Chapter Summaries

Nalan Ye and Tang Zhen refined the Fire Bodhi Pill, and Tang Zhen overcame its Seven-Colored Pill Tribulation. Tang Huo'er recovered from her injuries, while Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor grew closer before the group gathered again.

• Tang Zhen shattered the Seven-Colored Pill Tribulation with a Silver Fire Dragon, and the Burning Flame Valley disciples watched as the clouds cleared.
• Tang Huo'er entered seclusion with the Fire Bodhi Pill and emerged three days later with her injuries nearly healed.
• Nalan Ye and Tang Zhen recuperated from the exhausting pill refining while Nalan Ye healed in an obsidian chamber.
• Little Fairy Doctor joined Nalan Ye in the chamber, and they emerged nearly an hour later as Tang Huo'er waited outside.
• Tang Huo'er thanked Nalan Ye for saving her, and Wind Venerable, Tang Zhen, Mu Qingluan, Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and the others arrived.

Nalan Ye led a group of eighteen Dou Zong experts from Starfall Pavilion and Burning Flame Valley to rescue Yao Lao, keeping their destination secret. After sending a coded message through the Hall of Souls, they entered Blazing Fire City's Space Wormhole and began their journey.

• Wind Venerable and Tang Zhen agreed to accompany Nalan Ye after Tang Zhen finished refining the pills, and Nalan Ye said he would lead them to Yao Lao without revealing the destination.
• Nalan Ye set out with Wind Venerable, Tang Zhen, Xiao Yan, Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, Qiu Yin, Qiu Si, and the sect experts, while Mu Qingluan and Tang Huo'er stayed behind.
• Nalan Ye asked the group to change clothes and conceal their auras so the eighteen Dou Zongs would draw less attention, and Wind Venerable and Tang Zhen had them comply.
• In Blazing Fire City, Nalan Ye arranged for Little Fairy Doctor to send a coded message to Wu Hall Master through a Hall of Souls outpost, and she returned to confirm it went smoothly.
• Nalan Ye led the group past the damage from his fight with Tian Nan Zi and into the Space Wormhole to continue toward Yao Lao's rescue.

Nalan Ye and his companions arrived in Lost Soul City to prepare for rescuing Yao Lao from the West Underworld Earth Hall. After receiving Wu Hall Master’s uncertain report about the Hall of Souls’ defenses, Nalan Ye decided they had to proceed with the rescue.

• Nalan Ye brought the group to an inn in Lost Soul City, near the Mountain Range of Dead Souls, and sent Little Fairy Doctor to retrieve Wu Hall Master’s letter from the local Hall of Souls outpost.
• Xiao Yan thanked Nalan Ye for helping him prepare to rescue Yao Lao, then drank with him and vowed to destroy the Hall of Souls.
• Little Fairy Doctor returned with Wu Hall Master’s letter, and Nalan Ye spent nearly half an hour translating its coded message.
• Nalan Ye learned that the West Underworld Earth Hall had received no additional guards, but Wu Hall Master warned his information might be unreliable.
• Nalan Ye accepted that the group had to proceed with the rescue despite the uncertainty.

Nalan Ye led a group of allies from Lost Soul City to the Mountain Range of Dead Souls to rescue Yao Lao from a Hall of Souls Branch Hall. After Little Fairy Doctor distributed Warm Heart Pills to help them cross the Yin Qi undetected, Nalan Ye called on Zi Yan to release her kingly aura as they entered the mountains.

• Nalan Ye woke his companions and led Wind Venerable, Tang Zhen, Xiao Yan, Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, and the others out of Lost Soul City in the middle of the night.
• Nalan Ye told Wind Venerable and Tang Zhen that Yao Lao was imprisoned in a Hall of Souls Branch Hall deep in the Mountain Range of Dead Souls.
• The group reached the Yin Qi-covered mountains and realized that using Dou Qi to resist the mist could reveal their approach to the West Underworld Earth Hall.
• Little Fairy Doctor distributed Warm Heart Pills, which allowed the group to resist the Yin Qi while keeping their medicinal power concealed.
• Nalan Ye gave Zi Yan a Sixth-Rank Pill, then led everyone into the mountains on foot and told her to release her kingly aura.

Nalan Ye led the group through the Mountain Range of Dead Souls toward the West Underworld Earth Hall, relying on Zi Yan’s dragon might to drive off magical beasts. Near the hall, he spotted the enemy’s hidden bird sentries, and Little Fairy Doctor poisoned them so the group could enter the forest without raising an alarm.

