Chapter Summaries

Nalan Sheng accompanied Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye to the Xiao Clan in Wutan City, intending to profit from opposing Xiao Yan after awakening the Destined Great Villain system. At the Xiao Clan reception, he sized up the younger generation and noticed a red-dressed girl and a serene girl in cyan.

• Nalan Sheng recalled his transmigration, the system’s villain-point rewards, and his plan to target Xiao Yan rather than Xiao Xun'er, whose bodyguard made her dangerous to provoke.
• Nalan Sheng arrived at the Xiao Clan with Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye, where Xiao Zhan and the Three Great Elders welcomed them.
• As Ge Ye exchanged pleasantries with Xiao Zhan, Nalan Sheng surveyed the Xiao Clan members gathered in the reception hall.
• Nalan Sheng noticed a shy red-dressed girl who stole glances at him and a quiet, beautiful girl in cyan reading in a corner.

Nalan Sheng and Nalan Yanran visited the Xiao Clan with Ge Ye, where Xiao Yan was humiliated by the Three Great Elders before Xiao Xun'er offered him a seat. Ge Ye then revealed that Yun Yun wanted Xiao Zhan to dissolve Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s engagement, leaving Xiao Zhan furious.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the reception hall and found no seat because the Second Elder had not arranged one for him.
• Xiao Xun'er invited Xiao Yan to sit beside her, and he thanked her for helping him.
• Ge Ye introduced Nalan Sheng and Nalan Yanran to Xiao Zhan, who greeted them warmly and praised their talents.
• Ge Ye explained that Yun Yun wanted the engagement dissolved because the Misty Cloud Sect's successor could not become entangled with a man before ascending as Sect Master.
• Xiao Zhan crushed his jade cup in anger as the Xiao Clan members watched with schadenfreude.

Nalan Sheng publicly insulted Xiao Zhan and explained why the Nalan Family wanted to end Nalan Yanran’s engagement to Xiao Yan. He argued the Xiao Clan should have dissolved the match after Xiao Yan’s cultivation began to regress, and said the Nalan Family might have asked Pill King Gu He to examine him.

• Xiao Zhan gathered Dou Qi in anger after Ge Ye asked him to dissolve the engagement, while Ge Ye prepared to defend Nalan Sheng and Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Sheng mocked Xiao Zhan as a good-for-nothing clan leader, prompting Xiao Yan to stand up and defend his father; Nalan Sheng received three Villain Points.
• Nalan Sheng told Xiao Yan that the engagement had once suited the Nalan Family because Xiao Yan seemed likely to become a Dou Huang, but the Xiao Clan’s decline and Xiao Yan’s illness changed that calculation.
• Nalan Sheng explained that the Nalan Family had waited to see whether Xiao Yan’s strange illness could be cured and expected the Xiao Clan to initiate the dissolution, potentially with Pill King Gu He examining him.

Nalan Sheng tried to justify the Nalan Family’s public engagement breakup and offered the Xiao Clan a valuable pill, but Xiao Yan refused to accept the humiliation. When Nalan Yanran offered further compensation and a place in the Misty Cloud Sect, Xiao Yan’s anger boiled over and he said he wanted to kill her.

• Nalan Sheng claimed the Xiao Clan had delayed dissolving the engagement and offered a Qi Gathering Powder as an apology.
• Xiao Yan rejected the pill, then rebuked the Three Great Elders for trying to decide the matter for him.
• Xiao Xun'er backed Xiao Yan, and he argued that Old Master Nalan had to personally approve ending the engagement.
• Nalan Yanran offered three more Qi Gathering Powders and a place in the Misty Cloud Sect if Xiao Yan agreed to dissolve the engagement.
• Xiao Yan clenched his fists and told Nalan Yanran that he wanted to kill her.

Nalan Yanran demanded that Xiao Yan end their engagement, but he accepted her three-year challenge instead. Nalan Sheng mocked Xiao Yan’s famous vow, and Xiao Xun’er’s display of a golden flame drove Ge Ye and the Nalan party from the hall.

• Nalan Sheng threatened the Xiao Clan after Xiao Yan spoke against him, and Xiao Zhan publicly reprimanded Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Yanran proposed that Xiao Yan challenge her at the Misty Cloud Sect in three years, and Xiao Yan accepted after Nalan Sheng warned of the danger to his clan.
• Xiao Yan vowed not to be bullied for being poor, and Nalan Sheng mocked him, earning villain points for interrupting his boast.
• Xiao Zhan ordered Nalan Sheng and the others to leave, but Xiao Xun’er warned Nalan Yanran against relying on the Misty Cloud Sect’s protection.
• Xiao Xun’er revealed a golden flame in her eyes, and Ge Ye hurriedly led Nalan Sheng and Nalan Yanran away.

