Chapter Summaries

Song Weiyang and Guang Ling toured the expanded Spirit City, where they discussed the Spirit Hall Empire’s changes and Bibi Dong’s motives. At a guesthouse that night, they recognized Shrek Academy arriving and Song Weiyang wondered whether its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit was with them.

• Guang Ling persuaded Song Weiyang to watch the competition rather than enter it, and the two set out to explore Spirit City.
• Song Weiyang and Guang Ling visited the Spirit Master Market, Spirit Hall Academy, and a Spirit Awakening site, where Guang Ling shared memories of his own awakening.
• Guang Ling flew Song Weiyang over Spirit City and playfully frightened her before they settled on the guesthouse roof for the night.
• Song Weiyang and Guang Ling agreed to have someone watch Bibi Dong because they suspected her reforms concealed other motives.
• Shrek Academy arrived at the guesthouse, and Song Weiyang questioned whether its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit had survived the journey.

Song Weiyang reunited with the Heaven Dou Team at the competition guesthouse and explained that she was attending as a warm-up match guest and referee. She recognized Xiao Wu as a concealed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, while Tang San and his companions accused Song Weiyang of betraying him, and Ning Rongrong began to recognize her as Ning Weiyang.

• Song Weiyang told Guang Ling that she recognized a voice from Shrek Academy, then spotted Tang San's group and realized Xiao Wu's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura was being concealed by something other than the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Yu Tianheng, Yu Feng, Osler, and Goreya reunited with Song Weiyang, who said she would serve as a guest and referee rather than compete in the All-Continent Spirit Master Elite Competition.
• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai mocked the Heaven Dou Team, while Tang San recognized Song Weiyang as the girl from Dugu Bo's herb garden and accused her of breaking her promise.
• Xiao Wu urged Tang San's friends to teach Song Weiyang a lesson, and Ning Rongrong said Song Weiyang looked familiar.
• After Tang San called her Weiyang, Ning Rongrong wondered whether Song Weiyang was Ning Weiyang.

Ning Rongrong told the Shrek group a damaging story about Song Weiyang’s parentage, but Tang San doubted that she and the powerful woman he had met were the same person. Song Weiyang overheard the gossip and resolved to settle the score when the truth about her background came out.

• Ning Rongrong said Ning Weiyang had been expelled from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect because her Spirit and low Innate Spirit Power cast doubt on her parentage.
• Ning Rongrong recounted rumors that Song Yu had been unfaithful and that Ning Weiyang’s father had raised another man’s child before expelling her.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong mocked Song Weiyang, while Zhu Zhuqing left rather than listen to the gossip.
• Tang San insisted that the powerful woman he had met could not have only Level Three Innate Spirit Power, and he warned Xiao Wu not to challenge her.
• Song Weiyang told Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan that the Shrek group had been badmouthing her, then said she would make Ning Rongrong suffer when the truth emerged.

Song Weiyang revealed that she planned to reclaim her maternal Song Family from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, provoking an argument with Ning Rongrong and the Shrek group. When the dispute turned violent, Song Weiyang overwhelmed Xiao Wu and Tang San with her power, leaving the inn stunned by her Seven-Colored Peony.

• Song Weiyang explained that she planned to reclaim the Song Family clansmen confined within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Yu Feng’s remarks drew Ning Rongrong into an argument.
• The Heaven Dou Team and Shrek nearly fought, but Tang San and Song Weiyang persuaded their captains to hold off until the tournament arena.
• Song Weiyang slapped Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai after they insulted her, knocking Dai Mubai to the ground and costing him several teeth.
• Xiao Wu attacked Song Weiyang with Blink and Charm, but Song Weiyang’s Soul Power caused Xiao Wu’s soul skill to backfire and injured her.
• Tang San attacked Song Weiyang with Blue Silver Grass, but her Seven-Colored Peony subdued it and stirred a response from nearby Plant-type Spirit masters.

Song Weiyang confronted Ning Rongrong and Shrek Academy after Xiao Wu and several others were injured in a clash, then revealed she had once been cast out of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as Ning Weiyang. Ning Fengzhi arrived with Chen Xin, made Ning Rongrong apologize for insulting her, and Song Weiyang asked Ning Fengzhi to sit down and talk.

