Chapter Summaries

Zhai Xiaoshan tried to force Jiang Caiyan to kill Black Robe, revealing that he might be Jiang Caiyan’s father, but Jiang Caiyan turned the blade on Zhai Xiaoshan instead. As Zhai Xiaoshan fought Jiang Caiyan and prepared to drain her power, Lin Heng emerged from a tunnel and attacked her from behind.

• Zhai Xiaoshan told Jiang Caiyan that Black Robe was her father and manipulated her into reaching for his blade.
• Jiang Caiyan struck Zhai Xiaoshan in the shoulder, then said she would kill her for harming her mother.
• Zhai Xiaoshan fought Jiang Caiyan and tried to overpower her with a wolf phantom and demonic techniques.
• Jiang Caiyan noticed Lin Heng hiding in a tunnel above the cavern and asked Zhai Xiaoshan to let Black Robe go.
• Lin Heng sprang out and stabbed Zhai Xiaoshan with the Nine Heavens Sword, but she turned her head and smiled as if she had expected him.

Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan confronted Zhai Xiaoshan in the underground cavern, where they discovered her secret and the heart-blood extraction operation. Lin Heng struck her down with his dragon qi, and Jiang Caiyan turned her attention to the still-living Black Robe.

• Lin Heng realized Zhai Xiaoshan had absorbed her divine infant and no longer had a second life, while she revealed that she had recovered from his sword wound.
• Lin Heng told Jiang Caiyan that a conversation with Black Robe had led him to suspect Zhai Xiaoshan, and she angrily rebuked him for hiding it.
• Zhai Xiaoshan tried to attack after recovering, but Lin Heng revealed that he had been stalling and used the Jade Origin Vine to destroy the heart-incubating plants in the cavern.
• Zhai Xiaoshan attacked Lin Heng with a purple fox bloodline phantom, but his Golden Body Dharma-body repelled her.
• Lin Heng unleashed three streams of dragon qi and blasted Zhai Xiaoshan into the stone wall, leaving her twisted and bloodied.
• Jiang Caiyan pushed Lin Heng away and remembered that Black Robe was still there.

Lin Heng exposed Crippled Granny and Tian Sheng’s scheme to steal Little Demoness’s bloodline in Offering City, then left Martial Man and Smoke Ghost to fight the Yu Clan’s Martial Path experts. After Black Robe woke, Lin Heng took Yun Yao and Leng Qingyun away so he could confront Black Robe privately.

• Crippled Granny explained that she sought revenge because the Yu Clan had lost its bloodline after Yu Han'er’s betrayal, and Lin Heng deduced how she had used Little Demoness’s trust and the Blacklight Stone in her plan.
• Tian Sheng revealed himself as a Yu Clan member and admitted that he had passed information to the Azure Clan and helped Crippled Granny misdirect Lin Heng’s group.
• Tian Sheng called on two Martial Path experts, but Lin Heng summoned Martial Man, Smoke Ghost, and Senior Sister from hiding and ordered them to deal with the enemies.
• Lin Heng and the others returned to the surface, where Xiao Lan carried Black Robe out; Black Robe still had a breath and soon woke.
• Lin Heng led Yun Yao and Leng Qingyun away, leaving Black Robe alone with Jiang Caiyan so she could demand that he tell the truth.

Jiang Sheng revealed his identity to Jiang Caiyan and gave her an Illusory Dream Stone left by Yu Han'er, showing how he and her mother met and why she fled the Yu Clan. The memories left Jiang Caiyan confronting the truth that her mother had escaped being sacrificed by her family.

• Yun Yao teased Leng Qingyun while Lin Heng sensed the battle underground and worried that the Left Faction might use Black Mist.
• Jiang Caiyan demanded answers from Black Robe, who revealed his name was Jiang Sheng and said Yu Han'er had been his lover and Dao companion.
• Jiang Sheng gave Jiang Caiyan the Illusory Dream Stone, and she activated it to view the memories he and Yu Han'er had recorded.
• The images showed Jiang Sheng surviving a Demon Beast ambush and meeting Yu Han'er after she brought him to Forest City to recover.
• Jiang Sheng explained that Yu Han'er had fled her family because Zhai Xiaoshan intended to sacrifice her bloodline to secure the High Priest's position.

