Chapter Summaries

Tang Zhen gathered alchemists to test whether they could withstand the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame, hoping to find help refining a pill to save Tang Huo'er. After everyone else failed, Nalan accepted Tang Huo'er's taunt and asked what reward she would give him if he passed.

• Tang Zhen explained that Tang Huo'er had been gravely injured when she tried to refine the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame and that he needed a Seven Grade Seven-Colored pill.
• Tang Zhen announced that the alchemists had to endure the flame's scorching for a quarter of an hour, and the Pill Tower Guest Elders warned that few could withstand it.
• Hua Chen and the other alchemists tried the test, but none succeeded, including Master Mo.
• Master Mo mocked Nalan for staying seated, and Tang Huo'er challenged him to show Venerable Yao's skill.
• Nalan rose, said he had waited out of respect for his seniors, and asked Tang Huo'er what reward she would offer if he passed.

Nalan presented his silver-white flame as Fallen Heart Flame and challenged Tang Huo'er’s prediction that he would fail Tang Zhen’s test. When Nine Dragons Lightning Flame recoiled from his flame, the gathered Alchemists wondered whether the Different Fire Ranking List was wrong.

• Tang Zhen promised Nalan a reward for passing the test, while Nalan teased Tang Huo'er into guessing that he would fail.
• Nalan revealed a silver-white flame and claimed it was Fallen Heart Flame, ranked fourteenth on the Different Fire Ranking List.
• Nalan’s flame released Heartfire within the hall, and Tang Huo'er suppressed it while suspecting Venerable Yao had helped him refine a Different Flame.
• Tang Zhen sent Nine Dragons Lightning Flame toward Nalan’s flame, but its nine fire dragons recoiled and circled without attacking.
• Master Mo and the Alchemists were shocked that Nine Dragons Lightning Flame feared the supposedly lower-ranked Fallen Heart Flame, and a Pill Tower Guest Elder questioned whether the ranking list was wrong.

Nalan Ye passed Tang Zhen’s test by enduring the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame with his powerful Fallen Heart Flame, earning the Alchemists’ admiration and Tang Zhen’s approval. Master Huan then tested his Heavenly Cold Flame against Tang Zhen’s flame and admitted he was no match for Grandmaster Nalan.

• Nalan Ye endured the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame for the time it took an incense stick to burn, and Tang Zhen declared that he had passed.
• Tang Zhen praised Nalan Ye, who credited Tang Xu for directing him to Burning Flame Valley, while the Alchemists crowded around to question him about his flame.
• Master Mo disparaged Nalan Ye’s victory, but the others ignored him, and Nalan Ye told them that Venerable Yao had helped strengthen his Fallen Heart Flame.
• Master Huan revealed his Heavenly Cold Flame, which Nalan Ye recognized as a weakened counterpart of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Master Huan held out against Tang Zhen’s Nine Dragons Lightning Flame for an incense stick’s time, then conceded that he was no match for Grandmaster Nalan.

Nalan passed Tang Zhen’s test and asked to join Burning Flame Valley as a true elder, then requested its inherited secret art after Tang Zhen refused. He began to suggest another reward by bringing up Tang Huo'er, leaving his request unfinished.

• Tang Zhen selected Nalan and Master Huan to help refine a pill after Master Xiao failed to withstand the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame.
• Master Huan asked for a Red Fire Essence Crystal as his reward, and Tang Zhen agreed to provide one.
• Nalan asked to join Burning Flame Valley as an elder, but Tang Zhen offered only the position of Guest Elder.
• Nalan requested the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations, and Tang Zhen refused because it was Burning Flame Valley’s inherited secret art.
• Nalan told Tang Zhen that he and Tang Huo'er had hit it off at first sight and began to propose something else.

Nalan Ye surprised Tang Huo'er by proposing sworn brotherhood after she mistook his words for a marriage proposal. They completed the ceremony in Burning Flame Valley, leaving Tang Zhen hinting that Nalan Ye should call him godfather.

