Chapter Summaries

Qin Yi was placed under house arrest while the winged humans investigated the Building Wood’s withering, which he believed had been caused by someone severing the branch’s connection to the main trunk. He resolved to help uncover the culprit, and the chapter ended when Clam Girl Little Pillar came to visit him.

• Yu Feiling’s people reported that only the branch beneath Qin Yi had problems, and Qin Yi suggested that it might recover if the main trunk could replenish it.
• Qin Yi explained that some energy had severed the branch’s connection to the main trunk, prompting Yu Feiling to order an investigation and forbid him from leaving Winged Human Island.
• Qin Yi accepted the restriction and reassured Yu Shang and the winged human guards that he would cooperate and help investigate.
• Qin Yi reasoned that the culprit’s plan had been disrupted when Liusu and the dog absorbed the branch’s life essence too quickly.
• The dog asked whether it had caused trouble, and Qin Yi called it a hero before criticizing whoever had targeted the winged humans.
• Little Pillar arrived and timidly asked to visit Qin Yi.

Qin Yi welcomed An'an, the Clam Girl, during his house arrest and found that her timid manner eased as they talked. When she admitted she trusted him because his music revealed his heart, he warned her not to trust people so easily, leaving her alarmed by his meaning.

• An'an visited Qin Yi, watched his calm demeanor, and approached him after he invited her to sit by the pool.
• Qin Yi poured Poetry Wine Drifting for An'an and teased her about hiding in her clam shell and calling herself an emperor clam.
• An'an introduced herself as An'an and explained that she had come to comfort Qin Yi but also hoped to learn flute music from him.
• When Qin Yi asked why she trusted him, An'an said his music showed what kind of person he was.
• Qin Yi teased An'an about admiring his musical artistry, then warned her that music and ancient legends were unreliable reasons to trust others.
• An'an was left wondering what Qin Yi meant by his warning.

An'an visited Qin Yi under house arrest, and he hinted that Dragon Son might be behind the Sacred Tree affair before agreeing to teach her music for the Great Great King's Music Festival. After she left, Qin Yi admitted he hoped their lessons would help him learn what she knew about the Winged Human Holy Wood.

• An'an visited Qin Yi and became unsettled when he hinted that the legendary Auspicious Beast might not be as the tales claimed.
• Qin Yi changed the subject and offered to teach An'an a few musical techniques for the upcoming Music Festival, while refusing to become her master.
• An'an struggled to understand Qin Yi's sheet music and left after a long, dizzying lesson.
• The dog accused Qin Yi of building a relationship with An'an to use her, and Qin Yi explained that he hoped she might reveal what she knew about the Winged Human Holy Wood.
• The dog said Qin Yi's priorities were very Liusu.

As the Feather Clan struggled to discover why the Holy Wood was failing, Pixiu’s questions led Yu Feiling to suspect that the phoenix feather beneath it was disrupting its energy. Meanwhile, Qin Yi taught An'an to play the flute and heard that the Nine Great Kings had come to investigate.

• Yu Shang organized the Feather Clan to protect the branches, seek wood-sustaining treasures, and investigate the Holy Wood’s failing energy.
• Yu Feiling sought Qiu Niu’s help and spoke with Pixiu, who asked whether anything new had appeared on Winged Human Island.
• Yu Feiling realized the phoenix feather might be disrupting the Holy Wood and asked Pixiu to inspect the site.
• Qin Yi taught An'an flute basics and restrained himself from touching her hands to correct her fingering.
• Qin Yi heard the Feather Clan girls say that the Nine Great Kings had come to investigate and that their aid would incur another debt.

Qin Yi persuaded An'an to reveal what she knew about the Dragon Son’s coercion of the Winged Human Race, while Taotie offered to take responsibility for uncovering Pixiu’s intentions. An'an finally disclosed that the Fifth Great King, Yazi, was central to the matter.

• An'an tried to leave, but Qin Yi stopped her and challenged her to help the Winged Human Race.
• An'an said she feared that revealing the truth would endanger her Clam Clan, and Qin Yi promised not to expose or betray her.
• Taotie revealed himself and offered to claim credit for discovering Pixiu’s intentions so An'an would be less likely to offend him.
• Taotie tried to frighten An'an into speaking, but Qin Yi stopped him and offered to help her build a relationship with Qiu Niu instead.
• An'an said the key to the matter lay with the Fifth Great King, Yazi.

Qin Yi learned that Pixiu and Yazi had used the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Pearl to damage the World Tree branch and pressure the Winged Humans into surrendering the Phoenix Feather and submitting to Yazi. After An'an warned him about the scheme and asked him to protect the Clam Clan’s secret, Qin Yi set out with Dog to confront someone.

