Chapter Summaries

After Burning Flame Valley repelled Bing Xiaotian, Nalan Ye asked Tang Zhen for the surrendered enemy forces, while Xiao Yan awaited the promised Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations. The chapter ended with Nalan Ye summoning the prisoners’ Dou Zongs under Tang Zhen’s authority, but none dared approach.

• Tang Zhen swallowed his blood and thanked Xiao Yan and Xun Er for helping defend Burning Flame Valley, offering them a generous gift.
• Nalan Ye arrived with Tang Huo'er and the Little Fairy Doctor, and Xiao Yan praised Nalan Ye for facing powerful Hall of Souls Dou Zongs.
• Nalan Ye reminded Tang Zhen to give Xiao Yan the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations, and Tang Zhen arranged for Xiao Yan to receive it the next morning.
• Tang Zhen told Nalan Ye that the captured Ice River Valley forces would be killed or put to work, and Nalan Ye asked to take the prisoners instead.
• Nalan Ye called the surrendered Dou Zongs forward, but the nearly ten prisoners hesitated and stayed where they were.

The narrator offered the eight captured Dou Zongs a chance to live by joining Little Fairy Doctor’s Poison Sect, despite Burning Flame Valley Elders demanding their execution. Tang Huo'er supported handing all the battle’s prisoners to the narrator as repayment for saving Burning Flame Valley.

• The nearly ten surrendered Dou Zongs came before Tang Zhen, and the narrator told them they would be thrown into the volcano unless they joined the Poison Sect.
• A middle-aged Dou Zong begged Little Fairy Doctor to spare him and immediately swore allegiance to her sect.
• Burning Flame Valley Elders objected to sparing the prisoners and called for them to be killed.
• Green Luo joined the others in kneeling before Little Fairy Doctor and paying respects to the Sect Leader.
• Tang Huo'er reminded the Elders that the narrator had saved Burning Flame Valley and proposed giving him all the prisoners.

Tang Huo'er persuaded Burning Flame Valley to hand its surrendered captives to Nalan Ye, while Tang Zhen quelled the Elders’ objections by promising to attack Ice River Valley. Little Fairy Doctor poisoned the eight Dou Zongs and made them Poison Sect Elders, leaving Green Luo wondering what position Nalan Ye held in the sect.

• Tang Huo'er defended giving the captives to Nalan Ye, and Tang Zhen agreed before urging the Elders to follow him to destroy Ice River Valley’s stronghold.
• Tang Zhen warned Nalan Ye that the eight surrendered Dou Zongs might betray him, but Nalan Ye said he had made preparations.
• Little Fairy Doctor produced her Poison Pill and infused each of the eight Dou Zongs with the Calamity Poison Body’s source poison.
• Nalan Ye welcomed the poisoned captives as Poison Sect Elders, and Green Luo asked what position he held in the sect.
• Nalan Ye said he was not a member of the Poison Sect, leaving Green Luo to infer that he stood above it.

Little Fairy Doctor forced Ice River Valley’s surviving fighters into the Poison Sect, while Nalan Ye revealed that she possessed the Calamity Poison Body. After Burning Flame Valley’s victory, Zi Yan reported killing Kang Sha and received a reward.

• Little Fairy Doctor poisoned and claimed the three hundred surrendered Dou Wangs and Dou Emperors as Poison Sect disciples, warning them that betrayal would be fatal.
• Nalan Ye told the eight Poison Sect Elders that Little Fairy Doctor was a Calamity Poison Body, leaving them despairing about ever curing their poison.
• Burning Flame Valley’s two-day defense ended, and its members gathered their dead for burial while throwing Ice River Valley’s corpses into volcanic craters.
• Zi Yan told Nalan Ye that she had killed Kang Sha and presented his Ring of Holding.
• Nalan Ye praised Zi Yan and gave her three Seventh-Rank Pills, delighting her.

Nalan Ye returned to Burning Flame Valley with Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, and the captured Toxic Sect forces after the battle. That evening, Nalan Ye and Xiao Yan shared wine, and Nalan Ye asked whether Xiao Yan had told Xun Er about his marriage to Yanran Jie.

• Nalan Ye brought the eight Toxic Sect elders and three hundred disciples into Burning Flame Valley, while Xiao Yan declined Xun Er’s offer to find him more followers.
• Tang Zhen assigned quarters to the groups, and Zi Yan joined Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor in their courtyard with Qiu Yin and Qiu Si.
• Nalan Ye found Xiao Yan and Xun Er at a bamboo lodge, then invited Xiao Yan to drink with him.
• Nalan Ye and Xiao Yan exchanged teasing remarks about their relationships while drinking by the lake.
• Nalan Ye asked Xiao Yan whether he had told Xun Er about his marriage to Yanran Jie.