• Nalan Ye clarified that he meant to become sworn siblings with Tang Huo'er, not marry her, and she awkwardly agreed.
• Tang Zhen approved the arrangement, and Red Fire Elder prepared an incense table outside the hall.
• Nalan Ye and Tang Huo'er swore to share blessings and hardships, then completed the ceremony before the gathered Alchemists and Burning Flame Valley Disciples.
• Nalan Ye called Tang Zhen Senior, and Tang Zhen teased him for not addressing him as godfather.

Nalan Ye delayed the pill refining because his injured soul needed medicine from an upcoming auction, then left Burning Flame Valley with Tang Huo'er and his companions. At the valley gate, Liu Qing appealed to Red Fire Elder over a dispute with the Cheng Family and introduced a young man claiming to be Venerable Yao's disciple.

• Nalan Ye told Tang Zhen that his soul was injured and that he needed ingredients from the Blazing Fire City auction before he could refine pills.
• Tang Zhen hosted a banquet and announced that Tang Huo'er and Nalan Ye had become sworn siblings; afterward, Tang Huo'er showed Nalan Ye around the valley and agreed to join him at the auction.
• Tang Zhen rejected Red Fire Elder's doubts about Nalan Ye and sent Red Fire Elder to escort Nalan Ye, Tang Huo'er, Zi Yan, and the others out of the Blazing Flame Mountain Range.
• Liu Qing asked Red Fire Elder to uphold justice for the Liu Family, explaining that a Burning Flame Valley Elder had awarded the Cheng Family control of Sky Yellow City's Space Wormhole for three years.
• Liu Fei'er accused the elder of accepting gifts from the Cheng Family, and Liu Qing rebuked her; Liu Qing then presented a young alchemist to Red Fire Elder, who asked whether he was a Seventh-Rank Alchemist.
• The young man declared that he was Venerable Yao's disciple.

Xiao Yan accompanied Liu Qing and Liu Fei'er to Burning Flame Valley to help the Liu Family, but Red Fire Elder mistook him for an impostor claiming to be Venerable Yao's disciple and refused to let them in. After they left empty-handed, the group considered visiting an auction in Blazing Fire City.

• Xiao Yan reunited with Liu Qing and joined him in seeking help for the Liu Family at Burning Flame Valley.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself as Venerable Yao's disciple, but Red Fire Elder accused him of swindling and ordered him to leave.
• Liu Qing vouched for Xiao Yan, but Red Fire Elder dismissed his guarantee and Burning Flame Valley Disciples blocked the entrance.
• Xiao Yan nearly attacked the disciples, but Liu Qing restrained him, and the three left while the disciples mocked them.
• Liu Qing and Liu Fei'er lamented losing the Space Wormhole's income for three years, and Xiao Yan apologized for causing trouble.
• Liu Qing suggested that the group visit an auction in Blazing Fire City instead of returning to Sky Yellow City.

Nalan Ye brought Tang Huo'er to Blazing Fire City as his sworn little sister, where Little Fairy Doctor warned him that Tian Nan Zi and three Ice River Valley Elders were approaching. As Tang Huo'er shopped, Little Fairy Doctor reported that Tian Nan Zi had emerged near the Space Wormhole Plaza and was heading to Ankang Street.

• Zi Yan questioned Nalan Ye about Tang Huo'er, his newly sworn little sister, as they flew toward Blazing Fire City.
• Nalan Ye and Tang Huo'er entered the city, where Tang Huo'er eagerly explored the streets and shops.
• Little Fairy Doctor met Nalan Ye and reported that Tian Nan Zi was traveling with three Ice River Valley Elders and would soon reach the city.
• Nalan Ye sent Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, Qiu Yin, and Qiu Si to monitor Tian Nan Zi's movements and waited in the city with Tang Huo'er.
• As Tang Huo'er bought a pair of boots, Little Fairy Doctor secretly told Nalan Ye that Tian Nan Zi was heading south of the Space Wormhole Plaza to Ankang Street.

