Chapter Summaries

Gu Fengchen began expelling Nalan Jie's Brand Poison, gaining strength as Nalan Jie recovered. Nalan Yanran and her father discussed breaking her engagement to the Xiao Clan and tying her future to Gu Fengchen, while Gu Fengchen agreed to stay with the Nalan Clan for three days.

• As Nalan Jie's Brand Poison drained away, Gu Fengchen's strength rose to the level of a Seven-Star Great Dou Master.
• Nalan Yanran told Nalan Su that she had long wanted to break off her engagement, and Nalan Su agreed on the condition that she choose Chen Fenggu as her husband.
• Nalan Su warned Nalan Yanran not to provoke Chen Fenggu, and she realized how far his talent and power surpassed hers.
• Gu Fengchen said he would need three more days to clear all the poison, and Nalan Jie thanked him for saving his life.
• Nalan Su invited Gu Fengchen to stay at the Nalan Clan, and Gu Fengchen accepted while saying he planned to take a walk that night.
• Nalan Su tentatively offered to have Nalan Yanran accompany Gu Fengchen.

Gu Fengchen continued refining Nalan Jie's Brand Poison and studying medicinal herbs before accompanying Nalan Yanran around the Jia Ma Empire's capital. Nalan Jie was recovering well, and Gu Fengchen enjoyed the outing while Nalan Yanran paid for his purchases.

• Gu Fengchen agreed to help Nalan Jie and Nalan Su discipline Nalan Yanran, then refined the remaining Brand Poison in his body and studied Medicinal Herb Annotation.
• The next morning, Nalan Jie praised Gu Fengchen's treatment and said he would have the Brand Poison's harm completely removed in three days.
• Nalan Jie asked Nalan Yanran to accompany Gu Fengchen on a tour of the capital, where passersby speculated about their relationship.
• Gu Fengchen and Nalan Yanran browsed a Glassware Shop and other stalls, and Gu Fengchen bought medicinal herbs for alchemy.
• Nalan Yanran paid more than a hundred thousand Gold Coins for their purchases, and Gu Fengchen enjoyed being kept by a rich woman.

Gu Fengchen visited the imperial capital's Alchemist Guild with Nalan Yanran and encountered Liu Ling, one of her pursuers. After Gu Fengchen rejected Liu Ling's rude questioning and left with Nalan Yanran, Liu Ling asked Brother Lei to stop him, offering a Dou Spirit Pill in return.

• Gu Fengchen agreed to visit the Alchemist Guild with Nalan Yanran and hoped to learn more and find valuable materials.
• At the guild, Gu Fengchen met Frank and privately told him he was helping remove Nalan Jie's poison while asking him to conceal his identity.
• Liu Ling arrived with Brother Lei and recognized Nalan Yanran, then grew jealous when he saw her standing close to Gu Fengchen.
• Gu Fengchen dismissed Liu Ling's question, called him undeserving of his name, and left with Nalan Yanran following him.
• Liu Ling asked Brother Lei to stop Gu Fengchen and offered to have Gu He refine a Dou Spirit Pill for him.

Gu Fengchen confronted Liu Ling and Brother Lei’s men at the Alchemist Guild after Liu Ling tried to provoke him over Nalan Yanran. He defeated the attackers with ease, leaving Liu Ling and the remaining men stunned by his strength.

• Brother Lei blocked Gu Fengchen and Nalan Yanran’s path, while Liu Ling challenged Gu Fengchen and dismissed Nalan Yanran’s claims about his abilities.
• Gu Fengchen struck back against a swordsman, sending him flying and making Liu Ling suspect he was a Dou Spirit.
• Liu Ling ordered his men to attack, and Gu Fengchen removed his clothes first so they would not be damaged in the fight.
• Gu Fengchen broke a black-clad man’s arm and sent him crashing into a wall, then confronted Liu Ling for failing to discipline his men.
• Gu Fengchen blocked Brother Lei’s attack and slapped him unconscious, frightening the remaining men and leaving Liu Ling stunned.

Gu Fengchen defeated Liu Ling’s guards and was about to kill him when Yaoyue, the Jia Ma Imperial Family’s Little Princess, intervened. After warning Gu Fengchen about the consequences of killing Gu He’s disciple, she invited him to join the imperial family and promised to protect him.

• Gu Fengchen knocked down the remaining two men in black after defeating their companions.
• Gu Fengchen kicked Liu Ling down and threatened to stomp him to death despite Liu Ling invoking Pill King Gu He.
• Yaoyue arrived at the Alchemist Guild and warned Gu Fengchen that killing Liu Ling in public would bring Gu He’s retaliation.
• Gu Fengchen introduced himself to Yaoyue as Chen Fenggu, while Nalan Yanran laughed at his claim to be ordinary.
• Yaoyue invited Gu Fengchen to join the Jia Ma Imperial Family and offered to cover for him if he killed Liu Ling.

