Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen used a medal from the Star Luo Royal Family to take Qing Yu away from Heaven Dou Pavilion, intending to prevent her from suffering for his actions. After he and Wang Dong'er evaded the Pavilion's followers and left Heaven Dou City, Ye Chen gave the bewildered Qing Yu a pouch of money.

• Ye Chen showed Manager Jia a royal medal and asked him to give Qing Yu to him, and Manager Jia agreed.
• Ye Chen acted like a lecherous young master as he left Heaven Dou Pavilion with Qing Yu, while Wang Dong'er walked ahead in annoyance.
• Ye Chen noticed Heaven Dou Pavilion's people following them, and he and Wang Dong'er worked together to lose the tail.
• Ye Chen used Illusory Decree Void to fool the city-gate guards, and the three left Heaven Dou City for the road to Sunset Forest.
• After traveling until the city was nearly out of sight, Ye Chen gave Qing Yu a pouch containing nearly a thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er freed Qing Yu from Heaven Dou Pavilion, and Qing Yu chose to follow Ye Chen rather than return to serving nobles. After arranging for her to wait in a nearby town, Ye Chen showed Wang Dong'er the rusted scrap iron he had taken from Heaven Dou Pavilion.

• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er gave Qing Yu money and told her she was free to leave Heaven Dou Pavilion.
• Qing Yu decided to follow Ye Chen, and he agreed to find her a place with his family after their urgent business was done.
• Ye Chen told Qing Yu to wait in a nearby town and promised to return for her within two to five days.
• After Qing Yu left, Wang Dong'er asked Ye Chen what he had taken from Heaven Dou Pavilion, and he revealed a rusted hexagonal piece of scrap iron.

Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er freed Qing Yu from Heaven Dou Pavilion, but Qing Yu chose to follow Ye Chen instead. After arranging for her to wait in a nearby town, Ye Chen showed Wang Dong'er the rusted scrap iron he had taken from Heaven Dou Pavilion.

• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er gave Qing Yu money and told her she was free to leave her life as a maid behind.
• Qing Yu ran after them and asked to follow Ye Chen rather than serve another noble family.
• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er agreed to take Qing Yu in, and Ye Chen arranged for her to wait in a nearby town until he returned within five days.
• After Qing Yu left, Wang Dong'er asked Ye Chen what he had taken from Heaven Dou Pavilion, and he showed her a rusted hexagonal piece of scrap iron.

Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er discovered that his two mysterious scrap-iron fragments fused into one, releasing powerful Light Attribute energy, then continued toward Sunset Forest to capture a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. They reached the unusually quiet town at the forest’s edge and avoided entering it, leaving the situation there unexplained.

• Ye Chen took out his scrap-iron fragment, and it resonated with the matching fragment hidden in Heaven Dou Pavilion.
• The fragments fused in a burst of golden Light Attribute energy, and Ye Chen caught the joined piece as it fell.
• Ye Chen put the fragment away and hurried with Wang Dong'er toward Sunset Forest, intending to control the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and obtain his fifth soul ring.
• Ye Chen considered how raising his cultivation would help him wield the God Slayer Spear and prepare for his appointment in the Extreme North.
• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er reached the town near Sunset Forest, found it unusually quiet, and avoided entering it.

Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er discovered that two mysterious scrap-iron fragments fused into one, then hurried toward Sunset Forest to subdue a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. They reached the forest’s unusually quiet outskirts and planned to take advantage of the Title Douluo stationed there.

• Ye Chen brought out his scrap-iron fragment, and it resonated with the matching piece hidden in Heaven Dou Pavilion.
• The fragments fused in a burst of golden light, forming a seamless piece whose purpose Ye Chen still could not identify.
• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er set off for Sunset Forest, where Ye Chen intended to capture the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and gain his fifth soul ring.
• After traveling north for more than ten minutes, Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er reached the quiet town at the edge of Sunset Forest and avoided entering it.
• Ye Chen recalled that Mu Xue had stationed a Title Douluo nearby and saw a chance to approach the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast while that guard kept his distance.

Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er infiltrated Sunset Forest at night to find a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast before the empires could intervene. After reaching the forest's northern region, Ye Chen detected signs that the target was nearby.

