Chapter Summaries

Fu Xuan explained how Eternals became Mara-struck, then the Stellaron Hunters shut down the alchemy furnaces in Cloudford and fought the Medicine Master's Legacy. Theresa slaughtered the attackers alone, leaving Fu Xuan and the Cloud Knights stunned.

• Fu Xuan explained that Eternals' fading memories and growing painful emotions could lead them to become Mara-struck, then warned the Stellaron Hunters to act cautiously around the alchemy furnaces.
• Tingyun accompanied the group to Cloudford, where she claimed she had little life experience and few negative emotions; Theresa embraced and teased her but failed to expose her true identity as Phantylia.
• The group shut down all three alchemy furnaces, and Welt spotted Medicine Master's Legacy members swarming toward them as the fumes dispersed.
• March 7th called Fu Xuan for help, and Fu Xuan rushed over with a group of Cloud Knights.
• Theresa charged into the attackers with the Chainsaw Greatsword and slaughtered thousands of Medicine Master's Legacy members, leaving Fu Xuan and the Cloud Knights dumbfounded.

Theresa and the Cloud Knights confronted Dan Shu and the Medicine Master's Legacy after Theresa defeated their first group. Dan Shu defended the Legacy's pursuit of immortality, but Theresa's accusations drove her to order an attack.

• Theresa slaughtered the Medicine Master's Legacy members and cremated their remains with Immortal Flame.
• Fu Xuan arrived with Cloud Knights and confronted Dan Shu, explaining that the general and she had suspected the Legacy's presence but lacked evidence.
• Dan Shu defended the Legacy's pursuit of immortality and condemned short-lived species while arguing that the Xianzhou should restore its ancient glory.
• Theresa challenged Dan Shu's contempt for short-lived people and condemned her for causing suffering and turning Xianzhou people into Mara-struck Soldiers.
• Dan Shu lost her composure, declared herself innocent, and ordered the Medicine Master's Legacy members to attack.

Welt, March 7th, Stelle, and Theresa fought Dan Shu’s Medicine Master’s Legacy forces, while Theresa secretly pretended to collapse to draw out Tingyun. Fu Xuan joined the battle with the Cloud Knights, and Dan Shu’s army was wiped out as she called on Tingyun and Phantylia to honor their promise.

• Welt, March 7th, and Stelle attacked the Medicine Master’s Legacy forces while Theresa used the Oath of Judah to destroy most of them and absorb their Power of Abundance.
• Theresa pretended to collapse and shrink into her Stargazer form, prompting Dan Shu and Tingyun to believe she was helpless.
• Fu Xuan challenged Dan Shu’s ideals, then activated the Great Deduction Array and led the Cloud Knights into battle beside the Stellaron Hunters.
• March 7th froze the Abundance Vermin with a burst of freezing mist, and the Cloud Knights wiped out Dan Shu’s forces.
• Dan Shu, wounded and defeated, called to Tingyun and demanded that Phantylia fulfill her promise.

Fu Xuan captured Dan Shu, but Dan Shu called on Tingyun, revealing her as Phantylia, a Great Void Lord of the Antimatter Legion. Phantylia escaped Tingyun’s body, while Theresa chose not to stop her, leaving the group facing a new threat.

• Fu Xuan confronted the defeated Dan Shu and demanded that she surrender to the Ten Lords Bureau.
• Dan Shu called on Tingyun, prompting the Cloud Knights and Stellaron Hunters to turn their attention to her.
• Tingyun set a Mara-struck Soldier ablaze with Destruction’s power and twisted her head around, revealing herself as Phantylia.
• Stelle tried to straighten Tingyun’s neck, but Phantylia abandoned the ruined body and emerged as a Suiyang.
• Phantylia introduced herself as a Great Void Lord intent on destroying the Luofu, while Theresa decided to let her go for now.

Phantylia left the Luofu to pursue the Ambrosial Arbor, while Theresa tried to save Tingyun and received Yaoshi’s blessing. Theresa transformed inside a cocoon of Abundance and met Yaoshi in the Interstice of the Path.

