Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Hiko entered a prosperous country, where the Queen’s envoy welcomed him and explained that the land’s food and goods contained spiritual energy that could strengthen his cultivation. He traveled toward the palace to meet the Queen, cautiously weighing the opportunities and dangers of staying there.

• Uchiha Hiko arrived at the country’s golden gates and concluded that its people seemed wealthy and safe.
• A palace maid said the Queen had ordered her to escort Uchiha Hiko to the palace.
• Uchiha Hiko asked about the country’s customs and spiritual energy while keeping his mission and identity guarded.
• The palace maid explained that spiritual energy was present in the country’s food and goods and could greatly improve his cultivation.
• Uchiha Hiko felt hopeful about recovering and growing stronger but remained wary as he prepared to meet the Queen.

Uchiha Hiko arrived in Great Tang, where the palace maid showed him its wonders and the Queen explained the trouble threatening her rule. He agreed to help settle the Imperial Harem’s conflicts, though he was unsure how to deal with the women involved.

• Uchiha Hiko entered Great Tang and admired its flower-lined road and vibrant surroundings.
• The palace maid explained that the palace changed their appearances and gave Uchiha Hiko a hairpin marking his status as a guest.
• Uchiha Hiko praised the Queen’s beauty and praised her for governing her people well.
• The Queen described the palace’s abundant spiritual energy and her concern that conflict among the women could endanger her throne.
• Uchiha Hiko agreed to help the Queen and began considering how to resolve the Imperial Harem’s disputes.

Uchiha Hiko learned that Monsters regularly attacked the Queen’s country, leaving its citizens unable to defend themselves. The Queen asked him to find a way to seal the Monsters before her healing power ran out.

• Uchiha Hiko questioned why the palace’s people seemed frightened despite their country’s apparent prosperity.
• Uchiha Hiko asked the Queen directly why she had invited him and what danger threatened her country.
• The Queen explained that Monsters often attacked, while the citizens’ spiritual power could only heal and was too limited to defeat them.
• The Queen revealed that she shared her own spiritual power with injured citizens, weakening herself as the attacks continued.
• The Queen said she had invited Uchiha Hiko because she believed his Magic Power and skills could help seal the Monsters.
• Uchiha Hiko was shocked by the revelation and realized he would have to find a solution.

Uchiha Hiko reassured the Queen that he would help defeat the Monsters, and she arranged for the Eldest Princess, Shui Lingboyang, to accompany him. After they met, the Queen approved Shui Lingboyang staying by Hiko’s side as they prepared to work together.

• Uchiha Hiko assured the Queen and her attendants that the Monsters carrying Evil Qi could be defeated and that he would do his utmost to help.
• The Queen proposed that the Eldest Princess accompany Uchiha Hiko, and he accepted her arrangement.
• Shui Lingboyang introduced herself to Uchiha Hiko, who praised her while trying to impress the Queen.
• The Queen decided that Shui Lingboyang would stay by Uchiha Hiko’s side and told her to get up early and make breakfast.

Uchiha Hiko spoke with Shui Lingboyang, learning about her skills and her resolve to help him while she withheld details about the Demons and Monsters threatening her country. They agreed to cooperate, and Hiko was left eager to explore Guo Er Kingdom and discover its secrets.

• Shui Lingboyang introduced herself as a skilled woman who could fight the Demons and Monsters that attacked her country.
• Uchiha Hiko praised her abilities and asked why the Demons and Monsters came to the country so often.
• Shui Lingboyang advised Hiko to learn about the country through his own experiences and said she had chosen to accompany him.
• Hiko agreed not to press her for answers and expressed his admiration for her decisiveness.
• The two strengthened their understanding and agreed to cooperate, leaving Hiko curious to learn more about Guo Er Kingdom.

Shui Lingboyang asked Uchiha Hiko to help gather Saintess Fruit to treat the Queen Mother, whose illness required several rare fruits. Uchiha Hiko agreed to travel with Shui Lingboyang the next morning, despite suspecting the Queen Mother’s illness might be connected to the invading Monsters.

