Chapter Summaries

Nalan Chaoge, Nalan Yanran, and Yun Feng fought a dangerous Tier 2 Snake-Tailed Leopard while Ge Ye guarded them. After Chaoge pulled Yanran out of the beast’s path, they ended in an unexpectedly intimate embrace.

• Nalan Chaoge and Yun Feng attacked the Snake-Tailed Leopard, but Chaoge discovered its soft abdomen could neutralize the force of his close-range strike.
• Chaoge evaded the beast’s venomous tail with his whip as Yun Feng and Nalan Yanran joined forces to wound it with their swords.
• The Snake-Tailed Leopard went berserk, knocked Yun Feng away, and leapt at Nalan Yanran.
• Chaoge used his whip to pull Yanran from the beast’s path and caught her around the waist, leaving them both flustered by their close contact.

Ge Ye killed the Snake-Tailed Leopard and recovered its Tier 2 magic core, which Nalan Yanran gave to Nalan Chaoge. After Nalan Chaoge shared Vitality Pills with the group, Nalan Yanran was shocked when he revealed that he had many more.

• Ge Ye wounded the Snake-Tailed Leopard with his Green Wood Sword Art and Thousand Wind Gale, then killed it and took its magic core.
• Ge Ye explained how magic cores strengthened magical beasts, and Nalan Chaoge realized he still needed four Tier 2 cores to advance his system.
• Ge Ye gave the magic core to Nalan Yanran, who passed it to Nalan Chaoge after he admitted he needed one.
• Nalan Chaoge gave Ge Ye and Yun Feng two Grade 2 Vitality Pills each, but Nalan Yanran declined her share and offered to compensate Yun Feng herself.
• Nalan Yanran questioned how Nalan Chaoge had so many pills, and he revealed a dozen more, leaving her stunned.

Nalan Chaoge gave Nalan Yanran, Ge Ye, and Yun Feng high-quality Vitality Pills, then received a whip technique from Ge Ye. After briefly training in it, he wondered whether the system could recycle the combat skill for points.

• Nalan Chaoge gave Vitality Pills to Nalan Yanran, Ge Ye, and Yun Feng, and Ge Ye noticed that their quality surpassed the pills made by Gu He.
• Ge Ye identified Nalan Chaoge's whip as a Fiery Poison Seal Python tendon and gave him the Profound Tier Intermediate Dragon Subduing Whip Technique.
• Nalan Chaoge returned two Vitality Pills to Ge Ye, who asked him to take him to the Mitel Auction House in Jia Ma Holy City.
• During the journey, Nalan Chaoge trained for three days and partially mastered the Dragon Fights in the Field move.
• Nalan Chaoge asked the system whether he could recycle the Dragon Subduing Whip Technique for points.

Nalan Chaoge recycled his Dragon Subduing Whip and spent points to buy it back before testing it against a Blue Eagle in the Magical Beast Forest. He struck the diving beast with the whip, sending it crashing to the ground.

• The system awarded Nalan Chaoge 400 points for recycling his Dragon Subduing Whip but required double the points to buy it back.
• Nalan Chaoge recycled his remaining third-grade medicinal herbs for 400 points, then repurchased the whip for 800 points, leaving him with 200 points.
• After ten days of traveling through the Magical Beast Forest, Nalan Yanran, Yun Feng, Nalan Chaoge, and Ge Ye encountered a first-order Blue Eagle.
• Nalan Chaoge climbed a tree while Yun Feng drew the Blue Eagle into a dive and dodged its attack.
• As the Blue Eagle tried to take flight again, Nalan Chaoge struck its head with his Dragon Subduing Whip, and it fell to the ground.

Nalan Chaoge devised a ruse to help Nalan Yanran win the trust of a captured Blue Eagle, then she released it rather than force it to stay. The Blue Eagle circled overhead as a new group arrived and shot an arrow toward it.

• Ge Ye explained that taming a Magical Beast required patience and mutual affection, and recalled seeing a Blue Eagle used as a mount near Qingshan Town.
• Nalan Chaoge suggested pretending to threaten the bound Blue Eagle so Nalan Yanran could rescue it and gain its trust.
• Nalan Yanran gave the Blue Eagle a Vitality Pill, tended its injured feathers, and freed it.
• Nalan Yanran let the Blue Eagle fly away when it did not choose to stay, despite Nalan Chaoge's complaints.
• Nalan Chaoge spotted several approaching figures, and one of them shot an arrow at the circling Blue Eagle.

Nalan Chaoge used his newly mastered whip technique to defeat Fei Tong’s guards after they tried to shoot the blue eagle. He forced Fei Tong to admit the eagle belonged to Nalan Yanran, but the eagle then dived toward them, leaving Fei Tong in danger.

