Chapter Summaries

Zi Yu easily removed Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison and received an ancient scroll linked to Primordial Heaven Light as his reward. Nalan Su arranged for Nalan Yanran to deliver the Seven-Colored Azure Spirit Saliva to Zi Yu, though she planned to avoid speaking with him.

• Nalan Jie recognized Zi Yu’s overwhelming strength and asked him to cure the Brand Poison, promising a generous reward.
• After Nalan Su left the room, Zi Yu used Innate Creation Divine Fire to dissolve Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison almost instantly.
• Nalan Jie gave Zi Yu an ancient silver-blue scroll, which Zi Yu recognized as connected to Primordial Heaven Light.
• Nalan Jie told Nalan Su to treat Zi Yu well, and Nalan Su arranged for Nalan Yanran to bring him the Seven-Colored Azure Spirit Saliva.
• Nalan Yanran reluctantly went to retrieve the item after learning Zi Yu had cured her grandfather, disguising herself and resolving to leave quickly.

Nalan Yanran recognized Zi Yu when she brought him the Seven-Colored Azure Spirit Saliva, and he told her he had come to marry her. After Nalan Jie and Nalan Su discussed the match, Zi Yu gave Yanran two treasures and left with her to stroll through the city, while Nalan Su learned how close they already were.

• Nalan Yanran recognized Zi Yu, embraced him, and dismissed her maids so she could entertain him alone.
• Zi Yu told Nalan Yanran he had come to marry her, and she threw herself into his arms.
• Nalan Su told Nalan Jie he planned to marry Yanran to Zi Yu, and Nalan Jie reluctantly agreed to wait and see.
• Zi Yu gave Nalan Yanran the Heart Purifying Sacred Lotus Necklace and Sky Spirit Jade Lotus Soft Armor, then agreed to stroll through the city with her.
• Nalan Su returned to the empty main hall and learned from a maid that Yanran and Zi Yu were already extremely intimate.

Nalan Su realized that Nalan Yanran had feelings for Zi Yu, while Liu Ling learned of their closeness and ordered an investigation. Zi Yu promised to marry Nalan Yanran in three days, then confronted Yun'er, who had secretly followed him.

• Nalan Su inferred that Nalan Yanran and Zi Yu had known each other before and was pleased that she had found someone she liked.
• Liu Ling heard that Nalan Yanran was strolling intimately with Zi Yu and ordered Junior Brother Tian to investigate him.
• Liu Ling rejected Junior Brother Tian's offer to teach Zi Yu a lesson and said he would meet Zi Yu himself to prove he was worthy of Nalan Yanran.
• Junior Brother Tian praised Liu Ling, received a Second-grade Wound Recovery Pill, and left to investigate Zi Yu.
• Zi Yu escorted Nalan Yanran home, and she asked him to bring betrothal gifts and marry her in three days.
• Zi Yu called out Yun'er after noticing she had followed him, and Yun'er emerged from the darkness.

After Zi Yu explained his relationship with Nalan Yanran, Yun Yun accepted their marriage and gained a major cultivation breakthrough from an Innate Yin Wind Bead. Nalan Yanran told her family she and Zi Yu would marry in three days, while Zi Yu arrived at the Mittel Family and surprised them with Hai Bodong’s deferential welcome.

• Zi Yu explained to Yun Yun how he had met Nalan Yanran and helped her recover from the Joyful Union Poison, and Yun Yun accepted their relationship.
• Zi Yu gave Yun Yun an Innate Yin Wind Bead, raising her cultivation to seven-star Dou Ancestor and transforming her into an Innate Wind God Body.
• Nalan Yanran recounted her history with Zi Yu to Nalan Jie, Nalan Su, and Nalan Yun, then told them Zi Yu planned to marry her in three days.
• Nalan Jie decided to hold his recovery banquet on the wedding day so the family could celebrate both occasions.
• At the Mittel Family reception hall, Hai Bodong personally served Zi Yu tea, astonishing Ya Fei and Mittel Tengshan with his deferential behavior.

Zi Yu presented lavish betrothal gifts to the Mittel Family to marry Ya Fei, winning Hai Bodong and Mittel Tengshan’s eager approval. After the elders left, Ya Fei told Zi Yu that she cared little for the family’s opinion, and he reassured her that the gifts showed how much he valued her.

