Recaps

Nalan Ye persuaded Xiao Yan and Xun Er to join him on a mission to Burning Flame Valley, leaving Wind Venerable and Yao Lao to protect Starfall Pavilion. As the group traveled, Nan Lao grew angry at Nalan Ye for using Xiao Yan to influence Xun Er, but she warned him that she would handle the matter herself.

• Nalan Ye argued that Burning Flame Valley needed help and convinced Xiao Yan to accompany him by reminding him of the valley's help in rescuing Yao Lao.
• Nalan Ye invited Xun Er to come as well, and she agreed to travel with Xiao Yan, bringing Nan Lao, Lin Lao, Ling Quan, and other Ancient Clan fighters.
• Wind Venerable and Yao Lao stayed at Starfall Pavilion and ordered its defenses strengthened against a possible Hall of Souls attack.
• The group flew toward Heavenly Star City to use its Space Wormhole on the way to Burning Flame Valley, while Little Fairy Doctor and Zi Yan traveled with them.
• Nan Lao told Xun Er that Nalan Ye was using Xiao Yan to influence her, but Xun Er dismissed his concern and ordered him not to interfere.

Burning Flame Valley activated its Guardian Sect Array and drove back the initial attack by Ice River Valley and the Hall of Souls, but Ice Venerable opened a space wormhole and brought in Ice River Valley’s full army. As the army battered the array, Zhou Chuan completed the Three-Patterned Purple Cloud Pill.

• Tang Zhen activated Burning Flame Valley’s array, and its fiery attack struck Kang Sha as he fled, leaving him severely injured.
• Ice Venerable and Star Plucking Old Ghost withdrew beyond the array’s reach, then Ice Venerable opened a huge space wormhole and summoned Ice River Valley’s forces.
• Ice Venerable ordered a full-scale assault, and Ice River Valley’s army attacked the protective layer covering Burning Flame Valley.
• Tang Zhen ordered Burning Flame Valley to defend behind the array while he worried whether the valley could hold until Starfall Pavilion’s reinforcements arrived.
• Zhou Chuan announced that he had refined a Three-Patterned Purple Cloud Pill, then collapsed from exhaustion.

The Ice River Valley and its allies besieged the Burning Flame Valley, pushing its Guardian Sect Array close to collapse. Tang Zhen prepared to lead a desperate counterattack, but the array suddenly strengthened after he sensed Nalan Ye’s Soul Power.

• Ice River Valley’s vassal forces joined the siege, and Ice Venerable and Star Plucking Old Ghost repeatedly attacked the array’s foundation volcanoes.
• Tang Zhen prepared to switch the array from defense to attack and armed the Burning Flame Valley’s elders and disciples.
• Zhou Chuan and Lu Yue received crossbows and braced themselves for battle, while Zhou Chuan wished the attack had waited until he could leave for the Starfall Pavilion.
• The array’s red energy layer stopped thinning and returned to its defensive state, surprising Lu Yue and Tang Huo'er.
• Tang Zhen sensed a familiar strand of Soul Power and recognized it as Nalan Ye’s.

Nalan Ye met Ding Pian in a Space Wormhole and learned that Ice River Valley and Star Plucking Old Ghost had attacked Burning Flame Valley two days earlier. Using Tang Zhen’s Token, Lin Lao opened a wormhole to the besieged valley, where Nalan Ye and his companions arrived as the attackers prepared to strike.

• Ding Pian recognized Nalan Ye’s ship in the Space Wormhole and told him that Burning Flame Valley was under attack.
• Nalan Ye learned that Ice Venerable and Star Plucking Old Ghost had joined the assault, and told Ding Pian that two Venerable seniors were traveling with him to help.
• Ding Pian gave Nalan Ye Tang Zhen’s Token, which Lin Lao used to locate Tang Zhen and open a Space Wormhole.
• Outside Burning Flame Valley, Ice Venerable and Star Plucking Old Ghost prepared to attack as the valley’s formation began to open, while Wu Hall Master worried about his plans involving Kang Sha.
• Nalan Ye, Xiao Yan, Xun Er, and the two Black-Robed Venerables emerged from the Space Wormhole before Tang Zhen, startling Wu Hall Master and the attackers.