• Shui Lingboyang told Uchiha Hiko that the Queen Mother was ill and asked him to gather Saintess Fruit from dangerous mountains.
• Uchiha Hiko agreed to help and wondered whether the Queen Mother’s illness was linked to the Monsters invading the country.
• Shui Lingboyang explained that they might need two or three fruits and could encounter Monsters while searching multiple mountains.
• Uchiha Hiko suggested going alone to protect Shui Lingboyang, but she insisted on accompanying him because the Queen Mother had assigned her to the task.
• Uchiha Hiko accepted Shui Lingboyang’s decision and arranged for them to set out at sunrise the next morning.

Uchiha Hiko rejected the Second Princess’s attempt to replace the Eldest Princess on the trip to pick the Saintess Fruit. He took the Second Princess to Wangchuan Lake, where she forgot the evening’s events, then set out with the Eldest Princess as planned.

• The Second Princess came to Uchiha Hiko and announced that she would take the Eldest Princess’s place on the journey.
• Uchiha Hiko politely refused, insisting that his agreement with the Eldest Princess remained in effect unless she personally changed it.
• The Second Princess refused to listen and claimed that the Queen Mother had already agreed to let her go.
• Uchiha Hiko agreed to set out with the Second Princess that night and took her past Wangchuan Lake, where she forgot what had happened.
• Uchiha Hiko brought the Second Princess back to her bed, then left the next morning with the Eldest Princess to pick the Saintess Fruit.

Uchiha Hiko tried to discuss the strained relationship between the Eldest Princess and the Second Princess, but the Eldest Princess said their longstanding differences could not be repaired. He set the matter aside and focused on preparing to explain his actions to the Second Princess when he returned from picking Saintess Fruit.

• Uchiha Hiko worried about interfering in the sisters’ conflict and about the Second Princess discovering his temporary tactic from the previous day.
• Uchiha Hiko asked the Eldest Princess whether anything could mend her relationship with the Second Princess and offered to listen as a friend.
• The Eldest Princess said the sisters had been at odds since childhood, asked to call Uchiha Hiko by name, and revealed that she had known the Second Princess visited him the previous night.
• The Eldest Princess explained that the Second Princess had always competed with her, while she had never wanted to fight over what belonged to her.
• Uchiha Hiko worried that rivalry between the sisters could worsen if the Eldest Princess became Queen Mother’s successor, but decided not to press the issue.
• Uchiha Hiko turned his attention to devising an explanation for the Second Princess before he returned from the day-long trip to pick Saintess Fruit.

Uchiha Hiko and Shui Lingboyang climbed a dangerous mountain to retrieve the Saintess Fruit for the Queen Mother. After Shui Lingboyang grew too exhausted to continue, she stayed behind while Uchiha Hiko went on alone and picked the fruit.

• Shui Lingboyang voiced her fear as she and Uchiha Hiko traveled toward the cliff, and he explained the resolve needed to pick the Saintess Fruit.
• Uchiha Hiko encouraged Shui Lingboyang to overcome her fear and accept her responsibility to her people as the Queen Mother's health worsened.
• Shui Lingboyang regained her resolve, but she and Uchiha Hiko fell back down halfway up the mountain and had to begin the climb again.
• After their repeated efforts drained Shui Lingboyang's strength and spiritual power, Uchiha Hiko told her to rest while he continued alone.
• Shui Lingboyang agreed to stay behind and watched as Uchiha Hiko successfully picked the Saintess Fruit.

Uchiha Hiko worried that Shui Lingboji would blame him over the Saintess Fruit, while Shui Lingboyang urged him to speak openly and warned him how to handle her sister. The two acknowledged their friendship, and Uchiha Hiko relaxed after Shui Lingboyang guessed what troubled him.

• Uchiha Hiko stayed silent on the return journey because he feared Shui Lingboji would cause trouble and did not want to burden Shui Lingboyang.
• Shui Lingboyang noticed Uchiha Hiko's troubled expression and invited him to confide in her as a friend.
• Uchiha Hiko dismissed her concern and told her to rest and recover from her injuries.
• Shui Lingboyang guessed that Uchiha Hiko was worried about Shui Lingboji and advised him to stay silent if she came to criticize him.
• Uchiha Hiko praised Shui Lingboyang for understanding him, and she said she had long grown used to Shui Lingboji's behavior.

Uchiha Hiko returned from picking Saintess Fruit with Shui Lingboyang and found Shui Lingboji had trashed his belongings and threatened to report him to the Queen. Remembering Shui Lingboyang’s advice, he suppressed his anger and chose not to retaliate.

