Chapter Summaries

Su Xian staged a false assassination report to lure Meng Shenji into a trap while spending time playing cards with Qian Renxue, Qin Yao, and Xue Ke. Meng Shenji rushed toward the Prince’s Residence, unaware that he was walking into Su Xian’s scheme.

• Su Xian decided to fleece Meng Shenji after the old man sent Yu Tianmin to deal with him, and asked Qian Renxue to prepare refreshments.
• Meng Shenji waited at the Royal Academy for news from Yu Tianmin, confident that she would defeat Su Xian.
• A servant falsely told Meng Shenji that the First Prince had been assassinated, and Meng Shenji hurried to the Prince’s Residence in alarm.
• Su Xian fought Qian Renxue and Qin Yao at cards, winning repeatedly while Xue Ke bet on him and lost confidence in her instincts.
• Qian Renxue pushed Su Xian away when he leaned against her, and Xue Ke moved her gold coins aside after suspecting the pair might not play fairly.

Su Xian pretended that Yu Tianmin had nearly killed him and used the supposed injury to demand compensation from Meng Shenji. Meng Shenji realized Su Xian had set him up, but Su Xian escalated the act by faking blood and threatening to call the assassin back.

• Qian Renxue won a card game against Su Xian and Qin Yao, while Su Xian quietly signaled Qin Yao to let her win.
• Meng Shenji rushed to the Prince's Residence, fearing Su Xian had been harmed, and found him happily collecting gold coins from the others.
• Su Xian told Qin Yao to take the sleeping Xue Ke away, then claimed to Meng Shenji that a formidable female assassin had nearly killed him.
• Meng Shenji admitted that he had sent Yu Tianmin to test Su Xian's strength and asked Su Xian to release her.
• Su Xian demanded an explanation for his supposed injury, spat out tomato juice as fake blood, and smashed a grape against his forehead to make it look as though he was bleeding.

Su Xian confronted Meng Shenji over Yu Tianmin’s attack, first pretending his accusation had been a joke before insisting it was true. When Meng Shenji invoked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Su Xian accused him of threatening him and showed no fear of the clan’s power.

• Meng Shenji angrily accused Su Xian of twisting the truth and betraying the Royal Academy’s honor.
• Su Xian and Qian Renxue flirted while Meng Shenji waited in mounting frustration.
• Su Xian clarified that only his claim about vomiting tomato juice had been a joke, while Yu Tianmin’s attack and his accusation remained true.
• Meng Shenji was shocked to learn that Yu Tianmin had lost to Su Xian, who was only level 37.
• Meng Shenji asked what it would take to spare Yu Tianmin and cited her ties to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Su Xian asked whether Meng Shenji was threatening him and declared that he did not fear the clan.

Su Xian pressured Meng Shenji to compensate him for Yu Tianmin’s attack, then manipulated Meng Shenji’s offer into a demand for 990,000 Gold Coins. Meng Shenji protested that he could not afford it, leaving their dispute unresolved.

• Su Xian insisted that Meng Shenji take responsibility for Yu Tianmin nearly injuring him, despite Meng Shenji pointing out that he was unharmed.
• Meng Shenji gave up arguing and asked Su Xian how many Gold Coins he wanted, and Su Xian named a “friendship price” of ninety-nine.
• Meng Shenji mistakenly thought Su Xian was being generous and offered ten million Gold Coins, prompting Su Xian to claim he had agreed to pay 990,000 and accuse him of embezzlement.
• Meng Shenji denied embezzling money and protested that he could not produce 990,000 Gold Coins.

After collecting five hundred thousand gold coins from Meng Shenji, Su Xian enjoyed a playful, affectionate stretch of time with Qian Renxue and the young royals in his residence. Four days later, Niu Gao arrived with the Defense Clan, and Su Xian discovered Wei Changfeng had paid him a hundred thousand gold coins without bargaining, prompting him to storm off demanding his money back.

• Su Xian split Meng Shenji's five hundred thousand gold coins with Qian Renxue and reassured her that she would be the residence's only mistress.
• Su Xian tried to persuade Qian Renxue to bathe with him to save water, but she fled in embarrassment.
• Su Xian let Xue Ke stay after she refused to leave, while he sent the six-year-old Xue Beng away from the residence.
• Four days later, Wei Tongling brought Niu Gao and more than a hundred members of the Defense Clan to meet Su Xian.
• Niu Gao revealed that Wei Changfeng had paid him a hundred thousand gold coins, and Su Xian charged outside, angrily demanding that Wei Changfeng return the money.

