Chapter Summaries

Lin Heng confronted Black Robe about his likely identity as Jiang Caiyan’s father, then wrestled with the pain that revealing the truth could cause her. He returned to his residence with Dugu Feng and agreed to write a strategy guide, while asking what someone might feel upon discovering their long-lost father had always been nearby.

• Lin Heng told Black Robe that Jiang Caiyan had long treated him as a father and warned him that deception could not be excused as an unspeakable hardship.
• Lin Heng concluded that Black Robe was likely the father Jiang Caiyan had sought for decades, but wondered what had happened to Yu Xian and why Black Robe had concealed his identity.
• Dugu Feng found Lin Heng and told him that Murong Ziyan would investigate Fang Qingxin’s foothold at Creek Moon Sect while he and Lin Heng could return.
• Dugu Feng pressured Lin Heng to write a Harem Secret Manual strategy guide, and Lin Heng promised to deliver one that night.
• While Lin Heng wrote, he asked Dugu Feng how someone might react to finding out their long-lost father had always been beside them, prompting Dugu Feng to suspect he meant Lin Zhique.

As the Blood Moon Cult withdrew from Dragon Mouth Town, Lin Heng comforted Jiang Caiyan and prepared her for meeting his master and senior sisters at the Green Pavilion Sect. Dugu Feng studied Lin Heng’s Harem Secret Manual and worried that he could not win the tigress’s approval to pursue other women.

• Jie led the Blood Moon Cult disciples out of Dragon Mouth Town, while Lin Heng embraced Jiang Caiyan and asked why she seemed unhappy.
• Jiang Caiyan said Lin Heng had left her exhausted and worried that Black Robe had become listless and gray-haired after waking; Lin Heng guessed he knew the reason and said Black Robe would eventually talk.
• Dugu Feng read Lin Heng’s Harem Secret Manual and wondered how to get the tigress to let him pursue other women, but concluded he had no clear opportunity.
• Lin Heng teased Jiang Caiyan about the manual, then told her to stay poised when she met his master and senior sisters at the Green Pavilion Sect.
• Lin Heng explained that his master wanted to treat the senior sisters as accompanying maidservants, and Jiang Caiyan decided she would have to handle the household dynamics herself.

Murong Ziyan questioned Li Xuanming about Fang Qingxin and warned the Creek Moon Sect against ties to the Wei Family, while the Wei Family prepared to risk everything against the Dynasty and Green Pavilion Sect. At Green Pavilion Sect, Shi Yuanzhou worried about the missing Sect Leader as Lin Heng returned to Fairy Cloud Peak with an unfamiliar girl.

• Murong Ziyan confronted Li Xuanming about Fang Qingxin’s rise in the Creek Moon Sect and her connection to the Wei Family, then left after he denied the sect had close ties to the family.
• Li Xuanming suspected Fang Qingxin had been sold from a Flower Pavilion and privately condemned her.
• Wei Hui blamed Fang Qingxin for escaping while Second Senior died, and Wei Shouchen defended her as the Wei Family’s last remaining son.
• Wei Hui revealed that the old master would soon emerge from seclusion and vowed the Wei Family would retaliate against its enemies.
• Shi Yuanzhou saw Lin Heng return to Fairy Cloud Peak with an unfamiliar girl, then told the Star Peak steward he was worried about the missing Sect Leader.

Lin Heng welcomed Jiang Caiyan and reunited with Martial Man, Smoke Ghost, and Plowman at the Green Pavilion Sect. Smoke Ghost revealed that the Shadow Alliance’s leader was still in the Heavenly Action Continent, raising a question about the alliance’s connection to the Beauty Ranking.

• Dugu Zixuan warmly welcomed Jiang Caiyan and took her to tour Fairy Cloud Peak, leaving Lin Heng alone in the hall.
• Lin Heng reviewed the unresolved forces and mysteries connecting the Eastern, Northern, and Western Continents, including the Wei Family and Black Robe.
• Martial Man, Smoke Ghost, and Plowman returned to the Green Pavilion Sect and reported that they had investigated the Beauty Ranking.
• Smoke Ghost said a Dao Lord had told him that the Shadow Alliance’s leader had not returned from the Heavenly Action Continent.
• Smoke Ghost questioned why the Shadow Alliance leader would risk going to the Heavenly Action Continent, leaving Lin Heng to consider what the trip meant for the Beauty Ranking.