• Shui Lingboyang advised Uchiha Hiko to keep proper boundaries with Shui Lingboji and warned him to avoid damaging his standing with the Queen.
• Uchiha Hiko reassured Shui Lingboyang, urged her to rest and treat her injuries, and resolved to help her claim the throne by easing tensions among the people around them.
• Shui Lingboyang agreed to let Uchiha Hiko handle the dispute with Shui Lingboji herself, since her involvement could worsen the conflict.
• Shui Lingboji waited for Uchiha Hiko, smashed his treasured belongings, and threatened to complain about his character to the Queen.
• Uchiha Hiko nearly lashed out at Shui Lingboji, but recalled Shui Lingboyang’s advice and held back, hoping she would stop once he ignored her.

Uchiha Hiko stepped back when the Grand Princess insisted on resolving her conflict with the Second Princess herself. The Grand Princess went to confront her sister, who overwhelmed and brutally attacked her, leaving her unconscious and gravely injured.

• Uchiha Hiko warned the Grand Princess to protect herself but agreed not to interfere when she said she would handle the matter alone.
• The Grand Princess prepared by wearing armor beneath her clothes and arranging for guards to wait outside before seeking out the Second Princess.
• The Second Princess proved far more skilled in combat and struck the Grand Princess with black energy, knocking her unconscious.
• The Second Princess accused the Grand Princess of taking Li Xiaoming and other things she had wanted since childhood, then kicked her while she lay unconscious.
• The Grand Princess's pulse darkened as she convulsed and foamed at the mouth, while Uchiha Hiko remained unaware of the attack.

Shui Lingboyang was corrupted by the Second Princess's Magic Power and summoned Uchiha Hiko to save her. After she lost consciousness, Uchiha Hiko carried her toward a secluded place to treat her and vowed to deal with the Second Princess himself.

• Shui Lingboyang's eyes turned black as the Second Princess's Magic Power corrupted her and drove her to destroy the plants around her.
• The Second Princess taunted Shui Lingboyang, who became disillusioned with her and resolved to repay her if she survived.
• Shui Lingboyang summoned Uchiha Hiko, then lost her last breath as he arrived and found her critically wounded.
• Uchiha Hiko decided to take Shui Lingboyang to a remote mountain and force the toxins from her body.
• Uchiha Hiko resolved to help Shui Lingboyang clear her name and punish the Second Princess without appealing to Your Majesty the Queen.

Uchiha Hiko carried the gravely weakened Shui Lingboyang to a secluded place and healed her, while suspecting the Second Princess had poisoned the Queen. Shui Lingboyang began recovering and was left needing several days of rest and medicine.

• Uchiha Hiko ignored the Second Princess's demands and carried Shui Lingboyang away to a deserted place.
• Uchiha Hiko suspected the Second Princess had poisoned the Queen and resolved to investigate the Queen's worsening health.
• Shui Lingboyang urged Uchiha Hiko to stop wasting his strength on her and asked him to care for the Queen.
• Uchiha Hiko reassured Shui Lingboyang and used his spiritual power to heal her within an hour.
• Uchiha Hiko prescribed medicine for Shui Lingboyang and told her to rest and avoid strenuous exertion for several days.

Uchiha Hiko asked Shui Lingboyang whether he should intervene against the Second Princess, and she supported him, revealing that she suspected the Second Princess had harmed their mother, the Queen. He set out to find evidence and capture the Second Princess, leaving Shui Lingboyang with spiritual power to aid her recovery.

• Uchiha Hiko told Shui Lingboyang he planned to arbitrate the matter of the Second Princess and asked for her thoughts.
• Shui Lingboyang supported his plan and said she had secretly learned that the Second Princess had harmed their mother, the Queen.
• Shui Lingboyang said she could no longer keep yielding to the Second Princess, who had also badly injured her.
• Uchiha Hiko decided to find evidence that the Second Princess had drugged the Queen before taking action against her.
• Uchiha Hiko transferred his accumulated spiritual power to Shui Lingboyang and left to find and capture the Second Princess.

Uchiha Hiko confronted the Second Princess over poisoning her Queen Mother and injuring the Grand Princess, then captured her to bring her before Your Majesty the Queen. She left the Grand Princess out of the accusation, saying only that she was ill and could no longer appear.

