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