Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan defended Xiao Yi Xian’s place in Starfall Pavilion by exposing Ice River Valley’s greed and demonstrating that she could control her Calamity Poison Body. Hun Ruoruo arrived, reunited the group in their resolve to face the war, and publicly took Xiao Yan’s hand as she challenged anyone who still objected.

• Xiao Yi Xian worried that her Calamity Poison Body would burden Starfall Pavilion, but Xiao Yan refused to hand her over to Ice River Valley.
• Xiao Yan argued that Ice River Valley was pursuing hidden benefits and warned that surrendering Xiao Yi Xian would invite further demands.
• Xiao Yi Xian released poisonous mist across the venue and then made it vanish, proving that she could control her poison body.
• Hun Ruoruo arrived and told Xiao Yi Xian that Starfall Pavilion would share responsibility for the conflict, while Xiao Yi Xian agreed to face it with them.
• Hun Ruoruo hooked her arm through Xiao Yan’s and interlocked their fingers in public before asking the crowd who still had objections.

Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo led Starfall Pavilion to confront the Ice River Valley Alliance, which demanded that the Pavilion surrender the Calamity Poison Woman. Hun Ruoruo struck the alliance’s envoy, leaving Starfall Pavilion’s answer unmistakable.

• Hun Ruoruo rallied Starfall Pavilion’s people, and Xiao Yan accepted her support as they prepared to face the Ice River Valley Alliance.
• A shadowy messenger reported that the alliance’s envoy had arrived, while Venerable Feng left Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo to decide how to respond.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo left Starfall Pavilion together, and Xiao Yi Xian watched them with a smile.
• The Ice River Valley Alliance’s white-robed envoy accused Starfall Pavilion of sheltering the Calamity Poison Woman and demanded that they hand her over.
• Hun Ruoruo asked Xiao Yan about the envoy’s cultivation, then blasted the Six-star Dou Zong into the ravine and demanded to know whether he was satisfied.

Hun Ruoruo crippled Ice River Valley’s envoy with a single slap, then moved to pursue the fleeing forces as tensions with Starfall Pavilion escalated. She left Xiao Yan with an ancient token bearing the character “Medicine” and asked him to handle the barrier.

• Mu Qingluan feared Hun Ruoruo’s attack would provoke war with Ice River Valley, but Xiao Yan reassured the disciples that the attackers were not negotiating in good faith.
• Hun Ruoruo dismissed the injured envoy’s threat and humiliated him, strengthening Starfall Pavilion’s disciples’ confidence.
• The envoy threatened revenge and revealed hostility beyond Ice River Valley’s stated goal of eliminating the Calamity Poison Body, prompting suspicion among the spectators.
• Hun Ruoruo vanished to pursue the attackers as the gathered forces fled in chaos, and she told Xiao Yan to handle the barrier.
• Xiao Yan caught the token Hun Ruoruo tossed him and saw the character “Medicine” engraved on it.

Hun Ruoruo trapped the Ice River Valley forces inside the Falling Star Array and exposed the backing of Venerable Yao. The Ice River Valley Elder fled into the void, leaving Hun Ruoruo to attack him with her Sea Flame Halberd.

• Mu Qingluan recognized Xiao Yan's token as belonging to Venerable Yao, while Xiao Yan grumbled that it had only been lent to him.
• Hun Ruoruo expanded the Falling Star Array across the Heavenly Star Mountain Range and revealed that Venerable Yao was its true master.
• The Ice River Valley Elder rallied the gathered fighters and absorbed their Dou Qi, restoring his strength as he prepared to fight Hun Ruoruo.
• The Elder abruptly escaped through the void, abandoning his comrades and promising to have the Valley Master avenge them.
• Hun Ruoruo summoned a Sea Flame Halberd and launched it through the void after the fleeing Elder.

Hun Ruoruo killed the Ice River Valley elder and used him to slaughter the allied troops, then Xiao Yan and Venerable Feng assessed the threat of Soul Hall and the enemy Dou Zuns. Hun Ruoruo proposed reviving Senior Venerable Tian Huo and seeking Fierce Flame Valley’s aid as a way to counter them.