• Phantylia revealed her plan to reach the Scales Embrace Realm and shape an immortal body from the Ambrosial Arbor, then departed as the remaining Medicine Master's Legacy transformed into monsters and was defeated.
• March 7th panicked over Tingyun's condition, and Theresa used a life-support injection to keep Tingyun alive despite Fu Xuan's warning that she might never awaken.
• Theresa's wish to save Tingyun awakened Su's medical knowledge and transformed her Wheel of Causality after a Bodhi Leaf merged with her.
• Yaoshi sensed Theresa's sincere wish, sent an emerald seed to the Luofu, and continued fleeing Lan through the stars.
• The seed entered Theresa and filled her with powerful Abundance energy, surrounding her in a cocoon of vegetation.
• Theresa arrived in the Interstice of the Path and encountered Yaoshi.

Theresa answered Yaoshi’s question about life and was granted the rank of Envoy of Abundance, awakening in a grown-up form as her power caused flowers to bloom across the Dan Ding Furnace. Fu Xuan summoned Jing Yuan, who arrived to find Theresa approaching amid a vast sea of Abundance flowers.

• Theresa told Yaoshi that anything possessing thoughts and consciousness could be considered life, and that existence itself was reason enough.
• Yaoshi granted Theresa the rank of Envoy of Abundance, and she awoke from an emerald Cocoon of Light as her body evolved.
• The Immortal Dragon sent Theresa an Abundance Immortal Garment, which she wore before emerging from the cocoon with Judas as a fan.
• Theresa’s uncontrolled Power of Abundance caused flowers to bloom as she walked toward March 7th, Fu Xuan, and the others.
• Fu Xuan contacted Jing Yuan to report that Theresa had become an Envoy of Abundance, and Jing Yuan hurried to the Divination Department.
• Jing Yuan arrived and saw Theresa approaching through the sea of flowers, leaving him alarmed by the new threat to the Xianzhou.

Welt explained how Theresa became an Envoy of Abundance after receiving the Apothecary’s gaze, and Jing Yuan learned that the supposed threat was their ally. Jing Yuan pledged to shield Theresa from the Ten Lords Bureau, while Fu Xuan found that Tingyun’s body had healed but her consciousness remained unresponsive.

• Welt told Jing Yuan how Theresa defeated the Medicine Master's Legacy and received the Apothecary’s gaze while trying to heal Tingyun.
• Jing Yuan learned that Fu Xuan had used Theresa’s mask to connect with the Grand Void Astral Compass and protect the Cloud Knights.
• Jing Yuan decided to take responsibility if the Ten Lords Bureau sought to apprehend Theresa, and Fu Xuan refused to accept becoming General in his place.
• Theresa called to Fu Xuan and asked about Tingyun, whose body had been healed by the Power of Abundance.
• Fu Xuan reported that Tingyun’s consciousness had not awakened, and Jing Yuan said the Suiyang’s influence had left her little chance of recovery.

Theresa mastered the three Path powers within her and returned to the group as an Emanator of Immortality, Joy, and Abundance. As Jing Yuan and the others discussed Tingyun’s condition and Phantylia’s threat to the Luofu, Theresa agreed to help confront the danger.

• Theresa fused her Power of Binding with the powers of Immortality, Joy, and Abundance, separating them with a barrier so she could control each one.
• Theresa absorbed the vast garden of abundance into herself, formed marks for the three Path powers, and teleported back to the group.
• Theresa asked Jing Yuan to let her take Tingyun’s body to Herta, saying Herta Space Station might bring a turning point in Tingyun’s situation.
• Welt explained that Phantylia was a Great Void Lord who had possessed Tingyun, and Jing Yuan reacted grimly to the state of her body.
• Fu Xuan concluded that Phantylia had brought the Stellaron to the Luofu to target the Ambrosial Arbor, and Jing Yuan said his countermeasures included the Stellaron Hunters and Theresa.

