Chapter Summaries

Nalan Ye reunited with Xiao Xun'er, who recognized that he had changed bodies and accused him of joining the Hall of Souls. Ling Ying backed her accusation, and Ling Quan attacked Nalan Ye.

• Xiao Xun'er met Nalan Ye and recognized that his soul was in a different body.
• Nalan Ye denied joining the Hall of Souls after Xiao Xun'er warned him not to harm Xiao Yan.
• Ling Ying accused Nalan Ye of colluding with the Hall of Souls in the Gamma Empire but admitted he had no proof.
• Ling Quan, still injured from his earlier fight with Nalan Ye, attacked him as a Hall of Souls member.

Ling Quan attacked Nalan Ye, but Gu Xun'er stopped him and demanded to know what Nalan Ye had done to Xiao Yan. After Nalan Ye explained that Xiao Yan and Yao Lao faced retaliation from the Hall of Souls, he warned Xun'er to flee and keep her connection to Xiao Yan secret.

• Ling Quan charged at Nalan Ye, but Gu Xun'er intervened and ordered Ling Quan to stop.
• Ling Quan apologized to Gu Xun'er after she reprimanded him for ignoring her command.
• Nalan Ye told Xun'er that Xiao Yan had gotten into serious trouble and would not live much longer, causing her to lose her composure.
• Nalan Ye made Xun'er call him Ye Gege before agreeing to explain Xiao Yan's situation.
• Nalan Ye recounted how Yao Chen had been captured by the Hall of Souls and how he had helped Xiao Yan rescue him.
• Nalan Ye warned Xun'er that the Hall of Souls would retaliate against Xiao Yan and Yao Lao, and urged her to flee and hide her connection to Xiao Yan.

Nalan Ye accompanied Xun Er’s group toward Starfall Pavilion, where Xiao Yan was in danger, while Xun Er insisted on confronting the Hall of Souls. Their journey paused when Little Fairy Doctor broke through to Four-Star Dou Zong, and Nalan Ye explained Xun Er’s Ancient Clan origins to her.

• Xun Er apologized to Nalan Ye for suspecting him, then insisted on going to Starfall Pavilion to find Xiao Yan despite her guards’ warnings.
• Xun Er flew in the wrong direction, and Nalan Ye corrected her before the group turned back in embarrassment.
• Little Fairy Doctor absorbed the surging natural energy and broke through to Four-Star Dou Zong as Nalan Ye stood guard.
• Little Fairy Doctor mistook Xun Er’s group for attackers, but Nalan Ye stopped her from using poison and explained that they were allies.
• Nalan Ye told Little Fairy Doctor about Xun Er’s Ancient Clan heritage, then decided they did not need to seek help from Heavenly Flame Senior.

Xun Er abandoned her search for the Dou Saint’s small world, leaving Heavenly Flame Venerable alone inside while Nalan Ye’s group headed for Starfall Pavilion. As Starfall Pavilion publicized Yao Chen’s return and the Hall of Souls’ crimes, Wu Hall Master went to Ice River Valley for a mission against Burning Flame Valley and considered eliminating Kang Sha.

• Xun Er and Nalan Ye’s group left the forest for Starfall Pavilion after Little Fairy Doctor completed her breakthrough and they found Zi Yan and the others.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable opened a spatial rift, sensed that Nalan Ye had left the forest, and closed it without meeting him.
• Starfall Pavilion announced Yao Chen’s return and revealed that the Hall of Souls had imprisoned him, provoking outrage across the Central Plains.
• Wu Hall Master claimed responsibility for causing conflict between Burning Flame Valley and Ice River Valley, then went with Kang Sha to Ice River Valley for the Hall of Souls’ mission.
• Wu Hall Master sent word to Nalan Ye about the mission and wondered whether he could eliminate Kang Sha.

Star Plucking Old Ghost offered Ice River Valley the Hall of Souls’ help in destroying Burning Flame Valley, while Wu Hall Master considered passing the intelligence to Nalan Ye. Nalan Ye then brought Xun’er’s group to Starfall Pavilion, where Ling Quan angered Wind Venerable by correcting him about Xun’er’s name.

• Star Plucking Old Ghost told Ice Venerable that the Hall of Souls would help Ice River Valley wipe out Burning Flame Valley, and Ice Venerable welcomed the offer.
• Wu Hall Master privately wondered whether telling Nalan Ye about the plan would count as betraying the Hall of Souls.
• Nalan Ye reached Heavenly Star City with Xun’er’s group, and Little Fairy Doctor slipped away to collect the intelligence Wu Protector had sent.
• Nalan Ye led the group to Starfall Pavilion, where Wind Venerable opened the gate and welcomed Xun’er and her attendants.
• Ling Quan told Wind Venerable that Xun’er was called Gu Xun’er, not Xiao Xun’er, and Nalan Ye asked Wind Venerable to calm his anger.

