Chapter Summaries

Nalan Ye and Heavenly Flame Venerable defeated the Mu Lan Valley elders and recovered the Three Beasts Desolate Skill. As they flew to raid Mu Lan Valley’s sect grounds, Nalan Ye revealed that he had killed the elders to target Xia Gu Qiyu’s Dou Zong body for refining a physical body.

• Nalan Ye pursued the Great Elder of Mu Lan Valley while Heavenly Flame Venerable chased the Three Elder, and the other Mu Lan Valley fighters fled.
• Nalan Ye stopped the Great Elder with a God Slaying Thorn, then dodged his desperate attack until Heavenly Flame Venerable killed him with fireballs.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable took the Three Beasts Desolate Skill from the Great Elder’s Ring of Holding and offered it to Nalan Ye for the Supervisory Left Division.
• Nalan Ye, Heavenly Flame Venerable, Xiao Yan, and Little Fairy Doctor decided to raid Mu Lan Valley’s sect grounds for supplies.
• Little Fairy Doctor questioned Nalan Ye’s motive for killing the elders, and he admitted he wanted Xia Gu Qiyu’s Dou Zong body for refining a physical body.

The narrator and Heavenly Flame Venerable infiltrated Mu Lan Valley to plunder its treasury after killing the Three Elders of Mulan. They left the treasury’s restriction intact and forced its guardian to lead them inside.

• The narrator left Little Fairy Doctor and Third Brother outside the valley, then entered Mu Lan Valley with Heavenly Flame Venerable.
• The pair found the treasury and its Dou Wang guardian, whom the narrator incapacitated with a God Slaying Thorn.
• The narrator showed the guardian the corpses of the Three Elders of Mulan and revealed that he had killed them.
• The narrator demanded compensation from Mu Lan Valley and ordered the guardian to lead him to the treasury.
• The frightened guardian agreed to take the narrator and Heavenly Flame Venerable to the treasury.

After killing Mu Lan Valley’s three Dou Huang elders, the narrator coerced Gong Wei into leading him to the treasury and assessed the weakened sect’s prospects. He left Gong Wei facing his offer to become Mu Lan Valley’s Great Elder.

• The narrator threatened Gong Wei into keeping quiet and told her Mu Lan Valley could atone for its sins.
• Gong Wei explained that the sect had only four Dou Wang elders left and depended on Xia Valley for support.
• Gong Wei opened the treasury for the narrator, who revealed his young appearance and touched her cheek.
• The narrator asked Gong Wei whether she wanted to become Mu Lan Valley’s Great Elder.

After the Great Elder's death, Gong Wei agreed to help the narrator seize Mu Lan Valley's resources in exchange for the prospect of becoming Great Elder. While they looted the storeroom, the narrator found a Purple Sun Wood Fruit needed to refine a pill for creating a physical body, and they finished the third floor before moving on to the second and first.

• Gong Wei agreed to obey the narrator after he offered to help her become Mu Lan Valley's Great Elder and deal with the other Dou Wang elders.
• Gong Wei brought out several dozen Rings of Holding, and she and the narrator began packing Mu Lan Valley's storeroom, leaving her ten percent of the supplies after she pleaded for a share.
• The narrator discovered a Purple Sun Wood Fruit prepared as tribute for Xia Valley and took it for its use as an ingredient in the Life Bone Blood Fusion Pill.
• Gong Wei and the narrator finished packing the third floor and took ninety percent of the second-floor resources before returning to the first floor.

Nalan Ye took Mu Lan Valley’s treasury as compensation, gave Gong Wei poison and its antidote to help her gain power, then flew back with Xiao Yan, Little Fairy Doctor, and Heavenly Flame Venerable. On the return flight, Xiao Yan selected medicinal ingredients from the spoils, and Nalan Ye let him take what he wanted.

• Nalan Ye accepted Mu Lan Valley’s stored wealth from Gong Wei and promised to overlook the valley’s offense.
• Nalan Ye gave Gong Wei Dream Heaven Song and its antidote, telling her to blame the missing treasury items on the Three Elders of Mulan and leaving her to understand his plan.
• Gong Wei escorted Nalan Ye out of the valley, and he flew back to Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Yan, and Heavenly Flame Venerable without letting her meet them.
• The group flew toward the Nalan Empire and began dividing the spoils; Little Fairy Doctor and Heavenly Flame Venerable declined a share.
• Xiao Yan found rare medicinal ingredients among the Rings of Holding and asked Nalan Ye for some, and Nalan Ye told him to take whatever he wanted.

