Chapter Summaries

Yun Qi forced Dugu Yan to become his maid by threatening her grandfather, then flew with her and Bi Ji toward a place familiar to Dugu Yan. During the flight, he teased Dugu Yan by reminding her that her grandfather could be in danger.

• Qin Ming and Ye Lingling left after Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling to go.
• Yun Qi stopped Dugu Yan from killing herself and threatened to kill Dugu Bo if he became a problem, so Dugu Yan agreed to serve as his maid if Yun Qi left her grandfather alone.
• Dugu Yan reluctantly called Yun Qi Master, while Bi Ji grew jealous and pinched him before the two kissed.
• Dugu Yan mourned Yu Tianheng's betrayal as Yun Qi prepared to take her and Bi Ji to Dugu Bo's herb garden.
• Yun Qi flew off with Dugu Yan and Bi Ji, then touched Dugu Yan and warned her that her grandfather could be harmed.

Yun Qi took Dugu Yan toward Sunset Forest to obtain herbs, revealing that her grandfather Dugu Bo was near their destination. Meanwhile, Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin decided not to interfere with Yun Qi’s plan to confront Dugu Bo.

• Dugu Yan tried to provoke Bi Ji by acting seductive toward Yun Qi, but Yun Qi recognized her scheme and played along.
• Yun Qi told Dugu Yan that they were heading to her grandfather’s home in Sunset Forest to find herbs, leaving her distressed as she realized his earlier fight with her group might have had a purpose.
• Yun Qi reassured Bi Ji that Dugu Yan would not do anything foolish while her grandfather was alive, and Bi Ji promised to stay by Yun Qi’s side.
• Gu Rong worried that Yun Qi would kill Dugu Bo, but Chen Xin argued that Dugu Bo was not a reliable ally of the Heaven Dou Royal Family.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded that Dugu Bo’s death could benefit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and decided that they should wait without intervening.

Yun Qi, Bi Ji, and Dugu Yan traveled to Sunset Forest and reached the purple-mist-covered mountain where Dugu Bo was located. Dugu Yan could not remove the poisonous gas but said she knew how to pass through it.

• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong worried about Yun Qi, then began cultivating during the journey.
• Yun Qi's group arrived at Sunset Forest, where Dugu Yan acted conflicted about returning to her grandfather.
• Yun Qi teased Dugu Yan and made her lead the group into the forest.
• The group crossed Sunset Forest without killing any spirit beasts, while Bi Ji's concealed aura kept the journey peaceful.
• Dugu Yan led Yun Qi and Bi Ji to the mountain covered in poisonous gas and took out a bottle to help them pass through.

Yun Qi, Bi Ji, and Dugu Yan descended through the poisonous mist to a sulfurous valley, where Dugu Yan became stranded on a steep cliff. Yun Qi rescued her, and they continued down to the valley floor.

• Yun Qi kept Dugu Yan’s bottle of poisonous mist and followed her through the mist to the mountaintop with Bi Ji.
• Dugu Yan jumped from the cliff and became stranded on a steep ledge, scraping her leg.
• Yun Qi teased Dugu Yan and pretended to leave until she explained that she had jumped down impulsively and lost her footing.
• Yun Qi pulled Dugu Yan onto the sword, and Bi Ji healed her injuries.
• Yun Qi flew the three of them to the bottom of the valley, where the sulfurous smell grew stronger.

Yun Qi discovered that the valley’s spring was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, a rare treasure land he hoped would strengthen his body. He began examining its valuable plants and identified a Snow Silkworm near the pool.

• Yun Qi and Bi Ji confirmed that Dugu Bo was absent from the valley, and Yun Qi reassured Dugu Yan.
• Yun Qi consulted the Immortal Herb Illustrated Guide and recognized the spring as one of the three great treasure basins, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Yun Qi explained that the well’s opposing forces nurtured rare plants and helped Dugu Bo endure his toxins.
• Yun Qi approached the crimson spring, activated the Purple Demon Eye, and surveyed the plants around the well.
• Yun Qi spotted a cluster near the milky spring and identified it as Snow Silkworm, the finest kind of Cordyceps.

Yun Qi discovered the rare Aromatic Silk Beauty beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and explained its ability to suppress poisons. After Dugu Yan asked for help with her grandfather’s poison, Yun Qi promised to detoxify them both, then surveyed the valley’s many medicinal treasures.

