Recaps

Nalan Ye convinced the Nalan Family to replace Nalan Yanran’s broken engagement to Xiao Yan with a marriage alliance between him and Xiao Mei. After the alliance was settled in Wutan City, a commotion erupted at the inn shortly after Nalan Yanran departed.

• Nalan Ye interrupted the Nalan Family’s Council Hall and proposed that he marry a girl from the Xiao Family to preserve the family’s reputation while ending Nalan Yanran’s engagement to Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Tu supported Nalan Ye’s proposal, and Nalan Su and the elders unanimously approved the marriage alliance.
• Nalan Ye and Nalan Tu traveled to Wutan City, where Nalan Ye met Nalan Yanran and persuaded her to support his plan.
• Nalan Yanran and the Yun Lan Sect representatives agreed to the arrangement, while Xiao Yan stormed out of the Xiao Family’s Council Hall after his engagement was broken off.
• Nalan Tu arranged Nalan Ye’s marriage to Xiao Mei with the support of Xiao Mei’s grandfather and several Xiao Family elders.
• After Nalan Yanran left Wutan City, screams and crashing sounds rose from downstairs at the inn, startling Nalan Ye.

Nalan Ye refused Xiao Meier’s demand to end their engagement, then later intervened when Galeo threatened Xiao Yan and Xun Er at the market. He declared the Xiao Family under the Nalan Family’s protection, leaving the market crowd awed by the Nalan Family’s strength.

• Xiao Meier broke into Nalan Ye’s inn and demanded he call off their engagement, but he ordered the guards to restrain her and summoned her grandfather.
• Xiao Meier’s grandfather apologized and gave Nalan Ye valuable cultivation resources, and Nalan Ye sent him and Xiao Meier away.
• At the Xiao Family Market, Xun Er rejected Galeo’s expensive necklace and accepted the cheap one Xiao Yan offered her.
• When Galeo surrounded Xiao Yan and Xun Er with his lackeys, Nalan Ye arrived with elite Nalan Family guards and called Xiao Yan and Xun Er his brother-in-law and sister-in-law.
• Nalan Ye threatened Galeo and declared that the Nalan Family would protect the Xiao Family, while his guards unleashed their Dou Zhe auras and drove the crowd back.

After driving off Galeo, Nalan Ye shared a meal with Xiao Yan and Xun Er and learned that Xiao Yan planned to remain in Wutan City until his coming-of-age ceremony. The next morning, Nalan Ye left the city, secretly changed course for Green Mountain Town, and set out to begin his own journey.

• Nalan Ye rescued Xiao Yan and Xun Er from Galeo, then joined them for food and wine after Pei En and the market guards arrived.
• Nalan Ye and Xiao Yan reminisced about their grandfathers and discussed Xiao Yan's plans to stay in Wutan City until coming of age.
• Nalan Ye considered how the absence of the Three-Year Agreement might change Xiao Yan's path, while believing Xiao Yan would still pursue strength and meet Yao Lao's challenges.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er came to Wutan City's north gate to see Nalan Ye off, and he gave each of them a small box.
• Nalan Ye's father returned to the Nalan Family while Nalan Ye redirected the convoy toward Green Mountain Town to seek the Little Fairy Doctor.

Nalan arrived in Green Mountain Town and arranged to enter the Monster Mountain Range with the Little Fairy Doctor, hoping to find the Seven Coloured Poison Scripture before she could be killed by the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. After searching more than a dozen cliffs without success, he reached the final cliff still to be checked.

• Nalan reflected that without Xiao Yan, the Little Fairy Doctor might die to the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, and resolved to seek her out and change her fate.
• Nalan met Green Mountain Town’s local leaders and arranged for three mercenary groups, his guards, supplies, and an apothecary from Yao Er’s Myriad Medicine Pavilion to accompany him.
• Nalan recognized the Little Fairy Doctor when he left the inn and led the group into the Monster Mountain Range.
• Nalan used the herb-gathering map to identify possible cliff locations, while the Little Fairy Doctor helped him search and tended the wounded.
• Nalan and the Little Fairy Doctor searched more than a dozen cliffs and found two caves, but only uncovered medicinal herbs; the final cliff remained.

