Chapter Summaries

Tang Mingyue forgave Song Ankang for his visit to Shengyun Tower and asked him to revise a Battle Poetry for her master. Song Ankang arrogantly dismissed her poem and promised to write a better one, while Chunhua and Qiushi mistakenly suspected the two were having an affair.

• Tang Mingyue told Song Ankang she would keep his visit to Shengyun Tower secret and understood his romantic reputation because of his poems.
• Tang Mingyue asked Song Ankang to revise her Battle Poetry, Seeing Off Master Zhang Weiren in An City, written for her master.
• Song Ankang tossed Tang Mingyue's poem aside and declared it too poor to deserve his guidance.
• Song Ankang ordered Tang Mingyue to fetch his writing supplies so he could demonstrate a true Battle Poetry.
• Chunhua and Qiushi saw Tang Mingyue enter the Training Room and decided to keep the suspected affair from Eldest Miss.

Song Ankang wrote Man Jiang Hong for Tang Mingyue, who interpreted it as a stirring poem about the Human Race’s struggle and her master’s legacy. She left convinced that Song Ankang was the greatest poet and ci master of the Xia Kingdom.

• Tang Mingyue brought writing materials to the Training Room and asked Song Ankang to enlighten her about poetry.
• Song Ankang wrote Man Jiang Hong, adapting its references to the Xia Kingdom’s conflicts with the Angel Race and other enemies.
• Tang Mingyue recited each line and praised the poem for capturing her master’s deeds and the Human Race’s hopes.
• Overcome with emotion, Tang Mingyue embraced Song Ankang and thanked him for writing a poem that would bring her master no regrets.
• Tang Mingyue declared Song Ankang the Xia Kingdom’s foremost ci master and the world’s sovereign of poetry and ci.

Song Ankang persuaded Tang Mingyue to keep his identity as Flower-Breaking Young Master Zhao Xiyu secret, while she praised his writing and hinted at her affection for him. After she left, Song Ankang spent the night with Qiushi and reflected on his tangled relationships with the women around him.

• Tang Mingyue praised Song Ankang’s Man Jiang Hong and offered to recommend him to the Hanlin Academy.
• Song Ankang refused Tang Mingyue’s offer and asked her to keep his identity as Zhao Xiyu secret.
• Tang Mingyue promised to keep the secret and asked Song Ankang to teach her poetry and lyrics in the future.
• Song Ankang left the Training Room, while Guoguo and Xiangxiang agreed not to reveal what they knew about him.
• Song Ankang went to Qiushi’s room for the night and considered how his relationships with the four Little Concubines and others had become tangled.

Song Ankang advanced from Foundation Establishment Late Stage to Foundation Establishment Perfection after accumulating enough Childhood Purity True Qi. He stabilized a vast true qi lake and began considering how to find a method to cultivate Yin Yang True Qi.

• Song Ankang reflected that, by the standards of Xia Kingdom, his small number of bedside companions made him unusually devoted.
• Song Ankang decided to give Chunhua more time to grow comfortable with him and valued her help managing White Jade Mulberry Forest.
• Song Ankang spent the following days handling business at White Jade Mulberry Forest and cultivating with Dong Xinjie and Qiushi's help.
• Song Ankang used feedback from the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance to break through the bottleneck and reach Foundation Establishment Perfection.
• Song Ankang formed a vast lake of Childhood Purity True Qi, strengthened by five great suns, and resolved to search for treasure codices that could help him cultivate Yin Yang True Qi.

After reaching Foundation Establishment Perfection, Song Ankang focused on adapting to his new strength while preparing for the difficult Golden Core bottleneck. Tang Quanli sent Ju Zhengyang to cripple Song Ankang, but Ju Zhengyang found his target absent and was left waiting outside the Training Room.

• Song Ankang absorbed the feedback from his breakthrough, grew much stronger, and chose to temper his Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivation before pursuing the Golden Core Stage.
• Tang Quanli learned that Tang Yelan valued Song Ankang and ordered Ju Zhengyang to destroy Song Ankang's cultivation and break all five of his limbs.
• Ju Zhengyang disguised himself and infiltrated the White Jade Mulberry Forest, while Song Ankang left for Anxuan Residence and passed him unnoticed.
• Ju Zhengyang reached the Training Room but could not penetrate its formation and Black Iron Stone defenses, so he waited for Song Ankang to emerge.
• A day passed without Song Ankang leaving seclusion, and Ju Zhengyang remained outside the Training Room without completing Tang Quanli's order.

Song Ankang spent his days with Peng Xuan'er while Ju Zhengyang waited in ambush for him at the White Jade Mulberry Forest. After ten days, Song Ankang returned to the Training Room and Ju Zhengyang confronted him, demanding one thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.