• Yun Qi identified rare Snow Silkworm and Cinnabar Lotus herbs but continued searching for his goal.
• Yun Qi recognized the pale-pink flower as Aromatic Silk Beauty and explained that its fragrance suppressed poisons within its pink barrier.
• Dugu Yan asked whether the flower could help detoxify her grandfather.
• Yun Qi promised to detoxify Dugu Yan and her grandfather if she remained loyal to him.
• Yun Qi surveyed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and spotted numerous treasures, including several Immortal Herbs and Ninth Grade Dragon Ganoderma.

Yun Qi carefully harvested the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot from opposite sides of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then brought them together at its center. As their cold and fire poisons began reacting inside him, his condition rapidly worsened, alarming Bi Ji and Dugu Yan.

• Yun Qi studied Tang San's illustrated manual overnight and prepared himself before approaching the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Yun Qi cut down the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass with his sword and retreated as its cold energy erupted.
• Yun Qi used his spirit skill and Mysterious Jade Hand to retrieve the Infernal Delicate Apricot from the Scorching Yang Spring.
• Yun Qi carried both herbs to the well's center, where their cold and fire poisons invaded his body and made his face alternate between pale and flushed.
• Bi Ji asked Dugu Yan what was happening to Yun Qi as they watched his condition deteriorate.

Yun Qi consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then endured the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as he dove toward its depths. He reached a hidden space beneath the spring, where he found the remains of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King and began plotting.

• Bi Ji used her life energy to ease Yun Qi’s pain, while Dugu Yan urged him not to die and Yun Qi promised to cure her poison.
• Yun Qi combined the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot and ate them during the brief window when their effects suppressed each other.
• As ice and fire energy overwhelmed his body, Yun Qi leaped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and began swimming downward.
• Yun Qi swallowed Immortal Beans to repair his body as the pressure and energy grew more intense, then raced toward a glimmer at the bottom.
• The souls of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King awakened and opened a space beneath the spring, which Yun Qi entered before sitting down to cultivate.
• Yun Qi found the two dragon skeletons in the hidden space and began forming a scheme without revealing what he had discovered.

Yun Qi nearly died when the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings attacked him, but Gu Yue Na arrived and revealed that she was Dragon God's successor and the Spirit Beasts' Co-Lord. After learning the Dragon Gods had lost their war, the Dragon Kings gave Yun Qi their Spirit Bones, and his Soul Power surged to Quasi Soul King.

• Bing Yao and Chi Ling attacked Yun Qi, but the silver mark on his hand stopped their pressure and let him recover with an Immortal Bean.
• Gu Yue Na sensed her Reverse Scale, arrived at the spring, and recognized the two Dragon Kings as surviving fragments of their true spirits.
• Gu Yue Na healed the Dragon Kings and told them that their side had lost the great battle and Spirit Beasts could never again become gods.
• Gu Yue Na said Yun Qi was their chance for revenge, and the Dragon Kings offered him a fortune after he concealed their auras.
• Chi Ling and Bing Yao gave Yun Qi their red and blue Spirit Bones, which fused to his hands and raised his Soul Power to level fifty, Quasi Soul King.

Yun Qi emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with fused Dragon King spirit bones and reached Level 50, then reunited with Bi Ji and Dugu Yan. Dugu Bo arrived to protect his granddaughter and attacked Yun Qi, prompting Bi Ji and Yun Qi to fight back in the medicinal garden.

• Gu Yue Na told Yun Qi that the Ice Fire Dragon Kings would recover in her spear, then departed after offering to help if he was in danger.
• Yun Qi examined his new Ice Seal and Heavenly Flame Funeral skills, left the spring, and reunited with Bi Ji and Dugu Yan, who learned he had reached Level 50.
• Dugu Bo arrived and, believing Yun Qi had harmed Dugu Yan, attacked him while she tried to stop her grandfather.
• Bi Ji clashed with Dugu Bo, and Yun Qi joined in, using Ice Seal to weaken the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor before Dugu Bo filled the valley with poisonous gas.

Bi Ji and Yun Qi defeated Dugu Bo after he attacked them, then Dugu Yan explained the misunderstanding and pleaded for her grandfather’s life. Yun Qi collected the herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and, after Dugu Yan promised to repay him, agreed to help Dugu Bo remove his toxins.

