Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating as Xue Qinghe, Su Xian discovered a system with a limited-time flash sale and bought powerful items using the palace’s wealth. He concluded that his equipment would let him survive without cultivating and planned to sit back and watch events unfold.

• Su Xian realized he had transmigrated into Xue Qinghe, a prince whose fate was to be killed by Qian Renxue.
• The system announced a flash sale that let Su Xian buy shop items at one ten-thousandth of their original prices.
• Su Xian complained about the high prices and ordered the guards to gather every Gold Coin and convert the residence’s valuables into currency.
• Su Xian bought a large haul of powerful goods, including a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, medicinal herbs, and a Silver Moon Divine Light Cover.
• After seeing his equipment, Su Xian decided he could face even a Limit Douluo or a god without cultivating.

Su Xian refused the emperor’s summons and went exploring Heaven Dou City, where he rescued a homeless girl and took her in. When she introduced herself as Xue Er, he abruptly reacted with suspicion and demanded that she repeat her name.

• Su Xian spent over two million gold coins buying every flash-sale item from the Instant Kill System and stored the goods in his Storage Ring.
• Two soldiers told Su Xian that the emperor had summoned him, but he refused and left the palace.
• Su Xian explored Heaven Dou City and found a shop assistant beating a girl for stealing a steamed bun.
• Su Xian paid the shop assistant a gold coin, then agreed to take the homeless girl home with him.
• The girl told Su Xian to call her Xue Er, and he darkened his expression and demanded that she say her name again.

Su Xian tried to send Qian Renxue away with money, but her desperate performance and attempted suicide forced him to let her stay. He made her agree to marry him, leaving Qian Renxue conflicted as she weighed the offer against her mission.

• Su Xian decided not to make Qian Renxue his maid and offered her two thousand gold coins to leave Heaven Dou City alone.
• Qian Renxue chased Su Xian, pleaded to serve him, and threatened to kill herself when he refused.
• Su Xian handed Qian Renxue a dagger, but stopped her when she actually tried to stab herself.
• Su Xian agreed to take Qian Renxue in on the condition that she marry him.
• Qian Renxue hesitated, considering that she could agree temporarily while continuing her mission.

Su Xian gave Qian Renxue a Storage Ring as a love token and took her around Heaven Dou City, while Xue Ye learned that Xue Qinghe had refused his summons and gone to Qingya Courtyard. Xue Ye mistook the visit for an attempt to escape palace repression and decided to find Qinghe a marriage match.

• Qian Renxue agreed to marry Su Xian if he took her in, and Su Xian gave her a Storage Ring as a love token.
• Su Xian took Qian Renxue by the hand and led her around Heaven Dou City.
• Xue Ye learned that Xue Qinghe had gathered the wealth in his residence, refused the summons, and gone to Qingya Courtyard.
• Xue Ye ordered the guards to bring Xue Qinghe back by force if necessary.
• Night Shadow suggested that Xue Qinghe might feel repressed in the palace, and Xue Ye decided to arrange a marriage match for him.

Su Xian took Qian Renxue to Qingya Courtyard, where his teasing left her conflicted about her mission to replace him. The Imperial Guard then escorted Su Xian to the palace, and he ordered flowers without thorns sent to Qian Renxue as a gift.

• Qian Renxue resented Su Xian for bringing her to Qingya Courtyard, but his warmth and marriage talk deepened her conflict over whether she could one day kill him.
• Su Xian draped his robe over the trembling Qian Renxue as she curled up, while he saw her uncertainty as an opportunity to win her over.
• Imperial Guard commander Yu Qianxing arrived with orders to bring Su Xian back, and Su Xian gave up trying to escape after breaking through a window.
• Su Xian called Qian Renxue his future Imperial Prince Consort and asked Yu Qianxing to escort her home before heading to the palace.
• Su Xian stopped at a flower shop, rejected thorny plants, and ordered thornless flowers sent to his residence as a gift for Qian Renxue.

Su Xian returned to the palace carrying flowers and urged Yu Qianxing and Xue Wuji to report his faults so he would lose his chance at the throne. He was caught advising Xue Wuji to undermine him when Xue Ye revealed he had overheard their conversation.

