Chapter Summaries

Nalan Ye reunited with Xiao Yan and his companions in Burning Flame Valley, where Xiao Yan asked him to name his son. Their celebration was interrupted by alchemists who learned Xiao Yan was Venerable Yao’s disciple.

• Nalan Ye explained Wind Venerable’s support for rescuing Yao Lao, and Xiao Yan welcomed the help while voicing his dislike of Burning Flame Valley.
• Xiao Yan introduced Liu Qing and Liu Fei'er to Nalan Ye, and the group went to the guest courtyard to eat and share news.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Ye that Nalan Yanran had given birth to their son, and Nalan Ye named the boy Xiao Xin after jokingly suggesting Xiao Thirty.
• Master Huan, Master Xiao, and the other alchemists arrived and learned that Xiao Yan was Venerable Yao’s disciple.

At Burning Flame Valley, Xiao Yan impressed a gathering of alchemists with his knowledge, while Nalan Ye secretly arranged for them to refine pills for him. Meanwhile, Tang Zhen agreed to help rescue Venerable Yao and considered finding a Burning Flame Valley disciple for him to train; Nalan Ye then requested an audience.

• More than a dozen alchemists questioned Xiao Yan, who answered their challenges with his pill-refining knowledge and impressed Master Huan and Master Xiao.
• Nalan Ye asked Little Fairy Doctor to steer the alchemists toward a Pill Battle so they would refine pills for him; she provoked a debate and offered three Seventh-Rank Pill Recipes.
• Tang Zhen and the Burning Flame Valley elders decided to rescue Venerable Yao.
• Red Fire Elder suggested that Tang Huo'er become Venerable Yao's disciple, but Tang Zhen refused and instead proposed a competition to choose another talented disciple.
• A Burning Flame Valley Disciple reported that Nalan Ye had requested an audience, and Tang Zhen ordered him admitted.

Nalan Ye negotiated with Tang Zhen for medicinal ingredients for Xiao Yan and the Alchemists’ Pill Battle, while Tang Zhen sought to secure a Burning Flame Valley disciple a place as Venerable Yao’s apprentice. Nalan Ye accompanied Red Fire Elder and Tang Huo'er into Burning Flame Valley’s immense warehouse to collect the supplies.

• Nalan Ye asked Tang Zhen to provide ingredients for Xiao Yan and the invited Alchemists’ Pill Battle, and Tang Zhen agreed to keep Burning Flame Valley out of their dispute.
• Tang Zhen proposed that a Burning Flame Valley disciple become Venerable Yao’s apprentice, and Nalan Ye promised to persuade Xiao Yan and Wind Venerable.
• Red Fire Elder confirmed the warehouse had the listed ingredients, and Nalan Ye added another long list before promising Tang Zhen he would bear the consequences if Venerable Yao refused.
• Red Fire Elder took Nalan Ye and Tang Huo'er to Burning Flame Valley’s guarded warehouse, where he left them near the entrance while he went to retrieve the ingredients.

Nalan Ye collected the medicinal ingredients for three seventh-rank pills and returned to the courtyard, where the alchemists chose recipes for the Pill Battle. Little Fairy Doctor and Xiao Yan both selected the Six Meridians Harmonizing Pill, and Nalan Ye prepared to provide ingredients for everyone.

• Red Fire Elder gave Nalan Ye the requested medicinal ingredients from the Burning Flame Valley Warehouse, completing the sets needed for three seventh-rank pills.
• Little Fairy Doctor explained the three Pill Recipes and invited the alchemists to choose according to their abilities; several selected the Self-Preservation Pill, the Six Meridians Harmonizing Pill, or the Clear Wind Bright Moon Pill.
• Nalan Ye returned with Tang Huo'er, and Little Fairy Doctor pulled him aside to explain how she had handled the Pill Battle arrangements.
• Nalan Ye and Master Huan agreed not to participate because they would later assist Valley Master Tang with pill refinement.
• Little Fairy Doctor and Xiao Yan both chose the Six Meridians Harmonizing Pill, while Nalan Ye offered to supply medicinal ingredients for the alchemists refining in the courtyard.

