Chapter Summaries

Lu Yunxiao and Nalan Yanran met as fellow disciples at the Misty Cloud Sect, and Nalan Yanran was immediately drawn to him. Yun Yun asked Nalan Yanran to look after Lu Yunxiao and asked him to help teach her, leaving them set to spend more time together.

• Nalan Yanran stared at Lu Yunxiao and felt an immediate attraction to his looks and bearing.
• Lu Yunxiao appraised Nalan Yanran and thought her beauty was impressive, though her resemblance to Yun Yun made her seem less distinctive.
• Yun Yun prompted Nalan Yanran and Lu Yunxiao to greet each other, and they exchanged a brief handshake.
• Yun Yun asked Nalan Yanran to show Lu Yunxiao around and take good care of him, and Nalan Yanran readily agreed.
• Yun Yun asked Lu Yunxiao to teach Nalan Yanran when she needed help, and he agreed.

Yun Yun left Lu Yunxiao alone with Nalan Yanran while she went to handle matters, and Nalan Yanran took the chance to grow closer to him. As they toured the Misty Cloud Sect, she asked about his feelings and admired his affection for Yun Yun, while Lu Yunxiao remained unmoved by her interest.

• Yun Yun asked Nalan Yanran to accompany Lu Yunxiao, then left without telling him she planned to meet Gu He.
• Nalan Yanran eagerly offered to show Lu Yunxiao around the Misty Cloud Sect, and he agreed.
• Nalan Yanran asked how Lu Yunxiao had met Yun Yun, and he said she had saved him in the Tagore Desert.
• Nalan Yanran asked what kind of girl Lu Yunxiao liked, and he described Yun Yun's graceful and detached temperament.
• Nalan Yanran said she also admired women like Yun Yun, while Lu Yunxiao wondered if she was trying to imitate his teacher.

Lu Yunxiao and Nalan Yanran talked about Jia Nan Academy and Gu He's pursuit of Yun Yun before the disciple acceptance ceremony. As Yun Yun helped Lu Yunxiao dress, he confronted her about secretly meeting Gu He, and she apologized for hiding it.

• Lu Yunxiao dismissed Gu He as unworthy of Yun Yun, then answered Nalan Yanran's questions about his time at Jia Nan Academy and his cultivation.
• Three days passed, and Yun Yun went to wake Lu Yunxiao for the disciple acceptance ceremony.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Yun Yun to help him dress, then pulled her into his embrace.
• Lu Yunxiao asked whether Yun Yun had gone to see Gu He and learned that she had concealed the meeting and arranged for Nalan Yanran to distract him.
• Yun Yun apologized and explained that she had feared Lu Yunxiao would become jealous and angry, while he said the secrecy upset him more.

Lu Yunxiao and Yun Yun reconciled after he confronted her about meeting Gu He, then headed to the main hall for his induction as a Direct Disciple. Nalan Yanran supported his appointment and declared that her talent was inferior to his, shocking the gathered Misty Cloud Sect Disciples.

• Lu Yunxiao accepted Yun Yun's apology after she promised not to hide things from him again, and they made up.
• After washing up and eating breakfast, Lu Yunxiao accompanied Yun Yun to the main hall, where Disciples gathered to witness his induction.
• Nalan Yanran defended Lu Yunxiao's appointment, saying that a genius deserved to break conventions.
• Nalan Yanran rebuked Liu Ling for addressing her too familiarly, and he was left embarrassed as nearby Disciples laughed at his setback.
• Nalan Yanran called Lu Yunxiao's talent world-shocking and said she was inferior to him, stunning the Disciples.

Yun Yun held a ceremony to accept Lu Yunxiao as her second Direct Disciple and grant him authority equal to Nalan Yanran’s. The Elders welcomed the decision, but Yun Leng asked Lu Yunxiao to demonstrate his strength to reassure the Disciples.

• Nalan Yanran praised Lu Yunxiao’s talent, while the Disciples began to regard him with reverence.
• Lu Yunxiao and Yun Yun appeared before the gathered Disciples, drawing attention and stirring Liu Ling’s jealousy.
• Lu Yunxiao noticed Liu Ling’s hostility and learned from Yun Yun that he was Gu He’s disciple.
• Yun Yun announced that Lu Yunxiao would become her second Direct Disciple, with authority equal to Yanran’s.
• Yun Leng requested that Lu Yunxiao display his strength to convince the Disciples of the decision.

