Xiao Yu for neglecting her duties, and Xiao Yu gave in and joined her for an inspection of the training grounds.