425 SL asks LAT why he isn't worried about LYY, and he reveals that she deliberately trapped them in the Union Room in order to claim NL. SL is disgusted at LYY and worried since she was now left alone to defend against a sixth ranked expert (LAT) while she was only third ranked.
426-429 SL runs using the Spirit Dance Steps, hoping to lead LAT to the tiger she tamed and hides when she can't find it. LAT follows and freezes the room, threatening to leave her in the middle of the street as a frozen statue without an inch of clothing. Remembering the mind control technique the Jade Lake has (ch100), she doesn't doubt his words. SL then uses her fire to melt the thin parts of his ice before throwing a bomb towards him. However SL is trapped within LAT's ice cage with only a hole big enough to fit 2 fingers and fails to escape as she's flung into the sea.
430-431 SL in her ice cube wash out on shore after a storm, and runs into NL.
432-433 SL wants to know how NL escaped the Union Room. He offers to free her from the ice cube if she agrees to stay with him for 3 months. SL agrees. However it takes him a while to melt LAT's ice despite being higher ranked and he collapses.
434-435 SL feeds NL Celestial Spring Water, and he falls asleep.
436-438 Waking up, SL asks NL about the Union Room and he jokes that she's asking whether he managed to protect his virginity. Followed by flirting until SL pushes him away, before realizing he's injured. They spot a cave and SL offers to explore it.
439-441 SL sets the cave up as a shelter and applies medicine for NL. She then looks for food before realizing she had moved a portion of her Zǐjīng fish to her space. Nursing him, SL promises not to go out without his permission (weird context but this might just pop up later for NL to abuse).
442-443 NL tells SL there are other ways to leave the Union Room (since he's keeping his innocence for his wife and children) - to leave he fought against himself. He avoids questions on what happened to LYY, and SL remembers that his recurring illness should appear around now, explaining why he's currently so weak.
444-447 SL feels guilty over his state and agrees to feed and bathe him. She mixes Celestial Spring Water into his bath. There's only one month before she needs to face Su Qing.
448 As SL is pouring out the bathwater, she runs into LAT who's been disfigured by the bomb. NL also arrives and LAT is worried since he isn't with LYY.