Chapter Summaries

Six-year-old Ning Weiyang awakened a Peony Flower martial soul, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elders suspected she was not Ning Fanli’s daughter. After Ning Fanli accepted their decision, the sect expelled her, leaving her wandering Heaven Dou City with nowhere to go.

• Ning Weiyang awakened a Peony Flower martial soul, confusing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elders because her parents had different martial souls.
• The elders suspected Ning Weiyang had been switched at birth or was not Ning Fanli’s daughter, and Ning Fanli failed to defend her.
• The elders ordered Ning Weiyang expelled from the sect, and she was driven beyond its gates without any belongings.
• Ning Weiyang left the sect, vowing not to let others look down on her, then wandered aimlessly through Heaven Dou City.
• Someone shouted at Ning Weiyang after she apparently bumped into them on the crowded street.

Ning Weiyang was injured and forced to kneel after colliding with soldiers escorting Xue Qinghe. Xue Qinghe ordered the soldiers to let her go, but as one moved to help her, someone called out to the Crown Prince.

• Ning Weiyang collided with soldiers from the Heaven Dou Royal Palace escort and was shoved to the ground.
• Ning Weiyang protested that she had been walking on the pedestrian path, but a soldier struck her leg and forced her to kneel before Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe saw Ning Weiyang crying and ordered the soldiers not to make things difficult for her.
• A soldier rose to help Ning Weiyang, but someone called out, "Your Highness!"

Ning Weiyang seized her chance to ask Xue Qinghe, who was secretly Qian Renxue, for help after the soldiers threatened her. After questioning her background and poor cultivation aptitude, Xue Qinghe took pity on her and invited her into the carriage.

• Ning Weiyang recognized Xue Qinghe and rushed to his carriage after he stopped the soldiers from harming her.
• Ning Weiyang knelt and asked Xue Qinghe to let her serve him in exchange for a chance to live.
• Xue Qinghe questioned Ning Weiyang about her Peony Flower Martial Soul and why her family had cast her out.
• Ning Weiyang explained that her parents belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and revealed that she had Level Three Innate Soul Power.
• Xue Qinghe sympathized with Ning Weiyang and told her to get into the carriage so he could take her somewhere.

Xue Qinghe brought the hungry Ning Weiyang to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and recommended her for admission. The Education Committee agreed, then asked about her martial soul and soul power.

• Xue Qinghe invited Ning Weiyang into his carriage and offered her pastries after her stomach growled.
• Ning Weiyang ate eagerly during the ride to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xue Qinghe helped Ning Weiyang out of the carriage and led her to the Education Committee's office.
• Xue Qinghe recommended Ning Weiyang for admission, and Meng Shenji agreed.
• Ning Weiyang told Meng Shenji that her martial soul was a Peony Flower and her Innate Soul Power was level three.

Ning Weiyang was admitted to Heaven Dou Royal Academy despite having Innate Soul Power Level Three, and Meng Shenji arranged special studies and a Class S dormitory for her. The chapter ended as Teacher Shen brought her to the dormitory and someone asked Sister Yanzi whether she was going out for dinner or eating at the cafeteria.

• Xue Qinghe recommended Ning Weiyang to the Education Committee, and Meng Shenji agreed to arrange her studies and protect her from bullying.
• Meng Shenji reviewed Ning Weiyang's enrollment form, noticed her family information was blank, and decided to create a special class for her.
• Meng Shenji assigned Ning Weiyang a room in the Class S girls' dormitory and handed her over to Teacher Shen.
• Teacher Shen gave Ning Weiyang a uniform and explained the dormitory rules before taking her to the tenth floor.
• Someone asked Sister Yanzi whether she was going out for dinner or eating at the cafeteria.

Ning Weiyang moved into Dorm 1010 and met her new roommates, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling. Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling learned about Ning Weiyang's low Innate Soul Power but welcomed her, and Ye Lingling offered to take her to the cafeteria.

• Teacher Shen brought Ning Weiyang to Dorm 1010 and introduced her to dorm leader Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan welcomed Ning Weiyang, introduced Ye Lingling, and learned that Ning Weiyang was six and had Innate Soul Power level three.
• Dugu Yan helped Ning Weiyang make her bed and asked Ye Lingling if she wanted to go out to eat.
• Ye Lingling declined to go out and offered to take Ning Weiyang to the cafeteria instead.

Ye Lingling took the socially anxious Weiyang to explore Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s cafeterias and get dinner. On the way to find a quiet seat, Weiyang was accused of spilling another student’s food, and she challenged him for trying to scam her.

• Ye Lingling comforted Weiyang in the dorm and offered to take her to eat.
• Ye Lingling showed Weiyang the three cafeterias, and Weiyang chose several dishes from the Second Cafeteria.
• Weiyang looked for an inconspicuous place to sit but stopped short of a student who dropped his tray.
• The student accused Weiyang of spilling his food and demanded that she replace it, and Weiyang asked if he was trying to scam her.

Ning Weiyang pretended to faint after Goreya blamed her for his spilled food, and Ye Lingling healed her with the Nine Heart Begonia. Ye Lingling then confronted Goreya about what he had done.

