Chapter Summaries

Ning Shi killed Wang Mu, and Nan Shu revived him as a mindless puppet before warning the Starry Valley Master to conceal the truth about the dead prodigies. Back at the Nan Clan, Nan Xunran discovered Qin Shang, a book transmigrator whose assassination target was him, among the attendants, while the Thirteenth Ancestor watched.

• Ning Shi struck Wang Mu with the giant hammer, destroying his soul and killing him.
• Nan Shu used a substance to revive Wang Mu as a puppet and told Nan Xunran she would take him to test medicine.
• Nan Shu warned the Starry Valley Master to report truthfully and not blame the Nan Clan for the prodigies' deaths.
• Qiu Lingxuan returned to the Qiu Clan and regretted forgetting to ask Ning Shi for guidance.
• At the Nan Clan, Nan Xunran recognized Qin Shang as a book transmigrator with an assassination system targeting him.
• Qin Shang worried that Nan Xunran had seen through her disguise as the Thirteenth Ancestor watched.

Qin Shang’s system urged her to assassinate Nan Xunran, but she admitted she knew little about his abilities and revealed her infatuation in front of the attendants. Later, Nan Xunran ordered Feng Chi to kill Qin Shang, while his own system suspected that her system could not hide her from him because she was near him.

• Qin Shang’s system urged her to attack Nan Xunran, but she refused because she feared his strength and knew nothing of his methods.
• Qin Shang’s distracted behavior drew the attendants’ attention, and Nan Xunran did not intervene when their leader approached to discipline her.
• Nan Xunran viewed his system’s new display of Qin Shang’s danger level, usefulness, and affection, then ordered Feng Chi to kill her.
• Feng Chi accepted the order, suspecting Qin Shang because she had appeared in the Nan Clan without warning.
• Nan Xunran’s system sensed that Qin Shang had a system of her own and wondered whether it could detect her because she was near him.

Feng Chi discovered that Qin Shang planned to kill Nan Xunran and killed her before her system could act. He reported that more assassins might come and vowed to stop them from reaching Nan Xunran.

• Qin Shang learned that her weak system could act only once and that failure would mean death for them both.
• Feng Chi emerged from a rift, revealed that he had overheard Qin Shang plotting to kill Nan Xunran, and snapped her neck.
• Qin Shang's system vanished, and the Romance System absorbed its remaining energy.
• Feng Chi returned to Divine Son Hall, where the system reported Qin Shang's death and raised his affection with Nan Xunran by one point.
• Feng Chi told Nan Xunran that more assassins might come and promised to stop them from appearing before him.

Pei Zimo brought two mysterious arrivals to Nan Xunran, whose ability revealed their extraordinary identities and hidden systems. The Romance System confirmed that one of the newcomers was a task-taker like Qin Shang.

• Nan Xunran agreed to deduct one favorability point for each person who got close to him, leaving Feng Chi worried about losing points.
• Pei Zimo captured a man who had appeared at Crimson Plume Sacred Land and brought him to the Saint Son Hall, where Pei Ziheng ordered him sent to the black prison.
• Lin Hongyu reported that the first captive had called out to Nan Xunran and resisted interrogation, while Ning Shi suggested asking their Master to question the prisoners.
• Pei Zimo brought the unconscious Qi Yan and Zhang Chen to Nan Xunran, who identified Qi Yan as a reincarnator and Zhang Chen as a book transmigrator with an assassination-style system targeting him.
• Feng Chi asked whether the newcomers were task-takers like Qin Shang, and the Romance System said that one of them was.

Feng Chi panicked when another tasker appeared and lost a favorability point with Nan Xunran. Nan Xunran killed Zhang Chen, and Qi Yan awakened from reincarnation, recognizing Nan Xunran and believing his endless cycle was finally about to end.

• Feng Chi complained to the Romance System about the newly arrived tasker, and Nan Xunran's favorability toward him fell to 2 points.
• Nan Xunran ordered Pei Zimo and the others to leave, keeping Qi Yan and Zhang Chen in the inner hall.
• Nan Xunran killed Zhang Chen with an invisible force, and the system announced that Zhang Chen had died and Nan Xunran had gained 101,276 Kill Points.
• Qi Yan woke up confused and in pain, then recognized Nan Xunran and exclaimed that his reincarnation was finally going to end.

Qi Yan told Nan Xunran that a mysterious, powerful person had given him the Spacetime Fragment and directed him to seek Nan Xunran to escape its repeating three-day cycle. Nan Xunran entered the fragment, where he found a vast, bloodstained hall and noticed a figure leaning against the wall.