• Ye Chen used Ultimate Darkness Soul Power to conceal himself and Wang Dong'er, then located the guarding Title Douluo drinking alone in a tavern.
• Ye Chen monitored the Title Douluo and entered Sunset Forest with Wang Dong'er under cover of night.
• Ye Chen headed toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye while shielding Wang Dong'er from the cold and searching for the target.
• Wang Dong'er asked Ye Chen to rest, but he continued because they had little time before the empires could mobilize.
• Ye Chen noticed fewer Soul Beasts, a burnt smell, and drying air, and concluded that the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was nearby.

Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er infiltrated Sunset Forest under cover of darkness to find a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast before rival forces arrived. They reached an area where the air grew dry and burned-smelling, leaving Ye Chen certain the beast was close.

• Ye Chen concealed himself and Wang Dong'er with his Taiyin Youying Martial Soul and located a careless Title Douluo drinking in a nearby tavern.
• Ye Chen monitored the Title Douluo while he and Wang Dong'er entered Sunset Forest and hurried north toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Ye Chen shielded Wang Dong'er from the cold as they traveled, refusing to stop despite her concern about his effort and the time they had left.
• Ye Chen noticed that soul beasts had become scarce and that the air smelled burned and lacked moisture, leading him to conclude the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was nearby.

Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er reached the poisonous miasma surrounding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye while tracking a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with Ultimate Fire. Ye Chen discovered the beast appeared to be a phoenix skeleton engulfed in flames, seemingly undergoing nirvana.

• Ye Chen sensed the poisonous miasma and explained to Wang Dong'er that a dangerous natural formation concealed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Ye Chen detected intense Space Power within the formation and suspected the treasure basin might exist in an independent Small World.
• Ye Chen led Wang Dong'er closer to the soul beast, then stopped five kilometers away and signaled her to stay quiet.
• Ye Chen saw a crystalline pile of bones wreathed in life-giving red flames and realized it resembled a phoenix undergoing nirvana.

Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er reached the poisonous miasma surrounding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye while tracking the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. From five kilometers away, Ye Chen discovered the target appeared to be a flaming, jade-white bird skeleton undergoing phoenix nirvana.

• Ye Chen sensed a poisonous miasma and explained that a natural formation inside could trap and kill those who entered without knowing how to pass through it.
• Ye Chen led Wang Dong'er toward the soul beast, warning her to stay close and then signaling her to remain quiet as they approached.
• A powerful heat wave filled with Life Energy appeared ahead, causing the plants it touched to grow rapidly.
• Ye Chen used his Spiritual Power to spot a bird-shaped pile of crystalline white bones wrapped in red flames.
• Ye Chen realized the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was seemingly a true Immortal Divine Beast undergoing phoenix nirvana and rebirth.

Ye Chen discovered a phoenix undergoing nirvana near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and considered how to make it his soul spirit. He approached the weakened bird with a plan to secure its cooperation before dawn.

• Ye Chen told Wang Dong'er that the regenerating skeleton was likely an ancient phoenix, and he became tempted by the prospect of gaining its nirvana ability.
• Ye Chen reasoned that the phoenix had restored its origin by absorbing energy from the Scorching Yang Spring but had begun nirvana before fully recovering.
• Ye Chen weighed forcibly contracting the phoenix, which would weaken it, against seeking its cooperation to preserve its full strength.
• Ye Chen formed a plan after learning the phoenix's incomplete origin left it vulnerable, while Wang Dong'er watched him suspiciously.
• Ye Chen quietly approached the phoenix through the Poisonous Miasma, confident that its Nirvana Fire could not harm him.

Ye Chen discovered that the bones near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye belonged to a phoenix undergoing nirvana, and decided to seize the chance to control it. He quietly approached the weakened bird with Wang Dong'er as dawn neared.

• Ye Chen told Wang Dong'er that the bones and Nirvana Fire suggested an ancient phoenix was recovering beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Ye Chen realized the phoenix's origin remained incomplete and that interrupting its nirvana could let him control it, though doing so would weaken its soul spirit.
• Ye Chen devised a scheme and led Wang Dong'er closer to the phoenix as the night began to end.
• Ye Chen advanced silently across exposed ground, confident that the Nirvana Fire could not harm him and would instead nourish him.

