Chapter Summaries

Wu Hall Master returned from a successful raid on a Pill Tower stronghold and gained favor amid the Hall of Souls’ rivalry and internal jealousy. The Seventh Heavenly Venerate announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would soon appear, exciting the hall with the prospect of a rare chance to advance.

• Wu Hall Master presented the Seventh Heavenly Venerate with plunder and captured souls from his raid, and the Heavenly Venerate rewarded him with the Ring of Holding.
• Hall members envied Wu Hall Master’s victories and mocked him by challenging him to kill Nalan Ye.
• Wu Hall Master redirected the challenge toward Zhe Hall Master, who fell silent rather than face Nalan Ye.
• The Seventh Heavenly Venerate announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would soon appear, and the gathered Hall of Souls members reacted with excitement.

The Seventh Heavenly Venerate chose powerful allies to accompany him in seeking the Bodhi Ancient Tree, while Wu Hall Master worried that the Hall of Souls would grow stronger than the Great Love Alliance. On the journey from Dragon Island, Nalan learned that Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu needed long sleeps because their souls could not keep up with their bodies, and he tried to recruit them by promising the Hall of Souls could provide a solution.

• The Seventh Heavenly Venerate selected Wu Hall Master and several trusted experts to seek the Bodhi Ancient Tree, then dismissed the Main Hall.
• Wu Hall Master feared that the Hall of Souls would become even stronger and threaten the Great Love Alliance's survival.
• Nalan left Eastern Dragon Island with Qing Lin, Cai Lin, Black Water Profound Yin, Xuan Mo, and Zhu Mu.
• Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu explained that their powerful bodies strained their weak souls, forcing them to sleep for long periods to recover.
• Nalan urged Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu to join the Great Love Alliance, claiming the Hall of Souls' Soul Power could solve their problem.

Nalan persuaded Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu to consider pursuing greater strength by telling them about the opportunities in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion. He brought the group back to the Star Realm, where Cai Lin saw the Great Love Alliance's headquarters for the first time.

• Nalan argued that Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu could improve their soul power and break beyond their bloodline limits through cultivation.
• Nalan urged them to dream of becoming ninth order magical beasts and revealed that the Hall of Souls was plotting around Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu agreed to take action if an opportunity to enter the cave mansion arose.
• Nalan led the group toward the Great Love Alliance Headquarters and returned to the Star Realm several days later.
• Cai Lin looked around Starfall Pavilion in surprise, and Nalan welcomed the group, telling Qing Lin that the Star Realm was her new home.

Nalan Ye appointed Qing Lin as Deputy Alliance Chief and Cai Lin as his Office Director before bringing Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu into the Great Love Alliance. After the two Ancient Void Dragons’ arrival alarmed the Heavenly Flame Saint and Tang San, Nalan Ye introduced them as allies and explained that Zi Yan had sent them.

• Nalan Ye ordered Qing Lin to become Deputy Alliance Chief, and she reluctantly accepted.
• Cai Lin agreed to become Nalan Ye’s Office Director for the Great Love Alliance.
• The Heavenly Flame Saint and Tang San confronted Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu after sensing their powerful auras in the Star Realm, and Nalan Ye told them the two were invited helpers.
• Nalan Ye rebuked Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu for their discourtesy, and they apologized to the Heavenly Flame Saint and Tang San before the group headed to the Heavenly Flame Small World.
• Nalan Ye told the Heavenly Flame Saint and Tang San that Zi Yan had become Dragon Emperor and sent Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu, leaving them astonished.

After returning to the Heavenly Flame Small World, Nalan Ye discussed the Central Plains conflict and the Great Dao with the Heavenly Flame Saint and Tang San. He later searched for Little Fairy Doctor and found her overwhelmed with work at the Great Love Alliance Headquarters.