The narrator led Tang Huo'er into an ambush by Tian Nan Zi and the Ice River Valley Elders, who recognized him on Ankang Street and attacked. Tang Huo'er fought off one elder while two others went after the narrator.

• The narrator bought Tang Huo'er boots and guided her toward a restaurant on Ankang Street.
• Tian Nan Zi and three Ice River Valley Elders spotted the narrator and recognized him as their target.
• An Ice River Valley Elder struck the narrator, who pretended to be badly injured while protecting Tang Huo'er.
• Tang Huo'er mistook the attackers' target and confronted the Ice River Valley group with her whip.
• An Ice River Valley Elder formed an Ice Shield and launched Ice Spikes, which Tang Huo'er blocked with her whip.

Nalan Ye and Tang Huo'er fought Ice River Valley Elders in Blazing Fire City while Tian Nan Zi watched, until Burning Flame Valley sent its highest-level Request for Assistance Signal. As Tian Nan Zi moved to kill Tang Huo'er, Nalan Ye appeared between them.

• Tang Huo'er and Nalan Ye battled the Ice River Valley Elders while Little Fairy Doctor watched from a distance.
• The fighting devastated Ankang Street and drew the attention of Tang Xu at Heavenly Flame Inn.
• Tang Xu recognized Tang Huo'er and the Ice River Valley Elders, then activated Burning Flame Valley's highest-level Request for Assistance Signal.
• Tian Nan Zi realized Burning Flame Valley might respond and decided to kill Tang Huo'er and Nalan Ye before leaving.
• Tian Nan Zi overpowered Tang Huo'er with a palm strike, but Nalan Ye flashed in front of her.

Nalan Ye protected Tang Huo'er from Tian Nan Zi and joined Zi Yan, Qiu Yin, and Qiu Si in fighting the Ice River Valley attackers. Tang Zhen arrived, forcing Tian Nan Zi to flee through space, but Nalan Ye and Zi Yan moved to stop him.

• Nalan Ye blocked Tian Nan Zi's attack on Tang Huo'er, was injured, and then used Thunder God Descent as Tian Nan Zi summoned an ice dragon.
• Tang Huo'er offered to hold off the ice dragon, but Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, Qiu Yin, and Qiu Si arrived to help Nalan Ye.
• Nalan Ye, Zi Yan, and Qiu Yin combined their attacks to shatter the ice dragon while the Ice River Valley Elders joined the fight.
• Tang Zhen's arrival sent Tian Nan Zi scrambling to open a Space Wormhole and escape.
• Tang Huo'er struck at Tian Nan Zi, and Nalan Ye called to Zi Yan to stop his escape.

Tian Nan Zi tried to seize Tang Huo'er, but Zi Yan rescued her before he blasted them out of deep-layered space. The narrator unleashed Thousands Pointing Fingers against Tian Nan Zi, and their collision threatened to destroy Blazing Fire City.

• Zi Yan destroyed Tian Nan Zi's Space Wormhole, leaving him unable to escape from Tang Zhen.
• Tian Nan Zi recognized Tang Huo'er as Tang Zhen's daughter and lunged to capture her.
• Zi Yan pulled Tang Huo'er into deep-layered space, but Tian Nan Zi struck them back out and injured Tang Huo'er.
• The narrator gathered the Dou Qi of countless people in Blazing Fire City to form a vast Energy Lake.
• The narrator used Thousands Pointing Fingers against Tian Nan Zi's icy-blue Dou Qi, and their clash spread ice through the city and threatened to devastate it.

The clash between me and Tian Nan Zi threatened to destroy Blazing Fire City, but Tang Zhen intervened and sealed the blast inside a spatial rift. After striking the fighters, he accused me of deliberately drawing Tang Huo'er into danger.

• Little Fairy Doctor feared the unstable energy clash would kill Blazing Fire City's million residents, while I and Tian Nan Zi struggled to overpower each other.
• I warned Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, and Tang Huo'er to retreat as the energy threatened to explode, and Little Fairy Doctor formed a Dou Qi wall to protect those behind her.
• Tang Zhen arrived and used spatial power to swallow the energy in a rift, preventing the blast from destroying the city.
• Tang Zhen struck Tian Nan Zi, the other three Ice River Valley fighters, and me with five punches, leaving us all bleeding.
• Tang Huo'er helped me up and protested when Tang Zhen hit me, but Tang Zhen accused me of leading her into danger on purpose.