Lu Yunxiao agreed to prove his strength to the Misty Cloud Sect and defeated a Dou Master disciple with a single palm strike. His display left the disciples stunned, while Liu Ling grew jealous of Nalan Yanran's admiration for him.

• Yun Yun brought Lu Yunxiao to the plaza and invited any disciple who doubted her decision to challenge him.
• A black-clad disciple named Senior Brother Chen attacked Lu Yunxiao with his Eagle Sky Claw and Explosive Step.
• Lu Yunxiao struck Senior Brother Chen once, shattered his Dou Qi Veil, and sent him flying while calling for the next challenger.
• Nalan Yanran praised Lu Yunxiao's strength, leaving Liu Ling heartbroken and more hostile toward him.
• When no one stepped forward, Lu Yunxiao mocked the Misty Cloud Sect as a place full of cowards, and the disciples angrily protested.

Lu Yunxiao challenged the Misty Cloud Sect disciples to establish his authority, defeating Senior Brother Xia with a single strike. He then singled out Liu Ling, who was pressured by the crowd and Nalan Yanran to accept the challenge.

• Lu Yunxiao provoked the disciples, explaining that he needed to prove his strength so they would respect him.
• Senior Brother Xia challenged Lu Yunxiao, but Lu Yunxiao struck him down with a sweep of his sleeve.
• When no one else stepped forward, Lu Yunxiao called out Liu Ling, who had been watching him with hostility.
• The disciples urged Liu Ling to fight, eager to see him embarrassed, while Liu Ling feared being beaten by his love rival.
• Liu Ling looked to Nalan Yanran for help, but she declared that refusing a challenge was more shameful than losing.

Liu Ling accepted Lu Yunxiao’s challenge after Nalan Yanran’s words left him unable to retreat, while Yun Yun and Gu He recognized that jealousy over Nalan Yanran had sparked the conflict. Lu Yunxiao revealed his Dou Qi Armor and announced that he was a peak nine-star Da Dou Shi as the battle began.

• Nalan Yanran’s words pushed Liu Ling into accepting Lu Yunxiao’s challenge, and Lu Yunxiao invited him onto the field.
• Gu He warned Yun Yun that the fight was driven by jealousy, and Yun Yun realized Nalan Yanran had fallen for Lu Yunxiao.
• Yun Yun supported Lu Yunxiao, saying Liu Ling’s unstable temperament would benefit from losing, while Yun Leng also defended the decision to let them fight.
• Lu Yunxiao summoned three-colored Dou Qi Armor, shocking the surrounding Disciples with proof that he was a Da Dou Shi.
• Lu Yunxiao declared himself a peak nine-star Da Dou Shi and released his pressure toward Liu Ling.

Lu Yunxiao crushed Liu Ling with his aura during the challenge for Direct Disciple, then confronted Gu He when he tried to intervene. After Gu He admitted defeat on Liu Ling’s behalf, the disciples accepted Lu Yunxiao’s position.

• Lu Yunxiao overwhelmed Liu Ling with his pressure until Liu Ling fell to the ground.
• Gu He tried to take Liu Ling away, but Lu Yunxiao stopped him and challenged his right to interfere.
• Lu Yunxiao confronted Gu He and warned him not to provoke him, while Yun Yun hesitated to step in.
• Gu He admitted defeat on Liu Ling’s behalf, and the others avoided a clash.
• Lu Yunxiao asked the disciples whether they accepted him as a Direct Disciple, and they unanimously declared their submission.

Lu Yunxiao began learning alchemy at his residence in the Misty Cloud Sect and successfully refined a Great Strength Pill on his first attempt. Yun Yun arrived to speak with him, and Lu Yunxiao turned his attention from alchemy to her.

• Lu Yunxiao finished cultivating at the peak of the nine-star Da Dou Shi realm and decided to learn alchemy.
• Lu Yunxiao used the Purple Abyss Cauldron, his Fire Element, and trace wood energy to refine a Great Strength Pill.
• Lu Yunxiao successfully produced a high-quality Great Strength Pill on his first attempt and decided to refine more.
• Yun Yun entered Lu Yunxiao's room, asked about the cauldron, and sat beside him.
• Lu Yunxiao's attention shifted from alchemy to Yun Yun as she sat by his side.

Lu Yunxiao explained to Yun Yun why he had clashed with Gu He at the disciple acceptance ceremony and reassured her that she was not to blame for Gu He's unrequited feelings. He showed her the Tier 1 pill he had refined on his first attempt, leaving Yun Yun amazed by his alchemy talent.

