Chapter Summaries

Si Ming discovered that Xie Xiaomei’s fear of Auntie Liu came from being abused by her own mother, who had resented her for being a girl. He and Liu Qingqing were left unsure how to help her face the trauma, and Si Ming wondered whether they could only keep her away from Auntie Liu.

• Si Ming ran into Auntie Liu, who asked him to finish the Official History Arc manuscripts faster, while Liu Qingqing hurried upstairs.
• Si Ming found Xie Xiaomei hiding in a wardrobe and tried to reassure her that Auntie Liu was not dangerous.
• Xie Xiaomei revealed that she wished she had no mother, and Liu Qingqing explained that Xiaomei’s mother had scolded and beaten her because she had not given birth to a son.
• Liu Qingqing regained control of her body after Xie Xiaomei withdrew deep into her consciousness, and Si Ming concluded that her trauma could not be quickly fixed through avoidance alone.

Si Ming and Liu Qingqing enlisted Auntie Liu to help Xie Xiaomei overcome her fear of mothers. After learning that fulfilling Xie Xiaomei’s wish could boost Qingqing’s cultivation, Auntie Liu agreed, and Xie Xiaomei took control of Qingqing’s body, trembling under Auntie Liu’s scrutiny.

• Liu Qingqing asked Si Ming to help Xie Xiaomei learn that a mother did not have to be frightening, and Si Ming reluctantly agreed to confront her trauma.
• Auntie Liu mistook Liu Qingqing and Si Ming’s serious talk for a pregnancy announcement and began discussing their engagement.
• Si Ming explained that Xie Xiaomei’s soul inhabited Qingqing’s body and that they wanted Auntie Liu to help heal her fear of her abusive mother.
• Auntie Liu initially suggested exorcising Xie Xiaomei, but changed her mind after Si Ming explained that helping her would advance Qingqing’s cultivation.
• Liu Qingqing switched places with Xie Xiaomei, who emerged frightened and trembled as Auntie Liu watched her.

Si Ming helped Auntie Liu approach the frightened Xie Xiaomei more gently, and the two gradually grew comfortable with each other over a meal. Auntie Liu invited Xie Xiaomei to a movie, and Si Ming went along to keep her company.

• Auntie Liu’s smile frightened Xie Xiaomei, so Si Ming advised her to act more naturally.
• Si Ming found Xie Xiaomei hiding under the covers and, with Liu Qingqing’s help, coaxed her downstairs.
• Auntie Liu introduced herself and served Xie Xiaomei chicken cutlets and sour plum soup, helping the girl feel less afraid.
• Auntie Liu invited Xie Xiaomei to see a movie, and Xie Xiaomei agreed after Si Ming explained what a movie was.
• Si Ming accompanied Auntie Liu and Xie Xiaomei to the movie, intending to make sure Xie Xiaomei felt safe.

Si Ming accompanied Xie Xiaomei and Auntie Liu to a film and dinner, and Xie Xiaomei discovered how kind an ordinary mother could be. After Si Ming returned to the orphanage, Hongdou insisted that he complete a marriage compatibility form for her.

• Si Ming watched "Spirit Transformation Grandmasters Battle a Million Zombies" with Xie Xiaomei and Auntie Liu, enjoying its spectacular fights despite the audience's complaints.
• Xie Xiaomei eagerly praised the film, and Auntie Liu took her and Si Ming to dinner at Jade Forest House.
• After dinner, Auntie Liu offered Si Ming a place to stay, but he declined and promised to return the next morning.
• Xie Xiaomei told Si Ming that Auntie Liu's ordinary kindness had made their meal feel peaceful and had frightened her because she had never experienced it before.
• Si Ming returned to the orphanage, where Hongdou demanded that he write her name on his marriage compatibility form and complained that Xiao Ying had beaten her to it.

Si Ming watched Auntie Liu grow close to Xie Xiaomei as she braided her hair and explained that she wanted to make up for neglecting Liu Qingqing when she was young. The next day, Si Ming and Xie Xiaomei arrived at an abandoned factory to play at catching criminals, with Liu Qingqing complaining that Si Ming had dragged her along.

• Si Ming told Hongdou he could put her name after Yu Shuying's, and Hongdou agreed so Yu Shuying would not be upset.
• Si Ming visited Liu Qingqing's home and saw Auntie Liu patiently care for a sleepy Xie Xiaomei.
• Auntie Liu told Xie Xiaomei she reminded her of Liu Qingqing as a child and admitted she wanted to make up for neglecting her daughter.
• Auntie Liu braided Xie Xiaomei's hair, and Xie Xiaomei fell asleep against her chest.
• Si Ming and Xie Xiaomei went to an abandoned factory to play at catching criminals, while Liu Qingqing objected to being brought along.

