Recaps

Tang Zhen and Wind Venerable negotiated Burning Flame Valley’s help rescuing Yao Lao, but the talks grew tense when Red Fire Elder demanded that Yao Lao take a Burning Flame Valley disciple as his apprentice. Xiao Yan and the narrator rejected the demand, leaving the negotiations at an impasse.

• Tang Zhen escorted Wind Venerable and his party by air into Burning Flame Valley, breaking the valley’s usual rules.
• Tang Zhen and Wind Venerable agreed that Burning Flame Valley would receive five alchemy commissions if the rescue succeeded and negotiated compensation if it failed.
• Xiao Yan complained that Burning Flame Valley was being greedy and insisted that rescuing Yao Lao could not fail.
• Red Fire Elder demanded that Yao Lao take a Burning Flame Valley disciple as an apprentice after he was rescued.
• Xiao Yan angrily rejected the demand, Wind Venerable said Yao Chen alone could decide whether to take an apprentice, and the narrator told Tang Zhen he was being too greedy.

Nalan Ye rejected Tang Zhen’s demand that Yao Chen accept a Burning Flame Valley disciple in exchange for help rescuing him. After Nalan Ye threatened to seek another ally and disparaged Burning Flame Valley, Tang Zhen attacked and hurled him out of the hall, prompting Wind Venerable to confront Tang Zhen.

• Red Fire Elder and the Burning Flame Valley elders pressed Wind Venerable to let one of their disciples become Yao Chen’s apprentice.
• Wind Venerable offered Burning Flame Valley five more pill-refining quotas and ten medicinal pills from Yao Chen, but Tang Zhen favored securing a lasting connection through an apprenticeship.
• Nalan Ye refused the demand and warned Tang Zhen that other Central Plains factions could help rescue Yao Chen.
• Tang Zhen accused Nalan Ye of threatening him, and Nalan Ye cited his past killings and raid on the Wind and Lightning Pavilion before declaring Burning Flame Valley unimportant to him.
• Tang Zhen ordered Nalan Ye to leave and blasted him out of the hall, while Wind Venerable rose to challenge Tang Zhen.

Nalan Ye and the Starfall Pavilion group clashed with Tang Zhen over the Burning Flame Valley’s demand that Yao Chen accept a disciple, but the confrontation ended without a fight. Nalan Ye regrouped with Wind Venerable and Xiao Yan to discuss rescuing Yao Chen, leaving them to seek another way to secure Burning Flame Valley’s cooperation.

• Tang Zhen struck Nalan Ye, prompting Wind Venerable, Xiao Yan, and the elders of both factions to prepare for a fight.
• Tang Zhen ordered Red Fire Elder to escort Wind Venerable and the Starfall Pavilion group out, and both sides left the hall without fighting.
• Little Fairy Doctor checked on Nalan Ye, who admitted he had deliberately made the strike seem worse to test Tang Zhen’s position.
• Nalan Ye argued that rescuing Yao Chen without Burning Flame Valley’s help was too dangerous because the Hall of Souls branch was guarded by a Venerable and three Great Protectors.
• Nalan Ye arranged lodging for Wind Venerable’s group, then met privately with Wind Venerable and Xiao Yan to discuss their next move.

Nalan Ye persuaded Xiao Yan and Wind Venerable to accept Burning Flame Valley’s demand as part of the effort to rescue Yao Lao, then joined planning the rescue operation. After the group agreed on a team and preparations, Tang Zhen began refining a Fire Bodhi Pill with Nalan Ye and Master Huan.

• Nalan Ye explained why they should not seek other allies or risk angering Burning Flame Valley, and suggested that Yao Chen could accept their disciple without teaching them alchemy.
• Wind Venerable and Xiao Yan accepted Nalan Ye’s reasoning, and the group agreed to Burning Flame Valley’s demand during a second meeting with Tang Zhen.
• Nalan Ye kept the location of Venerable Yao’s imprisonment confidential while the group planned the rescue team and escape contingencies.
• Tang Zhen decided they would set out after he refined a medicinal pill for his daughter, and Mu Qingluan and Tang Huo'er were denied permission to join the rescue.
• Tang Zhen began refining a Fire Bodhi Pill with Nalan Ye and Master Huan, giving them part of the pill recipe to study.