Nalan Ye brought Xiao Xun'er to Starfall Pavilion, where she reunited with Xiao Yan after seven years apart. Their embrace enraged Ling Quan, who charged at Xiao Yan as the two Black-Robed Venerables intervened.

• Wind Venerable realized Xiao Xun'er belonged to the Ancient Clan and questioned how she knew Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Ye asked Mu Qingluan to lead Xiao Xun'er to Xiao Yan at Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er recognized each other, and Xiao Yan pulled her into a tight embrace.
• Nan Lao separated Xiao Xun'er from Xiao Yan as Ling Quan furiously charged at him.
• Xiao Yan recognized Ling Quan as the man who had taken Xiao Xun'er away from him seven years earlier.

Ling Quan attacked Xiao Yan at Starfall Pavilion over his relationship with Xun Er, overwhelming him despite Xiao Yan's fierce resistance. After Xiao Yan was sent crashing through a building and emerged bloodied, he revealed four Exotic Flames and challenged Ling Quan's assumption that he had only two.

• Ling Quan struck Xiao Yan from the air, and Xiao Yan met his attack with Eight Extremities Collapse but was driven into the ground.
• Xun Er tried to unleash her golden flame to help Xiao Yan, but Nan Lao restrained her while Lin Lao told her to watch.
• Ling Quan mocked Xiao Yan and defeated him, sending him crashing into a small building as Starfall Pavilion's disciples watched in alarm.
• Yao Lao emerged from the collapsed building with Xiao Yan, who insisted that Ling Quan had no right to judge whether he could be with Xun Er.
• Xiao Yan revealed four Exotic Flames, surprising Ling Quan, who had thought Xiao Yan possessed only two.

Xiao Yan revealed four Different Flames and formed a Four-Colored Fire Lotus to fight Ling Quan, but Ling Quan’s strength overwhelmed him. The chapter left Xiao Yan facing Ling Quan after he boosted his cultivation to Seven Star Dou Zong.

• Xiao Yan displayed the Azure Lotus Core Flame, Sea Heart Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, and Bone Spirit Cold Flame, astonishing the Starfall Pavilion disciples.
• Wind Venerable realized Xiao Yan cultivated the Flame Mantra, while Xiao Yan formed a Four-Colored Fire Lotus with his four flames.
• Ling Quan mocked Xiao Yan and raised his cultivation from Five Star Dou Zong to Six Star Dou Zong, putting pressure on the fire lotus.
• Ling Quan drew an ancient rune on his forehead with his blood and surged to Seven Star Dou Zong, leaving Xiao Yan pale and overwhelmed.
• Wind Venerable and Yao Lao recognized the vast cultivation gap and feared Xiao Yan could not win.

Ling Quan overwhelmed Xiao Yan with the Ancient Clan’s Annihilation Sky Seal, and the narrator intervened to stop the attack. As Starfall Pavilion’s disciples judged Xiao Yan for his defeat, Xun Er reached him and heard him apologize for failing to fulfill his promise.

• Ling Quan unleashed the Annihilation Sky Seal, and Xiao Yan answered with his Four-Colored Rage Fire Lotus.
• Ling Quan’s palm seal shattered Xiao Yan’s fire lotus and bore down on him as Xiao Yan lost the will to resist.
• The narrator appeared between them and destroyed the golden palm seal with a strike of purple energy.
• Starfall Pavilion’s disciples criticized Xiao Yan for losing, while Xun Er was released and rushed to his side.
• Xiao Yan apologized to Xun Er for failing to keep his promise to become strong enough to earn her faction’s respect.

Xun Er refused to leave Xiao Yan and insisted on staying at Starfall Pavilion to train against the Hall of Souls. The Ancient Clan elders agreed to remain there temporarily, despite warning Nalan Ye not to meddle in their affairs.

• Xun Er comforted Xiao Yan after his defeat by Ling Quan and reminded him of how far he had come.
• Ling Quan tried to attack Xiao Yan again, but Nalan Ye stepped in and warned him to stop.
• Ling Quan appealed to the Black-Robed Venerables to intervene, but Lin Lao instead asked Xun Er to return to the Ancient Clan.
• Nalan Ye suggested the elders stay to watch for the Hall of Souls, and Lin Lao warned him not to use the Ancient Clan.
• Xun Er declared that she would stay at Starfall Pavilion to train against the Hall of Souls, and the elders reluctantly agreed to remain temporarily.

Xun Er chose to stay temporarily at Starfall Pavilion and left with Xiao Yan, provoking Ling Quan and the Ancient Clan elders who wanted her for their own ambitions. Yao Lao and Wind Venerable worried about the danger Xiao Yan faced, but accepted that he would have to follow his own path.

