Chapter Summaries

Yu Ye and Ji Qinglin were both affected by Joyful Union Powder, and Ji Qinglin teased Yu Ye until she admitted her feelings for him. They spent the night together, leaving their master-disciple relationship changed.

• Yu Ye learned that Ji Qinglin had given them both Joyful Union Powder, and he claimed he would endure its effects rather than detoxify with her.
• Yu Ye went to Ji Qinglin's bedroom and tried to comfort him, while he used closeness and kisses to intensify her desire.
• When Yu Ye offered to detoxify him, Ji Qinglin repeatedly refused and pinned her down when she tried to take charge.
• Ji Qinglin pressed Yu Ye to admit her feelings, and she confessed that she liked him and wanted him.
• Ji Qinglin and Yu Ye spent the night together at Old City Old Courtyard.

Yu Ye woke after spending the night and morning with Ji Qinglin, then discovered he had tricked her with candy and that the Joyful Union Powder had already been cleared. At Undercover Police Headquarters, Cui SanMei’s team investigated the attack and linked the Dire Bells Four Fiends’ payments to Immortal Path Biology, leaving them to seek answers from the surviving Fourth Fiend.

• Yu Ye woke in Ji Qinglin’s arms, and he teased her about continuing to detoxify the Joyful Union Powder.
• Yu Ye woke later to find Ji Qinglin had prepared lunch, then realized the sweet object he had fed her was candy and angrily hit him for fooling her.
• Cui SanMei reprimanded Xie Ling and Fan Yu for failing to protect Yu Ye, then told them to investigate who had hired the Dire Bells Four Fiends.
• Fan Yu compared the Fiends’ payment records with Gao Xiren’s wristband and found a matching anonymous account linked to Immortal Path Biology.
• Xie Ling and Fan Yu suspected the attack might connect Immortal Path Biology with Wild God Technology and planned to question the surviving Fourth Fiend.

After recovering at the Old City Old Courtyard, Ji Qinglin, Yu Ye, and Red Night prepared to return to the General Store while investigating who had hired the assassins. Red Night woke stronger than before, and the chapter ended with Ji Qinglin kissing both disciples and Red Night considering her chance to get closer to him.

• Ji Qinglin and Yu Ye discovered that dual cultivation helped his Soul Refining, strengthened her lightning arts, and seemed to speed Red Night's recovery.
• Red Night awakened, and Yu Ye told her what had happened; they discussed Red Night's interest in Ji Qinglin and the possibility of sharing Yu Ye's body during dual cultivation.
• Ji Qinglin told Yu Ye and Red Night that the employer behind the attack was connected to Wild God Technology and vowed to make them pay.
• Xie Ling and Fan Yu reported that Immortal Path Biology was the prime suspect and that Fourth Fiend had survived and might provide information.
• Ji Qinglin instructed Xie Ling and Fan Yu to investigate quietly and compile a detailed dossier before taking action against Immortal Path Biology.
• As they prepared to return to the General Store, Ji Qinglin kissed Yu Ye and then Red Night, who began considering how to get closer to him.

Ji Qinglin returned to the General Store with Yu Ye and Red Night, where he learned that Fan Yu had moved the store’s business to a warehouse and renovated its first floor. Xie Ling and Fan Yu revealed that Immortal Path Biology was preparing to hold a high-stakes Dao Pledge Convention, and the chapter ended with Ji Qinglin learning that Four Seas Trade Group was one of its opponents.

• Ji Qinglin, Yu Ye, and Red Night returned to the General Store and found a notice that its trading business had moved to a warehouse beside Nightfall Bar.
• Ji Qinglin saw that Fan Yu and Xie Ling had renovated the General Store’s first floor into a reception room, then introduced Red Night to them as Yu Ye’s second personality.
• Xie Ling and Fan Yu reported that Immortal Path Biology had been gathering Qi Practitioners and contacting allied companies.
• Fan Yu explained that a Dao Pledge Convention was a rare, high-stakes contest between companies, in which the organizer could wager at least half its assets.
• Xie Ling and Fan Yu identified Four Seas Trade Group as one of Immortal Path Biology’s opponents in the upcoming convention.

