Chapter Summaries

Nalan Ye returned to the First Affiliated Academy and reunited with Xiao Meier after years apart. He killed Yan Feng for insulting and pursuing her, then embraced Xiao Meier while Xiao Yu watched enviously.

• Yan Feng tried to get Xiao Meier to eat breakfast and mocked her for waiting for Nalan Ye.
• Xiao Yu spotted Nalan Ye behind Xiao Meier, and Xiao Meier recognized him with tears in her eyes.
• Nalan Ye identified himself as Nalan Ye and killed Yan Feng with a single finger after overpowering his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yu asked Nalan Ye what realm he had reached, but he did not answer.
• Xiao Meier denied having feelings for Yan Feng, and Nalan Ye comforted her as she embraced him and said she had missed him.

Nalan Ye returned to the Nalan Empire and visited the flourishing First Affiliated Academy, where he reunited with Xiao Meier and Xiao Yu and taught its students. After meeting old acquaintances, he reflected on Hai Bo Dong’s fading strength and decided to travel toward the empire’s north.

• Xiao Meier showed Nalan Ye how the First Affiliated Academy had grown, and he praised her and Xiao Yu before giving them pills and combat technique Scrolls.
• Nalan Ye taught several hundred students and instructors, then promised Xiao Meier that they would soon be together for good.
• After spending two days at the academy, Nalan Ye met Nalan Su, Nalan Jie, and Hai Bo Dong, who lamented that he might never reach Dou Zong.
• Nalan Ye offered Hai Bo Dong a Po Zong Pill, but Hai Bo Dong refused it and left, singing about how times changed and people did not.
• Nalan Ye gazed toward the northern reaches of the Nalan Empire and decided to make a trip there.

Nalan Ye returned to the Tagor Desert and tried to persuade Cai Lin to move to the Central Plains, but she rejected him and returned to her territory. He then visited Yun Yun at Yun Lan Sect and presented her with numerous gifts.

• Nalan Ye flew into the Tagor Desert and encountered Cai Lin, who told him to leave.
• Nalan Ye invited Cai Lin to move to the Central Plains and promised she could evolve further, but Cai Lin refused and flew away.
• Nalan Ye called after Cai Lin and asked whether becoming a Dou Sheng would change her mind, but she gave no answer.
• Nalan Ye returned alone and went to Yun Lan Mountain, where he entered the Yun Lan Sect's empty Sect Master Hall.
• Nalan Ye found Yun Yun meditating and brought out a medicinal cauldron, spirit herbs, pills, Dou Techniques, and cultivation method Scrolls as gifts for her.

Nalan Ye recounted his Central Plains exploits to Yun Yun and tried to persuade her to leave the Yun Lan Sect, but she explained her devotion to the sect and comforted him. After they spent the night together, Nalan Ye reached perfection and the Dou Sheng Tribulation appeared above Yun Lan Mountain.

• Nalan Ye boasted to Yun Yun about his battles, the Great Love Alliance, and his rise in the Central Plains.
• Nalan Ye urged Yun Yun to join him in the Central Plains and offered to elevate the Yun Lan Sect, but she refused because she wished to protect the sect entrusted to her by her teacher.
• Yun Yun reminded Nalan Ye that he had repeatedly spared the Yun Lan Sect, then embraced him and calmed his anger.
• At daybreak, Nalan Ye and Yun Yun kissed and spent the night together.
• Nalan Ye reached the realm of perfection, and black clouds gathered above Yun Lan Mountain as the Dou Sheng Tribulation appeared.

Nalan Ye faced the nine bolts of the Dou Sheng Tribulation in the desert, enduring increasingly powerful lightning with the help of his abilities and Cai Lin’s Amethyst Saint Pool. After he met the final Dou Sheng-level bolt with everything he had, the lightning and clouds vanished, and he fell from the sky.

• Nalan Ye used the Amethyst Saint Pool to weaken the tribulation and easily blocked its first two bolts.
• Nalan Ye shattered the third bolt’s crushing earth-and-lightning attack with a strengthened punch.
• Nalan Ye used Three Thousand Weak Waters to weaken the fourth bolt’s Thunderfire, then endured the fifth through eighth bolts as they battered him.
• Yun Yun prayed for Nalan Ye to survive, while Cai Lin watched and said she believed he would make it through.
• Nalan Ye unleashed all his powers, flew into the final black lightning bolt, and transformed surrounding lightning into a purple Thunder Dragon.
• The tribulation lightning dissipated and the dark clouds scattered, but Nalan Ye fell stiffly from midair.