Nalan Sheng summoned ten loyal Shadow Ninjas and planned to earn more villain points from Xiao Yan. The next morning, Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er visited the Xiao Family Market, where its guard captain greeted Xiao Yan respectfully.

• Nalan Sheng stayed in Wutan City to avoid his family’s anger over helping Nalan Yanran break her engagement.
• Nalan Sheng spent one thousand villain points to summon a squad of ten Shadow Ninjas and tested their abilities.
• Nalan Sheng had the Shadow Ninjas merge into his shadow, then went to sleep cultivating the Jinglei Formula.
• Xiao Yan led Xiao Xun'er to the Xiao Family Market, where guard captain Payne introduced himself and greeted Xiao Yan as a trusted acquaintance.

Xiao Yan found a wood-attribute magic core and sensed something unusual about a nearby black iron fragment, but Nalan Sheng bought out the stall before Xiao Yan could acquire either item. Yao Lao suspected the fragment stored information, possibly pill formulas, and Xiao Yan continued searching the market for another magic core.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er entered the market, and Payne ordered Pari and two guards to follow them discreetly.
• Xiao Yan found a rank-one Wood-Eating Fox magic core and noticed a peculiar sensation from a black iron fragment beside it.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to buy the fragment, but Nalan Sheng arrived and bought the magic core and the stall's entire stock.
• Nalan Sheng received system rewards for taking Xiao Yan's destined magic core and the Black Rank Low-Level Dou Technique, Suction Palm, then left after trading barbs with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xun'er he would keep searching, while Yao Lao said the fragment might have been made by an alchemist to store information such as pill formulas.

After suspecting that Nalan Sheng had bought a black iron plate containing a pill formula, Xiao Yan continued searching for a wood-attribute magic core while Nalan Sheng tested a new system skill. Nalan Sheng upgraded the Water Clone Technique and discovered it could summon two clones within a wider range.

• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Nalan Sheng’s soul perception was stronger than his and likely helped him notice something unusual about the black iron plate.
• Xiao Yan continued searching for a first-tier wood-attribute magic core after regretting that he lacked the gold to compete for the plate.
• Nalan Sheng bought the Water Clone Technique skill card and an Infinite Desert Eagle from the system shop.
• Nalan Sheng used the card, summoned a water clone, and found that the technique had become a Dou Technique and given him water-attribute Dou Qi.
• Nalan Sheng spent 299 villain points to upgrade the technique to minor mastery, allowing him to summon two clones within fifty meters.

Nalan Sheng visited the Mittel Auction House, where Ya Fei agreed to shelter him and arranged for Gu Ni to identify a black iron fragment he had bought. Several days later, Nalan Sheng continued practicing with his Desert Eagle at his new estate in Wutan City.

• Nalan Sheng went to the Mittel Auction House and asked Ya Fei for refuge from Nalan Old Master’s anger over Yanran’s broken engagement.
• Ya Fei offered Nalan Sheng a vacant estate and called Gu Ni to examine the black iron fragment he had bought for five thousand gold coins.
• Gu Ni identified the fragment’s contents as the Black Rank Low-Level Dou Technique Suction Palm.
• Nalan Sheng agreed to let the auction house sell Suction Palm at its grand auction in two months.
• Several days later, Nalan Sheng practiced firing his Desert Eagle at targets held by Shadow Ninjas and hit every shot within a hundred meters.

Nalan Sheng traveled to Qingshan Town to find rare treasures and possibly meet Xiao Yi Xian, then bought out the Myriad Medicine Pavilion’s yellow lotus essence. He found the hidden blood lotus essence and gained villain points before leaving to buy maps of the area.

• Nalan Sheng noticed the system shop had refreshed and left Wutan City for Qingshan Town.
• Nalan Sheng visited the Myriad Medicine Pavilion but did not find Xiao Yi Xian there.
• Nalan Sheng used his Purple Gold Card to buy all 127 pieces of yellow lotus essence, attracting the mercenaries’ greedy attention.
• Nalan Sheng found the blood lotus essence hidden among the herbs and received 3,000 villain points from the system.
• Nalan Sheng left the pavilion and bought detailed maps of the area around Qingshan Town.

