Chapter Summaries

After Meng Yutong sent Lin Heng flying for touching her leg, his senior sisters rescued him from a pond and treated his injuries. When Lin Heng explained why Master had beaten him, Duan Shuyun decided to summon him to her room that night for a private lesson.

• Lin Heng flew from Meng Yutong’s Travel Pavilion and landed headfirst in a pond, immobilized by her Bone-Locking Palm.
• Duan Shuyun lifted Lin Heng out of the mud and used runes to free him, then took him back to the garden with Yun Yao and Leng Qingyun.
• Leng Qingyun brought a Fourth Grade Qi-Nourishing Ice Lotus Pill, and Duan Shuyun applied it to Lin Heng’s swollen cheek.
• Lin Heng told the three women that Meng Yutong had promised he could touch her legs, then beat him after he tried to claim the reward.
• Duan Shuyun told Lin Heng to come to her room that night for a talk and a lesson, while Yun Yao discouraged Leng Qingyun from joining them.

Meng Yutong discussed the Shadow Alliance, the Beauty Ranking, and her plan to survive its pursuit with the Shadow Scout. That night, Lin Heng eagerly welcomed Duan Shuyun back, but she warned him that she would scold him for his behavior.

• Ye Tian left the Travel Pavilion after realizing he could not see his master.
• The Shadow Scout told Meng Yutong that she had not seen her send Young Master Zong flying, and Meng Yutong said they had four days to defeat Zhao Yue.
• Meng Yutong explained that she and Mu Li had negotiated with Pu Zhenzi of the Heavenly Secret Sect, which would stop pursuing her once they obtained a Return to Void Nascent Soul.
• The Shadow Scout revealed that she had been ordered to assassinate a member of the imperial family and suspected the Shadow Alliance had compiled the Beauty Ranking.
• Meng Yutong criticized the Beauty Ranking and said its creators were likely male cultivators who admired beautiful women.
• Duan Shuyun returned to find Lin Heng ingratiatingly offering her a chair, then warned him that she would scold him.

Duan Shuyun confronted Lin Heng after he tried to claim his mission reward by charging at Meng Yutong, and he proposed either fleeing with the senior sisters or persuading their master to join their family. Duan Shuyun rejected both schemes, but Lin Heng still planned to approach Meng Yutong again, prompting her alarm.

• Duan Shuyun scolded Lin Heng for trying to claim his reward by charging at Meng Yutong and worried about how the senior sisters would face their master.
• Lin Heng suggested that the six of them flee Fairy Cloud Peak and set up their own household, and Duan Shuyun slapped him for proposing to betray the sect.
• Lin Heng proposed making Meng Yutong part of their family, but Duan Shuyun pinched his neck and criticized his audacity.
• Duan Shuyun admitted she was anxious about what Meng Yutong might do, and Lin Heng comforted her while confessing that he liked their master.
• Lin Heng considered asking Meng Yutong to become his wife by invoking an earlier promise, and Duan Shuyun was shocked when she heard his thoughts.

Lin Heng was summoned into the Illusory World Mirror, where he discovered Saint Ye had spent half a year trying to fish in a lake with no fish, then promised to finish making him a puppet body. The next morning, Lin Heng tried to convince Meng Yutong to let him help with her crisis, but she struck him through the ceiling again as Duan Shuyun watched from hiding.

• Duan Shuyun let Lin Heng sleep instead of indulging him, then carried him to bed and went to cultivate.
• Saint Ye summoned Lin Heng to the Illusory World Mirror and revealed he had forgotten to put fish in the lake while practicing fishing for half a year.
• Lin Heng released over a thousand fish into the lake and told Saint Ye he would finish his puppet body within the next few days.
• Meng Yutong told Duan Shuyun that she would handle the coming Return to Void-level battle alone, then made her hide behind a curtain when Lin Heng arrived.
• Lin Heng apologized to Meng Yutong and asked her to let him help with her crisis, but she agreed only to test him and struck him through the pavilion ceiling.

At the Inter-Sect Grand Competition, Lin Heng watched Mu Liuxi fight before a stranger bearing a “Wang Envoy” token approached him. The man identified himself as Prince Qi’s subordinate and said his master wanted to see Lin Heng.

• Meng Yutong sent Lin Heng flying again and told Duan Shuyun that he deserved the beating.
• Lin Heng arrived at the Arena with a swollen cheek and watched Mu Liuxi battle a middle-aged opponent, studying their techniques with his Dao Eye.
• Guan Xingyang found Lin Heng and explained that the Azure Mist Peak disciples had not attended the competition, while they worked to earn Spirit Stones instead.
• A gray-clothed stranger invited Lin Heng to meet his master and showed him a token marked “Wang Envoy.”
• The stranger said he served Prince Qi, and Lin Heng realized that Prince Qi had summoned him.

