Recaps

Nalan Ye drew out Heavenly Flame Venerable’s fire seed and used its connection to locate him, then headed southeast with Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, and the others. Meanwhile, Star Plucking Old Ghost reported the West Underworld Earth Hall’s fall to the Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master and volunteered to attack Starfall Pavilion.

• Nalan Ye summoned Heavenly Flame Venerable’s hidden white fire seed from the human world kindling flame and sensed that Heavenly Flame Venerable was far to the southeast.
• Nalan Ye and his companions set off southeast to search for Heavenly Flame Venerable, and he asked Little Fairy Doctor to have Wu Hall Master monitor the Hall of Souls.
• The Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master summoned Star Plucking Old Ghost and rebuked him for fleeing after the West Underworld Earth Hall was breached.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost explained that Starfall Pavilion and Burning Flame Valley had overwhelmed the Hall of Dead Souls, then offered to attack Starfall Pavilion and capture Yao Chen again.

The Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master ordered Star Plucking Old Ghost to enlist Ice River Valley against Burning Flame Valley and asked the West Underworld Human Hall to join the attack. Unaware of the danger, Tang Zhen returned to Burning Flame Valley, gave Tang Huo'er Nalan Ye’s share of the loot, and concealed an injury as he went into seclusion.

• The Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master rebuked Star Plucking Old Ghost and directed him to ally with Ice River Valley against Burning Flame Valley.
• The Vice Hall Master ordered a message sent to the West Underworld Human Hall to ask whether Wu Hall Master was involved and, if so, to have it join the assault.
• Tang Zhen returned to Burning Flame Valley and gave Tang Huo'er a Ring of Holding containing Nalan Ye’s share of their plunder.
• Tang Huo'er praised Nalan Ye’s courage, while Tang Zhen recalled that he had barely seen him fight during their raid.
• Tang Zhen coughed from an unhealed injury, warned Tang Huo'er to keep it secret, and went into seclusion to recover.

Nalan Ye and the Little Fairy Doctor searched a vast forest for Heavenly Flame Venerable and found Rotten Wood Qi inside a withered ancient tree. The Little Fairy Doctor began absorbing the deadly poison to improve her cultivation while Nalan Ye stood guard.

• Nalan Ye split up with Zi Yan, Qiu Yin, and Qiu Si to search the forest for Heavenly Flame Venerable, with the Little Fairy Doctor accompanying him.
• Nalan Ye and the Little Fairy Doctor spotted a gigantic withered tree and flew over to inspect it for treasures.
• The Little Fairy Doctor blasted open the tree trunk, revealing a cloud of brownish-gray mist that Nalan Ye could not identify.
• The Little Fairy Doctor recognized the mist as Rotten Wood Qi, a rare poison capable of decaying an ordinary person's soul.
• The Little Fairy Doctor asked Nalan Ye to stand guard and began inhaling the Rotten Wood Qi to absorb it.

Nalan Ye guarded Little Fairy Doctor as she cultivated in the forest, then intercepted an arrogant young man who claimed the forest belonged to his family. After their argument turned into a fight, Nalan Ye matched the Five Star Dou Zong’s strength and the battle continued.

• Nalan Ye watched Little Fairy Doctor absorb Rotten Wood Qi and considered ways to help her advance through the Calamity Poison Body.
• Nalan Ye sensed a young man in purplish-black robes approaching and flew north to stop him from disturbing Little Fairy Doctor.
• Nalan Ye introduced himself, but the young man refused to give his name and repeatedly ordered him to leave the forest.
• Nalan Ye challenged the young man’s claim to the forest, and the young man attacked him with a punch.
• Nalan Ye’s punch drove the young man back and split his fist, prompting the young man to attack again with Ancient Extreme Fist.
• Nalan Ye countered with Serpent Coil as the young man launched a relentless barrage of punches.

Nalan Ye fought the purple-and-black-robed man, whose secret techniques raised his power from Five Star Dou Zong to Seven Star Dou Zong. Nalan Ye and Ye Lao Na wounded him with a feint, but Xun Er’s sudden arrival stopped Nalan Ye in his tracks.

