Chapter Summaries

At the Alchemist Convention, Nalan Chaoge revealed that his clone had completed his pill, keeping the Jia Ma Empire's hopes alive after Yan Li sabotaged the other contenders. Nalan's pill proved to be a perfect-quality peak fifth-grade Dou Ling Pill, surpassing Yan Li's Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill and turning the championship around.

• Yan Li claimed the championship after his flame ruined Yan Xiao's pill and forced Nalan Chaoge to stop refining, while the Jia Ma Empire's spectators despaired.
• Nalan Chaoge revealed that his clone had continued refining and collected the pill, drawing cheers from the crowd.
• Yan Li mocked Nalan Chaoge when no colored pill fragrance appeared, and Chemir prepared to announce Yan Li as champion.
• Nalan Chaoge showed the pill in his hand, and Fa Ma and Jia Xing Tian recognized it as a fifth-grade pill with perfect quality.
• Nalan Chaoge identified the pill as a peak fifth-grade Dou Ling Pill, and Yan Li collapsed as the championship slipped away.

Nalan Chaoge won the Alchemist Convention after exposing Yan Li’s attempt to steal his Dou Ling Pill, and Yan Li died from a poison pill he had swallowed. The chapter ended with the Royal Plaza celebrating Nalan Chaoge as attention shifted to Yan Xiao.

• Nalan Chaoge let Yan Li swallow an ordinary Qi Recovery Pill while keeping his Dou Ling Pill safe, revealing that he had anticipated Yan Li’s trick.
• An appraisal team ranked Nalan Chaoge’s Dou Ling Pill first, Yan Li’s Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill second, the Little Princess’s Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill third, and Liu Ling’s pill fourth.
• Chemir announced Nalan Chaoge as champion, and Yan Li tried to escape the Royal Plaza amid the celebrations.
• Yan Li collapsed and died from poison; Fa Ma and Jia Xing Tian concluded that Nalan Chaoge had poisoned him with the pill Yan Li swallowed.
• The Little Princess and Liu Ling congratulated Nalan Chaoge, and the crowd’s attention turned to Yan Xiao.

After winning the Alchemist Convention, Nalan Chaoge faced Xiao Yan’s challenge and warned Yun Ling against recruiting Yan Xiao into the Misty Cloud Sect. He collected the convention’s prizes and traded Yan Li’s Blazing Flame Cauldron to the Alchemist Guild for benefits for the Nalan Family.

• Xiao Yan admitted his failed pill had been a Purple Spirit Recovery Pill, threatened Nalan Chaoge over their three-year pact, and left without accepting his challenge to fight.
• Nalan Chaoge reflected that Xiao Yan had recognized him from their encounter in Salt City, then welcomed congratulations after the crowd accepted his convention victory.
• Yun Ling congratulated Nalan Chaoge and said he intended to recruit Yan Xiao, but Nalan Chaoge warned him that Yan Xiao would refuse; Yun Ling dismissed the advice and departed.
• Fa Ma gave Nalan Chaoge the convention prizes, including two sixth-rank magic cores, bringing his total to eight.
• Nalan Chaoge asked for Yan Li’s Blazing Flame Cauldron, and Fa Ma persuaded him to give it to the Alchemist Guild in exchange for priority pill exchanges and a thirty-percent discount for the Nalan Family.

Nalan Chaoge rejected reconciliation with Xiao Yan and revealed his heavenly flame as he prepared for their three-year pact, while Yao Ye pledged to stand with him. After hearing Nalan Jie describe Xiao Lin’s suspicious death, Nalan Chaoge concluded that Yao Chen had once served the Soul Hall and was pursuing his own hidden plan, then returned to the present without sharing his theory.

• Nalan Chaoge refused to reconcile with Xiao Yan, showed the gathered elders his heavenly flame, and asked Fa Ma and Jia Xing Tian to protect the Nalan Family if he lost.
• Fa Ma and Jia Xing Tian chose neutrality, while Yao Ye took Nalan Chaoge’s hand and vowed to stand by him.
• Nalan Yanran said she would never marry Xiao Yan, and Nalan Jie revealed that Xiao Lin had been killed by a mysterious force after reaching Five-Star Dou Wang.
• Nalan Chaoge connected Xiao Lin’s death, Yao Chen’s survival, and the Soul Hall, concluding that Yao Chen had once served it and might be using Xiao Yan to escape its control.
• Nalan Chaoge snapped out of his sudden insight and decided that Yao Chen’s motives did not concern him, leaving his focus on the three-year pact.

