Chapter Summaries

Nalan Chaoge received one hundred first-grade medicinal herbs from Ya Fei, but discovered that his system could not recycle them or refine pills without points. As he prepared to seek second-grade herbs, he learned that Mu Tong had returned over Mu Lu’s death and welcomed the prospect of confronting him.

• Guo'er returned with Ya Fei’s gift of one hundred first-grade medicinal herbs and a letter explaining that Ya Fei had been demoted for helping cover up Mu Lu’s death.
• Nalan Chaoge accepted the herbs and told Guo'er to act as his housekeeper, which she took as a sign that he might marry her.
• Nalan Chaoge tried to recycle the herbs, but the system could only recycle herbs matching its current tier and required points to refine pills.
• Nalan Chaoge decided to buy second-grade medicinal herbs with his remaining gold coins, then heard that Mu Tong had returned because of Mu Lu’s death.
• Nalan Chaoge reacted eagerly to Mu Tong’s return and prepared to face the Mu Family if they made a move against him.

Nalan Chaoge confronted Su Han after the returning officer insulted him and pursued Guo'er, then bought Su Han’s Fire Dragon Fruit and accepted a challenge for his coming-of-age ceremony. Su Han learned that Nalan Chaoge had become a Dou Zhe and defeated Young Master Mu Lu, but began plotting as Chaoge walked away.

• Nalan Chaoge and Guo'er found Su Han showing off a second-grade Fire Dragon Fruit to Nalan Family disciples at the Training Ground.
• Su Han insulted Nalan Chaoge, grabbed for Guo'er, and declared that he intended to challenge Chaoge at his coming-of-age ceremony so he could claim Guo'er.
• Nalan Chaoge confronted Su Han, accepted the future challenge, and offered to buy the Fire Dragon Fruit for his urgent needs.
• Su Han sold the herb to Nalan Chaoge for ten thousand gold coins, and Chaoge warned that he would show Su Han the difference between a genius and a good-for-nothing.
• After Nalan Chaoge left, the disciples told Su Han that Chaoge had become a Dou Zhe in a month and defeated Young Master Mu Lu, prompting Su Han to silently plot.

Nalan Chaoge used his system to forge pills and sell them at a Mittel auction house, turning the proceeds into more second-grade herbs. He continued the cycle by forging and selling increasingly large batches of pills.

• Nalan Chaoge forged a first-grade Healing Pill with his system and secretly went to a Mittel auction house to sell it for 1,000 gold coins.
• Nalan Chaoge exchanged his gold for second-grade herbs, recycled some for points, and forged five second-grade pills.
• Nalan Chaoge sold the five pills for 50,000 gold coins and bought fifty more second-grade herbs.
• Nalan Chaoge forged twenty-five second-grade pills and returned to the treasure appraisal room to have them appraised.

Nalan Chaoge amazed the Mittel Auction House by producing flawless Grade 2 Vitality Pills and earned a huge payment. He left after giving an attendant a pill and asking for a tier 2 demonic core, pleased with his growing wealth and the pills he kept for himself.

• Nalan Chaoge sold twenty-five Grade 2 Vitality Pills, and Gu Sha later judged them to be flawless top-quality pills.
• Gu Sha realized the Auction House had underpaid Nalan Chaoge and ordered a 300,000-gold-coin compensation.
• Nalan Chaoge returned with fifty more Vitality Pills, and Gu Sha paid him 1,300,000 gold coins for the pills and compensation.
• Nalan Chaoge gave an attendant a Vitality Pill as a tip and asked for a tier 2 demonic core before leaving the Auction House.
• Nalan Chaoge reflected that he had kept ten Vitality Pills and several Grade 2 Joyful Union Pills for himself.

Nalan Chaoge used his points to raise his cultivation and trained his body with a Marrow Cleansing Pill and the Eight Inner Gates. After a month of painful training, he continued preparing to face Mu Tong’s challenge and defend the Nalan Family’s honor.

• Nalan Chaoge spent 1,800 points to reach the ten-star Dou Zhe level, then used a Marrow Cleansing Pill to cleanse his body while bathing.
• Nalan Chaoge opened the Gate of Opening to speed up the pill’s absorption, cleansing the Poison Marks from his bones and turning the toes on his right foot a jade-like color.
• Nalan Chaoge stayed away from the Holy City while Mu Tong returned and threatened revenge for Mu Lu’s death.
• Mu Tong taunted the Marshal’s Mansion, beat other Nalan descendants who went outside, and received no challenge from the family.
• Nalan Chaoge and Guo'er trained in the back mountain, inspiring the Nalan Family to cultivate harder as a month passed.

After a month of painful training, Nalan Chaoge decided to travel to Wutan City to speak with Xiao Yan before Nalan Yanran canceled her engagement. Elder Mu insisted that guards accompany him and told him to take care of the trouble he had caused, as Nalan Chaoge left the Marshal's Mansion with a group of Nalan Family disciples.

