Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping'an moved Yu Lianhua into Feiquan Cave Mansion, where they practiced dual cultivation while Ziling served him. After successfully refining Yang He Pills, he received a visit request from Yue Qingning, leaving Yu Lianhua wary of their connection.

• Yu Lianhua visited Jiang Ping'an daily, then came to his cave abode at night and gave herself to him.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Yu Lianhua to move in with him, and she agreed to do so the next day.
• Yu Lianhua reported to Wang Zhongyou that she had moved into Feiquan Cave Mansion; he instructed her to serve Jiang Ping'an, avoid becoming pregnant, and report anything unusual.
• Jiang Ping'an bought herbs and successfully refined Yang He Pills, then took one and let Ziling massage him.
• Yue Qingning of Joyful Union Peak requested an audience with Jiang Ping'an, surprising Yu Lianhua and making her wary.

Jiang Ping'an postponed negotiating with Yue Qingning over his Dual Cultivation Technique, then visited her at Joyful Water Valley after half a month. He entered the valley and found it an extravagant, debauched place, leaving him uneasy about the environment Yue Qingning lived in.

• Jiang Ping'an told Yu Lianhua that Yue Qingning wanted his Dual Cultivation Technique, then delayed naming his terms for half a month.
• Jiang Ping'an spent the next half month refining Yang He Pills and Bewildering Trail Arrays before traveling to Joyful Water Valley.
• Jiang Ping'an paid two spirit stones to the valley guards to have his arrival reported and saw a cart carrying three emaciated corpses leave the valley.
• Hanyun, Yue Qingning's arrogant personal maid, arrived and escorted Jiang Ping'an into the valley.
• Jiang Ping'an saw the valley's luxurious buildings and spiritual gardens, along with cultivators openly engaging in sexual pursuits, and wondered how Yue Qingning endured living there.

Jiang Ping'an visited Yue Qingning and refused to teach her his Dual Cultivation Technique unless she paid an exorbitant price. After learning Hanyun was trying to steal Yue Qingning’s favored man, he left the market with her as she pretended to be drunk, believing he planned to engage in Dual Cultivation.

• Jiang Ping'an met Yue Qingning in her cave abode and demanded ten thousand spirit stones to teach her his Dual Cultivation Technique, then left when she refused his alternative condition.
• Hanyun questioned Jiang Ping'an about the technique and invited him to take her to Fulong Daping Valley Market.
• Jiang Ping'an bought Hanyun cosmetics and shared Spirit Wine with her at a private restaurant, where he learned she wanted to steal him from Yue Qingning.
• After calling Little Ren to pay the bill, Jiang Ping'an took the pretending-to-be-drunk Hanyun away on his spirit boat.

Jiang Ping'an returned Hanyun to Joyful Water Valley and considered how to test Yue Qingning without her watcher nearby. He prepared for He Zudao's Cultivation Partner ceremony and gave Ziling cosmetics, promising to preserve her beauty.

• Jiang Ping'an returned Hanyun to Joyful Water Valley and reasoned that she was Drunken Cloud True Lord's watcher assigned to Yue Qingning.
• Yu Lianhua smelled another woman's scent on Jiang Ping'an, and they teased and bickered about whether it was Yue Qingning's.
• He Zudao invited Jiang Ping'an to his Cultivation Partner ceremony with Yun Weixia and told him he had moved to Mirror Lake Mountain.
• Jiang Ping'an took Ziling to Fulong Daping Valley Market, bought a ceremony gift and cosmetics, then gave Ziling one of the sets.
• Jiang Ping'an comforted Ziling when she said she could not use the cosmetics and promised to refine Youth Preserving Pills for her.

Jiang Ping'an attended He Zudao and Yun Weixia’s ceremony to become Cultivation Partners, where he reunited with Dongfang Jintang. After the banquet, he visited her cave and learned she still intended to kill him once their unfinished encounters were complete.

