Chapter Summaries

Blazing Fire Academy and Spirit Hall Academy fought a chaotic tournament match as Huo Wu exposed Bewitching Charm with her upgraded Resisting Fire Ring and launched Blazing Fire Sun. Ning Xinxin revealed her Seven Kill Sword and fought Dong Yun, while the battle continued with Blazing Fire Academy holding an advantage.

• Dong Yun froze Bewitching Charm’s red mist, while Nan Li pressed Yan and Sun Chuantao with her Nanming Bow.
• Bewitching Charm abandoned Dong Yun and attacked Huo Wu, while Dong Yun charged Ning Xinxin and Nan Li continued fighting Yan.
• Huo Wu used her amplified Resisting Fire Ring to scatter the mist and expose Bewitching Charm, then launched Blazing Fire Sun.
• Nan Li intercepted Bewitching Charm, but Zhang Ping’s Golden-Waisted Flying Swallow shielded it from Blazing Fire Sun and was destroyed; Huo Yun knocked Zhang Ping off the stage.
• Ning Xinxin put away her Glazed Pagoda, summoned the Seven Kill Sword, and attacked Dong Yun with sword qi and lightning.
• Dong Yun used her Blazing Heaven Profound Thunder Left Arm Bone to counter Ning Xinxin’s attack and prepared to strike back.

Nan Li and Dong Yun fought Bewitching Charm while Huo Wushuang and the Huo brothers eliminated Spirit Hall Academy’s remaining Power Attack System Soul Master. Nan Li protected Dong Yun from a Moon Blade, but the strike shattered her Nanming Bow.

• Dong Yun’s spear pierced Ning Xinxin’s shoulder, while sword qi shattered Dong Yun’s wing armor and knocked her back.
• Huo Wu left the stage, and Huo Wushuang eliminated Spirit Hall Academy’s Black Horn Mountain Boar Soul Master with help from Fire Star’s boost.
• Nan Li raised a wall of fire to contain Bewitching Charm and help Dong Yun locate it through the red mist.
• Dong Yun and Nan Li coordinated their attacks against Bewitching Charm, while Ning Xinxin used the system to summon lightning at Dong Yun.
• Nan Li blocked a Moon Blade aimed at her and Dong Yun, but the strike snapped the Nanming Bow in half.

Nan Li and Dong Yun fought Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Ning Xinxin as their opponents’ fusion skill and strange lightning threatened to overwhelm them. Nan Li’s explosive counterattack cracked the Soul Fighting Stage, but Ning Xinxin remained protected by an invisible barrier, and a shout ordered the pair seized.

• Nan Li realized Dong Yun was running low on Soul Power while Ning Xinxin’s lightning continued unabated.
• Nan Li detonated hidden arrows beside Bewitching Charm, but a Seven Kill Sword attack and ten lightning bolts trapped her and Dong Yun in a Lightning Net.
• Dong Yun released the Great Sun Domain while Nan Li used Void Bright Pupils to break Bewitching Charm’s fusion skill and separate Xie Yue and Hu Liena.
• Nan Li hurled her spear at Ning Xinxin’s barrier, then combined her flames and weapons in an explosion that cracked the Soul Fighting Stage.
• A giant golden-red bird carried the unharmed Ning Xinxin from the flames, and an unseen voice shouted, “Seize them!”

Blazing Fire Academy won the tournament, but Qian Renxue ordered Ning Xinxin seized after sensing a strange aura around her. Nan Li collapsed and later awoke at their lodging, where Dong Yun tearfully blamed herself for failing to protect her.

• Qian Renxue sensed a suspicious aura around Ning Xinxin and ordered the palace guards to take her, while Bibi Dong ended the match and declared Blazing Fire Academy the winner.
• Dugu Bo entered Dong Yun's Great Sun Domain and stood beside Nan Li as Qian Renxue confronted Ning Xinxin.
• Ning Xinxin left with the guards without resisting, and Nan Li collapsed as a strange sensation overwhelmed her.
• Nan Li awoke at the group's temporary residence with Dong Yun beside her and Red Cloud lighting the dark room.
• Dong Yun cried and blamed herself for Nan Li's injury, while Nan Li tried to comfort her and finally threatened to leave if she kept crying.

Nan Li left Dong Yun alone while he cried, but Dan Qing explained why he needed family beside him and urged her to return. Nan Li went back and comforted him, though she still struggled to understand his self-blame.

• Nan Li threatened to leave when Dong Yun would not stop crying, then walked out wearing his coat.
• Dan Qing found Nan Li and explained that Dong Yun's self-blame came from fear of losing family, urging Nan Li to go back and hold him.
• Nan Li returned to find Dong Yun still sitting by the bed and tried to comfort him by placing Red Cloud in his arms.
• After Red Cloud fled, Nan Li rested her head on Dong Yun's lap and asked what he wanted her to do.
• Dong Yun joked that outsiders would be more likely to believe Nan Li cried, and Nan Li accepted taking some blame to protect his dignity.