• Su Xian reminded Yu Qianxing to tell Xue Ye that he had only watched dancing at Qingya Courtyard.
• Xue Wuji confronted Su Xian about visiting Qingya Courtyard and offered to help persuade Xue Ye to release him.
• Su Xian scolded Xue Wuji for helping him and urged him to seize the chance to become Emperor by reporting Su Xian's faults.
• Su Xian explained that he wanted to avoid becoming Emperor and live a quiet life, then told Xue Wuji to organize his accusations properly.
• Xue Ye appeared and revealed that he had arrived in time to hear Xue Wuji approach, leaving Su Xian embarrassed.

Su Xian told Xue Ye that he was the original Xue Qinghe returned from ten thousand years in the future, then used a Level 5 Soul Guidance Cannon to prove it. Xue Ye saw the weapon destroy a palace wall and was left stunned by its power.

• Xue Ye confronted Su Xian about his changed temperament after Yu Qianxing and Xue Wuji left the palace square.
• Su Xian claimed he was no longer the original Xue Qinghe and said he had spent decades in the future after falling asleep.
• Xue Ye took Su Xian to his study and ordered the guards away so they could speak privately.
• Su Xian showed Xue Ye a Level 5 Soul Guidance Cannon and explained that it could let low-level soul masters kill a Soul King.
• Xue Ye injected Soul Power into the cannon, which gathered energy and blasted apart a palace wall.

Su Xian used his Soul Guidance Cannons and an elaborate story about suffering in the future to win Xue Ye’s sympathy and secure his place in the present. Xue Ye agreed to grant Su Xian’s requests, including a marriage and an Entertainment City, while resolving to prepare for the threat of the Sun Moon Empire.

• Xue Ye saw the Soul Guidance Cannon’s power and asked Su Xian how many weapons he had, so Su Xian revealed fifty more and pretended to mourn their cost and his hardships in the future.
• Xue Ye comforted Su Xian, then learned that Heaven Dou had been destroyed by the Sun Moon Empire and swore not to coexist with it.
• Xue Ye ordered Su Xian to keep the future secret and asked him to hand over the cannons, but Su Xian refused and demanded that Xue Ye grant his wishes instead.
• Su Xian asked Xue Ye to make a girl he liked his Imperial Prince Consort, and Xue Ye agreed to issue an edict.
• Su Xian also asked to build an Entertainment City at the empire’s expense, and Xue Ye reluctantly agreed after Su Xian reminded him that the cannons cost a million gold coins each.

Su Xian handed the Soul Guidance weapons to Xue Ye and reaffirmed that he wanted no part of the Imperial Throne. He urged Xue Mingtong to pursue it instead, leaving the empire’s future in his younger brother’s hands.

• Su Xian gave Xue Ye the fifty-one weapons, and Xue Ye promised to keep them secure while insisting that Su Xian could not evade his imperial responsibilities.
• Xue Wuji and Xue Mingtong discussed Su Xian’s apparent effort to avoid becoming emperor, and both admitted they preferred lives beyond the throne.
• Su Xian found the brothers together and teased them about their awkwardly close pose.
• Su Xian asked Xue Mingtong whether he wanted to be emperor, and Xue Mingtong admitted that he did.
• Su Xian told Xue Mingtong he intended to remain a carefree prince and challenged him to earn Xue Ye’s approval as the empire’s future ruler.

Su Xian told Xue Mingtong and Xue Wuji that he had no interest in becoming emperor and revealed that he was engaged, but the princes focused on gossip and sparring instead. He left for home, determined to make Qian Renxue happy and become the Angel God's man.

• Su Xian insisted he did not want the throne, then told Xue Mingtong and Xue Wuji that he would marry a girl after coming of age.
• Xue Mingtong and Xue Wuji pressed Su Xian to reveal who his fiancée was, and he threatened Xue Mingtong into pursuing the throne.
• Su Xian dismissed Xue Wuji's chances against Xue Mingtong, prompting Xue Wuji to challenge his younger brother to a spar.
• Xue Mingtong tricked Xue Wuji into thinking Xue Ye had arrived, then escaped in his carriage.
• Su Xian returned to his residence, resolved to protect Qian Renxue and win her love.