Lin Heng discussed the Shadow Alliance’s possible role as a Dynasty foothold on the Heavenly Action Continent, then investigated why Plowman could not grow Humanity Fruit. After reflecting on the fruits’ hidden Dao inheritance, Lin Heng remained unsure why refining one had given him no Dao comprehension.

• Lin Heng suggested the Shadow Alliance might have been deliberately planted on the Heavenly Action Continent by the imperial clan to gather intelligence.
• Plowman showed Lin Heng three Humanity Fruit plants that had stalled before fruiting and said he believed the changed land could no longer nurture new seeds.
• Lin Heng revealed he had hundreds of ready-made Humanity Fruits, and Martial Man gave Plowman the remaining Holy Artifact, a spiked club.
• Lin Heng told Martial Man, Plowman, and Smoke Ghost to stay on Fairy Cloud Peak until trouble gave them a chance to act.
• Lin Heng examined a blue Humanity Fruit and wondered why refining an earlier fruit had increased his True Yuan without granting him comprehension of its Dao.

Lin Heng returned and entered seclusion to investigate the inheritance in the Humanity Fruit, while Yun Yao persuaded Duan Shuyun and Mu Liuxi not to release Leng Qingqiu yet. Jiang Caiyan met Shen Yeting and Meng Yutong alone, where an accidental insult left Meng Yutong wondering what she had meant to say.

• Lin Heng began refining the Humanity Fruit after returning, and Yun Yao learned that Lin Bao had sealed his room while he cultivated.
• Duan Shuyun and Mu Liuxi confronted Yun Yao and Leng Qingyun about Leng Qingqiu's disappearance, and Leng Qingyun admitted that they had locked her in the dungeon.
• Yun Yao convinced Duan Shuyun and Mu Liuxi to delay freeing Leng Qingqiu until after Lin Heng had spent time with the women on Fairy Cloud Peak.
• Jiang Caiyan met Shen Yeting and Meng Yutong at the Back Mountain Disciple Palace without Lin Heng accompanying her.
• Jiang Caiyan accidentally began to call Meng Yutong a lazy master, prompting Meng Yutong to react with suspicion.

Jiang Caiyan met Yun Yao and Leng Qingyun, who told her how often Lin Heng thought of her, while Meng Yutong grew jealous of her arrival. Meng Yutong learned that Yun Yao and Leng Qingyun had freed Little Blue Snake and imprisoned Leng Qingqiu in her place.

• Meng Yutong resented Jiang Caiyan’s arrival and suspected that she had gained Dugu Zixuan’s favor.
• Duan Shuyun brought Jiang Caiyan to the disciples’ courtyard, where Yun Yao and Leng Qingyun came out of hiding to meet her.
• Yun Yao and Leng Qingyun told Jiang Caiyan that Lin Heng often thought about her, stirring her feelings about his concern for her.
• Jiang Caiyan said Meng Yutong seemed unhappy about her arrival and possessive of Lin Heng, prompting Yun Yao to predict that their Master would soon lay down rules.
• Shadow One reported that Yun Yao and Leng Qingyun had rescued Little Blue Snake from the dungeon and locked Leng Qingqiu in her place, shocking Meng Yutong.

After refining the Dao Fruit, Lin Heng found Jiang Caiyan collapsed from severe qi and blood loss and helped her recover. He learned that the Bai Family had come seeking the White Mystic Brush and proposed working with his master and senior sisters to profit from their arrival.

• Meng Yutong decided to let Yun Yao and Leng Qingyun clash with Third Sister so she could use the discord to strengthen her control over the disciples.
• Lin Heng emerged from seclusion and discovered that the Foundation Stone in his dantian had absorbed the Dao inheritance from the Dao Fruit.
• Lin Heng found Jiang Caiyan collapsed beneath a tree, carried her inside, and guided life-source power into her body until she awoke.
• Dugu Zixuan told Lin Heng that visitors claiming ties to the Literary Demon and the Bai Family had asked for him and the White Mystic Brush.
• Lin Heng explained that he and First Senior Sister had revealed they possessed the White Mystic Brush so they could lure the visitors to the Green Pavilion Sect and profit from them.

