Chapter Summaries

Lin Heng rejected Star Pavilion Market’s demand to limit the Zhao Family’s medical business, and the visitors withdrew after sensing danger. The seat masters then resolved to seek Black Market support and keep Lin Heng in the Western Continent, unaware of Green Pavilion Sect’s hidden strength.

• Wu Yan and the other Star Pavilion Market representatives demanded that the Zhao Family yield some profits, but Lin Heng accused them of protecting their own income rather than the Dynasty’s interests.
• Wu Yan ended the meeting and led the others away after sensing a terrifying aura; Shen Yeting later identified their visitors as spirit-body avatars.
• Lin Heng explained that the visitors likely had support yet to be revealed, so Green Pavilion Sect should not expose all its strength; Meng Yutong was then teased by Shen Yeting and Dugu Zixuan into calling Shen Yeting “Aunt.”
• Back at their own location, Black Tea complained about Lin Heng, while Jingjing joked about eating him and unnerved the others with her history of eating people.
• Wu Yan ordered them to contact Xing Tian and request Black Market help, declaring that they would keep Lin Heng in the Western Continent and destroy Green Pavilion Sect if necessary.
• The seat masters remained unaware that Green Pavilion Sect had gained two Return to Void True Lords and concealed a Dao Integration powerhouse.

Lin Heng, Dugu Feng, and Murong Ziyan continued investigating Creek Moon Sect’s role in the Blood Moon Cult’s disappearance. Murong Ziyan revealed that Fang Qingxin was Fang Yaxin, then exposed Lin Heng’s connection to a hidden Blood Moon Cult member, leaving Dugu Feng shocked by the possibility of another dao companion.

• Yun Yao persuaded Leng Qingyun to learn formations and help her deal with her older sister.
• Murong Ziyan caught up with Lin Heng and Dugu Feng, saying she had come at the Female Emperor’s command to invite Lin Heng back, but agreed he could remain until the Western Continent matter was resolved.
• Murong Ziyan reported that Creek Moon Sect disciples had attacked the Blood Moon Cult’s new territory, but she could not determine where the captured people had been taken.
• Murong Ziyan revealed that the Creek Moon Sect leader Fang Qingxin was Fang Yaxin, Fang Su’s daughter, and suggested she might have rescued the Blood Moon Cult survivors.
• Murong Ziyan exposed Lin Heng’s past efforts to protect a Blood Moon Cult member and said she knew the woman was from the Azure Clan; Dugu Feng misunderstood her references to a dao companion and exclaimed that Lin Heng had another one.

Lin Heng questioned Murong Ziyan about her young lady and suspected she might be the Female Emperor, then traveled with her and Dugu Feng to the Creek Moon Sect to find Fang Qingxin. The sect’s Elder Li Xuanming appeared and demanded to know why they were seeking his disciple.

• Lin Heng asked Murong Ziyan whether her young lady was the Female Emperor and whether she had someone she liked, while Ziyan denied the identity and warned him not to pursue her young lady.
• Dugu Feng reminded Lin Heng that he had helped get him released from the Harsh Punishment Office, and Lin Heng thanked him.
• The next morning, Lin Heng, Dugu Feng, and Murong Ziyan reached the Creek Moon Sect and demanded to know where the people taken from the Hidden Mountain Forest were.
• Creek Moon Sect Elder Li Buqun met the three at the gate and denied that his sect’s disciples had gone to the forest.
• Elder Li Xuanming appeared and identified himself as Fang Qingxin’s master, asking why they were looking for his disciple.

Lin Heng, Murong Ziyan, and Dugu Feng pressured Creek Moon Sect for Fang Qingxin’s whereabouts and followed a clue to the Wei Family in Dragon Mouth Town. There, Jie led them to Jiang Caiyan, whom Lin Heng greeted affectionately and introduced to Dugu Feng as his wife.

