Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing toured Tushan with Tu Shan Rong Rong and learned that the Dao Alliance repeatedly attacked the territory, allowing Tushan to train its forces and claim abandoned magical treasures. When another attack began, Tu Shan Hong Hong flew to investigate while Zhu Zhuqing and Tu Shan Rong Rong headed to watch the battle.

• Tushan locals and Silver Moon Guards respectfully greeted Zhu Zhuqing as she explored the prosperous territory with Tu Shan Rong Rong.
• Tu Shan Rong Rong gave Zhu Zhuqing and Cai Lin Rainbow Bobo Candy, while Cai Lin stayed close to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Cai Lin sensed something in the distance, and a rumble and black dust cloud soon appeared outside Tushan.
• Tu Shan Hong Hong flew toward the disturbance, and Tu Shan Rong Rong explained that the Dao Alliance regularly attacked Tushan for merit and money.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked to watch the battle, so Tu Shan Rong Rong carried her toward the battlefield and explained that humans relied on magical artifacts to counter yokai.

The Dao Alliance attacked Tu Shan in what had become a harmless training exercise, but Zhu Zhuqing judged the fighting useless and left. After a Daoist tried to shoot her down, Tu Shan Hong Hong destroyed the attackers’ flying ship, and Tu Shan’s guards captured the fleeing Daoists.

• The chapter explained how Magic Treasures, Internal Force, talismans, and intent allowed humans to resist the stronger yokai.
• A Dao Alliance force led by an inspector rode a flying boat toward Tu Shan, expecting to disrupt its plans and earn merit.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched the fighting and told Tu Shan Rong Rong that the weak Daoists provided no useful training, then flew back toward the city.
• A Daoist aimed his bow at Zhu Zhuqing, so Tu Shan Rong Rong used the True Fox Thought Technique to drop a massive stone block onto the flying boat.
• Tu Shan Hong Hong agreed that the mock battles should end, while the Silver Fox Guards captured the Daoists and Tu Shan Rong Rong considered how much they could be sold for.

Zhu Zhuqing nearly let Cai Lin devour Six-Ears after the monkey attacked her, forcing Heavenly Dao to intervene. Heavenly Dao offered Zhu Zhuqing a chance to reach the Great Desolate World in exchange for sparing Six-Ears, but Zhu Zhuqing refused and reaffirmed that she only wanted to complete her cultivation goal before leaving.

• Six-Ears threw a half-eaten peach at Zhu Zhuqing, and Cai Lin burst from her wrist and lunged at the monkey.
• Cai Lin immobilized Six-Ears, but Heavenly Dao stopped time around Zhu Zhuqing and asked her to spare Six-Ears.
• Heavenly Dao offered to introduce Zhu Zhuqing to her superior and help her reach the Great Desolate World if she spared Six-Ears.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejected the offer, explaining that she only wanted to complete the final piece of her puzzle and did not intend to develop further in Heavenly Dao's world.

Zhu Zhuqing negotiated with the Heavenly Dao to spare Six-Ears, and Cai Lin hurled Six-Ears away with a brutal strike. Ling Ming intercepted the injured Six-Ears in the Southern Kingdom and began treating her, suspecting Tushan was involved.

• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to discuss conditions with the Heavenly Dao later and asked it to lift the time restriction.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Cai Lin to spare Six-Ears, and Cai Lin struck her into the distance with her tail.
• Tu Shan Hong Hong sensed something pass over Tushan, but Tu Shan Rong Rong dismissed the disturbance and continued recording the spoils.
• Ling Ming sensed Six-Ears approaching at great speed and used the Somersault Cloud Technique to catch up with her.
• Ling Ming stopped Six-Ears near the boundary, carried her to the Southern Kingdom, and began treating her severe injuries while considering whether Tushan was responsible.

A year later, Zhu Zhuqing had reached the Lesser Demon King realm and continued to outmatch Tu Shan Ya Ya, while Ya Ya’s renewed Cold Energy training brought her close to a breakthrough. As the sisters discussed a case linked to Shenhuo Mountain Villa, Zhu Zhuqing used her Heavenly Eye to find Cuiyu Xiaotan and saw that she might not have much time left.