Lin Heng teased Meng Yutong about having children until she sent him flying, then went to check on the sleeping Little Demoness. The chapter left him wondering whether she was calling his name in her sleep.

• Lin Heng told Meng Yutong that the White Mystic Brush was an imitation, claiming he had received the original from Bai Yangzi to pass on to the Literary Path.
• Dugu Zixuan left Lin Heng alone with Meng Yutong after he asked her to go attend to other matters.
• Lin Heng kissed and comforted Meng Yutong as she complained that his mother, his aunt, and Ling Fei had been pressuring her about marriage and children.
• Lin Heng urged Meng Yutong to put giving birth on the agenda, and she sent him flying out of the hall.
• Lin Heng visited the unconscious Little Demoness and heard her murmur what sounded like “don't go” and “Lin Heng.”

Lin Heng found Jiang Caiyan feverish and unconscious, tried to cool her with his Water Element Body, then took advantage of her sleeping state. She woke and caught him, but after chasing her around the room, he caught her again.

• Lin Heng held the feverish Jiang Caiyan against his Water Element Body to cool her down.
• Jiang Caiyan dreamed of a family and was startled by a grotesque version of Lin Heng before waking.
• Jiang Caiyan discovered Lin Heng taking liberties with her and angrily threw him to the floor.
• Lin Heng chased Jiang Caiyan around a pillar as she cursed him and tried to escape.
• Jiang Caiyan stumbled into Lin Heng's arms, and he caught her again.

Jiang Caiyan recovered enough to visit the main hall, where Dugu Zixuan welcomed her into the family with a precious heirloom gift. Before leaving, Jiang Caiyan hinted to Shen Yeting about a “Harem Secret Manual,” setting her curiosity toward Dugu Feng’s changed behavior.

• Lin Heng refused to let Jiang Caiyan leave while her health and cultivation remained uncertain, and she silently began plotting to punish him.
• Lin Heng’s Senior Sisters intercepted him on his way to visit his master and carried him off, while Jiang Caiyan watched without concern.
• Dugu Zixuan invited the recovering Jiang Caiyan to the main hall and gave her heirloom earrings and a necklace as a belated greeting gift.
• Jiang Caiyan hinted to Shen Yeting that Dugu Feng and Lin Heng had been researching a “Harem Secret Manual,” then left with a private smile.
• Shen Yeting grew curious about the manual and went to look for Dugu Feng.

Dugu Feng pretended to make Shen Yeting a rocking chair while secretly scheming to ask her for a reward, then abandoned the project to go fishing. Lin Heng spent time with Yun Yao and worried about Jiang Caiyan before Duan Shuyun told him that visitors connected to the Literary Path had arrived seeking the White Mystic Brush.

• Dugu Feng told Shen Yeting he was making her a rocking chair, and she left the back mountain pleased with his attentions.
• After Shen Yeting left, Dugu Feng gave up making the chair and went fishing at Landscape Lake.
• Lin Heng learned that Leng Qingqiu was in seclusion after suffering qi deviation while refining pills, and he discussed his cultivation with Yun Yao.
• Yun Yao questioned Lin Heng about wanting Jiang Caiyan to stay, and he said he worried about her being alone.
• Duan Shuyun told Lin Heng that Zhong Zusheng, the Bai Family's helmsman, and Lin Jinren had arrived seeking the White Mystic Brush.
• Lin Heng confirmed that Duan Shuyun still had the forged brush and went with her to meet the visitors.

Lin Heng confronted Literary Path visitors demanding the White Mystic Brush and made them promise compensation for their past actions against him and Meng Yutong. After they left, he revealed to Meng Yutong and Duan Shuyun that he planned to set them against each other and needed their help.

• Meng Yutong rejected Zhong Zusheng and Bai Yanliang's claims to the White Mystic Brush, saying Lin Heng cultivated the Literary Path and could inherit its lineage.
• Bai Yanliang identified himself as the Bai Family patriarch and demanded the brush, while Lin Ziqing—Lin Jinren claimed the Poetry Immortal's descendants should decide who inherited the artifacts.
• Lin Heng entered with Duan Shuyun, displayed a counterfeit White Mystic Brush, and asked the visitors how they would divide it.
• Lin Heng refused to hand the brush to Bai Yanliang or Zhong Zusheng and demanded compensation for the visitors' past role in nearly killing him and Meng Yutong.
• Zhong Zusheng agreed to return in three days with an explanation and compensation, and Lin Heng said he planned to make the visitors turn against one another.