Jiang Caiyan witnessed memories revealing how Yu Han'er and Black Robe escaped the Azure Clan, built the Blood Moon Cult, and faced a Forbidden Curse and their newborn daughter's failing bloodline. The chapter ended as Yu Han'er's seven-day bloodline transfusion saved the infant but left Yu Han'er close to collapse.

• Yu Han'er and Black Robe left the Northern Continent and founded the Blood Moon Cult in the Western Continent, but their Blood Corpses caused trouble and forced them to move again.
• Yu Han'er became pregnant, and they discovered that Zhai Xiaoshan had planted a Forbidden Curse that would kill both mother and child after the birth.
• Black Robe transferred the curse to himself by exchanging part of his Royal Clan bloodline with Yu Han'er's, which aged his appearance and led him to hide his face behind a mask.
• The newborn's deficient innate bloodline left her close to death, and Yu Han'er insisted on giving her bloodline to save her despite Black Robe's protests.
• Yu Han'er transfused her bloodline into the infant for seven days and nights, restoring the child's cries as Yu Han'er became too weak to endure much longer.

Jiang Caiyan relived the memories of her mother Yu Han'er’s sacrifice and her father Black Robe’s desperate attempt to save her, learning the truth behind his decades of grief. She urged the collapsed Black Robe not to die now that they had found each other.

• Jiang Caiyan learned that Yu Han'er had secretly nourished the Eternal Mulberry with her blood to seek a Longevity Dao Fruit for her daughter.
• Black Robe used his cultivation to refine a Longevity Dao Fruit for the young Jiang Caiyan, losing most of his strength while Yu Han'er’s health deteriorated.
• Yu Han'er told Jiang Caiyan to care for Black Robe and died before he returned with another Longevity Dao Fruit from the Wei Family.
• Jiang Caiyan came out of the memory and found Black Robe collapsed, while Jiang Sheng confessed that he had been too late to save Yu Han'er.
• Jiang Caiyan confronted Black Robe for hiding the truth and pleaded with him not to abandon her or die.

Jiang Caiyan tried to sacrifice her lifespan to save Black Robe, but Lin Heng stopped her and used Jade Origin Vine and a forbidden time-reversal art to bring Black Robe back. Lin Heng survived but lost nearly eighty years of lifespan, and his hair turned white again.

• Jiang Caiyan began using a forbidden art to transfer her lifespan to Black Robe, but Lin Heng stopped her and promised to help save him.
• Lin Heng asked Jade Origin Vine to spend its Revival Force, while Leng Qingyun and Yun Yao prepared a Five-Element Spirit-Gathering Formation.
• Jade Origin Vine and Lin Heng poured their life energy into Black Robe, and Lin Heng reversed time three times to restore him after he died.
• The formation dispersed, revealing Lin Heng exhausted with white hair, while Jiang Caiyan and the others rushed to his side.
• Lin Heng said he had lost nearly eighty years of lifespan to save Black Robe, and Yun Yao angrily questioned how much life he had left.

Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan saved Jiang Sheng, then confronted Zhai Xiaoshan over the Forbidden Curse that had killed Jiang Caiyan’s mother. Murong Ziyan arrived to arrest Jiang Sheng, but Lin Heng produced the Imperial Token, leaving both sides caught between conflicting imperial authority.

• Jiang Caiyan slapped Jiang Sheng for giving up on life, then struck Lin Heng for using the forbidden method to save him after forbidding her from doing so.
• Martial Man, Smoke Ghost, Jie, and the Blood Moon Cult disciples brought in the captured enemies, and Lin Heng questioned the Dragon Roaming Mountain fighters and accused Zhai Xiaoshan of causing Jiang Caiyan’s mother’s death.
• Zhai Xiaoshan threatened that her death would trigger the Forbidden Curse and kill Jiang Sheng, Gu Yun, and Wang Qiang, but Lin Heng revealed that the curse had been removed from Jiang Sheng.
• Murong Ziyan arrived with soldiers to arrest Jiang Sheng, and Jiang Caiyan and the others blocked them from taking him.
• Lin Heng refused to surrender Jiang Sheng and displayed the Imperial Token, putting Murong Ziyan’s arrest order in conflict with the token’s authority.

