Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiu and Qian Renxue wrestled after he tried to kiss her, then spent hours attempting to form a soul-skill binding that repeatedly failed. Qian Renxue left the woods after promising to try again daily, while Ye Qiu stopped her to heal her face once more.

• Ye Qiu leaned in to kiss Qian Renxue, but she grabbed his wrists and threatened him; he burst out laughing at her bruised and dusty face, and they grappled in the dirt.
• Pufferfish and Snake Lance waited outside the Small Woods while Ye Qiu repeatedly tried and failed to bind his soul skill to Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue admitted she feared Ye Qiu would copy her soul skill and leave her unable to take revenge, though her feelings about him also confused her.
• Qian Renxue ended the attempts and promised Ye Qiu they could try once every day before walking away.
• Ye Qiu called Qian Renxue back, cupped her face, and began healing her injuries again.

Ye Qiu kissed Qian Renxue after their spar, then returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and sought comfort with Zhu Zhuqing and her cats. Qian Renxue left with Pufferfish and Snake Lance, while Ye Qiu began teasing Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Spirit Cat with catnip.

• Ye Qiu kissed Qian Renxue and suggested she consider him as her guardian knight before flying away.
• Qian Renxue told Pufferfish and Snake Lance that the fight had only been a spar, then realized Ye Qiu had not needed to rub her face to heal her chest.
• Ye Qiu returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and went to Zhu Zhuqing’s room with a Cat Teaser containing catnip extract.
• Zhu Zhuqing released her two white cats and possessed her Hell Spirit Cat as Ye Qiu teased it with the Cat Teaser.

Ye Qiu played with Zhu Zhuqing’s cats to ease his frustration, then Ning Rongrong arrived and teased him about coming home late. He carried Ning Rongrong off to bathe and eat, while Zhu Zhuqing stayed behind to clean up and agreed to cultivate with him that night.

• Ye Qiu watched Zhu Zhuqing’s cats attack the Cat Teaser, then retrieved the chewed toy from the Hell Spirit Cat.
• Zhu Zhuqing took the cats to the bathroom as Ning Rongrong arrived and realized Ye Qiu had been playing with them.
• Ning Rongrong accused Ye Qiu of coming home late, and he teased and kissed her on the sofa.
• Ye Qiu suggested Zhu Zhuqing join them for a bath, making Ning Rongrong refuse and Zhu Zhuqing embarrassed in the bathroom.
• Ning Rongrong told Ye Qiu to come to her room, and he carried her away after asking Zhu Zhuqing to leave the door open for cultivation that night.
• Zhu Zhuqing emerged from the bathroom and cleaned the mess left on the floor.

Ye Qiu offered to take Ning Rongrong to Xue Qinghe’s wedding after she complained about being barred from the banquet. On the day before the wedding, Xue Qinghe pressured the powerless Liu Erlong to kiss him in exchange for taking her to see Yu Xiaogang.

• Ning Rongrong lamented that her father had refused to take her to Xue Qinghe’s wedding, and Ye Qiu showed her a gilded invitation and offered to bring her.
• Liu Erlong was dressed in a wedding gown at the Crown Prince Residence while she despaired over being treated as a tool by her clan.
• Xue Qinghe entered Liu Erlong’s room and dismissed the maidservants, leaving them alone under the guards’ watch.
• Xue Qinghe said he would take Liu Erlong to see Yu Xiaogang if she kissed him, and Liu Erlong reluctantly agreed.

Xue Qinghe brought Liu Erlong to the dungeon to show her the tortured Yu Xiaogang and threaten him with her compliance. Yu Xiaogang realized Liu Erlong was being forced into marrying Xue Qinghe, while she endured his humiliation to protect him.

• Liu Erlong submitted to Xue Qinghe's demands and asked him to release Flender and the others, and he promised they could return to the academy after the wedding.
• Xue Qinghe led the blindfolded Liu Erlong to the dungeon, where she saw Yu Xiaogang battered, branded, and missing a finger.
• Liu Erlong tried to rush to Yu Xiaogang, but Xue Qinghe restrained her and threatened to hurt him if she damaged her wedding dress.
• Xue Qinghe told Yu Xiaogang that Liu Erlong would become his possession after their wedding and began roughly handling her in front of him.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Liu Erlong had been caught up in his misfortune and stared in disbelief.