Lin Heng told Jiang Yan that Heavenly Secret Sect was targeting his Master to refine a pill, hoping Prince Qi would intervene. Jiang Yan reacted angrily and broke his cup, while the identity of the king behind Lady Zhao’s assassin remained unknown.

• Lin Heng learned that King's Tokens granted royal authority and that Prince Qi’s trusted followers, including Commander Luo, possessed them.
• Lin Heng met Jiang Yan, who said he was staying in the southern region to look around and asked why Lin Heng’s Master had not appeared.
• Lin Heng hinted that an extraterrestrial force was troubling his Master, then named Heavenly Secret Sect and its plan to refine a Refining Void Pill with help from Clear Moon Long Song.
• Jiang Yan saw through Lin Heng’s attempt to draw him in and teased him for being a troublemaker whose eyes darted when he lied.
• Lin Heng explained the danger and urged Jiang Yan to defend the Dynasty’s territory, prompting Jiang Yan to smash his cup in anger.

Lin Heng secured Prince Qi's offer of help against the Heavenly Secret Sect, then reunited with Mu Liuxi after her match. Ye Tian saw Lin Heng carrying her, lost his composure, and unleashed a blood-fueled surge of power against Nangong Xiao in the arena.

• Lin Heng praised the Dynasty to Jiang Yan, who offered to help if the Heavenly Secret Sect threatened Lin Heng's Master and told him to seek him at Elegant Sage Residence.
• Lin Heng hurried back to find Mu Liuxi, who scolded him for keeping her waiting before he carried her away.
• Ye Tian saw Lin Heng carrying Mu Liuxi and grew furious, then went to the arena to face Nangong Xiao.
• Ye Tian cut himself to draw blood, triggering a surge of strength from his Overlord Blood and Wild Bone Body.
• Ye Tian overwhelmed Nangong Xiao in a one-sided beating, while Jiang Yan recognized the brutal power behind his transformation.

Jiang Yan explained why he was only cautiously offering to help Lin Heng, hoping to expose the local forces aiding Heavenly Secret Sect before acting. Back at the courtyard, Mu Liuxi discovered Lin Heng could control his injuries with his Wood Element Body and realized he had faked his past injuries.

• Jiang Yan praised Ye Tian’s bloodline but judged Lin Heng’s Five Elements Body more formidable, then declined to recruit Ye Tian.
• Jiang Yan told his attendant he wanted to avoid alerting the local collaborators of Heavenly Secret Sect and expose the continent’s hidden traitors.
• Lin Heng carried Mu Liuxi home, where she found his face bruised and applied an ice compress.
• Lin Heng admitted Master had struck him, then used his Wood Element Body to make his cheek swell and heal on command.
• Mu Liuxi realized Lin Heng had pretended to be injured before and began scolding him.

Lin Heng and Mu Liuxi were caught being affectionate by Leng Qingyun, who fled in tears, leaving Mu Liuxi demanding an explanation about their relationship. Meanwhile, Duan Shuyun confronted Leng Qingqiu about her feelings for Lin Heng and revealed that he had at least three Dao companions.

• Lin Heng teased Mu Liuxi, then told her he had visited her mother and brought back a Storage Pouch of Spirit Stones.
• Leng Qingyun climbed over the courtyard wall, saw Lin Heng and Mu Liuxi kissing, and ran away sobbing when neither of them chased after her.
• Mu Liuxi questioned Lin Heng about what had happened between him and Leng Qingyun.
• Duan Shuyun told Leng Qingqiu that Lin Heng had revealed her impersonation of Qingyun and confronted her about her feelings for him.
• Duan Shuyun warned Leng Qingqiu that Lin Heng had at least three Dao companions, then pointed to Leng Qingqiu, herself, and outside.

Duan Shuyun told Leng Qingqiu that she and Lin Heng were Dao companions, then revealed that the other women at Fairy Cloud Peak were his Dao companions too. Leng Qingqiu realized Leng Qingyun had not yet become Lin Heng’s Dao companion and asked Duan Shuyun to help her.

• Leng Qingqiu learned that Lin Heng had returned and that Leng Qingyun already knew, though she had not told her.
• Duan Shuyun revealed that she and Lin Heng were Dao companions, explaining that they had endured life-and-death hardships together.
• Duan Shuyun told Leng Qingqiu that everyone in the Fairy Cloud Peak courtyard except their Master was Lin Heng’s Dao companion.
• Leng Qingqiu realized Leng Qingyun was not yet Lin Heng’s Dao companion and asked Duan Shuyun to help her.

Leng Qingqiu enlisted Duan Shuyun’s help to keep Leng Qingyun away from Lin Heng, but their attempt to persuade her ended in tears. The next morning, Mu Liuxi arrived at the Travel Pavilion refreshed after spending the night with Lin Heng, while Leng Qingyun confronted her older sister again.