Fu Xuan lost the Grand Void Astral Compass’s blessing and transformed into a pink kitten with her own head, biting anyone who tried to handle her. Jing Yuan took her into his arms while Aha turned into a mask on Theresa’s head to watch the commotion.

• Fu Xuan’s blessing disappeared, and Theresa warned Jing Yuan that the side effect of her mask had arrived.
• Fu Xuan transformed into a pink kitten and hid in Theresa’s bosom, threatening to bite anyone who touched her.
• Stelle reached for Fu Xuan and was bitten, while Fu Xuan also bit Theresa as the women tried to coax her out.
• Theresa pulled Fu Xuan out, and March 7th, Stelle, Jing Yuan, and Welt saw her kitten form and laughed.
• Aha appeared, transformed into a mask on Theresa’s head, and watched as Jing Yuan picked up and petted Fu Xuan.

Jing Yuan and the others returned to the Divination Department so Bailu could examine Tingyun’s body before they set out to confront Phantylia. Along the way, Theresa named the transformed Fu Xuan cat “Fu Li,” while Fuli secretly recorded the group; Bailu had not yet returned.

• Fu Xuan urged Jing Yuan to take Tingyun’s body to the Divination Department for Bailu to examine, despite the risk of delaying their trip to the Scales Embrace Realm.
• Theresa assured Jing Yuan that she could handle Phantylia, and the group agreed to return to the Divination Department before departing.
• The group arrived at the Divination Department, where Cloud Knights saluted Jing Yuan and noticed Theresa’s Abundance aura and the pink cat in his arms.
• When Jing Yuan struggled to explain the cat to the Cloud Knights, Theresa named her Fu Li and said she liked biting people.
• Aha laughed at the name, while the unseen Fuli recorded the Fu Xuan cat and the others before disappearing.
• Jing Yuan learned that Bailu had not returned and reassured a wounded Cloud Knight that Theresa was their ally.

Jing Yuan parted from the others with Fu Xuan, while Sushang brought Ruan Mei and Dan Heng to the Divination Department, where Dan Heng reunited with the Stellaron Hunters. Theresa mistook Ruan Mei for her grandfather and used him to deliver a message that enraged Welt.

• Jing Yuan left with Fu Xuan, reassuring her that her cat form was temporary and praising her for protecting everyone.
• Sushang led Ruan Mei and Dan Heng to the Divination Department, where Dan Heng recognized the Cloud Knights’ gathering place.
• Ruan Mei sensed Yaoshi’s aura from Theresa, while Dan Heng and Ruan Mei silently noticed a tense reaction between them.
• Dan Heng reunited with March 7th, Welt, Stelle, and Theresa, who called Ruan Mei her grandfather.
• Ruan Mei delivered Theresa’s message to Welt, who attacked him in fury after hearing it.

Theresa’s prank brought Jingliu out of hiding and sparked a fight in the Divination Department before the group cleared up their mistaken identities. Jingliu agreed to meet Jing Yuan, and Theresa led everyone toward the Scales Embrace Realm to confront Phantylia.

• Welt attacked Ruan Mei after learning that Dan Heng had claimed a Stellaron Hunter sent him, while Dan Heng slipped away and left Ruan Mei to face the consequences.
• Ruan Mei opened Jingliu’s coffin, and Jingliu attacked Welt until Theresa blocked her strike with Oath of Judah and shattered her frost blade.
• Theresa and Himeko recognized Jingliu as the former Sword Champion and Jing Yuan’s martial mentor, while Cloud Knights surrounded the group for fighting in the Divination Department.
• Ruan Mei explained that he was a traveling merchant, not Theresa’s grandfather or Otto, and Welt accepted that the fight had started from a misunderstanding.
• Jingliu ended her transaction with Ruan Mei and said she would find an old acquaintance, but Ruan Mei insisted on accompanying her to meet Jing Yuan.
• Theresa showed Jing Yuan’s token to the Cloud Knights and led the group toward the Scales Embrace Realm before Phantylia could grow stronger.