Xue Qinghe tortured Yu Xiaogang and forced Liu Erlong to obey him, promising to keep Yu Xiaogang alive for their wedding. As Xue Qinghe took Liu Erlong away, Yu Xiaogang begged to see Bibi Dong, and Pufferfish and Snake Lance prepared another instrument of torture.

• Xue Qinghe ordered Pufferfish to beat Yu Xiaogang after Yu Xiaogang cursed him for tormenting Liu Erlong.
• Xue Qinghe slapped Liu Erlong and made her agree to obey him, then promised to have Yu Xiaogang washed for the wedding.
• Liu Erlong put the red silk back on and left the dungeon with Xue Qinghe while Yu Xiaogang wept in his cell.
• Yu Xiaogang begged Pufferfish and Snake Lance to let him see Bibi Dong, prompting Xue Qinghe to leave without intervening.
• Pufferfish and Snake Lance chose a barbed Wooden Donkey as their next instrument of torture for Yu Xiaogang.

Pufferfish and Snake Lance tortured Yu Xiaogang while Xue Qinghe watched Liu Erlong depart, planning to marry her the next day. Near the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang Hao struck Tang San for failing to sense the Blue Silver Grass, then decided they would return to Heaven Dou City to seek Ye Qiu and Ah Yin's help.

• Pufferfish and Snake Lance impaled Yu Xiaogang on a Wooden Donkey and pushed it through the prison cell, ignoring his screams.
• Xue Qinghe watched Liu Erlong leave in a carriage and thought about marrying her the following day.
• Tang San failed to sense the Blue Silver Grass, and Tang Hao slapped him twice before questioning why he could not feel it.
• Tang Hao abandoned his plan to take Tang San to the Clear Sky Sect and decided to seek Ah Yin's help for Tang San's bloodline.
• Tang San warned Tang Hao that Ye Qiu might have exposed his Twin Martial Souls, but Tang Hao argued that Spirit Hall's response made that unlikely.

Tang Hao and Tang San headed for Heaven Dou City to investigate Ye Qiu, while Ah Yin watched them from the Blue Silver Forest. Ye Qiu watched Xue Qinghe’s wedding procession with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, then returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as the wedding banquet approached.

• Tang Hao agreed to travel to Heaven Dou City with Tang San, who planned to contact Blue Tyrant Academy and use a meeting with Ye Qiu to test his suspicions.
• Ah Yin saw images of Tang Hao and Tang San through her Blue Silver Grass subjects, felt a surge of killing intent, then sent their power into her main body and missed Ye Qiu.
• Guests from across the continent gathered in Heaven Dou City for Xue Qinghe’s wedding, while a Star Luo delegation arrived after rescuing Dai Mubai from Spirit Hall.
• During the wedding procession, Xue Qinghe spotted Ye Qiu watching from an inn balcony with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, then concealed his displeasure and continued the ceremony.
• Ye Qiu took Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where he waited for them to finish changing for the evening banquet.

Ye Qiu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing dressed for a banquet and traveled to the Crown Prince Residence in Heaven Dou City. They arrived with an immortal herb as Ye Qiu’s congratulatory gift and registered it at the entrance.

• Ning Rongrong showed Ye Qiu her white formal dress, and he praised her before they kissed.
• Zhu Zhuqing joined them in a purple dress, and Ye Qiu told her she looked beautiful.
• Ning Rongrong scolded Ye Qiu for teasing her about her figure, then asked him to fly with her.
• Ye Qiu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing departed in Qiu Rong, with Zhu Zhuqing inside the Ruyi Treasure Sack.
• Ning Rongrong asked what Ye Qiu and Qinghe Shixiong had done, but Ye Qiu said he could not tell her yet.
• Ye Qiu and Ning Rongrong arrived at the Crown Prince Residence and handed their congratulatory gift to the young eunuch for registration.

Ye Qiu attended the Crown Prince’s wedding banquet with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, where they encountered Ning Fengzhi, Yu Tianheng, and Dai Mubai. Dai Mubai approached their table and moved toward the seat beside Zhu Zhuqing, who warned him not to sit there.

• Ye Qiu brought Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to the back garden, where Ning Rongrong reunited with Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi tried to send Ning Rongrong to the children’s table, but she left with Ye Qiu and Zhu Zhuqing to find other seats.
• Ye Qiu and the two girls sat at a table with a young, laurel-crowned girl, and Yu Tianheng later joined them.
• Ning Rongrong spotted Dai Mubai at Ning Fengzhi’s table and called him a sick cat; Dai Mubai noticed Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Qiu as well.
• Dai Mubai approached the table and headed for the seat beside Zhu Zhuqing, who threatened to give him more scars if he sat there.

