Arc 7The Soul Mirror and Family Reckoning

Wei Yunxi investigated a cursed mirror and an evil cultivator scheme involving women with special constitutions, then returned to Kunyu City to confront the Wei Family and reclaim her mother's Storage Pouch. She left the stretch with Wei Yunqing's bracelet treasures in her possession and Feng Jiaqing recovering from a dangerous illusion.

  • Yunxi and her companions exposed the Bronze Mirror's destruction of Taoyuan Village, shattered its domain, and handed the Soul-Collecting Mirror to White Impermanence in exchange for Soul Stones.
  • Yunxi traced a convoy of courtesans with Special Constitutions to the Yin Yang Sect, trapped its cultivators, and exposed their cooperation with evil cultivators.
  • True Lord Qingzhu rescued Yunxi and her companions from Li Chang, took the captured cultivators and mortals, and gave Yunxi a protective hairpin.
  • Yunxi visited the Feng Family, gave Feng Jiaqing a Golden Core Pill, and learned that her mother had sent a message from the Weiling Realm before Feng Jiaqing formed his Golden Core.
  • Yunxi returned to the Wei Family, reclaimed her mother's Storage Pouch from Wei Lingyue, and forced Du Ruolan to surrender Zhuohua Courtyard.
  • Yunxi confronted Du Ruolan and Wei Yunqing over the Spirit Melting Pill, planted a dormant Ice Needle in Du Ruolan's Dantian, and ordered her to stay away.
  • Yunxi erased the Divine Sense Imprint on Wei Yunqing's Crimson Bracelet, removed its treasures, and left Wei Yunqing expelled from its space.
  • Yunxi and Old Ancestor Feng watched over Feng Jiaqing during his cultivation disturbance, and Yunxi advised him to rest after he woke safely from an illusion.
Chapters 151–175 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 151Golden Core Achieved

Yunxi survived the tribulation and advanced to Golden Core, learning the tragic history of Bai Jinghan and discovering that City Lord Li had approached the Corpse Nurturing Ground. After Yunxi's overwhelming divine sense frightened him away, she reunited with her companions and explained her breakthrough.

  • Yunxi learned that Bai Jinghan had been kidnapped as a child, refined into a White Zombie, and wanted the evil cultivator responsible to be destroyed.
  • Yunxi formed a Ninth Grade Golden Core and had the Rosy Cloud Butterfly carry her away while she absorbed the Spirit Rain and recovered.
  • Yunxi spread her divine sense across the Mortal Realm, detected City Lord Li, and frightened him into fleeing with a Jade Talisman.
  • Yunxi reunited with Yu Qingcheng, Xia You, and Liu Haotian, who congratulated her on becoming a Golden Core Personal Disciple.
  • Yunxi told her companions that Li Cangyuan had become a White Zombie, and they learned that the evil cultivator had also turned Bai Jinghan into one.

Ch. 152Eradicating Future Troubles

Yunxi and the others destroyed the Corpse Nurturing Ground, gathered evidence of evil cultivators, and ensured Di Kangnian left Jinshan County. After Yu Qingcheng settled a score and the group departed, Yunxi led them toward several strange places she had discovered.

  • Liu Haotian raised concerns that evil cultivators might resume nurturing corpses, so Xia You gave the group Imprint Jades to record evidence.
  • Liu Haotian and the others set up a Blazing Sun Formation to destroy the Corpse Nurturing Ground and keep it destroyed for at least fifty years.
  • Yunxi and the others returned to Jinshan County and learned that Di Kangnian had fled in fear; they told County Magistrate Zhou to serve the people before leaving.
  • Yu Qingcheng disappeared briefly to settle a score, while Di Kangnian and the Di Family later suffered ruin and he died in prison.
  • After Yunxi advanced to Golden Core, she led the group toward strange places she had spotted with her divine sense.

Ch. 153Eerie Bronze Mirror

Yunxi and the others investigated rumors of eerie events near Chuntao City, where inn waiter Yin Yong revealed that his sister’s wishes to a cracked Bronze Mirror had cost their parents’ lives. His story ended with Yin Yong’s second brother retrieving the mirror after Yin Yong threw it into the river.