Lin Heng explained his plan to Duan Shuyun and Meng Yutong, then met Bai Yanliang in Jiangbing City and revealed that he had taken the White Mystic Brush and that Bai Yangzi had been alive when he received it. He argued that Bai Yangzi had entrusted him with the brush to protect the Bai Family, leaving Bai Yanliang questioning what danger it faced.

• Lin Heng, Duan Shuyun, and Meng Yutong agreed to carry out a scheme to fell three birds with one stone.
• Bai Yanliang, Lin Jinren, and Zhong Zusheng each considered how obtaining the White Mystic Brush could benefit them, while doubting the Green Pavilion Sect's strength.
• Lin Heng sent Meng Yutong and Duan Shuyun to separate tasks in Jiangbing City and went to meet Bai Yanliang at Elegant Fragrance Residence.
• Lin Heng confessed that he had taken the White Mystic Brush while pretending to be his senior brother and said Bai Yangzi had been alive when he received it.
• Lin Heng told Bai Yanliang that Bai Yangzi had given him the brush to preserve the Bai Family, and Bai Yanliang asked what he meant.

Lin Heng, Duan Shuyun, and Meng Yutong separately manipulated Bai Yanliang, Lin Jinren, and Zhong Zusheng with conflicting stories about how many White Mystic Brushes existed and who possessed them. Their schemes set up a meeting at the Green Pavilion Sect in two days, while Zhong Zusheng began suspecting the Bai Family.

• Lin Heng persuaded Bai Yanliang to wager that the Literary Demon and Lin Jinren would attack him for the White Mystic Brush at the Green Pavilion Sect.
• Duan Shuyun told Lin Jinren that two White Mystic Brushes existed and claimed one belonged to Bai Yanliang while the other was lost; Lin Jinren then sent for a letter to be delivered to Lord Zhongling.
• Meng Yutong convinced Zhong Zusheng to consider that three White Mystic Brushes existed, with brushes held by the Bai Family, Lin Jinren, and her group.
• Meng Yutong warned Zhong Zusheng that Bai Yanliang and Lin Jinren were drawing him into their scheme and told him to bring more benefits when they met in two days.
• After Meng Yutong left, Zhong Zusheng began suspecting that the Bai Family had hidden the true clues to the White Mystic Brush.

Lin Heng returned to the Green Pavilion Sect after setting plans in motion to deceive Lin Jinren and Zhong Zusheng. Meanwhile, Jiang Caiyan stirred up the women against Lin Heng by claiming he was teaching Dugu Feng how to build a harem, and Shen Yeting began to suspect her husband.

• Duan Shuyun reported that she had tricked Lin Jinren into believing there were two White Mystic Brushes and warned that his attendants were powerful.
• Meng Yutong said she had sent Zhong Zusheng to the Green Pavilion Sect in two days, where he would be caught if the others' plans succeeded.
• Lin Heng, Meng Yutong, and Duan Shuyun returned to the Green Pavilion Sect while Jiang Caiyan befriended the women at Fairy Cloud Peak.
• Jiang Caiyan described Lin Heng's threats and compensation, prompting Yun Yao to complain that she had received 300 Spirit Stones while Jiang Caiyan had received 400.
• Jiang Caiyan claimed Lin Heng and Dugu Feng were studying a Harem Secret Manual, so the women confronted Shen Yeting about Dugu Feng.
• Shen Yeting recalled Dugu Feng secretly looking at something and began to wonder whether he was learning how to build a harem.

Lin Heng helped Dugu Feng cover up the theft of Meng Yutong’s rocking chair, then met Jie and learned that Black Robe wanted to speak with him. Black Robe warned Lin Heng to keep Jiang Caiyan away from the Northern Continent and Waning Moon Divination, revealing that a Forbidden Curse prevented him from explaining the reason.