Su Xian confronted Wei Changfeng over spending the full one hundred thousand gold coins on the Defense Clan, then made him repay fifty thousand. Su Xian returned to Niu Gao with the blueprints for Entertainment City, and Niu Gao judged the construction easy.

• Su Xian threatened Wei Changfeng with a sword and demanded to know why he had spent all one hundred thousand gold coins.
• Wei Changfeng claimed he had opened all three Brocade Sacks because he admired Su Xian’s strategies, then pretended to weep in remorse.
• Su Xian saw through Wei Changfeng’s act, ordered him to hand over fifty thousand gold coins to the accounting office, and decided his shamelessness suited Entertainment City.
• Su Xian returned to Niu Gao and pretended the one hundred thousand gold coin price was an excellent bargain, while Niu Gao assured him the Defense Clan would do good work.
• Su Xian handed Niu Gao the Entertainment City blueprints, and Niu Gao said the building would be easy to construct.

Su Xian relaxed at home while the Defense Clan began building Entertainment City, then learned that the Empress Dowager wanted him to study under Ning Fengzhi. Qin Yao reported that Marquis Nalan’s family had been murdered, and Xue Wuji arrived pleading for Su Xian’s help.

• Su Xian entrusted the construction of Entertainment City to Niu Gao and rested with Qian Renxue at home.
• Qian Renxue told Su Xian that the Empress Dowager wanted him to study under a teacher, and he guessed that the teacher was Ning Fengzhi.
• Su Xian admitted that he had someone working for him in the palace, jokingly naming Tang Jia San Shao.
• Qin Yao reported that Marquis Nalan’s entire family had been murdered.
• Xue Wuji rushed to Su Xian in despair and begged him to save him.

After the Nalan Family was massacred and evidence pointed to Xue Wuji, Su Xian questioned his brother and promised to save him. The Royal Guard arrested Xue Wuji, while Su Xian suspected someone in his residence had framed him and asked where he kept his gold card.

• Xue Wuji told Su Xian that the Nalan Family had been slaughtered and that his belongings and a threatening message had been found at the scene.
• Su Xian reassured Xue Wuji that he did not believe he had committed the murders, though he mocked his intelligence.
• Qian Renxue woke and realized the Nalan Family's fate had left Xue Wuji in serious trouble.
• Yu Qianxing arrived with the Royal Guard and arrested Xue Wuji under the emperor's order.
• Su Xian stopped the guards, questioned Xue Wuji about who could access his jade pendant and residence, and suspected that someone had planted spies.
• Su Xian asked where Xue Wuji hid his gold card, joking that investigating a case cost money.

After Xue Wuji was arrested over the Nalan Family massacre, Su Xian decided to investigate and went to Xue Wuji's residence, while Xue Ye struggled with the crisis and Nan Gongling collapsed. The chapter ended with Nan Gong Qiu blocking Su Xian from entering and mocking his ability to investigate.

• Su Xian resolved to save Xue Wuji and went to retrieve money from Xue Wuji's residence before investigating the case.
• Su Xian reassured Qian Renxue, then left after teasing her about her cooking.
• Xue Ye suspected Spirit Hall had slaughtered the Nalan Family and worried that the crisis could destabilize the border and the empire.
• Nan Gongling begged Xue Ye to save Xue Wuji, then collapsed, prompting Xue Ye to summon an imperial physician.
• Su Xian arrived at Xue Wuji's residence and told Nan Gong Qiu he wanted to investigate, but she barred him from entering and ridiculed him.

Su Xian took charge of investigating Xue Wuji’s case after Xue Ye gave him three days to produce an explanation. He secretly tasked Xue Cheng Lin with finding whoever had handled the jade pendant, then went to visit the injured Han Old Man and Dugu Bo.

• Su Xian learned that the suspects at Xue Wuji’s residence were detained and went to the palace, where he found Nan Gongling ill from fright.
• Su Xian offered to investigate the case, and Xue Ye gave him a jade token and three days to resolve it.
• Su Xian returned to Xue Wuji’s residence, used the token to enter, and asked Xue Cheng Lin to secretly investigate the jade pendant and the residence’s insider.
• Su Xian traveled east to the Dugu residence, where Dugu Bo teased the injured Han Old Man.