Nalan Ye arrived at Burning Flame Valley with Xiao Yan, Xun Er, and other powerful allies as Ice River Valley and the Hall of Souls besieged it. After Tang Zhen offered Xiao Yan the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations, Xiao Yan agreed to fight, and the group prepared to attack.

• Nalan Ye emerged from a Space Wormhole with his companions and reunited with Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er.
• Tang Zhen explained that Ice River Valley had nearly exhausted Burning Flame Valley's protective array and that its defenders had been preparing to break out.
• Nalan Ye revealed that Xiao Yan and the others had come to fight the Hall of Souls, then suggested Tang Zhen offer Xiao Yan the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Tang Zhen offered Xiao Yan the secret technique, and Xiao Yan recognized its value for someone with several Exotic Flames.
• Xiao Yan agreed to help Burning Flame Valley and said they should begin the attack immediately.

Burning Flame Valley’s reinforcements arrived, and Tang Zhen led the valley’s forces into battle against Ice River Valley and the Hall of Souls. Nalan Ye staged a fierce-looking duel with Wu Hall Master while Xiao Yan chose an Ice River Valley Dou Zong to fight.

• Ice Venerable ordered Ice River Valley’s forces to prepare for Burning Flame Valley’s reinforcements, while Wu Hall Master watched from concealment.
• Tang Zhen deactivated Burning Flame Valley’s defensive array after Xun Er and the Black-Robed Venerables made their stance clear.
• Nalan Ye charged out first, followed by Tang Zhen, Xiao Yan, Xun Er, and the other reinforcements as Burning Flame Valley’s forces surged into battle.
• Nalan Ye challenged Wu Hall Master and they traded dramatic attacks while secretly avoiding a real fight.
• Xiao Yan hesitated to face Ice River Valley’s strongest fighters, then challenged a Three Star Dou Zong from Ice River Valley.

Tang Zhen and Ice Venerable clashed as Burning Flame Valley and Ice River Valley fought, while Lin Lao joined battle with Star Plucking Old Ghost. During the fighting, Nalan Ye told Wu Hall Master that the Ancient Clan had come to help because of Xiao Yan and Xun Er, and Wu Hall Master considered targeting Xun Er.

• Tang Zhen attacked Ice Venerable with nine fire dragons and a beam from Burning Flame Valley's Guardian Sect Array, but Ice Venerable evaded the combined strike.
• Lin Lao left Nan Lao to protect Xun Er and challenged Star Plucking Old Ghost, declaring that the Hall of Souls was exactly who he was fighting.
• Nalan Ye secretly spoke with Wu Hall Master while they fought, explaining that the Ancient Clan had arrived because of Xiao Yan and Xun Er.
• Wu Hall Master developed a killing intent toward Xun Er, but Nalan Ye warned him that two Venerables protected her.
• Wu Hall Master asked Nalan Ye to provide information so he could kill Xun Er.

During the battle at Burning Flame Valley, Xun Er secretly immobilized Nalan Ye, allowing Wu Protector to land a surprise attack on him. Nalan Ye was engulfed by the resulting black mist while Little Fairy Doctor rushed to help.

• Ling Quan watched Xun Er guard Xiao Yan and fumed that he could not find a chance to kill him.
• Xun Er observed Xiao Yan fighting an Ice River Valley Elder, then secretly formed hand seals while watching Nalan Ye face a Hall of Souls Seven Star Dou Zong.
• Nalan Ye refused Wu Hall Master's suggestion to kill Xun Er and offered him treasures stolen from the Hall of Souls instead.
• Wu Hall Master feigned an attack, and an unseen force suddenly immobilized Nalan Ye so the Cone Stab struck his chest.
• Little Fairy Doctor flew toward the injured Nalan Ye, but the spike in his chest erupted into black mist and blocked her from view of him.

Nalan Ye was struck by a mysterious force and entered Wu Hall Master’s black mist, where the Little Fairy Doctor rushed to save him. After Wu Hall Master revealed himself as an ally, they concluded that someone had secretly tried to kill Nalan Ye, and Nalan Ye suspected Ling Quan.