• Qi Yan explained that he had endured repeated three-day cycles and had been unable to reach Nan Xunran because the Nan Clan's defenses stopped him.
• Qi Yan offered to become Nan Xunran's subordinate, but Nan Xunran rejected him after judging his loyalty insufficient.
• Nan Xunran sensed something hidden inside the Spacetime Fragment, rendered Qi Yan unconscious, and sent a drop of his blood into it.
• A pillar of light enveloped Nan Xunran and transported him into the Spacetime Fragment.
• Nan Xunran explored a towering hall, noticed a fast-moving shadow and suspended drop of blood, then spotted a figure leaning against the wall.

Nan Xunran encountered a mysterious lookalike who transformed as the collapsing space consumed everything, then returned to the Divine Son Hall with a vast amount of Power of Faith in his body. Nan Xiao helped him suppress the power, and Nan Xunran fell asleep as his companions gathered around him.

• Nan Xunran watched the lookalike regain his strength, turn his hair white and back again, and approach the hall’s exit with a longsword.
• The lookalike stopped before Nan Xunran, asked, “Have things already come to this?” and silently mouthed a final message as the space collapsed.
• Nan Xunran reappeared in the Divine Son Hall as Spacetime Fragments flowed into him, bringing a vast amount of Power of Faith that made his spiritual power surge and cracks spread across his body.
• Nan Xiao arrived with several patriarchs, and Pei Zimo and the others rushed into the hall; Nan Xiao helped Nan Xunran control the raging power until the cracks disappeared.
• Nan Xunran gathered and dissipated the Power of Faith, then grew weak and fell asleep in Nan Xiao’s arms as Nan Qingyuan wiped the blood from his mouth.

Nan Xunran woke after losing control of his spiritual power, and Lin Ge treated his lingering headache while the others gathered around him. Feng Chi arrived badly burned after being struck by heavenly lightning, which he blamed inwardly on the Romance System.

• Nan Xiao said Nan Xunran would recover after resting and ordered Qi Yan locked up until Nan Xunran woke.
• Nan Xunran woke after sleeping for a day, with Lin Ge massaging his arm as Pei Zimo and the others checked on him.
• Lin Ge explained that he had learned to treat injuries because he used to get hurt often, and warned Nan Xunran that he might still have a headache.
• Pei Ziheng and Pei Zimo watched Lin Ge's technique, while Feng Chi arrived in burned and tattered clothes after being struck by heavenly lightning.
• Feng Chi stayed silent when Pei Zimo questioned how the lightning had harmed him so badly, inwardly cursing the Romance System.

Nan Xunran revealed to Qi Yan and Ning Shi that they were both Reincarnators, and they compared how their reincarnations worked. Qi Yan asked Nan Xunran to accept him, while his loyalty continued to rise.

• Nan Xunran had Qi Yan brought into the hall and sent everyone away except Ning Shi.
• Nan Xunran revealed that Qi Yan and Ning Shi were both Reincarnators, shocking them both.
• Ning Shi removed his mask, and Qi Yan recognized the scar on his face as an injury from a Spacetime Fragment.
• Qi Yan explained that he reincarnated every three days, while Ning Shi said Master killed him each time he reincarnated.
• Qi Yan asked Nan Xunran to accept him, and the loyalty score above him began climbing.

Nan Xunran accepted an invitation to the Cheng Clan banquet and sent Long in his place, with Alkaid ordered to kill everyone if Long’s disguise was discovered. At the banquet, Jin Jinyu, Shangguan Xieyue, and Wei Yan recognized something was amiss but stayed silent, leaving Long on edge.

• Nan Xunran placed a Slave Mark on Qi Yan after agreeing to take him in.
• A Cheng Clan elder invited Nan Xunran to the young lord’s birthday banquet, and Nan Xunran accepted.
• Nan Xunran ordered Long to attend the banquet in his place and told Alkaid to kill everyone there if Long was exposed.
• At the banquet, Long was startled to find Jin Jinyu, Shangguan Xieyue, and Wei Yan gathered around him.
• Jin Jinyu and the others quietly moved aside, while Wei Yan gave someone an instruction and Shangguan Xieyue struggled to hold back her reaction.

After the banquet, Wei Yan, Jin Jinyu, and Shangguan Xieyue confronted Long and forced him to reveal that he was a stand-in for Nan Xunran. When they demanded to know whether something had happened to A-Ran, Alkaid appeared and interrupted them.

