Recaps

Nan Xunran found the Nine Heavens Soulfall Bracelet and bound it to himself, freeing the sentient treasure from its former connection to Xiao Xueyin. The bracelet called him Master, while its future nature and form remained undecided.

• Nan Xunran struck Xiao Xueyin, leaving her unconscious but alive.
• Nan Xunran discovered the Nine Heavens Soulfall Bracelet in the pool and learned it could withstand and rebound three fatal attacks.
• Nan Xunran took the bracelet despite its resistance and snapped the thread connecting it to Xiao Xueyin.
• Nan Xunran bound the bracelet with a drop of blood, causing the ball of thread to merge into it and declare that it was finally free.
• The bracelet floated toward Nan Xunran’s wrist and called him Master.

Nan Xunran created a physical body for the jade bracelet, which chose to divide its power and reset its self-awareness despite the cost. The newly embodied bracelet emerged as a small child and ran toward Nan Xunran, wailing.

• The jade bracelet told Nan Xunran it could leave the wasteland only by following him, and said it possessed Immortal Emperor Realm cultivation.
• Nan Xunran offered to create a physical body for the bracelet, explaining that its self-awareness would reset to zero and begin again from childhood.
• The jade bracelet eagerly accepted the consequences so it could gain freedom, and Nan Xunran began creating its body.
• Nan Xunran formed a faceless figure and told the jade bracelet to enter it, explaining that its appearance would follow its consciousness.
• The bracelet's energy surged into the figure, which shrank to a child's size as a gale swept through the area.
• The rain-soaked child wailed, then ran toward Nan Xunran.

Nan Xunran healed the boy who had transformed from his jade bracelet, and the boy became convinced Nan Xunran was his father. Nan Xunran named him Jue but still refused to accept the title as Jue pleaded with him not to abandon him.

• The jade bracelet transformed into a little boy, and Nan Xunran cleaned him with a wave of light.
• The boy clung to Nan Xunran and called him Father, while the System Light Orb explained that their bond made him trust Nan Xunran most.
• Nan Xunran denied being the boy’s father, and the boy cried and showed him his injured hand.
• Nan Xunran healed the wound, and the boy praised him before saying he did not have a name.
• Nan Xunran named the boy Jue and told him not to call him Father, but Jue asked whether Nan Xunran no longer wanted him.

Nan Xunran ordered Jue to kill Xiao Xueyin, then left with him through a portal. In the Wasteland, Wei Yan saw Jue call Nan Xunran “Father” and was left stunned.

• Nan Xunran asked Jue whether he could take a female form, and Jue explained that he was an artifact who had never been male or female.
• Nan Xunran told Jue to kill the unconscious Xiao Xueyin, and Jue crushed her with a giant palm.
• The system announced Xiao Xueyin's death, reduced Nan Xunran's Heaven's Mandate Points to zero, and awarded him 145,080 Kill Points.
• Jue clung to Nan Xunran's sleeve, opened a door, and followed him through it.
• Nan Xunran and Jue emerged in the Wasteland, where Wei Yan saw Jue call him Father and froze in shock.

Wei Yan learned that Jue was a supreme treasure who could transform into a child, then tried to persuade him to call her mother. Jue accepted a spirit fruit in exchange for keeping her secret and returned to Nan Xunran's side.

• Nan Xunran told Wei Yan that Jue was a supreme treasure in human form.
• Jue transformed into a little girl and told Wei Yan that she was not human.
• Wei Yan coaxed Jue to come closer and secretly asked her to call her mother.
• Wei Yan covered Jue's mouth and offered her food to keep her from telling Nan Xunran.
• Wei Yan gave Jue a spirit fruit, and he transformed back into a boy and offered it to Nan Xunran.
• Jue ate the fruit and pressed close to Nan Xunran as Wei Yan stroked his head.

After returning to the Xiao Family, Wei Yan ordered the slaughter of everyone in the clan to eliminate any threat to Nan Xunran and herself. As the Following Wind Guards activated a dark red formation, several people appeared from its pillar of light, confused to find themselves back at the clan.

