The young master of the Chong Huo sect has come of age and is ready to go out into the real world. She is destined to bring the sect's artefact "Lotus Sutra" to the "Hero Assembly", a tournament held every 2 years as an arrangement to keep peace between the various martial sects. The journey is however not without dangers.

The biannual Hero Assembly is about to start and everyone is scheming about how to obtain this year's prize. The one who wins the contest will be able to negotiate with Hall of Flames where the two coveted manuals will be kept safe. Let the games begin!

With the manual vanished, every sect is looking for it for the next three months. Mu Yuan first travels to Sword Manor, while the rest of Flame Hall stays in Dong Du. Xuezhi takes this time to figure out who her savior was and ask him for help. But Shangguan Tou denies being her savior.

Tuo tells Chong Xuezhi that he's been asked to protect her, not someone else. She's surprised, but they decide to work together. The next day he wanders into the city to gather intel and stumbles into Gu Gu, who has some valuable information. Based upon that, they decide to go South to Xiangzhou.