• At the banquet, Wei Yan and Jin Jinyu studied Long, while Shangguan Xieyue and Shangguan Xique agreed to wait before investigating him.
• After the banquet, Long was surrounded outside the Cheng Clan by people who said their master wanted to see him.
• Wei Yan, Shangguan Xieyue, and Jin Jinyu confronted Long, and Wei Yan told him to stop using A-Ran's face.
• Long's disguise dissolved, revealing his original appearance and confirming to Wei Yan that he was a stand-in for A-Ran.
• Shangguan Xieyue demanded to know whether something had happened to A-Ran, but Long refused to explain, prompting the women's anger.
• Alkaid appeared beside Long, told the women not to bully him, and drew Jin Jinyu's attention to the jade pendant she recognized as Shadow Night.

Shangguan Xieyue, Jin Jinyu, and Wei Yan hurried to Divine Son Hall after learning Nan Xunran might be unwell, where they found him safe and offered their concern. Long and Alkaid reported that the women had noticed something about their impersonation, and Long vowed to improve despite their doubts.

• Alkaid told Shangguan Xieyue, Jin Jinyu, and Wei Yan that further questions would get no answers, so they left to find Nan Xunran.
• Shangguan Xieyue and Jin Jinyu rushed into Divine Son Hall and checked on Nan Xunran, who said he was fine.
• Wei Yan arrived and gave Nan Xunran a white jade bottle to regulate his spiritual power.
• Long and Alkaid appeared and reported that the women had noticed them, though they had exposed no other flaws.
• Long vowed to make their impersonation indistinguishable, but Jin Jinyu and Shangguan Xieyue dismissed the idea before Nan Xunran's look silenced them.

Nan Xunran learned from Wei Yan that a supreme treasure would appear in the Lower Realm in seven days, and decided to go find it with her. At the Xiao Family, Xiao Chen mistook Xiao Xueyin’s presence beside Nan Xunran for coercion and confronted the patriarch, who slapped him.

• Wei Yan told Nan Xunran that news of the supreme treasure would spread in three days and that it had chosen the young lady of the Xiao Family in his previous life.
• Nan Xunran decided to seek the treasure, and Wei Yan agreed to guide him to it.
• Xiao Chen learned that two young lords from the Upper Realm had arrived at the Xiao Family and dismissed another person’s hopes of gaining benefits from them.
• Xiao Chen saw Xiao Xueyin beside Nan Xunran, called out to her, and accused the patriarch of making her accompany the visitors.
• Xiao Xueyin tried to explain, but Xiao Chen shook off her hand and continued arguing until the patriarch slapped him.

The Xiao family patriarch sent Xiao Chen away and asked Xiao Xueyin to escort Nan Xunran and Wei Yan to their quarters, hoping to build ties with the Upper Realm visitors. Xiao Xueyin focused her attention on Nan Xunran, while Wei Yan recalled how events had unfolded in her previous life.

• The Xiao family patriarch ordered the guards to lock up Xiao Chen, who shouted that he would save Xiao Xueyin before they threw him outside and shut the door.
• Wei Yan remembered that Xiao Xueyin had once possessed a supreme treasure and later given it to Xiao Chen, before A-Ran killed them both and took it.
• Nan Xunran's system identified Xiao Chen and Xiao Xueyin, revealing Xiao Xueyin's connection to the Heavenly Tea Sect in the Upper Realm.
• The Xiao family patriarch urged Xiao Xueyin to return to the Upper Realm with Nan Xunran and Wei Yan, and she focused her gaze on Nan Xunran.
• The Xiao family patriarch told Xiao Xueyin to show the two visitors to their quarters, hoping her beauty and status would help the family gain their favor.

Nan Xunran and Wei Yan arrived at Stillwater Hall, where Xiao Xueyin failed to win Nan Xunran’s attention as the Xiao Family patriarch had hoped. After Xiao Chen escaped, he secretly reached Xiao Xueyin’s room and urged her to leave with him so the patriarch could no longer coerce her.

• Xiao Xueyin tried to draw Nan Xunran into conversation about the Heavenly Tea Sect, but he had never heard of it, and Wei Yan blocked her from approaching him further.
• Wei Yan closed the doors to Stillwater Hall, and Xiao Xueyin later told the Xiao Family patriarch that Nan Xunran had barely spoken to her.
• The Xiao Family patriarch urged Xiao Xueyin to spend more time with Nan Xunran, but a guard reported that Xiao Chen had escaped.
• Xiao Chen sneaked into Xiao Xueyin’s room, and she nearly attacked him before recognizing him.
• Xiao Chen grabbed Xiao Xueyin’s hand and urged her to leave with him so the patriarch could no longer coerce her.