• Murong Ziyan invoked her authority as a chief commander and warned that Creek Moon Sect could lose its first-rate Immortal Sect recognition unless it cooperated.
• After the sect leader ordered him to comply, Li Xuanming revealed that Fang Qingxin had left with fellow disciples and might have gone to the Wei Family.
• Murong Ziyan explained that Fang Qingxin’s father belonged to the Wei Family, which was connected to her rescue and entry into Creek Moon Sect, and the group headed for the Wei Family’s home in Dragon Mouth Town.
• Jie recognized Lin Heng and said that he and the cult leader had been waiting for the group to reach the Wei Family.
• Jie led Lin Heng, Murong Ziyan, and Dugu Feng to Jiang Caiyan, where Lin Heng embraced her and introduced her to Dugu Feng as his wife.

Jiang Caiyan told Lin Heng that Fang Qingxin had captured Black Robe and the remaining Blood Moon Cult disciples to lure her to Dragon Mouth Town. Lin Heng agreed to help her from the shadows while Murong Ziyan investigated the Wei Family, and he waited for Fang Qingxin to reveal the meeting place.

• Jiang Caiyan returned from the Northern Continent with Jie and told Lin Heng that Black Robe and the Blood Moon Cult disciples had been captured.
• Jiang Caiyan showed Lin Heng Fang Qingxin's letter, which demanded that she come alone to Dragon Mouth Town within ten days or Black Robe and the disciples would be killed.
• Murong Ziyan deduced that the Blood Moon Cult had massacred the Wei Family Compound and warned Lin Heng to return to the Eastern Continent.
• Jiang Caiyan asked Lin Heng to protect her from the shadows because Fang Qingxin had not yet named a meeting place, and Lin Heng agreed.
• Murong Ziyan gathered people to investigate the Wei Family while Lin Heng stayed at the teahouse and told Dugu Feng not to call Jiang Caiyan “Little Demoness.”

Lin Heng teased Dugu Feng about how he won Yu Tong and traded advice for five jars of aged wine. Murong Ziyan then revealed that the Wei Family of Dragon Mouth Town was connected to the Eastern Continent’s Medical Clan, and the chapter ended with her explaining that Hedong’s disaster might be tied to a Silent Parasol there.

• Dugu Feng tried to learn how Lin Heng had won Yu Tong and persuaded him to trade the story for five jars of his oldest wine.
• Lin Heng claimed his five Senior Sisters had helped him pursue Yu Tong, then refused to explain further when Dugu Feng doubted him.
• Murong Ziyan brought Lin Heng an official letter from Prince Qi reporting that the Eastern Continent’s Medical Clan was a branch of the Western Continent Wei Family.
• Lin Heng and Murong Ziyan connected the Wei Family’s Eternal Mulberry fragments to a possible Eternal Mulberry or Silent Parasol in Dragon Mouth Town.
• Murong Ziyan told Dugu Feng that Hedong’s disaster could be resolved by investigating the Silent Parasol in Hedong Land.

Lin Heng connected Hedong’s Silent Parasol and the Black Mist to a possible Medical Path conspiracy, while Jiang Caiyan and Fang Qingxin prepared for a confrontation in Dragon Mouth Town. The chapter ended with Fang Qingxin and the Wei Family waiting to capture Jiang Caiyan and use her blood for their plans.

• Lin Heng told Murong Ziyan and Dugu Feng that Hedong’s calamity might have been caused by people who concealed the truth about the Silent Parasol and the Black Mist.
• Lin Heng backed down after a guard threatened him over his claims about heaven’s mandate and becoming emperor.
• Fang Qingxin sent Jiang Caiyan a blood-written letter demanding that she come alone to Long Court Tower before the third watch the following night.
• Jiang Caiyan told Crippled Granny she would obey Fang Qingxin’s demand, reasoning that Lin Heng could help from the shadows, and agreed that Jie and Crippled Granny could scout Long Court Tower.
• At the Wei Family residence, Fang Qingxin explained that Black Robe was bait to keep Jiang Caiyan from escaping, while Wei Guan warned her that she would suffer if Jiang Caiyan’s blood proved useless.

Lin Heng and Dugu Feng discussed the Dynasty’s need for their help and the Dugu Clan’s ambitions to conquer territory on the neighboring Heavenly Action Continent. Dugu Feng recounted how the Human Race’s choices during its war with the Beast Clan shaped the Dugu Clan’s rise, and left Lin Heng wanting to hear what happened next.