  • Yunxi and the others reached Chuntao City and asked an inn waiter about strange happenings nearby.
  • Liu Haotian exposed the waiter, Yin Yong, as a Taoyuan Village native who feared returning home, and Yin Yong begged them to spare him.
  • Yin Yong told them that his sister Yin Hua'er found a cracked Bronze Mirror in the river and spoke to an immortal inside it.
  • Yin Hua'er wished to marry Scholar Xin, and the mirror fulfilled the wish; soon afterward, her parents died mysteriously.
  • Yin Hua'er confessed that the mirror had demanded their parents’ lives as the price of her wish.
  • Yin Yong threw the Bronze Mirror into the river, but his second brother secretly retrieved it.

Ch. 154The Ugliness of the Human Heart

Yin Yong confronted Yin Chuan over the Bronze Mirror after Yin Hua'er and Scholar Xin died, and learned that Yin Chuan’s wish for wealth had brought disaster upon their family. After thieves killed Yin Chuan’s household, Yin Yong returned to Taoyuan Village and found his eldest brother’s family behaving strangely while preparing to bury them.

  • Yin Yong accused Yin Chuan of using the Bronze Mirror to wish for wealth at the cost of Yin Hua'er and Scholar Xin’s lives, but Yin Chuan denied it and expelled him.
  • Yin Yong accompanied the Xin Family to retrieve Yin Hua'er and Scholar Xin’s bodies and learned that Yin Hua'er had been three months pregnant.
  • Yin Yong learned that thieves had slaughtered Yin Chuan’s entire household, including the servants.
  • Yin Yong returned to Taoyuan Village and found Yin Shan’s family cheerful as they moved fine chests, while Madam Tang said Yin Shan had gone to choose burial plots.
  • Madam Tang explained that the family planned to bury Yin Chuan’s five dead household members quickly because of the heat and an upcoming wedding.

Ch. 155The Ugliness of the Human Heart 2

Yin Yong discovered that his eldest nephew, Fan Si, had taken the bronze mirror and that it was connected to the family’s sudden fortune and deaths. After secretly retrieving and burying the mirror, he returned to find Fan Si and his wife claiming that her dowry had been stolen.

  • Yin Yong grew suspicious after Yin Shan confirmed that the bronze mirror was missing and the constables had not found it.
  • Yin Shan discovered Dog-Head Gold in his fields, and his family began building a new house with the proceeds.
  • Yin Yong overheard Fan Si and his wife discussing the mirror, the deaths tied to its wishes, and their plan to keep it from him.
  • Yin Yong caused Fan Si to be called away with a staged injury, searched his room, found the mirror, and buried it in the Back Mountain.
  • Fan Si and his wife claimed that an embroidered pouch with silver had been stolen, and Yin Yong advised them to report the theft to the authorities.

Ch. 156The Ugliness of the Human Heart 3

After Yin Yong recounted the deaths linked to the Bronze Mirror, Liu Haotian, Xia You, Yunxi, and Yu Qingcheng set out to investigate Taoyuan Village. They could not find the village and suspected the mirror had created its own domain, while Yin Yong was left with only one month to live.

  • Yin Yong’s eldest brother and all eleven other members of his family died when lightning destroyed their new house, and Yin Yong found the Bronze Mirror missing from its hiding place.
  • After another household burned to death, Yin Yong left Taoyuan Village and settled in Chuntao City, where he told the four investigators what had happened.
  • Xia You revealed that she had recorded Yin Yong’s account with the Imprint Jade, and the four decided to investigate the Bronze Mirror in Taoyuan Village.
  • Yunxi warned Yin Yong that the events had begun with his discovery of the mirror, and Liu Haotian told him he had only one month left to live.
  • Yin Yong refused to return but gave the four the village’s location; they traveled there by Flying Swords and found no village where he had said it was.
  • Liu Haotian suspected the Bronze Mirror had formed its own domain, and the four considered whether it had grown stronger or was connected to the Yin Family’s Ancestral Tomb.

Ch. 157Entering Taoyuan

Yunxi, Liu Haotian, Yu Qingcheng, and Xia You entered Taoyuan Village to investigate its strange aura and claim a house they had bought from Yin Yong. The village chief revealed that Yin Yong had deceived them and summoned his family to settle the dispute.