• Peng Xuan'er played dice games and entertained Song Ankang at Anxuan Residence, where the two spent most of their time together.
• Ju Zhengyang waited in the grass near Huanxiang Residence for seven days and seven nights, expecting Song Ankang to emerge from seclusion.
• Song Ankang secretly returned to the White Jade Mulberry Forest after ten days and entered the Training Room through a back passage.
• Ju Zhengyang rushed out of hiding, shoved Song Ankang into the Training Room, and locked the door behind him.
• Ju Zhengyang revealed that he had come to borrow one thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones from Song Ankang.

Song Ankang captured Ju Zhengyang, who revealed that Tang Quanli had sent him to cripple Song Ankang. After learning about Tang Quanli’s considerable wealth, Song Ankang decided to go after him and take it.

• Song Ankang overpowered Ju Zhengyang and demanded to know who had sent him.
• Ju Zhengyang refused to confess, so Song Ankang broke his arms and legs before Ju Zhengyang admitted that Tang Quanli had sent him.
• Ju Zhengyang revealed Tang Quanli’s orders to cripple Song Ankang and shared what he knew about Tang Quanli’s wealth and resources.
• Song Ankang killed Ju Zhengyang and decided to cripple Tang Quanli and seize his wealth.

Song Ankang ambushed Tang Quanli at Shengyun Tower, crippling him and taking his treasures. The haul made Song Ankang rich overnight, though the conspicuous golden artifacts risked exposing him.

• Song Ankang sneaked into Tang Quanli's room at Shengyun Tower and knocked Tang Quanli and the Pure Courtesan unconscious.
• Song Ankang crippled Tang Quanli's dantian and meridians, crushed his bones, and destroyed his fifth limb, leaving him alive.
• Song Ankang looted Tang Quanli's Golden Light Bracelet, Fire Cloud Blade, Fire Dragon Armor, and other valuables before leaving with a rich haul.
• Song Ankang realized the treasures' golden appearance could identify him, so he planned to alter their colors and avoid revealing them around Tang Family cultivators.

Song Ankang returned from crippling Tang Quanli and felt confident that no one would suspect him. As the Tang Family investigated the attack, rumors turned Tang Quanli’s downfall into a scandal, while Tang Yelan learned how thoroughly he had been crippled.

• Song Ankang slipped into Dong Xinjie's room with his spoils and reasoned that his apparent weakness made him an unlikely suspect in Tang Quanli’s attack.
• News of Tang Quanli’s crippling at Shengyun Tower spread, and rumors transformed the incident into a story about two men fighting over a woman.
• Tang Family Foundation Establishment experts concluded that a powerful Foundation Establishment cultivator had crippled Tang Quanli before his Golden Light Bracelet could protect him.
• The Tang Family Old Ancestor questioned Tang Quanli, then ordered investigations into Zhao Xiyu, the Fang Family, and other possible suspects, including Tang Yelan.
• Tang Yelan asked Dongxue about Tang Quanli’s condition and learned that every bone in his body, including his fifth limb, had been crushed.

Tang Yelan and Dongxue discussed Tang Quanli’s crippling and worried that his attacker might threaten the Tang Family, while planning to use the First Courtyard’s weakness to strengthen their own influence. Song Ankang, however, was enjoying life away from the family mansion and had no desire to return, as suspicion about his role began spreading to Tang Mingyue and Tang Liuli.

• Tang Yelan and Dongxue discussed the powerful Foundation Establishment expert who had crippled Tang Quanli and hoped the attacker targeted him alone, not the Tang Family.
• Tang Yelan said she had not attacked Tang Quanli, despite accusations from the First Courtyard, and planned to strengthen the Second Courtyard while the First Courtyard was weakened.
• Tang Yelan hoped to gain enough authority to bring her husband home, unaware that Song Ankang preferred staying away and was living comfortably among his lovers.
• Song Ankang regretted that crippling Tang Quanli might draw suspicion and keep Tang Yelan from letting him remain outside, though he had not expected the Tang Family to connect him to another identity.
• Word of the incident reached Tang Mingyue and Tang Liuli, who had already become suspicious of Song Ankang’s identity as Flower-Breaking Young Master Zhao Xiyu.

Tang Liuli told Tang Mingyue that Flower-Breaking Young Master Zhao Xiyu had crippled Tang Quanli and slain the Yin-Devouring Beast, leaving Tang Mingyue struggling to understand how the feats connected to her brother-in-law Song Ankang. Tang Liuli pressed her about whether she knew Zhao Xiyu’s identity or whereabouts.

