Chapter Summaries

Dugu Zixuan tricked Martial Man and Smoke Ghost into revealing that Ye Tian had gone to Carefree Holy Land and planned to return to Three Capital City. She prepared to pursue him while leaving a spirit body in the dungeon to ambush him if he came back to rescue them.

• Dugu Zixuan slapped Martial Man and Smoke Ghost, then questioned Smoke Ghost about Ye Tian's whereabouts, and he said Ye Tian had gone to Carefree Holy Land.
• Dugu Zixuan pretended to leave, but secretly listened as Smoke Ghost and Martial Man discussed Ye Tian's planned return to Three Capital City.
• Dugu Zixuan revealed herself, formed a spirit body to guard the dungeon, and warned the prisoners that she could see through it.
• Dugu Zixuan returned to the City Lord's Mansion and asked Lord Cui about Carefree Holy Land, learning that it was a rising sect led by two Return to Void True Lords.
• Dugu Zixuan decided that Ye Tian and Lin Heng were likely aliases and regarded Carefree Holy Land as complicit with him.

Lin Heng and his companions reached the Carefree Holy Land, where disciples barred Xiao Lan from entering and tried to put a collar on her. After Lin Heng struck the disciple who insulted her, Li Junxiao recognized him from the Ancient Emperor Secret Realm and invited all three inside.

• Li Dongchen and Li Junxiao learned that Lin Heng had broken through the Soul-Seizing Formation and agreed to let him enter.
• A disciple recognized Xiao Lan as a snake demon and insisted she could not enter the holy land.
• Lin Heng agreed that Xiao Lan would wait outside, but the disciple demanded she be locked up with a collar.
• Lin Heng slapped the disciple and defended Xiao Lan, drawing Li Junxiao and Li Dongchen to the scene.
• Li Junxiao recognized Lin Heng from his avatar's memories and invited him and Xiao Lan into the Imperial Library.

Lin Heng told Li Junxiao and Li Dongchen about the Immortal Wheel Secret Realm incident and theorized that a faction had colluded with the Beast Clan to frame the survivors. He left suspecting that the Little Demoness was in danger, while Su Qiubai resolved to drag him back to Star God Temple and suppress him.

• Li Junxiao introduced Lin Heng to Li Dongchen, and they discussed Lin Heng’s rapid breakthrough to Nascent Soul.
• Lin Heng revealed that he had used Ye Tian’s identity and described the demonic-beast chaos in the Immortal Wheel Secret Realm.
• Lin Heng explained that the demonic-beast waves seemed designed to test the limits of the secret realm’s spatial passage.
• Lin Heng proposed that an internal factional struggle had involved the Beast Clan and that the survivors’ escape might have triggered the chaos and their pursuit.
• Lin Heng worried that something had happened to the Little Demoness, while Su Qiubai silently vowed to take him back to Star God Temple and suppress him.

Lin Heng secured a five-day stay at the Carefree Holy Land while pursuing his investigation into the Immortal Wheel Secret Realm, then began refining a Dao Fruit. Left in Xiao Lan’s custody, the bound Su Qiubai discovered that the snake demon was considering her as food.

• Lin Heng asked Li Junxiao to help establish that the Carefree Holy Land had known nothing about the secret realm, and Li Junxiao agreed.
• Lin Heng asked Li Dongchen for a place to stay for five days, and Li Dongchen assigned the group the Western Palace Sky Pavilion.
• Li Dongchen and Li Junxiao speculated about Lin Heng’s motives and wondered whether the restrained woman looked familiar.
• At the pavilion, Lin Heng told Xiao Lan to watch Su Qiubai, then entered a room to refine a Dao Fruit.
• Xiao Lan sniffed and pinched Su Qiubai, who threatened to turn her into a skewer-roasted snake, and Xiao Lan retorted that she smelled fragrant.