Tang Zhen suspected Nalan Ye of using Tang Huo'er to provoke a conflict with Ice River Valley, while Tang Huo'er defended him. Nalan Ye argued that he and his companions were strong enough to fight Ice River Valley themselves, leaving Tang Zhen less certain of his accusation.

• Tang Zhen accused Nalan Ye of plotting against Tang Huo'er, but Tang Huo'er questioned why Nalan Ye had risked himself to protect her.
• Little Fairy Doctor joined Nalan Ye, and Tang Huo'er urged Tang Zhen to speak to him less harshly.
• Tang Zhen seized Tian Nan Zi and questioned him; Tian Nan Zi claimed he had mistaken Tang Huo'er for Nalan Ye's accomplice, and Tang Zhen struck him for attacking her afterward.
• Tang Zhen told Tang Huo'er that Nalan Ye had used her as a shield, while Nalan Ye denied the accusation and explained how he had encountered Ice River Valley by chance.
• Nalan Ye pointed to his companions and claimed they could defeat Tian Nan Zi's group without help, then boasted that he had killed two Ice River Valley Dou Zong Elders and seriously injured Heavenly Snake.
• Tang Zhen reconsidered his suspicion after recalling Nalan Ye's battle with Tian Nan Zi.

Tang Zhen remained suspicious of Nalan Ye despite Tian Nan Zi confirming that Heavenly Snake had been defeated, and Nalan Ye revealed that he had approached Tang Huo'er to ask for help rescuing Yao Lao from the Hall of Souls. The revelation swayed Tang Huo'er, but Red Fire Elder ended the chapter by saying that he had driven away someone named Xiao Yan, who had arrived claiming to be Yao Lao's disciple.

• Tian Nan Zi confirmed to Tang Zhen that Nalan Ye had defeated Heavenly Snake, and Nalan Ye explained that Tang Huo'er had only been attacked by Ice River Valley by coincidence.
• Tang Zhen ordered the Burning Flame Valley elders to take Nalan Ye, Zi Yan, and their companions into custody, but Tang Huo'er defended Nalan Ye.
• Nalan Ye admitted that he had deliberately approached Tang Huo'er to ask Tang Zhen for help rescuing Yao Lao from a Hall of Souls branch hall in Central State.
• Tang Huo'er sympathized with Nalan Ye and urged Tang Zhen to help save Yao Lao.
• Red Fire Elder revealed that Xiao Yan had visited Burning Flame Valley that morning claiming to be Yao Lao's disciple, and that he had driven him away.

Nalan Ye urged Tang Zhen to kill the captured Ice River Valley Elders, then took responsibility and executed all four himself. Tang Zhen led the group back toward Burning Flame Valley, while the valley’s elders and disciples regarded Nalan Ye with new fear and wariness.

• Nalan Ye identified Xiao Yan as Venerable Yao’s disciple and persuaded Tang Zhen to send Red Fire Elder to find him and bring him to Burning Flame Valley.
• Tang Zhen sealed Tian Nan Zi and the three other Ice River Valley Elders, then prepared to return to Burning Flame Valley with Nalan Ye and the others.
• Nalan Ye offered to bear the consequences of killing the captives, and Tang Zhen left their fate to him.
• Nalan Ye killed Tian Nan Zi with his Azure Longsword and declared himself the one Ice River Valley should not provoke.
• Nalan Ye slaughtered the other three Ice River Valley Elders and destroyed their souls, alarming the Burning Flame Valley elders.
• Tang Zhen led the group into the air toward the Blazing Flame Mountain Range as the Burning Flame Valley disciples watched Nalan Ye warily.

