Chapter Summaries

Li Wuxian fell asleep under Qin Yi’s Sleep Spell and dreamed of her childhood in Southern Li, where Li Qingjun punished her for asking whether Qin Yi might love someone else. The dream shifted to a memory of her previous life, where she was again being spanked by a familiar child.

• Qin Yi cast a Sleep Spell on Li Wuxian after An'an’s attempt to help her dream left her lying awkwardly on the bed.
• An'an teased Qin Yi, and the two flirted while Liusu watched and wondered what Qin Yi would encounter in Li Wuxian’s dream.
• Li Wuxian dreamed that ministers urged Li Qingjun to find a Royal Husband, and Li Qingjun threatened anyone who raised the subject again.
• Li Wuxian asked what would happen if Qin Yi fell for someone else, so Li Qingjun turned her over and spanked her.
• The dream shifted from the palace to an ancient wilderness, where Li Wuxian recognized the child spanking her by his familiar nostrils.

Li Wuxian’s dream brought her past and present selves together around the Human Emperor’s ideals, while Qin Yi arrived but could not break the immobilization holding her. He began telling her the story of an ancient Supreme Purity cultivator who wanted to become the Heavenly Emperor, leaving Li Wuxian furious at his insulting description.

• Li Wuxian recalled her ambition to Establish Order in the Three Realms and argued with her older self about whether that ideal would protect humanity.
• Her older self said she wanted Everyone a Dragon or No Immortals Under Heaven, and Li Wuxian recognized that their aspirations had converged across their two lives.
• Li Wuxian lost another dream fight and was left immobilized with her buttocks raised; Qin Yi appeared and tried, unsuccessfully, to free her.
• Li Wuxian told Qin Yi that a Nose-Hole Person had immobilized her, and he admitted he could not defeat that person.
• Qin Yi sat beside Li Wuxian and began recounting the story of a Supreme Purity cultivator who wanted to become the Heavenly Emperor, insulting him as old, ugly, and foul-smelling.

Qin Yi tried to draw Yao Guang out of Li Wuxian by provoking her, but Yao Guang’s instinctive retreat nearly caused him to seal Li Wuxian instead. His later attempt to provoke her through spanking only led to Li Wuxian mistaking his words for a secret fantasy, while Liusu urged him on from outside.

• Qin Yi told Li Wuxian a story about Liusu defeating a would-be Heavenly Emperor, and the name Liusu triggered a painful reaction in Li Wuxian.
• Qin Yi provoked Li Wuxian until Yao Guang emerged with killing intent, but Yao Guang withdrew just before Qin Yi’s Soul-Sealing Realm could seal Li Wuxian’s consciousness.
• Qin Yi concluded that Yao Guang was a dangerous opponent even if she had only an instinctive consciousness, and Li Wuxian returned to her usual state.
• Qin Yi spanked Li Wuxian in an effort to provoke Yao Guang, but Li Wuxian interpreted his earlier story as his own fantasy and invited him to ride her in the dream.
• Liusu urged Qin Yi to take Li Wuxian up on her invitation, while Qin Yi objected to being watched.

Qin Yi reconsidered his plan to force Yao Guang out through intimacy and realized he needed to strengthen Wu Xian’s own identity and opposition to the Heavenly Emperor. As Li Wuxian explained how deeply Qin Yi had shaped her life, she revealed that no other man had ever made room in her heart.

• Qin Yi decided that trying to seduce Wu Xian was unlikely to catch Yao Guang off guard and could hurt Wu Xian, so he searched for another way to break the deadlock.
• Qin Yi reasoned that emphasizing the differences between Wu Xian’s values and the Heavenly Emperor’s might help Wu Xian reject the merging of their identities.
• Li Wuxian agreed to sit beside Qin Yi and leaned against his shoulder instead of pressing him to act on her dream.
• Li Wuxian told Qin Yi that he had shaped her life from childhood and that other men had never left an impression on her.