Su Qiubai remained captive in the Void Pavilion while Star God Temple searched for her, and Dugu Zixuan encountered Su Moxie’s Cloud Boat. Learning that her son might be in danger at Carefree Holy Land and that Su Qiubai had been captured, Dugu Zixuan faced a choice between her urgent journey and helping the search.

• Xiao Lan rejected Su Qiubai’s attempt to escape by claiming she was Star God Temple’s Saintess, and kept her confined while Lin Heng remained in seclusion.
• After Ning Wuque reported Su Qiubai’s capture, Su Moxie set out with Bai Zihe and other disciples, using a Star Chart to track her location.
• Dugu Zixuan broke into Su Moxie’s Cloud Boat after recognizing Star God Temple’s emblem, and the two greeted each other as old acquaintances.
• Dugu Zixuan asked to borrow the Cloud Boat to reach Carefree Holy Land because her son was in danger, while Su Moxie explained that his niece Su Qiubai had been captured.
• Su Moxie revealed that Su Qiubai might be Dugu Zixuan’s daughter-in-law under an old marriage agreement, and Dugu Zixuan reacted with surprise and anger at the abduction.

Su Qiubai tried to escape Lin Heng’s custody by claiming to be Star God Temple’s Saintess, but Li Dongchen refused to acknowledge her identity, leaving her unable to seek help. Lin Heng reappeared, took her back into custody, and prepared to leave Carefree Holy Land after his five-day stay ended.

• Bai Zihe and the Star God Temple disciples learned that Su Qiubai had a marriage agreement with someone from Ten Directions Hall, while Dugu Zixuan sped up their Cloud Boat toward Carefree Holy Land.
• On the fourth day of Lin Heng’s seclusion, Su Qiubai tricked Xiao Lan and sent a distress signal, allowing Huo Shouchen and the disciples to take her away.
• Li Junxiao and Li Dongchen confronted Huo Shouchen, but Li Dongchen dismissed Su Qiubai’s claim to be Star God Temple’s Saintess and threw down her token.
• Su Qiubai denied being the Saintess, and Li Dongchen tied her up again before calling Lin Heng out.
• Lin Heng revealed himself and announced that he and Xiao Lan would leave Carefree Holy Land now that his five days there were over.

Lin Heng left the Carefree Holy Land with Xiao Lan and the newly revealed Northern Continent Star God Temple Holy Maiden, Su Qiubai, whom he teased about her failed attempt to secure help. Meanwhile, Su Moxie and Dugu Zixuan arrived at the Carefree Holy Land seeking Ye Tian, and Li Dongchen sensed their approach.

• After the five-day stay ended, Li Junxiao sent Huo Shouchen to confinement for leading the disciples into trouble.
• Lin Heng reassured Xiao Lan that she had not caused the trouble and gave her a giant lychee to eat.
• Lin Heng learned that Su Qiubai was the Holy Maiden of the Northern Continent Star God Temple and mocked her for revealing her identity while seeking help.
• Su Moxie and Dugu Zixuan discovered that they were both heading to the Carefree Holy Land, where they believed Ye Tian had gone.
• Su Moxie and Dugu Zixuan descended toward the mountain, passing through the Soul-Seizing Formation, while Li Dongchen sensed new visitors approaching.

Su Moxie and Dugu Zixuan confronted Li Dongchen at Carefree Holy Land over the missing Saintess and the wanted Ye Tian, but Li Dongchen claimed the travelers had already left. Dugu Zixuan and Su Moxie pursued them, while Lin Heng remained unaware that they were following his trail.

• Su Moxie broke through Carefree Holy Land’s barrier and demanded that Li Dongchen hand over the Saintess and Ye Tian.
• Li Dongchen denied harboring Ye Tian, then revealed that a man named Lin Heng and two women had visited the holy land.
• Dugu Zixuan threatened to destroy Carefree Holy Land unless it handed over the man, but Li Dongchen said the travelers had left nearly a day earlier.
• Li Dongchen told Li Junxiao that he had concealed the Saintess’s identity so the holy land could deny responsibility for her capture.
• Su Moxie realized he had neglected to watch the Star Chart during the confrontation and raced ahead while his disciples followed behind.