By the lakeshore, Nalan Ye warned Xiao Yan that Xun Er could threaten Nalan Yanran and Xiao Xin, then claimed she had already tried to kill him. Xiao Yan began to believe the accusation and blamed himself for letting Ling Quan take Xun Er away seven years earlier.

• Xiao Yan struggled with how to tell Xun Er that he had married Nalan Yanran, while Nalan Ye urged him to worry about Yanran and Xiao Xin's safety.
• Nalan Ye argued that Xun Er had the power to kill Yanran and Xiao Xin, prompting Xiao Yan to insist that Xun Er would never harm them.
• Nalan Ye told Xiao Yan that a mysterious force had stiffened his movements during his fight with a Hall of Souls Seven Star Dou Zong, and suggested Xun Er was responsible.
• Xiao Yan questioned Nalan Ye's evidence, but began to believe Xun Er might have attacked him after learning she had been separated from him for seven years.
• Xiao Yan blamed himself for letting Ling Quan take Xun Er away when she was sixteen.

Nalan Ye warned Xiao Yan that he had to choose between Nalan Yanran and Xun'er, then stoked his fears about Xun'er’s possible threat to his family. Unable to decide, Xiao Yan got drunk and returned to Xun’er, who tucked him into bed before he suddenly grabbed her hand.

• Xiao Yan asked Nalan Ye what he should do about his feelings for both Nalan Yanran and Xun'er, but said he wanted to keep them both.
• Nalan Ye urged Xiao Yan to make his choice and suggested a way to have both women, then warned that Gu Xun'er might have sent people after Nalan Yanran and Xiao Xin.
• Xiao Yan rejected Nalan Ye’s suspicions about Xun'er and walked through the bamboo grove toward her building.
• Xiao Yan drank heavily on the way, and Xun'er came out to support him when he staggered into view.
• Xun'er helped the drunken Xiao Yan to bed, covered him with a blanket, and turned to leave before he grabbed her hand.

Xiao Yan slept with Xun Er and then told her he was already married to Nalan Yanran and had a four-year-old son. After Xun Er’s shock and grief eased, Xiao Yan promised they could marry too, and she asked how Nalan Yanran would fit into their relationship.

• Xiao Yan kissed Xun Er and the two slept together.
• Afterward, Xiao Yan told Xun Er that he and Nalan Yanran had been married for four years and had a son named Xiao Xin, nicknamed Medicine Dregs.
• Xun Er cried when she learned Xiao Yan was married and had a child.
• Xiao Yan embraced Xun Er and promised that they could marry and that he would never betray her.
• Xun Er’s anger faded, and she asked Xiao Yan what would happen to Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan said that he, Xun Er, and Nalan Yanran would all be together.

Xiao Yan staged a wedding with Xun'er before his parents’ Spirit Tablets, and the two became husband and wife. He ended the chapter by asking Xun'er to keep the Ancient Clan from retaliating against his family and friends.

• Xiao Yan dressed himself and Xun'er in wedding gowns and arranged offerings before his parents’ Spirit Tablets.
• Xiao Yan explained that the simple ceremony was meant to show Xun'er he truly wanted to make her his wife, promising a grand celebration later.
• Xun'er accepted Xiao Yan’s proposal, and they exchanged vows before the Spirit Tablets.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er completed the rites, called each other husband and wife, and officially married.
• Xiao Yan asked Xun'er to prevent the Ancient Clan from targeting his family and friends, and she silently agreed.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er married, while the narrator returned to Little Fairy Doctor and reviewed the Poison Sect roster she had compiled. The narrator then gathered Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, and two others to visit Senior Tang, with Green Luo asking to accompany them.

• Xiao Yan promised Xun Er he would one day win her father's approval and give her a grand wedding, then tried to consummate their marriage.
• Ling Quan continued cultivating, while Nan Lao and Lin Lao discussed whether anything was amiss with Xun Er.
• The narrator returned to Little Fairy Doctor and praised her detailed roster of 288 Poison Sect members.
• Little Fairy Doctor asked why the narrator had gathered so many people, and the narrator said Xun Er would not attack again.
• The narrator took Little Fairy Doctor, Zi Yan, and two others out to find Senior Tang, and Green Luo respectfully asked what the Left Envoy wanted.

Nalan Ye proposed a military alliance between Burning Flame Valley and Starfall Pavilion to help them resist the Hall of Souls, and Tang Zhen agreed to discuss it with Wind Venerable. The two Venerables opened a Space Wormhole, while Little Fairy Doctor wondered whether Nalan Ye intended to become the alliance leader.