Ye Qiu humiliated Dai Mubai as Zhu Zhuqing openly rejected her former fiancé and Dugu Yan arrived to show her affection for Ye Qiu. Dai Mubai left after threatening Zhu Zhuqing, while Ye Qiu remained surrounded by the women at the banquet.

• Dai Mubai sat at another table after spotting Ye Qiu and Zhu Zhuqing, then glared at Ye Qiu and was struck by the purple light in his eyes.
• Ning Rongrong mocked Dai Mubai, while Zhu Zhuqing ignored his demands and served shrimp to Ye Qiu.
• Prince Xue Xing arrived with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, who hurried over to embrace Ye Qiu and explained that she had come to see him.
• Dugu Yan greeted Yu Tianheng, then kissed Ye Qiu, leaving Yu Tianheng stunned and Dai Mubai privately mocking him.
• Dai Mubai again demanded that Zhu Zhuqing leave with him, but she told him to get lost, and he stormed away after warning that she would regret it.

At Xue Qinghe and Liu Erlong’s wedding, Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong competed for Ye Qiu’s attention before the ceremony began. As the couple exchanged bows, Ning Rongrong made Ye Qiu promise to stay with her for life, and he answered that he wanted many lifetimes with her.

• Dugu Yan teased Ye Qiu and provoked Ning Rongrong by claiming her status as his fiancée.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing clung to Ye Qiu, while Dugu Yan joined them at their table.
• The guests fell silent as Xue Qinghe led the veiled Liu Erlong into the ceremonial hall.
• Xue Ye and Yu Luomian watched as Xue Qinghe and Liu Erlong bowed to one another.
• Ning Rongrong kissed Ye Qiu and told him to put up with her for the rest of their lives, and Ye Qiu said one lifetime would not be enough.

At Xue Qinghe’s wedding banquet, Ye Qiu flirted with Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan while Xue Qinghe remained cold toward him. Elsewhere, Qian Renxue and her guards tormented Yu Xiaogang, while Tang San and Tang Hao arrived outside Heaven Dou City and noticed its unusual celebrations.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Ye Qiu to take her along, and he promised not to leave her behind; Dugu Yan then secretly rubbed his leg with her foot, and he returned the flirtation.
• The wedding ceremony ended, and Xue Qinghe visited Ye Qiu’s group, ignored Ye Qiu’s offered toast, and left after Ning Rongrong congratulated him.
• Qian Renxue placed the bound Yu Xiaogang in a barrel of strong liquor while Pufferfish and Snake Lance guarded him and poured more wine over him.
• Tang San and Tang Hao arrived outside Heaven Dou City, where Tang San noticed the heavy guards and festive lights and guessed the royal family was celebrating.

Tang San entered the city to reclaim his Godly Zhuge Crossbow after spotting it in Hang Han’s hands. He defeated Hang Han’s servants, but Cai Kun attacked him from behind.

• Tang Hao gave Tang San a mushroom-shaped firecracker and left to visit the Strength Clan for money.
• Tang San entered the city unnoticed, missing the wanted poster that identified him as a wanted criminal.
• Tang San recognized the Godly Zhuge Crossbow Hang Han had bought and asked to take it back, but Hang Han and his companions mocked him.
• Hang Han ordered his servants to beat Tang San, and Tang San knocked them all down.
• Tang San demanded the crossbow from Hang Han, but Cai Kun attacked him from behind and forced him back.

Tang San was exposed as an Empire wanted criminal after a street fight, and a crowd of civilians and soul masters chased him through Heaven Dou City. He escaped into an alley and hid in a dog hole, only to be grabbed by a filthy stranger.

• Tang San bound Cai Kun and Hang Han with Blue Silver Grass, crippled Cai Kun's legs, and stole Hang Han's money pouch.
• A sudden attack shattered Tang San's mask, and Cai Kun recognized him as Tang San, the Empire's wanted criminal.
• After Tang San killed Cai Kun, the crowd charged at him, forcing him to flee through Heaven Dou City's streets and alleys.
• Tang San dodged the pursuing crowd and flying soul masters, then hid in a dog hole beside an alley wall.
• A filthy stranger grabbed Tang San's ankle and smiled up at him.

Tang San’s attempt to escape through Heaven Dou City’s slums ended with starving paupers attacking him for the reward, while Xue Ye ordered the city sealed and Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Dugu Bo agreed to help. Tang Hao arrived as Tang San was being overwhelmed, and revealed himself to the crowd and the Royal Knights.

