Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiu told Huo Wu that he intended to conquer her, leaving her conflicted about his motives and the compensation he gave her. Later, the Shui Bing'er sisters arrived to cultivate with him, while Huo Wu and Ling Yuan were left waiting for tea and pastries.

• Huo Wu asked Ye Qiu whether he was pursuing her, and he said he wanted to conquer her rather than make her his maid.
• Ye Qiu gave Huo Wu three pieces of Whale Rubber and told her to think over what she wanted.
• Ye Qiu returned to the Spirit Duel Pavilion and explained that he was not ready to establish a relationship with Huo Wu because he feared jeopardizing his chances with Shui Bing'er.
• Huo Wu greeted Ling Yuan Douluo, still angry after overhearing Ye Qiu say he had barely played with her.
• The Shui Bing'er sisters arrived in the afternoon, and Ye Qiu abandoned his card game with Huo Wu to greet them.
• Ye Qiu asked Huo Wu to bring pastries and tea, and Shui Yue'er laughed at the turtle drawn on Huo Wu's face.

Ye Qiu teased Shui Bing'er and her sisters while pretending to practice their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which failed again under his control. Huo Wu confronted him about the result he wanted, but Ye Qiu refused to answer as she went upstairs in a jealous mood.

• The girls laughed at Huo Wu and Ling Yuan after their faces were covered in tea, while Shui Yue'er asked Ye Qiu about his game.
• Ye Qiu took Shui Bing'er’s hand to practice their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Shui Yue'er shoved her into his arms; Ye Qiu fell with her and touched her beneath her skirt.
• Shui Bing'er noticed Shui Yue'er acting suspiciously but said nothing, and the sisters shared snow-skin cakes before trying the Martial Soul Fusion Skill again.
• Ye Qiu controlled the attempt so that he and Shui Bing'er failed to merge, then told the girls to prepare for training.
• Huo Wu asked Ye Qiu whether the girls were the result he wanted, but he told her to do her job, leaving her jealous and angry as she went upstairs.

Ye Qiu sparred with the Heavenly Water Girl Group until they were exhausted, then joined them in the loft to rest and play cards. After Ling Yuan Douluo called in her bet with him, she ordered Ye Qiu to come to her room that night for another massage.

• Ye Qiu fought the Heavenly Water Girl Group with six clones, letting them practice until their Soul Power ran out.
• Ye Qiu helped Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu upstairs while Huo Wu carried Shui Yue'er, who had asked Ye Qiu for help.
• Ye Qiu played Fight the Landlord with the girls and searched for the feeling needed for a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Shui Bing'er.
• Ye Qiu gave Shui Bing'er Whale Rubber to absorb, and she went upstairs with Shui Yue'er.
• Ling Yuan Douluo reminded Ye Qiu that their card-game bet was unfinished, and Ye Qiu surrendered to her and Huo Wu.
• Ling Yuan Douluo grabbed Ye Qiu by the collar and told him to come to her room tonight for another massage.

Huo Wu asked Ye Qiu to cultivate a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with her, while Shui Bing'er and the Heavenly Water Girl Group prepared to return to the academy. Ye Qiu walked Shui Bing'er to the city gates, where he caught her in his arms after she nearly collided with a peddler's cart.

• Ling Yuan Douluo withdrew to her room, and Huo Wu asked Ye Qiu to cultivate a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with her.
• Ye Qiu sent Huo Wu to prepare more fruit for Gu Qingbo and the other girls.
• Shui Bing'er said she planned to take the sisters back to the academy, and Ye Qiu offered to escort them to the city gates.
• Shui Bing'er agreed to go with Ye Qiu, and he took her hand as the Heavenly Water Girl Group followed at a distance.
• Shui Bing'er walked with her head lowered and nearly ran into a peddler's cart, so Ye Qiu pulled her into his arms and asked if she was nervous.

Ye Qiu escorted Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Academy girls back, then returned to the Spirit Duel Pavilion and continued ordering Huo Wu around. That night, he challenged Ling Yuan Douluo to begin their promised massages, and she insisted she was not afraid of him.

• Ye Qiu teased Shui Bing'er on the way to the city gate, then agreed to take Shui Yue'er and the other girls back to Skywater Academy using his Ruyi Treasure Sack and Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• While flying with Shui Yue'er, Ye Qiu said he wanted Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er for life; Shui Yue'er learned from his memories that the Venom Spirit could copy soul skills and agreed to help win her sister over.
• After they reached Skywater Academy, Ye Qiu kissed Shui Yue'er goodbye before returning to the Spirit Duel Pavilion.
• Ye Qiu ordered Huo Wu to clean the pavilion and prepare dinner, and she obeyed despite resenting his treatment.
• That night, Ye Qiu asked Ling Yuan Douluo when they would begin the massages in her room; she dropped a chess piece but defiantly claimed she had no reason to fear him.