The narrator found a hidden treasure cave with Little Fairy Doctor and recovered its valuables, medicinal herbs, and the Seven Coloured Poison Scripture. He kept the scroll secret from her as they left the cave, ordering the guards to bury the skeleton.

• A guard found a cave in the cliff, and the narrator sent him inside while hoping it held the Seven Coloured Poison Scripture.
• After a rumble alarmed the group, the Guard Captain discovered that the guard had been breaking through a stone wall inside the cave.
• The narrator and Little Fairy Doctor entered the cave, where they found a skeleton, treasure, and a garden of rare medicinal herbs.
• The narrator claimed the gold and valuables, then persuaded Little Fairy Doctor to hand over the herbs in exchange for choosing some later.
• The narrator found the keys on the skeleton, opened three boxes, and discovered the Seven Coloured Poison Scripture, which he hid in his Ring of Holding.
• The narrator ordered the guards to bury the skeleton, then he and Little Fairy Doctor climbed back out of the cave.

Nalan and the Little Fairy Doctor returned from the cave with treasure after Nalan had He Meng killed for demanding a share. Back at the inn, they divided the medicinal herbs, and Nalan began showing the Little Fairy Doctor one of the scrolls: a poison manual.

• He Meng demanded a share of the cave treasure, so Nalan ordered the Guard Captain to kill him when he refused to back down.
• Nalan and the Little Fairy Doctor camped with the mercenaries on the way back, and she agreed they should keep all the treasure.
• At the inn, Nalan paid the mercenaries and rewarded his family's guards before dividing the loot with the Little Fairy Doctor.
• Nalan and the Little Fairy Doctor argued over the herbs until he raised her share to forty percent of their value.
• The Little Fairy Doctor asked about Nalan's scrolls, and he revealed that one was the Seven Coloured Poison Scripture, a poison manual.

The narrator persuaded the Little Fairy Doctor to become a Nalan Family guest retainer so she could study the Seven Coloured Poison Scripture. After she left, he examined the remaining treasures and discovered a recipe for a cultivation-enhancing pill.

• The narrator let the Little Fairy Doctor read the Seven Coloured Poison Scripture, then took it back and refused to lend or sell it to her.
• The narrator told the Little Fairy Doctor she could study the Poison Manual by becoming a Nalan Family guest retainer, and she agreed.
• The narrator examined the Purple Cloud Wings scroll and the map fragment connected to the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire, but put them aside because he could not use them.
• The narrator discovered a recipe for a first-rank Small Supplement Pill that could help a Dou Zhe cultivate without destabilizing their foundation.

Nalan Ye traveled with the Little Fairy Doctor toward Gama City, where she hoped to study the Seven Coloured Poison Scripture using practical experiments. They reached Wu Si City, and Nalan Ye reluctantly bought the large quantity of materials she requested before they prepared to continue their journey by flying magical beast.

• Nalan Ye and the Little Fairy Doctor resumed their journey, and she said she needed herbs, practice, and a settled place to study the Seven Coloured Poison Scripture.
• Nalan Ye told the Little Fairy Doctor he hoped to become an Alchemist and invited her to learn alongside him, and she agreed.
• After three days, Nalan Ye and the Little Fairy Doctor arrived in Wu Si City and stayed at a Nalan Family shop.
• The Little Fairy Doctor asked Nalan Ye to buy materials so she could study poisons during the six-day flight to Gama City.
• Nalan Ye paid over thirteen thousand gold coins for the requested materials and privately blamed the Shop Manager and Finance Elder for the expense.

Nalan Ye nearly lost himself to the Eagle Beast Remnant Soul while cultivating the Purple Cloud Wings, but the Little Fairy Doctor saved him. After waking, he learned she had left to travel the continent and taken materials as payment for saving his life.

• Nalan Ye used his soul to cultivate the Purple Cloud Wings and was attacked by the Eagle Beast Remnant Soul, which nearly erased his identity.
• Nalan Ye woke after three days and learned from Mo Mu that the Little Fairy Doctor had saved him.
• Nalan Ye asked to see the Little Fairy Doctor, but a guard reported that she had gone missing two days earlier.
• Nalan Ye opened the Little Fairy Doctor's letter and learned she had left to travel the continent, taken materials as payment, and copied the Seven Coloured Poison Scripture for him.
• Nalan Ye erupted in anger over the Little Fairy Doctor's departure, and Mo Mu restrained him on the bed.

