Chapter Summaries

Ye Changge teamed up with Mu Qingluan to retaliate against Feng Qing'er, then claimed to be Mu Qingluan’s Senior Brother. Feng Qing'er threatened him with the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s elders, while Mu Qingluan withdrew her offer of protection after he struck her.

• Feng Qing'er used a suction force to overtake Mu Qingluan on their cranes.
• Ye Changge appeared behind Mu Qingluan and offered to help her deal with Feng Qing'er if she called him Senior Brother.
• Ye Changge attacked Feng Qing'er with an invisible energy hand, damaging her Seven-Colored Spirit Crane and forcing her to stop.
• Feng Qing'er threatened Ye Changge with retaliation from the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s elders after he claimed to be Mu Qingluan’s Senior Brother.
• Ye Changge slapped Mu Qingluan for calling him “kid,” and she said she would no longer have Starfall Pavilion elders protect him.

Ye Changge and Mu Qingluan crossed Tianmu Mountain’s illusion array and reached the Heavenly Stone Platform, where Jin Shi announced the Rat Tide Sonic Array trial for entry to the Blood Pool. Ye Changge charged into the array with Mu Qingluan on his flame dragon, leaving her worried that the sonic attacks would still hurt them.

• Ye Changge used a wisp of Heavenly Flame to guide Mu Qingluan through the fog-shrouded illusion array to Tianmu Mountain.
• Ye Changge and Mu Qingluan reached the Heavenly Stone Platform and saw Feng Qing'er waiting there.
• Jin Shi announced that passing the Rat Tide Sonic Array would earn the youths a chance to enter the Tianmu Mountain Blood Pool.
• Ye Changge noticed Jin Shi’s fire-poison affliction, and Jin Shi recognized him as a high-tier alchemist.
• Ye Changge rushed into the Rat Tide Sonic Array with Mu Qingluan, summoning Emperor Flame in dragon form to carry them as she warned that they could still be struck by sonic attacks.

Ye Changge used Fallen Emperor Flame to overcome the Gold-Devouring Rats’ sonic trial and secured a place in the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool. He agreed to cure Jin Shi’s fire poison in exchange for access to a secret realm beneath the pool, then entered the Blood Pool with Mu Qingluan as it opened.

• Fallen Emperor Flame’s roar crushed the Gold-Devouring Rats’ sonic attack, allowing Ye Changge and Mu Qingluan to reach the mountaintop and pass the trial.
• Jin Shi replaced the exhausted rats, and Feng Qing'er and five others later passed the trial while trading barbs with Ye Changge.
• Jin Shi led the ten qualified cultivators to the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool and warned them to stay inside no longer than three days.
• Jin Shi asked Ye Changge to cure the fire poison in his body and offered him access to the secret realm beneath the Blood Pool in exchange.
• Jin Shi gave Ye Changge a dark-gold rat skull key, and Ye Changge and Mu Qingluan entered the Blood Pool after its energy tide erupted.

Ye Changge and Mu Qingluan cultivated in the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool while Feng Qing'er left after reaching the Three-star Dou Emperor Realm. Ye Changge broke through to Seven-star Dou Zong, and more than twenty days later he and Mu Qingluan still had not emerged, worrying Jin Shi and Jin Gu.

• Ye Changge used the rat skull to open the spatial passage and protected Mu Qingluan from the blood pool's pressure and fire poison with his Heavenly Flames.
• Ye Changge and Mu Qingluan absorbed the pool's energy for five days, and Ye Changge broke through to Seven-star Dou Zong.
• Ye Changge concentrated more energy around Mu Qingluan to help her break through to the Dou Emperor Realm, then continued cultivating beside her.
• Feng Qing'er left the pool after reaching Three-star Dou Emperor Realm and waited for Ye Changge before leaving to wait at the mountain-range exit.
• After more than twenty days, Jin Shi and Jin Gu worried that Mu Qingluan and Ye Changge had not returned from the secret realm.

Ye Changge left the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan with Mu Qingluan after helping her advance and curing Jin Shi’s fire poison. As they headed for the Tianmu Mountain Range exit, Mu Qingluan warned him that Feng Qing'er and two powerful elders were waiting to intercept them.

• Ye Changge and Mu Qingluan emerged from the blood pool, having reached the Three-star Dou Zong and Three-star Dou Huang realms respectively.
• Ye Changge gave Jin Shi a list of medicinal ingredients to treat his fire poison, then cured him over the next five days.
• Ye Changge told Mu Qingluan he was going with her to meet Venerable Feng, while she warned that Feng Qing'er had two Five-star Dou Zong elders guarding her.
• Ye Changge ignored Mu Qingluan’s pleas to avoid the exit and flew toward it, with Mu Qingluan chasing after him.
• Feng Qing'er continued waiting at the mountain range’s only exit with Elder Mu and another elder after waiting there for twenty-five days.