Ye Chen used his Bloodline Power and Burning Heaven Domain to convince the injured divine phoenix that he was an ancient being of its own kind. As Mu Xue’s group hurried toward the phoenix, Ye Chen began setting up the next step of his plan.

• Ye Chen revealed his four Soul Rings, and the divine phoenix sensed his aura and mistook it for that of a phoenix ancestor.
• Mu Xue led her people into Sunset Forest early, and a Title Douluo went ahead to investigate after soul beasts fled in fear.
• Ye Chen learned through his Spiritual Power that Mu Xue’s group was approaching and expanded his Burning Heaven Domain around the phoenix.
• The domain rapidly restored the phoenix’s Origin Power, and it became eager to obtain the power of one of Ye Chen’s suns.
• Ye Chen claimed he and the phoenix were the same kind of existence, then released Taiyin Youying’s Bloodline Power to convince it.

Ye Chen used his Burning Heaven Domain and Taiyin Youying bloodline to convince the injured divine phoenix that he was an ancient being of its kind. Meanwhile, Mu Xue’s party rushed toward the phoenix after sensing that someone might have reached it first.

• Ye Chen released his powerful aura, awakening the phoenix and filling it with fear and hope that an ancestor had come to help it.
• Mu Xue led her followers into Sunset Forest ahead of schedule, and a fleeing swarm of Soul Beasts and a phoenix cry warned them that someone might have found the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• One of Mu Xue’s Title Douluo went ahead to investigate while the rest hurried toward the phoenix.
• Ye Chen sensed Mu Xue’s party approaching and enveloped the phoenix and Wang Dong'er in his Burning Heaven Domain, rapidly restoring the phoenix’s Origin Power.
• Ye Chen claimed he and the phoenix were the same kind of existence, then released Taiyin Youying’s bloodline pressure until the phoenix believed him.

Ye Chen persuaded the phoenix divine beast Huang Yuan to consider a contract by offering her pure Nirvana Fire to revive her body and evolve her bloodline. He brought her into his Small World, where seeing the new world made her believe his claims.

• Ye Chen pressured the phoenix with Taiyin Youying's Bloodline Power and offered to help her complete nirvana if she became his partner.
• Ye Chen gave the phoenix a wisp of sacred origin flame, restarting her nirvana and strengthening her body.
• The phoenix asked about the contract, and Ye Chen named her Huang Yuan and described their shared-life partnership.
• Ye Chen told Huang Yuan he had rebuilt himself as a human and aimed to create a God Realm, then took her into his Small World.
• Huang Yuan saw Ye Chen's brand-new world and began to believe his claims.

Ye Chen persuaded the phoenix divine beast to accept a contract by offering her pure Nirvana Fire that could restore her body and evolve her bloodline. After naming her Huang Yuan, he brought her into the Small World, where its existence convinced her of his power and ambitions.

• Ye Chen offered to help the phoenix complete her nirvana and strengthen her bloodline if she became his partner.
• Ye Chen sent her a wisp of sacred origin flame, restoring her strength and restarting her nirvana.
• The phoenix agreed to the contract after experiencing the flame, and Ye Chen named her Huang Yuan.
• Ye Chen explained that the contract would let them live and die together, then invited Huang Yuan to see his created world.
• Ye Chen brought Huang Yuan into the Small World, and she believed his claims after seeing it.

Ye Chen captured Huang Yuan in his Small World and convinced her to follow him in exchange for the promise of eternal life and an evolved bloodline. He and Wang Dong'er fled Sunset Forest toward the Clear Sky Sect, while Huang Yuan prepared to complete her nirvana beneath the Fusang Divine Tree and an elderly man arrived too late to find her.

• Ye Chen sent Huang Yuan, who had no intention of resisting, into his Small World, then took Wang Dong'er and hurried away from Sunset Forest to avoid Mu Xue, Vina's people, and an investigating Title Douluo.
• Wang Dong'er directed Ye Chen toward the forest's outskirts, and they chose to head for the Clear Sky Sect rather than return to Mu Xue and Vina or venture toward the Extreme North.
• Ye Chen's Spiritual Power avatar showed Huang Yuan the Fusang Divine Tree and explained that it was the center of his Small World.
• Huang Yuan asked what would happen if she contracted with Ye Chen, and he promised her a lifespan equal to heaven and earth and the chance to surpass her ancestors' bloodline.
• Huang Yuan agreed to follow Ye Chen, and he said he would leave his flame by the Fusang Divine Tree so she could complete her nirvana.
• An elderly man arrived at the scorched site where Huang Yuan had undergone nirvana and realized he had come too late.