• Xun Er took Xiao Yan's hand and asked him to show her Starfall Pavilion, and he led her away to a mountain peak.
• Ling Quan angrily confronted Lin Lao and Nan Lao, then ordered an Ancient Clan Dou Zong to report the situation and request Xun Er's return and Xiao Yan's execution.
• Wind Venerable opened a Space Gate for the Ancient Clan Dou Zong to leave Starfall Pavilion's separate space.
• Lin Lao and Nan Lao discussed how the Ancient Clan elders viewed Xun Er's Fighting God potential as a path to power and would likely support Ling Quan's demands.
• Yao Lao worried that the Ancient Clan might kill Xiao Yan, while Wind Venerable said Xiao Yan had to walk his own path.

Nalan Ye mocked Ling Quan and left with Mu Qingluan, who offered him his old courtyard at Starfall Pavilion. Meanwhile, Ling Ying recounted Xiao Yan and Xun Er’s history to the two Black-Robed Venerables, whose suspicions about Xiao Yan’s childhood conduct grew as they listened.

• Wind Venerable accommodated Xun Er’s party at Starfall Pavilion while Ling Quan criticized the place and its disciples.
• Nalan Ye rebuked Ling Quan, pulled Mu Qingluan into his arms, and bragged that he was far ahead of Ling Quan with women.
• Mu Qingluan told Nalan Ye that she had kept his old courtyard vacant, and he agreed to stay there with her.
• Nalan Ye asked Mu Qingluan to invite Ling Ying to see him.
• The two Black-Robed Venerables summoned Ling Ying to explain Xiao Yan and Xun Er’s past, and Ling Ying recounted their childhood and Xiao Yan’s rise and fall.
• Lin Lao wondered whether Xiao Yan’s childhood treatment of Xun Er had been molestation and resolved to report the matter to the Clan Leader.

Nalan Ye invited Ling Ying to clear up his suspicions about the Hall of Souls and gave him the Dark Attribute Po Zong Pill he had promised. Ling Ying accepted the pill, though his distrust of Nalan Ye remained.

• Lin Lao praised Nalan Ye after hearing Ling Ying’s report, and Nan Lao dismissed Ling Ying from the hall.
• Starfall Pavilion disciples stopped Ling Ying and escorted him to meet Nalan Ye after he initially refused the invitation.
• Nalan Ye welcomed Ling Ying to the courtyard Mu Qingluan had given him and denied colluding with the Hall of Souls.
• Nalan Ye gave Ling Ying the promised Dark Attribute Po Zong Pill as payment for his former service as a guard.
• Ling Ying accepted the pill, recognizing that it could help him break through to Dou Zong and extend his life.

Mu Qingluan learned that rumors about her and Nalan Ye were spreading, while Xiao Yan recounted Nalan Ye’s many years of help to Xun Er. Xun Er grew suspicious that Nalan Ye might be connected to the Hall of Souls, and Xiao Yan revealed that Yao Lao’s damaged Soul Origin left him with little time.

• Mu Qingluan asked Nalan Ye about Ling Ying’s accusation, accepted his explanation, and left after chatting with him.
• Mu Qingluan heard that Starfall Pavilion disciples believed she and Nalan Ye were together, denied the rumor, and hurried back to her courtyard.
• Xiao Yan told Xun Er how Nalan Ye had helped him rebuild the Xiao Family, avenge its destruction, and search for Yao Lao.
• Xun Er questioned whether Nalan Ye knew of the Hall of Souls’ operations, but held back her suspicions rather than telling Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan explained that Yao Lao’s Soul Origin had been depleted and had to be restored before he could receive a new body, adding that Yao Lao did not have much time left.

Xiao Yan searched for a Soul Infant Fruit to restore Yao Lao’s Soul Origin, while Xun Er suggested Ancient Ruins might hold one. After Nalan Ye learned that the Hall of Souls and Ice River Valley planned to attack Burning Flame Valley, he summoned Starfall Pavilion’s leaders in the middle of the night.

• Xiao Yan asked Xun Er whether her clan had a Soul Infant Fruit, but she said it had none and suggested searching Ancient Ruins.
• Xiao Yan comforted Xun Er, and they sat together beneath the stars.
• Zi Yan demanded a pill from Nalan Ye, swallowed a Seventh-Rank Pill, and was tossed out when he and Little Fairy Doctor went inside.
• Little Fairy Doctor gave Nalan Ye Wu Hall Master’s letter, which revealed that the Hall of Souls had joined Ice River Valley to attack Burning Flame Valley.
• Nalan Ye realized Burning Flame Valley was in danger and shouted for Feng, Yao Lao, Third Brother, Xun Er, Lin Lao, and Nan Lao to meet him, waking Starfall Pavilion.