• Jiang Ping'an gave Yu Lianhua rouge and cosmetics after returning to Feiquan Cave Mansion.
• Jiang Ping'an arrived early at He Zudao and Yun Weixia’s ceremony, presented a gift, and was introduced as True Lord Xuan Luo’s disciple.
• Dongfang Jintang arrived, sat beside Jiang Ping'an, and demanded ten spirit stones because his horse was pregnant and could not be ridden.
• He Zudao and Yun Weixia swore an oath to the Heavenly Dao and became Cultivation Partners, with Jiang Ping'an serving as chief witness.
• After the banquet, Jiang Ping'an went to Dongfang Jintang’s cave to look at her pregnant mare, and she invited him over before warning she would still kill him when their unfinished encounters were complete.

Jiang Ping'an and Yu Lianhua traveled to Vengeful Sword Valley to gather Seven Emotions Nightmare Spider Silk, but the valley’s dangerous black fog confused Yu Lianhua’s sense of direction as night fell. The chapter ended with her pulling Jiang Ping'an the wrong way while he concealed his unusually strong Divine Soul.

• Jiang Ping'an left Dongfang Jintang's cave abode after spending the evening with her and returned to find Yu Lianhua waiting.
• Jiang Ping'an told Yu Lianhua he planned to hunt Seven Emotions Nightmare Spider Silk in Vengeful Sword Valley, and she agreed to accompany him.
• Jiang Ping'an and Yu Lianhua traveled for more than two and a half days before reaching Vengeful Sword Valley.
• Jiang Ping'an and Yu Lianhua hunted Seven Emotions Nightmare Spiders and gathered enough silk for one set of arrays.
• When nightfall turned the valley's mist into corrosive black fog, Jiang Ping'an and Yu Lianhua tried to fly out, but the fog confused Yu Lianhua's sense of direction.

Jiang Ping'an and Yu Lianhua were ambushed by increasingly powerful Sword Wraiths in Vengeful Sword Valley, and the black mist disoriented them until they crashed to the ground. Jiang Ping'an trapped the Wraiths in his Illusory Prison Poison Heart Array and helped destroy them, then inspected the seven black beads they left behind.

• Yu Lianhua and Jiang Ping'an were ambushed by Sword Wraiths whose black mist swords damaged Jiang Ping'an's enchanted sword.
• Five Sword Wraiths attacked, broke Jiang Ping'an's sword, and forced Yu Lianhua to shield them both with the Jade Luo Incense Silk Scarf.
• Yu Lianhua lost her sense of direction as seven Sword Wraiths besieged them, and she and Jiang Ping'an fell toward the rocks.
• Jiang Ping'an protected Yu Lianhua from the impact, then deployed the Illusory Prison Poison Heart Array to make the Sword Wraiths attack one another.
• Yu Lianhua helped kill the final two Sword Wraiths, and Jiang Ping'an gathered the seven black beads to inspect them.

Jiang Ping'an and Yu Lianhua sheltered from Vengeful Sword Valley’s dangerous black mist, and he discovered he could refine it into Nether True Qi. After Jiang Ping'an rescued Yin Suhun from Sword Wraiths to question her about the valley’s treasure, he tested her honesty by letting the wraiths attack again.

• Jiang Ping'an and Yu Lianhua discussed the unexpectedly dangerous black mist and concluded that something had changed in Vengeful Sword Valley.
• Jiang Ping'an discovered that the black mist was a tonic he could refine into Nether True Qi, so Yu Lianhua began digging a shelter while he guarded her.
• Jiang Ping'an sensed Yin Suhun being pursued by Sword Wraiths and used the Illusory Prison Poison Heart Array to disrupt them when she fell inside it.
• Yu Lianhua explained that Yin Suhun was a Primordial Fiend Peak disciple who refined yin spirits, and Jiang Ping'an suspected she had come to capture Sword Wraiths.
• Jiang Ping'an questioned Yin Suhun about why she was in the valley, then made Sword Wraiths notice her again when he doubted her answer.

Jiang Ping'an rescued Yin Suhun from the Sword Wraiths after she revealed where Ghost Generals appeared and offered him spirit stones. The three hid in Yu Lianhua’s cramped underground hole, where Jiang Ping'an absorbed the black mist as a ghostly horde gathered outside at midnight.