• Dugu Feng told Lin Heng that the young man and an old woman had entered Long Court Tower, and Lin Heng concluded that it was the meeting place.
• Dugu Feng questioned the Dynasty’s claims about its intelligence network and predicted that Murong Ziyan would need their help, so they should demand benefits.
• Dugu Feng revealed that the Dugu Clan planned to seize territory in the Heavenly Action Continent and described the three paths the Human Race had considered when facing the Beast Clan.
• Dugu Feng explained that the Jiang Clan led the defense of Immortal Cloud Ancient City while the Dugu Clan waited in the rear, then their ancestor abandoned the rear and sent ordinary people into the war.
• Dugu Feng told Lin Heng that ordinary people’s sacrifices and the people’s faith created Fortune that influenced the Human Race’s fate.

Lin Heng escaped Dugu Feng after tricking him about the “Secret Harem Manual,” then met Jiang Caiyan to discuss her cousin’s letter and Black Robe’s capture. As evening approached, Jiang Caiyan headed alone to Long Extension Tower to confront Fang Yaxin.

• Dugu Feng demanded Lin Heng show him the “Secret Harem Manual,” but Lin Heng sneaked away and ran to the inn across the street.
• Lin Heng hid in Jiang Caiyan’s arms when Dugu Feng caught up, and Dugu Feng mocked him before leaving.
• Jiang Caiyan showed Lin Heng a bloodstained letter from her cousin, and they discussed Black Robe, the Wei Family, and the Creek Moon Sect.
• Lin Heng left the inn pretending to be injured, while a watcher mistook him for a fleeing thief.
• Jiang Caiyan went alone toward Long Extension Tower and called for Fang Yaxin.

Jiang Caiyan entered Long Extension Tower to find Black Robe and confronted Fang Qingxin, who demanded she exchange herself for the captives. Jiang Caiyan revealed her Nascent Soul cultivation and freed them, but a Big Senior of the Wei Family intervened and asked whether she was Yu Xian’s daughter.

• Jiang Caiyan entered Long Extension Tower alone and met Fang Qingxin, who taunted her and claimed Black Robe and the Blood Moon Cult disciples were captives.
• Black Robe denounced Fang Qingxin’s family, and Fang Qingxin struck him while refusing Jiang Caiyan’s offer to stay in exchange for the captives.
• Fang Qingxin demanded that Jiang Caiyan enter the Flower Pavilion and earn thirty thousand Spirit Stones to secure their release.
• Jiang Caiyan struck Fang Qingxin with Nascent Soul pressure, then pulled Black Robe and the other captives toward her as Black Robe warned her that Dragon Mouth Town held greater dangers.
• One of the Wei Family members slapped Fang Qingxin, and the Big Senior of the Wei Family asked Jiang Caiyan whether she was Yu Xian’s daughter.

Jiang Caiyan learned that the Wei Family had discovered she was Yu Xian’s daughter and intended to keep her as a blood slave. When Wei Guan attacked her, Jiang Caiyan revealed a terrifying technique, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Wei Ping confirmed Jiang Caiyan was Yu Xian’s daughter and offered to release the Blood Moon Cult disciples if she returned with the Wei Family.
• Fang Qingxin objected to sparing Jiang Caiyan, but Wei Ping slapped her and explained that Jiang Caiyan’s blood was too valuable to waste.
• Jiang Caiyan demanded to know how the Wei Family learned her identity and why they wanted her, but Wei Ping could not explain her mother’s connection to them.
• The Wei Family Second Senior leered at Jiang Caiyan, provoking her to unleash her aura and challenge the Wei siblings.
• Jiang Caiyan sent Black Robe and the disciples away from the fight, then attacked Wei Guan with a vortex of yin power.
• Wei Guan was stunned by the wing-shaped shadows of Jiang Caiyan’s attack, and Wei Ping shielded her with a great bell before the apparent blades could kill her.

Lin Heng and Dugu Feng rescued Jiang Caiyan and Black Robe from Long Extension Tower, then captured Wei Jingchu and Fang Qingxin. Lin Heng defended Jiang Caiyan against Fang Qingxin’s insults and revealed that he had arranged for the Blood Moon Cult’s safety.

