Chapter Summaries

Qin Jishi tried to break through the barrier around the forbidden ground and followed a mysterious figure to Xing Hao's master's residence. There, a Woman in White asked whether he had defeated Xing Hao, leaving Qin Jishi wondering if she was the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate's elder sister.

• Qin Jishi suspected someone was watching him from the forbidden mountain and went to investigate its barrier.
• Qin Jishi used his full strength against the barrier, but it only rippled and remained intact.
• Qin Jishi spotted a black-clad figure resembling the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate and followed her to Xing Hao's master's residence.
• Qin Jishi entered the residence, and its gates slammed shut behind him.
• A Woman in White appeared and asked Qin Jishi whether he had defeated Xing Hao, while he wondered if she was the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate's elder sister.

Qin Jishi met Leng Yan, Xing Hao’s master and Leng Xi’s elder sister, who revealed that she had summoned him because she knew he had come to the Ice Phoenix Realm for Zhang Shiqing. When Leng Yan demanded that he approach to learn what she knew, a barrier stopped him, and his attacks drew the attention of people in the residence.

• Leng Yan confirmed that Qin Jishi had defeated Xing Hao and introduced herself as Xing Hao’s master and the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate.
• Leng Yan admitted that she had guided Qin Jishi to her and said she knew he had come for Zhang Shiqing and her sealed memories.
• Qin Jishi approached Leng Yan, but a barrier blocked his way, so he asked her to lower it.
• Qin Jishi struck the weakened barrier with his fist and Great Compassion Sky-Tearing Hand, but neither broke through.
• Qin Jishi unleashed his Star-Plucking Hand, alerting figures in the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate’s residence as they flew toward the disturbance and were stopped by a figure in midair.

Qin Jishi exhausted his strength attacking Leng Yan’s barrier so he could learn what Shiqing had endured. After he finally shattered it, Leng Yan praised him, leaving him able to enter the eastern residence.

• The Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate sent everyone away and ordered Xing Hao not to approach the eastern residence or seek Leng Yan.
• Xing Hao found Qin Jishi’s room empty and assumed Leng Yan had returned to take revenge on his behalf.
• Qin Jishi used the Illusory Divine Thunder Domain and Heavenly Dao Divine Thunder against Leng Yan’s barrier, but it did not break.
• Qin Jishi combined the Pagoda Heaven Flipping Seal, Suspended Prison Heaven-Suppressing Coffin, and Extreme Flame to shatter the barrier, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Leng Yan clapped and praised Qin Jishi for breaking her barrier.

After breaking Leng Yan's barrier, Qin Jishi pressed her for information about Zhang Shiqing, but she made him answer three questions first. The chapter ended with Qin Jishi asking Leng Yan to reveal her face before he asked his own questions.

• Qin Jishi approached Leng Yan in the pavilion and asked her to tell him about Zhang Shiqing.
• Leng Yan asked whether Zhang Shiqing was Qin Jishi's wife, and Qin Jishi confirmed that she was.
• Leng Yan asked whom Qin Jishi would save if only he or Zhang Shiqing could survive, and Qin Jishi said he would let Zhang Shiqing live.
• Leng Yan asked what Qin Jishi would do if a powerful being attacked Zhang Shiqing, and Qin Jishi vowed to kill the attacker at any cost.
• Qin Jishi asked Leng Yan to show him her face, and Leng Yan stiffened and asked whether he was sure.

Qin Jishi met Leng Yan to learn who had sealed Zhang Shiqing’s memories and to see her face. After Leng Yan’s appearance made him vomit, he recovered enough to ask his first two questions, and she hinted that the person behind the seal was someone he could not afford to offend.

• Qin Jishi insisted on meeting Leng Yan and questioned her about Zhang Shiqing, while she said he could not take Zhang Shiqing away.
• Leng Yan turned around and revealed her grotesque, pustule-covered face, causing Qin Jishi to vomit repeatedly.
• Qin Jishi gradually steadied himself and asked who had sealed Zhang Shiqing’s memories.
• Leng Yan said the person was not from the Ice Phoenix Realm and was someone Qin Jishi could not afford to offend.
• Qin Jishi asked whether the Ice Phoenix Realm was connected to that person, and Leng Yan remarked that she had underestimated what he knew.