  • Yunxi lowered her cultivation to Foundation Establishment Early Stage before the four entered Taoyuan, where Dian Dian detected only a faint trace of Evil Qi.
  • A wary old man challenged the outsiders, and Yunxi, Liu Haotian, Yu Qingcheng, and Xia You continued into the village after suspecting he was acting as a gatekeeper.
  • The four asked the village chief about their purchase, and he said Yin Yong's family was alive and still occupied the ancestral residence.
  • Liu Haotian showed the village chief their land deed, and the chief agreed to bring Yin Yong's parents and brothers to discuss the matter.
  • Yin Yong's parents, eldest brother Yin Shan, and second brother Yin Chuan arrived at the village chief's home.

Ch. 158False Peace

Yunxi and the others confronted the Yin Family over Yin Yong’s sale of their ancestral home, then revealed that the family and villagers were already dead and had been sacrificed. The village chief admitted he was preserving Taoyuan Village’s false peace for the Immortal and insisted the four visitors be sacrificed.

  • Yu Qingcheng and Liu Haotian demanded that the Yin Family surrender the ancestral residence or return the one hundred taels Yin Yong had received, and the village chief proposed building the visitors a new brick-and-tile house instead.
  • Liu Haotian agreed to stay in the Yin Family’s old residence until the new house was completed.
  • Yunxi stopped Yin Shan and Yin Chuan from leaving and recounted how the Yin Family had died, while Yu Qingcheng told them they were already dead.
  • Yin Chuan, Yin Fansi, Xia You, Yin Hua'er, and Scholar Xin argued and fought as the villagers learned they too had died as sacrifices.
  • The village chief confronted Yunxi and the others, revealed that the Immortal had promised to restore Taoyuan Village if they were sacrificed, and Liu Haotian condemned his refusal to face the truth.

Ch. 159Breakthrough After Breakthrough

Yunxi and her companions exposed Taoyuan Village as a ruin trapped inside a Bronze Mirror and fought their way back to reality. The Mirror Spirit was left dormant or destroyed, the villagers’ souls emerged, and two soul collectors arrived to take them away.

  • Yunxi used the Seven-Star Deadly Staff to reveal Taoyuan Village’s ruins, and the village chief confessed that the Bronze Mirror had trapped and killed the villagers.
  • Liu Haotian destroyed the village chief’s soul, but the Bronze Mirror absorbed the wandering villagers’ souls and tried to seize the group’s divine souls.
  • Yunxi cracked the Bronze Mirror with her Seven-Star Deadly Staff, and she and her companions realized they were trapped inside its space.
  • Yunxi manifested the Flower Diadem Immortal Artifact and shattered the mirror’s space, returning the group to real Taoyuan Village with the badly cracked Bronze Mirror in her hands.
  • The villagers’ souls emerged from the mirror, and Liu Haotian identified them as needing reincarnation.
  • A black-robed and a white-robed soul collector appeared, and the white-robed man explained that the villagers’ bodies had decayed and could not return to life.

Ch. 160Equivalent Exchange

Yunxi and her companions learned that the Bronze Mirror was an Underworld Soul-Collecting Mirror corrupted by evil cultivators, then negotiated compensation from Black and White Impermanence before handing it over. The Ghost Messengers departed with the mirror, while Yunxi exchanged contact talismans with them and received a black box from White Impermanence.

  • Yunxi approached Black and White Impermanence and explained how the Bronze Mirror had caused Taoyuan Village’s destruction.
  • Black Impermanence recognized the Bronze Mirror as a lost Soul-Collecting Mirror, and Liu Haotian explained that evil cultivators had corrupted it to gather souls and cultivate resentment.
  • Yu Qingcheng demanded compensation for the group’s efforts and danger, so Yunxi negotiated a reward in Soul Stones from the Ghost Messengers.
  • Yunxi kept two Mid-grade Soul Stones and ten Low-grade Soul Stones, divided the remaining stones among her companions, and handed the Soul-Collecting Mirror to White Impermanence.
  • Yunxi gave Black and White Impermanence Message Talismans to stay in touch, and White Impermanence handed her a black box.

Ch. 161Expanding Connections

Yunxi and her companions buried Taoyuan Village’s remains, benefited from cultivating with Soul Stones, and traveled on to Jinyun City. Meanwhile, Wei Yunqing set out alone for the Lineage but was knocked from her Flying Ship during a beast attack and stranded in the Baohua Mountain Range.