• Yu Xiaogang arrived and witnessed Song Weiyang controlling the Blue Silver Grass, while Tang San accused her of bullying the weak and bystanders criticized Shrek Academy.
• Yu Tianheng explained that Xiao Wu had suffered backlash after challenging Song Weiyang in spiritual power, and that Song Weiyang had only punished Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun for badmouthing her.
• Song Weiyang told Ning Rongrong that she was the child expelled from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect nine years ago, named Ning Weiyang, and Ning Rongrong insulted her mother and her birth.
• Guang Ling slapped Ning Rongrong, then faced down Chen Xin when Chen Xin arrived with Ning Fengzhi; Ning Fengzhi learned what Ning Rongrong had said and ordered her to apologize.
• Ning Rongrong apologized to Song Weiyang, and Song Weiyang told Ning Fengzhi that they should sit down and talk.

Song Weiyang confronted Ning Fengzhi and sought to bring the Song bloodline’s clansmen back, but none agreed to leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Qian Renxue revealed the sect’s coercive control over the Song family, and Song Weiyang resolved to take action against the sect while Qian Renxue promised to support her.

• Song Weiyang met Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Ning Rongrong, declared that she wanted the Song bloodline’s clansmen returned, and learned that Ning Fengzhi would let them choose whether to leave.
• Guang Ling and Chen Xin nearly clashed after Guang Ling objected to Ning Fengzhi’s attitude, but Song Weiyang and Ning Fengzhi stopped them.
• Song Weiyang visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where none of her clansmen agreed to leave with her, and she returned to Spirit Hall feeling rejected.
• Qian Renxue told Song Weiyang that the sect controlled the Song bloodline through marriage restrictions and forced service, and that some clansmen still resisted its system.
• Song Weiyang thanked Qian Renxue for her advice, and Qian Renxue promised to stay by her side as she worked to take control of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Song Weiyang invited Guang Ling, Azure Luan, and Lion to capture the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast hiding in the Spirit Hall Empire, while refusing to join them herself. She revealed that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and that Tang Hao was secretly protecting him, leaving the elders to consider Tang Hao’s connection to the beast.

• Song Weiyang told the Song Clan members at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect that the Flower Sect would welcome them and treat their descendants equally, then gave them time to decide whether to leave.
• Song Weiyang met Guang Ling, Azure Luan, and Lion in the council hall and explained that the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had concealed its aura.
• Song Weiyang agreed to accept the beast’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone for the Flower Sect after Azure Luan and Lion said Qian Daoliu intended it for her.
• Song Weiyang told the elders that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son, had twin martial souls, and was being secretly protected by Tang Hao.
• Lion reasoned that Tang Hao might not target the beast because he had already been bonded to a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the Blue Silver Emperor who sacrificed herself for him.

Song Weiyang and the three elders discussed Tang Hao’s motives for keeping Xiao Wu near his son and planned to retrieve her soul bone carefully. Song Weiyang entered secluded cultivation and asked Goreya to help bring willing members of the Song bloodline from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect back to the Flower Sect.

• Guang Ling, Lion, Azure Luan, and Song Weiyang speculated that Tang Hao might have kept the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor near his son so she could sacrifice herself, and they cautioned against letting Xiao Wu sacrifice herself to Tang San.
• Song Weiyang told Guang Ling that she would handle Flower Sect affairs and cultivate while the elders carried out their mission.
• Song Weiyang entered secluded cultivation and sent Goreya a message asking him to take charge of any Song bloodline clansmen willing to leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Goreya excitedly sought out Ye Lingling, and they discussed persuading Song Weiyang’s clansmen to join the Flower Sect.

Ye Lingling stopped Goreya from interfering in Song Weiyang’s affairs, including his plan to teach her father Ning Fanli a lesson. A month later, Bibi Dong began a meeting to reselect the Seven Great Sects under the Spirit Hall Empire, with the Flower Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan absent.

• Goreya tried to persuade Ye Lingling to investigate Song Weiyang’s clansmen with him, but she told him to follow Song Weiyang’s instructions and not interfere.
• Goreya proposed teaching Ning Fanli a lesson, but Ye Lingling rejected the plan and left to meet Sister Yanzi as he followed and kept talking.
• A month later, Yue Guan reported to Bibi Dong that representatives from all sects except the Flower Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had arrived at Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong told the gathered sect representatives that the Seven Great Sects would be reselected and that the chosen sects would receive imperial resources in exchange for supporting the Spirit Hall Empire.

Bibi Dong announced that sects would be bound to Spirit Hall and scheduled a new selection of the Seven Great Sects, while several sects withdrew. Ning Fengzhi later learned that the withdrawing sects had been destroyed and discussed preparing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for the growing threat.

• Bibi Dong announced the selection would be held in a month, and Sect Master Mo withdrew the Rhinoceros Sect along with several other sects.
• Gu Rong suggested recruiting Ning Weiyang and using her ties to Spirit Hall and the Flower Sect, but Ning Fengzhi warned that she would be difficult to control.
• Ning Fengzhi told Gu Rong that the withdrawals might have been a warning and said they would soon know whether his suspicion was correct.
• A spy reported that Spirit Hall had destroyed the sects that withdrew and absorbed their assets.
• Ning Fengzhi told the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elders that Spirit Hall was poised to dominate the continent, and Ning Fanli agreed that the sect should prepare for danger.