• Zhu Zhuqing defeated Tu Shan Ya Ya again, redirecting Ya Ya’s Cold Energy to freeze her.
• Tu Shan Hong Hong and Tu Shan Rong Rong learned that Zhu Zhuqing had nearly mastered the fourth level of intent and discussed Ya Ya’s rapid progress.
• Tu Shan Rong Rong told Tu Shan Hong Hong that the search for Cuiyu Ling’s missing person had produced few clues, with a possible link to Shenhuo Mountain Villa.
• Zhu Zhuqing connected Cuiyu Ling’s case to Cuiyu Xiaotan and used her Heavenly Eye to locate Xiaotan in the River of Destiny.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw that Cuiyu Xiaotan probably did not have much time left.

After Zhu Zhuqing used her Heavenly Eye to locate Cuiyu Xiaotan, Tu Shan Hong Hong raced to rescue her from the Human-Demon Black Market. She arrived just as Cuiyu Xiaotan was about to be dissected, and blood-red flames burst through the basement ceiling.

• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that her Heavenly Eye had traced Cuiyu Xiaotan to Ghost Forest, where she was near death and about to be made into medicinal ingredients.
• Tu Shan Hong Hong entrusted Tushan to Tu Shan Rong Rong and hurried toward the black market, while Tu Shan Ya Ya went to cultivate and Zhu Zhuqing resumed studying the Reincarnation Law.
• Jin Renfeng had already left Ghost Forest after obtaining poison, leaving Cuiyu Xiaotan captive in a sealed basement.
• A hunched old man approached Cuiyu Xiaotan with a curved blade, intending to use her to raise Gu Worms and sell what remained.
• As the old man neared Cuiyu Xiaotan, blood-red flames blasted through the basement ceiling and shattered its barriers.

Tu Shan Hong Hong rescued Cuiyu Xiaotan from the Ghost Forest and confronted Huan Du Qingtian before leaving to recover. Poison Child then set out for Tushan to approach Tu Shan Zhuqing, while Ling Ming decided to recruit her as the hope he had been waiting for.

• Tu Shan Hong Hong killed Old Demon Drywood, freed the captives, and carried the unconscious Cuiyu Xiaotan out of the Ghost Forest.
• Huan Du Qingtian confronted Tu Shan Hong Hong, then denied any connection to the Ghost Forest and let her leave with Cuiyu Xiaotan.
• Tu Shan Hong Hong stopped to recover, unaware that Poison Child had followed her and was watching nearby.
• Poison Child arranged an illusion formation and headed toward Tushan to meet Tu Shan Zhuqing.
• After Six-Ears recounted what she had seen in Tushan, Ling Ming resolved to bring Zhu Zhuqing into his ranks.

Zhu Zhuqing comprehended the Fourth Level Reincarnation Intent Realm, grew older, and broke through to the Great Demon King realm while Cai Lin guarded her. After waking, she met the Poison Child, who had waited nearby and asked about Cai Lin’s origins.

• Zhu Zhuqing reached the Fourth Level Reincarnation Intent Realm, and her body grew from the size of a six-year-old to a nine-year-old.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Cai Lin to guard her while she prepared to break through, and Cai Lin transformed into a giant python to protect her.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed surging heaven and earth energy and smoothly advanced to the Great Demon King realm.
• Cai Lin told Zhu Zhuqing that the Poison Child had arrived while she was cultivating and had waited without attacking.
• Zhu Zhuqing identified the Poison Child as the Third Young Master of Aolai Kingdom and asked why he had come.
• The Poison Child asked Zhu Zhuqing about Cai Lin’s identity and origins because she lacked the World’s Aura and made him feel threatened.

Zhu Zhuqing told Poison Child that she had reincarnated into the Fox Spirit World under a deal to help close the World Passage, with Cai Lin protecting her until she grew strong enough. Poison Child then revealed that the barrier he created had severed most of the world's laws, explaining why Zhu Zhuqing found cultivating the Reincarnation Law so slow.

• Zhu Zhuqing explained to Poison Child that she was an outsider who had reincarnated as a native life-form to help the world's Will close the World Passage.
• Zhu Zhuqing said the deal allowed her to observe the world's Reincarnation Law, and she asked Poison Child how she could cultivate it faster.
• Poison Child admitted that an object from beyond the heavens had injured him and weakened him after his revival.
• Poison Child explained that he had drawn a barrier separating the inner and outer circles, cutting off most of the Heaven and Earth Laws to keep Outer Circle Beings out.
• Poison Child revealed that the inner circle had access to less than one-tenth of the world's Power of Law, making cultivation and comprehension difficult.