• An'an explained that Yazi resented the phoenix clan and the Winged Humans for bringing back the Phoenix Feather.
• An'an revealed that the Nine Great Kings had demanded the Clam Clan’s Sea-Stabilizing Divine Pearl, which was used to disrupt the World Tree branch.
• Qin Yi worked out that Pixiu wanted the Phoenix Feather while Yazi planned to use the branch’s damage to make the Winged Humans dependent on him.
• An'an asked Qin Yi not to expose the Clam Clan’s role and left after he promised to protect them.
• Qin Yi told Dog it was time to beat someone up and set off to confront the big-mouthed bastard.

Pixiu revealed that the phoenix feather blessed the winged humans but could gradually conflict with their sacred tree, then offered to subdue it and take it away. Yu Feiling refused, and Qin Yi appeared in the holy hall, asking whether his transformed wings made him a winged human.

• Pixiu exposed the phoenix feather’s protective effects on the winged humans and its slight conflict with the sacred tree.
• Yu Feiling and Yu Shang realized the winged humans might have to choose between keeping the feather and protecting the sacred tree.
• Pixiu proposed subduing the feather to control its Fire Essence, but Yu Feiling questioned its motives and asked whether it could remain in the holy hall.
• Yu Feiling declined Pixiu’s offer and said the winged humans would try to resolve the problem themselves.
• Qin Yi appeared disguised with mosquito wings, asked whether he counted as a winged human, and then transformed them into swan wings.

Qin Yi intervened when Pixiu tried to take the Phoenix Feather, subdued it, and survived Pixiu’s attack by combining dragon and phoenix power. As the Winged Humans turned against Pixiu, Qin Yi stepped between them and tried to pass the clash off as a friendly contest.

• Qin Yi appeared before Pixiu and told the Winged Humans they could handle the Sacred Tree themselves, then summoned the Phoenix Feather into his palm.
• The Phoenix Feather began accepting Qin Yi’s imprint, but Pixiu stirred the dragon blood within him and tried to seize the treasure.
• Pixiu’s harmony-brings-wealth art manifested its greed, and Taotie appeared to deny responsibility for the transformation.
• Qin Yi used the Dragon Might Pixiu had triggered to punch, subdued the Phoenix Feather, and forced Pixiu to retreat.
• Yu Feiling and the Winged Humans confronted Pixiu after realizing it had attacked Qin Yi, while Qin Yi intervened and called the clash a friendly contest.

Qin Yi and Pixiu avoided an open break with the Winged Humans, but Pixiu’s scheme left the Sacred Tree dying and drove Yu Feiling to seek Yazi’s help. When Qin Yi revealed Taotie had found the real cause, Yazi pursued them and clashed with Taotie.

• Qin Yi and Pixiu exchanged polite words after their confrontation, while Pixiu concealed that the Sacred Tree’s illness had another cause.
• The Winged Humans failed to heal the Sacred Tree with a Bodhi Tree branch, so Yu Feiling asked Yazi for help.
• Yazi demanded that the Winged Humans submit to him for one hundred years, and Yu Feiling refused to betray their master.
• Yu Shang told Yu Feiling that Qin Yi could heal the Sacred Tree, and Qin Yi called for Yu Feiling’s power after Taotie found the illness’s root.
• Yazi chased after them and challenged Taotie, who appeared as a demonic face over the sea and fought him.

Qin Yi persuaded the Sea Demon King to help sabotage the array holding back the Winged Human Holy Wood, while Taotie kept Yazi occupied. The array broke, and the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Pearl’s Water Spirit Energy ran wild as Yazi realized what had happened.

• Qin Yi threatened to reveal the Sea Demon King’s suspicions about the Holy Wood and argued that cooperation would protect her from Yazi’s blame.
• Qin Yi appealed to the Sea Demon King’s hopes for Minghe and offered to help keep Yazi distracted while the sea demons staged a defeat.
• The Sea Demon King agreed to cooperate and told Qin Yi to prevent Yazi from noticing anything suspicious.
• Taotie beat Yazi and mocked its incomplete cultivation while keeping it from intervening.
• The Sea-Stabilizing Divine Pearl’s array broke, unleashing its Water Spirit Energy and making Yazi realize the Winged Human Holy Wood was no longer being held back.

Qin Yi helped the winged humans drive off the sea demons and discovered that a hidden array had disrupted the Winged Human Holy Wood. He restored the damaged branch with the Creation Golden Chapter, but questioned whether the World Tree had weakened over time.