• Nalan Ye asked Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu to remain in the Heavenly Flame Small World and learned that Wu Hall Master had been ambushing the Great Love Alliance and Pill Tower.
• The Heavenly Flame Saint discovered that Nalan Ye had become a Dou Sheng, and Nalan Ye assured him he would always honor his senior’s kindness.
• Nalan Ye, the Heavenly Flame Saint, and Tang San discussed the Fire and Human Great Daos for three days, leaving Nalan Ye with a faint sense of the Fire Great Dao.
• Nalan Ye realized he had neglected Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and the others, then searched the Great Love Alliance Headquarters for Little Fairy Doctor.
• Nalan Ye found Little Fairy Doctor burdened with alliance affairs and called to her, and she greeted him with delighted surprise.

Nalan Ye arranged new roles for Qing Lin and Cai Lin in the Great Love Alliance, then learned that Zhou Chuan might be leaking information to Wu Hall Master. He secretly followed Zhou Chuan’s trail and found a message containing details about the Pill Tower and the Alliance’s elders.

• Nalan Ye reunited with Little Fairy Doctor and brought Cai Lin and Qing Lin to discuss their roles in the Great Love Alliance.
• Nalan Ye proposed making Qing Lin a Deputy Alliance Chief and Cai Lin his secretary, and Little Fairy Doctor agreed they should inform the Alliance’s three Venerables.
• Little Fairy Doctor told Nalan Ye that Zhou Chuan was likely passing information to Wu Hall Master and had secretly left the Star Realm the previous day.
• Nalan Ye disguised himself and followed Little Fairy Doctor’s directions to a cave in the Falling Star Mountain Range.
• Nalan Ye found and opened a wax-sealed message containing information about the Pill Tower, the Great Love Alliance, and the movements of its elders.

Nalan Ye left Zhou Chuan a medicine cauldron, a Seventh-Rank Pill, and a note urging him to obtain the Flame Mantra from Yao Chen. Tempted by the method and resentful of Yao Chen’s favoritism, Zhou Chuan asked to learn it, and Yao Chen gave him the cultivation instructions.

• Nalan Ye hid a medicine cauldron, a Seventh-Rank Pill, and a note in a cave for Zhou Chuan to find.
• Zhou Chuan slipped out of the Star Realm, found the hidden items, and became greedy after reading about the Flame Mantra.
• Zhou Chuan returned to the Star Realm and asked Yao Chen to teach him the Flame Mantra.
• Yao Chen recognized Zhou Chuan’s longing as similar to Han Feng’s, warned him about the method’s hardships, and handed him a jade slip containing its cultivation method.

Zhou Chuan gave the Hall of Souls an incomplete copy of the Flame Mantra and demanded Nalan Ye’s head for the rest. Nalan Ye cultivated the copy with the Three Thousand Burning Flame, but his Human Dao Rhythm transformed it into another Human World Kindling Flame, leaving him unsure whether he could ever comprehend other Great Daos or advance to Second Level Dou Sheng.

• Zhou Chuan hesitated to cultivate the Flame Mantra because refining multiple Exotic Flames was dangerous, then left an incomplete copy for the Hall of Souls with a demand for Nalan Ye’s head in exchange for the rest.
• A black-robed Hall of Souls man retrieved the copy, and Nalan Ye discovered it contained only half the Flame Mantra.
• Nalan Ye took the first half to the Heavenly Flame Small World and began cultivating it with the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Nalan Ye’s Human Dao Rhythm spread over the flame and consumed its incomplete Fire Great Dao, transforming it into a Human World Kindling Flame.
• Nalan Ye realized his Human Great Dao might prevent him from comprehending other Great Daos, though it could lead him along a new path.

After learning that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had emerged in the Barbaric Ancient Region, Nalan ordered the Great Love Alliance and the Pill Tower to unite against the Hall of Souls. He gathered the Five Saints and secured Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu’s reluctant agreement, while the alliance’s forces prepared to depart.