• Jue nervously listened as Nan Xunran agreed to take him back to the Nan Clan.
• The Xiao Family patriarch asked Wei Yan where Xiao Xueyin was, and Wei Yan told him she was dead.
• Wei Yan ordered the Following Wind Guards to kill everyone in the Xiao Family, blaming the clan for failing to discipline Xiao Chen and Xiao Xueyin.
• The Xiao Family patriarch pleaded for mercy, but Wei Yan refused and said the Xiao Family would be wiped out.
• The Following Wind Guards trapped the clan in a formation and activated a dark red formation that sent several people falling from a pillar of light.
• One of the newcomers recognized the Xiao Family patriarch and asked how he had returned to the clan.

Wei Yan ordered the Following Wind Guards to kill the Xiao Family members and personally killed the Xiao Family patriarch. The Guards used the blood pool and formation to imprison and destroy the family’s souls, while the patriarch died staring at the scene, unable to rest in peace.

• The Xiao Family members returned unexpectedly from the secret realm, and Wei Yan ordered the Following Wind Guards to kill them.
• The Xiao Family patriarch tried to flee, but Wei Yan appeared before him and stabbed and severed him.
• Wei Yan told the dying patriarch that the Lower Realm’s strongest cultivators only matched ancient prodigies of the Upper Realm.
• The Following Wind Guards turned the Xiao Family’s remains into ash and drew their souls into a blood pool, where the formation destroyed them.
• The Xiao Family patriarch died with his eyes open, his face still marked by unwillingness.

Wei Yan and the Following Wind Guards wiped out the Xiao Family, while Nan Xunran brought Jue to the Nan Clan and explained his unusual nature to Nan Xiao. At the Exotic Beast Hall, Nan Xiaoxiao rampaged in dragon form as the elders waited for Nan Xunran to arrive.

• Wei Yan watched the blood pool vanish after the Xiao Family members’ souls disappeared, then left as the Following Wind Guards hid underground.
• Nan Xiao mistook Jue for Nan Xunran’s son, but Jue explained that his true body was the jade bangle on his wrist.
• Nan Xunran told Nan Xiao Jue’s story and said he would settle him in the Exotic Beast Hall, where Nan Xiao suggested he could play with Nan Xiaoxiao.
• Nan Xiaoxiao transformed into a dragon and caused a storm of snow and falling ice at the Exotic Beast Hall.
• The elders called for Nan Xunran to come help because they could not bring themselves to hurt or subdue Nan Xiaoxiao.

Nan Xunran returned with Jue, whom Nan Xiaoxiao immediately challenged after learning he was an artifact. Their argument escalated into a fight, and Jue's pressure caused the snowy mountain to collapse.

• The elders greeted Nan Xunran as he arrived with Jue, while Nan Xiaoxiao rushed over to welcome her master.
• Nan Xiaoxiao and Jue introduced themselves, and Jue insisted that he was Nan Jue.
• Jue explained that he was an artifact who had taken human form because of Big Brother.
• Nan Xiaoxiao asked whether she could use Jue, and he angrily refused.
• Nan Xiaoxiao and Jue challenged each other to fight, forcing the elders to pull them apart.
• Jue's pressure spread, and the snowy mountain crumbled completely.

Nan Xunran stopped Nan Xiaoxiao and Jue from fighting and urged them to get along. After Jue transformed into a girl to cheer Nan Xiaoxiao, she asked Nan Xunran to play with her, and he agreed.

• Nan Xunran ordered Nan Xiaoxiao and Jue to stop, and they hurried to his side, each clutching his robe.
• Nan Xunran told them to get along, but Nan Xiaoxiao said she wanted him to play with her.
• Jue transformed into a girl, distracting Nan Xiaoxiao and easing their quarrel.
• Nan Xiaoxiao caught Nan Xunran as he began to move away and pleaded for him to stay; he agreed to play with her.
• The elders watched Nan Xiaoxiao cling happily to Nan Xunran and lamented how differently she treated them.

Jue restored the snowy mountain and asked whether he could visit Nan Xunran, while Nan Xiaoxiao tried to make peace with him over their shared longing to see their master. Nan Xunran responded to their show of friendship by conjuring a swing, and Nan Xiaoxiao hugged him happily.