Theresa gave Jingliu a Mask of Elation disguised as a blindfold, which eased Jingliu’s Mara-struck suffering but made nearby people laugh. Grateful for the relief and Tai Xu Sword Qi, Jingliu agreed to help Theresa defeat Lord Ravager Phantylia before seeking her beloved disciple.

• Sushang tried to leave, but Theresa gave her Tai Xu Sword Qi and hugged her in thanks for bringing Dan Heng back.
• Jingliu asked to see the manual, and Theresa offered her a blindfold that she claimed could suppress Mara-struck episodes.
• Theresa placed the ??? blindfold on Jingliu, and the Mask of Elation burned away much of Jingliu’s resentment while making people nearby laugh.
• Theresa gave Jingliu Tai Xu Sword Qi and explained the blindfold’s side effect, while Sushang accepted another copy and hurried back to her team.
• Jingliu thanked Theresa and agreed to help her take down Lord Ravager Phantylia before going to find her beloved disciple.
• Theresa revealed that Aha had made the blindfold, and Aha’s concealed avatar watched Jingliu’s reaction with amusement.

Theresa’s group traveled to the Scales Embrace Realm, where Acheron warned the Stellaron Hunters that an Antimatter Legion invasion threatened the Luofu and urged Kafka and Blade to join the others. As Dan Heng’s party arrived, Jingliu and Blade began fighting while Dan Heng prepared to join their duel.

• Welt showed Ruan Mei a photo of Otto, whose resemblance to him astonished the group, and the party boarded a skiff for the Scales Embrace Realm.
• Acheron warned Kafka and Blade that a force of tens of millions from the Antimatter Legion would attack the Luofu and told them to join the Stellaron Hunters.
• Kafka and Blade saw Dan Heng arrive with Theresa, Welt, March 7th, Stelle, Himeko, Ruan Mei, Jingliu, and Cloud Knights.
• Jingliu’s killing intent erupted, and Kafka used Spirit Whisper to direct Blade to fight Dan Heng and Jingliu.
• Jingliu knocked Blade back with an ice blade, and the two Mara-struck fighters resumed their battle as Dan Heng watched before joining in.

Jingliu fought Blade and defeated him, then learned that Theresa’s expressive eye patch suppressed her Mara-struck condition. Blade recovered and confronted Dan Heng, insisting that he still had to pay for the past.

• Jingliu and Blade clashed, and Jingliu overwhelmed him with a powerful sword attack.
• Jingliu’s midair pose, prompted by Theresa, distracted Blade and let Jingliu pin him to the wall with the Broken Sword.
• Jingliu confronted Theresa about the eye patch, then kept wearing it after learning it helped suppress her Mara-struck condition.
• Blade pulled the Broken Sword from his chest, healed, and challenged Dan Heng.
• Dan Heng said he was not the person Blade remembered, while Blade rejected his explanation and prepared to fight.

Yanqing arrived to help the Stellaron Hunters and joined Dan Heng in fighting Blade, who stabbed Dan Heng through the heart. Theresa intervened, gave Dan Heng a drop of her blood, and watched as he began transforming into Imbibitor Lunae while Blade revealed his identity to Yanqing and the others.

• Yanqing arrived by starskiff and challenged Blade, then recognized Dan Heng as familiar.
• Blade attacked Dan Heng, and Yanqing stepped in to block him and fight alongside Dan Heng.
• Blade outmaneuvered Yanqing, pierced Dan Heng through the chest with the Broken Sword, and taunted him as he fell.
• Theresa teleported in, struck Blade into the Ancient Sea with Judas, and fed Dan Heng a drop of her platinum-colored blood.
• Dan Heng became enveloped in a water dragon as he transformed, and Blade announced that he was the banished Vidyadhara High Elder, Imbibitor Lunae.

Theresa’s drop of blood transformed Dan Heng into a female Imbibitor Lunae during his power-up, leaving him embarrassed and furious. As Yanqing attacked the group, Theresa ate one of his flying swords, and he turned his remaining blades on Dan Heng and Blade.