• Cai Lin told Nalan that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had emerged and the Hall of Souls was gathering powerhouses to search for it.
• Nalan warned that the Hall of Souls could gain more Dou Sheng and ordered Little Fairy Doctor to coordinate with the alliance’s Venerables and the Pill Tower.
• Nalan summoned Heavenly Flame Saint, Tang San, Xuan Mo, and Zhu Mu, and Heavenly Flame Saint and Tang San agreed to act.
• Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu hesitated, but Nalan invoked the Ancient Void Dragon Emperor aura, prompting them to agree to accompany him.
• Wind Venerable Gu Ling, Yao Lao, Tang Zhen, Xiao Yan, Little Fairy Doctor, and other alliance members assembled to travel to the Barbaric Ancient Region.

The Great Love Alliance traveled to the Barbaric Ancient Region to seek the Bodhi Ancient Tree, but found the Hall of Souls already inside and the Pill Tower and Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion moving ahead without them. After entering the dangerous region, the group discovered that the seemingly peaceful gray mist was poisonous.

• Yao Lao revealed that Nalan Ye had advanced to Dou Sheng, spurring the three Venerables and their companions to set out from the Star Realm.
• The Great Love Alliance arrived at the crowded outskirts of the Barbaric Ancient Region and learned that the Hall of Souls had entered days earlier, while the Pill Tower and Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion had gone in together without waiting for them.
• Yao Lao led the alliance into the region, and crowds of onlookers followed behind, hoping to avoid danger and pick up opportunities.
• The group traveled through the ancient landscape in an eerie calm, prompting Little Fairy Doctor to warn that the surrounding gray mist was poisonous.
• Yao Lao examined the mist but could not sense the poison.

The Great Love Alliance crossed the poisonous-insect-filled forest and encountered a Venerable-level Ancient Heavenly Demon Python in the mountains beyond. As Xiao Yan and the others attacked the python, Qing Lin called out to Wind Venerable, who ordered her to retreat.

• The Little Fairy Doctor identified the gray mist as countless poisonous insects, absorbed them to strengthen herself, and saved people behind the group by swallowing the swarm.
• Yao Lao detected the poison within himself and took a medicinal pill before the Great Love Alliance continued through the forest.
• The group reached a mountainous region, where frenzied beasts attacked them and a massive black python emerged from a peak shrouded in mist.
• Cai Lin recognized the attacker as an Ancient Heavenly Demon Python, and Xiao Yan charged it with his Mystic Heavy Ruler.
• The python sent Xiao Yan flying, broke through Yao Lao's fiery furnace, and pressed its attack despite Wind Venerable's wind blades.
• Qing Lin asked Wind Venerable to make the python look at her, but he told her to get back.

Qing Lin used her jade eye three flower pupils, aided by Cai Lin, to subdue the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python. She led the Great Love Alliance to its lair, where they found a blood pool filled with bones and dense energy.

• Qing Lin asked to control the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python, and Wind Venerable drew the beast's attention so she could try.
• Qing Lin partially restrained the python with her jade eye three flower pupils, and Cai Lin transformed into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python to help suppress it.
• The Ancient Heavenly Demon Python became docile under their combined pressure, and Qing Lin took control of it.
• Qing Lin said the python wanted to retrieve treasures from its lair, so she and the Great Love Alliance followed it into a mountain cave.
• Qing Lin led the group to the lair's deepest chamber, where they found a scarlet blood pool containing floating bones and dense energy.

Cai Lin recognized the blood pool in the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python’s lair as a treasure she could refine, despite the danger it posed to human cultivators. She stayed behind with Qing Lin and Little Fairy Doctor while Wind Venerable led the others away to search for the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Cai Lin and Black Water Profound Yin entered the pool to cultivate.

