Chapter Summaries

Nalan Sheng trained his Dou Techniques after mastering the Six Vault Immortal Thief, while Xiao Yan brought Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid to the Mittel Auction House. The chapter ended as auction-goers questioned how the liquid could safely increase cultivation speed for those below the Dou Zhe level.

• Nalan Sheng used his seemingly inexhaustible Dou Qi to rapidly improve his Benlei Palm and Lightning Divine Movement Technique before stopping to rest when his mental energy ran low.
• Xiao Yan submitted a bottle of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid to Master Gu Ni, who identified it as comparable to a second-tier medicinal pill.
• Gu Ni and an auction house employee decided not to investigate Xiao Yan and instead sought to earn the mysterious alchemist's favor.
• Xiao Yan entered Auction Hall No. 1 and noticed his father, the Jia Lie and Ao Ba family heads, Nalan Sheng, and Xiao Yi Xian among the audience.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan he could no longer see through Nalan Sheng's cultivation and suspected the black iron fragment had contained a technique that concealed spiritual perception.
• Ya Fei introduced the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, and audience members questioned how it could help cultivators below the Dou Zhe level without harming their meridians.

At the auction, Nalan Sheng outbid Xiao Zhan for the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, earning villain points by taking the item meant for Xiao Yan. Ya Fei then presented the auction’s final treasure, the Profound Tier low-grade Dou Technique Suction Palm.

• Ya Fei assured the crowd that Master Gu Ni had verified the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and began bidding at eight thousand gold coins.
• Xiao Zhan raised the bid to forty thousand gold coins, choosing the spirit liquid for Xiao Yan over competing for the Wind Scroll Technique.
• Nalan Sheng bid against Xiao Zhan, saying he wanted the spirit liquid for Xiao Yi Xian, and won it for fifty thousand gold coins.
• Xiao Yan privately celebrated that Nalan Sheng had bought the spirit liquid instead of Xiao Zhan, while Nalan Sheng received 200 villain points from his system.
• Ya Fei introduced Suction Palm, an attributeless Profound Tier low-grade Dou Technique that could draw in a distant boulder or wrench blood from an enemy.

Nalan Sheng attended the auction, where the Wind Scroll Technique went to Jia Lie Bi, then followed Ya Fei to meet the mysterious alchemist. He exposed the disguised Xiao Yan and accused him of pretending to be a cultivation failure, leaving Xiao Yan to face questions about his deception.

• An elderly medicinal merchant won Suction Palm for 120,000 gold coins, and Jia Lie Bi won the Wind Scroll Technique for 550,000.
• Ya Fei gave Nalan Sheng his Purple Gold Card, and he persuaded her to take him and Xiao Yi Xian to meet the alchemist behind the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.
• Nalan Sheng recognized the black-robed alchemist as Xiao Yan by the ring on his hand, and Xiao Yan removed his disguise.
• Nalan Sheng accused Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan of conspiring to make him pay 50,000 gold coins for the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, and Xiao Yan tacitly accepted the accusation to protect his father.
• Nalan Sheng accused Xiao Yan of deliberately hiding his cultivation and pretending to be a useless failure instead of suffering from a strange illness.

Nalan Sheng convinced Xiao Yan that Yao Lao might have deliberately stunted his cultivation as a test, damaging their trust. After Xiao Yan left, Nalan Sheng spread the claim that Xiao Yan was a Second-Rank Alchemist, while Yao Lao tried to ease the growing distance between them by letting Xiao Yan take credit for his pills.

• Nalan Sheng told Xiao Yan that an alchemist had likely made him pretend to be a good-for-nothing to test his character, and Xiao Yan began to suspect Yao Lao had deliberately held back his cultivation.
• Xiao Yan collected forty-seven thousand five hundred gold coins from Ya Fei and left to confront his doubts about Yao Lao.
• Nalan Sheng dismissed Ya Fei's concerns about Xiao Yan's talent and praised Xiao Yi Xian's potential.
• Over the following days, Nalan Sheng spread the rumor that Xiao Yan was secretly a Second-Rank Alchemist, and sales of pills attributed to Xiao Yan convinced Wutan City.
• Yao Lao had refined the pills sold by the Xiao Clan and credited Xiao Yan, hoping to remove the barrier growing between them.

Nalan Sheng bought the Eight Spider Lances and used them to help Xiao Yi Xian control the excess toxins from her woeful poison body. After she reached one-star Dou Zhe, they set out for Black Rock City so Nalan Sheng could arrange poison-attribute cultivation methods and Dou Techniques for her.

