Recaps

Shi Chun’s group drew the sects pursuing them into the Darkness-Free Forbidden Ground, where they met Zhen’er and learned about the Earthheart Tower. As negotiations with Forgetting Passion Valley and the Extreme Fire Sect faltered, Shi Chun led Summer Path Mountain deeper into the Forbidden Ground with its rivals still in pursuit.

• Shi Chun and his allies gathered Divine Fires while Wu Jinliang deceived Yan Ketao and helped expose the Heavenforging Sect’s search for them.
• Gong Shixi spread rumors about Shi Chun’s success, and Shi Chun ordered Xu Anchang and You Mu to spread a counter-rumor before the pursuers forced his group to flee toward the Darkness-Free Land.
• Shi Chun led his companions into the Forbidden Ground, where they found Zhen’er waiting for Situ Gu and learned she wanted Shi Chun to help her leave.
• Zhen’er told Shi Chun that the Earthheart Tower imprisoned fire spirits and powered the formation restricting the Forbidden Ground.
• Wu Shanshan offered a partnership, but Gu Liani rejected Forgetting Passion Valley’s proposal, and Wu Shanshan then approached the Extreme Fire Sect.
• Shi Chun identified Black Tiger as the Extreme Fire Sect’s key to finding Divine Fire and agreed to cooperate with Yin Tianlu in exchange for protection and the safety of Forgetting Passion Valley’s leaders.
• Black Tiger told Yin Tianlu that Zhen’er might be Divine Fire transformed into human form, and Yin Tianlu chose to pursue Shi Chun after he led Summer Path Mountain deeper into the Forbidden Ground.

Shi Chun and his allies evaded the sects hunting them through the Forbidden Ground, while rival factions bargained over the secret art and divine fire. After Wu Jinliang killed Black Tiger, Wu Shanshan continued tracking Shi Chun, who set out alone to assassinate her as the sects converged.

• Shi Chun's group lured the sects into the underground passage, where Fire Bats attacked and forced the pursuers into disarray.
• Li Hongjiu crushed the Fire Bats at the Heavenly Pit, while Shi Chun took Zhen'er's Cloud-Treading Boots and learned that the Earthheart Tower might hold more garments.
• Wu Shanshan and Yin Tianlu arranged to encircle Shi Chun's resting group, but Shi Chun detected the danger and escaped with the Bright Mountain Sect as Gu Liani's group was surrounded.
• Zuo Zisheng allied with Gu Liani to protect Summer Path Mountain, and Li Hongjiu negotiated for divine fire before Gu Liani revealed that Shi Chun was alive and possessed the secret art.
• Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang confronted Wu Shanshan and Black Tiger, and Wu Jinliang killed Black Tiger after the Immobilization Technique trapped him and his treasures.
• Wu Shanshan and the Extreme Fire Sect fled, while Shi Chun recovered his strength and the sects learned that Black Tiger had been killed.
• Wu Shanshan continued tracking Shi Chun, who sent Wu Jinliang and the Bright Mountain Sect away before disguising himself and heading toward the gathered sects to assassinate her.

Shi Chun fought his pursuers, escaped Li Hongjiu, and led his companions toward the Earthheart Tower, where Zhen'er asked the First Lord for permission to marry him. The tower's inhabitants agreed to let Shi Chun move freely, but when Gong Shixi arrived with the pursuing sects, Shi Chun demanded that he capture Wu Shanshan.

• Shi Chun infiltrated the gathered sects, reunited with Gu Liani and Yuan Yao, and attacked Wu Shanshan, but she escaped after losing an arm.
• Shi Chun joined Xu Anchang and You Mu, who used their treasures against the sects, then fought Li Hongjiu amid the encroaching fire monsters and escaped after their clash.
• Shi Chun reunited with Wu Jinliang, Tong Mingshan, and Zhen'er, then sent Zhen'er to ask the First Lord for permission to marry him.
• The First Lord agreed to meet Shi Chun, while Shi Chun took Xu Anchang's Boundless Banner and You Mu's Six-Path Golden Wheel and prepared to approach the Earthheart Tower.
• Shi Chun persuaded Zhen'er to wait at the tower while he prepared proposal gifts, and the tower's old monsters decided to prioritize their greater undertaking and leave Ninth to watch her.
• Gong Shixi arrived with the Thousand Rocks Sect and told Shi Chun that Wu Shanshan was guiding the pursuing group, and Shi Chun demanded that Gong capture her before he would leave.

Shi Chun pursued his marriage proposal to Zhen'er while dealing with Li Hongjiu, the Bright Mountain Sect, and the lords of the Earthheart Tower. After uncovering the tower’s hidden chamber and capturing its lords, he kept his promise to investigate who killed Li Hongjiu’s disciples.

• Shi Chun captured Wu Shanshan, who died after refusing to reveal what she knew, while Li Hongjiu led the sects against him and later pursued him to Lakeside Isle.
• Shi Chun asked the First Lord for Zhen'er's hand and agreed to remain in the Divine Fire Domain, while Xu Anchang and You Mu plotted against him and the Bright Mountain Sect.
• Shi Chun directed Xu Anchang and You Mu to gather divine fires, and Tong Mingshan fused twelve kinds into each of his black and white flames to create samadhi true fire.
• Wu Jinliang captured the poisoned Li Hongjiu, and Zhen'er cured him before Shi Chun persuaded the Bright Mountain Sect to release him and proposed working together to find the killer of his disciples.
• Shi Chun led the group into the Earthheart Tower to search for divine fire, and Zhen'er helped them uncover its hidden entrance and capture the First Lord.
• Shi Chun found the Fire God's remains on an altar and learned that removing the dead masters' remains would break the Forbidden Ground's restrictions and the tower's formation.
• Shi Chun and the others captured the Second Lord through the Ninth Lord as they searched the tower, then Shi Chun asked An Wuzhi to save divine fire while he pursued the killer of Li Hongjiu's disciples.