Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen’s poison resisted Ji Qinglin’s Tribulation Fire, and Sun Yi suggested dual cultivation as a way to carry the fire through her body and destroy it. Before Jiang Chen and Ji Qinglin could decide, Yu Ye and Red Night returned and secretly gave Jiang Chen a pill they claimed was an antidote, leaving Ji Qinglin to suspect it was a Joyful Union Pill.

• Ji Qinglin used Tribulation Fire and an Immortal Calf Bone to suppress Jiang Chen’s wound, but the poison remained and spread again when the fire moved away.
• Xie Ling reported that doctors from headquarters and Four Seas Trade were gathering to study the poison, while Ji Qinglin stayed beside Jiang Chen as she went to the restroom.
• Sun Yi examined Jiang Chen and argued that dual cultivation could carry Ji Qinglin’s Tribulation Fire into her bloodstream to eradicate the poison.
• After Sun Yi left, Jiang Chen told Ji Qinglin she thought his proposal was inappropriate and began explaining that she worried about Yu Ye and Red Night’s feelings for him.
• Yu Ye and Red Night returned, pinned Jiang Chen’s mouth shut, and made her swallow a pill they called an antidote.
• Ji Qinglin recognized the possibility that Yu Ye and Red Night had given Jiang Chen a Joyful Union Pill.

Yu Ye and Red Night tricked Jiang Chen into believing she had taken a Joyful Union Pill, prompting her to admit her feelings for Ji Qinglin and finally act on them. Ji Qinglin and Jiang Chen became intimate, and their union healed the wound and appeared to remove the poison.

• Yu Ye and Red Night revealed that they had drugged Jiang Chen to help detoxify her, then left her alone with Ji Qinglin.
• Ji Qinglin asked Jiang Chen to speak honestly about her feelings, and she broke down over the long years she had spent waiting for him.
• Jiang Chen kissed Ji Qinglin and agreed to let him detoxify her, then learned the supposed Joyful Union Pill had been candy.
• Jiang Chen and Ji Qinglin became intimate as they continued the treatment, and she confessed she had wanted him for a hundred years.
• Ji Qinglin removed his hand from Jiang Chen's wound and found that the crack had disappeared, so they continued treating her to ensure the poison was gone.

Yu Ye and Red Night discussed investigating Wild God Technology while Ji Qinglin cured Jiang Chen’s Seamless Celestial Garment poison and spent the night with her. The next morning, Jiang Chen ambushed her returning junior apprentice sisters, claiming she would have Ji Qinglin give them tribulation fire as a precaution.

• Yu Ye and Red Night worried about uncovering their past and agreed to investigate Wild God Technology without involving Ji Qinglin.
• Ji Qinglin used tribulation fire to cure Jiang Chen’s poison, and they spent the rest of the night together.
• Ji Qinglin reported their safety, surprising the medical teams and strengthening his reputation after news spread of his swift cure and victory over Kong DeCheng's Death Soldiers.
• Coal Boss fetched Yu Ye and Red Night while Jiang Chen dressed and waited for them.
• Jiang Chen bound Yu Ye and Red Night with a blood-control rope and said Ji Qinglin would send tribulation fire into them as a preventive measure.

Lu Bing disguised herself to question former security police leader Imai Gohtai about Wild God Technology’s secret experiment, which had turned Xiao Qinghong into Red Night. Imai revealed that Sanada and a mysterious technical director had run the experiment, but the chapter ended just as he mentioned a sealed metal coffin and the lights began flickering.

• Lu Bing traced Wild God Technology’s experiment through the security officers dismissed after its supposed accident and found Imai Gohtai at Hai Xuan Bar.
• Lu Bing abducted Imai Gohtai, subdued him with her water control, and offered him money to reveal what he knew about the experiment.
• Imai Gohtai said Xiao Qinghong had only approved the project, while Sanada and a mysterious technical director had carried it out.
• Imai Gohtai recalled experimenters bringing in strange storage devices resembling Spirit Tablets before the experiment.
• Imai Gohtai recalled that a heavy, fully sealed metal coffin had been carried into the laboratory, but the lights began flickering before he could say what was inside.