• The Little Fairy Doctor plunged into the Hall of Souls’ black mist and found Nalan Ye injured, then gave him a Healing Pill.
• Xun Er saw Nalan Ye get hit and, believing the Hall of Souls expert could kill him, turned her attention back to Xiao Yan’s battle.
• Wu Hall Master entered the mist, and the Little Fairy Doctor prepared to hold him off until Nalan Ye told her that Wu Hall Master was their ally.
• Nalan Ye explained that a mysterious force had prevented him from dodging, and Wu Hall Master reasoned that someone had secretly targeted him.
• Nalan Ye suspected Ling Quan had attacked him and cursed him for nearly killing him and the Little Fairy Doctor.

Nalan Ye considered whether Xiao Xun'er had arranged the attack on him, and Little Fairy Doctor argued that she might have reasons tied to Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran. The possibility that Xun Er could target the Nalan Family left Nalan Ye terrified and determined to protect them, though Little Fairy Doctor reminded him that her theory was only a guess.

• Old Crow questioned whether Ling Quan could have used the technique that attacked Nalan Ye, and Nalan Ye wondered whether Xiao Xun'er had ordered it.
• Nalan Ye asked Little Fairy Doctor whether Xun'er might have attacked him, and she said Xun'er had at least two possible motives.
• Little Fairy Doctor suggested Xun'er might target Nalan Ye to protect Xiao Yan, or lash out because Xiao Yan had married Nalan Yanran.
• Little Fairy Doctor feared Xun'er might send people to slaughter Nalan Yanran and the Nalan Family, and Nalan Ye panicked at the thought of his family being killed.
• Little Fairy Doctor held Nalan Ye's hand and reassured him that her worst-case scenario was only a guess.

Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor staged a battle in the black mist while he gave Wu Hall Master spoils taken from Star Plucking Old Ghost. The discovery of a Soul Scattering Pill revealed a potent poison that awakened Little Fairy Doctor’s Calamity Poison Body, and Nalan Ye asked if she could consume it.

• Nalan Ye reasoned that Xun Er would need to summon help from the Ancient Realm, giving him about a month before the Ancient Clan could reach the Nalan Empire.
• Little Fairy Doctor and Wu Hall Master made a noisy show of fighting to keep Xun Er from suspecting that they were safe inside the black mist.
• Nalan Ye gave Wu Hall Master Hall of Souls resources taken from Star Plucking Old Ghost, while copying the pill recipes, techniques, and secret methods for himself.
• Wu Hallmaster found a Soul Scattering Pill and explained that its poison could destroy the soul of even an Eight Star Dou Zong.
• Nalan Ye called Little Fairy Doctor over and asked whether she could eat the pill; her Calamity Poison Body reacted to it with intense craving.

The Little Fairy Doctor swallowed a deadly seventh-rank poison pill and used its toxicity to advance her cultivation, while Nalan Ye worried about the risks of her rapid growth. The black mist cleared with Nalan Ye and the Little Fairy Doctor alive, and the Little Fairy Doctor had reached Five Star Dou Zong as Wu Hall Master was driven back.

• Wu Hall Master allowed Nalan Ye to give the deadly poison pill to the Little Fairy Doctor, who swallowed it without hesitation.
• The Little Fairy Doctor’s aura strengthened as toxic gray mist spread, and Wu Hall Master warned Nalan Ye that calamity poison bodies could become unstable and cause disasters.
• Nalan Ye worried that the Little Fairy Doctor’s rapid breakthrough might destabilize her cultivation, while Xun Er watched the motionless black mist and assumed Nalan Ye was dead.
• The Little Fairy Doctor shouted at a Hall of Souls fiend, and Wu Hall Master was hurled out of the black mist with his aura weakened.
• The black mist dissipated, revealing Nalan Ye and the Little Fairy Doctor, now a Five Star Dou Zong; Tang Huo’er fought harder, and Nalan Ye taunted Wu Hall Master.