Ye Chen captured Huang Yuan by persuading her to enter his Small World, then fled Sunset Forest with Wang Dong'er to avoid Mu Xue, Vina, and the investigating Title Douluo. Inside the Small World, Huang Yuan agreed to follow Ye Chen and complete her Nirvana beside the Fusang Divine Tree, while an old man arrived too late to find her at the Nirvana site.

• Ye Chen sent Huang Yuan, who had no intention of resisting, into his Small World and flew away with Wang Dong'er.
• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er headed for the outskirts of Sunset Forest, avoiding Mu Xue and Vina's people and the dangers deeper in the forest.
• Huang Yuan explored the Small World, recognized it as a complete world, and asked Ye Chen what would happen to her if she joined his planned God Realm.
• Ye Chen promised Huang Yuan an endless lifespan and the chance to surpass her ancestors' bloodline, then told her to complete her Nirvana by the Fusang Divine Tree.
• Huang Yuan agreed to follow Ye Chen, and he promised to leave her the pure Nirvana Fire he had given her.
• An old man arrived at Huang Yuan's former Nirvana site and realized he had come too late.

Liu Shen, the Chasing Wind Douluo, tracked Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er after Huang Yuan vanished, while the pair raced toward the Clear Sky Sect. Just as they neared Wang Dong'er's home, Liu Shen caught up and attacked Ye Chen from behind.

• Liu Shen discovered faint human auras where Huang Yuan had disappeared and pursued them after alerting the main group.
• Ye Chen carried Wang Dong'er toward the Clear Sky Sect at full speed, trying to erase their trail as they joked about meeting her family in a sorry state.
• Wang Dong'er pointed out her home, the mountain range known as Cloud Recesses, as they approached it from Sunset Forest.
• Ye Chen sensed danger behind them and raised the Eternal Aurora Array and his wings to defend himself and Wang Dong'er.
• Liu Shen struck Ye Chen's barrier with an aged hand, sending him nearly a thousand meters forward, but Ye Chen avoided serious injury.

Liu Shen discovered that the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Huang Yuan had vanished and tracked the human traces left by Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er. As Ye Chen carried Wang Dong'er toward the Clear Sky Sect, Liu Shen caught up and attacked them just before they arrived.

• Liu Shen found no sign of Huang Yuan and sensed two faint human auras, so he marked a warning for the main group and pursued them.
• Ye Chen carried Wang Dong'er at full speed toward the Clear Sky Sect, hoping its reputation would deter anyone following them.
• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er joked about meeting her family after their hurried flight as the Clear Sky Sect's mountain range came into view.
• Ye Chen sensed danger and raised the Eternal Aurora Array and his wings to shield himself and Wang Dong'er from an attack.
• Liu Shen struck Ye Chen's barrier and sent him flying nearly a thousand meters, though Ye Chen avoided serious injury.

Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er fled from Liu Shen after he attacked them, with Ye Chen using a flying soul tool to gain speed. As Liu Shen caught up, Ye Chen drew an eighth-grade Fixed Soul Cannonball and warned him to stop, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Liu Shen's attack struck Ye Chen's Eternal Aurora Array, but Ye Chen sped away with Wang Dong'er rather than reveal his full strength.
• Wang Dong'er prepared to contact the Clear Sky Sect and swore Liu Shen would pay if Ye Chen was hurt.
• Ye Chen assembled a flying soul tool, briefly increasing his speed enough to widen the gap from Liu Shen.
• Liu Shen, the Chasing Wind Douluo, caught up again, and Ye Chen decided to use the Fixed Soul Cannonball he had taken from the academy.
• Ye Chen turned to face Liu Shen, warned him to leave, and raised the cannonball, while Liu Shen grew wary and suspected the pair were connected to Huang Yuan's disappearance.