As the three-year pact approached, Nalan Chaoge strengthened himself by upgrading his cultivation, collecting rare resources, and unlocking the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations from a broken jade slip. Xiao Yan also advanced to Dou Ling, leaving both young men prepared for the coming battle.

• Ya Fei and Mittel Tengshan discussed how to handle Xiao Yan while fearing the consequences of antagonizing either him or Nalan Chaoge.
• Nalan Chaoge used his Alchemist Guild privileges to gather rare resources, upgrade his cultivation to ten-star Dou Emperor, and reach Dou Zong.
• Nalan Chaoge melted the broken jade slip with his flame and absorbed the information for the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, accidentally setting his room on fire.
• The Alchemist Guild elders complained that Nalan Chaoge had depleted their herb stocks, but Fa Ma defended the transaction and persuaded them to accept it.
• Xiao Yan meditated at a Holy City hotel and reached Dou Ling, believing Old Yao could help him contend with Dou Emperors.

Yun Yun asked Xiao Yan to cancel the Three-Year Pact, offering to marry him and leave the Misty Cloud Sect so she could protect her child, Yun Chu Jiu. Xiao Yan agreed at first, but he ultimately kept his word and the pact remained, setting the stage for his battle with Nalan Chaoge.

• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan that Nalan Chaoge knew about his possession and urged him to prepare to eliminate his enemies.
• Yun Yun visited Xiao Yan and asked him to cancel the Three-Year Pact, offering to become his wife and resign as sect master.
• Yun Yun revealed that she had given birth to a child named Yun Chu Jiu and wanted to leave the Misty Cloud Sect with the child.
• Xiao Yan agreed to cancel the pact, and Yun Yun said she would pass the sect master position to Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan ultimately went back on his decision, so the Three-Year Pact remained and the confrontation between him and Nalan Chaoge began.

As Xiao Yan set out to face the Nalan Family over the Three-Year Pact, Yun Yun arrived at Nalan Chaoge’s home with her baby, Chujiu. She asked Nalan Chaoge to end the pact, revealing that she planned to marry Xiao Yan so her child would have a father.

• Xiao Yan removed his mask and headed for the Nalan Family, accompanied by the Black-Robed Man, whose aura revealed him to be a Dou Zong.
• Nalan Yanran woke Nalan Chaoge, then introduced him to Yun Yun and the baby, Chujiu.
• Yun Yun took Nalan Chaoge aside and asked him to keep Chujiu’s parentage secret; she said she had killed Mu Chen but could not confirm whether he was the child’s father.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Chaoge she intended to marry Xiao Yan because she knew no other men and did not want Chujiu to grow up without a father.
• Yun Yun asked Nalan Chaoge to end the Three-Year Pact, and he learned that Xiao Yan had already agreed.

Nalan Chaoge learned that Yun Yun had borne a child named Chujiu and planned to marry Xiao Yan, while he kept her secret because of his loyalty to Yao Ye. At the Three-Year Pact, Xiao Yan saw Yun Yun with the child, rejected her, and turned the contest into a fight to the death with Nalan Chaoge.

• Yun Yun named her baby Chujiu, and Kimimaro remarked that the child looked like Nalan Chaoge.
• Yun Yun took Chujiu from Nalan Yanran and left the hall, while Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran wondered whether the baby was Nalan Chaoge's.
• The Nalan Family estate filled with spectators as the influential figures of Jia Ma gathered to watch the Three-Year Pact.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Training Ground and, after seeing Yun Yun with Chujiu, realized she had a child and believed she expected him to accept another man's son.
• Xiao Yan declared that he would sever ties with the Nalan Family and demanded a fight to the death with Nalan Chaoge.
• Yun Yun understood that Xiao Yan had rejected her, and Nalan Chaoge accepted Xiao Yan's challenge in anger.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Chaoge began a fierce duel over the Nalan Family’s past treatment of the Xiao Family, while Xiao Yan accused Nalan Chaoge of fathering Yun Yun’s child. The fight and dispute remained unresolved as Yao Ye openly supported Yun Yun and the child, leaving Nalan Chaoge shaken.

