Chapter Summaries

Le Ling continued dining with Qian Daoliu but resisted his efforts to grow closer, while cultivating at Spirit Hall Academy and worrying over a red mark on her neck. After Qian Daoliu kissed her and she responded, she fled to her room, where he later entered to treat her Nightmare Affliction as she slept.

• For half a month, Le Ling dined with Qian Daoliu and walked back with him but refused to let him into her room or move into the Worship Hall.
• Le Ling's Soul Power grew through her studies and training, but the red mark on her neck remained vivid.
• At dinner, Qian Daoliu noticed Le Ling staring at his lips and asked her why; she blushed and struggled to explain.
• Qian Daoliu pulled Le Ling onto his lap and kissed her, and she responded before pushing him away and fleeing to the Papal Palace.
• Le Ling returned to her room, dismissed A Jian, and fell asleep without asking Qian Daoliu about the mark.
• Qian Daoliu entered through Le Ling's window and treated her Nightmare Affliction while she slept.

Le Ling avoided Qian Daoliu by cultivating at the academy, then broke through to Soul Power Level forty after half a month. When A Jian found a golden hair on Le Ling’s pillow, Le Ling recognized it as Qian Daoliu’s.

• Le Ling told Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan that she would eat dinner and cultivate at the academy instead of returning to Spirit Hall.
• Xie Yue informed Steward Yao that Le Ling planned to cultivate at night, and Steward Yao relayed the news to Qian Daoliu.
• The Six Offerings accompanied Qian Daoliu at dinner while Le Ling continued avoiding him and cultivated twice daily.
• After half a month, Le Ling endured an hour-long breakthrough and reached Soul Power Level forty.
• A Jian congratulated Le Ling, then showed her a golden hair she had found on Le Ling’s pillow, which Le Ling recognized as Qian Daoliu’s.

Le Ling discovered that Qian Daoliu had been entering her room to help with her nightmares and confronted him about it. After he explained how he had treated her, she agreed that she needed treatment, while warning him not to leave another mark on her.

• Le Ling found Qian Daoliu’s golden hair on her pillow and realized he might be connected to her nightmares stopping.
• Le Ling confronted Qian Daoliu in the dining hall, accidentally revealing his visits to her room in front of the Six Offerings.
• Qian Daoliu took Le Ling to his room and explained that he had comforted her during nightmares in the Star Dou Great Forest and later consulted a physician about her condition.
• Qian Daoliu asked to continue treating Le Ling, and she questioned how he had helped her escape the nightmares.
• Qian Daoliu admitted that he had kissed Le Ling during her nightmares, and she warned him not to leave another red mark before asking how he had entered her room.

Le Ling agreed to let Qian Daoliu stay with her to treat her Nightmare Affliction, and the two set out the next morning for Sunset Forest so she could obtain a soul ring. Qian Daoliu left his brothers in charge of Spirit Hall as he traveled with her.

• Qian Daoliu admitted that he had climbed through Le Ling's window, and Le Ling told him she planned to visit Sunset Forest after reaching level forty.
• Le Ling left her door unlocked for Qian Daoliu, who hurried after her and told Steward Yao to prepare for their journey.
• Le Ling woke in Qian Daoliu's arms after sleeping soundly, while he said he had stayed because she had permitted him into her room.
• Le Ling asked Hu Liena to request leave from the academy, and Qian Daoliu assigned responsibilities to Golden Crocodile and Azure Luan while ordering Guang Ling to stay in Spirit City.
• Qian Daoliu and Le Ling departed Spirit City by carriage for Sunset Forest as Azure Luan and Golden Crocodile saw them off.

Qian Daoliu gave Le Ling a custom wedding ring despite her protests, then brought her to Jiali City’s lantern festival to revisit their past. As Le Ling recalled their memories, she sensed something unusual nearby.

• Qian Daoliu pulled Le Ling onto his lap and forced a custom wedding ring onto her right hand, then put on his matching ring.
• Le Ling failed to remove the ring and refused Qian Daoliu’s offer to help.
• Qian Daoliu had Steward Yao stop the carriage in Jiali City so he could take Le Ling to its lantern festival.
• Le Ling remembered visiting the festival with Qian Daoliu and told him that their past could not make them the same people again.
• Le Ling pushed Qian Daoliu away when she sensed something unusual nearby.

Le Ling and Qian Daoliu fought a sudden attack by Yin Spirit users at the lantern festival, then encountered Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan. Le Ling sensed a familiar aura in a nearby alley and ran after it, with Qian Daoliu in pursuit.

