Recaps

The Hall of Souls arrived at Starfall Pavilion during the Great Love Alliance’s Opening Alliance Ceremony with five Venerables, threatening to overwhelm the alliance. As the guests debated whether to help, Star Plucking Old Ghost called for a joint assault on the Starfall Great Array.

• The Hall of Souls appeared outside Starfall Pavilion, and Nalan Ye prepared the alliance for battle.
• Wind Venerable revealed the scene beyond the Starfall Great Array, showing nearly a hundred enemies and five Venerables, including Star Plucking Old Ghost and the Black White Heavenly Venerates.
• Yao Chen recognized the Black White Heavenly Venerates as the enemies who had destroyed his former body.
• Cao Ying asked the Pill Tower elder whether they should help, but he refused, saying Yao Chen was no longer part of the Pill Tower.
• Feng Qing'er encouraged the alliance, trusting Nalan Ye’s strength and his Venerable-level puppet.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost urged the five Venerables to attack together and break the array.

Nalan Ye prepared the Great Love Alliance for the Hall of Souls’ assault, assigning allies to fight the enemy leaders and revealing a Heavenly Demon Puppet. The barrier fell, the battle began, and the puppet met Star Plucking Old Ghost’s attack without serious damage.

• The Hall of Souls forces attacked the Star Realm’s barrier while Nalan Ye calmed the guests and had Starfall Pavilion disciples surround them for protection.
• Nalan Ye ordered Wind Venerable to subdue and seal the Heaven Nether Three Sects, then accepted Feng Qing’er’s claim that her group had no ties to the Hall of Souls.
• Nalan Ye assigned Feng Venerable and Yao Chen to fight the Black White Heavenly Venerates, Tang Zhen to face Ice Venerable, and Xiao Yan, Little Fairy Doctor, Qing Luan, and Tang Huo’er to lead the alliance elders against the remaining enemies.
• Nalan Ye combined ten Earth Demon Puppets into a golden Heavenly Demon Puppet, and Wind Venerable opened the formation as the Hall of Souls’ black mist flooded the Star Realm.
• The Heavenly Demon Puppet charged Star Plucking Old Ghost and withstood his attack, prompting Nalan Ye to warn the Hall of Souls not to regret attacking the Great Love Alliance.

The Hall of Souls attacked the Great Love Alliance headquarters, and Nalan Ye’s allies joined the battle against its forces. As the Seventh Heavenly Venerate moved to kill Nalan Ye, the Poison Sect elders assembled their Heaven and Earth Have Righteous Qi technique to counter him.

• Star Plucking Old Ghost ordered the Hall of Souls to attack the Great Love Alliance, and Xiao Yan, Mu Qingluan, Tang Huo'er, Little Fairy Doctor, and the alliance elders charged into battle.
• Yao Chen and Wind Venerable fought the Black White Heavenly Venerates while Tang Zhen clashed with Ice Venerable.
• The Heavenly Demon Puppet intercepted Star Plucking Old Ghost, who ordered the Seventh Heavenly Venerate to stop it, but the Seventh Heavenly Venerate ignored him and targeted Nalan Ye.
• The Seventh Heavenly Venerate descended on Three Sisters Mountain and threatened the Great Love Alliance as its allies looked on.
• Green Luo and five Poison Sect elders gathered their Dou Qi, and Nalan Ye commanded them to unleash Heaven and Earth Have Righteous Qi at the Seventh Heavenly Venerate.

Nalan Ye fought the Seventh Heavenly Venerate while the Hall of Souls Venerate revealed that a Dou Sheng was waiting to intervene. Nalan Ye learned the intelligence, then prepared to strike the Toxic Sect forces with his human aura.

• Nalan Ye repeatedly attacked the Seventh Heavenly Venerate with Colored Energy Beams, and the Venerate was shocked that he could sustain them.
• The Seventh Heavenly Venerate slowed his attacks and secretly offered to spare Nalan Ye if he revealed the secret of becoming a saint.
• The Seventh Heavenly Venerate told Nalan Ye that a Hall of Souls Dou Sheng would act if the Venerates failed, and Nalan Ye realized the Great Love Alliance had prepared for that possibility.
• Nalan Ye asked the Seventh Heavenly Venerate to pause so he could consider the offer, and the Venerate stopped attacking.
• Nalan Ye gathered countless strands of human aura into fine needles and aimed them at the Toxic Sect elders and nearly three hundred Dou Emperors and Dou Wangs.