Tang Zhen, Master Huan, and Nalan Ye began refining the ingredients for the Fire Bodhi Pill to save Tang Huo'er. After two days of preparation, they started fusing the medicinal essences, while Nalan Ye faced doubts from the watching alchemists.

• Tang Zhen gave Master Huan and Nalan Ye separate portions of the Fire Bodhi Pill recipe and brought out the Mountain Melting Cauldron.
• Tang Zhen, Master Huan, and Nalan Ye spent two days and nights refining medicinal ingredients with their flames.
• Tang Zhen gave Master Huan a pill to help his soul withstand the nine dragons lightning flame.
• The three alchemists placed roughly fifty medicinal essences in the cauldron and began fusing them according to the recipe.
• Watching alchemists praised Master Huan's technique and questioned Nalan Ye's skill, while Little Fairy Doctor defended him.

Nalan Ye took part in refining a Fire Bodhi Pill alongside Tang Zhen and Master Huan, slowly fusing medicinal essences under the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame. After six days, the ingredients had all been refined, and the watching alchemists praised Nalan Ye’s persistence and skill.

• Tang Zhen refined the medicinal ingredients with the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame while Nalan Ye and Master Huan fused their medicinal essences.
• Nalan Ye formed an early Fire Bodhi Pill prototype after spending six to eight hours on the first stage of fusion.
• Over six days, Tang Zhen, Master Huan, and Nalan Ye continued refining as the medicinal fragrance grew stronger.
• Master Mo claimed Nalan Ye relied on his exotic flame, and the Little Fairy Doctor threatened him with her Dou Zong pressure.
• Master Xiao defended Nalan Ye, noting he had fused twenty-three clumps of medicinal essence without a mistake and admitting he could not do the same.
• The alchemists praised Nalan Ye and Master Huan as the only participants who had passed Tang Zhen’s test, while Xiao Yan privately claimed he could have passed too.

Tang Zhen, Master Huan, and Nalan Ye completed the three Fire Bodhi Pill prototypes after days of refining and fusion. Tang Zhen explained that the final stage required joining them in a strict order, beginning with Nalan Ye's secondary pill.

• Tang Zhen finished refining the medicinal ingredients and praised Nalan Ye and Master Huan for forming their pill prototypes.
• Tang Zhen gave Master Huan white pills to ease the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame's damage to his soul before joining the others in pill fusion.
• After three more days, Tang Zhen, Master Huan, and Nalan Ye completed their prototypes, with Tang Zhen's containing more medicinal essence than the other two.
• Nalan Ye compared the prototypes and marveled at Tang Zhen's greater speed and the Fire Bodhi Pill's immense ingredient value.
• Tang Zhen told Nalan Ye and Master Huan that they had to fuse the prototypes in order, starting with Nalan Ye's secondary pill and then Master Huan's.

I successfully fused my young pill with Tang Zhen’s, producing a dazzling celestial phenomenon and completing my part of the Fire Bodhi Pill’s refinement. Master Huan then failed at the same step, leaving Tang Huo’er’s life-saving pill in jeopardy and Burning Flame Valley in despair.

• I and Tang Zhen brought our two young pills together and suppressed the explosive force when they touched.
• I endured the repulsion as the young pills fused, and their completion sent multicolored light across the sky above Burning Flame Valley.
• Tang Zhen thanked me and began the fusion with Master Huan while I watched from the side.
• Master Huan failed to withstand the force when the young pills touched, spat blood, and collapsed with serious injuries.
• Tang Zhen and Tang Huo’er were devastated by Master Huan’s failure, while a Burning Flame Valley elder angrily condemned him.