  • Yunxi, Liu Haotian, Xia You, and Yu Qingcheng buried the remains in Taoyuan Village, rested overnight, and cultivated with Soul Stones; Liu Haotian sensed that he was close to a Golden Core breakthrough.
  • Liu Haotian urged the others to keep their Soul Stones secret, and the four left the village; a shadowy figure arrived afterward and discovered that its Evil Artifact plans had been ruined.
  • Yunxi’s group reached Jinyun City, paid to enter, and settled in at Yunlai Inn for a two-day rest.
  • Wei Yunqing became distracted after Sheng Yuhong distanced himself, but Ye Shaohua warned her to focus on cultivation, so she decided to return to the Lineage alone.
  • Wei Yunqing boarded a Flying Ship from Haoran City, but Red-beaked Falcons attacked it in the Baohua Mountain Range and a third-rank falcon knocked her into the mountains.

Ch. 162Special Constitutions

Yunxi and her companions watched Jinyun City’s courtesan parade, where Liu Haotian and Yu Qingcheng discovered that many courtesans possessed Pure Yin or Pure Yang Physiques. Yunxi suspected evil cultivators were gathering people with special constitutions to raise as Human Cauldrons, and her group realized the discovery could point to a wider threat.

  • Yunxi persuaded Liu Haotian, Yu Qingcheng, and Xia You to stay in Jinyun City and watch the courtesan parade.
  • Yunxi and her companions watched the parade, while Liu Haotian and Yu Qingcheng noticed that many courtesans seemed marked for a grim fate.
  • Yu Qingcheng explained that she used an examination incantation to discover the courtesans’ Special Constitutions, and Yunxi asked her to teach it.
  • Yunxi speculated that evil cultivators were selecting people with special constitutions to raise as Human Cauldrons and use to influence the Cultivation Realm.
  • Liu Haotian, Yu Qingcheng, and Xia You grew alarmed as Yunxi’s theory suggested that evil cultivators could pose a threat to the Weiyu Realm.

Ch. 163Steal the Beams and Replace the Pillars

Yunxi infiltrated a convoy of courtesans to track evil cultivators transporting women with Special Constitutions back to the Cultivation Realm. As Liu Haotian and the others waited at Cloud Mist Mountain to identify the courtesans’ recipients, he worried that Yunxi might face danger inside the carriage.

  • Yunxi sent the Rosy Cloud Butterfly to watch the courtesans, and the group confirmed that all twenty selected women had Special Constitutions.
  • Yunxi disguised herself as Min Yue and joined the convoy bound for the Capital.
  • On the fourth evening, Yunxi pretended to faint after the courtesans drank drugged sweet soup, then sensed that the group was being taken toward the border between the Mortal Realm and the Cultivation Realm.
  • Yunxi learned that evil cultivators had taken the courtesans and told Liu Haotian, Xia You, and Yu Qingcheng to cross the border ahead and lie in ambush.
  • Liu Haotian and the others passed through Cloud Mist Mountain’s barrier and waited to see who would receive the courtesans, while Liu Haotian worried about Yunxi’s safety.

Ch. 164Preemptive Ambush

Yunxi returned to the Cultivation Realm with the kidnapped courtesans and discovered their captors were working with people from the Yin Yang Sect. She sprang her ambush, leaving the evil cultivator unconscious and trapping the five sect members in a golden array.

  • Liu Haotian sent word to his master while Yu Qingcheng and the others planned to watch the evil cultivators without alerting them.
  • Yunxi pretended to wake in the carriage and questioned the evil cultivator, who knocked her unconscious again.
  • Using the Rosy Cloud Butterfly, Yunxi saw five Yin Yang Sect members meet the evil cultivator and heard them discuss a woman with a Special Constitution and a suspected Spirit Transformation presence in the Mortal Realm.
  • Yunxi realized her Golden Core breakthrough had caused the cultivators to sense Spirit Transformation pressure, and she arranged for Liu Haotian and the others to prepare for an ambush.
  • Yunxi grabbed the evil cultivator's wrist and rendered him unconscious, then triggered a golden array that trapped the five Yin Yang Sect members.

Ch. 165Clash at the Border

Wei Yunxi and Liu Haotian’s group trapped five cultivators suspected of aiding evil cultivators and confirmed their connection to the Yin Yang Sect. City Lord Li ambushed them, leaving Yunxi fighting the sect’s leader while Liu Haotian, Yu Qingcheng, and Xia You faced Li Chang.

