Chapter Summaries

Lin Heng saved Bai Yanliang after he crashed onto Fairy Cloud Peak and learned that Lin Jinren and Zhong Zusheng had attacked him over the White Mystic Brush. Duan Shuyun proposed using the Bai clan’s Literary Path Execution Order to provoke the forces behind the Literati Society, while Lin Heng planned to expose another Literary Path artifact.

• Lin Heng and Leng Qingqiu went to find the other senior sisters, but Bai Yanliang suddenly fell from the sky onto Fairy Cloud Peak.
• Lin Heng used Revival Force and pills to stabilize Bai Yanliang, who later woke and said Lin Jinren and Zhong Zusheng had attacked him while searching for the White Mystic Brush.
• Duan Shuyun suggested helping Bai Yanliang return to the Bai Clan Ancestral Land so he could use the Literary Path Execution Order to draw out the Literati Society’s hidden backer.
• Bai Yanliang agreed to Duan Shuyun’s plan and promised to repay her.
• Lin Heng praised Duan Shuyun and asked her to forge an imitation Ink Rhino Box so they could reveal another Literary Path artifact and stir conflict among the factions.

Duan Shuyun sparred with Lin Heng to test his strength, only to discover his formidable Golden Body and lose to him. After he revealed that his cultivation exceeded peak Nascent Soul, Lin Heng kissed her in the square, where Jiang Caiyan, Zhao Wanqing, and a Dummy watched.

• Duan Shuyun told Lin Heng that Mu Li had come to seek help for Joyful Union Sect, which was apparently threatened by Extraterrestrial Cultivators.
• Duan Shuyun bound Lin Heng with Literary Path seals and challenged him to spar, intending to test his cultivation.
• Lin Heng revealed his completed Ten-Zhang Golden Body and shattered Duan Shuyun's ink-formed attack before overpowering her.
• Duan Shuyun admitted defeat, but Lin Heng caught her when she tried to attack again and asked her to guess his realm.
• Lin Heng kissed Duan Shuyun in the square, where Jiang Caiyan, Zhao Wanqing, and a Dummy saw them.

Lin Heng learned that Northern Continent was close to falling and that Heavenly Action Continent spies were disrupting Western Continent’s settlements. The chapter ended with Bai Yi asking Chen Changqin whether his feelings for an ordinary woman were genuine or part of his cultivation.

• Leng Qingyun said Xiao Lan had returned to her giant snake form after eating people and was sleeping.
• Leng Qingqiu told Lin Heng that a half-step Supreme had crushed Northern Continent’s resistance while its Dao Integration experts stayed hidden.
• Zhao Wanqing reported that Heavenly Action Continent spies had sabotaged villages and towns around Swallow Cloud City.
• Chen Changqin and Bai Yi discussed their chess game in a newly built town west of Green Pavilion Sect.
• Bai Yi asked Chen Changqin whether he truly loved the ordinary woman in his heart or was using her as a test in his mortal cultivation.

Chen Changqin recounted his three past lives and his long cycles of sleep, while Bai Yi explained his motives and his connection to the Yi Pavilion. Bai Yi admitted the Yi Pavilion was likely involved in the invasion of Northern Continent and revealed that he had used it as a chess piece.

• Chen Changqin recalled awakening across three lives, crafting the Wind-Listening Zither, and earning the title Zither Emperor before meeting a mute girl in his fourth life.
• Bai Yi said his master had told him Chen Changqin's story, and he admitted he wanted Lin Heng dead because he desired Lin Heng's Dao companion.
• Bai Yi argued that people treated as supporting characters were overlooked like figures in a book, while Chen Changqin replied that everyone was the protagonist of their own life.
• Chen Changqin questioned Bai Yi about the Heavenly Action Continent's invasion of Northern Continent and suspected the Yi Pavilion was behind it.
• Bai Yi said he was not certain of the Yi Pavilion's role but blamed its leadership for poor planning and revealed that he had used the Yi Pavilion as a chess piece.