Poison Child told Zhu Zhuqing that cultivation within the Inner Circle was capped at the Great Demon Emperor Realm and that she would need to reach the Outer Circle to advance further. As she weighed the challenge, Zhu Zhuqing reassured Tu Shan Rong Rong and Tu Shan Ya Ya that Tu Shan Hong Hong was safe, then asked about the Yellow Springs Tribe’s stronghold.

• Poison Child explained the Inner Circle’s cultivation limit and revealed that advancing further required entering the Outer Circle.
• Zhu Zhuqing learned she would need to leave the Inner Circle to comprehend more of the Heaven and Earth Laws, and Cai Lin promised to protect her.
• Tu Shan Ya Ya challenged Zhu Zhuqing after reaching the Great Demon King Realm, then quickly lost her nerve when they met.
• Tu Shan Rong Rong and Tu Shan Ya Ya worried about Tu Shan Hong Hong, and Zhu Zhuqing said Hong Hong was returning from the Southern Kingdom with Cuiyu Xiaotan.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Tu Shan Rong Rong where the Yellow Springs Tribe’s stronghold was.

Zhu Zhuqing created three clones so she could pursue Reincarnation Intent and take on Red String Matchmaker assignments across several regions at once. After Tu Shan Rong Rong arranged the assignments and sent one clone to You Ming Yellow Springs, Zhu Zhuqing and the sisters went to welcome Tu Shan Hong Hong, who was returning with a gravely injured Cuiyu Xiaotan.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Tu Shan Rong Rong and Tu Shan Ya Ya she planned to pursue Reincarnation Intent in Tushan and You Ming Yellow Springs while taking two Red String Matchmaker assignments.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that her innate ability created three clones with her cultivation, memories, and strength, and said they would travel to different regions.
• Tu Shan Rong Rong worried Zhu Zhuqing was facing danger, but Zhu Zhuqing said her urgency was related to the world beyond the Circle and declined to explain further.
• Tu Shan Rong Rong arranged for two clones to become Red String Matchmakers in the northern and southern regions and sent the third toward You Ming Yellow Springs with a Silver Fox Guard.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Tu Shan Ya Ya joined Tu Shan Rong Rong to welcome Tu Shan Hong Hong back to Tushan.
• Tu Shan Hong Hong flew toward Tushan carrying Cuiyu Xiaotan, who was barely breathing after severe physical and mental torment.

Tu Shan Hong Hong brought the dying Cuiyu Xiaotan back to Tushan, where Zhu Zhuqing used Life Force to restore her body but left her soul damage untreated. Cuiyu Xiaotan awoke in Cuiyu Ling’s arms, and Cuiyu Ling asked her who had harmed and sold her into Ghost Forest.

• Tu Shan Hong Hong rushed into Tushan with Cuiyu Xiaotan, ignoring Tu Shan Ya Ya and Tu Shan Rong Rong, who followed with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tu Shan Hong Hong told Cuiyu Ling that Cuiyu Xiaotan’s injuries were too severe and that she was nearly out of life.
• Zhu Zhuqing replenished Cuiyu Xiaotan’s vitality with Life Force, then left without repairing the damage to her soul.
• Cuiyu Xiaotan awoke and apologized to Cuiyu Ling for leaking the clan’s secret technique.
• Cuiyu Ling embraced Cuiyu Xiaotan and asked who had hurt her and sent her to Ghost Forest.

Cuiyu Xiaotan revealed that Jin Renfeng had obtained the Blood Exchange Secret Method before dying, and Tu Shan Rong Rong arranged for rumors about him to spread. Jin Renfeng denied colluding with demons to Dongfang Guyue, who suspected his scheme but chose to keep him at Shenhuo Mountain Villa while warning his daughters to stay cautious.