Xiao Yan displayed his Bone Spirit Cold Flame at the Pill Battle, while nine Seventh-Rank Alchemists began refining their chosen pills. Nalan then organized a separate contest with five Sixth-Rank Alchemists and Master Huan, leaving them ready to begin refining Sixth-Rank Pills.

• Master Xiao asked Xiao Yan to show his Exotic Flame, and Xiao Yan revealed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, shocking the gathered alchemists.
• Nalan, Little Fairy Doctor, and Tang Huo'er distributed ingredients to the nine competitors, and Nalan declared the Pill Battle underway.
• The nine Seventh-Rank Alchemists set out their cauldrons, and Little Fairy Doctor began refining the Six Meridians Harmonizing Pill.
• Nalan encouraged a Sixth-Rank Alchemist to value learning over fame, then invited five Sixth-Rank Alchemists to join a separate Pill Battle.
• Master Huan agreed to compete with Nalan and the five Sixth-Rank Alchemists, and Nalan distributed ingredients for their chosen pills.

Nalan Ye and Master Huan completed their Sixth-Rank pills, with Master Huan finishing first, while the others took several more hours. As Nalan Ye waited with Tang Huo'er for Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor to continue refining, ominous dark clouds gathered over Burning Flame Valley on the fifth day.

• Zi Yan urged Qiu Yin to learn pill refining, but he explained that the Qiu Clan could not refine pills, and she called him useless.
• Nalan Ye and Master Huan began Pill Fusion, and Master Huan finished his Sixth-Rank pill first.
• Nalan Ye completed his pill shortly afterward, and Tang Huo'er celebrated his success.
• The other five Sixth-Rank Alchemists finished over the next several hours, though one failed, and Nalan Ye collected the refined pills.
• Nalan Ye gave Zi Yan one pill, then refused to give her more as she demanded another.
• On the fifth day, dark clouds gathered above Burning Flame Valley and a powerful heavenly pressure descended.

Nalan intercepted the Pill Tribulations above Burning Flame Valley as the alchemists completed their pills, then faced a powerful three-colored tribulation while Little Fairy Doctor refined a Six Meridians Harmonizing Pill. He split its cloud with a sword strike as Burning Flame Valley disciples watched.

• A white-haired alchemist completed a Clear Wind Bright Moon Pill, and Nalan charged through its one-colored Pill Tribulation to destroy it.
• Over the following days, Nalan intercepted more Pill Tribulations as other alchemists completed pills, becoming famous among Burning Flame Valley’s disciples.
• Nalan counted three Clear Wind Bright Moon Pills and two Self-Preservation Pills among the successful results, while Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Yan, and Master Xiao continued refining Six Meridians Harmonizing Pills.
• Little Fairy Doctor’s three-colored Pill Tribulation formed, and Nalan stayed in the sky to meet its lightning bolts.
• Nalan used his Azure Longsword to split the three-colored Tribulation Cloud, thrilling the Burning Flame Valley disciples watching below.

Nalan Ye collected the pills refined in Burning Flame Valley’s Pill Battle while enduring the resulting tribulations, and Xiao Yan realized the whole event had been arranged to benefit him. As Tang Zhen prepared to welcome Wind Venerable, Nalan Ye left with Xiao Yan’s pill in hand.

• Little Fairy Doctor successfully refined a top-grade Six Meridians Harmonizing Pill, and Nalan Ye endured its pill tribulation while Tang Huo'er praised his poetry.
• Xiao Yan and Master Xiao completed their refinements, and Nalan Ye endured their pill tribulations as well.
• Tang Zhen learned that Wind Venerable had arrived in Blazing Fire City and ordered the elders and guests to accompany him in welcoming the visitor.
• After collecting eight pills from the Pill Battle, Nalan Ye demanded Xiao Yan’s Six Meridians Harmonizing Pill and explained that he had supplied the ingredients and recipe.
• Xiao Yan realized Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor had set up the Pill Battle to benefit themselves, then reluctantly handed over his pill.