• Lu Yunxiao pulled Yun Yun onto his lap and kissed her until she reminded him she had something serious to discuss.
• Yun Yun warned Lu Yunxiao that his clash with Gu He had created a clear rift between them.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that he had used Liu Ling and Gu He to establish his authority in the Misty Cloud Sect, and said he and Gu He were bound to be at odds because Gu He loved Yun Yun.
• Lu Yunxiao comforted Yun Yun, telling her she was not responsible for Gu He's unrequited love and that he would become a Tier 6 Alchemist within a year.
• Lu Yunxiao showed Yun Yun the warm Great Strength Pill he had refined on his first attempt, astonishing her with his talent.

Yun Yun worried that Lu Yunxiao’s exceptional talent would make him leave her, but his reassurance led to their first mutual kiss. When they discussed Nalan Yanran’s feelings and grew intimate, Yanran interrupted them by arriving with a question about battle techniques.

• Yun Yun asked whether Lu Yunxiao would stay with her for life, and he reassured her that she would always be by his side.
• Yun Yun accepted Lu Yunxiao’s kiss, and the two embraced for the first time without her pulling away.
• Yun Yun told Lu Yunxiao that Nalan Yanran had fallen for him, and he said he would not pursue her because Yun Yun would not accept him taking both master and disciple.
• Lu Yunxiao carried Yun Yun to the bed and began to undress her, but Nalan Yanran knocked and called for him.
• Yun Yun hid beneath the covers, and Lu Yunxiao led Nalan Yanran toward the Back Mountain to discuss her battle-technique questions.

Yun Yun reflected on her growing feelings for Lu Yunxiao after he left, while Lu Yunxiao tried to discourage Nalan Yanran’s advances as he escorted her to the Back Mountain plaza for sword practice. The chapter ended with Nalan Yanran demonstrating her swordsmanship as Lu Yunxiao silently judged her technique and thought of Ya Fei.

• Yun Yun emerged from Lu Yunxiao’s covers, remembered his kiss, and admitted to herself that her feelings for him were deepening.
• Nalan Yanran caught up with Lu Yunxiao on the way to the Back Mountain plaza and complained that he treated her more coldly than he treated Yun Yun.
• Lu Yunxiao told Nalan Yanran that he already liked another girl, but she refused to believe him and assumed his cultivation left him no time for a girlfriend.
• Lu Yunxiao arrived at the plaza and told Nalan Yanran to demonstrate her Dou Skills so he could point out her mistakes.
• Nalan Yanran began practicing with an azure longsword while Lu Yunxiao compared her swordsmanship to Yun Yun’s and thought about Ya Fei.

Lu Yunxiao criticized Nalan Yanran’s flashy swordsmanship and explained that she should remove unnecessary movements to make her attacks faster and stronger. He challenged her to exchange moves using Wind Extremity: Sunset Radiance, though she worried she could not control the technique.

• Nalan Yanran practiced her sword forms while Lu Yunxiao watched and told her to keep practicing instead of smiling at him.
• Nalan Yanran asked Lu Yunxiao to evaluate her performance, and he said her teacher, Yun'er, had taught her a style full of useless movements.
• Nalan Yanran defended Yun'er and said she would follow her for life unless love led her elsewhere.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that Nalan Yanran’s swordsmanship relied on too many flourishes and should be simplified to make her strikes faster and more powerful.
• Nalan Yanran praised Wind Extremity: Sunset Radiance, and Lu Yunxiao challenged her to exchange moves with it despite her concern that she had not mastered it.

Lu Yunxiao sparred with Nalan Yanran and taught her to rely on swift, direct sword strikes, explaining how the approach could counter Xiao Yan. He asked her to use Wind Extremity: Sunset Radiance against him, and she unleashed the technique as the chapter ended.

• Nalan Yanran asked Lu Yunxiao to fight her at the same level, and he suppressed his strength to a seven-star Dou Master.
• Lu Yunxiao defeated Nalan Yanran twice with a single swift sword thrust, then explained that speed and precise attacks suited her Wind Attribute.
• Lu Yunxiao advised Nalan Yanran that this sword style could restrain Xiao Yan's Dou Technique and help her in the Three-Year Agreement.
• Nalan Yanran gathered energy and sunlight into her sword and unleashed Wind Extremity: Sunset Radiance at Lu Yunxiao.