Ye Qiu gave Ling Yuan Douluo a massage that turned into a kiss after he removed her mask. The moment was interrupted when someone lingered outside her room and began pushing the rear door open.

• Ling Yuan Douluo warned Ye Qiu not to take liberties, then let him follow her upstairs for a massage.
• Ye Qiu prepared the bed and began massaging Ling Yuan Douluo while she lay facedown.
• Ye Qiu sat on Ling Yuan Douluo's legs, removed her mask, and kissed her.
• Ling Yuan Douluo noticed someone knocking outside and pushing the rear door open, and she could no longer endure Ye Qiu's advances.

Ye Qiu teased Ling Yuan Douluo in her room before offering Huo Wu a faster cultivation method in exchange for learning his Soul Power circulation route. The next morning, Huo Wu accepted Whale Rubber and began cultivating, though Ye Qiu’s honest admission that he wanted her along with Bing'er and Yue'er still troubled her.

• Ye Qiu stopped kissing Ling Yuan Douluo when she told him to leave, then exited her room as she recovered and blamed him for making her flustered.
• Ye Qiu approached Huo Wu while she cleaned the hall and offered to teach her a cultivation route that could match Innate Full Soul Power.
• Huo Qiu refused to trade her body for the method, and Ye Qiu told her he wanted her as well as Bing'er and Yue'er without knowing what their relationship would become.
• The next morning, Huo Wu found Ye Qiu cultivating on the roof, accepted the Whale Rubber he gave her, and sat down to cultivate using the route she had memorized.

Huo Wu struggled with her jealousy over Ye Qiu and the Shui Bing'er sisters while agreeing to practice a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with him. Half a month later, Ning Rongrong eagerly sought news about Ye Qiu and his other women, while Sword Douluo asked Ning Fengzhi about the Titled Douluo accompanying him.

• Huo Wu resolved to practice the Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Ye Qiu, though she wrestled with her growing feelings and jealousy over the Shui Bing'er sisters.
• Ye Qiu returned to the Spirit Duel Pavilion, where he teased Ling Yuan Douluo until she threatened to break his leg.
• Huo Wu returned, and that afternoon she watched Ye Qiu spend time with Shui Bing'er and the others, growing more jealous.
• Half a month later, Ning Rongrong pressed Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo for news about Ye Qiu and requested information about his maid and the women visiting him.
• Ning Rongrong read the intelligence report, grew jealous, and hurried to share it with Dugu Yan.
• Sword Douluo asked Ning Fengzhi whether he had found any leads on the Titled Douluo beside Ye Qiu.

Ning Fengzhi decided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should stay steady and let Ye Qiu and Ning Rongrong handle its ties with Spirit Hall, while he viewed the Clear Sky Sect as the more immediate enemy. In Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue grew jealous while reading a report about Ye Qiu, and Ye Qiu remained unaware as he continued his daily routine.

• Ning Fengzhi reassured Sword Douluo that the sect could hold on and chose to follow Ning Rongrong’s wishes regarding Ye Qiu.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded that the Clear Sky Sect posed a clearer threat than Spirit Hall, though the sect still needed to remain vigilant.
• Xue Qinghe took Liu Erlong to the Crown Prince Residence and ordered her to massage his shoulders while he read an intelligence report about Ye Qiu.
• Qian Renxue became jealous over the report and wondered whether Ye Qiu and the Crown Prince shared a secret connection.
• Liu Erlong speculated that her husband’s jealousy over Ye Qiu might reveal an unspeakable relationship between them.
• Ye Qiu remained unaware of the jealousy in Heaven Dou City as he continued cultivating, sparring, sleeping, and spending time with Ling Yuan, Huo Wu, and the Shui Bing'er sisters.

Ye Qiu kept interfering with the Martial Soul Fusion Skills of Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu while pursuing intimate relationships with them and Ling Yuan. Huo Wu tried to fuse with him, but the attempt failed again, leaving her unsure why.

• Ye Qiu spent his days teasing Ling Yuan, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er, while preventing Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er from completing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Ling Yuan hurried back to her room after lunch, and Ye Qiu joked to Huo Wu that an old wound might be itching.
• Huo Wu asked Ye Qiu to attempt their Martial Soul Fusion Skill before she washed the dishes.
• Ye Qiu and Huo Wu began the fusion, but the black substance covering Huo Wu lost strength and returned to Ye Qiu before the skill could succeed.
• Huo Wu asked Ye Qiu what had gone wrong, and he suggested that she might still have been resisting him.