Si Ming, Ying Zhou, and Xie Xiaomei raided a factory to arrest illegal merchants, expecting a dangerous criminal deal. They captured seven sellers of uncensored porn discs, and Si Ming hurried to keep Xie Xiaomei from seeing the covers.

• Ying Zhou agreed to join the raid after Si Ming persuaded him to take a break from cultivation, and Si Ming reminded him to wear a mask and avoid seriously injuring anyone.
• Si Ming, Ying Zhou, and Xie Xiaomei burst into the factory with dramatic entrances, where the merchants attacked them with a thunderbolt bomb.
• Ying Zhou fought through the criminals while Xie Xiaomei stopped one from escaping, and Si Ming helped her subdue him.
• Si Ming tied up all seven criminals and opened their transaction boxes, revealing that they contained uncensored porn discs rather than drugs.
• Xie Xiaomei asked Si Ming about a disc cover, and he told her that children should not look at the discs and called for Qingqing to take over the body.

Si Ming teased Ying Zhou about the discs they had found, then brought Xie Xiaomei home to Liu Qingqing’s apartment and talked with her about Liu Qingqing’s mother. The chapter ended with Si Ming waking Liu Qingqing from her rabbit form so she could answer Xie Xiaomei herself.

• Si Ming joked with Ying Zhou and Liu Qingqing about whether they should watch the discs, and Ying Zhou fled in embarrassment.
• On the way home, Xie Xiaomei asked Si Ming questions about the discs, and he was glad to see her acting more lively.
• At Liu Qingqing’s apartment, Xie Xiaomei searched for Auntie Liu and was disappointed that she was still away at work.
• Before bed, Xie Xiaomei asked Si Ming why Auntie Liu treated her so gently, and Si Ming explained how stern she had once been with Liu Qingqing.
• Si Ming wondered whether Auntie Liu was using Xie Xiaomei as a bridge to become gentler with her daughter, then transformed Liu Qingqing from a rabbit into human form.

Si Ming and Liu Qingqing comforted Xie Xiaomei before watching a love-action film about a female divine constable. Si Ming became absorbed in its crime plot, and the chapter ended with him discovering that Beneath the Eastern Fence had directed, written, and produced it.

• Xie Xiaomei asked whether a mother was supposed to make her child afraid, and Si Ming reassured her before she fell asleep.
• Si Ming and Liu Qingqing left Xie Xiaomei's room and joked about his protective feelings toward her.
• Liu Qingqing brought out a disc called The Female Divine Constable's Tale of Woe, and Si Ming agreed to watch it with her.
• Si Ming followed the heroine's investigation into stolen disaster-relief silver and her efforts to recover it from Flying Sword Manor.
• Si Ming watched the heroine get framed and imprisoned, then became engrossed in how she would turn the situation around.
• After the film ended, Si Ming praised its plot and learned that Beneath the Eastern Fence had directed, written, and produced it.

After watching a wuxia film with Liu Qingqing, Si Ming promised Auntie Liu he would put Liu Qingqing's name on his marriage compatibility form. Liu Qingqing admitted she preferred relying on someone she trusted, and Si Ming reassured her before joking that he wanted both her and Murong Qing.

• Si Ming and Liu Qingqing watched The Female Divine Constable's Tale of Woe, while Auntie Liu arrived and asked Si Ming about his intentions toward her daughter.
• Si Ming promised Auntie Liu he would put Liu Qingqing's name on his marriage compatibility form, and Liu Qingqing said she agreed with him taking the initiative.
• Liu Qingqing explained that she followed her mother's wishes and preferred being a vine who relied on a strong tree, rather than an independent kapok tree.
• Si Ming told Liu Qingqing that neither way of living was inherently right or wrong, and joked that he would grow strong enough to support her.
• Liu Qingqing wrapped Si Ming in tentacles and asked whether he preferred her or Murong Qing; Si Ming declared that he wanted both.
• Auntie Liu came back downstairs and found Si Ming still at her house.

Si Ming and Liu Qingqing spent the day with Xie Xiaomei, whose bond with Auntie Liu had grown closer, until a late-night episode left Xie Xiaomei crying after brief signs of Vengeful Transformation. Si Ming rushed to help but realized his planned technique could not be used on the Sea Continent, leaving him with no clear solution.

• Auntie Liu left for an overnight shift, and Liu Qingqing told Si Ming she felt moved by seeing her mother care for Xie Xiaomei.
• Si Ming took Xie Xiaomei to patrol and visit the zoo, then returned to the orphanage after dinner.
• A late-night call told Si Ming that something had happened to Xie Xiaomei, and he raced to Liu Qingqing's home.
• Liu Qingqing explained that Xie Xiaomei's eyes had briefly glowed red and wounds had appeared and healed, but Xie Xiaomei now sat crying and would not respond.
• Si Ming tried to use a technique to treat Xie Xiaomei, then remembered it could not work on the Sea Continent and asked whether Liu Qingqing had tried pulling her hands away.