• Nalan Chaoge tempered the bones in his right leg with a hundred Marrow Cleansing Pills and realized Nalan Yanran might already be on her way to cancel her engagement.
• Nalan Chaoge prepared to leave for Wutan City and promised Guo'er he would make her the Young Mistress of the Nalan Family.
• Nalan Chaoge asked Elder Mu to look after Guo'er, and Elder Mu required him to take four Da Dou Shi guards along.
• Elder Mu told Nalan Chaoge to take the trouble he had brought with him, and Nalan Chaoge thought of Mu Tong.
• Nalan Chaoge left the Marshal's Mansion with Nalan Family disciples, drawing the attention of passersby who expected a confrontation with the Mu Family.

Nalan Chaoge left Jia Ma Holy City for supposed experiential training while the Mu Family plotted to kill him and scheme for an alliance with Yaoye. At the edge of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Mu Tong confronted him with a Dou Ling expert, forcing Nalan Chaoge and his guards to prepare to flee.

• Nalan Chaoge departed Jia Ma Holy City as Guo'er and members of the Nalan Family saw him off.
• Mu Tong told the Mu Family that Nalan Chaoge was traveling with four guards, and the elders debated how to kill him without provoking Nalan Jie.
• The Mu Family decided Mu Tong would approach Yaoye as a cover for their plan and gave him a Grade 2 Joyful Union Pill to use on her.
• Nalan Chaoge spent two days traveling leisurely before reaching the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where he waited for Mu Tong.
• Mu Tong arrived at Nalan Chaoge's camp with a middle-aged Dou Ling expert, and Nalan Chaoge and his guards quietly considered escape.
• Mu Tong confronted Nalan Chaoge and declared that he had come to collect a life for a life.

Nalan Chaoge fled Mu Tong and then fought him in the Magical Beast Forest, but the stronger Mu Tong recovered from his attack. Nalan Chaoge tried to use a Tier 2 Demonic Core to upgrade the system and discovered he needed two, leaving him facing Mu Tong without the power-up he expected.

• Nalan Chaoge urged Mu Tong to fight him alone while his guards escaped with A'da, and Mu Tong sent Brother Lu after them.
• Nalan Chaoge ran into the Magical Beast Forest using the Eight Inner Gates, but Mu Tong caught up and taunted him.
• Nalan Chaoge stopped and struck Mu Tong with his crimson whip, then used a clone to dodge Mu Tong's counterattack and kicked his arm numb.
• Mu Tong healed his arm with his Wood Attribute Dou Qi and threatened to torture Nalan Chaoge, who realized he could not beat him at his current strength.
• Nalan Chaoge recycled a Tier 2 Demonic Core, unlocking the Ninja Tool Exchange Function, but learned that a D-rank system upgrade required two cores.
• Mu Tong charged Nalan Chaoge again with Greenwood Thorns as Nalan Chaoge remained without an upgrade.

Nalan Chaoge tried to escape Mu Tong using newly unlocked ninja tools, but his trap failed and Mu Tong threw him toward an Explosive Red Ape. Nalan Chaoge fed the ape a Joyful Union Pill and retrieved his explosive tag, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Nalan Chaoge spent his remaining points on a shuriken, kunai, and explosive tag, then lured Mu Tong into the Magical Beast Forest.
• Mu Tong claimed Jia Xing Tian had agreed to Yaoye marrying him and taunted Nalan Chaoge, who used the exchange to draw him toward the explosive tag.
• Mu Tong caught Nalan Chaoge and slammed him against a tree before an Explosive Red Ape appeared.
• Mu Tong hurled Nalan Chaoge at the ape, but Nalan Chaoge threw a shuriken, created a clone, recovered his explosive tag, and fed the ape a Joyful Union Pill.

Nalan Chaoge used a Joyful Union Pill to turn the red-haired ape against Mu Tong, then waited in hiding for a chance to ambush the Dou Ling pursuing them. A'da arrived, killed Mu Tong, and told Nalan Chaoge that an unknown Dou Huang had saved him from the pursuer.

• Nalan Chaoge fled after feeding the Joyful Union Pill to the red-haired ape, which attacked and overpowered Mu Tong.
• Mu Tong fired a Signal Flare for help, and Nalan Chaoge returned to hide nearby with an Explosive Tag-wrapped kunai.
• The red-haired ape violated Mu Tong while Nalan Chaoge waited for the pursuing Dou Ling, but A'da suddenly appeared and struck the ape away.
• A'da killed the red-haired ape and decapitated Mu Tong before fleeing the Magical Beast Forest with Nalan Chaoge.
• A'da explained that A'er, A'san, and A'si had been killed by the Dou Ling, while an unknown Dou Huang had saved him by defeating the pursuer in one move.