Ye Qiu and Huo Wu tried to cultivate a Martial Soul Fusion Skill through intimate contact, but it did not work. Their closeness was interrupted when Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wushuang arrived downstairs.

• Ye Qiu told Huo Wu that greater intimacy made a Martial Soul Fusion Skill easier to cultivate, and Huo Wu agreed to try with him.
• Huo Wu kissed Ye Qiu and embraced him, while he passed Soul Power to her, but they did not achieve a fusion.
• Huo Wu decided she would not give Ye Qiu up and reasoned that she should not be the only one to make a choice about him.
• Shui Yue'er announced that Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wushuang had arrived to see Huo Wu, interrupting the pair.
• Huo Wu assured Ye Qiu that nothing was going on between her and Feng Xiaotian, then returned to the bench as Ye Qiu teased her about changing clothes.

Ye Qiu left the Spirit Duel Pavilion with Shui Yue'er to go shopping after sharing an intimate moment with her. Huo Wu came downstairs after changing and learned that Ye Qiu had gone, leaving her annoyed and Feng Xiaotian captivated by her flushed appearance.

• Huo Wu fled upstairs to change after Ye Qiu reminded her to tidy the table, and Shui Yue'er arrived and noticed Huo Wu's scent on Ye Qiu.
• Shui Yue'er teased Ye Qiu about Huo Wu, then kissed him and asked him to go shopping with her.
• Ye Qiu agreed to go shopping with Shui Yue'er, and they left the pavilion after he told Huo Wushuang and Feng Xiaotian that Huo Wu was changing.
• Huo Wushuang and Feng Xiaotian went inside and saw Huo Wu descend the stairs looking flushed.
• Huo Wu learned that Ye Qiu had left with Shui Yue'er, grew annoyed, and warned Feng Xiaotian to watch his eyes.

Ye Qiu and Shui Yue'er spent the afternoon walking through town, where Shui Yue'er prepared a private surprise for him. She led him into a secluded alley, removed his mask, and kissed him, leaving them alone together.

• Huo Wu went upstairs to clear the table while Huo Wushuang objected to her serving Feng Xiaotian as a maid.
• Ye Qiu and Shui Yue'er strolled through the busy streets, and he explained that he was keeping his identity hidden while he carried out his plans.
• Shui Yue'er asked Ye Qiu to buy her a candied hawthorn skewer, then fed him one of the bare hawthorns after licking off its sugar coating.
• Shui Yue'er led Ye Qiu into a quiet alley and asked to see his face while helping him.
• Shui Yue'er removed Ye Qiu's mask, and they kissed in the secluded alley.

Ye Qiu and Shui Yue'er escaped detection in an alley by using their Spirit Fusion Skill, Autumn Moon, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar arrived nearby. After the pair left, Ye Qiu took Shui Yue'er to a stream, then later headed with her toward the Spirit Duel Pavilion.

• Shui Yue'er picked up her mask and fed candied hawthorn to Ye Qiu in an alley as he kept watch.
• When someone approached, Ye Qiu and Shui Yue'er used Autumn Moon, aided by the Blue Silver Domain and Ah Yin's third spirit skill, to vanish and fly away.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar arrived, argued about their expenses and past, and discussed Dai Mubai's invitation to help Strange Beast Academy compete.
• Ye Qiu and Shui Yue'er flew to a stream to clean up, while Ye Qiu wondered where he had heard one of the men's voices.
• That afternoon, Ye Qiu and Shui Yue'er walked toward the Spirit Duel Pavilion, with Shui Yue'er eating the remaining candied hawthorn.

Ye Qiu and Shui Yue'er returned to the Spirit Duel Pavilion after secretly fooling around, and Ye Qiu gave the others an excuse for their absence. He trained with the Heavenly Water Girl Group, and later walked with Shui Bing'er, who seemed unusually flustered and said she might not have slept well.

• Ye Qiu and Shui Yue'er told the girls they had been sparring, and Ye Qiu claimed they had gone outside to avoid disturbing his sister's nap.
• Huo Wu and the others questioned Shui Yue'er, but Ye Qiu changed the subject and led everyone inside to train.
• Ye Qiu tested the Heavenly Water Girl Group's formations and teamwork while sparring, then the Shui sisters absorbed Whale Rubber.
• Ye Qiu walked with Shui Bing'er toward Five Elements City as the others followed, and Shui Bing'er blushed whenever he looked at her.
• Ye Qiu asked Shui Bing'er why she seemed out of sorts during training, and she said she might not have slept well.

