Ch. 21She Was Going to the Upper Realm, and I Became a Sacrifice
Di Juetian visited the Shangguan Lineage and learned that Shangguan Qing'er was set to marry Xiao Yu in place of her sister, Shangguan Wan'er. Shangguan Qing'er revealed that she wanted to reach the Upper Realm but felt she had been made a sacrifice for Wan'er’s departure.
- Di Juetian dismissed Shangguan Zhen’s ignorance about the Upper Realm, and Shangguan Wan'er warned her father that Di Juetian was too powerful to provoke.
- The Shangguan Lineage received Di Juetian, while Shangguan Qing'er said her match with Xiao Yu was scheduled for the next day.
- Shangguan Qing'er rebuffed Wan'er’s offer to talk that night, saying she needed to cultivate for the fight.
- Shangguan Qing'er visited Di Juetian in revealing clothes and asked to serve him so she could go to the Upper Realm.
- Di Juetian asked whether she wanted to replace her sister, and Shangguan Qing'er said she both did and did not.
- Shangguan Qing'er told Di Juetian that Wan'er had arranged her marriage to Xiao Yu as compensation because Wan'er was leaving for the Upper Realm.