Nalan Ye returned to Nalan City and rejected Nalan Jie's attempt to make him crown prince, instead outlining how the Nalan Royal Family and the Supervisory Left Division should share authority. He then asked Nalan Jie to arrange Xiao Yan and Yanran Jie's marriage, warning him to speak with Xiao Yan's brothers rather than Xiao Yan himself.

• After Xiao Yan chose seven valuable medicinal ingredients, he returned the box to Nalan Ye and asked to join him on future trips for good things.
• Nalan Ye and his companions flew to Nalan City, where Xiao Yan went to New Xiao Mansion and Nalan Ye visited Nalan Residence.
• Nalan Jie arrived to see Nalan Ye and suggested that he become crown prince because Nalan Su had no son.
• Nalan Ye refused the crown prince position and told Nalan Jie that the Nalan Royal Family should govern the common people while the Supervisory Left Division handled powerful factions.
• Nalan Ye asked Nalan Jie to arrange Xiao Yan and Yanran Jie's marriage by speaking with Xiao Yan's two brothers, not Xiao Yan.

Nalan Ye went to Yun Lan Mountain to discuss Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s marriage with Sect Leader Yun. After teasing Yun Yun about Yun Shan, he said he had come because of a marriage.

• Heavenly Flame Venerable began refining Frost Howl’s bloodline essence and warned Nalan Ye not to let anyone disturb him.
• Nalan Ye asked Little Fairy Doctor to guard Heavenly Flame Venerable while he went to speak with Yun Yun about Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran marrying soon.
• Little Fairy Doctor said she was about to break through and would cultivate in seclusion while guarding the chamber.
• Nalan Ye arrived at Yun Lan Sect and told the disciples to summon Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun asked about Yun Shan, and Nalan Ye teased her about the maidservants he had arranged for her teacher.
• Yun Yun demanded to know why Nalan Ye had come, and he replied that it was because of a marriage.

The narrator persuaded Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran to accept an upcoming marriage to Xiao Yan, then arranged to take Yun Yun to the Black-Corner Region under the pretext of preparing a dowry. Back at the Nalan Residence, he learned the wedding was set for next month and saw Heavenly Flame Venerable finish refining Frost Howl’s bloodline essence.

• The narrator argued with Yun Yun, who wanted Nalan Yanran to wait until she advanced to Dou Wang before marrying.
• Nalan Yanran arrived, blushed when told about the marriage, and did not object as the narrator said the family and sect would handle the arrangements.
• The narrator told Yun Yun to prepare a wedding gift and said he would accompany her to the Black-Corner Region, secretly planning to seek a medicinal ingredient for the Life Bone Blood Fusion Pill.
• Nalan Jie told the narrator that the wedding with Xiao Yan was set for the twenty-third of the next month, about forty days away, and the narrator refused to delay it.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable emerged after refining Frost Howl’s bloodline essence and handed the narrator a jade bottle containing its intensely cold blood.

The narrator brought Yun Yun and Heavenly Flame Venerable into Black-Corner Region to seek treasures for Yanran's dowry and explained the region's lawless nature. After more than ten days of cautious travel and shopping, they reached Black Emperor City, where a major joint auction was expected to attract powerful factions.

• After the Little Fairy Doctor returned to the Poison Sect to cultivate, the narrator took Yun Yun from Yun Lan Mountain and met Heavenly Flame Venerable on the way south.
• The narrator described Black-Corner Region's violence and instability to Yun Yun, and they crossed into the region the next morning.
• The trio entered Black-Ink City in concealing cloaks, browsed its shops, and left when they found no upcoming auction.
• They traveled cautiously between cities for more than ten days, visiting shops and small auctions as Yun Yun became more enthusiastic about shopping for Yanran's dowry.
• The trio arrived near Black Emperor City, and the narrator explained that a major joint auction there would draw powerful people and factions.

On the way to Black Emperor City, I encountered a pair from Canaan Academy fleeing a group of attackers. After initially choosing not to get involved, I recognized the purple-clad girl as someone he had helped before and stopped to examine her.

• I explained to Yun Yun why travelers should avoid interfering in the Black-Corner Region’s conflicts as we continued toward Black Emperor City.
• A wounded man and a purple-clad girl fled toward us while black-clad pursuers closed in and surrounded the group.
• The wounded man begged us to help, but I initially refused and started to leave with Yun Yun.
• The man identified himself and the girl as members of Canaan Academy, prompting me to stop.
• I recognized the purple-clad girl as someone I had helped in the past.