• Goreya blamed Ning Weiyang for his dropped food tray and argued with her in the academy dining hall.
• Ning Weiyang pretended to collapse, prompting the other students to whisper that Goreya was the Marshal’s grandson.
• Goreya panicked when Ning Weiyang refused to get up and decided to find a teacher.
• Ye Lingling returned, checked Ning Weiyang’s pulse, and used her Nine Heart Begonia to heal her.
• Ning Weiyang woke and claimed she was fine in a weak voice, and Ye Lingling frowned at Goreya and demanded to know what he had done.

Ye Lingling defended Ning Weiyang after Goreya blamed her for a dropped bowl and demanded payment. Goreya left determined to investigate Ning Weiyang, while Ye Lingling reassured her and later took her for a walk around the training grounds.

• Goreya claimed Ning Weiyang had knocked over his food and fallen on her own, but Ye Lingling distrusted his explanation.
• Ning Weiyang tugged at Ye Lingling and asked her not to confront Goreya, so Ye Lingling helped her up and took her to their food.
• Goreya left the cafeteria, intending to investigate Ning Weiyang, and the students returned to their meals.
• Ning Weiyang told Ye Lingling that Goreya had dropped his own bowl, blamed her, and demanded payment.
• Ye Lingling promised to seek Sister Yanzi's help if Goreya bullied Ning Weiyang again, then took her for a walk around the training grounds.

Ye Lingling introduced Ning Weiyang to Yu Feng on the training field, where his curiosity about the new student quickly got the better of him. The chapter left Yu Feng about to guess why Ning Weiyang had been assigned to Ye Lingling and Dugu Yanzi’s dorm.

• Ye Lingling brought Ning Weiyang to meet Yu Feng, who greeted her as his little sister after she called him big brother.
• Ye Lingling pushed Yu Feng away when he flirtatiously flicked his hair, then took Ning Weiyang to look around the training field.
• Ning Weiyang watched the students jogging and decided she would train to improve her physical fitness before seeking her first soul ring.
• Yu Feng questioned how Ning Weiyang had joined Ye Lingling and Dugu Yanzi’s dorm and asked about her class, martial soul, soul power, and family.
• Ye Lingling silenced Yu Feng with a sharp look, and he began to suspect something.

Ye Lingling kept Yu Feng from questioning Ning Weiyang about her Spirit and family, then showed Ning Weiyang around Heaven Dou Royal Academy. That evening, Dugu Yan returned with gifts and began making Ning Weiyang’s bare desk feel more lived-in before revealing she had learned something from the Education Committee.

• Yu Feng guessed that Ning Weiyang was Ye Lingling’s younger sister because they looked alike, but Ye Lingling denied it and stopped him from asking Ning Weiyang about her background.
• Ye Lingling took Ning Weiyang away, and the two of them toured Heaven Dou Royal Academy until nightfall.
• Dugu Yan returned to the girls’ dormitory with gifts for Ye Lingling and Ning Weiyang, whom she believed was asleep.
• Dugu Yan placed gifts and her desk decorations on Ning Weiyang’s desk, then told Ye Lingling she had learned something from the Education Committee.

Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling that Ning Weiyang had been admitted to Heaven Dou Royal Academy by Xue Qinghe after he encountered her while traveling. She explained that Ning Weiyang had been expelled from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as a child, and Ning Weiyang opened her eyes as the two discussed her past.

• Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling that Xue Qinghe had arranged for Ning Weiyang to enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy after meeting her while traveling.
• Dugu Yan revealed that Ning Weiyang's father belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and her mother had died years earlier.
• Dugu Yan explained that Ning Weiyang had awakened a Peony Flower martial soul instead of either parent's martial soul and had been expelled from the sect.
• Dugu Yan said Ning Weiyang's low innate soul power and plant-type martial soul had fueled the sect's rejection and baseless speculation.
• Ning Weiyang opened her eyes as Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan looked at her, and a rose-red glimmer flickered in them.

Ning Weiyang was summoned to the Flower God Domain, where the First Generation Flower God, Peony, offered her the chance to become her heir and accept her trials. Ning Weiyang agreed and met Peony’s Divine Sense Avatar.

• Ning Weiyang reflected that she felt little attachment to her absent parents and was disappointed by her difficult life after awakening her martial soul.
• A force pulled Ning Weiyang from bed and transported her to a vast sea of Peony Flowers.
• The First Generation Flower God, Peony, told Ning Weiyang that her martial soul was highly compatible with hers and asked her to become her heir.
• Ning Weiyang eagerly accepted Peony’s offer.
• Peony gathered the flowers’ light and power to form a Divine Sense Avatar, then asked Ning Weiyang if her name was Ning Weiyang.

Peony gave Ning Weiyang a divine mark and told her to evolve her Martial Soul before beginning the Peony Goddess Trial. The next morning, Ning Weiyang prepared for theory class with Dugu Yan, who had bought her a collection of clay figurines.