After the Star God Temple suffered heavy losses from the Profound Star Sect’s betrayal and faced a new extraterrestrial invasion, Su Moxie proposed several ways to retreat. The temple master ordered him to take Su Qiubai and an advance group west, while Su Qiubai resisted leaving the temple.

• The temple master condemned the Profound Star Sect for betraying the Star Sect Alliance, which cost the alliance many fighters and powerful cultivators.
• The Second Elder warned that a third wave of extraterrestrial cultivators had arrived and could cut off the Star God Temple’s retreat.
• Su Moxie proposed holding the temple, seeking support from the secular main cities, or retreating to the Western Continent, and the temple master approved the options.
• The temple master told Su Moxie to lead an advance group west and take Su Qiubai, hoping she would visit the Green Pavilion Sect and Dugu Zixuan.
• Su Moxie dragged Su Qiubai away from the trial grounds and told her to prepare to leave, but she swore she would stay with the Star God Temple.

Su Moxie led Su Qiubai and more than sixty disciples south toward Western Continent while Hall Master Su kept the true reason for her relocation secret. At Green Pavilion Sect, Bai Yanliang recovered and asked how he could return safely, fearing Lin Jinren and Zhong Zusheng would ambush him.

• Hall Master Su ordered Su Qiubai to leave for Western Continent and concealed that the Star God Temple expected to flee, partly because she might encounter Lin Heng at Green Pavilion Sect.
• Su Moxie took Su Qiubai and more than sixty disciples south by Cloud Boat, detouring to avoid Extraterrestrial Cultivators.
• Duan Shuyun and Mu Liuxi joked about their night with Lin Heng, then learned from Leng Qingqiu that Bai Yanliang had mostly recovered.
• Bai Yanliang thanked the women who saved him and asked how they would send him back, warning that Lin Jinren and Zhong Zusheng might ambush him outside Green Pavilion Sect.

Duan Shuyun arranged for Bai Yanliang to escape by blending in with a group returning to the main city, while she planned to use fragments of the Ink Rhino Box to pit the Literary Path against itself. Back at the mountain, Leng Qingyun reunited with Xiao Lan and went to Lin Heng’s courtyard, where Leng Qingqiu captured her and promised her a surprise that night.

• Duan Shuyun told Bai Yanliang to leave with a group of travelers heading to the main city, and he agreed to follow her plan.
• Duan Shuyun told Mu Liuxi that she wanted to make the Literary Path factions fight, then proposed scattering fragments of the Ink Rhino Box for them to contest.
• Leng Qingyun decorated sleeping Xiao Lan with peach blossoms until Little Black arrived, and Xiao Lan bit the dog before Saint Ye made it let go.
• Saint Ye complained about his wilted Human Lotus Root arm, and Leng Qingyun set off with Xiao Lan to find Lin Heng.
• Xiao Lan fled when Leng Qingqiu threatened to make Snake Yellow Pills, leaving Leng Qingyun pinned beneath her sister.
• Leng Qingqiu promised Leng Qingyun a surprise that night, and Leng Qingyun agreed to visit her.

Leng Qingqiu brought Lin Heng to meet Hua Qi, who challenged his decision to keep her imprisoned and tried to question whether Saint Ye could be trusted. Lin Heng declared his loyalty to the Fourth Epoch and opposed Hua Qi’s mission to open the Starry Sky Ancient Road, but she asked whether that alone meant he would never open it.

• Leng Qingyun told Leng Qingqiu to pass on that Lotus Root Senior wanted to see Lin Heng, and Leng Qingqiu went with him to the back mountain.
• Lin Heng and Leng Qingqiu discussed why disciples from damaged or dangerous cities were staying at the Immortal Sect and wondered whether Meng Yutong knew about their situation.
• At Landscape Lake, Saint Ye complained that Lin Heng had not found a way to give him a fleshly body, and Leng Qingqiu considered helping search for Spiritual Lotus Roots in Southern Continent.
• Saint Ye gave Lin Heng the Soul-Suppressing Stone Disk so he could speak with Hua Qi.
• Hua Qi accused Lin Heng of imprisoning her and suggested Saint Ye might not have his best interests at heart.
• Lin Heng said he supported the Fourth Epoch and believed opening the Starry Sky Ancient Road was dangerous, while Hua Qi asked whether that meant he would never open it.