After the Pill Battle, Nalan Ye gathered the remaining Seventh-Rank Pills and went with Xiao Yan and the Burning Flame Valley party to welcome Wind Venerable. Wind Venerable arrived with Starfall Pavilion, and Nalan Ye greeted him as he hinted that he had heard about Nalan Ye’s recent accomplishments.

• Nalan Ye collected the Alchemists’ pills under the pretext of evaluating them, bringing the total in his Ring of Holding to eight.
• A Burning Flame Valley disciple announced that Wind Venerable had arrived, and Xiao Yan hurried to meet his teacher’s friend.
• Tang Zhen scolded Nalan Ye for the noise from the pill tribulations before leading the party outside the Blazing Flame Mountain Range.
• Wind Venerable arrived with Starfall Pavilion Elders and disciples, while Mu Qingluan spotted Nalan Ye among the welcoming party.
• Tang Zhen and Wind Venerable exchanged loud, laughing greetings, and Nalan Ye greeted Wind Venerable, who remarked on his recent good news.

Wind Venerable learned that Nalan Ye had secured Burning Flame Valley’s help and found Yao Chen’s location, then demanded proof that Xiao Yan was Yao Chen’s disciple. After recognizing Yao Chen’s ring and regaining control of his grief, Wind Venerable joined Tang Zhen and the others as they set out for Burning Flame Valley to plan the rescue.

• Wind Venerable praised Nalan Ye after hearing how he recruited Burning Flame Valley and defeated Ice River Valley’s elders.
• Nalan Ye told Wind Venerable that Yao Chen was imprisoned in a Hall of Souls branch hall, and vouched for the reliability of his information.
• Wind Venerable asked Xiao Yan to prove he was Yao Chen’s disciple, so Xiao Yan tossed him Yao Chen’s black ring.
• Wind Venerable recognized the ring, grieved over Yao Chen’s capture, and calmed himself when Nalan Ye urged him to focus on the rescue.
• Tang Zhen and Wind Venerable led the Burning Flame Valley and Starfall Pavilion groups toward Burning Flame Valley.

Tang Zhen and Wind Venerable negotiated Burning Flame Valley’s help rescuing Yao Lao, but the talks stalled when Red Fire Elder demanded that Yao Lao take a Burning Flame Valley disciple as an apprentice. Xiao Yan angrily rejected the demand, and Nalan Young Master also challenged Tang Zhen for being too greedy.

• Tang Zhen escorted Wind Venerable and his group into Burning Flame Valley’s hall, where the two sides assembled to negotiate Yao Lao’s rescue.
• Tang Zhen and Wind Venerable agreed that Yao Lao would refine five pills for Burning Flame Valley if the rescue succeeded, then haggled over compensation if it failed.
• Xiao Yan urged the group to attack the Hall of Souls rather than spend time negotiating, but the elders continued bargaining for nearly an hour.
• Red Fire Elder demanded that Burning Flame Valley be allowed to send a disciple to become Yao Lao’s apprentice after his rescue.
• Xiao Yan rose in anger and insisted Yao Lao would never accept another disciple, while Wind Venerable told Tang Zhen that the decision belonged to Yao Lao.
• Nalan Young Master agreed with Wind Venerable and accused Tang Zhen of being too greedy.

Nalan Ye rejected Tang Zhen’s demand that Yao Chen take a Burning Flame Valley disciple, arguing that the valley was replaceable as an ally. Tang Zhen flew into a rage and hurled Nalan Ye out of the hall, prompting Wind Venerable to confront him.

