Chapter Summaries

Lin Heng made rocking chairs for his senior sisters aboard the Cloud Boat after they asked for chairs like Meng Yutong’s. He finished an upgraded chair with wheels and gave the first one to Leng Qingyun, while the others waited for theirs.

• Lin Heng went to his senior sisters after Meng Yutong’s hair sealed his mouth, and they teased him before Duan Shuyun freed him.
• Duan Shuyun invited Lin Heng to spend the night with her, and the other senior sisters agreed that she should have the first night.
• Lin Heng offered to make rocking chairs, and Leng Qingqiu supplied three Spirit Wood stumps she had kept from making Mind-Calming Pills.
• Lin Heng shaped the wood and assembled a chair with a mortise-and-tenon structure as Mu Liuxi explained how it worked.
• Lin Heng added wheels and a handle that let the chair switch between rocking and rolling, then gave the first one to Leng Qingyun.

Lin Heng made rocking chairs for Meng Yutong and all the Senior Sisters, then arranged them together on the deck as they enjoyed the sunset. The trip continued in a warm, playful mood, with Meng Yutong offering Duan Shuyun a chance to make amends and Lin Heng soothing the group with shoulder massages.

• Lin Heng built a wheeled rocking chair for Little Senior Sister, then explained to Meng Yutong how to make it rock.
• Lin Heng made chairs for Yun Yao, Leng Qingqiu, Leng Qingyun, and Mu Liuxi, reassuring Leng Qingqiu that he would not favor one wife over another.
• Lin Heng placed Duan Shuyun beside Meng Yutong despite Duan Shuyun's fear, and Meng Yutong told her she could earn forgiveness during the trip to the Eastern Continent.
• Lin Heng massaged his Senior Sisters and Meng Yutong as they sat together in the sunset.

Lin Heng matched poems with Duan Shuyun before the two became intimate, while Jiang Yan returned to Dingyang City and helped Jiang Jingyi seize control of the Garrison Command. He then told his big sister that he had invested in an extraordinary genius, but she doubted his judgment.

• Lin Heng and Duan Shuyun turned a poetry game into a flirtatious contest in which each successful verse let him remove a layer of her clothing.
• Jiang Jingyi appointed Jiang Yan Military and Political Commissioner of the Garrison Command and ordered him to take over its three guards.
• Jiang Yan used Xu Erque’s actions to silence Xu Shiqi’s objection to the appointment.
• After court, Jiang Jingyi teased and scolded Jiang Yan, who pleaded to be allowed to live as an idle prince.
• Jiang Yan claimed he had invested in an amazing genius, but Jiang Jingyi dismissed his ability to recognize talent.

Lin Heng discovered that yin force from dual cultivation had fused with his Five Elements power, producing a life-and-death Dao force that might help complete his Life-Death Body. He suspected Master’s powerful physique was the source, but Duan Shuyun refused to confirm it and left him to find out for himself.

• Lin Heng sensed black yin force covering his Thunder Evolution Golden Core and found that combining it with Five Elements power created a dense Dao force carrying death aura.
• The Jade Origin Vine explained that yin force had entered Lin Heng’s body through dual cultivation and that his Thunder Force had suppressed most of it.
• Lin Heng connected the yin force to the Life-Death Body and suspected that dual cultivation with Master had produced an unusually strong effect because of her cultivation and physique.
• Lin Heng asked Duan Shuyun whether Master had a special physique, and she warned him not to cause trouble.
• Duan Shuyun refused to reveal whether Master had a special physique and sent Lin Heng away.

Lin Heng comforted Leng Qingyun after Lazy Master took her wheeled chair, then appeased Yun Yao with spirit stones after she complained about his favoritism. To give the women something to do, he made mahjong tiles and a table, then gathered them to teach the game.

• Leng Qingyun told Lin Heng that Lazy Master had taken her chair, so he promised to make a larger two-person rocking chair and spend the evening with her.
• Yun Yao demanded that Lin Heng spend the next evening with her and complained that he had given Leng Qingyun more spirit stones than he had given her.
• Lin Heng explained that he had shared the completed mission’s Wife Fund with Leng Qingyun, then gave Yun Yao another three thousand spirit stones to soothe her.
• Lin Heng made a two-person rocking chair and 144 wooden mahjong tiles, then asked Leng Qingqiu for Spirit Wood to build a table.
• Lin Heng gathered the women on the east side of the Cloud Boat and began explaining mahjong to Mu Liuxi and the others.

Lin Heng persuaded Saint Ye to leave the Illusory World Mirror and inhabit a Spiritual Lotus Root puppet, despite Saint Ye’s anger over Lin Heng’s use of the forbidden art Timeflow. After Saint Ye emerged, Meng Yutong began to suspect that Lin Heng had a powerful remnant soul assisting him.