Xiao Yan, Liu Qing, and Liu Fei'er witnessed Tang Zhen suppress a battle in Blazing Fire City before Burning Flame Valley brought them to Red Fire Elder. When Red Fire Elder revealed that Nalan Ye had invited Xiao Yan to meet him, Xiao Yan mistook the situation for Nalan Ye being captured and demanded his release.

• Xiao Yan sensed a battle involving seven human Dou Zong experts and three powerful Magical Beasts near Blazing Fire City.
• Tang Zhen swept past the trio, and his arrival abruptly ended the fighting in the city.
• Burning Flame Valley disciples found Xiao Yan and Liu Qing and brought them to Red Fire Elder.
• Red Fire Elder asked Xiao Yan whether he knew Nalan Ye, prompting Xiao Yan to warn him to release Nalan Ye.
• Red Fire Elder explained that Nalan Ye was Burning Flame Valley's honored guest and had invited Xiao Yan to meet him.

Nalan Ye tried to persuade Tang Zhen and Burning Flame Valley to help rescue Venerable Yao by promising alchemy opportunities and stressing the potential value of future Saint Pills. Tang Zhen remained wary of the risks of provoking the Hall of Souls, and Nalan Ye offered to have Starfall Pavilion, Venerable Yao, and Wind Venerable take the blame.

• Red Fire Elder led Xiao Yan and the others to Burning Flame Valley after recalling his disciples, and Xiao Yan suspected Nalan Ye was there.
• Nalan Ye offered Burning Flame Valley five chances to have Venerable Yao refine pills in exchange for helping rescue him.
• Nalan Ye excited the Burning Flame Valley Elders by arguing Venerable Yao might someday refine five Saint Pills, though Tang Zhen dismissed the promise as uncertain.
• Tang Zhen asked how Burning Flame Valley would handle retaliation from the Hall of Souls, and Nalan Ye said Starfall Pavilion, Venerable Yao, and Wind Venerable would bear the blame.

Nalan Ye persuaded Tang Zhen and Burning Flame Valley to help rescue Yao Lao, but Xiao Yan’s arrival nearly derailed their agreement. Xiao Yan ultimately accepted the cooperation and promised five pills, then flew into a rage when Red Fire Elder compared him to Yao Lao’s traitorous disciple Han Feng.

• Tang Zhen had Burning Flame Valley’s elders debate whether to rescue Yao Lao, and Red Fire Elder brought Xiao Yan, Liu Qing, and Liu Fei'er into the hall.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Nalan Ye, the Little Fairy Doctor, and Zi Yan, then tried to leave with Nalan Ye rather than cooperate with Burning Flame Valley.
• Tang Zhen stopped Xiao Yan and Nalan Ye with his pressure, and Nalan Ye persuaded Xiao Yan that they needed Burning Flame Valley’s strength to rescue Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan agreed to cooperate and promised that Yao Lao would refine five pills for Burning Flame Valley.
• Red Fire Elder compared Xiao Yan to Han Feng, and Xiao Yan flew into a rage as his aura revealed that he had reached One Star Dou Zong.

Nalan Ye stopped Xiao Yan from fighting Burning Flame Valley and arranged for Wind Venerable to come discuss rescuing Yao Lao. Xiao Yan learned that the rescue talks would continue once Wind Venerable arrived, while the group waited in Burning Flame Valley.

• Red Fire Elder demanded that Xiao Yan kneel and apologize, and Tang Zhen ordered Red Fire to seize him and throw him into the dungeon.
• Xiao Yan attacked Red Fire with Eight Extremities Collapse, but Nalan Ye blocked him and urged him to endure for Yao Lao's sake.
• Nalan Ye punched Xiao Yan out of the hall, apologized to Tang Zhen, and asked Burning Flame Valley to send his letter to Starfall Pavilion for Wind Venerable.
• Tang Huo'er ground ink while Nalan Ye wrote the letter, then Nalan Ye left the hall with Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, and the others.
• Nalan Ye told Xiao Yan that the rescue talks would resume when Senior Feng arrived, and Xiao Yan asked who Wind Venerable was.