Qin Yi listened as Li Wuxian explained how her feelings for him had shaped her dreams and helped her endure a deadly illness. Their conversation gave Qin Yi a plan to use altered dream memories to resist Yao Guang, but Li Wuxian ended by teasing him into a kiss.

• Li Wuxian confessed that she had long yearned for Qin Yi and regretted not seeing him before she thought she would die.
• Li Wuxian said Qin Yi's presence in her dreams had eased her nightmares and displaced memories of ancient times.
• Qin Yi realized that inventing stories and changing Li Wuxian's dream memories might help separate her from Yao Guang or force Yao Guang to emerge.
• Li Wuxian teased Qin Yi about kissing her in a previous dream and asked him to kiss her now.
• Qin Yi pulled Li Wuxian into his arms and kissed her, while Liusu angrily objected from outside.

Qin Yi used a story about the Heavenly Emperor to draw out Li Wuxian’s memories and ideals, causing her to reject Yao Guang’s ambitions and recover as the dream collapsed. He realized that Li Wuxian’s father, rather than her master, had saved her by leaving her with a purpose rooted in protecting her people.

• An'an smeared the sticky substance from Li Wuxian’s foot across her face while Liusu watched.
• Qin Yi kissed Li Wuxian, then guided her into a conversation about the past and the Heavenly Emperor’s ambitions.
• Li Wuxian rejected the idea of becoming someone else’s tool and affirmed that she would rule for her people’s safety and prosperity.
• Li Wuxian condemned immortals for harming mortals and declared that a Human Emperor must either make everyone a dragon or allow no immortals under heaven.
• The conflicting ideals shook Yao Guang’s dream world, and Li Wuxian awoke with her condition recovering as Qin Yi returned to his body.

Li Wuxian awakened with her body recovering and reaffirmed her understanding of the Human Emperor’s duty to serve the people rather than seek dominion over the Three Realms. After Qin Yi carried her out for a walk, she became convinced he had shared her dream and kissed his ear, startling him.

• Li Wuxian’s convictions about the Human Emperor’s duty were shown to have been shaped largely by Qin Yi, and she chose the people’s interests over ruling the Three Realms.
• Liusu welcomed Li Wuxian after she awoke, and An'an washed her face and helped restore her complexion.
• Qin Yi told Li Wuxian that her health had improved enough for her to leave the Spirit of Water's Realm, and she asked him to carry her outside.
• Li Wuxian inferred that Qin Yi had shared her dream and felt mortified that he might know what she had done in it.
• Qin Yi carried Li Wuxian on his back, and she kissed his ear, nearly making him drop her.

Qin Yi carried Li Wuxian through the palace at night while she grew bolder in expressing her attraction to him. Their teasing ended with Li Wuxian urging him to face his feelings and kiss her.

• Qin Yi carried Li Wuxian through the quiet palace, while she decided she was certain she liked him.
• Li Wuxian touched Qin Yi’s muscles, and Qin Yi accidentally slapped her butt when he told her to stop moving.
• Li Wuxian claimed she was inspecting Qin Yi as a candidate to become her husband, and Qin Yi flipped her off his back and pinned her against a tree.
• Qin Yi and Li Wuxian heard a eunuch and a palace maid meeting secretly, and Li Wuxian used their loneliness to challenge Qin Yi’s hesitation.
• Li Wuxian wrapped her arms around Qin Yi’s neck and told him to kiss her if he was still a man.

Qin Yi accepted Li Wuxian’s feelings with a kiss, but an explosion and a spear of light interrupted them. Li Qingjun and Yu Shang uncovered a hidden witchcraft ritual beneath the Ancestral Altar and faced the Western Wilderness Old Ancestor, Mount Mang Venerable.