Ning Fengzhi told the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elders that Ning Weiyang had become a Spirit Emperor and founded the Flower Sect, then assigned Ning Fanli to persuade her to return or merge her sect with theirs. Ning Fanli agreed and planned to locate her before visiting, though he dreaded facing Song Xiuyan.

• Ning Fengzhi revealed that Ning Weiyang was the Flower Sect's sect master and had reached Spirit Emperor rank, shocking the elders.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Ning Weiyang had achieved her success through Spirit Hall's support and urged Ning Fanli to make amends for driving her from the sect.
• The elders pressured Ning Fanli to use his blood ties with Ning Weiyang to bring her back and promised the sect would nurture her.
• Ning Fanli agreed to approach Ning Weiyang on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's behalf.
• After the meeting, Ning Fanli decided to have his spies find Ning Weiyang before he visited her, concerned that he would have to face Song Xiuyan.

Ning Fanli and Ning Qi went to the Flower Sect to see Song Weiyang, but guards and people in line rejected and berated them. The crowd recognized Ning Fanli as Song Weiyang’s father and the man who had driven her from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Ning Fanli learned that Song Weiyang was in secluded cultivation and that Song Xiuyan and Dugu Bo were handling the Flower Sect’s affairs, so he went to the sect entrance to demand a meeting.
• A guard told Ning Qi that Ning Fanli and his party had to join the long queue, then threatened Ning Fanli when he claimed to be the Sect Master’s father.
• Ning Fanli joined the queue and argued with another visitor, who pointed out that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was forbidden from entering the Flower Sect.
• The people in line condemned the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for casting Song Weiyang out and accused Ning Fanli of mistreating her and her mother.
• When someone asked Ning Fanli’s name, another person identified him as Song Weiyang’s biological father and the one who had driven her out.

Ning Fanli was exposed as a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect outside the Flower Sect and fainted under the crowd’s condemnation. After hearing who had collapsed at the gate, Song Xiuyan and Dugu Bo learned that Ning Fanli was Song Weiyang’s father, and Song Xiuyan angrily prepared to confront him.

• People in the crowd challenged Ning Fanli’s identity and condemned the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for driving the Flower Sect Master out when she was a child.
• Ning Fanli denied his claims, then fainted as the crowd continued to berate him, and Ning Qi called for help.
• Song Xiuyan and Dugu Bo played chess and drank in the council hall while pretending to handle sect affairs.
• A disciple reported that someone from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had fainted outside the Flower Sect’s gate, and Song Xiuyan initially refused to deal with it.
• The disciple revealed the unconscious man was an elder and Song Weiyang’s father, prompting Song Xiuyan to recognize Ning Fanli and curse him.

Dugu Bo caught Ning Fanli and Ning Qi pretending that Ning Fanli had fainted, then drove them away when Ning Fanli asked to see Song Weiyang. He returned to the sect and posted a sign banning Ning Fanli from entering.

• Dugu Bo hurried outside with a sect disciple to check on the supposedly unconscious Ning Fanli.
• When Dugu Bo showed Ning Qi a snake, Ning Qi and Ning Fanli jumped up, revealing that Ning Fanli had not fainted.
• Ning Fanli asked Dugu Bo to let him see Song Weiyang and claimed he had been forced to send her away, but Dugu Bo rejected his story.
• Dugu Bo kicked Ning Fanli and Ning Qi, then threatened them until they fled the sect.
• Dugu Bo made and displayed a wooden sign declaring that Ning Fanli was not permitted to enter the sect.

Song Xiuyan and Dugu Bo discussed Ning Fanli’s connection to Song Weiyang and why they could not simply kill him. After being driven away from Flower Sect, Ning Fanli began plotting to use Song Xiuyan’s weakened condition to his advantage.

• Dugu Bo asked whether Song Weiyang was truly Ning Fanli’s daughter, and Song Xiuyan confirmed she was his biological daughter.
• Song Xiuyan explained that he could not kill Ning Fanli without putting Song Weiyang and their complicated ties to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect at risk.
• Dugu Bo suggested letting Ning Fanli enter Flower Sect so they could teach him a lesson, but Song Xiuyan chose to wait and stay cautious.
• Dugu Bo cheered Song Xiuyan up and took him to drink at his courtyard.
• Ning Fanli and Ning Qi fled to a tavern after leaving Flower Sect, and Ning Fanli decided Song Xiuyan’s old injuries might make him easy to handle.