• Zi Yu decided to add a Yuan Huang Pill and a Po Zong Pill to Ya Fei’s betrothal gifts after Hai Bodong treated him with deference.
• Zi Yu announced that he had come to present betrothal gifts for marrying Ya Fei, delighting her and surprising Hai Bodong and Mittel Tengshan.
• Yu Wuxin listed the gifts, including Earth Tier ice-attribute techniques, pills, and Ten Thousand Year Purple Crystal Milk, astonishing the Mittel Family leaders.
• Hai Bodong and Mittel Tengshan accepted the gifts and approved the marriage, promising to silence anyone who objected.
• After the elders left, Ya Fei sat in Zi Yu’s lap and said the gifts were unnecessary because she did not care about the Mittel Family’s approval.
• Zi Yu told Ya Fei that he had given the gifts to honor her and show how much he valued her.

Zi Yu’s marriage to Nalan Yanran was approved at the Nalan Family celebration, while Yun Yun took Yanran aside and revealed her own relationship with Zi Yu. Yanran learned the full story and, though conflicted, stayed calm as Yun Yun worried about how the news had affected her.

• Ya Fei thanked Zi Yu for his gifts, and they shared an intimate moment after he asked her to give him a child.
• At the Nalan Family banquet, Nalan Jie approved Zi Yu and Nalan Yanran’s marriage and left to receive the guests with his sons.
• Yun Yun asked Nalan Yanran to speak with her privately, while Zi Yu also left the hall.
• In the garden, Yun Yun recounted everything that had happened between her and Zi Yu.
• Nalan Yanran was initially grieved and indignant, but after hearing the full story, she grew calm and wore a complicated expression.

Nalan Yanran confronted Zi Yu about his relationship with Yun Yun, then accepted his explanation and reconciled with him. They joined the banquet at the Nalan Estate, where Liu Ling grew jealous and Yao Ye arrived as the Grand Princess.

• Nalan Yanran asked Zi Yu why he and Yun Yun were together, and he explained that fate had brought them together.
• Nalan Yanran initiated an intimate reconciliation with Zi Yu, and he used the Dragon Phoenix Yin Yang Bracelet to block prying eyes.
• Zi Yu and Nalan Yanran rejoined the other women and went to the banquet at the Nalan Estate.
• Liu Ling saw Nalan Yanran arm in arm with Zi Yu, grew jealous, and decided to confront him privately after the banquet.
• Mu Chen arrived and greeted Nalan Jie, then the Grand Princess Yao Ye arrived and was welcomed by the Nalan family.

At Nalan Jie's recovery banquet, Yao Ye tried to approach Zi Yu, but he rejected her and his companions kept her at a distance. Liu Ling grew jealous of Zi Yu, then watched as Mu Zhan arrived and noticed Ya Fei with him.

• Yao Ye congratulated Nalan Jie on his recovery and learned that Zi Yu had cured his Brand Poison.
• Mu Chen recognized Queen Medusa, frightening the guests, while she remained close and tender toward Zi Yu.
• Yao Ye tried to get acquainted with Zi Yu, but he flatly refused her, and Nalan Su escorted her to a seat.
• Yao Ye made further attempts to approach Zi Yu during the banquet, but Xiao Yi Xian, Queen Medusa, Ya Fei, and the other women turned her away.
• Liu Ling seethed with jealousy over Ya Fei's attention to Zi Yu as Mu Zhan arrived and spotted them together.

Mu Zhan attacked Zi Yu, but Ya Fei knocked him down and declared that Zi Yu was her husband. As Ya Fei defended Zi Yu and rejected Mu Zhan’s challenge, Yao Ye grew concerned about her strength and the Mittel Family’s hidden changes.

• Mu Zhan threw a punch at Zi Yu, and Ya Fei sent him flying before he could land it.
• Yao Ye recognized Ya Fei’s formidable cultivation and worried that the Mittel Family’s leadership had secretly changed.
• Ya Fei called Zi Yu her husband and threatened Mu Zhan for attacking him.
• Mu Zhan insisted that Ya Fei belonged to him and challenged Zi Yu, but Ya Fei said she could defeat Mu Zhan herself.
• Mu Zhan demanded a fight with real weapons, and Ya Fei answered by slapping him.

Ya Fei revealed her eight-star Dou Zong strength at Nalan Jie's banquet and killed Mu Chen and Mu Zhan for insulting Zi Yu. The guests reckoned with the Mittel Family’s newfound power, while Nalan Yanran learned Zi Yu had prepared treasures for her and Liu Ling secretly planned to seek Gu He's help.

• Ya Fei unleashed her eight-star Dou Zong aura and blasted Mu Chen and Mu Zhan into fragments.
• Yao Ye realized Ya Fei’s breakthrough made the Mittel Family the Jia Ma Empire’s strongest power and suspected Zi Yu had helped her.
• Nalan Yanran grew jealous of Ya Fei’s strength, but Zi Yu promised he had prepared treasures for her too.
• Liu Ling restrained his anger at seeing Nalan Yanran in Zi Yu’s arms and planned to ask his teacher Gu He for help after the banquet.
• Ya Fei apologized to Nalan Jie for disrupting the banquet, and he hurriedly assured her it was no trouble.