• Nalan Ye traded hundreds of punches with the purple-and-black-robed man, then countered his Mountain Splitting Seal with Lightning Fire Thunder Chariot.
• The purple-and-black-robed man used successive power-boosting techniques to reach Seven Star Dou Zong, while Little Fairy Doctor continued breaking through at the foot of the tree.
• Nalan Ye dodged the man’s Overturning Sea Seal with Three Thousand Lightning Movements and created Ye Lao Na as a Lightning Phantom Body.
• The purple-and-black-robed man saw through Ye Lao Na’s apparent weakness and struck Nalan Ye with Overturning Earth Seal, leaving him injured and coughing blood.
• Ye Lao Na attacked the purple-and-black-robed man from behind with Illusory Lightning Cliff, cutting a deep wound into his back as Nalan Ye charged to finish him.
• Xun Er arrived with a group of figures, and Nalan Ye froze in shock when he recognized her.

Nalan Ye met Xiao Xun'er, who recognized that he had changed bodies and suspected he had joined the Hall of Souls. Ling Ying accused him of colluding with the Hall, and Ling Quan turned hostile after recovering from his injuries.

• Xiao Xun'er noticed that Nalan Ye's soul remained the same but his physical body had changed, and she demanded to know where Xiao Yan was.
• Nalan Ye denied joining the Hall of Souls after Xiao Xun'er accused him of doing so.
• Ling Ying claimed he had seen Nalan Ye colluding with the Hall of Souls in the Gamma Empire, while reacting with shock at Nalan Ye's Dou Zong cultivation.
• Nalan Ye challenged Ling Ying to provide evidence, but Ling Ying insisted his accusation was true.
• Ling Quan, who had recovered from his injuries, branded Nalan Ye Hall of Souls scum and declared that his life was his.

Nalan Ye stopped Ling Quan from attacking by invoking Xiao Yan, then told Xun Er that Xiao Yan and Yao Lao faced retaliation from the Hall of Souls after their rescue. He urged Xun Er to flee and hide her connection to Xiao Yan.

• Ling Quan charged at Nalan Ye, but Xun Er intervened and ordered him to stop.
• Ling Quan apologized to Xun Er after she rejected his excuses, while Nalan Ye revealed that Xiao Yan was in danger.
• Xun Er demanded to know what had happened to Xiao Yan, and Nalan Ye insisted she call him Ye Gege before he answered.
• Xun Er called him Ye Gege, and Nalan Ye explained that he had helped Xiao Yan rescue Yao Lao from the Hall of Souls.
• Nalan Ye warned Xun Er that the Hall of Souls would retaliate and urged her to flee without revealing her connection to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Xun'er chose to take her Ancient Clan entourage to Starfall Pavilion to help Xiao Yan, while Nalan Ye stayed behind as Little Fairy Doctor broke through to Four Star Dou Zong. After Little Fairy Doctor awakened, Nalan Ye explained Xun'er's origins and the group prepared to rely on her powerful allies rather than seek Heavenly Flame Senior.

• Xiao Xun'er apologized to Nalan Ye and insisted on going to Starfall Pavilion despite her guards' warnings about the Hall of Souls.
• Xun'er flew in the wrong direction, and Nalan Ye corrected her before the group turned back toward the Southern Region.
• Little Fairy Doctor absorbed vast amounts of Heaven and Earth Energy and advanced directly to Four Star Dou Zong while Nalan Ye guarded her.
• Little Fairy Doctor prepared to poison Xun'er's group, but Nalan Ye stopped her and explained that they were allies and that Xun'er belonged to the Ancient Clan.
• Little Fairy Doctor learned about the Ancient Eight Clans and agreed that Xun'er and her entourage could help, so Nalan Ye decided not to seek Heavenly Flame Senior.