• Jia Lie Bi and the others plotted to kill Xiao Yan, unaware that Yao Lao could use Possession to unleash Dou Wang-level power through him.
• Nalan Sheng bought the Eight Spider Lances and an A1-Rank Laser Gun from the System Shop.
• Xiao Yi Xian refined the Eight Spider Lances, transferring her excess toxins into them and making the colored line on her abdomen fade.
• Xiao Yi Xian broke through to one-star Dou Zhe after another half month of cultivation.
• Nalan Sheng and Xiao Yi Xian left for Black Rock City, where he planned to use the Nalan Family's intelligence network to find suitable poison-attribute techniques for her.

Nalan Sheng and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Black Rock City, explored its shops, and visited the Alchemist Guild. They met President Frank and Vice President Otto, and Frank asked Nalan Sheng what had brought him there.

• Nalan Sheng and Xiao Yi Xian entered Black Rock City after paying the gate fee and decided to stay overnight before traveling to the Imperial City.
• Nalan Sheng and Xiao Yi Xian booked rooms at the city's largest inn and bought useful goods while exploring its shops.
• Nalan Sheng told the Alchemist Guild guards that he had come on Clan Leader Nalan's orders to see President Frank, and the guards admitted him and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Nalan Sheng and Xiao Yi Xian met Fourth-Grade Alchemists Frank and Otto in the VIP Room.
• Frank welcomed Nalan Sheng and asked what had brought him to the Alchemist Guild.

Nalan Sheng asked Otto and Frank to help him find ice spirit cold spring, and Otto led him and Xiao Yi Xian to Gute, its rumored owner. Gute denied having any, leaving the requested trade unresolved.

• Nalan Sheng asked Frank and Otto to help him obtain ice spirit cold spring, offering the Nalan Family’s gratitude and saying money was no object.
• Otto warned Nalan Sheng not to mention Gu He to Gute and offered to take him to the treasure collector in Black Rock City.
• Otto led Nalan Sheng and Xiao Yi Xian through Gute’s trapped, cluttered building to the top floor.
• After Otto kicked down Gute’s door, Nalan Sheng greeted the old alchemist and asked to trade for his ice spirit cold spring.
• Gute denied having any ice spirit cold spring.

Nalan Sheng traded rare spirit medicines with Gute for Ice Spirit Cold Spring and several useful treasures, then left with Xiao Yi Xian for the Imperial City. The chapter ended as they bought Bird Tickets for an aerial transport flight.

• Otto exposed Gute's claim about obtaining Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and Nalan Sheng offered rare spirit medicines in exchange for it.
• Gute accepted Nalan Sheng's offer, giving him the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and receiving a rare spirit medicine; the system rewarded Nalan Sheng with 3,000 Villain Points.
• Gute traded more treasures to Nalan Sheng for additional spirit medicines, including Alchemist's Notes, Pill Recipes, Profound Rank Dou Techniques, poison-attribute materials, and two fifth-tier magic cores.
• Nalan Sheng thanked Otto for his help and left with Xiao Yi Xian, saying he needed to return urgently to the Imperial City.
• Nalan Sheng and Xiao Yi Xian reached the aerial transport square and bought two Bird Tickets.

Nalan Sheng returned to the Nalan Family with Xiao Yi Xian, who he said could cure Nalan Jie’s brand poison. Nalan Jie angrily attacked Sheng’er over helping Nalan Yanran break her engagement, but Nalan Su told him Xiao Yi Xian might save him.

• Nalan Sheng and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Jia Ma Holy City and went to the Nalan Mansion.
• Nalan Su confronted Nalan Sheng, then learned Xiao Yi Xian was his future daughter-in-law and could cure Nalan Jie’s brand poison.
• Nalan Su welcomed Xiao Yi Xian and led her and Nalan Sheng to see Nalan Jie.
• Nalan Jie sprang out of bed and swung his lion-headed cane at Nalan Sheng’s shins.
• Nalan Su restrained Nalan Jie and explained that Nalan Sheng had found a physician who could remove the brand poison.

Nalan Sheng revealed that Xiao Yi Xian had awakened the Woeful Poison Body and persuaded the Nalan family to support and protect her. Xiao Yi Xian removed all the Brand Poison from Nalan Jie, though she was left exhausted.

• Nalan Sheng told Nalan Jie and Nalan Su that Xiao Yi Xian had awakened the Woeful Poison Body and explained its potential to reach Dou Zong.
• Nalan Jie and Nalan Su confirmed Nalan Sheng had advanced to Six-Star Dou Zhe and praised him for obtaining an Ancient Dou Wang's inheritance.
• Nalan Jie warned everyone to keep Xiao Yi Xian's constitution secret, and Nalan Su agreed to find her poison-attribute cultivation methods and Dou Techniques.
• Nalan Sheng had Nalan Jie lie down and suppress his Dou Qi while Xiao Yi Xian used her Eight Spider Lances to devour the Brand Poison in his body.
• Nalan Sheng took the exhausted Xiao Yi Xian to rest, and Nalan Jie told Nalan Su that he felt wonderfully relieved.