• Jia Xing Tian tried to mediate between Xiao Yan and Nalan Chaoge, but both refused to back down and exchanged accusations over the broken engagement and the Xiao Family’s humiliation.
• Xiao Yan attacked with Exploding Step and Eight Extremes Collapse, but Nalan Chaoge caught his punch, countered with water needles and fire dragons, and repelled him with Shinra Tensei.
• Nalan Chaoge urged Xiao Yan to use his trump card, and Xiao Yan climbed from the crater and accused him of fathering Yun Yun’s child.
• Yun Yun denied Xiao Yan’s accusations, admitted she had failed to consider how the child would affect Nalan Chaoge, and said she hated Xiao Yan.
• Yao Ye joined Yun Yun, declared that she liked both Yun Yun and the child, and left Nalan Chaoge trembling.

Nalan Chaoge survived Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus and revealed his own Dou Zong-level power, then charged back into the fight. Before their clash could continue, an unknown intruder forced their way into the Nalan Family estate.

• Yao Ye signaled that she accepted Nalan Chaoge’s relationship with Yun Yun, while Nalan Chaoge pierced Xiao Yan with a lightning spear.
• Xiao Yan released a Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus, and Nalan Chaoge contained the explosion with the Four Green Flame Array before surviving inside a Green Energy Palm.
• Xiao Yan revealed Yao Chen’s power and rose to peak Dou Zong, while Nalan Chaoge activated several abilities and reached Dou Zong as well.
• Nalan Chaoge ordered Nagato to guard his home, then charged at Xiao Yan.
• A sinister voice sounded at the main entrance as more than a dozen Jia Ma Imperial Family Black Armored Army guards were hurled into the estate.

Mu Chen revealed himself alive, declared the Mu Family’s rebellion, and claimed the Misty Cloud Sect had submitted to him, naming Yun Yun his empress. Nalan Chaoge unleashed Daytime Tiger and devastated the Nalan Family grounds, but Mu Chen emerged unharmed and said Xiao Yan was his real opponent.

• Xiao Yan recognized Mu Chen as the man linked to his mysterious yellow source flame, while Yun Yun and Nalan Chaoge realized the supposedly dead Mu Chen had returned.
• Mu Chen declared the Jia Ma Imperial Family abolished and announced that the empire would be renamed the Wood Forest Empire.
• Mu Chen claimed Yun Yun as his empress and presented Yun Shan’s declaration that the Misty Cloud Sect would become subordinate to the Mu Family.
• Mu Jin and Mu Yin named women they intended to take as crown princesses, prompting Nalan Chaoge to open the Gate of Wonder and attack Mu Chen with Daytime Tiger.
• Nalan Chaoge’s attack destroyed the Training Ground and much of the Nalan Family’s grounds, but Mu Chen floated unharmed from the crater and declared Xiao Yan his opponent.

Mu Chen’s scheme turned the three-year pact into a fight for the Jia Ma Empire, as Xiao Yan learned that the Xiao Family had been slaughtered and attacked Nalan Chaoge. Mu Chen wounded Nalan Chaoge with a surprise attack and revealed Protector Wu as a third Dou Zong, leaving Nalan Chaoge surrounded while Yun Yun and Nagato rushed to fight back.

• Mu Chen revealed himself as a Dou Zong and promised to protect Xiao Yan, while Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and the others prepared to face the Mu Family.
• Mu Chen brought the Xiao Family Great Elder before Xiao Yan, who learned that his family, including his father, had been killed and blamed Nalan Chaoge after seeing a waist token.
• Xiao Yan attacked Nalan Chaoge with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and Eight Extremes Collapse, but Nalan Chaoge repelled both attacks with Shinra Tensei.
• Mu Chen struck Nalan Chaoge from beneath with a thorn-covered vine and pinned him to a lion, then revealed Protector Wu as another Dou Zong.
• Yun Yun attacked Mu Jin and Nagato used Banshō Ten'in against Mu Yin as Mu Chen and Protector Wu prepared to kill Nalan Chaoge.

Nalan Chaoge survived the combined assault of Mu Chen, Protector Wu, and Xiao Yan, then counterattacked and killed Mu Yin and Mu Jin. As Nalan Chaoge attacked Xiao Yan with Kirin, Protector Wu redirected his chain toward Yun Chu Jiu, leaving Yun Yun and the others scrambling to protect the child.

