Chapter Summaries

Luo Feng surrounded Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan, suspecting Jiang Caiyan was an evil-faction member, but Leng Qingyun arrived and used her authority as Right Pacification guard to stop the arrest. She led Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan away, while secretly growing angry at Lin Heng for asking her to save his Dao companion.

• Luo Feng and the Third Battalion surrounded Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan, and he accused Jiang Caiyan of being the evildoer he had seen earlier.
• Lin Heng defended Jiang Caiyan and refused to let Luo Feng take her away, while Jiang Caiyan recalled how Black Robe had protected her in the past.
• Jiang Caiyan hugged Lin Heng and prepared to leave with the soldiers, but Leng Qingyun arrived in a floral umbrella and knocked them back.
• Leng Qingyun revealed her authority as Right Pacification guard, claimed Jiang Caiyan was on their side, and rebuked Luo Feng for trying to arrest her.
• Leng Qingyun led Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan out of the encirclement, while Lin Heng failed to notice her anger building toward him.

After Leng Qingyun helped Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan escape Luo Feng’s soldiers, she drove Jiang Caiyan away, prompting Lin Heng to explain Jiang’s past kindness and chase after her. He caught Jiang before she left Star Altar City and took her to an inn, where she feared he intended to force intimacy.

• Luo Feng let Lin Heng, Jiang Caiyan, and Leng Qingyun leave, then suspected Jiang Caiyan was connected to the plague in Star Altar City.
• Leng Qingyun scolded Jiang Caiyan for holding Lin Heng’s arm and ordered her to leave, believing an evil-sect member would lead her junior brother astray.
• Lin Heng explained that Jiang Caiyan had saved Second Senior Sister and helped him many times, then asked Leng Qingyun to let him pursue her.
• Lin Heng caught Jiang Caiyan near East Street, carried her away despite her protests, and repeatedly kissed her whenever she tried to object.
• Lin Heng brought Jiang Caiyan to an inn and took her to a room, where she backed toward the bed and asked whether he had brought her there only for pleasure.

Lin Heng reconciled with Jiang Caiyan by acknowledging her past help and apologizing for how he treated her, while she confronted him about his favoritism toward his senior sisters. Their reconciliation turned into teasing and arguments over his other partners, leaving Lin Heng determined to secretly have a child with her to secure their relationship.

• Lin Heng told Jiang Caiyan that he remembered her help and explained that his senior sisters had judged her by her actions, not her heart.
• Jiang Caiyan softened toward Lin Heng, and the two became intimate as he promised to treat her gently.
• Jiang Caiyan questioned Lin Heng's claims about their physiques resonating, and she slapped him when he admitted to using his Water Element Body.
• Jiang Caiyan told Lin Heng about her jealousy and resentment over his kinder treatment of his senior sisters, and he listened as she aired her grievances.
• Jiang Caiyan left Lin Heng four hundred Spirit Stones and joked that she could find other men, making him jealous and prompting him to consider secretly making a baby with her.

Lin Heng asked Jiang Caiyan to have a child with him, but she refused for now and said he needed to become stronger first. Meanwhile, Meng Yutong returned to the Travel Pavilion injured and went into seclusion, leaving Duan Shuyun to delay telling her about Ye Tian.

• Lin Heng explained the risks of cultivators bearing children and asked Jiang Caiyan not to refine what they had made together.
• Jiang Caiyan realized Lin Heng wanted a child, and he admitted it, offering to let the child take her surname.
• Jiang Caiyan rejected having a child so soon and warned Lin Heng not to disregard her wishes.
• Jiang Caiyan said she might consider children once Lin Heng had greater strength, and the two grew closer afterward.
• Meng Yutong returned to the Travel Pavilion at dawn looking injured and exhausted, then entered seclusion.
• Duan Shuyun decided not to tell Meng Yutong about Ye Tian yet and planned to check on her that night.