Ye Changge confronted Feng Qing'er and the Wind Lightning Pavilion elders after emerging from the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool. Mu Qingluan intervened to protect him, but Ye Changge launched his own attack and revealed strength that surprised Elder Huo.

• Feng Qing'er demanded that Ye Changge return with her to the Wind Lightning Pavilion and serve ten years in the Heavenly Thunder Pagoda, but he refused.
• Feng Qing'er ordered Elder Huo and Elder Mu to capture Ye Changge, while Mu Qingluan arrived and assigned Elder Liu to protect him.
• Ye Changge attacked Feng Qing'er, and Elder Huo intercepted his first strike in a clash that ended in a draw.
• Ye Changge struck Elder Huo again and knocked him toward the ground, prompting Elder Huo to realize Ye Changge was stronger than a Three-star Dou Zong.
• Elder Huo counterattacked, but Ye Changge revealed a silver arm behind him and struck at his back.

Ye Changge defeated Elder Huo and pursued Feng Qing'er and the Wind Lightning Pavilion elders as they tried to escape. He left Elder Mu trapped with the Earthly Demon Puppet while he chased after Feng Qing'er and Elder Huo.

• Ye Changge overwhelmed Elder Huo, who fled back to Feng Qing'er and Elder Mu with his left arm crippled.
• Elder Huo urged Feng Qing'er to retreat, and Elder Mu stayed behind to hold Ye Changge off while Huo carried her away.
• Ye Changge sent the Earthly Demon Puppet to fight Elder Mu and pursued Feng Qing'er and Elder Huo.
• Elder Mu trapped the Earthly Demon Puppet in a domain of lightning, but the puppet grew stronger and attacked him more fiercely.

Ye Changge defeated the Wind Lightning Pavilion elders, captured Feng Qing'er and Elder Huo, and returned to find the Earthly Demon Puppet had subdued Elder Mu. Just as Ye Changge prepared to kill the three captives, a powerful silver figure appeared and confronted him.

• Ye Changge caught Elder Huo and Feng Qing'er as they fled, knocking them unconscious with an invisible flaming hand.
• The Earthly Demon Puppet defeated Elder Mu by interrupting her attempted self-destruction and brought her to Mu Qingluan and Elder Liu.
• Ye Changge returned with Elder Huo and Feng Qing'er and reunited the captured elders, then prepared to kill them with a flaming spear.
• A powerful silver figure appeared and warned Ye Changge not to harm Feng Qing'er, and Ye Changge greeted the newcomer calmly.

Ye Changge faced Fei Tian, the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s Northern Pavilion Master, after ordering Mu Qingluan and the others to retreat. Their opening exchange escalated into a clash between Ye Changge’s World-Destroying Spear and Fei Tian’s lightning spear.

• Fei Tian threatened Mu Qingluan and Elder Liu, but Ye Changge told them and the others to retreat a hundred zhang from the battlefield.
• Fei Tian boasted about his strength as a Seven-star Dou Zong, and Ye Changge mocked him before attacking from behind.
• Fei Tian evaded Ye Changge’s blow and became wary after seeing his strength.
• Fei Tian summoned a domain of lightning as Ye Changge formed a spear of invisible flame.
• Ye Changge hurled his World-Destroying Spear at Fei Tian, who threw a purple-black lightning spear to meet it, and the weapons collided.

Ye Changge fought Fei Tian, countering the Wind Lightning Pavilion master's clone with his Wolf Spirit and Fallen Heart Flame. Fei Tian then unleashed the Thunder God secret art, raising his strength to an early Nine-star Dou Zong.

• Fei Tian created a Five-star Dou Zong clone with the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body and attacked Ye Changge with Wind Lightning Claw.
• Ye Changge summoned the Wolf Spirit, which struck Fei Tian's true body and swallowed his clone.
• Ye Changge revealed that the Wolf Spirit had devoured the clone and that the Fallen Heart Flame could burn its soul imprint, which contained the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body method.
• Fei Tian realized Ye Changge could seek Three Thousand Lightning Movement from Feng Qing'er and vowed to end the fight with one move.
• Fei Tian activated Descent of the Thunder God, causing his aura to surge to the early Nine-star Dou Zong level.

Ye Changge and Fei Tian both reached Nine-star Dou Zong strength and clashed with their summoned spirit beasts. Ye Changge defeated Fei Tian but was also badly injured, leaving the North Pavilion Master trapped in his Dragon Spirit’s claw.