• Hun Ruoruo pierced the Ice River Valley elder with a soul needle, took control of him, and sent him to kill the allied troops outside the Heavenly Star Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan hurried Mu Qingluan and the Starfall Pavilion disciples back to safety, while the controlled elder slaughtered the allied army and then took his own head.
• Venerable Feng told Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo that the coming battle could involve at least four Dou Zuns, including Soul Hall forces connected to Ice River Valley.
• Xiao Yan explained that a two-star Dou Zun from a Soul Hall branch hall might join the battle, while Venerable Feng said most of his allies would not oppose Soul Hall.
• Hun Ruoruo suggested that Xiao Yan could serve as their answer to the lack of a Dou Zun and proposed reviving Senior Venerable Tian Huo to gain Fierce Flame Valley’s support.

Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo traveled to Fierce Flame Valley to seek help for Starfall Pavilion against Ice River Valley, while Zi Yan sensed danger and begged them not to leave. At the valley entrance, Hun Ruoruo confronted a powerful elder and ended the chapter by telling him to say Xiao Yan’s surname was Xiao.

• Zi Yan warned Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo that she sensed something different and pleaded with Hun Ruoruo not to go, but Hun Ruoruo reassured her and left with Xiao Yan.
• Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan reached Fierce Flame Valley after three days, and Xiao Yan admired its powerful fire energy.
• Xiao Yan politely presented Starfall Pavilion’s token and card to the gatekeeping elder, who refused to help because the pavilion had angered Ice River Valley.
• Hun Ruoruo warned the elder that the Valley Master would invite them inside, prompting him to unleash his High-level Dou Zong aura.
• Hun Ruoruo calmed Xiao Yan with her Water Dou Qi and told the elder to say Xiao Yan’s surname was Xiao.

Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo arrived at Fierce Flame Valley, where Ruoruo claimed Xiao Yan’s family name would make Valley Master Tang Zhen welcome them. Tang Zhen recognized the name and hurried to greet them personally, leaving Xiao Yan baffled by his family’s supposed history.

• Hun Ruoruo persuaded the gatekeeper Wu Chi to deliver their message to Tang Zhen, while Xiao Yan worried they would be detained for lying.
• Hun Ruoruo insisted she had told the truth, prompting Xiao Yan to wonder whether the Xiao Family had once been powerful.
• Tang Huo'er heard Starfall Pavilion’s Young Pavilion Master had arrived and urged Tang Zhen to let her challenge him.
• Wu Chi told Tang Zhen that the visiting chief’s surname was Xiao, and Tang Zhen’s aura surged as he demanded to hear the name again.
• Tang Zhen rushed to welcome Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo, while Xiao Yan wondered how Ruoruo knew him so well.

At Fierce Flame Valley, Tang Zhen revealed that the valley’s treasured art, Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations, had been left there by Xiao Xuan, and agreed to let Xiao Yan study it. Xiao Yan learned that the Xiao Clan had once stood among the continent’s mightiest powers, then began to suspect that Hun Ruoruo was descended from the Soul Clan’s strongest expert—and might be his ancestor.

• Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo met Tang Zhen at Fierce Flame Valley, where he asked about their relationship and welcomed the Xiao Clan’s descendants.
• Hun Ruoruo proposed that Xiao Yan could study the inheritance item without taking it away, prompting Tang Zhen to agree to let him learn Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations.
• Tang Huo'er objected to an outsider learning Fierce Flame Valley’s secret art, but Hun Ruoruo revealed that Xiao Yan had come to study a technique left by Xiao Xuan.
• Tang Zhen explained that Xiao Xuan had been one of five of the continent’s strongest experts, each having approached the limits of Dou Di.
• After Tang Zhen named the Ancient Clan and Soul Clan among the other powers descended from those experts, Xiao Yan wondered whether Hun Ruoruo was one of his ancestors.

Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo revealed their connection to the Xiao Clan while negotiating with Tang Zhen, who agreed to let Xiao Yan cultivate Fierce Flame Valley’s Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo sharing a room, where she began changing clothes in front of him.

• Tang Zhen learned that Xiao Yan was the Xiao Clan’s Young Clan Leader and praised him, while Hun Ruoruo quietly smiled at the praise.
• Tang Zhen explained to Tang Huo'er that he had praised Xiao Yan because Hun Ruoruo cared about him, then ordered his enforcement personnel to allow Xiao Yan to cultivate the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations.
• Tang Zhen privately worried about the risks of befriending the Xiao Clan and hoped they could heal Tang Huo'er's injuries caused by Heavenly Flames.
• A maid assigned Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo one room, and Hun Ruoruo accepted the arrangement despite Xiao Yan's hesitation.
• After entering the room, Hun Ruoruo began changing clothes, leaving Xiao Yan flustered.

Hun Ruoruo playfully asked Xiao Yan to help tie her chest wrap before explaining why she had not raised his request for the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations. She revealed that Tang Zhen was seeking an Alchemist to treat his ill daughter, suggesting Xiao Yan could win his support by saving her.

• Hun Ruoruo asked Xiao Yan to tie the back of her chest wrap, and he fumbled with the ties before making a bow.
• Hun Ruoruo teased Xiao Yan, then steered him toward discussing the reason for their trip.
• Xiao Yan admitted he had guessed Hun Ruoruo's father was one of the five supreme experts from the past but had not wanted to ask about the older generation's affairs.
• Hun Ruoruo explained that Tang Zhen of Fierce Flame Valley treasured his daughter and was searching for an Alchemist to treat her strange illness.
• Hun Ruoruo asked whether Tang Zhen would favor a Xiao Clan descendant demanding the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations or the person who saved his daughter's life.

Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan discussed the blood feud between the Xiao Clan and the Soul Clan, and Xiao Yan reaffirmed that he would stand by her despite their opposing bloodlines. Hun Ruoruo teased him by framing their relationship as a forbidden romance, then pushed him onto the bed, where he gave in to his desire.

• Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yan that the Xiao Clan and Soul Clan had a blood feud, and Xiao Yan revealed that Hun Tiandi had told him about the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations.
• Hun Ruoruo wondered why Hun Tiandi had shared the secret with Xiao Yan, then joked that their relationship would defy the Xiao Clan ancestor.
• Xiao Yan said he would defend Hun Ruoruo even if the Xiao Clan ancestor opposed their relationship.
• Hun Ruoruo called Xiao Yan a young hero bewitched by an enchantress and shoved him onto the bed.
• Hun Ruoruo suggested Xiao Yan teach the Soul Clan enchantress a lesson, and Xiao Yan leaned in to kiss her.

Xiao Yan entered Fierce Flame Valley’s Dou Technique Pavilion to study the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations, while Tang Huo'er tried to build a relationship with him for the sake of treating her illness. As Xiao Yan suspected a connection between the technique and the Xiao Clan bloodline, Tang Huo'er visited Hun Ruoruo, unaware that her teasing about the couple’s night together had hit close to home.

• Hun Ruoruo kicked Xiao Yan off the bed when he tried to go further, then used soul manipulation to make his arm move until he asked to surrender.
• Tang Zhen arranged for Xiao Yan to study the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations, and Tang Huo'er led him to the Dou Technique Pavilion.
• Tang Huo'er admitted that her father had asked her to grow closer to Xiao Yan so he might treat her illness, and Xiao Yan suggested she speak to someone more suitable.
• Xiao Yan pondered whether the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations were tied to the Xiao Clan bloodline and recalled similarities between its pattern and Hun Ruoruo’s ability.
• Tang Huo'er visited Hun Ruoruo and remarked on her swollen lips, joking that she and Xiao Yan must have spent the night kissing.

Tang Huo'er visited Hun Ruoruo to ask for her help, but discovered signs that Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan had been intimate and accused them of adultery. Hun Ruoruo frightened her into apologizing, then unexpectedly said her own mother had once called her a tomboy.