After recovering in the Travel Pavilion, Meng Yutong worried that her disciples might help Lin Heng make a move on her, then learned about Ye Tian’s quarrel with Yun Yao and the planned ambush in Abyssal Marsh. Meanwhile, Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan spent the night together, leaving her exhausted and him still hoping to see a particular expression from her.

• Meng Yutong told Shadow Scout about her dream in which her disciples helped Lin Heng bully her, but Shadow Scout reassured her that it was only a dream.
• Shadow Scout reported that Zhao Yue and Clear Moon Long Song were preparing to attack Meng Yutong in Abyssal Marsh by diverting her Cloud Boat onto the dangerous route.
• Shadow Scout said Ye Tian had argued with Yun Yao after declaring he would kill Lin Heng to prove himself better.
• Meng Yutong reflected on her disciples’ personalities and Fairy Cloud Peak’s reliance on them for money and resources.
• Lin Heng wiped down an exhausted Jiang Caiyan after their night together, and she cursed him before going to rest.

Lin Heng left Jiang Caiyan at the inn while he went to find Leng Qingqiu, who was working with the Green Lotus Dao Fire in the Alchemy Chamber. Leng Qingyun questioned her sister about love and Dao companions, while Leng Qingqiu hid her interest in Lin Heng; the group expected to return to the sect within seven days.

• Lin Heng told Jiang Caiyan to stay in Star Altar City while he went to meet Leng Qingqiu, and Jiang Caiyan decided to wait and judge his attitude toward his Senior Sister.
• Leng Qingqiu subdued the Green Lotus Dao Fire and had Leng Qingyun crush medicinal herbs in the Alchemy Chamber.
• Leng Qingqiu told Leng Qingyun that their group would not join the Northern Expedition and could leave for the sect within seven days.
• Leng Qingyun asked how Leng Qingqiu would react if a man she liked already had a Dao companion, prompting Leng Qingqiu to say she would not kill the Dao companion.
• Leng Qingqiu suspected Leng Qingyun had feelings for someone, but Leng Qingyun insisted she would find a Dao companion before her sister.
• Leng Qingqiu privately reflected on her attraction to Lin Heng and her desire for his Five Elements Body and Green Lotus Dao Fire.

Leng Qingyun confronted Lin Heng over concealing his Dao companion and threatened to expose her connection to the deaths in Star Altar City. She turned the secret into leverage and ordered him to wear a pink dress and dance, while Lin Heng refused.

• Leng Qingyun pulled Lin Heng back to the inn and scolded him for spending the night with his Dao companion after promising to date her.
• Lin Heng teased Leng Qingyun, carried her in his arms, and learned she knew his hidden Dao companion was still in Star Altar City.
• Leng Qingyun threatened to tell Luo Feng about the woman and warned that the Garrison Command might punish her, making Lin Heng beg her to stop.
• Lin Heng apologized for hiding his Dao companion, and Leng Qingyun decided to punish him by making him dance.
• Leng Qingyun handed Lin Heng a pink dress, but he refused to wear women's clothing or dance.

Lin Heng paid Leng Qingyun to stop demanding that he dance in a pink dress, not realizing she planned to have a larger dress made for him to wear at night. Meanwhile, Luo Feng stormed Xu Erque’s banquet on Prince Qi’s orders and killed a Dragon Manor subordinate, leaving Xu Erque facing a direct confrontation.

• Lin Heng resisted Leng Qingyun’s demand to wear a pink dress, then gave her one thousand Spirit Stones to make her relent.
• Leng Qingyun left to commission a larger dress for Lin Heng, intending to make him wear it and dance at night.
• At the Wind-Moon Tower, Xu Erque explained that he had targeted the Shi Family and pocketed Spirit Stones seized during the search.
• Luo Feng broke into Xu Erque’s private room with Prince Qi’s authority, and a Dragon Manor subordinate challenged him.
• Luo Feng stabbed the subordinate, spraying blood across the banquet table.