Lion Sky revealed himself as the Lion Underworld Sect Master and tried to recruit Nalan Ye, but Nalan Ye launched a surprise attack when Ping Yuan arrived. The battle left Lion Sky furious and threatening Nalan Ye’s family as Ping Yuan remained nearby.

• Lion Sky identified himself and invited Nalan Ye to join him in unifying the Northwest Territory.
• Nalan Ye sensed Ping Yuan approaching and recognized him as a Dou Sheng of the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Nalan Ye attacked Lion Sky from behind with several Dou Techniques while Lion Sky was distracted by Ping Yuan’s arrival.
• Nalan Ye trapped Lion Sky with Three Thousand Weak Waters and struck him with Serpent Coil, sending him into a sand dune.
• Lion Sky escaped the flames with a saber slash, threatened to kill Nalan Ye and everyone connected to him, and Nalan Ye demanded that Ping Yuan help.

Nalan Ye and Ping Yuan joined forces against Lion Sky, who tried to turn them against each other before attacking Nalan Ye. Their coordinated counterattack badly wounded Lion Sky, but he vowed to take them all down with him.

• Ping Yuan arrived and attacked Lion Sky with a swarm of azure snakes, while Nalan Ye sent Yun Yun and Cai Lin away from the dangerous battle.
• Lion Sky tried to bribe Nalan Ye and sow distrust between him and Ping Yuan, but Ping Yuan rejected his offer and stood with Nalan Ye.
• Lion Sky lunged at Nalan Ye, who blocked his broadsword and countered with fire, water, and a soul attack.
• Lion Sky faltered under Nalan Ye's God Slaying Thorn, allowing Ping Yuan to pierce his chest with an azure strike.
• Lion Sky, enraged and bleeding, roared that he would make them all die together.

Nalan Ye and Ping Yuan cornered Lion Sky, who triggered his Dou Sheng Tribulation and pretended he wanted mutual destruction to cover his escape. Ping Yuan intercepted him and drew down his own tribulation, leaving both Dou Shengs caught beneath the lightning.

• Nalan Ye and Ping Yuan badly wounded Lion Sky, who unleashed his aura and summoned the Dou Sheng Tribulation above them.
• Ping Yuan explained that a Dou Sheng’s tribulation persisted in the Great World until the Dou Sheng died, while a Small World offered shelter from it.
• Lion Sky charged at Nalan Ye while claiming he wanted them all to die together, then abruptly fled when Nalan Ye retreated.
• Ping Yuan blocked Lion Sky’s escape and deliberately triggered his own Dou Sheng Tribulation, trapping both men beneath the falling lightning.
• Lion Sky panicked as the tribulation bolts struck and cried that he did not want to die.

Nalan Ye survived the merged Dou Saint Tribulations that killed Ping Yuan and Lion Sky, leaving him the only known Saint in the Northwest Territory. He accepted Ping Yuan’s request to protect the Heavenly Snake Mansion and began planning to destroy the Lion Underworld Sect and strengthen the Yun Lan Sect before returning to Yun Yun.

• Ping Yuan’s and Lion Sky’s Dou Saint Tribulations merged, while Nalan Ye concealed his aura beneath a dune to keep his own tribulation from descending.
• Ping Yuan asked Nalan Ye to watch over the Heavenly Snake Mansion, and Nalan Ye agreed before Ping Yuan and Lion Sky perished in the Thunder Abyss.
• Nalan Ye concluded that the Northwest Territory had no Saints left and planned to protect the Heavenly Snake Mansion, destroy the Lion Underworld Sect, and let the Yun Lan Sect fill the power vacuum.
• Nalan Ye returned to Yun Lan Mountain, where Yun Yun was relieved to see him and astonished to learn that Ping Yuan and Lion Sky had died together.

As Yun Yun recalled her first meeting with him, his new Dou Sheng realm triggered the evolution of his small world. He watched a continent, sky, weather, and first signs of life emerge, realizing the spectacle was a valuable cultivation opportunity.

• Yun Yun remembered meeting him when he saved her in the Monster Mountain Range, and he reassured her that he would always regard her as his senior.
• He sensed his small world beginning to open and explained that heaven and earth created a small world for a Dou Zhe after they advanced to Dou Sheng and passed the initial tribulation.
• Earth Qi gathered around Yun Lan Mountain, cracking the mountain, so he flew into the sky and drew the energy away from the sect.
• Heaven-and-earth energy compressed the Earth Qi until it exploded, and its remnants formed land while energy above it became a sky.
• Lightning, fire, wind, rain, streams, a lake, grass, and flowers appeared as the small world developed, and he recognized the spectacle as a major cultivation opportunity.