• Cuiyu Xiaotan confessed that she had given Jin Renfeng most of the Blood Exchange Secret Method, then dissipated in Cuiyu Ling's arms.
• Cuiyu Ling mourned Xiaotan, while Tu Shan Rong Rong said she would expose Jin Renfeng even if Tushan could not kill him.
• Rumors spread that Jin Renfeng had offered himself to a demon to hunt a leech demon.
• Jin Renfeng knelt before Dongfang Guyue and denied colluding with demons, and Dongfang Guyue warned him not to bring outside trouble to the villa.
• Dongfang Guyue privately revealed that he suspected Jin Renfeng's plan, then advised Dongfang Huaizhu and Dongfang Qinlan to be careful.

Dongfang Guyue realized Jin Renfeng wanted the Dongfang Spiritual Blood but chose not to kill him, relying on him to protect Shenhuo Mountain Villa while the sisters grew stronger. Two years later, as Dongfang Huaizhu struggled to manage the villa and afford her father's medicine, Dongfang Qinlan persuaded her to go gather herbs.

• Dongfang Guyue recognized Jin Renfeng's interest in the Dongfang Spiritual Blood but decided to keep him as Shenhuo Mountain Villa's safeguard.
• Jin Renfeng vowed to take over the villa and secretly prepared to act against Dongfang Guyue.
• Over the next two years, Mask emerged to challenge great clans, while Jin Renfeng quietly gained control within Shenhuo Mountain Villa and reduced Dongfang Guyue's medicine dosage.
• Dongfang Huaizhu found that the villa could afford only one more month of medicine for Dongfang Guyue, and Dongfang Qinlan suggested gathering herbs themselves.
• Dongfang Huaizhu agreed to go herb gathering with Dongfang Qinlan, despite her worries about leaving the villa's affairs.

Zhu Zhuqing reached the Great Demon Emperor realm and told Poison Child she planned to enter the Outer Circle within a year. When Yue Ti Xia and Hu Wei Sheng began Reincarnation Continuation beneath the Bitter Love Tree, Zhu Zhuqing sensed the Reincarnation Law and started analyzing it.

• Zhu Zhuqing awakened after raising her Reincarnation Intent to the eighth level and reached the Great Demon Emperor realm.
• Poison Child urged Zhu Zhuqing to wait for Wangquan Baye and the others to grow stronger, but Zhu Zhuqing refused and said she would enter the Outer Circle within a year.
• Poison Child left after asking Zhu Zhuqing to call Cai Lin away from his head, and Zhu Zhuqing promised Cai Lin she would soon let her eat her fill.
• Tu Shan Rong Rong arrived with Yue Ti Xia and Hu Wei Sheng, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to let them perform Reincarnation Continuation beneath the Bitter Love Tree.
• Yue Ti Xia and Hu Wei Sheng swore their vows and bowed to the Bitter Love Tree, prompting Zhu Zhuqing to sense the Reincarnation Law and analyze it.

Zhu Zhuqing reached ninety percent comprehension of the artistic conception after witnessing Yue Ti Xia’s Reincarnation Continuation, then offered Yue Ti Xia one favor to repay her. Yue Ti Xia hesitated over what to ask, while Hu Wei Sheng hoped she would request help for their relationship.

• Zhu Zhuqing’s breakthrough stirred a powerful storm, and Tu Shan Hong Hong killed a Yokai King who tried to force his way into the area.
• After the storm subsided, Zhu Zhuqing told Tu Shan Rong Rong that her artistic conception had reached ninety percent, though she still needed to accumulate Yokai Power to advance.
• Tu Shan Hong Hong asked whether the Monkey had helped Zhu Zhuqing grow stronger, but Zhu Zhuqing said her progress came from her own talent.
• Zhu Zhuqing pulled Yue Ti Xia and Hu Wei Sheng beneath the Bitter Love Tree and offered Yue Ti Xia one favor for helping her comprehend the final trace of the Reincarnation Law.
• Hu Wei Sheng hoped Yue Ti Xia would ask for help so they could be together, but Yue Ti Xia hesitated because she did not want to upset Tree Spirit Granny.

Zhu Zhuqing opened a Space Rift to Ancient Tree Forest and brought Tu Shan Ya Ya, Yue Ti Xia, and Hu Wei Sheng with her. After they left, Tu Shan Rong Rong realized A Zhu had been left behind in Tushan.