• Tang Mingyue and Tang Liuli celebrated Tang Quanli’s crippling, while Tang Mingyue worried that the Tang Family might face retaliation.
• Tang Liuli named Zhao Xiyu as Tang Quanli’s attacker, and Tang Mingyue’s surprise revealed that she knew Zhao Xiyu was young.
• Tang Liuli recounted how Zhao Xiyu had killed the powerful Yin-Devouring Beast and become the Qinhuai River’s savior.
• Tang Mingyue privately wondered whether Zhao Xiyu was Song Ankang or an impersonator, but dismissed the possibility that her eighteen-year-old brother-in-law possessed such strength.
• Tang Liuli asked Tang Mingyue whether she knew Zhao Xiyu’s identity or where he was.

Tang Liuli suspected Tang Mingyue was hiding her connection to Flower-Breaking Young Master Zhao Xiyu, whom she believed had crippled Tang Quanli and was deceiving her sister. Convinced Zhao Xiyu was a dangerous old lecher, Tang Liuli set out to investigate him and protect Tang Mingyue and Tang Yelan.

• Tang Mingyue denied knowing Zhao Xiyu and worried that her slip of the tongue might make Tang Liuli suspect Song Ankang was connected to him.
• Tang Liuli explained that Zhao Xiyu had beaten Tang Quanli at Shengyun Tower after Tang Quanli insulted Peng Xuan'er, and suspected Zhao Xiyu had later crippled him.
• Tang Mingyue considered asking Song Ankang about the incident but decided not to reveal his secret or risk upsetting him.
• After leaving, Tang Liuli concluded Tang Mingyue knew Zhao Xiyu well and had been deceived by him, including about his age.
• Tang Liuli ordered an investigation into Tang Mingyue's movements and resolved to find Zhao Xiyu before he could deceive her sister or target Tang Yelan.

Tang Liuli investigated Tang Mingyue’s time in the White Jade Mulberry Forest and began to suspect that Song Ankang was the elusive Flower-Breaking Young Master Zhao Xiyu. She ended the chapter convinced that her brother-in-law might be a powerful reincarnated cultivator—and scandalously promiscuous.

• Tang Liuli learned that Tang Mingyue had likely stayed in the White Jade Mulberry Forest before obtaining “Man Jiang Hong,” and suspected Zhao Xiyu had been there too.
• Tang Liuli sent agents to search for Zhao Xiyu and Peng Xuan’er, but they found no trace of either of them or of where Tang Mingyue had stayed.
• After half a month, a spy reported hearing Chunhua and Qiushi discuss Tang Mingyue being with Song Ankang.
• Tang Liuli connected Song Ankang’s resemblance to Zhao Xiyu with Tang Mingyue’s visit and concluded that Song Ankang might be Zhao Xiyu in disguise.
• Tang Liuli considered whether Song Ankang was a reincarnated deity and reasoned that his suspected attack on Tang Quanli could have been to protect Tang Yelan.
• Tang Liuli recalled Zhao Xiyu’s exploits at Shengyun Tower and judged Song Ankang to be outrageously promiscuous.

Song Ankang advanced to the Six Yang Body, greatly improving his prospects of reaching the Golden Core Realm, while remaining unaware that Tang Liuli was close to uncovering his identity as Zhao Xiyu. The chapter ended with Bai Jingyue learning that her husband, Kong Sheng, had sold their daughters Jingjing and Yanyan to pay his gambling debts.

• Song Ankang received feedback that raised his talent from the Five Yang Body to the Six Yang Body and pushed his Golden Core breakthrough chances close to seventy percent.
• Song Ankang resolved to keep a low profile until he had enough strength to protect the people he cared about.
• Bai Jingyue returned home and asked Kong Sheng where their daughters, Jingjing and Yanyan, were.
• Kong Sheng told Bai Jingyue that he had sold the girls to pay his gambling debts and intended to have another child.

After Kong Sheng sold Bai Jingyue’s daughters and beat her, Bai Jingyue threw herself into an abandoned well, where her soul began transforming into a powerful vengeful Ghostly Creature. Meanwhile, Tang Liuli infiltrated Huanxiang Residence to investigate Song Ankang and planned to expose him, unaware of the danger awakening nearby.

• Kong Sheng told Bai Jingyue that he had sold Jingjing and Yanyan to pay his gambling debts, while Kong De and Wang Gui approved of the sale.
• Bai Jingyue attacked Kong Sheng in desperation, but he beat her with his fists, feet, and a stick as Kong De and Wang Gui watched.
• After Kong Sheng left, Bai Jingyue went to an abandoned well in the White Jade Mulberry Forest and jumped in, vowing to seek revenge as a Fierce Ghost.
• Moon halos and yin energy gathered in the well as Bai Jingyue’s soul entered a black pearl and began absorbing power.
• Tang Liuli used her Shadow Concealing Ring to infiltrate the vicinity of Huanxiang Residence and saw Song Ankang heading to Qiushi’s bedchamber.
• Convinced Song Ankang was a philandering bastard, Tang Liuli resolved to expose him and make her eldest sister divorce him.