While Lin Heng flew toward Three Capital City with Su Qiubai and Xiao Lan, Jiang Caiyan moved to claim authority over Waning Moon Divination and Blood Moon Valley after Gu Yun and Wang Qiang were captured. The gathered factions rejected her claim, leaving her to face their resistance.

• Lin Heng continued scheming against the Dynasty as he flew with Su Qiubai and Xiao Lan, unaware that Su Qiubai could hear his thoughts.
• Jiang Caiyan learned that Gu Yun had been captured and suspected that someone was targeting the leaders of Blood Moon Valley, Waning Moon Divination, and Cloud Wander Sect.
• Crippled Granny urged Jiang Caiyan to use the leaders’ absence to take control of their factions, and Jiang Caiyan agreed to contact Waning Moon Divination’s managers.
• Crippled Granny gathered representatives from Waning Moon Divination and Blood Moon Valley at the Book Tower, where Jiang Caiyan claimed authority as Yu Han’er’s daughter and bearer of the Silver Moon Ring.
• The representatives refused to recognize Jiang Caiyan as their revered lord, insisting that they recognized only their captured Dao Lords.

Jiang Caiyan used Tian Sheng’s defeat to secure the support of several Northern Continent factions, while Lin Heng was cornered by Star God Temple elders who had come to rescue Su Qiubai. Lin Heng claimed that he and Su Qiubai shared a life-and-death contract, leaving Dugu Zixuan and Su Moxie hesitant to attack.

• Jiang Caiyan told the gathered factions that she could save their captured Dao Lords and demanded that they acknowledge her as master.
• Wounded Dao Lord Tian Sheng arrived seeking Jiang Caiyan’s help, and the frightened factions declared their allegiance to her.
• Jiang Caiyan decided to go to Three Capital City and meet Lin Heng.
• Su Qiubai woke as Su Moxie and Dugu Zixuan caught up with Lin Heng and demanded that he release her.
• Lin Heng claimed that he and Su Qiubai were bound by a life-and-death contract, making Dugu Zixuan and Su Moxie wary of killing him.

Lin Heng brought Su Qiubai to Three Capital City, where the City Lord's Mansion lured him into a dungeon ambush. Dugu Zixuan mistook him for Ye Tian and whipped him until she recognized him as her long-lost son, then turned her anger on Martial Man and Smoke Ghost.

• Lin Heng discovered and destroyed the Star-Fixing Stone hidden in Su Qiubai's hair, then continued toward Three Capital City with her and Xiao Lan.
• Lin Heng reached Three Capital City and learned that Martial Man was being held in the Justice Bureau dungeon, unaware that the City Lord's Mansion was watching him and had planted the news as bait.
• Lin Heng entered the dungeon to find Martial Man and Smoke Ghost, but Dugu Zixuan and Su Moxie appeared and trapped him in an ambush.
• Dugu Zixuan mistook Lin Heng for Ye Tian and whipped him despite his protests and claims about his identity and family.
• Dugu Zixuan recognized Lin Heng's face and the names written on his chest, realized he was her son, and stopped whipping him.
• Martial Man and Smoke Ghost angered Dugu Zixuan by speaking up, so she began whipping them instead.

Dugu Zixuan realized Lin Heng was her son after beating him and carried him away to treat him, while the Martial Man and Smoke Ghost escaped the dungeon to rescue him. Su Moxie rescued Su Qiubai, who learned Dugu Zixuan was her prospective mother-in-law and hesitated to meet her.

• Dugu Zixuan stopped whipping Lin Heng, recognized him as her son, and carried him out of the dungeon.
• The Martial Man and Smoke Ghost decided to rescue Lin Heng and secretly broke out of the dungeon.
• Su Moxie rescued Su Qiubai, leaving Xiao Lan tied up as their captive.
• Su Qiubai mocked Xiao Lan and demanded that she become her spirit pet, but Xiao Lan refused.
• Su Moxie told Su Qiubai that Dugu Zixuan was her aunt and that their families had arranged a marriage between Su Qiubai and Dugu Zixuan's son.
• Su Qiubai worried that Dugu Zixuan might take her away as a daughter-in-law, while Su Moxie doubted the Dugu Clan would accept her.