Qian Renxue planned to return to Heaven Dou City while preparing to begin the Angel God Trial, and she proposed recruiting Dong Yun for the Worship Hall. She discovered Ning Xinxin had been released by Bibi Dong, who told her to wait until Ning Xinxin reached Soul Sage before carrying out her plan against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu she would return to Heaven Dou City, and he reminded her that the Angel God Trial had a time limit.
• Qian Renxue asked Qing Luan Douluo to escort her back and proposed that the Worship Hall cultivate Dong Yun as a future member.
• Qian Renxue went to the Elder Hall to question Ning Xinxin but learned Moon Guan and Ghost Douluo had released her on Bibi Dong's orders.
• Qian Renxue questioned Bibi Dong, who told her to leave Ning Xinxin's affairs alone and wait until she reached Soul Sage before acting.
• Qian Renxue resolved that Ning Xinxin's breakthrough would be the moment she destroyed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

After Blazing Fire Academy’s victory, Nan Li, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang divided the three Soul Bones, while Dong Yun declined a reward. Nan Li and Dong Yun graduated from the academy, and Dan Qing received half a year of leave from Shui Bing'er.

• The dean presented the three tournament Soul Bones to Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, Nan Li, and Dong Yun, after the other team members gave up their claims.
• Dong Yun declined a Soul Bone because she already had a left arm Soul Bone, and asked the others to divide the rewards.
• Nan Li assigned the Wisdom Skull of Spiritual Condensation to Huo Wu, the Blazing Right Arm of Explosive Burning to Huo Wushuang, and the Swift Left Leg of Wind Chasing to herself.
• Nan Li and Dong Yun asked about graduating after the tournament, and the dean agreed despite his reluctance.
• Dan Qing asked Shui Bing'er for leave to go home, and Shui Bing'er granted her half a year.

Nan Li left Spirit City with Dan Qing and Dong Yun, reunited with her mother Nan Yin and Lan Xi, and received pearls to restore her depleted Spirit Power. The group set off by carriage for Dragon Rising City while Nan Li slept.

• Dan Qing said goodbye to Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Academy team, then joined Nan Li and Dong Yun as they left Spirit City.
• Qian Renxue reminded Dong Yun of their agreement as the three departed through the west gate.
• Nan Li reunited with Dai Xiyun and Zhu Zhufeng outside the east gate, where Nan Yin was waiting for them.
• Nan Yin noticed Nan Li's exhausted Spirit Power, and Lan Xi gave them golden pearls to help restore it.
• Nan Yin sent Dai Xiyun and Zhu Zhufeng into the carriage, then ordered the coachman to take the group to Dragon Rising City.

Nan Yin brought Nan Li and her companions to Dragon Rising City, where she and Lan Xi clashed over how strictly to train the younger generation. The group settled into the Single Attribute Four Sects’ base, and Dan Hong discovered that the Breaking Clan’s head shared her passion for medicine.

• Lan Xi criticized Dong Yun for being too lenient with Nan Li, and Nan Yin defended letting the younger generation find safety at home.
• Nan Yin and her companions reached Dragon Rising City and went to the Single Attribute Four Sects’ base without warning the clan heads.
• Nan Yin assigned rooms for the group, while Red Cloud reluctantly left Nan Li and Dong Yun’s room to stay with Dai Xiyun.
• Dan Hong told Nan Li that the Breaking Clan’s head was a medicine enthusiast, while Qing Ya had bonded with Tai Tan over forging.

Nan Li explored Dragon Rising City with Bai Chenxiang and the others, bought flowers from a young street seller, and later asked Nan Yin and Lan Xi how to make amends after angering Qing Wu. Lan Xi advised her to kill herself to atone, leaving Nan Li with no practical guidance about Dong Yun’s distress.

• Tai Tan praised Qing Ya’s Three-Bow Crossbow, while Dan Hong’s medicine left Yang Wudi collapsing whenever he approached her pharmacy room.
• Bai Chenxiang took Nan Li and the others around Dragon Rising City while Dong Yun stayed close to Dan Qing and Zhu Zhu Feng.
• Nan Li bought a little girl’s entire basket of peonies, gave flowers to her companions, and invited the girl to visit Ping An Workshop.
• Nan Li gave flowers to Nan Yin and Lan Xi, drank wine with them, and asked what to do if she had made Qing Wu angry.
• Lan Xi told Nan Li to kill herself to atone if the little Golden Crow became angry with her.