Si Ming and Liu Qingqing helped Xie Xiaomei vent the hostility behind her Vengeful Transformation, and she regained control of herself. After she shared a painful memory of her mother abusing her, they comforted her until she fell asleep again, and she slept safely until noon.

• Si Ming decided to make Xie Xiaomei attack him so she could release her hostility, but Liu Qingqing took her place to protect his body from injury.
• Liu Qingqing let Xie Xiaomei scratch her until the attacks weakened and stopped, and Xie Xiaomei said she was all right.
• Xie Xiaomei told Si Ming that she had dreamed of her mother hitting her and calling her noisy, then cried as Si Ming comforted her.
• Xie Xiaomei asked to hold Si Ming and Liu Qingqing’s hands so she could feel safe, and she fell asleep again.
• Si Ming and Liu Qingqing discussed Xie Xiaomei’s past suffering and her growing hope for the future, then took turns watching over her until she woke at noon.

After returning from the animal visit, Xie Xiaomei spent time with Auntie Liu while Si Ming revealed that she probably had only a day or two left. Si Ming then took Xie Xiaomei and Ying Zhou to confront a child-trafficking gang, using information from Yu Shuying’s Azure Flood Dragon Gang.

• Auntie Liu returned with lunch and dessert, and Xie Xiaomei helped serve the meal and wash the dishes while everyone avoided discussing the previous night.
• Auntie Liu quietly asked Si Ming whether Xie Xiaomei could stay, and Si Ming said she probably had only a day or two left.
• Xie Xiaomei worried that Auntie Liu was exhausted, and Si Ming invited her to go out and uphold justice.
• Si Ming brought Ying Zhou along to target a child-trafficking gang, and Ying Zhou agreed after Si Ming promised to cover for him if he crippled the criminals.
• Si Ming identified the Wanchang Inn as a place where the gang’s members stayed while moving victims and said Yu Shuying’s Azure Flood Dragon Gang had supplied the information.

Si Ming, Ying Zhou, and Xie Xiaomei entered an inn to draw out a criminal gang without revealing their official identities. After Ying Zhou provoked the owner and summoned six armed men, Si Ming prepared to confront them and identify the gang while keeping the children safe.

• Si Ming bought Ying Zhou cigarettes so he could pose as a tough delinquent, but Ying Zhou choked on his first drag.
• Si Ming, Ying Zhou, and Xie Xiaomei asked the inn owner for room 308, and Ying Zhou loudly insisted on taking it despite the owner's objections.
• Ying Zhou slapped the owner twice after the man accused them of coming to cause trouble and threatened to call the Mohist Knight Guard.
• The owner called for help, and six fierce-looking men came downstairs.
• Si Ming intended to use the confrontation to expose the criminal gang while preventing its members from taking the children hostage.

Ying Zhou, Si Ming, and Xie Xiaomei uncovered a child-trafficking operation at an inn and fought the criminals after Liu Qingqing found the children. The scar-faced leader tried to flee, but someone dragged him back inside.

• Liu Qingqing told the group they had found all the children, revealing that Ying Zhou had used a ruse to distract the criminals.
• The scar-faced leader ordered his men to attack, and Ying Zhou crippled four opponents with his martial arts.
• The scar-faced man attacked Xie Xiaomei, but Si Ming protected her, defeated him, and knocked the inn owner down.
• Ying Zhou said that fighting bad people was a meritorious deed, and Si Ming told him not to scare Xie Xiaomei.
• The scar-faced man broke free from the counter and fled, but a red blur caught him outside and dragged him back.

Si Ming, Liu Qingqing, and Xie Xiaomei rescued kidnapped children and turned the traffickers over to the police. Xie Xiaomei realized she had found happiness and the meaning of living, bringing her wish—and her life—close to its end, while Si Ming struggled with whether helping her had been right.

• Liu Qingqing stopped the scarred trafficker as Si Ming freed the bruised children from the rooms upstairs.
• Xie Xiaomei challenged the traffickers about the harm they had caused, and the scarred man fell silent after she said his child would be glad not to know his crimes.
• Si Ming and his companions handed the children to the police, and Si Ming walked Xie Xiaomei and Liu Qingqing home.
• Xie Xiaomei admitted she was afraid because she had only one day left, then said she had learned that living happily was wonderful as starlight appeared around her.
• Si Ming told Liu Qingqing that Xie Xiaomei's wish had been to understand the meaning of living and questioned whether fulfilling it had doomed her.
• Liu Qingqing said they could not turn back, and Si Ming resolved to keep going rather than regret not acting.

Si Ming and Liu Qingqing watched Auntie Liu and Xie Xiaomei face their approaching farewell with warmth, while Xie Xiaomei tried to memorize Si Ming before her time ran out. The next morning, Xie Xiaomei asked to visit the rescued children, and Si Ming took her to the police station, where most of them were still waiting for their parents.