Dugu Zixuan discovered that the unconscious man she had mistaken for Ye Tian was actually her son, Lin Heng, whom she had nearly beaten to death. She and Su Moxie planned to hide his identity for now and let him learn the truth gradually, while Su Qiubai was denied the chance to punish him.

• Dugu Zixuan brought Lin Heng to the Justice Bureau’s Health Hall and treated him while worrying about how to face him when he woke up.
• Su Moxie and Su Qiubai arrived, and Su Qiubai asked Dugu Zixuan to hand Lin Heng over so she could enslave him for kidnapping her.
• Dugu Zixuan told Su Moxie that the man was Lin Heng, not Ye Tian, and admitted she had nearly killed her own son after mistaking him for his enemy.
• Su Moxie advised Dugu Zixuan to apologize and explain the mistaken identity without directly revealing that she was Lin Heng’s mother.
• Su Moxie told Su Qiubai she could not punish Lin Heng, then let her take Xiao Lan away to discipline him instead.

Dugu Zixuan realized Lin Heng was not Ye Tian, apologized for injuring him, and treated his wounded soul. As their blood connection stirred, Lin Heng asked her to summon the Justice Bureau officers because he had come to Three Capital City to be arrested.

• Lin Heng woke in Dugu Zixuan’s room and tried to escape, but she dragged him back and restrained him.
• Dugu Zixuan fed Lin Heng Soul-Calming Decoction and apologized for mistaking him for Ye Tian.
• Lin Heng explained he had used Ye Tian’s name for protection, and Dugu Zixuan explained that rage over her son’s conflict with Ye Tian had led to the mistake.
• When Lin Heng spoke of his uncaring parents, Dugu Zixuan felt heartbroken but kept her identity secret.
• Dugu Zixuan told Lin Heng he was in the Justice Bureau and offered to help him leave, but he asked her to call the officers so they could arrest him.

Lin Heng and his companions were accused of causing the Beast Tide, but he presented an Imperial Token that compelled obedience and stunned the Justice Bureau. The chapter ended with Dugu Zixuan realizing Lin Heng had possessed the token all along.

• Lin Heng told Dugu Zixuan how he had met the Star God Temple group while searching for Ye Tian, and she believed he was not involved in colluding with the beast clans.
• Dugu Zixuan returned Xiao Lan to Lin Heng, while Martial Man and Smoke Ghost escaped the dungeon and later sneaked back into the Justice Bureau to find him.
• Dugu Zixuan and the others gathered at the Justice Bureau the next morning as Chief Lyu accused Lin Heng and his companions of causing the Beast Tide and ordered Lin Heng seized for execution.
• Lin Heng challenged Chief Lyu for having no evidence and blamed him for neglecting his duties, while Martial Man and Smoke Ghost backed him up.
• Lin Heng produced an Imperial Token, and Lord Cui knelt, explaining that its authority required everyone to obey its summons.

Lin Heng used the Imperial Token to stop Chief Lyu from arresting him and his companions, then exposed that the order to execute the Immortal Wheel Secret Realm escapees came from South Prince Manor. The officials identified Lord Yu Hai as the one behind the order.

• Lord Cui and Chief Lyu recognized Lin Heng’s Imperial Token and knelt, while Lin Heng challenged them for accusing him of causing the Beast Tide.
• Chief Lyu said Lin Heng and his companions could not be the instigators, then blamed two officials who had come to oversee the executions.
• Lin Heng threatened to soul-search the two officials, and they confessed they worked for the Imperial Strategy Bureau under South Prince Manor.
• Lord Cui explained how South Prince Manor relayed orders through the Justice Bureaus, and Lin Heng asked who had ordered the arrests and executions.
• Chief Lyu named Lord Yu Hai, and the two Imperial Strategy Bureau officials confirmed that Yu Hai had sent them.