Xiao Chen confronted Xiao Xueyin over her interest in an Upper Realm figure, but she said she wanted to return to the Upper Realm and let him hide with her for the night. The next day, Xiao Xueyin told Wei Yan that more visitors from the Upper Realm had arrived, and Wei Yan agreed to meet them with Nan Xunran.

• Xiao Chen grabbed Xiao Xueyin and accused her of approaching an important figure from the Upper Realm, then apologized after realizing he had hurt her.
• Xiao Xueyin told Xiao Chen she wanted to return to the Upper Realm, and he pleaded with her not to leave.
• Xiao Xueyin let Xiao Chen hide with her for the night so the family head would not find him.
• The next day, Xiao Xueyin told Wei Yan that another group from the Upper Realm wished to meet her and Nan Xunran.
• Wei Yan agreed to meet the visitors after consulting Nan Xunran, then asked Xiao Xueyin to tell them they would arrive shortly.

Nan Xunran and Wei Yan emerged before the Xiao Family disciples and were escorted to the main hall, where an Upper Realm visitor humiliated Xiao Xueyin. Nearby, Wei Xuan realized that Nan Xunran’s arrival and Su Zhuyi’s connection to him contradicted his memories of his previous life, just as a slap rang out.

• Nan Xunran and Wei Yan left the hall and were greeted by the Xiao Family disciples, who escorted them onward.
• In the Xiao Family main hall, an Upper Realm visitor disparaged the Xiao Family and mocked Xiao Xueyin when she served tea.
• The visitor called Xiao Xueyin a maid and demanded that she attend to him, but she backed away in disgust.
• A nearby group suspected the two lords were from the Nan Clan and asked Su Zhuyi whether she knew Nan Xunran; she confirmed that she did.
• Wei Xuan addressed Nan Xunran by name, prompting the others to rebuke him, while he privately wondered why events differed from his previous life.
• A sharp slap sounded, and Xiao Xueyin’s trembling hand remained raised in the air.

Xiao Xueyin defeated a prodigy and his guards, but the arrival of Divine Son Xunran silenced the hall and changed the balance of power. Wei Yan noticed Wei Xuan’s hatred for Nan Xunran and wondered whether he was responsible for the differences in this life.

• Xiao Xueyin defeated the guards and sent the prodigy flying from the hall.
• Nan Xunran arrived, stopped the prodigy in midair, and dropped him to the ground.
• Wei Xuan secretly vowed revenge on Nan Xunran, then lowered his head when Nan Xunran looked his way.
• Wei Yan entered behind Nan Xunran and noticed Wei Xuan’s hatred toward him.
• Su Zhuyi greeted Nan Xunran, and Wei Yan recognized her as a talented swordswoman who had not crossed paths with him in their previous life.
• Wei Yan turned her attention back to Wei Xuan and questioned whether he had caused the changes in this life.

Nan Xunran confronted the gathered prodigies over the supreme treasure, while Wei Xuan tried to bargain for protection and was rejected. When Wei Xuan attacked in desperation, Wei Yan summoned her subordinates to seize him.

• A prodigy revealed that Wei Xuan had told them a supreme treasure was about to appear.
• Wei Xuan tried to convince a nearby prodigy to protect him in exchange for leading him to the treasure early.
• Wei Yan cut Wei Xuan's cheek with her short blade and asked whether anyone objected to taking him; the prodigies agreed.
• Wei Xuan summoned a spear and charged at the crowd, vowing to take them down with him.
• Wei Yan summoned several figures and ordered them to seize Wei Xuan.

Wei Yan captured Wei Xuan after his Heaven-Splitting Spear broke and blinded him for glaring at Nan Xunran. Wei Xuan remained alive in the Following Wind Guards’ hands, determined to survive and seek revenge.

• Wei Xuan fought the Following Wind Guards, but they brought him before Wei Yan and his Heaven-Splitting Spear broke.
• Wei Xuan broke free in a burst of strength and shouted that the spear had been left to him by his master, but the guards seized him again.
• Wei Yan warned the Following Wind Guards not to make another mistake, while Wei Xuan accused her of capturing him without cause and glared at Nan Xunran.
• Wei Yan slashed out Wei Xuan’s eyes and told him that opposing Nan Xunran left him only one path: death.
• Wei Xuan protested that he had never become Nan Xunran’s enemy, then resolved to stay alive and take revenge.