• Nalan Ye left seven Poison Sect Elders behind to guard the new disciples and went with Little Fairy Doctor and Green Luo to meet Tang Zhen.
• Tang Zhen assigned Green Luo to help repair a volcano damaged in the battle, and Nalan Ye suggested forming a Defense Alliance with Starfall Pavilion.
• Tang Zhen agreed to discuss the alliance and used an ancient jade to contact Wind Venerable.
• Tang Zhen and Wind Venerable opened a Space Wormhole between Burning Flame Valley and Starfall Pavilion.
• Little Fairy Doctor privately asked whether Nalan Ye hoped to become the alliance leader.

Nalan Ye explained why he believed he could become alliance leader, with Little Fairy Doctor pledging her support. Wind Venerable Gu Ling arrived after the battle at Burning Flame Valley had ended and learned that the valley had suffered losses.

• Nalan Ye told Little Fairy Doctor that he had built support in Starfall Pavilion and Burning Flame Valley to prepare for becoming alliance leader.
• Little Fairy Doctor promised to help Nalan Ye secure the alliance leader position.
• Wind Venerable Gu Ling emerged from the Space Wormhole and asked whether the allied forces of the Hall of Souls and Ice River Valley had arrived.
• Nalan Ye told Gu Ling that the enemies had already attacked and fled after two Ancient Clan Venerables and Tang Zhen defeated Ice Venerable and Star Plucking Old Ghost.
• Tang Zhen left with several Burning Flame Valley Elders, while Nalan Ye explained to Gu Ling that the valley had suffered deaths and substantial losses.

After the battle at Burning Flame Valley, Nalan Ye urged Wind Venerable to form an alliance with Tang Zhen against the Hall of Souls. Yao Lao and Mu Qingluan arrived, and Nalan Ye brought them to the group’s lodgings, where he revealed that Little Fairy Doctor had absorbed Ice River Valley’s defeated forces into the Poison Sect.

• Wind Venerable agreed that Starfall Pavilion should seek an alliance with Burning Flame Valley because the Hall of Souls would likely retaliate.
• Wind Venerable returned to Starfall Pavilion through the Space Wormhole, and Yao Lao and Mu Qingluan arrived at Burning Flame Valley.
• Nalan Ye reassured Mu Qingluan that he was unharmed and told Yao Lao that Xiao Yan and Xun Er were staying in the same building, alarming Ling Ying.
• Nalan Ye arranged lodging for Mu Qingluan, Yao Lao, and the Ancient Clan attendants near his group.
• The Poison Sect’s new elders reported to Little Fairy Doctor, and Nalan Ye told Mu Qingluan that she had captured Ice River Valley’s forces and absorbed them into the sect.

After spending the night with Xiao Yan, Xun Er left Burning Flame Valley with the Ancient Clan party, intending to protect him by keeping their marriage secret. Ye watched her departure with Mu Qingluan and concluded that leaving quickly was Xiao Yan’s best chance to avoid the Ancient Clan’s wrath.

• Xun Er woke beside Xiao Yan, folded their wedding clothes into her Ring of Holding, and left the cottage before he awoke.
• Xun Er told Nan Lao and Lin Lao she was returning to the Ancient Realm, claiming their mission against the Hall of Souls was finished.
• Lin Lao accused Xiao Yan of bullying Xun Er, while Nan Lao questioned her sudden decision; Xun Er concealed her true reason for leaving.
• Ling Quan celebrated Xun Er’s departure and hurried the Ancient Clan party as they flew out of Burning Flame Valley without saying farewell to Tang Zhen.
• Ye saw Xun Er’s group depart while walking with Mu Qingluan and reasoned that her swift return would help keep Xiao Yan safe from the Ancient Clan.

Xun Er confronted Nalan Ye over his role in what happened between her and Xiao Yan the previous night. She realized Nalan Ye could expose their secret and asked what he wanted, leaving Xiao Yan’s fate in his hands.

• Xun Er approached Nalan Ye and questioned him about his drinking with Xiao Yan the previous night.
• Nalan Ye said they had only talked about their recent fight and shared the usual things between men, making Xun Er suspect he had incited Xiao Yan.
• Xun Er accused Nalan Ye of provoking Xiao Yan and became furious, while Mu Qingluan and the others watched in confusion.
• Nalan Ye said he had written letters to several friends to share the happy events of the night, and Xun Er’s killing intent faded.
• Xun Er realized Nalan Ye could reveal her secret with Xiao Yan and asked him what he wanted.

