Chapter Summaries

Qin Yi challenged the three suitors and the Winged Human Race’s contest, declaring that he sought to take Yu Shang as his wife. He began demonstrating his resources and influence, leaving Gu Shuanglin and the other competitors stunned by the depth of his connections.

• Gu Shuanglin objected to Qin Yi watching the contest, but Xiang Ming agreed to accept him as a competitor if he won all three contests.
• Qin Yi revealed his identity and asked to marry Yu Shang as his wife, prompting the High Priest to require him to surpass the combined totals of the other three in every category.
• Qin Yi produced a complete Other Shore Flower and mocked Li Jiuyou for offering only a petal.
• Qin Yi presented pills he had personally refined for Huiyang-stage dual cultivation and offered to supply materials or teach Winged Human alchemists to make them.
• Qin Yi displayed command plaques from powerful institutions, including the Witch God Sect, and offered to bring an army of cultivators from the Divine Land.

Qin Yi entered the Cloud Realm for the second event and fought Gu Shuanglin, Li Jiuyou, and Xiang Ming at once. After his hidden tools disrupted Gu Shuanglin’s attacks, Qin Yi appeared before him and kicked him in the face.

• The High Priest began the second event, and Qin Yi entered the Cloud Realm ahead of the others.
• Yu Shang worried that Qin Yi would fight all three opponents, and he reassured her that he would face the challenge.
• Gu Shuanglin ambushed Qin Yi with the Ubumebu Umbrella Sword, but Qin Yi tore it apart with the Wolf Tooth Club.
• Li Jiuyou’s soul technique was swallowed by the Wolf Tooth Club, while Qin Yi clashed with Xiang Ming’s seven-colored radiance and thwarted Li Jiuyou’s next attack.
• The dog swallowed Gu Shuanglin’s hidden bird egg, causing his technique to backfire, and Qin Yi kicked Gu Shuanglin in the face.

Qin Yi won the marriage recruitment’s second round by transforming into a phoenix and defeating three rivals, then gained Yu Shang’s favor with a gift. When Li Jiuyou challenged the rules, Yu Shang agreed to a new trial in which the suitors would search for her first down feather.

• Qin Yi kicked Gu Shuanglin out of the Cloud Realm, revealing the hidden face beneath his hat.
• Xiang Ming and Li Jiuyou transformed into birds, but Qin Yi became a fire phoenix and drove them from the Cloud Realm.
• The High Priest declared Qin Yi the winner, and Yu Shang said she liked his Buddhist prayer beads.
• Gu Shuanglin objected to Qin Yi’s victory, but the Lovebird God arrived and declared its support for him.
• Li Jiuyou challenged the Winged Human Race’s marriage traditions, and Yu Shang proposed that the suitors search the Cloud Realm for her first down feather.

Qin Yi let Gu Shuanglin and Li Jiuyou search for the Winged Human Race’s first down while he befriended Xiang Ming and investigated the strange Ghost Carriage Race. Yu Shang watched the search, knowing the feather was hidden in her ring, and rejected Gu Shuanglin’s private attempt to win her over.

• Xiang Ming withdrew from the marriage contest, praised Qin Yi, and accepted his friendship before leaving with his subordinates.
• Qin Yi waited in the shadows for a sign from Qing Ying, then left when no one appeared.
• Gu Shuanglin and Li Jiuyou searched the Cloud Realm separately while Yu Shang watched, though the first down was hidden in her ring.
• Gu Shuanglin privately urged Yu Shang to choose him and promised his race’s support, but she dismissed him.
• Li Jiuyou noticed Gu Shuanglin speaking privately with Yu Shang and rushed over to confront him.

Li Jiuyou and Gu Shuanglin fought over their schemes to keep Qin Yi from winning Yu Shang, while Qin Yi entered the Cloud Realm and received First Down Feather from her. The chapter ended with Qin Yi and Yu Shang embracing and teasing each other as their rivals waited outside.