• Bi Ji shielded herself and Yun Qi from Dugu Bo’s attack, and Yun Qi wounded him with sword qi before Bi Ji knocked him out of his Martial Soul Avatar with a powerful punch.
• Dugu Yan begged Yun Qi and Bi Ji to spare Dugu Bo, then explained that Yu Tianheng had tried to kill her and that Yun Qi had healed her.
• Dugu Bo agreed to talk with Yun Qi, who took the Ruyi Treasure Bag and used it to store the immortal herbs he collected from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Yun Qi let Dugu Bo suffer for several days before Bi Ji treated his injuries, and he replanted young herbs and seeds before leaving the garden intact enough to recover.
• Dugu Yan asked Yun Qi to remove Dugu Bo’s toxins and promised to do anything in return, so Yun Qi agreed and Dugu Bo humbly asked for his help.

Yun Qi explained how Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan could manage their poison, and Dugu Bo agreed to try his treatment. Dugu Yan declared that she no longer hated Yun Qi and kissed him, leaving Dugu Bo and Bi Ji feeling that their home had been stolen.

• Yun Qi identified Dugu Bo’s symptoms, prompting Dugu Bo to kneel and beg him to save Dugu Yan.
• Yun Qi described the poisonous herbs that could cure Dugu Bo but warned that they would also dissolve his poison arts.
• Yun Qi proposed gradually moving the poison into a spirit bone, and Dugu Bo agreed to attempt the treatment despite its risks.
• Dugu Bo asked Yun Qi to treat Dugu Yan well, and Dugu Yan hugged Yun Qi as he called her his little maid.
• Dugu Yan admitted she no longer hated Yun Qi, kissed him, and left Dugu Bo and Bi Ji lamenting that their home had been stolen.

Yun Qi arranged for Dugu Yan’s treatment and brought her and Bi Ji to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Chen Xin and Gu Rong welcomed them. He reunited with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, telling them he had come to take them home.

• Dugu Bo agreed to treat Dugu Yan at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and went to Heaven Dou City to handle the trouble caused by Yu Tianheng’s death.
• Dugu Yan insisted on staying with Yun Qi, and Bi Ji agreed to bring her along despite her private jealousy.
• Yun Qi, Bi Ji, and Dugu Yan flew to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Chen Xin and Gu Rong escorted them inside and described the sect’s strength.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong ran to Yun Qi, and he welcomed them by saying he had come to take them home.

Yun Qi returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Dugu Yan, faced teasing from his girlfriends, and assured them he would marry all five after introducing them to Grandfather Jack. He then discussed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s hidden weapons with Ning Fengzhi, who asked about other designs Yun Qi might develop.

• Yun Qi introduced Dugu Yan to Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan called herself his little maid.
• Yun Qi soothed the girls by calling them his wives, and Xiao Wu teased him about managing all five of them.
• Yun Qi met Ning Fengzhi, learned that Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing had both reached the Soul Elder realm, and thanked Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong for helping them obtain spirit rings.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Yun Qi when he would marry Ning Rongrong, and Yun Qi said he would marry all five girls but wanted them to meet Grandfather Jack first.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu dragged Ning Rongrong out of the hall after her attempt to pressure Yun Qi failed, while Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong let them go.
• Ning Fengzhi asked about Yun Qi’s hidden weapons and other designs, and Yun Qi said only the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and one of his younger brothers knew how to make them, while further weapons would have to wait.

Yun Qi reunited with the girls at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and prepared Immortal Herbs to help them grow stronger. Ning Rongrong began absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty, which could evolve her Martial Soul, while Yun Qi told Zhu Zhuqing the legend of the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

• Ning Fengzhi concluded that Yun Qi would not join the sect for now, while Chen Xin and Gu Rong bickered after Yun Qi left the hall.
• Yun Qi found Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Bi Ji together, and Dugu Yan joined them as they spent a day and night cultivating their physical techniques.
• Yun Qi explained that he had brought the girls Immortal Herbs and said Dugu Bo could not safely take his share because toxins had spread throughout his body.
• Yun Qi gave Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty and told her it could evolve her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda; she began absorbing it.
• Yun Qi presented Zhu Zhuqing with the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and recounted the tragic story behind its bloodstained petals.

Yun Qi distributed Immortal Herbs to the girls, helping them improve their cultivation and abilities. As the group finished absorbing their herbs, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong arrived, eager to see Ning Rongrong’s newly transformed martial soul.