  • Liu Haotian, Yu Qingcheng, and Xia You planted Wei Yunxi’s formation disk and trapped five cultivators they suspected of meeting evil cultivators.
  • Wei Yunxi reported that the five men’s master was colluding with evil cultivators who sent mortals with special physiques to the Yin Yang Sect as cultivation furnaces, and said she had recorded their conversation.
  • As the trapped cultivators tried to break out, Wei Yunxi activated a Killing Formation, but City Lord Li ambushed her and forced her into the formation.
  • Wei Yunxi revealed her early Golden Core cultivation and fought the Yin Yang Sect’s leader, condemning his choice to serve evil cultivators.
  • City Lord Li struck Liu Haotian, Yu Qingcheng, and Xia You, who identified him as Li Chang and defended themselves with their hidden trump cards.
  • An unseen speaker confronted Li Chang, demanding to know how he dared attack their disciple.

Ch. 166Green Bamboo Comes to the Rescue

True Lord Qingzhu rescued Liu Haotian and joined Wei Yunxi’s group in exposing a scheme that sent mortals with Special Constitutions to evil cultivators. After hearing their account and accepting their evidence, he let Yunxi leave near Kunyu City and gave her a protective hairpin.

  • True Lord Qingzhu drove Li Chang away with a sound attack and rescued Liu Haotian and his companions.
  • Wei Yunxi ended the formation and showed True Lord Qingzhu the captured Yin Yang Sect cultivators and evidence of their scheme.
  • True Lord Qingzhu subdued the captives, took the nineteen mortals with Special Constitutions, and carried the group away on his Flying Boat.
  • Liu Haotian and the others recounted their discoveries, and Wei Yunxi presented Imprint Jades documenting the events.
  • Wei Yunxi credited Liu Haotian and Yu Qingcheng for discovering key clues, and True Lord Qingzhu gave her a hairpin that could withstand three Nascent Soul attacks.
  • The group exchanged Communication Jade Slip auras, and Wei Yunxi left the Flying Boat at Yuling Mountain to continue toward Kunyu City.

Ch. 167Return to Kunyu City

After returning to Kunyu City, Yunxi visited the Feng Family, reunited with Feng Jiaqing and Feng Feng, and gave her uncle a Golden Core Pill to help him advance. The Fengs revealed that Wei Lingyue had taken one of her mother’s Storage Pouches and that he alone had returned from an ancient cultivator’s Immortal Cave with her mother.

  • Yunxi concealed her appearance and visited the Feng Family, where she revealed herself to Feng Jiaqing and described her years in the sect.
  • Yunxi gave Feng Jiaqing her unused Golden Core Pill so he could attempt to form his Core, and he agreed to pay its market price.
  • Yunxi met Feng Feng, discussed alchemy with him, and learned that Wei Lingyue had likely taken one Storage Pouch left by her mother.
  • Yunxi asked whether her mother’s fall was connected to Wei Lingyue, and Feng Jiaqing told her that only Wei Lingyue returned from their expedition to an ancient cultivator’s Immortal Cave.

Ch. 168Return to Kunyu City 2

Yunxi learned that her mother was alive in the Weiling Realm and received her Soul Lamp before returning to the Wei Family. She reclaimed Zhuohua Courtyard from Du Ruolan and ended the chapter by asking whether Du Ruolan wanted to hear how Yunqing was doing.

  • Feng Jiaqing told Yunxi that her mother had sent a message from the Weiling Realm and gave Yunxi her Soul Lamp.
  • Feng Jiaqing entered seclusion and successfully formed his Golden Core, after which Yunxi returned to the Wei Family.
  • Wei Lingyue welcomed Yunxi home, and she offered him Healing Pills while noting his lingering injuries.
  • Yunxi learned that Zhuohua Courtyard had become Du Ruolan's residence and made Wei Lingyue arrange to clear it out for her.
  • Du Ruolan confronted Yunxi but was forced to kneel; Yunxi let her rise and asked whether she wanted to know how Yunqing had been doing.

Ch. 169There Was a Reason

Yunxi confronted Wei Lingyue about her mother’s belongings and the way he had treated her, making clear that their relationship had become estranged. Wei Lingyue agreed to return the Storage Pouch, and Yunxi left him with no expectation of fatherly love.