Nalan Chaoge learned that a powerful woman connected to the Nalan Family had killed a Mu Family Dou Ling, then sent Nagato to protect Guo'er while he continued toward Wutan City. After finding a magic core, he upgraded his system to C-tier and unlocked new cultivation options and techniques.

• Nalan Chaoge heard A'da describe a woman who had killed a Mu Family Dou Ling with one move and suspected she was Yun Yun, possibly protecting Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Chaoge recruited A'da, renamed him Nagato, and ordered him to return to the Nalan Family to protect Guo'er, giving him an explosive talisman and the Raging Lion's Wrath technique.
• Nagato left, and Nalan Chaoge searched Mu Tong's Na Ring, finding only Vitality Pills before spotting a magic core near the Red-haired Ape.
• Nalan Chaoge recycled the magic core, raising his system to C-tier and receiving 400 points, with the option to advance to Dou Master or Da Dou Shi.
• Nalan Chaoge checked his system panel and found a wide selection of newly available C-tier ninjutsu, including Rasengan.

Nalan Chaoge mastered the Rasengan, reached Black Flame City, and learned that Nalan Yanran had gone to Wutan City. As he hurried after her, Nalan Yanran and her Misty Cloud Sect companions arrived at the Xiao Family to discuss her engagement to Xiao Yan.

• Nalan Chaoge redeemed the Rasengan and, after several dangerous battles, became proficient enough to use it twice before risking injury.
• Nalan Chaoge entered Black Flame City wearing the Nalan Family crest and learned from the guards that Nalan Yanran had passed through with two Misty Cloud Sect companions.
• Nalan Chaoge bought two third-grade medicinal herbs, recycled them for 800 points, and set off for Wutan City.
• The chapter recounted how Nalan Jie and Xiao Lin had arranged the marriage between Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan, and how Nalan Jie had honored the promise despite the Xiao Family's decline.
• Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Family elders received an old Misty Cloud Sect Great Dou Master, a young male disciple, and Nalan Yanran, whose cultivation and beauty astonished those present.

Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran visited the Xiao Family to ask Xiao Zhan to dissolve Nalan Yanran’s engagement to Xiao Yan, citing Misty Cloud Sect rules. Xiao Zhan restrained his anger, but he and Nalan Yanran exchanged cold words over the request.

• Ge Ye introduced Nalan Yanran to Xiao Zhan, who recognized her as his niece and welcomed her warmly.
• Ge Ye explained that Yun Yun wanted the engagement dissolved because Nalan Yanran was being groomed to succeed her as Misty Cloud Sect Master.
• Xiao Zhan crushed his jade cup and released his Dou Qi, while Ge Ye stepped in front of Nalan Yanran and readied himself to fight.
• The Three Elders ordered Xiao Zhan to stop, and he withdrew his Dou Qi before accusing Nalan Yanran of boldness.
• Xiao Zhan said Xiao Yan was unworthy of Nalan Yanran, and Nalan Yanran replied that she was unworthy of the Xiao Family.

Nalan Yanran explained why she wanted to end her engagement to Xiao Yan, citing his years of neglect and his closeness with Xiao Xun'er. Ge Ye offered the Xiao Family a precious pill as an apology, but Xiao Yan objected to the engagement being dissolved, leaving the family divided.

• Nalan Yanran challenged Uncle Xiao and Xiao Yan over the Xiao Family's failure to acknowledge the engagement and condemned Xiao Yan's conduct toward her and Xiao Xun'er.
• Nalan Yanran declared that she was ending the engagement by her own choice, and Ge Ye presented Qi Gathering Powder refined by Pill King Gu He as an apology.
• Xiao Yan told Ge Ye to put the pill away and said the Xiao Family might reject the request.
• The Xiao elders ordered Xiao Yan to stand down, but he challenged them to consider how they would react if their own sons or grandsons were involved.
• Xiao Xun'er supported Xiao Yan's right to speak, then blushed and fell silent as the youths laughed at her apparent interference.

Xiao Yan resisted Nalan Yanran’s attempt to dissolve their engagement, arguing that doing so would dishonor the Xiao Family and his father. Nalan Yanran postponed the breakup for three years and challenged Xiao Yan to face her at the Misty Cloud Sect, leaving him to decide whether to accept.

• Xiao Yan challenged Nalan Yanran’s authority to end the engagement without the consent of the elders who arranged it.
• Nalan Yanran offered compensation and Misty Cloud Sect training, provoking Xiao Yan and prompting him to restrain his anger when her companion drew his sword.
• Xiao Yan argued that the breakup would damage Xiao Zhan’s standing, while Nalan Yanran insisted her happiness mattered more than the family’s pride.
• Nalan Yanran offered to postpone the breakup for three years and proposed a challenge at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Nalan Yanran demanded that Xiao Yan choose between accepting the challenge three years later or facing her immediately.

Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan argued over their engagement, and Xiao Yan wrote a blood-stamped divorce certificate casting her out of the Xiao Family. Nalan Chaoge arrived, reunited with his sister, and challenged Xiao Yan’s claim that the engagement could only be dissolved by the elders.

• Xiao Yan rejected Nalan Yanran’s reasons for ending the engagement, then wrote and blood-stamped a divorce certificate against her.
• Nalan Chaoge entered the Xiao Family hall, and Nalan Yanran embraced him after searching for him on her journey.
• Nalan Chaoge refused to stand aside and announced that he would handle the marriage dispute as the Nalan Family’s heir.
• Nalan Chaoge reminded Xiao Yan that he had claimed only the elders could dissolve the engagement, then asked whether Xiao Yan’s divorce certificate also desecrated their departed elders.
• The Xiao Family members fell silent as Nalan Chaoge’s question exposed the contradiction in Xiao Yan’s position.

Nalan Chaoge challenged Xiao Yan to face him in three years, making the Three-Year Pact a contest over Nalan Yanran’s engagement and Chaoge’s life. As Xiao Yan left with the humiliating divorce letter, a mysterious girl revealed a golden flame powerful enough to burn it to ashes.

• Nalan Chaoge rebuked Xiao Yan for calling off an engagement Nalan Yanran had never accepted and for writing a divorce letter before they were married.
• Nalan Chaoge proposed that Xiao Yan challenge him in three years, with the engagement dissolved if Xiao Yan lost and Chaoge’s life at stake if he won.
• Xiao Yan accepted the pact, apologized to Xiao Zhan, and vowed to return to the Nalan Family in three years.
• Nalan Chaoge sent the divorce letter flying toward Xiao Yan and told him to take it with him.
• A purple-dressed girl warned the Nalan Family not to rely on the Misty Cloud Sect, then burned the letter with a golden flame.

Nalan Chaoge defended Nalan Yanran against Xun'er at the Xiao Family estate, then led his group to safety and revealed his plans to seek strength at Jia Nan Academy. The group learned he had reached the Dou Zhe rank, while Ge Ye warned that Xiao Yan might have regained his cultivation talent.

• Nalan Chaoge challenged Xun'er to consider how she would react to an arranged marriage and demanded that she apologize to Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Chaoge, Nalan Yanran, Ge Ye, and Yun Feng hurried away from the Xiao Family estate and escaped into the Magical Beast Forest.
• Nalan Yanran learned that Nalan Chaoge could cultivate and offered to ask her master to accept him into the Misty Cloud Sect, but he said he planned to attend Jia Nan Academy.
• Nalan Chaoge revealed that he had reached the Dou Zhe rank and attributed his progress to the Fiery Poison Seal Python and pills from Pill King Gu He.
• Ge Ye invited Nalan Chaoge to join the Misty Cloud Sect and warned that Xiao Yan might have regained his cultivation talent, but Nalan Chaoge reaffirmed his plan to go to Jia Nan Academy.

Nalan Chaoge traveled with Nalan Yanran and the Misty Cloud Sect members, then accepted Yun Feng’s challenge to prove his strength. He opened the Gate of Life and launched a lightning-fast kick at the Five-star Dou Zhe, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Nalan Chaoge considered visiting Jia Nan Academy, Qingshan Town, and the Tagor Desert, while hoping to prevent Yun Yun from meeting Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Yanran said Yun Yun had gone away to train, then invited Nalan Chaoge to return home with her.
• Yun Feng challenged Nalan Chaoge, arguing that he needed to prove he could defeat Xiao Yan in the Three-Year Pact.
• Nalan Chaoge learned Yun Feng was a Five-star Dou Zhe and challenged him to withstand one move.
• Nalan Chaoge opened the Gate of Life, gathered his Dou Qi in his right leg, and kicked at Yun Feng.

Nalan Chaoge revealed his strength by defeating Yun Feng with one kick, then Nalan Yanran insisted that he return with her instead of pursuing his own plans. Yun Yun secretly watched them and decided she might help Nalan Chaoge if Yanran asked.

• Nalan Chaoge struck Yun Feng with a single kick, sending him crashing into a tree and leaving him badly injured.
• Nalan Chaoge gave Yun Feng a Vitality Pill, and Ge Ye recognized that he had used a secret technique to raise his strength.
• Nalan Chaoge told Nalan Yanran that he had learned his skills from an alchemist master and tried to leave, but she grabbed his ear and made him return with her.
• Nalan Yanran said she would ask Yun Yun to help Nalan Chaoge obtain a pill recipe from Gu He, and Nalan Chaoge tried to dissuade her.
• After the group left, Yun Yun emerged from hiding and said she might help Nalan Chaoge if Nalan Yanran asked.