Lu Bing questioned Imai Gohtai about the destroyed Wild God Technology laboratory and learned that the supposed traitor’s escape was a cover story. Spirit Hero Murphy revealed its role in the incident and explained that Sanada had trapped Xiao Qinghong’s soul in the experiment, where she escaped alongside the experiment’s main soul.

• Lu Bing learned that a sealed metal coffin vanished from the laboratory and that only one unknown woman had escaped, undermining the story that a traitor kidnapped Xiao Qinghong.
• Imai Gohtai said Sanada benefited from Xiao Qinghong’s disappearance but suggested he might not have been the only person involved.
• Imai Gohtai died in an electrical fire in the bathroom, and Lu Bing recognized Spirit Hero Murphy as the presence behind it.
• Murphy admitted it had participated in the experiment and helped the escapee flee, then demanded that Lu Bing stop investigating her in exchange for an explanation.
• Murphy revealed that Sanada had lured Xiao Qinghong into the laboratory and transferred her soul into a Soul Storage Device, intending to eliminate her through the experiment.
• Murphy explained that Xiao Qinghong survived the feeding experiment and escaped with its main soul.

Lu Bing learned from Spirit Hero Murphy that Xiao Qinghong had approved the soul experiment without knowing its true scope, and that Murphy had rescued Yu Ye and Red Night before leaving their fate to them. Back at Ji’s General Store, Ji Qinglin stopped a fight between Jiang Chen, Yu Ye, and Red Night, only for the three disciples to gang up on him.

• Murphy told Lu Bing that Sanada led the rebellion and intended to use the experiment to eliminate Xiao Qinghong, who had approved the project but did not know its full contents.
• Murphy refused to identify the power behind Yu Ye, warned Lu Bing not to investigate the defector, and said it would stay out of any future fight against Wild God Technology.
• Murphy said Xiao Qinghong’s body might still be intact and left after telling Lu Bing to ask Sanada where she was; Lu Bing realized Murphy had been watching Ji’s General Store.
• At Ji’s General Store, Jiang Chen tried to punish Yu Ye and Red Night for drugging her, and the two resisted with their powers.
• Ji Qinglin dispersed their attacks and threw the three onto the sofa bed, but Yu Ye, Red Night, and Jiang Chen then pounced on him and tickled him.

After learning that Spirit Hero Murphy was watching them, Ji Qinglin urged caution while arranging for Jiang Chen's poison to be checked. Exhausted, he returned to his room and prepared to dream with the Immortal Calf Bone.

• Ji Qinglin learned from Lu Bing that Spirit Hero Murphy, possibly backed by a stronger force, was watching their affairs.
• Ji Qinglin reassured Jiang Chen, Yu Ye, and Red Night, but privately worried that Spirit Hero Murphy might know about the Immortal Remains and Qing.
• Ji Qinglin told Jiang Chen to stay until Sun Yi could test her blood for remaining poison, clarifying that he meant a medical examination.
• Ji Qinglin sent Yu Ye and Jiang Chen downstairs to meet Sun Yi, then returned to his room to use the Immortal Calf Bone for a dream.

Lu Bing remembered how Xiao Qinghong had saved her with Wild God Technology’s experimental Hydrogen Energy Organ, and their friendship had grown into a close bond before Lu Bing became the Water Hero. After resolving to uncover the truth for Red Night, Lu Bing headed to Wild God Technology while Ji Qinglin woke from a dream in which Qing appeared to have stabbed an immortal.

• Lu Bing recalled meeting Xiao Qinghong while seeking treatment for her internal injuries, and she agreed to receive Wild God Technology’s untested Hydrogen Energy Organ.
• Xiao Qinghong waived the costs, oversaw Lu Bing’s successful surgery, and protected her during recovery as the two became close friends.
• Lu Bing recalled defeating the Water Hero and returning to celebrate with Xiao Qinghong, then resolved to tell Red Night the truth and left for Wild God Technology.
• Sun Yi examined Jiang Chen at Ji’s General Store while Ji Qinglin slept upstairs and began sweating from a vivid dream.
• Ji Qinglin woke in alarm after dreaming that Qing had pierced the young immortal in black with an ancient bronze sword.

