Chapter Summaries

Nalan Treant pierced Nalan Chaoge’s heart to mark him for the Bodhi Ancient Tree, healing him but compressing his strength to Dou Zong for a year. Su Qian insisted he delay his Central Plains journey, and Nalan Chaoge followed him into the Inner Academy, where Su Qian asked how he had survived three years in the magma.

• Nalan Chaoge persuaded Nalan Treant to reveal a clue about his missing big brother, but Nalan Treant pierced his heart and planted a mark so the Bodhi Ancient Tree would recognize him.
• Nalan Chaoge recovered from the wound and suspected Nalan Treant was connected to the Bodhi Ancient Tree, while Nalan Treant admitted the mark would reduce his strength for a year.
• Nalan Chaoge agreed to postpone his trip to the Central Plains after Su Qian warned that traveling there as a Dou Zong would be dangerous and said Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body would not erupt within a year.
• Su Qian led Nalan Chaoge into the Inner Academy and showed him the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and his statue, then asked how he had survived in the magma.
• Nalan Chaoge explained that he had enlarged a medicine cauldron with his Divine Sense and hidden inside it.

Nalan Chaoge explored the space hidden inside Seven Star Dragon Abyss with Su Qian, then raised doubts about Mang Tianchi’s intentions in founding Jia Nan Academy and sealing the Fallen Heart Flame. After retrieving his heavenly flame from the Qi Refining Tower, he drew a crowd of students, including a girl who reflected on Xiao Yan’s past.

• Nalan Chaoge entered the space inside Seven Star Dragon Abyss and brought Su Qian in to see it.
• As they descended the Qi Refining Tower, Nalan Chaoge questioned why Mang Tianchi had founded the academy in the Black-Corner Region and left the Fallen Heart Flame sealed, prompting Su Qian to reconsider his assumptions.
• Nalan Chaoge took the Nalan Heavenly Flame back from the Fire Gathering Pot, causing the Qi Refining Tower’s heart flame supply to vanish.
• Su Qian calmed the students as they emerged from their cultivation chambers, and the crowd gathered to see Nalan Chaoge.
• A tall, slender girl saw Nalan Chaoge and wondered whether Xiao Yan could have avoided his family’s ruin if he had accepted Nalan Yanran’s annulment.

Xiao Yu confessed her feelings to Nalan Chaoge and asked to remain friends, while he agreed not to push her away. Afterward, Nalan Chaoge met Xin Lan, whose family was from the Central Plains, and asked her about the region he planned to visit.

• Hu Jia encouraged Xiao Yu to pursue Nalan Chaoge, and Xiao Yu returned to the Qi Refining Tower to seek him out.
• Nalan Chaoge restored the Fallen Heart Flame to the Fire Gathering Pot, reassured Su Qian that it could support the Academy, and said he planned to leave for the Central Plains in a year.
• Xiao Yu invited Nalan Chaoge to walk with her, and Su Qian left them alone.
• Xiao Yu confessed that she cared for Nalan Chaoge and asked only that they remain friends; she also told him that Xiao Mei and Xiao Ning had died.
• Nalan Chaoge met Xin Lan in Su Qian's office and asked her about the Central Plains.

Xin Lan explained the Central Plains’ Pill Gathering and the Three Thousand Burning Flame to Nalan Chaoge, but he decided he could not travel there in time. She then began describing the Bodhi Ancient Tree and its rare substances.

• Xin Lan inferred that Nalan Chaoge sought information about heavenly flames and the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and revealed she was a fifth-grade alchemist.
• Xin Lan said the Pill Tower would award the Three Thousand Burning Flame to a top-ten finisher at the Pill Gathering, which would be held in six months.
• Nalan Chaoge judged that he could not leave for the gathering, while Xin Lan worried that her family would lose its Elder Seat in the Pill Tower.
• Nalan Chaoge asked about the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Xin Lan explained that it could produce a Bodhi Heart and bodhi body transformation saliva.