• Fei Tian used a secret technique to raise his cultivation from Seven-star Dou Zong to Nine-star Dou Zong.
• Ye Changge replaced the Wolf Spirit with the Dragon Spirit and fused with it, raising his strength to Nine-star Dou Zong.
• Fei Tian summoned his thunder hammer and unleashed the Thunder Annihilation Hammer, creating a Unicorn Thunder Beast that charged the Dragon Spirit.
• The Dragon Spirit and Unicorn Thunder Beast collided, releasing an energy storm that nearly struck Mu Qingluan and Elder Liu.
• The Dragon Spirit emerged victorious, gripping the bloodied Fei Tian in its claw and declaring that it had won the round.

Ye Changge killed Fei Tian, took Feng Qing'er's Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and spared her and the two elders at Mu Qingluan's request. He and Mu Qingluan left for the Wind Lightning Mountain Range, while two golden-robed figures revealed they had watched the battle from afar.

• Ye Changge crushed Fei Tian with Dragon Spirit, then recovered his strength with pills after Dragon Spirit vanished.
• Ye Changge forced Elder Huo back and took the Three Thousand Lightning Movement scroll from Feng Qing'er.
• Mu Qingluan urged Ye Changge to spare Feng Qing'er and the elders, citing the upcoming Four Directions Pavilion Assembly and the alliance between their pavilions.
• Ye Changge agreed to spare the three for Mu Qingluan's sake, and Feng Qing'er left with the Fire-Wood Elders while Elder Liu disappeared into the void.
• Ye Changge and Mu Qingluan departed on the White Crane for the Wind Lightning Mountain Range.
• Two golden-robed figures revealed themselves on a mountain peak and discussed how Ye Changge had proved stronger than them.

Ye Changge secretly cultivated the Three Thousand Lightning Movement near the Wind Lightning Pavilion and reached its first level before heading to Thunder Mountain for the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly. Meanwhile, Gu Xun'er learned of his achievements and ordered Elder Ling to keep tracking him.

• Ye Changge parted from Mu Qingluan near the Wind Lightning Mountain Range, and she traveled onward to meet Venerable Feng.
• Ye Changge waited through a storm to absorb wind lightning power, then spent twelve days cultivating in a swamp and mastered Lightning Flash.
• Gu Xun'er heard Elder Ling's report that Ye Changge had reached seven-star Dou Zong strength and defeated Fei Tian.
• Gu Xun'er refused to rely on the Emperor Altar to become a Dou Zong and told Elder Ling to continue investigating Ye Changge.

Ye Changge interrupted the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly on Thunder Mountain, prompting Venerable Lei to confront him over the Northern Pavilion Master's death. Venerable Feng revealed his five-star Dou Zun strength and offered Venerable Extreme Pills to settle the dispute, leaving the assembly ready to continue.

• Ye Changge arrived at the assembly and identified himself, and Venerable Lei ordered the West and South Pavilion Masters to seize him.
• Venerable Feng claimed Ye Changge as his disciple and asked Venerable Lei to let the matter go.
• Venerable Feng revealed he was a five-star Dou Zun, shocking Venerable Lei, Venerable Jian, and Venerable Huangquan.
• Venerable Feng offered Venerable Lei a Venerable Extreme Pill, and Venerable Lei agreed to put aside the conflict until after the assembly.
• Venerable Feng offered Venerable Jian and Venerable Huangquan two pills if they accepted a proposal, and they hesitated over its consequences.
• Venerable Lei called down the West and South Pavilion Masters and declared the confrontation a misunderstanding.

The Four Directions Pavilion Assembly began with a chaotic battle that left Mu Qingluan, Feng Qing'er, Tang Ying, Wang Chen, and four one-star Dou Huangs to advance. After the Pavilion’s disciples eliminated the other contenders and the four Dou Huangs, Feng Qing’er and Tang Ying faced off in the first match, which ended with Feng Qing’er summoning and empowering a massive colorful phoenix against Tang Ying’s Sword Control Technique.

• Venerable Lei declared the Assembly underway, and Wang Chen persuaded the four Pavilion disciples to join forces against the other contestants.
• The four disciples and their opponents fought a massive melee, leaving the four Pavilion disciples and four one-star Dou Huangs standing after twelve minutes.
• Venerable Lei and the other Venerables arranged for the Pavilion disciples to face the four one-star Dou Huangs, and the disciples eliminated them before drawing lots.
• Feng Qing'er faced Tang Ying in the first match; Tang Ying destroyed her colorful silk and launched his sword at her with the Myriad Sword Pavilion's Sword Control Technique.
• Feng Qing'er formed a huge colorful phoenix from her silk and fed it a drop of essence blood, bringing it to life with a violent aura.