• Li Jiuyou attacked Gu Shuanglin for secretly pursuing Yu Shang, and the two brawled until Qin Yi separated them and sent them out of the Cloud Realm.
• Gu Shuanglin and Li Jiuyou agreed they needed to stop Qin Yi from finding First Down Feather, then resumed fighting over who had a chance with Yu Shang.
• Meng Qingying watched the two men bicker and ordered her group to reach Xun Wood City within two days.
• Yu Shang knelt before Qin Yi, returned First Down Feather to him, and addressed him as her husband.
• Qin Yi lifted Yu Shang into his arms, and they flirted while their rivals remained outside the realm.

Qin Yi found Yu Shang’s natal down, securing their marriage and prompting the Winged Human Race to announce a wedding banquet. After Gu Shuanglin’s plan failed, a powerful old Daoist urged him to use force to claim the World Tree and Kunlun Void.

• Qin Yi and Yu Shang emerged from the Cloud Realm with Yu Shang’s natal down, and the Winged Human Race celebrated their fated bond.
• The High Priest announced a wedding banquet in Xun Wood City, while Gu Shuanglin and Li Jiuyou angrily departed.
• Meng Qingying raged at the news, and Xi Yue summoned Minghe to perform a blessing ritual at the wedding.
• Gu Shuanglin reported his failure to a powerful old Daoist, who urged him to take the World Tree and Kunlun Void by force.

Qin Yi warned Yu Shang that Gu Shuanglin intended to control her and the Winged Human Race with mind-influencing treasures. Their search uncovered that nearly all the Winged Humans had received such items, prompting Yu Shang to order a full watch on Flying Bird Forest.

• Qin Yi realized Gu Shuanglin’s plans to use the Winged Human Race to gain power over Xun Wood City and pursue the World Tree.
• As the Winged Humans prepared a wedding banquet, Qin Yi told Yu Shang that Gu Shuanglin’s gifts could influence their minds and warned her to search the tribe.
• Yu Shang and the High Priest inspected the Winged Humans’ possessions and found mind-influencing treasures among nearly all the tribe members.
• Yu Shang ordered the Winged Humans to monitor Flying Bird Forest closely.

Qin Yi uncovered Uwabami Bird’s infiltration of the Winged Human Race and learned that it currently controlled the Xun Wood Grand Array’s core. He left to prepare for the coming conflict, hoping to protect Yu Shang and secure the Xun Wood Heart for Liusu.

• Qin Yi stopped Yu Shang from confronting the watcher and agreed with the High Priest to secretly erase the mental suggestions so Uwabami Bird would not realize its scheme was exposed.
• Qin Yi warned the High Priest that Gu Shuanglin’s ability to win trust made him dangerous, then took an invitation to visit the Double Eyed Bird territory.
• Qin Yi asked Xiang Ming about Xun Wood City’s defenses, and Xiang Ming explained that the Xun Wood Grand Array was managed by a different race each month.
• Xiang Ming told Qin Yi that Uwabami Bird was managing the array and holding the Xun Wood Heart, so Qin Yi urged him to clear his mind at the array’s heart on the wedding day.
• Qin Yi left Xiang Ming, recognizing that Xun Wood City faced a delicate threat and that the Xun Wood Heart could help Liusu if they won the coming battle.

At Yu Shang and Qin Yi’s wedding feast in the Winged Human Race’s sacred hall, Meng Qingying secretly fumed while Qin Yi waited for Gu Shuanglin to make a move. Minghe arrived to bless the newlyweds, and her unexpected reunion with Qin Yi sparked scandalous gossip and laughter.

• Meng Qingying entered the sacred hall with Li Jiuyou and grew jealous as guests discussed Yu Shang’s marriage to Qin Yi.
• Qin Yi scanned the guests, suspected Gu Shuanglin might cause trouble, and began welcoming everyone to the feast.
• Minghe arrived with a letter from the Celestial Pivot Divine Palace and was admitted to perform a blessing rite.
• Minghe and Qin Yi recognized each other, prompting guests to whisper that they had a relationship.
• Minghe said she would not charge the newlyweds, and Yu Shang pointed out that Minghe had originally intended to charge them.