After returning from his Small World, Nalan Ye revealed his Dou Sheng advancement to the gathered Nalan and Xiao families, reassured Xiao Meier that he would marry her, and celebrated with a banquet on Yun Lan Mountain. He left the festivities to bring Yun Yun into his newly opened Small World, where she admired its growing landscape.

• Nalan Ye returned to Yun Lan Mountain and learned that Yun Yun had told the Nalan and Xiao families about his advancement to Dou Sheng.
• Nalan Yanran congratulated Nalan Ye, while Xiao Yu teased Xiao Meier about being engaged to a Dou Sheng.
• After hearing that rumors had made Xiao Meier fear he would not marry her, Nalan Ye promised he would wed her once he had settled his affairs in the Central Plains.
• Nalan Ye celebrated his advancement at a banquet with the gathered families and guests on Yun Lan Mountain.
• Nalan Ye found Yun Yun outside the hall and took her by the hand into his Small World, where she was captivated by its new grass and other signs of life.

Nalan Ye showed Yun Yun the treasures of his small world and gave it to her as the new foundation of the Yun Lan Sect. After naming it the Yun Lan Small World and granting Yun Yun control, he met visitors from the Heavenly Snake Mansion, including Qing Lin.

• Nalan Ye showed Yun Yun the small world's Azure B Sprout Wind, Thunder Pool, volcanic flame, and fertile lake.
• Nalan Ye offered Yun Yun the small world, and she accepted its role as the Yun Lan Sect's new core.
• Nalan Ye and Yun Yun named it the Yun Lan Small World and gave Yun Yun control over it.
• Qing Yue, Long Xi, Wang Ping, and Qing Lin arrived at the Yun Lan Sect from the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Nalan Ye greeted Qing Lin and lifted her in a hug before realizing she had grown up.

Nalan Ye revealed that Daoist Ping Yuan had died while taking Lion Sky down with him, leaving Heavenly Snake Mansion without its Dou Sheng protector. He announced that he would destroy the Lion Underworld Sect and invited Heavenly Snake Mansion to join the Great Love Alliance.

• Cai Lin and Heavenly Snake Mansion’s Qing Yue, Long Xi, and Wang Ping came to the Nalan Empire seeking news about Daoist Ping Yuan, and Nalan Ye revealed his Dou Sheng aura.
• Nalan Ye told the visitors that Daoist Ping Yuan had died after sacrificing himself to kill Lion Sky, and Qing Lin and the Heavenly Snake Mansion members grieved.
• Qing Yue worried that Heavenly Snake Mansion would be vulnerable after its ancestor’s death, and Nalan Ye declared that he would destroy the Lion Underworld Sect.
• Nalan Ye introduced himself as leader of the Great Love Alliance and asked whether Heavenly Snake Mansion would join.

After Daoist Ping Yuan’s death, Qing Lin accepted leadership of the Heavenly Snake Mansion and joined forces with Yun Yun’s Yun Lan Sect under the Great Love Alliance. The alliance destroyed the Lion Underworld Sect, but the narrator could not locate its hidden small world, and Cai Lin explained why.

• The Heavenly Snake Mansion’s leaders pledged to obey Qing Lin, who said she would follow the narrator’s orders and was named Deputy Alliance Chief.
• The narrator introduced Yun Yun as the Yun Lan Sect’s leader and declared that her sect and the Heavenly Snake Mansion would jointly govern the Northwest Territory after the Lion Underworld Sect fell.
• Five days later, the Heavenly Snake Mansion assembled a coalition army and attacked the Lion Underworld Sect, whose Guardian Sect Array held against repeated assaults.
• The narrator appeared, shattered the array, revealed that Lion Sky was dead, and helped the coalition breach the sect’s gate.
• The narrator searched for the Lion Underworld Small World but could not find it, and Cai Lin explained that sealed small worlds were too tiny to detect from outside, even for peak Dou Sheng experts.

After the Northwest Territory settled under the Yun Lan Sect and Heavenly Snake Mansion, Nalan Ye decided to return to the Central Plains. He left with Qing Lin, Black Water Profound Yin, and Cai Lin, then stopped to revisit Canaan Academy after recalling something hidden beneath it.

• Nalan Ye failed to locate the Lion Underworld Small World and warned that its surviving remnants could pose a future threat.
• Nalan Ye divided the Lion Underworld Sect’s treasury between the Heavenly Snake Mansion and Yun Yun, concealed Ping Yuan’s death, and ordered the sect’s former subordinate factions to pay homage to the Yun Lan Sect.
• After half a month, the Northwest Territory’s transfer of power had stabilized, and Yun Yun returned to the Yun Lan Small World to speak with Nalan Ye.
• Nalan Ye told Yun Yun he was leaving for the Central Plains, then departed the Nalan Empire with Qing Lin, Black Water Profound Yin, and Cai Lin.
• While crossing the Black-Corner Region, Nalan Ye recalled Canaan Academy and the secret beneath its Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower, and decided to visit it.