Ye Qiu told Shui Bing'er that his martial soul had Ice and Fire Immunity, then used a private exchange of secrets to draw out her jealousy about his sparring with Shui Yue'er. He kissed Shui Bing'er for the first time beneath the city gate, leaving her flustered in his embrace as the Heavenly Water Girl Group watched.

• Shui Bing'er asked Ye Qiu why his martial soul sometimes endured powerful attacks without damage, and Ye Qiu revealed its Ice and Fire Immunity.
• Ye Qiu said he trusted Shui Bing'er and asked why she had been unhappy; Shui Bing'er admitted she wanted to know whether he and Shui Yue'er had really only sparred.
• Ye Qiu kissed Shui Bing'er, and she nervously returned the kiss as he held her.
• The Heavenly Water Girl Group watched the couple and excitedly celebrated Shui Bing'er's kiss, while Shui Yue'er hoped she would receive their blessing someday.
• Ye Qiu ended the long kiss when Shui Bing'er could barely breathe, and Shui Bing'er hid her blushing face against his chest.

After Ye Qiu and Shui Bing'er shared their first kiss, Shui Bing'er returned toward Skywater Academy, troubled by her growing feelings and suspicions about him. She asked Shui Yue'er what she knew about Ye Qiu, leaving their conversation poised to reveal more about him.

• Shui Bing'er blushed as Ye Qiu released her, and the Heavenly Water Girl Group congratulated and teased them about getting together.
• Ye Qiu promised the girls gifts for helping him and Shui Bing'er, while Shui Bing'er protested when they suggested bringing him to Skywater Academy.
• Shui Bing'er said goodbye to Ye Qiu and left with Shui Yue'er and the others, while Ye Qiu headed back to the Spirit Duel Pavilion.
• On the road, Shui Bing'er reflected on her attraction to Ye Qiu and realized she had felt jealous when Shui Yue'er returned with him.
• Shui Bing'er took Shui Yue'er aside and asked how much she knew about Ye Qiu, prompting Shui Yue'er to nervously insist they had only sparred.

Ye Qiu spent time with Ling Yuan Douluo and Huo Wu at the Spirit Duel Pavilion while preparing to leave in about ten days. He ended the night by offering to teach Huo Wu the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.

• Ye Qiu teased Ling Yuan Douluo, kissed her, and said he planned to leave in about ten days after settling the territories he had won.
• Ling Yuan Douluo and Huo Wu ate with Ye Qiu, and Huo Wu showed jealousy when she noticed Shui Bing'er's scent on him.
• Ye Qiu massaged Ling Yuan Douluo, who eventually drove him out of her room.
• Ye Qiu found Huo Wu cleaning the hall and told her he would teach her the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Huo Wu stopped cleaning and stood ready to learn the movement technique.

Ye Qiu teased Huo Wu while teaching her leg exercises, then stopped when she pleaded with him not to continue. He left her to clean the floor and rest, and returned to his room to cultivate toward level fifty-seven.

• Ye Qiu guided Huo Wu through leg exercises and told her she was the only one he had taught since arriving in Five Elements City.
• Huo Wu lost her balance and fell onto Ye Qiu, then apologized and offered to help him up.
• Ye Qiu pulled Huo Wu into his arms and teased her about what would happen after her month as his maid.
• When Huo Wu pleaded with him to stop, Ye Qiu backed off and told her to clean the floor before resting.
• Ye Qiu returned to his room, took a cold shower, and began cultivating.

Ye Qiu grew closer to Huo Wu and Ling Yuan while his relationship with Shui Bing'er became increasingly affectionate. After giving the sisters Whale Rubber, Shui Yue'er led Shui Bing'er upstairs with Ye Qiu, while Huo Wu watched jealously.

• Huo Wu began slipping into Ye Qiu's bed at night, and their intimate mornings left Ling Yuan Douluo resentful in the next room.
• Ye Qiu soothed Huo Wu's bite wounds on the roof, then teased Ling Yuan about claiming to be softer than Huo Wu and kissed her.
• Huo Wu returned to find Ye Qiu and Ling Yuan sitting together after their private encounter, and she noticed a faint fragrance on Ye Qiu.
• Ye Qiu and Huo Wu joined Shui Bing'er and the Heavenly Water Girl Group for combat training, after which the sisters played Fight the Landlord.
• Shui Yue'er asked Ye Qiu for Whale Rubber, then took Shui Bing'er upstairs after receiving it, while Huo Wu watched with jealousy.