• Tu Shan Rong Rong defended Yue Ti Xia from Hu Wei Sheng’s pressure, and Zhu Zhuqing decided to repay Yue Ti Xia despite her refusal.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Tu Shan Hong Hong to go to Ancient Tree Forest, and Tu Shan Ya Ya persuaded her to come along.
• Zhu Zhuqing opened a Space Rift to Ancient Tree Forest and led Tu Shan Ya Ya, Yue Ti Xia, and Hu Wei Sheng through it.
• Tu Shan Rong Rong worried that Zhu Zhuqing might leave Tushan one day, while Tu Shan Hong Hong trusted that Zhu Zhuqing would tell them about her mission in time.
• A Zhu arrived after Yue Ti Xia’s group had left, and Tu Shan Rong Rong realized they had left the powerful black donkey behind.

Zhu Zhuqing brought A Zhu to the Yue Ti Clan and said she would address Yue Ti Xia’s troubled relationship with Hu Wei Sheng. She left the clan chief wary and Hu Wei Sheng hopeful, while warning him that being with Yue Ti Xia would require a sufficient price.

• A Zhu worried that Yue Ti Xia’s aura had vanished, and Tu Shan Rong Rong told him that Yue Ti Xia and the others had returned to Ancient Tree Forest.
• Zhu Zhuqing transported A Zhu to Ancient Tree Forest, where Yue Ti Xia introduced him to Zhu Zhuqing and Tu Shan Ya Ya.
• Yue Ti Xia led Zhu Zhuqing and Tu Shan Ya Ya to the Yue Ti Clan, which welcomed them with a grand ceremony and plant-based delicacies.
• Ancient Tree Granny asked why Zhu Zhuqing had come, and Zhu Zhuqing explained that she intended to resolve Yue Ti Xia’s trouble.
• Zhu Zhuqing reassured Ancient Tree Granny that she would not make matters too difficult, then warned Hu Wei Sheng that he would have to pay a sufficient price to be with Yue Ti Xia.

Zhu Zhuqing set conditions for Hu Wei Sheng to prove he could provide for Yue Ti Xia before the Yue Ti Clan would accept their marriage. After warning him not to threaten Yue Ti Xia with his life, she threw him out of the Ancient Tree Forest, leaving Yue Ti Xia with hope but forbidding her from helping him.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Hu Wei Sheng that he needed to prove he could support Yue Ti Xia and meet three requirements: a small house with a courtyard, work to support a family, and the three letters and six rites.
• Ancient Tree Granny agreed that the Yue Ti Clan would not interfere if Hu Wei Sheng fulfilled the requirements, while Yue Ti Xia encouraged him to try.
• Zhu Zhuqing warned Hu Wei Sheng not to threaten Yue Ti Xia with his life and said she would kill him if he used it to gain pity.
• Zhu Zhuqing threw Hu Wei Sheng out of the Ancient Tree Forest and told Yue Ti Xia she could watch him but must not help him.
• Ancient Tree Granny arranged for people to watch Yue Ti Xia and warned A Zhu not to help her interfere; Yue Ti Xia thanked Zhu Zhuqing for giving them hope.

Zhu Zhuqing confronted Hu Wei Sheng after he arrived at the Ancient Tree Forest carrying banners to force the Yue Ti Clan to accept his marriage to Yue Ti Xia. She severed Yue Ti Xia and Hu Wei Sheng’s reincarnation bond, then left with Tu Shan Ya Ya.

• Zhu Zhuqing waited outside the Ancient Tree Forest with Tu Shan Ya Ya, and Hu Wei Sheng emerged carrying two banners.
• Zhu Zhuqing rebuked Hu Wei Sheng for demanding marriage without being able to provide for Yue Ti Xia, but he insisted that he would not wait until he was old.
• Zhu Zhuqing accused Hu Wei Sheng of selfishly forcing Yue Ti Xia and her clan to bear the consequences of his choices.
• Yue Ti Xia arrived and begged Zhu Zhuqing to spare Hu Wei Sheng, but Zhu Zhuqing dismissed her plea.
• Zhu Zhuqing declared that Yue Ti Xia and Hu Wei Sheng could live as they wished but would never reincarnate in Tushan again, then severed their red reincarnation thread.
• Zhu Zhuqing left with Tu Shan Ya Ya, leaving Yue Ti Xia and Hu Wei Sheng stunned.