After creating an Inner World and moving his treasured spiritual items into it, Zi Yu brought Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran together, while Liu Ling sought Gu He's help to compete for Nalan Yanran. Yao Ye reported Ya Fei's Dou Zong strength to Jia Xing Tian, who reacted with disbelief.

• Ya Fei returned to Zi Yu's side and served him, deepening Yao Ye's suspicions about their relationship.
• Zi Yu cultivated an Inner World, stored his spiritual treasures inside it, and strengthened its spiritual energy.
• Yun Yun asked how Zi Yu had persuaded Nalan Yanran to accept sharing him, and Nalan Yanran entered the room before Zi Yu brought them together.
• Liu Ling asked Gu He to help him compete fairly with Zi Yu for Nalan Yanran, and Gu He agreed to arrange an opportunity.
• Yao Ye told Jia Xing Tian that Ya Fei had reached the Dou Zong realm, and he questioned whether the claim was true.

Jia Xing Tian learned that Ya Fei had reached the Dou Zong realm and that Hai Bodong had returned with power rivaling his own. Hai Bodong reassured him that he had come only to fight, and the two began their spar.

• Yao Ye told Jia Xing Tian that Ya Fei had become a Dou Zong and might secretly control the Mittel Family, which had more powerful fighters than the imperial family realized.
• Jia Xing Tian sensed Hai Bodong's arrival, and Yao Ye learned that his cultivation had reached the same level as her grandfather's.
• Jia Xing Tian ordered Yao Ye to summon three Dou Wang-level powerhouses, then went to meet Hai Bodong despite her warning.
• Hai Bodong and Jia Xing Tian exchanged insults before Hai Bodong revealed that he wanted to fight Jia Xing Tian as his only worthy opponent in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Hai Bodong attacked Jia Xing Tian to begin their spar.

Hai Bodong defeated Jia Xing Tian in a battle over the imperial capital, alarming the empire’s major factions with his return and immense strength. Nalan Jie urged the Nalan Family to use Zi Yu’s betrothal gifts to grow stronger amid the Mittel Family’s sudden rise.

• Fama, Otto, and Mitchell discussed Ya Fei’s reported strength, then Fama flew out to observe the battle between Jia Xing Tian and Hai Bodong.
• Hai Bodong used his Thousand Shadow Blades to shatter Jia Xing Tian’s defense and send him flying, ending the fight as Yao Ye watched in alarm.
• The leaders of the imperial capital’s factions recognized Hai Bodong, and Nalan Su and Nalan Jie assessed the Mittel Family’s growing power.
• Nalan Jie warned Nalan Su that the Nalan Family needed to develop quickly with Zi Yu’s betrothal gifts to protect itself from the changing balance of power.

Nalan Su and Nalan Jie discussed the Nalan Family’s prospects and arranged to secretly strengthen the clan. Zi Yu took Nalan Yanran to his Inner World to cultivate, while Hai Bodong mocked the injured Jia Xing Tian before Jia asked why he had come.

• Nalan Su worried about Nalan Yanran’s future among Zi Yu’s other women, and Nalan Jie told him to counsel her and use the treasures to train the Nalan Family in secret.
• Zi Yu brought Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran into his Inner World and told Nalan Yanran to cultivate there using the Divine Wind Void Transformation Technique, the Nine Revolutions Divine Lotus Seed, and the Innate Yin Wind Bead.
• Nalan Yanran began cultivating in seclusion, and Zi Yu and Yun Yun left the Inner World.
• Fama treated Jia Xing Tian’s injuries with a fifth-grade healing pill while Hai Bodong mocked him and bragged about his Earth Tier Dou Technique.
• Jia Xing Tian asked Hai Bodong what he had come for, suspecting that his visit involved more than showing off.

Hai Bodong told Jia Xing Tian that the Mittel Family had no interest in controlling the Jia Ma Empire, though his contempt for the country angered Jia Xing Tian. Later, Yao Ye told her grandfather about the mysterious young man behind Ya Fei's rise and the powerful women connected to him, leaving Jia Xing Tian curious and concerned about the empire's future.

• Hai Bodong told Jia Xing Tian that he had fought only to test his new Earth Tier Dou Technique and that the Mittel Family had bigger ambitions beyond the Jia Ma Empire.
• Fama invited Hai Bodong, Jia Xing Tian, and the others to the Alchemist Association, and the gathered factions dispersed after watching them leave.
• At the imperial palace, Yao Ye checked on her injured grandfather, and Jia Xing Tian asked her to explain the Mittel Family's rise.
• Yao Ye recounted the Nalan Family banquet, including Queen Medusa's appearance and Ya Fei's admission that she was the young man's wife.
• Yao Ye said Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Queen Medusa seemed protective of the young man, and she predicted the Misty Cloud Sect and Nalan Family would grow stronger.