At the Alchemist Guild, Yaoyue tried to recruit Gu Fengchen after seeing him defeat Liu Ling, then learned he was an alchemist with a Heavenly Flame. President Fa Ma and Vice President Mitchell questioned Gu Fengchen about his origins and abilities, while Liu Ling decided to tell his teacher Gu He.

• Yaoyue praised Gu Fengchen as a tyrant and urged him to join the Jia Ma Imperial Family, but he persuaded her to let Liu Ling live by claiming he was friends with her sister Yaoye.
• Yaoyue asked whether Gu Fengchen was an alchemist with a Heavenly Flame, and he suggested she seek the Falling Heart Flame at Jia Nan Academy.
• President Fa Ma and Vice President Mitchell arrived, and Fa Ma told Gu Fengchen that the Guild would not interfere if Liu Ling sought help from Gu He.
• Fa Ma asked whether Gu Fengchen had removed Nalan Jie's Brand Poison and whether he came from the Central Plains, but Gu Fengchen kept his origins private.
• Liu Ling begrudgingly accepted that he could not defeat Gu Fengchen himself and resolved to tell his teacher Gu He.

Gu Fengchen claimed that Yao Chen was his senior brother, convincing Fa Ma that he was connected to the man who had once guided him. Fa Ma pledged the Alchemist Guild’s support and took Gu Fengchen aside to discuss the guild.

• Gu Fengchen told Fa Ma that Yao Chen was his senior brother and recalled how Yao Chen had once guided Fa Ma.
• Fa Ma believed Gu Fengchen and realized that, by seniority, he could call him Martial Uncle.
• Gu Fengchen claimed Yao Chen had become an eighth-grade alchemist, astonishing everyone with the implication that his senior brother was a Dou Venerable.
• Fa Ma promised that the Alchemist Guild would back Gu Fengchen and help him find medicinal herbs and Magic Cores.
• Fa Ma dismissed the others, brought Gu Fengchen to a tea room, and asked what he thought of the Alchemist Guild.

Fa Ma confided in Gu Fengchen about the Alchemist Guild’s decline and tried to recruit him, then revealed that the guild had already bought the Spirit White Seven Soul Branch Gu Fengchen wanted. Gu Fengchen left the conversation knowing the herb was in the guild’s hands, though Fa Ma had not yet said whether he would give it to him.

• A maid delivered a Storage Ring, and Fa Ma gave it to Gu Fengchen as a meeting gift.
• Fa Ma lamented the Alchemist Guild’s arrogance, lack of successors, and fading prospects, while Gu Fengchen advised him to gather resources and attract more alchemists.
• Fa Ma invited Gu Fengchen to join the Alchemist Guild, and Gu Fengchen accepted.
• Fa Ma told Gu Fengchen that the Spirit White Seven Soul Branch was being advertised for auction despite already having been bought by the Alchemist Guild.
• Fa Ma defended the guild’s purchase as a fair deal with the Mitel Auction House, and Gu Fengchen recognized how the herb had helped the auction house build goodwill with the guild.

Gu Fengchen agreed to help President Fa Ma refine a pill requiring Heavenly Flames in half a month, then toured the Alchemist Guild and met the Little Princess Yaoyue. After Yaoyue invited him to explore Jiama Holy City, Nalan Yanran stepped in front of her and challenged her for Gu Fengchen’s attention.

• President Fa Ma offered Gu Fengchen rare medicinal herbs in exchange for helping refine a pill with Heavenly Flames, and Gu Fengchen agreed to return in half a month.
• Fa Ma showed Gu Fengchen around the Alchemist Guild, including its trading area, alchemists’ halls, and restricted meeting section.
• Gu Fengchen and Fa Ma watched Yaoyue burn her ingredients while showing off, but she restarted her attempt and successfully refined a Grade One Pill.
• Yaoyue gave the pill to Gu Fengchen as a meeting gift and offered to show him around Jiama Holy City.
• Nalan Yanran stepped between Yaoyue and Gu Fengchen, then gave Yaoyue a provocative look.

Nalan Yanran prevented Yaoyue from monopolizing Gu Fengchen and joined them on a tour of the Imperial Capital. After learning that Gu Fengchen was a Tier 3 Alchemist under twenty, Yaoye resolved to recruit him for the Jia Ma Imperial Family and ordered her guard to keep watching the group.

• Nalan Yanran insisted on accompanying Yaoyue and Gu Fengchen around the Imperial Capital, and Mitchell sent guards to protect the princess.
• Yaoyue linked arms with Gu Fengchen, and Nalan Yanran did the same before a guard arrived to bring Yaoyue back to the palace.
• Yaoyue told the guard to report that she had met Gu Feng, a Tier 3 Alchemist under twenty, and the guard relayed her message to Yaoye.
• Yaoye considered Gu Fengchen's talent and the imperial family's need to recruit him, then told the guard to let Yaoyue continue her outing and report where they went.