Nan Li learned from Nan Yin how to appease an angry Qing Wu, while Nan Yin and Lan Xi reminisced about Chong Yang and Lang Xuan. The next morning, Nan Li met Little Ten and her mute Third Sister at Ping An Workshop, where Dan Hong discovered that peonies could be medicinal.

• Nan Yin told Nan Li to pick a Star Flame Flower for Qing Wu and apologize if she became angry, while Lan Xi challenged Nan Yin’s advice.
• Lan Xi stopped Nan Li from drinking more wine, and after Nan Li left, Nan Yin and Lan Xi mournfully remembered Chong Yang and Lang Xuan.
• Nan Li accompanied Dan Hong to Ping An Workshop, where Little Stone and her mute Third Sister arrived with baskets of flower buds.
• Nan Li learned that Little Stone was actually named Little Ten and that her older sister was called Third Sister.
• Dan Hong asked Little Ten to dig up a peony with its roots intact after realizing the flower could be used as medicine.

Nan Yin forged weapons for Nan Li and Dong Yun while Dong Yun trained with Yang Wudi and Nan Li overcame Lan Xi’s Coral Illusion. At Ping An Workshop, Nan Li learned that Qing Ya and Tai Tan were building a ballista for Second Prince Dai, raising the question of whether war was near.

• Nan Yin decided to forge weapons for Nan Li and Dong Yun herself, and Lan Xi suggested a bow based on Nan Li’s fifth Soul Skill.
• Dong Yun asked Yang Wudi to teach her spear techniques, revealed her five Soul Rings, and broke through a level while sparring with him.
• After more than a month of training under Lan Xi, Nan Li learned to see through the Coral Illusion without Soul Bones.
• Nan Li visited Ping An Workshop and learned from Dan Hong that Qing Ya and Tai Tan were building a ballista for Second Prince Dai.
• Dan Hong asked whether war was about to begin, and Nan Li said it probably would not happen yet.

Dan Hong discovered that Third Sister and Little Ten had failed to return from their morning trip to gather flowers, so Nan Li and their companions searched the mountains outside Dragon Rising City. They encountered a suspicious family whose man tried to send a young child home with them, and Nan Li agreed to follow the older boy who claimed to know the way.

• Dan Hong went to Third Sister’s home and learned that Third Sister and Little Ten had left before dawn to pick flowers.
• Dan Hong told Nan Li that the two had not returned, and Nan Li, Dan Qing, and Bai Chenxiang joined her search outside the city.
• Nan Li spread out her Spirit Power as the group searched deeper in the mountains and considered whether Third Sister and Little Ten had fallen into a trap.
• An old woman cried out in pain, and a man arrived with a young child and asked the women to take the child home.
• Nan Li accepted the child and agreed to let the boy Da Hu lead them to the man’s house.

Nan Li, Dan Hong, and Dan Qing let a hunter and his accomplices abduct them so they could investigate Dragon Bone Village, while Bai Chenxiang escaped to seek help. As the cart carried them into the guarded village, Nan Li began probing its defenses and the strength of its leaders.

• Nan Li sent Bai Chenxiang to fetch Dong Yun and Dai Xiyun after Dan Qing realized the children had led them into a trap.
• Bai Chenxiang flew toward Dragon Rising City, while Nan Li and the others pretended to faint when Shou Yue returned with the hunter.
• The hunter loaded the three women onto a cart and took them into Dragon Bone Village, boasting that even the Dragon Rising City Lord could not interfere there.
• Nan Li and her companions discussed the village’s motives through voice transmission as they passed patrols and watchtowers.
• Nan Li surveyed the village’s defenses with her Spirit Power and sent it toward the main structure.

Nan Li confronted Long Lingyun, Dragon Bone Village’s Deputy Village Chief, to retrieve Dan Hong and Dan Qing, but Long Lingyun attacked Dan Hong and revealed her Fox Dragon Martial Soul. Nan Li recognized the threat and realized escaping with the others could be difficult.

• Nan Li stopped the cart and forced the patrol to take her and the girls to meet the Deputy Village Chief.
• Long Lingyun questioned Nan Li and agreed to discuss a ransom for Dan Hong and Dan Qing.
• Dan Hong’s Spirit Power flared, and Long Lingyun’s attack sent her crashing through the railing.
• Nan Li pulled Dan Hong back with a rope and used her golden wings and Southern Bright Leaving Fire to block Long Lingyun’s dragon-shaped flames.
• Long Lingyun revealed her seven Soul Rings and Fox Dragon Martial Soul, which Nan Li recognized as exceptionally powerful.

Nan Li negotiated with Long Lingyun to get Third Sister and two other captives out of Dragon Bone Village, but Little Ten remained behind. Long Lingyun revealed the village would light sky lanterns that night, while Nan Li continued searching for the missing child.