• Yun Yun and Nagato tried to rescue Nalan Chaoge, but Mu Jin wounded Nagato while Mu Yin pressed the attack.
• Mu Chen, Protector Wu, and Xiao Yan unleashed their Battle Skills at Nalan Chaoge, who countered with clones and engulfed the Training Ground in flames.
• Nalan Chaoge emerged alive, killed Mu Yin and Mu Jin, then struck Mu Chen with Rasenshuriken and trapped Xiao Yan in Tsukuyomi.
• Nalan Chaoge summoned Kirin against Xiao Yan, and Yao Chen awakened Xiao Yan as the lightning attack arrived.
• Protector Wu attacked Yun Chu Jiu with his Iron Chain, and Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, Yao Ye, Kimimaro, and Xiao Yi Xian rushed to protect the child.

Nalan Chaoge survived Yao Chen’s attack and, with the help of the toad sages, bought five minutes to recover before awakening his First Form Susanoo. He turned its seven-colored skeletal hand toward Mu Chen, leaving the battle poised to resume.

• Nalan Chaoge used Kamui to save Nalan Yanran and Yun Chu Jiu, then Yao Chen blinded him temporarily and struck him with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Yao Chen and Protector Wu targeted the injured Nalan Chaoge, but Nalan Chaoge trapped Yao Chen inside the Gourd Toad and deployed a sensory barrier.
• Nalan Chaoge summoned Sage Fukasaku, Sage Shima, and Sage Shenzuo, who used a dust cloud and Frog Song to hinder Mu Chen and the others while he asked them to buy him five minutes.
• Jia Xing Tian killed Mu Xing during the confusion, then sent Yao Ye and Yun Yun to stabilize the Imperial Palace and the army.
• Nalan Chaoge unveiled his First Form Susanoo, frightening Mu Chen as the seven-colored skeleton reached for him.

Nalan Chaoge crushed Mu Chen, destroyed the souls gathered by Protector Wu, and trapped the Soul Hall protector, but Yao Chen broke free and unleashed a Heaven Tier Battle Skill that damaged Susanoo. As Yao Chen fought Nalan Chaoge, Nalan Chaoge killed the fleeing Protector Wu from a hundred li away.

• Nalan Chaoge crushed Mu Chen, and Protector Wu extracted the souls of Mu Chen, Mu Jin, Mu Yin, and Mu Xing and devoured them.
• Nalan Chaoge formed Second Form Susanoo with the Green Lotus Core Flame, burned the attacking souls, and trapped Protector Wu in a cage of Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Chen broke free of the Gourd Toad and split his Bone Spirit Cold Flame to rescue Protector Wu while forcing Nalan Chaoge to defend Xiao Yi Xian and Kimimaro.
• Yao Chen reached Dou Zun strength and struck Nalan Chaoge's Susanoo with the Heaven Tier Battle Skill Azure Flame Illusion Art, cracking it and making Nalan Chaoge cough blood.
• Nalan Chaoge seized Yao Chen, but Yao Chen's attack and escape left Protector Wu free to flee; Nalan Chaoge then struck Protector Wu from a hundred li away and destroyed him.

Nalan Chaoge survived Yao Chen’s attempt to seize his body by trapping him inside a sealed Wood Style Shadow Clone, but the ordeal left him gravely injured. As Yao Ye rushed to his side, Xiao Yan appeared with his ruler aimed at Nalan Chaoge and demanded repayment for his grievances.

• Nalan Chaoge hurled the Yasakani Jewel through space and struck the fleeing Protector Wu from a great distance.
• Yao Chen attacked Jia Xing Tian, then tried to seize Nalan Chaoge’s apparently helpless body.
• Nalan Chaoge revealed that he had used a clone as bait and sealed Yao Chen inside it with the Reverse Four Symbols Seal and Eight Trigrams Seal.
• Yao Chen’s final counterattack severely injured Nalan Chaoge, and his clone vanished after the sealing succeeded.
• Yao Ye and Yun Yun returned, and Yao Ye ran toward the wounded Nalan Chaoge.
• Xiao Yan confronted Nalan Chaoge with the Black Heavy Ruler and demanded repayment for his grievances.