• Theresa explained that she had given Dan Heng a drop of her blood to help him, and his transformation produced a dramatic water dragon.
• Dan Heng emerged as a woman, while Theresa and the others took pictures and teased her about her appearance.
• Dan Heng demanded a way to change back, but Theresa admitted she did not know how; Blade and Jingliu continued joking about the transformation.
• Dan Heng blasted the laughing Blade into the Ancient Sea with a water dragon.
• Yanqing accused the group of being criminals and attacked them, then Theresa caught and ate one of his flying swords.
• Yanqing mourned his sword and launched the remaining blades at Dan Heng and Blade.

Yanqing confronted Imbibitor Lunae and Blade on the Xianzhou, and the fight escalated when Kafka freed Blade’s restraints. Imbibitor Lunae defeated both opponents with her enormous water dragon, and Kafka stopped the battle, but Blade remained furious.

• Yanqing attacked Imbibitor Lunae and Blade, while Imbibitor Lunae said she had come only to check on her companion.
• Blade mocked Imbibitor Lunae, then Kafka used Spirit Whisper to free him from his restraints and he attacked Yanqing.
• Imbibitor Lunae summoned a gigantic water dragon that knocked Blade into the Ancient Sea and forced Yanqing to dodge from the air.
• Yanqing unleashed a swarm of flying swords, but Imbibitor Lunae’s water dragon swallowed him; Welt used gravity to lower the unconscious Yanqing safely to the ground.
• Kafka stopped the fight with Spirit Whisper, but Blade complained that Imbibitor Lunae had repeatedly thrown him into the Ancient Sea.

After the battle, Theresa gave Jing Yuan an Immunity Mask to help him resist Phantylia and offered Kafka several valuable pills. Jing Yuan let the Stellaron Hunters leave, while Imbibitor Lunae remained embarrassed by her transformed appearance.

• Jing Yuan arrived and learned that Theresa had turned Imbibitor Lunae into a woman by giving her a drop of blood.
• Jing Yuan explained that Fu Qing was in Qingque’s care and handed over Tingyun’s body in a life-support pod for Theresa and the Stellaron Hunters to seek a solution.
• Jingliu reunited with Jing Yuan and told him her Mara-struck condition had eased with Theresa’s blindfold.
• Theresa gave Jing Yuan an Immunity Mask after warning that he might be controlled during the battle against Phantylia, and Jing Yuan accepted it to protect the Xianzhou.
• Jing Yuan thanked Kafka and the Stellaron Hunters for helping the Luofu and allowed Kafka to leave with Blade.
• Theresa offered Kafka pills to preserve youth, extend life, and ease Mara, and Kafka accepted them before leaving with Blade.

Theresa gave Jing Yuan a hundred bottles of each kind of pill and their formulas to help the Cloud Knights resist Mara, while Jingliu and Ruan Mei admitted to bringing the Stellar Core into the Luofu. Jingliu revealed that they intended to kill the Aeon of Abundance, leaving Jing Yuan and the others stunned as she prepared to fight her former student.

• Theresa gave Jing Yuan a storage bag of pills and formulas, asking him to keep fighting alongside the others.
• Jing Yuan solemnly accepted Theresa’s gift and promised to repay her and the Stellaron Hunters.
• Jing Yuan confronted Jingliu and Ruan Mei, and Jingliu admitted they had brought the Stellar Core to the Luofu to reach the Ambrosial Arbor.
• Ruan Mei said he had acted through a transaction and was also an enemy of the Medicine Master, while Jingliu stood between him and Jing Yuan with a weapon of ice and snow.
• Jingliu declared that the Ambrosial Arbor’s revival marked a choice of Paths and that she and Ruan Mei would put Abundance to death.
• Jingliu told Theresa and the Stellaron Hunters not to interfere, acknowledging Theresa’s help even though she was an Envoy of Abundance.