Gu Fengchen toured Jia Ma Holy City with Nalan Yanran and Yaoyue, accompanying them as they shopped and sampled food before they visited the Mittel Family marketplace. There, he learned that Ya Fei had been transferred to the imperial capital, while Ya Fei wondered why he had not come to see her.

• Gu Fengchen accompanied Nalan Yanran and Yaoyue around the imperial capital, and the two women spent most of their time buying food and eating.
• Nalan Yanran and Yaoyue traded barbs over the princess’s table manners as Gu Fengchen tried to keep the peace.
• Nalan Yanran told Gu Fengchen that Ya Fei had recently been transferred to the Mittel Family’s auction house in the imperial capital.
• Gu Fengchen, Nalan Yanran, and Yaoyue entered the Mittel Family marketplace after Yaoyue satisfied the guards’ wealth check.
• Ya Fei thought about Gu Fengchen and lamented that he had not visited her in over a month, then heard a rapid knock at her door.

Gu Fengchen browsed the Mittel Family’s market with Yaoyue and Nalan Yanran, buying medicinal herbs while the two girls competed to pay for him. The trio reached a stall selling Seven Star Grass, which Gu Fengchen picked up to examine.

• Yaoyue and Nalan Yanran visited the market together with Gu Fengchen, and Deacon Lei Ming welcomed them before leaving them to browse on their own.
• Gu Fengchen asked the two girls to veil their faces so they would attract less attention, and they blended into the crowd.
• Gu Fengchen found medicinal herbs he recognized and bought them cheaply, filling one Storage Ring and using the extra space in another.
• Yaoyue spotted Seven Star Grass at a stall, but Nalan Yanran stopped her from showing her excitement and warned that the seller might raise the price.
• Gu Fengchen led the girls to the stall and picked up a piece of Seven Star Grass while the goateed seller welcomed them.

Gu Fengchen refused to give Mu Zhan the Seven Star Grass after buying it, and Mu Zhan challenged him to a life-and-death arena fight. The chapter ended before Gu Fengchen accepted the challenge.

• Gu Fengchen bought the Seven Star Grass from a mercenary for twenty thousand Gold Coins, with Yaoyue paying.
• Mu Zhan tried to take the herb by offering double the price, but Gu Fengchen insisted that he had already bought it.
• Mu Zhan invoked his status as a member of the Mu Clan and threatened Gu Fengchen, while Nalan Yanran and Yaoyue watched in silence.
• Gu Fengchen stood his ground and told Nalan Yanran and Yaoyue to step back as Mu Zhan prepared to fight.
• Mu Zhan challenged Gu Fengchen to fight under a Life-and-Death Contract, with the Seven Star Grass going to the winner.

Gu Fengchen beat Mu Zhan after revealing he was a Peak Great Dou Master, then Yaoyue, Nalan Yanran, and Lei Ming intervened before Mu Zhan could be killed. The chapter ended with Gu Fengchen taunting Mu Zhan to try killing him in front of the powerful people who had gathered.

• Gu Fengchen warned Mu Zhan about signing a Life-and-Death Contract, but Mu Zhan insisted and called for one to be drafted.
• Gu Fengchen attacked Mu Zhan and revealed his Peak Great Dou Master strength, then beat him until he collapsed in pain.
• Deacon Lei Ming arrived with guards and surrounded Mu Zhan, while Yaoyue and Nalan Yanran revealed their identities.
• Lei Ming slapped Mu Zhan twice at Gu Fengchen's prompting, swelling both sides of his face.
• Gu Fengchen challenged Mu Zhan to try killing him in front of Yaoyue, Nalan Yanran, and Lei Ming.

After defeating Mu Zhan, Gu Fengchen teased him before Ya Fei arrived and asked him to spare the Mittel Family. The crowd expected Ya Fei to rebuff Gu Fengchen, but she recognized him and warmly answered his teasing greeting, leaving everyone stunned.

• Gu Fengchen told Mu Zhan to call him Dad, then joked that Mu Zhan was not his biological son.
• Ya Fei entered the Mittel Family market and politely greeted Yaoyue and Nalan Yanran.
• A young man tried to approach Ya Fei, but her Dou Shi guard knocked him away.
• Gu Fengchen walked up to Ya Fei and asked if she had missed him, calling her Sister Ya Fei.
• Ya Fei recognized Gu Fengchen as the disguised alchemist supplying pills to the Mitel Auction House and said she knew he would come find her in the imperial capital.