• Le Ling sensed hidden Yin Spirit users from the Five Elements Continent, and about fifty black-clad attackers appeared at the lantern festival.
• Le Ling and Qian Daoliu fought the attackers; Qian Daoliu's sacred flames killed the Yin Spirit users, while Le Ling destroyed a sixth-level user with her light-and-fire soul skill.
• A possessed curved blade attacked Dugu Yan, and Le Ling shielded her before Qian Daoliu burned the blade to ash.
• Qian Daoliu introduced Le Ling to Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo thanked Le Ling for protecting his granddaughter.
• Le Ling sensed a familiar aura in a nearby alley and rushed toward it, so Qian Daoliu followed her while Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan away.

At the lantern festival, Le Ling reunited with A'Mo, who returned to his Space Spirit Stone after reaching her, and told Qian Daoliu about her uncle’s betrayal and the Evil Spirit Clan’s pursuit. Qian Daoliu promised to protect her and brought her to the place where he had confessed his feelings, asking her to forgive him and start over.

• Le Ling sensed a familiar aura and found the injured A'Mo, who collapsed in her arms before transforming into an Ink Jade Crystal Stone.
• Le Ling explained that A'Mo was the spirit of the Space Spirit Stone and recounted how her uncle seized it after killing her father.
• Le Ling suspected her uncle had sent Yin Spirit Attendants to hunt her, and Qian Daoliu comforted her and asked her to tell him about future dangers.
• Le Ling described her uncle’s alliance with the Evil Spirit Clan and warned that the Yin spirits might have been sent to test them.
• Qian Daoliu flew with Le Ling to the lakeside where he had confessed to her before and asked her to forgive him and begin again.

Le Ling agreed to give Qian Daoliu a chance to reconcile, but a memory of the Three-Eyed Demonic Fox made her recoil when he became passionate. After they returned to the inn, Qian Daoliu arranged greater protection for her and planned to leave for Sunset Forest; the next morning, Le Ling woke in his arms and seemed increasingly accustomed to him.

• Le Ling nodded when Qian Daoliu asked her to give their relationship another chance, but warned that she had not fully forgiven him.
• When a memory of the Three-Eyed Demonic Fox caused Le Ling to shove Qian Daoliu away, he reassured her that he would not force her and held her quietly by the lake until she fell asleep.
• Qian Daoliu returned to the lantern festival street with Le Ling and told Steward Yao to investigate the Spirit Emperor Clan, the Evil Spirit Clan, and the Space Spirit Stone, and to assign Death Warriors to protect her.
• At the inn, Qian Daoliu told Steward Yao to prepare for an early departure to Sunset Forest, then carried Le Ling to bed and slept beside her.
• The next morning, Le Ling woke in Qian Daoliu's arms, blushed at his hand around her waist, and went to bathe as he watched her with a faint smile.

Le Ling and Qian Daoliu prepared to leave Jiali City for Sunset Forest after a playful morning tussle. Before departing, Le Ling thanked Dugu Yan for her concern and concealed the truth about the strange beings from the previous night.

• Qian Daoliu pretended to be too tired to get up, but Le Ling saw through his ruse and pinned him to the bed.
• Qian Daoliu held Le Ling down and demanded she call him A Liu, but she bit his lip when Steward Yao interrupted them.
• Le Ling told Qian Daoliu not to trick her, and the two washed up before heading downstairs.
• Dugu Yan thanked Le Ling for saving her, then asked about the crescent blade and yin spirits from the previous night.
• Qian Daoliu and Le Ling called the strange beings special soul beasts, said goodbye to Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, and left the hotel.

Le Ling and Qian Daoliu traveled to Sunset Forest to search for a suitable soul beast, teasing and arguing along the way. After settling into a cave for the night, Qian Daoliu asked Le Ling to move into Worship Hall with him when they returned to Spirit City.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo she suspected Le Ling and Qian Daoliu were lovers because they wore matching rings on their ring fingers.
• Qian Daoliu and Le Ling left Jiali City by carriage, and he sent Steward Yao back to Spirit City on an errand.
• On the way to Sunset Forest, Le Ling argued with Qian Daoliu after he insisted they would share one horse on their return journey.
• Le Ling and Qian Daoliu searched the forest outskirts for a suitable soul beast, found none by evening, and settled into a cave for the night.
• After Le Ling grew sleepy, Qian Daoliu drew her onto his lap and asked whether she would move into Worship Hall with him.