Lin Heng negotiated with Hua Qi over Ye Tian’s survival and forced her to sign a Soul Master Contract as the price of their cooperation. The contract was completed, leaving Hua Qi under Lin Heng’s control as they prepared to eliminate Ye Tian.

• Hua Qi argued that their shared goal of opening the Starry Sky Ancient Road justified setting aside their conflict and revealed that Ye Tian was still alive.
• Lin Heng reacted with shock and agreed that Ye Tian needed to be eliminated, while Hua Qi offered to teach him Ye Tian’s weakness and methods for killing him.
• Saint Ye and Leng Qingqiu warned Lin Heng against becoming Hua Qi’s disciple, but he explained that he planned to use her instead.
• Lin Heng demanded that Hua Qi sign a Soul Master Contract and threatened her until she agreed.
• Lin Heng used the Soul-Suppressing Stone Disk and his essence blood to form the contract, startling Saint Ye and Leng Qingqiu.

After freeing Hua Qi, Lin Heng discussed his rapid cultivation and the Mountain Abode’s strange time distortion with Saint Ye, who suspected its crystal core was a Space Profound Crystal. Lin Heng feared his coming Spirit Transformation tribulation, but Saint Ye told him to endure it with the Nirvana Method.

• Lin Heng released Hua Qi from the Soul-Suppressing Stone Disk, and she flew off while he assured Leng Qingqiu she would not go far.
• Saint Ye noticed Lin Heng had reached Nascent Soul Peak Stage, and Lin Heng explained how time acceleration in the Mountain Abode had helped him advance.
• Saint Ye reasoned that a powerful object inside the Mountain Abode must have distorted space and time, and he suggested its crystal core might be a Space Profound Crystal.
• The Human Lotus Root explained that a Space Profound Crystal could help Lin Heng comprehend the Spatial Law and perhaps even the Temporal Law, so Lin Heng planned to retrieve it.
• Lin Heng asked how to avoid the Three Calamities, and Saint Ye advised him to keep using the Nirvana Method to survive the Spirit Transformation tribulation.

Lin Heng faced another near-calamity when Dugu Qingyang captured Xiao Lan, who mistook him for a threat before revealing that Lin Heng had returned. Later, Leng Qingqiu seduced Lin Heng in his room, but Leng Qingyun burst in and confronted her for impersonating her again.

• Dugu Qingyang knocked Xiao Lan unconscious when she tried to steal roast mutton in his courtyard and tied her up, intending to use her scales for an artifact robe.
• Xiao Lan warned Dugu Qingyang that her master was Lin Heng, and he freed her and fed her meat while asking about Lin Heng and the others.
• Xiao Lan told Dugu Qingyang that Lin Heng had returned a few days earlier, then left after eating her fill.
• Leng Qingqiu dressed seductively and began role-playing with Lin Heng in his room.
• Leng Qingyun burst into the room, saw Leng Qingqiu with Lin Heng, and accused her of impersonating her again.

Leng Qingyun fled after Leng Qingqiu deceived her and kept Lin Heng for herself, then joined Zhao Wanqing in helping Jiang Caiyan investigate her recurring dizziness and blood loss. With Saint Ye’s guidance, Leng Qingyun began setting up a Spirit-Expelling Formation to find the cause.