Qin Jishi questioned Leng Yan about Zhang Shiqing and learned that Leng Yan had arranged Shiqing’s discipleship and had dealings with Withered Wood, who was now dead. When Qin Jishi tried to stop Leng Yan from leaving, she overwhelmed him, but the full moon’s arrival abruptly made her scream and collapse.

• Leng Yan admitted that she had arranged for Zhang Shiqing to become Leng Xi’s disciple and that Withered Wood had connections with her before he died.
• Qin Jishi asked why Leng Yan wanted Shiqing to remain in the Ice Phoenix Realm, but Leng Yan tried to leave before answering.
• Qin Jishi attacked Leng Yan with the Illusory Divine Thunder Domain and Weak Water Domain, but she shattered both and severely injured him.
• Qin Jishi used the Pagoda Heaven Flipping Seal against Leng Yan, but she destroyed it and injured him again.
• As the full moon reached the middle of the sky, Leng Yan froze, screamed in agony, and crashed onto the ground.

Qin Jishi recognized Leng Yan’s full-moon torment as the work of a Yin Devouring Gu, but the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate mistook his attempt to investigate for an attack and knocked him unconscious. She took Leng Yan away and ordered Qin Jishi thrown into the dungeon, where Xing Hao seized the chance to take revenge.

• Leng Yan convulsed and screamed beneath the full moon as moonlight drained her blood essence, while the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate sealed off the area and rushed to the Great Elder’s residence.
• Qin Jishi recognized the symptoms of a Yin Devouring Gu and prepared a God-Slaying Golden Needle to investigate.
• The Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate arrived, accused Qin Jishi of trying to harm Leng Yan, and struck him unconscious.
• The Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate carried Leng Yan away and ordered her people to throw Qin Jishi into the dungeon.
• Xing Hao reached the unconscious Qin Jishi and eagerly vowed to make him pay for offending him.

Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate tried to ease Leng Yan’s torment as she endured the effects of the Yin Devouring Gu, while Xing Hao tortured the imprisoned Qin Jishi. Qin Jishi remained defiant and believed he could turn the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate Estate against Xing Hao if he survived.

• Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate poured profound energy into Leng Yan, who begged her to end the unbearable pain before eventually fainting.
• Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate continued to guard Leng Yan and feed her profound energy, fearing the torment would resume when she woke.
• Xing Hao sent the disciples away and chained Qin Jishi in the dungeon, piercing his collarbones with iron hooks.
• Qin Jishi awoke in agony, but could not break free or summon his profound energy.
• Xing Hao beat Qin Jishi with an iron rod and taunted him for offending him.
• Qin Jishi laughed through his injuries and warned Xing Hao that he would not survive if Qin Jishi lived.

Xing Hao tortured Qin Jishi in the dungeon, but Qin Jishi survived and called on the Suspended Prison Heaven-Suppressing Coffin for help. After Leng Yan survived another night of torment, she and Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate set out to confront Qin Jishi, with Leng Yan intent on giving him one last chance.

• Xing Hao beat Qin Jishi and burned his chest with a red-hot iron block until Qin Jishi passed out.
• After Xing Hao left, Qin Jishi woke, vowed revenge, and summoned the Suspended Prison Heaven-Suppressing Coffin and Black Coffin Saint Hand.
• Leng Yan woke after surviving the full-moon torment, while Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate stayed by her side.
• Leng Yan rebuked Leng Xi for not letting her die, but Leng Xi insisted they could eventually escape the illness's torment.
• Leng Xi revealed that Qin Jishi had tried to take advantage of Leng Yan's suffering and said he had to die.
• Leng Yan asked to speak with Qin Jishi once before deciding his fate, and she and Leng Xi left to find him.

Qin Jishi escaped his dungeon restraints and attacked Xing Hao with God Slaying Golden Needles, causing Xing Hao’s mystic energy and blood to drain away. As Xing Hao faced death, the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate and the Great Elder arrived.

• Xing Hao found Qin Jishi’s iron chains broken and suspected someone had helped him escape.
• Qin Jishi revealed he had freed himself and struck Xing Hao with God Slaying Golden Needles.
• Xing Hao tried to attack Qin Jishi but discovered his mystic energy was rapidly draining away.
• Qin Jishi watched as Xing Hao’s essence blood and then his blood began to disappear.
• The Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate and the Great Elder arrived as Xing Hao panicked.