Xun Er and her companions left the forest without finding Heavenly Flame Venerable, who remained stranded in his small world. Meanwhile, Venerable Yao’s return and the Hall of Souls’ role in his imprisonment stirred the Central Plains, as Wu Hall Master arrived at Ice River Valley while secretly considering killing Kang Sha.

• Xun Er abandoned her search of the Dou Sheng’s small world after meeting Nalan Ye and headed with the others toward Starfall Pavilion.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable opened a rift to look for Nalan Ye, sensed that he had already left, and closed it.
• Starfall Pavilion announced Venerable Yao’s return and revealed that the Hall of Souls had imprisoned him for four years, provoking outrage across the Central Plains.
• Wu Hall Master accepted responsibility for stirring conflict between Burning Flame Valley and Ice River Valley and claimed it served the Hall of Souls’ plans.
• Wu Hall Master brought Kang Sha to Ice River Valley to join the attack on Burning Flame Valley, while considering whether he could kill Kang Sha.

Star Plucking Old Ghost offered Ice River Valley the Hall of Souls’ help in destroying Burning Flame Valley, while Wu Hall Master considered secretly informing Nalan Ye. Nalan Ye brought Xun Er’s party to Starfall Pavilion, where Ling Quan angered Wind Venerable by correcting him about Xun Er’s name, and Nalan Ye urged Wind Venerable to calm down.

• Star Plucking Old Ghost told Ice Venerable that the Hall of Souls would help Ice River Valley destroy Burning Flame Valley, and Ice Venerable welcomed the proposal.
• Wu Hall Master reasoned that telling Nalan Ye about the plan would not count as betraying the Hall of Souls.
• Nalan Ye and Xun Er’s party arrived in Heavenly Star City, where Little Fairy Doctor slipped away to collect messages from Wu Protector.
• Nalan Ye led Xun Er’s party to Starfall Pavilion, and Wind Venerable opened its hidden Space Gate after Nalan Ye called for him.
• Nalan Ye introduced Xun Er as Xiao Yan’s childhood sweetheart, but Ling Quan corrected Wind Venerable that her name was Gu Xun’er and angered him.
• Nalan Ye asked Wind Venerable to calm down as Xun Er’s party entered Starfall Pavilion.

Xiao Xun'er reunited with Xiao Yan at Starfall Pavilion after seven years apart, and they embraced in front of the watching crowd. Ling Quan attacked Xiao Yan in a jealous rage, while Nan Lao restrained Xun'er and Xiao Yan recognized the man who had taken her away years earlier.

• Nalan Ye confirmed to Wind Venerable that Xiao Xun'er was Xiao Yan's childhood sweetheart and asked Mu Qingluan to lead them to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er saw each other across the courtyard, then Xun'er flew to him and he embraced her.
• The onlookers reacted with shock as Xun'er happily nestled against Xiao Yan, while the two Black-Robed Venerables watched.
• Ling Quan roared and lunged at Xiao Yan, but Nan Lao restrained Xun'er and drew her away from the embrace.
• Xiao Yan recognized Ling Quan as the man who had taken Xun'er from him at Canaan Academy seven years earlier.

Xiao Yan fought Ling Quan after Ling Quan attacked him and insulted his right to be with Xun Er, but the stronger Ancient Clan warrior beat him and shattered a building at Starfall Pavilion. Xiao Yan rose from the ruins and revealed four Exotic Flames, leaving Ling Quan facing a greater threat than he expected.

• Ling Quan struck at Xiao Yan, who met his attack with Eight Extremities Collapse but was forced back by Ling Quan’s superior strength.
• Xun Er tried to break free and help Xiao Yan, but Nan Lao restrained her and warned her about the Ancient Clan’s power.
• Ling Quan mocked Xiao Yan and defeated him with a blow to the chest, sending him crashing through a small building as Starfall Pavilion’s disciples watched.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the ruins coughing blood, while Yao Lao also crawled out and asked whether he was all right.
• Xiao Yan declared that Ling Quan could not judge his right to be with Xun Er and revealed four Exotic Flames around him.