Gu Fengchen left the marketplace with Ya Fei, Yaoyue, and Nalan Yanran after beating Mu Zhan and shifting the blame onto He Meng. At the Mittel auction house, Ya Fei confirmed Gu Fengchen had become a Da Dou Shi, and Yaoyue suddenly called him “big brother.”

• Gu Fengchen took Ya Fei’s hand and taunted Mu Zhan, then claimed to be He Meng of the He Clan and dared Mu Zhan to come after him.
• Ya Fei led Gu Fengchen, Yaoyue, and Nalan Yanran away while Mu Zhan angrily recorded He Meng’s name.
• On the way, Ya Fei explained that Gu Feng’s business had helped her meet her target and transfer to the Imperial Capital.
• At the auction house, Ya Fei asked Gu Fengchen if he had become a Da Dou Shi, and he confirmed it.
• Ya Fei flicked Gu Fengchen’s forehead after he joked about her being “big,” and Yaoyue stepped in to defend him by calling him “big brother.”

Gu Fengchen visited a room at the Mitel Auction House with Ya Fei, Nalan Yanran, and Little Princess Yaoyue, where Ya Fei flirted with him and gave him two protective weapons. The group remained together as Yaoyue snacked and talked, while Nalan Yanran grew jealous of Ya Fei’s closeness with Gu Fengchen.

• Ya Fei hooked her arm through Gu Fengchen’s and teased Yaoyue, while Gu Fengchen played along and patted Ya Fei’s backside.
• Ya Fei led Gu Fengchen, Yaoyue, and Nalan Yanran into a room, where Gu Fengchen browsed an old book and Yaoyue explained that Jia Xingtian’s mount could transform into human form.
• Ya Fei brewed tea for the group as she reflected on her growing desire to win Gu Fengchen over.
• Yaoyue ate snacks and asked Gu Fengchen about places to go and help with her Alchemy Technique, while Nalan Yanran told her to stop talking with her mouth full.
• Ya Fei gave Gu Fengchen a hand crossbow capable of injuring a Dou Spirit Expert and a Heart Guard Pearl that could withstand a Dou Wang’s full-force strike.
• Gu Fengchen thanked Ya Fei and promised to help her if she encountered trouble with the Mittel Family, leaving Nalan Yanran jealous of their closeness.

Gu Fengchen gave Ya Fei a Golden Hairpin before Mitel Tengshan confronted him over injuring Mu Zhan. Mitel Tengshan demanded Gu Fengchen hand over his Heavenly Flame, and Gu Fengchen refused, bringing out the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame as the confrontation turned toward a fight.

• Gu Fengchen gave Ya Fei a Golden Hairpin, and she asked him to share some of the opportunities he had encountered.
• Mitel Tengshan arrived with the bloodied Mu Zhan and demanded an explanation from Gu Fengchen for causing trouble on Mittel Family territory.
• Mitel Tengshan demanded Gu Fengchen surrender his Heavenly Flame, revealing that he had intervened to claim it.
• Gu Fengchen refused and summoned the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame, reassuring Ya Fei that he would hold back.

Gu Fengchen fought Mitel Tengshan after the clan head attacked him over his Heavenly Flames. He killed the wounded Mu Zhan, and Mitel Tengshan prepared to kill him in retaliation.

• Mitel Tengshan used a blood-charged bronze bell to stun the room, then struck Gu Fengchen, who survived with his Indestructible Golden Body.
• Ya Fei urged Mitel Tengshan to stop, while Nalan Yanran and Yaoyue prepared to intervene; Gu Fengchen instead rushed toward the injured Mu Zhan.
• Gu Fengchen ignored Mu Zhan's threat of revenge from the Mu Clan and pierced his throat, killing him in front of everyone.
• Mitel Tengshan struck Gu Fengchen again, breaking bones in his hand, then declared that Gu Fengchen had insulted the Mittel Family and locked him in his killing intent.
• Someone condemned Mitel Tengshan as shameless.

Jia Xingtian and Yaoye intervened when Mitel Tengshan tried to stop Gu Fengchen from killing Mu Zhan. Mu Chen then launched a surprise attack on Gu Fengchen, who escaped by revealing the Purple Cloud Wings, shocking everyone with his powerful Flying Dou Skill.

• Jia Xingtian and Yaoye arrived at the hall, prompting Mitel Tengshan to reconsider his actions.
• Jia Xingtian accused Mitel Tengshan of protecting Mu Zhan while trying to take Gu Fengchen for his Heavenly Flames.
• Mu Chen arrived and declared that he would take Gu Fengchen away for killing his son.
• Mu Chen launched a surprise attack while Gu Fengchen’s right hand was fractured.
• Gu Fengchen summoned the Purple Cloud Wings and evaded Mu Chen’s strike, stunning the onlookers.