Chapter Summaries

Nalan Ye destroyed half of the Nether Sect’s Mountain Gate, then let You Mingzi swallow him so he could enter the projection and hunt for You Mingzi’s true body. After finding You Mingzi’s trail, Nalan Ye pursued him through the projection as the Nether Sect’s survivors and the Great Love Alliance watched from outside.

• Nalan Ye unleashed lightning that reduced half of the Nether Sect’s Mountain Gate to ruins, and You Mingzi emerged and confronted him.
• You Mingzi used a massive projection to swallow Nalan Ye, then threatened to kill the Great Love Alliance while the Nether Sect survivors celebrated.
• Cai Lin predicted Nalan Ye had allowed himself to be swallowed, and the Human World Kindling Flame soon burned through the darkness inside the projection.
• Nalan Ye used his Heaven Realm Great Perfection Soul Power to find You Mingzi’s location inside the projection.
• You Mingzi changed positions and threatened Nalan Ye, but Nalan Ye followed his trail.

Nalan Ye defeated You Mingzi in the exploding apparition, but You Mingzi survived as a soul by possessing a Nether Sect disciple. Nalan Ye exposed him and destroyed the host, leaving You Mingzi revealed before both sides.

• You Mingzi detonated his apparition as Nalan Ye broke through the darkness and struck his neck with the Dragon Emperor Sword.
• The apparition exploded, and Nalan Ye was blasted into the ground while Cai Lin and the others ordered everyone to retreat.
• Nalan Ye emerged unharmed, and the Nether Sect members found You Mingzi's headless corpse and severed head.
• Nalan Ye accused You Mingzi of playing dead, then killed a disguised Dou Wang disciple to force You Mingzi's soul to reveal itself.
• You Mingzi admitted that he had possessed the disciple and asked how Nalan Ye had discovered him.

Nalan Ye burned You Mingzi’s soul with the Human World Kindling Flame while the Great Love Alliance attacked the Nether Sect’s Mountain Gate. After You Mingzi died, Nalan Ye absorbed his soul power, which grew so strong that his physical body exploded.

• You Mingzi refused to regret allying with the Hall of Souls and threatened that the Nether Sect would seek revenge, while Nalan Ye dismissed his hopes of rescue.
• Nalan Ye trapped You Mingzi’s soul in the Human World Kindling Flame and ordered Cai Lin and Feng Qing’er to destroy the Nether Sect’s Mountain Gate.
• Fei Tian led the Great Love Alliance and Wind and Lightning Pavilion forces in routing the Nether Sect’s remaining fighters and pursuing those who fled.
• You Mingzi’s soul weakened into a motionless ball, and Nalan Ye confirmed that he was dead.
• Nalan Ye absorbed You Mingzi’s exceptionally pure soul power until the strength of his soul caused his physical body to explode.

Nalan Ye reunited with the Wind and Lightning Pavilion near the Nether Sect and learned Cai Lin had sent them to help contain the Nether Sect. He led the alliance to attack its Mountain Gate, shattered its guardian array, and began the assault.

• Nalan Ye encountered Thunder Venerable, Fei Tian, and Feng Qing'er, who accused Cai Lin of forcing the Wind and Lightning Pavilion to fight the Hall of Souls.
• Cai Lin explained that she had managed the alliance’s response to the Hall of Souls’ attacks and sent the Wind and Lightning Pavilion to keep the Nether Sect in check.
• Nalan Ye soothed Feng Qing'er by claiming he had arranged for her sect to join the battle and gain standing in the alliance.
• Thunder Venerable reported that the Nether Sect’s Mountain Gate had shown no unusual movements, and Nalan Ye ordered the alliance to attack.
• The Nether Sect activated its guardian array, but Nalan Ye struck it down with a huge palm print and lightning.

Nalan Ye killed You Mingzi and helped secure the Nether Sect’s territory, then returned to the Great Love Alliance Headquarters. There, the assembled Dou Sheng learned that the Hall of Souls had sent no defenders, while Tang San and Heavenly Flame Saint had encountered Bing Ling from Ice River Valley.