• Leng Qingqiu claimed she had spent the morning refining pills and teased Lin Heng, while Leng Qingyun stormed out after failing to confront them.
• Leng Qingyun returned to her house and hid what had happened from Zhao Wanqing and Jiang Caiyan, who had been searching for missing Blood Moon Cult members Black Robe and Jie.
• Jiang Caiyan became dizzy again, and Zhao Wanqing found no cause despite checking her pulse.
• Leng Qingyun suggested using a Spirit-Expelling Formation to examine Jiang Caiyan, and the three women went to the back mountain to seek Saint Ye’s help.
• Saint Ye guided Leng Qingyun as she carved the formation, and thirty-six glazed lamps appeared when its patterns took shape.

Jiang Caiyan’s examination revealed a strange presence in her heart meridians, and Saint Ye warned her that her Blacklight Stone might be involved. When Mu Li arrived to help rescue Lin Heng, Meng Yutong learned he had already returned and summoned him, annoyed that the other women had enjoyed his company first.

• Leng Qingyun used a Formation to reveal a gu-like shape embedded in Jiang Caiyan’s heart meridians.
• Saint Ye examined Jiang Caiyan’s Blacklight Stone, warned her not to use it, and left without explaining the problem.
• Jiang Caiyan sealed away the stone, then avoided Lin Heng while preparing to search for Black Robe.
• Mu Li arrived at Fairy Cloud Peak to help Meng Yutong rescue Lin Heng, while Lin Heng sneaked into Meng Yutong’s boudoir and hid in her bathwater.
• Shadow One told Meng Yutong that Lin Heng had returned three days earlier and that the women had taken turns with him.
• Meng Yutong went to the Back Garden to rest and ordered Shadow One to call Lin Heng over.

Meng Yutong discovered that Lin Heng had secretly hidden himself in her spring pool, but Mu Li interrupted before he could make a move. Meng Yutong turned Mu Li’s teasing about her disciple back on her, while Lin Heng remained concealed nearby.

• Meng Yutong told Shadow One to secretly summon Lin Heng without alerting Zixuan, Mu Li, or the others.
• Lin Heng fell asleep while hidden beneath the water in Meng Yutong’s spring pool, and Shadow One reported that he was missing.
• Meng Yutong heard Lin Heng’s thoughts and found his eyes beneath the water, then pretended not to know he was there.
• Mu Li arrived and teased Meng Yutong about being attracted to her disciple, offering her a secret art from the Joyful Union Sect.
• Meng Yutong boldly admitted she wanted to bathe with Lin Heng and challenged Mu Li to try dual cultivation herself.

Lin Heng reunited with Meng Yutong and teased her in the spring pool until she restrained him, then heated the water for her. Meng Yutong gave him a yin fruit she had nurtured while he was trapped, and promised to try cultivating more to help him prepare for his next tribulation.

• Mu Li argued with Meng Yutong about Dugu Zixuan's attitude toward her, then left after Meng Yutong told her to go.
• Lin Heng kissed Meng Yutong in the spring pool, but she tied his mouth shut with a strand of hair and made him stop misbehaving.
• Meng Yutong asked Lin Heng to use his Fire Element Body to warm the pool, then refused to let him go further and promised he could visit her that night.
• Meng Yutong fed Lin Heng a yin fruit she had personally nurtured while he was trapped, and he recognized its dense yin power as useful for tempering his Life-Death Body.
• After Lin Heng begged to learn how to cultivate more yin fruits for his dangerous tribulation, Meng Yutong agreed to work on it and said they would talk again in half a month.

After the Star Pavilion Market raid, Lin Heng discussed the captured enemies with his family and allies. He proposed using them to power a deadly formation, leaving Dugu Zixuan to warn him to put away his schemes.

• Lin Heng returned to the main hall and learned that the group had killed one Star Pavilion Market enemy, captured two, and looted the market.
• Shen Yeting told Lin Heng that Chen Changqin had helped in the raid before escaping inside a chessboard, and Zhao Wanqing asked to meet him.
• Dugu Zixuan asked Lin Heng what to do with the two captured Return to Void True Lords, since killing them would waste their strength and releasing them was too risky.
• Lin Heng proposed using the captives as consumables in a formation that could kill intruders below Return to Void.
• Dugu Zixuan told Lin Heng to put away his schemes, but he argued that extraordinary times called for extraordinary measures.