Nalan Sheng used a Yellow Dragon Pill to raise his cultivation, then entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range to search for a Dou Wang's cave dwelling while Mu Li followed him, hoping to rob him. The chapter ended as two Wolf Head Mercenaries confronted Nalan Sheng on the trail.

• The Wolf Head Mercenary Group's commander ordered Mu Li to watch Nalan Sheng and attack only if he entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range without family protection.
• Nalan Sheng bought a Yellow Dragon Pill, refined its medicinal energy, and advanced from One-Star Dou Zhe to five-star Dou Zhe.
• Nalan Sheng sent eight Shadow Ninjas into the mountains to scout for the Dou Wang's cave dwelling while two stayed behind to guard him.
• After several days of cultivation, Nalan Sheng left Qingshan Town and entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range, prompting Mu Li and his men to follow.
• Mu Li ordered a scar-faced mercenary and Ximu to cut Nalan Sheng off, and Nalan Sheng drew his Desert Eagle as the two men emerged from the bushes.

Nalan Sheng killed Mu Li and his men, then reached the Dou Wang's cave and found a map fragment tied to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. After intercepting it and earning 100,000 villain points, he bought the Flame-Flame Fruit, leaving him holding the strange fruit inside the cave.

• Nalan Sheng shot Mu Li and four mercenaries, then sent the Shadow Ninjas to search their bodies.
• Mu She found Mu Li's corpse, swore revenge, and sent his mercenaries to search for Nalan Sheng.
• Nalan Sheng followed the Shadow Ninjas to the cliff, killed an attacking Rock Snake with Benlei Palm, and entered the cave.
• Nalan Sheng's Shadow Ninjas opened the stone gate, and he found a skeleton, three locked Stone Boxes, treasures, and medicinal herbs in the chamber.
• Nalan Sheng took a map fragment from the skeleton and received 100,000 villain points from the system for intercepting the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map.
• Nalan Sheng used the points to buy the Flame-Flame Fruit, which appeared in his hand.

Nalan Sheng ate the Flame-Flame Fruit, tested its fire abilities, and opened the stone boxes to claim their contents. When Mu She and his mercenaries arrived to confront him over his son's death, Nalan Sheng killed them all with Fire Fist.

• Nalan Sheng ate the Flame-Flame Fruit and discovered he could create and compress powerful flames without consuming Dou Qi.
• Nalan Sheng had Shadow Ninjas open the stone boxes and stored the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and Mad Lion's Roar.
• Mu She entered the chamber with his mercenaries and accused Nalan Sheng of killing his son.
• Nalan Sheng unleashed Fire Fist, burning Mu She and his mercenaries to charred corpses.

Nalan Sheng killed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group guards after escaping the stone chamber with its treasures and gained the Purple Cloud Wings. He refined the wings at the inn, though his low cultivation left them too small to let him fly, and his status showed 54,758 villain points.

• Nalan Sheng collected valuables and medicinal herbs from the stone chamber, earning villain points for snatching the Purple Cloud Wings and other items from the destined male lead.
• Nalan Sheng emerged from the cliff as a fireball and killed He Meng and the other Wolf Head Mercenary Group guards with his Desert Eagle.
• Nalan Sheng returned to Qingshan Town and left the remaining Wolf Head Mercenary Group members alive, expecting their rivals to deal with them.
• Nalan Sheng examined the Purple Cloud Wings and refined them, resisting the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's remnant soul.
• Nalan Sheng manifested a small pair of wings that could only help him glide, then checked his status and saw he had 54,758 villain points.

Nalan Sheng spent villain points to maximize Jinglei Formula and the Water Clone Technique, greatly improving his Dou Qi cultivation and combat abilities. Several days later, he rushed to join a Myriad Medicine Pavilion herb-gathering expedition after hearing Xiao Yi Xian would attend, but a mercenary challenged his eligibility.

• Nalan Sheng raised Jinglei Formula to maximum mastery, tripling his Dou Qi reserves and cultivation efficiency without changing his cultivation level.
• Nalan Sheng upgraded the Water Clone Technique to complete mastery, allowing him to summon ten clones that could use the Flame-Flame Fruit's abilities.
• Nalan Sheng bought Pepsi and a KFC Family Bucket from the system shop and enjoyed the food and drink.
• Several days later, Nalan Sheng heard that the Myriad Medicine Pavilion was recruiting for an herb-gathering trip with Xiao Yi Xian and hurried to the town entrance.
• Nalan Sheng tried to sign up, but the middle-aged registrar doubted he was a Two-Star Dou Zhe, and a burly young mercenary reached to shove him aside.