• Lin Heng explained mahjong to Leng Qingqiu, Mu Liuxi, Xiao Yao, and Leng Qingyun, who quickly began playing and struggled to win.
• Lin Heng entered the Illusory World Mirror, where Saint Ye noticed his weakened consciousness and reduced lifespan and scolded him for using Timeflow.
• Lin Heng invited Saint Ye to inhabit a Spiritual Lotus Root puppet and join the group, eventually persuading him to try it.
• Saint Ye emerged from the mirror into the puppet, demanded clothes, and complained when Lin Heng teased him about his body.
• Meng Yutong saw the talking lotus-root puppet and, after Lin Heng claimed a mighty being lived inside it, wondered whether he had a remnant soul companion like Ye Tian.

Lin Heng teased Meng Yutong for neglecting her disciples, prompting her to restrain and threaten him before defending her way of teaching. After Mu Liuxi freed him, he found the others playing mahjong, where Little Senior Sister argued with Little Chili over a seat.

• Lin Heng mocked Meng Yutong for leaving him to learn cultivation on his own and for failing to reward him or First Senior Sister properly.
• Meng Yutong grabbed Lin Heng’s mouth, pinned him with the Heavenly Palace Disk, and threatened to sew his mouth shut, but his Gold Element Body resisted the qi needle.
• Meng Yutong defended herself by comparing her teaching with harsher treatment at other peaks and sects, and Lin Heng slipped away.
• Saint Ye teased Lin Heng about having his mouth tied up and asked him to help reconnect his dislocated hand joints.
• Mu Liuxi cut the hair binding Lin Heng’s mouth, and Little Senior Sister then argued with Little Chili over a mahjong seat.

Lin Heng introduced Saint Ye to the peaceful world outside the Cloud Boat, and Saint Ye explained the limits of Lin Heng’s Five Elements Body and warned about the Upper Realm. By night, Lin Heng finished cultivating and took Leng Qingyun to look at the stars from their two-person chair.

• Duan Shuyun accidentally struck Saint Ye’s Spiritual Lotus Root puppet, so Lin Heng repaired it and took him to the edge of the Cloud Boat to admire the snowcapped mountains.
• Saint Ye marveled at the peaceful era and asked about Lin Heng’s master, then called her foolish for needing Lin Heng’s help after her cultivation fell.
• Saint Ye said Lin Heng’s Five Elements Body ranked among the strongest physiques cultivated from nothing, but warned that people from the Upper Realm could bring disaster if they opened the lower realm.
• At night, Saint Ye absorbed spiritual energy to help his Spiritual Lotus Root puppet develop a complete body while Lin Heng completed a long cultivation session.
• Leng Qingyun came to Lin Heng and reminded him they had planned to look at the stars together, so he pushed her onto their two-person chair.

Leng Qingyun caught Leng Qingqiu cuddling and kissing Lin Heng, but accepted their explanation that it was a misunderstanding. Meanwhile, Ten Directions Hall prepared for Meng Yutong and Ling Fei’s return, and Shen Yeting ordered Dugu Feng to ready the South Side Tower for his nephew.

• After a late-night mahjong game, Leng Qingyun remembered her plan to find Lin Heng and went looking for him.
• Leng Qingyun found Leng Qingqiu kissing Lin Heng and accused her of deliberately taking her place, but Leng Qingqiu and Lin Heng claimed they had simply run into each other.
• Leng Qingqiu left, and Lin Heng soothed Leng Qingyun as she leaned against him.
• At Ten Directions Hall, Shen Yeting scolded Dugu Feng for visiting the Flower Pavilion and told him to prepare the South Side Tower for his nephew’s arrival.
• Dugu Feng complained about the errand, then eagerly accepted 10,000 Spirit Stones from Shen Yeting before she threatened to break his third leg if he wasted them at the Flower Pavilion.

Dugu Feng prepared the South Side Tower for Dugu Zixuan’s long-lost son, while Jiang Jingyi discussed court affairs and Lin Heng’s talents with Jiang Yan. The chapter ended with Jiang Jingyi planning to meet Lin Heng at the upcoming Heavenly Xuan Tournament.

• Dugu Feng led disciples to clean the South Side Tower and open a spirit spring for the returning hall master’s son.
• Jiang Jingyi caught Jiang Yan complaining outside her Divine Seed Garden and warned him against disrespecting her.
• Jiang Jingyi and Jiang Yan discussed their elder brother Jiang Zhenqing and the reasons he had not contested the throne.
• Jiang Yan reported that Xu Shiqi had surrendered some authority and praised Lin Heng’s achievements to Jiang Jingyi.
• Jiang Jingyi said she would meet Lin Heng at the Heavenly Xuan Tournament and see his abilities for herself.