Song Ankang investigated powerful yin energy in the White Jade Mulberry Forest and discovered that Bai Jingyue had become a formidable female ghost. He drew his blade to stop her from leaving, and the two prepared for a battle that threatened to devastate the forest.

• Tang Liuli secretly followed Song Ankang toward the abandoned well, where the yin energy grew stronger.
• Song Ankang sensed a powerful entity in the well but did not notice Tang Liuli hiding with the Shadow Concealing Ring.
• Song Ankang found Bai Jingyue, who explained that she had killed herself and fused with a supreme treasure in the well.
• Song Ankang said he could not let Bai Jingyue leave the White Jade Mulberry Forest and drew the Fire Cloud Blade.
• Bai Jingyue rose into the air, and her surging yin energy faced Song Ankang's true qi as their auras swept through the forest.

Song Ankang faced Bai Jingyue, a powerful ghost, in the White Jade Mulberry Forest, but their confrontation turned into a conversation about her past and suffering. After hearing how the Kong Family had tormented her, he let her seek revenge and promised to care for her daughters, while asking her to leave the forest afterward.

• Tang Liuli sensed Song Ankang and Bai Jingyue's auras clash and realized her brother-in-law could stand against a ghost near the Golden Core Realm.
• Bai Jingyue recalled how Song Ankang had helped her when they first met, and thanked him for treating her with understanding.
• Bai Jingyue told Song Ankang how her husband Kong Sheng and her parents-in-law, Kong De and Wang Gui, had abused her, prompting his anger and sympathy.
• Song Ankang stepped aside and allowed Bai Jingyue to take revenge on the Kong Family, Scarface, and the others, provided she did not harm innocents or cause trouble in the forest.
• Song Ankang promised to find Bai Jingyue's daughters, Jingjing and Yanyan, and let them live with him and Lin An'an.
• Bai Jingyue thanked Song Ankang and agreed to leave the White Jade Mulberry Forest after her revenge, visiting her daughters only without harming anyone.

Song Ankang allowed Bai Jingyue to seek revenge on the people who had abused her, while Tang Liuli’s admiration for him grew. Bai Jingyue began her revenge in White Jade Town by killing Kong De and Wang Gui.

• Tang Liuli reconsidered her judgment of Song Ankang after he accepted responsibility for allowing Bai Jingyue to take revenge.
• Bai Jingyue bowed to Song Ankang and headed for White Jade Town as Song Ankang and Tang Liuli followed her.
• Bai Jingyue surrounded Kong De’s courtyard with Ghost Mist and confronted Kong De and Wang Gui.
• Kong De died of fright when he saw Bai Jingyue’s ghostly face, and Bai Jingyue killed Wang Gui as she tried to escape.
• Bai Jingyue reflected on the abuse she had suffered from Kong De and Wang Gui and lamented their pitiful, hateful lives.

Bai Jingyue followed her revenge against Kong De and Wang Gui by confronting Kong Sheng at the Black Fish Gambling House. She revealed herself as a ghost and demanded that he prove his repentance, while Song Ankang watched and Tang Liuli secretly followed.

• Bai Jingyue killed Kong De and Wang Gui, then headed toward her next destination as Song Ankang watched and Tang Liuli trailed them.
• Kong Sheng gambled away most of the money he had received for selling his daughter while the gamblers mocked him and his treatment of Bai Jingyue.
• Bai Jingyue appeared in the gambling house, and Kong Sheng and the other men mistook her for a beautiful woman before she revealed her blood-covered ghost form.
• Kong Sheng begged Bai Jingyue to spare him and promised to redeem Jingjing and Yanyan and treat his family well.
• Bai Jingyue pointed out that Kong Sheng had little money left, and he shamelessly asked her to help him obtain enough to redeem the girls.

Song Ankang stood aside as Bai Jingyue avenged herself on Kong Sheng and the people who had helped ruin her life. After nearly two hundred deaths, Bai Jingyue moved on to her next target, while Song Ankang continued following her to prevent a larger catastrophe in White Jade Mulberry Forest.

• Bai Jingyue restrained Kong Sheng with her hair and revealed that she had entrusted Jingjing and Yanyan to Lord Forest Lord Song Ankang.
• Kong Sheng begged Song Ankang and threatened him, but Song Ankang refused to intervene and let Bai Jingyue take revenge.
• Bai Jingyue sliced Kong Sheng to death, then devoured the ghost he became.
• Bai Jingyue killed the gamblers who had urged Kong Sheng to sell her or had defiled her, leaving a dozen survivors whom Song Ankang spared.
• Bai Jingyue continued her revenge through the surrounding courtyards, killing nearly two hundred people as Song Ankang followed.