  • Yunxi told Du Ruolan and Wei Lingyue that Wei Yunqing had stayed at the sect and had not taken a master, while Yunxi had become True Lord Yuling’s only disciple.
  • Du Ruolan left the main hall, realizing she would have to surrender Zhuohua Courtyard, while Wei Lingyue tried to grow closer to Yunxi.
  • Yunxi asked Wei Lingyue to return her mother’s Storage Pouch and rejected his claim that it had belonged to both of her parents.
  • Yunxi accused Wei Lingyue of favoring Wei Yunqing, allowing her to bully Yunxi, and failing to protect Yunxi from the Spirit Melting Pill plot.
  • Yunxi recalled Wei Lingyue knocking her unconscious after her mother’s death and taking the Storage Pouch; he agreed to replenish what he had used and return it.
  • Yunxi told Wei Lingyue that she no longer hoped for fatherly love and that he should rely on his other daughter instead.

Ch. 170Regret Comes Too Late

Yunxi settled back into Zhuohua Courtyard after confronting Wei Lingyue, who blamed Du Ruolan and reclaimed the Youth-Preserving Pill. Meanwhile, Wei Yunqing gained a Crimson Bracelet Space and set out for Kunyu City to challenge Yunxi, who gave the Wei Family pills and promised a Golden Core Pill to Wei Lingtao in secret.

  • Yunxi dismissed the servants, sealed Zhuohua Courtyard with a Fourth-Grade Formation Disk, and reflected on how she had changed her fate and Kunyu City.
  • Wei Lingyue blamed Du Ruolan for worsening his relationship with Yunxi, took back the Youth-Preserving Pill, and warned Du Ruolan to treat Yunxi respectfully.
  • Du Ruolan realized Yunxi had known about the Spirit Melting Pill for years and feared she could no longer rely on Wei Lingyue to protect her.
  • Wei Yunqing escaped the Baohua Mountain Range after reaching Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, claimed a Crimson Bracelet with a small living space, and headed for Kunyu City to suppress Yunxi.
  • Yunxi gave Wei Lingtao pills, including three Foundation Establishment Pills, and promised to secretly send the Wei Family a Golden Core Pill after returning to the sect.

Ch. 171Every Kind of Sabotage

Yunxi secured Wei Lingtao’s support in limiting Wei Lingyue’s influence, recovered her mother’s belongings from her father, and attended Feng Jiaqing’s Golden Core celebration. The chapter ended with Wei Yunqing returning to Kunyu City as news of Feng Jiaqing’s breakthrough spread.

  • Yunxi persuaded Wei Lingtao to help ensure Wei Lingyue could not claim more power in the Wei Family, and agreed to visit the Feng Family with him.
  • Rosy Cloud reported Wei Lingyue’s conversation with Du Ruolan, while Dian Dian revealed he had found ten uncontaminated Rosy Cloud Butterfly eggs for Yunxi’s surveillance network.
  • Wei Lingyue returned Yunxi’s Storage Pouch in exchange for healing pills, and agreed to enter seclusion to treat his injuries.
  • Yunxi and Wei Lingtao represented the Wei Family at Feng Jiaqing’s celebration, where Yunxi discussed her father’s ambitions with her uncle.
  • Wei Yunqing returned to Kunyu City and learned that Feng Jiaqing had formed a Golden Core.

Ch. 172Surprise or Not

Wei Yunqing returned to the Wei Family and learned that Wei Yunxi had formed her Golden Core and taken over Zhuohua Courtyard. After Yunxi confronted Wei Yunqing and Du Ruolan, Du Ruolan tried to explain her role in the past, leaving Yunxi to point out that she had chosen to give her the Spirit Melting Pill.