• Nalan Ye guided the eighteen-person group on foot through the misty mountain range while Zi Yan’s dragon might scattered magical beasts.
• Xiao Yan complained about the difficult trek, and Nalan Ye used Wu Hall Master’s route map to assure the group they were nearing the branch hall.
• Nalan Ye spotted tiny black birds ahead and explained that they were sentries that would alert the West Underworld Earth Hall.
• Little Fairy Doctor scattered poisonous powder into the forest, killing the birds before they could send a warning.
• Nalan Ye distributed Heart Clearing Pills as antidotes and led the group into the forest toward the West Underworld Earth Hall.

The narrator and his allies reached the West Underworld Earth Hall to rescue Yao Chen, and Zi Yan opened a passage through its Space Barrier. The narrator and Wind Venerable entered to scout, found Yao Chen imprisoned in the central plaza, and decided to approach openly because sneaking closer seemed impossible.

• The narrator led Xiao Yan, Wind Venerable, Tang Zhen, and the others through the forest to the West Underworld Earth Hall.
• Tang Zhen sensed a Space Barrier, and Zi Yan used her power to open a passage through it after receiving a Sixth-Rank Pill.
• The narrator and Wind Venerable entered the hall while Xiao Yan, Tang Zhen, Little Fairy Doctor, and the others stayed outside.
• Wind Venerable spotted Yao Chen bound in a glowing sphere at the center of the plaza and struggled to contain his reaction.
• The narrator pulled his hood over his face and told Wind Venerable they would walk openly toward the plaza.

Nalan Ye and Wind Venerable infiltrated the West Underworld Earth Hall and reached the plaza where Yao Lao was imprisoned. Nalan Ye planned for Wind Venerable to attack the Hall of Dead Souls Master while he destroyed the formation’s core.

• Nalan Ye used a Hall of Souls Protector token to guide Wind Venerable through the outer grounds without raising suspicion.
• Nalan Ye and Wind Venerable crossed the busy inner palaces by acting like ordinary disciples and reached the plaza where Yao Lao was bound.
• Wind Venerable wanted to rescue Yao Lao immediately, but Nalan Ye warned that escaping the Hall of Souls’ pursuit would be difficult.
• Nalan Ye pointed out the largest palace and told Wind Venerable to find the Hall of Dead Souls Master and attack him by surprise.
• Nalan Ye identified the plaza as a great formation and said he would destroy its core.

The narrator infiltrated the West Underworld Earth Hall to rescue Yao Chen, while Wind Venerable entered the largest palace to prepare a strike. The narrator encountered the Hall of Dead Souls Master on Soul Locking Square and, after his cover was exposed, claimed to be Yao Ri Tian of the Medicine Clan and demanded Yao Chen’s release.

• Yao Lao sensed a familiar aura near two black-cloaked figures but dismissed the possibility that Gu Ling was there.
• Wind Venerable headed toward the largest palace while the narrator approached Soul Locking Square to reach Yao Chen and break the formation.
• A guard questioned the narrator, who claimed that the Hall Master had sent him to deliver a message to Yao Chen.
• The narrator discovered that the guard was actually the Hall of Dead Souls Master, a Venerable who had caught him impersonating the Hall Master’s messenger.
• The narrator shouted that Yao Ri Tian of the Medicine Clan had arrived and threatened the Hall of Souls unless it released Yao Chen.

Yao Ri Tian revealed that he belonged to the Medicine Clan and declared he would take Yao Chen away from the Hall of Dead Souls. Wind Venerable Gu Ling wounded the Hall of Dead Souls Master, while Yao Ri Tian began freeing Yao Chen from the soul-restraining array.

• Yao Chen realized the Medicine Clan had come for him and felt pride in Yao Ri Tian's defiance of the Hall of Dead Souls Master.
• Yao Ri Tian told the Hall of Dead Souls Master that he would take Yao Chen, and the Master decided to capture him alive rather than risk provoking the Medicine Clan.
• Wind Venerable Gu Ling ambushed the Hall of Dead Souls Master and severed his right arm with an Azure Longsword strike.
• Yao Chen recognized Gu Ling, while Yao Ri Tian used the distraction to strike one of the array's black pillars.
• Yao Chen explained that the pillars were made of Soul Locking Iron, so Yao Ri Tian summoned the Human World Kindling Flame to burn one down.

The narrator and Wind Venerable attacked the Hall of Dead Souls to rescue Yao Lao, while Tang Zhen and the Medicine Clan forces arrived to reinforce them. The narrator destroyed the formation before it could be activated, and the Hall of Dead Souls Master ordered a retreat as the assault overwhelmed his forces.

• The narrator used the Human World Kindling Flame to weaken the Soul Locking Iron while Wind Venerable fought the Hall of Souls Protectors and three Great Protectors.
• Yao Lao urged the narrator and Wind Venerable to flee as the Hall of Souls surrounded them.
• Tang Zhen led the Medicine Clan army into the Hall of Dead Souls, revealing a large force of Dou Zong experts.
• The Hall of Dead Souls Master ordered the Eight Extremes Four Spirits Grand Array activated, but the narrator shattered its black metal pillar before it could be used.
• Tang Zhen and four powerful elders charged the Hall of Dead Souls Master as Wind Venerable pressed the three Great Protectors, and the Hall of Dead Souls Master ordered a retreat.