At Qin Yi’s wedding feast, Minghe arrived and confronted the awkwardness of seeing him marry Yu Shang, while disguising her hurt as a blessing. Qin Yi hinted that their agreement still stood, and the gift announcements revealed Meng Qingying and her allies had sent unusual blessings, leaving Minghe and Meng Qingying to spot each other across the hall.

• Qin Yi introduced Minghe to Yu Shang as his Daoist Nun friend, and Minghe said she and Qin Yi had agreed to discuss matters after reaching Huiyang.
• Minghe told Yu Shang that marrying Qin Yi was a fitting match, while Qin Yi silently recognized the pain behind Minghe’s composed manner.
• Qin Yi reminded Minghe that their Huiyang agreement still stood and promised to drink with her later, prompting Minghe to take a seat.
• Yu Lan read the wedding gifts, including the Ghost Carriage Race’s blessings from several clans and independent cultivator Little Meng.
• Minghe searched the Ghost Carriage Race and met Meng Qingying’s sparkling gaze, and the two old foes felt mutual appreciation.

Li Jiuyou’s gift list nearly derailed Qin Yi and Yu Shang’s wedding, but Qin Yi and Li Jiuyou smoothed things over with a careful act of friendship and family blessings. As the ceremony resumed, Gu Shuanglin interrupted it, giving Meng Qingying and Minghe hope that the wedding would be disrupted after all.

• Li Jiuyou and Qin Yi pretended that Meng Qingying was merely Qin Yi’s dear friend who had brought blessings from his family, easing the guests’ suspicions about the gift list.
• Yu Shang accepted their explanation and threatened Qin Yi privately while appearing affectionate in public.
• Meng Qingying and Minghe agreed that they should not push the Winged Human Race into an irreconcilable feud, though they joked about welcoming anyone who ruined the feast.
• Gu Shuanglin gave up waiting for others to disrupt the wedding and prepared to rely on force.
• The High Priest began the wedding rites, but Gu Shuanglin interrupted just as Qin Yi and Yu Shang approached the altar.

Gu Shuanglin tried to use the hundred clans’ opposition to force Yu Shang to abandon her marriage, then moved to seize her when she chose to leave Xun Wood City. His plan collapsed when the Winged Humans and their allies turned on him, and the chapter ended with their attack focused on killing him.

• Gu Shuanglin claimed that the hundred clans would not accept Yu Shang marrying an outsider, and the gathered clan leaders supported his demand.
• Yu Shang saw through Gu Shuanglin’s attempt to control her and chose to leave Xun Wood City with Qin Yi and the High Priest.
• Gu Shuanglin ordered the clan leaders to block the Winged Humans’ escape and threatened Yu Shang and Qin Yi.
• Qin Yi attacked Gu Shuanglin as Yu Shang and the High Priest led their people into action.
• The Winged Human girls, Yu Shang, and the High Priest attacked Gu Shuanglin instead of betraying Yu Shang, prompting Qin Yi to mock Gu Shuanglin’s failed scheme.

Qin Yi and Yu Shang fought to capture Gu Shuanglin as the High Priest and Winged Human warriors trapped the assembled forces in the holy hall. Gu Shuanglin revealed hidden Ubagabi Bird elites and their leader, but Qin Yi deployed Doggie and an airship, leaving Gu Shuanglin retreating and ordering the Xun Wood Heart activated.

• The High Priest divided the gathered forces with a wind formation while Winged Human girls attacked them, allowing Qin Yi and Yu Shang to rush Gu Shuanglin.
• Gu Shuanglin revealed that the Looking Sky Tree Man hid Gu Changqing and several powerful Ubagabi Birds.
• Qin Yi sent Doggie to attack Gu Changqing, who recognized the Taotie soul within the black mist.
• Qin Yi summoned a massive airship, and Gu Shuanglin ordered his allies to stop Qin Yi and activate the Xun Wood Heart.