• Yu Feiling and Yu Shang led the winged humans in attacking the sea demons, while Taotie kept Yazi from intervening.
• Qin Yi stopped the winged humans from pursuing the fleeing sea demons and urged them to focus on healing the holy wood.
• Qin Yi refused to use Bodhi Dew and went with Yu Feiling and Yu Shang to the World Tree’s roots.
• Qin Yi used Good Fortune Power and Water Spirit Energy to restore the damaged branch, astonishing the winged humans.
• Yu Feiling recognized Qin Yi’s technique as the Creation Golden Chapter, and Qin Yi wondered why the World Tree’s energy had not recovered as much as expected.

After Qin Yi revived the winged folk’s sacred tree, he discussed the phoenix feather and the clan’s precarious position among the Dragon Sons. Doggy proposed that the winged folk follow it, leaving Qin Yi to consider whether the plan could work and what it would mean for his companion.

• The winged folk bowed to Qin Yi in gratitude, and he carried Yu Shang into the Sacred Hall for a meeting with Yu Feiling and the clan’s elite.
• Qin Yi offered to remove his divine consciousness imprint from the phoenix feather, but Yu Feiling insisted he keep it because he was one of their own and could use its power.
• Qin Yi and the winged folk discussed the danger posed by Yazi and the clan’s lack of a safe place among the Dragon Sons.
• Doggy emerged from Qin Yi’s ring and suggested the winged folk follow it, prompting Qin Yi to consider whether Doggy could claim a position of power.

Qin Yi learned why Doggie believed it could claim a place in Jian Mu's ruling core and began planning how to win support from the Great Kings. The Winged Humans prepared to seek help from Chao Feng and Great Great King, while Qin Yi stayed with Yu Shang in the Holy Hall; elsewhere, Meng Qingying wondered why she saw green light.

• Doggie explained to Qin Yi that it and the Dragon Sons were spirits created by Jian Mu and could wield its power from within its core.
• Qin Yi warned Doggie that the Dragon Sons might oppose or seal it, but Doggie said it planned to win over some of them and divide their factions.
• Yu Feiling said Great Great King held the most influence and suggested Qin Yi attend the concert, while the Winged Humans sought support from Three Great Kings Chao Feng.
• Qin Yi worried that the Clam Girls might suffer because of their weak patron, Jiao Tu, and said he had to take responsibility for An'an.
• The Winged Humans left Qin Yi and Yu Shang alone in the Holy Hall, while Doggie returned to Qin Yi's ring.
• Meng Qingying woke from meditation in the Netherworld and wondered why she suddenly saw green light everywhere.

Xi Yue discussed the World Tree’s decline with the old monk at Bodhi Temple, while An'an visited Qin Yi to prepare music for Qiu Niu’s concert. Qin Yi realized An'an might freeze before an audience and ordered her to practice by standing with her shell open at the Winged Human Holy Hall.

• Xi Yue and the old monk discussed the World Tree’s declining strength and its connection to Heavenly Being’s seizure of the world’s Spiritual Energy.
• A winged human envoy returned the Bodhi branch, and the old monk declared that his Dead Trees Sprout hexagram had come true.
• An'an arrived at Qin Yi’s new residence and found Yu Shang emerging from beneath his desk before fleeing.
• Qin Yi showed An'an an ensemble score and agreed to perform with her at Qiu Niu’s concert so he could meet Qiu Niu.
• Yu Shang teased An'an for praising Qin Yi, and An'an hid inside her clam shell.
• Qin Yi ordered An'an to keep her shell open for an hour at the Winged Human Holy Hall as stage-fright training.

Qin Yi made An'an expose her shell at the temple to help her become more confident, and the winged humans' teasing pushed her into showing her beautiful butterfly wings. After a peacock and the winged girls joined the display, Yu Shang dragged Qin Yi into the woods, while An'an recovered and secretly kept a pearl.

• Qin Yi watched as An'an stood at the temple with her shell bound open, while winged humans whispered about her and misunderstood why she felt ashamed.
• An'an burst into tears, scattering pearls, then angrily declared she was a clam when a child mocked her wings.
• An'an's shell transformed into vivid butterfly wings, drawing admiration from the winged humans and Qin Yi.
• A peacock spread its tail to compete with An'an, and the winged girls joined in by displaying their wings.
• Yu Shang asked Qin Yi whose wings were prettier, then dragged him toward the woods after he hesitated to choose.
• Qin Yi told An'an to stop for the day, and she caught her breath and secretly tucked away a pearl.