Nalan Ye used the Toxic Sect’s gathered Dou Qi to unleash a Dou Sheng-level attack and kill Star Plucking Old Ghost. The Seventh Heavenly Venerate realized he had been tricked and attacked Nalan Ye while he was exhausted.

• Nalan Ye gathered the Dou Qi of the Toxic Sect’s six elders and nearly three hundred disciples into a nine-colored sea of energy.
• The Heavenly Demon Puppet forced Star Plucking Old Ghost to dodge, and Nalan Ye sent the energy pillar after him.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost’s black crystal defense melted, and the attack engulfed him, leaving his aura gone.
• The Seventh Heavenly Venerate realized Nalan Ye had used his withdrawal to kill Zhai Xing and launched Myriad Manifestation Soul Hand at him.

Nalan Ye and the Toxic Sect used a secret technique to kill Ice Venerable, then Nalan Ye shut the Seventh Heavenly Venerate outside Starfall Pavilion’s protective array. As Nalan Ye recovered inside, the Hall of Souls’ remaining Venerates decided to summon a Vice Hall Master.

• The Toxic Sect’s combined strike erased Ice Venerable, leaving its members awed by Nalan Ye.
• When the Seventh Heavenly Venerate attacked Nalan Ye, Nalan Ye ordered Elder Qi to close Starfall Pavilion’s Guardian Sect Array, trapping the attacker outside.
• Nalan Ye sent the Heavenly Demon Puppet to fight the Seventh Heavenly Venerate, then took pills and began recovering as Starfall Pavilion disciples protected him.
• Little Fairy Doctor and the others resumed attacking the Hall of Souls, while the Black White Heavenly Venerates concluded that they needed a Vice Hall Master to intervene.

The Hall of Souls’ Vice Hall Master, Nether Bone Saint, emerged through a Space Channel and demanded Nalan Ye’s secret technique. Nalan Ye stalled until Burning Flame Valley’s Dou Sheng approached, but Nether Bone Saint shattered the Starfall Great Array before the newcomer appeared to answer him.

• The Black White Heavenly Venerates opened a Space Channel, and a skeletal hand caught the Golden Spear before the Great Love Alliance could destroy it.
• Nether Bone Saint emerged from the channel, and Tang Zhen signaled Burning Flame Valley’s secluded Dou Sheng ancestor for help.
• Black Heavenly Venerate explained that Nalan Ye had killed Zhai Xing using a secret technique, and Nether Bone Saint demanded that Nalan Ye hand it over.
• Nalan Ye pretended to negotiate while sensing Burning Flame Valley’s Dou Sheng approaching, then insulted Nether Bone Saint.
• Nether Bone Saint shattered the Starfall Great Array with a palm strike, but an aged voice identified him as the Hall of Souls’ Nether Bone Saint.

Tang San, a Dou Sheng from Burning Flame Valley, appeared to confront the Hall of Souls’ Nether Bone Saint and drew their battle away from the Great Love Alliance’s crowded headquarters. As the two fought, Nalan Ye healed his injuries inside the Star Realm and prepared to unleash another Dou Sheng-level attack while the wider battle intensified.

• Tang San introduced himself as Fire Cloud Old Ancestor after Nalan Ye mistook his name, then faced the Nether Bone Saint across the Starfall Great Array.
• Nalan Ye warned Elder Qi to shut off the array, and Elder Qi disabled it before the Nether Bone Saint’s attack could damage it.
• Tang San intercepted the Nether Bone Saint’s strike and dragged him toward the Heavenly Star Mountain Range, but the Nether Bone Saint attacked the Great Love Alliance’s headquarters to provoke him.
• Tang San shattered the Nether Bone Saint’s attack on the headquarters and fought him in midair, where their clashes devastated the surroundings and endangered nearby fighters.
• Xiao Yan watched the Dou Sheng battle and admired Nalan Ye, who remained in the Star Realm to heal and prepare another powerful strike as the armies continued fighting.