Nalan Ye rescued Mo Ling from Demon Flame Valley’s ambush and used the Da Xia Dynasty’s name to deter the attackers. He refused to help rescue the Canaan Academy group trapped nearby, then explained to Yun Yun that he had avoided tying their own empire and sect to a conflict with Demon Flame Valley.

• Nalan Ye recognized Mo Ling from their meeting two years earlier and invited her to come with him.
• Mo Ling chose to flee with Nalan Ye, while her instructor Mai Di hesitated and then followed.
• Nalan Ye released the aura of a Dou Emperor, froze the attackers in place, and declared that he was taking Mo Ling and Mai Di away.
• Nalan Ye invoked the Da Xia Dynasty to keep Demon Flame Valley’s men from pursuing them, and the group left unharmed.
• Mo Ling asked Nalan Ye to rescue more than thirty Canaan Academy members and an elder surrounded nearby, but he refused and flew away with Yun Yun and Heavenly Flame Venerable.
• Yun Yun questioned Nalan Ye’s choices, and he said he had used the Da Xia Dynasty’s name to protect the Nalan Empire, the Supervisory Left Division, and Yun Lan Sect from retaliation.

The narrator, Yun Yun, and Heavenly Flame Venerable arrived in crowded Black Emperor City, where the narrator entered through the gate reserved for Dou Emperors. They headed into the city to search its medicinal shops for the ingredient needed for the Life Bone Blood Fusion Pill before relying on the auction.

• The narrator and his companions approached Black Emperor City and passed a fight breaking out between a group of men and two women with their companions.
• The narrator revealed that he was a three-star Dou Emperor and received a green token granting access to the Black Emperor Pavilion’s lodging for powerful experts.
• The narrator, Yun Yun, and Heavenly Flame Venerable entered Black Emperor City through the purple gate reserved for Dou Emperors.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable suggested searching medicinal shops for the Life Bone Blood Fusion Pill’s main ingredient, and the three headed deeper into the city.

The narrator and his companions visited Thousand Medicines Shop in Black Emperor City to search for Dragon Beard Ice Fruit Root, which required an exchange worth at least a Sixth-Rank Pill. After reaching the second floor, they waited while the narrator fed pastries to Yun Yun, and a woman in a red palace gown approached them.

• The narrator asked a shop attendant for Dragon Beard Ice Fruit Root and learned that rare ingredients on the second floor were exchanged for pills.
• The narrator bribed the attendant with a Second-Rank Pill, and the attendant led the group upstairs.
• The narrator and his companions searched the second-floor counters but did not spot Dragon Beard Ice Fruit Root.
• The narrator offered Yun Yun pastries, fruit, and tea while they waited for the shop manager.
• A woman in a red palace gown approached and asked whether the shop's pastries suited the narrator's taste.

The narrator attended Thousand Medicines Shop’s Pill Exchange Gathering to obtain Dragon Beard Ice Fruit Root, where Workshop Owner Yao arranged to bring it out despite the threat of Old Qi, the Black Emperor Sect’s influential sixth-rank chief Alchemist. The herb was finally presented for offers, leaving the narrator and Old Qi poised to compete for it.

• Workshop Owner Yao confirmed she had Dragon Beard Ice Fruit Root and explained that the gathering exchanged rare herbs for pills.
• Old Yan began the Pill Exchange Gathering, and Old Qi arrived and took the seat of honor.
• Workshop Owner Yao decided to present the Dragon Beard Ice Fruit Root, hoping the three Black-Robed People would challenge Old Qi and curb his influence.
• As the gathering progressed, the other Alchemists selected lower-quality herbs while the narrator and Old Qi waited.
• Workshop Owner Yao unveiled five jade boxes and announced that one contained the Dragon Beard Ice Fruit Root, inviting the gathering to make offers.

The narrator tried to trade for the Dragon Beard Ice Fruit Root at Thousand Medicines Shop, but Qi Shan, a powerful and bullying alchemist, challenged him for it. Workshop Owner Yao set the price at a Fifth Rank Pill, leaving Qi Shan poised to compete for the treasure.

• After Workshop Owner Yao revealed the Dragon Beard Ice Fruit Root, the narrator approached her to ask what pill it would cost.
• Qi Shan grabbed the jade box and insisted that he wanted the root, claiming the highest bidder should win.
• The narrator questioned Qi Shan’s need for the root and mocked his attempt to intimidate other buyers.
• The narrator refused to back down and told Workshop Owner Yao he wanted the root to make soup.
• Workshop Owner Yao named a Fifth Rank Pill as the exchange price, setting the stage for a fierce contest with Qi Shan.