Nalan Ye recovered in Wu Si City and met his granduncle Nalan Jie, who confronted him over Nalan Yanran’s broken engagement. After learning Nalan Jie had been wounded by a Branding Iron Poison Seal Python, Nalan Ye realized Xiao Yan would not be there to cure him and resolved to seek the Azure Lotus Core Flame himself.

• Nalan Ye reflected on his arrogance, stored the Purple Cloud Wings and Seven Coloured Poison Scripture in his Ring of Holding, and stayed in Wu Si City to recover.
• Nalan Jie arrived and used his Dou Wang pressure to force Nalan Ye to his knees over the broken engagement, stopping when Nalan Ye revealed his engagement to Xiao Meier.
• Nalan Jie asked after Xiao Zhan, then coughed up blood and told Nalan Ye that a Branding Iron Poison Seal Python had wounded him.
• Nalan Ye realized that without the Three-Year Agreement, Xiao Yan would not come to Gama City to treat Nalan Jie’s Branding Iron Poison.
• After dinner with Nalan Jie, Nalan Ye sobered up and vowed to claim the Azure Lotus Core Flame himself.

Nalan Ye returned to the Nalan Residence with Nalan Jie, reunited with his family, and faced plans for an early marriage to Xiao Meier. A conversation with Nalan Sun made him realize he had been treating himself as Xiao Yan and overlooking the people who mattered in his own life, so he ran after his sister to dinner.

• Nalan Jie traveled with Nalan Ye to Gama City aboard a chartered flying magical beast and spoke about Nalan Yanran and the Nalan family.
• Nalan Ye reached the Nalan Residence and left Nalan Jie to address the clan while he returned to his family’s courtyard.
• Nalan Ye’s mother asked about Xiao Meier and proposed that she marry into the family at seventeen, and Nalan Ye reluctantly agreed.
• Nalan Ye entertained Nalan Sun and the younger children with stories before Nalan Sun questioned why he praised Xun Er over his fiancée, Xiao Meier.
• Nalan Ye realized he had been treating himself as Xiao Yan and seeing his own loved ones as supporting characters, then chased after Nalan Sun for dinner.

Nalan Ye learned that the Alchemy Elder could only suppress Nalan Jie's Branding Iron Poison, so he accompanied his father to seek Pill King Gu He's help. The chapter ended with Nalan Ye meeting Gu He at his residence.

• Nalan Tu told Nalan Ye that the Alchemy Elder could not cure Nalan Jie's Branding Iron Poison and that he would invite Gu He to examine him.
• Nalan Ye told Nalan Tu he planned to become the Alchemy Elder's apprentice rather than Gu He's.
• Nalan Sun followed Nalan Ye to his room, but he sent her back to her own room after refusing to share his bed.
• Nalan Ye and Nalan Tu traveled to Gu He's residence, where Gu He's disciple Liu Ling welcomed them.
• Nalan Ye entered the hall with his father and came face to face with Pill King Gu He.

The narrator accompanied his father to ask Gu He to treat Nalan Jie’s Branding Iron Poison, but Gu He could only devise a pill that might suppress it. After Gu He left, the narrator recalled that only an Exotic Flame could cure the poison and decided to wait until he was strong enough to control one and the Medusa Queen evolved.

• The narrator’s father asked Gu He to examine Nalan Jie, and the narrator knelt to request Gu He’s help.
• Gu He agreed to try treating the poison and traveled with Liu Ling and the narrator’s father to the Nalan Residence.
• Nalan Jie and Nalan Dong argued over the failed attempts to treat the poison before Gu He examined Nalan Jie.
• Gu He said he had devised an Antidote Pill recipe but warned it might only suppress the Branding Iron Poison.
• After Gu He departed, the narrator thought of the Azure Lotus Core Flame in the Tagor Desert and resolved to wait until he could control an Exotic Flame and the Medusa Queen evolved.