Lin Heng manipulated Lord Lyu and Lord Cui into helping him investigate South Prince Manor while sparring with the furious Su Qiubai. The chapter ended with Lin Heng worrying about how Meng Yutong would react to her five disciples becoming his dao companions.

• Lin Heng ordered Chief Lyu to detain the Imperial Strategy Bureau envoys and report that Ye Tian and the others had been executed, while Lord Cui pledged his support.
• Lin Heng told Martial Man that he would not simply arrest Yu Hai without learning what role he played behind the scenes.
• Su Qiubai confronted Lin Heng, but Su Moxie restrained her and Dugu Zixuan knocked away her sword.
• Lin Heng provoked Su Qiubai by comparing her unfavorably with Su Wanyue, then left with Martial Man, Smoke Ghost, and Xiao Lan.
• Su Moxie and Dugu Zixuan discussed Su Qiubai's anger, while Lin Heng wondered whether Meng Yutong would accept her five disciples becoming his dao companions.

Lin Heng accepted Dugu Zixuan’s help in investigating South Prince Manor, while she hoped he would realize she was searching for her son. Two days later, Jiang Caiyan asked him to rescue Gu Yun, and Lin Heng kissed her just as her mother watched unnoticed.

• Lin Heng reasoned that several groups with different aims might have been involved in the leak and the rapid arrests.
• Dugu Zixuan offered to help Lin Heng investigate South Prince Manor in exchange for his help finding her son, but Lin Heng misunderstood her hints.
• Lin Heng agreed to publicize a search for Dugu Zixuan’s son across the Northern Continent, and she decided to keep probing him later.
• Two days later, Jiang Caiyan told Lin Heng that Gu Yun had been captured in Ancient Sun City and would be executed in three days.
• Lin Heng deduced that Gu Yun was Jiang Caiyan’s subordinate and asked for a sign of sincerity before agreeing to help; he kissed Jiang Caiyan while her mother secretly watched.

Lin Heng agreed to take Jiang Caiyan to meet the captives she might rescue, while she kept her larger plans secret. After he left her at an inn, Dugu Zixuan appeared in Jiang Caiyan’s room and confronted her.

• Dugu Zixuan followed Lin Heng and saw him making out with Jiang Caiyan, then left without revealing herself.
• At a noodle shop, Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan discussed rescuing Gu Yun, Wang Qiang, and the other captives, and he guessed she was seeking a future for the Blood Moon Cult in Northern Continent.
• Lin Heng offered to take Jiang Caiyan to meet the captives in the next couple of days, and she returned to an inn to cultivate.
• Jiang Caiyan refined the Blacklight Stone and reflected on her Life-Death Dual Balance Physique and its connection to the Azure Clan.
• Dugu Zixuan appeared without warning in Jiang Caiyan’s room, and the two women questioned each other.

Dugu Zixuan visited Jiang Caiyan to learn about Lin Heng, then revealed she was his mother, whom he had not yet recognized. Before leaving, she asked Jiang Caiyan to keep her identity secret and find out how Lin Heng would react to his parents returning from seclusion.

• Jiang Caiyan attacked Dugu Zixuan, but Dugu Zixuan restrained her effortlessly and asked about her relationship with Lin Heng.
• Jiang Caiyan called herself Lin Heng's Dao companion and described his womanizing nature and many relationships.
• Dugu Zixuan clarified that she was Lin Heng's mother, and Jiang Caiyan questioned the claim before hearing how mother and son had yet to recognize each other.
• When Dugu Zixuan asked what Lin Heng liked, Jiang Caiyan could only say he seemed to enjoy eating beef noodles.
• Dugu Zixuan asked Jiang Caiyan to conceal her visit and identity and to probe Lin Heng's attitude toward his parents.