The narrator refused Workshop Owner Yao’s proposed Pill Battle over the Dragon Beard Ice Fruit Root, then offered her a Sixth-Rank Undying Pill instead. His offer stunned the gathered alchemists and left Workshop Owner Yao to decide whether it was enough.

• Workshop Owner Yao proposed that whoever refined the difficult Azure Sea Thousand Spin Pill could take the Dragon Beard Ice Fruit Root.
• Qi Shan accepted the Pill Battle and claimed that his new Sixth-Rank Alchemist status would make refining the pill easy.
• The narrator refused to compete, prompting the gathered alchemists and Qi Shan to mock him for backing down.
• Workshop Owner Yao tried to persuade the narrator to enter the contest, while hiding her plan to sabotage Qi Shan’s ingredients.
• The narrator revealed a Sixth-Rank Undying Pill and offered it in exchange for the Dragon Beard Ice Fruit Root.

After winning the Pill Exchange Gathering with a high-quality Sixth-Rank Pill, the narrator left Thousand Medicines Shop with Yun Yun and the Heavenly Flame Venerable and headed to Black Emperor Pavilion. At the pavilion gate, a guard inspected their token and questioned their concealed identities.

• Old Yan verified that the narrator’s pill was a remarkably high-quality Sixth-Rank Healing Pill, and Workshop Owner Yao accepted it as the winning offer for the Dragon Beard Ice Fruit Root.
• The narrator lectured the gathered alchemists about the benevolent purpose of healing, prompting them to bow, while Old Yan warned Qi Shan not to seek revenge.
• The narrator, Yun Yun, and the Heavenly Flame Venerable agreed to stay in the city until the auction and made their way to Black Emperor Pavilion.
• A blue-robed Dou Emperor examined the group’s token and asked where they came from, objecting to their concealed identities.

The narrator entered the Black Emperor Pavilion with Yun Yun as two Dou Wangs brawled at the gate, then learned that the auction would feature the rare Time-Space Floating Ice. As a Dou Huang seeking to advance to Dou Zong, he decided the treasure could help him and assessed the powerful Demon Flame Valley delegation, led by Fang Yan.

• Two Dou Wangs fought inside the Black Emperor Pavilion’s entrance, and the Blue Robe Dou Huang let the narrator, Yun Yun, and their companions enter after handing over a token.
• Fang Yan arrived with Demon Flame Valley’s delegation, prompting talk that the auction would feature Time-Space Floating Ice.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable explained that Time-Space Floating Ice helped Dou Zhes comprehend the Dao, but was extraordinarily scarce and required in greater quantities at higher realms.
• The narrator recognized that even a small amount could aid his advance from Dou Huang to Dou Zong and considered that competing for it might make Demon Flame Valley his enemy.
• The narrator observed that Fang Yan was at Dou Huang Peak and that several other members of the delegation were Dou Huangs.

At the Black Emperor Pavilion, the narrator and his companions gathered information while waiting for the auction, but Kui Lang’s gang confronted them, mistaking the narrator for Yao Lao San. Yun Yun drove Kui Lang back, and the narrator suspected the attack was meant to uncover their identities.

• The narrator, Yun Yun, and Heavenly Flame Venerable received their Earth Twenty-Three lodging and went to a hall to listen for information about the auction.
• Kui Lang and his gang entered the hall, smashed the trio’s table, and accused the narrator of being Yao Lao San, who had killed members of their gang.
• The narrator restrained Kui Lang’s arm with soul power, but Kui Lang broke free with his Dou Qi and revealed himself to be a Three Star Dou Huang.
• Kui Lang charged at the narrator to tear off his cloak, and Yun Yun intercepted him, sending him staggering with her Five Star Dou Huang strength.
• Kui Lang propositioned the narrator for Yun Yun, and the narrator concluded that Kui Lang had come to probe their identities.

The narrator used his Soul Strength to stop Kui Lang from harassing him and Yun Yun, then forced the gang leader to kill two of his own men as compensation. Kui Lang left with his surviving followers, and the narrator departed the hall with Yun Yun and Heavenly Flame Venerable.

• The narrator struck Kui Lang with God Slaying Thorn after Kui Lang tried to lift his cloak.
• Kui Lang realized the narrator was an Alchemist and tried to leave, but the narrator confronted him over his insults and his demand for Yun Yun.
• The narrator ordered Kui Lang to kill Wu Da Lang and Yang Er Lang as an apology, threatening to kill Kui Lang if he refused.
• Kui Lang snapped the two men’s necks, tore off their heads, and presented them to the narrator.
• The narrator let Kui Lang go, stored a jar of wine offered by another patron, and left the hall with Yun Yun and Heavenly Flame Venerable.