  • Wei Yunqing returned to the Wei Family and found Zhuohua Courtyard sealed, so Liuxu escorted her to Du Ruolan at Begonia Courtyard.
  • Du Ruolan told Wei Yunqing that Wei Yunxi had formed her Golden Core, taken Zhuohua Courtyard, and returned with resources that won the clan elders' recognition.
  • Du Ruolan warned Wei Yunqing to avoid confronting Wei Yunxi and confessed that she had given Yunxi the Spirit Melting Pill; Wei Yunqing embraced her and vowed to surpass Yunxi.
  • Yunxi overheard the mother and daughter's conversation through the Rosy Cloud Butterfly and returned to the Wei Family with the Family Head.
  • Wei Yunqing and Du Ruolan came to Zhuohua Courtyard, where Yunxi made Wei Yunqing address her as True Person Wei and ordered them to leave.
  • Du Ruolan tried to explain her past actions, and Yunxi said that although the root of the conflict lay with her father, Du Ruolan had chosen to give her the Spirit Melting Pill.

Ch. 173Words That Pierce the Heart

Wei Yunxi confronted Du Ruolan over her attempt to ruin Yunxi’s aptitude, then exposed Wei Lingyue’s selfish motives and drove Du Ruolan to collapse. After Wei Yunqing took her mother away, Yunxi learned that Yunqing carried a hidden treasure and ordered Dian Dian to have Rosy Cloud watch her.

  • Du Ruolan claimed she had only meant to make Wei Yunxi miss her chance to join the Haoran Sect, while Wei Yunqing defended her from Yunxi’s accusation that she would search Du Ruolan’s soul.
  • Wei Yunxi suppressed Du Ruolan and Wei Yunqing with her Golden Core pressure, planted a dormant Ice Needle in Du Ruolan’s Dantian, and ordered Du Ruolan not to appear before her again.
  • Wei Yunxi told Du Ruolan that Wei Lingyue had manipulated her and had helped bring about Feng Jiayun’s fall, then revealed that he had taken back the Youth-Preserving Pill in exchange for a healing pill.
  • Du Ruolan fainted after Yunxi’s accusations, and Wei Yunqing carried her back to Begonia Courtyard and healed her injuries.
  • Dian Dian told Wei Yunxi that Wei Yunqing carried a treasure on her left hand, and Yunxi ordered Rosy Cloud to keep watch rather than risk Dian Dian’s discovery.
  • Du Ruolan woke and lamented that Wei Lingyue cared only for himself, while Wei Yunqing promised to make her mother admired and envied.

Ch. 174The Beginning of Change

Wei Yunxi investigated Wei Yunqing’s mysterious Crimson Bracelet and decided to seize the space artifact for herself. She began forcibly erasing its Divine Sense Imprint, ejecting Wei Yunqing from the space in agony.

  • Du Ruolan warned Wei Yunqing not to confront Wei Yunxi, while Wei Yunqing vowed to surpass her and become a Personal Disciple of the Haoran Sect.
  • Wei Yunxi reassured Wei Lingtao that she had only told Du Ruolan the truth about the Youth-Preserving Pill, then went to the Feng Family.
  • Wei Yunxi exchanged pill-refining insights with Old Ancestor Feng, practiced refining third-grade pills, and planned to upgrade her furnace and seek an Exotic Flame.
  • The Rosy Cloud Butterfly reported that Wei Yunqing wore a Crimson Bracelet and vanished into it, leading Wei Yunxi to suspect it was a Space Artifact.
  • After Wei Yunqing entered the bracelet’s space again, Wei Yunxi used her divine sense to forcibly erase its Divine Sense Imprint, causing Wei Yunqing to be expelled from the space in pain.

Ch. 175Forced Interruption

Yunxi interrupted her attempt to erase Wei Yunqing’s Divine Sense Imprint when Old Ancestor Feng summoned her over Feng Jiaqing’s Qi Deviation. Feng Jiaqing recovered, and Yunxi suspected his strange illusion had been triggered by her seizure of Wei Yunqing’s space.

  • Yunxi emptied Wei Yunqing’s Bracelet Space of its treasures and stored them with the Rosy Cloud Butterfly before answering the Feng Family steward’s summons.
  • Old Ancestor Feng told Yunxi that Feng Jiaqing had suffered chaotic spiritual energy and signs of Qi Deviation while consolidating his cultivation.
  • Yunxi and Old Ancestor Feng watched over Feng Jiaqing until his expression and spiritual energy calmed, and he woke unharmed.
  • Feng Jiaqing said he had been drawn into an illusion where he experienced a different version of Yunxi, who was willful and had only a Lightning Spiritual Root.
  • Yunxi found no Evil Qi in Feng Jiaqing and advised him to rest from cultivation for two days while he settled his state of mind.
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