• The Wei brothers attacked Jiang Caiyan while Long Extension Tower shook, and Fang Qingxin tried to stab her from behind.
• Lin Heng and Dugu Feng emerged through a hole underground, and Dugu Feng sent the Wei brothers flying while Lin Heng supported Jiang Caiyan.
• Lin Heng and the others escaped Long Extension Tower through the tunnel and found Crippled Granny and Murong Ziyan waiting outside.
• Dugu Feng returned with Wei Jingchu and Fang Qingxin after two other captives escaped through a teleportation array.
• Fang Qingxin insulted Jiang Caiyan, so Lin Heng slapped her and said he had secured the Blood Moon Cult’s safety by settling the Garrison Command.

Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan confronted Fang Qingxin after the Wei Residence was found abandoned, and Jiang Caiyan chose to release her with a plan to follow her. The chapter ended with Lin Heng suggesting he could win Jiang Caiyan back with one shot.

• Uncle Prison and Dugu Feng explained Lin Heng’s powerful family connections to Fang Qingxin, while Jiang Caiyan advised Fang to rely on herself rather than men.
• Murong Ziyan reported that the Wei Residence was empty and that its residents had escaped through a teleportation array.
• Jiang Caiyan persuaded Lin Heng to release Fang Qingxin, then ordered Calamity to secretly follow her.
• Jiang Caiyan explained that Fang might lead them to the Wei Family or expose her past at Sell to Flower Pavilion if she returned to Creek Moon Sect.
• Jiang Caiyan left after scolding Lin Heng, and he told Dugu Feng that one shot would be enough to reconcile with her.

Yun Yao and Leng Qingyun rescued Xiao Lan from the Little Black Room and arranged for her to impersonate Leng Qingqiu. Meanwhile, Meng Yutong was overwhelmed by her friends’ gossip about her relationship with Lin Heng and wished he would return soon.

• Yun Yao and Leng Qingyun freed Xiao Lan from the Little Black Room and persuaded her to pose as Leng Qingqiu for a salary of one thousand Spirit Stones a month.
• Yun Yao and Leng Qingyun revealed that they had captured Leng Qingqiu and switched her into the Little Black Room.
• Leng Qingqiu cursed Yun Yao and Leng Qingyun while tied to a chair in the dungeon.
• Ling Fei teased Meng Yutong about rumors that she and her disciple Lin Heng were romantically involved, while Dugu Zixuan and Shen Yeting joined in.
• Meng Yutong tried to escape into seclusion, but Dugu Zixuan and Shen Yeting stopped her as Ling Fei asked about her future with Lin Heng.
• Meng Yutong endured more questions about her relationship and silently wished Lin Heng would return to rescue her from the gossip.

Jiang Caiyan arranged for the Blood Moon Cult’s disciples to move north or leave with a final gift, while Lin Heng grew upset that she had not come to see him. He dragged her away from Black Robe and confronted her about treating his help as a transaction.

• Jiang Caiyan learned Fang Qingxin had escaped the Wei Residence through its teleportation array and suspected the Wei Family was connected to her mother’s death.
• Jiang Caiyan told Jie to gather the Blood Moon Cult’s disciples, allowing those who wished to leave to take 2,000 Spirit Stones.
• Lin Heng waited alone at the inn, then went downstairs when Jiang Caiyan did not come to see him.
• Lin Heng entered the Chamber, took Jiang Caiyan by the wrist, and dragged her away despite her protests that she needed to care for Black Robe.
• Jiang Caiyan argued that Lin Heng should focus on the Wei Family and Fang Qingxin, while Lin Heng accused her of treating his help as a reason to repay him with her body.

Jiang Caiyan and Lin Heng reconciled over her secrecy and their relationship, but Lin Heng then tried to persuade her to have a child. The chapter ended with Jiang Caiyan resisting and Lin Heng insisting that whoever held the truth had the right to speak.

• Lin Heng confronted Jiang Caiyan for hiding her plans to return to the Western Continent and said she had shut him out.
• Jiang Caiyan reassured Lin Heng and offered to serve him, and he accepted after asking her to act more like his Dao companion.
• As Jiang Caiyan heard Lin Heng's thoughts, he imagined changing her personality and decided that having a child would strengthen their bond.
• Jiang Caiyan stiffened when Lin Heng brought up childbirth, and he tried to persuade her by saying his mother would love their child.
• Jiang Caiyan accused Lin Heng of using childbirth to get what he wanted, but Lin Heng said he was serious and claimed whoever held the truth had the right to speak.