Ji Qinglin woke from a disturbing dream that suggested his past self might have killed the Immortal, then tried to steady himself with his disciples and turned to the aftermath of Kong DeCheng’s defeat. As Red Night, Yu Ye, and Jiang Chen prepared to investigate the Kong family, Kong Wei arrived at the General Store bloodied and begging for help.

• Ji Qinglin dreamed that Qing had killed the Immortal and questioned whether his past self had caused the tragedy.
• Jiang Chen, Yu Ye, Red Night, and Sun Yi found Ji Qinglin shaken, and he asked his disciples what they would do if he were a bad person.
• Ji Qinglin told his disciples to search Kong DeCheng’s belongings and records for evidence about Wild God Technology, and sent Jiang Chen with Yu Ye and Red Night to investigate the Kong family.
• Kong Wei crashed through the General Store’s door, bloodied and badly injured, and begged Ji Qinglin and his disciples for help.

Kong Wei reached Ji Qinglin’s store wounded and begged for help after claiming assassins killed his wife and four officers while pursuing a Kong family item. Ji Qinglin took the item and kept Kong Wei under his protection, leaving the truth of the killings and the attackers unresolved.

• Kong Wei arrived at Ji Qinglin’s store, and Ji Qinglin had Jiang Chen stop his bleeding while Yu Ye called the police.
• Kong Wei told the officers that six Machina Qi Practitioners had attacked his home, killed his wife, and pursued him after he took a Kong family item.
• Dark police officers arrived and accused Kong Wei of killing four officers at a security booth and stealing a police car, though Kong Wei insisted a machine had committed the murders.
• Ji Qinglin claimed jurisdiction over the suspicious case, then demanded the item from Kong Wei and threatened to hand him over when he denied having it.
• Kong Wei gave Ji Qinglin an obsidian-like storage device, and Ji Qinglin arranged treatment while reminding him that the doctor was the woman Kong Wei had once pursued.

Shen Bixin treated Kong Wei brutally before Ji Qinglin learned that Kong DeCheng had left him incriminating files on Immortal Path Biology and its partners. Ji Qinglin agreed to help investigate the killers in exchange for Kong Wei’s cooperation, and the group prepared to take him and the files to Undercover Police Headquarters.

• Shen Bixin stitched Kong Wei’s wound without anesthesia, planted a tracker in it, and demanded payment for both house calls.
• Ji Qinglin learned that Kong Wei’s wife had been murdered and that Kong DeCheng’s storage device held evidence about secret factories, bribery, and other dealings.
• Kong Wei explained that he wanted revenge on his wife’s killers and offered the remaining files if Ji Qinglin helped uncover the culprit.
• Ji Qinglin agreed to help Kong Wei in exchange for his cooperation and made a separate copy of the password-protected file about intelligent machines.
• Ji Qinglin arranged for Red Night to contact Xie Ling and Fan Yu so they could escort Kong Wei to Undercover Police Headquarters.

Ji Qinglin visited Undercover Police Headquarters for the first time and confronted resistance to his investigations into company crimes. When Cao GongWang challenged him to reveal his cases, Ji Qinglin projected footage of Cao accepting a bribe from Kong DeCheng.

• Ji Qinglin arrived at Undercover Police Headquarters with his disciples and Kong Wei, and the staff recognized him as the Deputy Commander.
• Undercover officers praised Ji Qinglin’s past cases as he was escorted to his office, while Kong Wei realized how dangerous it would have been to kill him.
• Ji Qinglin overheard Cui SanMei arguing with Cao GongWang over whether to continue investigating Kong DeCheng’s companies.
• Cui SanMei introduced Ji Qinglin to Cao GongWang, whom Ji Qinglin and his companions recognized as the officer who had taken a bribe from Kong DeCheng.
• After Cao GongWang accused Ji Qinglin of mishandling cases and demanded to see his work, Ji Qinglin projected a video of Cao accepting Kong DeCheng’s card.

Ji Qinglin exposed Cao GongWang’s bribery at Undercover Police Headquarters and arranged protection for Kong Wei while the agency investigated the files Kong DeCheng had left behind. He then accepted NanGong Qian Feng’s invitation to attend the Dao Pledge Convention Gratitude Banquet that evening.