• Uchiha Hiko accused the Second Princess of poisoning her Queen Mother and harming the Grand Princess, while the Second Princess denied wrongdoing and blamed the Grand Princess.
• Uchiha Hiko decided to take the Second Princess back to face Your Majesty the Queen and answer for her actions.
• Uchiha Hiko warned the Second Princess that the forest was trapped and threatened her with death if she tried to escape.
• Uchiha Hiko used a magical net to bind the Second Princess and brought her before Your Majesty the Queen.
• Uchiha Hiko said the Grand Princess was ill and could not continue to appear, keeping her out of the matter.

Uchiha Hiko urged Shui Lingboyang to overcome her fear of the Queen Mother and take responsibility for ascending the throne as the Queen’s health declined. Shui Lingboyang challenged her mother to let her prove herself by sealing the fierce tigers and savage beasts, and the Queen Mother accepted her oath.

• Uchiha Hiko told Shui Lingboyang that she needed to prepare to ascend the throne and shoulder responsibility for the country.
• Shui Lingboyang admitted that her fear of the Queen Mother left her unable to act confidently, and Uchiha Hiko urged her to face that fear.
• Shui Lingboyang approached the Queen Mother and offered to take responsibility for suppressing and sealing the fierce tigers and savage beasts.
• Shui Lingboyang swore that the Queen Mother could have her executed if she failed, and the Queen Mother accepted the challenge before the ministers and subjects.
• The Queen Mother knew the Second Princess had poisoned her but could not stop drinking the poison because its trigger made her body suffer more if she stopped.

Uchiha Hiko urged Shui Lingboyang to reconcile with her Queen Mother and offered to help her confront the ferocious tiger beast. Shui Lingboyang could not remember her past battles and described strange symptoms after fighting, leaving Hiko determined to investigate while keeping some of his own abilities hidden.

• Uchiha Hiko told Shui Lingboyang that he would help her deal with the ferocious tiger beast and that she should not refuse his assistance.
• Uchiha Hiko explained that her Queen Mother loved her and that their estrangement came from years of misunderstandings and poor communication.
• Uchiha Hiko urged Shui Lingboyang to reconcile with her Queen Mother before they faced the beast together.
• Shui Lingboyang said she remembered nothing about her earlier battles and that fighting Demons and Monsters left her head muddled and made her feel as if something had been lost.
• Uchiha Hiko decided they needed to investigate the creatures and prepare carefully, while concealing some of his power to preserve it for his journey ahead.

Shui Lingboyang resolved to speak honestly with the Queen Mother and clear up their long-standing misunderstanding before joining Uchiha Hiko. Their reconciliation began in the main hall, while Uchiha Hiko waited and prepared to continue searching for the Dragon Balls.

• Shui Lingboyang told Uchiha Hiko she wanted to understand her mother’s love for herself and fulfill her filial duty before they left.
• Uchiha Hiko explained that the Dragon Ball clues were fading and urged Shui Lingboyang to speak with the Queen Mother quickly so they could depart.
• Shui Lingboyang apologized to Uchiha Hiko for delaying him, and he told her not to feel guilty.
• Shui Lingboyang knelt before the Queen Mother, admitted she had misunderstood her, and asked for forgiveness.
• The Queen Mother reassured Shui Lingboyang that she loved both daughters equally and explained that the Second Princess had simply spoken with her more often.
• Shui Lingboyang and the Queen Mother shared their feelings and began to resolve their years of grievances.

Shui Lingboyang and Your Majesty the Queen reconciled, and the Queen transferred her lifetime of strength to her daughter before Shui Lingboyang left with Uchiha Hiko to confront the fierce tigers and beasts. Uchiha Hiko urged her to conserve her strength and follow his plans as they prepared for battle.

• Your Majesty the Queen admitted why she had kept her distance and told Shui Lingboyang she believed the throne rightfully belonged to her.
• Shui Lingboyang embraced Your Majesty the Queen, and the two reconciled before Shui Lingboyang prepared to leave for the battle.
• Your Majesty the Queen transferred her lifetime of strength into Shui Lingboyang and promised to welcome her home.
• Uchiha Hiko urged Shui Lingboyang to leave, and they departed to face the fierce tigers and beasts.
• Uchiha Hiko warned Shui Lingboyang to rest if her body weakened and said they would preserve their strength while the enemies exhausted themselves.