Le Ling learned that Qian Daoliu had a granddaughter and, overwhelmed by the contrast between his life and her own losses, broke down in tears before falling asleep in his arms. The next morning, she asked him to tell her the granddaughter’s name and whereabouts.

• Qian Daoliu urged Le Ling to move into the Worship Hall, and she asked whether he knew Bibi Dong had devoured his son’s body and soul.
• Qian Daoliu explained that he had kept Bibi Dong alive partly for Spirit Hall and partly for Xiao Xue, revealing that Xiao Xue was his granddaughter.
• Le Ling angrily hit and bit Qian Daoliu, then lamented that she had lost her family, power, throne, and loved one while he had a complete life.
• Qian Daoliu comforted Le Ling as she cried, treated her nightmare, and watched over her through the night.
• The next morning, Le Ling asked Qian Daoliu for his granddaughter’s name and where she was.

Le Ling questioned Qian Daoliu about his granddaughter and late first wife before agreeing to move into Worship Hall under strict conditions. In Sunset Forest, they reunited with Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo and decided to search for soul beasts together.

• Qian Daoliu told Le Ling that his granddaughter Qian Renxue was on a secret mission and that his late first wife, Qin Man, had known about Le Ling.
• Le Ling and Qian Daoliu washed, ate breakfast, and continued through Sunset Forest, where Le Ling agreed to live in Worship Hall for treatment but insisted on having her own room.
• Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo ran into Le Ling and Qian Daoliu while seeking a soul ring for Dugu Yan.
• Le Ling agreed to travel with Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo, and the two young women chatted as they walked ahead.
• Dugu Bo congratulated Qian Daoliu on finding love again, and Qian Daoliu glanced at him.

Le Ling and Dugu Yan set out to hunt soul beasts without help from Qian Daoliu or Dugu Bo unless they were in danger. A vast poisonous fog interrupts them, and Dugu Bo identifies the likely source as a Phantom Taipan Snake.

• Le Ling and Dugu Yan agreed to fight any soul beasts themselves, while Qian Daoliu and Dugu Bo promised not to interfere unless necessary.
• Dugu Yan asked whether Le Ling and Qian Daoliu were lovers, and Le Ling said they were not, leaving Qian Daoliu disappointed.
• A thick poisonous fog surrounded the group, and Qian Daoliu released Angel Domain to protect them and purify the poison.
• Le Ling asked Dugu Bo to identify the soul beast behind the fog, and he named the Phantom Taipan Snake as the likely source.

Le Ling spotted a Phantom Taipan Snake that was suitable for Dugu Yan’s third soul ring and began helping her catch it. Before they could surround the snake, a flaming bird dove in to attack it, and Dugu Bo warned that it was trying to steal their prey.

• Dugu Bo explained that Phantom Taipan Snakes were highly agile and had venom with a wider range than Jade Scale Snake venom.
• Le Ling used her Phantom skill to spot a roughly fifteen-hundred-year-old Phantom Taipan Snake in the poisonous fog and judged it suitable for Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan released her Jade Scale Purple Poison, and Le Ling used six Heavenly Fox Clones to prepare to surround the snake.
• A large bird wreathed in flames suddenly dove toward the Phantom Taipan Snake, and Dugu Bo warned that it was trying to steal the snake.

Le Ling and her clones ambushed a Crimson Fire Phoenix Luan, using an illusion to capture it and secure a valuable soul ring while Dugu Yan prepared to absorb the Phantom Taipan Snake’s. After both beasts died, a powerful red light appeared from the phoenix, leaving the group excited to see what it was.

• Qian Daoliu identified the descending Crimson Fire Phoenix Luan as a roughly seventy-thousand-year soul beast suited to Le Ling and capable of yielding a Fire Phoenix Sword.
• Le Ling used her six clones to lure the Crimson Fire Phoenix Luan into grabbing the Phantom Taipan Snake, then bewitched and restrained the bird while her clones attacked both beasts.
• Le Ling beat the Crimson Fire Phoenix Luan to death, and Dugu Yan killed the battered Phantom Taipan Snake before her three clones could finish it.
• Qian Daoliu teased Le Ling about beating the bird as if it were him, and Le Ling replied that they both had wings.
• A powerful red light emerged from the Crimson Fire Phoenix Luan’s body, and all four onlookers reacted with excitement.

Le Ling obtained a Torso Spirit Bone and absorbed the Crimson Fire Phoenix Luan’s soul ring while Qian Daoliu kept Dugu Bo restrained. After reaching Soul Power Level forty-three, she heard a mysterious voice summon her to the Scorching Yang Spring in the heart of Sunset Forest.