• Qin Yi kissed Li Wuxian, making his acceptance of her feelings clear.
• A distant explosion and spear light interrupted Qin Yi and Li Wuxian, and Qin Yi sent her to find Little Ghost and An'an while he went to support Li Qingjun.
• Li Qingjun and Yu Shang traced the eunuch’s suspicious activity to the Ancestral Altar and sensed witchcraft hidden among its ritual traces.
• Li Qingjun overturned the altar, revealing a deep pit, and Yu Shang forced someone inside to emerge.
• Li Qingjun struck at the figure who burst from the pit, but the powerful opponent staggered her and revealed himself as the Western Wilderness Old Ancestor, Mount Mang Venerable.

Li Qingjun and Yu Shang confronted Mount Mang Venerable and an unknown Daoist after stopping the witchcraft targeting Wu Xian. They uncovered that Mount Mang was seeking Wu Xian’s divinity, and the chapter ended as the two sides prepared to fight.

• Li Qingjun chose to face Mount Mang herself, driven by the old grievance rooted in his slaughter of his descendants nineteen years earlier.
• Li Qingjun rejected Mount Mang’s claim that she had benefited from his path and credited Minghe with protecting her and Qin Yi.
• Yu Shang revealed that Mount Mang had taken divinity from Wu Xian alongside some National Luck, explaining why Wu Xian’s past life had sensed the threat.
• Li Qingjun pieced together how Mount Mang had used bribed eunuchs and witchcraft to target Wu Xian through Qin Yi’s Saga Array.
• The unknown Daoist identified Yu Shang as a featherfolk, and Mount Mang declared that he would no longer conceal his aims as Killing Intent filled the air.

Li Qingjun fought Mangshan to settle the old feud between the Western Wasteland and Southern Li, while Yu Shang held off a Daoist and Qin Yi confronted Zuo Qingtian. The chapter ended with Liusu facing Nine Infants and questioning its claim to humanity’s leadership.

• Li Qingjun chose to face Mangshan herself, and Yu Shang agreed to keep the Daoist from interfering.
• Li Qingjun shattered Mangshan’s blood witchcraft and broke his crushing kick with the Falling Moon Divine Sword, then challenged him to continue.
• Mangshan summoned his Bone Chain as Yu Shang blocked the Daoist and called out to Han Yin in the Sky.
• Qin Yi rushed toward the battle but Zuo Qingtian appeared in his path and admitted he was cooperating with those above to draw out Li Wuxian’s divinity.
• Zuo Qingtian explained that the people above opposed a Human Emperor becoming a god, while Qin Yi realized they had not discovered Wu Xian’s identity as the Heavenly Emperor.
• Liusu confronted Nine Infants over its belief that humanity’s leadership should have belonged to it.

Liusu confronted Jiuying over the Heavenly Beings’ plans for Li Wuxian and Qin Yi, then held it in place by pointing out that neither could risk a fight. As Jiuying turned its attention to Qin Yi’s battle with Zuo Qingtian, it was astonished to find Qin Yi fighting back.

• Jiuying revealed that Yao Guang had once been its mount and explained that the Heavenly Beings feared Li Wuxian might become a second Liusu and gain divinity.
• Liusu argued that Jiuying and its allies could not kill Li Wuxian without risking immense karma, then mocked Jiuying’s fear of confronting her.
• Jiuying said it would prevent Li Wuxian from obtaining divinity and tried to keep Liusu away from the Witch God Sect’s conflict.
• Liusu pointed out that Jiuying could not risk injury before reaching Taiching and proposed that they both stay out of the fight involving Qin Yi and Zuo Qingtian.
• Jiuying sensed Qin Yi’s battle and was astonished to see the early-stage Qianyuan cultivator swinging his staff at Zuo Qingtian’s Yang Spirit.

Qin Yi clashed with Zuo Qingtian in a battle of divine souls and used the Path of Time to restore Zuo Qingtian’s injuries to their worst state, forcing him to flee. Despite his own soul being badly wounded, Qin Yi rushed toward the altar east of the city and found a blood-colored spear standing in the darkness.