The Uwabami Birds tried to seize control of Xun Wood City by activating the Xun Wood Array, but Xiang Ming’s allies stopped them and a mysterious woman recovered the Xun Wood Heart from a fleeing Daoist. At the holy hall, Gu Shuanglin’s side fell into disarray as Meng Qingying and Minghe revealed their power, leaving Gu Shuanglin overwhelmed by the forces Qin Yi had brought against him.

• The Uwabami Birds used their influence over the array guards to take the Xun Wood Heart and prepare to activate the Xun Wood Array, but Xiang Ming and the Double Eyed Birds stopped them.
• A Qianyuan Completion old Daoist seized the Xun Wood Heart, but a woman named Tianshu recovered it, and Xi Yue and a middle-aged man confronted the Daoist.
• Gu Shuanglin watched Qin Yi’s bombardment overwhelm the Uwabami Birds and Looking Sky Wood, while Yu Shang crippled a late-stage Shining Sun Uwabami Bird with Clear Blue Sky.
• Gu Shuanglin ordered the Uwabami Birds to capture Li Jiuyou and Minghe so he could threaten Qin Yi and Yu Shang.
• Meng Qingying’s shadows immobilized an Uwabami Bird, while Li Jiuyou attacked it and Minghe struck Gu Shuanglin down with her sword and scabbard.
• Gu Changqing screamed from within the Taotie black mist about another Qianyuan artifact spirit, while Gu Shuanglin remained baffled by the forces Qin Yi had brought.

Qin Yi and his allies crushed the Ubagabi Bird Tribe’s attack and captured Gu Shuanglin, securing the Winged Human Race’s growing authority in Xun Wood City. After Qin Yi used soul searching to uncover the hidden supporters behind the scheme, the chapter ended with Minghe, Meng Qingying, and Yu Shang facing off over Qin Yi.

• Qin Yi’s allies overwhelmed the Ubagabi Bird Tribe, captured its members, and crippled Gu Shuanglin after Yu Shang and the others defeated their opponents.
• The leaders of the other races thanked the Winged Human Race, while Qin Yi ordered Yu Lan to hunt down the Ubagabi Bird Tribe and its remaining members.
• Qin Yi questioned Gu Shuanglin about who had supported his scheme, then used the Soul Searching Technique and recognized the people behind it.
• Qin Yi and Liusu wondered why the hidden supporters had not intervened, and Qin Yi left the now-idiotic Gu Shuanglin aside.
• Yu Shang noticed Meng Qingying and Minghe, and Qin Yi realized that the three women’s confrontation was about to begin.

Qin Yi tried to calm the rivalries between Yu Shang, Meng Qingying, and Minghe after the wedding was disrupted, then urged Meng Qingying to negotiate with the Winged Humans about the Netherworld. The chapter ended with Meng Qingying throwing Qin Yi to the ground and Li Jiuyou deciding that managing Qin Yi’s romantic entanglements took a true warrior.

• The Winged Humans dragged Gu Shuanglin and the captured Uwabami Birds to the dungeon while the High Priest began a prayer ceremony.
• Yu Shang, Meng Qingying, and Minghe traded insults over Qin Yi, and Yu Shang sent the other two to guest rooms as wedding guests.
• Qin Yi asked Yu Shang to arrange rooms so he could discuss important matters with Meng Qingying and Minghe.
• Minghe angrily agreed to stay, while Qin Yi quietly told Meng Qingying that he had missed her and took her hand.
• Qin Yi proposed that Meng Qingying negotiate with the Winged Humans about the Netherworld, but she threw him to the ground and called him a scumbag.
• Li Jiuyou watched Qin Yi get thrown and concluded that only a true warrior could handle such romantic rivalries.

Minghe reflected on her botched attempt to sever her feelings for Qin Yi and spoke with him about their conflicting paths. Qin Yi proposed using a pair of Lovebird Feathers to test their hearts, and Minghe agreed to try.

