Chapter Summaries

Nalan Chaoge gave Medusa Xiao Yi Xian’s whereabouts, accepted the purifying lotus demon flame Fragment Maps, and received a venomous bite that made him immune to deadly poison. He meditated in Xiao Yi Xian’s abandoned valley while his clone escorted the herb-gathering party, where the Tiger Head Mercenary Group’s Young Leader led an armed attack on him.

• Nalan Chaoge told Medusa that Xiao Yi Xian was in the Cloud Empire’s Poison Sect, and Medusa gave him two Fragment Maps in return for his promise to recover the Netherworld Demonic Saint’s remnant soul and divine sense.
• Nalan Chaoge gave Medusa an Explosive Tag made with green lotus core flame, and Medusa bit his shoulders and gave him Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python venom before flying away.
• Nalan Chaoge ordered his Wood Style Shadow Clone to escort the herb-gathering party home, then flew to Xiao Yi Xian’s empty valley and meditated there.
• Nalan Chaoge’s clone led the party through two magical beast attacks and began returning to Qingshan Town without anyone being killed or injured.
• The Tiger Head Mercenary Group’s Young Leader and more than twenty mercenaries surrounded Nalan Chaoge’s tent and threatened him for his talent and Na Ring, while the woman impersonating Xiao Yi Xian challenged them.

The false Xiao Yi Xian protected Nalan Chaoge from the Tiger Head Mercenary Group’s Young Leader, forcing the mercenaries to leave after she poisoned him. As Xiao Yi Xian organized the remaining party for their journey through the Magical Beast Forest, she told Nalan Chaoge why she had saved him and confronted him about his suspicious identity.

• The false Xiao Yi Xian stood up to the Young Leader when he demanded the item on Nalan Chaoge’s hand, and the herb-gathering party split into opposing factions.
• The Young Leader seized Xiao Yi Xian and ordered his men to kill Nalan Chaoge, but Xiao Yi Xian revealed that she had poisoned him and withheld the antidote until they reached Qingshan Town safely.
• The Young Leader released Xiao Yi Xian and led the Tiger Head Mercenary Group away after none of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion members agreed to betray Nalan Chaoge.
• Xiao Yi Xian rallied the twenty remaining people, divided them into six teams, and assigned herself to share the first night watch with Nalan Chaoge.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Nalan Chaoge she had saved him because she believed he had great potential and wanted to live up to her idea of Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian questioned Nalan Chaoge about his false claims, his calmness, Ge Ci’s absence, and where he had been during the tremors.

Nalan Chaoge traveled with Xiao Yi Xian and the Herb-Gathering Team, while Xiao Yi Xian revealed her keen suspicions and concealed a dangerous change in her body. Near the forest’s edge, she led the mercenaries toward the embattled Tiger Head Mercenary Group to fight off a swarm of Human-faced Mosquitoes.

• Xiao Yi Xian deduced that Nalan Chaoge’s presence had kept magical beasts away, and he promised to help her if she ever needed him.
• At dawn, Xiao Yi Xian found scorched, withered grass where she had slept and secretly covered it, fearing her unexplained toxin had erupted while she was unconscious.
• Nalan Chaoge produced a roasted dragon head elephant pig, and the group continued through the forest until they neared its edge.
• Scouts reported that Human-faced Mosquitoes had nearly wiped out the Tiger Head Mercenary Group, leaving the travelers to choose between retreating and fighting.
• Xiao Yi Xian insisted on rescuing the Tiger Head Mercenary Group’s Young Leader and rallied the mercenaries before charging toward the swarm.

Nalan Chaoge saved the Tiger Head Mercenary Group from the Human-faced Mosquitoes, but Xiao Yi Xian fainted as her poisonous constitution awakened. He convinced the survivors he could treat her and flew away with her, intending to keep her Woeful Poison Body secret.

• Xiao Yi Xian and the reinforcements joined the fight against the Human-faced Mosquitoes, while the Young Leader fled with several followers.
• Xiao Yi Xian was bitten and began succumbing to her poison, but Nalan Chaoge killed nearly all the mosquitoes with Lightning Release: Thousand Bird Senbon.
• Xiao Yi Xian fainted, and the physician and another mercenary died after touching her poisonous skin.
• Nalan Chaoge realized Xiao Yi Xian might possess the Woeful Poison Body and misled the group by blaming a deadly King Human-Faced Mosquito.
• Nalan Chaoge persuaded the survivors to keep Xiao Yi Xian's condition secret, then carried her away on his Transformation Wings.