Nalan Ye used the threat of exposing Xun Er and Xiao Yan’s marriage to force Xun Er to yield, leaving her unable to risk angering him. Xun Er realized Nalan Ye had discovered her attack and began blaming Ling Ying for turning her against him.

• Xun Er feared the Ancient Clan would kill Xiao Yan if news of their marriage spread, and she concluded she could not silence Nalan Ye’s hidden network.
• Xun Er asked Nalan Ye what he wanted, acknowledging that she had been outmaneuvered and could no longer act recklessly.
• Nalan Ye hinted that Xun Er’s move against him had prompted his retaliation, leaving the Black-Robed Venerables and others confused by his remarks about drinking.
• Xun Er recalled her long history with Nalan Ye and remembered that she had begun suspecting him after Ling Ying reported his alleged ties to the Hall of Souls.
• Xun Er glared at Ling Ying and blamed his reports for damaging her relationship with Nalan Ye and contributing to Xiao Yan’s predicament.

Xun Er reconciled with Nalan Ye and gave him the Heaven Rank High-Grade Dou Skill Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon before leaving with the Ancient Clan. Lin Lao learned Nalan Ye’s supposed secret and fled, while the Ancient Clan group headed back toward the Ancient Realm.

• Xun Er agreed to stop targeting Nalan Ye and gave him the Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon scroll as she asked him to protect Xiao Yan.
• Xun Er warned Nalan Ye that she would retaliate if Xiao Yan were harmed, then left with the Ancient Clan group.
• Lin Lao pressed Nalan Ye about his conversation with Xun Er, and Nalan Ye whispered that he liked both men and women, frightening Lin Lao into leaving.
• Nalan Ye returned to the courtyard with Mu Qingluan, while Lin Lao told Nan Lao what Nalan Ye had said as the Ancient Clan group traveled toward the Ancient Realm.

Xiao Yan woke after Yao Lao dispelled the Small Pill Xun'er had used to put him to sleep, then learned that she had left Burning Flame Valley. Yao Lao warned him about her powerful Ancient Clan heritage, and the chapter ended with him saying Xun'er had probably left to protect Xiao Yan.

• Xun'er left Burning Flame Valley after realizing she and Xiao Yan had made a serious mistake, leaving him asleep under the Small Pill's effects.
• Yao Lao found Xiao Yan unconscious, removed the drug with his soul power, and slapped him awake when he mistook Yao Lao for Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that he and Xun'er had become husband and wife, prompting Yao Lao to warn him about her high status in the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Yan vowed to grow strong enough to stand before the Ancient Clan and remain with Xun'er.
• After discovering Xun'er and the Ancient Clan group had left, Xiao Yan tried to go after her, but Yao Lao stopped him and said she had left on her own to protect him.

Nalan Ye welcomed Xiao Yan after Xun Er’s departure, encouraged him to grow stronger, and then gathered Burning Flame Valley, Starfall Pavilion, and the Toxic Sect to discuss an alliance against the Hall of Souls. The meeting began with Red Fire Elder questioning whether the newly expanded Toxic Sect truly belonged in the alliance, and Nalan Ye insisted that it had a mountain gate.

• Green Luo reported that Burning Flame Valley had made her repair the volcano overnight, and Nalan Ye gave her breakfast.
• Xiao Yan arrived upset that Xun Er had left; Nalan Ye told him to cultivate diligently if he wanted to see her again, and Xiao Yan went to collect the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations from Tang Zhen.
• Nalan Ye led the others to the council hall, where representatives of Burning Flame Valley, Starfall Pavilion, and the Toxic Sect gathered to discuss an alliance against the Hall of Souls.
• Red Fire Elder challenged Nalan Ye's claim that the Toxic Sect was a third sect in the alliance, questioning whether it even had a mountain gate.
• Nalan Ye solemnly assured Red Fire Elder that the Toxic Sect had a mountain gate.

The Toxic Sect joined the alliance against the Hall of Souls, and the leaders began debating what to call it. The elders were still arguing over names when the chapter ended.

• Tang Huo'er rebuked Red Fire Elder for opposing the Toxic Sect's entry, and Tang Zhen welcomed Little Fairy Doctor into the alliance.
• Little Fairy Doctor took the seat of honor after Nalan Ye gave her a nod.
• Nalan Ye suggested the deliberately overlong name “Central State Resistance Hall of Souls,” prompting Tang Huo'er and Mu Qingluan to propose rival names.
• Burning Flame Valley and Starfall Pavilion elders argued over Tang Huo'er's “Burning Souls Alliance” and Mu Qingluan's “Slaughter Souls Alliance.”
• After Tang Zhen and Wind Venerable calmed the elders, they suggested more names and continued debating while Nalan Ye watched.