Feng Qing'er and Tang Ying each used powerful secret techniques to raise their strength and prepared their decisive attacks in the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly Tournament. The chapter ended as Tang Ying's enormous azure sword swept toward the Black Phoenix Saint Statue's attack.

• Feng Qing'er used Wind Kill Finger to shatter Tang Ying's azure sword attack, then absorbed her phoenix and rose from four-star to six-star Dou Huang.
• Venerable Jian realized Feng Qing'er was a Heavenly Demonic Phoenix, and Venerable Lei explained that her clan had requested special treatment for her.
• Tang Ying used Return to Origin Sword Treasury to raise his strength to the peak of five-star Dou Huang and awaken his Sword Pupils.
• Feng Qing'er summoned the Demonic Phoenix Saint Statue and drew in energy from heaven and earth to form a massive black attack.
• Tang Ying summoned a ten-zhang azure greatsword and sent it sweeping toward Feng Qing'er's black radiance with One Sword Breaks All Laws.

Tang Ying and Feng Qing'er fought in the tournament, with Tang Ying using the Myriad Sword Art to overwhelm her Saint Statue Demonic Phoenix Bell. He conceded the round despite breaking her defense, leaving Feng Qing'er unsettled by his graceful departure.

• Feng Qing'er shattered Tang Ying's azure sword radiance and challenged him to fight without his sword.
• Tang Ying summoned the Myriad Sword Art, calling nearly a thousand azure swords down from the sky.
• Feng Qing'er transformed her Black Phoenix Phantom into the Saint Statue Demonic Phoenix Bell and withstood the descending swords.
• Tang Ying's sword rain battered the bell, but he retrieved his final sword and declared Feng Qing'er the winner.
• Tang Ying flew back to the high platform, while Feng Qing'er wondered why her victory felt like a loss.

Mu Qingluan faced Wang Chen in the Four Directions Pavilion tournament after Feng Qing'er defeated Tang Ying, and Ye Changge revealed that Mu Qingluan had begun awakening her Heavenly Luan Bloodline. Mu Qingluan gained the upper hand, but Wang Chen refused to accept defeat and launched another attack.

• Feng Qing'er defeated Tang Ying, and Ye Changge gave Tang Ying fifth-tier Qi Cultivation Pills to help him recover.
• Mu Qingluan entered the arena to fight Wang Chen, while Ye Changge told Venerable Feng that she had begun awakening her Heavenly Luan Bloodline.
• Mu Qingluan teased Wang Chen about calling her Senior Sister before they began fighting.
• Wang Chen attacked Mu Qingluan with his dark daggers, but she swiftly placed her sword against his neck and declared him defeated.
• Wang Chen evaded Mu Qingluan's sword and unleashed Bone-Eroding Round Dagger Dance, filling the air with black streaks around her.

Mu Qingluan fought Wang Chen in the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly, disarming him and countering his techniques until he unleashed the Yellow Spring Blood Art. As Wang Chen’s aura rose to the five-star Dou Huang realm, the battle stood poised to be decided in one move.

• Mu Qingluan used Wind Cut to expose a flaw in Wang Chen’s offense, knock both daggers from his hands, and force him to abandon them.
• Wang Chen attacked with Corpse Erosion Hand, but Mu Qingluan answered with Gale Dance and sent a wind-blade tornado crashing into him.
• Wang Chen emerged battered and enraged, then activated the Yellow Spring Blood Art, raising his strength to the five-star Dou Huang realm.
• Venerable Jian and Venerable Huangquan discussed Wang Chen’s secret art, while Venerable Feng remained relaxed about Mu Qingluan’s chances.
• Wang Chen demanded that Mu Qingluan surrender, but she mocked his boasting and warned she would only beat him half to death.

Mu Qingluan awakened her Heavenly Luan Bloodline and defeated Wang Chen with Luan Phoenix Returns to Nest. Venerable Huangquan entered the arena to retrieve his badly wounded disciple, who still protested that he had not lost.

• Wang Chen used Yellow Springs Corpse Arm and mocked Mu Qingluan, who announced she would finish the fight quickly.
• Mu Qingluan released her bloodline and summoned the Heavenly Luan True Body, shocking Feng Qing'er and suppressing her bloodline.
• Wang Chen attacked before Mu Qingluan could fully solidify the phantom, but her Luan Phoenix Returns to Nest shattered his arm and blasted him across the platform.
• Mu Qingluan's Heavenly Luan Phantom dispersed from the strain, while Wang Chen tried to keep fighting despite his wounds.
• Venerable Huangquan rushed into the arena, scolded Wang Chen for refusing to surrender, and carried him away as Wang Chen asked him to preserve his dignity.