Lin Heng pressured Jiang Caiyan into agreeing to visit the Green Pavilion Sect, while assuring her he would not force her to stay. The two then learned that Lord Black Robe had awakened and that Wei Ping and Wei Guan had been found dead.

• Lin Heng pinned Jiang Caiyan down and argued that he wanted her to agree to have children, while she worried that her cultivation might weaken during childbirth.
• Jiang Caiyan softened and said she was willing to bear children, but fainted when Lin Heng immediately accepted her offer.
• After waking, Jiang Caiyan agreed to visit the Green Pavilion Sect and meet Lin Heng’s elders, though she remained wary of his Master and Senior Sisters.
• Jie reported that Lord Black Robe had awakened, and Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan hurried downstairs.
• Murong Ziyan’s side reported that the Garrison Command had found the corpses of Wei Ping and Wei Guan.

Lin Heng and Murong Ziyan investigated the deaths of Wei Ping and Wei Guan, then discovered Wei Jingchu had been killed while under guard. Lin Heng concluded that someone more powerful than the Wei Family had intervened, though he had not yet explained the full basis for his suspicion.

• Lin Heng examined Wei Ping and Wei Guan's bodies as Murong Ziyan reported that they had been found dead at Red Mountain Temple, where signs suggested the Wei Family had moved its people.
• Murong Ziyan proposed using Soul Search on Wei Jingchu, but Lin Heng sensed danger and urged the group to return to the posthouse.
• Lin Heng and Murong Ziyan found three Garrison Command soldiers dead and Wei Jingchu stabbed with one of their weapons; a fourth guard said he had left to buy food.
• Lin Heng told Murong Ziyan that another hand had intervened and suggested the Wei Family was acting beneath a more powerful group.
• Lin Heng asked whether Murong Ziyan could easily have killed both Wei Ping and Wei Guan, and she admitted that doing so would have been difficult.

Lin Heng and Murong Ziyan investigated the Wei Family Second Senior’s murder and negotiated a reward, while news arrived that all three Wei Family young masters had died. As Jiang Caiyan considered staying with Black Robe’s group instead of returning to the Green Pavilion Sect, Black Robe warned Lin Heng that she must not settle in the Northern Continent.

• Lin Heng concluded that an acquaintance had killed the Wei Family Second Senior while he was off guard, and reasoned the killer’s strength was around the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Lin Heng refused to help Murong Ziyan without compensation, then asked her to arrange a meeting with her young lady when they returned to Dingyang City.
• Lin Heng and Murong Ziyan questioned why someone would kill the Wei Family Second Senior to conceal information, while Lin Heng suspected another party was involved in Fang Qingxin’s disappearance.
• Jiang Caiyan learned that all three Wei Family young masters had died and asked Lin Heng whether she could avoid going to the Green Pavilion Sect so Black Robe and the others would not be left without a place to stay.
• Black Robe asked to speak privately with Lin Heng and warned him that Jiang Caiyan could travel to the Northern Continent but must not settle there, or she would be in danger.

Lin Heng learned that Black Robe knew more about the Azure Clan and the danger to Jiang Caiyan than he had admitted, so he confronted him with two connected stories about a missing Dynasty general and a wounded young man taken in by the Azure Clan. Black Robe grew visibly agitated as Lin Heng began linking the stories to him.

• Black Robe warned Lin Heng to protect Jiang Caiyan from the Wei Family and keep her away from them.
• Black Robe revealed that a northern race hunted women with special bloodlines, and Lin Heng recognized it as the Azure Clan before explaining that the clan had been destroyed.
• Lin Heng recounted how he had defeated the Azure Clan and exposed a Dynasty traitor, surprising Black Robe with the details.
• Lin Heng questioned how Black Robe knew about the Azure Clan and Jiang Caiyan’s danger, then began telling him two connected stories.
• Lin Heng described a general who disappeared after leading the Female Emperor’s forces into a deadly ambush at the Northern Pass.
• Lin Heng told of an Azure Clan woman who rescued a badly wounded young man more than sixty years earlier, and Black Robe angrily ordered him to leave.