• Dugu Feng admitted that he had taken Meng Yutong’s rocking chair to impress Shen Yeting, and he and Lin Heng arranged to replace and repair the chairs.
• Lin Heng caught Jie sneaking into Fairy Cloud Peak and initially assumed Black Robe had sent him to take Jiang Caiyan away.
• Jie explained that Black Robe had sent him because his aura and spirits seemed to be weakening despite showing no illness.
• Lin Heng visited Black Robe, who asked him not to let Jiang Caiyan go to the Northern Continent or meet Waning Moon Divination.
• Black Robe revealed that he had severed a Forbidden Curse himself and warned Lin Heng not to believe what he saw or heard in the Northern Continent.
• Lin Heng realized that Jiang Caiyan’s surname connected her to the imperial clan and asked Black Robe about it.

Black Robe revealed that he was Jiang Sheng, the Female Emperor’s nephew, and explained how he had been framed after surviving a disastrous mission at Northern Pass. He also recounted how he and Han'er sacrificed themselves to save Jiang Caiyan, and why he attacked the Wei Family for a Longevity Dao Fruit.

• Black Robe told Lin Heng that he was Jiang Sheng, a prodigy who had led troops through the Western Wasteland Corridor and survived a beast tide by using his tribulation to protect his soldiers.
• Black Robe said he had been framed after his companions died at Northern Pass, and that he stayed away because returning would have meant his death without revealing the truth about their fate.
• Black Robe explained that Jiang Caiyan had been born with a dangerous Life-Death Dual Balance Physique, and that Han'er had sealed her bloodline power into a seed at the cost of her own health.
• Black Robe said Han'er had made a deal with Fang Su to obtain a Longevity Dao Fruit from the Wei Family while Fang Su pursued Wei Hui.
• Black Robe discovered that Han'er was nurturing Caiyan's bloodline seed while consuming her vital blood, so he attacked the Wei Family estate and seized the remaining Longevity Dao Fruit.
• Black Robe said the strange tree struck his face with Black Mist, leaving it numb and stinging, so he cut away the affected flesh himself.

Black Robe explained how he sacrificed his strength and appearance to protect Jiang Caiyan, and Lin Heng agreed to keep her safe while the Wei Family matter was resolved. Back at Fairy Cloud Peak, Lin Heng and Dugu Feng were caught by Shen Yeting with the Harem Secret Manual, only to find someone waiting for them over the wall.

• Black Robe told Lin Heng that he had disfigured himself, taken the Longevity Dao Fruit, and spent his lifespan and realm protecting Jiang Caiyan from her illness.
• Black Robe admitted that he had repeatedly tried to get Jiang Caiyan to kill Lin Heng, but realized she had fallen for him; Lin Heng promised to keep her by his side until the Wei Family matter was resolved.
• Black Robe ordered Jie to watch the Green Pavilion Sect for unusual activity while they waited for the cult leader's return.
• Lin Heng returned to Fairy Cloud Peak the next morning, where Dugu Feng asked about the chair and complained that his Harem Secret Manual had disappeared.
• Shen Yeting appeared holding the missing pages, prompting Lin Heng and Dugu Feng to flee over the wall, where someone was already waiting for them.

Lin Heng and Dugu Feng were caught with the Harem Secret Manual and blamed each other before Meng Yutong and Shen Yeting. Both were bound and hung in the Back Garden, where Dugu Feng discovered Shen Yeting planned to beat him with a Soul-Striking Whip.

• Meng Yutong, Dugu Zixuan, and the others caught Lin Heng and Dugu Feng as they tried to escape, then brought them before the women in the main hall.
• Dugu Zixuan praised the manual’s handwriting, and Shen Yeting confronted Dugu Feng about its harem-building advice.
• Dugu Feng blamed Lin Heng for writing the manual, then claimed Lin Heng had deceived him with an investment scheme and a promised secret manual.
• Meng Yutong rejected Lin Heng’s plea and ordered him taken to the Back Garden; Dugu Zixuan insisted Dugu Feng should be punished too, so both men were bound and hung upside down.
• Yun Yao gave Jiang Caiyan a whip and explained that Dugu Feng, not Lin Heng, would receive the real punishment.
• Shen Yeting took up a Soul-Striking Whip and told Dugu Feng he was responsible for Lin Heng’s immaturity.