The narrator gave the Alchemy Elder and Zeng Li a rare Poison Manual that might help cure Nalan Jie, then spent time with Nalan Yanran and asked her to spar. He was soundly outmatched despite her suppressing her strength, and the chapter ended with him noticing the color of her undergarments.

• The narrator returned to the courtyard, scolded the children and Nalan Sun, then found the Seven Coloured Poison Scripture and rushed to the Alchemy Elder.
• The narrator gave the Poison Manual to Nalan Dong and Zeng Li, who studied it for clues to curing Nalan Jie’s Brand­ing Iron Poison.
• The narrator invited Nalan Yanran to leave the hall with him, and she gave him armor before offering guidance on his stalled cultivation.
• The narrator and Nalan Yanran ate lunch, then found Nalan Dong and Zeng Li absorbed in arguing over the Poison Manual.
• The narrator challenged Nalan Yanran to spar with their strength suppressed, but she dodged and tripped him while he struggled to fight effectively.
• The narrator fell to the ground and glimpsed beneath Nalan Yanran’s lifted skirt, murmuring, “Blue and white?”

Nalan Ye accompanied Nalan Yanran to the Temir Auction House to look for medicinal supplies for her poisoned grandfather. On the way, Yanran confronted a Ring of Holding thief, and Nalan Ye arranged for mercenaries to punish him before they continued toward the auction house.

• Nalan Ye asked Nalan Yanran for advice about his fighting and Dou Qi, then persuaded her to leave the Yun Lan Sect and explore Gama City for medicine for her grandfather.
• Nalan Ye and Nalan Yanran headed toward the Temir Auction House through its crowded commercial district.
• Nalan Yanran attacked a young man after he tried to steal her Ring of Holding, while he accused her and Nalan Ye of being the thieves.
• Nalan Ye identified himself as Nalan Tu's son and offered a reward for the thief's right hand; Xian Yu and three mercenaries captured and maimed the man.
• Nalan Ye paid Xian Yu and ordered him to take the thief to the City Defense Army before leaving with Nalan Yanran for the auction house.

Nalan Ye visited the Mitre Auction House with Nalan Yanran to find a poison manual and ingredients for treating Nalan Jie, but Liu Ling persuaded Yanran to give Gu He all three ingredients and access to the Nalan Family's Poison Manual. After realizing Liu Ling’s strength and status dwarfed his own, Nalan Ye resolved to cultivate, then promptly fell asleep.

• Nalan Ye and Nalan Yanran met Du'e Mitel, who had no poison manual but found two of the three medicinal ingredients they sought.
• Du'e summoned Liu Ling, who asked Nalan Yanran for the nine-inch spirit ginseng needed by Gu He to treat Nalan Jie.
• Nalan Yanran agreed to give Liu Ling the ginseng, then also let him take the other two ingredients and offered Gu He access to the Nalan Family's Poison Manual.
• Liu Ling chatted with Nalan Yanran while Nalan Ye sat ignored, then left as Nalan Ye and Nalan Yanran returned to the Nalan Residence.
• Nalan Ye recognized Liu Ling as a powerful rival and decided to cultivate, but midnight fatigue overcame him and he fell asleep.

Nalan Ye devoted himself to cultivation and used Foundation Establishment Liquid and Qi Gathering Powder to advance from Dou Qi Level Seven to One-Star Dou Zhe. He celebrated his breakthrough as the Nalan clan’s servants and guards congratulated him.

• Nalan Ye declared that he would cultivate seriously, then visited Nalan Tiedan at the Skill Transmission Yard and sought instruction.
• Nalan Ye cultivated for more than ten days before his father told him that Master Gu He could only suppress the old patriarch’s Branding Iron Poison and believed an Exotic Flame was needed to cure it.
• Nalan Ye chose not to tell his father what he knew about the Azure Lotus Core Flame and returned to cultivating.
• A month later, Nalan Ye used Foundation Establishment Liquid and Qi Gathering Powder to advance through the Eighth and Ninth Stages of Dou Qi and break through to One-Star Dou Zhe.
• Nalan Ye displayed his Dou Zhe Star Veil in the courtyard, where the guards, maids, and servants congratulated him, and he promised them rewards.