Ji Qinglin learned that NanGong Qian Feng had accepted a Dao Pledge Convention challenge against Immortal Path Biology after her brother threatened Four Seas Trade Group. He visited her to learn what happened and offered Ji's General Store as her ally, leaving Qian Feng with a possible path to defend the company.

• Ji Qinglin learned that NanGong Qian Feng had joined the Dao Pledge Convention against Immortal Path Biology and decided to investigate at Four Seas Trade Group.
• Yu Ye stayed behind so Ji Qinglin could comfort Qian Feng privately, while Xie Ling and Fan Yu continued investigating Immortal Path Biology's preparations.
• Ji Qinglin found NanGong Qian Feng exhausted and learned that her brother NanGong Qian Cheng had challenged her for control of Four Seas Trade Group after their father's death.
• NanGong Qian Feng explained that NanGong Qian Cheng had partnered with Immortal Path Biology and that she could not find other cultivation companies willing to help.
• Ji Qinglin offered to let NanGong Qian Feng hire Ji's General Store for the Dao Pledge Convention.

Ji Qinglin agreed to help NanGong Qian Feng defend Four Seas Trade against Immortal Path Biology at the Dao Pledge Convention and helped her get some much-needed sleep. Meanwhile, Yu Ye returned to Ji Qinglin’s bed after bathing, restless and embarrassed by memories of their intimacy, just as he came back to the General Store.

• Ji Qinglin reassured NanGong Qian Feng that he would help her win, and she agreed to fight for Four Seas Trade.
• Ji Qinglin gave NanGong Qian Feng a sleep aid, then discussed the upcoming five-versus-five matches and her late father’s will with Uncle Mo.
• NanGong Qian Feng woke after several hours of rest and learned that Ji Qinglin and Uncle Mo expected to confirm their first five candidates within three days.
• Red Night noticed marks on Yu Ye’s body, and Yu Ye recalled that Ji Qinglin had left them during an intimate encounter.
• Yu Ye returned to Ji Qinglin’s bed feeling restless, and Ji Qinglin came back to the General Store as she wondered whether to pretend to be asleep.

Ji Qinglin reassured NanGong Qian Feng that he would help Four Seas Trade at the Dao Pledge Convention, and she embraced him before asking to discuss the rest afterward. Back home, Ji Qinglin concealed the real cause of the marks on his chest from Red Night, while he and Yu Ye remained unable to be intimate with Red Night present.

• NanGong Qian Feng explained that NanGong Qian Cheng had drawn many of Four Seas Trade's trained Qi Practitioners to his side, leaving the company short of fighters for the Dao Pledge Convention.
• Ji Qinglin reassured NanGong Qian Feng that he would take part, and she hugged him and asked to talk about the rest after the convention.
• Ji Qinglin returned home late and told Yu Ye and Red Night that Four Seas Trade's conflict with Immortal Path Biology was unavoidable.
• Red Night noticed the marks on Ji Qinglin's chest, and he falsely blamed them on the Dire Bells Four Fiends while Yu Ye blushed at their real cause.
• Ji Qinglin and Yu Ye settled into bed together but held back from becoming intimate because Red Night was there.

Du Tang Zhenren accepted Sanada's request to help Wild God Technology kill Ji Qinglin after he showed her a pendant tied to her missing former supervisor. Ji Qinglin then visited Zhang HuaiMin's shop to buy a Personality Split Stabilizer.

• Sanada met with Yu Hang and two Mount Hiei monks, then introduced them to Du Tang Zhenren, who arrived unannounced and drank cola.
• Yu Hang recognized Du Tang Zhenren as Water Hero Lu Bing, one of the Nine Heroes, and left with his junior brothers.
• Sanada asked Du Tang Zhenren to oversee the Dao Pledge Convention and kill Ji Qinglin, claiming Ji threatened Wild God Technology.
• Sanada gave Du Tang Zhenren a metal cola-bottle pendant that reminded her of her missing former supervisor, and she agreed to help one last time.
• Ji Qinglin visited Zhang HuaiMin's shop and asked to buy a Personality Split Stabilizer after complaining of a sleepless night caused by Yu Ye and Red Night.