Nalan Ye left the wounded Wu Hall Master to Little Fairy Doctor, then tried to identify who had secretly attacked him. His bluff made Ling Quan reveal suspicious thoughts, but Xun Er overheard and mistakenly believed Nalan Ye suspected Ling Quan as she watched Xiao Yan unleash three Exotic Flames.

• Little Fairy Doctor told Nalan Ye to rest and faced Wu Hall Master herself, while Nalan Ye returned across the battlefield and checked on Xun Er.
• Nalan Ye attacked an Ice River Valley elder to draw Ling Quan’s attention, then accused Ling Quan of secretly attacking him.
• Ling Quan’s confused and nervous reaction convinced Nalan Ye that Xun Er was the real attacker, so he let Ling Quan take the blame and warned him before leaving.
• Xun Er overheard Nalan Ye’s exchange with Ling Quan and thought he suspected the Ancient Clan, though she believed his conclusion was wrong.
• Xiao Yan called forth three Exotic Flames and roared out the Rage Fire Lotus as he fought an Ice River Valley Three Star Dou Zong.

Xiao Yan defeated an Ice River Valley elder with a Four-Colored Fire Lotus but prepared to keep fighting in the ongoing battle. Xun Er asked Nan Lao to end the battle because Xiao Yan was tired.

• Xiao Yan fused four Exotic Flames into a Fire Lotus after the Ice River Valley elder raised his cultivation to Four Star Dou Zong and tried to flee.
• Xiao Yan’s Fire Lotus shattered the elder’s ice defenses and engulfed him in flames, drawing attention across the battlefield.
• Xun Er cheered for Xiao Yan and wiped the sweat from his forehead while Ling Quan vowed to kill him.
• Xiao Yan refused to leave the battlefield and told Xun Er to return to Burning Flame Valley, then prepared to fight again.
• Xun Er calmly asked Nan Lao to end the battle because Xiao Yan was tired.

Nan Lao answered Xun Er’s order by unleashing four devastating attacks across the battlefield, killing many Ice River Valley fighters while sparing Burning Flame Valley’s disciples. The survivors were overwhelmed by fear, and the first subordinate forces began fleeing the Blazing Flame Mountain Range.

• Xun Er calmly told Nan Lao to end the fighting, and Nan Lao agreed while Xiao Yan doubted he could affect such a vast battlefield.
• Nan Lao summoned a gigantic golden palm that killed Ice River Valley disciples in the east while passing harmlessly around Burning Flame Valley’s fighters.
• Tang Zhen kept Bing Xiaotian occupied and joined the Burning Flame Valley formation in preventing him from rescuing his disciples.
• Nan Lao struck toward the west, stamped toward the south, and exhaled toward the north, killing Ice River Valley fighters with each attack.
• The battlefield fell silent as Ice River Valley’s forces realized Nan Lao had killed a tenth of their fighters, and one of their subordinate forces turned and fled.

Nan Lao’s overwhelming attack devastated Ice River Valley’s forces and shifted the battle in Burning Flame Valley’s favor. Ice Venerable ordered a retreat, and the chapter ended with Burning Flame Valley celebrating its victory.

• Nan Lao’s attacks ravaged the battlefield, leaving Xiao Yan shaken by his power and the strength of the force behind Xun Er.
• Wu Hall Master urged Star Plucking Old Ghost to retreat, while Star Plucking Old Ghost and Ice Venerable argued over whether either side had hidden cards.
• Ice Venerable agreed to withdraw, and Ice River Valley’s forces began retreating from the Blazing Flame Mountain Range.
• Wu Hall Master broke away from Little Fairy Doctor and fled with the Ice River Valley forces and Hall of Souls powerhouses.
• Burning Flame Valley’s disciples cheered as Zhou Chuan and Lu Yue celebrated surviving the battle.

As the Ice River Valley army retreated, Nalan Ye charged into its ranks to attack the wounded Kang Sha. Surrounded by Ice River Valley fighters, Nalan Ye faced a deadly strike as Tang Huo'er and Xiao Yan rushed to save him.