• Nalan Ye reunited with Feng Qing'er after killing You Mingzi, and she reported that the Nether Sect’s Mountain Gate had fallen.
• Nalan Ye arrived too late to join Cai Lin and Thunder Venerable in dividing the Nether Sect’s treasury spoils, then sealed the surrounding space because he could not enter the sect’s Small World.
• Nalan Ye appointed Thunder Venerable the Great Love Alliance Netherworld-Guarding Great Elder and left him to stabilize the territory.
• The Dou Sheng from the four clans compared their attacks and discovered that no Hall of Souls Dou Sheng had come to defend its branch halls.
• Nalan Ye returned to the Great Love Alliance Headquarters, where Old Monster Hou reported that Tang San and Heavenly Flame Saint had encountered Bing Ling from Ice River Valley.

Nalan Ye learned that Tang San and Heavenly Flame Saint had slain Bing Ling, leaving the Great Love Alliance dominant across the Central Plains. The four clans’ Dou Sheng departed after failing to find the Hall of Souls’ Dou Sheng, while Nalan Ye kept their whereabouts secret.

• Tang San told Nalan Ye that he and Heavenly Flame Saint had killed Bing Ling with help from two Dou Sheng Puppets.
• Nalan Ye reclaimed the two puppets and declared that the Great Love Alliance had no remaining rivals in the Central Plains.
• The four clans’ Dou Sheng questioned why no Hall of Souls Dou Sheng had appeared, and Nalan Ye denied that the alliance had leaked the operation’s plans.
• Cai Lin noticed Nalan Ye knew more than he was saying, but he hid the truth from the gathered Dou Sheng.
• The four clans’ Dou Sheng argued over whether to pursue the Soul Clan, then decided to return home and warned Nalan Ye to watch for retaliation from the Hall of Souls.

After the Hall of Souls’ allies were defeated, Nalan Ye arranged for the Great Love Alliance to occupy their territories and began cultivating the Netherworld Undying Body. Little Fairy Doctor then faced a Dou Sheng tribulation, determined to gain control of her Calamity Poison Body and remain by Nalan Ye’s side.

• Nalan Ye let Gu Xun and the other Ancient Clan Dou Sheng leave, then told Cai Lin to organize the occupation of the defeated factions’ territories.
• Cai Lin left to arrange garrisons and call on allies, while Nalan Ye entered seclusion to cultivate the Netherworld Undying Body.
• Dark clouds gathered over the Heavenly Flame Small World, and the gathered Dou Sheng realized a powerful tribulation was forming.
• Little Fairy Doctor revealed that the Dou Sheng tribulation was hers and flew to a secluded area so it would not endanger others.
• Little Fairy Doctor recalled the tragedies caused by her Calamity Poison Body and resolved to survive the tribulation, control her power, and stay with Nalan Ye.
• The first bolt of Dou Sheng tribulation lightning struck Little Fairy Doctor.

Yao Lao broke through to Dou Sheng and learned that Little Fairy Doctor had become the first Calamity Poison Body Saint ahead of him. When Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion at nine star Dou Zong and proposed attacking the Hall of Souls, he discovered Nalan Ye had already destroyed it and the Great Love Alliance controlled the Central Plains.

• Yao Lao survived his Dou Sheng tribulation, then learned Heavenly Flame Saint and Tang San had welcomed Little Fairy Doctor as a Dou Sheng days earlier.
• Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion at nine star Dou Zong and greeted Yao Lao, who had just become a Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan proposed attacking the Hall of Souls, and Yao Lao asked Heavenly Flame Saint and Tang San how the alliance had fared during their seclusion.
• Heavenly Flame Saint revealed that Nalan Ye had wiped out the Hall of Souls, destroyed the Nether Sect, Ice River Valley, and Yellow Springs Pavilion, and brought the Central Plains under the Great Love Alliance.
• Heavenly Flame Saint explained that the alliance was now hunting the scattered remnants while accepting many new families and factions to bolster its ranks.

Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion to find the Great Love Alliance transformed and learned that it had formed an Inner Alliance and an Outer Alliance after crushing the Hall of Souls and other forces. He discovered that the Xiao Family was one of the Eleven Inner Alliance Families and learned Cai Lin Walker had devised the plan.

• The Heavenly Flame Saint urged Xiao Yan to help hunt the Hall of Souls’ remnants, while Yao Lao worried that its surviving Dou Shengs could cause trouble.
• Xiao Yan left the Heavenly Flame Small World and found the Great Love Alliance bustling with old members and forces seeking to join.
• Jiang Huan and his daughter mistook Xiao Yan for a newcomer, and his daughter angrily defended Nalan Ye and the alliance.
• After Xiao Yan gave his name, Jiang Huan recognized him as the Xiao Family Patriarch and apologized for the misunderstanding.
• Jiang Huan explained that the Great Love Alliance had created Inner and Outer Alliances, with eleven forces—including the Xiao Family—placed in the Inner Alliance.
• Xiao Yan asked who had chosen the eleven forces, and Jiang Huan said Nalan Ye had approved the plan, which Cai Lin Walker had reportedly devised.

Xiao Yan brought Jiang Huan to meet Cai Lin at the Great Love Alliance, where he learned the Xiao Family had been included among the alliance’s Inner Alliance Families. A Stone Clan Dou Sheng named Shi Lezhi then arrived outside the Star Realm and demanded to see Nalan Ye, leaving Cai Lin puzzled about the Stone Clan’s visit.

• Xiao Yan escorted Jiang Huan and his two companions to the Great Love Alliance’s main palace to meet Cai Lin.
• Cai Lin explained that the Xiao Family was included among the Inner Alliance Families because Xiao Meier was Nalan Ye’s fiancée.
• Xiao Yan offered to help with the alliance’s recent troubles, but a messenger reported that a Dou Sheng and many others had arrived outside the Star Realm.
• Cai Lin and Xiao Yan went outside and saw the Star Realm Great Array activated against the approaching visitors.
• Shi Lezhi identified himself as a Stone Clan Dou Sheng and demanded that Nalan Ye come out to meet him.

Nalan Ye learned that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Stone Clan’s realm and drove its survivors to seek refuge with the Great Love Alliance. With Xiaohua and Shi Bing holding off their pursuers, Shi Lezhi asked Nalan Ye to help the displaced clan.

• Cai Lin stalled Shi Lezhi at the Great Love Alliance’s array, but he demanded that she open it and threatened to break through.
• Nalan Ye appeared, frightened Shi Lezhi, and learned that Xiaohua had sent him to find him.
• Nalan Ye noticed the injured and grieving Stone Clan survivors accompanying Shi Lezhi, who announced that the Stone Clan was gone.
• Shi Lezhi explained that the Soul Clan had invaded the Stone Clan’s realm, ambushed its elders, and trapped its people behind formations.
• Xiaohua and Shi Bing broke through the blockade and stayed behind to delay the Soul Clan while Shi Lezhi led the survivors away.
• Shi Lezhi told Nalan Ye that Xiaohua believed he was the only one who could help the Stone Clan.

Nalan Ye welcomed the Stone Clan refugees into the Great Love Alliance and promised to help them avenge their clan against the Soul Clan. He arranged shelter and care for them, then met with Shi Lezhi and revealed the Alliance’s strength, leaving Shi Lezhi surprised by the number of Dou Sins gathered.

• Nalan Ye opened the Star Realm Great Array and welcomed Shi Lezhi and several thousand Stone Clan refugees, promising to help them avenge their losses.
• Nalan Ye asked Cai Lin to arrange lodging and medical care for the refugees, then privately suggested copying their valuable techniques and pill recipes.
• Nalan Ye warned Tang Huo'er and Mu Qingluan that the Stone Clan and other ancient clans looked down on Central Plains groups.
• Nalan Ye invited Shi Lezhi to the Heavenly Flame Small World, where Shi Lezhi saw nine Dou Sins gathered and asked how many similarly powerful forces existed in the Central Plains.
• Nalan Ye said only the Great Love Alliance and the Hall of Souls were comparable, and Shi Lezhi took this as proof that the Alliance was an unusual exception.