Nalan Chaoge revived Xiao Yi Xian after her poison erupted, then discovered that the spreading mark on his palm came from a poison she had made rather than her Woeful Poison Body. After Xiao Yi Xian gave him an antidote, a seven-colored energy snake appeared and erased the poisonous line, leaving their next steps unresolved.

• Nalan Chaoge returned to the Small Valley and found that the poison transferred from his clone had spread across his palm, while the Heavenly Flame could not suppress it.
• Nalan Chaoge used a lightning spear to wake Xiao Yi Xian, causing the poison around her to withdraw and the withering of the medicinal plants to stop.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke in distress, and Nalan Chaoge reassured her that the mercenaries were safe and that he was not afraid of her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian panicked when she saw the poisonous line on Nalan Chaoge’s palm, but explained that it came from poison she had put on her clothes and gave him its antidote.
• A seven-colored energy snake emerged from Nalan Chaoge’s wrist, enveloped the poisonous line, and made it disappear.

Nalan Chaoge persuaded Xiao Yi Xian to leave Qingshan Town with him by promising to help control her Woeful Poison Body, then hurried toward Ge City as an ominous feeling grew. He arrived there with Xiao Yi Xian and was greeted by the city lord, while his unease suggested that someone close to him might be in danger.

• Nalan Chaoge revealed his heavenly flame to Xiao Yi Xian and convinced her that he could help control her Woeful Poison Body, though she took several days to decide to accompany him.
• Nalan Chaoge gave Xiao Yi Xian a face-changing mask, and they flew to Qingshan Town so she could retrieve her belongings from the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• The Tiger Head Mercenary Group confronted Mr. Yao over the death of its Young Leader, and Xiao Yi Xian left town with Nalan Chaoge rather than burden the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• Nalan Chaoge felt increasingly uneasy during their flight and abruptly sped toward Ge City, where he entered openly with Xiao Yi Xian wearing the Nalan Family's army insignia.
• The city lord came to greet Nalan Chaoge with a contingent of soldiers, and Nalan Chaoge suspected his foreboding was about to come true.

Nalan Chaoge learned that his grandfather Nalan Jie’s Poison Mark had erupted and rushed toward the Jia Ma Empire to save him. He reached the capital after a seven-day flight, narrowly escaped its defenses, and Yao Ye set out on patrol while thinking of him.

• Kacha Zhuo told Nalan Chaoge that Nalan Jie’s Poison Mark had erupted, so Nalan Chaoge left Ge City at once and asked Kacha Zhuo to escort Xiao Yi Xian to the capital.
• Nalan Chaoge flew nonstop for seven days, determined to use his heavenly flame to save Nalan Jie and wary that Xiao Yan might endanger his family.
• Nalan Chaoge reached Jia Ma Holy City, where the National Protection Array dragged him down and Imperial Crossbows fired at him.
• Nalan Chaoge used a Shadow Clone to evade the crossbow volley, and Yao Ye ordered the soldiers to stand down and handle the matter herself.
• Yao Ye rode out with the Black Armored Army, smiling as she thought of Nalan Chaoge and their shared memories.

Xiao Yan entered the Nalan Family residence under the name Yan Xiao to treat Nalan Jie’s Poison Mark, while the other alchemists’ remedies all failed. After Nalan Su began to give up hope, Xiao Yan stepped forward to offer his own attempt.

• Xiao Yan used Ya Fei’s recommendation to enter the Nalan Family residence, where Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran recognized something familiar about him.
• Nalan Su explained that Nalan Jie’s Poison Mark had worsened and invited the alchemists to propose treatments.
• Master Ku tried his fourth-grade Green Barbarian Detoxification Pill, but it failed to affect the poison.
• Other alchemists tried their proposed remedies, but every attempt to save Nalan Jie failed.
• Xiao Yan stepped forward and said that he would try treating Nalan Jie.