Ji Qinglin began using a Personality Split Stabilizer to train Yu Ye and Red Night separately, then spoke privately with Red Night about her feelings for him. He reassured her that she was his disciple, not a parasite, and their first offline meetup ended in a kiss.

• Yu Ye and Red Night helped Xie Ling and Fan Yu organize information suggesting Immortal Path Biology might possess the Immortal Remains.
• Ji Qinglin explained that he could hire a powerful Qi Practitioner with his toilet plunger and showed Yu Ye and Red Night the Personality Split Stabilizer he bought to help train them.
• Ji Qinglin used the stabilizer to separate Yu Ye from Red Night, then asked Red Night whether she knew that he and Yu Ye had dual cultivated.
• Red Night admitted she had discovered their relationship and explained that she had long liked Ji Qinglin but felt she could never reach him as a soul body.
• Ji Qinglin kissed Red Night and told her he had always regarded her as his disciple, then Red Night kissed him back.

Ji Qinglin reassured Red Night about finding her original home and trained her soul body before she returned to Yu Ye. Yu Ye demonstrated improved control of her thunder power, passed Ji Qinglin’s test, and claimed the promised reward.

• Ji Qinglin promised Red Night he would search Wild God Technology for her original home and urged her to learn Emergence of the Yang Spirit.
• Red Night asked for treatment equal to Yu Ye’s and showed Ji Qinglin that she had condensed her soul hands through cultivation.
• Ji Qinglin praised Red Night’s progress, adjusted the Personality Split Stabilizer, and let her return to the Kung Fu Mat.
• Yu Ye woke and gathered her thunder power for Ji Qinglin, who tested her ability to disperse the power in his hand.
• Yu Ye combined her thunder attacks with Treading Snow to Seek Plum Blossoms and knocked apart Ji Qinglin’s remaining thunder power.
• Ji Qinglin kissed Yu Ye after she passed, and she insisted he honor his promise of a reward.

Ji Qinglin gathered the four association presidents and offered them a map of Immortal Path Biology’s illegal Bangkok operations, proposing they seize the territory while the company focused on the Dao Pledge Convention. He explained that Immortal Path Biology had arranged his and Yu Ye’s kidnapping, then promised he could ensure Four Seas Trade’s victory.

• Yu Ye told Ji Qinglin she planned to confirm Red Night’s feelings and tell her about their relationship, while Ji Qinglin worried the two disciples might discover he had known already.
• After the Personality Split Stabilizer was deactivated, Yu Ye and Red Night returned to one body and discussed the upcoming Dao Pledge Convention with Ji Qinglin.
• Ji Qinglin brought Yu Ye and Red Night to Nightfall Bar, where Jiang Chen, Sima Shi, Lei Qiuyun, Lei Qiong, Pei Ruohai, and Pei Ruotao joined them.
• Ji Qinglin showed the association leaders a map marking Immortal Path Biology’s suspected illegal factories and offered them the chance to seize the sites.
• Ji Qinglin revealed that Immortal Path Biology had arranged his and Yu Ye’s kidnapping, persuading the leaders that taking the territory would bind them against the company.
• Pei Ruohai asked whether Ji Qinglin could guarantee Four Seas Trade’s victory at the Dao Pledge Convention, and Ji Qinglin said he could.

Fan Yu revealed that he had uncovered Immortal Path Biology’s Black Factories by combining several intelligence sources, and Ji Qinglin decided to use the information to coordinate the four associations against the company. Ji Qinglin secured the presidents’ cooperation and left them wondering whether he could guarantee victory at the Dao Pledge Convention as well as a share of Immortal Path Biology within three months.

• Fan Yu explained how Ji's General Store’s contacts among Garbage Collectors and a custom data-processing system helped him locate Immortal Path Biology’s Black Factories.
• Ji Qinglin approved the intelligence network but warned Fan Yu and Xie Ling to prioritize safety and keep future intelligence sales within reasonable and legal bounds.
• Ji Qinglin chose to give the Black Factory intelligence to the associations so they could strike together during the Dao Pledge Convention and pressure Immortal Path Biology.
• Pei Ruohai confirmed West Chang District had no meaningful ties to Immortal Path Biology, and the association presidents agreed to provide reserve Qi Practitioners and elite squads.
• Ji Qinglin promised the associations would feast on Immortal Path Biology within three months, then clarified that he had not asked them to guarantee victory at the Dao Pledge Convention.