Su Xian was turned away by Dugu Bo, but then met the young Dugu Yan and claimed her poison could be cured. Dugu Yan's mother hurried inside to discuss the matter with Dugu Bo, leaving Su Xian waiting outside for an invitation in.

• Dugu Bo refused to receive the First Prince, and Han Old Man argued with him about the poison that had injured him.
• Su Xian reacted angrily to being turned away, then met Dugu Yan and her mother outside the residence.
• Su Xian said Dugu Yan might have inherited poison connected to Dugu Bo's cultivation, frightening her mother and Dugu Yan.
• Su Xian reassured them that the poison could be cured and explained that he had come to discuss it with Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Yan's mother took her inside to speak with Dugu Bo while Su Xian waited outside.

Su Xian convinced Dugu Bo and his family that their poison cultivation was harming their bodies and offered to help, then negotiated for Dugu Bo to investigate the Nalan Family and accompany him to Spirit City. Dugu Bo lost his temper at being called a decoration and attacked Su Xian, but a flash of purple light stopped the poisonous mist.

• Dugu Bo threatened Su Xian, who pointed out the green changes in the family’s eyes and hair as signs of poison cultivation.
• Su Xian revealed that Dugu Bo’s condition worsened on full-moon nights, convincing Dugu Bo and alarming Dugu Yan and her parents.
• Dugu Bo apologized and invited Su Xian into his study after Dugu Yan’s family urged him to protect her.
• Su Xian asked Dugu Bo to investigate the Nalan Family and accompany him to Spirit City to keep up appearances, and Dugu Bo agreed to the investigation.
• Dugu Bo erupted in anger at being called a decoration and unleashed poisonous mist, but a flash of purple light stopped it before it reached Su Xian.

Su Xian confronted Dugu Bo, then revealed that Dugu Wu and his descendants were in danger from Bi Lin Snake Venom. The Dugu family pleaded for a cure, while Su Xian accused Dugu Bo of caring too little about his family and left the rest of his demands unsettled.

• Su Xian taunted Dugu Bo and tried to leave after accusing him of not taking the matter seriously.
• Dugu Wu stopped Dugu Bo from attacking Su Xian and agreed to both of Su Xian's conditions on behalf of the DuGu Family.
• Su Xian told Dugu Wu that poison inherited from Dugu Bo's cultivation would likely kill him if he continued cultivating, alarming the family.
• Dugu Yan begged Su Xian to save her father, and Su Xian promised to help because Dugu Wu was decent.
• Dugu Bo demanded the solution, but Su Xian accused him of valuing his errands above his family's lives, leaving Dugu Bo speechless.

Su Xian explained that the Dugu Family could manage its inherited poison by transferring it into Soul Bones, then met Su Han, the Poison Doctor, who wanted to examine the Aromatic Silk Beauty. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo revealing that he had already captured the culprit behind the Nalan Family incident, provoking Su Han into a clumsy attack.

• Su Xian explained that the Dugu Family's poison could be transferred into Soul Bones, impressing Dugu Bo and the others.
• Su Han entered the study, introduced himself as the Poison Doctor, and asked Su Xian about the herb that terrified poisonous insects.
• Su Xian refused to show Su Han the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Su Han offered to resolve the Nalan Family matter in exchange for it.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he had already captured the culprit behind the Nalan Family incident, claiming he had fulfilled Su Xian's first request.
• Su Han angrily charged at Dugu Bo, fell, and called for help with his injured waist.

Su Xian returned to the DuGu Family residence after Fan Jianqiang was exposed as the culprit behind the Nalan Family poisoning, then offered Dugu Bo three valuable Soul Bones for sale. Dugu Bo could not afford the hundred-thousand-year bone and asked to buy it on credit.

• Su Xian realized Fan Jianqiang, a Soul Douluo connected to Spirit Hall, had caused the Nalan Family poisoning and ended up poisoned himself after encountering Dugu Bo and Su Han.
• Su Xian returned to the DuGu Family study, where Dugu Bo and the others discussed their need for three Soul Bones.
• Su Xian produced three snake-type Soul Bones, including a hundred-thousand-year Ice Serpent Torso Bone, and Dugu Bo considered taking them by force before deciding against it.
• Su Xian offered the Ice Serpent Torso Bone for fifteen million gold coins, and Dugu Bo asked whether he could buy it on credit.

