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Jian Lan & Cuocuo - List of most relevant chapters

Note: This is not every chapter with either of them (Cuocuo especially has small appearances in a lot of chapters), but it should be all the ones where either of them made a prominent appearance. Please do message me if I missed something.

Chapter numbers from Seven Seas edition.

Chapter 13 (Xie Lian sent undercover to Ghost City)

  • Xie Lian is accosted by Lan Chang on the street

Chapter 34 (Build up to war with Yong'an)

  • Jian Lan appears at the anti-Yong'an protest and Xianle trio discuss her a little
  • Mu Qing gives info on her background

Chapters 43-47 (Fetus spirit arc)

  • Discussion of fetus spirits' origins and abilities
  • Xie Lian catches Cuocuo in a dream to stop him killing a merchant's concubines; the dream seems to reflect Cuocuo's psyche and possibly shows the room where Jian Lan died
  • Lan Chang is caught by Hualian when trying to smuggle Cuocuo out of Paradise Manor
  • Xie Lian discovers she has a golden belt and takes her to heaven to find who gave it to her; she accuses everyone of being Cuocuo's father

Chapters 74-76 (The shady inn)

  • Fu Yao is traveling with a captive Lan Chang and Cuocuo (probably trying to take them back to heaven)
  • Xie Lian sees her without makeup for the first time
  • Her identity as Jian Lan is discovered by Qi Rong and he recounts the palace gossip about her
  • Feng Xin shows up, tries to catch Jian Lan and Cuocuo and then realises their identities; she tells him to leave her alone and runs away

Chapter 96 (First banishment)

  • Xie Lian and Feng Xin are dragged to a brothel after causing trouble busking
  • Later there are some hints that Feng Xin has been spending time with Jian Lan

Chapter 111 (After the first Mt Tonglu)

  • Mu Qing has Jian Lan and Cuocuo (who have been captured again) brought out to the Palace of Divine Might to testify his innocence
  • He also accuses Feng Xin of influencing them to slander him and they get in a fight, which Cuocuo laughs at

Chapter 112 (Jun Wu's villain reveal)

  • Cuocuo is revealed as Jun Wu's minion, at the same time as Ling Wen, the Brocade Immortal, etc.

Chapters 115-116 (during Jun Wu's putting heaven under house arrest)

  • Cuocuo has free roam of the Heavenly Capital and leads Jian Lan to Feng Xin
  • Cuocuo throws one of Rain Master's radishes at Feng Xin
  • Feng Xin gets angry at Cuocuo for attacking him and for preferring Jun Wu over him
  • Jian Lan & Feng Xin talk about the past, she explains why she left him
  • He says he still wants to take care of the two of them but she refuses
  • Hua Cheng points out to Xie Lian that that Jun Wu sent Cuocuo to sing the nursery rhyme during the Ghost Bride case at Mount Yujun

Chapters 128-130 (final battle with Jun Wu)

  • Cuocuo shows up to defend Jun Wu
  • Cuocuo cheers at the sight of Feng Xin getting beaten but braves the lava spirits to save him from death
  • Feng Xin also saves Cuocuo in return and calls him by name for the first time; Cuocuo perches on his shoulder and cheers
  • Cuocuo still shows concern for Jun Wu after his defeat

Chapter 131 (after Jun Wu's defeat)

  • Xie Lian catches Jian Lan sneaking away
  • she reminisces more positively about Feng Xin and explains why she isn't going back to him
  • Xie Lian says that Cuocuo's grudge has already started to be purified, and gives her a new protection charm in case she ever needs help keeping him under control