• Long Lingyun brought five captive women before Nan Li and offered to release some of them if Nan Li stayed behind.
• Long Lingyun told Nan Li that the Dragon Rising City Lord was in her brother's bed, then demanded that Nan Li remain while Dan Hong, Dan Qing, and Third Sister left.
• Dan Qing led Third Sister out with Dan Hong, and the two women used their Martial Souls to fly away safely.
• Nan Li told Long Lingyun that Little Ten was still missing and searched Dragon Bone Village for a place the child might be hidden.
• Long Lingyun said the village would celebrate the full moon by Lighting Sky Lanterns.

Nan Li and Dong Yun discovered that Dragon Bone Village’s sky lantern ceremony involved burning people as candles. Long Lingyun offered to let them see the missing person early if Dong Yun guessed how the lanterns were lit.

• Long Lingyun explained that Dragon Bone Village would light sky lanterns that night, while Nan Li questioned her motives and demanded to see another captive.
• Dan Hong and Dan Qing left the ravine, and Dan Qing told Dong Yun that Nan Li was safe and Dai Xiyun was the priority.
• Dong Yun and Shou Yue arrived at the village and found Nan Li with Long Lingyun; Dong Yun demanded the person or their money, but Long Lingyun refused to cooperate.
• Nan Li told Dong Yun that Long Lingyun planned to make them wait until after the lantern ceremony, and Dong Yun recognized the lanterns involved Human Oil Wax.
• Long Lingyun described two methods of making human sky lanterns and challenged Dong Yun to guess which method the village would use for an early meeting with the captive.

Nan Li and Dong Yun learned that Long Lingyun was torturing captives and searched Dragon Bone Village for Little Ten, while waiting to avoid provoking the village chief before they could handle him. They discovered the chief was at the City Lord's Mansion, as Dai Xiyun and Yang Wudi had already gone there, and Lan Xi flew out to check on Nan Li, Dong Yun, and Dan Qing.

• Long Shouyue explained that Dragon Bone Village burned captives upright, and Long Lingyun dismissed the victims as weaklings.
• Nan Li searched the village with her Spirit Power but held back from attacking Long Lingyun because she had not found Little Ten and feared the village chief's retaliation.
• Long Lingyun offered to tell Nan Li where Little Ten was if Nan Li followed her, then revealed that her brother, the village chief, was at the City Lord's Mansion.
• After Bai Chenxiang reported the abduction, Dai Xiyun informed Nan Yin and went with Yang Wudi to the City Lord's Mansion to investigate.
• Nan Yin told Lan Xi that Dan Qing had gone with Nan Li and Dong Yun, and Lan Xi immediately flew out of the city.

Dai Xiyun confronted the Dragon Rising City Lord over the bandits, then discovered that Dragon Bone Village’s chief was the retired general Long Lichuan. Meanwhile, Lan Xi reached the village and watched as Nan Li and Dong Yun fought Long Lingyun, whose Fox Dragon clashed with their Zhuzhao Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Dai Xiyun demanded that the Dragon Rising City Lord send troops against the bandits, but the city lord refused and defended Dragon Bone Village.
• Long Lichuan emerged from the rear hall, and Dai Xiyun recognized the retired border general as the village chief.
• Dan Qing told Lan Xi that Nan Li and Dong Yun were missing inside Dragon Bone Village, so Lan Xi sent her to fetch Nan Yin and flew to the village herself.
• Lan Xi found Nan Li and Dong Yun unharmed in the pavilion and remained hidden while Nan Li prepared to fight Long Lingyun.
• Nan Li used Void Bright Pupils against Long Lingyun, who transformed into the Fox Dragon and shattered the pavilion’s upper floors.
• Zhuzhao rose to face the Fox Dragon as Long Shouyue gathered the villagers and Lan Xi watched from the mountainside.

Dai Xiyun and Nan Yin exposed Long Lichuan’s collusion with Dragon Bone Village and detained him and the Dragon Rising City Lord before heading to rescue the villagers. At Dragon Bone Village, Long Lingyun’s defenses stalled Nan Li and Dong Yun, and she ordered Long Shouyue to light sky lanterns and sacrifice three captives as the sun set.

• Dai Xiyun proposed visiting Dragon Bone Village with Long Lichuan, but Chen Yuan arrived and accused the village of abducting residents, including her sisters.
• Nan Yin overwhelmed Long Lichuan and the Dragon Rising City Lord, and Dai Xiyun ordered both men detained.
• Chen Yuan gathered a hundred soldiers while Nan Yin and Dai Xiyun prepared to go to Dragon Bone Village and rescue the captives.
• Nan Li and Dong Yun separated after discovering Long Lingyun’s Soul Bone could block Zhuzhao’s attacks for seven seconds.
• Long Lingyun warned Nan Li that the captives were about to die and ordered Long Shouyue to light the sky lanterns and sacrifice three people wrapped in burlap.