• Cao GongWang demanded that Ji Qinglin stop investigating major corporations, so Ji Qinglin projected video evidence of Kong DeCheng bribing him.
• Cao GongWang called the video forged and ordered two subordinates to seize Ji Qinglin’s storage device, but Ji Qinglin’s fire currents sent them crashing into a wall.
• Ji Qinglin challenged Cao GongWang to verify the video on the spot, and Cui SanMei ordered the Internal Investigation Department to arrest him and open a case.
• Ji Qinglin explained Kong Wei’s case to Cui SanMei, who agreed to protect Kong Wei and help decrypt Kong DeCheng’s files; she also described similar murder cases involving researchers and corporate supervisors.
• NanGong Qian Feng offered to postpone the Gratitude Banquet because Ji Qinglin and Jiang Chen had been poisoned, but Ji Qinglin said they would attend that day.

Yu Ye reluctantly joined Ji Qinglin and Red Night at Four Seas Trade's Gratitude Banquet, where NanGong Qian Feng welcomed them and toasted their contributions. As Red Night tried to get NanGong Qian Feng drunk, Ji Qinglin learned that Red Night and Yu Ye had made a bet but did not yet learn what Yu Ye had wagered.

• Yu Ye initially declined the banquet because she felt uncomfortable seeing Ji Qinglin with NanGong Qian Feng, but changed her mind after returning home.
• Ji Qinglin secretly pocketed items she had bought from Zhang HuaiMin, then took Yu Ye and Red Night to Seaside Hotel after they dressed up for the banquet.
• NanGong Qian Feng welcomed Ji Qinglin, Yu Ye, and Red Night, then thanked the guests for helping Four Seas Trade win the Dao Pledge Convention.
• NanGong Qian Feng toasted Ji Qinglin, and Red Night joined them and began returning toasts.
• Yu Ye told Ji Qinglin that Red Night had bet she could get NanGong Qian Feng drunk within five cups, and Ji Qinglin asked what they had wagered.

Ji Qinglin spoke with NanGong Wang about Four Seas Trade and accepted the offer of shares, while Red Night got NanGong Qian Feng drunk during a drinking contest. NanGong Qian Feng dragged Ji Qinglin into a side room and kissed him after he failed to understand what she wanted to hear.

• NanGong Wang thanked Ji Qinglin for helping Four Seas Trade, said he had imprisoned his eldest son for life, and offered Ji Qinglin company shares.
• NanGong Wang joked about Ji Qinglin joining the Nangong Family, and NanGong Qian Feng scolded her father for being improper.
• Red Night and NanGong Qian Feng competed in drinking while Yu Ye watched, and NanGong Qian Feng eventually went to the restroom with Uncle Mo following her.
• Red Night nearly stumbled after winning, and Yu Ye took her away to rest as NanGong Qian Feng returned and grabbed Ji Qinglin.
• NanGong Qian Feng dragged Ji Qinglin into an empty side room and demanded to know why he had helped her and Four Seas Trade.
• Ji Qinglin said he wanted shares in Four Seas Trade, and NanGong Qian Feng kissed him.

Ji Qinglin spent the banquet trying to manage the drunken advances of NanGong Qian Feng and Red Night without compromising their reputations. After Yu Ye sent him to check on Jiang Chen, he found her drinking alone amid several empty bottles, and she invited him to join her.

• Drunken NanGong Qian Feng kissed and clung to Ji Qinglin, so he carried her to a guest room and used Bewitching Drug to put her to sleep.
• Ji Qinglin asked Uncle Mo to watch over NanGong Qian Feng, then learned that Yu Ye and Red Night had gone to another room.
• Red Night told Ji Qinglin that she had won her wager with Yu Ye and teased him while drunk, so he used Bewitching Drug to make her sleep as well.
• Yu Ye entered carrying sobering medicine and saw Ji Qinglin pulling his finger from Red Night's mouth, but he explained that he had helped Red Night fall asleep.
• Yu Ye told Ji Qinglin that Jiang Chen was drinking alone in the main hall, and he went to check on her.
• Ji Qinglin found Jiang Chen drinking Autumn Dew Nectar beside several empty bottles, and she invited him to drink with her.

