Vol. 1The Azure Lotus Expedition

Nalan Ye pursued the Azure Lotus Core Flame, drawing the Nalan Family into conflict with the Snake-People and Xiao Yan while building alliances around Qing Lin. He left Stone Desert City with Qing Lin after uncovering the Mo Family’s plan for her pupils, as the Snake-People leaders investigated Medusa’s death.

  • Nalan Ye secured the Xiao Family alliance, found the Seven Coloured Poison Scripture, and returned to the Monster Mountain Range in pursuit of the Azure Lotus Core Flame.
  • Nalan Ye found the injured Yun Yun after a clash with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and began refining a healing pill under her guidance.
  • Nalan Ye helped Yun Yun obtain the Amethyst Spirit Crystal and traveled with her and Hai Bodong to the Tagor Desert to seek the Azure Lotus Core Flame.
  • Nalan Ye ended the confrontation with Gu He when Wind Walker and Yan Shi refused to help him seize the flame.
  • Nalan Ye and the Nalan Family fought Medusa and the Snake-People over the Azure Lotus Core Flame, and Medusa’s self-destruction sent her blood essence and a wisp of white mist into Nalan Ye.
  • Nalan Ye, Yun Yun, and Qing Lin found the Azure Lotus Pedestal beneath the desert, where Xiao Yan confronted them over the treasure.
  • Nalan Ye secured the Azure Lotus Core Flame, negotiated with Ling Ying, and left Stone Desert City with Qing Lin and his companions.
  • Nalan Ye uncovered the Mo Family’s plan to seize Qing Lin’s Jade Eye Three Flower Pupils as Snake-People leaders questioned Medusa’s death.
Chapters 1–100 Read from ch. 1

Arc 1Flame Hunt and Mountain Trials

Nalan Ye secured the Xiao Family alliance, found the Seven Coloured Poison Scripture, and returned to the Monster Mountain Range seeking the Azure Lotus Core Flame. After surviving a clash with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and finding the injured Yun Yun, he began refining a healing pill under her guidance.

  • Nalan Ye proposed inheriting Nalan Yanran’s engagement to Xiao Yan, and the Nalan Family approved his marriage alliance with Xiao Mei.
  • Nalan Ye protected Xiao Yan and Xun Er from Galeo, then traveled to Green Mountain Town and found the Seven Coloured Poison Scripture with Little Fairy Doctor.
  • Little Fairy Doctor left Wu Si City with the scripture’s copied contents and supplies while Nalan Ye recovered from the Purple Cloud Wings’ remnant soul.
  • Nalan Ye returned to the Nalan Family, learned Gu He could only suppress Nalan Jie’s Branding Iron Poison, and resolved to pursue the Azure Lotus Core Flame.
  • Nalan Ye advanced to One-Star Fighter, revealed his lightning-and-wood attribute, and sought approval to cultivate the clan’s Geng Xin Vast Thunder Skill.
  • Nalan Ye warned Nalan Tie that the Azure Lotus Core Flame had appeared near the Tagor Desert, then traveled back toward the Monster Mountain Range.
  • Nalan Ye killed Li Wuchen and fought off the Wolf Head Mercenary Group after they confronted him over He Meng’s death.
  • Nalan Ye waited near the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s lair, found the injured Yun Yun after her battle, and followed her guidance in refining a Fifth Rank Healing Pill as his Dou Qi began to liquefy.
Chapters 1–25 Summaries Read

Arc 2The Desert Flame Expedition

Nalan Ye helped Yun Yun obtain the Amethyst Spirit Crystal, then traveled with her and Hai Bodong to the Tagor Desert in search of the Azure Lotus Core Flame. In Stone Desert City, he gathered allies and Qing Lin, and ended the confrontation with Gu He when Wind Walker and Yan Shi refused to help him seize the flame.