• Tang Huo'er asked what Xiao Yan had told Hun Ruoruo about her situation, and Hun Ruoruo realized he had kept their private matters secret.
• Tang Huo'er admitted she had come to ask Hun Ruoruo for help, and Hun Ruoruo invited her into the room.
• Tang Huo'er noticed the marks on Hun Ruoruo's neck and accused her and Xiao Yan of being an adulterous pair.
• Hun Ruoruo insisted that she and Xiao Yan were true love, then admitted she had been teasing Tang Huo'er to teach her not to pry into other people's privacy.
• Tang Huo'er apologized for jumping to conclusions, and Hun Ruoruo said her mother had once called her a tomboy too.

Hun Ruoruo and Tang Huo'er bonded over their fears about their fathers and shared stories about their childhoods. Xiao Yan returned after grasping the core of the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations, and Hun Ruoruo ran to embrace him, telling him she had missed him.

• Tang Huo'er apologized to Hun Ruoruo for her earlier rudeness, and the two agreed to share personal stories.
• Tang Huo'er admitted she had deliberately antagonized her father because she feared he would forget her as she ran out of time.
• Hun Ruoruo told Tang Huo'er how she had tried to escape her courtyard as a child to find her father and recalled her mother's Candied Hawthorn.
• Xiao Yan arrived and announced that he had grasped the core of the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations.
• Xiao Yan mistook Hun Ruoruo's conversation with Tang Huo'er for a scheme, but Hun Ruoruo caught his sleeve, embraced him, and said she had missed him.

Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan shared an awkwardly affectionate moment before she negotiated with Tang Zhen over Fierce Flame Valley’s support and information about Sound Valley. Tang Zhen revealed that Soul Hall’s influence limited his choices, and an ancestor appeared just as Hun Ruoruo demanded an explanation about Sound Valley.

• Tang Huo'er left after blessing Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo as lovers, and Xiao Yan accidentally called Hun Ruoruo his wife, making her blush.
• Tang Zhen declined to commit Fierce Flame Valley to an alliance because the Supreme Elder’s decree and Soul Hall’s influence constrained him, though he promised future Xiao Clan descendants access to the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations.
• Hun Ruoruo guaranteed Tang Huo'er’s safety by revealing Pure Water Dou Qi and explaining that she had already used some to relieve Huo'er’s symptoms.
• Hun Ruoruo asked Tang Zhen to tell her everything about Sound Valley, but he refused, prompting her to accuse him of failing as Valley Master and father.
• An old voice interrupted Tang Zhen before he could answer, saying only the ancestor could explain Sound Valley.

Hun Ruoruo learned that the Fire Cloud Ancestor had known her mother, Su Ying, and received a Soul Jade Slip containing what he knew about Sound Valley. Tang Zhen then resolved to stand by Ruoruo and Huo'er if Soul Hall came for them, while Ruoruo ran back determined to take Senior Brother to see her mother.

• The Fire Cloud Ancestor appeared before Hun Ruoruo, explained that Tang Zhen had not known the significance of Pure Water Dou Qi, and revealed he had held Su Ying when she was born.
• Hun Ruoruo called the Fire Cloud Ancestor Grandpa Huoyun and asked him to tell her everything he knew about Sound Valley.
• The Fire Cloud Ancestor gave Hun Ruoruo a Soul Jade Slip, and she left the hall without lingering.
• Tang Zhen rejected the idea that destiny should dictate his actions and declared he would stand with Fierce Flame Valley if Soul Hall came knocking.
• Hun Ruoruo ran back through the valley, determined to take Senior Brother to see her mother.

An Suying told Fire Cloud Ancestor that she had left to give Hun Ruoruo a chance to choose her own life, and Hun Ruoruo woke from the Soul Scroll with more questions about her mother. Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo discussed reviving Venerable Tian Huo, but news that Ice River Valley had broken the Half-Month Treaty and was marching on Starfall Pavilion abruptly raised the stakes.