After learning that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear in ten months, Nalan Chaoge decided to leave for the Central Plains despite his reduced strength. He reunited with Xiao Yi Xian in Black Emperor City, where he learned her Woeful Poison Body might erupt within six months, and prepared to seek a cure before continuing his journey.

• Xin Lan told Nalan Chaoge that the Bodhi Seed could restore damaged meridians and that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear in the Vast Desolate Ancient Region in ten months, so he resolved to go to the Central Plains.
• Xin Lan agreed to travel with Nalan Chaoge, and they set out from the Academy three days later, heading through the Black-Corner Region toward Black Emperor City.
• Nalan Chaoge reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and learned that her Woeful Poison Body might become uncontrollable within six months; he promised to seek the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's magic core to help treat her.
• Nalan Chaoge told Xiao Yi Xian and Xin Lan that his strength had fallen after his encounter with Nalan Treant, but insisted on continuing to the Central Plains because Yun Yun needed help too.
• Xin Lan hesitated when Nalan Chaoge asked what she wanted to say.

Ye Xin Lan asked Nalan Chaoge to help her family retain its elder's seat in the Pill Tower by competing in the coming assessment. She proposed marriage as a way to make him eligible, but Nalan refused and left open another arrangement after she consulted her father.

• Ye Xin Lan explained that her family could lose its Pill Tower elder's seat if its younger-generation representative failed the assessment three times.
• Ye Xin Lan revealed that Su Qian had sent her to seek Nalan Chaoge, whose seventh-grade alchemist status could help the Ye Family pass.
• Ye Xin Lan knelt and pleaded for Nalan Chaoge's help, explaining that the Ye Family's thousands of members faced ruin if they lost their position.
• Ye Xin Lan proposed marrying Nalan Chaoge so he could compete on the Ye Family's behalf, and offered to accept a formal marriage or even divorce afterward.
• Nalan Chaoge rejected marriage and suggested being treated as Ye Xin Lan's older brother or becoming her father's adopted son; Ye Xin Lan said she would ask her father and asked whether Nalan had agreed to help.

Nalan Chaoge agreed to help Ye Xin Lan save her family without promising to sacrifice himself, and the group traveled toward the Central Plains while discussing its major powers. Yang invited Kimimaro and Xiao Yi Xian to visit his Tianji Sect, and they agreed to part from Nalan Chaoge until the Pill Gathering.

• Nalan Chaoge reassured Ye Xin Lan that they would look for another way to save her family, and Xiao Yi Xian comforted her.
• After traveling from the Black-Corner Region, Nalan Chaoge and his companions reached Tianya City, the northwestern continent's only site with a space wormhole.
• Yang explained the Central Plains' major factions and revealed that Nalan Chaoge had provoked the Soul Hall and survived.
• Kimimaro asked about Yang's Tianji Sect, and Yang invited her to visit before the Pill Gathering.
• Kimimaro and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to travel with Yang, while Nalan Chaoge continued toward the Pill Region with plans to reunite with them at the Pill Gathering.

Nalan Chaoge and his companions traveled toward Tianya City while seeking information about Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beasts. After Yang Chao killed a Luo Clan elder who harassed Kimimaro, the Luo Clan ancestor appeared to confront them.

• Nalan Chaoge asked Yang Chao to find information about Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beasts so he could obtain one of their magic cores, and Xiao Yi Xian and Yang Chao agreed to accompany him.
• The group flew toward Tianya City, where a Luo Clan elder ordered them to land twenty li away and demanded a fifth-grade pill from each of them.
• When the elder leered at Kimimaro, Yang Chao cut off his arm and jumped down from the Griffon Beast to pursue him.
• Yang Chao beheaded the elder, Luo Er, as he landed, and a Dou Zong aura surged from the city as the Luo Clan ancestor confronted him.

Yang Chao killed Luo Er, and the Luo Family Ancestor attacked him before Yang Chao escaped. Xiao Yi Xian revealed overwhelming power, and once Luo Cheng learned Nalan Chaoge’s identity, the Luo Clan backed down and welcomed the group into Tianya City.