  • Nalan Ye helped Yun Yun retrieve the Amethyst Spirit Crystal, killed the Little Lion King, and escaped the Amethyst Winged Lion King before Yun Yun defeated it outside Wu Si City.
  • Nalan Ye forced Mo Wang to become his follower, then traveled with Yun Yun and Mo Wang to Mo City, where he revealed Hai Bodong’s identity and asked him for help obtaining the Azure Lotus Core Flame.
  • Nalan Ye found Xiao Meier, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Xun'er in Stone Desert City, helped the Xiao brothers unite the Sand Mercenary Group with the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, and brought the Xiao family members along on the expedition.
  • Nalan Ye explained the Azure Lotus Core Flame plan to his family and asked Qing Lin to assist him, while Xiao Yan made sure Qing Lin chose for herself.
  • When the Mo Family sealed Stone Desert City and more than two thousand fighters surrounded the Nalan Family shop, Nalan Ye went to meet Gu He and the experts who had come with him.
  • Yan Shi and Ba Gu Li confronted Nalan Ye, but Yun Yun stopped Ba Gu Li from attacking him, and Nalan Ye offered the experts freedom and a way to obtain pills from Nalan Dong.
  • Nalan Ye announced that Nalan Dong could become a Sixth-Rank Alchemist, and Wind Walker and Yan Shi refused Gu He’s request to help seize the Nalan Family’s Exotic Flame.
  • Gu He left with Ba Gu Li, while Hai Bodong, Feng Li, Yan Shi, and the Dou Spirits stayed to speak with the Nalan elders, and the Nalan Family withdrew its guards.
Chapters 26–50 Summaries Read

Arc 3The Azure Lotus Flame

Nalan Ye and the Nalan Family battled Medusa and the Snake-People over the Azure Lotus Core Flame, while Medusa’s self-destruction left Nalan Ye with a mysterious change. Nalan Ye, Yun Yun, and Qing Lin found the Azure Lotus Pedestal beneath the desert, where Xiao Yan confronted them over the treasure.

  • Nalan Ye revealed Qing Lin could sense Medusa nearby, and the Nalan Family prepared an ambush to seize the Azure Lotus Core Flame.
  • Nalan Ye was named commander as the Nalan forces encircled Medusa, who seized the flame and fought off the army before escaping toward the desert.
  • Yun Yun ambushed the wounded Medusa, but a large Snake-People army arrived and battled the Nalan Family and Anbei Cavalry.
  • Nalan Ye offered Medusa a safe retreat for her people in exchange for the flame, but Medusa gave it to Yue Mei and then self-destructed, sending her blood essence and a wisp of white mist into Nalan Ye.
  • Nalan Jie secured the Azure Lotus Core Flame, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao entered the magma cavern to search for the Azure Lotus Pedestal.
  • Nalan Ye persuaded Nalan Jie to let him and Qing Lin accompany Yun Yun into the magma, where Qing Lin commanded a Fire Spirit Snake to guide them toward the pedestal.
  • Nalan Ye, Yun Yun, and Qing Lin reached the Azure Lotus Pedestal, but Xiao Yan appeared inside its protective curtain and demanded the treasure as the alchemist Yan Xiao.
  • Nalan Ye recognized Xiao Yan’s disguise and offered him the Azure Lotus Seeds in exchange for forming a good bond.
Chapters 51–75 Summaries Read

Arc 4The Azure Lotus and the Saint Pupils

Nalan Ye secured the Azure Lotus Core Flame, negotiated with Ling Ying, and left Stone Desert City with Qing Lin and his companions. Along the way, he uncovered the Mo Family’s plan to seize Qing Lin’s eyes as the Snake-People leaders questioned Medusa’s death.

  • Xiao Yan gathered eleven Azure Lotus Seeds, while Yun Yun took the Azure Lotus Pedestal and protected the group as they escaped the cavern’s violent currents.
  • Nalan Jie contained the Azure Lotus Core Flame in the pedestal, praised Qing Lin’s ability to control the Fire Spirit Snake, and granted her Guest Elder status.
  • Mo Cheng recognized Qing Lin’s Jade Eye Three Flower Pupils and ordered Mo Li to marry her into the Mo Family.
  • Nalan Ye negotiated with Ling Ying, trading the Azure Lotus Core Flame for pills and a thirty-year bodyguard arrangement, while Ling Ying’s allies stole the flame from the banquet.
  • Nalan Jie punished Nalan Ye with fifteen military rods, but the elders later suspected his connection to the mysterious force behind the theft and decided to help him rise.
  • Nalan Ye gave Hai Bodong a Rank 6 Po E Pill, then left Stone Desert City with Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, Nalan Yiling, and their companions.
  • Nalan Ye exposed Mo Li’s mission to recruit Qing Lin and learned that the Mo Family planned to take her Jade Eye Three Flower Pupils, which records linked to the Snake-People Tribe’s return to the Central Plains.
  • At the Holy City’s God Hall, Yue Mei said Medusa had died near Stone Desert City, while Yan Ci accused her and Yin Shi of abandoning the Queen and the leaders questioned how humans had found her.
Chapters 76–100 Summaries Read
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