Burning Flame Valley held the final round of a contest to choose an alchemy apprentice for Venerable Yao, while Zhou Chuan hoped to win with his pill refining. The contest was interrupted when Ice River Valley appeared over Burning Flame Valley and Red Fire Elder sounded the alarm.

• Zhou Chuan competed in the final round, refining a Three-Patterned Purple Cloud Pill in hopes of becoming Venerable Yao's disciple.
• Tang Huo'er and Red Fire Elder discussed Lan Yan and Lu Yue as likely winners, while Tang Huo'er thought of her brother's superior alchemy skills.
• Snow began falling over Burning Flame Valley, an unprecedented sight in the Red Fire Mountain Range.
• Red Fire Elder spotted Ice River Valley figures hovering above the gates and shouted that Burning Flame Valley was under attack.

Ice Venerable attacked Burning Flame Valley, destroying the mountain that housed its defensive array and causing chaos during the alchemy competition. Tang Huo'er led the elders to confront him, and Tang Zhen arrived as Ice Venerable declared that a powerful enemy had driven him to destroy the valley.

• Ice Venerable struck Burning Flame Valley's array center with a pillar of ice, collapsing the mountain and burying buildings and people in the ruins.
• The attack disrupted the alchemy competition, injuring one contestant and leaving the remaining competitors unsure what to do.
• Tang Huo'er rallied Red Fire Elder and the other elders to confront the attacker, while Red Fire Elder identified him as Ice Venerable, the Valley Master of Ice River Valley.
• Tang Huo'er feared her injured father had not recovered, but Tang Zhen appeared and steadied the panicked disciples.
• Ice Venerable told Tang Zhen that a powerful enemy had prompted his attack and threatened to erase Burning Flame Valley; Tang Zhen spotted black-cloaked figures in the distance.

Star Plucking Old Ghost and Ice Venerable attacked Burning Flame Valley, forcing Tang Zhen and the valley’s defenders into a desperate battle. As the alchemy contestants fled the chaos, Lu Yue noticed Zhou Chuan calmly continuing to refine his pill.

• Star Plucking Old Ghost and Ice Venerable confronted Tang Zhen after destroying Burning Flame Valley’s mountain gate formation.
• Tang Zhen burned away Star Plucking Old Ghost’s black mist attack, while Ice Venerable questioned whether Tang Zhen was truly injured.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost ordered his experts to attack Burning Flame Valley, and the invading forces fought the valley’s Elders and disciples across the grounds.
• An Ice River Valley Elder struck the alchemy plaza, killing Feng Wei and causing the young alchemists, including Lan Yan, to flee.
• Lu Yue hesitated over whether to escape or finish her pill, then noticed Zhou Chuan remaining focused on refining his own.

As Ice River Valley and the Hall of Souls attacked Burning Flame Valley, Zhou Chuan and Lu Yue continued refining pills while Tang Zhen struggled against two Dou Venerables. A grand formation suddenly sealed the sect grounds, leaving Wu Hall Master wondering whether Little Yezi had arrived.

• Lu Yue urged Zhou Chuan to flee, but he told her to stop bothering him and kept refining the Three-Patterned Purple Cloud Pill; she then continued refining her own pill.
• Tang Zhen fought Ice Venerable and Star Plucking Old Ghost, who threatened Burning Flame Valley with the Hall of Souls’ vengeance.
• Ice Venerable’s ice dragon clashed with Tang Zhen’s Nine Dragons Lightning Flame, and the backlash left Tang Zhen injured.
• Kang Sha pressed his advantage against Burning Flame Valley’s elders as the surrounding volcanoes began to tremble.
• Pillars from all thirty-six volcanoes formed a vast grand formation over Burning Flame Valley, prompting Wu Hall Master to wonder whether Little Yezi had arrived and the formation was a trap.

Nalan Ye summoned Starfall Pavilion’s Venerables and others in the middle of the night to warn them that the Hall of Souls and Ice River Valley had attacked Burning Flame Valley. He urged Starfall Pavilion to send aid, but Wind Venerable questioned whether they could arrive in time.

• Nalan Ye’s sudden howl drew Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Wind Venerable, Yao Lao, Lin Lao, Nan Lao, and a crowd of others to Crouching Dragon Courtyard.
• Ling Quan angrily accused Nalan Ye of summoning Xun Er like a servant, but Xiao Yan arrived with her before the argument went further.
• Nalan Ye told the gathering that the Hall of Souls had retaliated and revealed that its target was Burning Flame Valley, which it had likely attacked alongside Ice River Valley.
• Nalan Ye urged Starfall Pavilion to aid Burning Flame Valley because it had become involved due to them.
• Wind Venerable agreed they could not stand by, but worried that the journey from Starfall Pavilion might take several days and Burning Flame Valley might not hold out.