• Ice Venerable and Star Plucking Old Ghost retreated, while Lin Lao stopped pursuing to protect Xun Er.
• Nalan Ye used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to reach Kang Sha and struck him, driving the already injured Seven Star Dou Zong backward.
• Kang Sha called on nearby Ice River Valley elders and disciples to attack Nalan Ye, and the fighters unleashed their techniques.
• A woman in a white dress swept gray mist toward the Ice River Valley attackers as Nalan Ye fought off three elders.
• An elder thrust his Sword Finger toward Nalan Ye's head, and Tang Huo'er and Xiao Yan flew to rescue him.

Nalan Ye’s allies turned the ambush around, defeating the Ice River Valley attackers and cornering Kang Sha while the Hall of Souls and Ice River Valley forces retreated. Tang Huo'er led Burning Flame Valley in pursuit of the fleeing enemies.

• Zi Yan ambushed the Ice River Valley Dou Zong who was attacking Nalan Ye and crippled him with a single punch.
• The Little Fairy Doctor’s poison mist killed many Ice River Valley Disciples, while Kang Sha fled from Nalan Ye.
• Nalan Ye sent Zi Yan after Kang Sha, and Qiu Yin and Qiu Si joined her in beating him as the Ice River Valley Elders withdrew.
• Wu Hall Master abandoned Kang Sha and escaped while the other Hall of Souls members also left him behind.
• Tang Huo'er ordered Burning Flame Valley’s forces to pursue the retreating Ice River Valley army into the Blazing Flame Mountain Range.

After Ice River Valley retreated from Burning Flame Valley, Tang Huo'er followed Lin Xun's advice and ordered Burning Flame Valley to target Ice River Valley's weaker vassal forces. The vassals were abandoned by Ice Venerable and routed, until a voice called on them to surrender and be spared.

• Tang Huo'er and Xiao Yan praised Lin Xun for charging into Ice River Valley's army, and Lin Xun pointed out that its many vassal forces were vulnerable targets.
• Tang Huo'er ordered Burning Flame Valley's elders and disciples to attack Ice River Valley's vassal forces instead of its stronger disciples.
• Burning Flame Valley overwhelmed the vassal forces while Ice River Valley's elders argued over whether to rescue them.
• Ice Venerable ordered Ice River Valley's forces to abandon the vassals and retreat from the Blazing Flame Mountain Range.
• As Burning Flame Valley pursued the panicked vassals, a voice thundered, "Lay down your weapons. Surrender and be spared!"

The narrator and Tang Huo'er forced Ice River Valley's abandoned subordinate forces to surrender while Burning Flame Valley killed those who tried to escape. Ice River Valley's own forces withdrew through space wormholes, and Ice Venerable escaped after the Ancient Clan's two Venerables declined to intervene.

• The narrator protected a surrendered Blue Robe Dou Huang from a Burning Flame Valley disciple and insisted that those who surrendered be spared.
• Tang Huo'er supported the narrator's order, and increasing numbers of Ice River Valley's subordinate forces surrendered.
• Ice Venerable threatened to slaughter the families and sects of anyone who surrendered, but the narrator struck him with lightning while Tang Zhen kept him occupied.
• The narrator killed a Dou Emperor who spoke against surrender, and the remaining subordinate forces surrendered or died trying to escape.
• Ice River Valley's own elders and disciples escaped through space wormholes while Burning Flame Valley pursued their abandoned subordinate forces.
• Ice Venerable fled after his forces withdrew, and Tang Zhen regretted that the Ancient Clan's two Venerables had made no attempt to stop him.

After Burning Flame Valley repelled Ice River Valley, Nalan Ye secured the surrendered forces as prisoners while Tang Zhen promised Xiao Yan the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations. The chapter ended with Nalan Ye summoning the captured Dou Zongs, who hesitated to approach.

• Tang Zhen, injured after fighting Bing Xiaotian, thanked Xiao Yan and Xun Er for helping defend Burning Flame Valley.
• Nalan Ye reunited with the others, and Xiao Yan praised his strength after hearing he had fought two Seven Star Dou Zongs from the Hall of Souls.
• Tang Zhen agreed to let Xiao Yan receive the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations the following morning.
• Nalan Ye asked Tang Zhen for the surrendered prisoners, and Tang Zhen warned that he would not let them return to Ice River Valley.
• Nalan Ye called the captured Dou Zongs over, but none of them moved.