Qin Yi refined the phoenix feather and successfully upgraded his flames into powerful Phoenix Fire, though the process nearly destabilized his spiritual platform. He recovered at the Sacred Tree’s spring with Yu Shang and woke the next morning to find she had left.

• Qin Yi began refining the phoenix feather to strengthen his fire seed and considered crafting a new magic treasure from the Sacred Tree.
• The Phoenix Fire surged out of control, but the Sacred Tree’s life aura stabilized Qin Yi’s spiritual consciousness, and he completed the refinement.
• Qin Yi tested the flames and realized they could threaten a Qianyuan-realm opponent.
• Qin Yi found Yu Shang cultivating in the spiritual spring, bound her with Buddhist prayer beads, and asked her to soothe his troubled Sea of Consciousness.
• Yu Shang used the Spirit of Wind to calm Qin Yi and massaged his temples until he fell asleep.
• Qin Yi woke in the morning feeling refreshed and saw that Yu Shang had left.

Qin Yi and An'an practiced a flute duet, while Yu Shang sought materials to make him a new flute. Yu Feiling revealed that the Three Great Kings were worried about Jian Mu’s vulnerability, leaving Yu Shang wondering why the Great Great King remained focused on a concert.

• Yu Shang accused An'an of dressing up to attract Qin Yi, and Qin Yi stopped An'an from turning back into her clam shell before starting their practice.
• An'an offered Qin Yi her powerful jade flute, but he explained that he would keep the Yunxiu Flute because it was his first gift from Senior Sister.
• Qin Yi and An'an attempted their duet, but their playing lacked coordination, so he sent her to stand in the sacred hall for an hour.
• Doggie suggested An'an had deliberately sought punishment, and Qin Yi fought with it over the remark.
• Yu Shang asked Yu Feiling for Jian Mu Resin Jade, and Yu Feiling said the Three Great Kings were distracted by concerns that Jian Mu was not robust enough to prevent further trouble.

As Qin Yi prepared for the concert, he taught An'an about cultivating the Dao and received upgraded weapons and instruments from Yu Shang and the Clam Clan. The concert was set to begin the next day, while Qin Yi hoped Qiu Niu would help recover the Clam Clan’s stolen treasure.

• Qin Yi discussed the unity of knowledge and action with An'an, who asked him to teach her Dao cultivation after the concert.
• Yu Shang gave Qin Yi his reforged Demon Slaying Sword, and Qin Yi praised her mother-in-law before embracing Yu Shang.
• An'an revealed that her clan’s Empress Dowager was refining a shield artifact for Qin Yi and asked him to help recover the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Pearl from the Nine Great Kings.
• Qin Yi finished the ensemble practice and sent everyone to rest before the concert began the next day.

Qin Yi prepared to attend Qiu Niu’s concert with An'an, while the Winged Human Race and Clam Clan gathered at Jian Mu. Seeing the immense tree and the Great Wilderness races’ ancient vessel left Qin Yi contemplating the world’s legendary past.

• Qin Yi upgraded his equipment before the concert and prepared to perform a flute duet with An'an for Qiu Niu.
• Yu Feiling led elite Winged Human troops to Jian Mu to guard the gathering and strengthen ties with the Dragon Sons.
• Qin Yi joked with the Black Fur Ball about its human form, then watched An'an kick a male clam who had snapped shut in fear.
• An'an pointed out Jian Mu, and Qin Yi was astonished by the tree’s towering height and the nine regions occupied by the Dragon Sons.
• Qin Yi saw the Great Wilderness races’ enormous vessel and reflected on how their ancestors had crossed the sea to find a home.

Qin Yi accompanied An'an to perform at Qiu Niu's concert in Jian Mu's great hall. When Qiu Niu asked why he had not knelt, Qin Yi calmly declared that he knelt only to Heaven, Earth, his parents, and his teacher, leaving the hall stunned.

• Qin Yi traveled with An'an to Qiu Niu's palace at Jian Mu Summit, where clans gathered for a concert.
• Qin Yi stopped the Featherfolk guards from kneeling to him and exchanged jokes with Yu Lan and Doggie before entering the hall.
• Qin Yi realized Qiu Niu had heard recent human music and worried that his planned flute performance would not seem distinctive.
• Qiu Niu appeared, and the gathered clans knelt in greeting while Qin Yi remained standing.
• Qiu Niu asked why Qin Yi did not kneel, and Qin Yi explained that he knelt only to Heaven, Earth, his parents, and his teacher.
• A woman in the silent hall softly gasped at Qin Yi's answer, and he wondered why her voice sounded familiar.