• Fei Tong’s archers tried to shoot the blue eagle, and Nalan Chaoge rushed in to stop them.
• Nalan Chaoge knocked out most of Fei Tong’s guards with his living dragon tendon and whip techniques.
• Fei Tong begged for mercy, and Nalan Chaoge persuaded him to acknowledge that Nalan Yanran had tamed the blue eagle.
• The blue eagle dived toward Nalan Chaoge and Fei Tong, and Fei Tong assumed a combat stance while asking Nalan Chaoge to call it off.

Nalan Chaoge fled a pursuing Blue Eagle to Jia Ma Holy City and called Yaoye his wife to stop her soldiers from shooting it down. Yaoye canceled the order, leaving the crowd stunned and the Blue Eagle alive.

• Nalan Chaoge ran from the Blue Eagle while Fei Tong and Nalan Yanran also fled, and Ge Ye and Yun Feng discussed Nalan Chaoge’s strength and cultivation.
• Yaoye led the Black Armored Army on patrol when Nalan Chaoge raced toward the city gates with the Blue Eagle chasing him.
• Nalan Chaoge knocked out a city guard captain and shouted that Yaoye was his wife as he entered the city.
• Yaoye ordered archers to prepare to shoot the Blue Eagle, while Nalan Chaoge insisted it belonged to his family and asked her to stop them.
• Yaoye canceled the order, surprising the soldiers and onlookers.

Nalan Chaoge reunited with Yaoye and asked her to use an imperial admission quota to help him enter Jia Nan Academy. Yaoye agreed on the condition that he protect her at the academy, revealing that she planned to attend as well.

• Yaoye ordered the Black Armored Army to lower its crossbows and used her Heavenly Winged Horse's presence to drive away the blue eagle.
• Nalan Chaoge and Yaoye argued over their supposed engagement, and he told her that Mu Tong had died in the Magical Beast Forest.
• Yaoye explained that she was welcoming Jia Nan Academy's admissions team, and Nalan Chaoge asked her to help him get into the academy.
• Nalan Chaoge claimed he was only at the Fifth Stage Dou Qi and feared being judged for relying on a pill from the Pill King.
• Yaoye offered him an admission quota on the condition that he protect her at Jia Nan Academy, and Nalan Chaoge was surprised to learn she would attend too.

Yaoye told Nalan Chaoge that she was a Three-star Dou Zhe and planned to join Jia Nan Academy, trusting him to protect her. As Nalan Chaoge headed for the Lionheart Marshal's Mansion, the Mu Family plotted to seize power, then learned he had returned to the city.

• Yaoye revealed she could cultivate and whispered that she trusted Nalan Chaoge because he had survived the Mu Family's hunt, then led her Black Armored Army toward the city gates to meet Jia Nan Academy's recruiters.
• Nalan Chaoge realized the imperial family knew about the Mu Family's attempt to kill him and regretted that Yaoye would accompany him to Jia Nan Academy.
• Mu Chen and Mu Xing discussed Mu Lu's death and Mu Tong's disappearance, while Mu Chen ordered the clan to investigate and search for Mu Tong.
• Mu Chen told Mu Zhan to pursue Ya Fei and planned to press Jia Xing Tian to arrange a marriage between Mu Tong and Yaoye, believing the Mu Family could control the empire through both women.
• A scout reported that Nalan Chaoge had entered the city and knocked out a Mu Family captain, and Mu Chen shattered his teacup in anger.

Mu Zhan proposed luring Nalan Chaoge to Jia Nan Academy so he could have him killed in the Black-Corner Region. Back at the Marshal's Mansion, Guo'er was teased about her feelings for Nalan Chaoge before Su Han arrived with a gift for her.

• Mu Xing and Mu Chen worried that Nalan Chaoge's return meant Mu Tong was dead, and Mu Zhan offered a plan to kill him.
• Mu Zhan said he would use his academy connections to bring Nalan Chaoge to Jia Nan Academy and trap him in the Black-Corner Region.
• Mu Chen ordered Mu Zhan to keep Nalan Chaoge in the region and cut off the Nalan Family's way out.
• Huangli teased Guo'er about missing Nalan Chaoge and whether they had become intimate, making Guo'er blush and threaten to hit her.
• Su Han entered Guo'er's room, ignored Huangli's apology, and presented Guo'er with a light-blue hand chain.

Su Han tried to win Guo'er over with a jeweled Hand Chain and promises of marriage, but Nagato challenged his intentions and Nalan Chaoge returned alive. Nalan Chaoge turned Su Han's gift into a present for Guo'er, leaving Su Han stunned.