• Tang San crawled through a dog hole into the slums, where paupers recognized him and swarmed him for the reward.
• Tang San killed several attackers and fired a signal into the sky, exposing his location as he was bitten and trapped by the crowd.
• Xue Qinghe offered to pursue Tang San, but Xue Ye sent the Royal Knights to seal Heaven Dou City and ordered them to keep Tang San from escaping.
• Ye Qiu dismissed Tang San’s signal, while Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin promised to intervene if anyone disrupted the wedding, and Dugu Bo offered to help them.
• Tang Hao sensed Tang San in the crowd, rushed into Heaven Dou City, and appeared with his Clear Sky Hammer and nine soul rings as the Royal Knights arrived.

Tang Hao rescued the battered Tang San from the slum after Xue Ye ordered the city’s defenses strengthened and Xue Qinghe arranged compensation for the victims. After the wedding banquet, Ye Qiu stayed behind at Xue Qinghe’s request, expecting that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud had been secured.

• Tang Hao drove off the crowd, seized the gravely injured Tang San, and fled before Ning Fengzhi and the others arrived.
• Xue Ye ordered stronger patrols and city-gate defenses, then told Xue Qinghe to handle the slum’s victims.
• Xue Qinghe ordered compensation and burials for the dead, and said the Empire would publicize its efforts against crime.
• At the wedding banquet, Ye Qiu flirted with the singing girls until Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing drew his attention back to them.
• After the banquet ended, a servant told Ye Qiu that Xue Qinghe wanted him to remain; Dugu Yan said goodbye and left with her grandfather.

Ye Qiu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong were confronted by Dai Mubai and Star Luo representatives, but Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo intervened to protect Zhu Zhuqing. Ning Fengzhi then challenged the Star Luo Prince over his earlier treatment of Ning Rongrong.

• Ye Qiu escorted Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong toward Ning Fengzhi, but Dai Mubai blocked their path and demanded that Zhu Zhuqing return with the Star Luo group.
• Ning Rongrong summoned Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo, then told Sword Douluo that Dai Mubai had bullied her at Shrek Academy; Sword Douluo intimidated Dai Mubai with his pressure.
• Ning Fengzhi asked the Star Luo representative why they had come, and Zhu Zhuqing refused to return to the empire.
• Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo declared that Zhu Zhuqing was under their protection, forcing the Star Luo group to prepare to leave.
• Ning Fengzhi stopped them and asked whether Dai Mubai had forgotten something, while Ning Rongrong challenged Dai Mubai over his earlier threat to hit her.

Ning Rongrong and Ning Fengzhi demanded an explanation from Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing humiliated him before warning him to stay away. After the Star Luo delegation left, Dugu Bo teased Ye Qiu about giving him a great-grandchild, and Dugu Yan departed after kissing Ye Qiu.

• Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong rejected Dai Mubai's apology, and Dai Mubai challenged them to do whatever they wanted without interference.
• Zhu Zhuqing used the sole of Ye Qiu's shoe to slap Dai Mubai several times, then warned him not to bother her again.
• The Star Luo representative dragged Dai Mubai away while Sword Douluo dismissed the incident as children playing around.
• Dugu Bo teased Ye Qiu about giving him a great-grandchild, and Dugu Yan tugged at her grandfather's beard in embarrassment.
• Ye Qiu caught Dugu Yan as she went after Dugu Bo, promised to visit her, and received a light kiss before she left with her grandfather.
• Ning Rongrong linked arms with Ye Qiu and complained that Dugu Bo had no respect for his age.

After Ning Fengzhi accepted Ye Qiu’s relationships with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, he warned Ye Qiu to stay out of royal affairs. Ye Qiu stayed behind with Xue Qinghe, who led him into the Crown Prince Residence after the guests had left.

• Ning Rongrong defended Ye Qiu, and he thanked Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo for intervening.
• Ning Fengzhi acknowledged Zhu Zhuqing as part of the family and warned that her public break with Dai Mubai could affect relations between the Zhu and Dai families.
• Ye Qiu assured Ning Fengzhi that he would be careful, then said goodbye to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing as they returned with Ning Fengzhi.
• Xue Qinghe mocked Ye Qiu for relying on women, and Ye Qiu proudly replied that earning their protection was his ability.
• Xue Qinghe told Ye Qiu to follow him into the empty Crown Prince Residence after the wedding guests had departed.