• Zhu Zhuqing suggested that all five girls seek Lovesick Heartbreak Red’s recognition together, and they all succeeded, but chose to keep the flower rather than consume it.
• Yun Qi gave Zhu Zhuqing Narcissus Jade Marrow Bone and Xiao Wu Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, then learned Ning Rongrong’s martial soul had become the nine-layer Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Yun Qi warned Dugu Yan about Purple Immortal Kiss’s deadly poison and taught her to absorb its aura safely to strengthen her toxins and Soul Power aptitude.
• Yun Qi gave Bi Ji an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid to enhance her healing and Soul Power, then used Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to refine his eyesight and Spiritual Power.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong waited outside while Ning Rongrong told them her martial soul had become the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.

After the immortal herbs took effect, Yun Qi and the others gathered with Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong to report their gains. Yun Qi revealed that his Purple Demon Eye had reached its Fourth Realm and his Moon Shadow Sword had completed its evolution.

• Ning Fengzhi thanked Yun Qi for giving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the image and method for finding the Aromatic Silk Beauty, then asked how the others had improved.
• Bi Ji demonstrated that her strength now surpassed Chen Xin and Gu Rong, and explained that the herb and Immortal Bean energy had raised her cultivation to Six Hundred Thousand Years.
• Ning Rongrong reported that her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda had evolved and her Soul Power had risen to level thirty-eight; Zhu Zhuqing said she had reached level thirty-nine and confessed her feelings to Yun Qi.
• Dugu Yan said her Soul Power had reached level forty and showed the toxic Inner Core formed from her herb and Jade Phosphor Serpent King poison, while Xiao Wu said she felt much stronger after taking her herb.
• Yun Qi revealed that his Purple Demon Eye had reached the Fourth Realm, giving him the Purple God Light skill and the ability to absorb higher-level Soul Rings more safely.
• Yun Qi summoned the Moon Shadow Sword after explaining that the Purple Demon Eye breakthrough had completed the sword's final one percent of evolution.

Yun Qi and Chen Xin dueled with swords without relying on Soul Power, and their sword intents clashed so fiercely that both were injured. Chen Xin said Yun Qi would recover after a few days of rest, while Ning Rongrong angrily pulled his beard for hurting her husband.

• Yun Qi summoned the transformed Moon Shadow Sword, prompting Chen Xin's Seven Kill Sword to tremble, and Chen Xin challenged Yun Qi to a sword match without Soul Power.
• Bi Ji and Gu Rong reinforced the courtyard with a barrier as Yun Qi and Chen Xin began their duel, and the Moon Shadow Sword supplied Yun Qi with sword techniques that let him keep pace with Chen Xin.
• Chen Xin revealed his Seven Kill Sword Intent, while Yun Qi manifested his Yin Trigram Sword Intent and blanketed the courtyard in frost and snow.
• Yun Qi and Chen Xin unleashed their sword intents against each other until both were thrown backward and left bleeding from the collision.
• Bi Ji caught Yun Qi and treated him, and Chen Xin explained that Yun Qi had a minor injury and would recover after a few days of rest.
• Ning Rongrong yanked out Chen Xin's beard hairs and scolded him for hurting Yun Qi.

After recovering from his duel with Chen Xin, Yun Qi set out with his companions to find a soul ring for Dugu Yan. They located a Seven Ring Python in Sunset Forest, and Dugu Yan began fighting it.

• Ning Rongrong scolded Chen Xin for injuring Yun Qi, while Yun Qi woke and reassured her that he would recover.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong each claimed Yun Qi as a grandson before flying off to fight in the sky.
• After Yun Qi healed and Xiao Wu condensed her soul ring, the group left for Sunset Forest to help Dugu Yan break through.
• Bi Ji searched the forest and found a roughly six-thousand-year-old Seven Ring Python, which Dugu Yan chose to challenge.
• Dugu Yan dodged the python’s attack and activated her first spirit skill, Snake Body, as the fight began.

Dugu Yan defeated the Seven Ring Python with her enhanced poison, absorbed its Spirit Ring, and advanced to level forty-three. Yun Qi and the others returned to Holy Spirit Village, where the villagers recognized him as Xiao Xi and warmly welcomed him home.

• Dugu Yan poisoned the Seven Ring Python, survived its surprise lunge with Yun Qi's help, and killed it to obtain its Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Yan absorbed the Spirit Ring and advanced from level forty to level forty-three.
• Yun Qi and the women left Sunset Forest and flew to Holy Spirit Village, with Bi Ji agreeing to conceal her Titled Douluo-level strength from his family.
• The villagers gathered to welcome the arriving Soul Masters, then recognized Yun Qi as Xiao Xi when he called out to them.
• The villagers surrounded Yun Qi with questions and teasing, then sent someone to fetch Old Jack.