After Master Huan collapsed from the strain of refining the Fire Bodhi Pill, Nalan Ye offered to take over his intact embryonic pill. He used his Boundless Human Sea technique to mimic Master Huan’s aura, and the pill accepted his soul power, leaving the crowd stunned as it rose inside the Mountain Melting Cauldron.

• Tang Zhen examined Master Huan and found that the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame had severely injured his soul, while the Fire Bodhi Pill remained unfinished.
• Nalan Ye offered to continue refining Master Huan’s intact embryonic pill, despite the alchemists’ doubts that anyone else could control it.
• Nalan Ye used Boundless Human Sea to absorb Master Huan’s aura and make his body and soul resemble Master Huan’s.
• Nalan Ye touched the embryonic pill with his soul power, and it accepted his control and floated upward inside the Mountain Melting Cauldron.

Nalan Ye helped Tang Zhen fuse two young pills, overcoming a powerful backlash by revealing that he had reached Five Star Dou Zong. The fusion succeeded and summoned a Seven-Colored Pill Tribulation, and Tang Zhen suggested that Nalan Ye face it.

• Xiao Yan was stunned that Nalan Ye could control the young pill, while Nalan Ye asked Tang Zhen for time to familiarize himself with it.
• Nalan Ye and Tang Zhen began fusing the young pills, but their collision produced a stronger repulsive force than before.
• Nalan Ye revealed his increased soul power and suppressed the backlash, surprising Xiao Yan and reassuring Tang Zhen.
• The fusion produced a fiery-red beam and summoned a Seven-Colored Pill Tribulation over the Blazing Flame Mountain Range.
• Tang Zhen asked Nalan Ye to handle the pill tribulation, leaving Nalan Ye bewildered.

Tang Zhen destroyed the seven-colored pill tribulation, and Tang Huo'er recovered after absorbing the Fire Bodhi Pill. Nalan Ye celebrated with Little Fairy Doctor, then accepted Tang Huo'er's thanks as Wind Venerable and the others arrived.

• Tang Zhen used a silver fire dragon to shatter the tribulation lightning and disperse the clouds.
• Tang Huo'er, Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, and Mu Qingluan gathered around Nalan Ye, while Xiao Yan joked that Nalan Ye had even more luck with women than he did.
• Wind Venerable praised Tang Zhen's strength and wondered whether Nalan Ye might become his disciple.
• Tang Huo'er emerged from seclusion after three days, having absorbed the Fire Bodhi Pill and nearly healed the injuries caused by the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame.
• Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor were alone together in his quiet room for nearly two hours before Tang Huo'er arrived to thank him.
• Tang Huo'er thanked Nalan Ye for saving her, and Tang Zhen scolded her for crying as Wind Venerable and the others arrived.

Nalan Ye led an eighteen-person force from Starfall Pavilion and Burning Flame Valley to rescue Yao Lao, keeping their destination secret and their departure discreet. After Little Fairy Doctor secretly sent a coded message through the Hall of Souls, the group entered Red Fire City's Space Wormhole and began the journey.

• Wind Venerable and Tang Zhen agreed to accompany Nalan Ye on a mission to rescue Yao Lao, whose prison location Nalan Ye kept secret.
• Nalan Ye set out with Xiao Yan, Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, Qiu Yin, Qiu Si, and twelve experts from Starfall Pavilion and Burning Flame Valley.
• Nalan Ye asked Wind Venerable and Tang Zhen to have the elders change clothes and suppress their auras so the group would attract less attention.
• In Blazing Fire City, Little Fairy Doctor sent a coded message to Wu Hall Master through a Hall of Souls outpost and then rejoined the group.
• Nalan Ye led the party through Red Fire City's Space Wormhole to begin the rescue mission, while Tang Zhen recounted Nalan Ye's battle against Ice River Valley.

Nalan Ye and his companions reached Lost Soul City before setting out to rescue Yao Lao from the West Underworld Earth Hall. After receiving Wu Hall Master's uncertain intelligence, Nalan Ye decided they would proceed with the rescue anyway.