Xing Hao begged Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate and Leng Yan to save him as his life force drained away, while Qin Jishi watched without intervening. Leng Yan discovered that golden starlight inside Xing Hao consumed any profound energy sent into him, and Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate threatened Qin Jishi unless he stopped the effect.

• Xing Hao cried for help when Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate, Leng Yan, and the others entered the dungeon and found his life force rapidly draining.
• The Second Elder supplied Xing Hao with profound energy, slowing and stopping the drain, but his life force began fading again whenever she stopped.
• Xing Hao accused Qin Jishi of attacking him, prompting the gathered disciples to turn against Qin Jishi with suspicion and hostility.
• Leng Yan examined Xing Hao and found golden starlight inside his body consuming her profound energy.
• Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate confronted Qin Jishi, acknowledged Xing Hao had harmed him, and threatened him with torture unless he dissolved the effect draining Xing Hao's life force.

Leng Yan stopped Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate from attacking Qin Jishi and asked him to explain the golden starlight draining Xing Hao's life. After Qin Jishi insisted on learning why she had kept Zhang Shiqing, Leng Yan removed her bamboo hat and revealed that her reason concerned her face, leaving Qin Jishi to choose how to respond.

• Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate attacked Qin Jishi, but Leng Yan ordered her to stop after noticing something inside Xing Hao.
• Leng Yan asked Qin Jishi about the golden starlight in Xing Hao, then sent everyone except Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate away.
• Qin Jishi refused Leng Yan's offer to change his question and demanded to know why she had kept Zhang Shiqing.
• Leng Yan removed her bamboo hat and said she had kept Zhang Shiqing for the sake of her face.
• Leng Yan warned that she might spare Qin Jishi if he made the right choice, but threatened him if he did not.

Qin Jishi confronted Leng Yan and the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate over Zhang Shiqing, but both women were willing to kill him rather than give way. With the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate’s fatal strike about to land, Qin Jishi shouted that the Yin Devouring Gu was responsible for Leng Yan’s suffering.

• Qin Jishi threatened to destroy the Ice Phoenix Realm if anyone harmed Zhang Shiqing.
• The Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate admitted she had wronged Zhang Shiqing but refused to back down for Leng Yan’s sake.
• Leng Yan ordered the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate to kill Qin Jishi, and the Venerate prepared a lethal strike.
• As the Venerate’s palm neared him, Qin Jishi realized the Yin Devouring Gu might be behind Leng Yan’s condition and shouted its name.

Qin Jishi claimed Leng Yan’s ruined appearance was caused by a Yin Devouring Gu, but she and Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate doubted him. After Leng Yan recounted how she was injured while rescuing Leng Xi, Qin Jishi began to suspect the truth lay elsewhere.

• Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate stopped her attack when Qin Jishi mentioned Yin Devouring Gu, and he said Leng Yan’s condition could not be escaped by changing faces or bodies.
• Leng Yan dismissed Qin Jishi’s claim as a ploy, but his warning about someone they had offended made her and Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate recall a person they believed dead.
• Leng Yan asked whether a dead person could place Gu on her, and Qin Jishi said no before asking her to explain what had happened.
• Leng Yan said she had once been Realm Venerate of the Ice Phoenix Realm and went alone to rescue Leng Xi, who had been taken hostage by an unknown enemy.
• Leng Yan explained that she was severely injured after killing the enemy and that her appearance changed six months into her recovery; Qin Jishi then looked toward Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate.

Qin Jishi stopped Leng Xi from killing him by convincing Leng Yan that he could remove the Yin Devouring Gu and trace it to whoever planted it. Leng Yan agreed to let him try, but Leng Xi reacted with alarm when Leng Yan asked whether she wanted her to recover.

• Leng Xi attacked Qin Jishi, but Leng Yan grabbed her wrist and ordered her to stand down.
• Qin Jishi questioned whether Leng Xi had been the only one caring for Leng Yan after her old injuries and suggested the Yin Devouring Gu might have been planted by someone close to her.
• Qin Jishi explained that he could force the Gu out and use its connection to the planter to find them.
• Leng Yan agreed to trust Qin Jishi and asked what he needed to do, while Leng Xi urgently warned her against taking the risk.
• Leng Yan asked Leng Xi whether she distrusted Qin Jishi or simply did not want to see her recover.