Nalan Ye learned that the Soul Clan might be targeting the remaining Ancient Eight Clans and arranged for warnings to spread while secretly giving Hun Tiandi time to gather the Tou She Ancient God Jade. He left the Star Realm with Little Fairy Doctor to pressure the Soul Clan and prevent further massacres.

• Nalan Ye told Shi Lezhi and the others that the Soul Clan might have attacked the Ling Clan and Medicine Clan as well as the Stone Clan.
• Yao Lao urged Nalan Ye to warn the remaining ancient clans, and Nalan Ye agreed to send messengers to investigate.
• Nalan Ye summoned Little Fairy Doctor’s five Poison Sect Elders and assigned them to carry sealed messages to the ancient clans while spreading news across the Central Plains.
• The Poison Sect Elders departed, and Little Fairy Doctor questioned Nalan Ye’s instructions.
• Nalan Ye told Little Fairy Doctor they were setting out to make the Soul Clan act quickly for the Tou She Ancient God Jade while stopping it from attacking another clan.

Nalan Ye and the Little Fairy Doctor searched the Shennong Mountain Range and found evidence that the Medicine Clan had been wiped out. They left for the Ancient Realm to meet Gu Yuan, the powerful figure most capable of opposing Hun Tiandi.

• Nalan Ye chose to investigate the Medicine Clan after wondering how the Soul Clan had breached the Stone Clan's small world.
• Nalan Ye and the Little Fairy Doctor secretly searched the Shennong Mountain Range, where they found a Medicine Clan herb gatherer's corpse.
• Nalan Ye and the Little Fairy Doctor discovered more bodies at a cluster of cabins and concluded that the Medicine Clan had probably been destroyed.
• Nalan Ye decided to leave for the Ancient Clan and seek out Gu Yuan.
• Nalan Ye and the Little Fairy Doctor arrived at Ancient Saint City and entered without encountering trouble from the Soul Clan.

After the Stone Clan’s destruction, Nalan Ye’s messenger Green Luo reached Ancient Saint City to warn the Ancient Clan. The four Black Annihilation Army commanders opened the Ancient Realm Passage, allowing the waiting Soul Clan experts to appear and prevent it from closing.

• Nalan Ye and the Little Fairy Doctor waited in Ancient Saint City while Green Luo arrived at the gates with the Great Love Alliance’s seal.
• Yang Hao tried to turn Green Luo away, but Ling Quan heard her warning that the Soul Clan had exterminated the Stone Clan and agreed to report it.
• Ling Quan, Yang Hao, and the other two commanders activated their clan marks and tokens to open the Ancient Realm Passage.
• Soul Clan experts appeared in the sky, and the commanders hurried to shut the passage before the Soul Clan could enter the Ancient Realm.
• A Soul Clan Dou Sheng spread black mist over the passage, keeping it open despite the commanders’ efforts.

The Soul Clan invaded the Ancient Realm after keeping its passage open, and Hun Miesheng led the attack against the Ancient Clan. As the two clans’ Dou Sheng experts clashed, Gu Yuan confronted Hun Miesheng and recognized him as the Soul Hall Master.

• The Soul Clan appeared at the open Ancient Realm passage, and the second commander rallied the Black Annihilation Army to defend Ancient Saint City.
• Hun Feng led a group of Soul Clan experts to attack the city while Hun Miesheng took the others through the passage into the Ancient Realm.
• Nalan Ye chose to watch rather than intervene as the Soul Clan broke through the Ancient Clan’s spatial formation and entered the realm.
• The Soul Clan spread across the Ancient Realm, destroying homes and fields until the Ancient Clan’s Dou Sheng experts emerged and fought them.
• Hun Miesheng overpowered the Ancient Clan Dou Sheng who challenged him, then revealed his identity to Gu Yuan, who recognized him as the Soul Hall Master.