• Nalan Ye, Xiao Yan, Wind Venerable, Tang Zhen, and their party arrived in Lost Soul City and planned to rest before rescuing Yao Lao the next day.
• Nalan Ye gave the Hall of Souls Protector Token to Little Fairy Doctor, who went to collect Wu Hall Master's reply from the local outpost.
• Xiao Yan thanked Nalan Ye for helping arrange the rescue, then boasted that he would help destroy the Hall of Souls despite Nalan Ye advising him to stay back if fighting began.
• Little Fairy Doctor returned with Wu Hall Master's coded letter, and Nalan Ye spent nearly half an hour decoding it.
• Nalan Ye learned that Wu Hall Master had observed no recent changes at the West Underworld Earth Hall but warned his information might be unreliable, so Nalan Ye decided to proceed with the rescue.

Nalan Ye led Little Fairy Doctor, Wind Venerable, Tang Zhen, and their companions from Lost Soul City toward the Mountain Range of Dead Souls to rescue Yao Lao from a Hall of Souls Branch Hall. After taking Warm Heart Pills to conceal their presence and resist the mountain’s yin qi, the group entered on foot, with Nalan Ye telling Zi Yan to release her overlord aura.

• Nalan Ye woke Little Fairy Doctor and gathered Wind Venerable, Tang Zhen, Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, Qiu Yin, Qiu Si, and the elders for a midnight departure.
• Nalan Ye revealed that Yao Lao was imprisoned in a Hall of Souls Branch Hall deep within the Mountain Range of Dead Souls.
• The group reached the mountain range and learned that its yin qi made flying in with Dou Qi dangerous because it would expose them.
• Little Fairy Doctor distributed Warm Heart Pills, and Nalan Ye instructed everyone to keep their medicinal power sealed as they continued on foot.
• Nalan Ye led the group into the yin qi and told Zi Yan to release her overlord aura.

Nalan Ye led the party through the Mountain Range of Dead Souls toward the West Underworld Earth Hall, avoiding magical beasts with Zi Yan’s dragon might. He spotted the Hall’s hidden bird sentries and had Little Fairy Doctor poison them, then guided the group into the forest near the branch hall.

• Nalan Ye led the eighteen-person party through the misty mountains while Zi Yan’s dragon might drove away magical beasts.
• Xiao Yan complained about the difficult trek, and Nalan Ye used Wu Hall Master’s route map to estimate that they were close to the West Underworld Earth Hall.
• Nalan Ye spotted black birds acting as sentries and warned the party that they could alert the Hall through sound waves.
• Little Fairy Doctor scattered poison that killed the birds, and Nalan Ye gave everyone Heart Clearing Pills as an antidote.
• Nalan Ye led the party into the forest, where the West Underworld Earth Hall stood at its center.

The narrator, Xiao Yan, and their allies reached the West Underworld Earth Hall to rescue Yao Chen, and Zi Yan opened a passage through its Space Barrier. The narrator and Wind Venerable infiltrated the Hall, found Yao Chen bound in its central square, and set off toward him openly when stealth seemed impossible.

• The group reached the West Underworld Earth Hall and found its grand formation inactive, though a Space Barrier blocked their way in.
• After the narrator fed Zi Yan a Sixth-Rank Pill, she opened a passage through the Space Barrier.
• The narrator and Wind Venerable entered the Hall in Black Cloaks while Xiao Yan, Tang Zhen, and the others waited outside.
• Wind Venerable spotted Yao Chen imprisoned in a glowing cluster at the center of a square, bound by four black chains.
• The narrator decided to walk openly toward the square with Wind Venerable, leaving him astonished.

Nalan Ye and Wind Venerable infiltrated the West Underworld Earth Hall and reached the plaza where Yao Lao was imprisoned. Nalan Ye planned for Wind Venerable to attack the Hall of Dead Souls Master while he destroyed the formation’s central hub.