Nalan Ye used his Heaven and Earth Have Righteous Qi technique against the Nether Bone Saint, joining the attack on the Hall of Souls Dou Sheng with Tang San. The Nether Bone Saint was severely injured by a white-robed old man who emerged from Tang San’s flames, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Nalan Ye recovered enough to unleash another Dou Sheng attack while the Great Love Alliance gained ground across the battlefield.
• Nalan Ye gathered the Dou Qi of thousands of cultivators and sent a nine-colored energy pillar toward the Nether Bone Saint in the Heavenly Star Mountain Range.
• Tang San pinned down the Nether Bone Saint, who used a bone wheel to intercept the pillar, triggering an explosion that destroyed several nearby peaks.
• Tang San summoned a flame deer that exploded into a sea of fire around the Nether Bone Saint.
• A white-robed old man appeared in the flames and punched the Nether Bone Saint in the chest, leaving him badly wounded.
• Nalan Ye revealed himself and taunted the injured Nether Bone Saint.

Heavenly Flame Venerable ambushed and wounded Nether Bone Saint, revealing a second Dou Sheng on the Great Love Alliance’s side. Bing Ling then emerged as a fourth Dou Sheng on the battlefield, and while he fought Tang San, Heavenly Flame Venerable used the flame hidden in Nether Bone Saint’s chest to overwhelm him.

• Heavenly Flame Venerable emerged from Tang San’s Fire Deer attack and struck Nether Bone Saint with a sneak attack.
• Tang San and Heavenly Flame Venerable confronted Nether Bone Saint together, and Tang San said they would kill him so no one could call them despicable.
• Nether Bone Saint summoned Bing Ling, the Dou Sheng of Ice River Valley, who emerged from a Spatial Rift and charged at Tang San.
• Bing Ling and Tang San began fighting while Yougu faced Heavenly Flame Venerable.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable ignited the white flame planted in Yougu’s chest and battered him while he struggled to suppress it.
• Yougu fell into a disadvantage and called for Bing Ling to help him.

The Left Envoy coordinated the Heavenly Demon Puppet and the Starfall Great Array to overwhelm the Seventh Heavenly Venerate despite his worsening injuries. The Seventh Heavenly Venerate escaped in a cloud of scattered black mist, and the Great Love Alliance celebrated the victory.

• The Nether Bone Saint called for help after an unknown white-robed saint drove him back, while the Left Envoy struggled with the strain of his attacks.
• The Left Envoy controlled the Heavenly Demon Puppet to catch the Seventh Heavenly Venerate off guard with Serpent Coil and a Heaven Realm soul attack.
• The Seventh Heavenly Venerate dodged a strike aimed at his brow, but the Left Envoy ordered Elder Qi to attack him with the Starfall Great Array.
• As the array's star and the Seventh Heavenly Venerate's Myriad Manifestation Soul Hand clashed, the Heavenly Demon Puppet pierced his chest with its spear.
• The badly wounded Seventh Heavenly Venerate split into clouds of black mist and fled, while Green Luo caught the exhausted Left Envoy and the Great Love Alliance cheered.

Nalan Shixiong’s allies turned the battle against the Hall of Souls, while Ice River Valley withdrew after Bing Ling negotiated with Tang San. The Hall of Souls forces were left near collapse as Heavenly Flame Saint unleashed the Nine Palaces Heavenly Fire Great Array.

• The Great Love Alliance disciples admired Nalan Shixiong, while the Hall of Souls forces panicked over their losses and the Seventh Heavenly Venerate’s flight.
• Ice Venerable, angered by Nalan Shixiong’s killing of Tian Shuangzi, decided to retreat as the Heavenly Demon Puppet and Little Fairy Doctor wounded and captured Hall of Souls Protectors.
• Wind Venerable and Yao Lao pinned down the Black White Heavenly Venerates, while Bing Ling intervened to help Ice River Valley escape and agreed with Tang San that it would no longer interfere in the conflict.
• Ice River Valley withdrew, leaving the Hall of Souls forces surrounded and pleading with the Black White Heavenly Venerates to retreat.
• Heavenly Flame Saint roared out the Nine Palaces Heavenly Fire Great Array, summoning a vast sea of flames and nine fire dragons.

The Great Love Alliance defeated the Hall of Souls forces, forcing them to retreat and establishing itself as a major power in the Central Plains. After ordering guests to leave until the alliance ceremony resumed in three days, the Alliance Leader reunited with his allies while Feng Qing'er left with Wind and Lightning Pavilion.

