Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan sought Nalan Chenfeng’s help with the ingredients needed for Yao Lao’s Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and introduced the spirit in his ring. After meeting Yao Lao, Nalan Chenfeng agreed to keep his existence secret on the condition that Yao Lao would not help Xiao Yan against his younger sister, while he considered how to grow strong enough for their match in three years.

• Xiao Yan decided to ask Nalan Chenfeng for help obtaining costly medicinal ingredients and a wood-element Magic Core rather than approach his father.
• Gu Xun'er told Ling Ying not to punish Nalan Chenfeng, then learned that he had found no trace of the Xiao Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Chenfeng that he had taken the old man in his ring as his master and feared the old man might drain his Dou Qi again.
• Nalan Chenfeng invited the old man out, and Yao Lao appeared, introduced himself, and questioned how Nalan Chenfeng had sensed his presence.
• Nalan Chenfeng agreed to conceal Yao Lao’s existence as long as Yao Lao did not help Xiao Yan against Nalan Chenfeng’s younger sister.
• Yao Lao accepted the condition, and Nalan Chenfeng considered seeking the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan’s support and training at the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool to reach Dou Zong within three years.

Nalan Chenfeng lent Xiao Yan gold coins and learned that the Xiao Clan planned to preserve its ties with the Nalan Family through a new marriage alliance. He agreed to take Xiao Yu as a concubine if she consented, then left to cultivate in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Nalan Chenfeng lent Xiao Yan two thousand gold coins and reminded him that favors were worth more than money.
• The Xiao Clan elders urged Xiao Zhan to arrange a new marriage alliance with Nalan Chenfeng after Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran's engagement ended.
• Xiao Zhan offered Nalan Chenfeng a choice of Xiao Clan women, and Nalan Chenfeng asked about Xiao Xun'er before learning Xiao Zhan could not decide for her.
• Nalan Chenfeng agreed to make Xiao Yu his concubine if she accepted, and told Xiao Zhan to let her decide whether to keep the engagement agreement.
• Nalan Chenfeng said farewell to Xiao Zhan and planned to cultivate in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where he also hoped to see Xiao Yi Xian.

Nalan Chenfeng entrusted Ya Fei with funds to collect high-grade medicinal herbs and asked her to find Xiao Yi Xian in a year. Meanwhile, Nalan Yanran returned to the Misty Cloud Sect escorted by a Snow Demon Sky Ape, where news of her brother’s strength astonished the sect and she told Yun Yun about the Three-Year Agreement with Xiao Yan.

• Nalan Chenfeng gave Ya Fei nearly ten million gold coins and asked her to collect old, high-grade medicinal herbs, while keeping their relationship secret and sending someone to find Xiao Yi Xian in a year.
• Nalan Yanran arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect on the Snow Demon Sky Ape, alarming the disciples and drawing Yun Leng and other elders to the mountain gate.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Leng that her brother Nalan Chenfeng was a sixteen-year-old Dou Wang who had subdued the Snow Demon Sky Ape, leaving the elders shocked.
• Nalan Yanran left the Snow Demon Sky Ape at the gate and went to meet her teacher, Yun Yun.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun how Nalan Chenfeng had handled the broken engagement and explained the Three-Year Agreement she had made with Xiao Yan.
• Yun Yun praised Nalan Chenfeng’s extraordinary talent and observed that his handling of the dispute had protected the Xiao Clan and Nalan Family while placing the blame on her.