Tang Zhen and the allied forces routed the West Underworld Earth Hall after its defenses collapsed, and the Hall of Dead Souls Master fled. The narrator ordered the pursuit and had Little Fairy Doctor eliminate witnesses who had seen his Protector Token, leaving no one to reveal his secret.

• The Hall of Dead Souls Master fled after Tang Zhen’s forces stormed the damaged Earth Hall, and the narrator ordered everyone to pursue the fleeing members.
• Tang Zhen, Wind Venerable, and the elders of Starfall Pavilion and Burning Flame Valley chased down the Hall of Dead Souls forces.
• Zi Yan endured the soul pain from a Soul Locking Chain, seized it from a Protector, and used it to drive him into flight.
• The narrator directed Little Fairy Doctor to kill the fleeing witnesses who had seen his Protector Token.
• Little Fairy Doctor killed the named pursuers and poisoned groups of fleeing Hall of Dead Souls members, ensuring none of the witnesses escaped.

Xiao Yan reached Yao Lao in Soul Locking Square and tried to free him, but his punch could not break the Soul Locking Chains. Nalan Ye shattered the chains with the Human World Kindling Flame and revealed his identity after Yao Lao mistook him for a Medicine Clan rescuer.

• Xiao Yan knelt before the imprisoned Yao Lao and apologized for arriving late.
• Xiao Yan struck the Soul Locking Chains with Eight Extremities Collapse, but the chains remained intact.
• Nalan Ye used the Human World Kindling Flame to weaken the chains and shattered them with a punch.
• Yao Lao thanked Xiao Yan and the person he believed was Yao Ri Tian from the Medicine Clan.
• Wind Venerable questioned Yao Lao's belief, and Nalan Ye removed his hood and identified himself.
• Yao Lao recognized Nalan Ye and remarked that his mouth could still fool even ghosts.

Nalan Ye’s deception and destruction of the grand array helped the rescuers drive Star Plucking Old Ghost from the Hall of Dead Souls and free Yao Lao. The group rescued the other imprisoned souls, though Nalan Ye burned one that attacked Little Fairy Doctor, and then searched the abandoned Hall for treasure.

• Wind Venerable told Yao Lao that Nalan Ye deserved most of the credit for the rescue, explaining how he had used the Medicine Clan’s name to frighten Star Plucking Old Ghost and destroy the Eight Extremes Four Spirits Grand Array.
• Yao Lao agreed to free the other souls imprisoned in Soul Locking Square, and Nalan Ye burned through their chains with the Human World Kindling Flame.
• Little Fairy Doctor collected the freed soul orbs in a Green Gourd, while Nalan Ye burned one to death after it attacked her.
• Nalan Ye had Little Fairy Doctor collect the remaining souls, then told the others to search the Hall of Dead Souls for anything its fleeing occupants had left behind.

After escaping the Hall of Dead Souls, Yao Lao learned that his rescue came with a bargain: he had to accept a Burning Flame Valley disciple and refine five pills. The groups parted ways, and the narrator sent Tang Huo'er a lavish gift as Burning Flame Valley departed.

• The rescuers left the Mountain Range of Dead Souls, and the narrator revealed that he had emptied the West Underworld Earth Hall treasury while the others collected loot.
• Yao Lao told Tang Zhen he would return to Starfall Pavilion, and Tang Zhen reminded him that he had agreed to take a Burning Flame Valley disciple and teach them alchemy.
• Xiao Yan explained the bargain, and Yao Lao reluctantly accepted after Wind Venerable urged him to honor his promise to Burning Flame Valley.
• The narrator gave Tang Zhen a Ring of Holding for Tang Huo'er and asked him to pass along a message and say that he would visit her.
• Tang Zhen accepted the valuable gift and departed with the Burning Flame Valley Elders, while Yao Lao and Wind Venerable prepared to return to Starfall Pavilion.

After Yao Lao praised Nalan Ye’s diplomacy, the group traveled toward Starfall Pavilion and learned that Star Plucking Old Ghost had escaped after injuring Tang Zhen. Nalan Ye warned that the Hall of Souls would retaliate, then parted ways with Wind Venerable and Yao Lao to seek help from Heavenly Flame Venerable.