Ji Qinglin set plans in motion to take down Immortal Path Biology and used a fake Fourth Fiend as bait for the assassins targeting him. When the killers revealed their fire-based powers, Ji Qinglin arrived and killed their strongest fighter by mistake, leaving the others to be captured alive.

• Ji Qinglin promised to swallow Immortal Path Biology within three months, and Pei Ruohai, Lei Qiong, and Jiang Chen prepared to participate in the plan.
• Xie Ling told Ji Qinglin that assassins had taken the bait and attacked the hospital’s fake Fourth Fiend, so he rode with Yu Ye toward the Old District.
• Xie Ling, Fan Yu, and the undercover police pursued the assassins, but the killers rammed their police jeep and unleashed a fiery ambush.
• Xie Ling and Fan Yu fought the fire cultivator while the undercover officers moved to capture the other two assassins.
• Ji Qinglin arrived and cut off the fire cultivator’s head, then complained that he had killed him by habit instead of capturing him alive.

Ji Qinglin and his allies captured the assassins and arranged to keep Fourth Fiend’s supposed death convincing to Immortal Path Biology. Back at the General Store, Yu Ye discovered that Red Night and Ji Qinglin had both known about her and Master cultivating together, and the chapter ended with the two disciples demanding his judgment.

• Ji Qinglin killed one assassin and helped undercover officers capture the other two, then directed the officers to interrogate them about Immortal Path Biology.
• Ji Qinglin advised Xie Ling and Fan Yu to use poison, weapons, and hidden attacks more decisively during undercover work.
• Reinforcements took the assassins away, while the officers maintained the false report that Fourth Fiend had been killed before Ji Qinglin returned to the General Store with Yu Ye.
• Red Night revealed that she had long known about Yu Ye and Ji Qinglin cultivating together, and Ji Qinglin admitted that he knew Red Night knew.
• Yu Ye and Red Night argued over who had deceived whom, then each grabbed one of Ji Qinglin’s arms and pressed him to judge between them.
• Ji Qinglin pulled Yu Ye and Red Night onto the bed and announced that he would treat them equally so they could find out together.

Ji Qinglin confronted Yu Ye and Red Night about their promise to cultivate with him, and Red Night admitted she wanted to wait until she felt fully prepared. After Yu Ye yielded the body to her, Ji Qinglin kissed Red Night and fed her something sweet, leaving her to wonder whether he was using the same candy trick he had used on Yu Ye.

• Ji Qinglin reminded Yu Ye and Red Night of their promise to cultivate together, and they hurried to reassure him when he pretended to leave.
• Ji Qinglin deduced that Red Night wanted to wait until her Emergence of the Yang Spirit was complete, and explained why he understood her personality.
• Yu Ye told Red Night that cultivating with Ji Qinglin had improved their cultivation and his soul body, then handed Red Night control of the body.
• Red Night admitted to Ji Qinglin that she wanted to cultivate with him but felt unprepared and unsure how to begin, so he went to sleep in the living room.
• Ji Qinglin returned to the bedroom, kissed Red Night, and put something sweet in her mouth, which she suspected was his candy trick.

Red Night chose to go through with Ji Qinglin’s drug-fueled encounter, and the two spent the night together. The next morning, she woke sore and affectionate, then proposed a bold way to make up for her earlier insult, leaving Ji Qinglin tempted to agree.

• Ji Qinglin told Red Night that he had given them both medicine and offered her antidotes, but she knocked the pills away and kissed him.
• Red Night became forceful and domineering as she and Ji Qinglin teased each other and explored whether her changing behavior revealed anything about her identity.
• The medicine’s effects led Ji Qinglin and Red Night to spend the night together, and she fell asleep in his arms near dawn.
• Red Night woke at the General Store the next day, remembered fragments of their night, and asked Ji Qinglin whether it had been perfect.
• Ji Qinglin brought up Red Night’s earlier insult, and she whispered a proposed punishment that made him hesitate before agreeing to try it.