• An Suying met Fire Cloud Ancestor at Fierce Flame Valley and revealed that she had come out of seclusion to give her daughter a chance to choose her own future.
• An Suying recalled visiting Tang Zhen's daughter and insisted that Hun Ruoruo should not have her life decided by Hun Tiandi or anyone else.
• Hun Ruoruo awoke from the Soul Scroll after seeing an image of her mother and spoke with Xiao Yan about what she had learned.
• Xiao Yan told Hun Ruoruo he planned to use Earth Demon Old Ghost's body for himself and said he would revive Venerable Tian Huo within three days.
• A woman arrived at Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo's room and reported that Ice River Valley had torn up the Half-Month Treaty and was preparing to march on Starfall Pavilion.

Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan sought Fierce Flame Valley’s help for Starfall Pavilion, but its elders refused to oppose Ice River Valley and Soul Hall. Tang Zhen secretly gave Ruoruo a powerful brooch before the pair prepared to leave, while he watched them go with concern.

• Tang Zhen argued with Fierce Flame Valley’s elders after learning that Ice River Valley, Yellow Springs Pavilion, and Soul Hall were targeting Starfall Pavilion.
• Hun Ruoruo arrived and told Tang Zhen she would not drag Fierce Flame Valley into the conflict, and the relieved elders left the hall.
• Tang Zhen admitted he could not openly defy the elders, while Ruoruo thanked him and said she and Xiao Yan would leave in three days.
• Tang Zhen pressed a dark crimson crystal brooch containing terrifying energy into Hun Ruoruo’s hand and urged her to run if she could not win.
• Hun Ruoruo teased Tang Zhen about his interest in her mother, then left with Xiao Yan; Tang Zhen watched them go and remarked that they were too alike.

Xiao Yan began preparing to resurrect the Heavenly Fire Venerable aboard the cramped Space Shuttle while Soul Hall’s forces surrounded Starfall Pavilion. Venerable Qinghai took Venerable Huangquan’s Yin-Yang Twin Flames but refused his request to claim Xiao Yan for him, leaving Huangquan stunned as the attack loomed.

• Hun Ruoruo urged Xiao Yan to carry out the Heavenly Fire Venerable’s resurrection because Starfall Pavilion needed reinforcements, and the Heavenly Fire Venerable accepted the risk.
• Xiao Yan set up the Black Demon Cauldron in the Space Shuttle’s makeshift alchemy room and began refining the medicine.
• Venerable Qinghai, Venerable Huangquan, and Soul Hall’s forces surrounded Starfall Pavilion, while Huangquan promised to leave none of its disciples alive.
• Venerable Huangquan revealed the Yin-Yang Twin Flames and offered them to Venerable Qinghai in exchange for Xiao Yan, whose body he wanted to seize.
• Venerable Qinghai stored the Yin-Yang Twin Flames and refused Huangquan’s request, shocking him.

Venerable Qinghai forced Venerable Huangquan to join Soul Hall and Ice River Valley’s assault on Starfall Pavilion, while Venerable Feng led the pavilion’s defenders against the encircling Venerables. As Venerable Feng and Old Man Yao faced defeat, a lightning tribulation struck the iron chains and two figures appeared amid the thunder.

• Venerable Qinghai refused to help Venerable Huangquan reclaim his dignity and demanded that he join the attack on Starfall Pavilion to capture Xiao Yan.
• Ice River Valley’s army surrounded the Heavenly Star Mountain Range, and Venerable Feng led Starfall Pavilion’s members out to face the assault.
• Venerable Feng shielded the disciples from the four Venerables’ pressure and fought them, but Venerable Qinghai used Heaven-Sealing Earth-Locking to cut him off from Heaven and Earth Force.
• Old Man Yao revealed himself to help Venerable Feng, and Venerable Qinghai declared that Starfall Pavilion was doomed and coveted Yao Chen’s Soul Body.
• A lightning tribulation struck Venerable Qinghai’s iron chains, and two figures appeared amid the thunder.