• Jiang Ping'an sent three more Sword Wraiths to attack Yin Suhun, then stopped the assault when she promised to reveal the Ghost Generals’ appearances.
• Yin Suhun gave Jiang Ping'an the Ghost Generals’ locations and times, offered five hundred spirit stones for rescue, and followed him to Yu Lianhua.
• Jiang Ping'an cleared the Sword Wraiths from the array, collected a Black Mist Vengeful Soul Pearl, and reset an array around the hole.
• Jiang Ping'an absorbed the black mist entering the hole while Yu Lianhua and Yin Suhun healed and recovered.
• At midnight, a terrifying horde outside cried out for every member of the Azure Origin Sect to be killed, while Jiang Ping'an considered using Nether True Qi to command the ghosts.

Jiang Ping'an and Yu Lianhua survived the night in Vengeful Sword Valley, then returned to Azure Origin Sect after gathering more spider silk. Yin Suhun lured Jiang Ping'an to a lavish restaurant to give him his spirit stones, and the chapter ended as she arranged for two Joyful Union Peak disciples to serve him.

• Yin Suhun agreed to keep the danger in Vengeful Sword Valley secret, and Yu Lianhua said she would do the same.
• Yin Suhun offered to marry Jiang Ping'an, but he demanded the five hundred spirit stones, and Yu Lianhua drove Yin Suhun away when she kept flirting.
• Jiang Ping'an and Yu Lianhua gathered more Seven Emotions Nightmare Spider Silk and returned to Azure Origin Sect, where he began refining the Illusory Prison Poison Heart Array.
• Yin Suhun refused to give Yu Lianhua the spirit stones and later invited Jiang Ping'an to collect them himself at Tianxiang Immortal Building.
• At the restaurant, Yin Suhun claimed she had fallen for Jiang Ping'an, explained why she had refused to trust Yu Lianhua with the stones, and ordered two Joyful Union Peak disciples to serve him.

Jiang Ping'an refused Yin Suhun’s attempts to repay her debt with a Charm Spirit or herself, insisting on the five hundred Spirit Stones she owed him. After considering Su Xiaodie’s potential as a capable assistant, he agreed to take the Charm Spirit for that same price, and Yin Suhun revealed her condition: he had to use his Nether True Qi to refine Yin Spirits for her.

• Jiang Ping'an pretended to be a lecherous man and entertained Joyful Union Peak disciples Ruyu and Ruyi, who left after Yin Suhun paid them five Spirit Stones each.
• Yin Suhun summoned the Charm Spirit Xiao Die, whose mortal life as Su Xiaodie had ended after a wastrel killed her father and she took her own life.
• Yin Suhun offered Su Xiaodie to Jiang Ping'an instead of the five hundred Spirit Stones she owed, but Jiang Ping'an refused and demanded payment.
• Yin Suhun proposed that Su Xiaodie follow Jiang Ping'an temporarily until she could redeem her, but he rejected the arrangement and insisted on Spirit Stones.
• Jiang Ping'an agreed to take Su Xiaodie for five hundred Spirit Stones, and Yin Suhun required him to use his Nether True Qi to refine Yin Spirits.

Jiang Ping'an accepted Su Xiaodie as his Charm Spirit after agreeing to help Yin Suhun nurture a pure yin soul, then began feeding Su Xiaodie Nether True Qi. After refining another Illusory Prison Poison Heart Array, he brought it to a market stall and pitched it to Shen Jing.

• Yin Suhun offered Jiang Ping'an the Charm Spirit Su Xiaodie in exchange for his help nurturing a pure yin soul made from a murderous evildoer, and Jiang Ping'an accepted.
• Jiang Ping'an claimed Yin Suhun had paid with a treasure, then secretly bound Su Xiaodie to himself with his blood essence and told her she could remember Yin Suhun but must be loyal to him.
• Jiang Ping'an promised to help Su Xiaodie advance and fed her Nether True Qi through the Soul Jade Token before deciding to nurture her gradually each day.
• Jiang Ping'an refined a second Illusory Prison Poison Heart Array and took it to Fulong Daping Valley Market to sell for about five hundred spirit stones.
• Jiang Ping'an rented a stall on Qingjin Street and invited Shen Jing to buy the array, explaining how its power could complement her sinister Spirit Plants.