Lin Heng persuaded Murong Ziyan to take him and the others to see Lady Yi, while Jiang Caiyan killed Tian Sheng for betraying her mother’s escape. After the group left the cavern, Chen Changqin appeared and collected Tian Sheng’s lingering divine soul, troubled by Bai Yi’s plans and his own obsession.

• Murong Ziyan convinced Lin Heng to go before Lady Yi, claiming she would let Lady Yi decide whether to keep the matter hidden.
• Lin Heng reassured Jiang Caiyan that the Female Emperor likely wanted Black Robe to explain the old massacre, then turned his attention to the captives.
• Jiang Caiyan accused Tian Sheng of exposing her mother’s escape route and cut his throat despite his pleas.
• Murong Ziyan arranged for soldiers to shackle and escort the remaining captives as Lin Heng and his companions left the cavern.
• Chen Changqin appeared beside Tian Sheng’s corpse and collected his lingering divine soul with the Soul-Summoning Banner.
• Chen Changqin worried that Bai Yi was using him to target Lin Heng and wondered whether he could endure his heart demon and obsession.

Jiang Jingyi arrested Lin Heng and Black Robe after they returned to Cloud Manor, then confronted Black Robe over his betrayal of the Dynasty. Black Robe began to confess after Jiang Jingyi threatened his daughter, Jiang Caiyan.

• Jiang Jingyi ordered her guards to seize Lin Heng, Black Robe, Yun Yao, Leng Qingyun, and Jiang Caiyan when they arrived at Cloud Manor.
• Jiang Jingyi accused Lin Heng of harboring a Dynasty traitor, and Lin Heng joked that he would sit on the dragon throne, prompting her to order him detained.
• Jiang Jingyi released everyone except Lin Heng, who Murong Ziyan escorted to a nearby wooden house.
• Jiang Sheng removed his mask and knelt before Jiang Jingyi, who demanded an explanation for his betrayal and flight from the Dynasty.
• Jiang Jingyi threatened to kill Jiang Caiyan unless Jiang Sheng explained himself, and he agreed to speak.

Jiang Sheng told Jiang Jingyi how a mysterious route displacement had led his expedition into Demon Valley, where he escaped after two comrades were left behind. Jiang Jingyi condemned him as a deserter but spared his daughter from punishment, while Jiang Sheng was taken away in shackles and Yun Yao questioned why the Female Emperor would not simply declare him dead.

• Jiang Sheng explained that his party had unknowingly been shifted from Pillar Dragon Pass to Witch Gorge Valley and then crossed Longxiang River, reaching the outskirts of Demon Valley.
• Jiang Sheng confessed that only he, Jiang Ming, and Qian Jing escaped the attack, and that he abandoned the two wounded men when Demon Beasts pursued them.
• Jiang Jingyi called Jiang Sheng a coward and deserter, then spared his daughter from punishment while refusing to grant her imperial-clan status.
• Guards shackled Jiang Sheng and took him away as Jiang Caiyan cried out after him.
• Murong Ziyan told Jiang Caiyan that Jiang Sheng had little chance of surviving because he was a defected general, and Yun Yao asked why the Female Emperor did not simply claim he was dead.

Jiang Jingyi told Lin Heng that Black Robe could be spared if Lin Heng entered the imperial palace, while Lin Heng argued that the Female Emperor’s harem should have male pets instead of eunuchs. Amused by his flattery and audacity, Jiang Jingyi offered him a chance to redeem himself and rise in the world, secretly intending to make him a male pet in her harem.

• Jiang Jingyi questioned Lin Heng about his white hair and learned that he had spent decades of his lifespan saving Jiang Sheng.
• Lin Heng asked Jiang Jingyi to spare Black Robe, but she said Lin Heng would have to serve in the imperial palace because he had sheltered Jiang Sheng and insulted the Female Emperor.
• Lin Heng argued that a female emperor’s harem should have male pets and that eunuchs were unnecessary, while Jiang Jingyi privately considered whether he might suit her harem.
• Lin Heng massaged Jiang Jingyi’s shoulders and praised her, then insisted that she could not be a vicious person because of her good upbringing.
• Jiang Jingyi offered Lin Heng a chance to redeem himself through merit and promised to recommend him to the Female Emperor.

Jiang Jingyi explained how human fortune and the Western Continent’s dragon vein supported the Dynasty’s cities, then urged Lin Heng to organize resistance against the Extraterrestrial Cultivators’ advance. Lin Heng decided to unite the secular aristocratic families and use Star Pavilion Market to connect the forces he would need.