Lu Yunxiao tested Nalan Yanran with Sword Separating Worlds, frightening her before redirecting the attack at the last moment. He explained the skill and advised her to learn Wind Extremity: Falling Kill, then ended their training session as Nalan Yanran asked when they could meet again.

• Lu Yunxiao broke through Nalan Yanran's Wind Extremity: Sunset Radiance with Sword Separating Worlds and turned the strike aside before it hit her.
• Nalan Yanran angrily charged Lu Yunxiao, but he subdued her and explained that he had wanted to frighten her into remembering the lesson.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that Sword Separating Worlds was an Earth-tier Low-grade Dou Skill that focused its power into one decisive strike.
• Lu Yunxiao criticized the dispersed power of Wind Extremity: Sunset Radiance and recommended that Nalan Yanran learn Wind Extremity: Falling Kill.
• Lu Yunxiao ended the lesson, and Nalan Yanran asked if they could train together again the next day.

Lu Yunxiao sent Nalan Yanran away to focus on cultivation, then reunited with Yun Yun and told her he planned to enter seclusion to study alchemy. Yun Yun agreed to stay with him that night, while also receiving his permission to pass the Wind Catkin Scripture on to Yanran.

• Lu Yunxiao persuaded Nalan Yanran to focus on cultivation and leave him alone unless something important came up.
• Lu Yunxiao returned to find Yun Yun still asleep in his bed, and they kissed after she woke.
• Lu Yunxiao told Yun Yun that he planned to study alchemy in seclusion for one or two months and asked her to find him a quiet room and some medicinal herbs.
• Yun Yun asked to pass the Wind Catkin Scripture on to Yanran, and Lu Yunxiao agreed.
• Lu Yunxiao persuaded Yun Yun to stay with him that night, and she silently agreed.

Lu Yunxiao practiced refining Recovery Pills in private, aiming to master alchemy and produce pills of the highest quality. Meanwhile, Yun Yun began teaching Nalan Yanran an Earth Tier Technique that belonged to Lu Yunxiao.

• Lu Yunxiao used his Green Lotus Core Flame and Soul Power to refine a Recovery Pill, producing a Supreme Grade Pill that left him dissatisfied.
• Lu Yunxiao resumed refining pills, determined to pursue perfection and build his alchemy experience through practice.
• Yun Yun taught Nalan Yanran the key points of Wind Extremity: Falling Kill on the Back Mountain plaza.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that she would teach her an Earth Tier Technique belonging to Lu Yunxiao.
• Nalan Yanran assumed Lu Yunxiao had asked Yun Yun to teach her the technique and felt delighted by his supposed concern.

Yun Yun gave Nalan Yanran the Earth Tier Wind Catkin Scripture, then tried to temper her hopes of winning Lu Yunxiao’s affection. Nalan Yanran refused to believe Yun Yun’s claim that Lu Yunxiao had several girlfriends, leaving Yun Yun unable to reveal their relationship.

• Nalan Yanran rejoiced over receiving the Wind Catkin Scripture, but Yun Yun clarified that Lu Yunxiao had not specifically asked her to pass it on.
• Nalan Yanran worried Lu Yunxiao might object, and Yun Yun assured her that he had let her decide what to do with the technique.
• Nalan Yanran admitted she had fallen for Lu Yunxiao and asked Yun Yun to help her get closer to him.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that Lu Yunxiao already liked several girls and urged her not to get too attached.
• Nalan Yanran demanded to know the girls’ names, and Yun Yun fell silent because she could not bring herself to disclose their relationship.

Yun Yun refused Nalan Yanran’s request for help pursuing Yunxiao, but Yanran insisted she would not give up. A month and a half later, Gu He found Liu Ling still broken by his humiliating defeat to Lu Yunxiao and tried to make him get up.

• Yun Yun warned Nalan Yanran that Yunxiao had a girlfriend and would resent anyone who interfered in his relationships.
• Nalan Yanran vowed to keep pursuing Yunxiao even if she got hurt, and Yun Yun began teaching her an Earth Tier Technique.
• A month and a half after Lu Yunxiao humiliated Liu Ling, Gu He found his disciple drinking and lying lifeless in his room.
• Gu He opened the window and angrily pulled Liu Ling out of bed, urging him to stop wallowing in despair.
• Liu Ling wept that he had lost miserably and that Nalan Yanran had fallen for someone else, leaving him feeling like a complete failure.