• The Heavenly Flame Saint overwhelmed the Nether Bone Saint, and the Hall of Souls forces retreated through Space Wormholes while the Great Love Alliance pursued them.
• Bing Ling blocked Tang San from joining the pursuit, then withdrew after the Hall of Souls escaped with heavy casualties.
• The Great Love Alliance celebrated its victory, and Cao Family observers debated whether it now stood alongside the Pill Tower as one of the Central Plains' leading powers.
• The Alliance Leader ordered the guests to return to Heavenly Star City and said the Opening Alliance Ceremony would resume in three days.
• Feng Qing'er saw the Little Fairy Doctor, Mu Qingluan, and Tang Huo'er gathered around the injured Alliance Leader, then told Fei Tian they were returning to Wind and Lightning Pavilion.

After the Great Love Alliance defeated the Hall of Souls, Nalan Ye received praise from his allies and returned to recover from his injuries. The alliance restored order and sought new allies as news of its victory spread across the Central Plains.

• Little Fairy Doctor and the others gathered around the injured Nalan Ye, and Wind Venerable praised him for leading the alliance to victory.
• Yao Lao teased Xiao Yan about envying Nalan Ye, while Tang San and Heavenly Flame Saint met and left together for Burning Flame Valley.
• Wind Venerable and Yao Chen planned to recruit old friends, and Nalan Ye urged the alliance to approach major powers as well as independent experts.
• Little Fairy Doctor escorted Nalan Ye to the alliance leader's palace, where he began secluded recovery from his injuries.
• Wind Venerable and the others restored order in the Great Love Alliance, while visitors spread news of its battle with the Hall of Souls throughout the Central Plains.

The Great Love Alliance’s rise continued to reshape the Central Plains as Nalan Ye’s reputation spread and its opening ceremony drew factions and cultivators to the Star Realm. At the ceremony, Yao Lao asked the Pill Tower about its stance toward the Hall of Souls and the Great Love Alliance, leaving Elder Cao puzzled.

• Rumors of two Dou Shengs in the Great Love Alliance spread, raising its standing and making Nalan Ye a celebrated young powerhouse across the Central Plains.
• Three days after the battle, the Great Love Alliance reopened the Star Realm and continued its ceremony as crowds flocked to Heavenly Star City.
• The Pill Tower’s group encountered Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion and Yellow Springs Pavilion, and Wang Chen and Tang Ying discussed the factions absent from the ceremony and the Alliance’s campaign against the Hall of Souls.
• Cao Ying asked Tang Ying and Wang Chen what they thought of joining the Great Love Alliance, and Tang Ying suggested the Pill Tower’s support could tip the balance against the Hall of Souls.
• Wind Venerable, Venerable Yao, and Tang Zhen presided over martial and alchemy competitions that welcomed guests and Great Love Alliance disciples alike.
• Yao Lao asked Elder Cao what the Pill Tower thought of the Central Plains situation and what stance it would take toward the Hall of Souls and the Great Love Alliance.

Cao Ying discussed the Pill Tower’s possible stance toward the Great Love Alliance, then challenged Xiao Yan to a pill battle. Mu Qingluan brought in Little Fairy Doctor, and the three young alchemists began competing before the Venerables.

• Elder Cao said the Cao Family could not decide the Pill Tower’s policy, and Cao Ying explained that the Pill Tower opposed the Hall of Souls and might cooperate with the Great Love Alliance.
• Wind Venerable invited Tang Ying and Wang Chen to bring the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion and Yellow Springs Pavilion into the Great Love Alliance; Tang Ying agreed to pass on the offer, while Wang Chen privately rejected it.
• Cao Ying challenged Xiao Yan to a pill battle, and Xiao Yan accepted.
• Mu Qingluan identified Little Fairy Doctor as the Great Love Alliance’s strongest young alchemist and summoned her to compete.
• Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Yan, and Cao Ying began the pill battle as Yao Chen, Wind Venerable, and Tang Zhen prepared to judge.

Xiao Yan, Cao Ying, and Little Fairy Doctor competed to refine pills, while Xiao Yan revealed that Yao Lao had passed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to him. After more than ten days, pill tribulations began to appear over the square, and the chapter ended as a four-colored tribulation formed.