Xiao Yan confronted the Nalan Family and insisted on treating the gravely ill Old Master Nalan Jie. After revealing his heavenly flame, he won permission to see the patient and headed to the side room with Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran.

• Xiao Yan offered to treat Old Master Nalan Jie, but Nalan Su initially ordered him out after Xiao Yan challenged his doubts and mocked his earlier dismissal.
• Nalan Yanran stopped Nalan Su and asked him to give Xiao Yan a chance, while Xiao Yan rebuked the family and the gathered alchemists for wasting time.
• Xiao Yan faced down Nalan Su's anger by invoking the Nalan Family's broken marriage contract and reputation among alchemists.
• Xiao Yan revealed a mystic yellow heavenly flame, shocking the alchemists and making Nalan Su eager to accept his help.
• Nalan Yanran apologized on her father's behalf, and Xiao Yan went toward the side room as Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran followed.

As Su Han moved to force Guo'er into marriage, an Explosive Tag detonated in Nalan Chaoge’s room, alerting the family and Nagato that she was in danger. Nalan Chaoge had just returned and rushed toward Nalan Jie, but the blast made him fear that something had happened to Guo'er.

• Guo'er learned that Su Han had asked Nalan Jie to approve a marriage to her, and Su Han confronted her while Cheng Zhou tried to defend her.
• Su Han forced his way into Guo'er’s room as his followers fought the disciples outside, and Guo'er screamed.
• An Explosive Tag exploded in Nalan Chaoge’s room, startling Xiao Yan as he treated Nalan Jie and prompting Nalan Yanran to rush toward Guo'er.
• Nagato recognized the blast as the Explosive Tag he had left with Guo'er and raced back from the outer quarters.
• Nalan Chaoge returned to the Nalan estate, then heard the explosion and feared that Guo'er had been harmed.

Nalan Chaoge returned to find Guo'er dying after Su Han attacked her, and her death awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan. He crippled Su Han, but Nalan Su defended his adopted son and dismissed Guo'er's death, leaving Nalan Chaoge devastated and furious.

• Nalan Chaoge rushed into his room and found Guo'er gravely wounded after she used the Explosive Tag against Su Han to resist him.
• Guo'er died in Nalan Chaoge's arms, and the grief awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Nalan Chaoge broke Su Han's four limbs, while Nagato arrived and knelt in sorrow over Guo'er's death.
• Nalan Yanran entered, and Su Han blamed Guo'er for the attack before Nalan Su arrived and admitted he had promised her to Su Han.
• Nalan Su called Guo'er merely a maid and rebuked Nalan Chaoge for quarreling over a woman, causing Nalan Chaoge to spit blood.

Nalan Chaoge avenged Guo'er by trapping Su Han in Tsukuyomi and killing him despite Nalan Su's objections. He left the Nalan residence carrying Guo'er, while Nagato punished himself for failing to protect her.

• Nalan Su dismissed Guo'er's death and ordered Nalan Chaoge to kneel in the ancestral hall for beating Su Han.
• Nalan Chaoge used Tsukuyomi to trap Su Han in an illusion where he endured seventy-two days of torture in an instant.
• Nalan Chaoge rejected Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran's pleas, declaring that Guo'er's life had to be repaid with a life.
• Nalan Chaoge crushed Su Han's chest and kicked him through the wall, then left the room carrying Guo'er.
• Nalan Chaoge told Nalan Su he was leaving because Guo'er would never want to return, and Nagato severed one of his own arms to accept punishment for failing to obey his orders.

After Guo’er’s death, Nalan Chaoge stored her body in the Kamui Dimension and used the power he had gained to make Nagato a Peak Dou Wang with the Rinnegan. He ordered Cheng Zhou to purge Su Han’s followers, reconciled with his family, and left Nalan Jie’s treatment in progress as the chapter ended with Nalan Chaoge and Nalan Yanran fleeing talk of her marriage.