Ye Tian revived in the Northern Continent at Nascent Soul Middle Stage and planned to target Green Pavilion Sect, while Lin Heng’s attempt to spend the night with Meng Yutong was interrupted by Mu Li. Meng Yutong drove Mu Li off and slapped Lin Heng, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Dugu Zixuan awkwardly hugged Lin Heng back, then warned him not to use Ye Tian’s name as a disguise because she believed Ye Tian was dead.
• Ye Tian revealed that he had revived by devouring bones and blood, reached Nascent Soul Middle Stage, and blamed the villagers of Black Mountain Village for helping reshape his body.
• Ye Tian assumed Hua Qi would return to him and decided to target Clear Moon Long Song and destroy Green Pavilion Sect.
• Lin Heng collected tonic medicine from his Third Senior Sister and Zhao Wanqing before leaving the Disciple Palace to find Meng Yutong.
• Mu Li stopped Lin Heng and tried to take him to her place, but Meng Yutong slapped her away, threatened her, and then slapped Lin Heng.

Meng Yutong took Lin Heng away while Mu Li tried to warn Dugu Zixuan about their relationship. Mu Li discovered that Dugu Zixuan and the Dugu family had already accepted Meng Yutong as Lin Heng’s wife, and the chapter ended with Lin Heng serving his lazy wife.

• Meng Yutong whisked Lin Heng away, and Mu Li hurried to tell Dugu Zixuan about them.
• Dugu Qingyang tripped Mu Li with his staff, then vanished before anyone else noticed him.
• Mu Li told Dugu Zixuan, Shen Yeting, and Dugu Feng that Meng Yutong and Lin Heng had gone into the main hall together.
• Dugu Zixuan said she supported the relationship and hoped Meng Yutong would give her a grandchild, while Shen Yeting scolded Dugu Feng for objecting.
• Dugu Zixuan told Mu Li that Meng Yutong was the Dugu Clan’s daughter-in-law, and Mu Li left in disappointment.
• Lin Heng began serving Meng Yutong because she refused to exert herself.

Meng Yutong summoned Lin Heng’s wives to divide his time and establish rules for restraining him. The meeting ended with Yun Yao excluded from eating meat for a year, while Lin Heng remained unaware of the arrangement.

• Meng Yutong gathered Duan Shuyun, her fellow sisters, Zhao Wanqing, Jiang Caiyan, and Yun Yao in the Disciple Palace and announced that she would set rules for Lin Heng and the others.
• Meng Yutong released Yun Yao from the Little Black Room and warned the women not to imprison one another without permission.
• Meng Yutong claimed ten days each month for herself and left the other seven women to divide Lin Heng’s remaining twenty days.
• Leng Qingqiu proposed excluding Yun Yao from the schedule, and the women unanimously deprived Yun Yao of her right to eat meat for a year.
• Yun Yao fainted in anger as Lin Heng rested, unaware that the women had divided his time among themselves.

Meng Yutong imposed a reporting system to control the women at Harem Peak while Lin Heng cultivated and prepared for his Spirit Transformation tribulation. After Hua Qi tested Lin Heng’s strength, she offered to help him counter Ye Tian using the techniques she had taught him.

• Meng Yutong introduced rewards and punishments for reporting anyone who sneaked a bite, and the women approved a round-table meeting despite Little Chili’s protest.
• Lin Heng cultivated with the spirit fruit and decided to delay his Spirit Transformation tribulation until he had made full preparations.
• Hua Qi surprised Lin Heng with an illusory sword attack, but his Golden Body protective aura shattered it.
• Hua Qi explained that she had once tried to dissuade Ye Tian from killing Lin Heng and had warned Lin Heng when Ye Tian was nearby.
• Hua Qi offered to help Lin Heng deal with Ye Tian by exploiting the palm art, fist art, and divine Sword Path technique she had taught him.