• Cao Ying showed off her Turtle Spirit Earth Fire, and Xiao Yan countered with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, which frightened her flame into retreating.
• Yao Lao confirmed that he had given the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to Xiao Yan, while Zhou Chuan resented losing his chance to claim it.
• Little Fairy Doctor had already begun refining her fourth ingredient, prompting Xiao Yan and Cao Ying to start refining their own pills.
• During the pill battle, more than seventeen hundred cultivators joined the Great Love Alliance, and Mu Qingluan and Tang Huo'er organized the new members.
• After more than ten days, pill tribulations formed above the three alchemists, and the crowd identified the lightning as a four-colored pill tribulation.

Xiao Yan completed a Seven Grade Four-Colored Pill, while Cao Ying and Little Fairy Doctor each refined a Seven Grade Six-Colored Pill. As they prepared to face their pill tribulations, a powerful aura emerged from the palaces, where the Alliance Leader appeared to be breaking through.

• Xiao Yan survived the four-colored pill tribulation, though it left him injured and his clothes in tatters.
• Cao Ying completed a Seven Grade Six-Colored Pill, drawing praise from Wang Chen and deepening Xiao Yan's disappointment.
• Little Fairy Doctor revealed that she had also refined a Seven Grade Six-Colored Pill, matching Cao Ying.
• A powerful aura spread from the palaces, and the crowd saw the Alliance Leader standing in midair as heaven and earth energy surged into him.

After breaking through to Seven Star Dou Zong, Nalan Ye found Little Fairy Doctor and Cao Ying competing in pill refinement and used a Human Great Dao Dou Skill to improve their pills. Their six-colored pill tribulations became seven-colored, astonishing the Pill Tower elders.

• Nalan Ye emerged from seclusion and broke through to Seven Star Dou Zong, drawing the astonished attention of Xiao Yan and the others.
• Nalan Ye discovered that Little Fairy Doctor and Cao Ying were refining pills in a contest, with both pills facing six-colored tribulations.
• Nalan Ye used the Human Great Dao Dou Skill Red Dust Rolling to gather human aura and pour it into both pills.
• Yao Lao noticed the pills changing as their energy increased, while Little Fairy Doctor and Cao Ying sensed the transformation.
• Golden lightning appeared in both tribulation clouds, turning the six-colored pill tribulations into seven-colored ones.
• Elder Cao inspected Cao Ying's pill and saw that it had advanced from a seventh-rank six-colored pill to a seventh-grade seven-colored pill.

Nalan Ye challenged Qi Yu outside Nalan City and used his impending breakthrough to Dou Zong to draw him into a heavenly tribulation. As the tribulation intensified, both men struggled against the lightning, while observers below watched the battle.

• Nalan Ye confronted Qi Yu at the New Xiao Mansion and led him outside the city to fight.
• Nalan Ye and Qi Yu flew high above the city, where Nalan Ye released his cultivation and Dao rhyme, summoning a Dou Zong tribulation.
• Qi Yu attacked Nalan Ye, but their fists clashed evenly before Nalan Ye pursued him through the sky.
• The tribulation struck both fighters, and Qi Yu launched a wooden-stake Dou Technique that cut Nalan Ye's palm.
• Nalan Ye countered with Lightning Fire Thunder Chariot as the observers below watched, and the growing lightning forced both fighters to focus on surviving the tribulation.

After surviving two pill tribulations, the narrator praised Cao Ying’s alchemy and offered her a leadership role in the Great Love Alliance. Cao Ying accepted his offer to become Pill Division Head, leaving the Pill Tower for the alliance.

• The narrator descended after the two tribulation clouds dispersed, while his wounds healed rapidly.
• The narrator praised Little Fairy Doctor and Cao Ying for refining seventh-grade, seven-colored pills, and Cao Ying gave him her Green Grass Like Yin Pill.
• The narrator offered Cao Ying the position of Great Love Alliance Pill Division Head and promised her freedom to pursue alchemy with the alliance’s resources.
• Cao Ying agreed to join the Great Love Alliance.

Nalan Ye persuaded Elder Cao to consider Cao Ying joining the Great Love Alliance’s Pill Division while retaining her Pill Tower ties, presenting the role as a way to build credentials for becoming a Pill Tower Giant. After the Pill Battle, Cao Ying and the Little Fairy Doctor both named Nalan Ye the true winner, leaving Xiao Yan’s effort and Yao Lao’s judging unnecessary.