Luo Feng arrested Xu Erque after Leng Qingqiu invoked her authority, allowing Prince Qi to take control of the Sixth Battalion of the Garrison Command Vanguard Army. Meanwhile, Prince Qi prepared to deploy troops and investigate demon attacks, while Lin Heng returned to find Leng Qingyun insisting he wear the dresses she had bought him.

• Luo Feng ordered Xu Erque arrested, and Leng Qingqiu backed the arrest by asserting her authority as the left pacification guard.
• Luo Feng’s soldiers seized Xu Erque and Jade Balance, while Xu Erque threatened Leng Qingqiu and blamed Hu Tao for revealing his plan.
• Prince Qi gained control of the Sixth Battalion of the Garrison Command Vanguard Army after Xu Erque’s scheme collapsed.
• Prince Qi told Manor Lord Tang that the first three battalions would advance along Long Valley Gorge Road in five days, then agreed to address demon attacks near Star Altar City.
• Lin Heng returned to the inn and found Leng Qingyun waiting with two custom-made dresses, which she insisted he wear despite his protests.

Lin Heng traded music lessons with Leng Qingyun to escape her demand that he learn to dance, but his sorrowful sheng performance moved her to tears. Leng Qingqiu walked in while Lin Heng was wearing a dress and left with the wrong impression, leaving him desperate for Leng Qingyun to explain.

• Leng Qingyun forced Lin Heng to put on a pink dress, then scolded him after she caught herself staring while he changed.
• Lin Heng proposed exchanging dance and music lessons, and Leng Qingyun agreed to teach him before he performed for her.
• Lin Heng played a sorrowful melody that made Leng Qingyun cry and recall hardships she had seen over the past year.
• Leng Qingqiu arrived, saw Lin Heng in the dress, and assumed he had a strange fetish despite his explanation.
• Leng Qingqiu left the inn, and Lin Heng asked Leng Qingyun to help clear up the misunderstanding.

Lin Heng spent time with Leng Qingyun after she caught him dressed in a skirt, then took her shopping through Star Altar City’s West Street. As they walked, he told her about the Blood Moon Cult and tried to show her that its members were not all bad.

• Leng Qingyun laughed at Lin Heng in a skirt, and he teased her before admitting he had several intimate confidantes; she slapped him, thinking he was provoking her.
• Leng Qingyun dragged Lin Heng out to shop and eat, threatening to snatch his wife if he tried to leave.
• On West Street, Lin Heng and Leng Qingyun bickered over a roasted deer leg and talked about whether Little Demoness could join them.
• Leng Qingyun asked which sect Little Demoness belonged to, and Lin Heng explained that she was the young mistress of the Blood Moon Cult.
• Lin Heng compared the Blood Moon Cult with gambling houses and Flower Pavilions, arguing that openly accepted businesses could also involve wrongdoing and that the cult was not wholly evil.

Lin Heng explained his history with Little Demoness to Leng Qingyun, whose reaction alarmed the secretly watching Leng Qingqiu. Meanwhile, the Green Qilin Beast king entered Star Altar City, killed an old woman for food, and vowed to hunt Lin Heng and the others.

• Lin Heng persuaded Leng Qingyun to reconsider her prejudice against Little Demoness and described how he had mistreated her in the past.
• Leng Qingyun was shocked by Lin Heng's confession, declared she would never forgive such treatment, and punched him.
• Leng Qingqiu secretly watched Lin Heng and Leng Qingyun's affectionate behavior and grew suspicious that they were romantically involved.
• Leng Qingqiu decided to keep Lin Heng for herself, thinking his strange fire and Fire Element Body could improve her alchemy.
• The Green Qilin Beast king left West Street, killed an old woman for food, and threatened to roast the people he was tracking.

Jiang Caiyan spotted a mysterious pair of yellow eyes outside her window, while Leng Qingqiu and Luo Feng investigated a new beast attack inside Star Altar City. The investigation suggested that the Demon Beast had entered the city disguised as a person, and Luo Feng realized that the figure he followed the previous night had seemed suspicious.