Nalan Sheng settled Xiao Yi Xian in the Nalan Family residence, claimed the seven illusory azure spirit saliva, and bought a skill card that gave him wood attribute Dou Qi. He then tried refining Hemostatic Pills and successfully formed his first pill.

• Nalan Jie ordered Nalan Su to learn about Xiao Yi Xian's family and arrange her marriage to Nalan Sheng.
• Xiao Yi Xian chose a guest room in Nalan Sheng's residence and began secluded cultivation to refine the poison in her Eight Spider Lances.
• Nalan Sheng collected the seven illusory azure spirit saliva from the family treasury and received 5,000 villain points from the system.
• Nalan Sheng bought the Wood Release: Four-Pillar House Skill Card, then purchased a Medicine Cauldron and ingredients for over a hundred batches of Hemostatic Pills.
• Nalan Sheng extracted and combined the medicinal ingredients, overcame several failed batches, and formed a red Hemostatic Pill.

Nalan Sheng rapidly mastered first-rank pill refinement, passed the First-Rank Alchemist Assessment, and celebrated at the Nalan Mansion with Xiao Yi Xian, whose cultivation had surged. The banquet was drawing attention when Nalan Yanran arrived with a young second-rank alchemist.

• Nalan Sheng improved his Hemostatic Pill success rate, learned to refine five pills at once, and mastered five common first-rank pills.
• Nalan Sheng passed the First-Rank Alchemist Assessment, and Nalan Jie arranged a banquet to celebrate his achievement and reveal that his Brand Poison had been cleared.
• Nalan Jie concealed Xiao Yi Xian's woeful poison body and announced that she had used a Seventh-Rank Detoxification Pill to save him; he also arranged her engagement to Nalan Sheng.
• Xiao Yi Xian refined most of the Brand Poison in her Eight Spider Lances and advanced from One-Star Dou Zhe to Seven-Star Dou Zhe, shocking Nalan Jie.
• Nalan Yanran entered the banquet hall with a handsome young man wearing a second-rank alchemist's badge.

Nalan Sheng reunited with Nalan Yanran, Yao Yue, and Liu Ling, keeping his alchemy teacher’s identity secret while impressing the young alchemists with his skill. Later, he bought a Demon Slayer Instance Card and Treasure Snake Blood from the System Shop, leaving him ready to use the new items.

• Nalan Yanran greeted Nalan Sheng and warmly introduced herself to Xiao Yi Xian, whom she called her future sister-in-law.
• Yao Yue and Liu Ling questioned Nalan Sheng about his alchemy teacher, and he claimed that a secluded expert had forbidden him from revealing his identity.
• Nalan Sheng’s alchemy skills surprised Yao Yue and Liu Ling, who resolved to improve their own abilities.
• Several days later, Nalan Sheng spotted a Demon Slayer Instance Card and Treasure Snake Blood in the System Shop while accompanying Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran shopping.
• After returning home, Nalan Sheng spent 3,500 villain points on both items, and they appeared before him in a flash of white light.

After refining treasure snake blood, Nalan Sheng advanced to Eight-Star Dou Zhe and entered the Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils instance world to scout it safely. He flew toward a mountain settlement and arrived near a girl and a young man who had been buried up to their necks by attackers demanding an antidote.

• Nalan Sheng drank the treasure snake blood and refined its medicinal power, advancing from Six-Star Dou Zhe to Eight-Star Dou Zhe.
• Nalan Sheng chose the Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils instance over the more dangerous Demon Slayer world and activated its card.
• Nalan Sheng arrived in a dense forest, sensed that its natural energy was far weaker than that of the Dou Qi Continent, and flew toward nearby buildings using his Fire Cloud Wings.
• A goateed old man and his men attacked a blue-robed young man and a girl with twin ponytails, but the girl's poisonous Lightning Marten wounded several attackers.
• The attackers buried the girl and the young man alive up to their necks, and the old man demanded the marten's poison antidote in exchange for sparing them.

Nalan Sheng arrived at Mount Wuliang, rescued Zhong Ling and Duan Yu, and took Zhong Ling to the Wuliang Jade Cliff. After killing a Shennong Gang elder who demanded an antidote, Nalan Sheng kicked Duan Yu off the cliff, leaving Zhong Ling demanding an explanation.

• Nalan Sheng emerged from a fireball on Mount Wuliang and learned from Zhong Ling that the Shennong Gang had attacked the Wuliang Sword Sect and buried her and Duan Yu.
• Nalan Sheng summoned Shadow Ninjas to dig Zhong Ling and Duan Yu out, then agreed to let Zhong Ling guide him to the Wuliang Jade Cliff.
• A Shennong Gang elder demanded an antidote for the Lightning Marten's poison, and Nalan Sheng shot him dead when he pressed Zhong Ling to take them to her father.
• Zhong Ling led Nalan Sheng and Duan Yu to the Wuliang Jade Cliff, where Nalan Sheng revealed that treasure lay beneath it.
• Nalan Sheng kicked Duan Yu off the cliff and earned 20 Villain Points, while Zhong Ling demanded to know why he had done it.