• Nalan Ye used a Hall of Souls Protector Token to lead Wind Venerable through the outer district without raising suspicion.
• Nalan Ye put away the Token and guided Wind Venerable through the busy inner district disguised as ordinary disciples.
• At the plaza, Wind Venerable prepared to rescue Yao Lao, but Nalan Ye stopped him and warned that they needed a way to escape afterward.
• Nalan Ye pointed out the Hall of Dead Souls Master’s palace and told Wind Venerable to enter and launch a sneak attack.
• Nalan Ye identified the plaza as a great formation and said he would destroy its central hub.

The narrator infiltrated the West Underworld Earth Hall to free Yao Chen, while Wind Venerable entered the main palace to draw the branch hall master’s attention. The narrator encountered the Hall of Dead Souls Master guarding Soul Locking Square and, after being exposed, loudly claimed to be Yao Ri Tian of the Medicine Clan to create an opening for Wind Venerable.

• Yao Lao sensed a familiar aura near two black-cloaked figures but dismissed the possibility that Gu Ling had come.
• Wind Venerable walked toward the largest palace while the narrator entered Soul Locking Square, intending to reach Yao Lao and destroy the formation.
• The narrator claimed he had a message from the Hall Master, but the square’s guard revealed himself as the Hall of Dead Souls Master and confronted him.
• The narrator realized Wind Venerable had gone into the palace while the Hall of Dead Souls Master remained in the square, ruining their planned sneak attack.
• The narrator declared himself Yao Ri Tian of the Medicine Clan and threatened the Hall of Souls unless it released Yao Chen.

Yao Ri Tian revealed his Medicine Clan identity while moving to rescue Yao Chen from the Hall of Dead Souls, and Wind Venerable Gu Ling ambushed the Hall of Dead Souls Master. Yao Ri Tian began trying to break the soul-binding array, but his first strike failed.

• Yao Ri Tian declared that he had come on behalf of the Medicine Clan to take Yao Chen, leaving his back exposed to the Hall of Dead Souls Master.
• The Hall of Dead Souls Master hesitated to kill Yao Ri Tian because he feared provoking the Medicine Clan, then tried to capture him alive.
• Wind Venerable Gu Ling attacked the Hall of Dead Souls Master and severed his right arm with a single sword strike.
• Yao Ri Tian rushed to Yao Chen and struck one of the black pillars, but his punch could not break the soul locking iron.
• Yao Lao explained that the pillars belonged to the Eight Extremes Four Spirits Grand Array, and Yao Ri Tian summoned the human world kindling flame to burn one.

Tang Zhen and the others joined the battle at the Hall of Dead Souls while Ri Tian freed Yao Lao and destroyed the formation’s core. The Hall of Dead Souls Master ordered a retreat as their enemies overwhelmed them.

• Tang Zhen led sixteen people into the Hall of Dead Souls after hearing the fighting begin.
• Ri Tian burned the soul-locking iron pillar while Wind Venerable fought off the Hall’s three Great Protectors.
• Yao Lao urged Ri Tian and Gu Ling to flee, but the Medicine Clan’s army arrived with a Venerable and numerous Dou Zong fighters.
• Ri Tian shattered the pillar, destroying the Eight Extremes Four Spirits Grand Array before the Hall could activate it.
• Tang Zhen led powerful elders toward the Hall of Dead Souls Master, who ordered his forces to retreat.

After the Hall of Dead Souls Master fled the defeated West Underworld Earth Hall, the allied forces pursued the scattered defenders. The narrator ordered Little Fairy Doctor to kill witnesses who could expose his hidden Protector Token, and no named target escaped.

• The Hall of Dead Souls Master fled into the mist, and the narrator ordered the allied forces to pursue the retreating defenders.
• Tang Zhen, Wind Venerable, and the elders chased the fleeing Hall of Dead Souls forces while Zi Yan pursued a Protector.
• Zi Yan was struck by a Soul Locking Chain, but she seized it and used it to lash the Protector as he fled.
• The narrator told Little Fairy Doctor to kill witnesses who had seen his Protector Token, identifying their positions with his Soul Power.
• Little Fairy Doctor killed the designated Hall of Dead Souls members, including a Four Star Dou Huang, and none of the narrator's targets escaped.