• After refining for a day, Jiang Caiyan reached the Foundation Establishment Early Stage and saw a tall figure with glowing yellow eyes watching her outside the window.
• Lin Heng and Leng Qingyun waited outside a soup dumpling shop, while Leng Qingqiu watched them from the shadows.
• Luo Feng found Leng Qingqiu and reported that another person had been killed in a secluded alley, so she went with him to inspect the scene.
• Leng Qingqiu determined that the victim's head had been torn off and that the deep bite marks were not made by a human.
• Luo Feng said the attack matched the earlier Demon Beast killings and realized the figure he had followed the previous night had seemed wrong.

Luo Feng secretly followed Lin Heng after Leng Qingqiu warned him that a transformed Demon Beast might be targeting him, and grew envious of Lin Heng’s many beautiful companions. At the Blood Moon Cult’s altar, a Northern Black Market delegation threatened to seize the cult’s corpse-refining methods, while injured Black Robe asked Jie to protect the cult master after he was gone.

• Leng Qingqiu told Luo Feng that a suspiciously tall figure might have been a transformed Demon Beast following Lin Heng, and suggested he watch over him.
• Prince Qi ordered Luo Feng to solve the Demon Beast problem within three days, so Luo Feng secretly followed Lin Heng and grew jealous of his beautiful companions.
• A Northern Black Market delegation demanded one hundred blood corpses in ten days or the Blood Moon Cult’s corpse-refining methods, threatening to destroy the cult if Black Robe refused.
• The long-haired young man insulted Black Robe, struck him, and left after declaring that he wanted the cult’s methods and had taken an interest in its beautiful cult master.
• After the delegation departed, Black Robe collapsed from his injuries, and Jie supported him as Black Robe asked him to do his utmost to help the cult master after he was gone.

Black Robe worried that the Blood Moon Cult would lose its inheritance and decided to inform Jiang Caiyan of its crisis. At Hidden Sword Manor, Meng Yutong and her disciples discussed avoiding an ambush by traveling to the Eastern Continent for the Dao Sacrificial Ceremony and Hundred Schools Dao Assembly.

• Black Robe reflected on the Blood Moon Cult's weakness and resolved to tell Jiang Caiyan about the threat to its inheritance.
• Meng Yutong received Yun Yao, Duan Shuyun, and Mu Liuxi, then urged them to treat the Inter-Sect Grand Competition as a chance to gain experience.
• Duan Shuyun proposed that they avoid the ambush in the Abyssal Marsh by traveling to the Eastern Continent instead of returning to the Green Pavilion Sect.
• Mu Liuxi offered to pay for the trip, while Yun Yao teased her about spending time with Junior Brother Lin outside the sect.
• Meng Yutong considered accepting Mu Liuxi's offer as the group weighed the trip and the money it would cost.

Meng Yutong planned to settle accounts with Zhao Yue and the others before taking her disciples to the Eastern Continent, then learned that Ye Tian had schemed against her disciples and conspired with outsiders against her. Duan Shuyun, Yun Yao, and Mu Liuxi left shaken, while Duan Shuyun planned to seek help from Mu Li.

• Meng Yutong agreed to gather her disciples at Hidden Sword Manor, deal with Zhao Yue and the others, and then travel to the Eastern Continent together.
• Yun Yao and Mu Liuxi told Meng Yutong about Ye Tian's actions, and she scolded them for keeping the matter from her.
• Meng Yutong revealed that Ye Tian had also colluded with Clear Moon Long Song's people to scheme against her.
• Meng Yutong explained that she had delayed acting against Ye Tian to avoid alerting him and spreading the scandal through Hidden Sword Manor.
• Duan Shuyun told Yun Yao and Mu Liuxi that she planned to meet Mu Li that night and ask for help, urging them to keep their past connection secret.