Gu Yuan defeated Hun Miesheng’s attack in the Ancient Realm, but sensed a trap as the Soul Clan retreated and the Ancient Clan pursued them. At Ancient Saint City, Hun Feng overwhelmed the Black Annihilation Army and was about to strike when a green-robed figure appeared.

• Hun Miesheng attacked Gu Yuan, but Gu Yuan trapped him with vines and injured him with a palm strike.
• Hun Miesheng used Myriad Souls Worship, but Gu Yuan unleashed his Fire, Wood, and Water Great Daos to destroy the ghosts and blast him away.
• Hun Miesheng ordered the Soul Clan to retreat, and the furious Ancient Clan pursued them beyond the Ancient Realm as Gu Yuan suspected Hun Tiandi had another plan.
• Hun Feng led a Soul Clan force against Ancient Saint City, where the Black Annihilation Army had no Dou Sheng to defend it.
• Hun Feng blew aside the army’s spears and raised his palm to crush the soldiers, but a green-robed figure appeared above them.

Nalan Ye saved Green Luo and the Black Annihilation Army, then held off Hun Feng while the battle raged in Ancient Saint City. When the Soul Clan began retreating, Gu Yuan blocked their escape and faced Hun Miesheng.

• Nalan Ye stopped Hun Feng's attack on the Black Annihilation Army and reached Green Luo, who explained the situation.
• Nalan Ye fought Hun Feng while concealing his strength, and Hun Feng's soul-based wind technique had no effect on him.
• The Soul Clan forces poured out of the Ancient Realm passage, pursued by the Ancient Clan, and Hun Miesheng ordered a retreat.
• Ling Quan led the Black Annihilation Army in pursuit as the Soul Clan forces fled Ancient Saint City.
• Gu Yuan appeared in front of Hun Miesheng and the retreating Soul Clan, challenging Hun Miesheng to fight.

As the Ancient Clan and Soul Clan faced off, the narrator realized the Soul Clan was using Hun Miesheng to draw the Ancient Clan away from its realm and steal the Tou She Ancient God Jade. Gu Yang revealed he had secretly replaced the real Gu Yang and secured the jade, but as the Soul Clan prepared to leave, Hun Tiandi’s terrifying aura appeared.

• The narrator watched Gu Yuan and Hun Miesheng face off while suspecting the Soul Clan was luring the Ancient Clan away from the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Gu Qi rushed from the Ancient Realm to warn Gu Yuan, but a sword strike killed him before he could finish speaking.
• Gu Yang emerged from the Ancient Realm and admitted he was a Soul Clan Dou Sheng who had replaced the real Gu Yang a hundred years earlier.
• Gu Yang confirmed to Hun Miesheng that he had obtained the prize, and Hun Miesheng prepared to leave with the Soul Clan.
• As Gu Yuan moved to stop them, Hun Tiandi’s terrifying aura descended, and Gu Yuan recognized his arrival.

Hun Tiandi rescued the Soul Clan’s forces and taunted Gu Yuan for failing to stop him. After learning that the Stone Clan had been destroyed and the Medicine and Ling Clans might have fallen as well, Gu Yuan ordered an urgent investigation into the Yan and Lightning Clans.

• Hun Tiandi appeared, held Gu Yuan back while Hun Miesheng led the Soul Clan members away, and mocked Gu Yuan before retreating.
• An Ancient Clan messenger reported that the ancestral temple had been attacked and the Tou She Ancient God Jade stolen, but the elders corrected him that Gu Yang was the traitor.
• Gu Yuan explained that the Soul Clan already had the initiative and urged the elders to learn what had happened to the other clans.
• Ling Quan reported that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Stone Clan, and Nalan Ye warned that the Medicine and Ling Clans might also have been wiped out.
• Gu Yuan ordered people sent to check the Yan and Lightning Clans.