The narrator entered Canaan Academy’s Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower and descended through the Magma World, where he discovered powerful Flame Lizardmen and the hidden Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion. At the cave’s entrance, an immense purple-gold creature awakened and demanded that he present the ancient jade.

• The narrator concealed Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and Black Water Profound Yin while he entered the tower alone and descended into the Magma World.
• More than ten Flame Lizardmen confronted the narrator, including two leaders whose strength rivaled Venerables, but they fled after sensing his Dou Sheng aura.
• The narrator continued downward and passed through the magma into a hidden space containing the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion.
• A formation lit the darkness, and an enormous purple-gold creature awakened beneath the stone door and demanded the ancient jade.

Nalan Ye told the imprisoned Zhu Kun that Zi Yan was his daughter and that she had gone to Dragon Island to claim the Dragon Emperor Position. Zhu Kun tried to escape the cave mansion to reach her, but its formations stopped him.

• Zhu Kun prepared to kill Nalan Ye after discovering he had no Ancient Jade, but Nalan Ye revealed his Ancient Void Dragon bloodline and claimed to be Zi Yan’s friend.
• Nalan Ye explained how Zhu Kun’s Dragon Egg had eventually hatched into Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun transformed into human form and wept at the news.
• Zhu Kun demanded to know where Zi Yan was, so Nalan Ye described the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s split and told him Zi Yan had gone to Dragon Island to challenge the Dragon Kings.
• Zhu Kun charged at the stone door, but the cave mansion’s formations stopped him, and he shouted for Tou She Ancient God to let him out.

Nalan Ye met Zhu Kun in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, gave him supplies, and received his Dragon Emperor Blood Essence to deliver to Zi Yan. After escaping the cave and returning to Canaan Academy, he encountered a familiar woman who recognized him as the Nalan Alliance Leader.

• Zhu Kun failed to escape Tou She Ancient God's formation, and Nalan Ye calmed him with wine and food.
• Zhu Kun promised to let Nalan Ye enter the cave mansion with Zi Yan, though Nalan Ye doubted he could fulfill that promise.
• Worried about Zi Yan, Nalan Ye mentioned Dragon Island, prompting Zhu Kun to give him Dragon Emperor Blood Essence for her.
• Nalan Ye left the cave mansion and traveled through the Magma World and Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower without trouble.
• A Green Skirt Woman recognized Nalan Ye at Canaan Academy and asked why the Nalan Alliance Leader was not in the Central Plains.

Nalan reunited with Han Xue at Canaan Academy and learned that Han Yue had survived through a preserved soul and a newly refined body. After discovering that Nalan had once given Han Xue a Seventh-Rank Pill in disguise, Han Xue agreed to report any unusual changes beneath the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower.

• Han Xue introduced herself as Han Yue’s younger sister, and Nalan recalled the Han Family’s destruction and Han Xue’s escape.
• Han Xue explained that Han Yue’s soul had guided her for years and that Canaan Academy’s Great Elder had helped refine Han Yue a new body.
• Han Xue revealed that a stranger had given her a Seventh-Rank Pill at the Four Directions Pavilion Tournament, and Nalan admitted he had been that stranger.
• Nalan asked Han Xue to inform him if anything unusual happened beneath the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower, and she agreed.
• Nalan gave Han Xue another Seventh-Rank Pill as a congratulatory gift for Han Yue and let Han Xue escort him to the tower’s top floor.

Nalan Ye confronted Fire Battle on Dragon Island and challenged the Northern Dragon Island’s claim to the Dragon Emperor succession while protecting Zi Yan’s allies. After Fire Battle revealed the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Extinction Divine Light and transformed into a giant dragon, Nalan Ye met his claw with a bloodline-charged punch.

• Nalan Ye announced his support for Zi Yan, provoking Fire Battle, who insisted the Northern Dragon King should become Dragon Emperor.
• Nalan Ye sowed discord between Fire Battle and the Southern and Western Dragon Kings, who rose to claim their own kings were more qualified.
• Nalan Ye sent Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and Black Water Profound Yin toward Eastern Dragon Island as Fire Battle attacked him with spatial currents.
• Nalan Ye resisted Fire Battle’s spatial attack and fled while unleashing several Dou Techniques, which Fire Battle weakened with the Extinction Divine Light.
• Fire Battle transformed into a giant dragon, caught up to Nalan Ye, and brought down a claw as Nalan Ye countered with Serpent Coil and golden Dragon Scale Patterns.