• Yang Chao beheaded Luo Er, then escaped Luo Cheng’s crushing attack using Spatial Traversal.
• Luo Cheng ordered the Luo Family Lion Guards and their Dou Wang crossbowmen to seize Nalan Chaoge and his companions.
• Xiao Yi Xian advanced on the guards, and Luo Cheng recognized her and ordered his people to retreat.
• Nalan Chaoge stopped Xiao Yi Xian from killing Luo Cheng, and Luo Tian and Mulan Yingyue identified themselves and paid him respects.
• Luo Cheng learned Nalan Chaoge’s identity, apologized, and invited the group into Tianya City with rooms, food, and wine.

Nalan Chaoge and his companions suspected the Luo Clan planned to betray them after they entered its space wormhole, so they devised a way to escape without being recognized. They reached the wormhole plaza in disguise and paid to travel, while Xiao Yi Xian planned to kill Luo Cheng after their departure.

• Luo Cheng hosted Nalan Chaoge and his party without mentioning Luo Er's death, and Xiao Yi Xian secretly marked him with an insect.
• Nalan Chaoge explained that the Luo Clan could trap or attack them through the space wormhole, so the party decided to leave under cover of darkness.
• Nalan Chaoge created five clones to impersonate them, while Xiao Yi Xian disguised the real group as people suffering from her poison.
• Xiao Yi Xian's soul power concealed the group as they left the room, and she incapacitated the watchers outside.
• The disguised group reached the busy wormhole plaza, passed the Luo Clan's guards, and bought five tickets for a million gold coins.

Nalan Chaoge and his companions traveled through the space wormhole aboard Xin Lan's Space Ship while their doubles remained in Tianya City. Luo Cheng plotted to destroy them and attack their allies, but after three days of watching the doubles, he discovered they had vanished.

• Xin Lan summoned a Space Ship and explained that it would protect the group from space storms and shorten their journey through the wormhole.
• Luo Cheng and the Luo Clan planned to destabilize the wormhole, have the Qin Family Ancestor attack the travelers, and strike the Nalan Family, Jia Ma Empire, and Black-Corner Region.
• Luo Cheng pressured Mulan Yingyue to support an invasion of the Jia Ma Empire, and she agreed to discuss it with her royal father.
• The real Nalan Chaoge and his companions entered the wormhole, while their doubles stayed behind in Tianya City.
• Luo Cheng visited the doubles and warned them about a coming storm, but Nalan Chaoge said they would not enter the wormhole and ordered the clan not to disturb their secluded cultivation.
• After three days without activity, Luo Cheng sent a guard to investigate and learned that Nalan Chaoge and the others had disappeared.

Luo Cheng tried to destabilize the Wormhole to kill Nalan Chaoge, but Xiao Yi Xian’s heavenly flames nearly burned him to death and poisoned his meridians. Far away in the Wormhole, Nalan Chaoge and his companions relaxed after cutting off their pursuer, though he remained wary of the danger ahead.

• After learning Nalan Chaoge and his companions had entered the Wormhole, Luo Cheng ordered the Luo Clan to gather experts and prepare to destabilize it.
• The Wormhole administrator revealed that Nalan Chaoge’s group had left four days earlier, and Mulan Yingyue recalled that Nalan Chaoge could use a Clone Technique.
• As Luo Cheng entered the Wormhole, Xiao Yi Xian’s distant heavenly flames erupted around him; the ice spirit cold spring subdued them, but he was left badly burned.
• Luo Cheng knelt and kowtowed toward the Wormhole, while the onlookers realized Nalan Chaoge had struck him from millions of miles away.
• Inside the Wormhole, Xiao Yi Xian told Nalan Chaoge that Luo Cheng had survived but could no longer use dou qi because her heavenly poison had infected his meridians.
• Nalan Chaoge continued telling stories to his companions, though he worried about the fighting that awaited them beyond the passage.

Nalan Chaoge and Ye Xin Lan were thrown into danger when a space storm struck their Space Wormhole, forcing the group to split up. Xiao Yi Xian, Yang Chao, and Kimimaro fled the storm as Xiao Yi Xian launched an attack at Old Monster Qin, who had redirected it to kill them.