Jiang Chen discussed Ji Qinglin’s worries about Yu Ye and NanGong Qian Feng with him over drinks, then advised Yu Ye not to let her and Red Night become weaknesses that held Master back. The chapter ended with Ji Qinglin sharing sensitive information with Yu Ye on the beach before teasing her about a wager and getting handsy.

• Jiang Chen told Ji Qinglin she had nothing troubling her and guessed that he was worried about Yu Ye and NanGong Qian Feng’s conflict.
• Jiang Chen got Ji Qinglin drunk, then told Yu Ye that Master had once been ruthless and that his disciples should avoid holding him back.
• Yu Ye agreed that she and Red Night had become liabilities and went to the beach to reflect while Jiang Chen returned to the hall.
• Ji Qinglin joined Yu Ye on the beach and explained that her and Red Night’s past identities could draw the other Nine Heroes and Wild God Technology into their troubles.
• Yu Ye reassured Ji Qinglin, and he teased her about when she and Red Night would begin their wager before embracing her on the beach.

After waking at Seaside Hotel, Ji Qinglin mistakenly believed he had slept with Yu Ye while drunk, and the group reunited for breakfast. NanGong Qian Feng promised to help him establish a company, but a call from Kong Wei revealed that the Dark Police had cracked a file taken from the Food Processing Plant.

• Ji Qinglin woke beside Yu Ye, found her underwear in his robe, and assumed he had taken advantage of her while drunk.
• Red Night interrupted them, then teased Yu Ye after catching her changing clothes.
• Ji Qinglin and his disciples ate breakfast with NanGong Qian Feng, who confirmed she would transfer the promised Four Seas Trade shares.
• Ji Qinglin asked NanGong Qian Feng to help him start a company, and she offered to arrange the details and make Immortal Path Biology's resources available.
• Kong Wei called Ji Qinglin to report that the Dark Police had cracked the file he took from the Food Processing Plant.

Ji Qinglin and her disciples investigated Kong DeCheng’s secret dealings after retrieving decrypted videos, while she continued searching for the Immortal Remains and the truth about Qing. The recordings pointed them to Yalu Hydroelectric Power Station as the likely site of Kong DeCheng’s meetings.

• Ji Qinglin left Jiang Chen and Qian Feng to discuss her planned company while she, Red Night, and Yu Ye returned to Undercover Police Headquarters.
• Xie Ling and Fan Yu reported that Kong DeCheng’s business and intelligence networks could be redirected to support Ji Qinglin’s operations and future company.
• Kong Wei showed Ji Qinglin a decrypted recording of Kong DeCheng trading Cultivation Accessories and Machina research information with a mysterious partner in exchange for a second piece of Immortal Remains.
• Ji Qinglin learned that Kong DeCheng’s partner threatened to kill him and anyone he told, which might explain why Kong Wei had been hunted.
• Yu Ye asked Fan Yu to cross-check Kong DeCheng’s solo trips against his purchases, and they identified Yalu Hydroelectric Power Station as a likely meeting place.

Ji Qinglin investigated Kong DeCheng’s shipments and decided to have Garbage Collectors scout Yalu Hydroelectric Power Station while the group looked into Immortal Path Biology. Meanwhile, disguised intruders infiltrated Undercover Police Headquarters, where Xie Ling noticed their cover story was suspicious and Ji Qinglin’s group stayed behind to watch them.

• Ji Qinglin reviewed Kong DeCheng’s shipment records and learned that Yalu Hydroelectric Power Station was a delivery point for large quantities of Artificial Meridians.
• Ji Qinglin rejected an immediate investigation of the station, sent Garbage Collectors to scout the region, and agreed to investigate Immortal Path Biology.
• A group of Machina Qi Practitioners disguised themselves as delivery workers, overpowered two officers, and drove a cargo truck into Undercover Police Headquarters.
• Ji Qinglin and his companions encountered the truck near the elevator, and Old Four claimed it carried new tables and chairs.
• Xie Ling warned the group that the delivery driver’s account did not match headquarters procedure, so Ji Qinglin reported the threat and kept everyone in place while Old Four waited by the truck.