Su Xian told Qian Renxue that the emperor had named her his Imperial Prince Consort, then flirted with her before leaving to secure their residence and plan Entertainment City. Qian Renxue struggled with her growing feelings while reminding herself that her mission made them impossible.

• Su Xian told Qian Renxue that his father had issued an edict making her the First Imperial Princess Consort of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Su Xian supported Qian Renxue when she became weak with shock, then ordered Ye Xing to protect her at all times.
• Su Xian sang a love poem as he left, and Qian Renxue blushed before resolving to resist her feelings for him.
• Su Xian installed more than a dozen formations around the residence to guard against intruders.
• Su Xian returned to his study and began designing Entertainment City to earn money and strengthen Heaven Dou City's defenses.

Su Xian was summoned to the palace with Qian Renxue so the Empress could meet her, but Qian Renxue tried to avoid getting closer to the imperial family. Su Xian carried her to the carriage despite her protests, leaving her embarrassed and helpless as they headed to the palace.

• A palace messenger told Su Xian that the Empress had summoned him and Qian Renxue, and Su Xian agreed to go.
• Su Xian found Qian Renxue in the garden and invited her to the palace, but she refused, claiming she felt unwell.
• Su Xian insisted on taking her to an imperial physician and scooped her into his arms despite her protests.
• Onlookers saw Su Xian carry Qian Renxue through the streets and shouted congratulations, embarrassing them both.
• Qian Renxue pleaded to be put down, but Su Xian shifted her into a different position in his embrace inside the carriage.

Su Xian brought Qian Renxue to the Imperial Palace and introduced her to Xue Wuji and Xue Mingtong as his future wife. In the Inner Palace, Nan Gongling learned that Qinghe planned to marry an orphan who was around twelve or thirteen, and accepted that she would have to wait years for grandchildren.

• Su Xian teased Qian Renxue about their future marriage and carried her into the Imperial Palace.
• Xue Wuji and Xue Mingtong greeted Su Xian and Qian Renxue, and Su Xian joked about Xue Mingtong's bruised face.
• Xue Ye told Nan Gongling that Qinghe had requested to marry a girl he rescued and had threatened his Imperial Father over it.
• Nan Gongling learned the girl was an orphan and around twelve or thirteen, and her hopes of becoming a grandmother soon diminished.
• Xue Ye reassured Nan Gongling that she could wait a few more years, easing her concern about the girl's age.

Su Xian brought Qian Renxue to meet Xue Ye and Nan Gongling, who welcomed her warmly as their future daughter-in-law. At the family banquet, Su Xian found the food too bland and poorly prepared to eat, so he left for the kitchen to cook for himself.

• Su Xian introduced Qian Renxue to Nan Gongling and joked that he had found her a daughter-in-law.
• Nan Gongling welcomed Qian Renxue warmly, while Xue Ye reminded Su Xian to keep their family secrets.
• Xue Ye made Su Xian sit beside him, and Su Xian ordered Xue Wuji to move farther from Qian Renxue.
• Su Xian disliked the bland dishes and nearly spat out the fish after tasting it.
• Nan Gongling put a chicken leg in Su Xian's bowl, and he excused himself and hurried to the kitchen to make food.

Su Xian entered the Imperial Cuisine kitchen and cooked Stir-Fried Bullfrog and steamed fish using seasonings unfamiliar to the royal cooks. He brought the dishes to the inner palace to share with his family, who were stunned that he could cook.

• Su Xian ordered Ya Ka to prepare fish, bullfrogs, scallions, ginger, garlic, and chili peppers so he could cook for Xue Ye and the Empress Dowager.
• Ya Ka cleared the kitchen and assisted Su Xian, while the cooks were shocked by his unfamiliar ingredients and methods.
• Su Xian made Stir-Fried Bullfrog and steamed fish, then packed both dishes into a lunch box.
• Su Xian arrived in the inner palace, where Nan Gongling questioned his delay and noticed the lunch box.
• Su Xian said he had cooked two dishes for the family, astonishing Nan Gongling, Xue Ye, Xue Wuji, and Xue Mingtong.