• Ye Xin Lan told Nalan Chaoge they were nearing the Wormhole’s exit, but a sudden impact knocked her out of the Space Ship and into the surrounding space.
• Nalan Chaoge jumped after Ye Xin Lan while Xiao Yi Xian sent the Space Ship and its passengers away from the approaching storm.
• The Qin Family Ancestor redirected the storm after Xiao Yi Xian and the others, striking their Space Ship and injuring Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Kimimaro to use his Lion-Tiger Shattering Gold Chant, and his roar briefly disrupted Old Monster Qin’s control of the storm.
• Yang Chao escaped into spatial energy with Kimimaro as Xiao Yi Xian let the storm destroy the Space Ship and attacked Old Monster Qin through space.

Nalan Chaoge and Ye Xin Lan survived the spatial storm only to be left gravely wounded in a desert, where a magical beast nearly killed them. A young woman and her companion found them, but the woman was reluctant to help.

• Xiao Yi Xian poisoned Old Monster Qin and escaped through space, while Old Monster Qin recognized her as a Heavenly Poison Woman and ordered the Qin Family to notify the Ice River Valley valley master.
• Nalan Chaoge shielded Ye Xin Lan as they struggled through the spatial storm, and the Heavenly Fire Venerable used his remaining strength to send them out.
• Nalan Chaoge and Ye Xin Lan landed in a remote desert and fell unconscious; after waking, Nalan Chaoge found himself too injured to move and unable to reach the Heavenly Fire Venerable.
• An Emerald Green Lizard lunged at Nalan Chaoge, but a stone thrown by someone nearby killed it.
• A young woman and a burly man found the wounded pair; although the man urged her to help, the woman feared their enemies and said they should not get involved.

After a space storm left Nalan Chaoge and Ye Xin Lan badly injured, Han Chong’s convoy rescued them and carried them toward Tianbei City. As the convoy approached Ten Thousand Snake Gorge, Ye Xin Lan grew worried that the demon snake Xia Mang would attack them.

• Han Chong first left Nalan Chaoge and Ye Xin Lan behind, but his young mistress changed her mind and ordered the guards to rescue them discreetly.
• Nalan Chaoge woke three days later in the convoy, learned they were headed to Tianbei City, and found that his injuries were beginning to heal.
• Han Chong told Nalan Chaoge that Ye Xin Lan had called herself his wife, embarrassing him as Ye Xin Lan cared for him and changed his dressings.
• Nalan Chaoge regained some Dou Qi and prepared for the convoy to cross Ten Thousand Snake Gorge, Xia Mang’s territory.
• When the convoy stopped before the gorge, Ye Xin Lan told Nalan Chaoge she feared Xia Mang would prey on the travelers and abduct pretty women.

Nalan Chaoge’s convoy was ambushed by Xia Mang, who tried to seize the Second Young Lady of the Han Family and Ye Xin Lan. Nalan Chaoge stepped in and used the Impure World Reincarnation technique as Xia Mang charged, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Ye Xin Lan worried that Xia Mang would target the Second Young Lady of the Han Family, while Nalan Chaoge accepted Han Chong’s protection as the convoy entered Ten Thousand Snake Gorge.
• Xia Mang stopped the convoy, allowed the Han Family’s goods to pass, then demanded the Second Young Lady and tore away her carriage curtain.
• Han Chong attacked Xia Mang, but Xia Mang repelled him with one palm and seized the Second Young Lady before noticing Ye Xin Lan.
• Ye Xin Lan and the Second Young Lady offered to sacrifice themselves so the others could escape, but Xia Mang refused and charged toward their carriage.
• Nalan Chaoge stood up despite his injuries, told Han Chong to prepare the convoy, and warned Xia Mang to flee.
• Nalan Chaoge formed Hand Seals and invoked the Impure World Reincarnation technique; Xia Mang threw the Second Young Lady aside and lunged at the people on the ground.

Nalan Chaoge summoned Hai Bodong to defeat Demon Snake Xia Mang and clear the road through Ten Thousand Snake Gorge. The convoy continued on, while Han Xue realized Nalan Chaoge knew her older sister and might be able to help the Han Family.