Xiao Yan revealed four Exotic Flames and formed a Four-Colored Fire Lotus to challenge Ling Quan. Ling Quan raised his cultivation to Seven Star Dou Zong, leaving Xiao Yan overwhelmed by the vast gap in their strength.

• Xiao Yan displayed the Azure Lotus Core Flame, Sea Heart Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, and Bone Spirit Cold Flame, astonishing the Starfall Pavilion crowd.
• Xiao Yan used the four Exotic Flames to create a Four-Colored Fire Lotus, which impressed Lin Lao and excited the Starfall Pavilion disciples.
• Ling Quan dismissed Xiao Yan's attack and raised his cultivation to Six Star Dou Zong with Hand Seals.
• Ling Quan drew an ancient rune on his forehead with his blood and raised his cultivation again to Seven Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan struggled under Ling Quan's overwhelming pressure as Wind Venerable and Yao Lao recognized the gulf between their strengths.

Ling Quan overwhelmed Xiao Yan with the Annihilation Sky Seal, shattering his Rage Fire Lotus until the narrator intervened to block the attack. Xiao Yan faced his defeat as Xun Er reached him, while the Starfall Pavilion disciples blamed and mocked him.

• Ling Quan unleashed the Annihilation Sky Seal against Xiao Yan, who answered with his Four-Colored Rage Fire Lotus.
• Ling Quan's palm print broke through Xiao Yan's fire attack and bore down on him.
• The narrator appeared between them and destroyed the palm print with a streak of purple energy.
• Starfall Pavilion disciples condemned Xiao Yan for losing, while Xun Er was released and ran to his side.
• Xiao Yan apologized to Xun Er for failing to fulfill his promise to become strong enough to face the power behind her.

Xiao Yan struggled with his defeat by Ling Quan, but Xun Er comforted him and refused to leave Starfall Pavilion. After Nalan Ye warned Ling Quan and hinted at the coming conflict with the Hall of Souls, Xun Er chose to stay and train for the battle.

• Xun Er comforted Xiao Yan, insisting that he could grow stronger despite losing to Ling Quan.
• Ling Quan grew furious at Xun Er's rejection and prepared to attack Xiao Yan, but Nalan Ye warned him off.
• Lin Lao and Nan Lao discussed taking Xun Er back to the Ancient Clan, while Nalan Ye suggested they stay to face the Hall of Souls.
• Xun Er declared that she would remain at Starfall Pavilion and use the Hall of Souls as a chance to hone her combat skills.
• Lin Lao and Nan Lao agreed to stay at Starfall Pavilion after they could not persuade Xun Er to return.

Xun Er stayed at Starfall Pavilion with Xiao Yan, angering Ling Quan and drawing the Ancient Clan’s attention to their relationship. As Xiao Yan and Xun Er spent time together, Yao Lao and Wind Venerable worried about the dangers ahead but agreed that Xiao Yan had to choose his own path.

• Xun Er took Xiao Yan’s hand and asked him to show her around Starfall Pavilion, and they left together.
• Ling Quan angrily ordered an Ancient Clan Dou Zong to report the situation to the Council of Elders and urge them to bring Xun Er back and execute Xiao Yan.
• Lin Lao and Nan Lao discussed how the Ancient Clan elders might pursue Xun Er because of her exceptional bloodline and potential to become a Dou God.
• Yao Lao asked Wind Venerable whether Xun Er staying with Xiao Yan was good or bad, and Wind Venerable said Xiao Yan had to walk his own path.

Nalan Ye mocked Ling Quan at Starfall Pavilion and left with Mu Qingluan, then the Black-Robed Venerables questioned Ling Ying about Xiao Yan and Xun Er’s history. Ling Ying’s account left Lin Lao suspicious of Xiao Yan’s childhood visits to Xun Er and amazed the Venerables with stories of Xiao Yan and Nalan Ye.