• The Crimson Fire Phoenix Luan produced a Torso Spirit Bone, and Dugu Bo tried to seize it before Qian Daoliu restrained and threatened him.
• Dugu Yan begged Le Ling to spare her grandfather, and Le Ling took the spirit bone and entrusted it to Qian Daoliu for safekeeping.
• Le Ling and Dugu Yan began absorbing their soul rings, and Dugu Bo saw that Le Ling’s spirit rings were all ten-thousand-year rings.
• Le Ling finished absorbing the seventy-thousand-year soul ring, reached Soul Power Level forty-three, and gained the area-of-effect skill Gale Crimson Flame.
• Qian Daoliu released Dugu Bo, warned him not to threaten Le Ling, and prepared to return with her to Spirit City.
• A mysterious voice recognized Le Ling’s Ten-Tailed Celestial Fox Sacred Body and summoned her to the Scorching Yang Spring in Sunset Forest.

Le Ling used her Time Rewind ability to uncover Dugu Bo’s secret Medicine Garden at the center of Sunset Forest, then pressured him to lead her and Qian Daoliu there. Dugu Bo sent Dugu Yan away for her safety, and the group set off for the hidden garden.

• Le Ling heard a mysterious voice mention an Ice Volcano and Yang Spring, and Dugu Bo’s startled reaction made her suspect he knew the place.
• Le Ling used Time Rewind on Dugu Bo and found the Medicine Garden in his memories.
• Le Ling threatened to have Qian Daoliu force Dugu Bo to guide them, and Dugu Bo agreed.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan to return to Heaven Dou City, and Le Ling allowed her to leave safely.
• Dugu Bo headed toward the center of Sunset Forest while Qian Daoliu carried Le Ling after him.

Qian Daoliu, Le Ling, and Dugu Bo reached Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden in the heart of Sunset Forest, where Qian Daoliu began negotiating over the naturally formed site. Le Ling traced the voice calling to her to the Scorching Yang Spring and decided to investigate beneath it, despite warnings that the heat could be fatal.

• Qian Daoliu carried Le Ling through Dugu Bo’s poison formation, and the three reached the hollow at the heart of Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo claimed the Medicine Garden as his, but Le Ling argued it was naturally formed, and Qian Daoliu said its ownership depended on strength.
• Dugu Bo reluctantly agreed to discuss the matter with Qian Daoliu, but Le Ling stopped them after hearing the mysterious voice more clearly.
• Le Ling followed the voice to the Scorching Yang Spring, and Dugu Bo explained that the twin springs came from an ice mountain and a volcano.
• Le Ling decided to descend beneath the Scorching Yang Spring, while Qian Daoliu and Dugu Bo warned her about its extreme heat.

Le Ling told Qian Daoliu about the Ten-Tailed Phoenix Kite Flower and prepared to search beneath the Two Forms Spring Eye. Despite her warnings, Qian Daoliu joined her in the Scorching Yang Spring, where its heat immediately began to affect him.

• Le Ling explained that she could withstand the Scorching Yang Spring and revealed that she had come to Douluo Continent searching for the Ten-Tailed Phoenix Kite Flower.
• Qian Daoliu insisted on accompanying Le Ling into the spring, and Dugu Bo left after seeing them kiss.
• Le Ling and Qian Daoliu agreed to descend together, and she wrapped her four fox tails around his waist so they would stay connected.
• Qian Daoliu activated Angel Domain and leaped with Le Ling into the Scorching Yang Spring.
• Le Ling felt little heat, but Qian Daoliu felt his skin scorch, his ears sting, and his breathing grow labored.

Le Ling and Qian Daoliu reached a hidden cave beneath the Scorching Yang Spring and followed a dark passage toward the mysterious voice. They emerged into a blindingly bright place and were stunned by what they saw.

• Le Ling and Qian Daoliu swam through intense pressure and a mysterious force to reach a cave entrance beneath the spring.
• Qian Daoliu entered the cave first with Le Ling, and they found that a barrier separated the cave from the spring water.
• Le Ling guessed the passage led toward the iceberg and volcano Dugu Bo had mentioned, and Qian Daoliu carried her into it.
• Le Ling used Flame Cut to light their way while Qian Daoliu carried her through the passage.
• The mysterious voice called to Le Ling from the passage's end, and Qian Daoliu flashed toward the light with her.
• Le Ling and Qian Daoliu opened their eyes after emerging into intense light and were stunned by the sight before them.