Leng Yan trusted Qin Jishi to treat her stubborn ailment despite the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate’s warnings. Qin Jishi began using the God Slaying Golden Needle Art to force the Yin Devouring Gu from Leng Yan, while the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate watched with murderous intent.

• Leng Yan dismissed the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate’s objections and said she believed Qin Jishi.
• Qin Jishi claimed his medical skills could cure Leng Yan, and Leng Yan agreed to let him try.
• The Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate tried to stop Qin Jishi, but Leng Yan ordered her to step back.
• Qin Jishi placed six golden needles in Leng Yan’s head and warned that the final needle would force out the Yin Devouring Gu.
• Qin Jishi formed the seventh needle as killing intent appeared in the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate’s eyes.

Qin Jishi drew the Yin Devouring Gu Worm out of Leng Yan as Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate confronted her guilt over harming her sister. The gu worm fell to the ground, leaving Leng Yan’s recovery and the sisters’ reconciliation unresolved.

• Leng Yan sensed the Yin Devouring Gu Worm in her mind and recognized that Qin Jishi was forcing it out.
• Leng Yan recalled how jealousy had led Leng Xi to arrange her abduction and how Leng Xi had regretted the harm she caused.
• Leng Yan told Leng Xi to let the past remain in the past, and Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate admitted that she had wronged her sister.
• Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate’s killing intent faded, and the profound energy gathered in Leng Yan’s palm vanished.
• Qin Jishi shouted for the gu worm to come out, and a white worm fell from Leng Yan’s mouth.

Qin Jishi forced the Yin Devouring Gu out of Leng Yan, revealing that the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate had been connected to it, but Leng Yan forgave her and destroyed the gu. After recovering, Qin Jishi promised to restore Leng Yan’s appearance and demanded that the two women hand someone over to him.

• Qin Jishi exhausted himself forcing the Yin Devouring Gu out of Leng Yan and explained that it would seek the person connected to it.
• The Yin Devouring Gu crawled toward the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate, and she began to confess before Leng Yan stopped her.
• Leng Yan crushed the Yin Devouring Gu and forgave the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate, who broke down and embraced her.
• While Leng Yan and the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate talked, Qin Jishi recovered from his injuries.
• The Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate thanked Qin Jishi, who said he could restore Leng Yan’s appearance with further treatment.
• Qin Jishi abruptly asked Leng Yan and the Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate to hand someone over to him.

Qin Jishi demanded that Xing Hao be handed over, but offered to spare him if Leng Yan and Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate cooperated with his plan. After they used his God Slaying Golden Needle to stop Xing Hao’s mystic energy from draining, Xing Hao recovered and immediately demanded to know where Qin Jishi was.

• Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate and Leng Yan asked Qin Jishi whether Xing Hao had offended him, and Qin Jishi said Xing Hao was vicious and could not be left alive.
• Leng Yan and Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate defended Xing Hao, so Qin Jishi offered him an opportunity if they cooperated with his plan.
• Qin Jishi gave Leng Yan a God Slaying Golden Needle and said he would wait in the dungeon to see whether Xing Hao spared him.
• Leng Yan and Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate left the dungeon and used the needle to stop the mystic energy draining from Xing Hao.
• Xing Hao celebrated his recovery, then revealed his killing intent and asked where Qin Jishi was.

Xing Hao accused Qin Jishi of insulting Leng Yan and Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate, then went to the dungeon to check whether Qin Jishi had survived Leng Yan’s attack. Finding him alive and gravely wounded, Xing Hao revealed his intent to torment him.

• Leng Yan and Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate noticed Xing Hao’s killing intent toward Qin Jishi and questioned him about his grudge.
• Xing Hao claimed Qin Jishi had insulted Leng Yan and Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate and nearly killed him, while they doubted his accusations.
• Leng Yan ordered Xing Hao to check Qin Jishi’s condition and said to let the matter end if he was still alive.
• Xing Hao found Qin Jishi barely alive in the dungeon, kicked him, and threatened to make him suffer for offending him.
• Leng Yan, Ice Phoenix Realm Venerate, and the elders followed Xing Hao toward the dungeon.