• Minghe worried that her actions at Qin Yi and Yu Shang's wedding had made him think she still loved him, despite her wish to cut their ties.
• Qin Yi visited Minghe with fruit and explained that his relationship with Yu Shang had only just begun, though he intended to honor it.
• Minghe accused Qin Yi of treating Yu Shang unfairly, and Qin Yi admitted that he had disrupted Minghe's cultivation because he could not bear to let her go.
• Qin Yi and Minghe discussed how their different Daos and pursuits kept them from resolving their feelings.
• Qin Yi offered Minghe a pair of Lovebird Feathers to reveal their hearts without casting a binding technique, and Minghe agreed to try them.

Minghe and Qin Yi discussed their years apart before she chose to investigate the Netherworld, while Xi Yue confiscated the feather Qin Yi had given her. The chapter ended with Xi Yue letting Minghe pursue her chosen path in the Great Wilderness.

• Liusu told the dog that it had refrained from attacking Qin Yi because it hoped to fulfill its greatest wish by staying near him, and she scolded it for showing off before giving it melon.
• Qin Yi persuaded Minghe to talk about her years in seclusion and fortuitous encounters, then invited her to listen to the discussion with his wife and Meng Qingying.
• Minghe told Qin Yi she would come later, waited until he had left, and went to report to Xi Yue.
• Xi Yue accused Minghe of still having feelings for Qin Yi, searched her, and confiscated the feather he had given her.
• Xi Yue urged Minghe to visit the Far East Bodhi Temple, but Minghe said she wanted to investigate the Netherworld, and Xi Yue left her to choose.

Minghe joined Qin Yi, Meng Qingying, and Yu Shang as they negotiated over the netherworld’s future. Meng Qingying questioned the Dragon Son’s reasons for separating the two shores and opposing the netherworld’s unification, leaving the group to consider that he might want to prevent the netherworld from reviving.

• Minghe arrived at Meng Qingying’s Guest Courtyard and found Qin Yi, Meng Qingying, and Yu Shang arguing over control of passage through the netherworld.
• Qin Yi explained that he wanted the Great Wilderness races and Myriad Images of the Universe to avoid a devastating conflict, and Minghe joined the discussion in support of peace.
• Qin Yi asked Meng Qingying why her sect wanted to integrate the netherworld, and she explained that unification would close scattered routes and leave only a few guarded passages for cultivators.
• Qin Yi clarified that Yu Shang’s concern was that the Dragon Son’s allies did not want the passages controlled by someone else, and Meng Qingying noted that the Winged Human Race was following the Dragon Son’s Sacred Edict.
• Meng Qingying asked why the Dragon Son wanted to separate the two shores and suggested he might oppose unifying the netherworld because he did not want it to revive.

Yu Shang questioned whether the Winged Human Race should keep supporting the Dragon Sons’ campaign against Myriad Images of the Universe, while Qin Yi and Meng Qingying warned her that the race was being manipulated. Meng Qingying offered the Winged Human Race control of the Netherworld exit, and the discussion ended with her demanding Qin Yi’s attention as payment for the concession.

• Meng Qingying challenged Yu Shang for leading the Winged Human Race into conflict without understanding the Dragon Sons’ intentions, and Qin Yi defended Yu Shang’s loyalty.
• Yu Shang questioned Minghe about the Celestial Pivot Divine Palace’s stance, and Minghe admitted that the sect had not reached a decision.
• Qin Yi proposed that the Winged Human Race guard the Netherworld exit and warned Yu Shang that Gu Shuanglin’s backers were powerful enemies of his.
• Yu Shang vowed to stand with Qin Yi, and Meng Qingying offered the Winged Human Race the Netherworld exit to the Great Wilderness if the Dragon Sons agreed.
• Meng Qingying asked Yu Shang for hospitality, then clarified that she wanted to pursue Qin Yi rather than receive food or drink.