• Wind Venerable welcomed Xun Er’s group to Starfall Pavilion while Ling Quan insulted the pavilion and its disciples.
• Nalan Ye pulled Mu Qingluan into his arms and mocked Ling Quan by boasting about their relationship.
• Mu Qingluan offered Nalan Ye his former courtyard, and he asked her to invite Ling Ying to see him.
• The Black-Robed Venerables summoned Ling Ying and asked him about Xiao Yan and Xun Er’s past.
• Ling Ying recounted Xiao Yan’s childhood visits to Xun Er, prompting Lin Lao to privately suspect the visits had been improper.
• Ling Ying continued with stories of Xiao Yan’s rise and fall and Nalan Ye’s early command of an empire, impressing the Venerables.

Nalan Ye invited Ling Ying to meet and gave him the Dark Attribute Po Zong Pill he had promised as payment for guarding him, despite Ling Ying’s accusations that he colluded with the Hall of Souls. Ling Ying accepted the pill, leaving their dispute unresolved.

• Lin Lao praised Nalan Ye’s abilities while Nan Lao listened to Ling Ying’s account.
• A Starfall Pavilion disciple invited Ling Ying to see Nalan Ye, and Ling Ying reluctantly agreed after the disciples surrounded him.
• Nalan Ye joked about naming Mu Qingluan’s courtyard Crouching Dragon Courtyard before Ling Ying arrived.
• Ling Ying accused Nalan Ye of colluding with the Hall of Souls, but Nalan Ye denied it.
• Nalan Ye gave Ling Ying the Dark Attribute Po Zong Pill promised in their old agreement, and Ling Ying accepted it.

Mu Qingluan learned that rumors linked her to Ye, while Xiao Yan recounted Nalan Ye’s many acts of help to Xun Er, who remained suspicious of him because of Ling Ying’s accusation. Xun Er chose not to challenge Xiao Yan’s trust in Nalan Ye, and Xiao Yan explained that Yao Lao needed his depleted soul origin restored before he could receive a physical body.

• Mu Qingluan asked Ye about Ling Ying’s accusation, and Ye dismissed it as a misunderstanding; she said she believed him.
• Mu Qingluan learned that Starfall Pavilion disciples were spreading rumors that she and Ye were together, then fled to her courtyard in embarrassment.
• Xiao Yan told Xun Er how Nalan Ye had helped him rescue Yao Lao, avenge the Xiao Family, and build the Nalan Empire.
• Xun Er questioned whether Nalan Ye had colluded with the Hall of Souls but held back because Xiao Yan considered him a brother.
• Xun Er asked about giving Yao Lao a physical body, and Xiao Yan said they first had to restore the soul origin the Hall of Souls had extracted.

Xiao Yan learned that Xun Er’s clan had no Soul Infant Fruit, though Ancient Ruins might contain one. Meanwhile, Nalan Ye discovered the Hall of Souls planned to ally with Ice River Valley against Burning Flame Valley and woke Starfall Pavilion’s leaders to discuss the threat.

• Xiao Yan asked Xun Er for a Soul Infant Fruit to restore Yao Lao’s soul, but she said her clan had none and suggested searching Ancient Ruins.
• Nalan Ye gave Zi Yan a seventh-rank pill after she demanded one, then read Wu Hall Master’s letter with Little Fairy Doctor.
• Nalan Ye learned the Hall of Souls planned to join Ice River Valley in an attack on Burning Flame Valley, using the deaths of Tian Nan Zi and three other elders as an opening.
• Nalan Ye shouted across Starfall Pavilion for Feng, Yao Lao, Third Brother, Xun Er, Lin Lao, and Nan Lao to assemble, waking the sect.

Burning Flame Valley held a pill battle to choose a young disciple to become Venerable Yao’s apprentice. Just as the final round began to reach its end, Ice River Valley appeared above the mountain gate and launched an attack.

• Young alchemists competed in the final round by refining the pills they were most confident making.
• Zhou Chuan hoped his Three-Patterned Purple Cloud Pill would show enough talent to win him a place as Venerable Yao’s disciple.
• Tang Huo'er judged Lan Yan and Lu Yue as the strongest contenders and thought of her brother’s superior alchemy skills.
• Red Fire Elder noticed snow falling over Burning Flame Valley and spotted figures from Ice River Valley above the mountain gate.
• Red Fire Elder sounded the alarm and warned everyone that Ice River Valley was attacking.