• Red Fire Elder defended Burning Flame Valley’s request, but Nalan Ye warned that a disciple might betray Yao Chen as Han Feng had.
• Wind Venerable offered Burning Flame Valley five more alchemy slots and ten pills from Yao Chen if it helped rescue him, but Tang Zhen still wanted Yao Chen to accept a disciple.
• Nalan Ye told Tang Zhen that other factions could help rescue Yao Chen and refused to accept Burning Flame Valley’s condition.
• Tang Zhen roared at Nalan Ye, who cited his past victories and declared that Burning Flame Valley was not important to him.
• Tang Zhen ordered Nalan Ye out and blasted him from the hall, and Wind Venerable rose to challenge Tang Zhen.

Tang Zhen ended the confrontation without allowing the hall to erupt into a fight, but Burning Flame Valley remained unwilling to compromise over Yao Chen. Nalan Ye, Wind Venerable, and Xiao Yan settled in as guests and began discussing how to proceed.

• Tang Zhen ordered Red Fire Elder to escort Wind Venerable and the Starfall Pavilion group out, and they left the hall without fighting.
• Little Fairy Doctor checked on Nalan Ye, who told Wind Venerable that Burning Flame Valley would not yield on its condition.
• Xiao Yan urged the group to rescue Yao Chen themselves, but Nalan Ye warned that the Hall of Souls branch hall was too dangerous to attack with their forces.
• Nalan Ye led Wind Venerable and the others to Burning Flame Valley’s guest courtyard, then invited Wind Venerable and Xiao Yan to a private discussion.
• Nalan Ye showed Wind Venerable and Xiao Yan the eight Seventh-Rank Pills he had obtained and said they still needed to settle matters with Tang Zhen.

Nalan Ye persuaded Xiao Yan and Wind Venerable to accept Burning Flame Valley’s demand for a disciple, while leaving Yao Chen free to decide whether to teach the disciple. The group agreed on a rescue plan for Yao Chen, then Tang Zhen began refining a Fire Bodhi Pill with Nalan Ye and Master Huan assisting.

• Nalan Ye argued that seeking other allies could alert the Hall of Souls, and Xiao Yan reluctantly agreed to endure Burning Flame Valley’s condition.
• Nalan Ye proposed that Yao Chen could accept Burning Flame Valley’s disciple without having to teach him, and Wind Venerable approved the plan.
• Nalan Ye, Xiao Yan, Wind Venerable, and Tang Zhen agreed to Burning Flame Valley’s condition and discussed the rescue team and its escape plans.
• Tang Zhen said the group would depart after he finished refining a pill for his daughter, and he gathered Nalan Ye and Master Huan to assist.
• Tang Zhen revealed that they would refine a Fire Bodhi Pill and gave Nalan Ye and Master Huan part of its recipe to review.

Tang Zhen began refining the Fire Bodhi Pill with Nalan Ye and Master Huan to save Tang Huo'er. After two days of preparing the medicinal essences, they started fusing them, and Nalan Ye struggled to keep pace as the onlookers watched.

• Tang Zhen gave Nalan Ye and Master Huan portions of the Fire Bodhi Pill recipe, then summoned the Mountain Melting Cauldron and began refining ingredients with his Nine Dragons Lightning Flame.
• Nalan Ye and Master Huan joined Tang Zhen in refining the ingredients for two days and nights, producing around fifty clusters of Medicinal Essence.
• Tang Zhen gave Master Huan a pill to help his soul withstand the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame when he struggled to add his Medicinal Essence to the cauldron.
• Nalan Ye and Master Huan began fusing the Medicinal Essence according to the recipe while alchemists gathered to watch.
• The onlookers praised Master Huan's skill and criticized Nalan Ye for falling behind, while Little Fairy Doctor defended Nalan Ye.

Nalan Ye joined Tang Zhen and Master Huan in refining a Fire Bodhi Pill, struggling through the complex process but steadily fusing medicinal essence. After six days, he had proved his ability to the watching alchemists, while Tang Zhen finished refining the ingredients and prepared to begin pill fusion.

