Chapter Summaries

Ning Weiyang met Goreya to find out whether he would help her deal with the Ye Family, and he agreed to go whenever she could arrange a leave pass. She returned to Xie Yue afterward, still focused on finding a way to cure Song Xiuyan.

• Xie Yue waited nearby because he worried Goreya might bully Ning Weiyang.
• Ning Weiyang asked Goreya whether he had decided to help her, and he said he had.
• Goreya explained that he could not get a leave pass, so Ning Weiyang would need to arrange one before they went to the Ye Family.
• Ning Weiyang told Goreya to wait for her news and considered seeking Qian Daoliu if Yue Guan did not visit the next day.
• Goreya teased Ning Weiyang about whether Xie Yue liked her, then hurried away, and Ning Weiyang returned to Xie Yue smiling.

Xie Yue checked on Ning Weiyang after seeing Goreya approach her, then escorted her back to the dormitory. Ning Weiyang cultivated through the night and began the next day with training, remaining content with her support-type soul skill despite the academy teachers’ doubts.

• Xie Yue asked Ning Weiyang what Goreya had said, and she told him Goreya had offered to help her because they had come from Heaven Dou Royal Academy together.
• Xie Yue memorized Goreya’s name and escorted Ning Weiyang back to the girls’ dormitory.
• With Hu Liena and Ling Sisi absent, Ning Weiyang cultivated overnight among Peony Flowers, focusing Soul Power toward her brow and illuminating the dormitory with her Peony Goddess Mark.
• Ning Weiyang got up early, ate breakfast, and went to the training room for physical training.
• Ning Weiyang sparred hand-to-hand with another student, while the academy teachers regarded her plant-type martial soul and support skill as a wasted chance to pursue the assault path.

Ning Weiyang showed remarkable improvement in physical combat training, impressing Yue Guan when he watched her spar. After training, Yue Guan invited her to join Spirit Hall and waited for her answer.

• Ning Weiyang told her sparring partner she might knock him flat the next day, then fought him fiercely.
• Yue Guan entered the training room and watched Ning Weiyang spar while Teacher Li greeted him.
• After training ended, Ning Weiyang collapsed from exhaustion, and Yue Guan offered her water and helped her up.
• Yue Guan asked Ning Weiyang to call him Uncle Yue Guan and invited her to join Spirit Hall.

Ning Weiyang agreed to join Spirit Hall, but postponed meeting Bibi Dong until the holidays. Yue Guan’s attention raised her status at Spirit Hall Academy, and she used that influence to obtain leave slips before seeking Goreya.

• Yue Guan explained that Ning Weiyang’s Peony Flower was the Flower God’s spirit, which had made him feel unqualified to take her as his disciple.
• Yue Guan offered to bring Ning Weiyang to meet Bibi Dong, but Ning Weiyang asked to wait until the holidays so she would not miss classes.
• Yue Guan agreed and took Ning Weiyang to the cafeteria, signaling to the academy’s teachers that she had caught the Pope’s attention.
• Ning Weiyang visited the dean’s office, collected two leave slips, and set off to find Goreya.

Ning Weiyang sent Goreya to deliver a message to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling while planning to visit Goddess of Flowers Valley to pursue her martial soul’s evolution. On returning to her senses, she heard several students confronting Jiang Qingning at Spirit Hall Academy.

• Ning Weiyang showed Goreya a leave slip from the headmaster, and he agreed to carry out her request.
• Ning Weiyang asked Goreya to tell Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that she missed them, hoping to ask about a possible solution involving the Ye Family and Dugu Bo’s Immortal Herbs.
• Goreya hurried off for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Ning Weiyang resolved to visit Goddess of Flowers Valley once she was strong enough.
• Ning Weiyang heard several female students insult Jiang Qingning and turned toward the commotion.

Jiang Qingning was confronted by Shen Qiudie, who accused her of framing her years earlier to protect her place in the Jiang Family. The chapter ended with Shen Qiudie recalling how Jiang Qingning had rejected her plea to clear her name.

• Shen Qiudie and several Spirit Hall Academy girls surrounded Jiang Qingning, and Jiang Qingning slapped Shen Qiudie's hand away.
• Shen Qiudie accused Jiang Qingning of driving her out to keep the Jiang Family's place and status for herself.
• Shen Qiudie recalled that Jiang Qingning had framed her for stealing a family heirloom, leading the Jiang Family to expel her and her mother and Heaven Dou City to blacklist her.
• Shen Qiudie remembered begging Jiang Qingning to explain the truth to her parents, but Jiang Qingning had shaken her off and refused.

Shen Qiudie confronted Jiang Qingning over their past and nearly hit her, but Ning Weiyang stopped her by warning that Spirit Hall Academy punished private fighting. Shen Qiudie left, and Jiang Qingning called Ning Weiyang a busybody.