After the Mu Family was destroyed, Zi Yu comforted Queen Medusa and took Yun Yun to the Misty Cloud Sect to propose marriage. He offered lavish betrothal gifts, leaving the sect elders stunned.

• Yao Ye left after Jia Xing Tian warned her to befriend Zi Yu and never let him become an enemy of the imperial family.
• News of the Mu Family's destruction spread through the capital, while Zi Yu dismissed the family as insignificant and praised Ya Fei's decisive action.
• Zi Yu comforted Queen Medusa, then told Yun Yun he would take her to the Misty Cloud Sect to propose marriage.
• At the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Ling asked about the betrothal gifts, and Nangong Xianyin listed Zi Yu's pills, cultivation technique, and Dou Skill.
• The elders were stunned by the extravagant gifts, and Zi Yu asked how sincere they considered his offer.

Zi Yu’s lavish betrothal gifts won over the Misty Cloud Sect elders and disciples as Yun Yun prepared to marry him. Gu He interrupted the announcement to object, angering Yun Yun, who demanded to know whom he considered worthy of her.

• Zi Yu presented valuable high-grade premium medicinal pills as betrothal gifts, winning the Misty Cloud Sect elders’ support and the female disciples’ admiration.
• Yun Yun prepared to announce her marriage to Zi Yu and reveal her dowry list.
• Gu He arrived after hearing that someone had come to ask for Yun Yun’s hand and declared that he objected.
• Yun Yun rebuked Gu He for interfering in her personal affairs and released her Dou Zong aura.
• Yun Yun cut Gu He off and asked who he thought was worthy of her.

After Yun Ling revealed Zi Yu’s lavish betrothal gifts, Gu He realized he had no chance with Yun Yun, but Zi Yu challenged him to an alchemy contest and provoked him into accepting. The contest began in the Misty Cloud Sect plaza, where Gu He brought out his Blue Lion King Cauldron.

• Yun Ling listed the pills Zi Yu had offered as betrothal gifts, leaving Gu He despairing over Yun Yun and the power behind her husband.
• Yun Yun politely dismissed Gu He, and Zi Yu challenged him to compete in alchemy.
• Gu He bristled at Zi Yu’s taunts and accepted the challenge, while the Misty Cloud Sect elders recognized Zi Yu’s deliberate provocation.
• Gu He and Zi Yu went to the Misty Cloud Sect plaza as disciples gathered to watch, and Gu He brought out his Blue Lion King Cauldron.

Zi Yu and Gu He competed in alchemy, with Gu He refining a Sixth-grade Imperial Pill while Zi Yu produced four Seven Revolutions Ascending Origin Pills. Zi Yu’s Seventh-grade pills stunned the Misty Cloud Sect elders, who coveted them but did not dare approach.

• Gu He and Zi Yu prepared their cauldrons for the contest, and Gu He grew serious after seeing Zi Yu’s Sacred Heart Exquisite Cauldron.
• Gu He refined a semi-finished Sixth-grade Imperial Pill and received praise from the Misty Cloud Sect elders, though Yun Yun continued to focus on Zi Yu.
• Zi Yu revealed that he was refining a Seventh-grade Pill, and the resulting Pill Lightning shocked Gu He.
• Zi Yu erased the lightning with golden-blue rays from his eyes and formed four Seven Revolutions Ascending Origin Pills.
• Zi Yu explained the pills’ cultivation-boosting effects, leaving the elders staring at them but afraid to seize them.

Zi Yu’s Seventh-grade Pill drew attention across the region, while Gu He left the Misty Cloud Sect after seeing Yun Yun devoted to Zi Yu. Yun Shan emerged from seclusion, learned who Zi Yu was, and welcomed his marriage to Yun Yun with an offer of a generous dowry.

• Yun Yun and the other women praised Zi Yu after he refined a Seventh-grade Pill, and Gu He left with Liu Ling, wishing Yun Yun happiness.
• Jia Xing Tian and Fama questioned the phenomenon from Jia Ma Imperial City, while Hai Bodong dismissed their questions and left.
• Zi Yu received the system’s reward of ten jugs of Life Sacred Spring and thirty million Merit Points for becoming a Seventh-grade Alchemist.
• Yun Shan emerged from seclusion and discovered that Queen Medusa had become a Dou Zong, then heard Yun Ling explain the situation.
• Yun Shan met Zi Yu, offered no objections to his marriage to Yun Yun, and promised that the Misty Cloud Sect would prepare a generous dowry.