• Peony placed the Peony Goddess Mark between Ning Weiyang’s brows and told her to follow its guidance to evolve her Martial Soul before starting the trial.
• Ning Weiyang returned to the dormitory and wondered whether her Martial Soul might be the Peony Flower Emperor.
• Dugu Yan woke Ning Weiyang for theory class and told her that Ye Lingling had gone to buy breakfast.
• Ning Weiyang found more than a dozen clay figurines on her desk, including one of herself, and Dugu Yan offered to take her to make another.

Ning Weiyang attended her first theoretical classes with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, but the lessons soon put her to sleep. The chapter ended when someone threw a crumpled paper ball at her head.

• Ning Weiyang agreed to take a figurine and followed Dugu Yan to the classroom.
• Dugu Yan and Ning Weiyang joined Ye Lingling, who shared sticky rice chickens and soy milk with them.
• Yu Feng greeted Ning Weiyang, and Yu Tianheng's stern look made her turn away; Osler stopped Yu Feng from provoking him.
• Dugu Yan explained that the teacher belonged to the royal family and held high status.
• Ning Weiyang grew sleepy during the morning lessons, fell asleep at her desk, and was struck by a crumpled paper ball.

Goreya insulted Ning Weiyang in class, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling planned to help her get revenge. Ning Weiyang wondered how to trigger her Peony Goddess Mark’s guidance toward Martial Soul Evolution, while Ye Lingling quietly asked Osler to beat Goreya up after class.

• Goreya threw a note calling Ning Weiyang a little bastard, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling grew angry on her behalf.
• Dugu Yan comforted Ning Weiyang and promised to help teach Goreya a lesson after class.
• Ning Weiyang wondered how to activate the Peony Goddess Mark’s guidance toward Martial Soul Evolution and drew a pig face labeled with Goreya’s name in her book.
• Ye Lingling passed Osler a note telling him to beat Goreya up after class, and Ning Weiyang suspected their relationship was unusual.

After class, Dugu Yan sent Ye Lingling to take Ning Weiyang to lunch while Osler went to intercept Goreya. Goreya blamed Ning Weiyang for Ye Lingling’s coldness, but Osler swept him away before he reached the cafeteria.

• Dugu Yan asked Ye Lingling to take Ning Weiyang to eat while she spoke with Yu Tianheng and the others.
• Dugu Yan revealed that Osler had gone to deal with Goreya, and Yu Feng hurried after him.
• Goreya walked toward the cafeteria with his lackeys and complained that Ning Weiyang had caused Ye Lingling to treat him coldly.
• Osler swept Goreya away, leaving his meal card behind as his lackeys assumed he had invited them to lunch.

Ning Weiyang learned about the academy’s abandoned Mimicry Forest and felt the Peony God Seal guiding her toward it. After a brief training session with Meng Shenji, she went to investigate the forest while the other students were in class.

• Ning Weiyang heard screams from the small forest and sensed the Peony God Seal guiding her toward it.
• Ye Lingling explained that the forest had once been a Mimetic Environment and later became a place for students to settle private disputes.
• Ning Weiyang suspected Dugu Yan and the others were beating Goreya, then returned to the dormitory with Ye Lingling.
• Meng Shenji taught Ning Weiyang exercises to strengthen her body during her special training session.
• Ning Weiyang left class early and headed to the abandoned Mimicry Forest while the other students were still in class.

Ning Weiyang discovered that the Peony God Seal reacted beneath a willow tree in the Mimetic Environment, drawing down auspicious clouds that enveloped her and her Martial Soul. After emerging from a Peony Flower, she found that her appearance had changed temporarily, but she did not know whether her Martial Soul had evolved.

• Ning Weiyang searched the quiet forest for something that could evolve her Martial Soul, but found nothing.
• When Ning Weiyang looked up beneath the forest’s lone willow tree, her Peony God Seal glowed and summoned Seven-Colored Auspicious Clouds.
• A red light lifted Ning Weiyang into the air, and seven-colored rays enveloped her and her Peony Martial Soul in a cocoon.
• Ning Weiyang awoke inside an enormous Peony Flower and emerged with a taller appearance, orange-yellow hair, Flower Eyes, and a flowing white robe.
• As Ning Weiyang stepped out of the flower bud, her hair and clothes returned to normal, leaving her uncertain about what had happened.

Ning Weiyang’s Martial Soul evolved, raising her Soul Power to Level Ten and granting her a soul ring. After hearing that Heaven Dou Royal Academy might send students to study at Spirit Hall Academy, she became interested, but Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling arrived before she could discuss it.

• Ning Weiyang released her evolved Martial Soul, whose Peony Flower changed color as an orange-yellow soul ring appeared beneath her feet.
• Ning Weiyang realized her Soul Power had risen from Level Three to Level Ten and decided to explain the change to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Ning Weiyang left the Mimicry Forest after four hours and ran to the Third Cafeteria for dinner.
• Ning Weiyang overheard students discussing a possible selection of representatives to study at Spirit Hall Academy and decided she wanted to go.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling joined Ning Weiyang and asked what had been on her mind.