• Hai Bodong struck Xia Mang and sent him crashing into the gorge wall, leaving Nalan Chaoge unharmed.
• Nalan Chaoge ordered Hai Bodong to kill Xia Mang, who counterattacked by biting off Hai Bodong's arm before Hai Bodong destroyed him.
• Hai Bodong's severed arm regrew, revealing that he was a puppet, and he returned to his coffin.
• Han Xue thanked Nalan Chaoge and introduced herself; Nalan Chaoge said he knew her older sister and boarded the carriage.
• Han Xue ordered Han Chong to prepare the convoy, and it resumed its journey after leaving Ten Thousand Snake Gorge.

Ye Xin Lan revealed her family’s close ties to the Wind Lightning Pavilion and promised to seek its help against the Hong Family, easing the Han Family’s fears. Nalan Chaoge and Ye Xin Lan reached Tianbei City with Han Xue, where the Hong Family had arrived to press Hong Chen’s marriage proposal to Han Yue.

• Ye Xin Lan explained that she and Nalan Chaoge had survived a space storm, and assured Han Xue that the Wind Lightning Pavilion could hold the Hong Family accountable.
• Nalan Chaoge recovered enough to leave his carriage, and Ye Xin Lan told him that Han Xue’s sister was Han Yue, his acquaintance from Jia Nan Academy.
• Han Xue recognized Nalan Chaoge as Han Yue’s friend and said the Hong Family was forcing Han Yue to marry Hong Chen.
• The convoy reached Tianbei City and found Hong Family carriages outside the Han Family estate, prompting Han Xue to hurry inside with Ye Xin Lan and Nalan Chaoge following.
• In the Han Family council hall, Han Chi questioned Hong Chen about his betrothal gifts, and Hong Chen said he wanted to marry Han Yue and unite the city’s two ruling families.

Hong Chen tried to force the Han Family into an alliance and a marriage by invoking the Wind Lightning Pavilion, but Han Xue and Ye Xin Lan challenged him before Nalan Chaoge struck him down. Hong Chen left the Han estate badly injured and collapsed, begging for his Master to save him.

• Hong Chen revealed that he was a Seven-Star Dou Huang and an Inner Court Disciple of the Wind Lightning Pavilion, but Han Chi refused his marriage and alliance proposals.
• Han Xue rejected Hong Chen’s threats, while Han Yue revealed she would marry him if necessary to protect Han Xue and urged her to seek help from Nalan Chaoge.
• Ye Xin Lan identified herself as a member of the Pill Tower and challenged Hong Chen’s misuse of the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s authority.
• Nalan Chaoge attacked Hong Chen with Eight Extremes Collapse, crippling him and forcing the Hong Family party to retreat.
• Han Chi told the Hong Family to take its gifts and leave, and Hong Chen collapsed outside the estate after vomiting blood and calling for his Master.

Nalan Chaoge was about to leave the Han Family after Han Chi rejected his help, but Han Yue and Han Xue revealed his identity and pleaded for him to protect their family. He agreed to help against the Hong Family and Wind Lightning Pavilion, then left to rest while the Han Family questioned the sisters about his strength.

• The Hong Family guards carried the gravely injured Hong Chen away, while Nalan Chaoge knew his damaged meridians could leave him crippled without swift treatment.
• Han Chi rebuked Han Xue and refused to rely on Nalan Chaoge, so Nalan Chaoge turned to leave despite the sisters' protests.
• Han Yue and Han Xue knelt and revealed that Nalan Chaoge was the Jia Nan Academy elder who had killed a Dou Zun while possessing Dou Zong strength; Han Xue also said he had rescued her from Demon Snake Xia Mang.
• Han Yue and Han Xue offered to serve Nalan Chaoge, and he agreed to help the Han Family while telling Han Chi to blame him if the Hong Family pursued the dispute.
• Nalan Chaoge asked for a guest room and left with Ye Xin Lan and Han Xue, while Han Chi and the others questioned Han Yue about Nalan Chaoge.