Nalan Sheng joined the Myriad Medicine Pavilion’s herb-gathering expedition to get close to Xiao Yi Xian, but she was bitten by a Crimson Ice Snake and her Woeful Poison Body reacted catastrophically. The chapter ended with a herb gatherer dying after touching her, while the others recoiled from her seven-colored face.

• Nalan Sheng shocked a mercenary with lightning and registered to guard the Myriad Medicine Pavilion’s herb-gathering team.
• Nalan Sheng traveled with the team into the Magical Beast Mountain Range and watched Xiao Yi Xian treat mercenaries bitten by Crimson Ice Snakes.
• Nalan Sheng’s Shadow Ninja placed an unconscious Crimson Ice Snake in Xiao Yi Xian’s path, and it bit her ankle after waking.
• Mercenaries killed the snake and a herb gatherer tried to give Xiao Yi Xian an antidote, but the person died after touching her lips.
• The group saw Xiao Yi Xian’s face turn seven colors and backed away in horror.

Xiao Yi Xian awakened the woeful poison body and accidentally poisoned Qiya to death, then tried to take her own life. Nalan Sheng stopped her and took her to a cave, where he told her the constitution's side effects might be resolved.

• Nalan Sheng explained that Xiao Yi Xian's awakened constitution made her entire body lethally poisonous, and Xiao Yi Xian learned from the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture that she had the woeful poison body.
• Xiao Yi Xian realized her poison had killed Qiya and, overwhelmed by guilt, tried to cut her throat with a dagger.
• Nalan Sheng knocked Xiao Yi Xian unconscious, took the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, and carried her into the nearby forest.
• Xiao Yi Xian awoke in a cave that night, and Nalan Sheng told her there was a way to resolve the woeful poison body's side effects.

Nalan Sheng persuaded Xiao Yi Xian to serve him by explaining how the Netherworld Poison Flame could control the Woeful Poison Body’s deadly side effects. The next morning, he told her he had compensated Qiya’s parents and they had forgiven her, easing her guilt as they prepared to leave.

• Nalan Sheng offered to reveal a cure for the Woeful Poison Body in exchange for Xiao Yi Xian serving and protecting him, and she agreed on the condition that he not make her harm innocents.
• Nalan Sheng explained that Xiao Yi Xian could feed the deadly poisons in her body to the Netherworld Poison Flame, which could contain them and grow stronger.
• Nalan Sheng told Xiao Yi Xian that his family and the Misty Cloud Sect could use their intelligence networks to help find the flame, then gave her the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted the scripture and ate with Nalan Sheng, treating him as her young master.
• The next morning, Nalan Sheng told Xiao Yi Xian that he had given Qiya’s parents twenty thousand gold coins and that they had forgiven her.

Nalan Sheng brought Xiao Yi Xian to Wutan City, where she began secluded cultivation while he trained and developed new Flame-Flame Fruit abilities. He discovered a Six Vault Immortal Thief Skill Card in the System Shop and redeemed it.

• Nalan Sheng and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at Wutan City and settled into the estate Ya Fei had arranged for him.
• Nalan Sheng introduced Xiao Yi Xian to Chun Tao, Xia He, Qiu Ju, and Dong Mei, then assigned Chun Tao and Xia He to attend to her.
• Nalan Sheng took Xiao Yi Xian to visit the Four Great Medicine Shops, where he bought restorative pills and she bought poisonous materials.
• Xiao Yi Xian entered secluded cultivation to keep her Woeful Poison Body from harming anyone, while Nalan Sheng trained and used his Water Clone to develop over a hundred fire abilities.
• Nalan Sheng found the Six Storehouse Immortal Thief Skill Card in the System Shop and redeemed it.

Nalan Sheng mastered and tested the Six Vault Immortal Thief, then bought a Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Instance Card that could let him travel to another world for six months. He kept the card in reserve as an escape option and reviewed his status.

• Nalan Sheng spent Villain Points to learn the Six Vault Immortal Thief and upgrade it to minor mastery.
• Nalan Sheng exhausted his Dou Qi and stamina at the training grounds, then used the Six Vault Immortal Thief to restore them to their peak within a few breaths.
• Nalan Sheng examined the Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Instance Card in the System Shop and learned he could synchronize time between the two worlds or freeze time in the main world.
• Nalan Sheng bought the instance card and decided to save it for a dangerous situation or a future opportunity.
• Nalan Sheng dismissed the System Shop and checked his character status panel.