• Leng Qingqiu asked Duan Shuyun to help ensure that only the four senior women became Lin Heng’s Daoist companions and to keep Leng Qingyun out of it.
• Duan Shuyun and Leng Qingqiu agreed to hide the matter from their Master until she escaped her predicament and to try to persuade Leng Qingyun to stay away from Lin Heng.
• Mu Liuxi spent the night with Lin Heng, and the next morning Yun Yao and Duan Shuyun teased her about it at the Travel Pavilion.
• Duan Shuyun tried to advise Leng Qingyun, but Leng Qingyun accused her senior sisters of siding with her older sister and ran out crying.
• Mu Liuxi learned that Lin Heng had passed out from exhaustion, while Leng Qingyun returned to the Alchemy Chamber and angrily told Leng Qingqiu not to go too far.

Leng Qingyun confronted Leng Qingqiu over her sister’s interference in her relationship with Lin Heng, then argued with Lin Heng before they reconciled with kisses. Their moment was interrupted when Ye Tian caught them together.

• Leng Qingyun accused Leng Qingqiu of undermining her and declared that they were no longer sisters.
• Leng Qingqiu regretted hurting Leng Qingyun and asked the Green Lotus Dao Fire to help refine her flower-patterned umbrella.
• Lin Heng found Leng Qingyun, teased her until she laughed, and stopped her from threatening to leave Fairy Cloud Peak.
• Leng Qingyun agreed to stay after Lin Heng kissed her several times.
• Ye Tian appeared and angrily demanded to know what Lin Heng was doing.

Lin Heng openly flirted with Leng Qingyun in front of Ye Tian, provoking the senior brother while Leng Qingyun indulged him. The confrontation ended with Ye Tian realizing their closeness and Leng Qingyun failing to bite through Lin Heng’s Gold Element Body.

• Ye Tian confronted Lin Heng about holding and kissing Leng Qingyun, but Lin Heng insisted he was only comforting her.
• Lin Heng asked Leng Qingyun to wrap her legs around his waist, and she reluctantly clung to him while Ye Tian demanded he put her down.
• Lin Heng made an awkward confession to Leng Qingyun, who pinched his mouth to stop him and threatened to draw a clear line between them.
• Lin Heng repeated Leng Qingyun’s own dramatic lines, and she grabbed his neck before slapping Ye Tian when Lin Heng told her to hit him instead.
• Ye Tian suspected Leng Qingyun had a special relationship with Lin Heng, while Leng Qingyun tried to bite Lin Heng’s ear and complained that his Gold Element Body was too hard.

Lin Heng openly told Ye Tian that Xiao Yao and Liu Xi were his Dao companions, provoking Ye Tian to attack before Duan Shuyun intervened. Ye Tian was left facing the prospect of being expelled from Fairy Cloud Peak and resolved to rely on Clear Moon Long Song, while Leng Qingyun confronted Lin Heng about his claims.

• Lin Heng declared that Xiao Yao and Liu Xi were both his Dao companions, and Ye Tian drew his Heaven-Slaying Sword in a rage.
• Leng Qingyun warned Lin Heng, but the Nine Heavens Sword and Duan Shuyun's White Mystic Brush stopped Ye Tian's attack.
• Duan Shuyun rebuked Ye Tian and said she would report his actions to Master, then left after refusing to hear his explanation.
• Ye Tian smashed a rock and decided that Clear Moon Long Song was his only chance to remain at Fairy Cloud Peak.
• Lin Heng took Leng Qingyun to his hut and explained that Duan Shuyun had been encouraging her to stand up for herself against Xiao Yao.
• Leng Qingyun questioned Lin Heng about calling Xiao Yao and Liu Xi his Dao companions, and her expression turned displeased.

Leng Qingyun learned that Lin Heng was Dao companions with her four senior sisters and asked whether he truly liked her. After he reassured her with poetry and teased her into a better mood, she proposed calling him “baby.”

• Leng Qingyun pressed Lin Heng about his relationships with their senior sisters, and he admitted that all four were his Dao companions.
• Leng Qingyun accused Lin Heng of keeping her in the dark, then asked whether he really liked her and what he liked about her.
• Lin Heng recited poetic lines to explain his feelings, impressing Leng Qingyun with his imagery.
• Lin Heng teased Leng Qingyun about her sweet-girl style, and she asked if she could call him “baby” from then on.

Lin Heng and Leng Qingyun became Dao companions after he coaxed her into spending the afternoon and night with him. Meanwhile, Leng Qingqiu repaired her younger sister’s flower umbrella and seemed closer to making peace with her.