Su Xian served the family fish and Stir-Fried Bullfrog, impressing them with his cooking and drawing playful jealousy as he doted on Qian Renxue. After the fish was quickly devoured, he protected the remaining frog meat so he, Qian Renxue, and Nan Gongling could eat their share.

• Nan Gongling and Xue Ye praised Su Xian’s cooking as he served the dishes and gave Qian Renxue the first piece of fish.
• Qian Renxue loved the fish, and Su Xian served some to Nan Gongling and Xue Ye after they complained.
• Xue Wuji, Xue Mingtong, Xue Ye, and Qian Renxue ate until the fish was gone, while Su Xian barely got any.
• Nan Gongling gave the last piece of fish to Su Xian and invited Xue Ye and their sons to try the frog meat.
• Su Xian stopped Xue Ye and his sons from taking the frog meat, then served Nan Gongling and Qian Renxue before eating with them.

After sharing a warm dinner with Su Xian and his family, Qian Renxue reflected on how much she wanted to stay despite her concealed identity and her plan to return to Spirit Hall. Su Xian sneaked into her room to sleep beside her, but she caught him climbing into bed, and he promised not to touch her.

• Su Xian and Qian Renxue shared dinner with Nan Gongling, Xue Ye, and the others, while Xue Wuji asked to visit for meals and Su Xian rejected him.
• Su Xian walked Qian Renxue home and offered to cook for her again the next day.
• Qian Renxue remembered the warmth of dinner, feared Su Xian’s reaction if he learned her identity, and considered returning to Spirit Hall.
• Su Xian quietly entered Qian Renxue’s room after midnight and approached her bed, believing she was asleep.
• Qian Renxue sat up and caught Su Xian trying to climb into bed, and he insisted he only wanted to keep her company and promised not to touch her.

Su Xian pretended to have amnesia after Qian Renxue kicked him off the bed, but she discovered his head wound was tomato juice and realized he had been teasing her. She attacked him, and he dodged while pleading for mercy.

• Qian Renxue woke to find Su Xian wrapped around her and kicked him off the bed after he stared at her.
• Su Xian claimed he did not know Qian Renxue and remembered only that he had a wife, leaving her heartbroken.
• Qian Renxue decided to take Su Xian to Qian Daoliu to cure his supposed amnesia.
• Qian Renxue spotted the suspicious blood on her arm and recognized its scent as tomato juice.
• Su Xian confessed that he had been pretending, begged Qian Renxue not to hit his face, and dodged her punch.

Su Xian apologized to Qian Renxue after frightening her, and the two reconciled as she tended to his bitten shoulder. When Qin Yao reminded him of his duties as Xue Qinghe, Su Xian refused to attend his lessons and other obligations, claiming his injury required him to stay home.

• Su Xian begged Qian Renxue for forgiveness and offered her a whip, then embraced her as she cried over thinking he had forgotten her.
• Qian Renxue bit Su Xian's shoulder and warned him not to lie to her again, and he promised he would not.
• Qian Renxue bandaged Su Xian's shoulder and fed him breakfast while he basked in her care.
• Qin Yao reminded Su Xian that it was time for class, bringing Xue Qinghe's duties to mind.
• Su Xian told Qin Yao to request leave from Moonlight Pavilion, the Royal Academy, and the Royal Guard, claiming he was too injured to go anywhere.

Su Xian tried to persuade Qian Renxue that being emperor was a miserable, dangerous job and that he preferred to remain a carefree prince. Qian Renxue accepted his decision, partly because she feared the conflict between Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire would put him in danger.

• Su Xian told Qian Renxue he had no desire to become emperor and claimed that refusing the throne would spur his younger brothers to compete for it.
• Su Xian argued that emperors endured exhausting work, political struggles, and threats, while Qian Renxue pointed out that the throne carried great authority.
• Su Xian explained that the Heaven Dou Empire was too weak to command Spirit Hall or the sects, and said being a prince was better than being emperor.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Su Xian would want the throne if Spirit Hall submitted to the empire, but he refused and questioned whether she wanted him to become emperor.
• Qian Renxue chose to support Su Xian remaining a carefree prince, fearing that a future war between Spirit Hall and the empire could endanger him.