Ji Qinglin and Red Night’s joint Soul Refining helped Red Night achieve the Emergence of the Yang Spirit, and she reunited with Yu Ye after Yu Ye woke. The three learned that the Fourth Fiend had awakened and that Immortal Path Biology planned to meet Four Seas Trade, so Ji Qinglin prepared to confront them.

• Ji Qinglin revealed that Red Night had already completed the Emergence of the Yang Spirit, and Red Night separated from Yu Ye to show her tangible soul body.
• Red Night embraced Ji Qinglin and agreed to keep practicing Soul Refining while her new body’s abilities remained limited.
• Red Night removed Yu Ye’s Personality Split Stabilizer, waking Yu Ye, then revealed her successful breakthrough to her.
• Ji Qinglin reassured Yu Ye and Red Night that he had guided Red Night without giving up any of his own soul body.
• Ji Qinglin learned that the Fourth Fiend had awakened and that Immortal Path Biology would meet Four Seas Trade that afternoon to discuss the Dao Pledge Convention.
• Ji Qinglin set out with Yu Ye and Red Night to interrogate the Fourth Fiend and disrupt the planned meeting.

Ji Qinglin extracted more information from Fourth Fiend and directed the investigation toward Immortal Bath, which served as Immortal Path Biology’s intermediary. As Kong DeCheng arrived at Four Seas Trade to negotiate the Dao Pledge Convention, Ji Qinglin crashed his jeep into the company’s vehicles and stepped out.

• Xie Ling reported that Fourth Fiend had identified Immortal Path Biology and Immortal Bath, and Ji Qinglin ordered the officers to investigate the bathhouse and its vice cases.
• Ji Qinglin pressured Fourth Fiend into offering further intelligence, suspicions, and her illusion techniques to Xie Ling and Fan Yu.
• Kong DeCheng discussed Immortal Path Biology’s plans to damage Ji Qinglin’s reputation and kill him after the Dao Pledge Convention.
• Kong DeCheng met NanGong Qian Feng at Four Seas Trade to discuss the convention arrangements.
• Ji Qinglin drove his jeep into Immortal Path Biology’s two vehicles and emerged, claiming he had approached to read their company name.

Ji Qinglin joined Four Seas Trade’s meeting with Immortal Path Biology and feigned ignorance about their Dao Pledge Convention. He offered to join Kong DeCheng’s team, then defeated Immortal Path Biology’s reserve competitor Heng Lan with a single palm strike.

• Ji Qinglin and his disciples crashed into Immortal Path Biology’s car, then joked that the company should not expect compensation.
• Ji Qinglin entered Four Seas Trade and met Kong DeCheng, who invited him to discuss the upcoming Dao Pledge Convention.
• Ji Qinglin claimed he had not been invited and asked to join Immortal Path Biology’s team instead of NanGong Qian Feng’s.
• Kong DeCheng agreed to assess Ji Qinglin’s strength and sent Heng Lan to spar with him.
• Ji Qinglin struck Heng Lan once, sending him flying and leaving his arm trembling, and Heng Lan admitted defeat.

Ji Qinglin used soul-body collisions disguised as slaps to defeat two of Immortal Path Biology’s fighters and unsettle Kong DeCheng before the Dao Pledge Convention. He later revealed that the attacks had damaged his own soul body and suggested dual cultivation with Yu Ye and Red Night to recover.

• Ji Qinglin struck Heng Lan with a slap, and Heng Lan conceded after his soul body was damaged.
• Thunder Devil He Kuan challenged Ji Qinglin with lightning, but Ji Qinglin slapped him unconscious and Kong DeCheng ordered the other fighters to stand down.
• Kong DeCheng suspected Ji Qinglin had deliberately injured his people to weaken Immortal Path Biology before the Dao Pledge Convention and went to discuss the event.
• Ji Qinglin explained that his slaps were soul-body collisions that had also injured his own arm, while his rapid recovery depended on dual cultivation.
• Yu Ye and Red Night argued over who should help Ji Qinglin recover, then joined forces to restrain him when he suggested having both of them together.