• Lin Heng teased Leng Qingyun until she agreed to become his Dao companion, then began kissing her and sharing tea with her.
• Leng Qingyun reacted angrily when Lin Heng compared her to Yun Yao, but he continued flattering and teasing her.
• Leng Qingqiu struggled with her pride over apologizing to her younger sister while First Senior Sister and Second Senior Sister urged her to reconsider.
• Leng Qingqiu spent the day repairing Leng Qingyun’s flower umbrella with the Green Lotus Dao Fire and finished restoring its frame.

Leng Qingyun hid in a cabinet while Leng Qingqiu visited Lin Heng, who tried to conceal that his Little Senior Sister was with him. Leng Qingqiu left him a repaired umbrella and asked him to apologize to Leng Qingyun, while Leng Qingyun’s attempt to disrupt Lin Heng’s cover only left her stuck in hiding.

• Leng Qingqiu decided to visit Lin Heng after wondering whether he had comforted her younger sister.
• Lin Heng hid Leng Qingyun in a cabinet when he spotted Leng Qingqiu approaching, though Leng Qingyun grabbed him and insisted he stay in front of her.
• Leng Qingqiu asked Lin Heng whether he had comforted her younger sister and gave him the repaired red umbrella to pass along.
• Leng Qingqiu asked Lin Heng to apologize to Leng Qingyun for breaking her promises over the family-head position, then left without finding her sister.
• Lin Heng stopped Leng Qingyun from leaving the cabinet, and she lamented that she could not bite through his Gold Element Body.

Lin Heng spent time with Leng Qingyun after their intimate encounter, then urged her to reconcile with Leng Qingqiu and refine what she needed to avoid becoming a mother. As he headed to the Travel Pavilion to look for First Senior Sister, he worried about Meng Yutong's plan to join the Joyful Union Sect Leader in killing Zhao Yue.

• Lin Heng collected a piece of the bedsheet as a keepsake and carried the exhausted Leng Qingyun around the courtyard.
• Leng Qingyun admitted she missed home and wondered whether Lin Heng would panic if she could read his mind.
• Lin Heng showed Leng Qingyun the flower umbrella Leng Qingqiu had repaired and tried to persuade her to give Third Senior Sister a chance to apologize.
• Leng Qingyun misunderstood a saying about forgiveness, argued with Lin Heng, and eventually told him to shut up.
• Lin Heng left for the Travel Pavilion to look for First Senior Sister and warned Leng Qingyun to refine what she needed to avoid becoming a mother.
• Lin Heng reflected that Meng Yutong was preparing to join the Joyful Union Sect Leader to kill Zhao Yue.

Lin Heng and the senior sisters learned that Grand Elder Shi Yuanzhou would not help Meng Yutong, citing threats to Green Pavilion Sect’s disciples and the disappearance of Xu Gou. They chose to stay and wait for their Master, whose destination was the Seven Immortals Secret Realm, and Lin Heng considered discussing it with Prince Qi.

• Lin Heng arrived at the Travel Pavilion, where Shi Yuanzhou asked whether the group would return with the Main Peak’s Cloud Boat or wait for Meng Yutong.
• Mu Liuxi challenged Shi Yuanzhou over Meng Yutong’s peril, and he said Zhao Yue had colluded with Clear Moon Long Song and that he could not help.
• Shi Yuanzhou warned that Green Pavilion Sect’s disciples might face a powerful enemy and revealed that Xu Gou had disappeared.
• Duan Shuyun said the senior sisters would stay to wait for Meng Yutong and asked that disciples from the other peaks be arranged first.
• Duan Shuyun explained that Meng Yutong had gone to the Seven Immortals Secret Realm, and Lin Heng decided he should discuss the secret realm with Prince Qi.

Lin Heng and Leng Qingqiu sought Prince Qi’s help to prepare for a confrontation in the Seven Immortals Secret Realm. After discussing the plan, Lin Heng asked Jiang Yan to recommend him as Fairy Cloud Peak’s next Peak Master, and Leng Qingqiu dragged him away before he could embarrass himself further.

• Leng Qingqiu learned Prince Qi had visited Hidden Sword Manor, scolded Lin Heng for not telling her, and Yun Yao tried to defend him before Duan Shuyun and Mu Liuxi stopped her.
• Duan Shuyun asked Yun Yao where Ye Tian had gone, and Mu Liuxi suspected he had gone to meet Clear Moon Long Song.
• Lin Heng and Leng Qingqiu visited Jiang Yan at Elegant Sage Residence and explained that their opponents would likely make their move in the Seven Immortals Secret Realm.
• Jiang Yan warned that entering the collapsed secret realm could cause another collapse, and he discussed the danger and preparations with Lin Heng and Leng Qingqiu.
• Lin Heng asked Jiang Yan to put in a good word for him to become Fairy Cloud Peak’s Peak Master, so Leng Qingqiu pulled him away in embarrassment.