Jiang Yan gave Jiang Jingyi the compensation from Clear Moon Long Song, and she discussed how to use new sect slots to balance Western Continent’s forces. On the Cloud Boat, Meng Yutong found her disciples playing mahjong and caught Lin Heng hugging her, leaving their relationship on display before the others.

• Jiang Yan gave Jiang Jingyi Spirit Stones from Clear Moon Long Song, and she decided to grant Western Continent two more first-rate sect slots to stir up competition.
• Jiang Yan suggested raising the Joyful Union Sect and revealed that he knew Jiang Jingyi had given Mu Li the Cosmos Fan.
• Meng Yutong left seclusion as her cultivation recovered, then found Leng Qingyun, Duan Shuyun, Yun Yao, Lin Heng, and Saint Ye playing mahjong.
• Meng Yutong watched the game unnoticed while Lin Heng thought about how good she smelled and decided to approach her.
• Lin Heng hugged Meng Yutong from behind and asked to teach her mahjong, while she warned him that she could still resist; he replied that hugging was allowed because she had agreed to become his Dao companion.

Lin Heng pressed Meng Yutong to reveal her special physique and asked her to help him cultivate, but she punished him for his presumptuousness. He landed at Yun Yao’s feet, where she prepared to make him cultivate with her instead.

• Lin Heng asked Meng Yutong about her physique, suspecting that dual cultivation with her had given him a mysterious yin force.
• Meng Yutong denied having a special physique, while Lin Heng insisted she help him cultivate so he could extend his lifespan.
• Lin Heng tried to teach Meng Yutong to play tiles hand in hand, but she promised to teach him how to take flight and land with precision.
• Meng Yutong sent Lin Heng crashing across the ship’s planks until he landed in front of Yun Yao.
• Yun Yao announced that she would help Lin Heng cultivate that night, and he feared he would be exhausted the next day.

Lin Heng tried to persuade Yun Yao to help him take advantage of Master’s recovering cultivation, but Yun Yao refused to join him. The Cloud Boat reached the Eastern Continent and landed far from Ten Directions Hall, leaving the group to travel east on foot.

• Lin Heng teased Yun Yao about how she had changed and asked her to help him take Master down again, but she refused and warned him not to involve her.
• Lin Heng accepted that he would have to face Master alone, while Yun Yao noticed he was still thinking about her and made him work harder.
• The Cloud Boat traveled along the Dragon Lake Long River toward Ten Directions Hall, a major branch hall of the Dugu Clan near the Imperial Capital, Dingyang.
• The Cloud Boat ran aground far from Ten Directions Hall, and Master blamed the Rebel Disciples for failing to notice it had gone off course.
• Yun Yao told Leng Qingyun that Ten Directions Hall was not in the low basin and said the group should see it after heading east for about two hours.

Meng Yutong and her disciples arrived at Ten Directions Hall, where a brief misunderstanding at the gate was cleared up and Shen Yeting warmly welcomed them. Shen Yeting recognized Lin Heng as her nephew and gave gifts to him and the other disciples, while Dugu Zixuan remained in seclusion.

• Lin Heng and Saint Ye teased each other as the group traveled to Ten Directions Hall.
• Two gatekeeping disciples questioned the visitors, and Leng Qingyun explained that they were from Green Pavilion Sect, so the disciples let them inside.
• Shen Yeting greeted Meng Yutong warmly and reminisced about their friendship and the two centuries since they had met.
• Shen Yeting recognized Lin Heng, who praised her beauty and received a heavy Storage Pouch from her.
• Shen Yeting gave gifts to Meng Yutong's other disciples and noted that Dugu Zixuan had not yet emerged from seclusion.

Meng Yutong and her disciples reunited with Shen Yeting and Dugu Feng, whose antics turned an affectionate greeting into a quarrel. The group learned that the Dugu Clan had never known Lin Heng was lost for over twenty years, and Lin Heng blamed his father, Lin Zhique, for abandoning him.

• Shen Yeting welcomed Meng Yutong's disciples and gave them Storage Pouches before teasing Meng Yutong about their manners.
• Dugu Feng rushed into the hall and warmly took Meng Yutong's hand, prompting Lin Heng to slap it away.
• Dugu Feng objected when Lin Heng held Shen Yeting's hand, then was startled by how much Lin Heng resembled Lin Zhique.
• Shen Yeting questioned Dugu Feng about his assumptions and made him stand quietly with the others.
• Meng Yutong explained that Lin Heng had been lost for over twenty years and found less than a year earlier, shocking Dugu Feng and Shen Yeting.
• Dugu Feng learned that the Dugu Clan had not known Lin Heng was missing, blamed Lin Zhique for disappearing, and Lin Heng resolved not to support his father in old age.