Jiang Ping'an sold Shen Jing an Illusory Prison Poison Heart Array for six hundred spirit stones after a tense negotiation. After sharing some of the proceeds with Yu Lianhua, he took Ziling to exchange for a Youth Preserving Pill recipe, leaving her deeply moved by his promise to make one for her.

• Jiang Ping'an raised the array's price from five hundred to six hundred spirit stones as Shen Jing tried to bargain, and she paid a two-hundred-stone deposit.
• Shen Jing returned within ten days with the remaining four hundred spirit stones, and Jiang Ping'an gave her a new Illusory Prison Poison Heart Array, its formation art, and antidotes.
• Yu Lianhua asked about the sale, and Jiang Ping'an gave her one hundred spirit stones from the proceeds as she cautioned him not to let refining arrays interfere with cultivation.
• Jiang Ping'an took Ziling to the Skill Repository Hall to exchange for the Youth Preserving Pill recipe, and Ziling embraced him after he insisted on making the pill for her.

Jiang Ping'an obtained the Youth Preserving Pill recipe and mastered it, hoping to profit from refining perfect pills. After Yue Qingning invited him to discuss selling the Ode to Yin-Yang Bliss, he weighed whether an alliance with her could help them face two Golden Core True Lords.

• Jiang Ping'an exchanged spirit stones and merit points for the Youth Preserving Pill recipe, then told Ziling he planned to refine a pill for her.
• Jiang Ping'an used ten thousand Proficiency Points to fully comprehend the recipe, but decided to wait before beginning to refine pills.
• Ziling asked Yu Lianhua for permission to call Jiang Ping'an Young Master, and Yu Lianhua agreed.
• Yu Lianhua reflected on her relationship with Jiang Ping'an and worried that Wang Zhongyou would demand a great return on his investment in him.
• Jiang Ping'an received Yue Qingning's invitation to meet at Colorful Cloud Waterfall and debated whether joining forces with her was worth facing True Lord Xuan Luo and Drunken Cloud True Lord.

Jiang Ping'an met Yue Qingning at Colorful Cloud Waterfall, where they cautiously discussed their unhappy circumstances and the Ode to Yin-Yang Bliss. Their meeting ended with Yue Qingning attacking him after he put an arm around her waist, and Jiang Ping'an fled as onlookers condemned him.

• Jiang Ping'an arrived at Colorful Cloud Waterfall and waited for Yue Qingning in a pavilion.
• Yue Qingning arrived, and she and Jiang Ping'an shared wine while discussing their constrained lives and reluctance to trust each other.
• Jiang Ping'an asked about the Supreme Yin-Yang Induction Canon, but Yue Qingning said her Heavenly Dao Oath prevented her from passing it on.
• After agreeing to end their conversation on bad terms, Jiang Ping'an put an arm around Yue Qingning's waist, and she shoved him from the pavilion and attacked him.
• Jiang Ping'an escaped Yue Qingning's water dragons and flying sword, while the crowd recognized them and cursed him for molesting her.

Jiang Ping'an bought and refined the Nether Guide Flying Sword, then reconciled with Yu Lianhua after she confronted him over rumors about Yue Qingning. The next day, Yin Suhun arrived with news that she had found the evil man, and Jiang Ping'an left with her to capture his soul.

• Jiang Ping'an bought the Nether Guide Flying Sword for three hundred spirit stones and refined it in his cave abode.
• Yu Lianhua confronted Jiang Ping'an about rumors that he had molested Yue Qingning, and he punished her for meddling before she retreated to her bedroom in tears.
• At Ziling's urging, Jiang Ping'an went to comfort Yu Lianhua, and the two reconciled.
• Yin Suhun visited and told Jiang Ping'an she had found the evil man whose soul he had agreed to refine.
• Jiang Ping'an told Ziling to inform Yu Lianhua that he had left on important business, then departed with Yin Suhun on a spirit boat.