• Yao Lao judged the blood pool too violent and dangerous for human cultivators, so Wind Venerable prepared to leave and continue searching for the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Cai Lin revealed that the blood pool could benefit her as a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and decided to stay behind to refine it.
• Qing Lin and Little Fairy Doctor chose to stay with Cai Lin, bringing along Black Water Profound Yin, the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python, and two Toxic Sect Dou Zong powerhouses.
• Wind Venerable, Yao Lao, and Tang Zhen led the remaining group away to search for the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Black Water Profound Yin and Cai Lin transformed into giant pythons and entered the blood pool to absorb its violent energy.

Cai Lin and Little Fairy Doctor cultivated in the Blood Pool, with Cai Lin advancing to Eight Star Dou Zong and Little Fairy Doctor reaching Nine Star Dou Zong. When the group left the cave to find Senior Feng and the others, they encountered the hostile Heaven Nether Sect and three sinister strangers.

• Little Fairy Doctor refined the poisonous insects she had inhaled while Qing Lin and the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python guarded the cave.
• Black Water Profound Yin left the Blood Pool after reaching her limit, having gained strength comparable to a Six Star Dou Zong.
• Cai Lin absorbed the Blood Pool's power and broke through to Eight Star Dou Zong, while Little Fairy Doctor had already reached Nine Star Dou Zong.
• Little Fairy Doctor, Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and their snakes left the cave and met Heavenly Underworld Old Demon and more than a dozen Heaven Nether Sect Dou Zong powerhouses.
• Little Fairy Doctor warned the group that the newcomers were enemies and ordered Qing Lin to have the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python deal with Heavenly Underworld Old Demon.
• Three sinister strangers accompanying the Heaven Nether Sect leered at Little Fairy Doctor, Cai Lin, and Qing Lin.

Little Fairy Doctor, Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and their allies were ambushed in the Barbaric Ancient Region by Heavenly Underworld Old Demon and the Scorpion Demon Three Fiends. The group was overwhelmed, and Qing Lin was left badly injured as Heavenly Scorpion pressed his attack.

• The Scorpion Demon Three Fiends revealed themselves as three Nine Star Dou Zong with a history of exploiting female cultivators, and Green Luo recognized them.
• Qing Lin sent the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python to attack Heavenly Underworld Old Demon, who fought back while the python held him off.
• Little Fairy Doctor activated her calamity poison body and battled Human Scorpion, while Cai Lin transformed into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python to face Earth Scorpion.
• Heavenly Scorpion chose Qing Lin, while seven or eight Heaven Nether Sect elders attacked Green Luo and the remaining Poison Sect elder, leaving their side outnumbered.
• Qing Lin was struck down and spat blood, and Heavenly Scorpion continued toward her as Human Scorpion kept Little Fairy Doctor from helping.

Nalan Ye sent a soul clone to protect Little Fairy Doctor, Qing Lin, and Cai Lin, killing Heavenly Scorpion and Earth Scorpion while the Heaven Nether Sect summoned its Dou Sheng ancestor. He ordered the group to withdraw and search for the Bodhi Ancient Tree, but then killed Human Scorpion before leaving.

• Human Scorpion tried to seize Qing Lin while Heavenly Scorpion and Earth Scorpion cornered Little Fairy Doctor and Cai Lin.
• Nalan Ye appeared through a soul clone and destroyed Heavenly Scorpion’s soul with a roar, then killed Earth Scorpion with God Slaying Thorn.
• Earth Scorpion called on Heavenly Underworld Old Demon to summon the Heaven Nether Sect’s Dou Sheng ancestor using a Spatial Jade Scroll.
• After learning the Bodhi Ancient Tree had not appeared, Nalan Ye ordered Cai Lin and the others to withdraw and keep searching for it.
• As the group flew deeper into the Barbaric Ancient Region, Nalan Ye’s soul clone stayed behind and killed Human Scorpion.

After learning that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had emerged in the Barbaric Ancient Region, Nalan ordered the Great Love Alliance and Pill Tower to unite against the Hall of Souls. The alliance’s forces assembled and prepared to enter the dangerous region, while Nalan secured the support of the Five Saints.