• Su Han offered Guo'er a Hand Chain with a Second-Rank Water Magic Crystal and promised to make her the Young Mistress of the Nalan Family if she became his.
• Nagato interrupted Su Han and warned him to stay away from Guo'er, saying Nalan Chaoge had ordered him to protect her.
• Su Han claimed the future Marshal's Mansion of the Lionheart might not bear the Nalan name, and Nagato suspected he knew about the ambush on Nalan Chaoge.
• Nalan Chaoge returned, declared the mansion would bear the Nalan name, and confronted Su Han about expecting him to die.
• Nalan Chaoge told Guo'er to thank Su Han, and she took the Hand Chain while Su Han realized Chaoge had made his gift seem like his own.

Nalan Chaoge returned and received the Second-Rank Water Magic Crystal from Guo’er, while an awkward moment between them was interrupted by Mu Zhan’s visit. Mu Zhan invited Nalan Chaoge to Jia Nan Academy, but Nalan Chaoge refused, suspecting the Mu Family had an ulterior motive.

• Su Han gave Guo’er a Hand Chain, but she asked him for magic cores instead of accepting his offer of a better gift.
• Guo’er removed the Second-Rank Water Magic Crystal from the Hand Chain and gave it to Nalan Chaoge, who promised to make up the gift to her later.
• Guo’er tried to bring up something Nagato had said, but Mu Zhan arrived and interrupted their awkward conversation.
• Mu Zhan joked with Nalan Chaoge about Guo’er, then invited him to attend Jia Nan Academy with him.
• Nalan Chaoge recalled that Mu Lu had died in their spar and suspected Mu Zhan’s friendly invitation concealed a plot, then said he did not plan to attend Jia Nan Academy.

Mu Zhan tried to persuade Nalan Chaoge to attend Jia Nan Academy, but Nalan Chaoge kept demanding gifts and promises before agreeing. Mu Zhan left after surrendering many treasures, still planning to kill him once they reached the academy.

• Mu Zhan praised Jia Nan Academy and urged Nalan Chaoge to enroll, but Nalan Chaoge pretended to doubt his own talent and refused.
• Nalan Chaoge cited the dangers of the Black-Corner Region and his family's lack of healing pills, so Mu Zhan gave him pills and one of his third-grade medicinal herbs.
• Nalan Chaoge complained that his family lacked high-level techniques, and Mu Zhan promised he could return an Earth-tier Dou Technique once he became clan leader.
• Nalan Chaoge worried that his fifth-stage Dou Qi would not meet the academy's entry requirement, and Mu Zhan promised to secure him an imperial-family quota and gave him a magic core.
• Nalan Chaoge asked whether he needed to bring ordinary supplies, and Mu Zhan left two hours later with his Na Ring nearly emptied, secretly intending to kill Nalan Chaoge at Jia Nan Academy.

Nalan Chaoge tried to buy high-quality Vitality Pills at the Mitel Auction House, but Master Gu recognized him as the mysterious Alchemist who had supplied them before. The chapter ended with Master Gu selling him ten pills at cost and arranging for the Alchemist to return with medicinal herbs to refine a Great Return Pill.

• Nalan Chaoge showed an attendant a high-quality Vitality Pill, but the attendant denied that he or Mu Tong had bought such pills at the Mitel Auction House.
• Nalan Chaoge asked the attendant to consult Master Gu, while Ge Ye reassured him that the pills were not essential.
• Master Gu hurried in after seeing the pill and recognized Nalan Chaoge by his black Na Ring as the mysterious Alchemist.
• Nalan Chaoge pretended to be a customer and hinted that the Alchemist might return to refine a Great Return Pill using supplied herbs.
• Master Gu sold Nalan Chaoge ten Vitality Pills at twenty thousand gold coins each, the price he had paid.

After Master Gu recognized Nalan Chaoge as the young Alchemist, he hurried to warn Mittel Tengshan, who dismissed his concerns and insisted on backing Xiao Yan instead. The chapter ended with Mittel Tengshan betting that Nalan Chaoge would lose the Three-Year Pact, while Gu Sha doubted the Mittel Family’s judgment.

• Master Gu instructed the Auction House attendant to give Nalan Chaoge the highest standard of hospitality and went to report his discovery to the Mittel Family.
• Mittel Tengshan told Gu Sha that Xiao Yan’s talent had returned and that he had sent Ya Fei to Wutan City to gain Xiao Yan’s favor.
• Mittel Tengshan revealed that Nalan Jie’s grandchildren had broken off the engagement with Xiao Yan and made a Three-Year Pact.
• Gu Sha warned Mittel Tengshan that Nalan Chaoge had killed Mu Lu, survived Mu Tong’s pursuit, and was the mysterious Alchemist behind the high-quality Vitality Pills.
• Mittel Tengshan dismissed Gu Sha’s warnings, declared that he chose Xiao Yan over Nalan Chaoge, and wagered that Nalan Chaoge would lose the Three-Year Pact.