After Burning Flame Valley defeated Ice River Valley’s forces, the surrendered Dou Zong feared execution until the narrator offered them a chance to survive by joining the Toxic Sect. Tang Huo'er then proposed giving all the captives to the narrator in repayment for saving Burning Flame Valley.

• The surrendered Dou Zong approached Tang Zhen, and the narrator warned them that Tang Zhen planned to seal their cultivation and throw them into the volcano.
• The narrator offered the eight Dou Zong their lives if they joined the Toxic Sect under Little Fairy Doctor.
• A kneeling Dou Zong and Green Luo accepted, while Burning Flame Valley elders demanded that all the captives be executed.
• Tang Huo'er reminded the elders that the narrator had saved Burning Flame Valley and proposed giving him every captive from the battle.

Tang Huo'er persuaded Burning Flame Valley to give Nalan Ye eight surrendered Dou Zong, and Tang Zhen ended the dispute by promising to attack Ice River Valley’s stronghold. Little Fairy Doctor poisoned the captives with her origin poison, making them submit to Nalan Ye, who declared them Toxic Sect Elders despite not belonging to the sect himself.

• Tang Huo'er argued that Burning Flame Valley should give Nalan Ye the prisoners in return for his help, and Tang Zhen agreed.
• Tang Zhen rallied the Burning Flame Valley Elders to follow him up the Great Snow Mountain and destroy Ice River Valley’s stronghold.
• Tang Zhen warned Nalan Ye that the eight surrendered Dou Zong might betray him, but Nalan Ye said he had made preparations.
• Little Fairy Doctor used her Poison Pill’s origin poison to mark each of the eight prisoners, and none resisted.
• Nalan Ye welcomed the eight captives as Toxic Sect Elders, and Green Luo realized that he led the sect despite not being a member.

After defeating Ice River Valley at the Burning Flame Valley Mountain Gate, Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor forced the surrendered fighters into the Toxic Sect, while revealing that Little Fairy Doctor possessed the Calamity Poison Body. As the battle’s aftermath began, Zi Yan returned with Kang Sha’s Ring of Holding and received a reward for killing him.

• Little Fairy Doctor poisoned three hundred surrendered Dou Wangs and Dou Emperors, declared them members of the Toxic Sect, and warned that betrayal would activate the poison.
• Nalan Ye revealed that Little Fairy Doctor had the Calamity Poison Body, leaving the eight surrendered Dou Zong elders despairing over whether anyone could cure them.
• The two-day battle at the Burning Flame Valley Mountain Gate ended, and Burning Flame Valley gathered its dead for burial while throwing Ice River Valley’s bodies into volcanic craters.
• Zi Yan told Nalan Ye that she had killed Kang Sha, who vanished into black smoke, and handed over his Ring of Holding.
• Nalan Ye praised Zi Yan and gave her three seventh-rank medicinal pills, and she excitedly kissed his cheek.

After the battle, Nalan Ye returned to Burning Flame Valley with the captured Toxic Sect, while Xiao Yan declined Xun Er’s offer to help him build a faction. Later, Nalan Ye joined Xiao Yan for drinks and asked whether he had told Xun Er about his marriage to Nalan Yanran.

• Nalan Ye and his companions returned to Burning Flame Valley with the Toxic Sect’s eight elders and three hundred disciples, and Tang Zhen sent them to rest while he handled the aftermath.
• Xiao Yan refused Xun Er’s offer to find people to help him, saying that he was not suited to managing a faction and that Nalan Ye could handle it.
• Nalan Ye settled in a courtyard with Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, Qiu Yin, and Qiu Si, while Xun Er’s attendants and the Toxic Sect members were housed separately.
• Nalan Ye found Xiao Yan and Xun Er at a bamboo tower, then invited Xiao Yan away for drinks.
• Nalan Ye and Xiao Yan drank by a lake and teased each other about their relationships before Nalan Ye asked whether Xiao Yan had told Xun Er about his marriage to Nalan Yanran.