After advancing to One-Star Dou Zhe, Nalan Ye tested his attributes and learned that his lightning affinity barred him from becoming an Alchemist. The Skill Transmission Elder revealed that Nalan Ye might instead cultivate the Nalan Family’s Earth Low-Rank Geng Xin Vast Thunder Skill, pending approval from a council of elders.

• Nalan Ye celebrated his breakthrough with Sun Er and returned to the Skill Transmission Yard to test his attributes and choose a cultivation method.
• Nalan Tiedan discovered that Nalan Ye had a mutated lightning attribute mixed with a trace of wood, and Nalan Ye despaired that he could not become an Alchemist.
• Nalan Tiedan brought Nalan Ye to the Scripture Pavilion, where Nalan Che explained that the family’s Geng Xin Vast Thunder Skill was an Earth Low-Rank lightning cultivation method.
• Nalan Che told Nalan Ye that at least half of the clan elders had to approve his use of the skill, so Nalan Ye considered how his family connections could secure enough votes.

After reaching Nine-Star Dou Zhe, Nalan Ye learned that Yun Yun was heading to the Monster Mountain Range and decided to begin his own plan for the Azure Lotus Core Flame. He persuaded his grandfather Nalan Tie to bring the Nalan Family into the matter, and Nalan Dong urged the family to investigate the lead in Stone Desert City.

• Nalan Ye broke through to Nine-Star Dou Zhe and received a letter saying Yun Yun planned to visit the Monster Mountain Range.
• Nalan Ye rode to his uncle Nalan Qing’s estate and told his grandfather Nalan Tie that he had reliable news of an Exotic Flame near the Tagor Desert.
• Nalan Tie tested Nalan Ye’s claim with his Dou Ling pressure, then agreed to take him to the Nalan Residence.
• Nalan Ye told Nalan Tie that someone else also knew about the Exotic Flame, shocking him with the identity of that rival.
• Nalan Tie briefed Nalan Jie and the family elders, and Nalan Dong volunteered to lead an investigation in Stone Desert City.

Nalan Ye mastered the Purple Cloud Wings after destroying the Eagle Beast Remnant Soul, then left Gama City to seek help in Green Mountain Town. He traveled through Wu Si City and continued toward Green Mountain Town, reflecting on Xiao Yan and the people whose lives had changed since his last journey.

• Nalan Ye used soul power to destroy the Eagle Beast Remnant Soul, and the Purple Cloud Wings entered his body before he collapsed from pain.
• Nalan Ye woke at the Alchemy Elder's residence, where Nalan Yiling fed him congee and told him he had been brought there after fainting.
• Nalan Ye rested for two days, then left the Nalan Residence after telling Nalan Sun'er to cultivate until she could keep up with him.
• Nalan Ye rode out of Gama City, wondered whether Xiao Yan had passed Canaan Academy's assessment, and headed west toward Green Mountain Town.
• Nalan Ye reached Wu Si City, stayed at the Nalan Family shop, and set off the next morning by carriage toward Green Mountain Town.

Nalan Ye entered the Monster Mountain Range alone, intending to reach the area near the Amethyst Winged Lion King's lair and wait for Yun Yun. He was ambushed at night by Li Wuchen and A Li, who sought revenge for He Meng, and the chapter ended with Nalan Ye learning why they had targeted him.

• Nalan Ye entered Green Mountain Town without revealing his family identity, then set out alone for the Monster Mountain Range.
• Nalan Ye traveled deeper into the mountains, chose a valley for camp, and studied a map showing a route toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King's lair.
• Ka Gang and four members of the Blood Battle Mercenary Group asked to camp nearby, and Nalan Ye allowed them to stay.
• More than a dozen figures surrounded the valley, led by Li Wuchen of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, a One-Star Dou Shi.
• A Li appeared and accused Nalan Ye of killing her brother He Meng, while Li Wuchen prepared to attack him.
• Ka Gang explained that He Meng had been the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's Third Regiment Leader and that Li Wuchen was A Li's husband.