• Jiang Jingyi showed Lin Heng a military map and explained that human fortune strengthened the Dynasty and affected cultivators.
• Jiang Jingyi revealed that the Western Continent’s dragon vein could support only twelve main cities, whose positions gathered its dragon soul.
• Jiang Jingyi identified three routes of the Extraterrestrial Cultivators’ offensive and warned Lin Heng about the powerful enemies approaching.
• Lin Heng worried that Green Pavilion Sect and nearby cultivators were too weak and unreliable to resist the attack.
• Jiang Jingyi advised Lin Heng to mobilize aristocratic families through his Imperial Token, and Lin Heng resolved to integrate them using Star Pavilion Market.

Jiang Jingyi secretly spared Black Robe and kept her identity hidden while Lin Heng learned that Dragon Roaming Mountain planned to use Jiang Caiyan’s bloodline and heart to create an Immortal Dao Heart. Lin Heng prepared to return home, while Su Qiubai protested against going to the Green Pavilion Sect.

• Jiang Jingyi told Murong Ziyan to release Jiang Sheng, strip him of his imperial-clan status, and warn him to keep her identity secret.
• Jiang Jingyi restricted Leng Qingyun’s memories of her identity as the Female Emperor, then sent Leng Qingyun to bring Black Robe out of the dungeon.
• Murong Ziyan told Black Robe that Jiang Jingyi had disowned him and warned him not to reveal anything about her; Black Robe was released.
• Leng Qingyun rushed to Lin Heng after Yun Yao claimed he had become a eunuch, and Lin Heng stopped her from checking.
• Martial Man explained that Dragon Roaming Mountain’s masters planned to use Jiang Caiyan’s bloodline and heart to nourish an Immortal Dao Heart for a powerful figure.
• Lin Heng announced that they would return home, while Su Qiubai objected to going to the Green Pavilion Sect.

Su Moxie persuaded Su Qiubai to go to the Green Pavilion Sect and challenge Lin Heng as a pretext for breaking off her engagement, while Lin Heng spent time with his senior sisters aboard the cloud boat. The chapter left Su Qiubai intent on humiliating Lin Heng and Leng Qingyun preparing to dance for him.

• Su Moxie teased Su Qiubai about fearing Lin Heng until she angrily insisted she was not afraid of him.
• Su Moxie convinced Su Qiubai that defeating Lin Heng would give her grounds to annul their engagement, and she vowed to trample and humiliate him.
• Xiao Yao Yao tried to join Lin Heng and Yun Yao, but left to tease Xiao Lan after Lin Heng joked about their schedule for sharing him.
• Leng Qingyun told Lin Heng that her elder sister had tricked her by taking her place with him, and he promised to make it up to her.
• Leng Qingyun changed into an orange-yellow dress and prepared to dance for Lin Heng.

Lin Heng’s companions watched his Little Senior Sister dance while Leng Qingyun worried that the others might join in. Jiang Caiyan confronted Black Robe about abandoning her, then told him to go home. At Fairy Cloud Peak, Dugu Qingyang learned that Lin Heng and Meng Yutong were master and disciple as well as lovers, and vowed to break their legs when everyone returned.

• Lin Heng played the bamboo sheng while his Little Senior Sister danced, and Yun Yao and Xiao Lan watched and joked about learning to dance.
• Leng Qingyun overheard talk of having the other women dance and worried they would compete with her for Lin Heng’s favor.
• Jiang Caiyan asked Black Robe why he had hidden his identity, and he explained that he had wanted to protect her and conceal her connection to the Wei Family.
• Jiang Caiyan told Black Robe that her mother had never blamed him, then left after telling him to go home.
• Dugu Qingyang questioned Dugu Zixuan about Lin Heng’s many Dao companions and learned that Lin Heng and Meng Yutong were lovers despite their master-disciple relationship.
• Dugu Qingyang angrily threatened to break the legs of Lin Heng and the others when everyone returned.

Jiang Jingyi ordered He Qingcang to rally the Western Continent’s aristocratic families against the extraterrestrial cultivators while she prepared to visit the Green Pavilion Sect and free Star Pavilion Market’s captives. At Dragon Roaming Mountain, a Martial Venerable learned that Azure Cloud Hall had captured two of his people and destroyed a base, and decided to confront the hall himself.

