Recaps

Nalan Chaoge defeated Xiao Yan’s challenge and fought off Mu Chen’s invasion, then uncovered the truth about Yun Yun and their son. With the Jia Ma Empire and Misty Cloud Sect recovering, he began refining a seventh-grade pill as a new trial approached.

• Nalan Chaoge won the Alchemist Convention with a peak fifth-grade Dou Ling Pill, and Yan Li died after swallowing a poisoned pill.
• Nalan Chaoge refused to reconcile with Xiao Yan and prepared for their Three-Year Pact while the elders chose neutrality and Yao Ye pledged to stand by him.
• Xiao Yan reversed his agreement to cancel the pact and challenged Nalan Chaoge, but Mu Chen interrupted the confrontation with an invasion and claimed Yun Yun as his empress.
• Mu Chen, Protector Wu, and Xiao Yan attacked Nalan Chaoge, who killed Mu Chen’s allies, sealed Yao Chen, and destroyed Protector Wu before Yun Yun helped Xiao Yan escape.
• Nalan Chaoge learned that Mu Chen was a eunuch and that he was Chujiu’s father, then proposed to Yun Yun and discovered Yao Chen had helped destroy the Xiao Family on the Soul Hall’s orders.
• Nalan Chaoge left the Holy City’s leadership to Yao Ye and Nalan Yanran, subdued the Amethyst Winged Lion Kings, and made them swear loyalty to the Misty Cloud Sect and Jia Ma Empire.
• Nalan Chaoge began refining a seventh-grade Three Origins One Beginning Pill before Gu He, Fa Ma, and the gathered alchemists, then sent four clones to activate the Four Green Sun Array against the approaching pill lightning.

Nalan Chaoge rescued Ruo Lin’s recruitment team from the Black Hurricane Storm and joined Jia Nan Academy’s fight against the Black Emperor Sect. He freed Hu Gan, Wu Tianlang, and Hu Jia, then escaped Mo Tianxing’s attack with Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang as Zhou Tong pursued them.

• Nalan Chaoge left the Jia Ma Empire with Xiao Yi Xian and Kimimaro, crossed into the Black-Corner Region, and reunited with Ruo Lin’s recruitment team after exposing the mercenaries who had captured them.
• As the Black Hurricane Storm overwhelmed the group, Nalan Chaoge shielded the students with Rashomon, fed them royal jelly, and expanded Seven Star Dragon Abyss to protect them.
• After the storm passed, Nalan Chaoge killed Yuan Yi, learned that Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang had been ambushed in Black Emperor City, and set out with Xiao Yu and Kimimaro to rescue them.
• Nalan Chaoge entered the Black Emperor Sect under the name Yi Shui, trapped Qi Shan, Che Cheng, and Zhou Tong in a Four Red Yang Formation, and helped Xun’er fight Mo Ya.
• Nalan Chaoge and Xun’er reached the prisoners, where Nalan Chaoge treated Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang while the Black Emperor Sect’s men attacked the cave and set it on fire.
• Nalan Chaoge got Xun’er and Hu Jia to safety, then bargained with Zhou Tong, who killed Che Cheng before Nalan Chaoge escaped with Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang.
• Mo Tianxing attacked the escapees, but Nalan Chaoge took Mo Ya hostage and detonated Explosive Tags on him before fleeing with Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang as Zhou Tong pursued them.

Nalan Chaoge escaped Mo Tianxing, stole the Eight Gates’ treasures, and returned to Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yi Xian and Kimimaro. He secured an elder’s position, killed Mu Zhan, and became entangled in Xun’er’s Library Pavilion opportunity and Yang Chao’s plans as the tournament continued.

• Nalan Chaoge and Hai Bodong fought Mo Tianxing until Nalan Chaoge wounded him with a Rasenshuriken and escaped, then Nalan Chaoge used Yuan Yi’s identity to steal treasures from the Eight Gates.
• Nalan Chaoge agreed to refine a Sect Breaking Pill for Wu Tianlang in exchange for help returning to Jia Nan Academy, then brought Xiao Yi Xian and Kimimaro to compete in the Inner Academy Selection Tournament.
• Kimimaro defeated Yang Chao in a duel and took his Thousand Mechanisms family token, while Nalan Chaoge and Xun’er clashed after he threatened Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Chaoge captured Xun’er’s heavenly flame and asked to return to the Academy, and Yang Chao proposed appointing him an elder as a way around his expulsion.
• Hu Gan and Su Qian arranged to address the feud between Nalan Chaoge and Mu Zhan, while Xiao Yi Xian advanced in the tournament by poisoning Leo and his classmates.
• Nalan Chaoge used genjutsu and a feigned injury to make Mu Zhan appear to attack him, then killed Mu Zhan with a sealed wisp of golden emperor burning heaven flame.
• The Academy cleared Nalan Chaoge and appointed him an Inner Academy Elder, awarding him and Xun’er Library Pavilion opportunities, though Xun’er objected to his claim on hers.
• Yang Chao revealed his plans to bring his followers into the Inner Academy, while Xun’er won her match and Yang offered to help Nalan Chaoge obtain a marriage contract from Gu Yuan.

Nalan Chaoge and the tournament finalists pursued rare treasures in the Library Pavilion while Xiao Yan confronted his family’s destruction and his growing distrust of Yao Chen. The arc left Xiao Yi Xian with the Heavenly Poison Scripture, Xiao Yan unsettled by her actions, and Xun'er and Nalan Chaoge caught in a dangerous struggle over the golden flame.

• Xiao Yan defeated Xue Beng, then confronted Nalan Chaoge over the destruction of the Xiao Family until Xun'er and Xiao Yu helped secure a temporary truce.
• Xun'er brought Nalan Chaoge into the Library Pavilion, where he obtained rare treasures and gave her the Nine Heavens Dragon Phoenix Art while she secretly prepared to retrieve the Heavenly Poison Scripture later.
• Xiao Yan questioned Yao Chen's motives, accepted a cultivation method from Xun'er, and learned that the Xiao Family's killer belonged to the Soul Hall.
• During the second-round free-for-all, Yang Chao forced Xun'er out and teamed with others against Xiao Yan, but Hu Gan declared Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Kimimaro, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and Yang Chao the finalists.
• Nalan Chaoge saved Yan Hao from suicide and offered to help him become a Dou Zong, while Xun'er secretly transferred her flame's origin into Nalan Chaoge and attacked him before they returned to the crowd hand in hand.
• Xiao Yi Xian entered the Library Pavilion seeking a way to control her Woeful Poison Body, while Xun'er and Nalan Chaoge argued over her attempt to kill him and discovered that his sealed battle skill could make them both perish.
• Xiao Yan seized the energy mass containing the Heavenly Poison Scripture, but Xiao Yi Xian used Nalan Chaoge's instructions to claim the scripture and escape with Kimimaro, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia.
• The Gray Robe Elder stopped the pursuing flames, Xiao Yan escaped before the Pavilion closed, and Xiao Yi Xian realized he had sought the scripture for another person with the Woeful Poison Body.