• Elder Cao objected to Cao Ying joining the Great Love Alliance, but Nalan Ye explained that alliance membership would not require her to leave the Pill Tower.
• Nalan Ye told Elder Cao that leading the Pill Division could strengthen Cao Ying’s future bid to become a Pill Tower Giant, and Elder Cao agreed to consult the clan chief and Pill Tower.
• Nalan Ye invited Elder Cao to stay overnight and said Cao Ying would remain with the Great Love Alliance while they awaited the decision.
• Xiao Yan asked for the Pill Battle’s result, and Yao Lao began comparing Cao Ying’s and the Little Fairy Doctor’s pills.
• Cao Ying and the Little Fairy Doctor both declared Nalan Ye superior in alchemy, leaving Yao Lao and Xiao Yan frustrated.
• Nalan Ye offered to raise the color grade of Cao Ying’s future pills, and she thanked him.

After the Opening Alliance Ceremony, the Great Love Alliance settled into its new role while its visitors departed and its membership grew. The Alliance Leader learned that someone had arrived asking to see the Heavenly Flame Saint.

• Elder Cao told the Pill Tower delegation that Cao Ying was joining the Great Love Alliance to fight the Hall of Souls, while the Alliance Leader secretly instructed Green Luo to tell the other four Pill Tower families a similar story.
• The Little Fairy Doctor questioned the Alliance Leader about the authority and benefits offered to Cao Ying, and he hinted that the organization would decide the rest later.
• The ceremony ended, and Tang Ying led Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion away while Wang Chen left with Yellow Springs Pavilion, threatening the Great Love Alliance on behalf of the Hall of Souls.
• Cao Ying remained in the Star Realm as the Pill Tower delegation departed, and the Great Love Alliance grew to more than two thousand people with its order maintained by Toxic Sect disciples.
• The Little Fairy Doctor entered seclusion after refining a grade-seven, seven-colored poison pill, and a Starfall Pavilion disciple reported that a visitor had come to see the Heavenly Flame Saint.

Nalan Ye met Ling Shui, Ling Quan’s older cousin, who came to the Great Love Alliance to avenge Ling Quan and teach Nalan Ye a lesson. Their fight revealed Nalan Ye’s Seven Star Dou Zong cultivation and ended with Ling Shui facing ten silver figures in the Alliance’s reception hall.

• A disciple reported that a powerful stranger had requested an audience with the Heavenly Flame Saint, and Nalan Ye went to meet him with Mu Qingluan.
• The stranger identified himself as Ling Shui, Ling Quan’s older cousin, and accused Nalan Ye of beating Ling Quan and using Xun Er as hired muscle.
• Ling Shui attacked Nalan Ye, who used Thunder God Descent and Serpent Coil to meet his punch.
• Mu Qingluan used Azure Dou Qi to shield the reception hall from the shockwaves while Nalan Ye worried about its new flooring.
• Nalan Ye summoned ten silver figures, and Ling Shui questioned how Nalan Ye had risen from Five Star to Seven Star Dou Zong in just a few months.

Nalan dealt with Ling Shui, who delivered an invitation for the Heavenly Flame Saint to the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony and taunted Xiao Yan over Xun Er. Ling Shui left after Nalan requested an extra invitation for the Fire Cloud Saint, while the opportunity to enter the Heavenly Tomb remained on Nalan’s mind.

• Nalan revealed his strength to Ling Shui and had the Ten Earth Demon Puppets withdraw before hearing the Ancient Clan envoy’s business.
• Ling Shui invited the Heavenly Flame Saint to the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony, which would take place in one month, and challenged Xiao Yan to visit the Ancient Realm for Xun Er.
• Nalan recalled that the ceremony was connected to the opening of the Heavenly Tomb and considered borrowing a Xiao Clan place to enter it.
• Ling Shui threatened Xiao Yan over his relationship with Xun Er, and Nalan said he would pass the message along while leaving the decision to Xiao Yan.
• As Ling Shui departed, Nalan asked him to leave an invitation for the Fire Cloud Saint of Burning Flame Valley, and Ling Shui handed over a second Black Jade Slip before hurrying away.