• Tang Zhen, Master Huan, and Nalan Ye began refining the Fire Bodhi Pill together, with Nalan Ye slowly forming the pill’s initial prototype.
• Nalan Ye continued fusing medicinal essence through the night and the following days as the refining process stretched to six days.
• Tang Zhen used the final medicinal ingredient, and the watching alchemists praised Master Huan and Nalan Ye for enduring the process.
• Master Mo claimed Nalan Ye relied on his Exotic Flame, prompting Little Fairy Doctor to threaten him with her Dou Zong pressure.
• Master Xiao defended Nalan Ye by revealing he had fused twenty-three masses of medicinal essence without a mistake, and Master Mo fell silent in shame.

Tang Zhen, Nalan Ye, and Master Huan completed the pill prototypes for the Fire Bodhi Pill after days of refining, then prepared to combine them into the finished pill. Tang Zhen explained that Nalan Ye’s secondary pill had to be fused first, followed by Master Huan’s.

• Tang Zhen finished refining the medicinal ingredients and gave Master Huan White Pills to counter the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame’s damage to his soul.
• Tang Zhen, Nalan Ye, and Master Huan spent three more days fusing the medicinal essences into three pill prototypes.
• Master Huan and Nalan Ye completed prototypes made from thirty-six portions each, while Tang Zhen’s larger prototype contained fifty-four portions.
• Tang Zhen explained that the three prototypes had to be fused in sequence, with Nalan Ye’s secondary pill first and Master Huan’s second.

Nalan Ye successfully fused his Pill Embryo with Tang Zhen’s, but Master Huan failed at the same step and was seriously injured, leaving Tang Huo’er’s life-saving Fire Bodhi Pill unfinished. The chapter ended with Burning Flame Valley in despair and an elder furiously blaming Master Huan.

• Nalan Ye and Tang Zhen fused their Pill Embryos, producing a brilliant celestial phenomenon above Burning Flame Valley.
• Nalan Ye finished his part of the refinement, and Tang Zhen asked Master Huan to repeat the fusion.
• Master Huan failed to withstand the force when the Pill Embryos touched, spat blood, and collapsed with serious injuries.
• Tang Zhen and Tang Huo’er despaired over the failed refinement and the threat to Tang Huo’er’s life.
• A Burning Flame Valley Elder denounced Master Huan as a fraud, while Master Xiao could not defend him.

After Master Huan collapsed and the Fire Bodhi Pill refinement seemed doomed, Nalan Ye used his Human Great Dao Dou Skill to disguise his aura and take control of Master Huan’s intact pill embryo. The embryo accepted Nalan Ye’s soul power and rose from the Mountain Melting Cauldron, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Tang Zhen found that Master Huan’s soul had been seriously injured by the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame and lamented that the Fire Bodhi Pill refinement had failed.
• Nalan Ye noticed Master Huan’s pill embryo remained intact and offered to take over its refinement.
• Nalan Ye explained that he would control Master Huan’s embryo and continue fusing it with Tang Zhen’s, despite the Alchemists’ doubts.
• Nalan Ye used Boundless Human Sea to draw in Master Huan’s Human Aura and fill his body with it.
• Nalan Ye touched the pill embryo with his soul power, and it accepted his control and floated upward from the Mountain Melting Cauldron.

Nalan Ye helped Tang Zhen fuse two nascent pills, overcoming the stronger-than-expected repulsive force by revealing his increased soul power. The fusion succeeded and summoned a Seven-Colored Pill Tribulation, which Tang Zhen suggested Nalan Ye face.

• Nalan Ye familiarized himself with Tang Zhen’s nascent pill by controlling it with his soul power, then prepared to fuse it with Tang Zhen’s pill.
• Nalan Ye and Tang Zhen began the fusion, but the collision unleashed a powerful repulsive force that nearly overwhelmed Nalan Ye.
• Nalan Ye revealed his strengthened soul power and forced the repulsive energy back into the Mountain Melting Cauldron, allowing the fusion to continue.
• A fiery red beam rose from the cauldron, and a Seven-Colored Pill Tribulation appeared above the Blazing Flame Mountain Range, confirming the pill had succeeded.
• Tang Zhen asked Nalan Ye to face the pill tribulation, leaving Nalan Ye startled.