Nalan Ye used threats and bribes to split the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, but Li Wuchen rallied the mercenaries to attack anyway. Nalan Ye killed Li Wuchen with the Dragon Slayer Crossbow and drove off the remaining attackers, while A Li and several mercenaries escaped into the woods.

• Nalan Ye tossed three personal tokens to Wolf Head mercenaries and promised a reward from the Nalan Family, sowing distrust within Li Wuchen’s group.
• As the mercenaries argued over whether to leave or attack, Nalan Ye demanded they choose between killing him and killing Li Wuchen, while Li Wuchen warned them not to trust Nalan Ye.
• Li Wuchen charged Nalan Ye with A Li and several mercenaries, and the rest of the group followed.
• Nalan Ye shot Li Wuchen dead with the Dragon Slayer Crossbow and wounded A Li with another bolt.
• Nalan Ye used his magic core sword and shield to cut down several attackers, then fired the crossbow at the fleeing mercenaries, hitting two before the rest escaped into the woods.

Nalan Ye killed A Li after the Wolf Head Mercenaries subdued her, ordered the Nalan Family to punish her household, and sent Ka Gang to deliver a letter before continuing into the Monster Mountain Range. Near the Amethyst Winged Lion King's lair, Nalan Ye began breaking through to Dou Master just as Yun Yun fought the beast; he left his cave before finishing the breakthrough to search for the wounded Yun Yun.

• Nalan Ye ordered Ka Gang and the Blood Battle Mercenaries to check the fallen and kill A Li after she attacked another mercenary, then insisted her entire family be killed as a warning against harming the Nalan Family.
• Nalan Ye gave Ka Gang a letter covering A Li's family, Li Wuchen, and his missing Token, then parted ways with the mercenaries and continued deeper into the Monster Mountain Range.
• Nalan Ye reached the area near the Amethyst Winged Lion King's lair, rested in a cave, and waited for Yun Yun to arrive.
• Nalan Ye began refining a pill to break through from Nine-Star Dou Zhe to Dou Master, but the battle between Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King disrupted his concentration.
• After the battle ended, Nalan Ye forcibly suppressed the pill's remaining medicinal energy, left the cave, and set off to find the badly wounded Yun Yun.

Nalan Ye searched for the injured Yun Yun, found her unconscious in a pool, and carried her to a cave before injuring his meridians while refining medicinal power. After waking, he learned that Yun Yun had rescued and cared for him, and he introduced himself to her as a member of the Nalan Family.

• Nalan Ye searched the mountains for Yun Yun and spotted a white figure floating in a pool below a waterfall.
• Nalan Ye used the Purple Cloud Wings to glide down, found the gravely injured Yun Yun, and carried her to a cave after killing its resident magical beast.
• Nalan Ye tried to refine the medicinal power, mishandled his Dou Qi, injured his meridians, and passed out.
• Nalan Ye woke to find Yun Yun beside him, and she told him not to move because he had hurt himself during cultivation.
• Yun Yun offered Nalan Ye badly burned grilled fish, so he asked her to take dried meat and water from his Ring of Holding.
• Nalan Ye introduced himself as Nalan Ye of the Nalan Family, and Yun Yun identified herself as being from the Yun Lan Sect.

While recovering in the cave, Nalan Ye took the Fifth Rank Healing Pill Yun Yun gave him and accidentally swallowed it, causing its excess medicinal power to scour his meridians. Yun Yun suppressed the danger and guided him into using the energy to attempt a breakthrough to Dou Master.

• Nalan Ye admired Yun Yun as she cultivated, then asked when his injuries would heal, and she gave him a Fifth Rank Healing Pill.
• Nalan Ye chewed and swallowed the pill, then spent hours cultivating as its gentle medicinal power repaired more than half his injuries.
• After Nalan Ye fell asleep, the pill’s accumulated power caused severe abdominal pain, and Yun Yun used her Dou Qi to suppress it.
• Yun Yun scolded Nalan Ye for swallowing the pill and explained that its excess medicinal power was damaging his meridians.
• Yun Yun helped Nalan Ye guide the medicinal power through his meridians with the Geng Xin Vast Thunder Skill, and he began refining it into Dou Qi in an attempt to break through to Dou Master.