• Shen Qiudie reminded Jiang Qingning that she had been driven out of the Jiang Family and forced to leave Heaven Dou City.
• Shen Qiudie raised her hand to slap Jiang Qingning, but Ning Weiyang grabbed her wrist.
• Ning Weiyang warned Shen Qiudie that hitting Jiang Qingning could get her punished for breaking Spirit Hall Academy's no-fighting rule.
• Shen Qiudie withdrew her hand, insulted Jiang Qingning, and left with the other girls.
• Jiang Qingning and Ning Weiyang were left alone, and Jiang Qingning called Ning Weiyang a busybody.

Ning Weiyang kicked Jiang Qingning into a flowerbed after Jiang insulted her, then returned to the dormitory after lunch. The chapter ended with Ning Weiyang resting beside the reserved Ling Sisi when someone returned and called out to them.

• Ning Weiyang kicked Jiang Qingning into the flowerbed and warned her to think before speaking.
• Jiang Qingning climbed out, yelled at the watching students, and crouched by the flowerbed in tears while Shen Qiudie watched from a distance.
• Ning Weiyang returned to the dormitory after lunch and found Ling Sisi reading on her bed.
• Ning Weiyang lay down to sleep, and about half an hour later someone returned and greeted Weiyang and Sisi.

Hu Liena visited Ning Weiyang and invited her to meet Bibi Dong and join Spirit Hall. Ning Weiyang revealed that she had already agreed to join, and Hu Liena ended by inviting her to dinner with her brother.

• Hu Liena brought food and daily necessities to Ning Weiyang and Ling Sisi, then invited Ning Weiyang to meet her teacher, Bibi Dong.
• Hu Liena told Ning Weiyang that Bibi Dong wanted her to join Spirit Hall, and Ning Weiyang eagerly agreed.
• Ning Weiyang revealed that Yue Guan had already invited her to join Spirit Hall and that she planned to meet Bibi Dong during the break.
• Hu Liena accepted Ning Weiyang's plan and privately considered helping her brother get together with Ning Weiyang.
• Hu Liena invited Ning Weiyang to have dinner with her brother.

Ning Weiyang declined Hu Liena’s invitation to dinner and continued her studies and visits to Song Xiuyan. A week later, Goreya returned from the Ye Family and began to tell Ning Weiyang their response about Song Xiuyan’s condition.

• Ning Weiyang turned down Hu Liena’s invitation to have dinner with her and Xie Yue.
• Ning Weiyang attended afternoon cultivation classes and kept up her routine of studying and visiting Song Xiuyan.
• After a week, Goreya found Ning Weiyang outside her classroom and explained that his trip to the Ye Family had taken time.
• Goreya told Ning Weiyang that he had delivered her message to Old Master Ye and asked her to guess what Old Master Ye had said.

Ning Weiyang learned that Old Master Ye would only discuss Song Xiuyan’s treatment with her in person. She decided to approach him herself and invited Goreya to eat.

• Goreya told Ning Weiyang that Old Master Ye had asked who sent him to inquire.
• Goreya insisted he had not revealed Ning Weiyang’s identity and claimed he had asked out of curiosity.
• Goreya admitted Old Master Ye had refused to answer and said Ning Weiyang had to ask him herself.
• Ning Weiyang accepted Goreya’s explanation without scolding him and invited him to a meal.

Ning Weiyang treated Goreya to a cafeteria meal, leaving him wondering why Spirit Hall gave her such a large allowance. She told him the allowance was only for her, and he demanded to know why she received it.

• Ning Weiyang offered to treat Goreya to a meal, and he followed her to the cafeteria while peppering her with questions.
• Ning Weiyang bought two meals, and Goreya noticed she had ten thousand Copper Spirit Coins on her meal card.
• Ning Weiyang explained that Spirit Hall had given her the money as an allowance.
• When Goreya asked where he could collect his own allowance, Ning Weiyang told him it was only for her.
• Goreya asked why Spirit Hall gave Ning Weiyang such a generous allowance.

Goreya learned that Ning Weiyang had joined Spirit Hall while he was away, and challenged her about abandoning Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Ning Weiyang defended her choice and pointed out that she owed the academy little, leaving Goreya unable to continue his argument.

• Ning Weiyang told Goreya that she had agreed to join Spirit Hall.
• Goreya was shocked that Spirit Hall had recruited her so quickly and questioned why she had accepted.
• Ning Weiyang said she had chosen what was right for her and dismissed the cultivation she received from Heaven Dou Royal Academy's three committee members as spare time.
• Goreya tried to explain the academy's ties to the Heaven Dou Empire, but Ning Weiyang told him to shut up.
• Ning Weiyang said she had spent little time at the academy and reminded Goreya that he knew what kind of life she had lived there.

Ning Weiyang avoided discussing her past with Goreya and visited Song Xiuyan after considering the cause of his declining Soul Power and sudden aging. She brought him candied balls, and his mood had improved with her companionship.

• Goreya changed the subject from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and asked when Ning Weiyang would visit Old Master Ye; she said she would go out in a couple of days.
• Goreya told Ning Weiyang that Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling planned to find her in a couple of days, but Ning Weiyang refused to explain how they would meet.
• After eating, Goreya went to rest while Ning Weiyang went to see Song Xiuyan.
• Ning Weiyang recalled that no medical book described Soul Power regression or sudden aging and suspected a substance in the insect cocoon had caused Song Xiuyan's condition.
• Ning Weiyang brought Song Xiuyan candied balls and fed him one.