Duan Shuyun met Mu Li, who revealed that the Heavenly Secret Sect and its allies were plotting to use Meng Yutong as a catalyst for Refining Void Pills. Mu Li proposed making Zhao Yue the substitute target and sent Duan Shuyun back to warn her Master.

• Mu Li tried to recruit Duan Shuyun to the Joyful Union Sect, but Duan Shuyun refused and said she already had a dao companion.
• Mu Li revealed that powerful factions were discussing a price for Meng Yutong and that a Supreme might be connected to the Refining Void Pill scheme.
• Mu Li explained that the Heavenly Secret Sect wanted a Return to Void True Lord as a medicinal catalyst and identified Zhao Yue and Qiu of Clear Moon Long Song as involved in targeting Meng Yutong.
• Mu Li proposed making Zhao Yue the substitute catalyst so the Heavenly Secret Sect would stop pursuing Meng Yutong.
• Duan Shuyun understood the plan and hurried back to convey Mu Li's warning to her Master.

Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan spent the evening together in Star Altar City while Luo Feng and Leng Qingqiu watched them. As they entered an alley, the Blue-Scale Snake sensed a familiar aura, and the Beast King appeared, accusing Lin Heng of killing his son.

• Luo Feng grew anxious as the three-day deadline to find the Demon Beast approached, while Leng Qingqiu watched Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan from nearby.
• Lin Heng took Jiang Caiyan to set off flying lanterns, where she wished to lure him to the Blood Moon Cult and make him cry, while he wished to marry Meng Yutong and Leng Qingqiu.
• Luo Feng and the Garrison Command soldiers spotted a suspicious green-robed figure and tried to steer Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan toward an empty alley.
• The Blue-Scale Snake sensed a familiar aura following them, and the Beast King appeared in the alley with a human-bone club.
• Lin Heng recognized the Beast King as a Blue-Scale Beast seeking revenge for its son and mocked its reasoning by suggesting that eating them would mean it ate its own son.

Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan fled the Beast King, whose pursuit devastated Star Altar City and killed several Garrison Command soldiers. Lin Heng used Jiang Caiyan’s Twin Blades to wound the Beast King, but it struck him away, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Lin Heng tricked the Beast King with a story about its son’s sacrifice, but the Beast King realized he had been deceived and chased him and Jiang Caiyan.
• Luo Feng and the Garrison Command soldiers tried to trap the Beast King, but it broke free, killed soldiers, and sent Luo Feng flying into a vat of pickled vegetables.
• Lin Heng carried Jiang Caiyan through Star Altar City while the Beast King pursued them, and they argued with Luo Feng as his soldiers retreated.
• Lin Heng took Jiang Caiyan’s Twin Blades and taunted the Beast King to draw its attention away from her.
• Lin Heng used his Five Elements Body to evade the Beast King and cut deep gashes into its buttocks with the Twin Blades.
• The enraged Beast King struck Lin Heng with its tail and sent him flying.

Lin Heng wounded the Blue-Scale Beast with a time-based sword art, while Jiang Caiyan exposed her demonic cultivation trying to protect him. Jiang Yan killed the beast, and Luo Feng then accused Jiang Caiyan of belonging to the evil faction.

• Jiang Yan watched Lin Heng fight the rampaging beast while Leng Qingqiu and Leng Qingyun held back from helping.
• Lin Heng used the Time Sword to cut off the beast king’s horn and wound its face, then dodged its bite.
• Jiang Caiyan used a forbidden art to protect Lin Heng, revealing her demonic qi to Luo Feng and Jiang Yan.
• Leng Qingqiu and Leng Qingyun arrived and joined Lin Heng as the beast king unleashed an emerald energy beam.
• Jiang Yan crushed the Blue-Scale Beast and killed it after it vowed revenge for its son.
• Luo Feng accused Jiang Caiyan of being a demonic cultivator and called on Jiang Yan to arrest her.