Xiao Yan took Nalan Chaoge hostage and tried to kill him, but Yun Yun and Yao Ye helped Nalan Chaoge escape, while Ling Ying seized Xiao Yan and fled. After the fighting ended, Yun Yun asked Nalan Chaoge to spare Xiao Yan, and she questioned Nalan Jie about the Mu Family’s cultivation method.

• Xiao Yan threatened to kill Nalan Chaoge unless the others stayed back, and Nalan Chaoge confronted him about his indifference to the Xiao Family.
• Yao Ye tried to stop Xiao Yan, but Nalan Chaoge sensed Ling Ying hiding nearby and called him out.
• Yun Yun grabbed Nalan Chaoge and Yao Ye and retreated as Ling Ying seized Xiao Yan and escaped.
• Yun Yun asked Nalan Chaoge to let Xiao Yan live, and he agreed to her plea.
• Yao Ye said she had regained control of the army with Yun Yun’s help, and Jia Xing Tian promised proper funerals for the fallen generals.
• Yun Yun asked Nalan Jie whether the Mu Family’s Earth Tier Cultivation Method required practitioners to castrate themselves, and Nalan Jie confirmed the wording.

Yun Yun discovered that her encounter with Nalan Chaoge had been real and that Chujiu was their child, while Mu Chen’s death exposed his scheme. After the empire began rebuilding, Nalan Chaoge’s complicated relationships with Yao Ye and Yun Yun continued, and Yao Ye confronted him over Medusa’s bite marks.

• Nalan Jie revealed that Mu Chen was a eunuch, making everyone question how he could have fathered Yun Yun’s child.
• Yun Yun recognized the tooth marks on Nalan Chaoge’s shoulder as the ones she had left during their encounter in Stone Desert City, and they realized their past together had been real.
• Yun Yun uncovered Mu Chen’s body and confirmed that he was a eunuch, then embraced Nalan Chaoge in grief and recognition.
• Jia Xing Tian and Nalan Jie discussed the empire’s recovery as the battle ended and the Holy City began reconstruction.
• Yun Yun and Yao Ye avoided Nalan Chaoge when he tried to join them and Chujiu, then Yao Ye confronted him about the snake-fang marks on his shoulder.
• Yao Ye guessed that Medusa had bitten Nalan Chaoge and bit his arm herself, declaring that she wanted to leave her own mark.

Nalan Chaoge agreed to marry Yun Yun and learned from Yao Chen that the Soul Hall had destroyed the Xiao Family while searching for a body-altering treasure. He concluded that Xun'er’s guard Ling Ying had stolen the treasure first, and planned to settle his grudges at Jia Nan Academy.

• Yao Ye urged Nalan Chaoge to marry Yun Yun, and he agreed before visiting Yun Yun and their son, Nalan Chujiu.
• Nalan Chaoge comforted Yun Yun about her past with Xiao Yan, proposed to her, and promised to protect her and their son.
• After leaving Yun Yun, Nalan Chaoge entered his mental world and tortured Yao Chen until he confessed that he had destroyed the Xiao Family on Protector Wu’s orders.
• Yao Chen revealed that Mu Chen had told Protector Wu about the Xiao Family’s ability to alter bodies and regrow limbs, prompting the Soul Hall’s attack.
• Yao Chen said the Xiao Family’s treasure had already been stolen, and Nalan Chaoge suspected that Xun’er’s guard Ling Ying had taken it.

Nalan Chaoge questioned Yao Chen about his betrayal of Xiao Yan and discovered that the barrier had accelerated his recovery. Later, he settled a dispute over his child’s surname by promising more children, then ended the night with Yun Yun and Yao Ye.

• Nalan Chaoge learned that Yao Chen had manipulated Xiao Yan’s talent to gain his trust and had been sent to infiltrate the Xiao Family in exchange for becoming a Venerable Elder.
• Nalan Chaoge emerged from the barrier and found his injuries healing faster, then hurried to Nalan Jie after a maid said the old man had summoned him to discuss marriage and a child.
• Nalan Chaoge found Yun Yun kneeling before Yun Shan, while Yun Shan, Nalan Jie, and Jia Xing Tian argued over whether her child should bear the Yun, Nalan, or Jia surname.
• Nalan Chaoge promised to satisfy all three elders by having more children, then took Yun Yun away from the hall.
• Yao Ye interrupted Nalan Chaoge and Yun Yun, but Nalan Chaoge used Banshō Ten'in to pull her onto the bed with them.