Ning Weiyang spent time with her grandfather, Song Xiuyan, then received permission to move into her own dormitory. Hu Liena and Ling Sisi helped her clean it, and Ning Weiyang invited them to dinner, leaving Hu Liena awkward when Ning also suggested inviting Yan.

• Ning Weiyang shared sugar balls with Song Xiuyan and listened as he talked about Song Yu's childhood.
• Ning Weiyang returned to class, then spent the night studying in the Library Pavilion, where she again encountered Xie Yue.
• Yue Guan arranged for Ning Weiyang to have her own dormitory, and the headmaster assigned her Dormitory 530.
• Hu Liena and Ling Sisi helped Ning Weiyang clean the empty dormitory after the headmaster said the move came from above.
• Ning Weiyang invited Hu Liena and Ling Sisi to dinner, agreed that Hu Liena could bring her brother, and casually suggested inviting Yan as well.

Ning Weiyang used Hu Liena’s matchmaking plans to keep Hu Liena occupied, then joined her and the others for a meal with Xie Yue and Yan. Afterward, Hu Liena urged Xie Yue to pursue Ning Weiyang and wondered whether the old man Ning Weiyang visited was her relative.

• Ning Weiyang persuaded Hu Liena to invite Yan along with Xie Yue so Hu Liena would stay busy.
• Hu Liena, Ning Weiyang, Xie Yue, Yan, and Ling Sisi went to the cafeteria, where Xie Yue tried to help Ning Weiyang and Hu Liena tried to encourage them to get closer.
• Ning Weiyang left after the meal, and Hu Liena urged Xie Yue to be brave and pursue her.
• Hu Liena asked whether the old man at the new student registration desk was Ning Weiyang’s relative, and Xie Yue said he seemed to be a drifter while Ning Weiyang’s relatives should be in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Weiyang settled into her routine at Spirit Hall Academy, then took leave to travel to Heaven Dou City and reunite with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling. Hu Liena secretly followed her out of curiosity, while the chapter leaves the three friends together at a dessert shop.

• Hu Liena considered asking her teacher about the Wanderers, and Xie Yue advised her not to meddle with Ning Weiyang or belittle Yan.
• Ning Weiyang continued her daily routine of attending classes, visiting the registration office, and studying at the Library Pavilion.
• Ning Weiyang obtained five days of leave to travel to Heaven Dou City, and Hu Liena followed her after seeing her leave the academy.
• Ning Weiyang arrived at a dessert shop and reunited with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, who hugged her and asked why she looked thinner.

Ning Weiyang reassured Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that she was safe at Spirit Hall Academy, then asked Ye Lingling to take her to the Ye family so her grandfather could treat Song Xiuyan. The chapter left Ning Weiyang hoping Old Master Ye could heal Song Xiuyan’s foundation and planning to seek Immortal Herbs and a cure for Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo’s poison.

• Dugu Yan questioned Ning Weiyang about her treatment at Spirit Hall Academy, and Ning Weiyang said Chrysanthemum Douluo’s favor had made her well regarded there.
• Dugu Yan asked why Ning Weiyang had sent Goreya to contact the Ye family, and Ning Weiyang explained that she wanted Old Master Ye to treat her grandfather, Song Xiuyan.
• Ye Lingling agreed to take Ning Weiyang to see her grandfather because Ning Weiyang could not enter the Ye family estate alone.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling assured Ning Weiyang that Old Master Ye could likely cure Song Xiuyan if his injuries had not damaged his foundation.
• Ning Weiyang privately worried that Song Xiuyan’s foundation was already damaged and resolved to seek Immortal Herbs and find a way to cure Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo’s poison.

Ye Lingling brought her roommate Ning Weiyang to the Ye Family to meet her grandfather, Old Master Ye. He recognized Ning Weiyang’s name from a previous visit by a grandson of the Gelong Family.

• Ning Weiyang accompanied Ye Lingling to the Ye Family after saying goodbye to Dugu Yan.
• Ye Lingling learned from a servant that Old Master Ye was in the courtyard and led Ning Weiyang to him.
• Ye Lingling affectionately greeted her grandfather and told him she had returned because she missed him.
• Ye Lingling introduced Ning Weiyang to Old Master Ye, who recalled hearing her name from a grandson of the Gelong Family.

Old Master Ye questioned Ning Weiyang about her connection to Goreya and the illness she had asked him about. His suspicion deepened as he wondered whether she was connected to someone who had disappeared more than six years earlier.

• Old Master Ye welcomed Ning Weiyang and asked Ye Lingling how long she planned to stay; she said three or four days.
• Old Master Ye sent Ye Lingling to prepare a room, leaving him alone with Ning Weiyang.
• Old Master Ye asked how Ning Weiyang had gotten Goreya to help her, and Ning Weiyang said they were friends.
• Old Master Ye asked whose illness required treatment and watched Ning Weiyang, recalling someone with the same symptoms who had vanished more than six years earlier.