• Yao Lao recognized that Nalan Ye had arranged Burning Flame Valley’s alliance and admired his skill at bringing factions together.
• Wind Venerable told the group that Star Plucking Old Ghost had escaped through a trap in the Mountain Range of Dead Souls and had slightly injured Tang Zhen.
• Nalan Ye warned Wind Venerable and Yao Lao to prepare Starfall Pavilion for the Hall of Souls’ retaliation and urged Yao Lao to spread news of his return to attract allies.
• Nalan Ye announced that he would not return to Starfall Pavilion and planned to seek help from Heavenly Flame Venerable.
• Nalan Ye departed with Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, Qiu Yin, Qiu Si, and the others, while Wind Venerable and Yao Lao continued toward Starfall Pavilion.

Nalan Ye used the White Little Fire Seed left by Heavenly Flame Venerable to sense his direction and led Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, and the others southeast to search for him. Meanwhile, Star Plucking Old Ghost was reprimanded by the Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master and offered to attack Starfall Pavilion to redeem himself.

• Nalan Ye summoned the White Little Fire Seed from the Human World Kindling Flame and used its connection to Heavenly Flame Venerable to sense that he was far to the southeast.
• Little Fairy Doctor agreed to search in that direction, and Nalan Ye led her, Zi Yan, and the others southeast after asking Little Fairy Doctor to have Wu Hall Master watch the Hall of Souls.
• The Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master summoned Star Plucking Old Ghost and rebuked him for the West Underworld Earth Hall's defeat and Yao Chen's rescue.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost offered to lead an attack on Starfall Pavilion, kill Wind Venerable, and capture Yao Chen again to redeem himself.

After Star Plucking Old Ghost’s defeat, the Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master ordered him to approach Ice River Valley and target Burning Flame Valley, while Tang Zhen remained unaware of the danger gathering. Tang Zhen gave Tang Huo'er a share of Nalan Ye’s spoils before concealing his injury and withdrawing to recover.

• Star Plucking Old Ghost blamed his defeat on the enemy’s strength and wondered whether someone had helped them from within.
• The Hall of Souls Vice Hall Master rebuked Star Plucking Old Ghost and ordered him to persuade Ice River Valley to join an attack on Burning Flame Valley.
• The Vice Hall Master suspected Wu Hall Master had arranged the conflict and sent a message to the West Underworld Human Hall about joining the attack.
• Tang Zhen gave Tang Huo'er a Ring of Holding filled with Nalan Ye’s share of the loot from the West Underworld Earth Hall.
• Tang Zhen revealed that he was injured, warned Tang Huo'er to keep it secret, and went into seclusion to recover.

Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor searched a vast forest for Heavenly Flame Venerable, but found no sign of him. At a withered ancient tree, Little Fairy Doctor discovered Rotten Wood Qi and began absorbing it to improve her cultivation.

• Nalan Ye, Little Fairy Doctor, and Zi Yan reached a forest in Central State and split up to search for Heavenly Flame Venerable.
• Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor found a towering dead tree and searched it for treasures.
• Little Fairy Doctor blasted open the tree and discovered Rotten Wood Qi inside.
• Little Fairy Doctor explained that Rotten Wood Qi was a rare, soul-rotting poison that could strengthen her cultivation.
• Little Fairy Doctor sat down and began absorbing the Rotten Wood Qi while Nalan Ye stood guard.

Nalan Ye guarded Little Fairy Doctor while she cultivated and intercepted an arrogant stranger who claimed the forest belonged to him. Their argument turned into a fierce fistfight, which remained unresolved.

• Nalan Ye watched Little Fairy Doctor absorb Rotten Wood Qi and considered ways to help her advance her cultivation.
• Nalan Ye sensed a purple-black-robed man approaching and intercepted him before he could disturb Little Fairy Doctor.
• The man refused to give his name and ordered Nalan Ye and his companion to leave the forest, claiming it was his.
• Nalan Ye challenged the man's authority, and the man attacked him with a punch.
• Nalan Ye's punch forced the man back and injured his fist, prompting the man to launch Ancient Extreme Fist.
• Nalan Ye countered with Serpent Coil, and the two exchanged nearly a hundred rapid punches.

Nalan Ye fought the purple-black-robed man, who used successive techniques to raise his cultivation to Seven Star Dou Zong. Just as Nalan Ye gained an opening with Ye Lao Na, Xun Er arrived and left him stunned.

• Nalan Ye and the purple-black-robed man exchanged hundreds of punches before their clashing techniques forced them apart.
• The purple-black-robed man raised his cultivation from Five Star Dou Zong to Seven Star Dou Zong, while Little Fairy Doctor accelerated her breakthrough to help Nalan Ye.
• Nalan Ye dodged the Overturning Sea Seal with Three Thousand Lightning Movements and used Ye Lao Na to trick the purple-black-robed man before striking his back with Illusory Lightning Cliff.
• The purple-black-robed man narrowly evaded Ye Lao Na's attack, and Nalan Ye lunged at him before a group led by Xun Er arrived.
• Nalan Ye recognized Xun Er and froze in shock.