Xiao Yan reunited with Yao Lao in the West Underworld Earth Hall and tried to break the chains holding him, but Nalan Ye freed him by burning away their essence first. Yao Lao mistook Nalan Ye for a Medicine Clan rescuer until Nalan Ye revealed his identity, leaving their first meeting with a familiar joke.

• Xiao Yan found Yao Lao bound in Soul Locking Square and knelt to apologize for arriving late.
• Xiao Yan struck the Soul Locking Chains but failed to damage them, so Nalan Ye burned away their essence and shattered them.
• Yao Lao thanked Xiao Yan and the person he believed was the Medicine Clan member Yao Ri Tian.
• Wind Venerable questioned Yao Lao's belief that the Medicine Clan had rescued him, and Xiao Yan started to correct him.
• Nalan Ye removed his hood, introduced himself to Yao Lao, and was recognized as the Left Supervisor who had fooled him before.

Nalan Ye helped rescue Yao Lao from the Hall of Souls by deceiving Star Plucking Old Ghost with the Medicine Clan’s name and sabotaging the Eight Extremes Four Spirits Grand Array. After the group freed the imprisoned souls at Soul Locking Square, Nalan Ye arranged to collect them and sent everyone to search the abandoned West Underworld Earth Hall.

• Yao Lao learned that Nalan Ye and the rescuers were not from the Medicine Clan, while Wind Venerable credited Nalan Ye with most of the rescue.
• Wind Venerable explained that Nalan Ye posed as a Medicine Clan member, frightened Star Plucking Old Ghost, and sabotaged the grand array, allowing the rescuers to drive him away.
• Yao Lao agreed to free the other souls imprisoned at Soul Locking Square, and Nalan Ye offered to take charge of them.
• Nalan Ye burned through the chains with the Human World Kindling Flame, and Little Fairy Doctor collected the freed souls in a Green Gourd.
• When one Dou Zong soul attacked Little Fairy Doctor, Nalan Ye burned it to death, after which the other souls submitted to being collected.
• Nalan Ye told the group to search the West Underworld Earth Hall for whatever valuables the fleeing Hall of Souls forces had left behind.

After rescuing Yao Lao from the Hall of Souls, the group departed with the spoils from the West Underworld Earth Hall. Yao Lao learned that his rescue came with obligations to Burning Flame Valley, while I sent Tang Huo'er a generous gift before the allies parted.

• I and the others flew out of the Mountain Range of Dead Souls after breaking into the Hall of Dead Souls and rescuing Yao Lao.
• The group discovered that I had emptied the West Underworld Earth Hall's storehouse, leaving them impressed by the haul I had taken.
• Tang Zhen invited Yao Lao to visit Burning Flame Valley, then reminded him that their agreement required him to accept a Burning Flame Valley disciple and teach them alchemy.
• Yao Lao learned from Xiao Yan that the agreement also required him to refine five medicinal pills, and reluctantly accepted the terms after Wind Venerable urged him not to break his promise.
• I gave Tang Zhen a Ring of Holding filled with a portion of the storehouse's loot for Tang Huo'er, and Tang Zhen departed with the Burning Flame Valley elders.

After rescuing Yao Lao, Nalan Ye warned that the Hall of Souls would retaliate against Starfall Pavilion and urged its leaders to prepare. He then parted ways with Wind Venerable and Yao Lao to attend to other business, leaving them to gather support.

• Yao Lao learned that Nalan Ye had arranged Burning Flame Valley’s help and admired his skill at forging alliances.
• Wind Venerable revealed that Star Plucking Old Ghost had escaped after trapping him and Tang Zhen, leaving Tang Zhen slightly injured.
• The group hurried toward Starfall Pavilion, fearing the Hall of Souls would retaliate against them for rescuing Yao Lao.
• Nalan Ye told Wind Venerable to prepare Starfall Pavilion and advised Yao Lao to publicize his return and seek help from old allies.
• Nalan Ye left with Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, Qiu Yin, and Qiu Si, while Wind Venerable and Yao Lao continued toward Starfall Pavilion.