• Cai Lin told Nalan that the Hall of Souls was gathering experts to search for the Bodhi Ancient Tree in the Barbaric Ancient Region.
• Nalan ordered Little Fairy Doctor and the alliance’s Venerables to join forces with the Pill Tower and stop the Hall of Souls.
• Nalan summoned Heavenly Flame Saint, Tang San, Xuan Mo, and Zhu Mu, and persuaded Xuan Mo and Zhu Mu to join the expedition by invoking Zi Yan’s Dragon Emperor aura.
• Heavenly Flame Saint and Tang San agreed to act, with Tang San seeking the Bodhi Ancient Tree as an opportunity for Tang Zhen.
• Wind Venerable Gu Ling, Yao Chen, Tang Zhen, Xiao Yan, Little Fairy Doctor, Cai Lin, and other alliance members assembled after confirming the tree’s emergence.
• Yao Lao insisted that the alliance go to the Barbaric Ancient Region despite the danger.

Xuan Kongzi and the Pill Tower survivors were ambushed by the Hall of Souls after the Bodhi Ancient Tree drained the souls of many of their companions. Xun Er ordered the Ancient Clan to rescue them, driving the Hall of Souls into retreat and leaving Ling Quan boasting about his clan’s strength.

• Xuan Kongzi woke and discovered that the Hall of Souls had captured the souls of most of his group, including the Ten Thousand Swords Venerable, so he killed two protectors and called for help.
• Saint Hun Qing ordered the Hall of Souls forces, including five Venerables, to attack Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and the remaining Pill Tower members.
• Ling Quan and the Ancient Clan arrived, but Xun Er initially refused to help until Xuan Yi claimed the Pill Tower was allied with the Great Love Alliance.
• Xun Er ordered the Ancient Clan to save the Pill Tower group, and its Venerables overwhelmed the Hall of Souls forces.
• Saint Hun Qing ordered a retreat, and the Hall of Souls withdrew while Ling Quan celebrated the Ancient Clan’s power.

Cai Lin recognized that the blood pool in the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python’s cave could help her refine her ancient bloodline and chose to stay behind. Qing Lin and Little Fairy Doctor stayed with her while Wind Venerable, Yao Lao, and Tang Zhen led the others to search for the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

• Yao Lao warned that the violent blood pool was deadly to human cultivators, and the group prepared to leave it behind.
• Cai Lin said the pool was useful to her as a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and decided to stay and refine it.
• Qing Lin and Little Fairy Doctor chose to stay with Cai Lin, bringing Black Water Profound Yin, the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python, and two Toxic Sect Dou Zong powerhouses along.
• Wind Venerable, Yao Lao, and Tang Zhen departed with the remaining group to search for the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Qing Lin allowed Black Water Profound Yin to enter the pool but made the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python wait, while Cai Lin and Black Water Profound Yin began absorbing its violent energy.

Nalan Ye and the others arrived at the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where factions from across the region gathered while the Hall of Souls stayed hidden. Yellow Spring Venerable seized a Bodhi Seed, causing the tree to expand and reveal five strange figures beneath it.

• Nalan Ye traveled to the Barbaric Ancient Region with Tang San and Xuan Mo, then reunited with Little Fairy Doctor, Qing Lin, Yao Lao, and the others.
• Wind Venerable told Nalan Ye that powerful factions, including the Ancient Eight Clans, had gathered around the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Nalan Ye waited rather than approach the tree, expecting the Hall of Souls to let others wear down its puppets first.
• Yellow Spring Venerable and three allied Venerables pushed through the crowd toward the tree, where Ling Quan tried to stop them.
• Yellow Spring Venerable used a Secret Technique to seize a Bodhi Seed, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree grew to a thousand feet tall, revealing five bizarre figures beneath it.