Nalan Sheng took Zhong Ling and Duan Yu into the valley beneath the cliff, where his Shadow Ninjas found a hidden cave dwelling. He claimed the Northern Darkness Divine Skill and Lingbo Steps from the jade statue’s cushions, earning Villain Points.

• Nalan Sheng carried Zhong Ling down the cliff and found Duan Yu struggling in the lake below.
• Nalan Sheng sent his Shadow Ninjas to search the valley, and one found a cave hidden behind a boulder.
• Nalan Sheng entered the cave and discovered a jade statue and two meditation cushions containing a silk bundle.
• Nalan Sheng opened the bundle and took the silk scroll with the Northern Darkness Divine Skill and Lingbo Steps.
• The system awarded Nalan Sheng 3,000 Villain Points for the Northern Darkness Divine Skill and 1,000 for Lingbo Steps.

Nalan Sheng took Duan Yu’s jade statue of his Divine Sister, left Langhuan Blessed Land, and followed two men to a courtyard where Mu Wanqing was fighting her way out. The chapter ended as Mu Wanqing rode from the courtyard and the surrounding martial artists tried to stop her.

• Nalan Sheng took the jade statue from Duan Yu, slapped him when he challenged him, and left with Zhong Ling and Duan Yu behind.
• Zhong Ling blamed Duan Yu for angering Nalan Sheng and left him in the stone chamber, where he discovered the name Qiushui in an inscription.
• Nalan Sheng overheard two men at a tea stall discussing a woman they called a filthy bitch and suspected they meant Mu Wanqing.
• Nalan Sheng followed the men to a courtyard surrounded by martial artists and heard a fight break out inside.
• Mu Wanqing rode from the courtyard on a black horse as the martial artists shouted for someone to stop her.

Nalan Sheng saved Mu Wanqing from the South Sea Crocodile God and killed him with a gun. After removing Mu Wanqing’s veil, he learned of her oath that the first man to see her face must either die or marry her, and agreed to marry her.

• Nalan Sheng followed Mu Wanqing to a stream, where Yue the Second attacked her with his Crocodile Scissors.
• Nalan Sheng pulled Mu Wanqing away from Yue the Second’s fatal strike and shot him dead with his Desert Eagle.
• Nalan Sheng removed Mu Wanqing’s veil and praised her beauty, and Mu Wanqing asked if he would marry her.
• Mu Wanqing explained that her oath required her to kill the first man to see her unveiled face or make him her husband.
• Nalan Sheng agreed to marry Mu Wanqing and take responsibility for seeing her face.

Nalan Sheng married Mu Wanqing and spent the night with her in a wooden house he created, while a Shadow Ninja stole the Manggu Vermilion Toad from Duan Yu. After refining the toad and gaining limited poison immunity, Nalan Sheng sent five Water Clones to kill the people searching for Mu Wanqing.

• Nalan Sheng created a wooden house with Wood Release and brought Mu Wanqing inside, where they became intimate.
• Duan Yu encountered the Manggu Vermilion Toad, but a Shadow Ninja emerged from his shadow and captured it before it could poison him.
• The Shadow Ninja returned with the toad, and Nalan Sheng swallowed and refined it, earning Villain Points and gaining immunity to poisons no stronger than its venom.
• Granny Rui and her followers arrived searching for Mu Wanqing, so Nalan Sheng summoned five Water Clones and ordered them to kill everyone.

After Nalan Sheng protected Mu Wanqing from her pursuers, he gave her the Northern Darkness Divine Skill and Lingbo Steps to help her defend herself. Once she learned the first diagram of the Northern Darkness Divine Skill, he took her to Myriad Calamities Valley to absorb the internal energy of the Three Great Evildoers.

• Nalan Sheng’s Water Clones slaughtered the Mandala Manor servants pursuing Mu Wanqing, and Shadow Ninjas guarded the cabin while the couple rested.
• The next day, Nalan Sheng brought Mu Wanqing nourishing meat porridge and told her he had killed her pursuers to keep them from disturbing her.
• Nalan Sheng gave Mu Wanqing manuals for the Northern Darkness Divine Skill and Lingbo Steps, and she began studying them.
• After several days, Mu Wanqing mastered the first diagram of the Northern Darkness Divine Skill and learned to absorb internal energy through her hands.
• Nalan Sheng took Mu Wanqing to Myriad Calamities Valley, where the Three Great Evildoers were gathered and could serve as targets for her cultivation.