• Jue restored the shattered ice and snow on the mountain, drawing Nan Xiaoxiao's praise.
• Jue asked Nan Xunran if he could visit him, and Nan Xiaoxiao explained that they might still rarely see him because he was often absent.
• Nan Xiaoxiao and Jue agreed to get along and playfully settled on calling each other little sister and big brother.
• Nan Xiaoxiao and Jue clasped hands to show Nan Xunran they had made peace, and he conjured a swing for them.
• Nan Xiaoxiao hugged Nan Xunran's leg and told him she liked him very much.

Nan Xunran left Nan Xiaoxiao and Jue playing at the Exotic Beast Hall and returned to Divine Son Hall, where the system identified Mo Xiyuan as a game player with Infinite Revival. Mo Xiyuan arrived to introduce herself to him.

• Nan Xunran told the elders at the Exotic Beast Hall to play with Nan Xiaoxiao and Jue before leaving.
• The system informed Nan Xunran that Mo Xiyuan, a Saintess of the Golden Flame Palace, was a game player with Infinite Revival and 4,800 Heaven's Mandate Points.
• Nan Xunran asked the system about Mo Xiyuan's game and learned that she could revive after death and needed little rest.
• Mo Xiyuan entered Divine Son Hall and introduced herself to Nan Xunran as the Saintess of the Golden Flame Palace.

Mo Xiyuan told Nan Xunran that her father, the Golden Flame Palace Master, had been gravely injured in an ambush by her younger brother and several elders, and asked to stay with the Nan Clan. After meeting Nan Xunran and becoming flustered by his beauty, she introduced herself, and he asked why she had come.

• Mo Xiyuan told Nan Xunran that her father had come to the Nan Clan to recover from a grave injury without the Golden Flame Palace knowing.
• Mo Xiyuan explained that her younger brother and several elders had ambushed her father, killing the elders before someone took her brother away.
• Mo Xiyuan suspected someone had incited her brother and noted that events had diverged from the original game plot.
• Mo Xiyuan stared at Nan Xunran, privately marveled at his beauty, and wiped her mouth when the System Light Orb said she looked ready to drool.
• Mo Xiyuan introduced herself and shook Nan Xunran's hand, then Nan Xunran asked what had brought her there.

Mo Xiyuan persuaded Nan Xunran to spar with her, hoping to test his strength and take a picture with him using her malfunctioning game panel. At the training grounds, Nan Xunran instantly disarmed her, but let her retreat and urged her to take the fight seriously.

• Mo Xiyuan invited Nan Xunran to spar, and he agreed to go with her to the training grounds.
• Mo Xiyuan tried to use her game panel to take a picture with Nan Xunran, but its functions still did not work.
• Nan Xunran and Mo Xiyuan appeared on the arena as disciples gathered to watch and wagered on the outcome.
• Mo Xiyuan summoned a dark-gold bow and began forming a flaming spiritual arrow to test Nan Xunran's power.
• Nan Xunran appeared in front of Mo Xiyuan and held the Flowing Cloud Fan to her neck before she could shoot.
• Mo Xiyuan pleaded for a chance to fire, and Nan Xunran withdrew his fan and advised her to take the spar seriously.

Mo Xiyuan attacked Nan Xunran with flaming arrows, but he easily deflected them and struck her down. As she struggled on the ground, she realized she had set her pain level to 90%, and the System Light Orb reminded Nan Xunran that game players could take a beating.

• Mo Xiyuan empowered and fired a flaming arrow at Nan Xunran, who stopped it with the Flowing Cloud Fan and swept it aside.
• Mo Xiyuan fired a barrage of arrows, and Nan Xunran blocked each one with his fan.
• Before Mo Xiyuan could release her gigantic flaming arrow, Nan Xunran appeared before her and struck her abdomen with the fan, making her spit blood and collapse.
• Mo Xiyuan tried to touch the hem of Nan Xunran's robe, but an invisible barrier repelled her hand.
• Mo Xiyuan regretted setting her pain level to 90%, and the System Light Orb told Nan Xunran that game players could take a beating.