• Qin Yi resisted Zuo Qingtian’s soul attacks and absorbed the Divine Soul Extinction Art with the Wolf Tooth Club.
• Qin Yi and Zuo Qingtian’s soul powers collided, trapping Qin Yi in the Thousand Souls Blood Sea while Liusu and Nine Infants discussed the Witch God Sect’s inheritance.
• Qin Yi used the Path of Time to rewind Zuo Qingtian’s injuries, undoing his recovery and forcing him to retreat.
• Qin Yi staggered away from the clash with his soul severely wounded and rushed toward the altar east of the city.
• Qin Yi saw a blood-colored spear standing in the darkness near the altar.

Li Qingjun used the Witch God Sect’s forbidden Soul-Chasing Spear to defeat Mount Mang and settle the karmic grievance that had burdened her. She secured her Qianyuan attainment but collapsed from the attack, while Qin Yi held her and Yu Shang praised her self-reliance.

• Li Qingjun’s spear shattered Mount Mang’s blood-red power and broke his Bone Chain and wooden staff.
• Qin Yi rushed to Li Qingjun and found her bloodied but clear-minded as she declared that her karmic cause had ended.
• Li Qingjun explained that Senior Sister Ju had passed her the Witch God Sect’s lost spear art, then told Mount Mang she had endured the rage without losing herself.
• Mount Mang accepted his death as the Soul-Chasing Spear destroyed his soul, and Li Qingjun recovered the divinity he had taken and sent it to Li Wuxian.
• Li Qingjun fainted from the attack’s toll, while Yu Shang told Qin Yi that she admired Li Qingjun for proving the Qianyuan Dao through her own efforts.

Qin Yi prepared to refine a restorative pill for Li Qingjun while he and Li Wuxian struggled with guilt over their feelings for each other. Liusu argued that Qin Yi should not feel guilty and went to test Li Qingjun’s feelings, leaving Qin Yi worried about what she might say.

• An'an examined the unconscious Li Qingjun and told Qin Yi that she needed a powerful restorative pill after exhausting her soul, Qi, and Blood.
• Li Wuxian reflected on how much Li Qingjun had sacrificed for her, while she and Qin Yi avoided each other’s eyes out of guilt.
• Qin Yi went to Hidden Dragon Temple, asked Lingxu to handle the aftermath of the battle, and requested a quiet room to refine pills.
• As Qin Yi refined the pill, Liusu argued that his relationship with Li Wuxian was not wrong and that he was taking responsibility for her.
• Liusu decided to ask Li Qingjun how she felt about Qin Yi and Li Wuxian, then vanished before Qin Yi could stop her.

Li Wuxian cared for her recovering aunt, Li Qingjun, and confessed that she loved Qin Yi, while Li Qingjun struggled with their aunt-and-niece relationship. The discussion ended with Liusu challenging what kinship meant when bodies and souls could differ.

• An'an and Yu Shang discussed how Li Qingjun might react to learning that Li Wuxian and Qin Yi had kissed in reality, then bickered over An'an’s own feelings for Qin Yi.
• Li Qingjun woke to find Li Wuxian tending to her, and the two spoke warmly about Wuxian’s past neglect of her aunt.
• Li Wuxian admitted that she had flirted with Qin Yi behind Li Qingjun’s back and said she would not want to be with anyone else.
• Li Wuxian proposed pretending to be Qin Yi’s partner and having Li Qingjun bear a child that they could claim as Wuxian’s, but Li Qingjun saw through her delaying tactic.
• Li Qingjun said she could not accept a romantic relationship between an aunt and niece, and Liusu challenged her assumptions about kinship by raising questions about reincarnation, souls, and bodies.

Liusu explained that Li Wuxian’s past-life memories and her relationship with Qin Yi could help suppress the illness threatening to overtake her. Li Qingjun accepted that Li Wuxian should pursue Qin Yi, and Qin Yi entered with the finished pill to find all three looking at him strangely.

