Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen accepted a system mission to help Yun Yun cultivate the Ice Crystal Profound Palm and agreed to accompany Nalan Yanran to the Misty Cloud Sect. They left the Imperial Capital and approached the sect, where Nalan Yanran thanked him.

• Xiao Chen finished cultivating and planned to visit the Magical Beast Mountain Range to gather Magic Cores for alchemy.
• Nalan Yanran waited outside the palace gates and asked Xiao Chen to visit the Misty Cloud Sect to meet Yun Yun.
• Xiao Chen received and accepted a mission to help Yun Yun cultivate the Ice Crystal Profound Palm.
• Xiao Chen stopped Nalan Yanran as she was leaving and agreed to travel with her to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Chen and Nalan Yanran left the Imperial Capital, and Nalan Yanran thanked him as the Misty Cloud Sect came into view.

Xiao Chen arrived at Misty Cloud Sect with Nalan Yanran, surprising Yun Yun and the elders, who had doubted Yanran could persuade him to come. The sect prepared to welcome him as disciples gathered to talk about his power and reputation.

• Xiao Chen and Nalan Yanran landed at the foot of Misty Cloud Sect, where disciples recognized Xiao Chen and hurried to report his arrival.
• Yun Leng and the elders discussed Yanran’s two-day absence and doubted she had managed to invite Xiao Chen.
• A disciple informed Yun Yun and the elders that Xiao Chen had arrived with Yanran, leaving them stunned.
• Yun Yun led the elders out of the main hall to welcome Xiao Chen.
• Misty Cloud Sect disciples stopped training to discuss Xiao Chen’s arrival and his reputation as a Dou Emperor and Tier 7 Alchemist.

Xiao Chen arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Yun and the elders welcomed him with great respect. Yun Yun thanked him for saving her life and invited him to stay, leaving the elders hopeful that their relationship with him would grow closer.

• Xiao Chen arrived at the sect with Nalan Yanran, and the disciples watched as Yun Yun and the elders came out to greet him.
• The disciples discussed Xiao Chen's strength, his origins in the Xiao Clan, and his connection to Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran.
• Yun Yun invited Xiao Chen into the main hall, seated him in the place of honor, and poured him tea.
• Yun Yun thanked Xiao Chen for saving her life and asked him to stay for a few days, but he said there was no need for such courtesy.

Xiao Chen arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect and ignored the elders’ attempts to flatter him. Nalan Yanran showed him his quarters and apologized for her conduct toward the Xiao Clan, but Xiao Chen remained silent as she left.

• Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect elders praised Xiao Chen and offered their support, but he gave them no response.
• Yun Yun asked Nalan Yanran to escort Xiao Chen to his quarters.
• After Xiao Chen left, the elders urged Yun Yun to build a closer relationship with him so the Misty Cloud Sect would not lose influence to the Royal Family.
• Nalan Yanran led Xiao Chen to a quiet courtyard prepared for him.
• Nalan Yanran apologized for breaking off her engagement at the Xiao Clan and said she wanted to apologize to the Xiao Clan Head in person.
• Xiao Chen stayed silent, and Nalan Yanran left the courtyard disappointed.

Nalan Yanran regretted how she had treated the Xiao Clan and agreed to build a good relationship with Xiao Chen for the Misty Cloud Sect. Xiao Chen took the Ice Heart Art from Yun Yun's room, but Yun Yun caught him inside as he was about to leave.

• Nalan Yanran recalled humiliating Xiao Yan when she broke off their engagement and resolved to compensate the Xiao Clan.
• Yun Yun asked Nalan Yanran what she thought of Xiao Chen and told her to build a good relationship with him for the Misty Cloud Sect.
• While cultivating, Xiao Chen received a mission to retrieve the Ice Heart Art from Yun Yun's room within an hour.
• Xiao Chen slipped into Yun Yun's room, found the cultivation technique on her desk, and took it.
• Yun Yun entered the room and found Xiao Chen there.

Yun Yun found Xiao Chen in her private chamber but could not figure out why he had been there. Back in his quarters, Xiao Chen received a Speed Pill formula and accepted a mission to refine one for Yun Yun.

• Yun Yun found Xiao Chen in her room, and he left without explaining why he had come.
• Yun Yun inspected the room and found nothing changed, then remained confused about Xiao Chen's visit.
• Xiao Chen returned to his quarters and examined the Ice Heart Art, deciding to keep it for someone else.
• The system rewarded Xiao Chen with a Tier 8 Speed Pill formula after Xiao Yan consumed a Tier 3 Qi Recovery Pill.
• Xiao Chen accepted a mission to refine a Speed Pill for Yun Yun and help her use it for cultivation.

Xiao Chen learned that a Wind Spirit Flower needed for the Speed Pill would appear near the Misty Cloud Sect's bathing pool, then went out at night to collect it. He returned with the first of the five rare ingredients and continued cultivating while planning to find the remaining four.

• Xiao Chen worried that gathering the rare ingredients for the Speed Pill would be difficult.
• The system told Xiao Chen that a Wind Spirit Flower would appear near the Misty Cloud Sect's bathing pool in 59 minutes.
• After the countdown ended, Xiao Chen searched around the bathing pool and found the flower beneath a tree in the nearby grove.
• Xiao Chen carefully dug up the Wind Spirit Flower, stored it in a jade box, and returned to his residence.
• Xiao Chen considered how to obtain the remaining four ingredients, put away the flower, and continued cultivating.