Bing Xiaotian attacked Burning Flame Valley and destroyed the mountain containing its defensive array, prompting Tang Huo'er and the elders to confront him. Tang Zhen appeared to defend the valley, but Ice Venerable declared it would be destroyed and revealed that Tang Zhen had provoked a powerful enemy among the black-cloaked figures.

• Red Fire Elder warned that an enemy had attacked, and Bing Xiaotian struck Burning Flame Valley’s defensive array center with a pillar of ice.
• The mountain collapsed, killing disciples and disrupting the alchemy competition as the remaining contestants watched in confusion.
• Tang Huo'er led Red Fire Elder and the other elders toward Ice Venerable, whom Red Fire Elder identified as the Ice River Valley Master.
• Tang Huo'er worried that her injured father had not recovered, but Tang Zhen soon appeared and confronted Ice Venerable.
• Ice Venerable told Tang Zhen that Burning Flame Valley would fall because Tang Zhen had provoked a powerful enemy, and Tang Zhen recognized the figures in black cloaks.

Star Plucking Old Ghost and Ice Venerable led an attack on Burning Flame Valley, forcing Tang Zhen and the valley’s defenders into a desperate battle. As the Alchemy competition collapsed amid the chaos, Lu Yue noticed Zhou Chuan still concentrating on refining his pill.

• Star Plucking Old Ghost and Ice Venerable confronted Tang Zhen after destroying Burning Flame Valley’s mountain gate formation.
• Tang Zhen countered Star Plucking Old Ghost’s black-mist attack, while Ice Venerable questioned whether Tang Zhen was truly injured.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost and the invading experts attacked Burning Flame Valley’s Elders as battles spread through the valley.
• An Ice River Valley Elder’s attack killed a Dou Emperor near the Alchemy competition, prompting the young Alchemists, including Lan Yan, to flee and abandon their Medicine Cauldrons.
• Lu Yue hesitated over whether to flee, then noticed Zhou Chuan continuing to refine his medicinal pill and felt calmer.

Zhou Chuan and Lu Yue continued refining pills amid Ice River Valley’s assault on Burning Flame Valley, while Tang Zhen struggled against Ice Venerable and Star Plucking Old Ghost. The valley’s thirty-six-volcano formation suddenly activated, leaving Wu Hall Master wondering whether Little Yezi had arrived.

• Lu Yue urged Zhou Chuan to flee, but he told her not to disturb him and focused on refining the Three-Patterned Purple Cloud Pill.
• Lu Yue resumed refining her own pill after deciding not to show fear while Zhou Chuan continued working.
• Tang Zhen fought Ice Venerable and Star Plucking Old Ghost, suffered a backlash, and worried about the battle unfolding below.
• Ice Venerable sent an icy dragon at Tang Zhen, who countered with the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame.
• Kang Sha prepared to attack the Burning Flame Valley elders when thirty-six volcanoes fired pillars of energy and formed a vast barrier around the mountain gate.
• Wu Hall Master questioned whether Little Yezi had arrived and whether the formation’s earlier destruction had been a deception.

Nalan Ye summoned the Starfall Pavilion’s Venerables and others in the middle of the night to warn them that the Hall of Souls and Ice River Valley had attacked Burning Flame Valley. He urged them to go help, but Wind Venerable questioned whether they could arrive in time.

• Nalan Ye’s nighttime howl drew Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Wind Venerable, Yao Lao, and others to the Crouching Dragon Courtyard.
• Nalan Ye told the gathered crowd that the Hall of Souls had joined forces with Ice River Valley and was attacking Burning Flame Valley.
• Nalan Ye urged the Starfall Pavilion to rescue Burning Flame Valley because its trouble had arisen through their conflict with the Hall of Souls.
• Wind Venerable agreed they could not stand by, but worried that the journey might take several days and Burning Flame Valley might not hold out.