• Liusu teased Li Qingjun for opposing Li Wuxian’s feelings and urged Li Wuxian to elope with Qin Yi.
• Li Qingjun admitted that preventing Li Wuxian from becoming another person mattered more than her own misgivings about the relationship.
• Liusu confirmed that Li Wuxian’s bond with Qin Yi had created a crucial opening to suppress the cause of her past-life illness.
• Li Qingjun told Li Wuxian to pursue Qin Yi and promised to intervene if he hesitated or played dumb.
• Qin Yi entered with the finished pill and offered to explain, while Li Qingjun, Li Wuxian, and Liusu stared at him strangely.

Li Wuxian and Liusu waited outside while Qin Yi tended to Li Qingjun, and Liusu reconsidered whether it could ever bring itself to kill Li Wuxian if Yao Guang took control. Inside, Qin Yi and Li Qingjun reconciled through a kiss and began dual cultivation, while Li Wuxian and Liusu secretly watched.

• Qin Yi sent Li Wuxian outside before tending to Li Qingjun, and Li Wuxian wondered why treating injuries required privacy.
• Liusu debated killing Li Wuxian before Yao Guang's consciousness returned, but Li Wuxian said she wanted to be killed if she became another person.
• Liusu accepted that they would face the danger when it came and joined Li Wuxian in secretly watching through the window.
• Qin Yi offered Li Qingjun a pill, and she drew him into a kiss while refining it.
• Li Qingjun asked Qin Yi for dual cultivation and silently told Li Wuxian to listen honestly outside.

After forcing Li Wuxian to wait outside her occupied bedchamber, her aunt prompted her to announce their marriage, and the news stirred reactions across the Divine Land. Li Wuxian remained trapped in an exhausting cycle of her aunt’s cultivation for days, while An'an treated her and offered advice from bitter experience.

• Li Wuxian spent the night outside her bedchamber, then announced she had chosen an Imperial Husband and ordered the realm to celebrate and prepare for their wedding.
• The court and people of Da Li celebrated the Emperor’s marriage announcement, while the news spread throughout the Divine Land and reached the immortal cultivation sects.
• Li Duanxuan agreed to send the Core Condensation-stage alpaca from the Penglai Sword Pavilion as a wedding gift.
• Meng Qingying denied that the marriage had anything to do with her and said she would contact Bodhi Temple to discuss business.
• Ye Ling considered disrupting the wedding, but Cheng Cheng warned her against wedding-crashing, while Xi Yue wondered how Minghe would react to the news.
• After three days of her aunt occupying her bedchamber, Li Wuxian received fluid replenishment from An'an, who advised her not to overexert herself and showed her a Pearl Chain of accumulated tears.

Li Qingjun emerged from the Veil of Time Illusion Space with her Qian Yuan breakthrough stabilized, while Qin Yi and Li Wuxian struggled to face their new marriage and the unresolved danger within Wu Xian. Liusu identified Netherglow Jade Crystal as a possible aid, and Li Wuxian mobilized the Divine Land to search for it.

• After spending more than two years inside the Veil of Time Illusion Space, Li Qingjun emerged radiant and stabilized her Qian Yuan breakthrough.
• Li Wuxian presented an alpaca from Penglai Sword Pavilion as a supposed qilin and admitted it was a congratulatory gift for her marriage to Qin Yi.
• Qin Yi and Li Wuxian sat awkwardly together until Liusu urged them to address Wu Xian's condition and explained that the soul must be confronted directly.
• Liusu suggested Netherglow Jade Crystal could help split and stabilize a consciousness, and Qin Yi realized it was also one of the items needed to rebuild Liusu's body.
• Li Wuxian ordered Eunuch Wang to announce rewards across the Divine Land for clues, the location, or delivery of Netherglow Jade Crystal.