• At dinner, Xie Xiaomei excitedly told Auntie Liu about catching the traffickers, and the two shared a cheerful moment despite knowing Xie Xiaomei's life was nearing its end.
• Si Ming found Liu Qingqing grieving and told her that some farewells could make it possible to meet again in a better way.
• That night, Si Ming stayed at Liu Qingqing's home to watch over Xie Xiaomei.
• The next morning, Xie Xiaomei studied and touched Si Ming's face, then vowed not to forget the memories she had made in her final days.
• After Auntie Liu caught Xie Xiaomei sitting astride Si Ming, the three ate breakfast, and Xie Xiaomei asked to see the rescued children.
• Si Ming brought Xie Xiaomei to the police station, where most of the rescued children were still waiting for their families and two sets of parents reunited with their children.

After rescuing two abducted children, Si Ming and Liu Qingqing returned home with Xie Xiaomei, whose true departure had begun. Xie Xiaomei spent her last moments with Auntie Liu, called her Mom, and died in her embrace.

• The rescued children’s parents thanked Si Ming and the others, but Si Ming refused their offers of money.
• Xie Xiaomei said she was relieved the children had loving parents, and Si Ming reflected that fortune and misfortune were intertwined.
• At home, Xie Xiaomei said she was glad she had died and met her new family, then began to vanish in starlight.
• Xie Xiaomei asked to see Auntie Liu one last time and asked her to comb her hair.
• Xie Xiaomei called Auntie Liu Mom and died peacefully in her embrace as Auntie Liu wept and continued combing her hair.

Si Ming fought the Anye Beast King atop Righteous Qi Peak, but the Beast King countered Si Ming’s ultimate technique with Sword Qi he had concealed inside himself and shattered his defenses. As the Beast King prepared another attack, Si Ming revealed he had identified the counter and was no longer worried.

• Si Ming’s “All Evils Fall Silent, All Wickedness Perishes” failed when the Anye Beast King unleashed hidden Sword Qi, then the Beast King broke the Myriad Tribulations Mystic Light Array and destroyed the summit of Righteous Qi Peak.
• Wan Yebai sealed Wan Ziling’s movements to stop her from rushing to Si Ming’s aid, explaining that she would only become a burden in the fight.
• Wan Yebai described how the Anye Beast King had killed Xilai, absorbed the Purple-Pupiled Spirit King’s cultivation, and destroyed the Glazed Temple.
• Duanmu Die revealed that Si Ming had condensed the No Slaughter Sacred Seal after training with the Ten Thousand Slaughters Primordial Art, and said he would win.
• The Anye Beast King admitted he had hidden a Sword Qi strike from their previous battle inside himself to counter Si Ming’s ultimate technique.
• Si Ming accused the Anye Beast King of sparing the Evil-Slaying Sword School only because he did not see them as a threat, then said he could rest easy now that he knew the Beast King’s trump card.

After defeating the Anye Beast King, Si Ming recovered from his injuries and spoke with Wan Ziling and Duanmu Die. He then finished writing the Official History Arc of his Three Kingdoms novel and handed the manuscript to Auntie Liu.

• Si Ming trapped the defeated Anye Beast King inside the Monster-Slaying Sword, but fell with the collapsing Righteous Qi Peak.
• Duanmu Die sent Xiaomei to rescue Si Ming, and Si Ming gave Duanmu Die the sword to take away.
• Si Ming teased Duanmu Die about Xiaomei looking familiar, then tried to placate the jealous Wan Ziling by reminding her he intended to propose.
• Si Ming finished a 280,000-character Official History Arc in seven days and handed the manuscript to Auntie Liu.
• Auntie Liu checked the manuscript and praised its quality, while Si Ming explained that his martial arts speed and familiarity with Three Kingdoms stories had helped him write it.

Si Ming sparred with Liu Qingqing and tested the power of her Five Elements Spirit-Refining Formula and Blood Spirit Clone. After seeing how strong the clone had become, they continued cultivating before catching their afternoon train back for school.

• Auntie Liu learned that Si Ming might receive missions from the Mohist Knight Guard and urged him to stay safe, then asked when he and Liu Qingqing would have a child.
• Si Ming found Liu Qingqing practicing the Five Elements Spirit-Refining Fist and sparred with her, trading techniques until she split his earth wall with the Golden Spear and Iron Horse Slash.
• Liu Qingqing explained that the Five Elements Spirit-Refining Formula balanced the body's five elements and strengthened both her spirit and body.
• Liu Qingqing summoned her Blood Spirit Clone, and Si Ming discovered that it could overpower him with brute strength while rapidly regenerating its injuries.
• Si Ming and Liu Qingqing resumed cultivating so they could catch the afternoon train and return before school started.