• Jiang Jingyi summoned He Qingcang and rebuked him for provoking the Green Pavilion Sect over Star Pavilion Market.
• He Qingcang refused to apologize, so Jiang Jingyi ordered him to organize the aristocratic families under the Dynasty’s name and keep her identity secret.
• Jiang Jingyi told Murong Ziyan she would visit the Green Pavilion Sect to ransom the two captives from Star Pavilion Market.
• At Dragon Roaming Mountain, the Martial Venerable’s followers reported that Azure Cloud Hall had captured Fourth Sister and Fifth Sister and destroyed their Offering City base.
• The Martial Venerable resolved to confront Azure Cloud Hall in person.

Lin Heng returned to Green Pavilion Sect with Leng Qingyun and Yun Yao, where Dugu Zixuan told him that Su Moxie and his fiancée Su Qiubai had arrived and that an elder was hiding at Fairy Cloud Peak over his relationship with Yu Tong. As Dugu Qingyang misunderstood the conversation and threatened to break several people’s legs, Su Qiubai encountered Little Blue on the way to the back mountain.

• Lin Heng and his companions returned to Green Pavilion Sect, where Dugu Zixuan welcomed them and explained that Yu Tong had gone to help the Joyful Union Sect.
• Dugu Zixuan told Lin Heng that Su Moxie had arrived with Su Qiubai, his betrothed, and warned him that an elder was hiding at Fairy Cloud Peak over his relationship with Yu Tong.
• Lin Heng learned that the elder considered his relationship with Yu Tong improper, while Dugu Zixuan said Uncle Prison and Yu Tong were also implicated.
• Dugu Qingyang overheard the conversation, misunderstood its references to an aunt, and vowed to break the legs of Lin Heng, Dugu Zixuan, Uncle Prison, and others.
• Su Qiubai told Su Moxie that the women at Green Pavilion Sect seemed hostile, then left her courtyard and recognized Little Blue on a wall.

Su Qiubai visited Dugu Qingyang and complained about her marriage agreement with Lin Heng, prompting him to decide to confront Lin Heng about his many Dao companions. After seven days, Meng Yutong’s group was delayed by a battle in the Western Continent, and the injured Mu Li joked that Meng Yutong should send her disciple to care for her.

• Su Qiubai recognized Dugu Qingyang as a hidden powerhouse and explained that her childhood marriage agreement with Lin Heng was unlikely to be fulfilled.
• Su Qiubai complained that Lin Heng was irritating and that people could change over the decades, while Dugu Qingyang learned that Zixuan had not told her about her son’s many Dao companions.
• Dugu Qingyang spotted Saint Ye fishing with Little Black, and Saint Ye recognized him as a Supreme before slipping away to warn the others.
• Lin Heng spent seven days with his senior sisters while someone secretly watched them.
• In the Western Continent, Meng Yutong’s group killed a hundred Extraterrestrial Cultivators, including two Return to Void True Lords, but suffered heavy injuries and lost about three days recovering.
• Mu Li asked Meng Yutong to have her disciple care for her in her final days, and Meng Yutong mocked her and joked about taking over the Joyful Union Sect.

Meng Yutong returned to Green Pavilion Sect and gathered her disciples to distribute rewards and punish Yun Yao for breaking the rules about Lin Heng’s allotted time. Dugu Zixuan revealed that her clan’s ancestor was furious about Meng Yutong and Lin Heng and intended to break their legs.

• Meng Yutong left the Joyful Union Sect after telling the others to recover and return to the main city if they could not defend themselves.
• Dugu Feng, Shen Yeting, and Ling Fei traveled by Cloud Boat toward Green Pavilion Sect, while Dugu Feng privately admired Meng Yutong and Shen Yeting.
• At Fairy Cloud Peak, Duan Shuyun suggested that Lin Heng approach the Bai Family and use Literary Path practitioners to reach influential clans across the Western Continent.
• Meng Yutong returned, summoned her disciples, awarded Duan Shuyun and Mu Liuxi extra time with Lin Heng, and confined Yun Yao for seven days for breaking the time-sharing rules.
• Dugu Zixuan stopped Meng Yutong from disciplining her disciples and revealed that the Dugu Clan ancestor planned to break Meng Yutong and Lin Heng’s legs.