Jiang Ping'an accompanied Yin Suhun to inspect a vicious bandit she planned to kill and whose soul he would refine, then waited at her cave abode for midnight. After drinking her Spirit Wine, both felt their desire rise, and Yin Suhun kissed him.

• Yin Suhun led Jiang Ping'an into the dungeon and showed him a bandit whose death grievance aura was held back by his ferocious balefulness.
• Jiang Ping'an agreed to return at midnight to refine the bandit's soul and went with Yin Suhun to her cave abode to learn the method.
• Yin Suhun served Jiang Ping'an her crimson Spirit Wine, which she said was brewed with ingredients suited to yin spiritual power.
• After drinking the wine, Jiang Ping'an felt its heat spread through his body, and Yin Suhun admitted something was wrong with it.
• Yin Suhun sat on Jiang Ping'an's lap and kissed him, and he wrapped his arms around her waist.

Jiang Ping'an and Yin Suhun worked together to refine Ghost Cry Saber's soul into a Yin spirit for her soul banner. Afterward, Yin Suhun asked Jiang Ping'an to nourish the spirit with Nether True Qi until it became a top-grade Fierce Spirit.

• Jiang Ping'an refined the benefits of his encounter with Yin Suhun, and they exchanged teasing remarks before she gave him the Soul Snatching Yin Refining Technique.
• Jiang Ping'an studied the technique while Yin Suhun waited, then they left for the Yin Valley Dungeon near midnight.
• Yin Suhun had the menial disciple torture Ghost Cry Saber before killing him, preserving his fierce Killing Intent as he died.
• Jiang Ping'an used the Soul Snatching Yin Refining Technique to turn Ghost Cry Saber's soul into a Yin spirit, which Yin Suhun drew into her bonded soul banner.
• Yin Suhun asked Jiang Ping'an to nourish the Yin spirit with Nether True Qi, and he agreed before flying away.

Jiang Ping'an brought Yin Suhun’s Yin Spirit feeding arrangements to Feiquan Cave Mansion, where Yu Lianhua became jealous and clashed with Yin Suhun. After reassuring Yu Lianhua, Jiang Ping'an agreed to go with Yin Suhun to her cave abode to feed the spirit.

• Jiang Ping'an told Yu Lianhua he had initially succeeded in refining Yin Suhun’s Yin Spirit and needed to feed it Nether True Qi every three nights.
• Yu Lianhua suggested Yin Suhun bring the Yin Spirit to Feiquan Cave Mansion, and Jiang Ping'an sent Ziling to deliver the message.
• Yin Suhun arrived on the third night and traded insults with Yu Lianhua while they waited for midnight.
• Jiang Ping'an came out after hearing their argument, and Yin Suhun left the cave abode after he told her to go out first.
• Jiang Ping'an reassured the upset Yu Lianhua, then agreed to accompany Yin Suhun to her cave abode to feed the Yin Spirit.

Jiang Ping'an helped Yin Suhun's yin soul advance into a Fierce Spirit, then took Ziling to buy ingredients for Youth Preserving Pills and spent the day with her. After returning to Feiquan Cave Mansion, he told Yu Lianhua about his plans to refine the pills, and she gave him over four hundred spirit stones to support him.

• Jiang Ping'an channeled Nether True Qi into Yin Suhun's soul banner until her yin soul advanced into a Fierce Spirit, then left her cave abode.
• Jiang Ping'an took Ziling to Fulong Daping Valley Market and bought five batches of ingredients for Youth Preserving Pills.
• Jiang Ping'an shared a meal and Spirit Wine with Ziling, then took her to an inn, where they spent the afternoon together.
• Jiang Ping'an returned to Feiquan Cave Mansion with Ziling and told Yu Lianhua that he had learned the Youth Preserving Pill recipe and planned to begin refining the pills.
• Yu Lianhua gave Jiang Ping'an over four hundred spirit stones to fund his alchemy, and he accepted them.