Gu Sha reconsidered his place in the Mittel Family after witnessing the extraordinary alchemy associated with Nalan Chaoge. At Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment event, Nalan Chaoge discovered that Yaoye had arranged an admission slot for him through Mu Zhan, leaving him stunned by the cost and her tactics.

• Mittel Tengshan dismissed Gu Sha’s warning and declared that he would favor Xiao Yan over the Nalan Family if the two sides clashed.
• Gu Sha left the Mittel Family and reflected on the significance of Nalan Chaoge’s exceptional pill refining.
• Yaoye oversaw the security at Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment event as crowds gathered for admissions.
• Nalan Chaoge tried to leave before being tested, but Mu Zhan spotted him and revealed that he had secured an admission slot for him using two tier 4 demonic cores.
• Nalan Chaoge realized Yaoye had arranged the admission while letting Mu Zhan pay, then bit his tongue in shock.

Nalan Chaoge confirmed he would attend Jia Nan Academy, despite Nalan Yanran offering him a place in the Misty Cloud Sect, and spent his final hours preparing to leave. When he returned to his room after midnight, he found Guo'er waiting for him naked and wrapping her arms around his neck.

• Nalan Chaoge tried to bargain with Yaoye for one of the two Tier 4 Demonic Cores she received, but she refused and said he would protect her as her fiancé.
• Nalan Chaoge's decision to attend Jia Nan Academy stirred the Marshal's Mansion, and Nalan Yanran offered to ask her master to take him into the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Nalan Chaoge told Nalan Yanran he needed Jia Nan Academy to become strong enough to defeat Xiao Yan within three years, and she helped prepare clothes, medicine, and money for his journey.
• Nalan Chaoge visited Elder Mu, gave Nagato instructions, and returned to his room well past midnight.
• Nalan Chaoge found Guo'er naked in his bed, and she wrapped a hand around his neck and pressed herself against him.

Nalan Chaoge spent his final night before leaving with Jia Nan Academy being teased by Guo'er, who gave him an intimate but incomplete first experience and sent him off without resolving his frustration. At the recruitment square, he arrived to register and was ordered by two academy students to wait in the scorching sun with the other new recruits.

• Guo'er held Nalan Chaoge close, then took his manhood into her mouth before stopping and telling him it was time to sleep.
• The next morning, Nalan Chaoge teased Guo'er about making him wait until he returned, and she kissed his cheek without answering.
• Nalan Chaoge left the Marshal's Mansion of the Lionheart alone and headed to the recruitment square to register before the academy's flying beast arrived.
• Two students guarding the Instructor's room sent Nalan Chaoge to sit in the sun with more than twenty other new students.
• The two students exchanged bewildered looks as Nalan Chaoge obediently went to wait, seeming dazed.

Nalan Chaoge spent the night resisting Guo'er’s advances, though she gave him an intimate farewell before he left to register at Jia Nan Academy. At the recruitment square, two students sent him to sit under the scorching sun with the other new admits, and he accepted their order without protest.

• Guo'er told Nalan Chaoge she would wait for him and tried to make him remember her, but stopped before they went further.
• Nalan Chaoge warned Guo'er not to tease him again, and she kissed his cheek as he prepared to leave.
• Nalan Chaoge went alone to the recruitment square to register for Jia Nan Academy.
• Two student guards directed Nalan Chaoge to squat in the sun with the other newly admitted students.
• Nalan Chaoge accepted the order, while the guards wondered whether he was an idiot.

Nalan Chaoge, mocked by fellow freshmen and senior students at Jia Nan Academy, refused to keep enduring the humiliating sun-basking punishment. After revealing he was from the Jia Ma Imperial Family, he faced senior student Luo Bu’s challenge to last twenty exchanges against him.

• Nalan Chaoge overheard freshmen ridicule him as a useless admission who relied on his family and sister.
• He left his spot beneath the sun, claiming he felt unwell and wanted to rest in a nearby room.
• Luo Bu and the senior students stopped him, while Xue Ni appeared and encouraged Luo Bu to enforce the rules by beating him.
• Nalan Chaoge told Xue Ni he was the student from the Jia Ma Imperial Family, but Luo Bu insisted he still had to face the challenge.
• Luo Bu stepped forward with Dou Qi covering his fists, and Nalan Chaoge moved to meet him as the students watched.