Lin Heng reunited with his maternal relatives at Ten Directions Hall, where Shen Yeting and Dugu Feng welcomed him and condemned his father for abandoning him. As Meng Yutong and the others toured the Dugu Clan, Shen Yeting explained how the clan’s respect for ordinary people reflected the Heavenly Profound Continent’s peaceful order.

• Shen Yeting comforted Lin Heng over his harsh upbringing, and Dugu Feng embraced him, promised to kill Lin Zhique, and invited him to join the Dugu Clan.
• Yun Yao secretly repaid Leng Qingyun only part of the Spirit Stones she owed, and the gathered elders and disciples caught them trading.
• Shen Yeting led Meng Yutong and the others to South Side Tower while explaining that Dugu Feng raised cattle and farmed to keep busy and avoid her.
• Shen Yeting described how the Dugu Clan had learned to respect ordinary people and praised the Dynasty’s role in protecting the mortal world.
• Meng Yutong agreed with Shen Yeting and remarked that the Dugu Clan had endured for thousands of years because of its values.

Lin Heng and the women toured the Ten Directions Hall while Shen Yeting and Meng Yutong discussed romance. After Meng Yutong denied having a partner, Lin Heng secretly held her hand, leaving her flustered as she admitted she had a man she liked but refused to identify him.

• Yun Yao took Lin Heng's Storage Pouch, found fifty thousand Spirit Stones inside, and returned it after taking some for herself.
• Lin Heng noticed a striking female disciple who reminded the women of Mu Liuxi, while the Ten Directions Hall disciples speculated about his identity and the Green Pavilion Sect.
• Shen Yeting asked Meng Yutong whether she had found a partner, and Meng Yutong said she had not found a reliable man.
• Lin Heng stepped beside Meng Yutong and secretly interlocked his fingers with hers, startling her and the senior sisters behind them.
• Meng Yutong asked Shen Yeting how she managed her husband, then admitted she was fond of a man but refused to reveal who he was.
• Meng Yutong silently urged Lin Heng to release her hand, but Lin Heng squeezed it tighter.

Shen Yeting shared her methods for managing a husband, prompting Lin Heng’s Senior Sisters to accuse him of being too well-fed and flirtatious. At South Side Tower, Meng Yutong used kisses as a reward to keep Lin Heng obedient, then realized she had accidentally treated him like her husband.

• Shen Yeting explained that a wife should understand her husband and feed him neither too little nor too much, while Lin Heng’s Senior Sisters teased him about being a womanizer.
• The group arrived at South Side Tower, where disciples reported that its rooms and a spirit-spring pool were being prepared for guests, including Meng Yutong.
• Shen Yeting left to check on Dugu Feng, and Lin Heng followed Meng Yutong, asking her to feed him rather than resist his advances.
• Meng Yutong kissed Lin Heng and promised to reward him when he behaved, hoping to keep him in check while her cultivation recovered.
• Meng Yutong realized that describing her plan as a way of managing a husband meant she had treated Lin Heng as her husband.

Meng Yutong and Lin Heng settled into Ten Directions Hall after Ye Tian's departure, where Dugu Qiusheng questioned whether the Dugu elders would accept Lin Heng. During a family meal, Dugu Feng welcomed his nephew and reminisced about Meng Yutong, while Lin Heng hinted that she might someday become his wife.

• Meng Yutong reflected on the upheaval of the past half year and told Lin Heng that Ye Tian might have returned to the Ye Family in the Eastern Continent.
• Dugu Qiusheng discussed Lin Heng's return with another Dugu descendant and warned that the elders might still drive him out over his father's actions.
• Dugu Feng hosted a meal for the group, and Lin Heng teased him about the palm print on his face as they drank together.
• Dugu Feng told Lin Heng about his demon-hunting trip and offered to show him around the Eastern Continent while his mother remained in seclusion.
• Dugu Feng recalled that he had admired Meng Yutong when they were young, and Lin Heng warned him to watch his words before suggesting she might become his wife.

Lin Heng teased Mu Liuxi about their relationship while Shen Yeting asked Meng Yutong to help select disciples for Ten Directions Hall. Leng Qingyun feared her Blue-Scale Snake had died in storage, but Lin Heng revived it; meanwhile, Dugu Qiusheng stirred resentment among the clan disciples over the guests and Lin Heng’s status.

• Lin Heng pulled Mu Liuxi onto his lap, and she confirmed to Shen Yeting that they were Dao companions.
• Shen Yeting asked Meng Yutong to help choose recruits for Ten Directions Hall’s final disciple recruitment in six days and warned her away from Dingyang City.
• Leng Qingyun found her Blue-Scale Snake limp in a sealed Storage Pouch, but Lin Heng awakened it with metal energy.
• Dugu Qiusheng urged disgruntled Dugu Clan disciples to confront Lin Heng if they resented his return and identity.