Su Xian sold a fifty-thousand-year soul bone to Su Han after Dugu Bo could not afford it, and Su Han gifted it to Dugu Yan. Dugu Bo then made a difficult decision and vanished, leaving Su Xian wondering if he had gone to rob someone for money.

• Dugu Bo admitted he had only about ten million gold coins, so he bought the fifty-thousand-year Amethyst Rattlesnake Skull from Su Xian for eight million.
• Su Xian offered Dugu Bo a thirty-thousand-year soul bone for five million, but Su Han returned and paid that amount for it.
• Dugu Bo tried to stop Su Han from taking the soul bone, but Su Han brushed him aside and gave it to Dugu Yan as a gift.
• Dugu Yan, Qu Ya, and DuGu Wu thanked Su Han, who then left while still grumbling at Dugu Bo.
• After DuGu Wu whispered to him, Dugu Bo told Su Xian to wait and vanished, prompting Su Xian to ask if he had gone to rob someone for money.

Su Xian collected fifteen million gold coins from Dugu Bo for a soul bone and teased him about more treasures coming up for auction. After Su Xian returned to the palace, he demanded a reward from Xue Ye and used the Empress Dowager to keep the emperor from dismissing him.

• Dugu Bo gave Su Xian fifteen million gold coins, and Su Xian handed over the soul bone.
• Su Xian invited Dugu Bo to the future auction at Entertainment City and hinted that a Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor External Soul Bone might be sold there.
• Dugu Bo considered robbing Su Xian but decided it would bring trouble, then began wondering whether he could disguise himself and rob people for money.
• Su Xian brought Fan Jianqiang to the Imperial Palace and explained to Xue Ye how he had solved the case.
• Su Xian demanded a hundred million gold coins as a reward, and Xue Ye offered him the throne in exchange for annual tribute.
• When Xue Ye tried to send Su Xian away, Su Xian reminded him that he had joked about cursing the Empress Dowager, forcing Xue Ye to back down.

After Xue Ye announced Fan Jianqiang’s capture, Su Xian told Qian Renxue how he had secured the culprit and showed her his collection of Soul Bones. He gave her a pair of External Soul Bone wings, and the two shared a passionate kiss.

• Xue Ye announced that Fan Jianqiang had massacred Marquis Nalan’s Mansion and framed Xue Wuji, while leaving Su Xian’s role unmentioned and crediting Dugu Bo.
• Su Xian told Qian Renxue that he had traded Soul Bones to Dugu Bo for Fan Jianqiang’s handover.
• Su Xian showed Qian Renxue around fifty Soul Bones, leaving her stunned.
• Su Xian gave Qian Renxue a pair of External Soul Bone wings suited to her White Goose martial soul.
• Qian Renxue kissed Su Xian, and he embraced her as their kiss grew passionate.

Qian Renxue confessed to Su Xian that she belonged to Spirit Hall, but he fell asleep before hearing her, leaving her relieved and annoyed. Later, Ning Fengzhi arrived to become Su Xian’s cultivation teacher, and Su Xian welcomed him with suspicious enthusiasm as he eyed the sect leader’s wealth.

• Qian Renxue admitted to Su Xian that she was from Spirit Hall, then discovered he had fallen asleep and had not heard her confession.
• Su Xian comforted Xue Wuji about the robbery by promising to find the culprit within twenty years.
• Su Xian and Qian Renxue spent a day fishing together, and he agreed to teach her to cook sweet-and-sour carp.
• Nan Gongling brought Ning Fengzhi to the residence and introduced him as Su Xian’s cultivation teacher.
• Su Xian eagerly accepted Ning Fengzhi as his teacher while privately eyeing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s wealth.

Su Xian persuaded Ning Fengzhi to let him stay at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, claiming he wanted to study while secretly anticipating a chance to profit from its wealth. He decided to leave the next day with Qian Renxue, who agreed after he teased her.

• Su Xian asked Ning Fengzhi to let him stay at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to return the following day.
• Nan Gongling approved Su Xian's plan but warned him not to damage the relationship between the imperial family and the sect.
• Su Xian reassured Nan Gongling that he intended to study, while privately thinking about the sect's enormous treasury.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Su Xian was really going to the sect, and he teased her before telling her she would come with him.
• Qian Renxue agreed to pack for their departure the next day, then stopped when she realized Su Xian had made her do it.