Ye Lingling and Goreya informed the Flower Sect elders that Goddess of Flowers Valley had opened while Song Weiyang remained in seclusion. The group could not determine why the seal had lifted, so Dugu Bo and Song Xiuyan agreed to investigate the valley.

• Ning Fanli and Ning Qi left a tavern, but unidentified people threw sacks over their heads and carried them away.
• Ye Lingling and Goreya entered the Flower Sect and told Dugu Bo, Song Xiuyan, Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin that Goddess of Flowers Valley had opened.
• The elders debated whether Song Weiyang had opened the valley, but Song Xiuyan said she had not left her seclusion and was not yet ready for the Flower God Trial.
• Bai Baoshan suggested sending someone to investigate, and Dugu Bo and Song Xiuyan volunteered to go together.

Dugu Bo, Song Xiuyan, and Ye Lingling set out for Goddess of Flowers Valley while Goreya stayed behind to guard the Song clan. The divine aura from the valley drew the attention of Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and Bo Saixi, and Spirit Hall dispatched Yue Guan and Gui Mei to investigate.

• Dugu Bo persuaded Song Xiuyan to let Ye Lingling accompany them to Goddess of Flowers Valley, while Goreya stayed behind to protect the Song clan.
• Bibi Dong sensed the Flower God’s aura and ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to lead a team to the valley and report what they found.
• Bibi Dong refused the elders’ request to send more people, keeping the reselection of the Seven Great Sects as Spirit Hall’s priority.
• Qian Daoliu sensed the divine aura and wondered whether Song Weiyang had activated the Goddess of Flowers Inheritance.
• Bo Saixi also sensed the aura on Sea God Island and wondered whether the Flower God’s inheritance was about to be activated again.

Song Xiuyan, Dugu Bo, and Ye Lingling searched Goddess of Flowers Valley but found no trace of the Flower God or the missing cocoon. When a mysterious man plucked the floating Peony Flower, Song Xiuyan suddenly aged and collapsed, and Ye Lingling’s healing could not help him.

• Song Xiuyan led Dugu Bo and Ye Lingling through Goddess of Flowers Valley, recalling his daughter and the place as it had been years earlier.
• The group reached the empty central valley and found only a dim Seven-Colored Peony floating overhead.
• Ye Lingling released her Nine Heart Begonia, and its lack of reaction led Dugu Bo to conclude that the Flower God was not there.
• As Song Xiuyan searched for the missing cocoon, a stranger suddenly appeared and plucked the Peony Flower.
• The Peony Flower vanished in the stranger’s hand, and Song Xiuyan rapidly aged and collapsed; Ye Lingling’s healing spirit skill had no effect.

A flower thief took the Seven-Colored Peony, causing Song Xiuyan's life force to drain away, and Ye Lingling's healing could not stop it. Dugu Bo rushed Song Xiuyan and Ye Lingling back to seek Song Weiyang's help, while the identity of the person who sent the thief remained unknown.

• After the Seven-Colored Peony vanished from the thief's hand, Dugu Bo restrained him and demanded to know how he had found the valley's center.
• The thief said an unknown man at an inn had given him a route and told him a supreme treasure lay in the valley; Ye Lingling slapped him for taking the flower without knowing what it was.
• Song Xiuyan warned that someone might have watched them from the shadows, then coughed blood as Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia failed to halt his decline.
• Dugu Bo released the thief and decided to return immediately, believing Song Weiyang might be able to save Song Xiuyan.
• Dugu Bo carried Song Xiuyan and Ye Lingling on the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor as it flew back at speed, while Ye Lingling continued trying to heal him.

Song Weiyang returned from seclusion to find her grandfather, Song Xiuyan, near death after an incident in Goddess of Flowers Valley. Dugu Bo explained that he had poisoned the culprit and could retrieve him, leaving Song Weiyang to decide whether to bring him back for questioning.

• Dugu Bo and Ye Lingling rushed into Flower Sect with Song Xiuyan, while Goreya followed them in confusion.
• Dugu Bo went to Song Weiyang's courtyard and broke off his attempt to enter when she emerged from seclusion.
• Song Weiyang saw Song Xiuyan's weakened state and tried to heal him with Goddess of Flowers Divine Power, but it had no effect.
• Ye Lingling explained that Song Xiuyan had joined the investigation into Goddess of Flowers Valley after its seal opened, and Song Weiyang blamed herself for not noticing the divine power fluctuations sooner.
• Dugu Bo recounted what happened in the valley and offered to bring back the poisoned culprit so Song Weiyang could question him.