After Nan Xunran badly injured Mo Xiyuan in their fight, she recovered completely, though healing consumed all the points she had saved. Mo Quan and Nan Xiao exchanged remarks about her toughness, and she resolved not to casually challenge anyone again.

• Mo Quan worried that Nan Xunran had not held back against Mo Xiyuan, while Nan Xiao noted that Mo Xiyuan would recover on her own.
• Mo Quan blamed Mo Bin for his injuries, and Nan Xiao reminded him that his own son had plotted against him.
• Mo Xiyuan fully recovered and lamented spending all her saved points on healing.
• Mo Quan praised Nan Xunran and teased Mo Xiyuan for being tough, so she mimicked his words back at him.
• Nan Xiao asked Mo Xiyuan if she was all right, and she insisted her injuries were minor.

Mo Quan teased Mo Xiyuan about her feelings for Nan Xunran and encouraged her to pursue him, even as she worried about his villainous reputation. The chapter ended with Mo Quan leaving with Nan Xiao after offering his daughter one last encouraging wink.

• Mo Quan scolded Mo Xiyuan for getting hurt after starting the incident herself.
• Mo Quan teased Mo Xiyuan until she admitted through her flustered reaction that she liked Nan Xunran.
• Mo Quan reassured Mo Xiyuan that Nan Xunran was easy to get along with, and she agreed while remaining afraid of him.
• Mo Quan wished Mo Xiyuan success with Nan Xunran, then left with Nan Xiao after winking at her.

Nan Xunran learned that Hou Qingnuo was hostile to him despite never having met him, and the System Light Orb explained that Nan Xunran’s actions had disrupted the game’s plot. Mo Xiyuan was forcibly logged out and collapsed beside him.

• Nan Xiao told Nan Xunran to spare Mo Xiyuan, then left with Mo Quan.
• Mo Xiyuan asked Nan Xunran whether he knew Hou Qingnuo, and Nan Xunran said he did not.
• The System Light Orb revealed Hou Qingnuo’s status and said Nan Xunran’s actions had disrupted the game’s plot.
• Mo Xiyuan asked Nan Xunran not to leave if she fainted.
• A forced logout warning appeared, and Mo Xiyuan collapsed as her game session ended.

Mo Xiyuan collapsed in front of Nan Xunran and was mistaken for dead, then woke the next day at the Golden Flame Palace. Mo Quan explained that Nan Xunran had put her in a storage bag, leaving her astonished.

• Mo Xiyuan collapsed, and the watching disciples believed she had died without Nan Xunran touching her.
• Nan Xunran stored Mo Xiyuan in a storage bag and vanished, while the System Light Orb complained about the game's realism.
• Mo Xiyuan woke at the Golden Flame Palace and shouted that she had returned to Sacred Ridge before Mo Quan told her she had passed out at the Nan Clan.
• Mo Quan resolved to diagnose Mo Xiyuan's recurring fainting, and she wondered if a system bug had caused it.
• Mo Xiyuan asked whether Divine Son Xunran had brought her back, and Mo Quan told her an attendant had returned her and that Nan Xunran had put her in a storage bag.

Mo Xiyuan learned that Mo Quan intended to leave the Nan Clan once his injuries healed, then encountered Feng Chi outside the Divine Son Hall. After the Romance System identified her as a game player, Feng Chi questioned whether she was one of Nan Xunran’s people and threatened to get rid of her if she was not.

• Mo Quan asked whether Mo Xiyuan had stayed unharmed and reminded her that he would soon recover, prompting her to realize she would likely leave the Nan Clan and see Nan Xunran less often.
• Mo Xiyuan met the drunken Feng Chi outside the Divine Son Hall and introduced herself as the saintess of the Golden Flame Palace.
• The Romance System told Feng Chi that Mo Xiyuan was a game player, and he asked whether she was hostile toward Nan Xunran.
• Feng Chi cleared the smell of alcohol from himself, revealed his formidable presence, and greeted Mo Xiyuan as a game player.
• Feng Chi asked Mo Xiyuan whether she was one of Nan Xunran’s people and threatened to get rid of her if she was not.