• Nalan Chaoge left after Nalan Su tried to stop him, while Nalan Yanran defended him and followed him out.
• Nalan Chaoge placed Guo’er’s body in the Kamui Dimension, resolved to revive her, and granted Nagato the power and Rinnegan of Nagato, raising him to Peak Dou Wang.
• Nalan Chaoge sent Nagato to protect Xiao Yi Xian and Kacha Zhuo, then ordered Cheng Zhou to eliminate everyone who had sided with Su Han.
• Nalan Yanran comforted Nalan Chaoge, and the two later returned home, where Nalan Su apologized and reconciled with his son.
• Nalan Chaoge examined Nalan Jie and said further treatment and pills could restore him, then revealed he could refine fourth-grade pills.
• Nalan Jie suggested matching Nalan Yanran with Yan Xiao, prompting Nalan Yanran to cite her Misty Cloud Sect obligations as she and Nalan Chaoge hurried out.

Nalan Chaoge agreed to enter the Alchemist Convention after Nalan Yanran explained its benefits and the champion’s prize, while privately mourning Guo'er and considering how to resurrect her. Seven days later, the Nalan Family faced panic and accusations over the deaths and disappearances of Su Han’s former associates, as Nalan Chaoge remained secluded and Nalan Su prepared to flee.

• Nalan Yanran told Nalan Chaoge that the Alchemist Convention champion would gain Alchemist Guild privileges, protection from powerful factions, and two sixth-order magic cores, persuading him to enter.
• Nalan Chaoge returned to his room, remembered Guo'er, and vowed to find a way to resurrect her perfectly.
• Nalan Chaoge considered his Mangekyō Sharingan abilities and their limits, noting that he could barely use Tsukuyomi, Amaterasu, and Kamui and would need three days to recover from using Tsukuyomi and Kamui.
• Seven days after Nalan Chaoge killed Su Han, the poison mark in Nalan Jie’s body was removed, and the Nalan Family gave Xiao Yan the Seven Illusory Clear Spirit Saliva.
• Several Nalan Family members who had been close to Su Han died or disappeared, prompting their parents to accuse Nalan Chaoge even though he had not left his room.
• The Nalan Family came under public scrutiny as members and allies left, while Nalan Chaoge recognized that Cheng Zhou was purging the family for resources and Nalan Su was preparing to flee.

Xiao Yan accepted the Mittel Family’s support and medicinal herbs while Gu Sha fled after suspecting Nalan Chaoge’s true strength and schemes. Nalan Chaoge then visited the Alchemist Guild with Nalan Jie and Nalan Yanran, where he spotted Ya Fei bidding on a rare spiritual herb.

• Mittel Tengshan praised Xiao Yan for removing the poison mark, and Ya Fei confirmed that she had helped him on the family’s arrangements.
• Ya Fei gave Xiao Yan the prepared medicinal herbs, and Mittel Tengshan promoted her to Elder in charge of the Holy City Auction House.
• Gu Sha left the Mittel Family and reasoned that Nalan Chaoge was a powerful Alchemy and cultivation genius behind the recent upheaval in the Nalan Family.
• Nalan Jie brought Nalan Chaoge and Nalan Yanran to the Alchemist Guild, where bystanders mocked Nalan Chaoge as the family’s former wastrel.
• Nalan Chaoge found a sixth-grade spiritual herb at the Free Trading Market, but Ya Fei reached the seller first and heard his demand for a clear fourth-grade pill formula scroll.

Nalan Chaoge outbid Ya Fei for a sixth-grade spiritual herb, and the two made a wager over the Three-Year Pact. As he prepared to register for the Alchemist Convention, he bought a broken jade slip from an apprentice, believing it might contain the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations despite finding no clue inside.

• Nalan Chaoge traded a Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill recipe for the spiritual herb Ya Fei had intended to acquire for Xiao Yan, prompting a tense confrontation.
• Ya Fei and Nalan Chaoge wagered that the loser of the Three-Year Pact would serve the winner for three years, while Nalan Jie defended his family’s choice to end Nalan Yanran’s engagement.
• Nalan Jie asked Nalan Chaoge about his chances against Xiao Yan, and Nalan Chaoge claimed the contest was fifty-fifty.
• Nalan Chaoge stopped at an alchemy apprentice’s stall and picked up a broken black jade slip that he suspected contained the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Nalan Chaoge found nothing with his soul power but bought the stall’s goods anyway, and Nalan Jie paid the apprentice with two third-grade Healing Pills.

Nalan Chaoge discovered that he had strong alchemist potential and persuaded Fa Ma to let him try out for the Alchemist Convention. Back at the Nalan residence, Nagato returned with Xiao Yi Xian and a grieving Kimimaro, who found comfort in Nalan Yanran.

• Fa Ma tested Nalan Chaoge's soul power, was repelled by its sudden counterattack, and confirmed that Chaoge had good alchemist talent.
• Nalan Jie asked to enter Nalan Chaoge in the Alchemist Convention, and Fa Ma agreed to let him take a candidate evaluation in three days.
• Nalan Chaoge asked Nalan Jie about sixth-grade medicinal herbs, but learned the family's only one had been given to Yan Xiao.
• Nalan Jie and Nalan Yanran questioned Nalan Chaoge about the strange forces inside him, but he evaded their questions.
• Nagato returned to the residence with Xiao Yi Xian and Kimimaro, who cried that his grandfather was dead until Nalan Yanran comforted him.

Nalan Chaoge learned that a Soul Hall attacker had ambushed Nagato and that the Mu Family had killed Kimimaro’s grandfather, then continued rebuilding the Nalan Family. When Yao Yue confronted him over neglecting Yao Ye, he gave her a powerful flame seed and revealed that he would take the Alchemist Guild’s test the next day.

• Nagato told Nalan Chaoge that a soul wielding a chain had attacked them, while Kimimaro’s grandfather had died fighting Mu Tie and sent Kimimaro away with an Explosive Tag.
• Nalan Chaoge vowed to settle the debt with the Mu Family, welcomed Xiao Yi Xian, and spent three days overhauling the Nalan Family’s forces.
• Kimimaro grew close to Nalan Yanran, and Nagato stayed nearby to protect her and Xiao Yi Xian as Nalan Chaoge prepared for Fa Ma’s assessment.
• Yao Yue stormed into the Nalan Family residence and accused Nalan Chaoge of ignoring Yao Ye while spending time with other women.
• Nalan Chaoge offered Yao Yue the black flame seed from the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, and she left excitedly before realizing he had mentioned taking the Alchemist Guild’s test the next day.

Nalan Chaoge went to the Alchemist Guild for its final assessment as the Alchemist Convention approached, where he encountered the Jia Ma Imperial Family’s Little Princess, Yao Yue. He entered the hall with Nalan Jie and Nalan Yanran, only for the young alchemists there to mock him as a useless mortal.

• Nalan Jie asked whether Nalan Chaoge was confident about the assessment and hinted that his upcoming reception would include an important announcement about him.
• Nalan Chaoge and his family encountered the Jia Ma Imperial Family’s carriage, and Nalan Jie warned that its Little Princess would be a formidable rival.
• Nalan Yanran explained that Yun Yun had stayed away because she had reached a critical stage in her cultivation, prompting Nalan Chaoge to doubt that this was the full story.
• Yao Yue stepped out of the carriage and entered the Alchemist Guild, while Nalan Jie teased Nalan Chaoge about her visit to the Nalan estate and considered a marriage proposal to the imperial family.
• Nalan Jie questioned Nalan Yanran about her trip to the Tagor Desert and asked what betrothal gift they should send to the imperial family.
• Nalan Chaoge entered the assessment hall with Nalan Jie and Nalan Yanran, and the young alchemists laughed at him because they knew his reputation and saw that he wore no alchemist’s robe.

Nalan Chaoge attended the Alchemist Convention assessment despite having no alchemist grade, drawing ridicule from the other young alchemists. The Jia Ma Imperial Family’s Little Princess, Jia Yao Yue, ignored Liu Ling and greeted Nalan Chaoge with a hug, calling him “Brother-in-law.”

• Nalan Chaoge sat apart from the mocking alchemist candidates, and Fa Ma failed to detect his strength with soul power.
• Nalan Yanran comforted Nalan Chaoge and explained that Yao Ye would not attend because of the upcoming convention.
• Liu Ling introduced himself to Nalan Yanran and questioned Nalan Chaoge about his alchemist grade; Nalan Chaoge said he had none but hoped to win a placing.
• Jia Yao Yue entered the hall and searched the crowd while the candidates rushed to greet her.
• Jia Yao Yue passed Liu Ling, hugged Nalan Chaoge, and called him “Brother-in-law.”