Mo Xiyuan learned from Feng Chi that Nan Xunran might know she was a player and could be dangerously powerful. Hoping to stay at the palace, she resolved to prove her usefulness.

• Feng Chi told Mo Xiyuan that he had transmigrated and served Nan Xunran, whom he described as powerful enough to kill him with a thought.
• Mo Xiyuan and Feng Chi discovered they were both orphans and tearfully called each other family.
• Feng Chi advised Mo Xiyuan to ask Nan Xunran to let her stay, explaining that being useful could earn his help.
• Feng Chi revealed that Nan Xunran could see through players’ identities and warned Mo Xiyuan that even revival might not protect her.
• Mo Xiyuan panicked at the danger, then stopped and appeared to form a plan.

Mo Xiyuan hoped to stay in the game, but Feng Chi accompanied her into the hall and they interrupted Shangguan Xieyue clinging to Nan Xunran. Shangguan Xieyue explained that she had dreamed something would happen to Nan Xunran, and feared it was a glimpse of the future.

• Mo Xiyuan resolved to speak with Nan Xunran, while Feng Chi insisted on keeping an eye on their conversation.
• Feng Chi and Mo Xiyuan entered the hall and found Shangguan Xieyue holding Nan Xunran tightly.
• Shangguan Xieyue shouted at Feng Chi to leave, so he hurried out and pushed Mo Xiyuan along with him.
• Shangguan Xieyue told Nan Xunran she had dreamed something happened to him and feared the dream foretold the future.

Shangguan Xieyue feared that her dream of Nan Xunran’s death was a warning from the Judgment Abyss, so she insisted on staying by his side. After Nan Xunran soothed her and healed her swollen eyes, Mo Xiyuan arrived with something to discuss, but Shangguan Xieyue’s formidable presence left her intimidated.

• Nan Xunran comforted Shangguan Xieyue as she cried over her dream, and she said the Judgment Abyss’s power of foresight might mean it was an omen.
• Shangguan Xieyue decided she had to stay beside Nan Xunran until she knew the dream was false, then composed herself and released him.
• Nan Xunran opened the hall doors, and Feng Chi stumbled inside after listening at them while Mo Xiyuan followed.
• Nan Xunran used a pale green halo to heal Shangguan Xieyue’s swollen eyes.
• Feng Chi stepped aside and told Nan Xunran that Mo Xiyuan had something to discuss, leaving her to face Nan Xunran and Shangguan Xieyue’s oppressive presence.

Mo Xiyuan revealed to Nan Xunran that she was a Sacred Long player and asked to stay, offering to help him find the other players. When Nan Xunran agreed to see her prove her immortality, she panicked and looked to Feng Chi for help.

• Shangguan Xieyue questioned Mo Xiyuan about why she had come to see Nan Xunran.
• Mo Xiyuan asked Nan Xunran whether he knew she was a player, and he identified her as one.
• Mo Xiyuan confirmed she was a Sacred Long player, while Shangguan Xieyue heard only garbled speech and grew suspicious of her.
• Mo Xiyuan asked Nan Xunran to let her stay and offered to find the other players, saying players could not age or die.
• Nan Xunran agreed to verify her claim, leaving Mo Xiyuan worried she would have to die to prove it.
• Mo Xiyuan turned to Feng Chi for help, but he asked why she was looking at him.

Mo Xiyuan asked Feng Chi to kill her painlessly as a demonstration for Nan Xunran, then revived inside the game. Shangguan Xieyue mistook the scene for a threat and attacked Mo Xiyuan, but Nan Xunran stopped her before she could strike.

• Mo Xiyuan persuaded Feng Chi to kill her painlessly while Nan Xunran watched.
• Feng Chi killed Mo Xiyuan, and she immediately returned to reality before her body collapsed.
• Mo Xiyuan's body revived in a burst of light, and she realized that dying had been painless but revival still hurt.
• Shangguan Xieyue charged at Mo Xiyuan with her sword, but Nan Xunran ordered her to come back.
• Mo Xiyuan insisted she was not an enemy, and Shangguan Xieyue sheathed her sword before forming hand seals and pressing a hand to her forehead.